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Details set for Frasier Farms' River Bend Ranch beef tourColorado Joe and Cindy Frasier, Frasier Farms-River Bend Ranch are inviting beef producers, educators, industry representatives and others to their ranch near Limon, Colo., for a tour on August 16, 2007 beginning with a lunch at 11:30 a.m., at the River Bend Ranch Headquarters, located east of Limon, Colo., off I-70 at Exit 354 then .75 miles west. Lunch is generously sponsored by Red Angus Association of America. The program will conclude around 3:30 p.m. During the tour, participants will get a first hand look at how River Bend Ranch uses a Synchronized Artificial Insemination Breeding Program in their summer calving program. The day of the tour is the mass-insemination day for cows on an estrous synchronization protocol coordinated by Frank Carlson from ABS Global, Inc. This protocol also employs short-term calf removal to enhance pregnancy rates. The Frasiers are using Red Angus sires as part of progeny test evaluations for the Red Angus Association of America. Participants will also see first-hand how the use of RFID tags for record-keeping has been integrated with mating choices, breeding and calving records and marketing opportunities for Source and Age Verification through U.S. Premium Beef. River Bend Ranch moved from a traditional season of calving to summer calving nine years ago. Joe will describe why they made this decision and the benefits he has seen by incorporating this management practice in his herd. The tour will also include a stop and discussion of how the River Bend Ranch is effectively using Management Intensive Grazing to improve range condition and productivity. Participants in the tour will observe the pasture cell structures and their use in rotational management. The Frasier families have been ranching in eastern Colorado since 1947 and are no strangers to the Colorado beef industry. They received the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Regional Environmental Stewardship Award in 2003. The Colorado State University Beef Team is serving as coordinators for this tour and encourages cattlemen throughout the region and those associated with the industry to plan to attend this very educational event. For more information contact Mick Livingston, Kit Carson Cooperative Extension Office in Burlington, Colo., at 719-346-5571; e-mail mick.livingston@colostate.edu. Jack Whittier, CSU Beef Extension Specialist, Fort Collins, Colo., at 970-491-6233; e-mail jack.whittier@colostate.edu. Roger Ellis, CSU Extension Veterinarian, Fort Collins, Colo., at 970-297-4516; e-mail roger.ellis@colostate.edu. Michael Fisher, Yuma County Extension Office in Wray at 970-332-4151; e-mail MJ.Fisher@ColoState.edu. Date: 8/8/07
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