A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 21,2003 BSE FACTS As you may know, USDA has placed Canada under its BSE re striction guidelines and will not accept any ruminants or rumi nant products from Canada pending further investigation in the recent case involving an 8-year-old cow. The United States remains dil igent in its BSE surveillance and prevention efforts. In fiscal year 2002, USDA tested 19,990 cattle for BSE using a targeted surveil lance approach designed to test the highest risk animals, includ ing downer animals, animals that died on the farm, older animals and animals exhibiting signs of neurological distress. Pennsylvania Egg Production Up 4 Percent In April HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Egg production in Penn sylvania during April 2002 total ed 554 million eggs, 4 percent more than the 534 million pro duced in April 2002, according to the Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service. The total number of layers av eraged 24.4 million during April, 4 percent more than the 23.3 mil lion one year earlier. Production per 100 layers was 2,275 eggs during the month, compared with 2,288 the same month last year. Egg-type chicks hatched dur- Turkey Census Reveals Good, Bad News PITTSBORO, N.C. The American Livestock Breeds Con servancy (ALBC) conducted a census of turkeys in the winter of 2002-2003. The results contained good as well as bad news. The good news is that the pop ulations of standard varieties of turkeys are increasing. The bad news is that the number of hatch eries actually breeding standard turkeys is declining. The reality is that while standard turkeys are being brought back from the brink of extinction, they are not yet safe from peril. Breeding populations are in creasing. Turkeys produce many offspring in a single year, but most end up on the dinner tables and never pass on their genes to another generation. ALBC, therefore, monitors breeding populations to determine the num ber of birds that are 1 reproducing them selves, Fifty-two hatcheries and significant breed ers of standard tur keys were contacted. These included the 25 hatcheries originally surveyed in ALBC’s 1997 turkey census plus 27 additional hatcheries and indi vidual breeders that have since sold tur keys. To obtain the ALBC’s complete re port containing data tables, a list of partici pants, and hatcheries BSE is not Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). BSE is not con tagious; is not spread via animal to animal contact; does not have a rapid, short incubation period; and is not a virus. BSE is spread via consumption of contaminated feed. The primary contamination concern is rendered protein prod ucts containing brain and/or spinal cord from BSE infected cattle. This recent BSE event re-em phasizes the continual need for education, for full implementa tion of the feed ban and for pre vention and surveillance activi ties. The U.S. has import exclusions since 1989, a feed ban to prevent ing April 2003 totaled 4.74 mil lion, 8 percent more than the 4.40 million hatched the previous April. Broiler-type chicks hatched totaled 12.8 million dur ing April 2003, down 2 percent from the previous year. United States’ egg production totaled 7.13 billion during April 2003, up slightly from last year. The total number of layers dur ing April averaged 336 million, slightly lower than the average number of layers from a year ago. April egg production per 100 lay ers was 2,123 eggs, slightly higher than the 2,109 eggs in April 2002. selling heritage turkeys, please send $5 to ALBC, Turkey Census List, P.O. Box 477, Pittsboro, NC 27312 To obtain a copy of “Birds of a Feather: Saving Rare Turkeys From Extinction” containing the 1997 ALBC census report, as well as variety descriptions and a his tory of the domestication of tur keys, send $21.95 and $6 ship ping and handling (North Carolina residents, please add 7 Eircent sales tax) to ALBC, P.O. ox 477, Pittsboro, NC 27312. To obtain a copy of the SPPA census, send $S with your request to Paula Johnson, SPPA Turkey Census, 2442 Mayfield Lane, Las Cruces, NM 88005-5108. ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERS LANCO Dairy Farmers Co-Op Inc. 1373 Beaver Dam Road, Honey Brook, PA 19344 Lanco Wants You To Check Out Our Numbers 60 Cent Somatic Cell Premium. Broken in 5 segments down to 400,000. 55 Cent Over Order Premium I W 70 Cent Hauling -No Stop Charges On 4 Milking Pick-Up ffif Over 800 Members In PA &MD 7-Fieldmen To Cover All Your Needs 11-Local Haulers pmf’ No Equity Deductions, Marketing Fees, Market Administrator Test Fees or Membership Fees. 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FSA expects a heavy reporting season, so come prepared to know the location of your crops on an aerial map, or prepare your own map with the crop locations and acreage totaled. Aerial photos are available ahead of time, and also on the Mapquest web site, www.map quest.com. This will save time at the county office. We encourage large operations to call ahead of time to schedule an appointment. The Lancaster County FSA of fice is located at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Rd., Lancaster, PA. Automatic Swine Sorting Finishing barns with automatic sorting technology have a direct impact on the swine industry’s Sec. Yeneman Appoints Advisory Committee On Meat, Poultry WASHINGTON, D.C, Agri culture Secretary Ann M. Vene man has appointed the following persons to the National Advisory Committee On Meat and Poultry Inspection: Deanna Baldwin, Maryland Department of Agriculture, An napolis, Md.; Dr. Gladys Bayse, Spelman College, Stone Moun tain, Ga.; Dr. David Carpenter, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, 111.; Charlotte ___ Christin, Center for Sci- 1“ ence in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.; and Dr. James Denton, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. Also, Kevin Elfering, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, St. Paul, Minn.; Sandra Eskin, A ARP, Bethesda, Md.; Mi chael Govro, Oregon De partment of Agriculture, most important goals uniformity, product quality, food safety, and economics. The technology offers the fol lowing advantages to producers: more efficient management of pigs in large pens, an environ ment where pigs learn to sort themselves into marketing groups, less pig stress during load-out and transport, improved meat quality, and more hogs in the packer’s premium box. Broken Needles When administering injectable drugs to livestock, broken needles can happen even with great at tention to detail. So what happens if a needle breaks off in the hide of your ani mal? If the metal piece is still visible, restrain the animal immediately and attempt to retrieve the bro ken piece. If unsuccessful or the metal piece is not visible, mark the ani mal with a special eartag and re cord the incident in your health records. If the animal is to be re tained for breeding ensure the identification remains with it for its lifetime. At the end of its useful breed ing life, the animal must not go to slaughter for human consump tion. For feedlot animals, slaugh tering is acceptable within seven days of the occurrence if you haven’t violated the drug with drawal time and have notified the packer with a declaration of a casualty slaughter. Make sure to advise the packer about the injection site damage. Market animals can also be pro cessed for home consumption, but cannot be sold to anyone else. When in doubt the animal should be euthanized, rather than risk- Lake Oswego, Ore.; Dr. Joseph J. Harris, Southwest Meat Associa tion, College Station, Texas; and Dr. Jill Hollingsworth, Food Marketing Institute, Washington, D.C. Also appointed were Dr. Lee C. Jan, Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas; Dr. Alice J. Johnson, National Turkey Federation, Washington, D.C.; Michael Kowalcyk, Safe Tables ing a bad experience for a con sumer. Cattlemen’s Field Day The 2003 Pennsylvania Sum mer Cattlemen’s Field Day is scheduled for Saturday, July 19 with the main location at Em- Tran on Bossier Rd, Eliza bethtown. Tours will also bfc conducted to the Dwight Hess Feedlot and to Donegal Stream, where there are unique environmentally friendly enhancements to stream bank .and related improvements. The field day presentations at Em Tran will include technologi cal advancements in artificial in semination, embryo transfer, es trus detection and synchronization and livestock cloning. The Hess Feedlot in cludes a slatted floor barn, a feed commodity shed and excellent animal handling facilities. For more information about the field day contact The Penn sylvania Cattlemen’s Association at 814-238-5888. Ag Progress Days Agriculture is a demanding business. To compete, you need information on the latest man agement practices, research, tech nology and ever-changing regula tions. Mark your calendar for the 2003 Ag Progress Days, August 19-21 at the traditional Rock Springs site, where you’ll find one-stop shopping that includes commercial exhibits, machinery demonstrations, cutting edge Penn State research and much more. Livestock producers may want to visit the new Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation lo cated next to the Ag Progress Days site. Our Priority, Mount Horeb, Wis.; Dr. Irene Leech, Virginia Citi zens Consumer Council, Elliston, Va.; Charles Link, Cargill Tur key Products, Mount Crawford, Va.; Dr. Catherine Logue, North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.; and Mark Schad, Schad Meats, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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