BEEF CATTLE INSTITUTE AND KANSAS BEEF COUNCIL TO HOST FREE BQA TRAINING SESSIONS

BEEF CATTLE INSTITUTE AND KANSAS BEEF COUNCIL TO HOST FREE BQA TRAINING SESSIONS

Beef Cattle Care and Health Training Sessions Featuring Beef Quality Assurance

Training and Certification Will Be Held In Kansas

The Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University and the Kansas Beef Council are partnering to host seven advanced beef cattle care and health training sessions throughout Kansas during August and September. The beef checkoff-funded sessions will provide beef producers and veterinarians with up-to-date standards and technologies to improve animal welfare and food safety. The training sessions will be led by Dan Thomson, DVM, PhD; Chris Reinhardt, PhD; and Dave Rethorst, DVM; all of the Beef Cattle Institute.

The meetings are scheduled as follows:

August 12—Winter Livestock, Dodge City—6:00 p.m.

August 20—Oakley Livestock Commission Company, Oakley—6:00 p.m.

August 22—Holton Livestock Exchange, Holton—6:30 p.m.

September 4—Paola Livestock Auction, Paola—6:00 p.m.

September 9—Coffeyville Livestock Market, Coffeyville—6:00 p.m.

September 12—Central Livestock of South Hutch, South Hutchinson—6:00 p.m.

September 16—Marysville Livestock, Marysville—6:00 p.m.

Producers and veterinarians will receive Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training and information relevant to the cow-calf, stocker and feedlot industry segments; animal husbandry best management practices; and downed animal care and humane euthanasia training. In addition, stockmanship principles and low-stress cattle-handling techniques will be studied. All producers and veterinarians who attend will earn BQA certification. BQA certification is valid for three years.

Each workshop is free of charge and includes a complimentary meal. Pre-registration one week or more prior to the event is requested by calling the Beef Cattle Institute (785) 532-4844 or emailing kjoliver@vet.ksu.edu. Walk-in attendees are welcome, but are not guaranteed a meal.

The Beef Cattle Institute was founded in 2007 to provide beef industry stakeholders with the most current education, research and outreach available in the beef industry. The BCI offers certificates and tools to aid producers in managing a successful beef business.

The Kansas Beef Council administers the $1-per-head beef checkoff in Kansas. Funds are used for research, educational activities and promotion of beef and beef products. Twenty-nine cattle producer volunteers from Kansas serve on the executive committee and direct how checkoff funds are utilized.

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STEWART JOINS AMAA STAFF AS NEW DIRECTOR OF YOUTH ACTIVITIES

Platte City, mo. – The American Maine-Anjou Association is pleased to announce the hiring of Devon Stewart as the new Director of Youth Activities and Special Events.

  Devon Stewart is the 22-year-old daughter of Kent Stewart and Melissa Bergstrom. Raised as the fifth generation on her family’s ranch in Washington, Kan., Devon is no newcomer to the livestock industry. She has shown cattle since the age of seven, representing her family’s cow-calf operation alongside her older brother Derek and cousins Garrett, Brigham and Tucker. Devon served as the American Maine-Anjou Queen in 2007 and was also part of the 2009-2011 Hutchinson Community College livestock judging team.

  Her family’s ranch, Mid Continent Farms, raises and sells show steers and breeding stock across the United States. MCF owns 1,200 head of cattle including purebred Maine-Anjou among other breeds and farms 1,500 acres of tillable ground.

  Devon is a recent graduate of Kansas State University where she earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Agricultural Communications and Journalism. She enjoys traveling to different cattle shows, watching her brother steer wrestle on the professional level and attending Kansas State sporting events. Devon is extremely excited to once again, travel the country with the Junior Board representing the American Maine-Anjou Association.

KDA Requests Authorization of Emergency Haying and Grazing on CRP Land

TOPEKA – Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman requested the authorization of emergency hazing and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practice CP25 land in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack yesterday. Kansas has more than 850,000 acres currently enrolled in CP25, with a majority of these acres within the drought region. Many Kansas livestock producers, from the most severely affected areas, have worked closely with FSA county directors and converted CP2 to CP25 to enhance environmental benefits and to be good stewards of the land. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) authorized this same land to be used for emergency haying and grazing in 2012 and extreme drought conditions have made the request necessary again this year. In the letter, Secretary Rodman emphasized the dire need for USDA to authorize emergency haying and grazing on CP25 land saying the continued drought conditions have increased negative impacts on feedstock, which are exponential this year in drought affected counties. A full text of the letter can be seen below. Dear Secretary Vilsack: On behalf of the more than 65,000 farmers and ranchers in Kansas, I would like to thank you for your ongoing efforts to provide relief in response to the historic drought that continues to persist. The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) is thankful for the efforts of the Kansas FSA State Committee and State Director to authorize emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands during this extended disaster period. I write this letter to request special attention and immediate action to approve the Kansas FSA State Committee’s request, June 6, 2013, to the National FSA Office to authorize CRP practice CP25, Rare and Declining Habitat, to be released for emergency grazing.  In addition, KDA requests a recommendation to allow haying of CP25, with the same rules and provisions that you authorized in 2012.  The FSA placed reasonable rules and restrictions to maintain the resource for last year’s effort and the emergency release was tremendously beneficial to Kansas agriculture.  Haying and grazing was necessary in 2012 due to the drought conditions. These continued conditions have increased negative impacts on feedstock, which are exponential this year in drought affected counties. Kansas livestock producers are voicing the dire need to access these program acres.  Many producers, from the most severely affected areas, have worked closely with FSA county directors and converted CP2 to CP25 to enhance the environmental benefits and to be good stewards of the land.  Under the current authorization, that modification or action has the potential to be devastating to their operation without your help.  Kansas has 850,000 acres currently enrolled in CP25, with a majority of those acres within the drought region. KDA respectfully requests your support and action on behalf of Kansas agriculture and as a collective voice for Kansas farmers and ranchers. The following news release from last year is attached to detail what KDA is requesting your action to repeat in 2013. CRP Emergency Haying of CP25 Approved For Kansas Counties Manhattan, Kansas - August 2, 2012 --- Adrian J. Polansky, State Executive Director of the Kansas Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced today that emergency haying of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practice CP25, Rare & Declining Habitat acreage has been approved for all Kansas Counties. The drought has depleted hay supplies and affected the growth of hay across Kansas. This authorization provides additional relief for many Kansas livestock producers who have suffered through these ongoing severe drought conditions," said Polansky. Emergency haying is allowed through August 31, 2012. No extensions will be approved under this special authority. Haying will not be permitted within 120 feet of a stream or other permanent water body. Haying is limited to one cutting. Participants shall leave at least 50 percent of each field or contiguous CRP fields unhayed for wildlife. CRP participants can sell, donate, barter, or otherwise exchange hay. The haying privilege may not be subleased. CRP participants in approved counties should contact the local FSA county office to request emergency haying on an individual contract basis prior to haying. Participants will need to work with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a modified conservation plan, taking into consideration the existence of protected species. If the CRP cover is destroyed, the practice must be re-established at the contract participant’s own expense to remain in compliance with the CRP contract. Participants must also accept a 10 percent reduction in the annual rental payment for the acres actually hayed. For additional information farmers and ranchers should contact their local FSA County Office. Thank you again for your time and effort to respond to the Americans that are coping with a continued historic drought and for all of your efforts to support farmers and ranchers. I look forward to working with you on this and other initiatives to improve production agriculture. Sincerely, Dale Rodman                                                              Secretary of Agriculture          State of Kansas

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KDA Publishes Proposed Trichomoniasis Regulation

TOPEKA, Kan., - The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health published a proposed regulation regarding Trichomoniasis (commonly referred to as Trich) in cattle. Trichomoniasis is a highly contagious venereal disease in cattle that is carried by a bull and transmitted to a cow during breeding. It causes pregnancy loss or abortion in the cow, prolonged calving intervals and high open rates in infected herds, which costs livestock farmers and ranchers valuable income. The proposed regulation, which appeared in the July 4, 2013, Kansas Register, addresses the change-of-ownership of bulls within Kansas and import requirements for both bulls and females. The department will accept public comments for 60 days and will hold a public hearing September 4, 2013, on the proposal. Click here to read and comment on the proposed regulation. “We are committed to working with our partners in the cattle industry to protect the well-being of Kansas livestock,” said Kansas Animal Health Commissioner Dr. Bill Brown. “KDA has worked with cattlemen and women, veterinarians in the field and other animal health experts on the proposed regulation to help protect herd health in Kansas.” Dr. Brown urges cattlemen and women who think they may have Trich in their cattle herd to contact their herd veterinarian or a Kansas state veterinarian.

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