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10 NMCGA President’s Message by Randell Major

12 Wit & Wisdom by Caren Cowan

16 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 21 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn 28 On the Edge of Common Sense by Baxter Black

32 News Update 38 New Mexico Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

44 In Memoriam 52 Riding Herd by Lee Pitts

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

61 Marketplace 62 Seedstock Guide 76 Real Estate Guide 84 Advertisers’ Index

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FEATURES 19 24 24

Dr. Glenn Wehner Inducted into Gelbvieh Hall of Fame Lineberry Policy Center Policy Analyst Appointed to University of Arizona Law Policy Center Advisory Board Fire as a Management Tool: Agencies & Private Landowners Collaborate to Provide Benefit to Prairie Grasslands by Cody Johnson, New Mexico Department of Game & Fish

30 It’s Here: the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 Source: US Cattlemen’s Association

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NMSU Extension Publication Culminates 10-Year Study of Three Acequia Systems Dino Cervantes Named to NMSU Entrepreneur Hall of Fame 2020 US Supreme Court Dismisses TX Petition for Review in Pecos River Dispute by Tiffany Dowell, Texas Agriculture Law Blog

48 NMSU Students Review Books for You 50 Trapping Truths by Chance Thedford, President, New Mexico Trappers Association

56 CoBank Releases 2021 Year Ahead Report – Forces That Will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy 58 Secretary Perdue Announces Proposal to Transfer Agricultural Animal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework to USDA 69 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association 2020 Joint Stockmen’s Convention Awards 72 NMSU Associate Professor Focuses on Infertility Research

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Dear Cattle Producers, and All,

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

ow, what a meeting marathon it was at this year’s virtual Joint Stockmen. What a great job Jonas, Michelle, and Taylor did setting this up. It included committee meetings, board meeting, annual awards and open and general session which included a great line up of speakers!

by Randell Major NMCGA President

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

On behalf of our association, I would like to extend a special thanks to our sponsors who stepped up even during times when budgets are tight across our nation. It makes me proud to be part of this great association. Without you all, this year’s joint Stockmen would not have been possible. Our association sold 1,670 tickets for the raffle, and raised more than expected from our sponsors, donors, and the silent auction. Great job to the chairs, vice chairs, board, and membership. Their meetings had great participation, energy, and discussion which generated policy and direction for our association and legislative team. Also, there was a directive to come up with a plan on how best to deal with climate change legislation that will be coming down the pipe. There was a total of 16 resolutions that were approved at this year’s Joint Stockmen. Subjects ranging from water, drought, E-plus system, meat inspection and many other things that relate to our livelihood. All those resolutions can be viewed on our NMCGA website. Loren and our legislative team are gearing up for the 2021 legislative session. This year, more technology will be used to inform our membership. Jonas will be sending out alerts and notices with comments to our membership on specific bills that need addressing during the session. Be looking for those and please send those comments. It will be important to send our law makers our concerns on those issues especially since in-person lobbying is not allowed or extremely limited this year. For anyone wishing to attend, our staff will be hosting an NMCGA legislative “Boots in the Roundhouse School” for 3 hours one day between January 11th to 15th. If you are interested, please contact the NMCGA office at 505/247-0584. You are appreciated! New Mexico ranchers have a great passion caring for animals, wildlife, the environment, and our local communities. Why? Because not only is that the way we make our living, but we live here with our families. We raise the safest, quality beef in the world. We feed billions and our nation’s agriculture are the envy of the world. And while we are busy producing food for the world, some of our law makers form legislation against us through policies and regulations. They attempt to put us out of business and take what we have. If we are to remain the best in the world, we must educate our nation’s youth of the importance of agriculture. This month’s drawing in the bottom left side of this page is drawn by my great aunt Katherine Field. It is titled “Bucked off”. I think this pretty much sums up the world in 2020. Yes, we may have been bucked off, but we are going to get right back on! Although 2020 was rough, we should still be thankful for our many blessings. So, here is wishing everyone a prosperous and healthy New Year with plenty of moisture! Until next time,

Randell Major

This month’s drawing is by my great aunt Katherine Field. It is titled “Bucked off”.

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WIT & WISDOM

Our work is cut out for us …

by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman

irst up is the USDA Forest Service (USFS) is requesting public input on the proposed updates to the rangeland management directives. The rangeland management directives are comprised of Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2200, Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2209.13 and FSH 2209.16. Comments are required by February 16, 2021. The rangeland management directives serve as the primary basis for the internal management and control of the rangeland management program. They are the primary source of administrative direction to Forest Service employees relative to the rangeland management program. Why Are They Being Updated? The Rangeland Management Directives have been in place for approximately 30 years. The focus of this effort is on updating outdated manuals and handbooks. The

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updates make them more usable, modern and conform to recent legislation. The updates provide greater management flexibility and improve the clarity of policies and procedures to guide responsible and consistent management of NFS lands. The updates involve 17 chapters with most of the updates being made to Forest Service Handbook 2209.13. Here is the link for accessing the reading room: cara.ecosystem-management.org/ Public/ReadingRoom The dominant themes relative to the updates along with some tangible update examples include:

Succession Planning / Recognized Entities ЇЇ

Grandchildren as well as children can run up to 50 percent of the older generation’s term permitted numbers.

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After the permit is waived to children or grandchildren, the other generation can continue to run up to 50 percent of that generation’s numbers as they phase out of the family operation. This is intended to help in succession planning and transitions in family operations. Expanded discussion on entities eligible to hold permits with such examples as limited liability companies, family limited partnerships, etc. aimed at enhancing available options for estate planning.

Conservation Oriented Flexibilities ЇЇ

Adds a Section on Conservation Easements and Agricultural Land Trusts. These allow ranches to remain in agricultural production (and tax base) in perpetuity. They did not exist

or were very seldom used 30 years ago. ЇЇ

More discussion on allowing Non-Use for Resource Protection and increasing the flexibility to build back numbers after destocking herds. Explains that droughts and other severe acts of nature are different and require flexibility in management responses.

Updates to Respond to New Laws, Audits, etc. and to Provide Needed Clarity ЇЇ

Updates the list of Laws, Regulations, and Executive Orders, and adds to the list, especially to include many more applicable to the National Grasslands after they were transferred to the Forest Service.

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Updates the policy on excess and unauthorized use very similar to the Bureau of Land Management’s policy.

Expanded Discussions / Modernizations ЇЇ

Inserts a new section called “Informal Dispute Resolution”. Provides a

detailed description of the process created in Section 8 of PRIA to allow opportunities to informally resolve allotment management concerns and disputes. ЇЇ

Expands the discussion on Tribal Treaty Grazing Rights and how those rights are exercised and administered.

What Chapters Are Being Updated? The proposed directives update Forest Service Manual 2200, “Rangeland Management”, Chapters Zero, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 70; Forest Service Handbook 2209.13, “Grazing Permit Administration”, Chapters 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90; and Forest Service Handbook 2209.16, “Allotment Administration”, Chapter 10. Additional information on the proposed updates to the rangeland management directives can be found on the Proposed Rangeland Management Directives Updates Webpage at https://www.fs.fed.us/ rangeland-management/directives.shtml. The content on the webpage describes and/ or provides; what purpose the directives serve and why they are being updated, includes review companion documents that are intended to aid individuals in their

review of the updated rangeland management directives and provides a schedule of information webinars. In case you missed it in the first piece, the Grazing Permit Administration Handbook is part of this revision. Here are the sections and chapters: FSH 2209.13 – GRAZING PERMIT ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK Chapter 10 – Term Grazing Permits Chapter 20 – Grazing Agreements Chapter 30 – Temporary Grazing and Livestock Use Permits Chapter 40 – Livestock Use Permits (Reserved) Chapter 50 – Tribal Treaty Authorizations and Special Use Permits Chapter 60 – Records Chapter 70 – Compensation for Permittee Interest in Range Improvements Chapter 80 – Grazing Fees Chapter 90 – Rangeland Management Decision Making FSH 2209.16 – ALLOTMENT MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK

If this looks overwhelming, that’s because it is. Commenting these handbooks is going to take many people taking on a section to prepare comments on. Then

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we can pull all the section comments together to compile a comprehensive set of comments that will have real impact on the USFS. We have less than six weeks to get this job done. If you are interested in assisting, please contact the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) and New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. office at 505.247.0584. Additionally, you can contact the New Mexico Federal Lands Council (NMFLC) at newmexicofederallandscoun cil@gmail.com .

Fair warning — if you don’t volunteer, you could be picked at random for this project!

Looking for education on commenting… The Coalition Arizona/New Mexico of Counties for Stable Economic Growth (Coalition) is putting together a two-day education seminar on commenting on the USFS National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. The agency has just completed a revision of their NEPA policy.

The school will also cover USFS Directives. The course will be provided by the Shipley Group Environmental Training (www.shipleygroup.com) program. Shipley provides training to government agency employees in creating NEPA documents. Additionally the Group provides continuing legal education, environmental planning and environmental consulting. The training, of course, will be offered virtually. Cost of the training will be from $295 to $495 depending up the number of participants. Dates for the training are March 25 and 26. If you are interested in participating in the training, please contact Howard Hutchinson, Coalition Executive Director at aznmc@earthlink.net as soon as possible.

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At press time little is known about the upcoming New Mexico Legislature except that it will commence at noon on January 19, 2021 at the State Capitol, which is presently closed to the public. The Legislature website says that legislation may be prefiled between January 4 and January 15, but will not be numbered until the Legislature commences. Word is that Legislators may only introduce five bills each, not counting capital outlay but there is no confirmation of this at press time. The last day to file legislation will be on February 18, with the exception of the “dummy” bills that are available to legislative leadership until the end of the Session. The Legislature is scheduled to adjourn at noon on March 20, 2021. Legislation not acted on by the Governor is pocket vetoed on April 9. Effective date for legislation that is not a general appropriation bill or a bill carrying an emergency clause or other specified date is June 18. At the present time there are no social events planned for the Session. In lieu of the annual Ag Fest Reception, the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau (NMFLB) spearheaded an effort to ensure that legislators get their annual taste of the state’s agricultural bounty. They have created an Ag Fest Box that will contain agriculture products and was sponsored by many ag organizations. The boxes will be distributed to the legislators. What is clear is that, following the 2020 General Election, rural New Mexico is going to have to have a larger presence than ever in contacting legislators and speaking up for themselves via email and telephone. It is not too early to contact your legislators

to ensure they know you, your voice and your issues. Watch the NMCGA website and/or the New Mexico Stockman Facebook page for more information as it is received.

State Meat Inspection Update Several New Mexico agricultural groups passed policy in support of state inspection legislation including the NMFLB, NMFLC, NMCGA, and the Chavez County Commission. Other groups are expected to pass similar policy in the weeks to come. It is expected that the bill will be pre-filed in the next several days.

Who is driving ”man-made” climate change? If one buys into the premise that mere man has the power to change climate patterns, one must look toward the areas of the world that are producing the largest volumes of carbon-dioxide. It should surprise no one that China is the biggest culprit. The results of greenhouse emissions for 2019 were released in late December 2020. China’s emissions were up by 420 million tons over 2018. That shouldn’t be surprising when you take in the fact that China produced half of the world’s steel and nearly

half of the world’s coal. China also has about 18 percent of the world’s population, according to the American Enterprise Institute. But is China bearing the high carbon emissions on behalf the rest of the world that continues to rely on steel, coal and the numerous other products people think they need?

Can we wean ourselves from China? Kmart says it will do its bit to support Australia in the escalating trade war with China, by committing to remove all Chinese-made items from its stores, according to theshovel.com.au. A spokesperson for the company said it was an important symbolic gesture. “It’s something small we can do to show our support. We started by removing any clothing made in China, then homewares, sheets and towels, electrical appliances, toys, underwear, maternity wear, belts, hats and sporting goods. Then we moved to Christmas decorations, books, nappies, pet items, handbags, footwear, stationery, swimwear and sleepwear. “From there it was just a matter of removing the shelves, the light globes, the flooring, the shopping trolleys and the

curtains on the change rooms and we were done. You can hardly notice a difference at all”. He said there was still a great range of items in store. “All of the self-serve checkouts were made in Japan. So come in and take a look”. Kmart rejected claims it had put all of its eggs in one basket. “Our baskets are actually made in China, so no, we haven’t put anything in a basket”. Other retailers such as Target, Big W and Bunnings are expected to make similar announcements soon.

Just when you thought there were no more lists to be at the bottom up… Well… maybe is isn’t so bad. Albuquerque TV station aired a story on December 21st that reported that New Mexico ranked 48th out of 51 with the least Christmas spirit. It appears that the District of Columbia is counted as the 51st state. The bottom of the list was Hawaii, Florida and the District of Columbia. The top was Utah, Idaho and Wisconsin. Before I looked at the top of the list, thought the issue might be in the Western states. Texas came in at 42, Arizona at 43 and Colorado at 47.

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But you really have to look at the criteria used for the ranking: Online Activity ЇЇ Google searches for Christmas movies and gingerbread houses (29 percent) Online shopping (via Google ЇЇ Shopping Trends) for wrapping paper, Christmas cards, Christmas ornaments, and “Elf on a Shelf” (28 percent) ЇЇ Christmas music streams (14.5 percent) ЇЇ Tweets about Christmas (7 percent) Area Culture ЇЇ Number of Christmas tree farms per capita (7 percent) ЇЇ Charitable giving in the last documented tax year, as defined by the IRS (14.5 percent) If online activity is a measure of anything, New Mexico will rank near the bottom. In 2018 at least, New Mexico ranked 48th in broadband access. Final point… if your television comes from Dish Network, you didn’t see this report on TV because CBS and Fox local channels in New Mexico were in a monetary

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Something to remember… I once had a boyfriend that said a missed kiss is a lost kiss that can never be recovered. After he was gone, I understood. You will note that the In Memoriam pages have grown exponentially in the past couple of months. It has been a really tough and sad time. Some of the losses have been COVID, others from long lives well-lived, and some a combination of the two. It doesn’t really matter, they will be missed… as will the opportunity to hug them, give them a kiss or to tell them how important they are. Remember that if we ever get to see and touch people again.

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JINGLE JANGLE

ew happenings going on. CowBelle locals are collecting dues and planning for better days to come. New Mexico CowBelles, thank you to all who send submitted their news to JingleJangle each month. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct, Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email janetwitte@ msn.com close to the 15th of each month.

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r. Glenn Wehner of Rocking GV Gelbvieh in Kirksville, Missouri, was inducted into the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) Hall of Fame during the awards presentation at the AGA Virtual Annual Meeting on December 4, 2020. The AGA Hall of Fame recognizes individuals for lasting contributions to the growth and development of the Gelbvieh breed. Hall of Fame inductee selection requirements include contributions to breed promotion efforts, leadership provided to the association, and the breeding of superior genetics that are of great influence within the Gelbvieh and Balancer® cattle population. Dr. Wehner, one of the earliest AGA members, was an agriculture science professor at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, where he introduced hundreds of students to the Gelbvieh breed. He holds a Ph.D. in animal nutrition. He developed the first Gelbvieh herd maintained by Truman State University, as well as his own fullblood Gelbvieh herd. “We bred purebreds at the time, at the university, and I wanted to stay with purebreds,” said Wehner. “A purebred operation is obviously different than a commercial, but you can teach all the commercial aspects with a purebred herd, so it seemed like a good fit for the university. When I put in my own herd, I decided we would go with fullbloods so that’s where we are today.” Dr. Wehner has seen many positive changes within the breed over the years and has been influential in reducing mature cow size in Gelbvieh cattle. “We’ve seen a lot of positive changes. We’ve stayed on top of the mothering ability, early fertility, pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed, longevity, and those things that definitely have an impact on the bottom line of an operation,” said Wehner.” Along with his wealth of knowledge of the Gelbvieh breed, Dr. Wehner has been involved in many ways with the AGA and the American Gelbvieh Foundation (AGF)

over the years. He has been a promoter of the fullblood Gelbvieh herd book, served on numerous committees and currently serves on the AGF board of directors as treasurer. With his involvement in the AGF executive committee, he has played an instrumental role in developing the AGA’s 50-year history book. “I think it’s one of those things that gives us the history of the breed in Germany and all the way up to our present time,” said Wehner. “I think some of the positive changes we’ve seen are going to be very accepted and highlighted in that book.” Willing to knowledgeably discuss the breed with anyone, Dr. Wehner continues to be an avid proponent of Gelbvieh cattle today, and still teaches a few classes at Truman State University. The endeavors and contributions of Dr. Wehner have not only improved the breed, but the association, as a whole.

“I am profoundly humbled by this nomination,” said Wehner. “When I looked at the line of people ahead of me with this honor, and thought about their contributions, it’s just surreal to be included in that line.” The American Gelbvieh Association is a progressive beef cattle breed association representing 1,100 members and approximately 40,000 cows assessed annually in a performance-oriented total herd reporting system.

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he Checkoff-funded Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. Holiday 2020 campaign took to the airways on the Hallmark TV channel last month. The campaign premiered a new 15-second commercial called the “Drool Log Holiday Movie” which ran from November 16th to December 26th with more than 50 showings. These spots aired across highly popular timeframes, including movie “premiere” showings, during the ever-popular Thanksgiving Day Marathon and the highly coveted “Countdown to Christmas” weekend spotlight.

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tarting December 1, the Beef Checkoff’s partnership with the American Heart Association (AHA) Heart-Check Mark certified beef cuts became more streamlined. The Beef Board will only carry the master license for AHA logo usage on the popular 96/4 Extra Lean Ground Beef and will no longer fund the master licenses for the various select-grade beef sirloin and round cuts. The collection of 20 American Heart Association Certified Beef Recipes, currently found on BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com will remain unchanged and available for use. The select-grade beef sirloin and round cuts continue to meet AHA standards, and the master licenses

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eef. It’s What’s For Dinner. hosted a virtual “Roast and Toast” event for food influencers across the country last month. The event was hosted from the NCBA Culinary Center, funded by the Beef Checkoff. Event attendees learned how to make the perfect Prime Rib Roast from Celebrity Chef Jet Tila. Chef Tila is internationally known for his culinary expertise, appears as co-host of Iron Chef America, and is a recurring judge on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen, Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, and Guy’s Grocery Games. During the event, top-tier influencers enjoyed beef charcuterie and a wine pairing, watched Chef Tila prepare his Prime Rib Roast, and chatted with him while he answered all their beef questions. Attendees shared their excitement about the event on social media and generated a consumer reach of nearly 1.5 million.

to place the AHA logo on those items can be purchased by packers, suppliers and retailers if they choose to market them.

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MBC was pleased to participate in the annual ProStart Teacher Training initiated through the NM Restaurant Association Foundation. The program provided education presentations to 25+ teachers across the state through a Zoom webinar in November. NMBC sponsored a 30-minute video of Bridget Wasser, Executive Director of the Meat Science & Supply Chain Outreach, who fabricated a ribeye roast rib primal. A 15-minute video featuring three chefs who created beef dishes using conventional non-beef proteins, like Beef Cowlamari and Peking Beef was also presented. All teachers registered in the ProStart program received a number of resources from NMBC including “The Beef Book”, “Beef in the Culinary Classroom” and a poster of Beef Primal & Subprimal cut chart, which shows where the various primary cuts originate on a carcass. ProStart is a national program that was picked up in New Mexico in 2019. This two-year program for high school students gives them an introduction into culinary arts and hospitality management.

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Social & Digital Media Target Millennials & Young Families

id you see this ad for a delicious mini beef meatball appetizer? This was one of five different recipes that we featured during December. NMBC targets young families and millennials with our digital and social ad campaigns. If you did see one of our ads, you may wonder how the NMBC ad ended up on your computer or smart phone. We program our ads to reach specific geographic targets, specific age and gender targets and specific affinity categories like “foodies”, “home & garden”, “family & relationships”, “meat & seafood” and “healthy living”. Our ads are designed to engage our consumers through visuals of delicious recipes. When a consumer clicks on our ad, they are redirected to NMBeef.com where that recipe can be found. Ads are delivered to all areas of the state. Here’s a sample of where the ads appear; the impressions show how many times our ad was seen by someone and the clicks indicate how many people have clicked on the ad and found our website.

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Buzzfeed Tasty’s Partnership with BIWFD

IWFD (Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner) partnered with Buzzfeed Tasty’s Producer, Alvin Zhou for the holidays. The Buzzfeed Holiday Quiz went live on 12/15 and helped users find out which new beef dishes they should try for the holidays. Additionally, Alvin helped create a recipe video with his take on a Reverse Sear Prime Rib with Herb Butter. Lastly, Buzzfeed hosted a Q&A on their Instagram page with Alvin as he addressed his fans’ beef related questions.

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This sample post appeared on NMBC’s Facebook Page and reached 511 people and “engaged” six people who liked our post and another three people shared the recipe to their page.

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Linebery Policy Center Policy Analyst Appointed to University of AZ Law Policy Center Advisory Board

ick Ashcroft PhD, senior policy analyst for the Linebery Policy Center at New Mexico State University, joined the University of Arizona’s Natural Resource Users Law Policy Center (NRULPC) as a member of the Advisory Board. The NRULPC is a creative partnership of the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law and Cooperative Extension that grew out of grassroots discussions. The Center’s aims are to collaborate with stakeholders, mentor student clinicians and fellows, provide scholarly legal and policy analysis, and address the underrepresented law and policy needs of the natural resource community of Arizona and the West. extension.arizona.edu/nrulpc “We are pleased to welcome a new member to the Advisory Board, Nick Ashcroft, Policy Analyst at the Linebery Policy Center for Natural Resource Management at New Mexico State University. Nick bring considerable expertise and knowledge to the Board in invasive species, water, and other natural resource issues,” said George

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Fire as a Management Tool Agencies & Private Landowners Collaborate to Provide Benefit to Prairie Grasslands by Cody Johnston, NM Department of Game & Fish

ire. A word that when usually heard can lend itself to panic and alarm, and rightfully so in the setting of a cityscape or catastrophic wildfire. But for a moment, let’s stop to speculate: is fire always a bad thing? In regards to wildlife and habitat, fire has been a normal occurrence throughout history that has helped landscapes remain healthy by promoting new vigorous growth of vegetation and by removing dead, fallen debris. For wildlife habitat biologists, fire is one of the major tools in their arsenal to bring about largescale and beneficial change to an environment in a swift and cost-effective manner. One such prescribed burn for habitat management occurred in February at the Milnesand Prairie Chicken Wildlife Management Area on the eastern side of the state. This area is one of multiple properties the

Department owns to aid in the conservation of lesser prairie chickens near Milnesand, New Mexico. “The primary purpose of the Milnesand prescribed burn was to reintroduce periodic disturbance, in the form of prescribed fire, to the fire-adapted prairie near Milnesand to improve habitat for [the] lesser prairie chicken and other prairie wildlife,” said Ryan Darr, lands program manager for the New Mexico Depar tment of Game and Fish. Modern land-use practices have deprived these prairies of periodic fire for decades, harming ecosystem health and leading to increased fuel loads and wildfire danger, Darr explained. Historically, fire on the landscape brought about positive changes, such as removing invasive plant life, enhancing nutrient cycling, removing excessive debris (fuel loads) and improving forage for wildlife. Before European settlement, fires were a regular occurrence brought on by events such as lightning storms. Since fires occurred more regularly when a fire burned, it would burn at a lower intensity due to the decreased fuel loads on the ground. In turn, these cooler fires would help to create a mosaic pattern of vegetation types across the landscape and thereby provide benefits for multiple wildlife species. These mosaic patterns are what habitat biologists are trying to create when using fire as a management tool, so that “the landscape retains a diversity of food and cover types for the benefit of the greatest diversity of wildlife species possible,” said Grant Beauprez, lesser prairie chicken biologist for the Department. The Milnesand prescribed burn was also the inauguration of a cooperative agreement between the Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (PFW). According to Gwen Kolb, State Coordinator for PFW, this cost-sharing agreement promotes prescribed fire on New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Wildlife Management Areas and adjacent private lands at a minimal cost by using available National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) certified wildland firefighters and equipment outside of the wildfire season. Such fires also help fulfill necessary off-season training requirements for the wildland firefighters. With the weather cooperating, the team’s ready wildland fire specialists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of

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NMSU Extension Publication Culminates 10-year Study of Three Acequia Systems

Nature: Integrated Analysis of Community Resilience to Climate and Land Use Changes,” a research project funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation. All around the world, community-based flood irrigation systems, owned and managed by self-organized farmers, deliver the natural resource of water to sustain agriculture during scarce or uneven yearly n in-depth study of centuries-old rainfall. The New Mexico Acequia Associacommunity acequia systems in tion estimates 640 small-scale systems exist northern New Mexico reveals why throughout New Mexico. they have been resilient. The researchers learned that the acequia Since 2010, researchers from New system creates a responsive mechanism for Mexico State University, University of New the entire community to interact with the Mexico, and Sandia National Laboratory landscape and develop a specific water have studied hydrology and cultural management approach. aspects of the of El Rito, Rio Hondo and “As the neighbors work together to mainAlcalde acequia systems. tain the ditches, a cultural aspect develops “We wanted to understand the many that provides cohesion for the community,” facets involved in the operation of these said Steve Guldan, NMSU’s professor and systems and what contributes to their resil- superintendent of the Sustainable Agriculiency, not just the hydrology,” said Sam ture Science Center at Alcalde. Fernald, professor in NMSU’s Department “We learned how adaptable the system of Animal & Range Sciences. “I think we is to respond to the environmental situafound out some of those, including the tions. Even if it is a dry year, with not a lot of importance of the culture of the community.” water available, the acequia commissions FernaldMessner-2017Sale-WorkingRanch-Jan2017Issue-7x4.875-CMYK.ait is the principal investigator of are able to keep the ecosystem ThenPM 11/28/16 alive. 8:01:34 “Acequia Water Systems Linking Culture and during wet years, they are able to expand

and have a larger irrigated footprint,” Fernald said. The 17 researchers working on the project represent 10 disciplines, including hydrology, natural resources, ecology, water management, agronomy, rangeland management, agricultural economics, anthropology, and global culture and society. “We had a lot of community support during the gathering of data for the various studies,” Guldan said. “In the early stages, David Archuleta, an Alcalde community member and farm supervisor of NMSU’s science center, gained the trust of the local farmers, allowing us access to their property to perform our hydrological studies. That trust carried over to the social-cultural studies when they were asked to participate in group meetings and surveys.” After establishing the collaboration between community and researchers, Fernald said, “We didn’t want to just get the data and leave. We wanted to give the results back to the communities that helped us with the research.” NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences rproduced “Acequias of the Southwestern United States: Elements of Resilience in a

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Coupled Natural and Human System,” an Rio Grande region, acequia ecosystems eight-chapter, 90-page publication that including surface water and groundwater reports on the various research findings. interactions, role of livestock in supporting The publication was edited by Adrienne the communities, adaptation to drought, Rosenberg of the Alcalde Center, with and acequia and community resiliency. Fernald, Guldan, and José Rivera, professor “The publication’s forward is by one of emeritus at the University of New Mexico, the leading acequia historians, Luis Pablo serving as associate editors. It is available at Martínez Sanmartín of Spain,” Fernald said. aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/research/water/ “He presents the global context of how this RR796/welcome ancient system of irrigation has made con“We are hoping this will provide the tributions worldwide.” reader the ability to look at the whole The publication was presented during system,” Fernald said. “It is not just about the New Mexico Acequia Association’s the hydrology system of surface water, annual meeting in December. ground water and the river, but also the The researchers are hoping the publicacultural aspects of the area.” tion will be a tool for legislators and The chapter topics include the key con- policymakers when making decisions cepts of a multi-disciplinary approach to regarding acequia systems. acequias, cultural aspects of the Northern In addition to the publication, scientists

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NEW MEXICO FEDERAL LANDS NEWS by Frank Dubois

A Climatic Circus

ast month I wrote of Biden’s initial nominees and how climate change seemed to be the emphasis. Primary was John Kerry who was nominated for a new position, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. About his nomination, John Kerry said, “America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat that it is.” More nominees have been announced and the emphasis on climate change is even more pronounced. In fact, the whole kit and caboodle is referred to as Biden’s “Climate Cabinet.” Let’s take a look at the most prominent two.

Haaland at Interior U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) is the nominee for Secretary of Interior. Haaland has established herself among the most progressive wing of the Democrat party, with a special interest in climate change, federal lands and tribal issues. Her own words demonstrate her position on these issues, and here are some quotes from Haaland: “The majority of America wants action on climate change. The majority of America thinks we should regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. And the majority of America thinks we should prioritize solar and wind infrastructure over fossil fuels. Those are impressive majorities, ones that every office seeker and office holder should heed.” “I’m concerned that if we don’t do more to protect our open spaces and reduce climate change, there will be devastating and lasting impacts on us and future generations.” “Over-dependence on finite resources, like oil, ignores the ability of our great minds to develop alternative energy for the masses, and in doing so ignores climate change and sets up our students and workforce for failure by not educating them about the needs of our future.”

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“Loss of natural areas threatens our water supply, national security, farms, and health.” Haaland has introduced legislation, “The Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature”, which sets a goal of protecting thirty percent of the land in the U.S. and thirty percent of the ocean under U.S. control. When introducing the legislation, Haaland stated, “Our communities deserve fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink, and a livable planet, but right now inaction on climate change is putting everything at risk, particularly in communities of color.” Gina McCarthy at the White House McCarthy, the former head of the EPA in the Obama Administration, will serve as the leader of the newly formed White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy. Her mission will be to drive policies to address climate change beyond the usual departments’ work on it, and to coordinate planning across government agencies. Here are some McCarthy quotes: “Climate change is the greatest threat of our time” “Greenhouse gas pollution, through its contribution to global climate change, presents a significant threat to Americans health and to the environment upon which our economy and security depends.” Concerning how climate change will be approached in the Biden Administration, McCarthy said, “It is being treated as a systemic issue, not something uniquely given to EPA or the Department of the Interior, but something that is all about using the entire federal budget, and the strength of the entire Cabinet, to actually move this issue forward in ways that were not available to us before.” McCarthy also said, “I think this administration is ready to run.” National Emergency We should note that both Kerry and Haaland used the term “national security” in their comments about climate change. That, of course, plays right into the hands of the enviros who are lobbying hard for Biden to declare a national climate emergency. According to a report by Clearview Energy Partners a climate emergency could give Biden the authority to circumvent Congress and fund clean energy projects, shut down crude oil exports, suspend offshore drilling and curtail the movement of fossil fuels on pipelines, trains, and ships. “The president’s powers to address climate change through an emergency are very, very large,” said Kassie Siegel, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, which is lobbying Biden’s team to act. “This

is No. 1 on the list of things the Biden administration should do.” “Let’s call this emergency what it is,” said Siegel, “There’s so much [Biden] can do without Congress.” The Center for Biological Diversity and groups like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, were among 500 organizations that called for the next president to declare a national climate emergency last year. President Trump used the emergency provisions to move money out of the Department of Defense budget and divert it to building the border wall. Who knows what Biden could do with a national climate emergency?

Coronavirus ‘Relief’ Bill I try to end this column with something positive or humorous. Many folks were pleased that Congress finally passed a coronavirus stimulus bill. Problem is, it has turned out to be a 5,536 page, $900 billion porker that goes far beyond anything related to the pandemic. For instance, it includes this provision: “Of the funds appropriated under title III of the Act that are made available for assistance for Pakistan, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy programs and not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail-

able for gender programs.” That’s right, $10 million for a gender program in Pakistan! There is also $86 million for assistance to Cambodia; $130 million to Nepal, $135 million to Burma, $453 million to Ukraine, and $700 million to Sudan. Does that strike you as being positive or humorous? No, it is just another monstrosity created by the swamp creatures in D.C. What I did like, though, was the President’s response. Trump tweeted: “I hope we never find life on another planet because there is no doubt that the U.S. government will start sending them money!” Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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s of December 18, the American Brahman Breeders Association (ABBA) Office in Houston, Texas closed officially. Although it was difficult to leave Houston after it being home to the ABBA for so long, we are excited for what is to come and invite each of you to visit our new office in Bryan / College Station, said Association leadership. Many of you have noticed that you are unable to log into your LGS account. That is due to the fact that we are in the final stages of our transition to Digital Beef. The Digital Beef Portal for members went live to ABBA members on December 22, 2020. If you need any assistance or have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the office. All phone calls should be directed to 979/485-5528 and all mail should be sent to PO BOX 3249 Bryan, TX 77805-3249.

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ino Cervantes, a local farmer, chile processor and New Mexico State University alumnus, has been named this year’s inductee in the NMSU Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, NMSU’s Arrowhead Center and the Office of the Vice President for Research announced recently. “Dino Cervantes is a powerful example of the entrepreneurial spirit in New Mexico. A fourth-generation farmer, he’s capturing the full value of the richness of the crops grown in the Mesilla Valley as a grower, commercial producer, innovator and supporter of a broader coalition of growers,” said Tracey Bryan, chair of the Arrowhead Innovation Network Advisory Council, which selected Cervantes among numerous excellent nominations. Bryan said Cervantes has become a national voice for the chile industry, and also serves as a mentor and encourager of other entrepreneurs in his home commu-

nity of Las Cruces and Doña Ana County. “I have known Dino since we were children,” said Sally Stahmann-Solis, owner and operator of Stahmann Pecans & Farm. “His love for agriculture and his community comes from the heart.” After Cervantes graduated from NMSU with a bachelor’s degree in business, his first interview on campus landed him a position with Hormel, sending him to Dallas, Texas, for five years, then to California for two years. With an offer from Hormel to move to the midwest on the table, Cervantes’ parents asked him to return home and manage the family operation. Cervantes Enterprises, Inc. consists of a chile processing facility and a 1,400-acre farming operation that produces crops such as chile, cotton, pecans and alfalfa. The Cervantes family has grown and processed various types of chile peppers, but discovered their specialty during a downturn. Cervantes recalled that his father, Orlando, had been growing vegetables but needed a new path when commodity prices dropped in the 1970s. Orlando Cervantes came up with an idea to grow chile peppers, and contacted the McIlhenny Company, producers of the Tabasco brand hot sauce, to find out if he could grow

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peppers for them. While suppling fresh peppers to McIlhenny, the Cervantes farm had a bumper crop, which was more product than McIlhenny could handle. “He contacted McIlhenny and asked how they made pepper mash, the base for the hot sauce, then pushed alfalfa out of a barn, set up an old meat grinder and got started,” Dino Cervantes said. It was homegrown innovation that set up a new line of business. Cervantes was in middle school when

his family began processing chile. When Cervantes returned from his time with Hormel, he realized they were going to have to commit fully to food processing to be successful. “In retrospect, my time at Hormel certainly helped me formulate many of the decisions I made,” Cervantes said. “We were fortunate and well positioned to take advantage of the exponential growth in the hot pepper industry that really started three to four years after I returned.” In addition to the farming side of the business, which Cervantes continues to manage, the food processing operation now processes in six minutes what it produced that entire first day in the barn. The company now sells its products to most major hot sauce, wing sauce and spicy food manufacturers worldwide. “Entrepreneurship wasn’t a term ever used when I was starting in my professional career. Innovation kind of grew organically out of what you were doing,” Cervantes said. “It’s something farmers or people in agriculture seem to do pretty well. Most of the things that have made us successful are small incremental changes throughout the years that most observers would not notice.” Cervantes has gone on to support NMSU and mentor young entrepreneurs through Arrowhead Center. “One of my pieces of advice is to be selfaware and be honest with yourself. What are your strengths and weaknesses? That will direct you in the avenues to pursue and get your hands dirty,” he said. “Then, have patience. There are different paths to achieve success. People get caught up in the idea that you have to have a specific degree, but it’s about commitment and your expectations on where you want to land.” Cervantes said his family owes a great deal to the community and to NMSU, where he met his wife and started his career. “Dino Cervantes is a true leader in his industry and in his community. He and his entire family have been very generous in giving time, talent and energy to the benefit of others throughout Las Cruces and New Mexico,” said Jim Libbin, professor emeritus of NMSU’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business. “Dino is always available with a ready smile to provide wise counsel. He truly exemplifies a giving spirit.”

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US Supreme Court Dismisses TX Petition for Review in Pecos River Dispute

Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio, Texas. In culations required by the decree. In 1988, 1949, Texas and New Mexico signed the Neil S. Gregg was named River Master, a Pecos River Compact, and Congress ratified position he continues in today. As part of the Compact. The Compact provides for the his appointment, the Court amended the “equitable division and apportionment of decree and required the River Master to the use of the waters of the Pecos River” calculate New Mexico’s annual delivery with the intent to “remove causes of present obligation, to determine any shortfall or and future controversies.” overage based on actual delivery to Texas, The Compact does not set a specific and the net shortfall, if any, after subtractamount of water that New Mexico must ing overages accumulated in prior years. In deliver to Texas each year. Instead, Article order to make these calculations, Court III states, “New Mexico shall not deplete by instructed the River Master to abide by the man’s activities the flow of the Pecos River “River Master’s Manual.” at the New Mexico-Texas state line below In the River Master’s Manual, New an amount which will give to Texas a quan- Mexico ordinarily receives credit only for tity of water equivalent to that available to water that actually makes it to Texas. There Texas under the 1947 condition.” The are, however, exceptions. One of those Compact provides that the inflow-outflow exceptions, Section C.5 is titled the “Texas method should be used to determine Water Stored in New Mexico Reservoirs.” by Tiffany Dowell, Texas Agriculture Law Blog whether New Mexico has met its annual This provision states, “If a quantity of the n December, the US Supreme Court delivery obligation. This method essentially Texas allocation is stored in facilities conissued an opinion in Texas v. New Mexico, looks at how much water is in the Pecos structed in New Mexico at the request of a water law dispute involving the River in New Mexico to determine how Texas then…this quantity will be reduced Pecos River. much water New Mexico must allow to flow by the amount of reservoir losses attributinto Texas. able to its storage, and when released for The Compact In 1987, after a number of disputes delivery to Texas, the quantity released less The Pecos river runs from the Sangre de between the two states, the Supreme Court channel losses is to be delivered by New Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe, New issued a decree addressing the States’ Mexico at the New Mexico-Texas state line.” Mexico through New Mexico and Texas and rights and duties. As part of this, the Court eventually into the Rio Grande River at the appointed a River Master to assist with cal- The Current Dispute In 2014, Tropical Storm Odile hit the Pecos River Basin, and quickly filled the Red Bluff Reservoir in Texas, located on the Texas-New Mexico Border near Kermit, TX. To prevent flooding, Texas asked New Mexico to temporarily store water from the Pecos River that would have otherwise flowed into Texas per the Compact. New Mexico agreed to store the water in the Brantley Reservoir in New Mexico. A few months later, New Mexico released the water to Texas. In New Mexico’s acceptance of the Texas request, New Mexico stated but for the request, it would have released the water to the Texas state line and, because of that, evaporative losses should be borne by Texas. In August 2015, New Mexico released the water to Texas. However, during the storage period, approximately 21,000 acre-feet of water evaporated. The States were unable to reach an agreement as to how the evaporation should be handled after attempting to do for several years. In 2018, New Mexico filed a motion with the River Master seeking delivery credit for the evaporated water. In September, the River Master ruled in favor of New Mexico based upon the provisions Bryan Shoemaker (575) 763-9191 of the River Master’s Manual Section C.5, ruling that New Mexico should receive Ivan Romero (575) 714-3503 credit for the evaporated water. Texas filed

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Mexico was entitled to delivery credit for the evaporated water. In light of this, the Court denied Texas’ motion for review.

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The Supreme Court dismissed Texas’ request for review. The 7-1 Opinion was authored by Justice Kavanaugh. Justice Barrett did not participate in the decision. Read opinion here: www.supremecourt. gov/opinions/20pdf/22o65_dc8e.pdf Initially, the Court addressed Texas’ argument that New Mexico’s motion to the River Master was untimely. Texas argued that the motion should have been filed within 30 days of the preliminary report, a deadline which would have passed years before the motion was filed. The Court stated that “Texas’ argument disregards the history of the proceedings in this case.” Both states agreed to postpone the River Master’s resolution of this issue while they attempted to negotiate a settlement. The River Master’s annual report repeatedly explained that the issue remained and the parties were attempting to reach a solution. Next, on the merits, the Court agreed with New Mexico, stating that “the text of Section C.5 of the Manual easily resolves this case.” The text of Section C.5, along with the correspondence between the States establish that New Mexico is entitled to delivery credit for the evaporated water. The Court found none of Texas’ arguments persuasive. First, Texas claimed that the stored water was not part of the Texas allocation referred to in Section C.5. This was easily rejected by the Court as Texas requested New Mexico to store the water, which otherwise it was therefore part of Texas’ allocation. Second, Texas asserts that New Mexico did not “store” water pursuant to Section C.5. Texas argues that “stored” in that Section refers only toward water held for long-term beneficial use. The Court rejected this, stating that the River Master’s Manual does not define stored in this manner. Indeed, even Texas’ request to New Mexico used the term “storage.” Third, Texas argued that it did not request the water be stored in New Mexico after March 2015, so any evaporation from March 2015 – August 2015 should be borne by Texas. Again, the evidence did not support this. Even as late as July 2015, Texas had not requested the release of the water or rescinded its request for storage before August 2015. Thus, the Court stated that the River Master correctly concluded that New

Justice Alito wrote separately, issuing an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. First, Justice Alito agreed with the court’s rejection of Texas’ argument that New Mexico forfeited its objection because it was untimely. He stated that “there were violations all around” and instructed the States and the River Master to “take better care to abide by the terms of the amended decree.” Second, he would have vacated and remanded the case with regard to the proper allocation of the evaporated water. He would instruct the River Master to “redo his analysis in accordance with the relevant terms of the amended decree and the manual.” In particular, Justice Alito notes that because the Brantley Reservoir is owned by the federal Bureau of Reclamation, it was the federal government who decided to store the water and when to release it. In light of this, Justice Alito says the relevance of Texas’ request for storage and New Mexico’s agreement with the

request is unclear. He would instruct the River Master to “fit together in a coherent picture the actions taken by the federal and state authorities.” This could affect the categorization of water as “unappropriated floodwaters” or “consumptive use” or another category contemplated by the River Master’s Manual. Finally, he would hold that the River Master’s amendment to the decree allowing for modified deadlines is invalid. He would clarify that the River Master must conform to the terms of the amended decree going forward.

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English classes in the high school. For 37 years, Joe worked for the Carlsbad schools as a teacher, coach, and principal. During his seven years coaching the Caveman, the team won four state football championships. Joe also coached basketball and took his teams to the state tournament in four of the five years he coached the team. In 1986, Joe was elected as a state representative of District 54. Joe was a quiet, humble, and understated man who seldom turned away anyone who asked for his help. During his 20 years of service as a legislator, he was recognized at the local, state, and national levels for his rangeland conservation efforts, and was also considered an expert on water issues in the state. He played a critical role in the implementation of a set of sensible water policies for NM, earning him the title of “Mr. Water” from former Governor, Bill Richardson. He also helped revise the Election Code, and contributed to issues on farming and ranching, education, and public safety. Regardless of the issue, Joe’s influence on the state and national level was marked by his commitment to education, quiet competence, humility, and fairness and respect for all that made him a champion in the eyes of everyone who worked with him. In addition to dedicating his life to public service, Joe was a pioneering rancher who worked with government agencies in order to protect our environment for future generations. In 1992, Joe was the first rancher to partner with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to develop and implement a strategy for remediating shrub-dominated desert land on his ranch so that it could become fertile grasslands a strategy that dramatically improved the watershed and water resources. Joe’s work with the BLM blossomed into the bureau’s “Restore New Mexico” efforts, which has resulted in the improvement of over a million acres of watersheds and water resources back to their natural state. He considered his greatest legacy, apart from his family, to be having left the land and water resources on his ranch and the state in general in better shape for future generations. While Joe dedicated his professional life to the betterment of his community, he was also a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Joe was supportive, loving, and set a powerful example in his patience and unwavering loyalty and acceptance for all. Joe lived his life without outward judgment or criticism, without complaint, and without wishing to inconvenience anyone, even in the smallest way.

It is rare to find a person whose every word picking fruit in California and after the ident Clinton in 1997, and in 1998 he was and action reflects an unyielding commit- family settled in San Simon, Arizona, he named among the 100 Most Influential ment to the highest possible standards for gained experience raising animals and Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine. It is true what they say, “a rolling stone himself, while being so gracious in his love numerous types of crops. He was an active and respect for the land, and all people and member of the 4-H Club and the Arizona gathers no moss.” And anyone who ever creatures that he met in his long and wise FFA and received many awards from both met Miley knows he never stopped moving. journey on this earth. Joe was a shining organizations. He attended the University There were always more projects, ideas, or light and source of strength and determi- of Arizona to pursue an undergraduate more importantly, people to help. It is easy nation to all that knew him. He has inspired degree and even worked a couple of to list off the titles and positions he held, his thousands as a teacher, coach, principal, holiday breaks at the famous Stanfield professional accomplishments; and they rancher, humanitarian, family member, and feedlot owned by John Wayne. Miley grad- are too numerous for this tribute. But the exemplar of a life lived with the utmost uated with a BA in agricultural education in things he never forgot were his friends and integrity and excellence. 1969. After graduation he was a vocational family, and his greatest impact was on all of Joe is survived by his wife, Verna, son Jim agricultural teacher in Avondale, Arizona at us. This nature he inherited from his parents; (and Janine) Stell, Gainesboro, Tennessee; Agua Fria High School, managed crops in remember your community and your duty daughter Linda Stell, Carlsbad; and sons-in- Venezuela, and returned to Arizona to teach to those around you. Even at home, we can law Grant Kinzer and Jim Hawk. He is also agriculture at Parker, AZ. While raising cattle all recall the tireless man working on somesurvived by six grandsons; four grand- and working various operations in Arizona thing on the car or house, planning a visit daughters; four nieces and nephews; as well and northern Mexico he earned his master’s to an exotic location, or cooking. For those as 16 great-grandchildren. He was preceded degree in agricultural education in 1976 that knew him, know that he expressed his in death by his brother, Phillip Stell, and from the University of Arizona. Miley earned love through food and always loved to daughters Cathy (Kinzer) and JoBeth (Hawk). his PhD in agricultural and extension edu- entertain friends and family and regale Services to honor Joe’s life will be set for cation in 1982 from Pennsylvania State them with tales from the six continents he a time in which family, friends, and the University. During his career he held posi- visited many times over. If you were fortubroader community can safely come tions at Penn State, Arizona, Iowa State, nate enough to sample his creations, you together and celebrate in a manner befit- Montana State, New Mexico State, and can still remember the taste of his pozole, ting his legacy. If you wish to be notified of CATIE in Costa Rica. He was the secretary of green chile guiso, or his famous holiday plans for this celebration of life, please agriculture for the state of New Mexico, was cheeseball. I recall someone asking him follow the Joe Stell Legacy Page on Face- selected as the Undersecretary for Research, where he goes to eat good Mexican food, book, or send an email to: Education, and Economics at USDA by Pres- while living in Iowa, to which he replied, stelltribute@gmail.com, and you will be notified when a date is confirmed. In the meantime, the family is seeking to gather photos, stories, and other remembrances and share them more widely with the community. If you would like to share a few Auction words about Joe’s life or legacy, please post Co., Inc. at the Joe Stell Legacy Page on Facebook, or send an email to: stelltribute@gmail.com. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the Joe and Verna Stell Charitable Fund within the Carlsbad Community Foundation Inc., 114 South Every Friday at 9 a.m. Canyon, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 or online at: www.carlsbadfoundation.org.

I. Miley Gonzalez On the morning of November 29, 2020, I. “Miley” Gonzalez lost his courageous battle with cancer and passed away, peacefully, at the age of 74. He was surrounded by family and friends at his home in the San Simon Valley in southeastern Arizona. Miley was born in the small town of Ysleta, Texas on July 30, 1946 to Julio Urive Gonzalez and Maria De La Luz Gonzalez (née Ramirez). Being born into a migrant family, he learned about hard work, dedication, and family at a very young age. These ideals would see him through an amazing life. His earliest memories were of

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“my kitchen.” Possessing a razor wit, a keen intellect, and an affable nature made him easy to love. For if you did know him, you couldn’t help but do that. He was always willing to open his home to someone in need and lend an ear if you had a problem. His time was never more important than someone needing him. Inspiring to the end, he had the spirit of his ancestors, an Eagle Warrior waiting to take flight and return home. Miley is survived by his wife, Julie. His brother and his wife Rick and Belinda Gonzalez. His brother Julio Gonzalez. His sister and her husband Olga and Bill Pride. His daughters and their husbands Carmela and Jeff Thode, Jennifer and Chad Casady, and Marina and Mike Garrison. His sons and their wives Andrew and Victoria Hesler, and Damian and Jaime Gonzalez. His 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the following scholarship funds that have been established in his name. They continue his dedication to education and access to higher learning. weblink.donorperfect.com/ AZFFAFoundationDonation catie.ac.cr/en/hacer-una-donacion.html A memorial service will take place at a

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2021. While in Milburn, Gayland was on the city council. He is survived by his wife, Patti Townsend; three sons Philip Townsend, Meade, Oklahoma; Steven Townsend, Milburn; and Charles Townsend, wife Rhonda, Glasgow, Kentucky; four grandchildren, along with two; his brother Henry Townsend, wife, Pat, Ruidoso; and sister Faith Bradley, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Memorial can be given to Christ Independent Baptist Church or Caddo Presbyterian Church. The family wishes to thank Dr. Weathers, Urgent Care of Milburn, the LVAD unit of Baylor, Christ Independent Baptist Church, and Caddo Presbyterian Church.

Charles Gayland Townsend, 81 of Milburn, Oklahoma went home Friday November 27,2020. Gayland was born in Arch, New Mexcio to Richard and Marjorie Townsend on May 25, 1939. He graduated from Clovis High School. He married Patti Kinsey on July 15, 1961 in Reno, Nevada. Gayland and Patti moved to Albuquerque after their marriage. He, along with his brother owned and operated a drywall business, along with multiple cattle ranches in New Mexico. In 1972, after selling the drywall business, the Townsend family moved to one of the ranches in Roswell, NM where they remained until 2004. In 2004, Gayland and Patti moved to Milburn, where Don Delbert Hofman they own and operate a registered Brangus Don Delbert Hofman passed away cattle ranch. While in Roswell, Gayland was November 26, at his home in Lubbock at a board member of the Dexter-Hagerman the age of 93. Don was born January 16, Soil & Water Conservation District, in which 1927, in Hutchinson County, Texas, to he was the chairman for many years. He was William and Lena Hofman. His family a board member of the International thought it very appropriate that he passed Brangus Breeders Association and the from this life to his heavenly reward on Southwest Brangus Breeders Association. Thanksgiving Day because he was always He also was one of the founding members so thankful for his many blessings. of the Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale, Don grew up during the depression on which will have their 30th annual sale in a small dairy in Dora, New Mexico. There he “learned to work and learned the value of a dollar.” He often told his family he would not trade for his heritage and felt he was very lucky. As an early teen, he would watch 928-776-9007 the neighboring ranchers drive their herds Toll Free: 877-928-8885 past his home and would long to go with them, but all he had was an old plow horse 2150 N. Concord Dr. #B and no saddle. Dewey, AZ 86327 When Don was 14, Abby Silvers moved Visit us at: to Dora, and Don said as far as he was conwww.yavapaigas.com cerned, it was love at first sight. In High dc@yavapaigas.com School, Don started the day working for Charley Silvers, his future father-in-law. Charley was his mentor and taught him to cowboy. Don graduated from Dora in 1943. On June 2, 1946, Don and Abby were YAVAPAI COUNTY’S OLDEST LOCALLY married. They went on a four-month honeymoon at Fort Campbell, Kentucky OWNED PROPANE COMPANY courtesy of the United States Army. When Don was dismissed from the Army, they SAME OWNER SAME VALUES SINCE 1987 returned to West Texas/Eastern New Mexico “START WITH THE BEST – STAY WITH THE BEST” to farm for his father and ranch with Charley. Don and Abby lived in Morton, Texas, while their children were in school. After Donna graduated, they were able to realize a dream and bought a small ranch in Claunch. In 1970 Don became manager of the Historic Bell Ranch north of Tucumcari. While at the Bell, Don worked tirelessly as a vital member of New Mexico Cattle Growers, serving in many capacities, including Pres-

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ident. He and Abby were also Charter Members of the Mesa Redondo Cowboy Camp meeting, where he served as President several times. In 1987 Don “retired” and bought a small ranch west of Tucumcari and continued to ranch until he was 85. At that time, he sold his ranch and went into partnership with his grandchildren on the Covered S Ranch near Snyder, Texas. Don spent many hours volunteering at Camp Meetings, Boys and Girls Ranch of NM, Emmaus, Methodist Church, and many other organizations. Grandad, as he is most commonly known, will be profoundly missed by his daughter Donna (Phil) Pharies; his grandchildren, Charles (Stacy) Pharies, Cheri (Greg) Poe, and Chet (Melinda) Pharies; and nine great-grandchildren all of Lubbock. He left a legacy of honor that will not soon be forgotten. Don was preceded in death by a son, Charles Hofman, and a grandson, Chad Pharies, and wife Abby. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate contributions given to New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranches www. theranches.org/donations/christmas-appeal-2018/ or Cal Farley Boys Ranch at www. calfarley.org/waystogive

MaryAnn Bird Mathews MaryAnn Bird Mathews passed away December 2, 2020 peacefully at her home. MaryAnn was born March 7, 1950 in Albuquerque. She attended Holy Ghost Elementary School and then St Pius X High School where she was on the swim team and was a cheerleader. After graduating in 1968 she went on to attend UNM and obtain a certificate in Dental Assisting. She then worked for the Veteran’s Administration and at the Vet’s Hospital in Albuquerque. While there she met and married Leslie Gibson in 1971. After having her twin boys in 1974, and daughter in 1978, she worked at home and was active with the family in 4-H and with the Farm Bureau. In 1987 she went back to full time work for the government with the Bureau of Land Management. BLM employed MaryAnn at their front desk as she was wonderful with the public, as a Range Clerk, as a representative for the Wild Horse and Burro program (she even adopted one of the wild horses), she was also a Management Assistant. She worked for a time with the Bureau of Reclamation in Socorro and in Albuquerque before going back to BLM to manage Operations, Labor Crew where

she became their “mother hen”. She retired at the end of 2012 to spend time with her children and grandchildren. She was always very supportive of her children and grandchildren in their activities, whether it was baseball, 4-H, rodeo, roping, raising and showing livestock animals, baking, sewing or anything they were interested in. She was extremely proud of her three children and their accomplishments as adults and her grandchildren and what they have done so far in their lives, too! She loved to travel and was able to visit Mexico many times, Switzerland for a dental convention, Australia and New Zealand for a high school senior trip, Jamaica for a Christian medical mission, Costa Rica a few times with her friend, Elma Frieberg and Hawaii on a cruise with her sister. MaryAnn Mathews was born MaryAnn Bird to Earl A. Bird and Margaret Wessels Bird. MaryAnn is survived by her children Tye Gibson, wife Juli; Todd Gibson, wife Callie, all of Los Lunas; and Jennifer Otero, husband, Elmer, Tome; her beloved grandchildren Karrisa Churchhill, husband Paul, Bayfield, Colorado; Marlo Noel, husband Todd, Albuquerque; Leslie and Diego Otero, Tome; Samantha, Zachary and Kathryn, Los

Lunas; her sister Betty Wellman, husband David, Albuquerque; three nephews; as well as great nieces and a great nephew. Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers please donate to the New Mexico Junior Livestock Foundation.

Pauline Marie McCauley Pauline was born in the community of Gallegos on April 22, 1939, she was Bitahnii, born for the Ashiihi, her maternal grandfather was Todich’ii’nii and her paternal grandfather was Naakaii dine’e. Her parents were Ida Meyers John and Wilbert John, Sr. She passed on December 25, 2020. Pauline comes from a longline of a ranching family of cows and sheep in the Gallegos and Moncisco Mesa area, she graduated from Navajo Methodist Mission in Farmington, NM in 1959, and continued her studies at the Albuquerque Business College. In September of 1960 she married Leonard A. McCauley in Gallup and moved to Crownpoint. She started to work at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Eastern Navajo Agency in the Civil Service, working in various departments. While raising a family of six children; three girls, Verla, Terri and Bertina,

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NMSU Students Review Books for You

primary goal of a university education is to help students become life-long learners. Helping students develop a habit of reading is a great way to accomplish this. The agricultural policy course at New Mexico State University was held online this semester. As a complement to the course’s regular curriculum, students participated in “book clubs” to discuss their choice of books and to contemplate how they relate to the agricultural policies that were discussed during the semester. If you are considering a new book to read, con-

sider the books reviews provided by students in the agricultural policy course.

The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up On Free Markets Review by: Simon Gomez, Joseph Lujan, Levi Whitley and Jamee Middagh The Great Reversal addresses some interesting topics, including the relationship between entry and exit decisions individual U.S. firms face and the importance of healthy competition. Philippon, the author, shows that the amounts of entry and exit are fundamental in maintaining healthy competitiveness within a capitalist economy. The United States has always been seen as a leader in productivity, innovativeness, and social well-being. However, Philippon uses economic data and easily accessible examples to show the reader that the U.S. is giving up on free markets and therefore is decreasing in productivity, innovativeness, and social well-being; so much so that he suggests that Europe’s economy is freer by a number of metrics. The author points out that corporate mergers have become more prevalent in the U.S. as regulators have relaxed anti-trust regulations. In turn, corporate expansion has decreased measurable entry and exit of firms. The author provides examples of detrimental effects on consumers. For example, Philippon cites that U.S. consumers pay higher prices for cell phone plans and air travel relative to European consumers. This book and the concepts it conveys are very relevant to U.S. agricultural policy. Over the last fifty years, the farm structure in the U.S. has changed dramatically. The average number of farms in the U.S. has decreased while the average size of farms their production has increased. In short, farms are becoming more consolidated and efficient due to technology increases and more efficient production practices. However, agricultural products in their raw form are commodities, and are frequently used by economists as examples of perfect competition. This differs from Philippon’s examples where a small number of firms have the power to increase prices as industry consolidation increases. However, Philippon’s point about the barriers to entry and how they relate to production agriculture have become increasingly prevalent as the price of land, equipment, technology, and resources needed to remain profitable and competitive have risen beyond the

grasp of many would-be agricultural producers. Within near perfect competition, the consolidation of firms and resources detriments the producer rather than the consumer. Overall, we found The Great Reversal to be a very interesting read. The ideas within its pages relate to contentious modern agricultural policy issues that all producers should be aware of as they examine the industry. The consolidation of agricultural production industries within the U.S. will affect the average producer and their bottom line. Staying “up-to-date” is an important part of remaining competitive within the agricultural economy. By reading this book, producers will gain insight as to how firm consolidation affects economic agents. This insight will be a valuable part of any producer’s future production planning.

The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder Review by: McKenzie Frizzell; Bryana Getchell; Tyler Kerr; Amber Montano, and Jerry Tuttle The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan is a comprehensive guide to how strategic events and geographical location propelled development in the United States. Beginning with ancient farming techniques, Zeihan explains how great minds harnessed inventions such as the use of copper and other metals in weaponry development, chariots, and other forms of transportation. Forward movement in development continued through the industrial revolution, where new techniques, like interchangeable parts and other alternate fuels, helped launch the American economy into the future. America’s location offered major strategic advantages because of water availability, soil quality, and distance from other major world powers. This helped bolster its status as a growing nation. Today, America still benefits from geography as evidenced by the expanded use of our enormous shale oil reserves. Though our political decisions have kept us safe, the future is uncertain and Zeihan posits that our position in the rest the world will shift as time passes, namely that United States will withdraw from its close alliances and withdraw its protections. Agricultural policy during this transition period is vital to ensure that we will maintain a stable

economy as we disengage from trade Nudge: Improving Decisions agreements and focus on more protection- about Health, Wealth, ist strategies. Reducing exports of food will and Happiness affect prices, so adjustment to what and Review by: Halee Prather; Amy Bowditch; how much we produce will be essential in Sidni Bagwell; Taylor Ussery; and a changing global economy. Nicholas Lowery We see some of these changes already today, including the tariff war with China Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein explore and the revision of NAFTA into the new behavioral economics in Nudge to provide USMCA. Our refusal to enter the TPP with insights as to how people are influenced or Pacific Rim countries showed a fulfilment “nudged” to make certain choices. The of some of Zeihan’s predictions. This affects authors describe “nudges” as instances agriculture in a number of ways, including where the design of the choice can create the fact that other countries will increase better decisions while still respecting production of competitive products that freedom of choice. This is important in agricould ultimately remove us almost com- cultural policy because it maintains the pletely from global trade options. This right to make choices about private propwould affect NM crops like pecans, chile, erty which is important to agriculturalists, and dairy products. but could change the structure of the Zeihan leads the reader through an inter- choice to end up with better policy outesting explanation of how the US became comes. Nudge is an important book for the formidable force it is today. He also readers interested in improving the decicautions that the US is changing how we sions made in agricultural policy. interact with the rest of the world. The Agricultural policy is filled with exambook is a very interesting read for people ples where changing the structure of the concerned about how this may affect agri- choice might lead to a more socially desircultural policy. able outcome. Nudges can be seen through various programs in the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). These programs offer all kinds of technical and financial incentives that “nudge” producers to implement conservation measures focused on improving water, habitat, and land management. These instances increase conservation choices without taking away private choice, producers are not required to participate. An alternative nudge policy might suggest automatic enrollment in a program unless producers choose to do otherwise. For example, changing the way the organ donation choice was presented had a dramatic effect. Requiring people to opt out of donating their organs, instead of asking them to opt in, increased donation rates up to 82 percent higher. Instead of framing the choice as, “do you want to sign up for a conservation program? ” the choice would become “do you want to opt out the conservation program?” As long as the choice is presented clearly, the alternative phrasing of the question will not harm producers. Nudge does not address any aspect of agricultural policy specifically, but it does offer an interesting explanation of some ways that behavioral economics has shaped policy in other areas. Anyone who is interested in understanding how people make choices, and how this can improve policy structure, will enjoy this book.

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Trapping Truths by Chance Thedford, President, New Mexico Trappers Association

t seems to be a common and false premise that trapping interferes with or conflicts with the tourism industry. This is not a zero-sum game, both can and have existed forever. New Mexico’s public lands are used by everyone and the NMTA recognizes that, however, if everyone involved follows the rules there is very little chance of conflict. Modern traps and trapping have aided in the recovery or reintroduction of species that were extinct in NM, most recently including river otter and Mexican Grey Wolves. Regulated trapping and the associated harvest of predators also benefit commonly viewed and photographed prey species like mule deer, elk, waterfowl, upland game species and songbirds as well as rarer species like Bighorn sheep. Counter-intuitively, the highly regulated harvest of furbearers benefits the species being harvested by keeping populations within sustainable levels thereby reducing issues like starvation and disease (rabies, distemper, parvo, tularemia, leptospirosis, pseudorabies, toxoplasmosis, baylisascarisprocyonis etc) which can devastate furbearer populations and impact humans and/or pets. Increasing biodiversity and helping manage all wildlife at sustainable levels, I would argue, benefits tourism since wildlife is a major reason people come to New Mexico to visit. Modern foot-hold traps, when set legally, are safe, humane, and selective. I think if you research a little you will find that poachers, not legal trappers, have been the cause of nearly every single conflict in recent history in New Mexico. A highly publicized example of this was the dog caught and killed north of Santa Fe a year or two ago. Everything the poacher, in that case, did was already illegal yet he was portrayed as a “trapper”. He was no more a trapper than the person who kills a deer out of season and cuts the head off is a “hunter”. These people’s activities are illegal and they are not representative of the vast majority of hunters or trappers. Poaching is poaching and no matter how many laws we have there will always be those who violate them. New Mexico’s trappers want these poachers caught and prosecuted in every

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case. Outlawing or banning trapping will not make them go away either. There will always be people who violate the game laws, as there are with every law, but by educating the public and trappers, combined with the recent regulation changes made by the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) we hope to reduce conflicts without barring an entire group of sportsmen/women from using their public lands because of the illegal actions of a few bad apples. We also do not want to see the loss of trapping because it is a very valuable wildlife management tool. This is one reason the NMTA pushed for and finally got mandatory trapper education required for every trapper in the state last year. The incidents that some of our states newspapers have written about involve activity that is already illegal (poaching) and likely does not include a person who has taken the required trapper education courses. Often in cases such as these, the poacher doesn’t even have a license. NMDGF records indicate that licensed trappers have one percent violation rate vs about three percent for hunters and seven percent for anglers. This is an amazing record when you consider that trapping is the most highly regulated wildlife-related activity in the state. Licensed, legal, and regulated trapping vs. poaching are two completely different things. Conflating the two does nothing to inform the public but it does spread considerable misinformation. The State Game Commission (Commission) and NMDGF just enacted much stricter trapping laws this past year. The NMTA supported and in some cases demanded these additional regulations on trappers in New Mexico last year because we wanted to reduce the chances of a conflict. The Commission and the NMDGF passed a number of very strict rules which apply to trappers on both public and private land. These restrictions included the largest setback law in the US that I am aware of, prohibiting trappers from setting traps within 1/2 mile of any campground, trailhead, boat launch, rest area, picnic area or occupied dwelling. Trappers are not allowed to set traps on trails or roads, places where most people walk their dogs. There are a number of areas that are completely off-limits to trapping and trapping in town

Coyote taking down a ewe.

or other off-limits areas has been illegal for decades. There are strict rules designating which traps are allowed and which are prohibited based on extensive studies conducted by the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). AFWA is comprised of professional wildlife biologists from every state in the U.S. and the Canadian Provinces and these studies have resulted in “Best Management Practices”. The new laws passed by the Commission last year incorporated the Best Management Practices wherever possible and we supported these changes. As a wildlife management tool trapping is indispensable. All wildlife benefits from scientific management and the NMTA knows our wildlife biologists work tirelessly to appropriately manage New Mexico’s wildlife for the benefit of all New Mexicans. It is important for your readers to understand that regulated trapping does not cause wildlife to become endangered or threatened, in fact, the species which trappers are allowed to harvest are plentiful and widespread. Trapping regulations, including the bag limits, are scientifically based, written by professional wildlife biologists, and strictly enforced by game wardens trained in catching and prosecuting poachers. NMDGF reviews furbearer regulations every 4 years to continually review and develop rules, regulations, educational programs, and capture methods (including considering animal welfare). Regulated trapping provides many benefits which can include reducing crop, pet, or livestock losses, damage to private property, and reducing disease threats to human and pet health and safety. I hope this information helps you understand trapping a little better and will help you provide an accurate account of trap-

ping to your readers. If you would like IN MEMORIAM << cont from page 47 information for your readers on how to release a dog safely from a trap the NMDGF three boys Anthony, Daric and Dory with has a good tutorial printed in their 2020- her husband Leonard in the Crownpoint 2021 Furbearer rules and info booklet (pg area. Still actively ranching and raising Her28) which is available on their website or eford cows in the Becenti area, also in 1975 from any license vendor free of charge. The was elected Secretary at Becenti Chapter. NMTA works hard to help game wardens She and LaVon Palmer founded the Crownfind, catch and prosecute poachers and we point Rug Auction that still continues today. do not condone illegal activity. We proudly After the death of her mother in 1980, support scientifically regulated trapping Pauline returned home, she transferred to and hope others will see the difference the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in between sportsmen/women and poachers. Farmington where she worked in the Range Thank you for the opportunity to put infor- Department. She made her home on Monmation out to the public from an cisco Mesa where she continued to raise actual trapper. Hereford/Angus cows and Suffolk sheep. In Below is our expectation of members 1983 she was once again elected as Secrewhich is written on every membership form tary of Huerfano Chapter. After 30 years of and is on our website and which we hold Federal Service she retired in 1994, after our membership to: retirement she once again stayed active in “The NMTA expects its members to be: her community where she was elected as lawful, always following NM trapping stat- Vice President of Huerfano Chapter in 1996 utes and rules; respectful/ thoughtful of and again in 2008. other trappers, users, and landowners; and In 2012 she was elected to the Land ever diligent in improving their equipment Board of Huerfano Chapter, while in that and techniques to ensure the ethical capacity she was elected Chairman of the capture, treatment and/ or dispatch of the Eastern Navajo Joint Land Board. Pauline animals they encounter on the also served in the USDA Farm Service trap-line.” Agency (FSA) as a committee advisor and as a Local County Committee member. She

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also served as a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Enumerator crisscrossing the San Juan County helping her fellow agriculturists with surveys and interviews. Pauline was an accomplished artist, she loved to sew, bead, cross stitch, weave and oil paint. She was a grandmother of seven and a great-grandmother of three, but she was grandma to many.

Tommie Rae (Cline) Martin Born on January 11, 1951, the eldest of four to Raymond and Patricia (Haught) Cline, Tommie spent virtually her entire life placing the welfare of others before her own. She passed away on December 10, 2020. Tommie graduated from Payson (Arizona) High School in 1968. She attended Northern Arizona University, but paused her college education to gain some life experience which included working on ranches in Wickenburg in and Wyoming, working for the Payson Roundup, managing the Tonto Natural Bridge and attending trade school, earning a barber’s license. Tommie graduated summa cum laude from

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id you hear that? Neither did I. The sound you’re NOT hearing is laughter. Political correctness has turned this country into a bunch of sourpusses. We’re all wound so tight you can’t tell a Potagee, dumb blonde or Lutheran joke for fear of being shunned. Instead of being bald, I’m a victim of cranial deforestation and follicle regression. I’m sure there’s a support group somewhere I could join. We’re taking ourselves way too seriously. If you root for the Redskins or the Braves you are a bigot, and don’t use the tern “Indian” either. They are “indigenous native Americans”. And what’s with “African or Afro Americans? Does that make me an agri-American? People who live on the African continent don’t refer to themselves as American Africans. That would be ridiculous; most haven’t even been here. So why do we call native black people African Americans? It’s the same way with Mexicans. A lot of my best friends have been Mexicans in my life but I’m confused. Are they now Latinos or Hispanics? Why can’t we all be simply Americans?

And by the way, just because your style of the day, we can’t laugh at the great-great-grandparents were terribly idiots lest we be labeled a bully. I’m sorry treated as slaves doesn’t give you a get- but wearing pants about to fall down is out-of-jail-free-card, or the the right to just not sustainable. torch stores, steal stuff and ruin the liveAbout all this transgender bathroom lihood of hardworking store owners. thing... I don’t care if you want to celePolitical correctness is the tool used to brate your sexuality or if you want to further everyone’s agenda these days. At marry a squirrel, cow, grizzly bear, man or the same time they’re reducing your palm tree. That’s between you and your freedom. They want to take away your mate and I have no right to interfere. But freedom to have your own opinion, or to I don’t want to know all the details, okay? NOT participate in the argument. Minority And It doesn’t mean I have to give up my groups like gays, vegetarians, and PETA freedom to disagree. A bit of advice, that comprise at the most three percent you’re not going to gain many sympathizof our population are trying to run the ers by having men use the lady’s bathroom. country. Activists are manipulating the I’m sorry, but just because you want to system to give themselves far more power give chiggers and cows the same rights than they are entitled to. Anyone who as humans doesn’t entitle you to torch doesn’t support their opinion is black- livestock trucks. You’re a criminal who balled. Take global warming. Oh, I forgot, belongs in prison where you’ll learn a lot it’s now climate change. People who about real animal rights. Now I’ve heard don’t believe in it are called “deniers”. Oh, that teachers are passing out ribbons and no. I hope my Facebook friends don’t find trophies to participants instead of out. Oops, I just remembered, I don’t have winners. I swear, we are turning into a any. Woe is me. nation of sissies. My fellow Americans, it’s okay to eat It’s not funny to see a grandma frisked meat. People have been doing it for thou- to combat terrorism because we can’t sands of years. If you don’t want to, that’s profile. I’m sorry but just how many fine too. That’s your business, but don’t 89-year-old grandmas flew those planes try to shove tofu lasagna down our into the Twin Towers on 9/11? throats or pretend you are anything but It’s time we put political correctness a tiny minority. Majority still rules. Or at out of its misery. Or should I say, our least it did until Dominion voting misery? So tell a joke, laugh, swat a fly, machines came along. quote the Constitution, buy a gun, deny Even when we see something that is a vegetable its rights, put a bumper hilarious, like a loser who likes to wear his sticker on your truck’s bumper to irritate cargo pants falling down according to the the activists, and stop it with all the PC-speak. One of the greatest strengths of America is that we’ve always been a melting pot of great ideas and cultures. So to all the activists I say, “Melt already.”

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ing impacts from COVID will be the mountains of debt absorbed by most governments around the world.

U.S. Economy: COVID is Still the Economy A post-COVID bounce is coming to the U.S. in 2021, but it’s unlikely to happen soon. Much of the year’s economic trajectory will depend on fiscal policy decisions made over the next couple of months. Roughly 10 million Americans who lost their jobs early in the pandemic have yet to find work, and many of them are receiving some form of public support. If and how Congress chooses to fund further relief will impact the speed of the recovery. Throughout the first half of the coming year, many businesses will be just trying to keep the doors open. Optimism, however, should spur investment and capex decisions in the first half of the year. Opportunistic firms will attempt to time the comeback with new investments into the leisure and broader services sectors. Not all things will return to the way they were, though. Some industries may never fully recover.

Monetary Policy: Less Dramatic but No Less Critical If there is an economic hero amidst the pandemic, it is most certainly the central banks. The Federal Reserve in particular stabilized the global financial system within weeks of the pandemic taking hold, and it continues to provide massive amounts of economic support. The role of central bank policy in 2021 should be less dramatic but no less important. With short term interest rates firmly at zero, the Federal Reserve will manage a few levers in the coming year, advocating for fiscal policy and keeping a close watch on longer-term rates and inflation, among other things.

U.S. Government: Sweeping Leadership Changes As the 117th Congress begins, the political landscape is still somewhat uncertain. The Biden administration transition is proceeding apace. The House will remain Democratic with a smaller majority of no more than nine seats. In the Senate, control will be decided by a January 5 runoff election for both Georgia Senate seats. The narrow margin of power within Congress will moderate legislation. The Biden administration cabinet will be more diverse than President Trump’s but is unlikely to shift to its leftward extreme, as indicated by the selection of former USDA Secretary Tom

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Specialty Crops: Preparing for More Shifts in Consumer Demand The specialty crops sector will continue to adapt to historic shifts in logistics and supply chains in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic causes consumers to purchase more food at retail and less through foodservice. With thousands more restaurants expected to permanently close through the winter months as COVID-19 cases surge, specialty crop growers and the supply chains that deliver fruits, nuts, and vegetables will have to continue adapting to a consumer eating more at home. Some growers, packers, and processors have successfully managed to increase or reroute products into retail channels like grocery stores and home delivery of food boxes. However, steep financial losses from the loss of foodservice contracts will ultimately result in the rationalization of some processing assets and production acreage.

usage, as well as firm export demand, especially from China. The outlook for grain is more favorable than a year ago, although carry has evaporated with the inversion of futures prices. The outlook for farm supply cooperatives is positive for 2021 following a very orderly harvest, rising grain prices and decent farm liquidity. The ethanol outlook is stable but guarded, with considerable growth and margin opportunities favoring ethanol co-products vs. fuel. After experiencing a near 50 percent reduction in demand during mid-March 2020 to mid-

April 2020, fuel ethanol in the U.S. has recovered to about 90 percent of preCOVID levels.

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.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be moving forward with an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public input and feedback on a contemplated regulatory framework that would modernize our system into a scientifically-sound, risk-based, and predictable process that facilitates the development and use of these technologies for U.S. farmers and ranchers under USDA’s authorities. This initiative follows President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on agricultural biotechnology that called upon federal agencies to make regulatory improvements to rectify some of the long-standing barriers to innovation for U.S. agriculture. “Our livestock producers need all the tools in the toolbox to help protect against animal diseases and continue to meet the challenge of feeding everyone now and into the future. If we do not put these safe biotechnology advances to work here at home, our competitors in other nations will,”

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indicating still higher costs in the months ahead. China’s rebuilding of the nation’s hog herd brings into question its appetite for foreign protein in 2021 as supplies climb. The U.S. dairy sector stands to benefit from the rebound in Chinese hog production with dry whey used as a protein supplement in China’s hog feeding rations. Domestically, the animal protein and dairy sectors will be entering 2021 with still greater uncertainty in foodservice demand as COVID-19 cases surge to new highs and restaurant closures are expected to soar.

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Arizona State University in 1978, with a degree from the Agriculture Division of the Engineering College. In addition to her formal education, she was a lifelong learner who pursued her varied interests with a passion. While in barber school, Tommie met and fell deeply in love with Ronnie Martin, a Buckeye, farmer and ironworker. Tommie and Ronnie were married on August 12, 1972 at the Tonto Natural Bridge. They lived, worked and traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Rural Electricity: Tommie had several careers. She owned From Reactive to Adaptive and operated the Payson Barber Shop in The common need to turn a corner, piv- the early 1970’s. Tommie served as Execuoting from being pandemic-reactive to tive Secretary for the Arizona Cattle market adaptive, opens the door to a more Growers’ Association, worked as an associdecisive response from U.S. power suppliers ate for the Savory Institute in Albuquerque, to changed market conditions. Amplifying and owned a natural resource consulting the call for action are shifts in policy, costs business working throughout western of new technology, and consumer require- North America, Mexico and Africa. ments—all of which conspire against a Tommie was nationally recognized as a business-as-usual restrained pace to energy facilitator of resource management groups transition in 2021. Lazard’s annual Levelized in which the guiding principle was that a Cost of Energy Analysis report marked an decision must be a recognizable ‘win’ for important milestone for the industry, with everyone involved or it couldn’t be folsolar now proclaimed the cheapest form of lowed. This guideline can be seen in most energy in history. So cheap, in fact, that it is decisions Tommie made and/or promoted now less expensive to build new solar than throughout her life. Tommie was elected as it is to operate coal plants. Business Roundtable CEOs recently issued their strongest message yet on energy transition, arguing that addressing climate change is now a business imperative for American companies.

Rural Communications: Big Spending Not Likely, But Regulatory Change Is With a new president and a likely split Congress, we expect a good bit of gridlock in Washington in 2021. It’s likely that any COVID-related stimulus will focus on nearterm economic needs versus investing in projects that take years to produce results. That leaves the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as the remaining institution in Washington to enact policies that will help rural communication providers. In 2020 the FCC held its Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum auction that was much more rural friendly than any of its past auctions. And as a result, rural operators are now able to build carrier-grade fixed wireless networks at significantly reduced costs. Read the full report at: www.cobank.com/knowledgeexchange/general/the-year-ahead-forces-that-willshape-the-us-rural-economy-in-2021

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Gila County Supervisor in 2004, taking office in January 2005. This past August, she won her fifth term. Tommie is survived by her husband of 48 years, Ronnie Martin; sister Jerrie (Tony) Tipton; brother Jon (Elizabeth Loney) Cline; sister Jacque (Steve) Sanders; more than a dozen nieces, nephews, and great nieces, a large extended family of cousins and many, many friends. Services are pending. The family is planning for a virtual memorial service on her birthday, January 11th, along with an in-person celebration of life later in 2021.

Charlie Chacon Charlie Chacon, 100, a resident of Española and his ancestral home of Cebolla, passed away on December 8, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents, Patricio and Maximiana Chacon; grandfather, Epimenio Chacon; infant brothers, Clovis and Primo Carnera; infant sister, Emma and grandson, Matthew D. Reitzel. Charlie served in the Navy in WWII, the Pacific Theater, attended business college for two years, worked as Postmaster in Cebolla, a technician at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and retired from the Los Alamos Fire Department after 26 years. Throughout his life he was an active and prominent rancher in Northern New Mexico. He was passionately involved in land and water issues. He was an heir to the San Joaquin del Rio de Chama Land Grant and La Merced de los Pueblos de Tierra Amarilla and was recognized through the Land Grant Consejo with the Lifetime Service Award and was appointed to the US Departcontinued on page 62 >>

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IN MEMORIAM << cont from page 59 ment of Agriculture Advisory Committee. Charlie’s family was recognized as Ranching Family of the Year in New Mexico in 2007. Until his death he continued to be interested in the family ranching operation and always gave his input. Charlie’s legacy to his family was his love for the land and the animals and preserving the culture and customs of Northern New Mexico. Mr. Chacon is survived by his wife of 74 years, Geralda M. Chacon; sister, Mary Martinez (Beva); brother, Gilbert Chacon; sons, Carlos Chacon (Mary Toni), Claudio Chacon (Mary Lou), Gerald Chacon (Frances); daughter, Dina Reitzel (Jim); daughter-in-law, Carmen; grandchildren, Carlos Estevan Chacon (Terri), Angela Bernal (Ray), Damian Chacon, Reyna Guevara (Armando Corral), Marisa Guaderrama (Rene), Alejandro Chacon (Sarah), Felicia Frost (Rusty), Crista Chacon (Alfonso), Elizabeth Reitzel (Britney Choy); great-grandchildren, Kristina Chacon, Gabriella Guevara, Dominique Guevara,

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Claudia Chacon, Amanda Chacon, Andres, Miguel and Joaquin Guaderrama, Nicholas Chacon, Raquel Chacon, Emma Frost, Kohen Frost, Adrian Romero, Ashlee Hallet, Kaitey Lancaster, Lacie Chacon; great-great-grandchild, Chrysanthos Romero and numerous other relatives and friends. Services will be restricted to immediate family members with postponement of a memorial service to be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make gifts in memory of Matthew D. Reitzel, Charlie’s grandson, payable to NMSU Foundation, PO Box 3590, Las Cruces, NM 88003-3590. Designate your gift to Matthew David Reitzel Scholarship in memory of Charlie Chacon.

Richard M. Chavez Richard M. Chavez, 85, passed away on November 23, 2020 at his home in Quemado. He was born June 17, 1935 in Quemado, the son of Ezequiel Armijo “E.A.” Chavez and continued on page 82 >>

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“New Name, New Location, Same Faces, Still a Breed Apart” Bulls out of top A.I Sires in the Country We have semen available on a select group of our Herd Bulls. Contact us for semen pricing.

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ave you ever wondered how many acres of chile are grown in New Mexico? Are you curious about where New Mexico pecan production ranks nationally? Do you want to become more educated about New Mexico agriculture in general? Learn all about New Mexico agriculture in the 2019 New Mexico Agricultural Statistics bulletin. In cooperation with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA), the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New Mexico Field Office recently released the bulletin. New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte said the publication includes updated statistics that reflect the industry’s significant economic impact on the state. “The ag stats bulletin not only reveals the impact of crops, livestock, farms and commodities,” said Witte. “It also reflects the importance of the growing value-added agriculture industry in our state. “When you see the numbers in this publication, you realize the impact of agriculture in New Mexico. The bottom line is that agriculturalists are resilient. They work through adversity to bring food to the plates of all New Mexicans, and they constantly seek new opportunities to connect directly to consumers.” Highlights of the 2019 New Mexico bulletin include: ЇЇ Total value of agriculture production was $3.44 billion. ЇЇ Milk sales were $1.38 billion. ЇЇ The state is No. 1 nationally in chile production. The state is No. 1 nationally in pecan ЇЇ production. ЇЇ Value of livestock production was $2.43 billion. ЇЇ Value of hay production was $211 million. Each year, a team of enumerators collect the data, and the USDA-NASS state and federal staff compiles the data to publish the New Mexico Agricultural Statistics bulletin.

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NMSU Assoc. Prof Focuses on Infertility Research

nfertility among women is a common problem in the United States, with about 6.1 million women who experience difficulty becoming or staying pregnant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While infertility is a stressful human problem, it is a problem most mammals experience as well. At New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Department of Animal and Range Sciences associate professor Jennifer Hernandez Gifford is leading research to understand the mechanisms involved in normal estrogen production and how they can help address problems that arise from abnormal estrogen concentrations, which lead to

infertility. Specifically, Hernandez Gifford investigates signaling pathways that regulate ovarian function and steroid production in livestock. “For humans as well as livestock, estrogen is required for female fertility,” Hernandez Gifford said. “Our lab has a longvested interest in ovarian biology and estrogen production. Some of our work has been to identify novel signaling pathways that regulate estrogen production. This has led us into a new research area in which we are evaluating the oocyte, or egg, that has the potential to be ovulated and become fertilized.” Hernandez Gifford said infertility research is important for both women trying to conceive and ranchers raising livestock. “Infertility is a big issue faced by many women,” Hernandez Gifford said. “We recognize that women are more frequently delaying having children due to socioeconomic pressures. This often means women

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Jennifer Hernandez Gifford, associate professor in the New Mexico State University Department of Animal Range Sciences, investigates signaling pathways that regulate ovarian function and steroid production in livestock, including Rambouillet ewes. Her research also gives a better understanding of female infertility in humans.

are facing a decline in fertility when they are having children. Our research may give insight that will have a positive impact on those women.” For agricultural purposes, “we know that we need to have optimal reproductive efficiency in an effort to provide food for the continually growing population,” Hernandez Gifford said. Some of Hernandez Gifford’s findings include the identification of hormones from the pituitary gland converging with signaling molecules in the ovary to inhibit estrogen production. “We are currently investigating the mechanisms by which this occurs,” Hernandez Gifford said. “It is our thought that this complex interaction may be necessary to keep ovarian follicles developing at the appropriate rate to allow maximal fertility.” Hernandez Gifford said ovarian follicle development is a tightly coordinated event that relies on multiple hormones and intersecting pathways. “While many follicles will develop throughout a regular cycle, typically only one will be selected to mature to dominance and ultimately be ovulated,” Hernandez Gifford said. “There is still a lot of unknowns about how a single follicle is determined to be selected and ovulated.” Hernandez Gifford said NMSU students play a helpful role in gathering research data. Currently, four students assist in her lab and research sheep barn. Kylee Forrest and Keegan Taylor are both master’s stucontinued on page 82 >>

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*SOLD* 252+/- Head Gordon Family Ranch, Aguila, AZ – This historic

working cattle ranch is thirty minutes from Wickenburg, with 50+/- deeded acres, 77,331+/- acres BLM grazing permits, and 11,035+/- acre State lease. HQ has two solar powered homes with backup generators; bunk house; tack house; good set of working and shipping corrals. There are also steel pipe horse facilities; two round pens; six pens and 15+/- acre horse pasture. This is a well-watered ranch with 10 wells, 11 dirt tanks, 6 water tanks, and 7 drinkers. Good variety of grasses and browse. A scenic and well maintained ranch. List of equipment included will be provided. Cattle may be sold by private treaty. $1,700,000

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*SOLD* 68+/- Head Three Brothers Ranch, Tombstone, AZ – Good starter or retirement ranch in the San Pedro River valley with sweeping views, good access, grass, browse and water. 320+/- ac. deeded, 5,403+/ac. State lease, 2,961+/- ac. BLM permit. Easy terrain with access from Hwy 82 and Tombstone. 3 wells, 2 storage tanks with drinkers, 2 dirt tanks, set of wood & wire corrals. Adjoins Orduno Draw Ranch also offered by Stockmen’s Realty, LLC. $600,000

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*NEW* 530+/- Acre Homestead with Home near Cotton City, Hidalgo, County, NM – Versatile property great for those wishing to be self-sustainable or looking for a place to pasture horses, a small herd of cattle or other livestock. Recently remodeled home, 2 wells, fenced in garden area and fully fenced 520+/- acres, stout corrals, hay shed, conex box,and 1 BR, 1 BA bunkhouse. $443,800 for all or or $200,000 for house and 10 acres. *PENDING* 30+/- Head Orduno Draw Ranch,Tombstone, AZ – An excellent value! Small desert ranch in the San Pedro Valley of Cochise County, Arizona. 320+/- ac. deeded, 2,780+/- ac. State lease, and 560+/- ac. BLM Allotment. Easy terrain, gentle hills with mesquite, acacia, and creosote, and several major draws with good browse and grassy bottoms. Has one well that needs equipping, a dirt tank, and is

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Two world class ranches comprise this offering on 14 miles of scenic river frontage. Includes a total of 1467+/- deeded acres with 2 rock homes equipped with solar, battery backup, and tied to the grid; +/240 tillable flood irrigated acres with 100+/-acres under cultivation. Combined there are a total of 17 wells, most on solar; numerous springs and stock ponds; 40+/- Sections of BLM and private leased land. There are two additional homes on the private lease. Includes 100 reputation Angus cows and 10 bulls. $5,500,000

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dents in the Animal and Range Sciences department, while Victor Flores is a Ph.D. student and Sara Gurule is an undergraduate research student. Her first two graduate students at NMSU, Bahaa Aloqaily and Emily Ferranti, were instrumental in getting Hernandez Gifford’s program re-established. “Students and student training are at the heart of what I do,” Hernandez Gifford said. “I have been so very fortunate to have worked with a number of bright, talented

and hard-working students through the years. These students each bring different talents to our research and keep me on my toes.” Hernandez Gifford was once in her students’ shoes. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal science from NMSU, then went on to earn her Ph.D. in animal science from Washington State University. She returned to NMSU in 2016 as a faculty member after teaching and establishing a research program at Oklahoma State University. Her return to NMSU

allowed her to work with her former NMSU mentor and longtime collaborator Dennis Hallford, who died in late 2016. “I have returned to the place where it all started,” Hernandez Gifford said. “I am now working in the same lab and overseeing the sheep unit where I was trained as a student. I was fortunate to get to work alongside Dr. Hallford for a short period before his passing. I am honored to now teach the classes he taught as well as oversee the Research Sheep Unit, known as the West Sheep Unit, he started 40 years ago.”

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IN MEMORIAM << cont from page 62 Encarnacion Martinez. Richard grew up in the Red Hill-Quemado area as a third generation rancher. He was an avid horseman in which he broke horses for neighboring ranchers and performing day work for them when possible. He quit high school his senior year to join the Navy during the Korean War, serving from 1955 to 1958. Upon completing his enlistment he returned to Quemado to complete his senior year. There he met Tillie Montano. They were married upon their graduation from high school. Together they raised three sons along with a daughter they adopted at the age of four. Richard loved the ranching way of life and was a horseman, while competing in rodeo as a team roper. He ran the family ranch which he was able to buy out from the other family members, while working for the United States Forest Service for 33 years. He also served on the local school board for 15 years. His favorite pastime was to visit and talk about horses. Richard is survived by his wife, Tillie M. Chavez, sons, Ricky T. Chavez, Quemado; Randy L. Chavez, Quemado; Randall L. Chavez, Tularosa; daughter, Michelle Castle, D e n v e r, C o l o r a d o a n d t h r e e grandchildren. Editor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The New Mexico Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families & friends would like to see more detail, verbatim pieces must be emailed to us, & may be printed at 10¢ per word.

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Direc t or of He rd Improv em ent. With more Angus influenced cattle qualifying for the Certified Angus Beef ® brand than ever before, it’s clear that the Angus bull has become America’s bull. He sires calving ease, growth and superior marbling. He works well in any environment, and on any cow, regardless of breed. Make sure that America’s bull serves as your director of herd improvement. Angus. America’s breed. Go to www.Angus.org/businessbreed or call 816.383.5100 to learn more.

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . 65, 69 Ag Lands Southwest . . . . . . . 75 Ag NM FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . . . 85 American Angus Assoc. . . . . . 83 American Gelbvieh Assoc. 19, 64 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bar J Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . 77 Beaverhead Outdoors . . . . . . 79 Big Mesa Realty . . . . . . . . . . 80 BJM Sales & Service Inc. . . . . . 62 Black Angus “Ready for Work” Bull Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . 62 Bow K Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. . . . . 63, 86 Brand For Sale - Webb . . . . . . 62 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 65 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranch, . . . . . . . 23, 65 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Caren for Ag . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Carter’s Custom Cuts . . . . . . . 52 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . 64 Cattle Guards / Priddy Const. . . 56 Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction 45 Caviness Packing Co., Inc . . . . 16 Chip Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Citizens Bank of Clovis Moriarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 CKP Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . . 64

Clovis Livestock Auction . . . . . 35 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . 64 Conniff Cattle Co., LLC . . . . . . 52 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . 36 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . 62 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Crockett Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . 27, 61 Hudson Livestock Supplements.39 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . 85 Insurance Services of NM . . . . 73 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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J-C Angus Ranch . . . . . . . 56, 77 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 James Sammons III . . . . . . . . 77 JFW Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . 80 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equip . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 L & H Manufacturing . . . . . . . 59 Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . . . 51 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . . . 63 Major Ranch Realty . . . . . 77, 80 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . 37, 64 McKenzie Land & Livestock . . . 82 McPherson Heifer Bulls . . . . . 63 Mesa Feed Products . . . . . . . 42 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . 12, 61 Messner Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . 78, 80 Monfette Construction Co. . . . 61 Paul McGillard / Murney Associates . . . . . . . 79 NM Angus Bull & Heifer Sale . . . 3 NM Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

NM Department of Game and Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 NM Federal Lands Council . . . 48 NM Premier Ranch Properties . 78 NM Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . 88 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 44

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Olson Land and Cattle . . . 63, 68 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Overland Stockyard . . . . . . . . 55 P Bar A Angus Ranch . . . . . . . 62 Perez Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . 6, 64 Pot of Gold Gelbvieh Assoc. . . 17 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Punchy Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . 58 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Republic Ranches, LLC . . . . . . 76 Reveal 4-n-1, LLC . . . . . . . 15, 61 Reverse Rocking R Ranch . . . . 15 Reynolds Land & Cattle . . . . . 66 Rio Grande Scales & Equip. . . . 61 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . . 64 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . 61 Roswell Brangus Breeders Co-op . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . 32 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . 65

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Santa Fe Guiding Co. . . . . . . . 26 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 63 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty . . 80 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . 61 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . 40, 63 Spike S Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Suther Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 61 Terrell Land & Livestock Co. . . . 77 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Thompson Ranch . . . . . . 54, 64 Tucumcari Bull Test . . . . . . . . 74 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 United Country Real Estate . . . 79 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . . 43 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . . . 61

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