Summer 2010 - Volume 10, Issue 3

Summer 2010 Volume 10, Issue 3

Horse Rescue Operation Promotes Community Awareness – pg. 4

Energy Company Doles Out $20 Million to Avoid Litigation – pg 8

Sandpoint Native’s Book Awaits Movie Deal – pg. 20

The Ag Agenda

Let’s Put Death Taxes to Rest

By Bob Stallman

President American Farm Bureau Federation

According to Benjamin Franklin, death and taxes are life’s only certainties, but for farmers and ranchers, death taxes, also known as estate taxes, are far from a sure thing. For decades, Farm Bureau has been at the forefront in seeking estate tax reform.

In 1996, it was Farm Bureau members who brought the issue to Congress’ attention by delivering 100,000 messages to lawmakers. Now,

14 years later, we have an opportunity to seek long-lasting reform.

Earlier this year, AFBF launched the “Put Death Taxes to Rest” grassroots campaign. If we garner the 60 votes needed, we are optimistic the Senate will address this issue. But, to be successful, we need every Farm Bureau member engaged in the effort. Working together on this campaign will help us bring certainty to farm owners to better transfer farm operations from one See STALLMAN, page 6

The President’s Desk

Farm Bill Discussion Underway on Capitol Hill

By Frank Priestley President Idaho Farm Bureau Federation

Chances are good the 2012 Farm Bill will be negotiated and written during a difficult economic period.

As history indicates, that means cuts to some farm programs are likely. As Congress begins the debate over crafting new farm legislation the American Farm Bureau Federation has outlined five key principles that should be followed as the new legislation is written.

The biggest challenge will be the budget. The budget baseline for many farm bill programs has decreased since the passage of the last farm bill in 2008.

More than 30 programs included in the last bill do not have any baseline at all and the standard re-insurance agreement currently being negotiated threatens to rob even more spending baseline.

Most farmers are generally supportive of the safety net provided in the 2008 farm bill, but some believe the crop disaster program is inadequate. In some cases See PRIESTLEY, page 6

Inside Farm Bureau

Moral Values Yield Political Freedoms

By Rick Keller CEO Idaho Farm Bureau Federation

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With the July 4th celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I read with interest a sermon by a Presbyterian minister, Samuel Miller. Pastor Miller lived in New York and was not a impressive preacher, but he was a good one. He had a depth of learning which was reflected in his sermon on the anniversary of the independence of America on July 4, 1793.

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Reverend Miller started his sermon by quoting the writings of the ancient Paul to the Corinthians, “And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty.” From that treatise, Miller taught how strong moral values provide political freedom to any society.

Miller pointed out that the corrupt passions of those with limited moral values, in all ages, “has been the grand source and support of tyranny and every species of political and domestic oppression.”

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Contents

Volume 10, Issue 3 IFBF OFFICERS President . ................................. Frank Priestley, Franklin Vice President ..................................Mark Trupp, Driggs Executive Vice President .............................. Rick Keller

Features

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bryan Searle ............................................................Shelley Scott Bird .......................................................... Pocatello Chris Dalley ....................................................... Blackfoot Dean Schwendiman ........................................... Newdale Danny Ferguson ........................................................Rigby Scott Steele ..................................................... Idaho Falls Gerald Marchant .................................................. Oakley Rick Pearson ................................................... Hagerman Mike Garner.............................................................. Declo Curt Krantz ............................................................ Parma Mike McEvoy..................................................... Middleton Tracy Walton ....................................................... Emmett Marjorie French .............................................. Princeton Bob Callihan . ...................................................... Potlatch Louis Kins ........................................................... Kootenai Carol Guthrie ......................................................... Inkom Austin Tubbs . .......................................................... Malad

North Idaho rescue organization launches public information, education campaign

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Forestry: How to protect your house from wildfires Checkbook environmentalism: Energy company doles out $20 million to avoid litigation

STAFF Dir. of Admin. Services ....................... Nancy Shiozawa Dir. of Member Services ................................... Ray Poe Dir. of Commodities ............................ Gary Fuhriman Commodity Assistant ................................. Peggy Pratt Membership Assistant .............................. Peggy Moore Market Information Assistant ................ Dixie Ashton Dist. I Regional Manager ........................ Kendall Keller Dist. II Regional Manager .................... Dennis Brower Dist. III Regional Manager .................. Charles Garner Dist. IV Regional Manager ................... Russ Hendricks Dist.V Regional Manager ...................... Bob Smathers Dir. of Governmental Affairs ....................... Kent Lauer Asst. Dir. of Governmental Affairs ... Dennis Tanikuni Range/Livestock Specialist..........................Wally Butler Director of Public Relations ............. John Thompson Video Services Manager ............................ Steve Ritter Broadcast Services Manager .................... Jake Putnam Office Manager, Boise ............................ Shawna Yasuda Member Services Manager ........................ Joel Benson Printed by: Owyhee Publishing, Homedale, ID

Marketbasket Survey: Grocery costs inch up during second quarter

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Focus on Agriculture

Page 10 Indie filmmakers in Boise

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Page 30 Celebrate Beef Month with a great recipe: Grilled ribeye and potatoes with smoky paprika rub

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Cover: Tony Mangan, a horse trainer and president of Panhandle Equine Rescue Inc., spends quality time with his mustang Chief. The horse came from a wild herd on the Oregon desert just over a year ago. To see a video of the Chief taking a bow, giving a kiss and picking up a hat, go to YouTube.com and search for Idaho Farm Bureau.

Photo by Steve Ritter

The Ag Agenda: Bob Stallman............................................................. 2 The President’s Desk: Frank Priestley.............................................. 2 Inside Farm Bureau: Rick Keller......................................................... 2 Insurance Matters............................................................................... 19 Word Search........................................................................................ 23 Farm Facts............................................................................................. 25 County Happenings............................................................................ 26 Classifieds ............................................................................................ 42

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Horse trainer Tony Mangan, who is also president of Panhandle Equine Rescue Inc., gets a kiss from Chief, a wild horse that was roaming the Oregon deserts just over a year ago. Photo by Steve Ritter

A Truly Unique Horseman

By John Thompson Training wild mustangs isn’t for the faint of heart. In fact, it’s a good way to get stomped, bitten, or kicked into the next county. But for Tony Mangan, it’s a labor of love he has undertaken with no regrets.

Mangan isn’t remotely close to what most of us expect a horse trainer to look like.

He’s a retired businessman who lived in New York and California before buying a ranch near Athol about six years ago. He’s had an interest in horses since he was a boy but never owned one until he was 62.

Initially, Mangan’s interest in mustangs grew out of concerns about mistreatment of wild horses that are rounded up from the deserts and mountains of several western states. He disagrees with the use of helicopters for chasing wild horses into catch 4

pens because he says it stresses the animals too much.

Since moving to Idaho his focus has shifted to caring for any horses that are in trouble due to abuse or neglect, but he still has a soft spot and a special relationship with his mustangs. Currently serving as president of Panhandle Equine Rescue Inc., Mangan, along with several other north Idaho volunteers, provide foster care for neglected and abused horses. The group rescued, rehabilitated and adopted out 23 horses last year.

“When these horses get rescued they are afraid of people,” he said. “This is what foster care does. We put hands on them and we teach them to trust again.”

Panhandle Equine Rescue recently launched a public information campaign

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aimed at horse owners. They will be setting up a booth at county fairs in north Idaho this summer to show people what they can do for abused or neglected horses.

“Community outreach is really important to us because we recognize that so much of the problem can go away if there is an educational aspect to our work here,” Mangan said. “It’s important to communicate our message; otherwise just rescuing horses is a band-aid on bullet holes. If you can’t change the situation then you will always be just rescuing.”

The seminars will be taught by two local veterinarians and will be videotaped and posted on the group’s website. One of the topics is how to care for an injured horse from the time the injury occurs until the vet can arrive.

The group also works to educate people about equine hoof care, nutrition, caring for older horses and much more. They acquire horses mainly when people can’t afford to care for them any longer, which are called “turnovers.” Sometimes horses are seized by law enforcement and turned over to the rescue group.

“When we have an opportunity to step in and help then we do it, that’s our main goal here,” Mangan said. “Our second priority is to rescue when necessary and third is placement of horses in good homes.”

The group often extends feed or advice to horse owners, he said. “We understand that every issue with horses isn’t always abuse or neglect,” Mangan said. “We try to work with people who are having a hard time with their horses and we can extend them feed or help them get back on their feet in other ways. We want to educate people to the point where they are never accused of abuse.”

Mangan and other members of Panhandle Equine Rescue Inc. have seen abused horses resulting from both ignorance and from owners seeking to make a profit without providing proper care. One of the horses currently under his care had a broken rib resulting from a pack saddle smacking into a tree. “Sparky,” also had contusions from the pack saddle being used without a blanket. The group has several photographs of other abuse cases including untrimmed hooves, emaciated horses, mouth and digestive issues and others. One filly they rescued was in a pasture with several dead

horses and in addition to starving she was being abused by some kids with a BB gun.

An “emotional wreck” was how Mangan described the filly when they got her but she is slowly recovering and they hope to turn her into a good saddle horse for someone.

“She deserves that chance,” he said. “She is only three years old and this is just the beginning of her life.”

Panhandle Equine Rescue Inc. can foster about 60 horses at a time but haven’t gotten close to that number recently. When a county sheriff’s department seizes horses and takes them to a rescue operation, the county generally pays for feed until legal matters are resolved. The group also takes monetary donations and hay donations from several growers.

There are horse rescue operations located throughout Idaho. Mangan says people who have unwanted horses can find plenty of people who will provide foster care and help find a good home.

Mangan’s first foray into horse rescue started with a mustang mare that came out of Oregon. “I thought I could be a trainer, at least for my own horses,” he said.

He started reading books on horse training and watching several different programs on RFD TV. He gleaned as much as he could from reference material and professional trainers for two years. But when he got the mare he found he still didn’t really know anything about training a horse – no less a wild mustang.

“I had the good luck to be around people who could explain what I was trying to do meant and with that kind of tutoring I was able to start making progress,” he said.

Before long he was riding the mare. Deciding he was ready for a bigger challenge, Mangan bought two four-year-old geldings from the Bureau of Land Management.

They were delivered and put in a half-acre corral. But they didn’t have halters on and they were so wild they couldn’t catch them.

So he called BLM and they came out and tranquilized the two horses. Mangan put halters on and started working with the two mustangs. Mangan and “Chief,” the large black gelding in the photos accompanying this article, have developed a unique relationship.

He started out gentling Chief with a curry comb slowly working the tangles out of the horse’s mane and tail. He hasn’t ridden Chief yet but he spends time with him every day, which he says is critical. The horse can do several tricks in exchange for a treat. Tricks include pick up the hat, take a bow and give me a kiss. Video of the horse doing these tricks can be found at the Idaho Farm Bureau website www. idahofb.org or on YouTube by searching for Idaho Farm Bureau.

It’s an unlikely pairing, this man from New York City and a wild mustang that only a year ago was roaming the deserts of western Oregon. But it’s easy to see their bond is tangible.

Mustangs owned by Tony Mangan at his ranch near Athol. Both horses were captured in a BLM roundup in western Oregon. Photo by Steve Ritter Idaho Farm Bureau Quarterly / SUMMER 2010

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Stallman

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eration to the next and ease the transition following the death of a family member.

Nickel and Dimed to Death Estate taxes can hit farm families harder than other small business owners because 84 percent of our assets are real estatebased. When Uncle Sam comes to pay his respects, surviving family members without enough cash on hand may be forced to sell land, buildings or equipment they need to keep their operations going.

In these circumstances, farm families’ heartache is felt well beyond the gates of our operations, as the rural communities and the businesses we support also suffer when farms and ranches downsize or disappear. And farmland close to urban centers is often lost forever to development when estate taxes force farm families to sell off land to pay the taxes.

In essence, estate tax relief is not only about a cattle operation in Texas, it’s also about the family in New York City sitting down to a steak dinner.

Death Taxes = Double Taxation Although 2010 is an estate tax-free year, under a tax law passed in 2001, the tax returns on Jan. 1, 2011, with a top rate of 55 percent and a $1 million exemption.

With such a low exemption, as many as 10 percent of farms and ranches whose owners pass away could owe estate taxes next year, according to the Agriculture Department.

A higher exemption and lower rates will give farmers and ranchers a better chance to remain in operation when transferring from one generation to the next. This is why we are calling on Congress to provide a permanent estate tax provision that would increase the exemption level to $5

million, and adjust it for inflation, and reduce the maximum rate to 35 percent.

Estate tax reform must also include stepped-up basis, which limits the amount of property value appreciation that is subject to capital gains taxes if the assets are sold. Because farmland typically is held by one owner for several decades, setting the basis on the value of the farm on the date of the owner’s death under stepped-up basis is an important tax provision for surviving family partners.

As farmers and ranchers we continue to stand by our goal of eliminating death taxes, which amount to little more than double taxation since the income is taxed first when it’s earned and again when it is transferred to heirs. So, contact your senators today and let them know it’s time to put death taxes to rest.

PrIEstley

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cases the coverage may be duplicative, according to AFBF. Crop disaster assistance is provided to farmers to help protect crops from natural disasters. This and many other farm programs help keep farms solvent during difficult economic periods. These programs, while some need reform, are vital to maintaining a domestic supply of food and in turn they help maintain our nation’s security.

The 2012 farm bill will be written in a difficult budget environment, but AFBF believes that five key principles should be followed during the rewrite process. The Farm Bureau’s five farm bill principles as follows: • The options AFBF supports will be fiscally responsible.

• AFBF believes the basic funding structure of the 2008 farm bill should not be altered. In other words, money should not be shifted from one title of the farm bill to another.

• The proposals AFBF supports will aim to benefit all agricultural sectors.

• AFBF believes world trade rulings should be considered.

• And AFBF believes consideration should be given to the stable business environment that is critical to success in agriculture.

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An AFBF spokesman testifying in front of a congressional subcommittee said that today both crop insurance and the farm bill Commodity Title programs provide the option of support to farmers based on revenue losses and not strictly price or yield risk. Yet, despite this convergence of farm programs and crop insurance, there are still many farmers who fall between the cracks and have little protection from volatile markets and weather.

The bottom line is that crop insurance and farm programs have changed significantly over the past 20 years and these changes have left producers with different safety nets.

These programs, while some need reform, are vital to maintaining a domestic supply of food and in turn they help maintain our nation’s security.

While many concepts, such as whole-farm revenue options, will undoubtedly be floated during the farm bill rewrite, Farm Bureau intends to keep an open mind, but will be guided by its five farm bill principles.

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Pastor Miller taught of the importance of the Golden Rule in society, that we should do to all men whatever we would wish that they should do unto us. If it were universally received and adopted there would be no more rulers plundering their fellow citizens of a single right; nor would the citizens refuse to be obedient to equitable laws, which the public good requires.

Miller expounded that political liberty does not rest solely on the form of government and its checks and balances, which are important, but it also rests equally or more importantly upon the moral values of the people.

He taught how strong moral values among government leaders influences decisions that promote liberty and freedom. He said those in authority have a natural passion for dominion, a belief they are greater than those whom they govern. With strong moral values, that dominance is tempered and held in check by the knowledge that all power is vested in and flows from the people being governed; it teaches that those who are placed at the helm of government are to preside over equals and friends, whose best interest is to be the object of their first and highest care.

On the other hand, Miller taught how strong moral values are also important for all citizens. Human or governmental laws are too imperfect to address all issues or situations. This is where strong moral values that are deep within the hearts and dispositions of the citizens are essential. Strong values lead every citizen to have confidence in himself” to think with boldness and energy - to form his principles upon fair inquiry. It teaches a noble contempt for that object submission to the encroachments of despotism to which the ignorant and unprincipled readily yield.” With strong moral values, the citizens take alarm at every attempt to trample on their rights and pull down every attempt to do so.

Pastor Miller taught of the importance of the Golden Rule in society, that we should do to all men whatever we would wish that they should do unto us. If it were universally received and adopted there would be no more rulers plundering their fellow citizens of a single right; nor would the citizens refuse to be obedient to equitable laws, which the public good requires.

The reading of Miller’s sermon was enlightening. I couldn’t help but think if Miller thought the principles he taught were essential to his congregation just five years following the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, how much more relevant are they to us today?

Strong moral values should be central to those who govern and to the governed. We must not only live by those values, we must elect individuals who share the same principles.

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Idaho Farm Bureau Range and Livestock Specialist Wally Butler, left, talks about range management during a recent tour in central Idaho. On the right is Western Watersheds Project President Jon Marvel.

Ranchers Upset Over Energy Company Deal

By Jake Putnam Two environmental groups will receive $20 million from a Texas energy corporation for agreeing not to litigate against a proposed Wyoming to Oregon natural gas pipeline.

The Western Watersheds Project, (WWP) headquartered in Hailey will receive $15 million and the Oregon Natural Desert Association banks a $5 million donation from the El Paso Corporation for agreeing not to oppose a 680-mile pipeline stretching across western Wyoming, northern Nevada and southern Oregon.

WWP leaders have publicly stated they will use the money to buy up grazing leases. Ranchers from around the region and elsewhere were shocked to hear that El Paso Corp. would agree to what they view 8

as extortion. If WWP is successful in procuring grazing leases, hundreds of ranches and rural communities are at risk.

El Paso Corporation has been active in the news media arguing that they are better off to make an up-front settlement than to be tied up in court by the environmental groups.

“It’s something we didn’t have to do. We chose to do it,” El Paso spokesman Richard Wheatley said. “The bottom line is we think it’s a preferable approach than being involved in litigation.” Wheatley added that the “$20 million deal is in line with the company’s outreach efforts to be good stewards of the land.”

Now many frustrated ranchers like Tina Harrington of Lander, Wyoming are speaking out and posting their concerns on

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the El Paso Corporation’s Facebook page: “So sorry to see that you are involved with Western Watersheds. They have their own niche agenda, and it does not fit with what is practical and ethical. This alliance will make you VERY unpopular! Ranching is the heart of this country, and WWP would like to cut it out.”

The agreement breaks down like this: Over the next 10 years El Paso will spend $15 million to set up a conservation fund for WWP and another $5 million for the Oregon Natural Desert Foundation.

The curious announcement is still playing out on Facebook and gaining momentum, with ranchers across three-state area outraged, perplexed and alarmed by the multimillion dollar buyout and the reasoning behind it.

WWP’s Greenfire Preserve on the East Fork of the Salmon River near Clayton. This photo was taken in April. The retired ranch is now a nature preserve. Photo by Steve Ritter

Ranchers expressed concern and anger in their posts that the astronomical amount of cash will fill environmental group coffers with little oversight and eventually fund their destruction. Livestock interests pointed out that WWP has done very little habitat improvement in the past and even lost credibility with the federal government earlier this year when grazing permits in the Challis BLM office were abruptly cancelled. According to the BLM, WWP made false statements on permit applications.

The $20 million dollar settlement from El Paso comes after WWP threatened litigation in April. WWP requested a rehearing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission after the project received initial approval.

Rancher Jon Griggs of Elko, Nevada wrote on El Paso’s Facebook Wall: “I admire your environmental efforts on Western lands but these groups you’re funding will spend your money on litigation rather than

conservation unless you’re really just buying them off that I can totally understand.”

Rancher Troy Hadrick of Sturgis, South Dakota posted a plea to the Natural Gas Company asking them to explain their reasoning for the buyout. “I’m looking forward to a call back from your Community Relations department,” he wrote. “About why you have chosen to give $20 million to environmental groups that are trying to put ranching families out of business.” The El Paso Corporation, besieged by posts, promised to call the rancher back.

WWP leader Jon Marvel told the Elko Daily Free Press that they would not delay or litigate Ruby Pipeline and they will use the money to buy grazing permits from ranchers. He added that they’ll ask Congress to permanently retire grazing permits in these cases.

“It’s unprecedented to have the support of industry to work for the retirement of public

grazing permits,” Marvel he told the Press, emphasizing that the fund would only buy permits from “willing sellers.”

WWP’s Facebook site makes no mention of the buyout.

Marlina Jones from Owyhee County posted on the El Paso site asking questions, “why would you buy off Western Watershed? Just to save some time and litigation?

I don’t understand. Are you aware of the damage this group does to the American rancher/farmer, I suggest you do a little research on this group. I do not mean go to their website and read their propaganda, but the real stories of hard working people that they have ruined.”

Facebook users asked over and over again for El Paso to explain and examine their decision closely. They’re worried that the money that bought the group’s silence will in turn fund their destruction.

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Kitchen Contents Bear ‘USA’ Labels

By Dal Grooms U.S. manufacturers feel much-maligned by the business press, which consistently points out technology advances and productivity increases in developing markets such as China and India. Yet the National Association of Manufacturers just released a letter it wrote to the U.S. House of Representatives noting, “The United States remains the No. 1 manufacturing economy in the world, producing 21 percent of all manufactured products” in the world.

This should give one pause to stop and look at recent purchases of all types made by a typical American family to find what exactly is “Made in the USA.” Let’s start in the family room. Electronics?

Nope. Made in China, Made in Mexico and Product of Malaysia. In the garage, an American model car reveals it was Made in Mexico. In the closet, clothing items are the fruits of a veritable world tour: Vietnam, Egypt, Kenya, and Mauritius (don’t feel bad if you have to google Mauritius to 10

find out where it is!).

Time to stop in the kitchen. Product of USA, Brought to You by California Growers, Kentucky Proud, and Produced and Packaged by New Hampshire Producers are among the labels. That doesn’t take into account the fresh products purchased from local growers and farmers or harvested from your own backyard garden.

An often-found bonus item is used to cook those American-produced foods, as many outdoor grills also are Made in USA. When you look at the balance of trade, the products found in the typical American home should come as no surprise. In the 415 months reported on the USDA’s Economic Research Service website (since October 1975), only eight months have more ag imports than exports. Our farmers and ranchers know how to produce food that Americans and others around the globe want…and our marketers know how to get it delivered.

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As in the manufacturing sector, the number of Americans working on farms has gone down dramatically. For agriculture, the decline started in the 1930s. Despite nearly 80 years of reduced labor inputs, farm production has quadrupled. More importantly, food products produced and packaged in the U.S. are still the primary product on our pantry shelves.

Farmers demonstrate their productivity prowess to consumers on a daily basis.

Buying American whenever possible is a mantra for many people, but sometimes finding those products is difficult. When that frustration hits and you wonder, “What does the U.S. make anymore?”, take a peak in the pantry. Food—that necessity in life—stored there is most likely grown, produced and packaged right here.

Dal Grooms, a new contributor to Focus on Agriculture, is a native of the Midwest, where she writes about rural and agricultural issues.

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Actress Calico Cooper, left, Videographer Chaz Gentry and Director Will Schmeckpeper set up the kitchen scene for the independent movie, ‘Disintegration’ that was shot in Boise and New Plymouth last month.

Indie Filmmakers Flock to Idaho Article and Photos by Jake Putnam The daughter of a famous rock star and an established Hollywood choreographer, Calico Cooper was in Boise recently working on an independent film.

In Boise’s North end on the set of a new thriller movie called “Disintegration,” Alice Cooper’s daughter Calico sits quietly on a big leather couch checking emails on her I-phone and chatting with the crew as they set up the next scene. Her politeness is strikingly genuine and she looks the part of the wholesome grad student.

“I like the way Indie films are shot,” said Cooper. “I’ve done a couple bigger films, the big budget studio films, but I like doing independent films because it’s a lot less pressure. There’s more leeway to play with 12

the character and in these kind of films you make a lot of friends and actually get better at acting because you get to test stuff and say ‘wow, that didn’t work.’”

Lifestyle and new technology are making it easier for filmmakers to get out of California, according to Peg Owens of the Idaho Department of Commerce.

“Over the past 10 years we’ve seen a real sea-change in Idaho, we have many tinseltown dropouts that have relocated to Idaho because of lifestyle,” Owens said. Movies like “Disintegration” can find different backdrops to match almost every story line.

Indie Producer and Boise attorney Ann Cosho says the film “Disintegration” is about

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a woman on a trek. “She’s goes camping and gets abducted and taken to a remote place and is chained up, ultimately through her strength and who she is, she’s able to discover that her captor is her only way out.

The story’s a thriller about survival and escape.”

Independent filmmaking is taking off in Idaho this summer with at least four movies currently in production. There are two underway in Boise, one in Twin Falls and another in Moscow, Owens said.

“Down the line we’re seeing the effects of affordable technology in cameras and editing software,” said Owens. “I think it’s indicative of the democratization of the film industry across the country because equipment is so much more affordable. People

Director Will Scheckpeper sets up the abduction scene in the independent movie, “Disintegration.”

can shoot, write and direct and do so much on their own computers and they don’t need to shoot on expensive film.”

Film maker Andrew Ellis is an Ada County Prosecutor in the daytime and producer Annie Cosho is a public defender. Filmmaking is a passion for both of them and this is the second film the two have collaborated on in the past year.

“Doing a jury trial and doing theatre is pretty much the same thing,” said Ellis. “In theatre you spend six months in rehearsal and you know what they’re going to say. When you’re doing a jury trial it’s more or less the same thing. I like to view it as a long, improvised theatre production.”

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Cooper says independent film offers her the chance to expand her horizons and study the craft of filmmaking.

“I’m learning an awful lot and that’s the thing about indie films,” she said. “You learn more than acting. I can sit back and see how they’re doing sound, how they’re doing lights, and the camera angles and I learn from osmosis.”

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“Eventually one of these filmmakers will break through and we’ll talk about them like a Michael Hoffman or Jared Hess of “Napoleon Dynamite.” It’s important to nurture them and it’s worthwhile,” Owens said.

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Marketbasket Survey Retail Staple Food Prices Edge Higher in Second Quarter WASHINGTON, D.C., – Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly during the second quarter of 2010, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.

The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare one or more meals was $47.20, up $1.66 or 4 percent compared to the first quarter of 2010. The total average price for the 16 items increased about 2 percent compared to one year ago. Of the 16 items surveyed, nine increased and seven decreased in average price compared to the prior quarter.

Sirloin tip roast, sliced deli ham, bacon, boneless chicken breasts and ground chuck increased the most in dollar value since the first quarter.

Compared to a year ago, eggs increased 14 percent; bacon increased 11 percent and sliced deli ham increased 9 percent.

Seven foods dropped in price compared to the prior quarter: Russet potatoes, down 25 cents to $2.51 for a 5-pound bag; eggs, down 21 cents to $1.53 per dozen; vegetable oil, down 13 cents to $2.61 for a 32-oz. bottle; shredded cheddar cheese, down 10 cents to $4.16 for one pound; whole milk, down 9 cents to $3.06 per gallon; apples, down 4 cents to $1.46 per pound; and toasted oat cereal, down 2 cents to $2.95 for a 9-oz. box.

Of the items showing a decrease in retail price this quarter, several also showed year-to-year declines—potatoes, 9 percent; vegetable oil, 8 percent; shredded cheddar cheese, 3 percent; and flour, 3 percent.

Sirloin tip roast and sliced deli ham increased 41 cents to $4.10 and $5.24 per pound, respectively; bacon increased 33 cents to $3.53 per pound; boneless chicken breasts increased 32 cents to $3.25 per pound; and ground chuck increased 26 cents to $2.89 per pound.

“Consumers are paying a bit more for most meats at the grocery store on average this quarter,” said AFBF Economist John Anderson. “As livestock producers of all types have reduced the size of their herds, wholesale meat supplies have tightened up, which is now affecting consumers.”

Other items that increased in price since the first quarter were bagged salad, up 13 cents to $2.80 for a 1-pound bag; flour, up 9 cents to $2.35 for a 5-pound bag; bread, up 5 cents to $1.76 for a 20-ounce loaf; and orange juice, up 2 cents for a half-gallon to $3.00.

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“The economic recovery continues to be very slow,” Anderson said. “Where retail food prices will head in the next quarter or two is uncertain and depends to some degree on whether or not consumer confidence remains soft or begins a strong rebound.”

The year-to-year direction of the marketbasket survey tracks with the federal government’s Consumer Price Index (www.bls. gov/cpi) report for food at home. As retail grocery prices have increased gradually over time, the share of the average food dollar that America’s farm and ranch families receive has dropped.

“Beginning in the mid-1970s, farmers received about one-third of consumer retail food expenditures for food eaten at home and away from home, on average. Since then, that figure has decreased steadily and is now just 19 percent, according to Agriculture Department statistics,” Anderson said.

Using the “food at home and away from home” percentage across-theboard, the farmer’s share of this quarter’s $47.20 marketbasket would be $8.97.

AFBF, the nation’s largest general farm organization, has been conducting the informal quarterly marketbasket survey of retail food price trends since 1989. The mix of foods in the marketbasket was updated during the first quarter of 2008.

According to USDA, Americans spend just under 10 percent of their disposable annual income on food, the lowest average of any country in the world. A total of 85 shoppers in 32 states participated in the latest survey, conducted in May. Tracking Milk & Eggs - Page 32

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Wildfire – Not If, But When

By Yvonne Barkley It may have been a wet and cool spring, but summer has quickly brought hot and dry conditions throughout the state. Though the National Interagency Fire Center, in Boise, is forecasting a slow start to the 2010 Idaho fire season, July, August, and September are predicted to have an above normal potential for wildfire. Anticipating wildfire is the first step to making your home and property as fire-safe as possible.

close with metal screens. Screen vent openings to prevent firebrands or other flammable objects larger than 1/8” from entering your home.

A firewise home is a non-combustible home.

Cushions, umbrellas, furniture covers, door mats, planters and window boxes, as well as boats, campers, and other recreational equipment are all places where embers can collect, smolder, and ignite well after the fire has passed. Have an enclosed space to store these items or be able to move them away from your home in the event of a blaze.

Preventative measures should start with your home. New research has show that up to 85 percent of wildfire home ignitions are from flaming brands and embers that can fly in from as far away as five miles.

This makes your home the largest and most vulnerable source of ignition on your property.

Inexpensive things you can do now to increase your home fire-resistivness: Remove all debris from gutters, overhangs, room additions, and bay windows. Pay attention to areas such as corners and under stairs, as well as under decks, porches, carports, and around fences.

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Install spark arresters on your chimneys.

Reconsider your outdoor furniture and accessories - many of these items are common sources of ignition. Replace wood or wicker tables and chairs with ones made from metal and glass.

Indentify areas where combustible materials meet, for example, where a wooden fence is attached to wooden stairs that leads to a wooden deck. Separate these areas with a span of non-flammable material.

Long-term retrofitting activities include: Roofing materials have flammability ratings – they go from Class A, (able to withstand severe exposure to fire, like metal

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roofs) to Class C (able to withstand light exposure to fire, like asphalt shingles). Wood shake roofs are not rated and in many cases, offer almost certain ignition of your home.

Use of fire-resistant exteriors, such as cement, plaster, stucco, brick, and masonry, provides greater levels of protection to your home than vinyl siding.

Use of double-paned or tempered glass can help reduce the risk of interior ignitions from heating by providing an added layer of protection.

Screens should have metal frames as well as metal, not plastic, mesh.

Treat your landscape.

Fire and land management agencies cannot help prevent wildfire disasters without homeowner participation. If you live in the wildland/urban interface (WUI), recognize that your home and immediate surroundings belongs to you. This means that you, as the homeowner, have the primary responsibility for reducing your home’s vulnerability. Surrounding yourself with a lush, beautiful, and well-maintained landscape is your best defense against losses from wildfires.

Starting at the house and concentrating your efforts in a 30foot radius, begin by: Removing flammable debris by pruning, raking, mowing and removing.

Maintaining your irrigation system and keeping lawns and plant materials well watered and trimmed.

Pruning dead branches out of trees and remove lower branches to a height of six to 15 feet.

Storing recreational vehicles and equipment, such as boats and canoes, away from in the home in an enclosed space.

Creating two ways to access your property – both for fire equipment access and escape routes.

Marking roads and property entrances clearly with nonflammable signs.

Evacuation.

DO NOT WAIT TO BE TOLD TO EVACUATE. Sixty percent of lives lost to wildland fire are of those that chose to stay and wait and see, and then evacuated too late.

First, ready yourself and your family for emergency evacuation: Gather all persons in the household together and let everyone know you are getting ready to evacuate.

Have everyone dress for safety.

Put on socks, closed-toed leather shoes or boots, long pants, and a long-sleeved shirt. Grab a pair of leather gloves, a bandanna, and a hat as well.

Park vehicles in the direction you will escape. Leave keys in the ignition.

Pack emergency kits containing

clothing, food, water, and valuables in your vehicle.

brands and embers can gather and start a blaze.

Put pets in pet carriers and in a safe, accessible place, ready to load into your vehicles when you leave.

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Check with neighbors to see if they need assistance.

Notify others when you are leaving and where you plan to go.

Then, ONLY if there is time: Look for flammable materials lying around or against your home and move them to a safe place. Items include things like patio furniture and cushions, door mats, window boxes and planters, wicker baskets, pine cones and dried flower arrangements, newspapers, garbage cans without lids, BBQ propane tanks, and brooms.

Shut off the gas supply.

Turn on all indoor and outdoor lights to make your house easier for firefighters to find in the dark.

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Place a ladder to the roof opposite the approaching fire and put a sprinkler on the roof. Wet down decks, flammable siding, and lawns.

Using aluminum foil or metal flashing, cover areas where combustible materials meet each other. Think of where snow gathers and drifts in the winter – windowsills, where the house meets the deck, corners, etc. This is also where fire-

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Insurance Matters Mike Myers ­­— Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Idaho

The 2010 Farm Bureau Insurance Relay For Life of Pocatello team raised $11,690 for the fight against cancer.

A Track Record For Charity When the Farm Bureau Insurance Relay For Life of Pocatello team announced its 2010 fundraising goal of $10,000 last April, some were skeptical. “People were a little nervous because the local economy is still recovering,” said team captain Brenda Swindle.

But by the time of the Relay’s July 17 closing ceremonies, the Farm Bureau Insurance team had raised $11,690 for the fight against cancer and captured the Top Fundraising Team award for the fifth consecutive year.

In light of businesses and individuals still tightening their proverbial belts, Swindle put her faith in her fellow Farm Bureau Insurance employees when she set the goal.

“I did so keeping in mind that the economy wasn’t strong, but the charitable spirit of our employees was.”

Her sentiment was echoed by the team’s co-captain, Melinda Johnson. “When we set the goal, we looked at our employees’ track record for charitable giving.”

That track record included four consecu-

tive Top Fundraising Team awards for Farm Bureau Insurance Relay teams from 2006 to 2009. Farm Bureau Insurance CEO Phil Joslin says that this shows “our employees feel strongly about the Relay’s goals of honoring cancer survivors, paying tribute to those lost to the disease, and raising money to help fight cancer.”

These goals, not the Top Fundraiser award, are what drive the team’s efforts. “I joined the team this year with the memory from last year of an older gentlemen on crutches who slowly made his way around the track at 3:00 AM,” says team member and underwriting assistant Lindsay Kopp.

Jennifer Lowrey, a proofreader, says she joined the team because she lost her grandmother to cancer and she “wants to do whatever I possibly can to help find a cure.”

Underwriter Marci Hamann feels that participating in the Relay is a gift to those who have lost their battle with cancer, to their families, and to current cancer patients.

“It’s the least I can do,” she says.

Jenny Losee, an underwriting coordinator, says “this year’s Relay hit a little bit closer to home for me. A young girl I knew died this year from cancer. She was a doll and I felt like I could try to do something for her and her family, even though it wasn’t very much at all.”

Audit supervisor Linda Peterson participates in the Relay for herself as a cancer survivor, and also in memory of her husband who lost his battle with cancer.

Swindle admits that it took longer than usual to reach this year’s goal given the economic climate. “But we think future Farm Bureau Insurance Relay teams will be able to meet their fundraising goals because time and again our employees rise to the occasion.”

The 2010 Farm Bureau Insurance Relay For Life team members were: Becky Clemens, Michelle Coffin, Jessica Coito, Michelle Corbridge, Cara Dyer, Marci Hamann, Dana Haskett, Melinda Johnson, Lindsay Kopp, Jenny Losee, Jennifer Lowrey, Tina Nelson, Linda Peterson, and Brenda Swindle.

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Former U of I standout, Jerry Kramer carries Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi off the field.

Photos Courtesy of Jerry Kramer

Idaho NFL Player’s Book ‘Instant Replay’ sold to Hollywood

By Jake Putnam In 1968 Idaho’s Jerry Kramer’s wrote the blockbuster-book “Instant Replay.” Now 42 years later ESPN/ Disney want to make the iconic-book into a movie.

Kramer wrote the book in 1968 when he was a lineman for the Green Bay Packers. A movie project was discussed a couple of times over the years but nobody got serious about it until this year when ESPN Films signed actor Robert DeNiro to play Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi. Kramer says he’s hopeful the film tentatively titled “Lombardi” will move into production, but he’s not getting his hopes up.

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we’ve been close before.”

1967 was a watershed year in the NFL because of the first Superbowl and the legendary championship game between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers, which is now known universally as the “Ice Bowl.” In that game Kramer gained lineman immortality when he plowed into Jethro Pugh clearing the way for quarterback Bart Starr into the end zone with time running out.

Schapp urged Kramer to keep a diary that later morphed into the classic Instant Replay, making the 1968 New York Times bestseller list.

The book sold millions of copies and raked in positive reviews including the Washington Post’s Jonathan Yardley, who called it “the best inside account of pro football, indeed the best book ever written about that sport and that league.”

“So far the most I’ve got out of this is a good time,” said Kramer. The Packer legend talked to Jack Nicholson back in 1968 about making the book into a movie but the deal fell through. Then in 2002 Kramer says they were close to another movie deal but the untimely death of producer Ted Demme halted the project.

ESPN Entertainment told the Associated Press back in May that they want to release “Lombardi’ in early 2012 during the weekend between the NFL conference championship games and the Super Bowl.

They commissioned Academy Award winning screenwriter Eric Roth who won an Oscar for “Forrest Gump. They also have the backing of Andell Entertainment, the NFL and DeNiro’s Tribeca Productions.

Lombardi coached the Packers from 1959

to 1967, turning a last place team into world champions. The Packers won five NFL Championships and Super Bowl’s I and II. Shortly after Lombardi’s 1970 death to cancer at the age of 57, Commissioner Pete Rozelle named the Super Bowl championship trophy the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Kramer was a standout football player at Sandpoint High School and went on to stardom at the University of Idaho. After being drafted by the Packers he played in two Superbowls, and is a New York Times bestselling author. The 70-something legend still lives in Eagle and hasn’t slowed a step since his playing days. Following is a verbatim discussion Kramer had with Idaho Farm Bureau’s Jake Putnam: Q: So, is this the first time “Instant Replay”

has made the rounds in Hollywood?

A: No, It all started back in 1968; I had lunch with Jack Nicholson, producer Bert Schneider and Dick Schapp. We had a few martinis and spent three hours talking about it. It was a great memory and a good time. We were close back in 2002, but that’s all I’ve gotten out of this movie script is a good a time. I met with and had some wonderful times with George C. Scott.

Somewhere along the line, I realized that it was going to be a long pull, and decided that the screenplay was no longer an economic venture but a hobby.

Q: How did the book come to be?

A: Dick Schapp got a call from a book editor from New York who thought that it would be a good idea to do the book. He See INSTANT REPLAY, page 36

The block, the 1967 playoff win over Dallas in the fabled Ice bowl.

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Sara Jane Stowell, daughter of Randy and Marvi Stowell of Hagerman was selected to attend the 64th Annual Girls Nation in Washington D.C. The event took place July 7-24.

Girls Nation focuses on federal government procedure with each state sending two girls to act as senators. The young women gain special knowledge of how the federal system works, participating in mock debates and caucuses. The girls also listen to distinguished speakers and have the opportunity to visit Arlington Cemetery and the White House.

During Girls State, held June 13-18 in Nampa Sara excelled and was elected President Pro Tem. Girls State is a program that trains young women in the practical processes of state government.

Following is a paragraph Sara wrote for Idaho Farm Bureau Quarterly about her experience. The passage was written before she left for Washington D.C.: Just being selected to attend Girls State was an honor. The Hagerman Legion Auxiliary Post #31 was only allowed to have one girl attend, and that one girl happened to be me. I didn’t quite know what to expect going into Girls State because I have never really been interested in politics, but the second I got there I knew I was going to have the experience of a lifetime! It was interesting because all the girls there were at the top of their class, involved in everything such as: Student Body, FFA, BPA, etc., so I fit in perfectly. The catch was to find something that set you apart from the rest. I chose the fact that I was born and raised on a ranch and I was the only one there who knew how to castrate a calf! I was elected councilwomen of my city, Nationalist Chairwomen, and President Pro-Tem. Not only did I make lifelong friendships at Girls State I also learned a ton about politics and how the government operates. It is such a blessing to be elected to attend Girls Nation, having never been to DC, it will be another experience of a lifetime. I expect to visit as many monuments and museums as possible, learn even more about the government and debating bills, and last but not least make even more close friendships.

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Bingham County Farm Bureau President Gary Judge presents Shalissa Hamilton a scholarship check. Hamilton was also awarded a scholarship from the Idaho Farm Bureau.

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A Poetry Garden Renée E. D’Aoust The exhibit “Emily Dickinson’s Garden: The Poetry of Flowers” ran this year from April to August at the New York Botanical Garden. Rather than an actual garden, the exhibit featured “books, manuscripts, watercolors, and photographs telling the story of Emily Dickinson’s life.” It is no

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surprise to gardeners, or to poets, that there is a strong connection between the two arts: both feature of sense of place, life in rhythm, and the knowledge that what grows will die and bloom again.

After her lifetime, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was known as a poet, but during her lifetime, she was known in

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Amherst, Massachusetts as a gardener and as an eccentric. It is a badge of honor nowadays to be called eccentric, a word used to categorize those whom others do not understand. But a gardener? Everyone loves a gardener. And as a fellow dog lover, I must add that Dickinson owned a faithful Newfoundland named “Carlo.”

Several years ago on a cross-country journey, I visited Dickinson’s “Homestead” in Amherst and walked my hound Truffle where she and Carlo might have walked. I did not think about a poetry garden at that time; although, the sunlight streaming into Dickinson’s room struck me as profound and luminescent.

But the New York Botanical Garden exhibit gave me an idea: why not plant a poetry garden designed according to a collection of favorite verse? In honor of Dickinson’s place in American letters, we might use phrases from her collected works to start.

Through the coming Idaho winter, we might collect our favorite poems in a garden book. If a poem designates a plant, we could order that plant. But if no plant is designated, why not prescribe certain plants to certain phrases?

Dickinson writes, “I hide myself within a flower,” while an earlier English poet William Blake suggests that “the lily… shall in love delight.”

For another example, I love poet Walter de la Mare’s line, “Look your last on all things lovely every hour.” One might plant “all things lovely,” which to a gardener means infinite reasons to buy infinitely more plants. After all, so many plants are so lovely. The line originally came to me via my good friend Professor Robert Ferguson, so there is double reason to use it for a poetry garden. I should think that a wood-burned sign with the adage is in order, too.

Another favorite poet of mine is Mary Oliver. She writes primarily about nature in detailed form, and Oliver’s “The Sunflowers” is a wonder. Since most gardeners plant sunflowers, whose heads follow the sun, this is an easy start. Oliver writes, “Come with me / into the field of sunflowers.” And later, “the long work / of turning their lives / into a celebration / is not easy.” Is it too much to suggest garden tours with accompanying poetic recitations?

included “links between Dickinson’s verse and the plants and flowers that provided her with inspiration.” Also included were “original manuscripts, both poems and letters.” More information about the exhibit is available at www. nybg.org/emily/ and more information about Emily Dickinson is available at www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org.

As a person who has never been able to keep a garden journal, but as someone who keeps several journals full of notes from readings, including Dickinson’s lines of verse, I think a garden journal centered on reasons for writing and tilling the soil might be a successful enterprise. Poetry reflects words in motion— and doesn’t gardening reflect almost the same thing?

Renée E. D’Aoust is a freelance writer from Clark Fork, Idaho. She can be reached through the Idaho Farm Bureau at jthompson@idahofb.org.

The New York Botanical Garden exhibit

AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION NEWS

AFBF Backs Estate Tax Amendment WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation backs an amendment to the small business lending bill that would permanently reform the federal estate tax and has asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), to allow the Senate to consider the proposal.

“This will give farmers and ranchers a better opportunity to continue food, fiber and fuel production and transfer family-owned operations from one generation to the next,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman.

In a letter sent today to Reid and copied to other members of the Senate, Stallman

said Farm Bureau supports an amendment to the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 (H.R. 5297), proposed by Sens.

Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Jon Kyl (RAriz.), to permanently set the estate tax rate at 35 percent, with a $5 million exemption phased in over 10 years and indexed for inflation.

sell land, buildings or equipment they need to keep their operations going. Rural communities and businesses also suffer when farms and ranches downsize or disappear and farmland close to urban centers is often lost forever to development when estate taxes force farm families to sell off land to pay the taxes.”

“Estate taxes can hit farm families harder than other small business owners because 84 percent of farm assets are real estatebased,” Stallman wrote. “When estate taxes are due, surviving family members without enough cash on hand may be forced to

If Congress does not act this year, the federal estate tax is scheduled to increase to 55 percent with only a $1 million exemption at the beginning of 2011.

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July is Idaho Beef Month Editor’s Note: Our publication deadline doesn’t coincide with the celebration of beef month but we still want our readers to know about new ways to prepare nutritious beef and about all of the effort ranchers put into producing a healthy, nutritious, affordable product.

It’s a sure sign of summer – that unmistakable smoky aroma of food cooking on the outdoor grill, and drifting through the neighborhood on the warm evening air.

Summer is the season of outdoor activities and backyard barbecues which also means July is Idaho Beef Month. In recognition of grilling season and the contribution Idaho’s cattle ranching families make to Idaho, July has been declared Idaho Beef Month

by Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter.

Idaho’s cattle ranching families are celebrating Idaho Beef Month and their commitment to providing a safe, nutritious, and delicious product. Idaho Beef Month also celebrates their role in feeding the nation.

Today’s U.S. farmer feeds about 144 people here and abroad each day, compared to 46 in 1960. “Idaho’s Beef Month is a celebration of our ranching families,” says Traci

O’Donnell. “Beef is an important product for Idaho’s economy, and the ranching families that produce it.”

2010 marks the 9th annual month long celebration of beef month. The Idaho Beef Council encourages all beef lovers to celebrate Idaho Beef Month by enjoying their favorite beef dish. For fresh ideas, the Idaho Beef Council is offering a new Summer Grilling brochure to anyone who would like a copy. The brochure features mouthwatering beef grilling recipes and tips for grilling the perfect burger or steak.

To obtain your free copy, contact the Idaho Beef Council at beefcouncil@idbeef.org or (208) 376-6004.

As Idahoans fire up their grills this summer in honor of Idaho Beef Month, here are just a few simple steps to delicious and healthy grilling with the 29 lean cuts: Look for Lean Twenty nine of beef cuts meet government guidelines for lean, meaning they have less than 10 grams of total fat, 4.5 grams or less of saturated fat and less than 95 milligrams of cholesterol per 3½ -ounce serving. Many

of these are the favorites including the Top Sirloin Steak, the New York Steak, 95 percent lean ground beef, and the T-bone steak.

Mouthwatering Marinades Opt for marinades with little or no sugar to help protect meat from charring. Instead, try a taste bud-tantalizing, yet simple and tenderizing marinade by using an acidic ingredient like lemon or lime juice, balsamic vinegar or wine or a natural tenderizing enzyme found in fresh ginger, pineapple, papaya and figs.

Avoid the Burn For even browning and cooking, turn occasionally using a spatula for burgers and tongs to turn steaks and kabobs. Do not press, flatten or pierce the meat as flavorful juices will be lost, which can also lead to fire flare-ups. And, cut off any burnt or charred pieces before eating should overcooking occur.

For delicious recipes to celebrate Idaho Beef Month, visit BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com.

Marketbasket:Tracking Milk and Egg Trends

For the second quarter of 2010, shoppers reported the average price for a half-gallon of regular whole milk was $2.06, up 6 cents from the prior quarter. The average price for one gallon of regular whole milk was $3.06, down 9 cents. Comparing per-quart prices, the retail price for whole milk sold in gallon containers was about 25 percent lower compared to half-gallon containers, a typical volume discount long employed by retailers.

The average price for a half-gallon of rBST-free milk was $3.38, down 24 cents from the last quarter, about 65 percent higher than the reported retail price for a half-gallon of regular milk ($2.06).

The average price for a half-gallon of organic milk was $3.65, down 1 cent compared to the first quarter of 2010 – about 80 percent higher than the reported retail price for a half-gallon of regular milk ($2.06).

Compared to a year ago (second quarter of 2009), the retail price for regular milk in gallon containers was down about 2 percent while regular milk in half-gallon containers increased 8 percent. The average retail price for rBST-free milk increased about 6 percent in a year’s time. The average retail price for organic milk in half-gallon containers was virtually unchanged compared to the prior year.

For the second quarter of 2010, the average price for one dozen regular eggs was $1.53. The average price for a dozen “cagefree” eggs was $2.91, about 90 percent more than regular eggs. Compared to a year ago (second quarter of 2009), regular eggs increased 14 percent while “cage-free” eggs decreased 3 percent.

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Grilled Ribeye Steaks and Potatoes with Smoky Paprika Rub Total recipe time: 25 to 30 minutes Makes 2 to 4 servings 2 beef ribeye steaks cut 1 inch thick (about 12 ounces each) 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 large russet potatoes cut lengthwise into 8 wedges each Salt 1 tablespoon minced green onions Sour Cream and Onion Sauce (recipe follows) (optional) 2 tablespoons smoked or Spanish paprika 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar 1-1/2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper

Seasoning: 1. Combine seasoning ingredients in small bowl; remove and reserve 2 tablespoons. Press remaining seasoning evenly onto beef steaks; set aside.

Combine reserved seasoning, oil and salt in large bowl. Add potatoes; toss to coat.

2. Place steaks in center of grid over medium, ash-covered coals; arrange potatoes around steaks. Grill steaks, uncovered, 11 to 14 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 9 to 14 minutes) for medium rare (145째F) to medium (160째F) doneness, turning occasionally. Grill potatoes 14 to 17 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 13 to 15 minutes) or until tender, turning occasionally.

3. Carve steaks into slices; season

with salt, as desired. Sprinkle green onion over potatoes. Serve potatoes with Sour Cream and Onion Sauce for dipping, if desired.

Sour Cream and Onion Sauce: Combine 1/2 cup dairy sour cream and 2 tablespoons minced green onion. Sprinkle with smoked or Spanish paprika, as desired. Yield: 1/2 cup Nutrition information per serving (1/2 of recipe): 807 calories; 29 g fat (8 g saturated fat; 9 g monounsaturated fat); 145 mg cholesterol; 768 mg sodium; 70 g carbohydrate; 7.7 g fiber; 65 g protein; 20.9 mg niacin; 2.3 mg vitamin B6; 3.1 mcg vitamin B12; 7.3 mg iron; 69.4 mcg selenium; 11.6 mg zinc.

This recipe is an excellent source of fiber, protein, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, iron, selenium and zinc.

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2010 Idaho Farm Bureau Scholarship Winners The scholarships are provided by the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation Scholarship Fund, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Idaho, and the IFBF Women’s Leadership Committee and Young Farmer and Rancher Committee.

Amanda Wilder

Heather Carlquist

Ada County

Jerome County

Jacob Ihler

Jenny Withers

Oneida County

Jefferson County

Julie Obermeyer

Kristina Anderson

Gem County

Payette County

Michael Wiseman

Shalissa Hamilton

Twin Falls County

Bingham County

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INSTANT REPLAY

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asked Dick to find someone and the Packers were an obvious choice because of the success in the 60’s. But the choice of having a lineman write it was not as obvious.

So he called and I said what do you mean, write a book? What do I know about writing a book? Schapp said that we would write it together that he would edit it. I asked who’d have the final say, he said you do. I said ‘let’s talk.’

Chicago and Detroit from early morning to midnight. I’m doing my part and then it hit the best seller list and it took me by com-

plete surprise. The whole process got to be fun. I got to peak into that other world, that literary world I had never seen and it

Q: So you kept a diary?

A: Yea, my first inclination when I came back was to be very literary and use huge words and say things that were very bright.

But that didn’t last long. I thought hey, it is what it is and if they don’t like it, they don’t like it. There was no point of guessing what people wanted to read. I thought all I can do is tell it the way it is, the way I saw it, if they like it fine, if they don’t fine. So I caught my breath and decided that I was going to try to be as dead honest as I possibly could. Along the way I got a complement from Forrest Greg.

We were in training camp the next year after the book, he and Gail Gillingham were rooming together across the hall and we were in St. Vincent’s Hall at Saint Norbert’s college. I was rooming with Willie Davis and he said you better watch out Willy he’ll put you in his next book. Forest Gregg says, That damn book, that’s all I heard about, everywhere I go people wanna know about that damn book, I’m sick and tired of that damn book, but I’ll tell you one thing Jerry, you were dead honest. He may not have known it but that was the best complement I ever got on Instant Replay.

Q: Did you think this book would catch on?

A: I had no idea, I remember vividly asking Dick Schapp, I said, what’s good Dick? I’d like to do well with this book; I don’t want to be embarrassed. He said Jerry if we sell 5,000 books it’ll be an average book, if we do 20,000 that’ll be good. So I went out on the circuit doing early morning shows, cooking shows in Iowa, TV shows all over 36

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was as unique and special, as special as the NFL. I met Gore Vidal, hung out with Norman Mailer, Jackie Suzanne, Tiny Tim, a very unusual group of people. It was interesting but more than anything else just to meet these people, so interesting but so different.

Q: This was an insider view into the first Superbowl team, was that the hook?

A: There were several things that made it as you know; the Packers were doing very well as a team at the time. We had a wonderful cast of characters.

Lombardi, McGhee, Hornung and Star, such an unusual group of people that were a lot wiser than many gave them credit for. We were the team of that era and a unique cast of characters. Of course Lombardi’s dominant personality and that philosophy that he drilled into us: pay the price, sacrifice, commitment, consistency, perseverance, preparation. It was the sum total of all the things he preached and believed in. Remember, these were things the nation hadn’t heard in a while.

Again remember the times, 1968, there was free love, long hair and ‘do it my way’. It was a time when different lifestyles were offered up. I think Lombardi brought us back to reality, back to fundamentals and the book reflects that.

Q: So you wrote imagining that they were looking over your shoulder?

A: I’m doing the book and fully conscious of all of my teammates and the fact that they are going to read it. I struggled personally. I would get angry at practice and say things I really didn’t want in the book. One time I called Coach Lombardi a short, fat Italian and Dick

Schapp said we got to leave that in there. I said BS; we’re not leaving that in there, Lombardi will kill me. But that’s how it was on the team, we were angry, it was real, it’s how we felt, in the end we kept it in because it’s part of the story. I was very reluctant to give Coach Lombardi a copy of the book.

Well, the book came out and I gave all the players a copy but hesitated giving a copy to Coach Lombardi. First of all I was trying to figure out an inscription for the book. Anything but ‘Best wishes’; it’s just that I needed something a bit more intelligent than ‘good luck’. He had an impact on my life. So I’m searching for something that’ll make me comfortable that would be appropriate. I also avoided giving Mrs. Lombardi a book too. This dragged on for almost a week, but I finally came up with the inscription of the book: ‘To Thomas Vincent Lombardi, a man against all others shall forever be measured.’ I thought that would negate the ‘short Italian’ comment.

So I’m standing at the bus and we were getting ready to go to Milwaukee for a game and Marie Lombardi comes up to me and says ‘where’s my book?’

All the coaches have books, players have books, where’s my book? I went to the car and got her a book. We got on the bus and she started reading all the way to Milwaukee, and finished reading it that night. I was standing in the elevator the next morning when she stepped on.

I said ‘morning Marie, she said Jerry I loved the book, loved it!

Then she said ‘It helped me understand,’ I said football? ‘No, him!’ She really liked it and I was relieved. Marie never said a thing about the ‘short Italian

‘part.

A few days later in the locker room and Coach Lombardi sidles over like he is unsure what to say, or how to say it, but he looks down, reaches out with his hand and said ’I liked the book Jerry, I really liked the book.’ That was more than I had ever hoped for.

Q: So now, decades later a movie at last?

A: We got mired in the financial morass, but ESPN still wanted to do a “Lombardi” project. The Vice President of ESPN Ron Semiao is a ball of fire, he’s the guy that originated the X-games and a legend.

He brought a lot of energy to the project. I got Willie Davis to come with me to L.A. to meet us.

Well, we’d tell Semiao one of our Packer stories and he’d

correct us, saying things like ‘that wasn’t in ’64 that was ‘65, I looked at him and then Willie and said, ‘You know I think he’s right.’ This guy was a huge fan and wanted to do the movie a long time, so he’s the thrust and energy behind it right now.

I signed my rights away, when you sign your rights away, you sign your rights away but I’m arranging meetings with people and I’m in touch with the producers every day. I’m optimistic about it.

DeNiro asked that Eric Roth be hired to polish the script to his taste. Roth just did Benjamin Button and got an Academy Award for Forest Gump. So that’s where we are today, in the middle of Mr. Roth reworking the script. I can’t wait to see how it turns out but there’s no guarantee.

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Left: Youth hunters Dillon and Colton Crockett show off valley quail harvested on the opening day to Idaho Power Habitat Biologist, Aaron Utz. Above: Private properties are signed by Pheasants Forever to mark boundaries for youth hunters.

Landowner and Pheasants Forever Partnerships Youth Hunters Reap the Benefits

The Treasure Valley Chapter of Pheasants Forever (TVPF) has established a youth hunter program designed to encourage youth hunting in southwest Idaho.

By working with willing landowners, the chapter opened almost 1,000 acres of private land to youth only hunting during the 2009 hunting season. Walt Bodie, TVPF Habitat Chair said; “We recognize that the future of sport hunting in Idaho is largely dependent upon recruiting our young people to appreciate and take part in outdoor activities such as hunting. Our goal is to introduce young hunters into the hunting sports and at the same time to teach them to respect wildlife, the laws that maintain our wildlife populations and to also respect the land and landowners that are so important in providing wildlife habitat.”

This past year Idaho Power opened the Turner Ranch near Bruneau for youth hunting and the Little Family opened part of its ranch north of Eagle. Approximately 100 youth hunters signed up for the program and at least 60 participated for one or more days. Youth hunters reported enjoying the experience and learning more about wildlife and hunting ethics. Young hunters harvested very few birds although they had numerous opportunities. It does not look

like they had any significant impact on the bird populations.

To take part in the program, youth hunters 10 to 15 years of age sign up with the TVPF chapter at no charge. Youth hunters can register at several sporting goods stores in the Treasure Valley area including, the Sportsman’s Warehouse Store in Meridian, Larry‘s Sporting Goods in Nampa, the Fishing Hole in Bruneau as well as the Idaho Power office in Bruneau. Maps to the enrolled properties as well rules for using the properties are available on the TVPF chapter web site at tv.idahopf.com.

In addition to the hunting program TVPF also holds a youth hunter shotgun familiarization course. This year’s event will be held at the Black Dog Sporting Clays Range south of Boise on August 28, starting at 9:30 a.m. Pre-registration is required and attendance may be limited. Youth hunters that have been through the Idaho Fish & Game Hunters Education course and are 10 to 15 years of age are encouraged to attend.

There is no charge for the shotgun instruction and firearms, hearing protection and shotgun shells are provided free of charge.

Lieutenant Governor Brad Little said, “The wonderment of hunting and connecting youth with nature and the outdoors through

the hunting experience will only be preserved for this generation by making sure there are adequate opportunities for youth hunting now and into the future.”

Brett Dumas, Environmental Supervisor for Idaho Power Company said; “By combining efforts with Pheasants Forever, the company was able to make a high quality habitat area available to the area’s youth while at the same time protecting the resource values required in our habitat mitigation plan. Pheasants Forever has been great to work with and their level of expertise and passion has made this a win-win project for everyone.”

You can help!

If you are a landowner with a minimum of 100 acres of upland bird or waterfowl habitat and would like to be part of our program or simply have questions, we would like to hear from you. The Chapter’s goal is to increase the amount of acreage to 2,000 acres for the 2010 hunting season. The chapter has a small monetary incentive of $500 for participating landowners. Also any reasonable restrictions on the use of the land will be honored. You can leave a message for a call back from TVPF at walt@idahopf. com.

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AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION NEWS Doubling Exports in Five Years: How We Do It Fundamental Changes Are Necessary to Meet Goal of National Export Initiative WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the Coalition of Service Industries (CSI) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) put forth a comprehensive approach today to double U.S. exports in five years – a key goal of President Obama’s.

Under this approach, the three organizations outline policy changes needed to improve market access and level the playing field in a competitive global market. Doubling exports in five years is an ambitious but achievable goal if major changes are enacted.

Reduce non-tariff barriers.

Improve competitiveness with investments in infrastructure and trade facilitation initiatives.

Pursue a Doha Round agreement that expands world trade.

Improve export promotion efforts and financing policies.

Enact pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.

“Growth in U.S. agricultural exports will be achieved with aggressive actions to expand market opportunities and reduce trade barriers,” said AFBF Director of International Policy Rosemarie Watkins.

“These measures are critical for increasing U.S. agricultural competitiveness around the world and meeting the growing world demand for food with U.S. agricultural products.”

Pursue new trade agreements.

“While services account for 80 percent of

The NAM, the CSI and the AFBF believe the following recommendations are essential to achieving this goal:

the U.S. economy, they account for only about 31percent of U.S. exports, in part because of the prevalence of barriers to services trade around the world,” said CSI President Bob Vastine. “If the President’s goal of doubling exports is to be realized, the U.S. government must create a supportive trade policy environment that addresses discriminatory trade barriers erected by many of our trading partners. CSI and its members are ready to partner, and we welcome our government’s leadership.”

“If drastic changes are not made to double exports, our nation’s manufactured goods exports will fall nearly $300 billion short of the President’s goal in 2014,” said NAM Vice President of International Economic Affairs Frank Vargo. “Our partners and competitors are moving forward with negotiating new free trade agreements and enacting other policies to boost exports, and the U.S. is being left behind. America needs to enact policies to make it easier for U.S. companies to reach new markets.”

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Idaho Farm Bureau Discount Program Step 1: Members go to sears.com and find the product(s) they are interested in and write down the product/model number(s).

Step 2: Members email the product number(s) to Farm Bureau’s designated contact at Sears Appliance Select: wgill03@searshc.com for a quote. To receive this pricing a member must include their Farm Bureau membership number and Farm Bureau discount code CU068062 in the email.

Step 3: After receiving a quote (allow 2-3 business days), members can then choose to use a credit card to purchase the discounted item(s) and it will be delivered via a custom freight company.

THIS OFFER IS NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH SEARS RETAIL OR DEALER All manufacturer warranties apply with the option to purchase extended Sears Protection Agreements. Installation is not included with delivery.

For more information call (208) 239-4289

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15 tons, 1st cutting Grass Hay. No rain damage. 80-85 lb bales. $85.00/ton or $3.50/bale. Call Sam or Amy at 208-278-5315 in New Plymouth.

$287,500.00 Horse Property Lewiston, Idaho, 1.31 acres, all fenced with iron fence, 3Bdrms, 2bath, hardwood floors, hay barn w/3stalls, shop w/wood stove, round pen, pads, pasture, garden, plus more 208-816-0254 or email:volk@westcombb.com

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Belted Galloway cattle for sale Reds, Blacks and Duns. Bennington, Id 208-847-1262 Morgan horses for sale. Western Working champion stock since 1982. www.creamridgemorgans. com or 208-476-7221

Farm Equipment Custom Grain Harvesting, will travel from Burley to Ashton or Grace. Call Doug 208-604-2417 ‘Miskin’ Scraper, SP-9, excellent condition, 9 yard capacity.

Purchased brand new now 150 later we are finished with the job.

Would consider trading for a 16’ to 20’ disc. Bret Armacost 208469-0467 8N Ford Tractor with blade and scoop, 7 ft mower, tandem disc, 3 point boom, corrugator, also extra tires and wheels. Must sell due to health problems. Leave name & phone number if no answer. 208825-5195 1460 International Combine. Low hours. American Falls 241-0005 Balewagons: New Holland selfpropelled or pull-type models. Also interested in buying balewagons.

Will consider any model. Call Jim Wilhite at 208-880-2889 anytime.

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20 acres near Silver Creek in Blaine County. Beautiful location, views of valley all around. Pasture land, or crops. Nice ranch or small farm. Call for more info. Please leave message. 208-788-5160

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1982 white 4x4 Ford Bronco.

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These tickets have no expiration date.

These tickets are UNRESTRICTED meaning they are valid for all movies and show times.

Tickets are non-refundable. Limit 8 tickets per purchase.

Members simply need to take these tickets to the box office and exchange them for the movie ticket of their choice.

Discount will apply only for adults going to evening shows. Do not use for children (11 & under), seniors (60 & over), or matinees.

Members should be prepared to pay a surcharge at the theater for any 3-D films, IMAX shows, and special events/private screenings since those shows are more expensive than regular shows.

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Regal Riverstone Stadium 14 Coeur D’Alene

Farm Bureau members can purchase Carmike 10 adult tickets (ages 12-64) for only $7.00.

This is a saving of $2 per ticket on evening shows. Tickets can be purchased in Pocatello at the Farm Bureau office located on Alameda or at the Farm Bureau Home Office location.

There are a couple of things to know about these tickets: •

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These tickets are good at the Carmike 10 theater in Pocatello.

These tickets are UNRESTRICTED meaning they are valid for all movies and show times (excluding 3-D and special event/private screenings) These tickets expire on December 31, 2010.

Tickets are non-refundable. Limit of 8 tickets per purchase.

Members simply need to take these tickets to the box office and exchange them for the movie ticket of their choice.

Discount will apply only for adults going to evening shows. Do not use for children (11 & under), seniors (65 & over), or matinees.

Do not use for 3-D films, IMAX shows, and special events/private screenings since those shows are more expensive than regular shows.

Exclusively For Farm Bureau Members

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