Sauk Prairie Veterinary Clinic
Herd the Moos
July 2015
picnic, Kippley Farms brought one from
Don’t Forget Our
1957.
June Dairy Month Rebate
The Wine and Cheese Basket was
The Sauk Prairie Veterinary Clinic is
presented to Sandy Peterson, Arena; the
offering a “June Dairy Month Special”
Movie Basket went to Steve and Barb
that all clients can take advantage of. If
Parrell, Black Earth; and the Country
you pay your bill for all services and
View Massage gift certificate went to
products you receive in June by July 15,
Tower Rock Farms, (William Gasser)
you will receive a 3% rebate of June
from Prairie du Sac.
services and products on your July
Thank you to all who joined us for
statement. We appreciate your hard
our 60th celebration. Thank you for your
work in feeding America and thank you
continued support. We appreciate your
for your business!
business and working with each of you!
Zoetis 2015 Dry Cow
Summer Program
Zoetis is offering one free jacket for
every $1000 spent on eligible dry cow
products which includes Spectramast
DC, Orbeseal, and Enviracor J-5. This
$1000 purchase must include two of the
eligible products. The program runs
through the end of July. If you haven’t
tried these products before you are
eligible for a lower minimum purchase.
Sauk Prairie Vet Clinic
60th Anniversary
Contests and Door Prize
Winners
Hoch-Niedrig Farm (Cliff JonesArena) had the oldest cow, Petunia born
9/14/01. Switzer Tal Farm (Tom &
Dwight Accola, Prairie du Sac) had the
second oldest cow, Mairona born
11/26/02. Sandy Peterson, Arena had
the third oldest cow, Coleen born
10/5/04.
The oldest invoice was entered by
Evert Farms and was from 1988. At the
BI Producer Rebate Program
Boehringer Ingelheim is offering a
5% rebate back on a $500 purchase of
Polyflex, Today and Tomorrow products
from June 1 to July 31. You must mail
or email in your invoices and their rebate
form by August 1, 2015.
FDA Milk Survey Revisited
As we had mentioned in a previous
newsletter, the FDA milk survey came
out and showed a residue in .42% of the
samples taken. The majority of the
positive samples were for drugs that are
not approved for lactating dairy
animals.
It is possible, in rare circumstances,
to use these antibiotics in an Extra
Label manner with the approval of a
veterinarian. However, there can be
NO RESIDUE (ZERO). Since these
products aren't approved, the FDA
considers any residue a violation.
Please do not use products Extra Label
unless you have thoroughly discussed
the drug with your veterinarian. Some
of these antibiotics found in the milk
survey will take a minimum of 21 days
to clear in the milk and 45 days or more
to clear in the meat.
The annual bulk milk screenings
that are done for beta-lactams
(penicillin family antibiotics) showed a
positive rate of .014%. This is
excellent but shows us how much work
we still need to do with other
antibiotics. The FDA Milk Survey
violation rate was almost 30 TIMES the
regular bulk tank violation rate. We
know the FDA is watching this closely
and in all likelihood they will be
instituting additional testing of milk in
the future.
You can be sure that if you have a
meat violation that they will be testing
your bulk tank for additional
antibiotics. Be smart, use antibiotics
only when needed, stay on label and
follow the proper withdrawal times for
meat and milk.

1.0728 times the price of corn
per bushel, plus
 .00735 times the price of soybean
meal per ton, plus
 .0137 times the price of alfalfa
hay per ton.
The corn and alfalfa hay prices are
those reported in the monthly NASS
Agricultural Prices report. The price of
soybean meal is the Central Illinois
soybean meal price delivered by rail as
reported in the Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) Market News-Monthly.
The premiums will not be subsidized
this time around for producers with less
than 4 million pounds of production.
This is what the premiums will look like:
Coverage
Level
(Margin)
per cwt.
Sign Up Time Again For MPP
It may seem hard to believe but it is
time to sign up for the Margin Protection
Program (MPP) already. The sign up
begins July 1, 2015 and ends on
September 30, 2015. Many of you
signed up late last year, after the MPP
had started because the rules had not
been established in time to start on
October 1, 2014.
After everyone had signed up last
year it was discovered that due to
sequestration the payouts would be
reduced 7.3%. It looks like a similar
reduction due to sequestration will take
place for 2016 payments however the
exact reduction percentage will not be
known until a payment is triggered. The
calculation for the MPP is the All-Milk
Price (national) minus feed costs. The
average feed cost is calculated by using
the sum of:
Tier 1 Premium|for
2016-2018
Tier 2 Premium
for 2016-2018
Covered production Covered
history less than 4
production
million lbs.
history greater
than 4 million lbs.
$4.00
None
None
$4.50
$0.010
$0.020
$5.00
$0.025
$0.040
$5.50
$0.040
$0.100
$6.00
$0.055
$0.155
$6.50
$0.090
$0.290
$7.00
$0.217
$0.830
$7.50
$0.300
$1.060
$8.00
$0.475
$1.360
It probably makes the most sense to
wait to sign up until we have a clearer
picture of what prices might be doing in
2016. You will NOT automatically be
re-enrolled so you must contact your
FSA office to make an appointment. If
you did not sign up last year you may
do so this year if you qualify.