Welcome back to Aberdeen Barn Talk.  Been a little tied up and had to take a break but host Curtis Ohlde is back and in this Episode sits down with Wes Gunn and David Shockey to review the last year while on the American Aberdeen Breeders Services Committee and what they are looking forward to in 2025.  In addition both Wes and David are running for the American Aberdeen Board and share some of the things they would like to do if elected to the Board of Directors.  

Curtis shares as well what's been going on with TLC Farms as well as looking forward to 2025 to form the Aberdeen Breeders Alliance for like minded breeders looking to collaborate on data and commercial breeding acceptance.

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined once again by reoccurring guest, Dustin Bender and a first time guest, Colton Tom with the University of Findlay in Ohio.  Dustin shares past experience with the Ohio Beef Expo and the involvement the Eastern American Aberdeen Regional Association has had over the years.  Colton then goes into a deep dive starting with the two semen lots which represent most of the offering and program for the University of Findlay.  Then goes through each individual lot.  There will be 21 live haltered lots and 2 semen lots.  The sale will be live during the Expo so be sure to reach out to Colton or Roger Hunker for bidding or reach out to cci.live to register for the sale.  The sale will be Friday March 15th starting at 1pm Eastern Time.  For more information about the Expo https://www.ohiobeefexpo.com/schedule-events.  Be sure to check out the lots on Breeders World (viewing only) https://www.breedersworld.com/auctions/10218-aberdeen-advantage-sale-ohio-beef-expo. Or cci.live https://cci.live/sales-schedule.

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Matt Cooney of Cann Valley Cattle Co. from Victoria, Australia.  Matt shares being a first generation cattleman, growing up in the city then finding interest in Lowline Cattle while visiting his aunt.  Since then Matt has aggressively shown cattle to promote his program and has been successful in growing his program sourcing genetics not only in Australia but also to  Europe with enough demand to make it a fulltime occupation now.   Matt is also active with ALCA and sits on their council.  For more information about Cann Valley Cattle Co. https://cannvalleycattleco.com/


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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined by Rebecca Miller, David Shockey and Dustin Bender to talk with Matt Wilkinson of Lowland Park Beef in New Zealand.  There was a little bit of mic feed back on one mic creating some static so hopefully you don't mind too much.  Matt shares about the area he lives in New Zealand then his family background in the Dairy Business.  Matt then transitioned to the Beef Side where he shares how he utilizes the Lowline genetics for creating Lowline on Dairy cross calves to finish out as well as having a registered pedigree herd.  In addition Matt shares about Lowline interest in New Zealand as well as his involvement with the Australian Lowline Cattle Association.  For more information about Lowland Park Beef, go to https://www.facebook.com/lowlandparkbeef.

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined by Rebecca Miller to hear from Margo Hayes of Vitulus Stud, Queensland, Australia.  Margo shares her story of starting out with two Lowline cows to shipping live cattle and genetics around the world.  She was a Pioneer in Red Genetics and promoting them.  Margo was a member of ALCA, Ausline and the American Aberdeen Association.  Margo dispersed her her in 2019 but is still a great asset in the history of the breed.  In addition to breeding cattle, Margo was active in promoting the carcass side winning in multiple divisions over multiple years against all breeds.  For more information about Vitulus Stud go to https://vitulus.com.au/about-our-team/history/.

In addition to breeding cattle and focusing on the meat side of the business, Margo found time to be a book author with the book Small Cattle for Small Farms.  https://vitulus.com.au/book/

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with American Aberdeen Association Committee Members Dustin Bender, Wes Gunn and David Shockey.  They continue on from the last episode talking about various females in their respective programs and wrap up with talking about committee goals for 2024.

Curtis starts out sharing that this episode title came from another podcast, The Angus Underground and would encourage everyone to add it to their playlist as well the Lessons Learned episode.  https://angus-undercover.simplecast.com/episodes/lessons-learned

Tune in, in two weeks for the second half of this episode where they talk dams and going into  2024.

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with American Aberdeen Association Committee Members Dustin Bender, Wes Gunn and David Shockey.  They start out sharing information about their background and learn that David started out as a pig boy.  They then review the committee and the Association for 2023 with the biggest accomplishment being online registration going live.  They then do some fun answers talking about various A.I. Sires and Walking Sires in their various programs.  Ones that work, ones that didn't, one's most excited about as well as reaffirming that not everyone is going to be break and just because one excels in one program, no guarantee he will in the next one.

Curtis starts out sharing that this episode title came from another podcast, The Angus Underground and would encourage everyone to add it to their playlist as well the Lessons Learned episode.  https://angus-undercover.simplecast.com/episodes/lessons-learned

Tune in, in two weeks for the second half of this episode where they talk dams and going into  2024.

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In this Season 2 Episode 1 of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits back down with guest Told Bohlmeyer and Dustin Bender.  They give updates on their respective farms since last being on then give an update on the future of their farms.  They then talk about some current events before going talking about some of their favorite episodes from Season 1.  They then discuss what kind of content they would like to see from Season 2 as well as Curtis talking about some of the episodes he's working on.

Todd shared about his 50 Mile March to bring Suicide Awareness to Veterans then Curtis talked about the Foundation he is working on to bring awareness to mental health and suicide as well as some resources.  Curtis then followed up with some lyrics from Soulshine by the Allman Brothers.  Hope you enjoyed our Season 1.

Link to Soulshine by the Allman Brothers
https://youtu.be/pDIQ7Otf1mw?si=-chmaDBorpmWlJWJ
Soulshine

Song by The Allman Brothers Band

Lyrics

When you can't find the light
That got you through a cloudy days
When the stars ain't shinin' bright
You feel like you've lost you're way
When those candle light of home
Burn so very far away
Well, you got to let your soul shine
Just like my daddy used to say

He used to say, "Soulshine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Hey, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometime
You got to let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day"

I grew up thinkin' that I had it made
Gonna make it on my own
Life can take the strongest man
Make him feel so alone
Now someteimes I feel a cold wind
Blowin' through my achin' bones
I think back to what my daddy said
He said, "Boy, in this darkness before the dawn

Let your soul shine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
You gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day"

Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this
And when your world seems cold
You got to let your spirit take control

Talking 'bout soulshine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
And now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day

Oh, it's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
You gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Warren Haynes

Soulshine lyrics © Buzzard Rock Music

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde goes International traveling to Listowel, Ireland to talk with Lucie & Johan Walsh of Boiheamach Farms.  Earlier in the day a local new crew was onsite to interview Lucie and John's farm and talk about Lowline cattle.  They have the second herd to their knowledge of Lowline Cattle.  The herd started with the purchase of embryos from the McIntosh Creek Lowlines in Australia.  They recently had what would be the first Red Lowline calf in Ireland.  

John shares the timeline and reasoning for getting into the breed and what they look to as they build in the future.  In addition John shares about farming in Ireland.  To find out more about their farm, look up Boiheamach on facebook.  You can also find out on the show Ear to the Ground on the RTE network to watch their interview.  If not posted check back for an update for the link.

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits back down with Dustin Bender and Eric Kyllo to wrap up the series on Record Keeping.  Dustin brings some worksheets from his operation for calf production weights, preg checking and evaluating bull data.  They each break down how they would break down for their individual operations.  Eric emphasis's applying the data back to the financial statement.  This is a  long episode, hope you enjoy it.

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