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2 • www.herefordamerica.com HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008 Sales & Events Calendar April 2 TNT Angus & Carter Polled Herefords Sale Devils Lake, ND 4 Wilson-Lees Value Added Bull Sale Kisbey, SK 5 Ellis Farms Spring Bull & Female Sale Chrisman, IL 5 Perkes Hereford Sale Etna, WY 10 McClun Polled Herefords & Angus Sale Torrington, WY 12 IPHA Sale River Falls, WI 12 LaGrand Angus & Polled Hereford Spring Bull Sale Canova, SD 19 Stuber Hereford Ranch Sale Bowman, ND 22 Bar JZ Polled Herefords & Limousin Bull Sale Highmore, SD May 4 The Shafer Sale Sherman, TX Subscribe Now & Don’t Miss an Issue! Canadian & Foreign subscriptions — U.S. subscriptions — ____ $15 - one year, third class ____ $25 - one year, first class ____ $25 U.S. funds, one year ____ $50 U.S. funds, two years ____ $30 - two years, third class ____ $50 - two years 1st class (Advertisers placing $150 or more in advertising for the season will receive a free first class subscription.) Please let us know if we need to correct your address or if your local post office has started using “911 Locator” addresses. Note: When submitting an address we need to have 3 lines including a PO Box, Route or Street for the second line. Thanks! Send new or corrected address to : Hereford America HC 3, Box 38 Reva, SD 57651 18 Red Hills “Save the Grass Dispersion Sale” Clinton, OK 20 National Hereford Tour TN & GA 24 Tennessee River Music Dixieland Delight Sale XXV Ft. Payne, AL June 7-8 Nebraska Junior Hereford Assn. Field Day Broken Bow, NE 16 Wyoming Junior Hereford Assn. Field Day Torrington, WY 17-19 Red River Valley Fair Fargo, ND 19-20 Montana Jr. Beef Expo Lewistown, MT 20-21 South Dakota Junior Hereford Field Day Watertown, SD 27-29 ND Junior Hereford Field Day and ND Jr. Beef Expo Williston, ND July 12-19 Junior National Hereford Expo Kansas City, MO 18-26 North Dakota State Fair Minot, ND 25-27 Summer Spotlight Jr. Shows Huron, SD Your subscription expiration date is printed above your name on the front page label area. If you wish to receive your paper in a more timely manner or live in a southern state please consider a first class subscription for faster postal delivery. For questions call Marc Hotchkiss at 605/866-4495. If your address changes please be sure to notify us. Credit Card Payments You may now pay your subscription or advertising bill online by credit card through PayPal or including your information with this form. Name ___________________________________________________________ 25-3 Montana State Fair Great Falls, MT August 8-10 Montana Fair Junior & Open Hereford Shows Billings, MT HEREFORD AMERICA www.herefordamerica.com The official Hereford publication for the states of South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming & Minnesota. Advertising from any state is welcome. Published 8 times per year by Hereford America, Inc. a family owned & operated business. ISSUES: Monthly September-April/May MAIN OFFICE: Please send address changes and advertising materials to this office. Website: www.herefordamerica.com MONTANA OFFICE: Advertising Sales: (or call main office) 9-16 Wyoming State Fair Douglas, WY 14th- Hereford Shows 19-21 DakotaFest Mitchell, SD 21-1 Minnesota State Fair St. Paul, MN 28-1 South Dakota State Fair Huron, SD — Correction — High selling female in the Iowa Select Hereford Sale and high selling female in all breeds was Lot 45, STC Loaded Lady 31 by AA PRF Wideload, calved 4-5-07. Consigned by St. Clair Hay & Cattle, Jefferson, IA she sold to Shepherds View Farm, Bridgeville, DE, for $9,000. Hereford America HC 3, Box 38 Reva, SD 57651 Phone: 605/866-4495 Fax: 605/866-4494 Jill and Marc Hotchkiss • Taylor Vroman E-mail: jbh@herefordamerica.com marc@herefordamerica.com Byron and Pauline Bayers P.O. Box 410 Twin Bridges, MT 59754 Phone: 406/684-5465 • Fax: 406/684-5499 E-mail: bayers@3rivers.net Malynda Carter 605/925-7016 or cell phone: 701/351-4758 Address _________________________________________________________ City_____________________________________________________________ Editors: Byron Bayers & Jill Hotchkiss Circulation & Bookkeeping: Marc Hotchkiss Website Development: Taylor Vroman • Ad Design/Production: Jill Hotchkiss, Robin Engel Writers: Byron Bayers, Jill Hotchkiss, Marc Hotchkiss, B. 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HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008 www.herefordamerica.com • 3 Byron’s Editorial... (continued from page 1) would observe this genetic defect if the recessive mutation causing it were present in our herd. We have not produced a single calf with epilepsy. However because the industry “rumor mill” has linked this condition to L1, we asked Jon Beever at the University of Illinois, to test every animal in the herd for presence of the causal mutation. This mutation causing epilepsy in Hereford cattle is not present in the Line 1 herd in Miles City.” Of course I assume that nearly all of you readers know that the Line 1 family was started in Miles City in 1926, and has been a closed line since that time. Mike opened his meeting with the idea that anyone can ask questions at any time. Mike said no question is “stupid” because probably five different people want to ask the same question. For nearly two hours MacNeil lectured and answered questions from the group, mostly Line 1 breeders from all over the country. One point clearly brought out by Mike was that all breeders should be using the test system to check their herd, and until the end of March the test is free. In the future there will probably be a cost. Mike said the problem must be cleared up as it could balloon if allowed to continue. My only regret concerning the meeting was that several prominent L1 producers were not in attendance but those that were in attendance gained in the knowledge. It is very interesting to me the various approaches that have been taken by breeders. Some have tested but have not made the test results public, some have tested and then put a statement in their catalog, some have never told the industry what they have done, if anything. It is my understanding that over 10,000 head have been tested, and more are in test backload. I hope the results will become industry knowledge for the sake of the breed. Will AHA do this release? Probably not as the pressure from the affected breeders will be too great. In an article I wrote in Hereford America some time ago I related my personal experience with problems that have faced the cattle industry during my 60+ years of involvement. My statement was that we have never been fortunate enough in the past to have a test like DNA to help clean up the problem, and Mike MacNeil eluded to this in his talk. Now it is just a matter of people doing the work to rid the breed of the problem. Good luck! In my last article I wrote about the bad roads that I hit in Idaho and on Monida Pass in particular. As I headed out to the Colyer sale and the Heritage sale, I thought this wasn’t too smart as it was snowing very hard and it was dark and the roads were snow covered and slick. I drove about 30 miles per hour to Dillon and went in to McDonalds to have a cup of coffee and think the situation over. There were no other cars on the road and I thought that should tell me something. I really wanted to get to these sales so I journeyed on and fought the winter problem. The roads were no better as I Check out our home page for our marketing programs www.RauschHerefords.com Please call, write or e-mail for more information: 14831 Hereford Road • Hoven, SD 57450 1-800 (6-HEREFORD) or (605) 948-2146 or 2157 or 2375 Jerry Shannon Vern Each year, the American Hereford Association scans its database looking for Hereford dams with high levels of fertility, performance and longevity. Rausch Hereford dams are found most often. 439 head of Rausch Hereford Mother Cows have qualified for the Dams of Distinction list. Check our website for info on our Heifer Bull offerings. America’s No. 1 Dams of Distinction herd. (Based on efficiency.) proceeded. It was blowing over Monida as usual and it was slick but not as bad as the previous times. The roads in southern Idaho were a little better but still a winter situation. I can tell you one thing though that you have to have a good reason to drive from Twin Bridges, MT to Bruneau, ID Located 2 miles west of Hoven on Hwy. 20 and 47 in the winter. Colyers had a nice set of cattle and they sold well. This outfit really knows how to put on a sale. Every detail is taken care of and the facility is excellent and the people very cordial. One thing I have told people (continued on page 4) 14 of our Herd Bull battery have qualified for the CHB Sire of Distinction List that was just released by the American Hereford Assn. Our Dams of Distinction cows have qualified the 14 Herd Bulls. E-mail: rauschherf@rauschherefords.com
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