2010 November Gelbvieh World

EDITOR: Jennifer Scharpe E-mail: [email protected]

PRODUCTION: Katie Danneman E-mail: [email protected]

DepartmentsPresident’s Message 8Contact Us 10View from the Office ByFrankPadilla 10From the Shipping Pen 16News ‘N Notes 18Bits ‘N Pieces 19Jr. Voice 30 Breeder’s Corner 34 New Members 49Gelbvieh World Circulation Statement 49View From the Field Kansas Field Day 50 HAGA Field Day 50 Nebraska Field Day 50Places to Be 51Ad Index 52

Shows

31 Ohio State Fair Junior Show

31 Frontier Days Purebred Livestock Show

31 Ohio State Fair

31 West Virginia Gelbvieh Association State Show

32 Missouri State Fair

32 Nebraska State Fair

33 Iowa State Fair

33 Kansas State Fair

Features

12 CreateYourFuture–LeadershipandGenetic ImprovementSeminar

24 GelbviehBreeders,OwnersEmphasizeCow Productivity–AnnualDamofMeritandDam ofDistinctionHonorRoll

42 GelbviehFullbloods:ThenandNow ByJohnHustonandJenniferScharpe

46 ThePassionLivesOn–2011AGAAnnual Convention President’s Invitation Hotel Information Notice of 2011 AGA Annual Meeting 2011 NWSS Schedule of Gelbvieh Breed Activities 2011 National Convention Registration

48 DawsonCreekGelbvieh:AllaboutSolid, FunctionalFemales ByJenniferScharpe

On the cover: This November issue of GelbviehWorld is dedicated to the Gelbvieh female. This issue honors the hard working females of the breed, their owners and breeders, with the annual Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction recognition. As we appreciate the fall colors of the season, we also appreciate the fact that the Gelbvieh cow is the most maternal in the beef business and is functional in all stages of production and across all environments. Cover design by Katie Danneman.

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We have a lot to be thankful for, we live in the greatest nation on earth, founded on Christian principles. We enjoy freedoms second to none and honor those that made it so. We work in an industry and live a lifestyle that makes others envious with open spaces and fresh air. Yes, we have a lot to be thankful for.

Next year the american Gelbvieh association will celebrate its 40th anniversary. The aGa exists today because a small group of commercial cattlemen wanted better beef genetics – they wanted milk, muscle and maternal traits that the U.S. beef breeds lacked. They had “Passion” for the Gelbvieh breed. They sacrificed to form the aGa. Those that followed sacrificed to keep the association alive when Bud Beastrom’s hat was passed around the table. and still others sacrificed to make the aGa headquarters building purchase possible. Throughout history nothing worthwhile has been gained without sacrifice. It takes passion to make sacrifices.

In January, the aGa will hold its annual convention in Denver. The standing committees will meet to share ideas, learn and make recommendations as to the future direction of the Gelbvieh breed. New members to the Board of Directors will be elected. The Board will elect officers for the 2011 year. The National Western Stock Show will be going on and many Gelbvieh activities are scheduled.

Sacrifice four days in Denver to attend the aGa Convention, ignite the passion and enjoy great cattle and good people. By associating with other Gelbvieh breeders you may learn something for the betterment of yourself and your operation.

I am reminded of a sports story told be Don Yaeger, former Sports Illustrated writer, about basketball coach, the great John Wooden, when asked about coaching great players.

There you go! Sacrifice four days in January, come to Denver, attend the aGa convention and 40 year anniversary celebration, watch the Gelbvieh shows and associate yourself with some of the finest people you’ll ever meet. See some great cattle, ask questions, get involved, feel the passion.

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“Many people, when they ask me about coaching great players, always ask me about my two most famous centers, Lew Alcindor (who became Kareem Abdul-Jabaar) and Bill Walton,” the coach said. “But one of the greatest I have ever coached is a player many wouldn’t suspect. It was Swen Nater.”

Nater was cut from his high school basketball team as because, even at 6-foot-11, he was too clumsy to offer the team any value. He didn’t give up, though, and several years later made a community college team. He

Al Knapp is the American Gelbvieh Association President. He owns and operates Triple K Gelbvieh in Bonner Springs, Kansas, with his wife, Mary, and son, Nick. He can be reached at [email protected].

became talented enough that several four-year colleges offered him scholarships.

At the time, UCLA and Wooden were in the middle of one of the most spectacular runs in all of sports, winning seven of eight national championships. Alcindor had graduated, but Wooden had a new center, Walton, who he thought might be even better.

Nater’s community college coach asked Wooden to consider his player. “I was told he could, at the very least, be a great practice opponent for Walton,” Wooden recalled. “So I spoke with Swen. I was honest. I told him he could go to a small school and play all the minutes he wanted, or he could come to UCLA, where he likely would never start a game, but where he could play against the best center in the country every day. That’s the best I could offer him.”

Nater didn’t flinch. He accepted the opportunity and, as Wooden had promised, he didn’t start a single game at UCLA.

“Swen understood that to become the best he needed to associate himself with the best he could find,” Wooden said. “There was no better than Bill Walton.” Or John Wooden.

When his three years at UCLA were complete, Nater had been part of a team that won a record-breaking 88 straight games and had played for three more national championships – all as Walton’s backup.

Nater then made history when he became the first player selected in the first round of the professional basketball draft without ever starting a college game. He played 12 years professionally and now is a senior executive in the corporate offices of COSTCO. His career “is absolutely and directly the result of having made the decision to associate myself with folks who were the very best,” Nater told me. “I learned that you are who you associate yourself with.”

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BIll ClINtoN SaID at the 1992 Democratic Convention, “The future is not an inheritance; it is an opportunity and an obligation.”

Gelbvieh breeders now have a tremendous opportunity in the marketplace. We are seeing demand from commercial producers who want to utilize the benefits of heterosis. They want the added pounds at weaning without giving up the maternal performance in their cow herds. Commercial producers want the acceptability from their buyers that comes from knowing the cattle they produce will meet the needs of all segments of our industry – in the pasture, in the feedyard and on the rail. They want to eliminate problems and simplify their programs, while still getting optimum returns and performance.

The current trend of the beef industry and the direction headed in the future creates a tremendous opportunity for Gelbvieh and Balancer® genetics. economics drive the market. Commercial producers found the price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change. Change creates opportunity. Successful Gelbvieh and Balancer breeders will capitalize on this opportunity.

What are the obligations of the seedstock breeder? If we listen to our customers, they will tell us what is expected in regard to obligations. The commercial producer wants cattle that are documented. It has been proven in many surveys that they will pay more for cattle that have complete documentation. This includes registration certificates, performance information and ultrasound and carcass data. They want as much information as they can possibly get in order to know that the genetics they purchase will produce the kind of cattle that top market prices and are in demand by buyers.

Would you invest in a new pickup without knowing what size of motor it had? Would you buy a pickup without knowing what transmission was in it? Producers buy cattle for a purpose. They cannot make good

decisions without the proper information. If information is not provided customers will buy somewhere where it is. There is an obligation to provide what the buyer wants. Seedstock breeders that do not provide this information will limit the success they can have and their future in the business.

Seedstock breeders also have obligations to their local, state and national associations – those associations that offer the services to be able to provide what their buyers want and demand. Successful breeders are active in these organizations and support them in their efforts. The reward for doing so leads to success in all areas of their business, not just the cattle industry. Successful breeders are active and supportive of their associations. They understand that if the organization is not successful then their own success and future will be jeopardized. The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined efforts of every individual.

american Gelbvieh association members have that opportunity to be successful and the obligation to create the future for both your own operation and the aGa. I encourage each of you to mark December 8 and 9 on your calendar. The aGa is hosting Create Your Future, a leadership and genetic improvement seminar in Kansas City, Mo. This seminar is open to all members and will include some of the most experienced and successful seedstock breeders and leaders in our industry as presenters. The time spent attending will be well worth the investment you make and will assist you in creating your future and success in the seedstock business. More information and registration details can be found on pages 12 and 13 of this issue. I look forward to seeing you all in Kansas City and at other Gelbvieh events and meetings this fall and upcoming year. Frank is the AGA director of breed promotion and can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at 303-465-2333.

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Focusing on the Next 40 Years AgendaWednesday, December 82:45 p.m. Welcome and Introductions – Frank Padilla, aGa Director of Breed Promotion3:00 p.m. Raising Beef in a First World Country: Science, Media and Politics – tom Field, Ph.D, National Cattlemen’s Beef association4:00 p.m. What’s Your Breeding Strategy?-The Power of Data in Making Genetic Progress – Susan Willmon, aGa Director of Breed Improvement 5:00 p.m. Genetic Improvement through DNA: A Vision of the Next 10 Years – Jim Gibb, IGeNItY5:45 p.m. Don’t Just Sell Cattle-Brand Your Program – eric Grant, aPI Creative Media6:45 p.m. Dinner and Social

Thursday, December 98:15 a.m. opening Remarks – Frank Padilla, aGa Director of Breed Promotion 8:30 a.m. The Role of Genetics in Cattle Feeding – tom Brink, JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding9:15 a.m. Critical Elements of Seedstock Production – Dave Nichols, Nichols Farms 10:00 a.m. Break10:15 a.m. How to Create Opportunities for Your Customers – Galen Fink, Fink Genetics11:00 a.m. What is the AGA’s Obligation to Me and what is Mine to AGA?-The Power of Belonging – Glen Klippenstein11:45 a.m. lunch1:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion with Presenters2:00 p.m. Wrap-up and Closing Remarks – Frank Padilla, aGa Director of Breed Promotion2:15 p.m. adjourn to Free time for Discussions with aGa Board of Directors and Staff Members

“Instead of considering what is past, we are to look forward and prepare for the future.” – Thomas Jefferson. This all star line up of presenters will send you home with a new found enthusiasm and ideas that can be incorporated into your program to help you be more successful. The Create Your Future leadership and genetic improvement seminar is a must attend event for the serious seedstock producer.

Registration InformationThe Create Your Future seminar is open to all american Gelbvieh association members. The registration fee of the seminar is $145 per person, which includes seminar materials and handouts, individual herd analysis for each participant, breaks, an evening dinner and noon lunch, plus access to some of the most influential leaders of the beef industry. to register call the aGa at 303-465-2333 or email Frank Padilla at [email protected]. Registration deadline is November 19. Registration will be limited to the first 100 individuals.

Hotel Informationall events will be held at the holiday Inn KCI airport and expo Center in Kansas City, Mo. The aGa has negotiated a specially priced block of rooms for attendees to the seminar at this holiday Inn. The special rate is $79 and when booking ask for the american Gelbvieh association group rate. The last date to book rooms is November 19, after that date the price is the regular rate of $122. The direct line to make reservations is 800-957-4654.

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December 8-9, 2010 Kansas City, Missouri

Tom Brink is president and Coo of J & F oklahoman holdings, Inc., a position he has held since 2008. J & F is the cattle ownership arm of JBS Five Rivers, owning a majority of cattle fed in Five Rivers Feedyards. JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, llC., is the largest cattle feeding operation in the U.S. with a combined feeding capacity of 830,000. a native of Kansas, Brink has a cow-calf background and has an extensive career in livestock marketing. Prior to his current position, he was senior vice president for Cattle ownership and Risk Management with ContiBeef/Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding, llC., for five years. Brink was the executive director for the american Gelbvieh association from 1997-1999. he worked for Cattle-Fax for eight years as a research analyst and director of market research.

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Tom Field, Ph.D., is executive director of producer education for the National Cattlemen’s Beef association in Centennial, Colo. Prior to joining NCBa in 2008, Dr. Field served students and industry as a faculty member in the Department of animal Sciences at Colorado State University for nearly 20 years. The author of “Beef Cattle Management and Decision Making” and

“Scientific Farm animal Production”, he has published with 44 other faculty members representing seven different universities and eight academic departments. a frequent speaker at beef cattle events in the U.S. and abroad, he has consulted with a number of beef cattle and agricultural organizations, and has served on numerous boards related to education, agriculture, and athletics.

Galen Fink represents Fink Beef Genetics in Randolph, Kan., started in 1977 as a purebred angus program. This is a family-owned business under the direction of Galen, his wife lori and their daughter Megan. a purebred Charolais herd was added in 1999. The Fink’s ranch includes more than 900 acres of pasture and grass, with 300 head of beef cows. They implant 1,000 to 1,200 embryos per year into cooperator herds, and sell 600 bulls from

an embryo calf production enterprise. They have one of the largest embryo transplant programs in the United States. Fink Beef Genetics provides a wide range of products and services that encompass the scope of the entire beef industry including purebred and commercial seedstock, value-added marketing and delivering beef directly to the consumer. In 1994, they opened little apple Brewing Company and Restaurant in Manhattan, Kan. The restaurant has received awards from the Kansas Beef Council and Certified angus Beef®.

Jim Gibb is a technical services director for Merial’s Igenity DNa Profiling Business. he received his B.S. degree from the University of Illinois and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Colorado State University. Gibb joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1979 as assistant professor of Beef Cattle Management. From 1982 through 2001, he served the industry in several capacities including, vice

president of education and research for the american Polled hereford association, executive director of the american Gelbvieh association, and vice president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef association’s Center for Quality. In 2001, Gibb and his partner, the american Simmental association, created Frontier Beef Systems, llC. Three years later, Frontier Beef Systems was acquired by Merial, ltd. Gibb has served on the Boards of Directors of the Beef Improvement Federation, the National livestock and Meat Board, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef association.

Eric Grant is a 24-year veteran in ag communications and is director of public relations for the american angus association. he is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s advertising, communications and public relations efforts. he produces I Am Angus, an hour-long program that appears four times a year on RFD-tv, and provides weekly cattle-

related segments for AgDay and US Farm Report, reaching 200,000 and 500,000 households nationwide respectively. he also developed The Angus Report, an online, video news program for angus breeders. a native of Colorado, Grant’s family has raised cattle on the western slope since 1881. he worked for National Cattlemen’s association as assistant editor in the early 1990s, and served as contributing editor/photographer for Beef Today and contributing editor/photographer for American Cowboy and Range magazines in the 1990s and 2000s. Grant has also provided communications and advertising consultation to a wide array of corporate and association clients, including DuPont ag Products, Pfizer animal health and Monsanto.

Glen Klippenstein was born on his grandparents’ homestead in Saskatchewan, Canada. his father managed a hereford farm for many years. he earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Pennsylvania State University. he served as chairman of the american Polled hereford association in 1983 and chairman of the Beef Promotion and Research Board in 1990 and 1991. he was a National

Cattlemen’s association director from 1984-1990. as owner/operator of GlenKirk Farms and later Klippenstein Family Farms, he has sold cattle, semen and embryos into 49 states and 21 countries. he had three sales in excess of $1.5 million and sold more than 7,000 bulls. he is a past chief executive officer of the american Chianina association. Klippenstein served as a Missouri senator from 1993-94 and, by Presidential appointment with unanimous U.S. Senate confirmation, served on the Federal ag Mortgage Corporation Board — Chairman Public Policy Committee. he has also served on the Corporate Governance Committee, Compensation Committee, and Credit Committee.

Dave Nichols of Bridgewater, Iowa, is managing partner of Nichols Farms, ltD, a family owned operation which combines seedstock production, cattle feeding, and farming in southwest Iowa. Nichols Farms is the largest seedstock operation in the mid-west and is the third largest in the U.S. Nichols raise and sell 1000 head of production tested yearling bulls each year. Nichols Farms have participated

in research projects with the University of Missouri, virginia tech, University of Georgia, Cornell University, University of Minnesota, and Kansas State University. Dave participated with Iowa State University in the original ultrasound research in 1987. In addition to securing funds for this real time ultrasound project, Nichols Farms provided over 200 bulls each year during a four year period as test animals. They also sponsor special feeder calf sales for their bull customers.

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GPPMarketsFeederCattleBySlimCook

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aS Fall aPPRoaCheS and combines get to rolling, Gelbvieh Profit Partners, Inc. (GPP) will be busy taking delivery on many of the calves and yearlings we contracted during the summer of 2010. GPP has contracted calves from the high mountain desert of arizona to the state of 10,000 lakes of Minnesota and to the eastern hill country of tennessee.

our first two deliveries this fall were from two operations that marketed their 2009 fall born calves through GPP. In late august, Gatlin Brandon of tazewell, tenn., marketed 76 weaned steers that weighed 701 pounds and 68 heifers that weighed 663 pounds. these cattle went to Nordman Feedlot, Inc. in oregon, Ill. GPP also purchased two loads of weaned cattle from Ken Wilson. these cattle were shipped to northwest Iowa. Marketing feeder cattle from tennessee has been a longtime goal of GPP.

our first calf delivery of spring born calves came early this fall on Sept 14, and was from the Sharp Ranch of

Boise City, okla. Dan and Carol Sharp delivered a stout set of 201 steer calves that weighed 546 pounds and 183 heifer calves that weighed 515 pounds. these calves were out of Seedstock Plus bulls, and many of the two year old heifers were purchased from Bar t Bar Ranch of Winslow, ariz. these calves have experienced quite a change in environment as they were shipped from the hot, dry plains of oklahoma to northwest Iowa, which recently endured over six inches of rain.

Going forward, it seems the only thing that is certain is that volatility will remain in the markets – especially the grain markets. the recent quarterly stocks report by the USDa on September 30 has certainly proved friendly for the feeder cattle market as the USDa found an extra 300 million bushels of corn. It seems the USDa has perfected the art of “fuzzy math”.

In closing, be sure to contact GPP when evaluating your marketing options.

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TreasurerJohn Burbank18814 Kepler DriveSt. Catharine, MO [email protected]

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1. Moved to approve the Board meeting minutes from April 16-17, 2010.

2. Moved to approve the presented July activity report.

3. Moved to ultrasound 2011 Pen Bull cattle at check-in on Thursday, January 6, 2011.

4. Moved to use Rethal King Ultrasound technology and direct staff to contact and negotiate price.

5. Moved to weigh Pen Bull cattle as they are going into the ring and judge will receive a sheet with the weight per day of age before each class.

6. Moved to insure that a Gelbvieh and Balancer Bull are on display at all times to offer AGA’s 2011 NWSS Display Pen in Pen Bull Alley from the following priority order Gelbvieh and Balancer Bull Futurity winners, Champion and Reserve Gelbvieh and Balancer Pen of Three, and Champion and Reserve Open Gelbvieh and Balancer Bulls.

7. Moved to direct the current Junior Board of Directors to retain the current alcohol policy that is in place and directed the AGA Junior Advisor to enforce the policy.

8. Moved to recommend to the Junior Board of Directors that consideration be given to separating the Cow/Calf into a separate show in 2011.

9. Moved to direct AGA staff to pursue the 24-7 AGTV program proposal with breeder sponsorship of the ads during the half-hour show.

10. Moved to fund three Maternal Edge Sales with $700 to Tennessee, $1000 to North Carolina, and $1000 to Montana plus AGA staff time in kind.

11. Moved to accept the proposed guidelines for State and Regional Maternal Edge Sales as presented by the committee.

12. Moved to change the National Ad line in the 2010-2011 budget to $57,500 to accommodate two inserts and banner ads in the national ad campaign.

13. Moved to raise AGA Annual Dues to $120 that will include subscription to Gelbvieh World and one package to the AGA National Convention effective 10-1-10. Memberships that do not pay annual dues will be charged $50 early registration fee and $75 on-site registration.

14. Moved to raise AGA New Membership fee to $120 that will include Gelbvieh World subscription and one package to the

AGA National Convention effective 10-1-10.

15. Moved to accept 2010-2011 AGA/GW Budget as revised.

16. Moved to trademark Balancer® in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada and to proceed with the trademark of Southern Balancer™ in the United States.

17. Moved to accept the July Financial statement.

18. Moved to form a committee to investigate restructuring the AGA fee schedule. Chairman Mark Goes, Dick Helms, Dustin Rippe, John Huston, Skyler Martin, Kyle Kendrick, Susan Willmon, and Dianne Coffman were appointed.

19. Moved to form a committee to investigate the possibilities of moving the National Convention away from the activities at National Western Stock Show. Chairman Jim Beastrom, Mark Goes, Nancy Wilkinson, John Bartee, Doug Hille, Janelle Hayek, and Dianne Coffman were appointed.

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Gelbvieh World says goodbye to Katie Danneman

Katie Danneman, production manager and graphic artist for Gelbvieh World, has decided to pursue her own horse training and design business. She has announced she will be leaving the American Gelbvieh Association on November 30, 2010.

Danneman has been working for Gelbvieh World, the official publication of the American Gelbvieh Association, for more than 12 years. During this time, she has used her creative touch to design most of the advertisements and to do the final layout and production of the magazine. In addition, Katie has designed numerous projects for the American Gelbvieh Association including national advertising campaigns, logos, education materials, banners and so much more.

“The past 12+ years have been a wonderful experience working on the publications, ads and design projects for the AGA. I will miss working with everyone at the American Gelbvieh office, along with all the wonderful people I’ve come to know through my job! I’ve started my own business this past year, 2 Ponies Equine & Design, LLC, working with horses several days each week and doing design in my spare time. It is time for me to turn over Gelbvieh World production to another, capable person.”

“Katie has been an asset to the American Gelbvieh Association and Gelbvieh World in ensuring the publication of a quality, award-winning magazine every month. We wish her the best of luck with her business,” said Jennifer Scharpe, American Gelbvieh Association director of communications.

The AGA is currently seeking a qualified individual for the position of graphic designer/creative services coordinator. For job description or more information visit www.gelbvieh.org or contact Jennifer Scharpe at 303-465-2333 or [email protected].

NWSS entries due November 20

Entries for the 2010 National Western Stock Show Gelbvieh and Balancer® Open Show, Junior Show and Pen Bull Show are due Saturday, November 20. Please see the NWSS Livestock Exhibitor Premium book for all entry information at www.nationalwestern.com.

Show schedules and judges are as follows: Junior Show on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. (note new date and time) with Doug Satree, Montague, Texas, slated to judge; the Pen Bull Show on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 8:00 a.m. (note new time) judged by Bob Tiedman, North Platte, Neb.; and the Open Show on Monday, Jan. 10 at 8:00 a.m. evaluated by Chris Mullinix, El Dorado, Kan.

Remember DNA test kits for National Sale, Gelbvieh Futurity and Balancer Futurity entries must be at the IGENITY® lab on or before November 5 to guarantee parentage results are completed prior to these events. For questions or more information, contact the AGA registration department at 303-465-2333.

Parentage profile needed on donor dams

Make sure donor dams of any ET calves you are submitting have had a DNA parentage profile submitted. According to AGA rules, donor dams must have a parentage profile on file prior to having calves registered. ET calves out of dams that do not have a parentage profile on file are held untill the dam completes the process and are assessed a fee of $50.

Show your Gelbvieh passion

Roger Wild of TKW Gelbvieh in Waterloo, Ill., is showing his Gelbvieh pride in Nurnberg, Germany. We thank Roger for sending in this photo and encourage others to show your own Gelbvieh pride by taking photos of interesting or unique places either wearing your Gelbvieh clothing or of a sign with Gelbvieh on it. All photos will be displayed at the 2011 AGA annual convention and 40th anniversary celebration. Send photos to Jennifer at the AGA office or by email to [email protected]. Turn to pages 46-47 of this issue for more convention details.

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Gelbvieh Departures

Daniel Howard Arwood, 41, passed away at his home near Seneca, Mo., July 28, 2010 after a sudden illness. Over 600 family and friends gathered for his funeral and visitation.

Dan, his brother and two sisters, and several others spent this summer helping his children, Nikki, Daniel, Mahaila, Alecia and Elizabeth and his six nieces and nephews break and train registered Gelbvieh cattle to show at local fairs, with as many as nine cousins showing at one fair. They all enjoyed the fairs and even camped at the fairgrounds so they could take care of their animals. Dan was involved in the day to day operation of the farm he grew up on – Arwood Family Farms.

A professional welder, Dan’s kids called him “The Man of Steel.” As a former 4-H and FFA member, he was active in assisting the Seneca Vo-Ag with their shop program. Das was also the superintendent of shop projects at the Newton County Fair.

Dan was a devoted father and enjoyed fishing, hunting, swimming and golfing with his children. Other survivors include his wife, Genifer, and his parents Howard and Jackie Arwood, also of Seneca.

Aletha Nordman, 66, of Oregon, Ill., passed away on August 23, 2010. Her daughter and son-in-law, AGA members Annette and Skyler Martin and family mourn her loss. Her love for her seven grandchildren, AGJA members Michael, Joseph, Anna, Abbie, Casey, Bode and Allissa, was evident through homeschooling, attending cattle shows, musical performances, and church every Sunday. She was a 4-H leader and past president of the Illinois CattleWomen.

William D. “Don” Noel, 68, AGA member from Toney, Ala., lost his battle with cancer on September 7, 2010.

Don was a native of Kentucky but a long-time resident of Madison County in Alabama. He was an active and

progressive cattleman for many years and purchased first Gelbvieh cattle in 1992. Don was a former president of the Alabama Gelbvieh Association and spent many hours in his efforts to strengthen the state association.

Don will be missed by all of those who appreciated his strong devotion to the Gelbvieh cattle he loved so much. He is survived by his wife Dianne, his son Gavin, and his daughter Leigh Woodruff.

A m e r i c a n G e l b v i e h A s s o c i a t i o n

Area Coordinators—Commercial Marketing

Don DanellWestern region

[email protected](406) 538-5622 (O)

Steve Peddicord eastern region

[email protected](606) 387-8579 (O) • (606) 688-4492 (C)

Brandon McEndafferCentral region

[email protected](970) 520-3020 (C)

“The Maternal Edge Commercial Female Sale is November 6 in Cross Plains, TN. A great selec-tion of pairs, bred and open Gelbvieh based females will be offered, with a few select bulls. Call me for information about the offering.”

“Give me a call so we can plan your marketing and advertising for your spring sale season. Let people know what you have available!”

Gelbvieh Arrivals

Alex Avery Ludemann was welcomed into the world on August 11, 2010. She weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz., and was 18.25 inches long.

Alex is the daughter of AGA members Shad and Brandy (Beastrom) Ludemann of Ft. Pierre, S.D. First-time grandparents are Jim and Barb Beastrom and great-grandparents are Bud and Thelma Beastrom.

“A great selection of Gelbvieh females have been consigned for the Montana Maternal Edge Female Sale being held in Billings, MT on November 18. Call for information and a catalog.”

Dan Arwood and his son, Daniel, groom a heifer at the Newton County Fair.

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RECENTLY, THE AMERICAN Gelbvieh Association launched its new advertising campaign. The campaign takes a non-traditional approach to promoting the Gelbvieh breed. The primary component of this national advertising is an educational insert highlighting the maternal advantages of the Gelbvieh breed. The insert will be placed in ten prominent regional livestock publications across the United States.

“For many years the national ad campaign for the American Gelbvieh Association was mainly specially designed ads placed in national livestock publications and magazines. While this is an effective approach, the Board of Directors felt the breed had more of a story to tell than what can fit on a display ad,” said

newsNews

American Gelbvieh Association Announces New Fall Advertising

Sat., Dec 11th, 2010 • 7 pmMoose Jaw, Sask, Canada • Temple Gardens Mineral Spa,

Mezzanine Room • 1-800-718-7727 for reservations, PGA Group # 8116

McCoy Cattle Co. 306-436-2086, Chad

Selin’s Gelbviehs 306-793-4568, Wayne

Thackery Gelbviehs 306-456-2555, Ian

Maple Grove Gelbvieh 204-278-3255, Lee

View catalogue online at: www.Buyagro.com

Cattle can be viewed at Moose Jaw Exhibition

grounds Fri. & Sat.

45 Lots• Breds

• Open Heifers • Embryo Packages

10th Annual

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Jennifer Scharpe, director of communications for the American Gelbvieh Association.

The first test of the insert-approach to advertising occurred last January when the AGA created the four-page “Add Pounds. Add Profit.” educational insert. This insert resulted in a 179 percent increase in inquiries to the AGA office during the month of January as well as increased traffic to the www.gelbvieh.org website.

When designing the 2010-2011 AGA national advertising campaign, Scharpe with the assistance of Frank Padilla, AGA director of breed promotion, felt the success of the January insert was too significant to ignore.

“Both Frank and I were in agreement that we needed to continue doing the insert for the upcoming year. However, we wanted to double that impact with two inserts during the year – one in the fall and one in the spring. Our only concern was how to make it work within the budget,” added Scharpe.

Luckily, the AGA Board of Directors was also encouraged about the results of the first insert and strongly believed in continuing the approach for the new fiscal year. During the August Board of Directors meeting, the board approved an increase in the annual national advertising budget to accommodate a two-page insert in the fall and a four-page insert in the spring. The increased budget also includes some internet banner ads on popular beef industry websites to drive traffic to the Gelbvieh website.

“It was evident during the meeting that the Board of Directors felt strongly about the importance of promoting the Gelbvieh breed. They are to be credited for their desire to have a successful advertising campaign and for allocating addition funds in the budget to make sure that happens,” said Padilla.

Both of the new inserts will continue with the “Add Pounds. Add Profit.” theme. The fall insert focuses more on the maternal traits of Gelbvieh including smaller mature cow size, shorter days to puberty, and lower birth weights with higher calving ease.

Furthermore, AGA staff is working to redesign and update the AGA website, www.gelbvieh.org, and plans to launch the new site this fall. The site will have a completely new look and will be easier to navigate. In addition the site will be multi-purpose to serve the needs of AGA members and commercial customers, while also being a source of information for those interested in the Gelbvieh breed.

The AGA will have a small number of both inserts available for individual breeder promotion efforts. The electronic files are also available for breeder use. To view the new fall insert, visit www.gelbvieh.org.

Below are the publications and dates for both inserts:• CattleBusinessWeekly – November 3 and January 19• CattleToday – October 16 and January 15• HighPlainsJournal – November 1 and January 3• IowaMidwestMarketer – November 6 and January 15• MNFarmGuide – November 5 and January 14• NDFarm&RanchGuide – November 5 and January 14• MOOzarksFarm&Neighbor – November 1 and January 10• AROzarksFarm&Neighbor – October 18 and January 17• WesternAgReporter – October 28 and January 20• WesternLivestockJournal – November 1 and January 24

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Commercial cattle producers have appreciated the practical application of Gelbvieh genetics in the U.S. for 40 years. This appreciation is seen by the strong market share that Gelbvieh breeders hold throughout the primary cattle producing region of our country. What many breeders may not realize is how the Gelbvieh breed continues to have an industry impact outside of that primary region.

Ohio is often heard about in the news for being a “swing state” during election coverage. It holds this distinction with other areas of the country where traditional agricultural roots have given way to non-agricultural industry and residents who are several generations removed from the farm. One fact remains, people still eat and beef is the meat of choice among consumers. Gelbvieh breeders within this region have sought unique marketing opportunities to confront ever shrinking profit margins. Utilization of niche marketing requires close attention to consumer and end user demands.

Scott and Sasha Rittenhouse operate R Genetics in southwestern Ohio. Sasha began her purebred herd being an AGJA member over 10 years ago. Together they still maintain the purebred herd and also utilize Gelbvieh as a cooperator breeder for large composite bull production system.

“We appreciate the power of the Gelbvieh female while always searching for improved carcass genetics to meet the demands of our bull customer clientele,” commented Sasha.

Both Sasha and Scott understand end user demands as Sasha is actively involved in the family retail grocery business while Scott is an order buyer for United Producers, Inc.

“We know and appreciate the value of carcass merit and have included it in our sire selection for over 10 years. We rely heavily on artificial insemination as a way to utilize the top sires from across the country,” added Sasha.

Tim Sheeley of Maple Valley Gelbvieh in southern Ohio operates a family custom meat processing business. He has been raising Gelbvieh cattle for nearly 20 years and has supplied much of his surrounding community with herd sires for commercial cattle. Tim and his family have maintained strong competitiveness in the show ring while keeping grounded in a commercial focus.

“As a meat processor, I see the value of carcass merit and understand the importance of producing a quality product to ensure customer satisfaction. It is the corner stone of our operation,” said Tim. Tim would not be able to utilize this level of selection pressure without the practical application of artificial insemination.

By John Huston, AGA Director

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Wildwood Acres in northeastern Ohio relies heavily on carcass quality to create marketing opportunities.

Focus on Gelbvieh Carcass Traits and Niche Marketing

Gelbvieh breeders [in Ohio] have sought unique marketing opportunities to confront ever shrinking profit margins.

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In northeast Ohio, Wildwood Acres is another family Gelbvieh operation that has been around for nearly two decades. With limited commercial breeders and thus, a limited bull market in the area, they have relied heavily on carcass quality to create marketing opportunities. Cull bulls have been highly competitive when sold to local 4-H and FFA members and entered in carcass competitions at area County Fairs. Recently, a calf from Wildwood Acres won the Trumbull County Fair carcass contest. The winning entry finished with a Yield Grade 2, Prime carcass, and had the highest average daily gain.

Commercial breeder Mark Kohler of northeast Ohio will always have Gelbvieh in his breeding program. Mark has a two breed combination of Gelbvieh and Angus. Mark is not in the seed stock business, he is all about beef.

“Successful commercial cattle must have some percentage of Gelbvieh in the females for efficiency and performance,” comments Mark. When asked about carcass concerns when using a Continental breed he says that he has concerns with other Continentals but not with Gelbvieh.

All of Mark’s calves are fed locally and many are marketed through Kiko Meats, a family owned and operated meat processor. One of Mark’s calves recently won the carcass contest at the Portage County Fair. Unlike most commercial cattle producers, Mark sees the carcasses of the calves that he produces. What secures his business is not just quality, but consistent quality. A representative of Kiko meats stated that grading Choice, with high yield and large rib eye area on a moderate sized carcass is the predictable trademark of the calves that they get from Mark year in and year out.

With the current “Green Revolution” taking place across the country, the consumer is utilizing more locally produced food. This creates unique opportunities for cattle producers with greater proximity to urban areas. In order to utilize these emerging market opportunities, cattle producers must pay close attention to the demands and priorities of consumers and end users.

Gelbvieh breeders throughout the nation are placing a greater emphasis on carcass merit while maintaining the traditional strengths of the breed – maternal traits of fertility, calving ease, milk, and moderate mature cow size coupled with terminal strengths of rapid growth, high yield, heavy muscling. This selection pressure for marbling as an addition to historical selection criteria will help the Gelbvieh breed meet consumer demands and ensure our place in the future of beef production in the United States.

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Focus on Gelbvieh Carcass Traits and Niche Marketing

To utilize emerging market opportunities, cattle producers must pay close attention to the demands and priorities of consumers and end users.

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EVERY FALL, THE American Gelbvieh Association honors the females in their herdbook that exhibit consistent maternal efficiency through the Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction program. The American Gelbvieh Association credits its members who continue to place selection emphasis on the maternal traits of the breed by being owners or breeders of these outstanding Gelbvieh and Balancer® females.

The Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction recognition program was started in 1991 to honor the top-notch cows within the breed. The program recognizes two levels of productivity based on data submitted to the American Gelbvieh Association office. A Dam of Merit must have produced at least three calves, while a Dam of Distinction must have produced a minimum of eight calves. Both levels must still meet the strict qualifications requiring breeders to place selection pressure on early puberty and conception, regular calving intervals, and above-average weaning weights.

Of the 40,621 active cows in the Gelbvieh breed, only 5.3 percent qualify for Dam of Merit. Just 0.7 percent of all active cows qualify for the Dam of Distinction honors.

“To be the breeder or owner of a Dam of Merit or Dam of Distinction Gelbvieh or Balancer female is a testament to the emphasis our breeders place on cow productivity,” said Susan Willmon, AGA director of breed improvement. “The Gelbvieh breed offers females with the genetics to

Gelbvieh Breeders, Owners Emphasize

Annual Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction Honor Roll

Cow Productivity

Dam of Dam of Name City, State Distinction Merit Total

Judd Ranch, Inc. Pomona, Kan. 16 62 78Eagle Pass Ranch Highmore, S.D. 0 52 52Sieler Ranch, Inc. Plevna, Mont. 6 43 49Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc. Winslow, Ariz. 5 40 45Gaaskjolen Gelbvieh Meadow, S.D. 7 36 43Haglund Ranch, LLC. Brockway, Mont. 5 37 42Chimney Butte Ranch Mandan, N.D. 3 39 42Feist Gelbvieh Ludlow, S.D. 5 34 39Wehri Gelbvieh Hebron, N.D. 1 36 37Knoll Crest Farms Red House, Va. 0 32 32Diamond D Gelbvieh Mandan, N.D. 6 26 32Miller Gelbvieh Farm Glen Ullin, N.D. 10 22 32J-Bob Farms Biscoe, N.C. 5 25 30Schafer Farms, Inc. Goodhue, Minn. 2 27 29Flying H Genetics Arapahoe, Neb. 1 25 26Hodges Ranch Omaha, Ark. 5 21 26Spring Valley Farms Agra, Kan. 2 22 24Bar Arrow Cattle Co. Phillipsburg, Kan. 6 18 24Thorstenson Gelbvieh & Angus Selby, S.D. 2 22 24Pearson Cattle Co., Inc. Lake City, S.D. 1 21 22

Top 20 Breeders

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Alabama William D Noel Toney 1 1 2 Arizona Bar T Bar Ranch Inc Winslow 5 45 50 Arkansas Destry Burnett Winslow 0 1 1Fourwinds Gelbvieh Ranch Huntsville 0 1 1Sarah Nicole Golmon Norfork 0 1 1Richard & Lesa Gordon Alpena 0 1 1Hodges Ranch Omaha 2 19 21J&N Cattle Co Rogers 0 1 1Martin Cattle Co Judsonia 0 2 2OK Ranch Nashville 0 1 1TWS Inc dba Clover Ridge Gelbviehs Berryville 3 0 3Triple D Farms Mountain Home 1 0 1 California Big Creek Ranch Hayfork 0 2 2Merlin & Jeanette Peets Orland 0 3 3Ray-Mar Ranches Oakdale 1 2 3Janessa Thibodeau Cottonwood 0 1 1 Colorado Bagwell Gelbvieh Alamosa 0 1 1Bar Seventy Gelbvieh Del Norte 0 2 2Black Gold Cattle Co Pritchett 1 4 5Bow K Ranch Olathe 3 7 10Justin Covington Montrose 0 1 1Covington Gelbvieh Montrose 1 2 3Faris Gelbvieh Pueblo 1 5 6Luce Pipher Figure 3 Ranch Crawford 0 1 1Steve & Gail Fiolkoski Pierce 0 5 5Gold Spur Genetics LLC Brush 0 1 1Grand Valley Gelbvieh/Balancer Parachute 0 1 1John R Hawks Olathe 0 4 4Haworth Ranch Walden 0 3 3Indian Head Gelbvieh Del Norte 0 1 1Jumping Cow Gelbvieh Ramah 0 24 24Nichols Gelbvieh Mesa 0 2 2P Diamond Livestock LLC Rand 0 1 1Plateau Gelbvieh Peetz 0 1 1Pro-Hart Seedstock Pueblo 0 1 1Michael Thomas Rea Berthoud 0 1 1Redd Ranches Paradox 0 2 2Jimmy D or Sharilyn Richardson Dove Creek 0 4 4Ridinger Cattle Company Deer Trail 0 2 2Ridinger Cattle/Wakefield Gelbvieh Deer Trail 0 1 1Roubideau Canyon Ranch Delta 0 2 2TLA Gelbvieh Trinidad 0 1 1David P or Cookie Vandenhoek Olathe 1 0 1Woods Gelbvieh Montrose 0 2 2 Georgia Andrew Ainslie Madison 0 1 1DJC Cattle Company Calhoun 0 2 2Adam Verner Rutledge 0 1 1Allison Verner Rutledge 0 1 1Verner Farms LLC Rutledge 1 1 2Wagner Performance Cattle Stone Mountain 0 1 1Yellow Creek Ranch Gainesville 1 1 2

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maintain high maternal productively, which ultimately adds profit for cow-calf producers in terms of more pounds of calf per cow exposed.”

The following is the top ten ranking of states for the combined total of Dams of Merit and Dams of Distinction.

Rank State Total 1. South Dakota 339 2. Kansas 311 3. North Dakota 275 4. Nebraska 238 5. Montana 186 6. Missouri 184 7. Iowa 133 8. Minnesota 96 9. Colorado 89 10. Tennessee 67

The American Gelbvieh Association recognizes Dam of Merit or Dam of Distinction based on data submitted to the AGA office as of August 11, 2010. A Dam of Merit must have produced at least three calves and Dam of Distinction must have produced a minimum of eight calves plus meet the following qualifications:• Age at first calving must not exceed 25 months.• Produce a calf that was born between January 1, 2008 and March 1,

2009.• Possess a minimum average weaning weight ratio of 101 for all calves.• Maintained a regular calving interval. Average calving interval must not

exceed the value calculated using the following formula: (#of calving intervals x 365 days) + 30 days # Of calving intervals

Or the female had her 3rd calf before her fourth birthday and maintained a 365-day calving interval thereafter.

Cow Productivity

Dam of Dam of Name City, State Distinction Merit Total

Judd Ranch, Inc. Pomona, Kan. 14 60 74Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc. Winslow, Ariz. 5 45 50Sieler Ranch, Inc. Plevna, Mont. 6 43 49Gaaskjolen Gelbvieh Meadow, S.D. 7 36 43Eagle Pass Ranch Highmore, S.D. 0 41 41Feist Gelbvieh Ludlow, S.D. 5 34 39Schafer Farms, Inc. Goodhue, Minn. 2 35 37Wehri Gelbvieh Hebron, N.D. 1 36 37Thorstenson Gelbvieh & Angus Selby, S.D. 3 34 37Chimney Butte Ranch Mandan, N.D. 3 34 37Haglund Ranch, LLC. Brockway, Mont. 5 31 36Miller Gelbvieh Farm Glen Ullin, N.D. 10 26 36Flying H Genetics Arapahoe, Neb. 2 30 32Diamond D Gelbvieh Mandan, N.D. 6 25 31Knoll Crest Farms Red House, Va. 0 30 30Spring Valley Farms Agra, Kan. 2 22 24Jumping Cow Gelbvieh Ramah, Colo. 0 24 24Pearson Cattle Co., Inc. Lake City, S.D. 1 21 22Hodges Ranch Omaha, Ark. 2 19 21Moe Gelbvieh Walcott, N.D. 6 14 20

Top 20 Owners

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Idaho Bradley Mountain Ranch Arbon 0 2 2D&F Gelbvieh Tendoy 0 1 1Potter’s Emmett Valley Ranch Emmett 1 2 3Rock Solid Gelbvieh Blackfoot 0 1 1 Illinois Bomke Farms Pleasant Plains 0 1 1DDM Gelbvieh Winslow 1 0 1Dienst Gelbvieh Toulon 0 6 6Double D Farm Winslow 0 1 1J & K Farms Ava 0 9 9J-K Cattle Co Shannon 3 1 4Kitley Gelbvieh Flora 0 5 5Knoles Stock Farm Mason City 0 5 5Kruse Farms & Feedlots Byron 0 2 2M&T Gelbviehs Dawson 1 0 1Jon and Deb Pearson Mt Morris 0 1 1Levi B Porter Ipava 0 1 1Laci Rae Porter Ipava 0 2 2Jared Ruter Shannon 0 4 4TNT Farms Butler 0 1 1 Indiana Buening Cattle Huntingburg 0 1 1Glaub Farm Gelbvieh Liberty 0 1 1Emily Griffiths Kendallville 0 7 7J&D Kerstiens Jasper 1 0 1Mike & Lanna Kloer Family Huntington 0 1 1Midwest Beef Cattle Consultants West Lafayette 0 1 1 Iowa ABCS Gelbvieh Winthrop 0 1 1Danika Anderson Sibley 0 2 2Boyer Ridge Century Farm Moravia 0 5 5C&E Gelbvieh Decorah 0 3 3CKJ Gelbvieh Colo 1 6 7Cib’s Gelbvieh Clutier 1 2 3Circle V Farms Wellsburg 0 1 1Crooked Creek Cattle Co Waukon 0 4 4FMH Gelbviehs Toledo 0 1 1Golden Pyramid Genetics Lenox 1 1 2Guenther Family Cattle Wyoming 0 1 1Hobbs Gelbvieh Lucas 0 3 3Holste’s Triple H Farms Clarinda 1 4 5Jim Horton Ft Dodge 0 1 1Mark Hostert Bernard 0 3 3Wes & Mandy Jones Bloomfield 0 2 2Kenyon Cattle Milford 0 1 1Kenyon Cattle/Mark Welle Gelbvieh Milford 0 1 1TL Kopriva-Gelbvieh Clutier 0 2 2Lone Oak Gelbvieh Mechanicsville 0 3 3MJBC Gelbvieh Audubon 0 3 3Martens Gelbvieh Walnut 0 1 1McCabe Cattle Co Farley 0 4 4Justin Miller Braddyville 0 1 1Patrick Minnehan Churdan 0 1 1Oswald Ranch Osceola 0 14 14Michael H Petersen Danbury 1 4 5Pine Creek Gelbvieh Durant 1 3 4Prairie Grove Gelbvieh Danville 0 5 5Raasch Balanced Genetics Adair 0 2 2Rafter R Gelbvieh Adel 0 2 2Linda Reiste Bloomfield 0 1 1Adelyn Sienknecht Gladbrook 0 1 1

Sienknecht Cattle Company Gladbrook 0 2 2Soap Creek Gelbvieh Bloomfield 0 4 4Nate Solberg Akron 0 1 1Craig N Sperfslage Winthrop 0 4 4Terry Starr Bloomfield 0 1 1Charles & Kay Struthers Collins 2 12 14Taylor Family Gelbvieh Milford 0 2 2The Two Step Ranch Farley 0 1 1Triple U Ranch Correctionville 0 1 1Williamson Gelbvieh Ankeny 1 7 8 KansasTanner Aherin Phillipsburg 0 1 1Albers Gelbvieh Cunningham 0 2 2Bar Arrow Cattle Co Phillipsburg 5 15 20Collin Berkley Osborne 0 1 1Seth Beying Leavenworth 0 1 1Kyle Cavalli Lincoln 0 1 1Cleland Cattle Company Arma 0 2 2D bar L Land and Livestock Sylvia 0 1 1Davidson Brothers Gelbvieh McCune 0 14 14Dawson Creek Gelbvieh Easton 0 4 4Jim & Terri DeGeer Erie 0 2 2Diamond V Gelbvieh Stockton 3 4 7Double Image Farms Bucklin 0 2 2Double K Cattle Fredonia 0 1 1Dry Creek Farm Osborne 3 1 4Flint Hills Gelbvieh Alma 0 2 2Gilly’s Gelbvieh Jewell 1 5 6Jeremy Grable Troy 0 1 1Grable Cattle Company Troy 0 6 6Jerry Grund Wallace 0 1 1Becky L Grund Sharon Springs 0 1 1Becky & Christy Grund Wallace 0 1 1Grund Gelbvieh Ranch Sharon Springs 0 6 6Hammer Gelbvieh Wallace 0 1 1Hedges SS Gelbvieh Pleasanton 0 3 3Hightower Cattle Company LaCygne 0 1 1Holle Gelbvieh Herndon 1 11 12JNR Gelbvieh Farm Caney 0 1 1JT Land & Cattle Deerfield 0 1 1Cody A Jarvis Phillipsburg 0 2 2Judd Ranch Inc Pomona 14 60 74Last Dollar Ranch Louisburg 2 0 2Lucky 7 Gelbvieh McCune 1 3 4Larry & Janie Mages Ottawa 1 0 1Marshall Cattle Co Medicine Lodge 0 2 2Campbell Martin Bucklin 0 2 2Martin’s Golden Acres Ford 0 1 1Meadowlark Gelbvieh Farm Lindsborg 0 1 1Meng Farms Cattle Company Troy 0 3 3Myron D Miller Partridge 0 1 1Tom & Peggy Minor Oswego 0 1 1Mulroy Farms LLC Mayetta 0 9 9Nelson Ranch Soldier 1 6 7Nisly Ranch Hutchinson 0 1 1John C Oswald & Sons Hutchinson 1 1 2R&N Overmiller Gelbvieh Smith Center 0 1 1Overmiller Gelbvieh Smith Center 0 3 3P. & R. Farm Baxter Springs 0 1 1Post Rock Cattle Co Barnard 0 11 11Raile Gelbvieh St Francis 0 3 3Raile Gelbvieh St Francis 0 1 1Raile Gelbvieh/Cody Raile St Francis 0 1 1S&D Gelbvieh Hutchinson 0 1 1


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Sandy Knoll Farm St John 0 16 16Scott Gelbvieh El Dorado 2 4 6John Robert Shearer Canton 0 1 1Spring Valley Farms Agra 2 22 24Stock-Wood Gelbvieh Stockton 0 5 5Stucky Gelbviehs Salina 1 1 2Suelter Cattle Co Lincoln 0 1 1T Arrow Gelbvieh Glade 1 2 3Wheeler & Sons Cattle Co Holton 0 1 1Gary & Kenny White Topeka 0 7 7Windy Hill Gelbvieh McCune 2 2 4 Kentucky Gage Allen Glasgow 0 1 1Bee Lick Gelbvieh Farm Crab Orchard 1 2 3Tyler Bitzer Shelbyville 0 1 1Bray Gelbvieh Bedford 0 2 2Clifford Farms Cynthiana 1 0 1Day Farms Nicholasville 0 3 3Lauren Dyer Burksville 1 0 1Dyer Farms Burkesville 0 2 2Hasty Rocky Hill Farms Lancaster 0 3 3JM Gelbvieh Farm Paint Lick 0 1 1JenJoe Farms Clinton 0 2 2Justin Johnson Parksville 0 1 1Kendall Kilbourne East Bernstadt 0 1 1David & Jo Nell Kyler Cadiz 2 6 8Larmon Mill Acres Alvaton 0 1 1Mockingbird Hill Farm Rochester 1 4 5Mike Moore Gentle G Farm Annville 0 2 2Padon Farms Salem 0 6 6Philpot Farm Crab Orchard 1 0 1James Riddell Shelbyville 0 1 1Ronald & Randy Gelbvieh Farm Eubank 0 1 1Single Tree Farm Knob Lick 0 3 3Arthur Slaughter Fredonia 0 3 3David Slaughter/Leo Phillips Fredonia 0 1 1Springhaven Farm Inc Albany 0 2 2 Maryland Valley View Farm Oakland 1 1 2 Michigan Peach Lake Gelbviehs West Branch 0 2 2 MinnesotaLynn R Apenhorst Springvalley 0 1 1Brandywine Farm Rushford 1 18 19Cordes Farms Lake City 1 2 3Gross’ Range Line Farm Hines 0 3 3Keith Hass Ogilvie 0 1 1Hoppe Farms Inc Crookston 0 11 11Ivers Family Austin 3 2 5Kriegh Family Farm Crookston 0 1 1Pederson Gelbvieh Buffalo 0 2 2Rocky Hills Polled Gelbvieh Mahnomen 0 1 1Roger Sabin Hibbing 1 6 7Schafer Farms Inc Goodhue 2 35 37Dean G Swenson Little Falls 0 3 3Henry Torgerson Jr Aitkin 0 1 1Wandering Meadows Farm Lamberton 0 1 1 Mississippi Amanda Langston - Triple L Farms Oakland 0 1 1Lowell & Karen Rogers Seminary 0 1 1

Missouri 4H Farms Lincoln 0 2 2A B Farms Inc Lathrop 7 12 19Adkins Farms Burlington Junction 2 12 14Arwood Family Farms Seneca 0 1 1B/F Cattle Company Butler 0 3 3Bear Creek Gelbvieh Squires 0 1 1Boswell Fly Creek Gelbvieh El Dorado Springs 0 3 3Brinser Cattle Co Trenton 0 1 1Brice Budd Hume 0 1 1John A Busch & Sons Washington 0 3 3Cattleman’s Choice Genetics Lowry City 0 2 2Childs Cattle Company Reeds 0 1 1Diamond J Stock Farm Polo 0 1 1Double R Gelbvieh Lamar 1 2 3Jesse Travis Forsythe Farmington 0 1 1Danny Forsythe 4F Farm Farmington 0 3 3Chad Foster Flemington 0 1 1Harold & Ruth Francis Pierce City 1 4 5G B Gelbvieh Farm Odessa 2 3 5GROW Gelbvieh Walker 1 1 2Gatson Gelbvieh Vandalia 2 4 6Hager Farms Eugene 0 1 1Hartland Farm Stella 0 2 2Hester Gelbvieh Millersville 0 1 1Hillside Cattle Co Centerview 0 1 1Hilltop Farms Asbury 0 2 2J&R Farms Granby 0 1 1J-Bar M Gelbvieh Stark City 0 1 1JGP Gelbvieh Lathrop 0 2 2Lois Jenkins Gelbvieh Bolivar 1 0 1Justamere Ranch Urbana 0 4 4Shane Lake Neosho 0 1 1Lawman Farms Columbia 0 4 4Lichtenegger Farms Altenburg 0 3 3Richard Lincoln Linneus 0 7 7Wayne J Long Jr Houston 0 1 1Marriott Gelbvieh Farm Mountain View 0 1 1Martensen Cattle Versailles 0 1 1McNeive’s Farm Versailles 0 3 3Missouri Farm Systems Inc New Florence 0 1 1Kali Myers Oak Ridge 0 1 1Myers Farm Oak Ridge 1 0 1Neese Farms Rutledge 0 3 3Norwood Gelbvieh Farm Carthage 0 1 1Robert Paul Washburn 1 0 1Leslie Payne Polk 0 1 1RnJ Cattle Co Browning 0 1 1Hailey Robertson Lamar 0 1 1Emmie Robertson Lamar 0 2 2Rock Ridge Farms Neosho 0 2 2Rockin’-U-Ranch Richmond 0 2 2Rotert/Harriman Montrose 0 2 2Jerald Rumfelt/Rumfelt Gelbvieh Springfield 0 1 1Simmons Cattle Company Raymore 0 3 3Steffensen J5 Cattle Company Gainesville 0 5 5Stuecken Brothers Freeburg 0 12 12Sunset Ridge Farm Jackson 0 1 1Talley Gelbvieh Farm St Charles 0 2 2Truman State University Kirksville 0 1 1VanWinkle Farms Neosho 0 1 1Wannabe Stock Farm Smithville 0 1 1James Zumbrunnen Brookfield 0 3 3



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Chris Zumbrunnen Brookfield 0 13 13Rachel Zumbrunnen Brookfield 0 7 7 Montana Danell Diamond Six Ranch Lewistown 0 2 2Judy & Wende Gianino Boyes 1 6 7Goettlich Gelbvieh Ranch Hilger 2 2 4Anjeanette Haas Oilmont 0 1 1Haglund Ranch LLC Brockway 5 31 36Kalina Gelbvieh Roy 0 7 7Kicking Horse Ranch Oilmont 0 5 5Kicking Horse Ranch Oilmont 0 13 13LJL Gelbvieh Ranch Hamilton 1 7 8M Heart D Gelbvieh Stevensville 1 3 4Middle Creek Farms Bozeman 1 4 5Chad & Jenny Moke Hysham 0 2 2Wes Neubauer Wolf Point 0 7 7Redland/J Redland/ Piedmont/Johnson Hysham 0 1 1Pine Ridge Gelbvieh Lewistown 0 1 1Jon Redland Hysham 0 2 2Redland Gelbvieh Hysham 2 17 19Rocking Heart L Saco 0 1 1SR Graveley Gelbvieh Avon 2 1 3Joe & Cathy Servais Richey 3 6 9Sieler Ranch Inc Plevna 6 43 49 Nebraska Backward L Farms Inc Oxford 0 1 1Barwick Gelbvieh Orleans 0 1 1Kyle Bauer Fairbury 0 2 2Bauer Gelbvieh Fairbury 1 5 6Boehler Gelbviehs Orleans 0 2 2Rod & Twila Brown Paxton 0 5 5CK Cattle Co Scribner 0 3 3Cast Gelbvieh Gresham 0 1 1D Lazy M Livestock Harrisburg 0 2 2Diamond Lazy J Ranch LLC Nenzel 0 4 4Fastenau Farms Holdrege 0 1 1Flying H Genetics Arapahoe 2 30 32GS Ridge Top Ranch Omaha 0 4 4Gary’s Gelbvieh Trenton 0 8 8Gemar & Naber Gelbviehs Sutton 0 1 1Geranium LDJ Cattle Co Plainview 0 8 8Hill Top Acres Humboldt 2 1 3Hillcrest Acres Miller 2 1 3Hilltop Gelbvieh Lawrence 0 11 11M C Johnson & Sons Tilden 2 15 17Kaisha Leigh Jurgens Miller 0 1 1Kleinschmidt Gelbvieh Grafton 0 6 6Lammers Gelbvieh Lexington 0 1 1Lemke Cattle Lawrence 0 5 5MLM Gelbvieh Superior 5 12 17Pope Farms Gelbvieh Ravenna 0 1 1Braden Rieker Eustis 0 1 1Dustin Rippe Hubbell 0 1 1Rippe Gelbvieh Hubbell 1 9 10Robinson Gelbvieh Elm Creek 2 6 8Schawang Cattle Co David City 0 3 3Standing Milliron Ranch Brady 0 2 2State Line Genetics Danbury 1 4 5Jeff Swanson Oxford 0 15 15Taubenheim Gelbvieh Amherst 1 18 19Rod Tegtmeier Cattle Davenport 0 8 8The 88 Ranch Orchard 2 4 6Vasquez Cattle Paxton 0 1 1

Voss Farms Bruning 0 1 1Warner Beef Genetics Beaver City 1 10 11Wolf Gelbvieh Gothenburg 0 1 1 NevadaHone Ranch Minden 0 1 1Richard J or Jean M Williams Orovada 1 4 5 New York Forshee Gelbvieh Ranch De Ruyter 0 1 1Kraszewski Family Farms Corning 0 2 2 North Carolina B&B Farm Peachland 0 5 5Bar O Cattle Company Eden 0 1 1Bent Creek Farm LLC Dobson 0 1 1C-Cross Cattle Company Asheboro 2 12 14Eric Ellis Old Fort 1 4 5Gelbvieh Bar None Ranch Sapphire 0 1 1R Jar Farm Robbins 1 0 1Justin Dean Ridenhour Farms Salisbury 0 1 1Swinging Tail Cattle Co Evergreen 3 3 6T-Square Gelbvieh Farm Charlotte 0 1 1Austin Matthew Teeter Mt Ulla 0 1 1Windy Hill Farm Climax 0 1 1 North DakotaLes Alvstad Berthold 0 1 1Mark Anderson Towner 0 2 2Auch Gelbvieh Mandan 0 3 3Bailey Gelbvieh Ranch Towner 3 8 11David Bedker Edgeley 0 1 1Shawn Berger Mandan 0 1 1Bohrer Gelbvieh Ranch Stanton 0 2 2Brown’s Gelbvieh Ranch Bismarck 4 15 19Chimney Butte Ranch Mandan 3 34 37Cranview Gelbvieh Minot 1 6 7D Bar D Gelbvieh Hazelton 0 1 1Diamond D Gelbvieh Mandan 6 25 31Dorner Dreamland Cattle Co New England 0 2 2Golden Buckle Gelbvieh Medina 1 11 12Allan or Peggy Gustin Mandan 1 2 3Honeyman Gelbvieh Regent 1 3 4Ketterling Gelbvieh Ellendale 0 2 2Conrad Larson Noonan 1 7 8Ledoux Gelbvieh Antler 1 3 4Martin Gelbvieh Rock Lake 0 5 5Miller Gelbvieh Farm Glen Ullin 10 26 36Moe Gelbvieh Walcott 6 14 20Wyatt Nichols Palermo 0 4 4Person WE Ranch White Earth 0 4 4Prairie Hills Gelbvieh Gladstone 1 0 1Rocking SC Ranch Sykeston 0 3 3Rosehill Gelbvieh Farm Munich 0 2 2Sarah & Verrick Schock Carson 0 1 1Wyatt J Schulte Hebron 0 1 1Marvin Ternes Raliegh 1 6 7Wehri Gelbvieh Hebron 1 36 37Wohl Farms Baldwin 0 3 3 Ohio Butternut Farms Bolivar 0 1 1Charlie/Jordan/Scott Diehl Bradford 0 3 3Knicely Cattle Company Norwich 0 1 1


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Oklahoma Roger L Davis Bartlesville 0 2 2Diamond Mill Iron Gelbvieh Oktaha 0 4 4Gallaway Gelbvieh Mulhall 0 1 1Koehn Cattle Co Goltry 0 2 2Markes Family Farms Waukomis 1 3 4Monnier Farms Miami 0 1 1Bill New Gelbvieh Arnett 0 3 3Wadley Farms Gelbvieh Afton 0 1 1Young Farms Southern Okla Gelb Ardmore 0 1 1 Oregon2R 2B Cattle Co Powell Butte 0 2 2DeLano Farms LLC Oregon City 3 6 9Lazy Box B Ranch Burns 0 6 6Louie’s Cattle Service Burns 0 17 17McCadden Farms Enterprise 0 2 2Mount Joseph Cattle Co Joseph 4 7 11Sonlight Ranch LaGrande 0 1 1Barb White/Aaron Jorgensen Springfield 0 1 1 South Carolina Rufshod Hartsville 0 2 2 South DakotaA&C Gelbvieh Canton 0 4 4Adkins Gelbvieh Iroquois 0 1 1Lonnie Amundson Webster 1 7 8BCV Gelbvieh Nisland 0 1 1Roger Baruth Alpena 1 6 7Jim & Barb Beastrom Pierre 0 3 3Jon & Theresa Beastrom Pierre 1 7 8CJ & L Livestock Hermosa 0 2 2Ceroll Gelbvieh Sisseton 0 1 1Ceroll Gelbvieh Sisseton 3 6 9Ceroll Ranch Sisseton 0 3 3Christensen Gelbvieh Flandreau 1 9 10Crooks Red Angus & Gelbvieh Astoria 0 5 5Amanda Duxbury Wessington 0 1 1Dean Duxbury Wessington 0 4 4Eagle Pass Ranch Highmore 0 41 41Elk Creek Gelbvieh Piedmont 1 5 6Feist Gelbvieh Ludlow 5 34 39Roger Feterl Gelbvieh Salem 1 0 1Gaaskjolen Gelbvieh Meadow 7 36 43Goldux Gelbvieh Wessington 8 12 20Nikki Hojer Lake Preston 0 1 1Hojer Gelbvieh Lake Preston 1 2 3King B Ranch Selby 0 1 1Lazy TV Ranch Selby 0 6 6Jeff Lesch Mound City 0 1 1Nathan B Munger Highmore 0 1 1Pearson Cattle Co Inc Lake City 1 21 22Piedmont Valley Gelbvieh Piedmont 0 1 1RLV Gelbvieh Nisland 2 7 9Cedric C Raine White 0 1 1Schroeder Inc Sioux Falls 0 13 13Wes & Brittney Spencer Pierre 0 1 1Vaughn Thorstenson Selby 3 34 37Gina Marie Thorstenson Selby 0 1 1Duane & Rhonda Thull Oldham 0 2 2Vander Vorst Gelbviehs Pollock 1 6 7Carlee T Vavra Nisland 0 1 1Volek Gelbvieh Highmore 0 1 1Stephen Witt Bristol 0 13 13 TennesseeJohnny Allen Hilham 0 1 1

Asbury Farms Speedwell 0 2 2Stephanie Bates Duck River 0 2 2Brandon Farms Tazewell 0 4 4Zach Butler Milton 0 3 3Circle M Farms McMinnville 0 1 1Clinch Mountain Gelbvieh Farm Luttrell 3 9 12Do Little Farms Quebeck 0 2 2Dunnavant Farms Ardmore 0 2 2Gooseponds Farms Fayetteville 1 5 6M&W Farms Maryville 0 2 2Jesse Parsley Jr McMinnville 0 1 1Rocky Top Gelbvieh Harriman 0 5 5Silvey Family Gelbvieh Clarksville 0 1 1Sorrells Gelbvieh Farms Petersburg 0 8 8Tony N Tidwell Celina 0 1 1University Of Tennessee Crossville 4 9 13Way Farms Surgoinsville 0 1 1 Texas Russell Bramblett Dell City 0 6 6KG Gelbvieh Warren 1 0 1Miller Gelbvieh Florence 0 1 1Montgomery Gelbvieh Vega 2 11 13South Texas Gelbvieh Castroville 0 7 7 Utah Johnson’s Bear River Gelbvieh Tremonton 0 8 8Loveless Gelbvieh Spanish Fork 1 15 16Daniel Lyons Huntington 0 1 1Pace Ranches Torrey 1 5 6Shadow Mountain Gelbvieh Genola 1 7 8Steve Smith Gelbvieh’s Lehi 0 1 1Southern Utah University Cedar City 0 1 1YJ Mountain Ranch Gelbviehs Redmond 0 3 3 Virginia Hickory Hill Farm Blacksburg 0 4 4Knoll Crest Farms Red House 0 30 30Little Windy Farms/J&K Farms Max Meadows 0 1 1Little Windy Hill Farms Max Meadows 1 2 3Tony Matney Cedar Bluff 0 1 1CH Morris & Sons Appomattox 3 10 13Reedy Bottom Farm South Boston 0 1 1 Washington Samee Ledgerwood Clarkston 0 3 3Lundgren Farm Spokane 0 2 2Mike & Joy Wilson Brewster 0 3 3 West Virginia Dent Family Farm Gay 0 2 2Hill Top Haven Farm Strange Creek 1 5 6 WisconsinA&B’s Finest Amery 0 5 5Progress Plus Gelbvieh Lancaster 0 1 1Anila Russell Brooklyn 0 1 1Lydia Russell Brooklyn 0 1 1Zimmerman Farms Osseo 3 2 5 Wyoming MTR Cattle Co Buffalo 2 10 12Malm Ranch Co Albin 0 1 1Nine Bar Nine Gelbvieh Meriden 0 5 5XT Land & Cattle Newcastle 0 5 5

Australia Wychood Gelbvieh Kerth S 5267 0 1 1


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Thankful for Hats

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2009-2010 AGJA Board of Directors

Kyle Kendrick, President (2010)6590 County Rd. 249, Palmyra, MO 63461

P: 573-735-4243 • C: 573-822-2952Email: [email protected]

Andrew Lindgren, Vice President (2011)

1565 US Hwy. 136, Atlanta, IL 67123P: 309-392-2054 • C: 309-825-0089Email: [email protected]

Katie Sullivan, Vice President

of Leadership (2010)34850 Magnolia Farm Rd.,

Robertsdale, AL 36567P: 251-931-3068

Email: [email protected]

Keaton Kendrick, Secretary (2010)6590 County Rd. 249, Palmyra, MO 63461

P: 573-735-4243 • C: 573-822-2951Email: [email protected]

Justin Taubeneheim, Treasurer (2010)

19035 Grand Island Rd., Amherst, NE 68812P: 308-826-5185


Seth Arp (2011)N551 Ramsey Rd., Arlington, WI 53911

P: 608-712-1186Email: [email protected]

Dustin Aherin (2011)

309 Limestone Rd., Phillipsburg, KS 67661P: 785-302-1253


Janelle Hayek (2011)2814 Hwy. E43, Clutier, IA 52217


Britney Volek (2011)

19920 339th Ave., Highmore, SD 57345P: 605-870-1008


Nikki Hojer, Ex-Officio H: 43968 208th St., Lake Preston, SD 57249


ADULT ADVISORS:

Mike & Toni Shrewsbury1980 SE Wilson RoadLathrop, MO 64465

[email protected]

Al & Mary Knapp

18291 158th StreetBonner Springs, KS 66012

[email protected]

Staff Advisor:Dana Stewart303-465-2333

[email protected]

AGJA 2011 Twister ClassicJuly 3-8 – Kearney, Neb.

Headquarters Hotel: Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention - 110 S. 2nd Ave., Kearney, NE Phone: 1-308-2375971 Room Block Rate: $89.95

Rooms feature: All non-smoking rooms Free high speed wireless internet In room microwave In room refrigerator

In room work desk Flat screen TV in room Free DVD movies Electric video arcade Indoor water center

Kids pool with slides and fountains Two adult waterslides and whirlpool spa Guest laundry and valet laundry service available

AS THE LEAVES have turned, the air has become more brisk, and the Green Bay Packers come closer to the Super Bowl (yes, I’m representing my home state!), we realize fall is in full swing. Along with fall comes the season of Thanksgiving. With the autumn spirit in the air, I start to think about what to be thankful for this upcoming holiday season. As my boss would say, “I’m thankful for being upright and breathing.” I guess that’s an easy place to start.

One thing I am extremely grateful for is to be a part of the Gelbvieh Association. I’ve been a member of the American Gelbvieh Junior Association for eleven years. My first classic was in Springfield, Missouri back in 2000. Back then, it seemed like just any cattle show to me. But with each Classic that came and passed, being part of the AGJA felt more like a family to me. Every year, I was reunited with all the friends I had made the year before, made new ones, and more memories were made.

The whole “family” feeling really hit me this past summer at the Lone Star Classic in Texas. The last night, at the banquet, was probably the most gratifying moment of my life. It started with the news that the Waters family from Tennessee had their semen tank stolen out of their trailer. A cowboy hat was passed around the room to collect money from members, and the money would go towards replacing the tank. As I sat and watched the hat move around the room and fill up, I was amazed. After the pass of the hat almost $500 was raised for the Waters family.

Later on during the Patti Kendrick auction, a couple more hats were passed

around to collect money for the Kendrick family who has been dealing with many issues at home. As I walked around the room holding one of three cowboy hats, watching large bills and even gratuitous checks fall into them, I was simply in awe at the generosity. Part of the reason was that my hat alone collected over $700 and the 3 hats together collected over $1200. However, the main reason is that it was my first time seeing the AGJA come together for our whole “family”. For people to give anything from $1 to $150 to someone they only see maybe once a year is not that common. For a couple hundred people to pour their hearts out to families who are facing tough times is truly remarkable. I believe if we apply our helping attitude throughout our breed, there is no limit to our progress and advancement in the beef industry.

While it might seem a little cliché, I am extremely thankful to be a part of the Gelbvieh Association. It is an organization filled with generous, kind-hearted people who get the true meaning of family. I encourage members of all ages to take this way of thinking and apply it in your everyday lives. Whether it’s just helping clean up a roadside ditch, or taking your cowboy hat and raising money for a good cause, YOU CAN make a difference. And whoever you help out will definitely be thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless!

Seth

Seth Arp is an AGJA board member and can be reached via email at [email protected].

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Reserve Supreme Champion Bull Over All Breeds

DVE Davidson Romance 116WDavidson Gelbvieh, Ponteix,

Saskatchewan

Supreme Champion Female Over All Breeds

DVE Davidson Ms Bee Secret 78UDavidson Gelbvieh, Ponteix,

Saskatchewan

Reserve Champion FemaleKVEE Secret Alias

Allissa Brown, Norwich, Ohio

Grand Champion FemaleOhio MV Polled Julianne 403UKelsey Sheeley, Hillsboro, Ohio

Reserve Champion BullKVEE High Class

Jared Knicely Cattle Co., Norwich, Ohio

Grand Champion BullPNS Barry II

Paul & Maryann Sutton Farms, Vincent, Ohio

Reserve Champion FemaleKVEE Wanda 938W

Jared Knicely Cattle Co., Norwich, Ohio

Grand Champion FemaleOhio MV Polled Julianne 403UKelsey Sheeley, Hillsboro, Ohio

Champion Balancer HeiferWVRG RED VELVET 21W

Riverview Gelbvieh, Ravenswood, W. Va.

Champion Gelbvieh Cow/Calf pairDENT SNOWFLAKE 01S

Dent Family Gelbvieh Farm, Gay, W. Va.

Reserve Gelbvieh HeiferWVRG NOEL 10U


Champion Gelbvieh HeiferDENT WILMA 05W


Champion Balancer BullWVRG WOODY 17W ET


Reserve Gelbvieh BullWVRG MUFFIN MAN 25W ET

Riverview Gelbvieh & Springdale Farms, Ravenswood, W. Va.

Champion Gelbvieh BullDENT X-CALIBAR 3X


Reserve Balancer HeiferSPDE WILLOW 6WSpringdale Farms,

Ravenswood, W. Va.

West Virginia Gelbvieh Association State ShowJuly 29, 2010 • Cottageville, W. Va. • Photos submitted by Kevin Rawson

Ohio State FairAugust 3, 2010 • Columbus, Ohio

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Ohio State Fair Junior ShowAugust 1, 2010 • Columbus, Ohio

Frontier Days Purebred Livestock ShowJuly 1, 2010 • Swift Current, Saskatchewan

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Reserve Balancer HeiferJPTK I Love Lucy

JP Triple K Farms, Palmyra, Mo.

Champion Balancer HeiferT Bar S Malibu 605U

T Bar S Cattle Co., Bonnots Mill, Mo.

Reserve Gelbvieh HeiferHMR Tawny’s Diva

Hailey Robertson, Lamar, Mo.

Champion Gelbvieh HeiferDBLR Ms Dream Heart ET

Riley’s 4-R Gelbvieh, Rolla, Mo.

Reserve Gelbvieh BullRed Label

Kaitlin Mitchell, Appleton City, Mo.

Champion Gelbvieh BullMYFM Onyx 11W

Dustin Myers, Oak Ridge, Mo.

Reserve Gelbvieh Cow-CalfMYFM Trina 15U

Morgan Winchester, Jasper, Mo.

Champion Gelbvieh Cow-CalfT Bar S Kaitlyn 38S

T BAR S Cattle Co., Bonnots Mill, Mo.

Reserve Balancer BullSPEN Renegade

Spencer Gelbvieh, Aurora, Mo.

Champion Balancer BullT Bar S Flintstone 10X

T Bar S Cattle Co., Bonnots Mill, Mo.

Reserve Champion BullAHL Heisman 012X

Ledoux Ranch, Agenda, Kan.

Grand Champion BullDLW Red Power 583UWarner Beef Genetics,

Arapahoe, Neb.

Reserve Champion FemaleFlying H Lacey 209X

Flying H Genetics, Arapahoe, Neb.

Grand Champion FemalePMG Uma 802U ET

M & P Gelbvieh, Odell, Neb.

Nebraska State FairSeptember 3, 2010 • Grand Island, Neb.

Missouri State FairAugust 13, 2010 • Sedalia, Mo.

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Reserve Balancer FemaleTBKN Cowgirl Style

Beenken Farms, Buckingham, Iowa

Champion Balancer FemaleRHRG Ms Legend 946W

Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan.

Reserve Gelbvieh FemaleHYEK Alyiah 3161NTNT Farms, Butler, Ill.

Champion Gelbvieh FemaleCIRS 72NW

Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan.

Reserve Balancer BullSVVG Lookout Louie

Jason Sauer, Winona, Minn.

Champion Balancer Bull3G Warlock

3G Ranch, Kendallville, Ind.

Reserve Gelbvieh Bull3G Calibur 055X ET

3G Ranch, Kendallville, Ind.

Champion Gelbvieh BullTNT F Dark Horse 061W

TNT Farms, Butler, Ill.

Reserve Balancer FemaleLCC Dazzle 6219U

Courtney Larson, Argonia, Kan.

Champion Balancer FemaleABL Walla

Dustin & Tanner Aherin, Phillipsburg, Kan.

Reserve Gelbvieh FemaleBDCG Wilma 147W

Seth Beying, Leavenworth, Kan.

Champion Gelbvieh FemaleRACA Ms Red Maple 812U

Collin Berkley, Osborne, Kan.

Reserve Balancer BullSKF Dunn’s Krugerrand 202X Two Step Ranch, Farley, Iowa

Champion Balancer BullSDCG X-Factor 202X

Seth Beying. Leavenworth, Kan.

Reserve Gelbvieh BullCOLB Mr. Xavier

Collin Berkley, Osborne, Kan.

Champion Gelbvieh BullKKKG Who Dat 262W

Triple K Gelbvieh, Bonner Springs, Kan.

Kansas State FairSeptember 17, 2010 • Hutchinson, Kan.

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Iowa State FairAugust 20, 2010 • Des Moines, Iowa

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Lone oak G e L b v i e h

[email protected](319) 489-2275(319) 480-1564

Eric Ehresman20963 30th St.

Mechanicsville, IA 52306

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Ricky Linquist1135 190th StreetFonda, IA 50540

(712) 288-5349Email: [email protected] & Red Angus

Indiana

Iowa

• Polled Purebreds• Red • Black

Double D Farm9937 Warren Rd.

Winslow, IL 61089(815) 367-4116

Skyler Martin1200 S. Blackhawk Rd.

Oregon, IL 61061(815) 732-7583

The Prosser Family928/477-2458

Summer

928/289-2619 WinterWinslow, AZ

Website: www.bartbar.comEmail: [email protected]

Angus, Gelbvieh, Balancer & Commercial Replacement Females

Arizona

ArkansasIllinois

Colorado

GS Ridge Top RanchGelbvieh-Angus-Balancer Black & Polled Private Treaty SalesBreed-leading Performance from Quality Genetics

Kevin: 402-510-8103 Al: 402-676-5292

Neola, Iowa

3 G RanchGelbvieh Cattle For Sale

Carl, Rebecca & Emily Griffiths1577 N 600 E • Kendallville, IN 46755

260/897-2160 • [email protected] call or visit is Always Welcome

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Fullblood Polled Gelbvieh

Polled Hereford MerleE.Lewis JamesL.Lewis 812/863-7701 812/863-2970RR1Box1360•SpRingviLLE,in47462

Dave & Dawn Bowman55784 Holly Rd. • Olathe, CO 81425

(970) 323-6833www.bowkranch.com

McCabe Cattle Co.Lacey McCabe563-543-5251

Two Step RanchPat and Jay McCabe

563-543-4177

AnnualSpringBullSale 60-80BredFemalesEachFall(E-mail): [email protected]

(web): www.mccabecattle.com

GelbviehFarley,IowaBalancers

Skyler Martin1200 S. Blackhawk Rd.Oregon, IL 61061-9762

815•732•7583

MeMber

“Realizing the Value”

Alabama

Johnny D. Kittle816 Co. Rd. 36Geraldine, AL 35974Cell (256) 996-4140

Kittle Gelbvieh FarmsQuality Black Gelbvieh Catt le

Grant Thayer, Owner(303) 621-2058

[email protected]

Brad Ridinger, ManagerOffice: (719) 764-2327 Cell: (303) 810-0582

[email protected]

www.JumpingCowGelbvieh.comCATTLE THAT MEET THE CHALLENGE

Ramah, Colorado

G E L B V I E H

Eugene(870) 426-5333

Diana(870) 426-5334

Neal(870) 426-4469

Gelbvieh & Balancer Bulls & Heifers Available Private Treaty Sales

Hodges RancH

15702 Hodges Rd., Omaha, AR [email protected]

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Purebred A.I. Seedstock Bulls and Heifers Available.Al, Mary&Nick Knapp Cell: (913) 219-6613 18291158thStreet H: (913) 724-4105 BonnerSprings,KS66012 FAX: (913) 724-4107

e-mail: [email protected]

Bar ArrowCattle CompanyStuar t Jar v i s26 E. Limestone Rd. • Phillipsburg, KS 67661e-mail: [email protected] • 785/543-5177

Bar ArrowCattle Company

Kansas

Kentucky

BrandywineFarm

Tom Scarponcini30474 Brandywine Road

Rushford, MN 55971507-864-2063

Minnesota

SFISchafer Farms, Inc.Gelbvieh Balancer®

37740 240th Ave., Goodhue, MN 55027 Brian Schafer Lowell Schafer 1-888-226-9210 [email protected] www.schaferfarm.com

Private Treaty Bull Sale — Last Sat. in February Annually

Missouri

Range Ready SimanguS, BalanceR (gv x an), anguS BullS

John Rotert/Bob HarrimanMontrose, MO

660-693-4844 • 660-492-2504

18-30 mo. age, all forage tested, calving ease, semen tested, guaranteed, large selection of top genetics, utilize hybrid vigor for more $, more longevity, more forage genetics. Quality bred heifers & cows. 50 yrs. of reputation seedstock.

www.rotertharriman.com

You can utilize the benefits of heterosis!

Gary and Kenny White3140 SE Colorado • Topeka, KS 66605

785.267.1066 or 785.554.4744

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Culling practices on cows/bulls second to NONE!For information, contact:

Route 1, Box 407 • Butler, MO 64730

660 • 492 • 2808

B/F Specializing in Forage Raised

Balancer® Bulls on K-31

Cattle CompanyCattle Company

Purebred Gelbvieh & Balancer Cattle High Quality Genetics for Every Cattleman.

Owners:David ButtsWayne Butts

Contact David Butts:270-365-3715 (H)270-625-4700 (C)

Princeton, KY • Email: [email protected]

•417-628-3000 • Email: [email protected]

Fall Sale: Oct. 9, 2010

Get ready for upcoming sales!

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Send all items to: Editor, Gelbvieh World10900 Dover St., Westminster, CO 80021

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RogeRs Valley FaRm gelbVieh

Breed for Tomorrow’s Cattle Today!A Breed Leader in Tenderness & Marbling–

P.O. Box 51Mendon, MO 64660(660) 272-3805 (O)(660-375-7266 (C)

Withherdsiresprofilingaperfect10inTendernessandcarryingthe316Tendernessgene!

Ronald & Kathryne Rogersemail: [email protected]

“Where workin’ cattle & eye appeal come full circle”

John & Carla Shearer(620) 628-4621

(620) 654-6507 (John Cell)Annual Production Sale 1st Saturday in April

2815 Navajo Rd. Canton, KS 67428

[email protected]

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Dale & Jeannette Mike & Renee 308/826-4771 308/826-5185

23685 Sartoria Rd. • Amherst, NE 68812www.taubenheimgelbvieh.com

Annual Sale1st Monday in February

J. J. Boehler70948 L Rd. , Orleans, NE 68966308-473-7342 • 308-999-0207

Mark & Patty Goes

39414SW75thRd.Odell,NE68415(402) 766-3627

Pope Farms GelbviehGelbvieh’s Powerful New Perspective

Jeff and Jeanne Pope26075 Willow Rd., Ravenna, NE 68869

Phone & Fax: (308) [email protected]

www.popefarms.com

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Randy Kleinschmidt402/ 759-4660 (H)402/ 366-1605 (Cell)

Bill Kleinschmidt402/ 759-4654

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Nebraska

N. Carolina

Montana

JeffSwanson•308/337-223572408IRoad•Oxford,NE68967

Annual Sale—Last Saturday in February

GELBVIEH BALANCER

Walter&LeeTeeter1380 French Belk Rd. • Mt. Ulla, NC 28125

(704) 664-5784

Producing Black, Polled Genetics for Today & Tomorrow.

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Pritchard Gelbvieh Jeff & Janelle Pritchard 50476 817th Road Spalding, NE 68665 H: 308-497-2249 C: 308-750-1544 Private Treaty Balancer® BullsBlack Bulls with Performance, Calving Ease, Carcass and Function

Mick & Dave AinsworthP.O. Box 154, Jackson

Springs, NC 27281910-652-2233

Cell: 910-639-4804Mick’s email: [email protected]

Dave’s email: [email protected]

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N. DakotaOklahoma

ExcEpTionaLBULLS&HEiFERS

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S. DakotaADKINS GELBVIEH

Gelbvieh & Balancer Performance GeneticsBlacks & RedsA select group of heifers available each fallBulls available year around(605) 354-2428 Cell(605) 546-2058 Homewww.adkinsgelbvieh.com

Gerald Adkins402 4th Ave., Iroquois, SD 57353

[email protected]

Quality Gelbvieh & Balancer® Genetics from a Trusted Source

Julie Maude605.381.2803 (C)Lori Maude 303.809.3789 (C)Hermosa, SD

Ellison Gelbvieh & Angus RanchGelbvieh & Angus & Balancers

Private Treaty Sales • Bulls (Yearling & 2-yr.-old) & HeifersMitchel & Edna Ellison9020 ND Hwy 49Lemmon, SD 57638701.376.3238

Jeff & Susie Ellison9015 ND Hwy 49Lemmon, SD 57638701.376.3526

Proven Genetics with Balanced Traits!

Oregon

Chimney Butte RanChDoug and Carol Hille

701/445-73833320 51st St., Mandan, ND 58554

[email protected]

Annual Production Sale 1st Friday in March

6700 County Rd. 19 S.Minot, ND 58701

(701) 624-2051 (H) (701) 720-8823 (C)

Email: [email protected] Arnold

R e g i s t e r e d G e l b v i e h & B a l a n c e r s ®

Ohio

43968 208th StreetLake Pres ton, SD 57249

605/847-4155605/860-1326

Alan & PamBlake, Nikki, Christian

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A Review of the Breed’s Original Foundation Sires

The story of how the original Gelbvieh foundation sires came to the U.S. is one of challenge and dedication. The following story was written by Dale Schott and published in the June-July 1984 issue of Gelbvieh Country, a little over a decade after the first Gelbvieh semen was imported to the United States.

Semen from most of the original German foundation sires first became available in the early 1970’s. All were unproven at that time.

In fact, it’s important to note most were never imported to North America. They were collected in a special quarantine station near Schwandorf, West Germany. Carnation Genetics and American Breeders Service (ABS) selected most of these bulls as young calves. They couldn’t be vaccinated for foot and mouth disease to qualify for the project. And they were placed in this special station to ensure isolation from the terrifying disease.

Only semen collected at this special station could be exported to the United States and Canada. It was an unbelievably costly project made possible only by the great demand – at the time – for German-bred Gelbvieh.

Carnation Genetics set up the station first. The health requirements were so strict that feed for the bulls had to be flown from the U.S. to this German station – along with USDA employees and their families. ABS

picked up the contract the following year and convinced the USDA to modify some of the safety requirements – namely the feed importation stipulation.

The bulls were selected for their potential U.S. semen sales. The Germans were not interested in most because the milk data from their ancestors was not great enough. But those most desirable for the German breeding program were vaccinated when the project was complete. Additional semen was then collected. The others were slaughtered.

Unfortunately, the commercial cattle market crashed in the mid-1970s. A considerable amount of this semen was destroyed because it appeared interest in Gelbvieh was over. But several original Gelbvieh breeders bought excess supplies before the disposal.

When the cattle market turned around again the Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) in Clay Center, Neb. started releasing extra desirable research data. Interest again increased in the breed but the semen was gone. In fact, the American Gelbvieh Association started publishing sire summaries for breeders to really see which were the best bulls.

As a result, semen from most of these bulls is no longer available to the public. But their influence is still being felt through sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters.

By John Huston, AGA Board of Directors, and Jennifer Scharpe, AGA Director of Communications

Then and Now Gelbvieh Fullbloods:

As the American Gelbvieh Association gears up to celebrate its 40th anniversary in January, we have been sharing some of the stories from the history of the Gelbvieh breed and the AGA. An important piece of that history is the story of fullblood Gelbvieh genetics. The first part of this story is the challenge of importing semen from the

breed’s original foundation sires, after Leness Hall had discovered the Gelbvieh breed in Germany. The second part of the story is the limited, but still significant role fullblood genetics continue to play in the Gelbvieh breed today.

The fullblood Gelbvieh herd at Rocking G V Gelbvieh and Rafter W Farms.

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Fullblood Gelbvieh 40 Years Later

Many of the first people to use Gelbvieh semen were actually commercial cattle producers. These individuals were so impressed with the half-blood calves that they kept the daughters, bred up the percentage of Gelbvieh in the herd to purebreds, and became seedstock producers. Now, 40 years later, there are a small percentage of AGA members who own or continue to breed fullblood Gelbvieh.

With the recent resurgence of crossbreeding and the efficiencies of heterosis, much discussion is once again focused on the power of fullblood cattle. Science and common sense identifies that fullblood cattle have greater heterosis potential because genetically they are further removed from the average commercial cow. Fullblood cattle had a great impact on the beef industry those early years, why then did they fall out of popularity? In reality they were just that, unpopular. Fullbloods were red and horned. They tended to have bigger mature cow size and larger birth weights.

As those fullblood genetics were Americanized, it was easier to make changes through crossbreeding rather than pursue traditional animal breeding techniques. With crossbreeding, you can make changes in one generation. Traditional methods are limited by the breed itself. For example, decreasing birth weights within a fullblood herd required finding another fullblood Gelbvieh bull among the available population that had a lower birth weight and continuing to place selection pressure on lower births. Over time, the herd average for birth weight was slowly reduced. In the mean time, a commercial producer could find a bull of a different breed with a lower birth weight and as a bonus was black and polled. Thus, that commercial cattleman was able to make greater change in one generation and produce cattle that received market premiums.

As with other breeds, percentage cattle registry opportunities were taken advantage of to create rapid shifts in breed type to

pursue economically viable directions. Unfortunately, the true maternal power and fertility advantages of Gelbvieh cattle are traits that are difficult to measure and select for. These difficulties are the reason why we look towards research facilities to perform the multi-year, long term genetic evaluations required to identify these traits. The true value of Gelbvieh cattle was noticed when MARC released data that showed Gelbvieh excelled in age of puberty and pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed.

Another limitation of fullblood cattle is simply their EPDs cannot compete with current EPDs. Take the time to search

through some fullblood information and look at the EPDs, you will likely be uninspired. This presents a puzzling question: If the cattle were too big, why then are the EPDs so small? When you consider the EPD formula, a large component is to compare the animals in one herd to related animals in other herds. The fact that most herds do not have contemporary groups of calves sired by fullbloods results in the fact that the data does not exist for those bulls to have accurate and relevant EPDs in comparison to today’s purebred cattle.

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Fullblood bull calf at Maple Hill Farm.A fullblood pair of Eldon and Rhonda Arnold in Iowa.

Fullblood replacement heifer at Sandy Knoll Farm.

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Perspectives from Active Fullblood Breeders

These thoughts and ideas led AGA Director John Huston to one conclusion – road trip. He packed a bag and hit the road to go and look at some fullblood Gelbvieh cattle, talk to breeders and get a bit of a history lesson. Now for the big question, where would he go? How does one find fullblood breeders? After several phone calls to the AGA office and a few nights of searching the animal search page on the AGA web site, John had a short list of members who were actively breeding and registering fullblood cattle.

The first stop was Maple Hill Farm in southern Indiana. Merle Lewis has produced fullblood Gelbvieh cattle for nearly 20 years. Originally a Hereford breeder, Merle was amazed by the power of the fullblood Gelbvieh bulls on Hereford cows.

“I have lived my life in the cattle business and owe my gratitude to the production efficiencies of my cows. I sell bulls to commercial cattlemen and have many long-time customers who appreciate the pounds and performance,” said Lewis.

Maple Hill Farm focuses on polled fullblood Gelbvieh. Many breeders do not believe that polled fullblood Gelbvieh can exist. The fact is that genes can mutate. Eldon Arnold of Aurora, Iowa made a few trips to Europe years ago to visit Gelbvieh breeders. He explained that the German system even produced the occasional polled bull. The Germans, however, preferred horned cattle and would not use polled bulls in a breeding program.

Arnold has been in the Gelbvieh breed since the beginning and was part of a group of breeders responsible for much of the importation that occurred within the breed. In fact, to this day he maintains quite an inventory of semen on these original sires. Like Mr. Lewis, Eldon continues to have strong demand for his calves as herd sires and replacement females.

“There are genetic opportunities within those foundation sires that do offer calving ease and low birth weight. The fullblood Gelbvieh maternal advantage wasn’t just high milk, but high butterfat content of the milk. My cows were actually moderate for milk and we’ve never experienced any udder problems,” added Eldon.

The final stop on John’s road trip was to Leon and Brian Dunn of Sandy Knoll Farm, St. John, Kan. The uniqueness of their operation is that they continue to

use fullblood Gelbvieh cattle while also producing purebred Gelbvieh and Balancer® animals. They retain ownership and feed the calves that are not utilized within the herd or sold as seedstock.

“In our experience, the growth, performance and carcass value of the fullblood calves has proven to have tremendous value and although the EPDs vary greatly, the performance is quite similar to the rest of the herd,” said Brian.

During a car ride to the airport after a Board of Directors meeting, Brian explained to Jennifer Scharpe, AGA director of communications, and a couple other board members why they raise fullbloods: “One of the reasons we continue to raise fullbloods is to preserve the Gelbvieh genetic pool. With the fullbloods, we have something to go back to for new purebred genetics.”

This reason was echoed by Kyle Wehner of Rafter W Farms, Kirksville, Mo. Jennifer visited the herds at Rocking G V Gelbvieh, Dr. Glenn and Vicky Wehner; Rafter W Farms, Kyle Wehner and family; and

Truman State University, managed by Dr. Wehner. The Wehner’s are true believers in fullblood genetics and are breeding fullblood Gelbvieh cattle that are functional in today’s beef production systems.

“We strictly breed fullbloods and believe fullblood Gelbvieh cattle are important to the Gelbvieh breed as a whole. We have one fullblood herd sire that has DNA tested homozygous polled and another that has yet to throw a calf with horns. The fullbloods of today are much improved from those first foundation animals,” said Kyle.

One consistent theme in all the herds with fullblood cattle was they were all incredibly functional, structurally correct cattle – sound feed and legs, good udders, easy dispositions and heavy muscled. Please don’t just take our word for it, visit a fullblood Gelbvieh breeder and see the cattle for yourself. The AGA now has an updated list available of those who continue to register fullblood calves and there might be a breeder near you.

Top 25 Gelbvieh Fullblood SiresThe following list of the all-time top Gelbvieh fullblood sires was taken from the Summer 2010 American Gelbvieh Association Sire Summary. The list includes for each sire the total number of progeny, number of herds and number of daughters recorded in the Gelbvieh herdbook. The list is ranked by total number of progeny. An interesting debate could also be made for ranking the list based on total number of daughters.

1. Magnum 715094 3/28/1972 2,552 281 1,3772. CGA Belgrad 62837 3/5/1971 1,883 164 1,1033. LNR Kaiser 928N 3/6/1981 1,667 217 1,0224. DGA Cowboy 11L 2/12/1979 1,601 273 9445. LNR Minnesota Magnum 742F 10/20/1974 1,511 212 8816. Ufa 692022 2/12/1970 1,373 154 8607. Sherman 638024 3/13/1973 1,247 240 8398. LNR Minnesota Belgrad 516J 7/11/1977 1,227 216 6799. Leidig 70556 12/21/1970 1,194 145 44410. Hochrein 607020 12/2/1970 1,095 150 57411. Floto 528159 12/16/1972 1,063 109 75012. Uni 67729 4/1/1970 1,052 111 38813. CGA Canadian Pioneer 611884 4C 5/20/1971 1,030 151 55414. Universal 67228 3/8/1970 979 115 1,32215. DPR Admiral 001M 3/2/1980 966 169 50416. CGA Helau 67254 78C 8/17/1971 941 115 41917. LNR Select 829M 3/4/1980 921 154 53018. Flag 616592 4/10/1971 907 152 35219. LNR Belgrad II 6/9/1975 899 98 46720. LNR Flotation 790L 4/15/1979 898 137 42521. CGA Hemo 67251 86C 6/22/1971 858 132 43722. LNR Major-General 513J 5/3/1977 514 57 25223. Lech 67252 3/28/1971 355 71 16624. MRB K Bar M Bingo 5/24/1982 352 50 15825. Olympic 617378 5/26/1971 348 56 154

Name DateofBirth Progeny Herds Daughters

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AMERICAN GELBVIEH ASSOCIATION members, I cordially invite you to attend the AGA annual convention, 40th anniversary celebration, and National Western Stock Show activities January 5-10, 2011. Come to Denver and ignite your passion for Gelbvieh! The theme for this year’s convention is “The Passion Lives On.” If you haven’t already heard, the traditional 40th wedding anniversary gift is a ruby and the ruby symbolizes passion. This theme represents the passion and dedication of the founding members of the AGA, the generosity and commitment of members throughout the past 40 years to the Gelbvieh breed and the AGA, and to ignite our passion

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII, Paragraph A (2), of the bylaws of the American Gelbvieh Association, this serves as official notice and call of the annual membership meeting. The annual meeting will be held Saturday, January 8, 2011, commencing at 3:00 p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel in Denver, Colo. The meeting will be held during the American Gelbvieh Association annual national convention. The purpose of the meeting shall be the election of directors to fill the offices of those directors whose terms are expiring or which are presently vacant, to ratify the previous actions of the Board of Directors, and for the transaction of

other business as may properly come before the meeting. The nominating committee recommends the following slate of nominees for the five open positions on the AGA Board of Directors. Other nominations may be accepted from the floor during the annual meeting.

• Ken Flikkema, Bozeman, Mont.• Bob Hart, Fairway, Kan.• Doug Hille, Mandan, N.D.• John Huston, New Carlisle, Ohio• David Martin, Judsonia, Ark.• Butch Stucky, Salina, Kan.• Grant Thayer, Ramah, Colo.

A member who is unable to attend

the annual meeting may request an absentee ballot in writing (by mail or fax, email is not accepted) for election of directors. In order to obtain an absentee ballot, a member must submit his or her application to the American Gelbvieh Association office not more than 60 days (November 8, 2010) nor less than 10 days (December 29, 2010) prior to the annual meeting, and must be in good standing with the association at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual meeting. Ballots must be returned to the AGA office by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, January 7, 2011 to be counted at the annual meeting on Saturday, January 8, 2011.

Red Lion Hotel – AGA Headquarters Hotel The Red Lion Hotel on Quebec Street is the Gelbvieh headquarters hotel during the AGA convention and National Western Stock Show. All committee meetings and convention activities will be at the Red Lion. To reserve a room, call 303-321-6666 and ask for the Gelbvieh block to receive the special room rate of $74 plus tax. Included each day are two breakfast buffet tickets. Deadline for room reservations is December 15, 2010. Plenty of rooms are still available.

DoubleTree Hotel Denver A small block of rooms are available at the DoubleTree Hotel Denver at the rate of $92 plus tax per night. Rooms are available on a first come, first serve basis by calling 303-321-3333 and asking for the Gelbvieh block. The block of rooms will be held until December 4, 2010. (There are no breakfast tickets at the DoubleTree.)

The Passion Lives On

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for the next 40 years and beyond. I invite you to help us celebrate our history as we honor the 40 year members of the AGA and hear stories of the development of the breed and the association. We will also honor two outstanding members who have contributed greatly to the AGA – 2011 Member of the Year Bob Hart of Hart Farm Gelbvieh in Fairway, Kan., and 2011 Hall of Fame inductee Bill Clark of Post Rock Cattle Company in Barnard, Kan. Member involvement is a cornerstone of the AGA. Your attendance and input during the committee meetings and the annual meeting is essential to shape the direction of the breed and the AGA. Make your plans now and I will see you in Denver in January!

Tuesday, January 4 8:00 a.m. Cattle begin arriving

Wednesday, January 5 7:00 p.m. Cattle in place on the Hill & in the Yards 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. National Show Committee Meeting

Thursday, January 6 8:00 a.m. Process & Check-In Yard Cattle followed by Hill Cattle 11:00 a.m. - Noon AGA Executive Committee Noon - 5:30 p.m. AGA Board of Directors Meeting (Lunch) 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 pm National Sale Committee Meeting

Friday, January 7 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Finance Committee Meeting 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Foundation Committee Meeting Pick up a bag lunch between meetings 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Marketing & Member Education Committee Meeting 2:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Productivity Committee Meeting 5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. GPP, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting and Board Meeting 7:00 p.m. - 9:00p.m. Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity and People’s Choice Balancer Bull Futurity Meetings Saturday, January 8 7:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. National Junior Gelbvieh Show – Stadium Arena

10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity and People’s Choice Balancer Bull Futurity – Stadium Arena 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Annual Meeting – Hotel 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. AGA Board Meeting to Elect Officers & Take Photo 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. AGA 40th Anniversary Celebration & Social Breeders Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity Introduce New AGA Officers Out-going Board Recognition Hall of Fame & Member of the Year Recognition AGJA Donation Heifer Tickets Sale

Sunday, January 9 5:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. AGA Board Meeting 8:00 a.m. National Pen Bull Show – Livestock Center Noon Lunch Sponsored by the National Sale – LCAA 1:00 p.m. National Gelbvieh Sale – Livestock Center

Monday, January 10 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breeder’s Choice Futurity Board Meeting – Hotel 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. National Gelbvieh and Balancer Show Recognize Ring of Gold, Premier Breeder & Exhibitor 7:00 p.m. Begin Release of Gelbvieh & Balancer Hill Cattle 10:00 p.m. All Hill Cattle Out

Tuesday, January 11 7:00 a.m. Begin Release of Yard Cattle – All out by 4:00 p.m.

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Within the first few minutes of visiting Beying’s Dawson Creek Gelbvieh and talking with Tim Beying, it became obvious to feature this herd in this November issue of Gelbvieh World. The theme of this issue is focused on the Gelbvieh female with the recognition of the Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction program. Dawson Creek Gelbvieh is also all about top-quality females.

“What we really like and want to have are soggy-made, easy doing females. We raise and sell a few bulls, but every bull we get is just one less female. We just want to raise cows,” Tim said.

Beying’s Dawson Creek Gelbvieh is a family owned farm which includes Bob and Karla and their two sons – Tim and Kris and their two children Logan and Lucas also of Easton, and Brian and Julie and their two sons Seth and Cooper who live in nearby Leavenworth, Kan.

“My dad’s grandfather originally had the farm place and this year the farm will be recognized as a Century Farm with the Kansas Farm Bureau,” added Tim. The Gelbvieh herd was started in 1988 with 10 half-blood females and has grown into a nationally-recognized herd of 100 head of registered Gelbvieh and Balancer® cows.

As we walked out to the pasture to look at some of the Dawson Creek Gelbvieh ET calves, Tim and Bob explained the goal of their breeding program which is “building a top-quality Gelbvieh cow herd based on strong fundamentals and strong Gelbvieh females.”

“We’re really into the cow families – super big time cow families,” said Tim as he talked about some of their cow families which include AHL Reba 56S, the 2008 National Champion Balancer Female, and DCSF Post Rock Wilma 147H2, a proven donor cow.

They have built this quality cow herd through an extensive artificial insemination and embryo transfer breeding program.

“For many years everything was bred AI, we didn’t run any pasture bulls. We bred off natural heats and it was a lot of pressure to do the heat detection and get everything bred,” Tim explains. “Now we have boys in sports five nights a week and it became time to use a herd bull.”

Beying’s still do a lot of AI, but they also now run two Balancer clean up bulls. And while they may say they just “tinker” with bulls, Dawson Creek Gelbvieh can raise bulls just as good as the females they produce. As proof, they had one of the runners up in

Dawson Creek Gelbvieh:All about Solid, Functional Females

T he people in the Gelbvieh breed are some of the best in the beef industry. In my short time with the American Gelbvieh

Association, I have come to realize and appreciate the generosity of Gelbvieh breeders. This summer when traveling back to Denver after the AGJA Eastern Regional show, I was shown great hospitality by a few Kansas breeders. First, Al and Mary Knapp and family and Steve and Anna Buffo and family let me crash their Father’s Day bar-b-que. Then with less than 12 hours notice, the Beying family in Easton, Kan., made time for an early morning herd visit.

By Jennifer Scharpe, AGA Director of Communications

Easy doing, quality females, like this 2002 Balancer cow, are the founation of Beying’s Dawson Creek Gelbvieh

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AdultMembersArkansasE&E Farms, HindsvilleTriple H Gelbvieh, Nashville

CaliforniaThad DeForest, Adin

ColoradoGreg Baker Gelbvieh, Olathe

KansasCJC Farm, LeonJC Solutions, LLC., HaysJoe Jury, Ingalls

NorthCarolinaFence Row Farms Gelbviehs, Marshville

NorthDakotaRockin SC Ranch, Sykeston

OklahomaMurray Farms, Kingfisher

TennesseePerdue Farms, PortlandPhillip Shelton, Fayetteville

WestVirginiaReed Holler Farm, Harrisville

JuniorMembersMissouriCaitlin Chaffin, Cleveland

MontanaJack William Hafer, Emigrant

NebraskaKade Bose, Stamford

the 2009 Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity with BDCG DC Jammer 10U1. The Beying’s will tell you that it takes a good female to produce a good bull and that is definitely the case here as the maternal granddam of this bull is JGW 3R Pld Wilma 215A, another proven donor cow.

The Beying’s are very active in the Kansas Gelbvieh Association (KGA) and were one of the stops on this year’s KGA summer tour. Additionally, Tim works for the Easton school district. Brian is the editor of the KGA Gold Reporter and was the 2009 American Gelbvieh Association Member of the Year. He is also a district sales representative for ABS Global. Brian’s son Seth is a member of the American Gelbvieh Junior Association and has been active in showing cattle at state, regional and national shows, and also competes in many of the educational contests the AGJA offers. Both Brian and Tim have volunteered their time to help out the KGA and the AGJA in any way needed.

In addition to producing some of the great cows of the Gelbvieh breed, the Beying’s are also truly some of the best people in the American Gelbvieh Association.

The following individuals and operations joined the American Gelbvieh Association and American Junior Gelbvieh Association during the month of September.

To learn more about the American Gelbvieh Association, the American Gelbvieh Junior Association or the Gelbvieh breed, request an inquiry packet by calling 303-465-2333 or by emailing a request to [email protected].

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Kansas Field DayAugust 28

Reported by Brandon McEndaffer

ON A HOT, muggy August day, Gelbvieh breeders and commercial cattle producers withstood the heat to take part in the Kansas Gelbvieh field day that took place at Beying’s Dawson Creek Gelbvieh, 4 B Gelbvieh, Hart Farm and Triple K Gelbvieh. Everyone that attended the northeast Kansas tour was met with great hospitality by the host breeders as they opened up their farms and ranches to let more than 50 people view their cattle.

The day started at the Beying’s with a good viewing of weaned bull calves, pairs and heifers and a lunch for early arrivals to the tour. A caravan of cars then made their way to 4B Gelbvieh to view Gelbvieh cows in their working clothes with calves at side in the pasture. Hart Farms provided us with a great display of numerous pens of red Gelbvieh cattle, as well as a welcomed shade tree. The day wrapped up at the Knapp residence with viewing of Triple K Gelbvieh cattle and Hightower Cattle

HAGA Field DaySeptember 18

Reported by Frank Padilla

A BEAUTIFUL FALL day greeted Heartland of America Gelbvieh Association members and commercial producers at the Tom Vehige family’s T Bar S Cattle Company located at Bonnots Mill, Mo., for their fall field day. A good crowd was on hand to take part in the educational program and to view T Bar S cattle.

Ronald Rogers of Rogers Valley Farm Feedlot shared with the group how he uses EPDs plus DNA technology to measure the economical important traits of tenderness, feed efficiency and reproduction in his program. He also noted the importance of carcass traits, as well as maternal traits, and how he balances them in the Rogers Valley program. Frank Padilla, AGA director of breed promotion, spoke on what it takes to meet commercial producers’ needs and updated those in attendance on various programs for members to take advantage of through the American Gelbvieh Association. Tom, Justin and Kyle Vehige gave an overview of the T Bar S Cattle Company program proceeding and during a pasture tour showcasing their breeding program.

Nebraska Field DaySeptember 13

Reported by Brandon McEndaffer

AS A NEW Nebraska resident it became apparent to me on the Nebraska field day that scheduling anything on a Cornhusker game day is always a hard sell. Despite the limited number of attendees at the tour, it was one of the most educational field days I have been to in a long while.

The tour started at the University of Nebraska Research Farm and Feedlot north of Lincoln and finished at Schawang Cattle Company. Matt Spangler, assistant professor and beef extension specialist for UNL, covered the trends in genetic progress of major beef breeds and what tools we can use to make breeding decisions for Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle. Topics discussed included indexed EPDs, the use of carcass ultrasound data in our decision making processes, the positives and negatives of DNA markers, along with the benefits of having strengths in low heritable traits like fertility. Will Griffin, the ARDC Feedlot manager, gave a tour of the feedlot facilities and discussed the use of lower quality roughage in combination with various ethanol by-products used in their rations and research studies. After a stop at Randy Schawang’s pastures to see some good Gelbvieh and Balancer females raising calves, we stopped at Randy’s house to look at some cattle he exhibited at the Nebraska State Fair. Randy did a nice job setting up an educational and beneficial Gelbvieh tour for those that attended, and finished it off in style with steak at a local restaurant. After this tour, I’m convinced that we need to incorporate the resources we have in our state extension staff for future Gelbvieh field days.

Company’s heifers. As everyone enjoyed a great meal put on by the local 4-H club, a number of guest speakers took their time to share and update us on various topics. The day concluded with Frank Padilla giving a quick talk on what the association was working on currently, the positive momentum we have in the Gelbvieh breed

and his optimistic outlook for the future. Despite the hot, muggy conditions,

everyone left with a positive and renewed perspective that comes from sharing ideas with other breeders and viewing other cattle than ones in your pasture. So if you missed out this year, I encourage you to make it to next year’s Kansas Gelbvieh tour.

Frank Padilla, AGA director of breed promotion, discusses activities of the association and the momentum in the Gelbvieh breed.

The Tom Vehige family hosted the field day. Pictured above are Kyle, Stacy, Grace, Tom and Justin Vehige.

Ronnie Rogers discussed tools and traits to consider in seedstock production.

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November2010Nov. 6 HAGA Fall Sale, Springfield, MO Nov. 6 Maternal Edge Female Sale, Cross Plains, TNNov. 11 Farmfair International Gelbvieh Open Show, E dmonton, AlbertaNov. 13 C-Cross Cattle Company Fall Bull & Female Sale, Biscoe, NCNov. 14 NAILE Junior Gelbvieh & Balancer Show, Louisville, KYNov. 17 NAILE Eastern National Gelbvieh & Balancer Show, Louisville, KYNov. 20 CANCELLED-Maternal Building Blocks III Sale, Greeley, CONov. 21 Green Springs Performance and Efficiency Tested Bull Sale, Butler, MONov. 24 DEADLINE: January Gelbvieh WorldNov. 24 Canadian National Gelbvieh Show, Regina, SaskatchewanNov. 25 Canadian National Gelbvieh Sale, Regina, SaskatchewanNov. 27 KS/NE Gelbvieh Association’s “Pick of the Herds” Female Sale, Salina, KSNov. 27 Rea Family Complete Gelbvieh Dispersal Sale (in conjunction with KS/NE sale), Salina, KS

December2010Dec. 4 Eagle Pass Ranch Female Sale, Highmore, SDDec. 4 Little Windy Hell Farms You-Pick-Em Bull Sale, Max Meadows, VADec. 15 DEADLINE: February Profit Picture

January2011Jan. 7-8 AGA Annual Convention and 40th Anniversary Celebration, Denver, COJan. 8 National Gelbvieh Junior Heifer Show, Denver, COJan. 9 National Gelbvieh & Balancer Pen Show, Denver, COJan. 9 National Gelbvieh & Balancer Sale, 1 P.M., Livestock Center Auction Arena, Denver, COJan. 10 National Gelbvieh & Balancer Show, Denver, COJan. 25 DEADLINE: March Gelbvieh WorldJan. 29 Lemke Cattle Bull Sale, Lawrence, NEJan. 31 North Dakota “Golden Rule” Sale, Mandan, ND

February2011Feb. 1 Warner Beef Genetics Annual Bull & Female Sale, Arapahoe, NEFeb. 5 LeDoux Ranch Production Sale, Agenda, KSFeb. 7 Taubenheim Gelbvieh 21st Annual Production Sale, Amherst, NEFeb. 15 Cedar Top Ranch Annual Production Sale, Burwell, NEFeb. 15 Iowa Beef Expo Gelbvieh Gold Sale, Des Moines, IA Feb. 18 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Gelbvieh/Balancer Bull & Female Sale, Kearney, NEFeb. 23 Grund Beef Genetics Annual Bull Sale, Oakley, KSFeb. 26 Schafer Farms, Inc. 26th Annual Bull Sale, Goodhue, MNFeb. 26 Swanson Cattle Co. 24th Annual Production Sale, Oxford, NEFeb. 28 Beastrom Gelbvieh 31st Annual Bull Sale, Fort Pierre, SD

March2011Mar. 4 Handel Farms 18th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Platte, SD

Mar. 5 Judd Ranch 33rd Gelbvieh, Balancer & Red Angus Bull Sale, Pomona, KSMar. 5 Thorstenson Gelbvieh & Angus Annual Bull Sale, Mobridge, SDMar. 5 Flying H Genetics 31st Annual Roughage ‘N Ready Herd Bull Sale, Arapahoe, NEMar. 5 Davidson Gelbvieh & Lonesome Dove Ranch 22nd Annual Bull Sale, Swift Current, SaskatchewanMar. 8 Bar Arrow Cattle Company 21st Annual Production Sale, Phillipsburg, KSMar. 12 J Bar M Gelbvieh and J & K Farms Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Springfield, MOMar. 19 Post Rock Cattle Co The Cowman’s Kind Bull & Female Sale, Barnard, KSMar. 19 Flying H Genetics Grown On Grass Bull Sale, Joplin, MOMar. 19 Oklahoma Sooner Select Sale, Stillwater, OKMar. 26 Boehler Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Orleans, NE

April2011Apr. 1 Midwest Performance Bull Sale, Bloomfield, IAApr. 2 Jumping Cow Gelbvieh Bull & Commercial Female Sale Brush, COApr. 2 Circle S Ranch & Triple K Gelbvieh Going to Grass Sale, Canton, KSApr. 2 Schroeder Ranch 13th Annual Gelbvieh & Balancer Production Sale, Mitchell, SD

Editor’s Note:If you have sale or event information for this listing, please email the information to [email protected]. This includes tours, expos, field days and other Gelbvieh events. Places to Be at www.gelbvieh.org contains additional contact information for each event.

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2R-2B Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373 G Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Adkins Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37AGA Area Coordinators . . . . . . . . .19B/F Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . .35Bar Arrow Cattle Company . . .17, 35Bar IV Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc. . . . . . . . . . .34Beastrom Gelbvieh Ranch . . . . . . .37Blackhawk Cattle Company . . . . . .34Boehler Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Bow K Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Brandywine Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Canadian Gelbvieh Association . . .41Cattlemen’s Connection . . .4, 5, 7, 11C-Cross Cattle Company . . . . . . . .36Cedar Top Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Chimney Butte Ranch . . . . . . . . . .37Circle S Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35CJ&L Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Clinch Mountain Gelbvieh . . . . . .38Cranview Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Cunningham, Ronn . . . . . . . . . . . .39D & W Farms, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .35Danell Diamond Six Ranch . . . . . .36Davidson Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . .43DDM Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Diamond L Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Dromgoole’s Heaven . . . . . . . . . . .38Eagle Pass Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .14, 15Ellison Gelbvieh & Angus Ranch . .37Flying H Genetics . . . . . . . . . .36, 56GAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Gelbvieh Bull Barn . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Gelbvieh Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Gelbvieh Profit Partners . . . . . . . . .40Genetics West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 5Goettlich Gelbvieh Ranch . . . . . . .36Golden Buckle Gelbvieh. . . . . . . . .37Goldux Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45Green Hills Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . .36GS Ridge Top Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .34H & H Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Handel Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Hart Farm Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . .35Hartland Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Hill Top Haven Farm . . . . . . . . . . .38Hodges Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Hojer Gelbvieh Ranch . . . . . . . . . .37J & K Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34J Bar M Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Judd Ranch, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Jumping Cow Gelbvieh . . . . . .34, 55Kicking Horse Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .36

Kittle Gelbvieh Farms. . . . . . . . . . .34Kleinschmidt Farms Gelbvieh. . . . .36Knoll Crest Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21KS/NE Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Lambert, Doak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Ledgerwood Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . .38Lemke Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Leonhardt Cattle Company . . . . . .38Linquist Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Little Windy Hill Farms . . . . . .38, 52Lone Oak Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . .34Longleaf Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36M&P Gelbvieh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Maple Hill Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Markes Family Farms . . . . . . . . . . .37Martin Cattle Company . . . . . . . . .34McCabe Cattle Co./Two Step Ranch 34Merial Igenity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Middle Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . .36Miller Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Mitchell Marketing Service . . .39, 55MLM Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36National CUP Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . .39NN Bar Ranch, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .38NS Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Pearson Cattle Company . . . . . . . .38Pfizer Animal Health . . . . . . . . . . .54

Plateau Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Pope Farms Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . .36Post Rock Cattle Company . . . . . . .9Prairie Gelbvieh Alliance . . . . . . . .20Pritchard Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Register Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Rocking G V Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . .43 Soapweed Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . .43Rogers Valley Farm Gelbvieh . . . . .35Rotert/Harriman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Sandy Knoll Farm . . . . . . . . . .23, 43Schafer Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Schroeder Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Seedstock Plus Genetics . . . . . . . . .45Seedstock Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Swanson Cattle Company . . . . . . .36Taubenheim Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . .36The 88 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36The Baldridge Company . . . . . .14, 15Thorstenson Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . .38Treble W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Triple K Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Warner Beef Genetics . . . . . . . . . . .36White Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Wildwood Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Wilkinson Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . .34

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