Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played Saturday, February 25th at SWCC in Creston.
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Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played Saturday, February 25th at SWCC in Creston.
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A custom feedlot owner operator from Adams County told attendees at Sunday afternoon’s Rolling Hills Heifer Project banquet and awards program in Atlantic, that when he purchases feeder cattle, whether it be from auctions or through private sale, he takes a lot of time asking questions about the animals’ health, quality and when, where, and how he will harvest and market the animals. Todd Drake, who owns Nodaway Valley Feeders, in Nodaway, said his decision is ultimately impacted by how healthy the cow is. He says he likes to purchase cattle which come directly from the mother cow, complete with a round-to-modified live vaccine, about three-weeks prior to shipment.
Drake says cattle which are weaned have more value to him, depending on the time of the year. He says he also likes to buy cattle which are on a “non-starch” diet, or those who eat very little corn. He says he doesn’t want the cattle to be “huge” before he buys them. He recommends forage based diets for the animals. As for quality, Drake says the types of animals that bring in the most money at his feedlots, are those with capacity, and spring of rib depth. He says he wants cattle “That can consume a lot of dry matter.” Cattle “With some width between their front legs and plenty of spring of rib,” appear to be their lowest cost of gains or best dry matter conversions.
Drake says it’ important for the animal to have some size. He says they like to have steers that finish out at around 1,350-pounds, and heifers that finish at 1,250-pounds. Drake says he has not preference when it comes to color and breed of the cow, but the bottom-line on closeouts is, that those animals with at least three-quarters English blood in them provide the best closeouts. That would include those animals bred to Charolais, Simmental, and some exotics. The “half-and-half” bloods…such as a Charolais bred to an Angus cow…don’t work as well, he says, when it comes to dry matter conversion.
Drake says he spends a lot of time on marketing the animals he gets into his feedlot, and get them harvested before it gets too hot, or late in the fall. He left the young people at Sunday’s meeting with a phrase to remember when purchasing their own cows in the future. He says great calves to buy should grade about 70% choice and about 70% one and two yield grades. Many of the animals he purchases come from Florida, Montana, the Sand Hills of Nebraska and elsewhere, but the majority comes from northern Missouri and southern Iowa.
Jim Field talks about some tips to help your vehicle’s fuel economy.
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ALPHONS NICHOLAS GOESER, 87, of Earling died Sunday, February 26th at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Mass of Christian Burial for Alphons Nicholas Goeser will be held on Wednesday, February 29th at 10:00 am in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
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Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the funral home with the family present from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. A rosary will be held at 7:30 pm.
Burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling.
ALPHONS NICHOLAS GOESER is survived by:
3 Sons: Darrell (Margie Emswiller) Goeser of Dunlap; David Goeser of Earling & Dean Goeser
Daughter: Janie (Bill) Cleary of Bismark, ND
Son-in-Law: Cal Lamprecht of New Castle, NE
Sisters: Margaret (Dick) Connell of Omaha & Theresa Zimmerman of New Richmond, WI
Brother: Joseph (Monica) Goeser of Red Wing, MN
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The Audubon City Council will hold a final review of the City’s proposed Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Budget. The review, and action on a resolution setting March 12th, 7-p.m., as the date and time for a public hearing on the budget, will come during the Council’s meeting, which begins tonight at 7 o’clock.
The Council will also refine the definitions of a “Nuisance Lighting” ordinance, and discuss: An ordinance banning parking in yards; a Water/sewer maintenance contract; and, compensation practices.
Here’s the Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area….
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