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YEAR-ROUND
ence with the Kansas Depart- would be mated with mater- continued from page 19
ment of Agriculture and the nal bulls. From this mating, erything and five or six groups
Kansas State University Ani- only heifers would be re- of cattle making it hard to do
mal Sciences Communications tained. The other half of the the rotational grazing.”
Team will make her a valuable females would be mated with Now, females are synchro-
asset.” terminal sires to produce nized for artificial insemina-
More than 400 beef produc- feeder calves. tion and clean-up bulls are
ers, academia and industry In reference to the orig- turned in. Yearling heifers; “The grandkids, Mallory 10,
representatives attended the inal question: There’s no
organization’s 53rd Annual Re- one-size-fits-all answer. Pro- two- and three-year-old cows, and Rief, 7, spend a week or
and four-year-olds and older two on the farm during the
search Symposium and Con- duction practices are based
vention in Des Moines, Iowa, on what works for each in- are kept in separate groups summer. We gave them each
for a 60-day breeding season. a heifer to grow out and now
and another 250 registered to dividual producer and vary
participate online. BIF’s mis- across the industry. Selection Once the bulls are pulled, the they’ve calved. Our numbers
cows are put together.
sion is to help improve the in- for end-product traits is im- “It’s working well for us,” include theirs!”
dustry by promoting greater portant for beef consumers, said Corman. “Cows maintain Females are marketed
acceptance of beef cattle per- but producers have to find a through the spring “Renais-
formance evaluation. balance to make the cow-calf good flesh on stockpiled fes- sance” sale held each year
cue and they breed back. We in April and the “Autumn in
For more information about sector sustainable while sat-
this year’s symposium, includ- isfying consumer preferences. don’t have near as many open the Ozarks” sale, both held at
cows.”
ing additional award winners For more information about Strafford, Mo. Corman proud-
and coverage of symposium this year’s Symposium and The Mechanics of it All ly admits he’s consigned to
and an archive of the presen- the Beef Improvement Fed- The Corman grazing sys- every one of the sales over
tations, visit BIFSymposium. eration, including additional tem is surrounded by a perim- the past 29 and 28 years, re-
com. presentations and award win- eter fence consisting of four spectively - essentially since
The 2022 BIF Convention ners, visit BIFSymposium. barbed wires with a high-ten- the sales began. A marketing
and Research Symposium will com. sile electric wire in the middle. highlight was the opportunity
be June 1-4 in Las Cruces, New BIF Paddocks are created with a to participate in the 2014 Na-
Mexico. single high-tensile wire. tional Charolais sale held in
Cattle are moved over 30 Kansas City. His “pick of the
paddocks, ranging in size from herd” offering netted $8,500
two to 11 acres, on a daily along with added recognition
basis. While the average pad- for the Corman program.
dock size is five acres, some of “We’ve concentrated on de-
the bigger paddocks are split veloping good female genet-
as needed with poly wire. Poly ics in our herd,” said Corman.
wire and step-in posts are “We’ve selected for polled,
used for strip grazing in the easy calving cattle with a
winter. good disposition and now we
Five smaller bull pens are have what we feel are gentle,
reserved for growing and de- easy fleshing, productive cat-
veloping bulls offered for sale tle that calve every year.”
private treaty. “Charolais have been good
Proudly noting that he to us,” Corman added. “We’ve
has kept a closed herd with spent so much time devel-
replacement females raised oping them, I just like them.
on the farm, Corman said, “I They’ve adapted well to our
want to grow numbers inter- climate and are heat and cold
Wooden Cross Cross
Wooden nally. I have one female I can tolerant.”
Marketing bulls off the
... the cattle trace back to 20 generations farm also works well for the
... the cattle business ...business ...
of our breeding. A lot of our
Cattle Company
Cattle Company cattle are 13-14 generations Corman program.
“Charolais bulls produce a
Charolais Bulls For Sale Private Treaty of Corman bloodlines.” uniform calf no matter what
He and Connie, a retired
➢ Both Yearling and two year old bulls available school teacher, enjoy help they’re used on and the calves
➢ Moderate, easy doing and powerful from their two daughters and grow,” said Corman. “Our buy-

➢ Calving ease on all sire groups two grandchildren. Sara is Di- ers recognize that.”

➢ Longevity rector of Marketing for Pen- Likewise, the Cormans

➢ Closed herd providing more consistency of favorable trait reproduction mac Staffing in Springfield; have realized the value of the

➢ Raised rough to be tough in a ranch environment and Danielle, a physical ther- Charolais breed to their live-

➢ Large number to choose from lihood.

➢ All bulls are registered with full performance and EPD data apy assistant at Cox Medical “We’ve stuck with Charo-

Center in Branson, is married
➢ All bulls are reasonably priced lais through the years,” he
to Josh Boehm, a Battalion
Please visit our website for photos and more information or call anytime! Chief with Branson Fire and said. “We’ve been faithful to
www.woodencrosscattleco.com Rescue. them and we’ve been reward-
ed for it.”
“The girls help out and Josh
Contact Merle Schlehuber 620-381-1712 is here once or twice a year to
or Chase Gann 620-877-7237 assist with herd work in the
spring and fall,” said Corman.