The Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Dairy Science club members will be holding their fifth annual consignment sale at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union.
They will be selling approximately 50 lots, featuring consignments from the top Holstein breeders in Iowa. All animals will be Holsteins, with some Red and Whites. A special feature for buyers this year will be the opportunity to bid on “Picks of Flushes” and embryos.
A unique consignment this year is a pick of the flushes from Cotton, a favorite in the Dairy Foundation herd of many current students and alumni. AI companies are supporting the sale with semen to be used in a silent auction. Select Sires has donated five units of Planet and five units of Alexander; Excaliber has donated five units of Reality and five units of Cade; Genex has donated five units of ToyStory and five of Kolten. Taurus has donated five units of the buyer’s choice, and ABS will also be making a donation.
John Hager Sales will be assisting the student managers of the sale. For more information call one of the following student managers:
Adam Englert 812-779- 7270
Mark Simon 563-542-1297
Carly Lyons 563-419- 2808
Matt Henkes 563-880- 8614
10.26.2009
10.08.2009
Vaccination Myth Busters Clinics to be Held
Proper handling and administration of vaccines, along with customized, written vaccination protocols are essential to provide maximum disease protection in successful dairy operations. Are you adequately protected? Because of the importance of this topic, Northeast Iowa Community College and The Northeast Iowa Community Based Dairy Foundation Program Committee will be offering the Midwest Dairy School—Vaccination Myth Busters in two different locations.
Vaccination Myth Busters Clinics
Monday, November 23, 2009
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Manchester Livestock Auction
Manchester, Iowa
OR
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Dairy Center Room 115
Calmar, Iowa
*Review the common myths associated with vaccines and vaccine protocols.
*Learn the five possible USDA levels of protection that can be granted and the difference between each level.
*Review proper handling and proper injection technique.
*Where to find the level of protection for a particular vaccine.
*Learn the concept of vaccine ‘stacking’ and how to work around it.
The effectiveness of the Midwest Dairy School – Myth Busters is enhanced with live animal demonstrations at both sites.
Presenters include:
Dr. Vic Cortese - Director of Cattle Veterinary Operation – Cattle Immunology for Pfizer Animal Health, Adjunct professor with U of WI College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Chris Harvey - Northeast Iowa Community College Dairy Science faculty
Dr. Gary Neubauer - Minnesota’s Veterinarian of the year in 2001, Dairy Veterinarian Operations Pfizer Animal Health
There is limited space at both sites. To register for the Midwest Dairy School, please call Northeast Iowa Community College at 800-728-2256 Ext 399. The reduced registration fee of $15.00 includes lunch and refreshments and materials. For more information, call Mary Steen Ext 341 or email Steenm@nicc.edu.
Vaccination Myth Busters Clinics
Monday, November 23, 2009
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Manchester Livestock Auction
Manchester, Iowa
OR
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Dairy Center Room 115
Calmar, Iowa
*Review the common myths associated with vaccines and vaccine protocols.
*Learn the five possible USDA levels of protection that can be granted and the difference between each level.
*Review proper handling and proper injection technique.
*Where to find the level of protection for a particular vaccine.
*Learn the concept of vaccine ‘stacking’ and how to work around it.
The effectiveness of the Midwest Dairy School – Myth Busters is enhanced with live animal demonstrations at both sites.
Presenters include:
Dr. Vic Cortese - Director of Cattle Veterinary Operation – Cattle Immunology for Pfizer Animal Health, Adjunct professor with U of WI College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Chris Harvey - Northeast Iowa Community College Dairy Science faculty
Dr. Gary Neubauer - Minnesota’s Veterinarian of the year in 2001, Dairy Veterinarian Operations Pfizer Animal Health
There is limited space at both sites. To register for the Midwest Dairy School, please call Northeast Iowa Community College at 800-728-2256 Ext 399. The reduced registration fee of $15.00 includes lunch and refreshments and materials. For more information, call Mary Steen Ext 341 or email Steenm@nicc.edu.
10.01.2009
Northey Joins Agriculture Officials from Across the Nation to Support Proposal to Help Dairy, Pork and Turkey Producers
“Meat the Need” Initiative would Help Farmers, Make Additional Products Available to Families
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has joined top state agriculture officials from across the nation to offer the federal government a new proposal, called “Meat the Need,” to help the nation’s embattled dairy and pork farmers.
“Pork and dairy farmers in Iowa and across the nation are hurting, and this proposal is a way to support them during this difficult time and get nutritious and wholesome products to needy families,” Northey said. “Right now these farmers are losing money on every gallon of milk they produce and every pound of pork they raise, that is unsustainable.”
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) put forward the plan as a means to take extra dairy and pork supplies off the market and bringing up prices paid to producers. The commodities will then be available through a supplemental food assistance program to people who could not otherwise afford them.
Meat the Need calls for the federal government to purchase up to three installments of 75 million pounds of cheese and other dairy products over 120 days and up to three installments of 100 million pounds of pork products over 180 days. If the target price of $16 per hundredweight of milk and 49 cents per pound of pork, the average cost of production for each product, is reached before the second or third installment, the purchases would stop.
The plan also includes of a one-time purchase of 100 million pounds of turkey.
The purchased meat and dairy products would be distributed to food banks, school lunch programs and a new SNAP‐PLUS program, as well as into foreign military food assistance.
The SNAP-PLUS program would allow USDA to increase allocations to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and require SNAP beneficiaries to spend the new allocations on meat and dairy products only. Participants would be given separate electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards to purchase the products.
The initiative is projected to cost between $2 and $3 billion dollars and the proposal calls for the funding to come from unspent stimulus dollars.
“I worry that if something isn’t done quickly to help these farmers we could lose a significant number of dairy and pork producers, which could hurt our economy,” Northey said. “A recent study showed that 1 in 6 jobs in Iowa is related to agriculture, so the potential economic impact of these ongoing losses reaches far beyond the farmers raising these animals.”
NASDA is comprised of the commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture from the 50 states. (Source: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship)
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has joined top state agriculture officials from across the nation to offer the federal government a new proposal, called “Meat the Need,” to help the nation’s embattled dairy and pork farmers.
“Pork and dairy farmers in Iowa and across the nation are hurting, and this proposal is a way to support them during this difficult time and get nutritious and wholesome products to needy families,” Northey said. “Right now these farmers are losing money on every gallon of milk they produce and every pound of pork they raise, that is unsustainable.”
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) put forward the plan as a means to take extra dairy and pork supplies off the market and bringing up prices paid to producers. The commodities will then be available through a supplemental food assistance program to people who could not otherwise afford them.
Meat the Need calls for the federal government to purchase up to three installments of 75 million pounds of cheese and other dairy products over 120 days and up to three installments of 100 million pounds of pork products over 180 days. If the target price of $16 per hundredweight of milk and 49 cents per pound of pork, the average cost of production for each product, is reached before the second or third installment, the purchases would stop.
The plan also includes of a one-time purchase of 100 million pounds of turkey.
The purchased meat and dairy products would be distributed to food banks, school lunch programs and a new SNAP‐PLUS program, as well as into foreign military food assistance.
The SNAP-PLUS program would allow USDA to increase allocations to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and require SNAP beneficiaries to spend the new allocations on meat and dairy products only. Participants would be given separate electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards to purchase the products.
The initiative is projected to cost between $2 and $3 billion dollars and the proposal calls for the funding to come from unspent stimulus dollars.
“I worry that if something isn’t done quickly to help these farmers we could lose a significant number of dairy and pork producers, which could hurt our economy,” Northey said. “A recent study showed that 1 in 6 jobs in Iowa is related to agriculture, so the potential economic impact of these ongoing losses reaches far beyond the farmers raising these animals.”
NASDA is comprised of the commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture from the 50 states. (Source: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship)
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