BEEF_STOCKER TRENDS_ A Penton Media Property August 18, 2009 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/beef/v/846 NEWS --86,000 More Dairy Cows To Town If milk prices don't climb, it's not for lack of effort from dairy producers. Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced recently it has tentatively accepted bids to retire another 86,710 dairy cows accounting for 1.8 billion lbs. of milk production. CWT's most recent herd retirement completed last month removed 101,000 cows and 1.96 billion lbs. of milk production. "These two summer 2009 herd retirements, combined with the USDA's recent price support increases, should result in very positive movement in dairy farmers' milk prices," said Jerry Kozak, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation, which administers CWT. To view the full article go to: http://beefmagazine.com/beefstockertrends/0818-86000-more-dairy-cows --Farm Real Estate Values Decline For the first time since 1987, farm real estate value has declined, according to the "2009 Land Value and Cash Rents Summary" report released by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). "The contraction in the overall economy has caused less commercial and residential development in many regions. Livestock and crop commodity prices have declined from a year earlier, thus producers and investors are less optimistic than a year ago," say NASS analysts. "A decrease in the demand for recreational land has also contributed to the overall decrease in land values." In round numbers, pastureland values declined by $20/acre (1.8%) compared to 2008 to $1,070/acre. Of course, that's still 45% higher than the national average of $740 in 2005. To view the full article go to: http://beefmagazine.com/beefstockertrends/0818-farm-real-estate-values STOCKER MANAGEMENT --Tackling A New Old BVDV Strain Based on early results across 200,000 head of cattle, a new approach to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) vaccination is halving the treatments and re-pulls in feedlots. Thoughts are that stocker operators can also benefit. In a nutshell, Scott Crain, DVM, who owns Cattle Health Management Network (CHMN) -- a veterinary consulting service for feedyards -- was as frustrated with late-day pulls as his clients were. He discovered BVDV 1b present in many of those situations. "We know that we have BVDV 1b making cattle sick at all stages of the cattle-feeding period," Crain says. "We know we have that happening with cattle vaccinated multiple times for the BVDV 1a and 2a available in commercial vaccines." To view the full article go to: http://beefmagazine.com/beefstockertrends/0818-tackling-new-old-bvdv STOCKER ECONOMICS --Dog Day Markets "Cattle markets are in the summer doldrums and are mostly marking time until fall without a lot of trend or direction," says Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University (OSU) Extension livestock marketing specialist. "The biggest bad news is, of course, the continued weakness in boxed-beef prices that are keeping fed-cattle prices trapped in lower the $80/cwt. range. By-product values have improved in recent weeks providing a bit of breather for packers but overall demand weakness is still the major factor holding down meat and cattle prices." Domestically, according to the Beef Demand Index, the industry is about to where it was in 2001, just a couple of years after demand started perking up following two decades of losing 1% in demand per year. To view the full article go to: http://beefmagazine.com/beefstockertrends/0818-dog-day-markets EVENT SPOTLIGHT --23rd Annual Wheatland Stocker Conference Aug. 21 -- 8:30 a.m. Cherokee Strip Conference Center, Enid, OK Hosted by Oklahoma State University. *How Age and Source Verification can Add Value to Stocker Calves, Joe Young, Micro Beef Technologies *Cattle Markets and Issues: Finding Opportunities and Avoiding Traps, Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University *Reducing Cattle Stress to Maximize Stocker Production Efficiency, Dawn Hnatow, livestock handling specialist, Bowie, TX; Lynn Locatelli, DVM, Wolf Creek, MT *Farm Policy and Livestock Issues in the News, Ron Hays, Radio Oklahoma Network *Stocker Cattle Nutrition Update, David Lalman, Oklahoma State University For more information: Greg Highfill, 580-237-7677, greg.highfill@okstate.edu (mailto:greg.highfill@okstate.edu) --Deep South Stocker Conference Aug. 20-21 Hattiesburg, MS Hosted by Auburn University, Mississippi State University, and the University of Georgia. Thursday, Aug. 20th: Noon - 6 p.m. *Production Tours *Price Risk Management, John Anderson, Mississippi State University (evening meal) Friday, Aug. 21st: 8 am - 4 p.m. *Receiving Health Protocols, Robin Faulkner, Pfizer Animal Health *Soil Nutrient Management, Dennis Hancock, Univ. of Georgia *Producer Panel Three diverse operators *Grazing Management, Holly Boland, Mississippi State University *Feeder and Fed Cattle Market Trends, John Michael Riley, Mississippi State University For more information: Justin Rhinehart, 662-325-7465, jrhinehart@ads.msstate.edu (mailto:jrhinehart@ads.msstate.edu) EVENTS --Calendar Of Events Aug. 20-21 -- Deep South Stocker Conference, Hattiesburg, MS, contact Justin Rhinehart, 662-325-7465 jrhinehart@ads.msstate.edu (mailto:jrhinehart@ads.msstate.edu); online registration at www.caes.uga.edu.pdf (http://www.caes.uga.edu/commodities/fieldcrops/forages/events/Deep%20South%20Flyer.pdf) Aug. 21 -- 23rd Annual Wheatland Stocker Conference, Enid, OK, Greg Highfill, 580-237-7677, greg.highfill@okstate.edu (mailto:greg.highfill@okstate.edu) Aug. 25-27 -- ID Info-Expo, Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, MO; 270-782-9798 or www.animalagriculture.org. Sept. 22-23 -- Georgia Grazing School, Athens, GA. Sept. 24 -- KSU Beef Stocker Field Day, Beef Stocker Unit, Manhattan, KS; 785-532-1267 or www.asi.ksu.edu/ (http://www.asi.ksu.edu/). Sept. 25-27 -- Tri-State Meat Goat Conference, Shepperd Arena, Fargo, ND; 701-231-7522 or to www.ndsu.edu/sheepandgoat/ (http://www.ndsu.edu/sheepandgoat/). Sept. 29-Oct. 1 -- University of Missouri Grazing School, MU Forage Systems Research Center, Linn County; aes.missouri.edu/fsrc/news/fsrc5.stm (http://aes.missouri.edu/fsrc/news/fsrc5.stm). Oct. 29-30 -- HOLT CAT Symposium on Excellence in Ranch Management, King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, Kingsville, TX; 361-593-5401 or krirm.tamuk.edu (http://krirm.tamuk.edu). Dec. 14-16 -- Lectureship on Managerial Accounting for Ranchers, King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, Kingsville, TX; 361-593-5401 or krirm.tamuk.edu (http://krirm.tamuk.edu). CONTACT --Send Questions & Comments To... Wes Ishmael, Contributing Editor, BEEF Stocker Trends, at wesleysink@aol.com (mailto:wesleysink@aol.com) Joe Roybal, Editor, BEEF magazine, at jroybal@beef-mag.com (mailto:jroybal@beef-mag.com) MORE ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER You are subscribed to this newsletter as #email# To subscribe to this newsletter go to: http://http://subscribe.beefmagazine.com/?tc=NLSUB To unsubscribe from this newsletter go to: http://http://subscribe.beefmagazine.com/?tc=NLSUB&cid=#message_id#&lid=#list_id#&email=#email# For questions concerning delivery of this newsletter, please contact our Customer Service Department at: US Toll Free: (866) 505-7173 International: (402) 505-7173 or mailto:beefmagazine@pbinews.com To get this newsletter in a different format (Text or HTML), or to change your e-mail address, please go to your profile page here: http://subscribe.beefmagazine.com/?tc=NLSUB&email=#email# Penton Media | 249 W. 17th Street | New York, NY 10011 Copyright 2009, Penton Media. All rights reserved. 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