Farm & Ranch
El Nino to return in October
By Rayford Pullen
The word from those in the know is that the El Nino should return in October. Now if you’re anything like me, I have not been
able to keep the El’s straight, or whether the El Nino or the El Nina was what we wanted or needed. Now I think I have it figured
out since El Nino ends with an O, to me it now means “O Boy, it’s going to rain.” If it ends in an A, I guess that means it “ain’t going
to rain.” (Wouldn’t my English teacher be proud of me.) Hope this helps you as much as it will hopefully help me keep
all this weather terminology straight and know when to get excited and when to get worried. Class dismissed.
Now, let’s get back to talking about cattle topics. Fall is when cattlemen who calve in the spring will be getting
their payday for the year and, as always seems to be the case, the market has gone through a correction the past few months. That
sounds better than “going down,” so I thought I would borrow that wording from the stock market reporters who are quick to report
that the stock market is going up but that it never goes down; it just makes a correction. To read more pickup the October 2015 issue of NTFR.
By Tressa Lawrence
Ranchers across northeast Wyoming and the surrounding areas saw record moisture levels in 2023. The year 2024 has seen significantly less moisture to date.
By Lindsey Monk
People are finishing up brandings. Here, Danny Walter is shown getting it done.
By Barry Whitworth, DVM
On July 6, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted in the Federal Register a proposal that radio frequency identification tags be used as official identification for cattle and bison. Following a period for public comment, the USDA APHIS released a statement on April 24, 2024, with the amended animal disease traceability (ADT) regulation for cattle and bison. The full press release may be found at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/aphis-bolsters-animal-disease-traceability-united-states. Under the new rule, cattle and bison will need to be identified with tags that are both visual and electronic.
The USDA defines ADT as knowing where diseased and at-risk animals are, where they have been, and when the animal disease event took place. A system that allows for efficient traceability of livestock in the United States is essential for animal health and reducing the economic effect of a foreign animal disease outbreak and other diseases on livestock producers as well as others whose well-being depends on livestock production.
To read more, pick up a copy of the July issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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