Daily News Update, July 1, 2009

Export conditions for horses and cattle from Texas
Many states, including New Mexico, have updated their inspection requirements for livestock, including horses, exporting from Texas due to the discovery of vesicular stomatitis (VS) and cattle tuberculosis (TB). This also includes exportation to Canada, which requires additional documentation. Check here for new export information. more

Good management can reduce incidence of heat stress in cattle
Understanding and avoiding heat stress in cattle can be a valuable management tool in Oklahoma, where most areas of the state experience 70 or more days each year with temperatures that exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Humidity is an additional stress that intensifies ambient temperature problems by making body heat dissipation more difficult. In other words, it can be tough to cool off in Oklahoma during the summer, for people and cattle. more

Seminar addresses key issues for stocker cattle producers
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation's Agricultural Division will host a Stocker Cattle Seminar from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at the Kruse Auditorium on the Noble Foundation's Ardmore campus. During the seminar, Noble Foundation consultants will highlight forage system options, stocker cattle nutrition and health, and stocker breakevens and value of gain. more

Don't miss out: Texas CattleWomen Steak Dinner Aug. 2
The Texas CattleWomen's Annual Steak Dinner will be held Aug. 2 at the Texas Hall of Fame in College Station, Texas. Proceeds will benefit both Texas CattleWomen's Scholarship Fund and Texas CattleWomen, Inc. The special event will kickoff the 55th Annual TAMU Beef Cattle Short Course taking place Aug. 3-5, 2009. more

Texas crop, weather 7-1-09
Texas conditions could be simply summed up as "hot and dry." But read between the lines and you'll find drought severely stressing crops, livestock, agricultural producers and rural communities, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. "The crops continue to be affected adversely by the continuing drought," said Ron Holcomb, AgriLife Extension agent for Liberty County, northeast of Houston. "Pastures are also being adversely affected by the drought. They decline each day without rain. Some pastures are almost at the point of bare ground." more

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