Serving the Bos indicus Cattle Industry of America | June 2012 Eared Cattle Highlighted at BIF Birthplace of the Industry Beef in Australia Brahman Crossbred Performance Briggs Ranches Cowman Selected. Cowman Proven. Santa Gertrudis Bulls Ready to work for your bottomline! “Performance Measured” means... better Beef, better profits. “READY TO WORK BULLS FOR SALE.” For more information please contact Joe Jones today. Tri Star Sale Briggs October 19th-20th Bloomington, TX 200+ Star 5 Santa Gertrudis Commercial Females Ranches 60 Performance Santa PO Box 1417 l Victoria, Texas 77902 (361)573-7141 Gertrudis Bulls Joe Jones, Manager (361)897-1337 60 Top Quality Registered l E-mail Joe Jones: l E-mail Robert Briggs: Santa Gertrudis Females [email protected] [email protected] Traylor Division (Bloomington, Texas) San Roque Division San Carlos Division (Catarina, Texas) (Rio Grande, Texas) THE EAR JUNE 2012 | 1 Last month I covered some of the topics pre- sented at the 2012 Beef Improvement Fed- eration’s 44th Annual Research Symposium and Meeting held in Houston on April 18-21 and hosted jointly by American Brahman Breeders Association and Texas A&M AgriL- ife Extension. Over 300 folks attended from a number of states and countries including a Columns group from South Africa. 4 Have You Heard...the Truth 6 The Science of Bos indicus 6 491 years ago, the “new world” was surely a very different place than today, an ocean Features away from any “civilization,” and an area 10 Cattle Ranching in Florida - that held the promise of golden cities and a fountain of youth. In the time since, empires Birthplace of the Industry have fallen, towns and cities sprung up seemingly everywhere, our great country 14 Beef in Australia was born, and our daily lives have changed Brahman Crossbred Performance in tremendously. One thing, however, over all 18 the years and through all the change has Multiple Beef Industry Segments existed and thrived- The Florida Cattle In- dustry! 10 Departments 28 Brahman Headlines Australia’s beef industry is thriving and looks to get better as the world popula- 29 Brangus Headlines tion is increasing exponentially. Australian beef producers are taking “feed the world” 30 Santo Gertrudis Headlines to a whole new level as 65% of all beef pro- 32 Simbrah Headlines duced within the country is exported. The major export markets for beef are Asia, primarily Japan and Korea, and to the U.S. Australia has only 26 million beef cattle and calves compared to Brazil’s 185 million head, but Australia is a narrow 2nd in beef Other exports to Brazil, exporting almost 3 billion 32 Industry News pounds per year. Australia also exports a 14 tremendous amount of live cattle, predomi- 34 Bos inducus Bulletin Board nantly to Indonesia. As the world popula- tion grows and Australian breeders become 35 Advertiser’s Index increasingly efficient, the export opportuni- 36 Calendar ties will continue to grow. On the Cover: Brahman crossbred cows comprise a large portion of the U.S. cow-calf industry, pro- Brahman females at La ducing calves of generally ¼ or less Brah- Muneca~ Cattle Company, man inheritance. Brahman cattle are well- Linn, TX. adapted to conditions across the Southern United States. Some calves are managed as stockers in the South and some are fed in South Texas or Southern Arizona, but the majority of Southern cattle enter the stocker and feeder segments on the Great Plains. The obvious environmental differ- ences between that region and the South 18 are climatic and nutritional. 2 | JUNE 2012 THE EAR The most genetically secure Brangus bulls in the world. LDS O 23Y40 | Cadence x 23M28 820Y2 | Catawba Warrior x 820W196 23Y42 | Cadence x 23M28 535Y6 | Catawaba Warrior x 535U066 BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT COMING 2-Year- COMING 0.8 40 63 19 38 0.5 0.48 0.07 -0.009 -0.4 35 66 17 35 1.1 0.84 0.07 0.007 1.2 44 68 18 40 0.6 0.5 0.07 -0.009 1.6 38 66 19 38 0.9 0.5 0 0.008 23Y69 | Patton x 23M28 209Y2 | Lambert x 209L11 468Y9 | Whitfield x 468P30 BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT -1.3 32 60 11 27 1.1 0.45 0.06 -0.017 1.9 33 68 7 24 0.4 0.77 0.24 0.013 1.8 50 68 9 34 0.6 0.9 0.21 0 EARLINGS Y Buy the Numbers. 392Y25 | LTD x 392P74 BW WW YW M TM SC REA IMF FT -1.7 21 39 11 22 0.6 0.55 0.09 -0.009 October 26th Selling 100 Brangus Bulls & 70 Registered Females www.aspenedgemarketing.com David & Susan Vaughan, Owners Chris Heptinstall, Gen. Manager PO Box 185 Fairmount, GA 30139 706-337-2295 [email protected] www.salacoavalleybrangus.com Mark Cowan | [email protected] | 903-495-4522 Trey Kirkpatrick | [email protected] | 979-324-5518 Richard Hood | [email protected] | 979-224-6150 Brad Wright | [email protected] | 979-219-4599 THE EAR JUNE 2012 | 3 Have You Heard.... Serving the Bos indicus the Truth Cattle Industry of America The EAR Magazine This spring parts of drought stricken c/o AMS Genetics Texas and Oklahoma have been receiving PO Box 10 rains that have sparked an interim de- Wheelock, TX 77882 mand of breeding cattle. Producer con- Physical: fidence is still not completely back to the 10541 E OSR levels needed to see the expected buying Hearne, TX 77859 frenzy when the U.S. rebuild is officially Phone: 979/219-4599 declared underway. With that said, re- Fax: 979/828-5532 cord prices and sale averages of replace- www.theearmagazine.com ment cattle have been being set as ranch- ers begin restocking vacated pastures. Crystal Devoll Editor/Publisher 979/820-8358 Most replacement sales have seen Bos indicus females [email protected] dominate ring value because of the shifting industry senti- ment that environmental adaptability is the difference of an Brad Wright Billing operation surviving unrelenting heat and drought. 979/219-4599 [email protected] The Ear magazine is celebrating our one year anniversary. Mark Cowan Over this past year we have brought you factual informa- Advertising Sales tion from credible sources that supports Bos indicus cattle 903/495-4522 and their positive attributes. This month we are featuring [email protected] articles that substantiates that “Eared” cattle are equivalent Kyle Devoll to their Bos tarus contemporaries in the feedlot and on the Advertising Sales rail. Basically, research has proven that there is not any fun- 979/820-8362 [email protected] damentally profit trait differences from pasture to the plate between breed compositions. On the other hand, research Richard Hood has also proven that production trait differences are signifi- Advertising Sales 979/225-6140 cantly different in cattle that are heat tolerant compared to [email protected] those that are not. The drought of 2010 and 2011 has made ranchers rally back to the fundamentals of having a cow base Trey Kirkpatrick Advertising Sales that survives in their environment and use a bull that fits 979/324-5518 their market. [email protected] We at The Ear want to extend a “Hats Off” to V8 Brah- Member: man and Shorthorn Ranch, Hungerford, TX for their recent recognition of the Beef Improvement Federation’s Seedstock producer of the year. Published on the first day of each month. Correspondence on all phases of the cattle business is invited. Publisher reserves exclusive right to accept Sincerely, or reject advertising or editorial material submitted for publication in The EAR magazine. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to : The EAR c/o AMS Richard Hood Genetics, PO Box 10, Wheelock, Texas 77882, 979-219-4599, FAX 979-828- 5532. 4 | JUNE 2012 THE EAR The J.D. Hudgins family has selected for “Beef-Type”Brahmans for over 100 Years Our American Grey Brahmans are bred for Beef Qualities Capacity Bone Uniformity and Disposition Quality Beef-Type American Brahmans Always For Sale At The Ranch VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME P.O. Box 145 l Hungerford, TX 77448 979-532-1352 [email protected] Visit our web-site for cattle that are currently available. Cattle Solutions Cattle www.jdhudgins.com THE EAR JUNE 2012 | 5 The Science of Bos indicus Eared CATTLE featuring Dr. Joe Paschal Professor & Livestock Specialist Texas AgriLife Extension Highlighted at Beef Corpus Christi, Texas Improvement Meeting Last month I covered some of the topics presented at the 2012 Beef Improve- the ranch. One tour ment Federation’s 44th Annual Research Symposium and Meeting held in went to J.D. Hudgins, Houston on April 18-21 and hosted jointly by American Brahman Breeders Inc., in Hungerford, Association and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Over 300 folks attended V8 Ranch in Boling from a number of states and countries including a group from South Africa. and Wendt Ranch (Santa Gertrudis) in The first evening had a social followed by a presentation by Dr. Larry Cundiff Bay City. The other on the “Impact of Bos indicus Genetics on the Beef Industry”. Dr. Cundiff tour went to Vineyard was the Director of the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Cattle Co. (Brangus)near Magnet, then to Graham Feedyard south of Gon- Clay Center, NE, until his retirement a few years ago and is an internationally zales and then to Collier Farms (Beefmaster) just east of Brenham.