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Impact Report

For plan Profitable Livestock Production (Santa Fe County)
Date November 4, 2011, 6:44 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Northern New Mexico Stockmen's Assocation Assistance was provided to the Northern New Mexico Stockmen’s Association in securing presenters for their annual meeting in January. The Agent having ties to the NMSU secured the Extension Specialists to present to the group of 76 ranchers present. One of the hot topics of the meeting had to do with dealing with Trichomoniasis in Breeding Bulls. Nineteen Integrated Resource Management books (redbooks) were distributed to ranchers from throughout the county. Livestock/Drought Management Workshops The Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Agents in collaboration with the Northern New Mexico Stockmen’s Association, the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Farm Service Agency offered sponsored two drought management workshop in Alcalde and in Santa Fe in mid April in response to the drought condition in existence. Through these workshops participants were informed as to how the land management agencies determine how they are going to cut back livestock grazing numbers during a drought, what financial assistance is available, and with the assistance of specialists from NMSU participants were informed as to what to do to maintain healthy rangelands and proper nutrition management during the drought. Approximately 27 people attended the workshop in Alcalde and 13 in Santa Fe. Sheep Shearing In the absence of an Agent in Taos County, the Santa Fe Agent assisted in the coordination of sheep shearing in Taos for several small scale sheep producers. Sheep Losses The agent assisted a sheep producers who was have some three unexpected deathlosses of sheep. After careful examination of the hay being fed to the sheep the Agent suggested that the producer open up the bales a day or two in advance to let the hay dryout more due to the high moisture content that it was baled at. The producer followed the advice and has not experience any more losses.