The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently launched a new
Web site for ag producers. The site contains a useful search tool for
finding federal regulations that may apply to farms, ranches and
feedyards. To read the complete article, click on the headline
above.
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This month we begin with a poem that celebrates the windmill as a
sustaining source of water and hope for cattle and for the hard working
ranchers and their families who make sure they run. It seems fitting for
the often hot and dry month of August.
The poem comes to us from the Center for Rural Affairs' Winds of Life
program. Their Windmills Across Nebraska celebration is in full swing.
Communities across Nebraska are taking part in this celebration by
hosting windmill art contests, windmill themed events, and literary
events.
This poem isn't just about windmills that still remain on the prairie,
but it's symbolic for the hard working people who still remain on the
land.To read the complete poem, click on the headline above.
If you'd like to share some of your own Rural Life Poetry, visit the
American Cowman website and click on the Rural Life Poetry
section to submit. Visit the site at www.americancowman.com.
There's also the link to the American Cowman blog. As we move
through county fair season, we are asking "what's your favorite story
from a county fair past or present?" You can view readers comments, or
share your own, at the following link: blog.americancowman.com/community_blog/
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The end of World War II marked the beginning of a new era in farming
with a multitude of revelations in mechanization and the use of
chemicals. Not the least of these man made miracles was the
availability of commercial fertilizers.
Their use over the last 60 plus years has probably consistently
contributed, more than any thing else, to the phenomenal crop yields so
often taken for granted today. Nitrogen is probably the one element of
fertility that drives yield more than any other.
The most widely used commercial nitrogen sources are anhydrous ammonia,
ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate and urea. All of these sources
provide surplus hydrogen in conjunction with supplying nitrogen. That
surplus hydrogen contributes to soil acidity. To read the complete
article, click on the headline above.
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BEEF magazine will host its second annual BEEF Quality
Summit, Nov. 7-8, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Centre in Omaha, Neb. The
theme of this year's conference is "Beef Quality in the Ethanol Era" and
conference sessions will focus on the impact of increased ethanol
production on beef carcass and retail product quality; beef industry
infrastructure and economics; and key business issues for producers.
The conference will kick off with a keynote panel discussing the
question "Are we filling the demand for quality beef today?" Keynote
panel speakers include Jim Cannon, vice president of culinary and
purchasing, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse; Angelo Fili, executive vice
president of Greater Omaha Packing Co, Inc.; and Jeff Savell, regents
professor of animal science, Texas A&M University. To read the
complete article, click on the headline above.
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Among the vast corporate and smaller family-sized farms and
agribusinesses of Nebraska, the old pioneering spirit of
entrepreneurship is rising again, this time in the form of sustainable
and organic growers, cooperatives, artisans, and visionaries -- those
who seek to enhance the quality of life and ensure its future on the
farm, in the community, and throughout the world.
Mary Ridder profiles these enterprises in her new book Roots of
Change, a project that took her down Nebraska's highways for more
than two years as she sought out producers of meats and wines, makers of
wood products, ethanol visionaries, the patrons of a community-owned
grocery story, and the owners of a sheep's milk dairy turned soap
business. The result is a map of the future for those who wish to regain
control of, and add profit to, the products of their land and their
labor. To read the complete article, click on the headline above.
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The Beef Reproduction Task Force along with other state and national
experts will join forces to host an intensive workshop on reproductive
strategies for beef cattle. The workshop, "Applied Reproductive
Strategies in Beef Cattle," will be held in Billings, MT September 11 -
12.
This will be the eighth national meeting the Task Force has coordinated
throughout the US in response to popular demand. The meeting is for
anyone interested in beef cattle reproduction and estrous
synchronization, including producers, veterinarians, AI technicians and
Extension personnel.
The workshops are designed to improve the understanding of the
physiological processes of the estrous cycle, currently available
procedures to synchronize estrus and ovulation and the proper
application of these systems. They will also focus on improving
participants' understanding of methods to assess male fertility and how
it affects the success of AI programs. To read the complete article,
click on the headline above.
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Many cattle producers retain a few heifers from their calf crop
every year without evaluating the cost to develop those heifers into
productive cows.
Developing heifers is expensive -- usually more so than buying them
-- when producers consider the costs of inputs and lost opportunities.
Before undertaking this endeavor, consult an economist or pencil it out
yourself to determine the economic feasibility of raising your own
replacement heifers. To read the complete article, click on the
headline above.
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Sometimes when drought is imminent or has hit an area, cattle
producers struggle with what possibilities exist that might help in
handling the situation. To say the least, drought is stressful on the
cattle, but can also put a great deal of mental and economic stress on
the manager. Below are 10 suggested strategies that may assist producers
in coping with the job at hand. To read the complete article, click
on the headline above.
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