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Are You Looking For Direction? 3/15/01 BW: 93 lbs. Adj. WW/R/Cont.: 872 lbs./124.9/81 Adj. YW/R/Cont.: 1.494 lbs./119.5/72

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We will have 150 bulls available this fall featuring sons of VRD, New Design 878, Sitz Alliance 6595, and TC Forefront, so come by the ranch anytime and make your selection. Ask about our volume discounts and we’ll feed ‘til spring!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: chuck@aaalivestock.com Published for and official publication of: ■

VOL 75, No. 4 / USPS 381-580

F E AT U R E S 48

Dairying in the Southwest: The Perfect Storm

Range Management Tools, Rules & the Benefits of Grazing

Carrizozo Cowboy Days Set for June 12-14

by Glenda Price

D E PA R T M E N T S

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org; 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584, Fax: 505/842-1766; President, Alisa Ogden; Executive Director, Caren Cowan;

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter

Update

New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn

Estrays

New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584; President, Joan Kincaid Executive Director, Caren Cowan

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers

New Mexico Federal Lands News

To the Point

Jingle Jangle

The Seedstock Guide

The Real Estate Guide

Advertisers Index

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EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING Publisher: Chuck Stocks Business Manager: Mae Lopez Advertising Reps.: Chris Martinez, Melinda Martinez, Contributing Editors: Glenda Price, Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson, Carol Wilson, William S. Previtti, Julie Carter, Lee Pitts

by Dr. Chris Allison

by Alisa Ogden

by Jim Olson by Don Bullis

by Mike Casabonne

by Caren Cowan

PRODUCTION Production Coordinator: Carol Pendleton Graphic Design: Kristy Hinds Martel Editorial Design: Camille Pansewicz

New Mexico Stockman (USPS 381-580) is published monthly by Charles R. Stocks, 2231 Rio Grande, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-2529. Subscription price: 1 year - $19.95 /2 years - $29.95. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to New Mexico Stockman, P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194. Periodicals Postage paid at Albuquerque, New Mexico and additional mailing offices. Copyright 2008 by New Mexico Stockman. Material may not be used without permission of the publisher. Deadline for editorial and advertising copy, changes and cancellations is the 10th of the month preceding publication. Advertising rates on request.

ON THE COVER . . . This month’s cover photo is “Bright Future” by Stockman Contributing Editor, Glenda Price. A feature story on the Southwest dairy industry, “The Perfect Storm”, by Ms. Price runs on page 48 of this issue.

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President’ s M

C A TT L E

IATION

W MEXICO NE

S W E R S' A S

By Alisa Ogden

ESSAGE

NMCGA PRESIDENT

Greetings! I would like to thank NMCGA President Elect, Bert Ancell, for writing this month’s President’s Message. —Alica Proverbs 27: 17 As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend

ell it’s that time of year — ya’ll have to be tortured by another letter from a cowboy in a world of difference from the trails that he used to ride. I know I’m supposed to give a big report on all the doings up here in Santa Fe, but I’m just going to say — we rode ‘em hard and pulled off a lot of wet saddle blankets. We had a good crew and I want to thank them all. The home guards that read the bills and sent us smoke signals on legislation to check out — thanks. The ones who rode with us for the whole works, or just a day or two — gracias. Without all of you helping, this work would be overwhelming. You don’t know how much you are appreciated. Just a big thank you. I really want to thank a few folks that have kept me as sane as I might be through all this chaos. My dear wife, Debbie, and all the gang at the ranch that kept it all together, ya’ll don’t know how much I appreciate all you’ve done. Thank you. There’s also all the others — Alisa, and the past presidents that have put your time in this, thanks. There’s a couple of more that need big hugs from all of us for the jobs they have done for our Association not only here but everywhere we need them to be. Caren has had a rough start to the year. All of us have said prayers and given condolences, but Caren has a resilience that is hard to match. She came back from Arizona with a strong resolve and a clear view of the happenings around here. How she can be focused on so many things is purely amazing. Until you have worked the halls with her for more than a day or two, you cannot appreciate the job she has done and is still doing for our Association. All of us need to express a great big Thank You to her. There are also times when someone rises up to a challenge and shines in the job. Well, we got to see that this year in Santa Fe. All that know her knew that it was in her, it just took something to really bring it out. “My girl Friday” Michelle Frost has emerged as strong force in Santa Fe. The NMCGA, Caren, and I are lucky to have her on staff. Michelle and Caren have fostered a strong working relationship that will be a huge asset to us. She’s good in a fight, too. She has waded right in and pulled me out a few already. She can stand her ground when she’s in the battle, too. My hat’s off to her and she can come to my branding any day — she’s a hand. I know I’m supposed to give a report on all our doings, but I also know Caren will do a lot better job of it in her column. I pray we all see better days in all we do and remember: we’re one day closer to that rain. Until that day,

Bert Ancell President Elect www.nmagriculture.org ———————————————————————————————— NEW MEXICO CATTLE GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION OFFICERS ———————————————————————————————— Alisa Ogden Loving President

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Bert Ancell Bell Ranch President Elect

Jose Varela Lopez Santa Fe Northeast V.P.

Louis Montoya La Plata Northwest V.P.

Ty Bays Silver City Southwest V.P.

Rex Wilson Carrizozo Southeast V.P.

Emery Chee Bloomfield V.P. At Large

Troy Sauble Maxwell Sec./Treas.

DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009 TIME: 3:00PM—5:00PM PLACE: SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR & RODEO GROUNDS IN THE COVERED ARENA EVENT: ROPING, GAMES, AND ANIMAL INTERACTION RODEO WILL START AT 7:00PM & CONCESSION STAND WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY

Name:

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Address: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________________ To enroll please send this form by April 17 , 2009 to: NMSU Rodeo / “Special Rodeo” PO Box 30003, MSC 3Ae, Las Cruces, NM 88003 FMI: 575-646-3659 or 575-642-8141 Fax: 575-646-3027 I/We being the Parent or Legal Guardian of the above named individual do hereby take full responsibility and agree not to hold any person of the NMSU Rodeo or any person connected with this event responsible for accidents or injuries which may occur while the above name individual is competing in the NMSU Special Rodeo. You are assuming risks of participating in this domesticated animal activity.

Signed _________________________________ Print Name __________________________________ Date _____________ APRIL 2009

ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION, INC. 900 North Garden · P.O. Box 2041 Roswell, New Mexico 88201 505/622-5580 575/622-5580 www.roswelllivestockauction.com CATTLE SALES: MONDAYS HORSE SALES: APRIL, JUNE, SEPTEMBER and DECEMBER BENNY WOOTON RES 575/625-0071, CELL 575/626-4754 WOOTON RES. 505/626-4754 SMILEY BENNY WOOTON RES 575/623-2338, CELL 575/626-6253

SMILEY WOOTON

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ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION RECEIVING STATIONS Producers hauling cattle to Roswell Livestock New Mexico Receiving Stations need to call our toll-free number for a Transportation Permit number before leaving home. The Hauling Permit number 1-800/748-1541 is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NEW RECEIVING STATION, LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO 2 Bar Livestock Highway #90 at NM #3 – East side of highway. Receiving cattle for transport 2nd & 4th weekends of each month. Truck leaves Lordsburg at 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Russell Taylor (corrals) 575/494-7229. FORT STOCKTON TEXAS 1816 E. 53rd Lane, Interstate 10 to exit 259A to FM 1053, 5 1/2 miles north of I-10. Turn right on Stone Rd. (receiving station sign) 1-block. Turn left on 53rd Lane – 3/4 miles to red A-frame house and corrals on right. Buster Williams, 432/336-0219, 432-290-2061. Receiving cattle: 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month. Truck leaves at 3:00 p.m. CT. PECOS, TEXAS Hwy. 80 across from Town & Country Motel. NO PRIOR PERMITS REQUIRED. Nacho, 432/445-9676, 432/634-6150, 432/448-6865. Trucks leave Sunday at 4 p.m. CT. VALENTINE, TEXAS 17 miles north of Marfa on Hwy. 90. Red Brown 432/4672682. Pens 432/358-4640. Trucks leave first Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CT. VAN HORN, TEXAS 800 West 2nd, 5 blocks west of Courthouse. Gary or Patty Flowers, 478/335-8080, cell 432/283-7103. Trucks leave 2nd & 3rd Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CT. MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO Two blocks east and one block south of Tillery Chevrolet. Smiley Wooton 575/622-5580 office, 575/623-2338 home, 575/626-6253 mobile. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00 p.m. MT. SAN ANTONIO, NEW MEXICO River Cattle Co. Nine miles east of San Antonio on U.S. 380. Gary Johnson 575/838-1834. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00 p.m. MT.

Brand re-record nearing completion; new brand books available soon ver 32,000 New Mexico brands have been renewed during the New Mexico Livestock Board’s (NMLB’s) current brand re-record, which started in June 2008. All brands in the state come up for renewal every three years. By paying the $75 renewal fee, brand owners protect their brand and their ability to move and sell their livestock. Brand Books, which are printed every three years and include information on all livestock brands registered in New Mexico, will be available in May of this year, in both printed and PDF format. Along with the brand re-record process, the NMLB is developing an online brand search by image which will be accessible through their website, www.nmlbonline.com, said Julie Gauman, IT Lead Support Technician. “This will make brand information much more accessible to the public.” Currently, brands can only be searched by master number or owner’s name, but once we have this system up and running people will be able to search by brand image, or by components of a brand — all brands that include a slash, for example. “ Gauman expects the new internet search program to be up and running by May, when the new Brand Books become available. Among the advantages of making this information more accessible will be simplifying the process of determining ownership of stray livestock. As the public becomes more familiar with the online system, staff expects that they will increasingly rely on the website. Currently, New Mexico’s brand system is one of the best organized in the country, she continued. “With this new online tool, which will greatly increase the efficiency of searching for records, technology-wise New Mexico will be jumping ahead of other states.” Over 36,000 brand renewal notices were sent out this year, according to Monique Sanchez, NMLB Brand Supervisor. Renewal notices include the brand image and location and earmarks — all of which are used by the NMLB to determine the owner of livestock. “The majority of people pay immediately after receiving their renewal notice, so for the first couple of weeks after we send the notices out, the mail is overwhelming. We receive thousands of responses,” Sanchez said. Some responses continue to trickle in throughout the year. This year, notices were also re-sent to people whose brands are delinquent from the 2005 renewal, she pointed out. To become current, those people will have to pay $150, the past-due $75 fee from 2005 and the current $75 renewal fee, which will make them current through 2011. New Mexico’s brand system depends on the agency’s ability to identify and track livestock. To legally move or sell livestock, a current brand is required. The NMLB now uses an electronic brand inspection system, so as soon as a livestock inspector enters a

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brand into the system he can determine whether a brand is current. An inspector will not write papers to allow cattle branded with a delinquent brand to be moved until payment is made. While livestock inspectors can accept payment on a delinquent brand, they cannot take electronic payment, only check or cash. In addition, the proceeds from the sale of cattle branded with a delinquent brand can be held by the sale barn until that brand becomes current. All brands are due for renewal every three years. While the NMLB encourages brand owners to keep payments current, brands are protected for six years from their last renewal. So, if a renewal fee was not paid in 2002, a brand would be protected until 2008. After the grace period, if the renewal fee still has not been paid, the

owner runs the risk of losing that brand to someone applying for a new brand. Once the protection expires, the owner would have to apply to the NMLB for their brand just like someone applying for a new brand. For people wanting to register a new brand in New Mexico, the first step is to fill out an application, including top three brand choices, in the NMLB office in Albuquerque. Depending on the brand, said Sanchez and Gauman, researching a new brand application can take from 20 minutes to several hours. In their effort to protect the state’s livestock, the NMLB researches the new brand, looking for duplicate existing brands as well as potential alteration conflicts — modifications that could be made to the new brand to turn it into an existing one.

“Our responsibility is to current brand holders, and we work diligently to ensure that a new brand would not potentially create a conflict with an existing brand,” Gauman said. “New brand holders assume the risk involved in the brand they apply for.” Legibility is an important consideration for a brand. When an application is received, the NMLB looks at the legibility of the brand, both on paper and on the animal, and tries to work with applicants to ensure that they are getting a brand that will work for them and their operation. New brands must be at least two characters in any configuration to help minimize the risk of alteration. A request for a single character brand must be approved continued on page 15

The Clovis Livestock Auction READY TO SERVE YOU!

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For weekend hauling permits, Call 505/762-4422 or 505/760-9300 or any market representative.

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Our breeding program is s imple. We only use bulls out of highly prove n female sire s. Our cow her d shows the influence of these mate rnal herd sir es. Their fertility , doing-abilit y and performance speaks for it self. We offer for sale, bulls an d heifers that w il l m ake a positive diffe rence in you r herd.

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Brand Books Available Soon

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by both the staff and the Livestock Board at a meeting because of the risk involved in using a single character. Another category of brands is holding brands. By obtaining a holding brand, out-of-state producers can bring their cattle into New Mexico to graze temporarily. Holding brands allow producers to register their own brand temporarily with the NMLB for a $100 annual fee, rather than rebranding their cattle with a New Mexico brand. In this case, NMLB only looks for duplicates, and notifies neighboring landowners. In case of a conflict, the issue is left to the discretion of the director. Copyright protection and brand value are two issues that result in many inquiries to the agency. The New Mexico Livestock Board only has authority over the brand image as it is used on livestock. There is no copyright protection associated with a registered brand, that same image could be again by another person for another use. Additionally, the NMLB does not set the value of brands bought and ■ sold in the state, value is set by the seller and purchaser.

Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Graduate Scholarship applications sought he New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Graduate Scholarship is designed to broaden production agriculture awareness in non-typical agricultural fields, says Boe C. Lopez , scholarship chairman. According to Lopez, the $1,000 scholarship for school year 2009-2010, will be awarded at the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ summer meeting June 28-30, in Ruidoso. Applications are due by May 15. Post-graduate applicants should have have a New Mexico beef cattle production background and must be residents of New Mexico. Preference will be given to New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association members and their families. To obtain a scholarship application, please contact: New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, Attn: Graduate Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584, email: nmcga@nmagriculture.com.

27th ANNUAL NMSU

Cattle & Horse Sale

Need b e ef c a ttle genetica ll selected y f desert r or angeland?

Saturday, April 25, 2009 AT THE NMSU HORSE CENTER IN MESILLA PARK, N.M. Cattle at 10:00 am and Horses at 1:00 pm

CATTLE

• 50 yearling Angus, Brangus, and Brahman bulls on test. • Offering a few 2-year-old Brangus and Brahman bulls, and ~10 Angus and Brangus heifers. Including a strong set of ¼ Brahman x ¾ Angus cattle from 1st generation breeding as well as traditional multi-generation Brangus breeding. • Cattle derived from Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center and Corona Range and Livestock Research Center. • Calving ease and fertility considered our most economically relevant traits. Selection based on performance data, EPDs, DNA, and whole herd reporting for maternal traits.

HORSES

• Selling ~20 head of ranch-type Quarter Horses.

CATTLE: L. Neil Burcham 575/646-2309 or Milt Thomas 575/646-3427 milthoma@nmsu.edu

FOR UPDATES, CATALOGUES AND IMAGES: http://cahe.nmsu.edu/academics/anrs/

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received third in the steer-wrestling event. Header Bryce Runyan, of Silver City, N.M., and heeler Aaron Shelley, of Cliff, he New Mexico State University rodeo received second and third, respectively. N.M., won first in the team roping. The team started the spring semester Jordan Bassett, of Dewey, Ariz., won team of Tony Steele, of Alamo, Nev., and strongly at National Intercollegiate first in the barrel racing. Casey Felton, of Fallon, Nev., placed secRodeo Association (NIRA) rodeos at Striegel won first on the goat tying, ond. Donny DeForest, of Yuma, Ariz., and Cochise College, in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., with Elkins finishing second. Tyler Findley, from New Mexico Highlands March 6-7 and the University of Arizona, in For the men’s team, Clay Geronimo, of University, finished third in the event. Tucson, Ariz., March 8. Mescalero, N.M., received third in the Salvo was named the men’s all-around The men’s and the women’s teams placed bareback riding event. Teammate Dean for the rodeo, while Stiegel and Elkins tied first at both rodeos, each time leading the Daly, of Belen, N.M., placed second in the for the honor of women’s all-around. saddlebronc riding. competition by more than 100 points. During the University of Arizona rodeo, Rylan Edgmon, of Black Canyon City, Striegel won first in the breakaway roping, “There were stellar performances in all the events. I was totally confident in the Ariz., placed first in the tie-down roping. with Elkins placing third. team to regain our top spot in the region Johnny Salvo, of Horse Springs, N.M., Staci Stanbrough, of Capitan, N.M., after sitting out one competition. And that placed second. placed second in the goat tying. Gilbert, Ariz., native Wyatt Althoff is exactly what they did. After this weekGeronimo won first in the bareback ridend, the NMSU rodeo ing, and Daly tied for secmen’s and women’s teams ond in the saddlebronc are first in the region,” event. said Jim Dewey Brown, Salvo and Edgmon NMSU rodeo coach. received first and third, At the Cochise College respectively, in the tierodeo, Megan Wilkerson, down roping. of Sonoita, Ariz., won first Salvo received the place in the breakaway men’s all-around honor roping event. Brittany again, with Striegel winStriegel and Kelsi Elkins, ning the women’s allJohnny Salvo Kelsi Elkins Brittany Striegel ■ both of Aztec, N.M., around.

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Governors reject stimulus: “. . . strings attached” would cause tax increases s money from the economic “stimulus” package begins flowing, some Republican governors are rejecting their states’ share of $7 billion for enhanced unemployment benefits, saying the strings Congress attached would lead to higher business taxes. To get the money, states must expand unemployment benefits, such as covering part-time workers who lose their jobs. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he doesn’t want the stimulus money because his state would have to raise taxes on businesses or cut back on benefits once the federal funding runs out. Texas, which had an unemployment rate of 6.4 percent in January, was entitled to $555 million. “It seems really unreasonable that the federal government would require a change in state law as a condition of accepting these funds,” Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said. “The governor’s main message is Texans who hire Texans drive our state’s economic engine, and the last thing we need to do is burden them with higher taxes.” ■ Led by Republican Governors Association chairman Mark Sanford of South Carolina, a group of conservative GOP governors has rejected or considered rejecting the unemployment money or other funding from the $787 billion stimulus package. ■ Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Haley Barbour of Mississippi, and Bob Riley of Alabama also have rejected the unemployment money. Joel Sawyer, a spokesman for Sanford, said it’s politically difficult to take away benefits once they’re extended. Increasing the number of people eligible for unemployment would exacerbate the long-term problem the state has meeting its benefit obligations. A study by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government suggests states will have to make difficult decisions once stimulus money runs out. States should use the breathing room provided by the stimulus to look for long-term budget solutions, the report says.

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Texas Tech meat judging team dominates spring contest exas Tech University’s meat judging team proved once again that it was tops in meat judging as they walked away with first-place honors March 8 at the Houston Livestock Show’s Meat Judging Contest for the fifth year in a row. The contest is the third win of 2009 for the 15-member team and the eighth consecutive win for Texas Tech’s meat judging program. The Red Raiders dominated the competition, winning first (4087) and second (4010) with their teams. Other top finishers, in placement order, were Colorado State University (4006), Texas A&M University (3980), Oklahoma State University (3936) and Kansas State University (3935). Thirteen universities were represented at the contest. “All of the hard work and long hours that these students put in has rewarded them with one of the most successful and dominating springs in recent memory,” said Travis O’Quinn, Texas Tech graduate student and coach. This is the first time in Texas Tech history that the school’s meat judging team has won eight consecutive contests, Mark Miller, Tech’s San Antonio Livestock Show Distinguished Chair in Meat Science said. The 2008 team won five consecutive contests and the 2009 team has won three consecutive contests including contests in Denver, Ft. Worth and Houston. Four of the top-ten individuals were from Texas Tech. Meagan Igo, a sophomore from Plainview, took first, Collin Corbin, a sopho-

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Large populations of beef cattle have already been assembled and genotyped to develop models to predict their genetic merit for feed efficiency, growth and carcass composition . . . The dairy breeding industry is already using the chip to guide the genetic selection process of milk-producing animals. As a result, the industry is saving millions of dollars annually by more efficiently prescreening young bulls and streamlining the process of identifying elite cows. Artificial insemination companies base these decisions on each animal’s genetic merit, as estimated from their SNP profiles. The new SNP-chip will primarily be used by beef producers. Large populations of beef cattle have already been assembled and genotyped to develop models to predict their genetic merit for feed efficiency, growth and carcass composition, Taylor said. Populations are also being assembled to allow the development of prediction models for health and fertility traits. “Application of this research to the beef and dairy industries, and eventually the use of comparable tools for the swine and sheep industries, will forever change selection programs in livestock. In addition, these tools are rapidly expanding the understanding of the genetic control of economically important traits in all domestic livestock species,” Taylor said. SOURCE: University of Missouri.

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Low cost heifer development strategies ubstantial research has been conducted contributing to the traditional guidelines of developing heifers to 60 to 65 percent of mature body weight at time of breeding. In general, studies evaluating different postweaning rates of gain or target weights have used either different amounts of feed, or different types of feeds varying in energy and/or protein content to obtain differences in rates of growth. A review of these studies conducted over the last several decades along with new research indicates the association among BW, puberty and heifer pregnancy rate appears to be changing over time. In general, research reports published through the late 1980s have shown much greater negative effects of limited postweaning growth on age of puberty and subsequent pregnancy, where as more recent studies indicate less of a negative impact of delayed puberty on pregnancy response. Thus, selection pressure for age of puberty was probably minimal in the animals used in the early studies. While selection intensity would have increased with the reduction in calving age of heifers, genetic progress would take time due to the long generation interval in cattle. In the mid 1980s, researchers identified the association between scrotal circumference in bulls and age of puberty in their female offspring. Since then, scrotal circumference has been used as an indicator trait for puberty. The change occurring in scrotal circumference from 1985 to the present indicates substantial progress has been made, and a similar response in age of puberty would be expected. Indeed, the inability of heifers to attain puberty prior to breeding may not be as problematic as heifers reaching puberty before weaning. Another factor that seems to have changed is the association between timing of puberty and subsequent pregnancy rate. Early research indicated heifers should experience two or three estrous cycles before the onset of the breeding season because fertility of the first estrus is lower than subsequent estrous cycles. Thus it was expected delayed onset of puberty would be associated with lower pregnancy rates. However, several studies have not shown strong associations between nutritionally related changes in age of puberty and final pregnancy rates. Evidence for a genetic basis for these differences is provided by Freetly and coworkers (1997),

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Low cost heifer development strategies continued from page 21 who reported pregnancy rates were greater in heifers AI sired by bulls born after 1988 than bulls born between 1982 and 1984, but age and weight at puberty were not. These changes, combined with the continued increase in cost of harvested feedstuffs indicate the need for alternative development systems which allow heifers the opportunity to conceive early as yearlings at reduced cost. Feeding replacement heifers to a traditional target weight increases development costs relative to more extensive heifer development. Funston and Deutscher (2004) reported similar pregnancy rates from the initial through fourth breeding season for spring calving heifers developed to reach either 53 or 58 percent of mature weight prior to breeding as yearlings. This demonstrated heifers developed to only 53 percent of mature weight could achieve similar initial pregnancy rates and retention compared to heifers developed to 58 percent of mature weight. Further research using the same herd found pre-breeding weights as low as 51 percent of mature weight was more cost effective than development to 57 percent of mature weight when lighter heifers were allowed 60 d to become pregnant. Extending the breeding season by 15 d for lighter heifers resulted in first-calf conception rates being similar between systems (45 vs. 60 d breeding season). Current research involves low input heifer development systems utilizing grazed winter forages. A 2-year study is in progress and preliminary data indicate heifer development using corn residue is a suitable alternative to winter range or a dry lot following weaning. However, development on corn residue reduces average daily gain post-weaning, delays puberty and may reduce first service conception rate without sacrificing final pregnancy rates in a 45 d breeding season. Postweaning management of heifers to achieve traditional target weights, particularly by feeding high-energy diets, is not supported by available research. Heifers developed on forage, however, generally require some protein supplementation to achieve even modest gains. One reason reproductive performance has not been drastically impaired by feeding to lower weights may relate to genetic changes in age of puberty.

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Factors Affecting Calving Difficulty alving difficulty, otherwise known as dystocia, may result in reduced calf performance, delayed estrus and, in some cases, loss of the calf and/or dam. This publication discusses several factors affecting calving difficulty and provides management suggestions that may be useful to prevent its occurrence. The majority of non-disease related calf losses in beef herds consists of calf deaths associated with dystocia. Researchers from Montana evaluated 798 autopsied calves lost in a disease-free herd over a 15-year period. They determined that more than twice as many calves are lost around the time of calving than at any other time from birth to weaning. Of the calves that are lost at or around calving, 51 percent died as a result of dystocia. The second most common cause of death was disease, mainly scours and pneumonia.

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Some cattle producers blame calving difficulty on the breed of the sire because of heavy calf birth weight and large frame size. There are sires within each breed, however, that can cause calving difficulty

when bred to certain females. Try to match the type of sire to that of the females. This will help prevent breeding large-framed sires to small-framed heifers. Consider sires that have been proven to produce low birth weight calves when breeding heifers to reduce possible calving difficulty. As heifers mature into cows, they can be bred to larger-framed sires, since they will be more capable of delivering larger calves. Although many producers evaluate breed, structure, frame score and genetics when selecting sires, the dystocia potential of a sire cannot be visually determined. Producers must rely on past calving records or, if available, the expected progeny difference (EPD) for each bull. Sire summaries provide an array of EPDs that can be used to compare birth weight and calving ease as well as many other useful traits. Selecting for multiple traits is recommended to prevent overselection for one trait. Breed associations typically publish updated breed averages for each EPD twice a year as additional calves are added to their data bases. Each EPD should be com-

pared to its breed average to determine how a sire ranks among its contemporaries for a particular trait. An EPD from one breed cannot be directly compared to the breed average of another breed; however, recent research has generated adjustment factors for across-breed EPD comparisons. To determine the reliability, each EPD has an accuracy value that is reported numerically between 0 and 1 and can be viewed as a percentage. For example, a value of 0.39 could be seen as 39 percent accurate, while a 0.98 could be viewed as 98 percent accurate. When a large number of progeny have been reported to a breed association, the accuracy values will move closer to 1. A low accuracy value indicates that a sire may be young or that few calves have been reported to the breed association. For example, yearling bulls will have lower accuracy values compared to bulls that have had progeny reported to their breed associations. Initial accuracy value is based on ancestry, full and half siblings, and, as their calves are registered, the accuracy value will increase and the EPDs adjusted accordingly. As the EPD value is adjusted to more accurately define the bull’s capabilities, the accuracy value is also adjusted. Since accuracy varies among breed associations, producers should

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review the most current sire summary when comparing bulls within a breed. By using EPDs, producers can evaluate genetic potential of sires and reduce the occurrence of dystocia by lowering calving birth weights and using bulls with a history of high calving ease. It is important to understand that these values are “expected, not exact,” so there may be some variations within each calf crop.

Most fetal growth occurs three months prior to calving. Therefore, temperatures during this time period will have a greater effect on calf birth weight. When considering temperature, fall calving herds should have fewer calving problems and lower death loss than herds calving in the winter and spring months. Temperature

Temperature has been shown to have a significant impact on calf birth weight. Although using sires with low birth weight EPDs may reduce some calving problems, environmental factors are responsible for approximately 55 percent of calving difficulties. Calf birth weights can vary significantly from year to year even though the same genetics and management are used. Several studies have shown that calves born in the fall weigh less than calves born in the winter and spring months. The increase in fetal weight during the cooler winter months is most likely because of increased nutrient intake from supplemental feeding by the cow. As the nutrient intake increases, nutrient flow to the fetus increases, which can result in increased growth rate. A long-term study was conducted at the University of Nebraska to determine the effects of temperature on calf birth weight. The coldest winter during this trial resulted in an 11°F difference in winter temperatures. This difference resulted in an 11-pound increase in calf birth weight. Their research concludes that calf birth weights will increase one pound, and calving difficulty will increase by 2.6 percentage points for each 1°F reduction in average winter temperatures. Most fetal growth occurs three months prior to calving. Therefore, temperatures during this time period will have a greater

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effect on calf birth weight. When considering temperature, fall calving herds should have fewer calving problems and lower death loss than herds calving in the winter and spring months. Producers should avoid calving in the summer months. Research has shown that calves born from May through September have lower weaning weights than calves born in cooler months. High summer temperatures and humidity are stressful to young calves, which reduce their growth. In addition, forage quality declines throughout the summer and contributes to poor performance of calves born in the summer months. Feeding

High feeding levels precalving had no significant impact on birth weight or dystocia. Reduced feeding levels, however, can actually reduce cow weight gain, decrease milk production, increase incidence of scours and, most importantly, decrease pregnancy rate. Developing heifers on a low nutrient diet has clearly demonstrated an increase in dystocia. This is primarily due to poor skeletal growth and therefore smaller pelvic areas. Research has demonstrated

that heifers with a pelvic area of less than 140 cm have increased incidence of dystocia compared to their above-average contemporaries. Delaying the time of first calving until three years of age decreases but does not eliminate dystocia. Overfeeding heifers causes internal fat deposition, which obstructs the pelvic canal. In a beef cattle operation, overfeeding is seldom a major contributing factor to dystocia. All managers, however, must balance between achieving maximum frame growth without allowing excessive fat deposits. Fat heifers will have high incidences of dystocia just as severely as underdeveloped heifers. Feed heifers to calve with a body condition score of 5 to 6 (scale 1 to 9; 1 = emaciated and 9 = obese). These heifers will have a much better chance of producing a live calf with minimal difficulty and returning to estrus sooner than a cow in poor condition. Abnormal Presentation

Abnormal presentations cause some of the difficulty at calving. In a normal presentation, the feet are presented within an hour or so of the beginning of labor and the head follows on top of the knees. There is often a slight delay between the appearance of the feet and the head. After the

head is presented, complete delivery should proceed rapidly. The posterior presentation only poses a serious threat when delivery is prolonged. If the hind feet are presented first, allow less time to pass before assistance is given. Slight deviations of one foot or the head can be easily manipulated and corrected. When more severe deviations occur, however, expert assistance from a large animal veterinarian may be needed. Remember: The only thing worse than doing nothing for a calf presented abnormally is to do everything wrong before calling the veterinarian. Many factors affect calving difficulty. Producers who focus on sire selection, time of year they calve (temperature) and feeding, may reduce the incidence of calving difficulty. Calving difficulty can reduce the maximum production capability of the calf and extends the post-partum interval of the dam. Managing your herd with the goal of reducing calving difficulty should result in live, vigorous calves that achieve desired weight gains, along with dams that breed during the designated breeding season, ultimately improving overall production potential. SOURCE: Timothy W. Wilson and Johnny Rossi, Extension Animal Scientists at the University of Georgia.

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he Caribbean represents a burgeoning market for U.S. meat exports and one of the keys to maintaining this growth is developing constructive relationships with retail outlets in the region. USMEF hosted a team of eight retail merchandisers from the Caribbean recently, providing them with a four-day “farm to plate” tour of the U.S. meat industry. The group’s activities began in Greeley, Colo., with a tour of the JBS slaughter and fabrication facilities. The retail team was able to view the entire harvesting and production process including grading, sorting, inspection, processing, packaging and shipping. The group next visited Meyer Natural Angus in Loveland, Colo., for a Beef and Pork 101 Seminar. During this session, USMEF meat scientist and Export Services Director Kevin Smith educated the participants on muscle seaming and cutting methods that help maximize the yield and quality of top beef and pork cuts. Smith also led the group through a sensory tasting analysis of beef and pork. The team received an in-depth look at the genetics, breeding, herd management and feeding practices that are critical to the production of high-quality cattle at Aristocrat Angus Ranch in Platteville, Colorado. This visit was the subject of a television news segment on KCNC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Denver. In the news segment, Skylar Houston of Aristocrat Angus explained how beef exports are critical to the profitability of his operation, especially during a time when domestic demand is slumping for high-end beef cuts. One of the tour participants, Troy Valcin, perishables director for Consolidated Foods Limited of Castries, St. Lucia, the parent company of St. Lucia’s largest supermarket chain, emphasized the value of being able to see cattle breeding and production facilities in person. “I was here two years ago, but we didn’t get to go in the plants and actually go on the farms,” said Valcin. “I never realized cattle producers were so advanced in terms of using technology. It’s comforting to see that they

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U.S. beef and pork and provided examples of how demand in these countries can impact the entire global pricing structure. As the tour reached its conclusion, Valcin said it provided her with valuable insights that will be very beneficial to her company and its customers. “It’s been fascinating to see, all the way from the farm to the box, how U.S. meat is produced,” she said. “I can go home now with a better command and a better knowledge of the meat industry in the U.S., so I can help educate our customers. It’s not just price, it’s also about the quality we are getting and the fact that it’s a safe product that’s coming into the islands.” Last year the Caribbean accounted for $78.6 million in U.S. beef exports, a 14 percent increase in value over 2007.

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Bulls entering Texas must be tested for Trich eginning April 1, breeding bulls entering Texas from any other state must be either 24 months of age or younger and certified as a virgin, or be tested negative for cattle trichomoniasis within 30 days prior to entry. The entry requirements are part of a regulatory package adopted by the commissioners for the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) February 24 to address trichomoniasis, a venereal disease of cattle that causes infertility and abortions, and results in extended breeding seasons and diminished calf crops, which costs livestock producers valuable income. The second phase of the program, which will address in-state movement of Texas breeding bulls, will go into effect January 1, 2010. Industry groups worked together to gather information, consider comments and develop the regulation.to make the program workable for the producers, according to the TAHC release. “The regulatory components of the Texas’ Cattle Trichomoniasis Program will focus only on breeding bulls, which, even when infected, continue to appear and act

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Is energy policy an obstacle to energy? resident Obama’s need to be seen as creating green jobs will result in expanded subsidies to renewable energy providers as well as money for automakers to retool alternative fuel vehicles and for the construction of a national grid. However, renewable energy already receives more dollars in subsidies per the amount of energy delivered than any other source of electricity, and they still cannot compete in the marketplace, says H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. For example: ■ A national grid could become a danger to property rights; it will not always make sense to run power lines across public lands, even if it’s the best route, which leaves only private property, thus resulting in eminent domain issues. ■ While it’s unlikely that the administration will ban all new offshore exploration and production, we might see a more limited ban on new offshore production. ■ With dramatically lower oil prices and an expanded Democratic majority, the administration will likely try to place at least some areas off limits — e.g., within 50 miles of the U.S. coast, and off the West coast and the Northeastern seaboard entirely. ■ Moreover, don’t be surprised to see Congress hold a new spate of hearings into “profiteering” by big oil and renewed calls for a windfall profits tax as a way to force the industry to focus on alternative energy. The common thread is that the cost of each will likely exceed its benefits, resulting in unintended negative environmental and economic consequences while producing insufficient and unreliable energy to meet the needs of a growing economy, says Burnett.

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Gore debunks Gore fter taking a drubbing by scientists and mathematicians over his much vaunted “hockey stick theory” which he claimed proved world temperatures had accelerated dramatically since the industrial revolution, Al Gore is now engaging in damage control measures it seems. Global Warming advocates have made a habit of arguing that global warming not only will lead to more natural disasters, but actually has already done so. Climate realists, including most ranchers and farmers, have just as frequently pointed out that there is no evidence to support this claim. Well it seems our side has a new ally: Al Gore. That’s right. The Mr. Gore himself has removed a slide from his oft-rebutted PowerPoint presentation “An Inconvenient Truth” that contained a graph which purported to show an incredible spike in disasters in recent years. He culled the data from Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). Andrew C. Revkin of the New

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for mortgage interest, local-government taxes and other things is certainly more efficient than raising their marginal tax rates even more, but it would be better to replace such deductions for everyone with targeted credits, abolish the alternative minimum tax, and implement a broad sales tax. ■ President Obama could simultaneously raise more revenue and make the tax code simpler and more conducive to growth; he is only asking the richest 2 percent of Americans to pay more taxes, building his change on shaky foundation. ■ Bush’s tax cuts raised the proportion of American families that pay no federal income tax (or are net recipients of tax credits) from 33 percent to 38 percent; President Obama’s will raise it to 44 percent, according to the Tax Policy Center, a research group. Although many of these people pay payroll taxes, President Obama is also intent on reducing the link between payroll taxes and the pension and healthcare benefits they were supposedly designed to pay for. It certainly makes sense to keep poor people off the income-tax rolls, but removing a sizeable chunk of the middle class weakens the political bond between taxpayer and government, and will lead to pressure for more such spending, says The Economist. Source: Editorial, “Wishful and Dangerous Thinking,” The Economist, March 7, 2009.

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ay 15 is the deadline for graduating high school seniors to apply for the New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. (NMWGI) annual scholarship, according to NMWGI President Joan Kincaid, Piñon. “Our association looks forward to the opportunity to help a student further his or her education every year, and we encourage all qualified students to apply,” said NMWGI President Joan Kincaid, Piñon. Applicants for the $750 scholarship must be active 4-H or FFA members, graduating high school seniors, and planning to major in an agricultural field at New Mexico State University. “We especially want to encourage students with a background in sheep produc-

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The Proud Bull PART II s I was telling you in Part 1, there were four young cowboys who were having way too much fun chasing wild cattle around a big ol’ ranch in central New Mexico with a tranquilizer rifle. These four cowboys were the envy of the entire cowboy crew who had been hired on to gather several years worth of calf crops that had been untouched and had gone wild on the ranch.

As these four cowboys prowled around the foothills at the base of the mountains in search of mavericks, just about the same as if they were hunting deer or something, their adventures became bigger and better. The tranquilize, tie down and load method of gathering wild cattle that had been implemented by the ranch was turning out to be way too much fun. Even though they had a few mishaps from time to time such as getting the pickup stuck, or cowboys falling out of the pickup as they wildly chased a maverick cross country, or even the fact that one of the cowboys was now nicknamed “Prickly” in honor of all of the cactus that has been pulled out of his upper body and face. This had happened when his upper half was “hung” out the window as they crashed through a stand of cholla. In spite of all that, the four young cowboys thought that they were in cowboy heaven. They sure were havin’ lots of fun. That’s how things were going anyway until this one particular day. This one day in late August of that year turned out to be a little different from all of the rest. You see, as those young cowboys eased around in that old pickup each day “hunting” for wild mavericks to shoot with their tranquilizer rifle, they would notice this one bull in particular off in the distant hills watching them. The cowboys never got a very close up look at that old bull; they just watched him through binoculars as he watched them back. One thing was for sure though, even from that great of a distance the entire crew could tell that this old bull was HUGE! And through close scrutinization with the binoculars,

they judged the bull to be at least 8 to 10 years old, and not a mark on him anywhere, unbranded, untouched by human hands his entire life. Wow! The cowboys had talked over and over about what a great thing it would be if they ever got the chance to get close enough to go after this old maverick, this old “King of the Range”. That would surely be a “feather in the hat” of any young wild cowboy; that kind of wild maverick capture is the stuff that untold numbers of cowboy legends and cowboy lore was made of. To capture this “King of the Range” was on all their minds, and had been for weeks. Then early one morning as the young cowboy crew was easing around on an old jeep trail pretty high up into the mountain area, it happened. The cowboys weren’t even ready to shoot at a maverick as they rounded a corner in the trail, they were just jabber jawin and giving each other a hard time. Even their tranquilizer rifle was resting in the gun rack behind the seat — unloaded. Well, as they came round the bend in the road, there he stood. That great big old Bull that had been watching them off in the distance as they watched him back. My Lord was that old guy huge. And, he just stood there in the road looking over that old ranch pickup just as though he might look over an adversary during breeding time. That proud bull stood there in the middle of the road, not giving up an inch, it was as if he was expecting the pickup and its cowboy crew to turn and run, not the other way around as one might normally expect. For what seemed like an continued on page 45

then determined that the cowboys needed a closer look at the situation; had the bulls hide been so thick and dense that the darts did not penetrate well? Was the bull showing any signs of going to sleep? Only a closer look would answer their question of why had this big old bull not gone down? The cowboys made a big circle around the bull to get between him and the mountain. They came in for a closer look from an easterly direction to hopefully cut off any path that he might think to take towards the higher country if he was so inclined. When they got closer to the bull, they determined that he did not look groggy in the least bit. As a matter of fact, he looked mad! And as the crew eased in for a closer shot, that big ol’ monster charged at the pickup truck! It seemed like the “juice” flowing through his veins was continued on page <None>

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eternity, that proud old king of the range and those four young cowboys just stared at each other through the windshield. Finally, one of the cowboys had sense enough to reach behind the seat and pull the tranquilizer rifle down out of the gun rack and started to fumble around trying to get it loaded. That old bull just stood there in the middle of the road, about as big as the pickup that the cowboys were in it seemed like, and he just snorted and pawed at the dirt as if giving the order for them to move. Once the cowboys got the tranquilizer rifle loaded, one of them hollered at the bull hoping to try and change his direction some, because it was hard to shoot a tranquilizer dart into the muscle when the target is facing you head on. At first it seemed like that old bull was not going to give up the road, he just stood there snorting and pawing dirt. But after a while, he finally relented and turned to trot off into the hills. Once that big ol’ bull turned to trot off, the sharp shootin’ cowboy with the tranquilizer rifle promptly planted a tranquilizer dart into his dark red hide. It seemed for a minute that the bull was going to turn around and come back, but then he decided otherwise much to the relief of the four young cowboys. Immediately, everyone knew that one tranquilizer dart was probably not enough to bring down that great big monster of a bull, so before he could trot out of rifle range, splat!, he now had two tranquilizer darts planted into his backside. Then the chase began. The cowboys took off in the old ranch truck across country trying to stay within a reasonable distance of the bull. As they did, cowboy mathematics was heavily in use inside the cab of the pickup truck. Let’s see . . . Hmmm . . . they were trying to guess the weight of the bull and read the bottle of “juice” to decide if he needed another shot. They didn’t want to kill the big fella, but he sure didn’t seem to be slowing down much. It was then decided that he was going to need another dose if he was going to go down any time soon; and with another “splat”, that big old bull now had three tranquilizer darts planted into his dark red hide. The cowboys summarized that three darts should be plenty, as a matter of fact, by their cowboy mathematics, it was deter-

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acting more like adrenaline than as a sleeping agent. The cowboys couldn’t believe it! At first that big monster hit the front end of the pickup. Luckily the old truck was sportin’ a heavy duty steel “brush guard”. That must have smarted a little bit on the bull’s head, because next he moved around to the side of the pickup and went to work on the bed just behind the driver’s door. As that big guy went to work on the side of the pickup, it almost seemed as if he was going to turn it over. He was just that big and strong! All of the cowboys were screaming different orders to the driver at the same time, and the driver just sat there stunned and amazed, cussing in Spanish, and in a little bit of a panicked state it seemed. Finally, the driver hit the gas and sped forward. After going a short distance, the guy with the tranquilizer rifle hollered “Stop, I’ve got a shot!” And before you knew it, Splat! And then within a few seconds, another Splat! The bull now had two more darts planted into him, which must have made him even madder, because he now started chasing after the pickup. The fast thinking cowboys hollered at the driver to head toward their trailer and horses. The bull followed them for quite a distance before he seemed to catch on to where he was headed, and then he turned off in another direction. Holy smokes! That was a little different. The cowboys weren’t used to feeling like the prey; they were the hunters, not the hunted. The amazing thing now was (and lucky part for the cowboys) was that as the bull trotted off, he went away from the mountain, down towards the more open country. The cow-

boys suddenly felt victorious, the bull must be dazed if he was going that direction. The four young men quietly watched the bull for what seemed like another eternity. With five tranquilizer darts now in him, surely he would go down soon, wouldn’t he? He didn’t seem to be slowing up much, he just kept going like he had been all morning. And this went on for several more miles. The cowboys then came up with another plan. The bull had actually gone down the slope far enough that the country was more open, with only a tree or a patch of cactus here and there, and they were now not too far from their horses and the stock trailer. The cowboys determined that the bull would not go to sleep with them shadowing him in the pickup. He just had that much pride and determination to keep going no matter what as long as he thought that danger was present. So the cowboys were going to sweep in close enough for another shot and then back off and go for their horses and the trailer. They figured that if that bull had another dose, and they quit following him so that he thought the crew had went away, that he would just go off to a shady spot and “sleep it off” for a while. Then they could ease back up on him horseback later. He shouldn’t be too hard to find in that more open type country. So that is exactly what they did, they drove to within rifle range, shot the bull with not one, but two more tranquilizer darts for a total of seven shots in a matter of about three or four hours, and then they left him to be. Luckily they shot at him from far enough away that he didn’t follow them in a mad rage again. The four cowboys then headed out to get their horses and hook the trailer back up to

Fuel subsidies drag down a nation any emerging economies employ fuel subsidies that keep domestic fuel prices far below the world price. As a result, these countries consume far more fuel than they would otherwise, says Robert H. Frank, an economist at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. ■ By one estimate, countries with fuel subsidies accounted for virtually the entire increase in worldwide oil consumption last year. ■ Without this artificial demand stimulus, world oil prices would have been significantly lower. ■ Earlier this summer, for example, world oil prices fell by $4 a barrel on news that reduced subsidies would increase Chinese domestic fuel prices by about 17 percent. Governments might want to reconsider their policy in the light of overwhelming economic evidence that the subsidies create net losses even for their ostensible beneficiaries, says Frank.

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the pickup. As they did, they were all very excited. To capture this bull was going to put their names in the book of wild maverick catching as one of the all time great catches of wild cattle. Or at least that is what they kept telling themselves. But capturing this bull, this great “King of the Range”, who had so much pride and determination that he would not relent to laying down and going to sleep while he thought that his captures were near, even though he now had enough “sleepy juice” in him to put several elephants to sleep, this was going to be a test of the cowboys’ skills and grit to see if the bull wound up in their trailer by the end of the day. That was for sure. As the cowboys reached the spot where they had left the trailer and the three horses, they felt victorious. It was about 10 o’clock in the morning, it wasn’t too hot yet that far up into the foothill country, and the biggest, baddest, wild maverick of a bull they had ever encountered was just up the hill in the distance with seven tranquilizer shots in him. Surely he would be very sleepy by now. The cowboys believed that they would ride back up to the area where the bull would probably be sleeping under a tree, they would rope him, wait for the pickup and trailer to arrive, drag the bull into the trailer, and have all of that accomplished by noon. They would relive the entire ordeal and pat each other on the back over their lunch, and have another great wild maverick catching story to share with the rest of the ranch hands over supper that night. That is what they thought anyway, right up until the point that they rode back to the spot where they encountered the proud bull. To be continued . . .

The problem is that when the price of a good is below its cost, people use it wastefully. In the case of a gallon of gasoline, the cost to a country is the value of every additional sacrifice that its use entails. That includes not just the price of buying the gallon in the world market — say, $4 — but also external costs, like dirtier air and increased congestion. The external costs are often hard to measure but are nonetheless substantial, says Frank: ■ With reasonable estimates factored in for them, the true cost of using a gallon is clearly greater than $4. ■ By contrast, the price of gasoline to users is simply the amount they pay at the pump. ■ With a $2-a-gallon subsidy in effect, gasoline bought in the world market at $4 would sell for $2, or more than $2 less than its true economic cost. Source: Robert H. Frank, “How Fuel Subsidies Drag Down a Nation,” New York Times, August 17, 2008.

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price receipts for his dairy’s milk from 1986 to now. The 2008 average price received was $17.77 per cwt. In January of this year it was $13.92. “I need $16.75 to break even,” he says. Interestingly, the current price of $13.92 is almost the same as $13.40 in 2005, $13.81 in 1999, $13.25 in 1996 and $13.18 in — 1989. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to compare this year’s production costs to those in 1989 and figure out there’s a problem. Still, agriculturists are eternal optimists. Sharon Lombardi, executive director of Dairy Producers of New Mexico, says, “When you own and operate a dairy facility much can go wrong, but dairy producers are resilient. They know how to handle a problem when it arises.” She adds, “With the current low milk prices it’s been difficult for them. Being able to respond will depend on each individual producer and how he or she takes

care of operations. Not only is our country going through tough times, so are our producers. “We continue to pray for our country and for our producers as we move to more prosperous times.” Sharon was in attendance at most of the recently completed 60-day New Mexico legislative session, looking out for dairy producers’ interests, which DPNM members really appreciate. Her report: “We fared better than I thought we would.” One wag commented that the more time the legislators spent on guitars and bolo ties the less time they had to harm New Mexico citizens. Another optimist is NMSU Extension Dairy Specialist Dr. Robert Hagevoort, based at the Ag Science Center in Clovis. Here is his assessment of the current situation: “Many exciting things are happening in our Dairy Extension program even though the dairy industry is probably undergoing its deepest economic crisis ever, with milk prices hovering in the $9.00/cwt range, narrowing in at about 50 percent of cost of production! It’s called the perfect dairy storm! Accumulating effects of lingering high feed costs as a result of last year’s run up in commodity prices, a turn in the exchange value of the

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Gonzalez says, “It’s more manageable, with more liquid in it.” He knows what he’s looking at because Joe was born into the dairy industry. “I was born on a dairy farm in 1951,” he says. “My dad had been managing a dairy at San Antonio since 1946. He’s 83 now.” The family moved to Chandler, Arizona in 1956, then in 1966 bought out Mesilla Valley dairyman Joe Taylor. They moved to the current location at Mesquite in 1969. “We were the first dairy by Mesquite,” he says. Now, many other dairies have joined them at that location. It’s a family operation. Joe’s brother, Art, Jr., runs the family’s farm near Dell City, where they raise most of the alfalfa the dairy needs. Joe’s sister, Maria, “keeps the books and runs the human resources.” They grow out all their replacement heifers themselves. “We keep about 5 percent of the bull calves for breeding bulls, and 95 percent are steers, sold as 3weights,” he says. Joe says he switched from three times a day milking to two times a day because of labor costs. His cows are not necessarily culled after three lactations. “Out of a total 3,588 cows I have three with 10 or more lactations, nine cows that are nine plus, 17 are eight plus and 53 are seven plus,” he says, “and a thousand cows have four or more lactations.” Although dairy producers like Joe grew up in the dairy business, in our increasingly urban society many youngsters don’t have that opportunity, even though they would like to have that career choice. The new Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium-Teaching is providing that chance. Robert Hagevoort explains: “During the last two decades declining state budgets have forced universities to consolidate departments, cut research facilities and reassign faculty in an effort to cut costs. These actions resulted in the loss of many dairy science departments and faculty positions and a diminished emphasis on dairy science educational opportunities. Only two universities in the Southwest now have an operating dairy. Without a strong dairy faculty presence or the opportunity to pursue dairy courses, students are not exposed to the benefits and continued on page 51

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career opportunities offered to individuals who pursue a dairy science education. The first six-week Advanced Large Herd Management class brought 18 students from several universities to Clovis. “It was a huge success,” says Hagevoort. Since then three more universities have joined the consortium: the University of Florida, Washington State University and Colorado State University. Original members are Abilene Christian University, the University of Arizona, New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University and West Texas A&M University. Planning for the second year’s program is in full swing with 24 students confirmed. The schedule includes topics such as herd health, genetics and reproduction, milk quality, herd evaluation, facilities and transition cow management. Six of these students are returning for this second session. The consortium’s teaching component is chaired by Michael a Tomaszewski of Texas A&M University. Vice-chairs are Robert Hagevoort and Bob Collier of the University of Arizona. Vice-chair Bob Collier found time to participate in several U of A studies in addition to the consortium’s teaching obligation. He recently delivered a U of A research report detailing the findings of studies that re-evaluated the impact of Temperature Humidity Index (THI) and Black Globe Humidity Index (BGHI) on milk production in high producing dairy cows. continued on page <None>

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Study authors included R.B. Zimbelman, R.P. Rhoads, G.C. Duff, L.H. Baumgard and, of course, Bob Collier. The THI index was developed about 50 years ago studying low-producing cows. Traditionally, a THI of 72 is thought to reduce milk production in lactating dairy cows. Study parameters indicated a new THI threshold for lactating dairy cows producing more than 35 kg/day should be 68. The conclusion was that cooling methods on commercial dairy farms should be implemented earlier, and that current data indicate there is no advantage in replacing THI with BGHI. Collier can be contacted by email at rcollier@ag.arizona.edu for more information about this study, and others.

Back in New Mexico, Robert Hagevoort is pleased to announce “another exciting project currently gaining momentum — our Dairy Quality Assurance (DQA) program.” He explains: “With full support of Dairy Producers of New Mexico and New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, the NMSU dairy extension program in collaboration with the New Mexico Livestock Board is unfolding a statewide DQA program, which will assess and subsequently certify New Mexico’s dairy producers for management practices that reduce and eliminate known disease risks. “The software for the assessment program is currently being developed with experts in the DQA field, and due to the unique approach New Mexico has taken to attack this issue many eyes are on us to be able to replicate a successful completion in other states.”

There’s another bit of good news. F&A Dairy just outside Las Cruces, N.M., recently announced an expansion that will double its capacity and add about 40 employees to its current total of 100. The project’s plans include a system for beneficial use of the water left over from cheese making. Nearby land has been leased from the State Land Office, and the water will irrigate crops in a natural and organic farming project. The plant produces mostly mozzarella cheese along with some provolone, muenster and an asadero cheese. It was reported the expansion will enable the plant to produce “fresh mozzarella,” softer, whiter and made in a ball shape. Dairy producers have faced hard times before, but now the silver lining is quite ■ well hidden.

New sheep genomic tool released cutting-edge genomic resource is now available, which will enhance research in sheep beyond anything that was dreamed possible just two years ago. Through combined efforts and support of several groups, including the International Sheep Genome Consortium, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI), a high-density single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) array for

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sheep was released on Jan. 14, 2009. The ovine Illumina iSelect BeadChip will allow screening of almost 60,000 markers on an animal’s DNA in a single day, dramatically improving the identification of chromosomal regions and genes that have an influence on phenotypic variability. A recent grant that was awarded by USDA’s National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program to Utah State University (USU) will ensure that information obtained from the SNP array will contribute to the ovine whole genome assembly. This comprehensive, high-resolution assembly will underpin the discovery of genes and genetic regions that influence important and useful traits in sheep. “One of the first and most exciting avenues that will be explored is the possibility of using single SNP to enable whole genome selection for traits important in the overall breeding objectives,” says Noelle Cockett, Ph.D., USU College of Agriculture dean and vice president for extension and agriculture and the sheep genome coordinator for the United States. The SNP chip will also be used to determine genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in several U.S. breeds, representing wool, meat and parasite-resistant breeds. This linkage information will be included in the worldwide ovine HapMap project and allows the exploration of unique and important characteristics within U.S. germplasm. “We began this work by creating a virtual sheep genome drawing on the work that had already been done to sequence the human, cow, horse and dog genomes,” explains Cockett. “As the sequencing costs continue to decline through 2009, the team plans to partially sequence the genomes of six individual sheep for discovery of additional genetic variation. In the meantime, the beadchip can translate into improved ways to increase genetic gain in sheep.” The next step in the project includes collecting blood samples from animals within the U.S. sheep industry. “We are looking to collect as many as 2,000 blood samples from sheep with breeding values, and can use the assistance of producers,” Cockett explains. Sheep producers interested in providing blood samples are continued on page 53

Liquid Supplements sk a cattle producer why he feeds a liquid supplement and he’ll say convenience, reduced labor, and lower cost. Liquid-feed supplements have been used in many situations with many different outcomes, some good, some bad. Hundreds of research trials evaluating liquid supplements and comparing them with other feeds have yielded inconclusive results, but even so, producers annually feed over a million tons of the supplements to animals on forage-based diets, and the tonnage increases each year. At least part of the reason for inconsistency and unpredictability of liquid feeds has to do with their traditional ingredients and their digestibility. They are most commonly fed to beef cows as a winter protein supplement. Molasses is generally the base, but since it is low in protein, it must be fortified with a protein source that will dissolve or suspend evenly in it. The most common product used has been urea, a nonprotein nitrogen (NPN) source. Its bitterness can limit consumption of the supplement. Regardless of diet, microorganisms (bugs) in the rumen break down feedstuff, releasing nutrients. The bugs use some of these nutrients, and some are directly available to the animal. They convert much of the protein and virtually all the

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by CLAY WRIGHT NPN into ammonia, which they then use to reproduce. The microorganisms must also have a source of energy to carry on this process. In an ideal environment, they have adequate energy to efficiently use all the ammonia present. Urea, which most liquid feeds contain, is degraded to ammonia very quickly in the rumen. If the energy level in the diet is high, such as in a feedlot ration, the bugs use NPN efficiently. On low-energy diets or diets from which energy is released more slowly, like dry grass or low-quality hay, NPN conversion can be very inefficient, resulting in a buildup of ammonia. This unused ammonia is absorbed through the rumen wall into the bloodstream and eventually excreted or recycled through the saliva. In extreme situations, toxicity can occur. Note: Much of the protein that escapes degradation in the rumen and that is in the bugs that die is absorbed farther down the digestive tract and is an important source of protein for cattle. Quantity and quality of energy and protein in the diet are the primary determinants of how healthy the bug population is and how efficiently it works. The dynamics of the interactions of the NPN, microorgan-

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urged to immediately contact Cockett at USU by e-mail (Noelle.cockett@usu.edu) or by phone (office: 435/797-2201 or lab: 435/797-2875). ASI has aggressively supported funding from USDA for the project to ensure progress in this exciting program and that the results and products will be available for American sheep producers. ASI President Burdell Johnson, who met with the secretary of agriculture several times with this request in 2008, emphasized the industry support for the U.S. role in this international program citing future competitiveness of the American industry. Sequence data used to generate the chip were initially collected in parallel at Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, and the Human Genome Sequencing Center at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas , with additional sequencing subsequently undertaken by Illumina.

isms, forage quantity and quality, weather, animal, and desired performance, among other things, determines the success of feeding molasses-urea liquid supplements. And much is still unknown. It seems these traditional liquid supplements fit well for maintaining mature cows when there is plenty of forage that is at least 48 percent total digestible nutrients and less than 8 percent crude protein (Herd, Dennis B., College Station, Tex.: Research on Molasses Supplements-Liquid and Dry. Beef Cattle Short Course, Texas Agricultural Extension Service). They also work well when supplemental crude protein needs are less than 1 to 2 pounds per day, as with dry, pregnant cows. Recently, liquid-feed manufacturers and cattle producers have added other ingredients to molasses-based feeds, which has resulted in a wide array of products with equally broad nutrient analyses. In many situations, these products have improved cattle performance. Fats can increase the energy value of liquid supplements. Natural protein sources that largely bypass degradation in the rumen and are absorbed later can help eliminate inconsistency in some situations. Vitamins, minerals, and antibiotics have also ■ been added to some products.

ebraska health officials say a recent outbreak of salmonella in eastern Nebraska and Iowa has been traced to locally grown alfalfa sprouts. In mid-March, the Nebraska health department had confirmed 14 cases in Nebraska — eight in Douglas County, four in Sarpy and one each in Cass and Lancaster counties. Officials also have isolated four more probable cases. There are 8 to 10 more cases of salmonella that are suspected from the same strain, Nebraska’s chief medical officer Joann Schaefer said during a Tuesday news conference. A news release from the Iowa Department of Public Health said five cases had been confirmed and at least four other cases are suspected from the salmonella St. Paul strain.

“They’re spread all across the state,” said Polly Carver-Kimm, a spokeswoman with the Iowa department. “The DNA fingerprint of the salmonella is the same as the Nebraska cases, and all of the people involved have similar exposure to alfalfa sprouts.” Schaefer said she did not know whether states other than Nebraska and Iowa had been affected. The Nebraska cases were reported from Feb. 2 to Feb. 23, Schaefer said. The strain of salmonella isolated by health officials has been traced to CW Sprouts in Douglas County, she said. The sprouts were marketed as Sun Sprouts and went to restaurants and grocery stores. Schaefer said the company has voluntarily recalled the sprouts.

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Without energy, life is brutal and short ithout doubt, atmospheric carbon dioxide is increasing due primarily to carbon-based energy production (with its undisputed benefits to humanity) and many people ardently believe we must “do something” about its alleged consequence, global warming. This might seem like a legitimate concern given the potential disasters that are announced almost daily, says John R. Christy, co-recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. How might humans reduce CO2 emissions and their impact on temperatures? ■ California and some Northeastern states have decided to force their residents to buy cars that average 43 miles-per-gallon within the next decade. ■ Even if you applied this law to the entire world, the net effect would reduce projected warming by about 0.05 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, an amount so minuscule as to be undetectable. ■ Global temperatures vary more than that from day to day. Suppose we were very serious about making a dent in carbon emissions and could replace about 10 percent of the world’s energy sources with non-CO2-emitting nuclear power by 2020 — roughly equivalent to halving U.S. emissions. Based on projections similar to those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the required 1,000 new nuclear power plants would slow the warming by about 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit per century. It’s a dent, says Christy. But what is the economic and human price, and what is it worth given the scientific uncertainty? According to Christy, his experience as a missionary teacher in Africa opened his eyes to this simple fact: Without access to energy, life is brutal and short. The uncertain impacts of global warming far in the future must be weighed against disasters at our doorsteps today, says Christy. Bjorn Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus 2004, a cost-benefit analysis of health issues by leading economists (including three Nobelists), calculated that spending on health issues such as micronutrients for children, HIV/AIDS and water purification has benefits 50 to 200 times those of attempting to marginally limit “global warming.”

Source: John R. Christy, “My Nobel Moment,” Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2007.

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urope is undergoing two major transitions. On the demographic front, many European countries are undergoing rapid population aging as their Baby Boom generations enter retirement, senior citizens live longer and fertility rates remain well below the population replacement level. On the economic front, 15 European countries have adopted the euro as a common currency, eliminating the ability to use monetary policy to achieve country-specific economic goals. Both transitions will place tremendous, conflicting pressures on the domestic national budgets of European countries, says economist Jagadeesh Gokhale. As a result, all European countries have large unfunded liabilities — the difference between the projected cost of continuing current government programs and net expected tax revenues. In general: ■ The average EU country would need to have more than four times (434 percent) its current annual gross domestic product (GDP) in the bank today, earning interest at the government’s borrowing rate, in order to fund current policies indefinitely. ■ At the low end, Spain would need to have almost two and one-half times (244.3 percent) its annual GDP invested. ■ At the high end, Poland would need to have 15 times its GDP invested in real

assets, forever! No EU government has made the necessary investment, says Gokhale. As an alternative, the next-best option is for these countries immediately to gradually but significantly increase saving and investment. In particular, the average EU country could fund its projected budget shortfall through the middle of this century if it put aside 8.3 percent of its GDP each and every year. Despite this adjustment, a budget shortfall is likely to emerge after 2050, requiring additional fiscal reforms. What will happen if EU countries do not set aside these funds? Unless they reform their health and social welfare programs, they will have to meet these unfunded obligations by increasing tax burdens as the larger benefit obligations come due, says Gokhale. Spending already averages 40 percent of GDP today: ■ By 2020, the average EU country will need to raise the tax rate to 55 percent of national income to pay promised benefits. ■ By 2050, the average EU country will need more than 60 percent of its GDP to fulfill its obligations. Source: Jagadeesh Gokhale, “Measuring the Unfunded Obligations of European Countries,” National Center for Policy Analysis, Study No. 319, January 22, 2009.

Carrying guns stops violent crime nti-gun groups say if we outlaw guns, then crimes committed with guns will go away. That sounds nice, but when forced to deal with reality, these anti-gun ideas don’t hold true. In fact, they don’t even lower the number of crimes committed, says the Daily Toreador. Studies show more restrictions on citizens owning guns causes the crime rate to increase. According to the National Center for Policy Analysis: ■ New Jersey adopted one of the most stringent gun laws in the nation in 1966; two years later the murder rate was up 46 percent and the robbery rate nearly had doubled. ■ After implementing a series of harsh anti-gun laws, Hawaii’s murder rate tripled from 1968 to 1977. ■ Washington, D.C., imposed one of the most restrictive gun-control laws in the nation in 1976; since then, the city’s mur-

der rate has grown 134 percent. It’s not just the United States, either: ■ England banned private ownership of handguns in 1997; since then the number of people injured by firearms has more than doubled. ■ In 1996, Australia banned all semiautomatic guns and pump shotguns: after only 12 months, homicides had risen 3.2 percent, armed robbery was up 44 percent, and assaults were up 8.6 percent. ■ Prior to these new dictatorial gunbanning laws, these statistics had been dropping. All of these statistics make sense when you think of citizens owning guns as a possible deterrent for criminals. A criminal is more willing to commit a crime if he knows his victim is unarmed. This is exactly what banning guns will do, says the Toreador. Source: Brian Ridley, “Carrying guns will stop violent crimes,” Daily Toreador, January 23, 2008.

Invasive plant alters soil nvasive plant species such as spotted knapweed aren’t only taking a toll on native plant species, but have a detrimental effect on the biodiversity of microbes in the soil, says a new Colorado State University study to be published in the journal International Society for Microbial Ecology. “Spotted knapweed originated in Eurasia where it’s held in check by pathogens, herbivores and other plant competitors that evolved along side of it,” says Amanda Broz, a graduate student in Colorado State’s Center for Rhizosphere Biology, who conducted the research. “When knapweed was introduced to the American West, it escaped these natural enemies, allowing it to spread and take over many of our native grasslands.” Spotted knapweed arrived on both coasts of North America in the late 1800s as a contaminant of alfalfa seed. In addition to displacing native plant species, the weed increases water runoff leading to erosion and reduces forage for livestock and wildlife.

Researchers collected soil samples from areas near Missoula, Mont., where spotted knapweed is particularly problematic, infesting more than 4.7 million acres in the state. In areas with very high-densities of spotted knapweed, there was 80 percent less DNA of fungi than areas with low-densities of spotted knapweed. Even areas with a low-density of spotted knapweed showed changes in the amount and types of soil microbes naturally found in the area. Soil microbes can have a profound influence on molecular and biochemical processes in individual plants, plant community and ultimately the entire ecosystem. The disruption of the balance between native plants and microbial communities in the soil can have a negative effect on native plants while benefiting invasive species. “A better understanding of the interactions between native plants, invasive species and the native soil community will help in developing more effective strategies in managing invasive species ■ and restoring the landscape to its natural state,” Broz says.

Fading Heritage re most people, including college graduates, civically illiterate? Do elected officials know even less than most citizens about civic topics such as history, government and economics? The answer is yes on both counts according to a new study by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). ■ More than 2,500 randomly selected Americans took ISI’s basic 33-question test on civic literacy and more than 1,700 people failed, with the average score 49 percent, or an “F.” ■ Elected officials scored even lower than the general public with an average score of 44 percent and only 0.8 percent (or 21) of all surveyed earned an “A.” Even more startling is the fact that over twice as many people know Paula Abdul was a judge on American Idol than know that the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people” comes from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Other results from several basic survey questions: ■ Some 30 percent of elected officials do not know that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are the inalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence. ■ Almost 40 percent of all respondents falsely believe the president has the power to declare war. ■ Some 40 percent of those with a bachelor’s degree do not know business profit equals revenue minus expenses. ■ Only 54 percent with a bachelor’s degree correctly define free enterprise as a system in which individuals create, exchange and control goods and resources.

■ About 21 percent of Americans falsely believe that the Federal Reserve can increase or decrease government spending. The new study follows up two previous reports from ISI’s National Civic Literacy Board that revealed a major void in civic knowledge among the nation’s college students. This report goes beyond the college crowd however, examining the civic literacy of everyday citizens, including selfidentified elected officials. But according to ISI, the blame and solution again lie at

the doorstep of the nation's colleges. “There is an epidemic of economic, political and historical ignorance in our country,” says Josiah Bunting, III, chairman of ISI’s National Civic Literacy Board. “It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI’s civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned. How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don’t understand the American experience?” Source: Report, “Our Fading Heritage,” Intercollegiate Studies Institute, November 20,2008.

We can drill our way to lower taxes pening our vast domestic resources, both on- and off-shore, to responsible oil and gas development would produce an influx of tax revenue from additional lease sales and royalties, as well as from income and excise taxes, says Andrew Moylan, government affairs manager for the National Taxpayers Union. These additional collections could be used, for example, to offset the alternative minimum tax (AMT): ■ The Congressional Research Service recently estimated the potential federal revenue from Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) oil development at $191 billion over 30 years — roughly $18.36 per barrel, based on projections of recoverable reserves. ■ Applying that formula to the 107 billion-plus barrels of recoverable oil that federal agencies estimate is in ANWR, the nearby National Petroleum Reserve and offshore tells us that sensible drilling could yield nearly $2 trillion in overall rev-

enue over 30 years, or an average of about $65.5 billion per year. Meanwhile, the “cost” in lost tax collections of protecting 22 million families from the AMT this year stands at about $62 billion. That figure is sure to balloon in the future as more and more Americans are ensnared by the complex system, says Moylan. Tax-hungry politicians defend the AMT by pointing to all the federal revenue that would be lost by ending it. (Never mind the fact that AMT revenue is ill-gotten in the first place, or that the estimated “costs” of its repeal to the federal budget ignore the benefits to economic growth and resulting additional revenues.) While oil and gas development won’t fill government’s coffers overnight, it will provide a down payment in the near-term, and big windfalls in the out-years that can help deal with some of the most intractable tax problems we face, says Moylan. Source: Andrew Moylan, “Let’s Drill Our Way To Lower Taxes,” Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2008. APRIL 2009

Alfalfa Is a Great Supplement by KRIS RINGWALL, Beef Specialist NDSU Extension Service here was a pleasant view as I went to the auction barn the other day. The semi-trailer truck was sitting in the parking lot with a load of alfalfa hay. Under many situations, no one would really notice, but the long, drawn-out winter has many producers checking their hay inventory as frequently as the weather forecast. Sometime ago, the late Joe Whiteman from Oklahoma State University mentioned that livestock husbandry should be simple. He said that we tend to complicate the ins and outs and sometimes even get confused as to whether we are “in” or “out.” So, Whiteman believed in alfalfa. He fed sheep alfalfa for years with very few problems. “It was the alfalfa,” he always would say. Having a rather strong sheep background and having taught many producers how to raise sheep, I adopted the same principle. If in doubt, give the ewe a cake of alfalfa hay. That cake, in terms of a herd, would be a pound per head prior to lambing. The old saying, “A sick sheep is a dead sheep,” never held true when the ration was right and that cake of alfalfa hay was available. You might be asking why in the world beef producers need to know about feeding sheep. Well, grandpa always said sheep get the hay first, cows second and the horses third. In fact, the truth be told, we generally couldn’t find the horses. They were camped somewhere enjoying winter because ample roughage was available and they had good pickings. Back to the cattle pens. Those cows need feed and, in winters like this, if production is to be maintained, Whiteman’s sheep philosophy raises a point. In a round-about way, the well-being of ruminates (cows, sheep and the many other four-stomached, four-legged, fourhoofed animals) comes down to having a mix of roughages available. Usually, summer brings abundant green grass. The winter is quite dependent on some of that green grass being preserved. The key to having good nutrition is the word “green.” As cattle are confined and the availability of forage becomes physically restrictive or cost prohibitive, the green tends to disappear from the ration. More and more feed is delivered, but it is brownish, which is the color of mature, older forage. The other feed is gold, which

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is the color of straw and many of the grain products that are cattle supplements. All rations need balance. The correct supplements must be added under the advice of a good nutritionist. These rations will work, but, if push comes to shove and you have more low-quality feed, there is a very real possibility there will be detrimental effects to the late-pregnancy or early-lactating cows. Therefore, that semi-trailer load of alfalfa certainly reminded me of what Whiteman would say, “Feed some alfalfa.” Often, the price seems high, but one is not going to feed alfalfa to beef cows at an all-you-can-eat rate. Just like the ewe, a pound of alfalfa a day really helps and a cow is no different. To start calculating a ration, 5 to 7 pounds of alfalfa a day would

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be a great starting point for any nutritionist. Unfortunately, the alfalfa is not always available, but the feed dealer may have some alfalfa-based supplements or cubes that certainly would help a cow. The point is relatively simple. The world is better off with a mix of things and so are cows. Having some variety helps cover up things one type of feed may be lacking. In the cow business, we tend to start feeding a stack of hay, which is unlike the feedlot calf that gets a balanced ration every day. The cow may be stuck eating out of one haystack. If that stack is brown or golden, with no evidence of well preserved green plants, look for a supplement. The next time you see a load of alfalfa hay, don’t be so quick to dismiss the hay as dairy feed. Maybe, think twice about it and have some alfalfa delivered to your place.■

surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle license registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can’t recall. After paying all these taxes, I have simply run out of money. When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest and unavoidable mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles Rangel, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Daschle and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner; no penalties and no interest. — Ed B, Wichita Falls P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.

The Half-Wit here was an old cowhand who owned a small ranch in Montana. The Montana Wage and Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him. “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,” demanded the agent. “Well,” replied the rancher, “There’s my ranch hand who’s been with me for three years, I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board.” “The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 per week plus free room and board.” “Then there’s the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90 percent of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night.” “That’s the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit,” says the agent. “That would be me,” replied the rancher.

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Cattleman’s Weekend posts strong sale averages 18th Annual Cattleman’s Weekend Sale Results

35th Annual Arizona Hereford Assn. Bull Sale

9th Annual Arizona Angus Assn. Bull Sale

21st Annual Prescott All Breed Bull Sale

11th Annual Invitational Arizona Ranch Remuda Sale

March 6-7, 2009, Chino Valley, Arizona, Auctioneer: Arkie Kiehne

22 Hereford Bulls, Avg. $1,586

31 Angus Bulls, Avg. $1,618

28 Bulls, Avg. $1,340

12 Riding Horses, Avg. $3,442 9 Reg. Yrlngs. & 2 Year olds, Avg. $660

n unusually wet winter throughout Arizona put cattlemen in a good mood for the 18th annual Cattleman’s Weekend. While numbers were down overall on both bulls and horses, prices remained solid throughout the sales. Las Vegas Ranch, Prescott, Ariz., consigned the top selling Hereford bull, LV 208F Domino 7062, a horned 2 year old which sold to Telles Enterprises, Tombstone, Ariz., for $3,000. The highselling Angus bull was HC Kreedence Voyager 7312, consigned by Hooper Cattle Co., Quemado, N.M., selling to Kenneth Bassett, Edgewood, N.M. for $2,500. In the All Breed Bull Sale, the Champion Bull consigned by Dees Bros. Brangus, Yuma, Ariz., topped the sale at $2,000, going to Camp Wood Cattle Co., Prescott, Ariz. LP Limousin, Phoenix, Ariz., also topped the sale with a Limousin bull selling for the same price to John Fowler, Phoenix, Ariz. In the horse sale, Timekeeper 1999, a 10-year-old gelding by Prime Time Chex, consigned by C6 Ranch, Sonoita, Ariz., topped the sale at $9,300, when he sold to Ian Thomlinson, Sonoita,

Ariz. Ritcheys Stinger, a 2-year-old gelding by First Flight Down, consigned by Ritchey Land and Cattle, Brighton, Colo. topped the sale of yearlings and 2 year olds, selling to Curt Wells, Chino Valley, Ariz., at $1,350. Champions in all four sales were: Champion Hereford Halter Bull, Hooper Cattle Co., Quemado, N.M.; Champion Range Ready Hereford Bull, Las Vegas Ranch, Prescott, Ariz.; Champion Angus Halter Bull, Hooper Cattle Co., Quemado, N.M..; Champion Range Ready Angus Bull, Four Cross Ranch, Skull Valley, Ariz.; Best Three Head of both breeds, Hooper Cattle Co.; Champion All Breed Bull, Dees Brothers Brangus, Yuma, Ariz.; Champion Riding Horse, Flying V Shay, Ky. Cattle Co., Amado, Ariz.; Champion Halter Colt, Do You Wish to Fly, Ritchey Land and Cattle, Brighton, Colo. Prior to the salel, the Arizona Hereford Assn. named Ernest “Chapo” Valenzuela , longtime Hereford breeder from Amado, ■ Ariz. as their 2009 Cattleman of the Year.

Bradley 3 Ranch presented with Historic Angus Herd Award he American Angus Association® salutes Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd., Memphis, Texas, for continued ownership and production of Angus cattle for more than 50 years. Minnie Lou Bradley and Mary Lou and James Henderson were presented a certificate signed by the Association’s president at their production sale to honor this Historic Angus Herd achievement. Minnie Lou and Bill Bradley joined the Association in 1958. Angus cattle have been the livelihood for Bradley 3 Ranch since registered cattle were first purchased and brought home for $160 head from Sulphur Springs, Texas. They had to run all the cattle through the chute to match up tattoos to registration papers. Each animal in today’s herd carries a number brand, an ear tag and an electronic ear tag. The Bradleys strive to produce bulls with a set of balanced traits and performance records for the commercial producer and have been submitting performance records since the inception of Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR®). Seeing a need for high quality beef for consumers that also rewards cattlemen, the family built a USDA beef pro-

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cessing plant in 1986 that later became the first supplier of Certified Angus Beef® brand Natural. “Cattle are to work for us rather than us working for them” is the philosophy of the ranch. And the Bradleys share their passion for ranch work by partnering with the Ranch Management Program at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. They have been helping young men and women learn the ranching industry for more than 50 years. Bill was a director on the American Angus Association Board from 1973-76. Minnie Lou became the first woman president of the Association in 2005. She was also the first woman to compete on an intercollegiate livestock judging team and the first female to earn a degree in animal husbandry from Oklahoma State University. Because she has paved the way for young women in the cattle business, The National Cowgirl Hall of Fame inducted Minnie Lou in 2006. Minnie Lou has won numerous awards including the Beef Industry Federation Pioneer Award in 2001, BEEF magazine’s Top 40 in 2004, and in 2008 Bradley 3 Ranch received a

Minnie Lou Bradley received the Historic Angus Herd achievement award from American Angus Association regional manager, Jared Murnin.

regional National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Environmental Stewardship Award. The American Angus Association is the world’s largest beef breed organization, providing programs and services to thousands of commercial producers and nearly 33,000 active members nationwide. For more information on the Historic Angus Herd Award or the many programs offered by the Association, go to www.angus.org ■ or call 816/383-5100.

New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers

Peace with the Comanches . . . and the Apaches, Thanks to Governor Fernando de la Concha ernando Simón Ignacio de la Concha became the Spanish governor of New Mexico in 1787, or, according to some sources, 1788. One source reports that he didn’t arrive in Santa Fe until 1789. He was about 40 years old at the time. Several significant historical sources fail to mention his administration at all, and others give him but brief mention. Ralph Emerson Twitchell in his Leading Facts of New Mexican History, published in 1911, says only this, “The archives do not reveal much of interest during the term of office of Governor de la Concha . . . Indian affairs constitute all that is of interest and even as to these there is not much worth recording.” A different view was expressed in the New Mexico Historical Review 70 years later by historian Jack August. What Twitchell thought of small interest, was actually an accomplishment of significant proportions: he maintained peace on the Spanish colonial frontier for several years, and he had to deal with a half dozen, or so, diverse Indian groups. No one before or after him was quite as successful. The one thing Concha inherited from his predecessor, Juan Bautista de Anza, was peace between the Spanish and the Comanches. Anza gets credit for that, following his defeat of Chief Cuerno Verde in 1779. That was consistent with the Spanish government’s standing policy of conciliation toward the various tribes, even though not all Spanish officials agreed completely with the strategy. Viceroy Bernardo de Gálvez said, “I am very much in favor of special ruination of the Apaches . . . because these Indians are our real enemies . . . . They cause desolation and are the most feared because of their knowledge, cunning and warlike customs . . .” Governor Concha bothered to spend some time with Governor Anza before the latter returned to the South. He believed that the Comanches were the most formidable of the frontier tribes, so he took spe-

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cial care that good relations with them were continued. The relationship was cemented after the Spanish were able to supply the Indians with corn during a drought in the late 1780s. Concha also recognized that the Comanches were traditional enemies of the Utes, Jicarillas, Navajos and Apaches as he took his next steps. It was necessary that the Utes, too, be placated, and that the traditional hostility between them and the Comanche be abrogated. There were a couple of breaches of harmony when Utes stole Comanche horses, and the Comanches retaliated, but Concha was able to smooth things over. The “precariously balanced peace” held. The Jicarilla Apaches were boxed in between the Comanches on the east and Utes on the west and they were therefore somewhat dependent on the Spanish for protection from both; protection Concha was happy to provide. So close to the Spanish were the Jicarillas that, according to Concha, many of them spoke at least some Castilian Spanish. Next were the Navajos. Anza had worked out a tentative peace with them, but they were not by any means allies of the Spanish in forming a united front against the Apache of southern New Mexico. Concha developed a personal relationship with Navajo Chief Antonio El Pinto while El Pinto was held briefly in Santa Fe on charges that he participated, along with Apaches, in raids on Spanish communities. When El Pinto was released, “the two parted with expressions of ‘affection and gratitude.”

So by 1790, there was a considerable degree of harmony between the four tribes, and all of them began making regular trade visits to Santa Fe. This was of course good for the economy and there was an increase in the Spanish population as the threat of Indian depredations was reduced. Next on the horizon were the southern Apaches. With alliances that he had forged, Concha was able to keep considerable pressure on the various Apache groups; so much in fact that several or them sued for peace. But that presented a problem, too. First, the Comanches were vehemently opposed to peace with their long-standing enemies. Some of Concha’s superiors feared that formal peace arrangements between the Spanish and the Apaches would threaten the solidarity that existed between Spanish and the Comanches. Finally, though, Viceroy Antonio Flórez ordered that the peace be accepted by whichever tribes solicited it. Concha offered the Apaches terms which some of them accepted. Concha believed that the Apaches could be turned into farmers and a part of the deal was that they had to settle along the Rio Grande. There they were to be supplied with “all kinds of seeds” to be planted during the next growing season. This arrangement actually lasted for a few years. Governor’s Concha’s health began to fail him, beginning in 1791, with eye problems. He requested permission to travel to Chihuahua for treatment but the viceroy refused fearing that peace on the frontier would suffer with Concha’s departure. Two years later, though, the governor’s eye problem and health in general had deteriorated badly and he was granted permission to leave New Mexico. He never returned. The viceroy’s fears were realized when, under the new governor, Fernando Chacón, the Apaches went back to their old raiding ways. Peace with some of the other tribes continued for many years, though, thanks to Governor Concha. ■ APRIL 2009

Learn from example

by MIRANDA REIMAN

our dad would climb up on the tractor, pull out the choke, push in theclutch and start it up. “Putt, putt, putt,” and he was off to plant or rake hay or bale. As a youngster you might have watched this routine over and over again, so it didn’t take too much formal training when you were old enough to take the helm. The first time you started the tractor by yourself and set off to mow, you felt freedom, accomplishment. That’s just one way you’ve learned by example over the years. There were the siblings, cousins or friends who taught you how to build forts, play ball or maybe even how to find a little mischief now and again. It seems the older we get, the less likely we are to apply this principle of watching somebody else to gain knowledge. Maybe our independent American nature deters us, or we just get so involved with what’s going on in our own shop that it’s hard to

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n what has to have been a major surprise to proponents of the Omnibus Lands Bill it was defeated in the House in early March. The massive conglomeration of other bills was brought to the House floor March 11. It lost by the narrowest of margins. The bill’s handlers decided to bring it to a vote under suspension of rules, a procedure that prohibits amendments but also requires a two-thirds majority for passage. They fell short by two votes. Much of the opposition resulted from objections to provisions limiting oil and gas leasing and fears that hunting and firearms possession on some of the federal lands involved would be restricted. Although this is a major setback for the legislation, it does not mean that it is dead. It could be brought back through House committees or be attached to some other legislation. Also in mid March, a new round of spending was approved by Congress so the government can spend our way out of going broke. Some of the funds are aimed toward economic stimulus by producing “green” jobs. The Environmental Protection Agency will receive one of the largest increases of any agency. 2010 EPA spending is proposed to increase 34.6 percent

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look down the road for wisdom. Now is the time to tap into that unused resource of fresh ideas. Perhaps you’ll find some profitable approaches to put into practice on your farm or ranch. The fall brings readily available opportunities to observe. Across the country there are hundreds of field days, cattlemen’s tours and demonstration plots that can teach you a thing or two, if you look. Trying a new technology can be a big step and take a significant investment in time, money or both. Seeing what the producer in the next county does might give you an idea of how to apply it on your operation. Cattlemen might even have suggestions on what they’d do differently if they had it to do over. Why not learn from someone else’s mistakes before experimenting yourself?

BY MIKE CASABONNE

from 2009. The Department of Interior will receive a 6.2 percent increase and Agriculture will get an 8.8 percent hike in funding. Not all of these increases are intended to go towards economic stimulus. A significant part will be spent to stop global warming. The Kyoto Treaty was rejected during the Clinton and Bush administrations but it is widely expected that Obama will push to join. If that happens almost everything government does will be influenced by how it impacts emissions of greenhouse gases. That will include how it regulates uses of the federal land and administers grazing progams. Representative Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands has announced that he will hold hearings to ensure that federal lands are not left out of any climate change legislation. He believes that federal lands are impacted by climate change and federal land management can be part of the solution to it. Most of us would hope to be left out of climate change legislation whether for cause or effect. The Heartland Institute held its second conference on climate change March 8-10. The event is one of the few places where dissenting scientists can present factual

arguments against global warming hysteria. Eighty presenters gave talks and presented papers on facts about climate change which mostly refute the alarmist hysteria that the end of the world is at hand and western civilization is to blame. The media-driven political atmosphere has made it easier for climate scientists to get research projects funded so even those who doubt the man-made global warming theories are more likely to stay quiet while their findings are spun to support GW rather than oppose the system that provides their research grants. That is not a scenario that will produce federal land management changes that will benefit anyone. Reports of coyote attacks on pets and people continue to increase. The Denver area has been in the news lately. Two Denver suburbs have employed coyote hunters or trappers to reduce the number of problem coyotes in their cities. The effort by a coalition of environmental and animal rights groups to eliminate the federal Animal Damage Control Program was rejected by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Although these actions don’t mean public opinion has turned the corner on the predator control issue it does show that some politicians at both local and federal levels feel they can support common-sense management of predators. That is an encouraging sign. Another encouraging sign along those same lines was the announcement March 6 by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that he would affirm the decision of the Bush administration Fish and Wildlife Service to

You were probably glad when your brother tried riding his bike off the silage pile instead of you. Turns out the landing wasn’t so cushy after all. There are plenty of local opportunities to engage this learnfrom-example method, but even national tours hold appeal. Some might attend these events as a way to see the country and meet new friends — but to get more bang out of your travel budget, include education in the list of goals. Challenges can be region specific, but their solutions can often be applied in unique ways for diverse locations. A rancher in North Dakota might plant a few more windbreaks to deal with wintertime wind chills, but the same ideas of cattle comfort apply. A Texas producer could see those “windbreaks” as shade to ease the blazing summer sun. A northern rancher may worry that it is too hot to wean on Labor Day, until he sees it done successfully 500 miles south where the weather is hotter. In the same vein, perhaps a local came up with an ingenious

delist wolves in the northern Rocky Mountain states of Idaho and Montana including parts of Oregon, Washington and Utah and the Western Great Lakes states of, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Salazar action followed the original delisting in keeping wolf protections in place in Wyoming because the Wyoming plan for state management didn’t offer enough protection to suit the Fish and Wildlife Service. The environmental groups who opposed the delisting were expecting more deference to their political clout from the Obama administration and they are howling. They are also raising money using the wolf delisting. And they are dusting off their legal briefs and heading to the courthouse. You would think that by now all issues with any legal basis would have been dealt with but these groups always seem to find another judge who will sympathize with them. Don’t count on wolf seasons opening up yet. The Mexican wolf program is a whole different story. There are similarities but there are also differences. The similarities are that the wolves kill livestock in Arizona and New Mexico just like they do up north. They also kill elk and deer in both places. But most of the Mexican wolves were introduced from captive bred populations and many of them are used to being around people and thus have little fear of man. The captive bred population came from a very small genetic base that some wildlife experts believe was too small to produce a viable population long-term, even under the most favorable conditions.

fencing method that quickly spread across a several-county area. To everyone in that vicinity it’s second nature. It’s just the way they build fence now. To you-an outsider looking in-it could be just what’s needed to beef up your five-wire. If a few producers in the next county are planning a 1,000mile trip to look at potential custom feeding partners, volunteer to help pay costs if you can go along. You need to understand that next segment of the industry and how you can add value to your calves in their eyes. Everyone knows how difficult it is to balance all your production goals while keeping your business in the black, but some make it look easy. Step back and say, “How are they able to keep cowherd function, while pushing the envelope on efficiency and carcass merit?” Tour their operation and find out what could work for you. Once you identify their secret to success, it won’t be long and you can return the favor as a voice of experience for cattlemen ■ looking to learn from each other.

Wolf supporters will never recognize these facts. They continue to call for more protection for problem wolves and more restrictions on dealing with them. As with many other environmental issues, they refuse to acknowledge the facts and continue to pretend the world operates according to their own distorted views. This program will never produce a viable population of Mexican wolves in the wild. Secretary Salazar should recognize the failure and pull the plug on it. All it does is waste money and drive ranchers off the land. Sheep producers who graze on the Payette National Forest in Idaho will probably be put out of business by the Forest Service in favor of wild bighorn sheep. There has been a theory for several years that domestic sheep carry a strain of pneumonia that is fatal to bighorns. Although there is no definitive proof that is the case, the FS is prohibiting sheep grazing on about 60 percent of the forest. Several long time ranching families will lose their operations because of the decision. Also in Idaho, the anti-grazing group Western Watersheds has filed suit to remove livestock from over 600,000 acres in the Jarbridge Resource Area to protect the sage grouse. Apparently the move was too much of a stretch for even Judge B. Lynn Winmill because he would not issue an injunction to stop grazing immediately. Instead he instructed the BLM to include the sage grouse in a rewrite of their Resource Management Plan. Although they didn’t get what they wanted, Western Watersheds didn’t fare as

poorly as the Earth Island Institute in their Supreme Court case. The US Supreme Court ruled against them in the Summers V. Earth Island Institute setting a precedent that will have lasting benefits for natural resource users on federal land including ranchers. The court ruled that the environmental group did not have standing to sue the Forest Service over regulations on small salvage timber operations in Northern California. Just because some of their members might be harmed was not enough to give them “standing” to sue. The more stringent requirement upheld by the court is for groups to show that they are actually harmed by that action. Before Summers v. E.I.I. they just had to say that some of their members might be inconvenienced. Natural resource users applaud the decision. Environmental groups say they will just change their tactics to be more specific in their complaints. We will have to wait for other rulings to know how far this precedent will reach. Southern New Mexico and West Texas appear to be the epicenter of drought for this spring. There is a lot of old grass on some of the same country so there is the potential for some big fires. About 16,000 acres west of Hope burned in early March. The forecast is for the La Niña to weaken by late spring or early summer which should lead to more normal rainfall but May and June are not normally too wet anyway. Only the Good Lord knows when it will rain. Let’s pray that He brings it to us sooner rather than later. Until next ■ time, may God bless us all. APRIL 2009

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by Caren Cowan, Exec. Director, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Assn.

ach Session is different, but it seems that each successive one gets more different from the last. The fact that the state is facing a severe financial crisis certainly set the tone for the 60 days. The first order of business was to correct the current year’s budget before the Legislators could begin to address the coming year’s financial plan. Although both were completed, predictions are that there will be a Special Session by fall to reassess the budget. Largely because there was no capital outlay monies available the number of bills was down, but there were still 2,134 measures introduced, so the work of the bill readers was again tremendously appreciated. Even though we had a great crew with some new faces at the Legislature, there is no way there is enough man power in Santa Fe to read every bill. In the end 386 measures have made it to the Governor’s desk, 325 bills and 61 joint memorials. Memorials don’t go to the Governor, but there were many of them that were passed as well. The Governor has until noon on April 10, 2009 to sign, veto or pocket veto the bills. The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) and other agriculture groups came out this year mostly unscathed (we think) and some Association policies were passed by the Legislature. Among the items that NMCGA supported that the Governor will act upon are two feral hog bills. NMCGA PresidentElect Bert Ancell says that we are probably the only group that could bring home any pork from the Session. These bills are identical and make it illegal to transport feral hogs for or to maintain a commercial feral hog operation. There are millions of these destructive and dangerous animals in Texas that do some $50 million in property damages annually. They are moving into the east side of the state, once in a while with some help. Some folks think the hogs are great for sport hunting, which I understand is true. And, if you could keep them on your

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own property, that would be great. Trouble is they breed readily and they are nigh on impossible to contain in any one place. Senator Phil Griego and Representative Candy Spence Ezzell each carried a bill, SB 504 and HB 594 respectively, and both made it to the Governor’s desk. Other NMCGA supported bills that made it to the Fourth Floor include HB 19 sponsored by Representative Mimi Stewart that gives the Office of the State Engineer jurisdiction over deep waters; HB 40 sponsored by Representative Paul Bandy that limits eminent domain of water; HB 63 sponsored by Representative Larry Laranaga that changes dam heights requiring permits; HB 340 sponsored by Representative Andy Nunez with the companion SB 548 that changes compliance with California’s auto emission standards to model year 2015 rather than 2011; HJM 49 sponsored by Representative Debbie Rodella expressing the sentiment that any Outstanding National Resource Water designations should be done on a segment by segment basis using science; and SB 206 sponsored by Senator Clint Harden requiring that the Environment Department go through rule making processes before imposing rules. But just as important as the bills that passed the Legislature are the ones that didn’t. NMCGA’s primary goal going into this Session was to be sure that the farm and ranch exemption for Workers’ Compensation insurance was not eliminated. Mission accomplished — for the time being. Thanks to those legislators who understood the impact that adding the huge cost of workers’ comp to New Mexico agriculture would have had on the industry, as well as the eventual availability and/or cost of food. While we are not price setters, it may be that it just gets too expensive to produce food in this state and/or nation. The issue is not that agriculture does not believe in caring for its’ workers. In fact surveying NMCGA members indicates that most ranchers are already carrying

that responsibility in many ways that provide more assistance than the workers’ comp system provides. The issue is that for the ranching industry, inclusion in the system will cost from $20 to $25 for every $100 in salary. There is no small business, especially in today’s economy that can afford that kind of cost increases. Because the New Mexico Center for Law and Poverty did not prevail in their quest to remove the exemption, they now claim they will sue the state. Clearly, the issue is not going away and work will continue over the months to come to try to find an economical solution. There were several other failed measures NMCGA and others devoted a great deal of time to. SB 391 sponsored by Senate Majority Floor Leader Michael Sanchez attempted to reform the depredation law that allows landowners to take wildlife that is threatening or destroying private property. The bill was finally worked into a compensation plan that required the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) to pay for damaged or destroyed crops and for livestock lost to cougars, bears or bobcats. The plan would have been funded by the already in place Depredation Stamp that must be purchased with each big game license, which is currently at $3 per license but is capped at $5 for residents and $10, the limit, for non-residents. This generates approximately $450,000 per year. To create a fund that would be closer to $1 million annually, the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, on behalf of all sportsmen in the state, offered up a fee increase up to $6 for residents and to $20 for nonresidents. That fee schedule should generate about $900,000 a year. The effective date of the bill was put at July 1, 2010 so that there would be a full fund before the take provision was removed from statute. To ensure that there would be enough funding, Senator Tim Jennings got language added to the bill that would have continued on page 63

provided that in the event of a short fall, the NMDGF of would apply to the state board of finance to cover the cost of any remaining claims. Additionally the bill would have set up a committee to settle compensation disputes between land and livestock owners and the NMDGF. That committee would have included the local county agent, county assessor, an individual appointed by the county commission and an outside appraiser who worked for an agricultural institution. There were steps that a landowner would have to take to work with the Department in the event of losses, but most of those are already in regulation. There was a fear that the measure would remove current provisions in other parts of the NMDGF statutes that allow livestock producers to protect their livestock from predators. That simply was not the case. The bill presented a dilemma for NMCGA in that the Association has policy to support the current depredation law, but also has policy that private property taken by government should be compensated for. In the end it seemed that a process that would put nearly $1 million a year of “new money” in the hands of land and livestock owners who are now suffering at the mouths of the state’s wildlife would be the best way to go. Of course there were and are things that would make a better piece of legislation. The most glaring is including a provision that would compensate land or allotment owners for forage taken by wildlife. There was an attempt to add a language on the Senate Floor that would have addressed forage on private land. There was a suggestion of an amendment that added forage of all kinds in the House Judiciary Committee. However, although the measure passed two committees in the Senate as well as the Senate Floor and two committees in the House, it never made it to the House Floor. While that was disappointing after all the effort that went in to it, perhaps the most disturbing moment during the depredation bill was the evening when one legislator looked me in the eye and said that predator losses were just a cost of doing business for ranchers and if they couldn’t afford it, they shouldn’t be ranching. He added that wolves were just part of that as well. Obviously, he doesn’t have wolves in his district (which is not an urban area) yet… and he hasn’t talked to many ranchers.

There were three other measures that NMCGA spent a lot of energy on. The first was SB 208, pore space. This bill would have consolidated the surface and pore space by defining the ownership of pore space as belonging to the surface owner. There were some other items in the bill and there were numerous revisions of the bill, but the bottom line was that with the diligent efforts led by Jack Chatfield, the bill made it through the Senate, but was never heard on the House side. This is one of those issues that will be worked on for some time to come, so stay tuned. Senator Vernon Asbill introduced SB 492 on livestock seizure that would have made it illegal for federal land management agencies to seize livestock without an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. After going through the Senate and two committees in the House, that bill too died as time ran out on the morning of March 21. HB 11 sponsored by Jeanette Wallace, would have allowed the Valles Caldera National Preserve to sell a portion of their elk tags for high dollar hunts, provided lots of shenanigans. The reason NMCGA had an interest in the bill is that the Congressional mandate for the Preserve is for it to become self-sustaining as a model working ranch by 2015. If that does not happen, the Preserve will likely go to some other government jurisdiction like the U.S. Forest Service or the National Park Service. Under the current mandate grazing is a part of the overall management design. That might not be true under another government scenario. While selling 20 to 25 high dollar elk tags hardly solve the entire financial problem at the Preserve, trophy elk hunting is certainly part of an overall plan that would include grazing, recreation and perhaps even some timber management to achieve financial solvency. Unfortunately the New Mexico Wildlife Federation has other ideas. According to some of their previous newsletters, they would much rather see the Preserve in Park or Forest Service hands and multiple use will be limited. That, however, is not the story that was told to the final Senate committee the bill had to pass to get to the Senate Floor and the Governor’s desk. There was much lamenting about how this would cheat New Mexico public hunters, how it would create elitism and a rich man’s paradise at the Valles Caldera, and finally how it would transfer New Mexico resources to the federal government —

didn’t that happen when the government purchased the ranch? The legislators mentioned here and many, many others deserve huge thanks from the agriculture industry and I hope you will take a moment to call you representative and senator and thank them for the job they are doing. There are also many members of the industry that deserve thanks for their efforts during the Session. Joe Culbertson and Jack Chatfield stayed in Santa Fe for most of the Legislature. Alfredo Roybal was often on hand to help out — even sitting in the House Chamber so that I could watch the Arizona Wildcats advance in the NCAA tournament! Newer member Rick Iannucci learned the ropes during the Session and showed up with nearly 20 folks from his county 4H group to help serve at the Roundhouse Feed, along with a boat load of other folks who fed nearly 1,400 people in about an hour. For the first time ever we ran completely out of food. Thanks also to the many groups who brought booths for Ag Day at the Roundhouse on March 19. There was a steady flow of people who spent time learning more about the industry. Point of personal privilege . . .

I want to acknowledge whoever in NMCGA history that determined the President-Elect should spend two Legislatures in Santa Fe. Not only does it give that individual the hands on experience on the issues necessary to step up to the presidency, but it gives him or her the opportunity to develop a working relationship with staff. On Roundhouse feed day, Bert and I made our annual trek to Sam’s to purchase the salad for the feed. This year we did it in record time. When Bert noted that it usually took much more time to get that job done, I pointed out that for the first time we didn’t debate how to do it . . . we just did it as a team. I also want to take just a moment to thank you all for the many calls, cards, emails, donations, kind words, thoughts and prayers my family and I have received on Daddy’s passing. I am truly blessed to have such a large and kind extended family and I am grateful for and to each and every one of you. I am especially blessed to have Michelle Frost as an assistant and friend who never hesitates to pick up the slack when I stumble. APRIL 2009

jinglejangle President’s Message . . . ear CowBelles, and Readers of “Jingle Jangle”: A welcoming wet snow came yesterday and the moisture content was .17 inch. The total moisture for the year in Clayton is .81 inches. We are very thankful for any moisture we receive. The state officers have just returned to their homes from a very successful week on the District Workshop tour. We logged over 1,100 miles and traveled diagonally across the state from the northeast corner to the southwest corner with a stop at Alamogordo. Nine past presidents attended the workshops, and approximately 116 women attended, with some traveling between 70 and 160 miles one way to the workshop nearest to them. Our Beef Ambassador chair, Shelly Porter updated us about the upcoming Beef Ambassador contest, Debi Rupe, the Web Site chair gave us an update about the website and the need for more memory, and Barbara Jackson, the ANCW Region VI director gave an update about ANCW. I want to thank all those who took the time to attend. I also want to thank each host local for all the preparation and volunteer hours you gave to make each workshop a success. Host presidents: Owaissa Heimann (Lariat), Pat Jones (Otero), Barbara Hoggett (Tobosa Belles), and Mary Ann Thornton (Roadrunner) gave a brief history of their local and how it began. This was very interesting when traveling throughout the state. Each officer gave an informative and somewhat entertaining presentation. I am really proud of these women. Karen Kelling gave an illustrative presentation on how her Auntie Jen came to the ranch to brand. With a play on words she in fact described how antigens in a vaccine can be introduced to your calves at branding. Karen began her presentation with instruction on needle and syringe etiquette. She then moved on to the vaccination program and described two kinds of vaccinations — Virals and Bacterins. Virals are either modified-live or killed vaccine and they introduce the immune system to antigens specific to each virus. Bacterins are killed vaccines that introduce the immune system to antigens specific to

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each bacterium. Karen explained three different vaccination program options and concluded with visual examples of each of the components of the immune system. When I look at a Tangerine and pink marshmallows, I will remember Killer TCells, and a Tangerine with yellow marshmallows is a Helper T-cell. I think everyone attending learned more about a vaccination program with these wonderful object lessons. Linda Lee presented information on “How Green We Are”. Linda made us aware of computer environmental games for children where they must choose for example between a hamburger and organic veggie salad as to which uses the most environmental resources to produce. Linda encouraged us to take a stand on Earth Day as we are Earth aware everyday on the ranch in recycling and reusing. She also stated scientists, not environmentalists are noting that none of the studies cited have shown clear evidence that we can attribute the climate changes to increases in greenhouse gases. Our climate is cyclical through the centuries. Owaissa Heimann presented bits and pieces of Beef Information, beginning with the packaging. Owaissa explained carbon monoxide, modified atmosphere packaging and polyvinyl chloride film packaging. She reported that CO-MAP maintains a desirable red color, decreases bacterial levels, and increases tenderness as a result of an anaerobic environment. Owaissa went on to talk about the feed additive Zilpaterol which enables a beef animal’s metabolism to more efficiently convert feed to protein. This product has been shown to increase red meat yield and also quality traits such as tenderness, flavor, and juiciness. In conclusion, Owaissa spoke about the consumer aspect. Consumers are beginning to buy down from restaurant meals to groceries, choosing lower priced private labels over national brand labels, and expecting to pay more as food costs increase. One thing to note is the consumer will give up many things but not the chance to go out to eat. The CowBelles played the consumer role in a fun game of the Price is Right when purchasing different beef cuts. Owaissa introduced a specific cut of meat and the CowBelle contestant chosen from

the audience had to guess the correct price per pound. Everyone learned and had a good time with this exercise. Our program ended with a volunteer receiving an Udderly MOOving makeover. Ruth Wold described how close our pastures are to our homes in the many products we have in our homes, barns, cars, and shops. Ruth focused on three ingredients that are in numerous products that we use in our daily lives. Glycerin, Stearic acid, and Collagen. She talked about the many products that contain these ingredients plus she placed two dozen or more products on all the tables and had the CowBelles look at the ingredients to determine which beef by-products it contained. So, as you go about your daily routine, pause and think “Wow That Cow”. As one can tell we met one of the two objectives of CowBelles, and that is Education about Beef. However, at the last workshop and upon returning home I was bombarded with the e-mail concerning the survey being conducted at Costco and on the website, If Animals Should Have the Same Rights as Humans! I asked my 16year-old daughter if our black cat Otto sitting on the couch should have the same rights as us? She laughed in disbelief. I voted No for every e-mail I received. Everyday is a challenge in the Beef and ranching industry. Naturally Raised Beef. This is a niche market where some of you may market your Beef. Naturally Raised is a marketing tool and has not until now had an official definition. The standard states that “livestock used for the production of meat and meat products have been raised entirely without growth promotants and antibiotics-except for ionophores used as coccidiostats for parasite control — and have never been fed animal by-products.” The USDA thinks the standard for naturally raised beef is making the definition more clear, but a national poll conducted by Consumer Reports’ National Research Center showed consumers want naturally raised beef to come from an animal that: ■ Had a diet free of chemical, drugs, and animal by-products (86%); ■ Was raised in a natural environment (85%); ■ Ate a natural diet (85%);

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not cloned or genetically engineered (78%); ■ Had access to the outdoors (77%); ■ Was treated humanely (76%); and ■ Was not confined (68%). In last month’s issue I failed to mention that Lyn Greene serves on the Newsletter committee for the American National CattleWoman. She works hard in this position compiling articles for print. When asking for recipes I had several women send in a recipe for Brisket. This month I will insert a recipe from Joan Kincaid. Joan is a member of the Yucca CowBelles and is also the New Mexico Wool Growers President. Beef Brisket

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April 15 . . . . . . Pat Nowlin Scholarship applications due to chair, Anne Ferguson April 16-18 . . . Women in Agriculture Leadership Conference, Ruidoso, NM April 16-18 . . . ANCW Region VI meeting, Salt Lake City, UT June 1 . . . . . . . New Mexico Beef Ambassador applications due to chair, Shelly Porter June 21 . . . . . . Father’s Day, BEEF for Father’s Day June 28 . . . . . . New Mexico Beef Ambassador contest 1:30 pm Ruidoso, NM June 28-30 . . . NMCB Mid-Year board and business meeting, Ruidoso, NM — Kathryn Malcolm-Callis, NMCB President • • • • • Lariat CowBelles was hostess to the New Mexico CowBelles District II Work-

shop, “Springtime on the Grasslands,” held at Rabbit Ears Café, in Clayton, New Mexico, on March 9, 2009. There were 32 members present. State Treasurer and Lariat President Owaissa Heimann gave a welcome to Union County and a history of Lariat CowBelles. State officers were introduced. State President Kathryn MalcolmCallis gave updates on the New Mexico Beef Council, review of new cuts of beef, the Roundhouse Feed in Santa Fe, the National Beef Cook-Off, and “Get to Know An Associate Member.” Beef Ambassador packets were distributed to locals’ presidents. State President-Elect Karen Kelling gave a humorous and informative account of calf vaccination, “Auntie Jen Comes to Brand.” State Vice-President Linda Lee presented “Our Ranches and How ‘Green’ We Are,” showing how ranchers recycle, reuse and reduce. Owaissa Heimann presented “Bits and Pieces of Beef Information.” A fun presentation, “The Udderly Mooving Makeover,” was given by State Secretary Ruth Wold, demonstrating skin care products made from beef byproducts while giving a facial and pedicure to a CowBelle member. State sale items were available for shopping throughout the meeting. Rabbit Ears Café provided a breakfast buffet and roast beef luncheon buffet. It was a fun and informative day, giving members from District II the chance to meet and visit with each other and the State Officers. Lariat CowBelles did not have a regular meeting this month. Submitted by Marianne Rose The Chuckwagon CowBelles met in Mountainair on March 10, 2009 with 18 members present and guests Millie Parker, Martina Brazil, Jo Ann Owen and Frank, Jo Ann and Jessie Hill in attendance and President Toni Barrow presiding. Fita Witte announced that the Beef Ambassador program received an anonymous $15,000 donation. Zia Thompson was nominated for the Pat Nowlin Scholarship. Toni Barrow read a thank you notes from the National Beef Ambassador Committee and New Mexico CowBelles the donation to the Beef Ambassador contest. There were discussions on animal rights issues, and on how to market ranch-raised beef. The next meeting will be at the Los Lunas Experimental Station followed by lunch at the sale barn. After a potluck lunch, Mille Parker, CowBelles’ first president, gave an autobiographical history. She arrived in the back of a covered wagon that was pulling a milk cow at the age of 5 months; her dad bought a place sight-unseen in

Scholle, and broke wild horses for a living. One of her biggest jobs was watering the horses. She said the water in Abo Canyon was clear and pretty, but the horses couldn’t drink that water. She would drive a team with barrels up to Scholle, and fill the barrels with water from there. They started school in a boxcar in Scholle. Millie said the first CowBelles’ meeting was at Nora Chilton’s house and sometimes they would meet at her daughter’s place on the hill. Martina Brazil (artist Joe J. Brazil’s sister) also gave an interesting talk on the history of the Scholle area. Scholle was a mining area before it became a town. There was a big hotel there. “We used to go to dances there. Willard was a big town then — 5 banks, grocery stores — but in continued on page 66

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1929, everything died in Willard. Then we moved to Scholle. It rained a lot more then, and the arroyo was narrower. That water would just rush through there! Brazil Mercantile was our store.” Martina went on to say that Scholle had stock pens right next to the railroad tracks. She said that they did their shopping in Belen and Becker’s store. Submitted by Babbi Baker The meeting of the Otero CowBelles on February 5, 2009 was called to order. The membership report stated 47 NMCB’s members, 13 are ANCW Members and three are Jr. members. Correspondence: Otero Cowbelles received a Thank You from New Mexico Cattle Growers’ for the Silent Auction held in December. Mesa Verde Ranch Days is set for April 28 & 29 and need Red Bags for event. Sunshine

Report: Sent Martha Jones a thinking of you card. Year Book: Debi Rupe handed out books to members. Old Business: District IV Workshop is set for March 10 at the Golf Course. Registration is $20 and lunch will be a buffet. Please RSVP by March 2, 2009; please call Pat Jones or Jean Lee. Also still needing goodies for ditti bags. Man of the year was brought up with no nomination. Legislative: Maddy reported SB 100 — Workman Comp. and HB 163 — Tresspass Bill and HB 40 Imminent Doman. Miscellaneous: NM BEEF Ambassador Letecia Varelas was awarded for the USDA Internship Award. Next Meeting will be March 5 at Maddy Lee’s House. Submitted by Misti Orr/Secretary Copper Cowbelles met on January 17, 2009 when President Kim Clark opened a short business meeting. It was decided to remove and add names to club bank

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account. Kathy reported that the sales are going well for the restoration of the Deming highway sign but more brands need to be sold. Cost is $15 and all Cowbelles should be trying to sell them. It was announced that Joe Delk and Bucky Allred will be playing at a family dance to be held at the Cliff-Gila Fair barn on February 21st. This is an old fashioned family dinner dance, admission is free but contributions will be collected to support efforts to oppose the release of wolves. The Cowbelles have been asked to support the effort and to provide help at the dance. Further information will be provided as it becomes available. The guest speaker, Julie Carter, author of Cowgirl Sass and Savvy and newly published Cowboys, You Just Gotta Love Them was introduced by Kathy. She gave an interesting one hour talk and then refreshments were provided to the listeners. Julie has a website at www.julie-carter.com. The meeting was adjourned by Kim Clark. Submitted Patricia E Hunt, Secretary The Sacaton CowBelles met on March 14 in Quemado, New Mexico. The CowBelles were privileged to have Jess Carey and Ed Wehrheim as guest speakers. Jess Carey is the Wolf Specialist hired by Catron County and Ed Wehrheim is currently a Catron County Commissioner. Jess and Ed gave an update on the Wolf Program and had a huge display of pictures of pets, livestock, horses and elk who all suffered from wolf attacks. Ed informed the group on a new organization, Americans for Preservation of Western Culture which is a grassroots effort in the West and anyone concerned about preserving the culture, customs and heritage of the West. The Mexican Wolf project impacts children’s safety, as well as residents, ranchers, farmers, outfitters and hunters — everyone who lives, works, plays or owns pets and livestock in our Western States. Wolves have been seen in northern Catron County, which is out of the wolf recovery boundaries and this update was a success and appreciated by many. Sacaton CowBelles will have the next meeting in May in Datil. sacatoncowbelles@hotmail.com New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle”, please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com. ■

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Tools, Rules and the Benefits of Grazing by CHRISTOPHER D. ALLISON Department Head, Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources, NMSU ver the last 30 plus years of my involvement in range management issues, I have seen rangelands in the state of New Mexico exhibit tremendous changes. Most have been positive and some negative as evidenced by the increasing woody plant populations across most rangelands. I have also witnessed federal and state employees entrusted to facilitate management of federal, state and private rangelands perform admirably and have good working relationships with the ranching community. Unfortunately, I have also seen government range conservationists use range monitoring “tools” as “rules” for management of rangelands. An example of “tools becoming rules” is the use of utilization standards. Utilization measurements were originally intended to be used as a mapping tool to help identify areas of light use and heavy use by livestock. The purpose of conducting utilization surveys was to get a picture of grazing distribution and develop a management plan that would more evenly distribute grazing pressure across the ranch, allotment, or pasture. This typically resulted in using distribution tools of water development, salting, trail development, and fencing. However, I witnessed a change in the goal of agencies in employing utilization guidelines when they began using them as standards. Utilization levels of 50 percent and less began to be used to enforce stocking reductions whenever those standards were exceeded. The result was that the lightly used areas increased in size and there typically was no reduction in size of the heavier grazed areas. This typically resulted in another round of stocking reductions. This caused government/ rancher relationships in management to deteriorate. I thought I had a better idea. Utilization is the most difficult vegetation attribute to measure. We are attempting to measure something that is no longer there. It is similar to telling me how much hair I had at one time, by measuring what hair I have left. Utilization surveys, if done correctly, are tremendous consumers of time, effort

and money. I argued that we need to focus on stubble heights or leaf length instead of utilization. After all, we would be measuring an attribute that is quick and easy and provides an index of plant health and site protection. Boy, was I naïve. Stubble heights have become standards that result in the same stocking reductions as the misapplication of utilization rates. We are seeing stocking reductions on federal lands when stubble heights do not meet a particular standard anyplace or anytime an inspection occurs. So, I have another bright idea. All herbivores are selective grazers. Thus the intensity of defoliation varies among individual plants as a function of the unique combination of plants and herbivores present. Ungulates exhibit three types of selective grazing: area selectivity, species selectivity and intra-species selectivity. These levels of selection create a mosaic or patchwork of use levels across the landscape. As a result of these selection differentials, grazing is a tool that can enhance species diversity for both plants and animals. Grazing thus creates living conditions that are varied and will be “good” for some species and “bad” for others. Selective grazing creates, at the macro and microlandscape levels, conditions or habitat that is varied and will enhance biodiversity of plants and animals. This is in contrast to single-species management. A shifting mosaic of intensively grazed to lightly grazed or ungrazed patches may be critical to the maintenance of structural heterogeneity and biological diver-

sity of rangeland ecosystems. Striving for a uniform level of utilization or stubble height, is not only impossible to achieve, but suppresses biological diversity by creating an environment that is “good” for only a few species by reducing heterogeneity. Grazing creates landscape level heterogeneity use patterns that promote ecological diversity beneficial to multiple species. We should not expect nor desire a uniform, slightly grazed range anymore than a uniformly heavily grazed pasture, ranch or allotment. Either condition results in less ecological diversity. Grazing at reasonable levels of stocking is a tool for enhancing or creating ecological diversity at a landscape level that serves watershed and other ecosystem services, supports a mosaic of habitats beneficial to wildlife and other ecological and economic functions. As resource managers, our job would be to monitor conditions on the ground and ensure that one level of use is not overly prevalent. Hmmm, sounds like utilization mapping to me. Editor’s Note: This article is one of a series written by members and friends of People for Preserving Our Western Heritage, www.peopleforwesternheritage. com.

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Box 696 Capitan, NM 88316 575/354-2929 Fax 575/354-2942 W.H. Cardwell, DVM Quality Control Brad Cardwell President Brenda Cardwell Vice-President Hillary Voelker Manager, EBS

Santa Gertrudis Cattle

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PERFORMANCE TESTING SINCE 1958 5473 FM 457, Bay City, Texas 77414 Phone 979/245-5100 • Fax 979/244-4383 dwendt@1skyconnect.net

THATCHER, ARIZONA H: 928/348-8918 O: 928/348-4030 bjcmd@cableone.net

THREE MILE HILL RANCH

Montaña del Oso Ranch MOUNTAIN-RAISED BRANGUS BULLS AND HEIFERS

Registered Black Angus • Working Stock Dogs Registered Quarter Horses

“OUR CATTLE NOT ONLY MAKE DOLLARS, THEY MAKE CENTS” Cash and Kanzas Massey P.O. Box 335, Animas, NM 88020 575/548-2477 • 575/494-2678 massey2@vtc.net

Red Angus Cattle For Sale! Red Angus • Angus Plus YOUNG BULLS FOR SALE

www.mcginleyredangus.com

Weaned & Open Heifers Using Low Birth Weight Bulls

ANGUS BULLS & FEMALES

Bulls & Females

JaCin Ranch

Dr. Manny & Hayley Encinias 575/374-3393 or 505/927-7935 lagloriacattleco@hotmail.com

MARSHALL McGINLEY 575/526-9470 • Las Cruces, NM

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ANGUS • BRAHMAN • HEREFORDS • F1s GARY MANFORD 575/568-0020 cell 505/215-7323

SANDERS, ARIZONA work: 928/688-2602 evenings: 928/688-2753

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Providing Quality Services in Show and Sale Cattle, Embryo Transfer and AI and Year Round Gain Testing.

Casey

Darrell & Shana Pitchford • Casey & Gracey 8565 County Road 3913, Athens, Texas 75751 903/677-0664 • 903/388-2288 Cell.

BEEFMASTERS SINCE 1948

LIMFLEX, DURHAM RED, ANGUS, LIMOUSIN

Bradley 3 Ranch Ltd. www.bradley3ranch.com

Registered Bulls Polled Reds & Blacks

Forage Genetics Standard With Each Bull

Ranch-Raised ANGUS Bulls for Ranchers Since 1955

(No Feed Bunks)

CONNIFF CATTLE CO., LLC Las Cruces & Rincon, NM John & Laura Conniff 575/644-2900 • Cell. 575/644-2900 www.leveldale.com

200 Angus Bulls Sell Feb. 13, 2010 at the Ranch NE of Estelline, TX M.L. Bradley, 806/888-1062 Fax: 806/888-1010 • Cell: 940/585-6471

Ranch Raised Virgin Bulls www.CaseyBeefmasters.com Watt, Jr. 325/668-1373 Watt50@sbcglobal.net Watt: 325/762-2605 APRIL 2009

MONTOYA CATTLE COMPANY La Plata, New Mexico 505/325-7682 • 505/793-2342

Stuart Schooley, Roswell, NM 505/625-8708

Recipient of the American Brahman Breeders Assn. Maternal Merit Cow and Sire Designation Award

Service, Semen, Supplies

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Vernon St. John, Maricopa, AZ 520/568-9659 MOB 602/376-8475 Steve Faber, Tucson, AZ 520/260-6622

SKAARER BRANGUS Fresh Selection New Crop Bulls Low Birth Weight & Ready To Go

Steve & Belinda Wilkins P.O. Box 1107 • Ozona, TX 76943 O: 325/392-3491 • R: 325/392-2554

Producers of Quality and Performance -Tested Brahman Bulls and Heifers “Beef-type American Gray Brahmans, Herefords, Gelbvieh and F-1s.”

Available at all times

Rick and Katie Skaarer C: 520/820-5210 H:520/384-5210 Willcox, Arizona 70

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Loren & Joanne Pratt 44996 W. Papago Rd., Maricopa, AZ 85239

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Generator Sets & Pumps

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ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

937/444-2609 Don Reveal

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Tom Growney Equipment

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Weanlings, Yearlings, 2 Year Olds and 2 Older Stallions for Sale Please Contact Barbara Livingston • 713/632-1331 blivingston@harrisoninterests.com Jesse Gonzales • 281/342-4703 www.harrisonquarterhorseranch.com

ROBERTSON LIVESTOCK DONNIE ROBERTSON Certified Ultrasound Technician Registered, Commercial and Feedlot 4661 PR 4055, Normangee, TX 77871 Cell: 936/581-1844 Email: crober86@aol.com

602/258-5272 • FAX 602/275-7582

Williams Windmill, Inc. New Mexico Ranch Items and Service Specialist Since 1976 New Mexico Distributor for Aermotor Windmills 575/835-1630 • Fax: 575/838-4536 Lemitar, N.M. • williamswindmill@live.com

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CHRIS CABBINESS • Cell. 806/344-2392 800/525-7470 • 806/364-7470 RT. 1, EAST HWY. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS 79045

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We have the best prices on leather for any type of project!

708 1st St. NW, Albuquerque, N.M.

505/242-4980

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CPE Feeds, Inc. BROWNFIELD, TEXAS • 806/637-7458

Doug Welty Authorized Dealer

CIMARRON ENGLISH SHEPHERDS

P.O. Box 120, Hwy. 52 Forest Rd. 478 Winston, NM 87943 kdwelty@yahoo.com Home:575/772-5131 Cell: 575/740-3043

HC 1, Box 23, Felt, OK 73937 189 River Road Lowndesboro, AL 36752 Office: 334/289-7001 Fax: 334/289-7000 Residence: 334/289-2407 Cell: 334/462-4004

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ALL SIZES JERYL PRIDDY 325/754-4300 Cell: 325/977-0769

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LARGO CANYON RANCH RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Approximately 453 deed acres with ranch house, outbuildings, corrals and other improvements; everything required for a working cattle ranch. ■ Thirty-four secions of BLM Lands under Grazing Permit “Superior Mesa Allotment #515”. 3,148 permitted AUM/2185 active AUMs from November 15 to June 15. ■ Three sections State Land Lease. ■ $680,000 firm. Owner may carry. Includes assignment of BLM Permit and State Lease; includes water rights; includes free propane. ■

ALSO AVAILABLE FOREST SERVICE GRAZING PERMIT NEAR BAYFIELD, COLORADO ■ Beaver-Baldy Allotment. Over 21,000 total

BRIAN BOOHER 915/859-6843 • El Paso, Texas CELL. 915/539-7781

acres on San Juan National Forest northeast of Bayfield. Permit currently allows 200 pairs from June 15 to October 15. Permit runs with cowherd – permitted cows available at $1,350 per head. Contact GOSNEY RANCHES

970/884-9533

To place your listings here, contact Debbie at 505/332-3675 or debbie@ aaalivestock.com COLETTA RAY, 505/799-9600 201 E. Llano Estacado, Clovis, NM 88101 575/762-4200 coletta@plateautel.net • www.clovisrealestatesales.com

1198 SR 275 over 2,600 square feet brick home with 30 acres. Northern Curry County. $219,000. HAVE 1,010 CULTIVATED 640 CRP - 150 ACRES CLOSE TO TOWN. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SELLING NATIVE GRASSLAND, WE HAVE BUYERS! APRIL 2009

Wild West

Agriculture Loans Real Estate Loans

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Randy J. Wood, Qualifiying Broker

GOOD RANCH LISTINGS COMING IN! 7400 Gila Rd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 office: 505/980-8019 • fax: 505/823-2262 EMAIL: rjwood5@comcast.net • WEBSITE: www.wildwestproperties.com

RANCH SALES AND APPRAISALS

SERVING THE RANCHING INDUSTRY SINCE 1920 1507 13TH STREET LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79401 (806) 763-5331

3008 N. Prince St., Clovis, NM 88101 575/763-5055 • 575/762-5611

James B. Sammons III Coldwell Banker de Wetter Hovious, Inc. 5662 N. Mesa St. • El Paso, TX 79912 Office: 915/834-4153 Fax: 915/581-5041 • Cell.: 915/491-7382 E-mail: jim@jimsammonsiii.com Web: www.jimsammonsiii.com

Ranch and Recreational Property

A.C. TAYLOR 505/792-7646

BRETT JOHNSON

www.nmland.com

• PAYMENTS SCHEDULED ON 25 YEARS • INTEREST RATES AS LOW AS 5.25%

Joe Stubblefield and Associates 13830 S. WESTERN ST., AMARILLO, TX

806/622-3482

New Mexico / West Texas Ranches Campo Bonito, LLC RANCH SALES P.O. Box 1077 • Ft. Davis, Texas 79734

LEGACY 505/898-2700

brett@505resources.com • www.505realtors.com

NEED RANCH LEASES & PASTURE FOR ‘09

DAVID P. DEAN

O. 575/763-5055 • C. 575/760-3654 • F. 575/769-9177

Ranch: 432/426-3779 • Mob.: 432/634-0441 www.availableranches.com

Becky Harwell Associate Broker, Mobile: 575/748-4722 • beckyharwell@netscape.net

NEW CONSTRUCTION IN ARTESIA ASK ABOUT FARM & RANCH LAND • GREAT DEALS

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1031FEC – PAY NO TAX When Selling/Exchanging Real Estate, Equipment & Livestock VIEW EXCHANGE/INVESTMENT PROPERTIES AT: www.1031FEC.com • 800/333-0801

CATRON COUNTY RANCH Red Cone Ranch is prime elk, deer and antelope habitat and a productive year-round cow/calf operation. World class bull elk (400+ scores) range on this vast spread of 36,285± acres in west central New Mexico. The unusual amount of water in numerous ponds, stock tanks and springs along with high quality grass and browse attracts and nurtures trophy size elk and deer. High nutrient native hard grasses produce healthy calves with good weight gain for 597 pair. $4,350,000. Contact Jack Kavanaugh, Fuller Western Real Estate, (800) 754-0544. 74

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FALLON-CORTESE LAND SALES OF NEW MEXICO RANCHES SINCE 1972

REALTOR

1606 E. Sumner Ave. · Box 409 Ft. Sumner, New Mexico 88119 www.ranchseller.com

505/355-2855 or 505/760-3838 505/760-3818

WAHOO RANCH

Buena Vista Realty

Approximately 38,473 acres: 9097 deeded, 6,984 BLM, 912 state, 40 uncontrolled and 21,440 forest. Beautiful cattle ranch located on the east slope of the Black Range Mountains north of Winston, NM, on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso.

521 W. 2nd, Portales, NM 88130 • 505/226-0671 • Fax 505/226-0672

CHECK US OUT ON THE WEBSITE FOR NEW DAIRY AND RANCH LISTINGS, WWW.BUENAVISTA-NM.COM

The ranch is bounded on the east by the Alamosa Creek Valley and on the west by the Wahoo Mountains ranging in elevation from 6,000´ to 8,796´. There are 5 houses/cabins, 3 sets of working corrals (2 with scales) and numerous shops and outbuildings. It is very well watered with many wells, springs, dirt tanks and pipelines. The topography and vegetation is a combination of grass covered hills (primarily gramma grasses), with many cedar, piñon and live oak covered canyons as well as the forested Wahoo Mountains. There are plentiful elk and deer as well as antelope, turkey, bear, mountain lion and javelina (49 elk tags in 2008). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in the SW. Priced reduced to $8,500,000.

We have an excellent 640 acres in Curry County NM with DAIRY permit approved, natural 1% south slope, good water circle sprinklers, location, feed sources, equipment etc. A 320 dryland farm near Lingo, N. M. good deep soil has been in CRP but is now out and ready to work. GIVE US A CALL OR STOP BY. LET US WORK FOR YOU!

Qualified Broker: A.H. (Jack) Merrick Sales Agents: Charles May, Koletta Hays, Kercida Merrick

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Hoff’s Scotch Cap ReMax Farm & Ranch

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1610 Branding Iron Drive, Spearfish, SD 57783 • 605/722-2174 doug@scotchcap.com • www.scotchcap.com

2206 Sun Ranch Village Loop Los Lunas, NM 87031 www.centerfirerealestate.com

Semen Service

505/865-7800

Stockton Ranch

APRIL 2009

Elk Haven Ranch ~ This 4,320 deeded acre elk sanctuary is located on the southwestern slopes of the Zuni Mountains, nearby Ramah. Located in hunt Unit 10, this region contains the world class Zuni elk herd and is a high demand area coveted by rifle and bow hunters. Improved with a 1,984 square foot ranch lodge, a Solitaire double-wide, two wells, numerous springs and earthen tanks. The secluded elk haven adjoins the vast Cibola National Forest providing access to thousands of acres. $4,320,000. Lyles Ranch ~ On the market for the first time! 3,685 deeded acres located 12 miles east of Santa Rosa, NM. This is a reputation cattle country and an ideal location for a cow-calf operation. A tidy headquarters with 2,000 square foot manufactured home, 3 shallow wells, steel pipe, pens and cattle scales. Low overhead and low maintenance is the key to this outfit! Priced at $295 per deeded acre. Los Chaparrales Ranch ~ Nourished by the Mimbres River is a 1,789 acre desert oasis of sycamores, cottonwoods, and water. This environment is a refuge for wildlife and ideal for the western horse and cattle. This pretty little ranch has 1,389 deeded acres, water rights, a beautiful location and heavenly views. The neighborhood is sparsely populated, yet the amenities of nearby Silver City and Deming, are easily accessed. $1,800,000. Eagle Canyon Ranch ~ Located within the scenic productive hill country 40 miles west of Artesia, New Mexico, which is one of the region’s most prolific small town communities. This 15,980 acre expanse is an ideal cattle grazing operation. It has good water development, pipe shipping pens, and excellent access off paved roads. Abundant wildlife: mule deer, Barbary sheep, and quail. Turn-key sale includes cattle on site! $1,500,000. Luera Ranch ~ A great western NM mountain ranch balanced with an abundance of wildlife, captivating beauty, rich productive range sites, quality improvements and space to roam. 47,000± acres overlooking the Plains of San Augustine and surrounding the 9,000 ft. Luera Mountain Peak! Located south of Datil, remote, yet easily accessible. $8,200,000.

OREGON OPPORTUNITIES Real Estate

SOUTHERN OREGON ~ Farm/Ranch ~ Rural ~ Timber ~ Recreational Properties View available properties at: www.orop.com

Tom Harrison, CCIM 541/944-3131 Ph: 800/772-7284 • F: 541/772-7001

FARM and RANCH LOANS • $100,000 & Up • Competitive Terms • Fixed & Adjustable Rates Licensed In Idaho • Call Today!

Adam Consiglio New Mexico Mortgage Co. 505/292-3200 505/263-6477 cellular www.adamconsiglio.com

Rancho Bonito ~ This 4,210 deeded acre Santa Rosa, New Mexico ranch has plenty to offer. A healthy climate, great vistas, central location, highway frontage, private access, and no thru traffic. The scenic range sites support rolling grasslands, mesa rim, and piñon/juniper woodlands thriving with wildlife. Four shallow wells, several water troughs and earthen tanks complement this pretty little ranch. Don’t miss this great investment opportunity! $2,105,000. Zia Mesa Farm ~ Are you semi-retired but yearning to keep your foot in agriculture yet not bury yourself . . . then I urge you to see this low maintenance 162 acre wheat farm. Pivot sprinkler irrigation, neat and tidy residence, barn, and farmyard. Best of all is that is that you’re within minutes of a good fishing hole at Fort Sumner Lake, New Mexico! $450,000. Agua Negra Ranch ~ 18,000 deeded acre river ranch with flowing water, lakes, water rights, scenic woodlands and grassland range site. Agua Negra Ranch is a contiguous expanse of private land with spectacular water features and abundant wildlife: deer, antelope, turkey, quail, water fowl and fishing. Good stock pens, indoor arena and easy access. Ideal for the western lifestyle and livestock operation. Seller will divide! $12,000,000. DVD’s and Brochures available upon request by contacting:

Keith L. Schrimsher Phone/Fax: 575/622-2343

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FARMS / RANCHES Call Alan Brawley 575/835-1527 or 575/838-7412 www.stromeirealty.com

480 Acre Farm/Horse Ranch For Sale 480 acres with 235 acres water rights. 2 agriculture wells, 1 domestic well, barn and corral. 1,800 square foot energyefficient house built in 2002, radiant heat in floor, KC Panel walls, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, French doors, walled-in backyard, carport and mobile home. Beautiful views of Peloncillo Mountains to the east and Chiricahua Mountains to the west. Located outside quaint town of Rodeo, NM, with art galleries and restaurants. $700,000. Contact Bill Cavaliere, owner 575/436-2371 email: billcavaliere@hotmail.com

HOMES & LAND

HOMESTEAD RANCH

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4 deeded sections, Mohave County, North Arizona. Located in Pipe Valley, 1 mile south of Pipe Springs National Monument, abutting Paiute Reservation. 2 shallow wells. Electricity available to all 4 sections. On proposed pipeline from Lake Powell to St. George. 2,400 acres / $3,000,000

Equestrian Estate – 4 bedroom/2 bath renovated home on 7½ acres w/seven stall barn, 10 covered runs, tack room/office, arena and 50' x 50' garage. MLS #637162. $1,600,000. North of Socorro, NM – Passive solar design, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath with 5.67 acres many artistic features designed by the owners/artists. MLS #646085. 85 Olive Lane. $375,000. North of Socorro, NM – Horse Lover’s Paradise. Life the way you always dreamed it would be, in this sprawling 4 bedroom, 3 bath home on 3.961 acres. Property includes barn with tack room, work shop, corrals, storage shed, landscaping and fencing on 3 sides. MLS #646268. $180,000.

DON HANRION – 928/643-6600

Chip Cole RANCH BROKER

San Acacia – 4 bedroom/2 bath home on 2.9 acres, irrigated. Sun room, family room and lots of outbuildings. MLS #644437. $135,000.

SELLING WEST TEXAS FOR 29 YEARS!

Betty Houston REALTOR , GRI, CRB

— PETROLEUM BUILDING — 14 E. Beauregard Ave., Suite 201 San Angelo, Texas 76903-5831

515 Center Street, Socorro, NM 87801

575-835-1422 bhouston@socorronmproperty.com www.socorronmproperty.com

Ofc.: 325/655-3555

O’NEILL LAND, LLC

P.O. Box 145 Cimarron, NM 87714 575/376-2341 Fax: 575/376-2347 land@swranches.com

www.swranches.com

Cimarron River Property – $410,000 10.91 +/- deeded acres, 2,700 +/- sq ft home. West edge of town with water frontage on the Cimarron River, some water rights and a private lake. This is the end of the road with awesome views of the mountains in a quiet peaceful village. Cimarron, Colfax County, NM. Foreman Property – REDUCED $425,000 559.10 +/- deeded acres, Private 2,000 +/- square foot home. Custom rock work. Horse barn, two car garage, two hay barns, 5 pastures. Excellent spring gravitational feed to trough, house on city water system less than 5 years old, septic system brought up to code. 0.8 mile driveway, mature cottonwood trees, very private 4 miles east of Springer, Colfax County, NM. Canadian River Ranch – REDUCED $339,000 39.088 +/- deeded acres, with 0.3 miles of the Canadian River going through the property. Excellent partially remodeled home, workshop on concrete slab, roping arena. Exceptional improvements at this price, located 6 miles east of Springer, Colfax County, NM. Great horse property, easy access off pavement. Someday Farms – REDUCED $398,000 18.36 +/- deeded acres in Miami, NM. Approximately 1,500 square feet, Santa Fe-style stucco home with many accents and features. Out buildings, fenced fruit trees and grape vines. Ready to move in. Colfax County, Miami, NM. Yankee Canyon Ranch – REDUCED $650,000 33.838 +/- deeded acres with two creeks. 2,057 square foot custom home, outbuildings, set back from blacktop, surrounded by mesas, wildlife, and an awesome view down the canyon onto the plains. A true escape only 6 miles NE of Raton, NM.

O’NEILL AGRICULTURAL, LLC “Offers computer-generated color custom mapping service on digital USGS base maps. Hang a map in your office that looks like your ranch, with water lines, pastures and roads etc. Put your ranch on one piece of paper.”

Southeast New Mexico Ranches Palmilla Draw 200 Cow NM State Lease Ranch

$890,000 CP Hill 291 Cow BLM Allotment

$625,000

For more information on either of these ranches, call

Berry Lucas at 575/361-7980 APRIL 2009

CONEJO RANCH We May Not Be the Biggest, the Fanciest or the Oldest but We Are Reliable & Have the Tools RICHARD RANDALS – QUALIFYING BROKER TOM SIDWELL – ASSOCIATE BROKER GEORGE (DOC) EVETTS, MD – ASSOCIATE BROKER O: 575/461-4426 • C: 575/403-7138 • F: 575/461-8422 • TF: 866/681.3505

richard@newmexicopg.com • www.newmexicopg.com 615 West Rt. 66, Tucumcari, NM 88401

Nancy A. Belt, Broker (Cell) 520/221-0807 Tobe Haught 505/264-3368 (Office) 520/455-0633 (Fax) 520/455-0733

COMMITTED TO ALWAYS WORKING HARD FOR YOU! Turkey Creek, AZ 2837 Acres deeded, nice HQ, small State lease, 724 acre-feet of water rights, great development potential $6,000,000. Southeast, AZ A Year Round River Runs through the Deeded Land! Great Guest Ranch Prospect. Excellent access, 280 deeded acres, grazing leases, irrigated pasture with water rights from the river. HQ situated in beautiful canyon. Scenic.

32,000 Acres 438 Carrying Capacity Southeast of Roswell, NM $3,250,000

400 ACRE FARM w/Artesian Water Rights Artesia, NM Really Good Farm Donald Lewis Real Estate Inc.

P.O. Box 1317, Mesilla Park, NM 88049 Donald: 505/690-8216 Steve: 575/202-2111 DonaldLewisRealEstate.com

North of San Simon, AZ Great Guest Ranch Prospect. Pristine, scenic, private but only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 Acres of deeded, 52 head BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $2,450,000 Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm. Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, with small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800’s museum, 2 bedroom cabin, shop, and barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed and breakfast, land or water development. +/-62 ac & well for $1,700,000 and Home and other improvements. Seller Financing. $424,500 Rainbow Valley, AZ 300 Head Cattle Ranch. Excellent desert ranch owned and operated by the same family for 40 years. Well improved with BLM and State grazing leases. HQ on State Land, well watered. $850,000 Wickenburg, AZ 216 Head Cattle Ranch. Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM and 3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells. Abundant feed, numerous corrals and great steel shipping pens. $850,000 Near Cotton City, NM 680 Acre Farm with 315 acres of water rights, +/-4 sections of BLM. Run +/-300 head. Irrigated by 12" pipe with alfalfa valves. 3 Irrigation wells water at 150' and 2 domestic wells. Nice home, barn and corrals. Great Buy! $755,000. Tombstone, AZ 68 Head Cattle Ranch. Be part of the old west with this Tombstone cattle ranch. 68 Head year long, BLM, State grazing leases, 160 acres deeded land, spectacular views, close to town, great access. Grass and browse ranch. Reduced to $525,000 Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch. Year long USFS Permit with two room line camp, barn and corrals at HQ. This is a remote horseback ranch with limited vehicular access, 8 dirt tanks, +/-20 springs. 10 Acres of deeded in Sheldon, AZ. Seller Financing. $400,000 Grant County, NM 33 Head Ranch. +/- 640 Deeded acres, 1800 acres BLM and 320 acres State of NM lease, 2 wells, 4 dirt tanks, 2 springs plus 5 storage tanks. Beautiful views, rolling hills. Great little ranch for small purebred operation. Seller Financing. $375,000 Santa Teresa Mnts, Fort Thomas AZ. 200 deeded acres, 17 Head BLM Allotment, private retreat, two wells. This property is very remote and extremely scenic with a beautiful canyon lined with sycamores, cottonwoods and beautiful rock formations. Seller Financing. $300,000. HORSE PROPERTIES: Benson, AZ. Custom Home on 8 Acres. 3BR/2BA home with colored concrete floors, pecan cabinetry, granite counter tops, vaulted ceilings, and large bonus room. +/-5400 square foot barn with plenty of room for stalls, hay, or equipment storage. $380,000. Benson, AZ 39 Acre Quality Horse Facility. Castlebrook barn, nice home and much more. $895,000. Willcox, AZ 25 Acres. Nice home, irrigated fields, large metal workshop, round pen, corrals, lighted roping arena. $300,000. Benson, AZ - Very Western 10 Acre Horse Property. Great for working cow horses, straw bale home with round pen, arena, tack barn, stalls. $379,000. Benson, AZ 8 Acres. Remodeled home 3 bedroom, 2 bath, irrigated horse pastures, barn. $330,000. Dragoon, AZ 5 Acre Horse Property. 3927 square foot home remodeled with new kitchen cabinets and flooring, 4-stall hay/horse barn, two turnouts. $250,000 (Additional acreage available and grazing possibility for a few head of cattle.)

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READY TO RANCH & DEVELOP (wind energy, comm., res.) Potter Co., TX. – 4872.8 acres of beautiful ranch country four miles north of loop 335, Amarillo, TX., pvmt. on four sides (3 mi. – Hwy. 287, 1 mi. – Western St., 1 mi. – Givens Rd., 1 mi. – Rivera Park Rd.). Well watered by pumps powered by solar energy (state of the art) and windmills. Deer, quail & dove. Talk to us about dividing (640 ac. min.)

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VALLEY VIEW RANCH – Texas Panhandle - 177 acres with extraordinary 5404 sq. ft. +/- home overlooking the property with beautiful views of live creek, trees, wildlife (deer, quail, & turkey), covered horse training facilities, stables, excellent cattle working facilities and pens, employee housing. NORTH OF THE CANADIAN/MOORE CO. – 966.3 +/approx. 688.46 acres improved pasture, 210.8 acres CRP, 67.04 acres native grass, ½ mile sprinkler across the road, stock well, fronts on Hwy. 354, South County Line Road (paved) and Middle Well Road (paved). MUST SEE! Just out of Amarillo! 640 acres on Mulberry Creek, all grass, watered by mills & ponds, beautiful views, talk to us about dividing if lesser acreage is desired. HEART OF THE PLAINS – 8 section ranch with new set of pens, concrete bunks, truck/cattle scale and commodity barn, mobile home, watered by subs, mill and pipeline, on pavement, hour from Lubbock.

WANTED TO BUY 8-10 sections with mineral rights in SE corner of NM. Can sell and lease back for grazing. 575/546-9778

595 ACRES, EXCELLENT RANCH Three Homes: farm house is 3-bd, 2-ba; 2nd home is 1997 3-bd, 2 ba modular home down 1 mile private lane; 3rd home is 2-bd, 1-ba rented; new 40x42 shop, 40x60 livestock barn, over 350 acres in grass. (Owner runs over 150 cow/calves). Two Springs. 12 ponds, 2 lakes consisting of 3-1/2 acres, both stocked with fish. Excellent fencing. A must farm to see. MLS#614245

INVESTMENT PROPERTY LOCATION – LOCATION! 19 acres m/l at 1st Mountain Grove exit, Bus Hwy 60. Potential is unlimited at this location. Last corner available at any major Mtn. Grove exit. Ideal for truck plaza/convenience store, restaurant, strip mall or fabricating business. Call Paul for details and private showing. MLS#819933

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MURNEY ASSOC., REALTORS SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804

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FALLON-CORTESE LAND FIDDLER’S DRAW RANCH: 5,200 deeded acres located one mile south of Melrose, NM, on state highway 267. Strong sandy loam country with some browse. Includes 400 acres of water rights with a dairy permit and one 125 acre center pivot. Lots of shallow water from 8 wells. Three pastures. Hay barn, corrals, fences. Blue quail and mule deer. This place will run a lot of cattle and is handy to the Clovis Livestock Auction. Price: $2,500,000. HIGH PLAINS RANCH: 640 deeded acres located appx 33 miles south of Tucumcari, NM, on Highway 156. We never saw such grass! This is textbook Grama Grass out of this world. Property has well approximately 125’ with windmill. Fenced all around with some cross fences. Corrals. Excellent small school at House, NM, 23 miles away. Neighbors grow wheat and other crops and all this acreage is also suitable for farming. Approximately $10,000 extra income from govt. program. Price: $288,000. See photos of this and all other listings at Ranchseller.com. FOUR SECTION RANCH: Located approximately 25 miles south of Santa Rosa on dead end county road. 2,560 all deeded acres with excellent improvements. Solid grama grass turf on rolling hills with good water. Three wells. Lots of water storage. Three pastures. Good three bedroom two-bath frame ranch house, big barns, pipe corrals, scales. All the facilities, good fences. A clean well improved and well maintained property. Price: $1,024,000. PECOS RIVER RANCH & FEEDLOT: 5 miles south of Fort Sumner on Highway 20. River frontage. Lots of good improvements on approximately 2,300 deed acres. Doublewide home, expansive and elaborate pipe corrals, scales, chutes. Sheds, feedlot, commodity bins, good fences. Good water. Two wells with submersible pumps. Highway frontage. Handy location. Mule deer and quail. Sandy loam and sand country runs lots of cattle. Price: $1,437,000.

SALES OF NEW MEXICO RANCHES SINCE 1972 575/355-2855 • 575/760-3838 • 575/760-3818 1606 E. Sumner Ave. • Box 409 Fort Sumner, NM 88119 REALTOR

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Ag Services, Inc.

www.azranchrealestate.com ■ Clem North Ranch – This is a large desert ranch that is rated for 397 head yearlong and has a long history of large winter increases during wet years. This ranch is close to the Phoenix area yet far enough away to avoid being “in town”. You won’t find a more attractively priced desert ranch on the market today priced at under 900 per animal unit! You can control 156 Sections +/- of productive ranch for only $320,000. Possible Terms! Motivated Seller! Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839. Price Reduced! $320,000. ■ A-1 Ranch – Beautiful Flagstaff Ranch. 175 head seasonal (May to October). 10,717 Acres (10 Acres Deeded). Call Troy Cooke at 928-532-0055. Asking $400,000. ■ CO Farm/Ranch – Snowflake, AZ. Nice Farm/Ranch with irrigation pivot, pasture. There is a new 1600´ 3 BD/2 BA home on the deeded acreage. Ranch has a new hydraulic, towable pivot system. The system is designed to water approximately 90 acres. The pivot covers 25 Acres +/- at a time. There is also a new 270x140 “Red River” roping arena. The entire section is fenced. 9 deeded acres and 640 leased acres totaling 649 acres. Call Troy Cooke at 928-532-0055. Asking $490,000. ■ Hook Open A Ranch – Willcox, AZ. This is one of the nicest working cattle ranches available in Arizona today. The ranch has easy access to the town of Willcox, but has a secluded feel at the same time. Rates at 350 head year round, this ranch is the perfect size for a family operation. The Hook Open A Ranch is desirable in many ways including the location, the mix of different country, the ease of working the ranch, the quality of the improvements, and the upgraded headquarters. There is a possibility of splitting this ranch in two. Please call for details. You owe it to yourself to come have a look at one of Arizona’s best ranches. Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839 or Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Asking $2,500,000. ■ Peterson Ranch – Cochise County, AZ. This is one of the greatest values in Arizona Ranches. There is a very nice home with over 4100 deeded acres and the balance of the ranch is Arizona State Grazing Lease. The operation is rated 625 head year long, well watered, and highly improved. This beautiful ranch is located in remote rolling grassland in a little known area of Arizona at higher cooler elevations. This is the ranch you have been waiting to buy! Call Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Asking $3,500,000. ■ Stockton Pass Grant Creek Ranch – Willcox, AZ. (2) 160 acre parcels completely surrounded by the Coronado National Forest located in the beautiful Graham Mountains. This is some of the most beautiful and unique property that Arizona has to offer. The “Stockton Pass Ranch” headquarters is located on the southernmost 160 acre parcel and consists of a ranch home, corrals, and typical ranch headquarter type improvements. Both deeded parcels have seasonal creeks running through them. This ranch is rich in Arizona history. There is also a 175 head Forest Grazing Permit that is included in the purchase. Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839 or Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Asking $4,500,000. ■ Antelope Ranch – Cochise County, AZ. This is a rare opportunity to buy a beautiful working cattle ranch, with over 8 Sections of deeded land. Excellent access year round to the Headquarters. The Headquarters is a large historic ranch house, 5-6 BD/4 BA, large kitchen, long porches and a basement 2 adobe barns by the corrals, a shop by the main house. The working corrals are welded steel and designed for the rancher with large pens, heavy squeeze chute, tub, scale, semi and truck trailer loading alleys. Owner may carry! One or more members of selling entity is a licensed real estate agent. Call Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Asking $4,950,000 cash or $5,150,000 terms. ■ Wildhorse Ranch – Yavapai County, AZ. Wildhorse Ranch consists of approximatley 883 deeded acres and 6,700 state lease acres for a total of just under 12 sections. Boulder Creek runs through the deeded lands on the ranch, and the ranch has 150 acre feet of surface water irrigation rights from the creek. There are 2 nice homes on the ranch, one of which is brand new and very customized. This ranch is located only 7 miles from the town of Bagdad on a good all weather, county maintained road. The words here cannot describe the beauty and uniqueness of Wildhorse Ranch. One or more members of selling entity are licensed real estate agent/brokers in Arizona. Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839 or Gale Pearce at 520-466-2994. Asking $6,500,000.

ARIZONA RANCH REAL ESTATE NOW LICENSED IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO SHOW LOW BRANCH: P.O. Box 3151, Show Low, AZ 85902 Phone: 928/532-0055 F: 928/537-1904 • C: 928/242-4744 TROY COOKE, Branch Mgr.

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MAIN OFFICE: 40070 W. Hwy. 84 P.O. Box 1, Stanfield, AZ 85272 Ph: 520/424-3839 • F: 520/424-3843 Toll Free: 866/424-9173 JIM OLSON, Broker

MARANA BRANCH: P.O. Box 90806, Tucson, AZ 85752 Phone: 520/572-0109 F: 520/844-3405 • C: 520/444-7069 SCOTT THACKER, Branch Mgr.

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NEVADA RANCHES & FARMS Wells Area Farm: 90 deeded acres of which approx. 85 in Alfalfa and Orchard Grass hay. Good home and outbuildings plus singlewide mobile. On Hwy 93.3 miles North. Price: $500,000. Elko Company Deeded Sheep Base: 10,960 deeded acre plus a BLM permit (29%) in the Adobe Range Northeast of Elko, NV. Price only: $1,426,000. including 1/2 mineral rights. Add the Elmore listed below for hay base. Elmore Ranch: 750 acres on the Humboldt River approx. 15 miles East of Elko. Approx. 400 water righted acres and not improvements other than fences. Price: $600,000. Mason Mountain Ranch: approx. 3700 deeded acres plus small BLM permit adjoining the ranch. This ranch is located on the road to Charleston approx. 16 miles off the Mountain City highway. Modest improvements include home and misc. outbuilding. No power. Approx. 80 acres of meadow irrigated out of Mason Creek and springs. Lots of wildlife. Would be good combination summer cattle and recreation. Price: $1,575,000. We have more ranch listings on our site www.bottarirealty.com

OFFICE: 775/752-3040 RESIDENCE: 775/752-3809 FAX: 775/752-3021 E-MAIL: paul@ bottarirealty.com

PAUL D. BOTTARI, BROKER Out West Realty Network Affiliate

APRIL 2009

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Cañones Route P.O. Abiquiu, N.M. 87510 MANUEL SALAZAR P.O. Box 867 Española, N.M. 87532

A A Fiftys Remedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 73 A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 68, 84 Ag & More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ag New Mexico, FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ag Services, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 American Brahman Breeders Assn. . . . . 68 APEX Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 80 Ash Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Ash Marketing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 B B&R Construction, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . 72 Beefmaster Breeders United . . . . . . . . . . 2 Big Sky Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 BJM Sales & Service, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Blevins Mfg Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Bottari Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Bradley 3 Ranch LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Buena Vista Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 C C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cargill Animal Nutrition . . . . . . . . . 25, 71 Carrizozo Cowboy Days . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Casey Beefmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . 72 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission (Dalhart) . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Bill Cavaliere/ Farm-Horse Ranch For Sale . . . . . . . . 76 Caviness Packing Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 24 Centerfire Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Century 21 / Berry Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Champion Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cimarron English Shepherds . . . . . . . . . 72 Clovis Livestock Market . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 COBA Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Coldwell Banker – Betty Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 A.C. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Paul Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Chip Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Coniff Catttle Co. LLC . . . . . . . . . . 69, 44 R. L. Cox Fur & Hide Co . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Crouch Mesa Trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 George Curtis, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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D D&L Tooling & Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 D2 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Dairy Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Dairy Producers of New Mexico . . . . . . 49 David Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . 71 E ECS Forage Turf Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Estrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Exit Clovis/Coletta Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Express UU Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 F Fallon-Cortese Land . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 79 Farm Bureau Financial Services — Jeff Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Rutalee Todd/Brad McConnel . . . . . . 40 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . 8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . 45 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Fuller Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Fury Farms, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 G Gammill Sisters Show Swine . . . . . 44, 68 Gila County Cattle Growers Assn. . . . . . 16 Gilmore, Gannaway, Andrews, Smith & Co., LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . 68 Gosney Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Tom Growney Equipment, Inc . . . . 71, 87 H Harper Cattle LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 High Plains Ranchers & Breeders Sale . 39 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hoff’s Scotch Cap Farm & Ranch Realty Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hoff’s Scotch Cap Semen Service . . . . . 65 Hollis Cotton Oil Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Homestead Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 44 Huguley & Co. Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . 78 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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J JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Johnson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 K Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equip. . . . 71 Kahn Steel Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . 50, 52, 73 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 L L&H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 La Gloria Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Lazy GL Slash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 68 Donald Lewis Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . 78 LG Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 M Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 69 Master Trading, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 82 Merricks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Mesa Feed Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Mesa Tractor, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 71 Chas. S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . 74 Monfette Construction Co . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Montaña del Oso Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Montoya Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Murney Assoc / Paul McGilliard . . . . . . 79 Mur-Tex Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 N New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn . . . . 29 New Mexico Cattle Growers – Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 New Mexico Mortgage Co . . . . . . . . . . 76 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . 88 New Mexico Stockman Directory of NM Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Nine Cross Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 17 NMSU – Animal & Range Sciences/Milt Thomas . 15 College Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Recruiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 O O’Neill Land LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Oklahoma Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lois Oliver Real Estate/Becky Harwell . 74 1031 Financial Exchange Corp . . . . . . . 74 Oregon Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 P Pacific Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . 36, 41

Paco Feed Yard, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Dan Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 People for Western Heritage . . . . . . . . . 67 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Lee Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Pitchford Genetics & Cattle Services 45, 69 Poly Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Portales Livestock Dairy Sales . . . . . . . 50 Porter Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 R The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Ranch Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Ranch-Way Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Roswell Livestock Auction Co . . . . . . . . 12 Runyan Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 S Safety Highway Products . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Santa Gertrudis Breeders International . .68 James B Sammons III . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Schrimsher Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . 76 Scott Land Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Smith Land & Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Southern Star Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Stromei Realty/Alan Brawley . . . . . . . . 76 Joe Stubblefield & Assoc . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 T Texas Tech University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Three Mile Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 82 Tucumcari Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 U USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 V Virden Perma-Bilt Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Vitalix Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 W Wanted to Buy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Weichert Realtors/The 505 Group . . . . . 74 Dan Wendt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 69 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Westlake Cattle Growers, LLC . . . . . . . 37 Wild West Properties, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 74 Williams Windmill, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 35, 71 Y York R.L. York Custom Leather . . . . . . 72

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Carrizozo Cowboy Days Set for June 12–14

he cowboy and the cowboy way of life is still a part of our world in New Mexico. “For many of us the cowboy is still the most interesting of all our American heroes . . . He is fond of dogs and children, invariably polite to women, completely dependable, honorable in his dealings with others, and willing and able to perform any task than can be asked of man and a horse . . .” (Richard Farnsworth) The cowboy life is one of hard work, danger, joy, excitement, and dedication; life based on solid family values and a life of deep satisfaction. The tragedy is that the cowboy’s lifestyle is slowly fading in America. Many of us have had glimpses of the cowboy life and even experienced brief journeys along the trail, but there is little that we can do to forestall the decline of this way of live in our modern world. The Carrizozo Cowboy Days committee has worked for over a year to present to the public a Cowboy celebration that honors the cowboy, preserves the heritage, offers a taste of the “Old West” with a balance of fun and entertainment.

What’s in store for you? A two day “Cowboy Trade Show” gives visitors a chance for a western item shopping spree while boys and girls, ages 5 to 10, compete to milk a wooden cow in the multiple event “Kid’s Rodeo.” How long since you attended a street dance? Paul Pino’s band presents a swing version of Mexican and Western sounds in a night time Twelfth Street dance. Watch real cowboys roundup and drive real cows while eating real biscuits and gravy being chased down by real cowboy coffee on a real working cattle ranch. Then be entertained with an old-fashioned cowboy parade featuring mounted riders and groups, buggies and wagons, and longhorn cattle being ridden through the streets of Carrizozo. The only motorized units will be floats pulled by antique tractors. A two hour long, free, stage show will feature one of America’s top western bands and singing groups, with other true cowboy acts to follow. Yes, you will feel like ducking your heads when the guns roar downtown in an old-fashioned gun fight between feudin’

cowboys and cowgirls. Saturday afternoon brings an old-fashioned version of a Ranch Rodeo where you bring your own chairs and watch the cattle match wits with Cowboys. The Ranch Rodeo is quickly becoming the most popular sport on the American Cowboy scene. Both thrilling and entertaining, teams of cowboys and cowgirls work together in assigned events to compete for prizes. On Sunday you can attend a Cowboy Church service and watch a Cowboy Golf match at the newly remodeled Valle Del Sol golf course in Carrizozo. It will be a full week-end and of course, you will want to dress in your best western duds. This is what the Carrizozo Cowboy Days is all about. People working to preserve our colorful past by setting aside a time to honor a life style that has affected everyone in our nation in one form or another. They’ll save a place for you in Carrizozo, June 12-14. To inquire about vendor setups or for more information see website carrizozocowboydays.org or email ■ zozobandit@tularosa.net

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Bruhn Enterprises Logan, NM Ernie Bruhn, 575/487-2273 Circle S Feed Store Carlsbad, NM Wally Menuey 800/386-1235 Cortese Feed & Supply Fort Sumner, NM Knox Cortese 575/355-2271

Creighton’s Town & Country Portales, NM Garland Creighton 575/356-3665

Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply Roswell, NM Hub Traylor 575/622-9164

Maid Rite Feeds Willcox, AZ Billy Thompson 520/384-4688

Tucumcari Ranch Supply Tucumcari, NM Jimmy Watson 575/461-9620

Horse ’n Hound Feed ’n Supply Las Cruces, NM Curtis Creighton 575/523-8790

Cowboy’s Corner Feed & Supply Old Mill Farm & Ranch Lovington, NM Belen, NM Wayne Banks Corky Morrison 575/396-5663 505/865-5432

Steve Swift Account Manager Portales, NM 800/525-8653 Gary Creighton, Cattle Specialist Portales, NM 800/834-3198

Like you, Rangeland Tubs work hard until the job is done. Convenience feeding and consistent nutrition 24 hours a day gives you the assurance your herd is taken care of. Consult with your Rangeland dealer for the Tub that is right for you!

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