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45 CALF News • December 2019 | January 2020 • www.calfnews.net JOHNSON CONCRETE LIVESTOCK WATERERS THE BEST NAME IN CATTLE WATERERS www.JohnsonConcreteProducts.com Trusted by Livestock Owners Everywhere! JOHNSON CONCRETE LIVESTOCK WATERERS 109 East B Street Hastings, Neb. 68901 phone: (402) 463-1359 toll free: (800) 752-1670 Built with features to last, Johnson Waterers withstand punishing weather and prove to be dependable year after year. TOUGH, DEPENDABLE CONSTRUCTION  See us for all your water trough needs.  We are #1 in water trough parts and services. Designed for the most punishing environments, our livestock waterers stand the test of time and deliver performance unequaled in the industry. Celebrate the season with a heart filled with happiness, cheer, and love! Share these blessings with others, for that is the true meaning of Christmas. From everyone at MLS Have a Happy Holiday Season! Clyde Smith (MS) 601-540-613 Jeff Anslinger (MO) 816-244-7340 Kyle Latham (TX) 254-715-2162 Chad Holt (TX) 903-272-5010 Gary West (TN) 731-335-3023 Joseph Woods (MO) 660-341-5413 Bryan Sundsbak (SD) 605-209-0559 Bureau’s Kansas Living magazine and a feature by Karen Hanson, R.D., L.D. CHFS, CPC, certified personal chef. Listening to my doctor and new consumer demands, I found her essay,“Keep It Colorful,” that choosing foods representing the colors of the rainbow leads to healthful eating. Ranging from the colors of reds and oranges to that of yellows and greens, along with blue, indigo and violet provide fiber, minerals, many antioxidants and Vitamins A, B, C, D and K. The reds provided by phytonutrients in tomatoes and red peppers; oranges found in carrots and sweet pota- toes with beta-carotene; yellow of carotenoid zeaxanthin in corn and yellow bell peppers; flavonoids, beta-carotene and lutein in greens of asparagus to avocados; and violets and blues with anthocyanins of eggplant and red cabbage form a healthy colorful cornucopia. These natural-appearing chemical compounds are produced to help protect plants from disease, insects and other threats and have been shown to reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkin- son’s disease and combined with the minerals and protein of my favorite entree, American beef, communicate culinary satisfaction. Assuring a successful design, communication starts with my ears as dialog between my client and I proceed. Meanwhile on the farm, my ears, not that of corn, are attuned to market reports and analysis, searching for profits. This reminds me of Walmart founder, SamWalton’s, statement,“If you don’t listen to your customer, someone else will.” With another day of designs and farming decisions behind me, thinking of tonight’s dinner plate, I spy colorful produce and a well-marbled cut of beef at my grocery, visually commu- nicating to me,“That’s what's for dinner.” 