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SPONSORS OF THIS NEWSLETTER: Arkansas Angus Association * Carcass Ultrasound Services * Delta Cattle Service * Riverview Angus Roden Angus * Rogers Brothers Angus * Stones' 2 Bar S Angus * Sugar Hill Farms, Inc Swelling Angus Farm * TDM Enterprises * V5 Livestock Services, LLC * West Brothers Cattle Company
A*L*O*T Angus Association: 2008 ||
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October 11, 2008, Fall Female Sale Results |
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A*L*O*T Angus Association: 2008
A*L*O*T Angus Association has completed another year of activities. We are a group of Angus breeders who associate together for our mutual benefit. Some have been members for as many as fourteen years and are strong supporters of our sales, promotional events, and educational activities. Others are members for the first time and are learning what makes A*L*O*T work.Many things have contributed to the success of our organization through the years. Our strongest contribution has been the willingness of many people to donate their time, energy, and other resources to carry on our activities. The work that is required on the day before the sale is mostly done by the consigners and other members who volunteer their time to help keep the cost of the sales as low as possible. Some will come to work each of the four sales during the year and be a consigner in only one sale. The feeding and caring for the animals is done by those who bring the animals to the sale. The costs of producing the catalog, advertising, and conducting the sale are shared on a co-op basis with each lot consigned bearing its share. The consignment fee is applied to the total cost and helps fund the pre-sale expenses of the catalog and advertising. The final cost cannot be known until all the bills have been paid. Checks can usually be mailed about a month after the sale.
The success of the sale depends to a great degree on the preparation that is done before the sale. Preparation includes having the cattle fat and looking good for presentation to the buyers; giving catalogs to potential buyers; and inviting them to the sale to help develop interest in your animals. When A*L*O*T has an opportunity to sponsor an educational program, be sure to bring as many of your customers to the meeting as possible. The more time you spend with your customers, the more you will learn their needs and how your animals fulfill those needs. If there is a Field Day in your area, A*L*O*T could help as a sponsor and you could display our A*L*O*T banner, telling people about your organization and its members. (We will ship banners to you as well as other information about organization if needed.)
Keep up the good work! We hope to visit with you at the next A*L*O*T sale or activity. [ Back to Index ]
Recently, there has been talk concerning the “greenhouse gas emissions” and its effect on the air we breathe (Clean Air Act). Congress has given the EPA the task of enforcing this regulation. Right now, the regulation is concerning the automobile industry. The USDA has indicated how it would effect the cattle industry should it meet the emissions output mentioned. This article was taken from the ANGUS-E-List publication - Nov. 20, 2008 (This is in our future...please begin now by educating yourself on this issue and then contacting your cattle associations: AAA, Farm Bureau, Southwest Cattle-raisers Assoc., and Cattleman’s Assoc. as well your Congressmen/women.)[ Back to Index ]Cow tax proposal would threaten agriculture viability “With the economy in bad shape and the possibility of a deep recession looming, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to levy new taxes — on cows and pigs,” American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Regulatory Relations Rick Krause told Wyoming Farm Bureau members Nov. 7 at their annual meeting in Sheridan. “This is no laughing matter,” Krause said. “The cow tax and the pig tax are parts of a larger scheme by the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. “Under the proposal, if a state charged the ‘presumptive minimum rate’ from the EPA, the cow tax would be $175 per dairy cow, $87.50 per head for beef cattle and a little more than $20 per pig,” Krause explained. Krause explained that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says that a producer with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs would emit more than 100 tons of carbon and be subject to the permitting requirements. “These thresholds would impact 99% of dairy producers, more than 90% of beef producers and 95% of hog producers in the United States,” Krause stated. (A*L*O*T note: This has not been implemented yet.)
According to Krause, the EPA has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in preparation to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). “The regulation of automobile emissions automatically initiates other provisions of the CAA,” Krause explained. “One of those provisions requires permits from anyone who emits more than 100 tons of a regulated pollutant per year, and there are millions of sources that emit more than 100 tons of carbon.”
The Title V permits, which are essentially a cow and pig tax, are supposed to contain provisions designed to reduce or eliminate the emissions of the regulated pollutant. “Cows’ and pigs’ methane emissions come from natural and biological processes,” Krause stated.
“The economic costs to producers from the cow and pig tax would be great and could cause the cost of beef, pork and dairy prices to rise,” Krause continued. “The cow and pig tax would impose severe penalties on livestock producers in the United States without effectively reducing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.”
You can send comments to www.stopepa.com or to Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; RE: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0318. The comment deadline for the cow and pig tax is Friday, Nov. 28, but EPA has said that the docket will remain open (indefinitely). The Wyoming Farm Bureau urges cattlemen to write or call their representatives in Congress and/or senators to ask them to prevent the imposition of a cow tax and a pig tax that would occur by the regulation of greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act.”
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October 11, 2008, Fall Female Sale Results