LAWN TRACTORS--Cub Cadet, Cleveland, Ohio, introduces the new Series 1000 Lawn Tractor, featuring a 12-inch turning radius, professional grade engines, and welded-steel frames. The cutting system features a deep deck that provides optimal grass lift and mulching capability. The overlapping blades ensure that no grass is left uncut, and a wide discharge chute spreads grass clippings evenly--providing a manicured lawn without clumping or uncut grass. For more information, call 877-CUB-TOUGH, or visit www.CubCadet.com.

CATTLE HANDLING--Bassett Inc., Garden City, Kan., now offers a line of cattle handling equipment. The Generation II Cattle Equipment line focuses on custom made hydraulic cattle squeeze chutes. Other special welding projects for the cattle industry are welcome from customers as well. Generation II Cattle Equipment is designed to provide cattle safety, operator ease, and the durability the industry expects. For more information, call 620-275-0300, or visit www.cattleequipment.com.

Pasteurella vaccine protects spring, fall calves

Merial, Duluth, Ga., offers RESPISHIELD HM, as an option for producers looking to vaccinate cattle against two major bacterial pathogens associated with bovine respiratory disease (BRD).

The two major bacterial pathogens associated with BRD are Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida. These pathogens have been documented to be present in nearly 75 percent of all diagnosed BRD cases; however, a study suggests that the frequency of Pasteurella multocida is increasing.

RESPISHIELD HM can be used on cattle of any age, which can be especially useful in the fall when producers could have both spring and fall calves on the ground.

BRD is traditionally recognized as affecting cattle in the feedyard; however, it also can affect the performance of cattle on pasture. A study of grazing stocker cattle found losses from BRD to be significant in both breeding and feeder cattle. Heifers that required two or more antibiotic treatments for BRD had a conception rate 19 percent lower than healthy heifers. In the same experiment, male calves with BRD-based losses had decreased net returns of 9.7 percent to 21.3 percent per animal.

Curt Newlin, a stocker producer from Burlington, Okla., says RESPISHIELD HM helps him protect his cattle from this costly disease and gives him peace of mind.

"I run several stockers each year, and I have to count on other people to take care of them, so it's important that I can trust that the cattle will not get sick," Newlin says. "I started using RESPISHIELD HM as part of my incoming processing routine to help cut down on sickness in the first couple of weeks after cattle arrive."

Winter weather can dramatically increase the stress factor that contributes to BRD, but unfortunately, this is one stressor producers can't avoid. That is why producers need to be sure they are protecting cattle, and their bottom lines, against the other factors that contribute to BRD. The results can help producers and cattle be more efficient. Newlin says RESPISHIELD HM helped him to cut down on pulls, chronics and death loss.

"I think it has helped cut down on death loss by half a percent, and chronics by a whole percent. Both numbers are significant when you consider the price of cattle and inputs right now," Newlin explained.

For more information, call a local animal health representative, or visit www.merial.com.

Website offers localized agronomic data

Farmers can now visit www.DEKALB.com to sign up for Growing Knowledge agronomic information provided by local Asgrow and DEKALB brand seed representatives. This home page allows farmers to type in their zip code to receive localized agronomic newsletters, tips and interactive value calculators.

From the site, farmers can sign up to receive the monthly Growing Knowledge newsletter, delivered straight to their e-mail inboxes. By subscribing, farmers will also receive electronic Growing Knowledge ALERTs and Agronomic Spotlights from their local Asgrow and DEKALB brand seed representative. ALERT publications are used to rapidly convey critical agronomic information to people within any given target region.

For example, an area hit by a hail storm can expect a Growing Knowledge ALERT within a very short period of time to address the issue and provide tools to help manage the problem. Spotlight publications are used to convey important information between newsletter issues, but are generally not as critical as an ALERT.

For example, an area hit by a hail storm can expect a Growing Knowledge ALERT within a very short period of time to address the issue and provide tools to help manage the problem. Spotlight publications are used to convey important information between newsletter issues, but are generally not as critical as an ALERT.

Through Growing Knowledge, farmers can also take advantage of the Asgrow and DEKALB Know to Grow resource, which provides online video modules on innovative new products as well as agronomic topics, including weed resistance, ethanol and factors to consider when selecting soybean products. Interactive value calculators on the site enable farmers to input their costs and yield information to calculate their profit potential.

The DEKALB Harvest Moisture Advantage Calculator, for example, helps farmers estimate the value of reduced drying costs associated with DEKALB corn. Additional value calculators include a BYE calculator, which farmers can use to help determine the amount of money they might save on insurance premiums by planting products qualified under the Risk Management Biotechnology Endorsement, and an Asgrow calculator, which farmers can enter their planting rate and soybean price to calculate their total estimated revenue per acre.

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