Beef
Council to Consider Funding Request
for
SDSU Phosphorus Research
PIERRE
(September 27, 2005)—Directors of the South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC)
voiced their general support of a project that could provide valuable
information for livestock producers developing manure management plans in the
state.
During the SDBIC Annual Meeting September 24, directors agreed to study further
whether the $1-per-head beef checkoff can be utilized in any way to help fund
parts of the
The
research is intended to provide information to assist livestock producers who
must develop and implement nutrient management plans using phosphorus as the
limiting factor. The information, says SDSU researcher Dr. Frank Schindler, who
presented the research project to the SDBIC board, is expected to be beneficial
in achieving desired plant production and water quality protection. While
research on soils in the eastern portion of the state has been completed, the
project needs additional funding to complete soil analysis in the western
portion of
“As state and federal regulations concerning nutrient management and
phosphorus levels come into play, our directors understand that this is an
important issue to cattle producers across the state,” says
According to Gerdes, the SDBIC Research Committee will study the research
project more closely and confer with the SDSU researchers and with the
Cattlemens’ Beef Promotion and Research Board (CBB) to determine if there are
any portions of the study which would fall within the checkoff parameters. They
will then report back to the SDBIC Executive Board and full board.
The SDBIC collects the $1-per-head beef checkoff in