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Impact Report
| For plan | Profitable Livestock Production (Luna County) |
| Date | October 31, 2010, 9:36 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The agent has had 35 visits with livestock producers in his county. During this program year we were not face with our usual problems. We received rains early and feed grow to provide enough strength to get through the year without feeding much. Many of the producers were able to buy more cattle or lease pastures to other ranchers during the growing season. The agent met with two sheep producers to discuss markets to sell lambs and the other producer wanted information on pastures that worked in our county. The agent met with producers to discuss the concept of BQA, they want to wait and have a county wide training before spring works this coming program year. The agent worked with 5 producers, the NMLB, and local vet to develop trich managenment plans to slow the spread of this disease in our county. 3 of the producers were 100% clean after six months of using the plan. The agent was involved in the clean up process as well. Training and mock plans with be put into place for the up coming program year. The remaining 2 producers were about 70% clean at the end of the program year. Agent has worked local producers to explain the importance of T.B. tests and when and how a person should go about getting them done for livestock. The agent worked with 4-H and FFA youth to get their livestock tagged for fairs and jackpots. Agent sent off 5 samples of grass or forage to be tested for nutrients and strength for stocking rates. All in all Luna County is making strides to better livestock production. |