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Hollinger Cattle Company Wins National Stocker Award
G-Three Cattle Co., Thomas Cattle
Buying Services are Runners-up
Hollinger Cattle Co.—Leo and Jeannie Hollinger—at Camden, AL is the
winner of the 2009 National Stocker Award (NSA).
The NSA was established in 2006 by BEEF Magazine and Elanco Animal
Health to underscore the integral role of the stocker sector and to
recognize the top operations within that sector. Each year, stocker and
backgrounding operations from across the nation are nominated for the
prestigious award.
G-Three Cattle Co. of Uniontown, KS and Thomas Cattle Buying Services of
Williston, FL were named runners-up in what the selection committee
termed a field of nominees rich in commitment and creativity employed to
grow quality, healthy cattle for the next phase of production.
Along with the recognition, Hollinger Cattle Co. receives $5,000 cash
provided by Elanco Animal Health, as well as an expense-paid trip to
this year’s National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in San
Antonio. G-Three Cattle Co. and Thomas Cattle Buying Services each
receive $1,000 cash.
You can read some of the specifics about each of these operations here.
For complete coverage, see the October issue of BEEF magazine in your
mailbox or at www.beefmagazine.com. For more
information about the contest, see www.nationalstockeraward.com.
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Black And White Exodus—Round III
Here they come again—dairy cows and heifers—in the
third dairy herd retirement program this year, the fourth in 12 months.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced the latest buy-out
Thursday, Oct. 1.
“The herd retirement of late 2008, plus the two herd retirements so
far in 2009, have removed 226,000 cows from the nation’s dairy
herds,” said Jerry Kozak, president and CEO of the National Milk
Producers Federation, which manages CWT. “Those efforts have helped
adjust the supply of milk more in line with demand. This third herd
retirement of 2009, along with a stabilizing global economy, should
further accelerate the recovery in dairy farmers’ prices.”
As with previous retirements CWT didn’t indicate how many cows it
hopes to put out of the industry’s misery this lap. Late last year, a
cadre of beef analysts projected CWT would be gunning for as many as
350,000 during 2009.
Arguably, cull cow and trim prices have suffered the harshest direct
price damage so far.
Cooperatives Working Together is being funded by dairy cooperatives and
individual dairy farmers, who are contributing $0.10/cwt. assessment on
their milk production through December 2010.
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Clover For Nitrogen And Increased Forage Utilization
Adding clover to grass pastures is one of those rare
opportunities stocker operators have to slug two birds with the single
proverbial stone.
“Legumes offer benefits in both fescue and bermudagrass pastures. In
bermudagrass, legumes extend the grazing season by providing forage in
spring before bermudagrass breaks dormancy and the nitrogen that is
recycled through grazing and decaying plant material gives a yield boost
for the bermuda,” explains John Jennings, a forage specialist at the
University of Arkansas (UA). “In fescue, legumes reduce fescue
toxicity as well as providing nitrogen.”
For perspective, UA researchers drilled toxic and non-toxic tall fescue
pastures with a blend of annual and perennial legumes including hairy
vetch (10 lbs./acre), Dixie Crimson clover (10 lbs./acre), and Regal
Graze White clover (2 lbs./acre). Seed cost was $47.70 per acre, not
including equipment costs or fuel.
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Calendar Of Events
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.
Feb. 23-24 – 2010 Mid-South Stocker Conference, Montgomery Bell
State Park, Dickson, TN; contact Jim Neel (865-974-7294; jneel@utk.edu); Jeff Lehmkuhler,
(859-257-2853 jeff.lehmkuhler@uky.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
products prior to administration.
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