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Livestock Auction Goes High Tech by Veronica Mosgrove Spring Forward Don’t forget to set clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9 VOL. 97, No. 5 www.LDAF.la.gov March 6, 2014 Livestock auction goes high tech By Veronica Mosgrove Over at Amite Livestock Sales in Amite, La., a missed that information,” said LDAF Assistant Please deliver this Market Bulletin to: camera sits above the area where cattle, goats, pigs, Commissioner John Walther. sheep and other livestock are auctioned off to the While the auction process is still the same, it’s the highest bidder. technology that is new. Michelle “This is very new. We’ve only Ricks came from Independence to had it in use for a week,” said buy goats and cows. She said she Amite Livestock Office Manager may have some concerns if the auc- Hannah Hendry. “We’re using it so tion allows bidding online in the sellers can watch the cattle sales future. and monitor the market. If it “I’m not a computer person. I feel proves effective, eventually, we’ll like you need to be hands on for use it to take bids online.” something like this,” said Ricks. Hendry says she’s already gotten “What if you’re trying to bid on feedback from people who say something and the technology fails?” they saw the first auction online. Others seem to embrace the new The auctions are held once a week technology. Emmet Root of Denham on a Tuesday. People from as far Springs brought a cow to the sale away as Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, barn to sell. “I’m not here every Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota and Washington week, but I like to keep up with what’s happening in were logged onto the site. the market, so I would like to use the online serv- “The goal is to let people see how much the live- ice,” said Root. stock are selling for. This technology is replacing Amite Livestock Sales is the first sale barn in the the old market news reports that used to be put out state to use this technology. To watch the sale live, by the USDA. Louisiana Department of Agriculture go to www.CattleUSA.com. Register to login then and Forestry (LDAF) employees would supply the click view on the sale page. market information to the USDA, but when the Livestock sales are scheduled every Tuesday at USDA stopped funding the project, people really 10:30 a.m. Page 2 MARKET BULLETIN March 6, 2014 Louisiana Agriculture & Forestry Today Mississippi Man Accused in Timber Theft Baton Rouge, La. (February Forestry (LDAF). Berry is the failed to remit full payment for with Berry were unsuccessful,” 19, 2014) – A man from owner/operator of Hospitality forest products as required by said LDAF Commissioner Mike Picayune, Mississippi is accused Logging. law. Berry entered into agree- Strain, D.V.M. of not paying three different Investigators say this arrest ments with the landowners to har- Investigators say the landown- landowners for timber investiga- comes on the heels of a two vest a total of 36 acres of mar- ers are owed $550, $1,539.86 and tors say he cut near Mount month long investigation con- ketable timber from property $5,521.30. Hermon, La. ducted after three separate owned by the victims. Berry is charged with three Sixty-year-old Donald Ray Washington Parish landowners “At the conclusion of the timber counts of failure to remit payment Berry was arrested in Bogalusa, filed complaints against Berry. harvest, each landowner says they to owners for timber. La. Monday, Feb. 17 by investi- Between June and November realized that they were owed Berry was booked into the gators with the Louisiana 2013, Berry allegedly cut timber additional payments from Berry. Washington Parish Jail. 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