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LIVE OAK, FLFARMING NEWSVol. 32, No. 1 Live Oak • Madison • Florida October 1, 2018

Show-Rite Feeds Pack PunchFFA, 4-H Members Show Winners

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Maddie and Lindsleigh won for a cow/calf pair they showed together

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By Pauline Fletcher Cogdilland Samantha Sykes

Hubbard Feeds was established in 1919 and are proud to claim they are one of Florida’s leading providers of innovative feeding solutions for performance and profitability. They are committed to improving animal health and performance with successful nutritional programs. In fact, their facility has been one of Lakeland, Florida’s quality consistent and fully-traceable nutritional feeds, concentrates, premixes, and minerals for all classes of livestock.

Hubbard Feeds are well known for products and answers that work. Their SEL-PLEX is made with organic selenium and BIOPLex’s organic sources of cobalt, copper, manganese and zinc. Their specific formulations for Florida’s environment, gives your cattle the ultimate in functional, bio-available mineral supplements.

FARMERS COOPERATIVE and Hubbard Feeds teamed up last year to provide incentives for FFA Chapters and 4-H Clubs throughout our area feeding Show-Rite Feeds to their pigs

It’s time for our Annual Meeting.Our 72nd Annual Meeting will

be held Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Suwannee County Agriculture Complex Exhibition II Building, 1302 11th St. S W Live Oak, FL 32064 at 10:00 a.m.

The Annual Meeting gives a brief review of the financial condition of the cooperative.

Following the business session, door prizes will be drawn and awarded to members present.

Make a point in marking your calendars and plan to attend your Annual Meeting on October 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Annual Meetingis October 20

and livestock. Several of our local students have been very successful in earning rewards for their local FFA Chapter. For example, Maddie and sister Lindsleigh Carte fed their hogs Show-Rite Team Eighteen and were very successful with Hubbard Feeds and Show-Rite Feeds in earning funds for their 4-H Club.

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Hailey Cairo showing her Show-Rite 3rd place hog

Maddie and Lindsleigh are daughters of Sarah and William

Carte of Live Oak

Each Chapter will receive fifty cents (.50) for their 4-H Club and FFA Chapter for every bag they buy, and the customer must submit the tags from the bags to the Lakeland address on the bag from September 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019. It’s an easy way for any 4-H Club member or FFA student to make extra money for their club.

SHOW-RITE is committed to providing high quality feed products that work to improve the health and performance of your animals.

With the rising cost of fertilizer it will be beneficial to correct the PH on your farm. Using the table below you can see the dollar benefit of making sure your soil has the correct PH. The example used is a blended fertilizer costing $350.00 per ton. Applied at a rate of 300 Lbs. per acre or a cost of $52.47 per acre. With a PH of 4.5 you would be losing $37.43 per acre.

To help you with your PH needs Farmers Cooperative is offering the fol-lowing Specials on dolomite.

Tail dumped 44 tons and spread @ $28.00 per ton based on one ton per acrePrices good on product delivered by December 15, 2018

Call us today for your dolomite needs or to schedule a soil sample for your farm at (386) 362-1459.

Now is the “time to lime” to get your crop or pasture started off right in the spring.

DOES THE LIMING OF ACID SOILS PAY?Correcting soil acidity by the use of lime is the foundation of a good soil fertility

program. Lime does more than just correct the soil acidity. It also (1) supplies Ca and Mg if dolomitic lime is used, which are essential plant nutrients. (2) it makes other essential nutrients more available; and (3) it prevents elements such as Mn

and Al from being toxic to plant growth.Source: Phosphate and Potash Institute

What is your Soil PH?

Thanks to Alltech, they are able to incorporate the latest technologies in animal nutrition that help give your livestock the extra competitive edge in the show ring. Farmers Cooperative has in stock Throttled Up, Team 18 and Team 16. Throttled Up is a fat steer deluxe feed. This complete feed offers high energy levels that allow cattle to put on the ideal amount of condition and gain weight. This product will get cattle where they need to be for market shows in an efficient manner.

WHAT IS YOUR SOIL PH? With the rising cost of fertilizer it will be beneficial to correct the PH on your farm. Using the table below you can see the dollar benefit of making sure your soil has the correct PH. The example used is a blended fertilizer costing $350.00 per ton. Applied at a rate of 300 Lbs. per acre or a cost of $52.47 per acre. With a PH of 4.5 you would be losing $37.43 per acre. To help you with your PH needs Farmers Cooperative is offering the following Specials on dolomite. Tail dumped 44 tons and spread @ $28.00 per ton based on one ton per acre Prices good on product delivered by December 15, 2018 Call us today for your dolomite needs or to schedule a soil sample for your farm at (386) 362-1459. Now is the “time to lime” to get your crop or pasture started off right in the spring.

Limestone Makes Fertilizer Work Fertilizer Efficiency Goes Up

As Soil Acids Go Down SOIL FERTILIZER DOLLARS ACIDITY NITROGEN PHOSPHATE POTASH WASTED LOSS PER ACRE

Extremely acid 4.5 pH 30% 23% 33% 71.34% $37.43 Very Strong Acid 5.0 pH 53% 34% 52% 53.67% $28.16 Strong Acid 5.5 pH 77% 48% 77% 32.69% $17.15 Medium Acid 6.0 pH 89% 52% 100% 19.67% $10.32 Neutral 7.0 pH 100% 100% 100% 0% $0.00

DOES THE LIMING OF ACID SOILS PAY? Correcting soil acidity by the use of lime is the foundation of a good soil fertility program. Lime does more than just correct the soil acidity. It also (1) supplies Ca and Mg if dolomitic lime is used, which are essential plant nutrients. (2) it makes other essential nutrients more available; and (3) it prevents elements such as Mn and Al from being toxic to plant growth. Source: Phosphate and Potash Institute

For the Past Quarter

NEW CO-OP MEMBERSLIVE OAK STORERoger Williams, Live Oak Jock Ash, Live OakShelley Snyder, Lake City Vivian G. Smith, JasperLouis Simonetta, Ponte Vedra BeachCharles Coleman, Live OakRhonda Shoupe, Live Oak Angela Henderson, Live OakLarry Ellis, Madison Brian Pittman, O’BrienJoe Barnes, Belleview Dawn Long, Live OakRobert Pilkington, O’Brien Christina Bunaes, McAlpin Glenn E. Preidis, Live Oak Lonnie W. Jolson, Live OakGeovani Acanda, Live Oak Yvette Vandiver, Live OakBeverly Read, Live Oak Tyler Joiner, O’Brien Albert C. Carroll, Live Oak Norman R. Garbutt, LeeKaffa V. Owens, Live Oak Albert Plante, Jr., Live OakLaurence Hanks, WellbornCathy Coward, Live OakBrandon Clayton, Lake City Isaac Henry, Live OakScott Stringer, Live Oak Melissa L. Rivera, JasperJohn Rosenberger, Live Oak Tim Yates, Lake CityAnthony DePass, Tampa Maria Miguel, Live Oak

Donald C. Wright, Jr., St. PetersburgJames J. Allen, Lake CityJeffrey Wolfe, Lee David Frye, Coconut CreekBetty Cherry, Live Oak Robert Arnold, GreenvilleNicole White, Live Oak Donna Faulkner, MadisonJuan Vargas, Lee Frank Meola, Live OakTanner Greene, Madison Ruben Ortiz, Live OakRussell W. Cheshire, Lake City James Kilduff, McAlpinViola Driver, Live Oak Wayne E. Duffy, Live OakRobert D & Shirley Williams, Lake CityKenneth Dicks Farm, Inc., Lake CityPatrick Swartzendruber, McAlpinSuarez Ranch, O’BrienTrena Pociatek, Jennings Jennifer Hutchins, Live OakEarl R. Jacobs, McAlpin Robert Dale Shaffer, MayoPhillip Vargo, Live Oak Ron McCoon, Live OakGeorge Ray, McAlpin Rolando Medina, LeeDave Baldwin, Live Oak Jeff T. Sanders, MacclennyKathy F. Lester, Live Oak Eden Camejo, Live Oak Suwannee River Feed & Hardware, Live OakBrycen Caranahan, Live Oak

Alexa Carnahan, Live Oak Macie Carnahan, Live OakOliver E. Skeen, Live Oak Bernice Ellerkamp, Live OakFrancis Edward Gosser, III, Live OakGregory Lambert, Live OakAlicia Mendoza, Live OakRush Janey, BranfordDavis Nye, Live Oak Bartenna Lumpkin, White SpringsViola R. Driver, Live Oak Jesse L. Whillock, Jr., Live OakLucille, Reynolds, Live OakJames Goldie, Live OakLayne Wood, Live OakAmanda Coleman, McAlpinTroy Land, Lake City Dancy Kendron, Lake CityClark Huffman, Green Cove SpringsGabrielle Redfern, BellKara Croft, Live OakLarry Thompson, Live OakLisa St. John, Jasper Theodore R. Miner, O’BrienJoyce Clark, Perry Norman W. Loges, Live Oak

MADISON STOREChristie Hawkins, MadisonNorman Denton, MadisonTommy Williams, PinettaGreenville Elementary School, GreenvilleMike Terrill, LeeJohn Sowell, JasperCasey & Katherine Rodriquez, PinettaRobert Martinez, Coral Springs

Lyle Stanley Trace II LLC, LeeMarvin & Pam Bainter, GreenvilleWarren Irwin, MadisonCarolyn Agner, LeeStephen Matheny, MadisonHenry and Debbie Kurnica, LeeRon McCoon, LeeBen Satterwhite, MonticelloElbert R. Gnann, LeeGary Lang, OrlandoClifford Ayers, MonticelloGary Starling, GreenvilleCathy Dunmoyer, Live OakDaniel Graham, MadisonRich Kealy, MadisonWolfer, Erik Johann, Lighthouse PointThe Gordon Hay Company LLC, JacksonvilleJeff Douglas, Palm CoastRalph W. Smith, ValdostaCharles Dee McDonald, PerryPerry Precast Inc., MayoWilliam Oertwig, DavenportBelsy Fiffe, LeeViola Driver, Live OakBailey Browning, MadisonSheri Thompson, JenningsBrian Cutcher, Jasper James R. Mann, StuartTrophy Creek Outfitters, MonticelloSarah L. Hales, JenningsDebra A. Knox, MadisonCharles M. Saul, JasperTraci S. Money, LeeDavid G. Graham, JacksonvilleWillie Louis Brister, JenningsTracy Pickles, Madison

Farmers Cooperative is trying to locate the following people whose patronage refund checks have been returned from the U. S. Postal Service as “undeliverable.”

L R Boyette, Lake CityClarence Ferguson, Greenville

Hubert Lyons, Live OakErnest Pryor, Pinetta

Arthur Coody, PinettaDon Keenan, Tallahassee

Leslie McCall, LeeEdison Scott, Live Oak

Farmers Cooperative sells a lot of Wrangler Jeans at both locations. Our Sales Associate, Maggie Reaves displays Wrangler Cowboy Cut jeans and Rock 47 style, which is a new item the Cooperative has in stock. We can order most any Wrangler jeans or shirts that you want, and usually you can have them in a week or so. Of course, if you are in a hurry and want to pay shipping cost we can get them quicker for you.

Where Are These Folks? Wrangler Jeans

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Is published quarterly, or as the need arises, by Farmers Cooperative in Live Oak and Madison.Todd Lawrence, Publisher & Editor

Ted Henderson, Live Oak (Suwannee County)Eddy Roberts, O’Brien (Suwannee County)William T. Carte (Suwannee County)Tim Steichen, Wellborn (Suwannee County)Kevin Morgan (Hamilton County)Kenneth McLeod (Madison County)Jeff Lee (Suwannee County)Jeffery Hamrick (Madison County)

Co-op Directors

P.O. Box 610 P.O. Box 390 Live Oak, FL Madison, FL 32064 32341 Phone Phone 386-362-1459 850-973-2269

Show-Rite Feeds Pack A Punch

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Dale Williams is the son of Joey and Tammy Williams of Live Oak

Steer shown by Dale Williams was Best of Show

Cruiser is a complete feed purposed to grow cattle while maintaining a clean body condition with higher protein and fiber levels, which has the ability to add bulk and body dimension, making it a great fit for the heifer market. Also use Cruiser to maintain flesh when optimum finish has been achieved.

Team 18 is a ground feed that keeps things simple. Put hogs on Team 18 around 125 pounds and take them all the way to the fair on it. It’s a higher protein level and will promote muscle growth and weight gain.

HUBBARD’S promotion includes all Show-Rite Beef, Swine, Sheep, Goat, Rabbit and Chicken Feeds.

Eligible Show-Rite products need to be purchased from Hubbard Dealers, and the product should indicate it came from Lakeland. Customer must submit the tags from the bags from September 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019. It’s an easy way

for any 4-H Club member or FFA student to make extra money for their club.

C att le Feeds include Throttled Up and Cruiser B30 Pig Feeds as well as Team 18 and Team 16.

Show-Rite also sells Goat Feeds, which includes Advancer Plus R-20 and Fat N Sassy.

Farmers Cooperative is very proud of Lindsleigh and Maddie

Carte with their outstanding showing at the Suwannee Valley Youth Livestock Show.

As you can see, Dale Williams had a great time showing with his steer, feeding him Throttled Up and winning Home Grown Class. Farmers’ Cooperative celebrates with our local young participants and we are very proud to see their successful winnings.