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Impact Report

For plan Applied Reproductive Management for Cattle (Rio Arriba County)
Date October 12, 2008, 9:06 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Impact report 2008 The Jicarilla Extension agent has provided opportunities for Jicarilla Livestock Producers to increase their knowledge in reproductive management and related herd management areas. In 2008 producers have benefited from both cattle management presentations and from one on one instruction from the agent. Information gathered by the agent while attending workshops or researching topics has been disseminated to tribal producers in order to keep them aware of some of the most recent issues facing livestock producers. Some of the programs shared have been the rez to rail program and emergency preparedness and response (Biosecurity). Presentations held for Jicarilla cattle producers covered marketing cattle, vaccination programs, record keeping, best management practices, agricultural statistics, USDA programs, range management and improvements, New Mexico tuberculosis status and budgeting. Over 100 producers have received instruction by attending these presentations. Individual instruction has also covered a variety of related topics. Topics covered were herd health management, bred selection, grazing management, prepared pasture management, calving, low stress handling, contracts, reseeding rangeland, weed management, farm loans, premise id and country or origin labeling. Ninety percent 90% of livestock producing families on the Jicarilla Reservation have benefited from instruction provided by New Mexico State University through the agent in 2008. The Agent has expanded services provided to The Jicarilla Apache Nation, The Southern Ute Nation and Rio Arriba County. This has been done by collaborative efforts involving the Rio Arriba Extension Office, the Southern Ute Agricultural Office, Jicarilla Bureau of Indian Affairs, Upper Chama Soil and Water Conservation District, Weed Buster Program, Farm Service Agency and the Chama Natural Resource Conservation Service.