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F E AT U R E S NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of: ■
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Curtis Fort: Story Teller In Bronze
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2014 New Mexico State Fair Horse Show Schedule
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New Mexicans Bring Home Three National Junior High Rodeo Championships by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson
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High Plains Cowboy
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2014 New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp
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Thorpe Honored For Beef Industry Achievements
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2014 Arizona CattleWoman of the Year
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Herring to Receive National Golden Spur Award
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Arizona Tax Court Judge Issues Ruling In Favor of Ranching Families
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N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter
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News Update
EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING
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New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers
Publisher: Caren Cowan Publisher Emeritus: Chuck Stocks Office Manager: Marguerite Vensel Advertising Reps.: Chris Martinez, Melinda Martinez Contributing Editors: Carol Wilson Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson, William S. Previtti, Lee Pitts Photographer: Dee Bridgers
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New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle
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My Cowboy Heroes
by José Varela López, President
by Don Bullis
by Jim Olson
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To The Point
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View from the Backside
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In Memoriam
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Farm Bureau Minute
by Barry Denton by Mike White, President, New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau by Frank DuBois
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New Mexico Federal Lands Council News
PRODUCTION
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New Mexico Livestock Board Update – New State Veterinarian
Production Coordinator: Carol Pendleton Editorial & Advertising Design: Kristy Hinds
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New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn
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Seedstock Guide
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Real Estate Guide
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Market Place
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On The Edge of Common Sense
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Ad Index
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D E PA R T M E N T S
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by Baxter Black
ON THE COVER . . . Where The Wild Ones Roam – a new bronze by Curt Fort from the private collection of Joe & Darla Rhodes (Joe’s Boot Shop), Clovis, New Mexico. For more information on Curtis and his work please see the story on page 12 of this issue and visit www.curtisfort.com or contact Curtis & Carol Fort at P.O. Box 797, Tatum, NM 88277, (575) 398-6423
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by José Varela L ópez NMCGA PRESIDENT
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Dear Fellow Members and Industry Supporters, t would appear that the last few weeks of rain has loosened the mighty grip of our four-year-long drought. In talking with folks around the state I realize that some of us have received far less than others but I sense that we are all a bit more positive these days. I mean who doesn’t get a smile on their face seeing miles and miles of greening pastures along the roads and trails we travel? July was an interesting, frustrating and productive month, sometimes all at the same time. The New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse continued to raise the ire of ranchers across the state. Not because the critter itself is disrupting access to livestock water but because of the arbitrary and capricious actions of the United States Forest Service (USFS) to protect the mouse from ungulates (meaning cows, not elk) in what’s being called “occupied habitat” (not an Endangered species Act term) even before critical habitat has been designated. What really chaps my hide is that the mouse is just another surrogate species in the mission creep of radical environmentalists to remove livestock from federal land use mandates without the need to pass legislation. Some legislation was passed recently though by the US House of Representatives who are trying to make rational yet modest changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the first time in 26 years. The bill, H.R. 4315, the “Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act” seeks to 1) require that data used by federal agencies in ESA listing decisions be made available to the public electronically while respecting private data; 2) require the federal government to disclose data to affected states before making an ESA listing decision, using the best available data, including data from local, tribal and state governments; 3) tracking and reporting to Congress funds used in responding to ESA lawsuits, fees awarded as a result of litigation, and the number of US Fish and Wildlife Service employees dedicated to ESA litigation; and 4) placing reasonable caps on attorneys’ fees to make ESA litigation consistent with federal law. Notwithstanding these common sense changes, 45 percent of the House of Representatives voted against the bill and its chances of being heard in the Senate are slim and none, because there are currently several hundred other bills that have yet to be heard. And that is my frustration with the system, because it appears that accountability to the American people is somehow unreasonable. And then there was the meeting at White Sands Missile Range regarding the proposal for the Department of Defense to take over lands north of the missile range from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as a result of the proposed alignment of the Sun-Zia power line from New Mexico to Arizona and beyond. Prior to that meeting I didn’t fully appreciate the history of displacement and sacrifice that the ranching families in that area have endured over time but I sincerely hope that their concerns can be addressed. What I recall from that meeting is that the ranchers in the so called “Northern Extension“ of the missile range would prefer to continue their relationship with the BLM into the future, given that the Department of Defense isn’t necessarily a land management agency. (Please be on the lookout for a comprehensive history of the White Sands Missile Range in a future article.) On the productive side of the equation four of us New Mexicans, Ronnie Rardin, A. Blair Dunn, Michael Lucero and I, had the opportunity to testify before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation regarding “Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies” in Washington, D.C. Additionally, I was invited to the National Cattleman’s Beef Association summer meeting in Denver to speak about the civil rights abuses of allotment owners by the USFS in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The presentations we collectively gave were very eye opening for both audiences and will hopefully lead to legislation in the future to hold accountable those federal agents who have threatened, discriminated or retaliated against Americans in violation of their civil rights. Until next time, take comfort in your faith, family and friends.
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CURTIS FORT
Storyteller in Bronze by SHARON NIEDERMAN hen you listen to Curtis Fort tell a story about growing up on the family ranch in Tatum, NM, or working as a guide on the Vermejo, you think, “There’s no way even Bob Wills could imitate that twang. This is the real deal. This fellow lives his talk.” That authentic cowboy speech, with its singsong rhythm and way out west drawl expresses the genuine spirit that makes western art lovers fans of Curtis Fort’s bronzes. His expressive, detailed figures simply seem too good to be true. Blessed with a voice and character that loves to tell stories, this self-taught master puts all his God-given natural storytelling
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abilities plus some into his artwork. He traces his own artistic development through some key memories, recalling the seemingly chance events in his life that are like links, one right after another, in the chain of his destiny. While he originally intended to be a cowboy like his dad, his ability to depict cowboys, Indians, wildlife, and ranch life with uncanny realism in a distinctive style has shaped his life into that of an artist. “Every kid tries to do art,” he says. “I loved to look at bank calendars with Charlie Russell pictures. My first book on Russell was a present from my parents around 1958. He has continued to build a collection of books that he uses for his research. After the drought of the early 50s passed, his family took their only vacation, when he was about ten or eleven. He’d never seen a bronze until they went to the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming on that vacation. “I was just enthralled,” he says. “Then about nine years later, when I was at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, I visited Don Case and saw a bronze on a stand at his home and asked about it. When he told me he’d made it, I asked him, “How did you make it?”
“You just sculpt the clay,” he told me. From then on, Curtis spent every spare minute working with clay. He had another revelation when Don invited him to come with him to the foundry at Sedona, Arizona in 1969 to see the clay cast into bronze. There he met artist Joe Beeler, working in the foundry. “I was so impressed with him,” Curtis recalls. “He was so down to earth. He invited us to his studio,” a place that opened yet another world of possibility. His success is as homegrown and natural as his work itself, one thing just effortlessly leading to the next as people in a position to appreciate what he was doing continued to fall in love with his work and support it. While studying for his Bachelor of Science in Range Management at NMSU, Curtis worked summers at the Bell Ranch. “That was good times,” he remembers. At the Bell, he earned his first commission from Don Hoffman, and he was finally able to get a piece of his own clay sculpture cast in Lubbock. “I finally got something in metal!” he says. Then, around 1973, friends in Roy continued on page 13
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helped him get his first show, at Harriet DeLissio’s gift shop in Raton. While in Raton, he called the Vermejo Ranch, where he was offered a job starting Sept. 5, 1973. His years there as a hand and a guide introduced him to collectors. His work was popular with the hunters he guided. “Those Vermejo contacts helped out,” he says. “Many of those connections made back then have continued over the years.” He got his big break while at the Vermejo, when writer John Neary came to the ranch to do a story about the place. Neary featured Curtis’ work in an article in Smithsonian Magazine in Nov., 1975. Curtis still gets comments from people who
remember seeing that story. After a few more years, Curtis decided to choose a life of making a living as an artist over ranching, though he continues to “punch cow now and then” for friends and neighbors. He and wife Carol, his business manager, live on the family ranch in Tatum. continued on page 16
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Applications for all sanctions & approvals required for the 2014 NMSF Horse Shows are underway. We will keep updating this schedule as we progress & are happy to meet with anyone who has suggestions for the 2014 Horse Shows. Please call Sally 505-222-9710 if you have questions or would like to make an appointment to meet, or e-mail sally.mayer@state.nm.us
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r. D. J. Harrison began breeding Quarter Horses in the 1930s on his ranch in Sonora, Texas, and began registering his Quarter Horses with the AQHA in 1941. The horses were raised primarily to work cattle. Mr. Dan J. Harrison, Jr. followed his father, raising Quarter Horses on his ranches in South Texas. His ranch outside Fulshear, Texas, served as the main breeding operation – as it still does today.
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In 1997, the American Quarter Horse Association honored both men with the Legacy Award, a recognition for their 56 continuous years of registering Quarter Horses. Horses like King Moore by King, Old Sorrel grandson, Little Huero, Les Glo, Skipa Star and Colonel Freckles heavily influenced the Harrison breeding program. If you visit Memorial Hall at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, you will see the niche which honors and perpetuates the memory of D. J. Harrison and Dan J. Harrison, Jr. In Western Horseman's Legends, Volume 5, which features outstanding stallions and mares that have had a significant impact on the Quarter Horse breed, Skipa Star is featured. Our deceased stallion Skipastarsky, an own son of Skipa Star, was the 1983 AQHA High Point Jr. Heeling Horse, among many other accomplishments and sired 151 foals.
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We haven’t decided the best way to include both AMHA & AMHR – Miniature National Shows are AMHR 9-4 through 9-15 & AMHA 9-26 through 10-4. We are open to your suggestions.
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His work has been exhibited in the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas, The Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, TX, Western Heritage Museum Complex, Hobbs, NM, and is featured in many western publications. It is certainly familiar to anyone who regularly sees the New Mexico Stockman. He also wrote a series of columns for three-and-a-half years, in a vivid cowboy voice, about ranch
life for the Stockman. Those columns are now being collected for an anthology to be published by Oklahoma University Press. Curtis has been the sole artist featured in the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Cattleman of the Year Award. Each recipient receives a coveted Fort bronze selected especially for them and sporting their brand. Branding, bronc busting, mama cows and calves, are all favorite subjects of his. “I love history, hunting, wildlife, and Native America,” he says. “I try to portray
the working cowboy. It’s a real compliment when someone says, “Now that’s exactly the way it is,” of my work. I want to portray cowboy life.” Fort likes to render scenes that “tell a story” and is a sucker for history. “I like to put history in a piece,” he says. “But it’s like putting too much matting on a picture—you can overdo it. I found out doing sculpture, you can get authentic in the clothing, but if you can capture a feel, a feeling, where there’s some feel to it, that’s the big thing. That’s the biggest comment I get. ‘I feel happy.’” Sharon Niederman is a writer and photographer living in Raton and the author of many books of NM history and culture. Her forthcoming book is: Enchanted Plate: New Mexico Farm to Table.
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New Mexicans Bring Home Three National Junior High Rodeo Championships by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON hree New Mexico rodeo contestants – Lyndsey Orris, Belen; Ryder King, Tularosa and Peyton McKinley, Las Cruces – won their events at the National Junior High Rodeo Finals held in Des Moines, Iowa, the last week in June, and came home national champions. As national champions, each won a saddle, several belt buckles, scholarship money, and other prizes. The competitors qualified for the finals by rodeoing throughout the season – the last weekend in March through Memorial Day weekend in May – across New Mexico, and finishing in the top four in their events at the New Mexico Junior High Rodeo finals. In Des Moines, they competed against cowboys and cowgirls in sixth through eighth grades from across the United States, Canada and Australia. Lyndsey Orris, Belen, won the goat tying, tying her goats in 8.17 seconds, 8.54 seconds and 8.86 seconds to win the championship. Orris, a freshman at Belen High School, says that the competition was tough. “When you get to the finals, you are competing against the best from every state, the best of the best.” This was the first trip to the National Junior High Finals for Orris, thirteen, who has been riding horses since she was three years old, and her last year to rodeo in junior high. She also competes in breakaway roping, team roping and ribbon roping. She is the daughter of Danny and Monica Orris, and in addition to help from
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her parents and brother, Jake, is coached by Jerry Kimsey. Youth rodeo is a family event, both for individual families and for the “rodeo family” that develops when families see, compete against and travel with each other year after year. “Junior rodeo for our family, we love it,” said Monica Orris. “We have a great time, and love going. It seems like almost every weekend we haul the kids down the road somewhere, and it’s totally
worth it.” Ryder King, Tularosa, and Peyton McKinley, Las Cruces, won the ribbon roping with times of 6.75 seconds, 7.14 seconds and 6.58 seconds. “I was blessed to make it to the finals, blessed to come back to the short round in two events, and
blessed to win the national championship,” said King, a freshman at Tularosa High School. King also qualified for the finals in team roping, and made the short round high call back. He placed 7th in the continued on page 20
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couldn’t carry it to the next one,” she said. “Ribbon roping was the only event I was worried about because I didn’t want to let Ryder down. He was very relaxed and calm and I knew he would do what he needed to do.” Rodeo is a family affair, says the fourteen-year-old Mayfield High School freshman, who has been riding as long as she can remember. Her parents, J.D. and Brandy McKinley, both rodeoed competitively for many years in calf roping and barrel racing respectively but have cut back now that Peyton and her brother Braxton are getting more involved. In addition to her family, she is coached by Kyle Dutton, Dixie Richards and the Elkin family. “Peyton is one that works extremely hard at home and is extremely dedicated to being successful at what she does,” said Brandy McKinley. “She won a state title and qualified for the finals each year in junior high, and this championship is a nice way to wrap it up. We are very ■ proud.”
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AQHA President Johnny Trotter says he grew up dreaming about being able to do what he’s doing today. And now he’s making a living at it hen Johnny Trotter’s phone alarm sounded at 4:45 a.m., he turned it off and a few seconds later slid down out of the nose of his horse trailer. Johnny was parked at the headquarters of his Deer Springs Ranch near Turkey, Texas. It was the end of April, and spring works were starting. A couple hundred cows with calves would be gathered that morning in a rough section of the ranch, and the calves branded. Another hundred or so would be worked that afternoon. Johnny had been sleeping in his trailer. He stepped out into the still-dark, cool morning air, grabbing his hat as he went through the dressing room door. With his Klapper-made spurs making a soft jingle with each step, he walked the hundred yards or so to where his horses stood, in a corral attached to a barn in which some of the other cowboys were sleeping. Both horses were gray, and even though there was no moon, they reflected enough of the early morning starlight that Johnny could see they were watching him, waiting. He poured out grain for both of them, then pitched some hay over the fence. Breakfast for the cowboys was at 5:30, and as quick as it was eaten, everyone saddled their horses and left the barn in a long trot. It was still 45 minutes before sunrise, but the day had begun. Johnny Trotter is president of AQHA,
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The Beginning Even as a child, all Johnny ever wanted to be was a Johnny Trotter cowboy. He started riding when he was pre-school age in Abilene, Texas, and discovered that a friend of his dad’s had a horse. Then, between the first and second grade, his father, who was a Methodist minister, moved the family to Dumas, Texas, and Johnny got his own horse. Dumas, like Abilene, is in the middle of ranch country. So it was no surprise that in the second grade another of his dad’s friends would come get Johnny and his horse to go feed the friend’s cattle and even help him brand. This was right up Johnny’s alley, and he was liking Dumas a lot. Then, just before he entered high school, Johnny’s family moved to Hereford, Texas. His father had gotten another church. There might have been disappointment in the beginning, but as it turns out, it was a prodigious move for the youngster. The cattle feeding industry was about to explode, and the small Texas Panhandle town would soon become the No. 1 cattle feeding area in the country. Hereford proclaims itself to be the Beef Capital of the World. At any one time, more than a million cattle are on feed within a 50-mile radius of the Hereford city limits. Johnny day-worked for several cattlemen around the area after school and on weekends, and he shod horses and traded horses out of the sale at Clovis, New Mexcontinued on page 24
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Then he met cattleman, farmer and seed producer Shirley Garrison. “Even while I was in high school, I took care of Shirley’s wheat pasture cattle,” Johnny says, “and I started helping him on the farm during the summers. Then in the ‘70s, I leased a preconditioning feedyard, and Shirley and I became partners on it. When the big feedyard I own now came available, we bought it together, rebuilt the feed mill and got it going, and it has just continued to get bigger all the time.” Today, Bar G Feedyard actually consists of two feedyards a mile apart, with a total feeding capacity of 120,000 head. In addition, there is a 5,000-head preconditioning feedyard where freshly weaned calves are started on feed before they are turned out on grass or wheat and then brought into the big feedyard. Johnny, as president and general manager of the operation, supervises the marketing of 200,000 to 250,000 fed cattle per year. Also, he manages a farming operation that consists of 10,000 acres of wheat and 1,500 acres of corn that is harvested as silage for feed in the feedyard.
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Johnny has had horses since he was in the second grade. Ever since he was in high school, he used them in his work, and in the 1990s, he became a fairly proficient team roper – he has won two trailers and 20 saddles, and for the last three years has qualified for the World Series of Team Roping finals in Las Vegas. But it was Labor Day weekend in 1998 that Johnny became interested in racehorses. He and his wife, Jana, went to Ruidoso, New Mexico, to see the All American Futurity. They thought it would be fun to own a racehorse, and, like everyone else in the Quarter Horse racing industry, they sure thought it would be fun to win the All American Futurity. So Johnny started buying a few racehorses, most of which in the beginning were unsuccessful. Then he bought Royal N Ready, a son of Royal Quick Dash (First Down Dash-Harems Choice by Beduino (TB)), who turned out to be his first stakes winner. “That same year, we bought One Famous Lady, Romance Will Return and Royal Ready Too Wear,” he says, “all mares. We qualified Romance Will Return and One Famous Lady for the Rainbow and Royal Ready Too Wear for the Ruidoso Futurity.” Johnny says he then bought a horse called Gage Man by Okey Dokey Dale and out of a Runaway Winner mare. That horse had the 11th-fastest qualifying time for the All American Futurity, which means he didn’t get in the race – only the 10 fastest make the race. “But we won the Casino Cash Derby at Sunland with him, and then I sold him,” he says. But Johnny still had One Famous Lady. “She was just all heart from the get-go,” he says. “She’s by Chicks Beduino and out of a Dash For Cash mare named One Slick Cookie. The Allred Bros. raised her. Blane Wood bought her for me at Blane Schaneveldt’s sale. She made more than $172,000. I always said that if we could get a colt out of her that had her heart, we’d have something. And, sure enough, we did.” When Burnett Ranches syndicated the racehorse stallion Mr Jess Perry, Johnny split a share of the syndication with Marvin Selig of Seguin, Texas. That gave each of them one breeding per year. At the time, Johnny didn’t own a mare, but after One
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Famous Lady showed her mettle, Johnny bred her to Mr Jess Perry in the spring of her 3-year-old year, flushed the embryo and sent her back to the track, where she ran fourth in both the Rainbow and All American derbies and third in the KHEY Handicap at Sunland, making her stakes placed. The following year, he bred her to Mr Jess Perry again and named the resulting foal One Famous Eagle. “One Famous Eagle was born at the Four Sixes and grew up down there,” Johnny says. “When he was a yearling, I
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Federal Appeals Court Ruling a Victory for Consumers and Ranchers he United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) says the July 29 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upholding the U.S. country of origin labeling (COOL) program and affirming a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction to block COOL is a significant victory for consumers and U.S. cattle producers. The ruling was limited to addressing the reach of First Amendment claims by the appellants where information required to be disclosed was factual and noncontroversial. Nine of the eleven judges of the D.C Circuit who participated in the en banc review concluded that no First Amendment violation arises under the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2013 COOL regulations. The July 29 ruling stems from a lawsuit filed on July 8, 2013 by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the American Meat Institute (AMI), National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), North American Meat Association (NAMA), Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Canadian Pork Council, Mexico’s National Confederation of Livestock Organizations, Southwest Meat Association and the American Association of Meat Processors, seeking to block implementation of USDA’s 2013 COOL implementation regulations and seeking a preliminary injunction to halt the program’s implementation immediately. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the groups’ motion for preliminary injunction and the full appellate panel heard the case after a three-judge appeals panel upheld the lower court’s decision but suggested the full court review its ruling on the First Amendment issue in light of other D.C. Circuit decisions on the topic. USCA is one of four defendant-intervenors in the lawsuit. “USCA became involved in this lawsuit as a defendant-intervenor because we felt it was very important for the court to hear directly from U.S. ranchers,” said Jon Wooster, USCA President, San Lucas, California. “We are pleased with the court’s decision that the 2013 regulations do not violate the First Amendment rights of the appellants,” continued Wooster. “The court indicated clearly that the history of COOL ‘lifts it above’ mere consumer curiosity; that origin labeling rules have existed for almost 125 years; and there’s a ‘time-tested consensus’ that consumers want to know the origin of products they purchase. COOL’s primary purpose is to provide consumers with enhanced labeling information so they can make informed purchases. We believe USDA’s revised COOL regulations achieve exactly that goal.” “USCA strongly supports the en banc decision of the D.C. Circuit, the earlier D.C. Circuit panel decision and the District Court
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decision denying the preliminary injunction sought by the plantiffs/appellants,” noted Leo McDonnell, USCA Director Emeritus, Columbus, MT. “In its opinion, the court wrote that the government’s interest in COOL is ‘substantial’ because there is a long history of such disclosures and there’s a demonstrated consumer interest in knowing where their food comes from. The real question is why
plaintiffs continue to seek to deny consumers information so basic as to where their food was produced,” added McDonnell. “While it is unclear at this time whether the plaintiffs will file a petition for certiorari in order to appeal to the U.S.
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Cowboy / Pinkerton Man / Author he titles to some books published in the latter part of the 19th century left little to the imagination. One of the most prolix was this: A Texas Cow Boy [sic] or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony, Taken From Real Life. The author identified himself as “Chas. A. Siringo, An Old Stove Up ‘Cow Puncher,’ Who has Spent Nearly Twenty Years on The Great Western Cattle Ranges.” Charles Angelo Siringo was born of Italian/Irish parentage in Matagorda County, in southeast Texas, between Galveston and Corpus Christi about 1856. His father died when he was only one year old. The “Nearly Twenty Years” he cited above is somewhat dubious. He would have to have began his cowboy career at age nine, or so, to have been at it twenty years in 1885. One biographer does report that he began cowboying at age eleven, but that is not accurate, either. He actually
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began life “on the Hurricane Deck of Spanish Pony” about 1867, but that adventure only lasted a few months before he fell sick and was obliged to return home. His mother had remarried and Charlie spent the late 1860s traveling with her, his sister and stepfather, up the Mississippi to St. Louis and into Illinois where he worked on a farm for a time. His stepfather, a great drunkard, was finally driven from the community, and his mother and sister fled to St. Louis without telling Charlie they were going, or where they’d be. He was on his own. Charlie was surely at work as a cowboy, employed by the famous Texas cattleman Shanghai Pierce by the early 1870s and he was a part of cattle drives north to Kansas railheads. In the late 1870s he found himself searching for stolen Texas Panhandle cattle in Lincoln County, New Mexico. He was thereabouts when Billy the Kid was
captured in December 1880. That was his first effort at detective work. Siringo married and settled for a time at Caldwell, Kansas. It was there that he wrote his first book; the one mentioned above. The idea of writing for a living appealed to him so he packed up his wife and child and moved to Chicago where he could be closer to the markets. That didn’t work out and he was soon looking for a job. Because of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in May 1886, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency was looking for investigators. Charlie and the Pinkerton got together and Charlie found himself a Pinkerton “operative” tracking down anarchists. He completed that, and other, assignments in the Chicago area and was reassigned to the Denver office. His wife continued on page 31
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died in early 1891 and his daughter went to live with an aunt in Illinois. The Pinkerton agency sent Charlie to Santa Fe. His assignment in New Mexico was to identify the man (or men) who attempted to kill one or more of New Mexico’s political leaders, namely J. A. Ancheta, Elias Stover or Tom Catron on February 5, 1891. The three of them, all legislators, had been working in Catron’s office on an education bill, when several shots were fired. Only Ancheta was hit, and survived. Given the rancor over a plethora of issues that existed in New Mexico at the time, the possible motives were almost too many to count, as were the suspects. Early in the investigation, Governor Bradford Prince steered Siringo toward the so-called Gorras Blancas (White Caps) and its leaders, the Herrera brothers: Pablo, Juan José and Nicanor. Charlie infiltrated the group and became personally well acquainted with Pablo. His conclusion was that the Gorras Blancas were not involved in the shooting. (Others at the time believed that the group was indeed responsible for the attack.) While Siringo was pursuing that
avenue of inquiry, Santa Fe town marshal, John Gray, pursued another. It led to Victoriano and Felipe Garcia, both living at Cow Springs (Ojo de la Vaca), 20 or so miles southeast of Santa Fe. Siringo then conducted his own investigation into the Garcia brothers and came to agree with Marshal Gray. One of the brothers as much as admitted guilt to Charlie but the detective was never able to learn a motive for the attack. Charlie delivered the information to Governor Prince, and the governor’s reaction had to have startled him. The governor ordered him to drop the operation. The Garcia brothers, it turned out, were among Prince’s closest political allies. It is noteworthy, too, that Governor Prince and Tom Catron were bitter political enemies and personally loathed one another. The governor very likely did not care who took a shot at Catron but his stated reason for closing the inquiry was that the territory could not afford to continue the investigation. The case was never solved. Siringo remained with Pinkerton until the early 1900s, during which he participated in many cases, including the search for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He retired to Santa Fe in 1908, where he’d purchased property, intent upon raising
horses and vegetables and writing books about his adventures as a Pinkerton man. He wrote five of them: A Cowboy Detective (1912), Two Evil Isms: Pinkertonism and Anarchism (1915), A Lone Star Cowboy (1919), Billy the Kid (1920), and Riata and Spurs (1927). He spent the remainder of his life in Santa Fe and in California where he became familiar with some of the literati and entertainers of the day. Upon his death in 1928, humorist Will Rogers and actor William S. Hart sent the following telegram to Charlie’s son, Roy: “Another American plainsman has taken the long trail. May flowers always grow over his grave.” Sources: Bullis, New Mexico Historical Biographies William A. Keleher, The Fabulous Frontier Howard R. Lamar, Charlie Siringo’s West, An Interpretive Biography Ben E. Pingenot, Siringo: The True History of Charles A. Siringo Chas. A. Siringo, A Texas Cowboy Victor Westphall, Thomas Benton Catron & His Era
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40th Annual Five States Round-Up — The Challenge he Lariat CowBelles invite you to join them on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at the Clayton Air Park in Clayton, New Mexico for a great educational opportunity focusing on challenging all of us to learn how to get our beef story across to the consumer and the coming generations. The day will be filled with information, fun, friends, and good food. You will be treated to a style show by Espe’s/3 West. There will be a catered lunch. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and will include a continental breakfast. You are invited to visit the vendor booths and to submit your bids on the items in the silent auction, at this time. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. The speaker scheduled for the morning session is Chef Mike Erikson, Culinary Arts Instructor at John B. Connally High School, Austin, TX presenting bringing the beef story to youth and producing the new film, True Beef. In the afternoon, Matt Rush, a noted dynamic New Mexico speaker, will talk on the challenges facing the beef industry.
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Please return the pre-registration form below with your $25 registration fee on or before September 15. Late registration from September 15-September 20 will be $30. To insure a correct number of meals for the luncheon, you must register no later than September 20. There will be no registrations accepted at the door. This may be the most reasonable priced day of education that you will have the opportunity to attend. So invite husbands, neighbors, friends and family to come and attend with you. For our out-of-town guests, Clayton Motels: Best Western Kokopelli Lodge 575/374-2589; Holiday Motel 575/3742558; Super 8 of Clayton 575/374-8127; Days Inn & Suites 575/374-0133; Eklund
Hotel 575/374-2551. We look forward to seeing you on October 1st! The Chuckwagon CowBelles met at Horses for Heroes in Santa Fe, New Mexico on July 8, 2014, with gratitude to hosts, Rick Iannucci and Nancy DeSantis. The bunkhouse that they have built for the veterans is absolutely gorgeous! The business meeting began with the CowBelle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and CowBelle Creed. The group took a tour and got a view of the Gold Star Memorial dedicated to New Mexico veterans who lost their lives after September 11, 2001. Rick also showed the “CowBelles Only” sign hanging on the water heater room. How much fun! Toni Barrow took roll call. Babbi Baker read Toni’s minutes from the June meeting, and were approved as mailed.
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Vera Gibson gave the Treasurer’s report. There was discussion about our FFA donations. Carolyn and Lyn gave a report on the Mid-year meeting. There are proposed changes in the district representatives and workshops and the construction of a website is now in progress. It was decided to donate 25 percent of the raffle tickets sold to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund. Raffle tickets were distributed. Toni mentioned a letter from the Torrance County Fair. It was decided to donate $100 for the Torrance County BBQ. There was discussion about booths. Toni asked members use perfume sparingly when coming to meetings. The Pumpkin Patch will be the last two weekends in October. We are continuing to pray for Jackie Brown. We were saddened to hear of Dorothy Vaughn’s passing. There was discussion about the fact that there will be no state fair booth this year. There was also discussion about Beef Ambassadors. It was decided to buy a roll of stamps at Costco to give to Babbi to use for mailing the minutes. The next meeting will be in Encino at Mercedes Cravens’ ranch on August 12. Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m. After the meeting, Rick gave a continued on page 35
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What You Need toKnow Now About Your Family’s Health Insurance FROM BOB HOMER, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Insurance Administrators
Here are the answers to the five most asked questions I hear from New Mexico stockmen Q. I’m over 65 and have Medicare and a Medicare supplement policy, do I need to do anything? 1. No action is necessary. If you want to change your Medicare supplement plan for next year, you must make your change between October 15 and December 7, 2014.
Q. I’m under 65 and am currently covered by health insurance what are my options? 1. If you are covered by an employer group policy, no action is required unless your employer is changing the company plan or discontinuing the plan. 2. If you are under 65 and have individual (non-group) coverage for you and your family or you have your own small group plan. a. If your policy was purchased before March 2010 and you have not made changes to the policy [no increased deductible, etc], this policy is grand fathered and you can keep it as long as the insurance company keeps renewing that plan. b. Your policy was purchased after March 2010. If your policy is from Blue Cross Blue Shield or Lovelace, you can keep it until December 1, 2014. Please contact our office to select a new plan during the next open enrollment period between November 15, 2014 and February 15, 2015. 3. If you are covered under the New Mexico Cattle Growers member group policy with Blue Cross Blue Shield, your coverage will continue until August 1, 2014. Some policies can continue after that date. If you need to change your policy, our office has already contacted you.
Q. I do not have health coverage, what are my options? 1. You may sign up for health coverage during the next open enrollment period which begins on November 15 and runs through February 15, 2015, through our office, with one of the following companies: i. Blue Cross Blue Shield ii. Presbyterian iii. New Mexico Health Connections iv. Molina (only for those eligible for Medicaid)
2. How do you do it? Call our office: 1-800/286-9690 or 505/828-9690 or email me at rhomer@financialguide.com
Q. If you want to know if you & your family qualify for a government subsidy, go to www.kff.org [Kaiser Family Foundation]. Q. I do not want any coverage, what are my options? 1. Penalty for 2014 = $95 per adult and $47.50 per child or 1% of your family income, whichever is greater. 2. Penalty for 2016 = $695 per adult and $347.50 per child or 2.5% of your family income, whichever is greater.
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tour of the corrals and stock at the Horses for Heroes facility. The group appreciated the hospitality he and Nancy showed CowBelles during their visit! Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker The meeting of the Chamiza CowBelles was called to order on July 3, 2014 by President Gloria Petersen with eight members and one guest present. Wanda Taylor led group in the CowBelle Creed, Cowbelle Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Meeting was held in the atrium at Elephant Butte Inn. The secretary presented the minutes from the May meeting (no meeting in June) and they were approved as read. Beef ticket sales are progressing favorably; signs need to be made to make people aware and to emphasize the fact that winner may opt to receive money rather than beef. This is especially helpful in selling to people who live out of the area or out of state. Gloria announced that the Chamiza Cowbelles will be hosting the district meeting in 2015. Elephant Butte Inn will serve as the meeting place as well as cater the meals, but Gloria wants to begin planning now for the “goody” bags. Several members volunteered to contact businesses with whom they are acquainted. Rene Greenwald, our guest, suggested we write a request letter on CowBelle letterhead to present to businesses as some require this for donations. The Beef Council cancelled the Beef Throwdown this year so there will be no need for volunteers to help serve at the food wagons. Both Gloria and Rene mentioned the new booths this year at Ag Day including making butter and grinding wheat were enjoyed tremendously by the school children. Rene recently attended a national convention on the subject of Ag in the Classroom. She said the teachers really appreciate CowBelles making beef presentations in their classrooms. With all the uses of beef mentioned, the children learn much more than just agriculture. Nancy Phelps offered to host September meeting. Rene won the door prize of free lunch! Meeting adjourned at 11:33 a.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to Jingle Jangle. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com the 14th of each month.
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My Cowboy Heroes by JIM OLSON
“Fox Hastings – One Tough Gal” hen you think of pioneer ladies from the early days of rodeo, Fox Hastings name has to be there. She was one of the first female bulldoggers in rodeo history. She also rode broncs and was a trick rider. She was a crowd favorite. It has been said she could smile at the camera, while lying in the mud, and still be holding the horns of a steer she had just thrown. Eloise Fox was born during 1898 in Galt, California to Wesley Galveston and Susie Agusta Fox. Somewhat of a maverick from the beginning, the rebellious girl was sent to a boarding school at age fourteen. Two years later she ran away. At sixteen, she joined the Irwin Brothers Wild West Show, and met and married Mike Hastings a well-known performer on the rodeo circuit. She dropped her first name and became known thereafter as “Fox Hastings.” The press loved her name. It was Mike who first taught her the ins and outs of rodeo. She started by riding broncs and doing trick riding events. Soon, her ability to ride rough stock
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became renowned. She was known for her enthusiasm, her physical strength, and her expert horsemanship. In the early part of the 1900s, women competed right along side men in many cases. Fox served as a reminder that women thrive on competition just as men do. She became an inspiration to many young women who previously thought a woman’s place was strictly in the home. By 1924, Fox and Mike had a new plan however. It was 1924 at Houston, Texas where Fox made her debut as a bulldogger! This was practically unheard of for ladies of the day. The main reason being, bulldogging steers were much bigger and wilder than what you find in today’s competitions. It was dangerous, even for the toughest of seasoned cowboys. She was a huge hit however and wound up being voted the best specialty act of the rodeo. Thereafter, Fox and Mike gained fame as husband and wife bulldoggers. She put on exhibitions at Wild West Shows and rodeos across the country. Foghorn
Clancy, rodeo personality and promoter claimed Fox, “was the most photographed and interviewed cowgirl of the 1920s.” Fox was quoted in Hoofs and Horns magazine as saying, “I like bulldogging better than bronc riding. Bronc riding is a question of strength and endurance, but in bulldogging you don’t tackle two steers exactly alike. You have to learn the difference in the animals’ size, strength, formation of the horns, build of neck and shoulders and a lot of things. Every move has to be perfectly timed to a split second.” Of course, the steers she was bulldogging usually weighed around 1,200 pounds, about twice what today’s bulldogging cattle weigh—and back then, they literally “bit them on the lip” to help bring ‘em down (hence the name bulldogging)! Along the way, she suffered a myriad of injuries and broken bones. However, the old adage, “The show must go on,” rang true with Fox and she would continue putting on exhibitions, injuries or no. In 1935, at the Fiesta De Los Vaqueros rodeo in Tucson, Arizona, Fox was a contract act performing a ladies bulldogging exhibition. On the first day, she suffered a broken rib. She still went on to perform during the next several days of rodeo in spite of the pain. She did not want to let show management down. She remained one of rodeo’s top performing women athletes through the 1930s. Fox was always a press favorite. Unforgettable is an image of her having just turfed a steer, covered in dirt or mud, and smiling at the camera, grinning from ear to ear. There are numerous photos like this in the archives. She literally traveled the world while rodeoing. She proved to be a charismatic, crowd pleaser whenever she appeared in the arena. Fox summed up her ability this way: “If I can just get my fanny out of the saddle and my feet planted, there’s not a steer that can last against me.” Sometime in the latter half of the 1920s, her first marriage ended in divorce. continued on page 37
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However, in 1929, she remarried. Her second husband was another champion rodeo hand, Charles “Chuck” Wilson. Together they traveled the circuit from New York to Los Angeles, hitting all points in between. They also relocated their home operation to a ranch near Winslow, Arizona. During the last half of the 1930s, there were great changes in rodeo. The Wild West shows had pretty well phased out by then (and with it the exhibitions such as Fox performed). Also, the new Cowboy Turtles Association (CTA) was born in 1936, and they soon became the primary sanctioning board for professional cowboys. The new association however, did not allow women performers to enter rodeos. As a result, the Women’s Rodeo Association was formed thereafter. Whether it was the changes, or just her age (approaching forty by now) Fox Hastings retired from rodeo towards the end of the ‘30s. She and Chuck settled in and became full-time Arizona ranchers. During the 1940s, Fox became plagued with health problems. Several reports have been given as to what it was, but the most popular theory is tuberculosis. Reports say that Chuck stood faithfully by his wife during this difficult time, often nursing her himself. Tragically, on July 30, 1948, Chuck Wilson died in Winslow of a heart attack, leaving behind a sickly widow. Two weeks later, at the Adams Hotel in Phoenix, Fox took her own life. The coroner’s report states she died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the abdomen and head. She left a note, saying, “I don’t want to live without my husband.” In 1987, Eloise Fox Hastings Wilson was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. It was noted her career had included steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, and rodeo trick riding. On October 26, 2011, Fox was also inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of ■ Fame at Fort Worth.
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2014 New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp y name is Colton Hackett and I live in Alamogordo, New Mexico, I have been around ranching almost my whole life, helping out family since I can remember. This summer I was lucky enough to be selected to attend a one-week youth ranch management camp. The New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp was held in the beautiful Valles Caldera National Preserve. It was hosted by the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service and the Valle Caldera National Preserve. I have an interest in going into ranching or maybe ranch and land management once I am done with high school. The camp was very educational and taught me more than I could learn just on the average day working on the ranch. Everyday was something different, we had beef day, marketing, wildlife, range day and on the final day we did our group presentation of our own ranch plans that incorporated everything we had learned. On all things beef day we were taught how to give shots properly which is vital when working cattle. We learned how to process a beef carcass and about the beef industry and what we put on our dinner tables. Then the camp cooks prepared the
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weeks’ menu from the beef we processed. They did a great job, we ate great! I learned all about proper nutrition and exactly how the digestive system works. The best part, I got to actually stick my hand inside a cow. The wildlife day was one of my favorites and very interesting. I am an avid hunter and like just scouting around in the forest or desert areas around my home. The night before wildlife day we went spotlighting and saw three (3) coyotes and a herd of at least 200 elk. Knowing the wildlife in your area is essential in managing your land and cattle. Plus wildlife can be a huge added income to your ranching business. Having elk, antelope, or any animal tags can be profitable to the bottom line of your business. Ranch camp was not only educational but I made life long friendships and had an amazing experience. Ranching is a dying career in my generation and I think it is important for as many of us to keep ranching going and the interest alive. By attending this camp I can now be an advocate on the ranching life and encourage others to attend. I want to thank New Mexico Stockman magazine for sponsoring me to attend camp this year. Thank you to my parents for taking me and picking me up. A special thank you to Colt Howland for encouraging me to attend and for all that you have taught me. Lastly thank you to the New Mexico Extension Cooperative and Valles ■ Caldera for hosting this event.
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Thorpe Honored for Beef Industry Achievements here is no man more associated with the words “cattle market” than Topper Thorpe, who left his mark on the industry during a 32-year tenure with CattleFax. His contributions and leadership will be noted as Thorpe receives the Feeding Quality Forum Industry Achievement Award in August. “The uniqueness of the cattle feeding industry is that we supply almost 80 percent of the fed cattle produced in the world,” says Larry Corah, vice president of supply for Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB), who began his own career when Thorpe was a rising star. “That is a pretty impactful industry, and CattleFax and Topper have had a strong influence on how successful it has been.” Raised on a diversified livestock and crop operation in southern New Mexico, Thorpe earned degrees in business and economics from New Mexico State University before becoming one of two original employees of CattleFax in 1968. As the first
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the English language. What I really dislike is twisting the meanings of words for personal gain or special interest. For example take the word “adopt.” Dictionary.reference.com comes up with the following: a·dopt verb (used with object) 1. to choose or take as one’s own; make one’s own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname. 2. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one’s own child, specifically by a formal legal act. 3. to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé. 4. to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course. 5. to vote to accept: The House adopted the report.
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Please note that there is NOTHING said there about dogs, cats, horses or other animals. Yet we all see or hear hundreds of images every week about adopting something other than a person or the child of other parents. Do you accept a responsibility for caring for these animals when you acquire them? Of course. But there is a vast difference in acquiring a pet or livestock versus adopting a child. All we are doing when we repeat this term incorrectly is adding to credibility to those who haven’t learned to apply the term correctly. There is a term for that — anthropomorphism. That term isn’t one that is in my wheel-house (another new term), nor is one that can roll off my tongue. According to Wikipedia it is the attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other than a human being. Examples include depicting deities with human form and ascribing human emotions or motives to forces of nature, such as hurricanes or earthquakes. Anthropomorphism has ancient roots as a literary device in storytelling, and also in art. Most cultures have traditional fables with anthropomorphized animals, which can stand or talk like humans, as characters. Then we come to another irritant. The word “rescue.” As “have a rescue dog, cat, horse or other animal.” Here’s what Dictionary.reference.com says about that: res·cue verb (used with object), res·cued, res·cu·ing 1. to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil. 2. Law. to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody. noun 3. the act of rescuing. Again, there is nothing here about animals, although it is not as clear as adopt, I think the same case can be made that the intent is for people — humans. I have a dog that rescued me when she was about two years old. She isn’t really social and there is no doubt that you will not mess continued on page 41
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with me when she is around. I choose to term her behavior as not very social which often brings an “ahhh, did you rescue her?” Absolutely not. She was given to me by some very caring friends who knew “I needed a dog and who had a dog that needed a home” a few months after we had to put Betsy down. She is a happy, healthy animal . . . who may happen not to like you (or much of anybody else, so don’t take it personally). She didn’t fit into their breeding program (heaven forbid) and she needed a good home. This probably isn’t a story I should even be telling. The breeding of dogs and cats is a major target of animal rights groups. They think that the only animal anyone should have is one that is adopted and/or rescued. You darn sure cannot “own” it and you had better not violate its rights. To that end there are groups throughout the nation who are trafficking (probably another misused term) “rescued” animals illegally across state lines to give them to new homes . . . for a fee. There is also a substantial market of “rescue” animals from foreign countries because pet shelters are running out of animals to “adopt” out. All of this is going on while dog breeders are accused of being “puppy mills” as they raise dogs for people who appreciate certain breeds of animals. Just as states with federal lands have been the first battle line for land use control via the Endangered Species Act and other statutory and regulatory actions, dog breeders are at the forefront of the eliminating of breeding programs. What will the next species be?
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it. Maybe it has something to do with the way fire is being attacked by the USFS. It seems that in places they no longer “fight” fire in the same way they used to. Some of that could be related to the magnitude of a fire and the way the forest has been allowed to grow out of control while eliminating the industries that used to provide the roads, equipment and often man power for the fight. There are no timber roads, there is no timber equipment and there is no timber labor force anymore. Regulations have reached the point that if a rancher or someone else has equipment to help fight a fire, you have a hard time even giving it to the agency. You surely cannot operate it yourself. So what is the primary method of fighting fire? They are just drawing a line around a fire, way around the fire and back burning. That might make sense until you consider everything that is burned within the back burn — fences, water improvements, and perhaps even livestock. For sure wildlife is at risk of becoming crispy critters under this management scheme. Fortunately we haven’t had the terrible fires New Mexico and parts of Arizona haven’t suffered the past few years. We are just suffering from the effects of the much
prayed for rain as it washes out burn scars. We will always keep the firefighters and their families who lost their lives near Prescott last year in our prayers.
The world we live in The barrage of federal actions with impacts on land and water isn’t slowing down. It seems that every document that we find is more eye-opening and shocking. In early August the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a press release announcing that the sharpnose shiner and smalleye shiner — two minnows native to the arid prairie streams of Texas — are in danger of extinction, and are being listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Along with the final listing decision, the Service has also designated approximately 623 miles of the Upper Brazos River Basin and the upland areas extending beyond the river channel by 98 feet on each side as critical habitat for the two fish in the Texas counties of Baylor, Crosby, Fisher, Garza, Haskell, Kent, King, Knox, Stonewall, Throckmorton and Young. The FWS went on to explain that “Critical habitat is a term in the ESA that identifies geographic areas containing features continued on page 46
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Wildfire is another term that has bothered me, but we will delve into that some other time. For now we can just consider the way the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) plays with words. For a long time the agency had “controlled burns.” Then the controlled burn that torched thousands of acres and half of the town of Los Alamos came along. The term of art then became “prescribed fires.” That one made sense to me, but it seems that we have moved on to a new term — “managed fires.” That one makes about as much sense to me as a controlled burn. I don’t really see how they can “manage” a fire any better than they can control
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them down a certain path, and they tend to make outlandish decisions. A multitude of decisions are made in Washfrom the back side ington, D.C. by these people that are caged there. These outlandish decisions often affect those of us living in the wide open spaces. In order to live and survive in wide open spaces you need an abundance of common sense. Natural elements are your biggest enemy not your neighbor. This is perhaps the best argument for keeping your politics local and the importance of state sovereignty. If your local political leaders keep your state in good financial shape then that gives you by BARRY DENTON the choice of keeping federal funding and f you will notice when cattle are in a regulation out. That means more freedom corral and being shoved down a chute for your citizens. This is why hometown they are not very happy, they are scared, elections are vitally important. I always and over react to simple requests. The cringe when people tell me that they only same is true with people. When you start vote in national elections. crowding them into cities, start shoving Every year at roundup you brand calves
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as they are the the future of your herd. You also get rid of your old and ‘shelly’ cows to make room for the new ones. The strength of your herd relies on good stock. We all might keep an old cow an extra year because she is a sentimental favorite, but inevitably the day arrives when she too must go. It only makes sense to me that we rotate our politicians as well. Term limits would be a healthy addition to our United States Constitution. The only ones that don’t seem to want it are the career politicians. If “career politician” isn’t probably the worst phrase in the English language I don’t know what is. Do you remember your lessons about the American Revolution? Originally they wanted George Washington to be king. When he refused they wanted him to remain President for a third term. He refused that proposal as well and returned to private life. He did not feel it would be healthy for the country if he were to remain in office. These career politicians should have a sense of honor and go home after serving a couple of terms. The country would only be healthier for it. Cull the herd in Washcontinued on page 43
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ington, DC and the country would remain fresh. There are way too many ‘shelly’ cows and empty heads in the United States Congress, to say nothing about a lack of honor. If you are a rancher or cowboy you probably get up in the morning, walk to the barn or corral, saddle up and head out to do your days work, usually not near a town, and in the wide open spaces. Life for you is a series of long days and hard work. If you have a band of coyotes after a newborn calf, you shoot them. When your pensioner horse is getting too crippled to eat, you do the humane thing. You don’t shoot your neighbor that lives fifteen miles away because you may need him in a time of crisis and he may need you too. The laws of nature require you to execute certain tasks, many of which are unpleasant. However, you do them, as it is who you are. Isn’t it funny that you can do the right thing without someone from the government telling you how? When a man or a woman is allowed their freedom, things run smoothly, when government erodes that freedom chaos develops. Lastly, think of the taxes you are required to pay when you get no services. A few years ago there was a knife attack from a drug crazed ranch hand and a shooting on a neighboring ranch. The rancher handled the incident himself and did what he had to do to save his family. Law enforcement and the ambulance arrived an hour and forty five minutes after they were called. Unfortunately the rancher got no tax refund because of lousy service. Keep in mind that taxes are nothing more than an erosion of your freedom. Just think what you could do with that extra ten thousand dollar property tax check at the end of the year. At least if you had less taxes to pay you wouldn’t mind the lousy service. The pat answer when complaining about poor performance from a politician is to vote them out. A poor politician can wreak a lot of havoc before you ever get the opportunity to vote them out. These people are never held accountable when they make bad decisions with your money. It looks to me like most bureaucrats and politicians belong to a close knit fraternity that is bad for America. This is election year and you might be listening to a political speech at some point. Do not vote for anyone that doesn’t mention what they are going to do for the expansion and continuation of your freedom. It’s time to improve ■ our government that has gone amok.
inMemoriam
Phyllis J. “Jean” Dilworth, Tucson, Arizona, passed away on July 25, 2014 surrounded by her loved ones. Jean was a long-time member of the Tucson Cowbelles. She is survived by her three daughters, Judy, Dorinda and Rina; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Her Life will be held on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 6:30 p.m., at River Basin Ranch, Benson, Arizona. Max W. “ Billy” Kiehne, 88, Silver City, passed away on July 19, 2014. Billy was born September 16, 1925 in Reserve to Max Chavez Kiehne and Teresita Lopez Kiehne on the Five Bar Ranch. He was the youngest of three brothers. Billy was raised on and later owned and operated the Five Bar Ranch, located in the mountains southeast of Reserve, New Mexico. He was a mountain cowboy and a good horseman. Billy hunted a lot of lion and bear in New Mexico and Arizona and jaguar in Mexico. He served in the Navy during World War II, enlisting when 17 years old, and later served on the Draft Board. He was a Catron County Commissioner, Reserve School
Board member, Soil Conservation Service Board member, and was an Advisory Board Member to the US Forest Service for Grazing Permittees. In 2004 Billy wrote the book, Hunters, Hounds and Horsemen. After retiring from ranching, Billy purchased and operated the Road Runner Mobile Home Park in Silver City until his death. Billy is survived by his bride of 60 years Anne; children Zeno Kiehne, Reserve; Zane Kiehne (wife, Tanya), Pecos, Texas; Travis Kiehne (wife, Tammy), Magdalena; Clell Kiehne (Kathy Trujillo), Lemitar; and Tita Kiehne Heinen (husband, Bobby), Farmington; brother Emil Oliver Kiehne (wife Beverly), El Paso, Texas; 20 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous cousins, nephews, and nieces. Billy will be missed by many. Editor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families & educating citizens on governmental actions, policies & practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The New Mexico Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families & friends would like to see more detail, verbatim pieces must be emailed to us, & may be printed at 10¢ per word.
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Herring to Receive National Golden Spur Award ames E. Herring, of Amarillo, Texas, has been selected to receive the prestigious National Golden Spur Award for 2014. Herring will receive the award on September 20, 2014 at the National Ranching Heritage Center on the Texas Tech University campus. Bestowed to an individual who has provided outstanding contributions to the nation’s ranching and livestock industry, the National Golden Spur Award has become an iconic national honor. Herring is the 37th recipient and joins the ranks of men and women whose work and accomplishments have earned the highest respect of their peers. The accolade is a
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United States. As chairman and CEO of Friona Industries, Herring led an innovative approach to coordinate efforts of ranchers, cattle feeders, beef processors and retailers to enhance quality and consistency of beef. Herring’s work made great strides in raising the competitive position of beef in a highly competitive environment for consumer preferences. Fortunately, consumers and cattle producers benefit because of the ingenuity and drive of Herring’s leadership. “I am honored to know and have worked with James for many years,” said Ross Wilson, president and CEO of Texas Cattle Feeders Association. “He is a visionary businessman with an uncanny ability to foresee and capitalize on opportunities in the beef industry, many of which have not been easy to achieve. At the same time, he gives back to the beef industry and community interests through countless hours of volunteer service. James loves and appreciates the tradition of the cattle industry while recognizing that we must continue to improve the way we produce and market beef to satisfy the ever increasing demands of U.S. and foreign customers. He is most deserving of this prestigious award.” The National Golden Spur Award reception, dinner and ceremony, hosted by the National Ranching Heritage Center, will begin at 6:00 p.m., September 20 in the center’s main gallery located at 3121 Fourth Street in Lubbock, Texas. Reserved tables for eight are $1,250 and individual ■ tickets are $100.
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told Glenn (Blodgett, Four Sixes equine manager and now a member of the AQHA Executive Committee,) that I wasn’t going to sell that colt. I liked him and was going to run him. Glenn told me that they (Burnett Ranches) would be interested in partnering on him, and I decided that to sell half interest in him to them would be good business financially. However, I told Glenn that he wasn’t for sale to anyone but them, and that I thought he was a stud prospect and I wanted him to come back there and stand.” One Famous Eagle went to Los Alamitos Race Course in May of his 2-year-old year. The colt’s fourth out was the trials to the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, which he won by a length and a half. Then he won that futurity. He then proceeded to win his next five races, which included the Golden State and Los Alamitos Super derbies, qualifying him for the Champion of Champions. He lost that one, his last race, but when he retired from the track, he had earned almost $1.4 million. He was also the 2008 champion 3-year-old colt. From his first year at stud, he set a freshman sire earnings record of $2,970,643 with 28 winners from 71 starters. Included in that first foal crop was One Dashing Eagle, who was the 2012 world champion racehorse, champion 2year-old and champion 2-year-old colt, making One Famous Eagle the only freshman sire to sire an overall world champion. Today, with only five crops, he has sired 15 stakes winners, and his foals have earned almost $6.5 million. Johnny also owns Bodacious Dash, a 2008 stallion by First Down Dash out of a daughter of Mr Jess Perry whom he
bought as a yearling. Bodacious Dash is a stakes winner of more than $756,000. And Johnny owns Hez Our Secret, a son of First Down Dash out of a daughter of Separatist. Hez Our Secret has earned more than $887,000 and was the 2012 champion 3-year-old colt. Bodacious Dash and Hez Our Secret have joined One Famous Eagle, who is now syndicated, in standing at the Four Sixes Ranch. Bodacious Dash’s first foals are yearlings this year, and 2014 is Hez Our Secret’s first year at stud. Last year turned out to be a good year for Johnny and his racehorses. Dynastys First Call won the Dash For Cash Futurity, Ms First Prize Rose won the Rainbow Futurity, and Viva Mi Corazon won the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity and ran second in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity. Johnny partners with Burnett Ranches on Ms First Prize Rose and Viva Mi Corazon. Johnny and Pete Scarmardo partnered on Down N Dash, another son of First Down Dash, and Pete now stands him at Granada Farms at Wheelock, Texas.
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On a typical day, Johnny arrives at the feedyard between 5:30 and 6 a.m. He starts out by checking the market, but then there are the other duties of a general manager. He has to oversee all the grain buying – about 45 million pounds a month – and work with the yard manager on deciding how many head of cattle to buy and/or sell, and when. Then there are the farming decisions and equipment-purchase decisions, in addition to making decisions on cattle he has on various ranches. He and a partner run cattle on a ranch at Abilene, Texas; he works with another partner on cattle they have turned out near Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and he has some more partners in cattle operations near Seguin, Texas, and throughout the Texas Panhandle. He has that cowcalf operation near Turkey, Texas, and he runs cattle on a couple of ranches in New Mexico. In addition, he and Pete operate a ranch near Bryan, Texas, where they raise yearlings for Johnny and his wife, Jana, are both active in the use as cutting catQuarter Horse industry. tle. Johnny and Pete
furnish several thousand head each year for National Cutting Horse Association competitions. And, of course, all those cattle end up in the feedyard. “Everything I do, with the exception of some bank boards that I’m on and the racehorses, has a common denominator of moving toward the feedyard,” Johnny says. And even the racehorses sometimes move that way. Occasionally, a horse that won’t run ends up being used in the cattle pens by one of the cowboys. Johnny was first appointed to the AQHA Racing Committee in 2000. In 2003, when he was elected to the AQHA Board of Directors, he was appointed to the AQHA Stud Book and Registration Committee. He was elected to the AQHA Executive Committee in 2010 and was elected president in March of this year. He has also served on the nominations and credentials committee, and the American Quarter Horse Foundation, as well as the ranching and racing councils. He owns Whiteface Ford in Hereford – his son, Eddie, is the manager there – and he and a partner own Quality Distillers Grain and Panhandle Express Trucking. QDG markets wet distiller’s grain, a byproduct of a local ethanol plant, to commercial feeders, stocker operations and dairies. Panhandle Express Trucking services QDG but also hauls other feed products. In addition, Johnny is a board member of First Financial Bank in Hereford and First United Bank in Lubbock, Texas, and an executive committee member at First Financial Bankshares Inc. in Abilene. And he is a former member of the Texas Cattle Feeders board of directors. Johnny is also involved in his local community, where he was the 2004 Deaf Smith County Citizen of the Year and the 2006 recipient of the Tri-State Fair Western Heritage Award.
The President Johnny, during his time on the Executive Committee, has worked on what he considers to be some specific problems in the industry, one of which is drugs at the racetrack. Following numerous meetings between AQHA leadership and track owners, racehorse owners, racing trainers and even state governors, AQHA implemented the multiple medication violations system that began January 1. The mission is to eradicate the misuse of drugs at the racetrack, and one of the methods being implemented is placing more responsibility on the owners. Under the new regulations, continued on page 76 AUGUST 2014
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essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered species, and which may require special management considerations or protection. Designation of critical habitat does not affect land ownership or establish a refuge or preserve, and has no impact on private landowners taking actions on their land that do not require federal funding or permits.” (emphasis added) During National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) summer committee meetings; this statement was brought forth in the context of the Clean Water Act regulatory proposal that is open for comment. The manager of a large Texas ranching operation questioned whether or not there could/would be a connection between the potential permitting required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the proposed rule and private lands that required federal permits. A pretty legitimate question. There was a FWS representative in the meeting who answered there would not be any connection . . . but, he continued, he didn’t know anything about the EPA proposal. So, what was the answer???
What Should YOU Be Doing? Comments on the EPA proposed rule are due on October 20, 2014. EVERY American needs to comment on this proposal. We are being told that the EPA has gone too far with this rule to withdraw it and that our only option is to put forth proposals that would make it more palatable. Of course that is from other groups who don’t seem familiar with the concept of “just say no.” There will be proposals put forth from the agricultural community undoubtedly. We will keep you posted on what those are. In the meantime YOU need to be preparing your comments. You need to tell your own personal story and what will happen to your family, your ranch, your community if the federal government seizes control of virtually every drop of water in the United States. The NCBA has set a goal of getting 10,000 comments in from the cattle community (that’s about a third of their membership). The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA is requesting 5,000 comments from the state. That well exceeds the membership of the organization so you might consider joining when you file your comments.
Watch the mail, the email, the web, Facebook and this column in September for talking points and how to file those comments.
Protect YOUR Wages! The EPA has also issued a proposed rule that would allow themselves the ability to garnish wages, and presumably other federal payments including income tax refunds, without a court order. The comment period on this action has been extended to September 2, 2014. Let’s get 5,000 comments in on that, too! To comment, visit: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQOA-2014-0012-0002 Summary: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend EPA’s claims collection standards to include administrative wage garnishment. This rule amends the EPA’s debt collection regulations to implement the administrative wage garnishment (AWG) provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). The proposed rule will allow the EPA to garnish non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed the United States without first obtaining a court order. In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register we are approving an amendment to EPA’s regulations on claims collection standards by using administrative wage garnishment as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. If we receive no adverse comment, the direct final rule will go into effect and we will not take further action on this proposed rule. Addresses: Submit your comments by one of the following methods: 1. Email: jones.anita@epa.gov. 2. Fax: 202/565-2585. 3. Mail: OCFO-2014-0001; FRL-991013-OCFO, FPPS c/o Anita Jones, OCFO/OFM/FPPS, Mail code 2733R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. Comments may be submitted electronically by following the detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the direct final rule located in the rules section of this Federal Register. No more room . . . but please attend the latest round of wolf hearings on August 11 in Pinetop, Arizona and in T or C, New ■ Mexico on August 13!
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So What Went Wrong n the aftermath of the Organ Mountains being designated a National Monument by President Obama through the Antiquities Act, many are asking what went wrong? Didn’t people understand that when land is acquired by the Federal Government that the tax base shrinks and there is less revenue for the state? Don’t they know that attendance at National Monuments has been in a steady rate of decline and that it will never meet projected revenue expectations? Were they aware that ranchers pay fees to use the land for grazing but that grazing becomes unfeasible when lands are managed for preservation? The answer is yes, a portion of the population knew those things, but they were overwhelmed by a vocal, wellfunded minority. Led by the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, this minority convinced law makers that the majority of residents wanted the monument. This was patently false. A survey conducted by the Las Cruces Sun News – after the monument had been designated, showed that 52 percent of respondents did not favor the monument, while only 45 percent did. Of those who did favor the monument, a poll by GOAL Advocacy showed that two-thirds of them wanted the designation to be achieved through the legislative process rather than through presidential proclamation. But when the politicians are on your payroll, it’s easy to convince them. Jeff Steinborn, State Representative for the Las Cruces area, is the NMWA’s Southern NM Director. Nathan Small, a Las Cruces City Councilor, is the Wilderness Protection Coordinator for NMWA. Bill Soules, a NM Senator for the Doña Ana County area, is the brother of David Soules, a member of the NMWA Board of Directors. (The Soules family is very politically active – their sister Merrie Lee Soules ran in the Democratic Primary for PRC Commissioner but lost to Sandy Jones). Senator Martin Heinrich was
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shows, and managed social media efforts to sound the alarm about the consequences of a monument designation. Residents were made aware that the land use plan would threaten the existence of ranching, would cause public safety concerns since current dams along the Organ Mountains watershed could not be managed with modern equipment and that designation would open a corridor for increased drug smuggling along the border. But in the end it came down to a president with a pen. “I have preserved more than 3 million acres of public lands for future generations, and I am not done,” said President Obama during his statement prior to signing the proclamation. So what’s next? The NMWA is not satisfied with the naming of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and the Rio Grande del Norte National Monuments. Next on their list is Otero Mesa. From the NMWA website “Our campaign to protect Otero Mesa has been ongoing since 2001, when the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance helped form the Coalition for Otero Mesa, a broad coalition of hunters, ranchers, conservationists, and state leaders. The Coalition continued on page 58
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Wolves, Mexican and otherwise Mexican authorities have announced
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A pair released in December of 2013 has been monitored by officials and a June sighting confirmed five wolf pups in good health. A spokesman for the recovery effort says this is an “important step in the reintroduction program.” Back in the U.S, the Draft EIS on the revised Mexican Wolf and 10j rule are supposed to be published on July 25 and a public hearing on the proposed revisions will be held in T or C, New Mexico on August 13. We can probably count on the recovery area to be expanded in the north and south, and that any wolves found south of I-10 will have the full protection of the Endangered Species Act. If that indeed occurs, all we’ll have to worry about is unaccompanied, minor wolves entering from Mexico. Finally, we have a Congressman calling for “Wolf Safety Zones” around Yellowstone National Park. An Oregon rep has asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to work with Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho officials to develop a “wolf safety zone” around Yellowstone National Park, saying without one the health of the park’s wolf populations will suffer. Think of the precedent that would set. Consider all the parks, monuments, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas in New Mexico and then apply the safety zone concept to your favorite species. Maybe, just maybe, someday a Congressman will propose “Rancher Safety Zones”. I’ve got some great ideas for that.
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What is it about the Forest Service and water? Last month we wrote about the Forest Service fencing cattle off water in the Lincoln National Forest to protect the meadow jumping mouse. Now the issue has moved north to the Santa Fe National Forest where they are proposing to fence cattle off around 230 acres so far. An allotment owner, Mike Lucero says “it’s very frustrating because we don’t know where we stand, and we’re going to have to spend money in litigation just to fight for our rights,” and “we’re fighting our own tax dollars. They’re using my tax money to put me out of business. Lucero sums it up by saying, “That’s ridiculous, and it’s sad.” Yes Mike, it’s both and now there are reports they want to do the same on nearly 200 miles along streams and wetlands in a dozen counties in three states. And just to make sure that or worse happens, the Wild
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Earth Guardians has notified the Forest Service it will be suing for greater protections of the mouse’s streamside habitat, saying grazing authorized by the agency is a threat to the mouse’s existence. I’m afraid to ask, but is there a Mexican meadow jumping mouse? Here comes the Forest Service again, with a Proposed Directive on Groundwater Resource Management which has the Western Governor’s Association (WGA) and certain members of Congress upset. In a letter to Ag Secretary Vilsack signed by 40 members of Congress (including Steve Pearce of NM) the lawmakers claim the proposed directive would initiate U.S. Forest Service authority over state-managed groundwater resources. The Congressional letter says the directive would claim that surface water and groundwater are “hydraulically interconnected” and allow the agency to object to state-regulated projects on “adjacent” land that might harm groundwater. The Western Governors have also written Vilsack saying, “Western states are the exclusive authority for allocating, administering, protecting and developing groundwater resources, and they are responsible for water supply planning within their boundaries. That authority was recognized by Congress in the Desert Land Act of 1877 and reasserted in a 1935 Supreme Court ruling.” The governors are also miffed that the directive only identifies states as “potentially affected parties”. In addition, the governors ask some important questions, such as: Given the legislative and legal context, what is the legal basis for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and USFS assertion of federal authority in the context of the Proposed Directive? How will USFS ensure that the Proposed Directive will not infringe upon, abrogate, or in any way interfere with states’ exclusive authority to allocate and administer rights to the use of groundwater? The governors requested the Forest Service seek an “authentic partnership” with the states on this issue. Sorry, but I don’t know what that means and I wonder which governor wanted that wimpy language in the letter. Have they entered into “inauthentic partnerships” with the Forest Service in the past? Come to think of it, I know many ranchers who’ve had that experience.
Do you need a “nudge” from the feds? The DC Deep Thinkers are at it again. In an effort to get food stamp recipients and others to make healthier food choices, the USDA assembled a panel of “experts” who have issued an eighty page report on the matter. Their six preferred strategies are: discount coupons, rebates of up to $60 for healthy food purchases on EBT cards, buy on get one free deals for folks in the program, a targeted marketing plan to promote healthy food; a USDA loyalty card; and new specialized shopping carts. I’m sure you noticed this gov’t plan to fight obesity, with its discount coupons, rebates and buy one get on free deals, will enable folks to BUY MORE FOOD! Then there’s those “specialized” shopping carts, which one publication describes this way: The “MyCart grocery cart” would provide dividers for shoppers to make sure they are selecting enough items in each “MyPlate” category, the USDA’s food icon. The cart would be color-coded, physically divided, and have a system installed so that when the shopping cart reaches its healthy “threshold” it would congratulate the customer. “The algorithm would group the purchases to classify them using the MyPlate designations and to provide consumers with a message of support or encouragement (e.g., “You achieved a MyCart healthy shopping basket!”),” the report said. Sorry, but my research says that all these free deals and loyalty cards, along with your shopping cart screaming at you, will definitely cause folks to be . . . constipated. But never fear, your friend is here, and I’ve got a brand new apparatus. Let’s call it the USDA, Grade A, MyFart Toilet Bowl. It too will be “color-coded”, be able to provide “a message of support or encouragement”, and have a system installed so that when the bowl reaches its “healthy threshold” it will “congratulate” you. Kind of a Happy Turd Day from the DC Deep Stinkers. And folks, my study will cost much less than the one you just paid $999,891 for. Till 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 (www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo).
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New State Veterinarian Ellen Mary Wilson, D.V.M. llen Mary Wilson, D.V.M. was raised with seven brothers and two sisters on a working family farm in northeastern Pennsylvania raising prime veal, dairy replacement heifers, and beef cattle. The farm, of course, also had horses, sheep, swine and poultry. Involvement in 4-H provided the avenue for further cultivation of interest in animal agriculture and contributed to many memorable experiences showing horses and cattle. Exposure as a youngster to the work of the local Mixed Animal veterinary practitioner seeded a deep desire and goal to become a veterinarian. With encouragement and unwavering support from her family on the long road to achieve this dream, she received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Marquette University, a Master of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Scranton and a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Ross University. Since graduation, her veterinary career has been rich with opportunities, which began as a Clinical Veterinarian for the New Mexico State University Primate Research Institute in Alamogordo, New Mexico. This was a unique and treasured experi-
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ence working with chimpanzees and other practice. Changes in life eventually led Dr. nonhuman primates to advance research Wilson to a return to public service with and understanding of diseases of humans. the California Department of Food and This position was the springboard to Agriculture, where she served as the Assisanother opportunity, but relocation from tant Chief of the Animal Health Branch for New Mexico was required. the past eight years. She was Commissioned as an Officer Dr. Wilson brings a wealth of veteriwith the United States Public Health Ser- nary, regulatory and management experivice, served in various veterinary positions ence to the position of New Mexico State with the National Institutes of Health and Veterinarian with the New Mexico Livethe Food and Drug Administration in stock Board and is thrilled to be returning Bethesda, MD and attained the rank of to the Land of Enchantment to serve the Lieutenant Commander during her time NMLB and citizens of New Mexico as the ■ of service. State Veterinarian. Although the career and management experiences were invaluable, life in the Beltway seemed too far away from her roots in agriculture and life’s next chapter involved family and a working farm with beef cattle, horses and a large herd of goats in Alabama. In addition to managing the farm, Dr. Wilson began a solo Mixed Animal veterinary Dr. Ellen Mary Wilson, New Mexico State Veterinarian
n July 15, 2014, Judge Dean M. Fink ruled in favor of the ranching families (“Ranchers�) on their claims that the Yavapai County Assessor, Pamela G. Pearsall, violated Arizona law by increasing the taxable values of their natural grazing land in Yavapai County for tax years 2012 and 2013 by more than 300%. During the more than two and one half years of litigation, this March during the trial, Ms. Pearsall testified her office had relied on a statistical survey performed by the Arizona Department of Revenue (“ADOR�), which ADOR later told her could not be used to value individual properties. Specifically, Judge Fink found: “Based on the evidence presented at trial, the Court finds the ADOR study lacks foundation and, consistent with [ADOR]’s memorandum to all assessors, it should not have been used to establish the full cash values of grazing land in Yavapai County for tax years 2012 or 2013.� The ranch families originally filed their legal challenge in November of 2011. In it, they argued that the Assessor was required to follow state law, nothing more and nothing less. The Tax Court agreed that the Assessor did not follow the law, and Judge Fink even ruled that: “[T]he manner in which the Assessor’s Office utilized the ADOR report was an abuse of discretion.� Ms. Pearsall also admitted that her office had copies of many grazing leases in its files that the Ranchers (and other cattle ranchers) were required by law to file whenever they leased grazing land as part of their ranching operations. Judge Fink ruled that these leases could have been used by the Assessor to perform the duties imposed upon her by Arizona law to determine the taxable value of grazing land, but he also found that: “Yavapai County Assessor Pamela Pearsall admitted that neither she nor anyone in her office ever conducted a study to determine the average annual net cash rental value of natural grazing land in Yavapai County prior to increasing the full cash values from $7.56/acre to $25/acre in tax year 2012.� Judge Fink also commented specifically on this in his decision: “[W]hen asked why the Assessor’s Office had not used the information that was filed by plaintiffs (and others) to conduct a study as to the average annual net cash rental of natural grazing land in Yavapai County, [the County’s Chief Appraiser, Ron Gibbs] testified that the County did not have the human resources or time necessary to
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to be reduced to $9.19 per acre for the 2012 tax year and $10.10 per acre for the 2013 tax year. The Court also directed the Ranchers’ counsel to submit an application to recover their attorneys’ fees and costs by no later than August 7. The Ranchers will each be entitled to recover refunds of the taxes they paid on the excess, plus interest. Andy Groseta, one of the plaintiffs, said: “We are pleased that Judge Fink ruled in our favor. All of the ranchers in Yavapai County want to pay their fair share of taxes. However, we expect the County Assessor to follow the ■State law in determining our values.�
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tools that a grazing manager has in managing land. Grazing animals, when properly managed, can be a very powerful means of regenerating a depleted or low producing area. Planned grazing along with monitoring and adaptive management will produce the best results. Grazing management decisions should be made based on the responses and condition of the major species in the plant community. This is where regular monitoring is necessary. Monitoring reveals what is happening in the plant community and suggests when animals should be moved off an area and when another area is ready to be grazed. This is an adaptive management approach and is not done according to the calendar. Decisions must be made continually and based on the information coming from the monitoring process. Often we find that an area is capable of supporting a higher number of animals, when planned grazing is implemented. Agency policies should allow for flexibility that fosters effective management. Too many governmental policies are “one size fits all,” which is not realistic or efficient. The key to a healthy ecosystem and higher forage production is not determined by the number of animals present in an area, but how well the grazing is managed. Doug Warnock, retired from Washington State University Extension, lives on a ranch in the Touchet River Valley where he writes about and teaches grazing management. Contact him at dwarnockgreenerpastures@gmail.com.
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2014 – 2015 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Darrell Brown (Producer); VICE-CHAIRMAN, Bernarr Treat (Producer); SECRETARY, Alicia Sanchez (Purebred Producer). NMBC DIRECTORS: Bruce Davis (Producer); David McSherry (Feeder); Mark McCollum (Feeder); Milford Denetclaw (Producer); Jonathan Vander Dussen (Dairy Producer); Tamara Hurt (Producer).
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has led the way in preserving this last great desert grassland as our nation’s next National Monument, a designation the President can proclaim without Congressional legislation by invoking the American Antiquities Act.” Followed by the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Study Area, a 46,000-acre portion of Taos County in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Also in their sights – the proposed Chaco Canyon Wilderness. The list goes on and on. What can we do? First we need to elect politicians who understand our issues. It’s easy to get busy, ignore the process, and then try to educate whomever gets elected, but as we’ve seen that doesn’t work very well. It’s better to elect one of our own. Secondly, we need to be proactive at the beginning of the process instead of being behind the curve as in the past. So please become aware of these types of movements in your own community. Get involved, get social, become an activist! Together we can prevent initiatives which hurt our industry ■ and our way of life.
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RANCHES/FARMS 400 Head Ranch, adjoining Leslie Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ – Highly improved & maintained w/4 homes; horse barn; hay barn; equipment sheds; workshop; roping arena; excellent shipping corrals w/scales; extensive water distribution w/wells, storage & pipelines. Scenic w/rolling grasslands and mountains. Easy country. +/7,346 deeded acres, State lease & USFS permit. This is a top quality ranch & a rare opportunity. $3,900,000. 150 Head Ranch, Near Willcox, AZ – +/- 3,000 deeded acres, and State Grazing Leases. One bedroom home, corrals, well, and electric at headquarters. Well watered with about 15 miles of new pipeline and 9 storage tanks & drinkers, 8 dirt tanks. Great country. Good mix of browse and grass. $1,950,000. *NEW* 253 Head Andrada Ranch, Vail, AZ 271+/- deeded acres and 16,237+/- acres State Grazing Lease. Historic HQ with 3 homes, bunk house, horse barn, hay barn, equipment shed, tack room, extensive corrals, round pen and scale. Spring and well at HQ. Desert ranch in a great location with a good mix of grass and browse. $1,858,500 *REDUCED* 90 Head, Agua Fria Ranch, Quemado, NM – This is a scenic midsize ranch with great prospects. Operating as a private hunting retreat, and a purebred Angus and Paint horse ranch. +/-1200 deeded acres, +/-80 acres of NM lease, and +/-5220 acres BLM. 4BR, 2BA, mfg. home. Trophy elk, antelope, deer. Elk and mule deer permits. Candidate for a conservation easement or land exchange with the BLM. $1.65M $1.55M
*NEW* 112 Head, Bar 11 Ranch, Lake Roosevelt, AZ – 83 deeded acres, 36,000 acres of US Forest Grazing Permit (possible increase of 112 head). 6 corrals, 13 stock tanks, 6 steel tanks, 9 wells. 9 acre feet of water rights from a spring to deeded, home, restaurant, shop, barns, corrals. $1,100,000 *REDUCED* 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Ranch, pristine & private, only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $1,300,000 $975,000, Terms. *REDUCED* 335 Head Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ – +/- 20 Deeded acres, w/two homes, barn & outbuildings. 58 Sections USFS grazing permit. Good vehicular access to the ranch – otherwise this is a horseback ranch. Scenic, great outfitters prospect. $850,000 $760,000. * REDUCED* 314 Acre Farm, Pearce, AZ – Two pivots, three irrigation wells, charming +/- 2100 s.f. home, four car garage, large metal workshop, both with concrete floors, two railroad cars with cover between for horse stalls, hay and feed storage. $750,000 Now $698,000. Graham Co, AZ 78 Plus Head Cattle Ranch – Approx. 640 deeded acres, 3633 acres USFS and 5204 acres BLM; 1 BR, 1 Bath home/camp. Foothills of the Santa Teresa Mountains. $650,000 *REDUCED* Virden, NM +/-78 Acre Farm, with 49+ acres of irrigation rights. Pastures recently planted in Bermuda. 3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena.
Jesse Aldridge 520-251-2735 Rye Hart 520-455-0633 Tobe Haught 505-264-3368 Harry Owens 602-526-4965 Sandy Ruppel 520-444-1745 Erin Aldridge Thamm 520-519-9800
Scenic setting along the Gila River. Great set up for raising horses also suitable for cattle, hay, pecans, or pistachios, $550,000 Terms. *REDUCED* Young, AZ, 65+ Acres – Under the Mogollon Rim, small town charm & mountain views. 2100 s.f., 3 BR, 2 Bath home, 2 BR cabin, historic rock home currently a museum, shop, & barn. Excellent opportunity for horse farm, bed & breakfast, or land development. +/- 65 acres for $1,070,000; home & other improvements. $424,500. 240 Acres with Irrigation Rights, Elfrida, AZ – Suitable for hay, crops, pecans, irrigated pasture, homesite or future development. Includes 130 acres of irrigation rights, partially fenced, with corrals, & 1200 gpm well. $336,000 Terms. *NEW* 900+/- Acre Farm Bowie AZ – 21 registered shallow wells and 4 deep wells. Good supply of quality ground water. Potential pistachio, pecan, or organic farm. Rested for some time and as such qualifies for “organic” status. $2,900/acre. HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND 480 Acres Oracle, AZ – One of the last remaining large parcels of land in the area. On the northern slope of Santa Catalina Mtns. Small ranching, development or granite mining potential. $2,640,000. San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $380,150 & 77 Acres with well for $217,000 40 Acres Beautiful Turkey Creek Area – An amazing opportunity to own 40 unique acres in an incredibly bio-diverse location, in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains, with end of the road privacy. $340,000.
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Southwest New Mexico Farms & Ranches 70 acre farm located in Garfield, NM. Combination of +/-12 acres of alfalfa, +/- 16.5 acres of pecans and +/- 41 acres vacant ground, irrigation well, (house and outbuildings currently rented). Directions: I-25 north to Garfield exit – West to first stop sign – turn left – farm on SE corner. $375,000 27.50 Acre Farm – Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, & 11.5 Acres – will sell separately. Full EBID & shared irrigation well. Community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south to San Miguel, east or left on Highway 192, first right or south on Las Colmenas, then left or east on Camunez to end of pavement. Priced at $467,000 Fancher Ranch – Located southwest of Las Cruces, NM off Afton Road. 198 head permit, 210 acres deeded, 19,224 acres BLM and 4666 acres state land. 2 pastures, 3 wells, 1900 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, bunk house, green house, horse barn, corrals, round pen, etc. Easy access - 45 minutes from El Paso and Las Cruces. $550,000 14.39 acre farm – located in San Miguel, NM. Full EBID irrigation, electric, new irrigation well, new cement ditches, and new canal crossDAN DELANEY ing. $245,000 REAL ESTATE, LLC
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35 irrigated acres in Dilia, NM – NM Borders River, mostly fenced, Reduced Price! $449,900
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Little Cayuse Ranch – This horse & cow ranch operation south of Willard has HQ home, foreman’s home, hay barn, sheds, tack room, 3 excellent wells, 4 pastures. 80 acre irrigation pivot with water rights. Good fences & views. Priced reduced $798,900 Villanueva Ranch – a working cow ranch on Hwy 3. Ranch has 285 deeded acres & 4,450 acre NM Grazing Lease. Perimeter fenced with stock tanks and 15,000 gallon water storage tank w/pipeline drinkers. $157 per acre or $698,900 Available Now! Sombrero Ranch – near Tremintina, NM – 1,442 deeded acres, 3 pastures, 1 solar well, 1 submersible pumped well and 1 windmill well. Traditionally carries 32 a.u. year round. Located east of Las Vegas on Hwy 104. Owner will finance! Priced at $575,000 La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres w/240 acres of BLM attached. Apache Mesa parcel SW of Las Vegas has tall pines, canyon springs, stock tanks, new fence on NE corner. Off the grid, secluded and beautiful. Owners will finance. Price is $677,875 Trigg Ranches – 720 deeded acres lies adjacent to La Cueva Canyon Ranch on Apache Mesa. Off the grid in the tall pines & power is close by! 720 acres priced at $288.900 & smaller 200 acre parcel available for $124,000! Other parcels available & owners will finance ... Ledoux, NM – Perimeter fenced 60 acre dry land terraced farm has overhead electric, sub-irrigated pasture and good all weather county road access! Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Price reduced $228,000 & Owner will finance ... Anton Chico – 65 acre irrigated farm w/ditch rights. Bunkhouse, storage shed, shop + irrigation & farm equipment go w/sale. Priced below appraisal at $698,900 & Owner can finance! La Loma (near Dilia) 12.8 acre farm has 3 bedroom red tiled roof home, barns, corrals, and equipment and storage buildings. Improvements are in good condition, water rights go with sale. Price is $248,900 – OBO Dilia Loop Road – This is a fenced 20+ acre parcel planted in alfalfa & grass, has 4 irrigated sections plus ditch rights and Pecos River frontage. Price is $231,500 Upper Anton Chico – This parcel has outstanding alfalfa production, it is an irrigated 7.5 acres, perimeter fenced, easy to work and water. Asking $82,500 58,000 Acres north of Roswell, NM, for sale, includes BLM, NM State Lease, Pecos river frontage & very nice HQ home! Price reduced to $204 per acre ... call for details!
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BUCKHORN RANCH – 350 head ranch spread over 19,000 acres with 2,163 deeded acres, plus State, BLM & Forest. The ranch is found in one of Southeast Arizona's prime ranching valleys with picturesque setting & steeped in very old history. Asking $2,500,000 LA CIENEGA RANCH – NW Arizona, 500 head ranch, AZ State land, BLM & adverse plus ephemeral increases, remodeled headquarters, home & bunkhouse, airstrip. Great Price Per AUM! Asking $1,295,000 CK RANCH – Tonopah AZ, 71 acres deeded with good housing, 291 head year-long on State & BLM. The waters were recently reworked, & ephemeral increases can bump the numbers with rain. This ranch makes sense. Asking $699,000 BELOAT RANCH – Goodyear AZ, Nice, highly improved Desert Ranch with a HQ on State land. Rated at 300 head year-long on State and BLM grazing leases. Motivated Seller! Asking $599,000 SCOTT THACKER, Broker we We have qualified buyers & . are seeking ranches for themto ld ngho Please consider Stro list & SELL your ranch.
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SILVER CANYON RANCH – Headquartered approximately 35 miles North of Truth or Consequences and 40 miles South of Socorro, this ranch consists of 23,000 +/acres with 3,130 +/- acres being deeded. The remaining acreage consists of primarily BLM/BOR and a NM State Land lease. The ranch is capable of running 200 head of cattle year round. The Silver Canyon Ranch contains 3 sets of working corrals and a catch pen located by the river. The headquarters offers a shop, barn, large storage building and a house approximately 2,745 square feet. The ranch consists of 11 pastures and 1 trap located at the headquarters. There are 6 wells on the ranch; two have electric pumps, 2 have windmills and two are currently not in use. There is a total of 21.65 miles of pipeline with 4 large storage tanks. The pipeline supplies a total of 32 watering. The ranch also includes 6 earthen dam tanks. The Silver Canyon ranch is offered at $1.3 Million. SAN LORENZO FARM – Family owned since 1924, this historic land captures the magnificent beauty of Grant County including a splendor of wildlife and scenic Mimbres Valley views. This pristine property borders both sides the Mimbres River running through the property. A paved airstrip sits ¼ mile from the farm allowing for convenient access by airplane. The total acreage of the property is 700 +/- total deeded acres with 122+/- acres of farm land with first priority 1869 water rights on the San Lorenzo Community Ditch in the Mimbres Basin. The original homestead is a beautiful 1904 adobe house surrounded by numerous outbuildings. This property includes one domestic well, one livestock well, and three irrigation wells. The San Lorenzo Farm is offered at $2.5 Million J oh n D ia m on d — O wn e r – Qu a li f yi ng B ro k e r HC 30 Box 445, Winston, NM 87943 Office: (575) 772-5538 • Cell: (575) 740-1528 • Fax: (575) 772-5517
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ST. JOHNS OFFICE: TRAEGEN KNIGHT P.O. Box 1980, St. Johns, Arizona 85936 Ph. 928-524-3740 • Fax 928-563-7004 • Cell 602-228-3494 email: info@headquarterswest.com
EASTERN ARIZONA FARM: Located in central Apache County, Arizona, between Alpine and Springerville along US Highway 180 in the Nutrioso Valley at the confluence of Colter Creek and Nutrioso Creek with over ½ mile of meandering Nutrioso Creek running through the property. Includes over 118 acres total with grand-fathered water rights for 33.8 acres of irrigated pasture. Farmable acreage has been utilized for livestock grazing on improved pasture and is irrigated via gravity flow dirt ditches. Beautiful views of Escudilla Mountain located in the heart of the White Mountains. There are numerous home sites on the property with excellent access including over ¼ mile of paved frontage along US Highway 180. Additional access is provided by county maintained roads on both the north and south boundaries. Price $1,200,000 REDUCED! $1,000,000 NORTHERN ARIZONA RANCH: Coconino County, Arizona between Flagstaff and Kingman just north of Interstate 40 in the Kaibab National Forest. The ranch contains nearly 8,000 deeded acres including two “in-holding” parcels within the forest boundary. The ranch carrying capacity is for 267 animal unit’s year-long and varies in elevation from 5,200 feet to 6,200 feet with the headquarters situated at 5,460 feet. Access is provided by Forest Road #142 approximately 6 miles north of Interstate 40 at Ashfork, Arizona. The ranch headquarters includes a ranch house with barn and corrals. The ranch is watered by over 30 earthen reservoirs scattered throughout each pasture. The ranch is fenced and cross-fenced into six main pastures with nine working/holding traps. The northern portion of the ranch is behind locked gate and could generate additional income from hunting, wood-cutting or sandstone quarries. Price: $3,800,000 EASTERN ARIZONA RANCH: North of St. Johns in Apache County, Arizona, includes 1,760 deeded acres with State & BLM leases for 121 animal units yearlong. Newly improved with several miles of new pipeline, numerous storage tanks/drinkers supplied by four wells. Total ranch is over 11,000 acres with a five pasture rotational grazing system and one small holding trap. All ranch fences have been reworked including over two miles of new fencing. The main block of the ranch is behind locked gate providing the owner with great privacy and seclusion. Price: $700,000 EASTERN ARIZONA RANCH: Located two miles east of St. Johns, Arizona, runs 331 animal units yearlong on state, BLM and private grazing leases. The ranch includes 362 deeded acres with a full set of working ranch headquarter improvements and two houses each with a well powered by on-grid electricity. There are six wells in total and over four miles of pipeline dispersing water throughout the ranch as well as live water in the Little Colorado River. Price: $950,000
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LA LUZ PROPERTIES, LLC Lucy Maez, Qualifying Broker OFFICE: 505-454-8784 • CELL: 575-799-8784 laluz@newmexico.com • www.newmexicorealestatelaluzproperties.com
OFFERING THE HOOSER RANCH FOR SALE AT ONLY $465 PER ACRE Located 18 miles South of Springer, NM – 9 miles from I-25 • 18,087 ACRES IN COLFAX / MORA COUNTIES • 7 SOLAR POWER WELLS • SEVERAL STORAGE TANKS • WORKING CORRALS WITH SCALES • SPRINGS • CARRIES 500 HEAD MOTHER COWS OR 1200 YEARLINGS • 5000 SQ FT METAL SHOP/ WITH LIVING SPACE • 8 ANTELOPE PERMITS • MINERAL RIGHTS TRANSFERRED AT CLOSING • ATTACHED 3 CAR GARAGE • 3000 SQ FT 4 BEDROOM 3.5 BATH HOME • EQUIPMENT & MANY TOOLS INCLUDED •
3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH FOREMAN'S HOME
CALL LISTING OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO MAKE APPOINTMENT TO VIEW THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND PROPERTY Information provided is deemed reliable and is not guaranteed by La Luz Properties and should be independently verified. Sale offering is made subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, prior sale or withdrawn without notice.
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Harden Cienga Ranch, Mule Creek NM. 36,000 acres, 716 head yearlong, great improvements. Priced at $3,500,000 with cattle Lazy NJ Ranch, Gleeson AZ. 7060 acres, 150 head yearlong, strong grass country. Priced at $1,350,000 Slash TL Ranch, Tombstone AZ. 14,000 acres, 300 head yearlong, improvements need attention. Priced at $1,500,000 Hunt Ranch Douglas AZ. 2462 acres with 2500 state lease, 103 head yearlong, well watered, easy to operate, paved access. Priced at $1,245,500
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MOATS RANCH: The Moats Ranch is located 30 miles northwest of Roswell, NM along and on both sides of U.S. Highway 285. Acreage includes 12,025 deeded, 4,080 federal BLM lease, 3,240 NM State lease and 1,280 uncontrolled. Modern residence that has been completely remodeled along with other functional improvements. Price: $2,600,000,00 BUCK SPRINGS RANCH: The Buck Springs Ranch is located 35 miles northwest of Roswell, NM all within Chaves County. U.S. Highway and State Road 20 divide the ranch. Acreage includes 15,133.5 deeded acres and 8,590 federal BLM lease acres. Improvements and pasture fences were in good repair. Price: $3,300,000 EAST RANCH: The East Ranch is located in southeastern New Mexico within the east-central portion of Lincoln County. The Capitan Mountain range to the south and the Jicarilla Mountain range to the west. The ranch is comprised of 22,000 ± deeded acres and 4,000 ± federal BLM lease acres. Price: $6,200,000 SHANKS BROTHERS RANCH: The Shanks Brothers Ranch is located in the foothills of the Capitan Mountains within historic Lincoln County, NM. The ranch is comprised of 5,400 deeded acres along with 4,617 Federal BLM lease acres. Modestly improved with two residences and adequate livestock working facilities. Good mule deer hunting. Price: $1,800,000 SIX SHOOTER RANCH: Central NM, 10 miles west of Carrizozo, NM. 12,000 total acres; 175 AUYL, BLM Section 3 grazing permit. Modestly improved with one residence, hay barn and livestock working facilities. Water provided by 3 wells and buried pipeline. Improvements include house and pens; $1,300,000 BORDER RANCH: The Border Ranch is located approximately 10 miles east of Columbus, New Mexico along and on both sides of State Highway 9 in both Luna and Dona Ana Counties. The ranch is comprised of 1,910 deeded acres, 11,118 NM State lease acres and 52,487 Federal BLM lease acres. This is a big desert ranch with a grazing capacity of 613 Animal Units Yearlong. Price: $1,100,000 MOUNT RILEY RANCH: The Mount Riley Ranch is located 30 miles northwest of Santa Teresa, NM along and on both sides of NM State Highway 9. The ranch is comprised of 160 deeded acres, 6,921 NM State lease acres and 74,977 Federal BLM lease acres. Adjoins the Border Ranch on the west. Grazing capacity is 488 Animal Units Yearlong. Price: $725,000 Scott McNally, Qualifying Broker Rosw ell, NM 88202 Office: 575- 622- 5867 • Cell: 575- 420- 1237
■ CAPITAN, NM – Minutes from Ruidoso. A multi-purpose property w/15.6434 ac. +/-, laboratory/office, covered pens, home. Ideal for use for horse or cattle breeding, embryo transfer facility, vet clinic or many other uses in a beautiful area of NM. THIS NEW MEXICO GIANT HAS HAD GOOD RAINS – Almost 200 sections, mostly deeded, well improved w/homes, barns, several sets of pens w/scales, watered by solar & electric powered subs, windmills, an extensive pipeline system, springs, spring-fed draws & canyons, earthen dams & river frontage, pvmt. & all weather roads. AMAZING IMPROVEMENTS – Cow/Calf yearling country - Colfax Co., NM - 9,200 ac. +/- deeded, 193 ac. +/- state lease, I25 frontage on the west, Hwy. 56 on the north, just out of Springer, NM. FRESH AIR & MOUNTAIN SCENERY! EAST EDGE OF SANTA ROSA, NM – Hwy. frontage on both sides of I40, hwy. frontage on both sides of Hwy. 156 & hwy. frontage on Hwy. 84, 12,718.06 ac. +/- deeded, 640 ac. +/- state lease, well improved, excellent water system provided by a large spring at the headquarters, wells equipped w/subs & windmills providing water for an extensive pipeline, cow/calf yearling country. YOU CAN’T IMAGINE HOW NICE THIS RANCH IS – DeBaca/Guadalupe, Co., NM - 9,385.81 ac. +/-, excellent improvements, fences, watered, cow/calf yearling country in excellent condition, on pvmt. GUADALUPE CO., NM – 1,760 ac. +/- well improved w/homes, barns & pens, well watered, pvmt. & all weather roads from the interstate. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to offer the Walker Canyon Ranch in multiple parcels. 10,432 ac. +/- of Motley Co., TX. ranchland w/a large, permitted dam providing a large, beautiful lake w/water backed up in a number of smaller canyons for boating, fishing & other recreation together w/good hunting on the ranch. The ranch can be purchased in individual or multiple pastures & is on pvmt. w/good access. SINCERE CREEK RANCH – Pontotoc Co., OK – 779.02 ac. +/-, pvmt. on four sides, on rural water, brick home w/large set of steel pens, w/excellent improvements & location. ADA OK. AREA -3,120 ac. +/- of choice grassland w/houses, barns & steel pens, lays in 3 tracts, priced separately! Please view our websites for details on choice NM ranches, choice ranches in the high rain-fall areas of OK, irr./dryland/CRP & commercial properties.
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1301 Front Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027 800-933-9698 day/eve. www.scottlandcompany.com www.texascrp.com Ben G. Scott – Broker • Krystal M. Nelson • – NM Qualifying Broker
PAUL McGILLIARD Murney Associate Realtors Cell: 417/839-5096 • 800/743-0336 Springfield, MO 65804
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Williams Windmill, Inc. New Mexico Ranch Items and Service Specialist Since 1976 New Mexico Distributor for Aermotor Windmills
TANK COATINGS ROOF COATINGS Available for Metal, Composition Shingles or Tar Roofs. Long-lasting and easy to apply. We also manufacture Tank Coatings for Concrete, Rock, Steel, Galvanized & Mobile tanks.
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806/352-2761
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Tucumcari General Insurance Agency, Inc. IN BUSINESS SINCE 1954
C.J. Wiegel Jim Lafferty P.O. Box 1304 214 S. Second St. • Tucumcari, NM Ofc.: 575/461-1623 • Fax: 575/461-4485 Toll Free: 1-888/461-1623 Email: insure@tucumcari-general.com
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DESERT SCALES & WEIGHING EQUIPMENT Truck Scales Livestock Scales Feed Truck Scales SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATIONS
1-800/489-8354 602/258-5272
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ROBERTSON LIVESTOCK DONNIE ROBERTSON Certified Ultrasound Technician Registered, Commercial and Feedlot 4661 PR 4055, Normangee, TX 77871 Cell: 936/581-1844 Email: crober86@aol.com
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Drinking Water Storage Tanks Alfalfa & Lasar Leveling Specializing in designing fields – any size. Good quality Alfalfa hay. Cattle hay available. Custom farming.
Look for “Lex” on Craigslist under Farm & Garden: http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/grd/4500083036.html !
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D.J. Reveal, Inc. Come raise your hand high & often to support the future of New Mexico!
Mixing / Feeding Systems Trucks / Trailers / Stationary Units
937/444-2609 Don Reveal 15686 Webber Rd. Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154
Motor Models available
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LANDON WEATHERLY • Cell. 806/344-6592 SNUFFY BOYLES • Cell. 806/679-5885 800/525-7470 • 806/364-7470
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www.bjmsales.com 3925 U.S. HWY 60, HEREFORD, TX 79045
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We offer a complete line of low volume mist blowers. Excellent for spraying, cattle, livestock, vegetables, vineyards, orchards, nurseries, mosquitoes, etc. Swihart Sales Co.
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7240 County Road AA, Quinter, KS 67752
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CONNIFF CATTLE CO. LLC Angus, Shorthorn, LimFlex Bulls - Cows - Heifers for Sale John & Laura Conniff 1500 Snow Road, Las Cruces, NM 88005 575/644-2900 • john@conniffcattle.com Casey & Chancie Roberts Upham Road, Rincon, NM 575/644-9583 www.conniffcattle.com www.leveldale.com
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JUNE — Sheepman of the Year JULY — Directory of Agriculture AUGUST — The Horse Industry; Charolais SEPTEMBER — Fairs Across the Southwest OCTOBER — Hereford; New Mexico State Fair Results NOVEMBER — Cattleman of the Year; Angus; Brangus; Red Angus DECEMBER — Bull Buyers Guide; Joint Stockmen’s Convention Preview JANUARY — Wildlife; Gelbvieh; Joint Stockmen’s Convention Results FEBRUARY — Beefmasters; Texas Longhorns MARCH — Limousin; Santa Gertrudis APRIL — Dairy MAY — News of the Day
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Who Would Like RFDtv Off The Air? ho would like RFDtv off the air? Or U.S. Farm Report? Who would like Farm Bureaus shut down, along with the National Cattlemen’s Assn, the Pork Producers, the Egg Council, the Northern Ag Network, Range Magazine, the Delmarva Farmer, the Farm Journal, the Beef Checkoff, the Brownfield Ag Network? Who would like to make it illegal for movie stars, sports stars, heroes, singers and baby calves to be pictured with a milk moustache? ANSWER: Any person or group that does not want people to know “Where their food comes from.” The first one that comes to mind is Humane Society of the U.S. (not associated with the local Humane Society in your home town). They make a living attempting to make farmers and ranchers look bad. I don’t question their motive, it’s a job, it’s how they pay the bills. They come to work each day and send out letters asking for the “Cash” so they can “fight the evil farmers and ranchers.” As long as they can keep their donors misinformed, blindfolded and mislead about the whole truth, the “Cash” keeps comin’ in! Another factor that is critical, is to portray agriculture, be it modern or homegrown, as inhumane, environmentally harmful, and run by insensitive, country hicks who have no real moral attachment to the animals and the land . . . that it’s all about money. That is easy for them to understand since so much of their own time and effort and commitment is dedicated to the pursuit of “Cash”. There seems to be endless quasi-associations seeking funds to “protect and enhance the wildlife and the habitat, the heritage and the natural resources.” They pop up every time someone can find a cause that will stimulate the “Cash.” But just having a good cause is
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not enough. They must create a straw man to portray the enemy. That eliminates any deep inspection of the validity of their cause, and ranchers and farmers, hunters, miners, lumberjacks and oil field roughnecks fill their bill. Another influential group of people who don’t want people to know “Where their food comes from” are politicians with a prejudice against those who work the land. Their reasons are usually personal; some childhood animosity that is now being repaid because they have the power, a guilt complex because they were born with a golden spoon, maybe the only farmer he knows ran against him for office. Who knows? RFDtv is being dropped from some media networks that are intent on merging. The reason given is that a network about and for agriculture is not relevant to the modern urban viewer. HSUS, among others, will be thrilled! Agriculture on television is one of the few places where the consumer can get to know “Where their food comes from.” The presence of agriculture is growing. It’s not uncommon to see or hear news stories about farmers and ranchers. Most are good. Most reporters are reasonable people, they eat bacon and hamburger. They have a general concept that global population growth will demand more food, and that the USDA represents and is involved with keeping our food safe. They are like most Americans, they trust farmers and ranchers and expect us to stay on top of things. We are able to do that because we have access to such a broad source of information, (re: first paragraph). We continue to educate and include the curious urban consumers in our thinking. We invite them to see for themselves; to know the truth about our business and to show them “Where your food really comes from.” And that, my friends, is the last thing the Humane Society of the U.S., the extremist ANTI’s, and vengeful offended politicians want them to know.
BE A PART OF NEW MEXICO’S HISTORY... THIS IS ONE OF TWO QUILTS THAT WILL BE WON IN A SWEEPSTAKES ON DECEMBER 6, 2014. EACH QUILT WILL HOLD 56 BRANDS OF NEW MEXICO RANCHES. Contact nmcga@nmagriculture.org or your local New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Director
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A Ag New Mexico FCS ACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Ken Ahler Real Estate Co., Inc . . . . . . . . .61 American Galloway Breeders Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 American Water Surveyors . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 American West Real Estate . . . . . . . . .60, 61 B Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Bale Buddy Manufacturing, Inc . . . . . . . . .18 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64, 66 Beaverhead Outfitters . . . . . . . . . . . . .63, 64 BJM Sales & Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Bobcat of Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Bovine Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 C C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 CattleMax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission . . . . . . .38 Caviness Packing Co. Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Centerfire Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Don Chalmers Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Clovis Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Conniff Cattle Co LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 CS Cattle Co. Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 D Davis Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 David Dean / Campo Bonito . . . . . . . . . . .64 Denton Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . . .68 E Eastern New Mexico State Fair . . . . . . . . .21 F FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Five States Livestock Auction, . . . . . . . . . .16 4 Rivers Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Freeman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 John L. Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Fury Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
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G Gallacher Land & Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Genex/Candy Trujillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5H
Mesa Feed Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Mesa Tractor Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32, 68 Mesilla Valley Commercial Tire . . . . . . . . . .22 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Monfette Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Montoya Farm and Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
H Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . .14, 69 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . .57, 79 Hashknife Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Headquarters West / Traegen Knight . . . . .65 Headquarters West Ltd /Sam Hubbell . . . .66 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . .76 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
N National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . .70 New Mexico Beef Industry Initiative . . . . . .72 New Mexico Business Coalition . . . . . . . . .43 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Insurance . . . .34 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Membership . .48 New Mexico 4-H Foundation . . . . . . . . . . .39 New Mexico Horse Breeders Association . . .26 New Mexico Horse Council . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 New Mexico Premier Ranch Properties . . . .67 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . . . .64 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . .80 New Mexico State Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 New Mexico State Fair Junior Livestock Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 New Mexico State University Ag Day 2014 74 New Mexico State University Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . .20, 42, 75 New Mexico Wool Growers . . . . . . . . . . . .37
I Inosol Castrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Isa Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 J JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Jamison Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 57 Janssen Ranch Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Lex Jaramillo Alfalfa & Lazer Leveling . . . .68 Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Steve Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 JO Bar Quarter Horses LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
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source of income for the Association. With new foal registration numbers down, sources of income have been a major concern to the Executive Committee, and that has caused the members of the committee to take a hard look at some of AQHA’s programs that are either losing money or that in the past have been heavily subsidized. “I wish everyone understood that those programs are businesses and need to be run like businesses,” Johnny says. “They need to cash flow. I compare it to being in the cattle business. In the cattle business, if after a certain period you’re losing money, you probably need to change your strategy and come up with a plan for the business to make money. We need to do the same thing with some of those programs.” Another relatively new source of income that has been created during Johnny’s tenure on the Executive Committee is Awards Recognition Concepts. The inhouse company creates all of AQHA’s awards, which has saved the Association several hundred thousand dollars, but the business also produces awards for other companies, associations and individuals. “We’re working hard on getting every-
thing at AQHA on a sound financial footing,” Johnny says, “and I like to think that I’ve been a part of that. The short story is that we’ve got about five or six different deals going that I think are going to help us tremendously.” As his tenure on the Executive Committee winds down, Johnny is beginning to think about the future. Of course, he’ll continue with his cattle operations and his venture into the racehorse industry – still trying to win the All American Futurity – but he also knows he’ll have time to rope more, and he plans to qualify for the Adequan Select World Championship Show down the road. “You know, I got that first horse in the second grade, and I’ve had one ever since,” he says. “So, I’ve been trying to be a good cowboy pretty well all my life. I don’t know if I’ll ever make that, but I’d like to be remembered as a horseman and a cattleman. Most of all, I want to be remembered as being a Christian man who wanted the right things done at the right time. That’s how I would like to be remembered as the AQHA president.” Jim Jennings is a special contributor to The American Quarter Horse Journal and former executive director of publications.
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