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30th Annual Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale Saturday February 27, 2021 Females sell at 10am — Bulls sell at 1pm

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Sons of these prominent Copeland & Sons herd sires and others will sell: JCS HOMEBREW 4616 ET AHA 43509201 • Horned NJW Hometown 10Y x JCS Cool Kat 6928 CED +6.4, BW +1.9, WW +42, YW +79, SC +1.3, MILK +18, CW +66, REA +.34, MRB +.16, CHB +129

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15th Annual Bull Sale Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Belen, NM

March 15, 2021 — 1pm

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NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-243-9515 Fax: 505-349-3060 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of ... n New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-247-0584, Fax: 505-842-1766 President, Randell Major n New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-247-0584 President, Bronson Corn

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DEPARTMENTS 10 NMCGA President’s Message by Randell Major by Caren Cowan

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New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn News Update Riding Herd by Lee Pitts

48 In Memoriam 56 New Mexico Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

58 View from the Backside by Barry Denton

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

62 BEEF! It’s What’s for Dinner Recipe 74 Real Estate Guide 81 On the Edge of Common Sense by Baxter Black

92 Seedstock Guide 95 Marketplace 104 Advertisers’ Index

by Jason Sawyer, King Ranch Institute

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NIDIS Launches New Drought.Gov NMSU Extension Director Named to National 4-H Council Board of Trustees America’s Unforgiven Face Lifelong Gun Ban: MSLF Urges SCOTUS to End the Injustice Enviros Struggling for Standing in ESA Challenge by Michael Doyle, E&E New Reporter

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Water, Environmental Legel Expert Leading Texas Tech School of Las Center for Water Law & Policy Lawsuit Challenges Forest Service NEPA Regs by Pamela King, E&E News reporter

64 4 Technologies Changing the Meat Case 65 Has Mycoplasma Bovis Jumped the Species Barrier — Again? by Dr. Ron Clarke, Canadian Cattlemen

66 Virtual Southwest Beef Symposium 70 The Likelihood of Regional Triggers Under the Industry’s Proposed “75%” Rule by Elliott Dennis, Livestock & Risk .Management Economist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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USDA Announces Implementation of Improvements to Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Program Brazilian Beef Exports Set Record for 2020 by Anna Flavia Rochas, meatingplace.com

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Producing Commerical Females through Value Added Programs Researcher Receives Grant to Chart Changing Structure in Dairy Industry Pandemic Put the Brakes on Meat Reduction Movement

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38 Making Sense of Methane

12 Wit & Wisdom

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Longhorn Feature

by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com

80 How High Grain Prices Impact the Cattle Industry by Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University

85 The Big Tech Bias Blackout by Peter Murphy, cfact.org

87 Will the Surge in Land Prices Continue? 90 Bill Gates is Not the Largest Farmland Owner in America by Noah Manskar, The New York Post

98 Texas Longhorn Cattle Cost How Much?

on the cover Young Cowboy Jace Wild Green with a few of his favorite things — his dog, a pony and snow. Watch future Stockmans for stories on how Jace Wild and other young New Mexicans have spent their time over the last year. Photo by Stacy Green.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Randell Major NMCGA President

Randell Major President Magdalena Loren Patterson, President-Elect Corona Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Cliff Copeland NE Vice President Nara Visa Jeff Decker SE Vice President Lovington Roy Farr SW Vice President Datil Joe Culbertson Vice President at Large Amistad Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Peralta Tom Sidwell Immediate Past President Quay Pat Boone Past President Elida

Dear Cattle Producers, and All,

n December 3, 2020, the NM State Game Commission engaged in a discussion regarding Senator Heinrich’s letter urging the Commission and Department to end the E-PLUS system and redistribute landowner allocations to resident hunters. The state of New Mexico consists of 52 percent private property. The E-PLUS system was created to recognize private landowners for providing essential resources to elk. While the E-PLUS system is not perfect, to do away with it, would be detrimental to New Mexico as a state and its landowners, outfitters, guides, hunters, and rural communities. NMCGA Wildlife Committee chairman Dave Kenneke gave comments during the January 15 meeting and Jonas had sent written comments in early in opposition to that plan. Then during the meeting, the chair of the NM State Game Commission, Sharon Salazar Hickey announced that they have no plans on changing the current E-PLUS system. This shows what we can do when ranchers, landowners, outfitters, hunters, and rural businesses all work together. The Importation Rule was also on the agenda. NMCGA opposes the Importation Rule because we are concerned with all the power going back to a single individual rather than permits being reviewed by the full commission and the public’s ability to comment. After the commission voted down the importation rule, further discussion occurred, resulting in a reconsideration of the vote. A revote took place that resulted in the Importation Rule passing. This voting process was questionable to say the least. On another subject, Cattle producers are America’s original conservationists, and we work hard every day to ensure that we can pass our operations on to the next generation. We know that grazing benefits the environment. Grazing naturally sequesters carbon, a benefit compounded by ruminant grazing. Grazing builds deep root systems in prairie grasses, which improves soil health. Healthy soils retain more water, sequester more carbon, and increase the resiliency of our ranches. Dr Frank Mitloehner, who is a professor at the University of California, Davis, has commented extensively on climate issues in favor of the animal agriculture sector. He states, “Methane emissions from cattle are part of the natural methane cycle. Within 10 years, more than 90 percent of that methane combines with oxygen in the atmosphere and converts to CO2. Methane has no long-term impact on climate when emissions and oxidation are in balance. And this balance has been maintained for centuries.” Climate policies can unfairly target cattle producers and fail to recognize the positive role of cattle and beef. Some of our lawmakers attempt to adopt misguided policies that threaten the viability of agriculture. The conversation should be shifted to the fact that American beef production and consumption is a climate change solution not an environmental problem many would have us believe. The on-going drought issue continues and is disheartening as many of our producers are having to cut deep into their herd due to limited amount of available grass. We as ranchers deal with this every year and know how to survive. We pray for moisture and health for everyone.

My best to all of you,

Randell Major

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WIT & WISDOM by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman

Got us…

s you may know, the New Mexico State Game Commission (Commission) has been considering their rule on importing carnivores for several months. Although the rule included some material on fish, it seems that was just a red herring. The thrust of the rule change was to take the approval of wolves coming into New Mexico out of the hands of the Commission and put it in the hands of the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) Director or his designee. There were some virtual public meetings through the fall. I participated in two of them. The main concern of landowners and land stewards was transparency. Would those living in “wolf country” be informed when and where wolves would be coming into the state of New Mexico? The employee hosting the virtual meetings admitted he didn’t know much about the wolf program. He noted that since the NMDGF was now back involved in the federal program that folks should get their information from the feds. That created lots of warm and fuzzy feelings after New Mexicans have suffered at the hands of the feds and their wolves for some 22 years. One of the selling points the NMDGF tried to use for rejoining the federal team was that New Mexicans would get more information and more ability to protect themselves. Through the fall there was an extensive effort to sway the Commission to leave the rule in place so that the Commission approved the importations. Nonetheless it was surprising when on January 15, 2021 it voted the rule down. It must have been surprising to the NMDGF staff as well because there were immediate efforts made to overturn the vote. After a break, NMDGA staff spoke up. It seems that an immediate transfer of wolves to the Ladder Ranch was in the works just eight days later. Instead of going through the regulation that was in place for the Commission to approve the transfer, the Department was going to change the rule, and let the wolves in with no notice to the public. After this admission, the Commission reconvened and reconsidered the previous vote on the issue. That time the vote carried. The Commission Chairman explained her

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change in vote saying that it appeared that the old rule would cause more harm than good. There are so many flaws in what happened, it’s hard to know where to start. First, wasn’t the NMDGF bound by the rule in place? Shouldn’t they have brought the January transfer of wolves to the Commission under that rule? Surely they couldn’t have been afraid that the Commission would have voted against the transfer. Even after the new rule was voted on there was the process of filing in the New Mexico Register, which publishes openly twice a month, before it took the place of the old rule. There wasn’t even a pretense of following any rules. The new rule wasn’t f il e d w i th St ate R e co rds until January 26, 2021. We have no way to know if the wolves, or how many of them, were transferred to the Ladder this past month. We don’t know if this transfer is just a stopover for these animals or if they will be staying in New Mexico. And, if so, where at? We don’t have answers for any of these questions, and we are not likely to get them.

Good news… yes, there is some! There has been an ongoing legal battle between the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and New Mexico livestock organizations, including the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, New Mexico Federal Lands Council and the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, over the designation of critical habitat of the jaguar since 2014. In case you are unfamiliar with the critter, here is some information from that well known source Wikipedia. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large felid species and the only extant member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. The jaguar is the largest cat species in the New World and the third largest in the world. Due to convergent evolution, it closely resembles the leopard but is usually larger and sturdier. It ranges across a variety of forested and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest, swamps, and wooded regions. The jaguar enjoys swimming and is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-andambush predator at the top of the food chain. As a keystone species, it plays an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating prey populations. The jaguar has developed an exceptionally powerful bite, even relative to the other big cats. This allows it to pierce the shells of armored reptiles and to employ an unusual killing

method with mammals: it bites directly through the skull of prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain. The jaguar’s present range extends from the extreme southwestern United States and Mexico in North America, across much of Central America, and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America. Though there are single cats now living within Arizona, the species has largely been extirpated from the United States since the early 20th century. Wikipedia fails to recognize that the only jaguars seen in Arizona were males. Although it notes that jaguars like to swim, it doesn’t elaborate that water is a great part of its preferred habitat. With all of this wisdom in hand, the FWS and environmental zealots managed to designate 764,207 acres in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona as critical habitat essential for jaguar conservation. That was back in 2014. The vast majority of the designated area was in Arizona, but the southern ranching community would have been adversely impacted. In 2017 the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico ruled in favor of the FWS. The case was appealed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that in March 2020, overturned the case and remanded it back to the New Mexico Court. Generally when a rule like this gets overturned it is stayed until the lower court re-rules. The impact of the rule doesn’t take effect. However, the FWS and their cohorts attempted to have the critical habitat designation remain in place. In late January 2020 the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico held that the designation of critical habitat for the jaguar in New Mexico should be struck down based on our win in the Tenth Circuit. The livestock groups’ attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation take this as very good news. The environmental intervenors were arguing that the court should leave the designation in place while the feds rewrite the rule to comply with the Tenth Circuit opinion. But the District Court held that the likelihood of harm to the species was minimal at best and that the agency is not likely to revive its designations of the New Mexico units. We do not yet know whether the intervenors will appeal. But this is a good decision that could be helpful in other similar cases down the road.

First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution… it is worth reading “Congress shall make no law respecting

an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The censorship of the former President of the United States by big tech social media companies has created a great deal of discussion of what is and what isn’t freedom of speech. One might take the position that these are privately owned companies that have the right to control what appears on their platforms. However, these companies have spent millions if not billions attracting participation on their platforms and created world-wide followings. But no one forces anyone to participate and indicating your displeasure is as easy as just not being on them. Apparently many have taken that position and have vacated those platforms. But there are two questions that come to my mind. The first is, if one president is censored what stops the censorship of all those to come in the future? The second is who or what else is being censored? It seems there is no “policing” of anything that crosses or does not cross the

airwaves or the internet. Although the apply include the specific nature of the Federal Communications Commission is content, the time of day it was broadcast charged with oversight of broadcast media and the context in which the broadcast including television and radio, they really took place. do have teeth in anything by prohibiting Broadcasting obscene content is prohibobscene, indecent and profane content ited by law at all times of the day. Indecent from being broadcast on the radio or TV and profane content are prohibited on which is against federal law. That may seem broadcast TV and radio between 6 a.m. and clear enough, but determining what 10 p.m., when there is a reasonable risk that obscene, indecent and profane mean can children may be in the audience. be difficult, depending on who you talk to. The “news” media is under no constraint Each type of content has a distinct to provide more than one side to any issue definition: or even to tell the truth. This is evident to Obscene content does not have protec- anyone watching television news. tion by the First Amendment. For content Walter Cronkite once said “Objective to be ruled obscene, it must meet a three- journalism and an opinion column are pronged test established by the Supreme about as similar as the Bible and Playboy Court: It must appeal to an average person’s magazine.” We are down to strictly Playboy. prurient interest; depict or describe sexual But although long gone, there are still conduct in a “patently offensive” way; and, commentators and writers who subscribe taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artis- to Cronkite-like principles. “In the past, tic, political or scientific value. national evening news programs, local Indecent content portrays sexual or evening news programs, and the front excretory organs or activities in a way that pages of print newspapers were dominated is patently offensive but does not meet the by fact-reporting stories,” says patent attorthree-prong test for obscenity. ney Vanessa Otero. “Now, however, many Profane content includes “grossly sources people consider to be ‘news offensive” language that is considered a sources’ are actually dominated by analysis public nuisance. and opinion pieces,” wrote Shawn Langlois Factors in determining how FCC rules in April 2018 in a MarketWatch story.

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It will take more than a logo to fix that mess… Burger King has embarked on an extensive rebranding of its Burger King brand, reports meatingplace.com, starting with a new logo. The new logo hearkens back to the one the company used for decades after its founding in the ‘60s, with a stylized representation of the chain’s name sandwiched between two buns. “This pared down design is meant to reflect the clean ingredients and bold flavors of the brand’s most famous menu item – the burger,” Nation’s Restaurant News said. The logo is simpler and doesn’t include the blue swoosh that enveloped the previous image. “There’s no blue food,” Global Chief Marketing Officer Fernando Machado said in an interview with Business Insider. And, “buns don’t shine,” he said, and so a part of the old logo that highlighted the buns also went away.

Other meat news… Plumrose USA, a JBS USA branded packaged meat subsidiary of JBS USA, is rebranding to become Swift Prepared Foods, the company said in a news release. JBS USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of JBS S.A. , a Brazilian company that is the world’s largest processor of fresh beef and pork.

The subsidiary was created when JBS “Green” Energy on the Backs entered the U.S. market in 2007 with its of Agriculture purchase of Swift & Company. Smithfield Foods said it is another step This shift in name “better aligns the her- closer to achieving its goal of curbing its itage and future direction of the company, g r e e n h o u s e g a s e m i s s i o n s 2 5 with a significant focus on innovation and percent by 2025. prepared foods,” the release said. The The Virginia-based food producer said rebrand is taking effect immediately, with many of its farms and facilities will soon be an ongoing rollout throughout 2021. operating on renewable power now that In early January a federal judge in Min- the Diamond Spring wind farm is up and nesota granted preliminary approval to the running in southern Oklahoma. class action settlement between JBS and “The wind energy generated from this direct purchaser plaintiffs in the pork anti- site will account for what is needed to trust case covering purchases dating power more than 15 percent of our total U.S. back to 2009. operations, marking a significant step JBS and the direct purchasers notified forward in achieving our goals,” Kraig Westthe U.S. District Court in November that erbeek, senior director of Smithfield they had reached a settlement agreement. Renewables, said in a news release. Under the terms of the agreement, JBS Smithfield earlier this year announced it will pay $24.5 million into a settlement fund would be carbon negative across its comwithin 14 days of the court’s preliminary pany-owned operations in the United approval. The funds will be deposited into States by 2030. The company last month an interest-bearing escrow account and will announced it had completed a natural gas be used to compensate plaintiffs for project producing energy from 26 hog damages suffered and expenses incurred, farms in southwestern Utah. according to court documents. You can’t help but wonder how much Tyson and Pilgrim’s Pride are also agricultural lands are being impacted by working on settlements as reported else- these moves. Granted, those hosting windwhere in this magazine. farms may see a financial windfall at the outset.

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Tuesday March 9th, 2021 MCKENZIECATTLE.COM selling 120 head of 18 month & yearling bulls & 20 bred heifers

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i this is Sandra Lacy the 2021 CowBelle President. Here are a few things I would like to share with you about my background . I was born into a ranching family, established in the 1930s outside of Capitan and 1950s in Bingham, NM. Being around livestock my whole life I was naturally involved in 4-H, FFA, showing horses and rodeo events. Later working at sale barns and feedlots in NM and TX, in addition to managing a large dairy in ID and riding cutters in AZ. Just like that old Johnny Cash song, “I Been Everywhere.” Today I have an office job in Capitan, a business named Cowboy Antics in addition to breeding miniature Australian shepherds. As we close the gate of 2020 behind us and ride into 2021, I would to ask for your assistance in addressing specific issues and concerns that effect each of us today. We have an opportunity to help each other with the vast knowledge of all who read the NM Stockman. If you would be so kind to submit questions, ideas, topics or concerns to my email (Cowbellringing@yahoo.com), we can address these issues using common sense solutions in each monthly issue. The new CowBelle Officers of 2021 would like to offer our assistance in any way to help the NM Stockman and all members of CowBelles to help each other succeed as we face these uncertain times together. I am looking forward to your feedback to make all this possible. I would like the opportunity to thank you in advance for your participation. I believe the Words Written In Red will guide us. Lets tighten our cinches. – Sandra Lacy

2021 NM State Cowbelle Officers: President: Sandra Lacy Pres-Elect: Jacinda Price Vice-President: Vonda Frost Treasurer: Shelly Frost Secretary: Michelle Greeman Powderhorn Cattlewomen met January 14 at First Baptist Church Fellowship hall with 2021 Officers as co-hostesses. Brenda led us in the invocation, pledge and creed. Minutes of the November meeting were read, as was the treasurer’s report for

the year end financial report. Thinking of you cards were sent to several of our ladies. Brenda Copeland, President, announced committees will stand as they were in 2020. Under Old Business, a raffle for three beautiful items will be held at our Feb 11 meeting at First Baptist Church, Ft. Sumner. Aspen Achen did a wonderful job printing up books, information of the three items and a letter to be sent to our members. She also hand tooled a leather purse, AND, she also made a basket of candles that will be in the raffle. THANK YOU ASPEN! AND Sarah Fitzgerald donated a beautiful pair of turquoise

earrings. Tickets are $5 each and money and ticket stub must be returned by Feb 11 for the drawing. Under new business, Hostess and Co-Hostess Sheet was passed around for sign up. Sandy McKenna will be contacting members if there is an empty spot! Budget was discussed and presented, and was accepted. See you in February! Joan Key, Secretary 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.

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JANUARY — Wildlife; Gelbvieh; Joint Stockmen’s Convention Results FEBRUARY — Beefmasters; Texas Longhorns MARCH — Limousin; Santa Gertrudis APRIL — Dairy MAY — News of the Day JUNE — Sheepman of the Year JULY — Directory of Agriculture AUGUST — The Horse Industry SEPTEMBER — Charolais; 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

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USDA Announces Implementation of Improvements to Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Program

he U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced that further changes to its Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) insurance plan will take effect on January 20 for crop year 2021 and succeeding crop years. “We are always looking for feedback from producers and other stakeholders,” said RMA Administrator Martin Barbre. “These changes are a direct reflection of that feedback and will improve LRP coverage for producers in 2021 and beyond.” The improvements to LRP include: Increasing livestock head limits for feeder and fed cattle to 6,000 head per endorsement/12,000 head annually and swine to 40,000 head per endorsement/150,000 head annually. Modifying the requirement to own insured livestock until the last 60 days of the endorsement. Increasing the endorsement lengths for swine up to 52 weeks. Creating new feeder cattle and swine types to allow for unborn livestock to be insured. For more information, please see the livestock insurance plans page on the RMA website. RMA is authorizing additional flexibilities due to coronavirus while continuing to support producers, working through Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) to deliver services, including processing policies, claims and agreements. RMA staff are working with AIPs and other customers by phone, mail and electronically to continue supporting crop insurance coverage for producers. Farmers with crop insurance questions or needs should continue to contact their insurance agents about conducting business remotely (by telephone or email). More information can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus. Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private insurance agents.

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razilian beef exports rose eight percent in 2020 to 2.02 million metric tons, said beef industry association

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Abrafrigo. Revenue from beef exports last year reached $8.4 billion, up 11 percent from 2019. Abrafrigo said it expects a five percent increase in the volume of Brazilian beef exports in 2021. “For 2021, Abrafrigo expects the continuation of China’s purchasing pace and some increase in imports from the European Union, Arab countries and new markets, with improvement in the global economic situation thanks to the start of the vaccination against COVID-19 and resumption of consumption of food outside homes,” the organization said in a statement. China was the largest importer of Brazilian beef in 2020, with 1.18 billion metric tons of imports through the continent and Hong Kong. The second-largest buyer was Egypt, with 127,953 metric tons of Brazilian beef, down 23 percent year-on-year, followed by Chile (90,403 metric tons, a drop of 18.2 percent). The U.S. was among Brazil’s top four beef importers last year, when it acquired 59,544 metric tons, up 53.8 percent year-on-year, due to the opening of the U.S. market to Brazil’s fresh beef in February 2020.

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Producing Commercial Females through Value Added Programs

alue-added programs are on the rise in the beef industry as input costs increase and margins remain tight. Enterprising beef producers are exploring new ways to improve their return on investment and open doors to new marketing avenues. Beefmaster Breeders United offers a value-added program through the Beefmaster E6 Commercial Female. The BBU Essential Commercial Female Program is a prime example of expanding the market for Beefmaster cattle. The program, referred to as the E6 program, focuses attention on the strong maternal traits of Beefmaster cattle and helps commercial cattlemen develop stronger markets and greater value for their Beefmaster and Beefmaster cross heifers. The word “essential” is included in the name because of the six essentials upon which the breed was founded - weight, conforma-

tion, milk production, fertility, disposition and hardiness. While attractive, hearty bulls are often known to steal the spotlight, the modest hero of this legendary breed is without a doubt the essential Beefmaster female. She’s universal – in tropical climates of the South, high altitude or sparse sections of the West. Throughout the Fescue Belt and stretching into the High Plains, the Beefmaster female remains constant.

What is an E6 Certified Female? The E6 program is a commercial Beefmaster female. This female was labeled as an E6 based off the essential six traits that were used to develop the Beefmaster breed. This program has been around now for about 20 plus years. The National E6 Sale in Columbus, Texas, and others like it throughout the Plains and Florida, ensure there’s verified and top-quality females available for purchase. The National E6 Sale as been held for 15 years plus. Commercial breeders from all over the country are constantly looking to restock their pastures with Beefmaster cross females. “They are needing that genetics and they realize that in hot and humid and tropical regions they need cattle that can go out

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there and eat really low quality forage, that has high water content, fight mosquitoes, fight pests and go out make money for them in a hostile climate situation,” said Trey Scherer, a Beefmaster breeder from Brenham, Texas and a consignor to the National E6 Sale. The essential Beefmaster cross, there’s no better cow. In today’s beef cattle industry, branded programs are the main topic of discussion. The Beefmaster E6 Program is a branded program for those highly sought-after replacement females. This program also gives the buyer assurance that these cattle are at least 50 percent Beefmaster and that they have been inspected for quality. The program serves as a marketing tool for the cattle producer. “When you get around trying to kind these kinds of cattle, they’re hard to find. They are popular,” said Anthony Mihalski, a long-time auctioneer and sale manager for the Beefmaster industry. The advantage of these commercial Beefmaster female sales is that each sale has specific consignors that are committed to producing these types of cattle and holding them for these value-added sales. “These sales give us one place where buyers can come to and get a pretty large offering,” said Mihalski. When buyers purchase cattle from the commercial Beefmaster females from these sales they know the ranch that the cattle are coming from. “You know that these cattle are at least half registered Beefmaster genetics. They give that producer that secure feeling that I am going to get that longevity. We know that these cattle are home raised cattle and coming out of vaccination programs,” said Scherer. If you are a commercial cattleman, you simply can’t afford NOT to be crossbreeding. The benefits of a crossbred cow to any commercial herd are undeniable and highly documented. Scherer is a true believer in Beefmaster genetics and the advantages of crossbreeding to produce a commercial Beefmaster female. “There’s no more versatile cow out there in the industry than a Beefmaster cow.” Crossbreeding leads to hybrid vigor or heterosis. Simply put, crossbred calves, on the average, are better performers than their straight bred parents. More vigorous at birth, faster growing calves perform better for almost every trait and make more money. “The beautiful part about a Beefmaster continued on page 27 >>

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Beefmaster can impact impactany anyherd herd Beefmaster hybrid hybrid vigor can Born necessity duringthe theGreat Great Born outout of of necessity during Depression, Beefmasterswere werecreated createdtoto Depression, Beefmasters thrive harshest environments.InIn thrive in in thethe harshest ofof environments. 1930s,Tom TomLasater, Lasater, the the breed’s breed’s thethe1930s, founder, experimented with crossbreeding founder, experimented with crossbreeding F1’s (Bos Indicus x Herefordand andBos Bos twotwo F1’s (Bos Indicus x Hereford Indicus x Shorthorn), andheheimmediately immediately Indicus x Shorthorn), and saw the resulting composite calvesfar far saw the resulting composite calves exceeded the F1’s. exceeded the F1’s. Being a composite, or three-way, cross, Being a composite, or three-way, cross, Beefmasters blend the best attributes of Beefmasters blend the best attributes of the parent breeds. Beefmasters initially the parent breeds. Beefmasters initially were developed without regard for color, were developed without regard for color, a unique point in the breed’s history. a unique point in the breed’s history. Lasater believed that color had no bearing Lasater believed that color had on the end product—beef. Sono hebearing selected on only the end product—beef. So he for economic traits. This selected decision only economic This wasfornot easy, buttraits. he took thedecision difficult wasstand not of easy, but he took the ignoring aesthetics in difficult search of stand ignoring the of best possibleaesthetics genetics. in search of the best possible genetics. Today, Beefmasters are the largest of Today, Beefmasters theimportantly, largest of the American breeds.are More are the breeds. only BosMore Taurus x Bos Indicus thethey American importantly, American composite, yielding maximum they are the only Bos Taurus x Bos Indicus American composite, yielding maximum

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PRODUCING<< continued from page 24 based cow and or just Beefmaster genetics is that you can put them on anything. You can fit them to whatever program serves your ranch the best. You can add Beefmaster genetics to it to get the longevity, the structure, to get the efficiency and it’s going to work within the first year,” said Larry Meacham, a Beefmaster breeder and commercial cattlemen. Crossbred cows improve calving rates, calf survivability, more calves born and weaned, more pounds of calf and more calves produced over the cow’s lifetime. With good management, Maternal Heterosis will make a rancher more money than anything else he can do. Meacham adds, “she’s [Beefmaster cow] known for her maternal traits. She’s known for her longevity, along with her efficiency in the pasture when converting grass into pounds. There’s no better female than a Beefmaster based cow.” That’s the Certified E6 Beefmaster Female. With longevity and sustainability at her core, she’s the cow that can do it all. Her versatility compliments any program and brings cattle producers more dollars at the end of the day.

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Hereford cattle carefully selected to withstand the heat and insects of the Texas Gulf Coast region, but they were still not perfectly suited to that difficult environment. So Lasater began to experiment with incorporating Bos indicus or Zebu genetics, in the form of Gyr and Guzerat bulls from India and Nelore from Brazil. While the practice of crossbreeding was virtually unheard of at the time, they immediately saw a tremendous jump in productive traits, such as weight gain and reproductive rates. This is genetic advantage known as heterosis or hybrid vigor. By the early 1930s, the ranch also incorporated Milking Shorthorn genetics, to augment milk production and carcass quality. They could immediately see that the three-way hybrid was far superior to the two-way crosses. The final composite ended up at roughly 50 percent Bos indicus and 50 percent Bos taurus (25 percent Hereford and 25 percent Shorthorn). As Lasater developed the breed, he also formed a unique selection philosophy known today as The Lasater Philosophy. The concept is to only select cattle for economically relevant traits, which he distilled to these Six Essential traits. It is the only breed in history to be selected only using

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pressure for productive traits, as opposed to aesthetics. In 1937, the herd was closed to outside genetics with continued internal development to cull low-performers and upgrade all traits together equally. By 1954 the foundation herd was recognized by USDA under the name of Beefmaster. The breed has rapidly grown around the world and has become known as the prime maternal cow for serious commercial cattlemen that appreciate their production excellence, particularly in harsh desert or tropical environments. The breed has excelled across most regions of the United States and is the leading breed of choice for commercial cattlemen in Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Panama, Columbia and several other Latin American regions. With global demand for higher-quality beef growing geometrically, Beefmasters provide the perfect breed to cross on comcontinued on page 37 >>

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ou don’t have to look too hard to find history’s repeating patterns and, as in the past, the call for change is in the air. Even within the beef industry, there’s a movement urging producers to throw off traditional institutions, like the Beef Checkoff, simply because it’s “too old” or they weren’t alive when it was established. It’s easy to get swept up by the itch for something different, change for change’s sake. But, it’s important to do your homework, because there are many reasons producers of all ages still value the Beef Checkoff. Approved by an overwhelming 79 percent of producers during the referendum vote when it was implemented, Checkoff support remains high. According to Luce Research’s 2020 Producer Attitude Survey, 77 percent of the 1,200 beef and dairy producers surveyed nationwide say the Checkoff contributes positively to consumer demand for beef; 73 percent approve of the Checkoff overall. Of the Checkoff’s dollar-per-head assessment, up to half is retained by Qualified State Beef Councils for beef-related programs in their own states. The other 50-cents is used nationally for marketing, consumer advertising, education, product development, and research

designed to increase demand for beef, both domestically and through Checkoff programs abroad. This local/national partnership is a unique and key aspect of the program. Interestingly, the dollar assessment hasn’t increased a penny over the decades—amazing when you consider that the 1985 dollar only has about 41-cents of purchasing power in 2020 (Consumer Price Index, Bureau of Labor Statistics). Despite this inflation loss, and the fact that the industry produces more beef from fewer cattle, the Checkoff delivers real value through a strategic blend of tradition, experience, and innovation. Over three and a half decades, the Beef Checkoff has developed extensive knowledge from relationships with industry experts who know what works and provide guidance. From this foundation, the Checkoff embraces new ideas and methods, always finding ways to be the most effective. Checkoff contractors pivot nimbly amid global challenges like COVID-19; researchers propel the industry on issues like sustainability; and adoption of time- and money-saving technologies give producers an efficient and productive bang for their buck. Change in life is a certainty. Nothing stays static, not even the 35-year-old Beef Checkoff. The programs and strategies of today are already much different than when it began. As we continue to grow demand for our product in an extremely competitive world, we want your thoughts and ideas. Get involved! Together, we can keep the Checkoff evolving to make beef the protein of choice for consumers domestically and around the world, a benefit to all producers. To learn more about Checkoff programs, projects, and resources, visit DrivingDemandForBeef.com.

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ProStart Helps New Mexico Students Launch Hospitality Careers

thin margins, and now curfews, capacity limits, and safety costs have made survival even tougher. The bright spot in all of this is that diners showed up for restaurants in many ways. Outdoor dining in the U.S. has gone from less than one percent of all seated parties from August to November 2019 to over 12 percent for those same months in 2020. October was one of the most hopeful months for the industry, featuring the days with the largest number of seated reservations (October 17) and highest volume of takeout orders (October 30) since April. Diners are ready to show up in full force for restaurants in 2021. According to an OpenTable diner survey conducted in mid-October 2020, 52 percent of respondents say they think they’ll dine out in 2021 more than they did in 2020, with 28 percent of diners expecting to resume regular dining behavior in April 2021 or later in the year. Safety precautions still loom large with 43 percent of diners saying the most important factor when dining out in 2021 is that restaurants have regulated health and safety measures. Good food trails far behind as the next important factor at 25 percent. In contrast, a renowned chef or owner, price, and location ranked among the lowest priorities among survey respondents, at 2 percent each.

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he New Mexico Beef Council is a proud sponsor of New Mexico ProStart, administered by the NM Restaurant Association Foundation. This program is a two-year career and technical education program that focuses on teaching culinary art and restaurant management skills in 28 high schools across the state. There are 48 ProStart programs across our state, with some schools having more than one program. Part of NMBC’s sponsorship includes the “Beef Grant Program” where the Council will reimburse teachers up to $1,000 per year for beef that they use in ProStart classes. Information about both of these programs may be found at NMBeef.com.

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Researcher Receives Grant to Chart Changing Structure in Dairy Industry

xamining the impacts of the 2020 Farm Bill and insurance programs on the U.S. dairy industry’s economies of scale and dairy farm consolidation, along with the sector’s profitability and foreclosure levels, is the focus of a research project being led by a Texas Tech University professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources. Stephen Devadoss, the Emabeth Thompson Endowed Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics , will conduct the research project, “Dairy Policies, Economies of Scale, and the Changing Structure of the U.S. Dairy Industry.” This project is supported by a nearly $500,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “The dairy industry is an important part of West Texas agriculture,” Devadoss said. “This project will help us undertake research to study and find solutions related to the problems faced by the dairy farmers. Even under normal economic conditions, smalldairy farmers face numerous difficulties. “With changing structure of the industry and the problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important now, more than ever, to work on research to solve dairy farmers’ economic challenges.” Devadoss said the project falls within the realm of his research related to risk management in agriculture. It is supported by the USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Foundational Program and will run for the next four years. It will be directed by Devadoss and Jeff Luckstead, an associate professor of agricultural economics at Washington State University. In these tough times, many dairy farmers are having difficulty coping with an onslaught of financial losses arising from structural changes due to low milk prices, high feed costs, consolidation, economies of scale and demand fluctuations for milk products. Today, U.S dairy policies such as Dairy Margin Coverage aim to manage risk by insuring against fluctuations in market margin (the difference between average milk price and feed costs). The 2018 Farm Bill authorized the Dairy Margin Coverage program, which is a voluntary risk management program for dairy producers.

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Pandemic Put the Brakes on Meat Reduction Movement

by Susan Kelly, Meatingplace.com

he COVID-19 pandemic has caused a temporary setback in the flexitarian movement, with the number of adults limiting or not eating meat falling significantly in 2020, according to new research in the U.K. from Mintel. However, the firm expects the trend toward meat reduction to rebound after the pandemic is over. The number of Brits actively limiting or not eating meat declined from 51 percent

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of all consumers in 2019 to 41 percent during 2020, according to Mintel. At the same time, sales of processed meat products, including processed poultry and red meat main meal components, soared by 18 percent during 2020, the company found. Burgers saw the biggest gain, up 26 percent. Bacon sales climbed 18 percent, sausages rose 20 percent, and cooked sliced meat/poultry rose 9 percent in 2020. Sales of canned meat, which have been in decline for several years, surged 22 percent in 2020 amid stockpiling, Mintel said. In all, 58 percent of meat and poultry eaters said meals that contain processed meat products are comforting. Still, a large number of Brits are considering the impact that eating meat has on the environment, Mintel found. In 2018, just

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Impossible Foods Prices for Foodservice in Push to Parity by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com

mpossible Foods said it is dropping prices for foodservice distributors in the United States by an average of 15 percent, its second price cut in a year, as it continues to pursue its goal of reaching price parity with ground beef. The price cuts affect foodservice products including quarter-pound and third-pound Impossible Burger patties, five-pound Impossible Burger bulk packages, and Impossible Sausage Made From Plants patties. The company, in a press release, said it is asking distributors to pass savings to restaurants and consumers. Impossible Foods also announced a 15 percent price reduction last March. The price of the plant-based meat substitute relative to popular meat products such as ground beef has been seen as an impediment to growth, even as the company says it has increased production sixfold since 2019. Redwood City, Calif.-based Impossible Foods said it will extend the price cuts to international distributors in Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau starting later this month. It said its goal has always been to drive down prices through economies of scale, reach price parity, and then “keep lowering prices and ultimately undercut those of animal-derived foods.”

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Pilgrim’s Pride Proposes $75MM Settlement of Price-Fixing Claims by Lisa M. Keefe, meatingplace.com

ilgrim’s Pride Corp. has reached a $75 million settlement with a group of poultry buyers in a price-fixing lawsuit, the company said in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. “While Pilgrim’s does not admit any liability for the claims alleged in the ‘Broiler Antitrust Civil Litigation,’ it believes a settlement was in the best interests of the company and its shareholders,” the company said in a news release accompanying the filing. If approved by the court, it would be the largest settlement so far in the ongoing cases of alleged collusion among poultry processors, brought by customers and the Department of Justice. Other price-fixing lawsuits in the poultry industry still are pending, and other price-fixing allegations have been made in lawsuits involving the beef and pork processing industries. Last October, Pilgrim’s announced a plea deal with the federal Department of Justice in a criminal price-fixing case, in which the company agreed to pay a $110.5 million penalty.

New Lawsuit Targets Arizona & New Mexico Ranchers

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Source: Wilderness Watch

n January 14, 2021, Wilderness Watch and Western Watersheds Project, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, filed a complaint in federal court challenging a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) plan for commercial livestock grazing on more than a quarter million acres of public land in Arizona and New Mexico, including tens of thousands of acres of the Gila and Blue

Range Wildernesses, two congressionally designated Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), and the Blue Range Primitive Area. According to the USFS, New Mexico allotments included in the suit are Alma, Citizen, Dry Creek, Holt Gulch, Pleasanton, Potholes and Sacaton. There are seven allotments in Arizona that are also named in the suit. The lawsuit is under review by the ranching community in both states to determine future courses of action.

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Tyson Foods Reaches Largest Price-Fixing Settlement Yet by Lisa M. Keefe, meatingplace.com

yson Foods has agreed to pay an aggregate $221.5 million to settle price-fixing allegations, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements enable Tyson to exit long-running price-fixing lawsuits filed against it and other poultry processing companies (the “Broiler Chicken Antitrust

Litigation) filed by customers and consumers. And, “While the Company does not admit any liability as part of the settlements, it believes that the settlements were in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders in order to avoid the uncertainty, risk, expense and distraction of protracted litigation,” Tyson’s filing said. Accounting for the settlements will be included in Tyson’s first quarter 2021 financial statements. These settlements are subject to the execution of long-form settlement agreements with the respective parties and court approval, Tyson’s filing said. They also do not settle claims made by plaintiffs who opted out of the classes in this particular case. Tyson had previously disclosed that it was proposing a settlement in this case, but at the time did not disclose the amounts. The first of the broiler price-fixing lawsuits was filed in 2016. Previously, the largest settlement amount in the cases was $75 million, which Pilgrim’s Pride proposed as a settlement.

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mercial cattle to improve production efficiency and carcass quality, while not sacrificing adaptability. Commercial cattlemen have noted substantial economic gains from using Beefmasters to provide an average increase of 60 lbs., or more at weaning when compared with other breeds. They excel post-weaning as well, with faster weight gains, excellent feed conversion and carcass yields around 64 percent. In a time when sustainability is becoming increasingly critical, Beefmasters have repeatedly demonstrated that they are highly efficient converters of both forage and feeds into lean, tender, high-quality beef. A recent study at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) demonstrated Beefmasters dominance when compared to 18 of the most widely used beef breeds in the United States.

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Making Sense of Methane by Jason Sawyer, KING RANCH INSTITUTE, Winter 2021 Newsletter

nhancing the sustainability of ranching systems is a primary goal of the research, education, and outreach programs of the King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management. From the perspective of an individual ranching business, sustainability might be viewed as the outcome of stewardship that creates economic viability through management of natural resources, personnel, and production efficiency so that the ranch can be passed to future generations. There are, however, external drivers in this system that affect how resources are managed (through regulatory actions, for example), how other members of the supply chain value ranch products, and ultimately, how much demand for beef consumers demonstrate through purchasing and consumption. One of these elements is the ‘social license to operate’; that is, the ‘acceptability’ of activities and practices used in a production system to societal expectations. Without this ‘license’, social pressures can be applied that ulti-

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mately reduce consumer demand and threaten the economic viability of the business; or regulatory actions may be taken that increase production costs or limit resource utilization. In these situations, it is important that there is a clear connection between society’s expectations about outcomes and the production system effects on these outcomes. A clear example of this is the debate about livestock (especially beef cattle) contributions to climate change through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their potential to affect global warming. We have all seen the commercial messages alluding to this relationship…but it is important to determine the viability of the implied cause and effect. The ‘logic’ of the argument is usually presented in this way: ЇЇ Methane is a greenhouse gas ЇЇ It is more ‘potent’ as a GHG than carbon dioxide ЇЇ Greenhouse gas accumulation likely leads to warming, and increased global temperature ЇЇ Cattle produce methane as part of their ruminant digestive process ЇЇ Therefore, cattle cause global warming because they

produce methane If true, and if societal expectations are that such warming is an existential threat to humanity, then mitigating the threat is a reasonable response. However, it is important to consider first whether this logic is in fact valid, and secondly, if mitigation is likely to have the desired outcome, and at what cost. Addressing these questions is a key leverage point in the system of sustainable production. Let’s evaluate the elements of the argument. First, it is important to recognize that society, generally, does consider ‘climate change’ to be an important issue. Given that reality, it is important to understand whether the conclusion that ‘beef causes global warming due to methane emissions’ is valid.

Relative importance of methane First, methane is a greenhouse gas. For a gas to be labeled as a GHG simply means that it absorbs a portion of the solar radiation that is reflected from Earth back to space. This effect can be measured as the difference between the solar energy coming ‘in’ to the atmosphere compared to continued on page 40 >>

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than adding one unit of CO2. While it is ‘true’ that methane is more ‘potent’, that may not mean it is more ‘important’ than CO2 in terms of its possible effects on warming. To evaluate that, we need to know how much of each gas is actually in the atmosphere. Most of the time, reports of GHG concentration are expressed units of volume. On this basis, CO2 is about 0.04 percent of the atmosphere, and there is about 220 times more CO2 in the atmosphere than there is methane. But when ‘emissions’ of GHG are discussed, it is usually based on weight (kg). Because CO2 and methane don’t weigh the same per unit of volume, this changes the percentages a bit…on a weight basis, CO2 represents 0.06 percent of the atmosphere, and there is 598 times more CO 2 than methane. Either way, although a single unit of methane may be more ‘potent’, CO2 is more ‘important’ than methane in terms of effects on warming, because there are so many more units of CO2. Part of the reason for this difference is that CO2, once in the atmosphere, remains there until it is actively removed (for example, by a plant during photosynthesis). If the amount of CO2 being released each year exceeds the amount that can be removed, the CO2 concentration will go up.

that ‘leaving’, and this difference is quantified as ‘radiative forcing’. Because of their molecular structure, some gases in the atmosphere absorb this reflected radiation, reducing the amount that leaves…and are labeled as GHG. The effects of changing the concentration of a GHG in the atmosphere are measured based on the ratio of the ‘new’ concentration of the GHG to the baseline concentration of the GHG. Because of this, if the baseline concentration is larger (like CO2), then a one-unit increase in the gas will have a relatively smaller effect… in the same way that adding a dollar to your bank account is a big deal if you started with only one dollar, but not very much of an effect if you already had $100,000. Different GHG’s are often compared based on their forcing values. Because carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most abundant GHG that is released into the atmosphere, other gases are compared to it. If compared in this way, methane is viewed as more ‘potent’ than CO2, in part because of its molecular structure, and in part because it exists at a much lower concentration in the atmosphere…so adding one unit of methane has a greater proportional impact

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the biggest bedroom in the house with a closet and I was delegated to the back porch. Really. The porch was tilted downwards on a 7 percent grade to let rain water flow outside but it did have one attribute the other bedrooms didn’t have: a door. My parents thought the door was permanently stuck in the closed position but little did they know that late at night when everyone was in their rooms I opened the door just wide enough to let Cindy on the porch where she slept beside me. Since I had to feed my animals early every morning before they started mooing, grunting or cock-a-doodleing, I secretly let Cindy out and she’d come around to the kitchen door to greet me as if we hadn’t seen each other for years. I think my mom knew but my dad never did. Cindy was easy to train and everyone who came for a visit got a polite handshake from her. Cindy was also the kindest dog I’ve ever known. One of my FFA projects was raising rabbits and one day I accidentally left the latch to the “feedlot” open and overnight all 50 of the fryers jumped out. Without prompting, Cindy found everyone of them, picked them up in her soft mouth and brought them to me without a scratch on them. Like me, Cindy loved all the animals, although I think she agreed with me that chickens could be a real pain in the patoot. She walked behind my steers when I exercised them, could herd sheep and the only time she ever barked was to let me know that Houdini the Hog had disappeared again. Cindy may not have been the best quail hunting Pointer but I guarantee she was the best hog dog Pointer ever. A wise person once said that, “We measure our lives by the dogs we’ve owned.” That’s the only drawback with dogs is that their lives are far too short. When our last dog died my wife said she didn’t want another because it hurt too much to lose them. But I’ve been pushing lately to get another one. The other day my wife casually mentioned that her glasses weren’t strong enough and that perhaps she was going blind. Seeing an opportunity I asked, “Does this mean we get another dog?” If so, I’m hoping for one just like Cindy.

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John A. Cooper November 18, 1923 – January 17, 2021

ohn Cooper was married to Joyce McKnight on December 31, 1944. They had six children, 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren by the time of his death. She preceded him in death on November 8, 1981. His second wife, Mary Jones, predeceased him in July 2020 following 36 years of marriage. She is survived by two daughters, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by his parents and two siblings, Ruby Lois Cooper and Albert O. Cooper. He dedicate his lifetime to raising sheep and cattle, producing some of the nation’s finest wool over a course of 75 years. He served 32 years on the Hondo Valley Public Schools school board, from 1952 to 1985; 18 years on the Upper Hondo Soil & Water Conservation District board, was active in the New Mexico Cattle and Sheep Growers. He was the New Mexico Sheepman of the

Year in 1990. He was a founder of Boy Scout troop 162 at Hondo and was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Roswell and the Episcopal Churches of Lincoln County.

James Dean Self May 14, 1941 – December 13, 2020

ames Dean Self was born on May 14, 1941 in the Bisbee hospital, the first born son of Herman Dean Self and Winona Elizabeth Wilson- Self. Shortly after he was born his parents moved him to St. David where he spent his childhood with his mother and later his younger brother Don while his father went into the Navy in World War II. Some of his fondest memories as a child were of times spent living with his grandparents James and Rose Wilson. He spoke often about his childhood memories as a young boy and all the interesting things he learned from both his grandmother and his grandfather which he believed helped

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make him the man he later became in life. As a young man, Jim’s aspiration in life was to be a cowboy like his uncle Ruben Wilson. He broke and trained his first horse at the age of 13. He quickly gained a reputation among some of the local ranchers for being a “good hand” and was hired to break and train their horses. The local ranchers soon realized that Jim was not only a good hand with a horse, but a hard worker and was hired by many of the local ranches to help during branding and gathering season to include the Kartchner Ranch, Post Ranch, Haverty Ranch and Horse Camp Ranch at the age of 14. He attended St. David High School where he excelled in sports. He loved playing basketball, football, and competing in track. He was tall, athletic and a star player for St. David High School in the mid to late 1950’s. When he was 17 he applied for a job with the Forest Service in the Santa continued on page 51 >>

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IN MEMORIAM << cont from page 48 Rita Mountains as a Fire Guard. He had to tell them he was 18 to get the job but he needed work and knew he would not let them down. During this time he met the love of his life, Linda Burkett of Benson. They fell in love and were married in Benson, AZ on January 26, 1962. Jim went to work for the Sands Ranch when they married and then went to work for the Little Boquillas Ranch. Jim and his wife Linda had three daughters while working for the Boquillas over a 10-year period. They lived at the Whetstone Camp, Herford and Fairbank Headquarters where Jim was the Foreman. Jim loved ranching, and being a cattleman and teaching younger men how to be a true American Cowboy. He loved raising his family on the ranch and having his younger siblings and family come out to ranch and share his ranching experiences and lifestyle with them. He built a solid reputation throughout Cochise County for his sincere honesty, integrity and hard work ethic. So much so that in the early 1970s the Sheriff of Cochise County, Jim Judd, contacted Jim and asked him to come to Bisbee to talk with him about becoming a Deputy for the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department. He joined the department, moved his family to Willcox and attended the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy where he graduated with honors. He worked for the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department from August 1, 1973 to October 26, 1992 when he retired as the Sergeant. Shortly after his retirement, he and a group of his fellow officers collaborated to form a Law Enforcement Rodeo Association known as the L.E.R.A. Jim and his wife Linda participated in the L.E.R.A. rodeos held all over the state of Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada for many years and built lifelong friendships and memories along the way. Jim considered these times as some of the best in his lifetime. During his retirement he ventured back into the cattle business and partnered with his brother Don Self on building a 100 head cow/calf operation. Jim was happy being back in the saddle and being a cowboy again. He also went to work for the Arizona Department of Agriculture as a part-time Brand Inspector. He enjoyed going out to all the local ranches and visiting with them and spending his Wednesday’s and Thursday’s at the Willcox Livestock Auction checking in cattle and visiting with all the patrons of the livestock sale. When he wasn’t working for the State, or working on his ranch, he enjoyed team

roping with friends, attending the L.E.R.A rodeos with Linda, and spending time with his grandchildren. He was a friend to everyone he met. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, and grandfather. He was our hero and our foundation and he will be greatly missed. Jim is survived by his wife, Linda Lee Self, his daughters Penney Hubbard, Jackie Tomaszewski, and Katie Musselman, four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, brothers Steve and Scott Self, sisters Rosemary Arnold, Fonda Nicholls and Vicky Kartchner. The family would appreciate that contributions be made in lieu of flowers to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Road, Tampa, Florida 33607 or on line at lovetotherescue.org .

Carl Rugg

arl Rugg, College Station, Texas. entered the kingdom of his Lord and Savior on Christmas Day, 2020. A native of New York, Carl was born to Gordon and Charlotte Rugg in Buffalo. He learned the value of hard work from his father and was still working actively at the time of his passing. As a young boy in the Buffalo area, he trapped muskrat, hunted,

and worked in the family dairy business. This was the start of a career in the cattle industry where he was known, loved, and respected by his many clients both in the US and abroad. Carl received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and earned his Master’s degree at Colorado State University in Bovine Reproductive Physiology. He founded Bovine Elite in College Station which he owned and operated until his passing. For many years, Carl was an avid motorcyclist. In one two-year period, he rode through all 48 states in the contiguous United States. He was a skilled rider of Harley Davidson motorcycles and spent much of his free time riding throughout Texas and the Rocky Mountains with his friends. Later in life, Carl became a competitive shooter and participated in many matches. He was a Lifetime Member of the NRA and collected many beautiful handguns and rifles. He also played golf avidly and was a member of Pebble Creek Country Club where he will be missed greatly. His greatest love, however, was his dear wife and best friend Penny. They were married on a beautiful beach in Cancun,

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Mexico with friends and family in attendance. Their love and devotion for one another was inspiring; they were truly meant for each other and loved each other immensely. Penny was right by Carl’s side during his battle with leukemia and he often said he would never have survived the disease, and the treatments, without her loving support. Her family became Carl’s family and they loved him dearly, as well.

Sam Britt

imon Peter “Sam” Britt passed away early, on the morning of November 17, 2020 after reaching the age of 90 years old with the love of his life by his side. Sam was born on October 26, 1930 to Buck and Maude Britt in Wheeler, Texas. At an early age he learned the value of hard work at the Wheeler Ranch. In 1942, he moved with his family to the place where he would spend the majority of his life, the Pasamonte Ranch west of Clayton. He attended and graduated from Clayton High School. He spent two years at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, and heard the call of service at the onset of the Koren War. He proudly served the United States of America

in the U.S. Navy for 4 years. During this time he boxed for the Navy and went on to become the Light-heavyweight Champion of the Atlantic Fleet. While attending school in Clayton, he met the love of his life, Rosa Lee Zurick. The two wed on July 6, 1953 and would be almost inseparable for over 67 years. They traveled to countless horse races together with friends and family, visited the Holy Land, attended countless activities their grandchildren were involved in, and even went on an African safari. Rosa Lee would be his protector, business partner, his confidant, his caretaker, his angel, and his best friend for the remainder of his life. Everything that they did, they did together. Sam and Rosa Lee had three beautiful daughters that he was prouder of than anything. Sandy, Shelley, and Sammie were truly his pride and joy. They were raised on the ranch to work like men, and did! He would be the first to match them in anything from foot races to cowboying. The three girls would later marry and come back to the area to raise their families close to their daddy. Sam was a cowboy, and more importantly a cowman. He lived on the ranch from the time he got home from the Navy

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until he passed. He lived in such a way that the ranch would have been proud of him. He took great care in ensuring that everything needed to raise good cattle was provided by the ranch through his hard work and wise decisions. He was always wanting to go for a drive around it with friends, family, or alone because of his genuine love for the land and the animals that it took care of. Racehorses were his favorite hobby. Whether it was a claimer or a world champion he loved watching them run and did so in person until he was 88. After a stroke left him immobile, he watched them on TV. While all of his horses weren’t runners, there were a good many that were. He had a world champion quarter horse, Pasamonte Paul, that he spoke of as a best friend, and numerous black type winners including Grade 1 winner Gabriel Charles. Sam was always looking forward to the next race and the opportunity to take family, and/or friends to watch his horses. One of the things that Sam was proudest of was his Catholic faith. He joined the Church in 1996 and practiced the faith daily. He attended Mass with his wife and family every week and could often be seen working his rosary beads in prayer and thanksgiving. He lived by the example set in the Bible. He was beyond generous, often without anyone knowing. He never looked the other way when help was needed, but rather lent help any way he could. He was kind, honest, trustworthy, and loving. Sam Britt wasn’t perfect. He, like all of us, was flawed. As he aged, however, he found a truth that only living can teach. While he lived life to the fullest, it was fullest when he put God above everything else and Rosa Lee right behind Him. He will be remembered many ways, but by those closest to him, as an example of how to be a good man and great servant of God.

Roger Sloan Williams August 28, 1932 - December 22, 2020

n December 22, 2020, rodeo and ranching legend Roger “Sloan” Williams passed away in Wharton, Texas. He was 88 years old. Sloan Williams was born on August 28, 1932 in Navasota, Texas to Knox T. Williams, Jr. and Catherine Sloan Williams. Sloan, his older brother Knox Williams III (deceased, 2005) and the Williams family resided in Millican, Texas, where Sloan’s father and grandfather were pioneering ranchers and landowners. A graduate of Navasota High School, Sloan

Sloan and Mollie were humbled by the honors they received from their peers. He was inducted into both the American Brahman Breeders Association Hall of Fame and the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. The 2000 International Brahman Show was dedicated to him, and the 2019 National Brahman Show was dedicated to both Sloan and Mollie. Just as important to Sloan was the honor of serving as Deacon at Abell Street Church of Christ, where he was an active member for decades. Sloan is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mollie, their children, Jim Williams (Luann) and Jan Williams Powell, and his three grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A memorial service remembering the life of Roger Sloan Williams will be held at a later date due to COVID-19. In lieu of flowers, the family has named Bandina Christian Youth Camp as the memorial of choice: www.bandinachristianyouthcamp.com.

Harvey Dietrich

conic cattleman, entrepreneur and philanthropist Harvey Dietrich passed away on December 24, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona due to COVID-19. Harvey was born on November 16, 1934 to Simon and Anne

Dietrich in Boston, Massachusetts. The family lived in Boston until Harvey was eight years old. Simon’s health problems drove the family West, first to Phoenix and then to Los Angeles. Simon was involved in the meat business in Boston and that is where he found work in L.A. By the time he was 15, Harvey was in the meat business too as a self-professed city kid in his first summer job. His employer’s son picked him up at 3 a.m. for a 13-hour work day at a packing plant. After finishing high school Harvey went to Pierce Agriculture College. During this time, Harvey worked for Globe Meat Packing owned by Victor Katz and the Krassen Brothers. Lou Krassen quickly saw Harvey’s potential, and started taking him on buying trips. Soon after that Harvey got his first full time job as a cattle buyer with Bernie Fineman, an independent Los Angeles meat packer. In 1959 Harvey and his first wife, Sheila, moved to Phoenix to replace a noted Jewish cowboy who bought cattle in Arizona for the company he worked for. That was when Harvey began making enough money to start his own side businesses, including owning cattle and launching Sun Land Beef Co. During his 15 years with Sun Land,

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was the District FFA President, Vice-President of his Senior Class, and a football and basketball player, but he was most proud of how he would sneak out of school to work on the family’s ranch. Sloan started his own commercial cattle operation the year he graduated, in 1950. On July 15, 1954, Sloan married Mollie Jo Forgason of the J.D. Hudgins Brahman Ranch. The couple lived briefly in Houston while Sloan worked at Port City Stockyards. One year later, they settled permanently in Hungerford, Texas. Sloan worked on the J.D. Hudgins Ranch for several years before starting his own business, the Sloan Williams Rodeo Company. In the 1960s and ‘70s, Sloan was known as a top dealer of rank bucking stock – at one time, he owned over 300 bucking bulls. His most famous bull, V-61, was unridden for four years and inducted into the Bull Riding Hall of Fame. Sloan won the I.R.A Saddle Bronc of the Year award for four consecutive years (1967 to 1970) and the 1967 Bareback Horse of the Year award. Sloan loved nothing more than attending rodeos and cattle shows so he could have good visits with his many friends. He’d usually greet them with a wide grin and the opening line: “You got any money?” He was beloved for his corny jokes and many colorful expressions like: “Shoot low; they may be riding Shetlands!” Known for ‘doing deals’, Sloan couldn’t resist buying a herd of cattle or a piece of land. It was 1971 when he sold his rodeo company and purchased V8 Ranch, a registered Brahman operation established in 1944. Working with his family, he established V8 Ranch as one of the top Brahman herds in the world and was an active rancher until the last year of his life. In addition to serving as President of the American Brahman Breeders Association, Sloan also served as an internationally renowned cattle judge. After judging the International Brahman Show in 1994, The Brahman Journal wrote: “The audience got everything they could have asked for and more this year when Sloan Williams stepped into the Houston arena. He is the most respected judge the Brahman breed has ever produced across all breed barriers. Sloan is a cattleman that knows very few peers.” He was exceedingly proud to have judged some of the most prestigious cattle shows in the world including Australia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and The Philippines; he made friends wherever he went.

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Harvey put together the Ralph’s California ideals and values. Grown Beef Program, the first ever program Making the award even more special of its’ kind. When customers complained was the presentation by long-time friend about toughness of the beef, Sun Land Gerald Timmerman. Gerald noted that hired scientists to study cows and feed. That Harvey was the kind of man who did busiled to a change in the cattle being used and ness on his word. A rare breed in Holsteins came on the scene as a beef today’s world. breed, which changed the whole Harvey was never afraid to take on any beef industry. challenge and believed in always doing Over the years Harvey created Cholla what was right. He led the charge to Livestock, and ran his cattle operation on educate the beef industry and the consumhis acquired Diamond A Ranch, largest ing public about the dangers of ranch in Arizona, stretching more than ractopamine, a controversial livestock feed 750,000 acres from Seligman to the north additive that is banned in many nations edge of the Grand Canyon. around the world. As Harvey was quoted, Harvey was dubbed with several moni- “I am in the meat business, not the chemical kers during his lifetime ranging from Hard business.” Hearted Harvey when he was a cattle buyer In 2019 Harvey was appointed to the to Arizona’s Last Jewish Cowboy in a 2012 Arizona Beef Council by Governor article. But the best was just plain Harvey. Doug Ducey. Everyone in the cattle business knew One thing kept under his cowboy hat, a exactly who you were talking about. little known side to Harvey and his wife There were also those Harveyisms, Marnie. They were tremendous philanthroperhaps the best one was, “Always have a pists. One of their most cherished honors Plan A, B, C, and D. D is, don’t run out was from the Arizona Jewish Historical of money.” Society. In receiving that award Harvey Over the years Harvey was honored in made a statement that defined him and his many ways, including being inducted in to life’s work. The couple also were strong the Arizona National Livestock Show’s supporters of the Jewish National Fund, the Pioneer Hall of Fame. In 2015 he received Jewish community and many hospitals. the coveted Chester A. Reynolds Award “The most important thing for me and from the National Cowboy & Western Her- the way I look at things is what you leave in itage Museum. Some of the criteria for the people hearts and the quality of life if you award included honesty, humility, integrity, have that opportunity to change people’s and unwavering commitment to Western lives is extremely important.”

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Harvey is survived by his wife Marnie, Phoenix; and his son and daughter from his first marriage, Steven and Lisa. A memorial service for Harvey will be held at a time in the future when it is safe for people to gather. Donations in Harvey’s memory, may be made at Jewish National Fund, JNF.ORG and the Arizona Jewish Historical Society www. azjhs.org/azjhs .

Sheldon “Riley” Leroy Summers

September 6, 1941 ~ January 20, 2021

iley Summers, age 79, passed away on January 20 2021 at his home in Pleasant View Utah surrounded by his family and those who loved him. He was 79 years old. Riley was born in Tremonton, Utah on September 6, 1941 to Merlin and Hazel Summers. He was raised on his family’s farm in Bothwell where they raised sugar beets, wheat and milked dairy cattle. He was the typical farm kid and was busy from sunup to sun down. This work ethic served him well his entire life through school, mission, college athletics and his career as a coach and educator. Riley, graduated from Bear River High School where he lettered in track and field, wrestling and football. He held the state of Utah shot put and discus record for 20 years until it was retired in 1979. He attended Utah State University on a full ride scholarship for track and field and played center position for the football team for two seasons. In 1961 he left college to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in what was then called The Great Lakes Mission. An area covering Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. He served two full years and returned home to Utah and USU where he majored in Secondary Education/Physical Education and Sociology. This is where he honed his knowledge and love of history. He also was an active member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and kept in contact with many of his fraternity brothers throughout his life. It was in 1968 he was set up on a blind date with his sweetheart, Kathleen Timothy on New Year’s Eve and they were together from that day on for 52 years. Each of them graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in education and spent the next few years moving to Brigham, Vernal and eventually settling in the Ogden area and calling Weber County home. Being a football, wrestling and track and field coach allowed Riley to teach diverse

ages of young adults. He taught at Mt. Ogden Junior High, Highland Junior High, Snowcrest Junior High, Roy High and retired from Weber High in 1998. At Roy and Weber, he taught US History, American Government, Sociology, PE and Mock Trial. Wherever he taught, he put his whole heart into what he was doing to give the kids the best experience and education they could have. He genuinely loved his job. It was while coaching football at Roy and Weber that they won the state football title. Roy in 1981 and Weber in 1985. He had many wrestlers while being the head wrestling coach at Roy win state titles. He respected the sports and players and made sure they knew that. After retirement, Riley and Kathy traveled in their RV and were able to see many beautiful places and made sure their dog Bandit was in the co-pilot seat. They often traveled to the Midwest to visit their daughter Shelly and their three grandchildren, whom they adored. They were able to live in South Dakota for a short time and spent many days with their granddaughter Grace tending her. This was truly one of the highlights of Riley’s life. He did not grow up with grandparents, so he was learning along with his grandchildren what this new rela-

tionship was all about. Being a grandpa was a joy to him and he did it well. As time went on, he was grateful for the contact and relationships he had with other coaches. His daily phone calls to and from his brother Randy in New Mexico, visits from friends and watching football were a godsend when getting out was hard. He appreciated the time, friendship, and effort. He is survived by his wife Kathleen Summers, daughter Shelly Mathis, sister Shanna Davenport, brother Randy Summers, three grandchildren, one great grandchild and one on the way along with several nieces and nephews.

Beulah Hittson

eulah Hittson, 85, died on January 25, 2021 at her home in Des Moines, New Mexico. Beulah Ann (McLaughlin) Hittson was born November 6, 1935 in Clayton to Stanley Loris McLaughlin and Marjorie Ruth (Tennis) McLaughlin. A lifelong resident of Union County, Beulah grew up in the Cimarron Station area and attended school in Clayton and then when they moved closer to Des Moines, she graduated from Des Moines High School. Beulah married William Robert “Billy Bob” Hittson

on August 22, 1953 in Clayton. He preceded her in death on May 28, 1999. She loved to garden and loved her flowers. She was a member of the Folsom Garden Club for many years and a member of the CowBelles. Beulah was very involved with her community, helping with just about every funeral in the Des Moines area for many years. She was crazy for her grandchildren and traveled many miles attending ball games, rodeo’s, stock shows, steer shows and pig shows. She was known by many in the Des Moines area as MeMe. She was a 4-H leader for all three of her children. Beulah loved to cook for the branding crews and for other people. Survivors include daughter: Barbara Zinck (husband Mitch), Amarillo; two sons, Mark Hittson (wife Delly), Amarillo; and Barry Hittson (wife Shannon), Des Moines; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. A memorial grave side service will be scheduled at a later date. Editor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., POB 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families & friends would like more detail, email verbatim pieces to be printed at 10¢ per word.

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NEW MEXICO FEDERAL LANDS NEWS by Frank Dubois

How did this happen?

I have previously written about the accomplishments of the Trump Administration. This time we’ll take a look at some of the things that didn’t get done.

Fake Wilderness

ere we find a history of jealousy, chicanery and -subterfuge by a federal agency including a big stiff arm to Congress. A little background is necessary to fully contemplate this issue. In 1976 Congress passed the Federal Land Policy & Management Act (FLPMA). Section 201 of FLPMA instructs the BLM to inventory the federal lands, and does not mention Wilderness. Section 202 of FLPMA instructs BLM to conduct land use planning on federal lands utilizing the aforementioned inventory, and nowhere mentions Wilderness. Section 603 of FLPMA is the part of FLPMA that deals with Wilderness. This Section instructs the BLM to review roadless areas of 5,000 acres or more for their suitability or nonsuitability as Wilderness, with the President making his final recommendations to Congress, as only Congress

can designate a Wilderness. FLPMA required this process by the Interior Dept. to be completed in 15 years. The administrative process was completed with any remaining action requiring Congress to act, or so everyone thought. You see BLM kept right on inventorying and recommending as if the 15-year limit did not exist. A lawsuit ensued and finally, in an out of court settlement, the George W. Bush Administration agreed the Dept. of Interior’s authority under Section 603 had expired. So that’s it. No more inventorying or recommending areas for Wilderness. Well no, that is when the BLM jealous bone once again came out of hiding. The BLM has long been jealous of other land management agency’s budgets and programs, especially those of the Forest Service. BLM’ers were very resentful of always being considered a stepchild of natural resource management. Just watch them play copycat to Smokey. The Forest Service had many restrictive land-use designations. The BLM finally convinced Congress to create the National Conservation Lands System, along with the accompanying appropriations. The Forest Service and the National Park Service had national monuments, now BLM has them too. The Forest Service had a centralized system of law enforcement. BLM moved their LEO’s out from under the State Directors and created a national office. The Forest Service had administratively created roadless areas. In fact, it had 58.2 million acres of them, constituting about thirty percent of all Forest Service lands. The poor BLM, however, had…none. Just imagine the terrible ache in that jealous bone! Stick with me now. The best (worst?) is yet to come.

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Next appears President Obama and his shiny new Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar. In December of 2010, BLM convinces Salazar to issue Secretarial Order 3310, which instructs the BLM to use Section 201 of FLPMA to inventory lands with wilderness characteristics and to use Section 202 of FLPMA to designate them as “Wild Lands”. Notice the cute little sleight of hand here. Salazar doesn’t challenge or disturb the out of court settlement which dealt with Section 603 of FLPMA, and instead claims the BLM has the same authority to accomplish the same goals under different sections of FLPMA. (One has to wonder here: Why would Congress include Section 603 which specifically directs them to inventory and protect these lands, if BLM already had such authority in Sections 201 and 202?). In addition to this sleight of hand change in policy, there was the cute way Salazar handled the timing of the change. Recall there was an attempt by Senators Reid and Bingaman to include an Omnibus Public Lands Bill in the budget during the waning hours of that Congress. Salazar held back the policy waiting to see if the bill would pass and when it didn’t, he waited till Congress had adjourned and left town to announce his little jewel. History has demonstrated that tactic was just a little too cute. The blowback was immediate. The Governors of Utah, Wyoming and Alaska sued to overturn the Secretarial Order. Members of Congress decried the policy as undermining their sole authority to designate Wilderness. Congressional opposition was so bipartisan that they defunded the program in the next budget cycle. Finally seeing the light, in June of 201l Salazar issued a memorandum stating the BLM will no longer designate “Wild Lands”. The Washington Post article on this was titled Salazar shelves policy to analyze more acres for wilderness protection and the AP story was Obama abandons wilderness plan. So that should be it. This baby was finally put to bed. Well, no. That jealous bone still must be fed. You see, the BLM is no longer designating “Wilderness Study Areas” under Section 603 of FLPMA, nor are they designating “Wildlands” under Section 202 of FLPMA. No, now they are inventorying and designating “Lands With Wilderness Characteristics” under Sections 201 and 202 of FLPMA. It does not matter what a court settlement says, it does not matter what the Secretary of Interior says, and it does not

matter what a majority in Congress said. The BLM insists on having the ability to administratively designate wilderness-type management on these areas and nobody has been able to stop them. If you’ve been able to follow me through this labyrinthine policy pathway, you have witnessed how one federal agency can defy Congress, the Courts and their own Cabinet Secretary. They dodge, they misdirect, they play word games and so far, they win. The Trump Administration had the opportunity to right these wrongs, but failed to do so. Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget th check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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Looking for Something More: New Year, New Resolutions

by Tina Wilson, coordinator New Mexico Agriculture Leadership Program

he New Mexico Agricultural Leadership Program (NMAL) began with a mission to develop knowledgeable multicultural leaders in the agricultural, food, and natural resource industries of New Mexico. This professional development program for individuals 25 years and older is a premier step in the agricultural leadership spectrum. Our mission focuses on creating knowledgeable, multicultural leaders in the state’s agriculture, food, and natural resource industries. We enroll a select group of participants for an intensive, 18-month program, which exposes them to a variety of business, social settings, political environments, and government

agencies. They embark on a simultaneous journey of personal leadership growth through focused goal setting and reflection, and industry awareness through site visits and networking opportunities. As a result, our participants return to their homes, communities, and companies with a renewed energy to create change. Fueled by new perspectives, new ideas, and a reinforced sense of their leadership capacity, they are ready to take on the challenges faced by New Mexico agriculture. Applications are now available and will be accepted now through October 1, 2021. For more information or to apply visit https://aces.nmsu.edu/nmal.

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Now we hard working Americans, need in gross domestic product should be a very to find how to circumvent Joe Biden’s pre- welcome result. The estimate of the Coviddicted, dismal mandates. The other 19 impact by the United States Department blatantly obvious point that no one is of Agriculture was a $50 billion decline in talking about, is that Joe Biden inspires no commodity value which did not even one, and there is no evidence that he ever include all of agriculture’s losses. It is vital has in his 47 year stint of living off taxpayers. that we keep these good policies in place. He has been around most of your life, It will be difficult to do, with this seemingly but what has he done to make your life growing war by the left on farmers better? Nothing positive that I can find, and and ranchers. I did quite a bit of research. This is truly a However, farmers and ranchers are not coup to take traditional America away from alone in this war. A few days ago CNN host its citizens by the far left. Just think, if the Don Lemon compared the 74 million left wing media can limit the free speech of people that voted for President Trump to the President of the United States, how the Ku Klux Klan. Talk about a far-fetched effective can they be in limiting yours? stretch, with absolutely no merit. In my (The views expressed in this column are not I thank God every day that we have so book racists are very few and far between. necessarily the views of the New Mexico Cattle many independent free-thinking writers I can’t even think of one that I know. Of Growers’ Association or this publication.) here at Livestock Market Digest and New course, I am sure the leftists have develn Arizona fuel prices went up 25 cents a Mexico Stockman. On top of that our editor oped their own definition of racist so it fits gallon in the anticipation of a Biden pres- Caren Cowan, is one courageous woman. their agenda, but that it has nothing to do idency. I know of no rancher, farmer, Isn’t it interesting the different points of with Merriam-Webster. trucker, that is not concerned about this. I view that you get in these magazines? It seems to me in this world that people find it astounding that an event such as the Thankfully, we are still the voice of the are either good or bad. Calling everyone a inauguration of an American president, working agriculture people in the south- racist is childish behavior in my book. To me, would depress major commodity markets. west. If you like what you get here, then tell the only person I have ever considered to America has now elected someone that your buddy to subscribe. If you don’t, then possibly be racist because of her seemingly feels the United States should not be first rant and rave all you like. At least as of today, intense hatred of our great country would in the world, especially when it comes to oil we still have that choice. be Michelle Obama. However, I do not production. I have always felt like the elecOne of the best things President Trump know Mrs. Obama personally, so I will not tion of a new president would give the did for American agriculture was to get rid make that judgment from here. country new hope. of the North American Free Trade AgreeAnother point that I think is racist are No one since Ronald Reagan has been ment and replaced it with United these politicians demanding reparations for able to do that except Donald Trump. Do States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement or slavery. Some even say the burden should you really believe that 80 million people USMCA as it is commonly referred to. fall heavily on those in agriculture today voted for a man as un-inspirational as Joe USMCA helped farmers and ranchers that because the slaves were agricultural Biden? Mr. Biden has been preaching doom were struggling with losses due to the workers. Even the proponents suggesting and gloom for years. His latest message of effects of Covid-19. that, are not dumb enough to think that we more lockdowns will send this country The $2 billion annual increase in US agri- in agriculture are rolling in millions of backwards for sure. cultural exports and the $65 billion increase dollars. I would say that these alleged politicians making these demands are just manipulating the system to get something for nothing. Slavery ended in the United States over 140 years ago. No American citizen alive has been a slave owner or been a slave. How stupid is this? My biggest question is why these same politicians that are calling for reparations do not also want reparations, for the families of the Union soldiers that freed them? After all without those Union soldiers, abolitionists, and President Lincoln no slaves would have been freed. If you know history at all, and if it has not been erased yet, President Lincoln lost his life to a southerner that loved slavery. 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Okay, so let’s look at how Joe Biden’s tax plan will affect you the farmer or rancher. Presently, if a rancher dies with $5 million worth of assets, such as equipment or livestock those assets get stepped up to fair market value. With Biden’s plan taxes for all $5 million will have to be paid right away. As a result it will be difficult to hand down the family farm or ranch to the next generation. How is this good for American agriculture? I’d like to see Farm Aid Willie Nelson explain this one. He needs to start raising a lot more money!

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NMSU Ext. Director Named to National 4-H Council Board of Trustees Jon Boren, associate dean of New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, has been named to the National 4-H Council board of trustees.

ciate dean and Extension director since 2008. He joined NMSU in 1996 as an assistant professor and Extension wildlife specialist after completing his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at Oklahoma State University. “Every young person should have the opportunity to be in a program that allows them to grow and open opportunities for success. The 4-H program does just this, provides youth with life skills, new experiences and opportunities to succeed,” he said. Boren has served on numerous regional and national Cooperative Extension Service committees and boards including the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy Budget and Legislative Committee and its 4-H Leadership Committee. “As current co-chair of the ECOP 4-H Leadership Committee, Jon is uniquely positioned to represent the Extension system on the National 4-H Council board,” Sirangelo said. Boren and Durheim will support the National 4-H Council’s mission to increase investment and participation in the nation’s largest youth development organization. “Among the priorities of the board is to address the challenges facing our young people, including the need to provide them

he National 4 -H Council has announced the election of an New Mexico State University (NMSU) College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences (ACES) associate dean to its board of trustees. Jon Boren, director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, is among two new members to the board. He joins Abby Durheim, 4-H Youth Alumni Advisory Committee member and a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in the new role. “We are grateful to Jon and Abby for their commitment to 4-H and for joining the Council’s board at this critically important time,” said Jennifer Sirangelo, president and CEO of the National 4-H Council. “Their unique perspectives and expertise will be a valuable addition as we increase support for Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program and strive to eliminate the opportunity gap that affects 55 million kids across America.” 4-H programs empower nearly six million young people across the U.S. through experiences that develop critical life skills. “4-H is the positive youth development program of the Cooperative Extension Service and the land-grant university system,” said Boren, who has been the asso-

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America’s Unforgiven Face Lifelong Gun Ban: MSLF Urges SCOTUS to End the Injustice

ountain States Legal Foundation’s (MSLF) Center to Keep and Bear Arms is asking the United States Supreme Court to hear the case of a Pennsylvania woman who was denied the right to purchase a firearm because of a ten-yearold false statements conviction. Lisa Folajtar is by all accounts an upstanding member of society. But ten years ago, in 2011, she pleaded guilty to willfully making false statements on her tax returns — a federal felony punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment. But she was only sentenced to, and completed, three months of home confinement and three years’ probation; she also paid a $10,000 fine and a $100 assessment as well as $250,000 in back taxes, interest, and penalties. According to the federal government, however, Ms. Folajtar can never again be allowed to own a firearm. Current federal law prohibits individuals that have been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment of a term exceeding one year from possessing firearms—for life. The prohibition is not limited to those who commit violent crimes, felonies, or even those who were actually sentenced to more than one-year imprisonment. The law is so broad that it unconstitutionally prohibits non-violent individuals, like Folajtar, from possessing firearms.   To be clear, Ms. Folajtar is not a dangerous or violent person. She served her time and paid her penalties. Ms. Folajtar has been an upstanding citizen since her conviction and has had no further legal issues. Yet the federal government continues to deny her the ability to exercise her natural and fundamental right to keep and bear arms—a clear violation of the Second Amendment. “The federal government has no authority to prohibit nonviolent Americans, such as Ms. Folajtar, from possessing firearms,” said Director of MSLF’s Center to Keep and Bear Arms, Cody J. Wisniewski. “Based on

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the Second Amendment and Founding Era regulations, the federal government can only prohibit dangerous persons from possessing arms. At the time of our Founding, these were most commonly people who were supporting or actively aiding the British Empire or engaged in violent insurrection—not people who lied on their tax returns.” Folajtar v. Rosen[CW1] , is the most recent in a group of cases being presented to the Supreme Court regarding the firearm rights of nonviolent misdemeanants and felons. MSLF’s Center to Keep and Bear Arms also recently joined with the Cato Institute and other like-minded organizations to file an amici curiae brief in Holloway v. Rosen, where Mr. Holloway has been denied his Second Amendment protected rights due to a fifteen-year-old misdemeanor DUI.

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10 Trends Helping Restaurants Survive in the New Year: NRA by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com

he National Restaurant Association (NRA) has published a list of the top 10 menu trends that helped its members survive in 2020 and should continue to shape the foodservice landscape in the year ahead. The trade group also got feedback on what foods customers craved most from 6,000 operators, which named burgers and pizza among the top three in both the full-service and limited-service categories. Full-service customers also craved seafood, while limited-service patrons wanted sandwichs/subs/wraps. About 110,000 restaurants across the country were subject to dining restrictions imposed due to the pandemic, forcing them to close either temporarily or for good, NRA said. The industry lost about $240 billion in sales and remains 2.5 million jobs below pre-pandemic levels, the group’s research found. NRA said the trends that helped restaurants stay afloat in 2020 and will shape 2021 include: Streamlined menus. Operators got lean fast, reducing inventories and developing items they could make well with less staff. Selections also had to travel well and satisfy customers’ cravings.

Off-premise takes precedence. Before the pandemic, 80 percent of full-service restaurant traffic was on-premises, but everything changed when restaurants were forced to quickly shift to takeout and delivery only. Blended meals. Restaurants helped homebound customers add variety to meals cooked at home. Diners could order appetizers, sides or desserts and serve them with their home-cooked entrees, for example. Bundled meal deals. Restaurants began selling meals consisting of an appetizer and/or side, entrée, and dessert, available in either family packs or individual meals. Meal kits. Half of adults surveyed said they’d likely purchase a meal kit (featuring pre-measured ingredients and cooking instructions) offered by one of their favorite restaurants. The number jumped to 75 percent among millennials and Gen Zs. Meal subscriptions. Customers sign up to get a set number of meals during the month, either delivered or prepared for pickup, for a discounted price. More than half of adults surveyed for this year’s report said they’d sign up if their favorite restaurants offered them. Selling groceries. More than half of consumers surveyed would buy groceries (fresh, uncooked food items such as meat, produce, dairy, bread or pasta) if restaurants offered them. Alcohol to go. A third of off-premises customers over the age of 21 said they’d order an adult beverage to go with their takeout meals and plan on continuing the practice going forward. Comfort foods. Consumers said menus offering a good selection of comfort foods (such as burgers and pizza) influenced their restaurant choices. Healthy food. The availability of healthful foods also influenced consumers’ choice of restaurants. Special diet menu offerings, such as gluten-free or vegan, were less of an influence on restaurant choice.

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS by Don Bullis, New Mexico Author DonBullis.biz

he use of wine in New Mexico dates back to the arrival of the first Europeans in the region in the late 16th century, but even then, the wine consumed was not made locally. Early in the Spanish colonial period (1598-1821), grape-growing in the New World was prohibited by the Spanish government to protect the vineyards in the Old World. Wine for use in the Catholic mass, and for personal consumption, was imported from Spain. So important was wine, though, that one source indicated that one quarter of exports from Spain to the New World was wine. Spanish sacramental wine was called “Angélica.” The church demanded that it contain 18 percent alcohol and about 10 percent sugar. One source described it as “sherry-like” in taste. Church law also prohibited diluting it. It was expected that each shipment to New Mexico would last each friar three years. By the time a shipment of Angélica arrived in New Mexico, it had traveled from its point of origin in Spain to the coast, then across the Atlantic Ocean by ship. Once in Mexico, it was transported by ox cart from Veracruz on Mexico’s east coast, probably to Chihuahua, then north to Santa Fe. Shipments were made in clay pots that held the modern equivalent of two and one half to three and one half gallons. The pots were sealed with a glaze that contained lead, so wine quality probably suffered accordingly, as did the health of the consumer. Spanish Governor Francisco Manuel de Silva Nieto who served from 1629 to 1632 reported that by the time the wine got to New Mexico, often it was not much better than vinegar. Governor Silva Nieto undertook to do something about the matter. In 1629 he and the New Mexico Church hierarchy agreed to develop a grape growing, and wine making, operation without regard to the official ban. (Some sources have indicated that individual priests began grape-growing and wine-making as early as the 1620s.) The first 1534 vines were planted at the Piro Pueblo of Senecú near the present-day Socorro by Franciscan fray García de Zuñiga and Capuchín monk Antonio de Arteaga. What they planted were commonly called mission grapes and they may have been the

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Prohibition doubled grape production

Spanish variety, “Mónica.” Wine production began in 1534. While it is unlikely that New Mexico wine reached 18 percent in alcohol content, no one seemed to mind. (One source reported that wine production was not against the law in the Rio Grande valley. If that is so, it is curious that the friars waited 36 years to begin producing wine.) Grape growing acreage and wine production continued to grow during the Spanish colonial years, the era of Mexican rule (1821-1846), and into the American Territorial period leading up to statehood in 1912. By 1880, more than 3,100 acres of grapevines were under cultivation and more than 900,000 gallons of wine were produced in annually in New Mexico. The coming of Prohibition—the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act—in 1919 changed some things, but not everything. It became illegal to make wine, but not to grow grapes. One source reported that

vineyard acreage in New Mexico actually doubled between 1920 and 1930. The wine market seems to have simply gone underground. Legal wine production resumed in 1934 but at a reduced level. A dozen or so wineries began production, but by 1977 only three remained in business. In the 1980s, though, the industry experienced rejuvenation and by the late 1990s, production was nearly 350,000 gallons. Wine making is now a well-established part of the New Mexico agricultural economy, but it is probably not as popular as custom beer brewing.

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center did not have standing to bring the lawsuit (E&E News PM, Feb. 12, 2020). Species status assessments are supposed to “synthesize all the scientific information about a species” and “subsequently inform” ensuing decisions under the Endangered Species Act. The Fish and Wildlife Service in 2012 began drafting guidelines for these documents. The result, according to FWS, “characterizes a species’ ability to sustain populations in the wild over time based on the best scientific understanding of current and future abundance and distribution within the species’ ecological settings.” The agency finished its Species Status Assessment Framework in 2016 without providing public notice of or an opportunity for comment on the document. The Trump administration in 2017 added the “expectation” that any assessment “developed to support an ESA classification decision should invite participation from at least one state representative per state.” In its lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity contended that the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to follow required notice and public comment procedures. Contreras, an Obama appointee, said that wasn’t enough to sustain the lawsuit, reasoning that the organization “is missing a vital connection between the information that it seeks and the alleged impact on its organizational mission.” “They’re just claiming that their desire to know more about species status assessments is a cognizable harm, but they don’t have a legally protected interest in that,” Justice Department attorney Daniel Halainen said this morning. The appellate panel also included Judge Sri Srinivasan, an Obama appointee.

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lmost every step of Amy Hardberger’s career, both before and since she earned her law degree, has involved the environment in some way, shape or form. From her time putting her geology degrees to work for the U.S. Air Force through earning her juris doctorate from the School of Law at Texas Tech University, Hardberger has been heavily involved in issues involving natural resources. Since earning her law degree, she has doubled down on her enthusiasm toward issues involving water and the environment, becoming a respected expert during her time teaching at St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio. Now, Hardberger brings that passion and expertise back to Texas Tech as the McCleskey Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Water Law & Policy in the School of Law. Hardberger graduated cum laude from the School of Law in 2005 and taught as a visiting professor in 2011. While in law school, Hardberger was a member of the Texas Tech Law Review, had several articles published as a student author and completed on several national moot court teams. In 2015, she was honored with the Graduates of the Last Decade (G.O.L.D.) Award. At St. Mary’s University School of Law, she also served as the associate dean as well as the associate provost for academic operations. In addition to her duties directing the Center for Water Law and Policy at Texas Tech, Hardberger also teaches courses in property law, water law, land use planning, international water law and environmental law. As director for the Center for Water Law and Policy, Hardberger has developed specific strategic goals to help guide the center’s work. These focus on using a multi dis cip linar y ap p ro a ch thro u gh partnerships with various Texas Tech departments as well as working with non-profits and state agencies to leverage the reputation of the law school and the

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he Beef Checkoff-funded Beef Qualit y Assurance (BQA) program has developed a tool to help cattle farmers and ranchers prepare a custom biosecurity plan. The Daily Biosecurity Plan template is designed as an aid in preventing disease, supporting animal welfare and reducing production losses. Covering everything from animal movement to worker training, the customizable tool is available digitally as a PDF or can be printed for handwritten plans. “Biosecurity is a top priority for the beef industry,” Kim Brackett, an Idaho cattle producer and chair of the BQA Advisory Group, said in a press release from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). “This Beef Checkoff-funded tool allows beef farmers and ranchers to develop their own biosecurity plans unique to their operations.” The template was created in collaboration with USDA and its Secure Beef Supply plan. For more information about the BQA Daily Biosecurity Plan, visit BQA.org.

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Lawsuit Challenges Forest Service NEPA Regs by Pamela King, E&E News reporter

he courts must strike down the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken protections for national forests, environmental groups argued in a lawsuit. Forest Service officials unlawfully prioritized energy and mining interests when they expanded National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) exemptions for certain types of logging projects, road construction and other uses, Defenders of Wildlife and other groups argued in their complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. “In short, the Forest Service’s rule allows more commercial exploitation with less public accountability, and that’s a terrible shift in balance,” said Sam Evans, leader of the national forests and parks program at the Southern Environmental Law Center, which is representing the challengers. “National forests, and especially those in the Southern Appalachians, are resources for everybody,” Evans continued in his statement today. “But the Trump administration wants to give logging lobbyists louder voices than the rest of us.” At issue in the case is a Forest Service rule that created six new categorical exclusions under NEPA, which allow agencies to bypass more robust analyses for actions that are found not to pose a significant

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threat to the environment. The regulation coincided with the Trump administration’s new rules for implementing NEPA that are intended to expedite permitting for highways, pipelines and other major projects. Before its NEPA regulation was finalized, the Forest Service walked back aspects of the rule that would, for example, fast-track timber harvests under certain conditions. The changes did not satisfy conservation groups that had been critical of the proposed rule, although the agency left room for further work by the Biden administration (Greenwire, November 18, 2020). “On its way out of office, the Trump administration has attempted to roll back the very law that ensures the American people have a voice in decisions affecting our national forests and the wildlife that depend on them,” Peter Nelson, director of federal lands for Defenders of Wildlife, said in a statement. “We ask that the Biden administration create a new way forward for our national forests and uphold the original intent of NEPA,” he continued. The Forest Service does not comment on pending litigation.

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4 Technologies Changing the Meat Case by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com

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Has Mycoplasma Bovis Jumped the Species Barrier — Again? by Dr. Ron Clarke, Canadian Cattlemen

The bacterium Mycoplasma bovis is an economically important pathogen of cattle that contributes to the complex nature of bovine respiratory disease.

ycoplasma bovis is an important bacterial pathogen associated with chronic pneumonia and arthritis in feedlot animals, mastitis in dairy herds and middle ear infections in calves. Over the last two decades, Mycoplasma bovis emerged as a cause of troubling respiratory disease and arthritis in feedlot cattle and extended into young dairy and veal calves. A significant proportion of these animals are eventually euthanized because of the chronic nature of the disease. Lesions often include severe pneumonia with extensive involvement of lung tissue (up to 80 per cent). Mycoplasma’s role in pneumonia of free-ranging ungulates in Wyoming is under investigation. Over a three-month period in early 2019, approximately 60 free-ranging pronghorn with signs of respiratory disease died in northeast Wyoming. A consistent finding in submitted carcasses resembled severe pneumonia characteristic of the type caused by M. bovis. PCR and immunohistochemical tests indicated that a distinct strain of M. bovis caused fatal pneumonia in this group of pronghorns. A retrospective survey by PCR and immunohistochemical analysis of lung tissue from 20 pronghorns that died with and without pneumonia between 2007 and 2018 yielded negative results, indicating M. bovis infection in antelope is probably a new and emerging syndrome. Where it came from and where it might lead is an open question. Reports from wildlife officers, local ranchers and disease investigators indicate up to 500 animals have perished. The bacterium Mycoplasma bovis is an economically important pathogen of cattle that contributes to the complex nature of bovine respiratory disease. In addition to causing respiratory disease, the bacterium causes a range of clinical conditions in beef and dairy cattle worldwide. In a 2006 study, M. bovis could be isolated in 85 percent of cattle with acute

fibrinous pneumonia and 98 percent of cattle with chronic pneumonia (Gagea et al., 2006). Not surprisingly, at about the same time M. bovis emerged in the cattle populations, outbreaks of polyarthritis and pneumonia were noted in bison herds. In 2002, an outbreak of severe M. bovis-associated pneumonia with arthritis appeared in a Saskatchewan bison herd. During this period there were also anecdotal reports of mycoplasma pneumonia with high morbidity and mortality with subsequent decreases in herd fertility in large Midwestern American bison herds. (Dr. Murray Woodbury, University of Saskatchewan). Causative organisms identified in these outbreaks were nearly identical to M. bovis strains known to cause disease in cattle. Woodbury noted at the time, “It is reasonable to suspect that published and unpublished reports represent the tip of the proverbial iceberg representing mycoplasma disease in bison herds.” Chronic, asymptomatic infection with occasional shedding of organisms is possible with M. bovis. This appears to be important to the transmission of M. bovis organisms between individuals, and especially to the maintenance of infection within a herd and exposure of naive populations (Maunsell et al., 2011). Mycoplasma organisms are susceptible to the effects of drying and sunlight but survive for relatively long periods outside the host in cool, humid conditions. M. bovis persists for months in recycled sand bedding and has been found in cooling ponds and dirt lots on dairies (Bray et al., 1997). There is a lack of information about the role of environmental reservoirs and fomites in maintaining or spreading infection among or between herds. Bison herds are most likely infected through the introduction of asymptomatic carriers of M. bovis organisms. It is probable that the stress of transportation, introduction or mixing of new animals in the herd, and other stress-related factors causes carrier animals to shed organisms in respiratory secretions, resulting in transmission via aerosols, nose-to-nose contact, or indirectly through contamination of feed, water or farm equipment. There are several implications of Mycoplasma bovis infections in antelope: 1. Despite increased recognition of its role in economic loss in the cattle industry, M. bovis remains a clinical challenge because of a common carrier state in clinically healthy animals, variable disease

expression, intermittent shedding and the lack of rapid accurate diagnostic assays. (Mycoplasma bovis Infection in Free Ranging Pronghorn, Center for Disease Control and Prevention) 2. Clinical disease is not considered necessary to maintain M. bovis in populations, and M. bovis is commonly detected in asymptomatic adult feedlot cattle. If a reservoir of infection exists, it can be assumed populations of free-ranging antelope are under attack by a deadly and relentless pathogen. 3. Mycoplasma jumped the species barrier in wild ruminants previously. Disastrous results followed. In the early 2000s, M. bovis caused several high-mortality epizootics in bison in North America (case-fatality rate 45 percent). These events raised concern about emergent virulent strains, and research began to characterize isolates from different host species. 4. An important difference between outbreaks of mycoplasma in bison and cattle is that in bison, few or no co-infecting bacterial or viral pathogens are consistently detected. Although M. bovis virulence factors are poorly defined, evasion of an animal’s immune response is implicated in maintaining chronic infection. One study found that that up to 79 per cent of bison herds in Western Canada have at least one seropositive animal and that nearly 80 per cent of herds with seropositive animals had no history of M. bovis disease, suggesting non-clinical carriers are common. Many questions remain about M. bovis in antelope. 5. Until its recent discovery in antelope, documented cases of M. bovis in free-ranging ruminants were uncommon. The emerging situation in antelope appears serious. Approximately a one-half to one million pronghorn exist in North America. Herds commonly overlap with range cattle and ranched bison. Are they threatened? Dr. Ron Clarke prepares this column on behalf of the Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners.

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NCBA Inks Partnership to Boost Consumers’ Online Beef Buying by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com

he National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) said it has partnered with digital shopper marketing platform Chicory to accelerate e-commerce growth of beef products sold at Kroger, Walmart Grocery and Albertson/ Safeway banners. NCBA said the Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. brand will use Chicory’s Digital Shopping Aisle program for two media campaigns and for shoppable recipes on BeefItsWhatsforDinner.com. Consumers who click on Walmart Grocery or Albertson/Safeway shoppable ads are linked to Chicory’s Digital Shopping Aisle showing beef products needed for the recipe, such as ground beef, steak and roasts, that are available at the retailer. The Digital Shopping Aisle randomizes the available products that the consumer sees, ensuring an equitable experience for each brand and product, Chicory and NBCA said in a press release. Shoppers can choose their preferred brand and add the product to their digital shopping cart. Consumers who click on Kroger shoppable ads are driven to customized landing pages with the various available cuts of beef to make their choice. “Beyond the media campaigns, the shoppable recipes take the work out of dinner from beefy meal ideas, to shopping and grocery delivery with the click of the mouse,” said Bridget Wasser, NCBA’s senior executive director of product quality. NCBA is a contractor to the Beef Checkoff program and manager of the Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. brand.

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The Likelihood of Regional Triggers Under the Industry’s Proposed ‘75% Rule’

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Article first published by In the Cattle Markets.

oncern about packing concentration has led to numerous requests for USDA to investigate the potential connection between packing concentration and depressed cattle prices. These calls for investigations and concerns about meatpacking concentration and impact on cattle prices are not new.[1] The most recent concern raised by cattle producers about packer concentration was due to depressed fed cattle prices post-Holcomb fire and COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a USDA report and pending DOJ investigation. Some legislation has been enacted as a result of previous investigations; most notably the Packers and Stockyards Act in the early 1920s. The recently proposed legislation has largely focused on the potential connection between these market shocks and the level of negotiated trade that occurs. One overarching concern is that to achieve price discovery that is informative

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in the marketplace, a regional sufficient level of negotiated trade must occur. To help achieve these goals, three bills have been proposed: Senator Grassley’s “50-14” rule, Senator Fischer’s “Cattle Transparency” bill, and Congressman Johnson’s “PRICE” act. These primarily aim to increase the level of negotiated trade, and, in some cases, create a cattle contracts library similar to the one available in the hog industry. The industry has long been opposed to government regulation that could distort market signals. It responded to proposed legislation by advocating for the “Bid-theGrid” program and more recently the “75% rule”. The “75% rule” is a voluntary framework that includes cattle feeder and packing plant triggers based on levels of

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negotiated trade and marketplace participation. The overarching objective is to increase the frequency and price transparency in all major cattle feeding regions. The framework functions off a series of triggers – four cattle feeding and four packer participation. The packer participation portion of the plan is still under development. The four cattle feeding areas are 1) Nebraska-Colorado, 2) Texas-Oklahoma-New Mexico, 3) Kansas, and 4) Iowa-Minnesota. A minor cattle feeding trigger occurs if less than 75 percent of the robust level of negotiated trade occurs in less than 75 percent of the weeks in a given quarter. Three minor triggers equal a major trigger. A major trigger occurring in (a) two of four rolling quarters, (b) any two consecutive quarters, or (c) any two quarters in a calendar year, would prompt the industry to seek legislative action. This policy is likewise conditional on updates from literature and industry, and qualifying Black Swan events or ad hoc events that disrupt the normal cattle flows. The question is whether this policy meets the objective to increase the level of negotiated trade and cattle price transparency. In other words, if this policy were historically in place, how likely would have minor (major) triggers occurred? Using public data published weekly and available through USDA-AMS from 2013-2020, I analyze this policy by addressing eight underlying assumptions. I further demonstrate potential considerations that could impact the “efficiency” of this policy. 1) Number of minor triggers required: The current policy states that three minor triggers constitute a major trigger. Details and data on the required packer participation portion are not yet available. Focusing only on the cattle feeding regions and minor triggers defined by the current 75%

rule, no three regions have ever triggered in the same quarter. Two or more cattle feeding triggers have only occurred in six quarters, and one region triggering has occurred in 10 quarters. All two or more triggers only occur in the Kansas a n d Te x a s - O k l a h o ma-New Mexico regions. There is at least one trigger in approximately 50 percent of quarters from 2013-2020. In other words, it is unlikely that a major trigger would occur due solely to cattle feeding negotiated cash levels.

must occur in more than 75 percent of the weeks in a quarter, or 10 out of 14 weeks. How one defines these robust levels of negotiated trade is likely to be debated. Current robust levels are taken from the Price Discovery Research Project (2017). As the percent of robust trade required each week goes towards 100, more regions will trigger. On the other hand, as the required Table 1. Percent of quarters triggering by region given 75% of robust negotiated percent of robust trade trade (cash + grid) and varying the percent of weeks below the threshold required to decreases towards 0, fewer activate a minor trigger. Note: The grayed area are the current levels proposed under regions will trigger. Table 2 illusthe â&#x20AC;&#x153;75% ruleâ&#x20AC;?. trates this by fixing the percent of weeks at 75 percent and varying the percent of robust trade required in each week by region and determine the 2) Nebraska-Colorado percent of quarters activating a combination: Colorado minor trigger by each of the four and Nebraska are comregions. Under the most strinbined in the policy to form gent policy (i.e. robust trade = one region. The justifica100 percent) Texas-Oklahotion for this combination is ma-New Mexico will trigger in not stated. Currently, approximately 75 percent, USDA reports these as two Kansas 50 percent, Nebraska-Colseparate regions and o r a d o 10 p e rce nt , a n d recent USDA-AMS discusIowa-Minnesota 0 percentof sions have recommended quarters. If the policy aims to Table 2. Percent of quarters triggering by region given 75% of weeks below the combining Colorado with threshold required to activate a minor trigger and varying the level of robust increase the level of negotiated Wyoming, not Nebraska. negotiated trade (cash + grid) required in each week. trade, increasing the required Two reasons for this combilevel of robust trade each week nation are possible: 1) Western Nebraska 3) 75 percent of reporting weeks: For will meet this objective but to a slower and and Colorado have similar climates and 2) a region to trigger, less than 75 percent of lesser extent than changing the required issues with the lack of reporting in Colorado. the robust negotiated trade must occur in number of weeks (see point 3 above), all Historically, Colorado has failed to meet more than 75 percent of the weeks in a else held equal. USDA confidentiality requirements leading quarter, or 10 out of 14 weeks. As the to non-reporting weeks. Combining percent of weeks increases towards 100, the 5) Policy evaluation choice: Whether a Nebraska and Colorado reduces the policy is less likely to trigger. On the other major trigger is likely to occur is largely number of minor triggers that would likely hand, as the percent of weeks required dependent on the combination of the level occur in a five region â&#x20AC;&#x201C; three minor trigger decreases towards 0, the policy is more of robust trade required in each week and scenario. Figure 1 plots the average per- likely to trigger. Table 1 illustrates this by the percent of weeks required to meet this centage of weeks within a quarter failing to fixing the percent of robust trade at 75 minimum. The policy defines three minor meet robust negotiated trade minimums percent and varying the percent of weeks triggers equal a major trigger. For the indusunder the four proposed regions plus required to satisfy the 75 percent minimum try to seek legislative action, a major trigger Nebraska and Colorado. The horizontal and determine the percent of quarters acti- must occur in (a) two of four rolling quarters, dotted black line represents the proposed vating a minor trigger by each of the four (b) any two consecutive quarters, or (c) any 75 percent minimum. Points above this line regions. Regardless of the required percent two quarters in a calendar year. Which of indicate the region failed to meet robust of weeks, there are levels in which Tex- these three criteria to use in the official minimum requirements in that quarter and as-Oklahoma-New Mexico and Kansas policy is currently being debated. As menthus a minor trigger occurred. The NE-CO regions will trigger. Iowa-Minnesota region tioned in point 1 above, it is historically combination never triggers. Separating would rarely, if ever, trigger, and the Nebras- unlikely that three cattle feedings regions Colorado and Nebraska shows that Colo- ka-Colorado region only begins triggering would trigger at the same time. Thus, I show rado frequently triggers while Nebraska around 50 percent. that the performance of these three criteria never violates more than 30 percent of varies by the percent of required robust weeks. Clearly, combining Nebraska and 4) 75 percent of robust negotiated trade, percent of weeks required to meet Colorado reduces the potential number of trade: For a region to trigger, less than 75 this minimum, and varying levels of minor minor triggers. percent of the robust negotiated trade triggers required to equal a major trigger. FEBRUARY 2021

Figure 2

Figure 2 plots the average number of violations within a quarter by these variations. The black dotted vertical line represents the current 75% rule robust negotiated trade minimum proposed in the policy. The panel combination “PCT.OF.WEEKS: 75 & MINOR. TRIGGERS: 3” is the performance of the current proposed “75% rule”. Under the current policy, historically, a major trigger would not have been triggered due to only cattle feeding participation. The criteria of “2 of 4 rolling quarters” and “Any 2 quarters in a calendar year” have similar levels of regional triggers regardless of the percent of robust trade or percent of weeks, both of which, are higher than “Any 2 consecu-

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tive quarters”. At higher levels of required robust trade, all policy criteria increase. At lower amounts of weeks required to meet minimum policy, triggers increase. Figure 2 can be used to explore a variety of potential scenarios involving changes to the percent of robust trade and percent of weeks violating minimums and how these choices subsequently affect policy triggers. On ave r a g e, p o li c y cr i te r ia larg e l y perform the same. 6) Nominal vs. percent of trade: The current policy requires regions to meet the nominal level of trade rather than a percent of total transactions (negotiated cash +

negotiated grid + formula + forward contract). In stable market circumstances, the difference between nominal values and percentage is negligible. If cattle slaughter increases over time, then negotiated cash as a percentage of total transactions would decrease and the policy would be less binding. On the other hand, if cattle slaughter decreases over time, then negotiated cash as a percentage of total transactions would increase and the policy would be more binding. Current conversations about the appropriate level of negotiated sales have predominately centered on the percentage or share of transactions, not on the nominal level. For example, the percent of steers and heifers sold via negotiated cash has decreased from about 30 percent in 2016 to 20 percent in 2020. Likewise, commercial cattle slaughter has been increasing since 2014 and there is debate on whether carcass weights should continue to rise any further. Given these circumstances, and as the United States seeks to increase beef exports, cattle slaughter is likely to continue to rise, making this issue more important. A comparable parallel would be the hog industry, which has increased hog slaughter to meet increasing export demands, but continued on page 79 >>

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in the San Pedro Valley of Cochise County, Arizona. 320+/- ac. deeded, 2,780+/- ac. State lease, and 560+/- ac. BLM Allotment. Easy terrain, gentle hills with mesquite, acacia, and creosote, and several major draws with good browse and grassy bottoms. Has one well that needs equipping, a dirt tank, and is fenced. Borders the San Pedro River National Conservation Area and has easy access from Highway 80. This would make a great starter or hobby ranch or complement to a larger holding. $240,000

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Quality ranch property located in northern Chaves County, New Mexico approximately 20 miles northwest of Elida. Configured in two tracts of 7,200 deeded acres and 640 acres of state lease. Watered by three wells and pipelines. Grazing capacity estimated to be 130 animal units yearlong. Priced at $370 per deeded acre. Call for more information and a brochure.

Cattle ranch located approximately 50 miles northwest of Roswell, New Mexico along and on both sides of the Lincoln/Chaves County line. Acreage includes 3,048 deeded acres, 3,600 NM State Lease acres and 11,905 Federal BLM lease acres (18,900 Total Acres). Grazing capacity set at 450 animal units yearlong. Divided into four larger pastures and two smaller holding traps. Headquarters improvements include residence, barns and pipe pens with scales. Water is provided by four wells and buried pipeline. The Gallo Draw runs through the entire ranch provides significant overflow areas of giant sacaton. Most of the permitted animal units utilized the Gallo Draw throughout the summer. Not many ranches in the area are blessed with this asset. Come take a look. Price: $3,995,000 (8,880.00/Animal Unit). Call for more information and a brochure. Scott McNally, Qualifying Broker Bar M Real Estate, LLC P.O. Box 428, Roswell, NM 88202 Office: 575-622-5867 Cell: 575-420-1237 Website: www.ranchesnm.com FEBRUARY 2021

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the percent of hogs sold via negotiated trade has decreased – to approximately 5 percent of all transactions. 7) Negotiated sales = negotiated cash + negotiated grid: The policy states that negotiated sales consist of negotiated cash + negotiate grid. Historically negotiated grid is infrequently used, and if used it is more common in regions where there are high amounts of formula and forward contract sales. Defining negotiated sales as negotiated cash plus negotiated grid makes regions less likely to trigger since there are fewer cattle qualifying as negotiated sales. The debate would likely center around whether negotiating grid sales provides the same type of information as negotiated cash sales. Regions that already have a large number of negotiated cash transactions are likely to be less affected by this change in definition than other regions that have historically struggled to meet robust negotiated trade minimums. 8) Adjustments due to Black Swan events and ad hoc regional cattle disruptions: The policy currently has a qualifying statement that allows for adjustments to the required robust levels of negotiated trade and weeks satisfying the robust minimum given Black Swan events and ad hoc regional cattle disruptions. Both the Holcomb Fire and COVID-19 pandemic would fit under this category. If required robust trade was reduced and weeks increased during these events then regions would likely not trigger. However, given these potential ad hoc adjustments would this policy helped stabilize negotiated trade during the recent Holcomb Fire and COVID-19 pandemic? If not, then the current market situations which spurred these industry policy changes would not have been improved by the prior implementation of this policy. The industry’s “75% rule” was developed in response to proposed legislation to solve potential concerns about thinness in negotiated trade across different regions. The current concern surrounding thinness in negotiated trade has more to do with lower cash prices received by producers due to the Holcomb Fire and COVID-19 pandemic. Changes to the federal law or industry policy would not have effectively raised producer prices received for cattle. Further, if this policy would have been implemented before either the Holcomb Fire or COVID-19 it would not have changed packing plants’ ability to process cattle (supply from feedlots) or lack of foodservice’s demand for beef. Figure 1 shows that only the Texas-Oklahoma-New Mexico region tripped during those events. This policy, in its current form and from the four cattle feeding regions perspective, is not likely to significantly improve the level of negotiated trade nor cattle market transparency. Since it does not change the supply of fed cattle nor the demand for wholesale beef, it is also not likely to increase the cash price received by producers. Anytime a policy is implemented, whether industry prompted or legislatively enacted, there is a potential for creating increased costs and reducing profitability for the entire beef complex. For example, to advert potential legislation, packers and feedlots could change cattle marketing behavior from profit-maximizing to negative policy aversion creating inefficiencies in the beef complex. Consistent with the economic theory of derived demand, these additional costs, spurred on by potential policies, are likely to predominately be carried by the cow-calf industry.

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[1] The first time the term the “Big Four” was used was in 1860s. Since then at least eight major investigations have been called for by cattle producers alleging that packing concentration negatively impacted cattle prices. Likewise, concerns about the farm to retail spread or present as early as in 1905. It is important to note that prior to 1960, packer concentration occurred at cattle harvest where carcasses were shipped to meat wholesalers to be broken down carcasses. Post 1960 packer concentration has occurred as packers began breaking down carcasses and selling boxes of beef.

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How High Grain Prices Impact the Cattle Industry

by Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University

rain and oilseed prices have risen dramatically in the last three to four months. For example, the weekly cash price of corn reported for Dodge City, Kansas averaged $3.41/bu. from January-September, 2020. The price rose above $4.00/bu. by mid-October and by mid-January 2021 was reported at $5.44/bu. July corn futures are currently priced at $5.20/ bu. Market prices for corn are increasing to ensure that demand is rationed to match available supplies and adequate corn is available until the next harvest. Corn demand comes from many different markets including livestock feed, industrial use (primarily ethanol) and exports. As corn prices rise each market will react to reduce corn use in varying degrees according to the economic claim each demand type makes on corn. With corn as the main driver, other feedgrains and by-product feeds will all generally rise proportionally through market arbitrage. The cattle industry will react to high feed prices somewhat differently than other livestock species. Unlike hogs and poultry, where their monogastric biology means that using less feed implies reducing production, the ruminant biology of cattle means that the industry will use less grain by changing how cattle are produced more than by changing production levels. Indeed, the supply of feeder cattle is mostly determined for 2021 and those cattle will go through the feedlot as usual but with a different production system. The central decision that determines how feeder cattle get finished and become part of the beef supply is feedlot placements. Individual feedlots often have particular preferences for size, breed and type, gender and overall quality of the feeder cattle they purchase but also flexibility to feed a variety of animals. In general, feedlots can place feeder cattle weighting from less than 600 pounds to over 1,000 pounds. One of the biggest decisions for

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Beef Quality Assurance

feedlots is whether to “buy pounds” (place heavier feeder cattle) or “feed the pounds onto the cattle” by placing lighter weight feeder cattle. This decision will change according to feed prices. As high feed prices push feedlot cost of gain up, feedlots have an incentive to “buy more pounds” and place heavier feeder cattle. Thus, the cattle industry responds to corn market signals to by Bob LeValley, Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance use less corn by placing cattle at heavier Coordinator, OSU Extension weights and using other (i.e. forage) feeds This article first published in the Enid News & Eagle. to add additional weight to cattle prior to feedlot placement. This is the advantage he Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) (and necessity!) of the cattle industry to use program is a producer-driven certifithe ruminant capabilities of cattle to cation program in which cattle respond to the corn market situation. If all producers work toward a common goal to the cattle finished in feedlots in 2021 (that assure consumers that cattle from each would have been fed anyway) are placed, segment of the industry (cow/calf, stocker, say, an average of 100 pounds heavier, the feedlot) are healthy, wholesome, amount of reduction in total concentrate quality products. feed use is significant. The cattle are managed in a way that is When feedlots demand heavier cattle, appropriate to each individual operation, so prices for lighter weight feeder cattle will that beef quality and safety are considered decline relative to heavier cattle. For in all production practices. Many view BQA example, the price 825 pound steers in as a “consumer confidence” program, in Oklahoma is currently about $131/cwt. which consumers can feel assured that the When corn is, say $3.65/bu., feedlots would beef they purchase has been produced be willing to pay roughly $155/cwt. for a 575 using the best production practice stansteer based on the cost of gain to put on dards in the cattle industry. The cow/calf or the 250 pounds from 575 to 825 pounds. stocker segments of the industry may often When corn price increases to say, $5.35/bu., seem distant from the retail meat counter, the increased cost of gain means that the but many early management decisions and feedlot would only be willing to pay roughly tasks may influence the quality of that beef $146/cwt. for a 575 pound steer - even product. When a beef producer becomes though the price of the 825 pound steer has BQA certified it helps sends a message to not changed. Of course, higher feed prices consumers that they are willing to do what likely also means that the overall feeder is necessary in their management of cattle cattle price level will decline as well. The to assure they are producing a change in feedlot demand for light versus quality product. heavy weight feeder cattle simultaneously The BQA program is voluntary. There is provides incentives for stocker producers no requirement for cow/calf or stocker to add the needed additional weight to operations to be BQA certified unless they feeder cattle. In the example above, the sell calves into a premium or branded value of stocker gain is roughly $0.75/lb. program that may have BQA certification when corn is $3.65/bu. but increases to as a requirement. Most packers require fed $0.97/lb. when corn price increases cattle they purchase to be sourced from to $5.35/bu. BQA certified operations, so nearly all feedHigher corn prices provide incentives for lots are BQA certified. While certification is feedlots to change how cattle are finished not a requirement for cow/calf and stocker and those decisions, in turn, will signal the producers, it may however, have some ecorest of the cattle industry to make produc- nomic value to cattle buyers to know that tion adjustments utilizing the ruminant the calves have been produced following flexibility of cattle in response to changing BQA management principles. feed prices. Relative to a given fed cattle The BQA program focuses on the followprice level, higher feed prices implies lower ing management areas: feeder cattle prices with prices of lighter weight feeder cattle under more pressure ЇЇ Care and management practices. than heavier feeder cattle. ЇЇ Feedstuffs. ЇЇ Feed additives and medications.

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

Mr. Washington

ee Trevino has a street named after him in El Paso. Abraham Lincoln has a town named after him in Nebraska. Monty Montana has his namesake state and I’ve even got some hills named in my honor in South Dakota. But there is one feller who left his mark all over these United States. He’s got more towns and cities and counties and streets and states named after him than anyone else. An ex-president. No, not Jimmy Carter. It’s ol’ George Washington. I’ve noticed in most every town of any

size there’s a Washington Street or Washington Avenue. I dug out my Rand McNally and looked. Thirty-one states have Washington counties. I found nineteen states that have cities called Washington, not counting Washington, D.C. Of course, we have Washington state. From what I recall from my dusty history books, ol’ George was a modest man. They wanted to make him a king but he refused. They wound up making him first in a long line of presidents. I’m sure there’s a Fidel Castro Boulevard in Havana. They probably had to twist Fidel’s arm to let ‘em name it after him. We have a whole raft of politicians who get dams, buildings, airports and other pork barrel projects named after them. They might have even insisted on it. But we’ve named our hometowns and counties after George because we admired him, not because he suggested it. It’s not regional either. There’s plenty of states in the northeast with his moniker; NY,

PA, RI, VT, MD and MA. You’d expect it there. But the south is covered with ‘em. Too; Al, AR, KY, LA, MS, MO, NC, FL, GA, TN, TX and VA. In the Midwest, which was still a wilderness when our young fought the battle and ran the British back to London, you can find lots of Washington’s. They’re in IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, NE, OH, OK, and WS. And as if that wasn’t enough, just to show you his stayin’ power he’s represented in CO, ID, OR, UT and the folks in Seattle named their state after him. Yes sir, he left his mark. But what if his name had been Bumgarner or Svenson or Alvarez. We’d probably have still used it. Or what if his opponent in the election primary had won. Every April we’d have to send our checks to our nation’s capital on the banks of the Potomac, Dewey, D.C.

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How can I get BQA certified or re-certified? There are two methods by which a producer can become BQA certified. One is accessible at https://www.bqa. org/ where one can complete the certification entirely online. The on-line certification process consists of viewing several modules, followed by short quizzes. In-person certification also is an option. The in-person certification consists of a presentation and review of the BQA program followed by a short quiz. Due to COVID-19, the most available option currently is the online method. If you are interested in an in-person certification program, contact the OSU Extension office, to be notified when an in-person certification option is available in the area. BQA certification is valid for three years from the date of completion. To maintain their status, producers must re-certify. The re-certification process is essentially the same as the initial certification. It can be accomplished through the online process or an in-person program. The bottom line is good production practices and good animal husbandry make sense for all segments of the industry: the cow/calf producer that sells at weaning, the stocker operator and the feedlot. Incorporation and utilization of management practices that will result in better beef eating experiences for consumers should mean a higher level of consumer confidence and satisfaction, leading to a higher beef demand.

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science,” shared Chuck Conner, president and CEO of National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and former USDA Deputy Secretary. “That’s key in this climate debate.”

Vilsack’s Priorities and Action Items Pandemic Recovery: “One of our first A Second Act charges will be to contribute all we can as s President Joe Biden unveils his picks a department to aid in the pandemic for his leadership positions, a sense response,” says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture of déjà vu is setting in as Barack Tom Vilsack. “That means reviving rural Obama administracommunities and tion officials are economies, Following a turbulent tapped for new posiaddressing dire tions in a Biden food shortages and 2020, which included government. getting workers and The first is Tom producers the relief a global pandemic, hardVilsack who was they need to hang picked to return as and to come fought presidential race and on US Department of back stronger.” Agriculture Secrenumerous congressional tary. The Rural Revitalannouncement was ization: Vilsack changeovers, the path of U.S. wants to make landa surprise to analysts who speculated mark investments ag policy is likely headed for in Vilsack would not rural America to want to give up his create new opporan adjustment. The “Sonny” t u n i t i e s . O n e nearly million-dollar annual income at will be to sided leadership of USDA and strategy the U.S. Dairy Export adopt the 10-20-30 Council to return to rule from Rep. Jim its motto to “Do Right and U S D A ’ s Cl y b ur n, D -S .C . $210,700 salary. sets aside 10 Feed Everyone” will see the “That Representative percent of federal Marcia Fudge, funding to commureturn of the long-tenure D-Ohio, had lobbied nities where 20 hard to be the first percent of people of Tom Vilsack. Add in new Black woman to have been caught head USDA, but she beneath the and retiring ag committee was tapped to head poverty line for 30 the Department of years or more,” members in Congress, and Housing and Urban Vilsack explains. Development. the future of ag policy feels Ag leaders welF i g h t i n g comed V ilsack ’s Inequality: Vilsack poised for a reset at the start says his job is to return to USDA. He worked with ag root out inequities of this new decade.” ~By groups in the past and systemic racism and lobbied behind in all USDA systems Clinton Griffiths, John Herath and the scenes on behalf programs. of the Renewable and Tyne Morgan.” Fuels Standard and Climate Leaderagainst provisions of ship: U.S. EPA’s Waters of the U.S. rule. agriculture should lead the nation and the Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, tweeted world on climate issues, Vilsack says: “Amerhis approval for Vilsack: “He understands ican ag will reap the new good paying jobs the importance of preserving the family and farm income that will come from that farm, and the significance of the biofuels leadership.” industry.” “Tom Vilsack believed in government actions based upon the best available by Clinton Griffiths, Ag Web

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resident Joe Biden signed an executive order that prioritizes addressing the challenge of climate change and directs the secretary of agriculture to collect input from farmers, ranchers and other stakeholders on how to use federal programs to encourage adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices. The effort aims to produce verifiable carbon reductions and sequestrations and create new sources of income and

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jobs for rural Americans, according to the White House. The order commits to the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of U.S. lands and oceans by 2030 and launches a process for stakeholder engagement to identify strategies that will result in broad participation. The action also calls for the establishment of a Civilian Climate Corps that would create jobs in conserving and restoring public lands and waters, increasing reforestation, increasing carbon sequestration in the agricultural sector, protecting biodiversity, improving access to recreation, and addressing the changing climate. “America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have an important role to play in combating the climate crisis and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, by sequestering carbon in soils,

grasses, trees, and other vegetation and sourcing sustainable bioproducts and fuels,” the order states. Efforts also will include moving to rejoin the Paris Agreement and building on its objectives of safe global temperature, increased climate resilience and a pathway toward low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development, the order said. “Responding to the climate crisis will require both significant short-term global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and net-zero global emissions by mid-century or before,” the order states.

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The Big Tech Bias Blackout by Peter Murphy |cfact.org

he large social media and search companies, a.k.a., “Big Tech,” have long been out of the closet when it comes to censorship, as CFACT has documented. I first wrote about this 19 months ago, and it well predated my analysis. Big Tech is now abandoning any masquerade of standards or objectivity when they censor those with whom they dislike or disagree. In fact, they are blaring it with the increased backing of many politicians who swore an oath to the Constitution; the document that guarantees free speech as an inalienable right. The names of Big Tech moguls are increasingly familiar, including Jack Dorsey of Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (which owns Instagram), Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Sundar Pichai of Google (which owns YouTube). None of these individuals has yet reached the comparative wealth of 19th century “robber barons,” John D. Rockefeller (oil), Andrew Carnegie (steel) or J.P. Morgan (finance). However, the 21st century robber barons are no less powerful. The 19th century economic titans controlled industries and crushed competition from other businesses. They had disproportionate control over the economy and people’s livelihoods, even though America’s standard of living improved during this industrial age. Thanks to President Theodore Roosevelt and other courageous politicians and judges in the early 20th century, the monopolies were declared illegal and broken up. The 21st century tech giants are similarly crushing their competition, the latest flagrant example being the information platform, Parler. More insidious than the 19th century monopolies is Big Tech’s control of information. Controlling what the public knows is ultimate power—as any dictatorship understands—since it influences behavior of the populace, stifles opposition, and increases political and economic power. Just because Big Tech consists of private companies rather than government does not make their abridgments legal, much less acceptable. As with their 19th century predecessors’ threat to economic freedom, the power and control over the masses by today’s monopolistic few are a threat to constitutional freedom and more.

Examples of information control abound. Constitution, the right to free speech is Last spring, President Trump suggested becoming a truism in America, i.e., it exists that hydroxychloroquine could help treat on paper but less and less in reality. This is the coronavirus, a view held by countless because powerful tech monopolies are physicians. Youtube and Facebook cen- more brazen with the support of the politsored such people. Twitter refuses to permit ical party they help elect to control the discussion of evidence of irregularities in federal government. the last presidential election, but allowed U.S. Senator Chris Coons of Delaware years of rampant falsehoods about the one and the indefatigable Representative Alexprior. Twitter and Facebook just banned andria Ocasio-Cortez are the tip of the President Trump from their platforms, iceberg of politicians overtly in support of which were criticized by the senior legisla- censorship. Last fall, Sen. Coons urged tive counsel of the American Civil Liberties Twitter to clamp down on “climate denialUnion. But, the Jew-hating Ayatollah ism,” (i.e., anyone who challenges his view Khamenei, dictator of Iran, the world’s of climate Armageddon). AOC now wants leading terrorist nation, can still tweet, to “figure out how we rein in our media along with tyrants throughout the world. environment so you just can’t spew disinOne need not agree with or like the outgo- formation and misinformation.” ing President of the United States to find Beware of any politician, Left or Right, that twisted and hypocritical. wanting to “clamp down” viewpoints or Censorship is not a new reality to those “rein in” the media under the guise of stopin the climate change debate, especially for ping hate or preventing falsehoods. Rather, questioning mankind’s impact on the tem- it is about quelling disagreement and perature. Media figures like NBC’s Chuck opposition. Todd and activists such as Robert F. Kennedy, The answer to hate speech and disinforJr. have advocated censorship and impris- mation is more speech and more onment for dissenters from their dogma. information, not censorship or a cancel Censorship to squash opposing voices is culture to threaten one’s job and livelihood. now metastasizing on many issues like a Rioting and pillaging also are no excuse to societal cancer. As with other parts of the war against the First Amendment since

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there already are laws that should be enforced against what occurred last week at the U.S. Capitol and last summer in cities across the country. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., is no Theodore Roosevelt, though few presidents were at his level. Mr. Biden will be the oldest president the moment he said, “So help me God”, and likely serves one term. He also could be a courageous and historic figure if he followed the example of T.R. and lead a break-up of the tech monopolies. Unfortunately, Biden is a huge beneficiary of Big Tech and nothing in his 48 years as a D.C fixture suggests he has political valor for reform. I wish President Joe Biden well, and hope he can get beyond the present-day acrimony and his comfort zone to build a positive legacy. That won’t come from expanding “Green energy,” but by reaffirming and strengthening speech and other threatened liberties that are the birthright of every American. Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy, both in the non-profit sector and in government in the administration of former New York Governor George Pataki. He previously wrote and edited The Chalkboard weblog for the NY Charter Schools Association, and has been published in numerous media outlets, including The Hill, New York Post, Washington Times and the Wall Street Journal. Twitter: @PeterMurphy26 Website: https://www. petermurphylgs.com/

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Red Meat Exports Look to End Year Strong by Lisa M. Keefe, meatingplace.com

nternational trade in meat products is cruising to a solid performance at the end of 2020. U.S. beef exports posted one of the best months on record in November, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). November was also a strong month for pork exports, which already surpassed the full-year volume and value records set in 2019. Broiler exports were down slightly from year-ago levels, following a one-month record set in October. “Demand for U.S. beef in the global retail sector has been outstanding and we expect this to continue in 2021,” said USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom. “Unfortunately, foodservice continues to face COVID-related challenges. We expect a broader foodservice recovery this year, especially from mid-2021, but will likely still see interruptions in some markets.” November beef exports totaled 115,337 metric tons (mt), up six percent from a year ago, while export value climbed eight percent year-over-year to $707.5 million. November exports to China and Guatemala set new monthly records, while shipments to Mexico were the largest since 2016. Year-to-date through November, beef

exports in total were six percent lower yearover-year in volume (1.13 million mt) and down 7 percent in value ($6.9 billion). But 2020 was a volatile year in beef, pointed out Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, in the weekly Cow/Calf Corner newsletter. Beef exports started “higher year over year before dropping sharply in May and June and recovering in the second half of the year,” Peel pointed out. Beef imports were 232.9 million pounds, down 3.9 percent from last year and the lowest monthly level since February 2020. For the January to November period, though, beef imports are up 10.7 percent year over year. Beef imports increased sharply in July and August before declining and dropping back close to year earlier levels in October and November, Peel wrote. Much uncertainty continues but assuming no major new global health or economic disruptions, U.S. beef trade is expected to be supportive in 2021,” Peel wrote. “Numerous factors will affect U.S. and global beef trade in 202 including exchange rates; continuing demand for beef in China; the rebuilding of the Australian beef industry; continuing trade tensions between China and Australia/New Zealand and Mexico’s economic situation.”

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eyond Meat Inc. and PepsiCo Inc. announced they will form a joint venture to develop, produce and market snacks and beverages made from plant-based protein. The venture will allow Beyond Meat to reach more consumers by entering new product categories and distribution channels, the companies said in a news release. Shares of Beyond Meat, which currently makes plant-based beef and pork alternatives, soared more than 17 percent on news of the partnership. “Beyond Meat is a cutting-edge innovator in this rapidly growing category, and we look forward to combining their unparalleled expertise with our world-class capabilities in brand-building, consumer insights and distribution to deliver exciting new options,” Ram Krishnan, PepsiCo global chief commercial officer, said in a press release.

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Will the Surge in Land Prices Continue?

Demand for all types of land has also seen an increase. As a result of COVID-19, a growing number of individuals have become interested in land as an investment. An individual might be interested in a rural acreage so they can have a place outside an urban area or it might be cropland if they want a safe, longterm investment. Bottomline, buying interest for land in general is up. “The overall supply of good cropland for sale is on the low side and is similar to the past few years. Despite the slower hat started out with better than ag land market, the dollar amount of expected sales prices at land land that Farmers National Company is auctions prior to fall harvest currently selling for its clients is near extended into very strong prices at record levels at $300 million,” some auctions during October and Dickhut said. November, surprising many. The New Year will bring a renewed “Farmers National Company had examination of the underlying factors auction sales in several states during propelling land prices. There will be no this time where land sold near levels last large influx of government cash for proseen in 2012. In specific instances, prices ducers in 2021, but grain prices are for good quality cropland in the heart significantly higher so that more of net of the Midwest are up hundreds to thou- farm income will come from the market. sands of dollars per acre more than Interest rates continue to be historically anticipated,” said Randy Dickhut, senior low, which supports strong land prices. vice president of real estate operations Looking ahead, the supply of ag land at Farmers National Company. on the market will not change much as What is propelling the land market it remains mostly inheritors, estates and and will this current surge in non-operating families who sell. Farm prices continue? finances will be adequate for another Agricultural land prices have been year to avoid an increase in forced sales fairly stable in the past several years by lenders. Active demand for good despite the gyrations of the ag economy. cropland by farmers and investors will Producer incomes were taking hits, but continue for now, Dickhut predicted. the land market took it in stride except In the land market, the same supfor the hardest hit areas or segments. porting factors that have been keeping The factors supporting the land market ag land values stable the past few years remained constant during this time, are expected to carry on in 2021. The which included historically low interest additional factor driving land prices at rates, a lower supply of land for sale and the end of 2020 is the stronger demand adequate demand for good cropland by both farmers and investors. about everywhere. “Calls from buyers and sellers come in The demand for land is the driver of daily at Farmers National Company. the current land price surge. Interest in land and ag land in particular “Values for good cropland are strong grew in 2020. Looking ahead, if nothing right now with more farmers stepping unexpected happens to challenge the up to buy as well as a growing number current land market, land prices will of individual investors. Buying interest continue to firm up in 2021,” Dickhut from farmers has increased as they said anticipate a better income year in 2020 than once thought,” Dickhut said. Higher commodity prices and the historic influx of government payments in 2020 have helped the financial condition of many farmers and therefore their interest in productive land.

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U.S. Protein Industry Expected to Face 2021 Challenges: CoBank by Chris Scott, meatingplace.com

he U.S. beef, chicken and pork industries will have to address a variety of issues in order to maintain or jumpstart growth during 2021, according to a new report from CoBank. Despite strong demand for beef in the fourth quarter of 2020, weather conditions that set the stage for drought and higher grain prices could put pressure on cattle feeding margins and then feeder prices later this year, the report notes. CoBank

analysts predict a 29 percent increase in feed prices this year, although cattle weights continue to retreat from 2020 highs during the pandemic, tightening supplies and offering price support in the months ahead. An anticipated global recovery in foodservice demand also may not happen until the second half of 2021 after COVID-19 vaccines are successfully deployed. Meanwhile, higher feed costs that began in the fourth quarter of 2020 and volatility in demand are expected to continue to affect the chicken industry though the rest of the year, CoBank said. A projected feed cost inflation rate of 25 percent in 2021 will be the highest experienced by the industry since 2011, the report added, and the ability

to pass along the higher feed prices will determine if the poultry industry will see gains this year. Capacity issues and higher feed costs in the fourth quarter also raised concerns about pork industry growth in the fourth quarter of 2020, CoBank reported. However, higher slaughter levels before Christmas signal that the pork industry is working its way through production challenges in the wake of COVID-19 and a difficult demand environment. Producer profitability will hinge on balanced hog supplies and export growth, although USDA expects pork supplies to rise by just 0.6 percent in 2021, the lowest since 2014, CoBank noted. The full report can be found at: https://www.cobank. com/-/media/files/ked/quarterly-reports/2021/thequarterly-jan2021.pdf#page=12

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HSUS Lobbyist Agrees to $2 Million Settlement

SUS Connecticut state director Annie Hornish and her husband have agreed to a $2 million settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit after their dog savagely killed a 95-year-old woman in November 2019. But the case isn’t fully resolved. The Hornishes’ insurance company is suing them over the cost of the settlement, arguing they wouldn’t have issued an insurance policy if the company knew the Hornishes kept pit bulls. Meanwhile, Hornish, a former state rep., is still fighting for her killer dog to be spared. The state, understandably, believes the dog is a public safety threat and should be put down due to its deadly behavior. But Hornish has fought against the state’s order since the incident. Hornish has claimed that the dog must have been provoked in some way. This has always struck us as a “blame the victim” strategy–one that, in this case, the (dead) victim has no way of contesting. She also initially denied that the dog bites caused the woman’s death–though medical examiners concluded otherwise. It’s hard to see what she hopes to gain by having her dog back. How many families in her neighborhood would be afraid to let their kids out to play in their yard? Bad judgment seems to be part of the corporate culture at HSUS. The post HSUS Lobbyist Agrees to $2 Million Settlement appeared first on HumaneWatch.

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Bill Gates is Now the Largest Farmland Owner in America

are in Louisiana and Arkansas, where he owns 69,071 acres and 47,927 acres, respectively, the outlet’s research found. He also reportedly owns about 16,000 acres in his home state of Washington, including a 14,500-acre tract in the Horse by Noah Manskar, The New York Post Heaven Hills region that was purchased for ill Gates may no longer be the world’s nearly $171 million. richest man, but he can claim a new The land is owned both directly and title: America’s farmland king. indirectly by Cascade Investment, the SeatThe billionaire Microsoft co-founder has tle-area firm that Gates — the world’s become the largest owner of farmland in third-richest man with a net worth of $132 the United States by quietly buying up billion, according to Bloomberg — set up massive plots across the county, a new to manage his massive fortune, according report says. to The Land Report. Gates’ portfolio comprises about A hint at Gates’ huge farm holdings 242,000 acres of farmland and nearly 27,000 emerged in a 2014 Wall Street Journal profile acres of other land across 19 states, accord- of Michael Larson, the money manager who ing to The Land Report, a magazine for land serves as Cascade’s chief investment officer. investors that tracks the nation’s biggest The piece noted that the firm owns “at least landowners. 100,000 acres of farmland in California, IlliThe biggest chunks of Gates’ holdings nois, Iowa, Louisiana and other states — or

an area seven times bigger than Manhattan.” It’s uncertain why Gates has invested in so much farmland or how his tracts are currently being used. Cascade did not immediately respond to a phone message, and the company declined to comment to The Land Report “other than to say that Cascade is very supportive of sustainable farming,” the outlet said. Agriculture is also a key focus area for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the massive charity run by Gates and his wife. The foundation aims to “support country-led inclusive agricultural transformation across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia,” according to its website. While Gates is America’s biggest farmland owner, he’s far from being the nation’s largest landowner in general. That crown belongs to Liberty Media chairman John Malone, who has 2.2 million acres, according to The Land Report.

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TOUGH ENOUGH FOR BISON-TOUGH ENOUGH FOR CATTLE

We met up with Brock Toler with Back Forty Bison and asked him a few questions about his opinion on the effectiveness of the Lewis Cattle Oilers. Brock is the ranch mana er for Back Forty Bison near Dadeville, MO. Brock was skeptical, at first, on the durability of the Oilers. qBison are notorious for tearin thin s up....flippin thin s over....To bison, everythin ’s a toy! To this date, they haven’t tipped one over! The durability has really been surprisin ”. The bi est thin that Brock loves about the Oiler is the efficiency.

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Texas Longhorn Cattle Cost How Much? by GVR Texas Longhorn Cattle

(Disclaimer: We are not professional statisticians and reserve the right to have error in our calculations. These figures are accurate as far as we know for our own purposes. Further, the trends illustrated in this data do not include how much Texas Longhorn cattle sold by Private Treaty.)

or our own research purposes we tracked five Texas longhorn cattle auctions that have taken place this year, 2020. We want to know how much Texas longhorn cattle cost at Auction. As it turns out the findings were interesting, so we decided to share them with you all. Here is a list of the six Texas Longhorn cattle auctions we drew data from. 1. The Eddie Wood Cowtown Classic 01/18/2020 2. TLBCGA Cattle Baron Sale 03/07/2020 3. Blue Ridge Longhorn Sale 04/10/2020 - 04/11/2020 4. Texoma Spring Classic 05/23/2020 5. Cherry Blossom Sale 06/13/2020 6. Red McCombs Fiesta Sale 06/19/2020 - 06/20/2020 We homed in on one age group of Texas Longhorn cattle, Texas Longhorn Heifers born in 2018. For the purposes of this article 1 Unit = 1 Texas Longhorn heifer with a date of birth sometime in 2018. FINDINGS : ЇЇ 109 Units were brought to auction ЇЇ 24 Units were passed and not sold ЇЇ 85 Units were sold ЇЇ The Total price of 85 Units was $205,250.00 ЇЇ Statistically, using the above information, the average price tag for one Texas Longhorn heifer born in 2018 is $2414. ЇЇ Interestingly though, 65 percent of these heifers sold below the statistical average with a price tag of $2000 and below. In other words, two thirds of Texas Longhorn heifers (DOB 2018) sold for less than the statistical average and of those 2/3rds, 70 percent sold for $1000 or less. It is no secret that lateral horn growth

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measurements have leverage in the Texas Longhorn breeder’s community. Measuring horns from one tip to the other is a modern day trend that has changed the nature of the breed fundamentally. It remains one of the only truly objective measurable factors in assessing the quality of Texas Longhorn cattle. It is true, that for the most part, the handful of units that did sell for significantly more than the group at large, were sold with reference to specific genetic ties and/ or known horn measurements. However, this data did not show us a significant consistent correlation between horn length and auction prices realized, with many widespread heifers selling below average unit price of $2414. This data gives an indication of what the best in class Texas Longhorn heifers realize in price. So, when planning your return on investment for your new herd of Texas Longhorn cattle, bare this in mind.

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Absence of Watchdog Groups Means Lawmakers Must Proceed with Caution by Kathleen Sabo, Executive Director, New Mexico Ethics Watch

This article first published in New Mexico In Depth ith news that the 2021 legislative session would be held virtually – with the public and lobbyists prohibited from being in the capitol building – it’s likely that legislative agendas are being adjusted. For interested citizens, lobbyists and state agencies charged with reporting to or suggesting reforms to the Legislature, the most important question may be how to participate in the upcoming session – in floor sessions, committee meetings, and with all important personal visits with individual legislators – in order to protect the public interest. Because we have a citizen legislature, with short sessions and limited full-time and seasonal staff available to legislators, lawmakers often rely upon lobbyists to educate them about legislation, particularly complex legislation. That element will also be missing. So, what do we wish for in the upcoming session and how do we accomplish it? The newly formed State Ethics Commission filled a void in state government. Within the legislation enabling the commission (2019’s SB 668), not only is the commission required to submit an annual report to the Legislature and governor that includes recommendations regarding state ethics laws, the Legislature was specifically charged with making recommendations during this upcoming session on any changes to the Campaign Reporting Act, the Voter Action Act and the Lobbyist Regulation Act, “necessary for the efficient administration and enforcement of the provisions” of these acts. In their annual report, the commission puts forth a discussion draft of legislation that essentially assigns the administrative tasks provided for in the CRA, VAA, LRA and Financial Disclosure Act (FDA) to the Secretary of State and adjudication and enforcement authority to the commission. In other years we would be cheering the commission on, urging them to use their position to propose this change and more… but is that wise in this unprecedented time? Do we want legislators working on reform

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WATCHDOG << continued from page 98 of these acts without sufficient public input and opportunity to participate in and watchdog legislative activity? What are the chances that something could go wrong and that efforts at improving ethics-related laws turn into schemes to weaken legislation? These concerns are being weighed by all. Due to New Mexico’s unique constitutionally mandated legislative system, a long, substantive session comes around only

once every two years. (2019, 2021, 2023, etc.) Shorter sessions occurring in even-numbered years may address: 1. Budget, appropriation and revenue matters; 2. Bills put forth by special messages of the governor; and 3. Bills vetoed by the governor in the last regular session. That means that by the time another long, substantive session arrives in 2023, another election cycle will have passed (2022), without needed reforms to the CRA, the LRA, the FDA and the Governmental Conduct Act (GCA), unless proposed by the

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governor in the short 2022 session. What to do? One solution would be for a special, substantive session to be called before the 2022 elections, but there has been no talk of that. (Although support for this may grow during and after the 2021 session, depending upon how things go.) As a watchdog group and an advocate for necessary reform, New Mexico Ethics Watch (NMEW) will be observing the session closely and participating as we are able. While we may choose to not support or generate as many legislative proposals as we might otherwise in a non-pandemic session, we WILL be looking for and calling out any proposals and/or amendments that would further weaken already anemic ethics-related laws. We’ll expect House and Senate leadership to monitor and promote public access to and participation in public hearings and meetings. We, and others, will work to hold lawmakers accountable during what will be the unprecedented nature of the upcoming session.Will this strategy work? Time will tell. Kathleen Sabo is executive director of New Mexico Ethics Watch, a non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting ethics and accountability in government and public life in New Mexico. The views in this column are the author’s alone and do not reflect the view or opinions of New Mexico In Depth. This column first appeared in New Mexico In Depth’s 2021 Legislative Special Edition.

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with NWSG. Before choosing pastures to renovate or native grass species to use, consider your business objectives. You will invest at least two years of time in the renovation, so think about the forage requirements you are trying to meet, the needs of your operation (cow-calf or stocker), and what actions you are willing and able to take to give NWSG the best chance at establishment. “An important part of planning is to avoid having to travel across a field planted with NWSG,” Philipp explains. “They are very traffic sensitive, and any traffic other than animal grazing should be avoided.” The forage specialist notes another challenge when planting NWSG. “Weed pressure on the area to be planted affects NWSG establishment success well beyond the year of planting.” To prepare a field for NWSG, apply glyphosate followed by disking in spring and fall prior to the planting year. Some agencies recommend forgoing the disking, as this will bring up dormant seed and trigger weed growth. Philipp considers it a best practice to start with a prepared seed bed that is firm. Be aware that repeated disking or tillage will negatively affect soil structure and tilth, so it might be better to limit disking to two or three cycles in total. Plant during the second year of preparation around mid-April to early May, which leaves time for another round of preplant glyphosate, if needed. When planting, be sure to follow planting rate recommendations. Also, be sure to read the labels of any chemical product used on a NWSG stand. For example, Plateau herbicide can be used on big bluestem, indiangrass, and little bluestem but not on switchgrass. Philipp warns that nitrogen fertilizer should not be applied to any new stands of NWSG, as this may fuel weed development more than NWSG growth. “For the rest of the year, NWSG stands should be left alone, which means no grazing or cutting,” Philipp instructs. C.J. Weddle served as the 2020 Hay & Forage Grower editorial intern. She currently attends Mississippi State University, majoring in agricultural education, leadership, and communications. She grew up on a farm in Vardaman, Mississippi, where her family raises sweet potatoes and soybeans.

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NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53, 55 Olson Land and Cattle . . . . . . . . 95 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 P Bar A Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . 95 Perez Cattle Company . . . . . . 3, 95 Pot Of Gold Gelbvieh Assoc . . . . 89 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Cattle Guards / Priddy Const . . . . 58 Punchy Cattle Company . . . . . . 102 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Redd Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Republic Ranches, LLC . . . . . . . . 75 Reverse Rocking R Ranch . . . . . . 38 Reyes Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Reynolds Land & Cattle . . . . . . . 33 Reynolds Farm and Ranch . . . . 106 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . .96 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . 96 Rocky Mountain Santa Gertrudis . 12 Roswell Brangus Breeders Co-op 107 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . 94 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . 36 Salazar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 James Sammons III . . . . . . . . . . 75 St. Vrain Simmentals . . . . . . . . . 92 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty, LLC . 75 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . .22, 95 Southwest Beef Symposium . . . . 70 United Country Real Estate / Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . 78 Suther Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 T & S Manufacturing . . . . . . . . 101 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Terrell Land & Livestock Co. . . . . 75 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Thompson Ranch . . . . . . . . 93, 103 Townsend Brangus . . . . . . . . . . 65 Tucumcari Bull Test . . . . . . . . . . 34 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . . . . 52 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . . . . . 96 W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . . . . . . 61 Walker Martin Ranch Sales . . . . . 79 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . 85, 95 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranch 50, 93 Western Pro Feeders . . . . . . . . 102 Westhaven Longhorns . . . . . . . . 71 Westway Feed Products, LLC . . . . 31 Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch . . . . . 95 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . . . . . 59, 95 Zia Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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