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ON THE COVER . . . “Ahhhhhhh!” An acrylic on canvas by Kathy Winkler, features a son of Lexus – the bull featured on the February 2010 cover who died soon after that cover was released. The bull is notable as the first Lexus bull to have his father’s colors. Both bull and cow on the cover are at N.M. Farm & Ranch Musuem in Las Cruces as part of their breeding program. For more information on this and other Winkler original paintings and commissioned work, please contact KathyWinklerArt@aol.com or visit www.dejavuimpressions.com. Kathy Winkler will be at the 2011 Cowboy Days & the 2011 Ruidoso Cowboy Symposium, & will have a show at N.M. Farm & Ranch Museum August 18 – December 4, 2011.

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“Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Seek His will in all you do, and He will direct your paths. – Proverbs 3:6 NLT

Howdy Folks,

e’ve started another year with prayers that 2011 will be better for our state and nation. A new governor, some new legislators, a new state land commissioner, and many new faces in the different agencies should spark some anticipation for this legislative session. I hope as many as possible can and will be active in Santa Fe this year.

I start purt near every morning with a pot of coffee, some bible reading, and a visit to Frank DuBois’ blog. If ya’ll don’t read his blog, you need to check it out. It is thewesterner.blogspot.com. Frank has done a great job of searching the media to find so many different subjects that not only affect New Mexico, but the entire West. A majority of the nation feels that we have righted a wrong when we went to the polls in November. I also have hope that we can raise the American dream to bygone days, but I see a government that does not listen and cannot hear the voice of the people. Our national agencies are prime examples. The USDA, the Interior Department, Treasury Department, EPA, FDA, DHS, IRS, and others are running amuck with new rules and regulations that are not only crippling the small businesses of America, but are on the verge of destroying the natural resource industries in the U.S. These agencies have turned a deaf ear and a blind eye to America and we need to put some stimulus in their hip pocket ( I don’t mean money in their billfold). We have millions of acres of forests, monuments, wildernesses, parks, and other governmental areas. We don’t need to be crippled with more takeovers of public lands. These agencies cannot care for the lands they are responsible for now, why do they want more except to have more control of the people. I know I have written about this before, so I’ll quit harping on it, but I don’t think we need to let our guard down. The agencies just put a new spin on things and try new and different ideas to gain control. The Legislature is now in full swing and, as always, the NMCGA crew is on top of all the issues affecting our industry. Rex will give us all good insight of the goings on at the board meeting. Let’s all be thankful we have him walking the halls. He has done a great job. Michelle is becoming a dominant force and I am glad she is on our team. Of course Caren still knows where and how to get the job done. Again, if you can spare a few days, go to Santa Fe and help the Ag team work the committees. Remember the Roundhouse Feed is on March 17 and we need plenty of help then, too. I pray that everyone is having a good winter. I know it’s a little on the dry side and a shade cooler than it was last year, but this is just the start of a new year. Better days are coming and I’m looking forward to them. Just seeing the new dawn every morning puts that spark of hope for a glorious day. Let’s not waste it. May God bless us, PS: I knew I would leave a legislator out last month and sure enough I did. I don’t know how any of us could overlook President-Pro Tem Tim Jennings. Sorry Senator! www.nmagriculture.org NEW MEX I CO CATTLE GR OWER S’ ASSOCI ATI ON OFFI CERS Bert Ancell Bell Ranch President

Rex Wilson Carrizozo President Elect

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Jose Varela Lopez Santa Fe Northeast V.P.

Louis Montoya La Plata Northwest V.P.

Ty Bays Silver City Southwest V.P.

Pat Boone Elida Southeast V.P.

Emery Chee Bloomfield V.P. At Large

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LORDSBURG, NM 20 Bar Livestock Highway #90 at NM #3 – East side of highway. Receiving cattle for transport 2nd & 4th weekends of each month. Truck leaves Lordsburg at 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Smiley Wooton, 575/622-5580 office, 575/623-2338 home, 575/626-6253 cell. FORT STOCKTON, TX 1816 E. 53rd Lane, Interstate 10 to exit 259A to FM 1053, 5 1/2 miles north of I-10. Turn right on Stone Rd. (receiving station sign) 1-block. Turn left on 53rd Lane – 3/4 miles to red A-frame house and corrals on right. Buster Williams, 432/336-0219, 432-290-2061. Receiving cattle: 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month. Truck leaves at 3:00 p.m. CT. PECOS, TX Hwy. 80 across from Town & Country Motel. NO PRIOR PERMITS REQUIRED. Nacho, 432/664-8942, 432/4480129, 432/448-6865. Trucks leave Sunday at 4 p.m. CT. VALENTINE, TX 17 miles north of Marfa on Hwy. 90. Red Brown 432/4672682. Pens: 432/358-4640, cell: 432/386-2700. Trucks leave first Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CT. VAN HORN, TX 800 West 2nd, 5 blocks west of Courthouse. Pancho Romero, 432/207-0324, or Pete Ojeda, 432/284-1971. Trucks leave 2nd & 3rd Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CT. MORIARTY, NM Two blocks east and one block south of Tillery Chevrolet. Smiley Wooton 575/622-5580 office, 575/623-2338 home, 575/626-6253 mobile. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00 p.m. MT. SAN ANTONIO, NM River Cattle Co. Nine miles east of San Antonio on U.S. 380. Gary Johnson 575/838-1834. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00 p.m. MT. NEW RECEIVING STATION, T or C, NM Old Greer Pens – I-24 to Exit #75 – Williamsburg – Go east to City Building – Turn right to corrals. Truck leaves at 2:00 pm Sunday. Matt Johnson, 575/740-4507 or Jeff Richter, 575/740-1684.

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Emissions Data from Animal Feeding Operations Study Now Available EPA also solicits additional information to further understand emissions

he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making data publicly available from a two-year study of air emissions from animal feeding operations (AFOs). AFOs, which house large numbers of animals for production of meat, dairy products and eggs, were monitored for the following air pollutants: ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds. The data available today are from the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study, which resulted from a 2005 voluntary compliance agreement between EPA and the AFO industry. The study was funded by industry and conducted by Purdue University researchers with EPA oversight. Throughout the studies, participating AFOs made their operations available for monitoring and worked closely with the researchers, industry experts and EPA. Researchers monitored emissions at AFOs that raise pigs and broiler chickens, at egg-laying operations, and at dairies, with a total of 24 monitoring sites in nine states. A separate industry study monitored emissions from a broiler chicken operation in Kentucky. EPA will use data from the studies to help develop improved methodologies for estimating AFO emissions. Such methodologies are commonly used to estimate emissions from industries where site-specific monitoring data are not available. At the request of the agriculture industry, EPA also is issuing a Call for Information seeking data from other monitoring studies of AFO emissions. Submitting this information is not required; however, it will help the agency ensure that its emissions estimating tools are based on the best scientific data available. EPA is requesting quality-assured data on emissions of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds, along with information about how animals are housed or managed, and how manure is stored and treated at the monitored operations. The agency is asking for this information for operations that raise pigs, chickens, turkeys and beef cattle, and for egg-laying and dairy cattle operations. Once the Call for Information is published in the Federal Register, there will be a 45-day comment period. EPA will make draft methodologies available for public review and comment on a rolling basis, beginning in spring 2011. Information on submitting data and data from the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study: http://www.epa.gov/airquality/agmonitoring/index.html Information about the voluntary air compliance agreement: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/agreements/caa/cafon agr.html

Young Vows To Fight Enviro Laws He Says Hurt Tribal Energy Development

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by PHIL TAYLOR, E&E REPORTER ep. Don Young, chairman of a new House subcommittee on American Indian and Alaska Native affairs, says he will battle federal laws such as the Endangered Species Act that have derailed energy and economic development on tribal lands. The Alaska Republican, who last week took the gavel of the Natural Resources Committee’s new Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee, said he would ensure federal environmental laws do not obstruct energy development for the nation’s 565 federally recognized Indian tribes and that federal agencies live up to their trust obligations with native communities. “They have not been adequately served by the federal government when it comes to trying to encourage their advancement,” Young said in an interview with E&E Daily. “They’ve been deprived of developing their lands if they wish to do so.” Action is needed to loosen federal regulations and eliminate permitting steps that have stifled energy and economic development for tribes, Young said. “Let’s say you have a cattle ranch and you’re supposed to be able to provide for your people on a reservation. The [gray] wolf is put on the Endangered Species Act and they’re killing your cattle,” Young said. “Wait a minute, that’s great for someone in New York or California, but not for the tribe that wants to protect their cattle herd.” Young also criticized what he called duplicative federal regulations on Indian lands and accused federal agencies of employing regulators simply for the sake of creating jobs. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have complained for years that the Interior Department permitting process often slows energy development and discourages possible business investment. “[Tribes] ought to be able to [develop energy] without what I call restrictions that are really uncalled for, or doing the double dipping as far as federal control,” Young said. “We have so many people

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involved in these offices, and really, what are they doing? They are implementing regulatory law that is not voted upon that determines how people live.” The 20-term congressman and former full committee chairman would not elaborate on any specific legislative plans but said his chairmanship would be guided by the philosophy that tribes have not gotten a fair shake from the federal government. He did, however, promise to reintroduce a controversial bill that would allow the transfer of thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest to a southeast Alaska native corporation for possible timber development. Proponents say the deal is the most equitable way for the federal government to meet its remaining obligations under a 1971 settlement ordering the return of about 375,000 federal acres to Sealaska, but critics argue that privatization of the lands will undermine efforts to shift forest management away from oldgrowth logging.

requires federal studies and public involvement for any energy project to take place. “For the private surface landowner across the street from the tribe, NEPA doesn’t apply,” Moorehead said. Moorehead, a former chief council for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, cited increased fees for drilling permits on public lands as another roadblock impeding energy development on tribal lands. “Taken together they present a pretty formidable challenge to energy development on Indian lands,” Moorehead said. “They are precisely the types of things that we hope Don Young’s subcommittee will

deal with in the next year or so.” Dan Kish, a senior vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy Research who worked for the Natural Resources Committee under Young’s chairmanship, said the congressman has “always believed the government should live up to its obligation to Indians, but he’s also a strong believer in self-determination.” “He also brings to this a certain sensitivity, a feeling both about the govern ment’s obligation to first Americans, if you will, as well as a belief that a lot of what continued on page 16

Tribal reaction

Attorneys for tribal organizations said they hope Young will pursue legislation that will help unlock major troves of renewable energy on reservations, as well as clear hurdles for development of conventional oil and gas. “The old trust system creates a lot of red tape when trying to do any economic transaction,” said John Dossett, general counsel for the National Congress of American Indians. “Businesses just don’t want to wait around for three years while the Bureau of Indian Affairs gets its business done.” Dossett cited legislation from the last Congress that would allow tribes to oversee part of the surface leasing approval process normally reserved for Interior and a sweeping draft package by former Senate Indian Affairs Chairman Byron Dorgan (DN.D.) that aimed to address some of the regulatory inequities tribes face in spurring development. “Tribes now have a lot more capacity and they don’t need the secretary to review every leasing operation,” which include standard subleases in tribal office buildings, Dossett said. Paul Moorehead, an attorney for Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Washington, D.C., said that while tribes are sovereign nations, they are also subject to environmental laws including ESA and the National Environmental Policy Act, which

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we’ve been doing has been counterproductive,” Kish said. Young’s late wife was Native Alaskan, and he has two Native children and 14 native grandchildren. He taught fifth grade at a Native Alaskan school in the 1960s in Fort Yukon. “Don has unique and personal experience with Native affairs over his many years serving the state of Alaska and his reputation in tribal communities and Native villages is well established,” said Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) in a statement late last month. “He brings a wealth of knowledge to this position and will ensure that tribal issues receive the proper focus and attenn tion.”

Off-Highway Vehicle Program Accepting Grant Proposals he New Mexico Off-Highway Vehicle Program is accepting proposals for 2011-2012 grants related to OHV recreation, safety and education. The program, directed by the Department of Game and Fish, provides funding to federal, state and local government agencies, tribal governments and qualified nonprofit sponsors for the purpose of advancing the provisions of the New Mexico Off-Highway Vehicle Act. Grant application forms and more information about the program’s reimbursement process are available on the Department websites, www.wildlife.state.nm.us or www.B4u

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Lands News hen Congress went into its lame duck session the Obama administration and the Democrats were on the political ropes. They had just been handed one of the worst election defeats in modern times in November. All but the most partisan of political pundits saw it as a repudiation of the leftist agenda they had pursued for the last two years. At the end of the session, however, compromises were made to avoid massive tax increases while at the same time spending was increased even further in a frenzy of deal-making just before Christmas. The incredible end result was a rehabilitation of at least some of the administration’s reputation. For New Mexico and advocates of multiple use on western federal lands there was also a major win in the Senate. The Omnibus Lands Bill that included S.1689, Senator Bingaman’s wilderness bill, was allowed to die. The Omnibus Bill included

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a lot of bad legislation but S. 1689 was among the worst of it. Frank Dubois and the rest of the People for Preserving Our Western Heritage group deserve a round of applause for organizing the opposition to this proposal and saving all of us from another massive boondoggle of wilderness designation that by its proximity to the border would have exposed southern New Mexico to even more of the border violence that plagues the region already. Senator Bingaman’s cooperation with extreme environmental groups in pursuing this legislation and his support of Reid, Pelosi and the administration’s agenda during the last two years has disappointed many of his supporters who had previously considered him to be a consensus builder. During this last session he was a part of a majority that repeatedly forced unpopular legislation through Congress against the wishes of most of his constituents.

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With the Republicans in control of the House, it’s not likely that there will be more wilderness proposals in this Congress but wilderness supporters will try to find other ways to control land use and come back at us when the political climate is more favorable to their cause. One of the ways they intend to do that is apparently through administrative fiat. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Secretarial Order 3310, a new initiative to identify BLM lands with wilderness attributes in need of special protection. The implication is that he intends to go around congressional jurisdiction to declare wilderness and establish de-facto wilderness on his own without congressional approval. The proposal has been met with vocal opposition by western governors and legislators who see it as another way to continued on page 20

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control development and use of western natural resources by Washington without input from state or local interests. Republicans have promised oversight of administration policies when federal agencies overstep their bounds. This is one area where they will have a great opportunity to demonstrate the value of that process and show that their campaign talk before the last election was not just more political hot air. They also now have the means to stop a lot of administrative nonsense with control of the House and the ability to deny funding to crazy ideas like the new EPA greenhouse gas emissions rules. In some of the ongoing legal battles, grazing and other ag interests came out of the Ninth Circuit court with a rare win.

The court struck down the “none but a federal defendant” rule that has given an unfair advantage to litigious environmental groups for years. Until this ruling these groups could sue federal agencies like the Forest Service or BLM over an issue that affected grazing permittees or other federal land users. Those most affected by the decision could file briefs but they couldn’t intervene. The new ruling means they can now assume a more meaningful role in the process and be a factor in any ruling or settlement. That will be a big help in legal actions filed by environmentalists who use the courts to manipulate the system. An example of how this comes into play is the current enviro petition and the companion suit against the BLM and Forest Service over the grazing fee. In response to the grazing fee petition, the agencies said

they weren’t going to pursue new regulations to raise the fee. They didn’t say it wasn’t warranted but they are just too busy with other things. In the lawsuit over the grazing fee, however, the administration reportedly has a tentative agreement with the enviros awaiting court approval. The attorney representing ranchers in the case says he has requested to be involved in the discussions but has been denied. In the future if the Ninth Circuit ruling is applied, affected interests could intervene and be made party to the argument and presumably any settlement discussions. The BLM has published a federal register notice that they intend to reverse their previous policy and make permittee’s continued on page 23

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names and addresses available on the web with other permit information. That used to be considered a violation of the Privacy Act. If you comment on the proposal, your name and address will be included in the public record of your comment. Looks like another cave-in by the BLM and a no-win situation for permittees. The New Mexico Cattle Growers has filed a petition with the Water Quality Control Commission to halt implementation of the Outstanding Natural Resource Waters rules. Although it doesn’t directly affect grazing, the rule would give environmentalists another avenue to sue state government over watershed management or protection that could restrict or eliminate grazing. This rule would give them another open door to try to remove grazing from federal land. They have plenty of those already. Congress won’t have a chance to stop EPA greenhouse gas regulation until the budget process begins at the federal level but in New Mexico the election did make an immediate difference on that issue. Governor Martinez in one of her first administrative acts fired the conflict-ridden Environmental Improvement Board and placed their new emissions regulations under review. That at least slows the

process down to allow the legislature time to debate and act on the proposal or failing that, a new EIB to wind it down. Although the majority party did not change in the New Mexico legislature, there is a better balance and after two terms of the Governor’s office dominating everything at the state level there may be more even-handed control of the state’s business. There are several signs that point to more cooperation and the state’s fiscal condition may force some of that. Governor Martinez seems to have gotten off to a good start with an effective transition and appointment of capable people to serve on her team but she inherited a financial situation that will be a real challenge. Public education funding is always one of the toughest financial matters to deal with and this year promises to be even worse. There is already a Senate bill to force schools with fewer than 1,000 students to consolidate with bigger systems. All of us who know anything about country and small town schools know that closing the school means closing the community and once a small school goes away, it never comes back. That would force many ranch families to either move to town or home school. Some choose those options anyway but they shouldn’t be forced to because legislators think they need the

illusion of budget savings to cover throwing money away in urban school districts. When all the costs of moving rural kids to big school districts and the loss of the rural school atmosphere and what it does for academic performance by rural kids are considered the move would be a net loss. Congratulations to Alice Eppers the newest recipient of the Bud’s Contract Award. Alice may be the most deserving of all who have been recognized because no one did more to help Bud with his efforts on our behalf than Alice. She has also been the Secretary Treasurer of the New Mexico Federal Lands Council until this last year and served as Chaves County Commissioner. Congratulations also to the other award recipients including Frank Dubois recognized with the Bruce and Alice King Service award, Larry Dominguez, winner of the Siempre Ayudando Alli award and Bill King, Cattleman of the Year. The folks who win these awards don’t do what they do for the recognition but it is always nice when we can shine a little light on someone who has done a lot for our industry and our way of life. This winter has been exceptionally dry so far. At least it hasn’t been too cold. I hear the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a wet spring and summer if we can hold out that long. Until next time, may God bless us all. n

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insulation and a source of energy reserves). A thin cow must rob even more body fat in order to keep warm. It becomes a vicious cycle. Calves born to thin cows may be compromised in body condition and immune health, and more prone to disease during their first weeks of life. Calves from thin cows may be born weak, unable to get up quickly and nurse — not getting colostrum soon enough. Cold stress also hinders a calf’s ability to absorb colostral antibodies. Thin cows may not produce adequate levels of antibodies in their colostrum if they have been short on protein in their diet. Calf survivability is always lowered in thin cows, as is the cow’s ability to rebreed. Windbreaks and bedding should be provided during winter storms if you live in a cold climate, so cattle won’t expend so much energy just to keep warm. Without bedding, energy requirements in sub-zero weather may increase by 12 to 15 percent on a cold night, just to offset the heat lost when cattle have to lie on cold ground. If weather is cold and windy, cows must eat more food to keep warm. If they stand behind windbreaks or huddle in a group to protect themselves from the wind, rather than grazing, they can’t eat enough to

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you feed them all the poor quality roughage they can eat — whether straw or low quality, mature grass hay — and enough alfalfa to provide the necessary protein for digesting it. Adusting gradually to cold weather

Cattle that have a chance to acclimate gradually to winter develop a thick hair coat and put on body fat if feed sources are adequate. Hair and fat both serve as good insulation against the cold. If you have cold winters, select a type of cattle with a naturally thick hair coat, that fatten easily. They’ll handle the cold much better than the breeds that were developed for hot climates. If you live in a cold climate and buy cattle from a warmer area, bring them home before cold weather starts, so they will have time to grow a good hair coat. With short summer hair, the typical beef cow may chill when temperatures drop below 40 degrees F. whereas a cow with a heavy winter coat can stay comfortable at temperatures below zero F. if there’s no wind. She can also adjust to cold weather by increasing her metabolic rate, to increase heat production. Increased metabolism

will also increase her appetite and she’ll eat more, to help her keep warm. But if a cow gets too cold, heat loss and cold stress will reduce her appetite and decrease her efficiency of feed conversion. Body metabolism is adversely affected if body temperature drops. Mammals must maintain a fairly constant body temperature to keep up the metabolic processes that enable the body to function. If temperatures drop below the animal’s comfort zone, there’s not only an increase in maintenance requirements, but digestibility is also reduced. This further increases the feed needs of cattle. Research has shown that there’s a decline of about 1 percent in feed digestibility for each 2 degrees of temperature drop. But cattle that are adapted to cold weather have more efficient digestion at cold temperatures than unadapted cattle and are more resistant to the depressing effects of cold on digestion. Critical temperature

If a cow has a good winter coat, she does fine until temperature drops below 20 to 30 degrees F. Below that, she must compensate for heat loss by increasing her energy intake, to increase heat production

Windbreaks Natural windbreaks of trees or brush make good protection for cattle, as do some variances in terrain (like hills that block the prevailing winds). In pens or pastures without natural windbreaks, boards on fences can reduce wind chill by up to 70 percent. If you live in a climate with winter snow, remember that wind curls up over a solid barrier and will deposit snowdrifts on the downwind side. A windbreak fence with a little open space between the boards can help prevent this, while still giving some wind protection to the cattle standing or lying behind it. and maintain her body temperature. Healthy cows in average body condition (body score 5) or higher, acclimated to cold weather, have a “lower critical temperature point” of about 20 degrees F. This is the point at which maintenance requirements increase and you must feed them continued on page 30

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more. This is the lower limit of the comfort zone, below which the animal must increase the rate of heat production. This is also the temperature below which an animal’s rate of performance (growth, milk production, etc.) begins to decline. A 1,100-pound pregnant cow needs about 11.2 pounds of total digestible nutrients (TDN) per day when temperatures are above freezing or even above her lower critical temperature point which may be slightly colder than freezing. If the temperature drops 20 degrees below her lower critical temperature, she needs 20 percent more TDN (2.2 more pounds of digestible nutrients). To supply that, you can feed her 5 pounds of hay containing 50 percent TDN. Your county agent or a cattle nutritionist can help you figure out the nutrient quality of your hay. Wind or moisture will make the effective temperature (felt by the body) lower than the temperature stated on a thermometer. Always figure in the wind chill (using a standard wind chill chart) when arriving at the number of degrees below a cow’s critical temperature point. For example, a 10 mile per hour wind at 20 degrees F. has the same effect on the body as a temperature of 9 degrees with no wind. A 30 mile per hour wind at 20 degrees would be very similar to zero degrees on a calm day. If temperature drops to zero, or the equivalent of zero when figuring in the wind chill, the energy requirement of a cow increases something between 20 and 30 percent, about 1 percent for every degree of coldness below the cow’s critical temperature. Cattle can’t eat enough extra feed to compensate for heat loss at minus 50 degrees (which would be the case at 15 below zero with a 40 mph wind, for instance). In these conditions, they need windbreaks to reduce heat loss during winter storms. During severely cold weather, cattle also need bedding to insulate them from frozen ground, which will also help conserve their body heat. Cattle of British breeds and crosses, with normal winter hair coats, need about 1/3 more feed than normal when exposed to a wind chill that brings effective temperature down to zero. Critical temperature for any individual animal, however, will vary according to age, size, hair coat, moisture conditions, fat covering, length of time exposed to adverse weather, and wind speed. Feedlot steers, for example, with extra fat and access to windbreaks, 30

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Lower critical temperature changes when cattle get wet. Even though a cow with a good hair coat may be comfortable when temperature gets down to freezing, or even down to 20 degrees F, if she gets wet from rain or continuous snow her comfort zone is narrower; she may chill if the temperature is below 50 to 60 degrees. A thin cow with a poor hair coat, or any cow that gets thoroughly wet, needs more feed in these conditions. A cow that’s wet will need 40 percent more TDN at 30 degrees than the same cow with a dry hair coat.

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With severe wind chill and wet conditions, it is impractical or impossible to feed enough additional energy to provide the calories needed — especially if you try to use grain as the supplemental energy source, since that much grain would cause digestive disorders in cattle that are not accustomed to eating grain. It’s much more cost effective to provide windbreaks to offset wind chill, and to have cattle in adequate body condition for winter — with enough energy stored as fat, for reserves. A wet storm is always harder on cattle than dry cold. Wet hair can’t keep out the cold and the cow will chill. If hair is dry, it stays fluffy and traps body heat in tiny air spaces between the hairs, creating a blanket of insulation between the cow’s body and the cold air. Hair will shed water for a while; the water will run off because of the natural oils that make the hair coat somewhat waterproof. But once it gets completely wet — as in an all-day rain or severe snowstorm, the hair lies flatter and its insulating quality is lost. Cattle suffer a lot more cold stress in wet weather than in dry cold. They can be fairly comfortable at 10 below zero F. on a still, dry day, and quite miserable at 35 degrees in a storm with rain and wind. All too often stockmen tend to overlook the effects of wet weather, because the temperature isn’t really cold. Yet a cow’s continued on page 95

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contributions of the FFA.” To participate in the competition, chapters must submit their videos using the newly created Weeding out Hunger Facebook page between February 1 and March 31, 2011. The public will be invited to view and vote for their favorite videos beginning April 1, 2011. Public online voting will determine five regional finalists who will advance to a final round of judging, conducted by a panel selected by Syngenta. The panel will select a Grand Champion who will receive the top prize of $3,000, and a Reserve Champion who will receive $1,500. They also will choose three best-of-category winners who will receive $500 each. To participate in the competition, students must be active members of an FFA chapter and sponsored by a chapter advisor. Additional information about the competition including official rules and project guidelines can be found on the Weeding out Hunger Facebook page on the tab titled FFA Video Challenge. Syngenta created Weeding out Hunger with Halex GT in 2010 to help alleviate hunger in farming communities across

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Scuse Named Acting Undersecretary ichael Scuse will take the position of acting undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services when Jim Miller leaves the undersecretary post to return to Capitol Hill as an aide to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND). Scuse has been serving as deputy undersecretary for almost two years. Conrad announced in mid-January that Miller, who worked for him on the 2008 farm bill, would be returning to his staff. An aide said Miller was expected to stay at USDA for through January. The office of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack informed USDA employees that Scuse would becoming acting undersecretary. In that role, Scuse will oversee the Farm Service Agency (FSA), which distribute farm subsidies, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), which analyzes production in other countries and promotes U.S. agricultural sales overseas, and the Risk Management Agency (RMA), which oversees crop insurance. Scuse was Delaware agriculture secretary from May 2001 until September 2008, when Governor Ruth Ann Minner, a Democrat, named him as her chief of staff. From 1996 to 2001, Scuse served as both chairman of the Kent County, Delaware, Regional Planning Commission and chairman of USDA’s Farmer Service Agency state committee. Before that, he was Kent County recorder of deeds. While he was agriculture secretary of Delaware, Scuse served as a vice president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and as president of the Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Scuse was appointed to the USDA post in April 2009, at which time Vilsack said in a news release that he brought two important strengths to the role: “He has extensive knowledge of agriculture and a solid management background. Having served as Delaware’s agriculture secretary and vice president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, Michael knows U.S. agriculture from both state and national perspectives. He also understands farming first-hand. For 35 years, he and his brother have run a successful grain operation in their home state.” No announcement has been made about a possible permanent successor to Miller. The position requires Senate conn firmation.

Communities of Strangers ewspapers tell us the news, they aren’t supposed to be in the news. Sadly, that’s the case as I read more and more pundits predicting the end of newsprint. Many newspapers, it seems, won’t even be around to carry their own obituaries. Supposedly we’re going to do all our reading on our cell phones and electronic tablets, and companies like Google and Nokia are already dancing on the graves of the newsprint dinosaurs. I can easily do without television but I can’t even begin to imagine breakfast without a newspaper. It pains me to see once big city great daily newspapers, the grand dames of publishing, shrinking in size and status. But before we relegate all newspapers to the scrap heap of history I’d suggest we consider the many things that newspapers can do that the Internet can’t, and I’m not talking about swatting flies, lighting kindling or lining the bird cage. (When your face has been pooped on by a parakeet you know you’ve arrived as a syndicated columnist.) There was never a lot of extra cash laying around our house but my mom always found the money to subscribe to the local paper. My mother was a smart woman and she knew that newspapers kept her children and her country better educated and free. She also knew that our community newspaper was what gave us a sense of community. Today we hear about Facebook and other Internet “communities”, but they are communities of strangers. “Friends” who’ve never met. Readers of a community newspaper know each other. Our local newspaper keeps us informed of what is going on, who died, who needs our help and where to shop. I can distinctly remember the first time I ever got my picture in the Santa Paula Daily Chronicle. I thought what greater accomplishment could there possibly be? My grandmother disseminated that clipping far and wide. The best writing I’ve ever read was in newspapers. Don’t forget, Mark Twain got his start writing for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper. I grew up reading a sportswriter named Jim Murray and I believe he’s the reason I’m a writer today. When you write for a newspaper you’d

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FROM MSNBC fter knocking on 50 million doors and handling tens of millions of surveys, the Census Bureau announced that the official population of the United States is now 308,745,538. The 2010 census also shows America’s once-torrid population growth dropping to its lowest level in seven decades. The new number, based on the surveys taken on April 1, 2010, is a 9.7 percent increase over the last census, 281.4 million residents in 2000. But that’s slower than the 13.2 percent increase from 1990 to 2000. And it’s the slowest rate of increase since the 1940 census. That is the decade in which the Great Depression slashed the population growth rate by more than half, to 7.3 percent. The Census figures will be used to reapportion the 435 House seats among the 50 states. The numbers trigger a high-stakes process wherein the dominant party in each state redraws the election map, shaping the political landscape for the next 10 years.

cally since 2010 was Texas (up 4,293,741 to 25,145,561); the state that gained the most as a percentage was Nevada (up 35 percent to 2,700,551). Politically, Texas will gain four House seats due to a burgeoning Hispanic population and a diversified economy that held up relatively well during the recession. Other winners are GOP-leaning Arizona (1) and Florida (2). Other states with increases are: Georgia (1), South Carolina (1), Utah (1) and Washington (1). States that lose seats are: Illinois (1), Iowa (1), Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1), Missouri (1), New Jersey (1), New York (2), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (1). And, for the first time in its history, California did not gain a House seat after a census after losing many of its residents in the last decade to neighboring states.

The U.S. is still growing quickly relative to other developed nations. The population in France and England each increased roughly 5 percent over the past decade, while in Japan the number is largely unchanged and in Germany the population is declining. China grew at about 6 percent; Canada’s growth rate is roughly 10 percent. “We have a youthful population that will create population momentum through a large number of births, relative to deaths, for years to come,” said Mark Mather, an associate vice president at the Population Reference Bureau, a private firm in Washington that analyzes census data. “But demographers generally expect slower growth in the first decade of the 21st century.” The declining growth rate since 2000 is due partly to the economic meltdown in 2008, which brought U.S. births and illegal immigration to a near standstill compared with previous years. The 2010 count represents the number of people — citizens as well as legal and illegal immigrants — who called the U.S. their home on April 1 this year. The most populous state was California (37,253,956); the least populous, Wyoming (563,626). The state that gained the most numeri-

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gram. He was Executive Secretary in the IAPAL (International Association for Programs of Agricultural Leadership) organization until his death. Bill did international programs with Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iraq and Israel. He was admitted to the International Hall of Fame for Adult and Continuing Education at the University of Oklahoma and served as a Director for the Central Bank for Cooperatives. He was nationally recognized as “Agriculture’s Ambassador of Goodwill.” Survivors include his wife, Polly; sons Ron (wife, Nita), Olsburg, Kansas, and Tom, Marlow, Oklahoma; daughter Susan (husband, Tim Brown), Westmoreland, Kansas; sisters-inlaw, Elizabeth Pope and Georgia O’Hare; as well as grandchildren, great-grandchildren and many friends and past students. John Francis (Jack) Morrow, 86, passed away Dec. 21, 2010, in New Braunfels, Texas. He was born in Raton, the second of five children of John and Dorothy (Trumble) Morrow. Jack was raised on the family ranch near Folsom and Trinchera, Colo. After serving in the Air Force for two

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t seems that life continually operates at a dull roar around here, but just about the time you think it couldn’t get any more bizarre some wing-nut goes postal and shoots a Congresswoman, kills a federal judge, and wounds and kills many others – in a place that shaped a good part of my life in a parking lot that I could very well have used as some point in the past. This certainly isn’t about me, but the intersections of the horrible tragedy and the events that we work on every day are fairly amazing. Congresswoman Gabriella Giffords represents southeastern Arizona including Cochise County with a good chunk of the international border with Mexico falling within her district. She is known for her Safeway grocery store parking lot meetings with constituents. Many of my friends and family in the district were less than impressed with the efforts of Giffords or anyone else in the Arizona congressional delegation regarding the safety of the Mexican border. For Giffords, at least, that all changed on March 28, 2010, when Rob Krentz was murdered. Within a few days, Giffords was meeting with local ranchers and hundreds of others at the Apache School House to try and figure out what could be done to prevent further tragedy. I certainly won’t say that she was able to solve the problem, but Giffords interest was genuine and she has continued to work with ranchers and landowners in the area in an attempt to gain the attention of the Obama Administration. As we have seen, even with the

pressure from New Mexico’s U.S. Senators and Congressman Teague and Senator John McCain and others joining in the chorus, there continues to be ridiculous statements from folks like Homeland Security Secretary and former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano about the supreme safety along the border. At the same time signs are going up in Arizona telling Americans they are not protected if they venture into federally controlled lands along the border. Drugs continue to flow nearly unimpeded through Cochise County and all along the border and ranchers in the area continue to live in fear for their lives and property. Like many incumbent Democrats, even though she was a “moderate,” Giffords had a tough election race with her vote in favor of Obama care at the center of the date. In

the end, after lots of counting, Giffords held her seat in Congress. While nothing compares with what will forever be dubbed The Tucson Tragedy, the actions of the media and local officials were at least as bizarre as the shooting itself. Being a political/news junky, I was alerted to the shootings by family and officers within minutes of reports hitting the airwaves. I then spent a great deal of time following news reports and commentary. I cannot help but think that the 24-hour news networks aided in the confusion about who was shot, how many were shot and who was alive in the effort to be the first with the news. There is no excuse for the misinformation that was spread on the alleged shooter and his motives. continued on page 38

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It wasn’t like there was a giant search going on for the perpetrator. He was in custody of concerned citizens almost immediately and they likely prevented much more carnage. But not satisfied with the fact that they had their suspect and simply needed to begin to try and figure out what led up to the shooting and what might have motivated it, local law enforcement took their 15 minutes of fame blaming certain individuals with a certain political point of view for using hate speech to incite such violence. Columnists jumped to point out that the security situation in Arizona was trumped up by fear mongers (my words, not theirs) and many other equally ignorant assertions. In reality it turns out that apparently The Tucson Tragedy had a lot more to do with the status of mental health care in our nation, the weight that those local law enforcement officials put on previous threats — which might have influenced whether or not the deadly gun could have been purchased — and the personal responsibility that we all have when we see that someone needs help. Are we (includ-

ing me) so tied up in political correctness that we can ignore those around us and their needs in the name of personal freedoms and minding our own business? Must we grab at virtually any opportunity, no matter how tragic, to score political points? Does the end justify any means? These are questions that we must ponder as we pray for the continued recovery of Congresswoman Giffords and continue to assess our own surroundings for our own safety. Losses

There is no way to fathom the loss of life in Tucson on that January Saturday, but the livestock industry in the Southwest is going to miss the fairness and even hand of Federal District Judge John Roll. We have learned much over the past few weeks about Judge Roll, the human, and his heroic efforts to save the life of another at the cost of his own, while he was doing nothing more than telling a friend hello after a visit to his church. We first became acquainted with Judge Roll as he presided over the famed 666/2562 lawsuit in 1997 when the then Forest Guardians (now WildEarth Guardians — did our burning forests have anything to do with that politically moti-

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vated name change?) and Center for Biological Diversity (CDB) filed suit to remove all grazing from U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands in Arizona and New Mexico. There were initially two cases filed that were combined into one that had its’ first hearing in Tucson in the spring of 1998 before Judge Roll. The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) and the Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association (ACGA) intervened in the suit and were prepared to put on a case complete with plenty of ranchers across the two states to testify. You can imagine our surprise and chagrin when, not very far into the hearing, we learned that the USFS had cut a deal with the socalled environmental groups without so much as the courtesy of letting us know that there were discussions taking place. We were never able to present the land stewards story. Judge Roll refused to ratify the settlement agreement because the range livestock industry had been left out of the process. There were several other cases since that that Judge Roll played a pivotal role in. We didn’t win them all, but we knew that we were given a fair opportunity continued on page 39

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to present our side of the story. He will be deeply missed. Moving Forward

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Although relationships on some fronts with the USFS are better, their habits in court haven’t improved greatly despite a glimmer of hope. We were extremely pleased last year when we teamed up with the USFS to win the case filed by the WildEarth Guardians against the use of Congressional authorized categorical exclusions (CEs) for permit renewal in the Gila National Forest. Only to be crushed when the agency decided to settle an appeal to the 10th Circuit by subjecting several allotment owners to environment assessments (EAs) and maybe even full blown environmental impact statements (EISs). There was enough evidence to prove to Federal District Court Judge Browning that this additional work was not necessary. Judges on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals were never even given the opportunity to consider the case, yet the USFS is rolling over and playing dead. There is more to come on this story because the NMCGA, the New Mexico Fed-

The 2011 New Mexico Legislature has opened its 60 day Session and as usual, it is a different breed of duck this year. I have learned over time that there are never any two that are alike. To be clear and with full respect to members of the Legislature, for those of you who haven’t been there, the New Mexico State Capitol is a round building fondly called the Roundhouse – so everything is in a circle. The change in Administration and make up the House has caused some changes and committees got a bit slower start than usual. There are bills of every kind and nature. If you want to follow along from home you can do so via the website at http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/. The website not only allows you to look up and read bills, but it also provides schedules and agendas and you can watch or listen to Floor Sessions as well as committee hearings.

As to issues that might impact the range livestock industry and agriculture, as usual there are many. However, the overarching issue as of this writing is school consolidation. There are two Senate bills that would at least start the process of consolidating all schools with student enrollment of less than 1,000. That would be pretty much all rural schools as well as urban charter schools – some 60 percent of the schools in New Mexico. There is also a memorial to look into the potential of such consolidation. Hopefully if anything prevails it will be that memorial. According to the media, New Mexico currently ranks 49th in the nation in education. I hope that decision makers will take the time to look at the statistics on success rates of rural schools. One school that serves NMCGA members has a 100 percent high school graduation rate followed up with a 70 percent college graduation rate. Yes, that school generally graduates less than 10 students per year, but they are productive citizens. In what would today be a totally unacceptable statement, a school board member from this school told then Secretary of continued on page 40

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the Interior that he and his neighbors sent their children to school with guns not condoms. Clearly he meant for protection during their travels to and from school, not for use at school. Today, of course, it is illegal to have a fire arm around a school. But we haven’t heard of many school shootings over time in rural areas anywhere. Many of those students are already driving or being bused 30 or 40 miles. This is the rule in rural New Mexico, not the exception. Consolidation could double or triple that trip. One county in New Mexico could end up with a single school system – and that county is larger than some states in the Union. With the amount of the state budget spent on education and the ranking the

state has, there is no doubt that something needs to be done, but I respectfully submit the solution does not lie in larger schools. And just imagine what the carbon foot print might be of all that school transportation! The Hits Keep Coming

On the heels of the introduction of these school consolidation measures, we learned that the U.S. Postal Service is looking at closing Post Offices across the nation, several in New Mexico. If you take away the Post Office and the school, what is left in many, many rural communities? But what the heck, let’s take out one of the two industries left in rural New Mexico just for good measure. Ever after the destruction of the range livestock industry the New Mexico Wildlife Federation is

doing just what was expected in the Legislature. They are attempting to eliminate the outfitting and guide industry. In the mid 1990s there was a major war in the Legislature in an attempt to provide more hunting opportunity for residents. Up until that time anyone had an equal chance of drawing an elk tag in New Mexico, residents and non residents alike. The dispute was eventually settled by setting aside ten percent of the states draw tags for non residents, 12 percent for guides and outfitters and 78 percent for resident. These numbers are in addition to the private landowner tags that provide incentive to landowners to provide habitat, water and supplementation when necessary to the state’s wildlife. continued on page 95

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wife and I really enjoyed the Longhorns, then were able to start our own herd.” Show cattle and trophy steers are the Wilsons’ main focus, although they do sell some bulls and sell some animals as beef. “We really like to show the cattle. We take them places and show them off, and let people take pictures with them,” he noted. Bull customers are typically commercial cattlemen looking for a bull to use on first-calf heifers. “Several customers have had good success using our bulls as heifer bulls,” Wilson said. “It’s safer for the heifer to be able to go ahead and have a small calf without any problems, so you don’t lose both cow and calf. Then, the next year, she will be ready for the ranch’s production program.” Wilson grew up on his family’s com-

here is just something about Longhorn cattle that makes people slow down and take a second look. Whether it’s the horns or the variety of colors and markings, it’s hard to deny the appeal of these cattle, which evolved to survive in harsh desert conditions in Mexico and the Southwest. Traits like hardiness and calving ease appeal to the commercial cattleman while markets for roping and “ornamental” cattle and byproducts like hides and horns give producers many options with this versatile breed.

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Texas Longhorn Breeders of New Mexico President Wade Wilson and his family – wife Kristi and children Zack, Wyatt and Cheyenne – raise registered Texas Longhorns at JK Wilson Longhorns near Capitan. Wilson’s first real exposure to the breed, other than as roping cattle, came when the Socorro County ranch he was working for started running Longhorns in 2000. While it is mainly a hunting ranch, the owners did want some cattle, and wanted a more historic breed that would be unique to the ranch, he explained. Longhorns, which were brought to Mexico from Spain, turned loose, and evolved on their own over time, were a good fit. “My

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mercial and Angus operation, and says he pulled his fair share of calves. “When you lose calves or cows to calving problems, that’s money going down the drain. I’m not going to say that you’ll never have to pull a Longhorn calf, but I’ve never had any calving problems. Some of the Wilsons’ cattle are sold as trophy steers to people who want to be able to look out their window and see a Longhorn or two. “If someone asks, I will save them a bull. Otherwise, we leave calves as bulls until they are about a year old, then steer them. Then, my son starts working to gentle and halter break the cattle and make them into riding steers.” “I always suggest that people buy the steers in twos, so that they’ll have company,” Wilson continued. “A single animal will get lonely and start wandering, which can cause problems.” Disease resistance and longevity are two strengths of the breed, Wilson said. “We had cows on the ranch I worked on that were twenty years old and still raising a good calf every year.” He also credits Longhorns for producing quality beef. “Longhorns produce lean, healthy beef, with less fat. You’ll hear some people say that it’s not good beef, that it’s tough, but that’s just not true.” Wilson also cites the breed’s gentle disposition. “Some people think that Longhorns are intimidating, or wild, but that’s not the case. My kids are around the cattle all the time and the cows don’t pay them any attention. In fact, Wilson’s son Zack, now twelve, has been showing Longhorns since he was three years old and breaking them to ride since he was nine. Zack is one of three boys in New Mexico who ride Longhorn steers at various events, including parades and TLBNM shows, where they post the colors. ... to the Plains

Longhorn cattle have been part of the Canyon Blanco Ranch operation, near Ft. Sumner, since 1972. Frances Hall Fikany, who operates the ranch today along with her daughter and son-in-law Rod and Mary Zack Wilson, JK Wilson Longhorns, on one of his riding steers.

McClain, says that looks first attracted her to the breed. “I had seen Longhorns on the YO Ranch in San Antonio, Texas, and thought they were beautiful,” she explained. “Later, my husband and I were visiting a friend in Glenwood who had three heifers he wanted to sell, so we brought them home.” Those first cows, a variety of colors and marking patterns, were bred to a borrowed bull, and had beautiful calves, she said. “Plus, they made good mothers. The calves were born small, but put weight on quickly and by shipping time in October, the Longhorn calves were just as big as our commercial calves.” Over time, Fikany increased her Longhorn herd, and now raises registered Texas Longhorns in addition to the ranch’s commercial cattle. She showed the Longhorns successfully for several years, but no longer focuses on that end of the business. “We were able to trace those first heifers’ bloodlines back and have them registered,” she noted. “I just love the Longhorns, they are wonderful cattle. I still enjoy just driving out to watch them graze.” Bulls are Fikany’s main market, with many going to producers having calving problems with their heifers. “I never have any trouble selling the bulls, in fact, I usually have all of my bulls sold long before it’s time to deliver them. They take good care of me,” she explained. Hardiness is one of the breed’s most important traits, Fikany said. “Only the fittest have survived. Longhorns were brought into Mexico by the Spaniards, and evolved and survived over time. They have continued on page 50

Texas Longhorn Breeders of New Mexico An official Affiliate of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America To find a breeder near you visit www.tlbnm.com

NEW MEXICO Mrs. Joan Allen-------------------(575)653-4416 Robert & Laura Bishop----------(575)434-3838 Larry & Cathy Bissey------------(575)772-2521 Ruby Bone-------------------------(575)829-3881 John & Jean Brittingham---------(575)427-4540 D’Ann Brown----------------------(719)301-0028 Ronna Bryant----------------------(575)430-3184 Mike & Barb Burleson-----------(575)382-6448 Norman & June Cady------------(575)434-4772 Ernest & Peri Clark---------------(505)473-3958 Eric Devendorf--------------------(505)281-4834 Jesse Dominguez-----------------Kortnie & Andrew Dotson------(505)205-2257 Ron & Jan Gentry----------------(505)864-1220 Abbie Ghini M.D.----------------(575)483-2206 Sylvia Johnson--------------------(915)886-3410 Michael & Laura Larisch -------(575)418-7208 Neil Kron--------------------------(575)799-7978 Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller----(575)835-3866 Bethany Ritter---------------------(575)635-6298 Jack & Carrie Sarnicky----------(575)772-5918 Sonny & Diane Shoemaker------(505)648-1136 Tony & Shirley Sisneros---------(505)250-5195 Robert & Jenny Smoot-----------(575)365-2641 David & Lynn Starritt------------(915)252-4118 Tyler Starritt-----------------------(915)252-2259 Robert & Michelle Stearns------(575)354-0899 Jerry & Martha Stevens----------(575)882-4725 Jim & Wanda Taylor-------------(575)743-0068 W.R. Van Gundy------------------(575)829-3624 Wade & Kristi Wilson------------(575)354-1210 Terry Whalen & Jimmy Ellis----(505)864-2690

TEXAS John Kitchura-----------------(936)447-6776 Trigg & Traci Moore--------(254)796-4269

Jim & Sylvia Johnson Johnson Livestock 8701 Hickory Anthony, TX/NM 88021 JohnsonLivestock@aol.com 915/886-3410 TLBAA Hall of Fame 2010 Winners #1 Mature Non-Haltered Female and #1 Non-Haltered Female

Ronna Bryant Bar B Longhorns 51 Sioux Trails Tularosa, NM 88352 575/430-0830 shsnm1970@yahoo.com

Jack & Carrie Sarnicky Jacari Ranch Datil, NM 87821 sarnicky@wildblue.net (575) 772-5918 “Home of the Gentler Breed with Great Conformation and Genetics”

JK Wilson Longhorns Wade and Kristi Wilson PO Box 127 Capitan, NM 88316 575/354-1210 kmcwilson@windstream.net

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great immunity, and very few health problems. I never have pinkeye or any of the other problems you have to worry about with other cattle breeds.” She also credits them for their mothering ability. “A cow can be turned out and she will come back in the fall with a nice big calf. They are good mothers, very protective of their calves, and take care of their babies. Longhorn cattle also produce quality beef, according to Fikany. When she and her first husband celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, they served Longhorn beef to about 150 people. “The meat was beautiful, you could cut it with a fork. When we butcher a beef, it’s usually from the Longhorn herd. Longhorn beef is wonderful.” A lot depends on how the cattle are treated. “You can’t rope and run the cattle or you will have tough meat. A lot of people think that Longhorns are just to rope, I won’t let mine be roped,” she said. “Longhorns are just as gentle as you treat them. I don’t like any cowboy that is loud or rough with the cattle.”

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For Virginia artist Kathy Winkler, whose artwork graces the cover of this month’s Stockman, Longhorn cattle are more than just a subject to paint. “I have always been fascinated with Longhorns. They are really an American icon.” “I am fascinated by the uniqueness of the breed – they have evolved naturally from the Spanish Corrientes breed with different

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horn styles and a kaleidoscope of colors,” she continued. “I absolutely love to paint them. To me they’re kind of like potato chips, you can’t just have one or two. I’ve talked to several ranchers who bought their first Longhorns as yard ornaments, then ended up with a whole collection.” Wherever you find them, Longhorns attract attention, she noted. Often, “no parking” signs line the highways where Longhorns are pastured. “An auctioneer, the late Eddie Woods, once said something to the effect that that a Texas Longhorn steer will stop more traffic than a dead man, and he was right.” Winkler says she just loves being around the Longhorns. “They are very sociable creatures. I stand and watch them for hours, it’s like being in a candy shop.” One of the most interesting things about the cattle, she said, is the variety. “With other breeds, you know what to expect. If you breed an Angus to an Angus, you’re going to get a black calf, and if you cross an Angus with a Hereford, you’ll get a black baldie. With the Longhorns, though, you never know what you are going to get.” “My fascination with the breed led me to visit Longhorn ranches in Central Texas so that I could gain greater insight into the breed and the breeders,” Winkler continued. “Those visits led to greater appreciation of the variety of colors and horns. In talking with ranchers I learned about their different preferences for colors, patterns and horns, and their individual stories about how they began to ‘collect’ their herd. I then became enraptured with the breed and had to paint them. That led to more visits – expanding to New Mexico, Colorado and Virginia – leaving many more states for future visits.” Currently, she is preparing for a show at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces August 12 – December 14, 2011, where 40 of her paintings, most of which are Longhorns, will be on display, and a subsequent show at the Butler Longhorn Museum in League City, Texas. Much of her art has a New Mexico connection, with the cover of last year’s February Stockman featuring a bull named Lexus, owned by Sylvia Johnson of Anthony. This month’s cover is of a bull sired by Lexus and a butterscotch colored cow, both owned by the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. Each year, she donates prints to the New continued on page 95

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Hi All, s you know the New Mexico Legislature started on January 18 and this began a new session with many new people. We have the first female Governor in New Mexico, as well as a change in the voting statues among all levels of our state. I am working on gathering the new list of state and national people whom many of you will be wanting to contact as you work on things which involve agriculture. Due to the many changes taking place since Governor Susana Martinez took office, you again have a chance to be a voice and make a difference. This is a great time to get to know your Senators and Representatives and let them know what you think about the different topics and also to let them know you will be watching to see how they vote. It is important to remember that CowBelles can voice their opinion as individuals. With heated discussions and debates having begun with our new legislative session, we as CowBelles need to review our policies and proce-

dures. We are passionate about our industry as individuals, but we need to be careful that we don’t violate our own by-laws or the New Mexico CowBelle Purpose which is to educate and promote. Our NMCB Legislative Chair is Genora Moore Canon and she will be sending out information in the form of an Alert, or a Call to Action, which is an issue that needs our attention and action. Genora receives information from National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), American National CattleWomen (ANCW), and New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA). These different groups send information to our Legislative chair, who in turn sends the information to the NMCB District Representatives; District I – Carolyn Chance, District II – Barbara Shaw, District III – Anita Gutierrez, District IV – Ruth Wold. After the District Representatives receive the Alert or Call to

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Action they will then pass the information on to the local presidents of their districts, who will present these topics to their members. We need to remember that many of our members do not communicate by email, so we need to call them. There are three pages in the CIA Red Book, located in Section 2, which can be helpful concerning legislation and actions. “Guidelines for NMCB Legislative Action”, “Structure of the New Mexico CowBelles Legislative Committee” and the “New Mexico CowBelle Statement of Policy” are guidelines and information needed to address legislature issues and actions according to our policies. A “Glossary of Legislative and Regulatory Key Terms” is a good source of information as well. Please look for these and if you don’t find them in your Red Book let me know. If you are interested in being more informed about what happens in Santa Fe, and at the Roundhouse, there are options. You can contact Rex Wilson who is the legislative represtetive and President-Elect of New Mexico Cattle Growers. There is a New Mexico Leadership Program, offered through New Mexico State University, which develops awareness of the social, political, economic and cultural issues which affect the agricultural industry. Individuals can also go to Santa Fe and be the face of agriculture and help to lobby for us all. Several of the NMCB state officers and members went to the Cattle Industry Convention in Denver recently. This was a joint meeting, of ANCW and NCBA, where we hear about issues that were being address on a national level. There was also a President Council, general members meetings, workshops and committees for ANCW members. Several of our state members have been or are currently on American National Cattlewomen committees: Kathryn Malcolm-Callis has chaired the Consumer Education Committee; Lyn Greene has worked on the ANCW Printed Newsletter; Owaissa Heimann has served as Region VI Membership & Communication Committee; Karen Kelling has joined the Legislative & Issues Committee for Region VI and the Funding Development Committee; Fita Witte serves on the ANCW Foundation, Outstanding Cattlemen of the Year, National Beef Cook-Off Program, NCBA Cattlemen’s Beef Board Committee; Margie McKeen served NCBA Cattlemen’s Beef Board Committee, and I have joined continued on page 53

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the Beef Promotion Committee and serve as our state connection with the Animal Welfare Committee. Rachel Richlefs, Dist. VI 2011 Chair, continues to represent NMCB at ANCW meetings”. We all work to represent our state on the national level and bring information back to our members to share. Something that each local can do to help inspire ideas around the state is to turn in your monthly secretary’s report each month, so we all can read what is happening in your local. Each secretary is responsible for sending reports of local meetings to the state president and the Editor of the “Jingle Jangle”, Janet Witte. These reports then appear in the Stockman each month and this is a great way for others to see what you do to promote you agriculture. I hope to see many more local reports appearing in the Stockman. I do know you are proud of your locals and the work you do, so let us all hear about it. Thank you for all you do for the industry. – Linda Lee, NMCB President The Canyon CowBelles’ January 5th meeting was called to order by out-going president, Jane Shafer where she installed officers as follows: President - Martha Bond, First Vice-President - Wilna Mead, Second Vice President - Cherri Goad, Secretary - Deborah Geary and The Treasurer - Ann Ferguson, who was unable to attend. The meeting was then called to order by Martha Bond with eight members present. The Treasurer’s Report was given with 40 paid members. Three raffled items donated by Zane Mead were drawn for. Zane, Wilna’s son is an excellent southwest artist who has been generous in providing fundraisers for Canyon CowBelles. Appreciation for Wilna’s time in her efforts was acknowledged by all present. The group decided to provide a donation of beef to the newly designed commercial kitchen for the Culinary Class at the Carrizozo School in the department of Consumer Sciences. The beef will be presented to CowBelle member, Rosemary Shafer who heads the program at school and is the Consumer Science teacher. President Martha Bond set a tentative date of May for annual “Ag Day” at the school. She will confirm this by next meeting in February. The February’s meeting will be an Italian theme luncheon. Deborah Geary will provide cheese and meat manicotti, Cherri Goad will bring the dessert, “Italian Love Cake.”

Other members will bring garlic bread and side dishes. A discussion about February’s agenda centered around membership and community service for our older members. There were suggestions to deliver flowers, plants, or cookies to local members unable to attend meetings. Another suggestion was to keep members birthdays on record for cards or visits. The idea of up-dating members was agreed upon by all in attendance, and secretary, Deborah Geary will put together a mailer about February’s theme luncheon, as well as a reminder for members to bring cookies to ice on February 2. These will be frozen and ready to deliver to members. The goal is to reach more members with a mini-newsletter three or four times a year and update email addresses of members. Submitted, Deborah Geary The November 11, 2010 Christmas party meeting of the Berrendo CowBelles was held at Chews West and there were 12 members and seven guests present. The group was entertained by the Roswell High School Choir with Christmas songs; this great group of young men and women directed by Mary Gonzales were wonderful. The President Betty Solt called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. The Secretary read the minutes of the last meeting and they were approved as read. The group signed a get-well card for long time member Carmen Barbee and a sympathy card for another long time member Vivian Yriart following the death of her husband. Genora Moore Canon was presented with the Berrendo CowBelle of the Year award. Several members of her family were present for the presentation of this award. The membership enjoyed a tree ornament gift exchange and everyone received a poinsettia as a door prize. Meeting adjourned. Submitted by Genora Canon Powderhorn CowBelles met at the home of President Sandy McKenna west of Ft. Sumner on January 11, 2011. Fifteen members and one guest were present. Becky Harris, the guest, became our newest member. The secretary read correspondence from Pippin Ranch, Ty Earl Powell and Lyn Green. Courtesy cards were sent to Frances Speight, Geri Huston, Kay Payne, Dick & Judy Byrd and Lib Cortese who celebrated her 90th birthday. Dorothy Vaughan reported that the year book would be published before the February meeting. Sandy McKenna has appointed Renee Grant to the Education Committee. Grant has several great ideas about beef education for the schools. Kyra

Grant, the New Mexico Beef Ambassador, will help her mother with these projects. Other committee member changes or additions were to add Dorie Tucker to the Fund Raiser Committee. The 2011 program and hostess locations were discussed at length. These will all be published in the upcoming yearbook. The board presented the budget for 2011 which was approved unanimously. The club will need to have a fund raiser in addition to the Old Fort Sumner Days Barbecue. An updated email list was distributed to members. Submitted, Carolyn Bedford, Secretary Lariat CowBelles met Wednesday, January 12, at the Wild Horse Café with 15 members present. This year livestock businesses have to give tax form 1099 to each unincorporated person who performed labor for them in 2010. Updates were given on members and family members with health issues. The 2011 Lariat yearbook was distributed. The Union County Health Fair will be held April 27. Kathryn Malcolm-Callis gave a report on the Beef Ambassador program. In the month of September, the state fair dates have not yet been set. The Extension national meeting will be held September 26-30. Due to these conflicting dates, this year the Five States Roundup will be held Wednesday, October 5. District Workshop will be held Thursday, March 3, in Roy. The Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund forms are available. A memorial will be sent in memory of the late Marjorie McLaughlin. The Women in Agriculture Leadership and Region 6 conferences will be combined this year with one registration. They will be held April 27-29 in Albuquerque. Nominations for Man of the Year are due March 15. Owaissa distributed copies of the New Mexico CowBelles Strategic Plan, Lariat CowBelles 2010 Report, and the volunteer timesheet. All members are reminded at the end of the year to total their hours and mileage. Research will be done regarding having silver pins made for Lariat CowBelles. An informative program was given by Kelly Dobbs, Conservation Officer for New Mexico Game and Fish Department. She discussed the Open Door plan where Game and Fish works with ranchers to allow the public to access private land for hunting or fishing. Game and Fish will then provide some compensation to the land owner. The State takes the liability, not the landowner. Leases are yearly. Open Gate brochures were made available. Monies are also available for habitat improvements to continued on page 54 FEBRUARY 2011

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help wildlife. Antelope seasons are all three days long across the state. The A+ antelope system will now follow the Northeast New Mexico plan throughout the state. Landowner antelope permits can be for any three consecutive days within the season. The next meeting of Lariat CowBelles will be Wednesday, February 9, at Mary’s Back Door. Hostesses will be Sharon and Mindy King. Submitted by Marianne Rose Reporter, Lariat CowBelles The Chuckwagon CowBelles met at the Alpine Alley Café on January 11, 2011 with 17 members present. The minutes were amended: the donation to the Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship Fund made

in group’s name was added. Babbi reported she received an email message from an Army sergeant stationed in Afghanistan thanking group for the goodies shipped in December. He said the soldiers appreciate very much our support and that they are focused on the task at hand, but look forward to coming home soon. It was decided to use the $185 that was left over after shipping to buy and ship beef jerky to the them for Valentine’s Day. New programs and meeting places for 2011 are: February 8 - Alpine Alley in Mountainair. Program: Laura Bittner on Colors. March 8 - Toni Barrow’s house in Belen. Program: Ruth Romero’s trip to Europe. April 12 - Alpine Alley in Mountainair. Program: Jo Ann Sefton on CowBelle History. May 10 Alpine Alley in Mountainair. Program:

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New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers

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Some New Mexico Nicknames obriquets attached to characters in the American West of the late 19th century are an interesting, and sometimes conflicting, collection of names. Most famous among them is “Buffalo Bill” Cody. There is little confusion about him. His name was William F. Cody, and he was responsible for killing untold hundreds of buffalo on the American plains before he went into show business and really became famous. But others are not so obvious. “Wild Bill” Hickok is a case in point. His name was not William, but James Butler Hickok. Dime novelists made much of his exploits, as Wild Bill, and it is not clear where the sobriquet came from, although it is catchier than “Wild Jim.” In New Mexico, the most famous nicknames were, of course, “Billy the Kid” and “Black Jack.” Anyone who has been in New Mexico long enough to eat two bowls of green chile stew will be quick to acknowledge that if New Mexico had an official outlaw, like it has an official cookie (the biscochito), it would be William H. Bonney, or Billy the Kid, and in general that would be correct. But was Bonney really known widely as Billy the Kid? One modern source indicates that he was not known as such until the last year of his life. Earlier, he had been known simply as “The Kid,” or even just “Kid,” but that description could be applied to numerous youths, on both sides of the law. And, too, Bonney was earlier known as “Kid Antrim,” Antrim being his step-father’s name, and as Henry McCarty, McCarty being his mother’s name. Another observer has noted that there were probably ten young men known as Billy the Kid in late 19th century New Mexico. One of them, Billy Wilson, actually rode with Billy Bonney. The name “Black Jack” is no exception. Just the name conjures up all kinds of things. A Black Jack is a kind of a small club carried by good guys and bad in years past. It is also a card game otherwise called Twentyone. In that game, the black jacks have no more significance than any other face card. Black Jack was also the brand name of a licorice-flavored chewing gum in years long gone by. So whence the name? In New Mexico, especially among Old West history buffs, the name “Black Jack” might apply to several people: Tom

Ketchum, Sam Ketchum, Will Christian and John Pershing. Thomas Edward Ketchum is probably the best known Black Jack. He certainly got the most attention, for a couple of reasons. For one thing, he was sufficiently annoying that even his own brother, Sam, disassociated himself, leaving Tom to act alone. On August 16, 1899, Tom undertook to rob the same train that brother Sam had robbed a month before. It didn’t work out. The train’s conductor, Frank Herrington, shot and severely wounded Ketchum, who was captured the next day. What sets Tom apart is that he was charged with assaulting a train; a crime that had been made a capital offense in New Mexico back in 1887. He was sentenced to death by hanging, the only person in the history of the territory to be so punished for train robbery. What focused even more attention on Tom was the way in which his execution was botched. As a result of a miscalculation, the rope was too long and his head was separated from his body at the end of the drop. Photos of the gristly event were taken, so the public had little opportunity to forget this Black Jack. Tom’s older brother, Sam, it should be noted, was also occasionally referred to as Black Jack. Odd that neither of these Black Jacks was named Jack. And neither was yet a third. His name was William T. Christian. While many western writers have referred to Ketchum as the original Black Jack, modern researchers believe that infamy actually belongs to Will Christian. He was born in Texas in the early 1870s and after a long string of crimes, from robbery to murder, he and his brother, Bob, arrived in New Mexico in the middle 1890s. They continued their criminal ways until “Black Jack” Christian was shot to death by lawmen, led by Deputy U. S. Marshal Fred Higgins of Roswell, in April 1897 at Cole Creek Canyon in eastern Arizona. One story goes that Ketchum adopted the name for himself after Christian was killed when a hanger-on in an Arizona saloon noted that the two men looked alike. According to this version, Ketchum and Christian never met. Other tales suggest that they were acquainted, and actually committed crimes together. Member-

ship in the outlaw gangs of the time changed with a high degree of regularity, as did gang leadership. Before he went to the gallows, Thomas E. “Black Jack” Ketchum declared that he was not the “real” Black Jack, and that the other one, presumably Will Christian, was continued on page 78

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The Corralitos by CURTIS FORT

n 1911, the Mexican Revolution was just getting in high gear. The Mexican people were fed up with their Dictator, Diaz. Revolutionary forces were on the move and the fighting had started. Several large ranches belonging to Americans saw the need to get their horses and cattle out of Mexico. The Wallace family managed to get their livestock into the U.S. They relocated on a ranch west of Las Cruces and brought the name of the Mexican ranch, Corralitos (Little Corrals), with them. The Wallace family managed to buy back the ranch in Mexico in 1936. I appreciate Carmella Wallace assisting me with this history. The Corralitos ranch is 300 sections and has country on both sides of the Interstate, west of Las Cruces. When I was there in 1968, there were the Headquarters and two camps . . . the Cantler and Adobe. It is a big range of desert and hills, tall yuccas, black Grama grass and Tabosa draws. Headquarters consisted of a big bunkhouse, cookhouse, commissary, and houses for the manager and married cowboys. There was a big barn and regular corrals . . . as well as the main house the owners used when at the ranch. They had well-bred, quality Brangus cattle. The Brahma in them sure helped them to fit that desert range as, it was a long way between waters. In the Fall of 1968, when I enrolled at NMSU, I had a room in the Alumni Dorm. I didn’t know a soul except my roommate, Tony Pena from my range. I worked a few days at the NMSU stock pens. The boss, Charlie Stone, knew what he was doing. He was herdsman for the Animal and Range Department at NMSU. He let me halter-break some big Hereford steers. I enjoyed snubbin’ them up, with all the choking and slobbering, but there was no horseback work. I asked around and met a fellow that knew this range. He said there was a big ranch called the Corralitos located west of the valley and that they should be firing-up for fall works. I found

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the phone number and talked to the boss, Gene Nix. He said to show up Saturday morning at the headquarters. I spent a bunch of time that evening with NeatsFoot oil and a rag, greasing up my saddle and all. On Saturday morning, I was there at 4:00 a.m. for breakfast. Gene roped out mounts for me and Curtis Payne, Tom Sidwell and some Mexican punchers, who lived at the bunkhouse. We made a drive on a big pasture, weaned some calves, hauled the keeper heifers to headquarters and threw the cuts in a trap to be driven to headquarters later. Then we threw the rest back into the pasture. In the next few weeks we worked the Corralitos, weaning and shipping. Gene would try to work on Friday through Sunday so we could show up at class at least some of the time. It was a good fall works . . . cold mornings, and by noon, jackets and coats were hanging on the corral. Then, by sundown we’d be looking for our jackets again. We finished fall works around November 10th. Gene asked me to come by the ranch office on that last day. He poured me some coffee and mentioned the young horses in the north trap. He told me that someone had green-broke them that past summer and they needed lots of miles. He said that I could come to the ranch anytime, roll my bed out in the room off the cookhouse and eat all I wanted. He even included pay! Needless to say, I said, “yes.” That made living in the dorm much better because I spent a lot less time there. I’d arrive at the Corralitos mid-afternoon two or three days per week and almost every day on the weekend. Then I’d put a big circle on one of those three broncs. Ramon, the chore-boy, and I would fry up some of that bacon from D-Pack at Deming. Then we’d make gravy and biscuits with some creamed corn, and it was great! I’d sleep at the ranch, and get up early so I could make it to class. That year I went home for Christmas a couple of days and went back to ride those young horses.

I ate at Dick’s Café in Mesilla Park on a regular basis. I had seen a fellow in there several times and on campus. He always had on a good pair of Bluecher boots, with his pants “jobbed’ in the top. We happened to sit close enough to visit one day when I was headed to the Corralitos, and asked him if he wanted to go with me. We picked up his saddle and made a circle on those broncs. Tye Terrell and I have been close compadres since that day. On another trip to the Corralitos, my friend Marvin Gard went with me. He’s a good hand with young horses. Jim Mussehl was living at headquarters. I roped Chili Ring for Marvin and Half Moon for me. Jim had started a two-year-old, Prince Albert. We hit a high-trot toward the west, went around the south end of Sleeping Lady Mountain and up the west side. Then we went east up a canyon and out on top, looking down at headquarters. It was a grand view of the Organ Mountains, as it was starting to turn those afternoon pinks and blues. We dropped off the trail into the canyon and hit a trot. Marvin hung his toe on one of those yucca stalks, which caused him to “job” his spur in Chili Ring. Wham! That horse blew up and sent Marvin straight up in the air. He is a tall, long legged fellow . . . and at his peak in the air, he reminded me of a frog in flight. Chili Ring ran off and I was in hot pursuit. He, of course, outran me to the top of the mountain, but couldn’t get off the other side. As he ran back towards me, I stuck it on Chile Ring and threw the slack to him. I caught him deep, so stepped off the right side of Half Moon, just as Chili Ring hit the end of the rope and my mount went down. I had drug some late calves on Half Moon, but hadn’t roped anything on him that was that big or going that fast. I got it all gathered up and led Marvin’s mount back to him. Another good day on the Corralitos! I made lots of tracks that winter on those broncs. Some weaned heifers got in the continued on page 57

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south Adobe and were wild. I got them one by one. Their necks were longer than when they escaped, as me and those broncs had to stretch ‘em. In April, Gene decided to brand while we had a break from college for Easter. The crew consisted of Gene, Waylon Waller, Jim Mussehl, me and the same bunkhouse boys we had last fall. The next day we made a drive on that big south pasture. We threw everything to the northwest, through the underpass and penned them at the corrals named Brass. Thankfully Gene had sent one hombre to drive the remuda and meet us there around noon. We needed fresh horses after working that big pasture. We weighed and loaded the calves on a couple of pots, branded some late calves, cut out the dry’s and threw the rest back under the Interstate. We put our saddles in that small camp house, put a wrangling horse in the corral and turned the others into a small trap. The next morning we were at the Brass Corrals roping out horses at gray light. We hit a high trot north through a

trap and into a big pasture. Gene sent all but four of us to the back side. He and Waylon went to a corner and he told Jim and I to hold up what ever came out at the windmill. He knew they’d be wild. Jim and I trotted to a rise

where we would be in the right place and could see the action. In a little while we saw two Brangus cows, coming at a high rate. Gene and Waylon were trying to bend them

toward the windmill. We pulled out, trying to turn them, also. I knew they weren’t going to bend and was getting my rope down and anchored. Just as we were getting close, Gene’s mount, Red Moon, fell hard . . . just a big cloud of dust. I cut straight to him, behind the runaways. As I stepped off, Waylon and Jim slid to a stop right behind me. It looked bad, as Gene was laying just like he hit. I told them not to move him and I’d go for help. I rode hard two miles to the Interstate, hobbled Chili Ring, and flagged a ride. We went to Bowlin’s Running Indian store and I called an ambulance. They picked me up and I directed them to Gene. Jim took our mounts so Waylon and I crawled in the ambulance with Gene. We got to the Las Cruces hospital and the doctor immediately said Gene needed to go to El Paso. Gene never awakened, and eighteen months later he went to the big roundup. He was a good boss, a good cowboy and a Corralitos n puncher.

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Famous Yellowstone Elk Herd Suffers Decline n acclaimed elk herd in Yellowstone National Park took a major hit last year, with biologists saying almost one in four of the animals were lost, mainly to predators and hunters. As recently as 1994, the northern Yellowstone elk herd was the largest in North America with almost 20,000 animals that migrated between the park and parts of southern Montana. But those numbers have plummeted sharply since wolves were reintroduced 15 years ago, adding to threats that already included mountain lions and grizzly bears. Figures released in early January 2011 showed the Yellowstone herd down to a minimum of 4,635 elk. That’s a 24 percent drop from last winter, and wildlife officials said the decline was unexpected because the herd in recent years showed signs of stabilizing. “Either we counted them poorly this year, predator effects were stronger, the big snow event made us miss more elk, or more elk were harvested,” said Park Service biologist Doug Smith. “Usually the best answer in ecology is all of the above.”

He said there was no reason to suspect a continued decline, and that a smaller herd is healthier in some ways because it gives the animals room to thrive. Bill Hoppe, an outfitter near Gardiner, said harsh weather in the park in late November pushed many of the animals to lower elevations in Montana. He estimated several hundred bull elk from the herd were killed by hunters in the last part of the season — one of the most successful harvests in years. Yet in the 1990s, several thousand elk were killed in some years. Hoppe believes the herd’s best days are gone, and a local hunting industry that already was ailing will collapse. “There’s coyotes and there’s wolves and there’s bears and there’s mountain lions. (The elk) may come back, but it’s going to be slow,” said Hoppe, who is also president of a group called the Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd. The Park Service has no set population target for the herd, but the latest count falls below those of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. The state’s elk management plan calls for 3,000 to 5,000 elk in parts of Montana just north of the park, said Fish, Wildlife and

Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim. This year’s count included 2,236 outside the park. Aasheim said state officials would review whether hunting restrictions need to be tightened in future years to help bolster the herd. Yet it’s uncertain how much could be done. Harvest limits for reproducing female elk were down to just a few dozen north of the park this year, versus almost 3,000 a season at their peak. Park biologist Smith said the long-term decline was indisputable, with 70 percent of the herd gone since wolves were reintroduced to the park from Canada in 1995. Conservationists credit wolves with helping restore balance to the ecosystem, in part by reducing the size of a herd some had said was far too large at its peak. Smith declined to weigh in, saying that was before his time at Yellowstone. But he pointed out controversy has long followed the northern Yellowstone herd. “Yellowstone is one of the most predator rich environments in North America and that has an effect on elk,” he said. “But the biggest criticism when I got here in 1994 was there were too many elk. Now we’re getting criticism there’s too few elk. The Park Service does not specifically tarn get a population size.”

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Don Kimble Bobbi Jeen W hile doing an internet search of Don Kimble, you’ll get several hits where he has been interviewed and quoted with regards to the secure border issue of southeastern Arizona. He is an authority on the subject and people far and wide have asked his opinion. Long before he became famous for that however, Don was a well known rodeo cowboy and before that, he was known a top ranch hand. In the 1950s, Don attended a one-room school house at Apache, AZ. He has now been a member of that school board since 1984. Today, much the same as it’s always been, the one-room school is a place for local ranch kids of San Bernardino and San Simon Valleys to start their education. At the time of this writing, there are nine kids (grades 1 thru 8) a teacher, teacher’s aide, and three school board members making up the entire faculty, administration, student body and board. You might say Apache, AZ, located 40 miles northeast of Douglas, is little more than a wide spot in the road. There are a couple dozen widely scattered ranches and about as many families to match in this secluded, remote area along the New Mexico, Arizona line. However, an interesting side note from the area is there are numerous National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualifications credited to the folk calling this ranch country home. Kimble, Darnell, Glenn, and Snure are some of the names who not only ranch here, but have competed at “the Show;” this is the story of Don Kimble, a man who qualified for the NFR while holding down a full time teaching job, was a college rodeo coach and was ranching at the same time! The Kimble family migrated to Arizona in 1919 from Oklahoma and Texas. The women of the family claim they came because it was good ranch country; the men joke the other reason is because prohibition was in effect at the time and Agua Prieta, Mexico (just across the border) had whiskey available in large quantities . . . and it was legal. Don Kimble lives today in the house he was born in on the ranch; he is the third generation of Kimble to ranch there. The remote, scenic place straddles the New Mexico, Arizona state line between Lordsburg, NM and Douglas, AZ. Don is proud of

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his heritage and points out one of his great uncles fought at the Alamo while the family was still Texans. Kimble County, Texas, is named for the uncle. As a kid, Don learned the art of ranching from his grandfather and father. He learned to ride and rope doctoring cattle for screw worms after branding season. Don says they used to ride all day roping and doctoring those screw worm cattle. “I was probably 12 when I started roping range cattle.” About then is when Don also became his own cattleman. “I started building my herd of cattle when I was 12, running them on the family ranch. By the time I went to college, my herd had grown enough that I leased a ranch of my own. I’ve been in the cattle business my whole life.” Don attended high school at Douglas and then went to Cochise Community College (also in Douglas) for two years before

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completing his education at the University of Arizona, Tucson. While in college, he maintained good enough grades to be listed in the Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Don, by then an avid roper, won the West Coast region of intercollegiate rodeo in the team roping event all four years he attended college. He competed as both a header and heeler, along with bull dogging and calf roping. continued on page 60

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After graduating with Bachelor of Science degrees in Animal Science and AG Education, Don worked around Tucson, putting on ropings and doing construction for a couple of years. Then he became very ill with valley fever, losing a lung as a result. Don moved back to Douglas after the ordeal, taking a job teaching agricul-

Don was a tough competitor on the Turquoise Circuit of professional rodeo, winning the circuit a couple times. ture and as rodeo coach at Cochise Community College. Don was a busy man between running his cattle operation and taking care of his duties at the college, but that didn’t stop him from following his roping passion on the side. In the 1970s, Don was a tough competitor on the Turquoise Circuit of professional rodeo, winning the circuit a couple times. In 1978, he narrowly missed qualifying for the NFR after going to only about fifty rodeos in his spare time, so in ‘79 he set a goal of getting there. While holding down a full-time position at Cochise College and managing his own ranching operation, Don qualified for the NFR in the team roping event as planned. He did this going to only about sixty rodeos throughout the year, while most of the other top fifteen qualifiers went to closer to a hundred rodeos. Don repeated this amazing feat in 1980. An interesting thing about the ‘79 & ‘80 seasons most rodeo competitors wouldn’t be able to claim is this: Since Don had a teaching job and ranch income; he decided that he would put any check he won roping over $1,000 into savings. He cashed smaller checks, living and rodeoing on that and his job’s income. At the end of the season, he had managed to put away $50,000 (quite a lot of money back then)! He has left that account alone through the present, still having the “rodeo” money stashed away . . . just incase. Other highlights from 1979 include winning Denver, CO which was the biggest one-rodeo check in team roping history at 60

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that time. Don and partner, Kent Winterton were on the front page of the Pro Rodeo Sports News for that. At the NFR in ‘79, the team won or placed in each of the first five rounds (a pretty amazing feat considering the competition) and they finished 5th in the world as a team. A humorous rodeo story which is laughed about in certain circles to this day involves the 4th of July run one summer. Don, partner Kent, Doyle Gellerman and Walt Woodard threw in together and chartered an airplane to make as many rodeos as possible during “Cowboy Christmas.” One morning the two teams roped at Prescott, AZ and then on to West Jordan, Utah that night, then back to Prescott the following day for their second steer. Kent invited his wife and three small daughters along for the turn around trip as they had family at West Jordan and there was room in the plane. Immediately after take off, Walt kicked off his boots, reclining for the trip. Next to him sat one of the little girls, who was beginning to get air sick. Shortly after getting airborne, the little girl couldn’t handle it any longer and vomited; the most convenient place she could find happened to be Walt’s boots, sitting on the floor next to her. While Don, Kent and Doyle were laughing so hard their sides hurt, Walt kept repeating in disbelief, “She puked in my boots!” It was all in good fun. After two NFR qualifications, Don settled down to roping mostly at the Turquoise Circuit events and the larger pro rodeos which he could get to. He

remained a tough competitor at the circuit level for years to come. Summertime was a favorite of Don’s as he could get away from his job and go to prestigious rodeos such as his all time favorite, Salinas, CA. While he’s never won Salinas, Don says he always roped well there and managed to pull several large checks from the rodeo. Don’s only regret rodeoing is he had a chance to head at the NFR, while back in college, for a heeling partner of his who had made the finals (remember, then the top 15 team ropers, regardless of heading or heeling status, made the finals and invited their partners if said partner wasn’t also in the top 15). Don wound up declining the offer to rope at the finals because he was worried about his grades suffering with missing two weeks of school. “Looking back now, I wish I would have accepted the invitation and roped. I believe I could’ve kept my grades up and then I’d join the elite group of team ropers who have roped at the NFR both as a header and a heeler,” says Don. In 1988, Don’s dad, Ralph, became sick with cancer so Don took over duties at the family ranch, quit teaching college and slowed down on the rodeo trail as well. The last professional rodeo he entered was Salinas in 1995, since then he has remained a tough jackpot roper and PRCA gold card member placing regularly up through the present. Don’s father died in 1991 and he has continued on page 76

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Branding New Mexico Beef Update: Cost-Benefit Analysis Underway The following is an NMDA update concerning the ongoing discussion among New Mexico producers about the feasibility of developing a New Mexicobranded beef. The NMBC is an active partner in these discussions, with NMBC Executive Director Dina Chacon-Reitzel serving as co-chair. All aspects of the beef industry statewide were represented at the New Mexico Beef Industry Strategic Planning Summit held Nov. 18-19. 2009, at the Radisson in Albuquerque. The concept for the summit originated as a response to requests directed to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Economic Development Department and to state legislators to research beef processing and marketing in New Mexico to enhance the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beef industry and rural communities. Over a year in preparation, the summit provided a forum for presenting research, raising issues and joining forces with all industry stakeholders. The development of a New Mexico beef brand was a critical focus of the summit. continued on page 62

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2010-2011 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Cliff Copeland, Purebred Producer. VICE-CHAIRMAN, Joe Clavel, Cow-Calf Producer; SECRETARY, Jim Bob Burnett, Cow-Calf Producer. NMBC DIRECTORS: Andres Aragon, Cow-Calf Producer; Darrell Brown, Cow-Calf Producer; David McSherry, Feeder; Tom Spindle, Feeder; Bernarr Treat, Cow-Calf Producer; Art Schaap, Fluid Milk Producer.

EX-OFFICIOS: Jane Frost, Producer, Federation of State Beef Council Director; Tammy Ogilvie, Producer, Beef Board Director; Wesley Grau, Producer, Beef Board Director.

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Beefmaster bulls offer a natural genetic path to profits taking the sting out of higher grain, fertilizer and fuel costs. In a five year study conducted by Texas A&M University, 258 head of Beefmaster sired calves from Angus cows had heavy performance at weaning, economical feed to gain conversion, and at the packer, 72% of the calves graded Prime and Choice.

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A Productive Beefmaster Pair at the Lasater Ranch

he Beefmaster breed came into being some 80 years ago by crossing Hereford, Shorthorn and Brahman cattle. Tom Lasater, founder of the Beefmaster breed, was one of those rare individuals who knew from childhood what profession he was going to pursue. He was fond of saying that ranching is his avocation as well as his vocation. Tom Lasater’s philosophies of cattle raising encompasses all aspects of the business from range ecology to merchandising. Perhaps his philosophy can be labeled “creative radicalism.” “A good manager must be in love with results. A sound breeding program, oriented toward results, should be based on the Five Commandments of Livestock Breeding.” The First Commandment is to select only for the SIX ESSENTIALS; Disposition, Fertility, Weight, Conformation, Milk Production and Hardiness. The Second Commandment is to strive for reproductive efficiency. The Third Commandment is to performance test in a constant environment. The Fourth Commandment is to employ direct selection, which means selecting for the specific traits sought and

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not for a combination the breeder hopes will produce the desired results. The Fifth Commandment is to utilize the adaptive powers of nature. Tom Lasater’s policy was to ask the impossible of nature. The Six Essentials

Disposition: Selecting for disposition is simple. At weaning time, any difference in individuals is readily apparent in cattle raised under identical conditions. The bulk of animals with poor dispositions can be spotted at that time and culled. Thereafter, disposition is judged continually with any noticeably excitable or highstrung animals being periodically eliminated from the herd. Fertility: The importance of fertility in the cattle business is obvious, and yet today’s ranchmen have failed to produce cattle that are fertile. Selection for reproductive efficiency consists of a short breeding season; males and females bred at 12 1/2 months to 14 1/2 months and a calf from every cow every year — regardless.

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Reproductive efficiency also involves accomplishing the foregoing while keeping 80 - 90 percent of each heifer crop in order to intensify culling of the cow herd. Weight: The vast majority of cattle are marketed on a weighed basis. The importance of weight is universally recognized. In selecting bulls for weight two factors are involved: (1) weaning weight and (2)

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post-weaning gain. The weaning weight reflects the milking ability of the mother; the post-weaning gain indicates the individual’s own capability. Conformation: In selecting for conformation, what is really under consideration is carcass conformation. As Tom Lasater said, “the ideal conformation is exemplified by that animal whose carcass will yield the most pounds of tender, lean beef per pound of live weight.” Fortunately, selection for this characteristic is not difficult because, given the chance, nature correlates many of the desirable traits in beef cattle such as body length, weaning weight, fertility, feedlot performance and cutability. Hardiness: “Hardiness is exemplified by those individuals which carry on their relentless production assignment year after year with minimum assistance.” Every environment tests cattle in some fashion whether it is the cold, heat, drought, too much rain, parasites, rough terrain, predators, low quality feed or any other of the many problems that affect the rancher. Cattle should be raised in the environment in which they are to be used. Given that prerequisite, they should be able to adapt to the particular disadvantages of their geographic location. If they do not, obviously they will be unable to breed at 13 months or to wean a heavy, long-age calf nine months old or older every year. Milk Production: Selection for milk production is a simple matter of evaluating the cow’s milking abilities as reflected in her calf’s weaning weight. In the case of bulls, herd sires are selected from bulls with top weaning weights thereby perpetuating the blood from heavy-milking females. Heifers are culled on weight at weaning; cows weaning light-weight calves are also eliminated. Among the disciples of Lasater’s principles of beef cattle production are his son, Laurie (Laurence) and his grandson, Lorenzo, and their families who ranch today at ISA (pronounced EE-sa) Cattle Company near San Angelo, Texas. The function of the seedstock producer, Laurie says, is to produce sires that will in turn produce valuable steers and heifers. “Dad’s realization was that the females are the important product,” he explains. “They are what carries the production forward. The bulls and steers are the by-products that you sell, but the heifers stay home and keep producing. Or, in really hard times, it is the heifers that you can continued on page 67

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sell when the steers have little value. “Guys like to sit in the coffee shop and talk about what their steers brought and don’t say anything about the heifers that brought 10 cents a pound less, but they are home making money.” Beefmasters have gotten a bad rap in the feedlots, Laurie said, but recent studies are refuting that. Isa Cattle Company placed a group of steers and heifers in a carcass evaluation done in conjunction with BBU and Texas A&M last year. Financially they hit a home run, grossing $1336.97 per head or $99.50 per pound. These are the highest fat cattle they’ve ever sold and they obviously got lucky on the market, but that is the gamble cattlemen take every day and can win with Beefmasters. Laurie Lasater wrote a book on beef production called The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Raising which was published in 1972. The book is currently in its 17th printing in English, its third printing in Spanish, and still selling at a good clip. While Beefmasters are often thought of as animals well suited to hotter climates, either arid like the Southwest or more humid as in the Southeast, the cattle have also proven to be hardy and good doers in northern climates and higher elevations. The Western States Beefmaster Breeders Association has members from throughout the West and Northwest. Evans Beefmasters located in Enterprise, Utah, saw the value of the breed nearly at its inception and has been producing cattle for their region for over 50 years. But the Beefmaster Breeders United (BBU) have seen that just raising high quality cattle isn’t enough in today’s society. Cattlemen must also demonstrate the stewardship value they provide as caretakers of the land, water and wildlife. With that in mind nearly a decade ago the Association began to recognize its members with the BBU Environmental Conservation Award.

Arthur “Bub” and Nancy Epley III, Rancho Tres Hijos, Tilden, Texas, received 2010 Environmental Conservation Award. Rancho Tres Hijos is a combination cattle and hunting ranch that began operations in 1995 in South Texas brush country. The Epley’s have built an outstanding cattle operation without sacrificing the native wildlife on their ranch. The ranch consists of a mixture of brush, cleared native grass and buffel grass pastures totaling about 3,400 acres. An active shredding program controls guajillo, a native grass, and other brush so the land can be utilized by both cattle and the native whitetail deer herd. n

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ll bulls can be registered with the BBU but are priced for the commercial cowman. These bulls are truly range ready, grown out on grass not pampered (no special grower ration etc). Free delivery to New Mexico and Arizona. If you are looking for a tight sheathed, well muscled, moderate framed bull with a “little ear” that will travel and stand up in the rough conditions of the arid Southwest; a bull that will still provide you with great steers and incredible replacement females, then give us a call. We have many return customers who trust us to pick out bulls for them. Give us a try. You will not be disappointed. — Call Ian Miller at 575-840-8098 or 719-640-5866 for More Details

ISA CARCASS EVALUATION RESULTS Carcass Weight Cost of Gain .........................834 Death Loss ............................0% % Choice ............................72% % Select ..............................28% < Select ................................0% YG 1–3 ................................93% Avg YG ................................3.1%

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eefmaster Breeders United (BBU) created a new breed registry for Beefmaster Advancer cattle in the Spring of 2010. The Beefmaster Advancer composite is formed by crossing a registered Beefmaster animal to a registered animal from another beef breed. The purpose of such a cross is to use the best traits of each breed in combination to maximize performance in its given environment. For example, a registered Beefmaster bull mated to a registered Angus cow would produce a typical Advancer calf that should possess the excellent growth and fertility attributes from the Beefmaster and the black hide and higher marbling attributes from the Angus. Use of the Beefmaster parent will also maintain more heterosis and productivity because of its Bos Indicus heritage. Research suggests there could be up to a 25 percent increase in weaning weight per cow exposed by using a Bos Indicus breed in a composite. The Beefmaster Advancer Registry gives breeders the opportunity to match compatible biological types of cattle to maximize performance while utilizing heterosis. The Advancer animal will excel in maternal heterosis and fertility while increasing the total pounds of weaned calf per cow. Registration certificates will include EPDs along with traditional performance data that are calculated in Australia by the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI) for BBU. Below is a summary of the rules for registration into the Beefmaster Advancer Program: A. Beefmaster Advancer Cattle – By definition, these are animals of 50 percent or more Registered Beefmaster breeding and 50 percent or less of other Registered and DNA genotyped non-Beefmaster beef breeding. These animals may be certified in BBU provided they are produced from breeding of one of the following: 1. Known registered Beefmaster sire mated to a DNA genotyped, registered dam from another breed association. 2. Known registered Beefmaster dam mated to a DNA genotyped, registered sire from another breed association. 3. A known continued on page 69

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progeny of a 50 percent-75.0 percent Beefmaster Advancer and a known registered Beefmaster sire or dam. B. Animals eligible for recording in the Beefmaster Advancer Program must come from parents that are enrolled in the BBU Whole Herd Reporting Program. All animals as defined above may be certified by the Association but none such shall ever become registered Beefmaster animals. However, animals produced from a 87.50 percent Beefmaster Advancer and a Purebred Beefmaster may be presented as a registered Beefmaster. C. Fees charged for certification by BBU for members of the Association in good standing shall always be the same fees charged others for Whole Herd Reporting and that all such fees shall be subject to review and change by the active members of the Association at any duly convened meeting of the Association members. D. All registered non-Beefmaster animals must have a DNA sample (semen, blood, hair follicle) on file with a recognized genomics company (Igenity, Pfizer,

etc.) with a complete DNA genotype. Additionally, sires and dams from non-Beefmaster breeds must have negative DNA tests on file for known genetic defects identified by the respective breed association (e.g. arthrogryposis multiplex for Angus cattle or tibial hemimelia for Shorthorn cattle). However, if the non-Beefmaster breed parent is a carrier (identified by DNA) of any genetic defect(s), any progeny produced must individually test negative to “said” genetic defect(s). Genetic defect negative DNA tests for offspring must be on file at BBU before they can be registered as a Beefmaster Advancer. The Beefmaster Advancer Registry provides breeders of non-Beefmaster beef cattle an opportunity to add the advantages of a Bos Indicus animal into their current gene pool. These advantages include but are not limited to: 1) improved longevity, 2) more heat tolerance, 3) more disease tolerance, 4) more insect tolerance, 5) more non-heat bearing fat depots, 6) improved milking ability, 7) faster preweaning growth, 8) improved fertility in replacement females and 9) more efficient use of forage nutrients. The Beefmaster influence also improves the docility over other Bos Indicus breed types.

BBU has provided the Beefmaster Advancer Program to help purebred breeders of other beef breeds an opportunity to produce cattle that more readily adapt to the harsher tropical and sub-tropical environments without having to disperse their current herd. The Advancer program provides an opportunity for purebred Beefmaster breeders the option to lock in DNA verified, complementary traits (polledness, black hide color, etc.) into their current genetics. This program also allows breeders outside of the “normal” Beefmaster regions to take advantage of all of the positive attributes of the Beefmaster breed that was developed by Mr. Tom Lasater more than 60 years ago. Producers of Beefmaster Advancer cattle will be (or will become) members of BBU and will be granted all the rights, benefits and programs that purebred Beefmaster breeders enjoy today. Some of these include whole herd reporting, voluntary classification, a subscription to the Beefmaster Cowman magazine, voting rights, Approved Sales participation, on-line registration and many others. Please contact the BBU office at 210/732-3132 or visit our website (www.beefmasters.org ) for more n information.

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MONDAY, FEB.21, 2011 12:30 p.m. at the Ranch N. of Ft. Collins, CO • 125 COMING 2-YR.-OLD REG. BLACK ANGUS BULLS • 100 BRED COMMERCIAL HEIFERS

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been a full time rancher since. It took a couple of years, but Don bought his uncle’s portion of the ranch and at present is the majority owner of the original Kimble ranch along with his mother as a partner. He has owned or leased several ranches throughout the years, but his main operation is now centered on the old home place, which as I mentioned before has been continuously ranched by his family since 1919 (the days of Pancho Villa). While Villa raided along the border region back then, the ranchers felt little or no fear of the Mexican bandit (or revolutionary depending on how you look at it). Today however, bandits are a real issue in the border area of southern Arizona and New Mexico. One of Don’s closest friends, Rob Krentz, was murdered on his own ranch in March, 2010 and the killing has been linked to the issues of the area. Don says this is one of the toughest issues facing his part of the country today. Other struggles include the higher cost of overhead compared to lower returns from cattle sales. At the Kimble ranch, they leave their bulls out year-long in this fairly mild climate. As a result, there is always work to do and calves to brand. The ranch usually ships about 400 calves both spring and fall. They raise predominately Black Angus type cattle. The headquarters sits above the San Bernardino Valley near the entrance to Skeleton Canyon and the scenery is breathtaking. The ranch home was built in 1890 and was originally part of the historic San Simon Cattle Company. Before that, Cochise and Geronimo roamed these lands. Good rancher, good cowhand, roper, a man of his word, are all phrases used in describing Don Kimble. While he has no kids of his own, Don is also respected for his attributes toward youngsters. College professor, school board member, father figure to countless young folk, mentor and friend; he gives over and above where the young are concerned. A friend of Don’s summed it up this way, “Don is a man of his word, a man of integrity, a man of complete trust and this is something I really n admire about him.”

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Miami Lookout, $395,000 – 80.00 +/- deeded acres in Miami, NM Approximately 60ft X 60ft metal building, utilities buried, water and septic in place. All back off highway up the mesa on private driveway, affording majestic views. Currently owner parks 5th wheel during summer months. Utilities could accommodate a 3 bedroom home. Has trees and irrigation shares. Colfax County, Miami, NM.

• 256 Acre Texas Jewel – Deep sandy soil, high-rolling hills, scattered good quality trees, & excellent improved grasses. Water line on 2 sides rd., frontage on 2 sides, fenced into 5 pastures, 5 spring fed tanks and lakes, deer, hogs & ducks. Near Tyler & Athens. Price $1,920,000.

Spear Road Ranch, $700,000 – 160 +/- deeded acres, w/exceptional three bedroom 3 bath home, approx 2,200 sq ft. Adjacent office, 3 car garage and workshop, one round pen, 150 ft X 300 ft arena. Convenient to I25, fantastic views of mountains and the plains. Second manufactured home on site. Water shares and three water meters. Approximately 5 miles NE of Springer, NM.

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Miami Mountain View – $697,000 - 80 +/- deeded acres, located 1 mile east of Miami, NM. Property has nice home, steel building with shop and barn, 150' by 230' roping arena with return alley, 80 shares of irrigation rights, irrigation pond,good hay pastures and awesome views of the mountains. Also other useful outbuildings and highway frontage onto SHW21.

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MAHONEY PARK - Just 10 miles SE of Deming, New Mexico. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acres State Lease, and 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains and features a park like setting covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak and juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail and dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views and a home site second to none. Priced at $600,000. SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 15 miles south of Deming, NM east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway) on CR-11. Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres deeded, 3240 state lease, 13,460 BLM, and 4680 uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storage tanks and approximately 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak covered canyons, mountain foothills & desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove A truly great buy at $600,000. 212 ACRE FARM BETWEEN LAS CRUCES, NM AND EL PASO, TX – Hwy. 28 frontage with 132 acres irrigated, 80 acres sandhills, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well, cement ditches and large equipment warehouse. Priced at $1,868,000.

50.47 ACRE FARM - Located on Afton Road south of La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well with cement ditches. Priced at $13,000/acre ($660,400).

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Tehama County, Cottonwood, CA 1,850 acres, winter range. Large barn, 1 bedroom apt., horse stalls, tie stalls, tack room, shop. Deluxe 400x200 ft. roping arena. All new fences & steel corrals. Hunting & fishing. Priced at $2,200,000.

Tehama County, Cottonwood, CA 556 acres, winter range, two small houses, corrals, chute, small barn. Good hunting & fishing. Price reduced – $775,000.

Tehama County, Cottonwood, CA 80 acres, winter range and a custom built apprx. 3000 sq. ft. beautiful home. Large barn, tack room, shop, roping arena, round-pen – a real crown jewel. Many amenities. A roper’s dream. Priced at $1,400,000. 19855 S. Main St. s P.O. Box 1020 Cottonwood, CA 96022 Office: 530/347-9455 s Fax: 530/347-4640 homeranchr@sbcglobal.net

*NEW* 70 Acre Farm, Springerville, AZ – Beautiful custom home with +/- 65 acres of irrigated ground. Includes two car garage, guest quarters, 3 BR, 2 bath home with vaulted ceilings, Beautiful tongue and groove pine interior with vaulted ceilings and wood laminate flooring. Well and ditch water, irrigated with gated pipe. Corrals and nice pipe perimeter fencing. $1,450,000, Terms. 320 Ac Farm, Kansas Settlement, AZ – This working farm has 2–120 acre Zimmatic Pivots, a nice site built home, large workshop & hay barn. 5 irrigation wells, 2 domestic wells. The property is fenced & cross fenced. Great set-up for pasturing cattle. $1,250,000, Te rms Desired. Wickenburg, AZ – 216 Head Cattle Ranch. Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM & 3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells. Abundant feed, numerous corrals & great steel shipping pens. $850,000. 85 Head Cattle Ranch Bisbee/ McNeal, AZ – AZ & private grazing leases HQ on 966 acres of private land including log home, bunk house, corrals, hay barn, well, arena, tack house & storage sheds. $600,000. Purchase HQ on 244 acres & leases for $500,000. *REDUCED* Rainbow Valley, AZ, 300 Head Cattle Ranch – Excellent desert ranch owned &

operated by the same family for 40 years. Well improved w/BLM & State grazing leases. HQ on State land, well watered. $650,000. $500,000. Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm – Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, w/small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800s museum, 2 BR cabin, shop, & barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed & breakfast, land or water development. +/- 62 acres & well for $1,700,000; home & other improvements. $424,500, Seller Financing. Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas AZ – 200 acre Plus 17 head BLM allotment, private retreat, two wells. Very remote & extremely scenic w/sycamores, cottonwoods & beautiful rock formations. $300,000, Terms. *REDUCED* Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch – Year long USFS permit w/two room line camp, barn & corrals at HQ. Remote horseback ranch w/limited vehicular access. 10 acres of deeded in Sheldon, AZ. $275,000.

NEW MEXICO PROPERTIES Listed Cooperatively with Action Realty, Cliff, NM, Dale Spurgeon, Broker 310 He ad Cattle Ranch, Virden, NM – 4500+/- deeded acres, BLM, NM & AZ State Lease. HQ – 3 BR, 2 BA, MH, w/power & corrals. Well watered, 12 wells, 10 dirt tanks, 10 springs. 7 sets of working corrals. $1,700,000, Terms 112 Head Mountain Ranch, Collins Park, NM – This gorgeous ranch is now the total package w/a new log cabin completed in 2009 w/a new well & storage, septic, & solar package; finished tack/bunk house; & excellent set of working corrals, USFS YL permit & 115 deeded acres w/tall pines & meadows. Includes equipment $725,000, Terms *NEW* 189 Head, Reserve to Collins Park, NM

Two USFS Allotments consisting of +/- 65 Sections and +/- 33.7 acres of deeded forest inholding. Beautiful setting in the tall pines and meadows. Improvements on deeded land include an old cabin, bunk house, corrals, and barn. Adjoins 112 head ranch combine them to run 300 head. $550,000, Terms. *NEW* 72 Acre Farm, Virden, NM – Charming 72 acre farm along the Gila River near beautiful Virden, NM. +/- 32 irrigated acres, 3 BR, 2 bath home, canal water, 2 wells, corrals. Don't miss out on this great opportunity. Nice little farms like this don't come along too often. $320,000 *REDUCED* 157 Acres Deming, NM – Fenced w/a nice pipe entry, close to town, paved access, mtn. views, power. Owner will split & carry! $160,000.

HORSE PROPERTIES *REDUCED PRICE – INCREASED ACREAGE* San Pedro River north of Benson, AZ – +⁄-345 acre Professional Horse Breeding Facility, 55 acres of irrigated pasture, 900 gpm well. 2 homes; barn w/office, apt., tack room, feed room, & storage area; 12 stall barn; 7 stall mare motel; lab/vet room; lighted riding arena; insulated workshop; & hay storage area. $2.4M. Reduced to $2.175M. Terms Available. Willcox, AZ, +/-9 Acres w/Roping Arena – 3BR/2BA Shultz mfg. home w/many upgrades, roping arena, nice 4-stall horse barn w/tack room & hay storage, second barn, new well, a very private & nice location $210,000. Benson, AZ 10 AC Mini farm – Home, barn, chicken pens, organic growing beds. $160,000. Willcox, AZ 40 Acres – Great views in every direction, power to the property. $85,000. Vail, AZ Horse Property – 1+ Acre charming horse property w/guest apt., pool & bunkhouse. $275,000.

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Grilled Meat + Oregano = Reduced Cancer, Foodborne Disease Risks Research conducted by UA microbiologist Sadhana Ravishankar has shown that a compound in oregano reduces the formation of potentially cancer-causing compounds that can form in grilled meat.

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dding oregano to meat before grilling could reduce the formation of potentially cancer-causing compounds by up to 78 percent, University of Arizona researchers have found. The spice also helps inactivate harmful E. coli O157:H7 in the meat.

Research conducted by UA microbiologist Sadhana Ravishankar has shown that a compound in oregano reduces the formation of heterocyclic amines, the potentially cancer-causing culprits that can form in grilled meat. “We are preventing the formation of potentially carcinogenic compounds in the grilled meat itself, so people can eat safer grilled meat,” said Ravishankar, an assistant professor in the UA’s department of veterinary science and microbiology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her study was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Heterocyclic amines form in grilled, charbroiled or fried meat in two essential steps. First, a raw juicy hamburger is slapped on the grill. As the meat heats up, amino acids and glucose in the meat react

with each other to create molecules known as intermediates. Next, these intermediates react with creatinine, a molecule that is present in muscle. The result is heterocyclic amines. Once the nice and crispy hamburger is eaten, the heterocyclic amines potentially could lead to cell malfunction. Several epidemiological studies have shown a possible correlation between the consumption of well-done meats and different types of cancers in humans. So maybe people can live without that extra crispy texture on their meat. Unfortunately that strategy has a pitfall too: There are established standards for cooking ground beef in order to eliminate harmful E. coli bacteria in the vast majorcontinued on page 94

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NMSU Studies Camelina Oilseed As Crop, Livestock Feed amelina, an oilseed crop, could provide a partial solution to the suffering agricultural economy of northeastern New Mexico, according to Manny Encinias, Extension beef cattle specialist at New Mexico State University’s (NMSU) Clayton Livestock Research Center (CLRC). As fuel, fertilizer, and corn prices were rising to record levels in 2008, business and community leaders in northeastern New Mexico’s Union County turned to researchers at the Clayton science center to find a way to offset the impacts of these prices on their rural, agriculturally-based economy. The county’s economy is driven by the beef industry. More than half a million cattle graze the native grasslands of northeastern New Mexico. Prior to the skyrocketing oil prices in 2008, feed lots in Union County also fed 150,000 head. While financial damage is difficult to quantify precisely, the volatility in the oil and grain commodity markets resulted in a rippling crash of the county’s economy. “Rising fuel and feed prices have cost our local economy millions of dollars since 2008,” Encinias said. “Fuel associated with transporting animals and feed are important parts of the equation,” Encinias said. “When these types of components to your economic equation get out of line in our part of the world, we see the effects across the board, from our retail service industry to our schools.” Responding to the increase in price for petroleum products, Union County business leaders saw a potential local, cost-saving and economic development opportunity in establishing a biodiesel plant in their area. Clayton is located on US Hwy. 64, a major corridor between Texas and Colorado. The area is a major thorough-fare for diesel-powered vehicles, which would enhance the viability of a local plant. The plant would also presumably provide a lower cost diesel product for local consumption. While biodiesel can be produced from many different types of plant feedstock, the oilseed Camelina sativa surfaced as the crop of choice to evaluate. The plant, which is a member of the mustard family, produces a seed that ranks among the highest in fat content among oilseed crops. Not only does it produce more oil, the

oil is cleaner, requiring less refining, and it performs better in cold weather because it has a lower freeze or gel point. This is a beneficial property for diesel engines operating in cold temperatures. “This property in particular has caused the U.S. Department of Defense, particularly the Air Force, to become interested in camelina oil-based biofuel as a component for jet fuel,” Encinias said. Camelina is recognized as a low input crop because it has relatively low irrigation requirements. Compared to wheat and corn, which require 25 to 30 inches of irrigation, Encinias and agronomists from the Clovis Agricultural Science Center have demonstrated that camelina raised at the Clayton Livestock Research Center can be grown with eight inches of irrigation. “This work, which is part of a three-year study funded by the Rio Grande Basin Initiative, is a plus for raising crops like camelina in those areas like Union County where the ground water stores are rapidly depleting,” Encinias said. The plant also demonstrates a high weed and pest resistance, and is highly adaptive to dry climates, while exhibiting high tolerance for cold and frost. The 60-acre camelina planting in Clay-

ton was designed to determine the feasibility of raising camelina in northeastern New Mexico, and to produce enough yield of seed and feedstock to evaluate multiple objectives of the research project. Since one of the major objectives of the CLRC is beef cattle nutrition research, Encinias’ personal research interest in the camelina study is focused on evaluating the feeding value of byproducts of the oil extraction and biodiesel processes for range and feedlot cattle. “Camelina meal is a high-protein, highfat feedstuff that can be used in range beef cattle supplements,” Encinias said. “And the glyercin produced during the biodiesel process can replace corn in high-energy diets fed to cattle in the feedlot.” As camelina seed is planted in late winter 2011, Encinias and his coworkers at the Clayton Livestock Research Center will focus their efforts on understanding the levels that the camelina meal and glycerin can be included in beef cattle diets. Early indications from the Clayton research are that raising camelina in northeastern New Mexico could be a winwin situation that could help the agricultural industry and economy of the area in n many ways.

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Veterinarians Answer Questions on Trich s industry awareness of Bovine Trichomonaisis, commonly known as “Trich” increases, many producers are looking for more information. Some of the most common questions about the disease are answered below by a panel of four experts: Dr. Flint Taylor, Director of the New Mexico Veterinary Diagnostic Services (VDS); Dr. Dave Fly, State Veterinarian; Dr John Wenzel, NMSU Extension Veterinarian; and Ms. Dawn Bueschel, Section Chief of the VDS Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory. What is Trichomoniasis? Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted disease in cattle caused by the protozoan parasite, Tritrichomonas foetus which can lead to abortion and lower fertility in cows and subsequent decreased calving rates. Viable infection in cattle can be induced with only a few organisms. In the western states trichomoniasis is increasingly being recognized as an important disease in the cattle industry. How is Trich transmitted? T. foetus is a microscopic organism that lives in the crypts of a bull’s penis and the vagina and cervical mucosa of cows. It is transmitted through the breeding of infected animals to uninfected animals. It can be spread by breeding from an infected bull or cow. Cows clear the infection but can become reinfected by breeding to carrier bulls. Although T. foetus can be spread by reusing collection pipets previously used on an infected animal or by artificial insemination using semen from an infected bull, natural transmission is the most common route of infection. Why should we test for Trich? Trich testing should be included in a ranch’s biosecurity program because the disease is present in all geographic regions

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of the state, it is easily transmitted from cows to bulls and bulls to cows, and early detection can limit the severe economic effects of the disease. What are the economic losses involved when a herd becomes infected with Trich? Direct losses are easily documented, such as selling and replacing infected bulls, the cost of testing and feed costs associated with holding bulls up and feeding while awaiting test results. Indirect costs are harder to document but can be much more devastating. Those can include loss of pregnancy, an increase of 10-50 percent in the number of open cows, a longer calving season, the decrease in weaning weights due to younger calves being marketed, increased replacement heifer purchases, inflexibility in marketing of cull cattle and costs associated with managing the disease on your premise. What is a carrier? A carrier is a cow that carries the disease over to the next breeding season, which can maintain the infection in a herd from year to year. A carrier cow may produce a live calf but still carry the infection. Some cows will have the organism in their vaginal and cervical mucus, then the organism gains access to the uterus during the calving process. Some cows have a light infection that does not result in pregnancy loss and they too can produce a live calf. The immunity from having the infection is short-lived, so cows can be reinfected the next year if they are exposed to the organism. Can both cows and bulls be carriers? Cows can be carriers, but bulls can be chronically infected. There are two types of infection with Trich, acute and chronic. Acute infections result when a bull breeds an infected cow, picks up the organism, but does not maintain the infection long term. This may result because not enough organisms were transmitted to maintain an infection, or the environment of the bulls’ reproductive tract was not conducive to maintaining the infection at that time. A bull that becomes chronically infected is exposed to the Trich organism during breeding, and then a self sustaining population of the organism is maintained on the surface of the bull’s reproductive

tract. This population may be present for a very long period of time and can result in the bull infecting cows the next breeding season. What management practices should be used in addition to culling infected bulls? Producers should also pull bulls to provide sexual rest for the cows, only purchase Trich negative bulls, only purchase replacement females from known Trich negative herds, keep fences in good repair and practice good biosecurity. Other practices may include shortening the breeding season, using younger bulls or artificial insemination. Consult your veterinarian for the management practices that may need to be included in your herd Trich management or prevention program, which may include a Trich vaccine. How are trich samples collected? Trich samples must be collected by a veterinarian. This is done by providing suitable restraint of the animal (usually in a squeeze chute), and then using a sterile pipette to collect smegma from the prepuce of the bull. The pipette needs to be applied vigorously along the length of the prepuce, as there is not equal distribution of the organisms along the entire prepuce. Once the sample is collected, it is containerized in a “trich pouch” (a plastic bag containing transport media), and then must be kept at room temperature and shipped to the diagnostic laboratory. It is extremely important for the veterinarian collecting the samples use a sterile pipette for each bull, change gloves for each bull, and use all other appropriate measures to prevent cross contamination. Can cows be tested for trich? Yes, but collection of suitable samples (cervical mucus), even from infected cows, is inconsistent and unreliable. In an experimental environment, known infected cows have been sampled repeatedly, and may only test positive once, if at all. The potential for false negatives is substantial, which makes testing of cows impractical at chute side in a ranching operation. Testing of bulls is much more reliable and is the recognized procedure by both NMLB and VDS. What are New Mexico’s regulatory requirements for testing ? The New Mexico Livestock Board, at the request of the New Mexico cattle industry, instituted rules governing Bovine Trichomoniasis in 2005. Currently all the nineteen western states have similar regu-

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BOOK REVIEWS hen words of advice or pearls of wisdom come from the mouth of a husband, it’s easy for the wife to ignore or discount those words. When those same pearls come from Heather Smith Thomas, they should be etched in granite and the wife should admit that the husband was right after all. Some lessons need not be learned the hard way. Every conceivable aspect of raising beef cattle is addressed in depth by Ms. Thomas from her 40 plus years of experience, complete with excellent illustrations and photographs. This book is so fundamentally wise, yet basic in its content, that neither novice nor career beef producer should be without a copy. It is pertinent whether the raising of a herd of cattle is for a means of making a living or is for the enjoyment of a way of life. No matter the size of an operation, there is everything one needs to know in this newest version of Storey’s

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Guide to Raising Beef Cattle. Again, I have to give “the old man” credit. Ms. Thomas’s begins her “guide” in the same manner that customers of the Cross M Longhorn Ranch received . . . What is your plan? What are your goals? What kind of cattle are suited for your area? What is the market in your area? What traits do you desire in your cattle? This book lists the characteristics established and standardized by all the beef breed registries with an emphasis on hybrid vigor, the combining of traits to produce even better offspring through crossbreeding. She stresses that only the best animals should reproduce, then gives the reader in depth guidance on how to proceed to breed and raise superior livestock. Instructions on how to handle and move cattle are extremely helpful in understanding how cattle behave, to avoid injury, both to the animal and the handler. Illustrations of proper equipment, supplies, facilities, pastures and fencing also add to the health and safety of both. Covered are tips for buying and selling cattle, what to look for in a bull and what to look for in a cow. An understanding of the reproductive system of both is recommended and diagrammed. Proper care and nutrition of the reproducing animals is discussed, to help ensure sound offspring. Once the calf hits the ground, feed and health tips, including vaccination techniques, help the producer insure that calf’s best chance to make a profit for the breeder once it is weaned. The weaning tips alone would have been quite helpful early in the Cross M operation. Cows running around Belen looking for their calves that were moved to Cedar Crest could have been avoided. While this book emphasizes establishing a good initial relationship with an experienced veterinarian, it also illustrates in great detail how the breeder can address problems such as health issues, various diseases or weed poisonings, plus calving/birthing difficulties. How to “pull” a calf is demonstrated; however, this need not be a badge of honor with cattle breeders. As long as the homework provided by Ms. Thomas in this guide has been done and attention has been paid to the breeding female’s age, overall care and health, and attention has been paid to a bull’s record of progeny, calving problems can be avoided and the raising of beef cattle can continued on page 95

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lations to assist producers in reducing the incidence of the disease and preventing spread to other producers or to other states. The rules can be viewed at the NMLB website NMLBonline.com. A printed copy of the rules and other pertinent information will be mailed to producers on request. Is Trichomoniasis a reportable disease? Bovine Trichomoniasis is a reportable disease in New Mexico and the nineteen western states. Owners and veterinarians are requested to contact the Office of the State Veterinarian 505/841 6161). What does it mean when a ranch becomes quarantined for Bovine Trichomoniasis? When a herd is diagnosed as positive for Bovine Trichomoniasis a breeding herd quarantine is issued. This affects movement of breeding animals only. Depending on management procedures, it may take as few as 120 days or less to clear the quarantine. What tests are available? Traditionally, direct microscopic examination of preputial scrapings (smegma)

cultured in enrichment media (TF Inpouch, Biomed Diagnostics, or Diamond’s Media) for the presence of T. foetus has been the method of detection. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), a DNA test, has become standard in most veterinary diagnostic laboratories. PCR has increased specificity over microscopic examination because it only detects the DNA of T. foetus. Using microscopic examination, it can be difficult to tell the difference between species of Trichomonads (i.e. intestinal trich from T. foetus). PCR prevents the occurrence of false positive results due to the presence of intestinal trich in the sample. PCR can also be used as a high through-put method of testing. One technician can test approximately 200 samples in one day. VDS uses Real-Time PCR. Real-Time PCR is different than standard PCR in that it is: 1) Faster- it is a one step process where standard PCR is a two step process, and 2) More sensitive- less than one organism can be detected using Real-Time PCR. Additionally, an internal control is included in each reaction. If the internal control does not work, we know to repeat the test on that sample. This allows differ-

entiation between a true negative sample and a failed or inhibited test on the sample. The standard PCR testing procedure for Trich does not contain an internal control. What about pooling samples? Pooling samples involves taking aliquots from several pouches and combining them into one sample for testing at the laboratory. Pooling should never be done by collecting from multiple bulls into one pouch. The advantages of pooling are the potential for saving money and time by decreasing the overall number of tests performed. However, if a test comes back positive, all of the pooled samples must be tested individually. VDS does not pool samples for testing for three reasons: 1) Approximately 2 to 3 percent of the samples tested by VDS are positive. With this number of positives, it would not be advantageous to pool because many samples would then need to be retested individually. Pooling would be more applicable in a state with a low occurrence of Trich or in negative herds. Unfortunately, many owners are not aware that they have Trich infected herds. continued on page 95

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New Mexico State University Department of Animal and Range Sciences Fall 2010 Graduates Undergraduates ovani Armendariz of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, earned his degree in animal science and will be moving to Argentina to manage a sheep ranch. His career goal is to become a successful food animal producer. Jovani participated in the Western Region Academic Quadrathlon, was a Crimson Scholar, member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars, two-time recipient of the American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award, and named to the Dean’s List. He was named “Outstanding Student in Animal Science” at the fall commencement and received a departmental “Graduate of Distinction” medallion. Las Cruces native, Michelle Carrillo, received her degree in animal science and plans to work in the equine industry. She was a Crimson Scholar and was named to the Dean’s List. Range science major, Robert Crane is from Roswell. He has accepted a position with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Portales. Robert was an

active member of the NMSU Range Club, serving as treasurer and president. He received a departmental “Graduate of Distinction” medallion. Eric Chavez of Dexter, New Mexico completed his degree in animal science and is considering attending graduate school with a major in reproduction. Juan Miguel Garcia-Madrid was born in El Paso, Texas but raised in Juarez, Mexico. He plans to use his animal science degree to work at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry (cattle import/export) and to work in feedlots either in Washington state or McAllen, Texas. Juan was recipient of a NM AMP scholarship working with Dr. Sergio Soto and participated at the URCAS symposium. Animal science major, Lindsey Green, is from Farmington, New Mexico and plans to work in equine reproduction and equine training industries, with the goal of owning and operating her own breeding and training barn. Lindsey was a member of the NMSU Women’s Tennis Team, receiving Wells Fargo Academic Honors and Outstanding Scholar Athletic Achievement from the Crimson and White Society. She was named to the Dean’s List and received the American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award. Lindsey was also an active member of the

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NMSU Horsemen’s Association, received the Dean’s Award of Excellence for Fall 2010 and a departmental “Graduate of Distinction” medallion. Scott Gutierrez, Edgewood, New Mexico, was an animal science major and hopes to work in ranch management. He participated in the Academic Quadrathlon and was a student employee in the NMSU Meat Lab and farm. Leon Kie was a range science major from Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. He wants to be a part of the decision-making process of land management practices on the local, tribal, state or federal level. Finding a career in the humane management of small and large animal breeds is the career goal of Audrey Petersen, animal science major from Edgewood, New Mexico. While at NMSU, Audrey worked at the Animal Shelter and was a spay/neuter program volunteer. Tiffany Rivera, animal science major from Las Cruces, wants to own/run her own business. Animal science major, Tyler Tatum, is from Melrose, New Mexico. Tyler’s career goals are to work in the agricultural industry in production agriculture and expand his family’s cattle operation. He hopefully will start a position with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture this January. At NMSU, Tyler was involved in the National Agri-Marketing Association and Block and Bridle. He was a speaker on the NAMA National Chamption student marketing team in Kansas City in the Spring of 2010. Talisha Valdez plans to attend Equine Massage Therapy School to earn her certification. In the meantime, she will be a “stayat-home” mom while her husband works for a ranch in Clayton, New Mexico, her hometown. Talisha was a Crimson Scholar and a member of the NMSU Rodeo Team. Other students completing their degrees this fall were Michael Armijo (range science), Sabrina Wilson (animal science, Fairacres, NM); and Dakota Woodard (animal science, Silver City, NM). Graduate Students Receiving her Master’s degree in animal science (reproductive physiology) was Chelsea Felker of Alamogordo. Her thesis was titled “Conception rates and serum progesterone profiles in Rambouillet Ewes treated with intravaginal progesterone and prostaglandin F2 injections. Her advisor was Dr. Dennis Hallford. Chelsea was an active member of the Animal and Range continued on page 91

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Sciences Graduate Student Association and hopes to obtain a rewarding career in animal agriculture, preferably dealing with reproduction. She was inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta, the honor society of agriculture. Eric Frantz of Las Cruces obtained his master’s degree in animal science under the guidance of Dr. Tim Ross. His research dealt with the role of serotonin in lactation and the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor as a dry off treatment. Eric is pursuing a position with the U.S. Border Patrol as an agricultural specialist. Las Vegas, New Mexico native, Jared Gonzales received a Master’s degree in animal science working with Dr. Dennis Hall-

ford. Jared studied the effect of ewe age, lamb sex, and lamb birth weight on serum hormone profiles in Rambouillet ewes. Jared was a member of the NMSU Rodeo Team and the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Dr. Andrés Cibils served as the range science Master’s advisor for Laura Jacobson Goodman of Minnetonka, Minnesota. Laura’s thesis work involved plant and animal responses to targeted grazing of white locoweed in New Mexico. Laura will remain at NMSU to pursue her doctorate degree and then plans to work as a State Extension Specialist or as a researcher at a USDA Agricultural Research Station. She received the Mike Watts Outstanding Leadership Fellowship, the Graduate School Tuition Waiver Award Fellowship, and was a member of the Animal and

Range Sciences Graduate Student Association and Gamma Sigma Delta, the honor society of agriculture. Flint Harrelson, Clovis, New Mexico, completed requirements for the doctorate degree in animal science under the supervision of Dr. Shanna Ivey. His dissertation was titled “Effects of winter supplementation strategy on beef cattle performance and metabolism as well as calf health and performance.” Flint was an active member of the Animal and Range Sciences Graduate Student Association and served as advisor of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at NMSU. He plans to teach and conduct research on the university level. Range science doctoral student, Cesar Mendez-Gonzalez of Chihuahua, Chicontinued on page 92

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huahua, Mexico studied the influence of seed resources on the diet, seed selection, and community dynamics of wintering birds in semi-arid grasslands. Dr. Laurie Abbott served as his advisor. In November, 2006, Cesar was employed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as a Park Unit Superintendent and currently manages the 26,000 acres of Franklin Mountains State Park in El Paso, Texas. Earning her Master of Science degree in range science was Morgan Russell from Brookside, Utah. Under the guidance of Dr. Derek Bailey, Morgan researched grazing distribution and foraging patterns of Angus, Brangus, and Brahman cows in extensive rangeland pastures in the Chihuahuan Desert. She will continue her doctoral studies at North Dakota State University in fire ecology. Morgan was a member of the Animal and Range Sciences Graduate Student Association and placed first in the SRM Graduate Student oral paper competition, 3rd in the NMSU Al Neumann Scientific Paper Competition, and 3rd place in the Western Section, American Society of Animal Science grad-

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ity of commercial meat. Restaurants often recommend well-done meat to minimize the potential for foodborne illness. “The ground beef patty has to be heated to a temperature of 71 degrees Celsius to kill E. coli bacteria,” said Ravishankar. “When they say 71 degrees, that means the cold spot at the geometric center of the ground beef patty. What happens is when you’re grilling or broiling or frying, it takes longer for the geometric center to reach 71 degrees while the periphery of the meat has already reached that ahead of time and the temperature continues to rise. The higher the temperature, the more the formation of heterocyclic amines.” So it’s E. coli on one hand, and potential carcinogens on the other. Not the best of choices. Luckily, a plant compound found in oregano may be a solution to both problems. “We added the active ingredient of oregano oil, called carvacrol, to the meat. Then we grilled the meat, and we were able to reduce the formation of these compounds,” said Ravishankar. “Carvacrol has anti-oxidative properties, so we are thinking that it binds to or reacts with some of continued on page 98

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Mexico State University Rodeo Team and be profitable and pleasurable. This book is easily read and highly rec- the Susan G Komen Foundation, among other charities, to help them raise funds for ommended. their causes. “I feel that if you live your passion and do it well, you have to pay it forRanching With Wyatt West ward by helping others,” she explained. W. Todd Lindsay, Author Originally from Texas, Winkler and her A-10 Etcheverry, Illustrator husband stayed in Virginia after he retired Kristy Romero Cummings, from the U.S. Air Force. They have two Photographer dogs and three warmblood horses which anching With Wyatt West is about she rides when she is not painting; their life on a New Mexico cattle ranch. It two daughters and grandchildren also live is designed for middle school stu- in the area. Her artwork, which includes dents from 4th to 8th grade. It is full of bison, horses and other breeds of cattle, great stories about Wyatt West and his can be viewed at www.dejavuimpresfamily. It is a realistic fiction and is pubsions.com. lished by Authorhouse. The book has been Winkler especially likes being able to tested and approved by many students at reach the public through her artwork. “It Truth or Consequences Middle School, and the reviews are great. It is a book that is amazing what the general public doesn’t could be used in the classroom or just as know. People ask questions about the catgood reading. This book is the first of a tle, and ask if I have a story about a particseries that promotes family values, hon- ular painting, and I always do. If I can eduesty and real life on a New Mexico cattle cate people with my paintings, I feel like I’ve met my goal,” she explained. ranch. “I love to show the cattle with humor This book is available at the Authorand feelings,” she continued. “I always want house, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon, to give my best with animals, I want them ISBN – 978-1-4520-8341-4(SC), Library of to be recognized as emotional beings.” Congress control number 20110917427. Winkler said she once watched an interTo contact the author for book Signings or information: W. Todd Lindsay, 575/740- view of opera singer Placido Domingo. n When asked who his idol was, Domingo’s 1002, lnz_rodeo@hotmail.com reply was Frank Sinatra, “because he leaves his sound in the air.” “That’s what I want to do with my artwork. The best comNMLB pliments I receive,” she said, “are from continued from page 89 ranchers who call about my artwork. 2) Real-Time PCR is sensitive to any When someone calls and says, “I can’t get inhibiting material that might be present that one out of my head,” I know I’ve done n in the sample (fecal components, DNA a good job.” from other organisms, etc.). Increasing the number of specimens in one test will also increase the number of inhibiting substances causing the reaction to fail. Failed reactions are repeated using a dilution of the original sample. 3) Pooling samples also reduces the sensitivity of the test due to the dilution of D V E RT I S E each individual specimen in the pool. For more information contact: the New Mexico Livestock Board at nmlbonline.com or 505/841-6161; Extension Veterinarian John C Wenzel DVM at jwenzel@nmsu.edu or c. 575/534-7562; New Mexico Veterinary Diagnostic Services, Dr Flint Taylor, at ftaylor@nmda.nmsu.edu or 505/388-9288 and/or Dawn Bueschel at in the New Mexico Stockman. dbueschel@nmda.nmsu.edu or 505/383Call: 505/243-9515. n 9284.

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nutrient requirements may be greatly increased, because she has more trouble keeping warm. Try soaking your shirt in water and see how poorly it insulates you from wind or cold. Cattle that have lost weight or are losing weight are very susceptible to cold or wet weather stress, and more apt to become sick, so keep track of body condition during fall and winter. Cold, dry weather tends to stimulate appetite, but rain or snow may create temporary reduction of feed intake by as much as 30 to 100 percent, so make sure cattle have plenty of feed after the storm is over, n to make up for the deficit.

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America. By donating a portion of Halex GT sales as well as non-perishable food items collected at various events, Weeding out Hunger has donated more than $100,000 and nearly 5 tons of food to 78 food banks in 24 states. For more information on Halex GT and Weeding out Hunger, visit www.weedingouthunger.com and “like” the new Facebook page at www.facebook.com/weedingouthunger. To receive real-time updates, follow the campaign on Twitter at n www.twitter.com/weedouthunger.

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The amount of federal land in New Mexico and federal funding of hunting programs prohibits totally closing this or any state to only resident hunters. With the logging and mining industries gone, there is little to support rural economies besides grazing and hunting. Guides and outfitters play a big part in the hunting aspect. Many ranchers have become guides or outfitters on the side to supplement their income. Others utilizing their neighbors who are guides and outfitters to generate income from their private tags that keep operations going. I am out of time and space, but SB 196 is the bill that has the potential to eliminate from 4,000 to 6,000 jobs from New Mexico’s rural economies. Please help oppose it. Watch your email and the website for other bills and issues that will affect you.n FEBRUARY 2011

Northeast Dairy Farmers Attack Settlement Proposal DFA, DMS Join Local Farmers in Filing Objection to Dean Foods Settlement

PRNEWSWIRE-USNEWSWIRE airy farmers who say attorneys representing them are not looking out for their best interests have filed opposition to the proposed settlement submitted in the class action antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt. Acting on behalf of its dairy farmer owners, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA), together with Dairy Marketing Services, LLC (DMS), also has filed objections to this settlement. DFA and DMS' filing on January 18 joins at least 24 dairy farmers — representing diverse cooperative members and independent producers — who submitted their own affidavits challenging the fairness of the settlement. “We objected on behalf of our members because the attorneys for the entire class of dairy farmer plaintiffs have favored one segment of the class while it penalizes another segment,” said Brad Keating, chief operating officer for DFA’s Northeast Area. “As the milk marketing entity representing many of the members of this class, we have a responsibility to ensure their interests are fully considered.” In its filing, DFA and DMS cite concerns that the settlement creates both winners and losers in the class of dairy farmers represented by a single law firm by taking market access from one group of dairy farmers at the expense of another within the same class. The filing also describes how, if the settlement is approved, dairy farmers stand to incur financial damages by receiving a lower pay price for their milk. A provision in Dean Foods’ proposed settlement would allow the dairy processor to determine, in its sole discretion, the competitive market price at which it will purchase up to 60 million pounds of milk per month from non-DFA and non-DMS sources for a period of 30 months. DFA’s filing recognizes the business rationale for Dean Foods to manage its ingredient costs. However, if approved, this settlement is likely to create a downward ripple effect on current pricing for milk purchases from DFA, DMS and other milk suppliers in the Northeast. In turn, other customers will make demands for price equality.

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The result is price erosion for all dairy farmers. “This provision seems to undercut the very reasons why we at St. Albans decided to join DMS in the first place — to work together with other co-ops to make sure that we were able to serve an increasingly consolidating marketplace, and to do so in a way that will protect prices and premiums for dairy farmers,” said Ralph McNall, president of the board for St. Albans Cooperative Creamery and a dairy farmer who independently filed opposition to the settlement. An additional component of the proposed settlement calls for a payment of $30 million in damages (less $10 million in attorney fees) to be paid to dairy farmers who produced raw Grade A milk in Federal Order 1 and pooled raw Grade A milk in Federal Order 1 from January 1, 2002, through December 9, 2010. “This $30 million settlement has been touted as a real win for dairy farmers,” said Greg Wickham, DMS general manager. “We believe the per-farmer award has been highly exaggerated, but more importantly, we believe the benefit of a small one-time cash payment is far over-shadowed by the longterm negative impact on farmers' wallets.”

After the money is divided among the approximately 13,000 dairy farmers who pooled milk in Order 1 (based on the most current Market Administrator’s Annual Statistical Bulletin, as of 2009), the average farmer stands to receive approximately $1,500. If the market is disrupted such that there is even a meager reduction in milk price, the impact to farmers’ milk checks would be swift and substantial, Wickham said. For example, a 5-cent-per-hundredweight reduction in pay price would cost a farmer milking 300 cows as much as $3,400 in lost revenues in a single year. “The proposed settlement that these class representatives and their lawyers have negotiated takes sales away from dairy farmers, turns those sales over to someone else, threatens to help undercut our organization, and pits dairy farmer against dairy farmer with the end result that prices are bound to fall,” McNall said. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) is a national dairy marketing cooperative that serves and is owned by nearly 17,000 members on more than 9,500 farms in 48 states. Global Dairy Products Group, a division of DFA, is one of the country’s most diversified manufacturers of dairy products, food components and ingredi-

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ents, and is a leader in formulating and packaging shelf-stable dairy products. For more information, call 1-888-DFA-MILK (332-6455) or visit www.dfamilk.com. Dairy Marketing Services (DMS) is a milk marketing joint venture between Dairylea Cooperative Inc., Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. and St. Albans Cooperative Creamery. Annually, DMS markets approximately 16 billion pounds of raw milk produced from more than 8,000 Northeastern U.S. farms. DMS continually works to increase efficiency on milk assembly, hauling and administration. n

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the intermediates and prevents them from forming the heterocyclic amines. The mechanism is not clear yet.” Carvacrol also has antimicrobial properties that inactivate E. coli: a membraneactive compound, it breaks the chain of fatty acids that makes up the outer membrane of an E. coli cell, causing the cell to leak its contents. “We are also hoping that by using these compounds we can reduce the temperature of heating to inactivate E. coli,” said Ravishankar. “If you reduce the temperature of heating, you can reduce the formation of heterocyclic amines automatically.” Collaborating with Mendel Friedman at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif., Ravishankar is currently testing other antioxidative and antimicrobial plant compounds and extracts to find out if they have similar effects as carvacrol on grilled meat. To prevent compromising the meat flavor and taste, Ravishankar’s lab is testing different combinations of plant compounds. “We plan on evaluating different combinations in such a way that you reduce the heterocyclic amines, inactivate E. coli, and at the same time you keep the flavor of the ground beef palatable,” said Ravishankar. In the future, Ravishankar would like to test the effects in animal studies designed to find out whether consumption of meat containing plant compounds helps protect against both infection and cancer. Meanwhile, Ravishankar’s research has shown for the first time a way to simultaneously inactivate harmful E. coli and reduce the formation of potentially carcinogenic compounds in grilled meat itself, hopefully saving us from a future filled with medium-rare food. This research is funded by a grant from the American Cancer Society through the n Arizona Cancer Center.

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Desert Scales & Weighing Equip. . . . . . .74 E Elbrock Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Eslabon Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Evans Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . .66, 70 Express Ranches N.M. Bull . . . . . . . . . .11 F Fallon-Cortese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Farm Credit of N.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmer’s & Stockman’s Bank . . . . . . . .76 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . .68 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . .54 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 4G Mountain Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 4-H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Four States Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Fury Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 G Genex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . .54 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . .48 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70, 93 Tom Growney Equipment Inc . . . . . .6, 75 H Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 73 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .30, 93 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Home Ranch Real Properties . . . . . . . . .81 Hooper Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 70 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . .38 Hugley Co. Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 I Isa Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 J Jimbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 K Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equip. . .75 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

L L & H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 La Gloria Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Laflin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70, 97 Lasater Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . .67, 70 Lee, Lee & Puckitt / Kevin Reed . . . . . .78 LG Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 M Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Mason Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Merrick’s Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Mesa Feed Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37, 74 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . .78 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . .78 Mill Creek Ranch / Pied Piper Feed . . . . .4 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47, 93 Moeller’s Cross M Texas Longhorns . . . .48 Monfette Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . . .75 Montana del Oso Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Mur-Tex Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Murney Assoc. / Paul McGilliard . . . . . .78 Musick’s Angus Business Bull Sa . . . . . .15 N N.M. Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 N.M. Angus & Hereford Bul . . . . . . . . . .42 N.M. Beef Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61, 62 N.M. Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . .82 N.M. Cattle Growers’ Membership . . . . .90 N.M. Hereford Association . . . . . . . . . . .44 N.M. Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 N.M. Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 N.M. Wool Growers, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .52 NMSU Animal & Ranges Sciences . . . . .29 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Nutrena Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Profit Maker Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 R The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Ranching with Wyatt West . . . . . . . . . . .86 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Reynolds Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . . .81 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . .2 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . .12 Running Arrow Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . .50 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 S Salazar Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . .75 Santa Gertrudis Breeders International . .73 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73, 96 Scott Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Shoestring Longhorns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Smith Land & Cattle Co, LLC . . . . . . . .92 Southwest Ag, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Southwest Brangus Breeders Co-op . . .103 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . .79 Sumrall Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 T T & T Trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Taylor Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Texas Longhorn Breeders of N.M. . . . . .49 Texoma Beefmaster Bull Sale . . . . . . . .65 Tri-State Angus Ranches / Puppies . . . .74 Tucumcari Bull Test Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 U U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

O Jim Olson Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 O’Neil Land, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

V Virden Perma-Bilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

P P Bar A Angus Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Pacific Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Paco Feed Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Dan Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 PolyDome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Porter Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Pot Of Gold Gelbvieh Association . . . . . .21 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Joe Priest Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

W Weaver Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Wedel Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 91 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 70 Western Heritage Bank . . . . . . . . .24, 98 Western Legacy Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Westlake Cattle Growers, LLC . . . . . . . .13 White Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Widner Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Willcox Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . . . . . .13, 30, 75 WW-Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

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8th

ANNUAL

2004 Seedstock Producers of the Year!

Reynolds Ranch LIMOUSIN PRODUCTION SALE

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2011 · SANFORD, COLORADO · at the Ranch · 1 p.m. National Western Stock Show

Featuring...

SONS OF LEADING AI SIRES Including: • EXAR New Look • WULFS Nobel Prize • KVRN Pablo • Three Trees Prime Cut 104T • KVRN Picante • WULFS Fanfare • WLR Direct Hit • HC Final Time • WULFS Titus • MAGS Trail Drive • Lagrand MAF Antidote

Please join us on

March 19 AS WE PRESENT 90 OF THE BEST RED & BLACK

Limousin bulls found anywhere!

and many other leading sires!

SELLING

90 BULLS

RANCH:

Registered Performance-Tested

Twoe Y ar-Olds

719/274-5827 RIC REYNOLDS:

719/274-5084 c: 719/588-0394

Including: 30 ANGUS X LIMOUSIN BULLS

+YEARS of AI. Our

ROD REYNOLDS:

Yearlings This black 2-year-old daughter of SLVL Beef is typical of the quality females that are in production at Reynolds Ranch. Females with growth, volume, great dispositions and a lot of milk.

719/274-4090 c: 719/588-1230 SALE MANAGER:

Jim Higel, 719/589-2116 AUCTIONEER:

Art Goehl, 719/589-2113

Limousin have a Brown Swiss background that results in greater maternal ability, growth and good dispositions. Our mother cows are selected for their ability to work at high altitude and to wean a growthy calf under range conditions.

RANCH LOCATION: Go to La Jara (14 miles north of Antonito or 14 miles south of Alamosa). From La Jara, go east on Hwy. 136 to dead-end, then turn right and go 3/4 mile to Reynolds Ranch headquarters. to Santa Fe

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GAYLAND & PATTI TOWNSEND HOME: 580/443-5777 CELL: 580/380-1606

P.O. BOX 278 MILBURN, OK 73450

STEVE & JACKIE TOWNSEND HOME: 580/443-5749 CELL: 580/380-1968

We are consigning to the 20th Annual

ANGUS PLUS BULL

Roswell Brangus Sale

February 26, 2011 A LUCKY 13 SON

SUPER BLACK BALDIES

— Consigning — 9 Angus Plus Bulls 9 Registered Brangus Bulls 4 Purebred Brangus Bulls 5 Angus Plus Heifers 21 Super Baldy Bred Heifers

If you can’t attend the sale in person, bid live onr 48 te DVAuction — Regisle at hours before the sa dvauction.com This will be the 20th year for the Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale! As always, there will be some outstanding Herd Sires and some good Registered Females, but 90% of the bulls and females will be intended for the commercial cowman at a price they can afford.

RAISED IN OKLAHOMA – THE SAME WAY WE RAISED THEM IN NEW MEXICO! CONTACT THESE SOUTHWEST BRANGUS BREEDERS FOR BRANGUS BULLS AND FEMALES.

Floyd Brangus Troy Floyd P.O. Box 133 Roswell, NM 88201 Phone: 575/734-7005

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Lack-Morrison Brangus JOE PAUL & ROSIE LACK P.O. Box 274, Hatch, NM 87937 Phone: 575/267-1016 • Fax: 575/267-1234 BILL MORRISON 411 CR 10, Clovis, NM 88101 Phone: 575/760-7263 Email: bvmorrison@yucca.net lackmorrisonbrangus.com

Parker Brangus LARRY PARKER San Simon, AZ 85632 Days: 520/845-2411 Evenings: 520/845-2315 Larry’s Cell: 520/508-3505 Diane’s Cell: 520/403-1967 Email: jddiane@vtc.net

Townsend Brangus GAYLAND and PATTI TOWNSEND P.O. Box 278 Milburn, Oklahoma 73450 Home: 580/443-5777 Cell: 580/380-1606

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