Horse Reproduction & Parturition Equine Science & Technology.
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January 2020 Visit us at countrysidefeed.com and ‘Like’ us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/CountrysideFeed 101 Santa Fe Street Hillsboro, Kansas 67063 Phone: 620-947-3111 Fax: 620-947-5671 Toll Free: 877-207-6257 Monday-Friday 8:00-5:30 Contact our sales and service staff: Bill Fish 620-382-4401 Frank Morey 620-382-5463 Dean Becker 785-294-0415 Ray Halbert 785-294-0412 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bill Toews 620-382-6173 Greg Thompson 620-382-5464 Kevin Lueger 785-294-0408 Steve Hoefer 402-239-1749 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kyle Cederberg 620-382-6284 Tara Ellerman 913-370-2556 [email protected] [email protected] Our mission is to provide excellence in feed and its services to you in an efficient and competitive manner. Time To Begin Early-Evening Feeding of Spring Calving Cows 1972 State Highway 187 Seneca, Kansas 66538 Phone: 785-336-6777 Fax: 620-947-5671 Toll Free: 866-268-6777 Monday-Friday 7:00-4:00 Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Studies show that when you feed your cows can go a long ways in determining when they have their calves. December is me for a reminder to change the feeding schedule for part, if not all, of the spring-calving herd. It’s generally accepted that adequate supervision at calving has a significant impact on reducing calf mortality. Saving every calf is always important to the boom line, but takes on addional urgency when profit margins are narrow. On most ranching operaons, supervision of the first calf heifers will be best accomplished in daylight hours and the poorest observaon takes place in the middle of the night. The easiest and most praccal method of inhibing nighme calving is by feeding cows at night; the physiological mechanism is unknown, but some hormonal effect may be involved. Rumen molity studies indicate the frequency of rumen contrac- ons falls a few hours before parturion. Intraruminal pressure begins to fall in the last 2 weeks of gestaon, with a more rapid decline during calving. It has been suggested that night feeding caused intraruminal pressures to rise at night and decline in the daylight. The concept is called the Konefal method, named aſter Canadian rancher Gus Konefal. In a study of 104 cows fed at 8:00 am and again at 3:00 pm, 38.4% delivered calves during the day, whereas 79.5% of a group fed at 11:00 am and 9:00 pm actually calved during daylight hours. In a more convincing study, 1331 cows on 15 farms in Iowa were fed once daily at dusk and 85% of the calves were born between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm. Kansas State University sciensts recorded data on five consecuve years in a herd of spring calving crossbred cows. They recorded the me of calving to within the nearest one-half hour. Births that could not be esmated within an hour of occurrence were excluded. Cows were fed forage sorghum hay daily between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. For stascal purposes, the day was divided into four-hour periods. Between 6:00 and 10:00 am, 34.23% of the calves were born; Between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, 21.23% of the calves were born; Between 2:00 and 6:00 pm, 29.83% of the calves were born; Between 6:00 and 10:00 pm, 8.41% of the calves were born; Between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am, 4.4% of the calves were born; Between 2:00 am and 6:00 am, 1.91% of the calves were born. It is interesng to note that 85.28% of the calves were born between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm. This is very similar to Iowa data when cows were fed at dusk. Feeding the forage in the early evening hours undoubtedly influenced the percentage of cows calving in daylight hours. In another study, with cows that had round-the-clock access to big round bales, but the supplement was fed at dusk, 70% of the calves came in daylight hours. Some producers choose to put the big bales of hay inside a fenced pasture or lot. The gate to the hay area is opened in the evening to allow cows access to the hay bale(s), then the cows are herded out of the haying area to another pasture the following morning to graze throughout the day. Although the Konefal method does not let us completely skip the middle of the night heifer checks, this strategy should help us save more calves that need help at delivery and shortly thereaſter. While this method may save just one extra calf and not only make a difference in your boom line, it might also let you get a lile more (relaxing) sleep.
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January 2020
Visit us at countrysidefeed.com and ‘Like’ us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/CountrysideFeed
101 Santa Fe Street Hillsboro, Kansas 67063
Phone: 620-947-3111 Fax: 620-947-5671
Toll Free: 877-207-6257 Monday-Friday 8:00-5:30
Contact our sales and service staff:
Bill Fish 620-382-4401 Frank Morey 620-382-5463 Dean Becker 785-294-0415 Ray Halbert 785-294-0412 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bill Toews 620-382-6173 Greg Thompson 620-382-5464 Kevin Lueger 785-294-0408 Steve Hoefer 402-239-1749 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kyle Cederberg 620-382-6284 Tara Ellerman 913-370-2556 [email protected] [email protected]
Our mission is to provide excellence in feed and its services to you in an efficient and competitive manner.
Time To Begin Early-Evening Feeding of Spring Calving Cows
1972 State Highway 187 Seneca, Kansas 66538
Phone: 785-336-6777 Fax: 620-947-5671
Toll Free: 866-268-6777 Monday-Friday 7:00-4:00
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University
Studies show that when you feed your cows can go a long ways in determining when they have their calves.
December is time for a reminder to change the feeding schedule for part, if not all, of the spring-calving herd. It’s generally accepted that adequate supervision at calving has a significant impact on reducing calf mortality. Saving every calf is always important to the bottom line, but takes on additional urgency when profit margins are narrow. On most ranching operations, supervision of the first calf heifers will be best accomplished in daylight hours and the poorest observation takes place in the middle of the night. The easiest and most practical method of inhibiting nighttime calving is by feeding cows at night; the physiological mechanism is unknown, but some hormonal effect may be involved. Rumen motility studies
indicate the frequency of rumen contrac-tions falls a few hours before parturition. Intraruminal pressure begins to fall in the last 2 weeks of gestation, with a more rapid decline during calving. It has been suggested that night feeding caused intraruminal pressures to rise at night and decline in the daylight. The concept is called the Konefal method, named after Canadian rancher Gus Konefal. In a study of 104 cows fed at 8:00 am and again at 3:00 pm, 38.4% delivered calves during the day, whereas 79.5% of a group fed at 11:00 am and 9:00 pm actually calved during daylight hours. In a more convincing study, 1331 cows on 15 farms in Iowa were fed once daily at dusk and 85% of the calves were born between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm. Kansas State University scientists recorded data on five consecutive years in a herd of spring calving crossbred cows. They recorded the time of calving to within the nearest one-half hour. Births that could not be estimated within an hour of occurrence were excluded. Cows were fed forage sorghum hay daily between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. For statistical purposes, the day was divided into four-hour periods. Between 6:00 and 10:00 am, 34.23% of the calves were born; Between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, 21.23% of the calves were born; Between 2:00 and 6:00 pm, 29.83% of the calves were born; Between 6:00 and 10:00 pm, 8.41% of the
calves were born; Between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am, 4.4% of the calves were born; Between 2:00 am and 6:00 am, 1.91% of the calves were born. It is interesting to note that 85.28% of the calves were born between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm. This is very similar to Iowa data when cows were fed at dusk. Feeding the forage in the early evening hours undoubtedly influenced the percentage of cows calving in daylight hours. In another study, with cows that had round-the-clock access to big round bales, but the supplement was fed at dusk, 70% of the calves came in daylight hours. Some producers choose to put the big bales of hay inside a fenced pasture or lot. The gate to the hay area is opened in the evening to allow cows access to the hay bale(s), then the cows are herded out of the haying area to another pasture the following morning to graze throughout the day. Although the Konefal method does not let us completely skip the middle of the night heifer checks, this strategy should help us save more calves that need help at delivery and shortly thereafter. While this method may save just one extra calf and not only make a difference in your bottom line, it might also let you get a little more (relaxing) sleep.
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January Anniversaries Greg Thompson—23 years
Linus Lierz—17 years
Kevin Luger—17 years
Bill Fish—15 years
Daniel Hasenkamp—10 years
Wayne Kramer—4 years
Lenny Burdick—1 year
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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
A man was putting up a knotty pine
wall in the living room. His young
son was curious.
“What are those holes for?” he
asked.
“They’re knotholes,” replied the father.
“If they’re not holes,” the boy asked puzzled, “then what
are they?”
“Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.” Herbert Henry Asquith
Kansas Dirt Cake
Ingredients
1 large package oreo cookies-crushed 1 stick butter, softened 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla 3 cups milk 2 small pkg instant vanilla (or chocolate) pudding 12 oz cool whip
Directions
1. In a 9x13in pan, spread 1/2 of the crushed oreos. Set aside. 2. Mix together the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Set aside. 3. In a separate bowl, whisk milk and pudding. Then mix in Cool Whip. 4. Take cream cheese mixture that you set aside and pour in the pudding mixture and mix together. 5. Pour this mixture on top of the oreos in the pan you set aside. 6. Take the other half of the oreos and spread on top of pudding mixture. Set flat in fridge for two hours or until set. Recipe courtesy Michele Spring
January 29 is Kansas Day! Kansas was admitted to the United States as a free state on
January 29, 1861, making it the 34th state to enter the Union. Fun Facts about the State of Kansas > In 1803, the United States purchased Kansas from France in the Louisiana Purchase. > Dodge City is the windiest city in the United States, with an average wind speed of 14 miles per hour. > Handel’s Messiah has been presented in Lindsborg each Easter since 1889. > William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland invented the helicopter in 1909. > Every type of prairie habitat can be found in Kansas. In honor of the 159th birthday of our state, enjoy a Kansas Dirt Cake.
Happy Birthday , Kansas!
Doug Bartel retirement
December 20, 2019 marked the final day at Countryside Feed in Hillsboro for Doug Bartel. Doug started at Countryside on October 1, 2012. Doug took feed orders, helped at the front counter, and did a multitude of other office duties. We wish him well and hope he enjoys many relaxing years of retirement. Thank you, Doug!
Countryside Feed would like to wish all
our friends and customers a Happy New
Year! May 2020 be a year filled with
good weather, great markets, and be
prosperous for everyone in the
agriculture industry. We appreciate your
patronage and look forward to serving
all your livestock needs in 2020!
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