Livestock operators hear challenges and opportunities at annual Livestock Day

The Jim Schumacher Memorial Livestock Day was held February 11, 2015 at the Great Northern. In attendance were 35 livestock producers. Dr. Anne Johnson informed producers on the best methods to maintain their vaccination equipment and proper calibration techniques. Producers should “shoot” their ratcheting syringe into a plastic 20 cc syringe for calibration. Having recently returned from the State Veterinarian conference Johnson noted that there is nothing new in the research and development pipeline for animal pharmaceutical products. Makes one wonder how the US will remain globa...