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SENATE VOTES gain advantage and opportu- The Midwest Cattleman · August 10, 2023 · P12
continued from page 3 nities to surveil our nation’s
capabilities and resources,”
granted to a prohibited coun- says Rounds. “This common-
try. sense provision will make
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), our homeland more secure.”
who helped push the legisla- The amendments will now
tive changes, says the time make their way to the House
for foreign landownership floor. If the House majority
action is now. votes in favor of the provi-
“These four adversaries sions, they will become law.
view America as their top Drovers
competitor and only wish to

NEW FARMLAND BILL WOULD CREATE A PUBLIC
DATABASE FOR FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP
By Jim Wiesemeyer

Sens. Chuck Grassley a minimum of 10% of foreign
(R-Iowa) and Tammy Bald- ag land ownership reports
win (D-Wis.) introduced annually.
a new bipartisan bill, the The issue of foreign own- report on foreign investment annually for administration
Farmland Security Act ership is increasingly im- impacts. The bill further as amended in the Agricul-
of 2023, seeking to further portant as nearly half of U.S. emphasizes transparency, tural Foreign Investment
boost transparency in foreign ag land is owned by individ- complete and accurate data Disclosure Act.
ownership of U.S. farmland. uals aged 65 and over, and collection, and greater un- Other stipulations include
The legislation builds approximately 100 million derstanding of foreign own- USDA research into foreign
upon measures introduced acres are expected to change ership. ownership of agricultural
by the same senators in the hands over the next decade The new legislation intro- production capacity and for-
Farmland Security Act of due to retirement. duces stricter penalties for eign participation in U.S. ag,
2022 and amendments to the What's included in the non-compliant foreign own- along with investigations
1978 Agricultural Foreign Farmland Security Act of ers or "shell companies" by into the use of "shell compa-
Investment Disclosure Act. 2023? removing the current fee cap nies". State and county-level
This bill would require great- The measure necessitates of 25% of land valuation, im- staff would also be trained
er transparency for foreign a transition to a digital filing posing a 100% land valuation to identify non-reporting for-
purchases of U.S. ag land, system and a public database fee for non-reporting shell eign-owned farmland.
impose stronger penalties for on foreign ownership for re- companies unless corrected
reporting non-compliance, searching ownership trends. within 60 days of notifica- Drovers
and mandate USDA to audit It also requires the USDA to tion. It authorizes $2 million

LIFE their right ears. I immediate- CREEP GRAZING and quantity exert on gains

continued from page 5 ly began a most unprofession- continued from page 7 of creep-grazed calves.
al rant, then shook my head, Creep grazing has a few
before taking on the world. embarrassed for myself, as gate in the fence line or at other indirect benefits. One
As I entered the classroom, well as the students. the gate separating the creep is that calves do not get as fat
all of them were holding their Abruptly, the entire class grazing area from the main as when they are fed a grain-
heads a little low, reluctant to exploded in laughter, as every pasture. Another method is based creep feed and may not
make eye contact, with each one of the future educators to use one strand of electric receive price discounts often
resting the side of their head removed their fake earrings. wire to allow calves to graze applied to calves fed an un-
on their right hand. while keeping cows out. Plac- limited high energy creep
Sensing something wasn’t ing this single strand of wire feed. Replacement heifers
quite right, I started the class 36 to 42 inches above the may get too fat if fed a grain-
based creep feed and have re-
by stating, “Last night was NO HERD ground will allow calves to duced milk production. This
your last one as a carefree continued from page 6 pass under while keeping the problem is less likely to occur
college student, so I trust you cows out. when using forage as a creep
Similar to grain creep
got everything out of your er cattle prices this year rep- feeds, the added weight gain feed.
system, so that you can now resents a growing market from creep grazing depends Most experiments that
start your professional ca- incentive for the beef cattle on pasture quality. Regard- track cow weight change
reer as a teacher.” industry to transition from less of forage quality, creep and calf milk intake show
The self-appointed leader liquidation to herd expansion, grazing should have a pos- that calves consume all the
of the group slowly rose. In a but it does not appear that itive effect on calf perfor- milk available whether they
voice that was low and barely the industry is responding mance. Daily gains tend to are fed creep feed or not.
audible, he said, “Doc, we are yet. Feeder cattle prices will be less than the full fed en- Creep feeding simply does
really sorry to let you down, continue to increase to jump- ergy creep systems. Daily not change or improve cow
but we all got very drunk start heifer retention, which gains are usually increased weights or body condition.
last night and had our ears will lead to even higher prices by 10 to 20 percent with Calves prefer milk first, pal-
pierced.” as feeder supplies are further creep grazing. However, im- atable creep feed second,
At that point, with shame squeezed with fewer heifers provements in daily gains of then forage.
in their eyes, they all low- in the feeder cattle supply. 0 to 50 percent have been re- Drovers
ered their hands, and I could ported. This underscores the
see diamond studs in each of effects that pasture quality