April/May 2005 Issue (pdf - 8938 kb)... - Hereford America
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30 • HEREFORD AMERICA <strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
• South Dakota •<br />
THORSTENSON<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> Ranch<br />
30491 131st Street<br />
Selby, South Dakota 57472<br />
Bill & Paula Thorstenson<br />
605/649-7940<br />
POLLED HEREFORDS<br />
Since 1947<br />
Bulls and Heifers for sale at the farm<br />
DEL & RUTH WOOD<br />
WOODCREST FARMS<br />
Cresbard, SD 57435<br />
(605) 324-3289<br />
Wilmer Wuertzer<br />
PO Box 506<br />
Parkston, SD 57366<br />
(605) 928 - 7513<br />
Visitors<br />
Welcome!<br />
Private<br />
Treaty<br />
Sales!<br />
Jim Hora<br />
27718 423rd Ave.<br />
Parkston, SD 57366<br />
(605) 928 - 3006<br />
ZENS HEREFORDS<br />
Canadian Bulls & Heifers<br />
Harley Zens<br />
Phone (605) 523- 2655<br />
South Dakota Junior <strong>Hereford</strong> Association News<br />
The members of the South Dakota<br />
Junior <strong>Hereford</strong> Association met on<br />
March 20, <strong>2005</strong> at the Swiftel Center in<br />
Brookings. We discussed the rules for<br />
<strong>Hereford</strong> shows and we decided to edit<br />
some of them. The ones we edited are as<br />
follows: 1. Heifers and bulls must have<br />
been born after September 1, 2003 to<br />
compete. 2. You must have a steer<br />
certificate in order to show it. 3. Bulls<br />
must be bred and owned by the Jr. or<br />
Family. This one was never in the rules<br />
but has always been enforced. 4.<br />
HEREFORD HEIFERS NEED TO BE<br />
REGISTERED IN THE JUNIORS NAME<br />
OR THE FAMILY NAME!<br />
We had to move the Field Day to the<br />
Codington County Extension Complex in<br />
Watertown because of other conflicts in<br />
Flandreau. The dates are June 24th and<br />
25th. The show will not start until 10 a.m.<br />
on Saturday this year instead of 8. And<br />
then we will break around noon for a half<br />
hour to eat lunch and then resume the<br />
show. We will continue to do the<br />
achievement award with a prize of $50.<br />
This is determined by the junior who has<br />
the most points after all of the contests at<br />
the Field Day. Seth will hopefully be<br />
getting your packets about Field Day out<br />
to everyone the beginning of <strong>May</strong>.<br />
We have 6 sponsorships left to buy.<br />
They are as follows: Reserve Horned<br />
Heifer, Reserve Cow/calf, Reserve Bull,<br />
Reserve Sr. Showman, and Reserve Jr.<br />
Showman. They are $75 a piece and you<br />
can contact Matt Bischoff if you would<br />
like to reserve one. PHONE - 352 -5530;<br />
ADDRESS - 20025 399th Ave.,<br />
Huron, SD 57350<br />
We also decided this year that instead<br />
of having to buy a T-shirt every year we<br />
are going to order Polos with the SDJHA<br />
logo stitched onto it. We will wear these<br />
for all <strong>Hereford</strong> shows for the next couple<br />
of years. Your Field day forms will have<br />
a spot for you to order them on it. If you<br />
are not planning on showing at Field Day<br />
and still would like a shirt you can contact<br />
Kaylee Brandt. PHONE - 432 -5715,<br />
ADDRESS - 15222 485th Ave<br />
Milbank, SD 57252<br />
We decided that we will once again hold<br />
a <strong>Hereford</strong> show at the Summer Spotlight<br />
this summer on July 29-31. We will do<br />
that as a Jackpot show again. We will<br />
have a pre registration with the Field Day<br />
Registration just to get a head count for<br />
what we are going to have. There will be<br />
more about this with your packets.<br />
CALLING ALL SD JUNIORS<br />
If you have purchased a <strong>Hereford</strong><br />
calf and the Junior Assoc. doesnt have<br />
your name and address please send<br />
to Kaylee Brandt.<br />
15222 485th Ave<br />
Milbank SD 57252<br />
605/432-5715<br />
kayleebrandt_30@hotmail.com<br />
If you have any questions just email<br />
me back. I hope I covered everything<br />
lol there is so much info that we went<br />
over. Thanks,<br />
SDJHA Reporter<br />
Kaylee J. Brandt<br />
Just for fun —<br />
Typoglycemia<br />
Believe it or not you can read this —<br />
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty<br />
uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The<br />
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid.<br />
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde<br />
Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht oredr<br />
the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt<br />
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in<br />
the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl<br />
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a<br />
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid<br />
deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but<br />
the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh<br />
and I awlyas thought slpeling was<br />
ipmorantt.<br />
SD Stockgrowers Committee<br />
Sets Policy for Trich Cleanup<br />
For more information contact Carrie Longwood at:<br />
605-342-0429 or carrie.sdsga@midconetwork.com<br />
www.southdakotastockgrowers.org<br />
The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association Animal Health Committee<br />
met in Kadoka, S.D., March 14, <strong>2005</strong> to discuss ideas for prevention and<br />
containment of trichomoniasis (trich) in South Dakota.<br />
According to South Dakota Stockgrowers Association Animal Health<br />
Committee Chairman, Kenny Fox, Belvidere, S.D., the committee talked<br />
over several ideas before arriving at a resolution they plan to bring before<br />
the S.D. Animal Industry Board.<br />
“The committee members had a lot of good ideas. It’s always a<br />
challenge to find the balance between necessary precautionary<br />
management and over- regulation, but I think our committee did a good<br />
job with the resolution we passed, said Fox. “We expect that the Animal<br />
Industry Board has similar concerns, and will look over a variety of options<br />
before deciding on policy that is effective and enforceable.”<br />
Following is the resolution adopted by the South Dakota Stockgrowers<br />
Association Animal Health Committee.<br />
Definition: “Trich free” shall be defined as no less than three<br />
official consecutive negative trich tests. Second, third and any<br />
following official trich tests shall be conducted at least seven days<br />
but not more than 21 days after any previous official trich test.<br />
Be it Resolved: The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association<br />
Animal Health Committee strongly supports a statewide rule requiring<br />
that all bulls of breeding age sold for breeding purposes and/or<br />
imported into South Dakota from outside the state borders shall be<br />
certified “trich free” no more than 30 days prior to sale or<br />
importation.<br />
Exceptions to the rule are:<br />
1) guaranteed virgin bulls 12 months of age or younger,<br />
2) transient rodeo or exhibition (show) bulls, which shall have no<br />
sexual contact with a female bovine and are held in a secure facility<br />
to prevent such contact (does not include pasture) while in South<br />
Dakota,<br />
3) bulls consigned directly to slaughter,<br />
4) bulls consigned to a feedlot for feeding purposes where they<br />
will be isolated from all females. Bulls moved from a feedlot must be<br />
certified trich free unless consigned directly to slaughter. Any positive<br />
trich bull quarantined in a feedlot shall go directly to slaughter<br />
from such feedlot.<br />
According to Fox, trichomoniasis (commonly known as trich) is a<br />
venereal disease in cattle. The state Animal Industry Board has identified<br />
trich cattle in at least 24 different South Dakota operations, all on the<br />
west side of the Missouri River. Fox says that one indicator of trich is an<br />
unusually high percentage of open cows or a high percentage of abortions<br />
in the early stages of gestation. He encourages all ranchers to sell their<br />
open cows “for slaughter only” so as not to take any chances at passing<br />
the disease on.<br />
If ranchers discover more open cows than usual, they are best advised<br />
to contact a veterinarian to test their bulls or sell their bulls and purchase<br />
virgin bulls, Fox says. For more information about the disease, ranchers<br />
should contact their local veterinarian or the state veterinarian’s office.