Featured speakers include:
- Terry Hutchens, University of Kentucky Goat Specialist
- Greg Brann, Tennessee NRCS Grazing and Soil health Specialist
- Patty Scharko, Clemson University Veterinarian
- David Notter, Virginia Tech University Professor
Showing posts with label Livestock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Livestock. Show all posts
Monday, November 11, 2013
Sheep and Goat Webinar
The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service will be offering a two-part webinar program, "Forages and Health for Sheep and Goats." The program will be held on Tuesday evenings, December 3 and 10 from 7-9 p.m. at various locations in Indiana. A link to a program flyer with additional information, including how to register, is included below.
Featured speakers include:
Sheep and Goat Program Flyer
Featured speakers include:
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Forage Supply Strategies
This year looks to be better from a forage supply standpoint than last year. Conditions were good for first and second cuttings of hay and there's been some decent third cuttings out there. Still, the late season dryness on top of last year's season-long drought may cause some shortages.
Last year Purdue Extension Agronomist Keith Johnson and Beef Specialist Ron Lemenager put together a paper, "Beef Management Practices When Forages are in Short Supply." It's fairly lengthy and detailed and those of you who raise other livestock or graze horses can adapt it for your species. Here's the link: 2012 Forage Supply Publication
I'm not going to go through this point-by-point but want to stress a couple of things I feel are particularly important, effective, and relatively simple to implement for most livestock producers. At least these are the ones I would have found simplest back when I raised cattle. I'm not going to talk about some of the more obvious ones such as taking a forage inventory, finding other forage sources such as grazing harvested corn fields, or reducing livestock numbers.
Do not leave livestock on pasture beyond the normal date when you would remove them. Point number 2 in the publication touches on the reasons for this. You may be desperately short of forage; even so, one of the worst management practices you can engage in is grazing animals through the fall and taking off all of the forage then. The reason is based on the life cycle of forages in pasture. One of the main reasons we take livestock off forage for the last couple of months of the growing season is to allow growing foliage to recharge or restore the root system of the pasture. If livestock are allowed to graze during this period the root system will be significantly weakened resulting in poorer pasture next year, and in subsequent years. If you absolutely feel you need to get a couple of extra months on pasture in order to make your forage supplies last, pull your animals off it in the fall, wait for it to go dormant(usually late November to early December) and then put animals back on. This still isn't good but at least the root system has had a chance to restore itself and it won't be damaged by trying to grow additional forage. If you do this you should also be careful to pull animals from it if it's wet to minimize physical damage. Keep in mind that this is far from a recommended practice and will likely require some additional management in following years - it's just less bad than leaving livestock on pasture through the fall. If possible, only leave animals on until they graze it down to about 4" in height. And obviously, don't even think about doing this if you have sorghum or sudangrass due to the Prussic Acid/cyanide poisoning risk.
Restrict access to forage. Point number 11 in the linked publication discusses this in more detail. Basically, cattle get all the forage they need to maintain themselves by having access to hay or silage for 6-8 hours in a day, particularly once they become accustomed to the schedule. Most of the rest of the time they spend trampling it into the ground or just chewing on it/playing with it because they're bored. Restricting access can reduce forage use by up to 20%.
Early weaning of calves. When we look at calf growth, it is less efficient for a cow to convert feed to milk and the calf to then convert milk to growth/gain, than for calves to directly convert feed to growth. If forage supplies are short, weaning calves early can save as much as 30% on forage supplies. Point number 4 in the publication discusses this in much more detail. The same principle applies to creep feeding calves, discussed in point 3. If cows did not breed back, this also gives you the chance to cull open cows earlier.
Last year Purdue Extension Agronomist Keith Johnson and Beef Specialist Ron Lemenager put together a paper, "Beef Management Practices When Forages are in Short Supply." It's fairly lengthy and detailed and those of you who raise other livestock or graze horses can adapt it for your species. Here's the link: 2012 Forage Supply Publication
I'm not going to go through this point-by-point but want to stress a couple of things I feel are particularly important, effective, and relatively simple to implement for most livestock producers. At least these are the ones I would have found simplest back when I raised cattle. I'm not going to talk about some of the more obvious ones such as taking a forage inventory, finding other forage sources such as grazing harvested corn fields, or reducing livestock numbers.
Do not leave livestock on pasture beyond the normal date when you would remove them. Point number 2 in the publication touches on the reasons for this. You may be desperately short of forage; even so, one of the worst management practices you can engage in is grazing animals through the fall and taking off all of the forage then. The reason is based on the life cycle of forages in pasture. One of the main reasons we take livestock off forage for the last couple of months of the growing season is to allow growing foliage to recharge or restore the root system of the pasture. If livestock are allowed to graze during this period the root system will be significantly weakened resulting in poorer pasture next year, and in subsequent years. If you absolutely feel you need to get a couple of extra months on pasture in order to make your forage supplies last, pull your animals off it in the fall, wait for it to go dormant(usually late November to early December) and then put animals back on. This still isn't good but at least the root system has had a chance to restore itself and it won't be damaged by trying to grow additional forage. If you do this you should also be careful to pull animals from it if it's wet to minimize physical damage. Keep in mind that this is far from a recommended practice and will likely require some additional management in following years - it's just less bad than leaving livestock on pasture through the fall. If possible, only leave animals on until they graze it down to about 4" in height. And obviously, don't even think about doing this if you have sorghum or sudangrass due to the Prussic Acid/cyanide poisoning risk.
Restrict access to forage. Point number 11 in the linked publication discusses this in more detail. Basically, cattle get all the forage they need to maintain themselves by having access to hay or silage for 6-8 hours in a day, particularly once they become accustomed to the schedule. Most of the rest of the time they spend trampling it into the ground or just chewing on it/playing with it because they're bored. Restricting access can reduce forage use by up to 20%.
Early weaning of calves. When we look at calf growth, it is less efficient for a cow to convert feed to milk and the calf to then convert milk to growth/gain, than for calves to directly convert feed to growth. If forage supplies are short, weaning calves early can save as much as 30% on forage supplies. Point number 4 in the publication discusses this in much more detail. The same principle applies to creep feeding calves, discussed in point 3. If cows did not breed back, this also gives you the chance to cull open cows earlier.
Friday, February 22, 2013
2013 Central Indiana Pork Conference Report
I want to throw in a brief report about the 2013 Central Indiana Pork Conference held February 6. As I was the site host I did have to bounce around a bit from time to time, particularly in the morning, but I'll provide as much of a summary as I can. Also, pdf's of most of the presentations are up on the Clinton County Extension Office website.
Paul Clouser from Indiana Packers was the first presenter and this is the one I missed the most of. However I did catch a few items which caught my attention. First, they wanted to congratulate producers for helping them by providing higher quality animals to their plant. Since DDGS have become a substantial portion of swine rations Iodine Values and carcass quality have been a big industry issue and they had far less of a problem with this recently than they did a year or two ago.
He wanted to caution farmers on several aspects of production. One, which I intend to use in my PQA programs from now on, is that if you have a broken needle in an animal, euthanize it. My suggestion, so long as it meets all withdrawal standards, would be either to process it for your own use at home or send it to a processor and donate the meat to a food bank. However they don't want these animals at the plant. He also wanted farmers to be aware that as much of their business involves overseas markets, they should be aware of and follow IPC's corporate residue limits which in some cases are more stringent than US standards.
The Industry Outlook provided by Purdue Ag Economist Chris Hurt focused, unsurprisingly, on feed prices. He made the "official" prediction that US corn prices will experience the largest drop in history, $2.50 by next summer. Of course prices will still be above $5.00. He considers this to be a "sweet spot" where both grain farmers and pork producers should be able to turn a profit. Current stocks are short so this will be very weather-driven but he sees a good possibility of a long, slow decline with, if it looks like the crop is good, a rapid price drop in early July. With decent weather the next few years he thinks a long-term price outlook is for corn in the $5 range and soybeans around $11. With bad weather it's hard to tell where things might go. Another drought could drive corn over $10 and soybeans to $20. Ultimately, he believes that if the weather cooperates, the industry should see a return to profitability by the second quarter of 2013.
Brian Martin and Wes Lack from MP3 farms discussed a new sow unit they recently installed which uses an automated electronic feeding system and houses sows in groups rather than using gestation stalls. They provided a great deal of information on how the system works, how they train farm employees as well as gilts to use the system and other aspects which I won't detail here. They also operate an older sow unit which uses gestation stalls so they were able to provide some interesting comparative date over production in the two systems. Very briefly, while sow mortality is slightly higher with this system, overall performance of animals in the two systems has been very comparable when looking at areas such as pigs/sow/year and lbs/sow/year. One area which doesn't show up in the numbers is that they said the sows in this system are very easy to handle and work; very calm and easygoing.
I'll use their talk as a jumping-off point to editorialize a little. I've been at several programs recently including those sponsored by the National Pork Board and animal handling and housing is a prominent theme. Despite research which shows that sows get along fine in gestation stalls and other similar production-related issues, we live in a new age. At one time in this country, people were primarily worried about having enough to eat. They progressed from that to a concern over the quality of what they eat. Today many people are concerned with how animals are raised. In any business where you're producing a product for consumers, consumer preferences is a driver. Animal handling standards, housing systems, etc., should definitely be considered in animal operations. It's a basis for the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA Plus) program which almost all Pork Producers receive certification through. If I'm talking to a farmer who's considering building a new breeding/gestation/production unit, I would urge him or her to strongly consider a group housing system for sows. At this point I wouldn't advise spending a lot of money to convert an existing facility but for new construction I think farmers need to give it serious thought. The industry has been heading in this direction for some time now and I see no indication that this trend will stop.
Aflatoxin was a serious problem in corn this year and farmers know that this was a big issue in feeding hogs. Brian Richert from the Purdue Animal Sciences Department discussed issues related to this. A portion of this was related to levels at which hogs can tolerate Aflatoxin, strategies and methods of maintaining feed quality and preventing toxin development. I was more interested when he started talking about how some approved flowables - products added to grain to prevent clumping due to moisture - also can substantially mitigate the impacts of Aflatoxin in feed by serving as binders. In this area most farmers were able to blend feed enough to keep Aflatoxin levels down to acceptable levels but if you want to plan for a year where this may be next to impossible, Brian's presentation would be a very good starting point to start looking into these binders as another option.
This was a very good program. I was disappointed that numbers were down this year and will be looking at ways to bring this back up next year. For those who attended, thanks for coming and a big thank you goes out to the Rossville FFA Chapter who provided lunch.
Paul Clouser from Indiana Packers was the first presenter and this is the one I missed the most of. However I did catch a few items which caught my attention. First, they wanted to congratulate producers for helping them by providing higher quality animals to their plant. Since DDGS have become a substantial portion of swine rations Iodine Values and carcass quality have been a big industry issue and they had far less of a problem with this recently than they did a year or two ago.
He wanted to caution farmers on several aspects of production. One, which I intend to use in my PQA programs from now on, is that if you have a broken needle in an animal, euthanize it. My suggestion, so long as it meets all withdrawal standards, would be either to process it for your own use at home or send it to a processor and donate the meat to a food bank. However they don't want these animals at the plant. He also wanted farmers to be aware that as much of their business involves overseas markets, they should be aware of and follow IPC's corporate residue limits which in some cases are more stringent than US standards.
The Industry Outlook provided by Purdue Ag Economist Chris Hurt focused, unsurprisingly, on feed prices. He made the "official" prediction that US corn prices will experience the largest drop in history, $2.50 by next summer. Of course prices will still be above $5.00. He considers this to be a "sweet spot" where both grain farmers and pork producers should be able to turn a profit. Current stocks are short so this will be very weather-driven but he sees a good possibility of a long, slow decline with, if it looks like the crop is good, a rapid price drop in early July. With decent weather the next few years he thinks a long-term price outlook is for corn in the $5 range and soybeans around $11. With bad weather it's hard to tell where things might go. Another drought could drive corn over $10 and soybeans to $20. Ultimately, he believes that if the weather cooperates, the industry should see a return to profitability by the second quarter of 2013.
Brian Martin and Wes Lack from MP3 farms discussed a new sow unit they recently installed which uses an automated electronic feeding system and houses sows in groups rather than using gestation stalls. They provided a great deal of information on how the system works, how they train farm employees as well as gilts to use the system and other aspects which I won't detail here. They also operate an older sow unit which uses gestation stalls so they were able to provide some interesting comparative date over production in the two systems. Very briefly, while sow mortality is slightly higher with this system, overall performance of animals in the two systems has been very comparable when looking at areas such as pigs/sow/year and lbs/sow/year. One area which doesn't show up in the numbers is that they said the sows in this system are very easy to handle and work; very calm and easygoing.
I'll use their talk as a jumping-off point to editorialize a little. I've been at several programs recently including those sponsored by the National Pork Board and animal handling and housing is a prominent theme. Despite research which shows that sows get along fine in gestation stalls and other similar production-related issues, we live in a new age. At one time in this country, people were primarily worried about having enough to eat. They progressed from that to a concern over the quality of what they eat. Today many people are concerned with how animals are raised. In any business where you're producing a product for consumers, consumer preferences is a driver. Animal handling standards, housing systems, etc., should definitely be considered in animal operations. It's a basis for the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA Plus) program which almost all Pork Producers receive certification through. If I'm talking to a farmer who's considering building a new breeding/gestation/production unit, I would urge him or her to strongly consider a group housing system for sows. At this point I wouldn't advise spending a lot of money to convert an existing facility but for new construction I think farmers need to give it serious thought. The industry has been heading in this direction for some time now and I see no indication that this trend will stop.
Aflatoxin was a serious problem in corn this year and farmers know that this was a big issue in feeding hogs. Brian Richert from the Purdue Animal Sciences Department discussed issues related to this. A portion of this was related to levels at which hogs can tolerate Aflatoxin, strategies and methods of maintaining feed quality and preventing toxin development. I was more interested when he started talking about how some approved flowables - products added to grain to prevent clumping due to moisture - also can substantially mitigate the impacts of Aflatoxin in feed by serving as binders. In this area most farmers were able to blend feed enough to keep Aflatoxin levels down to acceptable levels but if you want to plan for a year where this may be next to impossible, Brian's presentation would be a very good starting point to start looking into these binders as another option.
This was a very good program. I was disappointed that numbers were down this year and will be looking at ways to bring this back up next year. For those who attended, thanks for coming and a big thank you goes out to the Rossville FFA Chapter who provided lunch.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Meeting on Changes to IDEM Confined Feeding Rules
Indiana Farm Bureau, Indiana Ag Commodity groups and Purdue Extension are organizing a series of meetings to update producers on the changes to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's (IDEM) Confined Feeding Rule. The programs will be held on June 19 in Decatur County, June 26 in Wells County and June 28 at the Southern Indiana Purdue Ag Center (SIPAC) in Dubois County.
I will be hosting a live videoconference of the Tuesday, June 26 meeting from 1-4 p.m. at the Clinton County Extension Office, 1111 South Jackson Street in Frankfort. I don't have a lot of details at this time however I'm sure I'll have copies of program materials to hand out so I'd appreciate you letting me know if you're planning to attend. You can call our office at 765-659-6380 or 765-296-3511 or you can e-mail me.
The complete program agenda is listed below:
Welcome – Greg Slipher
I will be hosting a live videoconference of the Tuesday, June 26 meeting from 1-4 p.m. at the Clinton County Extension Office, 1111 South Jackson Street in Frankfort. I don't have a lot of details at this time however I'm sure I'll have copies of program materials to hand out so I'd appreciate you letting me know if you're planning to attend. You can call our office at 765-659-6380 or 765-296-3511 or you can e-mail me.
The complete program agenda is listed below:
CFO and CAFO NPDES Compliance
Education Meetings
Fact sheets
& Comparison document
Rule Development Process – Andy Tauer
·
Timeline
·
Ag
workgroup, member input, submission of comments
·
Negotiated
compromise where possible but some issues unable to change
o
Groundwater
monitoring requirements
o
Phosphorus
soil test limits
o
Restrictions
on application to frozen or snow covered ground
CAFO NPDES Rule Requirements – Josh Trenary
·
Only
actual discharges require an NPDES permit
o
Ongoing
discharges, such as non-contact cooling water from dairies
o
Operations
with a history of accidental discharges may also be required to maintain their
NPDES permit if they can’t show that the cause of the discharge has been
remedied
·
Transition
to CFO
·
General
permits going away
·
Nutrient
Management Plans requirements
o
Public
notice and comment
o
Substantial
changes
·
No
application to frozen or snow covered ground unless allowed under permit
·
Steps
must be taken to prevent contamination to stormwater
·
Digesters,
etc
CFO Rule Requirements – Justin Schneider
·
Alternative
design or compliance approach
·
Manure
application will be based upon both phosphorus and nitrogen limits
o
Applications
to fields over 200 ppm of P is prohibited for most large CAFOs and all newly
constructed operations
o
Existing
CFOs and large CAFOs constructed prior to February 13, 2003 have seven years to
phase-in application restrictions to 200 ppm of P
o
Some
allowances made for nitrogen loss estimates
·
Application
to frozen or snow covered ground is restricted
o
Large
CAFOs may not apply to frozen or snow covered ground
o
Emergency
applications with prior approval allowed for CFOs
o
CFOs
with one-hundred twenty days or less approved storage can seek approval to
apply
·
Ground
water monitoring may be required
·
Storm
water management must be implemented – Josh
Trenary
·
A
professional engineer must certify the construction of all liquid manure
storage structures – Mike Dunn
·
Construction
standards and technical resources – Mike
Dunn
·
How
to use forms – Record keeping – Tamilee
Nennich/Mike Dunn
Lawsuit Related Issues – Justin
Schneider
·
Permit
appeals
·
Nuisance
suits
Outreach prior to decision to
construct or expand – Greg Slipher
Q & A - Presenters
Thursday, April 5, 2012
IDEM CAFO/CFO Rule Open Houses
Listed below is the text of a message I received this morning announcing Open Houses to discuss the revised CFO/CAFO Rules which go into effect on July 1 of this year:
Indiana Department of Environmental Management E-News Media Advisory
For immediate release
April 5, 2012
IDEM holding open house meetings to assist farmers with the new confined feeding rule requirements
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is holding a series of open –house style meetings across the state to make staff available to meet with farmers operating confined feeding operations (CFOs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
Rule revisions affecting confined feeding operations (CFOs) were adopted by the Water Pollution Control Board in November 2011, and go into effect July 1, 2012. The rule changes eliminate the “General Permit” category for farms regulated by federal farm rules. Farms with a general permit must determine if they need to be covered by Indiana’s CFO permit or a federal “Individual Permit.”
In addition, the rule changes place restrictions on land application of manure based on phosphorus limits and land application to frozen or snow covered ground. IDEM staff will be available at the open houses to answer questions and assist farmers and operators in transitioning their permit to make sure they maintain appropriate permit coverage under the new rules.
The Open Houses will be held on the following dates and locations:
Monday, April 9, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Carroll County 4-H Building
102 Fourth, Flora, IN 46929
(East side of Flora on SR 18)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Huntington County Courthouse
D.A.R. Room, 2nd Floor
Use Jefferson Street Entrance
201 North Jefferson Street
Huntington, IN 46750
Monday, April 16, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Decatur County Extension Office
545 S 200 W
Greensburg, IN 47240
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Dubois County Fairgrounds
Clover Pavilion
4157 S SR 162
Huntingburg, IN 47542
Indiana Department of Environmental Management E-News Media Advisory
For immediate release
April 5, 2012
IDEM holding open house meetings to assist farmers with the new confined feeding rule requirements
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is holding a series of open –house style meetings across the state to make staff available to meet with farmers operating confined feeding operations (CFOs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
Rule revisions affecting confined feeding operations (CFOs) were adopted by the Water Pollution Control Board in November 2011, and go into effect July 1, 2012. The rule changes eliminate the “General Permit” category for farms regulated by federal farm rules. Farms with a general permit must determine if they need to be covered by Indiana’s CFO permit or a federal “Individual Permit.”
In addition, the rule changes place restrictions on land application of manure based on phosphorus limits and land application to frozen or snow covered ground. IDEM staff will be available at the open houses to answer questions and assist farmers and operators in transitioning their permit to make sure they maintain appropriate permit coverage under the new rules.
The Open Houses will be held on the following dates and locations:
Monday, April 9, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Carroll County 4-H Building
102 Fourth, Flora, IN 46929
(East side of Flora on SR 18)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Huntington County Courthouse
D.A.R. Room, 2nd Floor
Use Jefferson Street Entrance
201 North Jefferson Street
Huntington, IN 46750
Monday, April 16, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Decatur County Extension Office
545 S 200 W
Greensburg, IN 47240
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
2 – 8 p.m.
Dubois County Fairgrounds
Clover Pavilion
4157 S SR 162
Huntingburg, IN 47542
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Central Indiana Pork Conference Details
The final details for the 2012 Central Indiana Pork Conference have been set:
Wednesday, February 8
Rossville High School
9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Cost: $20 which includes lunch and all materials
This looks like another good program with programs on PRRS filtration, Circovirus vaccination, and a report on the results of the EPA Animal Agriculture Air Quality study. We will also have reports from industry representatives and commodity groups.
The registration deadline is Wednesday, February 1. We'll accept late registrations but we won't guarantee lunch if you sign up after February 1st.
For additional information, go to the Central Indiana Pork Conference Web Page. A schedule for the day and a brochure and registration form can be found on that page. Both are in pdf form.
Rossville High School
9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Cost: $20 which includes lunch and all materials
This looks like another good program with programs on PRRS filtration, Circovirus vaccination, and a report on the results of the EPA Animal Agriculture Air Quality study. We will also have reports from industry representatives and commodity groups.
The registration deadline is Wednesday, February 1. We'll accept late registrations but we won't guarantee lunch if you sign up after February 1st.
For additional information, go to the Central Indiana Pork Conference Web Page. A schedule for the day and a brochure and registration form can be found on that page. Both are in pdf form.
Monday, November 14, 2011
2012 Central Indiana Pork Conference Date Set
This is mainly a "hold the date" post to inform you that the 2012 Central Indiana Pork Conference (CIPC) has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Rossville High School in Rossville. This happens to be the same date as the Ohio Pork Conference but I don't expect too many of our regular attendees will be heading over there.
I do not have a full agenda yet though I expect the general 9 a.m. to 3 or 3:30 p.m. times will hold again. I have confirmed most of the Commodity representatives and state agency people to provide updates, Indiana Packers will have someone there and Dr. Monty Moss will be giving a presentation on the filtration system he implemented at his operation to counteract PRRS. I heard him give this (or something very similar) at the Indiana Swine Health Advisory Committee Meeting a few weeks ago and he is excellent, both in the quality of his presentation and in the information he provided.
I will be filling out the agenda over the next few weeks. You can keep track of things either through this blog or by checking the Central Indiana Pork Conference Web Page. You can find past agendas and past speaker presentations at that site as well.
I do not have a full agenda yet though I expect the general 9 a.m. to 3 or 3:30 p.m. times will hold again. I have confirmed most of the Commodity representatives and state agency people to provide updates, Indiana Packers will have someone there and Dr. Monty Moss will be giving a presentation on the filtration system he implemented at his operation to counteract PRRS. I heard him give this (or something very similar) at the Indiana Swine Health Advisory Committee Meeting a few weeks ago and he is excellent, both in the quality of his presentation and in the information he provided.
I will be filling out the agenda over the next few weeks. You can keep track of things either through this blog or by checking the Central Indiana Pork Conference Web Page. You can find past agendas and past speaker presentations at that site as well.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Assistance Available for Livestock Losses Due to Heat
I haven't heard of any major livestock deaths in Clinton County due to heat however if this happens, there is a USDA program which will provide assistance in the case of livestock or poultry loss.
The Livestock Indemnity Program, or LIP, will reimburse producers for approximately 75% of the market value of livestock lost to extreme weather, which includes heat. To apply for the program, go to the Clinton County Farm Service Agency Office. The program is for commercial livestock. Pets and recreational animals are not covered.
FSA has additional information on LIP online.
The Livestock Indemnity Program, or LIP, will reimburse producers for approximately 75% of the market value of livestock lost to extreme weather, which includes heat. To apply for the program, go to the Clinton County Farm Service Agency Office. The program is for commercial livestock. Pets and recreational animals are not covered.
FSA has additional information on LIP online.
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