MARCH 2012
9th
2
ANNUAL
2004 Seedstock Producers of the Year!
Reynolds Ranch LIMOUSIN PRODUCTION SALE
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 · SANFORD, COLORADO · at the Ranch · 1pm
Featuring...
SONS OF LEADING AI SIRES Including: Join us on
• KVRN Pablo • Three Trees Prime Cut 104T • WULFS Fanfare • WLR Direct Hit • MAGS Trail Drive • SYES User Friendly • PBRS Upper Echelon • AHCC Westwind • LH Rhodmaster • DUFF New Edition • EXLR Excellante
th
March 24
AS WE PRESENT 80 OF THE BEST RED & BLACK
Limousin & Lim-Flex Bulls found anywhere!
and many other leading sires!
SELLING
RANCH:
80 BULLS
Registered Performance-Tested
25
TwoYear-Olds
RIC REYNOLDS:
719/274-5084 c: 719/588-0394
55
ROD REYNOLDS:
Yearlings
Including: 30 ANGUS X LIMOUSIN BULLS
+YEARS of AI. Our
40
719/274-5827
This black 2-year-old daughter of SLVL Beef is typical of the quality females that are in production at Reynolds Ranch. Females with growth, volume, great dispositions and a lot of milk.
Limousin have a Brown Swiss background that results in greater maternal ability, growth and good dispositions. Our mother cows are selected for their ability to work at high altitude and to wean a growthy calf under range conditions.
719/274-4090 c: 719/588-1230 SALE MANAGER:
Jim Higel, 719/589-2116 AUCTIONEER:
Art Goehl, 719/589-2113 RANCH LOCATION: Go to La Jara (14 miles north of Antonito or 14 miles south of Alamosa). From La Jara, go east on Hwy. 136 to dead-end, then turn right and go 3 /4 mile to Reynolds Ranch headquarters.
to Santa Fe
2
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
2
3
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
3
Contact YOUR local Hi-Pro Feeds dealer Horsemen’s Feed & Supply Albuquerque, NM Valley Mercantile, Inc. Animas, NM Double D Feeds Artesia, NM Aztec Feed & Supply Aztec, NM Riders Tack & Tog Canutillo, TX Lincoln Co Mercantile Capitan, NM Circle S Feeds Carlsbad, NM Bradley Supply Clayton, NM J S Saddlery Cliff, NM One Stop Feed Clovis, NM Mimbres Valley Feeds Deming, NM Nathan’s Wholesale Espanola, NM Gustin Hardware Estancia, NM Cortese Feed & Supply Ft. Sumner, NM K & M Feeds Ft. Sumner, NM Navajo Feed Store Gallup, NM Hungry Critters Feed & Supply Hobbs, NM Feed & More Hoehne, CO House Co-Op Assn. House, NM T & M Fuels House, NM The Feed Store Las Cruces, NM Bruhn Enterprises Logan, NM Cowboy’s Corner Lovington, NM Melrose Grain Elevator Melrose, NM &KDI¿QV )HHG 0LODQ 10 C & J Traders Moriarity, NM Gustin Hardware Mountainair, NM Creighton Town & Country Portales, NM Jake’s General Mercantile Reserve, NM Roswell Livestock Roswell, NM LDS dba Harvey’s Feed & Supply Ruidoso, NM H & S Pipe, Fence and Feed Silver City, NM Southwest Feeds Socorro, NM Cowboy Up Hay & Ranch Supply Springerville, AZ Diamond C Feed St. Johns, AZ Stock Up Feed & Tack Taylor, AZ Horsin Around Feed & Tack Truth or Consequences, NM Dickinson Imp. Co. Tucumcari, NM Hughes Farm & Ranch Supply Tularosa, NM
4
MARCH 2012
505-792-8225 575-548-2291 575-746-2370 505-334-8911 915-877-4333 575-354-4260 575-885-8369 575-374-3333 575-535-4889 575-762-3997 575-544-8131 505-753-7299 505-384-5225 575-355-2271 575-355-2911 505-863-5032 575-492-1111 719-846-4029 575-279-6744 575-279-7213 575-526-1463 575-487-2273 575-396-5663 575-253-4246 505-832-9300 505-847-2261 575-356-3665 575-533-6565 575-622-0084 575-378-8750 575-534-9200 575-835-3333 928-333-4995 928-337-4474 928-536-2220 575-894-0318 575-461-2740 575-585-2200
MARCH 2012
4
THREE HR WA H WAYS AYS TO O INCREASE SE E YO OUR R PROFITS
KING CHA CHAROLAIS ROLAIS L
Proven Crossbreeding Components
New Mexico’s Largest 1 Iron Seedstock Producer!
KING KIN G HERE HEREFORD FORD O
Located 40 miles east of Alb buquerque . 5
MARCH 2012
Selling 150 Hereford Bulls Other sires include Harland Too, C Maui Jim, C Pure Gold 4215, C New Era ET, & CL1 Domino 6136S MARCH 2012
5
6
MARCH 2012
7
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
7
Since 1916, we’ve been here for New Mexico’s ranchers and farmers. We don’t just offer financial services, we also get where you’re coming from. That’s why we can help you with loans, insurance and other services that fit your unique needs. At Farm Credit of New Mexico, we’re with you every step of the way.
C A L L 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 5 1 - 5 9 9 7 o r v i s i t W W W. F A R M C R E D I T N M . C O M
8
ALBUQUERQUE MARCH 2012
•
ROSWELL
•
LAS CRUCES
•
TUCUMCARI
•
CLOVIS MARCH 2012
8
MARCH 2012
VOL 78, No. 3
USPS 381-580
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of: n
New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org; 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584, Fax: 505/842-1766; President, Rex Wilson; Executive Director, Caren Cowan;
by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson
15
Limousin – A Natural Advantage
28
Carrizozo Rancher Leads Cattle Growers’
40
Santa Fe Area Rancher NMCGA President-Elect
44
Good Mamas, Good Babies
56
Feral Hogs
89
Horses For Heroes Bunkhouse
by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson
by Justin Stevenson
DEPARTMENTS 10
N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter
12
News Update
23
N.M. Old Times & Old Timers
25
N.M. Federal Lands Council News
30
N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle
36
To The Point
EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING
39
Missions Accomplished
Publisher: Caren Cowan Publisher Emeritus: Chuck Stocks Office Manager: Marguerite Vensel Advertising Reps.: Chris Martinez, Melinda Martinez, Michael Wright Contributing Editors: Glenda Price, Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson, Carol Wilson, William S. Previtti, Julie Carter, Lee Pitts Photographer: Dee Bridgers
39
Calendar of Events
42
Riding Herd
53
NMBC Bullhorn
66
Estrays
67
Cowboy Heroes
70
Market Place
72
Seedstock Guide
PRODUCTION
76
Real Estate Guide
Production Coordinator: Carol Pendleton Editorial & Graphic Design: Kristy Hinds
86
Scatterin’ The Drive
n
New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584; President, Marc Kincaid Executive Director, Caren Cowan
by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson
by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson
by Jose Varela Lopez, President-Elect
by Don Bullis by Frank DuBois
by Caren Cowan by Michelle Frost
by Lee Pitts
by Jim Olson
by Curtis Fort
ADVERTISING SALES General: Chris Martinez at 505/243-9515, ext. 28 or chris@aaalivestock.com Real Estate: Michael Wright at 541/286-4135 or 505/243-9515, ext. 30 or michael@aaalivestock.com
New Mexico Stockman (USPS 381-580) is published monthly by Caren Cowan, 2231 Rio Grande, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-2529. Subscription price: 1 year - $19.95 /2 years - $29.95. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to New Mexico Stockman, P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194. Periodicals Postage paid at Albuquerque, New Mexico and additional mailing offices. Copyright 2008 by New Mexico Stockman. Material may not be used without permission of the publisher. Deadline for editorial and advertising copy, changes and cancellations is the 10th of the month preceding publication. Advertising rates on request.
ON THE COVER . . . “Vanished Trail” is an oil on canvas by Shawn Cameron. It depicts her husband, Dean, training a young filly to pack while leading her through the headwaters of the Verde River near their home. Shawn paints the ranch life her family has lived for over 135 years in Arizona. She is passionate to record the contemporary cowboy and cattleman as accurately as possible for it is personal to her. Often, subjects are family members. They are seasoned and respected men who continue to make their living working cattle and caring for the land. She exhibits her work in Trailside Galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jackson, Wyoming. More information about Shawn and her artwork is available on her website: www.shawncameron.com
MARCH 2012
www.aaalivestock.com 9
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
9
G
R
OC
C A TT L E
IATION
W MEXICO NE
O
S W E R S' A S
b y José Varela Lo pez NMCGA PRESIDENT-ELECT
ESSAGE
s I put pen to paper it is less than two days after the end of the 2012 legislative session and the dust has yet to settle. What we do know, clear as day, is that of the more than 744 bills introduced, less than 80 made it to the fourth floor desk of the Governor to be vetoed or become law.
A
During budget sessions, such as the recently completed one, the primary focus is to fund state government for the upcoming fiscal year, with all the challenges and competing interests that figure into the equation. Our particular focus on the budget was to seek additional funding for the Cooperative Extension Service, Agricultural Experiment Stations and New Mexico Department of Agriculture, all of which have suffered severe budget cuts in recent years and desperately need restored funding to continue their respective missions to assist agriculture and New Mexicans in general. At this time it appears that a modest amount of funding made it into the budget that was sent to the Governor, but not enough to address the issue completely. There is more that needs to be done in this regard, but the additional funding would be a welcome step in the right direction. The first bill to be signed by Governor Martinez during the most recent legislative session was what everyone called the “hay bill.” This legislation allows oversized loads of hay to be shipped into and transported throughout the state, an issue that became especially relevant during the last year when the prolonged drought afflicting the state produced shortages of available feed within our borders. As luck would have it, the Governor signed the “hay bill” just minutes before she graciously cut the ribbon at “Ag Feed”, the annual event where the state’s major agricultural organizations gather forces to prepare a meal for our legislators, their staffs and everyone else within smelling distance of the event. As has been the case every year, there were hundreds of smiling faces in the rotunda of the capitol where the plates of beef, lamb and fixings were served. Aside from the positive, there is always legislation that has the potential to negatively affect our industry and families alike. While there were several of these bills introduced during the session, I’m glad to say that none of them gathered any steam. So, all in all, things didn’t turn out so bad. I’d like to acknowledge the folks who spent nearly every day at the legislature helping to address issues as they arose and always lending a helping hand, namely Nikki Hooser, Joe Culbertson and Alfredo Roybal. I would also like to thank the many people who read bills and kept us apprised of potential concerns. It is because of your dedication that we can efficiently and effectively speak to the needs of our collective interests. Finally, my gratitude to Michelle Frost, staffer extraordinaire, who kept the novice up to speed on the issues, on time, on cue and out of trouble. May the Lord bless us with good moisture, healthy animals and the continued fellowship that has sustained our families through many generations.
José Varela Lopez President-Elect
www.nmagriculture.org NEW MEX I CO CATTL E GR OWER S’ ASSOCI ATI ON OFFI CER S Rex Wilson President Carrizozo
10
Jose Varela Lopez President-Elect Santa Fe
MARCH 2012
Lane Grau Vice-President At Large, Grady
Ty Bays Ernie Torrez Pat Boone SW Vice-President NW Vice-President SE Vice-President Silver City La Jara Elida
Blair Clavel Shacey Sullivan NE Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Roy; Bosque Farms;
Bert Ancell Past President Springer;
Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque
Ag New Mexico, Farm Credit Services, ACA S TA N D I N G T H E T E S T O F T I M E
AG NEW MEXICO’S SERVICE OFFICE LOCATIONS Administrative Office & Clovis Service Center 233 Fairway Terrace N. Clovis, NM 88101 1/800/357/3545
Belen Service Center 19554 Highway 314 Belen, NM 87002 1/800/722/4769
Las Cruces Service Center 1310 Picacho Hills Las Cruces, NM 88007 575/647/4430
www.agnewmexico.com
MARCH 2012
11
ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION SALES, INC. AUCTION, INC. & ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION TRUCKING, INC. 900 North Garden · P.O. Box 2041 900Roswell, North Garden · P.O. Box 2041 New Mexico 88201 Roswell, New Mexico 88201 505/622-5580 575/622-5580 www.roswelllivestockauction.com
www.roswelllivestockauction.com CATTLE SALES: MONDAYS CATTLEJUNE, SALES:SEPTEMBER MONDAYS and DECEMBER HORSE SALES: APRIL, HORSE SALES: APRIL, JUNE, SEPTEMBER and DECEMBER BENNY WOOTON RES 575/625-0071, CELL 575/626-4754 WOOTON RES. 505/626-4754 SMILEY BENNY WOOTON RES 575/623-2338, CELL 575/626-6253
SMILEY WOOTON
RES. 505/626-6253
Producers hauling cattle to Roswell Livestock New Mexico Receiving Stations need to call our toll-free number for a Transportation Permit number before leaving home. The Hauling Permit number 1-800/748-1541 is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Trucks are available 7 days a week / 24 hours a day
ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION RECEIVING STATIONS LORDSBURG, NM 20 Bar Livestock Highway #90 at NM #3 – East side of highway. Receiving cattle for transport 2nd & 4th weekends of each month. Truck leaves Lordsburg at 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Smiley Wooton, 575/622-5580 office, 575/623-2338 home, 575/626-6253 cell. FORT STOCKTON, TX 1816 E. 53rd Lane, Interstate 10 to exit 259A to FM 1053, 5 1/2 miles north of I-10. Turn right on Stone Rd. (receiving station sign) 1-block. Turn left on 53rd Lane – 3/4 miles to red A-frame house and corrals on right. Buster Williams, 432/336-0219, 432-290-2061. Receiving cattle: 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month. Truck leaves at 3:00 p.m. CT. PECOS, TX Hwy. 80 across from Town & Country Motel. NO PRIOR PERMITS REQUIRED. Nacho, 432/664-8942, 432/448-0129, 432/448-6865. Trucks leave Sunday at 4 p.m. CT. VALENTINE, TX 17 miles north of Marfa on Hwy. 90. Red Brown 432/4672682. Pens: 432/358-4640, cell: 432/386-2700. Truck leaves 1st and 3rd Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CT. VAN HORN, TX 800 West 2nd, 5 blocks west of Courthouse. Pancho Romero, 432/207-0324, or Pete Ojeda, 432/284-1971. Trucks leave 1st & 3rd Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CT. MORIARTY, NM Two blocks east and one block south of Tillery Chevrolet. Smiley Wooton 575/622-5580 office, 575/623-2338 home, 575/626-6253 mobile. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00 p.m. MT. SAN ANTONIO, NM River Cattle Co. Nine miles east of San Antonio on U.S. 380. Gary Johnson 575/838-1834. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00 p.m. MT. T or C, NM Old Greer Pens – I-24 to Exit #75 – Williamsburg – Go east to City Building – Turn right to corrals. Truck leaves at 2:00 pm Sunday. Matt Johnson, 575/740-4507 or Jeff Richter, 575/740-1684.
12
MARCH 2012
Obama’s Budget Proposes to Increase Federal Lands Grazing Fee resident Barack Obama’s proposed budget includes elements such as an effective increase in the public lands grazing fee assessment, which would force family-owned ranches to shell out more cash to Uncle Sam. Dustin Van Liew, PLC executive director and NCBA director of federal lands, said increasing the grazing fee through an arbitrary tax is unwarranted and is further evidence that the president and his administration are out of touch with production agriculture. “From the president’s estate tax proposal to his plan to add a tax to increase the grazing fee and make extreme cuts in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service range funding, this budget proposal is further proof that this administration does not understand American agriculture. Federal lands ranchers are and always have been willing to pay a fair price to graze livestock on public lands. They willingly invest significant amounts of money to manage and improve the range,” Van Liew said. “The current grazing fee is fair. In fact, most public lands ranchers already pay more than market price for their federal permits, considering factors such as added regulatory costs, increased predation, ownership of water rights, maintenance of improvements and the difficulties of managing livestock in rough, arid rangelands. Arbitrarily increasing the grazing fee via a tax will do nothing more than impose unnecessary costs on the ranchers working every day to produce safe and affordable food and fiber.” Specifically, the president’s budget calls for the BLM to impose a $1 per animal unit month (AUM) increase above the grazing fee to cover administrative costs. Van Liew said that ranchers should not bear the burden of paying for “bureaucratic administrative costs” that are out of their control. He also noted that the current administration denied petitions to change the grazing fee structure as recently as last year. Van Liew said the president’s budget outline is just a proposal and that it is up to Congress to determine final budgetary allocations. “The president’s lack of understanding for the federal lands grazing industry, as evidenced by his proposed 74 percent tax on federal land ranchers, is extremely disappointing. Effectively increasing the grazing fee during these times of economic uncertainty will unnecessarily increase burdens on livestock producers and hamper their ability to create jobs and generate economic growth in their communities. We are not going to stand by and let that happen,” Van Liew said. “PLC and NCBA will continue working with members of Congress to do what’s in the best interest of ranchers, and thereby our nation’s natural resources, to ensure a n sustainable future for our industry and rural America.”
P
Obama energy policy cripples justice for Native Americans by RON ARNOLD / WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM/OPINION resident Obama’s heavy-handed energy regulations and Big Green’s egregious legal delays have crippled the ability of tribal leaders to create jobs and stifled their development of Native American resources. Alaska’s Republican Rep. Don Young, long a friend of tribal leaders and Alaska Native officers, recently introduced the Native American Energy Act, a proposal to reduce government barriers and streamline burdensome procedures, particularly approvals from Obama’s Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Six representatives from various tribes testified in mid February at the bill’s hearing before the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. The subcommittee claimed in a news release that the bill, H.R. 3973, “promotes and encourages increased energy production on tribal lands by reducing govern-
P
continued on page 34
%
&#) * ((( &$ # $ ! *
* #! ' ( &#) " % &%
%
Read the
2012 m livestock.co at www.aaa
MARCH 2012
13
&DWWOH'HVLJQŠ
GENERATIONS OF ANGUS • RELIABLE BULLS
WK $QQXDO
HALES ANGUS FARMS SALE 6DWXUGD\ 0DUFK ‡ &DQ\RQ 7H[DV OFFERING 100 COMING TWO-YEAR-OLD & YEARLING ANGUS BULLS, AS WELL AS 50 BRED AND OPEN ANGUS HEIFERS.
SIRES OF THE CATTLE SELLING INCLUDE: Objective • In Focus • N Bar Prime Time Protege • Gardens Wave
Sale will be broadcast live on RFD-TV for your convenience.
HALES ANGUS FARMS 27951 S. US Hwy. 87, Canyon, TX 79015 www.halesangus.com • halesangus@midplains.coop • 806-488-2274 fax
RICHMOND HALES 806-488-2471 • 806-679-1919 cell 14
MARCH 2012
RICK HALES 806-655-3815 • 806-679-9303 cell
\HDUV RI EUHHGLQJ $QJXV FDWWOH
MARCH 2012
14
LIMOUSIN
A Natural Advantage by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI-GIBSON or many people, the mention of the Limousin breed brings to mind a big show steer — nice to look at, but not very practical. While it is true that the breed has had its share of successes in the show ring, it has also earned a place in the range cattle industry. Calving ease, high weaning weights, and carcass quality — as well as significant progress on disposition in recent years — are just some of the traits that have convinced many producers to try these versatile cattle. The Limousin cattle on these southwestern ranches — where hot weather, long distances to water and rough terrain are the norm — are no pampered show cattle and have proven themselves over the years.
F
thickness and pounds to his calves.” Jim’s parents, James and Jan Dyer, started using Limousin bulls in the mid1960s, when Jim and his sister were showing steers in 4-H. A ranch employee who was getting his doctoral degree at the University of Wyoming in Laramie saw the first half-blood Limousin bulls born in the United States, and convinced James to buy them to use on his Hereford cows. “My dad ran Herefords, and liked the Limousin cross better than anything else because it
adds some red pigment around the calves’ eyes.” They did well, showing Champion steers at the Fort Worth Stock Show and the State Fair in Dallas. “As we got older, we started trying to raise some show calves to market, then after we were through, stayed with the breed,” he noted. In their early years with the breed, the Dyers raised a lot of show calves and for ten years held a club calf sale at the ranch. They started concentrating more on bull production in the mid-1970s as the demand for Limousin bulls increased. “Plus,” Jim laughed, “commercial bull buyers are not near as demanding as the club calf guys.” Today, they focus on marketing bulls, both registered Limousin and Lim-Flex — continued on page 16
From West Texas
Both registered and commercial Limousin cattle are part of Rancho Espuela, the Dyer family’s west Texas operation. It’s tough country for cattle, located in the Davis Mountains between Fort Davis and Valentine, and Limousin have adapted well, according to Jim Dyer. “They are tough cattle that can survive in our environment and will add muscle to a Hereford or Angus cow,” he said. “If a guy puts a real good Limousin bull on his cows, he can add muscling, red meat,
• Over 28+ Years of Breeding and Selection • Bulls and Replacement Females From Over
RED • BLACK POLLED BULLS & HEIFERS 9700 Slaughterville Rd., Lexington, OK 73051 405/527-7648 • 405/306-1315 • 405/306-1316 hayhooklimousin@valornet.com
YOUR SOURCE FOR LIMOUSIN GENETICS IN THE SOUTHWEST
Greer & Winston 鵷
Cattle Co 鵸
Breeding quality Limousin since 1976. We service customers in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico
KUHN RANCHES Limousin Cattle & Quarter Horses P.O. Box 1083 • Willcox, AZ 85644 DOUG KUHN • 520/384-5282 • 520/507-5001 Cattle bred to work in every segment of the beef industry.
Jim Greer or Dave Winston 575/536-3730 • 575/534-7678 575/536-3636 • 575/644-3066 P.O. Box 700, Mimbres, NM 88049 MARCH 2012
15
Dyer Limousin at brandin’ time.
Limousin
continued from page 15
a Limousin/Angus cross. The majority of bulls are sold private treaty from the ranch to commercial producers looking to add pounds to their calves. The Dyers also use their registered bulls on their commercial cows, which range from half-blood to purebred Limousin. For many years, they sold a number of bulls into Mexico, but restrictions at the border have eliminated that market. The ranch retains ownership through the feedlot of many of their calves not sold as breeding stock and sells the finished product to Laura’s Lean Beef, which mar-
kets beef in several chain stores including Super Targets. “They like lean, all-natural cattle with a lot of muscle and not much fat,” Jim noted. “We are one of the top five producers for that particular brand of beef.” It takes hardy cattle to do well on the Dyers’ west Texas ranches, where they run between eight and 15 cows to the section. The thing that really sold Jim on the breed, he said, was how well the cattle did on a ranch the family bought near El Paso in 1975. “When we bought the Sierra Blanca ranch, people told us that we could only run Brahman cross cattle on that ranch, that they were the only ones that would work that country, but the Limousin adapted really well.” Hard work by the North American Limousin Foundation and breeders have made the disposition problem that existed when the breed was first imported into the United States a thing of the past, according to Jim. Initially, producers didn’t realize there was a problem with some bloodlines because of the differences between cattle operations in France and the United States. “In France, operations are small, and
the cattle are gentle because they are around people all of the time. When they got here, they were put out on big range operations where they didn’t see people for months at a time, he explained. “Once we realized there was a problem, the Association started an EPD for disposition, and we have made huge strides. The same thing is true for milk production.” About eight years ago, the Dyers started Big Bend Trailers — manufacturing and marketing gooseneck stock trailers built to stand up to ranch use. Jim puts his years of experience working cattle and pulling trailers down rough roads to work when it comes to designing the trailers. “It’s big country out here, and we pull trailers a lot of miles,” he said. “I’ve spent a lot of time on repairs over the years, and so have come up with some ideas on how to make trailers more durable and easier to use.” The Dyer family has a long history in the cattle business. Jim’s great-grandfather was a trail boss on the Chisum trail. Jim and his wife Kelie raised their family on the ranch, and their daughters remain involved in the family business. Their daughter Amber and her husband, Tate continued on page 18
CONNIFF CATTLE CO. LLC Angus, Durham Reds, LimFlex We have two locations to serve you!
Yearling Bulls by Jakes Proud Jazz, LCC Gravity, Gardens Prime Star, Manzano 707 973, OCC Legend, Mytty ForeFront, BR Midland. Also Open & Bred Heifers & young cows. John & Laura Conniff 1500 Snow Road, Las Cruces, NM 88005 575/644-2900 CFXF@aol.com
16
MARCH 2012
Casey & Chancie Roberts, Upham Road Rincon, NM 575/644-9583
230 S. Alameda, Las Cruces, NM 575-541-0058 & 108 E. Maple, Deming, NM 575-544-7754
Visit our Website www.westernheritagebank.com
Wee L W Like ike A Agg L Loans oans –C Call all T Today oday!
30th Annual Registered Limousin Bull Sale
Friday, April 13th  1:00 P.M.  Winter Livestock Inc.  La Junta, Colorado Sale will be broadcast live on the Internet at www.cattleusa.com Buyers are welcome to register early and buy on line
Selling 100 Limousin & Lim-Flex* 2-year-old-Bulls
Featuring many light birth weight heifer-bull prospects. Bloodlines are based on these herd sires.
*Lim-Flex - 50% Limousin 50% Angus Free Delivery to Central Points  Will Feed Bulls Until May At No Charge  Please join us for BBQ at Noon
STBR Typesetter 118X Â TYRE Dean 17B LVCT Black Diamond 8061H Â 5OKR Drover Wulf’s Hard Core 1112H & More
T
he bulls are big and stout, rangeready, developed on grass, hard-footed and ready for hard work. Our bull management program is different than most other purebred breeders in that our bulls are raised in big pastures not confined in pens. This makes for bulls that will stay sound for many years - ran on the rocks, hard footed and sound. All health tests: Brucellosis, BVD PI and Trich can go anywhere.
e-mail: mayfarms@centurytel.net 39818 Road 7 s Lamar, Colorado 81052
17
MARCH 2012
“These bulls won’t camp out in the shade of the windmill waiting for you to bring them a sandwich. They pack their own lunch and get to work early.” Dallas May s Bon May s Irene May
719-336-5114 s 1-800-719-9626 MARCH 2012
17
Limousin
TEXAS LIMOUSIN ASSOCIATION
Yearling
P.O. Box 880, Krum, TX 76265 940/367-4633 • txlimo@aol.com Ralph Hawkins
LIMOUSIN and LIM-FLEX
Bulls for Sale
continued from page 16
McMullan, live on the ranch. Tate helps with the cattle operation and Amber, a physical therapist, does home health care. Their daughter Amanda helps with the trailer business and serves on the Texas Beef Council Board. To Southeastern Arizona
Complete Performance Information and EPDs
Rio R io CChama hama CCattle attle Company Company Registered Angus, Limousin, and Lim-Flex Bulls and Heifers
Bulls can be viewed at the ranch near Iliff, CO
Contact: MAT LEWIS 970/521-0545 • 970/580-8209
“Ranch Tested . . . Customer Approved”
High Altitude Raised Functional Cattle with Easy Handle 5505/795-5865 05/795-5865 rriochamacattle@yahoo.com iochamacattle@yahoo.com
Apache Creek Limousin Ranch Registered Limousin Tom & Barbara Sanders 928/687-1863 155 Sanders Dr., Duncan, AZ 85534
Limousin
Registered
Bulls & Females Black Polled Purebreds
KEETON LIMOUSIN
806/866-9440, 806/866-9049 llkt@door.net • WOLFFORTH, TX
CRAIG
LIMOUSIN RANCH Breeders since 1971 of Top Quality, High-Altitude Registered Limousin Cattle.
For Sale Year-Round BLACK BULLS • BLACK HEIFERS Polled • Horned • Red • Black A.I. Sired from Select Bulls JOEL CRAIG 970/259-0650
14908 Hwy. 550 S. Durango, CO 81301
Doug Kuhn, Kuhn Limousin in Willcox, Arizona, bought his first Limousin bulls in 1976 after seeing them at the University of Arizona Bull Test. “I had read some articles and was interested in the breed, especially the low birthweights and high carcass cutability,” Doug said. “After I saw the bulls, I liked them even more. We used those bulls, and really liked the looks of their calves. A couple of years later, I flew to Oklahoma and bought a bull from a Limousin dispersal sale in Miami, Oklahoma.” Many of the shows at that time were being won by Limousin cross steers, and the Kuhns started raising show steers for 4-H and FFA kids. At one point, he said, they sold 65 club calves to kids in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, then started raising breeding stock. “The show steer market takes a lot of time and effort, and we have backed away from that,” he noted. Doug sells the majority of his registered Limousin and Lim-Flex bulls private treaty from the ranch, but some are also offered at the Willcox Bull Sale in the spring. He has customers across the Southwest, and at one time exported a lot of bulls into Mexico. Most of his customers are commercial producers, who want to buy bulls as calves to give them time to get acclimated to the rough country they’ll be working in. Although once known for their frame size, today’s Limousin cattle are more moderate framed, and a good fit for range cattle operations. “Limousin bulls do real well in the rough country. The composite bulls give you some hybrid vigor, and do a good job for those ranchers,” Doug said. Doug buys the bulls he uses on his operation as weanlings and yearlings. When selecting a bull, he looks for low birthweight first, high weaning weight second, and finally docility. Calving ease is a very important consideration, he said, and Limousin have a natural advantage. Angus calves are born shorter, stockier and a little more coarse continued on page 21
18
MARCH 2012
O
n January 24 at the annual
B.
A.
Ag Fest Reception and again on February 14 at
the annual Roundhouse Feed, New Mexico Agriculture joined forces to demonstrate to the Legislature, the Administration, their staff, and the public where their food comes from – and how good it is!
C.
A
griculture Takes the Spotlight in Santa Fe
A. (l to r) New Mexico State 4-H President Jeremy Witte; Governor Susana Martinez, and New Mexico State FFA Vice President District III Diego Dow cut the ribbon to open the Centennial Roundhouse Feed dinner in the rotunda of the State Capitol. B. Linda Davis shares stories with an AG Fest goer as she manned the NMCGA booth at the Ag Fest Legislative Reception. C. New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau President Mike White, NMCGA Assistant Executive Director Michelle Frost (l) and NMCGA President Rex Wilson (r) look on as First Gentleman Chuck Franco (ctr l) and New Mexico Department of Agriculture Director Secretary Jeff Witte cut the Centennial cake at Ag Fest. D. Ag leaders from across New Mexico celebrated the state’s Centennial at the Ag Fest Legislative Reception. E. (l to r) NMCGA President Elect Jose Varela Lopez and Water Subcommittee Joe Culbertson share a laugh before bailing in to feed nearly 1,200 people at the annual Roundhouse Feed.
D.
E. MARCH 2012
19
We ranch in rough country too... have for 40 years. Most trailers can’t handle it. So we make ones that can. Ranch Tough ... at a Fair Price
N F R World Champion Sadddlllee Bronc Rid ider Taos Muncy pulls Ta a Biigg Bend Tr Traiillleer
20
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
20
••
••
••
•••
•••••••••
••
••
••
•
••
••
••
••••
•••••
•••••••
••••
••
••
••
••
••
••
A past president of the Southwest Limousin Association in Arizona, Kuhn has also really enjoyed the people involved in the breed. “I have met a lot of first-rate people through the Limousin Associations and the breed itself.” Doug and his father, who passed away last year at 91, started Kuhn Limousin together, and worked together for many years. In addition to the cattle, Kuhn farms and sells hay and has a Quarter Horse n operation.
••
•
while Limousin calves are longer and leaner. “Just because of their composition, a cow is going to have an easier time having that Limousin calf.” “A live calf is worth a lot more money than a dead calf,” he continued. “I’m not there to pull the calves, so if they can’t have them on their own, I could lose a cow or a calf. I’ve had problems in the past, and pulled and lost calves, and that doesn’t make a person a lot of money.” Kuhn raises black Limousin because of the demand for black calves, and credits the Angus Association for building that demand. “I work to raise homozygous black, homozygous polled bulls that get a calf on the ground that will grow and mar-
ket well.” He likes that Limousin calves are born small, but grow and gain quickly for high weaning and yearling weights. In fact, he said, when he was marketing show steers he had a kid call to say that his show steer was gaining too much weight! Carcass cutability is another strength of the breed. Doug was told by a fellow cattleman and meat market owner that typically, on a steer carcass, the front quarters weigh more than the back quarters. In a Limousin carcass, however, all four quarters weigh about the same. “You get twenty cents more per pound on the cuts that come from the hind quarters, so if you’re selling pounds of beef it’s not hard to figure out that Limousin genetics will make you more money,” he pointed out.
••
continued from page 18
••
Limousin
GO TO:
Place your ad in the 2012 Directory of N.M. Agriculture This issue will appear on the internet for 12 full months after publication. This is the top ranking website in the Yahoo and MSN “Cattle” search engines.
www.aaalivestock.com
Au TThe he Cl C Clovis lov oviiss Livestock Liv ive vest stooc ck Auction ck A uct ctio ion READY E TO SERV YOU!
CHARLIE CHARLIE R OGERS ROGERS 5 75/762-4422 575/762-4422
Marketing Team
RYAN RYAN F IGG FIGG 5 75/760-9301 575/760-9301
WAYNE WAYNE DENDY DENDY 5 75/799-4798 575/799-4798
STEVE STEVE FRISKUP FRISKUP 806/786-7539 806/786-7539
RUSTIN RUSTIN ROWLEY ROWLEY 575/760-6164 575/760-6164
WAYNE WAYNE KINMAN KINMAN 5 75/760-3173 575/760-3173
F For or w weekend eekend hauling hauling permits, permits, c call all 5 575/762-4422 75/762-4422 or or 5 575/760-9300 75/760-9300 or or a any ny market market representative representative
l l a CLA CL LA L A C aC ! y d To
HHorse orse Sales: Sales: HHORSE ORSE SSALE ALE MAY MAY 26-27 26-27
Cattle Sale every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. Holstein Steer Special 1st Wednesday of the month during Cattle Sale VISIT VISIT O OUR UR W WEBSITE EBSITE A AT T
w www.clovislivestockhorsesale.com ww.clovislivestockhorsesale.com 5 575/762-4422 75/762-4422 MARCH 2012
21
Which trail are you on?
806/825-2711 806/225-7230 806/225-7231
22
UPCOMING EVENTS
~ Private Treaty Offering ~
“Ready for Work” Black Angus Bull Sale MARCH 19, 2012 Belen, New Mexico
Coming 2-year-old Registered Angus Bulls GREAT EPDS – GREAT SELECTION Call today for one or a truck load. Small Group of Young Registered Bred Cows
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
22
New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers
Kinney, John “King of the Rusters” here were several gangs of outlaws that roamed and rustled cattle on the ranges of the Old West but by far the largest of them all was led by John P. Kinney. One historian described his gang as the “most dangerous band of rustlers ever to operate in New Mexico.” Kinney was born in Hampshire, Massachusetts in 1847. He enlisted in the U.S. 3rd Cavalry and served until 1873 when he was discharged, as a sergeant, at Ft. McPherson, Kansas. He arrived in the New Mexico’s lower Rio Grande Valley, near Mesilla, in 1875. By early 1876, he was already in trouble with the law. He is reported to have participated in shooting up a New Year’s Day party at Fort Selden in which two soldiers were killed. No account tells the outcome of this incident, but in November 1877 Kinney was indicted by two Doña Ana Grand Juries, once for assault and once for assault with intent to murder. In June 1878 he was indicted for the murder of Ysabel Barela. He was tried at Silver City and acquitted. In December 1877, he recruited and organized a band of gunmen to go into Texas to assist the Rangers in the so-called Salt War at San Elizario, near El Paso. There exists serious question as to how much he helped. Lt. J. B. Tays, the ranking Ranger, said “Neither myself or my men had anything to do with them. I knew a great many of them were bad men [and] they were acting badly.” Kinney reportedly killed four “Mexicans” during this involvement. His gang was reported to have increased in size to 70 men, and he let it be known that he wanted another 30 to join his ranks. Few, if any, outlaws ever commanded so many gunmen, but of course there is no confirmation that these numbers are accurate. Within six or so months, Kinney joined the Murphy-Dolan-Riley faction in the Lincoln County War with just 16 men. He was there, ostensibly, to assist Sheriff George “Dad” Peppin. In an engagement at San Patricio, Kinney participated with 11 men. During the Five Day Battle in Lincoln, the major engagement of the War,
T
Kinney is believed to have participated in the killing of Alex McSween. Afterwards, he and his men broke into and looted Tunsdall’s Store in Lincoln. He was subsequently indicted for this offense, but never tried. Frank Angel, an investigator for the U.S. Department of Justice who probed the Lincoln County War said this: “After Kinney and his party have accomplished their mission of murdering McSween and robbing and stealing all they can, they retire and return whence they came.” Back in Mesilla, Kinney operated a butcher shop that was a front for a massive cattle-rustling operation. He was also a bully who kept the community in a state of fear. Here is an account of one of his caprices: “He [Kinney] pistol-whipped his crony, Frank Emmons, in broad daylight in front of the Thorn Hotel. The attack left deep cuts all over Emmons’ skull, his face was bruised and blackened in every feature, his lips and ears were slashed open, his jaw broken and several teeth and a piece of jawbone completely knocked out. Kinney had the town so thoroughly intimidated that the sheriff and other local officers did nothing.” But there was one man in southern New Mexico at the time who was not at all intimidated by John Kinney, and that was Major Albert Jennings Fountain. As a military man, attorney and prosecutor, Fountain had been fighting marauding Indians and rustlers for 20 years. By the use of undercover operatives, Fountain learned that Kinney’s main base of operations was in Lake Valley, south of Hillsboro, where
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515.
By DON BULLIS . . . Don Bullis is the author of ten books on New Mexico. Go to www.DonBullis.biz for more info.
he maintained a gang of 30 to 40 gunmen/cattle thieves. Kinney had set up a sophisticated system whereby stolen livestock would be relayed from one group of rustlers to another, which made pursuit difficult. Major Fountain, at the direction of Governor Lionel Sheldon, reorganized the First Regiment, New Mexico Volunteer Militia, and began drilling on weekends. On February 13, 1883 Fountain received arrest warrants and orders from the Governor to “act in every way upon his [Fountain’s] best judgment.” The chase was on. Soon four Kinney gang members were arrested north of Las Cruces. Then in the village of La Mesa, six more were arrested including Doroteo Sains who was believed to be Kinney’s number two man. Seven more were captured at Rincon on March 3. In all, about 25 rustlers were arrested, but not Kinney. Then on March 5, Fountain received word that Kinney was in Silver City and he rushed a courier to Capt. Black of Company F who was able to pick up the outlaw’s trail. On March 8, the soldiers surrounded Kinney, his brother, Mike, and his mistress at Ash Springs, just west of the New Mexico line in Arizona. Kinney is reported to have said he would “as soon be sent at once to hell as to be taken to Las Cruces.” Fourteen charges were filed against Kinney and in spite of every trick in the book employed by his attorney, W. T. Thornton, it took a jury just eight minutes to convict him on all counts. Kinney was sentenced to seven years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. The term was cut to three, or so, years through legal maneuvering. Kinney appears to have given up his life of crime after he got out of prison. He moved around the West, dabbling in mining claims and for a time he operated a feedlot in Kingman, Arizona. At last he settled in Prescott and died there of Bright’s Disease in 1919. One source says, “He died respected by people who did not know his background.” New Mexico was a better place for his n departure. MARCH 2012
23
PL PLUS US
24
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
24
NEW MEXICO
Federal
Lands News My column this month is about Northern New Mexico being under attack by the Air Force, the Forest Service, Congressman Lujan and Secretary Salazar
Duck, the Air Force is coming he Air Force is proposing a low altitude training area for the Air Force Special Operations Command at Clovis which will be in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The training area would include all or parts of thirteen counties in New Mexico. Since their draft environmental assessment says “aircrews would plan and fly low altitude routes in mountainous terrain (especially at high elevations)” you can bet the northern most counties will be the most impacted. The Air Force says there will be three mission flights per day (688 flights per year) where the crews would “fly approximately 30 route segments in a mission, simulate dropping and retrieving personnel or supplies, participate in low altitude refueling” and related training activities. And, oh yes, some of these activities would be as low as 300 feet above ground. Not to worry though, because if you are planning to work your cattle or undertake an activity that a C-130 flying 300 feet above might disrupt, the Air Force says just send them an email. And we all know that nothing “unplanned” happens out there.
T
as the last ten years with a minor reduction and improved management, and 3) an 18 percent reduction. After receiving public comments and expert advice from the Range Improvement Task Force at NMSU, on September 30, 2010 the Forest Service released the Final EA which selected alternative 2 as the proposed action. And that should have been that. However, the ranchers say that in January of 2010, El Rito District Ranger Diana Trujillo attended a meeting of the Jarita Mesa Grazing Association, and even though this was eight months prior to the EA being finalized, announced the 18 percent reduction would be implemented. Not only that, the ranchers say Trujillo also announced she was working with
BY FRANK DUBOIS
“outside groups” for a buyout of their grazing permits. Not that she was prejudiced against grazing or anything like that you understand. True to her word and in spite of what the EA recommended, Trujillo issued a decision calling for the 18 percent reduction. The ranchers had gone several times to the NM Congressional Delegation and to the Governor for assistance and they claim this was an act of unadulterated retaliation by Trujillo. In addition, the EA did not address the increasing herds of elk and wild horses. The best I recall both of those animals graze. Years ago the Carson National Forest had cancelled these rancher’s horse permits. continued on page 26
Forest Service on the Attack
Carlos Salazar, President of the Northern New Mexico Stock Growers, says the Forest Service has been treating ranchers like “second class citizens”, and that the agency “could care less about sustaining rural communities.” Salazar also says they don’t even follow their own rules and regulations. Let’s take a look. In August of 2009 a Carson National Forest team released a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of livestock grazing on the Jarita Mesa and Alamosa allotments. The draft EA identified three alternatives: 1) no grazing, 2) grazing at the same level MARCH 2012
25
NMFLC continued from page 25
That was to protect the range don’t you know. Apparently these particular wild horses don’t have teeth and their hooves are soft as cotton. Unwilling to accept this kind of treatment, the ranchers and the Rio Arriba County Commission are going to sue the Forest Service for violations of NEPA, the National Forest Management Act, the Federal Sustained Yield Forest Management Act and violation of their First Amendment right of free speech. We’ll certainly be keeping an eye on this. Lujan’s Legislative Assault
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan has introduced H.R. 1241, the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act. This legislation would establish a 236,000-acre National Conservation Area (NCA) and two Wilderness Areas with a combined acreage of 21,000. A statement released by Rep. Lujan says “New Mexicans’ access to the land for grazing and the harvesting of piñon nuts, wild herbs and firewood will also be protected.” It appears he did an excellent job of provid-
ing access for piñon nuts and wild herbs, but the same can’t be said for livestock grazing. The legislative language designating the NCA lists eleven resources in the Purposes section which are to be preserved, protected and enhanced. Livestock is noticeably absent. Then if you go to the Grazing section of the bill, it says grazing must be “consistent” with the Purposes section and this creates a huge disadvantage for allotment owners. A letter to Lujan signed by New Mexico livestock organizations explains: “Whenever the agency seeks to “conserve, protect and enhance” any of the eleven uses listed and there is a potential conflict with a grazing practice, grazing will be either diminished or eliminated. If a current ranching practice is determined to be in conflict, it will have to be discontinued. If a rancher proposes a range improvement project or any other new activity which is determined to be in conflict, it will be disallowed. The harmful effects of this language are self-evident . . .” The livestock organizations propose two amendments which would put grazing on an equal footing with the other resources and they close their letter by
J-C Angus Ranch PERFORMANCE YOU CAN COUNT ON! B/R Future Direction:
SENIOR HERD SIRES: B/R Future Direction 6171 (AMF NHF) – Sire of Top Gaining Bull at Tucumcari CED 6
BW 3.0
WW 49
YW 90
SC .17
CED 11
BW .5
WW 60
YW 107
SC .33
Milk 22
Marb .66
REA .81
$EN -2.71
$W $F $G $B 27.85 29.54 39.93 72.44
$EN -5.27
$W $F $G $B 32.74 42.58 40.87 62.89
J-C SS Objective 0852 Milk 23
Marb .72
REA .56
NMAA Roswell, NM – March 3, 2012 Tucumcari Bull Test – March 16, 2012 Black Angus "Ready for Work" Bull Sale Belen, NM - March 19, 2012
JOHN & CATHY HECKENDORN REBECCA, SARAH, JOSHUA AND CALEB 75-A Pueblo Rd. N., Moriarty, NM 87035 Home: 505/832-9364 – Cell.: 505/379-8212 Toll Free: 1-888/JCANGUS (522-6487) Web: www.jcangus.com – Email: john@jcangus.com
saying they “look forward to working” with Rep. Lujan “toward some positive changes.” Let’s hope those changes will come about. Salazar’s Shot
Then along comes Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar who unleashes a report “that labels 3.26 million acres in Colorado’s San Luis Valley and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and northern New Mexico as areas that could one day become part of a national park or historic site.” Salazar’s plan entails: n Creating a Sangre de Cristo National Historic Park n Building a San Luis Valley Trail System along the Rio Grande from Colorado into New Mexico n Establishing new wildlife areas. The Denver Post reports that Salazar has engaged key landowners in discussions about conservation easements as a way to protect 400,000 acres, along with purchases of another 30,000 acres. Ted Turner is one of those key landowners. Some are not as supportive of this proposal as Salazar may have hoped. Maria Valdez of San Luis says the whole proposal lacked transparency, could threaten multigenerational grazing and firewood gathering, and generally objects to the effort to change her community into a “LatinoAmerican Disneyland.” Many were also outraged the Park Service report included a photo of the inside of a penitente chapel, the San Francisco Morada, without permission and is considering making the morada a tourist attraction. It appears the residents of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado should get ready for National Parks, National Historic Landmarks, wildlife corridors, acquisition of private property and conservation easements galore. All of this is part of Obama’s Great Outdoors Initiative and Salazar’s efforts to tie more National Parks to Hispanic communities. It beats me how they think they can honor the history, traditions and culture of a community by destroying it. Those Drones Again
I’ve written before about my concern the drones used by the military overseas would eventually be used for domestic purposes. There’s no need to speculate any longer. In the FAA Reauthorization Act the wise ones in Congress have “made it easier for the government to fly unmanned spy continued on page 27
26
MARCH 2012
NMFLC continued from page 26
planes in U.S. airspace.” It also directs the FAA to issue regulations for the commercial use of drones. It ain’t all bad news on drones though. An animal rights group, SHARK ((SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), was using their Mikrokopter drone to video a
This rare and historic N.M.
BRAND FOR SALE Left hip, non-splotch for cattle & horses. Clean earmark.
live “pigeon shoot” which resulted in the event being cancelled. Before the air cleared somebody had shot the drone out of the sky. Steve Hindi, the President of SHARK called it an “act of revenge.” This is probably just a misunderstanding. The shooter must have thought he was aiming at a super sized, Boone & Crocket-type pigeon. Yeah, that must have been what happened. 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 (http://www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515.
Acoma Business Enterprises, Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico JOB OPENING—DIRECTOR OF GAME & FISH/LAND & CATTLE: Directs and coordinates activities of the Game & Fish and Land & Cattle Enterprise. Plans and develops enterprise policies and goals in conjunction with the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer. Coordinates activities of staff to meet operational objectives. Supervises the operational activities of the Big Game Hunt, calf/cow operation, and Biological staff. Oversees the Trophy Hunting Program, including reservations and scheduling hunt dates. Responsible for oversight of all Biological operational activities, including the stocking of Acomita Lake and coordination of game and fish regulations.
Call 405/501-0663 or 405/501-0662
We offer a comprehensive benefit package • Drug Free/EOE/MFHV For more information, email resume to: Steve Matsumoto, smatsumoto@skycity.com Director of Human Resources, Acoma Business Enterprises • www.skycity.com
To find a de ale r ne are st yo u:
MARCH 2012
27
Carrizozo Rancher to Lead Cattle Growers f the past three months are any indication, the next two years will be busy ones for Rex Wilson, Carrizozo, who was elected president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) in December. The Association’s focus has moved quickly from a convention to winter snowstorms to New Mexico’s legislative session with few breaks in between. One of the Association’s top priorities during the legislative session was ensuring funding for the Cooperative Extension Service and
I
Rex Wilson, NMCGA President
Agricultural Experiment Stations. “We worked hard to communicate with New Mexico State University (NMSU) and legislators about the importance of maintaining the positions we need to support our industry,” he said. “We consider the Range Improvement Task Force (RITF), Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Stations to be critical to our industry and communities. Several positions have remained vacant for quite some time, and more are slated to be eliminated, which is just not acceptable.” As a land grant university, NMSU has a long history of working with rural residents to get information and expertise out into the field. Ranchers across the state, particularly federal lands ranchers, depend on the RITF scientists for rangeland analysis and monitoring, as well as assistance with land management agencies like the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and New Mexico State Land Office, Wilson explained. “Cutting the Extension budget would also mean cutting the 4-H program, which teaches youth everything from leadership to baking to shooting sports. The loss of these positions defies logic,” he stressed. “It is a well documented fact that youngsters who participate in 4-H programs have a high success rate in life. Our rural high schools have 100 percent graduation rates. NMSU admits that 4-Hers are among the highest in graduation rates from the University and are among the first to find jobs out of college.” Rex and his wife Carol, with help from
Available in 6', 8' 9', 10', 11', 12' 13' Lane Thompson • 806/662-5937 email: redmud@wildblue.net
28
MARCH 2012
their three sons Justus, 24, Kendal, 22, and Marshall, 19, run commercial cattle with primarily Gelbvieh/Red Angus breeding north of Carrizozo. Rex’s grandfather Barney, and his father, Elkenah, came to the Ancho area from Texas in 1902 and hired out a team to help build the railroad. They pieced together homesteads, including one patented by Rex’s grandmother before she and Barney married, to build the ranch the family operates today. Rex and Carol are looking forward to turning the operation over to the fifth generation of Wilsons one day. For the Wilsons, staying active in the community and industry is a family tradition. Rex is a past Lincoln County Commissioner. Carol teaches language arts and history at Carrizozo Middle School and helps with the yearbook. The couple is also involved in the Angus Church of the Nazarene. “I don’t remember ever not participating in industry organizations,” Rex noted. “My dad was always very active in the Association and served on the board of directors, but never would accept a leadership position.” And, he said, that involvement is important. “We really have a lot to fight for. Involvement at the industry level is every bit as hard of work but every bit as important as what we do at home. If we don’t protect ourselves, it will be very hard for the industry to survive.” In addition to the ranch and his NMCGA responsibilities, Rex holds an administrative position with Presbyterian Medical Services. As Southern Regional Director, he is responsible for eleven primary health centers in southern New Mexico. “PMS has been very gracious in allowing me to fulfill my commitment to the Association and I really appreciate their understanding.” New Mexico ranchers continue to face a number of significant issues. The cattle market and beef promotion will always be important, and Wilson is encouraged by the strong domestic and international cattle market although, he says, the cost of inputs like fuel and feed have also increased. “We’ll always be fighting for private property rights, and federal lands ranchers will always have to deal with agencies and their rules and regulations.” Going forward, Rex hopes to encourage ranchers to not only join but participate in the Association. “I would like to do my part to make the NMCGA something that people want to be a part of. What I would really like to do,” he laughed, “is make it rain.” n
G
R
OC
C A TT L E
IATION
W MEXICO NE
O
S W E R S' A S
* #,. *(#, --*!% .##+#)" %'%.2 )" -#,0%!# .* */, (#( #,- $*, *0#, 2# ,-& $*, , 1 !& * #,.29
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
29
DATES TO REMEMBER
Hello CowBelles Hello CowBelles,
T
his month I have a GREAT way to begin my letter to you. Patti Townsend was awarded Outstanding CattleWoman of the year at the ANCW Annual Meeting in Nashville. Patti began as a New Mexico CowBelle, serving as President in 1995. She has since gone on to serve as ANCW President in 2003 and now ranches in Oklahoma where she is a member of the Oklahoma CattleWomen and a non-local member of New Mexico CowBelles. Congratulations Patti! Well, there is good news and bad news regarding the Department of Labor Farm Youth Rules. The good news is that the department announced its plans to re-propose the parental portion of the proposed rule. The bad news is that they plan to move forward with the rest of the rule. Since the entire rule goes too far, scrapping the whole thing would have been far
better. The rule will still ban those younger than 16 from doing certain activities such as using power driven equipment. The DOL assumes that youth younger than 16 lack the ‘cognitive ability’ to herd animals on horseback, use battery-powered drills, or use any equipment unless it is powered by hand or foot. What a theory: if you don’t work, you can’t be hurt on the job. Why is it that those making these rules don’t recognize that the youth who have grown up working on farms and ranches are exactly the people employers want to hire? These are the young people who have a sense of responsibility and a work ethic that keeps our country strong! They know how to WORK for what they want, not hold their hands out and say “give it to me”. The Department of Labor obviously doesn’t get it. The re-proposed section of the rule
N C O A T TTLE Y A L C FEEDERS Adding value to our customers’ cattle by preconditioning, growing, & finishing MANAGER: JARROD WEBSTER OFFICE: 575 374-2571 • CELL: 575 207-5571
March 18 – Executive Board Meeting in Roswell March 19 – District IV Workshop in Roswell (Host – Berrendo) March 20 – District III Workshop in Silver City (Host – Copper) March 21 – District I Workshop in Corona (Host – Crown) March 22 – District II Workshop in Ft. Sumner (Host – Powderhorn) April 15 – Pat Nowlin Scholarship applications due to Committee Chair May 21-23 – ANCW Region V & VI in Hawaii June – Beef Promotion Month Beef for Father’s Day June 24-26 – NMCB Mid-Year & Board Meeting & Beef Ambassador Contest in Ruidoso at Inn of the Mountain Gods should be published for public comment by early summer. Then it will be up to us to once again stand up for the youth of agriculture and our producers. Our voices made a difference, at least to some extent, the first time and we need to continue to stand strong in opposition to something we believe is fundamentally wrong. Get involved and make a difference. – Beverly Butler, NMCB President
C
orriente CowBelles ended their year with a very festive Christmas Party which included a surprise visit from Santa Claus. Gifts were exchanged as well as woes of the weather. Cattleman and CowBelle of the year were named. Troy Stone, of Stone Land and Cattle, was surprised with his beautiful hand crafted Bob Curtis belt buckle. Michelle Stearns, Corriente Secretary, was also surprised with her handcrafted Bob Curtis matching earring and necklace set. Both recipients’ items adorned their cattle brand. New Officers were installed as follows: President Kimberly Stone, Vice President Janet Taylor, Secretary Michelle Stearns, Treasurer Ivy Wrye, and Membership Coordinator Willa Stone. The Corrientes are looking forward to a great 2012 with plans for a big dance in March and Ag Week at Capitan Elementary School in May. Join us March 17, 2012 in Capitan for our 1st Annual “Pot of Gold” Benefit dance. Dance to the music of Terry Bullard and enjoy a silent auction and live Old Fashion Cake and Pie continued on page 31
30
MARCH 2012
Jingle continued from page 30
Auction. All proceeds will go towards Lincoln County 4-H and FFA members at the County Fair in August. It is a joy to serve the local youth, especially those involved in agriculture, thereby ensuring a bright future for us all. Submitted by Secretary Michelle Stearns The Otero CowBelles met Feb. 2 at the Sunset Run Restaurant in Alamogordo. Thirteen members and two guests, Teresa VanWinkle and Samantha Jones, were in attendance. Otero CB has 48 paid members with 14 being ANCW also, one memorial and one junior member. Pres. Debi W. Rupe displayed the new banners she had made. They are in color and measured 2'X6', one being horizontal and the other
lateral. They give a lot of information about the date OCB was started, affiliations such as ANCW, Beef Council, NMCG. etc. It also states “BEEF nutrition education is our Passion”. We LOVE “BEEF”. These banners will be an asset when the OCB are participating in health fairs, county fairs, and parades and other like events. New yearbooks were handed out, and to carry out Pres. Rupe’s slogan, the covers of the yearbooks display the same message. Teresa VanWinkle, CEO of Capped, which is an organization she initiated several years ago, gave an interesting presentation on “CAPPED Vision of Health”– A world without cancer and other preventable disease.” Pres. Rupe, along with many of the other CowBelles in attendance had a problem with the part of her demo on nutrition, in that it pointed out red meat as a
culprit rather than a good part of our diet. She received the pamphlet, “Twenty-nine ways to love lean Beef”, in the red beef bag that Pres. Rupe gave her, with the hope that she will make a change or two in her perception of BEEF nutrition. The group was happy to learn that Patty Townsend was named ANCW Cattlewoman of the Year, Congratulations from all! Signed: Barbara Wagner, sec. The February meeting of the Chamiza CowBelles was called to order by President, Gloria Petersen at the Elephant Butte Inn. There were 13 members and one guest present. The guest was Mike Kertesz who is a candidate for City Commissioner, and he gave a brief rundown of his intentions and goals. Both the secrecontinued on page 32
MARCH 2012
31
adjourned at 11:40 a.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce President Pat Hunt called the January meeting of the Copper CowBelles to order at the Red Barn restaurant. Tracy Spikes, Director of the Silver City Museum is improving their outreach efforts in the community. He came to talk about the new centennial exhibit and then explained that it is his goal to create a theme of ranching as a “permanent theme” because ranching (and mining) are truly a part of the area’s history. Exhibits would change of course but the ranching thread would be there. He wants histories of families and asked about the history of the CowBelles. Evelyn Yates gave a summary of the Copper origins. Pat explained the group has many stories, photos and scrapbooks that may provide what he is looking for. Arley Howard introduced her guest Vivian Myers and Vivian became group’s newest member. She is a returning member! Bev Medford presented the year end Treasurer’s report which included a comparison of 2010 to 2011. There was a discussion about officers needing to use the “office supplies” line item in the budget. Postage and printing is expensive and the Secretary, Treasurer and In Our Hearts Chair need to submit bills for expenses such as
Jingle continued from page 31
tary’s report and the treasurer’s reports were approved as read. Gloria requested the group send another scholarship payment to NMSU for Michelle Shivers. Cathy reported on the Bullock’s receipts. The total received for 2011 was $461.76. The first check this year was for $80.19, all of which is deposited into scholarship fund. The license plates have been ordered but not received yet. Jodell thanked everyone for donating generously last month to her church’s food bank. When she receives a healthy donation, she is able to purchase beef to feed the needy. District meetings will be held in March. Gloria hopes several will attend a district meeting this year, although no specifics from hosting clubs have been received. Deadline for the Pat Nowlin scholarship is nearing. June is Beef Promotion Month. Gloria will research the possibility of Cowbelles demonstrating, cooking, and handing out beef samples in a local grocery store. Ag Day is usually held in April, yet group has no information. The March meeting will be held at Nancy Phelps’ home near Dusty. Daisy will call those members without email to alert them of the next meeting. Meeting was
TM
BLUE RIBBON
Calf Electrolyte Pack Find details on oral electrolyte therapy for calves – visit www.merricks.com
Oral electrolyte therapy with Merrick’s Blue Ribbon is the perfect solution to help restore lost fluids and nutrients.
MERRICK’S, INC. A Division of Merrick Animal Nutrition, Inc. 1-800/MER-RICK (637-7425) 1-608/831-3440 FAX: 1-608/836-8943 Middleton, WI 53562-0307 USA © 2004
The Performance Leader in Baby Animal Nutrition
stamps and paper. Gale Moore will donate a tape recorder to help with the minutes since the Secretary position is vacant. The note cards will be ordered. Thank you notes were read from El Refugio for toiletries donations in December and from Owaissa Heiman for Copper joining ANCW. Gale Moore needs updates for the Yearbook and the list of committees and hostesses. Please contact Pat if you are interested in hosting a meeting or being on a committee. It was decided to pay website domain expense for three years. Pat will continue to maintain and move to a blog formation to make it more interactive. There was discussion about the District III Meeting to be held on March 20. The gifts for the State Officers have been purchased. Kim will do the registration. All other decisions will be made at a special meeting to be called by Pat and then duties will be handed out. If you have a particular interest, contact Pat. The contract with the Flame was discussed for the Centennial Shindig which will be held May 5. The price has gone up $200 plus some additional fees. The group will sell advertisements on the posters and use the monies earned to pay some of the expenses for advertising the change in date for the dance. The Executive Board will have to have a planning meeting for the Shindig as soon as possible. Submitted by Pat Hunt With 11 members and one guest, Lariat CowBelles met at Wild Horse Grill with Karen Kelling of Powderhorn CowBelles and past President of New Mexico CowBelles as the guest. Lariats wish to thank the First National Bank of New Mexico for printing the 2012 year book. Carroll and Herb Blakely had a fire resulting in loss of property, but no injuries. Georgia Kimsey reported son, David, is slowly improving. The 2011 and 2012 budgets were reviewed. Current legislative bills were discussed. The Ag Fest report was given. The New Mexico beef booth distributed brochures and samples of New Mexico beef jerky made with all New Mexico products. A lot of positive things about beef were heard. A report was given on the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Meeting and Roundhouse. Gate to Plate will be in this area following the Santa Fe Trail May 8-9, 2012. Lariat CowBelles have been invited to provide a meet and greet. The Beef Council promotes this media event. The National ANCW meeting was held in Nashville, Tennessee. ANCW is encouraging people to support the military and also to tell consumers the beef story. Everyone should be aware of the
continued on page 33
32
MARCH 2012
Jingle continued from page 32
pending Death Tax Bill. Patty Townsend is Cattlewoman of the Year. The Union County Health Fair will be April 25. Lariat CowBelles will have a beef booth. New Mexico CowBelle cookbooks and napkins are being sold at Espy’s/Three West. Masters of Beef Advocacy program was discussed and members were encouraged to join. The Wolf Alliance survey was discussed. Memorials will be made to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund for Margaret Poling and Brenda Christy. A Valentine’s donation was collected and given to Carroll Blakely to help with recovery from their fire. The deadline for District Workshop reservations is March 10 and costs $25. The District Workshop will be held March 22 at the Bosque Redondo Memorial. Pat Nowlin Scholarship applications are due at the April meeting. The scholarship is open to CowBelles and children of CowBelles. The Lariat CowBelle scrapbook for 2008-2009 was available to be seen by the members present. Kim Miller gave a fine presentation on some of the programs available through Integrated Management Information Global (IMI Global). The Added-Value Verification Program is used by the cattle industry. Export markets require source and age verification of beef. There is a $12 premium to the producer for each animal in source/age verification. Certification goes with every single animal. With an EID button on the ear, the animal can go anywhere. The cost to the producer for ear EID buttons is $250 per herd and $2 per head. Present Lariat members were given a Calving Record Book. The Non-Hormone Treated Cattle Program was discussed. There is an increase in demand on the European market for American beef. This summer tariff changes will open up the European market for American beef. Calves are required to have EID buttons. The Verified National Program is for antibiotic free cattle. Cattle that have been treated for illness with antibiotics cannot be sold under the program. The Where Food Comes From Program was discussed. The package of meat will have a square scan code that can be scanned by IPhone and bring up on computer the ranch were the animal came from. All of the above programs are available in Union County. The next regular meeting of Lariat CowBelles will be Wednesday, March 14, at the Rabbit Ears Café. Respectfully submitted by, Marianne Rose Frisco Cowbelles met regularly in the fall. On a monthly basis the group gives
two beef certificates to local senior Glenwood residents. They have always been greatly appreciated by the recipients. The group also gave a buckle to the winner of the Catron County bred steer at the fair in Reserve as well as other donations to the fair and to beef exhibitors. Election of 2012 officers was held; they are: President Jeanne Johnson, Vice President - Kathleen Schuster, Secretary - Cathy Murphy, Treasurer – Frankie Webb, Reporter - Margie McKeen, Historian - Donnah McKeen. Margie gave industry issues reports on a regular basis. Frisco Cowbelles had their first meeting of the 2012 year President Jeanne Johnson presiding. There was discussion on possible candidates for Man of the Year with a couple of names suggested. Two names were selected for the beef certificates. The memorial angel from the annual meeting was given to the Klumker family in memory of Georgia Klumker. Some of the events and programs that Frisco does during the year were listed and dates presented. Ranch Days will happen again, this year on April 24 and 25 at the McKeen Ranch. Groups’ main fundraiser is the July 4th weekend. There are several considerations to be worked out ahead of time. Concerning industry issues, Margie brought up what the Wild Earth Guardians
are planning for this year. They call it 12 for 2012. One of their items includes retiring federal grazing permits. The rest are also of equal annoyance but the previous mentioned item affects many ranchers with Forest Service allotments. The District meeting is in Silver City, March 20 and will be hosted by Copper CowBelles. There will be a good group going to it from Frisco. Submitted by Margie McKeen The Powderhorn CowBelles of De Baca and Guadalupe Counties met February 14. Courtesy cards were sent to Dorothy and Neal Vaughan, Tanya Bequette, Jean Cowden and Frances Speight. The plans for meetings, places, hostesses and programs for 2012 were finalized and some minor changes made. Final plans for the District II Meeting on March 22 at the Bosque Redondo were agreed upon. The registration fee will be $25 in advance and invitations will be sent. We encourage all to come and enjoy. Karen Kelling will be in charge of Kid, Kows & More at the Santa Rosa Fair April 17, an opportunity to reach 4th and 5th graders with this great program representing Beef. Yetta Bidegain and Abby Hofman have requested permission to set up a table and dispense beef continued on page 34
16th Annual Bull Sale
Tues., March 27 1pm at the ranch in Estancia, NM
60 Yearling Angus Bulls, 12+ 2-year-olds 8)4 ,%/* 2* 6,) &7//5 -1 6,) "23 -+, $ 6)56)(
*24 ;)%4 2/(5
$
Sons of %:621 -55-1+ -1. 73-6)4 20)4 -1)&4)( ! # -1%/ 159)4 %4()15 $%8) %1<%12 ',)/21 " %1<%12 %-10%.)4 "
-//
-5% %4(1)4 =
2/)
)+%1
%() %4(1)4
%// *24 % %6%/2+
999 0%1<%12%1+75 '20
MARCH 2012
33
Jingle continued from page 33
brochures and information at the Health Fair in Tucumcari on April 21. Other volunteers from Powderhorn will help. Sounds great to have all these activities planned to educate and promote our product in 2012. As always, plans to improve our beef promotion and barbecue during Old Fort Days are a part of every meeting in anticipation of this event. A great luncheon was followed by a demonstration by Karen Kelling on making her famous cookies, a treat enjoyed by all. Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle.” Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com
We’re Already Europe ith seemingly every day bringing more bad news from Europe, many are beginning to ask how much longer the United States has before our welfare state follows the European model into bankruptcy. The bad news: It may already have, says Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. n This year, the fourth straight year that the United States borrowed more than $1 trillion to support the federal government, our budget deficit will top $1.3 trillion, 8.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). n Only two European countries, Greece and Ireland, have larger budget deficits as a percentage of GDP. n Things are only slightly better when you look at the size of our national debt, which now exceeds $15.3 trillion, or 102 percent of GDP. n Just four European countries have larger national debts than we do — Greece and Ireland again, plus Portugal and Italy. And as bad as things are right now, we are on an even worse course for the future.
W
n If one adds the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare to our official national debt, we really owe $72 trillion, by the Obama administration’s projections, and as much as $137 trillion if you use more realistic projections. n Under the best-case scenario, then, this amounts to more than 480 percent of GDP; under more realistic projections, we owe an astounding 911 percent of GDP. n Meanwhile, counting both official debt and unfunded pension and health care liabilities, the most indebted nation in Europe is Greece, which owes 875 percent of GDP. n France, the second most insolvent nation in Europe, owes just 549 percent of GDP. Perhaps we can take some solace in the fact that our welfare state is not yet as big as Europe’s. But the key word here is “yet,” says Tanner. At that point does the United States cease being the United States as we have known it? At the very least, can our economy survive such a crushing burden of government spending, and its attendant level of taxes and debt?
Source: Michael Tanner, “We’re Already Europe,” National Review, February 22, 2012.
Obama
GIVE RONNIE OR LARRY A CALL TODAY!
MANUFACTURERS OF: Liquid Feed Supplements and Dry Feed for Beef and Dairy Cattle • CLOVIS
LARRY TINDELL P.O. Box 387 • Clovis, NM 88101 575/762-2500 RONNIE TINDELL P.O. Box 100 • Rincon, NM 87940 575/267-5000
•
RINCON
continued from page 13
ment barriers and streamlining burdensome procedures.” With estimates that up to 10 percent of the nation’s untapped energy resources lie under or on tribal lands, this unheralded hearing is not insignificant. Mike Olguin, vice chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, set the theme: “We are the best protectors of our own resources and the best stewards of our own destiny, provided that we have the tools to use what is ours.” Subcommittee chairman Young was more blunt. “For too long, the federal government has stood in the way of Native Americans looking to develop their lands for energy production. This is a win-win piece of legislation that will give Indian tribes and Alaska Natives exactly what they are seeking — more control over their lands in order to be more self-sufficient.” Specifically, one provision must come as a shock for Big Green’s most relentlessly litigious groups: “Sec. 8. Bonding requirement and nonpayment of attorneys’ fee to promote Indian energy projects.” continued on page 43
34
MARCH 2012
Chipotle Sells Twisted Image of Animal Agriculture American Society of Animal Science says commercial misrepresents real conditions of animal agriculture
COMPILED BY STAFF uring the Grammy Awards broadcast on Feb. 13, Chipotle Mexican Grill aired their popular YouTube video “Back to the Start.” The video contrasts a dismal “factory farm” with cheerful, Chipotle-approved grasslands where pigs run free. In an effort to sell their products, Chipotle misrepresents the real conditions and science behind large scale food production. The Chipotle advertisement rejects the reality that indoor housing and medications are crucial in modern swine production. Darryl Ragland, DVM, PhD, a veterinarian and associate professor of food animal production medicine at Purdue University, said the negative portrayal of antimicrobials in the advertisement misrepresents how antibiotics, vaccines and other medications are used in pig production. “These products are used in a strategic manner to address health issues on most farms and represent a tool and not a crutch,” Ragland said. “The push to ban antimicrobial use in animal production is likely to create a welfare issue where we may have sick animals that cannot be medicated because of restrictions on the use of antimicrobials.” In the advertisement, the cartoon farmer rebels against an oppressive factory system by making his barns disappear and having all his pigs forage in an un-fenced area. James Pettigrew, PhD, a swine researcher and professor of animal science at the University of Illinois said outdoor housing systems actually create new animal welfare problems. “I have worked in both outdoor and indoor pig production systems. Like most others who have actually worked in both systems, I do not consider outdoor systems to be more pig-friendly,” Pettigrew said. Pigs are exposed to new diseases when they forage outside. They also bite and injure each other to assert dominance in large groups. “The notion of raising pigs on pasture does not demonstrate good stewardship of the land. The fact of the matter is that pigs are very destructive to the terrestrial environment,” said Ragland. “Evidence of this reality is the concern about feral pigs and
D
their destruction of the habitats of other animals.” Ragland added that Chipotle’s portrayal of animal waste as green sludge flowing into a lake is also inaccurate. “Environmental laws in most states prohibit uncontrolled discharge of waste material into open bodies of water and govern how this material is used to improve soil fertility,” Ragland said. “Again, the video is very simplistic and would tend to mislead members of the public that are not familiar with animal agriculture.” Some may think the Chipotle advertisement represents organic farming. In reality, Chipotle uses few USDA-certified organic products. Instead, Chipotle purchases pork from producers who follow Chipotle’s own “naturally raised” guidelines. Even in these systems, producers do give their animals medications, though not antibiotics, and pigs do not roam free. Chipotle did not reply to requests for comments, but according to Chipotle.com, “naturally raised” is “the way animals were raised 50 years ago before huge factory farms changed the industry.” But the systems that fed the world 50 years ago are not sufficient to feed the world today. According to the United
Peedddlliing Bulllls n NM iin
Nations, the world population rose from 3 billion people in 1960 to 7 billion people in 2011. By 2050, world population is projected to reach 9.1 billion. “The world can afford for a few wealthy people to get pork and other animal products produced in outdoor extensive systems,” said Pettigrew. “But we cannot sustainably produce nearly enough for all the world’s people that way. Such systems require too much land and feed to be sustainable if applied across the industry.” Meghan Wulster-Radcliffe, PhD, CEO of the American Society of Animal Science, said that though the society supports all science-based animal agriculture systems, including organic, “It is only one option and presents serious limitations in terms of feeding the world.” To produce enough pork to feed the world, not just stock a Chipotle, producers need modern medicine, waste management and animal housing. Chipotle, like any company, is advertising a fantasy. Coca-cola has smiling polar bears, Old Spice has manly men and Chipotle has a cartoon farm. Chipotle did not try to represent science or agriculture truthfully; instead, it made a commercial. Source: American Society of Animal Science
s, gus, Anngu A blee,, itabl ofita of r P Pr , t t, ien ficien Effic Ef lity ualit Hiiggh Qua
6 Registered Heifer Calves for Sale
Call Call B Bob, ob, Kay, Kay, o or r Mike Mike Anderson Anderson at Blanco 10, R ibera, N M 87560 87560 A Lazy Lazy 6 Angus Angus at Blanco C Canyon, anyon, HCR HCR 72, 72, Box Box 10, Ribera, NM Headquarters: 5575/421-1809 75/421-1809 Cells: Cells: 505/690-1191 505/690-1191 • 505/660-2909 505/660-2909 Headquarters: Email: aalazy6ranch@yahoo.com lazy6ranch@yahoo.com Email:
““They They are are w worth orth m more ore ifif they they have have B Black lack A Angus ngus influence.” influence.” MARCH 2012
35
W
C IA TION O
R
O
S W E R S' A S
by Caren Cowan, Exec. Director, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Assn.
out ever imagining the consequences of such “free speech.” Jobs have been lost or maybe never offered, relationships ruined, and no telling what mayhem because someone was careless enough to hit “send” or “post” or “share” without first considering what the outcome could be now and forever. I bear all of this in mind as I continue. The word, written or spoken, has never been so diluted nor so powerful as it is today. Every media outlet has its’ own gimmick . . . Local, Live, Late Breaking, Eyewitness News, Pinpoint Weather Forecast, Breaking News and so on. They are all designed to get you to watch their newscasts and/or to follow them on the web, on your iPhone or your iPad or whatever “smart” device you use to keep up with
The Department of Animal & Range Sciences is part of the College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
,1. ,+ #!*-1/ !+(*!) &!#()(0(%/ ',1/% Students can major in Animal or Rangeland Resources and are provided with the very best of “hands on” academic instruction by our faculty. Fully equipped labs allow students access to cutting-edge research in: LIVESTOCK NUTRITION / GENETICS / PHYSIOLOGY / ENDOCRINOLOGY / MEAT SCIENCE / WOOL / TOXICOLOGY / WATERSHED & RANGELAND ECOLOGY / WEED & BRUSH CONTROL / PLANT SYSTEMATICS / GRAZING MANAGEMENT
The Department also offers preveterinary studies – our graduates have a high acceptance rate into veterinary medicine programs. We offer graduate degrees at the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy levels. The M.S. or Ph.D. in Animal Science can emphasize nutrition or physiology, and offers a Ph.D. in Range Science to study range management, range ecology and watershed management.
G
hen I was about 10 my grandmother taught me that you never, ever write anything down that you don’t want to come back and haunt you. Clearly as a working adult I haven’t heeded that advice as well as I might have, but I can assure you that in my personal dealings that is the letter of the law. When I was in journalism school at the University of Arizona we learned that it is not a good idea to pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. Never did I imagine that I might be blessed enough to have my own “barrel of ink.” And as I embark on this column, I feel lucky that the Internet and social media have made it possible for everyone to write everything down that ever comes into their head – and distribute it to literally the world with-
W MEXICO NE
C A TT L E
Io the Point
Investigative Reporting, Bull & Baloney
The Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center (The College Ranch) – 64,000 acre ranch just outside of Las Cruces The Corona Range & Livestock Research Center – 28,000 acre ranch & facilities in Corona, NM Student organizations, including a Block & Bridle Club, Pre-Vet Club, Range Club, Horsemen’s Association, Therapeutic Riding Club, & Judging Teams
current events. I realize that this last sentence may be Greek to many of you, but those explanations are for another day. One Albuquerque television station hangs its hat on “investigative” reporting. I must admit that I get some entertainment watching some elected official or bureaucrat be chased down a hall with a television camera nipping at their heels – and some days around here, entertainment is at a premium. We all shudder at the thought of a call from Investigator Guy. A few years ago he wanted to do a report on cattle theft. It took working up some courage to return the call and many cajoling phone calls to get a rancher to let him visit an operation. In the end it all turned out well and there is video footage in the archieves of Investigator Guy and Brian Greene riding through the pasture near Mountainair. When I explained why folks were hesitant to open their doors to Investigator Guy, he assured me that he had no desire to take on the livestock industry in New Mexico, one of the true economic engines of the state for centuries. I guess he, along with most of the rest of the world, has forgotten not only which side his bread is buttered on, but where the bread and butter come from. I hope he will appreciate the need for this writer to tell “the rest of the story.” About midway through Legislature late on a Friday afternoon, while working the halls at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Convention in Nashville, I get the OH NO! email. Investigator Guy wants to talk to me and he has provided me his cell phone number. The issue was meat inspection. After a few recon phone calls back home to get some briefing and to develop my message, I finally found the courage to return the call. It seems that someone had turned Investigator Guy on to a completely egregious situation (not). He had been told that the New Mexico Livestock
. ,'+ !*-"%)) 2 . (* ,// 2 '00- !#%/ +*/1 %$1 !#!$%*(#/ !+./ continued on page 37
36
MARCH 2012
Point continued from page 36
Board (NMLB) was bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars out of New Mexicans by charging a $100 per year licensing fee even though the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had taken over meat inspection duties in 2007. Investigator Guy and the source that had ginned him up took the position (not a reporter’s perogitive) that licensing and inspection are linked. Apparently neither of them actually read the law which is quite clear: 77-17-2. Licenses; butcher or slaughterer; dealer in fresh meat or livestock or poultry meat products or meat from other birds and animals used for human consumption; cold storage locker; rendering plant. A. A person carrying on or desiring to carry on the business of butcher or slaughterer of livestock used for human consumption shall procure a license from the board prior to carrying on the business and shall pay a yearly license fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). B. In addition, such person may be charged reasonable fees for meat inspection service over and above the inspector’s normal working assignment under the rules of the board pertaining to meat inspection. C. Application for licensure shall be made upon a form prescribed by the board and shall be accompanied by the amount of the license fee provided in this section. The license fee shall not be prorated on account of the applicant doing business for less than a full calendar year, and the license renewal fee in the same amount shall be paid for each calendar year in which any person engages in the business and be paid at the time prescribed by rules of the board. D. A person carrying on or desiring to carry on the business of selling or dealing in the fresh meat or meat products of livestock used for human consumption or livestock or poultry meat products or manufacturing or processing of meat or poultry products or operating a rendering plant or operating a cold storage locker plant in which cold storage lockers are rented or leased to other persons shall obtain a license to engage in the business from the board after making application upon forms prescribed by the board and upon payment of an annual license fee in an amount set by the board not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). Annual renewal fees are payable at times pre-
scribed by rule of the board. No bond or bond filing fee is required for any person E. Licenses provided for in this section shall not be issued to a person who is not meeting the requirements for facilities and product handling provided for in the federal and state meat inspection acts and United States department of agriculture food safety inspection service and board rules. For good cause shown, the board
It is not a good idea to pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. may, after notice to the holder of a license provided for in this section and after a reasonable hearing, revoke a license. As you can see, the statute clearly states that is the duty and responsibility to collect the prescribe fee. Just as clearly the fee applies to “federal and state meat inspection.” So where is the crime? And about those hundreds of thousands of dollars . . . according to Investigator Guy
himself, there are about 1,000 businesses in New Mexico who obtain meat licenses from the NMLB. That amounts to approximately $100,000 per year. From 2007 to 2012, which is barely half over by the state fiscal calendar, there has been about $500,000 collected. With a state budget in the billions and the federal government in the hole by trillions is there real value in spending weeks on a story that amounts to $100,000 per year? Those are just the first questions to come to mind. On the back side, Investigator Guy couldn’t find even one meat license holder willing to go on camera to complain about the fee — at least he didn’t run them with his report. The only complaining person, according to his report, was one Livestock Board member who wasn’t even brave enough to be named. If this is such a bad situation why wasn’t that Board member’s mug on television? I know for a fact that Investigator Guy talked to industry people, including this writer, who gave the other side of the story. Where was that in the “investigative report?” If you missed it, Investigator Guy did a lot of show promos showing cattle eating, continued on page 38
Proverbs 16-3
CATTLE SALE Every Thursday at 11 a.m. SPECIAL COW SALE Last Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. SPECIAL DAIRY HEIFER SALE 2nd Tuesday of every month at 11 a.m. ~TRUCKING AVAILABLE Matt & Jeana Wing / Jo Wing P.O. Box 58, Dalhart, TX 79022 • 806/249-5505 • clcc1@xit.net Visit our website at www.cattlemanslivestock.net
MARCH 2012
37
Point continued from page 37
himself holding coils of meat (baloney) and talked about a lot of bull going on. During the report he had on-camera interviews with the Executive Director of the Livestock Board, Governor Martinez’ chief of staff, the President Pro Tem o the State Senate and the Minority Floor leader. All these interviews were done during the heat of the Session and I seriously doubt that anyone other than Myles Culbertson was extremely familiar with the statute. All of the others said pretty much the same thing. If there was a fee being charged with no service offered, then the statute should be looked at. So let’s talk about what service might be attached to that meat license. The NMLB has the ONLY list of meat dealers in the state. The responsibility of keeping that list, via licensure is not assigned to the Health Department or the Environment Department. By law the Livestock Board must do it. Isn’t there value for the meat dealers as well as the general public to be able to identify and locate these dealers in the event of a meat borne illness? Investigator Guy didn’t think so. I
know this because I asked him. He assumes someone else is responsible for food safety. He failed to note that the New Mexico Livestock Board has been protecting the livestock industry and the public for 125 years. Then there is the whole other question of funding for the NMLB. Over the past few decades their role has expanded well beyond livestock theft and health. Livestock inspectors spend an incredible amount of time on animal cruelty cases. A complete investigation is required if someone drives by a pasture and sees a thin horse. If, in fact, an animal is being abused, then by all means there should be an investigation and prosecution. But how often is that thin horse the result of 20 or 30 years of service who is being allowed to live out its last days — with no teeth — in a pasture resting? How often are reports just malicious “mischief” from those who would do their neighbors or livestock owners harm by filing an abuse report? The majority of the funding for the NMLB comes from the livestock inspection fees that are presently statutorily capped. Unfortunately, costs of operation – fuel, trucks, wages, insurance and so on,
MILLER ~Angus~
QUALITY REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS CATTLE
NMAA – 3/3/2012 TUCUMCARI BULL TEST 3/16/2012 BELEN ALL BREEDS BULL SALE APRIL 2, 2012 and by Private Treaty Dink and Mitzi Miller 575/478-2398 (H) • 575/760-9048 (C) 174 N.M. 236 • Floyd, NM 88118 USA
38
MARCH 2012
are not capped. Perhaps the funds from meat inspection are currently assisting in the performance of all the tasks assigned of the Livestock Board. But what would be the cost of just one meat borne disease outbreak? That $500,000 and then some could be used up in a heartbeat. Finally, if Investigator Guy has been tipped off to a big story that could only be addressed by the Legislature, why did his story run on the day the Session adjourned? That was two weeks after he talked to me. One might wonder when sweeps week was? There is no doubt that Investigator Guy often does the public a service by uncovering injustices and misuses. But from now on I will probably dig a little deeper before I take the story at only face value. It really is pretty easy to turn nothing into “a lot of baloney” or a “bunch of bull.” For a minimum of $75
The in-depth knowledge required to know when something is wrong as just described is only one of the functions the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) is called upon to provide on a daily basis. The office fields a wide variety of calls on a daily basis ranging from members of the public to the news media. There requests are just as varied ranging from feral hog hunting to where to buy New Mexico beef to how to register a brand to the guy who called and told me I need to tell the truth about the Mexican wolf program. There are a fair amount of folks who call the NMCGA office thinking it is a state-funded group who are bound to serve every public need. Every attempt is made to address each of calls with courtesy and as much information as possible. What most people don’t know or maybe care about is that the NMCGA is funded with membership dues dollars. Without dues paying members, the Association cannot provide the staff and resources for this kind of assistance. As a guess, I would say that about a third of the calls are from people who are not members. The temptation is to first ask, have you paid your dues? With the wolf critic, I will admit, that is the question I asked. Of course, he wasn’t. He is a developer from Texas who claimed to be a “small rancher” in New Mexico. He didn’t tell me all of that. This is another place the Internet comes in handy. I will admit that the call was terminated shortly after he answered NO to the n membership question.
Calendar OF OF
Events March 2012
April 2012 10 / Three Mile Hill Ranch Yearling Angus Bull Sale / Animas, NM 21 / 30th Annual NMS Cattle & Horse Sale / Las Cruces, NM 14 / Texas Shorthorn Association State Sale / Eastland, TX 14 / Red Doc Farms Red Hot Bull Sale / Belen, NM
May 2012 6 / NM 4-H Foundation Sporting Clays Shoot / Whittington Center, Raton, NM
24 - 26 / Mid Year Meeting NM Cattle Growers’ Assn.; NM Wool Growers, Inc.; NM CowBelles; NM Farm & Livestock Bureau / Mescalero, NM To post your events in the Livestock Market Digest Calendar, please email date and location to caren@aaalivestock.com. Deadline is the 15th of the month previous, mailing date is the 8th of the month.
Attended NCBA Annual Convention Attended Ag Group Meetings Attended Legislative Committee Meetings n Reviewed 2012 Legislative Bill, Memorials & Resoultions n Supported UNM Cancer Fundraiser & 2012 Senate vs House Basketball Game n Attended & Hosted a booth at 2012 Centennial Round House Feed n Attended Governor’s Press Conference and Bill Signing of Senate Bill 56 “Hay Hauling” n Assisted in Hosting Corporations n Attended & Hosted a Booth at Bob Gerding Hunting & Fishing Show n Attended NCRS White House Round Table with Under Secretary Butch Blazer & Asst. Chief James Gore n Worked on NMCGA Membership Invoicing n Worked on RMA Hearing Research n n n
Auction Co., Inc.
June 2012
Met with NMDGF Executive Director on Legislative Issues n Reviewed State Redistricting Materials n Worked on Mid Year Meeting Planning n Met with members of the NMSU Board of Regents & President Barbara Couture n Met with NM Director/Secretary of Agriculture & NM Department of Game & Fish on wolf issues n Attended NM State Game Commission Meeting n Attended swearing in of BLM State Director Jesse Juen n Worked with Sportsmen & Landowner Coalition n Met with NM State Fair officials n Worked on the NM Beef Industry n Improvement Funding n
by MICHELLE FROST
Cattlemens Livestock
2 / Express Ranches Annual Bull Sale / Yukon, OK 3 / NM Angus & Hereford Association Sale / Roswell, NM 3 / Laflin Ranch Angus Production Sale / Olsburg, KS 6 / Wedel Red Angus Bull & Heifer Sale / Leoti, KS 10 / Porter Angus Ranch Annual Bull & Heifer Sale / Mule Creek, NM 14 / NMSU Rancher’s Roundtable on nutrition, poisonous plants / Corona, NM 16 / Tucumcari Bull Test / Tucumcari, NM 17 / Hale Angus Farms Bull & Female Sale / Canyon, TX 17 / Four States Ag Expo All Breeds Bull & Heifer Sale / Cortez, CO 19 / Black Angus “Ready for Work” Bull Sale / Belen, NM 21 / Express Ranches New Mexico Bull Sale / Newkirk, NM 27 / Manzano Angus Ranches Bull Sale / Estancia, NM
NMCGA/NMWGI Missions Accomplished February 2012
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515.
Regaulelsa:r S S
FRIDAY, 10 A.M. SHEEP, GOATS AND HORSES – FOLLOWED BY CATTLE P.O. Box 608 • Belen, NM CHARLIE MYERS • Ofc.: 505/864-7451 Fax: 505/864-7073 • Cel: 505/269-9075
ALL BREEDS BULL SALE
Monday, April 2, 2012 1:00 p.m. Expect to Sell About 100 Top-quality Range Bulls
MARCH 2012
39
Santa Fe Area Rancher New NMCGA President Elect by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON t has been a busy few weeks for Jose Varela Lopez, the newly-elected President Elect of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), marked by snowstorms, meetings in Albuquerque and Las Cruces, and a flurry of activity gearing up for the upcoming legislative session. Jose runs Angus cross cattle on the Puerta del Cañon Ranch near the village of La Cieneguilla southwest of Santa Fe, on the property his family has lived and ranched on for over 300 years. The ranch includes a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) grazing allotment. In recent years, the BLM has bought up many of the surrounding ranches. “I think that we are the last of the original families here in the valley,” he said. “This makes things a little more difficult, because it brings a whole different dynamic into play, with BLM management starting to focus more on
I
recreation rather than traditional ranching uses.” Protecting his ranch from the influence of the then-Forest Guardians first brought Jose into contact with the NMCGA, and the rest, as they say, is history. After contacting the association for assistance about ten years ago, he attended a NMCGA seminar on the legislative process in Santa Fe, became a member, and became very involved in that and subsequent legislative sessions. Staying active in industry trade organizations like the NMCGA is one thing producers can do to protect their ranches, according to Jose. “I believe that it is in a rancher’s best interest to get involved in any type of organization that can help them understand what their property rights are and how to protect them. There are so many issues at the local, state and federal levels that can impact our operations, but through the Cattle Growers and other similar organizations, ranchers both large and small are better able to educate and protect themselves.” As President Elect, Jose will handle a large part of the association’s lobbying efforts during the upcoming legislative session. He is well-prepared for this task, not only by his own knowledge and experi-
ence but also by the countless meetings he has attended on behalf of the NMCGA. Because of his proximity to Santa Fe, the association has relied on him to attend and report back on a variety of meetings and hearings, including the Water Quality Control Commission, the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority, the New Mexico Food and Ag Policy Council, interim legislative committee meetings and legislative meetings during legislative sessions. “He has covered so many bases for us that it would be hard to name them all,” said Caren Cowan, NMCGA Executive Director. Jose sees these meetings as a way to educate decision makers about agriculture and the impacts their decisions can have. “I have tried to assist as much as I can at the state legislature and other meetings held near Santa Fe,” he noted. “Through the years, I have realized that legislators are not always aware of the issues that we as ranchers face. The only way they will understand our issues is if we participate in the process and let them know how things affect us.” Meeting and working with members is something Jose is looking forward to in the upcoming months. “I am hoping to get around the state as needed to assist the continued on page 41
YAVAPAI BOTTLE GAS
928-776-9007 Toll Free: 877-928-8885 2150 N. Concord Dr. #B Dewey, AZ 86327
Visit us at: www.yavapaigas.com dc@yavapaigas.com
YAVAPAI COUNTY'S OLDEST LOCALLY OWNED PROPANE COMPANY SAME OWNER SAME VALUES SINCE 1987 "START WITH THE BEST - STAY WITH THE BEST"
40
MARCH 2012
President Elect
continued from page 40
president in engaging with our membership and others who are not necessarily members but are interested in increasing their awareness of the issues,” he explained. “I want to work proactively, along with our staff and the other officers, to help maintain the agriculture industry in New Mexico.” Jose was born in Japan where his father was serving in the Navy, and returned to the United States when he was two years old. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Robert O. Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and spent many years working in the family’s commercial property management business. After a divorce, he moved to the ranch to help his maternal grandparents, and took over the daily management about ten years ago. He lost his grandmother last year at age 90, and his grandfather, now 92, lives in Santa Fe and remains as involved as possible in the operation. “I was not really a part of the ranch growing up, other than coming out to help my grandparents irrigate fields and brand calves. I frankly didn’t realize at a young age how important our ranching traditions are.” Today, Jose’s adult daughter and nephews are not interested in the ranch, but he is hopeful that their perspective will change as they get older and complete their educations. Jose is a general contractor, having built both commercial and residential structures through the years. He recently went to work as Director of the New Mexico Forest Industry Association. In that position, he works on behalf of the state’s forestry industry to assist the membership with their business capacity concerns, helps to answer questions related to their interactions with the U.S. Forest Service, coordinates forest worker safety trainings statewide and deals with other industry issues and promotion. Jose has served as a board member of the Santa Fe – Pojoaque Soil and Water Conservation District since 2004. He was appointed to the N.M. Soil and Water Commission by both Governors Richardson and Martinez, and has served in that position for the past five years. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern N.M. Stockmen’s Association, the N.M. Federal Lands Council and the New Mexico Coalition of Conservation Districts. In addition, he served as an interim Santa Fe County Commissioner in 2002 and has long served his local community on n numerous boards and committees.
Farm Credit of New Mexico Promotes long time employee to Chief Financial Officer
cultural real estate loans, operating loans, equipment and livestock loans, crop hail, and multi-peril insurance to New Mexico farmers and ranchers. The Association has offices located in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Roswell, Clovis, and Tucumcari. Visit us n online at www.farmcreditnm.com.
everly Gabaldon currently serving as Vice President/Assistant Treasurer for Farm Credit of New Mexico has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. In this role Gabaldon is responsible for and directs fiscal activities of the $1.3 billion dollar agricultural lender. Gabaldon has worked with Farm Credit of New Mexico for over 27 years in a variety of roles. According to CEO Al Porter, “her development into a senior management role has come about through her hard work and dedication.” Gabaldon obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees while working full time at Farm Credit of New Mexico. She was born in Los Alamos and raised in Albuquerque, NM. She has two married daughters — Crystal Shafer and husband Dr. Ty and Antoinette Quinones and husband Camilo. She also has four grandchildren — Ansley and Elise Shafer and Maya and Camilo, Jr. (CJ) Quinones. Farm Credit of New Mexico is New Mexico’s full service Ag lender, providing agri-
B
NMSU to host Rancher’s Roundtable on nutrition, poisonous plants in Corona, March 14 pring nutrition is an important aspect of a ranch’s operation. Calves are on the ground and cows have reached their peak milk production. But forage resources are at their lowest point during the period producers expect their cows to be physiologically capable of breeding. To help ranchers navigate the challenges of providing proper nutrition to their livestock while avoiding toxic plants, New Mexico State University is hosting a Rancher’s Roundtable on spring nutrition and poisonous plants. The roundtable will be held March 14 at the Southwest Center for Rangeland Sustainability in Corona. http://coronasc.nmsu.edu/ranchersn roundtable.html
S
R T V 9 0 0
A Whole New Breed of Utility Vehicle Finally, a utility vehicle built as tough as a tractor: The Kubota RTV900 • 21.6 HP diesel engine – Run, climb and haul all day long • Hydrostatic power steering – Maneuver in the roughest terrain with ease • Variable Hydrostatic Transmission (VHT) – 3-range transmission for extra torque • Hydraulic wet disc brakes – Smooth, consistent braking • Hydraulic lift (Worksite and Turf Models) – 1,100 lb. cargo bed capacity • Ground-hugging suspension – Fully-independent front and semi-independent rear suspension
Tractor tough. Kubota smart.
Mesa Tractor, Inc. FULL-LINE KUBOTA DEALER
3826 4th St., NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Toll-Free 800/303-1631 (N.M.) Office 505/344-1631
EVERYTHING YOU VALUE
www.kubota.com
MARCH 2012
41
Riding Herd
Cattle Drive
BY LEE PITTS
I dont get it: cattlemen couples spend 51 weeks a year slaving away on the ranch and what do they do for their one week of vacation per year? They go on a ranch tour, of course! Talk about a busman’s holiday. Ah, there’s nothing like a tour of other ranches to get away from it all. I don’t know why ranch couples do this. Do they ride the chuck line, seeing the country through the window of a bus and eating one beef barbecue after another at ranches that would appear to be very much like their own, just to see how the other half lives? They could stay home watching home movies and see the same thing. They belong to the Infrequent Flyers Club; they don’t want to fly to foreign places to see the wonders of the world, rub elbows in big cities or see “pretty” places. Take away all that scenery and what do you
"
( !" !"
have, besides costly hotels and foreigners with cameras around their necks. Instead, ranchers prefer the splendid isolation of being on civilization’s fringe. As tourists they prefer to go to where there are no tourists. They know they need a change of pasture and they want to spend it making memories with others of their kind; people who know what 8-way, shrink and brucellosis are. There are no strangers in ranch country and going on tour with fellow cattlemen is the next best thing to staying home. They trade good dollars for bad quarters knowing full well that they won’t be staying at four star hotels with bell hops to lug their old-fashioned hard-sided luggage, or concierges to tell them where they might buy a postcard. But they don’t sell postcards of the sights they’re seeing anyway, or “genuine” imitation local arti-
%$" %$" $
#
!" $ $ %$" $ ' %'
( !%$ !%$ " !!! ! $ ( %%$" $" $ "'
#
%# %#
"& #$ "
! &
$ !
$
$# $#
facts for the tourist trade. They often fill up every motel in town in places with names like Hereford and Bovina. These are folks who know the majesty of simple things. The women identify the birds and wildflowers while the men stand in circles for hours examining a hand full of feed, weeds or seeds. They can look at hay balers and bulls endlessly and still be excited to go see the same thing at the next stop. And they know the rules of the road. They know not to ask their hosts how many cows or acres they own and if one of their buses breaks down they don’t complain, they just all get out to help fix it. These are not fussy or hard-to-please people. I remember one time in the Big Bend area of Texas when our three buses descended on a park near Fort Stockton continued on page 34
SKAARER BRANGUS DISPERSION SALE • 102 Breeding age Females • 5 Herd Bulls • 25 Replacement Heifers Prices begin at $2500 for Breds or Pairs & Go Down for Anything Open
Rick, Chase & Bridger Skaarer 520/820-5210 • Willcox, Arizona 42
MARCH 2012
Herd
The Best of the Bunch
continued from page 42
expecting to find a barbecue. We circled that park three times before realizing there’d be no beef that night. And so I spent half my month’s salary on beer and bags of chips and everyone was as happy as if they’d had a steak at K Bobs. Then there was the tour of ranchers who went to California and stopped at a winery where they loaded up on bottles of red wine to take back home. But the wine didn’t last past their next stop where Gene Rambo, the great rodeo cowboy and rancher, made some of his world famous homemade ice cream. (At least it was world famous in our neck of the woods.) It was so cold you had to eat it slow or you’d get a headache. But that’s not really why the men’s heads throbbed the next day. I don’t know who got the bright idea to mix the vanilla ice cream with the red wine to make fermented milkshakes, but they did. And the next morning you never saw three busloads of sicker cowboys in your entire life. Yet they still signed up the next year, and all the years thereafter, to see the same old sights, the same old people, and to tell the same old stories. So what if the price you pay is a splitting headache? So, while the women pressed the clothes they’d wear the next day on tour, the gentlemen of the bar held court: “Remember those wine milkshakes out at Rambo’s place out in California?” Remember! How could they ever forn get.
Obama
FROM THE PHOTO of his hand-tooled cover to the very last story, Lee’s newest book, A Handmade Life, is pure Pitts. In the tradition of Dirt Roads and God’s Country, Lee’s latest will entertain and inspire. Destined to be a classic. ORDER FORM
QUANTITY
Four Book Special
ose any four 4-BOOK SPECIAL! Cho only $49.95. of Lee’s boks and pay rity Postage! And that includes Prio ential pot It all ads up to a saving of over $20! PRICE
TOTAL
FOR BOOKS ORDERED SEPARATELY PLEASE PAY $3.00 EACH FOR POSTAGE AND HANDLING.
$49.95
BOOKS ORDERED SEPARATELY A Handmade Life
$14.95
These Things I Wish
$14.95
A Collection of Characters
$12.95
Essays from God’s Country
$12.95
Back Door People
$11.95
People Who Live at the End of Dirt Roads
$12.95
Shipping & Handling
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: LEE PITTS, AND MAIL TO: P.O. BOX 616, MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA 93443
$3.00
(Per Item if ordered separately)
Tax (If California resident only)
TOTAL
x 8.25%
GRAND TOTAL Name__________________________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address ________________________________________________________________________ City _________________________________________________ State _________ Zip________________
h ttp ://w w w.a aa live sto ck.co m /co n ten t.p h p ? I=3 8
continued from page 34
Translated out of legalese, If you file a lawsuit against an Indian energy project, you have to post a surety bond and you don’t get attorneys’ fees, win or lose. The bonding requirement and ban on attorneys’ fees did not inspire gloating among the witnesses, but reserved and thoughtful responses. Tara Sweeney, senior vice president of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, thanked the committee “for recognizing administrative and legal challenges, brought by third parties whose sole mission is to prevent further development in Alaska.” Other sections of the bill are sure to cause Obama bureaucrats to fume. As Cronkite News reported, tribes would be able to conduct their own reviews of energy development agreements, now
Custom Processing, Weaning, Backgrounding, Growing, Finishing, and Marketing Bull and Heifer Development, AI
USDA–NHTC and Age/Source Verification available through IMI Global.
continued on page 97 MARCH 2012
43
Good mamas, good babies
Santa Gertrudis by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON
K
nown as America’s original beef breed, Santa Gertrudis cattle were bred to thrive in harsh conditions. The breed was developed on the King Ranch in south Texas, and combines the hardiness of Brahman cattle and the muscling and maternal strength of the Shorthorn breed into cattle that are gentle, productive and efficient. The breed – 5/8 Shorthorn and 3/8 Brahman – was first recognized as a distinct breed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1940, according to the Santa Gertrudis Breeders International (SGBI). Today, the breed can be found on opera-
tions across the country. By incorporating Santa Gertrudis genetics into their operations, producers are seeing increased weaning weights profitability, and it is hard to argue with that kind of results. From the plains
Santa Gertrudis genetics have been a part of the Burns Ranch, north of Mountainair, since 2002. “We were looking for a bull, and had a friend with a Santa Gertrudis bull, and it kind of snowballed from there,” said Kenny Burns. “A couple of years later, we bought some registered heifers from the Sanchez family of Red
Doc Farms in Belen.” Today, Kenny and his wife Letha, with help from their sons Travis and Steven, run registered Santa Gertrudis and a few crossbred cattle. The family has been in the cattle business for a long time, and the ranch remains a family business. “Our sons help us a lot, we couldn’t do it without them,” Kenny said. The results he saw after using that first bull impressed Kenny, and convinced him to stay with the breed. “They added a lot of muscling to the calves, and our weaning weights increased between 80 and 100 pounds. They really grow fast and put pounds on.” Hardiness is one strength of the breed. “They can take all kinds of weather conditions. The past couple of years have been pretty tough as far as moisture, but the cattle have enough Brahman in them that they are doing well.” He also cites their calving ease. “We have been very pleased with the cattle, they’ve been really good for us. They have nice small calves, and are easy calving.” Kenny also likes the breed’s disposition. “The bulls are very easy going,” he noted.
continued on page 45
Manufacturers of a complete line of Livestock Feeds. All feeds priced Mill to Feeder.
Garcia Costilla
Rio Grande
285
522
ada
Questa
Tierra Amarilla
Tres Piedras Canon Plaza
Cebolla
Rio
84
Cha ma
Abiquiu Res.
Santa Clara Pueblo
Los Alamos
Los Alamos
doval
Alcalde
Agua Fria
ran de
Rio G
Rio Pu o erc
Bernalillo
Placitas 14 Sandia Pueblo Corrales Sandia Heights North Valley Sandia Park
Paradise Hills
Tijeras
Cowles Tesuque
Tererro
Glorieta
Eldorado at Santa Fe
Escabosa
Chilili
Las Vegas
419
Sanchez
Trujillo
Gallin as R.
104
Dilia
Dahlia
Newkirk Cuervo
Colonias
Santa Rosa
Moriarty
Clines Corners
219
Guadalupe
Pastura
Torrance
84 54
Lucy
Negra Pedernal
Silio
Encino Carnero
3
Abo
42
Vaughn
L. Sumner
Cardenas
Joffre
Buchanan
Debaca
Largo Yeso Ricard
55
Torrance Gran Quivira
Corona
285
Ramon
Gallinas
FEED MILLS 44
MARCH 2012
Conchas L. Conchas
McIntosh
41
Broncho Mountainair 60
Bell Ranch Trementina
Corazon
84
Anton Chico
Estancia Willard
Mosquero Sabinoso
104
Ribera Sena Villanueva
285
41
Solano
Mora R.
San Miguel
Santa Ana
Stanley
Valmora Watrous
Onava
Romeroville
Santa Fe
55
Scholle
161
San Jose Serafina
120
Harding
120
.
55
s Trujillos
ker
518
Sapello
El Porvenir
Ilfeld
Mills 39
Edgewood
Adelino
47
Levy
Mora
Optimo
San Ignacio
Ya
Wagon Mound Roy
120
Ojo Feliz
La Cueva
Pecos
Canoncito Lamy Rowe
40
Bosque Farms Isleta Pueblo Peralta Los Lunas Valencia Meadow Lake aves Tome
442
25
Gascon
Cerrillos
337
47
Holman Lucero
Ocate
os R Pec
Pajarito Bernalillo Isleta
518
25
Albuquerque
Armijo South Valley
Abbott
Guadalupita
Santa Fe
La Cienega
Zia Pueblo Santo Domingo Pueblo Domingo 44 San Felipe Pueblo Santa Ana Pueblo Madrid Algodones
Rio Rancho
Nambe
Tesuque Pueblo
White Rock
Ponderosa Jemez Pueblo Cochiti Pena Blanca San Ysidro
Springer
Miami
Colmor
Cleveland Mora
Cuyamungue
4
Jemez Springs
French
518
Truchas Espanola Chimayo Santa Cruz
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Angel Fire
Ranchos de Taos
68
Vadito Dixon Chamisal Penasco Ojo Sarco
68
Cimarron
64
75
Embudo
San Juan Pueblo
Cuba
Taos Pueblo
Carson
567
Eagle Nest
Maxwell
dian R. Cana
La Jara
44
Taos
La Madera 554
Pilar
Youngsville Canones Coyote
96
El Rito
Abiquiu Medanales
96
We deliver sacked & bulk range cubes.
Colfax
Ute Park 58
El Prado
H
38
Taos Ski Valley Valdez
Arroyo Hondo
Canjilon
Koehler
Red River
Taos
522
San Cristobal
111
Alire
Colf
Palomas Montoya
…isn’t it time you talked to Farmway?
Good Mamas continued from page 44
to Northern New Mexico
Santa Gertrudis cattle have been part of the Montano family’s operation for many years. Manuel Montano bought his first Santa Gertrudis from Greer Garson at the Forked Lightning Ranch, and although he raised several different breeds of cattle on his Las Vegas ranch, he liked the Santa Gertrudis the best. When he passed away, his daughter Cherry and nephew, Stacey, inherited both the ranch and his love of the breed. Today, Cherry Montano raises Santa Gertrudis on the ME Slash Ranch near Taos with help from her son, BJ Rosales. The breed’s gentle nature is very important to Cherry, who focuses on raising show cattle. “I just love them,” she said. “A gentle temperament is one of the best things about the breed. Cherry’s children, BJ and Niome, showed cattle through 4-H and the National Junior Santa Gertrudis Association growing up, and Niome is a past National Santa Gertrudis Junior Princess. Cherry has remained very active in 4-H, helping kids with their cattle projects. “I think 4-H is such a wonderful program for kids to get involved in. I help all that I can and if I can sell some of my calves at the same time, that’s a good thing. Santa Gertrudis is a wonderful breed, and the Junior Association is so good for the kids.” Cherry has successfully developed a good market for her heifer calves as show
OMENICI
LAW FIRM. P.C.
! ##
# " " # !
$ #"
!' " $# " "" ""$ " ! "# !% # # #" # ! $ #' ! % # $" "" "" $ $# ! # " " " $! " ! " "( $# %! #
HEREFORD BULLS FOR SALE
"
VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME!
*
HENARD RANCHES
&&&
OSCAR · 575/398-6155 BOX 975, TATUM, NEW MEXICO 88267 MRS. PAT · PLAINS, TX MRS. ROBERT · LOVINGTON, NM
&$ %! ! ( )' (# ) "!%) )' &# , %+ . +!* # +'+ ('+ &
" "
FIVE STATES Box 266, Clayton, NM 88415 SALE BARN: 575/374-2505 Kenny Dellinger, Mgr., 575/374-7761 Watts Line: 1-800/438-5764
LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Active buyers on all classes of cattle. Stocker demand within excellent wheat pasture and grass demand. Supporters of vaccination program of your choice. Four active packer buyers, supported by area feedlots on these feeder cattle. Receiving station available. Sheep sale 2nd to last Wednesday every month!
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS! www.fivestateslivestockauction.com
Monte Anderson • 575-374-8933 51 Santa Fe Drive #7, Clayton, NM
“I’m not saying that they won’t fight, but in the past we have had some black bulls that would just stand and fight and tear up fences. I got tired of that.” The majority of calves are sold back to Red Doc Farms, although they also sell bulls and heifers to individuals looking for breeding stock. Burns has also sold bulls through Red Doc Farms’ annual spring sale. Showing cattle is another aspect of the family’s operation. Over the years, Kenny has shown cattle in Mercedes, Houston, and Athens, Texas, and at the New Mexico State Fair. Going forward, he says he’ll probably focus on shows closer to home. The Burns are active in the Santa Gertrudis Breeders United (SGBI), and their grandchildren, Matthew and Briana, showed Santa Gertrudis cattle through the Junior Association for several years.
1
The guarantees expressed here are based on the claims-paying ability of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company. Note: Bank CDs are FDIC insured, the other products referenced here are not federally insured. Securities & service s o ffered thro ugh EquiTrust Marketing Se rvice s, LL C+, 5400 University Ave., West De s Moine s, IA 50266, 877/860-2904, Member SIPC. Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company+*, Western Agricultural Insurance Company+*, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company+*/West Des Moines, IA. +Affiliates *Company providers of Farm Bureau Financial Services © 2011 FBL Financial. Group, Inc. A132-ML-1 (4-11)
continued on page 46 MARCH 2012
45
Good Mamas continued from page 45
heifers. She currently has two heifers for 4-Hers, and is helping the kids get the heifers ready to take home. “The kids come to my house to work with the calves, I don’t turn them over until I am sure the kids won’t get hurt.” Her bull calves are sold to Red Doc Farms, where they are put through a weight gain test. If they perform well enough, they are sold in the Sanchez family’s annual bull sale. In past years, she has sold bulls locally to commercial producers. “Santa Gertrudis add size, height, and also seem to pass their gentle disposition on to their calves,” she noted. “Santa Gertrudis calves tend to be a lot heavier than other breeds. If I do take calves to market, I also benefit in that way.” A Santa Gertrudis / Angus heifer that she bought back from a bull customer will be going to this year’s national show through the Santa Gertrudis Breeders International’s (SGBI’s) Star Five Program, set up to include cattle that are at least 50 percent Santa Gertrudis. Maternal strength and hardiness are also important traits, Cherry explained. “The cattle are wonderful mothers. My cat-
tle run at a high altitude. While I have heard people say that they won’t do well up here, that they’ll get brisket disease, I have never had any problems.” While Cherry enjoys helping area 4-Hers with their cattle, she is looking forward to helping the next generation of her family get their start with Santa Gertrudis. “My grandkids will be coming up and ready to show soon. They will be my showmen.” A New Generation of Leaders
In June, Briana Montano was elected President of the National Junior Santa Gertrudis Association, the first New Mexico junior to hold the position. “It has been a great experience,” she said. “It is a huge honor for a small affiliate like New Mexico.” Briana, who grew up on her family’s Santa Gertrudis operation, the O/X Ranch run by her parents Stacey and Debbie Montano 15 miles south of Las Vegas, represents District 5 – New Mexico north to Ohio and Missouri – on the 15-member NJSGA Board of Directors. A business major at the University of New Mexico, she makes the trip home to Las Vegas as often as possible and plans to pursue a career in agriculture. Cattle shows are a big part of the
O
NJSGA, and this part of the year is the heart of the NJSGA show season, Briana said. Junior members are participating in a variety of shows leading up to the Association’s National Show, scheduled for June 17-23, 2012 in Gonzales, Louisiana. During the week-long event, juniors will participate in contests including livestock judging, speech, sales talk, herdsman, showmanship and a cattlemen’s contest where contestants must try to identify 50 tools used in the agricultural and beef industry in a certain amount of time. “It’s always an interesting contest because cattle production and the tools used vary greatly from state to state. The show is definitely the highlight of the week.” The NJSGA does two things that are unique to the association during the show, she explained. Juniors who win their class receive a show heifer donated by a participating Santa Gertrudis producer. Those heifers then compete in a special class at the next year’s National show. In addition, about $40,000 in scholarships are awarded every year to junior members. Last year, Montano received a $10,000 scholarship. Another NJSGA program is the GOALS
U R A D V E RT I S E R S make this magazine possible. Please patronize them, and mention that you saw their ad in ...
continued on page 48
505/243-9515
Join New Mexico’s OLDEST Livestock Trade Organization
NEW MEXICO WOOL GROWERS, INC. Representing the interests of the sheep industry for over 110 years... at the Roundhouse, on Capitol Hill and everywhere between. Dues 3¢ per pound of Sheared Wool – Minimum $50 New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. POB 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505.247.0584 phone • 505.842.1766 fax nmwgi@nmagriculture.org Follow us on the web at www.nmagriculture.org
46
MARCH 2012
Equine Harvest… what we know today by JASON TURNER, PHD NMSU EXTENSION HORSE SPECIALIST, DEPT. OF EXTENSION ANIMAL SCIENCES & NATURAL RESOURCES n November 17, 2011, the US Congress passed a budget bill and President Obama signed it on November 18. This bill omitted a clause that had been included since 2006 that prohibited USDA from funding inspections on horse meat. Therefore, from a rule standpoint, USDA could conduct horse meat inspections at least until September 2012 when the statute expires. Since Thanksgiving, I have seen and heard unfounded reports of how “the slaughter ban” on horses has been lifted. While this may be wishful thinking for some, it is far from reality. On December 9, Phil Derfler, the Deputy Administrator for the Food Safety & Inspection Service, stated the following in a post on the USDA blog: “While Congress has technically lifted the ban, horse processing will not resume
O
anytime in the near term. Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, horses are an amenable species, which means that horse meat cannot be shipped or sold for human consumption without inspection. To date, there have been no requests that the Department initiate the authorization process for any horse processing operation in the United States. In the two states where horse processing took place prior to the Congressional ban, Illinois and Texas, there are laws in place prohibiting the slaughter of horses. Even if these laws were changed, any processing facility will still need to satisfy a significant number of requirements, such as obtaining a federal grant of inspection, conducting a hazard analysis, and developing a Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan prior to the processing of any animals.” So while there is an open window of opportunity for slaughter plants to open, The Horse magazine (http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=19216&sr c=topic) reported that some states, such as Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, and California, have state statutes that prevent equine slaughter facilities. So, don’t look for any of the plants that were operational in pre2005 (Texas and Illinois) to be opened in the future.
In a June 2011 report the Government Accountability Office (GAO; www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-228) stated the number of US equines transported to Canada and Mexico from 20062010 had increased by 148 and 660 percent, respectively. This represents about 138,000 horses in 2010 compared to the 104,800 horses that were slaughtered in the US in 2006. While there is no statutory ban on horse slaughter at the federal level, the changes in federal inspection funding coupled with state bans on horse slaughter has had a dramatic effect on equine welfare. This is due to the distance that horses must be transported for slaughter in other countries as well as the impact on horse sale prices and the increasing demands placed on equine rescue facilities in the US. The case of neglected horses has even caused some previously staunch supporters of a slaughter ban to reconsider their position. In a November 30, 2011, interview in the Christian Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/1130/Lifting-horseslaughter-ban-Why-PETA-saysit-s-a-good-idea) the founder of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, said the US should never continued on page 48
Custom Cattle Feeding at its finest
Bar-G Feedyard ' "), 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEREFORD, TEXAS FINANCING AVAILABLE &!%%, (&)) ( President – General Manager Res: 806/364-1172 Mobile: 806/346-2508 Email: jtrotter@bar-g.com
+"% *% ! Assistant Manager "# "#
$ "( Comptroller
%)!&%, Shipping/Receiving
-
MARCH 2012
47
Equine Harvest continued from page 47
have banned domestic horse slaughter: “It’s quite an unpopular position we’ve taken,” Ms. Newkirk says. “There was a rush to pass a bill that said you can’t slaughter them anymore in the United States. But the reason we didn’t support it, which sets us almost alone, is the amount of suffering that it created exceeded the amount of suffering it was designed to stop.” This statement created a rift in the animal rights community, and PETA clarified their stance in comments on February 3, 2012 (www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive /2012/02/03/horseslaughter-setting-therecord-straight-again.aspx). While this is a controversial issue among equine owners, it is important that all equine owners, as well as the general public, are aware of the unintended conse-
quences of the cessation of equine slaughter in the US —it simply has had a devastating impact on equine welfare and the economic future of the equine industry. In an effort to remain informed on this issue, I encourage you to review the legislation that is currently before the US Congress (H.R. 2966 and S. 1176; www.govtrack.us/ congress/legislation.xpd). In this review you can see the status of the legislation, how it will impact the equine industry, and which states’ congressional members have n co-sponsored the bill.
BULL BULL SALE SALE
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515. P CSL TRUMP TRUMP – BBlack PCSL lack Polled Polled Purebred Purebred EEPDs PD s BW WW BW 78 78 • W W 666 666 BW BW +11.5 .5 • WW WW +36 36 • YW YW +7711 • M Milk: ilk: +2211 • Mat Mat +39 39
April A pril 1 11, 1, 2 2012 012 aJunta, C olorado LaJunta, Colorado LaJunta L aJunta Livestock Livestock – L
Clinton Clark • Ph: 719/446-5223 • Cell: 719/892-0160 • 32190 County Road S, Karval, CO 80823
FOR SALE
CATTLE GUARDS
ALL SIZES JERYL PRIDDY 325/754-4300 Cell: 325/977-0769
Good Mamas continued from page 46
conference (Gert Ongoing Advanced Leadership Summit), which is held in a different part of the country every two years. “We are all from small towns, and the conference gives us a chance to experience a new city as well as learn leadership skills,” she said. More information on the association and its activities can be found online at www.santagertrudis.org. “Our association is more than just a cattle association, it truly builds the morals, values, and character of the people involved,” Briana explained. “We are just one great big family, with members from South Carolina to Mississippi to New Mexico. We all have one thing in common – our Gert cattle – and are truly there to help each other.” “I remember my first show, when my heifer got away from me and drug me clear across the show ring,” she continued. “One of the Junior Association Board of Directors helped me up, caught my calf, and helped me get things back under control. I remember thinking then that these people really do care.” Support from the Santa Gertrudis Breeders International (SGBI) is the backbone of the NJSGA. “The adult association takes enormous pride in and puts a great amount of emphasis on junior members,” Briana pointed out. “Their help allows us to learn not just to produce beef, but to produce human beings that are ready to go out and make an impact on the world.” n
Read this issue on the Internet! OUR WEBSITE HAS A BRAND NEW LOOK! The Livestock Industry's Most-popular Website! www.aaalivestock.com
48
MARCH 2012
! ! ": "' $05)*4 4*' '/4+2' +/6'/4028 0( #.1 00-'8 #/%* 3'.'/ #/& #2' 3'--+/) +4 #4 # 0/%' +/ # -+('4+.' -07 %-03' 054 12+%' ( 805 '6'2 7#/4'& 40 # $5/%* 0..'2%+#- 073 40 01 5--3 4*+3 +3 8052 %*#/%'
#-- 53 40&#8: 4 70/ 4 -#34 -0/) "' #-30 *#6' '.'/ #/,3 40 3402' 8052 $+) -043 0( 3'.'/ (02 *#-( 4*' 12+%' 0( /'7 4#/,3
"'/&-#/& #2.3 9
T
Tom Robb &Sons
R S
REGISTERED & COMMERCIAL
POLLED HEREFORDS
719/456-1149 34125 RD. 20, MCCLAVE, CO robbherefords@ rural-com.com
www.swaginc.com ww ww w.swa wag ginc.com gin i om
Bulls and Heifers 575/773-4770
Rick and Maggie Hubbell Mark Hubbell
THE LARGEST LARGEST KUBOTA KUBOTA TTRACTOR RACTOR AND IMPLEMEN IMPLEMENTT INVENTORY INVENTORY IN TTHE HE IN INTERMOUNTAIN TERMOUNTAIN WES WEST. T.
NEW Products!
Quemado, NM hubbell@wildblue.net
LLIMFLEX, IMFLEX, D DURHAM RED, URHAM R ED, ANGUS, A NGUS, LLIMOUSIN IMOUSIN
Yearling Bulls & Heifers, Open & Bred for Sale
CONNIFF CATTLE CO., LLC
Proud Sponsor
NOW AVA AILABLE AT
Las Cruces & Rincon, NM John & Laura Conniff 575/644-2900 • Cell. 575/644-2900 www.leveldale.com
MARCH 2012
49
The Belles of New Mexico! Townsend Honored by ANCW atti Townsend, former New Mexico rancher and CowBelle, was named Outstanding CattleWoman of the year by the American National CattleWomen (ANCW) at the Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Nashville in February. “Patti is a great leader, a strong advocate for the cattle industry, and a wonderful friend,” said Beverly Butler, New Mexico CowBelles President, Columbus. “Congratulations to her on this welldeserved honor.” Long-time New Mexico ranchers and Brangus breeders, the Townsends moved their operation to a ranch near Milburn, Oklahoma in 2004, where Patti continued her involvement in the beef industry by becoming an active member of the Oklahoma CattleWomen. Currently, she serves as membership chairman and presidentelect. Townsend also received a Nambe platter from the New Mexico CowBelles, presented by Fita Witte, past ANCW president and New Mexico CowBelle. Townsend was an active member of the New Mexico CowBelles for many years. Prior to serving as state president in 1995, she held the offices of secretary and beef cook-off chair. She also served a term as chairman of the New Mexico Beef Council. She has been active in ANCW for 34 years, and served as President in 2003. Patti and her husband, Gayland, have three sons, Phillip, Charles and Steven, who manages the ranch, and four grandn children.
P
(top) Destra Crawford, Region IV Director, ANCW president Jill Ginn, Outstanding CattleWoman of Year Patti Townsend, ANCW president-elect Tammi Didlot, and Patti with family. New Mexico’s own Linda Davis (center) was part of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Delegation that was welcomed by the Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate, during the 2012 NCBA Convention in Nashville. Linda is pictured with an assortment of folks from the Tennessee Legislature, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and Tennessee Cooperative Extension Service. New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez (bottom) is the newest member of the New Mexico CowBelles. She was pinned during the Roundhouse Feed opening festivities.
50
MARCH 2012
RED HOT BULL SALE
At the farm — B osque, NM — April 14, 2012
RED DOC HERD SIRES
RDF Lindo 1-4
RDF Quien Sabe 0120 / Sire RDF 7-217 / ADG 5.61
RDF Never B efore 1136 / Sire RDF 7-216 / ADG 5.85
RDF Jefe 4-125
RDF Sanc ho's Solution 1218 / Sire RDF 7-216 / ADG 5.24
RDF El Guapo 1019 / Sire RDF MS / ADG 4.63
RDF Sancho 7-216
RDF Untouc hable 1070 / Sire RDF 439 / ADG 4.63
RDF Sanc ho's XCEL 1170 / Sire RDF 7-216 / ADG 5.24
55 BULLS SELL APRIL 14, 2012 • 1:30 P.M.
RED DOC FARM
RDF Kingsville 371/03
at the farm
Cattle Viewing: 10:00 a.m. — Lunch: 11:30 a.m. — Bull Sale 1:30 p.m.
★ ★
All Bulls graded, gain tested, registered and fertility tested. ★ ★ Centralized group delivery available official sponsor
reddocfarm.com Bosque, NM Sale Day Numbers: Scooter Sanchez – 505-980-5093 Adolfo Sanchez - 505-507-2898
Call for spring semen packages
1-800-328-7659 Website: www.polydome.com email: Dan@polydome.com
Call for the Dealer Nearest You
THE BRAND YOU TRUST 52
MARCH 2012
Colorado Dairy Service 970-593-9704 Loveland, CO Buckeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feed 530-865-4427 Orland, CA
Western Polydome 800-822-5837 Monroe, WA Greenfield Park Dairy 505-276-8659 Portales, NM
Dairy Partners 800-256-4875 Sulphur Springs, TX Zoderow Dairy 785-386-4475 Seldon, KS
BEEF
COUNCIL
bullhorn Beef Wows the Crowds at Agfest ,-* +, & / + *. /!,
+, , &&- $ &, . &, , , *!& + $ !+$ ,'*+ & +, *+ ,' , * /!, , / 0! ' *! -$ '%%-&!,1 '* , +, ' 5+ '-, !& *! -$,-* (*' - ,+ / + $ & ,, &, '&. &,!'& &, * 0! ' '-& !$ !* ,'*+ & +, $'& $!& + ' &, -+! +,! $'. *+ $! !'-+ "!, + & $$ , !0!&+
Welcome Deeadra
A. Introducing our new Junior Beef Ambassador Sage Mijares of Jemez Springs. B. NMBC Director Bruce Davis greets a Beef Booth guest. C. Kate Manchester, publisher of Edible Santa Fe, says hello at the Beef Booth. D. President of the Beef Board and NMBC director Wesley Grau enjoys working on the serving line. E. NMBC Director Bernarr Treat and First Gentleman, Chuck Franco, exchange a friendly greeting. F. NMBC Directors and staff prepare to serve Agfest crowds.
$ '% ,' * , / 0! ' '-& !$5+ & / %!& !+,* ,!. ++!+, &, !+ & $ -)- *)- & ,!. & * - , ' ! '$ ! * '% + ,' , /!, 0, &+!. ' ! '%(-, * & -+! & ++ 0( *! & 3 $'. !& !& '-, / * * $$1 '% + *'% 4 + + 1+ 3 &' ! , * / + +' %- ,' (*' - !& , '' / ,4 * !+ , %', * ' +!0 1 * '$ - , * '. 1 & * %!$1 !& $- + * ! & ! ,'* %'+ + / $$ + + . * $ ( ,+ 3 % ((1 ,' ( *, ' , '-& !$ 4 + + 1+ 3 $''# '*/ * ,' $'& , *% * $ ,!'&+ !( * 4 Deeadra Baca, NMBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new administrative assistant.
MARCH 2012
53
2 2012 012 A Ag g Feed Feed Signals Signals Close Close off S Session o ession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oe oe Lopez Lopez of of C Cooperative ooperative Extension Extension Service Service & NMBC NMBC Director Director A Alicia licia Sanchez. Sanchez. B B.. Jeremy Jeremy W Witte itte (l) (l) NM NM sstate tate 4-H 4-H p president, resident, Diego Diego Dow Dow ((r) r) state state V V.P. .P. o off FFA, FFA, and and Gov. Gov. M Martinez artinez in in tthe he R Rotunda otunda D Dinner inner ribribbon bon cutting. cutting. C. C. N NM M Secretary Secretary of of A Agriculture griculture Jeff Jeff Witte Witte iintroduces ntroduces Gov. Gov. SSusana usana Martinez. Martinez. D D.. LLinda inda Davis Davis and and g granddaughter randdaughter Leslie Leslie mixed mixed massive massive amounts amounts of of ssalad alad tto o ffeed eed tthe he ccrowd. rowd. EE.. LLong ong lines lines of of happy happy d diners iners aattended ttended tthe he V Valentine’s alent Day Ag Feed. F. F. With With assistance from Emilee & Kailee Kai Parra and Jennifer Witte Witte (center) Gov. Martinez signs signs SSB 56, allowing for oversized sized hhayloads on the highway to to hhelp el drought-stricken beef producers. produc G. Gerald Chacon provided provid diners with their utensils. utensi H. The buffet line moved moved very quickly.
2011-2012 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 DIRECTORS DIRECTORS — C CHAIRMAN, HAIRMAN, JJim im Bob Bob B Burnett urnett ((Producer); Producer); VICE-CHAIRMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Darrell Darrell B Brown rown (Producer); (Producer); SECRETARY, SECRETARY, B Bernarr ernarr Treat Treat (Producer). (Producer). NMBC NMBC DIRECTORS: DIRECTORS: Andres Andres Aragon Aragon ((Producer); Producer); B Bruce ruce D Davis avis ((Producer); Producer); A Alicia licia SSanchez anchez (Purebred (Purebred PProducer); roducer); A Art rt SSchaap chaap (Fluid (Fluid M Milk ilk Producer); Producer); D David avid M McSherry cSherry ((Feeder); Feeder); M Mark ark McCollum McCollum (Feeder) (Feeder)
FEDERATION FEDERATION DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, Jane Jane Frost Frost (Producer) (Producer) U.S.M.E.F. U.S.M.E.F. DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, David David McSherry McSherry BEEF BEEF BOARD BOARD DIRECTOR DIRECTORS, S, TTammy ammy Ogilvie Ogilvie (Producer), (Producer), Wesley Wesley G Grau rau (Producer). (Producer).
FFor or m more ore information information contact: contact: N New ew M Mexico exico Beef Beef C Council, ouncil, Dina Dina C Chacon-Reitzel hacon-Reitzel – EExecutive xecutive D Director irector 1209 1209 Mountain Mountain RRd. d. Pl. Pl. NE, NE, SSuite uite C, C, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM NM 87110 87110 505/841-9407 505/841-9407 • 5505/841-9409 05/841-9409 fax fax • www.nmbeef.com www.nmbeef.com
54
MARCH 2012
What’s in your Insurance Policy? Unwanted coverages? High premiums? Coverage you thought was there? New ventures or exposures that you would like covered?
We do: Homes Homes, Mobile pment, ui Eq led Schedu ses or H Hay, Cattle, RVs, s, up ck Autos, Pi ats, Jet Bo s, cle cy or ot M elers Skis, Four Whe ercial m m Co al/ on Pers as, ell br Liability, Um s Bond rsonal Corporate & Pe ore! m d an s, Ranche
Contact:
JIM LYSSY, P&C Administrator
Let us review your insurance policy and assist in making recommendations to having “Ranch Roundup” insurance coverage that fits your operation effectively and affordably.
BILL WILLIAMS, Producer/AG Consultant
Insurance Services of New Mexico AUTO • HOME • BUSINESS • RANCH • FARM
We are the Property/Casualty Administrator for the New Mexico Cattle Grower’s Association, delivering you the BEST pricing and service for your ranch or farm operation. Call us TODAY for a proposal.
I would like to know more about the Ranch Roundup Insurance Program.
Insurance Services of New Mexico AUTO • HOME • BUSINESS • RANCH • FARM
NAME
AD D R E SS
CI T Y, STAT E , Z I P
TELEPHONE
Call us for full information: 800/505-9392 and ask for Jim or just clip and mail the coupon to the left to: INSURANCE SERVICES OF NEW MEXICO P.O. BOX 49 FORT SUMNER, NM 88119
MARCH 2012
55
Feral Hogs — The Threat Continues by JUSTIN STEVENSON n 2008, attendess at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention listened to a presentation on the threat of feral hogs. The result, several months later, was the passing of House Bill 594 introduced by New Mexico State Representative Candy Spence Ezzell (R-Dexter) on February 4, 2009.
I
77-18-6. Feral hogs; prohibition; penalty
A. The purpose of this section is to ensure the public health, safety and welfare and to prevent the introduction or spread of disease to New Mexico's livestock and wildlife. B. No person shall import into the state, transport within the state, hold for breeding, release or sell a live feral hog or operate a commercial feral hog hunting enterprise. C. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for a definite term of less than one year or both.
D. As used in this section, “feral hog” means a pig that exists in an untamed state from domestication. So where are we now? To be honest, while awareness of the feral hog issue has increased, we are no further along in our ability to respond to this growing threat. As I write this article three (3) years after the passing of the legislation, I have to acknowledge that we have not been able to change the tide. Feral hog damage has been controlled in some areas through cooperative efforts with USDA Wildlife Services (USDA WS) and private landowners. Additionally, landowners and hunters have removed some feral hogs through opportunistic means. In still other regions, disease sampling has been accomplished by partnerships with USDA WS and New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF). Nonetheless, the numbers are growing and new illegal introductions now threaten the entire Rio Grande River Valley. During my time with USDA WS, we developed an increased understanding of feral hog biology, impacts and management. However, without funding and landowner interest, this information fails to deliver hope.
G
R
O
C A TT L E
C IA T IO N
W MEXICO NE
Since 1914
O
S W E R S' A S
The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association has been here representing you
MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD; PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS; ENSURING THE FUTURE — PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS — — STATE & FEDERAL LEGISLATION — — ANIMAL HEALTH — — WILDLIFE — — WATER — — LAND MANAGEMENT & USE — — REGULATORY ISSUES — — TAXES — — INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS —
So what should we do? Should we resign ourselves to Texas’ feral hog paradigm, where damage control is the best possible outcome? Do New Mexico’s landowners desire a landscape where feral hogs are more numerous than native wildlife? The answer, in my humble opinion, is a resounding no! One thing I have learned while giving talks to producers, hunters, agency personnel and other interested parties is that most people agree feral hogs should be eradicated — if possible. Eradication is the foremost goal in invasive species management and the ability to do so is slipping away from us here in New Mexico. In order to discuss the possibilities of eradication we must understand the roadblocks. A short and simplified list includes; lack of funding, lack of coordination, lack of interest, lack of concern or knowledge of the threat, lack of community and/or landowner support, terrain difficulties which assist feral hog populations in escaping detection and capture, illegal translocation to novel areas, political or legal issues which may hinder removal or control on public lands due to state or federal policies, feral hog biology and reproduction makes eradication difficult under the best conditions In New Mexico, we need what any invasive species program needs; adequate and dedicated funding, community and agency support, public education and skilled field personnel. I believe the best way to eradicate feral hogs from our state is through grass roots campaigns at the local level. What are the essential components of feral hog eradication? A group of landowners interested in eradication; equipment (e.g,. bait, traps, materials) for feral hog removal; skills for removing feral hogs (e.g., hunting, trapping, capture); supportcontinued on page 57
Call, email or fax us, or join on the web Become a Member Today!
NEW MEXICO CATTLE GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION PO Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194 • 2231 Rio Grande Blvd. NW Ph. 505/247-0584 • Fax: 505/842-1766 nmcga@nmagriculture.org • www.nmagriculture.org
56
MARCH 2012
Feral hog and cattle interaction.
Feral Hogs
continued from page 56
ing interagency personnel; dedicated, sustainable funding source; monitoring program to track progress toward eradication We have all witnessed not only reductions in agency operating budgets, and also the unavailability of grants and other opportunities for landowners and communities. When we combine the loss of so much available funding, plus add in the costs of livestock production and land management, it’s easy to see why monetary support is one of the greatest hurdles. I have witnessed what a dedicated skilled employee, passionate landowners and the right timing can do to remove feral hogs. The problem always remains that the employee and landowners need more equipment, more manpower and more funding to make the effort continue and expand to the point of eradication. We need to be as creative and dedicated as the ranch families and those providing services and support. We must expand our view of feral hog threats and impacts in order to find the maximum amount of funding possibilities to apply for. A short list of the threats from feral hogs includes; direct impact to rangeland through rooting; indirect impact to rangeland including invasive weed spread; competition for forage with livestock and wildlife; disease threats, pseudorabies, swine brucellosis, leptospirosis, bovine tuberculosis; predation of young livestock (calves, lambs) and wildlife (eggs, fawns, chicks); threats to T&E species (feral hog impacts to species on the verge of listing may exacerbate the situation and cause land use restrictions and loss of diversity); direct impacts to water resources (damage to tanks, plus disease threat from feral hog use of water resource) How are feral hogs impacting the resource you manage as a producer, land manager, wildlife biologist, invasive weed coordinator, animal health professional, water quality engineer? What programs might be enlisted to help fund the fight against feral hogs? While in Oregon, I saw county soil and water conservation districts stepping up with yearly funds to address feral hogs near CREP projects. The projects were designed to water cattle from solar wells on ridge tops and away from sensitive riparian areas. The result was cattle used the solar wells and feral hogs tore up the fenced protected areas. The landowners and the project managers with NRCS and
SWCD saw this as an obvious reason to begin controlling feral hog numbers. These areas I worked in bear a tremendous resemblance to our arid New Mexico lands. How many projects to benefit the land are being damaged or destroyed by feral hogs? What agencies or government programs are tied to these projects? If we all think about our communities and the resources needed, I believe many will find creative and productive ways to move forward. We see grass roots campaigns all the time in small communities
and while feral hog eradication may seem like too big a mountain to climb, in most parts of our state it is not! Another issue that always comes up is the idea of a bounty. I wouldn’t write this article without dispelling the useful nature of this strategy. Recently, this was attempted on a military base in Georgia. The result was a huge expenditure and very few feral hogs were removed. Human nature is to find a way to beat the system continued on page 80
phototocome
Feral hog wallow and undermine of stock tanks.
Williams Windmill
!
"
• Aermotor Windmills & Parts • Sun Pump & Grundfos Solar Pumps • Photovoltaic Panels and Trackers • Webtrol Pumps & Water Systems • Water Tanks & Septic Systems • Complete Line of Plumbing Supplies • Fencing Supplies • 12VDC Stock Tank Bubbler De-Icers • Structural Pipe and Steel • Poly, PVC & Galvanized Pipe • Welding Supplies and Gas • Portable Corral Panels and Gates • Stock Tank Floats & Valves MARCH 2012
57
State orders milk board members to answer PETA lawsuit questions by JOSHUA EMERSON SMITH JSMITH@MERCEDSUNSTAR.COM n response to a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lawsuit, a California state Superior Court has ordered farmers in the Central Valley and elsewhere on the California Milk Advisory Board to answer questions about how they market the dairy industry in California. Lawyers for the animal rights group argue that the milk board has no evidence to support its campaigns that depict, in a positive light, the health, comfort and safety of the state’s dairy cows. Both the milk board and the CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture, which certified the campaign, declined to comment. “The milk advisory board continues to tell consumers about the great standards of care that cows receive,” said Martina Bernstein, senior litigation council for PETA. “There has been absolutely no evidence to that fact. If they have this evidence, they should be required to show it.” California leads the nation in total milk
I
30th Anniversary
Montezuma County Fairgrounds — Cortez, Colorado
"1 /"-). *+)&* /&+* #"" +))&..&+* *+ . (" #"" +)&* /&+* #"" -"!&/"! $ &*./ +))&..&+* *+ . (" #"" (( - * %". )"*/&+*"! &* !0"-/&.&*$ "! - ". * % *!-"1 % #"+(+-". * % &'" &,, "(/ )0-&,, +( +)
production, according to agriculture department statistics. In 2010, California produced 40.4 billion pounds of milk — more than one-fifth of the nation’s total production. Dairy farming is a leading agricultural commodity in California, producing $5.9 billion in annual sales in 2010. The state’s dairies hold about 1.75 million milk cows. After the lawsuit started last summer, attorneys for PETA asked that board members be deposed for questioning. The milk board consented but disagreed as to the scope of questioning. However, the groups eventually came to something of a consensus after agreeing that questions about the daily operations of individual dairy farms were anecdotal and couldn’t be used to substantiate the campaign. PETA initially argued that questions about individual practices were necessary because milk board’s marketing campaigns relied heavily on testimonials from individual dairy farmers. But, according to court documents, the milk board and the agriculture department said the information wasn’t relevant. It’s not clear what the milk board based
its marketing campaign on, Bernstein said. “I expected (the agriculture department) to say ‘We have these surveys,’” she said. “But what they said is the (milk) board members are farmers. They know how to care for their cows. There are roughly 1,600 dairy producers in California. For them to say the board members have their own farms and they can verify industrywide conditions made no sense.” Over the next two months, under Superior Court order, attorneys for PETA will have the chance to question board members Domenic Carinalli Jr., Richard Michel, Margo Souza, James Ahlem, Perry Tjaarda, Tony Machado, Essie Bootsma and Henry Vander Poel. The milk board is one of the largest commodity boards in the country, conducting research, public relations and advertising for the industry. Under the PETA lawsuit, the milk board and the agriculture department could be found in violation of the California Marketing Act and California Milk Marketing Order, respectively. Such a ruling could restrict the milk board’s ability to make claims about dairy industry conditions, n until further evidence is presented.
THREE MILE HILL RANCH “Our cattle not only make dollars — they make cents”
• Registered Black Angus • Working Cow Dogs ~ Border Collie x Australian Kelpie
ANNUAL YEARLING ANGUS BULL SALE APRIL 10, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. "
!!!
" #
58
MARCH 2012
' "
!%
"" &
" (
"" & $
!#
!
Holechek Honored By Society For Range Management r. Jerry Holechek, professor of range science in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at New Mexico State University was recently awarded the Frederic G. Renner Award by the Society for Range Management at the organization’s recent meeting in Seattle, Washington. This award is the most prestigious bestowed by the Society and is based upon recipient’s sustained outstanding accomplishments and continuing contributions to any aspect of range science and range management. During his 32 years as a professor at New Mexico State University, Dr. Holechek has made numerous contributions to the profession of range management through his research, teaching, and invited talks in the areas of range livestock nutrition, range wildlife management, public rangeland policy, rangeland monitoring, and rangeland restoration and improvement. One of his most outstanding accomplishments is senior authorship on the textbook Range Management Principles and Practices which has become the standard undergraduate range management textbook in the world and is now in its sixth edition. The sixth edition of this text book is remarkable in that it includes major new sections on range animal behavior, the importance of rangelands to national security, a new chapter on rangeland economics, the importance of ranchers and ranching to the national economy, and the importance of rangelands in meeting national energy needs. Dr. Holechek has authored 151 peer reviewed journal articles and a total of 236 publications relating to range management. His research has been heavily cited by a wide range of textbook and scientific journals dealing with range management and related areas. His research and textbook are heavily used by range consultants
D
in the Society for Range Management. His research and consulting reports have had considerable practical application on both public and private lands across the United States and worldwide. Range research techniques he has developed are now being widely applied throughout the United States and other parts of the world. Through the years, Dr. Holechek has developed a very strong connection with the ranching community in the western United States. Many ranchers have applied his approaches to grazing management and monitoring. Major improvements in grazing management practices in the western United States have been documented over the past 15 years. Dr. Holechek’s research, extension, and consulting activities have played an important role in this improvement. In recent years, Dr. Holechek has been somewhat the “Indiana Jones” of the range profession. Dr. Holechek has traveled to various developing countries, using his own money, touring and providing assistance through donation of both time and money to rural people for schools, improved farm production techniques, infrastructure, and better grazing management. Among his recent activities, Dr.
Holechek has voluntarily been quite active as a speaker in high school classes across New Mexico regarding the importance of rangelands and range management. Since 2005, he has provided presentations to over100 high school classes. Few individuals in the history of range management have had the impact of Dr. Holechek. He is totally dedicated to the range profession and improvement of the world’s rangelands. The range profession has made great gains as a result of Dr. Holechek’s efforts. He truly manifests the qualities of an outstanding range scientist and educator and exemplifies the qualities the Frederic G. Renner Award was estabn lished to recognize.
RESERVE YOUR
SPACE NOW IN
THE
2012 9515, ext. 28 tinez 505/243Call Chris Mar @aaalivestock.com email: chris
Dr. Jerry Holechek Professor of Range Science Department of Animal & Range Sciences New Mexico State University MARCH 2012
59
Auto • Home Renters • Life Annuities Farm/Ranch Business College Retirement
LARRY G. MARSHALL 120 E. 2nd Street Dexter, NM 88230 1 Grand Ave. Plaza Roswell, NM 575/734-5415
Insurance & investments for everyone. Call today
www.fbfs.com
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515. 60
MARCH 2012
“During the past 10 years the biggest breakthrough has been more effective synchronization protocols. These have been significantly improved. We’re now using timed AI, where you synchronize everyby HEATHER SMITH THOMAS thing, and then on appointment you breed rtificial insemination was first used them all — without having to look for in dairy herds, with cooled liquid those that come into heat. If you do the semen. Today it’s frozen semen, and math, you may find that you use a few the AI process is easier with use of syn- more units of semen, and breed a few chronization protocols so all the cows can heifers whose conception rate might be a be bred on the same day instead of having little lower than if you were heat detecting, to watch them for signs of heat. but the semen is the cheap part, considerConception rates have also improved. ing your time and labor. If you start with Being able to ultrasound the cow’s ovaries 100 heifers and do timed AI, you’ll have and determine the time of ovulation more AI pregnancies than if you started helped researchers figure out the best time with 100 heifers and try to heat detect. to inseminate cattle. This enabled the AI This makes it so much easier,” he says. industry to obtain better conception rates, “Another thing that’s very helpful is the compared with earlier years. specialized portable breeding barns. These Darrel Wilkes, ABS, says that moving look like a horse trailer, going down the from the old glass road. Most of the ampoules and “pop botones we use will Another tles” to the straws was a accommodate two advancement that great improvement for cows at a time. You the AI process. “I run some occurred during the can remember my dad pretty wild cows or pulling out those little heifers through a past 20 years was frozen bottles and breeding barn and being able to get using his pocket knife get along just to score the top to pop fine.” They have genetic proof it open. This was all another cow/heifer on bulls. happening out in the for security, and sunlight and you knew it’s dark and quiet that when you put it into the thawing in the little barn, which also helps keep water the cells on the inside didn’t thaw as them from being stressed. quickly as the cells on the outside. So mov“They are not restrained in any way; ing to the straws was a huge improve- their head isn’t caught, so they aren’t ment,” he says. fighting the confinement. They are standAnother advancement that occurred ing on the ground rather than a floor, during the past 20 years was being able to which also helps keep them calm and comget genetic proof on bulls. “This is very fortable. They basically just stand there,” important when breeding heifers. You explains Wilkes. know that if you pick a high accuracy sire The most popular model is the Large’s with calving ease, today you don’t have to breeding barn, invented by Marvin Large, a give up all the other good traits. We’ve def- longtime ABS rep from western Nebraska. initely bent the genetic curve between “After breeding tens of thousands of cattle birth weight and growth. In the old days, a in an old chute or some other inadequate calving ease bull would give you a live calf facility, Marvin started figuring out a betbut his calves were smaller at weaning,” ter system. He’s changed the design sevsays Wilkes. eral times, perfecting it. When we breed “Now many of our customers breed heifers at Simplot’s facility at Grandview their heifers AI for calving ease, and to we usually have two of those set up, with a front load their calving season with heifers three-man crew in each barn. Two people — so they have more time to rebreed. Also are breeding and the other person is thawthey keep replacement heifers from those ing semen. With this system we can breed first-calf heifers. Those calves will have the 200 heifers per hour,” he says. most modern genetics,” he says. Also, if “This makes it very easy for commercial you keep heifers that were born easy, they producers to breed their cows or heifers tend to be easy calvers themselves. If you with AI. Colorado State University did a have to pull a heifer, don’t keep her as a survey a few years ago and the reason cited replacement, because she may have big most often by producers as to why they calves even when bred to an easy-calving don’t AI was not the cost; it was the hassle bull. factor and facilities. But when you can do
AI Advances in the Beef Industry
A
total synchronization and timed AI, and bring in a breeding barn, you cut the hassle factor by 80 percent and solve the facility problem. All you need is some kind of alley or running chute to bring the cattle to the breeding barn. It’s so much easier today,” says Wilkes. AI definitely pays off. “Just getting your heifers to calve early in the season not only gives them a higher probability of remaining early-calvers for the rest of their lives but you more than pay for the AI with the added weaning weights of their calves, since they are a little older when you wean them. The improved genetics is a plus, the calving ease is a plus, but if those calves are 10 days older they are 20 pounds heavier. At $1.80 per pound this covers the whole cost of the AI program.” This gives the heifers’ calves a chance to be a little older and bigger and fit more uniformly with the mature cows’ calves — because heifers’ calves, on average, tend to be a little smaller. “Heifers are very easy to AI because you don’t have to sort calve off them. Most of our reps can go onto a ranch by themselves, with just a cowboy or two to push cattle through the chute, and do 200-300 heifers before lunch. The reps manage the synchronization program and bring in a breeding barn, and it’s easily accomplished.” More producers will probably consider AI today, with the markets this high; they can probably afford it now, and benefit more from it, than they ever could before. AI can also be used as a reproductive management tool. “We’ve had customers with long, drawn-out calving seasons — sometimes as long as 120 days. They knew it was costing them money, so they used synchronization and AI to move the later cows up. It takes a few years and a little patience,
. . . you can take a 120-day calving season & cut it in half with just a little effort . . .
Best in the West Brangus Bull & Replacement Brangus Female Sale Marana, AZ, February 11, 2012 ifty-three buyers from Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico and California gathered in a packed house at the Parson’s Marana Livestock yard auction facility to enjoy the 4th annual Registered Brangus Bull Sale and Commercial Female Replacement Sale Ninety-six bred black cows, 264 open black heifers, 62 pairs and 49 moderate framed, strong backed and structurally sound bulls sold aggressively for a sale total of $606,715.00. The Grand Champion Bull was raised and owed by Carter Brangus of Thatcher, Arizona. Mr. 210 X, a KBJ Mr. John Wayne son sold to Maughan Ranches of Yarnell, Arizona for $3,000. The Grand Champion Female was raised and owned by Lack-Morrison of Hatch and Clovis, New Mexico. LM MISS EASY 794-970 ET was purchased by Roger A. and Sharon R. Clyne of Sierra Vista. The gavel came down at $2,600.
F
The quality of bulls sold throughout the sale was excellent and the interest remained strong. The bulls averaged $2,440, bred heifers averaged $1,473, open heifers averaged $942 and pairs were especially strong averaging $1,567. Volume buyers were Shane and Jolyn Smith of Dragoon, Az, Roger and Sharon Clyne of Sierra Vista, Az, Maughan Ranches of Yarnell, Az, J. David and Edith Lowell of Rio Rico, Az, Lazy B Ranch of Duncan, Az, Vera Earl Ranch of Sonita, Az, Great Western Ranches of Quemado, NM, D.J. Livestock, Scottsdale, Az, and J Bar B Cattle company LLP, Phoenix, Az. Sincere thanks to all that attended the sale, placed bids and to those who purchased our livestock. Also, we express our many thanks to those that advertised in the sale catalog and to the sponsors of our Association meeting. The members of the SWBBA appreciate your support and interest in our programs. Start planning now to attend next year’s 5th annual sale scheduled for February 2, 2013. This sale accepts consignments of registered Brangus bulls, registered Brangus females, and commercial Brangus females sired by registered Brann gus bulls, 3 years of age or younger.
PACO FEED YARD, LTD. Commercial Cattle Feeders Located in the Heart of Cattle Feeding Country – 10 miles South of Friona on Hwy. 214
Excellent Facility and Feeding Program Feeder Cattle Procurement / Feed Financing Retained Ownership Planning / Partnering Backgrounding / Market Consultation Grower Ration / Cattle Financing OWNED BY FRIONA-AREA CATTLEMEN
but you can take a 120-day calving season and cut it in half, with just a little effort,” he explains. “That’s worth a lot, especially when calves are worth $1.80 per pound. Synchronization can be used as a reproductive management tool to front-load the calving season and get a lot more of the calves born early — which means they will be n heavier at weaning time.”
FEED AND CATTLE • FINANCING AVAILABLE
CAPACITY 35,000 1-800/725-3433
806/265-3281
Paco Feed Yard, Ltd. • Feller Hughs, Manager Box 956, Friona, Texas 79035 www.pacofeedyardltd.com
MARCH 2012
61
TANK COATINGS ROOF COATINGS Available for Metal, Composition Shingles or Tar Roofs. Long-lasting and easy to apply. We also manufacture Tank Coatings for Concrete, Rock, Steel, Galvanized & Mobile tanks.
Call for our FREE CATALOGUE. VIRDEN PERMA-BILT CO.
806/352-2761
www.virdenproducts.com
Read this issue on the Internet! The Livestock Industry's Most-popular Website! www.aaalivestock.com 62
MARCH 2012
Abnormalities that May Impede the Birth Process by HEATHER SMITH THOMAS ccasionally the stockman encounters a difficult calving situation caused by an abnormality in the fetus or dam. As stated by Dr. David Steffen, Diagnostic Pathologist and Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nebraska, the most common problem is discrepancy between size of the calf and pelvic area of the dam. This type of calving problem can be eliminated or minimized by using bulls that sire calves small to moderate size at birth and making sure heifers are well grown, with adequate pelvic area. Other problems are less simple. When checking a cow or heifer that’s not progressing in labor, keep in mind the possibility of an abnormality. There may be unusual circumstances in which positional adjustments will still not allow delivery. Some situations may be due to a congenital (present at birth) or genetic (inherited) defect in the calf or an abnormality in the dam that may be hindering birth progress or making it impossible for the calf’s legs to be re-positioned to allow delivery. Congenital Defects – “Defects in the fetus that may cause dystocia are usually attributed to those causing dramatic effects on the muscular or skeletal systems,” says Steffen. Some congenital defects are due to accidents in fetal development. Others are caused by teratogens. Terotogens are defined as any factors that cause abnormality in a developing embryo or fetus. Teratogens include drugs, hormones, chemicals, viruses, toxic plants, high body temperature, etc. Some of the resulting abnormalities may cause dystocia. Many factors influence embryonic and fetal development. Vulnerability of the developing calf varies at different stages of gestation. Each organ and structure has a critical period of development during which it can be altered by harmful external influences. “Dose, duration and timing are the main factors that determine the outcome, and whether a teratogen will produce a birth defect. The higher the dose, the longer the period of exposure, and the time of gestation will be key factors,” explains Steffen. “One of the most disturbing syndromes is schistosoma reflexus,” says Steffen. “The spine is U-shaped and the top of the tail is close to the head, and the fetus is turned inside out.” The chest and
O
abdomen are incompletely formed, exposing internal organs. “When you reach into the cow to try to determine what’s holding up progress, you find all four feet presented, and may get a handful of intestines. You may suspect the uterus is ruptured and think the intestines are from the cow,” he says. Most of these malformed fetuses will not fit through the birth canal and must be removed by fetotomy (cutting the fetus into pieces) or Csection. Schistosomus calves from purebred cattle should be sampled and reported. Lupine calves are another instance in which the fetus is malformed. Usually it’s the leg joints and limbs, but occasionally you’ll see a calf with a cleft palate. Often the legs are crooked or joints are fused and fixed so the legs don’t move properly, but you can usually deliver these calves through the birth canal — unless the deformity is severe. These defects are caused by certain alkaloids, if the cow eats lupine between 40 and 70 days’ gestation. The alkaloids affect the brain and act as a sedative, and the fetus doesn’t move enough. Legs and joints become stiff or fixed in abnormal locations. This may affect one or more joints or limbs, or the spine. “Most body structures are formed during early gestation. The palate closes at about 55-60 days of gestation. If the fetus is affected by lupine or another toxic plant alkaloid at that point, the tongue isn’t moving around and forms a physical obstruction as the palate plates move toward one another. The tongue is in the way and prevents those plates from coming in from the sides and fusing,” explains Steffen. “We see similar defects caused by other plant toxins such as hemlock. Any kind of plant alkaloid or toxin can affect the nervous system, and some viruses can cause these abnormalities. In order for legs and joints to be mobile and develop normally there must be an intact nervous system. Anything distal to that injury will contract as the muscles atrophy,” he says. “If there’s spina bifida, hydrocephalus, or calves are missing a large part of the brain, they often have stiff, crooked legs as a result. If there is no function, no motion during development, the joints tend to become fixed.” Some hydrocephalic calves will not fit through the birth canal because the forehead is too large. “Spina bifida calves can also create dystocia. In many of those
continued on page 63
Abnormalities continued from page 62
calves the hind legs are in fixed position, curled underneath the belly,” he says. Any time the joints cannot flex and move there will be difficulty getting the calf extracted through the birth canal. Sometimes a normal fetus has an abnormal twin attached to the fetal membranes. This fetal “monster” is usually a mass of connective tissue with skin and hair. Other abnormalities that may hinder birth include calves with two heads or extra legs. Hormonal abnormalities can also cause birth problems. Hormones produced by the calf as it reaches full term are the signals that trigger onset of parturition in the dam. In some instance the fetus may have an abnormality that interferes with appropriate signaling. “Labor isn’t triggered at the proper time and the fetus just gets bigger. Eventually it triggers, but the calf may then be too large for normal birth. At times we’ve seen giant calves in embryo transfer programs. I don’t know if anyone has figured out why, but it may be an abnormality in the signaling between the embryo and the cow. I’ve seen some monster-size fetuses that were otherwise normal, but huge,” he says. Genetic Defects – Certain malformations of the fetus are inherited, and many of these are simple recessives. The defective gene must come from both sire and dam in order for the defect to show up in the calf. “Double muscled” calves are normal in most aspects except for excessive bulk of certain muscles, which makes it more difficult for these calves to be born. This is an inherited trait in certain breeds. In Angus calves with Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM), often called curly calf syndrome, legs are crooked and twisted in different directions. “Whether or not this type of fetus can be delivered will vary with size of the calf. Many arthrogryposis calves are small and even though there’s a dystocia you can usually manipulate the legs and get the calf out. With the larger ones, it can be a problem.” Another inherited defect in Angus and Angus-cross cattle is Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA), formerly called Fawn Calf Syndrome. A University of Illinois research team recently identified the mutated gene causing this defect, which is inherited as a simple recessive. Affected calves have skeletal abnormalities that include a long, arched back, with very short underline and long leg bones (elbows and stifles may be almost touching, beneath the belly), and
long, weak pasterns. Even though some of these calves are unable to stand without help at first, many do survive. In some instances the skeletal/limb malformations may cause dystocia. Calves with Pulmonary Hypoplasia Anascara (PHA) have been seen in Maine Anjou and Shorthorn cattle. “These are generally large, heavy calves that can’t be delivered normally. They don’t have proper lymph node structure, so their bodies fill with fluid. They are huge and heavy because of all that fluid,” says Steffen. Other inherited defects that sometimes cause dystocia include anchondroplastic or bulldog dwarfism, and calves with edema (fluid/swelling) in legs and head (sometimes seen in Ayrshires). Head and neck swelling can also be an effect of dystocia, however — the result of being in the birth canal too long. “Some big bulldog dwarf calves can create a delivery problem because of their compact nature,” says Steffen. “Some bulldog dwarf calves also have cleft palates. The head, back and legs are too short, yet they still have full muscle mass. The tongue is still full size but the head is short, so during development the tongue gets in the way and the palate plates can’t get closed and fused like they should,” he says.
D
Each breed has its own genetic problems. “Some recessive defects hide in a carrier cow line for a long time and the cows don’t produce any affected calves because the stockman is always using an unrelated, clean bull, and that specific gene never gets doubled up. Eventually, however, someone produces a good bull by a son or grandson of one of those carrier cows and if that bull gets line bred or into an AI stud, pretty soon the gene frequency is high enough that it will be noticed,” he says. Most conscientious producers try to learn enough about their cattle to avoid problems, if possible. “If a breeder has an abnormal calf, I encourage them to contact their breed association, if it’s a purebred herd, or even if it’s a crossbred and you know the sire. When breeders try to keep defects quiet, it just delays solutions and it all blows up a year or two later,” he says. The majority of cases he sees are not genetic. “It pays to investigate them, however, and be sure of that affirmation, as it allows you to keep using that bull and cow without worry, or to market heifers by that bull and be confident that the person who continued on page 64
2
Dan or Daina Wade
Box 293 Corona, New Mexico 88318 505/271-1865 Albuquerque 575/849-1158 Ranch
Registered Tarentaise Top Bloodlines
Ranch
Cattle of the Future will have ... Moderate Size, Less Fat, Built in Tenderness, Feedlot Performance
That’s Tarentaise
Today! MARCH 2012
63
Abnormalities continued from page 63
buys them won’t have problems,” he says. Abnormalities in the Dam – The most common problem on the maternal side is a too-small pelvis for delivery of a too-big calf, but sometimes there are structural or hormonal abnormalities in the dam that would hinder birth. Occasionally a heifer has an unusual situation or defect that will not allow for ease of birth. For instance, an abnormal bony protrusion at the top of her pelvis might not allow the calf’s head to fit through. “There was a genetic problem in Jersey cattle, reported 20 or more years ago, called recto-vaginal constriction,” says Steffen. “Connective tissue around the rectum and vagina was less elastic than normal, resulting in severe dystocia. The constriction could be so extreme that it would be nearly impossible to put a hand and arm into the rectum to do a palpation. Those heifers had to be culled,” he says. In any breed, sometimes there are instances in which hormone signals don’t work properly at parturition and the cervix may not dilate. Oxytocin release and progesterone changes are necessary for relax-
64
MARCH 2012
ation, preparing the birth canal for passage of the fetus. If something goes wrong with these hormonal signals it may be impossible to deliver the calf normally. “Nutritional status of the dam can play a role as well, especially calcium levels in heifers — to generate the muscle contractions that assist in pushing the calf out. If calcium is marginal and the calf is big, or it’s a young heifer that has never been dilated before, and she starts straining hard, she becomes exhausted more quickly and it may be difficult to get the calf out,” explains Steffen. The key to resolving most problems is watching cows closely at calving, knowing when they are due, and giving early intervention if there is a problem. If a person can detect a problem early and assist — even if the calf must be removed by C-section or a fetotomy — you’ll end up with a live cow, even if the fetus is too abnormal to save. “Often cows do better (and may have a reproductive future) with a clean C-section than with a fetotomy or forced extraction. You can do more damage to the pelvic canal with the latter situations. With a clean surgical incision you can get the calf out without stressing the cow or
heifer,” says Steffen. “I had a classmate compare post-delivery performance of heifers that came into feedlots bred. He found that C-section heifers returned to feed and gained weight faster than the hard pulls. If you pull a big (or malformed) calf out through the pelvic canal, you crush a lot of tissue and may separate the pelvis. This tissue damage may take longer to heal; you cause a lot more injury, even though it doesn’t bleed.” There can be less trauma to the cow with a C-section. Hydroallontois (excess fluid in the outer water sac) or hydramnios (extra fluid in the amnion sac surrounding the calf) are rare conditions that hinder normal birth. The calf itself is often abnormal and may be small for its stage of gestation, but the cow develops a huge belly due to extra fluid. Many of these cows cannot make it to term because they have trouble getting up and down. The cow may become weak because there isn’t room for much food in her gut, and the huge uterus puts pressure on her digestive tract and lungs. If a cow does survive till term, she will need help to calve because her uterus is so distended she cannot push, and her cervix may not n dilate.
NMSU to host youth ranch management camp at Valles Caldera National Preserve ew Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service anticipates repeating the success of last year’s New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp by hosting the second annual event June 3-8 at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico. “Last year’s camp was a great success across the board,” said Manny Encinias, NMSU Extension beef cattle specialist and camp committee member. “The event is designed to be a unique educational experience and last year’s camp definitely exceeded our expectations.” The camp, designed for 15- to 19-yearold New Mexico youth, is an effort to reverse the aging trend in ranching. Nationally, the average age in the ranching community continues to increase as more young people are opting to leave the ranch for careers outside production agriculture. As a result, the fabric of rural economies, as well as ranching tradition and cultures, are in jeopardy. In a rural state like New Mexico, the situation has significant implications. Last year’s 29 camp attendees represented ranching families from 19 New Mexico counties. With positive outcomes from last year’s camp and the strong support of the program by the state’s beef industry leaders, the planning committee hopes to have more youth from across the state apply for this year's camp and fill the 30 available slots. “The ranch camp is a tremendous opportunity for high school youth and is the first of its kind across states I have been involved with,” said Dennis Braden, general manager of Swenson Land and Cattle Co. in Stamford, Texas, and a camp volunteer and presenter. The ranch camp concept grew out of the Beef Industry Improvement New Mexico initiative, fulfilling one of the initiative’s core missions. The 2011 Camp was sponsored by many groups and companies including the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and the New Mexico
N
Beef Council. The 30 youth selected to attend this year’s camp will receive training in all aspects of ranch management. The camp is “packed with information,” according to 2011 camp attendee Katrina Benson, whose family ranches in northern New Mexico. “We fabricated our own beef carcass, got to feel inside of a live cow’s stomach,” said Benson, “I now know how to give shots correctly to cattle, how to monitor rangeland, manage wildlife and their habitats, and lastly, how to market beef.” “Participants will leave this experience with a greater appreciation for not only new skills and practices, but also the eco-
O
nomics of each practice as it relates to cash flow for a ranch in the Southwest,” Encinias said. Throughout the week, participants will work in teams and ultimately present a ranch management plan before a review panel as they compete for prizes and scholarships. According to Benson, who was on last year’s champion ranch management plan team, the camp and volunteers brought out “self-discovery, helping each of us find and tell ‘our ranching story’ to discover who we are as ranchers. I learned more in my week of ranch camp than in any other summer program I’ve attended!” Applicants should contact Patrick Torres, Santa Fe County Extension agriculture agent, at 505/471-4711, or visit the camp’s website at http://nmyrm.nmsu.edu for information and to submit an online application. Applications are due April 20. A panel of industry leaders will review the applications and select the participants by May 1st. Successful applicants must submit a n $250 camp fee by May 15.
U R A D V E RT I S E R S make this magazine possible. Please patronize them, and mention that you saw their ad in ...
505/243-9515
MARCH 2012
65
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish --- The Future by JIM LANE, DIRECTOR, NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME & FISH s the new Director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, I was graciously asked to write an editorial for a wildlife issue of the Stockman magazine. I am excited to be at the helm of the agency as we are poised to make great strides in the way we approach wildlife
A
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following described estray animals have been taken under the provisions of Chapter 77, Article 13 of New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, and sold for the benefit of the owners of said estrays as provided by law. The proceeds will be subject to claims and proof of ownership as provided by law. New Mexico Livestock Board · Myles Culbertson, Director · Albuquerque, N.M.
management with the ranching and private lands communities. All too often, our interaction has been from a negative perspective and one that is reactive from the Department. As a Department, we are obligated to not only recognize that private lands across the state provide habitat for wildlife, but to reach out to the private land community in a way that provides guidance and cooperation that benefit both landowners and wildlife. Many of you have heard of or asked me
estrays March 8, 2012
New Book Coming Soon!
about the North American Model of Wildlife Management. That model is the most successful model of wildlife management in the entire world and is responsible for the most successful restoration and conservation of wildlife in history. Under this model, wildlife are owned by no one, but rather, States hold the wildlife resource in trust for all members of the public, including private landowners. The model relies on a foundation of science based management to provide sustainable hunting opportunities that will ensure the resource is available for future generations. It also relies on the ability of the States to regulate the commercialization and privatization of wildlife. This model has been used as a hammer by some to drive a wedge between the private landowners of New Mexico and the sportsmen and women of the state. Many of the arguments used are founded on false premises that landowners are not members of the public, that the public has an inherent right to access the wildlife resource on private land, and that hunters in New Mexico are somehow different from one another by the avenue used to receive a license to hunt (private land versus public draw). These assumptions simply create a false sense of ownership on both sides of the fence and hamper the ability of the State to manage wildlife under the model that has been the backbone of wildlife agencies’ very existence. To survive the challenges ahead, state wildlife agencies cannot afford to remain rigid and unyielding in our approach to implementation of the North American Model. Our ability to think outside of the norm will enable us to stay relevant into the future. Given that private land in New Mexico is inherently valuable to the continued existence of wildlife on the landscape, a collaborative relationship between the Department and the ranching community is vital to our continued success and ability to provide optimum hunting, fishing and trapping experiences to our license holders. To that end, I am committed to work with private landowners and the ranching industry to build trust and relationships that benefit not only wildlife, but the landowners and hunters, anglers and trappers of New Mexico. Our mutual success will ensure that the traditions of hunting, fishing and trapping remain on the landscape for future generations to enjoy. Editor’s Note: Oops . . . the article entitled “Benefits of Unitization Agreements for Private Landowners” that ran last month was written by Mark A. Madsen, SE Area Information/Outreach Officer, New Mexico Department of Game & Fish.
66
MARCH 2012
My Cowboy Heroes
“Team Ropers Lament” Well I know some like to golf, while others play pool And some play baseball – why they know every rule A good many watch sports, downtown at the bar Where they see a large oval, with fast racecars But me – I’m a cowboy and I like to rope It’s an addiction you see – it’s kinda like dope With a truck, a trailer and a brand new saddle A dog, a horse – and some Corriente cattle I’ve a mechanical steer – it goes round and round I rope ‘em all week, in preparation for town Where I’ll enter up, as much as they will allow Head or heel, no matter – just let me rope a cow So it’s enter three times and then ya draw nine more Twelve chances at glory – I believe now I’ll score But just in case it’s a no – I have all the tricks The excuses I spew and never miss a lick ‘Twas the header or heeler, my horse’s fault today Odds were against me, so I did not win the pay But every so often – the stars they will align And I win the big prize – and get to call it mine Will it happen today, the Good Lord only knows Better sooner than later, cause wife’s buyin’ clothes From the parking lot vendor, just right over there While I’m a-ropin’ she shops – says it’s only fair Now my pockets are empty and better win money Rope smart and rope fast then buy new shoes for Honey Seems like today that I’ve been paired up quite well But I’ve seen that before and time will only tell First one ran, second ducked, third he was a breeze My fourth partner turned out – seems he’d lost his keys Next I ran number five – six – seven and then eight Things did not go as planned, it really wasn’t that great Missed loop here, barrier there and then a darn leg Last one now in the first round and Lord I hate to beg But another good one, would be a lot more fun To start the next round – with couple good runs So we draw a good steer and rope him real quick And the clock, she stops – on six and just a tick Well a go-round check puts me at even again Takes some pressure off so I can relax and win But it’s short round now and the pressure is here Need to focus on roping – not chokin’ nor fear Now in the box – horses and cattle stand ready Grip my rope real tight to get my hand steady The rest of the roping – it’s really just a blur Two more nice runs with our good ones, that much I’m sure They announce I won first place and second today The wife’s still a-shopping, while I unsaddle the bay
by JIM OLSON
I won a buckle for first – high point was a saddle The dream of every man, who ropes speckled cattle Speaking of dreams . . . the alarm is now a-singin’ Roll over in bed and realize, I was just dreamin’ The wife looks at me with a big smile on her face Says you must-a won – you’s jumpin’ all over the place Said honey let’s go cause there’s no time to waste Let’s load up the trailer for I must go make haste Got a good feeling today, it’s my turn to win If you go shoppin’ – well that wouldn’t be a sin But at the rodeo, things did not go as planned Roped so bad, seems good runs had just been banned So with my head hung low, I return to the truck Feeling real sad because I’m plumb run outta luck But Honey shows up – with a look of satisfaction ‘Stead of shoppin’ today she’d played the Calcutta action Explained it to me cause my face musta been blank Bet on another you see – now we’ve plenty of bank Now let me tell you what I’ve really learned ‘bout ropin’ Better a gamblin’ wife, than try to win the open!
MARCH 2012
67
Mesalands Rodeo Team dominates in Arizona he Mesalands Community College’s Rodeo Team had one of their best performances at a regional rodeo at the University of Arizona in Tuscon, AZ on February 4-5, 2012. The Team had a total of 19 members place at the rodeo. The Men’s Team took first place with 954 points and brought home two championship titles. The Women’s Team clinched their first championship title of the season and finished in second place with 456.5 points. “Our Team is on pace to shatter the single season points record for the region,” C.J. Aragon, Mesalands Intercollegiate Rodeo Coach said. “We have been averaging a little more than 900 points a rodeo, and our old record is around 670 points a rodeo. Our Women’s Team also has a chance to go to the college finals after the last rodeo. They were 600 points behind going to the rodeo, and they cut the gap down to 200 points in one weekend.” Macy Fuller of Clarkston, WA earned
T
the Women’s All-Around Championship Title in Arizona. She placed second in the breakaway event, fifth in team roping (with fellow team member Daniel Baeza from Chihuahua, Mexico), and seventh in goat tying. “I was proud of myself and how I handled the situation and I was just happy with how I performed. I drew good cattle and just stayed focused,” Fuller said. Fuller says she plans to compete at the College National Finals Rodeo in all of her events including, breakaway, team roping, goat tying, and barrel racing. She is currently second in the Grand Canyon Region in goat tying and 12th in breakaway roping. Fran Marchand of Omak, WA, led the Men’s Team in Arizona. Marchand brought home two championship titles in the AllAround event and in bareback riding. He also finished second in the bull riding event and tied for the sixth and seventh place in saddle bronc riding “I’m really excited about this semester,” Marchand said. “I had a chance to rest over the winter break and I’m a lot better than before. I enjoy what I do and I think that makes the difference.” Marchand recovered exceptionally well after incurring a few injuries last semester.
2012
BRAND BOOK COVER ART YOUTH DRAWING CONTEST The New Mexico Livestock Board will be holding a design contest for the cover of the 2012 Brand Book. The overall winner will have their drawing on the cover of the book. The runner-up will be on the inside cover. RULES: • You must be between the ages of 6 & 12 • The design must represent the New Mexico branding tradition. This drawing may pertain to cattle or sheep. Contest • Submit a photo of yourself with your drawing deadline has (This photo will not be returned) been moved to • Submit original hand drawn artwork on 8.5x11 May 15th white paper. (Drawing can include horses but should focus on cattle and sheep branding.) There will be three age categories: 6-8, 9-10, & 11-12. A 1st and 2nd place winner for each age category will be named in addition to an overall cover winner and runner-up. The 1st place winner of each group will have their drawing printed in the inside pages of the Brand Book. A photo of the winners will also be printed inside. Each winner will receive a 2012 Brand Book. The drawings will be judged by the NMLB Board Members.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR DRAWINGS TO: New Mexico Livestock Board Brand Department, 300 San Mateo NE, Suite 1000, Albuquerque, NM 87108
68
MARCH 2012
He is now close to competing at the college finals for a third consecutive year. Marchand is currently third in the nation in the All-Around, 18th in saddle bronc riding and 22nd in the nation in bull riding. In the region, Marchand is leading in the All-Around event, he’s second in bull riding, fourth in saddle bronc riding, and fifth in bareback riding. Other individual standings at the University of Arizona include: Chaz Kannen and Daniel Roberston, 2nd in Team Roping; Chase Massengill, 3rd in Tie-Down Roping, 3rd in Steer Wrestling; Ty Nuffer, 4th Place in Saddle Bronc Riding; Kenady Howard, 4th Place in Breakaway; Emily Woolbright, 5th Place in Breakaway; Hayden Moore, 5th Place in Steer Wrestling, 8th Place in Team Roping; Shelby Rita, 6th Place in Team Roping, 7th Place in Barrel Racing; Christian Stremler, 5th Place in Saddle Bronc Riding; Kelbee Cheeney, 6th Place in Goat Tying; Tyler McCormick, 6th in Steer Wrestling; Kevin Dalluge, 7th Place in Tie-Down Roping; Michel Ortega and Dominic Silva, 7th Place in Team Roping; Austin Woods, 8th Place in Steer Wrestling. There are four other team members that are currently ranked nationally: Christian Stremler of Winnemuca, NV is 9th in the nation in saddle bronc riding; KC Peterson of Animas, NM is 12th in the nation in bareback riding; in steer wrestling, Chase Massengill of Pojoaque, NM is 10th in the nation and Hayden Moore from Clovis, NM is 18th. The Men’s Team is currently ranked second in the nation and second in the Grand Canyon region. The Women’s Team is ranked third in the region and 13th in the nation. “Our Men’s Team is only 12.5 points from leading the nation at the midway point of the season,” Aragon said. “I think it’s impressive that New Mexico has two of the best rodeo teams in the country, Mesalands and New Mexico State.” The next rodeo competition for the Mesalands Rodeo Team will be at Cochise College in Ft. Huachuca, AZ, March 2-3, n 2012.
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515.
COMMITMENT. RESPONSIBILITY. SELF ESTEEM. ACCOMPLISHMENT. These are the values taught by the New Mexico Boys & Girls Ranches for 68 years. Every year, there are hundreds of children from troubled backgrounds that need our help. We provide the opportunity to see life as it can be. Because we do not accept government funding, we depend on the support of people like you. We need your help to do more.
Help K
Keep the tradition of caring alive by giving today!
1-800-660-0289
icture. P g i B t he e e S ids
www.theranches.org
Guiding Children, Uniting Families â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Since 1944 New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranches, Inc. s P.O. Box 9, Belen, NM 87002 NEW MEXICO BOYS RANCH s NEW MEXICO GIRLS RANCH s0)00). YOUTH RANCH FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN s4(% NEW MEXICO FAMILY CONNECTION MARCH 2012
69
the t
MARKE T place t
DESERT SCALES & WEIGHING EQUIPMENT Truck Scales Livestock Scales Feed Truck Scales SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATIONS
1-800/489-8354 FAX
602/275-7582
www.desertscales.com
RESERVE YOUR
800/303-1631 (NM) FULL-LINE KUBOTA DEALER
t
To place your Marketplace advertising, please contact Chris Martinez at 505/243-9515 ext 28 or email: chris@aaalivestock.com
602/258-5272
Mesa
TRACTOR, INC.
SPACE NOW IN
THE
2012
t t t
3826 4th St., NW • Albuquerque, NM 87107 Office 505/344-1631 • Fax 505/345-2212
ROUND WATER TROUGHS ➤ ➤ ➤
Plate Steel Construction Plate Steel Floors Pipeline Compatible
9515, ext. 28 tinez 505/243Call Chris Mar @aaalivestock.com email: chris
Old New Mexico Brands FOR SALE
BRIAN BOOHER 915/859-6843 • El Paso, Texas CELL. 915/539-7781
LSH
EARMARK
RIGHT
LEFT
All 3 Brands Registered for Cattle & Horses
Make Offer 806/236-1705
70
MARCH 2012
Has your address been updated for 911? If so send your new address to:
New Mexico Stockman P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, NM 87194 or FAX: 505/998-6236 or email mattie@aaalivestock.com
RSH
RSH
Don’t Miss a Single Issue!
Weanlings, Yearlings, 2 & 3 Year Olds for Sale Please Contact Barbara Livingston • 713/632-1331 blivingston@harrisoninterests.com Rebecca Cook • 281/342-4703 www.harrisonquarterhorseranch.com
Name
Old Address
City, State, Zip
New Address
City, State, Zip
the t
MARKE T t
t
place
Tom Growney Equipment ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
505/884-2900
t t t
YAVAPAI BOTTLE GAS
928-776-9007 Toll Free: 877-928-8885
New & Used parts, Tractor & Farm Equipment. Salvage yard: Tractors, Combines, Hay & Farm Equipment.
2150 N. Concord Dr. #B Dewey, AZ 86327
Order Parts On-line:
Visit us at: www.yavapaigas.com dc@yavapaigas.com
"START WITH THE BEST - STAY WITH THE BEST" Since 1987
www.kaddatzequipment.com
www.sandiatrailer.com • 505/281-9860 • 800/832-0603
Phillips has
ROBERTSON LIVESTOCK
Generator Sets & Pumps
DONNIE ROBERTSON Certified Ultrasound Technician Registered, Commercial and Feedlot
YANMAR DIESEL
PHILLIPS DIESEL CORP. I-25 & Hwy. 6, Los Lunas, NM
Williams Windmill, Inc. New Mexico Ranch Items and Service Specialist Since 1976 New Mexico Distributor for Aermotor Windmills 575/835-1630 • Fax: 575/838-4536 Lemitar, N.M. • williamswindmill@live.com
505/865-7332
4661 PR 4055, Normangee, TX 77871 Cell: 936/581-1844 Email: crober86@aol.com
A Monfette Construction Co.
Motor Models available
Drinking Water Storage Tanks
Low Maintenance High Performance
100 – 11,000 Gallons In Stock
We offer a complete line of low volume mist blowers. Excellent for spraying, cattle, livestock, vegetables, vineyards, orchards, nurseries, mosquitoes, etc.
NRCS Approved
Heavy Duty Black Polyethylene Prompt Statewide Delivery 8' Poly Drinkers, Too! ALSO: Underground Tanks! Please call for your BEST SERVICE & VALUE. Cloudcroft, NM • 1-800/603-8272 NMwatertanks.com
www. reveal4-n-1.com
D.J. Reveal, Inc. 937/444-2609 Don Reveal 15686 Webber Rd. Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154 Fax: 937/ 444-4984
References available in your area
For free brochure contact:
Swihart Sales Co.
American Made
800-864-4595 or 785-754-3513 www.swihart-sales.com
7240 County Road AA, Quinter, KS 67752
RHC NFH
For Sale
NEW MEXICO BRAND 42248 One Iron, Right Hip, Doesn’t Blotch
575/666-2360
CHRIS CABBINESS LANDON WEATHERLY SNUFFY BOYLES www.bjmsales.com 3925 U.S. HWY 60, HEREFORD, TX 79045
MARCH 2012
71
guide
O SEEDST t CK
the
Please call us at 505/243-9515 to list your herd here.
CANDY TRUJILLO Capitan, N.M. 575/354-2682 1-800/333-9007, ext. 6712
and by Private Treaty 575/478-2398 (H) • 575/760-9048 (C) 174 N.M. 236 • Floyd, NM 88118 USA
P.O. Box 215 Jewett, Texas 75846 www.txshorthorns.org txshorthorns@earthlink.net 903/626-4365
PRIVATE TREATY – SELLING: Coming 2-year-old & Yearling bulls Sheldon Wilson • 575/451-7469 Folsom, New Mexico 88419
Grant Mitchell • 505/466-3021 Don and Susan Sumrall 377 Ridge Road Silver City, NM 88061
575/538-3365 575/538-1374
Weanlings, Yearlings & Riding Horses www.singletonranches.com
Apache Creek Limousin Ranch Registered Limousin Tom & Barbara Sanders 928/687-1863 155 Sanders Dr., Duncan, AZ 85534
RANCH RAISED
MOUNTAIN RAISED
WINSTON, NEW MEXICO Russell and Trudy Freeman
575/743-6904 LLIMFLEX, IMFLEX, DURHAM RED, DURHAM R ED, ANGUS, LLIMOUSIN IMOUSIN ANGUS,
Las Cruces & Rincon, NM John & Laura Conniff 575/644-2900 • Cell. 575/644-2900 www.leveldale.com
MARCH 2012
NMAA – 3/3/2012 TUCUMCARI BULL TEST 3/16/2012 BELEN ALL BREEDS BULL SALE APRIL 2, 2012 DINK & MITZI MILLER
CONNIFF CATTLE CO., LLC
72
~Angus~
QUALITY REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS CATTLE
Semen Sales AI Supplies AI Service
Yearling Bulls & Heifers, Open & Bred for Sale
432-283-1141
MILLER
MILLIGAN CATTLE COMPANY VEGA, TEXAS
Charolais Bulls Yearling Bulls for Sale Private Treaty Solid Performance • Good Disposition Easy Fleshing • Sound Conformation SCOTT AND BRITTA MILLIGAN CELL: 806/683-6435 HOME: 806/267-0302 millcattle@amaonline.com www.milligancattleco.com
M
ANFORD
www.mcginleyredangus.com
Bulls & Females MARSHALL McGINLEY 575/993-0336 s Las Cruces, NM
PRIVATE TREATY
C A T T L E
ANGUS • BRAHMAN • HEREFORDS • F1s F1 & Montana influenced Angus Cattle
Grady, New Mexico Breeding Performance Charolais Since 1965
BRED HEIFERS & COWS FOR SALE RAISING DEPENDABLE SEEDSTOCK THAT IS LINEBRED FOR INCREASED HYBRID VIGOR FOR 46 YEARS! CALL FOR YOUR PROVEN PROFIT MAKERS!!!
V
Wesley Grau 575/357-8265 • C. 575/760-7304 Lane Grau 575/357-2811 • C. 575/760-6336
V
Top End Show Swine
April 2012
jSALEj
AT THE FARM
EBS
B
S
E
Box 68, Elgin, TX 78621 512/285-2019 or 285-2712 Fax 512/285-9673 www.elginbreeding.com
• Semen collection • Custom breeding service • Semen storage & shipping • Breeding supplies • Semen sales catalog • Embryo services for N.M.
B
S
EBS WEST
Box 696 Capitan, NM 88316 575/354-2929 Fax 575/354-2942 W.H. Cardwell, DVM Quality Control Brad Cardwell President Brenda Cardwell Vice-President Hillary Voelker Manager, EBS
FT. SUMNER, NEW MEXICO 575/355-2567 • 575/760-1375
C Bar R A N C H SLATON, TEXAS
Charolais & Angus Bulls
TREY WOOD 806/789-7312 CLARK WOOD 806/828-6249 • 806/786-2078
LIMOUSIN RANCH
Roy, Trudy & Ashley Hartzog – Owners 806/825-2711 • 806/225-7230 806/470-2508 • 806/225-7231 Raul Tellez Las Cruces, NM 575/646-4929
Farwell, Texas
David Walker Tucumcari, NM 575/403-7916
www.lazy-d-redangus.com
Show Swine
CRAIG
Bulls AND Bred Heifers, Private Treaty
575-318-4086
GAMMILL SISTERS
ELGIN BREEDING SERVICE E
Bulls & Replacement Heifers 2022 N. Turner, Hobbs, NM 88240
GARY MANFORD 505/508-2399 – 505/592-2936
GRAU CHAROLAIS
RED ANGUS
Bradley 3 Ranch Ltd. www.bradley3ranch.com Ranch-Raised ANGUS Bulls for Ranchers Since 1955
Annual Bull Sale February 2013 at the Ranch NE of Estelline, TX M.L. Bradley, 806/888-1062 Fax: 806/888-1010 • Cell: 940/585-6471
Casey BEEFMASTERS SIXTY PLUS YEARS
Breeders since 1971 of Top Quality, High-Altitude Registered Limousin Cattle.
For Sale Year-Round BLACK BULLS • BLACK HEIFERS Polled • Horned • Red • Black A.I. Sired from Select Bulls JOEL CRAIG 970/259-0650
14908 Hwy. 550 S. Durango, CO 81301
www.CaseyBeefmasters.com Watt, Jr. 325/668-1373 Watt50@sbcglobal.net Watt: 325/762-2605
MARCH 2012
73
the
SEEDSTOCK guide
Please call us at 505/243-9515 to list your herd here.
t
C AT T L E C O M PA N Y
! ": "' $05)*4 4*' '/4+2' +/6'/4028 0( #.1 00-'8 #/%* 3'.'/ #/& #2' 3'--+/) +4 #4 # 0/%' +/ # -+('4+.' -07 %-03' 054 12+%' ( 805 '6'2 7#/4'& 40 # $5/%* 0..'2%+#- 073 40 01 5--3 4*+3 +3 8052 %*#/%'
#-- 53 40&#8: 4 70/ 4 -#34 -0/) "' #-30 *#6' '.'/ #/,3 40 3402' 8052 $+) -043 0( 3'.'/ (02 *#-( 4*' 12+%' 0( /'7 4#/,3
"'/&-#/& #2.3 9
Ranch
Angus Bulls & Replacement Females
Cattle that will produce in any environment.”
BOB & KAY ANDERSON • 575/421-1809 HCR 72, BOX 10 • RIBERA, N.M. 87560
Williams !
Villanueva •
Nice selection of registered Brahman Bull and Heifer calves. Various ages, exceptional bloodlines, stocky, lots of bone and natural muscling, beefy, gentle grays available by private treaty, priced to sell. marywcc@msn.com 16543 West Victory St. • Goodyear, AZ 85338
CEL. 602/809-5167
623/932-0809
KAIL RANCHES Quality Registered Romagnola and Angus Bulls & Replacement Females Disposition and Birth Weight a given. STOP BY – SEEING IS BELIEVING! R.M. Kail, Owner 307/367-3058
Raul Munoz, Manager 575/461-1120
P.O. Box 981 • Conchas, NM 88416 State Hwy. 104-3 miles north, mile marker 66
Registered Polled Herefords Bulls & Heifers FOR SALE AT THE FARM
Cañones Route P.O. Abiquiu, N.M. 87510 MANUEL SALAZAR P.O. Box 867 Española, N.M. 87532
Phone: 575/638-5434
Red Angus Cattle For Sale Purebred Red Angus • Weaned & Open Heifers • Calving Ease Bulls
YOUNG BULLS FOR SALE
* Ranch Raised * Easy Calving * Gentle Disposition ORDER QUALITY BEEF! Go to www.santaritaranching.com for Information About Our Business & Our Grass Fed, Locally Grown Beef! Andrew & Micaela McGibbon 8200 E. Box Canyon Rd., Green Valley, AZ 85614 • 520/ 393-1722 • az_beef@yahoo.com
74
MARCH 2012
JaCin Ranch SANDERS, ARIZONA
work: 928/688-2602 evenings: 928/688-2753
Recipient of the American Brahman Breeders Assn. Maternal Merit Cow and Sire Designation Award
Greer & Winston 鵷
Cattle Co 鵸
muscle + structure + maternal excellence + performance traits = great value
R_H
Steve & Belinda Wilkins P.O. Box 1107 s Ozona, TX 76943 O: 325/392-3491 s R: 325/392-2554
Jim Greer or Dave Winston 575/536-3730 • 575/534-7678 575/536-3636 • 575/644-3066 P.O. Box 700, Mimbres, NM 88049
SINCE 1962
NGUS FARMS
17th Annual Bull & Heifer Sale Sat., March 17, 2012 Canyon, Texas 27951 South U.S. Hwy. 87, Canyon, TX 79015-6515 Richmond Hales • 806/488-2471 • Cell. 806/679-1919 Rick Hales • 806/655-3815 • Cell. 806/679-9303 halesangus@midplains.coop • www.halesangus.com
Producers of Quality & Performance Tested Brahman Bulls & Heifers
Reg i s ter ed CORRIENT E BUL LS Excel len t f o r Fir s t Cal f Hei f ers
“Beef-type American Gray Brahmans, Herefords, Gelbvieh and F-1s.” Available at All Times Loren & Joanne Pratt 44996 W. Papago Road Maricopa, AZ 85139 520 / 568-2811
CORRI ENTE BEEF I S SANCT IONED B Y SLOWFOOD USA
CA TES RA NCH WA GON MOUND, NEW MEXICO
575/ 6 66- 236 0 w w w . c at esr an ch .c o m
MARCH 2012
75
REAL ESTATE GUIDE
the t
E R AL A E EST T t
t
t
guide
To place your Real Estate advertising, please contact Chris at 505/243-9515 ext. 28 or email caren@aaalivestock.com
Arroyo Sanchez Ranch: Villanueva, NM – 160 deeded acres inside 1750 +/- acres state grazing lease. Perimeter fenced, several good tanks, 1 pipeline drinker and good pasture grasses. Price is $ 398,750. Sombrero Ranch, Trujillo, NM – 1,442 deeded acres has 2 pastures on Hwy 84 NW of Tucumcari. Perimeter fenced, 3 exc. cold water wells, 2 dirt tanks & springs in the coolie. This has been a successful 30 cow/calf operation for many years. $400 per acre. Apache Mesa Ranch Parcels, Las Vegas, NM – 120 acres & one 64 acre view parcel located on Apache Mesa Rimrock are priced $ 140,000 and $79,000. 120 acre parcel is perimeter fenced and has two good tanks. Ledoux, NM – 65 acre dry land terraced farm is perimeter fenced, has overhead electric on site. Past crops are winter wheat, spring oats, alfalfa, barley and feed grasses. ~7 acres is sub-irrigated. Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Great views and easy county road access. Priced at $270,000. Ribera, NM – 77 tall pine covered acres has two excellent cold water wells, drill pipe fence, good CR access, gated. Close to National Forest. Priced at $374,900. Apache Springs, NM – Moon Dance Ranch 140 acre parcel has good access, overhead electric on site. Located off Hwy. 84 SW of Las Vegas. Great views of Apache Mesa! Price is $119,900. Wind Farm potential on an 1100 acre parcel coming soon...
KEN AHLER REAL ESTATE CO., INC. 1435 S. St. Francis Drive, Suite 210, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Office: 505-989-7573 • Toll Free: 888-989-7573 • Mobile: 505-490-0220 Email: kahler@newmexico.com • Website: www.SantaFeLand.com
A 40th ANNIVERSARY sort of wanted to wait until the 50th, but who knows, might not make it that long? It has been an interesting and exciting venture so far, to say the least, full of all kinds of obstacles and loaded with challenges. Brokering ranch real estate, order buying cattle, mapping ranches, doing appraisals, helping banks keep the loan files in order, etc., it’s taken a mixture of things for me to stay in business, but that’s normal and one thing seemed to lead to another somewhere down the road.
I
O
f course the best thing has been working with a pot load of great country folks involved with a great industry. As most readers know, this cattle-ranching business is far from easy and when a fellow gets to work with and be of service to those great people in accomplishing their goals, well, that's a real privilege and I sincerely want to thank all of the hundreds of folks whom I have had the opportunity to work with with and be of service to, on accomplishing those goals. Also thanks to my many friends and loved ones that have helped me and encouraged me over the years!
L
ooking forward to a good many more years if the “Big Boss” allows me that privilege!
f
Greatly Appreciative, Tye C. Terrell, Jr. TERREL LAND & LIVESTOCK COMPANY
P.O. Box 3188, Los Lunas, NM 87031 • 575.447.6041
“We Know New Mexico” 76
MARCH 2012
RANCH SALES P.O. Box 1077 Ft. Davis, Texas 79734
NEED RANCH LEASES & PASTURE FOR SPRING 2012
DAVID P. DEAN Ranch: 432/426-3779 Mobile: 432/634-0441 www.availableranches.com
REAL ESTATE GUIDE
RANCHES FOR SALE LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, COLORADO RANCH: or less, located east of TTrrinidad, Colorado. This ranch has been under the same family ownership for over 100 years and this is the first time the
property has ever been offered for sale. The terrain is diverse, ranging from scenic live water creek bottoms and gently rolling prairie lands to elevated timbered mesa side slopes. The ranch has an abundance of live water and other water sources. Good populations of antelope are found in the plains country, with mule deer, turkey and elk common in the more protected areas of the ranch. Bear and lion are also sighted on occasion. This scenic and productive ranch is realistically offered at $425 per acre.
canyon-like terrain. Juniper and piñion are found in the rougher portions of the ranch, principally along ridge lines and steep mesa side slopes. Mature Cottonwood trees are common in the major canyon creek bottom drainages. Colorful sandstone rock outcrops add to the beauty of the rugged canyon country. The property is watered by wells and numerous springs located in header canyons and creek bottom areas. Headquarter improvements include a two-story ranch home, outbuildings and shipping pens. The sportsman will appreciate the quality of the mule deer and elk are also becoming fairly common. Other game includes Big Horn Mountain Sheep, turkey and an occasional lion or bear. This ranch is reasonably offered at $475 per deeded acre. NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO RANCH: 30,010 total acres comprised of 18,000 deeded acres and 12,010 acres of New Mexico State Lease. This working cattle ranch has been under the same family ownership for
BACA COUNTY, COLORADO & CIMARRON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA RANCH: 20,790 deeded acres, more or less plus 962 acres of state lease. This ranch is located in extreme southeast Colorado, with a small portion of the south end of the ranch extending into the Western Oklahoma Panhandle. Approximately one-third of the ranch is gently rolling to hilly over 100 years and this is the first time the property has been offered for sale. The terrain on 75% - 80% of the ranch is rolling grama grass prairies, with the remainder of the ranch being rugged canyon ridges/rim rocks descending to deep canyon bottoms. The canyon country has scenic exposed rock outcroppings with moderate to sometimes dense canopies of juniper, sumac, oak, piñion and scattered Ponderosa pine. The canyon areas offered good cover for wildlife and afford excellent winter protection for livestock. The property is watered by live springs and creeks, earthen tanks, seasonaal natural lakes and water wells. This long term operating offered at $450 per deeded acre and the substantial New Mexico Lease will transfer Deesscrcrriiippttii to the purchaser. bbrroocchhuurrees aav vvee OFFERED EXCLUSIVELY BY:
vaaiilla oonn aalll rraanncchhee abblle ss..
Chas. S. Middleton and Son • www.chassmiddleton.com • 1507 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79401 • 806/ MARCH 2012
77
REAL ESTATE GUIDE
RANCH SALES AND APPRAISALS
SERVING THE RANCHING INDUSTRY SINCE 1920 Laura Riley Justin Knight
1507 13TH STREET LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79401 (806) 763-5331
505/330-3984 505/490-3455
Specializing in Farm and Ranch Appraisals
Bar M Real Estate SCOTT MCNALLY
KEVIN KE K EEVVVIIN C. C. R RE REED EED
www.ranchesnm.com 575/622-5867 575/420-1237
Ranch Ra R anch Sales Sales & AAppraisals ppraisals Ranchers R anchers Serving Serving Ranchers Ranchers TX TX & N NM M
Ranch Sales & Appraisals
Office: O fffiice: 325/655-6989 325/655-6989 • C Cell: ell: 9 915/491-9053 15/491-9053 11002 002 Koenigheim, Koenigheim, SSan an A Angelo, ngelo, TTX X 776903 6903 w www.llptexasranchland.com ww.llllptexasranchhlland.com eemail: mail: llp@wcc.net llp@wcc.net
MAJOR RANCH REALTY
Texas T exas - 7670 7670 acres acres east east of of E Ell P Paso. aso. Q Quality uality mule mule deer deer and and eexceptional xceptional qquail. uail.
RANDELL MAJOR Qualifying Broker
T exas - 77360 360 aacres cres B rreewster C o. Remote Remote hhunting unting ranch ranch Texas Brewster Co. w ith bbeautiful eautiful vvistas. istas. with
rmajor@hughes.net www.majorranches.com
••
••
•••
•••••••••
••
••
••
•
••
••
••
••••
•••••
•••••••
••••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
••
Cell: 575-838-3016 Office: 575-854-2150 Fax: 575-854-2150
••
••
•
GO TO:
P.O. Box 244 585 La Hinca Road Magdalena, NM 87825
Place your ad in the 2012 Directory of N.M. Agriculture This issue will appear on the internet for 12 full months after publication. This is the top ranking website in the Yahoo and MSN “Cattle” search engines.
www.aaalivestock.com
CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR OUR LISTINGS
FARMS, RANCHES, DAIRIES, HORSE & COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES — Satisfied Customers Are My Best Advertisement — 78
MARCH 2012
UlEY HUGOF CLOVISCo. - SINCE 1962-
LAN
D SALES
Brokers in New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. Ranches and Farms are our Specialty. 575/763-3851 MARVIN C. HUGULEY
575/799-3608
RICKE C. HUGULEY
575/799-3485
REAL ESTATE GUIDE
PAUL McGILLIARD Murney Associate Realtors
Nancy A. Belt, Broker Cell 520-221-0807 Office 520-455-0633
Cell: 417/839-5096 • 800/743-0336 Springfield, MO 65804
Jesse Aldridge 520-251-2735 Tom Hardesty 520-909-0233 Rye Hart 928-965-9547 Tobe Haught 505-264-3368
www.Paulmcgilliard.murney.com
Committed To Always Working Hard For You!
RANCHES / FARMS
1
1
$!.+$&!+# /$ !) )&$(* $0!,
.'-$
%"
Scott and co. L
1301 Front Street Dimmitt, TX 79027 Ben G. Scott/ Krystal M. Nelson–Brokers
1-800/933-9698 day/night www.scottlandcompany.com www.texascrp.com
Ranch & Farm Real Estate
Check our websites for other properties! VALLEY VIEW RANCH – Lipscomb Co., TX. – 177 ac. w/extraordinary 5404 sq. ft. +/- home overlooking the property w/beautiful views of live creek, trees, wildlife (deer, quail, & turkey), covered horse training facilities, stables, excellent cattle working facilities & pens, commercial dog kennels, employee housing. We can divide (10 ac. w/main residence or 167 ac. +/- w/other improvements)!
HWY 1055/303 RANCH – 8 section ranch w/new set of pens, concrete bunks, truck/cattle scale and commodity barn, mobile home, watered by subs, mill & pipeline, hour from Lubbock, Texas, mule deer & quail.
*NEW* 411 Head Double Circle Ranch, Eagle Creek, AZ USFS Allotment, 13 ac of deeded, 4-BR, 2-story rock home, barn, corrals, & outfitters camp. HQ centrally located in a secluded draw. Well improved with 16 large pastures, 36+ miles of new fencing, 30 miles of new pipeline with several major solar pumping systems, additional water storage & numerous drinkers. $1.5M Turnkey w/220 head of Longhorn Ste ers , Horses & Equip. Terms 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Great Guest Ranch Prospect Pristine, & private, only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $1,500,000 Terms. *PENDING* 250–400+ Head Cattle Ranch Sheldon, AZ – 1,450 deeded acres, +/- 30 sections BLM, 150+ acres irrigated farm land. Nice HQ includes two rock homes, good set of steel shipping & horse corrals, 30' x 20' barn, 9 livestock & domestic wells & 4 irrigation wells. There is deeded access to the ranch off of a paved highway & power to the headquarters. *NEW* 130 Head Sundown Ranch, southeast of Sonoita, AZ – 984 Deeded Ac, 2700 Ac USFS Grazing Lease. Vintage ranch home, bunk house, excellent working corrals, beautiful rolling grasslands with oaks. $988,000.
INTEREST RATES AS LOW AS 3% PAYMENTS SCHEDULED ON 25 YEARS
Joe Stubblefield & Associates 13830 Western St., Amarillo, TX 806/622-3482 • cell 806/674-2062 Michael Perez Assocs. Nara Visa, NM • 575/403-7970
320 Ac Farm, Kansas Settlement, AZ – This working farm has 2–120 acre Zimmatic Pivots, a nice site built home, large workshop & hay barn. 5 irrigation wells, 2 domestic wells. The property is fenced & cross fenced. Great set-up for pasturing cattle., $975,000, Terms. 35% down at 6% for 10 years or submit. Wickenburg, AZ – 216 Head Cattle Ranch. Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM &
3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells. Abundant feed, numerous corrals & great steel shipping pens. $850,000. + / - 6 0 H e ad C at t l e R an c h Bisbee/McNeal, AZ – AZ grazing leases HQ on 966 acres of private land including log home, bunk house, corrals, hay barn, well, arena, tack house & storage sheds. $600,000. Purchase HQ on 244 acres & lease for $500,000. Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm – Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, w/small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800s museum, 2 BR cabin, shop, & barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed & breakfast, land or water development. +/- 62 acres & well for $1,700,000; home & other improvements. $424,500, Seller Financing. *REDUCED* Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas, AZ – 200 acre Plus 17 head BLM allotment, private retreat, two wells. Very remote & extremely scenic w/sycamores, cottonwoods & beautiful rock formations. $285,000, Terms. *PENDING* Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch – Year-long USFS permit w/two room line camp, barn & corrals at HQ. Remote horseback ranch w/limited vehicular access. Sheldon, AZ. NEW MEXICO PROPERTIES Listed Cooperatively with Action Realty, Cliff, NM, Dale Spurgeon, Broker *PENDING* +/-300 He ad Cattle Ranch, Virden, NM +/- 4010 deeded acres, +/-27 sec BLM, 4.5 sec NM State Lease. HQ includes 2 BR, 1 bath, site built home on 10 irrigated acres. Well watered ranch, 12 wells, 10 dirt tanks, 10 springs & +/- 5 miles of pipeline. 7 sets of working corrals. Ranch terrain is rolling to mountainous w/deep wide canyons, grassy slopes & vegetated wash bottoms. $1,450,000 Terms
*SOLD* 112 Head Mountain Ranch, Collins Park, NM – This gorgeous ranch is now the total package w/new log cabin completed in 2009 w/new well & storage, septic, & solar package; finished tack/bunk house; & excellent set of working corrals, USFS YL permit & 115 deeded acres w/tall pines & meadows. *N EW* F ranklin, N M, 28 Acre Farm – 19 Acres of water rights from Franklin I.D., 5 BR, 3 bath Mfg. home, corrals. $150,000 Terms. HORSE PROPERTIES *REDUCED PRICE – INCREASED ACREAGE* San Pedro River north of Benson, AZ – +⁄ -345 acre Professional Horse Breeding Facility, 55 acres of irrigated pasture, 900 gpm well. 2 homes; barn w/office, apt., tack room, feed room, & storage area; 12 stall barn; 7 stall mare motel; lab/vet room; lighted riding arena; insulated workshop; & hay storage area. $2.4M. Reduc ed to $2.175M. Terms Available. 175 Ac Gentle me n’s Farm/ Ranch, Arivaca, AZ. 3200 s.f. Custom home, with +/- 34 irrigated acres, pistachio grove, horse barn/shop, hay barn, & rental apartment. $1.4M. Willcox, AZ 40 Acres – Great views in every direction, power to the property. $85,000. Irrigated Farm, St. David, AZ 15+ acre parcel, new 3 BR, 2 Bath custom home overlooking pond, irrigated farm fields, 120 pecan trees; Indoor swimming pool; guest house; studio; root cellar; workshop; machine & hay sheds. $790,000 We have buyers looking for 300 to 700 head outfits. If you are thinking of selling your Ranch, NOW would be an excellent time. Ranch Sales have picked up for all size ranches and we would appreciate the opportunity to talk to you about listing your ranch.
“Thinking of Buying or Selling? Call! ‘Cause we’ll get ‘er done!”
www.stockmensrealty.com
MARCH 2012
79
REAL ESTATE GUIDE
Call Someone Who Specializes in Ranches & Farms in Arizona MARANA BRANCH
SCOTT THACKER, Assoc. Broker • PO Box 90806 • Tucson, AZ 85752 Ph: 520/444-7069 • Email: ScottThacker@Mail.com ww.AZRanchReaIEstate.com • www.SWRanch.com
Rancho Cerro Prieto – Stanfield Ariz.: Two-section ranch, priced right. Arizona State Lease. Owner/Agent. Possible owner carry with low down! Asking $25,000
IN ESCROW
Sentinel Ranch – Gila Bend Ariz: 55-head year-long, possibility of increases in wet winters. BLM and State, No Deeded.
SOLD!
Artex Ranch – Gila Bend, Ariz.: 84-head year-long on State and BLM. “Ephemeral Use” potential. Owner has a history of 400-600 head of cows for periods of cooler, wet weather. Feed Store Business Opportunity – Picture Rocks, Ariz.: Family feed store business with $16,000 inventory. Asking $175,000 Cactus Ridge Ranch – San Manuel, Ariz.: 48-head year-long. Very nice bunkhouse on the state. 7 acres deeded. Ranch might be a candidate for FSA. Asking $325,000 NEW LlSTING! – Broken Arrow Ranches. Western Arizona: 4 ranches (North Clem, Saddle Mountain, Artex and the Arnold). Historically strong steer ranches w/large ephemeral increases during the winter. 535 head year-long or 1070 steers seasonally. Nice Home. Owner May Split! Asking $825,000 P Ranch – Safford, Ariz.: 235-head yearlong on BLM, State and Forest. 40 acres deeded. Newer house.
SOLD!
Split Rock Ranch – Paradise Ariz.: 6,000 acres deeded, 200 head, State, BLM, forest, Increased AG production could be developed. Asking $3,631,800 All properties are listed by Arizona Ranch Real Estate, Cathy McClure, Designated Broker
Feral Hogs
Arizona Ranch REAL ESTATE Ranches are SELLING! We have many qualified buyers looking for ranches. Please call us if you’re considering SELLING!
continued from page 57
and profit and in these tough economic times we would expect no other result. Bounties are a great way to throw away money and make sure no one wants to see the day when feral hogs are eradicated. We need a starting place in New Mexico, a county where the landowners, agency personnel and citizens get together and decide to make it happen. Success in one location can then be duplicated with much greater ease. I know there are people who believe it will never be done, we will never eradicate feral hogs. My response is, without attempting eradication, we have already failed. We must try and in trying, we will learn lessons that will assist in the success statewide. To simply roll over now and resign ourselves to the Texas feral hog tragedy would be an atrocity. I remain as committed to this issue as I ever was while working for the citizens of this state as a federal wildlife disease biologist. Someday we will have the opportunity to look back at Feb 4, 2012 and ask ourselves if we made the right decision. Could we have done more? I hope the answer will be a resounding no! Editor’s note: Since the feral hog issue has come to the forefront, the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) has had numerous offers from folks interested in assisting landowners in resolving feral hog problems. For a list of those folks, please contact the NMCGA office at 505/247-0584.
80
MARCH 2012
BAR M REAL ESTATE
Presents... EAST RANCH – 22,000 deeded acres, 4,500 lease acres located in southeastern NM north of the Capitan Mountain range. E x cellent w ind energy dev elopm ent opportunity. $285.00 per deeded acre. MOATS RANCH – 12,000 deeded acres, 8,000 lease acres located is southeastern NM approximately 30 miles north of Rosw ell, NM. $200.00 per deeded acre.
D L O S
POKER LAKE RANCH – 12,000 deeded acres located on the north slopes of the Capitan Mountains in southeastern NM. Call for price.
Bar M Real Estate w w w .r a n c he s n m .com
S c o t t M cN a l l y , Q u a l i f y i n g B r o k er Roswell, NM 88202 O ffic e: 575-622-5867 C ell : 575-420-1237
Headquarters West LTD. 3KRHQL[ 7XFVRQ 6RQRLWD &RWWRQZRRG 6W -RKQV
'HVLJQDWHG %URNHU &RQ $ (QJOHKRUQ
Phoenix
Sonoita
Con Englehorn Shawn Wood Kyle Conway 602-258-1647
Fred Baker Ed Grose Sam Hubbell Gail Woodard 520-455-5834
Cottonwood Andy Groseta Paul Groseta 928-634-8110
St. Johns Traegen Knight 928-524-3740
Tucson Walter Lane Jack Davenport Barry Weissenborn Trey Champie Shane Conaway 520-792-2652
Providing Appraisal, Brokerage And Other Rural Real Estate Services For listings & other details visit our website:
www.headquarterswest.com
REAL ESTATE GUIDE
AGUA NEGRA
RANCH 16,400 Deeded Acres Santa Rosa, New Mexico Headquarters is an Historic Stagecoach Stop 3 Additional Houses Extensive Improvements
Horse Walker Running Water Springs Pre-Conditioning Facility
Indoor Arena
Rolling Hill Country
Outdoor Arena
Sub-Irrigated Meadows
Horse Stables
Call for Price
Water Rights (Ditch and Sprinkler) Deer and Antelope Hunting
CHARLES BENNETT United Country / Vista Nueva, Inc. (575) 356-5616 • www.vista-nueva.com
430 W. Beauregard, Suite C San Angelo, Texas 76903 Leon Nance, Broker 325/658-8978 Office
We need good Easter n New Mexic o ranch listings !
■ Red Oak Ranch – Oklahoma 4,474 acres. Excellent improvements with 11 pastures and 9 traps. Presently carrying 500 cows. Tremendous water with two creeks, 40 ponds, and rural water. Tremendous improvements too many to mention. Great hunting. Adjoins large lake. Call for details and brochure. Great rain.
Ramah, N.M. Ranch For Sale Scenic property with lush rolling meadows, perfect for a retreat, hunting, cattle, or horses.
■ Red Bluff Ranch – New Mexico Excellent cattle operation North of Roswell, New Mexico. 35,100 deeded, 23,040 BLM, and 1,280 state lease. Two miles of Pecos River. Water rights. Hunting: mule deer, antelope, and turkey. Great improvements. Wonderful 6,500 sq. ft. 4-bedroom, 3-3/4 bath adobe home. Nice headquarters with rock home and mobile home for the help. Outstanding cattle-working facilities. Call for more details and brochure on this ranch and others. ■ Rock House Ranch – Tom Green County, Texas 12 miles from San Angelo 4,140 acres. Beautiful rock home. Eight water wells, two surface tanks, one spring. This is a unique hunter’s ranch. High-fenced. Very nice lodge with hunter’s facilities. ■ Mustang Creek Ranch – Southeast of Ballinger, Texas Colorado River frontage. Mustang Creek runs through the ranch. Nice 2story home. Very nice. Good headquarters. Pipeline system puts water over ranch. Ranch will convey with 50% minerals and 100% executive rights. New oil company lease in place. To drill 6 wells this year. This is an outstanding opportunity. Ranch for sale at appraised value.
• 320 to 2,300 acres • $1,500 per acre • Inquire for Cabin Price www.NewMexicoHighCountryRCH.com
805/467-2891 MARCH 2012
81
REAL ESTATE GUIDE
KEITH BROWNFIELD
LLC
Selling New Mexico RICHARD RANDALS Qualifying Broker
We may not be the biggest, the fanciest or the oldest but we are reliable & have the tools.
nmpg@plateautel.net • www.newmexicopg.com • 615 West Rt. 66, Tucumcari, NM 88401
CROSS FIVE RANCH 9900 00 yrl. yrl. ffor or 6 m mo. o. oorr 4419 19 ccows ows yyr. r. long. long. 334942 4942 total total aacres/ cres/ 9960 60 ddeeded. eeded. 2000 2000 sf sf rrock ock house, house, bbunk unk hhouse, ouse, 2 cabins, cabins, garage, garage, shop, shop, saddle saddle bbarn, arn, sstalls, talls, hay hay barn. barn. Beautiful Beautiful scenic scenic ccountry, ountry, spring spring water, water, ttrophy rophy EElk. lk. South South of of Grants, Grants, N NM. M.
MAJOR M AJOR RANCH RA R ANCH RE EA ALT TY Y REALTY R RANDELL ANDELL MAJOR MAJOR Qualifying Q ualifying B Broker roker
PP.O. .O. BBox ox 244, 244, 5585 85 La La Hinca Hinca R Road, oad, Magdalena, Magdalena, NM NM 887825 7825 Cell: Cell: 575-838-3016 575-838-3016 • Office: Office: 5575-854-2150 75-854-2150 • FFax: ax: 5575-854-2150 75-854-2150
mathersrealty.net
Mathers Realty, Inc.
RIO MIMBRES FARM DEMING, NM
TOM SIDWELL Associate Broker
O: 575/461-4426 • C: 575/403-7138 • F: 575/461-8422
ASSOC. BROKER keithbro@zianet.com
461 total acres with 5 irrigation wells; 3 natural gas & 2 wells electric submersible, 383 acres in drip irrigation, 35 acres are flood irrigated. Located 14+/- miles east of Deming, NM on HWY 549. MATHERS REALTY, INC. 2223 E. Missouri, Las Cruces, NM 88001 575/522-4224 Office • 575/522-7105 Fax • 575/640-9395 Cell
rmajor@hughes.net rmajor@hughes.net w ww.majorranches.com www.majorranches.com
“Propriety, Perhaps Profit.”
Southwest New Mexico Farms and Ranches %'6)7 MAHONEY AHON PARK – 978 1-0)7 7398,)%78 3* )1-2+ + !,) 4634)68= 4 4 = '327-787 3* %4463< 44 %'6)7 ))()( %'6)7 0-/) !,-7 ,-7836-' ,-7836-' 4634)68= 4634)68= -7 -7 03'%8)( 03'%8)( ,-+, ,-+, 94 94 -2 -2 8,) 8,) 036-(% 036-(% 3928%-27 3928%-27 %2( %2( *)%896)7 *)%896)7 % 4%6/ 4%6/ 0-/) 88%8) %8) ))%7) %7) %2( %2( %%'6)7 '6)7 !,-7 6%77)7 ;-8, ;-8, 4 0)28-*90 3 %/ %2( %2( ..92-4)6 92-4)6 '3:)6)( '3:)6)( ''%2=327 %2=327 !,) !,) '%880) '%880) %00381)28 %00381)28 ;390( ;390( &) &) %4463< %4463< 77)88-2+ )88-2+ ''3:)6)( 3:)6)( -2 -2 ( ))4 + ())4 +6%77)7 40)28-*90 3%/ ;-8, -2'09()7 ())6 ())6 -&)< -&)< .%:%0-2% .%:%0-2% 59%-0 59%-0 %2( %2( (3:) (3:) !,-7 !,-7 6%6) 6%6) .);)0 .);)0 ;390( ;390( 1%/) 1%/) % +6)%8 +6)%8 0-880) 0-880) 6%2', 6%2', ;-8, , )%( "$ "$ #-0(0-*) #-0(0-*) -2'09()7 ,)%( 7)'32( 83 83 232) 232) : -);7 %2( %2( % , 31) 7-8) 7-8) 7)'32( :-);7 ,31) '%8)( 1-0)7 7398, 7398, 3* 3* )1-2+ )1-2+ )%78 3* 3* -+,;%= -+,;%= 3091&97 -+,;%= -+,;%= 32 32 SAN AN JU UAN AN RA ANCH NCH – 3 3'%8)( 1-0)7 )%78 3091&97 %%'6)7 '6)7 '327-78-2+ '327-78-2+ 3* 3* %4463<-1%8)0= %4463<-1%8)0= %'6)7 ))()( ))()( 8%8) )%7) )%7) %2( 4463<-1%8)0= %'6)7 8%8) %2( 4 463<-1%8)0= 00381)28 ; 390( & 4463< 92'3286300)( !,) ;390( &)) %%4463< ,)%( , )%( "$ "$ !,)6) !,)6) %6) %6) 7730%6 30%6 43;)6)( 43;)6)( 783'/ 783'/ ;)007 ;)007 ;-8, ;-8, 1)8%0 1)8%0 9 2'3286300)( ! ,) ''%880) %880) %%00381)28 -0)7 4 -4)0-2) ! ,) 66%2', 1-0)7 4-4)0-2) !,) ,%7 (-:)67) %2', , %7 % :)6= :)6= ( -:)67) 00%2(7'%4) %2(7'%4) '327-78-2+ '327-78-2+ 3* 3* ,-+, ,-+, 13928%-2 13928%-2 77836%+) 836%+) 8%2/7 8%2/7 %%2( 2( %%4463<-1%8)0= 4463<-1%8)0= @ 1 3:)6)( '%2=327 '%2=327 13928%-2 13928%-2 *338,-007 *338,-007 %2( 4)%/7 ())4 3%/ %2( ()7)68 ()7)68 +6%770%2(7 +6%770%2(7 !,)6) !,)6) -7 -7 40)28-*90 40)28-*90 ;-0(0-*) ;-0(0-*) -2'09(-2+ -2'09(-2+ 4 )%/7 ( ))4 ..92-4)6 92-4)6 3 %/ ''3:)6)( 2( ( 3:) ())6 59%-0 (3:) ( ))6 --&)< &)< ..%:%0-2% %:%0-2% 5 9%-0 %%2( 26.47-A 3%( 36()67 2 6.47-ACRE CRE FARM ARM **36 3** ,%0)1 ,%0)1 3032= 3032= 3%( 36()67 8,) 8,) -3 -3 36 77%0) %0) 3** +6392( ;%8)6 ;%8)6 6-+,87 6-+,87 46-1%6= %%'6)7 '6)7 4 6-1%6= 79440)1)28%0 79440)1)28%0 +6392(
SOLD
50.8-A 5 0.8-ACRE CRE FARM ARM – 3 3'%8)( '%8)( 32 32 *832 *832 3%( 3%( 7398, 7398, 3* 3* % 779440)1)28%0 9440)1)28%0 --66-+%8-32 66-+%8-32 ; )00 ; -8, '')1)28 )1)28 ( -8',)7 ;)00 ;-8, (-8',)7
)7% )7%
6%2() 6%2() 6-:)6 6-:)6
%'6)7 %'6)7
%:)( %:)( 63%( 63%( *6328%+) *6328%+) *900 *900
796*%') 796*%') ;%8)6 ;%8)6 6-+,87 6-+,87 796*%') 796*%') ;%8)6 ;%8)6 4097 4097 %
111.21 Acre Farm -66-+%8-32 1 11.21 A cre F arm – 003'%8)( 3'%8)( --2 2 % )7% )7% -66-+%8-32 ;-8, ;-8, 79440)1)28%0 79440)1)28%0 ;)00 ;)00 %2( %2( ')1)28 ')1)28 (-8',)7 (-8',)7 71%00 71%00 ,397)7 ,397)7 **36 36 ; ;36/)67 36/)67 3'%8)( 3'%8)( -2 -2 % )7% )7% 32 32 2368, 2368, 7-() 7-() 3* 3* 3=') 3=') 3%( 3%( %073 %073 %'')77)( %'')77)( &= &= 988)6'94 988)6'94 %2) %2) %8 %8 '362)67 '362)67 3* 3* %60%'/)6 %60%'/)6 3%( $1,556,940. 3 %( %2( %2( -+,;%= -+,;%= $1,556,940. 27.50 Acre Farm 327-787 '6)7 '6)7 '6)7 2 7.50 A cre F arm - 3 27-787 3* 3* 86%'87 86%'87 ? '6)7 '6)7 %2( %2( '6)7 ? ;-00 ;-00 900 ;)00 77)00 )00 77)4%6%8)0= )4%6%8)0= 9 00 %%2( 2( 7,%6)( 7,%6)( -66-+%8-32 -66-+%8-32 ; )00 31192-8= 31192-8= ;%8)6 ;%8)6 )0)'86-' )0)'86-' +%7 32 88)0)4,32) )0)4,32) %%2( 2( + %7 3 2 %%192)> 192)> 3%( 3%( 83 83 %(.3-2-2+ %(.3-2-2+ 4634)68= 4634)68= )%98-*90 )%98-*90 *%61 *%61 00%2( %2( -);7 ! %/) -+,;%= -+,;%= 77398, 398, 83 83 %2 %2 --+9)0 +9)0 ))%78 %78 36 36 +6)%8 13928%-2 :%00)= :-);7 !%/) + 6)%8 1 3928%-2 %%2( 2( : %00)= : -+,8 3 398, 3 2 %%77 3 01)2%7 8,)2 8,)2 00)*8 )*8 3 )%78 32 32 32 366 77398, 32 301)2%7 366 )%78 00)*8 )*8 3 2 -+,;%= -+,;%= **-678 -678 66-+,8 Priced a $467,000. att $467,000. %%192)> 192)> 83 83 ))2( 2( 3* 3* 4%:)1)28 4%:)1)28 Priced
““If If you you aare re iinterested nterested in in ffarm arm lland and oorr ranches ranches in in New New Mexico, Mexico, ggive ive m mee a ccall” all” 82
MARCH 2012
DAN DELANEY REAL ESTATE, LLC 3318 18 W. W. Amador Amador Avenue Avenue Las Cruces, NM L as C ruces, N M 88005 88005 ((O) O) 5575/647-5041 75/647-5041 ((C) C) 5575/644-0776 75/644-0776 nmlandman@zianet.com n mlandman@zianet.com www.zianet.com/nmlandman w ww.zianet.com/nmlandman
NMAA March 3, 2012 & PRIVATE TREATY
"$
$
#
$
" !
"
$ MARCH 2012
83
TIRE WATER TROUGHS
• WEATHERPROOF • MORE ECONOMICAL • RUSTPROOF • USE LESS CONCRETE • BULLETPROOF • BREAK LESS ICE • THEFT-PROOF
The most reliable water tank you can buy. Can’t be destroyed by the bull or Mother Nature.
Environmentally Safe. Lifetime Guarantee. 6-FOOT TANK
8-FOOT TANK
12-FOOT TANK
505/884-3550 800/359-2208 www.tirewelder.com 3428 PAN AMERICAN FRWY. NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107
The Area’s Largest PJ Trailers Dealer
575-736-7778 1015 S. 1st, Artesia, NM Authorized Big Tex Dealer
Road Force® TC Trecker® Silver Sport® MotorTrac® Gooseneck Flat Beds Dump Trailers Car Haulers Utility Trailers Pipe Trailers Hydraulic Tilt Beds Deckovers Pickup Beds
84
MARCH 2012
Southeast New Mexico’s Only Authorized Wells Fargo娃 Dealer
Financing Available
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Riverbed Ownership High court overturns Montana Supreme Court ruling that power company owes state rent
COMPILED BY STAFF / FARMFUTURES.COM he U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case PPL vs. Montana that the waterfalls of the Missouri River near Great Falls, Mont., are not navigable and therefore power company PPL does not owe the state rent and the state cannot claim ownership of the riverbed. By law states hold title to riverbeds only if the rivers are navigable. “Farmers and ranchers prevailed when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of landowner property rights in the case of PPL v. Montana,” said American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman. “This decision puts ownership of streambeds and stream banks in the hands of their rightful owners.” The American Farm Bureau Federation filed a friend-of-the-court brief along with the Montana Farm Bureau in the case. Colorado Farm Bureau and Utah Farm Bureau also filed briefs in the case in support of the petitioning landowners. Despite the ruling in favor of PPL, Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock still has plans to attempt collecting rent from PPL, who has dams on the Missouri, Madison, and Clark Fork rivers. The Supreme Court did hand the case back to state courts for other disputed stretches of river, encouraging them to use the guidance of
T
continued on page 85
Riverbed
Westall Ranches, LLC
continued from page 84
the federal court’s decision. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that there is a significant likelihood that some of the other river stretches will fail this navigability test. According to University of Montana School of Law associate professor Kristen Juras this decision is very important not only for PPL bur also for any landowners with property abutting rivers. She says the broader you describe navigability the less property rights riparian landowners have. “I think it’s an important decision really for all Montanans who enjoy or use the rivers for their businesses,” PPL spokesman David Hoffman said. PPL had argued that charging the power company rent would lead to the state charging irrigators and agricultural uses near rivers, which state officials had said wouldn’t happen. “This decision also helps ensure that farmers and ranchers will not have to pay government for the use of land or water from streambeds that run alongside or through their property,” Stallman said. “This week’s decision is a win for Farm Bureau members, farmers and ranchers nationwide and all private n property owners.”
Read this issue on the Internet! OUR WEBSITE HAS A BRAND NEW LOOK! The Livestock Industry's Most-popular Website! www.aaalivestock.com
Ray and Karen Westall, Owners Tate Pruett, Ranch Manager
Registered Brangus Bulls & Heifers
Brinks & Robbs Blood Lines
Tate Pruett P. O. Box 995 Capitan, NM 88316 Cell: 575/365-6356 Home: 575/653-4842
Ray & Karen Westall 1305 Doepp Dr. Carlsbad, NM 88220 Cell: 575/361-2070 Ranch: 575/653-4443
E PIPoot D f r E AT . pe UG ” for 4 R 2 R CO ” – 1 $
Great Low Priicceess! We Delliiveerr!
75
60 4”-
HEADGATES EA 36” x 3 30” — for $425000
T TURNOUTS URNO 6 ”-24” — 10” 10” w/4 ft. pipe 6”-24” ONLY ONLY $6000
S SEPTIC EPTIC TANKS TANKS / C CISTERN ISTERN TANKS TANK WATER STORAGE TANKS 1,000 Gallon Septic Tank $75000 2.500 Gallon Water Tank $75000
Caalllll for ffoor Moorre Diiscscoouunntt Prriciceess! 480 6th Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005
575/523-4500 5 75/523-4500 • 1 1-800/770-8873 -800/7 www.farmirrigation.com www.farmirrigation.com MARCH 2012
85
Gary Morton by CURTIS FORT
W
hen Gary Morton came to the outfit in the summer of 69, he would be the first to tell you he was a little green and didn’t savvy the cowboy life. He hired on as he felt the longing to be a puncher. George Ellis, the manager, said to cut him a string same as any one else and two or three of those three year olds that Fred and Curtis have been mashing on for a month. Fred and I had just brought eight or ten broncs to headquarters that we had started at the bronc pens and put ten saddles on each. These colts took all our time so it was nice to have someone else to ride them. I had two other broncs. One was a flashy sorrel that did turn out over the years to be a top mount and I wanted to do all I could with him before I had to go back to school that fall. I named him Trigger after Roy’s top mount. There was another I dreaded riding and you had to watch him all the time. I would have liked to have gotten rid of him, but it would not be the cowboy way to give him to a good guy like Gary. A couple years later Gary craved that kind of horse, but at this point I’d just do the best I could with him. I named him Dagger. Fred had one he named Huerfano, which means orphan. This pony was named after the big mesa in the middle of the Bells just east of Bell Mountain. He wasn’t bad to buck or hard to handle, but he’d sure kick you if he had a chance. Fred gave Gary that bronc, and one named Comanche, and I gave him a couple that weren’t bad at all, just needed lots of miles on them. I think Gary wouldn’t mind me telling this story about Comanche. Later that summer after he hired on we were prowling, gathering bulls and working on horseback. While gathering bulls in August in the upper Seco, Gary and I had picked up 3 or 4 bulls over by Red tank. Both of us were riding colts and his was Comanche. We had just got those bulls through the 86
MARCH 2012
Seco trap gate, had pulled up and got off to roll a smoke. Our arms were aching from all that plow reining those broncs while driving those bulls. While we struck a match and lit our “Velvet” smokes, Gary said he was sure dry and wondered if it would be okay to jig up to that mill in the Seco trap a few hundred yards away. I said it was okay with me, as I had better stay here by the gate because Leo would be showing up with a “toro” or two and I’d have the gate open and help him. Gary started riding off and ol’ Comanche didn’t want to leave my bronc. So Gary leaned him toward the windmill, jobbed him with his spur and Comanche fell apart. Gary had lots of daylight under him and quickly parted company with that bronc. He was riding an old saddle that belonged to his Granddad. Comanche kicked a foot through the stirrup, jerking the saddle under his belly. Besides jerking that stirrup leather out he proceeded to finish off that saddle. I pulled Dagger’s head around and loped around Comanche. I did my best to haze him toward the Seco gate. Leo was easing some bulls toward the gate and came at a high lope with a hole punched in his rope. As Comanche came by him, Leo throat-latched him hard and really got that bronc’s attention! He led Comanche to Gary, who was embarrassed, but also determined to not let that happen again. Leo stepped off and between his knowledge and the extra leather strings I had wrapped around my stirrup leathers, we patched enough of Gary’s kak to make it back to headquarters. While we were fixing his saddle, I remember Leo telling Gary not to worry about it ...this happens to all punchers. He encouraged Gary to make a top mount out of Comanche. A fella appreciates that kind of advice and that was why we all looked up to Leo. Gary was a better hand everyday because he loved the life and wanted to make a hand. A horse might
buck him off but next time he would manage to stay aboard. He was fun to be around and liked to laugh, and just enjoyed all of being a cowpuncher. I’m sure Gary would be the first to say that he was lucky to work with Leo, and that learning from him was a good start in the cowboy life. He stayed with it, and when I was back at the Bells after college, he and his wife Suzi were at the La Cinta Camp, just a quarter mile or so from Casa Colorado, the main northern camp and an old working headquarters when W. T. Waggoner had that range. Gary and I put out a lot of horse tracks together and he was a top hand, becoming the Wagon Boss at the Bells a few years later. It takes a real Puncher and a man that a crew respects to hold that position. Back then on the Bells, every month or so Gary and Suzi would drive twenty miles from their camp to see us and visit, then the next month we’d go to their camp. We’ve been friends ever since, sharing our love of art and our heroes Charlie Russell and Will James. At that time, any cow outfit big or little, west of the Missouri, had Charlie Russell’s and Will James’s works hanging on their walls and their books on their shelves. It was a good winter of 1972 and ’73. We rode good horses, helped at all the camps calving heifers, working with Leo and a good crew. We had a good spring wagon works without any one man or horse getting crippled or worse. One day that summer we hauled twenty miles north up to Casa Colorado. Along with Jr. Williams and Gary we made a drive on a pasture and threw the roundup in a corner to work them. As always with range stock, there was some silly cow that wanted to leave the roundup. She came out by me blowing snot. I was riding ol’ Sleepy, a big chunky bay. So I whacked it on her and continued on page 87
Scatterin’ continued from page 86
Leo heeled her and went to the end. She was a better cow after we got through with her and decided it was safer to stay in the herd. The next morning Jim jingled the horses and Leo was roping out everyone’s mount. Jim hated to tell me but said that the lightning storm last had night killed Sleepy. Sleepy was a big outfit mount who never spent the night in a stall with a trough full of hay. About that same time I went up to Cimarron for a weekend as I had heard what a great range it was, with lots of big ranches. I met some good folks, loved those mountains and asked around about the W. S. outfit. I went to their Vermejo headquarters and met with Bill John Wooley, the cowboy boss, and he offered me a cow punching job. Driving the 40 miles from Raton to headquarters and back, I saw several bunches of elk with some big bulls. I pulled to the side of the road to enjoy an exceptional sunset over the Sangre de Cristo Range. That bull elk whistling down a side canyon pretty much did it. I did some tall thinking on the way back to the Bells. It was an outfit I loved.
The people; the best string of horses a cowboy ever had (Porticito, Tomcat, Paddles, Blue John, Eagle Eye, and others) and the country. I didn’t want to be a “homegaurd” as Will James called it. This is a cowboy who never sees how they punch cows in other ranges, and only knows one way to do things. A puncher needs to learn new country, ride different horses and see how they work cattle over the hill. I always wanted to be the best hand I could, no matter where I punched cows. The Bells was a huge influence on my life, a real cowboy deal. The traditions, etiquette and all the cowboy friends I made there will always mean so much! So I told the Bells I was
changing ranges, and gave them two week’s notice. I salute George and Mattie Ellis, Don and Abbey Hoffman, Leo and Lana Turner, Joe Salas and all. I wouldn’t take anything for the friends I made or the knowledge I gained from the Bells and I thank God for allowing me to ride such a great range.
Gary Morton 1972 Bell Ranch On Joker
MARCH 2012
87
SEND US YOUR FREE LISTING!
2012 Director y
FIRST LISTING IS FREE.
SEND IT IN TODAY!
his mega-annual edition graphically shows the strength and vitality of agriculture in the Southwest. Never in the 78-year history of New Mexico Stockman has a single issue stirred so much interest, provided so much information or demonstrated the diversity of agriculture in the Southwest. It has become the Agriculture Almanac of
of New Mexico
AGRICULTURE
New Mexico and surrounding states, providing a wealth of information you always wanted to know but never knew who to ask. You, your neighbors and associates will use and re-use it year-round! our free listing in the Directory does a couple of things: first, it serves as a “phone book” where your friends and neighbors, who are
Y
Free Listing Form. Clip and mail today.
New Mexico Stockman P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, N.M. 87194 TELEPHONE: 505/243-9515 • FAX: 505/998-6236 caren@aaalivestock.com www.aaalivestock.com
The Directory will appear for 12 full months on our website, www.aaalivestock.com
ADDITIONAL LISTINGS ARE $9.95 EACH.
T
Fill out the form and mail it today to ...
First listing is free. Additional listings are $9.95 each.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS DUE TO ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING.
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
forever forgetting where they laid your phone number or business card, can look up your free listing. Secondly, it shows, the strengthin-numbers of the southwestern agricultural community for all to see. There is power in numbers, and the Directory powerfully displays the dimensions of agricultural involvement in our region.
PLEASE INDICATE THE BREEDS, CROPS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES YOU RAISE, PRODUCE OR OFFER:
Cattle
REGISTERED
COMMERCIAL
Sheep
REGISTERED
COMMERCIAL
Horses
REGISTERED
COMMERCIAL
Swine
REGISTERED
COMMERCIAL
Crops
PLEASE LIST THE CROPS YOU PRODUCE ON YOUR FARM
NAME OF RANCH OR BUSINESS
CONTACT PERSON
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE, ZIP
TELEPHONE
EMAIL ADDRESS
Check here if you would like info. on advertising in the Directory.
PLEASE SEND TODAY! DEADLINE FOR FREE LISTING: JUNE 15, 2012 88
MARCH 2012
Products & Services
PLEASE LIST THE TYPES OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES YOU PROVIDE
If You’re Waiting On These Guys . . . You’re Backin’ Up! he New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association wants to let you know that our Program Partner; Horses For Heroes – New Mexico, Inc. Cowboy Up! Program is getting ready to break ground this spring on their well needed Bunkhouse and Team Room. This structure is being entirely funded by donations and patriots in the construction industry and ranchers that are “giving back” to those who gave all. With some seed money from Double H Boots and the Miller Family Foundation, Santa Fe Architect Bill Agnew is teaming up with General Contractor (and pretty good cowboy) Doug Langley who has assembled a sterling crew together to insure this bunkhouse is up and running for the Cowboy Up! programs upcoming season. Paul Hanna of Hanna Plumbing has volunteered to do the plumbing, Kevin Yearout will be the mechanical contractor, Mike Johnston from Copper State Fasterners will help them “nail it down”, Patrick Austin from Stock Building Supply will be doing the interior framing and materials. Shane McGrew and Victor Civil
T
Construction Corp. will be handling the “dirt” work and Bob Krieger will be donating a newly developed rain catchment system. NMCGA’s Brad Christmas, also a General Contractor, has jumped in to locate the septic contractor and a roofer and while he is resting will surely be on site! The Cracker Barrel Foundation is also on tap to provide the rocking chairs for the “porch time” that is an essential part of the camaraderie that happens here over cowboy coffee! Governor Martinez has already promised to do the ribbon cutting for the grand opening! If you think you might be helpful please contact NMCGA member and Cowboy Up! Director Rick Iannucci at 505/670-2059 or email him at rick@horses forheroes.org. Check out their website at www.horsesforheroes.org for updates and a whole lot of good information about good things happening for our combat n warriors.
Four of Five Released Mexican Wolves Found Dead by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / ASSOCIATED PRESS Wolf reintroduction in Mexico is off to a rocky start
he reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves to a mountain range just south of the U.S.Mexico border as part of an effort to re-establish the endangered species is off to a rocky start. Correspondence between Mexican wildlife officials and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirms four out of the five wolves released by Mexico’s Environment Department last October are dead from poisoning. Mexican officials say one wolf was found in November and the other three in December. Necropsies were done and results were positive for warfarin, a blood thinner that’s commonly used in rat poison and pesticide. Mexican law enforcement agents are investigating. Supporters of wolf reintroduction in the American Southwest are still hoping releases in Mexico can provide a genetic boost to a small population of wolves in New Mexico n and Arizona.
T
(above) Architect rendering Cowboy Up! Bunkhouse. (center) Bunkhouse Floor plan Draft: Cowboy Up! (below) Graduate Sgt. Alroy Billiman in the sorting pen at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Santa Fe, County. Billiman is riding "Duke" a Quarter horse Ranch Gelding donated to the program by Mike Hobbs Express UU Bar Ranch.
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515. MARCH 2012
89
Tight supplies, high feed costs to pressure livestock prices TARA SCHUPNER, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER / PORKNETWORK.COM combination of high corn feed prices early in the year and continued tightening of supplies are expected to push up livestock and poultry prices and depress U.S. exports, a U.S. Department of Agriculture analyst said. Shayle Shagam spoke at the the 2012 USDA Outlook Forum February 24. Corn prices jumped in 2011, and “earlyyear feed costs will eat into gains in livestock and poultry prices,” Shagam said. But he expects those costs to moderate in the second half of the year if corn prices drop below $5 per bushel after the harvest, which could provide ranchers some relief. Continued drought in Mexico and the southern U.S. that already has shrunk herds there and that could expand north will also affect this year’s supply, Shagam said. “We might see ranchers in Mexico try-
A
Custom Concho Set with Keepers & Buckle for Barbee McWhorter Beer String Rings Available
Shane & Barbee Beer @ McWhorter Ranch 575/390-0616 38 McWhorter Lane Lovington, NM
90
MARCH 2012
ing to sell off cattle for feeding in the U.S., Shagam said. “Light placement weights also may mean cattle have to be fed longer or earlier” in feedlots, he said. Poor grazing conditions due to drought combined with shrinking calf crops and increased feeder calf prices are expected to push up beef retail prices. The 2011 calf crop was the smallest since 1950, Shagam said, and the beef cow numbers are the
Continued drought in Mexico and the southern U.S. that already has shrunk herds there and that could expand north will also affect this year’s supply lowest since 1962 as ranchers continue to exercise caution and implement risk management techniques. As beef production shrinks, pork pro-
duction is projected to grow and prices to fall from last year’s record highs, according to USDA projections, which could give pork an edge in retail in 2012. Higher beef prices and increased domestic competition in export destinations such as China and Russia likely means the beef industry won’t see another record-breaking year for U.S. exports like 2011, Shagam cautioned. Brazil and Argentina also are stepping up production, and higher U.S. prices and lower supply could slightly depress exports, although a weak U.S. dollar will help keep numbers strong, he said. Broilers could be the bright spot in exports. Shagam expects broiler exports to continue breaking records, with a projected 7.1 billion pounds leaving the country in 2012. Other news from the Agriculture Outlook Forum includes how Country-of-Origin-Labeling is contributing to higher prices, due to a $40-a-head surcharge for Mexican steers and several processing plants limiting their intake to U.S. pigs, forcing some pork producers to drive extra miles to plants. “It definitely pushes prices up. And, frankly, I don’t see any benefit to COOL,” said Jon Caspers, general manager of Pleasant Valley Pork Corp., Saledale, Iowa. “Hopefully that issue can be resolved soon.” Per-capita meat consumption is also falling, but it won’t last forever, said Don Close, marketing director of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Amarillo. “We will expect to see more production of beef, but it won’t happen overnight — beef production takes a longer time than poultry.” According to the USDA, domestic consumption of meat has continued to decline and is expected to drop by 6 pounds per person, falling under 200 pounds, the lowest level since 1987. Some of the declining meat consumption is likely because people are eating smaller portions, Caspers said. If availability increases, consumption should n increase, too.
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515.
Little progress made in federal streamlining ashington has a long way to go to reduce the duplication among federal programs that ends up costing taxpayers billions of dollars a year, according to new government reports, says the Wall Street Journal. n Examples of such overlap cited in one report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) are 53 programs to help entrepreneurs, 15 unmanned-aircraft programs, and more than nine different agencies involved in protecting food and agriculture systems from disasters and
W
terrorist attacks. n The document is a follow-up to a similar report issued almost a year ago by the GAO, which presented a template for lawmakers of both parties to cut federal spending and consolidate programs to reduce the federal budget deficit. However, progress on that front has been limited. n The GAO’s 2011 report identified 81 areas with unnecessary duplication. n The 2012 follow-up report found the
A
D V E RT I S E
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515.
government had taken a full range of steps to cut waste in four areas and made partial progress in another 60. A separate GAO report identified 51 new areas where the government could realize more efficiency. For example, the GAO highlighted 55 Transportation Department programs to fund freight-transportation projects and 21 programs under five federal agencies to combat nuclear-smuggling overseas. The GAO recommended merging or consolidating a number of programs both to save money and make government more efficient. Source: Jeffrey Sparshott, “Little Progress Notched in Federal Streamlining,” Wall Street Journal, Feb. 28, 2012. “Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness,” Government Accountability Office, Feb. 28, 2012.
Bull Run R
A
N Has
C to
H Offer:
Registered Black Angus Cattle Bulls & Heifers for Sale Calving Ease, Growth, Carcass & Maternal Genetics
Aztec Tazer - Our Grand Champion Angus Bull at the 2011 NM State Fair.
Our Sires Include: TC Stockman, Bon View New Design, Aztec Tazer, TC Freedom, & Sankeys Lazer Blood lines. BRR Regal Victor 1619 – Our NM Bred & Owned Champion Bull at the 2011 NM State Fair. BRR Char 0777 – Our Reserve Grand Champion Angus Heifer at the 2011 NM State Fair & Grand Champion NM Bred & Owned Angus Heifer.
BRR Joy 1638 - Our NM Bred & Owned Champion Angus female at the 2011 NM State Fair, & Grand Champion Angus Heifer at the AZ. State Fair.
Call or stop by and take a look at what we have to offer.
Carl & Lora Whitney
575/772-5171 BRR Ritos Uptown 1313 - Our AZ. Supreme Grand Champion Angus Bull at the AZ. State Fair 2011.
P.O. Box 544 Datil, NM 87821 One mile south of Datil on Hwy 12 MARCH 2012
91
U.S. dairy exports at record levels .S. dairy suppliers capitalized on strong global markets to achieve record export sales in 2011, boosting shipments in a year when milk supplies from competing regions increased dramatically. Processors and traders moved 3.24 billion lbs. of total milk solids into export channels last year, seven percent more than 2010, and 49 percent more than 2009. Overseas shipments were valued at $4.82 billion, up 30 percent from the year before, according to government trade data released last week. With these gains, a growing and significant proportion of the U.S. milk supply is now sold overseas, notes the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC). Exports were equivalent to 13.3 percent of U.S. milk solids production, up from 12.8 percent in 2010 and 9.3 percent in 2009. The ratio of milk powder, whey proteins, lactose and cheese sold offshore was the highest ever, a sign of how important exports have become to the U.S. dairy industry. “The most important benefit of our ongoing export expansion is that it enables U.S. dairy farmers to grow,” says Les Hardesty, a dairy producer from Greeley, Colo., chairman of USDEC and a board member of Dairy Management Inc., which is USDEC’s primary funder. “Since 2003, U.S. milk production has increased 15 percent and more than half (60T) of the incremental milk volume has been sold overseas. USDEC’s long-term engagement with U.S. suppliers in overseas markets has helped make that possible.” Export volumes also were remarkably consistent throughout the year, helping to forestall boom-and-bust cycling on the domestic market. The U.S. dairy industry has exported between 12 percent and 15 percent of its production for 21 straight months. Nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) exports have been between 33,000 tons and 40,000 tons (74 million lbs. and 87 million lbs.) for 14 consecutive months. Resilient demand. The global dairy markets in 2011 were characterized by the same robust and resilient demand that has prevailed since the economic crisis of 2008-09. International markets remained strong throughout the year despite significant supply growth around the world. Milk
U
Cholla Livestock, LLC Gary Wilson Arizona & New Mexico 602-319-2538 928-422-4172 Brook Beerman 575-703-4872
www.SweetPro.com continued on page 94
92
MARCH 2012
93
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
93
Dairy continued from page 92
3RD ANNUAL
Lea County
April 27-28, 2012 7:00 PM NIGHTLY Jake McClure Arena, Lovington, NM
! D T E N WA $32,000 &
$' ( # ) ) / (- , ( & . 2 $& )0 $&%$(" 2 ' + ( $(" 2 +)( $ $(" ( ')+
+
)
)
$)( ' + ) (!
D V E RT I S E
(-+1 ! - ' &$'$(-+$ , )* ( (-+$ , &),
* +- ' ' (- ' + # *+$&
)+ ')+ $(!) )+
94
MARCH 2012
production in the Southern Hemisphere was particularly heavy (New Zealand up 10 percent, Argentina up 14 percent), and the European Union posted a two percent increase, the largest gain since it implemented a quota regime in 1984. All told, production in Europe, Oceania, Argentina and the United States increased by 7.6 million tons (17 billion lbs.) last year. And yet buyers around the world absorbed this added supply, so even as prices softened in the second half of the year they didn’t collapse. China’s imports continue to underpin global markets. Purchases of milk powder, whey proteins, cheese and butterfat increased 18 percent in 2011, after doubling from 2008 to 2010. Aggregate import volume of those selected products has grown by a whopping 525,000 tons (1.2 billion lbs.) in three years, and expectations are for continued large purchases in 2012. Almost every other significant importer boosted orders as well. In Mexico, the United States’ first billion-dollar export market, imports of milk powder, whey, cheese and butterfat were up about 12 percent. In the sizeable Southeast Asia region, imports of those selected products were up about 5 percent, led by additional orders from Indonesia. Japan (+9 percent) and South Korea (+35 percent) also posted solid growth. In addition, sales to the Middle East/North Africa region, led by Algeria and Egypt, were strong. In fact, the only major buyer to pull back was Russia, where imports were off about 11 percent n from 2010’s elevated level.
&&
in the New Mexico Stockman. Call: 505/243-9515.
BULL & FEMALE PRODUCTION SALE JCGR BAR GT COBALT 159U
BABR RID ROOSTER COGBURN 854U
JCB LAZY TV BEECH JET R052 ET Homozygous Polled Balancer® Herd Sire SIRE: RID R Collateral 2R Dam: Ms Perri B 2010R Selling sons and Females bred to Cobalt. Black Purebred Herd Sire SIRE: BABR Who Hot 552R
DAM: GDX 464P
Calving Ease specialist - sons sell.
RID R COLLATERAL 2R Homozygous Black 75% Balancer® Herd Sire SIRE: Lazy TV Beethoven K278 DAM: JCB 009K Selling a son out of our BTI 2003R Donor.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012 • 1:00 PM (MST) High Plains Livestock Exchange - Brush, Colorado
140 GELBVIEH, BALANCER® & HEREFORD LOTS SELL Homozygous Polled Purebred Gelbvieh Herd Sire SIRE: JCGR Bar GT Flashback 410M ET DAM: JCGR Bar GT Loni 27N ET
65 Gelbvieh and Balancer® Bulls • 20 Hereford Bulls 50 Gelbvieh and Balancer® Fall Bred Females 5 Gelbvieh and Balancer® Premier Show Heifer Prospects
Selling sons and daughters.
OTHER SALE FEATURES: Selling a son of JCGR Ima sired by Carolina Fortune • Selling a son of CTR Ruby Red sired by Shining Spirit Selling a son of JCGR Flokota 56T • Selling a son of RID R G-Force, 2012 National Champion Bull Also selling sons of Sureshock, JCGR Gravitas and JCGR Charger
CATTLE THAT MEET THE CHALLENGE www.jumpingcowgelbvieh.com Ramah, Colorado
SALE MANAGEMENT BY: Mitchell Marketing Service
Grant Thayer, Owner 303-621-2058 E-mail: grant@jumpingcowgelbvieh.com
Brad Ridinger, Manager
* ( / % 9 , ( +
Office: 719-764-2327 • Cell: 303-810-0582 E-mail: brad@jumpingcowgelbvieh.com
www.mms.bz
Chris Mitchell 334-695-1371 Randy Sienknecht 319-290-3763 2262 C Avenue • Gladbrook, IA 50635 MARCH 2012
95
425% ()'( !,4)45$% #!44,% 'HYHORSHG 3$3 7HVWHG DW )HHW 2YHU KG 3$3 WHVWHG LQ WKH ODVW \HDUV DW 7 +HDUW 5DQFK
96
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
96
A A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . .35, 74 Acoma Business Enterprises . . . . . . . . . 27 Ken Ahler Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Ag New Mexico FCS ACA . . . . . . . . . . .11 American Angus Association . . . . . . . . .62 American Galloway Breeders Assn . . . . .75 Apache Creek Limousin . . . . . . . . . .18, 72 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . . . .80 Artesia Trailer Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 B Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78, 80 Bar T Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . .71 R Shane Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Big Bend Trailers/Rancho Espuela . .18, 20 BJM Sales & Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .71 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Bradley 3 Ranch LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Brand/J Perschbacher . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Brand/Virginia Cates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Brand/Helen Hyatt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Bull Ran Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 C C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . .48 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission . . . .37 Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Comm. . .39 Caviness Packing Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Don Chalmers Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Chip Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Clark Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Clayton Cattle Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Clovis Livestock Markets . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Conniff Cattle Co LLC . . . . . . . .16. 49. 72 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Craig Limousin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 73 D D Squared Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 David Dean/Campo Bonito . . . . . . . . . .76 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . .82 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipm . . . . .70 Domenici Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 E Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Essential Show Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
Express Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 F 4G Mountain Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . .45 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Five States Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . .45 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Four States Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Jerry Franklin Show Lambs . . . . . . . . . .67 Freeman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64, 73 Fury Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 G Gammilll Sisters Show Swine . . . . . . . .73 Genex/Candy Ray Trujillo . . . . . . . . . . .72 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . .28 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Greer & Winston Cattle Co. . . . . . . .15, 75 Tom Growney Equipment Inc . . . . .71, 98 H Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 75 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .22, 73 Hayhook Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 49 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . 27 Huguley Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 I Insurance Services of New Mexico . . . . .55 J J & C Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Jumping Cow Gelbvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 K Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Keeton Limousin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Kuhn Limousin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Obama continued from page 43
done by the Interior Department. If the review is not forthcoming in 30 days, it would be automatically approved. Wilson Groen, president and chief executive officer of Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, said the Navajo Nation fully supports this reform, calling current procedures “costly and inflexible,” taking about a year and a half to get a drilling permit on Navajo Nation lands. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., said the bill is needed to help reduce the “staggering
L L & H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Lazy D Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Lea County Ranch Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . .94 Lee, Lee & Puckitt / Kevin Reed . . . . . .78 Lewis Limousin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 M Major Ranch Realty . . . . . . . . . . . .78, 82 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Mathers Realty Inc/ Keith Brown . . . . . .82 May Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Merrick’s Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Mesa Feed Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41, 70 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . .78 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . .77, 78 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38, 72 Milligan Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Monfette Construction Co . . . . . . . . . . .71 Motomco Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Murney Assoc / Paul McGillard . . . . . . .79 N New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . . .29 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . .82 New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. . . . . . . .46 NMCGA Membership Ad . . . . . . . . . . . .56 NMLB Brand Book Cover . . . . . . . . . . .68 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . .36, 42 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Nutrena Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Reynolds Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . . .78 Rio Chama Cattle Company . . . . . . . . .18 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . .12 S Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . .71 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Sierra Irrigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Southwest Ag Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49, 65 Southwest Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Stockmens’ Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . .79 Sumrall Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Sunset Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 T T-Heart Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Tye Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Texas Limousin Association . . . . . . . . .18 Texas Shorthorn Association . . . . . . . . .72 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Three Mile Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 TIre Water Troughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Tranzon Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 U United Country Vista Nueva, Inc . . . . . .81 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
O Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
V Virden Perma Bilt Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
P Paco Feed Yard, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Lee Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 PolyDome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Purina-Land O Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
W Wendland Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49, 74 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 West Texas Brangus Breeders Sale . . . .59 Westall Ranches LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Western Heritage Bank . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Westlake Cattle Growers LLC . . . . . . . . .43 Williams Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Williams Windmill Inc . . . . . . . . . . .57, 71 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
R Ramah Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Ranch Land Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Redd Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
rate of poverty and unemployment on the reservation today.” This would have been a fairly typical hearing on an important bill were it not for the unexpected lack of opposition. Ranking committee member, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., invited no Big Green activists to testify against the bill. Salazar’s Interior Department sent no representative to the hearing. Many lawmakers were astonished, and some were critical. The main take on this silence: It’s an election tactic. Democrats are worried that President Obama looks like he’s choosing greens over Indians. After Obama’s rejection of the Keystone
Y Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . .40, 71
XL’s oil pipeline construction, engineered by Big Green’s wealthy foundation funders, that could be a good bet. More than Native American sovereignty may lie in the Native American Energy Act. Examiner Columnist Ron Arnold is executive vice president of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise.
MARCH 2012
97
98
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
98
Express Ranches NEW MEXICO BULL SALE
Wednesday - March 21 - 1 p.m. (MST) at the Cuervo Creek Ranch Newkirk, New Mexico
SELLING 95 ANGUS BULLS :: 77 Fall Yearlings :: 18 Spring Yearlings hese Express Ranchesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bulls have been developed on a high roughage diet in the semi-arid terrain of New Mexico at 4,800 ft. elevation since the summer of 2011. Complete performance records, EPDs and ultrasound data will be available on the bulls. Bulls will be trich and fertility tested. This group of bulls is stout, full of muscle and ready to go to work. These bulls are hard-footed and will get out and travel the country.
T
Plan to join us Wednesday, March 21 in Newkirk. 8:00 a.m. Viewing of Bulls :: 11:30 a.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Express Bull Sale Give us a call for more information or a sale catalog. We look forward to working with you. 2202 N. 11th Street Yukon, Oklahoma 73099 Bob Funk, Owner | Jarold Callahan, President 800-664-3977 | 405-350-0044 www.expressranches.com 99 M A R C H 2 0 1 2
For More Information, Contact: Kevin Hafner, Express Ranches 405/641-8100 (c) Mark Whetten, Cuervo Creek Ranch 575/403-8152 (c) - 575/868-2495 (h) Donny Estrada, Cuervo Creek Ranch 575/403-8155 (c) - 575/641-0083 (h) MARCH 2012
99
100
MARCH 2012
MARCH 2012
100