Everyone knows how important it is to have local emergency and disaster management plans. Yet often, the need to care for livestock and family pets during emergencies is overlooked. more…
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Devastating storms such as the May 20 tornado that struck Moore highlight the need to act quickly to dispose of livestock and other large animal carcasses at a time when necessary equipment may be tied up with high-priority search-and-rescue or recovery efforts for people. more… 05-21-13 |  General Discussion 
The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week. The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to crop insurance and farm subsidies in the legislation, which would cost almost $100 billion a year over five years and would set policy for farm programs and food aid. more… 05-21-13 | General Discussion 
Across the Midwest, farmers are planting crops on almost any scrap of available land to take advantage of consistently high corn and soybean prices. Growers are knocking down old barns, tearing out fencerows and digging up land that had once been preserved for wildlife. Some are even suspected of tearing into pioneer cemeteries. more… 05-21-13 | General Discussion 
When it comes to business, sometimes it’s not what you know, but who you know. The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) appears to have a powerful friend within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It’s Lois Lerner, who serves as director of the in the IRS Exempt Organizations Division, and is also a proud member and supporter of HSUS. more… 05-21-13 | General Discussion 
For the week ending May 18, 2013, feeder cattle prices reported by Texas auctions ranged from $6 lower to $5 higher per hundredweight (cwt) compared to the previous week. Texas direct feeder cattle sales were steady to $3 lower. The Oklahoma City National Stockyards were mostly steady to $2 higher, except steers less than 800 pounds were steady to $2 lower. Negative cattle feeding margins and lower feeder cattle futures continued to pressure the market. However, tight supplies and improved pasture conditions in some areas were also supportive. more… 05-21-13 | General Discussion Former Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) Investigator Kent Dowell joins the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) as a special ranger for District 3 in Oklahoma. Dowell replaces Paul Cornett. District 3 includes Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Custer, Garvin, Grady, Hughes, Johnston, Kiowa, Love, Marshall, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Stephens and Washita Counties. more… 05-20-13 | Theft & Law 
Gov. Rick Perry has again renewed a proclamation extending drought emergency for specified counties due to the ongoing exceptional drought conditions across the state. The proclamation directs necessary resources be made available to aid response efforts and notes the ongoing strain on water resources. more… 05-20-13 | General Discussion 
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has designated the horses, donkeys, ponies, mules, and zebras in the South Texas county of Kleberg to be at high risk for exposure to piroplasmosis. As a result, TAHC began testing of all equines in Kleberg County on April 8 in zones extending south from Escondido Creek to the Kleberg-Kenedy county line. The TAHC is hoping to wrap up testing In the southern part of the county by the end of May. The next efforts will involve testing in the northern portion of Kleberg County. All equine owners in this area are strongly encouraged to contact the TAHC to make an appointment. The test is free of charge. Piroplasmosis, or piro, is a blood-borne protozoan disease in horses. It does not affect humans. more… 05-20-13 | Animal Health 
Michael Kelsey has been named Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association executive vice president. Kelsey previously served as the senior staff officer for the South Carolina Cattlemen’s Association, executive director of the Oklahoma Beef Council and most recently as executive vice president of the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Association. more… 05-20-13 | General Discussion
Last week the House Agriculture Committee took up the debate on the constitutional fine points of the interstate commerce clause and state laws excluding eggs or meat that don’t meet local production standards. Before the dust settled, the committee had adopted a far-reaching amendment that infuriated animal welfare groups, delighted the pork and beef lobbies and broke more than a few eggs. Where it goes next in the context of the larger farm bill debate, no one truly knows. But scores of state laws could be impacted and it surely reaches well beyond its initial target: sunny California. more… 05-20-13 | General Discussion 
Mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) has been a contentious issue for U.S., Mexican and Canadian producers for years. When the World Trade Organization ruled in favor of Canada and Mexico in legal action against the U.S. MCOOL law, the U.S. had until May 23, 2103 to make changes to bring the law into compliance. However, USDA offered regulations that cattlemen in all three nations said made the situation worse, not better. Andres Piedra, chief economist with CNOG, the Mexican cattlemen’s association, describes Mexico’s possible response, with interpretation by Saul Mercado, a veterinary consultant from Austin. more… 05-20-13 | General Discussion 
Flax is the oily seed usually spotted in the nutritional supplement or cereal aisles. It’s marketed as a superfood because of its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids and fiber. This has Jim Drouillard, a professor of animal sciences and industry at Kansas State University, wondering whether flax might be good for beef cattle. more… 05-20-13 | General Discussion 
n the May 20 issue of OSU Extension’s Cow-Calf Corner, Derrel Peel talks about the summer beef market and feedlot inventories, plus Glenn Selk discusses what you can do to keep your herd safe before and after a storm hits. more… 05-20-13 | General Discussion 
May 21: Ranching 101, Topic: Resource Management, Fort Worth 05-20-13 | General Discussion 
TSCRA Special Ranger Harold Dempsey, Dist. 1 in the Texas Panhandle, reports the theft of three saddles from a property in Amarillo. On the evening of May 12, a thief or thieves cut the padlock off a trailer parked at a property in Randall County. Stolen were: 1 Oliver saddle stamped #3579 with poinsettia tooling; 1 Oliver saddle stamped #3581 with full rough out; and 1 Oliver saddle stamped #3583 and waffle tooling. If you have any information with this case, please call Special Ranger Dempsey at 806-356-6101. more… 
With cattle producers restocking herds in certain parts of Texas following drought, experts are urging ranchers to be mindful of bovine anaplasmosis, an infectious disease that can be transmitted among cattle by blood. more… 05-17-13 | General Discussion 
Oklahoma landowners can sign up for assistance in managing the whitetail deer population on their properties by participating in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC). DMAP is a joint effort between ODWC biologists and the landowners, or cooperators, who collect detailed information about the deer population and those harvested on their property. The program gives landowners, hunt clubs or lease operators the ability to implement a more intensive form of deer management than might be possible under statewide regulations through additional antlerless deer harvests. more… 05-17-13 | Wildlife 
Precipitation totals varied widely this week, even within small distances in some cases. At least a few tenths of an inch fell on most sites in central and northern Oklahoma east of the Panhandle, the eastern Texas Panhandle, and most of Texas south of a line from Longview to Dallas to east of San Angelo. Within these areas, some locations received moderate to heavy amounts. More than 2 inches soaked many locations in central and southeastern Texas, with some reports topping 5 inches in areas from north of Houston to southern Louisiana. More than 2 inches also fell on many locations in southern Texas and in small areas across the east-central Texas Panhandle, northeastern and north-central Oklahoma. In contrast, only light precipitation, if any, fell on northwestern and southwestern Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the western Texas Panhandle, the Big Bend region of Texas, and most of the Red River Valley. more… 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated six counties in Texas as primary natural disaster areas due to the recent drought. Those counties are Ector, Houston, Leon, Liberty, Madison and San Jacinto counties. Twenty-two additional counties also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous. more… 05-16-13 | General Discussion |
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