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ALL IN THE FAMILY
Docility & continued from page 23
five females. Ellie Bowman sary on July 21. They've ex-
Proven Performance and Golden Image Cattle, the perienced much with raising
Martin Family, showed the four children, surviving can-
3rd place overall Gelbvieh cer, enduring the high inter-
female. Ellie also had the Re- est rates of the 80s, managing
serve Cow/Calf pair with an heart disease, and suffering
Overtime daughter. Lincoln through Covid and drought.
Martin had a Reserve Divi- They made it as beef produc-
sion with an Overtime grand- ers. Their kids are making it
daughter. as beef producers. And the
“The Martins along with grandchildren are well on
Cleland Cattle Company pur- their way.
chased Overtime in our 2017 “We keep plugging on to
production sale,” Kelly said. make the next generation of
“An Overtime female, as well cattle better,” Kelly said. “Our
as the two bull calves out of customer base keeps growing
Overtime daughters will be and we'll have even more real-
on display when we host the ly good bulls for sale next year.
first stop on the Kansas Gelb- And there is such a demand
vieh tour August 13th.” for those Balancer females,
Kelly sees accomplish- we'll maybe expand that.”
ments in the ring as testing As for the kids, “We'll give
ground for structural correct- them every opportunity to
ness in their genetics. come back to the ranch,” Kelly
“Sound structured cattle said. “Raising cattle is a great
will last longer in the real lifestyle, even if the living isn't
world and bad structured always the easiest. There's no
cattle don't win classes,” he place else we'd rather have
Our focus and dedication starts with docility and ends said. “Body types that we like our kids living. Here they see
with performance. We offer Purebred Gelbvieh and are also easy to look at. And God's creation. We're an hour
Balancer bulls and heifers private treaty year-round. some contests highlight per- from McDonald's or a mall.
®
formance as well, like the pen And that's perfectly fine with
We continue to do our homework in our breeding of three and five classes that us.”
program, so you can buy with confidence. show weight per day of age.” Reid, the cattleman, doesn't
No matter how great the seem to mind the distance
cattle are or how much they either, especially when he's
win; no matter how famous throwing a rope or selling a
they get or how far they trav- $12,000 bull.
el, it still comes back to the
people. Founders of the cattle
operation, Roger and Norma
celebrated their 51st Anniver-

BEEF CALF possible, consider these prac-
continued from page 17 tices for your calves 60 to
daily during the weaning 90 days ahead of weaning.
phase to evaluate health sta- Prevention of parasite loads
tus and dry matter feed in- before weaning will likely
• Fall & Spring-Born Bulls & Heifers take. improve the calf’s immune

• Red & Black Purebreds & Balancers Avoid other stressful pro- response, and deworming
and implanting will each
• Bulls Carry First Breeding Season Guarantees cessing tasks like castration give a boost to post-weaning
and dehorning at vaccination
• Photos & Videos Available time. Castration is always growth.
Minimizing stress before,
less stressful when done ear-
lier in life. Horned calves are during and after weaning
For more information on our cattle and availability, less common today with the will help ensure precondi-
tioning management that
give Kevin a call at (660) 635-1433. use of polled bulls in the in- will generate added health
dustry but when dehorning is
necessary, it should be done a and value to your calf crop
minimum of two weeks ahead through all production
of weaning to avoid stacking phases.
Red Ridge gelbvieh stressful events and provide MSU
Kevin & Staci Ireland adequate time for healing be-
237 SW 30th Ave. • Trenton, MO 64683 fore vaccinations.
Deworming and implant-
Cell (660) 635-1433 • ksi1987@grundyec.net ing are often added at wean-
ing time. Again, whenever

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