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2020 Summer Newsletter photo courtesy J. Freeman Teddy Talks Page 2 SOUTH POLL Field Day Update Page 3 Recipe Contest Page 3 MAKES IT TO Hereford History Page 4 Pretty Simple Page 6 RFDTV! CLICK Office Update Page 9 Advertising Page 10 HERE! SUMMER 2020 Submit your favorite recipes for the next Newsletter! Wally Olson psst...there are PRIZES! Olson Ranch, LLC [email protected] I have been very blessed in life. There have been very few days that I didn’t Teddy Talks get up and enjoyed, and I was at work when I walked out my door. As I write Yvonne’s Sloppy Joes From the Kitchen of: this I got to thinking that I have always been employed in ranching or the Resisting the desire to maximize certain Yvonne Whisonant livestock business. My work ranged from hauling hay and cleaning stalls to traits is difficult sometimes...especially Sloppy Joes when our eyes tell us that is a great the manager and then owner and everything in between. 2 pounds grass fed beef looking bull! The key word here is 1 medium onion diced ‘looking’. I graduated from Kansas State University-this was because of my mother. 1 lg. bell pepper diced She made me promise that I would get a degree and then I could go be a 2 T. minced garlic Maternally speaking you can’t tell very cowboy. She was very concerned someday I would do something stupid and 1 1/2 c. ketchup much by looking at the individual animal at least I could make a living with my mind. Two good things about having a 1 c. water especially if it’s not linebred. That is the photo courtesy of www.greenpasturesfarm.net degree is it gives you entry in getting jobs, and you can't lose it in hard times. 2 T. butter big problem with trying to judge young photo courtesy of www.feastmagazine.com 2 T. brown sugar 1 t. dry mustard females by looks alone. A show judge can My life growing up was blessed with some great people and characters. only pick his favorite ‘looking’ one on that 2 t. chili powder Some of these people were very good to me and some were very tough. But particular day. Worcestershire to taste I learned from all of them. Salt to taste I would like to think of the South Poll as a From Pooler Creek Farms real maternal breed that lets the records The ag crisis of the 80's was hard on me. To financially survive I resorted to Melt butter in pan tell us which one is best. The best cannot custom haying. With that, I had great conflict, because it doesn't bother me Add beef & cook until brown be measured by what happens in a year to roll in cow manure, but I hate to get one drop of hydraulic fluid on me-so In separate pan cook onions, pepper or two. It has to be measured in lifetimes you see I had a great conflict. & garlic until soft South Poll Add veggies back to beef, add of efficient production. Never failing to breed on time and have a calf every year. In the mid 80's I was blessed to get a job on the Kelley Ranch in Vinita, ketchup, chili powder, brown sugar, dry mustard, water, worcestershire Remember the best average with the Oklahoma. In my opinion, this is one of the best ranches in the world, and Field Day sauce and salt. fewest faults always beats the extreme. I had the best ranch job that has ever been. The owners of the ranch were Let’s be the best at maternal and let the business people and the ranch was run as a business. While working on the Simmer for 15 minutes 12TH ANNUAL FIELD DAY TO BE HELD ranch my emphasis changed from the animals to the land. By increasing the other breeds do the chasing of the other EPTEMBER TH AND TH Toast your hamburger buns to keep things. S 18 19 2020 production from the land and harvesting it with the animals at profit was job juices from making them soggy! ooler Creek Farms, along with the one. Enjoy!! Teddy Gentry ‘Copan Contingency’ will be hosting . our Fall Field Day in 2020. Doug One of the big benefits of working on the Kelley Ranch was that we had PRodgers, Brent Hawkins, Greg Buie, a continuing education budget. With these education opportunities, Tommy Carithers, Brent Mackey and Bryan knowledge was gained and through this continuing education is where Beene have offered to host the Field Day I came to know Bud and Eunice Williams. We first started out with the for 2020. The June 26-27 dates that were Stockmanship and then moved into Bud's marketing. Marketing is a scheduled have been cancelled due to the powerful tool that can make a great unfair advantage for somebody that will uncertainty of travel restrictions related to use it. It has been a life-changing experience for me. Covid-19. ally Olson of Olson Ranch, LLC at For the last eight years I have had the privilege to lease the Kelley Ranch. I Vinita, Oklahoma is our keynote was able to put Bud's marketing to work and learn how to implement it. I am speaker. Wally will be speaking on now retired and willing to help people learn what Bud and Eunice were so Wknowing your costs--which is a timely topic kind to help me learn. given the challenges our industry is facing. Wally will be talking about how to buy a ranch in today's challenging ag egistration is open-you may register ecomomy and how South Poll cattle will fit that business model. online at www.southpoll.com. If you had signed up for the June dates, your Rregistration will roll over to the September date. HEREFORD HISTORY THE origin of the Hereford these characteristics that they than today. Many mature has been lost over time remain today as outstanding Herefords of those days but it is generally agreed characteristics of the breed. weighed 3000 pounds or more. that it was founded on Cotmore, a winning show bull the draught ox descended Beginning in 1742 with a bull and noteworthy sire, weighed from the small red cattle calf from the cow Silver and 3900 pounds when shown in of Roman Briton and from two cows Pidgeon and Mottle, 1839. Gradually, they type and a large Welsh breed once inherited from his fathers confirmation changed to less numerous along the border estate, Benjamin Tomkins is extreme size and weight to get of England and Wales. credited with founding the more smoothness, quality and Hereford breed. This was 18 efficiency. Herefords have taken their years before Robert Bakewell name from the country of began developing his theories of Herefords were the first Herefordshire, a historic animal breeding. From the start, English cattle to be recognized agricultural region of England Mr. Tomkins had as his goals as a true breed. where this breed has evolved. economy in feeding, natural aptitude to grow and gain from The modern Hereford is colored moderate to long in length of the side, adequate in length of leg, large in size, trim The origins of this breed grass and grain, rustling ability, dark red to red-yellow, with a and smooth. They are also well developed of cattle in the County of hardiness, early maturity and white face, crest, dewlap and in the regions of valuable cuts-the back loin, Herefordshire have been prolificacy, traits that are still of underline. Herefords with a hind quarters and round. mentioned by various primary importance today. white flanks and white markings agricultural authors as long below the knee are also These cattle are known for their vigor ago as the early 1600’s During Other pioneering breeders were common. Most animals have and foraging ability as well as for their the 1700’s and early 1800’s to follow the Tomkins’ lead thick, short horns that typically longevity. Many females live and produce documented records were and establish the world wide curve down at the sides of the calves beyond the age of 15 years. Bulls are maintained by individuals in and renown for the Herefordshire head, but there is a polled strain capable of remaining profitable at stud to around the Herefordshire area. cattle causing their exportation in North America and the UK from England to wherever grass (Polled Hereford). the age of 12 or more. Many breeders keep their elderly cattle until they die of old age. These early Hereford breeders grows and beef production is molded their cattle with the possible. Mature males can weigh up to Herefords will stand out in the arctic snows idea in mind of a high yield 1800 pounds, while mature of Finland, endure the heat of Northern of beef and efficiency of Herefords in the 1700’s and females weigh around 1200 Transvaal, withstand the tough climate and production, and so firmly fixed early 1800’s were much larger pounds. They are muscular, rough grazing of northern Uruguay or the sub-tropical zones of Brazil and continue to thrive. Herefords are generally docile and fast home is growing cattle with good beef quality. More than five million pedigree Herefords where exist in over 50 countries. The export of Herefords began in 1817, spreading across the herd the United States and Canada through Mexico to the great cattle raising countries is. of South America. Today, Herefords dominate the world scene from the prairies to the pampas and from the Russian steppes to the South African veldt.
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