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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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
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Calendar Of Events
Aug. 20-21 – Deep South Stocker Conference,
Hattiesburg, MS, contact Justin Rhinehart, 662-325-7465 jrhinehart@ads.msstate.edu;
online registration at www.caes.uga.edu.pdf
Aug. 21 – 23rd Annual Wheatland Stocker Conference, Enid, OK,
Greg Highfill, 580-237-7677, 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/.
Sept. 25-27 – Tri-State Meat Goat Conference, Shepperd Arena,
Fargo, ND; 701-231-7522 or to 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.
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.
Dec. 14-16 – Lectureship on Managerial Accounting for Ranchers,
King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, Kingsville, TX; 361-593-5401
or krirm.tamuk.edu.
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Important safety information
Micotil is to be used by, or on the order of, a licensed
veterinarian.
For cattle, inject subcutaneously. Intravenous use in cattle will be
fatal.
Do not use in female dairy cattle 20 months of age or older. Use in
lactating dairy cattle may cause milk residues.
See label for complete use information, including human warnings.
Always use proper drug handling procedures to avoid accidental
self-injection.
Consult your veterinarian on the safe handling and use of all injectable
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