Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Newspaper – written for, by & about farmers

Folks, there is a reason we use implants in our cattle. We want to provide the best product possible.

It seems that few questions in life have a clear right or wrong answer. Often, questions are tricky and the answer must be hedged and broken down depending on so many different variables that it muddies whatever clarity had been accomplished. Deciding if corn fed or grass fed beef is better is one of those tricky questions.    

The shoes have came off, the nutrition has been met, what can we expect now? I was my biggest skeptic. Being a farrier I came from shoeing horses to going barefoot. Before I would ever talk to anyone about natural hoof care I had to prove it to myself. I pulled the shoes and trimmed my own horses for about a year and watched them. Right in front of my eyes I saw the hooves transform from thin hoof walls, tender soles and shabby frogs to hard healthy hooves, thick hoof walls, healthy frogs and tough soles that can go everywhere with ease.

Under the IRS hobby loss rule if you have losses in connection with any farming activity, whether livestock, horses or crops, the IRS may suspect that the activity is engaged in as a hobby rather than a business, particularly if there is a history of losses.

In a previous issue we discussed an emerging disease in Missouri cattle known as trichomoniasis or ‘trich’. This issue provides an excellent opportunity to bring producers up to date on recent changes in Missouri state regulations.

Name:  Heyley Heupel, 17
Parents:  Brandon and Chassidy Heupel
School:  Heyley is a senior at East Newton High School.
FFA:  Heyley is the first-ever State Champion in the Advanced Prepared Public-Speaking Competition for the East Newton FFA. She will compete in the national competition in Indianapolis, Ind., in October.
FFA Advisors:  John Littlefield and Steve Loveday
Public-Speaking Coaches:  Katie Elliot-Engell of Neosho, Mo., and Rhett Laubach of Oklahoma City, Okla.