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12 To The Point by Caren Cowan
18 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 26 News Update 39 BEEF It’s What’s for Dinner: Cheesehead Sliders 42 View from the Backside
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FEATURES 23 USDA Announces More Local Control for School Meal Operations 28 Time to Apply for NMSU’s Ranch Camp 30 Don’t Take Parasites to Pasture 34 The Deadly Truth Most Don’t Know About Mountain Lions 37 New Farm Bill May Be Pushed Through this Year 40 Beef Influence on Dairy Cattle Could Improve Marketing Options, Bottom Line 64 Setting the Record Straight: Misleading Headlines on Meat’s Role in Foodborne Illnesses by Richard Raymond, meatingplace.com
68 Dairy Targeted in February, Fish in March – Meat May Be Next by Hanna Thompson, meatingplace.com
69 Providing Assurances Across the Dairy Supply Chain by Jim Mulhem, President & CEO, National Milk Producers Federation
70 Automated Milking Systems Slowing Farm Consoidation 72 Lee Honored by New Mexico Federal Lands Council 74 New Mexico Boasts 2018 National High School Rodeo Queen
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Tom Sidwell NMCGA President
Dear Friends,
Tom Sidwell President Quay Randell Major President-Elect Magdalena 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 Ty Bays SW Vice President Silver City Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Albuquerque Pat Boone Past President Elida Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque
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want to thank Frank DuBois for all the help he provides to the NMCGA and Linebery Policy Center for Natural Resource Management. His knowledge and understanding of the Federal hoops we have to jump through is invaluable.
I was in Ft. Worth at the TSCRA convention when Mimi called and said it rained…for seventeen seconds! Not hardly measurable and we still have not had any moisture in this part of the state since October 5. But, we are in good company. We, as livestock producers and stewards of the land, face many challenges today. Drought and market fluctuations are almost tolerable compared to some of the silliness we are up against (almost). The Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service rules are a good example of bureaucrats, who know minus zero about agriculture, making a rule designed to protect animal welfare yet it economically impacts the movement of livestock drastically without improving animal welfare. If you transport animals, supplies, or other materials across state lines for interstate commerce and have a combined GVWR above 10,001 lb, your vehicle is considered a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and you are required to obtain, display, and maintain a federal DOT number and you may have to get a CDL. This rule has been delayed until September 30, 2018 so Congress can come up with a solution. We will have a presentation from DPS at the NMCGA mid-year meeting June 10-12 in Ruidoso to explain the requirements of this rule. Another silly rule has to do with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), known as Superfund, requiring livestock and poultry farms that emit hydrogen sulfide and ammonia emissions from animal waste in excess of 100 pounds per day to report these emissions. This equates to about 200 head of cattle. So, I suppose our Christmas list should include a poop-o-meter so we can measure emissions. Congress has drafted legislation, FARM Act, that would amend CERCLA and exclude livestock waste. As I was driving home from a meeting yesterday, Mimi called from her horse and said we lost a calf to a mountain lion and as I was listening to the news touting the good economy, it occurred to me that we took a pay cut. The majority of people take pay cuts based on economic or employment reasons but we took a pay cut because of pseudo-environmentalist’ lobby for predators and endangered species, yet they are not affected economically by their actions and they don’t care how it impacts others. These pseudos would say we weren’t good managers but we have several stewardship awards and manage the cattle closely yet losses still occur. Predators have a place in the ecosystem but their numbers should be in balance with their natural prey so as not to adversely impact honest people trying to make an honest living. Farmers, ranchers, and landowners pay a disproportionate share for these laws in NM as well as nation-wide. So long for now, hope we all get good rain soon.
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TO THE POINT by Caren Cowan, Executive Director, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association
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n these days of hyper sensitivity about real or perceived sexual harassment, there are things that cowboys need to be aware of. Not everyone appreciates or understands the statement that “someone has been rode hard and put up wet” the way you do. A little web research indicates that the problem is that this cowboy-ism was hijacked in the 1970s that put a whole different connotation to the statement. I need not do much more explanation. It seems that there are a lot of terms we in the West use with great regularity that we might reconsider how they sound to an urbanite or a millennial. Cowboys have a way of looking at things a little differently than the rest of the world. Their wisdom is simpler and more down to Earth, one website says. ЇЇ If you get thrown from a horse, you
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have to get up and get back on, unless you landed on a cactus; then you have to roll around and scream in pain. A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse. If you climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride. The horse stopped with a jerk – and the jerk fell off! When in doubt, let your horse do the thinkin’. Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse. Don’t squat with your spurs on. Don’t let your yearnings get ahead of your earnings. Don’t dig for water under the outhouse. Don’t go in if you don’t know the way out. Don’t mess with something that ain’t bothering you.
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Never drive black cattle in the dark. Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction. Never miss a good chance to shut up. Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. It’s better to keep your mouth shut and look stupid than open it and prove it. When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don’t be surprised if they learn their lesson. Nuff said.
Humane Society of the United States taking hard fall Things just keep getting worse following the sexual harassment scandal at the Humane Society of the United States. Following the resignations of CEO Wayne Pacelle and Vice President Paul Shapiro earlier this year, the “charity” has now lost its accreditation from the Better Business Bureau’s charity-accreditation arm, the Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA), according to Humane Watch. This news comes after Charity Navigator downgraded its rating of
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HSUS to just 2 stars out of 4—including a lowly 1 star for financial metrics, indicative of financial waste at the nonprofit. Animal Charity Evaluators, which recommends animal-rights nonprofits, has formally rescinded their 2016 Standout recommendation of The Humane Society of the United States’ Farm Animal Protection Campaign. While the BBB hasn’t issued a statement for the removal of HSUS’s accreditation, it’s safe to assume the HSUS board’s initial decision to retain Pacelle after its internal investigation turned up several credible accusations of sexual harassment was the impetus for BBB WGA to initiate a review. HSUS’s accreditation drop should serve as a wakeup call to charity donors, according to Arizonan Mike Russell writing to KTARNEWS. Charities might not be what they seem. To be clear HSUS is NOT the Humane Society of Arizona or any other state. HSUS pulls in $150,000,000 per year in part because they know that donors are giving, thinking that the money will funnel down to the state level. This is not the case. HSUS knows this is the intent of their donors yet lends very little help to the struggling animals. HSUS is working in Arizona, gathering signatures for a ballot initiative that will leave animal population control up to the voters. It will also take that responsibility out of the hands of the trained biologists that are effectively managing healthy populations of more animal species than any other non-coastal state in the nation. They are masked sweetly as “Arizonans for Wildlife.” It’s actually the HSUS operating under a different name. Once again, not what they seem. But the title “Arizonans for Wildlife” sounds like something that everyone in Arizona can get behind and HSUS knows that. They also know that rallying cries like “Arizonans for Wildlife” works almost as well as tugging at your heartstrings. Heartstrings are tied to your purse strings. Getting to those heartstrings costs a lot of money. Producing ads for radio or TV is not cheap. The airtime on both mediums is even more expensive. But those ads that we see of scared, cold, and hungry puppy dogs work and nonprofits like HSUS know this. They will spend millions of donated dollars to draw in more donated dollars. Charity Watch reports that HSUS spends $22 to raise $100. That’s a big chunk that could actually be used by local Humane Societies to save the scared, cold, and
hungry puppy dogs that HSUS uses to tug at your purse string connected heartstrings. If you have done some homework before giving to a charity…good for you. You are in a very small group of philanthropists. If you have not, don’t worry…you are not alone. Doing the RIGHT homework means going the extra mile before donating. If you are thinking about heading over to the Better Business Bureau to check out your charitable target…you might want to read about the BBB coming under fire for receiving thousands from the charities that it rates. Keep in mind that the BBB is a business and consumers are the product. The rated businesses are the BBB’s clients. Those stickers and web banners are bought by businesses that are paying membership to the BBB. Sites like Charity Navigator and Charity Watch seem to have their act together.
New Plan to Deal With Coyotes But not in New Mexico or even the West. North Carolina is dealing with a growing coyote population across that state. The growth is most noticed in urban areas where one neighborhood has lost 22 cats and a Yorkie in a short period of time. Calls
for coyote control are peaking because a coyote has attacked a 9-year-old girl. Officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission say coyote attacks on people and pets are pretty rare – especially when the attacks are unprovoked. But they do admit they’re seeing a spike across the state. The North Carolina General Assembly asked the wildlife commission to look at the impacts and threats coyotes have on people, pets, livestock and other wildlife. A new North Carolina report outlines ways to manage the coyote population. It focuses on educating people about the animals, ways to avoid coyote encounters altogether and handle them properly, and encourages legal hunting and trapping. Some people don’t think these measures go far enough. “Instead of spending all those months coming up with ‘trying to educate us,’” said one resident. “We know all of that. They need to get a plan in place to get rid of the coyotes. They need to step up to the bat.” She thinks coyotes are more than just a nuisance; she called them downright dangerous. “They need to be dead, because they’re continued on page 15 >>
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just going to multiply and multiply, and I hate to say that about an animal, but it’s an animal that’s attacking a child now,” she said. Perhaps with the growing incidence of coyote attacks people can come to the conclusion that predator management is something that must be done routinely.
The Bitter Pill On March 23, 2018 the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee was presented with a report entitled “Program Evaluation: The Modern-Day Role of the Agriculture Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service.” The report is #18-02 and can be found on the Legislature’s website under the Legislative Finance Committee, which is an interim committee. We will soon put it up on the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association website along with some additional, clarifying information. I encourage everyone to find and read the document, then consider the consequences of such negative view of one of New Mexico’s major industries and the lifeblood of the vast majority of the lands in this state. It probably isn’t too much to say that this report is an indictment of agriculture and the land grant university we depend on. Ostensibly the report was requested because New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Experiment Stations (AES) and Cooperative Extension Service (CES) were not spending all of the funds available to them annually. In the case of AES, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, the entity spent about $5 million less than budgeted by the state. CES spent about the same amount less as well. One who is charged with taking care of themselves and perhaps others might think that being thrifty or frugal might be an excellent quality. No so with government, the more you spend the more you get. That is a really scary thought when you consider that government spending is one of New Mexico’s top economic drivers. But I digress. The Finance Committee wanted an in-depth review of the two areas of NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences (ACES) to determine if it could, in dry budget years sweep more funds from them. NMSU suffered some pretty severe sweeps since 2008. Red lights started flashing on page two, where there is recommendation that AES and CES “need to be more responsive to the changing needs of all of New Mexicans, not just their traditional stakeholder
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communities.” more times a day. On page 23, the report notes “extension Not to be completely negative, on page still focuses a significant portion of its finan- 9 notes that AES and CES payments for cial resources and human capital on “institutional support” to NMSU have grown agriculture… despite agriculture only approximately 500 percent between FY accounting for 2.6 percent of the total state 2008 and FY 2017. This has been an issue employment and 1.3 percent of gross state that the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Assoproduct.” I don’t think those numbers are ciation (NMCGA) and others have quite correct and will continue reaching, complained bitterly and worked endlessly but even if agriculture only accounted for to stop. “Intuitional support” are the funds 2.5 percent of state employment, I think it that the University skims from the various is a pretty safe bet that 100 percent of the colleges and departments for using buildstate’s people count on agriculture three or ings, telephones and so on. As budgets
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were cut over the last nine years the intuitional charges have increased. Page 7 waves a huge red flag where it says “Notably absent from … top funders are groups representing dairy and beef producers ad forage crop producers.” Further into the report there is a recommendation to eliminate support for these groups. Page 26 says CES should “consider conducting less agricultural research on established agricultural industries (e.g. forge crops, beef cattle) if associated commodity groups are unable to contribute meaningful monetary support for said research, and instead, focus its research agenda on nascent and emerging industries.” (Yes, I had to look up nascent.) It was also interesting to learn that “home economics and household management are now not necessarily a core skill for managing a household.” (Page 22) Hello! How long would it take to do a Google search on “Foodies?” You know, the groups that are all about local foods, new recipes and refocusing on the home. While assessing the need for Agricultural Experiments Stations is already underway, the report recommends that the College of ACES consider eliminating one-third of those stations to bring itself into line with peer organizations – like North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, Auburn University, Mississippi State University, Montana State University, University of Wyoming and Utah State University. The report questioned the need for a new feed mill on campus where there is one in Clayton that needs repair. Sure, let’s figure out how much that feed will cost factoring in transportation costs. But the topper on page 18 is the recommendation that CES administrators should conduct a feasibility study on potential fees for 4-H and other programing and develop clear guidelines for county offices on charging fees.” I freely admit that I am reviewing this report through a very negative lens. Hopefully there is some value to all the work that has gone in to it. But I don’t see what can offset the issues I have mentioned. Thankfully, the Legislative Finance Committee was filled with representatives and senators who do understand and appreciate the value of agriculture to New Mexico and the value of our land grant university. Most of them politely, yet firming offered their suppor t to agriculture and NMSU.
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Others are busy with educational programs including the Governor. Details were for school groups. At the state level we are announced regarding District III meeting, gearing up to select our new Beef Ambas- hosted by Copper March 23. District sadors at our statewide competition, award meeting will include presentations by State the Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship, and Officers, Connie Rooks of the Grant County support awesome programs like the Ranch Farm Bureau Women in Ag group and JeanManagement Camp, 4-H Home Econom- nette Hamilton, who will discuss the new ics School. CDL laws, which affect livestock transpor“Blessed are they who see beautiful Supporting our youth involved in agritation. Copper will participate in Grant things in humble places where other culture and educating those who are not is County Fair Buyers Pool cash party. Copper people see nothing.” one of the most important jobs I feel we do will arrange a silent and live auction as a – Camille Pissarro as an organization. I encourage you to look fundraiser for the scholarship fund. This e sure didn’t seem to have much of to the CowBelles in your community and event will replace The Shindig this year. Past what I’d call a winter but it appears find out what they are doing to support President Pat Hunt made a presentation to that spring is just around the youth and support them with your time and her 2017 CowBelle of the Year, Linda Pecotte corner. We’ve enjoyed some nice days for finances to foster the next generation who and thanked her for always volunteering to getting the rodeo and show horses legged will appreciate agriculture through help with last minute details for various up around our house and spent some time their efforts! agenda items. It was decided to pay for part cleaning out the garden beds for cool As always we pray for rain! Hope to see of Deborah’s travel expenses to Santa Fe season planting. It’s a busy time of year for you all at our summer meeting in Ruidoso and to donate $300 to the El Grito Head us with freshening show goats, calving and June 10-12! We’ll be posting information on Start program in Grant County and to the branding. Road trips picking out show stock the website soon but be prepared to “Run CYFD Strengthening Families Program. for 4-H and heading to 4-H events. It’s one Like Someone Left the Gate Open” at our Both of these groups need assistance in of my favorite times of year even though it’s 5K fun run, enjoy a social featuring New feeding program participants. Submitted the busiest. It’s the time of year where it’s Mexico beer and wine in the Tall Pines and by Pat Hunt Chamiza CowBelles – The March easy to find the beauty in miracles of life awesome guest speakers on a variety of and nature and really makes me appreciate exciting topics. Promise it will be a meeting was called to order by President great one! Nancy Phelps in Johnny B’s Restaurant, with the life we are able to give our children. One of my favorite aspects of New – Ashley Ivins, NMCB President 10 members present. Quilt ticket sales trickle in. The Cherrill’s Western Wear will Mexico CowBelles are the projects that The Grant County Copper CowBelles be asked to sell tickets there. Attendees to locals across the state do for children. Many CowBelle groups are hard at work raising met on February 20, 2018. New member the district meetings are to bring door money for scholarships to be awarded to Jeannette Hamilton was introduced. Presi- prizes. Nancy will attend all three meetings deserving youth across the state heading dent Deborah van Telligen gave a report on and deliver door prizes. The group will send to college or finishing their degrees. Others the NM CowBelles Legislative Action Day in two coffee mugs and a cookbook to each. are raising money to sponsor buckles and Santa Fe. This is a new annual event with Nancy encouraged all to attend one of the awards, purchase sale animals, and give the positive interaction with other Grant district meetings. Betty, Susan Swaim, and add-ons and more at county fairs this fall. County officials and the State Legislators, Nancy all provided briskets for Robbie’s son’s funeral meal and Cathy provided a ham as well as a green chile relleno casserole. Robbie thanked everyone for their support. Ag Day will be held March 15 at the Punk Greer Arena in Williamsburg. Kristie Hawkins to make peach cobbler. The extension office will pay for cobbler ingredients including bowls and spoons. Soil conservation will be providing brisket sandwiches for the workers. CowBelles will provide the ice cream. Gloria Petersen and Clara Rabenau will work the Kids ‘n Kows booth. 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festivals throughout the state, ABQ Railyards Farmer’s Market, and Beef and Wine at New Mexico State Fair. Many activities planned for Mid-Year meeting in Ruidoso (June 10-12). There will be a 5K fun run and session on Ag Leadership. Ashley is working with the NM Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum to have an exhibit pertaining to history of New Mexico CowBelles. Upcoming dates for NMCB: March 15 – Man of the Year nominations April 15 – Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship applications. Please refer to the NMCB web site for all updated forms. Mesilla Valley CowBelles Ag Day at Valley View Elementary: Event will be held on May 3. This is an inner-city school with a majority of the students from low income/ socio-economic challenged families. They do have a garden at the school and learning to grow vegetables. Volunteers help with upkeep of the garden. Enrollment is at 430 students, Ag Day program geared to whole school. Liz Higgins, Traci Curry, and Mayfield FFA are among presenters. Lydia Kelley is coordinating a meeting with principal and Mesilla Valley CowBelle members to further plan for Ag Day. Will elicit the help of the NMSU Rodeo Team, local 4-H clubs for this event. Next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 2018.
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Lariat Cowbelles – The Lariat Cowbelles are pleased to welcome Allison Tcherneshoff as a new member and Georgia Kimsey has returned to active status. The interest in reserving beef industry continues to be of concern to area people. The yearbooks handed out to members at the February meeting. The yearbook has a yearly schedule of meetings, plus addresses of local members and state officers, as well as important dates and other information. The Lariat Cowbelles are currently working on several fundraiser activities including sale of beef license plates, Rada Knives, and possibly nuts. The costs of the annual Five States Roundup keep the Lariats looking for successful fund raising methods. Foremost on the Lariat calendar at this time is preparing for the Annual Health Fair. The Health Fair and takes many volunteers to have a successful event. The Annual Health Fair is scheduled for April 25 at the old Clayton Armory Building. Several members will be attending District Workshops. In January Charles Jordan from the Herzstein Museum gave a most interesting program on the history of schools in Union County. In February Extension Agent Talisha Valdez presented a valuable slide show with hand-
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outs on new tax laws and how we might be affected. The Lariats meet the second Wednesday of the month and welcome new members. Respectfully Submitted Judy Robertson Secretary/Reporter March Corriente CowBelle Meeting Minutes – guest speaker, Melanie Gutierrez, first since she was operating on a tight timetable. Melanie is the new extension agent, and spoke with the group about all of the exciting things coming up for Lincoln County. In particular, she visited with about BQA and wildfire preparedness trainings coming up, and the need for volunteers for the 4H district contest on June 19-21. Volunteers are needed in a variety of areas from takings reasons for livestock judging and consumer decision making, judges for contests like poetry, favorite foods, etc., and score tabulators and general help. Ashley will be emailing out more information and contact info ASAP for interested members. President Ashley Ivins called the meeting to order just after 6pm on March 8, 2018 at Oso Grill. Cheryl and Caroline McCoy introduced their guest (now CowBelles member) Katrinka Cox. For correspondence, Willa read a thank-you note from the Pat Nowlin Scholarship fund thanking the Corriente CowBelles for their donation of $85 in honor
of Sharon King. Ashley reported that the quilt is done at the quilter’s and has been given to Betsy Peralta for binding. It will be ready for display soon, and Betsy will bring it to the next meeting. Cassidy talked about the cookbook layout and took input from members. The final cost per profile will be $50 per two-page spread (which includes a book), limited to 100 profiles and $40 per book. The group will order 1000 books, to be ready in time for the holidays or earlier. Ashley will mail more information and how to send in pictures and recipes for profiles. Betsy Peralta presented about the dinner theater fundraiser. Tickets are sold out (great job, y’all!), the menu and logistics are getting finalized, and will be a great event. Sponsorships are still welcome! Cheryl updated the group on scholarship—letters have been mailed to all of the ag students in the area, but noted that an “in” is needed to find out how to involve the Ruidoso School District. Deadline for applications is April 30th. Ashley reminded about the New Mexico Ranch Management Camp and the Beef Ambassador program, and urged any members who knew of any interested and eligible kids to urge them to apply. She also reminded everyone to attend the District Meeting in Roswell on March 17 at the Sale
Barn Café. The Cowboy Cash Party scheduled for the last weekend in July, in conjunction with a BBQ cookoff and dance at No Scum in White Oaks. Ashley has asked the New Mexico Beef Council if they will providing half of the brisket, and other options are being explored to find a sponsor for the other half. 100 tickets will be printed for $100 per couple. Terri Knight presented to the group about the need for volunteers for concessions at rodeo events for the Lincoln County Rodeo Club. The format has changed—instead of six weekends, it will be three weekends of double-headers (Sat & Sun): Memorial Day Weekend, June 9 &10, July 14 &15. Volunteers are needed to fetch and gather supplies, prepare food, and man the booth (days generally run about 9 a.m.-3 p.m.) Cheryl Barber will be organizing volunteers. The group decided to have a regular meeting in May instead of a trip to Iris Farm. The family picnic is tentatively scheduled for June 24 at 2 p.m. at Cedar Creek. Ashley will reserve and confirm. For the April 5th meeting, if the weather is nice, a hot dog cookout meeting at Smokey Bear Park. Ashley will email a reminder with the final location in advance of the meeting when more reliable weather forecasts are available
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Child Nutrition Hiring Flexibility Rule In 2015, USDA established education and training requirements for nutrition professionals as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. While this strengthened many school meal programs, some small school districts faced challenges finding qualified applicants to direct their local food service operation. Today’s proposal would provide much-needed relief for school districts with less than 2,500 students, allowing them more flexibility in the hiring of new school nutrition program directors. “Small and rural school districts will no longer have to overlook qualified food service professionals because of one-sizefits-all standards that don’t meet their needs,” said Censky. “We trust our local partners to hire talented school nutrition program directors who will manage the meal service in a way that protects the health and well-being of students.” USDA is providing a 60-day public comment period and will then develop a final rule that responds to the needs of partners and stakeholders.
Child Nutrition Food Crediting Request for Information To support states’ efforts to improve program integrity, USDA also rolled out a suite of customizable resources to help local school districts improve the accuracy of their school meal application processes. These resources include support for online applications, evidenced-based materials, and best practices to simplify the process for families and ensure that eligible children receive free and reduced-priced meals. “USDA’s goal to do right and feed everyone starts with our children,” said Censky. “We are committed to giving states and school districts more tools and options to
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But, how is that message conveyed? That is and has always been the bane of the meat industry. We are considered stodgy, old school and simply not very progressive when compared to our chicken brethren or nearly any other enlightened marketer. By contrast, any missive from the anti-meat activists is usually disingenuously crafted and provocatively conveyed. Almost anything we say is done so defensively and almost instantly derided by our naysayers. But there is nothing more powerful than facts. It is the truth that will set you free—hallelujah! Our message conveyance, therefore, must be in venues and on those vehicles that our consumers use—social media outlets in all their forms and glory. We need to get with the program. Our dragon slayer has a new meat message to shout from the rooftops, however not everyone can hear rooftop shouts, but everyone hears and sees social media. I can just hear Ving Rhames of Arby’s commercials fame snarling in defiance, “We have the meats!” Mack Graves has worked in animal-food proteins for the past 39 years, specializing in corporate strategy, management focus and marketing effectiveness across the protein chain.
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Sangre de Cristo mountain range near Cimarron. “This location allows our campers to see a real-life working ranch,” said camp director Jack Blandford, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service program director in Luna County. “The CS, a cattle and hunting operation, has been family owned and operated since 1873.” Collaboration between NMSU Extension specialists, county Extension agents and members of the ranching industry provides an opportunity for youth to learn about the many aspects of ranching. “We are proud to offer this one-of-a-kind program for the future cattle producers of our state,” said Jon Boren, NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences associate dean and director of the Extension service. “What we are finding, from the more than 150 youth who have participated in past ranch camps, is that they have gained a greater appreciation of the science and opportunities in agriculture,” Boren said. “It is also a win-win for our aging agricultural industry with more young people having an interest in going into this type of work.” During the first four days, the youth compile information necessary to manage
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Early in the grazing season worm control and fly control can go hand-in-hand depending on health programs. Pour-on dewormers like endectocides are an option to treat cattle for both internal and external parasites. “My biggest concern with an endectocides is what are you doing with your worm load? Those are the parasites that are unseen, but cause a lot of problems,” Talley says. There have been cases where worms have become resistant to a class of dewormer because producers were using a pour-on dewormer as a fly control method. “Ideally we want to avoid using endectocides just for fly control. They are just an
added benefit for getting a bit of early season fly control when controlling worms,” Talley says. Producers know there are several benefits to deworming cattle, says Tony Moravec, veterinarian with Merial Animal Health. Getting rid of internal parasites helps with immunity, which leads to improved feed consumption and conversion. Because of cattle’s improved immunity, vaccinations overall should work better. Worms are found across much of the country, particularly in high moisture areas. If there are worms present, Moravec says cattle are re-infecting themselves with every bite of grass they eat. “The focus is treating our cattle, the problem is only 10 percent of the worm population are in the cattle,” Moravec says.
The other 90 percent are found in the pasture. This means the efforts need be on what is happening outside of the cow, along with inside. “If you can keep your cows clean that will impact the environment around you,” Moravec says. Dormant worms in the abomasum and overwintering juvenile worms in the ground emerge when conditions are just right. Moravec recommends treating cows and calves with a dewormer in the spring prior to pasture turnout to help keep the worm infestations down. A long-acting, injectable dewormer is an option to control worms for a longer period of time and cover an entire grazing season.
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University of Alberta study finds mountain lions may be eating more than previously believed Source: nontypical.org
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ountain lions, the largest members of the cat family in North America, may be heartier eaters than some researchers originally estimated. “One of the most interesting things we found was how much more prey they kill in summer,” said Kyle Knopff, lead author of a three-year Canadian mountain lion study that was recently published in the Journal of Wildlife Management. “Just how focused they become on young of the year ungulates was surprising.”
GPS aids study Knopff is basing his conclusions on data collected from more than 1,500 kill sites while tracking 54 cougars with GPS collars.
The collars allowed the University of Alberta Built to kill researchers, including his wife Aliah, to The study was conducted over 10 years move in quickly after a kill to identify what in west-central Alberta, including the Bow was taken and by which lion. Valley, Jasper National Park, portions of In the journal article Knopff writes that Banff National Park and in Clearwater some previous studies “may have failed to County east of Banff. The terrain of the identify higher kill rates for large carnivores study area was a mixture of lodgepole pine in summer because methods in those and spruce forests at elevations ranging studies did not permit researchers to locate from 2,500 to 9,300 feet. The mountain many neonates or because sample size was lions’ prey included deer, elk, bighorn too small.” sheep, coyotes, feral horses, beaver and The use of GPS collars enabled Knopff porcupines. and his colleagues to collect more data. As Cougars aren’t easy creatures to study. a result, he found that mountain lions killed The secretive animals range widely to hunt more deer, elk and moose during the – 250 to 600 square miles for males, 60 to summer by focusing on juveniles and actu- 125 square miles for females. ally killed fewer animals in winter. The Adult male cougars can weigh 140 to 165 information contradicts previous studies pounds. One male cougar in Knopff’s study conducted in Idaho. tipped the scales at 180 pounds and primar“The Idaho estimates differed from our ily fed on moose and feral horses. Females summer estimates by as much as 365 typically weigh around 100 pounds. From percent in terms of frequency of killing and nose to tail the big cats can measure 6.5 to 538 percent in terms of prey biomass,” 10 feet long. The average lifespan for a male Knopff wrote. “Because kill rate fundamen- is 8 to 10 years, 12 to 14 for females. tally influences the effect predators have Great leapers and sprinters, cougars kill on their prey, the discrepancy between by latching onto their prey with their front studies represents a substantial difference claws and powerful forelegs and then in the capacity for cougars to impact biting the windpipe or spine along the neck ungulates.”
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In studying cougar kill sites, the researchers publicized a couple of interesting details. One is that female mountain lions with kittens kill more deer; the other is that adult male lions kill larger but fewer animals. “We had one male cougar kill 18 moose in less than a year,” Knopff said. Based on the Canadian data, the cougars killed on average .8 ungulates (mainly whitetail deer and moose) a week, an average of about 18 pounds a day. That statistic varied widely, though, based on the individual – from a low of .24 ungulates to a high of 1.38, or 18 to 41 pounds a day. Those ungulates targeted tended to be young of the year or adults with yearlings, largely because they were easier to subdue. Deer made up more than 75 percent of the diet for adult female lions in winter and summer. Adult males had a more varied diet,
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with their large canine teeth. For smaller prey, lions may crush the animal’s skull. On rare occasions lions have been known to attack humans. “Our kill rate estimates indicate that adult cougars are highly effective predators, killing at rates at the upper end of those recorded for wolves in both frequency and biomass,” Knopff wrote. In one prey encounter they studied, Knopff said a cougar brought down a feral horse less than 30 yards from where it attacked. “I think our study showed they are very efficient predators,” he said. Because of their adaptability, cougars are found from the Yukon to the Andes of South America, a larger range than any other big mammal in the Americas.
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Humans vs. cougars Aliah Knopff said her portion of the study focused more on cougar-human interactions and the lion’s habitat selection. She said that as people have continued to build in more remote areas, cougars have had to adapt. “These are actually quite adaptable carnivores,” she said, from changing their movements to become more nocturnal and avoid humans, to finding undisturbed islands within development to live in – such as along pipelines or well sites. The same can’t be said for many other carnivores. These more urban lions are mainly limited by human tolerance, she said. The people in rural Alberta who were interviewed for the study valued cougars highly, but not if they were killing pets or livestock. “That’s the challenge for cougar conservation when the backyard is becoming more overlapping,” she said. Lion hunting is allowed in many Western states, including Montana and Wyoming. Hunters track and tree the big cats with hounds. Cougar kills are carefully regulated by state wildlife agencies. Knopff writes that the Canadian study could be used by game managers to better calculate mountain lions’ take of game animals and in turn reduce lion numbers to benefit deer, elk and moose populations. For example, hunting female cougars could reduce the number of deer taken in a specific area. But such management can also produce unpredictable outcomes, he added. A lion population that is younger may lead to increased confrontations with humans.
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concentrating on moose (36 percent) in the summer and deer (44 percent) in the winter. All told, adult males targeted large ungulates for 62 percent of their diet. Subadult lions also ate more deer than other species, but like human teenagers they also varied their diet more opportunistically than adults. On average, adult males killed an estimated 10,300 pounds of biomass annually compared to 9,400 pounds killed by females with young kittens.
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sk the man who has completed six farm bill cycles when a new bill will be pushed through and Dr. Joe Outlaw will tell you this year. Outlaw, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist and co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, told the crowd at the High Plains Dairy Conference that a year ago he would have bet it would be 2019 before producers saw a new farm bill. “The smart person says it will be next
year; but I think it has to happen this year or we could have completely new leadership,” he said. “It won’t be easy. Every member of the House and a third of the Senate has to go campaign, and they want to get this bill done before the current bill expires Sept. 30.” Squeezing in a farm bill will be difficult, but Outlaw said he believes it will happen because the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 fixed cotton and dairy – and that was a big deal. Equally important, he said, is, “the Republicans and President realize they need some sort of victory coming up. It’s all about the politics and trade that have me changing my mind about it being done this year.” He said the 2014 bill got it wrong when
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it came to estimating low crop prices and the dairy program. The bill created the Margin Protection Program, or MPP, which triggered assistance at different margin levels based on the all-milk price and a calculated feed cost. But he thinks the developers of the program were too influenced by the margin data from the years just before the 2014 bill was passed. “I think we spent too much time focusing on the margins right before the program started,” Outlaw said. “If those margins had happened, those of you who bought any levels other than $4 would have been paid right off the bat. What happened is the margins were a lot higher than that for the first few years of the farm bill.” Producers now can select margins between $4 and $8 per hundredweight, he
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said. The Bipartisan Budget Act reduced premium costs substantially below 5 million pounds of production. While these different premium costs for different levels of coverage don’t seem like much, Outlaw said, “when you multiply them by a whole bunch of cows and a whole bunch of production, it can get to be a big deal. And you don’t want to pay for
insurance you don’t have any hope of ever “There is no new money. And they already getting anything back from. It’s supposed want to raise conservation acres from 22 to be insurance.” million to 30 million, and we don’t know So what happened? Outlaw said com- where that money will come from,” he said. paring coverage levels in 2015, there were “There is only so much money and quite a producers who purchased all kinds of few competing demands for program buy-up levels. Last year, almost no one pur- improvement.” chased at buy-up levels and everyone was Outlaw said there are enough factors at the $4 minimum. coming into play to keep the farm bill from “It wasn’t paying,” he said. “You have to ever happening. have people buying at different levels. So “Now, would that be the worst thing in they decided to change the premium costs the world?” he said. “No, and there are at the different levels.” some people in Washington who say now The program was projected to pay out that we have cotton and dairy fixed, we $80 million in insurance in 2016, Outlaw said. don’t need a new farm bill. We can extend Instead, it only paid $10 million. the current one and keep going.” “What happened is you (dairy producers) Leaving the farm bill alone might not be paid in more than the government paid out good for the corn and soybean programs, in indemnities,” he said. “It was an insurance which were really good before and paid program that wasn’t paying. The only substantially early. Those producers aren’t reason there is money now for dairy is expecting to get paid again anytime soon because they messed up so bad on how unless there is a new farm bill. much this program was expected to cost, “But if somebody introduces a bill to put otherwise there wouldn’t be any money for payment limits on crop insurance – it only them to do anything for dairy in the failed by nine votes the last time – and if farm bill.” producers were to run up against a binding The Bipartisan Budget Act on dairy payment limit on an insurance program, enacted a monthly margin calculation and people would stop using it, and it effecallowed producers to insure 5 million tively kills the program,” Outlaw said. “So, pounds at lower rates. Outlaw said the dif- to avoid those kind of stupid fights, an ference between calculating bi-monthly extension would make sense.” and monthly payments along with lower He said the other issues that could premium rates will have even the bigger impact the timing of and/or derail the farm dairies looking at participating with at least bill this year are immigration reform, part of their milk because of all the welfare reform, infrastructure, trade wars – uncertainty. North American Free Trade Act, China, “The dairies in this region traditionally Trans-Pacific Partnership; and the elections have pretty much taken care of things with due to a crowded Congressional calendar. marketing and haven’t done much with the “The most likely problem is a trade war,” dairy program in some time, but that may Outlaw said. “There is no good outcome in change,” he said. messing around with NAFTA in my opinion. Under the new program, the monthly These people will take it seriously and they MPP margins will provide some opportuni- will find other customers. That is not good ties at the $6 level, but there’s a push to for the dairy industry and it is not good for move the top level to buy in up to $9.50, a lot of other industries. Outlaw said. “I haven’t ever seen a trade dispute that “If that happens, that is right through the didn’t hurt the farmer. Why? Because that middle of the projected average margin,” is the one thing all these other countries he said. “It’s likely going to be in the money need to have is food. And 1 out of every 3 more often than not. That could cost quite acres of production goes to exports. a bit of money and if Agriculture Committee Because food is a big deal in all these other leadership wants to do this $9.50, they are countries, they always want to impose going to have to get the money from some- restrictions on our agricultural exports in a where else.” trade dispute.” Commodities, conservation, nutrition and crop insurance are where people generally want to take money from, Outlaw said. They won’t touch the nutrition title this year, so an option could be to just extend the current farm bill with the cotton and dairy fixes to prevent anything being added.
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airy owners might be able to add more to their bottom line if they introduce a beef bull into their breeding program for some of the producing cows in their herd, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist said. But just any bull from the sale barn won’t work, said Dr. Ted McCollum, AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist in Amarillo, who spoke at the High Plains Dairy Conference recently in Amarillo. “At today’s costs, dairy calves generally look at a $70 hickey because of inefficiency in the feedyard, and there are other value concerns relative to a beef calf,” McCollum said. “These costs and value concerns have to work back through the system to the dairy calf value.” McCollum said a beef-on-dairy breeding program can add value to the calves from the dairy system grown for beef by improving growth and performance and overall carcass value. It also may reduce costs associated with losses from calving difficulty and stillbirths. Some issues for dairy cattle in the beef market include lower gain, inferior feed efficiency, final weight/carcass weight that can be too light or heavy, lower red meat yield and dair y conformation discounts, he said. With straight-bred Jersey-type cattle, one problem is light carcasses, McCollum said. Carcasses need to be over 625 pounds to avoid discounts. Some Holstein cattle, on the other hand, can be too large framed. “Both can be issues at the packer,” he said. Fed beef cattle will have higher carcass yield and red meat yield relative to dairy type cattle fed for the beef market, McCollum said. At similar live weights, dairy-type cattle yield lighter carcasses and the carcasses may yield less retail beef cuts than a beef animal. “Beef cattle dress out at about 64 percent and dairy, at 61 or 62 percent or less,” he said. “You’re losing carcass weight. And again, these are factors that influence the value of dairy calves relative to beef calves.” Another issue with dairy cattle going into the beef market is their conformation – what the carcass musculature looks like, McCollum said. “They are simply light muscled and their ribeye is a different shape,” he said. “If you sell cattle on the grid, there is a discount on
dairy conformation that has nothing to do with yield or quality grade.” Those are some issues that can be addressed and improved if a dairy owner will consider using a beef bull on a portion of their dairy cows, McCollum said. An Angus-Holstein cross will yield more beef than a straight Holstein calf raised for the beef market. “So what kind of bulls do you look for? Because of the combination of characteristics needed in a bull, you are not going to find the bull you need at the sale barn,” he said. “Select bulls to complement characters of the dairy breed. Find bulls of known genetic potential for birth weight, growth, muscling, carcass grade and weight, or work with an AI company with programs that offer beef sires targeted for use on
dairy cows.” Traits to look for are feeding performance – gain and efficiency, final weight, carcass weight, muscling, conformation and red meat yield, McCollum said. When considering sire selection for Jersey and Jersey-influenced cows, additional traits to consider are lower birth weight and accelerated growth. Sires to use on Holstein cows will vary from the desirable sires to use with Jersey and Jersey-type cows. McCollum also addressed some questions about the use of sexed semen to produce bulls rather than heifers and market weight and timing for steers and heifers aimed at the feeder cattle market. He said male calves always sell for more than females in the beef market. The producer will need to compare the dollar
difference for a steer and heifer and then make their determination on whether that difference is enough to offset the cost of using sexed semen. “Currently on the light calf market, 400-500 pounds, there is a $10-20 per hundredweight differential, so $40-100 per head,” McCollum said. “So you have to determine if this justifies the added expense of sexed semen.” As to the marketing, he said at the weights dairy calves typically leave calf ranches, there should be no concern about weight presented on the calf market. If the calves are held to heavier weights with intentions to market as feeder cattle, then heifers need to move at about 650-700 pounds and steers at 750-850 pounds.
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Sitting still on a ranch does not happen very often, but today was my day. I had read the headlines before I started out this morning, but really had not thought about them since. The first one that I read was that as a direct result of a smear campaign, Alabama had elected its first democrat senator in over 20 years. The bottom line is that the smear worked. The next thing that I read was about the New York senator Kirsten Gillinbrand claiming that our President had made a lewd remark about her and tried to illustrate it by twisting his words. Funny how the senator is alright taking his campaign donations, but can’t stand it when he tells his side of the negotiation. Finally, I read about the famous fashion photographer Bruce Weber of Vogue fame who is accused of sexually harassing a 28-year-old model from one of his shoots. Keep in mind that the 28-year-old model is
very time I ride up TR’s Hill at our ranch I have to take the time to sit and reflect for a few minutes. First off TR was one of my great horses that I buried up here in a place of honor. The hill is one of the high spots on the ranch that has a 360 degree view. If you look to the north you can see the San Francisco Peaks, Mount Union is to the south, Granite Mountain is to the east, and Tonto Mountain is to the west. Needless to say, I live in a small high desert valley complete with oak brush, sage, and cactus. Also, from TR’s Hill I can see a herd of about 30 mule deer grazing among the horses. The mule deer are a great source of entertainment as they think they have a pretty We are so used to each other that I good deal. The mule deer drink, eat, lick salt, and sleep fail to mention the hawk to guests with the pasture horses. No hunting has ever been allowed that might be riding with me.” on the ranch, so the deer feel pretty comfortable. a man and that 71-year-old Mr. Weber is gay. There is a good sized hawk that just Since when can’t a 28-year-old male fight landed at the top of a giant live oak, adja- off a 71-year-old male? Have you ever heard cent to me. The hawk is my shadow many of headlines that are more ridiculous? times when I am riding across the ranch. It’s This is what the media thinks is importnot that he likes me so much, but the ant in America today. Let’s analyze this for rodents we might scare up as I ride through a moment. We have military actions going the tall grass. Every once in awhile he will on continuously across the globe that make swoop down and grab one! a difference in many people’s lives. Our We are so used to each other that I fail stock market and economy are soaring to to mention the hawk to guests that might new heights and then the market falls back be riding with me. Pretty soon, they think depending on if you are talking tax cuts that it is quite unusual being stalked by a hawk. will help everyone or tariffs on foreign On the other side of TR’s Hill is a pasture goods. We are finally getting ISIS under full of cattle who have their own routine control and reducing their ability to attack which they have worked out in perfect more everyday which makes the entire organization. We have Longhorns mixed world safer. with English-type cattle because of our Over government regulation is starting local abundance of mountain lion. One to disappear. Funny, how the FAKE NEWS, thing about Longhorns is that they are like does not report any positive breakthroughs policemen and are very dutiful in protect- that our President makes. I think we all ing the herd. Many times I have seen the understand how the media works against Longhorns running full out after a coyote the citizens instead of being a watch or other predator. They take their job dog for us. seriously. Over the past several years I have been I can look a long way from the top of this moderately involved with politics, Arizona hill on a clear day and I can only see one government, and local issues. I have tried structure off in the distance that does not to help livestock and ranchers causes that belong to this ranch. Neighbors are great were unjust. I was able to do much of this to have especially at some distance. behind the scenes which suited me just fine.
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One thing that I have learned is that you have to be involved to some degree or this crazy world will just swallow you up. Many people know of my interest in politics and have approached me to run for some public office. I have always flatly refused because what good is a man that has spent his life outdoors going to do in an office? Besides, our best people are not involved with politics. They are usually doing something that is related to actual work. Yes, the best people are the ones that earn a living. I know lots of politicians on both sides of the aisle, maybe hundreds of them, but I can count on my hands the ones that I like or trust. Truly, some of our worst citizens hold public office. That is quite a statement for an optimist, but it is truthful. Do I think we can get good people elected to office once again? Yes, I do, but it will take lots of good hardworking people to change it. After all those thoughts I realize that I am still sitting on my horse and looking down on my peaceful ranch where we work hard, make a living, treat people right, and try to live in harmony with those animals and humans around us. Now if we can just get the rest of the world to do the same?
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ongress has passed the bipartisan Omnibus spending bill and if you are affected by federal environmental policies, the news is not good. The bill contains 2,232 pages – equivalent to the length of two bibles – and the text was not released until the night before the vote. That gave Members of Congress seven waking hours to read the bill. President Trump’s budget proposed cutting $54 billion from nondefense discretionary spending. This bill increases nondefense discretionary spending by $63 billion, and that’s a total of $117 billion more than the President requested. Compared to last year, the Park Service budget was increased by $270 million, the US Fish and Wildlife Service budget is a + $75 million, the BLM received an increase of $79 million, and the Forest Service received a total (nonfire) appropriation of $3.054 billion, which is a whopping $627 million increase over the previous year’s budget. And EPA received an increase of $763 million. The bill also increased the funding for land acquisition by $25 million. The Republicans had attached approximately 80 riders on environmental policy to the bill. This included items like delisting the wolf in Wyoming and the Midwest, prohibiting protections for the sage grouse, the lesser prairie chicken and the Preble’s jumping mouse. Among these riders were language on the Waters of the U.S. rule, and the prohibition of using funds to limit hunting and shooting on federal lands and to prohibit funds to be used for legal fees under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. There were also provisions on livestock grazing and NEPA and making available vacant grazing allotments. At the very last minute, all of these riders were dropped from the bill, even though many of them had appeared in previous budget bills. Why? Republican leadership stated they feared losing the support of
their more conservative members and so had to court Democrat votes to pass the bill. The riders were dropped to make it more attractive to the Democrats. Yes, we were nothing more than trading fodder to get the bill passed. There are a few positives in the bill for Ag producers. One is a provision that exempts livestock haulers from the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) regulations until September 30, 2018; another section would relieve livestock producers from the emissions reporting requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA); and another fixes the so-called “grain glitch” caused by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. One can’t help but note that none of those receiving relief had a direct link to federal lands. The bill is hot off the press as I write this and I’m sure more issues will come to light. For instance, in 2009 the Office of Personnel Management issued a rule making it easier to conduct a Reduction-In-Force (RIF) of federal employees. This bill has a provision that overturns that rule. In other words, this Congress is not only refusing the President’s proposals to cut budgets, they are also making it harder for him to layoff federal employees. I don’t look forward to “discovering” what else is in this bill.
A PRAC? The Chairman and ranking minority member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii) have penned a piece they call “A Bipartisan Solution To Our National Parks.” They inform us the Park Service has an $11 billion dollar maintenance backlog for infrastructure and exactly what that infrastructure entails: 5,500 miles of paved roads, 1,700 bridges and tunnels, more than 17,000 miles of trails, and nearly 1,300 campgrounds. The NPS maintains more than 24,000 buildings (including over 500 visitor centers), 425 park lodges and hotel buildings, and 3,870 housing units all lit by more than 500 electrical systems. All of this is undergirded by 1,000 miles of water pipelines serving 1,500 water systems, 1,800 wastewater systems and 3,700 restrooms. They then propose a “bipartisan” solution to fix this backlog. “Part of the solution is the creation of a dedicated fund that would draw a stable revenue stream from energy leases the federal government owns,
as has been proposed in the President’s FY2019 budget. While some may object to using oil and gas leasing revenues to promote conservation, this isn’t a new idea. It has been a longstanding policy and priority of the United States to be good stewards of the revenues created by energy production to further conservation efforts. In fact, this is a similar type of funding method used in the Land and Water Conservation Fund”, say the Congressman. Things are always “bipartisan” when it comes to increasing spending, but I say wait a minute, there are questions to be answered and alternatives to be considered. Over the same amount of time this maintenance backlog was accruing, how much was spent for land acquisition? Where would the backlog stand if all the money for land acquisition had been spent on maintenance? And how much of that $11 billion is attributed to these new acquisitions? Shouldn’t there be a tradeoff here? No moneys for acquisition until the backlog is met? After all, lands that have a high priority for acquisition could still be acquired by exchange. Further, we know there are many Parks that aren’t really deserving of that designation. They are only there because a particular Rep. or Senator was in a powerful enough position to have them so designated. We have a BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure Commission) to address this issue for military bases. Isn’t it time we have a PRAC to review our national parks and monuments? Congress should consider both of the above prior to establishing a permanent fund to increase spending for our park system. No additional land acquisitions until the backlog is completed and establish a Park Realignment and Closure Commission to carefully review each existing national park and monument. Dilly, dilly. 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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Tarentaise/Angus composite cattle. We brought in twenty registered Tarentaise cows in 1997 along with a good bull. They were a good bunch of cows, but a little to big for our New Mexico range. I brought in a good thick 3 frame Tarentaise bull from Kit Pharo’s program in Colorado. That bull helped bring their size down and their hardiness up. I noticed though that my cross bred calves were better than my straight bred calves. We bought several hundred good Hereford heifers from the Farr family in western New Mexico, some good Angus cattle from the university. And started putting Angus or Barangus bulls on the Hereford and Tarentaise cattle and our home raised Tarentaise bulls on the black cattle, we bought the best bulls we could afford at the New Mexico state university sale for many years, both Angus and Barangus. We bought medium framed, moderate birthweight, moderate growth bulls with good temperament. Our country will not support big cattle that produce a high volume of milk. Using the Kit Pharo Bulls and the university bulls on our best cattle we raise all of our own bulls. They are culled at branding, again at weaning and in January we test them for gain and temperament and cull again. They are wintered in a pasture and fed about eight to ten pounds of cubed alfalfa a day to keep them growing through the winter. In the spring they weigh nine hundred to one thousand pounds, and they are ready to work. These young bulls won’t fall apart when you put them out on pasture, they are wintered in a rough one section pasture. We let our cows cull themselves if they have a poor body score at weaning, they get shipped. If they cannot hold their body score through the winter without much help we separate them, feed them cake and sell them in the fall. If they don’t have a calf or calve late they get sold. It they get too high headed, it is off to town with them. After doing this for almost twenty years we do not cull as much as we used to. Our bulls and heifers are out of cows that have never been pampered and never missed a calf. The bulls should produce good thick steers and heifers that will make good cows that will work in our country. Our bulls are composites some strong on Angus with some Tarentaise, and a little Herfeord, and Barangas. The red bulls are strong on Tarentaise, with some Angus, an a little Hereford, and Barangas. They will all give you the advantage of hybrid vigor. We are going to have a few bulls and heifers for sale this year along with a couple of good ranch horses.
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The man of the house comes home from work, takes one sniff of what’s cooking in the kitchen and insists on treating his wife by taking her out to dinner. (Henceforth, whenever the smart wife wants to go out to eat all she has to do is open a package of fake meat.) After eating a study diet of fake meat suddenly all your coworkers have opted out of your carpool. They cancel meetings with you and spray your cubicle with extra-strong cinnamon spice room deodorizer. The appliance repairman says it’s the first time he’s ever seen ulcers on a garbage disposal. Two days later the FDA quarantines your home because the ulcers have spread to your cookware. It’s 30 degrees below outside but all the windows in the house are open for some fresh air. Someone from the Environmental Protection Agency knocks on your door and informs you that satellites have identified your kitchen as a hot spot that is causing global warming. A baby nursing on its vegetarian mother says its first words: “Please, lay off the fake meat. It’s giving me gas.” You go out to eat with friends at a new restaurant called The Skull and Bones and your server, Rainbow, informs you the special is bird’s nest soup, sweet and sour garden enchiladas, baked pears in a Tofurkey gravy with broccoli milk shakes for dessert. Is it any wonder there are dead flies, termites and spiders everywhere you look? The next day the entire family suffers from “flu-like” symptoms. You’re told fake meat will open up an all new world to you and sure enough, after eating some you get the Aztec two-step, the Delhi Belly and the Hong Kong Trotskies. And you haven’t even left your house. The hog died. Prayers are offered AFTER the meal.
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FARM BUREAU MINUTE by Craig Ogden, President NMF & LB
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ast month my wife, Teresa and I, along with our daughter Linsey, spent Presidents’ Day weekend in Juarez, Mexico, on a short-term mission trip. A diverse group of strangers, from a retired nuclear engineer to a paramedic and a teacher to several farmers, joined together to build a house for a family in need. In a matter of three days, we prepared the lot by hand, poured a concrete foundation, built walls, insulated, wired, sheetrocked, and stuccoed a three-room house. Staying in the outskirts of Juarez and witnessing the poverty experienced by individuals living right across the border from us is humbling to say the least. However, the ability to witness joy and excitement as we handed a family the keys to their new home helped me to see the hope and benevolence existing in the midst of hardship. Nothing is more neighborly than joining together to help others in need, regardless of whether or not we know them personally. As a grassroots organization, Farm Bureau prides itself in being a platform for the rural voice. We represent agriculture, but in doing so, we also maintain the rural mentality many of us were brought up with, if someone is need of help, we help them. The New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau has donated one thousand dollars to a relief
fund to assist with recovery following a devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico. Last year, when Texas ranching communities experienced grave loss due to fires, our YF&R members built H-braces to help our neighbors to the east get back on their feet. We give academic scholarships, not just on the state level, but in many counties as well. From fairs to education activities, we have always tried to use the money from dues collected to be both fiscally responsible and supportive of the communities we live in. I thank you for being a member of the NMF&LB organization and hope you are as proud of our diverse accomplishments as I am. On a final note, our Ag in the Classroom program, led by the talented Traci Curry, educates elementary students about agriculture and the impact it has on their lives.
In doing so, we are able tackle misconceptions about the ag industry, while simultaneously educating our future generation. To further support this endeavor, I hope you will join me for a dining experience you won’t forget as Ag in the Classroom and the NMSU School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management come together on April 14 for a “Farm to Fork” fundraiser. All the ingredients, from the wine to our world-famous green chile will be sourced from New Mexico. For more information, contact Cecilia Diaz-Johnson, at 575/532-4708.
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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS by Don Bullis, New Mexico Author DonBullis.biz
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ebate concerning the extent of slavery in New Mexico before 1865 has gone on for a number of years. Some hold that slavery was outlawed during the era of Mexican Rule (1821-1846) of New Mexico in 1829 by the Guerrero Decree and that there was simply no Black slavery practiced during the American Occupation and early Territorial periods in New Mexico from 1846 to 1860. They are almost correct. The Guerrero Decree did indeed outlaw slavery in Mexico—which included New Mexico—but most agree that it was largely symbolic because Black slavery was not practiced in Mexico at the time. Only Texas was impacted by the decree, and it was
never enforced even there. the territory, and some of the officers During the early days of the Mexican brought de facto slavery to New Mexico by American War, in August 1846, United way of Black slaves who accompanied them, States Senator David Wilmot (1814-1868) of 20 to 30 of them, depending on the source. Pennsylvania attempted to enact a rider to Notable among slave-holding officers was an existing bill that would ban the exten- James Henry Carleton (1814-1873) who later sion of slavery into territories acquired by became the commander of the New Mexico that war. The Wilmot Proviso was not Military District (and gained fame as the adopted by the Senate, but it was brought military commander who ordered the up numerous times during the slavery round-up of Navajo people in 1863 and debate between 1848 and the beginning their detention at Bosque Redondo). Even of the Civil War. Many consider the failure though he was a native of Maine, he is of passage of the Proviso a leading cause known to have “owned” slaves, and in fact for the creation of the Republican Party to have sold them in order to pay off which was strongly opposed to slavery. By his debts. 1856, Wilmot left the Democratic party and A non-military New Mexico official who helped create the Republican party. Presi- brought slaves to the territory was Alexandent James K. Polk (1795-1849), who was in der M. Jackson (1823-1889) of Mississippi office at the time of the Proviso, was a who served as Territorial Secretary from southern Democrat and slave owner. 1857 to 1861. After the American Occupation of New And while, in general, Black slavery was Mexico, and the Mexican War was con- not practiced in New Mexico, the practices cluded by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of Indian slavery and Hispanic peonage (1848), it was noted that said treaty upheld were. Indian slavery was a product of the Mexican law as long as it was not “incom- long-standing wars between the Spanish patible” with United States law, and and Mexican people of New Mexico and the Mexican law prohibited slavery in several nomadic tribes that resided in the New Mexico. region, dating back to the early 17th century. Later though, significant numbers of In 1857, the issue of Black slavery became United States Army personnel moved into important in New Mexico and to the territory’s non-voting representative to the United States Congress, Miguel Antonio Otero I (1829-1882). He had married a southern woman, Mary Josephine Blackwood of Charleston, South Carolina, and became something of a southern sympathizer. He stated his belief that New Mexico should enact some sort of slave law to help cement relations between New Mexico and southern congressmen in Washington in the cause of New Mexico statehood. He found a willing ally in the person of New Mexico Territorial Secretary Jackson. Such a law was composed by Jackson and introduced to
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the territorial legislature by Representative ing peonage and Indian slavery until after Pedro Valdez of Taos on January 22, 1859. It the Civil war in 1867 when the United States shortly passed both houses of the legisla- Congress specifically outlawed both. The ture—with only one dissenting vote—and slave act itself accomplished little beyond Governor Abraham Rencher (1798-1883) leaving an impression with some in the east signed it into law in early February of 1859. that New Mexico was a southern-leaning The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette, an overtly territory, when in fact it was not. Some Democratic publication, editorialized, “We believed quite the opposite, that repeal of are proud to announce that the House of the act was a clear demonstration of New Representatives of the Territorial Legisla- Mexico’s opposition to the institution of ture of New Mexico yesterday passed…a slavery, and a loud statement in opposition very stringent bill ‘providing for the protec- to Confederate Texas. Miguel Antonio tion of property of slaves in this Territory’.” Otero I seems to have chosen the wrong The law did not legalize the institution side in the debate. of slavery in the territory but it made legal It is interesting that noted New Mexico the ownership of slaves. (A distinction historian Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1859without a difference?) It was also made clear 1925) in his Leading Facts of New Mexico that it did not apply to the institution of History, made no mention of the 1859 Slave peonage in the territory; that Indian slavery Act; nor did he mention Miguel Otero’s would continue was simply assumed efforts in that direction. He did mention because the bill defined “slavery” as only that Otero was vocally “pro-slavery.” Any applying to members of the African race. argument regarding Black slavery in New Not quite three years later, on December 10, Mexico became moot after 1865 when the 1861, the slave act was repealed by the ter- 13th Amendment, which outlawed it, ritorial legislature after Abraham Lincoln was ratified. (1809-1865) became President of the United States and Henry Connelly (1800-1866) Don Bullis’ newest book, New Mexico Historical became Governor of the New Mexico Chronology, is scheduled for publication during the Territory. summer of 2018 No legislative action was taken regard-
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he U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced the availability of funding to help assure rural communities have sufficient access to livestock veterinary services. Funding is made through NIFA’s Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP). The VSGP is designed to support education and extension activities and practice enhancement initiatives that will enable veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary technicians, and veterinary technician students gain specialized skills and provide practices with additional resources needed to more effectively mitigate veterinary service shortages in the U.S. Ultimately, VSGP will bolster the capacity of veterinary practitioners to provide food animal veterinary services in designated rural veterinarian shortage situations. New and resubmitted applications will be accepted for two project types: education, extension, and training; and rural practice enhancement. NIFA reviews proposals submitted to its competitive grant programs through an external peer review process. Specific details on panel meetings, review formats, and evaluation criteria vary among programs. Pending Congressional appropriations, approximately $2.4 million will be available to support the VSGP in fiscal year 2018. The application deadline is May 18, 2018. For more information, see the VSGP funding opportunity web page. NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative science directly support the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural sciences, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/ Impacts, sign up for email updates, or follow them on Twitter @USDA_NIFA, #NIFAImpacts.
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spent a lot of time dedicated to many organizations. He was the Chairman of the Socorro County Soil & Water Conservation District. He served on the NM Farm & LiveOur cowboy, Richard “Dick” Thomas stock Bureau State Board and was their Ritter, 71, Lemitar, went home to be with Socorro County Treasurer. He was a faithful the Lord, February 18, 2018, on his ranch in member of Hope Lutheran Church. He was the seat of his UTV taking care of his cows elected president of Hope Lutheran Church he loved. He forgot to write his sappy stand- the second Sunday he attended in June of out obituary as well as a few other things 1996. He was member of the Rio Grande before passing, so his children stepped up Water Rights Association. Dick spent over to do it. Dick was born in Sunbury, Pennsyl- 39 years supporting and volunteering for vania on January 5, 1947, to Walter 4-H and FFA. Dick is responsible for creating Stieninger “Tony” and Mary Catherine a Buyer’s Club to support the Socorro Junior Roush. His family which included three Livestock Sale and a County Bred Premium brothers moved to Albuquerque in 1957. He Steer Show. He believed in recognizing and attended Highland High School and grad- showing appreciation of the local breeders uated in 1964. He received a Bachelor of in Socorro County. He was a competitive Accountancy degree from New Mexico livestock show dad/grandpa who taught his State University in 1968. He was united in children the greatest life lessons through holy marriage to Linda Wood on June 8, agriculture. Dick was drafted for service by 1968 at St Timothy’s Lutheran Church in the United States Selective Service and Albuquerque and blessed with 49 years of reported for induction February 17, 1969 married life together. God also blessed and honorably discharged February 16, them with the gift of four children. He was 1971 with honors of National Defense a Certified Public Accountant devoted to Service Medal, Expert Rifle and good many loyal clients so that he could play conduct medals. Dick had a way of saying rancher after hours on his lifelong dream of outlandish stuff to get folk’s goad. He loved Kelly Canyon Ranch located in Lemitar. Dick ice cream and most times had a stash of was committed to his community and chocolate candy readily available in his
Truth or Consequences Wednesday, April 18 Join us in Sierra County for breakfast starting at 8 a.m. Current topics of interest will be addressed starting at 9 a.m., followed by a Rancher’s Roundtable discussion with experts available to answer your questions about livestock production. Free to attend, please register at www.corona.nmsu.edu.
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pockets. His pockets were full of many other treasures and adventures. He took pure joy in introducing and teaching his ten-remarkable grandchildren and several great nieces and nephews how to smoke candy cigarettes over real cigarettes. Dick is survived by his wife Linda Wood Ritter of Lemitar; their four children, son Stephen Ritter (wife, Kendel) Corrales; son Nathan Ritter (wife, Anissa) Lemitar; daughter Deana Curnutt (husband, Nathan) Roswell; daughter Bethany Rosales (husband, Cecil) Lemitar; his mother, Mary Ritter, Albuquerque: a brother John Ritter (wife, Diane), Albuquerque; sister-in-law Mary Ritter, Roswell; sister-in-law Mona Benson (husband, Linn partners Benson/Ritter, LLC) Napa County, California and Santa Fe; and ten grandchildren. He adored his numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. He was a popular man who leaves behind a great number of cherished friends. Dean Earl Hawkins, 56, Canyon, Texas, passed away on February 27, 2018 after a valiant fight against brain cancer. He was born in Groom, Texas on October 2, 1961 to Glenda Lee and Jerry Milo Hawkins. Dean was a graduate of Clarendon High School, Clarendon College, and Texas Tech University where he earned his B.S. degree in
Animal Science and his M.S. in Animal She married Joe N. Kaime, a lifetime rancher, tural and Membership Committees. Breeding (Physiology of Reproduction). He May 15, 1944, at the United Methodist Survivors include sister Marilyn Rodriquez went on to earn a Ph.D in Physiology of Church in Aztec. She was at the ranch for 73 Bowman, Shiprock; Donna Bowman, San Reproduction & Growth from Texas A&M, years and was a joyous supporter of her Jose, California; Sandra Bowman (husband and completed an NIH Post-Doctoral fel- husband and family in their endeavors. Dusty Miller) Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma; Brenda lowship at Colorado State University. In Wilma was also a member of the New Bowman, Olympia, Washington; and 1992, he began his career as a professor in Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and Beverly Bowman, Anadarko, Oklahoma; her Animal Science at New Mexico State Univer- related organizations. Wilma is survived by mother Anna Bowman, Crownpoint; matersity in Las Cruces. He married Jaye Erin her daughter, Carrie M. Pickering; son, Mark nal aunts Marian Multine and LaVerna Bearden on July 22, 1995 and they remained C. (Becky) Kaime; two grandchildren; three Ahkeah; brother Benny Yazzie, Coyote in Las Cruces until 2009 when he joined great-grandchildren; niece, Beverly J. Canyon; grandparents Rena Bates and Anna West Texas A&M University (WT) in Canyon Lawson, nephew George M. ”Don” (Deb) Rose Jones, both of Crownpoint as well as as the Department Head of Agricultural Lawson Jr. and many other nieces and 16 nieces and nephews. She will be sorely Sciences. In 2015, he became the Dean of nephews. Wilma leaves a permanent void missed by all who knew her. the College of Agriculture & Natural Sci- in the lives of her family and friends. Bryden Davis Bruton, 19 months, Datil. ences at WT. Throughout his years, he was Diana Bowman, 52, Crownpoint, went Our little cowboy went home to be with his the recipient of many honors beginning home to her Heavenly Father on December Heavenly Father on March 17, 2018. Bryden with the Boy Scouts God and Country 17, 2017. She was born on January 29, 1965 was born in Albuquerque on August 12, Award and achieving the rank of Eagle in Tachiinii for NaneeshTezhi. Diana was a 2016, to Brett D. Bruton and Kayla Jo Coslin. Scout. He also received the Western section, member of the Crownpoint Christian Bryden is survived by his parents; brothers, American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), Reformed Church and served in various Nathan, Logan and Brady; sister, Kali; grandYoung Scientist Award. He served as a capacities from teaching children’s Bible parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Bruton, all of board member for the ASAS and was a study to be a Deaconess and treasurer for Datil, Mr. and Mrs. Coy Craig of Datil, and Mr. reproductive consultant for several ranches the Church. She was also involved with the Larry Coslin,T or C; great-grandparents, Mr. in Arizona, Wyoming, Mexico, and New Cottonwood Pass Bible Conference where and Mrs. Doyle Craig of Datil and Mr. and Mexico. He traveled widely for his work; he she served on the committee, helped with Mrs. Jim Coslin, T or C; his aunts and uncles, went to Mexico often, gave a speech in children’s Bible study as well as arts and Beau (Autumn) Brutonm, Cliff, NM, Broc Dubai and also traveled to China. Dean crafts. Diana was an employee of Elemen- (Danielle) Bruton, Forney, Texas, Dustin found his work at WT and NMSU very fulfill- tary where one of the duties she was Coslin, Magdalena, Dylan Coslin, Phoenix, ing. He was proud of all the things his charged with book fairs. She was an active Arizona, and Gracie Craig, Datil. Bryden is students, faculty, staff and administrative member of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ also survived by many loving cousins. teams accomplished during his tenure. Association serving several terms on the Most recently, he was honored to have had Board of Directors as well as the Cross Cula role in acquiring funding for the new WTAMU Agriculture Complex due to open in the Fall, 2018. However, his most valued role as a university professor and adminisVerification Premium Opportunities trator was the opportunity to make a Age and Source difference in the lives of students. At NMSU, Complete NHTC Dean was advisor to 12 undergraduate Compliant TT-AN3 student researchers, 16 graduate students Compatible TT-Grass Raised and four Ph.D. students. Above all, Dean John Sparks valued Faith, Family and Friends. 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Hunting and 125 Head Cattle Ranch, Lindrith, NM – Laguna Seca Ranch is set against scenic bluffs with expansive views of open meadows and rolling hills covered in pines, juniper and oaks in the Santa Fe National Forest. Abundant elk and deer. Includes deer and elk permits, two homes, steel shop with equipment shed partially insulated and heated, hay barn, tack room, storage, second hay barn, steel corrals with sorting pens, steel lead-up and crowding tub, squeeze chute, scales, calf table and loading chute. Well watered with 7 wells, 8 dirt tanks, 2 storage tanks, and 10 drinkers. $2,120,000
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*NEW* 204+/- Acre Lazy JG Farm, Duncan, AZ – Currently grazing 80 head of Angus-cross cattle but could run 100 plus head comfortably on 102+/acres of irrigated pasture with 6 acre feet of water rights. At an elevation of 3655 feet, the climate is also suitable for hay, pecans, pistachios, wine grapes, or field crops. Two homes, 2 hay barns, shop, corrals, fenced and cross-fenced. $755,000 *NEW* 134 Head El Rito Ranch, Grants, NM – located on scenic Mount Taylor +/-88 acre deeded inholding and +/-37,912 acre USFS 7½ month seasonal permit. Excellent feed with a variety of browse and grasses. Includes 47 cows, 9 bulls, 42 bred heifers & 2 horses. Watered by a well and several springs, pipeline, dirt tanks and drinkers. Includes equipment and travel trailer. $750,000 *NEW* 160+/- Acre Farm, Fort
Sumner, NM – Great farm with nice 3 BR, 2 BA home, large workshop/barn and 117+/- acres under a 5 year old
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don 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; animal pens; garden area, fruit trees, pond, various outbuildings. Property includes tractor implements; backhoe; and RV. $410,000 $375,000
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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. $235,000
HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND +/-14 Ac Horse Property, Sonoita, AZ Custom 2,861 s.f. home in the Oaks with matching outbuildings including a 2-car garage w/upstairs apartment & a charming vintage carriage house/stable. Modern 4- stall horse barn with a front portico, tack room, and wash area. Two arenas, access to USFS. $760,000
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Cochise Stronghold, AZ – Private retreat in the foothills of the Dragoon Mtns. Views and private access to National Forest. Abundant wildlife, access to hiking and horseback riding trails. 3 BR, 2¾ BA mobile home and a 1 BR, 1BA site built. Well, Fruit trees, corral for the horses and shade. Potential vineyard, horse property, or private retreat. $550,000
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in beautiful Glenwood, NM – The deeded land is located in Deep Creek Canyon bordering National Forest on two sides with a year-round creek running thru the property. Abundant wildlife including elk, deer and bear. A year round +/-6,288 acre USFS Allotment with grassy, gently rolling country, new pipe corrals, 2 dirt tanks, spring and pipeline. Included with the sale are 42 cows, 3 bulls and brand. Pricing: +/-60 Deeded acres with permit and cattle $695,500 or +/-106 deeded acres, with cozy 2BR, 2BA log cabin, permit and cattle. $1.25M
*SOLD* 220 Head Black Mountain Ranch, Deming, NM, – +/- 784.3 deeded ac, BLM Permit, NM State Lease & adverse grazing, 2 irrigation wells,13 ac water rights, 3 livestock wells, 4 dirt tanks, 2 steel storage tanks, large in ground concrete tank, 2 sets of working corrals. Desert ranch, flat to rolling with Black Mtn located on the ranch. Well improved HQ w/site built 2 BR, 2 BA home, single wide mfg home, shop, tack room, seed house and large barn, steel shipping corrals. $995,000
Zimmatic pivot in eastern New Mexico. Water rights on 122 acres with a total of 269.94 acre-feet per year. Well records indicate a 350’ deep well with a 16” casing and it currently pumps about 350 gpm with a 50 hp submersible pump installed in 2017. Includes equipment. $400,000
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buried pipeline. Excellent grass country. Price: $1,300,000 L-X RANCH – Southeastern NM just ten minutes from Roswell, NM with paved gated and locked access. 3,761 total acres divided into several pastures and traps. Nice improvements to include a site built adobe residence. One well with extensive pipeline system. Well suited for a registered cattle operation. Price: $900,000
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TURKEY TRACK RANCH – First time offering of one of the largest ranches in the southwest, comprised of over 253,000 acres to include 37,000 deeded acres. Some mineral included. Price Reduced: $17,500,000 BLACK DOG RANCH – Central NM, near Corona in Lincoln County. Comprised of 314 deeded acres with nice new of remodeled improvements. Good elk, mule deer and turkey hunting. Comes with elk tags. Price: $565,000 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 Reduced: $1,150,000 X T RANCH – Southeastern NM cattle ranch 40 miles northwest of Roswell, NM on the Chaves/Lincoln County line. Good grass ranch with gently rolling grass covered hills. 8,000 total acres, 200 AUYL grazing capacity. Partitioned into four pastures watered by 2 wells with pipelines. Call for brochure. Price: $1,750,000 SOUTH BROWN LAKE RANCH – Nicely improved cattle ranch located northwest of Roswell, NM. 5,735 total acres to include 960 acres deeded. 164 A.U. yearlong grazing capacity. Modern residence, bunkhouse, shop and feed barn. Three wells and
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Trujillo, NM: This 567 deeded acres has rim rock views, 3 stock tanks, one spring fed tank and a maintained CR B21 access. Scenic parcel is located 30 miles east of Las Vegas. On the road to the Sabinoso Wilderness area. List Price is $345,000 obo Pecos River: Hwy 3 - Alfalfa Farm near Pueblo bridge has 32+acres right on Pecos River w/adjudicated senior ditch rights. Averages 3,200+ bales “premium” alfalfa annually. Includes 3 bedroom adobe home, hay barn & sheds. Price is $769,000. Call Catherine 505-231-8648 or alexander.catherine@gmail.com Pecos River Frontage: 5+ acres has water rights, modern home, stone guest house, very large heated studio/workshop/garage. $495,000. MLS #20170472 Contact Catherine at 505-231- 8648 or alexander.catherine@gmail.com Bernal, NM: 126 + hilltop acres located right on frontage road 2116. Has electric & telephone and is partially fenced w/ SR 2116 frontage. Asking $117,000 Dilia Loop Road Farm: Fenced 20+ acre parcel in production w/alfalfa & sweet grass, 4 irrigated sections w/20 ac/ft ditch rights & Pecos River frontage. Excellent farming opportunity for organic vegetable gardens, alfalfa/sweet grass. Priced at $225,000 obo Upper Anton Chico: This 7.5 acres has perimeter fenced & irrigated w/under ground delivery, easy farm to work and water. Excellent production history. Has adjudicated ditch rights & Pecos River frontage... Asking $82,500 & owner may finance. Apache Mesa Road: Two 80 acre parcels w/good water wells. West parcel has 4 bdrm permitted septic system, solar array, 80 gpm well. Its priced at $185,000. East parcel has 2 dirt tanks, 2 sides fenced & mountain views. Asking: $165,000 Also have 238 remote acreage located below the rim rock for $120,000 White Lakes Road: 1,100 deeded acres partially fenced pasture land, mountain views, public electric, county road access. Basin fringe water! Solar array or wind farm lease income potential. Call for details... Lots of potential on this parcel... Stanley, NM: Two 40 acre tracts w/power & water @ $65,000 each, Two 80 acre Tracts w/power @ $89,900 each. Located on Calle Victoriano off the old Simmons Road. 640 acre tract also available in the basin & has subdivision lot potential. Gascon/Rociado, NM: Hwy 105 building site ~26 fenced acres. 4 legal lots have overhead power, tall pines & cedar tree cover. Perimeter fenced, lots of timber & ditch water. Asking $330,000 for all...
Call for details on 300 to 700+ cow/calf or yearling operations.
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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
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. House & 1 parcel $375,000 MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced $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. MIAMI HORSE HEAVEN, Colfax County, NM. Reduced $398,000 Very private approx. 4,800 sq ft double walled adobe 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with many MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 20 +/custom features, 77.50 +/- deeded acres with deeded acres, 20 water shares, quality 2,715 sq water rights and large 7 stall barn, insulated ft adobe home, barn, grounds and trees. Private metal shop with own septic. Would suit indoor setting. This is a must see. Reduced to $375,000 growing operation, large hay barn/equipment FRENCH TRACT 80, Colfax County, NM irrigated shed. $1,375,000. farm w/home & good outbuildings, $350,000 MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 Class A irri- MAXWELL SMALL HOLDING, home with horse gation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, improvements, fenced, water rights and 19+/100 hd feedlot. Depredation Elk Tags available. deeded acres. Handy to I25 on quiet country Owner financing available to qualified buyer. road. $232,000. Significantly reduced to $550,000
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Near Lincoln, NM - Beautiful river property, senior water rights, historic home, 33+- deeded acres. • Clayton, NM, 4,134-acre ranch - SOLD! • Quay, NM, 1,030-acre ranch - SOLD! • Grady, NM, 160 acres - SOLD! Need more listings – call Tom at 575-403- 6903 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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Large Irrigated Farm Near Portales, NM Large Irrigated Farm near Portales, NM
Turn-Key Operation 2,560 Acres of Fee and State Lease Land 1000 Acres Irrigated 7 Center Pivots / Currently in Production Cotton / Alfalfa / Sorghum Superior Water Attributes / Ogallala Aquifer Includes Prime Hunting Grounds with Abundant Mule Deer, Quail and Pheasant Listed at $4,284,000 For Additional Information call Westwater Resources 505-843-7643 Ask for William Turner or Matthew Rawlings NMREC Lic. No. 13371
Paul Turney – 575-808-0134 Stacy Turney – 575-808-0144 Find Your Favorite Place 491 Ft. Stanton Rd., Alto, NM 88312 O: 575-336-1316 F: 575-336-1009
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New Mexico Property Group LLC Richard Randals QB 16014 www.newmexicopg.com • www.anewmexicoranchforsale.com nmpgnewmexico@gmail.com 575.461.4426
SW US FEEDMILL FOR SALE – $2,500,000
Successful livestock feed mill is for sale now in the Western US and this feed manufacturer sells product all over the Southwest. Dealer network in 4 States and this mill produces feed for all classes of animals and birds. Great profitable business for sale. Large ranch with good carrying capacity, call for more information.
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Nice, newer beef slaughter facility that has been cleaned up and ready for operation. This facility is ideal for a cow kill, fat cattle kill and game processing. Includes 6 acres and sale barn.
NEW MEXICO RANCH FOR SALE
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Please contact Tom Horton with Ag Brokers, Ltd., in Amarillo, TX. Call 806.206.6431 or email tomh@agbrokersltd.com for more information or to see the facility. Sellers may require proof of funds.
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DRIPPING SPRINGS RANCH, MULE CREEK, NM - 232 deeded acres with 13,000 Gila National Forest allotment for the grazing of 150 head of mother cows a 4 horses yearlong. Nice improvements, beautiful country. Priced @ $2,500,000
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THE FOURR RANCH DRAGOON AZ – 1280 deeded acres, 11610 AZ state, and 3689 NF Acres. Runs 300 head, Wellwatered, lots of grass. Priced @$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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CANELO SPRINGS RANCH – Canelo AZ 4972 acre total with 160 deeded, 85 head year round, live water, beautiful improvements and country. Priced @$3,500,000
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MAJOR RANCH REALTY Ben G. Scott Scott Land Company, LLC / Krystal M. Nelson – NM QB #15892 1301 Front Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027 / 800-933-9698 / 5a.m. -10p.m. www.scottlandcompany.com
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■ WEST CLOVIS HWY. 60 – 1,536.92 ac. +/- of grassland w/two mi. of hwy. frontage on Hwy. 60, ½ mi. of frontage on Hwy. 224, 3 mi. of frontage on south side of Curry Rd. 12, watered by one well at the pens piped to both pastures.
■ SOUTH CONCHAS RANCH – San Miguel Co., NM - 9,135 ac. +/- (6,670 +/- deeded, 320 +/- BLM, 40 +/- State Lease, 2,106 +/- “FREE USE”) well improved, just off pvmt. on co. road., two neighboring ranches may be added for additional acreage! ■ ARROYO LARGO – 22,850 ac. +/- located in Lincoln, Chaves & DeBaca Counties, NM, well improved w/two homes, working pens & fences, well-watered by wells & pipelines, open rolling country w/ numerous draws & arroyos provide for year-round cow/calf operation or seasonal yearling operation. face of Tucumcari Mountain – Tucumcari, NM, 560 ac. +/- deeded land w/80 ac. +/- NM State Lease, outstanding views & location greatly enhances the beauty of the 3 bdrm., 2 bath home w/large unattached garage & large barn. ■ OTERO CO., NM – 120 scenic ac. +/- on the Rio Penasco is surrounded by Lincoln National Forest lands covered in Pines & opening up to a grass covered meadow along 3,300 feet +/- of the Rio Penasco. This property is an ideal location to build a legacy mountain getaway home.
■ GREAT STARTER RANCH – Quay Co., NM – well improved &
watered, 2,400 ac. +/-deeded, 80 ac. +/- State Lease, excellent access from I-40. ■ OPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF AN OLD WEST RANCH – Guadalupe Co., NM - There are multiple owners of the Frontier Ranch consisting of their individual, undivided ownership of 6,423.45 ac. +/- w/undivided ownership ranging from 38 ac. +/- & greater. You may buy undivided interest in this ranch at your discretion, improvements are average for the area, this is good country suitable for a year-round cow/calf or summer yearling grazing, located in close proximity to the Grey Fox Ranch for addtl. acreage. ■ GREY FOX RANCH – Guadalupe Co., NM – 2,919.85 ac. +/- of deeded land, all native grass, located in close proximity to the Frontier Ranch for addtl. grazing. ■ MALPAIS OF NM – Lincoln/Socorro Counties, 37.65 sections +/- (13,322 ac. +/- Deeded, 8,457 ac. +/- BLM Lease, 2,320 ac. +/State Lease) good, useable improvements & water, some irrigation w/2 pivot sprinklers, on pvmt., all-weather road.
■ ALFALFA & LIVESTOCK – Tucumcari, NM - 255.474 ac. +/-, state-of- the-art huge hay barn & shop (immaculate), steel pens, Arch Hurley Water Rights, two nearly new sprinklers, alfalfa established. ■ WOOD FARM & RANCH – Quay Co., NM – 480 ac. +/-, w/292 ac. classified as cropland fully allotted to wheat & milo, 365.9 ac. of Arch Hurley Water Rights, nice combination farming/cattle operation, presently in grass for grazing. ■ TEXLINE SPECIAL – 472.4 ac. irr., on Dalhart/Clayton hwy. in New Mexico. ■ QUAIL HAVEN – along w/deer, turkey, antelope & other wildlife – Borden Co., TX., 1,672.8 +/- ac., well located near Gail/Snyder, Texas on pvmt. & all-weather road, well improved.
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ST. JOHNS OFFICE P.O. Box 1980, St. Johns, Arizona 85936 Ph. 602-228-3494
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER RANCH: Located in central Apache County, Arizona, a short 10 minutes from Springerville, this ranch has lots of water! 200 AU ranch, 1,650 deeded acres, 13 sections Arizona state lease, fully improved with a nice headquarters. The ranch includes 400 acres of irrigated or sub-irrigated meadow and farm land, improved with permanent pasture for grazing. Irrigation is provided by decreed surface water rights from the Little Colorado River and supplemented by two irrigation wells. Live, year-round livestock water is supplied by 3 miles of river running through the ranch, 6 spring-fed ponds, 3 wells and 4 miles of pipeline. This ranch is being sold turn-key; 190 head of adult cows/bulls and ranch equipment, including a 2012 966k CAT loader, 2012 329E CAT excavator and several ranch trucks, trailers, tractors and farm equipment. The ranch includes a gravel pit which could provide additional income. This is an extremely rare property due to the abundance of live water and being located in a mild southwestern climate, within minutes’ drive of the White Mountains, home to prime hunting, trout fishing and winter snow skiing. Price $4,500,000 OLD GREER PLACE: St. Johns, Arizona. The ranch is located directly west of the town of St. Johns. US Highway 180 runs through the center of the ranch. Deeded land includes numerous live water springs and sub-irrigated meadow lands adjacent to the Big Hollow Wash. There is a total of 1,330 deeded acres with an additional 1,300 acres Arizona State Lease and the ranch will run approximately 35 animal units yearlong. Price $735,000 HUNT VALLEY RANCH: 12 miles Northwest of St. Johns in Apache County, Arizona, includes 1,173 deeded acres with 320 additional acres of private lease for 23 animal units yearlong. The property includes an older cowboy house and paved frontage along US Highway 180. There is an irrigation well which provides water to a small orchard and a two acre improved pasture. This ranch is a nice rural home site with close proximity to the county seat in St. Johns. Price: $595,000 ALPINE 85 PROPERTY: One of the finest properties in Alpine because of its beauty, and location near town
grass, year-round live water, 8 ac. +/- lake, excellent hunting w/Mule & Whitetail deer, quail, turkey, migratory birds, varmints, good fences.
while offering complete privacy. The property lies at 8,000 feet elevation and includes 85 deeded acres. With tremendous views overlooking the Bush Valley, San Francisco River and surrounding mountain tops the property backs up to national forest and includes paved access from US Highway 180/191. Public water and sewer access is available to the property boundary. Alpine is an authentic small western mountain town, a quiet getaway with spectacular scenery with easy driving distance to many fishing lakes and streams. The area is also located on the boundary between the famous hunting Units 1 & 27 known for large herds of elk and world-class 400+ point bulls. With the large ponderosa pine and beautiful oak trees scattering the property there is great potential for a private, secluded home-site in the pines or possibly development into smaller tracts. Price: $1,200,000 offers for a partial purchase will be considered.
Please view our website 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 & CO.
CONTACT: ST. JOHNS OFFICE: TRAEGEN KNIGHT www.headquarterswest.com email: info@headquarterswest.com
■ HALL CO., TX – 445 ac. +/- dryland farm, excellent hunting! ■ SPRING CREEK & LAKE – Hall Co,. TX. – 290 ac. +/-, improved
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rowing and retaining membership is a continuing challenge for organizations and the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association is no different.
The solution to the problem is honestly pretty simple … if every NMCGA member would recruit JUST ONE new member, we would double our membership almost overnight! COPY OR CUT OUT THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION BELOW TO GIVE TO A FRIEND WHO ISN’T A NMCGA MEMBER. AND, YOU DON’T HAVE TO STOP AT JUST ONE! GET ALL THE NEW MEMBERS YOU CAN AND HERE ARE PRIZES YOU CAN WIN! ■ 3 new members = a jacket or vest or tie or wild-rag ■ 5 new members = a jacket and tie or vest and tie or blanket ■ 10 new members = convention registration and rooms for Mid-Year or Joint Stockmen’s Convention You will also be receiving a new member application in mailings you receive from the office until our goal is met! If you are not already an NMCGA member, please use the application to join NOW!
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COW/CALF OPERATOR: $110 Minimum Cattle owned $0.60 per head, per month in state or $110 minimum DAIRY PRODUCER: $110 Minimum Cattle owned $0.40 per head, per month in state or $110 minimum SEASONAL OPERATOR Cattle owned $0.025 per head, per month in state or $110 minimum FEEDLOT OPERATOR: $110 Minimum One time capacity $0.02 per head or $110 Minimum ❒ 1-170 Head - $110 ❒ 171-400 Head - $250 ❒ 401- 800- $500 ❒ 800 & up - $750 $ ______ WORKING COWHAND $65 Recommended by: _______________________________ (Working cowhand must be recommended by a NMCGA member)
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THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com
Classified Ads (Interpreted) HELP WANTED: COWBOY (at least own a hat), REMOTE CAMP (applicant must be able to work a parachute), SELF STARTER (rooster furnished). NO PROBLEM DRINKERS (wait! On the other hand, you might fit right in). MUST SHOE (if you can’t shoe we’ll furnish you with a burro). GOOD WAGE (hundred a month but where you’re goin’ there’s no place to spend it anyway), INSURANCE (I’m kidding, of course) AND GROCERIES (all the other help likes navy beans). SEND RESUME TO WANG SNAFFLE, 2 BIT RANCH, WIKIEUP, AZ. FOR SALE: RANGE CUBES (called this because our cubes range in size from 4x4 sheets of plywood to dust) NOW AVAILABLE (we bought a train load of this stuff in 2005 and still have half of it left) ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS (25 percent wood shavings, 25 percent Johnson grass clippings, 24 percent salt mine tailings and 1 percent dried catfish waste). BAGGED OR BULK, WE DELIVER (from a Copenhagen lid full to enough to dam the Arkansas River). CONTACT DOWN & OUT MILLING CO., WAMEGO, KS. RANCH TO SELL: SCENIC (unbroken vista. Only three trees on the place and they grow at forty-five degree angle), 7,500 ACRES (2 percent deeded), FOUR MILES OF BOTTOM LAND (we cut hay off the bar ditch where the interstate crosses the ranch), GOOD WINTER PROTECTION (we’ve been scattering old car bodies around the ranch since 1982), WATER (every fifty years the Tongue River Floods), EXCELLENT TERMS (one fourth down and a member of your family as collateral). CALL TODAY! BLUE SKY REALTY, MILES CITY, MT. RANCH JOB WANTED: MALE (been shaving since I was 12),
EXPERIENCED (been team roping and living off the folks the last six years), MARRIED (occasionally), HAIR (thinning), EYES (two), HORSE BREAKER (if they’re gentle and you have a supply of drugs available – for horse, of course), MECHANICALLY INCLINED (can open a pop top on a Coors light or screw cap bottle of Vino Mio in record time), PRACTICAL VET (nearly saved a possum that had been run over on I-70). LOOKING FOR A JOB WITH A FUTURE (or at least until spring when I can start roping again). WRITE: COWBOY BOB, GIANT APARTMENT COMPLEX, DENVER, CO
never flinches), CHIANINA LONGHORN CROSS, BLACK BALDY, HOLSTEIN CROSS (you could milk her standin’ up, hang the bucket on her horns, she never gets pink eye and the two tits that work give a quart a day), ON HER THIRD CALF (she’s fourteen years old heiferette), REGISTERED (plans to vote next year), WILL SELL CHEAP (bring a long rope and string of horses when you come to pick’er up.) CALL: CHUY FLICK, COW TRADER, PUMPVILLE, TX
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Setting the Record Straight: Misleading Headlines on Meat’s Role in Foodborne Illnesses
claims represents foodborne illness victims, United States in the CDC’s FoodNet system. but the CDC says that only 9 million are due FoodNet consists of sites in 10 states to 31 known pathogens. That leaves 39 representing about 15 percent of Americans. million caused by unknown pathogens, and You see the difference is that CDC takes Lord knows what foods. Certainly not all are that 7,728 number and mulitplies it; first by from meat. a factor to extrapolate to represent the 300 Of the 9 million known pathogens, the million U.S. residents, then secondly by an CDC says 5.5million are caused by viruses even larger number to account for the hunsuch as Norovirus, but in a press release dreds of thousands of mild cases that never citing these numbers, the CDC says “It is seek health care advise or treatment. by Richard Raymond, former undersecretary of now known that most Norovirus is not So, poof! — the 7,729 becomes agriculture for food safety / meatingplace.com spread by the foodborne route.” 1.3 million. (The views and opinions expressed in this We are now down to about 3.5 million The UK has 60 million residents. So 1 of blog are strictly those of the author.) supposed foodborne illnesses per year every 6,000 had a confirmed Salmonella caused mostly by 7 bacteria, and we know infection in 2016. Million Sickened Every Year by that Salmonella is credited by CDC for 1.3 The FoodNet system has 50 million resiTainted Meat” was the headline million of those GI illnesses. dents with 7,728 confirmed Salmonella a couple of weeks ago for a story And we also know from the CDC that infections, or roughly one confirmed case by Alternet , an on-line media community green leafy vegetables are the number one for every 6,000 residents living within the that claims to fight the “vitriol and disinfor- source for Salmonella foodborne illnesses. FoodNet sites. mation coming from right wing media.” I think you all are getting my point by now. Isn’t that amazing? Do the math and the They were referring to another article The Guardian also noted the 1 million numbers are so similar to be scary. that appeared a few days earlier in The cases of Salmonella in the United States, But figures lie and liars figure, and Boy Guardian that had some very skewed and stated that in the UK “officially recorded Howdy did these two publications numbers in an attempt to keep “Dirty Meat” incidents is relatively low”, with ”just under figure! from the United States out of the UK. 10,000 laboratory confirmed cases in 2016.” These two stories had so much “disinforThat is comparing apples to oranges. mation” in them that I hardly know If you check the CDC’s web site, you will where to begin. find that there were 7,728 laboratory conThat 48 million is a number that the CDC firmed Salmonella cases in 2016 in the
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zona’s biggest livestock event. Always the most popular event of the weekend, the 20th annual Arizona Ranch Remuda Sale kicked things off on Friday morning with the ranch horse competition. The horses, which sell by invitation only and must be raised and/or used on working Arizona ranches, were judged on roping, reining, cutting, and down the fence. At the sale that evening, 18 broke ranch
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horses sold for an average of $4,525, and two registered yearlings averaged $800. The Champion Overall Horse was WF Real Pachuckos, a 2015 dun gelding consigned by Maughan Ranches, L.L.C., Yarnell, Ariz., and shown by Kyle Stone. He sold for $5,200 to Jeffers Cattle Company, Holbrook, Ariz., and was awarded a silver belt buckle sponsored by Barbara and Tim Jackson’s Animal Health Express, Tucson, Ariz. Champion Senior Horse in the event was Red Hot Speedy, an 8-year-old brown gelding consigned by Schylar Cloudt, Paulden, Ariz. and shown by Logan Anderson. He received a silver belt buckle sponsored by Tri State Livestock Credit Corp. Champion Junior Horse was Flying V Harper, 2013 red dun gelding consigned and shown by Klancy Best, Douglas, Ariz. He was also the high selling horse of the sale, going to Lynn Martin, Superior, Ariz., for $7,100. He received a silver belt buckle sponsored by Farm Credit Southwest. In the 18th annual Arizona Angus Bull Sale on Saturday, 29 Angus bulls sold for an average of $3,362. The Champion Pen of Angus Bulls was consigned by Diamond K Ranch, Springerville, Ariz. One of them sold to Todd Flick, Chino Valley, for $5,000, and the other to Spur Lake Cattle Co., Springerville, Ariz., for $4,500. The Reserve Champion Pen of Angus Bulls was consigned by Lazy S Ranch, Willcox, Ariz. Five bulls sold in the 41st Annual Arizona Hereford Bull Sale for an average of $1,560. Nine Cross Ranch, Eagar, Ariz., consigned the Champion Pen, and White Mountain Herefords, Springerville, Ariz., brought the Reserve Champion Pen. A total of 38 bulls sold in the 30th annual Prescott All Breed Bull Sale that followed for an average of $1,253. The Champion Bull was a Hereford cross consigned by Las Vegas Ranch, Prescott, Ariz. This bull was also the high seller in the sale, going to Curt Wells, Chino Valley, for $2,500. Graders for the all breed sale were Leroy Tucker, Globe, Ariz; Bud Benson, Cave Creek, Ariz; and Danny Major, Chino Valley. In the 27th annual Replacement Heifer Sale, 36 pairs averaged $1,365. Twelve black pairs consigned by Bar Triangle Ranch, Prescott, topped the sale at $1,600. Twenty-eight pregnant heifers and cows averaged $893, and 17 open heifers averaged $748. Arkie Kiehne was auctioneer for all four sales. Logan Anderson managed the horse sale, and Leslie Hoffman was coordinator for the 27th annual Cattleman’s Trade Show.
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Dairy Targeted in February, Fish in March – Meat May Be Next
by Hannah Thompson, Communications Director for Animal Agriculture Alliance, meatingplace.com (The views and opinions expressed in this blog are strictly those of the author.)
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s if our country’s dairy producers don’t have enough stress with the current economic situation of the industry, they also had to deal with being the primary target of extreme animal rights activist groups throughout the month of February. Now is the time for the meat industry to review the tactics used against dairy and prepare for its turn in the crosshairs. The primary group declaring war on dairy in February was Direct Action Everywhere (DXE). This name should be very familiar if you regularly follow this blog, but for those who need a refresher, Direct Action Everywhere is a network of activists across the country organized into chapters. It describes itself as “a platform, not an
organization.” DXE believes in animal liberation and offering animals rights equal to humans. They work to advance that goal through direct action (protests, breaking into farms, stealing animals, disrupting events, etc.). DXE is most active in Berkeley, California and Denver, Colorado. DXE conducted a series of activities targeting dairy farmers and processors throughout February, culminating in its “Day of Action” at the end of the month. On that day, a group of around 100 protestors gathered at a grocery store in Berkeley – the activists claim that they “took over” the store. In addition to gathering outside, protestors entered the store and placed milk cartons on the dairy shelf showing “missing” calves. While this group was at the grocery store, another small group trespassed on a farm and livestreamed their unauthorized visit. The “Day of Action” was only one stunt out of several held during the month – activists affiliated with DXE also recorded a visit to a university dairy farm and visited a dairy processor demanding a list of farms in the area. DXE has announced that its March “Day of Action” will focus on fish, but beef, pork, egg and poultry producers should be aware that their day in the spotlight is certainly coming. Now is the time to review security procedures on farms and plants, including ensuring that any and all staff know how to handle an unexpected visitor or protest. I also encourage you to reach out to your major customers (restaurants, retailers and foodservice brands), as they will find themselves in the crosshairs as well.
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ne of the most obvious trends in marketing today is that consumers are seeking assurances about how their food is produced, and consumer goods companies, as well as restaurants and retailers, are working hard to deliver those assurances. But providing assurances is no longer as easy as generating an image and creating a story. Instead, dairy customers are looking for documented, verifiable evidence that their food is being produced in a responsible manner. Dairy foods have a great nutritional story behind them, as no category offers the same consistent package of vitamins and minerals for such a low cost in such a variety of appealing forms. That reality once was enough to win the marketing battle. We all know that for a variety of reasons, however, the promotional truisms of the 20th century no longer hold sway. Consumers – at least some of them – take low-cost nutrition for granted, and now want to hear more about where their food originated and under what conditions. And those stories about the provenance of food need facts and evidence to back them up. The marketplace is well past the point where people will simply take proclamations about happy cows for granted. Key performance metrics and data points are augmenting brands’ use of icons and slogans, as the influence of social media opens up barn doors and informs the marketing process. In the dairy community, we have the National Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program to deliver those metrics, assisting the entire value chain in telling the honest story about America’s dairy farms and the cows in their care. We are now in the ninth year of operation for the FARM Program, and the need
to leverage this national benchmark for edge that the alternative to having a widely dairy cow care is greater today than it was utilized, national program is a fragmented in 2009, when NMPF worked with its system of competing programs that would member cooperatives and Dairy Manage- be nearly impossible for dairy farmers to ment Inc., to launch the initiative. implement in a meaningful way. That’s one That need is greater because the entire reason why we recently worked to ensure livestock sector is facing growing levels of that the FARM Program is recognized by the scrutiny about animal care overall, as well International Organization for Standardizaas challenges to certain practices involving tion (ISO), making it the first livestock the production of meat, eggs and milk. animal care program in the world to attain Some of this focus certainly has been driven that status. ISO compliance means that by those who consume no animal products dairy customers can trust that their prodand are motivated by a desire to eliminate ucts are held to stringent, internationally the use of livestock. recognized animal welfare standards. The FARM Program’s animal care stanOur industry’s story about dairy animal dards comprise dozens of different criteria care continues to evolve. What I’m most involving the care of dairy cattle through- proud of is how far we’ve come — together out the course of their lives, and these — in the last nine years. The program’s standards evolve with new research on strength is found not only in its standards animal health and wellbeing. With 98 and implementation, but also in the partpercent of the milk supply now enrolled in nerships and trust we’ve built with the program, we are collecting hundreds of customers. That trust allows us to celebrate thousands of data points to assess how our collective successes in animal care, and to industry is delivering on its promises to be come together during challenges, harnessgood stewards. Our focus will remain on ing our collective abilities to do better and inclusion, education and training to maxi- come out stronger. mize the effectiveness of the program. Our customers — both here and abroad — believe in the FARM Program’s spirit of continuous improvement, and acknowl-
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Automated Milking Systems Slowing Farm Consolidation Adoption Of Robotic Elements In Milk Production Expected To Grow 20 To 30 Percent Annually
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arious forms of robotic milking are helping sustain small to medium sized dairy farms amid broader indus-
try consolidation and improving labor efficiency for some larger operations according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division. Dairy robots, also referred to as automated milking systems, take a variety of forms. From “box” style units to robotic components on rotary style milking parlors, they all provide an alternative to traditional dairy labor, which has become more expensive and harder to find in many regions of the U.S. “Labor and finance are two of the most
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important issues when large farms are considering dairy robotics, but when I spoke to smaller-scale producers, the primary drivers of adopting this technology were around quality of life,” said Ben Laine, senior analyst with CoBank. “However, the future growth of this technology and possible broader adoption will be centered on labor costs, milk production per robot, and proximity to dealers and service technicians.” A single box style unit can cost around $200,000 without housing, and the target production for one unit is 4,500 pounds of milk per day. “As the technology improves and labor costs increase, we will see the tradeoffs continue to shift in favor of robotics,” said Laine. “But, there is still plenty of uncertainty around useful life of the units and milk production efficiency that will give many producers pause.”
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ebo Lee, Alamogordo, recently received the 2017 Bud’s Contract Award from the New Mexico Federal Lands Council (NMFLC) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention, held in Albuquerque. “Bebo has made countless trips at his own expense, and spends hours on the telephone and in meetings, working to preserve our ability to graze federal lands,” said Mike Casabonne, past NMFLC President. “He never looks for credit, but this recognition is something he has long deserved.” The NMFLC gives the Bud’s Contract award annually to an individual who has given of their time and effort to the NMFLC. The award, a bronze handshake, is given in memory of long-time NMFLC President, Bud Eppers, Roswell. Eppers’ involvement in Federal land grazing policies started when a BLM District Manager tried to tell him how to build a fence, Casabonne
explained. “Bud got involved because of a problem on his own place, but eventually came to represent all of us on natural resource and property rights issues at the state and national levels.” Lee grew up in a southern New Mexico family with a long and rich history in New Mexico ranching. At an early age, he learned what it was like to ride out way before sun up, work cows all day, and come in after dark, Casabonne noted. He also learned about the laws, regulations, and political and legal processes that have b e co m e p a r t o f dealing with federal lands grazing and attended many meetings locally and
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nationally with his father, who was one of the first in the state to challenge agency managers when they began to overstep their authority. “So much of the work Bebo does for us is behind the scenes, and if you’re not there with him, you’ll never hear him talk about it,” Casabonne said. “We’ll never know how much he has done to help Federal Land Ranchers, and agriculture as a whole, in New Mexico, but want him to know how much we appreciate him.” Lee, who is currently serving as NMFLC president, is a long time member and past president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, a former member of the New Mexico Livestock Board and the Otero County Fair Board and served as a board member of Paragon Foundation, a nonprofit foundation board advocating for private property and grazing rights, for several years. He and his wife, Maddy, have two children, Colton and Dalton. The NMFLC got its start in the mid-1970s, as ranchers formed local grazing associations to help them work with land management agencies like the Bureau of Land Management. Those local groups grew into the NMFLC, which works to represent the livestock grazing industry on a state and national level, and keep producers informed.
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New Mexico Boasts 2018 National High School Queen
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mma Cameron left the National High School Finals as the National High School Queen. New Mexico has not had this honor since 1969. This is the second year she has tried for this title. She came in second runner up last year. “The only two categories I wasn’t top five in last year were modeling and appearance,” said the 17-yearold from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She went home and stepped up her game for this year’s competition. “I designed all of my clothes and had them made to fit me.” She studied what Miss Rodeo America and other queens were wearing and developed her own take on what she thought she would look good in. She worked on her modeling by taking ballet lessons. “It was super hard for me to look comfortable when I had to think about walking. My workout partner suggested I take ballet lessons and so I did. It helped me look so much more relaxed.” Emma works out every day – she prefers running for her cardio and works a lot on her core strength. “When I was little, I got tossed off a horse and into a fence so the bottom of my spine is aligned funny.” In order for her to ride as much as she does without her back hurting, she has to keep her core strong. “In order to ride it’s super important to keep yourself in shape as well as your horse.” Her horsemanship coach, Julie Wilson, coached both Emma and Madeline Gere, the last New Mexico continued on page 77 >>
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or six years teenagers have learned the science behind ranching at the New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp conducted by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. Now is the time for youth ages 15 to 19 to apply for a life-changing experience at the June 10 through 15 camp where they will be introduced to the many aspects of running a ranch, from financial statements and marketing strategies to producing quality beef and managing natural resources and wildlife. Online registration deadline is April 15. Visit nmyrm.nmsu.edu for more information and to register. A total of 30 participants will be invited to this year’s camp with three of the openings reserved for out-of-state youth. The camp is held at the CS Cattle Company’s 130,000-acre ranch at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range near Cimarron. “This location allows our campers to see a real-life working ranch,” said camp director Jack Blandford, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service program director in Luna County. “The CS, a cattle and hunting operation, has been family
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“You don’t have to just be in ranching owned and operated since 1873.” Collaboration between NMSU to attend this camp. It offers a wide variExtension specialists, county Extension ety of career avenues,” Blandford said. “I agents and members of the ranching encourage any youth within the age group industry provides an opportunity for to apply.” The camp is sponsored by NMSU’s youth to learn about the many aspects of College of Agricultural, Consumer and ranching. “We are proud to offer this one-of-a- Environmental Sciences, New Mexico kind program for the future cattle produc- Beef Council, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ ers of our state,” said Jon Boren, NMSU Association, Cattlegrowers Foundation College of Agricultural, Consumer and Inc. and New Mexico Farm and Livestock Environmental Sciences associate dean Bureau, and several beef industry compaand director of the Extension service. nies. “What we are finding, from the more than 150 youth who have participated in past ranch camps, is that they have gained a greater appreciation of the science and opportunities in agriculture,” Boren said. “It is also a win-win for our aging agricultural industry with more young people having an interest in going into this type of work.” eef quality, consumer incomes, During the first four days, the youth attention to beef in health articles compile information necessary to manage in medical journals and the genera ranch. The college-level hands-on cural media, and shifts in race composition of riculum includes all things beef, marketthe U.S. population are key determinants ing and economics, natural resources and affecting beef demand in the long term. range land management. So concludes a newly released study At the end of each day, one camper commissioned by the Beef Checkoff receives the Top Hand award for their Program called “Assessing Beef Demand outstanding participation in that day’s Determinants.” The study summarizactivities. es the current knowledge of consumer Each evening they are using that day’s demand for beef and identifies the best information to design their team’s own opportunities for the industry to influence ranch management plan, which they present on Friday to a panel of judges from the demand positively. “The information gathered and anabeef industry and NMSU in competition lyzed for this comprehensive report is for the coveted team jacket. invaluable to the beef industry, in general, and to the Beef Checkoff Program, in particular,” said NM Beef Producer, Bill arlos Salazar, President King, a member of the Cattlemen’s Beef of the Northern New Promotion & Research Board that comMexico Stockman’s missioned the research for the checkoff. Association (NNMSA), presents “Members of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board the “Vaquero Award” to Dina and directors of the Federation of State Beef Councils will be asked to use the Chacón-Reitzel, NMBC Executive information in this report in making deciDirector, at the NNMSA’s Annual sions about how to invest checkoff dollars Meeting. The award was presented in Fiscal Year 2018 and beyond.” to Chacón-Reitzel in appreciation
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daunting task, the report’s authors note that it also is critical to the industry’s longterm viability. Given the state of the cattle industry’s supply, the understanding of beef demand vs. consumption is particularly critical. One very important point in developing strategies to grow beef demand will be clarification of the role of per capita consumption in beef demand. Per capita consumption is, in effect, per capita availability of beef, the economists note. Demand, on the other hand, effectively refers to the quantity of beef that consumers will purchase at a given price, with all other factors held constant. “Beef purchasing decisions have become less sensitive to retail beef prices. While prices will always matter, this reinforces the importance of industry focus on beef quality aspects of taste, appearance, convenience and freshness,” said Dr. Tonsor. “In short, both beef supplies and cattle prices increased in 2017 relative to 2016 – an outcome only possible with demand growth,” the report notes. “A perpetual industry priority is to better understand and monitor beef demand, and to inform stakeholders because demand directly influences overall industry success.”
What is important to beef producers? It has been a critical need for the industry to understand what beef demand is: Is it as strong today compared to the past? What has made it strong? Those kinds of basic questions have been of importance to the beef checkoff for a very long time. If beef demand is strong, then higher prices are being paid for beef than would otherwise be the case. That’s because higher prices being paid for beef in turn leads to 2. prices for wholesale beef, higher higher fed cattle and higher feeder cattle prices, and most producers recognize that benefit in the form of higher cattle prices. One of the things the research did was to update elasticity estimates, or how sensitive purchasing behavior is to prices. If the price goes up by one percent, how many fewer pounds are purchased? This study showed U.S. consumers are less sensitive to beef prices than they used 3. That does not mean price doesn’t to be. matter, but the numbers showed that a one percent increase in price has a smaller impact on beef consumption than it used to. “What I believe that signals is that beef quality issues such as taste, appearance and freshness have elevated over time,” said Dr. Tonsor. “The tone and impact of ‘hot topics’ covered in the media and medical community can change notably over time,” continued Dr. Tonsor. “In past years, discussions around fat were a detriment to beef demand but
more recently these discussions have enhanced beef demand. Similarly, this study shows how Atkins Diet discussions remain supportive of beef demand, but less so than a decade earlier.”
What can the checkoff do? Based on research, data, and information examined, the researchers prepared five key recommendations for checkoff leaders to consider in making decisions about how to invest checkoff dollars: 1. Beef quality aspects such as taste, appearance, convenience, and freshness are innate product quality attributes identified as top priorities in past beef demand studies, and they remain key for sustaining and growing beef demand. 2. External coverage of “hot topics” is likely to continue to be dynamic for the beef industry. Researchers made the recommendation for systematic re-assessment of which topics have the largest net impact on beef demand and focus on those. 3. Increase collaborative approaches with the U.S. pork and chicken industries. Given limited cross-price sensitivity and a host of common challenges and opportunities, a more collaborative approach may better utilize the industry’s limited resources given recent increases in competition from plant-based protein sources. 4. Recommend additional targeting of beef product development, messaging and marketing to consumers with particular attention to race, income, age, political ideology and product type considerations. 5. Conduct a systematic evaluation of information sources available to gain beef demand insight. Multiple data sources and methods were used to gain a more complete understanding of beef demand determinants, and the researchers encouraged more focus on leveraging existing industry investments to regularly assess beef demand. “Assessing Beef Demand Determinants” is available on MyBeefCheckoff.com
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For more information about your beef checkoff investment visit MyBeefCheckoff.com 2017-2018 DIRECTORS – CHAIRMAN, Tamara Hurt (Producer); VICE-CHAIRMAN, Milford Denetclaw (Producer); SECRETARY, Zita Lopez (Feeder). NMBC DIRECTORS: John Heckendorn (Purebred Producer); Jim Hill (Feeder); Kenneth McKenzie (Producer); Susie Jones (Dairy Producer); Matt Ferguson (Producer); Dan Bell (Producer)
FEDERATION DIRECTOR,
Tamara Hurt, NMBC Chairman U.S.M.E.F. DIRECTOR, Kenneth McKenzie BEEF BOARD DIRECTOR, Bill King (Producer)
For more information contact: New Mexico Beef Council, Dina Chacón-Reitzel, Executive Director 1209 Mountain Rd. Pl. NE, Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87110 505/841-9407 • 505/841-9409 fax • www.nmbeef.com
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woman to wear this crown in 1969. This year she won six out of the eight categories. She won appearance, personality, test, interv i e w, i m p r o m p t u s p e e c h , a n d horsemanship. She was second in prepared speech and third in modeling. She has been the New Mexico High School rodeo queen for two years now and her platform is rodeo. “My take on that is ‘Live your passion,’ and my speech was about how in rodeo, in order to be competitive, you have to live it, make it your life.” She had a general idea and outline of her speech, but the final one came out of her head. Emma lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her mom, Karen and her younger brother Jack. She started her queening when she was 9, winning a county title, but wasn’t sure she wanted to continue. She wanted to rodeo, competing in barrels, poles, and now reined cow horse. She decided in high school to get back into queening. “I realized there is no platform in rodeo like it and that I can help promote this sport that I love.” The day after returning from Nationals, Emma hopped on a plane to go look at colleges in California. She will meet with the Stanford Equestrian Team, her college of choice. “I want to go to Stanford and become a lawyer – that’s been my goal since I was super little.” She will study international relations and political science and go on to law school and hopefully be part of the equestrian team. “None of this would be possible without the sponsors of high school rodeos – everywhere I’ve gone, they are there to help me.”
high school career did he qualify for the National High School Finals Rodeo. He committed to continue living his passion and ultimately it paid off, 23 times to be exact. Statistically in rodeo you are going to lose more than you are going to win. At the same time every time you set foot in an arena you have an opportunity to break records and
make history. In a sport where winning and losing is determined by hundredths of a second, those with the passion to put in the extra hours will ultimately prevail. I have decided that I am willing to do whatever it takes to live my passion. Do you have what it takes to live yours?
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