April/May 2005 Issue (pdf - 8938 kb)... - Hereford America

30 • HEREFORD AMERICA April/May 2005
• South Dakota •
THORSTENSON
Hereford Ranch
30491 131st Street
Selby, South Dakota 57472
Bill & Paula Thorstenson
605/649-7940
POLLED HEREFORDS
Since 1947
Bulls and Heifers for sale at the farm
DEL & RUTH WOOD
WOODCREST FARMS
Cresbard, SD 57435
(605) 324-3289
Wilmer Wuertzer
PO Box 506
Parkston, SD 57366
(605) 928 - 7513
Visitors
Welcome!
Private
Treaty
Sales!
Jim Hora
27718 423rd Ave.
Parkston, SD 57366
(605) 928 - 3006
ZENS HEREFORDS
Canadian Bulls & Heifers
Harley Zens
Phone (605) 523- 2655
South Dakota Junior Hereford Association News
The members of the South Dakota
Junior Hereford Association met on
March 20, 2005 at the Swiftel Center in
Brookings. We discussed the rules for
Hereford shows and we decided to edit
some of them. The ones we edited are as
follows: 1. Heifers and bulls must have
been born after September 1, 2003 to
compete. 2. You must have a steer
certificate in order to show it. 3. Bulls
must be bred and owned by the Jr. or
Family. This one was never in the rules
but has always been enforced. 4.
HEREFORD HEIFERS NEED TO BE
REGISTERED IN THE JUNIORS NAME
OR THE FAMILY NAME!
We had to move the Field Day to the
Codington County Extension Complex in
Watertown because of other conflicts in
Flandreau. The dates are June 24th and
25th. The show will not start until 10 a.m.
on Saturday this year instead of 8. And
then we will break around noon for a half
hour to eat lunch and then resume the
show. We will continue to do the
achievement award with a prize of $50.
This is determined by the junior who has
the most points after all of the contests at
the Field Day. Seth will hopefully be
getting your packets about Field Day out
to everyone the beginning of May.
We have 6 sponsorships left to buy.
They are as follows: Reserve Horned
Heifer, Reserve Cow/calf, Reserve Bull,
Reserve Sr. Showman, and Reserve Jr.
Showman. They are $75 a piece and you
can contact Matt Bischoff if you would
like to reserve one. PHONE - 352 -5530;
ADDRESS - 20025 399th Ave.,
Huron, SD 57350
We also decided this year that instead
of having to buy a T-shirt every year we
are going to order Polos with the SDJHA
logo stitched onto it. We will wear these
for all Hereford shows for the next couple
of years. Your Field day forms will have
a spot for you to order them on it. If you
are not planning on showing at Field Day
and still would like a shirt you can contact
Kaylee Brandt. PHONE - 432 -5715,
ADDRESS - 15222 485th Ave
Milbank, SD 57252
We decided that we will once again hold
a Hereford show at the Summer Spotlight
this summer on July 29-31. We will do
that as a Jackpot show again. We will
have a pre registration with the Field Day
Registration just to get a head count for
what we are going to have. There will be
more about this with your packets.
CALLING ALL SD JUNIORS
If you have purchased a Hereford
calf and the Junior Assoc. doesnt have
your name and address please send
to Kaylee Brandt.
15222 485th Ave
Milbank SD 57252
605/432-5715
kayleebrandt_30@hotmail.com
If you have any questions just email
me back. I hope I covered everything
lol there is so much info that we went
over. Thanks,
SDJHA Reporter
Kaylee J. Brandt
Just for fun —
Typoglycemia
Believe it or not you can read this —
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht oredr
the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in
the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid
deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh
and I awlyas thought slpeling was
ipmorantt.
SD Stockgrowers Committee
Sets Policy for Trich Cleanup
For more information contact Carrie Longwood at:
605-342-0429 or carrie.sdsga@midconetwork.com
www.southdakotastockgrowers.org
The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association Animal Health Committee
met in Kadoka, S.D., March 14, 2005 to discuss ideas for prevention and
containment of trichomoniasis (trich) in South Dakota.
According to South Dakota Stockgrowers Association Animal Health
Committee Chairman, Kenny Fox, Belvidere, S.D., the committee talked
over several ideas before arriving at a resolution they plan to bring before
the S.D. Animal Industry Board.
“The committee members had a lot of good ideas. It’s always a
challenge to find the balance between necessary precautionary
management and over- regulation, but I think our committee did a good
job with the resolution we passed, said Fox. “We expect that the Animal
Industry Board has similar concerns, and will look over a variety of options
before deciding on policy that is effective and enforceable.”
Following is the resolution adopted by the South Dakota Stockgrowers
Association Animal Health Committee.
Definition: “Trich free” shall be defined as no less than three
official consecutive negative trich tests. Second, third and any
following official trich tests shall be conducted at least seven days
but not more than 21 days after any previous official trich test.
Be it Resolved: The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association
Animal Health Committee strongly supports a statewide rule requiring
that all bulls of breeding age sold for breeding purposes and/or
imported into South Dakota from outside the state borders shall be
certified “trich free” no more than 30 days prior to sale or
importation.
Exceptions to the rule are:
1) guaranteed virgin bulls 12 months of age or younger,
2) transient rodeo or exhibition (show) bulls, which shall have no
sexual contact with a female bovine and are held in a secure facility
to prevent such contact (does not include pasture) while in South
Dakota,
3) bulls consigned directly to slaughter,
4) bulls consigned to a feedlot for feeding purposes where they
will be isolated from all females. Bulls moved from a feedlot must be
certified trich free unless consigned directly to slaughter. Any positive
trich bull quarantined in a feedlot shall go directly to slaughter
from such feedlot.
According to Fox, trichomoniasis (commonly known as trich) is a
venereal disease in cattle. The state Animal Industry Board has identified
trich cattle in at least 24 different South Dakota operations, all on the
west side of the Missouri River. Fox says that one indicator of trich is an
unusually high percentage of open cows or a high percentage of abortions
in the early stages of gestation. He encourages all ranchers to sell their
open cows “for slaughter only” so as not to take any chances at passing
the disease on.
If ranchers discover more open cows than usual, they are best advised
to contact a veterinarian to test their bulls or sell their bulls and purchase
virgin bulls, Fox says. For more information about the disease, ranchers
should contact their local veterinarian or the state veterinarian’s office.