May 2016 - Virginia Cattlemens Association

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The Virginia Cattleman
Volume 38 Number 5Circulation 8,000 May 2016
Photo Taken By: Tracy Brown At Seminole Farm, Culpepper, VA. Heifer Herd.
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PAGE 2, MAY 2016, THE VIRGINIA CATTLEMAN
By: Jason Carter
The old children’s rhyme goes “spring
showers bring May flowers”. In the past
few years, Virginia springs have been
relatively moist and that precipitation
has carried over, in some cases, well
into May causing issues getting dry
hay made. Technology is a wonderful
thing that agriculture has benefited
immensely from and for many Virginia
beef cattle producers that includes
access to wrapping hay for haylage to
work around wet seasons. However
technology cannot make it rain and at
the moment southwestern Virginia has
become a yellow spot on the National
Weather Service Drought Monitor map.
Early spring cold weather has combined
with general lack of precipitation to
slow the grass, delay corn planting and
generally depress the calf market. It has
been concerning to see a general lack
of enthusiasm among grazers for spring
calves in the markets and the anxiety
over spring hay that will be here before
we know it. Despite the lack of rain there
has been some unexpected enthusiasm
in the bred heifer markets over the last 8
weeks. Generally prices at replacement
heifer sales have been higher than I
expected them.
That’s a good
sign
given
the
feeder
cattle
market
and encouraging for breeding herd
stability. While feeder cattle prices
are much lower than 2014 and much
of 2015, the margins for cow/calf
producers are still higher than average
for most of the 21st century prior to 2014.
Herd expansion and cattle consistency
to mitigate costs and risks are still solid
business plan foundations for Virginia
beef cattle producers.
One of the realities that we continue to
live with from the boon of 2014 was the
tremendous added value that exports of
beef became to our business. Since then
exports have gone from being a crutch that
unexpectedly propped up even further a
good market, to now being the third leg
in our stool we rest on. While 80% of
our beef is consumed domestically the
greatest share of that is ground beef and
consumed via foodservice. We depend
on exports more than ever for marketing
high value cuts as well as offal and organ
meats. The Pacific Rim countries are
particularly critical markets that can’t
get enough even with the myriad of
tariffs and restrictions
placed on American
beef. The opportunity
is immense. For this
WHAT’S INSIDE
Page 12 - Southwest Bull Test Sale
Page 16 - Va General Assembly
Session Summary
Page 21 - Investigating Beef Market Volatility
Page 25 - Management Of Cattle To
Maximize Marbling
Page 38 - Survey Assesses Cattle
Feeding Performance
reason American agriculture stand to
benefit and needs to support Congress
ratifying the Trans Pacific Partnership
(TPP) agreement.
Japan is an especially important
beef trading partner. In 2015, Japan
purchased $1.3 billion of US beef even
with a 38.5% tariff. They have turned
to Australia with a separate agreement
that provides for a 28% tariff giving
Australia a competitive advantage worth
$300 million last year. TPP would
lower the Japanese tariff on US beef
to 9%. TPP is a broad reaching trade
agreement that affects much more than
agricultural goods but stands to benefit
us particularly because it levels the
playing field and requires participating
countries to move towards open and
free markets similar to our own now.
Unscientific and phytosanitary trade
barriers are prohibited. The Pacific
Rim and North American countries
signed onto TPP initially represent up
to 40% of the world’s economy and
the center of population growth in the
coming decades. Free trade will be
more important than ever as a factor
in agriculture for the future as well as
critical for general international security.
China is a powerful economic engine in
Asia capable of dictating terms of trade.
Currently China is not signed onto TPP.
The quicker our Congress ratifies the
TPP agreement and secures our place
assuring free trade, the less likely China
will be in position to control future
trade agreements and the more likely
China will be to accommodate TPP
expectations to play along with their
neighbors.
It is vital that TPP not be a political
casualty in this election year. Contact
your Congressional representatives
and tell them that free trade is vital to
agriculture and vital to the beef cattle
business. Tell them that the sooner they
ratify TPP the better off we will be as
cattle producers and as a nation. Where
there is significant demand there will be
opportunity and for beef the US needs
to be at the forefront of meeting that
opportunity to grow beef sales where
demand increases. Tell our folks in
Congress that TPP and trade are issues
for America much more important than
who Trump is running down today,
Bernie Saunder’s tax returns, Hillary
Clinton’s FBI probe or Ted Cruz’s
supposed manipulation of Republican
convention delegates.
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State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs 148.00-205.00,
mostly 195.50-205.00, average
197.70
500-600 lbs 137.00-193.00,
182.95
600-700 lbs 137.00-177.50,
165.45
700-800 lbs 102.50-156.50,
149.62
State Graded Feeder Heifers,
Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs 143.00-176.00,
161.74
500-600 lbs 115.00-154.50,
149.13
600-700 lbs 114.00-149.00,
140.01
mostly 156.00-170.50, average 169.35
165.34
500-600 lbs 90.00-183.00,
State Graded Feeder Heifers,
700-800 lbs 120.00-161.00, mostly 151.00-176.00, average
Medium and Large 1
mostly 142.00-152.50, average 164.31
400-500 lbs 131.00-169.00, 148.21
600-700 lbs 116.00-162.00,
State Graded Feeder Heifers, mostly 159.00-162.00, average
156.31
156.63
Medium and Large 1
500-600 lbs 139.00-156.00, average 149.53
400-500 lbs 120.00-166.50, 700-800 lbs 117.00-152.75,
mostly 148.50-166.50, average mostly 133.00-152.75, average
144.15
600-700 lbs 120.00-154.00, 152.57
140.07
500-600 lbs 110.00-161.00, State Graded Feeder Heifers,
mostly 144.00-153.50, average Medium and Large 1
700-800 lbs 121.00-141.00, 144.50
400-500 lbs 113.00-155.00,
134.43
600-700 lbs 114.00-144.00, mostly 141.00-155.00, average
mostly 130.00-144.00, average 146.54
133.79
Slaughter Cows
500-600 lbs 120.00-157.00,
Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 58.00- 700-800 lbs 100.00-143.00, mostly 135.00-157.00, average
mostly 125.00-137.50, average 142.22
77.50, average 69.48
127.58
600-700 lbs 110.00-142.00,
Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 62.00mostly 131.50-142.00, average
Slaughter Cows
81.00, average 72.51
133.49
Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 57.00April 8, 2016
700-800 lbs 119.50-134.50, av76.00, average 70.27
erage 126.37
Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 66.00Slaughter Cows
80.00, average 74.28
400-500 lbs 148.00-199.50,
Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 60.00181.70
80.00, average 71.27
April 15, 2016
145.24
700-800 lbs 116.00-144.00,
mostly 129.00-144.00, average 500-600 lbs 120.00-192.00,
134.27
169.79
Slaughter Cows
600-700 lbs 130.00-192.00,
Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 62.0077.50, average 69.90
Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 62.0080.00, average 70.83
April 1, 2016
400-500 lbs 133.00-196.00,
187.06
500-600 lbs 158.00-192.00,
179.76
600-700 lbs 150.00-170.50,
162.80
700-800 lbs 135.50-148.50,
State Graded Feeder Steers, Me- Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 63.00dium and Large 1
86.00, average 74.73
400-500 lbs 130.00-188.00,
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cow, McCollum said, and for
VAC 34, calves are vaccinated
before weaning and at weaning
when they are sold.
“The VAC 45 is the full
vaccination program in which
calves receive the vaccinations
and are held on the ranch 45
days. According to Superior
Livestock Auction and other
large sales, calves that demand
the greatest premiums are those
in the VAC 45 program.”
With the call for more
verification that cattle have
been vaccinated in a full
preconditioning program, BIVI
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Program. “The program is
a hands-on preconditioning
program
that
provides
documentation of vaccinations
and other animal health and
nutrition programs to buyers
of the calves,” Woodruff
explained. “It provides some
flexibility for managing the
herd the way you want.”
or weaning, using Pyramid®
5 + Presponse® SQ vaccines.
Woodruff said that for producer
convenience, protection for
the following diseases can be
covered in just two syringes
(follow label instructions for
necessary boosters):
•Infectious
Bovine
Rhinotracheitis (IBR)
•Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
Types 1 and 2, including BVD
1b
•Bovine Respiratory Syncytial
Virus (BRSV)
•Mannheimia
(Pasteurella)
haemolytica
•Parainfluenza 3 (PI3)
•Clostridium chauvoei, Cl.
septicum, Cl. novyi, Cl.
sordellii, Cl. perfringens Types
C and D (7-way blackleg)
•Pinkeye
Parasite control
They are not as responsive to
vaccines,” he said. “Parasites
maintain their existence at the
expense of the host calf or cow.
They are drawing nutrients the
animal would otherwise have,
and diverting a portion of the
immune system that should
focus on responding to our
vaccination program.”
A proper deworming program
will control parasites, based on
the type of parasites infesting
the cattle and time of year.
“It’s easy to grab fecal samples
to determine the worm load,”
Woodruff said. “A producer’s
veterinarian can assist him
in targeting certain groups to
identify the level of parasite
activity, as well as the type of
parasite and the deworming
program needed to control
them.”
Woodruff said that while
parasites can hurt an animal’s
immune system response,
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiencies, especially trace
mineral deficiencies, can also
slow down calf performance
and possibly cause health
problems.
Woodruff said vaccines will
protect calves more if their
immune system is not hurt
by parasites. “If an animal is
dealing with an internal or
With the MARKET READY external parasite problem, those
program, you can vaccinate parasites are occupying part of
at branding age, preweaning the animal’s immune system. “If there is anything afoul in
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the nutrition program there can
be problems,” he said. “If it’s a
shortage of energy or protein,
that is more readily detected.
But less visible are deficiencies
of trace minerals, such as
copper, zinc, manganese and
vitamin A and E.
“If those deficiencies are
present in the animal, the
immune system just doesn’t
perform as well when they are
receiving their vaccinations,”
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that
producers
have
a
marketing program in place
before investing in a full
preconditioning program. “The
marketing venue becomes
important,” he explained. “If
you’re going to precondition
calves to capture some added
value, you need to be willing
to participate in a market venue
such as a video market or
designated preconditioned calf
sale that has buyers present to
“The fact that we may be
seeing more calves the next
few years, there may be more
of a difference in value between
preconditioned calves and
others as time goes by. But
remember, if you hope to get
a premium, you better have a
market.”
For all products, read and follow
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1—Donnell J, Ward C, Swigert
S. Costs and benefits associated
with preconditioning calves.
Oklahoma
Cooperative
Extension Service Bulletin
AGEC-247. Oklahoma State
University, Stillwater. 2007:1–
4.
2—Seeger JT, Grotelueschen
May Herd Advisor
Scott P. Greiner
Extension Beef Specialist,
Virginia Tech
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The impact of weather on
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is typically the concern that
predominates; however, other
items warrant close attention.
Each ton of harvested forage
removes about 50 lbs. of
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and 15 lbs. of phosphate per
acre. As a result, hay from
unfertilized fields is effectively
mining your soil resources.
Another common problem
when applying fertilizer is not
adding the correct proportion
of each element. Field fertilized
repeatedly with 15-15-15 or 1010-10 likely need no additional
phosphorus. Poultry litter and
animal manures also supply
more phosphorus than grasses
can utilize. Soil samples and test
results are the only way to know
the nutrient and pH status of
your fields. Your local Extension
office should have soil probes
and sampling instructions you
can utilize. Using these results
to match fertilizer application
to soil needs will enhance both
the productivity and quality of
your forage crop, and be costeffective. Lastly, remember that
forage testing at harvest is an
excellent way to determine your
success at making quality hay,
and also provides the basis for
making supplement decisions
next winter.
amount. No other source of salt
or minerals should be available.
·
This is the time to put
into place a rotational grazing
management system which
will provide a rest period for
pastures. During rapid growth
move more quickly to the
next paddock and leave some
residue.
·
Make plans to store
your high quality hay in the dry.
·
Collect and submit
forage samples for nutrient
Spring Calving Herds (January- analysis.
March)
Herd Health
General
·
Consult with your
·
Calving
season veterinarian concerning prewinding down. Continue to breeding vaccination schedule
observe late calving cows for cow herd, yearling heifers,
frequently.
and bulls. Plan early to allow
·
Calving records should 30-day vaccination window
be complete and up to date.
prior to breeding season.
·
Plan parasite and fly
Nutrition and Forages
control program for herd, and
·
Continue to offer a begin planning vaccination and
high magnesium mineral to preconditioning protocol to be
prevent grass tetany. Monitor used for calf crop.
intake to insure cows are
consuming the recommended Reproduction
·
Finalize plans and
protocols for breeding season.
Establish calendar with dates
and timing of synchronization
program to be used during
breeding season. Have supplies
and semen on hand.
·
Breed heifers 2-4
weeks ahead of mature cows
to allow longer post-partum
interval prior to second breeding
season.
·
Schedule and conduct
breeding soundness exams on
herd sires, including annual
vaccinations.
·
Manage bulls properly
during the breeding season.
Observe frequently to confirm
breeding activity and soundness,
and monitor cows for repeat
estrus. Avoid commingling
mature and young bulls, as older
bulls will be dominant. As rule
of thumb, yearling bulls should
be exposed to number of cows
equal to their age in months
(ie. 18 month old bull with ~18
cows).
DM, Stokka GL and Sides
GE. Comparison of the feedlot
health, nutritional performance,
carcass characteristics and
economic value of unweaned
beef calves with an unknown
health history and of weaned
beef calves receiving various
herd-of-origin health protocols.
Bov Pract 2008:42(1);1–13.
3—Powell JG, Richeson JT,
Kegley EB, et al. Immunologic,
health and growth responses
of beef calves administered
pentavalent modified-live virus
respiratory vaccine during the
presence of maternal antibody
versus a traditional vaccination
regimen.
Bovine
Pract
2012;46(2):122–130
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of +12 CED, and +59 WW, along
with $W of +74 combined with
strong individual performance.
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by Lot 307 from the Virginia
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and YW EPDs of +63 and +84,
along with test YW ratio 112,
Farms Cattle of Louisa, VA
for $5100. Sired by SAV Final
Answer 0035, this homozygous
black bull had CED EPD +16.1
ADG ratio 117 and REA ratio YW EPD +119, and RE ratio
111.
119. Virginia Tech Beef Center
bred Junior SimAngus Lot
The demand was strong for 475, which sold to Lawrence
the SimAngus bulls, led by the
high indexing Senior bull Lot
452 bred by Hounshell Farms
of Wytheville, VA and selling General
to Johnson Farm Operations ·
Schedule and conduct
of Dobson, NC for $6000. pregnancy
diagnosis
with
This high growth and carcass veterinarian following breeding
value, homozygous black son season. Plan a marketing
of GW Robust 605Z posted strategy for open cows. Cull
a YW EPD +128, MB +0.58 cow prices typically peak midand REA +1.00 along with test spring through mid-summer,
ratios of YW 108 and ADG and prices generally stronger
129. The high-indexing Junior for cows in good body condition
SimAngus was bred by Trio vs. thin cows (evaluate forage
Farms of Luray, VA and sold availability and potential feed
to Jamie Wyatt of Draper, VA and management costs to
for $5200. This homozygous increase BCS of cull cows if
black, calving ease son of warranted).
GAR Sunrise posted CED EPD ·
Evaluate
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+15.5, YW +105, along with options for marketing of calf
test ADG ratio of 118. Reasor crop. Match weaning date
Simmentals of Rural Retreat, and calf management with
VA ’ Lot 441, sold to Riverview operational goals. Calculate
Tankensley of Duffield, VA for of MR NLC Upgrade U8676
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posted +107 YW EPD, +0.39
MB and +0.89 RE, along with
The purebred Simmental bulls +136 API. The high-indexing
were led by Lot 401 from Reasor Junior Simmental, Lot 425,
Simmentals and selling to Larry was consigned by Virginia Tech
Davidson of Gate City, VA Beef Center sold to Duggins
for $5200. This fall-born son
From Page 9. - May Herd Advisor
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Reimplant commercial
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Tech Beef Center consigned a
lot of four SimAngus females
top the fall-calvers, selling for
$2500 to Paul Chambers of
Lebanon, VA.
All bulls and heifers were
consigned by members of
the Virginia Beef Cattle
Improvement
Association.
Bulls were developed at
Hillwinds Farm at Dublin,
VA owned and operated by
Tim Sutphin. The sale was
managed by Virginia BCIA
and the Virginia Cattlemen’s
Association, and the auctioneer
was Mike Jones.
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2016 Virginia General Assembly Session Summary
The 2016 General Assembly
Session is in the books, and
there were a number of bills
and pieces of legislation that
effected the cattle business and
agriculture. This year was a
9-week “long session,” in which
the General Assembly crafted
and passed a new state budget
(see below for a full budget
update). In total, 3,286 bills and
resolutions were introduced this
session, with over 1,800 of them
passing. So far, the Governor
has vetoed just a dozen or so,
but now that session is over,
he has until around mid-April
to consider all of the bills that
passed. The General Assembly
will reconvene on April 20th to
consider these vetoes and any
potential amendments he may
offer to bills.
Overall, this session was
extremely busy and fast paced,
especially in the first few weeks,
and as always happens, there
were many bills introduced that
we were not expecting. But this
was also a very good session
for agriculture and forestry.
We were very successful in the
final state budget. Furthermore,
we were successful in seeing
passage of many items on
which we worked for the year
leading up to session, such as a
bill making changes to certain
commodity boards and setting
a path for control of a protected
predator of livestock.
After over 2 years of preparation,
the advancement of capital
funding for new and renovated
livestock and poultry facilities
at Virginia Tech is being
realized. The current facilities
for livestock, pork, equine, and
poultry sciences are aging and
antiquated and in desperate
need for repairs, renovations,
and in some cases, complete
replacement. The Governor’s
bond package included full
funding for the first phase of
this two-part project, providing
critical support for this initiative
going in to the General
Assembly bond-negotiations.
Ultimately, funding for phase
one was retained in the final
bond package approved by
the General Assembly, and we
anticipate official planning at
the University to begin soon.
Consistent with the state twoyear budget cycle, the Governor
proposed an ambitious budget
in mid-December 2015, and the
General Assembly proposed and
ultimately made amendments to
his proposal. The introduced
budget represented a sizable
increase in resources for the
Secretariat of Agriculture and
Forestry, and all but one of
the proposed initiatives was
ultimately approved by the
Assembly. In total, the approved
budget resulted in over $6.0
million in additional funding
to the Agriculture and Forestry
budget items.
Key items
include doubling the size of the
AFID (Agriculture and Forestry
Industries
Development)
fund, additional funds for
international
marketing
assistance both abroad and
incremental increases for the
weights and measures program.
Water quality funding continues
to be a priority issue for all of
agriculture, and the Governor’s
leadership in allocating over
$54 million in Ag BMP costshare and over $7 million in
technical assistance from the
state budget surplus represented
a significant influx of critical
funding for these programs. The
Assembly retained all of this
funding in their final budget,
resulting in significant growth
in agricultural best management
practice cost-share in the
coming year.
This was a busy session for
animal welfare and animal care
issues, for both companion
animals
and
agricultural
animals. First of all, the General
Assembly passed a VDACSrequested bill that gives the
Board of Agriculture the ability
to assess a civil penalty of up
to $1000 for animal disease
violations; currently the only
option for these violations is a
criminal misdemeanor. Another
bill gives judges more options
for sentencing of dogs that have
been proven to be repeat killers
of poultry. The current law
states that the dog must either
be put down or sent out of state,
and the new law allows the dog
to be fitted with an identifying
microchip and transferred to
a new owner or confined to a
kennel. This arose out of an
issue with backyard chickens
and ultimately livestock and
poultry owners’ rights to defend
their own animals are protected.
There were also a few bills
VCA strongly opposed. One,
sponsored by Senator Bill
Stanley (R-Moneta), would
have required farmers to
certify that new-born calves
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Senate Agriculture Committee.
Another bill, sponsored by Del.
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to do with the use of bull hooks
for animals. The bill originally
dealt only with elephants, but
it was amended to cover all
animals. We had concerns that
this could affect farmers and
youth who show livestock,
and this bill was also handily
defeated in subcommittee.
On the environmental front, we
monitored and took positions
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General Assembly
on many bills this session.
There were a handful of bills
that would have imposed
burdensome regulations on the
land application of biosolids and
industrial residuals, including
one to require disclosure on
property records of applications
on the property. VCA opposed
all these measures which were
defeated in subcommittee.
However, the VCA supported
a study resolution directing
the Joint Legislative Audit and
Review Commission (JLARC),
an arm of the General Assembly,
to conduct a study about land
application of these products
and to once again review the
scientific literature about their
safety, and this study will be
conducted over the next two
years.
On the food safety front, there
were two different bills that
would have changed Virginia’s
food safety regulations for
both dairy products and food
produced on a farm or in a
private home. Legislation that
was patroned by Del. Rick
Morris (R-Sussex), would have
exempted milk producers who
have three or fewer milking
cows from state requirements,
and would have allowed for
the sale of unpasteurized
dairy products. We opposed
this bill and it was defeated in
subcommittee. Another “food
freedom” bill, introduced by
Del. Rob Bell (R-Albemarle),
originally
exempted
any
food or dairy products from
state requirements, and this
would have included raw
milk. However, the patron
significantly amended this bill
to only include certain baked
goods (those that require time
and temperature control, such
as cheesecake). We did not
have a position on this amended
version, which failed to
advance in subcommittee after
the Department of Agriculture
raised food safety concerns.
A critical update to the conflict
of interest act was successfully
approved after Soil and Water
Conservation Districts worked
through legislation this year
to
exempt
locally-elected
Directors from the conflict of
interest act. This change will
ensure that Directors who may
also be farmers or beneficiaries
of Ag BMP cost-share programs
can continue to serve on local
soil and water boards, while
also excusing themselves from
voting on actions directly related
to their business operations.
Amendments were made to
the nutrient credit program to
allow for new and expanding
facilities to acquire credits
under their contractual control
or on their own lands, after
concerns were raised by a major
new agribusiness about the
current nutrient credit program.
Likewise several updates to the
nutrient credit program were
made, including allowances
for sediment reduction credits
for MS4 permittees, and new
streamlined timelines for certain
nutrient credit approval.
Finally, a proposal that we
opposed to update Virginia’s
phosphorus
standards
for
nutrient management plans
did not advance this year
after the patron agreed to not
pursue a legislative mandate.
The issue of a review of the
phosphorus
standards
for
Virginia, especially in light of
new phosphorus standards in
Maryland, is one that may not
be completely “put to rest”. We
will be closely following these
discussions within the Bay
watershed in order to protect
our industry’s use of valuable
nutrients on agricultural lands.
Overall, the 2016 Virginia
General Assembly Session
was positive for Virginia
agriculture as well as the cattle
business. VCA is grateful for
the partnership of the Virginia
Agribusiness Council, Virginia
Farm Bureau and the Virginia
State Dairymen’s Association
as well as the Virginia Poultry
Growers and numerous other
agricultural interests groups for
the cooperation we all share in
speaking for Virginia agriculture
on the legislative front.
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High-protein Diet Can Help Adults Sleep Better
Perdue University
Overweight and obese adults
who are losing weight with
a high-protein diet are more
likely to sleep better, according
to new research from Purdue
University.
“Most research looks at the
effects of sleep on diet and
weight control, and our research
flipped that question to ask what
are the effects of weight loss and
diet — specifically the amount
of protein — on sleep,” says
Wayne Campbell, a professor
of nutrition science. “We
found that while consuming
a lower calorie diet with a
higher amount of protein, sleep
quality improves for middleaged adults. This sleep quality
is better compared to those who
lost the same amount of weight
while consuming a normal
amount of protein.”
These
findings are published in the
American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, which is affiliated
with the American Society for
Nutrition. The research was
funded by Beef Checkoff,
National Pork Board, National
Dairy Council, Purdue Ingestive
Behavior Research Center and
National Institutes of Health.
A pilot study found that in 14
participants, consuming more
dietary protein resulted in better
sleep after four weeks of weight
loss. Then, in the main study, 44
overweight or obese participants
were included to consume
either a normal-protein or a
higher-protein weight loss diet.
After three weeks of adapting to
the diet, the groups consumed
either 0.8 or 1.5 grams of
protein for each kilogram of
body weight daily for 16 weeks.
The participants completed
a survey to rate the quality
of their sleep every month
throughout the study. Those
who consumed more protein
while losing weight reported an
improvement in sleep quality
after three and four months of
dietary intervention. A dietitian
designed a diet that met each
study participant’s daily energy
need and 750 calories in fats and
carbohydrates were trimmed
per day while maintaining
the protein amount based on
whether they were in the higheror normal-protein group. The
sources of protein used in the
two studies varied from beef,
pork, soy, legumes and milk
protein.
“Short sleep duration and
compromised sleep quality
frequently lead to metabolic
and cardiovascular diseases
and premature death,” says
Jing Zhou, a doctoral student in
nutrition science and the study’s
first author. “Given the high
prevalence of sleep problems it’s
important to know how changes
to diet and lifestyle can help
improve sleep.” Campbell’s
lab also has studied how dietary
protein quantity, sources and
patterns affect appetite, body
weight and body composition.
“This research adds sleep
quality to the growing list of
positive outcomes of higherprotein intake while losing
weight, and those other
outcomes include promoting
body fat loss, retention of lean
body mass and improvements
in blood pressure,” Campbell
says. “Sleep is recognized
as a very important modifier
of a person’s health, and our
research is the first to address
the question of how a sustained
dietary pattern influences sleep.
We’ve showed an improvement
in subjective sleep quality after
higher dietary protein intake
Wanted
during weight loss, which is
intriguing and also emphasizes
the need for more research with
objective measurements of
sleep to confirm our results.”
Campbell, whose expertise
and research focuses on
understanding how protein
nutrition and exercise influence
adults’ health as they age,
served as a member of the 2015
Dietary Guidelines Advisory
Committee, which helped
provide the scientific foundation
for the nation’s 2015-20 Dietary
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Investigating Beef Market
Volatility
Marcus Brix, CattleFax
If you were to ask the cattle
feeder about volatile markets
across history, you would get
many of the same answers.
Often the first response is
December of 2003, “the cow
that stole Christmas.” It is still
staggering today to recall the
devastation caused by the first
U.S. case of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, or BSE, which
was found in a Canadiansourced Holstein cow. Spot
live cattle futures broke sharply
from the December 23rd closing
price of $92.35/cwt to what
would become a multi-year low
of $72.50/cwt, a loss of roughly
$275/head for a fed animal. The
biggest damage was inflicted
from the loss of beef exports,
which research from Kansas
State University estimated to be
between $3.2 and $4.7 billion
dollars in 2004 alone. Another
historically volatile time is one
that most all Americans would
be familiar with, the collapse
of the U.S. financial system
in 2008. Already nine months
into a recession, the greatest
financial risks occurred with
the bankruptcy of the Lehman
Brothers investment bank,
which at the time was the 4th
largest U.S. bank of its kind.
Spot live cattle futures fell from
a closing price of $103.75/cwt
on September 2nd, 2008 to a
recessionary low of $79.18/cwt
on June 8th, 2009. Feedyards
were forced to sell cattle into
the lowest fed cattle demand
level in 30 years.
It is hard to believe with the
magnitude of these two past
events, that a more recent
market could compete in scale
with the degree of cattle market
volatility described above,
but it’s true and measurable.
Volatility is a statistical
measure of price risk, evaluated
by calculating the standard
deviation of price changes over
a given period. Analyzing the
30-day volatility against the live
cattle strip allows for an easily
comparable measure of price
risk in late 2015 versus the two
previously mentioned cases.
The strip is a simple average of
the front six live cattle futures
contracts which covers a full
calendar year. Using the live
cattle strip is preferred over spot
futures for this analysis because
it removes the additional risk of
changing price spreads across
futures contracts.
Thirty-day volatility reached
as high as 23.8 percent in late
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Calendar of Events 2016
5/6 Greene County Angus Assocation Sale,
Greeneville, TN
5/21 VT Surplus Property Auction,
Blacksburg, VA
Thanks to all the buyers of Reasor Simmental Bulls
at Wytheville BCIA Sale.
401 - Larry Davidson, Gate City, VA.
441- Steve Hopkins, Louisa, VA.
442 - Raymond Campbell, Saltville, VA.
445 - Eddie Rash, West Jefferson, NC
Feeding Time
VIRGINIA SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION
Virginia Junior Simmental Association Update
Farrell Jones, Junior Advisor
The Virginia Junior Beef Roundup Youth Beef
Show was held on April 17, 2016. In the heifer show, we were pleased to have a percentage
show in addition to our purebred show. Classes and winners are listed below.
Purebred Junior Yearling Heifer (Mar.Apr.2015) – 1st Carlee Taylor, 2nd Savannah
Cline
Purebred Junior Yearling Heifer (Jan.Feb.2015) – 1st Daniel Campbell, 2nd Savannah
Cline
Divison Winner – Carlee Taylor
Reserve Division Winner – Savannah Cline
Purebred Senior Yearling Heifer (Sept.Oct.2014) – 1st Hayden Campbell (also
Division Winner)
Champion Purebred Heifer – Carlee Taylor
Reserve Champion Purebred Heifer – Savannah Cline
Champion Bred & Owned Purebred Heifer –
Hayden Campbell
Percentage Senior Heifer Calf (Sept.Oct.2015) – 1st Kristin Seay (also Division
Winner)
Percentage Intermediate Heifer (MayJun.2015) – 1st Carlee Taylor (also Division
Winner)
Percentage Junior Yearling Heifer (Mar.Apr.2015) – 1st Jenna Kibler, 2nd Carlee Taylor
Percentage Junior Yearling Heifer (Jan.Feb.2015) – 1st Lianna Durrer, 2nd Cheyenne
Deming
Division Winner – Lianna Durrer
Reserve Division Winner – Jenna Kibler
Percentage Senior Yearling Heifer (Sept.Oct.2014) – 1st Taylor Edwards (also Division
Winner)
Champion Percentage Heifer – Lianna Durrer
Reserve Champion Percentage Heifer – Jenna
Kibler
Percentage Bull (Jan.-Dec.2015) – 1st Brittany
Linton (also Champion Percentage Bull)
In the All Other Breeds steer show, four
Simmental or SimAngus steers were entered.
Billy Powers placed first in class 3. Aaron
Locke placed second in class 4 and was also
Reserve Champion AOB Steer. All of our
junior exhibitors are commended for their hard
work.
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ASSOCIATION
Dana Campbell,
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[email protected]
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Lowesville, VA 22967
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Virginia Simmental Association Recognizes
Members
At the Virginia Simmental Association (VSA)
annual meeting on April 14, 2016, Smith Reasor
was presented with the 2016 Simmental Service
award. Smith is a long-time breeder and active
promotor of Simmental and SimAngus cattle.
He is also a participant in the Virginia BCIA bull
test program, consigning to both the Southwest
and Culpeper Bull Tests. In March, he was
awarded the BCIA Premier Simmental Breeder
Award. Congratulations, Smith, and thank you
for your support of the Simmental breed!
Outgoing directors were also recognized for
their service to VSA. They are: David Haulsey,
Farrell Jones, and Joe Robinson. VSA members
Matthew Miller and Lisa Zirkle were elected to
the VSA Board of Directors. President Kathy
Freeman-Walters was also recognized for her
service to the association. Chad Joines was
elected VSA president.
Plans are underway for a VSA Field Day to be
held July 23rd at Virginia Tech. Planning is in the
preliminary stages, but mark this date on your
calendar and plan to join us!
Outgoing Directors
Simmental Service Award
Plaque to Kathy Walters.
From Page 21. - Investigating Beef
Market
2003, which was the first time
above the 20 percent mark since
November 1987. The highest
recorded volatility during the
recession was 25.8 percent in
October of 2008. For context,
30-day volatility has averaged
11.1 percent per day over the last
10 years of data with a variance
of about 4 percent, so values
above 20 percent are considered
to be extreme. Volatility at yearend 2015 reached 24.4 percent,
actually higher than during
the BSE-driven volatility of
2003. From August to October
live cattle prices declined 20
percent, then rallied 18 percent
into early November. From
here, prices declined another 18
percent through mid-December,
and finally rallied yet again
leaving prices 17 percent off
the December lows entering the
New Year. From close to close,
the live cattle strip was moving
on average 1 percent per day in
this time period, compared to a
10-year average daily change
of only 0.13 percent. For many
producers, hedging with plain
futures contracts was much
too risky. Despite expensive
option premiums, largely due
to the immense volatility in the
market, managing risk using
options became the only viable
strategy.
There were a multitude of
reasons for the volatile price
decline. The cattle market had
been trending lower already that
year, dealing with a large front
end supply of cattle. Volatility
spiked, however, immediately
after the closure of the Tyson
meat packing plant in Dension,
IA. The sudden loss of packing
capacity hurt the cattle feeders
from a leverage standpoint;
leverage was accountable for
$10/cwt of the rally seen in
2014.
Cattle weights were
also record large and had been
trending higher into the fall.
This compounded the situation
as feedyards tried to unload
the heavy cattle and accepted
discounts to do so.
While fundamentals turned
negative on the live cattle side,
fundamentals turned negative
on the beef product side as
well. Total meat supplies were
building much faster than
anticipated as pork and poultry
production pushed higher, beef
exports were stifled by the strong
U.S. dollar and poultry exports
were drastically reduced by
HPAI-related bans in China and
new protectionist trade policies
in Angola. As a result, per capita
net meat and poultry supplies
Roseda Female Sale Saturday, May 28, 12 Noon increased by an estimated 9.4
pounds per U.S. resident, about
seven pounds of the increase
being poultry product. As an
interesting parallel, exports as a
percentage of meat and poultry
production fell from 17 percent
in 2014 to 15 percent in 2015.
This was the largest yearly drop
since BSE in 2003.
These abrupt year over year
changes explain why the
market grew weaker and more
volatile, but there might still
be an unexplained piece of the
puzzle, intraday volatility. From
August to December 2015, the
spot live cattle average daily
range from high to low was 1.73
percent. This is compared to an
average range of 1.27 percent
for the same monthly range in
2014, and a 1 percent range for
the 5-year average. The cattle
industry has recently pointed a
finger at high frequency trading
as being a main source of this
extra volatility. Although some
of these claims are speculative
at this point, many are based
on sound evidence. Since the
adoption of electronic trading,
research has suggested higher
volume of trade leads to better
liquidity, but to increased
volatility as well. An underlying
issue with high frequency
algorithmic trading, however,
is that orders can be entered
and bounced between different
trading stations before a manual
trader can act on the order,
potentially causing changes to
the bid-ask spread. This behavior
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VIRGINIA CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION
2015 - 2016
VCA Officers
Bill Thompson - President
1295 Park Avenue
Clifton Forge, VA 24422
540-968-1987
Kaitlin Smith - Vice President
454 Old Farm Road
Lexington, VA 24333
540-463-6778
Deidre Harmon - Secretary
1445 Pipers Gap Road
Galax, VA 24333
276-233-8852
Walt Winkler - Treasurer
124 Kindig Road
Waynesboro, VA 22980
540-943-6144
more pounds at weaning!
Rob Farmer- Past President
8030 Greenwich Road
Catlett, VA 20119
540-270-3886
more pounds at yearling!
Data from the Spring 2012 Across-Breed EPD Genetic Trends presented
at the Beef Improvement Federation documents Charolais and
Charolais-influenced genetics lead all major breeds compared for both
weaning and yearling weights. In fact, Charolais cattle were proven to
excel at adding more pounds at weaning and yearling.
Chad Joines Junior Advisor
Virginia Tech Dept Animal &
Poultry Science
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-557-7263
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Our 24th annual Superior
Charolais Genetics Sale was
held at the VA 2016 Beef Expo.
The sale averaged $3,006.32.
Some of the top selling lots
were as follows: Lot 31 $8,250
cow/heifer calf split; consigner
Vollborn Cattle Co, Bidwell,
OH. $5,500 cow by Gerrald
Montezuma to William Ashton,
Glencoe, OK. $2,500 heifer calf
by WC Hoo Doo Sandpoint
to Begoon Farms, Grottoes,
WV. Lot 5 $5,500 ¾ interest
bull VCC Hoo Doo Sandpoint;
consigner Vollborn Cattle
Co to Clint Hall, Cleveland,
OH. Lot 6 $4,300 cow/bull
calf split; consigner VA Tech,
Blacksburg, VA. $3,400 cow by
VPI Free Lunch to Glenmary
Farms, Rapidan, VA. $900 bull/
calf by M6 Grid Maker 010
to Glenmary Farms. Lot 24
$3,900 bred heifer; consigned
by Dunkard Valley Charolais,
York, PA. Heifer by WCR Sir
Duke 7340P and bred to TR
PZC Rapid Fire 9775 ET. Lot 27
$2,500 open heifer; consigned
by Beginning Waters Charolais,
Gapmills, WV. Heifer M6 Right
Now 5239 Pld ET. Thanks to
the bidders and buyers that
made this sale a success. The
sale was managed by Dennis
Adams of Outfront Cattle
Service, TX.
Charlottesville, VA, 434-566-2750
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ountain
eadows
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Clifton Forge, VA 24422
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William and Agnes Anerson
P.O. Box 304
Altavista, VA 24517
434-369-5366
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Robert Farmer
8030
Greenwich Rd.
124 Kindig Road
Catlettt, VA 20195
Waynesboro, VA 22980
540-270-3886
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Gerry Scott 540-379-1975
540-943-6144
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784 Payneton Rd.
Chatham, VA
Billy Crews, Barry Crews
Billy C. Crews, Brent Crews
434-656-2361
434-656-3771
Management of Cattle to Maximize Marbling
Bridget Wasser and Dani
Shubert, National Cattlemen’s
Beef Association
development.
Biochemists,
molecular
biologists,
and
geneticists have worked to
Beef palatability is a substantial understand the intracellular
driver of consumer demand and extracellular factors that
for beef, and marbling is one
of the largest contributing
factors to beef palatability
as it affects beef tenderness,
juiciness, and flavor. For many
years, marbling research has
focused on understanding both
how marbling contributes to
eating quality, as well as how
to increase marbling levels in
cattle through genetics and
feeding. A checkoff-funded
white paper titled “Marbling:
Management of cattle to
maximize the deposition of
intramuscular adipose tissue”
seeks to summarize the beef
industry’s progress toward
understanding marbling in beef
and how the beef industry can
increase marbling to create a
more tender, juicy, and flavorful
product.
Consumers in the United States
and abroad have valued highly
marbled beef for nearly a century.
In spite of growing interest in
pasture-fed (or grass-finished)
beef in the United States, most
consumers still prefer beef that
is reasonably marbled and juicy.
Scientists have taken a twopronged approach to understand
the biology of marbling
regulate the development of
marbling, whereas beef cattle
nutritionists
have
created
feeding regimens to provide
high-quality beef carcasses
without increasing carcass
subcutaneous fat, or fat trimmed
from steaks before they reach
the consumer.
The contribution marbling to
overall palatability has been
established for decades. Savell
and Cross (1988) established
a “Window of Acceptability”
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- Investigating
Beef Market
would then not be increasing
liquidity, but still increasing
volatility.
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because increased volatility is
transferred into option costs as
risk premium. The CME Group
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shorter trading hours and a
maintaining a stricter watch
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JAMES, PAUL, JIM, BRIAN BENNETT
17659 RED HOUSE RD.
RED HOUSE, VA 23963
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DAYTON, VA 22821
JOHN 540-421-9511
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TODD, LYDIA, LAYLA, AND LILLY SCOTT
1191 SPRING MILL ROAD
CONCORD, VA 24538
434-665-1224
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276-944-3458
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MIKE TAYLOR
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PETERSBURG, WV 26847
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NORVUE FARM
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4442 FACTORY MILL RD
DABNEYS, VA 23102
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JERRY FUNKHOUSER
REBECCA WEBERT
417 FROGTOWN LANE
EDINBURG, VA 22824
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2184 HILLYARD DRIVE
BROADWAY, VA 22815
540-896-5004
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COVINGTON, VA 24426
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for beef (Figure 1), indicating
that overall palatability of
beef is optimal between 3 and
7.5 percent intramuscular fat
(marbling). The relationship
between percent fat and
overall palatability highlights
the importance of marbling
in beef quality. What was not
addressed in this research is that
as percent fat increases, there is
a dramatic change in the fatty
acid composition of marbling.
As intramuscular fat percentage
increases, the proportion of
saturated fatty acids (SFA) and
trans-fatty acids decrease, and
the proportion of oleic acid and
other monounsaturated fatty
acids (MUFA) increase. These
changes in fatty acid profile
have a direct effect on the
palatability of beef.
The fatty acid profile of meat
influences beef palatability in
a variety of ways. Early studies
demonstrated that increased
oleic acid (a MUFA) in beef
led to an increase in overall
palatability of the beef. One
theory used to explain this shift
in palatability is that oleic acid
is “softer” than SFA, providing
a more fluid mouthfeel, which
most consumers perceive as
more desirable. The melting
point of fat directly affects the
perception of juiciness in beef,
and the ratio of MUFA to SFA
dictates the melting point of
fat. Saturated fatty acids have
higher melting points and are
“harder” at refrigerated or room
temperatures, whereas MUFA
have melting points below
room temperature and thus are
perceived as “softer” fats.
More recent studies have
discovered that the fatty acid
profile of beef contributes to
the formation of flavor through
the cooking process. Fatty
acids react with heat, sugars,
and proteins to create different
beef flavors. Oleic acid has been
identified as the fatty acid that
contributes most to positive,
buttery beef flavor. Marbling
represents a unique fat depot,
and can be distinguished
from other fat depots by its
location within the muscle.
Marbling consists of clusters of
individual fat cells (adipocytes),
and these fat cells increase in
the studies outlined in this white the development of marbling. flavor of beef by promoting
paper indicate that grain-based Additionally, grain-based diets the production of oleic acid in
number and in size as the beef diets are necessary to promote increase the juiciness and marbling and other fat depots.
animal progresses from being
practically devoid of marbling,
to having higher marbling
scores.
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growth and during feeding
can also influence the extent
and composition of marbling
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Calf-fed steers are typically
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diets at weaning, whereas
yearling-fed steers are typically
fed native pasture until
approximately 12 months of
age and are then transitioned to
a grain-based diet. One study
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Calf-fed steers reached harvest
weight at 16 months of age,
whereas yearling-fed steers
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Rita Jane Gabbett, Meatingplace
McDonald’s
is
currently
working with the beef and pork
industries on an approach to
antibiotics use in cattle and hog
production that at this point
would not take a “never ever”
approach, according to Justin
Ransom, senior director of
quality systems for McDonald’s
USA. “We know some of our
competitors have come out and
said ‘no antibiotics ever.’ We
don’t necessarily think that is
possible in the short term. It
is really more about how we
can challenge people to find
better ways to raise animals so
that they don’t need antibiotics
to begin with,” Ransom told
Meatingplace on the sidelines
of the North American Meat
Institute’s
management
conference.
Ransom’s comments come a
year after the Oak Brook-based
fast-food giant announced
plans to eventually only
buy chickens from suppliers
whose flocks have been raised
without antibiotics important
to human medicine. Ransom
said McDonald’s is working
with some of the industry’s best
scientists to try to develop a
global vision for antimicrobial
stewardship.
“We are in
conversations right now with
the beef industry. I met with
beef industry representatives
in Colorado last week and
we are meeting with industry
representatives in the [pork
industry] to understand what
are the things that are working,
where do we have opportunities
to reduce the use, where do we
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the need for use,” said Ransom.
He emphasized the company’s
interest in understanding this
complex issue, and coming up
with strategies beef and pork
producers can achieve. “Our
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goal is to come out with a
commitment we know industry
can move toward. It may be a
stretch goal, but it is one of those
things where we really want
industry’s engagement on how
we can do things differently,”
he said. Ransom’s comments
came after a presentation to
conference attendees during
which he emphasized the
impact of social media and
importance
of
answering
consumers’ questions. Through
its recent campaign, “Our Food.
Your questions.” McDonald’s
answered 50,000 questions
over a 90-day period through
social media. Even though
McDonald’s advertising since
1967 has consistently included
“100 percent beef” in its
messaging, Ransom said the
No. 1 question the company
still gets from consumers is:
“What is in the beef?” He said
social media has changed what
constitutes successful food
product messaging and efforts
going forward must include
more one-on-one engagement
with consumers.
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NCBA Should Take Heed From The Political Parties
Troy Marshall, BEEF Magazine
The two political parties are
being sent a pretty loud message
from their bases. People are
fed up, disappointed and want
change. The Democrats, to
their credit, are still focused
solely on winning the election.
They made sure there were no
serious challengers to Hillary in
the primaries, and even though
Bernie has won more states than
Hillary at this point, they had
the foresight with their super
delegate system to make sure
that even if the unthinkable
happened and Bernie won more
delegates or received more
votes than Hillary, she would
still easily win the nomination.
The Republican establishment
might be focused on winning
the general election as well,
but they got caught by surprise
with the anti-establishment
movement and are finding
themselves with two options
that they despise and a frontrunner who is universally
considered to be unelectable in
a general election.
Both parties were fooled by
their success. Obama won
election and re-election easily
after declaring that he wanted to
fundamentally change America.
He delivered on his promise,
and despite the resounding
defeat in the 2010 and 2012
elections that gave Republican
majorities in both houses of
Congress and overwhelming
disapproval of the direction of
the country, prospects for the
Democrats look good for 2016.
The political environment of
today is a contrarian’s utopia.
Nothing makes sense. Clinton is
essentially running to continue
the Obama agenda that is widely
viewed as a failure on the
domestic, economic and foreign
policy front. The Republicans
either won or increased their
majorities in Congress, as the
electorate revolted against the
Obama agenda and the direction
of the country. Yet, they didn’t
deliver on their promises and
actually enjoy lower ratings
than Obama. Their policies,
too, are viewed as failures or
Republicans are viewed as
failures for their inability to get
those policies implemented.
The Republican establishment
missed the populist movement
and discontent among their base
and now are finding themselves
in danger of losing the control
they enjoyed over the party.
What should have been a slamdunk election is now looking
like an uphill battle.
What does this have to do with
NCBA? Nothing directly, but
NCBA, in my opinion, is a
little like the Democrat and
Republican parties; they believe
in what they are doing, they
see their successes and yet they
are missing that all-important wields considerable influence, the rank-and-file member (base)
frustration in the country, that and producers are well aware does not feel like NCBA is
undertone that should be raising of the shift that has created. really responsive to their needs
red flags. Parties and trade Trade associations and parties or fighting as hard for them as
associations are similar in that are driven by two thing— they would like.
they must be seen as representing the passion, excitement and I’ve
always
been
an
the ideals and views of their commitment of their members, establishment guy. They are
base, and be seen as fighting and dollars.
The latter— the ones who tend to get things
for them on a daily basis. The money—is so vital that it has done, and revolutions are far
Republican
Party
became a way of becoming a priority rarer than incremental, slow,
beholding to the big donors over the agenda of the base. grinding change when it comes
and neglected the heart and From my perspective, I believe to politics. Revolutionaries
soul of the party; the blue collar the leadership (establishment) occasionally become heroes but
worker who was struggling. understands and believes in more often than not they are
The workers who didn’t believe what NCBA is doing, but that
free trade was
making
their
lives better, and
who see illegal
immigration
as a societal,
economic, and
security threat.
Donald Trump
sensed
these
openings and
discontent and
is now poised
to change the
party forever as
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Beef Council Update
Enhancing consumer preference for beef &
sustaining Virginia families.
Do Your Part To Promote May Beef Month
May is Beef Month in Virginia
By: Valerie Van Dyke
Beef Month is here! This is an exciting
time for the Virginia Beef Council and
producers alike. Along with an official
proclamation of May Beef Month by our
governor, we also host a stout line up
of awareness campaigns, educational
tools, and outreach to “beef up” people’s interactions and knowledge of our
industry. While we do projects yearround, we like to emphasize one month
above the others to give things a kickstart for grilling season.
Here is just a sampling of our beef dishes on deck for this month:
30 Day Protein Challenge: You may
remember this campaign, which has
been ongoing since May 2015. The
Protein Challenge encourages consumers to include 30 grams of protein
at every meal and feel the difference in
their lives: more energy, less snacking,
maintain or lose weight. Tools include
protein source tables, recipes, journal
tools, etc. in a daily or (new feature!)
weekly email. While we promote this
Challenge year-round, we have put
some extra dollars behind digital advertisements in our Mid-Size metropolitan
areas (Roanoke, Lynchburg, Charlottesville) from May-September. We’re
working in tandem with the national
Checkoff, which will be putting dollars
towards our Large-Size cities such as
VA Beach and DC.
Local Beef Directory: In case you
missed January’s article, our Virginia
Beef Directory will be launching May
1. The main purpose of this directory
is to start conversation about consumer’s plentiful beef purchasing options in
Virginia. The directory includes a listing
of local producers, butchers, etc., but it
also includes tools and resources about
grocery chain purchasing, food safety
and handling, and various production
methods and labeling definitions. See
more at www.vabeef.org/localbeefdirectory.aspx
Facebook Promotions: We are bulking up our Facebook post schedule
for the month of May to include posts
about recipes, producer spotlights,
Team BEEF, beef purchasing options,
the local beef directory, production
facts, and more!
Chef Outreach: Virginia Beef Council
has partnered with Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative to bring Virginia chefs
on a beef immersion event on May 4th.
Chefs will do a modified progressive
dinner through some of DC’s restau-
rants and learn, through guided discussion, how to think creatively for beef
when they develop new menu items.
Much, much more: There are still
opportunities we are exploring to raise
the steaks on Beef Month. We still have
radio spots available if producers would
like to run a beef ad in their advertisement mix. For more information, contact Valerie at [email protected] or
540-992-1992.
From Page 32. NCBA
labeled as traitors or terrorists
and are defeated and discarded.
But when the establishment
loses the support of its base,
they find, to their disbelief,
that their ability to effect
change quickly disappears.
The Republican Party has the
support of their donor class
but is losing its members. In a
similar fashion, NCBA, in order
to be effective, must have the
passion and commitment from
its core constituency—the cowcalf producer.
The saying goes, “follow
the money.” We all see that
in politics with the celebrity
dinners, the Super Pacs, the
labor unions, Wall Street, et al.
Whether it be political parties
or trade associations, money
is always number two on the
priority list but often number
one on the to-do list. And that
is a recipe for disaster. Donald
Trump and Bernie Sanders have
proven that by saying what a lot
of people think, but were afraid
to say in our politically-correct
world.
I’d rather just end this
commentary here and go back to
work. I get uneasy saying what
some people whisper among
themselves but are afraid to
utter in public, but here goes.
While nobody believes the
firewall between the policy side
and checkoff side has ever been
breached, many feel there is little
doubt that the checkoff side has
consumed a high percentage of
the time and focus and limits the
effectiveness of the policy side
of NCBA. The checkoff enjoys
incredibly high and widespread
support, but it has increasingly
become a government program
and not an industry program
and its effectiveness diminishes
in accordance with government
intrusion into the program.
NCBA is no different from
the political parties; money is
critical to success, but fighting
for its base must always be the
priority, and if the money gets
in the way of preventing one to
fight for its membership, maybe
it is time to wean oneself from
the money.
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Program Agenda
12:30 - 1:45pm: Check-in and
Trade Show
1:45 - 2:00pm:
Opening Remarks
2:00 - 3:15 :
Dr. Temple Grandin, DVM
“Less stress cattle handling
practices.”
3:15 - 3:30pm: Break / Trade
Show
3:30 - 4:00pm:
Dr. Robert Gentry, DVM
“Strategic Mineral Supplementation in Beef Cattle using MultiMin.”
4:00 - 4:30pm: Jason Carter,
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Association
“Regulatory and legislative topics
affecting livestock producers.”
4:30 - 4:45pm: Break / Trade
Show
4:45 - 5:45pm:
Dr. Mary Tomlinson, DVM
“Replacement Heifers Management: Stategies for building a
successful herd.”
5:45 - 7:00pm: Steak Dinner /
Trade Show
7:00 - 8:00pm:
Speaker Panel-Ag Issues & Q/A
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8:00pm Evaluations & Wrap-up /
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Lightsey shot it. The alligator
was so enormous, Godwin said,
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smaller.
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Survey Assesses Cattle Feeding Performance
Feeding cattle is an intricate
and detailed combination of
science, technology, and having
an “eye” for it. On the science
and technology side, some
factors that impact cattle feeding
decisions and performance
include: cattle genetics, weather,
diet formulation, and growth
promotants. On the management
side, there is nothing that can
be substituted for that eye for
feeding cattle, developed from
hard work and experience. Here,
we will review cattle feeding
data from Kansas, as it relates to
current market dynamics.
February numbers reinforce
the knowledge that we are still
feeding cattle longer to heavier
weights. There are several
reasons for this, but some of the
most influential reasons are cost
of gain is relatively cheap and fat
cattle prices versus feeder cattle
prices are still incentivizing cattle
feeders to put more weight on
the animals in the yard. For days
on feed, the report says steers
were on feed an average of 169
days during February of 2016,
2 days longer than February of
2015 and 15 days longer than the
previous five year average. This
translated to steers that weighed
1431 pounds (live) in February
when they were sent from the
feedlot to the packing plant.
This was 41 pounds heavier than
the same time last year, and 74
pounds heavier than the five year
average.
While steers are on feed longer,
and fed to heavier weights, an
important aspect in the feeding
world is productivity. Terms
used to discuss this productivity
are average daily gain (ADG)
and pounds of feed per pound
of gain. First, ADG is calculated
by the difference of in weight
upon arrival at the feedlot and
out weight when shipped to the
packer, divided by the days the
steer was fed in the feedlot. At
the risk of oversimplifying, it
becomes less efficient to put
more weight on a steer the longer
the animal is on feed. Pounds of
feed (on a dry basis) per pound
of gain gives the conversion
(efficiency) of feed to weight
added to the animal.
The general rule for cattle is 6:1
or 6 pounds of feed are required
for the steer to gain 1 pound.
Again, this conversion usually
becomes less efficient (i.e. more
pounds of feed required per
pound of gain) for an animal
after it surpasses a certain weight
level and time on feed. February
numbers for steers show an ADG
of 3.61 pounds. This is up from
3.52 pounds per day a year ago
and combined with steers being
on feed an average of 5 days
longer compared to last year,
their gain was more productive
year-to-year. Pounds of feed
(dry matter) per pound of gain
for steers during February was
6.19 pounds. This is down from
6.32 pounds in 2015, and also
indicates feedlots being more
feed efficient as less feed was
required per pound of gain, yearover-year. The increase in days
on feed, combined with a higher
ADG and less feed required per
pound of gain, all helps feedlot
margins. There are many factors
affecting how these dynamics
play out, one we can point to is
February was fairly mild from
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These relationships all combine
with the cost of feed and value
of the fed animal when sold to
the packer, to determine feedlot
margins. Cost of gain for steers
in February was at $81.06 per
cwt. compared to $89.29 per
cwt. a year ago. This is rooted
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Graduation Announcement Order Form - Printing Services

BACKGROUNDER - Canadian Beef Industry Conference

- Virginia Beach City Public Schools

V irginia Native Americans built homes, called longhouses (yehakin

Growing Cows for Grass - the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Livestock Opportunity - Indian Agricultural Program of Ontario

LRGHealthcare FIRST to Join NH Hospital Meat