May 2013 newsletter.indd - North Carolina Angus Association

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LATEST NEWS
May/June, 2013
336-787-NCAA (6222)
www.ncangus.org email: [email protected]

2013 William Sanders’ Scholarship Winner

Suzanne Brewer, NCAA Execu(cid:415)ve Secretary
Congratula(cid:415)ons to Catherine Harward the 2013 winner of the
Sanders’ Scholarship. Brooke is the daughter of Marcus and Pa(cid:425)y
Harward of Richfield, NC and has been accepted at North Carolina State
University to begin her studies in Animal Science and Agriculture
Business Management.
Catherine is serving as President of the North Carolina Junior
Angus Associa(cid:415)on has been involved with Junior Angus and 4-H for
several years. She has shown and competed in contest on the local, state and na(cid:415)onal
level. She has held various offices in the North Carolina Angus Juniors, North Carolina
Junior Charolais and Simmental Associa(cid:415)ons and her local 4-H and the Stanly County
Ca(cid:425)lemen’s Associa(cid:415)on, she is also a member of North Carolina Ca(cid:425)lemen, and the
Na(cid:415)onal Junior Angus. As president of the North Carolina Junior Angus, serves as an
ex-officio member of the board of directors of North Carolina Angus Associa(cid:415)on.
Catherine was also a winner for the pres(cid:415)gious Park Scholarship for 2013. Chosen
as one of 44 from a field of over 1.600 applicants, the Park Scholarship pays the cost for
four years , in addi(cid:415)on to grants for undergraduate
research and study abroad. The scholars are
Inside this Issue !
chosen based on outstanding accomplishments and
2013 Down East Sale Page 5,6, 7
poten(cid:415)al in scholarship, leadership, service and
2013 NCAA Field Day Page 1,2,4
2013 Sander’s Scholarship Page 1 charter.
2013 Spring Fever Sale Page 8-9
She has also been awarded one of the
2013 NCAA Spring Tours Page 10-16
Ads Page 2,17, American Angus Associa(cid:415)on Auxiliary Scholarships
20-24
and will be eligible to compete for Miss American
Advertisers Listing Page 20
Advertisement Pricing Page 20 Angus in November.
Condolences Page 17
Congratulations Page 17,18,20
From Your Secretary Page 3
Get Well Wishes Page 17
2013 NCAA Field Day is scheduled for
How Beef Can Compete Page 20
Saturday, August 24 at Wood Angus,
Minutes 4/21/2013 BOD Mtg Page 18-19
NCAA Auxiliary Page 2 Willow Spring
NCAA Juniors Page 16 The itinerary is on page 4 of this issue.
President’s Message Page 2 Please mark your calendar and plan to attend!!
Upcoming Events Page 7
Please call or email the office by

Tuesday, August 21 to let us know you’re coming!!!
President’s Message NEWSL ETTER

Gree(cid:415)ng to the North
May/June, 2013
Carolina Angus Associa(cid:415)on

members; what a spring it has Number 802
been! I hope with all the Suzanne Brewer, Execu(cid:415)ve Secretary
weather challenges everyone 3942 North NC Hwy 150
has been able to get all their Lexington, NC 27295
spring chores done. Phone/Fax: 336-787-NCAA(6222)
I want to congratulate everyone involved Email: [email protected]
with the Spring Fever Sale; from the commi(cid:425)ee, Website: www.ncangus.org
to the consignors, and especially the buyers who
Roy Swisher, President
made it all come together and made the sale a
John Smith, Vice President
great success.
Jim Scarle(cid:425), Past President
I would like to personally invite all of the

membership to a(cid:425)end the North Carolina Angus 2013 Term 2014 Term 2015 Term
Field Day on August 24, to be held at Wood Angus Chris Gragg Eddie Leagans Steve Gordon
Jo Linville Steve Grady Randy Jones
in Willow Spring, North Carolina. Please make
Eugene Shuffler Henry Vines William Leatherman
every effort to come out, meet your fellow Angus
Randall Smith Stephen Watson Bill Teague
breeders, and learn something new at the same
Trip Smith Jeffrey Wood Stan Tennant
(cid:415)me.

Thank you to all who have stepped up and
Catherine Harward, President, NC Junior Angus
helped make the spring North Carolina Angus
Maggie Tennant, President, NC Angus Auxiliary
Associa(cid:415)on events such a GREAT success.
Please once again keep those in our Angus
family who have lost loved ones in your thoughts

and prayers.

Lastly the handbook is out; thanks for all

your pa(cid:415)ence!!

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From Your Secretary

WOW, time has certainly flown by this year!!
January was very busy, starting out with a week end trip going to Cherryville to interview Dean Crocker for the
March Carolina Cattle Connection Spotlight on Angus article, from there Ray & I traveled to Waynesville for the
Waynesville Bull Sale, home on Saturday and a board of directors meeting on Sunday in Lexington. The annual
meeting was January 26 on an abbreviated schedule because of the weather. We had a good crowd and really good
programs. If you missed it you missed good programs, good fellowship, good food and a wonderful time. Please plan
to attend our 2014 annual meeting.
In early February when Tom Burke came to visit farms and select cattle for the Spring Fever Sale, Ray became
designated driver and I was navigator for a day. I’ve worked with the Hall of Fame and API on the sale catalog. We
visited seven farms and drove over 350 miles and saw some really good cattle and enjoyed the day.
I spent two days in Hickory for the North Carolina Cattlemen’s Conference and had another board meeting in
February to discuss the proposed changes in the Constitution and this will be an ongoing project for several months,
the board wants to be sure any changes for the foreseeable future are addressed.
Unfortunately there weren’t enough consignment for the Out West Sale ~~~~ hopefully we’ll be able to have
one in 2014.
Thank you for Linda Hicks, Brenda Vinson, David Gragg, Jessie Cassavaugh and Stephen Watson for making
phone calls soliciting handbook ads. Thank you to Donna Outlaw, Teresa Swisher, Brenda Vinson, David Gragg, Linda
Hicks and Robin Hampton for helping clerk the Wood Angus, Blue Q Ranch, Spring Fever and Springfield Angus
Sales.
2013 Spring Tours in the Asheboro and Seagrove area were very interesting and the seminars were informa-
tive, unfortunately with it being Easter week end, Saturday afternoon attendance was disappointing. Thanks to Mark
Wilburn, Michael Moss and Brent Scarlett for planning the tour stops (see the articles in this newsletter). I’d like to
especially thank Linda Hicks for writing the Spring Fever articles for me, she did an excellent job from my notes.
April wasn’t a very good month, but with the support of family and friends we’re all beginning to rebound.
Again, I’d like to thank everyone for your thoughts, prayers, cards, flowers and food; it is friends like you that carry you
through something like the loss we’ve experienced. Please continue to keep our family in your thoughts and prayers.
2013 Spring Fever Sale was a very good sale this year, the sale gross was $206,675. Plus the lot A heifer do-
nated by Bruce Shankle for the 2014 Eastern Regional Junior show in Raleigh brought in another $7,600; a coalition of
NCJAA supporters bought her for $4,600 and donated her back and Mark Wilburn, Uwharrie Ridge Farm, Asheboro
bought her for $3,000.
The 2013 NCAA Field Day is scheduled for August 24 at Wood Angus in Willow Spring. Speakers are being
lined up and plans are being finalized, please watch the website www.ncangus.org , the August Carolina Cattle
Connection and the July/August newsletter for the itinerary and more details.
The Down East consignment form is in this newsletter also. Please look over your herd and find some good
cattle to consign and join us “Down East” on Saturday, November 2. Remember that for every two females you
consign you can also consign a bull. This year the bulls can be from 12 to 26 months old, look over the consignment
form for more details and call any member of the Down East committee or the Association office.
I hope everyone received your 2012-2013 NCAA handbook and was pleased. If you have corrections on your
listing, please email or call and I’ll do a list of corrections in the next newsletter and on the website listing. I hope every-
thing’s correct, but it’s a lot of information to proof. Also, we’ve redesigned our website to make it more user friendly
and more attractive; we strive to keep the website up to date and it’s always a good place to find items for sale on our
free “classified ads”.
Also, the last couple years, we’ve been trying to find ways to address the cost of our newsletters; one of those
ways is to email a hyperlink to the newsletter rather than using postal mail. We realize that not everyone wants their
newsletter via email; so please take the time to scoot me an email or call and let me know if you’d like to discontinue
your paper copy. The hyperlink downloads quicker (from the website) than the actual newsletter PDF. Please let me
know if this will work for you, thanks!
Please contact me in the office if I can be of service to you!
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2013 North Carolina Angus Association’s
Tentative Field Day Schedule
Saturday, August 24, 2013

Hosted by Wood Angus Family
Moving On Up with Angus Cattle….
Come to the 2013 NCAA Field Day and Learn More!!

10:00-11:00 Registration & view Wood Angus cattle
((721 Honeycutt Rd, Willow Spring, NC 27592)

11:00 Welcome ~ Russell Wood, Wood Angus

11:15-12:00 Speakers & Seminars
Bo Stone, US Farmers & Ranchers Alliance

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00 -1:15 Called membership meeting of NCAA

1:15-3:30 Speakers & Seminars
Richard Kirkman, “Why Angus?”
David Gazda, AAA Regional Rep
Bryce Schuman, AAA CEO

End up with a question/answer time and if not too hot, more cattle viewing!

Eddie Leagans, will serve as our Master of Ceremonies

Speakers will include:
Bryce Schuman: CEO, American Angus Association
Bo Stone: US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance
Dave Gazda: AAA, Regional Representative, speaking on your health on the farm
Richard Kirkman, NCAA Marketing Committee chairman, “Why Angus?”
Be sure to call or email the NCAA Office to get your name on the lunch list!
336-787-6222 or [email protected]

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North Carolina Angus Association’s
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Sampson County Livestock Facility
Clinton, NC

PUREBRED ANGUS & COMMERCIAL ANGUS FEMALES
GUIDELINES FOR CONSIGNMENT
CONSIGNMENT FORMS ARE DUE BEFORE AUGUST 15, 2013

Requirements for Registered Black Angus:
(cid:120) All cows must be less than 8 years old on November 2, 2013 (Calved on or after November 2, 2005).
(cid:120) All cattle born on or before November 2, 2011 MUST be safe in calf as determined by pregnancy examination
OR nursing a calf.
(cid:120) Body condition score of 6 or better. If you’re not sure how your entries score, contact a
member of the sale committee or your county livestock agent.
(cid:120) All bull calves must have been born on or after March 2, 2013 (8 months or less).

Requirements for Angus Influenced Lots for Down East Sale:
(cid:120) All cattle must be sound, less than 8 years old.
(cid:120) All cattle born on or before November 3, 2011 MUST be examined SAFE in calf or be nursing a calf.
(cid:120) Body condition score of 6 or better.
(cid:120) At least one parent MUST be a REGISTERED Black Angus.
(cid:120) Angus influenced cattle must also meet CAB Program Live Animal Specifications:
1. Black/ white face cows (Baldies) are acceptable.
2. Cattle must have typical beef type conformation (no visible dairy influence).
3. Cattle must be absent of long, floppy ears and humps (no visible Brahman influence).

Requirements for Registered Black Angus/ Angus Influenced BULLS:
FOR EACH BULL CONSIGNED, TWO BREEDING AGE FEMALES MUST BE CONSIGNED following the same
guidelines currently in place. If the females are not presented for sale, the bulls will not be accepted!!
(cid:120) 12-26 months old VIRGIN BULL
(cid:120) Body condition score of 6 or better.
(cid:120) MUST have BSE Exam.
(cid:120) Bulls over 18 months of age, MUST show a NEGATIVE TEST for Trichomoniasis (Trich) on health papers
(cid:120) MUST have Published EPDs for birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight & milk.
(cid:120) MUST be Angus or Angus based with ½ bloods being able to be registered in their represented breed.

On Saturday, January 24, 2009 our board of directors voted to accept a resolution effective immediately regarding genetic
defects in registered Angus cattle consigned to all North Carolina Angus Association sponsored sales. This resolution was
amended at the July 25, 2010 board of directors meeting and again at the October 24, 2010 board meeting. The resolution
now states:

Resolution to Ensure All Registered Angus Cattle Consigned to North Carolina Angus Association Sponsored Sale are
Arthrogryposis Multiplex, Neuropathic Hydrocephalus, and Contractural Arachnodactyly Free

Effective January 1, 2011: all registered Angus cattle consigned to a North Carolina Angus Association (NCAA)
sponsored sale must be identified as Arthrogryposis Multiplex Free (AMF), Neuropathic Hydrocephalus Free (NHF)
and Contractural Arachnodactyly Free (CAF) by the American Angus Association. For the purposes of this
requirement, animals must be identified as AMF, NHF, and CAF or identified as “No Carrier Ancestor” by the
American Angus Association. It is the responsibility of the consigner to provide documentation to support these
requirements. This requirement included both live animals and unborn calves. In the case of an unborn calf, both the
dam and sire must meet these requirements.

If you have questions regarding the resolution, please contact any member of the board of directors, the
executive committee or a member of the sale committee.
ALL CATTLE ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE SALE COMMITTEE: Roy Outlaw, chairman: 919-
222-9788; Lynn Byrd, 919-631-3314; John Smith, 252-568-4271; Russell Vinson, 919-778-5223; Bettie
Garner, 919-631-3483; Steve Grady, 919-738-6500 Screening will be done between August 15 & September 1.
The committee will review cattle at sale site and reject cattle that are not acceptable on that date.

It is the responsibility of the consignor to provide footnotes to be included in the catalog!

If you pull your lot out of the sale after the catalog is printed, you forfeit your consignment fee. If your animal goes
through the ring and you do not sell her, you share in the sales expenses.

Beginning January 1, 2012 the Sale Percentage for sponsored sales by North Carolina Angus Association will be 4 % for
ALL sales, plus the other normal expenses incurred (i.e.: facility, auctioneer, advertising, catalogs, sale management, etc.).

CATTLE MUST BE IN THE FACILITY BY 3 P.M. on Friday, November 1, 2013. Please have with you at that
time: Up dated breeding information if different from catalog, original registration papers with breeding information.
Included; if she is bred (date bred, if A-I; ALL pasture exposure dates, if herd bull bred), registration number of the bull;
name, date of birth, sire and dam registration number if you have an unregistered calf; be sure to have A-I certificate on
file with AAA. If your papers are electronically store, please have a “paper copy” of the registration, for the secretary to
transfer to insure timely transfer of all papers. North Carolina Angus Association requires you to have Brucellosis and
TB testing of each lot within 30 days prior to the sale. All bulls consigned must have a BSE exam and all bulls over
18 months old must show a “negative” test for Trichomoniasis (Trich) on their health papers.

Consigners will be asked to serve on work detail committees. Please be prepared to assist as needed.

CONSIGNORS MUST BE A MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA ANGUS ASSOCIATION

NORTH CAROLINA ANGUS ASSOCIATION Consignment Fee: $25 PER LOT

DOWN EAST SALE

I understand and accept the guidelines set forth by the sale committee and will
consign the following animals:

PUREBRED ANGUS INFLUENCED

BRED COWS _______ _______

COW/CALF PAIRS _______ _______

BRED HEIFERS _______ _______

OPEN HEIFERS _______ _______

BULLS (one bull for 2 cows consigned) _______ _______

Signed___________________ Farm Name_______________ Phone__________

SEND COMPLETED FORM, A CHECK FOR $25 PER LOT (PAYABLE TO NCAA), REGISTRATION
NUMBERS (FOR COWS AND/OR CALVES), and BREEDING INFORMATION & FOOTNOTES. TO: North
Carolina Angus Association, 3942 North NC Hwy 150, Lexington, NC 27295

Please be sure to include footnotes about your consignments you wish printed in the catalog!
CONSIGNMENT FORMS ARE DUE BEFORE August 15, 2013
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 24, 2013 NCAA Field Day-Wood Angus Willow Spring
September 6-15, 2013 Mountain State Fair Fletcher
September 7, 2013 Wood Angus Production Sale Willow Spring
September 28-30, 2013 National Angus Conference & Tours Albany, NY
October 4-13, 2013 Dixie Classic Fair Winston Salem
October 17-27, 2013 NC State Fair Raleigh
October 26, 2013 Black Grove Sale Newberry, SC
November 2, 2013 NCAA Down East Sale Clinton
November 2, 2013 Yon Family Farms Sale Ridge Spring, SC
November 16, 2013 Performance Legends Sale Union Grove
November 16-18, 2013 NAILE Louisville, Ky
November 16, 2013 2nd Annual Southeast Bull Expo & Sale Clinton
November 30, 2013 Back Creek Black Saturday Sale Turnersburg
December 7, 2013 Partner's Bull Sale Rocky Mount
December 7, 2013 Union County Tested Bull Sale Marshville
December 20, 2013 NCBCIP Butner Bull Test Sale Butner
2014 Schedule of Events
January 4, 2014 NCBCIP Waynesville Bull Test Sale Waynesville
June 12-15, 2014 Eastern Regionals Junior Angus Show Raleigh, NC
January North Carolina Angus Association Annual Meeting Winston Salem
February North Carolina Cattle Conference Hickory
March North Carolina Angus Spring Tours Eastern North Carolina
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2013 Down East Sale
Spring sales are behind us, so let’s look toward to our Association Fall

Sale. Cattle prices were good at the Spring Fever Sale, so help us have an
excellent set of cattle for the sale.
As you walk in your pastures the next couple of weeks, pick out some
good cattle and be with us in Clinton on Saturday, November 2. This sale has
gotten better each year and there is no reason why this year should be any
different. The 2013 sale will accept a limited number of breeding age “virgin”
bulls, aged 12-26 months. Please contact the Down East Sale committee with any questions. The consignment
form is in this newsletter (not as an insert, but pages 5 & 6), please notify the Association office with your
consignments by September 1st!
Please contact any member of the committee for assistance: Roy Outlaw, chairman: 919-222-9788;
Lynn Byrd, 919-631-3314; John Smith, 252-568-4271; Russell Vinson, 919-778-5223; Bettie Garner, 919-631-3483
and Steve Grady, 919-738-6500. Or the Association office @ 336-787-6222 or [email protected]
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As a cost saving measure, please contact the office
if you would prefer your newsle(cid:425)er via email!!
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North Carolina Angus Association’s 30th Annual Spring Fever Sale
Submitted by Suzanne Brewer, Executive Secretary NCAA
The 2013 Spring Fever Sale was held on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the Upper Piedmont Research Station in
Reidsville. Friday’s weather was breezy and sunny, Saturday morning started out unusually cool, misty and just a
dreary day, but a good day for a cattle sale because it’s been too wet for farmers to be making hay or other farming
chores. As usually Joe French and his crew had the Station in tip top shape with green grass; lots prepared and facili-
ties ready to work cattle. Everything was checked in, washed, tagged and penned outside by late afternoon.
Cattle prices have fallen somewhat on the livestock markets, but we were not disappointed with the prices
paid for the Spring Fever offerings. The last couple of years we’ve seen the sale gross continued to improve and the
2013 sale gross was $206,675. A good day for our consignors, our buyers and our Association!
First off on the auction block was an original water color donated by Virginia Deal of Taylorsville. Virginia
and her husband Connie Deal, C.M Deal Angus are long time members and supporters of the NCAA and Virginia is
one of the original members of the NCAAux. The painting was auctioned off with the proceeds going to support the
Auxiliary with their work. The painting was purchased by Carol Shuffler, Union Grove for $550.
North and South Carolina Junior Angus are hosting the 2014 Eastern Regional’s in Raleigh in June, 2014, so
they’re working hard to raise money for this event. Several items were donated, some were placed for silent auction
and others were offered for live auction. Bruce Shankle, EBS Farms, Polkton had donated a bred heifer for auction
with the proceeds going to this fund. A coalition of 42 supporters bought the heifer for $4,600, then donated her back
to be auctioned off again and the second buyer was Mark Wilburn, Uwharrie Ridge Farm, Asheboro who paid $3,000
to take her to his farm. Total between the heifer, the silent auction and the live auction, over $11,000 was raised for
the 2014 Eastern Regional’s. A great day for the North and South Carolina Angus Juniors and their fund raising
efforts…..thank you to all the buyers, donors and supporters!
There were eighteen heifers that qualified for the NC Elite Angus Heifer program. This was the fourth sale
where the elite heifers were offered for sale. These eighteen heifers brought $50,750.00 and averaged $2,820. Top
selling lot was lot 41 consigned by Bryan Redfern, Quail Valley Angus, Indian Trail sold to Preston Pinkston,
Norwood for $4,000. She was sired by TC Total 410 and her dam was sired by GAR Retail Product. She is due in
August, 2013 to Connealy Impression. Lot 31 was consigned by Eugene Shuffler, Shuffler Farm, Union Grove and
was purchased by Malcom Booker, Gladstone, Va; she sold for $3,100; she was sired by SS Objective T510 0T26
and her dam was a SAV 8180 Traveler 04 daughter. She was bred to SAV Final Answer 0035 and due in September,
2013. Richard Kirkman, 4K/Tarheel Angus, Siler City consigned a February, 2013 ET heifer sired by Coleman Regis
904 and her dam was sired by B/R New Design 036. Bear Swamp Angus, B.L. Grady, Faison purchased her and her
receipt for $2,850. We sold a total of 47 lots of heifers for $110,825, averaging $2,358.
We sold 5 lots of bred cows, selling for $12,250 and averaging $2,450. Top selling bred cow was consigned
by Mark Wilburn, Uwharrie Ridge Farm, Asheboro. Lot 64 was sired by Stevenson Moneymaker R185 and her dam
was sired by Bon View New Design 878. She is bred to Connealy Consensus and due in November, 2013. She was
purchased by W.S. Chandler, Jr., Pinehurst, NC for $3,000.
We sold 21 lots of cow/calf pairs for $83,600, averaging $3.981. Wood Angus, Willow Spring consigned
the top selling lot, which was purchased by Bryan Perry, Perry’s Rolling Hill Farm, Raleigh; lot 68 & 68A sold for
$8,000. Lot 68 was a SAV 004 Predominant 4438 daughter and SAV Emblynette 9099 sired her dam. She sold with
a SAV Pride Mountain 1333 heifer calf born in March, 2013.
Oakview Farms, Yanceyville, Bobby Aldridge & Sons consigned lot 73 & 73A. Lot 73 was sired by War
Alliance 9126 6006 and Oakview Ambush sired her dam. She is bred to Mytty In Focus. Lot 73A is her October,
2012 heifer calf sired by Nichols Extra K205. Riga View Farms, Salisbury, Connecticut purchased the cow and calf
for $5,800. Several other cow/calf pairs brought over $4,000.00.
Volume buyers was Ronald Pridgen, Double R Farm, Whiteville who purchased 14 head for $49,550 and
Bryan Perry, Perry’s Rolling Hills, LLC, Raleigh who purchased three lots for $13,800.Angus Association Spring
Fever Sale.
Thank you to everyone who attended, consigned and purchased cattle from the 2013 North Carolina Angus
Association Spring Fever Sale. Thank you to Mark Wilburn, Spring Fever Chairman and his committee of Joe
French, Randall Smith, Michael Moss, Brent Scarlett and Daniel Wall and a special thank you to Joe French and his
crew from the Upper Piedmont Research Station for their continued support. Thanks to Bryan Redfern and Daniel
Wall for working the ring; Joe Hampton, Bruce Shankle, Steve Weller and Neil Bowman for taking bids. Thank you
David Gragg for working the box; Donna Outlaw, Linda Hicks, Brenda Vinson, Robin Hampton and Teresa
Swisher for helping clerk the sale.
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Annual Spring Fever Sale
Photos by Suzanne Brewer, Executive Secretary, NCAA
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Cattle Enthusiasts Participate in North Carolina Angus Association Spring Tours

Day One
Submitted by Linda Hicks
Friday morning, March 29th was chilly, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of 30 or so people who arrived at Uwharrie Ridge Farms in
Asheboro, North Carolina, to begin the annual North Carolina Angus Association spring tours.
The group was welcomed by owners, Mark Wilburn and his wife Jessica. In May 2007 Mark and Jessica were five generations removed
from farming when they purchased 30 of the 75 acres they now own. They started their registered Angus herd in 2008, and since then they’ve
been able to lease additional parcels of 72 acres for pasture and 24 acres for hay production. At the time of the tour, they had about 35 brood
cows and have recently expanded to 50. In the future they would like to expand their pastures to 300 acres and be able to have about 150
brood cows which will allow them the opportunity to have their own production sale.
Mark explained that their farm is not a show place, but rather a working farm. They operate the farm as a business, and the cattle are the
employees. They are expected to produce – they can’t just eat grass and stay. His motto is simply that the cows will produce a marketable
product each year or they will market themselves.
Mature cows and yearling heifers were bred AI to start calving mid-October 2013 through the first week of November 2013. Sires used
include PA Powertool 9108, S A V Bismarck 5682, S A V Final Answer 0035, Connealy Impression, Tokach Update 9009, Connealy Final Product,
Connealy Consensus 7229, Connealy Lead On, Summitcrest Complete 4U75, and Connealy Right Answer 746. Herd bull service is scheduled to
start mid-November 2013 through Christmas 2013. The resident herd bull is Yon Freightliner X328, owned jointly with Blue Q Ranch. He is one
of the top scrotal circumference bulls in the breed. Scrotal circumference is directly related to fertility
With the exception of two six and one-half year old cows and one nine year old cow, all other mature cows are six years old or less. This
year Mark had his first pathfinder cow, Yon Sarah U370. The pathfinder program identifies superior cows in the breed based on their
performance records from Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR). Emphasis is placed on early puberty, breeding, and early calving, and
above average performance of the offspring.
Mark has worked closely with Mitchell Scheer, manager of Blue Q Ranch, and with Dr. Brent Scarlett of Scarlett Mobile Large Animal
Services. Both have been instrumental in providing much appreciated advice – Mitchell regarding his cattle operation in general and Dr.
Scarlett regarding his herd health program. Dr. Scarlett has written a herd health protocol that Mark follows extensively. He designed the
program to fit Mark’s herd and help provide the healthiest cattle possible for Mark’s bull and female customers. Dr. Scarlett spoke on how
each herd health program will vary depending on the needs of the herd.
Mark said a lot of people don’t place high value on handling facilities and fencing. He said the first step is to do your fencing. All of Mark’s
fence work was completed by Sanders Fencing in Seagrove, NC. The second step is handling facilities. Dr. Scarlett has always said good
working facilities make for good vet clients.
Mark is using SumaGrow™, an organic product on his pasture land. He chose this product to increase grass production, reduce the need
for chemical fertilizers, reduce water usage, and balance soil pH. During drought periods Mark has seen stability in his forage when traditional
fertilizers have allowed the forage to peak and bottom out in big swings.
The second stop of the day was at Hillside Farms in Seagrove, North Carolina. Owner Wayne Sanders has a diverse operation with
commercial Angus cattle, poultry, and fencing services He also has some bison and Texas Longhorns. He talked about his endeavors and
showed everyone around his beautiful property.
Wayne’s commercial cattle operation is Angus based and includes a lot of mama cows from Blue Q Ranch. He had one pen of great looking
Angus baldie heifers that he showed to the group. Wayne runs about 400 brood cows on his 275 acres of pasture. He recently purchased
some additional land so he could run a 660-foot alleyway between pastures that were not contiguous. In addition to the baldie heifers, he has
60 Sim-Angus heifers. Wayne said he has two calving seasons, both spring and fall. He uses bulls from Scarlett Farms, Blue Q, and Mark
Wilburn.
Wayne has a defined herd health program for both cows and calves. For any hoof issues, he has access to a gentleman who has a mobile
chute and can trim hooves on-site.
Wayne provides feeders for Marcus Harward who operates stock markets in Turnersburg and Norwood. Last fall Wayne ran 600 stockers.
The barn on Wayne’s farm is multi-functional, with the center used for hay storage and the sides containing working facilities. Additionally,
he had four paddocks and room for ongoing projects.
He also has five seven-acre lots that he uses for rotational grazing for his brood cows. He has installed cattle water pads.
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