News Update
October 3, 2014
Beef and Dairy Veterinarians
Receive Top Honors at AABP
The top honor for the Bovine Practitioner of the Year award from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) was given to Mark Hardesty, Maria Stein, Ohio, at the 2014 AABP Annual Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 18-20.
The award, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc., honors a veterinarian in active practice who is active in organized veterinary medicine and who has made significant contributions to bovine medicine.
Several other bovine veterinarians were also honored at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Luncheon on Sept. 20. They are:
Merial Excellence in Preventive Medicine
- Dan Goehl, Canton, Mo.
AABP Award of Excellence
- Hans Coetzee, Iowa State University
Zoetis Distinguished Service Award
- Jesse Goff, Iowa State University
Merck Animal Health Mentor of the Year Award
- John Fetrow, University of Minnesota
James A. Jarrett Award for Young Leaders
- Callie Willingham, Chandler, Ariz.
Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame
- David Bechtol, Canyon, Texas.
Find out more about AABP awards and past recipients at http://aabp.org/about/pastawards.asp. For more information on AABP, visit www.aabp.org.
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More than $300,000 in Scholarships/Awards Given at AABP
More than $300,000 in scholarships and other awards were given to veterinary students and graduate veterinarians at the 2014 47th Annual Conference of the AABP hosted Sept. 18-20 in Albuquerque, N.M. The awards, funded by AABP members, AABP partners and the AABP Foundation, will enable recipients to further pursue their careers in bovine medicine.
Find out more about the awards at http://aabp.org/Members/ce_award/default.asp. AABP is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization serving cattle veterinary medicine professionals across the United States, Canada and other countries. Visit www.aabp.org for more information.
Live Cattle Selection, Evaluation to be Featured
at Oct. 17 Brazos Valley Beef and Forage Expo
Beef cattle selection and a live animal evaluation will be featured as part of the Brazos Valley Beef and Forage Expo scheduled Oct. 17 from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Brazos County Expo, 5827 Leonard Road in Bryan.
Cost is $20 and includes lunch. Preregistration deadline is Oct. 10 and can be made by calling the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Brazos County at 979-823-0129.
“We will be discussing several topics that will be of interest to Brazos Valley beef cattle producers,” said Dusty Tittle, AgriLife Extension Service agent for Brazos County. “With cattle prices at record highs, everyone is looking to capture more dollars. We have something everyone can take home and apply to their operations.”
Program topics include cost of production and the relationship between grain and cattle, laws affecting pesticide usage in pastures and hay fields, managing internal and external parasites in cattle, and matching hay with livestock requirements.
“We will also have our hay show,” Tittle said. “There will be several entries on hand for attendees to evaluate and see different forage types grown in the area.”
Two Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be offered — one laws and regulations and one general.
For more information, call the AgriLife Extension office in Brazos County at 979-823-0129.
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AgriLife Extension Sets Farm and Ranch
Estate Planning Workshop Oct. 27 in Edna
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has scheduled an estate-planning workshop for Coastal Bend farmers and ranchers from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Jackson County Services Building Auditorium, 411 N. Wells St. in Edna.
The workshop is free and open to the public.
Wayne Hayenga, professor emeritus and AgriLife Extension economist in College Station, will be the featured speaker, according to organizers.
“Dr. Hayenga is an attorney who has spent his AgriLife Extension career with farmers, ranchers and family owned firms in financial, business and estate tax planning,” said Mike Hiller, AgriLife Extension agent in Jackson County. “He’s an excellent communicator who gets his points across in an easily understood style.”
Hayenga will address wills and trusts, Hiller said.
“A trust is one of the most powerful estate-planning tools,” he said. “It can work for you during your lifetime and at your death. Your estate can avoid probate and keep the administration of it private. A trust can allow for benefits to your surviving spouse, and then to your children. It often can protect heirs from squandering their inheritance.”
However, most often, a trust is used as a tool to save income and estate taxes for families, as Hayenga will explain, Hiller said.
Hayenga will also address several other estate planning issues, including:
- The will: What is needed?, selection of executor(s), paying debts and taxes.
- Do I need a trust?
- Power of attorney: Healthcare power of attorney, a living will.
- Passing on an active farm or ranch: tips for keeping the business going.
- Management of various taxes: Estate, gift, generation-skipping, income and Social Security tax.
- How not to let my kid’s “ex” mess with me.
Because of limited seating, those planning to attend should RSVP no later than Oct. 24. To do so, or for more information, contact the AgriLife Extension office for Jackson County at 361-782-3312.
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Dairy/Farm Bill Meetings Set Oct. 24
in Hereford, Hartley, Texas
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct two educational programs on the 2014 farm bill’s dairy provisions Oct. 24 in Hereford and Hartley.
The first meeting will be from 9 a.m.-noon in the AgriLife Extension office for Deaf Smith County, 903 14th St. in Hereford; and the second will be from 2-5 p.m. in the Hartley Community Building, 815 Central Ave.
Steve Amosson, AgriLife Extension economist at Amarillo and meeting coordinator, said the meetings are free and open to the public. Dave Anderson, AgriLife Extension economist-livestock marketing from College Station, and Kelly Adkins and Beth Batenhorst, USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) district directors, will be the programs’ main speakers.
Adkins and Batenhorst will discuss the dairy provisions in the farm bill. Anderson will provide analysis of the Margin Protection Program options and demonstrate the decision aid tool developed to help dairy producers understand their choices and make informed decisions.
“The Dairy Margin Protection Program is the centerpiece of the farm bill with respect to dairy,” Amosson said. “It is a new and unique safety-net program meant to provide dairy producers with indemnity payments when a composite U.S. dairy margin falls below the margin coverage levels the producer chooses on an annual basis.
“In my opinion, the choice to enroll is a no-brainer for dairy producers,” he said. “The real questions center around enrollment details and determining the level of protection, and these are the issues that will be addressed in these meetings.”
Sign-up for the Margin Protection Program is currently underway, with a final date to enroll of Nov. 28.
For more information, contact Amosson at Amarillo at 806-677-5600 or samosson@tamu.edu .
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