AUGUST 2016
Vol. XVII No. 7 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997
Statewide veterinary feed directive meetings
Montana State University Extension beef cattle specialists will host summer meetings across Montana to help livestock producers understand a new ruling by the United States Food and Drug Administration concerning feed-grade antibiotics. The veterinary feed directive, or VFD, was developed by the USFDA and will impact how producers feed their livestock. The VFD impacts feed-grade antibiotics that are medically important, which are antibiotics used in both human and animal medicine. The VFD rule will be implemented on January 1, 2017. In preparation for the rule, MSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialists Megan Van Emon and Rachel Endecott and Montana Veterinary Medical Association President-Elect Katie Rein will present a series of meetings throughout Montana. The meetings will focus on the VFD basics, label changes, veterinary-client-patient-relationships, required information on a VFD form, impacts on minor species and other information. The goal of the meetings is to provide information that will help attendees aid in the ease of implementation of the VFD rule. Meeting attendees will be given information in a binder, courtesy of the Western Extension Risk Management Education Center. All meetings will be held from 1-5 p.m. The schedule of the meetings and contact information follows by date, location, Extension agent and a contact phone number: August 9, Glasgow, Shelley Mills, 228-6241 August 10, Havre, Nicole Gray, 231-5150 August 11, Lewiston, Darren Crawford, 535-3919 August 16, Sidney, Tim Fine, 433-1206 August 24, Butte, Kellee Anderson, 723-0217 August 25, Missoula, Campbell Barrett, 258-4200 September 21, Dillon, Jackie Sutton, 683-3785 For more information, contact Van Emon at megan. vanemon@montana.edu or (406) 874-8286 or visit the MSU Beef Extension website at http://animalrangeextension. montana.edu/beef/VFD.html RSVPs for the meetings are encouraged by contacting the corresponding MSU Extension agent.
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
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Range Management School
By NDSU Extension Service The 2016 North Dakota Range Management School for livestock producers will be held at the North Dakota 4-H Camp near Washburn on August 30-September 1. This event, hosted by the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service, North Dakota Chapter of the Society for Range Management, North Dakota Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition, will focus on the principles of range management and how to incorporate them into livestock operations. The three-day school will include ranch tours, presentations from livestock producers and sessions on soil and ecological sites, plant identification, proper stocking rate, grazing management, infiltration and range improvements. At the end of the school, producers will have a completed grazing management plan they can incorporate into their operations. CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
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DeImna Heiken (far right) of Triangle Ag Services, talks to local farmers about the CropScan 3000H System during the Busch Agricultural Resources, LLC annual field day in Conrad, Montana. Photo by Geri Aaberg.
Eastern Kansas Grazing School
By James Schmidt, K-State Research and Extension The 6th annual Eastern Kansas Grazing registration form, go online to the MeadowSchool will take place September 20-21 at lark Extension District website (http://www. the Perry Community Building in Perry, meadowlark.k-state.edu/docs/livestock/ Kansas. The event is a hands-on school Grazing%20School%20Flyer.pdf). for Management intensive Grazing (MiG) K-State Research and Extension is a short for beginning and experienced grazers. It name for the Kansas State University Agriprovides a unique combination of hands-on cultural Experiment Station and Cooperaactivities, as well as classroom activities and tive Extension Service, a program designed demonstrations in the field. to generate and distribute useful knowledge Topics to be covered on the first day infor the well-being of Kansans. Supported clude: Art and Science of Grazing, Grazing by county, state, federal and private funds, Arithmetic, Farm Visit Pasture Allocation, the program has county Extension offices, Animal Behavior and Interaction, Soil and experiment fields, area Extension offices Plant Basics, Resource Inventory and Stockand regional research centers statewide. ing Rate, and Fencing. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Day two will include the following: WaManhattan. tering Presentation, Pasture Allocation and Field Exercises, Economics of Grazing, Layout and Design, and will wrap up with PRODUCTION SALES Aug. 27, Montana Columbia Sheep Breeders, a question-and-answer session. There will Lewistown...................................................................A4 be a farm visit to Melvin Williams, where Sept. 3 & 4, Powder River Quarter Horse Breeders participants will observe a rotational graz Assoc., Broadus.........................................................A5 Sept. 10, Montana Black & White Sale, Harlowton.....A16 ing system and unique watering systems. Sept. 14, Montana Ewe Sale, Miles City........................A8 The event is capped at 35 farms and is on Sept. 15, Montana Ram Sale, Miles City.......................A8 a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration Sept. 16, Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan......................A7 is $50 for the first person from each farm; Sept. 23 & 24, Montana Hereford Tour...........................A7 Jan. 24, 2017, Churchill Cattle Co, Manhattan..............A7 registration includes lunches, snacks and handouts. Additional people from the same PRIVATE TREATY farm are $25, and that registration includes Feddes Herefords, Manhattan.......................................A7 lunches and snacks. McMurry Cattle, Billings.................................................A7 For more information please contact Meadowlark Extension District agents David Hallauer at dhallaue@ksu.edu, or ADVERTISING DEADLINE Jody Holthaus at jholthau@ksu.edu. For the FOR SEPTEMBER Advertiser Index Page B1 Wednesday, August 31
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