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Annual Customer
Supper &
Educational Program...
The crowd of nearly 90
people listened to Kristen Hendricks, Livestock Marketing
Association Representative speak about LMA-VACC sales and what they
can mean for you as a beef producer. Dr. Kevin Dhuyvetter, Kansas
State University Ag Economist, gave a summary and analysis of the
last two LMA-VACC sales held at Holton Livestock. He pointed out
that in the October 2004 sale, a $4.68 premium/cwt. was realized on
calves going through the Pre-Vacc sale vs. those that were marketed
through the regular sale that week. His presentation was entitled
"Realizing more Dollars from reputation of PreVacc Sale Cattle." |
Dan Harris, owner &
manager of Holton Livestock Exchange, Holton, KS, welcomes the crowd
of nearly 90 people to the LMA-VACC supper and informational meeting
at Holton Livestock on Wednesday evening, March 24, 2004. Dan spoke
briefly about Mandatory Animal ID and how that process ties in with
the LMA-VACC Sale protocol.
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There were great question
and answer session throughout the evening's presentations. Topics
included the vaccinations required and management protocol required
to consign to LMA-VACC sales, explanation of the necessary paperwork
that must be filled out to qualify (Click
Here for LMA-VACC Health Form), and marketing in general. Harry
Moser gave a quick review of the evening, and then challenged
everyone present to begin to make preparations now for
marketing your 2004 calf crop. He had testimonials from Decatur
County Feedyard regarding the health of Moser sired cattle that had
been purchased through the Holton Livestock Exchange's LMA-VACC
Sales the previous two years. "Moser genetics have consistently beat
yard average on performance and health the past two years", states
Kevin Unger, DCFY Cattle Procurement specialist. |
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Pictured
here are the presenters at our LMA-VACC Customer Supper and Meeting
held on March 24, 2004, at Holton Livestock: Dan Harris, Harry
Moser, David Hallauer, Dr. Kevin Dhuyvetter, Kristen Hendricks and
Jody Holthaus. |
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items discussed during the evening included Electronic
Identification Eartags and the upcoming animal identification
programs and recording essential health information on your calf
crop. Two local veterinarians were in attendance and they answered
questions about the required vaccinations and general health
protocol for the sale. One mention of keeping box labels with name,
serial and batch numbers of the vaccines you use in your program
coupled with recording dates of vaccinations in a notebook could be
a helpful start to the record-keeping process all commercial
customers will one day be required to maintain. |
Click here for LMA-VACC Form
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