Misconception of drug use in livestock production
Dr. Marianne Ash, Director of Biosecurity and Emergency Planning for the
Indiana Board Of Animal Health, was raised on a livestock farm in
Carroll County, IN. She understands how livestock producers use
antibiotics, something she says most consumers and policy makes do not
understand, "They do not appreciate that, in livestock production,
producers do everything they can not to use antibiotics because they are
expensive." She told HAT myths and misconceptions are at the core of
consumers' fears about drug use in food production.
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Optimism abounds at Beef Cattle Short Course
Both
experts and producers spoke positively about the future of the cattle
business while attending the 56th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short
Course in College Station this week.
"We've
got a lot of optimism in our business with fewer numbers of cattle
across the United States, increasing demand and rainfall," said Dr.
Jason Cleere, Texas AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist
and short course coordinator. "Cattle prices should be good in the
coming year."
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The week of July 12th saw
federally inspected cattle harvest move back to a robust 664,467 head, after
the holiday-shortened prior week pulled numbers back almost 10%. Fed cattle harvest responded similarly
with a weekly total of 531,574 head, made up of 64.4% steers and 35.6% heifers.
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Livestock Indemnity Program in effect for those who lost cattle in Kansas heat
The Kansas Cattlemen's Association reminds producers that the
Livestock Indemnity Program is in effect. If you have cattle loss due to
heat stress or other weather related events, you can receive partial
reimbursement from USDA.
The "Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008" authorized the
Livestock Indemnity Program to provide benefits to livestock producers
for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse
weather that occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2008, and before Oct. 1, 2011,
including losses because of hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease,
wildfires, extreme heat and extreme cold. The livestock death losses
must have also occurred in the calendar year for which benefits are
being requested.
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NCBA releases response to audit
The National Cattlemen;s Beef Association has released a 27-page
response to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board audit and
independent accountant's report critical of the way NCBA expenses are
charged as beef checkoff activities. According to the report - the audit
was performed to assist the Board in determining that the salary and
wages, disbursements and other charges selected for testing are in
compliance with the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 and the Beef
Promotion and Research Order and the contract between NCBA and the Beef
Promotion Operating Committee.
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Feedlot school next week
The 2010 Feedlot School sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
is an educational opportunity for feedlot employees that is intended to
increase efficiency and coordination and ultimately improve feed yard
profitability.
The workshop is scheduled for Aug. 12 at the
Panhandle Research and Extension Center at Scottsbluff. Registration
begins at 11:30 a.m. and the program will conclude by 3:40 p.m.
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Grandin honored at NCBA meeting
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association
(NCBA) awarded Temple Grandin its coveted Lifetime Achievement Award on
July 31, 2010, at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver, Colo.
Grandin is a world-renowned designer of livestock handling facilities; a
professor of animal science at Colorado State University; and one of
the world's most functioning autistics.
"Through my public appearances for this movie,
I have been in Hollywood on several occasions. You would be surprised
how interested people are in what ranchers do and how they handle and
take care of their animals," said Grandin, when addressing U.S. cattle
producers.
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