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went back and rewrote this piece, because originally it was written a day before Harvey made landfall. At that point in time, no one was sure what to expect, myself included. I did not think that I, personally, needed three cases of water and all the bananas in the store, but many in this town did — I went on and JESSE WRIGHT on about that, as I often do about things. After how devastating the storm was though, I did not want to make light of it in any way, so I felt it necessary to go back and add a thing or two.

Being 200 miles inland puts you literally on the edge of the

action during hurricane season, close enough to feel the effects, but far enough away not to be in severe danger. We got rain, a whole lot of rain. But, honestly, the worst part for me about hurricane Harvey was being cooped up in the house with two rowdy, restless kids.

Friends and family just a little closer to the shore were not so fortunate. We’ve seen the staggering foootage and pictures of landmarks we know submerged in water. The horrific images will stick with many for a lifetime, I’m sure.

But what I also hope sticks, is the compassion, empathy, and goodwill that has come out of this tragedy. Everywhere you turn, there are ways to help, and in each instance I’ve seen or heard about, the help was over-

whelming. It took a lot of water to wash off the ugly that is part of our nation, but once it did, we all saw what was underneath and it is something beautiful. Let’s try to remember that and hang on to it.

I’ve kind of run out of space here, so I don’t have room for a clever segue or to give you a rundown of what’s in this issue — you’ll just have to read it all to find out. Thanks for reading. ’Til next time,

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Land stewardship conference for women slated for Oct. 2-3 in Fredericksburg

By Kay LedBetter Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

FREDERICKSBURG — Poultry, birding, wildlife — all offer potential revenue if the land is taken care of first.

And an upcoming two-day conference will help women in the Edwards Plateau region determine the best management practices to make that happen.

“Women — Takin’ On the Stewardship Challenge,” hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will take place Oct. 2-3 at the Inn on Barons Creek in Fredericksburg.

The conference, funded by the Ruth and Eskel Bennett

Trust, is an effort to reach women landowners who want to learn more about stewardship of the land they are in charge of, said Larry Redmon, AgriLife Extension program leader and associate head, Texas A&M University soil and crop science department in College Station.

“Whether they are new to a ranch or longtime caretakers, land stewardship does not always rise to the top of priorities,” Redmon said.

“We want to help these ladies understand that moving it up on the priority list will help across the board in managing their property.”

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News Landowner program series to be presented in South Central Texas

By Paul SchattenBerg Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

SAN ANTONIO — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present four programs — from September to November in Bexar, Kerr, Atascosa and Medina counties — as part of the agency’s South Region Landowner Series.

The programs are open to anyone with an interest in learning more about resources available to landowners, coordinators said.

The cost for each program is $15 per person or $30 for the entire series. For couples, the cost is $25 for each program; $50 for the series.

To RSVP for any of the programs, contact Denise Perez at the AgriLife Extension office in Bexar County at 210-631-0400 by the individual program deadline.

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There will be landowner series programs held from September to November in Bexar, Kerr, Atascosa and Medina counties. fices in the Conroy Square business complex, 3355 Cherry Ridge Drive in San Antonio.

Program content will include 1-D-1 valuation, evaluating resources, land fragmentation and setting goals for land use. RSVP deadline is Sept. 12. • The second program, Wildlife and Range Management, will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area, 2625 F.M. 1340 in Hunt. Lunch is included.

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News Five facts you should know about anaplasmosis this fall

By Dr. MEREDYTH JONES Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital

We recognized several cases of the cattle disease anaplasmosis in this region last fall and, as you prepare for this fall, we thought it would be helpful to provide you with the top 5 things you should know about the disease in case it rears its ugly head again this year.

• It is caused by a bacterial organism that infects the red blood cells that doesn’t directly cause damage to the red blood cells. Rather, it causes the body to recognize the red blood cells as foreign and the animal’s body itself kills the infected cells, causing anemia. This results in a lack of ability to

Vet’s Voice transport oxygen, so the organs and tissues fail. Initially, affected cattle simply may be noticed standing off alone or not coming up to feed. Occasionally, an animal is found down and unable to get up or is found dead.

Middle aged to older cattle more often are affected than young.

• It is transmitted by bloodsucking flies and ticks. It also can be transmitted by needles

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and other processing equipment. Measures can be taken to control ticks and bloodsucking flies, but it’s nearly impossible to eliminate these as contributors of risk.

It is, however, within our power to control the transmission our equipment causes.

Disinfecting castration knives, dehorners, tattooing pliers and other equipment that contacts blood can stop transmission from one animal to the next.

Changing needles after every animal is perhaps the most important control measure.

Research has shown that, after contacting blood from an infected steer, a single needle is able to infect animals up to the 10th animal through the chute after.

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• Treatment can be successful. This organism can be killed by antibiotics in the class of tetracyclines. No injectable antibiotics, however, are labelled for use in treating anaplasmosis, so a veterinarian’s input is required for proper treatment.

For cattle who are affected severely, weak, or down, the prognosis for recovery is poor.

• A critical component in the recovery of any animal from anaplasmosis is that they be handled quietly and calmly.

Any sudden stress can cause them to decompensate for the lack of oxygen in their blood and they can die instantly.

When attempting to get cattle up to treat them, they should be walked very slowly and quietly.

I actually recommend to my clients whose herds have had a history of anaplasmosis that, if they ever find a weak or down cow, they approach her slowly and look at the color of the corners of her eyes or the inside of her vulva (for bulls, the inner portion of the sheath works in all but black bulls). If the color is very white or has a yellowish tinge, anaplasmosis very likely could be the problem. Then, when they call me, I know that this is an animal that perhaps I should have the owner treat himself/herself because if I drive up as a stranger in a strange truck, I may cause more harm than good.

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This is a blood smear from a cow with anaplasmosis.The organism,Anaplasma marginale, has infected several red blood cells and is stained purple.

Vet, from Page 5 This is a great example of a situation where an active, engaged relationship with your veterinarian can be extremely helpful.

• Prevention is possible through insect and tick control and proper needle and equipment management but there is more that can be done. There are products that can be used in feed to reduce the numbers of organisms in the blood and prevent disease.

New regulations activated earlier this year now require a

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Veterinary Feed Directive from your veterinarian in order to use these.

It’s worth a conversation with your veterinarian about your herd’s risk level for anaplasmosis to decide what types of preventative measures make the most sense for you.

We have many things to be thankful for here in Texas, but we do have a slight setback in that we are in an environment that favors infectious cattle diseases like anaplasmosis. Be sure and discuss the control of this and other infectious diseases with your herd veterinarian.

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News Pasture management after wildfires can take many shapes

By Kay LedBetter Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

AMARILLO — Short-grass native prairie to Old World bluestem-seeded pastures, grazed and ungrazed pastures, herbicide-treated to untreated pastures — a traveling caravan made its way across the Panhandle five months after a March 6 wildfire to see how the burned land was healing.

Tim Steffens, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service range management specialist in Canyon, traveled with the producers to discuss pastures in Roberts and Lipscomb counties.

“A wildfire is never a good thing, but we had good subsoil moisture and good follow-up moisture afterward and the fire was moving swiftly, so it didn’t

just cook plants, so recovery should be relatively quick,” Steffens said. “That’s what we want to look at, how is this land recovering.”

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Bare spots in pastureland equate to evaporation of any moisture that falls. he said.

Steffens said many ranchers were calling after the fire inquiring about what to do with weeds.

“There’s no such thing as bad cover after a fire,” he said. “I don’t care what is growing there, I just want something to grow there to hold the ground down, slow the wind down, cut the evaporative loss, get the ground covered up.

Next year if you want to kill weeds, then maybe, but the first thing you need to do is get the ground covered up again.

“One thing I look for is a diversity of plants — some deep rooted, some fibrous root,” Steffens said. “Some of you might not

Primary considerations

Plant responses and water are primary considerations, he said.

“It’s all about the water in this part of the country,” Steffens said. “We can’t do anything about how much water falls, but we can do something about how much water gets in the ground, how long it stays there or whether it evaporates or goes through a plant first.”

Key to stopping wind and water erosion across the burned countryside is to get cover; leave the vegetation, any vegetation,

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Tim Steffens,TexasA&MAgriLife Extension Service range management specialist,talked to producers in the short-grass native prairie pasture of Roberts County.

Fire, from Page 7 like old wild alfalfa and the cows might not eat it, but it has a large root that will get water deeper into the profile. It’s a legume that will get nutrients to the grasses.”

Density, continuity

Another thing to look for is the density and continuity of cover, Steffens said. “Is that ground covered — every square inch — with something on top of it?”

Utilizing a weighing lysimeter, a study of different amounts of cover on the soil surface showed no consistent difference in evaporative losses for ground with 0 to 75 percent cover, he said. There was some improvement when cover reached 90 percent, but there was a big decrease in evaporative losses at 100 percent cover.

“The more cover we can get and the longer we can keep it there, the less water we will have run off and the less soil will be carried away and the better things are going to do. The litter cover and leaf cover will keep that soil from blowing away.

“That’s what we hope for if we give the pastures enough time to produce the regrowth and cover up the ground,” Steffens said.

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collect the snow and keep it from blowing off; 10 inches of snow is about an inch of moisture and that can make a big difference at spring green-up.”

After a disturbance such as fire, forbs, what many folks call weeds, are often some of the first plants to come in, he said.

“You might get some weeds or forbs first, and some may not be exactly what you look forward to having in your pasture — wavy leaf thistle, buffalo burr, silver leaf nightshade,” Steffens said.

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Wild alfalfa is an example of a deep tap-rooted plant that can help with the healing of the pasture.

Recover, from Page 8 fens said. “Don’t worry so much about what you don’t want in the pasture, worry more about taking care of the stuff you do want.

“You might get three awn, scurfpea, curlycup gumweed, annual broomweed. If they aren’t spreading too quickly, a few are OK. Ask yourself if anything you’re doing may be affecting them. If you are getting less and less with what you are doing, you are good.”

He said the questions to ask are: What does it take to kill it and what else might come in?

“Be careful what you wish for,” Steffens said. “Make sure you know why you are using herbicides. You need to understand why things are how they are and fix that before treating.

Is it a problem with lack of cover as a result of repeated grazing or other disturbance or what?”

He said in cases where the fire only burned a portion of a pasture and the cattle need to be grazing there, it might be prudent to fence off the burned areas at least temporarily to help it recover.

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News Pasture, from Page 9 “When the cattle are brought back into a pasture, they will pick the burned area first to graze because it has a higher proportion of green material and less old dead grass,” Steffens said.

“They will be hard on it because that’s where they concentrate. If you don’t want them there, you have to do something to keep them off, until the cover is back.

I have seen the preference for these burned areas last as long as two years.”

Grazing cattle

Another thing to understand, he said, is cattle usually will graze the native pasture before they will graze the introduced grasses such as Old World bluestem or weeping lovegrass.

“If you have 200 acres of weeping lovegrass and 200 acres of native grass inside the same fence, you really only have 200 acres to graze,” Steffens said. “If part of a pasture burned, the burned part is how much will actually be grazed, because that is where the cows are going to go unless they are fenced off. You need to take this into consideration when you are deciding stocking rates.”

Wrapping up, he said the take home lessons are: “We are not

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saying don’t ever spray weeds; we are not saying always come in and graze or don’t come in and graze, or to stay out for a set period of time. What I feel comfortable saying is that right after a fire, I don’t think the forbs are causing a lot of problems.

“You have to be careful drawing sweeping conclusions when there are a lot of factors that enter into every situation,” Steffens said. “There are a lot of things that enter into the decisions, everyone doing what they think is best. Try to be sure it is going to pay for itself over the course of time. Think about what you do want and manage for that, don’t worry so much about what you don’t want that may go away as you nurture those things you like.”

After looking at many different pastures under different circumstances, he said the best thing to do is watch how these develop over time and learn what to expect.

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Pastures with introduced grasses were the final stop on a field tour of wildfire-stricken pastures five months later.

“No matter what has been done, no threshold has been crossed because of the wildfire that a pasture can’t come back,” Steffens said. “Since the ice age, this area has been burned under all kinds of conditions and life goes on. Maybe you spray next year. Maybe you shred.

Maybe you get cows to eat what you don’t want. ...

“The wonderful thing about all of this is you can’t mess it up so bad in a year, I don’t think, that you can’t get it back, eventually. But bear in mind, nature’s time ain’t banker time. A little deferment and TLC now can make for a quicker turnaround.”

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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service helps current and former military service members with information and resources on farming and ranching.

Military-oriented agriculture program slated Sept. 16 in Dayton

By Paul SchattenBerg Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

DAYTON — Military veterans will be the primary focus of a Sept. 16 agricultural workshop presented by the Texas AgrAbility program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The free “Battleground to Breaking Ground” workshop will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Dayton Community Center, 801 S. Cleveland St. “This workshop will provide resources and education for military veterans, but also for individuals with disabilities, beginning farmers and ranchers, and anyone else interested in starting an agricultural business,” said Erin Kimbrough, AgriLife Extension coordinator for family and community health in College Station.

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Hay fever Considerations for selecting, storing and feeding

By RoBeRt FeaRs Special to The Post

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ay often is purchased or harvested without any consideration of what it contains or what it weighs.

“If it looks good, it must be good feed,” is commonly the hay evaluation criteria.

“Hay, What’s in That Bale” is the title of a paper written by Monte Rouquette Jr. of Texas A&M AgriLife Research.

The paper has been presented at the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course several times and is included in the proceedings almost every year. Unless otherwise noted, the information in this article is taken from Rouquette’s presentation.

The title of the paper is thoughtprovoking.

Rouquette discussed the following points to consider when selecting, storing and feeding hay.

Nutritive value

Nutritive value is important because it signifies true economic value of hay and determines whether it will meet dietary requirements of the animals.

Plant stage of growth at harvest greatly impacts hay nutritive value. As forage plants mature, crude protein and digestible energy decrease as the amount of lignin increases. Lignin either is indigestible or slowly digestible and provides no energy to the animal.

The biggest losses to hay nutrient value are caused by delaying harvest from the optimum development stage. Alfalfa digestibility declines 0.5 percent per day after flowering. Coastal bermudagrass digestibility declines 0.2 percent per day from four to eight weeks of age. In general, forages such as bermudagrass

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Above: Tme of harvest has a major impact on hay nutritive value and quantity. On the cover: Proper hay ring design is important for reducing waste. should be harvested at three- to fourweek intervals for optimum nutritive value and at six- to eight-week intervals for optimum quantity. A compromise between these two harvest windows is required to harvest the best hay.

A significant amount of nutritive value can also be lost during hay storage, depending on storage conditions. It is important to store hay in a manner to minimize spoilage due to rain, soil contact and other environmental factors.

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News Western heritage ranch sorting school and competition set Special to The Post

Cowboy Fellowship of Aggieland is hosting a Ranch Sorting School and Competition Oct. 13-14 at Still Creek Ranch. Separate adult and youth classes will be held concurrently beginning 9 a.m. on Oct. 14.

Cost for riders is $60 if preregistered by Oct. 10. After that, cost is $75.

Preregistration can be done at www.aggielandcowboy.com Western Heritage Sorting is for those who excel in slow and quiet cattle handling. Riders are limited to a trot or slower, and verbal noise directed to influence cattle is prohibited. Western Heritage Sorting follows standard Cinch Ranch Sorting National Championship rules.

Each school registrant receives a Cinch Ranch Sorting National

Championship graduation certificate, complimentary 1-year Cinch Ranch Sorting National Championship membership and a monogrammed trophy shirt.

The Western Heritage Ranch Sorting School is coordinated by Cinch Ranch Sorting National Championship, and is for any aspiring and rookie ranch horse rider with little to no ranch sorting experience. As a part of the event, there will be instructional clinics on Oct. 13 starting at 6 p.m.

A live demo on how to read cattle will be held in the Still Creek Arena, presented by James Davison, National Cutting Horse Association cutter, followed by a demo of the Emmett 4 Technique by Gary Wells from Queensland, Australia, focusing on balance, softness, and suppleness of the horse.

Classes on Oct. 14 will include Riding and Training Horses to

Work Cattle, Working/Handling Cattle Horseback, Performance Horse Health Status Check, and Mechanics/Strategies Used in Ranch Sorting.

The day will culminate with a Western Heritage Ranch Sorting Competition that will include Beginner and Rookie classes, as well as a Brazos Valley South Central Texas Rancher/Stockman Challenge.

Beginner and rookie classes are $15 per run with pick/draw partner, and a 50 percent payback. Maximum of five runs. Six Buckles will be awarded to top beginner teams, and eight buckles will be awarded to the top rookie teams in four divisions (Top 4-H, Cowboy Church, 40 Something Ladies, and Non-Specific).

Rancher/stockman class is $20 per run. It is open to any rider on any horse. Other rules such

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beginner and rookie. Buckles awarded to top team. 50 percent payback.

Books open at 8 a.m. on Oct. 14, and close at 4 p.m. The sorting begins at 4:30 p.m.

Coordinators for the event are Cowboy Fellowship of Aggieland, Cinch Ranch Sorting National

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Championship, Total Equine Feeds and Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service. Sponsoring partners are Still Creek Ranch, Gary Wells, 40 Something Cowgirls, and National Cutting Horse Association.

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News Land, from Page 3 Cost of the two-day conference is $75 and includes the opening breakfast as well as all other meals, break refreshments and tour transportation. Hotel rooms are available at the Inn on Barons Creek for $99 per night under the Bennett-TAMU group code.

Redmon said this third year of the conference will focus on the land and potential financial avenues not typically thought about.

A keynote speaker this year will be Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, an AgriLife Extension agricultural law specialist in Amarillo, who will discuss “Agriculture Laws Every Landowner Needs to Know.”

“It is amazing the number of legal issues that can face a Texas landowner,” Lashmet said. “Can I pump water from beneath my property? Who is liable if my cattle get out on the roadway and are hit by a car? Is an oral lease agreement enforceable? What do

I do if a pipeline company says they are going to sue me to get an easement across my property?”

These are just some of the common legal questions facing landowners Lashmet will address.

“Anytime I speak, it is important for me to help make legal issues understandable and to ensure audience members have a chance to ask any questions they may have,” she said.

Other topics and speakers on this year’s agenda include: • What is Land Stewardship?

Barron Rector, AgriLife Extension range specialist in College Station.

• Water in the Hill Country — Our Most Valuable Resource, Diane Boellstorff, AgriLife Extension water resource specialist in College Station.

• Reptiles and Amphibians — Get to Know Your Neighbors, John Karges, The Nature Conservancy associate director of field science in San Antonio.

• Stewardship of the Land —

What’s Involved? Bob Lyons, AgriLife Extension range specialist in Uvalde.

• Birding in the Texas Hill Country, Maureen Frank, AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist in Uvalde.

• What Women Need to Know About Finances? Cissy Williams, senior vice president-lending in San Saba, and Jeri Langehennig, vice president-relationship manager in Mason, both with Capital Farm Credit.

• Pasture-Raised Poultry, Mandy Krause, co-owner of Parker Creek Ranch in D’Hanis.

• Stewardship in the Edwards Plateau: The Next Generation, Megan Clayton, AgriLife Extension range specialist, Corpus Christi.

The second day will include tours that concentrate on “Hunting Property Use Options” in the morning. Rector will lead a session on plant identification and Annaliese Scoggins with Texas Parks and Wildlife will lead a

session on tracking and animal scat identification. A skeet shooting demonstration will be led by Denise Harmel-Garza, AgriLife Extension associate in College Station, and an archery shooting demonstration is being coordinated by Brad Roeder, AgriLife Extension agent in Gillespie County.

The tour will continue to Texas Hills Vineyard for a wine tasting, and then to Lavender Lane

Farms and the CKC Dairy, both near Blanco.

For more information, go to the website bennetttrust.tamu.edu/, or contact Redmon at l-redmon@ tamu.edu or an AgriLife Extension agent in the region.

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When fed only hay, a cow will consume about 2 to 2 1/2 percent of her body weight.

Hay, from Page 12

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Nutritive value of hay is determined through forage analysis and results dictate whether additional protein, energy or minerals are required in the cow’s diet.

Sample each lot of hay independently.

A lot of hay, for sampling purposes, is all forage harvested from one field at one harvest date and stored under similar conditions.

A bale probe is used to sample hay which removes cores ranging in size from about ½-inch diameter to 1-inch.

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News Bale weight

Nutriition, from Page 17 testing laboratory recommendations and the type of test required to meet your needs.

“Ends and outer edges of bales are often weathered and decayed, so taking samples from these areas can understate the true nutritive value of hay,” said Larry Redmon of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. “On round bales, take cores toward the center, midway up the side of the bale.

Remove the outer ½-inch of the bale surface so the sample will not be contaminated with dust or debris. Then drill or core 12 to 18 inches into the bale and carefully put the sample into a paper sack. Take sub-samples from at least 10 bales within a lot. Mix the subsamples thoroughly and submit the composite sample to a testing laboratory along with the laboratory

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Are you paying too much for hay? Areyou selling it too cheap? These questions only can be answered with a forage analysis and scales. Without these answers, it is only a guess as to whether hay is traded at a fair value. It is like selling feeder calves by the head rather than by weight.

Jason Banta of Texas A&M

Photo by Robert Fears

‘Hay,What’s In That Bale? ‘ Knowing the nutirition amount in your hay bales can affect how much you can make when you sell them. submittal form.”

On square bales, take sample cores from the ends of bales toward the center. The rest of the

sampling procedure is the same as used with round bales. Collect one composite sample for every 400 bales from a given lot.

AgriLife Extension Service discusses various ways of obtaining bale weights in Bulletin E-319 titled, “Bale Weight: How Important Is It?” “When transporting hay, have the driver stop at a grain elevator, truck stop, or feed coop that has a truck scales,” said Banta. “Get a weight before and

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News Owner, from Page 4 agement to include population dynamics and harvest recommendations. It also will feature a tour of the Kerr Wildlife Management Area and discussion about the effects of prescribed fire on habitat.

The program offers three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units: two integrated pest management and one general. RSVP deadline is Oct. 3.

• The third program, Forage and Pasture Management, will be from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 31 at Chris Jenschke Entreprises, 3795 W. F.M. 476 in Poteet.

The program will address forage, weed and insect management including insect pest identification and discussion on the best methods of control.

The program will offer three TDA continuing education units: one integrated pest management and two general. RSVP deadline

is Oct. 24.

• The fourth and final program, Weed/Brush Management, Plant ID, Sprayer Calibration, will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at Brady’s Bloomin’ Barn, 2050 County Road 271, Rio Medina.

Lunch is included.

The program will include a Brush Busters program to assist new landowners in reclaiming land for grass and livestock production without sacrificing wildlife cover and browsing, coordinators said. There will be a hands-on demonstration related to herbicides and proper sprayer calibration for optimal results.

Three TDA continuing education units — two integrated pest management and one laws and regulations — will be offered.

RSVP deadline is Nov. 7.

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News Bales, from Page 18 after the hay is loaded or unloaded. Many of these locations charge only a small fee to get an empty weight and a loaded weight. To determine average bale weight, divide total weight of the hay by the number of bales on that load.

“An alternative option is to borrow a set of portable load cells and place a platform on top of them. Many people have load cells for weighing cattle.

Place a few bales on the platform to determine average bale weight for each cutting of hay.

“Another simple option for round bales, if you have a hay spike on your feed truck, is to stop by the local feed or fertilizer dealer and ask them to weigh the bale,” Banta said. “Weighing one bale is not as accurate as weighing all of them, but it is better than not knowing what any of the bales weigh. To get a good estimate of weight, choose a bale that appears representative of the cutting, or take

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It is important to know how much to feed cattle and the best way to do it. several bales. It is best to weigh bales at the beginning of the feeding season.

In general, hay bales from the same field using the same baler will be similar in density and weight. Because of this fact, it is probably not necessary to weigh all of the hay to get an accurate assessment of the average weight per bale.

Weighing one load consisting of several bales should adequately determine the average for that field. Hay from different fields

or varieties should be weighed separately, even if baled with the same baler and the same tension setting on the baler,” Banta said.

Feeding Once steps are taken to ensure that high quality hay is being harvested or purchased,

then it is important to transfer as much of that quality as possible to the animal.

Five to 35 percent waste is likely to occur during feeding.

To minimize waste, use a hay ring or some other device to prevent cattle from walking, sleeping and defecating on it.

Another way to reduce waste is to unroll enough hay at a time for a one- or two-day feed requirement.

Under-feeding affects animal function and is as severe an economic waste as over-feeding.

Mature cows consume about 2 to 2½ percent of their body weight per day as hay. Based on 2 percent intake, a 1,000-pound cow will consume about 20 pounds of hay per day if that is the only source of nutrients.

From an animal safety standpoint, it is important to pick up and dispose of bale twine and wrappings. These materi-

als do not biodegrade and they are eaten, but not digested by animals. Accidently entwining these materials into the working parts of shredders or hay harvesting equipment encourages a person to pick them up after the next feeding.

Also, keep human safety in mind when feeding hay. Onethousand to 1,500-pound round bales are potential cripplers or killers when handled with front-end and rear-end loaders.

Hay is often a necessary part of the cattle business, whether the operation is pasture or range based. The amount of flexibility afforded by hay enables the operator to make more rational decisions in times of climatic stress.

By insisting on factual information on weight and quality, we can eliminate the age-old question of “Hay, what’s in that bale?”

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News LIVESTOCK MARKET REPORT Buffalo

Results of the Buffalo Livestock Market’s Aug. 19 sale.

Head: 1,775 Steers: 150-200 lbs., $165-$245; 200300 lbs., $150-$210; 300-400 lbs., $135$200; 400-500 lbs., $130-$187; 500-600 lbs., $120-$159; 600-700 lbs., $115-$147; 700-800 lbs., $110-$131 Heifers: 150-200 lbs., $130-$215; 200300 lbs., $130-$200; 300-400 lbs., $130$175; 400-500 lbs., $120-$155; 500-600 lbs., $115-$145; 600-700 lbs., $105-$135; 700-800 lbs., $100-$123 Slaughter bulls: $65-$95 Slaughter cows: $40-$73 Bred cows: $850-$1,500 Cow/calf pairs: N/A

Caldwell

Results of the Caldwell Livestock Commission’s Aug. 23 sale.

Head: 821 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $175-$210; 300-

400 lbs., $160-$195; 400-500 lbs., $155$172; 500-600 lbs., $140-$154; 600-700 lbs., $130-$138; 700-800 lbs., $125-$130 Heifers: 200-300 lbs., $170-$180; 300400 lbs., $155-$220; 400-500 lbs., $145$245; 500-600 lbs., $135-$185; 600-700 lbs., $130-$160; 700-800 lb., $120-$155 Slaughter bulls: $75-$92 Slaughter cows: $55-$75 Bred cows: $725-$1,000 Cow/calf pairs: $800-$1,100

Groesbeck Results of the Groesbeck Auction and Livestock Company’s Aug. 24. sale.

Head: 555 Steers: 300-400 lbs., $160-$197; 400500 lbs., $150-$187; 500-600 lbs., $140$172; 600-700 lbs., $130-$160 Heifers: 300-400 lbs., $150-$175; 400500 lbs., $140-$155; 500-600 lbs., $130$150; 600-700 lbs., $118-$135 Slaughter bulls: $80-$90 Slaughter cows: $56-$78

Bred cows: $800-$1,500 Cow/calf pairs: $1,100-$1,800

Jordan

Results of the Jordan Cattle Auction’s Aug. 24 sale Head: 2,489 Steers: Under 200 lbs., $170-200; 200-300 lbs., $170-$207; 300-400 lbs., $170-$210; 400-500 lbs., $150-$182.50; 500-600 lbs., $140-$170; 600-700 lbs., $130-$139; 700-800 lbs., $125-$136 Heifers: Under 200 lbs., $160-$190; 200-300 lbs., $160-$175; 300-400 lbs., $150-$1672.50; 400-500 lbs., $135$170; 500-600 lbs., $125-$177; 600-700 lbs., $120-$132; 700-800 lbs., $117-$127 Slaughter bulls: $77-$90 Slaughter cows: $55-$77 Bred cows: $870-$1,250 Cow/calf pairs: $1,000-$1,500

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