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INSIDE WLJ WOLF TRAVELS TO CALIFORNIA—Following a month long soNIA journ across Oregon, the wolf designated OR-7 by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials has become the first verified member of the species to enter California in nearly 90 years. While wolf movement is expected, California ranchers said this one came across a little faster than expected. Page 9 RED ANGUS SECTION— SECTION—This week’s edition of WLJ includes a special Red Angus feature section.

This feature includes a wide array of management articles from the Red Angus Association of America and advertising from some of the breed’s best Red Angus producers.

Section starts on Page 14.

FAR WEST PROPERTIES— PROPERTIES—Included this week is a special farm and ranch real estate section highlighting properties from some of the Far West region’s premier real estate brokerages. Agents throughout the area say that recreational activities are opening up new market opportunities. Section starts on Page 22.

NANOTECHNOLOGY LAWSUIT LAWSUIT— Consumer safety and environmental groups sued the Food and Drug Administration last month citing scientific reports cautioning against the unregulated use of nanotechnology in consumer products. The case is the first lawsuit over the health and environmental risks of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. Page 32 INDEX Beef Bits .................................P-3 Sale Reports ...........................P-8 Markets.................................P-35 Classifieds ............................P-36 Sale Calendar .......................P-39

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Proposed legislation targets hidden cameras in agriculture While the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is hailing the demise of Florida legislation that would have restricted undercover video and photos, other states are working to get similar legislation passed.

In Iowa, a bill introduced by Democratic Sen. Joe Seng and Republican Sen. Tim Kapucian would make it illegal to take a job or gain access to an animal facility under false pretenses.

Iowa’s House File 589, known as the “ag gag bill,” if passed would become the nation’s toughest legislation against animal rights activists who use what they call covert operations to take videos and photos of alleged animal cruelty.

The bill would make it illegal to videotape at farms, ranches, and other animal operations while undercover. Producers say the legislation is needed to protect Iowa against activists who deliberately cast their operations in a negative light and continue videotaping rather than reporting abuse immediately.

Animal welfare groups claim the undercover recording is vital to protect livestock and food safety and that they must document multiple instances of abuse to show a pattern.

Other states with similar pending legislation include Indiana, Nebraska, New York and Minnesota.

Iowa’s bill passed the House last year, but stalled in the Senate after the attorney general’s office pointed out potential legal challenges the bill would create.

Based on freedom of speech, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that films exposing animal cruelty are legal.

Iowa’s Senate rewrote the bill in late 2011, eliminating the false pretenses language that prohibited animal activists from lying to employers. The rewritten language makes it a crime to enter or remain at an agricultural operation or to have a recording device without express permission from

the owner.

According to Kapucian, the primary wording makes it illegal for an applicant to lie on a job application, and is specific to animal agriculture production.

Critics contended last year that current trespassing law already See Videos on page 33

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Cattle Inventory Report confirms drought losses USDA’ Cattle Inventory Report came in with few surprises since the industry has continued to liquidate throughout severely drought-stricken areas. The report did show some early signs of expansion interest, but ranchers continue to remain cautious on reports that the drought may not be over.

The historic drought conditions have taken their toll on some states, including Texas, where the cow herd in 2011 lost more than 150,000 head, three times more than the 45,000 re-

corded in 2010.

Released Jan. 27 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, and USDA, the Jan. 1 cattle inventory numbers were down by 2 percent.

All cattle and calves in the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2012, totaled 90.8 million head, 2 percent below the 92.7 million on Jan. 1, 2011. This is the lowest Jan. 1 inventory of all cattle and calves since the 88.1 million on hand in 1952.

All cows and heifers that have calved were at 39.1 million, down

Fed cattle trade softens ahead of inventory report LIVE STEERS DRESSED STEERS CME FEEDER $200.00 $155.37 $124.00 WEEK ENDING: 2/2/2012

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Anticipation of last week’s winter weather sparked an early rally on Tuesday. The much anticipated winter storm in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa bolstered feedlot offering prices.

Cash fed cattle markets were lightly tested last week, with a few cattle selling in Iowa at $124-126 live and $1.96-1.98 dressed.

There was some softening in the beef markets and futures contracts traded lower for much of the week, lending to last week’s price decline.

In the Southern Plains and Nebraska, live sales sold at $124 the previous week. In Colorado, live sales sold at $123 and in the western Corn Belt, live sales sold from $123-124 with dressed sales at $200.

Fed cattle selling in the auction markets of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota have been trading steady to $.50-1 lower compared to the same sales the previous week.

“Demand,” not “supply,” remains the greatest challenge confronting this market. Carcass weight data for the second consecutive week showed signs of marketings not keeping pace with the increasing supply of market-ready cattle. The perfect witch’s brew combining higher replacement costs than the current selling price, fed cattle selling prices above the cost of gain, and a premium futures structure provide reasons that some producers may choose to defer marketings. The annual cattle inventory report contained few surprises. Total inventories were reported at 98 percent of the prior year. Heifers for replacements were up, while dairy heifers for replacements were down. Cattle inventories have been in decline since 1975. However, the decline in cattle inventories has been almost totally offset by rising carcass weights. Beef production has not declined commensurate with the decline in cattle inventories.

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2 percent from the 40 million on Jan. 1, 2011.

Beef cows, at 29.9 million, were down 3 percent from Jan. 1, 2011.

Milk cows, at 9.2 million, were up 1 percent from Jan. 1, 2011.

Other class estimates on Jan. 1, 2012, and the change from Jan. 1, 2011, include: • All heifers 500 pounds and over, 19.4 million, down 1 percent.

• Beef replacement heifers, 5.2 million, up 1 percent.

• Milk replacement heifers, 4.5 million, down 1 percent.

• Other heifers, 9.6 million, down 2 percent.

• Steers weighing 500 pounds and over, 16.1 million, down 2 percent.

• Bulls weighing 500 pounds and over, 2.1 million, down 5 percent.

• Calves under 500 pounds, 14.1 million, down 3 percent.Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in all feedlots, 14.1 million, were up 1 percent.

The combined total of calves under 500 pounds, and other heifers and steers over 500 pounds outside of feedlots, was 25.7 million, down 4 percent.

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BLM and Forest Service announce 2012 grazing fee The federal grazing fee for 2012 will be $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM) for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and $1.35 per head month (HM) for lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2012 fee is the same as last year’s.

An AUM or HM—treated as equivalent measures for fee purposes—is the occupancy and use of public lands by one cow and her calf, one horse, or five sheep or goats for a month. The newly calculated grazing fee, determined by a congressional formula and effective on March 1, applies to nearly 18,000 grazing permits and leases administered by BLM and more than 8,000 permits administered by the Forest Service.

The formula used for calculating the grazing fee, which was established by Congress in the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act, has continued under a presidential Executive Order issued in 1986. Under that order, the grazing fee cannot fall below $1.35 per AUM, and any increase or decrease cannot exceed 25 percent of the previous year’s level.

The annually determined grazing fee is computed by using a 1966

base value of $1.23 per AUM/HM for livestock grazing on public lands in western states. The figure is then calculated according to three factors—current private grazing land lease rates, beef cattle prices, and the cost of livestock production. In effect, the fee rises, falls, or stays the same based on market conditions, with livestock operators paying more when conditions are better and less when conditions have declined.

The 2012 grazing fee of $1.35 per AUM/HM grazing fee applies to 16 western states on public lands administered by BLM and the Forest Service. The states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Permit holders and lessees may contact their local BLM or U.S. Forest Service office for additional information.

BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more land—over 245 million surface acres—than any other federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 western states, including Alaska.—WLJ

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COMMENTS Market turmoil ahead

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ast week’s annual cattle inventory report showed that cattle numbers were much lower than expected, down 2.1 percent from last year. The drought in the southwest can perhaps take sole responsibility for most of the decline, with Texas eliminating 660,000 cows and CROW Oklahoma removing 288,000 cows, nearly a million head in just two states.

However, many cattle were moved and many outfits in the northern and western states were able to increase cattle numbers. Still, at the end of the day, beef cow numbers are the lowest since 1962 and total cattle numbers are the lowest since 1950. We’re down to 29.88 million beef cows, which is 3.1 percent lower than a year ago, the largest single year decline since 1986 when we experienced a 4.7 percent decline in one year.

Beef cow numbers have declined 12 out of the last 14 years, which makes one wonder who is going to step up to the plate and take advantage of the opportunities that lie ahead in the cow/calf sector. One aspect of the report that was interesting is that commercial cattle slaughter has declined 6.8 percent since 1996 but beef production has grown by 3.1 percent, showing just how efficient the industry has become. Better management, genetics, feeding protocol and nutrition have all played a role in producing an average carcass weight of 850 pounds and helping the U.S. cattle industry remain a global competitor.

One surprise in the report was beef heifer retention was up. Beef producers have 1.4 percent more replacement heifers, 5.212 million head to be exact, and some analysts are calling it a positive signal for herd growth. We have heard and seen a lot of anecdotal information about increased heifer retention this fall, but, the drought in the southwest seemed to quell many of those ideas. Where there was feed, there were more cattle.

Last year, the beef industry slaughtered nearly 3.8 million beef cows and with 5.2 million replacement heifers going back into production, we may start to see beef cow numbers begin to rise. With the price of feeder cattle, there has never been a better signal to increase beef cow numbers and as we’ve said for the past several months, the value of all classes of cattle is likely to stay relatively strong for several years.

Low cattle supplies have put a good foundation underneath many cow/calf operations, although we still have a demand situation that is perplexing at best. Exports have come in and saved the market for now and they are expected to remain steady going forward. Retail beef prices are going to need to go much higher to provide sustainability to other sectors of the beef industry. There is a huge price disparity between feeders, packers and retailers.

This will start to create some problems in the near future.

Packers have started reducing slaughter rates and it looks like a weekly kill of 620,000 head may be as good as it gets for a while. The futures markets have shown no cover on fed cattle going forward.

Steve Meyer, CME Group economist, said in the Daily Livestock Report that, “The beef [industry is in] a capacity-driven situation. The beef packing sector has been over-sized relative to cattle numbers for some time. Some reconciliation has occurred over the past few years but there is more capacity than can be profitably supported, and that situation is going to get much worse over the next 18-24 months.” You could also add feeding capacity to the equation.

Meyer said, “This margin situation has been brewing for some time as well. Meat margins for beef packers has been negative for the majority of weeks since mid-2010. This situation has become critical since Oct. 1 when the beef margin hit a negative $105.89 and the low was Christmas week with a negative $123.59. There are more cattle in feedlots than a year ago but the placements of lightweight cattle have made it difficult to predict the flow of market ready cattle. Prices are evidence that market ready supplies of cattle are tight and they will get even tighter.”

If retail beef prices don’t climb higher and cover the cost of production, the market will more than likely show us lower cattle prices that are in line with the consumer’s ability to purchase. Something is going to give in the markets. Lower inventory may not lead to higher prices. — PETE CROW

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KAY’S korner Industry leaders have rightly focused on the shrinking U.S. cattle herd as one of the industry’s biggest issues. While a smaller herd means higher prices for cow/calf producers, it means small or negative margins for everyone else in the beef chain. And it’s not healthy for only one sector to be making money.

More significantly, the declining herd erodes the industry’s structure and forces consolidation that reduces options for everyone in the chain, from ranch to retail. Declining numbers means fewer cattle through livestock markets, feedlots and packing plants.

This forces operators in each sector out of business.

It also forces consolidation in the many allied businesses that supply cattlerelated products.

USDA’s annual cattle inventory report included two minor surprises. The first was that the herd on Jan. 1, versus a year earlier, was smaller than expected.

Most analysts had a total just over 91 million head.

USDA’s total was 90.769 million, down 2.1 percent.

This was the smallest total since 1952’s 88.072 million head and the way the calf crops are declining, the national herd might shrink as low as that number before growing again. USDA put the 2011 crop at 35.313 million, down 381,000 head or 1.1 percent. The 2012 crop might fall by more than

Shrinking herd dooms plants

800,000 head or another 2.3 percent, say analysts.

That’s because of the 3.1 percent decline in the number of beef cows and because drought stress might force a lot of cows in southern states not to carry a calf this year.

The second surprise was that the number of heifers kept back for beef cow replacements was 730,000 head or 1.4 percent larger than last year. Analysts had forecast the number to be down. This is positive for arresting the decline in herd numbers. But it has a negative impact on markets, feedlots and packing plants because fewer heifers will go through these channels. Feeder cattle supplies might decline for another two or three years before they start expanding again.

With this in mind, I wonder where those folk who plan to open new or formerly closed beef processing plants think they will get cattle from. A new plant has been in the works for more than five years in Aberdeen, SD. Northern Beef Packers has spent in excess of $70 million to build the plant and reports keep suggesting it is closer to opening. The plant will supposedly have the capacity to process 1,500 head per day. To get to this level though, the plant will have to encourage cattle to remain in South Dakota. The state had 320,000 head on feed on Jan. 1, but these cattle all go to packers in neighboring states.

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Meanwhile, there are plans to reopen a beef processing plant in Tama, IA, with a checkered history of closures. The former Tama Meat Packing plant operated most recently as Iowa Quality Beef in 2003-2004.

It has been shuttered since then. Several other packers and entities looked at the plant before a Nebraskabased investment group bought it. Roy Wigg, who previously worked for Greater Omaha Packing, heads the group. The opening of the plant will be around June, he says. The group apparently told city officials that the plant plans to begin with a custom kill of 50 to 80 head per day and gradually expand to 800 per day and eventually hire 350 employees.

Tama Mayor Dan Zimmerman says people in Tama are happy but they’re also a little leery because the plant has been opened and closed so many times.

People should be leery.

Cattle supplies are declining both nationally and in the region. Iowa had 1.3 million cattle on feed on Jan. 1 in all feedlots, down nearly 6 percent from a year earlier. Far fewer cattle are being fed by Corn Belt farmer-feeders and there’s nothing to suggest they will feed more cattle this year, especially if the price of corn remains high.

The shrinking national herd means steer and heifer slaughter will likely decline 1.5 percent this year from 2011. This will make

competition for cattle even more intense among longestablished packers. The Aberdeen and Tama plants, if they open, will only be able to buy cattle by bidding them away from other packers, i.e., pay more than the market average. But higher cattle costs means the plants will have to sell the beef at a premium.

That’s virtually impossible to do in a plant’s start-up phase. In fact, a new entrant has to sell its beef at a discount to buy its way into the market and to account for the lesser quality products that start-ups produce because of inexperienced line workers.

All this makes plans for a new $100 million multispecies meat processing plant in west-central Nevada even more removed from reality. Walker River Meat Processing claims it will break ground this spring on a 300,000-squarefoot facility. When operating at full capacity, the plant is expected to process up to 2,000 cattle, 2,500 pigs and 1,000 sheep and goats per day, says CEO Vincent Estell. Estell seems unaware that multi-species plants went out of fashion 20 years ago and that cattle numbers are at their lowest level in 60 years. — — Steve Kay [Steve Kay is Editor/ Publisher of Cattle Buyers Weekly, an industry newsletter published at P.O. Box 2533, Petaluma, CA, 94953; 707/765-1725.

Kay’s Korner appears exclusively in WLJ.]

The numbers are in

As expected, the cattle report issued last week by USDA confirmed that the U.S. beef cattle industry got smaller last year. The inventory of all cattle and calves on Jan. 1, 2012, was 90.77 million head, the smallest inventory since 1952.

The inventory of beef cows was 29.88 million head, the smallest since 1962, and the 2011 calf crop was 35.31 million head, the smallest since 1950. The estimated feeder supply on Jan. 1 was 25.85 million head, down 1.06 million head or 3.9 percent from a year earlier.

The report also confirms the unprecedented impact of the 2011 drought in the Southern Plains which led to the overall decrease in cattle inventories. Oklahoma experienced a decrease of 288,000 beef cows, down 14.3 percent in one year. This was by far the biggest decrease in Oklahoma as the result of a drought. The only bigger decrease occurred in 1976 as beef cow numbers fell from the all time record levels after a brief spike. Texas experienced a similar 13.1 percent decrease in beef cow numbers. In absolute terms. this loss of 660,000 cows in Texas is the largest one-year decline on record. Texas cattle inventories were down 10.5 percent while in Oklahoma, the inventory of all cattle and calves was down 11.8 percent. New Mexico also experienced drought, with all cattle and calves down 9.7 percent and beef cows down 10.9 percent. Decreased cattle and cow numbers were also noted for Louisiana, Arkansas and Kansas.

The regional variation in this report was perhaps the most interesting component of the numbers. While the report confirms the impact of the drought in the Southern Plains, it also confirms the expansion in other states. Large increases in major cattle states were noted, with beef cows in Iowa up 6.5 percent, Nebraska up 6.3 percent and Idaho up 5.2 percent. Some of this increase was due to relocation of cows from drought-impacted regions and some was due to internal herd expansion.

The beef replacement heifer numbers indicated similar differences in regional impacts and intentions. Sharp decreases in replacement heifers in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Missouri were offset by sharp increases in Nebraska, Iowa, Wyoming and Colorado. Overall, the 1 percent increase nationally in beef replacement heifers was the biggest surprise in the report relative to analysts’ expectations.

Overall, the report confirms the dramatic regional differences in outcomes regarding cattle numbers in 2011. The next newsletter will look at what the report suggests about the possibilities for the beef cattle industry in 2012. — Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist

Comparative US beef inventory...

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BEEF bits Elanco to buy ChemGen Indiana-based Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly, has announced it is acquiring ChemGen Corporation, a privately held company specializing in food enzyme products for poultry, egg and meat production. Elanco president Jeff Simmons, at the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, told reporters there’s a synergy between the two companies that will help them both help feed the world. “They have a lot of expertise in Asia and North America. We do in Latin America and Europe. We’ve got a lot of focus and efforts being done in ruminants, in cattle, dairy and beef and they have in pigs and poultry, so we see a species synergy as well.� ChemGen’s Terre Haute, IN, manufacturing facility and its headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD will remain in place. Simmons says the acquisition will help meet the growing demand for food, calling that “one of the most critical issues of our time.�

China’s VP to visit Iowa Agriculture is expected to be high on the agenda when Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Iowa in mid-February. Xi is considered the man most likely to be China’s next president and his U.S. visit is expected to garner considerable media coverage. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says it should be another great opportunity to showcase Iowa agriculture. “We got some chance to talk about a few of those issues when the caucus came through,� Northey says. “This is a chance to be able to talk about what Iowa does here, and selling our products around the world, and the technology that’s here—and maybe even get some Americans to understand a little bit more what it takes to be able to produce food in this world at this time.� Xi first visited Iowa in the mid-80s when he was an official of a Chinese feed association.

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Livestock groups find U.S. Forest Service planning rule unworkable The Public Lands Council (PLC), the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) said USDA’s Forest Service ignored concerns of industry and members of Congress, disregarded federal statute and defied logic in its preferred alternative forest planning rule which, according to a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement released by USDA on Jan. 26, 2012, will be issued as the final rule in 30 days. John Falen, PLC president and Nevada rancher, said the alternative plan is very similar to the proposed planning rule released as a draft in early 2011 that would have devastating long-term impacts on ranchers’ ability to access and responsibly manage the land and its resources. “Rather than listening to concerns from those of us who have devoted our livelihoods to raising livestock on federal lands, the Forest Service is continuing down

a path with this forest planning rule that will have long-term, chilling effects on my ability to do my job,�

Falen said. “If implemented, this final rule will thwart multiple-uses and will have rippling effects on the health of rural economies by shifting the focus from multipleuse to non-use and ‘preservation’ on the 155 forests and 20 grasslands that constitute the National Forest System.�

Margaret Soulen Hinson, ASI president and Idaho producer, said ASI, PLC and NCBA are extremely disappointed that the Forest Service opted to retain the requirement to “maintain viable populations of species of conservation concern� in the preferred alternative forest plan. She said the term “maintain viable population� does not appear in federal statute and has already proven a problem under the current planning rule as it is ill-defined and nearly impossible to achieve.

Japan loses contaminated cows Japanese authorities have lost track of nearly 3,000 dead cows suspected of containing high levels of radioactive caesium, according to news reports. The cows ate rice straw contaminated in the Fukushima nuclear disaster last spring. Last year, Japan’s health ministry ordered the testing of more than 4,500 beef cattle suspected of being contaminated with radiation. But according to a leading Japanese newspaper, so far, only a third have been tested, with the whereabouts of about 3,000 head of slaughtered cattle remaining a mystery. Of the tested meat, about 6 percent was found to contain radioactive caesium above the acceptable safe limit. Food safety experts say, however, that consumers would have to eat a significant amount of contaminated meat to suffer any damage to their health.

Beef trends good news A five-year look at consumer data from the checkofffunded Consumer Beef Index identifies some key trends, including: an ongoing rise in the percentage of consumers who say the positives of beef outweigh the negatives; more consumers saying they intend to eat more beef in the future versus less; and a smaller percentage of consumers saying they have heard a story about a beef “issue� in the news. Of concern, the Beef Board said, is the slightly reduced frequency of weekly beef meals, a trend many consumers tie to the recession and lingering concern about the nutritional merits of beef relative to other protein choices.

Soulen Hinson said there is no scientific consensus on what level of any given population is “viable� or how it is to be managed, and added that the new rule expands the provision beyond vertebrates to all species, including fungus and moss.

NCBA President and Montana cattleman Bill Donald said many aspects of the draft rule, which NCBA, PLC and ASI found unworkable and commented on, are still included in the preferred alternative planning rule.

Specifically, Donald said the requirement that the agency use the “best available science� would likely incite litigation. He added that the creation of a new category of protected species, completely unrelated to the Endangered Species Act, called “species of conservation concern� and determined at the whim of the regional forester, will negatively impact the livestock industry’s ability to access forest lands to raise healthy animals. Donald

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said the modified alternative is, in ways, worse than the draft rule. “It seems that the Forest Service is intent on lockingup the forest system and locking-out ranchers from land that we have responsibly managed for decades,�

Donald said. “The Forest Service needs to scrap this aberration and work with multiple-use industries and members of Congress on a planning rule that truly will preserve the health and sustainability of forest lands across the country.�

Donald, Falen and Soulen Hinson said NCBA, PLC and ASI support certain aspects of the rule, such as the requirement that individuals who object to plans and plan amendments must have filed formal comments during the public comment period. They said this provision will prevent “radical environmental litigators� from purposefully abstaining from involvement until the time is right to sue. — WLJ

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SimAngus - “Making Money Naturally” Berry Anderson, Manager Tree Top Ranches, “Bar CK bulls and their calves are by far the best disposition cattle we have. We have turned the bulls out in big, rough country and they have come back in good shape. We produced nearly 6200 calves last year; the Bar CK sire group of over 1750 was the heaviest weaning. This year we have retained a higher percentage of the heifers sired by Bar CK bulls than any other sire group”.

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USDA unveils new plant hardiness zone map

USDA recently released the new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), updating a useful tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 1990 with greater accuracy and detail. The new map—jointly developed by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oregon State University’s (OSU) PRISM Climate Group—is available online at www.planthardiness.ars. usda.gov. ARS is the chief intramural scientific research agency of USDA. For the first time, the new map offers a Geographic Information System (GIS)based interactive format and is designed to be internetfriendly. The map website also incorporates a “find your zone by ZIP code” function. Static images of national, regional and state maps have also been included to ensure the map is readable to those who lack broadband internet access.

“This is the most sophisticated Plant Hardiness Zone Map yet for the United States,” said Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA under secretary for research, education and economics. “The increases in accuracy and detail that this map represents will be extremely useful for gardeners and researchers.”

Plant hardiness zone designations represent the average annual extreme minimum temperatures at a given location during a particular time period. They do not reflect the coldest it has ever been or ever will be at a specific location, but simply the average lowest winter temperature for the location over a specified time.

Low temperature during the winter is a crucial factor in the survival of plants at specific locations.

The new version of the map includes 13 zones, with the addition for the first time of zones 12 (50-60 degrees F) and 13 (60-70 degrees F).

Each zone is a 10 degree Fahrenheit band, further divided into A and B 5 degree Fahrenheit zones.

To help develop the new map, USDA and OSU requested that horticultural and climatic experts review the zones in their geographic area, and trial versions of the new map were revised based on their expert input.

Compared to the 1990 version, zone boundaries in this edition of the map have shifted in many areas. The new map is generally one 5 degree Fahrenheit half-zone warmer than the previous map throughout much of the U.S. This is mostly a result

of using temperature data from a longer and more recent time period; the new map uses data measured at weather stations during the 30-year period 1976-2005. In contrast, the 1990 map was based on temperature data from only a 13-year period of 1974-1986.

Some of the changes in the zones, however, are a result of new, more sophisticated methods for mapping zones between weather stations.

These include algorithms that considered for the first time such factors as changes in elevation, nearness to large bodies of water, and position on the terrain, such as valley bottoms and ridge tops. Also, the new map used temperature data from many more stations than did the 1990 map. These advances greatly improved the accuracy and detail of the map, especially in mountainous regions of the western U.S. In some cases, advances resulted in changes to cooler, rather than warmer, zones.

While about 80 million American gardeners, as well as those who grow and breed plants, are the largest users of the USDA PHZM, many others need this hardiness zone information. For example, the USDA Risk Management Agency uses the USDA plant hardiness zone designations to set some crop insurance standards.

Scientists use the plant hardiness zones as a data layer in many research models such as modeling the spread of exotic weeds and insects.

Although a poster-sized version of this map will not be available for purchase from USDA, as in the past, anyone may download the map free of charge from the internet onto their personal computer and print copies of the map as needed.

As USDA’s chief scientific research agency, ARS is leading America toward a better future through agricultural research and information. ARS conducts research to develop and transfer solutions to help answer agricultural questions that impact Americans every day.

ARS work helps to: • ensure high-quality, safe food, and other agricultural products; • assess the nutritional needs of Americans; • sustain a competitive agricultural economy; • enhance the natural resource base and the environment; and • provide economic opportunities for rural citizens, communities, and society as a whole. — WLJ

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Winnemucca Invitational Bull Sale Black Angus - Red Angus - Charolais Hereford - Gelbvieh - Balancer

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Inventory (from page 1)

Calf crop down 1 percent The 2011 calf crop was estimated at 35.3 million head, down 1 percent from 2010. This is the smallest calf crop since the 34.9 million born during 1950.

Calves born during the first half of 2011 are estimated at 25.7 million, down 1 percent from 2010.

All inventory and calf crop estimates for July 1, 2010, Jan. 1, 2011, and July 1, 2011, were reviewed using calf crop, official slaughter, import and export data, and the relationship of new survey information to the prior surveys. Based on the findings of this review, small adjustments of less than 0.5 percent were made to previously released inventory estimates by class and calf crop.

State level estimates were reviewed and changes were made to reallocate inventory and calf crop estimates to the U.S. total.

The Texas herd declined 1.4 million head to 11.9 million cattle and calves as of Jan. 1, an 11 percent decline

from a year earlier. Cow numbers declined 12 percent down 650,000 to 4.8 million cows. That is the biggest decline in the Texas cattle herd in nearly 150 years of record-keeping.

Dr. David Anderson, AgriLife Extension livestock marketing economist in College Station, cited Texas Animal Health Commission out shipment data, which is the number of animals receiving veterinary inspection certificates prior to interstate movement.

“Out shipments are cattle moving out of state from Texas and they might also be called Texas’ cattle exports to other states,” he said. “Reported out shipments rose dramatically above 2010 in August-October. Total cattle reported shipped out of state in 2011 was 1.113 million head, 287,000 more than in 2010.”

Top destinations for all Texas cattle outshipments were Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Nebraska.

“Those states were also the top destinations for Texas cattle in 2010,” he said.

“The value in this data is certainly that it shows the general trends in cattle

movements and highlights the effect of the drought in moving cattle numbers.”

Similar declines were seen in Oklahoma, where the total cattle and calves declined 12 percent to 4.5 million head, a loss of 600,000 animals. Cow numbers in Oklahoma totaled 1.78 million head as of Jan. 1, down 90,000 or 14 percent from a year earlier.

In Kansas, cow numbers and total cattle and calves both declined 3 percent for the year.

As expected, some of the animals moved north. Nebraska’s total herd increased 250,000, or 4 percent, last year to 6.45 million animals.

The Cornhusker State added 80,000 cows to 1.94 million head at a 6 percent increase for the year. That now makes Nebraska the second-largest cattle-producing state in the nation.

Colorado cow numbers increased 4 percent to 880,000 while total cattle and calves increased 4 percent to 2.75 million head. Iowa’s total herd held steady for the year but cow numbers increased 5 percent to 1.1 million head.

Another interesting note, the report shows that while

total cow numbers declined 12 percent in Texas last year, dairy cow numbers in the state increased 2 percent to 435,000. In fact, all of the western states added to their dairy cow herd. Arizona increased 3 percent, New Mexico added 4 percent, California increased 2 percent, Nevada added 4 percent, Utah up 3 percent, Oregon increased 2 percent, Washington increased 4 percent, Idaho added 1 percent and Colorado jumped 7 percent for the year.

Replacement dairy heifer numbers were down in Texas and New Mexico.

Cattle prices are predicted to continue to be at all-time highs, according to analysts.

Retail beef prices are also expected to remain high, reflecting less supply.

Slaughter numbers continued to escalate in 2011 due to drought, Anderson said.

“The southwest region, which is Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, slaughtered almost 200,000 more beef cows in 2011 than the year before,” he said. “Nationwide, beef cow slaughter numbers were up 170,000 head. And also fewer heifers were held back to enter the cow herds due to the dry conditions. Each of these contributed to the Texas smaller cow herd.” — Traci Eatherton, WLJ Editor

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Protecting the range herd; Non-lethal strategies for ranching with wolves For many states in the west, wolves are again a reality of the range. Even if you’re not in a wolf state, it’s a good bet coyotes, feral dogs, bears or some other predator has or might bother your cattle.

Predator management practices, listing status, shooting laws, public opinion and other factors vary from state to state. While most states—including wolf states—have “caught in the act” rules which allow ranchers to shoot predators observed hassling their herd, this and other lethal control measures are not always available.

There are many non-lethal ways of protecting a range herd. Depending on your operation and the laws of your area some non-lethal defense strategies might work for you.

Herd maintenance Speedy management of attractants—carcasses of dead animals, sick or injured animals and afterbirths following calving—can go a long way in preventing predatorlivestock interaction.

The complete removal of carcasses is ideal, but if a carcass dump pit is used, it must be deep enough, fenced and well-maintained to prevent it from becoming a scavenger’s buffet. Most predators will readily scavenge.

Calving in protected or restricted areas can allow for clean-up of afterbirths, the smell of which can attract canines from miles away.

Benefits: Makes for cleaner pastures. Prevents the spread of carrion-borne diseases, etc. Reduces scavengers such as vultures, buzzards, crows, etc., as well as predators.

Limitations: Not always possible on open range or on public land. Impractical for many operations.

Grazing strategy If you know your herd is grazing near predator dens and you have the ability, altering your grazing territory during key times (i.e. calving) can go a long way to saving cattle. If the herd and susceptible animals are farther from would-be predators, depredation is less likely.

Benefits: Fairly simple.

Minimal involvement.

Limitations: Not always possible on open range or on public land. Impractical for many operations.

Range riders Having someone—either you, a family member or an employee—out with the cattle is likely the best form of protection. Direct human observation of your herd will protect against thieves as well as predators.

Benefits: Hands-on observation and protection of livestock. Creates local jobs. Fast action and response to threats. Protects against livestock theft as well as depredation. Pairs well with guardian animals, especially dogs.

Limitations: Costly for the additional employee(s).

Riders can become bored or inattentive due to long stretches of inactivity. Riders in some areas (i.e. Mexican border states) may be in danger from political conflict or related illegal activity.

Non-lethal rounds Use of beanbag or rubber rounds which strike the of-

fending predator without killing them is a possibility.

The point is to scare the predator with the sound of the firing weapon and the unexpected pain of the impact rather than cause lasting harm.

Benefits: Fits with existing armed behaviors without killing predators.

Limitations: Non-lethal rounds can cause harm to environment and people if used improperly. Requires official training in some states. Illegal to use on some animals and/or in some states.

Guardian animals Guardian animals have been around nearly as long as man has kept livestock.

Though dogs are the most common, other animals such as donkeys or llamas can fulfill the same role.

All guardian animals must be trained or conditioned to the role, and some animals are less effective, depending on terrain and livestock to be guarded.

Benefits: “All natural” approach appeals to the public.

Guardian dogs pair well with range rider strategies by acting as an alert system. A variety of guardian animals exist to choose from.

Limitations: Guardian animals are not widely suited to cattle herds or wide-ranging herds. Guardian dogs can increase wolf interaction if too near wolf dens when there are wolf pups. Guardian dogs rarely survive violent encounters with wolves or packs of coyotes or feral dogs. Guardians can be aggressive towards unknown people, making them a public risk. Locating, purchasing and training guardian animals is time- and resourceconsuming.

Fencing Putting up a physical barrier between livestock and potential predators is a very direct form of protection.

Fencing needs depend on the area, your livestock and what animals you are trying to keep out.

For the most part, fencing needs to be tall enough to prevent predators from jumping over it, low enough to prevent predators from digging under it, and the spacing between wires or crossbars needs to be narrow enough to prevent predators from climbing though it.

Depending on your situation, electrified fencing might be an option.

Benefits: Is a physical barrier against both predators and thieves. Prevents cattle from different herds from mixing. Allows for a number of other deterrent strategies. Might prevent other wildlife (i.e. deer, elk, pronghorn, etc.) from mixing with cattle.

Limitations: Not possible for herds on public lands.

Requires regular maintenance. Expensive depending upon size of property to be fenced.

Fladry Fladry involves the use of mobile flag-like items on the fencing surrounding livestock. It can include simple fabric, plastic, or paper streamers, reflective materials or even balloons.

The goal is to have items on the fence line which move.

The movement and novel presence of the fladry items

discourage wolves from approaching fenced livestock.

Electrified fladry is also a possibility and is often called “turbo-fladry.”

Benefits: Very inexpensive. Highly mobile fencing can be used. Fladry lines can be set up easily by a single individual.

Limitations: Cattle tend to chew on fladry. Frequent maintenance is required.

Wolves and other predators can get accustomed to fladry (studies claim 60 days of effectiveness at best) and make it useless. Effective usage requires livestock be concentrated.

RAG Boxes

nearby of wolf presence. Records data about offending wolves. Well accepted by the public. Designed by a rancher.

Limitations: Only works on radio-collared wolves.

Wolves can become accustomed to RAG box reactions.

Scare tactics intended for predators can also scare livestock. Requires fencing. Not effective for un-corralled or wide-ranging herds.

Taste aversion While leaving poisoned carcasses out for predators to eat is illegal almost everywhere, similar tactics can be used with non-lethal noxious chemicals to train predators

Since many wolves today are fitted with radio collars for monitoring their movement, radio activated guard (RAG) boxes can be effective deterrents.

RAG boxes emit loud noises and strobe lights when a radio-collared wolf comes within range. The boxes cycle through a wide range of sounds in an effort to prevent wolves from growing accustomed to the reaction.

Benefits: Alerts anyone

to associate livestock with bad tastes and intestinal discomfort.

Several long-running studies in the southwest have been conducted on the Mexican Grey Wolf to condition wolves against eating beef prior to being reintroduced.

Some research suggests conditioned adults pass on their trained aversion to eating beef to their pups via “feeding tradition.”

Benefits: Non-lethal method that may be passed on to new generations of predators. Utilizes/reuses a dead animal for a beneficial purpose. Research indicates this strategy is highly effective on an individual preda-

tor basis.

Limitations: Not legal everywhere. Frequently requires official oversight. Can cause lethal results in mixedpredator areas. Treated carcasses will attract predators and scavengers to the area.

If you find yourself dealing with predators and lethal control options are limited, there are a number of nonlethal strategies that may work for your operation.

For more information on what options are available to you, contact your local Extension officer, Fish and Game representative, and/or your local beef or cattlemen’s association. — Kerry Halladay, WLJ Editor

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SALE reports BALDRIDGE BROS. ANNUAL ANGUS BULL SALE Jan. 28, Platte, NE 227 Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,617 Auctioneers: Al Conover and Seth Weishaar Jud and Jeff Baldridge and families held a very successful event. The sale included 2-year-old, fall yearling and spring yearGIES ling bulls. The goal here is and has been to produce genetics that function problem free and provide top levels of performance under practical conditions. Several different sire groups were offered. A huge crowd of mostly commercial breeders were in the seats and many were repeat buyers from reputation outfits. The Baldridges pride themselves in their customer relationships.

Buying went at a very strong pace with very competitive bidding taking about three hours to complete. TOPS: Lot 56, Baldridge Xpand X227, 4/27/10 by Hoover Dam; to JHL Ranch, Ashby, NE, $22,000. Lot 223, Baldridge Yahoo Y58, 2/17/11 by Baldridge Waylon W34; to Accelerated Genetics and Currant Creek Angus, Roundup, MT, $19,500. Lot 222, Baldridge Yahoo Y50, 2/16/11

by Baldridge Waylon W34; to Signal Butte Ranch, Lewellen, NE, $17,000.

Lot 2, Baldridge Yardstick Y11, 2/10/11 by Styles Upgrade J59; to DBL Angus, Fullerton, NE, $15,000.

Lot 221, Baldridge Yahoo Y34, 2/14/11 by Baldridge Waylon W34; to Poss Angus, Scotia, NE, $15,000. Lot 1, Baldridge Yardstick Y1, 1/26/11 by Styles Upgrade J59; to Carl Lutz, Parks, NE, $14,000. Lot 21, Baldricge Xplorer X160, 4/20/10 by Styles Upgrade J59; to Carl Lutz, Parks, NE, $13,000. Lot 208, Baldridge Yoda Y55, 2/16/11 by Woodhill Mainline; to Jim Lutz, Parks, NE, $12,000. Lot 108, Baldridge Xcursion X172, 4/22/10 by SAV Final Answer 0035; to Travis Lutz, Parks, NE, $12,000. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jim Gies MILL BAR ANGUS RANCH PRODUCTION SALE Jan. 27, McCook, NE

127 Yearling Angus bulls . .$5,538 91 Com. Angus bred heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,827 204 Com. Angus open heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,309 75 Com. Angus 3rd calving bred cows . . . . .1,857 Auctioneer: Joe Goggins Sale Management: American Angus Hall of Fame Mick and Marlene Cox and family offered a fine selection of Angus seedstockâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;large sire groups of top genetics including sons of Sitz Upward, SAV Bismark, SAV Pioneer, SAV Iron Mountain, SAV Hritage, SAV 707 Rito 9969 and Final Answer.

These bulls were bred to be efficient, yet be consumer friendly. Year after year, customers come to Mill Bar and this year was no exception. A huge crowd filled this arena with strong, steady competitive bidding at a rapid pace. The consistence, performance and product quality was impressive.

TOPSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bulls: Lot 49, Mill Bar Pioneer 6822, 01/01/11 by SAV Pioneer 7301; to Jeff Erickson, Wallace, NE, 2/3 interest & full possession, $12,000. Lot 64, Mill Bar Upward 6849, 01/01/11 by Sitz Upward 307R; to Krab, Inc., Paxton, NE, 2/3 interest & full possession, $11,250. Lot 21, Mill Bar Upward 6749, 01/01/11 by Sitz Upward 307R; to Ruggles Land & Cattle, McCook, NE, 2/3 interest & full possession, $10,250. Lot 3, Mill Bar Upward 6706, 01/01/11 by Sitz Upward 307R; to Ken & Todd Boettcher, Spencer, NE, 2/3 interest & full possession, $10,000. Lot 26, Mill Bar Upward 6760, 01/01/11 by Sitz Upward 307R; to Danny Withers, Rexford, KS, 2/3 interest & full possession, $10,000. Lot 71, Mill Bar Pioneer 6859, 02/01/11 by SAV Pioneer 7301; to Doerder Farms, Boone, IA, 2/3 interest & full possession, $10,000. Lot 108, Mill Bar Upward 6936, 02/01/11 by Sitz Upward 307R; to Charles Belcher, Carrollton, MO, 2/3 interest & full possession, $10,000. Females: Top draft commercial bred heifers; to Mike Soncksen, McCook, NE, $1,850/head for 10 head. Top draft commercial open heifers; to Schumacher Farm & Ranch, Leoti, KS, $1,425/head for 15 head. Top draft commercial 3rd calving cows; to John Snover, Ramah, CO, $1,900/head for 34 head. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jim Gies

VIDEOauction Superior Livestock Auction January 27, 2012 Fort Worth, TX: Cattle producers from 23 states consigned 27,500 stockers, feeders and bred stock to the Superior Livestock satellite video auction. The auction was held in and broadcast live from our studio in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, TX. The yearling market was $4-$6 higher while the calves were $6-$10 higher than our Bellringer Auction on December 16, 2011. It was a very active market on all classes of cattle. Southern Calves: Dick Cogdell, Amarillo, TX, 415lbs, Angus & Brangus sired wnd str clvs, $219.00, February del. Willow Springs Ranch, Abilene, TX, 450lbs, VAC Precon, Angus, Angus Exotic cross sired wnd str clvs, $203.00, March del. Melvin Jordan & Sons, Katy, TX, 475lbs, Brangus & Brahman sired wnd str clvs, $191.50, February del.

Roy & Jackie Bangert, Patterson, MO, 525lbs, Angus & Angus cross sired wnd str clvs, $198.00, March del. Johnson Land & Cattle, Bryan, TX, 550lbs, BVD PI Free, Eng & Eng Exotic cross sired wnd str clvs, $183.00, February del. Johnson Land & Cattle, Bryan, TX, 550lbs, BVD PI Free, Eng & Eng Exotic cross sired wnd hfr clvs, $156.00, February del. Circle H Feeders, Marshall, MO, 575lbs, Angus & Angus cross sired wnd str clvs, $188.00, March del. Kaplan Farms, Wellsville, MO, 625lbs, VAC 45, S&A Verified, BVD PI Free, Angus & BWF sired wnd str clvs, $165.00, February del. Kaplan Farms, Wellsville, MO, 600lbs, VAC 45, S&A Verified, BVD PI Free, Angus & BWF sired wnd hfr clvs, $162.00, February del. Southern Yearlings:HFT LLC, Crystal City, TX, 650lbs, Brahman and Brangus sired feeder strs, $153.00, Jan -Feb del. Jim Lewis, Yates Center, KS, 700lbs, Eng, Eng cross & Eng Exotic cross fdr strs, $153.50, Feb del. Neal Schierling, Yates Center, KS, 750lbs, VAC Precon, Eng, Eng & Exotic cross sired fdr stsr, $156.50, July del. K-BARR-C, Shidler, OK, 775lbs, Eng, Eng-Exotic cross sired fdr strs, $154.00, Jan-Feb del. Jordan & Marshall Pool, Muleshoe, TX, 800lbs, VAC Precon, Angus & Angus cross sired fdr strs, $151.50, March-April del. Duane Martens, Clements, KS, 835lbs, Eng & Eng cross sired fdr strs, $156.50, July del. J Cross Cattle Co., Wichita Falls, TX, 850lbs, S&A Verified, Sup Prog Genetics, Cert Natural, Angus & Angus cross sired fdr strs, $152.25, May del.

Turkey Creek Cattle Co., Yates Center, KS, 925lbs, Angus, Angus cross fdr strs, $149.00, August del. Brett Britten, Groom, TX, 660lbs, Angus & Angus cross sired fdr hfrs, $153.50, March del. Watkins & Watkins LLC, Carrier, OK, 700lbs, StockerVAC Precon, Exotic, Eng cross sired fdr hfrs, $149.00, May del. Jack Kebert, Neodesha, KS, 750lbs, Angus, Angus cross, Red Angus & Char cross sired fdr hfrs, $145.75, May del.Mike Harden, Ashland, KS, 785lbs, VAC 45, Angus & Angus cross sired fdr hfrs, $145.50, April-May del. Northern & Western Calves: Tom & Barbara Moore, Jordan Valley, OR, 450lbs, Sup Prog Genetics, Blk Angus cross sired wnd str clvs, $182.00, Feb del. Tom & Barbara Moore, Jordan Valley, OR, 430lbs, Sup Prog Genetics, Blk Angus cross sired wnd hfr clvs, $177.00, Feb del. Redd Ranches LLC, La Sal, UT, 500lbs, VAC 34, Sup Prog Genetics, Cert Natural, Angus cross sired str clvs, $198.00, January del. Redd Ranches LLC, La Sal, UT, 480lbs, VAC 34, Sup Prog Genetics, Cert Natural, Angus cross sired hfr clvs, $179.00, January del.

Albert & Leo Hogan, Boulder, CO, 540lbs, VAC 45, Cert Natural, Eng, Eng cross, Angus & Angus Lim cross sired wnd hfr clvs, $186.00, Jan-Feb del. Pine Ridge LP, Hardin, MT, 575lbs, VAC 45, Sup Verified, Sup Prog Genetics, Cert natural, BWF & Angus sired wnd str clvs, $192.00, FebMarch del. Pine Ridge LP, Hardin, MT, 500lbs, VAC 45, Sup Verified, Sup Prog Genetics, Cert natural, BWF & Angus sired wnd hfr clvs, $185.00, Feb-March del. Sean Carroll, Sheridan, WY, 660lbs, VAC 45, Blk & BWF sired wnd str clvs, $176.00, Feb-March del. Northern Yearlings:RJ Farms, Blackduck, MN, 750lbs, VAC 45, S&A Verified, Blk Angus & Limousin cross & Red Angus cross sired fdr strs, $158.00, March del. RJ Farms, Blackduck, MN, 700lbs, VAC 45, S&A Verified, Blk Angus, Limousin cross & Red Angus cross sired fdr hfrs, $148.50, March del. Ferris Mtn. Ranch, Inc., Rawlins, WY, 620lbs, WeanVAC 45, S&A Verified, NHTC, Cert Natural, Angus cross, Tarentaise sired fdr hfrs, $154.00, Jan-Feb del. Bill White, Sheridan, WY, 850lbs, StockerVAC Precon, Blk hided sired spayed fdr hfrs, $144.50, August del.

WESTERN LIVESTOCK JOURNAL

First wolf enters California amid management concerns Following a month's long sojourn across Oregon, the wolf designated OR-7 by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials has become the first verified member of the species to enter California in nearly 90 years. A lone male, OR-7, dispersed from northeast Oregon’s Imnaha pack last year and gained national media attention as he traveled across that state before crossing into northern California’s Siskiyou County on Dec 28. Fitted with a GPS collar, the wolf has since been located in both Shasta and Lassen counties.

According to Mark Stopher, environmental program manager for the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), the arrival is not entirely unexpected, although it was not expected to occur for a few more years. “We had anticipated we’d have a wolf here in the next few years,” says Stopher. “I think we were a little bit surprised by OR-7; he’s quite a traveler.” According to the GPS data, OR-7 traveled over 700 miles in Oregon after leaving the Imnaha pack and has logged an additional 470 miles since entering California.

Despite the early arrival, Stopher indicates that California officials have been watching wolf expansion, and the resulting controversies, in other western states for a number of years. “We started working on wolf planning a little over two years ago,” he says. “Given the experience in the Rocky Mountain states, both the complexity of the issue and the controversy associated with it, we thought that we would be better served by having done some homework.”

Despite this preparation, California does not currently have a written wolf management plan, a deficiency that concerned stakeholders feel should be addressed in the near future. “Since OR-7 entered California, we’ve met with environmental, agricultural, and sportsmen’s groups separately,” says Stopher.

“One of the things we’ve heard from all of those organizations is that we ought to be working on a wolf management plan for the future. Not to manage one wolf, but to manage whatever population we might see down the line.”

As in western Oregon and Washington, wolves in California are currently protected by federal Endangered Species Act regulations. That status, however, is currently under review by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and it is uncertain when or if federal restrictions will be lifted in those areas. According to Stopher, the next step in California is to bring concerned organizations from all sides of the issue to a single meeting. “The first step is stakeholder outreach,” he says. There’s no point in building something in silence.”

For ranchers in the three northeastern counties, the presence of one wolf is not viewed as a significant threat. It does, however,

raise concerns over how the species will be handled as more make their way south.

“One wolf is a curiosity,” says California Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) Treasurer Jack Hanson. “I don’t know anyone here who’s panicked by it. However, it portends a future that I think we need to be cautious of.” Hanson’s ranch lies in Lassen County, just 20 miles from OR-7’s last reported location, the same county, ironically, that was home to California’s last known wolf which was harvested in 1924. “A pack of wolves could be a threat to ranchers in the area,” he says, “and multiple packs would be a significant problem.”

Overabundance of wolves, however, is not a concern shared by CDFA. Only one model was created to estimate the number of wolves that would eventually reside in California.

Based upon habitat and prey availability, it predicts just 500-600 wolves statewide. Stopher feels that even that estimate may be generous. “Personally, I’m skeptical that we’ll ever have that many wolves in California,” he says. “While we have a lot of deer, they’re scattered up and down the state, while wolves will only be at the top.” He also points out that California has a very small resident elk population, relative to the Rocky Mountain states.

“Prey availability in California is not what it is in other western states. Our experience in the Rockies is that wolves tend to avoid people and roads,” adds Stopher, pointing out that both are in great abundance in California. Detractors from the predictive model, however, point out that with roughly 620,000 cattle resident in California, lack of prey may not be a significant constraint on wolf expansion.

Ranchers are also concerned about more subtle effects that may be felt as a result of even a few wolves in a region. For example, as a result of their protected status, the arrival of wolves could lead to a temporary cessation of trapping for other predators, a step which Hanson points out could lead to an increase in problems with coyotes and other predatory species.

Ranchers in other states have noted that the mere presence of wolves can lead to significant decreases in conception rates and calf weights, resulting from added stress. Such losses are not easily measured, but can be significant.

“That wolf may not be dragging down a live calf,” points out Hanson, “but there are other ancillary effects that do concern us.”

While Hanson and CCA are openly against the return of wolves to California, he and the other officers indicate that they will be ready to meet and discuss management with CDFG when the time comes. “We do not welcome the reintroduction of any predator, whether by man or nature,” says Hanson. “But if it’s going to happen, we’ve got to be at the table with CD-

FG. We want to be involved as they develop a management strategy.” In discussions with ranchers and environmentalists concerning the issue, Stopher says he has been impressed by the pragmatism displayed by both groups, and by their willingness to communicate despite being adversaries. “The consistency between different groups has been instructive,” he says. “They are uniformly insistent that, whatever decision is made in California, it is made with the very best available information.”

— Jason Campbell, WLJ Correspondent

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

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Lot 1 • TRINITY PIONEER 1267

Generations of Excellence Sale Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the farm in Ellensburg, WA

Call for Sale Catalog For more info visit us at

www.trinityfarms.info Angus, ngus, SimAngus and Simmental • 135 BULLS (Over 50 heifer bulls) • 75 OPEN HEIFERS

Robb Forman 509-201-0775 Mike Forman 509-968-4800

PUREBRED ANGUS BULL Sired by SAV Pioneer, dam is out of New Design 1407

“We’ve been designing superior SimAngus genetics for over 20 years… long before it became popular.”

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Production Sale

Monday, February 27, 2012 012 At the Ranch — Bruneau, Idaho

129 Hereford Bulls 74 Angus Bulls

Includes 2-year-olds, junior and senior calves.

Complete performance data including EPDs, pelvic and scrotal measurements, ultrasound and carcass data.

22 Hereford Heifers 14 Angus Heifers

Live Internet Bidding

For more information, visit www.liveauctions.tv

Free Delivery to Central Points. Sale catalog is available on our website,, www.hereford.com BW 4.5 WW 51 YW 83 MILK 25 IMF -.05 REA .64

Lot 35 • C Notice Bismarck 1111 ET

Leadoff bull in the 2012 Grand Champion Pen of Bulls at the Na-tional Western. This Polled herd bull prospect possesses all thatt we seek in the industry today. He is big ribbed, deep bodied, easyy fleshing with extra muscle. You couldn’t write a stronger mater-nal pedigree. Top 10% for Milk and MPG. Top 15% for WEPD,, YEPD and CHB. Top 1% for ribeye. Retaining 1/4 interest.

BW 2.4 WW 56 YW 86 MILK 18 IMF -.04 REA .54

Lot 60 • C Nitro 1176

2011 Champion Polled Junior Bull Calf in Reno and member off the 2012 Champion Pen of Bulls at the National Western. Fulll brother to “Chandler,” the top selling bull in our 2011 sale andd Champion Junior Yearling Bull in Reno. Curve bending num-bers. Below breed average for birth, top 3% for WEPD. Top 10% % for YEPD. Top 15% for ribeye and CHB. Mother is super cow w with a BWR of 99 and WWR of 111 on 5 head.

BW 3.6 WW 48 YW 81 MILK 22 IMF .09 REA .34

Lot 34 • C Bismarck 1107 ET

Lot 78 • C Notice Me Outcross 1233 ETT

BW 4.2 WW 44 YW 68 MILK 21 IMF .07 REA .39

Lot 68 • C Notice Me Maxium 1206 ETT

Lot 6 • C Chanel’s Nitro 1027 ET

The 2012 Reserve National Grand Champion Horned Bull, Grand Champion Bull at the Southwestern Livestock Exposition in Ft. Worth, TX, and Grand Champion Bull at the 2011 Western Nugget National in Reno, NV. One of the most impressive bulls we have ever produced. Retaining 1/4 interest.

BW 5.0 WW 59 YW 93 MILK 23 IMF .09 REA .68

A big high performing massive bull. You will love the rib andd A polled son of the popular “Outcross” bull. A bull with lots off volume here. You will want to keep the daughters out of him. rib and volume. He is easy doing with excellent fleshing ability. % Full sister sold to Whispering Pines Farm in our fall sale. Top 5% for WEPD, MPG, YEPD, Ribeye and CHB index.

A dark red bull with excellent pigment. You really have to ap-preciate his base width and muscle mass. He has the look of a topp carcass sire. He combines two maternal greats in “Notice Me”” and “Maxium.”

BW 4.4 WW 57 YW 90 MILK 20 IMF -.02 REA .66

BW 6.1 WW 57 YW 94 MILK 21 IMF .08 REA .51

Lot 72 • C New Era 1219 ET

A polled full brother to the 2011 Reserve Grand Champion Polled Female in Reno. He is fault free in his structure and has a tremendous future. He could be the best bull of this popular combination. Top 15% for WEPD and YEPD. Top 10% for ribeye and CHB. Top 20% for Milk and top 25% for IMF.

BW 4.3 WW 52 YW 87 MILK 28 IMF .04 REA .32

Lot 56 • C 860 Notice Me 1164 ET

Top herd bull prospect. We feel this bull has all that it takes too be a breed leader. Phenotypically, he has no holes. Genetically,, his pedigree has some of the breeds best close up. EPDs that fit today’s beef industry. Top 5% for Milk and MPG, top 10% forr WEPD and YEPD. Retaining 1/4 interest.

BW 3.8 WW 52 YW 82 MILK 23 IMF .02 REA .43

Lot 3 • C Notorious 1013

Stout made big butted herd bull prospect with extra rib and volume. WWR of 112% average on birth, top 5% WEPD, top 10% for YEPD and CHB. Dam is one of our top cows with one herd bull to Micheli and one daughter in herd. Average WWR of 108%, YWR of 106 on 4 head.

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Many are sons & daughters of these popular sires!

SAV Bismarck 5682

31058 Colyer Road • Bruneau, ID 83604

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WLJ publisher recognized for telling the story of American agriculture

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) recognized three communications and journalism professionals at the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show for outstanding work in 2011. In its second year, NCBA recognizes two communications professionals from an NCBA state affiliate organization and cattle breed association.

The organization also recognizes one agricultural journalist. According to NCBA President Bill Donald, the intent of the award program is to offer well-deserved recognition to individuals who are staunch advocates of the U.S. cattle industry.

“Effective communications is critical to the success and sustainability of any

Association (AHA). Denton has been with AHA since 2005.

According to Donald, agricultural journalists play a key role in educating cattlemen and women about issues impacting the cattle industry. That is why NCBA, for the second year in a row, is recognizing a journalism professional for his or her work. The 2011 Excellence in Agricultural Journalism award was presented to Pete Crow, publisher of the Western Livestock Journal (WLJ). Crow’s family has been publishing WLJ every week since 1922.

The awards are sponsored

by AgWired.com. Chuck Zimmerman, owner of AgWired, said misinformation about agriculture can often plague enthusiasm of agricultural communications and journalism professionals. He said the NCBA awards provide much-needed encouragement to individuals tasked with telling the true story of American agriculture. — WLJ

organization, including NCBA. NCBA’s own communications team works day in and day out to ensure the organization’s message is heard. However, the team recognizes they can’t do it alone,” said Donald. “The efforts of state affiliate and breed association communications teams are crucial to a successful and cohesive message about the U.S. beef cattle industry and the farmers and ranchers who work 365 days of the year to provide beef for a global population.”

The recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Communications and Public Relations for a state affiliate is Carmen Fenton, director of public affairs for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA).

Fenton has been with TSCRA since 2008. The recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Communications and Public Relations for a breed affiliate is Angie Stump Denton, director of communications for the American Hereford

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SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012 • 12:30 PM STERLING LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. Sterling, g Colorado

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WESTERN LIVESTOCK JOURNAL

New school lunch standards downplay meat, add fruits and vegetables USDA Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack and First Lady Michelle Obama announced last week improved nutritional standards for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) are coming soon. According to USDA, this move will be the first of its kind in over 15 years. The new standards come with specific requirements for meat, among other food groups, and overall nutrition.

The new standards have changed the daily meat/ meat alternative minimum offering and included weekly ranges for protein-source foods. School children in kindergarten through fifth grade must have a minimum of 1 ounce (oz.) of meat/ meat alternative or proteinsource food a day, with a weekly range of 8 to 10 oz. per week. The new requirement for school children in grades six through eight has the same daily minimum requirement and a weekly range of 9 to 10 oz.

High school children are now required to receive a minimum 2 oz. of meat/meat alternative or protein-source food a day, and have a weekly range of 10 to 12 oz.

Under the old standards, all age groups were to be provided with a minimum of 1.5 to 2 oz. of meat/meat alternative or protein-source foods in their lunches. There was no upper limit in the old standard.

Under the new standards, school lunches will be required to provide a third of students’ daily recommendations for protein. This can come in the form of lean or extra-lean meat, seafood, legumes, tofu, unsalted nuts or seeds, or low-fat or fatfree dairy products such as milk, cheese or yogurt. Offering tofu is an option for schools, not a requirement.

Offering other forms of meat

alternatives—primarily legumes, nuts and dairy products—is a requirement.

Based on USDA definitions, “lean or extra-lean meat” generally refers to white-meat poultry and particularly lean beef, such as 90 percent or higher ground beef.

Technically speaking, “lean meat” must have less than 10 grams of fat per serving, of which less than 4.5 grams can be saturated.

“Extra lean meat” must have less than 5 grams of fat per serving, of which less than 2 grams can be saturated. Both definitions allow for up to 95 milligrams cholesterol per serving.

The sample weekly elementary school lunch menu provided by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Services does not explicitly include beef.

“Whole wheat spaghetti with meat sauce” is the only menu item which could include beef. Other meat or protein items listed on the example menu include turkey for sandwiches, grilled chicken, breaded fish nuggets, refried beans and allcheese pizza.

Menu items mentioned in Obama’s heavily-publicized visit to an elementary school cafeteria which accompanied the standards change announcement involved ground turkey and cheese.

Despite the new standards’ apparent shortchanging of meat, and beef in particular, it is important to remember the new standards are nutritional benchmarks. What exactly is served at any given school to meet the standards is up to the health and food officials of individual school districts.

The new changes mostly focus on adding vegetable and fruit requirements to the existing NSLP standards. The new standards

USDA to measure economic well-being of American farms USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will spend the next several months contacting farmers and ranchers across the nation to conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). The results of this survey will serve as a baseline for numerous federal policies and programs that affect U.S. farms and farm families.

“ARMS is our primary tool for gauging the financial condition and production practices on American farms and ranches,” said Vic Tolomeo, director, USDA-NASS California Field Office. “By participating in this survey, California farmers and ranchers directly impact the decisions that affect them, their families and their operations.”

NASS conducts ARMS jointly with USDA’s Economic Research Service. In an effort to obtain the most accurate data, the federal agencies will reach out to nearly 35,000 producers nationwide, including approximately 2,400 in California in late December

through mid-April. Agricultural producers will be asked to provide data on their operating expenditures, production costs and household characteristics.

“Decision makers from all facets of U.S. agriculture will use the collective information from ARMS to answer questions and make important decisions concerning the economic viability of American agriculture, the rural economy and other emerging issues,” explained Tolomeo.

“That’s why it is imperative for all California producers contacted by NASS to respond and help shape the future of U.S. agriculture.”

As with all NASS projects, ARMS information provided by respondents is confidential by law. NASS safeguards the confidentiality of all responses, ensuring no individual respondent or operation can be identified.

Economic data gathered in ARMS will be published on Aug. 2, 2012, in the annual Farm Production Expenditures report. — WLJ

require fruit and vegetables be counted as separate food groups and an offering of a set minimum amount must be available for each at every lunch.

The new standards also set requirements for greater variety of fruits and vegetables, with minimum requirements for specific vegetable classes. How juices are counted has also changed.

The issue of how children will react to these new standards and the issue of food waste has not been addressed. The old NSLP practice of “offer vs. serve” will continue in high school levels and be an option in lower grades.

“Offer vs. serve” requires schools offer options from all five food groups: grains, meats/meat alternatives, dairy, vegetables and fruits.

Students are required to select meals containing options from at least three of the groups. The new standards add the requirement that student selections must include a minimum serving of either fruit or vegetables.

The new nutrition standards and the addition to the “offer vs. serve” practice don’t come with any built in waste-prevention strategies.

Students will still be able to throw away unwanted portions of school lunches they are required to take.

This has been a longstanding complaint of teachers about public school meal policies. Many public schools bar teachers on lunch duty from chiding students for wasting food on the grounds that it infringes on students’ freedom.

Whether offering more fruit and vegetable options, and requiring students to take at least one, will improve student nutrition is uncertain.

In his highly-publicized recent campaign, TV celebrity chef Jamie Oliver changed the lunch menu of West Adams Preparatory High School in Los Angeles, CA, to include more salads and fewer burgers. The result was trash cans overflowing with vegetables. — Kerry Halladay, WLJ Editor

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U.S. Labor Department to re-propose portion of agriculture child labor rule The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division announced Wednesday, Feb. 1 that it will re-propose the portion of its regulation on child labor in agriculture interpreting the “parental exemption.”

The decision to re-propose is in part a response to requests from the public and members of Congress that the agency allow an opportunity for more input on this aspect of the rule. This re-

proposal reflects the department’s careful attention to public comments and its conclusion that it is appropriate to provide the public with further opportunities to participate in the regulatory process.

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Bill Donald commended American farmers and ranchers for making their voices heard on the proposed rule, which could have restricted, and in some instances to-

tally prevented, America’s youth from working on farms and ranches.

“You’ve all probably heard of the Department of Labor’s proposed rule that would prevent youth under the age of 15 from working on farms and ranches. The department announced this afternoon that they will re-evaluate the original proposal. This is big news.

Your voices—our voices— were heard,” he said.

“This issue goes to the

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will seek comments and input as to how the department can comply with statutory requirements to protect children, while respecting rural traditions. The reproposed portion of the rule is expected to be published for public comment by early summer 2012. The department will continue to review the comments received regarding the remaining portions of the proposed rule for inclusion in a final rule.

According to Donald, the proposed rule failed to take into consideration youth working for an aunt or uncle or for a partnership with which their family is involved. He added, in rural America, working on a neighbors’ farm or ranch is a way of life and taking away that opportunity for America’s youth would result in fewer people entering into production agriculture.

Despite the positive move, Donald said the

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The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new rules tightening the use of cephalosporins in food animals may end up affecting how cattle veterinarians, cow/calf producers and cattle feeders use these drugs to treat illness in their animals.

Cephalosporins are a family of drugs that are used in both people and animals.

The cephalosporins most beef producers are familiar with are the injectable ceftiofur products Naxcel (and its generic equivalents), Excede and Excenel. Cephapirin is a cephalosporin used in mastitis preparations for dairy cattle, but it has been exempted from the new rules.

Because of their close relation to drugs used in people, the FDA has sought to clamp down on the uses of these drugs in animals. In 2008, FDA proposed rules that would mean these drugs could only be used strictly according to their labels, even by veterinarians. The current proposed rules are less restrictive to veterinarians and producers

than those proposed back then.

One major effect of the new rules would be to end the use of cephalosporin drugs that are not approved for use in a certain species.

For example, veterinarians by law have been able to use human-labeled antibiotics to treat sick animals when no labeled food animal drug is available. This has been more of an issue in swine medicine, but a veterinarian who once was able to treat a calf with a cephalosporin drug approved for dogs, for example, would no longer be able to do this.

Extra-label use of the approved injectable drugs is still allowable, under a valid Veterinary Client Patient Relationship (VCPR), as always, but with certain limits. These drugs may still be used to treat conditions in calves, cows or bulls not listed on the label. For example, under a VCPR, a veterinarian or producer could still use these drugs to treat a salmonella infection in a calf, despite that not being listed on the label.

What will not be allowed

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agency did not go far enough and should scrap the provision completely.

“Rather than strapping our hands behind our backs and preventing American youth from learning the ropes of food and fiber production from today’s farmers and ranchers, the department should scrap this provision completely. Instead, it should work with farmers and ranchers to ensure the rules on the books are workable.

“Rules and regulations, including those related to America’s youth working on farms and ranches, need to ensure safe working conditions. But the original proposal simply goes too far.

Cattlemen’s voices were heard today. We will continue working to ensure our kids and grandkids have the opportunity to earn a living producing the safest, most nutritious beef in the world.” — WLJ

Cephalosporins in beef production: What are the implications of new rules?

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very fiber of who we are in this country. It goes right to the fact that businesses are looking to fill positions with farm and ranch kids because they have a work ethic. They do their chores before they get on the school bus and do them again when they get home. So thanks to all of you, the Department of Labor listened finally.”

The parental exemption allows children of any age who are employed by their parent, or a person standing in the place of a parent, to perform any job on a farm owned or operated by their parent or such person standing in the place of a parent.

Congress created the parental exemption in 1966 when it expanded protections for children employed in agriculture and prohibited their employment in jobs DOL declared particularly hazardous for children under the age of 16 to perform.

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anymore, however, is to use a higher or more frequent dose, or to give the drug by a route of administration that is not spelled out on the label (like IV injection of a preparation labeled for intramuscular use). In short, veterinarians and producers with a VCPR can still use these drugs for conditions not listed on the label, but the dose, route, and frequency listed on the label need to be adhered to. These injectable products, as before, are only available through a prescription from a veterinarian.

In addition, the new rules prohibit use of cephalosporin drugs to prevent disease.

The question arises about the use of these drugs for metaphylaxis. Metaphylaxis refers to the practice of treating a group of high-risk cattle upon arrival at a feedlot with full doses of an injectable antibiotic as a means of treating animals already showing signs of illness, along with those who are subclinically affected.

Whether this practice will still be allowable with cephalosporin drugs is still the subject of some discussion.

In general, since these products are labeled labe for “control,” it’s possible that metaphylactic use for bovine respiratory disease will still be allowable. Ca Cattle producers should, however, discuss the how ramifications of these potenifi ti tial new regulations with their veterinarians.

According to Roger Saltman, Pfizer Animal Health’s group director for veterinary operations, the order: ! allows for continued extra label prescribing of cephalosporin drugs in cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys via approved routes of administration and dose for the treatment and control of disease. ! prohibits the use of cephalosporin drugs at unapproved doses, frequencies, durations, or routes of administration. ! does not affect FDA’s approved indications for ceftiofur. The veterinarian’s ability to prescribe ceftiofur for FDA-approved uses in food animals is unchanged. —WLJ

WESTERN LIVESTOCK JOURNAL

Ag keeps eye on environmental lawsuits culture groups sued EPA on the implementation of total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs. TMDLs are used to reduce nutrient loads into the Chesapeake Bay. The groups allege the TMDL goes beyond the scope of Clean Water Act (CWA) authority, the science

“We expect lawsuits will start popping up around the country in 2012.”

TMDL concerns Last January, the American Farm Bureau Federation, NCGA and other agri-

used by EPA is flawed, and the regulatory process lacks transparency. Part of the concern is the bay TMDL doesn’t credit farmers for current conservation measures taken.

“That process unlawfully circumvented the Clean Water Act procedures that give primary authority to the states to protect water quality,” the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) lawsuit says.

AFBF Public Policy Director Paul Schlegel said there is concern the TMDL will be a model for watersheds across the country, as an alternative to states creating models unique to individual watersheds.

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Turning to other challenges, Schlegel said agriculture groups continue to watch how EPA regulates greenhouse gases after the agency deemed carbon dioxide a pollutant.

The Clean Air Act requires permits for all new major emitting facilities that emit 100 or 250 tons of a regulated pollutant.

The thresholds could require permits for both large industrial sources like pow-

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A new federal requirement for pesticide applicators to have National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES permits, has agriculture groups on edge about the potential for more lawsuits directed at individual farms.

NPDES requires applicators who apply chemicals over waters of the U.S. to have permits. EPA officials have told DTN that it doesn’t apply to farmers who apply chemicals to crops.

“We legitimately question the need for this tremendous expansion of the NPDES permit program in view of the additional burden and unwarranted legal jeopardy it now imposes on pesticide users,” said Chandler Goule, vice president of government relations for the National Farmers Union.

Tyler Wegmeyer, director of congressional relations for AFBF, said the new NPDES requirement will become more relevant in the spring when spring field work begins.

“We are already seeing effects in Hawaii as farmers are starting to not apply pesticides as a result of not having a permit to get and having a threat of being sued,” he said. “We expect lawsuits will start popping up around the country in 2012. Getting Congress to pass legislation to fix this problem will continue to be a top priority for AFBF.”

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Two major lawsuits hang in the balance—one filed by environmental groups and another by ag interests.

Farm groups also have concerns about potential lawsuits on the horizon.

A Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) lawsuit filed last January could lead to restrictions or the outright banning of many pesticides and other chemicals to protect endangered species. Ongoing settlement negotiations between CBD and agriculture groups could wrap up this spring, assuming a settlement can be reached.

“It’s a tremendously important case,” said Rod Snyder, public policy director for the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) . “This highlights a consultation process that is fundamentally broken. My concern is that farmers will be caught up in an administrative process issue between agencies in the Beltway and farmers are collateral damage in this.”

NCGA is one of several ag and other groups intervening in the case.

The suit alleges EPA failed to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service on the potential effects chemicals have on endangered species. CBD wants the agency to review hundreds of ag chemicals to determine their effects on hundreds of endangered species.

If the case goes to trial, Snyder said, there is concern the judge will rule in favor of CBD. “The folks hurt by that are growers who use these tools to grow a crop,” he said.

“Our concern is that a court will arbitrarily require buffer zones or otherwise. In the interim, we believe farmers are using these products appropriately. There is a real economic impact, especially when you consider how big this suit is.”

NCGA said in a Dec. 27, 2011, newsletter that EPA has lost similar cases, resulting in federal judges establishing buffer zones and product restrictions while farmers wait for interagency consultations. A buffer zone often is used to protect areas managed for biodiversity importance.

CBD Executive Director Kieran Suckling told a House committee in December that he would like to see many of the chemicals banned and more buffer zones required.

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“That is a real potential threat on whether ag sources will be regulated,” Schlegel said.

A new EPA guidance document for the CWA has farm groups’ attention. The guidance is designed to help field inspectors identify waters of the U.S. for enforcement of the act.

Schlegel said the concern is that more farmers will face penalties for CWA violations as a result of an expansion of the number of U.S. waters subject to the act.

On the atrazine front, Wegmeyer said he expects ag groups will have to “fight to keep” the chemical available.

EPA is scheduled to convene another scientific advisory panel meeting to review potential cancer links to atrazine in 2012. EPA is slated to begin the actual review in 2013.

“Continuing pressure from the environmental community to get rid of it will persist,” he said. — Todd Neeley, DTN

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Total Herd Reporting— truly building better beef The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) was the foremost breed association to create and implement Total Herd Reporting (THR). This concept revolutionized the fee structure for Red Angus registrations, but more importantly, focused the industry on the relationship between complete data and the value of subsequent genetic predictions.

Today, THR has become a pillar of the Red Angus breed and has set the bar for other breed associations to report all progeny records into their databases—not just the calves breeders think are good enough to register.

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only breed association where THR is not an option for its members. They are required to participate and report records on their whole herd.

This commitment alone speaks of the dedication and performance mindset of founders, leaders and members as they strive to produce the best and most-accurate genetics for commercial cow/calf producers.

The first core policy of RAAA, as written by the late breed founder Waldo Forbes, states, “The goal of the Association is to place its faith in objective tests, in-herd comparisons of factors of economic importance and known heritability. By making this policy an integral part of the registration system, Red Angus breeders can achieve faster progress toward the ultimate goal of more efficient beef production.”

A concept is born Discussion at the first brain trust meeting in 1993 in Denver, CO, stimulated the need for a strategic plan for RAAA. One of the areas the Strategic Planning Committee addressed was the inaccuracy of beef industry expected progeny differences (EPDs).

“The only reason we could identify for the dramatic shifts in our EPD calculations was biased progeny reporting,” said Melvin Leland of Sidney, MT, who served as RAAA president from 1992 to 1994. “Breeders weren’t reporting all of their progeny and, consequently, EPDs weren’t reflecting all of the data.”

At that time Red Angus members were only reporting 46 percent of their calf crop based on the traditional method of paying on a per-calf basis to register stock.

“Breeders were being penalized with a fee to do the right thing of registering and transferring animals,” continued Leland.

RAAA leaders worked for two years to convince the membership that THR was essential to the success of the Red Angus breed, but it was a hard sell. “No one likes ‘mandatory’ things,” said Leland.

Jim Leachman of Billings, MT, brainstormed the final solution to assess a fee to keep cows active on a breeder’s inventory with no additional costs to report their offspring or transfer ownership. The new registration concept was appealing to the membership and at the 1994 Red Angus convention, THR passed unanimously.

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The most important benefit of THR is a more accurate database of Red Angus genetics built from the records that producers submit on their cowherds. That equates directly to more accurate EPDs—the original goal of the conceptual founders of THR.

“With complete contemporary group reporting, we are provided with comparisons between all animals which results in reliable EPDs,” explained Larry Keenan, RAAA director of breed improvement. “It’s common sense—since EPDs rely on measured variation within a contemporary group—that THR produces more reliable EPDs and faster gains in EPD accuracy by ensuring the variation in performance of each calf is counted.”

How does this affect the commercial producer who is studying EPDs at a bull sale? Keenan cited another core policy that states RAAA will strive to have the best objectively described cattle in the industry and to provide the best service to RAAA members’ customers: commercial producers.

“Our responsibility is to provide commercial producers with the best prediction of an animal’s true genetic merit,” said Keenan. “So when a producer purchases a bull whose EPDs indicate he will be a calving-ease sire, the bull performs as expected.”

The popularity of genomic technology has exploded in the seedstock industry in recent years. But geneticists needed a basis on which to build their DNA technology when they began identifying trait markers. EPDs were the logical choice for that foundation. As the Red Angus breed moves forward to incorporate 50,000 (50K) SNP markers, accurate EPDs are more important than ever.

“Reliable genomic products are dependent upon reliable EPDs,” said Keenan, who explained that geneticists correlate the 50K DNA SNP information to existing EPDs to achieve molecular breeding values.

“Red Angus stakeholders will enjoy advanced reliability of the Red Angus-specific 50K product that is built on Total Herd Reporting-based EPDs,” said Keenan.

Challenges Even though RAAA has practiced THR for over a decade, some breeders still struggle with the concept that they can benefit from this unique breed registry structure of paying an annual fee to keep a cow on active status.

“With THR it’s important that our members realize the benefits of reporting on the complete cow inventory as opposed to a selectionbased fee structure,” said Kenda Ponder, RAAA director of member services. “The breeder reports a cow’s production whether it’s a live calf, a stillborn calf or one that dies before weaning age, as well as a reason code if the cow doesn’t have a calf.

That is all valuable information we incorporate into EPDs.” “If a breeder’s ultimate goal is to provide reliable genetics to commercial pro-

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their cowherd like it is a commercial cowherd,” said Keenan. “Therefore, if a cow’s producing ability results in her being inactive, she should be culled from the herd. A producer may think they beat the THR financial system, but they can’t beat the genetic evaluation system, which will reveal a cow’s inability to remain productive.”

“THR works to your advantage,” said Ponder, who has directed the program since 1998. “Don’t try to beat the system—instead, let it work for you.”

The next level of THR As with any successful program, growth and change are inevitable, and with the genetic advancements the past few years, it is time to raise the bar for THR as well.

Currently, breeders are only required to submit birth and weaning dates and weaning weights, but they are encouraged to submit additional data that is used to formulate important EPDs. An example is the data collected when an animal reaches a year of age—yearling weights, scrotal measurements and carcass ultrasound data.

RAAA encourages producers to weigh their cows at weaning time and evaluate their body condition scores. This information is incorporated into the formula for the Maintenance Energy EPD. The Heifer Exposure Report provides valuable data toward the calculation of the Heifer Pregnancy (HPG) EPD. Members submit this simple report at the end of their breeding season to identify which heifers were exposed and should be entering the producer’s herd in the coming year.

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rately predict these traits, said Keenan. Once RAAA had a decade’s worth of THR-based data, the Stayability EPD was upgraded from the old calculation that treated all data as nonTHR data.

“Through our Stayability EPD upgrade, we were able to evaluate the impact THR data provides in predicting an animal’s genetic merit for that trait,” said Keenan.

“In comparing the two Stayability models (evaluated as THR data vs. non-THR data), we found significant differences—high-accuracy sires had a rank correlation of 0.55. Forty-five out of 100 sires changed rank when evaluated with the upgraded THR model. We are now able to provide commercial producers with a reliable tool in selecting for Stayability.”

and for heifers sold as replacement females.

If Red Angus bulls are not transferred, RAAA cannot verify those commercial producers own the bulls and therefore they cannot enroll their calves into FCCP. “Our largest competitor isn’t another breed—it’s non-registered and nontransferred bulls,” said Ponder.

RAAA also mails a complimentary one-year subscription to the American Red Angus magazine to producers who have had an animal transferred to them.

This expanded mailing increases readership to Red Angus customers, those

producers using Red Angus genetics.

“THR is about far more than reporting birth and weaning weights,” said Ponder. “The integrity of the Red Angus breed is built on the honesty of the breeders and the reliability of the cattle they raise. Red Angus leadership set the bar high when they implemented THR. Today’s breeders are challenged to continue that tradition, ensuring they are producing the best possible genetics and that our stakeholders have confidence in Red Angus cattle all the way down the chain.” — Red Angus Association of America

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Additional benefits of THR There are additional benefits included in the RAAA registry that add value to Red Angus cattle for commercial producers.

Ponder emphasized that RAAA does not charge members to transfer animals within 60 days of the sale in order to encourage breeders to transfer those animals into the new owner’s name. “It is imperative that bulls are transferred to their new owners,” she said.

When members sell and transfer ownership of their bulls, those commercial producers become eligible to enroll their calves in the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) and tag them with the Red Angus “Yellow Tag.” Enrollment in FCCP certifies that the calf wearing the yellow tag is genetic, age and source verified with USDA. It opens up marketing opportunities and increases profitability for that producer—both for feeder calves entering a feedlot

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While seedstock producers are often in direct competition with fellow breeders to gain market share, they also harbor a spirit of cooperation that brings them together for the betterment of their breed. In a recent convention in Durham, NC, Red Angus breeders convened to share marketing ideas, conduct business and celebrate the year’s successes at the Red Angus Association of America’s (RAAA) 58th National Convention.

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Mushrush said Red Angus breeders combine their resources to increase the demand for Red Angus genetics beyond what each member could do individually. This includes submitting data for accurate genetic descriptions for commercial producers, as well as coming together for events like convention to share ideas that increase the overall genetic value of Red Angus.

“Yet at the end of the day,” said Mushrush, “it is our own driveway in which we hope that commercial producers turn into in search for Red Angus genetics.”

‘Co-opetition’ in Red Angus extends beyond individual breeders to include other breed associations.

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tion and, last year, combined datasets with the American Simmental Association to increase the accuracy of expected progeny differences (EPDs) for a true multi-breed database of over 9 million animals.

The strength of this database is magnified through the use of Total Herd Reporting (THR) of all progeny— not just those good enough to register—hence eliminating reporting bias from data used to calculate EPDs. Since the implementation of THR in 1995, the Red Angus registry has grown from ranking 12th in the nation to being the fourth largest beef breed today.

“Because of THR, Red Angus’ EPDs have evolved to give our cattle more accurate values,” said RAAA CEO Greg Comstock. “We are continually innovating and simplifying the selection process to provide better, more reliable tools for commercial cattlemen.”

RAAA’s objective is to not only provide a better product for commercial producers, but to also supply services that help customers receive better returns on their cattle.

One of these services, the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP), enrolled a record-breaking 125,525 head in 2011, representing a 13.1 percent annual growth over the past four years. This USDA genetics-, age- and source-verified program will continue to expand and offer more services and profitability opportunities for cattlemen using Red Angus genetics.

To further document the value of Red Angus cattle, RAAA’s marketing department awarded a record 47 GridMaster Awards to Feeder Calf Certification Program-enrolled producers whose cattle reached tremendous carcass yield and quality combinations.

“Red Angus cattle not only produce valuable carcasses, but they are very good at meeting grid specs that increase the profit margin on the rail,” said Myron Edelman, RAAA director of value added programs. — Red Angus Association of America

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A natural focusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;producer profile, Christensen Brothers, LLC Location: Weldona, CO Operation Type: commercial cow/calf, farming and feed yard operation Range: intensively managed rotational grazing program Base Cow Herd: high percentage Red Angus Genetic Inputs: Red Angus bulls Added Value Practices: all natural, age and source verified with Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP), retained ownership and finished in Christensen Brothers Feed Yard.

The progressive evolution of the Christensen Brothers Ranch has been the driver behind the success of this cow/calf, feeder and farming operation on the Front Range of Colorado. Resourceful administration of the feeds and forages grown on the ranch, intensive pasture management and meticulous selection of Red Angus genetics have provided Christensen Brothers, LLC the avenue to produce cattle that excel on premium markets. Branded natural programs are now the pri-

mary focal point of this profit-driven cow/calf and feeding operation.

E.R. Christensen located his family near Weldona, CO, in the Weldon Valley beginning in 1923. This ranch originally concentrated on grazing sheep and raising sugar beets. However, in the late 1940s and 1950s, the evolution began as the ranch started to focus on cattle. E.R. once said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I quit sheep and sugar beets in 1949 and never knew I could get so smart so fast.â&#x20AC;?

The ranch started grazing cattle on the pastures and utilized the available feed grown on productive farmland to feed them.

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and operate this commercial Red Angus and feeding operation. The ranch has two full-time employees, Jeff Norris and Richard Bollman.

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choice. “Since our first year, we have never purchased anything other than Red Angus bulls,” said Eric.

The strengths of Red Angus fit well into Christensen Brothers’ comprehensive cow/calf-to-finish operation.

The herd-building traits of the Red Angus cow assist in maintaining a focus on controlling input cost. Careful consideration is given to calving ease, heifer pregnancy, stayability and

maintenance energy— traits that control cowherd efficiency.

Red Angus has the ability to convert feed economically, which no doubt plays an enormous role in profitability for any feed yard. “I can show you feed yard data that tells us how Red Angus are more profitable and that cattle don’t need to be black hided to make money,” said Eric at the 2010 Red Angus Brain Trust meeting in Denver.

Finally, the ability of Red Angus cattle to grade Choice or Prime while keeping Yield Grade 4s to a minimum is essential for capturing the attention of marketready cattle buyers for premium branded beef programs.

The cattle have proven themselves to be among the best in carcass performance.

As of 2011, Christensen Brothers have been awarded Red Angus Grid Masters eight times, with more than

500 head accounted for with these tremendous lots of cattle. In 2011, cattle from this ranch averaged 95 percent Choice or better, more than 79 percent Yield Grade 1 or 2, and only 2 percent Yield Grade 4.

Knowledgeable marketing is one of the greatest strengths of the operation.

Christensen Brothers, LLC has been using the Red Angus FCCP tag since 2005.

Even though Coleman Natural Products was the original target for the ranch’s Natural beef, market-ready cattle have been harvested at Golden West Beef Co., JBS, Cargill and primarily now at Meyer Natural Angus.

The distinct ability of Red Angus cattle to provide a high percentage of high quality carcasses, while providing cattle that yield grade exceptionally well, secures a profitable marketing strategy for the ranch. The eminent result is Meyer Natural Angus becomes the beneficiary of cattle that more than adequately meet the needs of

the retail customers that market Meyer Natural Angus’ beef product.

A local freezer beef program is also a way of specialty marketing some of the tremendous cattle from the ranch. Approximately 120 people purchase quarters, halves or whole beef from Eric and Kathy. “I have been a customer of Christensen’s for 20 years. I can honestly say that their product is the best-tasting beef that has ever hit my grill and my dinner plate,” says Steve Lowe, Christensen Ranch beef customer. This direct marketing program has increased in popularity in the area as the cattle are harvested through a local packing house.

Aside from operating the ranch, both Eric and Kathy have other responsibilities and are considered pillars of their community. Kathy currently serves as president of the local school board. During her eightyear term, the district has benefitted from her leadership and constructed a new high school building as well

as a new elementary school.

Eric, on the other hand, serves the agriculture community. For more than a decade, Eric has been on the local irrigation ditch company board as well as the farm supply cooperative board. Eric is also a board member of the Morgan County Cattlemen’s Association.

In preparation for directing the operation of a sound farming, feeding and cattle operation, these two cousins attended different universities. Eric graduated from Simpson College in Iowa with a BA in Business Management and was employed by the national fraternity Alpha Tau Omega prior to returning to the ranch.

Kathy attended Colorado State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry. She was employed by University Hospital Health Sciences Laboratory before her return to the ranch.

— Myron Edleman, RAAA Director of Added Value

Spring EPDs assist producers with bull-buying decisions As the busy bull-buying season approaches, Red Angus stakeholders are now armed with updated selection tools to assist them in bull battery purchases to enhance their own herds’ genetics for long-term productivity and profitability.

The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) recently released the 2012 Spring EPDs which evaluate traits from calving ease to performance to carcass merit. The suite of numbers includes tools to select cattle with optimum economic relevance such as stayability, heifer pregnancy and maintenance energy requirements.

The Red Angus breed has been dedicated to Total Herd Reporting (THR) for nearly two decades, creating an accurate database of Red Angus genetics and

subsequently, EPDs trusted by ranchers.

“With THR data, we are provided with comparisons between all animals in each contemporary group,” said Larry Keenan, RAAA director of breed improvement.

“Since EPDs rely on measured variation within a contemporary group, THR provides for reliable EPDs and faster gains in EPD accuracy by ensuring that the variation in the performance of each calf is counted.

Since 2010, RAAA has joined forces with the American Simmental Association (ASA) to assess EPDs based on a merged database for growth and carcass traits. This expanded the number of head in the National Cattle Evaluation to over 9 million head.

The result — additional gains in EPD reliability,

plus it allows producers to compare the growth and carcass traits of animals in the two different breeds on an equal basis.

“Our responsibility is to provide commercial producers with the best prediction of an animal’s true genetic merit,” said Keenan.

“Through THR and our collaborated database with ASA, ranchers can rely on Red Angus’ selection tools to make the best seedstock purchasing decisions for a sustainable future.”

For more information on EPDs, visit the “Genetics” page on the RAAA website, RedAngus.org. Producers can also access individual animals’ EPDs and breed percentiles, or calculate the projected EPDs of specific matings on the website.

— Red Angus Association of America

Ranchers raise resources to feed steaks to soldiers Cattle producers across the nation pooled their resources to help the All American Beef Battalion (AABB) feed steaks to our soldiers. During the Mile High Classic Red Angus Sale on Sunday, Jan. 8, in Denver, CO, joint owners of the bull, Crs Diamnd 21 Gun Salute, donated him back to the cause and raised another $24,250 for AABB— totaling nearly $37,000 raised for the project including the bull’s original sale and donations.

Cross Diamond Cattle Co. of Bertrand, NE, sold the bull as Lot 21 in their December sale with all proceeds benefiting AABB. Arcadia Land and Cattle

Co. of Stringtown, OK, Silver Spur Ranches of Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico, and Horsley Red Angus of Stringtown, OK, purchased the bull, and along with donations, raised $12,500 prior to the Denver event.

At the Mile High Sale, the bull sold for over $12,000 to a group of Red Angus breeders and state affiliates, and donations from the seats exceeded $7,000. The group promptly donated 21 Gun Salute back for the actual sale. Jim Odle, Odle Livestock of Brush, CO, purchased him for $4,750. That evening, $24,250 was generated, but according to Barry Horsley who headed up the

project, more money continues to come in.

“Through our joint efforts, we raised an unbelievable donation to help AABB honor our service men and women by feeding them steaks, but the awareness of their good work is just as important,” he said. “I had people come up to me the next day to contribute.”

Meyer Natural Angus also sponsored a drawing for $100 worth of beef to each of five veterans in attendance whose ticket was drawn from the hat.

To learn more about AABB’s work to honor our service men and women, visit SteaksForTroops.com.

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Ranchers are taking advantage of value-added programs to increase the profitability of their calf crop, and each year more producers are enrolling their Red Angus-influenced calves in the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP).

For the past three years, the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) has enrolled over 100,000 head of Red Angus-influenced calves in FCCP—last year exceeding 125,000 head.

The Association is on track to continue that recordbreaking trend this year as program enrollment and tag sales have continued to be strong going into calving season.

Enrollment in the FCCP program entitles producers

to tag their Red Angus-influenced calves with the yellow tag, satisfying USDA age, source and genetic verification requirements for all four major packing plants—Cargill, Tyson, JBS and U.S. Premium Beef.

“Traceability to age, source and genetics continues to be important for cattle markets,” said Myron Edelman, RAAA director of added-value programs.

“Feeder cattle are reaching new highs and marketready cattle are capable of generating more dollars than ever before. However, cattle that have age and source verification maximize revenue for all classifications of cattle, making them the most profitable.”

FCCP is the beef industry’s oldest USDA-verified genetic, age and source program, originating 18 years ago.

“Since 1993, the FCCP ‘Yellow Tag’ has been adding value to Red Angus customers’ calves and granting access to branded product lines for Red Angus fed cattle,” said Clint Berry, RAAA commercial marketing director. “By verifying Red Angus bloodlines, producers are providing a more consistent end-product than cattle selected for a simple hair

coat color.”

USDA age and source verification also adds marketing options to FCCPtagged cattle, making them eligible for U.S. export markets.

“Experience pays off,” added Berry. “We are working on two decades of adding value to Red Angus-sired cattle and we’ve learned that to be successful, a program must be user-friendly and inexpensive.”

Red Angus producers do not have to pay an enrollment fee for FCCP. The only cost is the tag itself.

“We focus our efforts into keeping the program as simple as possible,” said Berry, “and assisting our commercial cattlemen in achieving the highest possible value for their Red Angus calves.”

The FCCP “Yellow Tag” is

available in two options: as the traditional visual tag at only 99 cents each, or as a combination visual and Radio Frequency Identification tag for $3 each.

Calves must have at least one registered Red Angus parent and ranchers need to answer a few calving and breeding management questions. Producers can enroll their calves at any time in the FCCP program as long they are tagged before they leave the ranch of origin.

Producers can call the RAAA office at 940/387-3502 to enroll in FCCP, making them eligible to purchase the Red Angus “Yellow Tags.” The enrollment process is simple and easy, taking less than 15 minutes.

For additional information on Red Angus marketing programs, visit RedAngus. org. — WLJ

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New & improved genetic predictions EPDs predict differences in progeny performance, and are calculated from comparisons within Contemporary Groups. (A group of calves that were born in the same year, calving season, herd, and are of the same sex and were fed and managed alike.)

EPDs have a clear advantage over less sophisticated predictors such as actual weights or withinherd ratios.

Actual and adjusted weights are affected by environment, nutrition and management. Contemporary group ratios are an improvement, as they account for these environmental variables. However, they do not incorporate comparative performance data on related individuals in countless herds throughout the country. Red Angus EPDs account for these sources of variation in performance as well as mating bias (which cows were bred to which bulls). The power of these genetic predictions is multiplied by including every contemporary group from herds in the entire Red Angus breed.

Multi-Breed EPD Revelation – made possible through collaboration with American Simmental Association. This advancement incorporates a true multi-breed EPD model which accurately accounts for variation in animal performance due to heterosis, as well as accu-

rately accounting for additive genetic differences between breeds. This enhancement enables Red Angus to provide reliable EPDs on all animals in the database, regardless of breed composition.

Understanding ACCURACY: Red Angus EPDs are often presented with a corresponding accuracy value, which measures the strength of the relationship between the genetic prediction (EPD) and true genetic value. Accuracies are reported as a decimal number from zero to one. As accuracy value approaches 1.0, the EPD is “accurately” or closely estimating the true genetic merit of an animal for a given trait.

Although low accuracy EPDs are less reliable when compared to those of proven sires, independent research demonstrates EPDs to be the most meaningful indicator of animals’ true genetic merit. While “perfect” accuracies of 1.0, are never achieved, many heavily used Red Angus sires have accuracies greater than 0.9 (some as high as .99).

Absolute performance is not predictable... Relative performance is. For Example: Suppose your old herd bull has a yearling weight EPD of 50. You buy a new bull with a yearling weight EPD of 70. How much will the new bull boost your calves’ yearling weights?

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Supplementing cattle on dormant pastures during the fall and winter Many producers in North Dakota and Montana will graze cows on dormant native range during the fall and early winter months. A sound supplementation program that meets the nutritional requirements of the cows is necessary to make these grazing programs work well.

Cattle actually have requirements for two different types of protein. The first is degradable protein, which is used by ruminal microorganisms as they digest fiber,

produce volatile fatty acids and make microbial protein.

The second type is metabolizable protein, which is used by the animal for maintenance and productive purposes. Microbial protein and escape protein from feeds are used to meet the metabolizable protein requirements of the animals.

A third type of protein is escape protein, which is not degraded in the rumen by the ruminal microorganisms, but is digested in the small intestine of the ani-

Use EPDs to guide Continued from page 19

The Answer...

We cannot predict how much performance will change from one year to the next because of varying environmental conditions (rainfall, temperature, available feedstuffs, etc). However, we do know this: the calves raised in the same contemporary group sired by your new bull will have the genetics to weigh an average of 20 pounds more at 365 days Bull selection simplified Follow these simple steps to match bull power to your program’s goals.

1) Know your target markets: feeder calves, yearlings, value based grids, replacement females.

2) Have a true appraisal of how close your cow herd is to those targets; always understanding your cows have to continue to live and reproduce in your environment.

3) Identify bulls whose EPDs predict the ability to move your cow herd in the right direction for the traits required to hit your market endpoint.

What is your breeding objective?

1. Building a cow herd?

• Combine low expense traits (ME EPD) with acceptable revenue traits to breed efficiency into the cow herd.

• Improve fertility with selection pressure on HPG EPDs. • Sleep through the night by selecting high CEM EPDs. Improve longevity and lower replacement rates by selecting higher than average STAY EPDs. 2. Breeding virgin heifers?

• Select for CED EPD as the most meaningful predictor of calving ease. Red Angus’ CED combines birthweight and other factors affecting calving ease scores.

3. Selling calves or yearlings?

• Heavier payweights may be achieved by selecting higher WW EPDs, but... make sure heavier is what you want. Heavier weaning weights mean heavier payweights for calf feds. However, for those who background their calves, too much weaning weight could translate into yearlings that are too heavy when they enter the feed yard, and finish too heavy. Overshooting performance goals can be just as detrimental as falling short.

Enhance your reputation and improve traits that impact feeder profits, such as carcass traits and postweaning gain (YW).

4. Retaining Ownership?

• Docile and fast starting, Red Angus are easy to start on feed and keep on feed.

•Balance YW EPD of potential bulls with the existing cow herd to pinpoint needed improvement for post weaning gains.

• Increase payweight with selection for improved CW EPD. 5. Selling on a Grid?

• Fine-tune marbling (MARB), rib eye area (REA), and back fat (FAT) EPDs to target value based grids.

• Target YG 1 & 2 premiums and avoid YG 4 discounts by applying selection pressure on YG EPD. • Optimize carcass weights to increase payweights while avoiding discounts for heavy weight carcasses.

•Balance Carcass EPDs against existing cow herd genetics: 1. Cowherds of higher continental influence may require additional selection pressure on marbling EPD to improve quality grade.

2. High percentage British cowherds typically benefit from selection pressure to reduce YG and increase CW. — Red Angus Association of America

mal. Cattle do not have a specific requirement for escape protein. In some cases, supplemental escape protein may be necessary because microbial protein is not adequate to meet the requirements for metabolizable protein.

Dry, gestating cows grazing dormant pastures usually require supplemental degradable protein in order for the ruminal microbes to convert fiber into energy that the cow can use and to produce microbial protein.

When degradable protein is lacking in the diet, forage intake and digestibility are reduced.

On native pastures, forage quality declines during the early fall months as grasses go into dormancy. Based on diet samples collected in southwest North Dakota and southeast Montana, crude protein levels can fall to around 6 percent by November. Many studies have dem-

onstrated positive responses to supplemental protein during this time period.

Many sources of degradable protein are available.

Soybean meal, sunflower meal, canola meal, safflower meal, wheat midds, and alfalfa contain high proportions of degradable protein (as a percentage of the total crude protein). Producers can also use urea to supply a portion of the degradable protein, but it should not be the sole source of degradable protein for cattle grazing dormant native range.

Based on requirements for degradable protein, producers should supply between 0.33 and 0.4 pounds of supplemental degradable protein per head per day.

This amounts to about 1.6 to 1.7 pounds of an all natural 32 percent CP cake or 3.5 to 4 pounds of alfalfa hay per head per day.

Protein supplements do not need to be fed daily. In

fact, research has demonstrated that performance is not affected by feeding protein supplements every other day, every third day, or, in some cases, once every week. This is not true with grain-based energy supplements, which should be fed every day for best results.

Also consider cow behavior when designing a supplementation program. Every herd tends to have “boss” cows or very aggressive cows who get more than their fair share of supplement. By providing supplement every other day or every third day, more timid cows have a chance to get their share of supplement. Young cows (2and 3-year-olds) are lighter and tend to be less aggressive than older, mature cows. They should be fed and pastured separately if possible.

Protein supplements will not work properly if forage quantity is limited. If it is,

supply supplemental energy. Don’t expect cows to gain body condition while grazing dormant forages, even when properly supplemented. In most years, cows will maintain condition under these management conditions. Therefore, it is important that cows be in good condition (BCS 5 or greater) when these programs are started. Thin cows will not do well under winter grazing conditions because they lack the insulating fat cover of cows in better condition. Weaning earlier is one way to allow cows to maintain condition and go into the winter in better shape.

A good supplementation program will provide supplemental nutrients needed to make the most of dormant forages at a cost-effective price. — Dr. Greg Lardy, Extension Beef Specialist, North Dakota State University

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Ranch is fenced into 8 fields with 5 reservoirs and numerous seasonal creeks with good stock water in every field.

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Two wells supply water to pivots and wheel lines. Hay crop is a mixed orchard grass/alfalfa.

Great soil types allow for growing many crops, including potatoes, garlic and strawberry plants. Improvements include a modern 4-bedroom home, a large shop and hay barn for 500 tons. Ranch is currently leased for an impressive 4 percent net return. $1,690,000

This premier 2,500-acre ranch lies in the rolling foothills of Glenn County, California.

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On the ranch is a freestanding barn that measures 250’ x 140’ and a 120’ x100’ clear span training arena. Included are a 180’ round, closed sided arena and hot walkers, first class fencing and help living quarters. There is so much more you will have to look at the website to learn all the features and see photos of this great horse ranch. This ranch is priced right at $3,900,000.

Here is a real cattle ranch that combines highly functional, down-toearth use with all the natural beauty a California ranch can give you.

With almost 13,000 acres of deeded land and the year-round Bear Creek running through the heart of it, this ranch works for cattle, hunting and outdoor adventure. Located an hour and a half from the San Francisco Bay Area, the ranch is readily accessible for weekend enjoyment. A well-designed headquarters includes corrals and a large barn with stables. Water from four live creeks and numerous springs, combined with solar wells serving water troughs, provides an ample supply of water in all of the many cross-fenced fields. This ranch is organically certified and its rotational management design assures the maximum amount of available annual use for cattle. $12,000,000

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Real estate prices on hold —Land values stable for now.

Farmland owners were told to expect 2012 to be a “year of paralysis” in the general economy when economists addressed the Land Investment Expo last week.

But contrary to popular belief, that might not be so bad for farmland sellers and owners.

Land values actually have more to lose if the general economy recovers. With chaos in budgets, taxes and the eurozone, that doesn’t appear to be a threat any time soon.

“I think agricultural land will do better if we don’t have an economic recovery,” said Mark Dotzour, chief economist with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.

Currently, financial assets are “paralyzed” because of the failure of policymakers to deal with the debt problems in the U.S. and around the world, said Vince Malanga of Lasalle Economics.

“There is very little momentum in the economy and we expect it to really kind of lay an egg in the first half of the year. But if we do get a policy to reduce the federal deficit, we could have a boon in financial assets from pentup demand.”

Corporate profits are up 15 percent over last year. “If I didn’t know better, I’d say we were in the middle of a big economic expansion,” said Dotzour. “But investors are not willing to pay for those profits and companies are not willing to hire because no one thinks Con-

gress will do the right thing and deal with the federal deficit.”

What happens if Congress does take some positive action, the stock market gains strength, and Treasury bond yields climb? “Investors will turn more to financial assets,” said Malanga. “The investment market is a fickle investor. Private equity funds and hedge funds don’t care about agriculture; they care only for the rate of return.”

Hard assets (like gold and farmland) will decline with the reversal of investment flow. “If [institutional investors] look at financial assets starting to be viewed as undervalued, they certainly wouldn’t have any qualms about selling that land and going back into financial assets,” Malanga added.

Prices are set at margins Even if the speculators are a small segment of the market, they turn the trend, said Malanga. “Once the marginal buyers start moving away, the market will turn.

That’s what will turn the trend.”

If an improving U.S. economy could weigh on farmland prices, so could a souring global economy. “I personally believe corn prices will go below $5, assuming average weather and slow global economics,” Malanga predicted. “When economies tend to slide, we often underestimate how fast they can slide. Two to three months ago, world economic growth was predicted to be 3.5 to Continued on page 24

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4 percent in 2012. Last week, the World Bank predicted 2012 world economic growth to be 2.5 to 3 percent. China’s expected economic slide will negatively affect U.S. commodity prices.”

Texas A&M economist Dotzour worries that insolvent European banks will stop loaning to emerging markets such as Africa and intense credit pressure will be felt all around the globe, keeping a lid on economic activity.

While we may be able to limp through 2012 from political inaction, a financial time bomb will go off in

January 2013, warned Malanga. “That’s when the Bush-era tax cuts will expire, which will raise taxes for everyone. Medicare surcharge, increase in capital gains tax and dividends tax are scheduled to increase.

Automatic spending cuts— $1.2 trillion over 10 years with 50 percent from defense—are scheduled to go into effect. The implementation of all those actions would lead to a depression.

In the second half of 2012, everyone will wonder: What are we going to do?” Malanga noted. “Expect an acrimonious debate.”

So, what can an American farmer do now? “My advice

is keep leverage low,” said Dotzour. “If crop prices drop 40 percent, I’ll still own my land and I can wait for the market to turn around.”

That’s the same advice Malanga gives farmland owners. “If I consider myself a caretaker of the land (not an investor who gets in and out of the market), my best recommendation is to get out of debt. Then it doesn’t matter what happens to land prices. One way or another, we will need to deal with the federal budget deficit and agriculture will be a target for policy makers,” Malanga warned. — Elizabeth Williams, DTN

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Far West real estate draws recreational buyers —Buyers looking for fun in the west Far West real estate markets in states like California and Oregon are picking up slowly but surely. High grain prices and the need for grazing land are driving some buyer interest, but recreational buyers are opening up new market opportunities for ag properties in the west.

Today’s Far West real estate market has been described as steady, but active.

“It’s still a buyer’s market.

There’re people out there with money,” according to Todd Renfrew of California Outdoor Properties.

Bobby Lockrem of Sotheby’s International Realty Farm and Ranch division described the current market as stable from last year.

“Ranches in general are moving, especially smaller properties under $400,000 and bank-owned properties.

We’re even having good luck with the large working cattle ranches, too.”

based territories, Lockrem said he was seeing a lot of established commercial ranchers expanding their grazing land, “hobby ranchers” buying small-acreage properties, and some purely recreational property buyers. When asked about nonag investors, he said he wasn’t seeing many.

On the topic of first-time serious farmers or ranchers, Lockrem chuckled. “I haven’t seen many people starting in ranching or farming for a while.”

California is a bit different, according to Renfrew.

He says he’s seen some nonag investment buyers.

“There is a new market of buyers from the dot.com companies who aren’t ranchers, hunters or the typical outdoorsmen. They are buying land to get away from Silicon Valley and as an investment.”

The reasons for buying vary based on the individual, but some trends were mentioned. Aside from those seeking to increase their grazing land for cattle, or

Tom Harrison of Oregon Opportunities Real Estate also said smaller ranches were selling, particularly anything under $700,000.

In California, crop- and tree-ground is selling well.

The high price many grain crops are fetching lately, as well as the success of nut orchards in northern and central California, has made land attractive.

Farther north in Oregon, grazing land and properties with recreational opportunities are drawing attention.

Agents agreed that properly-priced properties are moving well. The catch is the “properly-priced” detail.

Lockrem said many sellers are getting more realistic, but memories of property values from the mid2000 bubble still influence the hopes of some. Renfrew agreed, saying, “A lot of people have the 2006 prices stuck in their minds.”

When asked who was buying and why, the responses differed based on location. In his Oregon-

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looking for cropland to ease feed prices for their herds, motivations to buy are sometimes less direct.

Recreational motivations such as hunting, fishing, keeping horses and various forms of hobby agriculture were all among the more personal drives for buyers.

Lockrem cited the uncertain economy at home and abroad, the wobbly stock markets, and the weak dollar as potential reasons for buyer interest.

“People are trying to figure out what to do. They know money isn’t doing well.

And right now, land prices aren’t astronomical, so buying land is feasible and affordable.”

He also speculated on a change in culture influencing land-buying behavior.

“I think people are moving back towards wanting a bit of luxury. Not extreme; people aren’t as interested in the 6,000-square-foot giant ranch house today, but a smaller house with updated amenities on some land.

“I think people are looking for a life investment,” he concluded.

Harrison also mentioned recreational and cultural reasons for buyers’ decisions. Good weather, fleeing areas of urban encroachment, the open spaces of the west, and access to travel opportunities all draw buyers’ interest. And for some, it’s simply a “de-

sire for the lifestyle.”

As with the southwestern real estate markets, obtaining loans and today’s unsettled economic world are among the primary issues.

“The biggest obstacle [to growth in the real estate market] is the difficulty of getting a loan on land,” according to Renfrew. Like in the southwest, this has Continued on page 26

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created a great opportunity for for-cash buyers. Several of the agents mentioned forcash buyers, the primary audience for large ranches.

The interest in recreational properties comes with particular financial difficulties. Since recreational land doesn’t have a dependable source of monetary return, it can be even more difficult that usual to get a loan.

The difficulty for buyers to secure public-offered bank or government financing has

resulted in more sellers offering private financing deals. In such situations, owners will generally accept a certain amount down and allow for the buyer to effectively rent-to-own the property at a set rate.

The issue of economic and political uncertainty hampering real estate markets is something that can only be waited out.

“Until the market gets better, people will be sitting on their money,” Lockrem said of current trends.

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Renfrew said a lot of the current hesitation to act has to do with uncertainty over the upcoming elections, as well as the economy. “A lot will depend on who gets elected.”

Harrison, on the other hand, said the extended economic downturn has caused some of those sitting on significant liquidity to act. “I think some people just get tired of waiting.”

The issue of water rights is another area of note in western real estate. The dif-

ficulty comes in the form of regional or state-based regulations and the fact water rights do not always go hand-in-hand with owning land.

Both Renfrew and Lockrem spoke of the importance of water on the value of property.

“Having water on the property and owning the rights will increase the value of the land. Just dirt for grazing can get $600 to $650 per acre, but with water, we’re looking at as much

$3,000 per acre.”

Renfrew advised the issue of water will only get bigger in the west.

“Water is gold. A buyer really needs to understand his water rights.”

Projections for the future are conservatively optimistic.

“Happy thoughts,” said Lockrem. “You have to have a positive outlook. Things aren’t going to be what they were [in the mid-2000s], but it’s becoming more stable.

And after the election, we

may have something more to depend on.”

Harrison said he sees an improved market for recreational properties in the near future. “I think there will be growing interest in recreational properties as more people retire.”

Renfrew cited trends from last year, optimistically, when speculating about the future. “Our sales from last year were double what they were the year before.” — Kerry Halladay, WLJ Editor

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BOOTSMA FARM — Baker County, Oregon. Approximately 1,661 deeded, 1,458 irrigated crop. Potatoes, alfalfa, grain, and mint. Modest water cost via Powder River, storage reservoir and 2 each/supplemental wells for back-up, pivots and wheel lines. Majority of water is pressurized from ground level, located approximately 1 mile east of Baker City.

Modest 2BR labor house, 60X100 metal shop with attached office, 3 large hay sheds, 1,000-HD feedlot. Can be purchased with or without feedlot, farm shows quality management and care. Lessee in place for anyone wishing a proven agricultural investment — $5,500,000 INDIAN CREEK — Union County, Oregon. Approximately 1,035 deeded, 288 dry farm (80 bu. wht), 22 irrigated (free water), 35 timber, 683 range. Excellent farming/livestock combination. 2BR home, 3,100-sq.-ft. shop, machine shed, hay shed, misc. outbldgs. ¾ mile Indian Creek + several springs. 17”-22” rainfall. 5 minutes to Elgin. Would make excellent inside livestock operation with all the bells and whistles. Lessee in place for absentee owner. Elk, deer, turkey and grouse — $900,000 ELGIN FARM — Union County, Oregon. Approximately 328 total deeded acres, 286 irrigated (free water), pivot and wheel lines. 31 dry crop (80 bu. wht.), currently growing wheat, grass seed and sunflowers. 5 minutes to Elgin. Lessee in place for absentee owner — $795,000 THE ABOVE TWO UNION COUNTY FARMS CAN BE COMBINED: SPLIT ONLY BY A COUNTY ROAD 1,363 total deeded. 308 irrigated, 319 dry farm, 35 timber, 683 range — $1,695,000 LANDRETH — Malheur County, OR. Approximately 784 deeded acres, 180 irrigated. Balance in dry grazing, 125 animal units or equivalent yearlings, ½ mile Malheur River, bass pond and hunting. 14 miles west of Vale. Very nice 3BR home, heated shop, machine shed, livestock shelter.

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Edit your estate plan Minnesotan Mark Habedank, 51, has but one life to live. It’s his estate and succession plan that has already experienced multiple editions and revisions from youth to middle-age.

Your estate plan should deal with the consequences if you died today, but update when tax law, family situations or assets change.

You never know when you’ll die, what federal estate taxes will be, or whether your elementary school age children may follow in your footsteps 20 years down the road. That’s not an excuse to procrastinate.

“The best you can do is address your priorities at the time, then update your plan as circumstances change,” Habedank said.

“For me, that’s meant revising my will and other documents about every 10 years.”

Rapid appreciation in farmland the past five years means many Corn Belt farm families also are overdue for an estate plan revision, said CPA Lynn Lambert of Monticello, IN. The windfall in land wealth “has made multimillionaires out of people who have no cash,” said Lambert. That could mean parents must step up gifting programs to move land out of their estates or launch installment sales of land now while interest rates are low. Otherwise, on-farm heirs will need significantly more insurance or assets to buy the land at the owner’s death, she said.

Keep plans fluid Habedank operates 7,000 acres of corn, soybeans, sugar beets and wheat as a fifth-generation farmer near Twin Valley, MN. He and his wife, Rhoda, are sole owners of the business, which includes about 1,500 acres of owned farmland and shares in a sugar beet processing cooperative.

Minnesota extracts about a 10 percent tax on estates over $1 million unless heirs continue to farm the land, plus IRS collects a 35 percent federal rate on assets over $5 million.

Even though married couples can double those exemptions, the Habedanks would face a significant tax burden if they weren’t proactive.

Mark believes that estate plans should not only address potential taxes, but also life goals. “When you run a family business, your family and business s i t u a t i o n s a r e i n t e rtwined,” Habedank said.

As a bachelor, Mark and his farming brother bought joint life insurance on their

father so they’d have the cash to pay other heirs in a buy-sell agreement. Having the funds to keep that farmland in the family “was the best thing we ever did,” he said.

“Dad was diabetic and in terrible health, so insurance was expensive at the time, but we knew we’d need the liquidity from insurance to buy land on short notice,” he said.

When Habedank married in his mid-30s, his priorities shifted again. He needed to protect his wife’s security as well as that of his two sons, now 15 and 12. Mark has a reciprocal agreement that his brother will farm his 7,000 acres in the event of his death or disability.

While Rhoda is his partner in life, she has little interest or experience running a large farm operation solo. Their sons are also too young to get involved now. “It’s important to me to keep the land in the hands of those people who produce the crops, not just make my wife a landlord,” Habedank said. “But we don’t want to lose land outside the family.”

When to review A formal estate plan will incorporate those wishes.

“Anyone who is married and has minor children needs an estate plan to control where their assets will go,” said Nick Houle, a CPA and estate planner with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP in Minneapolis. “If they don’t, the state is going to decide for you.”

What’s more, he thinks it’s easier to make better decisions if you start young and have time to implement a plan, such as gifting property.

Houle cited three situations that should trigger amendments to your estate plan: • Family changes such as the death of an heir or a spouse, the birth of a child or addition of heirs, divorces, even the bankruptcy or drug problem of a key family member. Check the beneficiaries you have listed on retirement plans, life insurance and wills.

People frequently forget.

An Illinois farmer suffered a fatal heart attack during 2009’s stressful harvest.

The tragedy was that he had never updated his will after he remarried, so his ex-wife inherited his property instead of his widow.

• Material changes in net worth. For example, last year’s 20 percent to 40 percent surge in farmland values may make past strategies ineffective. “Two years ago, Farmer A and his wife might have owned a $7 million estate split evenly between them and not worried about the federal es-

tate tax,” Houle said. “Now their estate is worth $12 million because of farmland gains, and even with a $5 million per person estate exemption, they’re exposed to a $700,000 federal tax.”

• Changes in state or federal tax law. Congress temporarily raised the federal estate tax exemption to $5 million per person in 2011 and adjusted it for inflation to $5.12 million in 2012. However, that law sunsets in 2013 and it’s not clear what Congress will do then. Meanwhile, states have implemented changes as well. Last year, Minnesota passed a law to exempt $4 million worth of farmland per estate if a family continues to operate the land. That could amount to an $800,000 savings for each married farm couple, if their estate were structured properly, Houle said.

“There’s never really a ‘right’ time to do it,” said Houle. “Often, young parents need the most insurance and coming up with the money at that stage in life is very difficult. But the place to start is to look at where you’re at today and what would happen if you died tomorrow. Then ask yourself, is that what you want? Almost everyone says, ‘not really.’ So we work on fixing that.” — Marcia Zarley Taylor, DTN

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Sufficient nutrients vital for beef cow health Ashcroft honored A summer of excessive moisture and good grass growth followed by recordhigh temperatures and record-low precipitation this winter has provided many northern Plains cattle producers with the opportunity to extend their grazing season well beyond normal.

“Although producers currently grazing are most likely saving money by not dipping into harvested or purchased hay reserves, cow stage of gestation and coincident nutrient requirements must be considered to determine whether cows are getting the nutrients they need from midwinter grasses,” says Carl Dahlen, a North

Dakota State University Extension Service beef cattle specialist.

These cows’ nutrient requirements are changing as the animals progress into the third trimester of pregnancy.

Depending on their calving season, many of the cattle on pastures are experiencing this requirement increase.

However, the protein of forages standing at this point is very low, probably no more than 4 to 5 percent. Cows during the third trimester should be eating feed with around 8 percent protein, Dahlen says.

In addition to protein percentage, producers need to keep in mind the physical

form of the standing forage.

“As we progress into winter, the pasture grasses are more susceptible to being knocked over by cattle or weighted down by snow and wind,” Dahlen says. “Add this to the fact winter grasses are less palatable compared with earlier in the year and it becomes difficult for cattle to consume the amount of forage they need.”

The mineral and vitamin content of standing forages likely is below requirements as well. Minerals at this stage largely are needed to develop a calf’s immune system through nutrients circulating through the cow and from nutrients that will be available for colostrum and milk production once the calf is born. Not having proper minerals now could be a big issue for calf health in a few months.

Not meeting cattle’s nutrient requirements also can affect fetal programming, although the impact is not necessarily seen immediately, according to Dahlen.

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Rick Funston, Extension beef reproductive physiologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has conducted considerable research on the impact of protein supplementation during late gestation on the health and performance of the offspring.

Funston found that calves born from cows that were fed supplements during late gestation had better growth rates, a greater percentage of heifers became pregnant during their first breeding season, and calves put into feedlots had greater feedlot performance.

“We’re talking lifetime productivity, and it is not something that can be seen in the cows today but can have big impacts on herds into the future,” Dahlen says.

He recommends producers who have cattle in late gestation provide their cattle with some type of protein and energy supplementation, such as lick tubs, range cubes or distillers grains. Freechoice alfalfa hay delivered to cows in addition to grazing also will provide additional protein.

“Also monitor cow body condition very closely and ensure the proper delivery of vitamin/mineral supplements to cows,” he advises.

“Pre-calving losses in body condition set cows up for issues after calving. Metabolic conditions, retained placenta and delayed rebreeding are things that I would be concerned with if cows came through the summer on great grass but then lost a lot of condition just prior to calving.” — WLJ

Nick Ashcroft, Las Cruces, received the Bud’s Contract Award from the New Mexico Federal Lands Council (NMFLC) during the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in early December in Albuquerque.

“By working with ranchers, and helping get accurate scientific information into the hands of the Forest Service and BLM, Nick has helped keep many New Mexico ranches in operation,” said Bebo Lee, NMFLC president, Alamogordo. “We appreciate his hard work and dedication, and are glad for this opportunity to say thank you.”

Ashcroft is a member of the Range Improvement Task Force (RITF), a team of scientists and specialists housed at New Mexico State University (NMSU) who work to ensure that land management agencies utilize accurate scientific information in their management decisions.

Grazing is constantly under attack from groups and individuals who try to use agency regulations and the courts to force livestock from federal land, Lee noted.

NMFLC gives the Bud’s Contract award annually to an individual who has given of their time and effort to NMFLC. Past recipients include land management agency personnel, NMSU staff and others who have shown dedication to the grazing industry in New Mexico.

The award, a bronze handshake, is given in memory of long-time NMFLC President Bud Eppers. This year’s award was presented by Jimmy R. Bason, Hillsboro.

Ashcroft has collected and analyzed data for Congress, specifically for Congressman Skeen, and in 2002, spent long hours crunching numbers when 130 grazing permits on the Santa Fe Forest were threatened with cuts in numbers that would have devastated those family operations, Lee explained.

“To do what they do, Task Force members have to have their heart in the work, and Nick is no exception,” Lee said. “Grazing is constantly under attack from groups and individuals who try to use agency regulations and the courts to force livestock from federal land. Nick and his team provide a permittee’s best defense—good, solid data—which the agencies often do not have.”

Ashcroft grew up on a farming and ranching operation near Bloomfield and started with a Beef Production degree and work experience that would lead him to a ranch management job. After receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural economics at NMSU, he joined RITF, then completed a doctoral degree in range science. — WLJ

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Rebuilding the herd with better traits A drought is never a good time for a cattle producer.

But sometimes it can turn into an opportunity.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what happened at Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maddux Cattle Company where general manager John Maddux saw an extended period of dry weather as an opportunity to improve their cow herd and fine-tune management.

The operation was able to start over with a new set of cows, focusing on fitness and convenience traits. They coupled this with modifications in their calving and weaning calendars to develop a system where cows could thrive entirely on grazed forage. Eliminating the need for additional feed, supplement or hay is a big advantage in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have reduced annual feed costs by at least $100 per cow, with no reduction in weaning percentage,â&#x20AC;?

Maddux reports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also have savings in labor and health costs.â&#x20AC;?

Maddux, a fourth-generation rancher, says drought hit southwestern Nebraska in late 2000 and lasted into 2005. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able to hold the herd together by weaning calves at 60 days, sending them to the feed yard, and dry-lotting a reduced number of cows on a high grain and distillers grains ration,â&#x20AC;? he explains.

Time to sell By 2005, Maddux and his father, Jack, decided it was time to liquidate the herd.

Drought conditions still had not fully abated. Corn prices, which had shot up to $7 a bushel, no longer made their calf-finishing program profitable. Plus, they were able to take advantage of USDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drought Disaster Declaration, which permitted them to sell their cows but restock over a period of years with no tax liability. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sold off about 4,000 adult females and replacement heifers,â&#x20AC;? Maddux recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, as the drought eased, we began buying back large numbers of Red Angus heifers. We sorted them heavily and kept only the

best to develop for cows.â&#x20AC;?

Through a program of strategic crossbreeding, using artificial insemination, they developed a composite female that is 3/8 Red Angus, 1/4 Tarantaise and 1/8 each Devon, South Devon and Red Poll. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our objective is a moderate-sized, easy-fleshing cow with strong maternal traits,â&#x20AC;?

Maddux says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We stress convenience and fitness traits over growth and high performance. We want a low-input female.â&#x20AC;?

Calving season reset Next, they modified their calving season and weaning program. Historically, the ranch had calved in March when blizzards were still a hazard. Now they calve heifers in April and cows in May, when temperatures are milder and grass has greened up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has reduced calving problems and labor requirements,â&#x20AC;? Maddux says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also eliminated early weaning because feeding lightweight calves was no longer profitable with high-priced grain. Instead, we wean in early October. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We run those calves on cornstalks and grass, and supplement them with enough distillers grains so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll gain a pound and a half per day to make a 600to 650-pound yearling that will go on grass the following spring.â&#x20AC;?

The Madduxes run the steers on leased grassland and sell them to commercial feed yards at 900 pounds.

Maddux reports his cow herd has maintained itself very well on the 12-month grazing program. From April 1 until Oct. 30, cows graze native range and subirrigated meadows. The Madduxes practice highintensity, low-frequency grazing, often rotating cattle more than once a week. For winter grazing, they lease harvested corn fields. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are fortunate to be located close to a large irrigated farming area,â&#x20AC;? Maddux notes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can drive our cows to the fields on horseback.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know there will be rare times in the winter when there will be too much snow on the ground for cattle to graze sufficiently,â&#x20AC;? he continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve backstopped ourselves by ensiling hailed-out grain fields.

We keep at least a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supply of silage on hand in case of difficult winter or drought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the last five years, we have never had to feed any supplement or hay,â&#x20AC;? Maddux says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last time we fed stored forages was during a 2007 snowstorm.â&#x20AC;?

The cattleman concedes cow body condition possibly is down slightly. However, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that has hurt them too much because calving later on green grass allows cows to improve condition scores before calving.

He says weaning percentages on both heifers and calves have held at over 90 percent.

viability; â&#x20AC;˘ Maintenance of calf body temperature; â&#x20AC;˘ Colostrum development in the cow.

Adequate dietary protein in late gestation affects colostrum production by the cow. Restriction of nutrients, including protein, during late pregnancy has been shown to significantly decrease the amount of colostrum produced by the cow.

It is also possible that calves born to protein-restricted cows are less able to absorb antibodies from colostrum when compared to calves from mothers with adequate protein intake, according to one study.

Making sure cows eat 2 pounds of crude protein per head per day during the last three months of gestation improves the viability of calves, will reduce calving difficulty (dystocia), and will help prevent cold stress in the newborn calf. Diet restriction will not sufficiently

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After one breeding season, they castrate the yearling bulls, place them in a feed yard and sell them as fed steers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do this for several reasons,â&#x20AC;? Maddux explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For one, with a compositebreeding program, it is important to maintain a broad base in our genetic system.

We figure the maximum number of calves that one bull will sire is 25 to 30. So we minimize inbreeding by only using a bull for one season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On top of that, we can sell that bull at 18 or 19 months of age for a fed steer price.

He may not grade all that well, but there is no premium being paid for Choice beef anyway,â&#x20AC;? Maddux adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to feed that bull all winter when he would eat as much as three cows.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Del Deterling, DTN

Preparing for calving season: Nutrition is key for a healthy, vibrant calf This past fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weather was excellent for completing projects that in most years have to wind up by midNovember. Hopefully those projects included preparations for calving time. If not, producers may still have some time to turn their minds towards setting up the cow herd for the best possible calf health this calving season.

There are several areas for which a producer can prepare to help insure as successful a calving season as possible. The top two areas are nutrition and facility preparation. This article is concerned with nutrition.

Nutrition during the last trimester of a cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pregnancy is critical. Energy, crude protein, and trace minerals are all important.

Protein itself is a crucial nutrient. Protein serves the newborn calf in several different ways: â&#x20AC;˘ Muscle and nerve development, contributing to calf

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Paying attention to cow nutrition means a better chance that viable calves will be born without problems, get up and nurse quickly, and a cow that has better colostrum and nutrition for the baby calf. Right now, producers should take stock of their winter feed supply. Having accurate nutrient analysis of each feed will allow proper nutrient intake and make sure it can be accessed if bad weather conditions come up later in the winter and early spring.

A discussion of cow nutrition with an extension cow/calf field specialist or veterinarian will help a great deal as winter feeding progresses. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Heather Larson, South Dakota State University

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Beef producers attending the convention in Nashville, TN, and throughout the nation can support Elanco’s donation of up to $20,000 to Heifer International by visiting Heifer.org/Elancopart nership. Elanco will donate one dollar to Heifer International for every unique visit to their landing page through March 2012.

“This is a great opportunity for producers to make a difference with a single click,” said Ted McKinney, Elanco director of public affairs. “The ultimate goal is to further Heifer International’s impact and celebrate the role beef producers play in working toward a world without hunger through the use of production-efficiency technologies.”

Producing beef efficiently means more people everywhere can have access to safe, affordable food, and the widest variety of food choices. For years, beef producers have used production-efficiency technologies to increase the amount of beef available by producing more with less. Now they can help make a donation with their clicks and by visiting the Elanco trade show exhibit,

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A partnership to end hunger Since 2008, Heifer International and Elanco have worked together to help provide a better life for animals and people. The partnership has already helped more than 6,500 families and is on its way to fulfilling the commitment of helping 100,000 families globally.

“Today, through initiatives like this one, millions of people who once were hungry now are nourished by milk, meat, eggs and fresh vegetables,” said Marleen New, director of Heifer International corporate and foundation relations. “This new initiative is an exciting way for the beef industry, Elanco and Heifer International to partner in making a big difference in the fight against hunger.”

Together, Heifer International and Elanco have identified small communities in emerging countries that could substantially benefit from the gift of an animal, as well as training in animal husbandry and other production practices.

In recent years, Heifer International and Elanco have focused their efforts in the Lampung province in Indonesia, the Copperbelt in Zambia, and the Hebei province in China.

“We’re counting on the beef industry to help us make this donation of $20,000 possible,” said McKinney. “Every additional click puts us one dollar closer to helping these communities overcome hunger.”

About Heifer International Heifer’s mission is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Since 1944, Heifer International has provided livestock and environmentally-sound agricultural training to improve the lives of those who struggle daily for reliable sources of food and income.

Heifer is currently working in 40 countries, including the U.S., to help families and communities become more self-reliant. For more information, visit Heifer.org or call 800/696-1918.

About Elanco Elanco is a global innovation-driven company that develops and markets products to improve animal health and food animal production in more than 75 countries. Elanco employs more than 2,500 people worldwide, with offices in more than 40 countries, and is a division of Eli Lilly and Company, a leading global pharmaceutical corporation.

Additional information about Elanco is available at Elanco.com. — WLJ

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application area encompasses approximately 18,790 acres of BLM-administered public lands. The permanent footprint of the project as proposed would be approximately 163 acres. The public comment period will close March 18.

Publication of the Notice of Availability in the Jan. 20 Federal Register initiates the 90-day public review and comment period on the Draft EIS for the Searchlight Wind Energy, LLC proposal. Scoping meetings will be announced at least 15 days in advance through local media and on the BLM website at blm.gov/nv.

BLM has determined that a temporary segregation of the public land is necessary to maintain the status quo while it processes the rightof-way applications. About 18,790 acres are segregated from new applications and claims under the public land laws for a period of two years, including location under the Mining Law, but not the Mineral Leasing Act or Materials Act, subject to valid existing rights. The temporary segregation is necessary to prevent the filing of mining claims in the project area which could increase costs or hinder the development of the project.

The proposal is to construct and operate a wind energy generating facility that would produce 200 megawatts of electricity. The proposed wind turbines would be 415 feet tall. In addition to the wind turbines, the proposed project would require the construction of new access roads, two electrical substations, an overhead transmission line connecting the two substations, an elec-

trical interconnection facility/switchyard owned and operated by Western Area Power Administration, an operation and maintenance building, and temporary and permanent laydown areas.

Three permanent meteorological masts would remain on the site to measure the wind speed and direction across the site over the life of the project. The Searchlight Wind Energy Project would generate and deliver electrical power to the electrical transmission grid by 2013 via an interconnection with the Western Area Power Administration, Davis-Mead 230-kilovolt transmission line.

Only written comments will be accepted. Comments may be submitted in a number of ways; at the Nevada BLM website, keyword “searchlight”; by email at BLM_NV_SNDO_Search lightWindEnergyEIS@blm. gov; by fax at 702/515–5010, attention Gregory Helseth; or by mail at BLM Las Vegas Field Office, Attn: Gregory Helseth, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89130–2301.

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time.

While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

For more information, please call Gregory Helseth at 702/515-5173. — WLJ

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More not necessarily better in corn irrigation —Study shows reduced irrigation can improve yields on corn.

Reducing irrigation can actually improve economics when growing corn. Not only does it save water, but it can improve production in some cases, according to Nich Kenny, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service irrigation specialist in Amarillo, TX. Last summer, Kenny, along with AgriLife Extension agents in five counties, cooperated on the “Efficient Profitable Irrigation in Corn,” or EPIC project, as it is known to producers. The project is a result-demonstration effort conducted by AgriLife Extension and funded primarily by the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District.

“We know there are about 900,000 acres of corn grown in the High Plains,” he said.

“We also know that at least half of those acres are managed by producers who are shooting for the highest yield. If we can reduce irrigation by 1 inch annually on that half of the acres aimed at high yields, it would equate to saving 37,500 acre feet of water, or 12 billion gallons, of water use annually.”

And if this past summer’s demonstrations are any indication, that is a doable result, Kenny said, adding that the producers involved saw anywhere from 1 inch to 3 inches of savings on their corn crop with no reduction of yield and even an improvement of yield in three cases.

The premise behind EPIC is to manage irrigation water for maximized water efficiency. The project is targeting corn producers who historically employ efficient irrigation systems and solid agricultural practices in a production strategy focused on maximized yields.

“There’s a tapering-off point in the relationship of production and water applied,” Kenny said.

“Yield will increase with each increment of water only up to a point, and then the law of diminishing returns applies.

“Our question was, ‘If you manage for maximum profitability instead of yield, will you be able to save water,’ and, initially, the answer we believe is yes,” he said.

This past summer, Kenny and the agents conducted demonstrations with producers in Dallam, Hartley, Hutchinson, Ochiltree and Sherman counties. The Dallam County demonstration was under such extreme drought it could not be completed.

In all the locations, situations were selected where side-by-side plots were used, one as a “control” and the other as the “EPIC” plot. On the EPIC plots, three technologies—AquaSpy, AquaPlanner and Pivotrac— were used to manage the irrigation application without producer knowledge or access to maintain the purity of the control.

The control plot was titled the “legacy” plot and was managed according to the specific producer’s standard practice. The EPIC plot was

managed with AgriLife Extension inputs based on best management practices and information from management tools.

In all five cooperator plots, corn yields were maintained or increased with a corresponding reduction in irrigation water applied.

The Hartley County producer realized a 3.2 inch reduction in water applied with no change in yield; the Hutchinson County producer, 2.6 inch reduction and10 bushel-per-acre yield improvement; Ochiltree County producer, 1.2 inch water savings and 20-bushel improvement per acre; and the Sherman County producer, 3 inch reduction and a 30 bushel-per-acre yield improvement.

The Hutchinson County plots utilized subsurface drip irrigation. Kristy Synatschk, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Hutchinson County, said her cooperating producer could see a noticeable difference between the EPIC and legacy plots.

“Drip irrigation proved beneficial in the extreme weather of 2011 because of the ability it provides to water daily and keep all of the irrigation water accessible to the roots,” Synatschk said. “Both the EPIC and legacy plots looked the same to the visible eye, but the yield results confirmed the original concept.”

Scott Strawn, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Ochiltree County, said his cooperating producer, through the EPIC program, was better informed and able to make management decisions that saved on his bottom line.

“By utilizing the technology, the producer was given the confidence to go ahead and make the decision to cut late-season irrigation,” Strawn said. “He was able to save one last watering with the knowledge that his yield would not be negatively impacted.”

Kenny said while this was not a scientific, replicated study, but more for the purpose of demonstrating a scientifically sound approach to managing water, it had “very compelling results.”

“From the preliminary results this first year of the EPIC project, the implication is that corn yields can be maintained or increased with a reduction in applied irrigation water,” he said.

Kenny said he intends to further prove this concept and verify the 2011 results by continuing the EPIC project for at least three additional seasons.

In the next step, producers who have participated in one season of blind technology utilization will be advanced to full exposure of the management tools with appropriate training. New cooperators will still be expected to participate in one season of blind participation to ensure a control.

Kenny said the blind participation is required, as it is human nature to alter the management of the “legacy” plot to match the EPIC strategy.

In the future, Kenny

hopes to include at least one producer from each of the eight North Plains Groundwater Conservation District counties. However, he said, adoption of the EPIC pat-

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First nanotechnology lawsuit filed Consumer safety and environmental groups sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month citing scientific reports cautioning against the unregulated use of nanotechnology in consumer products. The case is the first lawsuit over the health and environmental risks of nanotechnology and nanomaterials.

While nanotechnology in agriculture is still relatively new, researchers see a number of uses for nanoparticles, including improving fertilizers and pesticides, allowing for more uniform applications. In addition, some scientists say nanotechnology may improve food safety, with nanoparticle sensors that are able to detect the smallest amounts of contamination in water, feeds, and even on meats.

Scientists say these nanoparticles have the potential to transform agriculture and make current “precision ag” devices obsolete.

But, as with any scientific transformation, the topic is full of controversy.

According to the Institute of Nanotechnology, nanotechnology is the manipulation or self-assembly of individual atoms, molecules, or molecular clusters into structures to create materials and devices with new or vastly different properties.

Nanotechnology can work from the top down (which means reducing the size of the smallest structures to the nanoscale e.g. photonics applications in nanoelectronics and nanoengineering) or the bottom up (which

involves manipulating individual atoms and molecules into nanostructures and more closely resembles chemistry or biology).

The groups that filed the lawsuit want FDA to respond to a petition the public interest organizations filed with the agency in 2006. The coalition is led by the International Center for Technology Assessment on behalf of fellow plaintiffs Friends of the Earth, Food and Water Watch, the Center for Environmental Health, the ETC Group and the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy (ICTA).

“Nano means more than tiny; it means materials that have the capacity to be fundamentally different.

Yet more and more novel nanomaterials are being sold infused into new consumer products every day, while FDA sits idly by,” said George Kimbrell, ICTA attorney. “The agency’s unlawful delay unnecessarily places consumers and the environment at risk.”

The 80-page petition documents the scientific evidence of nanomaterial risks stemming from their unpredictable toxicity and seemingly unlimited mobility, according to a press release put out by the groups. The 2006 petition requested that FDA take several regulatory actions, including requiring nanospecific product labeling and health and safety testing, and undertaking an analysis of the environmental and health impacts of nanomaterials in products approved by the agency.

Nanomaterials in sunscreens, one of the largest sectors of the nano-consumer product market, were also a focus of the action. The petitioners called on the agency to regulate nano-sunscreens to account for their novel ingredients rather than assume their safety, and to pull such sunscreens from the market until and unless the agency approves them as new drug products.

“Year after year goes by but we have yet to see the FDA do the bare minimum and require nanosunscreens to be labeled as such. This is a basic consumer right,” said Ian Illuminato of Friends of the Earth. “We’re well past the 1800s—nobody likes or should be forced to use mystery chemicals anymore.”

According to the groups, since 2006, numerous studies and reports, including agency publications by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of the Inspector General, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office, acknowledge significant data gaps concerning nanomaterials’ potential effects on human health and the environment.

The report cites a study with mice showing that nano-titanium dioxide when inhaled and when eaten can cause changes in DNA that affect the brain function and may cause tumors and developmental problems in offspring. According to the release, in one study, titanium dioxide nanoparticles were found in the placenta, fetal liver and fetal brain.

— Traci Eatherton, WLJ Editor

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Challenging weather conditions troubled the crop year Hindered by unfavorable planting and growing conditions during 2011, U.S. farmers produced a smaller crop than the previous year, according to the Crop Production 2011 Summary released last week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Depending on location, producers in the U.S. battled everything from drought and above normal temperatures

to heavy rains and lowland flooding which led to decreased production of corn, soybeans, cotton and wheat— the first time such a year-toyear decrease has occurred in all four commodities since the 2002 crop year.

Corn production totaled 12.4 billion bushels, down 1 percent from 2010. Corn yield in 2011 is estimated at 147.2 bushels per acre, 5.6 bushels below the last year’s average

yield. Area harvested, at 84 million acres, is up 3 percent from 2010.

Soybean production for 2011 totaled 3.06 billion bushels, down 8 percent from 2010. The average soybean yield is estimated at 41.5 bushels per acre, 2 bushels below the last year’s yield. Harvested area for soybeans in 2011, at 73.6 million acres, is down 4 percent from 2010.

For 2011, all cotton production is down 13 percent from 2010, at 15.7 million 480-pound bales. The U.S. yield is estimated at 772 pounds per acre, down 40 pounds from last year’s yield.

Harvested area, at 9.75 million acres, is down 9 percent from the last year.

NASS estimates the 2011 all wheat production at 2 billion bushels, down 9 percent from 2010. The all wheat

yield is estimated at 43.7 bushels per acre, down 2.6 bushels from the last year.

Harvested area, at 45.7 million acres, is down 4 percent from the 2010 crop.

Sorghum grain production in 2011 is estimated at 214 million bushels, 38 percent down from 2010. Sorghum average yield was 54.6 bushels per acre, down 17.2 bushel from the last year. Area planted for sorghum, at 5.48

million acres, is up 1 percent from the last year. Harvested area, at 3.93 million acres, is down 18 percent from 2010.

The full Crop Production 2011 Summary is available online at www.nass.usda.gov.

The report contains year-end acreage, yield and production estimates for grains and hay; oilseeds; cotton, tobacco and sugar; dry beans, peas and lentils; and potatoes and miscellaneous crops. — WLJ

Political agenda behind activists' undercover videos Videos (from page 1)

makes such activities a crime and that the Senate version also poses constitutional problems because it would require anyone who makes undercover recordings while trespassing to turn over the recordings to authorities.

The Senate was expected to make more amendments to the bill last week. If passed by the Senate with amendments, it will have to return to the House for consideration.

According to HSUS, the Florida bill brought up discussion of first amendment rights, food safety, animal welfare and workers’ rights.

Supporters of the bills say activists’ videos showing suffering livestock are more about political influence and fundraising than animal welfare.

“The people that are doing these activities are working toward a meatless society,” Kapucian said. “Their whole goal is to put a producer in a bad light.”

Kapacian points out that ag doesn’t want to see the animal abuse either, but that the videos and accusations can put a company out of business before it is ever reviewed. “Once the accusations are made, the damage is already done,” he said.

Sen. Tyson Larson filed the Nebraska bill. It would require people who suspect animal abuse or neglect to report their suspicion to authorities within 12 hours, instead of the current twoday window. They also would have to surrender all video, photo and audio evidence immediately to investigators, instead of using them to promote their cause.

“Ninety-nine point nine percent of farmers are doing things the right way,” he said.

Animal rights groups claim their investigations often take months to establish a pattern, and that the proposed bills are designed to hide animal abuse from the public.

Just last week, HSUS released two undercover videos that it says document “unequivocal proof of the inherent and extreme abuse associated with gestation crate confinement,” at Oklahoma facilities owned by Seaboard Foods and Prestage Farms. Industry experts and veterinarians that have viewed the tapes say there is no evidence of abuse, but some media outlets have already condemned the company based on the release.

The videos largely document injuries and sores that HSUS says are the result of gestation crate confinement and behaviors, such as biting at the bars of the crates.

Noting that Seaboard has a policy of using “the most humane practices” posted on its website, HSUS also has filed complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission alleging deception by the company.

In 2007, an HSUS activist worked in the Hallmark/ Westland Meat Packing Company for approximately six weeks, obtaining video that, four months later, would run rampant through media outlets and create the largest meat recall in history.

According to testimony from HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle, “HSUS conducted a thorough investigation that took several months, with our investigator undercover at the plant for six weeks during October and November 2007, and then the investigation continuing after he left the site as we analyzed documents and compiled further evi-

dence. These are long-term investigations, and we don’t parachute in and know everything there is to know in a single day. If we are going to accuse a company of wrongdoing, with broader implications for the public, we want to make sure we collect as much evidence to support our claims as possible, and we want to be sure to present a fair and accurate picture of what went on at the plant.”

While animal activists are typically the ones with the hidden cameras, the media also has a track record of sending in their own undercover spies.

In 1994, CBS was in court in South Dakota on charges that a video the network filmed secretly inside a meatpacking plant in Rapid City was illegal. The packing plant tried to stop the video from being aired, but an emergency order by a Supreme Court justice allowed it to run.

Circuit Judge Jeff W. Da-

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vis barred the network from using the footage during a “48 Hours” segment, titled “Bum Steer.” Concluding that the First Amendment did not apply because the network obtained the videotape through “calculated misdeeds,” Davis ruled that Federal Beef would suffer “irreparable harm” if the tape were broadcast. In an appeal hours before “Bum Steer” was to go on the air, CBS got permission from a Supreme Court judge to use the disputed videotape.

Current state photo shooting, audio recording and video tapping laws vary.

There is a federal law which makes it a crime to secretly capture photo or video images of people in places and situations in which they have an expectation of privacy. Most states have similar laws. These laws are often referred to as “video voyeurism” statutes.

These laws make it a crime to secretly record or distribute images of people

in places where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy, such as bathrooms or locker rooms.

In addition, each state has different wiretapping or eavesdropping laws. The federal wiretapping statute allows phone calls and other electronic communication to be recorded with only one party in consent, which means if the person taping is also part of the conversation, it can be recorded.

In addition to the federal law, each state has its own statutes regarding the recording of conversations, although most follow the federal law.

The 37 states which allow “one party consent” recording of oral communications are: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla-

homa, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The District of Columbia also allows people to record conversations with the consent of only one party. Nevada has a one-party consent statute but there is some question as to how the law should be interpreted by the courts—it could be considered an “all party consent” state.

The 12 states which require all parties to a conversation to consent before it can be recorded are: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington. In California, there is an exception—you can record a conversation with the consent of only one party if certain criminal activity is involved. — Traci Eatherton, WLJ Editor

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012 1:00 pm at Missoula Livestock Exchange • Missoula, MT

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Restaurant industry outlook, for sales growth and overall economy, improved Driven by positive samestore sales and an increasingly optimistic outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) rose to its highest level in five months. The RPI—a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry—stood at 100.6 in November, up 0.6 percent from October. In addition, November represented the second time in the last three months that the RPI stood above 100, which signifies expansion in the index of key industry indicators.

“The November increase in the Restaurant Performance Index was fueled by broadbased gains in both the current situation and forwardlooking indicators,” said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the Research and Knowledge Group for the association. “Restaurant operators reported their strongest net positive same-store sales results in more than four years, while customer traffic levels also grew in November.”

“Among the forward-look-

ing indicators, restaurant operators’ outlook for both sales growth and the overall economy rose to their highest levels in seven months,” Riehle added.

The RPI is constructed so that the health of the restaurant industry is measured in relation to a steady-state level of 100. Index values above 100 indicate that key industry indicators are in a period of expansion, and index values below 100 represent a period of contraction for key industry indicators.

The RPI consists of two components, the Current Situation Index and the Expectations Index.

The Current Situation Index, which measures current trends in four industry indicators (same-store sales, traffic, labor and capital expenditures), stood at 100.2 in November—up 0.8 percent from October’s level of 99.5.

November marked the second time in the last three months that the Current Situation Index stood above 100, which signifies expansion in the current situation indicators.

Restaurant operators reported positive same-store

sales for the sixth consecutive month in November.

Fifty percent of restaurant operators reported a samestore sales gain between November 2010 and November 2011, while just 28 percent reported a same-store sales decline. This marked the strongest net positive sales performance since August 2007, when 54 percent of operators reported a sales gain and 29 percent reported lower sales.

Restaurant operators also reported stronger customer traffic levels in November.

Forty-one percent of restaurant operators reported higher customer traffic levels between November 2010 and November 2011 while 32 percent of operators reported a traffic decline. In October, 37percent of operators reported higher customer traffic while 39 percent reported a traffic decline.

Capital spending activity among restaurant operators trended upward in recent months. Forty-six percent of operators said they made a capital expenditure for equipment, expansion or remodeling during the last three months, the highest level in

five months.

The Expectations Index, which measures restaurant operators’ six-month outlook for four industry indicators (same-store sales, employees, capital expenditures and business conditions), stood at 100.9 in November—up 0.4 percent from October and the third consecutive monthly gain. November also marked the third consecutive month that the Expectations Index stood above 100, which represents a positive outlook among restaurant operators for business conditions in the months ahead.

Restaurant operators are more optimistic about sales growth in the months ahead.

Forty-one percent of restaurant operators expect to have higher sales in six months (compared to the same period in the previous year), up from 35 percent who reported similarly last month. In comparison, just 12 percent of restaurant operators expect their sales volume in six months to be lower than it was during the same period in the previous year, down from 15 percent last month.

Restaurant operators are also somewhat more bullish

about the overall economy in the coming months. Twentyseven percent of restaurant operators said they expect economic conditions to improve in six months, up slightly from 26 percent who reported similarly last month. In comparison, 16 percent of operators said they expect economic conditions to worsen in the next six months, down from 22 percent who reported similarly last month.

Restaurant operators’ outlook for capital spending remains positive. Forty-seven percent of restaurant operators plan to make a capital expenditure for equipment, expansion or remodeling in the next six months, essentially unchanged from the

levels reported in the previous two months.

The RPI is based on the responses to the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Industry Tracking Survey, which is fielded monthly among restaurant operators nationwide on a variety of indicators including sales, traffic, labor and capital expenditures. The full report is available online.

The RPI is released on the last business day of each month, and more detailed data and analysis can be found on Restaurant TrendMapper (www.restaurant. org/trendmapper), the association’s subscription-based service that provides detailed analysis of restaurant industry trends. — WLJ

Feeder prices continue to reach milestones Market (from page 1)

We continue to believe that USDA has underestimated production this year by approximately 700 million pounds. For the latest reporting week, exports were up only 3 percent from the prior year. “Technically, the cattle and feeder complex is ‘overbought,’ which should limit rallies,”said Andy Gottschalk with HedgersEdge.com.

Cattle futures did what they were supposed to do midweek, according to Troy Vetterkind with Vetterkind Cattle Brokerage. “Traded higher all night, broke hard on the open of the pit trade, held support at $128 in April live and $154 in March feeders and rallied going into the close. Someday this isn’t going to be the case and we are going to see a bigger break for a day or two. Support levels for both these front month contracts moves up to $128.20 in April live and $154.30 in March feeders.

Remember we need to hold these price levels on a closing basis. Option trade was moderate with downside put buying noted early, buying puts and buying futures, buying calls and selling futures, and a big feature of ADM selling over 2,000 August live $136 puts around the $8 level.

ADM also bought 800 June $128 and $126 puts for $3.90 and $2.90 respectively. Advantage bought 500 August $122 puts vs. futures at $129.20, and Rosenthal bought right at 1,000 October $126 puts vs. June futures.

Cattle option volatility went up about 0.25 percent in April at 13.15 percent, went down 0.25 percent in June at 12.28 percent, and held steady in August at 12.40 percent,” Vetterkind said.

Live cattle traded mixed, but saw some renewed buying interest. Outside markets were supportive as well as suggestions that country sales would eventually be no worse than steady with last week (i.e., $124 in the South, $199-$200 in the North).

Monday’s kill was 114,000 head, Tuesday was 125,000 head, and Wednesday’s was 124,000 head with last week’s total running 6,000 head below the previous week’s pace.

The weekly slaughter number has moved from 650,000 to 625,000 to 600,000 in three weeks as packers react to poor margins.

“Beef markets haven’t been much of a help for the packer [last] week. While

higher, they are not high enough to compensate for $80-$100 per head losses on slaughter margins,” Vetterkind said.

Boxed beef prices showed signs of a rally, midweek, following the cut in the slaughter. The primary feature of recent trading has been the seasonal decline in the Choice/Select spread.

The Choice cutout was quoted at $184 and Select at $179. The spread was quoted at $5.

Compared to the previous week, feeder cattle prices were firm to $5 higher (mostly $2-5 higher) with the full advance on the 650-850 lb. short-yearling types.

Much of the current offerings will soon be celebrating their first birthday and possess a long-weaned condition that will allow them to perform like true yearlings, which have been scarce for the last few months.

The unbelievably mild winter throughout the central portion of the country has been ideal for cattle growing, with efficient weight gains posted at every level of production.

Stocker and feeder prices continue to reach new milestones each week as buyers of these cattle reach deeper into their pockets. The purchasing of grass stockers is in full bloom even though the first signs of green grass are at least 60-90 days out.

The fact is, most stocker buyers admit that they would be even more aggressive for turnout cattle if they were assured that the balance of the winter would continue mild. The market has already surpassed most lofty predictions and the trajectory of the gains has cattlemen hoping that we are currently climbing a plateau rather than a mountain peak.

But, there still seems to be enough fundamental support to reasonably hold price levels once the feeder cattle market reaches its full potential.

Naturally, the demand for replacement quality heifers is spiking with over 400 head selling through the regular feeder cattle auction in Bassett, NE, with an average weight of 692 lbs. and an average price of $183.59, or over $1,270 per head.

Last week’s high steer quotes were also found in upstate Nebraska with two loads of drug-free source and age verified 650 lb. steers at $187.75, and another load weighing 730 lbs. at $176.50.

— WLJ

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MARKET news Beef Report

Markets at a Glance CHOICE FED STEERS CME FEEDER INDEX BOXED BEEF AVERAGE AVERAGE DRESSED STEERS LIVE SLAUGHTER WEIGHT* WEEKLY SLAUGHTER** BEEF PRODUCTION*** HIDE/OFFAL VALUE CORN PRICE

THIS WEEK

WEEK AGO

YEAR AGO

2/3/2012 124.00 T 155.37 S 183.19 T 200.00 T 1,298 T 608,000 T 1,901.8 S 12.55 S 6.43 S

126.00 153.00 184.62 202.00 1,307 628,000 1,431.5 12.31 6.34

105.72 125.15 172.09 169.78 1,309 650,000 1,928.0 12.86 6.62

WEEKLY COMPOSITE BOXED BEEF WEEK COMPREHENSIVE ENDING Loads/Price January 28 6,571 184.76 January 21 7,773 183.59 January 14 7,685 186.91 January 7 6,421 188.95

February April June August

2/1 12570 12922 12852 13005

2/2 12515 12890 12810 12975

High* 12482 12860 12730 12910

CME FEEDER CATTLE

1/27 1/30 1/31 2/1 2/2 January 15307 15435 15552 15585 15537 March 15460 15660 15762 15822 15792 April 15682 15755 15832 15902 15877 May 15765 15900 15992 16047 16012 *High and low figures are for the life of the contract.

High* 15620 15842 15912 16050

Low* 12355 12720 12622 12815 Low* 15352 15342 15550 15650

Fed Cattle Trade HEAD COUNT AVG. WEIGHT

AVG. PRICE

Weekly Accumulated Live Steer ................................... 28,188 .............. 1,361 ................. 125.68 Live Heifer .................................. 19,072 .............. 1,208 ................. 125.74 Dressed Steer ............................ 18,151 ................. 907 ................. 202.70 Dressed Heifer ............................11,336 ................. 801 ................. 201.94 Same Period Last Week Live Steer ........................................ 431 .............. 1,419 .................123.66 Live Heifer ....................................... 160 .............. 1,338 .................121.22 Dressed Steer ................................. 679 ................. 858 .................198.00 Dressed Heifer ................................ 362 ................. 763 .................199.56 Same Period Last Year Live Steer ................................... 18,792 .............. 1,384 .................105.81 Live Heifer .................................. 16,106 .............. 1,259 .................105.85 Dressed Steer ............................ 22,004 ................. 884 .................170.52 Dressed Heifer ........................... 19,198 ................. 789 .................170.00

NATIONAL WEEKLY SLAUGHTER VOLUME

Domestic Imported Forward Contract .............42,117 ..............................2,933 Formula .........................182,572...............................2,223 Negotiated Cash ............127,581..................................253 Negotiated Grid ...............34,498...............................2,569 Packer Owned .................28,485......................................0 Total ..............................415,253 ..............................6,978

SLAUGHTER FORWARD CONTRACTS Delivery Month January 2012 .......................248,896 February 2012 .....................230,718 March 2012 ......................... 226,115 April 2012 ............................268,516 May 2012 .............................213,572

FORWARD BEEF SALES

Neg. Sales 0-21 days ........ 3,081 Neg. Sales 21+ days ............. 693 Forward sales..................... 3,385 Forward contract sales .......... 161 Domestic sales .................. 5,990 NAFTA Exports...................... 224

Imports and Exports CANADIAN LIVESTOCK PRICES AND FEDERAL INSPECTED SLAUGHTER FIGURES Alberta Direct Sales (4% shrink) Slaughter steers, mostly select 1-2, 1,000-1,200 lb Slaughter heifers, mostly select 1-2, 850-1,050 lb.

Ontario Auctions Slaughter steers, mostly select 1-2, 1,000-1,200 lb Slaughter heifers, mostly select 1-2, 850-1,050 lb.

Slaughter cows, cutter and ut. 1-3, 1,100-1,400lb.

Price 113.92 113.91

Weekly Change* +1.18 +.82

123.36 121.71 70.78

+3.28 +2.63 +3.31

*Price comparison from two weeks ago.

Average feeder cattle prices for January 13, 2012 Steers: Southern Alberta Saskatchewan 400-600 lb.

1172.46 166.31 600-800 lb.

144.62-155.9 144.75-156.18 800+ lb.

138.95 136.83 Heifers: 300-500 lb.

162.40 158.72 500-700 lb.

139.32-148.69 137.63-144.13 700-800+ lb.

130.93 130.86

Manitoba 168.54 143.01-151.73 131.11 155.93 134.85-146.37 125.37

USDA MEXICO TO U.S. WEEKLY LIVESTOCK IMPORTS Feeder cattle imports weekly and yearly volume.

Species Feeders

Current Week 1/28/2012 48,226

Previous Week 1/21/2012 28,501

SELECT Loads/Price 1,125 177.81 1,571 175.53 1,439 177.04 1,220 179.03

UNGRADED Loads/Price 2,844 173.34 3,163 169.91 3,180 171.48 2,920 173.71

SELECTED AUCTION MARKETS

CME LIVE CATTLE 1/31 12785 12857 12777 12927

CHOICE Loads/Price 1,733 184.07 2,164 183.41 2,116 188.49 1,454 192.11

————————————— FED BOXED BEEF ——————————————————————————————————— DATE CHOICE SELECT COW BEEF CUTOUT 50% LEAN 90% LEAN February 2 183.19 178.53 161.09 98.33 206.23 February 1 184.27 178.68 161.28 98.74 206.87 January 31 183.23 178.08 160.98 99.03 206.54 January 30 182.88 178.68 160.65 100.16 205.77 January 27 184.13 179.22 160.33 98.51 205.00

Cattle Futures 1/30 12392 12775 12685 12850

BRANDED Loads/Price 824 191.33 823 190.42 858 197.67 784 198.81

CUTOUTS

*Average weight for previous week. **Total slaughter for previous week. ***Estimated year-to-date figure in million pounds for previous week.

1/27 12470 12845 12717 12895

PRIME Loads/Price 46 237.56 52 234.02 93 235.67 43 239.59

Current Year-to-date

Previous Year-to-date

127,403

89,609

USDA WEEKLY IMPORTED FEEDER CATTLE

Fri Jan 27, 2012 Mexico to TX. & NM. Weekly Cattle Import Summary Receipts EST: 36,000 Week ago Act: 28,501 Year ago Act: 23,450 Compared to last week, steer calves and yearlings 2.00-5.00 higher.

Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active, demand good. Bulk of supply consisted of steers and spayed heifers weighing 300-600 lbs.

Feeder steers: Medium and large 1, 300-400 lbs 158.00-172.00; (a few fancy lots traded from 175.00-177.00 basis 300 lbs late in the week.) 400-500 lbs 148.00-162.00; 500-600 lbs 138.00-152.00; Medium and large 1&2, 300-400 lbs 153.00-168.00; 400-500 lbs 143.00-158.00; 500-600 lbs 133.00-148.00; Medium and large 2&3, 300-400 lbs 143.00-157.00; 400-500 lbs 133.00-147.00; 500-600 lbs 123.00-137.00.

Feeder heifers: Medium and large 1&2, 300-400 lbs 140.00-150.00; 400-500 lbs 130.00-142.00; 500-600 lbs 122.00-134.00; (all sales fob port of entry.)

MARKET SITUATION REPORT

WLJ compiles its market reports, ODJ stories and statistics from independent marketing organizations. The front page market story utilizes information from the above sources as well as weekly interviews conducted with analysts throughout the country. — The Editors

DATE MARKET

200-300 LB.

300-400 LB.

WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 2012 STEERS HEIFERS 400-500 LB. 500-600 LB. 600-700 LB. 700-800 LB.

800 LB. -UP

SLAUGHTER COWS SLAUGHTER BULLS

PAIRS REPLACEMENTS

NORTHWEST January 27 Blackfoot, ID January 26 Burley, ID January 28 Eugene, OR January 30 Madras, OR January 25 Vale, OR January 30 Davenport, WA January 26 Toppenish, WA

1,036 667 162-162 263

967

180-215 175-209 155-204 140-175 125-156 125-148 170-180 150-160 171-194 161-177

240

170-200 155-179 157-189.5 132-172 130-162 138-151 170-180 140-150 172-187 155-176 164 164

1,500

157-177 139-169 157-173.5 123-159.75 130-162 125-147 150-170 140-150 155-172 147-163 161 170 152-159

140-160 132-152 133-156.85 116-153 120-147 120-137 135-145 140-145 142-161 131-143 158 144 150-156.75 136-151

126-146 119-142 110-139 110-137.75 110-132 110-118 125-135 130-140 134-141 125-136 140-149.5 140 121-150 136.5-142

157-171 135-153 115-136 110-129 140-165 105-125

137-149 132-137 110-128 105-126 125-148 100-120

120-140 112-126 94-125.5 105-122 101-104.5 120-125 85-106 113-137 145 124-138.35 127.75

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875-1,375 1,200-1,385 810-1,350 1,450-890

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CATTLE AND SHEEP RANCH near Eureka, NV. Winter 700 cows and 1,000 sheep. Summer 200 cows or 1,000 sheep. More summer feed available on adjoining ranch. Over 1,500 deeded acres and 200,000 BLM acres. Can purchase all or part.

Hunting includes antelope, deer, elk, sage hens, etc. Price $1,495,000. Call 775-233-1741.

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IDA HO R A NCH 15,000 acres —10,500 deeded acres plus BLM and state. 500-head cow/calf or 2,000-head summer yearling operation. Quality homes and improvements, equestrian facilities, feedlot. Trout ponds along with 7 miles of live stream, resident elk herd. Can add 98,000 acres!

FA RM/R A NCH 2,068 acres — Row crop/ cattle setup. 900 acres irrigated farm land, 5 pivots.

Good water rights, AUMs for summer grazing, home.

R A NCH 225 acres — Picturesque recreation and working cattle ranch, BLM and forest rights, live stream.

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2,883± acres located ocated near Ennis, MT. Diverse top topograt d h d ti phy with irrigated hay meadows, native rangeland, streams, springs, water rights, prime wildlife habitat and proximate to some of the finest flyfishing waters in the country. $2,900,000

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CROCKETT RANCH

This a working ranch located west of Lance Creek, Wyoming. It consists of 15,921 deeded acres with 4,349 BLM, 640 state, 320 private lease for a total of 21,230 acres. Scenic draws provide great deer and antelope hunting. The ranch is watered by perennial and seasonal creeks, springs, reservoirs, wind mills and pipe lines.

Price - $4,500,000. $282 per acre

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ALL BREEDS Feb. 18 – Nevada Cattlemen’s Assn., Bull Sale, Fallon, NV Mar. 4 – Winnemucca Invitational Bull Sale, Winnemucca, NV Mar. 9 – Quest of the West Bull Sale, Spanish Fork, UT Mar.11 – Bulls for the 21st Century, Snyder Livestock, Yerington, NV Mar.17 – Utah Beef Improvement Assn, Bull Test Sale, Salina, UT

ANGUS Feb. 8 – Meadow Acres Angus, Production Sale, Echo, OR Feb. 9 – Booth’s Cherry Creek Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Veteran, WY Feb. 9 – Camas Prairie Angus Ranch, Lewiston, ID Feb. 9 – South Mountain Ranch, Bull Sale, Melba, ID Feb. 10 – McConnell Angus, Bull Sale, Dix, NE Feb. 11 –Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd., Bull Sale, Estelline, TX Feb. 11 –Gem State Classic Bull & Female, Twin Falls, ID Feb. 11 – Schaff Angus Valley, Production Sale, St. Anthony, ND Feb. 13 – BB Cattle Co., Connell, WA Feb. 13 – Carter Family Angus, Bull Sale, Haythorn Ranch, Ogallala, NE Feb. 13 – Felton Angus Ranch, Production Sale, Big Timber, MT Feb. 14 – Double R Ranch, Production Sale, Eltopia, WA Feb. 14 – G Bar H Angus, Bull Sale, Torrington, WY Feb. 15 – Shaw Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Caldwell, ID Feb. 16 – Whitestone-Krebs, Gordon, NE Feb. 18 – Minert/Simonson Angus, Bull Sale, Dunning, NE Feb. 18 – PABCO Bull Test Sale, Madras, OR Feb. 20 – Bulls of the Big Sky Sale, Billings, MT Feb. 20 – Teixeira Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Terrebonne, OR Feb. 20 – Weaver Ranch, Production Sale, Ft. Collins, CO Feb. 21 – Coleman/Trexlor Angus, Bull Sale, Missoula, MT Feb. 21 – Doug Booth & Family, Bull Sale, Torrington, WY Feb. 21 – Kessler Angus Ranch, Milton-Freewater, OR Feb. 22 – TC Ranch, Production Sale, Franklin, NE Feb. 23 – Van Dyke Angus, Bull & Female Sale, Manhattan, MT Feb. 24 – Hyline Angus, Bull Sale, Manhattan, MT Feb. 25 – 44 Farms, Bull Sale, Cameron, TX Feb. 25 – Profit Maker Angus, Bull Sale, Paxton, NE Feb. 25 – Ranchers Choice Bull Sale, Eltopia, WA Feb. 25 – Twin Rivers Livestock, Bull Sale, Fallon, NV Feb. 26 – Buchanan Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Klamath, OR Feb. 27 – Circle L Angus, Bull Sale, Dillon, MT Feb. 27 – Colyer Herefords & Angus, Bull & Female Sale, Bruneau, ID

Feb. 27 – Reyes-Russell Ranch, Bull Sale, Wheatland, WY Feb. 28 – Connelly Angus, Production Sale, Valier, MT Feb. 28 – Haynes Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Ogallala, NE Feb. 29 – Bear Mountain Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Palisades, NE Mar. 2 – Reminisce Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Dillon, MT Mar. 3 – Baker Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Vale, OR Mar. 3 – Trinity Farm, Generations of Excellence, Ellensburg, WA Mar. 3 – Veltkamp Angus, Bull Sale, Ramsay, MT Mar. 4 – Ward Ranches, Bull Sale, Gardnerville, NV Mar. 5 – Mytty Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Florence, MT Mar. 5 – Vision Angus, Production Sale, North Platte, NE Mar. 6 – Jindra Angus Ranch, Production Sale, Creighton, NE Mar. 6 – Thomas Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Baker City, OR Mar. 7 – Sandpoint Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Chappell, NE Mar. 7 – OxBow Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Wolf Creek, MT Mar. 8 – Mytty Angus Ranch, Bull Sale, Florence, MT Mar. 8 – Sunny Okanogan, Production Sale, Okanogan, WA Mar. 9 – Bar S Ranch, Bull Sale, Paradise, KS Mar. 9 – Flesch Angus, Bull Sale, Shelby, MT Mar. 10 – Lucky 7 Angus, Bull Sale, Riverton, WY Mar. 10 – Riverbend Ranch, Bull Sale, Idaho Falls, ID Mar. 10 – Snyder Bros., Bull Sale, Ogallala, NE Mar. 10 – Western Colorado Angus Assn, Bull Sale, Delta, CO Mar. 10 – Yardley Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Beaver, UT Mar. 12 – Cattlemen’s Connection Bull Sale, Bliss, ID Mar. 12 – Pine Coulee Angus, Bull Sale, Billings, MT Mar. 12 – Rock’n R Angus, Production Sale, Plainville, KS Mar. 13 – Wagon Wheel Ranch, Production Sale, Yuma, CO Mar. 14 – Udy Ranch, Rockland, ID Mar. 14 – Sitz Angus Ranch, Production Sale, Dillon, MT Mar. 15 – Benoit Angus Ranch, Production Sale, Esbon, KS Mar. 15 – Harrison Land & Cattle, Production Sale, Belt, MT Mar. 15 – Maag-Oft-Cook, Bull Sale, Vale, OR Mar. 16 – Montana Performance Co-op/Basin Angus, Bull Sale, Columbus, ID Mar. 16 – Leadore Angus, Bull Sale, Leadore, ID Mar. 17 – JR Ranch, Bull Sale, Othello, WA Mar. 17 – Ward Angus Ranch, Ogden, UT Mar. 17 – York Ranches, Bull & Female Sale, Alturas, CA Mar. 19 – Lazy JB Angus, Production Sale, Montrose, CO Mar. 19 – Malson Angus & Hereford, Production Sale, Parma, ID Mar. 20 – Quirk Land & Cattle Co., Production Sale, Hastings, NE Mar. 21 – Carter Cattle, Blackfoot, ID Mar. 21 – Eagle Pass Ranch, Bull Sale, Highmore, SD Mar. 21 – Wagonhammer Ranches, Bull Sale, O’Neill, NE Mar. 21 – Stevenson Angus, Bull Sale, Hobson, MT Mar. 22 – Jones Stewart Angus Ranch, Production Sale, Benkel-

man, NE Mar. 22 – LH Cattle Co., New Plymouth, ID Mar. 22 – Gartner-Denowh Angus, Bull Sale, Sidney, MT Mar. 22-23 – Vermilion Ranch, Production Sale, Billings, MT

BALANCER Mar. 21 – Eagle Pass Ranch, Bull Sale, Highmore, SD

CHAROLAIS Feb. 21 – V-A-L Charolais, Bull Sale, Nyssa, OR Feb. 25 – Ranchers Choice Bull Sale, Eltopia, WA Mar. 9 – Bar S Ranch, Bull Sale, Paradise, KS Mar.13 – Romans Ranches, Production Sale, Vale, OR Mar. 19 – Raile Charolais & Red Angus, Production Sale, St. Francis, KS

GELBVIEH Mar. 21 – Eagle Pass Ranch, Bull Sale, Highmore, SD

HEREFORD Feb 1. – Shaw Bull Sale, Caldwell, ID Feb. 2 – Ridder Herefords, Production Sale, Callaway, NE Feb. 4 – Upstream Ranch, Bull Sale, Taylor, NE Feb. 9 – South Mountain Ranch, Bull Sale, Melba, ID Feb. 10 – Split Butte Livestock, Bull Sale, Minidoka, ID Feb. 11 – Baker Hereford Ranch, Bull Sale, Rapid City, SD Feb. 13 – BB Cattle Co., Connell, WA Feb. 15 – Shaw Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Caldwell, ID Feb. 24 – Jamison Herefords, Bull Sale, Quinter, KS Feb. 25 – Rancher’s Choice Bull Sale, Eltopia, WA Feb. 27 – Colyer Herefords & Angus, Bull & Female Sale, Bruneau, ID Mar. 5 – Harrell Hereford Ranch, Bull & Female Sale, Baker City, OR Mar. 12 – Holden Herefords, Bull Sale, Valier, MT Mar. 13 – Cooper Herefords, Bull Sale, Willow Creek, MT Mar. 15 – Maag-Oft-Cook, Bull Sale, Vale, OR Mar. 16 – Northwest Hereford Breeders, Bull Sale, Hermiston, OR Mar. 19 – Malson Angus & Hereford, Production Sale, Parma, ID

KS Mar. 8 – Fritz Red Angus, Production Sale, Brady, MT Mar. 9 – Leland Red Angus, Production Sale, Sidney, MT Mar. 10 – Strawberry Ridge Red Angus, Bull Sale, Livingston, MT Mar. 12 – Rock’n R Angus, Production Sale, Plainville, KS Mar. 13 – Larson Red Angus, Bull Sale, Big Timber, MT Mar. 14 – Udy Ranch, Rockland, ID Mar. 15 – Loosli Red Angus, Production Sale, Ashton, ID Mar. 19 – Raile Charolais & Red Angus, Production Sale, St. Francis, KS Mar. 19 – Sun River Red Angus, Production Sale, Great Falls, MT Mar. 20 – Green Mountain Red Angus, Bull Sale, Logan, MT Mar. 22 – Mushrush Red Angus, Production Sale, Strong City, KS Mar. 22 – Schuler Red Angus, Production Sale, Bridgeport, NE

SALER

SimAngus Hybrid Bulls

Black • Thick • Fertile • Calm Performance Tested • Fertility Tested Offering at auction and by private treaty beginning Februaryy 11,, 2012.

SHORTHORN Mar. 17 – JR Ranch, Bull Sale, Othello, WA

SIMANGUS Feb. 19 – Bar CK Cattle Co., Production Sale, Madras, OR Feb. 20 – Bulls of the Big Sky Sale, Billings, MT Mar. 3 – Trinity Farms, Generations of Excellence, Ellensburg, WA Mar. 16 – Gengenbach Ranch, Bull & Female Sale, Imperial, NE

SIMMENTAL Feb. 16 – Whitestone-Krebs, Gordon, NE Feb. 20 – Bulls of the Big Sky Sale, Billings, MT Mar. 3 – Trinity Farms, Generations of Excellence, Ellensburg, WA Mar. 10 – Yardley Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Beaver, UT

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HORSE Mar. 3 – Winnemucca Invitational Horse Sale, Winnemucca, NV Mar. 5 – Harrell-MacKenzie, Quarter Horse Sale, Baker City, OR

LIMOUSIN Mar. 3 – Schuppe’s Elmwood Limousin, Bull Sale, Sterling, CO

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Mar. 5 – Nagel Cattle Co., Springfield, SD Mar. 10 – Yardley Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Beaver, UT

POLLED HEREFORD Feb. 10 – Split Butte Ranch, Rupert, ID

RED ANGUS Private Treaty – VF Red Angus, Junction City, OR Feb. 15 – Shaw Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Caldwell, ID Feb. 23 – Lorenzen Ranches, Bull Sale, Pendleton, OR Mar. 1 – Bieber Red Angus Ranch, Production Sale, Leola, SD Mar. 2 – Sutherlin Farms, Production Sale, Stevensville, MT Mar. 5 – Hall Red Angus, North Platte, NE Mar. 6 – Wiedel Red Angus, Leoti,

COMINGevents Feb. 8 – Cattle Producers of Washington’s monthly meeting, the Capitol Building’s Columbia Room in Olympia, 5:30 p.m. For more information, 509/347-6655 Feb. 9 - Iowa Heifer Development Clinic, Chariton, ISU McNay farm, 6 p.m. Call 641-203-1270.

Feb. 9 - Iowa Heifer Development Clinic, Maquoketa, Jackson County Extension office. Noon to 4 p.m.

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Feb. 9 - Iowa Heifer Development Clinic, Bloomfield, Bloomfield Livestock Auction. 6 p.m. Call 641/472-4166.

Mar. 27-29 – NIAA’s Annual Convention in Denver. For more information, call 719/538-8843 ext. 14, or email Katie.Ambrose@animalagriculture.org, or go to their website at animalagriculture.org Mar. 29-Apr. 1 - TSCRA Annual Convention, Fort Worth, TX; for more information visit www.tscra. org or call 817/332-7064

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