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Applied Reproductive Management for Cattle (Guadalupe County)
Plan Goals
To help and encourage small agriculture producers in Guadalupe County to visualize means and methods whereby they can improve on the overall effcinency of their cow herd
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Applied Reproductive Management for Cattle
Impact Reports
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To meet the needs of 42 small and medium individuals ranchers on reproductive management. the Guadalupe County Livestock Producers Assocaition in coordination with the county agent has provided several monthly meeting to discuss different methods on how to mange cows during a drought. How to maintain cow effeceincy and maintain calf growth.The meeting have resulted in producers taking greater responsiblity of their herd by downsizing , culling deeper and removing calves earlier. Selling in greater truck load lots and utilizing more short term grazing and rotateing faster thru the pastures. While maintaining thier grass growth during the summer season.
Eugenio Lujan has signed on to support Applied Reproductive Management for Cattle within Guadalupe County.
1. Ensure all county and tribal extensional personnel in the specialists’ serving area have the necessary practical skills, tools, and understanding of applied management systems for beef cattle to effectively communicate the subject matter to Southwest beef producers within their service area.
a.Accomplished during the 2006-07 reporting period: Through formalized agent-training sessions, specialist has begun to transfer information to county agents.
a.Accomplished during the 2006-07 reporting period: Through formalized agent-training sessions, specialist has begun to transfer information to county agents.
1. Improve the applied, practical skills and continued learning of 3% of statewide beef producers in applied reproductive management through hands-on instructional workshops to a level of comfort that learned skills can be implemented on Southwest beef cattle operations.
a. Accomplished during the 2006-07 reporting period: Specialist has had minimal to no accomplishment on this objective.
2. Improve in-herd data collection and management skills of beef producers participating in program area to assist in critical management decisions and measure cost-effectiveness of techniques and procedures implemented as a result of outreach efforts in the program area.
a. Accomplished during the 2006-07 reporting period: Specialist has focused and incorporated economics of implementing management strategies in outreach materials and programming efforts.
a. Accomplished during the 2006-07 reporting period: Specialist has had minimal to no accomplishment on this objective.
2. Improve in-herd data collection and management skills of beef producers participating in program area to assist in critical management decisions and measure cost-effectiveness of techniques and procedures implemented as a result of outreach efforts in the program area.
a. Accomplished during the 2006-07 reporting period: Specialist has focused and incorporated economics of implementing management strategies in outreach materials and programming efforts.
Accomplished during 2006-07 reporting period: Specialist has established formal programming with 36% of county agricultural and/or 4-H agents in this program area.
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