Farm
CWT Announces second Herd Retirement of 2009
“Connecting Cows, Cooperatives, Capitol Hill, and Consumers”
Friday, July 10, 2009 (703) 243‐6111 ext. 375 Contact: Jim Tillison
CWT ANNOUNCES SECOND HERD RETIREMENT OF 2009
Time Frame to Submit Bids Shortened, Maximum Bid Level Set
ARLINGTON, VA – Cooperatives Working Together announced Friday that it will conduct its second herd retirement of 2009. In order to have a more immediate impact, CWT is shortening the time frame for producers to submit bids. A maximum bid level is also being announced for this round.
Replacement Heifers
For the last five years, production of milk replacement heifers has been on the rebound in the United States. But US born replacements may decline in coming years, for the same reason they’ve been rising, Canada, long prohibited from supplying the US dairy cow market, is back in business. Imports of Canadian breeding cattle were barred on May 20, 2003, the day the Canadian Food Inspection Agency revealed a native-born cow had tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease.
