TEXAS SIMMENTAL/SIMBRAH

N E W S

602 FM 1652Grand Saline, Texas 75140

(405) 780-0372txsim@aol.com

www.texassimmentalsimbrah.com

BOARD MEMBERSGreg Burden. president

Casey Buzzard, vice-presidentDavid Grimes, treasurer

Diane Jolly, secretary/reporter

Louis LangfordWebb Fields

Joe SealeReese Hagan

Jered ShipmanDr. Marty Tanner

Brian Franks

Simmental and Simbrah breeders headed to Houston The Simmental and

Simbrah breeds will be ondisplay at the HoustonLivestock Show andRodeo™ (HLSR) on Feb.27th and 28th.

The International Sim-mental show will be held

Tuesday afternoon, Feb.27th at 3:30 p.m., followedby the International Sim-mental/Simbrah Sale, host-ed by the Texas Simmen-tal/Simbrah Association.Then, at 8 a.m. on Feb. 28ththe International Simbrah

Show will be held. MattClaeys from West Lafa-yette, Indiana will serve asjudge for both shows.

For more informationon the sale, contact RoySchwake at schwakecattle@aol.com or 214/542-8162.

The sale will also be carriedon DVAuction.com.

The junior Simmentalshow will be March 9th, fol-lowed by the juniorSimbrah show on March11th.

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Smith elected asASA Chairman

Tim Smith

Tim Smith of Giddings,Texas, has been elected bythe American SimmentalAssociation (ASA) Boardof Trustees to serve aschairman of the associationfor 2018. He was formallyseated during ASA’s 50thAnnual Meeting Jan. 13thin Denver.

As owner/operator ofSmith Genetics, Smith hasbeen affiliated with Sim-mental and Simbrah cattlefor more than 35 years. Hisoperation includes 300Simmental, Simbrah andSimAngus females. Inaddition, Smith operates acustom artificial insemina-tion and embryo transfercenter. Smith has built hisprogram on strong cowfamilies lines and utilizesperformance testing in hisherd. The cattle operationparticipates in the ASA’sTotal Herd Enrollment(THE) program, as well asutilizing EPD data as partof their management plan.Smith Genetics shows cat-tle on a state and nationallevel and he is an advocateof the show ring and juniorprograms.

His involvement withSimGenetics started in1980 after completing aMaster of Science in Ru-minant Nutrition from theUniversity of Kentucky

and he has spent his life-time building his programand promoting SimGene-tics.

Smith co-founded theS i m m e n t a l - S i m b r a hSuperbowl, an event thathas awarded more than$750,00 in prizes, moniesand scholarships to juniorSimGenetic exhibitorsover the past 25 years. Healso hosts and coordinatesthe Simbrah Synergy,which features a sale withgenetics from some of themost progressive Simbrahbreeders, as well as a juniorshow that awards $15,000in prizes and monies, plusthe event includes leader-ship contests for juniors. InMay, Smith Genetics hostsa weekend junior leader-ship and cattle exhibitingcamp to assist juniors inshowing and building theirbreeding programs.

Smith has served on theASA Board of Trusteessince 2012 and has servedas treasurer on the ASAExecutive Board. He is aformer chairman of theASA Simbrah AdvisoryCommittee and has spear-headed several promotion-al events, fund raisingefforts and promotionalcampaigns for the Simbrahbreed. He is involved inmany facets of the beefindustry including an activemember of the Texas Sim-mental/Simbrah Associa-tion, the Texas Southwest-ern Cattle Raisers Asso-ciation, Independent Cat-tlemen’s Association, andTexas Farm Bureau.

Smith is joined in own-ership of the cattle pro-gram by Joel Isgrig and hisdaughter, Haley Smith.

Fred Schuetze, Gran-

TSSA website is going mobileThe new TSSA website is online. Some pages are

still being updated with information, but the new sitewill allow membership and event payments online inthe future. If you want to help or have suggestions withthe website content please contact Diane Jolly atdiane@simbrah.com. If you have news to share send toDiane, also.

Victoria Award Program honors Southern Jewel CattleSouthern Jewel Cattle,

Victoria, a Simmen-taloperation, was selected forthe 2017 Best of VictoriaAward in the livestockbreeder category by theVictoria Award Pro-gram.

Each year, the VictoriaAward Program identifiescompanies that haveachieved exceptional mar-

keting success in their localcommunity and businesscategory. These are localcompanies that enhancethe positive image of smallbusiness through service totheir customers and ourcommunity. These excep-tional companies helpmake the Victoria area agreat place to live, work

and play.Various sources of infor-

mation were gathered andanalyzed to choose the win-ners in each category. The2017 Victoria AwardProgram focuses on quali-ty, not quantity. Winnersare determined based onthe information gatheredboth internally by the

Victoria Award Programand data provided by thirdparties.

The program is ownedby the Shannon Payne andCasey Buzzard familiesand Buzzard currentlyserves at the vice presidentof the Texas Simmental/Simbrah Association.

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AJSA Foundation receives strong supportThe 2018 Circle M

Farms, Texas, AmericanJunior Simmental Asso-ciation Foundation Dona-

tion Heifer raised a total of$31,000 in support of thesilver and gold meritawards. A consortium of

breeders each contributed$1,000 to purchase theheifer and then donatedthe heifer back for auction

a second time whereDiamond C, Ronnie andSusan Smith of Denton,

Alyssa Bowen exhibited the FortWorth Junior Show Grand Cham-pion Simmental heifer.

Brionna Warren exhibited theFort Worth Junior Show ReserveGrand Champion Simmentalheifer.

Mackenzie Groce exhibited theFort Worth Junior Show GrandChampion Simbrah heifer.

Jake Williams exhibited the FortWorth Junior Show ReserveGrand Champion Simbrah heifer.

Junior champions named at the Fort Worth Livestock ShowJunior Simmental and

Simbrah exhibitors com-peted for honors underjudge Kyle Perez on Jan.

22nd at the Fort WorthLivestock Show, FortWorth, Texas. Editor’sNote: no information onpedigree of heifers or evennames of heifers were pro-vided or available from theshow. Information includ-ed on heifers here was pro-vided by breeders orexhibitors.

SimmentalCalf Champion exhibit-

ed by Kailey McInvale,Lockney, Texas. FosterBros. bred heifer.

Reserve Calf Championexhibited by Avery Hunt,Longview, Texas.

Junior Champion exhi-

bited by Ethan Wood, Joa-quin, Texas. Hagan CattleCo. bred heifer.

Reserve Junior Cham-pion exhibited by AllieRaye Jordan, Comfort,Texas. Circle M Farms bredheifer.

Senior Champion andGrand Champion exhibit-ed by Alyssa Bowen,Fresno, Texas. SouthernJewel Cattle bred heifer.

Reserve Senior Cham-pion and Reserve GrandChampion exhibited byBrionna Warren, CollegeStation, Texas with a Swan-son Cattle Co. bred heifer.

Showmanship: KaileyMcInvale

SimbrahCalf Champion exhibit-

ed by Miranda Skaggs,Bryan, Texas. Hagan CattleCo. bred heifer.

Reserve Calf Championexhibited by ConnerNeumann, Bellville, Texas.Neumann Cattle Co. bredheifer.

Junior Champion andReserve Grand Championexhibited by Jake Williams,

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Texas, purchased theheifer.

Thank you to the fol-lowing breeders who con-tributed and supported theyouth merit award schol-arships: Hidden Oaks,Owen Brothers, ComfortRanch, Red River Farms,Eberspacher ENT Inc.,Hilbrands Cattle CO, LoneTree Simmental, JS Sim-mentals, RS&T Simmen-tals, Shipwreck Cattle Co,Jones Show Cattle, BuckCreek Cattle, WaywardHills Farms, EichackerSimmental, Top HatSimmental, Glacier CattleCO, Bar Q Simmentals,Sublette Cattle CO, ShoalCreek Cattle, SilvertownFarms and Diamond C.

The Trans Ova GeneticsSim Magic on Ice Donationto the fund was purchasedby Werning Cattle Co,South Dakota. Thank youfor your contributions andsupport of the youth meritaward scholarships.

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Dayton, Texas. La Munecaand Boening bred heifer.

Reserve Junior Cham-pion exhibited by ZacharyMills, DeKalb, Texas.Smith Genetics and MillsFamily bred heifer.

Senior Champion andGrand Champion exhibit-ed by Mackenzie Groce,Snook, Texas. La Munecaand Boening bred heifer.

Reserve Senior Cham-pion exhibited by CalebFuchs, Burton, Texas. Kne-zek Simmental/Simbrahbred heifer.

Showmanship: ZacharyMills.

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Feb.12-San Antonio Open Simmental Show, NationalSimbrah and National Simbrah Percentage Show,San Antonio Livestock Show, San Antonio, Texas

Feb.14-Simmental-Simbrah Superbowl, San Antonio,Texas

Feb. 14-San Antonio All Breed Bull and CommercialFemale Sale, San Antonio, Texas

Feb.15-16-San Antonio Junior Breeding Heifer Shows,San Antonio, Texas

Feb. 17-20-LMC GenePLUS XXI Online saleFeb. 17-7P Ranch 24th Annual Spring Bull Sale, Tyler,

TexasFeb. 27-International Simmental Show, Houston, TexasFeb. 27-TSSA International Sale, Houston, TexasFeb. 28-International Simbrah Show, Houston Livestock

Show, Houston, TexasFeb. 28-Houston Livestock Show Commercial Female &

Registered Range Bull Sale, Houston, Texas

Mar. 9-Houston Livestock Show Junior SimmentalHeifer Show, Houston, Texas

Mar. 11-Houston Livestock Show Junior Simbrah HeiferShow, Houston, Texas

Mar. 8-18-Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show, Mercedes,Texas

Mar. 22-24-Star of Texas Junior Breeding Heifer Shows,Austin, Texas

Mar. 23-La Muneca Cattle Co. Jackpot, Linn, TexasMar. 24-La Muneca Cattle Co. $ellabration, Linn, TexasApril 2-4-Alamo Online Simbrah SaleJune 7-10-TJSSA Futurity, Bryan, TexasJune 20-23-American Junior Simbrah Roundup,

Crescent, TexasJune 23-26-LMC GenePLUSXIII Online SaleAugust 25-28-LMC GenePLUX XXIV Online SaleSept. 21-23-Simbrah Synergy XI, Giddings, Texas

bury, Texas was also seatedat the meeting as a memberof the ASA Board ofTrustees. He was re-electedto a second term. JohnGriswold, Stillwater, Okla-homa, was also seated forhis first term on the board.Griswold and Schuetze willrepresent the south-centralregion.

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When and how to prepare a balance sheetBy Dan Childs, Noble Research Institute

senior agricultural economist

The balance sheet is adocument that lists thevalue of all assets owned

and all liabilities owed byan entity at a particularpoint in time. It is alsoreferred to as a financialstatement, a statement ofequity and a net worthstatement. Preparing a bal-ance sheet is a standardoperating procedure formany businesses, includingfarms and ranches. It canalso be useful for an indi-vidual or family who gets inthe habit of preparing it on

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a regular basis. It is the best way to

determine if an entity isfinancially progressingover time. Other financialdocuments can reveal howmuch revenue was receivedand how much was paid outfor expenses, which is rele-vant and beneficial toknow, but those documentswill not reveal how much ofany excess revenue wasretained and added to anasset whether it be a bankaccount or physical asset.

When to prepare

The interval an entitychooses to prepare a cur-rent balance sheet willdepend on amount of vari-ation in revenue andexpense flow, the volatilityof asset values, and the sizeof the entity. Intervals canbe as short as one monthand as long as one year orquarterly or semi-annually.Many farmers and rancherschoose to complete a bal-ance sheet annually. Thereis no right or wrong time ofthe year to prepare one.

Often, the balance sheetis prepared after farm pro-duction has been sold orwhen the inventory is the

lowest, allowing for lessuncertainty regarding thevalue of calves, grain orhay. However, it is impor-tant that the financial state-ment be prepared close tothe same date each year.This provides for the bestopportunity to comparechange over time, which isone of the greatest valuesthe document can provide.Just as a series of schoolphotographs of a childstarting in kindergartenand progressing through12th grade can reveal thechild's physical changeover that time, so can theseries of balance sheets

prepared near the sametime each year reveal thefarm or ranch business'sfinancial change over time.

If a farmer or rancherdepends on their tax returnrather than a balance sheetto inform them of how thebusiness progressed finan-cially during the reportingperiod, it is very likely thatduring certain difficultyears the true facts may bedelayed too long for theowner to make prudentmanagement decisions tosurvive the difficult times.

How to prepareThere are two ways to

prepare a balance sheet: a

market basis approach anda cost basis. There are prosand cons to each approach.If a farming businessemploys the services of acertified public accountant(CPA), they will often usethe cost basis, whichincludes all assets beingvalued at their cost with adeduction for accumulateddepreciation. An accruedtax obligation is also usual-ly included in the liabilitiessection before calculatingequity or net worth. Networth is calculated as thedifference between totalassets and total liabilities.

Many sole proprietor

operations prepare balancesheets based on market val-ues. Asset values are listedbased on an estimate oftheir market value. This isgenerally not a problem forfinancial assets such aschecking, savings or invest-ment accounts. However, itcan create a challenge forassets where market valuesare difficult to assess.Oftentimes, an estimate ofincome tax owed is omit-ted, which would be a lia-bility since tax basis inmany assets is less thantheir market value.

Net worthAt the completion of a

balance sheet, what manyare interested in is the networth. How has it changedsince the last prepared bal-ance sheet? There are twoprimary ways that networth can change. One isthrough retained earningsor profit that stays in thebusiness. The other is bychanging the value of theassets, commonly referredto as valuation equity.Many times there is justifi-cation for changing an assetvalue. The pitfall to becareful of is when net worthincreases less than the assetrevaluation.

In conclusion, addition-al information can beobtained from a balancesheet through the calcula-tion of various financialratios. Just as a medicaldoctor focuses on certainmetrics revealed in a well-ness exam to determineone's physical health, anowner can determine thefinancial health of the farmbusiness based on financialratios calculated from anaccurate balance sheet.One of the more popularfinancial ratios is the debt-to-asset ratio. This ratioreveals the amount of debtcompared to the value ofall assets. When this ratioexceeds .50 or 50 percent, itbecomes a concern. Just asa doctor can divert a poten-tially serious illness by not-ing the red flags from awellness exam such is thecase by noting financialratios calculated from abalance sheet. Without awellness exam, the red flagsare not revealed; without abalance sheet, no red flagscan be noted for the farmbusiness. For more in-depth information, pleasecall a Noble ResearchInstitute agricultural eco-nomics consultant or visitthe Farm Financial Stan-dards Council or theCenter for Farm FinancialManagement at cffm.umn.edu/publications/FarmMgtTopics.aspx.

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