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Engler, Farr Inducted Into Feeding Hall Of Fame
Grid-based marketing didn’t just appear at out of the
blue. Paul Engler, founding chairman of Texas-based Cactus Feeders –
one of the largest cattle feeding organizations in the world – helped
pioneer the concept. The aim was to both reward owners of above average
cattle and to give his feedlot managers more time to manage rather than
bicker with order buyers.
“Throughout his career in the livestock business, Paul Engler has been
dedicated to being a low-cost producer, while maintaining the highest
level of quality,” the late Robert Peterson, former chairman and CEO
of IBP, once said. “Nothing more actively demonstrates this than the
many innovations and efficiencies that he and Cactus Feeders have helped
bring to the cattle feeding industry…”
Likewise, the fence-line feed bunks taken for granted today weren’t a
birthright. W.D. Farr, founder of Farr Feeders in Colorado came up with
the notion.
“Before the feedbunks, workers would have to haul feed wagons into
each pen manually. The ability to feed from outside the pens greatly
improved efficiency and reduced feed waste,” says Dick Farr. “My
father was usually about 25 years ahead of everyone else in his
thinking.”
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Economy Grows, For Now
Nobody knows whether the economy has finally hit bottom,
but Wall Street investors’ money suggested Friday that it has.
By the end of last week, all of the major financial indices (Dow,
NASDAQ, S&P 500) reached their highest levels since the first week of
October.
That optimism was driven by comments made by Ben Bernanke, chairman of
the Federal Reserve System, at the Federal Reserve Bank-Kansas City
Annual Economic Symposium on Friday.
Bernanke suggested the economy is beginning to emerge from the most
severe global financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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Cattle Prices To Increase
“Cattle prices are no longer built on a foundation of
long-term cycles in cattle numbers. Today, cattle price changes are
dominated by rather short-term factors that can be abrupt,” say
analysts with the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC) in their
recent market outlook.
The latest shock, of course, being the economic recession bogging down
domestic and global markets.
According to LMIC, fed-cattle prices (basis Southern Plains steer) were
$8.70 (9%) below a year earlier during the first six months of this
year; about $5 of that due to byproduct values. Despite declining feed
costs, LMIC analysts point out feedlots have operated in the red for 26
months through July.
Southern Plains feeder steers (700-800 lbs.) were $9 lower on average
during the first quarter; Southern Plains steer calves (500-600 lbs.)
were down $11.05. Both gained back about $6 in the second
quarter.
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KSU Beef Stocker Field Day
10th Annual Kansas State University Beef Stocker Field
Day
Sept. 24 – 9:30 a.m.
KSU Beef Stocker Unit, Manhattan, KS
• Buying and Selling Right, Kevin Dhuyvetter, KSU
• Partnering with Feedlots: Who brings What to the Table, panel
featuring Jerry Bohn (Pratt Feeders), Dan Dorn (Decatur County Feed
Yard) and Jim Reeves (JMR Cattle Co.).
• Thinking Outside the Shots, Dan Thomson, DVM, KSU.
• Negotiating Custom Grazing Arrangements, panel featuring Mike
Collinge (Hamilton, KS), Tim Miser (Cottonwood Falls, KS) and Alan Hess
(Alma, KS).
• Cattle Financing in a Tight Credit Market, Gary Cotterill,
Community National Bank, Chanute, KS.
• Producing Value-added Cattle, Brian Bertelson, U.S. Premium Beef.
• Weed and Woody Plant Control for Pastures, Walt Fick, KSU.
• Utilization of By-products on Pasture, Lyle Lomas, KSU.
For more info, contact Lois Schreiner, 785-532-1267 or
lschrein@ksu.edu.
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Aug. 25-27 – ID Info-Expo, Westin Crown Center, Kansas
City, MO; 270-782-9798 or www.animalagriculture.org.
Sept. 14-16 – South Dakota Grazing School, Al’s Oasis and the Lower
Brule Trust Land, Oacoma; 605-688-6623, 6-5-280-0127 or www.sdgrass.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 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/.
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 – University of Missouri Grazing School, MU Forage
Systems Research Center, Linn County; aes.missouri.edu/fsrc/news/fsrc5.stm.
Oct. 23-24 – Mid-Atlantic Grass Finished Livestock Conference, Holiday
Inn Conference Center, Staunton, VA; 434-292-5331
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
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