nacaa 2009 pre am/pic animal science seminar & tour
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Presentation prepared by Stephen Komar & Bob Mickel (NJ) and Martha Thomas (FL)TRANSCRIPT
NACAA 2009 PRE AM/PIC ANIMAL SCIENCE SEMINAR AND TOURPresentation prepared by Stephen Komar & Bob Mickel (NJ) and
Martha Thomas (FL)
PARTICIPANTS• 26 agents and guests• 14 states represented
– NJ– NY– MD– GA– PA– FLA – MO– WY– KS– KY– NC– ND– OK– Oh yeah, and Oregon !
Tour Route
PerforMix Nutrition SystemNampa, Idaho
PerforMix Nutrition SystemNampa, Idaho
• Liquid supplement plant• 40 years• Domestic and world wide distribution• 300,000 Kobe beef annually• 1,200 employees
PerforMix Nutrition SystemNampa, Idaho
Back in the Bus
Harrell Hereford Ranch and Mackenzie Quarter Horses
Baker City, OR
Harrell Hereford Ranch and Mackenzie Quarter Horses
Baker City, OR• 10,000 acres• 300 Horned Herefords• 400 commercial cattle• 50 Quarter Horses• 800 head feedlot• 2009 BIF Seedstock Producer• Founding ranch, Country Natural Beef
Harrell Hereford Ranch and Mackenzie Quarter Horses
Baker City, OR
Thomas Angus RanchBaker City, OR
• 1,000 Angus• Partner with Harrell
– Northwest Premium Genetic Alliance• Intensive irrigation management• 1997 BIF Seedstock Producer
Thomas Angus RanchBaker City, OR
Oregon State University Eastern Oregon Research Center
• Oldest in OR (1901)• Grazing diversity impacts on raptors• Various experiments on beef cattle
Starkey Experimental Forest
• Largest research enclosure• 25,000 acres fenced• Interaction between elk, deer, cattle,
logging and recreational use• Marty Vaura made presentation
Gilstrap Brothers Winery
Gilstrap Brothers Winery
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Lorenzen RanchesPendleton, OR
• 2008 Red Angus Breeder of the year• 30,000 acres• Beef Northwest
Thank You ! Morrow County Livestock Growers and 4-H
Threemile Canyon FarmsBoardman, OR
• Ron D. Ouffott• 90,000 acres• 30,000 irrigated• 16,000 dairy cows• Beef Northwest feedlots
Threemile Canyon FarmsBoardman, OR
Multnomah Falls
Thank You!
• Randy Mills• Cory Parsons• Tour Sponsors
– PerforMix– Farm Credit services– Umatilla Cattlemen’s Assn.– Owyhee Cattlemen’s Assn.– Thomas Angus Ranch– Morrow County Livestock Producer’s– Oregon Extension