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Carrizozo Cowboy Days Set for June 12–14

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

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

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

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

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New Mexico Bovine TB Status Downgraded, Surveillance Testing To Continue

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Ethanol Industry Burning Through Equity

Youth Participate In 4-H Home Ec School

Riding Herd

New Mexico FFA Members Win at State Contest

State Confirms Rabid Skunks in Quay, Chaves Counties

Governor Signs Bill Protecting Water Rights

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N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter

Update

New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn

New Mexico Federal Lands News

Jingle Jangle

Estrays

To the Point

In Memoriam

The Seedstock Guide

by Alisa Ogden

by Mike Casabonne

by Caren Cowan

The Marketplace

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By Alisa Ogden

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NMCGA PRESIDENT

Greetings!

he issue still at hand for me has been bovine tuberculosis (TB). I attended a meeting in Washington, DC in March organized by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), to meet with the officials in the Ruminant Health Program at U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (USDAAPHIS). Another meeting was held in April with representatives of the National Milk Producers and the same APHIS personnel. These meetings are follow-up to the listening sessions held last Fall, trying to get changes in a program utilizing testing procedures almost 100 years old. Participants in the meetings were from states where TB in cattle is a continuing problem. Thanks to the recession, talks are more substantive about solutions we all hope we can live with without simply destroying herds of cattle. Changes in the program will take at least two (2) years to develop and implement, so don’t expect immediate actions. What else is extremely important is to get all organizations representing livestock interests to sign on. State veterinarians will be vital to help with any rule changes. There are many more questions than answers at this stage. Unfortunately, states who are not dealing with TB in cattle do not feel the urgency in changes as those of us in affected states do. Educating all involved will be key to successful development of a workable program. Regional meetings of NMCGA will be held during May. Please make an extra effort to attend one in your region. It is at these meetings we are able to discover concerns or problems you may be encountering in your area. I enjoy the opportunity to meet new people involved in the industry. It is also interesting to get reacquainted with those of you I knew before grey hair set in for a lot of us! According to the weatherman, we are not in a severe drought in our area yet. He should come out to the ranch with me and see what eight months without measurable moisture really looks like.

My best to all,

Alisa Ogden President

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Bert Ancell Bell Ranch President Elect

Jose Varela Lopez Santa Fe Northeast V.P.

Louis Montoya La Plata Northwest V.P.

Ty Bays Silver City Southwest V.P.

Rex Wilson Carrizozo Southeast V.P.

Emery Chee Bloomfield V.P. At Large

Troy Sauble Maxwell Sec./Treas.

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

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N.M. Bovine TB status downgraded, surveillance testing to continue n late March, New Mexico’s bovine tuberculosis (TB) status was upgraded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), removing many of the restrictions on cattle movement that had been in place since September, 2008. “We at the New Mexico Livestock Board have been working closely with the USDA on this situation since last September,” said Myles Culbertson, NMLB Director. “We are gratified that the USDA has accepted our plan, and are confident in our ability to contain this disease and protect our state’s cattle industry.” Effective March 23, Curry and Roosevelt Counties retained the Modified Accredited Advanced status that covered the entire state for several months. Restrictions on cattle movement in and out of those counties will remain in place. All other counties in the state have returned to “TB free” status. “Producers should be aware that surveillance testing will continue across the state, as we work towards TB free status for the entire state,” Culbertson said. For producers outside of the modified accredited advanced (MAA) zone, the requirements below will apply: ■ TB testing requirements for commuter herds, cattle herds that move back and forth between New Mexico and a bordering state, will remain the same as existed under the statewide MAA status. A whole herd negative TB test will be required every three years. ■ Show cattle must have a negative TB test. ■ A TB test will be required annually for Mexican-origin rodeo and event cattle along with native cattle that co-mingle with Mexican-origin rodeo and event cattle. ■ Selected herds determined to be high risk will be TB tested. ■ A negative TB test will be required for all sexually-intact dairy cattle over four months of age in the state, inside or outside the MAA zone, within 60 days of entering or re-entering any dairy herd in the state. For producers in Roosevelt and Curry Counties, cattle movement will be closely monitored. ■ A negative TB test will be required within 60 days before sexually intact cattle can leave the MAA zone, including those being sent to sale barns outside the zone. Cattle being sent directly to slaughter, as well as feeder heifers and steers, are exempt from this requirement. ■ Producers must notify the NMLB of all livestock movement between points within the MAA zone. Contact your NMLB Livestock Inspector or the NMLB office for details. ■ A negative TB test will be required for all sexually-intact New Mexico dairy cattle over four months of age, inside or outside the MAA zone, within 60 days of entering or re-entering any dairy

herd in the State. ■ Official identification will be required for all sexually intact cattle in the MAA zone before they can leave for any purpose. Nursing calves are exempt from this requirement. New Mexico’s TB status changed from accredited free to modified accredited advanced in September of 2008 with the discovery of the disease in two cattle herds. The herds were located in Curry and Roosevelt Counties. Since then, no new cases have been found in the state. For more information, please contact the New Mexico Livestock Board at 505/841-6161 or www.nmlbonline.com. ■

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Entries sought for New Mexico Beef Ambassador Contest o you know an outstanding youth who would be interested in serving as a spokesperson for the beef industry here in New Mexico and throughout the nation? If so, encourage them to become part of the New Mexico Beef Ambassador Program by participating in the New Mexico Beef Ambassador Contest to be held June 28, 2009 during the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Summer Conference at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso. Contestants must be 17, but not over 20 years of age by January 1, 2010. During the state contest, a panel of judges will critique a 5- to 8-minute speech presented by the contestant. The speech must be factually based on data provided from the “Beef: From Pasture to Plate” website, www.beeffrompasturetoplate.org or through personal research. The state contest will also include a brief written response to a published news article regarding the beef industry and participation in a mock media interview. The New Mexico CowBelles and the New Mexico Beef Council contribute funds for a monogrammed award jacket, as well as expenses for the New Mexico winner and chaperone to attend the National competition, which will be held in Fort Smith, Ark., October 9-11, 2009. The New Mexico winner is also eligible to apply for a $500 college scholarship. Each of the top five national winners will receive $1,000 cash, as well as a $750 scholarship from the American National Cattle Women. For more information, go to www. nationalbeefambassador.org/Content/.

Entry forms are due June 1, 2009 to: Shelly Porter, New Mexico Beef Ambassador Chair, HC 61, Box 24, Miami, N.M. 87729, office 575/445-8071 or home 575/483-2864.

Half Day of College Three Concurrent Sessions Rangeland Carbon Sequestration —Carbon Credits Hydrology of Piñon-Juniper Rangelands —Facts vs. Fiction Ranch Scale Alternative Energy —Wind and Solar Please join us at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center for our third “Half Day of College” program. This year we will focus on “Sustainability of Rangelands” with experts on hand to present information and answer your questions. We will hold the three classes concurrently to insure individual attention, and give you the choice of attending what you want – when you want. Registration begins at 8:30 am; introductions at 9:00 am with a brief update on the Southwest Center for Rangeland Sustainability. Classes will be held at 10:00 and 11:00 with lunch provided at noon. The last class will follow lunch at 1:00 pm. There will be plenty of time to visit with neighbors, specialists and research staff. Come join us for an educational and informative day at Corona. Please contact Shad Cox, Ranch Manager (575-849-1015 or shadcox@nmsu.edu) if you have any questions or need directions to the ranch headquarters.

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Bayou Seco husband and wife musical team Jeanie and Ken Keppeler: “. . . we have learned from traditional Hispanic, Cowboy and Tohono O’Odham musicians in New Mexico and Arizona.”

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usic always has been a vital part of human existence. In the American Southwest — especially Arizona, New Mexico and Texas — people came from many places, and brought their music with them. Families passed their music down through the generations. Cowboys wrote about their work and beliefs as did Spanish villagers. The rich musical heritage gave life on isolated ranches and in small villages a special dimension. This was all very well until electricity and radio came along. Then, many young people stopped learning their families’ music in favor of the “new stuff.” Very little of the music had been recorded or written, so much was lost. We can thank Bayou Seco, husband and wife musical team Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie of Silver City, for rescuing and saving much of our musical heritage. Jeanie says, “Since 1980 we have learned from traditional Hispanic, Cowboy and Tohono O’Odham musicians in New Mexico and Arizona.” Both Jeanie and Ken play fiddle and guitar, and sing. Ken also plays one- and threerow accordions, five-string banjo (fretless and fretted), harmonica, mandolin and probably anything else that’s handed to him. They admittedly have traveled down “many a dirt road” to learn indigenous music. One of the dirt roads they’ve traveled

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frequently during the past few years is to Crow Flat, N.M. The ranching Lewis family came there in the late 1800s. Pete Lewis says, “My granddad came here from Bandera, Texas.” All Pete’s family were, and still are, musicians, mostly fiddles and guitars. Pete took up the fiddle at about age 10. “My dad knew all the tunes,” Pete says, “and he played quite a few of them on the fiddle, but in his younger years he mostly had to pick the guitar because the older ones were the fiddlers, you know.” Neighbor rancher Bobby Jones, a mighty fine guitar picker, plays with them when Ken and Jeanie are at Pete and Minnie Lewis’s place. Bobby says, “They are extraordinarily talented. They collect different styles of music, and they’re good enough musicians to play any style they collect.” He adds, “They’re just good folks, besides, and sure fun to be around. Plus they support the kind of music most ranch people listen to. That’s what brought them out to this part of the country to start with. They’d heard some of the Lewis tunes and that particular bowing style. It’s been a lasting friendship.” Pete remembers being at Bobby Jones’s one day helping work cattle. “Sometimes after lunch if we had time we’d get the instruments out and play a few tunes. If we didn’t have to go out and work pretty soon we’d play a lot of tunes.” One day Pete was there helping work cattle and a guy from NMSU happened to

be there. “Later,” says Pete, “he sent a guy out here and taped some of my stuff. They called me later and wanted to know if I could play for that Folk Life Festival at the Smithsonian in Washington. I said I thought I could but I’d have to have my guitar picker along, so they agreed to pay J.P.’s way.” That’s J.P. Lewis, Pete’s cousin. Ken Keppeler already was on board to go, and that’s when Pete got to know Ken and Jeanie. That was in 1992, and they were part of the New Mexico delegation, which included artists as well as musicians. “They wanted three types of fiddling,” Pete says. Gretchen Van Houten is a contest fiddler. Pete played the old music, like ‘Bull at the Wagon’ and the old schottisches. “A lot of that music probably originated in Scotland and Ireland,” he says, “but it got changed over time a little here and there.” Buster Payne from Eunice (since passed away) played a little of both the traditional and the contest tunes. That’s how those three fiddler were chosen, Pete explains, adding, “Every evening at the hotel we’d have a jam session and everybody played.” Pete says he never would have gotten to know Ken and Jeanie well if it weren’t for that trip to Washington. They have remained friends. In fact, Jeanie helped Pete’s and Minnie’s grandchildren with their fiddling, and brought granddaughter Mecca a three-quarters size fiddle when she was 7 or 8 years old. Now little brother Jake has even outgrown it. “We’ve known them 17 years,” says Jeanie. “Mecca is in college now and Jake is 11. Of course, they learned from their granddad.” There are a very few recordings of the music. Pete says they had a light plant to generate electricity, and a reel-to-reel recorder. “When the light plant dimmed, the tape did, too,” he says with a laugh. “Then it would come back up again.” Jeanie and Ken have recorded many of the old songs, put them on CDs and given them to the families. They really like tracking down the old music. “We don’t learn it continued on page 16

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just so it will be preserved,” says Ken. “We learn it because we love it.” Ken and Jeanie were learning the old, traditional music long before they came to New Mexico and Arizona. Jeanie grew up in New Jersey, Ken in California (although his father was born in Albuquerque and many of his family members lived in New Mexico and Arizona). Ken says the traditional music they love is “not just somebody looking at a book and playing.” It’s from human experience, and both he and Jeanie are attracted to that. In their younger days, before they got together, they both traveled in Europe and all over North America, always studying traditional music in whatever locale

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Crow Flat musicians, Grandpa Pete Lewis (center), grandson Jake (L) and granddaughter Mecca (R), are among Ken and Jeanie Keppeler’s most valued teachers.

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Studies debunk anti-meat health claims nimal-rights activists like to promote meatless diets by claiming all kinds of health benefits. But if you pay attention to the news, the research is showing exactly the opposite. Applied carelessly, vegetarianism doesn’t just carry risks for physical health — in the case of teenagers, it can be evidence of an eating disorder. TIME magazine reports on a trend among teenagers who “go veg” not because of any save-the-cows ideology, but because they think such restrictive eating will help them lose weight. Relying on a new study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, TIME outright calls it a “teen eating disorder.” Then a recent study in Canada revealed alarming evidence that avoiding meat during pregnancy can lead to severe birth defects. From that article: Now researchers are reporting that women who have low B12 levels shortly before and after they get pregnant are at significantly greater risk of delivering a

child with a neural tube defect. Vegans and women who eat little or no meat, fish, eggs, milk or cheese are at the highest risk, as well as women with stomach or intestinal problems, including inflammatory bowel disease, that keep them from absorbing enough B12. The finding needs to be confirmed by more studies. But the researchers say women at risk should be tested for B12. This begs the question of whether swearing off animal protein is really worth the potential risks to a baby’s health. Finally, in another sign of nutritional deficiencies associated with a vegan diet, the journal Pediatrics just published a Weill Cornell Medical College study that showed how more and more children are at risk of rickets because of a lack of vitamin D, which is found in dairy and fish. This essential nutrient also protects against heart disease, diabetes, immune system problems, and inflammatory diseases, but researchers found that 14 percent of the teens studied weren’t getting enough vitamin D in their diet.

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nimal rights activists across the world have a reason to smile as the European Union (EU) is pushing for the inclusion of animal welfare standards in the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) multilateral trade negotiations. “Inclusion of animal welfare standards in the WTO agenda is urgently needed to effectively enforce animal standards worldwide, and to improve the appalling condition of slaughter houses in many countries including India,” Citizens for Animal Rights (CAR), a city-based organisation, said in a release here. Quoting European representatives, the CAR added: “Animal welfare concerns are being increasingly recognised in food production around the world, but they must be formalised within the WTO trade agreements.” Czech Agriculture Minister Petr Gandalovic, the new chair of the EU Farm Council, was quoted in the release as saying that the next six months would see a strong focus on European animal welfare standards, including new slaughter rules. “Animal welfare is gaining rapid momentum, not only in the EU but worldwide,” EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou said. She added that animal related issues should be included as “non-trade concerns” in the WTO agreements. “Getting formal recognition of animal welfare standards within the binding WTO agreements is crucial for unlocking the UN and World Bank resources needed to help the developing world raise its animal welfare levels,” said Michael Scannell, adviser to the European Commission’s ■ Animal Health and Welfare Directorate.

he Arizona National Livestock Show Scholarship Program began in 1991 by awarding $13,500 to eleven students in that year. Over 18 years later the Arizona National Livestock Show has now awarded 555 students totaling $553,909. The scholarship selection process has gone from annual to semi-annual and currently awards over $30,000 annually. The Scholarship Committee recently selected and awarded $16,000 in scholarships for the fall 2009 semester. Scholarship recipients will be honored at the 62nd Arizona National Livestock Show Dedication December 28, 2009 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. The fall 2009 Scholarship recipients, their schools, majors and home towns are: Brittany Choate, University of Arizona, Environment Science & Law, Gilbert, Ariz.; Katie Goodwin, New Mexico State Univ., Animal Science/Pre-Veterinarian, Lake Havasu City, Ariz.; Lindsey Hughes, University of Arizona, Agribusiness & Economic Mgmt., Sonoita, Ariz.; LaChelle Hunt, Scottsdale Community College, Motion Picture/TV Production, Buckeye, Ariz.; Kassandra Kinney, Clarendon College, General Agriculture, Tolleson, Ariz.; Alicia Lopez, University of Arizona, Engineering Math, Tucson, Ariz.; Colin Lowe, Oklahoma State University, Agriculture Communications, Chickasha, Okla.; Clay Brody McGuire, University of Arizona, Agriculture Education, Buckeye, Ariz.; Margret Molever, University of Arizona, Animal Science, Scottsdale, Ariz. And Robyn Ollerton, University of Arizona; Agriculture Economics & Mgmt., Casa Grande, Ariz.; Racheal Redman, Arizona State University, Biochemistry & Spanish, Waddell, Ariz.; Stephanie Strakbein, University of Arizona, Veterinarian Science & Spanish, Oracle, Ariz.; Laura Stump, University of Arizona, Animal Science, Gilbert, Ariz.; Avery Williams, Arizona State University, Chemistry, Glendale, Ariz.; Hunter Williams, Arizona State University, Aeronautical Manage-

Ethanol Industry Burning Through Equity by STU ELLIS nother ethanol refiner hoisted a white flag. Aventine Renewable Energy at Pekin filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection, and while it is not the first, nor the biggest, its financial challenges point to continued stress for an industry that had been on top of the world a year ago. Aventine joins VeraSun, the nation’s largest ethanol producer on the bankruptcy list, during a week that a half dozen of VeraSun’s old plants were sold to another ethanol refiner, Valero. Of course, the larger ethanol companies are not the only ones having difficulty. Many smaller one-and two-plant operations have also sought bankruptcy protection in the past year following the plummet in crude oil futures in the latter part of 2008. No, they were not all caught speculating on the long side of the crude oil market, but caught in a cost-price squeeze. With ethanol prices linked at the

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hip to unleaded gasoline, what goes up must come down and ethanol prices fell below cost of production. At least the cost of production that had been booked by the plant’s corn buyers. The ethanol industry that had been flying high in 2008 with $140 crude oil, and market analysts predicting $200 prices, ethanol refiners were locking in corn prices at higher prices to help push that commodity well past $7. When the crude oil balloon popped, and prices deflated with the rest of the global economy, ethanol prices had to fall as well and that destroyed any hope of profits, for companies that are solely dependent upon ethanol sales. The result has been the closure of many ethanol plants, because there is no future in keeping open a plant that is losing money. That is something that cannot be made up on volume, no matter how large.

One ethanol industry consultant currently estimates the industry will operate at only 67 percent of capacity through 2010. That compares to a nearly 100 percent capacity a year ago, with new plants opening every month. That presents a significant conflict, with capacity diminishing at the same time the federal requirement for ethanol production to rise. During 2009-2010, the U.S. Renewable Fuels Mandate calls for 12.6 billion gallons of ethanol to be blended into the nation’s fuel supply. If every ethanol plant was operating at maximum capacity, 14.5 billion gallons would be produced. With the industry moving at 67 percent of top speed, the mandate will not be reached without drawing upon any stocks that might exist or relying upon imported ethanol. The latter would not be politically favorable to the corn and ethanol industry, but would also tack on a tariff that raises the price of ethanol. That is the downside for the motorist. The downside for agriculture is significant, and will only serve to delay any eco-

ment Tech., Gilbert, Ariz.; Lauren Wilson, Eastern Oklahoma State, Agriculture Economics, Safford, Ariz.; Kayla Woehlecke, Northern Arizona University, Elementary Education, Red Rock, Ariz.; Amanda Zamudio, University of Arizona, Animal Science, Elfrida, Ariz. Scholarships are available to students attending an accredited university or college for the current academic year. Other requirements include: High School graduation; completion of at least 12 semester hours before applying; currently taking at least 12 credit hours; a minimum grade point average of 2.5 (A = 4); and prior participation in the Arizona National Livestock Show as an exhibitor, volunteer, or employee. Scholarships are funded through donations to the show with help from the Arizona Horse Lovers Foundation. Application deadlines are October 15 for the spring and March 15 for fall scholarships. Applications are available online at www.anls.org. The Arizona National Livestock Show, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the significance of agriculture and livestock through the presentation of a premier livestock show. For more information, visit www.anls.org, or call the Arizona ■ National office at 602/258-8568.

nomic recovery. That is because the courts have allowed VeraSun to walk away from its commitments to purchase corn at previously agreed prices, and successor companies do not have to comply with those commitments either. Thousands of Cornbelt farmers who sold millions of bushels of corn to VeraSun are not being paid, if they have already delivered the corn. In addition, they are required to deliver corn to the new operators of the plants, at whatever price the new operator determines the market to be. Unfortunately, today’s cash corn prices are just half of what they were when the contracts were signed last year. While there is absolutely no indication of similar events occurring in the case of Aventine, and there are no financial problems being reported by either ADM’s or Tate & Lyle’s ethanol operations, the current ethanol economy has radically changed from 2008, and that has filtered back into the farm economy keeping corn prices and farm profitabil■ ity under pressure.

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Youth participate in 4-H Home Ec School -H members honed their cooking and sewing skills in the first 4-H Home Ec School held at Valencia High School in Los Lunas on March 20-22. For years, 4-H members participating in horse, dog obedience and livestock projects have had the opportunity to attend statewide schools each summer, but similar opportunities have not existed for members doing baking or sewing projects, at least not until now. “Until now we have offered nothing related to our family and consumer science project areas,” said Mindy Turner, 4-H youth development specialist with the state 4-H office housed at New Mexico State University’s College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. “There’s a lot of value in the livestock projects, which we don’t want to discount, but we also know there are a large number of youth in New Mexico who do not have the option of raising and showing animals. Fortunately, we have many non-livestock projects for kids to participate in.” While over time more kids stay in livestock projects, Turner said a lot of 4-H members go into career fields that relate

more to the family and consumer science. “Our agents felt strongly that we were not providing enough opportunities for youth to find, not just hobbies, but career fields that they would like to pursue related to family and consumer sciences,” she said. The home ec school, which is the first such event in the nation, focused on the two largest participant project areas — basic sewing and baking. During the two-night stay-over at the Los Lunas School District high school, the youth socialized while participating in a Home Ec Carnival on Friday evening that introduced them to various project competitions such as consumer decision making, Fashion Magic and the newly created Home Ec Skill-a-thon. Saturday, it was down to work in the sewing and baking classes that culminated on Sunday with service projects in both areas. The classes were conducted by county extension home economist and 4-H agents from around the state. “We are very fortunate to have the cooperation of the school district administration to allow us to use the school’s career academy culinary arts and cosmetology

classrooms,” said Anna Marie Wilson, Valencia County Cooperative Extension home economist. “The space was perfect for having 20 kids in each class.” In the kitchen, 23 young cooks, including four boys, put on aprons and got busy learning the basics of reading recipes, measuring and mixing ingredients, and the science of cooking as they made chocolate chip cookies, brownies and banana-nut bread. They also learned how to create a pleasing table arrangement for Favorite Foods district competition. Meanwhile, 20 beginning seamstresses, including one boy, learned the parts of a sewing machine and how to thread and operate it before they made a pillow case for their bed at home. They discovered how tricky it is to keep the fabric moving through the machine so the stitching is in a straight line. On Sunday, professional chef James Africano provided a demonstration of making mozzarella cheese and talked about his career. During service projects the youth applied their new skills in making 45 dozen dog biscuits for the Valencia County Animal Shelter and 22 recycled denim, microwavable hot pads for senior citizens in Albuquerque. ■

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Everyone should pay income taxes icture an upside-down pyramid. The only way it can stand is by spinning fast enough or by having a wide enough tip. The federal version of this is the tax code; the government collects its money almost entirely from the people at the narrow tip and then gives it to the people at the wider side. So long as the pyramid spins, the system can work. If it slows down, it falls. It’s also what’s called redistribution of income, and it is getting out of hand, says Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for President George W. Bush. Today, President Obama wants the “wealthy” to pay even more so there is more money to redistribute. He says he wants the wealthy to pay their “fair share” but, yet, he never defines what that means, says Fleischer: ■ Is it fair for 10 percent to pay 70 percent of the income tax? ■ Does he believe they should pay 75 percent, or 95 percent, or does fair-

ness mean they should pay it all? ■ Obama adds to this trend with his “Make Work Pay” tax cut that means almost 50 percent of the country will no longer pay any income taxes, up from a little over 40 percent today. ■ In addition to exempting almost 50 percent of the country from income taxes, nearly every other social cause is given a loophole in the tax code. But this type of growth only redistributes massive amounts of wealth. Instead, we should have a tax code that creates growth and reforms our entitlement system, says Fleischer. Congress should start by refusing to go along with Obama’s promise to cut taxes for 95 percent of the country. With the government running an almost $2 trillion deficit, no one should have their taxes cut. Given the size of the deficit, fiscal responsibility demands nothing less, says Fleischer. Source: Ari Fleischer, “Everyone Should Pay Income Taxes,” Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2009.

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My Tail Of Whoa can’t help but think that part of the reason for our current economic troubles are all the drastic changes brought about by the new economy, which is based on the personal computer and the Internet. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing but industries and businesses have been turned upside down by all the new technology. The Dotcom Generation now gets their news via the Internet, the morning newspaper is disappearing right along with breakfast, and the computer has made writers out of people who can’t spell and don’t have much to say. Amazon is selling books that can be downloaded onto a little plastic screen and soon there will be no need for bookshelves or books. How very sad. Lonely people now try to find their dates on the Internet instead of the local bar and retailers by the big box full are going bankrupt because consumers are shopping online instead of in person. Banks need fewer tellers as a result of ATM’s and draftsmen have been replaced by computer programs. Many workers have been laid off or unemployed because they were replaced by a keyboardist at a computer. And many times that key puncher isn’t even in this country! You can’t convince me that at least some of the shenanigans on Wall Street weren’t made possible by sophisticated computer programs that allowed crooks to cook up Ponzi schemes and sucker strategies and then hide their crimes. Some of us have have not responded well to the revolution in productivity that was ushered in by Pac Man. Although I write on an Apple Macintosh computer, and have since 1984, in many other ways I am stuck in the dark ages of the 1970’s. I sill take pictures with film, my address book is handwritten and the only Blackberry in my house is in the refrigerator. I navigate the information superhighway well but when I get spammed, illegally downloaded, put on hold by tech support or someone uses my

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computer to spy on me, there is no one in cyberspace to hear my screams. It’s not the first time, nor it will it be the last, when game-changing technology transformed our economy and who we are as people. Surely lives were changed just as dramatically by electricity, the industrial revolution and indoor plumbing. Even bigger than those changes brought about by the computer, I think the end of the horse age and the dawning of the automobile era must have been even more unsettling. There were people back then who, like me, did not make the change very well either. There was a time in this country when the words “horse” and “power” were synonymous and our plows, guns, taxis and freight wagons were pulled by horses. Then as now, the horses took a lot of the work out of our work. Can you imagine the jobs that were completely erased when a single tractor replaced a team of as many as 32 horses that pulled one grain harvester? The lives of horseshoers, bridle makers and feed and grain merchants were turned topsy turvy, just like now. Eventually those jobs were replaced by careers for mechanics, tire manufacturers and loan sharks. But it took time. And it will this time too, no doubt. One of those people who, like me, did not make the transition well was Doctor W.T. Lucas. Although you could count on W.T. to make house calls in all kinds of weather when he rode his horse, it was a different matter entirely when he came by car. The good Doctor drove an auto until he was 90, not well mind you, but he did drive. To give you an idea of his prowess behind the wheel, W.T.’s garage was open on both ends just in case the good Doctor got it in the wrong gear. And when he’d arrive to make a house call, instead of applying his foot to the brake pedal, he would pull back on the steering wheel and yell at the top of his lungs, “Whoa.” My sentiments exactly.

USDA implements loan program changes SDA has announced new regulations for the Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) program that implement provisions contained in the 2008 Farm Bill. Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments provide financing and marketing assistance for wheat, rice, feed grains, soybeans, other oilseeds, peanuts, pulse crops, honey, wool and mohair. This assistance is available to eligible producers beginning with harvest or shearing season and extending through the program year. The 2008 Farm Bill included several changes to marketing assistance loan provisions: ■ The regulation for Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments redefines rice as long grain and medium grain. Large chickpeas are included as an eligible pulse crop beginning with crop year 2009. ■ The 2008 crop year marketing loan and loan deficiency payment benefits were subject to a limit of $75,000 per person. Starting with the 2009 crop year, these benefits will no longer be subject to a payment limit. ■ USDA also said it would streamline the loan prices by no longer adjusting loan rates on warehouse-stored loans by premiums and discounts at loan making time. Loan rates will be adjusted by premiums and discounts only at loan settlement, if the commodity is either farmstored delivered or warehouse-stored forfeited. This change starts with the 2009 crop year and does not apply to peanuts. ■ In the past, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) executed storage agreements with warehouse operators to set forth financial and storage conditions to protect against the massive accumulation of commodities resulting from forfeitures. This practice resulted in duplicity of efforts already provided by other federal and state level jurisdictions. During recent years, CCC’s loan repayment policies have minimized forfeitures to very low levels. USDA will no longer require the execution of a storage agreement in storage facilities that are either (a) federally-licensed or (b) in compliance with

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applicable state laws and issue warehouse receipts. CCC reserves the right to execute a storage agreement in either (a) or (b) if deemed necessary by the Secretary. CCC may, on a case by case basis, require a storage agreement for storage facilities that are neither (a) nor (b). ■ This modification in the regulation is expected to benefit warehouse operators and producers by eliminating redundant costs without increasing financial risk for CCC. This change starts with the 2009 crop year and does not apply to peanuts. ■

Author calls for animal rights counter-movement atti Strand of Portland, Ore., wrote the book on the animal rights movement. Strand, who is the founder and chairperson of the National Animal Interest Alliance, authored a book 17 years ago entitled The Hijacking of the Humane Movement: Animal Extremism. Strand

has been battling the animal rights movement ever since and she says it’s not going away. “So I would say that the people who imagine that they can just keep doing their own thing and the bad guys will disappear are living in a bit of a fantasy land at this point,” says Strand. “They’re not going to go away. This is how these groups earn their living. They’re conflict fund-raising groups. They need conflict in order to make money.” Strand’s group — the NAIA — includes dog breeders, research scientists, hunters, farmers, ranchers and others. She says she would like to see agriculture get more involved in their counter-movement. “I believe firmly that we all need to be working together,” says Strand. “We need to understand each other’s issues, and we need to organize to fund a major countermovement to them.” Strand believes the animal rights counter-movement can succeed. “I have a lot of faith that when people understand what we understand, they will side with us — and I don’t think we’ve done a good job at all of getting our message out.” ■

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New Mexico FFA members win at state contest igh school FFA students from around the state competed at the New Mexico State FFA Career Development Events April 13 in Las Cruces at New Mexico State University. The members competed in a variety of events, including dairy cattle evaluation, agricultural mechanics and livestock evaluation. The first-place teams in each event will go on to compete at the national level in Indianapolis in October. The Las Cruces FFA Chapter placed first in the agricultural mechanics contest, with member Jonathan Koenig winning highpoint individual. Cody Howard won high-point individual in the wildlife contest. The Dora FFA Chapter received first in the crops and homesite evaluation contests. Logan Bilberry was high-point individual in the crops and Calvin Tayler received the honor in homesite evaluation. In the dairy cattle competition, the Texico FFA Chapter placed first, with Fallon Scanlon winning high-point individual. The chapter also received first in the entomology and poultry evaluation contests. Kayley Pelfrey won first individually in the poultry contest, and Brett Anderson won high-point individual in the land evaluation contest. The Hagerman FFA Chapter won first in the dairy foods evaluation contest. Randy Veerkamp received the high-point individual honor. The Dexter FFA Chapter placed first in the farm bureau management contest. Kristi Benedict was high-point individual. Bater Bene-

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epresentatives of all sectors of beef production, processing and marketing chain gathered at the Checkofffunded 2009 Beef Industry Safety Summit March 4-6, 2009 in San Diego, California. Attendees discussed emerging safety issues, explored solutions to safety challenges and discussed industry-wide, science-based strategies to help each sector reduce foodborne pathogen incidence and enhance the safety of U.S. beef products. Emerging issues such as non-0157 E. coli and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis were discussed at the Summit, as well as practical application of research results that will strengthen current safety systems. The collaboration and Information sharing demonstrated at the Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCo)-hostee summit will ensure the continued production of safe and wholesome beef products. “The beef industry is the leader in the food industry in safety research,” says Dina Chacon-Reitzel, executive director of the New Mexico Beef Council and a member of the Beef Safety Research Committee. “Our strong position shows what the commitment from producers and the Checkoff have achieved.” Background

The 2009 Safety Summit was the sixth gathering of industry professionals dedicated to producing safe U.S. beef products. Representatives from beef production, processing and marketing attended, as did scientists conducting research on beef

Topic experts presented valuable information on subjects pertinent to beef safety.

safety issues. Participants recognize that collaboration and communication among all sectors of the beef industry to develop unified beef safety programs is essential to eliminating pathogens in beef products. A pre-conference workshop specifically targeted to retailers and their suppliers was well attended. Participants saw a presentation from CattleFax that summarized the current economic conditions in the beef industry as well as market expectations for cattle and beef products. Attendees also received information on various resources available to enhance communication with consumers with a focus on safety messages. Numerous websites such as ExploreBeef.org and BeefRetail.org were reviewed. In addition, a discussion on the communication challenges encountered during recall situations as well as

ideas for strengthening relationships with suppliers was held. Summit Kickoff

The summit kicked off with a keynote address from Al Almanza, Administrator, USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service. Mr. Almanza commended summit attendees for their continued focus on beef safety issues and collaborative approach to addressing beef safety issues. He commented on the current administration’s review of current safety policy and desire to have a full understanding of current policy prior to initiating any new regulatory programs. Research Update

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post-harvest safety interventions, pathogen prevalence, and new technologies that can be adopted to enhance beef safety. The pathogen prevalence data will assist with optimization of interventions. A conditional license has been granted for a vaccine that can be used to decrease the shedding of E. Coli by cattle. The license approval was announced at the summit as well as plans to continue research to generate data that will be used as part of the evaluation process for a full license. Several other pre-harvest interventions, including a feed additive, vaccine and bacteriophage product are being evaluated for use in production settings. Workshops and Presentations

Technical workshops covering ground beef patty production, non-intact product definitions and case studies, as well as

recall insights were held during the second day of the summit. Attendees had the opportunity to learn from content experts and discuss the issues presented with colleagues. As a result of a discussion focusing on current regulatory initiatives, a follow-up meeting is being organized by BIFSCo to focus on Industry response to Notice 05-09. Additional presentation topics at the summit included consumer perceptions of beef safety as well as an update on the European Union ProSafe Beef Program. The information sharing and in-depth discussions at the summit resulted in action plans to address safety challenges as well as ideas that can be implemented by all sectors of the industry to proactively address potential issues and enhance the safety of U.S. beef products.

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holine is the latest micronutrient to be added to the list of nutrients of which beef is a good or excellent source. A 3-ounce serving of lean beef supplies 18 percent of the daily value for choline, making it a good source of this valuable nutrient. Your body produces small amounts of choline, but some must come from dietary sources. This nutrient is necessary for cell membrane structure, sleep, muscle movement, pain regulations, memory, and it aids in the transmission of nerve impulses. The US Institute of Medicine recommends an adequate daily intake of 550 mg/day for men and 425 mg/day for women. Based on recent dietary intake analyses, choline is a nutrient of concern for older children, men and women of all ages, and pregnant women. It is a priority concern for women of childbearing age (19-50), and both men and women over age 70.

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he big story last month was the defeat of the Omnibus Lands Bill on the House floor. The OLB was the conglomeration of a number of federal lands bills including wilderness areas in New Mexico and several other western states. After a short period of negotiation with Republican opponents, the bill was again brought to the floor of the House and passed. With so many different bills lumped together this legislation’s long-term impacts on federal land management are hard to analyze. Perhaps the most farreaching is the establishment of the National Landscape Conservation System. The NLCS will encompass any BLM administered area with a special use designation such as Wilderness Area, Wilderness Study Area, National Conservation

Area and many others totaling some 26 million acres. It will establish a new layer of administration over these places to assure their outstanding values are conserved, protected and restored. If the past is any indication we can expect that any productive use of natural resources from lands in the NLCS will diminish or disappear and the management costs will increase. Although the authorization requires management to comply with all currently applicable laws and regulations, federal management programs always seem to find a way to get what they want. There are several components to the bill that are not directly related to federal land management or wilderness designation. One is a pilot program on wolf depredation. Although the legislation authorizes the appropriation of $1 million for the program

when you read the fine print, the emphasis is on techniques to prevent depredation. Also, the funds are to be granted to the states for state administered programs and the federal part of any payments made from such programs cannot be more than 50 percent. Which means for New Mexico ranchers who suffer losses from wolves to receive any benefit, the state has to establish a program and fund it in order to receive matching funds from the federal program. That’s a lot of conditions to be met for something that would at best cover only a miniscule amount of the loss suffered by New Mexico ranchers to wolves. If there is any funding that gets to livestock producers it will probably end up going to ranchers who are in the northern wolf recovery area. Since wolves have been delisted the greens have tried to stop any control or sport hunting of wolves through legal actions. In Wyoming, the legal actions are from the other side. Wyoming’s wolf management plan didn’t measure up to Fish and Wildlife Service standards so wolves were left endangered and under federal management in that state as they were delisted continued on page 33

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ment check. Its promoters know that if the public ever figures out what cap and trade is going to cost them, they won’t support it. This cap and dividend plan is the way to use our own money to buy our support for cap and trade. And all of this is to prevent global warming that many credible scientists believe is a hoax. The Center for Biological Diversity has sued to force the government to establish critical habitat to recover the jaguar. The status of the jaguar was elevated recently when one of the very few known to range on the U.S. side of the border was captured and eventually euthanized by the Arizona Game and Fish Department due to severe kidney failure. There has been much publicity over the incident. The CBD claims historical range extends from California to the Grand Canyon to Louisiana. There have been a few spring storms to bring much needed moisture to parts of the state. For southern New Mexico they have brought mostly high winds. The weather service is still predicting an end to the La Niña event that should increase our chances for moisture as we head into the summer. We will pray for moisture and ■ God’s blessing on all of us.

Governor signs bill protecting water rights overnor Bill Richardson has signed HB 40, limiting the power of municipalities to condemn water rights, noting it is probably the most important water bill to reach his desk from the recent Legislative session. “This was not an easy decision — but ultimately it was clear to me that on balance, the benefits this bill brought to state water policy far outweighed its flaws,” Governor Richardson said. “At the same time it helps preserve our agricultural industry and heritage, it forces our municipalities to think — and act — long term to meet their water needs.” “There are few bills I considered this year that enjoyed such broad-based support around the state,” Governor Richardson said. “From the bill’s introduction to its final passage, its backers met with opponents, made compromises, refined the bill — and at the end it was supported by the agricultural community, the Acequia Association, and by environmental interests. I commend the patience and per-

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jinglejangle Dear CowBelles and Readers: Spring is here with lots of weather. We had a 22 hour blizzard in March that about totally drifted my vehicle in but I could still see my “New Mexico Beef is Great” plate. This last weekend we were fortunate to receive .75 inch of rain. I pray each of you throughout the state are receiving moisture. I would like to thank Caren Cowan and Michelle Frost for inviting the CowBelles to take part in the National Ag Day at the Rotunda. Karen Kelling and I set up a table with items from the CowBelles plus hundreds of recipes and nutritional information about beef. We gave out over 90 percent of the recipes and informational pamphlets. Later in the day we helped serve at the Rotunda dinner. One of the ladies who proof reads senate bills stated, that the brisket was the best she had ever eaten. What a nice compliment. Go Beef! This week many ladies will be traveling to the Women in Agriculture Conference as well as the Region VI meeting of ANCW

in Salt Lake City, Utah. What a great opportunity to learn and come home and share with others what we have learned. Health fairs take place in the spring all around the state and many CowBelle locals set up booths with information about the nutritional value of beef and answer numerous questions. Thank you, ladies for taking the time to do this because it is well worth your time when you share information with others. It shows you care about the Beef industry and that you help produce a nutritional product. Spring is the time for branding on many of your ranches. Karen Kelling gave a very good presentation about vaccinating at branding time at our district workshops. Last week I received my copy of the Professional Animal Scientist. This is a scientific journal and I would like to share some from an article titled: “The Temperature Variability of Refrigerators Storing Animal Health Products.” Data loggers recorded the temperature every 10 minutes for 48

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April 8. At Union County Health Fair, April 22, the CowBelles will have a booth. An update given on Roundhouse Feed in Santa Fe held March 19. NMCB had a booth, gave out information and beef recipes, and served beef on the buffet to 1,100 people. District II Workshop was a success where Lariat’s had the largest attendance of all the locals. Lariats will man New Mexico State Fair booth on Monday, Sept. 14, from 3:30 p.m. to closing and on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The deadline for the Beef Ambassador application is June 1. The contest will be held June 28 at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. Applicants must be 17 to 25 years old. Changes and additions to the Lariat Bylaws were discussed and passed, exact wording will be presented at the next meeting. The Lariat budget for 2008 and the proposed budget for 2009 were discussed and accepted as written. Wording changes for the Lariat scholarship were discussed. There are two applications from Union County for the Pat Nowlin Scholarship. The applications will be taken to a high school counselor for an impartial decision on which one will be submitted for the scholarship. The guest speakers for this meeting were Clifford and Barbara

Copeland. They were voted as Ranch Family of the Year in 2008 at the New Mexico State Fair. They both gave a wonderful presentation on multigenerational ranch life in the Amstad/Nara Visa area from 1906 to present. The next regular meeting of the Lariat CowBelles will be on Wednesday, May 13 at the Eklund Hotel. Guest speaker will be Gary Rudolph from the FSA office. Submitted by Marianne Rose The April 2 meeting of the Chamiza Cowbelles was held at the Turtleback Mountain Resort. In the absence of President Gloria Peterson, Cathy Pierce called the gathering to order at 11:10. Discussion had on a donation to the Geronimo Springs Museum, and it was voted on that no donation be made this year. Further discussion, prompted by Nadyne Daves, encouraged the Cowbelles to become active participants in gathering historical memorabilia for the museum. The Cowbelles were instrumental in the original formation of the establishment, which few members present knew. Volunteers for Ag Day, April 17, were solicited. Daisy Wilson, Hazel Johnson, Jodell Downs, Tommie Aber, Stephanie Ross, Pinky Langham and Nadyne Daves will represent the Cowbelle organization. A thank you note from the American Legion was read. The organization was appreciative of the Cowbelle donation to purchase beef jerky sent to American Troops overseas. Cathy Pierce advised members that the Sheriff’s Posse has contacted the Cowbelles to help at some of their functions. It was decided that more information was needed before any commitment could be made. The May meeting of the Chamiza Cowbelles will be held at Ivy Cranmer’s home in Las Palomas on May 7. Members attending are asked to bring a dish to pass. Submitted by Helen Langham The Copper CowBelles met on March 10 with President, Kim Clark presiding. It was decided to send one check a year for the entire donation to El Refugio for beef purchases instead of monthly checks of $20 each with the understanding that El Refugio would be asked if they mind getting one check a year instead of the monthly ones. The New Mexico Cattlegrowers Young Cattlemen’s graduate school scholarship deadline is May 15. The Cowbelles received several thank you notes from State officers for our $500 support of the National Beef Ambassador program and for our membership in ANCW. Also, Kathy Davis sent a thank you for the Presi-

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dent’s gift given to her for her past two years of service to the group. Kathy Davis gave a committee update on the brand signs. The materials for the Cliff/Gila sign are purchased and have been given to Robert who will paint the sign, beginning March 22. The brands for the second sign for the Deming Highway have been collected and the Silver High shop class is building the expanded metal prototype. The Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce is planning “Cowboy Days” in celebration of the National Day of the American Cowboy, the weekend of July 25. Several events are planned including activities in Gough Park. It is hoped that the Cattlegrowers and Cowbelles will participate and use this opportunity to sell cookbooks, advertise the Denim and Pearls Dance and Auction and have the Scholarship Bucket available to begin selling tickets. Submitted by Patricia E Hunt Frisco Cowbelles news: A report was given on the District meeting by Sue Jones. Six members attended the district meeting in Lordsburg. Two new members were welcomed at the March 16 meeting, Anne Schaub and Judith Watkins. Nine members attended. Hostess Marge Mckeen, helped by Sue Jones furnished the refreshments. Topics of the meeting, Ranch Days and providing the lunch for the 4H State wide Competition being held at Glenwood in July. Members voted to approve the lunch. A big thank you to new member Anne Schaub, who has donated a belt buckle to the 4H rodeo to be held in Reserve. Meeting was adjourned by President Sue Jones. Submitted by Sam Dutton, Reporter The Sacaton CowBelles met on March 14 in Quemado. The CowBelles were privileged to have Jess Carey and Ed Wehrheim as guest speakers. Jess Carey is the Wolf Specialist hired by Catron County and Ed Wehrheim is currently a Catron County Commissioner. Jess and Ed gave an update on the Wolf Program and had a huge display of pictures of pets, livestock, horses, and elk who all suffered from wolf attacks. Ed informed the group on a new organization, Americans for Preservation of Western Culture, which is a grassroots effort in the West and anyone concerned about preserving the culture, customs, and heritage of the West. The Mexican Wolf project impacts children’s safety, as well as residents, ranchers, farmers, outfitters and hunters — everyone who lives, works, plays or owns pets and livestock in our Western States. Wolves have been seen in

northern Catron County, which is out of the wolf recovery boundaries and this update was a success and appreciated by many. Sacaton CowBelles will have the next meeting in May in Datil. sacatoncowbelles@hotmail.com Powderhorn had a dinner meeting for members, husbands, and guests in March due to the District meetings. Following dinner, the group was privileged to hear from Alisa Ogden, President of the New Mexico Cattlegrowers’ Association. She briefly outlined some of the successes and possible failures for agriculture during the recently completed 60-day legislative session. Good news as of March 23, New Mexico is again classified as a TB free state with the exception of Roosevelt and Curry counties. Many factors go into this classification and meetings are being held to try to change the policy on dealing with TB in cattle in the United States. Alisa complimented Cattle Growers’ members on response to a “call for action” on the Worker’s Compensation bill, which again helped retain the exemption of agriculture. Some legislation made it through the session but ended up not being called for a vote. The bill on depredation of wildlife was one in this category, but it is possible it will return during the special session. Cattlegrowers’ again participated in the Roundhouse Feed for legislators along with the CowBelles, the Wool Growers, the Dairy Association, and others. They fed approximately 1,300 people with products produced in New Mexico. Country of origin continued on page 41

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labeling is in place, has many drawbacks, though members who take the trouble to participate in source and age verification will get a monetary reward as cattle go through the sale ring. Ms. Ogden said she was asked if the New Mexico Cattlegrowers’ under her direction was pursuing anti-gas and oil policies. Her answer was that as a part of a ranching family that had been in place for 120 years, oil and gas production was a welcome addition to the economy, but she, personally, and Cattle Growers’ stand for responsible production which enhances the environment. Ranchers are the original environmentalists. In a very abbreviated business session, members voted to furnish rub packets for the goody bags at the Women’s Agriculture Leadership Conference. Submitted by Dorothy Vaughn The Corriente CowBelles meeting was held on Feb. 11, with 10 members, one guest present, and President Ruth Wold presiding. Sign up sheets for hostesses and committees was passed around for members to sign up. Man of the Year nomination will be submitted to the state. Willa has spoken to Corbel Signs in Roswell about restoring Brand Board, estimate of $3,500-$4,000 replace and painting. Velma gave a report on Ag Day; she has talked to

some teachers and they are trying to come up with a date. It was decided to put ad in the Lincoln County Fair Book for $75. There was a discussion about CowBelle members being of an agricultural based background. CowBelle of the Year will be presented with a pin with her brand on it at Christmas Party. If anyone has information concerning the history on Corriente CowBelle club please let us know. There will not be a March meeting, the District meeting is in March. April 8 will be the next meeting. Kimberly will make new name tags for all current members. Submitted by Jane Nevarez President Jane Shafer called the April meeting of the Canyon CowBelles to order with nine members in attendance. The Cowbelles were presented a certificate of Appreciation for their help with 4H. Wilna Mead exhibited the framed artwork of her son, Zane. It is an equisite piece of work and it was decided to sell tickets. Wilna will find out if the artwork has a title and what medium was used. A “Thank You” note will be sent to Zane for his donation, as well as a thank you for Josie’s Framery for framing this art at no cost. The Pat Nowlin Scholarcontinued on page 42

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ship Fund sent a form to be filled out and signed by the president and secretary. The nominee for this scholarship is Jennifer Shafer. It was decided to donate to the senior class of Carrizozo High School’s after-Prom in Alamogordo. A bus is provided for students. Many activities are planned and they include swimming, games, and an over-night. Several Cowbelles remained after meeting to cut out and work on the quilt. From past meetings: At county fair, Cowbelles will sell wrapped fruit pies, have brochures to hand out, proceeds go to scholarships. It was decided to provide water and iced-tea for Carrizozo Day of the Cowboy on June 13. CowBelle Quilt from years back proudly displayed at the local Wells Fargo Bank. Submitted by Deborah Geary New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle”, please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com 42

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watch. At the top of the list were those involved in the “wise use” movement. Who was and is the wise use movement? People involved in the wise use of natural resources. Those gun totin’ folks who provide the food, fiber, minerals and shelter for the nation and in some cases the world. Needless to say there was a great deal of outrage that culminated in a Wise Use Peace Conference complete with an apology from the head of the New Mexico State Police. However, the damage was already done. The report was and probably still is out there. That report and the one targeting returning military were both produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center — sure sounds like a group that law enforcement should be basing their judgments on. It is also worth noting that New Mexico agriculture is currently engaged in battle with a similar group, the New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, although we have not located any links between the two groups. Then there was the case between the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and our dear departed Dick Manning. In that litigation the Department had the audacity to call the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) and the Arizona / New Mexico Coalition of Counties (Coalition) “anti-government” organizations. Additionally they claimed that the Department could not get a fair jury trial in Catron County or any county where there were members of either organization. Little did they know that there are NMCGA members in each of the state’s 33 counties as well as 14 other states. Nor did they do enough homework to even know that the Coalition is made up of elected county commissioners and supervisors from New Mexico and Arizona respectively. Again, outrage and complaints to then Governor Gary Johnson. Again an apology from the then head of the NMED and the New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department, but the docu-

ments in the case are still out there somewhere for the world to see. It remains to be seen whether U.S. Homeland Security Department Secretary Janet Napolitano, a New Mexico native and former governor of Arizona merely fell into the same trap the Johnson administration in circulating a report without understanding what the report did or if there is something more sinister at play. Other Attacks

You never know where the next arrow is coming from. In mid April I attended the annual joint meeting of the New Mexico Society of Association Executives and the Meeting Professionals International New Mexico Chapter. The event includes a trade show of hotels and suppliers. The meeting usually draws well over 100 people who plan many of the largest meetings in the state. The speaker for the event was Karen E. Purves, MA, is a sought-after international speaker known for her energetic, inspiring and passionate programs speaking on Green Is In! The promotional material on the speech said “Whether you are a planner or supplier, learn how embracing green practices makes business and environmental sense! This program offers dozens of tips for your next meeting, including topics such as paper, food and beverage, onsite facilities, hotels, and transportation. See how going green can boost your bottom line!” I should have known I was in trouble. The first part of the presentation from this perky young lady in a business suit and flip flops (I have learned not to call them thongs) wasn’t too bad with her quoting statistics on napkin, paper cup and Styrofoam use. The numbers are pretty staggering, but most of what she was telling the group was merely common sense and the “waste not, want not” philosophy that most people in agriculture are raised with. However when she got to her food and

beverage section, she got my attention. She told the group that livestock created 18 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases. She stated that as meeting planners and family members, if they would just serve or eat one less meal a week with meat, they could save the amount of these gases created something like 160,000 cars. She really likes a word to describe gas emissions that my grandmother taught me not to use and she used it repeatedly talking about cows. One member of the audience did point out to her people do the same do the same thing. I will give her credit for using a number that can at least be found, however misleading it might be. The 18 percent number comes from a report put out by the United Nations (UN) in 2006 called Livestock’s Long Shadow. What nobody points out when they use the number is that it is for under developed counties — where few of the population has cars or the huge number of air, water and other environmental quality regulations that we in the United States must comply with. Thus, there is little but livestock to emit gases. The UN report’s estimate for livestock’s contribution to GHG emissions (18%) is a global estimate, and not applicable to the United States or other developed countries. According to the EPA, the entire U.S. agriculture sector accounts for only six percent of annual U.S. GHG emission. This information can be found at: www.epa.gov/climatechange/ emissions/downloads09/InventoryUSGhG1990-2007.pdf. Of this, livestock production is estimated to account for 2.8 percent of total U.S. emissions. The full fact sheet that refutes the Livestock’s Long Shadow report can be found at: www.beeffrom pasturetoplate.org/CMDocs/BeefProduction/FACT%20SHEET% 20Critical%20Analysis%20of%20Livestock’s%20Long%20Shadow %20041509.doc. While the Chicago based Ms. Purves, who recycles even postit notes, paid all this attention to greenhouse gases and talked incessantly about her recent flights from San Diego to Las Vegas (Nevada) and then to Albuquerque, she failed to mention the impact of those flights. According to a report on Fox News about President Obama’s visit to Iowa to speak on the need to eliminate carbon fuels and become the world’s number one exporter of renewable energy, jet fuel gets about five miles to the gallon and is perhaps the largest contributor to greenhouse gases. She was apparently also unaware that those vegetarian meals she was promoting account for 3.2 percent of the U.S.’s greenhouse gas emissions — well over what livestock produces. I know, vegetables don’t pass gas, although they may cause it, their production does require the use of energy. More To Come

Among the measures that didn’t get anywhere in the 2009 Legislature, there are several that we will see again and better be prepared for. Perhaps the most frightening was SB 387 introduced by Las Cruces freshman Senator Steve Fischman, the Natural Resource Damage Recovery Act. The entire bill is 15 pages, but you only need to read the first five pages to get your blood pressure up. The findings of the measure include but are not limited to: “the natural resources of the state of New Mexico are assets of the state held in trust by the state for the benefit of the public; and the state should recover damages for injury to natural resources, regardless of whether such natural resources have been or may be used or committed to use at any time and regardless of whether the natural resources are at present capable of being used.” The definition of “injurious substance” includes but is not

limited to: any solid waste or combination of solid wastes that because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may: (a) cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or (b) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed; or (12) any other substance that the trustee may by rule designate as an injurious substance based upon its toxicity, persistence and degradability in nature; potential for accumulation in tissue; and other related factors such as flammability, corrosiveness and other hazardous characteristics.” The definition of “natural resources” includes “land; minerals; soils; sediments; geologic resources; air; surface waters; ground waters; drinking water supplies; aquifers; perennial, seasonal and ephemeral drainages; arroyos; watersheds; biota; fish; wildlife; supporting habitats; and vegetation.” The bill also includes an extensive damages section and much more, but this should be enough to get your attention. The measure never got a hearing, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see it again. There is an existing Natural Resources Trustee Act. All of this new material created additional powers under that act. Former Albuquerque Mayor and State Land Commissioner Jim Baca currently serves as that Trustee. Watch for more of these bills as they are explained in the month to come. These bills are the reason NMCGA and all of New Mexico agriculture needs to have producers on hand during the continued on page 44

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KENNETH DEAN SCHEAR, longtime New Mexico rancher/stockman, died on March 15. At the age of 14, Ken went to work for GG Armstrong & Son on the Arroyo Seco Ranch in Lincoln County. Except for the time he was serving his country in the Army, and a few years with the U.S. Forest Service as a firefighter, Ken worked on and managed farming and ranching properties for the Armstrong family in New Mexico and Texas. Working sideby-side with his wife Pat, Ken was happiest when they were getting a job done. Memorials be sent to the Corriente CowBelles Scholarship Fund, Willa Stone, PO Box 484, Capitan, New Mexico 88316. NOLA AMANDA STARKEY MYRICK, 92, longtime New Mexico and West Texas farm and ranch woman, died February 14 in Amarillo. She was preceded in death by her husband, D, and is survived by three sons, nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren. ADDIE ISABELL “Belle” HEFLIN, 92, longtime Roosevelt County farm wife, died February 16 in Portales. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Survivors include her five children, 20 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, six great-greatgrandchildren and two sisters. VERNIE L. WELLS, 88, lifelong Gran Quivira rancher, died February 15. He was a WWII veteran and was active in community affairs. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal Mae and is survived by two sons, a daughter, two brothers, three sisters, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. KENNETH “Burr” BURNS, 84, Lovington rancher and businessman, died March 5 at his home. He attended Texas Tech University and was a paratrooper in WWII, serving in the Philippines and Japan with General McArthur. He was very active in his community. He is survived by his wife, Fran, four children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. DONALD G. TAYLOR, 91, lifelong Otero County rancher, died March 29, at his home in Alamogordo. He drove a school bus for 33 years and for nine years, he and his wife, Paulee, owned the B&J Grocery in Boles Acres. He was the founder of the New Mexico Precision Shooters Assoc., and a Paragon Foundation supporter. He is survived by two sons, two daughters, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. WILLIAM ANDREW UPTON, 85, lifelong rancher and farmer at Hassell and Melrose, died February 18 at his home in Melrose. He served on the House School Board for 12 years and was active in community affairs. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Betty Frances, three daughters, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. 46

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LEE HORACE RICE, 88, lifelong New Mexico and Arizona rancher and miner, died February 13, at a Las Cruces hospital. He was a WWII veteran. He is survived by his wife, Goldie, three sons, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. ROBERT W. PORTER, 80, Clovis area rancher and farmer, died March 28. He is survived by his wife, Leota, a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, eight greatgrandchildren, a brother and two sisters. LOIS TIVIS, 83, longtime Floyd resident, died March 30 in Portales. She and her husband Lester farmed and ranched at Floyd for 40 years. After her husband died, she worked in home care for the elderly. She is survived by three sons, two daughters, 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother. EMBERT ERNEST “Bert” FRANKLIN, 99, who ranched on his family homestead near House for many years, died March 21, at his home in House. He was the last survivor of nine siblings. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Catherine and is survived by a daughter, a son, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. RUBY L. DUNAGAN, 88, who ranched and ran Imperial Livestock Supply at Clovis, died February 28, at a Clovis care center. She is survived by a son, a daughter, 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. GEORGE ROBERT JACKSON, SR., 85, Gila rancher, died March 17 at a Silver City hospital. After his service during WWII, he and his wife, Dorothy, moved to Dorothy’s family ranch in Lordsburg. They later bought ranches at Gila, Lordsburg and Animas. He also owned Gila Realty for more than 50 years. He was an original organizer of the Cliff/Gila Fair and was instrumental in getting Vocational Agriculture started at the Cliff School. He survived by his wife of 65 years, Dorothy, three sons, seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. IRIS MAE MORGAN, 93, who farmed and ranched with her husband Howard, at Ima, for many years, died March 13 at a Clovis hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband and is survived by a daughter and a son, six grandchildren, 16 greatgrandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. EDITOR’S NOTE: Please send In Memoriam announcements to: Chuck Stocks, New Mexico Stockman, P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194, fax: 505/998-6236 or email: chuck@aaalivestock.com

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

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

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

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

CONTRACT GATHERING Contract gathering remnants, wild cattle or entire ranches. 30 years experience. New Mexico, Arizona & West Texas. Contact Joe Hall at 575/773-4956 or e-mail: lonewolfcustom@wildblue.net

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Office: 334/289-7001 Fax: 334/289-7000 Residence: 334/289-2407 Cell: 334/462-4004

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

Tom Growney Equipment

189 River Road Lowndesboro, AL 36752

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TENNEY’s 4U Land & Real Estate 300-AC. FARM 124 acres in alfalfa plus another 93 acres under Pivot. Area produces top, high-quality hay. Priced to sell at $825,000. Possible owner carry. Additional farm ground available.

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

J.L. (JIM) TENNEY Office 520/384-2834 • Cell 520/906-7335 • Fax 520/384-6396 4520 West Airport Road, Willcox, AZ 85643 • jimassist@vtc.net

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

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

BRETT JOHNSON brett@505resources.com • www.505realtors.com O. 575/763-5055 • C. 575/760-3654 • F. 575/769-9177

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

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505/239-5242 Your “Good News” Realtor – Call Me Today! 403 Calle Del Bosque, Bernalillo, NM A once-in-a-lifetime horse lover’s paradise! This property has everything you need ... just bring the horses and cattle! Gorgeous custom main house with large adobe guest house. Horse barn, massive hay barn, fully lit roping arena with aisles, shoots and perfect footing. Extra tall round pen. Several outbuildings. Main house has perfect New Mexican charm with viga ceilings, fireplaces, plaster walls, saltillo tile and custom kitchen. Big guest house too! All set on beautiful ditch bank. Come see! MLS# 642876

CAPITAN MOUNTAIN RANCH – 5,486 acre deeded, 3,916 acre state lease. Joins the village of Capitan, paved hwy on 2 sides. Perfect for subdivision. $9,325,000 DURFEE CANYON RANCH – 690 acre deeded, mostly National Forest inholdings. 145 head year round forest permit. Very nice headquarters. $1,500,000 L.P. REED RANCH – Southern CO, 500 head ranch, 12,383 acre +/- deeded, 640 acres state lease, plus 915AUM grazing preference. Elk, deer, bear, turkey and antelope. Cooperating Colorado broker. $6,191,500 RIVER RUN RANCH – Hondo, NM. 190 +/- acres, Hondo River flows through it. Nice home w/indoor swimming pool. Irrigation water rights, fruit orchard. $1,500,000 SALADO CREEK CANYON RANCH – Sandoval County, NM. 3200 +/- acres with live water. Landowner Elk tags, Mule Deer and Antelope hunting. $3,828,000 HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH – Deming, NM. 160 space RV Park, 1,280 deeded acres plus BLM cattle ranching allotment. 10 acre foot water rights. $1,985,000 WESTERN CATRON COUNTY, NM – 80 acre +/-deeded inside National Forest. 8,000’ alt. big timber. $400,000 HAY VEGA – 474 acre +/- deeded inside National Forest. 2 springs and a well. About 25 miles from Springerville, AZ. $1,422,000

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www.azranchrealestate.com ■ Clem North Ranch – This is a large desert ranch that is rated for 397 head yearlong and has a long history of large winter increases during wet years. This ranch is close to the Phoenix area yet far enough away to avoid being “in town”. You won’t find a more attractively priced desert ranch on the market today priced at under 900 per animal unit! You can control 156 Sections +/- of productive ranch for only $320,000. Possible Terms! Motivated Seller! Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839. Price Reduced! $320,000. ■ A-1 Ranch – Beautiful Flagstaff Ranch. 175 head seasonal (May to October). 10,717 Acres (10 Acres Deeded). Call Troy Cooke at 928-532-0055. Asking $400,000. ■ CO Farm/Ranch – Snowflake, AZ. Nice Farm/Ranch with irrigation pivot, pasture. There is a new 1600´ 3 BD/2 BA home on the deeded acreage. Ranch has a new hydraulic, towable pivot system. The system is designed to water approximately 90 acres. The pivot covers 25 Acres +/- at a time. There is also a new 270x140 “Red River” roping arena. The entire section is fenced. 9 deeded acres and 640 leased acres totaling 649 acres. Call Troy Cooke at 928-532-0055. Asking $490,000. ■ Hook Open A Ranch – Willcox, AZ. This is one of the nicest working cattle ranches available in Arizona today. The ranch has easy access to the town of Willcox, but has a secluded feel at the same time. Rates at 350 head year round, this ranch is the perfect size for a family operation. The Hook Open A Ranch is desirable in many ways including the location, the mix of different country, the ease of working the ranch, the quality of the improvements, and the upgraded headquarters. There is a possibility of splitting this ranch in two. Please call for details. You owe it to yourself to come have a look at one of Arizona’s best ranches. Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839 or Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Asking $2,500,000. ■ Stockton Pass Grant Creek Ranch – Willcox, AZ. (2) 160 acre parcels completely surrounded by the Coronado National Forest located in the beautiful Graham Mountains. This is some of the most beautiful and unique property that Arizona has to offer. The “Stockton Pass Ranch” headquarters is located on the southernmost 160 acre parcel and consists of a ranch home, corrals, and typical ranch headquarter type improvements. Both deeded parcels have seasonal creeks running through them. This ranch is rich in Arizona history. There is also a 175 head Forest Grazing Permit that is included in the purchase. Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839 or Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Reduced! $2,800,000. ■ Peterson Ranch – Cochise County, AZ. This is one of the greatest values in Arizona Ranches. There is a very nice home with over 4100 deeded acres and the balance of the ranch is Arizona State Grazing Lease. The operation is rated 625 head year long, well watered, and highly improved. This beautiful ranch is located in remote rolling grassland in a little known area of Arizona at higher cooler elevations. This is the ranch you have been waiting to buy! Call Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Asking $3,500,000. ■ Antelope Ranch – Cochise County, AZ. This is a rare opportunity to buy a beautiful working cattle ranch, with over 8 Sections of deeded land. Excellent access year round to the Headquarters. The Headquarters is a large historic ranch house, 5-6 BD/4 BA, large kitchen, long porches and a basement 2 adobe barns by the corrals, a shop by the main house. The working corrals are welded steel and designed for the rancher with large pens, heavy squeeze chute, tub, scale, semi and truck trailer loading alleys. Owner may carry! One or more members of selling entity is a licensed real estate agent. Call Scott Thacker at 520-444-7069. Asking $4,950,000 cash or $5,150,000 terms. ■ Wildhorse Ranch – Yavapai County, AZ. Wildhorse Ranch consists of approximatley 883 deeded acres and 6,700 state lease acres for a total of just under 12 sections. Boulder Creek runs through the deeded lands on the ranch, and the ranch has 150 acre feet of surface water irrigation rights from the creek. There are 2 nice homes on the ranch, one of which is brand new and very customized. This ranch is located only 7 miles from the town of Bagdad on a good all weather, county maintained road. The words here cannot describe the beauty and uniqueness of Wildhorse Ranch. One or more members of selling entity are licensed real estate agent/brokers in Arizona. Call Jim Olson at 520-424-3839 or Gale Pearce at 520-466-2994. Asking $6,500,000.

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

MAY 2009

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

MARANA BRANCH: P.O. Box 90806, Tucson, AZ 85752 Phone: 520/572-0109 F: 520/844-3405

WAHOO RANCH Approximately 38,473 acres: 9097 deeded, 6,984 BLM, 912 state, 40 uncontrolled and 21,440 forest. Beautiful cattle ranch located on the east slope of the Black Range Mountains north of Winston, NM, on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso. The ranch is bounded on the east by the Alamosa Creek Valley and on the west by the Wahoo Mountains ranging in elevation from 6,000´ to 8,796´. There are 5 houses/cabins, 3 sets of working corrals (2 with scales) and numerous shops and outbuildings. It is very well watered with many wells, springs, dirt tanks and pipelines. The topography and vegetation is a combination of grass covered hills (primarily gramma grasses), with many cedar, piñon and live oak covered canyons as well as the forested Wahoo Mountains. There are plentiful elk and deer as well as antelope, turkey, bear, mountain lion and javelina (49 elk tags in 2008). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in the SW. Priced reduced to $8,500,000.

DAN DELANEY REAL ESTATE, LLC 318 W. Amador Ave., Las Cruces, NM 88005 (O) 575/647-5041 • (C) 575/644-0776 nmlandman@zianet.com www.zianet.com/nmlandman

Bar M Real Estate SCOTT MCNALLY, BROKER Specializing in sales and appraisals of rural properties P.O. Box 428 • Roswell, NM 88202 Phone: 575/622-5867 Mobile: 575/420-1237 Web Site: www.ranchesnm.com email: sammmcnally@msn.com

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

NEED RANCH LEASES & PASTURE FOR ‘09

Elk Haven Ranch ~ This 4,320 deeded acre elk sanctuary is located on the southwestern slopes of the Zuni Mountains, nearby Ramah. Located in hunt Unit 10, this region contains the world class Zuni elk herd and is a high demand area coveted by rifle and bow hunters. Improved with a 1,984 square foot ranch lodge, a Solitaire double-wide, two wells, numerous springs and earthen tanks. The secluded elk haven adjoins the vast Cibola National Forest providing access to thousands of acres. $4,320,000.

www.availableranches.com

Lyles Ranch ~ On the market for the first time! 3,685 deeded acres located 12 miles east of Santa Rosa, NM. This is a reputation cattle country and an ideal location for a cow-calf operation. A tidy headquarters with 2,000 square foot manufactured home, 3 shallow wells, steel pipe, pens and cattle scales. Low overhead and low maintenance is the key to this outfit! Priced at $295 per deeded acre.

FALLON-CORTESE LAND

Los Chaparrales Ranch ~ Nourished by the Mimbres River is a 1,789 acre desert oasis of sycamores, cottonwoods, and water. This environment is a refuge for wildlife and ideal for the western horse and cattle. This pretty little ranch has 1,389 deeded acres, water rights, a beautiful location and heavenly views. The neighborhood is sparsely populated, yet the amenities of nearby Silver City and Deming, are easily accessed. $1,800,000.

DAVID P. DEAN Ranch: 432/426-3779 • Mob.: 432/634-0441

SALES OF NEW MEXICO RANCHES SINCE 1972

REALTOR

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

575/355-2855 or 575/760-3838 575/760-3818

Chip Cole RANCH BROKER

SELLING WEST TEXAS FOR 29 YEARS! — PETROLEUM BUILDING — 14 E. Beauregard Ave., Suite 201 San Angelo, Texas 76903-5831 Ofc.: 325/655-3555

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Eagle Canyon Ranch ~ Located within the scenic productive hill country 40 miles west of Artesia, New Mexico, which is one of the region’s most prolific small town communities. This 15,980 acre expanse is an ideal cattle grazing operation. It has good water development, pipe shipping pens, and excellent access off paved roads. Abundant wildlife: mule deer, Barbary sheep, and quail. Turn-key sale includes cattle on site! $1,500,000. Luera Ranch ~ A great western NM mountain ranch balanced with an abundance of wildlife, captivating beauty, rich productive range sites, quality improvements and space to roam. 47,000± acres overlooking the Plains of San Augustine and surrounding the 9,000 ft. Luera Mountain Peak! Located south of Datil, remote, yet easily accessible. $8,200,000. Rancho Bonito ~ This 4,210 deeded acre Santa Rosa, New Mexico ranch has plenty to offer. A healthy climate, great vistas, central location, highway frontage, private access, and no thru traffic. The scenic range sites support rolling grasslands, mesa rim, and piñon/juniper woodlands thriving with wildlife. Four shallow wells, several water troughs and earthen tanks complement this pretty little ranch. Don’t miss this great investment opportunity! $2,105,000. Zia Mesa Farm ~ Are you semi-retired but yearning to keep your foot in agriculture yet not bury yourself . . . then I urge you to see this low maintenance 162 acre wheat farm. Pivot sprinkler irrigation, neat and tidy residence, barn, and farmyard. Best of all is that is that you’re within minutes of a good fishing hole at Fort Sumner Lake, New Mexico! $450,000. Agua Negra Ranch ~ 18,000 deeded acre river ranch with flowing water, lakes, water rights, scenic woodlands and grassland range site. Agua Negra Ranch is a contiguous expanse of private land with spectacular water features and abundant wildlife: deer, antelope, turkey, quail, water fowl and fishing. Good stock pens, indoor arena and easy access. Ideal for the western lifestyle and livestock operation. Seller will divide! $12,000,000. DVD’s and Brochures available upon request by contacting:

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

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

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

www.nm-ranches.com

806/622-3482 MAY 2009

HOMES & LAND Equestrian Estate — 4 bedroom/2 bath renovated home on ~4 acres w/seven stall barn, 10 covered runs, tack room/office, arena and 50'x50' garage. MLS #637162. $1,600,000. North of Socorro, NM — Horse Lover’s Paradise. Life the way you always dreamed it would be, in this sprawling 4 bedroom, 3 bath home on 3.961 acres. Property includes barn with tack room, work shop, corrals, storage shed, landscaping and fencing on 3 sides. MLS #646268. $180,000. 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. MLS #484787. $562,500. South of Socorro — 38.35 Acres – 24 irrigated, 18x24 Barn, 24x32 Tractor Shed, 17x24.5 Enclosed Storage. Power, community water available. Fenced. MLS #639736. $275,400.

Betty Houston REALTOR , GRI, CRB ®

Scott and L co.

1301 Front St., Dimmitt, TX 79027 Ben G. Scott, Krystal M. Nelson–Brokers 1-800/933-9698 day/night www.scottlandcompany.com

Ranch & Farm Real Estate

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!

READY TO RANCH & DEVELOP (wind energy, comm., res.) Potter Co., TX. – 4872.8 acres of beautiful ranch country four miles north of loop 335, Amarillo, TX., pvmt. on four sides (3 mi. – Hwy. 287, 1 mi. – Western St., 1 mi. – Givens Rd., 1 mi. – Rivera Park Rd.). Well watered by pumps powered by solar energy (state of the art) and windmills. Deer, quail & dove. Talk to us about dividing (640 ac. min.) VALLEY VIEW RANCH – Texas Panhandle - 177 acres with extraordinary 5404 sq. ft. +/- home overlooking the property with beautiful views of live creek, trees, wildlife (deer, quail, & turkey), covered horse training facilities, stables, excellent cattle working facilities and pens, employee housing. NORTH OF THE CANADIAN/MOORE CO. – 966.3 +/approx. 688.46 acres improved pasture, 210.8 acres CRP, 67.04 acres native grass, ½ mile sprinkler across the road, stock well, fronts on Hwy. 354, South County Line Road (paved) and Middle Well Road (paved). MUST SEE! Just out of Amarillo! 640 acres on Mulberry Creek, all grass, watered by mills & ponds, beautiful views, talk to us about dividing if lesser acreage is desired. HEART OF THE PLAINS – 8 section ranch with new set of pens, concrete bunks, truck/cattle scale and commodity barn, mobile home, watered by subs, mill and pipeline, on pavement, hour from Lubbock.

575-835-1422 515 Center Street, Socorro, NM 87801 bhouston@socorronmproperty.com www.socorronmproperty.com

Kern Land, Inc. ● Rio Pecos Ranch – 12,254 acres, 15 miles south of Fort Sumner. Extremely productive and well managed. Improvements include a large set of pipe corrals, cattle scales and overhead feed storage. Well watered from a strong submersible well and 6 drinkers plus yearround live water from 8 miles of the Pecos River. Conservatively runs 300 cows. ● El Valle Escondido Ranch – 10,326 acres, 30 miles north of Clayton. Good mix of protective canyons and productive grama grass country. Excellent cattle improvements and several restored historic homes. Mule deer, elk, antelope and turkey. Over 4 miles of highway frontage. Runs 200 cows most years. See Brochures At: www.kernranches.com 575/762-3707 Billy Howard Cell # 575/799-2088

MAY 2009

Dave Kern Cell # 575/760-0161

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COLETTA RAY, 575/799-9600 201 E. Llano Estacado, Clovis, NM 88101 575/762-4200

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1198 SR 275 over 2,600 square feet brick home with 30 acres. Northern Curry County. $219,000.

Brokers in New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. Ranches and Farms are our Specialty. 575/763-3851 MARVIN C. HUGULEY

575/799-3608

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575/799-3485

HAVE 1,010 CULTIVATED 640 CRP - 150 ACRES CLOSE TO TOWN. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SELLING NATIVE GRASSLAND, WE HAVE BUYERS!

• Dairy Facility Loans 201 Innsdale Terrace Clovis, New Mexico 88101 OFFICE: 575/762-8608 TOLL FREE: 888/868-2331

Bottari Realty

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

COMMITTED TO ALWAYS WORKING HARD FOR YOU! Turkey Creek, AZ 2837 Acres deeded, nice HQ, small State lease, 724 acre-feet of water rights, great development potential $6,000,000.

www.bottarirealty.com

Southeast, AZ A Year Round River Runs through the Deeded Land! Great Guest Ranch Prospect. Excellent access, 280 deeded acres, grazing leases, irrigated pasture with water rights from the river. HQ situated in beautiful canyon. Scenic.

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North of San Simon, AZ Great Guest Ranch Prospect. Pristine, scenic, private but only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 Acres of deeded, 52 head BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $2,450,000

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

Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm. Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, with small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800’s museum, 2 bedroom cabin, shop, and barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed and breakfast, land or water development. +/-62 ac & well for $1,700,000 and Home and other improvements. Seller Financing. $424,500

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

PAUL D. BOTTARI, BROKER Out West Realty Network Affiliate

**NEW ** Benson, AZ, 79 Acre Farm. Situated in the beautiful San Pedro Valley along the San Pedro River. +/-50 acres under irrigation. Includes a 2/3 interest in a 1000 gpm irrigation well. Great for cattle, horses and homesites. $850,000 Rainbow Valley, AZ 300 Head Cattle Ranch. Excellent desert ranch owned and operated by the same family for 40 years. Well improved with BLM and State grazing leases. HQ on State Land, well watered. $850,000 Wickenburg, AZ 216 Head Cattle Ranch. Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM and 3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells. Abundant feed, numerous corrals and great steel shipping pens. $850,000 Near Cotton City, NM 680 Acre Farm with 315 acres of water rights, +/-4 sections of BLM. Run +/-300 head. Irrigated by 12" pipe with alfalfa valves. 3 Irrigation wells water at 150' and 2 domestic wells. Nice home, barn and corrals. Great Buy! $755,000. Tombstone, AZ 68 Head Cattle Ranch. Be part of the old west with this Tombstone cattle ranch. 68 Head year long, BLM, State grazing leases, 160 acres deeded land, spectacular views, close to town, great access. Grass and browse ranch. Reduced to $525,000 Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch. Year long USFS Permit with two room line camp, barn and corrals at HQ. This is a remote horseback ranch with limited vehicular access, 8 dirt tanks, +/-20 springs. 10 Acres of deeded in Sheldon, AZ. Seller Financing. $400,000 Santa Teresa Mnts, Fort Thomas AZ. 200 deeded acres, 17 Head BLM Allotment, private retreat, two wells. This property is very remote and extremely scenic with a beautiful canyon lined with sycamores, cottonwoods and beautiful rock formations. Seller Financing. $300,000. HORSE PROPERTIES: Benson, AZ. Custom Home on 8 Acres. 3BR/2BA home with colored concrete floors, pecan cabinetry, granite counter tops, vaulted ceilings, and large bonus room. +/-5400 square foot barn with plenty of room for stalls, hay, or equipment storage. $380,000. Benson, AZ 39 Acre Quality Horse Facility. Castlebrook barn, nice home and much more. $895,000. Willcox, AZ 25 Acres. Nice home, irrigated fields, large metal workshop, round pen, corrals, lighted roping arena. $300,000. Benson, AZ - Very Western 10 Acre Horse Property. Great for working cow horses, straw bale home with round pen, arena, tack barn, stalls. $379,000. Benson, AZ 8 Acres. Remodeled home 3 bedroom, 2 bath, irrigated horse pastures, barn. $330,000. Dragoon, AZ 5 Acre Horse Property. 3927 square foot home remodeled with new kitchen cabinets and flooring, 4-stall hay/horse barn, two turnouts. $250,000 (Additional acreage available and grazing possibility for a few head of cattle.)

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ROD HILLE HC 32, Box 79 Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 Ranch ~ 575/894-7983

For Sale: registered and Commercial Bulls Heifers

Casey BEEFMASTERS SINCE 1948

Forage Genetics Standard With Each Bull (No Feed Bunks)

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

The Breeding Season is Right Around the Corner – PLAN EARLY! Let us help you design a successful synchronized, AI program for your heifers and mature cows. ■ Custom AI breeding services ■ Semen available from the industry’s top AI sires ■ Complete inventory of all synchronization and AI supplies ■ AI breeding boxes for sale ■ AI training available ■ Reproductive ultrasound for early-pregnancy diagnosis ■ Complete program discounts available (i.e. semen, supplies, preg-check, and labor)

MAY 2009

It’s Time To Take Back ‘Sustainable’ BY TROY HADRICK

t’s hard to get through the day anymore without hearing the word “sustainable.” In fact, I was recently asked if I was a factory farmer or if I raised cattle sustainably. Who judges what’s sustainable and what isn’t? It seems that the word has been hijacked and is being used by people who are opposed to modern agriculture. Sometimes you just have to shake your head when you hear the term. When I hear about sustainable wood, it always puzzles me. Are there some trees that don’t grow back? But in food production, we hear more and more that modern agriculture can’t continue down the same path it’s currently on. What exactly led to that false notion, and how would anyone possess the kind of knowledge needed to back up that sweeping statement? Skeptics say we should go back to how we used to raise crops and livestock. But how far back should we go? To the 1950s? Or how about the 1870s? Maybe we could go back to when everyone raised just their own food? Broadly, it is frequently true that socalled sustainable practices are those techniques used before the combustion engine was invented. Every industry has adapted and used technology to improve production methods and output. That includes agriculture. From a farmer’s perspective, there are two questions that should have to be answered before any agricultural practice can truly be considered sustainable. First, will the farm and ranch families implementing the practice be able to generate enough income to continue farming or ranching? Will those families be sustainable? And second, will the practice help producers increase food production to keep up with a growing population? If the answer to either of these questions is no, then, from my perspective, it should not be considered sustainable. If farmers and ranchers can’t make a living, they obviously won’t be around very

long. That’s not what I would call a sustainable practice. Or if America’s farmers and ranchers are forced to use production methods that do not yield enough food for everyone would you consider that sustainable? I wouldn’t. At the end of the day, agriculture has a single, yet vital, responsibility — to provide food, fiber, fuel and other basics of life for an ever-growing world. The agriculture industry that some folks like to envision is better described as nostalgic rather than sustainable or even realistic. Our society wouldn’t have developed into what it is today if 25 percent or more of our workforce was still required to grow food. For the past century, we have continually produced more food with less farm inputs. With the technologies available today, that trend will continue. American agriculture has a longer track record than any other industry in this country. Many families are producing food on the same land their ancestors did. That is proof of sustainability. Farmers and ranchers know a thing or two about being sustainable since our livelihood depends on it. It’s time we take our word “sustainable” back and encourage everyone to think about and use its real definition. ■

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A A Fiftys Remdey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . .47, 61 Aero Tech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Ag & More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Ag New Mexico, FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . . . .7 Ag Services, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 American Brahman Breeders Assn. . . . .47 APEX Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . .54 Ash Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Ash Marketing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 B B&R Construction, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . .49 Eli Barsi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Big Sky Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 BJM Sales & Service, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Blevins Mfg Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Bottari Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Bradley 3 Ranch LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 C C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Carrizozo Cowboy Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Casey Beefmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . .50 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission (Dalhart) . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Caviness Packing Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .23 Century 21 / Berry Lucas . . . . . . . . . . .52 Champion Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Cimarron English Shepherds . . . . . . . . .49 Clovis Livestock Market . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 COBA Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Coldwell Banker – Betty Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 A.C. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Coldwell Banker Legacy – Emile Gonzales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Chip Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Conniff Limousin & Shorthorns . . . . . . .47 Contract Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 R.L. Cox Fur & Hide Co. . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Crouch Mesa Trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 George Curtis, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 D D&L Tooling & Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 D2 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Dairy Producers of New Mexico . . . . . . .34 David Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . .50 Directory of New Mexico Agriculture . . .15 Domenici Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 E ECS Forage Turf Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Estrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Exit Clovis/Coletta Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 F Fallon-Cortese Real Estate . . . . . . . . . .55 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 FBFS/Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . .19 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Freeman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Fuller Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

G Gila County Cattle Growers Assn. . . . . . .21 Gila Monster Tuff Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Tom Growney Equipment, Inc . . . . 49, 63 H Harper Cattle LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Hoff’s Scotch Cap Farm & Ranch Realty Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Hoff’s Scotch Cap Semen Service . . . . . .35 Hollis Cotton Oil Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47, 62 Huguley & Co. Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . .57 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

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McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Mesa Feed Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 50 Michelete Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . .51 Chas. S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . .51 Montana del Oso Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Montoya Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Murney Assn. / Paul McGilliard . . . . . . .53 Mur-Tex Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

I Insurance Services of New Mexico . . . . .26

N New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn . . . .29 New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau . . .2 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . .53 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences/ Shad Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 NMSU Recruiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

J JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47, 48 Johnson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

O 1031 Financial Exchange Corp . . . . . . .51 Oregon Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

K Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Kern Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

P Pacific Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Paco Feed Yard, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Dan Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Poly Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Purina Land O’ Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

L L&H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 LG Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 48, 58 M Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41, 46

R The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 ROD Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . .12 Runyan Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 S Safety Highway Products . . . . . . . . . . . .49 James B. Sammons III . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Santa Gertrudis Breeders International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Schrimsher Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . .55 Scott Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Southern Star Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Stromei Realty / Alan Brawley . . . . . . . .52 Joe Stubblefield & Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . .55 T T&T Trailer Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Tenny’s 4U Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Three Mile Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 U United Country Vista Nueva, Inc. . . . . . .56 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 V Virden Perma-Bilt Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Vitalix Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 W Weichert Realtors/The 505 Group . . . . .52 Wells Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Westlake Cattle Growers, LLC . . . . . . . .41 Wild West Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . . . . . . . . .37, 49

The Industry’s Leading Al Sire for 2009 and Beyond! ORDER SEMEN EARLY and make him your FIRST CHOICE Al Sire for 2009. Dam’s sire is #1 AI sire in Argentina (grass fed country) where easy fleshing and efficient forage converting cattle plus good uddered females are a prerequisite. Video available on website.

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MAY 2009

POLY DOME HAS THE HUT TO FIT YOUR NEEDS, FROM THE MINI DOME TO THE MEGA HUT.

POLY SQUARE Up in the air, taking a closer look at emissions. Independent tests show that Poly Square and Big Foot Huts are 3º to 6º cooler in the summer than other huts on the market. Designed with the best ventilation system available. And new opaque material keep your calves cool in the summer. • Slide chain & collar available

S UPER H UT

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MILK MASTER

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CALF WARMER

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MAY 2009

Colorado Dairy Service 970-593-9704 Loveland, CO Bucke’s Feed 530-865-4427 Orland, CA

The New Portable Milk Masters come in 3 sizes ~ 70, 150 and 300 gallon. Other sizes can be made if your needs are larger. The trailer comes with straight ribbed tires, so it rolls easily and can go through muddy areas easily. The unit comes with a three-way valve for mixing the milk.

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It Is Spring & In We Are Back Villanueva

• Registered Fall & Yearling Bulls Available Private Treaty at Villanueva

PAP Tested High Altitiude Bulls Available

Weha a!

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* Need not be present to win BLOODLINES: Mytty In Focus • KG Spirit • Emulation • Future Direction • Twin Valley Precision

Call Bob, Kay, or Mike Anderson A Lazy 6 Angus at Blanco Canyon, HCR 72, Box 10, Ribera, NM 87560 Headquarters: 575/421-1809 Cells: 505/690-1191 • 505/660-2909 • 505/429-6846

“ They are worth more if they have Black Angus Influence.”

MAY 2009

P.O. BOX 99 QUEMADO, NM 87829

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PLUS Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.

FOR SALE: 140 Yearling Bulls 20 2-year-old Bulls

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

575/773 -4770 Rick & Maggie Hubbell 575-773-4770 â&#x20AC;˘ Mark Hubbell 575-773-4567 hubbell@wildblue.net

MAY 2009