NACAA 2009 PRE AM/PIC Animal Science Seminar & Tour

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