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10 CapitalPress.com September 9, 2016 Dairy Council fuels Idaho athletes Dairy Markets Greener Pastures Doug Warnock Lee Mielke By JOHN O’CONNELL Capital Press Dairy prices slip as September begins By LEE MIELKE For the Capital Press D airy product prices start- ed September lower on the week as traders weighed the July Cold Storage report. Cheddar block cheese closed the Friday before Labor Day at $1.68 per pound, down 6 cents on the week, following a 12 1/2-cent drop the previous week, and were 1 1/2-cents be- low a year ago. The Cheddar barrels closed at $1.64, down 4 cents on the week and 3 cents below a year ago, with one car of block sold on the week at the CME and 32 of barrel. The markets were closed for Labor Day on Monday but Tuesday’s Global Dairy Trade likely provided impetus for some strength in Chicago. The blocks gained 2 cents and hit $1.70 on an unilled bid. The barrels got up to $1.66 but product kept rolling in un- til 10 cars traded hands and the price battled ended at $1.6525, up a penny and a quarter. Midwest cheese manufactur- ers report milk is a little tighter and spot loads are harder to ind, according to Dairy Market News, but there is concern over what the cheese price will do. In- ventories are long industry-wide for American and Italian cheese, but manufacturers say they are managing them closely. “Western cheese output re- mains active as there are very few obstacles in getting enough milk,” says DMN. Exports are sluggish but domestic demand for natural cheese has been good. Cash butter shot up to $2.11 per pound Tuesday, then fell back and closed Friday at $2.05, down three-quarters on the week and 40 1/4-cents below a year ago. Twelve cars traded hands on the week. It had lost 22 cents since Aug. 5. Spot butter shaved off a pen- ny and a quarter Tuesday, slip- ping to $2.0375, lowest level since May 17, 2016. DMN reports that, with the reopening of schools, milk standardization is adding to regional cream supplies and Class II processors, especially ice cream makers, are pulling less cream intakes. POCATELLO, Idaho — Slamming a bottle of choco- late milk or sticking around the weight room for a post-ex- ercise protein shake have become part of the workout routine among Idaho State University athletes. The Idaho Dairy Council is in its second year of donat- ing yogurt, milk and cheese to supply “fueling stations” for athletes at ISU, Boise State University and the Uni- versity of Idaho. At ISU, the council has also committed funding to a program that teaches athletes how to improve their diets, called Smart Cooking on the Run Everyday. ISU hired one of its for- mer track athletes, Natalie Christensen, to serve as the part-time SCORE dietitian. She meets with athletes routinely for individual nu- trition counseling, prepares snacks at the dietetics kitch- en to deliver during work- outs, speaks to teams about healthy eating, leads cooking classes and even takes play- ers on grocery store tours. ISU administrators ap- proached the council with the suggestion and secured a $39,000 grant toward SCORE. The grant was re- newed for a second year and will expire at the end of De- cember. Terreton dairy farmer Kim Korn, who serves on the Idaho Dairy Products Com- mission Board, believes the program has been effective in building demand for dairy. “We’re hoping the athletes are going to learn about good nutrition, and we also hope they’re going to be advo- cates for dairy and good nu- trition in the community and schools,” Korn said. “You’ve got young kids who want to emulate these athletes.” For the players, SCORE has guided proper dietary choices that translate to suc- cess in competition, and the fueling stations provide a shot of protein during a crit- ical period for muscle syn- thesis immediately following a workout, explained ISU strength and conditioning di- Selecting livestock to it the environment By DOUG WARNOCK For the Capital Press P John O’Connell/Capital Press Idaho State University football linebackers Mario Jenkins, front, and Oshea Trujillo prepare post-work- out snacks made with dairy ingredients furnished by the Idaho Dairy Council on Aug. 24 at their “fueling station.” The council also helps fund a program to help ISU athletes with meal planning. rector Kristin Schuman. “I think it’s something the kids really look forward to,” Schuman said, adding she plans to soon establish a sec- ond and third fueling station at ISU. A local grocery store and bagel vendor also contribute to ISU’s fueling station. ISU linebacker Mario Jenkins meets regularly with Christensen and often stops by the fueling station for a snack. He credits the station with helping his team achieve noticeable gains in muscle mass. “You see changes in peo- ple’s bodies and how they feel while working out,” Jen- kins said. Christensen said the Dairy Council logo has been in- cluded on the ISU dietetics program’s traveling kitchen, which is used in communi- ty demonstrations, and other displays. She said about a third of ISU athletes voluntarily par- ticipate in individual nutri- tion counseling. Her cooking classes have emphasized quick meals, of- ten prepared in crockpots, for busy athletes. “I know what it’s like to be running at 100 mph and be hungry all day,” she said. Idaho Dairy Council spokeswoman Cindy Mill- er said the organization is re-evaluating its university partnerships. Miller said UI recently submitted a report document- ing improved muscle mass and a reduction in injuries since the fueling station was opened. At ISU, she said the coun- cil also appreciates the oppor- tunity to partner with aspiring dietitians. “We see (SCORE) as a robust program that is really beneiting our dairy farmers’ investment,” Miller said. Monsanto exec to take the reins of IDFA By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press The International Dairy Foods Association has select- 1112 AIRWAY, AVE. LEWISTON, ID 83501 (208) 746-2212 FAX: (208) 746-9913 WEB: agproinc.com Proudly Serving Our Customers Since 1987 Toll Free Order Line: (800) 492-2212 END OF SEASON SPECIALS! CALL!! Valmar AIRFLO 5500 Spreader Valmar AIRFLO 8600 Spreader 170 cu. ft. Hopper, PTO Fan Drive, 40 Boom, Single Axle, Flotation Tires 260 cu. ft. Hopper, PTO Fan Drive, 66’ Boom, 750/65 R26 Flotation Tires ed Michael Dykes to replace Connie Tipton as its president and CEO. 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During his career, Dykes has successfully navigated the complex challenges of the food industry, with a spe- cial emphasis on balancing the demands of innovation, time to market, sustainabil- ity, social responsibility and safety in a global market, IDFA stated. “I have spent my career working to find common ground across varied inter- ests in the face of complex challenges,” Dykes stated. He grew up on a small dairy and tobacco farm in Kentucky. He earned a doc- tor of veterinary medicine degree from Auburn Univer- sity and has a master’s de- gree in agricultural econom- ics and a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medi- cal Association and the Na- tional Academy of Practi- tioners. He was a member of the Agricultural Policy Advi- sory Committee during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations and served on USDA’s Advisory Committee on Biotechnolo- gy and 21st Century Agri- culture. Dykes will work in tran- sition with Tipton beginning in October before assuming the CEO role in January. roducing low main- tenance, trouble-free and high quality Angus cattle is the mission of Jac’s Ranch near Bentonville, Ark. This ranch is one of several places I visited on a study tour of livestock operations in Ar- kansas in July. Jack and Melba Shewmaker and their children started the ranch in the 1980s while Jack was helping Sam Walton expand and develop the Wal-Mart chain business. Jack retired from Wal-Mart in 1988 and devoted full time to the development of his Angus herd. The ranch produces pure- bred Black Angus cattle, sell- ing about 250 bulls and 300 cows each year to commercial producers for use in improv- ing their herds. Jac’s cattle are selected to produce well on fescue pasture, which can often limit performance due to the toxins resulting from a fungus, or endophyte, present in the fescue plants’ tissue. Fescue is one of the main pas- ture grasses used in the south- ern states and the Midwest. The fescue endophyte and its effect on grazing animals, es- pecially cattle and horses, is a major management concern in these areas. Fescue endophyte is pres- ent to a much lesser degree in the Paciic Northwest. How- ever, it is present here and has caused some problems for livestock in Western states. Jac’s cattle are pastured on 3,200 acres of mainly fes- cue and Bermuda grass and the Shewmaker family keeps cows that are productive on fescue. Toxins produced by the fescue endophyte create sev- eral problems for animals grazing fescue. Livestock may not gain weight as well as when on other grasses and they can even lose body weight while grazing. A major concern with breeding animals on fescue pasture is a lowered rate of conception during breeding and poorer survival of the newborn offspring. “Fescue foot” is a malady associated with fescue endophyte that comes from an elevated body temperature and lowered blood low to the extremities resulting in dry gangrene that can cause sloughing of the foot. Cattle vary in their ability to tolerate the fescue endo- phyte. Some animals do much better grazing it than others. Also, there is a difference among fescue plant cultivars in the amount of endophyte they contain and their toxicity to grazing animals. So, selec- tion of animals based on their ability to tolerate the endo- phyte and produce normally is an appropriate management tool. Jac’s Ranch also selects their breeding animals for high pre-weaning gains. They want their bulls to be lean and hard and they raise them on rugged land and sell them at 18 months of age. The Shewmakers have a spring sale in mid March and a fall sale in early October of each year. The ranch’s pasture management includes a type of planned grazing geared to harvest grass plants at the most optimal time for best plant management. No matter where you’re lo- cated, successful management of a livestock grazing opera- tion is dependent upon having animals that are adapted to the environment and conditions in which they will be living. Doug Warnock, retired from Washington State Uni- versity Extension, lives on a ranch in the Touchet River Valley where he writes about and teaches grazing manage- ment. He can be contacted at dwarnockgreenerpastures@ gmail.com.