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Impact Report
| For plan | Profitable Livestock Production (McKinley County) |
| Date | October 15, 2009, 8:07 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Beef Quality Assurance is an on going program that teaches cattle producers how to handle cattle, proper nutrition needs, record keeping, importance of vaccinations and other procedures to produce beef without residue of animal products or pesticides. During the past year, the McKinley County Extension Agent has made 4 presentations to over 100 producers with 75 becoming certified. This number will increase greatly with the Navajo Nation seeing some results in cattle sold getting the better price because the producers are BQA certified. The Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture has now made this program a requirement to renew their tribal lease, so this will increase the number of trained BQA producers. Our next step is to work on the producer – veterinarian relationship so that the producers can progress to that next level. |