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The week of Aug. 16 saw hog prices set a record high at just over
$90.43. It eclipsed a 17-year mark set after the pork industry’s
dramatic consolidation and restructuring of the 1980s and the launch of
the “Other White Meat” campaign.
-- Click on headline to read the rest of this
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I was purchasing a funnel cake at my state fair a couple of weeks
ago. Admittedly, I find it hard to justify paying $6 for a funnel cake,
but it has somehow become part of the fair experience to me. Anyway, I
justified the expense even more by telling myself that my nine-year old
who was going to share it with me needed to have the "total" experience,
as well.
-- Click on headline to read the rest of this
story by Troy Marshall
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The 9th Genetic Prediction Workshop (GPW), set for Dec. 8-10 in
Kansas City, will address current topics in the prediction of genetic
merit of animals for selection. The discussion will focus on
economically relevant traits, estimation of molecular breeding values,
and integration of molecular information with pedigree and performance
data for prediction of EPDs.
Sponsored by the Beef Improvement Federation and the National Beef
Cattle Evaluation Consortium (NBCEC), the $150 registration fee ($50 for
a limited number of graduate students) includes two lunches, all breaks
and meeting materials.
Prior to the GPW, the NCERA-199 (Implementation and Strategies for
National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation) will hold its annual meeting on
Dec. 8 from 8-11:30 a.m. Cost is $18/person, and the meeting focus is on
incorporating marker information into genetic evaluation. For more info,
visit www.nbcec.org/nbcec/.
-- NBCEC release
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44 Farms and Ankony Farms have merged their Angus cattle operations,
creating an inventory of more than 3,000 registered Angus cattle. The
new combined Angus cattle program represents a total of 166 years in ag
production in the U.S.
Bob McClaren and Virgil Lovell will serve as joint CEOs, Thomas W. Hill
will serve as president, and Doug Slattery will be COO.
In agricultural production since 1909, the corporate headquarters for 44
Ankony Farms is in Houston, TX, with ranch operations in Terrebonne, OR;
Clarkesville, GA; North Platte, NE; and Cameron, TX. Ankony Farms has a
Angus history of more than 70 years, founded in 1935 by Allan Ryan,
former Chairman of Royal Typewriter Company. For more info, visit 44farms.com and ankony.com.
-- 44 Farms release
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Oct. 1 is the deadline for early registration to the 2008
BEEF Quality Summit. Our third annual symposium is themed
“Quality – A solution To Rising Costs,” and is set for Nov. 6-7 at
the Antlers Hilton Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO.
Sign up by Oct. 1 and you can save $25 off the $150 registration cost,
which includes the excellent program, a trade show, a breakfast, two
lunches and a dinner. The program features some of the nation’s top
experts providing participants with background and insight into the
considerations, tools and practices that can help producers optimize
beef quality as a competitive tactic in these challenging times.
The 10 a.m. opening general session on Nov. 6 will focus on the
long-term effects of rising costs on beef quality, demand and profit.
Addressing the topic are Mike Miller, Cattle-Fax COO; and Paul Clayton,
U.S. Meat Export Federation senior vice president.
Following lunch, the focus turns to: “Making COOL Work For You.”
Addressing the topic are Craig Morris, deputy administrator of USDA’s
Ag Marketing Service; and Tom Field, National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association (NCBA) executive director of producer education.
Next up is “Producer Perspectives – Managing Costs & Product
Quality for Profit.” Travis Hoffman, Colorado beef quality assurance
coordinator, moderates a producer panel of Alan Sears, Eaton, CO; Art
Brownlee, Ashby, NE; Jerry Wulf, Morris, MN; and Mark Frasier, Woodrow,
CO.
Dinner follows at 5 p.m., with a 7 p.m. “Twilight Session” at
which winners of the 2008 BEEF Trailblazer Award and National
Stocker Award will be introduced and profiled.
Nov. 7 kicks off with a 7 a.m. breakfast followed by a retail panel
discussing “Balancing Beef Quality And Price In The Retail Meat Case
– What Consumers Want.” Among the confirmed speakers are: Matthew
Enis, Fresh Market Editor with Supermarket News; Randy Ong,
director of meat/food service, Sunflower Farmers Markets; and Randy
Irion, NCBA director of retail marketing.
At 10:15 a.m., experts will interpret what the 2008 national
election results mean for the U.S. beef industry. Moderating the panel
will be Troy Marshall, contributing editor to BEEF Cow-Calf
Weekly. Panel experts include: J. Burton Eller, NCBA senior vice
president for government affairs; and Terry Stokes, NCBA CEO.
Lunch follows at 12:15 p.m. with Alex Avery, director of research
for the Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Food Issues, closing the
meeting by addressing the topic: “Benefits And Acceptance Of
Pharmaceutical Technologies In Beef Production.”
That’s a lot of program and value for $125 (if you register by Oct.
1), and I hope you’ll join us for 1½ days of thought-provoking
discussion . For more info, visit beefconference.com/.
-- Joe Roybal
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Applications are being accepted for the 2009 Beef Industry
Scholarship Program, sponsored by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation
and the CME Group. All entries must be postmarked by Oct. 1. Available
are 10 scholarships of $1,500 for young people pursuing careers in the
beef industry. Graduating high school seniors or full-time undergraduate
students enrolled at a two-year or four-year college for the 2009-2010
academic school year are eligible.
In addition to a scholarship, the first-place winner will receive
airfare and lodging to attend the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and
Trade Show in Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 28-31, 2009.
Applications must include a 750-word essay that identifies a key issue
confronting the beef industry and suggests a solution. Applicants must
also submit a letter expressing future career goals and two letters of
recommendation. Learn more at www.nationalcattlemensfoundation.org/scholarship.aspx.
-- National Cattlemen’s Foundation release
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In a letter to USDA Secretary Ed Schaefer, Sen. John Tester (D-MT)
asked the agency to make a correction in its proposed
country-of-origin-labeling (COOL) rules before they go into effect the
end of this month. Tester’s concern is the provision that allows meat
products to be labeled with multiple country-of-origin labels.
Tester wrote, “multiple county-of-origin labels were reserved for meat
products that were not exclusively born, raised or slaughtered in the
United States, or for ground meat products. However, under the Interim
Final Rule, labeling of muscle cuts becomes an option, not a
requirement, for the meatpacking companies. Under these rules
meatpackers will be encouraged to choose their cheapest and easiest
option: labeling products with multiple countries of origin. This gives
consumers the impression that there is no domestically born, raised and
slaughtered livestock and denies our American livestock producers the
opportunity to focus on promoting U.S. beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat
meat.”
The issue of multiple country-of-origin labels was thoroughly discussed
by the House-Senate farm bill conference committee.
-- P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C.
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Congress returned to work this week to a full agenda. The House and
Senate leadership have indicated they want to try to move an energy
bill.
House Democrats are considering a proposal to allow all coastal states
the choice of drilling for oil and natural gas 50 miles off a state’s
coast. All federal waters outside of 100 miles would be open for
drilling without the need for state action. The question is will this be
enough for the Republican leadership or will they want more drilling
options?
Other items under discussion for Congress is a second economic-stimulus
package, defense authorization, a fix for the alternative minimum tax,
tax extenders, loan guarantees ($50 billion) for automakers, and fiscal
year 2009 appropriations.
Congress is expected to leave the end of the month for the election.
Indications are Congress will return after the election for a lame-duck
session in November.
-- P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C.
correspondent
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In a letter to the House and Senate appropriations and ag
committees, the Sustainable Ag Coalition and conservation groups urged
that conservation funding for fiscal year 2009 be kept at the levels
established by the 2008 farm bill.
In the letter the groups said, “Agriculture provides important
environmental benefits to the public through applying conservation
systems on the land. Farmers are willing to share in the cost of
protecting our environment, but currently more than half of farm
applicants are turned away by USDA because of insufficient Federal
funding. As a result, we continue to lose thousands of acres of
farmland, wetlands, grasslands and private forest lands, and our efforts
to clean up rivers, lakes, and bays are falling further behind
schedule.”
Groups signing the letter included American Farmland Trust, National
Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, Sustainable Agriculture
Coalition, Pollinator Partnership, National Wildlife Federation, and the
Izaak Walton League of America.
-- P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C.
correspondent
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Not that it apparently matters for much, but satellite images show
that cattle tend to point north and south when grazing and resting.
The Los Angeles Times reports that German scientists studied
Google Earth satellite images of 8,510 cattle in 308 herds around the
world and found two of every three of the animals were oriented in a
direction roughly pointing to magnetic north. The resolution of the
images was not sufficient to tell which ends of the cows were pointing
north, however, say researcher zoologists Sabine Begall and Hynek Burda
of the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Researchers have long known that certain bacteria, birds, fish, whales
and even rodents have minute organs in their brains containing particles
of magnetite that can act like a compass, the article says. But this is
the first hint that larger land-based mammals may also have such organs,
says biologist Kenneth J. Lohmann of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, who wasn’t part of the research.
Geobiologist Joseph Kirschvink, also not involved in the research,
called the findings "not at all implausible. We have to remember that
whales are descended from a common ancestor of [cows], so this is not a
surprise given what we know about whales."
While many species use magnetism to navigate, the benefit to cows is a
mystery. Perhaps it is simply a vestigial sense that’s no longer used
for any purpose, the researchers say.
-- Joe Roybal
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Sustained high retail prices for gasoline are impacting demand in
the U.S. The Energy Information Administration reports gasoline demand
fell by 2.3% in May and 4.4% in June, compared with the same time
periods a year ago. That’s the largest decline in year-ago gasoline
demand in May since 1980 and the fifth-largest year-ago decline in any
May since at least 1945. The June comparisons are even more dramatic,
with the year-ago decline this June the largest since 1980 and the
third-largest since 1945.
Here’s how U.S. prices for gasoline and diesel compared to other
countries in the second quarter of 2008: Click here for
chart.
-- Energy Information Administration
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The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline fell for a ninth
straight week (week ending Sept. 8), while diesel fell for the eight
straight week.
The average price for gasoline fell by 3.2¢ to $3.648/gal., with all
regions seeing declines. The East Coast shaved 2.2¢ to $3.609, the
Midwest slid 3.7¢ to $3.636, the Gulf Coast 2.7¢ to $3.551, the Rocky
Mountains 4.6¢ to $3.767, and the West Coast 4.6¢ to $3.813.
California dropped 4.6¢ to $3.859.
Diesel, which overall fell by 6.2¢ to an average price of $4.059/gal.,
was also down in all regions. That’s more than 70¢ off the all-time
high set on July 14, but $1.135 higher than a year ago.
For the week, diesel on the East Coast shaved 6.9¢ to $4.10, the
Midwest 5.1¢ to $4.015, the Gulf Coast 5.3¢ to tie with the Midwest at
$4.015, and the Rocky Mountains 7.9¢ to $4.10. The West Coast dropped
9.2¢ to $4.156, and California 9.7¢ to $4.185/gal.
-- Energy Information Administration
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U.S. feeder-cattle imports from Mexico are lower than last year, due
in part to the shrinking Mexican cowherd. For the week ending Aug. 2,
year-to-date imports of Mexican feeder cattle totaled just less than
390,000 head, compared with 585,000 for the same period in 2007 and
716,000 in 2006.
From 1997 to 2006, the U.S. imported an average of 1.06 million Mexican
feeder cattle/year. According to the Livestock Marketing Information
Center, in 2008 and likely for at least several more years, U.S. imports
of Mexican feeder are forecast to remain well below 1 million. Recent
projections for this year place imports at 750,000 head.
-- Kansas Livestock Association Newsletter
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The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) program is soliciting farmer/rancher grant proposals
for 2008. Individual operators, including youth, may apply for up to
$6,000 for a two-year project, and groups of three or more can apply for
up to $18,000.
Proposals are due by Dec. 1 at the North Central Region SARE office in
St. Paul, MN. Go to sare.org/ncrsare/prod.htm
for proposal info. All applicants are encouraged to contact Frank
Kutka, SARE coordinator for North and South Dakota, to discuss project
ideas. Reach him at 701-483-2348, ext. 113; or frank.kutka@ndsu.edu. For
more info on SARE in the Dakotas,visit www.DakotaSARE.info.
-- SARE release
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Experts are encouraging livestock owners to take precautions as
Hurricane Ike approaches Texas. Severe weather in many counties and
possible flooding of low-lying areas is predicted. Jason Cleere, Texas
AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist, shares some
guidelines:- Large numbers of animals not capable of being
evacuated by trailer should be moved to high ground. Open gates to
pastures as cattle and other livestock instinctively seek higher ground.
- Avoid putting animals in barns or other dwellings due to potential
high winds. Turn them out into large lots, pens or pastures.
- If evacuating animals by trailer, make sure tires are properly
inflated and flooring is in good condition. Don’t overcrowd.
- Prior to leaving the ranch, pick up debris that might become
high-wind hazards. Strap down feeders, trailers and other items that
might blow into a barn, home or other dwelling.
- Ensure adequate feed and water for a couple of weeks are available.
Cattle may become stranded or forages ruined. Supplemental feed may be
necessary.
The Texas Animal Health Commission is advising evacuees
to call the state’s ‘2-1-1’ number for info on available
facilities for emergency sheltering of livestock.
-- Texas A&M news release
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The focus will be on hydrogen sulfide gas produced from animal
manure during a Sept. 19 webcast that is open to all livestock producers
and others interested in the topic.
University of Minnesota professor Larry Jacobson and Jim Sullivan with
the Minnesota Pollution Control Board will join Texas A&M professor
Saqib Mukhtar to discuss outdoor concentrations of hydrogen sulfide gas
and the concerns of government agencies. The one-hour session begins at
1:30 p.m. CDT.
The webcast is one in a series hosted by the Livestock and Poultry
Environmental (LPE) Learning Center, developed by experts from
land-grant universities, agencies and other organizations. The webcast
meeting room opens 15 minutes before the start time. To
view, go to www.extension.org/pages/Live_Webcast_Information.
-- Kansas State University release
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The Missouri Livestock Symposium, set for Dec. 5-6 in Kirksville,
has programs for beef cattle producers, sheep and meat goat producers,
equine enthusiasts, stock dog producers and owners, forage producers and
more. The program includes speakers from 16 states, a trade show and
entertainment.
No pre-registration or registration is required. Learn more at missourilivestock.com or
call 660-665-9866 or 660-341-6625.
-- Missouri Livestock Symposium
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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Stockmanship &
Stewardship Tour, appearing in 35 locations across 20 states, is nearly
half over. But there’s still time to catch experts Curt Pate, Ron Gill
and Todd McCartney demonstrate and explain the principles of low-stress
stockmanship. The seminar uses live-cattle demonstrations and hands-on
participant training to highlight the importance and benefits of proper
cattle handling.
The tour, which kicked off this spring in Sweetwater, TN, has received
positive feedback from participants and auction market managers alike,
McCartney says.
Demonstrations are supported by funding through USDA’s Premises
Registration Promotion and hosted by various auction markets and
cattlemen’s associations. A summary of the philosophy and techniques
is available from Ron Gill at rgill@ag.tamu.edu. For more info
about the tour, contact McCartney at 817-771-6013 or todd@thejoestewardgroup.com,
or visit, www.beefusa.org/convNCBAsStockmanshipStewardhipTour.aspx.
Stockmanship & Stewardship remaining tour dates:
Sept. 16, Macon, MO – hosted by Lolli Brothers Livestock Market,
660-385-2516.
Sept. 17, Joplin, MO – hosted by Joplin Regional Stockyards,
417-548-BEEF.
Sept. 18, Maryville, MO – hosted by Maryville United Producers,
660-562-2026.
Oct. 22, Visalia, CA – hosted by Visalia Livestock Market,
559-625-9615.
Oct. 23, Aromas, CA – hosted by 101 Livestock Market,
831-726-3303.
Oct. 25, Templeton, CA – hosted by Templeton Livestock Market,
805-434-1866.
Oct. 29-30, Kingsville, TX – hosted by Texas A&M King Ranch
Institute, 361-593-5401.
Nov. 13, Winnemucca, NV – hosted by Nevada Cattlemen’s Assoc.,
775-738-9214.
Nov. 14, Yerington, NV – hosted by Nevada Cooperative Extension,
775-738-1721.
Nov. 21, Meridian, MS & Forest, MS – private auction market staff
trainings.
Nov. 22, Jackson, MS – hosted by Mississippi Cattlemen’s Assoc.,
601-354-8951.
Jan. 8, 2009 Lexington, KY – hosted by Kentucky Cattlemen’s
Assoc., 859-278-0899.
-- Alaina Burt
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The result of a weak economy and a sharp increase in government
spending will leave the federal budget deficit for fiscal year (FY) 2008
at a near-record $407 billion, according to the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO). Earlier this year, CBO had estimated the budget deficit to
reach only $219 billion.
Estimates for the FY 2009 federal budget deficit is a record $438
billion and is expected to go even higher because of the
administration’s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The record
for the budget deficit is $413 billion for fiscal year 2004. This
continuation of record deficits will make it difficult for either an
Obama or McCain administration to deliver on their promises concerning
tax cuts and funding priorities.
-- P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C.
correspondent
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Barack Obama is urging a feedyard in Oregon to negotiate with the
United Farm Workers (UFW), which is seeking to unionize the feedyard’s
employees. A letter the Democratic presidential nominee sent last month
to John Wilson of North Powder, OR, an owner of Beef Northwest Feeders,
urges Wilson to recognize the results of a union “card-check”
election conducted in June.
Under a card-check system, the union openly approaches employees and
asks them to sign union cards. UFW claims it collected signed cards from
a majority of the feedyard’s workers, according to the Baker City
Herald, but Wilson believes it would be fairer to his employees to
let them vote by secret ballot.
In the letter to Wilson, Obama wrote that “all workers should be free
to form a union” and added that he is “committed to the ability of
our nation’s agricultural workers to organize, to receive a decent
wage and to have a safe working environment.”
-- Texas Cattle Feeders Association Newsletter
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The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) has
launched Livestock Vantage, a nationwide initiative to help create
understanding, awareness and motivation for a unified livestock
identification and traceability effort.
Highlighted is the need for and value of a comprehensive system easily
utilized by livestock producers regardless of size or species. It also
promotes the three-step process of premises registration, animal ID and
animal tracing to help control and eliminate disease breakout. An
educational guide and tool is a WLIC-launched website, www.theLivestockVantage.com.
-- WLIC news release
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An independent report was released this week by Senators Byron
Dorgan (D-ND) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Representatives Bart Stupack
(D-MI) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) that outlines how speculators drove oil
prices to record levels then switched their position and “began a mass
stampede for the exits.”
The study by Masters Capitol Management and White Knight Research &
Trading uses data from the Commodities Future Trading Commission, the
Energy Information Administration, and investment sources to show how
speculators, not supply and demand or a weak dollar, was the leading
cause for record energy prices.
Dorgan said, “While these speculators make enormous profits on both
sides of the trade, it was the American people stuck with the bill every
time they filled up their gas tank this summer. This report is another
example of how oil speculators can control the market while the federal
agency, which should be protecting American consumers, has been dead
from the neck up.”
-- P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C.
correspondent
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While warm summer temperatures make the challenges of icy, frigid
weather seem far away, now is the time to make the preparations that
will minimize those wintry challenges. Dave Smith, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Extension beef veterinarian, along with several
ranchers from various locations, offer this top-10 list of strategic
management practices to secure herd health and lower input costs this
winter.
-- Click on headline to read the rest of this
story by Amanda Nolz
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BSE-fighting measures have been in the news lately, with
breakthroughs reported in Canada and the U.S.
-- Click on headline to read the rest of this
story by Joe Roybal
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USDA says there’s merit to an American Meat Institute (AMI)
petition filed in 2005 that calls for the use of low-penetration and
low-dose electron beam irradiation on chilled beef carcasses to kill
bacteria such as E. coli.
By deeming it a “processing aid,” typically applied to such
processes as lactic acid washes of carcasses (antimicrobial purposes)
for which USDA doesn’t require declaration on product labels, the
“treated with irradiation” labeling could be avoided.
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) defines processing aids
as “substances that are added to a food for their technical or
functional effect in the processing but are present in the finished food
at insignificant levels and do not have any technical or functional
effect in that food,” according to the petition.
“Much of the carcass surface is covered by adipose tissue which is
inherently self-limiting as a component of ground beef blends. Indeed,
we submit it would be misleading to mandate the labeling of the process
or any beef derived from the carcass since those products would evidence
no characteristics of irradiated products,” the petition says. To read
the petition, go to: www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Petition_Carcass_Surface_Irrad.pdf.
FSIS is to hold a public meeting on the AMI proposal on Sept. 18, and is
accepting comments on the petition until Oct. 18.
-- Food Production Daily and Joe Roybal
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USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) last
week downgraded Montana’s brucellosis status to Class A. Montana
previously had been classified as a Class Free state.
Marty Zaluski, state veterinarian for the Montana Department of
Livestock, said the downgrade came as no surprise.
Montana had been brucellosis free since 1985, but the disease was found
in a Bridger cattle herd in May 2007. Per APHIS rules, the state had to
remain brucellosis free for 24 months after that discovery to maintain
Class Free status. The process of downgrading Montana’s status was
initiated in June after a cow in Paradise Valley was found to be
infected with the disease.
Meanwhile, APHIS has granted an extension to the owner of a
brucellosis-infected herd of cattle near Daniel, WY, to depopulate the
herd. Wyoming State Veterinarian Walter Cook says the rancher has until
Oct. 5 to slaughter all sexually intact animals in the herd. Cook says
the rancher felt this would be the best choice; otherwise he would have
to quarantine the herd for a year and get three negative tests over the
course of the year.
As a result, Wyoming will keep its brucellosis-free status. However, if
another herd is found with brucellosis in the next two years, Wyoming
will likely lose that status.
-- Burt Rutherford
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Signaling a possible shift in the administration's position on
ethanol subsidies, USDA Secretary Ed Schafer said this week that cuts in
government ethanol subsidies are needed, according to
Reuters.
"The ethanol industry has incorporated the fact there are subsidies into
their operational, financial models. I think that is a mistake," Schafer
said at a business journalism conference in Kansas City. "They are going
to have to see a gradual ... step-down reduction in subsidies."
USDA and the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to roll out a
biofuels action plan in the next few weeks, Schafer said. The plan will
lay out what elements of the biofuels industry the government sees as
sustainable and outline the government's ability to support the
industry.
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