Livestock “The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.”
MARKET
Digest M
by LEE PITTS
No Kiddin’
– JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL MARCH 15, 2011 •
www. aaalivestock . com
Volume 53 • No. 3
At The Crossroads by Lee Pitts f you’re like me you’ve grown tired of all the tickle talk and propaganda about what the new proposed GIPSA rules would and would not do. Fortunately, or not so fortunately if you happen to be a cattle feeder, the packers have given us a great example as to why these rules are necessary. And why they may be our last chance to save the independent family rancher in this country.
I
A Bad Good Example
NEWSPAPER PRIORITY HANDLING
Although it may be painful for some, let’s go back to February of 2006 when the four largest meatpackers stayed off the cash fat cattle market for two weeks by killing only their captive supply cattle. Was it collusion or a coincidence that all four firms stayed off the market at exactly the same time? R-CALF said it was collusion, while those cattlemen who’d contracted their cattle as captive supply gloated that they could get their cattle killed because they had a sweetheart deal. But at what price? And we mean that in a far greater sense than the price per hundredweight. In 2005, 52 percent of fat cattle were sold on the cash market but by 2010 only 37 percent were. Yet it’s those 37 percent, (often inferior cattle) that
Riding Herd
“When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.” set the price for all the captive cattle. And it just so happened that during the two-week packer boycott live cattle fell $3.00 per cwt. How can captive cowboys think they have such a great deal when they have witnessed both the pork and poultry packers use similar tactics to shrink those industries by 90 percent? We can only surmise that those 63 percent who are held captive today all think they are going to be part
of the 10 percent who will survive. That’s bad math and we’d suggest that such an attitude is both grossly arrogant and stupid. This one example of a coordinated action on the part of the packers clearly shows how the packers have made a mockery of the price discovery system, and R-CALF said so in 2008 testimony before Congress. R-CALF argued vehemently at the time that if this type of attack on our
marketplace was not addressed by Congress immediately, cattle producers would experience this type of problem again and again. Our industry didn’t have to wait too long to see how prophetic R-CALF was. Fast forward to the last trading day of October 2009 when for no apparent reason the cattle futures market fell the limit to $81.65 per cwt. (The cash price at the time was $87.50 per cwt.) Without any hard evidence (because there is little transparency in the futures market) R-CALF postulated that such a move could only have been caused by “a dominant market participant” shorting the futures market. It took awhile but R-CALF would get the proof they needed when on February 7 of this year the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered Newedge continued on page two
Is EPA Out of Control? EPA’s power grab will affect all of U.S. society he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is engaging in a power grab that threatens the future of production agriculture in the U.S., according to two state officials. A lack of careful oversight by Congress has allowed the agency’s personnel to contrive policies that lack both scientific peer review and common sense. Bryan Shaw, chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and Charles H. Bronson, who served as Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture from 2000 to 2010, both warned that if this move is unchecked, the enormous costs will affect more than just agriculture. U.S. consumers and taxpayers will also pay dearly. The officials made their comments in a conference during the 92nd annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) in early January. Shaw said EPA has inserted its own requirements into the Clean Air Act. The agency “is trying to be very creative, making their own rules.” More stringent air emission regulations proposed by the EPA for Texas will set a threshold for most internal combustion engines used on farms and ranches, including relatively
T
small machines with 20 horsepower. But the agency’s goal may be even more ominous, Shaw declared. The regulations will force governments and businesses across the nation to adopt different types of energy sources, regardless of the cost. He detects a similar intention in EPA’s approach to carbon sequestration. If allowed to stand, the new regulatory burden will be implemented across the nation. Agricultural producers will face steady price spikes in fuel, fertilizer and transportation. “It is going to raise the cost of everything for everyone else,” Shaw said. As a result, there will be fewer jobs and, as production is pushed to less-developed nations, environmental degradation will increase. “We need to have a more scientifically open and transparent process,” he said. “We need to have an honest debate with the American people about the cost of this policy.” Bronson expressed extreme concern about the EPA’s handling of Florida’s attempts to develop reliable numeric nutrient criteria for continued on page six
ore and more newly married couples are delaying the start of a family, are having fewer children, or are having none at all. And I think I know why: they are getting a dog instead. People are adopting pit bulls from shelters rather than kids from Romania. There are many advantages to choosing a Cocker Spaniel over a kid. They don’t get an allowance, eat the same food every day and they don’t grow out of their shoes every six months. There’s no braces or acne medicine to buy, they don’t carry credit cards and they don’t go to college. And although they may chase cars, they don’t drive them! Dogs don’t play video games, they are eager to play with you any time you want, and when you come home from work they’ll rush to greet you. When’s the last time your kids did that? Dogs are patient, faithful, devoted, reliable and dependable. Have you EVER used any of those words to describe your teenager? About their only bad habit is that they bite, but kids do that too, and unlike a kid, we’ve never known a dog to jump bail. We haven’t even discussed the financial and emotional damage that pregnancy can put on a young marriage. If you have a dog instead of a child there will be no morning sickness, the wife’s stomach won’t balloon to the size of a basketball, and she won’t have to wear specially designed clothes that are not the sexiest we’ve seen. On a related matter, the husband won’t have to live like a celibate monk for an extended period. Even though they don’t talk (another plus) communicating with a dog is much easier than talking to a child. Dogs take criticism without sulking, never say the word “awesome” and they let you know that continued on page fourteen
www.LeePittsbooks.com
Livestock Market Digest
Page 2
March 15, 2011
At The Crossroads USA LLC, one of the biggest futures brokers in the country, to pay a fine of over $220,000 for unlawful activities that occurred back on that October day in 2009. What did Newedge do wrong? They exceeded the contract speculative limit for trading cattle which was 450 contracts, by over 4,000 contracts! Hey, if you’re going to break the law you might as well go ahead and break it big time. Especially when the penalty is a veritable slap on the hand. One cowboy mathematician calculated that the
continued from page one
them where it really hurts. That’s where the new GIPSA rules come into play. In at least three court cases it has been proven that the packers were illegally picking the pockets of cattle producers. These cases were turned into class action lawsuits which meant that anyone who fed cattle or was impacted in any way by the illegal actions of the packers was entitled to part of the huge cash settlement. The ranchers won these jury trials which caused much glee in cattle country, and the packers were looking
One cowboy mathematician calculated that the $220,000 fine came to about 0.12 percent, or just a smidgin over zero percent.
These days, knowing who you do business with is more important than ever. At Farm Credit of New Mexico, we’re more than bankers. We’re farmers and ranchers, too. We have a unique understanding of the financial tools and services you need to succeed – with none of the big bank attitude.
C A L L 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 5 1 - 5 9 9 7 o r v i s i t W W W. F A R M C R E D I T N M . C O M ALBUQUERQUE
•
ROSWELL
•
LAS CRUCES
•
TUCUMCARI
Livestock Market
Digest
Livestock Market Digest (ISSN 0024-5208) (USPS NO. 712320) is published monthly except semi-monthly in September by Rainy Day, Inc. at 2231 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104. Periodicals Postage Paid at Albuquerque, N.M.
POSTMASTER – Send change of address to: Livestock Market Digest, P.O. Box 7458, Albuquerque, N.M. 87194 Subscription Rates: $19.95 per year
Subscribe Today
•
CLOVIS
For advertising, subscription and editorial inquiries write or call: Livestock Market Digest, P.O. Box 7458 Albuquerque, N.M. 87194 Telephone: 505/243-9515 Fax: 505/998-6236 www.aaalivestock.com EDITORIAL and ADVERTISING STAFF: CAREN COWAN, Publisher LEE PITTS, Executive Editor CHUCK STOCKS, Publisher Emeritus COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING: DEBBIE CISNEROS, CO: 720/242-8032, direct line NM: 505/243-9515, ext. 30 debbie@aaalivestock.com
NAME
FIELD EDITOR: DELVIN HELDERMON 580/622-5754, 1094 Koller Rd. Sulphur, OK 73086
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
❏
ZIP
My check is enclosed for: One Year: $19.95 ❏ Two Years $29.95
Clip & mail to: Livestock Market Digest, P.O. Box 7458, Albuquerque, N.M. 87194
ADMINISTRATIVE and PRODUCTION STAFF: MARGURITE VENSEL, Office Mgr. CAROL PENDLETON, Special Assistance CAMILLE PANSEWICZ, Graphic Artist
$220,000 fine came to about 0.12 percent, or just a smidgin over zero percent — of the value of the 130,000 or so head of cattle hedged by the 4,495 contracts. According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Chicago-based Newedge USA, LLC. purchased those live cattle futures contracts on behalf of their client who was none other than the largest cattle packer in the country, and the world: Brazilian owned JBS! Newedge earned $80,910 in total profit and commissions on the deal with JBS, but we’ll never know how much JBS made by lowering the price of contract cattle they had to pay for, or how many independent cattle feeders went broke as a result of shenanigans like the two just illustrated. The CFTC, who never likes to punish one of their own, also said Newedge failed to provide accurate and timely reports to the CFTC about its large trader positions between June 2009 and July 2010, reported transactions that did not occur and reported positions for accounts as net when they should be reported as gross. Which is what this whole mess was: GROSS!
A Bigger Enticement To Behave Seemingly, the only way to stop this sort of illegal behavior is to come up with a way to penalize the packers by hitting
irish blacks Polled Purebred Cattle www.irishblacks.com
at hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments against them. And then these judgments, which were derived at by juries, were thrown out of court by judges. The appellate judges ruled in overturning the cases that even though the packers had broken the law and may have damaged individuals, their actions did not necessarily harm competition in general, which was the measuring stick the appellate judges used. The GIPSA rules would make it easier for farmers and ranchers to sue companies on antitrust grounds, exactly the kind of big stick needed to make the packers play by the rules. The GIPSA regulations would punish the packers for their illegal behavior in seemingly the only place they have any feeling: their pocket book. According to David Domina, General Counsel for the Organization of Competitive markets and the lead lawyer in winning jury verdicts for ranchers in antitrust cases, “The GIPSA Rule doesn’t reinvent the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 but rather reinvigorates it.” Puts some teeth into it, in other words. That’s why the packers, their lobbyists, the NCBA and the NPPC (National Pork Producers Council) are working night and day to kill the rules. Although the packers have damned every part of the GIPSA Rule, the seccontinued on page three
MAURICE W. BONEY, Founder of the Breed 1971 25377 WCR 17, Johnstown, CO 80534 mwboneyirishblacks@gmail.com 970/587-2252
COOKIE CUTTER CATTLE If you desire to have every bull, every cow and every calf looking alike you should view (www.irishblacks.com) and click on “Cookie Cutter Cattle”. 100 HIGH PERFORMANCE BULLS FOR SALE, coming two year olds. They all look alike. Some people find it difficult in distinguishing one bull from another bull. We feed very little grain and more on roughage than the bulk of other beef breeds. We also have top producing BRED FEMALES FOR SALE. This is an opportunity for one to establish a carbon copy of the foundation herd. This can also be accomplished by embryos.
March 15, 2011
At The Crossroads tion of the Packers & Stockyards Act that they are deathly afraid of is Section 202 which states: “It shall be unlawful for any packer or swine contractor with respect to livestock, meats, meat food products, or livestock products in
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
continued from page two
What The Rules Would Do So, what exactly would the GIPSA rules do? ■ They would require packers to maintain records that justify why they paid different prices or offered different terms to differ-
The appellate judges ruled in overturning the cases . . . even though the packers had broken the law and may have damaged individuals. unmanufactured form, or for any live poultry dealer with respect to live poultry, to: (a) Engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practice or device; or (b) Make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person or locality in any respect, or subject any particular person or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect; this transaction constitutes a direct violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 that prohibits beef packers from engaging in any course of business or do any act for the purpose or with the effect of manipulating or controlling prices.” After reading that you can easily see why the packers are nervous. In an attempt to kill off the GIPSA rules the packers tried to confuse the issue by saying that if they were implemented then all of the special programs developed by ranchers in recent years would be illegal because the packers could not pay the ranchers a premium for their organic, CAB or natural cattle. But there is nothing in the proposed GIPSA regs that would preclude specialty and niche producers receiving higher premium prices for their cattle and hogs. It’s all a smokescreen foisted on cattlemen by the packer lackeys in the press.
Seed for Cattlemen and Ranchers • Grass Seed Available • Distributor of Teff Seeds • We ship! • The seed grows rapidly and makes excellent horse hay
Hankins Seed C O M P A N Y BOX 98 • BONANZA, OR 97623 LAVERNE@HANKINSSEED.COM
CALL ANYTIME 541/545-6649
ent cattle feeders. The packers could still pay premiums but they’d have to be legitimate and not just higher prices to the large mega-feeders to lock up more captive supply, while they picked off smaller feeders by paying them less. ■ The GIPSA rules would require packers to submit to GIPSA samples of each unique type of contract or agreement the packers uses to procure cattle (including forward contracts,
formula contracts, production contracts or other marketing agreements). GIPSA would post the contracts on its website and the terms of the packer’s sweetheart deals would be transparent for all the world to see. ■ The rules would prohibit a packer from selling cattle directly to another packer, benefitting all cattle producers because it prevents packers from obtaining some of their weekly cattle supply needs from each other, thus enabling them to avoid making bids in the fed cattle market when they run short of supplies. ■ If adopted the GIPSA rules would prohibit two or more packers from sharing one packer buyer, benefitting all cattle producers because it prohibits two or more packers from eliminating competition by sharing a single packer buyer.
Packer Power Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said that the new GIPSA rules are needed to prevent the further “hollowing out of rural towns by agribusiness.” Proponents of the rules point towards the loss of 40 percent of independently owned ranches since 1980, down from 1.3 mil-
Page 3
lion ranches to 753,000 today. Many, including this reporter, see it as our last chance to stop the cattle business from becoming exactly like the pork and poultry industries, both of which lost 90 percent of their producers due to packer power. Back in the 1920’s the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act was written and implemented because the meat packing industry was much like it is today in terms of concentration. At the turn of the last century the livestock market was dominated by five ruthless continued on page six
Ordway
Cattle Feeders LLC COMMERCIAL FEEDLOT Capacity 55,000 Cattle & Feed Financing Available
— WELCOME TYLER! — TYLER KARNEY, MANAGER 19424 HWY. 96, ORDWAY, CO. 81063 • 719/267-3551
Make YOU and your BULL happy today . . . with the new
“CALIFORNIA BANDER” ¸✔ Bulls don’t like being in a chute too long! ¸✔ You don’t want to be under the bull too long! EASILY PLACES BANDS IN JUST SECONDS! THE PRICE WILL MAKE YOU EVEN HAPPIER!
Hear what one of our customers has to say!
“The easiest of all the banders we have used!” — GARY FRITSCH, FAYETTEVILLE, TEXAS
Money-back Guarantee! Call today 800/847-2533. See video at www.inosol.com or call for a free demonstration DVD
Livestock Market Digest
Page 4
Commanding Excellence:
Beefmasters by CAREN COWAN
he Beefmaster breed came into being some 80 years ago by crossing Hereford, Shorthorn and Brahman cattle. Tom Lasater, founder of the Beefmaster breed, was one of those rare individuals who knew from childhood what profession he was going to pursue. He was fond of saying that
T
CJ
BEEFMASTERS R.D. and PEGGY CAMPBELL 435/637-3746 • Cell 435/636-5797 P.O. Box 269 • 1535 West 250 South Wellington, UT 84542
ranching is his avocation as well as his vocation. Tom Lasater’s philosophies of cattle raising encompasses all aspects of the business from range ecology to merchandising. Perhaps his philosophy can be labeled “creative radicalism.” “A good manager must be in love with results. A sound breeding program, oriented toward results, should be based on the Five Commandments of Livestock Breeding.” ■ The First Commandment is to select only for the SIX ESSENTIALS; Disposition, Fertility, Weight, Conformation, Milk Production and Hardiness. ■ The Second Commandment is to strive for reproductive efficiency. ■ The Third Commandment is to performance test in a constant environment. ■ The Fourth Commandment
LASATER BEEFMASTERS The 6 Essentials “THE FOUNDATION HERD” • DISPOSITION • • FERTILITY • • WEIGHT • • CONFORMATION • • HARDINESS • • MILK PRODUCTION •
61 Years Following the Six Essentials SET FORTH BY TOM LASATER
other source for ASK YOURSELF THIS: why go to any SOURCE”. “THE to come can you when Beefmaster bulls across the from cers produ ercial comm by Proven time and time again er Ranch Foundation Bulls) countr y that when you use these Bulls (Lasat mation, hardiness, and milk production that your disposition, fertility, weight, confor females that will effect your bottom line! ment replace create lf yourse Help ve. will impro
ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE! Take advantage of The Lasater Ranch Private Treaty Herd dispersal. Over 100 hundred private treaty females available. All can be registered with the BBU. Something like this only comes once in a lifetime. Call Ian Miller at 575/840-8098 for more information.
Also Available: Coming Two Private Treaty Bulls
LASATER BEEFMASTERS “The Pedigree is in the Name”
WELCOME IAN MILLER! NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR, 575/840-8098 CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE LIVESTOCK MARKET DIGEST!
FOUNDATION HERD OF THE BEEFMASTER BREED
The Lasater Ranch, Matheson, CO 80830 • 719/541-BULL FAX: 719/541-2888 • lasater@rmi.net • www.lasaterranch.com
is to employ direct selection, which means selecting for the specific traits sought and not for a combination the breeder hopes will produce the desired results. ■ The Fifth Commandment is to utilize the adaptive powers of nature. Tom Lasater’s policy was to ask the impossible of nature. Among the disciples of
March 15, 2011 Lasater’s principles of beef cattle production are his son, Laurie (Laurence) and his grandson, Lorenzo, and their families who ranch today at ISA (pronounced EE-sa) Cattle Company near San Angelo, Texas. The function of the seedstock producer, Laurie says, is to produce sires that will in turn produce valuable steers and heifers. “Dad’s realization was that the females are the important product,” he explains. “They are what carries the production forward. The bulls and steers are the by-products that you sell, but the heifers stay home and keep producing. Or, in really hard times, it is the heifers that you
can sell when the steers have little value. “Guys like to sit in the coffee shop and talk about what their steers brought and don’t say anything about the heifers that brought 10 cents a pound less, but they are home making money.” Beefmasters have gotten a bad rap in the feedlots, Laurie said, but recent studies are refuting that. Isa Cattle Company placed a group of steers and heifers in a carcass evaluation done in conjunction with BBU and Texas A&M last year. Financially they hit a home run, grossing $1336.97 per head or $99.50 per pound. These are the highest
Beefmaster Advancer: A COMPOSITE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CATTLEMEN —— by TOMMY PERKINS, PH.D., PAS, BBU Executive VP ——
eefmaster Breeders United (BBU )created a new breed registry for Beefmaster Advancer cattle in the Spring of 2010. The Beefmaster Advancer composite is formed by crossing a registered Beefmaster animal to a registered animal from another beef breed. The purpose of such a cross is to use the best traits of each breed in combination to maximize performance in its given environment. For example, a registered Beefmaster bull mated to a registered Angus cow would produce a typical Advancer calf that should possess the excellent growth and fertility attributes from the Beefmaster and the black hide and higher marbling attributes from the Angus. Use of the Beefmaster parent will also maintain more heterosis and productivity because of its BosIndicus heritage. Research suggests there could be up to a 25 percent increase in weaning weight per cow exposed by using a BosIndicusbreed in a composite. The Beefmaster Advancer Registry gives breeders the opportunity to match compatible biological types of cattle to maximize performance while utilizing heterosis. The Advancer animal will excel in maternal heterosis and fertility while increasing the total pounds of weaned calf per cow. Registration certificates will include EPDs along with traditional performance data that are calculated in Australia by the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI) for BBU. Below is a summary of the rules for registration into the Beefmaster Advancer Program: A. Beefmaster Advancer Cattle: By definition, these are animals of 50 percent or more Registered Beefmaster breeding and 50 percent or less of other Registered and DNA genotyped non-Beefmaster beef breeding. These animals may be certified
B
in BBU provided they are produced from breeding of one of the following: 1. Known registered Beefmaster sire mated to a DNA genotyped, registered dam from another breed association. 2. Known registered Beefmaster dam mated to a DNA genotyped, registered sire from another breed association. 3. A known progeny of a 50 percent-75.0 percent Beefmaster Advancer and a known registered Beefmaster sire or dam. B. Animals eligible for recording in the Beefmaster Advancer Program must come from parents that are enrolled in the BBU Whole Herd Reporting Program. All animals as defined above may be certified by the Association but none such shall ever become registered Beefmaster animals. However, animals produced from a 87.50 percent Beefmaster Advancer and a Purebred Beefmaster may be presented as a registered Beefmaster. C. Fees charged for certification by BBU for members of the Association in good standing shall always be the same fees charged others for Whole Herd Reporting and that all such fees shall be subject to review and change by the active members of the Association at any duly convened meeting of the Association members. D. All registered non-Beefmaster animals must have a DNA sample (semen, blood, hair follicle) on file with a recognized genomics company (Igenity, Pfizer, etc.) with a complete DNA genotype. Additionally, sires and dams from non-Beefmaster breeds must have negative DNA tests on file for known genetic defects identified by the respective breed association (e.g. arthrogryposismultiplex for Angus cattle or tibialhemimelia for shorthorn cattle). However, if the non-Beefmaster breed parent
Advancer bulls
March 15, 2011 fat cattle they’ve ever sold and they obviously got lucky on the market, but that is the gamble cattlemen take every day and can win with Beefmasters. Laurie Lasater wrote a book on beef production called The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Raising which was published in 1972. The book is currently in its 17th printing in English, its third printing in Spanish, and still selling at a good clip. While Beefmasters are often thought of as animals well suited to hotter climates, either arid like the Southwest or more humid as in the Southeast, the cattle have also proven to be hardy and good doers in northern climates and
is a carrier (identified by DNA) of any genetic defect (s), any progeny produced must individually test negative to “said” genetic defect (s). Genetic defect negative DNA tests for offspring must be on file at BBU before they can be registered as a Beefmaster Advancer. The Beefmaster Advancer Registry provides breeders of non-Beefmaster beef cattle an opportunity to add the advantages of a BosIndicus animal into their current gene pool. These advantages include but are not limited to: 1) improved longevity, 2) more heat tolerance, 3) more disease tolerance, 4) more insect tolerance, 5) more non-heat bearing fat depots, 6) improved milking ability, 7) faster pre-weaning growth, 8) improved fertility in replacement females and 9) more efficient use of forage nutrients. The Beefmaster influence also improves the docility over other BosIndicus breed types. BBU has provided the Beefmaster Advancer Program to help purebred breeders of other beef breeds an opportunity to produce cattle that more readily adapt to the harsher tropical and sub-tropical environments without having to disperse there current herd. The Advancer program provides an opportunity for purebred Beefmaster breeders the option to lock in DNA verified, complementary traits (polledness, black hide color, etc.) into their current genetics. This program also allows breeders outside of the “normal” Beefmaster regions to take advantage of all of the positive attributes of the Beefmaster breed that was developed by Mr. Tom Lasater more than 60 years ago. Producers of Beefmaster Advancer cattle will be (or will become) members of BBU and will be granted all the rights, benefits and programs that purebred Beefmaster breeders enjoy today. Some of these include whole herd reporting, voluntary classification, a subscription to the Beefmaster Cowman magazine, voting rights, Approved Sales participation, on-line registration and many others. Please contact the BBU office at 210/732-3132 or visit our website (www.beefmasters.org ) for more information.
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper” higher elevations. The Western States Beefmaster Breeders Association has members from throughout the West and Northwest. Evans Beefmasters located in Enterprise, Utah, saw the value of the breed nearly at its inception and has been producing cattle for their region for over 50 years. But the Beefmaster Breeders United (BBU) have seen that just raising high quality cattle isn’t enough in today’s society. Cattlemen must also demonstrate the stewardship value they provide as caretakers of the land, water and wildlife. With that in mind nearly a decade ago the Association began to recognize its members with the BBU Envi-
ronmental Conservation Award. Arthur “Bub” and Nancy Epley III, Rancho Tres Hijos, Tilden, Texas, received 2010 Environmental Conservation Award. Rancho Tres Hijos is a combination cattle and hunting ranch that began operations in 1995 in South Texas brush country. The Epley’s have built an outstanding cattle operation without sacrificing the native wildlife on their ranch. The ranch consists of a mixture of brush, cleared native grass and buffel grass pastures totaling about 3,400 acres. An active shredding program controls guajillo, a native grass, and other brush so the land can be utilized by both cattle and the native whitetail deer herd.
Page 5
Evans
www.isacattleco.com
Beefmasters Quality Beefmasters Affordably Priced Legends of the Breed Legacy Award BEEFMASTERS SINCE 1953 GAYLE EVANS 435/ 878-2355 MARK EVANS 435/ 878-2655 P.O. Box 177 Enterprise, UT 84725
Laurie, Annette & Lorenzo Lasater
325/949-3763 Box 60327 • San Angelo, Texas 76906
~50 th~
BULL SALE October 1, 2011 160 Beefmaster & Charolais Bulls
Livestock Market Digest
Page 6
At The Crossroads packers: Armour, Cudahy, Morris, Swift, and Wilson. Those five firms killed 70 percent of all fat cattle. Today’s Big Four control about 85 percent! One hundred years ago the packers cut corners with food safety and created an
When it comes to working cattle,
ONE NAME STANDS OUT
Bowman HYDRAULIC CHUTE CIRCLE WORKING FACILITY PALPATION CAGE COMBINED WORKING AREA AND LOADOUT
America’s Premier Cattle Handling Equipment
Bowman Livestock Equipment Company 785/258-3991 P.O. Box 345, Herington, KS 67449 Email: sales@bowmanlivestockequipment.com www.bowmanlivestockequipment.com
continued from page three
environment exposed by Upton Sinclair in his book, The Jungle. Today, books like “Fast Food Nation” and The Carnivore’s Dilemma portray a meat packing industry that is every bit as abusive as that portrayed in Sinclair’s book. The solution a century ago was the implementation of The Packers and Stockyards Act. But it was written for a different time when there was no futures market, no JBS, Tyson or Cactus. So packers, their attorneys and appellate judges found loopholes in the Act big enough to drive a cattle truck through. The Packers and Stockyards Act clearly needed updating and the 2008 Farm Bill was tasked with writing a rule which would clarify the P&SA and make it more pertinent for our times. On December 13th the comment period on the new rules was closed and the USDA was charged with writing a cost-benefit analysis as to what would be the financial outcome if the new rules were implemented. The rule was so controversial that it attracted over 60,000 comments. No date has been set for the rules to be activated, which has given the packers more time to convince, or buy off, Congressmen. And as usual, the legislators have their hand out. One hundred and fifteen lawmakers
signed a letter to the USDA expressing their opposition to the rules. R-CALF found in reviewing campaign finance disclosure forms that these 115 lawmakers received $48.6 million from donors with ties to big agribusiness. Both the NCBA and the National Pork Producers Council joined with the packer’s lobbying arm, the American Meat Institute, in an effort to kill off the new rules behind closed doors. The AMI has publicly stated that the new rules will upend decades of evolution in the industry. We can only hope so! What galls many ranchers is that both the NCBA and the NPPC have packers seated on their Executive Boards but, even worse than that, the NCBA has
March 15, 2011 been caught recently using beef checkoff funds to pay for the travel of officers and employees to go to Washington to lobby against the rancher friendly GIPSA rules. The USDA does not need the approval of Congress to implement the rules since they are not creating a new law, just putting teeth back into an old one, but the packer backers in Congress have other ways to kill off the rules. They can refuse to provide funding for enforcement, reject the changes under congressional review procedures, or overturn the regulation with additional legislation. Many questions will be answered when the final GIPSA rules are released. We will find out if ranchers will follow the pork and poultry industries down
Is EPA Out of Control water bodies. In 2008, the agency settled a lawsuit with environmental groups over the issue by agreeing to establish nutrient criteria for the entire state. The agreement ignored years of scientific research by the state Department of Environmental Protection, experts at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and other qualified
continued from page one
sources. Under the agreement, state government will be locked out of the process. According to Bronson, the new package of regulations has never been peer reviewed. More importantly, the regulations will inflict a massive burden upon the state’s citizens. “Even a clear underground stream will not meet the standard(s),” he said. “We believe that it will cost agri-
the road to a vertically integrated world where ranchers will have to sign on the dotted line to become contract growers, or whether the GIPSA rules will be allowed to reintroduce competitive bidding and transparent markets into the fat cattle trade. We’ll know if more independent cattlemen and feeders will be forced out of business because no one will bid on their cattle, or if will they discover a new lease on life. Without sounding too melodramatic, it is clear from this vantage point that we have reached a crossroads in the cow business. The GIPSA rules, and how they are implemented, could very well not only decide your future, but the future of the cow business in this country as well.
culture $4 billion to $10 billion a year to meet the standards.” Bronson said he was worried that EPA’s managers intend to revise National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements. Under this expected change, any transfer of water must be authorized by a permit. “Every farm would have to have a filtration system of some kind on the water before it leaves for another location,” he said. This “bureaucratic nightmare” would be enormously expensive. Bronson estimated that the cost for farmers and ranchers would range from $900 million to $1.6 billion, with a loss of 1,400 jobs. Taxpayers supporting municipal water systems could face additional expenses totaling $8.1 billion. “This is simply an unacceptable burden for Florida,” he said. The same scenario is in store for other states if such water policies are not successfully opposed. Bronson and other state officials have challenged the new standards in court. He noted that some environmental activists “act like it is not going to cost anybody anything to do these things. It is going to cost all of us.” Shaw argued that the technical problem with EPA’s current mode of addressing air and water quality issues is a confusion of correlation with causation. “Even well-trained researchers can be biased,” he said. The speakers urged Congress to examine the content of legislation before adopting it so that EPA and other federal agencies cannot exercise legislative power in administering environmental law. “With good science and common sense, I think we will be a lot better off,” Bronson said. National lawmakers must also block the agencies’ ability to exercise power not intended by original legislation. “Without Congress stepping in and holding EPA’s feet to the fire, it is not going to change,” Shaw added. Editor’s Note: This article was provided as a news release by the AFBF and ran in the Angus Journal.
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
March 15, 2011
Activist gets five years for sheepskin store fire by P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press, Source denverpost.com
Salt Lake City animal rights activist who set fire to a Denver-area store that sells products made from sheepskin was sentenced in mid February to five years in prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in a case animal rights activists say has united many in their community. Walter Edmund Bond, who goes by “Lone Wolf” and has “VEGAN” tattooed across his throat, was defiant in U.S. District Court in Denver, telling Judge Christine Arguello that he burned down the Sheepskin Factory in April as a way to stop the enslavement, abuse and murder of animals. “I’m not sorry for anything,” Bond told Arguello. “As for restitution, I will not willingly pay you one dollar. I hope you choke on it and burn in hell.” Prosecutor Greg Holloway disagreed with Bond’s stated motives, telling Arguello that a 1997 arson conviction in Iowa unrelated to animal activism indicated that Bond “likes to light stuff on fire.” Animal rights activists and Bond supporters came from California, New York and Nevada to attend the hearing. The U.S. Marshals Service escorted one of the supporters out of the courtroom following the hearing after she exchanged words with a person standing next to Louis Livaditis, the own-
A
er of the destroyed factory. She was not arrested. “It’s very easy to become complacent,” said Elizabeth Tobier of Brooklyn, N.Y., who said she learned of Bond’s July arrest while she was demonstrating against a circus in Coney Island “I’ve been very inspired by him.” Despite Bond’s tone at the hearing, Arguello noted that sentencing guidelines called for the minimum five year sentence. She said the sentence was appropriate partly because the 34-year-old Bond told his family and a probation officer that he would no longer use arson in animal rights activism, and instead would focus on speaking and writing to raise awareness for his cause. Arguello also sentenced Bond to three years of supervised release, with one of the conditions that he pay at least 10 percent of his gross income toward restitution under threat of being incarcerated. Livaditis, who was in court with his family, said after the hearing that the five year sentence wasn’t enough. But he said he held out hope that Bond would get more prison time for fires he’s accused of setting in Utah. Federal charges are pending in U.S. District Court in Utah in a June 5 fire at the Tandy Leather Factory Store in Salt Lake City, as well as from a July 2 fire in Sandy at Tiburon Fine Dining, which serves foie gras. In a letter to Arguello, Livaditis said the fire at his factory
e l t t a C m o t Cus s t i t a g n i Feed Finest! Johnny Trotter, President / General Mgr. Res: 806/364-1172 • Mob.: 806/346-2508 Email: jtrotter@bar-g.com Kevin Bunch, Assistant Manager Mike Blair, Comptroller Mike Anthony, Shipping/Receiving
PO BOX 1797 HEREFORD, TX 79045
806/357-2241
destroyed specialty machinery and proprietary patterns developed over 30 years of business, and also derailed his plans to retire, forcing Livaditis and his wife to dip into savings to rebuild the business for their five children. “We reopened about a month after the fire,” Livaditis said after the hearing. “Little by little, it’s getting better, but not like it was before.” In letters posted on the website of the Animal Liberation Front, Bond said he had built slaughterhouses and had become convinced that everybody would become vegan if they knew what he knew. He also wrote that he passed out flyers and pamphlets, tried starting his own animal rights group and recruited at concerts before he became “burnt out” and decided to quit his job at a health store to take more drastic measures. In court, Holloway said one of the fires set by Bond killed an animal and another involved setting a pentagram ablaze inside a church. “Animal rights seems to be another justification for his actions,” Holloway said. At least one supporter, Ginger Peterson of Las Vegas, disagreed with Bond’s actions. “I don’t know what the benefit is in burning down a building,” Peterson said. “I think the public might be more sympathetic if they just release the animals.”
Page 7
FIVE STATE Box 266, Clayton, NM 88415 SALE BARN: 505/374-2505 Kenny Dellinger, Manager, 575/207-7761 Watts Line: 1-800/438-5764
LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Active buyers on all classes of cattle. Stocker demand within excellent wheat pasture and grass demand. Supporters of vaccination program of your choice. Four active packer buyers, supported by area feedlots on these feeder cattle. Receiving station available. Sheep Sale 2nd to last Wednesday every month!
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS!
Phillips
RANCH
RED ANGUS
SPRING & YEARLINGS ~ FOR SALE ~ AT SNYDER LIVESTOCK
March 13, 2011 CECIL PHILLIPS • 209/274-4338 • 5500 BUENA VISTA RD. • IONE, CA 95640
Bar-G FEEDYARD 125,000-Head Capacity 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEREFORD, TEXAS FINANCING AVAILABLE
Livestock Market Digest
Page 8
Tenth Circuit rules in monument case involving RS 2477 road claims
STAN FURY • 575/760-6711 Home: 575/456-8453 Broadview, N.M. 88112 Web: www.usedrails.com Email: fury@plateautel.net
n January 11, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion in a case brought by Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) and The Wilderness Society that challenged Kane County, Utah’s local authority to designate and protect roads pursuant to R.S. 2477 on the Grand StaircaseEscalante National. The Tenth Circuit’s en banc panel ruled that the County’s R.S. 2477 road designations could only be challenged by the BLM, not by the environmental groups. The
O
HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL CORRALS ✔ Last a lifetime ✔ No maintenance ✔ Go up fast ✔ Attractive ✔ Provide excellent windbreak protection ✔ Pipe & other construction materials available
MUSICK’S BUSINESS
Land & Livestock
Selling 60 Registered Service-Age Angus Bulls
——— SELLING ———
200 100 40
Thursday, March 17, 2011 N . M .
LUNCH: 11 a.m. ★ SALE: 1 p.m. Weaning Weights • Yearling Weights • Present Weight 120-Day Gain Test • Semen Tested • EPDs
LEON MUSICK 575/477-2254
Court ruled that the environmental groups lacked standing to challenge the County’s local ordinances and rejected the environmental groups’ arguments that the Supremacy Clause granted them standing to assert what the environmental groups claimed were violations of federal statute by the County’s ordinances. The Court held that environmental groups were not the right parties to bring the suit because the interests they sought to protect, in the court’s view, belonged to the federal Bureau of Land Management, which
GOEMMER
BULL SALE
T U C U M C A R I ,
March 15, 2011
VICKI MUSICK 575/749-2411
Head Black-Cross Bred Heifers Bred to Black Longhorn Bulls Head Black and Red 3-year-old Heifers Bred to Angus Head of Running Age Cows
—— CONTACT SHANE AT —— 575/799-0082 • 575/849-1072 • 505/710-9074
manages the Monument. In an effort to spin the Court’s ruling, according to press release issued by SUWA regarding the decision, “the court’s ruling does not in any way validate the County’s decision to take the law into its own hands by removing BLM’s ORV closure signs on federal lands, nor did it rule that any of the county’s R.S. 2477 road claims were valid. In fact, the routes at the core of the issue are primitive and remote, with little if any use. They do not go to schools, grocery stores or other public destinations, as some have argued. And in the end, not much has changed for the county as a result of this ruling.” But the SUWA press release misses the point of the Court’s ruling states Bert Ancell, President of New Mexico Cattle Growers Association. “The Court’s ruling recognizes that local governments have a right to adopt ordinances asserting county roads pursuant to R.S. 2477 and that the proper party to review those local ordinances is the federal agencies. If there is a dispute between the County’s local ordinances and the federal agencies, only those two parties can pursue the matter in federal court. This ruling will save significant resources by stopping environmental groups with huge litigation budgets from suing local governments in the simple hope to outspend them in court.” The conflict arose in 2003 when the County objected to a federal land use plan issued by continued on page nine
ELM
EXPECTING LARG E OF YEARLINGS AN RUNS D CALVES SELLING AT A COM PETI LIVESTOCK MARKE TIVE T!
ESCALON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. 25525 E. LONE TREE RD. • ESCALON, CA 95320
EL M
CALL FOR FEEDER ! SALE DATES
The Market of Markets . . . W E E K L Y MONDAYS
A U C T I O N
S C H E D U L E
WEDNESDAYS
FRIDAYS
25525 E. LONE TREE RD. ESCALON, CA 95320 MIGUEL A. MACHADO, President Office: 209/838-7011 Fax: 209/838-1535 Mobile 209/595-2014 JOE VIEIRA, Representative Mobile 209/531-4156 Bill Harvey, Representative 209/543-2820
FARMINGTON
ESCALON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. TO SACRAMENTO
STOCKTON
HWY 4
J17 M ARIPO SA RD HWY 99 HWY 120 SALE MANTECA HEADQUARTERS
MODESTO
TO FRESNO
9:30 am . . Slaughter
Cattle 12:00 pm . . Baby Calves 1:00 pm . . Light Feeders 300 lbs. and less followed by Beef Pairs, Bred Facility located at: Cows, Stocker Escalon Livestock Market, Inc. and Feeder Cattle SALE SITE
VALLEY HOME
OAKDALE
ESCALON
25525 E. Lone Tree Rd.
We are located on the corner of Escalon Bellota Road and Lone Tree Road, two miles north of Escalon
11:00 am . . Baby
Calves 11:30 am . . Light Holstein Feeders 1:00 pm . . Holstein Fresh Cows and Springers followed by Bred and Open Heifers and Breeding Bulls 3:30 pm . . Slaughter Cattle
9:45 am . . Pigs 11:00 am . . Butcher
Cows Calves 12:30 pm . . Goats followed by sheep, horses and second round of butcher cows 12:00 pm . . Baby
www.escalonlivestockmarkets.com
March 15, 2011
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper�
Montana House votes to nullify Endangered Species Act by MATT GOURAS, Associated Press
epublicans enthused by Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer’s recent tough talk on wolves are getting closer to using an ancient “nullification� doctrine to disregard the federal law protecting endangered and threatened species — a plan the governor quickly dismissed as “off base.� Excited tea party politics in the Legislature have spawned increasing belief in Thomas Jefferson’s late 18th-century “nullification� idea that aims to give states the ultimate say in constitutional matters and let them ban certain federal laws in their borders. Conservatives stoking anti-federal government sentiment are not dissuaded by the legal scholars who say the notion runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution that considers federal law “the supreme law of the land.� http://www.newswithviews.com /Timothy/baldwin157.htm Republicans running the Montana House used their big majority Saturday to endorse nullification of the federal Endangered Species Act in Montana with a 61 to 39 vote — even though dispatching with the act would cost Montana roughly $1 billion in federal funds that comes with strings attached. Schweitzer, a Democrat, quickly warned the lawmakers he doesn’t like their idea — even though just days earlier he encouraged ranchers in northern Montana to shoot wolves that harass their livestock and defiantly said state agents may kill packs of endangered wolves. “Essentially the governor nullified the Endangered Species Act,� said Republican Rep. Krayton Kerns of Laurel. “That is a very aggressive move. When I look at the articles in the paper I have to think he is on board with what we are trying to do.� Schweitzer quickly offered clarification after the vote that his bravado in no way meant he would work outside the Endangered Species Act. The governor said he believes federal law gives the flexibility for ranchers to shoot the northern Montana wolves, and said he has the authority to tell state wildlife agents to ignore such wolf shootings. And Schweitzer is now stressing that he will wait for fed-
R
Tenth Circuit continued from page eight
the BLM which closed a number of routes to vehicle use in order to allegedly protect various natural resources. The federal land use plan did not recognize those right-of-way protected by RS 2477. The County them adopted ordinances to assert its RS 2477 claims.
eral permission before state agents take out entire packs of wolves. “I think the Endangered Species Act in this case has been poorly managed, but I dont think we need to get rid of the Endangered Species Act,� Schweitzer said. “There are a lot of endangered species in Montana.� Lawsuits from environmentalists have kept gray wolves in the northern Rockies on the endangered list even though there are now at least 1,700 wolves in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon, well above the original goal of at least 300 in the region. Montana wants to manage the animals, like it does other wildlife, through regulated hunts. Supporters of nullification in House debate on Saturday pointed to Jefferson’s words more than 200 years ago when he created the doctrine to express his disgust with the Alien and Sedition Acts that were enacted by then-President John Adams. But constitutional scholars say the idea was just Jeffer-
son’s opinion, and nullification has never worked in the few times it has been invoked since. “We are still part of the United States of America. Just because we don’t agree with one part of the federal law does not mean we continue to go our own way,� said Schweitzer, a Democrat. http://polymontana.com/ 2011/02/17/we-need-to-elect%e2%80%9cstrict%e2%80%9dconstitutionalists/ After the vote, the bill was sent to the appropriations committee in the House, which will be tasked with looking at the big price tag. If it gets out of there, it faces an even tougher path in the Senate. And Schweitzer made it clear it probably wouldn’t get past his desk, if it gets that far. Schweitzer said that Montana benefits greatly in its relationship with the federal government, getting more than $1.50 back in federal money for every dollar state residents and businesses send in tax money to Washington, D.C. “We can’t just choose to opt out when we want,� Schweitzer
Page 9
said. “What kind of civil society would we have?� Kerns and supporters of ignoring the endangered species act argued that the principle of taking state control of wolves was more important than the billion-dollar hole it would create across several state agencies. The conservatives said the state shouldn't be taking money from a federal government that is running a big deficit. “They are bribing us with debt,� Kerns said. “Now is the time to stand up and say no more.�
Minority Democrats blasted the idea on the House floor, the farthest advancing nullification plan so far this legislative session. “I don’t know where this is going to end. This is the sixth or seventh bill to nullify our participation in the union of the states. The last time I checked we were a member of the United States — and the last time I checked that union was very beneficial to Montana in many ways,� House Minority Leader Jon Sesso of Butte said in floor debate. “This is absolute folly. This bill and every bill like it.�
nfac
Cowley MEEKER, CO
Farm & Feedlot Company
32nd Annual Sale OCTOBER 25, 2011
• 5,000-Head Capacity • Backgrounding and Finishing • Feeding silage, alfalfa hay, corn and barley • Hedging on Request
High Altitude PAP Tested • Calving Ease & Growth Bulls • Bred Registered Heifers
Mary Strang & Family 2969 RBC 8 • Meeker, CO 81641 800/351-5362 • c: 970/270-4445 strangherefords@wreawildblue.org strangherefords.com
Three generations serving you IVAN, BRAD & JEREMY COWLEY 546 Venice Main St., Venice, Utah 84701 435/896-5260 cowleyfarm@hotmail.com
7KH )UHHPDQ 5DQFK
7KHUH LV 1R ³(DU´ LQ %UDXQYLHK %UDXQYLHK FDWWOH RULJLQDWHG LQ 6ZLW]HUODQG DQG KDYH EHHQ LQ WKH 8 6 VLQFH $ FRQWLQHQWDO EHHI EUHHG WKDW LV D WRWDO SDFNDJH ¹ D PRGHUDWHO\ IUDPHG FRZ ZLWK PDWHUQDO DELOLW\ DQG IHUWLOLW\ IRU SUR¿ W PLQGHG SURGXFHUV D FDOI ZLWK YLJRU DQG KHDY\ ZHDQLQJ ZHLJKWV ¹ HVVHQWLDO WR FDWWOHPHQœV SUR¿ W HTXDWLRQV DQG D IHHGHU FDOI WKDW FRQYHUWV ZHOO ZLWK SRWHQWLDO IRU KLJK TXDOLW\ DQG ORZ \LHOG JUDGHV RQ WKH UDLO
7KH
)UHHPDQ (67
5DQFK
ZZZ IUHHPDQEUDXQYLHK FRP
<RXU :HVWHUQ 6RXUFH IRU 3URGXFWLYH %UDXQYLHK *HQHWLFV
ZZZ IUHHPDQEUDXQYLHK FRP
-2,1 86
QFK DW WKH UD
$35,/
5RFN\ 0RXQWDLQ %HHI 6ROXWLRQV 'D\ %XOOV DQG %UDXQ$QJXV +HLIHUV 2IIHUHG 5866(// -$0,( :+,77 )5((0$1 0\HUV 5RDG Â&#x2021; <RGHU &2 Â&#x2021; ID[ UXVVHOO#IUHHPDQEUDXQYLHK FRP
Livestock Market Digest
Page 10
March 15, 2011
Supreme Court Decides Against Intervening in ‘Critical Habitat’ Designations by LAWRENCE HURLEY of Greenwire / NY Times
he Supreme Court declined to take up whether federal regulators and courts take account sufficiently of the economic impacts of “critical habitat” designations under the Endangered Species Act. It is a touchy issue because private property owners, including developers and ranchers,
T
have objected to critical habitat designations that infringe on their ability to do business. The Endangered Species Act specifically states that the Fish and Wildlife Service must designate critical habitats based on “the best scientific data available” but must also “take into consideration the economic impact” of a designation. The service has the discretion to reject an area for inclusion in
the critical habitat for economic, national security or “any other relevant impact.” FWS favors what is known as the “baseline” approach, in which the government compares the “current state of affairs” with “how things would look after the designation of critical habitat,” according to the Obama administration’s brief in one of the cases. Property owners challenging
WAGONHAMMER RANCHES CLUB CALVES
ANGUS ON I T C U D O R P SALE
The Winning Kind! Spring and
AY WEDNESD H OF MARC
3RD
Fall Born
MYRON BENES • www.wagonhammer.com Albion, NE 68620 • Phone 402/395-2178 or 402/395-6962
The Best of the Bunch
QUANTITY
Four Book Special
oose any four 4-BOOK SPECIAL! Ch only $49.95. pay and ks bo ’s of Lee ty Postage! ori Pri es lud And that inc tential po a to It all ads up saving of over $20! PRICE
TOTAL
$49.95
BOOKS ORDERED SEPARATELY A Handmade Life
$14.95
These Things I Wish
$14.95
A Collection of Characters
$12.95
Essays from God’s Country
$12.95
Back Door People
$11.95
People Who Live at the End of Dirt Roads
$12.95
Shipping & Handling
$3.00
(Per Item if ordered separately)
Tax (If California resident only)
TOTAL
Growers Association v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in which that court found fault with the government’s approach. Damien Schiff, an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, a legal group that advocates for
Ignoring wider economic impacts leads to a result that is flat-out immoral, especially in these difficult economic times. The Supreme Court’s failure to intervene means the government can maintain its current approach. The cases before the high court were out of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In both, acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal urged the justices not to take up the issue. In the first case, Arizona Cattle Growers Association v. Salazar, the 9th Circuit, in a ruling issued in June, upheld the government's designation of critical habitat for the Mexican spotted owl (Greenwire, June 7, 2010). The area encompasses around 8.6 million acres in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The second case, Home Builders Association of Northern California v. FWS, decided a couple of weeks later, involves the designation of critical habitat for 15 protected species, comprised of four crustaceans and 11 plants. Again, the 9th Circuit endorsed the plan. The final designation included almost 860,000 acres in 34 California counties and one in Oregon. Lawyers arguing for the Supreme Court to intervene had claimed there was a major split within the federal appeals courts, based on a 2001 ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, New Mexico Cattle
property rights and represented the home builders in the second 9th Circuit case, wrote in his brief that the government is “grossly underestimating the economic impact” of the designation. The 9th Circuit’s approach “promises to have an especially harsh impact on housing and other land development industries already suffering in these tough economic times,” he added. Acting Solicitor General Katyal countered that the approach advocated by Schiff, in which the government would consider such matters as California’s budget problems and the nationwide recession “lacks merit and was properly rejected.” Daniel Rohlf, an environmental law professor at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Ore., said he was “not very surprised” the court did not agree to take the cases, largely because the regulation in use when the 10th Circuit issued its ruling in 2001 has since been withdrawn. “Both decisions were pretty well reasoned,” Rohlf added. Schiff said he was disappointed that the court failed to take up what he described as a “perennially important issue” in environmental law. Ignoring wider economic impacts leads to a result that is “flat-out immoral, especially in these difficult economic times,” he added.
Kraft Foods profit falls 23 percent
FROM THE PHOTO of his hand-tooled cover to the very last story, Lee’s newest book, A Handmade Life, is pure Pitts. In the tradition of Dirt Roads and God’s Country, Lee’s latest will entertain and inspire. Destined to be a classic. ORDER FORM
the designations argued that the economic analysis should also include other factors, including the impact of the ESA listing in itself, the general economic climate and other regulations that businesses are required to follow.
x 8.25%
GRAND TOTAL Name__________________________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address ________________________________________________________________________ City _________________________________________________ State _________ Zip________________
h t t p : / / w w w. a a a l i ve s t o ck . c o m / c o n t e n t . p h p ? I = 3 8
FOR BOOKS ORDERED SEPARATELY PLEASE PAY $3.00 EACH FOR POSTAGE AND HANDLING.
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: LEE PITTS, AND MAIL TO: P.O. BOX 616, MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA 93443
by TOM JOHNSTON
raft Foods Inc. reported recently that earnings fell 23 percent in the fourth quarter as increasing input costs and weak consumer demand continue to challenge the company. The Northfield, Ill.-based company posted net income of $540 million, or 31 cents per diluted share, in the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010, compared with $710 million, or 48 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. Operating earnings per share was 46 cents per share. Sales rose 30 percent to $13.8 billion. Analysts polled by Thom-
K
son Reuters expected earnings of 46 cents per share on revenue of $13.47 billion. “Looking ahead, we expect the operating environment to remain challenging, with significant input cost inflation and consumer weakness in many markets,” Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld said in a news release. “Given our strong business fundamentals, however, we remain confident that we will deliver earnings growth in 2011 that’s both ahead of our long-term targets and within the top tier of our peer group.” Shares of Kraft closed February 10 at $31.11, down 13 cents, on the New York Stock Exchange.
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
March 15, 2011
Rozol® Pocket Gopher Bait Label Now Approved for Alfalfa, Orchards and Groves ozol Pocket Gopher Bait and Rozol Pocket Gopher Bait — Burrow Builder Formula now have expanded uses for below-ground applications on alfalfa, and in orchards & groves. These are in addition to previously approved uses on rangeland, non-crop areas, lawns, and golf courses. Rozol is offered in two formulations: a general-use pesticide (EPA #7173-184) for hand baiting using a spoon or bait probe, and a restricted-use pesticide (EPA #7173-244) for larger scale application in burrow-builder type implements. There is no need to pre-treat, and its quick acceptance means less repeat applications, resulting in labor savings and a low applied cost per acre. Rozol Pocket Gopher Bait (PGB) is a powerful tool that growers, ranchers and custom applicators can use to manage gopher infestations and reduce property damage. Pocket Gophers push one to three new mounds per day and can move over two tons of soil to the surface each year. This activity can damage alfalfa, underground irrigation, drainage systems and wiring, and pocket gopher mounds can damage alfalfa harvesting implements slowing the harvest. Pocket Gophers can decrease irrigated alfalfa yields by up to 35 percent, and dryland yields by up to 46 percent. On rangeland, they can decrease available forage by up to 49 percent. Rozol PGB can be used yearround, but is most effective when alternative green forage is not available. When used by hand or probe baiting, the use rate is two to three one-half cup placements in the main tunnel of each burrow system. For burrow builder application the use rate is six to eight lbs. per acre of Rozol PGB — Burrow Builder Formula — a restricted-use pesticide which requires a state certified
R
pesticide applicator license. The general-use labeled PGB product is registered for sale in all states except: Alaska, Hawaii, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Rozol Pocket Gopher Bait — Burrow Builder Formula, is registered in Illinois, Tennessee, and all states in the continental U. S. west of the Mississippi River.
The need to remove unwarranted roadblocks to increased domestic production would also improve the continuing recession and overall malaise in the U.S. economy, Burnett points out.
Mideast Unrest Is Not the Only Cause of High Oil, Gas Prices
Clean Energy Threatens U.S. Economy and National Security
he ongoing turmoil throughout the Middle East highlights the continuing and pervasive vulnerability of the U.S. economy to oil price instability, yet the Obama Administration continues to thwart any efforts to increase domestic oil production, according to H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. Overdependence on supplies of oil from what are now increasingly unstable regions of the world throw into stark relief the need to develop our own domestic reserves of oil. An additional one to two million barrels a day in increased U.S. oil production would have an inordinate impact on oil prices beyond that expected from the additional amount of oil, because oil prices are driven, in part, by fear of uncertainty of future supply, says Burnett. Burnett points out: ■ This risk premium would be reduced if the United States brought more oil to the market; since oil traders could count on the oil being delivered, they would not fear supply disruption from political turmoil or conflict. ■ Since the oil production would be developed privately for profit, the U.S. oil would not be used as a political tool and profits would be reinvested in improved technology and new supply development rather than to pay off political constituencies while the capital equipment and production declines (as occurs in Venezuela and Mexico, for example).
ncreasing the United States’ reliance on “clean” energy would leave Americans dependent on a single nation for critical energy supplies — China.
T
Figure 4 Cattle Co. www.figure4cattleco.com
~ Private Treaty ~ Grass Genetics Bull Special • Roughage Developed Bulls & Females • Salers, Angus Composites and Aubrac Hybreds • Proven from birth to rail for performance and quality for 30 years 14131 Harts Basin Rd. • Eckert, CO 81418 970/835-3944 • 970/216-8748 cell • email: figurefour@tds.net
VOLUME DISCOUNTS
Source: H. Sterling Burnett, “Roadblock on Domestic Oil Production Even More Costly Now,” National Center for Policy Analysis, February 22, 2011.
I
Page 11
The threat to both national security and the U.S. economy is obvious to anyone who isn’t blinded by environmentalist dogma, says H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. Key components of every green energy technology are made from a small class of minerals known as rare earth elements and other rare minerals (such as tellurium, neodymium and lanthanum). Despite their name, these elements are rather abundant, but at the moment and for the near future, they are found in economically exploitable concentrations only in China.
With 96 percent of the global market, China has a de facto monopoly on the trade in these rare elements. By contrast, the world’s oil market is diverse. Dozens of countries, including the United States, produce and export oil. In 2009, the United States imported oil or oil products from 90 countries. By comparison, there is no other supplier of rare earth elements to turn should China find it in its interest to restrict its supply to the market. This leaves China free to manipulate the market at will, says Burnett. Source: H. Sterling Burnett, “Obama’s Green Power Builds China’s Red Power,” Washington Times, February 16, 2011.
HB Pride of the Rockies
HB Pride of the Rockies
WM752G
North Paddle Legacy 32L
BREEDING STOCK AND SEMEN AVAILABLE FROM THIS AWARD-WINNING HERD Great Western Beef Expo 2004 Winners Iowa State Fair 2004 and 2005 Grand Champion National Western Stock Show Winner 2006 National Western Stock Show Champion Heifer 2007 Burgess Ranches continues to show results, year after year. Winning top awards in cattle production.
YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH RESULTS! Complete EPDs and Carcass Data Available on Our Cattle
Breeding Bulls Available! www.burgessranches.com 23970 NORTH ROAD, ECKERT, CO 81418 PH 970/835-3347 • FX 970/835-3352 • BRANCHES@TDS.NET
“Tenderize with Genetics”
Livestock Market Digest
Page 12
“DESIGNED FOR CATTLEMEN BY CATTLEMEN”
March 15, 2011
The Truth About Roger Barnett by ED ASHURST, Apache, Arizona
ochise County, (Arizona) rancher, Roger Barnett, is no stranger to anyone who reads or listens to news stories concerning current events on the Mexican-American border. Even in the midst of international crisis such as: Hosni Muburack’s recent downfall, and the U.S. being on the highest level of terror alert, Roger, of late, has had equal footing on the prime time news shows. Fox News channel’s chief bloviator, Bill O’Reilly, has seen fit to use Mr. Barnett’s recent legal problems to feast upon, salivating over half truths, resulting from poor investigation. O’Reilly should get his siblings, Katie Couric and Chris Mathews, along with Barack and Janet, and they could all mount up on their ego fueled brooms and visit the backwoods of southern Arizona and talk to some of the vigilantes they seem to loathe so much. Roger was sued by some illegal aliens who claimed he assaulted them on his ranch, which is approximately ten miles west of where Rob Krentz was murdered by an outlaw Mexican last March. Roger and Rob were friends. Lawyers for the plaintiffs called Roger Barnett a vigilante and the case went before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 8, 2010. Finally on Feb. 4 the court announced their unpublished verdict ruling against Mr. Barnett. In the fifteen years that Roger has owned the ranch on Silver Creek east of Douglas, Ariz. he has documented and called the Border Patrol requesting that they apprehend no less than 14,000 individual illegal aliens. The Border Patrol itself estimates that the aliens they apprehend are a mere fraction of the total number that go north to parts unknown. The total tonnage of illegal drugs that have crossed Roger’s ranch in fifteen years would be a minimum of 6oo tons and that is a conservative estimate. In the wake of this, several hundred
C
Complete Working Facilities for Cattle and Bison HEAVY, RUGGED CONSTRUCTION — BUILT TO LAST!
National Distributor for Tru-Test Scales INFORMATION OR BROCHURES:
PEARSON’S, INC. 90 Court St., Thedford, NE 69166 • 308/645-2231
Circle D Corporation • Flatbed T Trailers railers • Low Profile Equipment T Trailers railer railers Flatbeds F or Pickups Pickups & 1 T on Trucks Trucks • Flatbeds For Ton
Trailers • Livestock Trailers • Horse & Stock Combo Trailers Trailers rail Trailers • Multipurpose Trailers
thousand pounds of trash in the form of backpacks, blankets, dirty underwear, water jugs, toothbrushes and used condoms have been left behind. Perhaps we should mention numerous dead bodies, victims of some coyote who took their victims last $1,500 as payment for guiding them north to safety, only to be abandoned before that golden shore was reached. I know many individuals who have seen outlaw aliens packing assault rifles and automatic pistols north onto American soil. Numerous outlaw Mexicans have been filmed with hidden game cameras packing weapons. I know of no neighbor of Roger Barnett’s who believes that Roger assaulted any aliens. The only illegal immigrant I’ve ever seen physically assaulted received the intentional blow from a female Border Patrol officer who applied the bottom of her combat boot to the north end of a south bound alien as she was loading him in her truck. This happened at Apache directly across from the Apache Elementary School. Approximately a year and a half ago the company I work for was contacted by a local politician. He expressed hope that we (my employer) would be interested in buying Roger’s state grazing lease (at way below market value). He was assisting a well known political activist group that had been harassing Roger for quite some time. Together they were using false accusations and trumped up charges in hopes they could convince the State Land Dept. to revoke Roger’s grazing lease. This would accomplish two things: Roger would be summarily punished for crimes they supposed he had committed, and it would also get Roger out of the way of one of Arizona’s most profitable smuggling routes. This same politician who was secretly trying to destroy an American citizen’s reputation and financial prosperity was simultaneously on the continued on page sixteen
www.baxterblack.com
Baxter BLACK O N
T H E
E D G E
O F
C O M M O N
S E N S E
“American Made Since 1987” Hillsboro, KS 67063
Food And Fiber
800-526-0939 • www.circle-dtrailers.com www.circle-dtrailers.com
was pondering on the seemingly frivolous tendency of humans to disregard some of the basic accomplishments that brought mankind to our esteemed place on the planet Earth in the 21st Century. For example, in order to move beyond the gathering roots and berries phase, they discovered the life-giving dense protein, meat. In the progression of civilization they learned how to hunt. The benefits of adding meat to their diet were stupendous! In addition to the gift of time saved, the carcass provided leather and fur. Then came shoes, belts, slingshots, saddles, robes, blankets, and mammoth jerky! Not to mention insulin, ice cream and Jello! The basic necessities of life; food, clothing and shelter, must be achieved before opera, texting and Monday Night Football. But in the midst of our progress, out steps our own version of Kim Jong ll . . . the bumbling animal rights group PETA! They stamp
I
PACOFEEDYARD,LTD. Commercial Cattle Feeders
Excellent Facility & Feeding Program OWNED BY FRIONA AREA CATTLEMEN
Feed & Cattle Financing Available
CAPACITY 35,000 Located in the Heart of Cattle Feeding Country 10 Miles South of Friona on Hwy. 214
1/800-725-3433 • 806/265-3281 Feller Hughs, Manager Paco Feed Yard, Ltd. • Box 956, Friona, TX 79035
their feet and make outrageous threats; “Don’t wear fur or we’ll pour paint on you! Don’t use lab animals for research or we’ll . . . maybe somebody else, will burn down your laboratory! Don’t breed purebred dogs or we’ll get Big Sister HSUS to throw darts at you!” But their stories grow tedious. I notice the wearing of fur is coming back into fashion. Of course, people “up north” never quit wearing fur. They still have that connection to the millions of ancestors who wore fur down through the ages. I’m guessing the anti-fur advocates have been quietly buying stock in Chevron and BP. These advocates prefer that the Earth deplete itself of fossil fuels to make synthetic clothes before we should consider wearing coyote coats, mink collars or fox mucklucks. I should ask PETA why they have not encouraged people to go into the sheep business. Wool is nature’s greatest insulator. You can shear them
every year, then eat them and use their parts. Modern animal science gets more out of the complete beast than even the Indians did! But nary a word from PETA. They could be endorsing Pendleton or the Navajos! Have their own blanket line or puppy vest. Wool and fur are in the same venerable category as trees and water. They are practical, proven, Earth conscious, environmentally sound, globally useful, recyclable, all natural, first choice for covering our naked bodies. In typical deference, decent people have tolerated PETA’s verbal abuse and lunacy like we tolerate a spoiled child’s tantrums. I am glad they are losing relevance in the real world. Their kind could only exist at a time in Earth’s history when virtual reality, the next American Idol, and the Kardashian sisters dominate our culture. Well, enough of that. Now where did I put my mastodon slippers, I need to go check my traps.
March 15, 2011
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
Page 13
Tips on Giving Injections by HEATHER SMITH THOMAS
ost antibiotics, vaccines, anti-inflammatory drugs and some vitamins and minerals are given to cattle by injection, so it is important to know how to administer them properly. Always follow label directions and/or your vet’s advice for giving any injectable product regarding dosage, route of administration and injection site, timing (if it should or can be repeated), etc. Improper use of any injectable product may be ineffective at best, or dangerous/life threatening at worst. Most vaccines and antibiotics are given intramuscularly (IM) or subcutaneously (SubQ). Some medications are given intravenously (IV). The animal should be adequately restrained before you administer any type of injection. If an animal is moving, it’s difficult to give the injection; the product may be wasted or the animal may be at risk if not properly injected. Use a clean needle and syringe of appropriate size. If using a single dose syringe, select a small one for a small injection and a larger one for a large dose. It’s easier to measure accurate dosage for a small shot with a small syringe, unless it’s a multiple-dose syringe with appropriate calibrations for the individual shots. For a large dose you need a larger syringe to accommodate the larger volume. Injection Sites: For vaccines, IM and Sub Q injections should be given in the triangular mass of muscle on the side of the neck. The acceptable area starts about three fingers’ width behind the ear, extending down to a few inches in front of the shoulder, staying away from the top of the neck (which contains a thick ligament) and the bottom of the neck where windpipe, esophagus and jugular vein are located. An alternative choice for SubQ injections, especially on small calves, is the area of relatively loose skin behind the shoulder blade.
M
For antibiotics, the neck is a preferred location. If a large IM dose must be given and there’s not enough area on the neck to absorb all the injections (since the product must be split into multiple sites no closer than 4 inches apart if the total dose is more than 10 cc, to have adequate tissue to absorb the medication), an alternative site is the back of the thigh. If more than one product is being given at the same time, the sites should always be at least 4 inches apart. Most shots should be put into the neck, to avoid injecting into parts of the body that will eventually become important cuts of meat. Any scarred or damaged tissue can be more readily trimmed from the neck than the rump at slaughter. If there’s scar tissue in the neck it’s not as critical, since the neck muscle is usually made into hamburger. Today there are some new long-acting antibiotic products that can be injected under the skin on the back of the ear (being careful to avoid major veins), to avoid damage to any meat. In future, injections may become easier and safer, without use of needles. New devices are being tested that will administer injections through intact skin by use of compressed air. The rump is no longer acceptable for injections, even though these thicker muscles are much better for absorbing an injection, particularly if a large dose of antibiotic must be given. Many types of injections occasionally create scars or an abscess, which would damage more meat if put into the rump. It’s better to put an IM injection into the neck, splitting a large dose into two or more sites if necessary. If an animal needs multiple injections or repeat treatment, vary the injection sites on subsequent injections. Sometimes it’s a tradeoff between what might be ideal from a carcass standpoint and what’s practical or best for the animal. Due to the large volume of some antibiotic injections or a need for multiple treatments, it
Cow with a swelling on her neck due to reaction to vaccination
may not be feasible or humane to put all injections into the neck. That area can become so sore and swollen that a calf might not be able to raise his head to nurse, or an animal might be reluctant to lower its head to eat or drink. Stress of discomfort can diminish effectiveness of treatment, making the animal slower to recover. Your first concern is to save the animal. If both sides of the neck are not adequate to absorb the IM injections, the back of the thigh can be used, putting the injection at right angles to the leg (less risk of hitting the nerves that run down the back of the muscles). Intramuscular Injections: IM injections are given with a needle long enough to go deep into the muscle. For an adult cow you need a needle at least 1.5 inches long and 2 inches is better. Use a 16-gauge needle — large enough diameter to go through a cow’s thick skin without bending or breaking. Don’t use anything larger than 16 or there’s more chance for tissue damage and for the product leaking back out. For a calf use a smaller needle; 18 gauge and 1 to 1.5 inches long is best. The biggest mistake people make when vaccinating cattle, especially when running a lot of cattle through the chute, is not taking time to do a good job. Hurried work and improper injection may result in some animals not being adequately vaccinated (some of the product leaks back out), and also increases risk of tissue damage, abscesses, reactions, etc. To reduce chances of leakage after injection, keep the needle inserted for at least 2 seconds after the injection, before removing it from the muscle. Another way to prevent leakage is to pull the skin taut across the injection site with one hand while you inject with the other, then release the skin after you remove the needle. The skin then moves over the hole and closes it. You can also rub the injection site briefly afterward to help distribute the product within the muscle and reduce pressure so it’s less apt to ooze back out. When using a trigger-type syringe for IM shots, it’s easy to thrust the needle into muscle and pull the trigger. When using a smaller or disposable syringe, detach the needle and press your hand firmly against the skin to desensitize the site so the animal won’t jump when you insert the needle, then thrust it in quickly and forcefully. A new, sharp needle always goes in easier and causes less pain and damage than a dull one. If the animal jumps, wait until she settles down before attaching the syringe to the inserted needle and giving the injection. If the needle starts to ooze blood, you’ve hit a vein. Take it out and try a slightly different spot. Nev-
er inject an intramuscular product into a blood vessel. Subcutaneous Injections: Originally, SubQ injections were used because a particular product was highly irritating to muscle tissue or designed for slower rate of absorption. Today, due to concerns about carcass quality
(trying to avoid IM shots, where possible) more injectables are being approved for subcutaneous use and no longer must be given IM. When you have a choice, according to label directions, it’s best to inject under the skin rather than into muscle, for less tissue damage. IM shots are more likely to develop a serious abscess if a needle is dirty. An infection introduced by a SubQ shot is merely beneath the skin continued on page thirteen
MAURICE W. BONEY, Founder of the Breed 1971 25377 WCR 17, Johnstown, CO 80534 mwboneyirishblacks@gmail.com 970/587-2252
irish blacks Polled Purebred Cattle www.irishblacks.com
CARCASS QUALITY GRADE We have proven that in just two TWO GENERATIONS (3/4 level) any cow-calf producer, regardless of the breed, or breeds, of females he is running, can be CONSISTENTLY selling his calf crop at the higher carcass values (Choice and Prime) that were prevalent 40 years ago. View (www.irishblack.com). 1OO HIGH PERFORMANCE BULLS FOR SALE, coming two year olds. We feed very little grain and more on roughage than the bulk of the other breeds. We also have BRED FEMALES FOR SALE, this is an opportunity for one to establish a carbon copy of the foundation herd of the breed. This can also be accomplished by embryos.
Kaf Kandi 450 to 650 lbs.
SweetPro 16 650-1,000 lbs. First calf heifers, stockers on grass and purebred operations.
FiberMate 18 900 to 1,400 lbs. Cow block for average conditions.
FiberMate 20 1,000 to 1,450 lbs. Low consumption and tough conditions
Magnum Slows consumption in harsh conditions.
Fresh Start Perfect for Backgrounding!
No Molasses!
“Profit Blocks” For Every Stage of Growth SWEETPRO NON-MOLASSES BLOCKS CONTAIN: • Fermentation Feed Ingredients rich in Yeast • Prebiotic Oligosaccharides • Digestive Enzymes
• Protein Isolates • Chelated Trace Minerals • 25% Increased Feed Efficiency
LABOR SAVINGS AND INCREASED ANIMAL HEALTH!
Sci-Agra, Inc. Gary Wilson • Arizona & New Mexico 602/319-2538 • Fax: 928/422-4172
www.SweetPro.com
Livestock Market Digest
Page 14
Tips On Giving Injections and an abscess more readily breaks open to drain. For a SubQ injection, lift a fold of skin on neck or shoulder where skin is loosest, and slip the
continued from page thirteen
needle in between skin and muscle. If using a trigger-type syringe, aim it alongside the animal so the needle goes under the skin and not into muscle. For a
irish blacks Polled Purebred Cattle www.irishblacks.com
MAURICE W. BONEY, Founder of the Breed 1971 25377 WCR 17, Johnstown, CO 80534 mwboneyirishblacks@gmail.com 970/587-2252
A SHOCKER! = MARBLING IN THE ROUND! At the 3/4 level there is no difference in the cut out of one carcass as to another carcass. Extremely high marbling and tenderness. Only 0.15 inches of back fat. The largest REA at 11 months in the beef industry and dressing out at 65% to 65%. See “THE BLINDFOLD TEST” in the testimonials (www.irishblacks.com) by a former USDA meat inspector that has spent 31 years in the meat business.100 HIGH PERFORMANCE BULLS FOR SALE also top BRED FEMALES, embryos and semen.
small calf, it may be easiest to give a SubQ injection under the loose skin of the shoulder, and if there’s a local reaction it won’t make his neck sore. Giving injections SubQ rather than IM allows you to use a shorter needle (¾ inch if using a trigger type syringe, or up to 1 inch if using both hands to tent the skin and slip the needle underneath) so it’s less likely to bend or break. In the confined space of some chutes, insert the needle at an angle so you can use a one-handed technique with a syringe gun, rather than both hands to tent the skin. There’s less risk of getting your hands injured (jammed between the animal and the chute) or accidentally hitting yourself with the
April
BULL SALE
13 La Junta Livestock, LA JUNTA, CO
March 15, 2011
Intramuscular injection.
needle, if you can do it one handed. Intravenous Injections: Some medications are more effective (acting faster and more readily absorbed) if given IV. Some are irritating to muscle tissue and must be given IV. These must be done properly. Chances for problems are greater, as is the speed with which a serious problem may develop, so you must know which products can be given IV (follow label directions) and know what you are doing. Large volumes of fluid or medications given too swiftly can put too much load on the heart, and some drugs speed up the heart. Heart rate should be monitored when giving fluids or certain IV medications, and rate of administration adjusted accordingly. Any large vein will work for an IV injection, including the large veins under the tail, the big milk
vein ahead of the udder on a lactating cow, or the jugular vein on either side of the neck (located in the groove above windpipe and esophagus). A large needle (at least 16 gauge and 2 inches long or longer) works best for adult animals. For IV injections, needles and any other equipment must be sterile. The animal must be well restrained so it can’t move around during the procedure. If using the jugular vein, find it and press down on it with your fingers or fist to build up pressure (between your hand and the animal’s head) so the vein stands up and is easier to inject. Still pressing on the vein, insert the needle into it at a point between your hand and the animal’s head, then move the needle a little forward (inside the vein) parallel with the neck. If blood flows freely from the needle, this shows it’s in the
JDN PLD CLUB FLUSH Black Polled Fullblood BW 74 • 205 Adj WW 776 365 Adj YW 1358 • ADG on test 3.89 lbs; WDA 3.12 • Adj REA 15.1 • SC 35
Clinton Clark • Ph: 719/446-5223 • Cell: 719/892-0160 32190 County Road S, Karval, CO 80823
EPD’s: BW -0.2 • WW +13 • YW +24 Milk: +16 • MWW +23
Where Quality Runs High GB L1 DOMINO 175E
175 is a calving ease bull that adds growth, maternal, pigment and loads of eye appeal. He sires top sons and outstanding daughters. 175’s dam was a top cow, she was a Dam of Distinction and had a perfect udder. GB L1 DOMINO 175E is still very athletic and sound at close to 10 years of age. Owned with Pedretti Ranches of El Nido, California. Semen is available through either owner or Accelerated Genetics. BW 2.1; WW 54; YW 92; MM 31; M&G 58; SC 1.2; FAT 0.002; REA 0.35; IMF -0.01
Ken and Suzanne Coleman • 1271 C.R. 115, Westcliffe, CO 81252-9611 • Home: 719-783-9324 • Mobile: 719-276-4471 colemanherefords@hughes.net • www.colemanherefords.com • Visitors always welcome!
Riding Herd happiness is possible by wagging their tails. And canines don’t succumb to peer pressure by saying, “But everyone at obedience school has one.” Unlike your teenagers, dogs will load easy in the back of the truck and will always want to go with you. Dogs are easier to travel with on an airplane because you can check them as baggage. Do that with a child next time you fly and you’ll be arrested. And you don’t have to drop your dog off three blocks away from doggie day care because it doesn’t want to be seen in the car with someone as uncool as you evidently are. Having no opposable thumbs or Internet connection, dogs can’t text and they’ll love you no matter how many possessions you have. In fact, if you are a little short in that department dogs will actually bring you other people’s stuff. Even though we all love our dogs dearly, they are less demanding emotionally than kids. When they come home after being out all night you’ll hug and kiss them as opposed to grounding them for two weeks. One of the best things about dogs is you can teach them tricks to impress your friends. Unlike kids, they’ll speak, sit, and stay when you tell them. They don’t
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
do drugs and although they may take a drink out of the toilet now and then, they don’t drink alcohol. When dogs do something wrong you can jerk their leash, and if they join a gang and terrorize the neighborhood you can lock them in a kennel. If they misbehave because you’re a bad parent you can send them to obedience school. (Hey, maybe we should have obedience schools for kids! Oh, wait a minute, we already do: they’re called Juvenile Hall.) Perhaps the best thing about dogs is you can have them fixed. Then you don’t have to worry if they come home with some tattooed rebel with a nostril ring and a tongue stud. And if you make a mistake and don’t have your dog fixed there is less paperwork involved in having your dog’s offspring adopted than those of your teenage daughter. If you don’t like your dog you can sell it and if it is terminally ill you can have it mercifully put to sleep. Vet bills are usually cheaper, too, than those from Doctors and hospitals. Finally, with more professional dog breeding going on there are fewer and fewer mutts roaming the streets, which means that your dog probably has better bred parents than your kid ever will
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
March 15, 2011
Tips On Giving Injections vein and you can then attach your syringe (or tubing, if giving fluid). The most common problem is pushing the needle too far, clear through the vein and out the other side. Sometimes the animal moves and the needle slips out of the vein. Don’t just assume it’s in the vein just because you see some blood. Blood will flow rapidly and steadily from the needle if it’s actually in the vein. Make sure the needle stays in the vein when you give the injection or administer fluid. Injecting some products into tissues around the vein can cause severe irritation and stress (and sometimes death, depending on the drug). If the needle slips out of the vein while giving fluid the tissues around the vein start to swell. If the needle slips out of the vein, take it out and start over. If giving fluid, which means the needle must be in the vein awhile, it’s best to use an IV catheter, which is longer than a needle and more flexible, and stays in the vein better. Needles: Always use a sharp, sterile needle. Use proper diameter for the job; too large and it allows leakage, too small and it may break or slow the procedure and more pressure is needed to inject the material through it (never try to put a thick product through a small needle). If it’s too long it may bend or break. Too short and it may not deliver the product into proper location. Needles should not be reused unless they’ve been boiled between uses. Exceptions are when a large number of cattle are vaccinated at once. In this instance, care must be taken to make sure the needle stays clean and sharp during multiple uses. Injections should never be put into dirty hide (covered with mud or manure). Thrusting a needle through wet or dirty skin will take contamination with it, creating risk for an abscess at the injection site. It’s always better to vaccinate cattle when they are
continued from page fourteen
dry, rather than wet. Even if you are using the same needle multiple times on several animals, always use a clean sterile needle for refilling your syringe; never insert a used or dirty needle into the bottle or you may contaminate the contents. If a needle gets dull or dirty after being used on several animals, exchange it for a new one. Needles are designed to cut into the skin, not puncture it. After you’ve used a needle on 10 or more animals, it starts to dull and develop a burr on the tip. Once it’s dull, you need more force to put it through the skin, producing more tissue damage. Instead of cutting through the skin, a dull needle punctures it and folds a small piece of skin under, possibly carrying dirt or bacteria with it. If a needle starts to get dull or gets a blunt tip from being bumped on the
chute, discard it for a new one, even if you’ve only used it on one animal. Always discard a needle if it becomes bent. Bending weakens it and it may break. Make sure the needle is still attached to the syringe when you finish the injection. On the rare occasion one breaks off in an animal, it may be sticking out and you can grab it. Otherwise, mark the site so it can be surgically retrieved — as soon as possible. A needle shaft can migrate several inches within an hour, working deeper into the muscle or traveling laterally under the skin. When working cattle, have a container by the chute for disposal of used needles. Some of the gun-type syringes have flexible ends to minimize risk for bent or broken needles. If you use a trigger type syringe, make sure it’s easy to use and well lubricated for quick ease of motion, especially if you have small hands. The easier and
Page 15
faster you can give an injection, especially if the animal has room to move around, the less likely you’ll end up with bent or broken needles. Make sure you have good access to the injection site and your hand or syringe/needle won’t be jammed into the bars or
LH
front of the chute if the animal lunges forward or backward. Many of the new squeeze chutes have access doors at the neck area or a neck extension that holds the head and neck still while you are trying to give an injection.
FREEZE BRANDERS
Made of Solid Brass For more information on our electric dehorners and other livestock branding equipment, please write, call or visit our website listed below.
This super cold brander, when applied to an animal, turns the hair white or colorless in the design of the brand, making it easily read from any distance. Numbers available in 1" thru 6" size. Most custom designs available.
L-H BRANDING IRONS P.O. Box 639 • Mandan, ND 58554 • 800/437-8068 www.lhbrandingirons.com
Don’t miss s this event a n fu is there e for all in th family!
Ear Injection
~2ND ANNUAL~
Reata Range Days Ranch Roping & Bridle Horse Competition April 23 & 24, 2011 River Basin Ranch, Benson, AZ LUNCH OFFERED BOTH DAYS!
Schedule of Events: Sat., 9:00 am . . . Events begin Sun., 8:30 am. . . Church Kick-off Sun., 10:00 am. . Easter Egg Hunt, Roping Events FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
JJ Kartchner at 520/548-7921 or email at: jjkartchner@rsonline.net
TWO-DAY event offering traditional ranch-style roping events and Cowboy Church Easter Sunday with an Easter Egg Hunt for the children out in a real cow pasture.
Sponsored by Southwest Ranch Roping Association Proper placement for an IV in a calf.
Livestock Market Digest
Page 16
Roger Barnett
continued from page twelve
payroll as an advisor on border issues to the federal government, being appointed by Janet Napolitano in 2008. For some reason this little bit or collusion
was overlooked by O’Reilly in the famous No Spin Zone. Roger’s greatest fault was becoming a high profile deterrent to the traffic headed north.
Scott 8' Portable Tubs with 18' Alley Ready for Transport in Minutes
SCOTT • 10' & 12' Stationary Tubs • 18' Adjustable Alleys • Continuous Fence • Heavy-Duty Feed Bunks • Complete Line of Heavy-Duty Livestock Equipment
MANUFACTURERS GORDON, NEBRASKA 1-800/435-0532
SCOTT SIDEROLL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. www.scottmanufacturers.com
His patrolling of his ranch could easily be seen from the highway. The truth is, he isn’t guilty of anything that isn’t practiced by ranchers on the border on a regular basis. He believes his property and rights are worth protecting, and he has had the courage to fight back. The bogus claims of human rights violations and physical abuse are a mere smoke screen ignited by activist groups and professional protesters who advocate an open border and view our national sovereignty as something to be despised. The real fuel for the inferno, however, comes from the powers that be who are reaping huge profits off the unregulated commerce the flows both north and south.
Miraco gives you more choices. Whether you prefer the cool clean water provided by the MiraFount, the large capacity of the BIGspring, or the versatility of the Lil’spring Miraco delivers all three with the unconditional 5 year guarantee.
March 15, 2011 This stream carries amazing wealth and is mixed with blood and the heavy players in this game want everyone who opposes it to gaze upon the stream and be intimidated. It’s all about the money, and the maintenance of the status quo is essential in assuring them that the profits of the future remain as high as those of the past. Roger Barnett made the mistake of buying a cattle ranch that is situated at the very apex of illegal traffic headed north. The place called Silver Creek is the busiest thoroughfare for illegal aliens and drug trafficking on the entire Mexican border and Silver Creek flows right down the middle of Roger Barnett’s ranch. Damn the luck anyway! When you own property in this area you are supposed to look the other way. Roger hasn’t. Roger has been visited by the FBI on four separate occasions. They have informed him that they have intelligence that he is a marked man.
dopting the meat rating principles set forth by the Global Animal Partnership, Whole Foods rolled out a program this month that lets shoppers know how the animals that became their beef, chicken, and pork products were treated during their lives. The new Five-Step Animal Welfare Rating system uses certified third-party auditors to evaluate farms and meat products regarding the health, treatment, housing, transport, slaughter, and processing of the animals before they hit the Whole Foods stores. The ratings will be displayed in colored and numbered labels on signs and packaged fresh meats in the case. Here’s the basic chart, in which the ratings range from the unacceptable Red to the Green Step 5+, and what the labels mean. The most humanely treated meats get a rating of Green Step 5+, which means the animals spent their entire lives on one farm, among many other requirements. The lowest rating is a red sticker, which won’t be on anything at Whole Foods. The company requires that meats rank at an Orange Step 1 rating or higher, which means that there were no cages, no crates, and no crowding in the animals’ upbringing. The colors and numbers are on the chart on the right, as created by Global Animal Partnership. Each type of meat has an even more detailed breakdown of prerequisites needed to attain the ascending levels. There are 91, 118, and 121 requirements for broiler chicken, pigs, and beef cattle products, respectively, simply to achieve a Step 1 rating. According to the Whole Foods website, even a Step 1, “is a huge accomplishment in the industry.”
A
Western Legacy Alliance Research Spurs Congressional Action on Exposing Taxpayer Funded Lawsuit Racket of Radical Environmentalists I am/our organization is committed to protecting the open spaces, private property, private businesses and ensuring the responsible use of public lands. Please list me/my organization as a member of the Western Legacy Alliance. I have included my membership dues and my $____________ additional contribution. Individual Membership $25
■
Association Membership $500
■
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Corporate Membership $1,000
Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Organization: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________ City: __________________________ State: ___________
■
Other $____________
RECEIPT OF CONTRIBUTION TO THE WLA: The Western Legacy Alliance thanks you for your contribution! Amount: $
Zip: _____________________ Phone: _________________________________ Fax: _______________________________
Cash:
Email: _________________________________________________________________________________________________
Check#:
LP —
YOU CAN HDEAY! JOIN TO
continued on page twenty-one
Whole Foods adopts new system that rates how the meat was treated by MARSHA TRAINER, Citypages Blog
P.O. Box 686 • Grinnell, IA 50112 • Phone: 1-641-236-5822 • Toll-Free: 1-800-541-7866 • www.miraco.com
Media superstars like Katie Couric or Chris Mathews wouldn’t soil themselves with a story like this, that might be cross grained to their progressive agenda, but actually there is a great deal of information available to anyone who wants to do a little research. Get on the internet and Google racketeering and money laundering in Douglas, Ariz. Google underground tunnels that come from Mexico to warehouses in Douglas that are owned by local politicians. You can research and find articles written about indictments against local politicians that were stopped by one phone call from a U.S. Senator who happened to be a Democrat. Articles have been written in the New York Times, San Antonio Business Journal and other publications by authors such as Sam Dillon, Bill Conroy, Jesse Mathewson, Luke Ford and others. Go to You Tube and pull up a video titled
The species-specific rules run the gamut. For example, Step 4 and 5 pigs require unrestricted access to wallows, while Step 5 cattle cannot have branding or ear notching and Step 5+ broiler chickens must be able to perch. In addition to creating transparency for customers, the 5Step Rating system is also meant to give farmers and ranchers a plan to follow to improve the welfare of their animals. John Mackey, the co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods, is on the Board of Global Animal Partnership, and the nonprofit has been supported by the company since its inception. Whole Foods says it is also working on adding sheep, turkey, and other meats to the rating program but did not want to wait longer to bring the system to the stores. The Five-Step Animal Welfare rating system is not the same as organic certification, although some Whole Foods products at both the Minneapolis and St. Paul stores will qualify for both labels.
Courtesy of Whole Foods Basic meat rating system
March 15, 2011
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
Pre-planning is key to successful A.I. by CLIFFORD MITCHELL, Cattle Today
ynchronization programs, for artificial insemination (AI), have changed a little over the years. Experience and improvements to the synchronization technology probably have modified these programs enough to where almost any outfit can adapt to a protocol depending on time and labor resources. “Work with your AI technician or reproductive consultant to find out which protocol fits the budget. We can help you decide which protocol will work the best depending on the time and labor resources available,” says Stan Lock, Genex Area Sales Manager. Operators must make a commitment to estrus synchronization programs. Deciding which protocol begins and ends with dedication. “There are a wide variety of estrus synchronization programs. Choosing which one works for your operation is very important. These protocols take a commitment ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Some simple protocols, which are less costly, require more labor in heat checking. The more costly synchronization programs are usually more successful with timed AI,” says Dr. Joe Paschal, Texas AgriLife Extension, Corpus Christi, Texas. Each protocol varies a little. Successful synchronization programs will all have certain things in common. Most AI candidates start with having some basic tools of management in place. This should ready the operation for the next step. “Make sure herd health and nutrition programs are up to date. Vaccinations for reproductive diseases and cows are in a body condition score (BCS) of at least 5,” Paschal says. “Decide why you are using AI and what you expect in terms of results.” “Candidates for successful AI programs will have a good herd health and nutrition program in place. These are two things that need to occur in the proper progression for the targeted breeding date,” Lock says. “Body condition score (BCS) cattle prior to implementing any synchronization program. Cows should be at least a BCS 5+ to 6 and must be enough days post partum to breed. Heifers should be 60 percent of mature body weight.” Each synchronization protocol comes with its own set of rules. Producers need to evaluate the availability of resources to decide which code of behavior will best fit the operation. “If an operation is limited on labor then a timed AI protocol works really well. Timed AI can be done in one day with comparable results to synchronization and heat detection. With timed AI drug costs are a little higher, but the tradeoff is labor costs are less,” Lock says. “Fifty-five to 65
S
percent is a logical expectation for conception rate. A lot of our clients like it better when I explain they could get 55 to 65 percent of their cows pregnant on the first day of breeding season.” “Some estrus synchronization programs are more expensive in terms of product. Others, in terms of labor needed to successfully complete the process. Decide which protocol fits your needs and skills,” Paschal says. “Decide who is going to do the heat checking and the AI. Heat checking is the most important part of AI, unless you are using timed AI. Costs are variable with each program because some require more time and more trips through the chute.” Producers usually look to AI as a means of genetic improvement. However, for some, the real benefit comes through the synchronization process. Cattle can be put on a time clock from this point to help daily management. “Breeding is done over a shorter period of time. This makes the resulting calving in a
shorter period. These are labor intense periods that can be more accurately managed through synchronization,” Paschal says. “Shorter calving and breeding periods allow for better nutritional and health management. Producers can expect more uniform and usually heavier calves that will be marketed at the same time. For programs interested in saving replacements, heifers will develop at about the same rate and reaching puberty in a narrower range of time.” “Synchronization helps tighten calving season. Every year we synchronize the same group of cows we're going to get a little more concentrated. Once cattle are concentrated, it makes other management easier to administer. Producers can give more timely vaccinations and apply nutrition when the cow's needs are the highest,” Lock says. “For most, a realistic goal the first year is condensing the calving season down to 45 days. Try to get 60 percent bred on the first day of breeding season and use
Page 17
Coming Soon To a pasture near you!
2 Bar ANGUS
Bulls • Females • Embryos
200
Bulls For Sale Private Treaty ANNUAL OCTOBER SALE 1-877/2-BAR-ANG 1-806/344-7444 Hereford, Texas STEVE KNOLL JOHN THAMES WWW.2BARANGUS.COM
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lifetime Products ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Available for ★ ★ metal, shingle, or tar ★ ★ ★ ★ roofs. Long lasting, ★ ★ easy to apply, brush ★ ★ or roll on this thick ★ ★ ★ ★ white coating. ★ ★ Call for our catalog. ★ ★ ★ We also manufacture ★ ★ ★ tank coatings and in ★ ★ ★ ★ hole windmill parts. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ VIRDEN PERMA BILT CO. ★ ★ 806/352-2761 ★★ ★ ★ ★ F: 806/352-8031 ★ ★ JOE VIRDEN, PRESIDENT ★ ★ jvirden@virdenproducts.com ★ ★ ★ www.virdenproducts.com ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
V IRDEN PERMA-BILT ROOF COATINGS
continued on page eighteen
San Angelo Packing Co., Inc.
1809 NORTH BELL ST., SAN ANGELO, TX 76903 P.O. BOX 1469, SAN ANGELO, TX 76902
A DIRECT MARKET FOR THE PRODUCER A BUYER OF QUALITY SLAUGHTER COWS & BULLS 800/588-6328 • 800/LUV-MEAT
Livestock Market Digest
Page 18
March 15, 2011
Successful A.I.
All Breeds
PerformanceTested Bulls SPRING AND FALL Jeff Schmidt
•
509/488-2158
angus
Bell Key Angus Dennis Boehlke 208/467-2747 Cell. 208/989-1612
A few Choice Bulls Available at Private Treaty. NAMPA, IDAHO BEEFMASTER
g•u•i•d•e
Sell More Bulls! To list your herd here, email DEBBIE CISNEROS at debbie@ aaalivestock.com Or, call New Mexico office: 505/243-9515, ext. 30 Colorado office: 720/242-8032 (direct line)
Foundation Herd of the Beefmaster Breed
“THE PEDIGREE IS IN THE NAME” www.lasaterranch.com Matheson, CO 80830 • lasater@rmi.net 719/541-BULL (2855) • (F) 719/541-2888
CHAROLAIS
44210 205th St., Lake Preston, SD 57249 1-800/848-4350 • Cell: 605/860-1111 Fax: 605/847-4118 acwienk@rapiddatasystems.net
209/727-3335
Phillips
RANCH
RED ANGUS
Spring & Yearlings For Sale At Snyder Livestock
March 13, 2011 CECIL PHILLIPS • 209/274-4338 5500 BUENA VISTA RD. • IONE, CA 95640
Santa Gertrudis Breeders International Red & Tender By Design
BRUYCKER DCEHAROLAIS BRETT & KAY 406/476-3214 1690 6TH LN., DUTTON, MT 59433
S
Santa Gertrudis Cattle Polled and Horned HERD ESTABLISHED 1953
S
NATION’S LARGEST CHAROLAIS BULL SALE
Dan Wendt S
DEES BROTHERS BRANGUS Yuma, Arizona
P.O. Box 1257 Kingsville, Texas 78364 361/592-9357 361/592-8572 fax
www.santagertrudis.ws
Arnold & Carol Wienk 605/847-4350 Jeff & Jody Eschenbaum 605/847-4880 Jeff, cell: 605/860-0505 Sterling & Courtney Eschenbaum 605/203-0137
Creating Greater Rancher Returns
ALEX DEES • 760/572-5261 • Cell. 928/920-3800 www.deesbrothersbrangus.com
14298 N. Atkins Rd., Lodi, CA 95240
www.wienkcharolais.com
BRANGUS
High-Quality Brangus Breeding Stock Available
A SOURCE FOR PROVEN SUPERIOR RED ANGUS GENETICS
SANTA GERTRUDIS
LASATER BEEFMASTERS
RED ANGUS
S
See our ad in the April issue! Call: 979/245-5100 • Fax 979/244-4383 5473 FM 457, Bay City, Texas 77414 dwendt@1skyconnect.net
cleanup bulls to settle 80 percent of the remaining cows by day 30.” Pencils have sharpened for most concerned with production costs. Genetic improvement and more efficient management are goals of most operations. The real cost of AI could be the time and labor invested. “Calves born from a successful timed AI program are 10 days older and gain 2.5 pounds per day, most have more than paid for the cost of synchronization because of extra weight without the advanced genetics figured into that equation,” Lock says. “There are a lot of benefits to synchronization: tighter calving intervals, heavier calves and better replacements. Producers go from getting cows bred to a total reproductive program.” “Synchronization and AI pay in terms of a more uniform and heavier calf crop. Semen, labor and product costs are less per cow bred than purchasing genetically similar bulls. Initial investment and maintenance costs (1.5 to 2 times the cost of maintaining cows) for these genetically superior sires are cost prohibitive for most operations,” Paschal says. “Genetically superior" are the key words. It probably won't pay to use average bulls in an AI program.”
R.L. Robbs 520/384-3654 4995 Arzberger Rd. Willcox, Arizona 85643
Shorthorn
Most cattlemen are always looking for a place to start implementing new management techniques. According to Lock, virgin heifers seem to be a logical place for most producers to start an AI program. “Heifers are a lot easier to handle because they don't have a calf. They are usually in the same management group so it's not as taxing on the labor force,” he stated. Pre-planning is key to AI and synchronization programs. Decide early which group, what protocol and which sire fits your production goals. “Decide when you are going to begin and have everything together at least a week in advance,” Paschal says. “Some of the synchronization drugs require a prescription and others need to be ordered. They are not usually carried at the local feed store or even by your veterinarian.” “Some of these reproductive drugs require a prescription so it is important that producers work with their local veterinarian,” Lock says. “Try to have everything in place at least 30 days before you start the synchronization protocol. Some bulls will have a waiting list due to semen availability. Another reason it is important to pre-plan the AI program. Work with your technician to help finalize details.”
China Spends More, but Doesn’t Get Results oes China’s governmentfunded push into so-called green energy constitute a “Sputnik moment” for the United States? That’s the term President Obama used in a December 6 speech in WinstonSalem, N.C. There are two main problems with President Obama’s comparison of Sputnik to our contemporary energy competition with China: It completely misunderstands the Chinese energy industry, and it completely misunderstands the American energy industry, say Nicolas Loris, a research associate, and Derek Scissors, a research fellow, at the Heritage Foundation. Over the past decade, the United States has increased its energy efficiency by about 2.5 percent annually. Despite a far greater scope for improvement — and despite a great deal of government spending — China raised its efficiency by only 1.7 percent annually.
D
irish blacks Polled Purebred Cattle
HEREFORD
continued from page seventeen
www.irishblacks.com
China is praised for its greenenergy investments, but in 2009 and through the first quarter of 2010 its coal production grew faster than overall electricity production. Through 2020, China is projected to account for half of global greenhouse gas emissions. So it is true that China is spending money on energy hand over fist. But China has little to show for it. Massive regulatory intervention and tens of billions of dollars in annual spending on green energy have produced results that are drastically inferior to those of the United States — both economically and environmentally — and have left China falling farther behind rather than marching ahead, contrary to the popular myth, say Loris and Scissors. Source: Nicolas Loris and Derek Scissors, “China’s ‘Sputnik Moment’,” Heritage Foundation, January 21, 2011.
MAURICE W. BONEY, Founder of the Breed 1971 25377 WCR 17, Johnstown, CO 80534 mwboneyirishblacks@gmail.com 970/587-2252
THE KEY TO PROFIT = EARLY MATURITY & CONSISTENCY
ART
Washington’s Oldest Source of Herefords
FAMILY
“SINCE 1938” Selling Range Bulls in Volume (Top Replacement Heifers)
SCHUSTER CLAY SCHUSTER 509/773-5089 Home 541/980-7464 Cell
GOLDENDALE, WA 99620
AMERICAN SHORTHORN ASSOCIATION 877/274-0686 8288 HASKELL ST., OMAHA, NE 68124 W W W. S HORTHOR N. OR G I NFO@ S HORTHOR N. OR G
We are the only breed of the major beef breeds that transmits all of gene traits rated at the highest level. All of the recorded purebred animals of the breed trace back to the first imported purebred Friesian bull and five of his daughters. Our gene pool is very small and highly concentrated transmitting extreme dominance when out crossed with other breeds. 100 HIGH PERFORMANCE BULLS FOR SALE, coming two year olds. For the past 25 years we have been selling one two-year-old bull per 70 to 75 females to be bred. We also have BRED FEMALES FOR SALE, PLUS EMBRYOS and SEMEN
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
March 15, 2011
$1 million to help support FFA events and programs ne of the world’s largest agricultural corporations will sponsor 14 National FFA Organization programs in 2011 designed to develop the leadership, agriscience and teamwork skills of FFA members throughout the country. St. Louis-based Monsanto Company will provide more than $1 million in sponsorships of National FFA Organization programs, awards, events, student scholarships and more this year. Monsanto’s support will help finance the National FFA Organization’s Washington Leadership Conference, National Leadership Conference for State Officers, Agriscience Student of the Year program and 11 other national initiatives. The annual Washington Leadership Conference, held during the summer, is a five-day event in Washington, D.C., that teaches FFA members throughout the country how to become effective leaders. The three-day National Leadership Conference for State Officers, offered throughout the summer in various states, teaches FFA officer teams from throughout the nation advanced interpersonal communication strategies and presentation delivery techniques. The Agriscience Student of the Year program recognizes high school students who discover creative solutions through research and theories to challenges within the agriculture industry; the winner will be named at the annual national FFA convention in October. “Monsanto is a long-time, dedicated and
O
To place your Digest Classified ad here, contact Debbie Cisneros at debbie@aaalivestock.com; New Mexico office: 505/243-9515, ext. 30; or Colorado office: 720/242-8032 (direct line)
highly valued partner of the National FFA Organization’s programs and services that develop youth into tomorrow’s agricultural industry leaders,” said Robert K. Cooper, executive director of The National FFA Foundation. “The company is a global force in the agricultural industry and with Monsanto’s support, we can continue to grow and enhance these important programs that focus on developing FFA members’ leadership potential.” Monsanto is a global leader in providing agricultural products, offers conventional and biotech seeds, advanced technologies focused on producing more nutritious and durable crops and safe, effective crop protection solutions. Founded in 1901, the Monsanto of today is focused on agriculture and supporting farmers around the world in their mission to produce more while conserving more. “For more than 50 years, Monsanto has supported the National FFA Organization. We’re elated to again be able to back the organization’s critically important agriculture education programs and initiatives throughout 2011,” said John Raines, vice president of customer advocacy at Monsanto. “The National FFA Organization strives to teach its student members how to achieve their utmost potential, something that aligns closely with our focus on helping agriculturalists of today and tomorrow how to produce more, conserve more and improve lives through sustainable agriculture.”
DigestClassifieds
Auction Schools COME TRAIN WITH THE CHAMPIONS. Join the financially rewarding world of auctioneering. World Wide College of Auctioneering. Free catalog. 1-800/423-5242, www.worldwidecollegeofauctioneering.com. BE AN AUCTIONEER – Missouri Auction School, world’s largest since 1905. Free CD and catalog. Call toll-free 1-800/8351955, ext. 5. www.auctionschool.com. LEARN AUCTIONEERING for the 2000s! Nashville Auction School “Free Catalog” 800/543-7061, learntoauction.com, 112 W. Lauderdale St., Tullahoma, TN 37388.
Equipment
NEW HOLLAND pull type bale wagons: 1033, 104 bales, $5,100; 1034, 104 bales, unloads both ways, $4,400; 1044, 120 bales, $3,700; 1063, 160 bales, $10,800; 1010, 56 bales, $1,200. Also have self propelled wagons. Delivery available. 785/ 336-6103, www.roederimp.com.
Sci-Agri, Inc. CHOLLA LIVESTOCK, LLC Gary Wilson Arizona & New Mexico 602/319-2538 928/422-4172
GUIDE To place your listing here, contact Debbie Cisneros at debbie@aaalivestock.com; New Mexico office: 505/243-9515, ext. 30; or Colorado office: 720/242-8032 (direct line)
RANCH SALES & APPRAISALS SERVING THE RANCHING INDUSTRY SINCE 1920
INTEREST RATES AS LOW AS 3%. PAYMENTS SCHEDULED ON 25 YEARS
Chas. S. Middleton and Son 1507 13th ST. • LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79401
(806) 763-5331
JOE STUBBLEFIELD & ASSOCIATES 13830 Western St., Amarillo, TX 806/622-3482 • cell 806/674-2062 Michael Perez Assocs. Nara Visa, NM • 575/403-7970
Kern Land, Inc.
575/762-3707 1304 Pile Clovis, NM 88101
TUCUMCARI, N.M. – Bradley Creek Ranch is a 3,700-acre cattle operation located in the beautiful mesa country of the Quay Valley south of Tucumcari, N.M. Excellent cover of grama grass species with some tobosa and sacaton. New set of pipe corrals and some new fencing. 1 electric submersible well, 2 solar sub wells and several good dirt tanks. County road frontage, but you can lock it up.
P R IC E D REDUCED
MOUNTAINAIR, NM – Mountain View Ranch is a beautiful 520 acres just below the north slope of Chupadera Mesa southeast of Mountainair and just over an hour from Albuquerque. Juniper and piñon pine trees with open grassy areas as well. Beautifully remodeled Spanish style 2-BR home with new metal roof and exterior. Wooden barn with shop, good corrals and 2 submersible wells. Kern Land, Inc. has advertised with Deb Cisneros in the New Mexico Stockman and the Livestock Market Digest for many years because our ads there get results. BILLY HOWARD CELL # 575/799-2088
See Brochures at: www.kernranches.com
Ranchers Serving Ranchers Texas and New Mexico
LEE, LEE & PUCKITT ASSOCIATES INC.
Livestock Haulers
Motor Models Available
DAVE KERN CELL # 575/760-0161
RANCH SALES & APPRAISALS Office: 325/655-6989 Cell: 915/491-9053
1002 Koenigheim, San Angelo, TX 76903 • www.llptexasranchland.com • llp@wcc.net
SANTA FE AREA: A very scenic piece of ranchland about 35 minutes from the
DANE STUHAAN
WE OFFER A COMPLETE LINE OF LOW VOLUME MIST BLOWERS. Excellent for spraying, cattle, livestock, vegetables, vineyards, orchards, nurseries, mosquites, etc.
Real Estate
KEVIN C. REED
New and used tractors, equipment, parts and salvage yard.
POWDER RIVER LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT. Best prices with delivery available. CONLIN SUPPLY CO. INC., Oakdale, CA. 209/847-8977.
T HE L I V E S T O C K M A R K E T D I G E S T
Feed Supplements
Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment Sales
www.kaddatzequipment.com • 254/582-3000
Page 19
(CA) 559/688-7695 • Cell (NE): 559/731-7695 FOR FREE BROCHURE CONTACT:
Swihart Sales Co. 800/864-4595 or 785/754-3513 7240 County Rd. AA Quinter, KS 67752 www.swihart-sales.com
LIVESTOCK HAULING California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho & Nebraska
Follow all the news that is news in the Livestock Market Digest now on the web at www.aaa.livestock.com!
Santa Fe Plaza and an hour from the Big I interchange in Albuquerque; just on the outskirts of White Lakes. Great access, U/S/ Highway 285 joins the Ranch for several miles. Open rolling grassland to tree covered slopes and ridges, not rough just enough tree cover to allow many areas of privacy yet wonderful, panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. Good wells and good water quality are found on this Ranch! This offering includes approx. 4,530 acres of deeded land and 4,835 acres of state lease land. Priced reasonably for the Santa Fe region. And the owner might consider selling a smaller portion of the property. Call to discuss your interests.
ANNOUNCING A NEW ASSOCIATE BROKER! I’m proud to announce that Gary Wood has recently joined me as an associate broker and will be working ranch sales in most of the State. Gary is native New Mexican, raised in the Roy area, educated at New Mexico State University and spent over 30 years as a range conservationist with the Bureau of Land Management; as a result, he’s very knowledgeable about rangeland and ranching.
TErrell Land & Livestock Company Tye C. Terrell, Jr., Qualifying Broker, 575/447-6041 Associate Brokers: Jimmy Jones 720/989-3975, Gary Wood 505/681-7011 “We Know New Mexico”
Livestock Market Digest
Page 20
March 15, 2011
THE LIVESTOCK MARKET DIGEST
R E A L E S TAT E G U I D E
by BILL TOMSON, DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Missouri Land Sales
See all my listings at:
paulmcgilliard.murney.com ■ Horse Training / Boarding Facility: New, state-of-the-art, 220x60 horse facility with 20 stalls, back to back, offset with bull pen at end of the barn.Two large pipe outside paddocks. 3-4 BR, 3 BA, 2,000+ sq. ft. home. All on 18+ acres. Just 5 miles north of I-44 Bois D’Arc exit. MLS #1017424. Call Paul for your private showing. Cell: 417/839-5096 ■ 675 Ac. Grass Runway, Land your own plane: Major Price Reduction. 3 BR, 2 BA 1-800/743-0336 home down 1 mi. private land. New 40x42 shop, 40x60 livestock barn, over 450 ac. in MURNEY ASSOC., REALTORS grass. (Owner runs over 150 cow/calves, 2 springs, 20 ponds, 2 lakes, consisting of 3.5 & 2 ac. Both stocked with fish. Excellent fencing. A must farm to see. MLS #1010371 SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 ■ 483 Ac., Hunter Mania: Nature at her best. Don’t miss out on this one. Live water (two creeks). 70+ acres open in bottom hayfields and upland grazing. Lots of timber (marketable and young) for the best hunting and fishing (Table Rock, Taney Como and Bull Shoals Lake) Really cute 3-bd., 1-ba stone home. Secluded yes, but easy access to ForsythBranson, Ozark and Springfield. Property joins Nat’l. Forest. MLS#908571
PAUL McGILLIARD
Ben G. Scott, Krystal M. Nelson, Brokers 1301 Front St., Dimmitt, TX 79027 • 1-800/933-9698 day/night www.scottlandcompany.com
Capulin Ranch, Separ, N.M. – 21,640 acres total, 7,785 deeded acres and 13,835 leased acres. 350 auyl operation has excellent fences, 8 pastures, 2 traps, 10 wells and drinkers, forage is in excellent condition. Good populations of mule deer, antelope, big cats, javalina and quail. HQ home is SW style with pool. Guest home, equip storage, rail cars, pens and scales at HQ location. Price is $4,000,000 La Cueva Ranch, Las Vegas, N.M. – 3,334 deeded acres on Apache Mesa 20 minutes from Las Vegas, NM. Caves, rimrock, canyons, grassy mesa tops and tall pines. Smaller parcels available. Very scenic area. Priced at $1,779,000 Trigg Ranch Parcels, Las Vegas, N.M. – 720 acre and 360 acre parcels located on Apache Mesa at $612,000 and $216,000 respectively. 180 acre parcel located on Hwy 84 has stunning views, several building sites on this parcel. Priced at $298,000
Ken Ahler Real Estate Co., Inc.
www.SantaFeLand.com 1435 S. St. Francis Drive, Suite 210 • Santa Fe, N.M. 87505 O: 505/989-7573 • Toll Free: 888/989-7573 • M: 505/490-0220 E-mail: kahler@newmexico.com
RANCH & FARM REAL ESTATE
—— TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO —— This ad is just a small sample of the properties that we currently have for sale. Please check our website: scottlandcompany.com and give us a call! We need your listings both large and small, all types of ag properties (ESP. RANCHES).
LONE WOLF RANCH – EASTERN, N.M.: Approx. 30 sections mostly deeded some BLM and State, employee housing and two sets of steel pens, county maintained, all weather road. Mild climate year round. 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, Texas, mule deer and quail.
New Mexico Real Estate
Rio Grande Valley & Beyond
80 Acres – Close to Mountainair. Fenced, 200 foot domestic well, irrigation permit for 13 acres, electric and phone lines at south property line. $80,000. MLS#703122
■ MOUNTAINAIR:
Old Lemitar Sale Barn. Title speaks for itself. This business opportunity awaits you. Barns, corrals and holding pens, loading chutes, buildings with set ups for food and stock sales. Great Location. 13 acres. $165,000. MLS#701310
■ LEMITAR:
■ MAGDALENA:
Magdalena Land.Exquisite views, convenient to town – 225 acres offers the opportunity to take advantage of additional land owned by BLM. Power and phone at property line. Development potential or just wide open space for your enjoyment. $500,000. MLS#484787
■ SAN
R.G. DAVIS, BROKER Cell: 530/949-1985
Properties
Cattle Ranchers Look For New Transparency In Trading
and Equities
19855 S. Main St., P.O. Box 1020 Cottonwood, CA 96022 Ofc.: 530/347-9455 • F: 530/347-4640 homeranchr@sbcglobal.net
——— CALIFORNIA RANCHES ——— Lassen County: 11,725 acres, all deeded. 970 acres irrigated, flood and 4 pivots. Alfalfa, grain, grass. BLM permits, 500 cows, organic hay. Lots of potential for more farm ground. Priced at $5,375,000. Tehama County, Cottonwood, Calif.: 1,850 acres, winter range. Large barn, 1 bdrm. apt., horse stalls, tie stalls, tack room, shop. Deluxe 400x200 ft. roping arena. All new fences and steel corrals. Hunting and fishing. Priced at $2,200,000. Tehama County, Cottonwood, Calif.: 556 acres, winter range, two small houses, corrals, chute, small barn. Good hunting and fishing. Price reduced — $775,000. Tehama County, Cottonwood, Calif.: 80 acres, winter range and a custom built appx. 3,000 sq. ft. beautiful home. Large barn, tack room, shop roping arena, round-pen — a real crown jewel. Many amenities. A roper’s dream. Priced at $1,400,000.
NEVADA RANCHES and FARMS
MASON MOUNTAIN RANCH Nothern Elko County ranch with 3700 deeded acres and a small BLM permit. Great summer pasture with free water from springs, creeks and seeps. No power but land line phone. The ranch received 1 landowner Elk Tag this year. The irrigation reservior on Mason Creek is stocked with Red Band trout. Several useful buildings including home with gravity flow water and propane lights, water heater and refrigerator. The ranch should run 300 pair for the season. Price: $1,575,000.
Bottari Realty Out West Realty Network Affiliate
ANTONIO: 1523 Highway 1 – 9.22 acres. Beautiful location near Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. View the lovely foothills from this laser leveled irrigated parcel. Power, septic, pad for the home. $136,000. MLS# 455697 Levee Ditch – Zanja Road. Like to get back to the basics? Discover this 86.88 ac m/l alfalfa farm with stunning views. Easy access. Power, water and phone available. Will split $13,000 per acre. MLS#660140 West of Farm to Market Road. 25.11 Irrigated acres, all fenced, currently in alfalfa. Recently re-priced at $301,320. MLS#660145 Highway 380, East of San Antonio. Range land, scenic rolling hills, tops out to fairly level, hwy. access, power and phone on property. This property has White Sands Missile Range Evacuation Lease. $300,000. MLS #685878
Betty Houston REALTOR , GRI, CRB • 575/835-1422 ®
515 Center Street, Socorro, NM 87801 • 505/865–5500 bhouston@socorronmproperty.com
www.socorronmproperty.com
View my listings on YouTube.com
FOR SALE IRRIGATED FARM NEAR SEDAN, N.M. 960 total acres, 770 irrigated acres, brick home, large barns, grain bins, etc. Good livestock operation. Favorable financing and terms available to qualified buyers.
A
CALL JORDAN OR NICK FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Farmers & Stockmens Bank P.O. Box 431, Clayton, N.M. 88415 • 575/374-8301
Idaho-Oregon Call 208/345-3163 for catalog.
New Mexico Ranches For Sale MOATS RANCH: 20,000 ± total acres, 12,025 deeded. 400 ± AUYL. Thirty miles north of Roswell, NM along and on both sides of U.S. Highway 285. Good pasture design and water distribution. Adequate improvements to include pens with scales. Reasonably priced at $200 per deeded acre to include lease land. DEGANAHL RANCH: 5,700 ± total acres. Section 3 BLM grazing permit for 164 AUYL. Three wells with pipeline system. Rested all summer, excellent grass. All improvements are less than three years old to include 3 bedroom residence, shop, tack room and feed barn. Price significantly reduced.
PAUL D. BOTTARI, BROKER www.bottarirealty.com • paul@bottarirealty.com
Bar M
Contact: SCOTT MCNALLY, 575/662-5867 • C: 575/420-1237
Ofc.: 775/752-3040
REAL ESTATE
www.ranchesnm.com
Res: 775/752-3809 • Fax: 775/752-3021
rancher group told lawmakers in mid-February it believes new regulations for over-thecounter derivatives will bring much needed transparency to how live cattle contracts are traded. Those kinds of transactions, said Bill Bullard, chief executive of the rancher group R-CALF USA, are now “occurring in the dark and we need . . .transparency so [regulators] can identify the positions that some of these dominant participants in the marketplace actually have.” Bullard offered a stark contrast to others who testified before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. In regards to pleas to slow down and rethink reform to the Commodities Exchange Act that Congress approved last year and the CFTC is now working to implement, R-Calf USA offered only words of support. The Futures Industry Association and the American Benefits Council testified that the government was moving too quickly to write the new rules. “The agencies are attempting to perform a complete restructuring of a nearly $600 trillion market with rules developed over a few months,” Bella Sanevich, general counsel of NISA Investment Advisors LLC, told the House panel Tuesday. “It is simply not possible to do that in a way that takes into account all relevant factors.” But Bullard stressed optimism and urgency that the reform be substantial and quick. “A principal factor driving the rapid concentration of the U.S. cattle industry is a dysfunctional cattle market that lacks robust competition and adequate transparency,” he said, “which results in a marketplace that is subject to manipulation and distortion.”
P. O . BO X 428 • RO SW ELL, N . M. 8 8 2 0 2
KNIPE LAND CO. RANCHES FARMS COMMERCIAL Established 1944
March 15, 2011
Roger Barnett Criminal Aliens Mexico recently posted by NRAIS 1 or numerous other videos under the title of Hidden Cameras on the Border. Read the book God’s Middle Finger by Rickard Grant. Overlook the vulgar language and digest this real account of the culture of “mordido” and fatalistic worldview of modern lawless Mexico, especially the facts in chapter 9. The progressive ideologues such as Obama and Napolitano refuse to recognize the economics and politics of mordido that now rule border towns such as Douglas, Ariz. Though they wear a different dress and have a different flavor they are really no different than the gangster politics of Chicago. Plumbers have an old saying, “feces flows downhill,” and there is currently a pipeline transporting the aforementioned commodity whose headwaters are in Washington, D.C. in the vicinity of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and ends east of Douglas at a place called Black Draw. The deliberate deposit of this filth is to cover up the tracks of the outlaw who killed Rob Krentz and the newer tracks of others that continue to go north along the same trail. In Spite of this deliberate cover-up the tracks are still there forever embedded in the minds of people like myself who have to live daily with the outlaws going north and the stench of Washington politics flowing south. These outlaws are familiar with the trails on Roger’s place also. The Black Draw and Silver Creek come together a short distance south of the Mexican line. When you reach the confluence of these two drainages you are home free, if you desire to reside in a place where the last vestiges of law and order have been destroyed. At one time America was a
TEXAS & OKLA. FARMS & RANCHES • Magnificent 90 Hunting – Cattle/Horse Ranch 50 miles E. of Dallas, 35 miles W. of Tyler, White pipe fence along FM Hwy. 3,700 sq. ft. elaborate home, flowing waterway, lake. Has it all. • 532-acre CATTLE & HUNTING, NE TX ranch, elaborate home, one-mile highway frontage. OWNER FINANCE at $2,150/ac. • 274 acres in the shadow of Dallas. Secluded lakes, trees, excellent grass. Hunting & fishing, dream home sites. $3,850/ac. • 1,700-acre classic NE TX cattle & hunting ranch. $2,750/ac. Some mineral production. • Texas Jewel, 7,000 ac. – 1,000 per ac., run cow to 10 ac. • 256 Acre Texas Jewel – Deep sandy soil, highrolling hills, scattered good quality trees, & excellent improved grasses. Water line on 2 sides rd., frontage on 2 sides, fenced into 5 pastures, 5 spring fed tanks and lakes, deer, hogs & ducks. Near Tyler & Athens. Price $1,920,000. • 146 horse, hunting cattle ranch N. of Clarksville, TX. Red River Co. nice brick home, 2 barns, pipe fences, good deer, hogs, ducks, hunting priced at $395,000. • 535 ac. Limestone, Fallas, & Robertson counties, fronts on Hwy. 14 and has rail frontage water line, to ranch, fenced into 5 pastures, 2 sets, cattle pens, loamy soil, good quality trees, hogs, & deer hunting. Priced at $2,300 per ac.
Joe Priest Real Estate 1205 N. Hwy 175, Seagoville, TX 75159
972/287-4548 • 214/676-6973 1-800/671-4548 www.joepriest.com joepriestre@earthlink.com
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper”
continued from page sixteen
beacon of light drawing people upward to a higher standard. Our constitution, being the standard that held the bar high so people could strive to climb out of the pit of mediocrity that so easily besets all mankind. Now we have leaders who go round the world apologizing for our own excellence, all too eager to use its own citizens (like Roger Barnett) as sacrifices before the world court.
Our leaders think our sovereignty and borders are something to be despised and have lowered our standards, and we like sheep to the slaughter are following them downward to a lower level. The beacon all but snuffed out, we wander around in a state of confusion not being sure who we are anymore. At some future time when history judges the anarchy that is now spilling forth, overflowing from the revolution taking place to the south, people like Roger Barnett will not receive the blame for it.
Page 21
“EAGER SELLERS” P BAR RANCH: Rates at 1,350 AU’s including 900 mother cows outside year round – WINTER RANGE – 11,750 deeded acres plus BLM, 300 irrigated – background lot for calves – 3 homes – good improvements – CAN SPLIT – $6,000,000. LYMAN RANCH: Rated at approximately 225 hd. year long – MEADOW RANCH – 850± deeded with 670± irrigated – FREE WATER – several interior pastures for easy management of cattle – over 1-1/2 MILE RIVER THRU RANCH – would make great stocker operation for about 800 hd. – modest improvements including great shipping facilities and scales – asking $1,530,000 Rae at 208/761-9553. LINSON CREEK: 400/500 HD. WINTER (11/5 – 5/1) with less than 1/2-ton on normal years – 1,938 deeded plus BLM – great stock water – UPLAND GAME BIRDS, MULE DEER, ELK, FISHING – Washington/ Payette Counties, ID – modest improvements – $1,475,000 with SELLER FINANCE. LANDRETH: Malheur County, OR – 780 deeded acres with 180± irrigated – 1/2-MILE RIVER – quality improvements – upland game birds, water fowl, mule deer, bass ponds – PRICE REDUCED – $980,000. FARM/FEEDLOT: 500± deeded acres with 280 irrigated row crop – CAFO at 850-1,000 hd. – good improvements – great stocker and/or dairy hfrs. – $1,580,000. QUARTER CIRCLE DIAMOND: Gilliam County, OR – 6,148 deeded acres with 1,078 dry farm – in addition running 125 mother cows year long – includes 40% interest in potential power generation – siting for 17 TURBINES – mule deer, elk, chukar, quail – $1,750,000 Rae at 208/761-9553 Jack at 541/473-3100.
This Torrance County Ranch has been in the same family for nearly 60 years. The main ranch has 7,280± deeded acres plus 1,280± acres State Lease land. Comprised of rolling hills, canyons and good, flat land, this ranch has been well-maintained and has exceptional water and watering systems. Great for cattle raising and hunting elk, deer, antelope and dove. Two other pastures totaling 1,390± deeded acres are close to town with city water and development opportunities. Call for a brochure.
AGRILANDS Real Estate www.agrilandsrealestate.com Vale, Oregon • 541/473-3100 • jack@fmtcblue.com
Amarillo, TX 806/355-9856 • Benny Splawn, 806/674-7523 www.CliftLandBrokers.com Offered in cooperation with United Country Vista Nueva, Inc., Portales, NM 575/356-5616
WAHOO RANCH: Approximately 40,976 acres: ± 11,600 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, N.M., on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso.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 3 houses/2 cabins, 2 sets of working corrals (1 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 (47 elk tags in 2010). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in the Southwest. Price reduced to $5,500,000. MAHONEY PARK: Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, N.M. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acres State Lease, and 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains and features a park like setting, covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak and juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail and dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views and a home site second to none. Priced at $600,000. SAN JUAN RANCH: Located 15 miles south of Deming, N.M. east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway) on CR-11. Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres Deeded, 3240 State Lease, 13,460 BLM, and 4,680 uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storage tanks and approximately 6-1/2 miles pipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak covered canyons, mountain foothills and desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex, javalina, quail and dove. A truly great buy at $600,000. 212 ACRE FARM BETWEEN LAS CRUCES, N.M. AND EL PASO, TEXAS: Hwy. 28 frontage with 132 acres irrigated, 80 acres sandhills, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well, cement ditches and large equipment warehouse. Priced at $1,868,000. 50.47-ACRE FARM: Located on Afton Road south of La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well with cement ditches. Priced at $13,000/acre ($660,400). OTHER FARMS FOR SALE: In Doña Ana County. All located near Las Cruces, N.M. 8, 11, and 27.5 acres. $15,000/acre to $17,000/acre. All have EBID (surface water rights from the Rio Grande River) and several have supplemental irrigation wells. If you are interested in farm land in Doña Ana County, or ranches in Southwest New Mexico, give me a call.
DAN DELANEY R E A L E S TAT E , L L C www.zianet.com/nmlandman
318 W. Amador Ave. Las Cruces, N.M. 88005 (O) 575/647-5041 (C) 575/644-0776 nmlandman@zianet.com
Livestock Market Digest
Page 22
BLEVINS
NEW! ALL-METAL STIRRUP BUCKLES levins new all metal stirrup buckle in 3" and 2-1/2" widths. The 3" and 2-1/2" widths have the posts set horizontally and fit standard holes while the 2" width has the posts set vertically. Made of stainless steel and heat-treated aluminum, the same as our leather-covered buckles.
$ 50 B
7
per pair plus $2.50 shipping
ew four-post tongue for 3" buckle. Makes buckle stronger and sturdier. One-piece tongue is also off-set to let the Blevins stirrup leather go through more smoothly. Stirrup The 2-1/2" width has one-piece off-set Buckles 4-post tongue with only two posts.
N
1070
$
per pair plus $2.50 shipping
asy to change stirrup lengths quickly and easy to install — won’t slip or stick. Made of stainless steel and heat-treated aluminum. Sleeves covered with leather. Order either improved, regular or four-post buckles. Also, new all-metal buckle in 3", 2-1/2" and 2" widths.
E
~ AT YOUR DEALERS, OR YOU MAY WRITE ~
BLEVINS MFG. CO., INC. 615 Ferguson Rd., Wheatland, WY 82201
March 15, 2011
The Charolais Edge by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON
asily recognized by their light coloring, Charolais cattle are known for their frame size, muscling and growth. The breed was originally developed in central France, and today is growing in popularity in the Southwest with both purebred and commercial cattle producers. Scott Milligan and his wife Britta, along with children Madison and Kreese, raise registered Charolais cattle at Milligan Cattle Company, near Vega, Texas. Scott came from a background in the Charolais business, the family started their own operation over ten years ago. Carcass quality is an important strength of the breed. “When people think about Charolais, carcass traits are one
E
of the first things that come to mind, what the breed can bring to the table at slaughter,” Scott said. He also credits them for their natural size and growth. “They have muscular, high-yielding calves. A lot of people like the Charolais for their growth and the added pounds they will give you at weaning.” The breed’s distinctive color is another thing Scott really likes. Whether cattle are purebred Charolais or a Charolais cross, the light color is dominant in the calves. “I like the fact that when you see a white or smoky or rusty calf out in the pasture, you know it’s a Charolais.” The Milligans’ focus is on raising bulls for sale to commercial producers. “We want to produce easy fleshing, easy calving cattle. We’re working to keep growth in
Consider our Quality and Predictable Herd Sires for your spring A.I. breeding season.
WCR Herd Sires –
Performance Based Strong Maternal Practical & Functional Carcass Data
Take time to evaluate the
Spring 2011 Trait Leaders
Visit our website – www.wienkcharolais.com For complete information on our Herd Sire Battery.
Actual & Ultrasound
KC Design 4246 Pld
WR-WCR Polled Prince S602 Pld M729768
M679384
–
Note the influence of WCR Herd Sires!
WCR Sir Duke 7340 Pld
Your Source For Herd Bulls!
M745064
Request y sale cataloour g today!
42nd Annual Bull Sale
->ÌÕÀ`>Þ]Ê «À ÊÎäÌ ÊUÊ ÌÊÌ iÊ,> V Offering 125 Performance Bulls and 25 Quality Open Heifers Listed are just 5 of the many herd sire prospects on test Herd No.
2010 DOB
Sire
Dam
AWW/R
BW
WW
EPDs YW
M
TM
Note
024P
2-9
Prince
Duke 17J x Visionary
768/124
-3.8
35
65
14
32
019P
2-11
Design 851
Silverman x Talisman
822/133
0.4
46
76
10
33
Top 3% BW Top 1% Growth
038P
2-11
Duke 7340
Design x Fasttrack
792/128
1.0
44
70
17
39
Power EPDs
094P
3-3
Firewater 931
Tradition x Mac Attack
880/142
0.8
20
33
6
16
Balanced Numbers
0310P
4-8
Prince
Design 4246 x Duke 261
700/113
-1.2
26
42
19
32
Linebred Duke
Powerful Bulls – Powerful Sires — Proven Maternal Value
“Our Guarantee – Customer Satisfaction”
53 Years of Seedstock Production
44210 205th St. Lake Preston, SD 57249 1-800-848-4350 Cell: (605) 860-1111 Fax: (605) 847-4118 acwienk@rapiddatasystems.net www.wienkcharolais.com Arnold & Carol Wienk: (605)847-4350 Jeff & Jody Eschenbaum: (605)847-4880 Jeff cell: (605) 860-0505 Sterling & Courtney Eschenbaum: (605) 203-0137
the middle of the road and not get too extreme in either direction,” Scott said. The cattle spend spring through fall on native pasture, and winter on maize stalks. To build their operation, the family keeps the majority of their heifer calves as replacements. “We try to keep everything that meets our standards and will make a cow to grow our herd. We started out small, and are building our numbers.” Artificial insemination is one tool used in the operation. “We do some artificial insemination work to try to bring some high accuracy genetics to our operation,” Scott explained. “We also participate in the Tucumcari Bull Test, and this past year had the first and second high indexing cattle over all breeds at the test.” Some people have been around Charolais cattle that are a little wild, but for the benefit of both his own family and his customers, Scott focuses on raising cattle with a good disposition. “We try to keep our cattle gentle, and if they’re not, we get rid of them. It’s just not worth it from a safety standpoint,” he noted. “Plus, studies have shown that gentle cattle perform better all the way to slaughter.” Birthweight is another important consideration, he pointed out, and something he watches closely in his operation. “You can’t be too extreme in either direction or it’s going to cost you somewhere else. We want our customers to be successful and happy with the calves they get using our bulls — we want them to come back.” It’s a family operation, Scott said. “We don’t do much without the kids. Everyone helps quite a bit, we pretty well do all of the cattle work ourselves.” In addition to the Charolais cow/calf operation, the Milligans also manage yearlings for other producers, running them on wheat pasture in the winter and grass in the summer. San Jon Charolais breeder John Eads got his start with the breed from Grau Charolais near Grady four years ago. “I had heard about the Graus and their cattle and seen their ranch sign and cattle when driving through Grady,” Eads said. “Then, one day I talked to Wesley Grau about getting started in the Charolais business.” Eads grew up around Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn cattle in 4-H and FFA, but did not have much experience with the Charolais breed. He tried different breeds of cattle over the years, but as he learned more about Charolais — including photos and show placings of the Graus’ cattle in magazines and their association with the Tucumcari Bull Test — he liked what he saw. “Charolais is really an attractive breed, and the cattle have continued on page twenty-three
March 15, 2011 good, clean lines,” he said. “I also saw the advantage of being able to affiliate with an established breeder and build on the strength of what he had already done to grow my operation.” Eads runs purebred Charolais cattle, and keeps the majority of his heifer calves to gradually increase the size of his herd. He markets some bull calves back to Wesley Grau. “I haven’t brought in any outside cattle, so he’s essentially getting his own genetics back again with my bull calves.” Ensuring that the bull calves that he raises are gentle is important, he said. “I feed the cattle out of my truck, and when I am out in the pasture I walk among the cattle and let the calves get used to being around me. As a smaller producer, it’s not hard for me to pay a little extra attention to them.” Eads likes the breed for its maternal traits and gentle disposition. “The cattle are easy for one person to work, which is good since I take care of them by myself and don’t have a lot of help. They are easy for me to be around,” he explained. “I have found that the Charolais are good mothers. All of the bulls that I have been around have had good dispositions, and have not been aggressive.” Last year, Eads weaned 40 calves out of a group of 42 firstcalf heifers. “Until then, I had only used older, more proven cows. The results I got just underlines what good mamas they are, they did most of the work. The heifers were bred to low birthweight bulls, I kept them in good condition, and they raised really nice calves. Plus, there was definitely some luck involved.” He also cites the breed’s selfsufficiency. “I travel quite a bit with work, and always make sure that I have someone looking in on the cattle when I am gone and find them to be easy keepers. They forage for themselves, and do well.” The cattle are rotated between eight or nine different pastures to enable him to take advantage of precipitation, which can be spotty in eastern New Mexico. “I have done a lot of cross fencing to maximize the forage that I have and the varying conditions from one pasture to another,” Eads said. Eads has continued to work closely with the Grau family, and appreciates their help and support. “Wesley has counseled me well, and has been good source of information on my cattle. Granted, he has a vested interest since I provide him with some bull calves, but he takes pride in sharing his years of experience with other people. He doesn’t just sell you something and walk away,” Eads noted. “He and Lane really compliment each other, and I enjoy spending time with both of them. They are good people to associate with, and never too busy to take a few minutes to talk to you about your cattle.” Agriculture was a big part of Eads’ life as a young man grow-
“America’s Favorite Livestock Newspaper” ing up in Colorado. Work took him to many different places over the years, and whenever possible, he has owned livestock. “When you are raised like that, it becomes a part of you and something that you miss, especially as you get older. One of the things that I like about New Mexico is that it reminds me of Colorado when I was growing up. There is a lot of agriculture and the people are open and friendly.” “I think as long as we have kids dressing western, wearing their cowboy hats, we’ll be okay. You learn a lot of things growing up in a small town that are good lessons in life,” he continued. “I travel frequently to Dallas and Houston, and always look forward to getting back home to spend some time in a quieter set-
ting. Spending time here, with the cattle, rejuvenates me after the work week.” Commercial cattleman Quentin Isaacs, of the Quentin Isaacs Ranch near Canadian, Texas, has used Charolais cattle in his operation for many years. “Charolais are awful good bulls for my purposes, and I think they would be for anyone else who runs cattle.” Originally, the family ran Hereford cattle on their ranch, which has been in the family since 1881. It remains a family operation, Isaacs’ two sons are both involved and also have their own cattle on the ranch. Isaacs said he initially tried a Shorthorn cross, and that crossbreeding
Page 23
PACIFIC LIVESTOCK AUCTION WEDNESDAY: Cattle Sale at 12:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Horse Tack, Pigs, Goats, Cattle at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Livestock Auction • 5025 W. Pecos Rd., Chandler, AZ 85226 Owners: STEVE & FRED LUECK • 480/839-2938 Auctioneers: DAN KNUTH, PAUL RAMIREZ, GARY DALE
continued on page twenty-four
LINDSAY, MT 59339 • OFFICE 406/584-7520 • LEE 406/584-7546 • ELNER 406/485-3572
www.eatoncharolais.com
Livestock Market Digest
Page 24
The Charolais Edge
continued from page twenty-three
improved the calves so much, he decided to try other breeds. “With a Charolais cross, you get bigger, better, healthier calves. A Charolais crossed on a black is the best you can get,” he said. “They are good, big cows, and wean good calves.” Maternal qualities are one important strength of the breed, with females living long, productive lives, Isaacs noted. “The cows are gentle and easy to handle. I had some cows that I had to sell this year that were fourteen years old and had raised good calves, but just didn’t have any teeth left.” The hot Texas summers are not a problem for the cattle, he
said. “As long as they have some cover, they do just fine.” Isaacs breeds his cows in the fall and tops the market with his calves where he sells them in Oklahoma. “I can get five percent more for my good, healthy, Charolais cross calves.” Purebred Charolais breeder Rosemary Harrison, of Ramro LLC near Cuero, Texas, focuses on raising registered, full French Charolais cattle that she markets as seedstock to other producers. Charolais cattle’s size and strong carcass traits, among other qualities, drew Harrison to the breed. She started out crossing Charolais on her commercial cattle, then shifted her focus to
the purebred side of the business. “They are healthier, and their muscling is incredible. With their coloring, you don’t have to worry about eye cancer as with other breeds.” Harrison’s cattle come from European Balmoral Champion bloodlines. To be considered part of that line, cattle must be listed in either the British or Irish herdbooks. “Over the years, we have developed some exceptional bloodlines, and we are still working on it,” she explained. “There are not many full French breeders in Texas.” In addition to the purebred Charolais cattle, Harrison runs F1 Braford cross tiger-stripe cows on her commercial operation, RJ Cattle Company. She breeds the older bulls from the
March 15, 2011 Charolais operation to her commercial cows, and that cross produces exceptional calves, she said. In addition, she has a herd of purebred Brangus cattle. The Harrisons are also wellknown for their horses. Harrison Quarter Horses in Fulshear has been in business since the 1940s and is a legacy award winner in Texas. The family was in the horse business first, Harrison said, then got into cattle — partially because they needed cattle to work the horses. Growth and gain are two of the Charolais breed’s biggest strengths, she noted, as well as versatility and calving ease. “They are big boned, heavy carcassed, heavy muscled cattle. The gain on calves, provided you have adequate rainfall, is just
27th ANNUAL
DEBRUYCKER
Bull Sale
CHAROLAIS
Saturday, April 2, 2011 GREAT FALLS, MONTANA Selling 500 Bulls! Nation’s Largest Charolais Bull Sale
Built for the Commercial Cowman ’ve had the same calving ease with DeBruycker Charolais bulls that I’ve had with Angus bulls. I’ve used other breeders’ Charolais bulls, but they don’t deliver the uniformity that I get with DeBruycker Charolais. DeBruycker-bred calves are long and thick; that’s what produces the extra weaning weight and profit. I’m sold on DeBruycker Charolais bulls.”
“I
—Wally Papez, Montana
DeBruycker Support Reliable Service, Directly bid on/purchase our bull customers’ calves DeBruycker Guarantee Genetics that create profitability for you. High-quality bulls, calves that consistently top video and auction markets, weights and prices Proven Carcass 57 head of heifers sired by DeBruycker Charolais bulls – 86% choice, 81% yield grade 1&2s, 64% yield
PROVEN BREEDERS, PROVEN CALVING EASE. PROVEN PERFORMANCE. PROVEN FEEDLOT EFFICIENCY. PROVEN CARCASS MERIT
Sign up for our FREE newsletter at www.debruyckercharolais.com to earn money off your next bull purchase. 1 WINNER DRAWN, ANNOUNCED IN OUR MARCH NEWSLETTER!
DEBRUYCKER CHAROLAIS Lloyd & Jane DeBruycker 406/474-3427 406/788-2971
Brett & Kay DeBruycker 406/476-3214 406/590-3214
1690 6th Lane NE, Dutton, MT 59433
Joe & Cathy Campbell 406/466-5821 406/788-5821
Mark & Belva DeBruycker 406/469-2371 406/590-0355
unbelievable. If you put a threemonth-old Charolais calf next to a three-month-old Brangus calf, there’s just no comparison.” She also credits the cattle for their hardiness. “When you take cattle developed in a mountainous region in France, then bring them to south Texas, you’re really putting them to the test,” Harrison said. “I’ve run the cattle here through two back to back droughts, and they’ve done well.” “The Europeans knew what they were doing all those years ago when they developed the breed,” she continued. “Those bloodlines are what we are trying to breed and promote in Texas, and we are getting there.”
New license plate benefits Farm & Ranch Museum new State of New Mexico license plate pays tribute to the state’s farming and ranching heritage and benefits the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s education programs. New Mexico’s newest specialty plate, which features a silhouette of a windmill against a yellow, orange and red backdrop, is now available through the state’s Motor Vehicle Division for all New Mexico residents. Authorized by the State Legislature, the Farm & Ranch Community license plate is for anyone wants to honor the state’s agricultural heritage and its rural residents. The annual fee for the plate is $35 in addition to regular car registration, plus $2 for administration fees. The first $12 of the $37 fee is retained (by statute) by the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division to cover the costs of printing the plate and administering the program. The remaining $25 is turned over to the museum’s education department to support its programming. The museum plans to use the money to enhance its Big Yellow School Bus Fund, a program developed in 2006 to offer “bus scholarships” to help schools offset the costs of a field trip to the museum. A school is typically charged $100 to $300 for each bus they need when they take a field trip. Anyone interested in acquiring a plate can get one now, even if their registration is not yet due. They can pick up a plate at one of the MVD offices in Las Cruces. Anyone outside of Las Cruces can fill out an application and pay the $37 to order the plate. The applications are available at any MVD office in the state, as well as the museum’s website at www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org. The fee will automatically be added to your vehicle registration fees each year when your renewal comes due. If you are within 60 days of your renewal date, you can renew and get the new plate at the same time. For more information, contact your local MVD office, or call the museum at 575/522-4100.
A