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

FEATURES 15 Advocates Worry Success Could Be Latest Threat for Gray Wolf

by Tom Sidwell, President-Elect

12 To The Point

by Joseph Guzman, Cronkite News

16 Is Your Local Government Prepared?

by Caren Cowan

18 N.M. CowBelles’ Jingle Jangle 26 News Update 30 N.M. Federal Lands Council News

by Karen Budd-Falen, Budd-Falen Law Offices, Cheyenne, Wyoming

22 Honor the Harvest: From Farm to Table and Back Again Reprinted courtesy of the National Dairy Council

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33 Aggie Notes

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34 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers by Don Bullis

38 Riding Herd by Lee Pitts

49 View from the Backside by Barry Denton

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51 In Memoriam 55 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn 57 Market Place 60 On The Edge of Common Sense

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Tom Sidwell NMCGA President-Elect

President-Elect Legislative Report

Pat Boone President Elida Tom Sidwell President-Elect Quay Jack Chatfield Vice President at Large Mosquero Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Blair Clavel NE Vice President Roy Jeff Bilberry SE Vice President Elida Randell Major SW Vice President Magdalena Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Albuquerque Jose J. Varela Lopéz Past President La Cieneguilla Rex Wilson Past President Ancho Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque

he budget was the big issue for the 60-day session however, legislation passed by both houses does little to bring more jobs to New Mexico or improve the economy. The bright side is that all you cowboys and cowgirls contemplating a career change won’t have to be licensed to do eyebrow threading! I kid you not. We owe a big thank you to all the bill readers who vetted introduced legislation for those of us in Santa Fe. Caren, Michelle, Jessica, Joe, Jack, and I spent long hours working with members of the ag group reading legislation and testifying in committees in support or opposition to a number of bills. Thank you to NMCGA members who came to help out. The committees were scheduled every day in such a way that we were spread thin trying to cover the bills that impacted agriculture. The process worked well and New Mexico agricultural industry made its presence well known in the Roundhouse. The biggest thank you goes to my beautiful wife, Mimi, who took care of the ranch while I played in the sandbox. She fed cattle, sold calves, bought bulls, and dug up pipelines while dealing with water problems. She is as capable as any rancher and is the reason I am able to spend time with NMCGA. We were watching about 80 bills on a wide range of issues. Coyote calling contests, naming coyotes and skunks as fur species, anti-trapping, gun transfers, and changing the mission and purpose of the Department of Game & Fish were controversial and emotionally charged issues. They all failed to pass but will be back. The “wild” (feral) horse issue was controversial with committee hearings packed by both sides. SB 126 defined horses as livestock after a Court of Appeals decision stated that they were not livestock and therefore did not come under the jurisdiction of the Livestock Board. This bill failed to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee with the result that no agency has jurisdiction over the horses that may come onto your private land or onto the highway. This presents a safety and liability issue. HM 102 proposed to place responsibility of the” wild” (feral) horses under the Dept of Game & Fish and mercifully failed in committee. HB 459/SB 378, Beef Council Assessment Opt-out, passed and will assess $1 per head for use by the NM Beef Council for promotion and marketing of NM beef while allowing producers to opt out of paying the assessment if they wish. Frederic Bastiat in 1850 wrote in The Law that there are two sorts of plunder: extralegal and legal. Extralegal plunder, such as theft or swindling is punished by the penal code. Legal plunder is law that takes from some persons that which belongs to them, to give to others what does not belong to them. We were successful in killing some “legal plunder” while getting some favorable bills through both houses.

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TO THE POINT by Caren Cowan, Executive Director, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association

ots of people worked their socks off making sure that many bills that would have negatively impacted agriculture, wildlife, and all of New Mexico didn’t get to Governor Susana Martinez’ desk. They also worked on a few bills that would make life easier for some folks including one to add a second dollar to the Beef Checkoff in New Mexico. That second dollar would be VOLUNTARY with a detailed provision on how cattle and dairy men opt out of the collection of a second dollar. The first dollar is the federal dollar that is mandatory and remains the same. Another proactive bill that is currently on the Governor’s desk is one that would clarify that the mere fact that livestock sets foot within a municipality isn’t a crime. Over recent years there have been at least three New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association

The Year of the Critter (NMCGA) members who have been charged with this crime. One was convicted. If the Governor signs the bill, the new standard will be whether or not the livestock trespass was willful. The measure also makes clear that it is the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB) that is in charge of livestock running at large. A bill that the Governor has scheduled for signing in early April clarifies that a person who had been compensated under workers’ compensation laws may be fired for cause. While that principle seems to be only common sense, a court had ruled that if a worker had received workers’ comp payments they could not be let go. Perhaps the livestock community’s biggest priority died in the House Judiciary Committee without hearing on the next to last day of the Session. The bill had passed

two Senate committees, the Senate Floor, and one House Committee before its untimely death. The measure was initially intended to clarify that the NMLB had authority of feral horses running on private land. This clarification became necessary late last summer when a Lincoln County District Court judge who was up for re-election ruled in a temporary restraining order that said that “wild” horses could run anywhere at will. The bill sponsored by agriculture champion Senator Pat Woods was introduced early in the Legislature but was immediately hi-jacked by an animal rights group. The changes that were made in the bill included one that would require the NMLB to euthanize horses that were not claimed by a horse rescue or an individual within a certain time frame. That was not ideal but

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the decision was made that the need for the clarification was the greater. Unfortunately the bill was vehemently opposed by another animal rights group which lead to interesting hearings and confrontations in the halls as the bill moved through the process. Security had to intervene at least twice in the hall after the measure passed out of a committee. In the meantime several other horse bills were introduced including a memorial that would have required the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) to do a study on wild horses. That, of course, would have taken years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Another bill would have required the Department to take control of “wild” horses. Yet another bill that would change the definition of horses and like animals to “equine” which in no way addresses the current problems with horses running at large also had the NMLB putting horses down did make it to the Governor’s desk but NMCGA leaders and staff were able to get that bill amended to include an auction option for horses as well as clarification that the Board would not responsible for the costs associated with euthanization. It remains to be seen if the bill will be signed.

It is highly likely that the trap was not one registered with the NMDGF and thus illegal. Shortly a trapper had his legal trap and set it off on his arm to demonstrate the how the trapped worked and the lack of harm he suffered from it. You can only imagine the gasps from the other side. There was a bill to charge an additional tax on pet foods to fund a state-wide spaying and neutering program. This bill got through the House but died in a Senate committee. There was another to move the Animal Sheltering Board, a board that has yet to be fully appointed after several years in existence to the Veterinary Board. That bill was substituted with one that would make the Animal Sheltering Board a sub-committee of the Veterinary Board that can make recommendations to the Vet Board. This measure is on the Governor’s desk.

And more bills… There were gun control bills introduced in both the House and the Senate. The Senate bill never moved. The House bill got out of two committees but died in a third. Then there was the bill to create a new tax valuation for open lands. This bill went through nine versions before it got to the

Senate Floor where it was amended twice. The bill only got referred to the House Tax Committee. It died there the evening before the Legislature ended. The bill started out being promoted as a measure to allow the elderly to keep their ag lands in the face of a tax valuation increase because they could no longer maintain production agriculture. Over the numerous renditions, the bill turned into a land management measure requiring anyone applying for the envisioned new special valuation to submit a land management plan to the county assessor’s office. This requirement would have applied to any parcel over five acres and would have to be submitted annually. The plan was to be developed under rules to be developed by the Soil Conservation Commission. According to the bill: “The value of unimproved land used primarily to conserve the unimproved land pursuant to a qualified conservation management plan shall be valued at twenty-five percent of the current and correct value.” Specific requirements would have included: (1) Ensure(ing) that managem ent pr ac tices are appropriate to conserve and

Other Critters… The bi-annual bill to eliminate coyote calling contests was back again. It got through the Senate and House Judiciary but never was heard on the House Floor. The bill would have put prosecution of coyote calling contests in the criminal code rather than the game code and make holding a calling contest a misdemeanor. Participation in a contest would have become a petty misdemeanor. There was a bill to make coyotes and skunks game animals requiring regulations, a license to hunt and maybe even a season. There was a bill to change the mission of the Game Department to one of wildlife, rather than an hunting and fishing agency. There was one to outlaw trapping making a second offense a felony, putting the language into the criminal code rather than the wildlife code. All of these died in their first committee but not without contentious hearings resulting in a packed room with overflow to another hearing room. The trapping hearing was really entertaining had the subject matter not been so serious. One proponent of eliminating trapping brought a trap to show the committee and the audience just how terrible traps looked.

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maintain the unimproved land; and (2) require that qualified conservation management plans shall: (a) at a minimum, maintain or increase the productivity of the land, rangeland, watershed and forest health, wildlife habitat or soil and water conservation; and (b) include an annual implementation plan and progress report. Additionally, if the land receiving the new special valuation was ever changed to a different use in the future, the landowner would be required to pay a claw-back for five years at the new valuation. Clearly, the final rendition of the bill would not be of great assistance to the elderly no longer able to maintain agriculture on their land. It would also undermine rural communities and agriculture by undermining or eliminating the infrastructure necessary for agriculture to survive. The bill was opposed by the NMCGA, the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, and numerous county assessors across the state. However, it is clear that the proponents of

the bill will be back with it in future Legislatures and they will continue to lobby anyone and everyone between now and its next introduction.

Budget & Taxes While a budget and a tax package went to the Governor, she stated immediately after the end of the Legislature that she would be vetoing these bills and calling a Special Session in the near future. A date hasn’t been set, but the Governor has said they furloughs in state agencies are a strong possibility if a budget compromise isn’t reached quickly. Along with the budget itself, the tax measures will be up for discussion as well. One tax measure that didn’t make it through the Session is House Bill 412. This bill is over 350 pages and affects every gross receipts tax exemption and deduction that New Mexicans now operate under. For agriculture, we were assured that although the exemptions would go away, many of them could be taken under a deduction or the use of Non-Taxable Tax Certificates (NTTC) forms via the New Mexico Department of Tax & Revenue. Near the end of the Session an amendment was produced that would more clearly explain

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how agriculture would be treated in words we can understand, but it was never attached to the bill because the bill didn’t move out of the Senate Finance Committee. It is highly likely that this measure will come back into play during a Special Session.

Thank you to those who helped It is only because the NMCGA has a great team of leadership, staff, bill readers and members on call to come to Santa Fe that the 2017 Legislature turned out to be a winning one. There were many days when three committees were meeting at the same time. If we hadn’t had Tom Sidwell, NMCGA President-Elect, along with the dedication of Joe Culbertson and Jack Chatfield and the hours that Michelle Frost and Jessica Decker put in, the outcome could have been very different. When you see these folks, please tell them thank you. If you would like to write them a note, please contact the NMCGA office for addresses. There were also countless legislators who were looking out for agriculture and private property rights. I know I will leave lots of people out, and for that I apologize up front. But House freshmen Candy Sweetzer, Dirreck Lente and Greg Nibert were baptized by fire and did yeoman work for agriculture. The House Ag & Water Committee was once again a homogenous and bi-partisan group working together in the best interest of all. Chairman Bill Gomez made a hand many times. There are legislators who helped that we will probably never know about. We made some new allies and founding working relationships in surprising corners. Thanks to all of you. We cannot forget the partnership that benefited all concern. Alexa Sandoval and her staff at the NMDGF stood shoulder to shoulder with us every time they were called. We did the same for them. The New Mexico Trappers Association and their members were outstanding showing up with a big crowd every time there was a wildlife issue. Some coyote calling contest folks showed up as well. We worked closely with the Tara Riley and the National Rifle Associations on the guns bills and some others. The Association of Counties and their assessors affiliate were excellent partners. Again I am probably forgetting some and I apologize in advance.

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Advocates Worry Success Could Be Latest Threat For Gray Wolves by Joseph Guzman, Cronkite News

opulations of endangered Mexican gray wolves have reached their highest numbers since reintroduction efforts began nearly 20 years ago, but rather than cheer the success, environmentalists are worried it could backfire on the struggling animals. With wolf numbers – and wolf predation – on the rise, state, local and cattle industry officials have renewed their push to have a greater say in controlling its population. Senator Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, reintroduced a bill in February to require that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) work with states, counties, and local stakeholders to sustain wolf populations without adversely impacting livestock, wild game or recreation. Fish and Wildlife is required to finalize a recovery plan for the wolves by November. If the agency does not comply with Arizona and New Mexico in the design of the plan, the states would be able to dictate the terms of the recovery process under the bill, which was co-sponsored by Senator John McCain, R-Arizona. “This legislation doesn’t just let the fox guard the henhouse – it gives the fox title and deed,” said Michael J. Robinson with the Center for Biological Diversity. He said decisions on managing the animal need to be based on science and not politics. But Flake said the current system isn’t working. “The federal government’s outdated management of Mexican gray wolf populations is harming ranchers and our state’s rural communities,” he said in a statement released by his office. “This bill will ease the burdens on rural Arizonans by enhancing local stakeholder participation and state involvement in the recovery process.” Mexican gray wolves are a subspecies of wolf in Arizona and New Mexico that was almost killed off in the 1970s because of the damage they did to cattle. The government began reintroducing the wolves into the Southwest in 1998 but conservationists say recovery has been slow due to inbreeding and poaching. The FWS said recently that there were 113 Mexican gray wolves throughout Arizona and New Mexico in 2016, an increase from the 97 counted a year earlier. But Robinson said that although the species’ growth last year is encouraging, there need

to be more in the wild to ensure genetic diversity and the animal’s survival. “Scientists have been saying there is a real genetic problem here,” Robinson said. “They have pointed to studies that have shown there are fewer wolf pups being born and of the ones that are born, fewer of those are surviving to maturity as a result of genetic factors.” But Patrick Bray, executive vice president of the Arizona Cattleman’s Association, said no recovery plan will be successful if the federal government leaves local authorities out of the loop. “You need cattleman, sportsman and others at the table, because at the end of the day, the government still gets a paycheck and the rest of us on the other side of the table have to live and deal with their messes,” Bray said. He said ranchers have first-hand experience with the messes caused by the wolves. “Even though the area is a small geographical area when you look at the U.S., it is devastating when in one year alone there has been one individual who has lost 18 head of cattle” to wolves, Bray said. “You do that times $1,000 and that’s $18,000 the federal government has deliberately ripped out of your pocket.”

Cassie Lyman, a sixth-generation Gila County cattle rancher, supports the call for local input, saying wolves are being released without a plan or any government compensation for depredation. “We have a lot of predators and we live in harmony with them, but we also have a plan,” Lyman said. “If numbers (of animals) are increasing and causing negative effects to the habitat, then we can increase tag numbers and hunt them.” But that is not the case with endangered animals like the gray wolf, she said. “If there are animals having negative effects on cattle we can remove them, but when we have an environmentally protected species, those things don’t apply,” Lyman said. She said there should be a cap on the size of the population to establish when the wolves can be removed from the endangered species list, a provision in Flake’s bill. But Robinson said the idea of putting a cap on the species runs counter to the concept of recovery. With Flake’s legislation, he said, the states would have control over when the wolf could be taken off the endangered species list, even if scientists determined the animal is still in trouble..

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resident Trump and Interior Secretary Zinke have made promises about moving federal agency decision making back to the local level, putting Americans back to work and ensuring that the public lands are managed for “multiple use.” While that sounds wonderful, making those promises means more than a directive from Washington, D.C., it means that your local governments have to take the lead in dealing with the federal agencies. Local decision making is not just for counties with federal lands, but federal decisions can impact the use of private property as well. There are three major ways that a local government can influence federal agency decisions; the type of process used by a local government will depend on the type of decision to be made and the time constraints of the local government. One type of local participation is not “better” or “worse” than another type, again, it depends on the type of decision to be influenced and the preference of the local government. So, again, I would pose the question, is your local government prepared for local decision making? The following should help: I. CONSISTENCY REVIEW The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) mandate that federal agency actions be as consistent as possible with local land use policies or plans (LUP) and that the federal government must attempt to reconcile its federal decisions with the local LUP. Those provisions are key in implementing the President’s promises, but there is a catch. In order to require this “consistency review,” a local government has to have a written local LUP, otherwise there is nothing for the federal agencies to be consistent with. In my view, first, a local government should start with a review of the federal actions that the local government thinks will happen within the area. For example, are there threatened or endangered species or species of concern that will

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impact your constituents’ private propland or restrict grazing on private land. erty; is the BLM or Forest Service revising Most land grant universities have good its land use plans or implementing their statistical data that can assist you with land use plans; was a local area included this analysis. You should also include within a National Monument meaning information like circulating dollars, job that a management plan will have to be numbers for the various economic segprepared; are there any special designaments, etc. tion lands that have been proposed like Finally, once the data is gathered, the wild and scenic rivers, wilderness or local LUP should include the policies conservation areas; or are there other that the federal agencies should use for federal decisions that may impact the consistency review purposes. I believe private property of that these policies your constituents are always stronand/or the public ger and provide a Making those lands? good basis from Second, the local which the local promises means ... government should government can determine its prothat your local governments work, if they are cesses for dealing based on the data with the federal described above have to take the lead in agencies. When do regarding custom you want to update and culture, ecodealing with the federal the federal agencies nomic stability regarding the local and environmenagencies.” government’s activital protection. I do ties and when does the local government not believe a simple “wish list” from the want updates from the federal agencies? local government is a strong basis for How do you propose transmitting the protecting your constituents. Additionlocal LUP to the federal agencies and ally, in making decisions in compliance offices? What is the local government’s with NEPA, the federal government must view of “early consultation?” How does use the “best data and information availthe local government want “coordinaable.” The best available information tion” to occur? These processes should about the local effects of a federal decibe carefully articulated in the local LUP. sion on the local custom, culture, Third, the local LUP should discuss economy and environment should come the “custom and culture” of the citizens, from the local government itself. the history of the area, and the environNote that your local LUP has to be mental features important to the local compliance with federal statutes and government. This information can come regulations with the “full force and from historical accounts, personal effect of law.” However most federal stories, and environmental descriptions statutes are very broadly written and such as state wildlife habitat maps, allow for the survival of the local citizens, National Resources Conservation businesses and economies; the local Service (NRCS) soil descriptions, forage government just has to assert those surveys, and other data. I do not believe requirements. that a local government has to gather new data or participate in new studies, II. COORDINATION but it is important to compile existing FLPMA and the National Forest Managedata from as many sources as possible ment Act (NFMA) also require to support your policies. “coordination.” Coordination is a process; Fourth, your local LUP should include not a result. Additionally, while your economic data and analysis. This should local government should “coordinate” be more than just gathering employwith the federal agencies to protect their ment statistics, rather, the economic constituents and influence federal decidata included in the local LUP should sions, there is no statute dictating the support the local governments’ policies. specifics of the coordination process. For example, if agriculture is important Because the elements or steps of coorto the local economy, the local LUP dination are not statutorily defined, local should describe the economic detriment governments should use their local LUP of a federal decision that would reduce to define what coordination means and Animal Unit Month (AUMs) on public how it should work.

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COOPERATING AGENCY STATUS NEPA also allows local governments to participate in agency decision making process as “cooperating agencies.” An applicant for cooperating agency status must both (1) be a locally elected body such as a conservation district board of supervisors or a county commission; and (2) possess “special expertise.” A local government’s special expertise is defined as the authority granted to a local governing body by state statute. Being a cooperating agency allows the local government to participate in the “identification team” with a federal agency. It is just another tool that a local government should consider when dealing with federal agencies.

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FINAL THOUGHTS Local governments can have a major impact on federal agency decisions if they are prepared and willing to take on the challenge. There are over 1000 counties in the U.S. with a population less than 10,000 citizens. Each one of these rural counties should have a voice in federal decisions that impact it. Is your county prepared?

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teer this year. Members were encouraged to attend one of the upcoming District Meetings. Crystal passed around a flier, including a registration form, for the upcoming Women In Agriculture Leadership Conference to be held May 30 and June 1, 2017. More information will be forthcoming regarding the Cattle Growers and Mid Summer CowBelle meeting. Krystie prePresident Nancy Phelps called the sented a new scholarship application form n light of resent events to our neighbors Chamiza CowBelles’ March 2, 2017 along with a corrected rubric format. The in the East it has brought many of us to meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. in Johnny B’s rubric will narrow down the applications, moments of silence and a great deal of Restaurant in T or C with 12 members and first round of review will be minus the name. prayer. As we get ready for our District one guest present. Sherry read the Cow- It was decided to accept this format and Workshops, which is usually ones of most Belle Invocation; Nancy led the Pledge; and application form. Krystie will present the joy, this time seems humbling that we have Sherry read the CowBelle Creed. Cathy read new form to the high school for use by the been blessed enough to be able to get minutes which were approved as read. In 2017 grads; due end of March. NEW BUSItogether with each other. We may not have the absence of the treasurer, Cathy reported NESS: Nancy suggested local set up a booth enough moisture, but we have our land, the balances in both checking account and at all the upcoming events and fiestas in livestock and each other. We are blessed scholarship fund. OLD BUSINESS: Nancy order to begin beef raffle ticket sales. Man with a strong network of members who presented Marsha Runyan’s sample of ticket of the Year Award applications are due have come together to help with any and format. Marsha will donate a flash drive. March 15. Members decided to table discusall efforts to help our neighbors. In amongst After Cathy reported to Nancy the high cost sion and reconsider the award next year. all the devastating pictures on the internet of printing tickets, Nancy will print the Jodell thanked everyone who donated to and media of all the animals lost I came tickets and Marie will donate paper. Ag Day the food pantry fund. She collected approxacross one of a cow laying in the soot with is March 17 and will place an emphasis on imately $60 last month, all of which was her new calf. What a beautiful sight it was farming this year; since Ag Day takes place spent on protein. Susan Montgomery is on too, and I saw that and thought of the Bible on the same day as one of the district meet- the board of the Open Arms Pregnancy verse Isiah 66:9 “I will not cause pain ings, Nancy will be unable to attend. Center in TorC and gave a short rundown without allowing something new to be Assistance from Cowbelles is strictly volun- on their purpose and accomplishments. She had available empty baby bottles to be placed around town or taken on an individual basis and filled with money to help the www.hoopercattlecompany.com center. The center helps unwed mothers through their pregnancy and until the babies are age 3. Other donations of gently used baby clothes, maternity clothes, and baby items are accepted. Sherry won the door prize of free lunch. Meeting adjourned at 12:53 p.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce The regular monthly meeting of the Chuckwagon CowBelles was held at Sue Hawkins’ home in Los Lunas. The meeting — Registered Herefords & Black Angus — was called to order at 10:30 by President Lyn Greene who then led the group in the CowBelle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, & AVAILABLE! LLED CowBelle Creed. 12 members and one guest PO • 7 Registered Yearling attended. Sarah Moritz, a guest was very RE R AC K RN L E F O interested in what the local does and why. D B ANGUS BULLS HO The minutes of the February 14, 2017 • 7 Registered Yearling AN RE meeting were approved as mailed/emailed F OR GUS POLLED HEREFORD BULLS Cattle Bred for out. Officer & Committee Reports: Treasurer OPTIMUM report by Tommie was filed for audit and 25 Weaned Hereford Heifers GENETIC the Donation Bucket last month had $49. Performance EPDs & TPR Records available on all cattle. Correspondence: None. Unfinished BusiRange-raised, rugged, rock-footed at over ness: Corrections to page 4 & 5 of NoteBook. 7,000 ft. elevation. At Vera’s in May Gene Winn from the TorGuaranteed Sound & Fertile rance County Extension will be the guest speaker. In July Nancy Ranney from Corona will be the presenter. District Workshop STEVE & DEBBIE HOOPER · 575/773-4535 · FAX 575/773-4583 Patronize Our update on the 17th in Capitan. New BusiHC 32, BOX 405 RED HILL RT. , QUEMADO, NM 87829 JINGLE JANGLE

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ness: Women in Ag Leadership Conference – Handouts and discussion. “WALCing into the Future” – May 30-June 1st – Las Cruces. ANCW has a new logo. It was decided to donate $100 to Cattle Growers for the MidYear meeting in June and to donate $500 to Fire Relief in Texas & Oklahoma to ranchers who lost everything. Meeting was adjourned at 11:33. Program: Sue Hawkins – Humorous Readings. Announcements: Next meeting Tuesday, April 11 at the Old Mill Restaurant in Estancia. Ag Feed – Santa Fe, March 16, 2017 NM Beef Ambassador Contest, Las Cruces March 31, Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship applications due April 15, ANCW Region VI Meeting – Elko, Nevada, April 27-29, Summer Conference for NMCGA & NMCB – June 19-21 in Ruidoso. Submitted by Welda Grider

The Copper CowBelles met at the Grant County Extension Service conference room on March 21. Three new members were welcomed. Minutes for three previous meetings were read and approved. Kim Clark gave a legislative update and reminded everyone that today was National Agriculture Day. Pat will prepare a press release for the needed scholarship applications and announced several donations that have been received for both the scholarship fund and the Shindig. Bobbie, Kathy and JoAnn were thanked for their help with the funeral reception for Carolyn Segulja. A thank you will be sent to First Baptist Church for hosting the event. The local has sent or will be sending memorials to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship for Pat Bennett, Sally Raphael, Emily McKinney, Verna Miller,

Carolyn Segulja and Myrtle Oliver. The organizing plans for the annual Shindig dinner/ dance to be held on April 22 are moving along and the silent auction and dessert table were discussed. Members were encouraged to get out and sell tickets. Kathy has prepared the radio announcements which will start running in April. The local decided to send a letter from the group to the Village of Santa Clara showing support for their plan to take control of Ft. Bayard. A decision to support Cowboys and Kids was tabled for more information. Carpooling to the District III meeting was arranged and the WALC conference and McKeen Ranch Days [HP-NSCN1] were discussed. From the February meeting: The Shindig dinner/dance projected income and expenses were discussed as well as the

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given to Peggy for touring the group around Santa Fe. Beef for Mother’s and Father’s day was tabled till next meeting to be held April 20, 2017. The group decided to submit applicant Colton Shaw for the NMCB Pat Nowlin Scholarship. Jackie sent in payment for the Health Fair in Raton, April 27. The Beef Council will be notified to request a possible gift basket for door prize. It was decided to donate $25 for the Wagon Mound Health Fair, April 25. Dates to remember: April 20 – Silver Spurs mtg, Wagon Mound; April 25, 2017 Health Fair in Wagon Mound; April 27, 2017 Health Fair in Ratob; April 27-29 – Region VI – Elko, NV; May 25 – Silver Spurs Meeting Wagon Mound. The meeting was adjourned. From the January Meeting: The Silver Spurs have a membership of 43 paid member; Juanita Baker and Jane Wood the newest members. Submitted by Lynne Ostrowsky 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 the 14th of each month.

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eintroducing the jaguar into the United States is an idea whose time has come, says a Tucson-based environmental group. A national conservation group says it’s at least an idea worthy of more analysis than the federal government has given it. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), which manages endangered species, doesn’t agree. It says the best use of its resources is to focus on what it sees as the jaguar’s core areas in Mexico, not on “secondary” jaguar habitat in the southwestern U.S. The debate over bringing jaguars from Mexico to the Southwest comes as part of a larger discussion of the federal government’s draft jaguar recovery plan. That plan, released in December, advocates putting the most energy toward jaguar recovery in Mexico, where most borderlands jaguars live. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Defenders of Wildlife (DOF) said in their written comments on the plan, and in a separate report by DOF, that more attention needs to be paid to bringing back jaguars in the Southwest, including possible reproduction. Reintroduction of predators has always been a hot-button issue here. It took more than a decade for environmentalists and federal biologists to get a Mexican wolf reintroduction program started because of controversy over the wolf’s impacts on livestock. It remains controversial today although wolf populations are slowly recovering. Jaguars are in better shape in the U.S. today than wolves were before reintroduction started. Only seven Mexican wolves remained in 1980 when the last five were pulled out of the wild to be put in captive breeding facilities. About 4,000 jaguars are known to live in Mexico today, but only seven, all males, have been confirmed to be living in Arizona and New Mexico since 1996. Defenders doesn’t advocate reintroduction now, but “we are calling on (Fish and Wildlife) to do a scientific, objective analysis and we’d like to see their work reviewed by an independent, scientific body,” said Rob Peters, Defenders’ Southwestern representative. The 508-page jaguar recovery plan didn’t discuss reintroduction, he noted. The seven known Southwestern male jaguars are believed to have come from northern Mexico. But “I think it’s very unlikely” that natural jaguar migration from Mexico alone will bring this country a breeding population soon, Peters said. Younger female jaguars “set up their home ranges next to mom,” and don’t disperse at anywhere near the rate of young males, Peters said. In a paper, the late Peter Warshall, a longtime Tucson scientist, calculated that it would take 44 to 200 years for females to migrate north to the U.S., Peters noted. Warshall was science coordinator for the Northern Jaguar Project, which runs a major jaguar preserve in northern Sonora. Bringing jaguars into Arizona could help the northern Sonora population, which faces threats from poaching, said Michael Robinson, a conservation advocate for the center. Assuming the animals can travel back and forth between the two countries, having a U.S. breeding population could improve the Mexican population’s genetic diversity, he said.

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stupid, it was for him to say this. President Trump has released his budget blueprint, and what a dandy it is, proposing to decrease federal spending in many of the agencies. Here are the top ten agencies based on the size of their cuts: • EPA -31 percent • State -29 percent • Ag -21 percent • Labor -21 percent • HHS -18 percent • Commerce -16 percent • Edu -14 percent • HUD -13 percent • Transp. -13 percent • Interior -12 percent

n his first full day as Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke rode a horse to work. That was promising, even though it was an ugly Park Service horse. Not so promising were his remarks to an audience of Interior employees. That’s right sports fans. After “fighting” In an apparent attempt to curry favor with the President Interior’s cut went from Zinke told the gathering he had seen the 10 percent to 12 percent! And what does President’s proposed budget cut of 10 Zinke say now? “America’s public lands are percent and he was “not happy.” “I’m going our national treasures and the President’s to fight for the budget,” Zinke told his budget sends a strong signal that we will employees. “I looked at the budget. I’m not protect and responsibly manage these vast happy. But we’re going to fight about it, and areas of our country ‘for the benefit and I think I’m going to win at the end of the day enjoyment of the people,’” he said in a and make sure that our values are articu- statement, quoting President Theodore lated, too.” In retrospect, Zinke should Roosevelt, of whom Zinke is an “unapolorealize how inappropriate, indeed how getic admirer and disciple.”

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We would have loved to witness the meeting between Zinke and the President. In my imagination it probably went something like this: ZINKE: Mr President, thanks for seeing me today, but I must object to your proposed budget for Interior. A 10 percent cut is politically unacceptable and is, quite frankly Sir, unfair to me and my agency. TRUMP: Unfair? Mr. Secretary, do you know that EPA is being cut by 31 percent, State by 29 percent, Ag 21 percent, Labor by 21 percent, and that a total of nine departments received a larger cut than yours? ZINKE: Well, uh, no Sir, I wasn’t aware... TRUMP: And isn’t the first item in the SEAL CODE, “Loyalty to Country, Team and Teammate,” ZINKE: That’s correct. TRUMP: Then I strongly suggest that you and Teddy’s ghost march right back to Interior and be thankful that certain members of my family intervened or you really would have received your “fair” share of the cuts! ZINKE: Yes, Sir. The budget blueprint doesn’t have specifics yet, so we don’t know how it will affect

the BLM, USFWS, Forest Service and other to the executive branch. After the public land management agencies. The blueprint comment period, OMB will have 180 days did, however include this language: to submit a document to the president. The Budget requests an increase in funding “The proposed plan shall include, as approfor core energy development programs while priate, recommendations to eliminate supporting DOI’s priority agency mission and unnecessary agencies, components of trust responsibilities, including public safety, agencies, and agency programs, and to land conservation and revenue management. merge functions,” the order reads. The It eliminates funding for unnecessary or dupli- order also says the proposed plan “shall cative programs while reducing funds for include recommendations for any legislalower priority activities, such as acquiring new tion or administrative measures necessary lands. to achieve the proposed reorganization.” That means the Land and Water ConserThe White House statement also vation Fund is a “low priority” for the included the following information about President and would decrease by $120 previous attempts on this type of effort: million. And the President wasn’t done. The Executive Branch has failed to fully follow through 53 percent of the E.O. on Reorganization time, failing to act on 243 of the 459 On March 13 the President issued an GAO recommended actions to reduce Executive Order requiring a comprehensive bureaucratic duplication and waste. plan to reorganize the executive branch of Congress has failed to fully follow the federal government. Announcing the through 62 percent of the time, failing order in the Oval Office and surrounded by to act on 53 of the 85 GAO recomhis Cabinet members, the President said, mended actions to reduce bureaucratic “there is duplication and redundancy everyduplication and waste. where.” Agency heads will have 180 days to In 2016, the GAO identified 92 addisubmit efficiency plans and reorganization tional actions to reduce duplication proposals to OMB. The public will also have and waste. the opportunity to suggest improvements

The implication being that this time, by golly, there would be follow through. Best watch for the dates when the public will have the opportunity to comment.

Bundys Last month I wrote there were three Bundy-related trials happening. I forgot about the bench trial of the four Oregon defendants on the misdemeanor charges, so there are a total of four trials to be watching. Here is the status of those trials as I write this column. On the felony charges against the remaining four defendants in the Oregon standoff, the jury found two guilty of conspiracy and two were found not guilty. One was found guilty of carrying a firearm in a federal facility and two were found not guilty, and two were found guilty of depredation of government property. On the misdemeanor charges against the four Oregon defendants, the judge, after denying them a jury trial, found all four defendants guilty of trespass and tampering with vehicles and equipment. On the charges against the attorney, the prosecution has recommended all charges be dropped, and the judge has so ordered. In the trial against the initial “lesser”

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defendants in the Nevada standoff trial, the prosecution has just rested and the defense has begun to make their case. We may have a verdict before this column is published.

On law enforcement and biased reports Some things just stick in my craw. Recently, a group of sportsmen’s organizations has initiated a high-level campaign against H.R. 622, which would transfer police authority from the BLM and Forest Service to local law enforcement. The group, which includes such entities as the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and the Back Country Hunters & Anglers, is opposed to turning over what they say is this “difficult job” to local authorities, and say it will result in more abuse of the federal lands. Now think about that. Their position is local law enforcement is competent to investigate murder and rape, but not recreation or wildlife infractions? They are capable of policing neighborhoods and areas where you and I live and work but not the areas where these guys hunt? How ridiculous. The position they are taking is really anti-law enforcement, as it is a slap in the face to the 765,000 state and local officers

in the U.S. Then along comes the Wilderness Society with a report titled “New Mexico Lands and Outdoor Opportunities Lost To The Highest Bidder”, which says we have a history of selling state lands and that’s why Federal lands should never be transferred. I could make the same claim about the feds - that they have a history of disposing of the federal estate – even though everyone knows the current policy is retention. According to the State Land Office, in the last 25 years, 1991-2016, the state has sold 3,998 acres. That computes to 160 acres per year, or 0.00177 percent of the surface acres controlled by the state. At that rate, it will take 56,250 years to sell off the 9 million acres of state trust land. What a distorted picture they paint. Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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he term “grazing” describes an activity without specific quantification, which cannot be used to determine impacts or identify ecological changes. In a binary sense, the only alternative to “grazing” would be “no grazing.” Moreover, a preference for the binary classification may expose a bias that precludes the option for conservative grazing, light grazing, dormant season grazing, rotational grazing, high intensity-short duration, and so forth. Holechek et al. (2011) define grazing as “the consumption of standing forage (grasses and forbs) by livestock and wildlife.” In layman’s terms, “grazing” is a verb meaning to eat. Of course, this gives us no information or the bigger picture…not what was consumed, in what quantity, at what frequency, by what species, at what time of the year, etc. Range science recognizes this pitfall and consequently has made a concerted effort to encourage quantification when characterizing grazing (i.e., what is the timing, intensity, distribution, duration, and species). What about environmental attributes? Environmental attributes that influence plant growth include soil type, slope, aspect, plant cover, and previous use to name just a few. Soil type and precipitation regimen play a critical role in the plant assemblages that occur in an area. While similar plant communities may be found under different plant and precipitation regimens, plant productivity may be greatly impacted by even slight changes in environmental attributes. Topography, species composition, and climate can also affect the impacts of grazing. Weather has the potential to dramatically effect changes before, during, and after the consumption of standing biomass. What about standing forage? How much was consumed? Standing forage is herbaceous plant parts that are accessible to be grazed and represent present year’s growth as well as previous growth. Again there are multiple factors that can affect what and how much was consumed. Intensity, timing,

climate, accessibility, distance to water, water quality, slope, management, and the grazing species preferences and selectivity can affect the impacts of grazing. Grazed plants response to removal of biomass would typically be the impact that is of concern. How much biomass was removed may be the most critical variable affecting plant response, however, plant species, timing, precipitation, temperature, and recovery time can also effect the plant response. What is the interaction of these variables and the outcomes associated with grazing? Ultimately, what are the short- and long-term ecological outcomes to the renewable forage resource? When grazing is generalized, it perpetuates its misuse and misperceptions. A recent and glaring example of this misuse is the 2014 Species Status Assessment (SSA) for the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse. In this official document the term grazing or livestock grazing is used 74 times. As a result, insofar as the SSA is concerned, there is no differentiation between one cow grazing a hundred acres once a year and 100 cows grazing one acre every day of the year…it is all just grazing. See the SSA excerpts below for examples of the general use of the term ‘grazing’ with no attempt

to quantify timing, intensity, distribution, or duration. In addition to past sources of habitat loss, ongoing grazing, water shortages, and high impact wildfire (the latter two exacerbated by climate change) will continue to put all of the remaining locations at considerable risk of extirpation in the near term (between now and the next 10 years) and increasing over the long-term (beyond 10 years). (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2014. pg 6) The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse has been and continues to be negatively affected by domestic livestock grazing. Livestock grazing affects jumping mice when it eliminates or reduces herbaceous plants and litter or alters the composition and structure of herbaceous riparian habitats used by the subspecies (Fleischner 1994, entire; Belsky et al. 1999, entire; Frey 2005a, entire; Frey and Malaney 2009, entire). (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 2014. pg. 88) Fleishchner (1994), one of the above cited papers, states that ‘…grazing remains

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“the most insidious threat to the riparian habitat type today” (Carothers 1977)’. However, Carothers (1977) is specifically talking about “heavy grazing pressures”, which itself is not quantified, but Fleishchner (1994) fails to make this distinction. Subsequently, the US Fish and Wildlife adopted this specific language and deemed ‘grazing’ unacceptable; a binary approach. This approach cuts out the entire discipline of range science and management thereby failing the statutory mandate to utilize the best available science. Literature Cited Carothers, S. W. 1977. Importance, Preservation, and Management Riparian Habitats: An Overview. In Importance, Preservation, and Management Riparian Habitats: A Symposium. USDA Forest Service. General Technical Report RM-43. Fleischner, T.L. 1994. Ecological costs of livestock grazing in Western North America. Conservation Biology 8:629–644. Holechek, J., R.D. Pieper, and C.H. Carlton, 2011. Range Management Principles and Practices. Pearson Education Inc., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2014, Species Status Assessment Report New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). https://www.fws. gov/southwest/es/NewMexico/documents/New%20 Mexico%20meadow%20jumping%20mouse%20 final%20SSA.pdf

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In 1956, the state built a new modern prison south of Santa Fe. Beginning on the morning of February 2, 1980, it was the site of one of the bloodiest prison riots in the history of the United States. Thirty-three inmates died at the hands of other inmates in a 36-hour period. “What was left of the prison was almost rubble,” according to one eyewitness. At the time of the riot, the facility housed more than 1,100 prisoners in

space designed to accommodate 800. That prison, which came to be called the “Old Main,” was closed in 1998 as other correctional facilities, both publicly and privately owned, were constructed around the state: Grants, Las Lunas, Las Cruces, Roswell, and elsewhere. Relative peace seems to have reigned since 1980.

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has been family owned and operated since 1873. We all are excited to be returning to the ranch this year.” The CS Cattle Company was founded by Frank Springer and his brother Charles, whose initials are used for the ranch name and historic brand. Les Davis, grandson of Frank Springer, took over management of imarron is known for the Philmont the CS in 1947 and today his children conScout Ranch where Boy Scouts from tinue managing the operations. across the nation come each summer The youth ranch camp is administered for an experience of a lifetime camping in each summer by NMSU’s Extension Service. the northern New Mexico wilderness. It began in 2011 at the Valles Caldera This year a different group of youth will National Preserve. Since then more than be heading to Cimarron for an experience 150 youth have participated in this unique of a lifetime that could help them make opportunity to gain a greater appreciation career decisions. of the science and opportunities in New Mexico State University’s College agriculture. of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmen“We are proud to offer this one-of-a-kind tal Sciences will hold its annual New Mexico program for the future cattle producers of Youth Ranch Camp at the CS Cattle Compa- our state,” said Jon Boren, NMSU College of ny’s 130,000-acre ranch at the foot of the ACES associate dean and director of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range near Extension Service. “The collaboration Cimarron. between our Extension specialists, county “Last year this location allowed our Extension agents and members of the campers to see a real-life working ranch,” ranching industry has provided an opporsaid camp director Jack Blandford, NMSU tunity for the youth to learn about the many Cooperative Extension Service program aspects of managing a ranch and natural director in Luna County. “The CS is a resources.” working cattle and hunting operation and NMYRC is a week-long, hands-on, col-

lege-caliber educational experience for youth ages 15-19. Each day is filled with information necessary to manage a ranch including all things beef, marketing and economics, natural resources, and range land management. At the end of each day, one camper receives the Top Hand award for their outstanding participation in that day’s activities. Throughout the week the youth are compiling information to design their team’s own ranch management plan, which they present to a panel of judges from the beef industry and NMSU on Friday in competition for the coveted team jacket. “You don’t have to just be in ranching to attend this camp. It offers a wide variety of career avenues,” Blandford said. “I encourage any youth within the age group to apply.” Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 camp, which will be held June 11 to 16. Deadline to apply is May 5. Cost for the camp is $300. For more info, or to apply visit nmyrm.nmsu.edu.

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f you thought living next to Ted Turner’s with a new toy and darn it, they’re going to buffalo was bad just wait until you hear play with it. These scientists are called this. According to a report on CNN and a “gene editors” and they’re much like regular story written in Newser by Arden Dier, sci- editors only without all the grammar stuff entists are trying to revive what was once they’re so uptight about. The gene editors the largest land mammal in Europe for over say that an animal is never really extinct. 250,000 years. It’s called an Auroch but (Tell that to the Dodo bird.) They should there’s only one problem: it was last seen also tell it to the bureaucrats who are trying grazing in a Polish forest in 1627. to save hairy-nosed wombats, Mexican Supposedly, the reason the mad scien- walking fish, bird eating spiders and leaping tists want to bring back the extinct Auroch lesbian lizards. (Really). is because many areas in Europe are becomAs I understand it, as long as the “ancient ing barren, probably because they kicked DNA” that once made up the Auroch is still the cattle and sheep off. The Aurochs are present in a living population scientists can being called “supercows” but by looking at now go back, capture those genes and put cave paintings of them I must say they’d back together the animal that once was. never win Denver, and I doubt the Ameri- Theoretically, they could go back and reccan Angus Association is shaking in their reate your rich great-grandfather, although shorts, fearing the competition. For the I don’t know why considering he may want foreseeable future the initials AAA will still your ranch back. Auroch genes have been stand for the Angus Association and the found in breeds of cattle including Dexters, Auto Club, not the American Auroch Kerrys, Welsh Blacks, and White Parks, Association. which sound more like thuggish Irish street The animals the scientists want to recre- gangs than they do cattle. ate are nearly as big as elephants but Another reason the scientists want to without all the trunks and other baggage. bring back the Aurochs is fertility. Not the It looks to me like the Aurochs would be Auroch’s fertility, mind you, their wife’s, mislong on hamburger, seven bone roasts and tress or girlfriend’s! You see, hundreds of brisket and extremely light in the filet thousands years ago very brave men would mignon department. The scientists admit try to kill an Auroch and cut off the patch that the Aurochs had tiny rumps and udders of hair on its forehead, then they’d make a and were “not very productive in meat or belt out of it and give it to their significant milk.” other in order to make her more fertile. This So why revive them? makes little sense to me. On the one hand Because they can. Scientists are like kids it will make her more fertile but it will also

keep her pants up. Alas, the effort to bring back the Aurochs suffered a setback in 2015 when a British Auroch farmer had to kill several of his animals before they killed him. It seems these 3,000 pound beasts don’t like humans and are “impossible” to domesticate. The Romans used to entertain themselves by putting them in big arenas with several Roman cowboys and see who came out alive. Researchers have found evidence of violent Auroch fights in Polish forests from 400 years ago. We’re not talking here about some minor domestic dispute! The only advantage I can see to running Aurochs versus cattle is that Aurochs were able to fight off marauding packs of wolves which, if the feds don’t slow down, will become much more important. The disadvantages to running Aurochs would be you’ll need a D9 to pull an Auroch calf and you’ll also need tougher dogs, bigger squeeze chutes, more muscular wives, stronger rope and more reliable ropers. When you catch the horns of an Auroch and dally up you’re going to want to be sure your partner is gonna scoop up the heels or you’re going to need to be on one very fast horse when the elephant-sized Auroch runs up the rope back at you. If the gene editors insist on bringing back the Aurochs they need to be rebuilding Secretariat at the same time.

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Farm Credit of New Mexico Stockholders to Share in Association’s Success with a Distribution of $9.4 Million Dollars

arm Credit of New Mexico, ACA, is pleased to announce the distribution of $9.4 million dollars in cash to be paid to Stockholders by March 31, 2017, as part of Farm Credit of New Mexico’s Patronage Distribution Program. The patronage payment is based on each Stockholder’s average loan balance during 2016. This cash distribution reduces member interest rates

by approximately 0.60 percent. 1916 to serve as a reliable source of credit Farm Credit of New Mexico is a $1.73 for the nation’s farmers and ranchers, Farm billion dollar organization by asset size and, Credit of New Mexico and the entire Farm since the inception of the Patronage Credit System remain a sound and vital Program in 2005, has distributed $87.2 financial resource for rural America. million dollars back to its Stockholders. Al Porter, Farm Credit of New Mexico’s Presi- About Farm Credit of New Mexico: Farm Credit of dent/CEO stated, “Our cooperative model New Mexico is a full service Ag lender, providing is designed specifically to ensure that our agricultural real estate loans, operating loans, equipment and livestock loans, leasing services and, lending and related financial services are crop hail and multi-peril insurance to New Mexico driven by the needs of our borrower-own- farmers and ranchers. The Association has multiple ers.” He continued saying “Our focus offices: Agribusiness, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, remains on the success of our owners. We Roswell, Clovis, and Tucumcari. Visit us online at www.farmcreditnm.com. are proud to share profits with our Stockholders. The success of the Association is a direct result of their support.” Farm Credit of New Mexico had a profitable year, with net income slightly below $23 million. U.S. Congress established Farm Credit in

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Cattle Sale & Horse Expo & Sale Cattle Sale: April 29, 2017 • VIDEO AUCTION: Auction will be held on the NMSU main campus in Gerald Thomas Hall Auditorium Visit aces.nmsu.edu/academics/anrs for more information and directions • Cattle will be available to preview in the pens located on Sam Steel way & Gregg St at 8 a.m. & the sale will start at 10 a.m. • Approximately 50 Angus, Brangus, and Brahman bulls will be offered • Offering approximately 20 Brangus and 2 Brahman yearling heifers • Cattle are raised at the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center & the Corona Range & Livestock Research Center • Selection balances calving ease, fertility and growth for tough desert rangeland

Horse Expo & Sale: April 29, 2017 • The Expo will consist of an open house, horsemanship clinics, stallion showcase, management demonstrations, and presentations from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. followed by the Horse sale • Horse preview will start at 1:00 p.m. and sale will begin at 2:00 p.m. • Continuing the tradition of selling high quality ranch-type Quarter Horses ~ Horse Expo will be held at the NMSU Horse Center, 400 W. Union Mesilla Park, NM ~ FOR CATTLE INFO CONTACT L. Neil Burcham – 575/646-2309 or Eric Scholljegerdes 575/646-1750 / ejs@nmsu.edu

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Bring the Next Generation of Ranchers & Farmers Home to the Land

t has been said that there are only two surprised how many of them are harboring reasons that anyone is in production agri- the idea in the back of their minds that culture today — it is a passion, or you are someday they will get to go back to the land, making money at it. I suppose that could go back home. be true, although I don’t believe most folks Or, there may not be a next generation in agriculture are all that mercenary. Maybe to step in behind you for at least the short passion is supposed to extend to the love term. There may be nieces and nephews of the land and most, if not all, of its crea- that eventually will need the opportunity tures, but I believe that there is more to to come back to the land. agriculture than money and passion. This situation could be a crisis for those There is heritage, the personal rewards who hold agriculture lands but are no of every season and the sense of a job well-done at the end of the day, the spiritual fulfillment that Thank you to these Foundation only a sunrise or sunset Donors since January 1, 2017! over a range or a field can provide. There is the W.R. & Carol Humphries burning desire to see that Daren H. Albrecht your land, your heritage, Craig & Casey Spradley and your blood, sweat and Nikki Hooser tears are passed down to Joseph E.P. Barela future generations for the Norman Stovall growing of food and fiber Phil & Laurie Bidegain by generations to come, Livestock Market Digest just as it may have been handed down to you. I New Mexico Stockman don’t know of many who might think that legacy is Support NMSU’s Youth Ranch a cover crop of concrete Management Camp… and asphalt. The world today provides many challenges to retaining agriculture production. Many of longer able to maintain an agriculture operthe next generation(s) are off making ation, large and small. The land is currently money doing something else. There wasn’t valued as agriculture with the favorable ag room for them to stay on the ranch or farm special use valuation, but a vacant land tax when they finished college or maybe they valuation could make it impossible to keep wanted to see the world. But you might be the land.

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Mesalands Rodeo Student Recognized for Academic Achievement

e s alan ds Co mmuni t y Co l lege,Tucumcari, New Mexico, is pleased to announce that Rebecca Darrup, from Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, and a member of the Mesalands Rodeo Team, has been selected to the 2017 AllState New Mexico Academic Team. Darrup was recently recognized for this honor during a special awards ceremony, at the State Capitol Building in Santa Fe. As a member of the All-State Academic Team, Darrup will receive renewable full-tuition scholarships for up to four consecutive semesters, towards a bachelor’s degree at a participating New Mexico public university or college. This scholarship program is provided by the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society that recognizes and encourages the academic achievement of two-year college students.

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According to the website, PTK also provides opportunities for individual growth and development though participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming. Darrup is a sophomore at Mesalands Community College, pursuing an Associate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts with an option in Communications. She is also working on an Applied Science Certificate in Artistic Silversmithing. Darrup is currently an intern with the Public Relations Department at Mesalands. This is her second year on the Mesalands Rodeo Team and she competes in barrel racing, breakaway roping, and goat tying. She is also the Vice President of the Mesalands Rodeo Club, the Treasurer for PTK, and the Secretary/Treasurer for the Student Horseshoers Organization for Excellence (S.H.O.E) Club). Darrup says balancing academics and athletics can be challenging at times. She attributes her success to the support she receives from the faculty and staff at Mesalands Community College and from her family. “Honestly, I wouldn’t change anything.

$175. Session topics will include animal nutrition and disease, forage, weed management, range management, all-terrain vehicle safety, drought insurance and reports from U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies. “Indian Livestock Days began in the 1970s and was initially called All Indian Livestock School,” said Kathy Landers, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service agricultural agent ince 1985 research-based information in McKinley County. “It was discontinued in has been presented to Navajo and 1978 and reestablished in 1985, at the pueblo livestock growers by New request of tribal livestock producers.” Mexico State University’s College of AgriOriginally, the event was held in April cultural, Consumer and Environmental and hosted on NMSU’s Las Cruces campus. Sciences at an annual event. In 1996, the program was renamed Indian Through the years the name of the Livestock Days and the location was moved premier agricultural conference for Native to the Four Corners area to make it easier Americans in the Southwest has evolved to for clientele to attend the event. In 2008 the become the New Mexico Indian Livestock conference was moved to Albuquerque to Days. accommodate the increasing attendance. This year’s three-day conference will be “This event has grown from approxiWednesday through Friday, May 10 through mately 65 attendees in 1996, to nearly 250 12, at the Route 66 Casino Hotel, west of attendees in 2016,” Landers said. “It is now Albuquerque on Interstate 40. It will begin an annual event held in May conducted by at noon Wednesday and end at noon Friday. NMSU’s Cooperative Extension Service.” Registration fee is $80, which includes Attendance includes folks from New lunch Thursday. Exhibitor booth fees are Mexico and Arizona as well as several other

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I wouldn’t go anywhere else. I wouldn’t do anything else. Everyone at Mesalands has always been there when I needed them and has brought me really far as a person; and I’m really thankful for that,” said Darrup. “My family also pushes me and tells me this is what I’ve always wanted to do for so long, and now go do it!” Darrup will graduate next year from Mesalands and she is thinking about continuing her education at Eastern New Mexico University, to major in Communications or Journalism. “Rebecca Darrup exemplifies what it means to be an excellent student athlete at Mesalands Community College. She is committed to achieving academic success and is highly involved in extracurricular activities,” Dr. Thomas W. Newsom, President of Mesalands Community College. “On behalf Mesalands, I want to congratulate Rebecca for being selecting to this year’s All-State Academic Team, and we are proud to have her represent our institution. We wish her well as she continues to reach her goals.”

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neighboring states. What makes the conference unique is the people. “Tribal members raising livestock face many challenges – not enough land, not enough feed on the land they have, and not enough water – just to name a few,” Landers said. “One of their main challenges is to remain true to their ancestors and their religious beliefs. With that being said, it does not hold them back, it just makes it more of a challenging experience, and raising livestock means much more to them than the average citizen.” The conference is a grassroots program driven by clientele needs and interests. The planning committee includes members of various tribes in New Mexico, NMSU Extension state specialists, and Extension agents, who ser ve the Native American population. Comments from attendees of past Indian Livestock Days include: “Good mix of technical, economics and working ranch skills.” “Thank you for bringing education to us ranchers.” “Thank you for the respectful acknowledgement of each of our different cultures, religions, languages, etc.”

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Nuclear Waste Borehole Update: Deception & Distrust Abounds by David Clements, www.nmpolitico.com

n February 13, 2017 Quay County Commissioners rescinded Resolution 27, reversing their support for Enercon’s proposal to drill a deep borehole in Nara Visa, New Mexico, to test nuclear storage capabilities. Enercon outreach coordinator Chip Cameron has recently tried to spin the set back, stating “[t]he previous rescission was not an indication that [the Commission does] not support the project. They just want more information.” Cameron’s statement is at odds with the Commission’s February 13, 2017 public “minutes” which details overwhelming public opposition from numerous sources. Cameron’s statement is also contrary to Commissioner Sue Dowell’s explanation concerning the reason for rescission. Namely, that Enercon representatives were “misleading, maybe even deceptive about [community] support and the way they would use Resolution 27.” The deception referred to by Dowell stemmed from Enercon’s President of Federal Services, Peter Mast, telling the Commission the public was “very supportive,” when in fact, Enercon only had the support of approximately five individuals. After Mast’s representation, Dowell attended a February 7, 2017 informational meeting hosted by Enercon that was attended by over 170 residents. Public opposition to the borehole was put to a vote, and almost all residents in attendance

raised their hands. At the next Commission meeting, Resolution 27 was unanimously rescinded. Regardless of the ethics involved, Mast’s misrepresentation to the Commission ultimately led to Enercon, and partners DOSECC Exploration Services, Wastren Advantage and Fugro being selected by the Department of Energy (“DOE”) for what’s now being estimated as an $80 million drilling project. Significantly, DOSECC project manager Marc Eckels, promised residents during an informational meeting on October 21, 2016, that if only 40 percent of the public favored the borehole project, Enercon and its partners would be “out of here.” Jay Cammack, an attendee of that meeting, also received a handout from Eckels and Cameron called the “The DOE Consent Based Siting Process.” Notably, the document provided by Eckels on behalf of the DOE does not mention anywhere that a feasability study is the end goal of the DOE. Rather, the document’s stated purpose is to identify a site for “nuclear waste and disposal storage” that would not face “significant opposition from a local host community.” Eckels has stopped providing the DOE handout on the “Consent Based Siting Process” at public meetings. Moreover, Eckels’ initial openness concerning the DOE’s stated goals of identifying a site for nuclear waste storage has all but ceased; he now refers to the borehole as nothing more than a “science project.” During a March 13, 2017 public meeting in Dalhart, Texas, Jay Cammack reminded Eckels about his promise to leave the county if the Enercon corporate team could not attain forty percent of the public’s approval.

Eckels response? “I’m getting older and I don’t remember everything I say.” For those that may not know, Dalhart is within a fifty mile radius of the proposed borehole site, which leaves the community at risk in the event a radiation leak were to occur. At the close of the Dalhart public meeting, the forty residents in attendance voted on the borehole project. The result of the Dalhart vote? Thirty-eight voted against the project, with the only two in favor being Lewis and Elaine James. The James are in negotiations to lease a parcel of their land to Enercon for an undisclosed amount of money. Given Eckels’ and Enercon’s inconsistencies and inability to recall promises made, public distrust abounds. Eckels has vowed to change that perception, stating “[m]y job for the next four months will be to get that backing by providing information to the community and bringing people from the DOE to speak to residents.” One month later, how is Eckels and Enercon faring? I. Broken Promises and Deception About Nuclear Waste Laws? For starters, Eckels has yet to bring anyone from the DOE to speak with residents. Eckels has, however, tried to assuage community fears by telling media outlets, the Commission, and anyone that will listen that New Mexico prohibits storage of nuclear waste in boreholes, relying in part, on New Mexico Administrative Code Section 20.6.2. The New Mexico Politico has obtained a legal memorandum provided by Eckels to one local resident titled “New Mexico Prohibits the Disposal of Nuclear Waste in

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Boreholes.” The problem with the Eckels’ statements and the provided memorandum is that it’s not true. The code referenced by Eckels only applies to injection wells, and the borehole disposal method Enercon and the DOE are contemplating do not utilize injection wells. Injection wells introduce fluid into a deep cavity, with the fluid filtering underground into a porous layer of rock. Enercon’s plan, however, is to drill a dry hole into solid granite— not a porous rock—and fill it with canisters that simulate the proposed disposal method. With the presence of solid granite being fundamental to the project’s success, Eckels has promised that the boreholes will not contain fluid, and that leaking is not something residents have to worry about. Translation? There are no injection wells involved. In fact, the Statewide Support Division in Santa Fe that oversees the aforementioned regulations Eckels is referring to does not have any authority over nuclear waste. So why is Eckels referring to inapplicable regulations? Perhaps it was an honest mistake. Or, maybe it was to lull the public into a false sense of security. The New Mexico Politico did some digging and learned that Eckel’s partners have recently acquired ownership of Talisman International, LLC of Washington, DC. Talisman is a high level nuclear regulatory consulting firm, composed primarily of senior-level personnel with many years of experience in the regulation of nuclear facilities. The company specializes in providing services to firms addressing complex issues before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the NRC Agreement States program and the DOE. The significance? It appears Eckels has considerable legal resources at his disposal to ensure that misstatements of the law do not occur. While a deep borehole is the proposed method of canister delivery, the absence of injection wells makes the method of storage from a legal standpoint, more analogous to the WIPP repository site in Eunice, New Mexico.

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government and a state task force and legislative sub-committee, and after an agreement is reached, it must be approved by the state legislature and the governor. Does this mean the State is really in the driver’s seat? History suggests the answer to this question is a resounding ‘no.’ Similar promises that New Mexico would have state veto power were made to residents opposed to the WIPP site. But because WIPP was a military project it came under the jurisdiction of the Armed Services Committees in Congress. Those Committees refused to let any outside agency interfere in matters of National Security. The end result? NRC licensing and state veto power were dismissed out of hand and the WIPP site was given the green light. While the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) certainly gives the illusion of state veto power, the inherent military and National Security interests involved ultimately gives the U.S. Congress authority over New Mexico’s fate. Out of the 535 U.S. Congressmen and Senators able to cast a vote on the matter of nuclear waste storage, New Mexico only

has 5 votes. And with no politician wanting to face angry constituents over the prospect of waste storage in their own backyards, i.e., the other 49 states, New Mexico’s chances to stop a nuclear storage facility—from a mathematical standpoint— are virtually impossible. When our nation’s nuclear waste storage problem reaches critical mass, there will be nothing the New Mexico congressional delegation can do about it. Skeptics of this legal analyst’s conclusion will often point to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository site in Nevada, as evidence to the contrary. The Yucca mountain repository was effectively shut down for political reasons in 2006, when Democrats took over the U.S. Senate. But New Mexico does not have what Nevada had at the time. Namely, Senate majority leader Harry Reid. As majority leader, Reid had unparalleled power in controlling which bills made it to the floor. New Mexico does not enjoy that protection with its current delegation. And with Republicans now controlling both Houses of Congress, Yucca Mountain is back on the table as an option. With the DOE’s stated goal of identifying a site for nuclear waste and disposal that

would not face “significant opposition from a local host community” it takes little imagination that later phases of the Quay County borehole project will be classified as a military project involving National Security interests. The only leverage New Mexicans will ever have is to stop the borehole project dead in its tracks to ensure no data can be collected and turned over to the DOE to use for site development. II. Where Does the Community Stand Today? After the close of the aforementioned Dalhart public meeting and facing increased scrutiny over his changing positions, Eckels appeared to lose his composure and informed event organizers he would not attend any more public forums. Enercon public outreach coordinator, Wendy Lambert, has also informed organizers she will not attend any more of the publicly advertised forums. Regardless, organizers of the remaining events have advised that a invitation will remain open, giving Enercon a fair and full opportunity to give their positions to the public and answer any questions. True to their word, Eckels and Lambert skipped a public forum taking place in Logan March 14, 2017, that was attended by one hundred and thirty-two local residents. At the close of the meeting, a vote was recorded. One hundred and thirty-one voted against the borehole project. One person abstained. Enercon representatives are now actively arranging private invitation-only meetings with local area business owners and special interest groups. One such meeting took place at Tucumcari restaurant “Dels” Thursday March 9, 2017. In attendance was local resident, Betty Coslett, who provided her impressions of the meeting in a letter published by the Quay County Sun, titled “Gullible People Buying Borehole Story.” Another meeting took place between Eckels, Wendy Lambert, and Bill Bruhn. Bruhn is the owner and operator of Logan’s Bruhn Hardware. Bruhn was willing to relay his encounter to attendees of the Logan meeting. “They were in my store for an hour and a half telling me all the things they were going to buy from me. I told them I don’t want anything to do with this. If I had every last penny in the world, but was dead, what good would it do me?”

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Enercon is not without some support. Public Regulation Commission (PRC) candidate Jefferson Byrd has been vocal about the benefits of a nuclear waste storage economy. In an email obtained by the NMP, Byrd provided glowing remarks about WIPP stating that “Carlsbad has been doing great and I am amazed at the growth in that area and the number of people moving into the area.” Byrd’s support for Enercon is being questioned by many as a conflict of interest. For example, Byrd’s wife was recently hired by Enercon as a community liaison. But more problematic, is that the PRC position Byrd is running for is responsible for participating in Federal Railroad Administration inspections, and the developing of transportation regulations that have a direct bearing on the DOE’s ability to transport nuclear waste through New Mexico. With the inherent risks of nuclear waste transportation, the DOE has targeted Nara Visa, in part, due to its remote location, proximity to railroads, and major state highways. If elected, Byrd would be in direct consultation with the DOE, and companies like Enercon. And based on Byrd’s already favorable views of the WIPP site, and his family ties to Enercon, its not difficult to see this conf lict play itself out with constituents. Based on polls taken at each of the forums thus far, Byrd stands to heavily alienate his voting base. The majority of attendees are conservative ranchers and farmers, and staunch advocates for private property rights. Still, Byrd could attract support from big government corporations and progressive leaning groups that favor eminent domain. III. Moving Forward The public’s fears are transparent. But it does not appear that Enercon and the public are having the same conversation. The chief concern for Quay County residents is not whether nuclear waste will be stored in the proposed test boreholes; understood by all to be developed on a relatively small 10 acre site located on privately owned ranch land. Enercon has promised to provide a written agreement on this discrete issue. Though as of today, they have failed to deliver even those limited assurances in writing. Rather, the ultimate issue is what will happen when the information collected from Enercon’s “science project” reveals that the solid granite formation under Quay County is ideal for nuclear waste storage. In

other words, what will prohibit the DOE from initiating the licensing and permitting process to develop the immediate surrounding area for nuclear waste storage? With Enercon’s unwillingness to now attend public forums or bring DOE representatives to address the long term concerns about the borehole project, it appears these questions will linger. In covering this story over the past three months, one thing is certain. The people of Quay county want more than empty promises that nuclear waste won’t be stored during “this project,” “on this property,” or Bank CD1 at this “site.” All of these finite terms do not (5 YEAR CYCLE) preclude waste storage during a subsequent project phase, on an adjacent

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ur German cowboy girls here on the ranch are very sharp and nothing gets by them. They have quickly accepted cowboy humor as well. In other words, if you get bucked off, it is always funny. If you get bucked off and get hurt, then it will be funny a couple of days later. If you get bucked off and killed, then wait until after the funeral, and then it will be funny. The other game they like to play is “gotcha”. For instance, if you make a mistake and one of them catches it, they will just keep making fun of it for days or even months. While some may view cowboy humor as strange, the truth is that, it is sick. It does not take much to entertain cowboys or cowboy girls. Since I am the boss, they are always waiting for me to mess up, so they keep an eye on me at all times. Of course, I never make a mistake, ha! If I do make a mistake then I make certain that I cover it up before they find out. However, last week things did not go my way. It seems like everything that I did went wrong, even things that I have done right several times before. The first retort you here from the cowboy girls are that you failed because you were not ACCU-RATE. They cannot pronounce “accurate” as we do and it’s funny how they sound, but you do know what they are saying. Germans tend to be very mechanical minded and being accurate is bred into them. I wish we Americans could be like that

when it comes to our horses. I’ll bet that the majority of readers of this magazine own American Quarter Horses for use on their ranch. Those that own American Quarter Horses usually love them as they can do the work and serve as friends. The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) was founded in 1940 by influential ranchers who wanted to preserve the short, stocky, and nice minded horses that they like to use for their cattle work. At the time they were known as Steeldust horses and they became known later as the American Quarter Horse. After the registry was formed they set up a breed standard for their type of horse. In 1941 artist Orren Mixer was commissioned to paint the perfect American Quarter Horse. His painting was adopted as the breed standard. At the AQHA Convention in 1968 they commissioned Mixer to paint the ideal American Quarter Horse for promotional purposes. For several years if you owned an American Quarter Horse you did not have to guess what breed it was, as the standards were closely adhered to. I think in its quest to grow the registry and their purse, the AQHA decided to relax the standards they had adhered to for so long. This should be a concern of all lovers of the American Quarter Horse. Today, you will see quarter horses of various body types, colors, and uses. I attended the Arizona Sun Country Circuit Quarter Horse Show in Scottsdale, Arizona recently. Present at the show were horses from 14 hands to 17 hands tall. There was an array of colors from the familiar sorrel to the former cull color of cremello and paints. The uses were just as varied starting with the traditional working cow horse to the hunter under saddle horse. Of course, the working cow horse would be 14 hands and

the hunter under saddle horse was 17 hands. What is also amazing are the various gaits of today’s American Quarter Horses. Once again the working cow horse travels traditionally with quick smooth movement. The western pleasure horse has a sideways gait because that is the only way those horses can travel that slowly without falling down. I also got to watch a halter class full of unsound horses that were being led around in a variety of corrective horseshoes. Another item that amazed me was the participants; they were as varied as the horses themselves. You had ranch folks around the working cow horses and city slickers around the western pleasure horses. I am only to assume that the goal of the AQHA is to reach as many people as they can with their horse. If it means throwing out the breed standards, they are more than willing to do that so more horses can be registered and they can remain the largest registry. While I like to see lots of people enjoying the American Quarter Horse I am sorry to see the mediocrity that occurs from eliminating the standards. I will also say that the good horses are truly incredible performers, but then the volume of undesirable horses casts a pall over the entire breed. Maybe it is time to bring back the standards and cull a few from the registry. I will just bet that American Quarter Horses on your ranch look and travel nothing like the show ring western pleasure horse. If your horses did travel like that your roundups would be impossible. While I enjoy being a member of the AQHA and its many good programs I think someone needs to make them aware that they may want to change direction on a few things. The way things are now my German cowboy girls would tell the AQHA that they are not ACCU-RATE!

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oday, we live in a blame society. People smoke two packs a day and sue tobacco companies for giving them cancer. A person is burned by a cup of coffee, then sues the restaurant for not telling ‘em it was hot. People take a deadend job, then blame their boss for the crappy situation. People without money blame the rich for their lack of success. We blame the government for just about everything under the sun (even stuff they have no possible way of controlling). We eat and drink unhealthy, do not exercise enough, then blame God for saddling us with health problems. Are we becoming a nation of babies? A fellow got bucked off his horse, then he got mad at the horse for bucking. He never stops to realize he got bucked off because he, himself got on the horse in the first place. He never stops and thinks the horse was just doing what came natural, and it is his job to instruct the horse into thinking otherwise. If the horse is still bucking—the guy has not done his job thoroughly. Everyone points the finger at someone for their problems. Experts say this is a classic example of taking the easy way out. It is easier to point the finger of blame elsewhere. Nobody wants to look in the mirror, to see the person who is really to blame. However, 90 percent of the time, this is exactly the case. It’s his fault, it’s their fault, by golly—it’s your own fault! Thoughts + action = results! It may be a tough pill to swallow, but most of what happens to you is a direct result of your own thoughts and actions. If you think everyone else is the cause of your problems, you will never have the power to change your own situation. Once you realize that you, and you alone, are respon-

sible for your own actions, “luck” and even future—only then do you have the power to change it for the better. The good news is, you do have the power to change things for the better. Winners make the best of whatever they draw. The person who consistently wins the rodeo (or life) is not necessarily the one who draws the best all the time. It is the one who consistently makes the best of what they draw. They don’t beat themselves by thinking they already lost because of, “luck of the draw.” When you draw a good one at the rodeo called life—win first! But when you get a bad one, instead of complaining and saying you drew bad, make the best score you can—and at least place. By placing on a bad one, then winning on a good one, this is how champions are made. Too many of us just make a good showing when we get a good one, then aren’t even in the running when we draw bad. We would rather complain about it. It’s easier. Sure, once in a while, life will throw something unexpected at you. You did not ask to be born into the situation you were born into. Other things happen that are completely out of your control. But even then, it’s not what happens to you that really matters, it’s how you react to what happens to you that determines the ultimate outcome. As they say, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Or as my ol’ cowboy friend said, when life hands you lemons, get out the blender, tequila, ice, invite some friends over—and have a party! Starting today, you have the power to change the future! Take responsibility for your own thoughts and actions. It can— and will—change your future!

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serving on the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee, the Santa Fe County Fair Board and was a member of the Santa Fe Elks Club. Hadley Barrett, 87, Kersey, Colorado, passed away March 2, 2017, in Aurora, Colorado. He was born to CJ and Mattie (Hill) Barrett in North Platte on September 18, 1929. Hadley started his rodeo career in the early 1950s. In the early days, Hadley would ride bulls and bareback horses, fill in for the announcer then set up and play the rodeo dance all night long. Hadley and his band “Hadley Barrett and the Westerners” played music for 34 years. They were inducted into the Nebraska Country Music Hall of Fame and even featured in the Smithsonian. Hadley continued to play in his band while his announcing career grew around the Nebraska rodeo circuit in the early ’60s. Once the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, the Beutler family and other rodeo professionals heard about Barrett, it wasn’t long before professional rodeo came calling. A PRCA member since 1965, Barrett had announced all the big rodeos and a great number of the smaller ones across the country. Barrett was named PRCA Announcer of the Year in 1983, 1985, 1989 and 2002. He worked five National Finals Rodeos (1968, 1976, 1979, 1983 and 2008) and the 1967 National Finals

Steer Roping. He called the action at the Canadian Finals Rodeo seven times. He had worked as an NFR television announcer since 1980. He was among the first to announce while on horseback and had always been credited with an honest approach to arena accidents and mishaps. Barrett’s legacy is his willingness to share his talent and experience with others. He was known for taking rookie announcers under his wing and sharing hard-earned information. For 200-plus days of the year, Hadley was out doing what he loved: bringing the rodeo cowboys and cowgirls to life for the fans. Hadley described the action in the arena with his golden voice. He knew every horse and bull and every cowboy and cowgirl. Hadley painted pictures with his words that we all could see. We hung on to every word. We all felt like we knew each and every rodeo athlete that Hadley spoke about on a personal level. We all felt like part of the family. Hadley reached fans out on the road through radio, movies and TV. Hadley shared his colorful and entertaining world of rodeo with millions of fans across the world. He once said, “I guess you are a cross-section between a sports reporter, master of ceremonies and, in some cases, a stand-up comedienne and entertainer.” Hadley is survived by his wife, Leeana (Lee);

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children, Trent (Rebecca) Barrett, Michelle enly skiing. John was born September 2, (Randy) Corley, Kimberly Jurgens, Travas 1923, on a small dairy farm south of Littleton, (Alaina) Brenner, Katie Brenner, Taleah Colorado. In his youth, when he wasn’t Barrett; brother, Bob Barrett; 17 grandchil- doing chores or going to school, he would dren and 11 great-grandchildren. spend many hours exploring, and would John Olsen, 93, Prescott, Arizona, peace- often ride his bike from Littleton to Denver fully passed into the arms of his savior, Jesus to visit cousins for an overnight, or head up Christ, on March 19, 2017. He then promptly the Platt River for hours at a time fishing or went dancing with his wife Ann, who swimming, or just in search of beaver dams. passed in 2014, and after that will go heav- He attended Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now Colorado State University) from 1941-43. His college career, however, was interrupted by World War II. He attended Northwestern University’s Naval Reserve Midshipman’s School and honorably served as a Navy officer, mostly in the South Pacific. By September 1946, he returned to Colorado A&M, joined Sigma Chi Fraternity, served as student body vice president, and graduated with a degree in agronomy. The following year he returned for a teaching certificate in vocational agriculture and met the love of his life, Ann Fornara from Prescott. They married in 1949 and came back to the Prescott area for good in 1951, to raise a family, and to develop the JCJ ranch in the Big Chino. His career shifted in 1972 to farm management and consulting. He spent 16 years as an elected county supervisor and, in 1979, helped start Olsen’s Grain, where “Good Enough, Just Isn’t.” As a longtime pilot and aviation enthusiast, he was an early adviser, advocate, and supporter for the creation of Embry-Riddle’s Prescott campus, served on their Board of Trustees and Visitor’s Bureau, and was recently named an Honorary Alumni. He also served with the Chino Winds Natural Resource Conservation District, the board of Catholic Charities, the Elks Opera House Foundation Board, the regional hospital board, and was a long time member of Yavapai Cattle Growers. In 2005, he was named Prescott’s Man of the Year. John is survived by his children, Kathy (Steve) Sischka, Mike (Sherrill) and Dan (Barb) Olsen, and Marie (Steve) Cobb; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and one on the way. Ida Lillie Walter Carstens, 88, Animas, passed away at her home on March 3, 2017. Ida was born on March 12, 1928 to Leivon Kerr and Mattie Porter Kerr just east of the old Kerr Cattle Company Headquarters. She grew up on a homestead of the Kerr Cattle Company and later moved to Lordsburg where she attended school graduating May 1946. After graduation, she went to work for the Department of Public Welfare. Ida met James Russell (Rusty) Walter at a Foot & Fiddle dance in Animas. They were married

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on May 3, 1947. She drove the school bus for the Animas School District for 29 years and worked in the school cafeteria for 18 of those 29 years. She was always instrumental in youth groups, the community and her church. Ida was an excellent seamstress and was a 4-H leader for over 30 years. Rusty preceded her in death in 1995. She married James Carstens in 1999, who she met at a fiddle contest in Safford. They moved to Montana where she took up quilting. Eventually they moved back to Safford and then moved back to the L Bar Ranch in December 2016. Ida is survived by her husband, Jim Carstens, son Jim Walter (wife Jeanette), son Richard Walter (wife Nyla), daughter Beth Cox; 5 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Calvin Richard Clavel, 86, Rural Eagle Butte, South Dakota, passed away February 21, 2017 at his home. He was born August 15, 1930 to Celestin Joseph Clavel and Bernice (Lane) Clavel in Tucumcari, New Mexico. They, along with Calvin’s older brother Celestin Joseph (Jodie) Clavel lived in Tucumcari until the family purchased a ranch near the town of Roy, New Mexico in 1937. In 1940, the family lost their father to pneumonia, but the two boys, ages 10 and 17, and their mother continued to operate the ranch. During this period, he attended the local country school and then graduated from Roy High School. In Roy, he met his future wife, Martha Myers. In 1951 Calvin and Martha were married and lived on the New Mexico ranch. In 1953 the first of four boys, Randy, was born. In 1956 the family purchased the Jack Avent ranch near Eagle Butte, South Dakota and moved there in the early summer where they made the ranch their own. Calvin’s family grew in subsequent years when sons Ted, Troy and Stuart joined the family and helped with the cattle and farming duties. Calvin was a “Cowman” – they were his passion. Nothing came before the cattle. He worked hard to care for them, in blizzards and snow storms on horseback, tractor or pickup to feed and gather them, checked them at least daily, usually multiple times during the day during calving season, and checking dams and creeks in the summer for bog holes. In the last couple of years his biggest pride and joy was the first brand new tractor that he ever owned, a front wheel assist John Deere tractor. It made his day when he was out to feed and look over his cows. Calvin was involved in many community organizations such as the New Mexico National Guard, Roy Roping Club, Carlin School Board, Eagle Butte COOP Board, UCC

Church Board, and the Eagle Butte Library Board and supported the local 4-H clubs. Calvin loved his family and friends but when the grandchildren arrived, they were the twinkle in his eyes. Calvin is survived by his wife, Martha, Eagle Butte; brother C.J. (Jody) Clavel, Roy, New Mexico; sons Randy (Linda) Clavel, North Platte NE, Ted (Linda) Clavel, Mankato Minnesota , Troy Clavel, Sioux Falls SD and the grandchildren. Frankie Mae Malles Hitson, 81, passed away on February 24, 2017 in Albuquerque. She was born on August 1, 1935 to John Malles and Nora Chiole Malles in Durango, Colorado. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from the area of Tirausella, Italy. Her paternal grandparents were from Scotland and Wales. She attended schools in Colorado graduating from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Arts from Adams State College. She touched the lives of children in Colorado and New Mexico schools for a total of 30 years. Frankie married Bill Hitson on June 12, 1982, acquiring a daughter, Pat and son-in-law, Cliff Copeland. They made many great friends while they lived in Ft. Sumner, Tucumcari, and T or C. Some of the best times were spent traveling in their RV. One of her greatest joys was her

grandson, Matt. You would find the latest picture of him showing cattle, working cattle, or judging a cattle show on her refrigerator. Friends and family were important to Frankie and she cherished time spent with them. She stayed in touch with her college roommate. She never lost her love for reading and learning. Frankie believed in living each day to its’ fullest. Frankie was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Bill. She is survived by her brother and his wife, Reece and Leslie Ann Malles of Gordon, Nebraska; daughter Pat; son-in-law, Cliff; and grandson, Matt Copeland, Amistad, NM; and devoted friend, Peggy Holt of Albuquerque. Also surviving are nieces, nephews and cousins. Editor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The New Mexico Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families & friends would like to see more detail, verbatim pieces must be emailed to us, & may be printed at 10¢ per word.

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n a tradition that goes back nearly twenty-five years, representatives of the agricultural community gathered in the Roundhouse rotunda to prepare and serve a delicious meal of NM agricultural products – to over 1,000 diners. The Rotunda Dinner, or as it is also known, Ag Feed, marks the close of the legislative session. Staffers, legislators, and media representatives gather to enjoy the good food and camaraderie, as the New Mexico Beef Council and other agricultural entities say “Thank you” the way they know best – with generous platefuls of beef, green chile, frijoles, salad, and more. Carts are loaded with take-out dinners that are taken to committee members unable to attend the event in person because they are working on legislation up to the last minute.

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1. The calm before the storm. N.M. Ag volunteers prepare for the dinner rush at the 2017 Rotunda Dinner. This year’s theme “Local to Global” emphasized the large contributions that N.M. agriculture products make to the N.M. economy. 2. Bernarr Treat, Craig Ogden, Linda Davis, and Larry Dominguez prepare take-out dinner boxes for NM Legislators at the 2017 Rotunda Dinner. 3. Kenneth McKenzie, NM Beef Council Secretary, and Mercedes Cravens stand ready to serve guests at recent Rotunda Dinner. 4. Jeff Witte, NM Secretary of Agriculture proclaims “Agriculture Day” at the recent Rotunda Dinner, a collaboration of NM ag groups during the N.M. Legislature.

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5. Jeff Witte, NM Secretary of Agriculture, presents the Governor’s Agriculture Proclamation to Zach Riley, N.M. Farm & Livestock Bureau. Riley was recognized for his contribution to the day’s events. 6. Zita Lopez, NM Beef Council Director, is flanked by Pat Boone, president of N.M. Cattle Growers, and Leroy Cravens, N.M. Wool Growers. All hands on deck! 7. Bruce Hinrichs, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, Chad Smith, N.M. Farm & Livestock Bureau, and Aaron Balock, serve up a delicious “New Mexico” meal. Buen provecho!

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att Ferguson, Carrizozo, and Zita Lopez, Springer, were two of nearly 70 beef industry leaders from 28 states who attended the orientation for state beef council board members and staff in Denver, March 13-14. At the meeting they obtained information on the structure, coordination and management of the Federation of State Beef Councils and the Beef Checkoff Program, hearing from executives from the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a beef checkoff contractor, as well as national program staff helping implement checkoff research, information and promotion Dawn Caldwell, Federation Vice-Chairman, efforts. welcomes Matt, and Zita, new NMBC directors at recent Director Orientation.

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Quality beef grade, dressing percentage and grids

he average cattle feeder wants to be rewarded for above-average beef quality, and many have turned to some type of value-based “grid” marketing to earn premiums. After selling a few pens on a packer grid, some feeders lament it’s less about quality and more about dressing percent, the whole-carcass yield of beef, including bones in those cuts. Taking a closer look, Paul Dykstra, beef cattle specialist with the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand, admits that number is important. “Falling below the industry standard of 63.5 percent dressed weight means we start out on the grid several dollars behind the alternative live-weight sale price,” he says “Cattle that hang more pounds of saleable carcass weight as a percentage of live weight obviously put us at an advantage.” The rest of the grid proposition plays out through premiums and discounts based on carcass quality grade, including CAB brand premiums, along with yield grade (lean-tof a t r a t i o) a n d “o u t s ” d u e t o nonconformance. Quality and yield grades drive dollars, and the illustrations show how those numbers add up ($/hundredweight/head), comparing industry-average cattle to those of high quality grade. “The tables apply a fairly representative

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set of grid premiums and discounts to the two pens of steers,” Dykstra says. “We can banter about what the grade percentages should be on high-marbling cattle, but these figures are well below the extremes we’ve seen. Our math includes the 2016 average Choice-Select spread of $9.37/cwt., much wider than the current spread. As some cattle of higher quality grade tend toward higher yield grade as well, the high-marbling pen shows the disadvantage of more Yield Grade 4 discounts, for argument’s sake.” Results for this comparison show a $6.79/ cwt. premium for the high-marbling pen over the cash market, a $44.05/head advantage over the industry average pen. “In contrast, if we focus strictly on dressing percent, a fairly common 1-point difference above or below industry average creates a $27.30/head impact with a base price of $195/cwt. and live weight of 1,400 lb.,” Dykstra notes. “Ideally, we’d own multi-faceted cattle that give up nothing in dressing percent and simply capture further premiums. This example just shows quality drivers can overcome the dressed-yield driver in some pens.”

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THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com

was walkin’ through the show barn at the Stock Show. As I passed two fellers sittin’ ‘round a tack box, I heard the words, “Well, to be honest...” I froze in my tracks! It’s been my experience that anything preceded by those four words usually turns out to be a windy conglomeration of half-truths, excuses, sales pitches and exaggerated claims bound to make even the most gullible sucker have second thoughts. “Well, to be honest, the guy I bought her from said she’d settled every time that he bred her. So I think my A.I. man must have a faulty tank.” “Well, to be honest,” said the horse trader, “I’ve never seen him limp like that. It must be the humidity.” “Well, to be honest,” said the purebred man to the show superintendent, “I’ve

To Be Honest noticed that discoloration on her belly myself, and occasionally her calves have a white tail, but two years ago they built a nuclear power plant down the road from the farm. Shoot, even my Labrador bitch has spotted pups!’ “Well, to be honest, I’d never thought of sellin’ this bull. His weight per day of age was tops in my herd and I’ve been offered $50,000 for him…but if you’re really interested...” “Well, to be honest,” said the fieldman to the breeder, “I’d like to help you put on your sale but I’m booked that day. When is it?” “Well, to be honest,” said the auctioneer after the sale, “It was dang good for what we had.” “Well, to be honest,” said the lady to her neighbor in Amway, “I believe in what

you’re doin’ but I’m busy the next five years.” “Well, to be honest,” said the truck salesman, “I did flip it but it tracks as good as it ever did.” “Well, to be honest, I did buy one of his bulls after he beat me at the state show, but he repossessed it after sixty days. I think mine are better anyway.” “Well, to be honest,” said the rancher to the vet, “I noticed her water broke yesterday.” “Well, to be honest,” said the husband to his wife, “I knew our anniversary was last Sunday. I was just waitin’ to see if you remembered.” “Well, to be honest, I did think of stoppin’ off for a quick one with the boys but I changed my mind, but you’ll never believe what happened...”

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attle Ranching represents America’s most enduring and ionic way of life. Yet, everyday, ranches throughout New Mexico and the United States are threatened by forces as far ranging as economic uncertainly, government regulations, crippling drought and more. That’s why New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) works tirelessly to protect and promote all ranching families.

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USDA-APHIS Announces the Successful Eradication of New World Screwworm from Florida

he United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced in late March the successful eradication of the New World screwworm from Florida. On October 3, 2016, New World screwworm was confirmed in Key deer from the National Key Deer Refuge in Big Pine Key, Florida. New World screwworm had been eradicated from the United States more than three decades previously. An aggressive eradication effort against screwworms was undertaken by USDA-APHIS in collaboration with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and other local partners. Animal health checkpoints, or interdiction stations, were closed in late March. The last sterile fly releases in Homestead, Florida took place and fly releases are scheduled to end on April 25 in the Florida Keys. USDAAPHIS considers an area to be screwworm-free through surveillance which includes trapping flies and visually inspecting animals for signs and symptoms of screwworm infestation. No new cases of New World screwworm have been reported in Florida since January 10. Science shows that, when sterile flies are released, elimination of screwworm is achieved three life cycles after the last detection. The flies have on average, a 21-day life cycle, and they continue to circulate in the area for three weeks beyond each release. In the Keys, USDA-APHIS will complete five life cycles beyond the last positive screwworm detection. USDA-APHIS and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will continue passive surveillance to ensure any new findings are quickly identified. This surveillance includes veterinarians reporting any suspicious cases, wildlife surveillance, concerned citizens that see suspicious wounds on animals or even on a person, and continued communication with the parks and the National Key Deer Refuge. More information on the screwworm response can be found at: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/ aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-diseaseinformation/cattle-disease-information/nws.

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A reliable business partner is difficult to come by. Contact Radale Tiner to locate Angus genetics, select marketing options tailored to your needs, and to access Association programs and services. Put the business breed to work for you. To subscribe to the Angus Journal, call 816.383.5200. Watch The Angus Report on RFD-TV Monday mornings at 7:30 CST.

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IBBA Officers Elected at Annual Convention

ttendees at the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) 2017 Annual Meeting & Convention installed newly-elected officers to the board of directors on February 11 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa. The newly-elected board members are Vern Suhn, Suhn Cattle Company, Eureka, Kansas, who will represent IBBA members in area three, and Danny Farris, Farris Ranching Company, Tuscola, Texas, who will represent IBBA members in area seven. The newly-elected officers are President Brandon Belt, Gatesville, Texas; First Vice President Eddy Roberts, O’Brien, Florida; Second Vice President Doyle Miller, Waynesboro, Tennessee; Treasurer Bill Davis, Concord, Arkansas. “We have the greatest breed around, and I look forward to working with the IBBA Board of Directors to move Brangus even further forward this year,” Belt said in his opening remarks, “building on the momentum that has been growing the last few years as we rebuild the cow herd with Brangus.” IBBA’s Annual Meeting was comprised of a membership address by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS, committee reports, Mike Vorel’s outgoing president’s address, an introduction of new board members and officers, recognition of outgoing president, and remarks from the incoming president. “A big time was had by all at the 2017 IBBA Convention,” said Belt. “The food was great, and the fellowship and opportunity to visit and learn from other Brangus breeders and industry-leading cattlemen and women was even better.”

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FORT FILLMORE ROAD – South of Las Cruces, NM, 5 acre pecan farm with 5 enclosed horse pens and pipe fencing. Property does not include an irrigation well but does have ground and surface water rights. $159,900 27.5 ACRE FARM IN SAN MIGUEL, NM – consists of 3 tracts (two 8 acre tracts & 11.5 ac tract) will sell each tract separately for $19,000/acre. Full EBID & irrigation well, community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Priced at $399,000 18.79 ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE – In Las Cruces, NM, the acreage contains approximately 16 +/- acres of income producing pecan trees with surface & ground water rights and an irrigation well. Ample storage with approximately 7,600 sq. ft. of metal buildings with 6 roll-up bay doors and over 5,700 sq. ft. of covered equipment sheds. Residence is a gorgeous 3711 sq ft +/- 2br / 2.5ba adobe main home that has been completely remodeled throughout and a large addition that looks into a meticulously landscaped back yard. One of the detached structures contains a large 1 br / 1ba apartment, indoor/ outdoor dog kennels and more. $1,138,000

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490 Head La Cienega Ranch, Yucca, AZ – Solid working desert ranch with a well improved recently remodeled headquarters. Includes a home, bunk house, shop, tack house,

good corrals. 122.83+/- deeded acres, 13,483+/- acres State Lease,

The Fourr Ranch Dragoon AZ – 1280 deeded acres, 11610 AZ state, and 3689 NF Acres. Runs 300 head, Well-watered, lots of grass. Priced at $4,250,000 RAINBOWS END RANCH, SUNIZONA, AZ – 315 head yearlong, 5588 deeded acres 15000 state and BLM lease. Good easy grass country. This is a nice ranch in a very productive area of Arizona. Priced @$3,500,000

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BAR B RANCH, TUBAC, AZ – 75 head yearlong, 526 acres with 75 acres irrigated, owned by the same family since 1914, large grandfathered water right. Last large tract of land in the area. Improvements need attention. Priced @$1,950,000 – reduced from $2,350,000

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If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call: Sam Hubbell, Qualifying Broker 520-609-2546

69,390+/- acres BLM, and 86,302+/acres adverse grazing. Good water with miles of pipeline, 9 wells, 2 dirt tanks and springs. $1,690,000. Call Tamra Kelly at 928-830-9127 *SOLD* 1450+/- Head Ranch, Vicksburg, AZ – Desert ranch with great improvements and access. 442.54+/deeded acres, 21,814+/- acres State lease, and 257,000 +/- acres BLM. Includes HQ with home, bunkhouse, tack house, workshop, and horse corrals; 17 corrals with wells; shipping corrals with hydraulic squeeze and tub. $1,498,400

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*REDUCED* 90 Head, Agua Fria

Ranch, Quemado, NM – This is a scenic mid-size ranch with great prospects. Operating as a private hunting retreat, & a purebred Angus & Paint horse ranch. +/-1200 deeded acres, +/-80 acres of NM lease, & +/-5220 acres BLM. 4BR, 2BA, mfg. home. Trophy elk, antelope, deer. Elk & mule deer

permits. Candidate for a conservation easement or land exchange with the BLM. $1,490,000

nut trees. Located close to I-10, town, schools and services with easy access. A great value at $400,000

*NEW* 300 Head South Clem Ranch, Harquahala, AZ, – Solid working desert ranch. 40 deeded acres, +/32,000 acres BLM, +/-17,600 State, +/-34,800 adverse. 3 Wells, 5 dirt tanks, 9 - 10,000+/- gal storage tanks. Shipping corrals at HQ and 3 sets of working pens and traps. Ephemeral increases in wet years. Includes cattle and rolling equipment. $1.45M

*REDUCED* +/-38 Acre Farm, Sheldon AZ – This preppers paradise includes a large 4 BR 3 BA home; canning studio; root cellar; large workshop with covered outdoor work area; irrigated pasture with 600 gpm well, fenced and cross fenced for cattle/horses; corrals; barn; chicken houses and pens; rabbit pen; garden area, fruit trees, pond and other various outbuildings. The property includes tractor implements; backhoe; and RV. $410,000 $395,000

*NEW* 1388 AUM’s - Deadman Ranch, East of Reserve, NM – Gorgeous Mtn ranch in the Ponderosa Pines with open grassy meadows and abundant wildlife. Turnkey operation with a fully improved and equipped headquarters. Pristine, beautiful, private. 115+/Acre deeded forest inholding with USFS permit. Modern log cabin, separate guest and cowboy bunkhouses, managers house, corrals, stable, shop, seasonal creek, strong well with water piped to all pastures. $1,200,000 w/ cattle & equipment. Call Nancy Belt 520-221-0807 272+/- Acres, San Simon, AZ – Parcel 1, 222+/- acres of cleared land. Parcel 2, 50+/- acres with 5 acres of producing Pistachio trees. 8 New shallow wells. Call Harry Owens 602-526-4965. $600,000

*SOLD*94 Head Cattle Ranch,

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Safford, AZ – 200 Deeded Acres, BLM and State of AZ Grazing Leases. Desert ranch w/five sets of corrals, four w/ wells & one w/a spring. The ranch is well watered w/5 total wells, 6 dirt tanks & a spring. $450,000

*NEW* 98+/- Acre Farm, Pomerene, AZ – 70 plus irrigated acres with an 800 gpm well that has a 16” casing, records indicate it is 70’ deep with static water at 35’. Flood irrigated and fenced. Suitable for crops, pasture, or

*NEW* 17 Head BLM Permit, Near Ft. Thomas, AZ – 200+/- deeded acres with well, and spring. Very remote and extremely scenic with a beautiful canyon lined with sycamore and cottonwood trees and stunning rock formations. $285,000 *MAJOR REDUCTION* 240 Acres with Irrigation Rights, Elfrida, AZ – Suitable for hay, crops, pecans, irrigated pasture, homesite or future development. Includes 130 acres of irrigation rights, partially fenced, with corrals, & a well. Reduced to $279,800 $215,000. Terms. HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND

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*NEW* 400 Head Alamosa Ranch, Tolar, NM – +/-10,982 Deeded acres, +/- 4,000 acres State of NM Grazing Lease, +/-700 acres adverse grazing. 2 homes, barns. The HQ consists of a 3 BR, 2 BA, double wide mfg main home, yard with fruit and shade trees. Second double wide mfg home, set of scales, pipe corrals, pipe loading chute, saddle house, shop, cedar picket and wood horse pens. 13 Wells, 80 to 200 feet deep, 12 windmills, 4 miles of pipeline and 2 storage tanks. Ephemeral increases in wet years ($370/ac) $4.064M

Tobe Haught 505-264-3368 Tamra Kelly 928-830-9127 Harry Owens 602-526-4965

*PENDING* 49+/- Acres, with 10

Head State Grazing Lease, Benson, AZ – Beautiful hilltop home with 5 bedrooms 3 Baths, 2 Fireplaces, two family rooms, large food storage area, root cellar, steel workshop/hay barn with concrete floor and corrals. Great potential as a family home, group home, bed and breakfast. $360,000

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*REDUCED* San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $304,000 & 77 Acres with well for $177,100

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1301 Front Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027 800-933-9698 / 5a.m. -10p.m. www.scottlandcompany.com www.texascrp.com Ben G. Scott – Broker • Krystal M. Nelson – NM Qualifying Broker #15892

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RANCH & FARM REAL ESTATE n NM STATE LEASE – Union Co. – buy the improvements & irr. equip. on the property & lease a NM State Leased section, 640 ac. +/-, w/nice home, landscaped yard w/matured trees, nice shop, cattle pens & pivot sprinklers. n BANKRUPTCY COURT SALE - DVR RANCH – Quay/Harding Co., NM – Located on both north & south shores of the Ute Lake reservoir – Logan, NM is a 22,429.44 ac. +/- ranch (10,044.44 deeded – 12,385.5 State Lease) watered not only by wells & pipeline but also the lake itself on both shores. Excellent location on all weather roads & pvmt. n THIS ONE HAS IT ALL – Union Co., NM – 4,270.39 acres deeded +/-, 3,357 acres State Lease +/-, abundant wild life (mule deer, whitetail deer, antelope, turkey, quail, dove, occasional elk, bobcat, mountain lion & many other varmints), fishing, wildlife habitat & excellent grazing for livestock is found in & along two large, year-round, live-water creeks & solidturfed open, rolling pastures, fenced for rotational grazing, well watered by wells, pipeline & two live creeks, beautiful improvements, pavement & all-weather roads, winter protection for year-round cow/calf operation, great gains for summer yearling operation. EXCELLENT OWNER FINANCING! n ABERCROMBIE RANCH – Huerfano Co., CO – 7,491 ac. +/- of choice grassland watered by wells & the Cucharas River, on pvmt. n MESA DEL GATO RANCH – 6,423.45 AC. +/- in two tracts of 3,735 ac. & 2,688.45 ac., all deeded, approx. 7 mi. apart offered as one ranch, broker will assist w/ contracts on either or both of the tracts, good country for year-round cow/calf operation or summer yearling grazing. n CANYON VIEW RANCH – 1,542 deeded ac. +/just out of Clayton, NM, beautiful, good country, well watered, volcanic rock mining operation offers addtl. income, on pvmt. n G BAR FARM – Tuc., NM, 194 ac. +/-, well improved w/home, barns, pens, 138.6 ac. Arch Hurley conservation district water rights, well suited for combination farm/ livestock operation! n AIRPORT DRIVE – Tucumcari, NM – Choice 160 ac. +/-, on pvmt. w/beautiful home, roping arena, steel pens & 139.5 ac. +/- of water rights. n BIRD HUNTERS HAVEN – Quay Co., NM - 258 ac. +/-, in easy driving distance of Ute & Conchas Lakes, all in native grass w/home, barns, good fences, well watered, on pvmt. n RED WING RANCH – Harding Co., NM – 1,280 ac. +/-, scenic, native grass land, no cattle in 13 yrs. Call for details. n UTE LAKE SUBDIVISION – beautiful, new custom built home, 5,046 +/- sq. ft. on 3.230 ac. +/-, 4 bdrm., 3 ½ bath & an attached two car garage. Please view our websites for details on these properties, choice TX, NM, CO ranches (large & small), choice ranches in the high rainfall areas of OK, irr./dryland/CRP & commercial properties. We need your listings on any types of ag properties in TX, NM, OK or CO.

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“In the Heart of SE Arizona’s Wine & Ranch Country” Residential + Land + Ranches + Horse Properties

S BAR V RANCH • 201 deeded ac just in San Rafael Valley approx 80 mi south of Tucson Int’l Airport and 18 mi southeast of historic Patagonia • Oaks, private well, valleys of short prairie grass with sweeping views beyond imagination, stunning sunrises and sunsets • USFS on 2 borders -- excellent ride-out, fully equipped barn with apartment and pole turnouts & plenty of pasture fenced and cross fenced • Charming 3BR/2BA 2100sf ranch house w/extended covered porches, orchards and gardens to enjoy • Priced at $1,800,000

Z TRIANGLE RANCH 13+ ac in the Canelo Hills SE of Sonoita. Overlooks riparian area and protected by nature conservancy. Sprawling 1720sf 2BR/2BA renovated ranch house dates back to 1926. Separate apartment & guest house for family/friends/caretaker. Classic 2-story well-appointed barn, 8-stalls & turnout. Abundant wildlife and excellent ride-out. Price: $695,000

•Rocky Ridge Ranch – Just Listed almost 6 sections with 41% Deeded, 44% BLM and 14% State Lease. Very few ranches are improved in a manner comparable to this ranch, regardless of size and the location and is within close proximity to Roswell, NM as an added bonus. Call Cherri Michelet Snyder for more details and check out the website. Reduced by $200,000

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Buyers are looking for a ranch. If you have a ranch to sell, give me a call. Lincoln, New Mexico: Historic Vorwerk home with 33+/- acres . Rio Bonito river with 16.5 acre feet of historic water rights dating to 1853. Elk, mule deer, turkey, barbary sheep. Brochure at: www.sidwellfarmandranch.com SIDWELL FARM & RANCH REALTY, LLC Tom Sidwell, Qualifying Broker 6237 State Highway 209, Tucumcari, NM 88401 • 575-403-6903 tom@sidwellfarmandranch.com • www.sidwellfarmandranch.com

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Apache Mesa Ranch – 5,300 +/– acre rim rock ranch located off Hwy 84 south & west of Las Vegas, NM. 3,520 +/– deeded w/BLM & State grazing leases, cedar, pinon & ponderosa tree cover, rim rocks, mesas & grassy meadows. Nice HQ w/bunk house, includes caretakers home on 5 acres plus barns & corrals & plenty of scenery. Priced at $1,998,900 looking for offers. Ribera Farm – Small farm 5.3 acres w/3 bedroom home located on the Pecos River w/ generous irrigation and water rights. Well developed, self sustainable farm has green houses, goats & chicken facilities. Priced at $387,500 – Call Catherine 505-231-8648 Romero Ranch – 1000 acres has a 40 acre BLM grazing parcel attached. Mesa top location has grammas, side oats, sacatone, cedars, pinons & tall pines. 6 dirt tanks, close to power too. North & east sides drop into La Cueva Canyon. OWC Asking $400,000 Dilia Loop Road – Fenced 20+ acre parcel is planted in alfalfa & sweet grass, 4 irrigated sections plus 20 acre ft of ditch rights & Pecos River frontage. Excellent farming opportunity for organic vegetable gardens, alfalfa or sweet grass. Priced at $225,000 Upper Anton Chico – Outstanding alfalfa production on this 7.5 acres. Irrigated with under ground pipes, perimeter fenced, easy farm to work and water. Now $82,500 Bernal, NM – 20 acre view site is fenced on 3 sides, overhead electric, telephone on the lot line and has great valley views. Mfg homes allowed. Amazing price of $69,900

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Bernal, NM – 100 deeded acres for sale on north I-25 frontage road. Electric & phone at property line. Good water wells in the area. Hilltop parcel with view. Asking $100,000 Apache Mesa Road – Two 80 acre parcels, w/good water wells on site. West parcel has septic system, solar array, storage containers and a travel trailer. Asking $185,000. East parcel has two dirt tanks, fence on one side, good mountain views. Asking $165,000 White Lakes Road – 1,100 deeded acres grass land, nice mountain views, over head electric on site, county road access. Wind farm? Solar array farm? Call for details... I have 2 opportunities for a large yearling operation plus cow/calf ranches available for purchase, no leases, principles only. Call for details.

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of the Sacramento Mountains just 30 minutes from Ruidoso, NM. Access is gated and locked from U. S. Highway 70. Improvements include a sprawling 3 bedroom residence with an enclosed metal shop and equipment shed. Fantastic views of Sierra Blanca and the Capitan Mountain range. For more information give is a call for a color brochure. Price: $3,000,000 DOUBLE L RANCH: Central NM, 10 miles west of Carrizozo, NM. 12,000 total acres; 175 AUYL, BLM Section 3 grazing permit; Water provided by 3 wells and buried pipeline. Improvements include house and pens. Price: $1,500,000

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CRAWFORD L BAR RANCH

The L Bar Ranch contains 36,460 deeded acres, more or less, and is located in Sandoval County, west of Albuquerque. The topography is dramatic with stunning 360 degree views. The terrain varies from high elevated mesas with steep fractured rock ledges draining to lower wide valley bottoms. Several massive volcanic cones protrude, giving the ranch the perfect “land of enchantment” charm. Lower elevations have scattered juniper cover with oak, mountain mahogany, piñon and an abundance of Ponderosa Pine in the higher elevations. The property is well improved with a two-story log lodge, shop/apartment building, manager’s house, barns and pens. Excellent game ranch, with elk, mule deer, bear, lion, barbary sheep and turkey. Realistically priced at $550 per acre.

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HUTCH-SEPTIMA RANCH

This pristine 5,464 acre deeded mountain top ranch is located in the highlands of Northern New Mexico, with elevations ranging from 9,750 feet to 10,650 feet. The property features an abundance of Aspen, Blue Spruce and Douglas Fir, with exceptional mountain grasses, numerous springs and live stream water with native cutthroat. There is plentiful wildlife on the ranch, including elk and mule deer. This scenic property is improved with two cabins. If you are in the market for a high elevation recreational mountain ranch, this property is priced to sell at $1,850 per acre.

RED MOUNTAIN RANCH This ranch contains 7,880 deeded acres with the balance being New Mexico State Lease and BLM, for a

total of 19,145 acres, more or less. The property is located in Sandoval County, in the foothills of the scenic Jemez Mountains, with elevated rimrocks descending to Rio Puerco Creek, which traverses the entire eastern boundary of the ranch. The property has historically been operated as a 250 cow ranch with supplemental income from hunting. Primary game includes elk, mule deer and a few barbary sheep. The ranch is well improved with an owner’s home, mobile home, outbuildings and pens. This scenic property is offered for sale, basically “turn-key”, with equipment and cattle included. The Red Mountain Ranch is ready to operate and enjoy at a price of $3,717,000.

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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/- state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres. Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope, mule deer and some elk. $2,710,000

MIAMI HORSE HEAVEN, Colfax County, NM. Very private approx. 4,800 sq-ft double walled adobe 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with many custom features. 77.50 +/- deeded acres with 77.25 water shares, large 7-stall horse barn, large insulated metal shop with own septic, large hay barn/equipment shed. $1,500,000

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MIAMI HORSE TRAINING FACILITY, Colfax County, NM. Ideal horse training facility, 4 bedroom 3 bathroom approx. 3,593 sq-ft home, 332.32 +/- deeded acres, 208 shares of irrigation, all the facilities you need to summer your cutting horse operation out of the heat and far enough south to have somewhat mild winters. Approximately 6,200 ft elevation. $1,790,000

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MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 Class A irrigation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, 100 hd feedlot. Depredation Elk Tags available. Owner financing available to qualified buyer. Significantly reduced to $550,000 MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. $485,000 COLD BEER VIEW, Colfax County, NM 83.22 +/deeded acre, 3,174 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 3 ½ bathrm, 2 car garage home situated on top of the hill with amazing 360 degree views. $485,000 RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres, 2 parcels, excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a true million dollar view at end of private road. $489,000 FRENCH TRACT 80, Colfax County, NM irrigated farm with home and good outbuildings, $350,000 MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 20 +/deeded acres, 20 water shares, quality 2,715 sq ft adobe home, barn, grounds and trees. Private setting. This is a must see. $425,000 Reduced to $395,000 COLMOR PLACE, Mora County, NM 354 +/- deeded acres, I25 frontage, house, pens, expansive views. Ocate Creek runs through property. $275,000

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RITO SPRINGS RANCH CATRON COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

This “UNIQUE RANCH” has free-flowing, spring-fed WATER AND LOTS OF IT! Established irrigation rights on 200 Acres plus 175 Acres of subirrigated land and a 15 Acre LAKE; extremely unique, and extremely productive and valuable amenities for a Ranch anywhere in New Mexico! This water along with a solid 250-275 Head Cattle operation and excellent Elk & Mule Deer & Water Fowl Hunting makes this Ranch not only a solid, diversified operation for income and enjoyment but with the water (that limited resource in the Southwest) creates a ABOVENORMAL investment property not common of many Ranch Properties! All gates are locked on the Ranch and hunting is controlled by the Rancher with only one exception on 800 Acres which is accessible to the Public only during hunting season. The Ranch received 6 Bull tags, 4 Cow tags and 2 Either-sex archery tags last Year. I think the largest Bull harvested on the Ranch scored 370 points. Unit 12 is one of the Nation’s top scoring Elk areas. The big game hunting is a wonderful experience and with the lake fishing and bird hunting, again, so unique for New Mexico. Excellent accessibility, just East of Quemado on U.S. 60 & (approx.) 3 Hours from Albuquerque. Deeded Land 9,579 Ac., State Lease Land 8,041 Ac.; BLM Land 1,180 Ac., Total 18,800 ACRES

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . 13, 65 AC Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Aero Tech, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ag New Mexico FCS, ACA . . . 2 Ken Ahler Real Estate Co., Inc 72 American Angus Association.66 American Galloway Breeders Association. . . . . 65 American Water Surveyors . . 25 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . 58 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . 28 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . 71, 72 Beaverhead Outdoors . . . . . 71 BJM Sales & Service Inc . . . . 58 Black Range Enterprises LLC 22 Border Tank Resources . . . . 58 Bovine Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. . . . . . 64 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . 65 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranch . . . . . . . . . 66 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . 64 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Caviness Packing Co., Inc . . . 31 Circle H Headquarters, LLC . . 58 NMCGA Clothes . . . . . . . . . 49 Clovis Livestock Auction . . . 29 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . 66 Brand Your Cookin’ . . . . . . . 44 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . 64 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . 58 Crystalyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Dairy Farmers of America . . 22 Dairy Producers of NM . . . . 24 Davis & Sons Hatting Co. . . . 57 Deer Creek Ranch . . . . . . . 58 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . 68 Denton Photography . . . . . 45 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . . . 57 Diamond Nutrition . . . . . . . 12 Diamond Seven Angus . . . . 64 Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . 29 Dunn Ranches . . . . . . . . . . 64 Fallon-Cortese Land . . . . . . 72 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . 47 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . 52 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . 8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . 27 Five States Livestock Auction, 35

Low Birth weight Thickness, depth, length

G-L

Genex / Candy Trujillo . . . . . 63 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . 25 Goemmer Land & Livestock . 57 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . 64 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . . 11, 64 Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . 63 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . 58 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . 19, 64 Hay Rake, Inc. (fmly. Fury Farms) . . . . . . 27 Headquarters West Ltd. . . . . 72 Headquarters West Ltd. / Sam Hubbell . . . . . . . . . . 69 Henard Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 29 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 High Desert Homes & Land . 71 Hooper Cattle Company . . . 18 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . 61, 63 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . . 17 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . 2 Innovative Solar Systems . . . 79 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . 63 J & J Auctioneers . . . . . . . . 60 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 63 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . 57 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 4 L & H Manufacturing . . . . . 42 Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . . 66 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . . 63 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . . . . 64 Long Realty . . . . . . . . . . . 70

M-O

Major Ranch Realty . . . . . . 71 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . 63 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . 64 McCall Land & Cattle, Co. . . . 20 Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . 23, 57 Michelet Homestead Realty 70 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . .71, 73-75 Monfette Construction Co 24, 57 Paul McGillard / Murney Associates . . . . . . 71 National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . 53

New Mexico Ag Leadership Programs . . 46 New Mexico Angus & Hereford Bull & Heifer Sale . . . . . . . 43 New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 New Mexico Federal Lands Council . . . . . . . . . 38 New Mexico 4-H Foundation 21 New Mexico Livestock Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 New Mexico Mutual . . . . . . . 7 New Mexico Premier Ranch Properties . . . . . . . 69 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . 71 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . 80 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . 21, 37, 39 New Mexico Wool Growers . 36 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . 42 Old Mill Farm & Ranch Supply . . . . . . . . . . 3 Olson Land and Cattle . . . . 63 Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Outwest Manufacturing . . . 20

P-S

Perez Cattle Company . . . . . 63 Phase-A-Matic, Inc. . . . . . . . 23 Power Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Cattle Guards / Priddy Construction . . . . . 24 Ranch for Sale . . . . . . . . . . 76 Range Rights and Resource Symposium . . . . 59 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . 57, 60 Reverse Rocking R Ranch . . . 21 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . . . 57 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . 65 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . 57 Roswell Livestock Auction Company . . . . . . 26 James Sammons III . . . . . . . 71 Sand & Sage Real Estate . . . 68

Raised Under New Mexico Range Conditions

Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . 59 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . 69 Stroh Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . . . 71 St. Vrain Simmentals . . . . . . 64 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . 64 Southwest Red Angus Association. . . . . . . . . . . 63 Summer Pasture Wanted . . . 76 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . 57

T-Z

TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . . 50 Terrell Land & Livestock Co. . 76 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Thompson Ranch . . . 53, 66, 77 3C Cattle Feeders . . . . . . . . 32 Truby Ranches . . . . . . . . . . 65 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 65 U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 37 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . 34 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . 57 W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . . . 33 WALC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Walker Martin Ranch Sales . . 76 West Wood Realty . . . . . . . 70 Westall Ranches . . . . . . . . . 77 Westway Feed Products, LLC 67 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . 15, 57 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . 23 Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . . 45, 59 Tal Young, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . 24 Zia Agriculture Consulting, LLC . . . . . . 21, 58

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Old Mill Farm & Ranch

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