Cattlemen's meeting scheduled

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Dawson County Cattlemen have organized an issue update meeting for cattle producers, to be hosted by Nebraska Cattlemen and University of Nebraska Extension. The event will be held at the Box Bar in Lexington on Wednesday, September 17, 6:30 p.m. social, with a sponsored meal and meeting to begin at 7:00 p.m. Priority topics addressed at this meeting include Trich, COOL and Dealing with High Input Costs. Most ranchers are aware that they do not want trichomoniasis, or trich, in their herd. The greatest threat comes from across the fence, neighbor to neighbor. Cattle don’t just get trich; it must be introduced into a herd. Most likely this will happen in one of these two ways. Either your bull jumps the fence and breeds a trich-positive cow, then is put back into the proper pasture where he infects your cows. Or, a positive bull will jump into your pasture with your cows and infect them prior to you putting him back where he belongs. Bulls don’t infect bulls and cows don’t infect cows; it’s transmitted by sexual contact. Trich causes significant economic loss. The interim final rule on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 1 and will become effective Sept. 30. Nebraska Cattlemen will present information that answers questions such as who is covered, who is not, record keeping for producers, as well as questions which remain unanswered by USDA. Rising input costs for ranchers and feeders and price volatility has change standard business practices. University of Nebraska specialists will address options cattle producers have for dealing with the economic challenges. Similar meetings will be held Monday, September 15th, 6:00pm in Columbus; Tuesday, September 16th, 12 noon in Wisner; and Tuesday, September 16th, 7:00 pm in Neligh. Contact Eric Ryan for more information at 308-987-2798 or eryan@necattlemen.org