News Update
Jan. 16, 2009

Beef Production Day Set for Jan. 20

North Dakota State University’s North Central Research Extension Center near Minot is hosting a 2009 Beef Production Day at the center Jan. 20. The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m. Speakers and their topics are:

• Farm bill concerns for the cattleman – Grant Buck, Farm Service Agency, Minot
  
• Using precipitation insurance to protect range and pasture – Becky Braaten, Farm Credit Services, Bottineau
  
• Rising cost of production and price outlook for 2009 – Tim Petry, NDSU livestock marketing economist
  
• Using corn byproducts to stretch feed supplies – Greg Lardy, NDSU beef cattle specialist
  
• Plan now for late-fall grazing – Kevin Sedivec, NDSU range management specialist
  
• What beef producers can do to attract calf buyers – regional market operators and calf buyers

The program also will include a free beef supper and beef hoop barn presentation. A representative from Hoop Beef System, Vermillion, S.D., will explain how hoop barns are being used for confinement cattle feeding in the Midwest and northern Great Plains.

The event is free of charge and no registration is necessary. The North Central Research Extension Center is a mile south of Minot on U.S. Highway 83. For more information, contact John Dhuyvetter, area livestock specialist at the center, at 701-857-7682.

— Release by NDSU Agriculture Communication.

NWSS News

The Titleist Group of Plain City, Ohio, and Express Angus Ranches of Yukon, Okla., won grand champion bull honors at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) Super Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show today. EXAR Titlelist T011 is a January 2007 son of BR Midland. Reserve champion bull honors were claimed by CJ Prestige 25T. The January 2007 son of HSAF Bando 1961 is owned by Dorrell Farms, Martinsville, Ind.; Wilson Cattle Co., Cloverdale, Ind.; and Cagwin & Johnston, Virginia, Ill. For more results of the bull show, click here.

In other NWSS news, Canyon Creek Ranch of Cody, Wyo., purchased the Angus Foundation Heifer Package last night for $92,500. Chris McCutchen, owner of Limestone LLC, Perkins, Okla., donated the 2009 Angus Foundation Heifer, Limestone Rita T754. She is a daughter of the featured Limestone LLC and Express Ranches sire Raven. Her dam, Rita R379, is a direct daughter of Prime Time 2409. In addition to the heifer, Canyon Creek received 30 days of free insurance from American Live Stock Insurance Co., Geneva, Ill.; free transportation to the buyer’s ranch provided by Lathrop Livestock Transportation, Dundee, Ill.; and an Advanced Reproductive Technology Package from Trans Ova Genetics, Sioux Center, Iowa.

Brett Parr, Peoria, Ill., was named the Herdsman of the Year.

Click here to see full results of Tuesday’s junior show.

Click here for complete results of Wednesday’s ROV female show.

Click here for results of Thursday’s sale bull show, and click here to see the sale book for last night’s National Western Angus Bull Sale.

Carloads and pens show tomorrow.

Agriculture Committee Chair Peterson Announces Agriculture Committee Members

Agriculture Committee Chair Collin Peterson of Minnesota announced late yesterday the members of Congress selected to serve on the House Agriculture Committee for the 111th Congress.

“The Agriculture Committee is responsible for issues as varied as farm programs, commodity markets, nutrition, conservation, renewable energy, and rural development, so the diverse experiences of these members will bring new ideas and energy to our work on these important issues,” Peterson said.

The 28 Democrats, including 11 freshman and 17 returning members, who will serve on the committee are:

• Chair Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota
  
• Rep. Tim Holden of Pennsylvania
  
• Rep. Mike McIntyre of North Carolina
  
• Rep. Leonard L. Boswell of Iowa
  
• Rep. Joe Baca of California
  
• Rep. Dennis A. Cardoza of California
  
• Rep. David Scott of Georgia
  
• Rep. Jim Marshall of Georgia
  
• Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota
• Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas
  
• Rep. Jim Costa of California
  
• Rep. Brad Ellsworth of Indiana
  
• Rep. Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota
  
• Rep. Kirsten E. Gillibrand of New York
  
• Rep. Steve Kagen of Wisconsin
  
• Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon
  
• Rep. Deborah L. Halvorson of Illinois
  
• Rep. Kathleen A. Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania
  
• Rep. Eric J.J. Massa of New York
  
• Rep. Bobby Bright of Alabama
  
• Rep. Betsy Markey of Colorado
  
• Rep. Frank Kratovil, Jr. of Maryland
• Rep. Mark H. Schauer of Michigan
• Rep. Larry Kissell of North Carolina
  
• Rep. John A. Boccieri of Ohio
  
• Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota
  
• Rep. Travis W. Childers of Mississippi
  
• Rep. Walt Minnick of Idaho

The 17 Republicans (with one additional vacant seat) who will serve on the Committee are:

• Ranking Member Frank Lucas of Oklahoma
  
• Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia
  
• Rep. Jerry Moran of Kansas
  
• Rep. Timothy V. Johnson of Illinois
  
• Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri
  
• Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama
  
• Rep. Steve King of Iowa
  
• Rep. Randy Neugebauer of Texas
  
• Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina
  
• Rep. K. Michael Conaway of Texas
  
• Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska
  
• Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio
  
• Rep. Adrian Smith of Nebraska
  
• Rep. Robert E. Latta of Ohio
  
• Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee
  
• Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri
• Rep. Glenn W. Thompson of Pennsylvania

The House Agriculture Committee has jurisdiction over a wide range of agriculture and rural development issues.  These areas include renewable energy, disaster assistance, nutrition, crop insurance, conservation, international trade, futures market regulation, animal and plant health, agricultural research, bioterrorism, forestry, and others.

The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture web site is http://agriculture.house.gov.

— Release provided by the U.S. House of Representatives.

— compiled by Shauna Hermel, editor, Angus Productions Inc.