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April 6, 2017
Golden Valley News
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Above: Back row, from'left, Donnie Feiring, Trisha Feiring, Tenna Fleming, Abby Hecker, Chance
Manhart, Kaden Volk, Kyle Sarsland and Ashley Ueckert; front row, from left, Kade Manhart, Dillon
Manhart, Kinze Steiner and Ray Steiner. Below: From left, Donnie Feiring, Trisha Feiring, Jacob
Steiner, McKenzie Volk, Emma Fleming and Ashley Ueckert (Courtesy Photos)
Livestock team has busy season across State
The 2017 Golden Valley County 4-
H livestock judging teams had an out-
standing judging season.
They traveled and competed at six
contests this year. The senior team in-
cluded McKenzie Voll~., Emma Flem-
ing and Jacob Steiner. The junior team
consisted of Kyle Sarsland, Tenna
Fleming, Kaden Volk, Abby Hecker,
Chance Manhart, Kade Manhart, Dil-
lon Manhart, Ray Steiner and Kenzie
Steiner.
The first contest was held in Dick-
inson on Feb. 4. The senior team was
4th overall that day. Mckenzie Volk
was in 6th place, Jacob Steiner 15th
and Emma Fleming 20th place over-
all. The junior, team had a great day
placing 1st out of 15 teams. Kaden
Volk was in 3rd place, Kyle Sarsland
5th place, Kade Manhart 6th place,
Chance Manhart llth place;'Ray
Steiner 19th place, Tenna Fleming
24th place, Abby Hecker 33rd place,
Kenzie Steiner 43rd place and Dillon
Manhart 661h place overall out of 93
contestants in the contest. There were
two counties that were from Montana
in the contest.
On Friday, Feb. 10, they traveled to
Fargo to compete in the Little Interna-
tional contest at North Dakota State
University. The senior team placed
6th overall out 10 counties in the con-
test. Emma Fleming was in 8th place,
Jacob Steiner 16th place and McKen-
zie Volk 25th place overall. Emma
Fleming was 7th in sheep, 11 th in rea-
sons and 13th in swine. Jacob Steiner
was 12th in beef. McKenzie Volk was
8th in sheep. The team was also 5th
in beef and 4th in the sheep divisions.
The junior team made a clean sweep
for the day winning 1st place team
overall, as well as, 1st place team in
beef, sheep, swine and oral reasons out
of 19 counties in the contest. Kyle
Sarsland was in 3rd place, Chance
Manhart 4th place, Abby Hecker 6th
place, Kaden Volk 8th place, Tenna
Fleming 10th place, Kade Manhart
23rd place, Ray Steiner 45th place,
Kinzie Steiner 54th place and Dillon
Manhart was 72nd place overall. Kyle
Sarsland was 3rd overall in beef, 6th
overall in sheep, 5th overall in swine,
and 5th overall in reasons. Chance
Manhart was I st overall in swine, 3rd
overall in beef, 7th overall in sheep
and 3rd overall in reasons. Kaden
Volk was 1 st overall in reasons and 9th
in swine. Tenna Fleming was 5th in
the beef division.
The n~xt day the kids competed at
the Kindred contest in Kindred. The
senior team was 5th place overall, 4th
in sheep and 5th in reasons. Emma
Fleming was 4th overall', 1st in swine,
10th in beef and 10th in oral reasons.
The junior team was once again in 1 st
place overall out 15 counties in the
contest. They also placed 1st in sheep,
1st in swine, 1st in reasons and were
in 2nd place overall in the beef divi-
sion. Abby Hecker was in 2nd place,
Tenna Fleming 3rd place, Kyle Sars-
land 5th place, Kaden Volk 8th place,
Kade Manhart 14th place and Chance
Manhart was 15th place overall. Abby
Hecker was also 1st in swine, 6th in
beef, 9th in sheep, and 3rd in oral rea-
sons. Tenna Fleming was also 1st in
sheep, 8th in beef, llth in swine and
2nd in reasons. Kyle Sarsland was 1st
in reasons, 3rd in swine and 10th in
sheep. Kaden Volk was 5th in reasons,
7th in beef and 12th in swine. Kade
Manhart was 10th in beef. ChanCe
Manhart was 4th in reasons and 8th in
sheep.
Then on Feb. t8, they traveled to 8th out of 18 counties in the contest.
the Bowman contest. The senior team Mckenzie Volk was in 13th place
won 5th place overall out of 8 teams, overall, 13th in reasons and 10th in
Emma Fleming was 8th overall •and swine. Emma Fleming was 22nd
2nd place in reasons. Jacob Steiner overall and 13th in the swine division.
was 13th overall. The junior team was Jacob Steiner was 47th overall. The
once again the 1st overall team. contest was made up of 80 contestants
Kaden Volk was 1st place overall, from throughout the state.
Abby Hecker 3rd place, Chance 5th The junior team couldn't have
place, Kade Manhart 9th place and asked for a better day than what they
Tenna Fleming was 10th place over- had. They finished out the year as the
all. N.D. State Champion Junior Live-
on Saturday, Feb. 25, the kids stock Judging Team out of 22 counties
traveled along with the Golden Val- in the contest. Chance Manhart was
ley FFA to Beulah to compete in the in 1 st place, Tenna Fleming 3rd place,
West River livestock judging con- Kyle Sarsland 4th place, Kaden Volk
test. The senior team had their best 5th place, Abby Hecker 12th place,
showing of the year. The team was Kade Manhart 13th place, Ray Steiner
2nd place overall out of 9 teams. 49th place,Dillon Manhart 85thplace
The team was 1st in beef, 5th in and Kinze Steiner was in 93rd place
sheep, and ,~. oyerall m swine. -, 0vemll out of 110 ~ds who cQmpeted.
Emma Fleming was [st overall,• 2nd Chance Manhart was also 1st in oral
in beef, 5th in reasons, 5th in sheep reasons, 2nd in beef, 2nd in sheep and
and 2nd in swine. McKenzie Volk 3rd in swine. Tenna Fleming was also
was 4th overall, 10th in sheep and 4th in beef, 2nd in reasons, llth in
5th in beef. Jacob Steiner was 19th sheep and 10th in swine. Kyle Sars-
overall in the contest. The junior land was 2nd in swine and 7th in rea-
team had another awesome day with sons. Kaden Volk was 4th in oral
a clean sweep, The team was 1 st reasons, 5th in sheep, 8th in beef and
overall out of 19 counties in the 10th in swine. Abby Hecker was also
contest. They were also 1 st in beef, 12th overall, 9th in swine and 12th in
sheep, swine, and oral reasons, reasons. Kade Manhart was 8th in
Kyle Sarsland was 1 st place overall, swine. The junior team once again
Kaden Volk 2nd place, Chance swept the contest placing 1st in the
Manhart 3rd place, Kade Manhart beef division, sheep division, swine
10th place, Ray Steiner 15th place division and oral reasons. It was a
and Dillon Manhart was 26th place great way to close out the year.
overall. Kyle Sarsland was also 1 st More kids are working their way
in beef, 3rd in sheep, 3rd in swine into the senior division for next year.
and 3rd in reasons. Kaden Volk was Their goal is to win the state contest
also 2nd in beef, 2nd in reasons, 5th and be able to attend the national con-
in sheep and 5th in swine. Chance test which is held during the NAILE
Manhart was also 1 st in reasons, 1 st Livestock Exposition in Louisville.
in sheep, llth in swine and 7th in Ken., in November each year.
beef. Kade Manhart was llth in Donnie and Trisha Feiring and
sheep and 6th in swine. Ray Steiner Ashley Ueckert were the Golden Val-
was also. 15th in swine. Dillon ley County 4-H livestock judging
Manhart was also 10th in beef. coaches.
On March 4, they made their sec- "We had a great year as a team."
and and final trip of the year to Fargo said Donnie Feiring. "We continue to
to compete in the N.D. State Livestock learn a lot about livestock and how to
Judging Contest. This year state was give oral reasons to the official judges.
held on the North Dakota State Uni- We are excited to have everybody
versity Campus. The state contest was coming back for next year. We would
set up to mimic what the national also like to thank the parents and 4-H's
judging contest would look like. The leaders for all their support and taking
kids placed 3 classes of beef cattle, 3 the time to travel with us to the con-
classes of sheep, 3 classes of hogs, tests and practices.. Also, we would
gave 3 sets of oral reasons and placed like to thank the community for buy-
a practice class of Boer goats. The ing pizzas and coming out to our sec-
state contest was very challenging, but and annual card party. It really helps
at the same time very rewarding for us out with travel expenses and con-
the participants. The senior team was test fees."'
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For thousands of years, meat,
milk, leather, ~vool, mohair and cash-
mere have been essential compo-
nents of human survival.
ProduCers historically have uti-
lized a combination of cattle, sheep,
goats and other rumi.nants to graze
grasslands and provide the necessary
food and clothing.
Today's agriculture is more spe-
cialized: The two dairy cows became
a large modern dairy; the two sows
moved to an automated farrowing
center; the flock of 50 hens is now a
complex of buildings housing thou-
sands of broilers or laying hens; sev- •
eral crop species became a single
crop to accommodate the larger bins,
which were needed to fill the unit
trains. Specialization continues.
No doubt, a broader, more com-
prehensive knowledge base is
needed as a producer specializes.
The market specs tighten and, unfor-
tunately, the genetic components be-
come more precise and demanding.
The room for error is little; mar-
kets are testy as consumer demands
grow. One could lament, but gener-
ally, too much lamenting simply
means a pending buyout by an oper-
ation that is moving in what appears
to be forward.
The world of ruminants is no dif-
ferent. Where once was a farmyard
of cattle, sheep and other critters,
today, critters, if you can find any,
will be specialized. Beef producers
raise beef. While grass managers ac-
knowledge that multispecies grazing
is beneficial to the grasslands, such
multispecies operations are decreas-
ing.
In fact, livestock numbers have
tended to drop as producers have
specialized and the farmyard multi-
species conglomeration of animals
is moving to extinction. The trend is
hard to buck to simply justify better
grazing programs, but if there is a
"will," there may be a "way."
heep together
Of course, many justifications
exist for the single-species ap-
proach, but the bottom line is that
the streamlining of specialized agri-
culture is a human choice.
Perhaps coincidence, but the
Dickinson Research Extension Cen-
ter sold market cows on March 9
and a market ewe on March 13. The
market cows averaged $68.24 per
hundredweight (cwt) and the only
market ewe the center owned sold
for $71 per .cwt.
Both shipments included addi-
tional animals, but the pondering
point is the price of spent breeding
stock sold as market livesto¢k. Es-
sentially, the market cows averaged
1,459 pounds and brought $995.58
per head. The ewe weighed 160
pounds and brought $113.60.
In this case, roughly nine ewes
equal the equivalent weight of one
cow. Thus, nine ewes would have
brought $1,022.40, compared with
the one cow at $995.58, which got
me pondering. If the search really is
to add income and productively to
an operation, we have more solu-
tions than ~imply ~ows.
Granted, adding sheep to a cattle
operation means more work and
producer education; however, that
does not mean the opportunity is not
there, despite the overwhelming
odds and historical pressure to keep
specializing.
What about the grass? What
about the added dollars if dollars are
tight? What about the opportunity
for multigenerational collaboration?
What about simply wanting to do
something that sustains the world?
The center maintains a flock of
,d thin
White Dorper and St. Croix cross-
bred hak sheep to graze in areas that
the cattle will not. This area simply
may be a space impractical for cattle
to graze or where the sheep have a
plant preference (sheep will eat
what cattle will not). Either way, the
sheep add utilization of forage and
income where none existed before.
This approach has challenges.
Most beef operations are stretched
for labor. The center is no exception.
Adding a more management-inten-
sive species of livestock, such as
sheep, often is passed by.
But survival in agriculture has
two prongs. The first, the operation
needs to be large enough to spread
fixed costs across many production
units. For cattle and sheep, that
means a reasonable-sized herd or
flock. Second, the operation needs
to be cost-conscious, keeping ex-
penses low while keeping the in-
come per production unit high.
'When appropriate, adding ewes
to make the sheep enterprise signif-
icant without decreasing the cow
herd makes sense. The center has
utilized sheep through the years for
forage management, particularly
around the cattle pens during the
summer.
Although the cattle pastures have
not been targeted yet, several plant
species there could be managed bet-
ter by multispecies grazing. But
first, management hurdles need to
be addressed to expand grazing.
As the center explored several
types of sheep through the years, the
White Dorper and St. Croix cross-
bred hair sheep have significant op-
portunity for effective utilization
within t.he center's cattle operation.
The lack of wool, thus no wool man-
agement, is significant.
The learning curve is steep, but
doable. But do we want to? "Yes" is
the correct answer.
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