ACES High Calf program

Hello Everyone, With the ongoing drought, we thought it would be best to slightly modify the ACES High Certified Calf program in response. The concern is that if producers purchase the program tags now and then are forced to wean early (and ship calves), that money would be wasted. Thus, we will only require vaccine receipts, date of first calf born, and date of last calf born (or branding date) to get started. There will be no tags until fall weaning which will allow time to evaluate range conditions and the ability to wean for 45 days. This makes the program no cost to the producer until he/she has the opportunity to see what their range and feed situation is later this summer or early fall. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thanks for all the help! Craig. NMSU Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources Extension Beef Cattle Specialist