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The Midwest Cattleman · February 3, 2022 · P20
Red Hot and No Bother

By Rudy Pooch for the Red Angus Magazine

Summertime can be a vere cases of heat stress for thanks to
vile season for cattlemen in cattle resulting in reduced the power
southern states. Producers intake and gains. Simultane- of Red
must manage hot tempera- ously, producers must man- Angus ge-
tures and high humidity. age fescue endophyte. Fes- netics .
These factors can cause se- cue serves as a large portion “They work
of the grazing forage really well
that many producers for the type
throughout southern of environ-
states have avail- ment we
able. In northwest have,” said Laura Wilburn. show goats. “We are unique
Arkansas, along the Robert and Laura Wil- because we are diverse. The
southern edge of the burn, along with their chil- Red Angus genetics add to
Ozark Mountains, dren Katie and Hunter, are that,” mentioned Laura.
the topsoil is shal- the first and-second genera- Why Red Angus
low and rocky. All of tions of Rolling Hills Farms. The Red Angus breed has
these added stress- Robert and his father ran a helped turned the Wilburn
ors can leave produc- commercial cow-calf oper- family lifestyle into a more
ers with second-rate ation until he and his wife efficient endeavor. More re-
cattle performance in Laura purchased their first sults with less input. Before
the summer months parcel of land in 2013. A few the inclusion of Red Angus
if not managed prop- years later, they had the op- genetics, “I started with
erly. portunity to purchase ad-
Rolling Hills ditional land with a breed- some regular old cattle from
Farms of Boone er hen operation included. the sale barn of every color,
County, Arkansas, Another breeder hen house not knowing exactly what
breeds they were made up
has found a leg up on was added two years later
their environment’s and is now housing its third
tough conditions flock. They also raise a few continued on page 25

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