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Mike Howell Rick Howell Chip Waterer

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Dear SouthernShine Customers;

Thanks for a great year in 2005. We really appreciate you business and your friendship. As we look to the 2006 fall breeding season, we are proud of the line –up of fall yearling bulls we will have to offer. If you need a bull this fall, please come by SSP and let us show you our fall offering.

SSP will be bringing you a quarterly newsletter, starting with this first edition. We want to keep our valued customer informed about the genetics we have available and we will be announcing new customer services from time to time. In addition we will be providing you with Industry up-dates that could help you generate more profits on you farm.

SSP Announces a Custom Heifer Development Program

SSP will begin offering a heifer development program to our customers beginning in September. We have been fortunate to have hired an excellent herdsman, Keith Jantz. Keith has done an outstanding job of managing the SSP herd and we have full confidence that his cattle management skills will be beneficial to our customers that enroll their heifers into the SSP Heifer Development Program. Please give us a call if you would like more information about having your heifers developed as replacements for your herd or if you would be interested in generating additional cash flow by offering bred heifers for sale at the conclusion of the development period.

Weaning Ultra Sound Data On SSP Fall 2006 Yearling Bulls

Please take a few minutes to study the following weaning ultra sound data that was taken on the fall 2005 born SSP bulls. These bulls will have their yearling ultra sound data taken around October 1st. When this information is returned to us from the American Angus Association, we will supply you a copy in an up-coming newsletter.

Southern Shine Pastures - Ultrasound Data - May 13, 2006

ID	Breed	Sex	WT	DOB	Days Old	REA	BF	RES	REA/CWT	% IMF	Tend	Stress
E502	Angus	Bull	668	8/2/2005	284	10.46	0.22	0.81	1.57	3.05	25	10
5E16	Angus	Bull	590	9/21/2005	234	9.35	0.10	0.55	1.58	3.43	26	10
E518	Angus	Bull	722	9/25/2005	230	8.62	0.21	0.76	1.19	3.72	24	10
5E36	Angus	Bull	834	8/30/2005	256	10.84	0.21	0.73	1.30	3.35	27	10
E532	Angus	Bull	734	9/17/2005	238	11.55	0.30	0.79	1.57	3.46	26	10
E508	Angus	Bull	716	8/25/2005	261	10.16	0.10	0.70	1.42	2.80	27	15
E587	Angus	Bull	854	9/6/2005	249	11.65	0.26	0.62	1.36	3.61	25	10
E505	Angus	Bull	678	9/9/2005	246	8.43	0.10	0.69	1.24	3.29	28	10
5E29	Angus	Bull	716	10/6/2005	219	12.57	0.22	0.70	1.76	3.10	25	10
B546	Angus	Bull	752	9/19/2005	236	8.59	0.15	0.54	1.14	3.08	28	10
A51D	Angus	Bull	716	9/20/2005	235	8.73	0.08	0.66	1.22	3.86	27	10
E575	Angus	Bull	493	9/12/2005	243	8.07	0.06	0.61	1.64	2.35	28	10
E557	Angus	Bull	596	9/11/2005	244	8.23	0.07	0.62	1.38	2.54	27	10
A585	Angus	Bull	780	9/15/2005	240	9.39	0.16	0.59	1.20	3.46	30	10
D594	Angus	Bull	700	9/17/2005	238	9.41	0.10	0.62	1.34	3.65	26	10
B536	Angus	Bull	778	9/13/2005	242	8.27	0.14	0.69	1.06	3.28	28	10
E5H1	Angus	Bull	776	9/12/2005	243	9.27	0.20	0.67	1.19	2.76	29	10
5E48	Angus	Bull	728	9/16/2005	239	9.81	0.25	0.60	1.35	4.02	26	10
D511	Angus	Bull	722	9/22/2005	233	9.97	0.13	0.71	1.38	3.69	27	10
E509	Angus	Bull	800	8/25/2005	261	9.23	0.16	0.65	1.15	3.04	26	10
5E23	Angus	Bull	852	9/19/2005	236	10.51	0.22	0.67	1.23	2.91	27	10
E584	Angus	Bull	632	8/20/2005	266	9.70	0.08	0.72	1.54	2.46	27	10
E523	Angus	Bull	796	8/30/2005	256	10.12	0.17	0.87	1.27	2.39	26	10
E592	Angus	Bull	876	8/19/2005	267	9.43	0.20	0.65	1.08	3.42	26	10
E511	Angus	Bull	702	8/24/2005	262	9.73	0.09	0.73	1.39	3.20	27	10
E549	Angus	Bull	672	9/1/2005	254	8.07	0.08	0.62	1.20	3.02	26	10
E568	Angus	Bull	742	9/8/2005	247	11.00	0.09	0.62	1.48	2.98	26	10
R516	Angus	Bull	702	9/10/2005	245	10.02	0.09	0.68	1.43	1.97	29	10
R548	Angus	Bull	624	10/1/2005	224	8.60	0.08	0.69	1.38	1.67	32	10
R520	Angus	Bull	792	9/5/2005	250	11.34	0.10	0.66	1.43	3.73	26	10
R515	Angus	Bull	676	9/8/2005	247	9.29	0.09	0.69	1.37	3.27	26	10
5D05	Angus	Bull	642	9/7/2005	248	8.72	0.08	0.66	1.36	3.07	29	10
Y507	Angus	Bull	622	10/14/2005	211	7.82	0.15	0.59	1.26	3.62	27	10
Y547	Angus	Bull	570	10/19/2005	206	7.33	0.13	0.60	1.29	3.29	24	10
	AVG.		713.32		243.82	9.54	0.14	0.67	1.35	3.13	26.85	10.15

REA = Rib Eye Area (Industry Standard is 1.1 sq. In per cwt.)

BF = Back Fat IMF = Intermuscular Fat

RES = Rib Eye Shape (Indicator of the carcass Retail Yield and Cutability)

SSP Semen Sale Program

More and more progressive producers are introducing Artificial Insemination into their herd management program. These progressive minded producers are utilizing A. I. to breed their heifers to known proven low birth weight bulls.

Another strategy producers are moving toward is the incorporation of A.I. breeding in the mature cow herd to lessen the number of bulls needed during the breeding season.

SSP will be offering our customers semen from our proven senior herd sires at reduced prices. We have proven calving ease sires along with sires that will add carcass merits to your calf crop. We also have sires that will add growth and performance while at the same time produce thick easy fleshing replacement heifers.

We are excited to offer our customers the opportunity to use sires from the SSP herd that we have carefully selected to meet the demands of the today’s beef industry. With this exciting new offer, SSP customers can A.I. breed to our leading herd sires and purchase sons of the same sires to produce an entire calf crop of half siblings. Call us if you are interested in learning more about our semen offers.

Again, thanks for your business and let us know if we can assist you in reaching the goals you have set for your herd.

Angus Source Program

The American Angus Association has received approval from USDA to market the Angus Source® tag program. This is a verified age, source and genetics program that is available to all commercial producers that have Angus sired calves. The AAA will provide producers with an enrollment form to be completed and returned to the AAA office. The information will be taken from the enrollment form and provided to potential buyers through out the country. Buyers receive a description and location of the calves via e-mail on a weekly basis. Buyers immediately know they are buying farm fresh, age and source verified Angus sired calves. As many as 14,000 calves have been registered as Angus Source® calves in one month. Because this is a verified program approved by USDA, participating producers can also utilize this tag program to comply with the EID source verification system that will become mandatory in January of 2009.

Your Mississippi Angus Association Board of Directors also will be announcing some additional benefits as a participant in the Angus Source® program. This announcement is expected to be released within the next 60 to 90 days. When the details of the are released, SSP will notify you of additional opportunities you will have by identifying your calves with an Angus Source® tag.