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Impact Report

For plan Profitable Livestock /Wildlife Production (Grant County)
Date October 28, 2009, 4:35 pm
For Objective Medium-term Show medium-term objectives
Impact Report The agriculture agent recorded 736 contacts for the past year in regards to livestock production/wildlife management and rabies. This agent feels strongly that one of the CES greatest impacts is one-on-one service that we provide to all clientele including ranch/natural resource managers, state livestock/wildlife specialists, deer hunters, public and private school students and teachers and general public that have questions about livestock/wildlife/rabies. Inquiries come from office visits, e-mail, phone calls, field visits and meetings. Questions include, toxic plant Identification, management options, beef cattle marketing meetings and website development, general weed identification, control options, ranching economics poster session, brush management options, questions concerning rabies and the New Mexico Big Buck Tournament. Significant strides have been made in the education of the general public and public school students and teachers regarding the facts concerning the outbreak of the Arizona grey fox strain of rabies, resulting in significant increase in vaccinations of cats, dogs and horses. The NMBBT Banquet was well attended with a presentation by the Agriculture Agent on deer aging and its relationship to Gross SCI Score, utilizing the deer jaws that have been collected over the last two years on both Mule Deer and Coues Deer. These jaws were aged by the NMSU Wildlife department and are being used as a field guide in estimating age as the deer are brought in to the tournament. The NMBBT is also being used as a fund raiser for the Grant County 4-H Council with profits of some $1,2500.00 being made this last year. Chemical recommendations for brush and weed control came from extension weed and brush specialist, publications and agents knowledge. The County Extension Office is unique in offering the general public a place they can walk in or call without an appointment and receive research based information in a timely fashion.