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Golden ValLey News
November 2, 2017
Beef Talk
By Kris Ringwall
Margaret "Mugs"
BELFIELD - A funeral Mass for
Margaret "Mugs" Krogh, 69, of
Fairfield, was held at 10 a.m., Sat-
urday, Oct. 28, at St. Bernard's
Catholic Church in Belfield with the
Rev. Todd Kreitinger celebrating.
Burial will take place at a later date
in Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery,
Amidon.
Visitation for Mugs was held
from noon - 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 27,
at Stevenson Funeral Home in Dick-
inson with a rosary and vigil service
being held at 7 p.m.
Margaret passed away Monday,
Oct. 23, 2017, at Sanford Health,
Fargo.
Margaret Ellen was born Nov.
13, 1947, in Amidon, the daughter
of Kenneth and Carrie Narum. She
grew up with 10 siblings and at-
tended grade school in Amidon,
later graduating from St. Mary's
High School of New England. Fol-
lowing graduation, Margaret lived
in Billings, Mont., and Spokane, W
ash., before returning to Dickinson
to work for Jake's Speed Print and
to attend Dickinson State Univer-
sity. Margaret married Rodney
Krogh on Sept. 30, 1978. They
were blessed with two children,
Kristin and Lance, who also blessed
them with six grandchildren. The
family lived on the farm at Fairfield
until moving to Oklahoma and
Texas in 1992. Margaret owned a
video store, worked at a grocery
store and boot camp.
Rodney and Margaret returned to
Fairfield in 2007. She enjoyed trav-
eling to see family and she spent
many hours with her kids and
grandkids, attending their school ac-
Krogh
tivities. Margaret will be remem-
bered best for her caring of others,
with a helpin~ hand, a kind word, or
a receptive ear!
Margaret is survived by her hus-
band, Rodney Krogh of Fairfield;
son, Lance (Vanessa) Krogh of Pan-
handle, Texas; daughter Kristin
(Garrett) Morel of Fairfield;
mother-in-law Marionette Krogh of
Dickinson; siblings Mildred (Dick)
Narum, John (Diola) Narum, Bill
(Sandy) Narnm, Kathy (Dean)
Stevenson, Mary (Steve) Shearon,
and Jim (Heidi) Narum, and six
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, Kenneth and Carrie Narum;
brothers Michael Narum, Tom
Narum, Bob Narum and Kenneth
Narum Jr.; sister-in-law Muriel
Neverdahl, and father-in-law Alvin
Krogh.
Remembrances and condolences
may be+ shared with the family at
www.stevensonfuneralhome.com.
Stevenson Funeral Home
almon spawn completed
866-483-7900 or 701-483-7900
www'stevens°nfuneralh°me'c°m
Fisheries crews have completed of young male salmon, which fore-
their annual salmon spawning oper- casts a good run the next couple
ation on the Missouri River System years.
after collecting more than 2.5 mil- Additional surplus eggs were
lion eggs. provided to South Dakota Game,
Dave Fryda, North Dakota Game Fish and Parks to help with their
and Fish Department Missouri Lake Oahe salmon program.
River System supervisor, said crews Chinook salmon begin their
easily collected enough eggs to spawning run in October. Since
stock the 400,000 smolts planned salmon cannot naturally reproduce
for Lake Sakakawea in 2018. in North Dakota, Game and Fish
The majority of eggs were col- Department and Garrison Dam Na-
lected from Lake Sakakawea, with tional Fish Hatchery personnel col-
help from the Missouri River below lect eggs and transport them to the
Garrison Dam. Average size of hatchery.
Lake Sakakawea female salmon Once the eggs hatch, young
was 6.2 pounds, about 1.2 pounds salmon spend several months in the
smaller than last year. Fryda said hatchery before being stocked in
once again there was an abundance Lake Sakakawea.
Information sought in hit and run
BISMARCK On Thursday, vehicle. The striking vehicle did
Oct. 26, around 6:15 a.m.,58-year- not stop. Ost was transported to
old MaryetteOst of Jamestown was Sanford Hospital for non-life
walking along Interstate 94 near threatening injuries. This incident
mile marker 212, east of Steele. remains under investigation by the
Ost was walking along the west- North Dakota Highway Patrol.
bound roadway and was in the Anyone with information as to
process of crossing to the east- this crash or the identity of the strik-
bound roadway, ing vehicle is asked to contact the
Ost was struck by a Westbound Highway Patrol at (701) 328-2467.
IN MEMORIAM
ELEANOR CLARIN - In loving memory
of our dear mother, Eleanor, who passed
away on November 2, 2009.
A page in our book of memories
Is gently turned today,
Like falling leaves, theyears slip by
But precious memories never die.
Just as they were, they will always be
Loved and cherished in our memory.
--- Lovingly remembered and sadly missed
by Joyce and Tom Ray and Bev and Jerry
Noll and families
Setting 2017's commercial beef production benchmarks
Fall is a good time to review the 5.2. These growth numbers translated
status of the beef operation.
Although the quick-and-easy,
seat-of-the-pants review is fun, the
details are not there to supply the true
facts and figures for proper evalua-
tions.
Actually, the focus point of the
Cow-Calf Management class that
Chip Poland and I teach at Dickinson
State University is to move future
producers through a process of un-
derstanding benchmarks. The
process allows future producers to
better understand the industry, as
well as where they might fit.
Hoping to be a beef producer is a
great positive opportunity, as hope is
good, but becoming a beef producer
who has a predictable future and es-
tablishes a successful beef Operation
is challenging. Understanding bench-
marking helps•
Recently, Jennifer Ramsay co-au-
thored an article in the North Do.kota
Beef Report titled "Cow Herd Ap-
praisal Performance Software
(CHAPS): 15 Years of Beef Produc-
tion Benchmarks," The NDSU Dick-
inson Research Extension Center
calculates yearly averages of herd
data from producers. The CHAPS
team then calculates five-year rolling
average benchmarks.
A review of the 2017 benchmarks
is a worthy read. CHAPS beef pro-
ducers are weaning 554-pound calves
from 91 percent of all cows exposed
to the bull at 192 days of age. These
calves are grazing summer pastures
alongside their mothers and gaining
2.5 pounds a day. These numbers re-
flect producer goals.
Ramsay writes that beef produc-
ers and Extension professionals have
used CHAPS as a management tool
since 1985 to establish industry
benchmarks. Producers use CHAPS
to calculate herd benchmarks, which
producers use to set herd goals and
Achievable goals are the first steps toward
improvement. Goals, a major part of moving
the beef industry forward, need outcomes.
Words such as "achievable," "reachable"
and "forward thinking', imply that the pro-
ducers setting the goals know where they
are for each specific desired outcome.
manage their herds to achieve their
goals.
Achievable goals are the first
steps toward improvement. Goals, a
major part of moving the beef indus-
try forward, need outcomes. Words
such as "achievable," "reachable"
and "forward thinking" imply that the
producers setting the goals know
where they are for each specific de-
sired outcome.
Is that true? Is the outcome mea-
sureable? Fundamental to the setting
of goals is understanding the current
beef operation's performance regard-
ing important documentable out-
comes for the production unit.
To help producers, CHAPS annu-
ally calculates five-year rolling
benchmark values for average herd
performance for several traits. The
data are averaged for those herds that
have been in CHAPS for three years
or more and have at least 50 cows.
Individual year averages are good,
but a rolling five-year average pro-
vides a firmer benchmark, buffering
yearly ups and downs in the data.
Understanding normal, or in this
case, average, performance allows
producers to better understand how
to guide their individual herd goals.
Data are presented in percentages
or actual values, depending on the
trait. Today, overall reproductive
traits are expressed in percentages of
cows exposed, and some basic
growth traits are presented.
The tvoical CHAPS producer has
93.8 percent of the exposed cows
pregnant in the fall, with 93.3 percent
calved in the spring. In the fall, 91
percent of the cows exposed weaned
a calf. In addition, during a typical
calving season, 62.8 percent calved
during the first 21 days, 87.4 percent
during the first 42 days and 96.1 per-
cent within the first 63 days of the
calving season. These cows had an
average age of 5.6 years.
In regard to calf age and growth,
actual weaning numbers were as fol-
lows: age was 192 days, weight was
554 pounds and the frame score was
into 2.9 pounds of weight per day of
age, with typical average daily gain
for CHAPS calves at 2.5 pounds of
gain per day:
The cow performance trait
"pounds weaned per cow exposed to
the bull" is a trait that factors in man-
agement and genetics in a herd of
cattle. For every cow exposed, typi-
cal CHAPS producers weaned 498
pounds of calf. Knowing these num-
bers allows for appropriate modifica-
tion through management or
genetics.
The setting of individual herd
goals is totally a function of the indi-
vidual producer. Numbers can be-
come a competition or internal race
to see how big a number can be. But
that is not true if one set goals, not
limits.
Obviously, if poor performance is
evident, managerial issues first must
be resolved. Next, a good look at the
overall ranch environment and re-
view of the genetics within that envi-
ronment are needed. Each producer
must answer the question, based on
data that ultimately tell a producer
the actual status of the operation.
Management and genetics make
the cow whole, but the producer ac-
cepts the environment, establishes a
managerial protocol and designs the
genetics. Ultimately, each beef man-
ager needs to take a moment to write
down herd goals and try to achieve
them.
May you find all your ear tags.
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CWD surveillance continues
The state Game and Fish Depart- • Dickinson - Dickinson Game
ment will continue its Hunter-Har- and Fish district office
vested Surveillance program during • Mandan - Butcher Block Meats,
the 2017 deer hunting season, by Nevada's Wildlife Designs
sampling deer forchronic wasting ' Drop Off locations for deer taken
disease and bovine tuberculosis from from Unit 3F2i ' • :i i
10 units in North Dakota. ++ ....
In addition, all moose and elk har-
vested in the state are eligible for
testing.
Samples from hunter-harvested
deer taken in the central portion of
the state will be tested from units 2H,
21, 2J1,2J2, 2K1,2K2, 3A4, 3B3 and
3C. In addition, deer will be tested
from unit 3F2 in the southwest•
Every head sampled must have ei-
ther the deer tag attached, or a new
tag can be filled out with the license
number, deer hunting unit and date
harvested.
Hunters are encouraged to drop
off deer heads at the following area
locations:
• Bismarck - Game and Fish De5
partment headquarters, Call of the
Wild Taxidermy, 3Be Meats, West
Dakota Meats
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