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August 1, 2013
Golden Valley News.
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A Piece of the Past
This reportedly is the site of the Peaceful Valley Ranch north of Medora in 1929. (File Photo
Courtesy of the Golden Valley County Historical Society)
Steers kept on home forage bring
Grass and beef. Or should one say
soil and beef because grass is a prod-
uct of the soil?
The ultimate goal of any cattle op-
eration is to maintain or improve soil
quality. Seldom would one see a cow-
calf operation that does not involve an
extensive outlay of land:This combi-
nation of having an active living sys-
tem of cattle, grass and soil is core to
our continued existence.
Fortunately, a lot is knovn on how
to manage grass, as well as beef. The
soil benefits when grass and beef are
managed correctly. One also could
say that grass and beef benefit when
the soil is managed correctly.
As any good cook will tell you, a
meal is a product of what is available.
When the kitchen cupboards are lack-
ing, so is the meal. Maybe it is just a
favorite spice, but just the same. one
misses the taste, so the goal is to keep
the cupboards full. In the beef busi-
ness. the g0al is to grow good grass,
which leads to good beef.
Soil without grass or grass without
beef tends to be disturbing to those
who are actively involved in the cat-
tle business. However. the process of
grass production probably needs to be
expanded, realizing that perennial
grass does not grow on all the acreage
available.
More importfintly, annual grass is
abundant, and to expand the story fur-
ther. annual crops are certainly part of
this larger plant and beef picture.
The point is to keep living plants
present as long as the seasonal grow-
ing period will allow and always pro-
viding for the many organisms we
may not notice that are present in the
soil. This constant living maze of ac-
tivity comes to create a better envi-
ronment that can be utilized by beef
COWS.
The Dickinson Research Exten-
sion Center has, for two years, com-
pared keeping March- and April-born
steers on grass versus sending the
yearling steers to the feedlot in May.
Beef Talk
By Kris Ringwall
Beef Specialist
NDSU Extension
Service
In other words, rather than haul the
feed to the steers, the steers were left
on grass for their second summer of
life and then sent to the feedlot.
The reason was to prepare the
ranch for a shift to May calving and
exploring options on how to get some
money back once the ranch short-
changed the calf-growing season by
60 days.
Even at an average daily gain of
2.5 pounds per day, the center was
bracing for a negatNe impact on a
weaning weight of 150 pounds. At
$1.50 per pound, that amounts to
$225 per calf in estimated reduced
revenue.
Having said that, the center also is
exploring options that involve less
grain consumption. As the world
changes and there is increased com-
petitiorrfor grain, cattle may not be ia
a great position to bid grain 'away
from other sources.
Obviously, these calves could be
pushed for higher gains in the back-
grounding lots and placed on the mar-
ket throughout the spring as calves
get ready for the feedlot. However.
what happens when grain outprices it-
self relative to the price that con-
sumers are willing to pay for beef?
Well, there is grass, but how does
grass fit in. or does it fit? Well. the
questions far outdistance the answers.
and at least for the center, those an-
swers need to be found. For instance,
for the past two years, one-third of the
steers were placed in the feedlot in
early May following a winter feeding
protocol of a modest 1 pound or less
average daily gain.
The other two-thirds were win-
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more revenue
tered the same. However, one-third
spent the summer on perennial
grasses, while the other one-third
switched from grass to annual sum-
mer crops the third week of August.
They foraged on a pea-barley mix.
followed by standing corn. The grass
cattle were moved to the feedlot in
mid-Nove mber.
The bottom line: Thanks to the ad-
ditional weight, those steers that were
kept at home and on' forage brought
home more revenue to cover costs
than did those steers that where
shipped in early May.
The best group of forage-based
steers was the one that was allowed
to graze on a field pea-barley mix and
standing corn. The next best group
was the steers that grazed on peren-
nial forage all summer.
The bottom line was a $307-plus
advantage for the mid-August graz-
ing group that foraged on the pea-bar-
ley mix and corn and a $268
advantage for those calves grazing
only on perennial grass.
The Dickinson Research Exten-
sion Center utilizes the concept of
building good soil and will have an
open.'house on Aug. 19 if anyone
wants to come for a visit. The open
house precedes the 2013 National
Grassfed Exchange annual meeting
that will held in Bismarck on Aug.
20-22.
More information on both events
can found
at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/dickinson-
rec by accessing the schedules.
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N.D. Dollars for Scholars awards local students
BISMARCK - North Dakota Dol-
lars for Scholars recently awarded
scholarships to the following local
students:
Daniel Skoglund of Beach High
School received a $1,000 NDDFS
Vocational Technical Trade School
Scholarship
Adam Baer of Belfield High
School received a $1,000 NDDFS
Returning Student and Graduate Stu-
dent Scholarship
This year, North Dakota Dollars
.fpr Schoiars awarded a total of
$135,000 to 155 students across
North Dakota. One out of every five
applicants received a scholarship.
Students can reapply each year be-
tween Jan. 1 and April 1.
, Students were able tO apply for
statewide scholarships if there was an
active Dollars for Scholars chapter in
their community. There are 80 active
local chapters i'n North Dakota which
award a total of over $1 million to
North Dakota students each year.
Since the inception of Dollars for
Scholars in North Dakota in 1962,
over $25 million has been raised by
all chapters t o support higher educa-
tion for North Dakotans.
""North Dakota Dollars for Schol-
ars and the local chapters work to-
gether to provide scholarships to
North Dakotans. It is oneavenue that
our citizens tan access to decrease
their debt for higher education,"
states North Dakota Dollars for
Scholars State Director Laura Fiedler.
Grape:and wine advisory panel created
BISMARCK - Agriculture Com- propriated for industry research and were Rodney Hogen, Red Trail
missioner Doug Goehring has ap-
pointed six members of the
newly-formed North Dakota Grape
and Wine Advisory Committee.
"The 2013 Legislature created the
committee to advise the North
Dakota Department of Agriculture
on the distribution of $80.000 ap-
promotion," Goehring said. "The
committee must include txo grape
producers, two North Dakota winery
owners, a representative of the North
Dakota Grape and Wine Association
and aproducer of fruit, other than
grapes, used inwine making."
Appointed to two-year terms
Vineyard, Buffalo; Ken Duppong.,
Haymarsh Vineyard, Glen Ullin;
Mark Vining, Agassiz Shores Or-
chard and Vineyard, Wheatland;
Rick Ennen, Apple Creek Winery,
Menoken, Allan Fuller, Vintners Cel-
lar, Bismarck. and Paul Anderson.
Rutland.
Land Board finalizes energy impact grants
BISMARCK -The Board of
University and School Lands (Land
Board) has given final approval to
provide about $54 million in energy
impact grants to 23 communities in
the state's oil production region.
The grants will support the con-
stru’tion of critical infrastructure
upgrades during the 2014 fiscal
year. The Land Board will award
an additional $31 million to Oil
Patch communities for more infra-
structure improvements during fis-
cal year 2015. In all. the state will
award about $240 million in energy
impact grants during the 2013-2015
biennium.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple is chair-
man of the five-member state Land
Board. Other board members are
Attorney General Wayne Stene-
hjem, Secretary of State AI Jaeger,
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion Kirsten Baesler and State
Treasurer Kelly Schmidt.
The grantsawarded .include:
$7 million toward water and
wastewater treatment improvement
projects in Dickinson.
$5 million for sewer improve-
ment projects in Minot.
$2 million to ugrade the
Wflliston sewer plant.
$10 million for water supply
and sewer improvement projects in
Watford City.
$3 million to expand Crosby's
water supply and wastewate'r treat-
ment systems.
$2 million for wastewater
treatment improvements in Alexan-
der.
$3.8 million to extend trunk
lines for water supply and waste-
water treatment service in Killdeer.
Vehicle
BISMARCK - Starting Aug. 1,
the North Dakota Highway Patrol
will no longer be inspecting salvaged
motor vehicles. These inspections
had been completed for motor vehi-
c.les for which a salvage certificate of
title had been issued and the owner
wants to obtain a regular certificate
of title.
According to a new section of
law. these vehicle inspections are to
be completed by a business that is
registered with the secretary of state.
is in good standing, and offers motor
vehicle repair to the public.
In addition to salvaged motor ve-
hicles, interested businesses will be
able to inspect vehicle identification
numbers, trailers, mobile homes, off-
highway vehicles, scooters, mopeds,
and low-speed vehicles.
This new change will allow the
various inspections to be completed
by trained professionals, providing
for safer vehicles driven on the state's
roadways, the N.D. Highway Patrol
inspection law changes starting August 1
says. vices@nd.gov. A list of businesses
Businesses interested in providing will be posted on the NDDOT and
this service should respond thi'ough NDHP websites to provide informa-
the NDDOT Motor Vehicle Services tion for those needing vehicle in-
e-mail address at mvdealerser- spections.
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Beach Evangelical Church
Pastor Ben Baker
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United Community Church
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Belfield Lutheran - ELCA
Rev. Roger Dieterle
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Daglum Lutheran Church -
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Rev. Roger Dierterle
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Belfield Baptist Church
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