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Cattle Corner

Last modified 2007-07-17 15:36

Clermont County has an active cattle producing community and a strong Clermont County Cattlemen's Association.

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Tips for Chopping Corn and Soybeans for Silage

If your corn or soybeans is not going to make harvestable yield or quality, consider using it for silage or finding a row crop producer who may let you purchase his crops. The Beef Newsletter provides these tips to help producers get silage off to a good start.

Emergency Conservation Program Sign-up for Livestock Producers

The Clermont County FSA Committee has been approved to offer the Emergency Conservation Program for Drought Emergency Measures pending funding. The purpose will be to provide water to livestock and supply emergency water for existing irrigation systems for orchards and vineyards.

Cost share assistance of 50% is available for:

Installing pipe to another source of water because the primary source isn’t adequate (we cannot pay utility connection fees).
Constructing and deepening wells for livestock water (we can not pay for a dry hole so you want to be sure there is water there).
Permanently installed submersible pumps.
Solar panels to provide power to pump water for livestock (when cheaper than running wire).

Cost share assistance of 75% is available for:

Storage facilities, including tanks and troughs above ground.
Spring developments

To be eligible for ECP assistance, the eligible damage must be so costly that Federal assistance is required to complete the practice. The minimum qualifying cost of practices is set at $1,000. The sign-up runs from July 17th through August 6th. You can not be getting Federal or State cost share money from another program for the same component on the same land. This program stops when the drought is over, if approved you will have 60 days to complete your practice.

Now's the Time to Consider Alternative Forages

Oats

Oats, traditionally grown in the spring as a grain crop, can also be planted in the summer as a late season forage, providing a feed alternative for livestock producers short on hay or pasture. Based on five years of Ohio State University Extension research, oats planted in late July or early August can be grazed well into winter. With high production and feed quality, and low cost, oats are turning out to be one of the best forage crops available to producers. “We have consistently experienced production of 4 to 7 tons of dry matter with an average of 18 percent protein” said Stan Smith, an OSU Extension program assistant in Fairfield County.

Beef Cattle and Forage Drought Information

http://beef.osu.edu/Drought07.html

As drought conditions intensify and creep north over Ohio, they bring on management decisions that cattlemen face infrequently. The following resources produced by The Ohio State University Extension Beef Team may be useful to help with decisions on the farm. If you have questions not addressed on this page, send them to beef-cattle-on@ag.osu.edu.

Feed Costs Going Up, Up Up

http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefDecr13.html#linka

Corn-based feed prices have skyrocketed, though closer analysis shows that not all feedstuff prices have increased equally. These simple trends suggest that, if you haven't considered incorporating ethanol co-products into your livestock rations, now might be the time to consider it.

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