99 Longhorn Feature

from NMS February 2023

by Livestock Publishers

Arrowquip Sale

Departments

10 NMCGA President’s Message by Loren Patterson

12 Just the Facts ... and Then Some by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman 16

30 CoBank Quarterly: Inflation is Beginning to Loosen its Grip

38 Pay per Mile: States move toward User-Based Road Tax by Beth Brelje, Epoch Times

40 New Mexico Auctioneer Wins World Livestock Auction Championship Qualifier

52 NMCGA & Purina Mills Fund Agriculture Scholarship by Gracie Hooten, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association

58 Plan Now for a More Profitable 2023

Source: Noble Research Institute

62 Raising the Orphan Calf by Rosslyn Biggs, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Veterinarian

67 Weinheimer Joins AHA Field Staff

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FEBRUARY 2023

17 Bill Gates’ Latest Invest Investment: Stop Cows from Burping with $12 Million by Richard Moorhead, The Western Journal 18 Texas A&M AgriLife Scientist Publishes Complete U.S. - Mexican Borderland Aquifer Map by Leslie Lee, Texas Water

68 Ruidoso Downs Ownership Change Approved

70 USDA Seeks Public Comments on Disease Traceability Regulations

72 FWS Extends Effective Date for Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing

74 EPA Explores Tougher Limits of CAFO Runoff by Tom Johnston, meatingplace.com

78 Leveraging Unconventional Water Resources by John R “Grizz” Deal, The New Water Movement

84 30x30 is Conservation’s Flashy New Goal by Blanca Beget, Grist

90 NMCGA Joins Suit to Overturn Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing

99 Longhorns: Unique Breed With a Promising Future

122 NIRA Spring Schedule & Standings

124 Amazing Firsts by Lyn Ray

126 2023 WRCA Sanctioned Rodeo Schedule

The Makings of a Wreck by JaNeil Anderson. A scene every cowboy hates. For this and other work by JaNeil contact her at 263 Anderson Rd., Redrock, NM 88055, 575-542-9752 janeilanderson.com janeil.anderson56@gmail.com

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