Black Hills Stock Show Youth Livestockology Competition
Youth
Attention youth! Are you brilliant in beef, proficient in pig, or skilled in sheep? Test your knowledge in the livestockology competition at the Black Hills Stock Show Youth Day Feb. 4, in Rapid City, SD.
This event will be held at the Central States Fairgrounds. Livestockology is a way to exhibit knowledge and understanding of livestock (beef, sheep and swine) sciences and husbandry in a friendly but competitive setting.
Area 4-H and FFA members can compete in teams of three to four members. There is no limit to the number of teams that counties may enter. Teams competing will have two age groups (age as of Jan. 1, 2012): juniors 13 and under; and seniors 14 and over. Youth must be at least 8 years of age and not have turned 19 by Jan. 1, 2012. Juniors may compete as a senior but seniors may not be on a junior team. If a county cannot field a team they may combine with their neighboring county to make-up a team.
The contest will consist of four phases: a written exam, station identification, livestock j…
Event description: Livestockology is a way to exhibit knowledge and understanding of livestock (beef, sheep and swine) sciences and husbandry in a friendly but competitive setting. Contact phone: Robin Salverson: 605-374-4177 or Megan Nielson: 605-995-7384.
Saturday, February 4, 2012.
Central States Fairgrounds, Rapid City, SD.
Black Hills Stock Show Simmental Show & Sale
Ag Sales
Show: 8 a.m.; Sale 1 p.m.
Contact phone: 605-355-3861.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:00 AM.
Rapid City, SD.
For more info visit www.centralstatesfair.com. Kearney Yamaha Blood Drive
Community
Event description: Kearney Yamaha is hosting a Blood Drive on February 4th. Call in or visit https://esiebelarecprod.redcrossblood.com/eevents_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=Login&SWECM=S&_sn=XL.UrcYkJBp4OVHBLxYiSjYSnjADaynYYmLN1L.JW0WwVf36kaRV.HAIUyTFh68JlRAEJnQblv4_&SWEHo=esiebelarecprod.redcrossblood.com to make an appointment. All donors will receive a ten dollar gift card. Contact email: www.kearneyyamaha.com. Contact phone: (308) 236 7672.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM.
Kearney Yamaha
511 Second Ave South
Kearney, NE 68847.
For more info visit esiebelarecprod.redcrossblood.com. Black Hills Stock Show Chi-Influence Show & Sale
Ag Sales
Show: 10 a.m.; Sale 1 p.m.
Contact phone: 605-355-3861.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 10:00 AM.
Rapid City, SD.
For more info visit www.centralstatesfair.com. Boeckel's Registered Angus Ranch 57th Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CT). Kist Livestock: 701-663-9573 or 800-732-1163 (toll-free).
Event description: 600 head sell: 100 registered coming two-year-old bulls; 500 bred commercial heifers. Contact phone: LeRoyBoeckel: 701-748-6540, 701-748-6541 (cell); Herdsman Jeff Thomas: 701-748-6705.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Kist Livestock Auction, Mandan, ND.
Upstream Ranch Commercial Cattlemens Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CT).
Event description: Selling 230 horned and polled Hereford bulls, featuring 100 two-year-olds and 130 fall yearlings. Contact phone: Brent & Robin Meeks: 308-942-3195. Contact email: upstreamranch@gmail.com.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Taylor, NE (45060 Upstream Rd. Taylor, NE 68879).
For more info visit www.upstreamcattle.com. Ellingson Angus Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1:30 p.m. (CT).
Event description: Offering: 120 powerful Angus bulls; 25 top-of-the-crop Angus females; 250 high-quality commercial heifers. Contact phone: Chad & Julie Ellingson: 701-445-7309; 701-361-3606 (cell). Contact email: ellingsonangus@westriv.com.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
At the Ranch, St. Anthony, ND (2100 Co. Rd. 135, St. Anthony, SD 58566).
For more info visit www.ellingsonangus.com. Bartos Angus 19th Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 100 bulls, 140 bred heifers and 20 bred cows. Contact phone: Marketing Agent, Ken Brubaker: 540-908-5799; Nancy Bartos, Brent & Jemi Frederick: 402-668-2665 or 402-394-5967. Contact email: bartosangus@yahoo.com or ken@brubakersales.com.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the ranch, Verdigre, NE (51026-886 Road, Verdigre, NE 68783).
Valley View Angus 'Cattlemen's Kind' Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 40 yearling bulls, 15 registered heifers. Contact phone: Mark Hanson: 308-325-1370; John & Cathy Hanson: 308-324-4420 or 308-325-3120. Contact email: valleyviewangus@gmail.com.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Gothenburg (NE) Livestock Auction, Gothenburg, NE.
Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo - PRCA Rodeo
Sports
Contact phone: 605-355-3861.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD.
For more info visit www.gotmine.com. Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo - PRCA Rodeo
Sports
Contact phone: 605-355-3861.
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD.
For more info visit www.gotmine.com. Mike Sitz Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 308-348-2273.
Monday, February 6, 2012.
Burwell (NE) Livestock Market, Burwell, NE.
For more info visit www.mikesitzangus.com. Topp Polled Herefords Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 701-674-3152 (Prairie); 701-652-5701 (Ryan). Contact email: toppherefords@daktel.com.
Monday, February 6, 2012.
Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND.
Animal Welfare & Current Industry Issues for Livestock Producers
Conference
Registration 9:30 a.m. Program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Speakers and topics:
- Dr. Candace Croney
- Dr. Dan Thompson
- Mr. Jim Robb
- Dr. Glynn Tonsor.
Event description: Registration includes meal, break and proceedings. Early bird - $50 per person, $25 for each additional person from same operation. Must register by Feb. 1, 2012. At the door is $60 per person, $30 for each. Contact email: lchichester2@unl.edu; dbauer1@unl.edu; twalz1@unl.edu. Contact phone: Lindsay Chichester: 402-245-4324; Denny Bauer: 402-387-2213; Troy Walz: 308-872-6831.
Monday, February 6, 2012, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Nielsen Community Center (200 Anna Stalp Ave.), West Point, NE.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Monday, February 6, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Winner, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Johnson Black Simmental 33rd Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
2/3 SimmAngus and 1/2 blood bulls. Carcass ultrasound data available sale day.
Sale day phone: 406-975-6678 and 406-975-6688.
Event description: Selling 175 Simmental & SimmAngus bulls. Contact phone: Cody & Brenda Johnson: 406-775-6678; Cody Johnson: 406-975-6678. Contact email: cbjohnsonranch@yahoo.com.
Monday, February 6, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Bull Palace, Baker, MT.
Windmill Angus Ranch 38th Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 305 head: 40 coming two-year-olds, 15 fall yearlings; 55 spring coming yearlings; 50 fancy registered open heifers; 150 commercial open heifers. Contact phone: Joan or Alex Peterson: 308-297-3368. Contact email: windmillbulls@bwtelcom.net.
Monday, February 6, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the ranch, Haigler, NE (31820 Hwy. 34, Haigler, NE 69030) - 2 miles east on Hwy. 34.
For more info visit www.windmillangus.com. 2012 Southern Rocky Mountain Ag Conference & Trade Fair
Ag Events
Contact email: chamber@monte-vista.org. Contact phone: 719-852-2731.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Monte Vista, CO.
For more info visit www.monte-vista.org. Deering’s Cheyenne Charolais Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 60 yearling and two-year-old bulls. Contact phone: 605-993-3151. Contact email: jdiamond1969@yahoo.com.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
Philip (SD) Livestock Auction, Philip, SD.
For more info visit www.cheyennecharolais.com. Mid-America Alfalfa Expo & Conference
Conference
Well-known commentator, columnist and ag advocate Trent Loos will address the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo & Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
“I’m going to talk about the sustainability of alfalfa production but not from a yield per acre point of view,” Loos said. “Instead, I’ll talk about how we can continue to do what farmers in the United States do better than anyone else in the world: convert natural resources into human consumable products that ultimately improve human lives.”
Loos said the challenges surrounding this effort have never been greater.
“We have two choices,” he said. “We can sit back and let the forces that be continue to create hurdles, or we can step up to the plate and be heard. The answer to the challenges lies in the person you look at in the mirror.”
Loos travels the country motivating and educating audiences on issues related to animal agriculture and food production. He also records and produces radio reports that air on more than 100 stations across the country and reach a listening…
Event description: Sponsored by the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (NAMA), the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo & Conference will be held at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds in Kearney, NE, Feb. 7-8, 2012. The event is designed especially for alfalfa producers, livestock/dairy producers and others who are involved in alfalfa production, purchasing, hay feeding or processing. Contact phone: 800-743-1649.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – Wednesday, February 8, 2012.
Buffalo Co. Fairgrounds, Kearney, NE.
For more info visit www.alfalfaexpo.com. Animal Welfare & Current Industry Issues for Livestock Producers
Conference
Registration 9:30 a.m. Program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Speakers and topics:
- Dr. Candace Croney
- Dr. Dan Thompson
- Mr. Jim Robb
- Dr. Glynn Tonsor.
Event description: Registration includes meal, break and proceedings. Early bird - $50 per person, $25 for each additional person from same operation. Must register by Feb. 1, 2012. At the door is $60 per person, $30 for each. Contact email: lchichester2@unl.edu; dbauer1@unl.edu; twalz1@unl.edu. Contact phone: Lindsay Chichester: 402-245-4324; Denny Bauer: 402-387-2213; Troy Walz: 308-872-6831.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
UNL East Campus Union (33rd and Holdridge), Lincoln, NE.
WESTI Ag Days
Conference
Specialists and educators from University of Wyoming (UW) Extension will join other agricultural experts Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 7-8, at the Worland Community Center Complex. The theme is Partners in Agriculture.
A full schedule is available online at www.uwyo.edu/uwag/_files/pdf/2012_westiagdays.pdf.
“WESTI Ag Days is one of the best opportunities for farmers and ranchers to learn what is new and helpful in the Big Horn Basin and throughout Wyoming,” said Ron Cunningham, program coordinator and UW Extension educator based in Fremont County. “It was develop by retired UW Extension educator Jim Gill and has grown and developed into a first-class event.”
Cunningham will present the three-session pesticide certification course, and the Wyoming Business Council and Progressive Farm Marketing Inc. of Arcadia, NE, is having a five-session risk management marketing workshop.
All programs and lunches are free and sponsored by the Big Horn Basin Ag Ambassadors. Each day begins with registration, rolls and cof…
Event description: Range, crops, landscaping among topics at WESTI Ag Days in Worland
Range and livestock topics, crop issues, pesticide certification and landscaping are among more than 30 sessions at this year’s Wyoming Extension’s Strategically and Technologically Informative (WESTI) Ag Days in Worland. Contact phone: 307-332-2363.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Worland Community Center Complex, Worland, WY.
For more info visit www.uwyo.edu. Koepplin's Black Simmentals Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 40 black yearling bulls and 1 Red yearling bull. Contact phone: Terry & Marci Koepplin: 701-584-3292 or 701-214-8212 (cell); Badger & Kristine Koepplin: 701-866-2827. Contact email: koepplinranch@westriv.com or kmkoepplin@gmail.com.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Kist Livestock Auction, Mandan, ND.
Wicks Cattle Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 45 SimAngus bulls; 12 calving ease bulls; 15 top-shelf open heifers; 12 elite bred heifers. Contact phone: Zane, Mary Jo, Josie & Mya: 701-974-2332 (home); 701-290-3938 (cell).
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Richardton, ND.
For more info visit www.wickscattle.com. Wyoming Master Woolgrower Program
Conference
The Wyoming Master Woolgrower Program is set to begin on Jan. 17, 2012 in Casper. The program consists of five sessions and will be packed with great information for sheep producers. Partnering with University of Wyoming (UW) Extension on this program is the Wyoming Wool Growers and Mountain States Lamb Cooperative. The program is also partially funded by the Western Center for Risk Management Education.
• Jan. 17 – Goal Setting, Financial Recordkeeping and Financial Health; John Hewlett
• Jan. 24 – Enterprise Analysis and Production Records; Bridger Feuz and Hudson Hill
• Jan. 31 – Marketing, Range Management, Economics of Predator Control; Producer panel, Barton Stam, Ben Rashford
• Feb. 7 – Scientific Tools for Ram Selection, Ultrasound, Herd Health; Scott Lake, Hudson Hill and Bridger Feuz
• Feb. 14 – Strategic Risk Management; John Hewlett
All sessions will take place from 2-5 p.m. in Casper, unless participants wish to rotate the five-session course between Casper, Kaycee and Douglas.
The cost…
Contact email: bmfeuz@uwyo.edu. Contact phone: Brdiger Feuz: 307-783-0570.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Casper, WY.
2012 NILE Annual Meeting
Conference
The night will include recognition of several members that have reached anniversary milestones as well as NILE Volunteer of the Year and Trailblazer Hall of Fame. Status reports will be given by NILE General Manager Justin Mills, Treasure Randy Vogele, and retiring President Rob Erickson. Additionally, members will vote on a new slate of officers for the NILE.
Entertainment will be provided by Montana’s Kostas, who has written hit singles for several country music artists, including Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, and Travis Tritt. Kostas provides a very one-of-a-kind since of humor that everyone will enjoy along with his renditions of his many hits written for various artists.
The NILE Annual Meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the Billings Hotel beginning with a social at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. The event is free for all NILE members and $25/person for guests. Anyone is welcome to attend the event, as it will be a very enjoyable evening. Please RSVP to the NILE office at 406.256.2495 or to mo…
Event description: The annual meeting for the Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) will be on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. Contact email: monica@thenile.org. Contact phone: 406-256-2495.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Billings Hotel and Convention Center, Billings, MT.
The Great American Horse Pilgrimage
Government/Politics
Event description: Purpose : A pilgrimage across America by horse or horse and trailer to alert the public about the dire curcumstances our horses are in concerning horse slaughter .
Events can also be organized within a persons own district for those who cannot join the ride.
The ride begins now from town to cities across America and is on going until horse slaughter is stopped in the USA and wild horse round-ups come to a halt until an independant evaluation of the number of wild horses on BLM public lands can be veri… Contact email: truthheals7@yahoo.com. Contact phone: 831-644-6160 or 509-937-2784.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – Thursday, February 7, 2013.
Begins with you and your horse in your town.
Animal Welfare & Current Industry Issues for Livestock Producers
Conference
Registration 9:30 a.m. Program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Speakers and topics:
- Dr. Candace Croney
- Dr. Dan Thompson
- Mr. Jim Robb
- Dr. Glynn Tonsor.
Event description: Registration includes meal, break and proceedings. Early bird - $50 per person, $25 for each additional person from same operation. Must register by Feb. 1, 2012. At the door is $60 per person, $30 for each. Contact email: lchichester2@unl.edu; dbauer1@unl.edu; twalz1@unl.edu. Contact phone: Lindsay Chichester: 402-245-4324; Denny Bauer: 402-387-2213; Troy Walz: 308-872-6831.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Buffalo Co. Extension Office (Fairgrounds, 1400 E. 34th St), Kearney, NE.
5th Annual Cattlemen's Day
Conference
Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. with coffee and rolls. Jerry Volesky, UNL Range Management Specialist, will start the morning with “grazing and haying strategies for Sandhill meadows.” Then Rick Funston, UNL Reproductive Specialist, will discuss “options for managing reproduction in your herd”. To finish out the morning, Tom Field of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program will talk about “building a successful beef business in changing times.” “Important criteria for selecting bulls” by Matt Spangler, UNL Beef Specialist, will follow lunch. A panel of producers will talk about the grazing strategies that work for them on their ranch.
Trade booths are encouraged to attend also. Contact Rick Funston at rfunston2@unl.edu or call 308-696-6703 for a booth (cost $50). Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the meal, sponsored by, Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, Farm Credit Services of America, and Merck Animal Health, by Jan. 30 to the Central Sandhills Extension Office (800-657-2113 or 308-…
Event description: It’s been a good year for beef producers. Above average rainfall produced abundant hay. Record prices made producers grin all the way to the bank after selling calves. While the generous rain and prices have made ranching easier, the fundamentals haven’t changed. Learn more about the industry at the 5th annual “Cattlemen’s Day” at the Gudmundsen Sandhills Lab on Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (MT). Contact phone: Central Sandhills Extension Office: 800-657-2113.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
Gudmundsen Sandhills Lab, near Whitman, NE.
WESTI Ag Days
Conference
Specialists and educators from University of Wyoming (UW) Extension will join other agricultural experts Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 7-8, at the Worland Community Center Complex. The theme is Partners in Agriculture.
A full schedule is available online at www.uwyo.edu/uwag/_files/pdf/2012_westiagdays.pdf.
“WESTI Ag Days is one of the best opportunities for farmers and ranchers to learn what is new and helpful in the Big Horn Basin and throughout Wyoming,” said Ron Cunningham, program coordinator and UW Extension educator based in Fremont County. “It was develop by retired UW Extension educator Jim Gill and has grown and developed into a first-class event.”
Cunningham will present the three-session pesticide certification course, and the Wyoming Business Council and Progressive Farm Marketing Inc. of Arcadia, NE, is having a five-session risk management marketing workshop.
All programs and lunches are free and sponsored by the Big Horn Basin Ag Ambassadors. Each day begins with registration, rolls and cof…
Event description: Range, crops, landscaping among topics at WESTI Ag Days in Worland
Range and livestock topics, crop issues, pesticide certification and landscaping are among more than 30 sessions at this year’s Wyoming Extension’s Strategically and Technologically Informative (WESTI) Ag Days in Worland. Contact phone: 307-332-2363.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Worland Community Center Complex, Worland, WY.
For more info visit www.uwyo.edu. Spruce Hill Angus Ranch 18th Annual Combined Advantage Angus & SimAngus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 60 virgin two-year-old Angus bulls; 40 SimAngus bulls (which includes 10 two-year-old bulls); 20 select show/replacement heifers; 100 commercial replacement heifers. Contact phone: Dr. Bill, Chad & Michelle Rotenberger: 605-576-3208.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Bowman (ND) Auction Market.
For more info visit www.combinedadvantage.net. 22nd Annual Winter Western
Ag Events
Riders in the Sky: Feb. 9, 7p.m.
Coors Pro Rodeo: Feb. 10-11, 7 p.m.
Melgaard Construction Broncs & Bulls: Feb. 12, 1-3 p.m.
Contact phone: 307-682-8802.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 – Sunday, February 12, 2012.
Camp-Plex Multi-Event Facilities, Gillette, WY.
AgrAbility Workshop for disabled farmers and ranchers
Community
Event description: The Colorado State University Extension in Arapahoe County will host a free Colorado AgrAbility Project workshop on ‘Getting Around the Farm and Ranch’ for disabled farmers and ranchers.
The workshop will focus on access to property, structures, workshops and livestock for those in the agricultural profession who face physical challenges, such as visual impairments, back, knee, hip or joint problems, arthritis, amputations, hearing difficulties, Multiple Sclerosis or other disabilities.
Topics will… Contact email: fetsch@cahs.colostate.edu. Contact phone: 970-491-5648.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Arapahoe County Fairgrounds
25690 E. Quincy Ave.
Aurora, CO.
Animal Welfare & Current Industry Issues for Livestock Producers
Conference
Registration 9:30 a.m. Program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Speakers and topics:
- Dr. Candace Croney
- Dr. Dan Thompson
- Mr. Jim Robb
- Dr. Glynn Tonsor.
Event description: Registration includes meal, break and proceedings. Early bird - $50 per person, $25 for each additional person from same operation. Must register by Feb. 1, 2012. At the door is $60 per person, $30 for each. Contact email: lchichester2@unl.edu; dbauer1@unl.edu; twalz1@unl.edu. Contact phone: Lindsay Chichester: 402-245-4324; Denny Bauer: 402-387-2213; Troy Walz: 308-872-6831.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Gering Civic Center (1050 M Street), Gering, NE.
CSU Water Cafe Series: Water & Energy
Conference
Event description: Join interdisciplinary CSU experts on water and energy for a panel discussion featuring former Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter. The topic will focus on the strategic issues energy production, transmission, and distribution have many interfaces with water resources. Examples of energy-water issues include shale gas and fracking, produced water, thermoelectric cooling water, hydropower, biofuels and competition for irrigation water, wastewater from energy production, and use of energy by water utilities. Contact email: kerri.mcdermid@colostate.edu. Contact phone: 970-492-4155.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
LSC Senate Chambers
Fort Collins, CO 80524.
For more info visit sustainability.colostate.edu. Booth's Cherry Creek Angus Annual 'Progress Through Performance' Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Guest consignor: Flat Iron Red Angus.
Event description: Selling 120 Angus bulls, 20 Red Angus bulls, and 5 Charolais bulls. Contact phone: Shawn & Diane: 307-837-2994; Michael & Lindsy: 307-837-0164; Katy Johnson: 307-575-2677. Contact email: boothangus@scottsbluff.net.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the ranch, Veteran, WY.
For more info visit www.boothscherrycreekranch.com. Foos Angus Ranch 22nd Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 45 bulls. Contact phone: Bryce Foos: 605-257-2391 (home), 605-645-9569 (cell). Contact email: foosangus@sdplains.com.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Belle Fourche Livestock, Belle Fourche, SD.
For more info visit www.foosangus.com. Friedt Herefords Production Sale
Ag Sales
Videos at www.HerefordAmerica.com after January 1.
Event description: Selling 30 yearling bulls, 10 bred registered heifers; 5-10 commercial Hereford heifer calves; 10-15 Black Baldy heifers. Contact phone: Gary, Kirsten, Lindsey & Aaron Friedt, Megan & Dusty Dukart: 701-824-2300 or 701-290-7231 (cell).
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Stockmen's West, Dickinson, ND.
For more info visit www.friedtherefords.com. NDSU Farm/Ranch Transition Planning Class
Conference
These are just a few of the questions that will be answered at the farm/ranch transition planning workshop series the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service is hosting Feb. 9, 16 and 23, 2012. The sessions will run from 6:15-9:30 p.m. (CST) and 5:15-8:30 p.m. (MST) at the following locations across the state:
• Ashley High School, 703 Main St. W. Ashley
• Beulah High School, 204 5th St. N.W. Beulah
• Bottineau County District Court room, second floor, Bottineau County Courthouse, 314 5th St. W. Bottineau
• Towner County Extension office, 404 5th Ave. Suite 1, Cando
• Carrington Research Extension Center, 663 Highway 281 N.E. Carrington
• Griggs County Extension office, Griggs County Courthouse, 808 Rollins Ave. S.W. Cooperstown
• Armory meeting room, 417 5th St. N.E. Devils Lake
• Grand Forks County Extension office, County Office Building, 151 4th St. S. Suite 302, Grand Forks
• North Central Research Extension Center, 5400 Highway 83 S. Minot
• Mountrail County Extension…
Event description: Do you want to design an orderly and successful transition plan for your farm/ranch business? Are you uncertain about how to choose the successor or successors best suited to continue your business into the future? Are you concerned about the financial impacts and tax consequences of your transition plan? What are the best tools/strategies available to create this plan? Contact email: willie.huot@ndsu.edu. Contact phone: Willie Huot: 701-780-8229.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 5:15 PM – 8:30 PM.
North Dakota Interactive Video Network locations around the state.
For more info visit www.ag.ndsu.edu. NDSU 86th Little International
Ag Events
Contact email: katie.krebsbach.1@my.ndsu.edu. Contact phone: Katie Krebsbach: 701-661-0727.
Friday, February 10, 2012 – Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Shepperd Arena, Fargo, ND.
Triangle S Ranch Pure Breed Angus Heifers Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 170 head. Contact phone: 605-433-5301; 605-457-2400; 605-544-3312.
Friday, February 10, 2012.
Ft. Pierre (SD) Livestock.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Lemmon, SD at the Dakota Lodge.
For more info visit igrow.org. McConnell Angus Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 170 Angus bulls (100 yearling bulls, 70 fall bulls PAP tested). Contact phone: Ryan: 308-235-5187; Royce: 308-230-0430; Roger: 970-215-3204. Contact email: mcconnellangus@msn.com.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Dix, NE (5740 Road 52N, Dix, NE 69133).
For more info visit www.mcconnellangus.com. Mohnen Angus 'Power of Genetics' Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 100 registered Angus bulls; 20 SimAgus bulls. Contact phone: Steve & Kathy Mohnen: 605-249-2719 or 605-680-3063 (cell); Josh & Katie Mohnen: 605-680-0125; John Mohnen: 605-680-2063. Contact email: mohnen@midstatesd.net.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
At the Ranch, White Lake, SD (25770 370th Ave. White Lake, SD).
For more info visit www.mohnenangus.com. Honeyman Charolais 23rd Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 60 purebred yearling Charolais bulls. Contact phone: Ryan & Rhonda Honeyman: 701-853-2870. Contact email: honeymancharolais@hotmail.com.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Bowman Auction Market, Bowman, ND.
Ranch Sorting Practice
Ag Events
Event description: Ranch Sorting Practice both Saturday and Sunday.
2 sessions:
Beginner Only 10-12
All Levels 12-4
$40
PLEASE RSVP/more info
cjgarland@hotmail.com
HansenPerformanceHorses.NET. Contact email: cjgarland@hotmail.com. Contact phone: 970-481-5742.
Saturday, February 11, 2012 – Sunday, February 12, 2012.
Wellington, CO.
Haider Angus Ranch Complete Cowherd Dispersal
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 300 head purebred Angus cows and heifers. Contact phone: John & Judy Haider: 701-445-3424.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Kist Livestock Auction, Mandan, ND.
Sutphin Cattle Co. Performance Plus Genetics 18th Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 950 Head - 650 Bred Angus Heifers & Pairs; 300 2-Year Old Bulls. Contact phone: John Sutphin: 719-940-3729.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Sutphin Bull Pavilion, Wiley, CO.
Wilkinson Angus Open House Private Treaty Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Mark: 605-854-9071 or 605-203-0380 (cell); Bill: 605-847-4102 or 605-203-0379 (cell); Dan: 605-854-3525 or 605-203-0378 (cell).
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
At the farm, near Manchester, SD. From De Smet, SD: 8 miles west, 3 miles south on 425th Ave. 1/4 mile west on 211th St.
Roper Rage Open 4D Barrel Race
Sports
Event description: WPRA/Badlands and Mountain States, NWBRA co-approved. There’s a Youth 3D and a Futurity sidepot as well. Contact phone: Lynn Kohr: 307-680-5271.
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Camplex East Pavilion, Gillette, WY.
All Breed Horse & Tack Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Tack sells at 10 a.m.; horses at 2 p.m. Contact phone: 507-263-4200.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Simon Arena, Cannon Falls, MN.
For more info visit www.simonhorsecompany.com. Schaff Angus Valley 109th Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 630 registered Angus bulls and females. Contact phone: Kelly & Martie Jo Schaff: 701-445-7465. Contact email: kelly@schaffangusvalley.com.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Saint Anthony, ND (6110 Co. Road 81, St. Anthony, ND 58566).
For more info visit www.schaffangusvalley.com. 11th Annual Heart City Bull Bash
Ag Events
Event description: Bull and commercial exhibits. Contact phone: 877-376-3303.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
Main Street, Valentine, NE.
For more info visit www.bullbash.com. Goldammer Angus Family Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CT).
Event description: Selling 35 registered Angus yearling bulls, featuring 17 calving ease heifer bulls. Contact phone: Jeff & Janell Goldammer & Family: 605-996-1331, 605-770-1331 (cell).
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Mitchell (SD) Livestock Barn, Mitchell, SD.
For more info visit www.goldammerangus.com. Baker Hereford Ranch Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 85 bulls. Contact phone: Jim: 605-923-2925, 605-381-9519 (cell); Jeff: 605-923-5632, 605-381-2444 (cell). Contact email: jkbaker@rap.midco.net.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the Ranch, north of Rapid City, SD.
For more info visit www.bakerherefords.com. Annual Oyster Fry & Member Auction
Community
Our will be held Saturday, February 11th. We will start serving at 5 and auction will start at 6. We are looking forward to another great turnout. If anyone is interested in volunteering time to help set up and tear down or has items that they would like to donate, we would love to hear from them.
Event description: Rocky Mountain Oysters and Chicken Strips will be served, adult meal is $8.00, student meal is $6.00 and children under 5 eat free. Contact phone: Ms. Seely Daniels, Pawnee (CO) High School: 970-895-2222. Contact email: sdaniels@pawneeschool.org.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Pawnee High School, Grover, CO.
JBN Internet Bull Sale
Ag Sales
For more information or bidding assistance, contact JBN Livestock or Hereford Connection, wwwTheHerefordConnection.com,: Art Handel: 605-399-9278 or 605-391-8233 (cell); Marc Hotchkiss: 605-866-4495 or 605-490-1513 (cell).
Contact phone: Jim & Jeannine Bockwoldt: 605-923-2366. Contact email: jbnlivestock@rushmore.com.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012.
For more info visit www.jbnlivestock.com. MT NBHA 01 Winter Series Barrel Race
Sports
Event description: Please call if the weather is bad. Contact phone: 406-651-8849.
Sunday, February 12, 2012.
Laurel, MT.
Black Hills Cutting & Team Penning Sort Event
Ag Events
Event description: Pot Luck. Contact phone: Jeff Schut: 605-381-1202.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Event Center, Rapid City, SD.
Ag Events
Event description: Online Sale. Contact phone: 605-923-2366.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM – Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM.
www.jbnlivestock.com.
Mrnak Hereford Ranch 45th Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 100 coming two-year-old Hereford bulls; 6 yearling Hereford show prospect heifers; 115 yearling Hereford heifers; 200 yearling Black Baldy heifers; 20 yearling Red Baldy Heifers. Contact phone: Wayne, Jill & Robyn: 701-574-3172, 701-523-6368 (cell); Terry: 701-574-3193, 701-523-6386 (cell); Brent & Jenna: 701-206-0604; Andy: 701-206-1095; Marlene: 701-574-3124. Contact email: wmrnak@ndsupernet.com.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Bowman (ND) Livestock.
For more info visit www.mrnakherefords.com. Sodak Angus Spring Bull SaleRanch
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 116 big, stout, range-ready 18-month-old bulls; 44 fancy spring yearling bulls. Contact phone: Vaughn & Lois Meyer: 605-866-4426; Jeffery Meyer: 605-866-4451; Austin Risty: 605-866-4872. Contact email: sdangus@sdplains.com; or sodakra@sdplains.com; or atristy2001@yahoo.com.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Reva, SD.
For more info visit www.sodakangus.com. 28th Annual Sales Focus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 60 purebred bulls. Contact phone: Big Sky Salers, Bill Helm: 406-557-6259; Feist Salers, David Feist: 701-338-2428.
Monday, February 13, 2012.
Stockman's Livestock, Dickinson, ND.
Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch 1st Annual Hereford Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 75 Hereford bulls - 50 coming two-year-old bulls and 25 yearlings; 325 commercial bred heifers; 10 outstanding registered bred heifers. Contact phone: Keith & Cheryl Fawcett: 605-943-5664 (home); 605-870-0161 (cell); Robert & Marjean Fawcett: 605-943-5679. Contact email: kcfawcett@hotmail.com.
Monday, February 13, 2012.
Ree Heights, SD (21115 344th Ave. Ree Heights, SD 57371).
For more info visit www.fawcettselmcreekranch.com. Benda Ranch Simmentals & SimAngus Bull & Bred Heifer Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 55 Simmental bulls and 25 Sim and SimAngus bred heifers. Contact phone: Jim: 605-730-6703 (cell) or 605-778-6703 (home); Jay: 605-730-0215 (cell) or 605-730-6703. Contact email: bendaranch@midstatesd.net.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Kimball (SD) Livestock Exchange.
For more info visit cattlesalepage.com. NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Carrington Research Extension Center, Carrington, ND.
24th Annual Sletten Angus Ranch Sale
Ag Sales
Sale day phone: 605-967-2200.
Event description: Selling 100 bulls and 75 yearling heifers. Contact phone: John & Tammy Sletten: 605-967-2238 (home), 605-484-7708 (cell). Contact email: tbonebar@yahoo.com.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Faith (SD) Livestock Commission, Faith, SD.
Felton Angus Ranch 39th Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Lunch served at 11:30 a.m.; sale starts at 12:30 p.m. (MST).
Event description: Selling 120 coming two-year-old bulls; 70 fall bulls; 30 bull calves; 20-30 bred heifers; 15 ranch-broke geldings. Contact phone: Jim Felton: 406-932-6726; Rich Felton: 406-784-2756; Maurice Felton: 406-784-2216. Contact email: jim@feltonangus.com or rich@feltonangus.com.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
At the Ranch, Springdale, MT. 15 miles west of Big Timber, MT and 17 miles east of Livingston, MT on Interstate-90, exit 352.
For more info visit www.feltonangus.com. Logterman Family Hereford & Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Catalog is online at: www.valentinelivestock.net.
Event description: Selling 60 two-year-old Hereford bulls; 50 yearling and two-year old Angus bulls. Contact phone: Dwight Logterman: 605-429-3209 or 402-389-1165 (cell); LeRoy Logterman: 406-282-7359 or 406-580-0019 (cell). Contact email: logterman@theglobal.net.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Valentine (NE) Livestock Auction.
For more info visit www.logterman.com. UNL 2012 Beef Feedlot Roundtable
Conference
Pre-registration requested by Feb. 9, 2012; cost $25. Not pre-registered: $40.
Contact email: mluebbe2@unl.edu. Contact phone: Matt Luebbe: 308-632-1397.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:15 AM – 3:00 PM.
Nielsen Community Center, West Point, NE.
Husker Ag SMARTS Program
Conference
Husker Ag SMARTS Program to Offer Business Management Skills starting January 24th
Your participation will help you increase your business knowledge, skills, and set of tools making it possible for you to better meet your financial and family goals of becoming more profitable. The program will help you plan for future viability and the transition needs of your agricultural business. This course will give you a hands on opportunity to make management changes through the use of a case farm scenario and with your own operation. If you are looking to improve your long term viability this course is what you have been looking for. Past participants have taken what they have learned to develop an employee handbook, estate plan and other management strategies that have helped them improve their management skills.
The Husker Ag SMARTS program will be offered at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis starting on January 24th. The programs run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The program will be of…
Event description: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Husker Ag SMARTS program is a comprehensive business management experience designed by UNL Extension Specialist, Educators and business professionals. Contact phone: 800-200-1381.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, Curtis, NE.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Sales
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Aberdeen, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Werning Cattle Co. 31st Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 12:30 p.m. (CT).
Event description: Selling 210 head: 130 performance bulls, 105 yearlings, 25 20-month-olds; 80 bred heifers (All safe AI). Contact phone: Dale Werning: 605-825-4219 (home), 605-661-3625; Scott: 605-682-9610; Jared: 605-933-1661.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Mitchell (SD) Livestock, Mitchell, SD.
For more info visit www.werningcattle.com. Carlson Angus Ranch 30th Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: 75 yearling bulls, 30 AI-registered bred heifers, 25 fancy heifer calves, 10 coming two-year-old bulls, 60-70 commercial heifer calves. Contact phone: Robert Carlson: 701-563-4630; James & Sallee Carlson: 701-563-4549; Chris: 701-690-9060. Contact email: scarlson@ndgateway.com.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Stockmen's Livestock, Dickinson, ND.
Wyoming Master Woolgrower Program
Conference
The Wyoming Master Woolgrower Program is set to begin on Jan. 17, 2012 in Casper. The program consists of five sessions and will be packed with great information for sheep producers. Partnering with University of Wyoming (UW) Extension on this program is the Wyoming Wool Growers and Mountain States Lamb Cooperative. The program is also partially funded by the Western Center for Risk Management Education.
• Jan. 17 – Goal Setting, Financial Recordkeeping and Financial Health; John Hewlett
• Jan. 24 – Enterprise Analysis and Production Records; Bridger Feuz and Hudson Hill
• Jan. 31 – Marketing, Range Management, Economics of Predator Control; Producer panel, Barton Stam, Ben Rashford
• Feb. 7 – Scientific Tools for Ram Selection, Ultrasound, Herd Health; Scott Lake, Hudson Hill and Bridger Feuz
• Feb. 14 – Strategic Risk Management; John Hewlett
All sessions will take place from 2-5 p.m. in Casper, unless participants wish to rotate the five-session course between Casper, Kaycee and Douglas.
The cost…
Contact email: bmfeuz@uwyo.edu. Contact phone: Brdiger Feuz: 307-783-0570.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Casper, WY.
The Great American Horse Pilgrimage
Government/Politics
Event description: Purpose : A pilgrimage across America by horse or horse and trailer to alert the public about the dire curcumstances our horses are in concerning horse slaughter .
Events can also be organized within a persons own district for those who cannot join the ride.
The ride begins now from town to cities across America and is on going until horse slaughter is stopped in the USA and wild horse round-ups come to a halt until an independant evaluation of the number of wild horses on BLM public lands can be veri… Contact email: truthheals7@yahoo.com. Contact phone: 831-644-6160 or 509-937-2784.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 – Thursday, February 14, 2013.
Begins with you and your horse in your town.
Slagle Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Mark & Kristin Slagle: 888-527-7044 (toll-free); 308-527-3470 (home); 308-215-0031 (cell). Contact email: slagleangus@nctc.net.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
At the Ranch, Sargent, NE.
For more info visit www.slagleangus.com. UNL 2012 Beef Feedlot Roundtable
Conference
Pre-registration requested by Feb. 9, 2012; cost $25. Not pre-registered: $40.
Contact email: mluebbe2@unl.edu. Contact phone: Matt Luebbe: 308-632-1397.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:15 AM – 3:00 PM.
Holiday Inn Express, Lexington, NE.
Husker Ag SMARTS Program
Conference
Husker Ag SMARTS Program to Offer Business Management Skills starting January 24th
Your participation will help you increase your business knowledge, skills, and set of tools making it possible for you to better meet your financial and family goals of becoming more profitable. The program will help you plan for future viability and the transition needs of your agricultural business. This course will give you a hands on opportunity to make management changes through the use of a case farm scenario and with your own operation. If you are looking to improve your long term viability this course is what you have been looking for. Past participants have taken what they have learned to develop an employee handbook, estate plan and other management strategies that have helped them improve their management skills.
The Husker Ag SMARTS program will be offered at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis starting on January 24th. The programs run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The program will be of…
Event description: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Husker Ag SMARTS program is a comprehensive business management experience designed by UNL Extension Specialist, Educators and business professionals. Contact phone: 800-200-1381.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, Curtis, NE.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Watertown, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus 13th Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m.m (CST).
Event description: Selling 75 bulls and 50 heifers. Contact phone: Mark & Kathy Barenthsen: 701-464-5741; Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger: 701-464-4893. Contact email: mkbar@nccray.com or jbullinger@nccray.net.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Powers Lake, ND (8815 81st St. NW, Powers Lake, ND 58773).
For more info visit bbredangus.com. Hilltop Angus Farm 34th Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CT).
Sale book will be on the Internet after Jan. 15 at www.angusjournal.com.
Event description: Selling 90 yearling bulls, 25 purebred heifers. Contact phone: Allene Eisenbeisz: 605-285-6279; Blake & Glenda Eisenbeisz: 605-285-6741. Contact email: hilltopangusbowdle@abe.midco.net.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Bowdle, SD.
NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Ransom County Courthouse Community Room, Lisbon, ND.
Soil Health & Cover Crop Workshop
Conference
Jay Fuhrer and Paul Brown from Burleigh County, North Dakota will be the speakers for the workshop. Jay will have two presentations; the first is titled “It’s Not Dirt Anymore” and the second will be “Soil Health Case Studies”. Also Paul Brown, who ranches near Bismarck, North Dakota, will make a presentation, entitled “Utilizing Livestock as a Regenerative Tool”.
Jay Fuhrer is a Conservationist employed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, in Bismarck, North Dakota. Growing up on a small grain and livestock farm, Jay’s interests have always centered on agriculture. Jay emphasizes Soil Health as a foundation for cropping systems, grazing systems, and cover crops when working with Burleigh County producers. Information and Education activities strive to utilize a team approach with farmers talking to farmers about Soil Health. Jay’s interest in soil health has resulted in numerous speaking engagements within the US and also includes Canada, France and Russia.
Paul Brown ranches along with his…
Event description: There will be no cost for this workshop.
There will be no cost for this workshop. Contact email: randy@zhvalley.com. Contact phone: Randy Holmquist: 605-473-5356.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
AmericInn, Chamberlain, SD (Exit 265).
24th Annual Nebraska Governor’s Ag Conference
Conference
“This annual event allows agricultural producers and leaders to come together to learn more about their industry and to ensure the industry remains strong,” said Gov. Dave Heineman.
The conference begins at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, with a panel of opening speakers who will discuss connecting consumers with farmers and ranchers to share information about agricultural production. The panel includes Willow Holoubek from the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska (A-FAN), Dawn Caldwell from Common Ground Nebraska and Pete McClymont with We Support Agriculture. The “Celebrate Nebraska Agriculture” reception follows, featuring a wide variety of Nebraska food products and entertainment.
Conference activities resume at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
The keynote presentation will be delivered by John Doggett, senior lecturer of International Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainability as well as a senior research fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. He will discuss the role of Nebraska agriculture in th…
Event description: Gov. Dave Heineman previewed the schedule for the 2012 Governor’s Ag Conference, being held Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 15-16 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Kearney. The theme for the 24th annual conference is “Nebraska Agriculture: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities.”. Contact phone: 800-831-0550.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 2:30 PM – Thursday, February 16, 2012, 3:30 PM.
Holiday Inn Convention Center, Kearney, NE.
For more info visit www.agr.ne.gov. The Next Silent Spring. What is Happening to Our Planet's Biodiversity?
Community
Event description: The School of Global Environmental Sustainability invites you to join us for our next installment of the Managing the Planet Panel Series at Avo's. This month, we will feature an interdisciplinary panel of experts to discuss to our planet's threatened biodiversity and what it means for a future sustainable world. Contact phone: 970 492 4155. Contact email: Kerri.McDermid@colostate.edu.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Avogadro's Number - 605 S. Mason St. Fort Collins, Co.
For more info visit www.soges.colostate.edu. Montana Agri-Trade Exposition (MATE)
Ag Events
Event description: MATE Show and Home & Health Expo: The Montana Agri-Trade Exposition (MATE) is the largest Agricultural Showcase in Montana. It features the latest in Farm and Ranch equipment, products, and services. Held in conjunction with the show is the Home & Health Expo that features a variety of booths from health products and services to blood screening and CPR training, as well as home décor and home improvement. Contact phone: 406-256-2495.
Thursday, February 16, 2012 – Saturday, February 18, 2012.
MetraPark Expo Pavilion and Montana Pavilion, Billings, MT.
For more info visit www.themateshow.com. Dale Sprunk & Jeremy Erdmann Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Dale Sprunk: 701-347-4137, 701-238-5432 (cell); Jeremy Erdmann: 701-683-5992, 701-680-2937 (cell).
Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Lisbon, ND.
Olson's Red Power Hereford & Red Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 701-484-5068; 701-361-0684 (cell).
Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Argusville, ND.
For more info visit www.olsonherefordranch.com. 8th Annual Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering
Conference
Spirit of the West has been held annually since 2005. Attendees travel from throughout the region and nation to experience and celebrate the western traditions and cowboy way of life.
One of the highlights at this year’s event is the Chuck Wagon Cook Off competition.
“It’s the chuckwagon cook-off that I can’t wait to see, smell and taste. We’ll have camp cooks and their historic wagons arriving from a number of western states – all coming to demonstrate their own unique culinary talents using old-time Dutch oven methods. They’ll feed a hungry crowd, and the best of them will take away some top prizes,” said Keith McGowan, Chair of Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering Event Committee.
Chuckwagons from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta have been invited to participate this year. This event, in cooperation with the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Chuck Wagon Association (ACWA), will have authentic and restored chuck wagons demonstrating cooking methods and a cook-off co…
Event description: Hundreds of fans of the western way of life will come to Ellensburg, WA, wearing their cowboy finest for the 8th Annual Spirit of the West Cowboy gathering, Feb. 16-19, 2012. The best of cowboy culture including music, poetry, art and chuckwagon cooking will assemble for this event. Contact phone: 888-925-2204.
Thursday, February 16, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Ellensburg, WA.
For more info visit www.ellensburgcowboygathering.com. UNL 2012 Beef Feedlot Roundtable
Conference
Pre-registration requested by Feb. 9, 2012; cost $25. Not pre-registered: $40.
Contact email: mluebbe2@unl.edu. Contact phone: Matt Luebbe: 308-632-1397.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 7:15 AM – 4:00 PM.
Prairie Winds Community Center, Bridgeport, NE.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Sioux Falls, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Whitestone-Krebs Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 308-282-2021 (day); 308)-282-2479 (night). Contact email: wk@gpcom.net.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
At the Ranch, Gordon, NE (1780 690th Rd. Gordon, NE 69343).
For more info visit www.whitestonekrebs.com. NDSU Farm/Ranch Transition Planning Class
Conference
These are just a few of the questions that will be answered at the farm/ranch transition planning workshop series the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service is hosting Feb. 9, 16 and 23, 2012. The sessions will run from 6:15-9:30 p.m. (CST) and 5:15-8:30 p.m. (MST) at the following locations across the state:
• Ashley High School, 703 Main St. W. Ashley
• Beulah High School, 204 5th St. N.W. Beulah
• Bottineau County District Court room, second floor, Bottineau County Courthouse, 314 5th St. W. Bottineau
• Towner County Extension office, 404 5th Ave. Suite 1, Cando
• Carrington Research Extension Center, 663 Highway 281 N.E. Carrington
• Griggs County Extension office, Griggs County Courthouse, 808 Rollins Ave. S.W. Cooperstown
• Armory meeting room, 417 5th St. N.E. Devils Lake
• Grand Forks County Extension office, County Office Building, 151 4th St. S. Suite 302, Grand Forks
• North Central Research Extension Center, 5400 Highway 83 S. Minot
• Mountrail County Extension…
Event description: Do you want to design an orderly and successful transition plan for your farm/ranch business? Are you uncertain about how to choose the successor or successors best suited to continue your business into the future? Are you concerned about the financial impacts and tax consequences of your transition plan? What are the best tools/strategies available to create this plan? Contact email: willie.huot@ndsu.edu. Contact phone: Willie Huot: 701-780-8229.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:15 PM – 8:30 PM.
North Dakota Interactive Video Network locations around the state.
For more info visit www.ag.ndsu.edu. CSR Equine Winter Lecture Series: Feeding Your High Performance Horse
Conference
Brad Vercimak, a nutritionist from Nutrena, is scheduled to speak on the topic of “Feeding Your High Performance Horse” on Feb. 16.
The March 16 program is being presented by Dr. Ellis Farstvedt, DVM, MS, ACVS Boarded Surgeon, about “Lameness: How do we find it? How do we treat it?” Farstvedt is the managing veterinarian at the CSR Equine Sports Medicine Center. The lecture is being sponsored in part by Luitpold Pharmaceuticals and Merial. Dr. April L. Knudson, DVM, a member of the Merial Equine Veterinary Professional Services Team, will also speaking during the March program.
Contact phone: CSR Equine Sports Medicine Center: 406-522-4044.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Copper Spring Ranch indoor arena, near Bozeman, MT.
For more info visit www.copperspringranch.com. Blacktop Farms Angus & Hereford
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-996-0196.
Friday, February 17, 2012.
At the Farm, Mitchell, SD.
NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Country Club, Cooperstown, ND.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Mitchell, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Northern Hills Ag Fest
Ag Events
Event description: Showcase yearling bulls, yearling heifers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact phone: 605-347-2556.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Sturgis Community Center.
R&R Cattle Co. Annual Simmental & SimAngus Production Sale
Ag Sales
Our annual production sale will be held Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in Chamberlain, SD at 1:00 pm CST.
Event description: Selling 60 Yearling Simmental, SimAngus and Angus bulls and 15 open heifers. Contact phone: Steve Reimer: 605-734-6110. Contact email: rrcattle@dakotablue.net.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Chamberlain, SD (25657 345th Avenue, Chamberlain SD 57325).
For more info visit rrcattleco.com. 3-Day Estate Auction
Auctions
Event description: www.gatlinauction.com. Contact phone: 719-671-5737 or 719-252-3758.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 PM – Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Colorado Springs, CO.
Roy Cranston Herefords 21st Annual Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 45 two-year old bulls and 40 2011 heifer calves. Contact phone: Roy & Janet Cranston: 605-866-4423. Contact email: rchranch@sdplains.com.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
St. Onge (SD) Livestock, St. Onge, SD.
For more info visit www.herefordamerica.com. Ranch Sorting Clinics
Ag Events
Event description: (2) 1-day Ranch Sorting Clinics.
Groups divided by ability and game knowledge, Limited to 10 people per day.
9-5, lunch provided
$150 per person
cjgarland@hotmail.com for more info. Contact email: cjgarland@hotmail.com. Contact phone: 970-481-5742.
Saturday, February 18, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Wellington, CO.
SHEEP SHEARING DAY
Ag Events
Event description: Have your small group of sheep sheared or have wool baled at our Sheep Shearing Day. Cost$4/sheep; What to do with Wool? Sell it to the WoolGrowers or take it home. Call for a full flyer. sponsored by the Mesa County Wool Growers' Association. Contact phone: Megan Sears(250-9040) Shirley Gorrino(858-7322). Contact email: julhansmire@aol.com.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Western Slope Livestock Auction Market, Loma, Colorado.
Don E. Erickson Memorial Chariot Races
Community
Event description: Held every Presidents Day Weekend, the 32nd annual Chariot Races are among the most exciting events in Saratoga. It is a joint event sponsored by the Saratoga Lions Club and the Chamber of Commerce. The races feature two-horse teams pulling chariots at top speed down a quarter-mile track. The weekend’s activities include Calcutta betting and a banquet. Races are held on Saturday and Sunday at Buck Springs Rodeo Arena. Get ready for hooves and hearts to pound! Please call the Chamber of Commerce 307-32… Contact phone: 307-326-8855.
Saturday, February 18, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Buck Springs Rodeo Arena
Saratoga, Wyoming.
Winter Buckle Series
Community
Event description: Open Breed Horse Show. Southern Colorados largest Winter Series! English and Western events on Saturday and Speed events on Sunday. Indoor Arena. Great prices. Daily Awards for High Points. Walk/Trot, Novice Jr/Sr, 13 & under, 14-18 and 19 & Over. Contact email: pennymessmer@aol.com. Contact phone: 719-495-0176.
Saturday, February 18, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012.
13710 Halleluiah Trail
Elbert, CO 80106.
Curtis Polled Herefords Final Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 42 coming two-year-old bulls; 16 outstanding yearling bulls; 25 commercial yearling heifers. Contact phone: Larry Gildemaster: 605-883-4566. Contact email: lcghereford@santel.net.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Bales CCC, Huron, SD.
For more info visit www.curtispolledherefords.com. Reich Angus Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Jack & Mardee Reich: 701-873-4173; Delvin Reich: 701-873-5155. Contact email: reichran@westriv.com.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
At the Ranch, Zap, ND.
Schiefelbein Angus Farms 21st Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: 300 bulls sell - 260 Angus, 40 Sim Angus Balancers; 30 registered bred heifers. Contact phone: Farm: 320-398-6952; Tim Schiefelbein: 320-224-5830; Dan Schiefelbein: 320-266-8487. Contact email: info@schiefelbeinfarms.com.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
At the Farm, Kimball, MN (74208 360th St. Kimball, MN 55353).
For more info visit www.schiefelbeinfarms.com. Burleigh County Soil Conservation District Soil Health Workshop 2012
Conference
There is no charge to attend this workshop. Register by January 13, 2012. An RSVP is required for lunch.
Agenda:
9-10 a.m. Registration, Coffee and Donuts
10:00-10:15 Welcome
10:15-10:30 Introduction, Joshua Dukart, Burleigh County Soil Conservation District
10:30-11:15 No-Tillage Effects on Soil Quality & the Ecosystem, Part I
Rolf Derpsch, International Consultant, No-Tillage & Conservation Agriculture, Asuncion, Paraguay
11:15 - 12:00 What Does Soil Health Mean to You in Dollars & Sense?
Gail Fuller, Fuller Farms, Producer, Emporia, Kansas
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch (Provided by BCSCD)
*RSVP Required by January 13, 2012*
1:15 - 1:45 The Menoken Farm, Where Are We & Where Are We Going?
Jay Fuhrer, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Ken Miller, Burleigh County Soil Conservation District
1:45 - 2:30 Building Soil With High Density Grazing
Doug Peterson, State Grassland Conservationist, NRCS, Gallatin, Missouri
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:30 No-Tillage Effects on Soil Quality & the Ecosystem, Pa…
Contact phone: 701-250-4518, Ext. 3.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Ramkota Hotel (800 South 3rd St.), Bismarck. ND.
For more info visit www.bcscd.com. Kappes Simmental 25th Annual 'Genetics with the Holistic Approach' Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 29 bred heifers; 121 Simmental, SimAngus & Angus Bulls. Contact phone: Milbert: 605-577-6679; Neal: 605-380-8766; Bruce: 605-225-5738. Contact email: thebullpeople@abe.midco.net.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 10:59 AM – 12:59 PM.
Aberdeen (SD) Livestock West Barn.
For more info visit www.thebullpeople.com. South Dakota Small Acreages seminar
Ag Events
Event description: South Dakota Small Acreages will host a seminar for all acreage owners. Contact email: mindy.hubert@sdstate. Contact phone: Mindy Hubert at 605-394-2236.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
University Center, located just south of Exit 61 and east of McDonalds, at 4300 Cheyenne Blvd in Rapid City, SD.
Minert/Simonson Angus Ranch Perforrmance Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 150 bulls, plus 20 commercial Angus replacement heifers. Contact phone: Lowell & Carrol Minert: 308-538-2676, 308-539-9010 (cell); J.W. & Cindy Simonson: 308-538-2548. Contact email: minertangus@neb-sandhills.net.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Dunning, NE.
For more info visit www.minertsimonson.com. Nordlund Stock Farm
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Sam Nordlund: 701-799-1613. Contact email: nordlundstockfarm@gvtel.com.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Farm, Clearbrook, MN (44946 151st Ave. Clearbrook, MN 56634).
For more info visit nordlundstockfarm.com. Varilek Angus 60th Annual Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 140 registered Angus bulls; 70 two-year-old bulls; 70 yearling bulls. Contact phone: Ross & Kelly: 605-337-9896; Mick & Lynn: 605-337-2261; Scott & Laci: 605-680-9912.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Geddes, SD.
For more info visit www.varilekangus.com. Carmichael Herefords 43rd Annual Sale
Ag Sales
View videos at www.herefordamerica.com.
Event description: Selling 40 coming two-year old bulls and 14 yearling bulls. Contact phone: Keith Carmichael: 605-788-2962 or 605-490-7659 (cell). Contact email: brick@sdplains.com.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the ranch, Meadow, SD (14111 SD Hwy. 73, Meadow, SD 57644).
Ekstrum Simmentals Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Clay Ekstrum: 605-778-6185 (home) or 605-730-1511 (cell); John Ekstrum: 605-778-6414. Contact email: clayekstrum@midstatesd.net.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the ranch, Kimball, SD (36220 257th St. Kimball, SD 57355).
For more info visit ekstrumsimmentals.com. Powder River Angus Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 140 head of yearling bulls. Contact phone: Neil & Amanda Sorenson: 307-736-2260 (home), 307-680-7359 (cell). Contact email: nasorenson@rangeweb.net.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Buffalo (W&) Livestock Auction, Buffalo, WY.
For more info visit www.powderriverangus.com. Bruner Angus Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Blaine & Kimberly Bruner: 701-465-3023, 701-721-4754 (cell); Bryan Bruner: 701-465-3910.
Sunday, February 19, 2012.
At the Ranch, Drake, ND.
Peckenpaugh Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 36 two-year-old Angus bulls. Contact phone: Tony Peckenpaugh: 605-860-0130 (cell); Bob Peckenpaught: 605-772-5398 (home); 605-860-1503 (cell). Contact email: peckenpaughangus@gmail.com.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Mitchell (SD) Livestock.
Tokach Angus Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Richard Tokach: 701-445-7390, Toll Free: 1-888-2-TOKACH; Brad Tokach: 701-445-7304, Toll Free: 1-877-439-3719; Richard M. Tokach: 701-667-1858. Contact email: Richard Tokach: rctokach@westriv.com; Brad Tokach: bradnitatokach@westriv.com.
Monday, February 20, 2012.
Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND.
For more info visit www.tokachangusranch.com. Koupal Angus 35th Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 12:30 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Selling 130 registered yearling bulls; 50 registered two-year-old bulls; 30 registered fall bulls. Contact phone: LaVern & Alice Koupal: 605-384-5315 (home), 605-491-1768 (cell); Bud & Bernie Koupal Family: 605-384-3481 or 605-491-2102. Contact email: lakoupal@cme.coop or bbkoupal@cme.coop.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
At the Ranch, Dante, SD.
For more info visit www.koupalangus.com. Rausch Herefords 2nd Revolutional Bull & Female Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Offering 120 bulls (60 top-end yearlings, 60 top-end two-year-olds), 200 heifers (30 from top end of registered replacements, 170 from top-end commercial heifers). Contact phone: Jerry: 605-948-2146; Vern: 605-948-2375; Shannon Rausch: 605-948-2157. Contact email: rauschherf@rauschherefords.com.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the ranch, Hoven, SD (2 miles west of Hoven on Hwy. 20 and 47; 14831 Hereford Road, Hoven, SD 57450).
Cedar Top Ranch Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 308-587-2348.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
Burwell (NE) Livestock.
Gill Red Angus Annual Bull & Commercial Heifer Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 200 bulls (100 coming 2-year-olds, 100 yearling bulls), plus 1500 commercial open heifers. Contact phone: Larry Gill: 605-865-3288; Brent Gill: 605-848-3722; Bryan Gill: 701-730-0134. Contact email: bigredgenetics@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
At the ranch, Timber Lake, SD.
For more info visit www.gillredangus.com. Reppe Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-382-5277 (home), 605-520-2304 (office).
Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
Watertown, SD.
Renewable Energy Conference for Western Nebraska
Conference
Speakers will share real-life experiences of individuals and business that have gone through the process and are now reaping the benefits of renewable energy technologies. They will discuss the steps of their project development, including resource assessment, permitting/certification process and financial considerations.
The workshop will be at the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center, 4502 Avenue I, Scottsbluff. Co-sponsors include: Nebraska Public Power District; U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development; UNL Extension; and Panhandle Rural Electric Membership Association.
Pre-registration is due Feb. 15 for an accurate meal count. The $20 registration fee pays for materials, box lunch and snacks. Return registration form and fee to: Panhandle Research & Extension Center, 4502 Avenue I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361.
Registration forms can be obtained by calling the Extension office at 308-632-1480, or e-mailing Shelly Latham at the USDA Rural Development office at Scottsbluff…
Event description: The Renewable Energy Conference for Western Nebraska will provide information about what technologies are available and how they can be applied. It is intended for farmers, ranchers, small-business owners, economic developers, lenders, equipment vendors, grant writers and county officials. Contact email: shelly.latham@ne.usda.gov. Contact phone: 308-632-1480.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM.
University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center, 4502 Avenue I, Scottsbluff, NE.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Aberdeen, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Bar JZ Ranches 61st Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CT).
Event description: Selling 45 polled Hereford bulls; 6 polled Hereford bred heifers; 60 Limousin and Lim-Flex bulls. Contact phone: Don, Peg & Seth Zilverberg: 605-852-2966. Contact email: cattle@barjz.com.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Thomas Ranch Sale Facility 16.5 miles east of Onida, SD.
For more info visit www.barjz.com. Stout Charolais Ranch 33rd Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 50 yearling Charolais bulls and 10 two-year-old bulls. Contact phone: Jerry & Annie Stout: 605-859-2023.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Philip (SD) Livestock Auction.
Forgey & Graesser 3rd Annual Angus Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 80 registered Angus bulls and 10 registered Sim/Angus bulls. Contact phone: Dan & Lyn Forgey: 605-835-8675, 605-830-5990 (cell); Kevin Graesser: 605-835-8223, 605-830-1574 (cell); Rod Graesser: 605-835-8039.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Winner (SD) Livestock Auction, Winner, SD.
For more info visit forgeygraesser.com. The Great American Horse Pilgrimage
Government/Politics
Event description: Purpose : A pilgrimage across America by horse or horse and trailer to alert the public about the dire curcumstances our horses are in concerning horse slaughter .
Events can also be organized within a persons own district for those who cannot join the ride.
The ride begins now from town to cities across America and is on going until horse slaughter is stopped in the USA and wild horse round-ups come to a halt until an independant evaluation of the number of wild horses on BLM public lands can be veri… Contact email: truthheals7@yahoo.com. Contact phone: 831-644-6160 or 509-937-2784.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 – Thursday, February 21, 2013.
Begins with you and your horse in your town.
Chestnut Angus
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Glen & Sherri Johnson: 507-368-9220, 507-820-1502 (cell). Contact email: chestnut@itctel.com.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
At the Farm, Pipestone, MN.
TC Angus Ranch Production Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 308-470-074.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
At the Ranch, Freemont, NE.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Watertown, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Cedarflo Angus Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 50 yearling Angus bulls; 24 yearling Angus heifers. Contact phone: Dave Fordahl: 701-567-4222; Jeremy Fordahl: 701-567-6440. Contact email: cedarflow@ndsupernet.com.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Lemmon (SD) Livestock.
For more info visit www.cedarfloangus.com. Best of the West Red Angus Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Schriefer Red Angus, Golden Valley, ND; Spur M Red Angus, Bowman, ND; McGee Red Angus, Rhame, ND.
Event description: Selling: 16 registered Red Angus open heifers; 80 commercial Red Angus open heifers; 21 two-year-old Red Angus bulls; 30 yearling Red Angus bulls. Contact phone: Schriefer Red Angus, Marc & Jodie Schriefer: 701-983-4292; Spur M Red Angus, Doug & Darcy McGee: 701-523-3635; McGee Red Angus, Meryl & Stacy McGee: 701-279-5539.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Stockmen’s Livestock, Dickinson, ND.
For more info visit www.mcgeeranch.com. NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
McKenzie County Courthouse, Watford City, ND.
27th Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference
Ag Events
Event description: Nebraska Women in Agriculture (WIA) is designed to assist women in their agricultural businesses or who are in businesses tied to agriculture. The Department of Agricultural Economics recognizes the vital role that women play in the agricultural industry and is committed to bringing Nebraskans relevant management education. WIA focuses on educating women on these topics. Whether the information is business, family focused or just fun - we strive to provide women the knowledge they need to make informed d… Contact phone: 800-535-3456.
Thursday, February 23, 2012 – Friday, February 24, 2012.
Kearney Holiday Inn, Kearney, NE.
For more info visit wia.unl.edu. Bear Mountain Angus Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Brian, Tiffany, and Mckinley Stoller & Reagan Skow: 308-285-3313 (Home and Fax); 308-737-6213 (Brian's Cell); 308-737-6230 (Tiffany's Cell). Contact email: bearmtnangus@msn.com.
Thursday, February 23, 2012.
At the Ranch, Palisade, NE.
For more info visit www.bearmountainangus.com. Holistic Management Grazing Planning Workshop
Conference
A noon meal will be included at no cost each day. Books and training materials included.
Cost: $250 for all three days.
- $50 for second family member.
NOTE:
Additional $100 for grazing planning software. Participants need to bring their own laptop.
Educators: Ralph Tate & Randy Holmquist
Ralph is a Holistic Management Certified Educator, Grazier, and Engineer who wrote the software program for grazing planning.
Randy is a Holistic Management Certified Educator Trainee, HM Practitioner/Rancher.
Event description: • Holistic Management Grazing Planning gets your animals to the right place at the right time and for the right reasons. It enables you to manage land, animals, and wildlife so that in the growing months the land can produce the maximum amount of high quality forage. During the dormant season quality forage can be rationed to cut winter feed costs. Contact email: randy@zhvalley.com. Contact phone: Randy Holmquist: 605-473-5356.
Thursday, February 23, 2012 – Saturday, February 25, 2012.
Zion Lutheran Church, Chamberlain, SD (314 S. Main St. - 1 Block South of McDonalds).
NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Mountrail County Extension Office, Stanley, ND.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Sioux Falls, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Raven Angus Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Selling 90 Angus bulls. Contact phone: Rod Petersek: 605-842-2919; Reed Petersek: 605-840-1292; RJ Petersek: 605-842-2153. Contact email: ravenang@gqtc.net.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the Ranch, 3 miles east of Colome, SD.
For more info visit www.ravenangus.com. NDSU Farm/Ranch Transition Planning Class
Conference
These are just a few of the questions that will be answered at the farm/ranch transition planning workshop series the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service is hosting Feb. 9, 16 and 23, 2012. The sessions will run from 6:15-9:30 p.m. (CST) and 5:15-8:30 p.m. (MST) at the following locations across the state:
• Ashley High School, 703 Main St. W. Ashley
• Beulah High School, 204 5th St. N.W. Beulah
• Bottineau County District Court room, second floor, Bottineau County Courthouse, 314 5th St. W. Bottineau
• Towner County Extension office, 404 5th Ave. Suite 1, Cando
• Carrington Research Extension Center, 663 Highway 281 N.E. Carrington
• Griggs County Extension office, Griggs County Courthouse, 808 Rollins Ave. S.W. Cooperstown
• Armory meeting room, 417 5th St. N.E. Devils Lake
• Grand Forks County Extension office, County Office Building, 151 4th St. S. Suite 302, Grand Forks
• North Central Research Extension Center, 5400 Highway 83 S. Minot
• Mountrail County Extension…
Event description: Do you want to design an orderly and successful transition plan for your farm/ranch business? Are you uncertain about how to choose the successor or successors best suited to continue your business into the future? Are you concerned about the financial impacts and tax consequences of your transition plan? What are the best tools/strategies available to create this plan? Contact email: willie.huot@ndsu.edu. Contact phone: Willie Huot: 701-780-8229.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:15 PM – 8:30 PM.
North Dakota Interactive Video Network locations around the state.
For more info visit www.ag.ndsu.edu. Badlands Genetics Plus Red Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Badlands Red Angus, Bill Ceynar / Seth & Laci Cargo: 701-586-3435 or 701-586-3010; Fehrman Family Farms, Paul Fehrman: 507-368-9263; Severance Red Angus, Brian Severance: 701-862-3681. Contact email: Badlands Red Angus, Bill Ceynar / Seth & Laci Cargo: redangus@ruggedwest.com; Fehrman Family Farms, Paul Fehrman: paul.ferhman@plantpioneer.com; Severance Red Angus, Brian Severance: redangus@restel.net.
Friday, February 24, 2012.
Stockmen's West, Dickinson, ND.
For more info visit www.badlandsgeneticsplus.com. Badlands-Severance Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 50 registered Red Angus yearling bulls; 25 two-year-old registered Red Angus bulls; 25 Badlands-Severance top of the top registered females. Contact phone: Badlands Red Angus, Bill & Sharon Ceynar, Seth & Laci Cargo: 701-586-3435, 701-586-3010; Fehrman Family Farms, Paul & Sandy Fehrman: 507-368-9263; Severance Red Angus, Brian & Mary Severance: 701-862-3681.
Friday, February 24, 2012.
Stockmen's Livestock Exchange, Dickinson, ND.
For more info visit www.badlandsgeneticsplus.com. Billings Livestock Commission "February Special Catalog" Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 406-670-0773.
Friday, February 24, 2012 – Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Billings, MT.
Grunewaldt Angus Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Mike Grunewaldt: 605-472-0788 (home), 605-460-0028 (cell).
Friday, February 24, 2012.
Miller Livestock, Miller, SD.
Wieczorek Limousin 32nd Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-227-4601 (Curt) or 605-227-4611. Contact email: clwzrk@santel.net (Curt).
Friday, February 24, 2012.
Corsica (SD) Sale Barn.
Farm and Ranch Succession Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: This is an opportunity to begin a serious discussion with a new generation of management. Sessions include management and financial planning, effective communication, legal issues, transition plans, and developing a shared vision for the future. Short presentations are followed by time to work.
February 24 & 25 at UW in Laramie. Early registration ends February 17. Contact email: cehmke@uwyo.edu. Contact phone: 307-766-3782.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 9:00 AM – Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:00 PM.
At the Wyoming Union on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The room will be the Senate Chambers on the second level.
For more info visit www.uwyo.edu. Adaptive Control of Utility-sized Wind Turbines in Operating Regions 2 & 3
Community
Event description: Dr. Mark Balas from the University of Wyoming will talk about how the next generation of utility-scale wind turbines will be larger and more flexible than earlier designs to promote greater energy capture and reduce the cost of energy. Web simulcast: http://tinyurl.com/CREWSp12Feb. Contact phone: 970-492-4155. Contact email: Kerri.McDermid@colostate.edu.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Colorado State University, Routt Hall.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Mitchell, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
North Central Research Extension Center, Minot, ND.
Jamison Herefords Total Performance Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at Noon (CST).
Event description: Selling 170 bulls (yearlings and two-year-olds). Contact phone: Gordon Jamison: 785-754-3639; Daron Jamison: 785-650-9639.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
At the ranch, Quinter, KS (2271 County Road 74, Quinter, KS 67752).
For more info visit www.jamisonranch.com. Peterson Angus/Maple Valley Angus
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 100 bulls; 75 purebred Angus females; 40 commercial yearling females. Contact phone: 605-934-2130, 605-214-3589 (Brandon).
Friday, February 24, 2012, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Sioux Falls Regional, Worthing, SD.
For more info visit www.petersonangus.com. Gant Angus & Polled Hereford
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 60 Hereford & Angus two-year-old bulls. Contact phone: Mark Gant: 605-337-2340 or 605-680-1540 (cell); Dennis Gant: 605-337-2564 or 605-680-1542 (cell). Contact email: markgant@midstatesd.net.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:00 PM – Sunday, February 26, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Platte (SD) Livestock.
Bush Angus
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-448-5401.
Saturday, February 25, 2012.
At the Farm, Britton, SD.
For more info visit www.bushangus.com. Kreth Angus & Hereford Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Barclay Kreth: 605-236-5769.
Saturday, February 25, 2012.
At the Farm, Mt. Vernon, SD.
Profit Maker Bulls Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Dave Bittner, General Manager: 308-284-8280 (office); 308-284-6893 (home). Contact email: bulls@megavision.com.
Saturday, February 25, 2012.
Paxton, NE (1361 Hwy. 30 East, Paxton, NE 69155).
For more info visit www.profitmakerbulls.com. Walter Angus Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: 60 top cut bulls and bred and replacement heifers. Contact phone: Terry Walter: 970-381-9767.
Saturday, February 25, 2012.
At the ranch, Hudson, CO.
Timber Dan Antique & Collectible Toy Show
Community
Event description: Antique & collectible toys displayed and for sale. 180 tables with 70 dealers from 9 states. Admission -$3
Sponsored by the Loveland Lions Club. Contact email: DougLar@comcast.net. Contact phone: 970-667-9655.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
First National Bank Exhibition Bldg. at "The Ranch" (Larimer County Fairgrounds), Loveland, CO.
For more info visit douglar.home.comcast.net. Boulder County (CO) Tack Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Proceeds benefit the 4-H horse project. Contact phone: Kay Burkett: 303-776-0165.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
Exhibit Building, Fairgrounds, Longmont, Colorado.
Brenner Angus Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 2 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Selling: 80 yearling bulls (Red and Black), 10 18-month-old and two-year-old bulls. Contact phone: Sidney & Melva Brenner: 701-522-3335 or 701-471-9135 (cell); Jeff & Priscilla Wener: 701-622-3856; Trampis & Aricka Brenner: 701-422-3376.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Farmers Livestock Exchange, Bismarck, ND.
For more info visit www.brennerangus.com. Mesa County WoolGrowers Dinner Dance
Ag Events
Event description: Annual Dinner Dance, social, Basque Dinner, auction, $25 tickets. Contact email: julhansmire@aol.com. Contact phone: John Folkstad(640 1411), Gabriel Gorrino(858-7322), Billy Lampshire(712-3798), Julie Hansmire(216-9827).
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 6:00 PM.
STRAYHORN GRILL, Western Slope Cattleman's Livestock Auction Market, Loma, Colorado.
Carlson Angus
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Charles & Kathy Carlson: 218-964-5618, 218-686-1834 (cell). Contact email: carlsonsangus@gmail.com.
Sunday, February 26, 2012.
At the farm, Thief River Falls, MN.
MT NBHA 01 Winter Series Barrel Race
Sports
Event description: Please call if the weather is bad. Contact phone: 406-651-8849.
Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Laurel, MT.
Circle L Angus Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Cory & Kari Lamey: 406-832-3535 or 406-491-7363. Contact email: circlelangus@yahoo.com.
Monday, February 27, 2012.
Dillon, MT.
Foxhoven Angus Production Sale
Ag Sales
Directions:
From Hwy 81 and 12 Junction:
2 Miles south on Hwy 81 to 887 RD, 1 3/4 Miles West and then sale location on South side of road.
From Hwy 81 and 84 Junction: 5 Miles North on Hwy 81 to 887 RD and 1 3/4 Miles West.
2012 Sale:
Monday, February 27th.
Complimentary Lunch
Click on map and type in where you are located and Mapquest will provide Sale directions.
We look forward to seeing past buyers and meeting new buyers at our upcoming sales. Thanks Again!
Event description: Offering Black registered Angus cattle: 60 yearling bulls, 30 open heifers, 15 bred heifers and 20 bred cows. Contact phone: Brock Foxhoven: 402-388-2478, 402-640-5386 (cell); Justin Foxhoven: 402-640-8648. Contact email: brock_foxhoven@yahoo.com.
Monday, February 27, 2012.
At the Farm, Crofton, NE (Gerald Foxhoven's, 55314 887 RD, Crofton, NE 68730).
For more info visit www.foxhovenangus.com. Hart Farms
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-329-2645 (home), 605-329-2315 (office).
Monday, February 27, 2012.
At the Farm, Frederick, SD.
Beastrom Gelbvieh 32nd Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Sale start at 1 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Selling 80 red, black, Balancer and purebred bulls; 5 SAV Brilliance-sired Angus bulls; 15 top-quality replacement heifers. Contact phone: Wes & Brittney Spencer: 605-280-0204; Jim & Barb Beastrom: 605-224-5789; Shad & Brandy Ludemann: 605-280-3915. Contact email: jimbeastrom@mncomm.com.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
New sale location, at the ranch in Pierre, SD.
Reyes/Russell 21st Annual Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 200 bulls - 155 summer yearlings and 45 yearlings. Contact phone: Juan Reyes, MR Angus: 307-322-4848 or 307-331-1568 (cell); Keith Russell, KMR Angus: 970-587-2534 or 970-371-7819 (cell); Jennifer Reyes-Burr: 307-337-1530. Contact email: joreyes@woming.com; kmrangus@aol.com; mr_angus_ranch@yahoo.com.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
At the Ranch, Wheatland, WY.
Geppert's Rock Creek Livestock Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Kevin & Helen Geppert: 605-996-4819; 605-770-3544 (cell).
Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
Mitchell (SD) Livestock Auction.
For more info visit www.rockcreeklivestock.com. Husker Ag SMARTS Program
Conference
Husker Ag SMARTS Program to Offer Business Management Skills starting January 24th
Your participation will help you increase your business knowledge, skills, and set of tools making it possible for you to better meet your financial and family goals of becoming more profitable. The program will help you plan for future viability and the transition needs of your agricultural business. This course will give you a hands on opportunity to make management changes through the use of a case farm scenario and with your own operation. If you are looking to improve your long term viability this course is what you have been looking for. Past participants have taken what they have learned to develop an employee handbook, estate plan and other management strategies that have helped them improve their management skills.
The Husker Ag SMARTS program will be offered at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis starting on January 24th. The programs run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The program will be of…
Event description: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Husker Ag SMARTS program is a comprehensive business management experience designed by UNL Extension Specialist, Educators and business professionals. Contact phone: 800-200-1381.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, Curtis, NE.
NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Bismarck State College Career Academy Building multipurpose room, Bismarck, ND.
Deep Creek Angus Ranch & Millar Angus Ranch Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
www.DeepCreekAngusRanch.com.
Event description: Selling 110 yearling bulls and 15 two-year-old bulls. Contact phone: Deep Creek Angus Ranch, TJ & Jeanine Gabriel: 605-567-3327 (home), 605-280-3069 (office); Millar Angus, Jon & Breezy Millar: 605-347-0553 (cell).
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Philip Livestock Auction, Philip, SD.
For more info visit www.millarangus.com. JC Heiken Angus & Sons
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling the top 100 out of 250 registered Angus yearling bulls. Contact phone: Joe Heiken: 406-861-1020.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Miles City (MT) Livestock Commission.
The Great American Horse Pilgrimage
Government/Politics
Event description: Purpose : A pilgrimage across America by horse or horse and trailer to alert the public about the dire curcumstances our horses are in concerning horse slaughter .
Events can also be organized within a persons own district for those who cannot join the ride.
The ride begins now from town to cities across America and is on going until horse slaughter is stopped in the USA and wild horse round-ups come to a halt until an independant evaluation of the number of wild horses on BLM public lands can be veri… Contact email: truthheals7@yahoo.com. Contact phone: 831-644-6160 or 509-937-2784.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – Thursday, February 28, 2013.
Begins with you and your horse in your town.
Husker Ag SMARTS Program
Conference
Husker Ag SMARTS Program to Offer Business Management Skills starting January 24th
Your participation will help you increase your business knowledge, skills, and set of tools making it possible for you to better meet your financial and family goals of becoming more profitable. The program will help you plan for future viability and the transition needs of your agricultural business. This course will give you a hands on opportunity to make management changes through the use of a case farm scenario and with your own operation. If you are looking to improve your long term viability this course is what you have been looking for. Past participants have taken what they have learned to develop an employee handbook, estate plan and other management strategies that have helped them improve their management skills.
The Husker Ag SMARTS program will be offered at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis starting on January 24th. The programs run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The program will be of…
Event description: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Husker Ag SMARTS program is a comprehensive business management experience designed by UNL Extension Specialist, Educators and business professionals. Contact phone: 800-200-1381.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, Curtis, NE.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Pierre, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Johnson-Rose Angus Ranch 40th Annual Genetic Advantage Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Selling 100 yearling Angus bulls and a select group of 2-year-old bulls. Contact phone: Stuart Johnson: 605-845-3221, 605-848-2818; Bonnie & Clint Rose: 605-845-2661; Pearl Johnson: 605-845-3104. Contact email: quartercirclej@westriv.com.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Mobridge (SD) Livestock.
NDSU Farmland Leasing Workshop
Community
The workshops are offered to help landowners and renters identify and manage the risk associated with rental arrangements. Dwight Aakre and Andy Swenson, Extension farm management specialists, and Willie Huot, Grand Forks County Extension agent, will be the main presenters.
The workshops are approximately three hours long. One of the topics is a historical perspective on farmland values and rents, with emphasis on causal factors and future risks. Concepts and practical examples of how to determine equitable rents also will be presented.
The main session will help participants better understand different rental arrangements, such as cash rent, share rent and flexible cash rent.
“There has been increased interest in flexible cash rental arrangements,” Swenson said. “This session will show how a flexible cash rent agreement can be designed to try to meet the desired income and risk levels of both the landowner and renter. Examples of various methods of adjusting the cash rent level will be discussed.”
There…
Event description: Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements.
Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should plan on attending one of nine farmland leasing workshops across North Dakota presented by the North Dakota Extension Service. Contact phone: Andy Swenson: 701-231-7379.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Farmers Union state office, Jamestown, ND.
Larson Family Ranch 43rd Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 130 bulls and 225 bred heifers (Charolais, Angus, Red Angus, Maine-Anjou, Shorthorn, Simmental). Contact phone: Darrell & Frances Larson: 605-842-3749 or 605-840-1290 (cell); Audie & Holly Larson: 605-842-0260 or 605-842-5415 (cell); Monty Larson: 605-842-2023 or 605-208-5074 (cell); Joel & Vicki Stewart: 605-473-1888; Dennis & Susan Larson: 605-842-0983.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Presho (SD) Livestock Auction.
Bieber Red Angus 2012 Bull & Female Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling: 180 yearling Red Angus bulls; 10 yearling black Red Angus bulls; 10 yearling Simmental hybrid bulls; 40 yearling Red Angus heifers; 30 bred fall-calving Red Angus cows. Contact phone: 605-439-3628 (office); Craig: 605-439-3545.
Thursday, March 1, 2012.
At the ranch, Leola, SD (11450 353rd Avenue, Leola, SD 57456).
For more info visit www.bieberredangus.com. DeJong Ranch Online Auction
Ag Sales
Closing time: 7 p.m. (CST) with extended bidding.
Event description: Offering 70 yearling and 10 18-month-old bulls: 60 Maines, 15 Angus, 5 Simmental. Contact phone: 605-869-2329 or 605-222-1292 (Mike cell).
Thursday, March 1, 2012.
For more info visit www.dejongranch.com. Fuoss Angus Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: David Fuoss: 605-669-2127.
Thursday, March 1, 2012.
At the Ranch, Draper, SD.
Far Ahead Marketing Workshop
Ag Events
Event description: Workshop topics include: Incentives to market early, Input cost risks, Rolling futures strategies, and Crop and livestock insurance considerations for 2012. Contact email: Matthew.Diersen@sdstate.edu. Contact phone: Matthew Diersen at 605-688-4864.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Rapid City, SD.
For more info visit igrow.org. Kammerer Livestock Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-923-6381. Contact email: kammerer.livestock@gmail.com.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Belle Fourche Livestock Exchange
Belle, Fourche, SD.
Kammerer Livestock 6th Annual Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Matt & April Kammerer: 605-923-6381, 605-484-1469 (cell). Contact email: kammerer.livestock@gmail.com.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Belle Fourche (SD) Livestock Exchange.
Cedarflo Angus Ranch
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 701-567-4222. Contact email: cedarflo@ndsupernet.com.
Friday, March 2, 2012.
Lemmon (SD) Livestock.
For more info visit www.cedarfloangus.com. JK Angus
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-363-3302, 605-940-5104 (cell).
Friday, March 2, 2012.
Montrose, SD.
Lewis Bros. Angus
Ag Sales
Contact phone: Jesse Lewis: 605-787-5439 (home), 605-391-2044 (cell).
Friday, March 2, 2012.
St. Onge Livestock, St. Onge, SD.
Sutherlin Farms Red Angus Production Sale
Ag Sales
Event description: Selling 110 bulls, 100 commercial heifers, and 20 registered heifers. Contact phone: Bob & Laurie Sutherline: 406-642-3487, 406-369-1202 (cell). Contact email: suthfarm@dismail.net.
Friday, March 2, 2012.
At the ranch, Stevensville, MT (415 Spooner Creek Lane, Stevensville, MT).
For more info visit www.sutherlinfarms.com. 2012 Dickinson State University Bareback & Saddle Bronc Schools
Sports
The cost is $375 per event and a $200 deposit is due by Feb. 10. It’s limited to the first 20 in each event.
Event description: Instructors are Wayne Herman and Brad Gjermundson. Contact phone: Eudell Larson: 605-515-0765.
Friday, March 2, 2012 – Sunday, March 4, 2012.
Dickinson, ND.
Carl Dethlefs & Sons Angus 44th Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Selling 125 head registered Angus: 100 two-year-old bulls and 25 select Yearling bulls. Contact phone: Jerry & Gary Dethlefs: 308-372-3200.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the ranch near Rockville, NE (78119 S. River Road, Rockville, NE).
For more info visit dethlefsangus.com. Handel Farms 19th Annual Gelbvieh & Red Angus Bull Sale
Ag Sales
Contact phone: 605-660-5551.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Platte (SD) Livestock Auction.
Sandmeier Charolais Annual Production Sale
Ag Sales
Sale starts at 1 p.m. (CST).
Event description: Selling 180 Charolais Bulls: 70 virgin two-year-old bulls; 30 18-month-old bulls; 90 yearlings. Contact phone: Cal: 605-285-6179; Gary: 605-285-6766. Contact email: sandchar@venturecomm.net.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
At the ranch, Bowdle, SD (13123 322nd Ave. Bowdle, SD 57428).
For more info visit www.sandmeiercharolais.com.