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Agricultureranch farm Fifty years ago when you selected a bull you looked for a pretty bull. If he had won his class at the state fair or a major live- stock show you would brag about your new bull. You chose your bull by his looks instead of his Expected Progeny Differ- ences (EPDs). Tehama Angus Ranch when they ultra-sounded the bulls for their carcass traits. The other day I was at 50 years of advancements & Bill Borror told me that "in 1996, the breeders started a sire evaluation program for carcass traits using ultrasound. "Prior to that time indi- vidual breeders had been using independent ultra- sound evaluators. The result was there was no consistency in procedures in analysis so that herds could not be compared with each other. Courtesy photo Ultrasounding the sale bulls at Tehama Angus Ranch. Willie getting the bulls up the chute, Linda blowing off the dust, Bryce recording weight and vaccinating, Brett was ultrasounding each animal on rib and loin. "In 1996, the American Angus Association devel- oped a program whereby technicians were certified and all ultrasound records were processed by a cen- tral laboratory located at Iowa State University. "The end result by eval- uating both heifers and bulls at approximately one year of age we can come up with fairly accurate pre- dictions of the animals ability to transmit carcass traits. "Before this technology we were dependent upon actual car- cass measure- ments by har- vested-slaugh- tered cattle. It was a very time consuming e xpensi v e process and not beneficial in evaluating cattle in any numbers. and muscular shots should be applied in the neck instead of in the rump, round or loin where the more expensive cuts of beef are located compared to the neck. Jean "The end results after four generations of ultra- sound evaluation, they have seen the identifiable carcass quality increase in purebred livestock. "Tehama Angus Ranch started ultrasounding cattle in 1993, 19 years, to increase carcass quality with more marbling, ade- quate rib eye and less external fat. "Bill Borror said the most important reason to do this program (ultra sound for carcass quality) is to get rid of the bottom end and save the top." At TAR the bottom end is sold as part of the Tehama Angus Beef pro- gram that is sold at Farm- ers Market and at the ranch. Barton Linda used a large blow dryer to blow off the dust, and Willie Escalante moved the bulls up the chute and used a curry comb to remove the large clumps of dirt. Kevin was at the mountain ranch because the fall calving cows are calv- ing, and each calf needs to be identified by birthdate, and the identification number of the dam (mother) on an eartag. The birth weight is recorded. The newborn calves will also get vac- cinations for was directed to Mt Lassen and there was a large pyrocumulus cloud build- ing up and television said it was 250 acres burning. Fire had started at 11:37 a.m. Every hour during the afternoon I took pictures from the back porch as the cloud got larger, and the fire kept doubling in size. By sundown they said it was 5,000 acres, and 7,000 acres at 11:30 p.m. At 3 p.m. my attention Another scene that caught my attention was at Vista Point on Hwy. 36 when the flames shot high and the fire truck with yel- low clad men moved away. Overhead helicopters were dropping water on the fire. *** Friday morning, the 24th, the fire was 28,098 acres in less than a week and now 2,436 fire person- nel with base camp at Tehama District Fair- ground. clostridial diseases with tetanus, and Bose (seleni- um for calves). Each bull in the sale cat- alog will list the Carcass, Maternal, Production and $ Value Indexes. EPD, expressed in pounds , as a predictor of the dif- ferences in hot carcass weight of a sire‚s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. The Carcass Weight expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling score of a sire‚s progeny compared to prog- eny of other sires. The Ribeye Area EPD, The Marbling EPD, learn Twitter in order to catch the breaking news. The site cdfdata.fire.ca, gov/incidents was good for the reports, but you knew something was happening when you saw pyrocumu- lus clouds again on Sunday afternoon, and Tuesday afternoon. Monday was so smoky you couldn't see the foothills with visibility of 2.5 miles. I am going to have to Manton, Shingletown and Mineral made national television news on Good Morning America and the Today show that I saw, plus seeing the KRCA Channel 3 (Sacramento) news truck in Red Bluff. One video showed the flames in the pine trees and you could hear the sound of the fire as it exploded nearby. Don‚t forget to buy your presale tickets, $15 for the 3rd annual Beef 'n Brew at The Loft, The Gold Exchange, Plum Crazy or brownpapertickets.com. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton2013@gmail.com. Saturday, August 25, 2012 – Daily News 5A Brett Setter, Setter Angus and Ultrasound, Palo Cedro was the techni- cian. He applied soybean oil to the rib and loin area, and then ultrasounded the two areas. The images were recorded on a com- puter and are read by CUP lab at Iowa State Universi- ty. McCluskey operated the hydraulic chute, recorded the weight, and gave each bull a shot of live Anaplas- mosis vaccine in the neck. The California Beef Quali- ty Assurance program has shown that intramuscular Bryce Borror or Mike Over 25 years of experience The North State's premier supplier of stoves STOVE JUNCTION It's HOT now! But don't get left out in the 5A>6! 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