A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4, 2003
Virginia Dates To Remember
BLACKSBURG, Va. Here
are a few dates for producers in
the livestock industry to mark on
their calendar.
Beef
• Jan. 25 Beef Cattle Health
Conference, Blacksburg. Contact:
Anne Clapsaddle, (540)231-5261
• Feb. 27 Beef Quality As
surance Producer Certification,
South Hill. Contact: Cynthia
Gregg, (434) 848-2151
• Feb. 28 Beef Cattle Health
Conference, Orange. Contact;
Steve Hopkins, (540) 672-1361
• March 4 Beef Quality As
surance Producer Certification,
Roanoke. Contact; Andy Allen,
(540) 473-8260
January Beef Management Calendar
BLACKSBURG, Va. Here is
a calendar to help keep produc
ers on track for the upcoming
calving seasons.
Spring Calving Herds
• Begin to gather calving sup
plies
• Keep late pregnant cows
gaining on pound per day
• Pregnant heifers and
3-year-olds should gain 2-2.5
pounds per day
• Keep high quality minerals
available
• Review calving assistance
procedures
AHA Begins
DNA Profiling
KANSAS CITY, Mo. As of
Nov. 1, the American Hereford
Association (AHA) is now DNA
profiling instead of blood typing
Herefords for parentage verifica
tion.
Blood typing has served AHA
well. However, DNA analysis is a
powerful tool for enhanced genet
ic selection. And DNA parentage
testing is a tried and true genetic
test.
“It’s a technology that’s been
around a long time,” explains
Craig Huffhines, AHA executive
vice president. “It’s now getting
to the point where the price of
the technology has come in line
with what we’ve traditionally
done with blood typing, and were
able to make that move now.”
AHA has selected Maxxam
Analytics, Inc., Guelph, Ont.,
Canada, to be the associations ex
clusive provider of DNA profiles
and parentage verification.
Maxxam Analytics will profile
pulled hair samples from Here
ford cattle.
“It’s science that has been
made available to us.” Huffhines
summarizes. “It’s i position to
get to DNA and 1 understand
DNA for simple p i; outage test
ing, so that in the future we
might go even further with it.”
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• March 9 SW Bull Test Sta
tion Open House, Wytheville,
1:30-5 p.m. Contact: Scott Grein
er, (540)231-9159
• March 15 Beef Quality As
surance Producer Certification,
Powhatan. Contact: Robert
Harper, (804) 556-5341
• March 22 Beef Quality As
surance Producer Certification,
Lynchburg. Contact: Scott Baker,
(540) 586-7675
• March 22 Va. BCIA Wy
theville Bull Sale, SW Bull Test
Station, Wytheville. Contact:
Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159
• April 4 Va. BCIA Culpep
er Junior Bull Sale, Culpeper.
Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)
231-9159
• Stockpile a few gallons of co
lostrum
• Attend performance tested
bull sales and/or order semen for
AI
• Soil test pastures not tested
in last three years
• Order clover seed for frost
seeding later this winter
• Sign up for BQA producer
certification
Fall Calving Herds
• Begin/continue breeding
• Check cow and bull condi
tion
Red Angus Hosts Convention
RENO, Nev. The Red
Angus National Associa
tion(RAAA) recently conducted a
national convention.
More than 200 people from 26
states, Canada, and Brazil trav
eled to Reno, Nev., Nov. 7-8 to
enjoy fellowship with other Red
Angus breeders. The 49th Na
tional Convention of the RAAA
was hosted by the Area I- West
Red Angus breeders.
Elections were held and the
2002-2003 board consists of Pres
ident Harold Hughes, Poison,
Mont.; First Vice President Frank
Wedel, Leoti, Kan.; Second Vice
President Steve Andras, Man
chester, 111.; and directors Larry
Lorenzen, Pendleton, Ore.; Seth
Leachman, Billings, Mont.; Larry
Croissant, Briggsdale, Colo.;
Kelli Brown, Throckmorton,
Texas; Gary Sonstegard, Mon
tevideo, Minn.; Jim McLean,
Stone Mountain, Ga.; Terry Boy
les, Denton, N.C.; Ole Redland,
Hysham, Mont.; Tony Messmer,
Richardton, N.D.; and Miriam
Foshee, Letohatchee, Ala.
In addi
tion to asso-
ciation busi-
ness, the
fifth annual
“Bet On
Red” Sale
was con-
ducted dur-
ing the con-
vent i o n
• April 18-19 Va. Beef Expo,
Harrisonburg. Contact: John
Hall, (540) 231-9153
Sheep
• Jan. 10-11 VA-NC Shep
herd’s Symposium. Sheraton
Four Points, Harrisonburg. Con
tact: Scott Greiner, (540)
231-9159
• Jan. 11 Virginia-Bred
Commercial Ewe Lamb Sale,
Rockingham County Fair
grounds, Harrisonburg. Contact:
Scott Greiner, (540) 231-9159
• Jan. 22 Va. Pork Industry
Conference, Franklin. Contact:
Allen Harper, (757) 657-6450,
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• Supplement energy to young
bulls during breeding season
• Send in forage test if not
done earlier this year
+p Continue to check calves
closely for health problems
• Re-implant September and
early October bom calves that
were implanted at birth
• Soil test pastures not tested
in last three years
+p Order clover seed for frost
seeding later this winter
• Sign up for BQA producer
certification
The showroom of the Nugget
served as the site for the breed’s
first staged sale. Buffalo Creek
Red Angus, Letter-, Wyo., donat
ed the pick of their entire 2002
heifer calf crop which sold to R 2
Cattle Company, Texas, for
$16,000.
Die 50th National Conven
tion will be in Bozeman, Mont.
Sept 11-14,2003.
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Major Trade Agreement To Give
Cattle Producers New Export Market
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
National Cattlemen’s Beef Asso
ciation (NCBA) applauds the an
nouncement that U.S. and Chil
ean officials have come to
resolution on a comprehensive
free trade agreement between the
two countries.
This decision comes after two
years of complex negotiations
with more than 200 trade negoti
ators.
“This FT A with Chile will do
away with longstanding trade
barriers on our exports. It cuts
tariffs and opens markets for
U.S. beef and beef products,”
says Wythe Willey, president of
NCBA. “For cattle producers,
Chile is a prime candidate for in
creased export market opportu
nities.”
According to the office of the
U.S. Trade Representative
(USTR), about three-quarters of
both U.S. and Chilean farm
goods will be tariff-free within
four years, with all tariffs and
quotas phased out within 12
New Leadership Elected For
American Angus Association
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Steve
Brooks, Bowman, N.D., was
elected president of the American
Angus Association at the group’s
2002 Annual Meeting of dele
gates, November 18 in Louisville,
Ky.
Brooks replaces outgoing presi
dent Leroy Baldwin, Ocala, Fla.,
after serving six years as director
and the past year as vice presi
dent.
The annual meeting and elec
tion was conducted by more than
300 delegates who were elected to
represent American Angus Asso
ciation members from more than
40 states. The meeting was in
conjunction with the North
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years. Both the European Union
and Canada already have FTAs
with Chile, but with this agree
ment U.S. farmers’ access to
Chilean markets will be as good
or better. Beef and beef products
are scheduled to gain duty-free
treatment within four years.
“With this agreement, we will
soon have preferential access to
one of the world’s fastest growing
economies, open trade with no
tariffs and streamlined customs
procedures,” says Michelle
Reinke, manager of trade policy
at NCBA. “Chile is not a large
cattle-producing nation, and they
import a majority of their beef
and beef products.”
Zoellick and Chilean Foreign
Minister Soledad Alvear are ex
pected to sign the agreement and
submit it to their Congresses for
approval next year. The U.S. -
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Exposition (NAILE.
Joe Elliott, Adams, Tenn., was
chosen to serve as vice president
of the association. Five individu
als were elected to the board of
directors.
Brooks and his wife, April, and
their three daughters are partners
in Brooks Chalky Butte Ranch.
The Brooks family has managed
commercial Angus cattle since
1941 and has been in the register
ed Angus business for 25 years.
Joe Elliott, the association’s
newly elected vice president, just
completed his setond
term on the board and a one-year
term as treasurer. His operation is
Robert Elliott and Sons Farm.
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