BEEF_DAILY A Penton Media Property October 28, 2009 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/beef/v/903 --Loading Up Calves, Dishing About Ohio's Issue 2 It's a busy day at our operation today. Later this afternoon, we will be loading up our sale cattle to market in town. For the better part of the last two weeks, we have been sifting through the calves to select our replacement heifers and the bulls we will market later this year through private treaty sales. We have a strong group of uniformed calves this year, so it was really difficult to make additions to the cull list, but we eventually came to an agreement on which calves to keep and which to sell. You know, when things get busy at the operation, it can be difficult to focus on the larger issues at hand such as the upcoming election in Ohio where Issue 2 will be voted on. Issue 2 will establish the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, an effort that would show voters how much food producers care about their animals while helping to eliminate a destructive and aggressive assault from the Humane Society of the United States to Ohio communities in the future. So, I want to know why agriculture is all of a sudden divided on Issue 2? To view the full article go to: http://blog.beefmagazine.com/beef_daily/2009/10/28/loading-up-calves-dishing-about-ohios-issue-2/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://www.campcooleygenetics.com) Camp Cooley Genetics Annual Production Sale will be held November 20-21, 2009 at the ranch in Franklin, Texas. Please visit www.campcooleygenetics.com (http://www.campcooleygenetics.com) for a complete schedule, and to request a sale catalog. Sale catalog and videos also available for viewing online. ---------------------------------------- --Feeding Hay With Herbicide Residues Many of you winter cows on corn stalks or other crop residues. Do you also sometimes feed grass or prairie hay to supplement those stalks? If you do, double check to learn if those hay fields were sprayed with herbicides before hay was cut earlier this year. If your hayfield was treated with Milestone or ForeFront or Chaparral herbicide, residues of those herbicides will still be in the hay. It won't hurt your animals but those herbicide residues will pass through your animals in their manure and urine. To view the full article go to: http://beefmagazine.com/grains/1028-feeding-hay-herbicide-residues/ --House Bill Tightens Market Oversight Following deals and compromises that ended only shortly before the hearing began, the House Agriculture Committee last week passed HR 3795 -- more commonly known as the "derivatives oversight" legislation -- by a bipartisan voice vote. "This is the third time we've moved on this legislation," said Rep. Colin Peterson of Minnesota, chairman of the committee, at the outset of the hearing. "This builds on the bill we passed in February, HR 977. To view the full article go to: http://beefmagazine.com/government/1028-house-bill-tightens-market-oversight/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://www.geertsonseedfarms.com/pdfs/sog%20sheet.pdf) Advantages Of Grass Planted With Alfalfa High-quality grass can help increase ration fiber content without lowering protein, improve drying time and increase yields. 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To view the full article go to: http://beefmagazine.com/green/1028-cap-and-trade-risks/ --BEEF Daily Blog Meet BEEF Daily Editor Amanda Nolz (http://beefmagazine.com/news/amanda-nolz/). With her boots planted firmly on the ground as both a cattle producer and an agriculture writer and speaker, this young cattle industry professional presents her unique perspective on pertinent industry issues and trends each Monday to Thursday morning. To view the full article go to: http://blog.beefmagazine.com/beef_daily/ ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER You are subscribed to this newsletter as #email# To subscribe to this newsletter go to: http://subscribe.beef-mag.com/?tc=NLSUB To unsubscribe from this newsletter go to: http://subscribe.beefmagazine.com/?tc=NLSUB&cid=#message_id#&lid=#list_id#&email=#email# For information on advertising in this newsletter, please contact: Bret Kealy at mailto:bret.kealy@penton.com Do you have comments or suggestions about BEEF Daily or its content? 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