PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE SIM TALK c/o the Register 2 Simmental Way Bozeman, MT 59715-9733 USA Printed in USA PA I D Lebanon Juncti
VOLUME 18 – NO. 1 MAS Simbrah Sale & $15,000 SHOWDOWN V March 26th & 27th La Muñeca Ranch, Linn, TX Linking SimGenetics to Comme
Linking SimGenetics to Commercial Cattle Published By the Register 2 Simmental Way Bozeman, Montana 59715-9733 USA 406-587-2778
HOW ARE WE DOING? By Craig Uden, Cattle Procurement and Customer Relations, Darr Feedyard, Cozad, NE Remember when you were youn
Doll Simmental Ranch 30th Annual Production Sale Tuesday, March 2, 2010 lais since 1958 aising Charo R HOW ARE WE DOING? CONTINU
SS Ebony’s Premium Blend By Red Label EPDs: 5 0 38 61 6 6 25 SAS T101 Sweet Meat By HTP SVF In Dew Time EPDs: 12 1 41 61 8 9 30
MULTIBREED CALVING EASE AND The American Simmental Association (ASA) is a Genetic Evaluation Leader When Simmental arrived in th
Time and again, bull buyers obsess on selecting bulls that satisfy some risk level of assisted births; unfortunately, few cattle
1. Go to www.simmental.org, click Data/Animal Search, and enter the animal’s name or registration number. The EPDs and indexes d
Purebred Sires — AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION Proven Sires MRB > – 0.40 by API CE BW Direct WW YW MCE Official Fall 2009 Sire S
Purebred Sires — AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION Proven Sires Stay > – 0.40 – 0.40, MRB > by API CE BW Direct WW YW MCE 4.8 20 0.
Hybrid Sires — AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION Proven Sires MRB > – 0.40 by TI CE BW Direct WW YW MCE Official Fall 2009 Sire Summ
SS Ebonys Grandmaster Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled 7SM56 2281133 Sire: Black Joker MGS: Power Drive • Spreads Out Birth We
he American Simmental Association and JBS Swift & Co. are proud to introduce a better approach to grid marketing with the new 70
Please contact us for more information, a sale catalog, or carcass ultrasound information. Triangle J Ranch Darby and Annette Li
Just like having the issue in your hands, the online version can be viewed the same way as the print version. But, the online Si
Gambler x Camp Madison Bettis x Drake Barrage Steel Force x Sazarac Built Right x Kiss Me Not Hustler x Antoinette P45 In Dew Ti
High on Heterosis A California-based commercial operation combines an emphasis on heterosis with efficient management. By Dan Rie
Martin and Stone The name of the ranch dates back to Stone’s maternal great grandfather who founded it late in the 19th century.
Efficiency Market Savvy and A North Carolina-based partnership thrives on an efficient, well-planned marketing strategy. Champion
Acquiring Cattle cattle at least a full day to acclimate before we start processing them,” Church added. “Eliminating stress is
FOCUS ON FEEDLOT PROFIT University of Illinois Intake Data Analyzed I n an effort to assist our members in breeding better cattl
By Wade Shafer, Ph.D., ASA Director of Performance Programs 1. 2. 3. 4. 89 Simmental and SimAngus™ sires with progeny on test at
Join us at these outstanding sales! Selling breds, opens, bulls, pregnancies,embryos both Simmental and SimAngus. Kentucky Farm
30 Black & Red Simmental Bulls • The Maternal Continental Breed of Choice • The “New” Kind of Simmental Moderate Framed, Thick a
FOCUS ON FEEDLOT PROFIT What do the results of our correlation-based DMI EPDs look like? Figure 2 graphically depicts feed utili
At Kenner Simmental we respect our customer’s needs and strive to produce genetics that help them to advance with the ever chang
FOCUS ON FEEDLOT PROFIT This provides proof of how shortcomings in one area can be shored up by superiority in others. For examp
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Selling: Opens and Breds • Bred Cows • Bred Heifers Pairs • Bulls • Both Pur
Select from one of the West Coast's largest sources for quality Angus, SimAngus and Simmental bulls. Join us for our sale weeken
MORE PROFIT FROM COWHERDS A blue-ribbon panel offers advice for increased cowherd profits. Coordinated by Paulette Cochenour By T
MORE PROFIT FROM COWHERDS programs so that calves are BQA certified may also pay dividends. State and local Simmental association
MORE PROFIT FROM COWHERDS “If you don’t measure it – you can’t manage it.” Producers need to do more than just feed cows and men
MORE PROFIT FROM COWHERDS want to buy calves that will convert, gain and make a profit. Today, pounds still pay and the ability t
CALVING SEASON SHOULD BE By: Stephen B. Blezinger, Ph.D, PAS If you talk to any number of cattle producers about their calving s
CALVING SEASON SHOULD BE cows that were losing weight at a rate of one percent per week had a conception rate of 16%, while cows
Friday, March 5, 2010 • 5:30 PM At the Eichacker Simmental Farm, Salem, SD Selling 125 Simmental, SimAngus, Red Angus and Black
JOHNE’S DISEASE Editor’s Note: This item is brought to you by the National Johne’s Educational Initiative funded by USDA/APHIS/
JOHNE’S DISEASE Why Test? If one or more animals have been culled from a herd for unresponsive chronic diarrhea combined with re
LRS 58W SimAngus GAR Predestined x ES Kilowat KH19 EPDs: – 1 40 77 – 10 30 CW: 9.6 YG: .13 MB: .84 API: 128 TI: 80 LRS 61W SimAn
Selling: 150 Head of Simmental, SimAngus and Angus Bulls 95 Spring Yearling Bulls 55 18-24 month-old Bulls Angus Sires: Predesti
CDI 156W NF Trump x Hooks Shear Force EPDs: 7 2 47 84 4 4 27 15.0 -.05 .20 .02 .52 BW: 98 • Adj WW: 885 • BW Ratio: 100 • WW Rat
Begger’s Diamond V Ranch Big Sky Genetic Source Bull Sale Wednesday, February 3, 2010 At the Ranch, Wibaux, MT • 12:30 p.m. Dire
Gilbert Ranch, Clyde Park, MT Hayes Ranch – Hudson Pines Farm, Wilsall, MT Joe Konesky, Great Falls, MT Little Bitterroot Ranch,
Bata Brothers/Olafson Brothers Joint Simmental Bull and Female Sale February 9, 2010 • 1:00 PM CST This auction will be broadcas
The Brand – The Program – The Results hanks to cattlemen throughout the United States that supported the data proven genetic pro
SEVEN WAYS TO MAKE DAD’S RETIREMENT EASY — ER — EASIER By Dr. Val Farmer “Y ou only grow by coming to the end of something and b
For Simmental Seedstock, commercial bulls, as well as private treaty females, please contact the breeders on these pages . . . N
Missouri Simmental Breeders Cattlemen in the Heartland Minnesota SIMMENTAL Peck Simmentals Performance Cattle Bred Cows and Bred
RESEARCH & NEW PRODUCTS Reducing Calving Season Length Profitable Reducing the length of the calving season can be a major step t
Superior F1 SimAngus Born from the Best of Both Breeds! The Combination of Performance and Carcass Traits found in Proven Simmen
BWL Hardcore 6U 100 Polled Bulls 1/24/08 • BW 86 • WW 765 • Purebred Lot 1. Dream On x J&C/SS Bernadette (Goldmine). 2nd Dam J&C
RESEARCH & NEW PRODUCTS Ag at Risk in Warming Climate US food security could be at risk in a warming climate, according to a gro
CONTINUED Food Scientists Detect Live Bacteria Food scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a new method for det
Willis Simmentals Bulls Like These — Willis Simmentals FOR SALE — BULLS, HEIFERS (BRED & OPEN) & SEMEN (Private Treaty) HC 67, B
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RESEARCH & NEW PRODUCTS Genetic Defect Testing Expanded Pfizer Animal Health has expanded its genetic defect testing capability t
Selling 70 head of powerful, voluminous and sound, performance tested bulls. Selling the first sons of SAS Sweet Meat, SAS Rio Br
We’ve Been Busy! In Minnesota Very Herd Bulls - Replacement Females - Show Heifers We Invite You to Come See For Yourself . . .
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35th Annual 40 Years in the Business SIMMENTAL PRODUCTION SALE Sunday, 1 p.m. • February 7, 2010 • Beatrice, NE At the Beatrice
AKERS FARM LLC attle Grass Based C for mes Grass Based Ti 5th Annual Bull Sale March 13th • 1:00PM • Hubble, KY 606-365-4900 • w