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Profitable Livestock Production (San Juan County)
Plan Goals
Improve the profitability of livestock production by enhancing decision-making skills of livestock owners and managers.
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Profitable Livestock Production
Impact Reports
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New Mexico Indian Livestock Days
The New Mexico Indian Livestock Days was hosted here in Farmington this year which included facilitating the event by procuring facilities, chutes, pens, selecting and hauling cattle, set up and clean up and meals. One hundred and twenty five Native Americans attended the two day program that included the following program topics: Livestock Security, Premise I.D., Wildlife Damage Control, Beef Quality Assurance, 1st Day Lunch, Aggie Coaches Caravan, Body Condition Scoring, Range 101, Low Stress Cattle Handling, 2nd Day Lunch, Health Fair, Sheep 101, and Horse Training Demonstration.
Four Corners Beef Symposium
Forty-five Four Corners area beef producers attended the Four Corners Beef Symposium. The program consisted of the following:
9:00 Livestock Industry: Future Outlook - James Robb
10:00 Impacts of Stress of Cattle Performance and Management - Dr. Manny Encinias
11:15 Natural Beef Marketing and Split Calving Seasons - Dr. Beth Lashell
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Connecting the Dots within the Beef Industry -Travis Hoffman
2:00 Worming & Vaccination Programs - Dr. Elizabeth Frazier
2:45 Break
2:55 Supplements & Digestion in Cattle - Craig Kerbs
66% of those attending rated the program Excellent, 34% as good.
Four Corners Fall Livestock Seminar
One hundred and ten livestock producers from the Shiprock agency area were in attendance at a day-long Four Corners Fall Livestock Seminar in November. Topics included Herd Health and Vaccinations, Navajo Nation Animal Identification Program, Herd Nutrition, Dine Agriculture, and Range Management. Speakers and program were evaluated as to effectiveness and planning purposes for next year. Seventy percent of the participants rated the program as excellent while thirty percent of the participants rated the program as good.
Predator Control Program
The Farm and Range Improvement Fund is administered through the County Extension Agent. Trappers for the predator control program were permitted to initiate the predator program for this year. Thirteen trappers were permitted. Bounty was paid to these thirteen trappers for 250 coyotes. This program is used to benefit ranchers in San Juan County to minimize predator loss of livestock. Through cooperation of the Bureau of Land Management over 15,000 acres in the Four Corners area were treated for sagebrush. The majority of this was BLM land along with private land. The private land that was treated was cost shared through the Farm and Range Improvement Fund.
Mitigation Funds
These funds are monies that Oil Companies contribute to permittee’s on Bureau of Land Management Lands for each well that is drilled and this money is to go toward improvements to the land on that particular permit. This program has been in effect for the past five years and BLM handled the money through their system. A court decision handed down ruled that BLM could not handle these funds. Many meetings and MOU’s later this is being handled through my office and the San Juan County Farm and Range Committee. This started April of this year.
Our responsibilities are :
A. Mail proffers to Oil Companies for each well that is permitted through BLM
B. Deposit monies as received into Farm and Range account and track deposits and expenditures.
C. Abide by County regulations on purchases of goods and services including the bid process when necessary.
D. Meet with Farm and Range Committee Quarterly for approval of permittee practices on their permit.
The New Mexico Indian Livestock Days was hosted here in Farmington this year which included facilitating the event by procuring facilities, chutes, pens, selecting and hauling cattle, set up and clean up and meals. One hundred and twenty five Native Americans attended the two day program that included the following program topics: Livestock Security, Premise I.D., Wildlife Damage Control, Beef Quality Assurance, 1st Day Lunch, Aggie Coaches Caravan, Body Condition Scoring, Range 101, Low Stress Cattle Handling, 2nd Day Lunch, Health Fair, Sheep 101, and Horse Training Demonstration.
Four Corners Beef Symposium
Forty-five Four Corners area beef producers attended the Four Corners Beef Symposium. The program consisted of the following:
9:00 Livestock Industry: Future Outlook - James Robb
10:00 Impacts of Stress of Cattle Performance and Management - Dr. Manny Encinias
11:15 Natural Beef Marketing and Split Calving Seasons - Dr. Beth Lashell
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Connecting the Dots within the Beef Industry -Travis Hoffman
2:00 Worming & Vaccination Programs - Dr. Elizabeth Frazier
2:45 Break
2:55 Supplements & Digestion in Cattle - Craig Kerbs
66% of those attending rated the program Excellent, 34% as good.
Four Corners Fall Livestock Seminar
One hundred and ten livestock producers from the Shiprock agency area were in attendance at a day-long Four Corners Fall Livestock Seminar in November. Topics included Herd Health and Vaccinations, Navajo Nation Animal Identification Program, Herd Nutrition, Dine Agriculture, and Range Management. Speakers and program were evaluated as to effectiveness and planning purposes for next year. Seventy percent of the participants rated the program as excellent while thirty percent of the participants rated the program as good.
Predator Control Program
The Farm and Range Improvement Fund is administered through the County Extension Agent. Trappers for the predator control program were permitted to initiate the predator program for this year. Thirteen trappers were permitted. Bounty was paid to these thirteen trappers for 250 coyotes. This program is used to benefit ranchers in San Juan County to minimize predator loss of livestock. Through cooperation of the Bureau of Land Management over 15,000 acres in the Four Corners area were treated for sagebrush. The majority of this was BLM land along with private land. The private land that was treated was cost shared through the Farm and Range Improvement Fund.
Mitigation Funds
These funds are monies that Oil Companies contribute to permittee’s on Bureau of Land Management Lands for each well that is drilled and this money is to go toward improvements to the land on that particular permit. This program has been in effect for the past five years and BLM handled the money through their system. A court decision handed down ruled that BLM could not handle these funds. Many meetings and MOU’s later this is being handled through my office and the San Juan County Farm and Range Committee. This started April of this year.
Our responsibilities are :
A. Mail proffers to Oil Companies for each well that is permitted through BLM
B. Deposit monies as received into Farm and Range account and track deposits and expenditures.
C. Abide by County regulations on purchases of goods and services including the bid process when necessary.
D. Meet with Farm and Range Committee Quarterly for approval of permittee practices on their permit.
Short-term
• Increased awareness of novel management practices and knowledge of current issues for more than 10% of New Mexico livestock producers through educational programs, direct communications, and popular press publications.
• Increased the number of producers using technology to evaluate production and financial aspects of cow-calf enterprises through participation in a Standardized performance analysis workshop.
• More than 90% of attendees surveyed at educational workshops perceive the monetary value of education gained exceeded the cost of attendance.
Medium term
• Improve decision-making skills of more than 500 livestock producers and county Extension agents through educational programs and seminars such that they are more confident in livestock management.
Long Term
• Improved knowledge level of county Extension agents regarding management of sheep and beef cattle through in-service trainings in the area of Range Nutrition and Management.
• Increased awareness of novel management practices and knowledge of current issues for more than 10% of New Mexico livestock producers through educational programs, direct communications, and popular press publications.
• Increased the number of producers using technology to evaluate production and financial aspects of cow-calf enterprises through participation in a Standardized performance analysis workshop.
• More than 90% of attendees surveyed at educational workshops perceive the monetary value of education gained exceeded the cost of attendance.
Medium term
• Improve decision-making skills of more than 500 livestock producers and county Extension agents through educational programs and seminars such that they are more confident in livestock management.
Long Term
• Improved knowledge level of county Extension agents regarding management of sheep and beef cattle through in-service trainings in the area of Range Nutrition and Management.
Gary Hathorn has signed on to support Profitable Livestock Production within San Juan County.
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