NC Angus News Magazine - Fall 2018 Edition

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NORTH CAROLINA
ANGUS NEWS
Membership Directory
Fall 2018
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From Sharon’s Desk…
The calendar says fall is near but the temperature outside hasn’t gotten the message! I know many of you are probably like us
and your pregnant cows are just waiting or not for the cooler days. Our calving season is well underway and you can always bet
these warmer temps will make those calves come a bit early.
The Association recently hosted our annual field day at the Upper Piedmont Research Station in Reidsville, NC. I wanted to thank
Joe French and Joe Hampton for all their help in making the event a success. Also thank you to Chris Jeffcoat, Neil Bowman,
Mark Bray, Dr. Richard Kirkman and Dr. Harrison Dudley for the excellent educational programs. Check out the article in this
edition for all the details.
Now is a busy time for many of our members who are participating in shows and sales all across the state. The NC Angus Down
East Sale is coming up on November 3rd at the Edwards Land and Cattle Co. sale facility at 314 Willard Edwards Road in
Beulaville, NC. Last year this new location worked out great for our buyers to view the cattle, and the Edwards family were very
gracious hosts. For this year’s sale we have over 60 lots consigned with something for every buyer. Cow-calf pairs, bred cows, bred
and open heifers. Watch your mail for the catalog or view it on our website www.ncangus.org. The sale is also being broadcast
live on the internet through www.cowbuyer.com. So if you can’t make the sale be sure to sign up and bid on cowbuyer it is really
simple and a great way to participate in the sale.
Also be sure to check out the ads in the magazine for our member sales taking place this fall and winter. Look for their
information detailing times and locations.
Hope to see you all at a show or sale this fall.
Sharon Rogers
NCAA Executive Secretary
IN THIS ISSUE
Advertising Rates ...................................................................................1 Membership Directory..................................................................21-27
Allied Industry Partners .....................................................................20 Membership Form .................................................................................2
Angus Genetics Inc, Foot Score Research .....................................29 NC Auxiliary ..........................................................................................10
CAB Recipe ............................................................................................20 NC Junior Angus News .........................................................................11
From Sharon’s Desk ...............................................................................1 North Carolina Down East Sale .........................................................6
Goforth Angus ....................................................................................8-9 North Carolina Field Day ..................................................................4-5
Member Spotlight .................................................................................3 President’s Message ..............................................................................2
Membership by County ......................................................................32 Schedule of Events ................................................................................2
ADVERTISERS
American Angus Association ...............................................................7 NC Down East Sale ...............................................................................6
American Angus Hall of Fame ..........................................................12 Panther Creek Farms ..........................................................................20
American Breeders Service ...............................................................19 Pasture Management Systems Inc ...................Inside Back Cover
Back Creek ..............................................................................................19 Select Sires Inc ......................................................................................19
Biltmore Angus .....................................................................................31 Shade Tree Farm ...................................................................................31
Carolina Cattle Connection ................................................................14 Silver Springs Angus ...........................................................Back Cover
EBS Farms ...............................................................Inside Front Cover Southeast Bull Expo ............................................................................13
Farm Credit ............................................................................................13 Southern States ...................................................................................28
Harward Sisters ....................................................................................15 The Partners Sale .................................................................................19
High Ridge Farms .................................................................................16 Vandemark Angus................................................................................31
Knoll Crest Farms .................................................................................17 Wagon Wheel Ranch ..........................................................................31
Mid Atlantic Cattle Sales ....................................................................18 Zoetis .......................................................................................................19
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President’s Message
Roy Outlaw - Outlaw Angus, Seven Springs, NC
NCAA President
Summer is almost over. I hope everyone had a great haymaking season.
I am looking forward to the fall sale season. Hope to see you at the Down East
Sale in Beulaville on the first Saturday in November, and at some of the other
great sales this fall. Consignments are in and it looks like the Down East will be
even better than last year.
Hope everyone has a great fall.
Roy
North Carolina Delegates – 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Angus Association
Joe Hampton Russell Wood Emily Grace Barnes Richard D. Kirkman John Barnes Mark Wilburn II
Mt Ulla, NC Willow Spring, NC Autryville, NC Siler City, NC Autryville, NC Asheboro, NC
2018 Schedule of Events
North Carolina Angus
Association
Membership Form
October 11-21 NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Angus Association Inc. October 20 Fred Smith Co. Ranch Extra Effort Sale, Clayton, NC
October 20 Craven Open House Bull Sale, Seagrove, NC
$50 Regular Membership (All Paying Members -
October 29 Brown’s Farm Ridge Online Show Heifer Sale, Boone, NC
Purebred and/or Commercial) October 27 Yon Family Farms, Ridge Spring, SC
November 2 High Ridge Farms Genetic Opportunity Sale, Albemarle, NC
November 3 NC Angus Down East Sale, Beulaville, NC
Name November 3-5 National Angus Convention & Trade Show, Fort Worth, TX
November 10 C-Cross Cattle Company Bull & Female Production Sale,
Farm Name Biscoe, NC
November 17 7th Annual Southeast Bull Expo & Sale, Clinton, NC
November 23 Tarheel Angus “Black Friday” Sale, Snow Camp, NC
Address
November 30 Knoll Crest Farm 48th Total Performance Bull Sale,
Red House, VA
City December 1 Partners Bull Sale, Rocky Mount, NC
December 1 The Pounds & Profits Bull Sale, Snow Camp, NC
State Zip December 1 Union County Performance Tested Bull Sale, Monroe, NC
December 7 Caudill Farm Online Bull & Female Sale, Star, NC
December 7 NCBCIP Waynesville Bull Test Sale, Canton, NC
Phone Mobile
December 8 Springfield Angus Bull Sale, Louisburg, NC
December 21 NCBCIP Butner Bull Test Sale, Oxford, NC
Email
2019 Schedule of Events
Website
January 5 Stanly Select Bull Sale, Norwood, NC
Return form along with $50 membership dues to: February 9 NC Angus Association Annual Meeting, Winston-Salem, NC
NC Angus Association February 16 Yon Family Farms Spring Bull & Female Sale,
Sharon Rogers, 945 Woodsdale Rd, Roxboro, NC 27574 Ridge Springs, SC
February 21-23 NC Cattlemen’s Assoc. Annual Conference, Hickory, NC
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Michael and Courtney Wyatt
Butcher Branch Angus, Mt. Pleasant, NC
Name
Michael and Courtney
Wyatt
Farm Name/Location
Butcher Branch Angus
Mt. Pleasant, NC
Why did you select the Angus breed for your cattle operation?
The Angus breed has such a long and rich heritage that gives it a lot of
marketability. We felt like its history gives it a strong foundation for a solid
How do you market the calves from your herd?
future. After all, this business has risks that must be evaluated and the Angus
breed, in our opinion, gives us the best options for staying power in the We like to sell our females as replacement heifers through sponsored sales
market. or right off our farm. Bulls are raised here on the farm and sold private treaty
in most cases. Steer calves are sold at local feeder calf sales.
How long have you utilized Angus Genetics?
What helps to make your operation successful (equipment, people,
We started with the Angus breed in 2010 and have never looked back.
resources, etc.) and Why?
We are blessed with the ups and downs of fescue pastures, much like many
What is your breeding program? of the other producers in North Carolina. In recent years, we have changed
some of our hay production over to rye grass and millet. This has proven
We have both a fall and spring breeding program. All cows are synchronized
to be beneficial in maintaining our herd’s body condition during the winter
on a timed AI program. Once the AI program is complete, we turn our herd
months.
bull in.
Family and friends.
What Angus bull(s) have made the greatest impact on your herd?
As a small producer, it is difficult to manage all the things that need to
We have raised some good calves out of Rampage, Tour of Duty, Upshot
happen on a daily basis without help from others. Whether it is making hay,
and Weigh up, but I will admit my favorite cows in the herd are our Image
working calves or breeding cows, we always have people willing to help. I do
Maker daughters. They seem to calve easy, raise a great calf and breed back
not believe there is any one resource that could outweigh this one.
on time.
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NORTH CAROLINA ANGUS ASSOCIATION
Submitted by: Sharon Rogers
North Carolina Angus Association members, friends and
guests gathered for the recent association sponsored field
day. This year’s field day was held at the Upper Piedmont
Research Station in Reidsville, NC. A very familiar locations
to our members, since it serves as the host location for our
annual Spring Fever Sale each May. But during the field
day we saw many of the other cattle, research and farming
enterprises that make up the station. The morning kicked
John Barnes, Chris Jeffcoat, Dr. Harrison Dudley and Joe
off with welcoming remarks from our field day chairman
Hampton found time for a serious discussion during the
Joe Hampton. Then American Angus Association regional field day
manager Chris Jeffcoat gave us a look into the new Angus
Link program from American Angus. Chris explained the
concept of the program was to serve as a tool for com-
mercial cow-calf producers to communicate the genetic
performance potential of their feeder calves to buyers thus
making them more marketable and reliable. The program
will be officially launched in early September and Chris en-
couraged everyone to follow the progress of the program
on its website www.AngusLink.com.
Next attendees were given the option for a research station
tour hosted by Joe French, Upper Piedmont Research Sta- The crowd gathers for the feeder cattle presentation
tion Superintendent along with NCSU graduate students
McKayla Newsome and Kyle Mayberry to learn more about
the research being conducted at the station. While others
attended a “NC feeder cattle” discussion and demonstra-
tion by Neil Bowman, NC Department of Agriculture and
Mark Bray, Ridgecrest Farms. Mark Bray was able to pro-
vide a personal perspective on why he purchases or does
not purchase certain calves at auction. Mark’s take home
message for the day was to select genetics that will per-
form in the Southeast, manage your calves properly with
good weaning practices and always castrate your bull
calves. He stressed to the group that they did not want him Neil Bowman, NC Department of Agriculture explains
the USDA feeder cattle grading system
to buy their calves because he is in the business of fixing
other producers’ mistakes. Using weaned calves from the
research station farm, Neil and Mark were also able to dis-
cuss what buyer look for in a “quality” feeder calf. They dis-
cussed grading practices, visual appraisal and what type
of questions they get from buyers when putting togeth-
er loads of calves for the feed yard. Several calves were
brought out for the group to evaluate and everyone went
home with a better understanding of what buyers want in
the calves they purchase.
Everyone on board for the research station tour
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HOSTS SUMMER FIELD DAY
NCSU graduate students,
McKayla Newsome and Kyle
Mayberry, share posters detail-
ing their research conducted at
the Upper Piedmont Research
Station
Mark Bray shares his perspective on
NC feeder cattle
NC Cattlemen’s Executive, Bryan Blin-
son, sharing a beef industry update
with the group
The Upper Piedmont Research Station staff prepared our lunch and
everyone enjoyed the time to fellowship with the other attendees.
The afternoon program focused on Anaplasmosis and its ramifica-
tions for NC cattle and cattle producers. Dr. Richard Kirkman and Dr.
Harrison Dudley, along with input from NCDA veterinarian Dr. Jerry
Kivett and UDSA veterinarians Dr. Jennifer Stiles and Dr. Kerr Garcia,
lead the session. Dr. Kirkman began with a history of Anaplasmosis
and where it can be found in North Carolina. Most of the challenges
are in eastern NC but the disease has been found throughout the
state. Dr. Dudley described how to spot and diagnosis Anaplasmo- Neil Bowman, Ashley Smith and
Clinton Crocker chatting about cattle
sis in your herd along with detailing some treatment options. Both
nutrition products
Dr. Kirkman and Dr. Dudley stressed the challenge for seedstock
producers is selling and moving cattle into other herds. As a seed-
stock supplier you may be selling cattle that have never been ex-
posed to the disease or you may be selling cattle that are carriers
for the disease into herds with no exposure. Both agreed it is very
important to consult with your herd veterinarian to develop a man-
agement strategy to deal with Anaplasmosis.
Throughout the day everyone had the opportunity to visit with our
field day exhibitors: BioZyme, Inc., Eagle Roller Mill & Bartlett, First
Choice Insurance, GENEX, Performance Livestock & Feeds, Select
Sires, Pasture Management Systems, Inc. & Zoetis.
A special thank you to Joe Hampton and Joe French for working so
hard to make the 2018 field day a huge success.
Chris Jeffcoat, AAA field representa-
tive, gave a presentations to introduce
the new Angus Link program
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The New North Carolina Angus DOWN EAST SALE
Sharon Rogers
The 19th Annual Down East Angus Sale is only a few If you can’t make the sale be sure to register on Cow-
weeks away on Saturday, November 3rd at 12 noon buyer.com to view and bid online. To sign up for the
at the Edwards Land & Cattle Sale Facility in Beu- service is really simple; just visit their website www.
laville, NC. Located on 314 Willard Edwards Road in cowbuyer.com for all the details.
Beulaville.
The NC Junior Angus Association will be providing
This year we are pleased to announce some new con- lunch for the event to help raise funds to enhance
signors to the sale and some very recognizable past their junior activities throughout the year. Be sure to
consignors. All will be bringing you some fine cattle come hungry and enjoy their lunch.
from their herds. Our consignors include James Britt
- Britt Family Farms, Henry Craven - Craven Angus We have a great sale offering with cattle to meet the
Farm, Dexter & Nicholas Edwards - Edwards Land needs of any producer. The sale books should be
& Cattle Co., Henry & Donna Vines - H&D Angus, available in mid-October. To request a catalog con-
John Smith - Panther Creek Farms, Tim & Faye Ray- tact the NC Angus Association office at 336-599-
nor - Rock Hill Cattle Co., Robert Simpson - Simp- 8750 or send an email [email protected]. You
sons Angus Farm, Jerry White - H-J White Farm and may also contact a member of the sale committee
Russell & Elaine Wood - Wood Angus. The sale will with questions: Roy Outlaw 919-222-9788 or John
feature cow/calf pairs, bred cows, bred heifers and Smith 252-568-3478. Find the sale book on our web-
open heifers. We will also offer some Angus influ- site www.ncangus.org.
enced lots. To qualify for Angus influenced at least
one parent must be a registered Angus. See you DOWN EAST in Beulaville on Saturday, No-
vember 3rd at 12 noon at the Edwards Land & Cattle
Company sale facility in Beulaville, NC.
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GOFORTH ANGUS
Top Quality Angus Cattle
Submitted by: Sharon Rogers
This past winter I had the pleasure of making a trip to East
Bend, NC to visit Tim and Andrea Goforth of Goforth An-
gus. It was a beautiful day to see their cattle and learn more
The Goforth Family
about their farm. When I arrived, I was greeted by Tim and
- Tim, Andrea,
their two beagles. Andrea the self-proclaimed city girl came Alyssa and
in a bit later in her truck and trailer after moving some cattle. Chance
Neither Tim nor Andrea are originally from the East Bend
area. Tim grew up outside of Statesville and Andrea is from
Winston-Salem. So East Bend made a nice location in be-
tween their families. They have settled in quite nicely to the
community and recently completed building a beautiful new
house on their farm. The Goforths have two children, Alyssa
and Chance. Andrea says Alyssa is more of the animal lover primary donor cow RB-GFC Lady Upshot 890-3144, Werner
in the family but Chance also helps out with the cattle when War Party 2417 and VAR Generation 2100. The Goforths
needed. Alyssa loves animals so much she is getting her veter- marketed their bull in a couple of new venues in 2018, one
inary technician degree from Surry Community College and being an AngusLive online auction and the other the Midland
working almost full time with a local veterinarian. Chance is bull test. They have also marketed bulls in the Southeast Bull
a sophomore at Forbush High School where he is actively in- Expo and Sale in Clinton, NC. They sold the top selling bull
volved in the JROTC program. in the 2017 Southeast Bull Expo auction, Goforth War Party
3144-D30, another powerful War Party son from their donor
Tim has been around horses and cattle for most of his life and
3144 to Dereck Atkins of Troy, NC.
when he and Andrea married they decided to have their own
herd of commercial cattle. After a few years with a large herd The Goforths have developed their breeding program utiliz-
of commercial cattle, Tim attended some purebred Angus ing the best and newest technology available in the beef cat-
sales and he felt that was the direction they should take their tle industry. RB-GFC Lady Upshot 890-3144 serves as their
herd. His original plan was to have a smaller number of pure- matriarch. 3144 is a daughter of EXAR Upshot 0562B and
bred Angus females to utilize their resources more effectively. RB Lady Standard 305-890. The Goforths really like the Lady
Tim does a great deal of traveling with his job, installing sta- family of females. 3144 has EPDs that place her in the top 3%
dium scoreboards, so he had hoped to help out the rest of the of the breed for WW and YW, the top 5% for HP and CEM
family during his absence by having fewer cows to manage. and the top 2% for $W, $F and $B. They flush and do in vi-
They purchased their first purebred Angus female, an Embly- tro fertilization (IVF) with 3144 to produce as many geneti-
nette daughter, from the 2012 Wood Angus Sale. Since then cally superior, high quality calves as possible. They have also
they have jumped a hundred percent into the purebred Angus flushed three of her daughters and are excited to see if their
business striving to produce top quality genetics in an eye ap- calves perform as well as 3144. They utilize Dr. Brent Scarlett
pealing package. and Ashby Genetics for their flushing program and have had
During my visit, Tim showed me a group of their yearling
bulls. These bulls were very stout, well balanced and eye ap-
pealing with outstanding EPDs. All the bulls were from their
A VAR Generation 2100 son from their donor cow 3144 that will sell
Angus babies at the Goforth’s in their first AngusLive online bull sale
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