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35 CALF News • December 2021 | January 2022 • www.calfnews.net TERRITORY MANAGERS Clyde Smith (MS) 601-540-613 Chad Holt (TX) 903-272-5010 Kyle Latham (TX) 254-715-2162 Gary West (TN) 731-335-3023 Jeff Anslinger (MO) 816-244-7340 Emily Bendish (ND) 701-471-3067 Bryan Sundsbak (SD) 605-209-0559 Molly Folot (NE) 970-218-1185 Logan Kennedy (MO) 417-592-1764 info@mlstubs.com University of California-Davis and respected air quality expert, “Producing less meat and milk will only mean more hunger in poor countries. Smarter animal farming, not less farming, will equal less heat. As production per cow becomes more efficient, the environmental footprint is reduced.” Evidenced by the numbers provided by the United Nations, globally, cattle are responsible for roughly 14.5 percent of green- house emissions. Contrarily, American beef production is only responsible for 3 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions due to the efficiencies gained since the 1970s. Each day, the opposition of do-gooders, ranging from animal rights zealots and climate theorists to the truth deniers and far-left politicians, batter American agriculture. To respond to these attacks, I am reminded of the lyrics to the Front Porch Song written by Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen while students at Texas A&M University: This old porch is just a big ol’ red and white Hereford bull Standing under a mesquite tree in Agua Dolce He just keeps on playing hide and seek with that hot August sun He sweatin’ and a-pantin’ Cause’ his work is never done Aw, no I’ve known a whole lot of old bulls in my life And their work is never done. Akin to Lovett and Keen’s red and white Hereford bull, American agriculture’s work is never done.  baseline recommendations change to meet the genetic potential of the cattle. More than 50 years of research has been conducted around the world, using both private and university-owned cattle for their studies. Forages and cattle types are often variable, but production responses are consistent, allowing for uniform zinc requirement recommendations across the country. Larson and Engel report a 20 percent increase in reproduc- tion efficiency in cows in Zinpro-supplemented herds, as well as a 28-pound increase in calf weaning weight. Yearlings and young transition cattle benefitted by a 20 percent reduction in morbidity and a 20 percent reduction in mortality. In addition, foot rot has been reduced by 20 to 30 percent. For finished cattle, there is a 10-pound greater carcass weight response also reported. A Parting Look Larson and Engel emphasize that trace minerals are a tiny but very important portion of the diet. They impact livestock from conception through life. It is a “lifetime performance scenario.” All the above affects a producer’s bottom line, which Zinpro is acutely aware of. They’re committed to all of us being in this together.  KEEPING UPWITH THE TIMES Continued from page 33