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Dry bean breeding specialist Dr. Carlos Urrea checks on some of the 800 bean types from the CIAT collection planted in a greenhouse at Scottsbluff. The bean types will be checked for resistance to bacterial wilt.

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2008

 

Nebraska Cattlemen Selects Leaders

 

LINCOLN — Despite the economy, the discussions, crowd and weather were all good for the NC Convention and Trade Show in Kearney. NC membership conducted the association’s business with over 500 attendees participating. Officers elected are President Todd Schroeder of Wisner, President-Elect Bill Rishel of North Platte, and Vice President Chuck Folken of Leigh. New NC Board members and leadership include Region 6 Director Rod Krab of Paxton . . . Brand and Property Rights Committee Chairman Art Brownlee of Ashby, Natural Resources and Environment Committee Chairman John Young of Whitman, Taxation Committee Chairman John Greer of Edgar, Marketing and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Craig Uden of Cozad, and Taxation Committee Vice Chairwoman Robin Coulter Lapaseotes of Bridgeport.

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USDA Cancels Mandatory Premises Registration Directive

 

BILLINGS, Mont. — Just over a month after R-CALF USA sent a formal letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Veterinary Services (APHIS-VS) demanding that the agency retract Memorandum No. 575.19 issued on Sept. 22, APHIS-VS officially canceled that particular memo on Dec. 22. Memorandum 575.19 mandated premises registration under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) for producers engaged in interstate commerce and who participate in any one of the dozen or more federally regulated disease programs. R-CALF USA told the agency in its Nov. 10, letter that the memo “constitutes an unlawful, final regulatory action initiated and implemented without public notice or opportunity for comment, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act,” and must be retracted.

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Nebraska Rural Communities Need Young Ranchers

 

CURTIS — On Jan. 22, the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture will sponsor a Nebraska rancher seminar designed to bring producers, current, and future NCTA students together to examine NCTA’s new 100 Beef Cow Ownership Advantage Program. For almost two years, NCTA has been developing and promoting its 100 Beef Cow Ownership Advantage Program. This fall, 25 students entered NCTA specifically for this program, which will provide them with the technical skills important to beef cattle production along with the entrepreneurial and business skills necessary to understand how to own and operate a beef cattle enterprise. Upon completion of this program, NCTA students are eligible to receive a USDA-Farm Service Agency low interest loan for up to $300,000 to purchase cows, but they need partners. These partners must be willing to hire the students and allow them to either purchase 100 cows as a partner from the current rancher or bring 100 cows to the owner’s operation.  Shortly after the 100 cow program was developed for students resident on the NCTA Curtis campus, older hired hands started demonstrating interest in the program.

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Dec. 26, 2008

 

Alliance To Host No-Till Conference

 

ALLIANCE — The 6th annual Northwest Nebraska No-Till Conference will be Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the Knight Museum in Alliance. A free catered lunch will be served. This free conference is hosted by the Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and UNL Extension in an effort to provide fuel-, water-, and soil-saving alternatives to traditional tillage. Sign-in is at 8:30 a.m., followed by a full day of No-Till education on a variety of topics, including No-Till in Nebraska, soil quality, water use, cover crops, insurance, and equipment and modifications. A question/answer session with expert panel discussion will cap off the day’s event.

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Rangeland Carbon Credit Bonus Nears End

 

LINCOLN — The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) reports that after Jan. 30 carbon credit contracts for prescribed grazing on native rangeland will no longer be eligible for 2003-07 bonus years.  As a result of the CCX announcement, Farmers Union, an offset aggregator for CCX, has moved up the deadline for their new rangeland enrollment pool to Jan. 30. Completed enrollments received by that date with proper documentation will still be eligible to receive 2003-2007 credits.  Producers will still be eligible for carbon credit enrollments for the next rangeland management pool beginning after Jan. 30, but the new contracts for the new pool will not be eligible for the bonus years reaching back to 2003.

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