The Clarendon Enterprise * November 15, 2007
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TEMPLE - The Natural
Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) in Texas is reminding
agricultural producers interested in
participating in the Environmental
Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
that the deadline to apply for 2008
funding is November 16, 2007.
"We want to be sure producers
are aware of the Nov. 16 ranking
deadline," said Don Gohmert, NRCS
state conservationist for Texas.
"EQIP funds have been made avail-
able to us to fund contracts this fall,
and we will be working diligently to
Beef producers
get help from CD
COLLEGE STATION - Texas
Cooperative Extension has devel-
oped an interactive CD-ROM to help
beef cattle producers manage their
herd's health.
The program was developed by
Wayne Thompson, Extension agent
for agriculture in Harris County. It
was based on the herd management
practices and educational programs
presented by Dr. Floran "Buddy"
Faries, Extension program leader for
veterinary medicine.
"This program will help pro-
ducers select and schedule month-
by-month health and production
management practices," Faries said.
"The calendar helps them to do the
right thi! ng at the right time."
The CD-ROM includes an
interactive calendar that allows the
beef producer to generate a manage-
ment schedule to fit the length of
hi.s calving season and the month it
begins.
"A livestock producer should
not manage herd health according
to a calendar year or the coincidence
of vacations when family members
congregate," Thompson said. "This
program presents a check list of
management tasks based on the first
month of calving - a point in time
that is typically not January."
The interface of the application
was developed to be user-friendly
and accessible to even the novice
c.omputer user, he said.
The CD-ROM also has dem-
onstration videos for each activity,
as well as a complete library of
publications.
Faries said, "The video dem-
onstrations of health and produc-
tion management practices help the
producer do the right thing the right
way"
Ultimately consumers will
benefit from producers using the
CD-ROM, Faries said.
"Proven management practices
assures there will be an adequate
supply of safe, wholesome beef," he
said. "Also, various herd health man-
agement practices are also bio-secu-
rity practices and help prevent the
entry of diseases, whether endemic
or foreign."
Extension agents for agriculture
throughout the state are presenting
the information in beef manage-
ment workshops this year, where
the CD-ROM will be available for
$98. Producers should contact the
Extension office in their county for
information.
The CD-ROM can also be
ordered through Extension's online
bookstore at Text to be Linked, pub-
lication number SP-289.
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"However, producers shouldpractices in central, south, and west
know that if they miss this deadline, Texas; Waste management and air
sign-up is a continuous process and quality practices for beef, dairy,
there will most likely be subsequent poultry, and swine animal feed-
near
ranking periods before Dec. 31
unless a new Farm Bill is passed,"
Gohmert said.
Funds have been provided to
each county to meet the primary
natural resource concerns identified
at the local level. NRCS has also set
aside funds for statewide resource
concerns, which include: Brush
management in five areas, primarily
ing operations; Habitat emphasis
areas across Texas; Management
of Chinese Tallow and Salt Cedar;
Conservation practices in an 18-
county area in south central Texas;
and Reestablishment of forest in an
18-county area in east Texas.
EQIP promotes agricultural
environmental quality and produc-
tion. Through EQIP, farmers and
ranchers receive financial and tech-
nical assistance to help install con-
servation practices and to implement
management systems that promote
conservation. Financial assistance
is generally at about a 50:50 ratio;
technical assistance is provided at
100 percent NRCS cost.
To sign up for EQIP or to get
more information, contact the NRCS
office in Clarendon at 321 S Sully or
call 806-874-3561 ext. 3. You can
also get information about Texas
NRCS conservation programs at
www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov.
USDA to Report Market Gains on I
Producers who have repaid a market gain on a
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loan with cash
or commodity certificates in exchange for outstand-
ing loan collateral will now have their market gains
reported to the IRS on Form 1099-G, according to
Bruce Ferguson, Executive Director for the Donley
County Farm Service Agency (FSA),
Similarly, beginning January 1, 2008, cotton
RS Form 1099-G
producers who apply storage credit to the repayment
of a CCC loan will also receive an IRS Form 1099:G
from FSA.
Producers who have questions about bow report-
ing market gains will affect their taxes should contact
a tax advisor or visit the IRS website on Repayment
of Commodity Credit Corporation Loans at http:
//www.irs.gov/irb/2007-33 IRB/ar07 .html.
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