New ‘tool’ eases
LANCASTER - Although
calculators have been
around for a while, a fairly
recent use of them is now
being incorporated into the
livestock industry. Dr.
Lester Burdette, livestock
Extension specialist at Penn
State, discussed the features
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of a hand held programable
calculator in determining
the feasibility of a beef and
swine feeding ration
analysis. Burdette spoke at
the Lancaster Cattle
Feeder’s Day held January
23 at the Farm and Home
Center, Lancaster.
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beef management
tty programming the
calculator, Burdette said
you could determine things
such as ration analysis,
protein and mineral
analysis, net energy, various
costs, income tax, etc. After
programming the
calculator, he said it would
take one man, one half hour,
to run an analysis. Without
the calculator, it would take
all day to run. “It has the
potential for you to consider
it as a management tool” he
said.
When speaking of
nutrients, Burdette said that
natural protein is broken
down into amino acids. You
can influence the break up of
amino acids in the rumen by
how the animal is fed. When
the protein is relatively non
destructive, it can be ab
sorbed better in the rumen.
If some soluable proteins
are fed too much, the animal
will build up too much
ammonia in the rumen. This
is wasted protein because
the animal mil belch, and it
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will be lost. This is one of the
reasons animals will not
gain as much as expected.
Burdette suggested that in
the future, a better balance
in types of protein for cattle
rations be used.
Studys showed that using a
9.1 and 10.5 per cent protein
ration on cattle showed “no
difference between starting
and finishing rate of cattle.
If you are having a problem
with framey cattle that have
had the major part of their
growth, the problem is
probably energy rather than
protein, he said.
Burdette added that “as
cattle get about 20 per cent
fat on their body, they are
losing feed efficiency.”
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 27,157 S
AFBF discusses
international wheat
and feed grain
agreements
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -
Differing views of the
potential value to farmers of
international commodity
agreements highlighted the
conference on wheat and
feedgrains, at the American
Farm Bureau Federation
convention here recently.
Initial speaker, Morton
Sosland, editor of Milling
and Baking News, spoke of
growth potential in the
domestic consumption of
gram in the food industry.
James Layton, president
of Farmers Export Com
pany, illustrated the
frustration in foreign trade
that results from sub
sidization and protec
tionism.
Thomas Saylor of the
USDA Foreign Agricultural
Service, chief grain
negotiator for the U.S. in the
Tokyo round of GATT
negotiations now in
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progress, spoke with op
timism for an agreement by
Spring. He pledged to settle
for nothing less than a price
range that would not in
terfere with market func
tions, yet be acceptable to
the American farmers.
Saylor said, “The main
point of difference remaining
to be resolved in the current
negotiations deals with in
dicator price levels.” The
levels would trigger actions
such as stock accumulation,
stock release, production
cutbacks or stimulation of
production.
In the discussion period,
both Sosland and Layton
were skeptical of the
credibility of international
trade agreements.
Sosland said, “I think the
American producers would
take a chance on three dollar
wheat, if they thought there
was also a chance for six
dollars a bushel.”
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