Beef promotion hearing cites benefits
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American consumers as well
as cattlemen will be winners
if cattle producers pass a
national referendum on a
proposed beef research and
information program, ac
cording to George Spencer,
executive vice president, of
the American National
Cattlemen’s Association.
- Speaking in Denver at a
United States Department of
Agriculture public hearing
on the proposed Beef
Research and Information
Order, Spencer said both
groups will benefit from one
of the key elements of the
program - the dispersal of
factual information.
“Much of the information
no doubt will deal with beef
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i fir l) f | Dr. Warren Bonhoff
i f Jlßk Director of Nutrition -
I 4 mKm" I Veterinary Consultant
I! Ur The following quotation was written by a con
■ &■ cemed supervisor in the March-April Edition of
. “The Northeast Improver". “Why will some
5 IPT dairymen have forage samples analyzed, and then
' (Pr not do anything about the results? I just heard from
a neighbor about one of my dairymen who had
ff several cases of acetonemia. I had checked out his
K minerals, he was high in calcium, low in phosphorus,
CL and very low in magnesium. Believe it or not, now
CL he's looking at his reports and doing something
; CL about them”!. This story could have been written by
1 CL many, and in all sections of the United States. To
S> help prevent metabolic diseases, obtain increased
production, and utilize feeds most efficiently, does
require laboratory analyses, then formulating
|py rations based on these facts. When this is done, it
doesn't mean it's right for two years, or two mon
ths, or even two, weeks. Oft times, roughages are
changed in short periods of time and to utilize test
results correctly requires the formulation of a balan
ced ration whenever these changes are made.
The following hay samples are indicative to
illustrate the significance of test variations and
their affect on a balanced ration.
■f Test Results Of Four Hay Samples
pir N 0.3113 N 0.3110 N 0.3098 N 03079
■T Protein 10 73 12.52 15.68 20 75
CL Calcium .... 45 1.11 1.79 1 77
tL Phosphorus 27 .21 25 30
Magnesium II 12 38 .35
Based on these analysis and hay being the only roughage fed,
If the following rations were recommended, based on Holstein
If cows averaging 1400 lbs. and producing 50 lbs. of milk.
W. No. 3113 No 3110 No. 3098 No 3079
ff Hay 26 0 lbs. 26 7 lbs 26 6 lbs 29.0 lbs
Iff Grain Ration 20 0 lbs. 19 3 lbs. 19.4 lbs 17 0 lbs
Southeastern Penna
George F Delong
Regional Manager
225 West Woods Drive
Lititz PA 17543
Call Collect 717 626 0261
Eastern Lancaster Co
Melvin Herr
RR2 New Holland PA 17557
Ph 717 354 5977
North Western Lancaster Co
Earl B Cinder
RD2. Manheim PA 17545
Phone 717 565 3126
5f Southern Lancasl
IPT Henry DeLong, Jr
IPT RD2 Box .69
IPf Peach Bottom PA. 17563
IPf Phone: 717-548-3471
as a product - information on
nutrient content, health
aspects, different new
products and preparation
methods,” he said. “In
addition the program offers
new opportunities to im
prove public understanding
of the economics of a com
modity business like beef
and of certain production
aspects.”
Spencer noted that the
disruptions caused by the
beef boycotts of 1973 are still
being felt by the cattle in
dustry. Even though con
sumer groups later
acknowledged that the
boycotts had been counter
productive, he said, there
was no way for cattlemen to
head them off at the time
Why The
Agri King
Program?
Southwestern Lancaster Co
Ben Greenawalt
RD2 Conestoga PA 17516
Phone 717 872 5686
Chester Co
William Windle
RDI Atglen PA 19310
Phone 215 593 6143
Lebanon Co
Marvin Meyer
RD2 Box 157
Annville PA 17003
Phone 717 867 1445
northeast Berks Co
Roger Heller
RDI Robesoma PA
Phone 215 693 6160
because of the general
public’s almost complete
misunderstanding of an
agricultural commodity'
business.
The ANCA, through its
informational program, has
made considerable progress
in improving public and
news media understanding
of supply and price fluc
tuations and over the longer
term this can contribute to
more stability of supplies
and prices,” Spencer pointed
out. “However, more needs
to be done.”
Spencer’s positions were
echoed by Mrs. Marie Tyler,
vice chairman of the
National Live Stock & Meat
Board and chairman of
ANCA’s Industry In-
AGRI-KING
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Grain Ration Formubs With Hay Sample Numbers W
No. 3113 No. 3110 N 0.3098 No.SOIfT
Shell Corn 1625.5 1763 . 1916 1932
44% Soybean Meal 265 ~ 165 1 20 pt
Monosodium (26% Ph) 12 43 c 42 pt
Di Cal 118.5%ph-21% CA) 24 19 5 pt
Calcium (38%). ... 43 St
Salt 13 10 5 3 5
Key-Mm-R. . . 13.5 13 5 1 5 2.5
Dairy Multi-Factors 16 16 5 16 5 18 5
2000 2000 ' 2000 2000 JT
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These hay analyses are of common occurrence and K
actually occur on the same farm within the same lL
year. Is it any wonder that serrous problems exist EL
on many daipr farms today, especially considering -L
the increase in production per cow, yet still feeding pt
similar to what was done in previous decades? fp
If one had the previous hay samples, wouldn't it ft
be difficult to choose a protein, calcium, pt
phosphorus, and magnesium level to possibly
“balance a grain ration." The odds would be fn
astronomical, in fact it couldn’t be done. Yet it’s
being attempted every day. So we go on accepting C
the hypocalcemias (milk fever), ketosis, retained £L
placentas, mastitis, foot problems, breeding lL
problems, grass tetany (magnesium deficiency), pt
etc.; as partners for being in the profession of pt
dairying. &
No, providing good balanced nutrition will not pt
prevent all metabolic diseases but they certainly can pt
be reduced. Dairy specialists state that eighty to Pt
ninety percent of all diseases are directly related to Pt
nutrition. This statement certainly appears valid, Ift
yet today what percentage of livestock producers or Ift
others related to the subject of nutrition are suf- JC
ficiently devoted to do the best possible. iT
Now, and in the future laboratory analyses of JL
roughages and grain are going to increase. Don't EL
stop there; the results are interesting but of very lit- EL
tie value unless these analyses are used honestly &
and diligently in the formulation of a complete jpf
balanced feeding program. pt
Agri King is unique in the fact that we have an ex- (PT
cellent computerized program that does put Ift
together the roughage analyses and information to ffT
accomplish the results a dairyman is seeking
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Lehigh & Northampton Co Cumberland Co
KEY TO P«
Thomas Heist
Mam Street
Alburtis PA 18101
Phone 215 965 5124
iouth Central Penna
J rT^bSmSa
250 FriwJ!lkfl Ber Hagerstown MD 21740
250 Edwards Ave Phone 301 7QI 2157
Chambersburg PA 17201 ™ dUI ' 9l mi
Call Collect 717 264 9321
Eastern Washington Co . MD
Earl H Moyer
RDS Box 277
Eldon Martin Haeerstown MD 21740
RDS Wayntsboro PA 17268 Phone 301 739 5199
Phone 717 762 4130
Eastern Franklin Co
formation Council. In her
testimony, Mrs. Tyler
stressed the importance of
achieving a two-way channel
of communication between
the beef industry and its
customers."
“Our goal is not merely to
provide a forum whereby we
can air our problems,” she
said. “It is to act as a
clearing house for in
formation and opinions to
provide a liaison between the
various groups affected by
our industry. And to
determine how we can best
serve our market, which is
every consumer of beef in
this country.”
Mrs. Tyler cited the
controversy over beef
grading as an example of the
Marlin E Ebersole
R 5 Carlisle PA 17013
Phone 717 776 7324
irn Washn
Westi
;lon Co. Md
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 23,1976
on-going need for com
munications with con
sumers. Consumer op
position to the grading
changes was, in many cases,
based upon lack of adequate
information, and it was
necessary to carry out a
comprehensive information
program to alert the public
to the benefits to be derived
from those changes.
The need for an expanded
beef information program
was illustrated further by J.
Evan Goulding, Colorado
Commissioner of
Agriculture. Commissioner
Goulding said his office
frequently gets calls asking
the most basic questions
about food and nutrition. In
many cases, he noted, the
callers are seeking answers
Loan
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for com. The soybean loan
rate remains at $2.50 per
bushel. Loan rates per
bushel for other feed grains
are increased propor
tionately based on the feed
value of com, as follows:
Sorghum,, $1.19 to $1.43;
barley, $1.02 to $1.22; oats,
$0.60 to $0.72; rye, $l.OO to
$1.20.
Knebel said that the
change in loan rate is being
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to questions concerning
nutritional quality and food
value, and they are
questioning the truth of
advertising claims.
“With the vast amounts of
information and misin
formation available via the
news media, educational
materials and media in
formation with a sound
research basis will be helpful
to the discerning consumer,”
he observed.
The Denver public hearing
was the fourth such hearing
to be conducted by the
USDA.
Testimony was taken
during the Denver hearing
from more than 30 persons
representing organizations
and individuals in ten states.
rates
made now to give farmers
timely assistance in the
orderly marketing of this
year’s record crop of wheat,
already in the bins, and the
projected record com crop,
as well as large crops of
other feed grains. He cited
the competitive pressure on
established U.S. export
markets brought about by
Canada’s huge wheat crop,
and to better-than-expected
grain crops in the Soviet
Union.
In addition, during the
peak of the grain harvest
season there has been a
serious barge transportation
problem, caused prin
cipally by the unusually low
water levels.
Farmers who wish to
secure loans or adjust
present loans at the new
rates for 1976 whet and feed
grains can do so by going to
their local Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service (ASC)
office or Agricultural Ser
vice Center. Additional
disbursement for loans
already written on these
crops will be available
retroactively for those
farmers who want to change
now to the new rates.
Marriage Continues
Contrary to some opinion,
marriage is still a going
proposition in this country.
More than two million
marriages took place last
year, many of them re
marriages According to
government statistics, mar
ried women’s lifespans are
longer than unwed wom
en’s This year is leap year
so women can propose to
men'
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