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2008 Beef Tour
Our annual beef tour will be held this year on Saturday, August 23rd. We will meet here in the parking lot of our new building. It is located on the same driveway as the old agriculture building, just on the other side of the drive. We will plan to leave here by 7:15 a.m. We are going to Highland and Brown counties in Ohio this year.
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John and Diana Day |
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| The Day family has been in the registered Angus business since the 1950's. They have sold up to 50 bulls and heifer replacesment each year. They were the first farm selected as cooperators with the Ohio Beef Heifer Development Program in 2007. They are raising the heifers on a farm thye bought two years ago in a separate operation. On this eighty acre farm, they developed 75 heifers last year and they are now raising 108. They used thier bulls as clean up bulls for the 101 heifers bred this spring. It will be interesting to talk to John and Diana about this program. He told me he loved raising heifers when corn was $2, but with seemingly no upper limit to the price of corn, it isn't as fun getting them to gain 1.5 to 1.7 pounds per day. | |||||
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Stop #2 |
Maplecrest Farms |
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| John is the Highland County Agricultural Educator and has helped me put this tour together. John, Joanie, Lindsey, and Lauren raise Angus seedstock in this 150 cow operation. They hold an annual female production sale each September. The bulls are marketed through joint marketing arrangement with Fink Beef Genetics and Gardiner Angus Ranch in Kansas. The extensive use of embryo transfer, cooperator herds, and heat synchronization has allowed them to produce approximately 250 calves and 500 embryos annually. | |||||
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Stop # 3 |
Robert and Paula Kiser and Family |
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| Kiser Farms are located near Hillsboro and consists of 450 owned acres and over 500 rented acres. The operation confines 400 to 500 head of feedlot cattle in a finishing facility and raises 200 to 300 head of background feeders. Once the feeders reach 900 pounds, they are transported to the finishing facility for approximately 120 days. Their ration is comprised primarily of high moisture corn and corn silage with the row corps produced being used to supply their feed needs. The operation follows a waste management plan and utilizes an established manure pit for waste control. | |||||
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Stop #4 |
Mike Sims, DVM and Sharon Sims and Family |
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| This extensive stocker operation is located near Greenfield, consisting of 258 owned acres and an additional 300 acres of leased ground. This operation began in 1990 and annually backgrounds 200 head of feeder cattle. The majority of these cattle are developed to 700 to 800 pounds and then sold as feeders. Intensive grazing is practices with pastrues divided into four acre paddocks. Dr. Sims operates the Greenfield Veterinary Clinic and serves as the veterinarian for the Union Stock Yards. They also operate the Sims Family Golf Center on the farm. |
Lunch will be in Hillsboro and will probably be fast food.
The registration fee this year is $25 per person, regardless of age, if received by August 1st. After August 1st, the registration fee is $30 per person. The cost of the bus is up this year so we aren't able to make a price break for the kids. But we hope that by going on Saturday, more families will be able to participate. Reservations are due to us at 513-887-3722.
