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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Randell Major NMCGA President

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

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s I write this letter, the 2021 Legislature still has several weeks to go. There are plenty of aggressive bills that are damaging to agriculture. The remote process has limited the ability to communicate to say the least. There is a black out from the normal process, and legislation passes along party lines without proper debate. Before COVID, we were able to knock on doors, talk to people and have that face-to-face communication. This is so important in educating legislators on our issues. A big shout out to New Mexico’s Ag Group. They have been working hard and coming together to push or oppose legislation that advances and protects our farmers and ranchers under difficult circumstances. New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) has been working overtime in getting information to legislative committee members. Just in one day, NMCGA made comments for 13 bills. I want to thank Loren, Michelle, and Taylor for all their hard work. NMCGA has sent letters to the Governor and held meetings with State officials concerning subject bills. Climate change, water, taxes, trapping, and property rights remain key issues for us in this year’s Legislative session. Our President Elect, Loren Patterson will have a full rundown on everything next month. We would like to thank Tom Sidwell, Tamara Hurt, Alisa Ogden, Bill King, Bill Humphries, Bill Sauble, Joe Culbertson, Phil Bidegain, Bruce Davis, and all those who have helped in drafting comments, attending meetings and have been instrumental in furthering our cause. Always a shout out to our bill readers. Their dedication helps ease the workload of our legislative team. I apologize if I have left anyone out, but the list is large on all who have helped and you are appreciated. Our Wildlife Subcommittee, being led by Chairman Dave Kenneke, and Co-Vice Chair Tom Patterson, have been a pillar of strength. I would also like to thank Gerald Chacon and Wesley Eaton who have been instrumental in their work on the committee. As we move forward, one of our plans of action is to contact specific members of our association who personally know and can contact their legislative committee members concerning specific legislation and help support us. Our Mid-Year meeting is scheduled on June 6th, 7th, and 8th and we have Dr. Frank Mitloehner who will be speaking during that meeting in Ruidoso. He is a professor at the University of California, Davis, and has commented extensively on climate issues in favor of the animal agriculture sector. Please plan on joining us for that interesting presentation. NMCGA Board of Directors now have private access to their own page on the Association’s website. The new portal offers the ability to read the Association’s resolutions, minutes from past meetings, and all the bills that our association is following. If you need help logging in, just contact the NMCGA office. I’m pleased to announce that our association’s financials finished 2020 in the black and our membership is continuing to grow. Let us continue to let our friends and neighbors know just how big the issues ranchers are facing and how important NMCGA membership is. Praying for spring moisture and best to you all,

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WIT & WISDOM by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman

lease understand as you read this, I am no novice when it comes to egg production and free enterprise. My first entrepreneurial endeavor was in the raising of chickens and selling eggs. At the age of five, my grandmother gave me a small flock of chickens to work with. For probably the next five years, I had a booming egg business. Complete with a pet chicken in the Zoom testimony, the New Mexico Senate Conservation Committee heard Senate Bill 347, the Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens Act, in late February. The purpose of the bill is to require that ONLY cage free may be sold in New Mexico. Although most of the Committee commented that the bill was troubling, it passed out of Conservation on a 6 – 3 party line vote. Many, many bills are going through the Legislature that have stories about them, some good, some bad, some amusing and some that just make you mad. SB 347 falls in the latter category. While the sponsor of the measure is a long-term, well respected, caring legislator, Senator Pete Campos’ support of the concept of limiting choice and increasing

EGG-regious costs for consumers is perplexing. The proponents of this measure are not even New Mexicans if you don’t count animal rightists. There were several New Mexicans in support of the bill, including the pet chicken. SB 347 is an initiative of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Hickman Cage Free Eggs, an Arizona company who sells eggs to Costco and other outlets, has teamed up with HSUS to pass these cage free egg bills in a few western states, including Arizona and Utah. Hickman tried to pass a cage free bill in Arizona during their last Legislature and failed. Glenn Hickman, Hickman Eggs and Hickman Cage Free Eggs chief executive officer, is working to pass the measure in Arizona again, according to a tucson.com story by Howard Fisher with Capitol Media Services. In Arizona, Hickman claims that passing a bill is necessary to avoid a ballot initiative like the one passed in California a few years ago. In the Arizona measure Hickman gives himself until 2025 to comply with a cage free law. In the New Mexico bill Hickman wants compliance by 2022. Hickman is the only Arizona egg producer

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who would be affected by his bill. Work is already being done for an Arizona ballot initiative for 2022. Ballot initiatives are not an option in New Mexico. An option in New Mexico is a constitutional amendment. Testimony by Hickman and his hired gun lobbyists on SB 347 made it very clear that there is no consumer push in New Mexico for cage free eggs. In an effort to demonstrate a growing preference for cage free eggs, Hickman’s expert witness stated that cage free use in New Mexico has grown from six percent to less than 40 percent – a far cry from any kind of majority. The push is coming from animal rights groups and corporate America they have duped including Walmart, Smith’s, and Taco Bell who have all pledged to be cage free by 2025. Maybe the corporate deals to develop their mandates came with a promise of a legal mandate for cage free eggs in individual states. The Conservation Committee was repeatedly told that there was no cost differential between conventional eggs and cage free. That myth can be dismissed with a quick trip to a grocery store.

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At the Johns Brooks Supermarket near our home, you can buy a dozen Grade A eggs for as little $1.89. The prices range to $3.19 for EggLands Best – that probably pays for Egglands television advertising campaign. Hickman’s comes in at $2.39 for Grade AA eggs. A dozen brown cage free Egglands Best will cost you $3.99 a dozen. Amazon’s Whole Foods sells only cage free eggs starting at $2.99 for a dozen brown and $3.29 for a dozen white. Walmart has a dozen white for as low as $1.39, while Smith’s Grade AA white eggs are available for $1.39 while cage free and free range (that probably comes next) start at $4.79 a dozen. Looking at these numbers, it isn’t rocket science to see that New Mexicans already disadvantaged in most rankings for the county, will pay a high price for HSUS and Hickman’s whims. I guess these people didn’t have parents that taught them that you got to h_ll for lying the same as for stealing. Hickman and HSUS are going for a double header. But the real kicker here is that there are no egg producers in New Mexico of the scale for this proposed law to prevail. What SB 347 does do is create an unfunded mandate for the New Mexico State Univer-

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sity Board of Regents and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to certify any cage free egg producer anywhere who wishes to sell cage free eggs in the state. At this writing, there is three weeks left in the 2021 Legislature. We have 21 days to keep this bill from getting to the Governor’s desk. Please call your local representatives and senators and ask them to VOTE NO on SB 347 anytime and every time they have an opportunity.

And there is more… SB 347 is not the only bill in the Legislature that will be costly for New Mexicans if they make it to the Governor’s desk. There is SB 67 that will require any new or reconstructed energy generation facilities shall generate only clean energy… we saw how well that worked for Texas in mid-February. There is SB 130 requiring that at least 75 percent of all state vehicles be electric by January 2030. SB 113 requires that all new resident construction after July 1, 2021 in New Mexico have photovoltaic systems (solar panels) and at least one electrical receptacle for charging electric vehicles. These bills have all passed their first committee and are awaiting hearing in their second committee.

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Then there is Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 3 that says: The people of the state have the natural, inherent and inalienable right to a clean and healthy environment, including water, air, soil, flora, fauna, ecosystems and climate, and to the protection of the natural, cultural, scenic and healthful qualities of the environment. This bill too has passed and is up next in Senate Judiciary. It is worth remembering that a Resolution, which is an amendment to the state Constitution, requires a twothirds vote to get out of the Senate. If passed in both the House and the Senate will appear as on the next general election ballot. A bill that had rural New Mexico in an uproar was SB 312. This 241-page beauty would have renamed and revamped the Department of Game & Fish to a wildlife conservation agency. It would have done away with the Jennings Law that allows landowners to take depredating wildlife (not wolves) a year after the depredation is reported to the Game Department. Its original version would have put outfitters and guides out of business. This is one bill that has been put on the table at least as a result of a 4 – 4 tie on a motion to table. There was an effort to

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revive it in late February but a 4 – 4 vote left it on the table. This needs to be watched carefully, but it could have seen its last hearing.

The definition of insanity… The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. President Biden’s Executive Order on the Mexican Border and the wall certainly fit that definition. Even the far left CBS News has had to admit that there is a new crisis at the border. Biden has had to resort to the use of housing facilities for unaccompanied minors entering the US illegally. It is worth remembering that Biden and his running mate both railed against these facilities during their campaign. But that’s just the national front. Only Fox News (not quite so liberal) has recognized the plight of ranchers living along the border who have suffered from illegal crossings, vandalism, theft, and bodily harm for decades. The wall along the Johnson family’s ranch was less than a mile from completion when Biden ordered workers off the wall.

The issues are even greater in a worldwide COVID pandemic. Our nation was just starting to see the light of day from the carnage the virus has caused in the past year. Combining illegal crossings into the country with the new variants from around the world is a recipe for disaster.

Rodeo is back! While many livestock shows and rodeos cancelled early in the year, including the Arizona National, Denver, Fort Worth and Houston, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo and The American Rodeo are big draws on the Cowboy Channel. Other events are lining up to get back to normal including the Calgary Stampede. Some of those venues that opted out for 2021 may face some challenges if and when they decide to come back. In place of the Denver Livestock Show & Rodeo, a Cattlemen’s Congress was pulled together in Oklahoma City. All the reports are that the event was a huge success. The State of Oklahoma got behind the show complete with the Governor of Oklahoma greeting contestants at the gate. There was no rodeo with this event but who knows what will happen

when folks have more than four months to create an event. The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo initially canceled their show, new dates of May 4 through 23, 2021 were announced in early February. However by that time a new show dubbed The International, a multi-breeding cattle show, is scheduled for March 23 through 27 in Waco, Texas. New Mexico’s rodeo cowboys and cowgirls are back on the road. Shad Mayberry and Taos Muncy had some hard luck in San Antonio, but Socorro’s own Leon Fountain made the finals with great saddle bronc rides. Fountain covered four bronc with scores and winning that could drive him up in the Professional Cowboy Rodeo Association standings. Nicole Baggarley, Las Cruces has been in the top 10 breakaway ropers and Monument’s Jake Cooper is back on the road and in the header standings. March’s American will likely have a big impact in the standings moving forward. While there is $1 million at stake as well as $100,000 per event, only $50,000 of winnings will be applied to rankings.

The Black Helicopter Looms Large… We continue to get Groupon offers to buy acreage on Mars… and now the Moon and Venus. The website selling this land is buyplanets.net which is copyrighted by the Nobel Society Service, a German company. You can buy fake lordship titles too. The scary part of this is that these services are getting four star ratings… and 1,000 people have paid good money for this nonsense. It may only be $11 at a time, but that adds up. The reviews are complimenting the PDFs that look great in frames and talking about how excited their children are about owning real estate in space. While parents and grandparents may think this is funny or cute, what happens in the future when space travel is readily available and those kids grow up and want to claim their piece of the rock? Is this just another diabolical plot to undermine property rights? After all, deeds are just pieces of paper… I know. I am close to the edge, but Legislature is in session and the world seems to be in a mess…

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Environmentalism is the New War on the Working Class

by Joel Kotkin , Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University, Published in News Week

ohn Kerry, President Joe Biden’s new climate czar, took a private jet to accept an environmental award in Iceland in 2019. “It’s the only choice for somebody like me, who is traveling the world to win this battle,” he unironically told a reporter when asked about it. If this sounds like a clueless joke, it’s not. President Biden’s chief environmental officer took the least carbon-efficient means of travel known to man because it was “the only choice” he could think of for a member in good standing of the indulged upper classes. But this is no anomaly when it comes to liberal climate activism; it is a perfect encapsulation of what it has become: a vanity project of the jet set that directly harms working-class interests. And it’s this green agenda that directly threatens the working class that Biden has prioritized as he has taken command of the federal government. The first victims of this agenda include the upwards of 10,000 people, many of them union members, who expected to work on the now canceled Keystone XL Pipeline. But this draconian climate agenda that cost so many jobs should not have come as a surprise. As a Rasmussen Reports poll found, most Americans—52 percent— predicted that Biden’s decision to re-join the Paris Climate Agreement “will cost American jobs and force households and small business to pay higher utility bills.” Regions from the Appalachians to the Rockies could experience massive job losses, particularly if Biden embraces the green demand to ban all fracking, even on private land. In Texas alone, as many as a million good-paying jobs would be lost. Overall, according to a Chamber of Commerce report, a full national fracking ban would cost 14 million jobs, far more than the eight million lost in the Great Recession. That could turn even vital smaller towns into instant slums. And in places like New Mexico, where spending on public programs hinges on the oil industry—now experiencing a 60-day moratorium on new permits, thanks to President Biden—even issues like education will be impacted. What has happened to the party of the people? The climate story is just one part of a bigger one, which led Ohio Democrat Tim

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Ryan to complain that the party of the cratic leaders like to tout the state’s social people increasingly resembles the old justice capitalism. But its state policies have Republicans, with lockstep support from been disastrous for California’s middle and Wall Street, the celebrity circuit, Silicon working classes. State energy policies have Valley and other elite sectors like profes- made California gas and electricity prices sional service and law firms. Put simply, the among the highest in the nation, increasing Democrats have won the battle of the elites, electricity prices since 2011 five times as fast with Democratic campaign spending more as the national average. In 2017 alone, those than tripling in recent years. prices increased at three times the national These trends have led some progressives rate. These prices have been devastating to to urge the party to abandon the white poorer Californians—particularly in the hot working class and rely instead on educated interior, where “energy poverty” has millennials, minorities, professionals and grown rapidly. globally-oriented businesses as the cornerAlthough these policies have offered stones of their electoral coalition. In this subsidy catnip to dominant tech oligarchs configuration, Democrats won’t have to and the wealthy investors so prominent in worry about creating good blue-collar jobs. the state, California, whose industrial sector Compare this with former President employs the state’s diverse blue-collar Donald Trump, who won three-quarters of workforce, has fallen into the bottom half the white working-class vote, and even of states in manufacturing sector employmade significant gains with racial minori- ment growth, ranking 44th last year. Its new ties. Trump has done best with those who industrial job creation has lagged comwork with their hands—in factories, in the pared to gains from competitors such as logistics industry and in energy; these Nevada, Kentucky, Michigan and Florida. working-class voters, as a recent study by Even without adjusting for costs, no CaliforCityLab noted, repair and operate machines, nia metro area ranks in the U.S. top ten in drive trucks and operate our power grid. terms of well-paying, blue-collar jobs. And it is these people, in rural areas and Meanwhile, four—Ventura, Los Angeles, small manufacSan Jose and San turing towns, Diego—sit among the who will have bottom ten. There should be a real to pay for the California regulatory “enlightened” policies, shaped largely liberal party in this climate policies by climate concerns, that have led to have also pushed country, and I don’t mean a higher energy housing prices so high prices virtually that the state is home crackpot professional one.” ever y where to six of the nation’s – Harry Truman. they have been worst markets for firstimplemented, tim e hom ebu yer s , from Germany to Australia. A recent study according to recent AEI survey. California in Ecological Economics, for example, con- also accounts for four of the six largest cluded that green energy policy hit rural metros with the lowest homeowncommunities in Germany much harder than ership rate. cities, even though they are “on par” with Moreover, large parts of the state are big cities in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) increasingly off-limits to the working class; production. according to a recent study by economist These policies tend to hit those indus- John Husing, not one unionized constructries that depend on resource-based tion worker can now afford to buy a product. A canceled petrochemical plant in median-priced home in any coastal CaliforOhio will do no harm to Washington regu- nia county. Not one. Not only are lators or San Francisco trustifarians; it’s a construction rates lower than in other blow that will be sustained entirely by states, but even if you build it, you can look blue-collar Midwesterners. but not touch. But we don’t have to project what these None of this is to say that we should do policies will mean to working-class Ameri- nothing about climate change. But there cans. That reality is amply demonstrated in are many opportunities to address climate California, a state whose policies are widely change without destroying the working embraced by Biden and his administration class. And the California experience is not (“Make California Great Again? That’s one that should inspire true believers in Biden’s plan,” read an ecstatic account in continued on page 22 >> the Los Angeles Times). California’s Demo-

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social democracy. The state suffers the nation’s highest poverty rate in the country, and the widest gap between middle- and upper-middle-income earners of any state in the Union. Minorities—notably, African Americans and Latinos—do considerably worse in California’s metros than elsewhere in the country, according to a recent study we conducted at the Urban Reform Institute. As major companies have left the state, fields like hospitality, which generally pay low wages, have become some of the few high-growth industries. Over the past decade, 80 percent of the state’s jobs have paid under the median wage, notes Chapman Business Professor Marshall Toplansky. Half of these paid less than $40,000. Even worse, California’s economic policies, which have wrought so much havoc on the working class, have not even been particularly effective in reducing GHGs, particularly once we consider the carbon footprint of people and companies moving out of the state. Rather than follow the flawed California approach, the Biden administration has the opportunity to address climate issues

without worsening the condition for work- toward Trump and the GOP by these voters ing-class Americans. Instead of a precipitous should be seen as something of a elimination of fossil fuels, a gradual shift warning shot. toward using natural gas over coal—the Although Trump left office thoroughly source of the biggest reductions in GHG— and deservedly discredited, pre-COVID, the as well as continuing investment in nuclear wages of the working class were on the rise. power would allow us to reduce emissions We cannot afford a return to Obama-era without the expense and unreliability stem- policy, which favored Wall Street and Silicon ming from total reliance on renewables. Valley and did little for middle- and workOn an even simpler front, over the last ing-class voters while their incomes 15 years, environmental groups like stagnated. Resources for the Future and “progressive” Some progressives may seek to “de-proSilicon Valley firms like Sun Microsystems gram” strongly pro-Trump elements, but have widely recognized telework’s ability the real solution is to improve the daily lives to reduce both GHGs and personal vehicle of working people. This means encouraging use. What this means is that the pandemic the reshoring of manufacturing, the buildhas opened a new path to serious GHG ing of affordable communities on the reduction: the dispersion of work, particu- periphery and better health care coverage larly to the home. and infrastructure. If Democrats want to win back workIt’s time to abandon the current tening-class voters and keep the loyalty of dency to please the progressive gentry minorities— who, according to a 2016 Eco- first—the brand of liberalism that Harry nomic Policy Institute study, will constitute Truman warned about and, if he were alive, a majority of blue-collar voters by 2032— would find truly appalling today. they need to focus on creating well-paying jobs for non-college graduates. Latinos may Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the prove particularly critical, given their heavy Urban Reform Institute. His new book, The Coming of representation in blue-collar professions Neo-Feudalism, is now out from Encounter. You can like the service fields, construction, logistics follow him on Twitter: @joelkotkin. and manufacturing. The surprising tilt The views expressed in this article are the author’s

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Standing Up for Rural Constituents

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o quote Thomas Jefferson, “The government closest to the people serves the people best.” After spending time in D.C., I think that is truer than ever. However, the Trump regulations and policies that recognize Jefferson’s words are under attack. For example, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the listing of a species should be based only on science, but Congress mandated a different framework for critical habitat designations. Critical habitat – which equally governs private, state and federal land – requires consideration of economic and other relevant factors. According to the Trump regulations, those factors include local jobs, environmental factors such as catastrophic wildfire risk or invasive species, the local citizens and their custom and culture. The 2020 regulations recognized that State and locally elected governments can best articulate those factors. While there are many fine individuals working for the federal government in Washington, D.C., they have little understanding of what it means to live in rural Wyoming, own a federal land grazing permit in New Mexico, or farm corn in Iowa. This same sentiment was implemented in the changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. Prior to 2020, the NEPA regulations had not been updated in forty years. NEPA applies to “all major federal actions” from repairing a federal bridge in Pennsylvania, to crossing “waters of the U.S.” in Florida or Oklahoma, to conducting a timber sale on federal land in Oregon. The 2020 regulations followed the Supreme Court’s admonition by (1) requiring that the effects on the human environment be caused by the proposed action, and (2) including employment as well as the custom and culture of the local citizens most impacted by the proposed federal action or authorization in the “human environment.” These changes did not elevate economic or environmental factors over each other, but required economic considerations and noted the ability of local governments to have a voice in

federal decisions impacting their citizens. their counties “undermined” the program. Under the 2020 Great American Out- This Order shows rural communities and doors Act, part of the $900 million in annual counties that the Biden administration appropriations from the Land and Water believes in control from Washington, D.C., Conservation Fund (LWCF) is managed by rather than considering local concerns the Interior Department for recreational directly voiced by local representatives. activities, including acquisition of private This is not a matter of Republican or land to federal land. Not all State and local Democrat, conservative or liberal. It is a governments see the acquisition of land question of whether State and local governaway from the local tax base in the ments should be heard above the noise of same light. well-funded groups that don’t care about Approximately 92 percent of all federally local roads, schools and emergency serowned acres is in the 12 Western states. A vices. I urge all State and local governments county in northern Nevada that is made up to learn about and advocate for their local of 95 percent federal land will have signifi- elected officials being treated as the govcantly different views on more federal land ernment officials they are, and not merely acquisition than one in Alabama with little as members of the general public. In my federal land ownership. Thus, the Depart- view, local elected officials should have ment of the Interior required the approval more sway on issues directly affecting them of State and local governments prior to any than someone from midtown New York federal land purchases. This was an import- who has never faced the realities of making ant tool to ensure local voices did not get a living from the land. Your constituents overlooked. depend on your action. Unfortunately, some people do not believe Karen Budd-Falen that the government is an Attorney with This is not a matter of Budd-Falen Law closest to the people LLC with best represents their Republican or Democrat, aOffices, primary focus interests. The ESA and on property rights, environmental, and NEPA regulations have conservative or liberal.” natural resources been challenged in law. Budd-Falen federal court by those Law Offices, LLC, has attorneys licensed to practice who want to shut out local views, data and law in Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, knowledge related to decisions directly New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and This article should not be understood impacting the use of private and Wyoming. to state or imply that any lawyers of this law firm federal land. are certified as specialists in a particular field of law. The Trump Administration’s position on Colorado does not certify lawyers as specialists in State and local government approval prior any field. The Wyoming State Bar does not certify any lawyer as a specialist or expert. Anyone considering to federal land acquisition with LWCF funds a lawyer should independently investigate the has now been eliminated by Biden’s Acting lawyer’s credentials and ability, and not rely upon Secretary of the Interior through a signature advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise. This on a Secretarial Order. That Order claims article is informational and is not legal advice. that allowing local governments to have a voice in land acquisition directly impacting

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resident Joe Biden signed an executive order setting a goal of protecting 30 percent of all U.S. lands and waters by 2030. What does “30x30” mean, and what does it “protect” these lands and waters from? According to the Natural Resource Defense Council, 30x30 is intended to “prevent mass extinctions and bolster resilience to climate change,” as “scientists warn that we must protect at least 30 percent of our lands, rivers, lakes, and wetlands by 2030.” Biden’s Department of the Interior later issued a fact sheet suggesting only 12 percent of total U.S. acres are “permanently protected,” which amounts to about 293 million acres of land. Yet the federal government alone owns 617 million acres, much of it permanently set aside as national parks, national monuments, national recreation areas, national wildlife refuges, roadless areas and other designations. Active forest management on National Forest System lands is restricted on most of land base, with less than a third available for timber harvest and routine forest management activities such as thinning and fuels reduction. And that small portion is strictly regulated under a complex system of federal environmental laws and regulations. As a result only a fraction of these acres are managed on an annual basis. In 2020 alone, over 4.9 million acres burned on U.S. Forest Service-protected lands. The fires have devastated populations of endangered species in the West. If the goal is conservation, shouldn’t we accelerate the use of active forest management tools to help mitigate the risks of wildfire, insects and disease on these federal lands? Judging by recent reports, 30x30 is not a single proposal, but could be used a platform for more designated Wilderness areas and other land set-asides that likely restrict active forest management even further on public lands. These proposals are already piling up in Congress. And as the National Geographic noted, meeting the target will require addressing land uses on private lands, as around 70 percent of land in the U.S. is owned by individuals or companies. Biden’s executive order stresses the need for cooperation with states, tribes, and the agriculture and forestry sectors in developing the report and “identifying strategies that will encourage broad participation” in meeting this goal. If protection means conservation, this cooperation could facilitate new opportunities to mitigate the real risks to U.S. lands. But if protection means walking away from these lands, it may only continue the cycle of devastating wildfires that affect our forests, watersheds, wildlife habitat, livelihoods and many other things we value.

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Advocates Sue FDA Over Impossible Burger’s ‘Bleeding’ Ingredient

by Kate Gibson, meatingplace.com

he Center for Food Safety (CFS) is calling on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to revoke its approval of the color additive that makes the Impossible Burger “bleed” like real meat. In a legal brief filed recently in federal court, the non-profit said the FDA’s 2019 approval of soy leghemoglobin came without the legally required long-term animal studies to determine whether it’s harmful to humans. “This includes studies for cancer, reproductive impairment and other adverse effects,” Bill Freese, science policy analyst at the CFS, stated in a news release. “We find this to be all the more troubling because a number of potential adverse effects were detected in a short-term rat trial: disruption of reproductive cycles and reduced uterine weights in females and

biomarkers of anemia, reduced clotting ability, and kidney problems,” Freese added. The FDA said in an email that it does not comment on possible, pending or ongoing litigation. Impossible Foods also declined to comment on litigation involving other parties. It did, however, lash out at CFS as “an anti-GMO, anti-science organization that has been spreading lies abut Impossible Foods for years.” The company also defended its products as having “undergone rigorous safety testing” that has met and exceeded regulatory requirements, a spokesperson stated in an email. The California-based company this week credited its growth and economies of scale for its plans to lower the manufacturers suggested retail price by 20 percent across its product offerings, sold at supermarkets and restaurants nationwwide.

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States Propose Compact to Boost Interstate Meat Commerce

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awmakers in Montana and South Dakota have introduced bills in their states that would support the sale and transport of meat across state lines, according to local media reports. In South Dakota, Spencer Gosch, speaker of the house, recently introduced House Bill 1219 to set up the proposed Interstate Cooperative Meatpacking Compact aimed at removing state barriers to interstate commerce in meat products, the Argus Leader

reported. According to the article, similar legislation is being introduced in eight other Midwestern and Western states. In Montana, House Bill 336 is being championed by House speaker Wylie Galt. However, the Northern Ag Network reports that not all meat processors in the state support the bill, fearing that it could result in reduced federal support or alter the status of state inspection programs. Other efforts to support small processors are taking place at the federal level. The American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) recently announced its support for H.R. 8431 and S. 5066, the Strengthening Local Processing Act, which would provide funding to help small slaugher and processing operations expand.

The legislation was introduced in September by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.). AAMP Executive Director Chris Young told Meatingplace that the bill is set to be reintroduced in the next several weeks. “We are working to gain support for it among members of Congress. It contains some critical funding that we have been looking for for small processors,” Young said in an email. Separately, in Oregon, House Bill 2785 would create a grant program managed by the state’s Department of Agriculture that could provide $10 million to help state-regulated meat processors expand and upgrade facilities, the La Grande Observer newspaper reported.

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after all, mineral resources in the West that had strong ties to Missouri traders who had had to be considered by both sides. established themselves in the Santa Fe area Only two years before, in February 1859, after the opening of the Santa Fe Trail in the New Mexico territorial legislature had 1821. That seemed to imply sympathy with by Don Bullis, passed a law that seemed to support the the Northern states. New Mexico Author institution of slavery. It was called the “Act Historian Howard R. Lamar wrote, “The DonBullis.biz for Protection of Slave Property.” In effect, question for the Americans in Santa Fe was it was a fugitive slave act. But was Black a practical one: do we wish to surrender our slavery an issue in New Mexico? Not really. trade and political organization to the Some historians estimate that in 1861 there authority of Texas? The answer … was no.” were no more than a dozen Black slaves in The uncertainty about what would the entire territory (which then included happen in the American Southwest was The Texans are coming!! what is now Arizona), and almost all of them compounded by the actions of a number of he United States Civil War got under- were “owned” by U. S. military officers. His- officers serving at New Mexico’s several way on April 12, 1861 when General torian Robert Torrez reported that there forts. More than a few left the United States P. G. T. Beauregard ordered his South was known to be one free Black man living Army to become officers in the Confederate Carolina troops to commence the bom- in Santa Fe at the time. Army. Some of the most significant were Lt. bardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston On the other hand, peonage was an Col. George B. Crittenden who had served harbor. One would think that New Mexico, acceptable institution in New Mexico, and at Forts Craig, Stanton and Union before 2,000 or so miles to the west, and not a state Indian slavery had been a part of life for changing sides; James Longstreet who of the Union, would not be much effected many years. As late as 1859, a bill passed the became a close advisor to Robert E. Lee; in an immediate way. Not so. territorial legislature which provided that General Sterling Price who had at one time Many Americans living in the east—both captured Indians became the legal slaves been military governor of New Mexico; and north and south—found New Mexico to be of those who captured them. Territorial Henry H. Sibley who’d served as coma kind of enigma. Everyone knew that Texas Governor Abraham Rencher vetoed the act. mander at Fort Union, and who later stood with the south in the matter of secesWhile many of the people who had returned to New Mexico as a Texas Confedsion, but its neighbor to the west and north moved into southern New Mexico in the erate General. was a territory under the direct control of years following the Mexican War (1846But the single most important event in the federal government. Where would it 1848) had strong ties to Texas, those living the early days of the war was President Abe stand in the coming conflict? There were, in the northern two-thirds of the territory Lincoln’s appointment of Dr. Henry ConNEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS

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nelly as territorial governor in 1861. Connelly’s predecessor, Abraham Rencher, appears to have been a competent administrator, but he was a native of North Carolina and the president wasn’t sure he could depend upon his loyalty to the Union. Henry Connelly, born in Kentucky, had close ties to the Missouri traders and had been a merchant in New Mexico since 1824. He was strongly anti-confederate. Connelly had also married into the Chavez family of Peralta and had become popular among Hispanic New Mexicans. Connelly’s style in stirring up support for the Union was interesting, and predicated on his long experience with New Mexicans. His mantra didn’t have anything to do with resisting the Confederates. Truth be told, most New Mexicans didn’t seem to care

much about the war, one way or the other. But what they did care about was being invaded by Texans and Connelly repeatedly stressed that the invading army was made up of Texans, and only incidentally by Confederates. It worked. Sibley and the Confederates had counted on the New Mexico population for supplies and support. Sibley even issued a proclamation: “We come as friends to liberate the people from the yoke of military despotism. In the name of former friendship, I appeal to you, drop your arms, array yourself under the colors of justice and freedom.” No one bought it and the Confederates found their supply line getting longer and longer and thinner and thinner. The Confederates were defeated at the

Battle of Glorieta in March 1862, and beat a hasty retreat back to Texas. As a kind of parting shot while on the retreat south, the Texans bothered to visit Governor Connelly’s sizable hacienda. They left it in ruins. The governor’s loss was said to have been about $30,000; a fortune at the time. The doors to Connelly’s mansion may be viewed today as the main entrance to the Casa San Ysidro Museum in Corrales, New Mexico. Source: New Mexico Historical Encyclopedia by Don Bullis

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U.S. Bill to Support Small Meatpackers Reintroduced

by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com

ederal legislation aimed at helping small meat and poultry processors sell their products across state lines has been reintroduced in both the U.S. House and Senate. The American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) has voiced strong support for the bill, calling it a “game-changer” for small packers. “There has never been a more favorable piece of legislation for small processors,” AAMP said in a press release. Named the Strengthening Local Processing Act, the bill would increase USDA’s share of costs for state inspection programs to 65 percent from 50 percent and boost the federal share of funding for the Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) program to 80 percent from 60 percent. Currently, 27 states have FSIS-approved meat or poultry inspection programs. The CIS program allows state-inspected plants to operate as federally inspected facilities

and ship their products in interstate commerce and internationally. However, to date, only eight states have established CIS programs. The legislation would require the Food Safety and Inspection Service to conduct outreach to states with state inspection programs that are not part of the CIS program, and require FSIS to submit a report to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees each year detailing the activities and results of the outreach conducted. The act would change the CIS small plant eligibility size to plants with more than 50 employees from plants with more than 25 employees. It would fund reimbursement grants to help small plants expand infrastructure to increase harvest and processing capacity. The legislation would also funnel federal dollars toward training, education, and technical assistance grants, according to a press release from bill sponsor U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.). Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) reintroduced the legislation. The bill is also co-sponsored by Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (D-Maine),

Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Representative Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.). “The pandemic highlighted significant vulnerabilities in our nation’s food supply chain, especially when it comes to meat processing capacity,” said Thune. The system shortage was not caused by lack of protein available, but by a lack of processors at the local level coupled with high demand for protein in local and regional markets, Ken Charfauros, owner of Wall Meats, said in the release from Thune’s office. “During the height of the protein shortages, small processors were asked to accomplish large processing tasks. That task has proven to be daunting to say the least,” he said. Pressure on protein processors continues, with processing dates already booked into 2022, Charfauros said. Other legislative efforts to boost small processors are being taken up at the state level.

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RIDING HERD by Lee Pitts

Cowboy Vittles

owboys have always had their own vocabulary. It’s almost as if they are talking in code so that only another cowboy can understand what they’re saying. For example, the cook on a cowboy crew is a pot rustler, coosie or cookie, the chuckwagon where he prepares the grub is his crumb castle and when he rings his dinner bell cowboys put on the nosebag. To determine just how well you speak cowboy here is a little multiple choice test to find out if you’re a real cowboy or one of the drugstore persuasion. (Answers are at the end.) 1. “Boggy top” is a) pine nuts with goat cheese, b) portobello mushrooms on a buckwheat roll with balsamic vinegar dressing, c) cod tacos with mutton enchiladas, d) pie with no crust.

2. “Bear sign” is a) fried coleslaw, b) donuts, c) a white bread bologna sandwich, d) pepperoni pizza without anchovies. 3. “Spotted dog” is a) Dalmatian on fry bread, b) dirty sock soup, c) garlic rattlesnake hash, d) suet pudding. 4. “Cackleberries” are a) eggs, b) cowcumbers (pickles), c) peanut M & M’s, d) raisins. 5. “Cow salve” is a) double espresso, half decaf with mocha, b) guacamole c) butter, d) vente almond frappuccino with a hint of cinnamon. 6. “Saddle horn” is a) biscuits hard enough to break the teeth on a rat, b) Fig Newtons®, c) arugula salad with saddle soap dressing, d) cooked carrots in beet sauce. 7. “Chuckwagon chicken” is a) haggis b) pheasant under glass, c) salt pork dipped in flour and fried, d) barbecued prairie chicken. 8. “County attorney” is a) beans that talk behind your back, b) rutabaga nestled in a bed of mixed greens, c) son of a gun stew, d) oatmeal with raisins. 9. “Splatterdabs” are a) fish sticks with chutney, b) pork and beans, c) fried moza-

rela cheese balls, d) pancakes. 10. “Lick” is a) molasses, b) an ice cream cone, c) peppermint candy, d) watermelon infused with vodka. 11. “Desperation cake” is a) fried Hostess Twinkies®, b) cake made without eggs or milk, c) regifted Christmas fruitcake, d) wedding cake. 12. “Neck oil” or “bug juice” is a) castor oil, b) coffee so weak it tastes like scalded water, c) lemon and honey, d) whiskey. 13. “Rocky Mountain oysters” are a) moose balls, b) sheep eyeballs, c) bovine testicles, d) oysters from Colorado. 14. “Kansas City fish” is a) chipped tuna on toast, b) fried pork, c) chicken gizzards, d) rack of woodchuck. 15. “Whistleberries” or “Mexican strawberries” are a) onions, b) beans usually cooked in dishwater, c) cabbage, d) prunes. 16. “Calf slobber” is a) Cool Whip®, b) butter (also known as axle grease), c) leftovers, d) meringue. Answers: (1) d, (2) b, (3) d, (4) a, (5) c, (6) a, (7) c, (8) c, (9) d, (10) a, (11) b, (12) d, (13) c, (14) b, (15) b, (16) d.

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Life with Wolves: New Mexico & Arizona by Nelson Shirley Reprinted courtesy of onland.westernlandowners.com

s a rancher with livestock in the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Area (MWRA), I am constantly bombarded with media narratives and Facebook posts extolling the virtue and necessity of wolves prowling across every piece of open country in North America. Even if after years of ranching with them it remains difficult for me to ascertain their virtue or how necessary they are, I still believe wolves, like bears and lions, are part of the working wild that I call home. So it was that eleven years ago when we first started to deal with wolves on our ranches north of the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico and Arizona, I listened to the various wolf advocacy organizations and read

everything I could find online and in print about how to deter wolves from killing our livestock. Since we operate on a large area (over 280,000 acres in wolf-occupied country) with year round public land permits and no irrigated pastures for calving, our only practical deterrence option appeared to be range riding. We hired range riders and got after it. We didn’t have many wolf packs on our ranches in those days and we usually lost only very few if any calves. But we didn’t know whether we were preventing wolf attacks or were just “recreational” range riding. That’s the thing about the scientific method of gaining knowledge. To be really scientific you need a control group, and the experiment should be repeatable. Like one of my smart friends once said, “science is good for studying dead things.” Over the years, as the wolf population grew, depredations became more frequent and sometimes we had multiple depredations in a single night. We quickly learned that to be effective deterring wolves we had to be out there all night. But range riders are not machines and need rest, so night patrols meant hiring more range riders, all at huge cost. Still we experienced

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greater livestock losses each year. During one of the worst bouts of cow/calf killing, Wildlife Services trapped a wolf, and suddenly, like flicking a switch, our depredations stopped cold for nine months in that area. The removal of a problem wolf (lethally, or to captivity) has proven repeatedly to be a sure way to stop or dramatically reduce depredations. (We’ve subsequently also learned that even catching a wolf in a trap that’s intended for coyotes will scare wolves out of an area for an extended period of time. So the use of leghold traps for coyotes has been an important, if controversial, non-lethal method of wolf deterrence.) Nowadays, most of the world’s humans are disconnected from the everyday ebb and flow of nature and they are uncomfortable seeing or hearing of death. Modern cosmopolitan society has gone to great lengths to cordon itself from death. But death remains a part of life. This difference, between those that experience death on a regular basis and those that don’t, separates rural and urban people more than any other. This cultural difference really comes home to roost when it comes to the issue of wolves. Wolves have co-existed with elk, deer and moose for thousands of years, by killing them. Our ranch is also co-existing with wolves as pastoralists the world over have for millennia, and that means we kill wolves (through Wildlife Services, since wolves are protected by the Endangered Species Act here) when they start killing our livestock. Like us, when predators leave their herds alone, pastoralists don’t spend time and energy hunting them. Today we have at least seven wolf packs on our ranches. Our losses to wolves in 2019 were over 120 head out of about 2000 mother cows/calves, 33 of which were confirmed. This annual loss rate of about 5.5-6.0 percent mirrors the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area loss rate in general. When ranchers describe the economic reality of wolf depredations a common response is that public lands ranchers are subsidized “welfare bums” due to low grazing lease fees. Livestock grazing is supposedly an insignificant source of revenue from public lands, so it is no big deal to eliminate it, and ranching in the American west is just not that important economically. So, the argument goes, if livestock grazing is in conflict with wolves, just eliminate public grazing, and let ranchers get real jobs. Let us take these arguments one by one. Is ranching as a use of public lands subsidized? To determine, a comparison with

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uncomfortable seeing or hearing of death.” — Nelson Shirley

Rancher Nelson Shirley during a tour of Spur Lake Cattle Company in 2015.

private grazing leases is required. The average cost for a private lease in the southwest is about $12 per annual unit month, or AUM, a standardized grazing unit calculated for each allotment, compared to $1.69 per AUM for a federal lease. However, ranchers leasing private land do not have to buy the lease upfront as they do for public land leases (which adds significant amortized capital cost), the cost of fencing and water development on private land are paid by the lessor, and the public does not have any access to the leased private land. For a 300head year round cow/calf operation, for instance, these differences result in comparable costs of about $42,000/year. This does not take into account that private leases are also usually on more productive country. The cost to Federal agencies to manage grazing on public lands is also frequently called out as a reason to curtail or eliminate public lands grazing use. In 2018 the USFS, for example, “lost” $48 million managing

grazing on national forests ($57 million spent less $9 million paid for permits), which sounds like a big subsidy. But note that in the same year, USFS “lost” over $232 million managing recreation, wilderness, fish, and wildlife ($402 million spent less user receipts of about $170 million dollars), which could lead to the uncharitable view that all the hunters, anglers, kayakers, OHVers and backpackers traipsing across our public lands are the real “welfare bums.” If we evaluate the investments our public lands agencies make in these resources solely by the resource’s ability to generate revenue for agencies, guess what the only permitted activities on those lands would be: mining and fossil fuel extraction. To the question of whether or not public lands are important to ranching and livestock production in the west, USDA statistics show that the eleven western states raised 6.1 million of the total national herd of 30 million head in 2016 (the last year

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complete data is available). That year, total authorized livestock on BLM and USFS rangelands totaled 2.4 million head. In other words 40 percent of the beef cattle in the 11 western states spend part or all of the year on public lands. In practice, this means that without the public lands, most private ranches would not be viable operations. In 2018, cow/calf production made up 2.9 percent of Montana’s GDP and 2 percent of New Mexico’s. For comparison, outdoor recreation’s share of Montana’s GDP was 2.2 percent, the largest contribution of that sector to the economy of any state. Further, crops that make up the biggest share of agricultural production in other states include oranges at just about .1 percent of Florida’s GDP, wheat in Kansas at just 1 percent of state GDP, and corn at 4.4 percent of Iowa’s GDP. How many large carnivores, let alone other species, do wheat and corn f ields t ypically accommodate? Meanwhile, despite an overall reduction of nearly 50 percent in livestock numbers on western public rangelands since the mid 1950’s, biodiversity continues to decline. The culprit in most places is not grazing, (or even logging or mining) but the damage and fragmentation of habitat caused by

increasing public access for recreation and, more critically, the associated development of vacation homes and subdivisions in the critical wildlife habitat of valley bottoms and along rivers and lakesides. Any place that has water and is attractive to humans is important to wildlife. This threat to open space is hardly theoretical. In Arizona, only 17 percent of the state land mass is in private ownership: the rest is tribal, federal or state land. This private land includes Arizona’s few precious open valley bottoms along our even fewer year-round rivers: landscapes that were refugia for wildlife for millennia. Of that 17 percent, fully half has already been subdivided and developed. Whether you like beef or not, western ranch operations preserve open space and provide some of the best habitat in the western US. Without working ranches, the unintended consequences would often be subdivision and ranchette developments. Ranchers who actually care for livestock generally don’t like wolves for a good reason. Anyone who has real hands on experience with wolves knows that wolves typically kill large prey by consumption— that is, they begin eating their prey alive. The process is neither quick nor pretty.

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Ranchers have the same human, emotional response as anyone would to the pain and suffering their livestock and working animals experience, due to wolves inability to deliver lethal bites to large prey. It’s not the fault of wolves, but it is the basis for a very human, and humane, distaste for wolves in agricultural communities. Today, the vast majority of Americans will never experience firsthand the depredations of wolves: and conservation ranchers who don’t raise livestock or can afford the losses have little to lose by the presence of wolves. As ranchers in the working wild, we still believe wolves have a place here. Wolves are neither saints nor sinners: they won’t make rivers run again and they probably won’t eat you, but they definitely will increase the cost of operating a ranch, and that cost has up to now been borne primarily by the rancher. If you’re considering wolf reintroduction, demand to know the true costs, and who will be asked to bear them. Or you might find that a move you thought was pro-biodiversity has led instead only to more pavement and power lines. Nelson Shirley is the president of Spur Lake Cattle Company, a combination of six ranches in Catron and Apache counties of New Mexico and Arizona.

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magine you were a livestock man in medieval England a thousand years ago. It’s early spring. Snow on the ground, mud in the cow lot. You walk the small pasture where the heavy heifers are kept. It’s hard to see much with just the moonlight. But you spot one that’s down in a swale. She’s on her side in the process of calving. One foot is showing. You check the rest of the cows the best you can and go back to the heifer. No progress. You wait a little longer, then resigned to your duty, you walk back to the cow lot and set the gates. On your way back to get the heifer the wind blows down your neck and you shiver. Using a long stick you got the heifer up and drive her into the cow lot. There’s some straw scattered behind the windbreak. She finds it and lays down. You walk to the earthen roofed shed to

Progress collect your tools. You manage to ease up on her and drop a homemade halter over her head and tie her loosely to a post on the windbreak. There is tepid water in your oaken bucket. After takin’ off your tunic you wash yer arms and kneel down behind her. Taking a three-foot leather thong, you slip a noose around the protruding foot. Following yer father’s advice, you next slip a hand inside and search for the other foot. You attach a second thong to it, take a wrap around each hand and begin to pull. By pulling when she pushes, resting when she rests, you and she finally deliver the calf two hours later. You rub him down, get him under the flank to suck and get to bed at daybreak. Sound familiar? However, we have made some progress in a thousand years. We’ve traded the moonlight for a flashlight, a

(grass-hemp) rope for a nylon, wool underwear for goose down, leather shoes for rubber boots, leather thongs for chrome plated O.B. chains and we’ve traded patience for a ratchet calf puller. But for the most part much of the process remains the same. Cold feet, bare arms, sweat in your eyes, small heifers and big calves, manual labor and dogged determination. Progress has mechanized, modernized and computerized much of our world from farming to pharmacy, from coal mining to dentistry, from astronomy to architecture. But those of us who practice the ancient art of birthing livestock could trade places with our counterparts a thousand years ago, or even two thousand years ago, and we’d be interchangeable almost immediately. Sorta like horseshoers, acupuncturists, dog trainers and herbal medicine salesmen. Makes ya think, doesn’t it?

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ach year the NM CowBelles accept scholarship applications to honor the memory of Pat Nowlin who was instrumental in beginning the first CowBelle organization in Arizona in 1947 followed by the New Mexico organization when she moved to the Cimarron area in 1957. She served as our first NM CowBelle president and was later elected to the position of national secretary / treasurer. The NM CowBelles will again offer two $500 scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school seniors and one additional $500 scholarship to be given to a college upperclassman or adult returning to college to obtain their degree. Applicants must be a paid member of the NM CowBelles, a junior age member or a child of a NM CowBelle in order to apply. Scholarship applica-

tions must also include: 1) The NM CowBelle Local Verification Form signed by the local president and secretary, 2) applicant’s photo, and 3) high school transcript, home school record of courses, or an official transcript of the college or trade school the applicant last attended. Applications can be obtained from the scholarship chair, a NM CowBelle local, on the NM CowBelle website at https://www.newmexicocowbelles.org/ or the FaceBook page at https://www. facebook.com/NewMexicoCowBelles. The deadline to submit scholarship applications with all attachments is April 15, 2021. Scholarship applications must be submitted to Shelly Hathorn, the NM CowBelle Scholarship Chair, via mail at the address below or by email to: shporter@nmsu.edu. Contact the chair at 575/447-7447 with questions regarding the scholarship applications or to make a donation to the memorial scholarship fund. Shelly Hathorn NM CowBelle Scholarship Chair 112 Scottsdale Drive Clovis, NM 88101

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Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Announces the 2021 Inductees & Award Winners by Drovers News Source

he Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame has announced its 2021 inductees and award winners who will be recognized at its 12th annual banquet to be held August 9, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. Johnny Trotter, president and CEO of Bar-G Feedyard in Hereford, Texas, and Steve Gabel, founder of Magnum Feedyard in Wiggins, Colorado, are the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame, which annually honors two leaders who have made lasting contributions to the cattle feeding industry. Gary Smith, visiting professor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, is the recipient of the Leadership Award. George Eckert of Green Plains Cattle Company in Leoti, Kansas, and Gaspar Martinez of Harris Feeding Company in Coalinga, California, were named Service Award winners. These inductees and award winners will be recognized at the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame banquet in conjunction with the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show to be held Aug. 10-12 in Nashville. “Through their dedication and leadership, these honorees have made lasting contributions to our industry,” said Cliff Becker, vice president of publishing for Farm Journal Media and Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame board member. “It is an honor to recognize their achievements which have helped advance the cattle feeding industry.” Tickets for the 2021 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame banquet can be purchased as part of the Cattle Industry Convention registration and will be available in June. Event sponsorship and table sponsorships are also available. Founding sponsors of the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame include Merck Animal Health, Drovers magazine and Osborn Barr Paramore (OBP). All proceeds from ticket sales and corporate sponsorships will benefit future initiatives for the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. All funds from tickets purchased by cattle feeders will be donated in full to the Hall of Fame. Those interested in sponsorship opportunities may contact Tori Lock at 660/641-3369; Cliff Becker at 913/579-7675; or Chub Klein at 402/443-7337. Donations to the Hall of Fame may also be made at cattlefeeders.org.

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t’s official – animal extremist political icon Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been appointed to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. This was met with much dismay from the animal agriculture world and not unjustifiably so. Besides having absolutely no practical or real-world experience in any of the agriculture industries or sectors, Booker has long been a poster child for radical animal extremism and vegan movement enthusiasts by being a politician made in their own image. His political career and personal motives have been rigorously documented by Protect The Harvest and other allied industry entities. Farmers, ranchers, veterinarians and other animal professionals need to be aware of what his appointment could mean for them and the industry as a whole.

Booker’s Background – No Practical Experience with Agriculture Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in New Jersey, Senator Booker has no direct connections with today’s farming world. He attended Stanford University to get his BA in political science and master’s in sociology. Afterwards he went to Oxford where he earned a degree in US history then moved on to Yale for his juris doctor. During his mayoral career where he presided over Newark, New Jersey from 2006 to 2013, he was largely known for working with urban development and sociological issues. So where exactly did his supposed animal expertise come from? Booker attributes Gandhi’s autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, as being largely responsible for his personal connection with animal rights in 1992. Shortly thereafter he became a vegetarian and remained so until 2014 when he fully transitioned to an all-vegan diet. “Legislatively,” he told the prominent vegan activist media outlet VegNews, “I want to continue to be a part of a movement of folk who are fighting against corporate interests that are undermining the public good and the public welfare.”

By integrating his animal rights ideology into his political life, Booker quickly shot up the ladder to animal activist stardom. He has received numerous laurels and recognition in this realm on the national level – not removing his vegan lifestyle and beliefs from his legislative activity. Senator Booker was a featured guest and award winner at the Humane Society of the United States’ Farm Animal Protection fundraiser in Los Angeles.

Booker’s Legislative Activities Farm Systems Reform Act – Boycott Big Meat Campaign While he’s been on the favored side of the animal extremist agenda for some time, Booker gained a whole new level of attention when he, along with Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced the Farm Systems Reform Act (FSRA) in 2019. The Farm Systems Reform Act was a direct affront to large modern farms which utilize concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) of all types, as previously reported by Protect The Harvest. The bill seeks to eliminate all CAFOs entirely by January of 2040 and would force animal continued on page 44 >>

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Allotments & Antiquities: Items Not Addressed by Trump I have previously discussed the many accomplishments of the Trump administration. This month we’ll look at two more items left unaddressed.

Livestock Grazing

ould you like an example of how career bureaucrats can outsmart political appointees and hornswoggle them into doing nothing? Then read on, brother, read on. In September of 2017 the BLM announced a new livestock grazing initiative they claimed provided “an unprecedented level of flexibility” to allotment holders. The BLM said they would identify 6 to 12 ranchers to issue “Outcome-Based Grazing Authorizations”. Instead of emphasizing process and prescription the new authorizations would instead place emphasis on ecological outcomes “allowing livestock operators more flexibility to make adjustments in response to changing conditions such as drought or wildland fire.” BLM said the new program would allow, “ranching operations that are both economically and environmentally sustainable.” In 2018 the BLM announced it had 11 demonstration projects in six states for its outcome-based grazing authorizations. Five in Nevada, two in Oregon, and one each in Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. BLM said these authorizations would allow “grazing permit holders greater flexibility in the management of permitted livestock.” I must confess that I’ve considered this to be a ruse all along. I viewed it as a tactic by the BLM to appear to be doing something on livestock grazing, but without actually changing anything of substance to the program. Wholesale changes were being made to oil and gas regulations, hunting regulations and access to federal lands regulations. Changes that affected all parties involved. When it came to livestock grazing however, BLM was only proposing a demonstration project that affected 11

out of 21,000 allotments. That comes out to be 0.05 percent of BLM allotments. This was just a delay tactic and it worked, as you will see below. In January of 2020 BLM published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement concerning proposed revisions to the agency’s grazing regulations. “Administration of sustainable livestock grazing on public lands is a key part of the Bureau of Land Management’s multiple-use mission. We continue to seek ways to improve and streamline the grazing permit process to achieve greater efficiencies and service to permittees,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management Casey B. Hammond. “This rulemaking effort is designed to strengthen and improve our administration of grazing permits across the West, and we welcome public and stakeholder ideas and perspectives.” According to BLM the proposed revisions would “update, modernize and streamline the grazing regulations” and “improve existing land-use planning and grazing permitting procedures”. The BLM held scoping meetings in four different Western states and comments were due by March 6.

Individual ranchers, ranching organizations, state agencies and other interested parties spent hundreds of hours preparing for the scoping meetings and submitting written comments. I can assure you these were “outcome-based” comments. Positive results were expected. So what was the outcome of all this effort? Zero, zip, nada. BLM had ten months to issue draft regulations and then final regulations, a tight schedule for sure. But to go three hundred days and not even issue draft regulations? Clearly, revising the range code was not a priority. The feint, dodge, delay, paralysis by analysis or whatever you want to call it of “Outcome-Based Grazing Authorizations” had served its purpose. No new range code, the Biden administration will quietly discontinue the demonstration projects, and BLM will get to keep their coveted Babbitt-era range code.

A monumental failure The initial discoveries of prehistoric ruins and archaeological sites were made by ranchers in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona during the 1880s. These discoveries eventually led to museums and professional and amateur archaeologists excavating these sites, sometimes destroy-

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agriculture production to be entirely pasture-based. To gain favor, many animal extremists and unfamiliar media outlets tried to explain the motives behind the bill as pushing out “corporate ag” in favor of smaller, family farms with greater sustainability and economic fairness. Movements like the #BoycottBigMeat campaign and associating it with the Green New Deal are examples of this. The bill itself completely overlooks the fact that large modern farming practices were developed by experts in the field, university researchers, and livestock veterinarians. These practices were developed through scientific facts, not subjective emotions, like the animal extremist movement’s motives. They maximize land, water and other resources while upholding animal welfare standards. This is the very definition of sustainability. “Big multinational corporations turn massive profits by cramming farmed animals into barren sheds and massive feedlots,” writes Joe Loria for animal extremist-based World Animal Protection. “The Farm System Reform Act (FSRA) would overhaul our broken food system by placing a moratorium on the largest factory farms— immediately prohibiting the creation or expansion of these monstrous factories and requiring they be phased out by 2040. It’s the first step towards shifting away from our current factory farming model and toward a more sustainable and kinder food system.” Our food system is not broken and Loria’s claim is simply untrue. Farmers in the United States have been practicing sustainability for decades. Improvements in modern farming practices are allowing farmers and ranchers to produce much more with less. Farming looks much different today than it did 10, 20, or 50 years ago due to scientific research and adaptation to more efficient and sustainable practices. This bill overlooks the gap left in the system without livestock to fulfill it — unused food industr y byproducts, nonarable land left unproductive, and lack of essential nutrients for example. Likewise, there are the lingering questions regarding how such transitions would be made possible. Is there is even enough grazing land to support all livestock that is needed to fill consumer needs? A 2017 study from researchers at the Department of Agriculture’s Research Service and Virginia Tech showed this would be a

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ing the ruins during the process. It is often stated there was no legislative authority to protect these areas and no requirement of a permit to excavate. This is only partially correct. The General Land Office was authorized to withdraw lands for their protection. An example would be Frijoles Canyon in northern New Mexico. By July 1900 the General Land Office had withdrawn a large area around Frijoles Canyon from entry, sale, settlement, or other disposal pending a determination of the advisability of setting the region apart as a national park. Another example would be Chaco Canyon. On April 4, 1905 the Interior Department withdrew lands in Chaco Canyon that included the section of land containing Pueblo Bonito, Chettro Kettle and Pueblo del Arroyo. Interestingly, in the Pueblo del Arroyo, one Richard Wetherill had filed a homestead claim in 1890. Special Agent Frank Grygla of the General Land Office was sent to investigate the conflict between Wetherill’s claim and the withdrawal. According to a Park Service historian, he found that Wetherill had constructed buildings worth five thousand dollars on his land, was raising sixty acres of corn, five of wheat, two of vegetables, and reportedly had five thousand sheep, two hundred horses, and four hundred chickens. Furthermore, Wetherill informed Grygla he would relinquish his rights to the three major ruins on his homestead to the Government. Under these circumstances, the General Land Office concluded that a cancellation of Wetherill’s claim for fraudulent entry would be “difficult and probably unjust,” and that there was some evidence that instead of excavating the ruins at this time Wetherill was protecting them. Nevertheless, in 1906 Congress passed the Antiquities Act. This law authorizes the President to declare, by

serious concern. Wildlife Corridor Conservation Act Additionally in 2019, Booker helped introduce the Wildlife Corridor Conservation Act, which left major questions regarding the rights of property owners as the act would “provide for the protection and restoration of certain native fish, wild-

public proclamation, historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest situated on federal lands as national monuments. The act also authorizes the President to reserve parcels of land surrounding the objects of historic or scientific interest, but requires that the amount of land reserved be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. Well, we all know how that last section has been abused. Most recently President Obama proclaimed twenty-six national monuments totaling 88.3 million acres. In addition, he added 465.2 million acres to existing national monuments. The kicker here is the word “scientific” Can you imagine an acre of land anywhere that is not of scientific interest to someone? Furthermore, there is no requirement for public input prior to a monument being designated. Whether or not the public has a chance to comment is completely at the discretion of the President. There is also no requirement to weigh the environmental consequences of such designation. NEPA doesn’t kick in until after the monument is designated. One person, the President, can designate however many acres he wants without limitation, without public input and without considering the environmental impact of his action. Certainly this is a law in need of revision. However, during the first two years of the Trump administration, when Republicans controlled the Executive and both Houses of Congress, nothing was done. Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot. com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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ccasionally we hear myths about the Beef Checkoff which have no basis in fact. We hope to dispel myths by providing the facts and urge ranchers to contact the NMBC office or one of the Council members when hearing myths about our industry that aren’t true. POLICY & LOBBYING Myth: The Beef Checkoff uses Checkoff dollars to lobby for policies that work against the interests of American cattle producers. Fact: The Beef Checkoff does not – and cannot by law – influence policymaking, participate in lobbying, or fund programs that do. Checkoff dollars can only be used for research and promotion of beef on behalf of producers and importers; they cannot be used for lobbying. NCBA, a Checkoff contractor, has a separate lobbying arm, but through stringent checks and balances, the CBB ensures that NO Checkoff dollars are used for lobbying. MCOOL & U.S. BEEF Myth: It would be better for producers if the Checkoff only promoted U.S. Beef, but the Checkoff opposes Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) because it doesn’t want consumers to know how much beef in local grocers’ cases comes from outside the U.S. Fact: MCOOL is a policy issue. As such, the Checkoff is not involved and has not taken a position on this issue.

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March is National Deli Meat Month

he Checkoff has partnered with the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) to “beef up” National Deli Meat Month. The month long celebration includes innovative virtual happenings to include Deli Dinner Meet & Greets and a National Deli Meat Month TikTok promotion. It’s no coincidence that deli month is celebrated in March when consumers are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with delicious corned beef.

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The State of the Current Beef Consumer

he COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in consumer shopping shifts unlike any the industry has ever seen. That’s why the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, sought to better understand how domestic consumers have responded to these unprecedented events and to determine which food shopping behaviors will be temporary and which may be permanent, especially for the beef category. Key take-aways include: ЇЇ Online ordering for both groceries and meal ordering is not only here to stay but is expected to grow at a more rapid pace than originally predicted. ЇЇ Consumers are cooking more meals at home which means they are searching for information to help them cook meals at home. Coincidently, consumers are also spending more time online than prior to COVID-19. This combination reinforces our marketing tactics for additional digital and social media advertising in New Mexico. ЇЇ Beef demand has remained strong to-date due in large part to positive consumer perceptions of beef and beef production. ЇЇ Consumers are more focused on spending their money on essentials like groceries and household supplies (paper and cleaning products). This trend is expected to adjust back at some point.

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NMBC Exec, Dina Reitzel Receives KING SERVICE AWARD Established by New Mexico Cattle Growers Association in memory of former NM Governor Bruce King and wife Alice; the King Service Award is given to a member who admirably represents our state. Dina ChaconReitzel is recognized as the 2020 recipient for continually going above and beyond for New Mexicans as wells as the states agriculture industry. “To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” — Douglas Adams

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leagues. He was among the eight Democrats to sign and submit an opposition letter to the BLM’s spay feasibility study. This study was conducted to test spaying as a humane, economical and viable tool for herd management. It is important to note that conducting a study regarding the standing surgical spay was also wildly disapproved of by various animal extremist organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which stands to gain from its patent on a birth control injection. The injection is expensive to administer and the results are considered inhumane by Protect The Harvest and other animal welfare advocacy groups. Worked to Further Slow Down Packing Plants During the COVID-19 Related Closedown of Packing Houses which Impacted Animal Welfare Worth the mention, Booker was also part of the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act last year. This bill was aimed at large processors and meat packers to prevent them from trying to speed up production line in wake of COVID delay and food shortages. The ASPCA and other animal extremist groups have been vocal supporters of this move.

2016 Substances Control Act regarding the use of animals in cosmetic testing.

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When he’s not supporting anti-animal Group PR Darling agriculture legislation, Booker can be found The promotion and support HSUS gives supporting animal extremist causes in his to Booker goes beyond awards and menpersonal life. tions. According to the Humane Society In 2017, he took center stage at the Legislative Fund (HSUS’ political arm), Humane Society of the United States’ Booker has a “100+” score for 2020 and for (HSUS) luxurious annual Farm Animal Pro- his lifetime record. This means he has spontection benefit in Los Angeles, California. At sored or upheld a variety of animal the fundraiser Booker was honored with rights-centric bills, funds and positions the organization’s Humanitarian of the Year from horse racing to big cats to companAward for his political work. ion animals. “HSUS is working every day to end animal Booker can also be seen in many bits of cruelty, and I’ve been proud to stand with news and blog posts by the ASPCA. Like them. No living creature is so insignificant HSUS, they have also been in support of the as to not be worthy of our kindness and Farm System Reform Act. compassion,” he said in his acceptance Unsurprisingly, PETA has also given their speech. “I’m energized by the progress stamp of approval to Booker. In fact, they we’ve already made, and I look forward to added his likeness to a Thanksgiving (or continuing to work on animal welfare issues “Thanksvegan”) campaign painting tweeted in the United States Senate in the out to their followers last November. years to come.” The VegNews vegan outlet has done Animal extremism is not animal welfare, numerous pieces on Booker and his activialthough extremist groups like the HSUS, ties, including a very recent piece ASPCA and PETA work to confuse the public introducing him as “the first vegan senator about their definitions and their agenda. To on the Senate Agriculture Committee.”

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Pushes for Unscientific End to Necessary Animal Testing That same year he also enacted legislation to reduce the number of primates used in research with the Primate Protection and Research Modernization Act. While his original animal welfare plan is no longer available on his website, Booker included a statement that he plans to promote the development of “scientifically reliable alternative methods in order to end all animal testing by 2025,” according to World Animal News. What has been fully ignored by animal extremist groups is both the necessity for animal testing and the ongoing work by researchers and scientists to reduce and eliminate animal testing whenever possible.

Senator Booker Seems to Provide Boiler-Plate Support of the Animal Extremist Agenda Other points on this animal welfare plan were an end to US horse exportation for meat purposes, prohibiting imports of exotic animal trophy and banning the use of poisons for predator control. He did, however, push for reforms to the

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“Booker has been vegan since 2014 and is a longtime advocate for reforming agricultural systems,” reads the article, “particularly factory farming, to create a more equitable food system for people and animals.” Among nearly all the major animal rights players – even the World Wildlife Fund – you will find some reference to Cory Booker in blog posts or articles. These groups are either talking about him directly or speaking about new legislation he has worked to promote.

industry grows. It’s trampling the rights of others. We have to figure out a sustainable way.” This statement by Booker certainly begs the question of where he gets his information since he has no agricultural background and instead has strong ties to animal extremist groups. Keep in mind animal extremist groups have publicly stated their number one goal is to end animal agriculture. Booker’s statement also sheds a glaring light regarding his lack of experience and expertise. His statements clearly show he has not visited Senator Booker Mistakenly Believes large modern farms, spoken to university Modern Farming Harms the veterinarians and agricultural researchers. Environment It appears he has no inkling of how agriculWhile he has certainly taken advantage ture has improved its use of valuable of his status as an animal extremist move- resources and is producing more now with ment Rockstar, Booker does seem convicted less than ever before. If agriculture were not in his personal beliefs as a vegan. Besides sustainable, generations of families would citing “moral” reasons, Booker also ties his not be able to pass down farms for over diet to his misguided beliefs about 100 years. sustainability. “The tragic reality is this planet simply Disingenuous and Misinformed can’t sustain billions of people consuming Statements Help Booker Play Both industrially produced animal agriculture Sides of the Fence because of environmental impact,” he said Booker stresses he doesn’t believe in in a VegNews article. “It’s just not sustain- eliminating animal farming all together, not able as their demand for these products yet anyway, but he is a big supporter of grows and the power of the industrial pork small and midsized “family farms.”

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Who exactly meets that criteria? Booker is unclear and seems out of touch with the current production operations and sizes of family farms. This tactic seems to help him cater to his vegan fanbase while also setting himself as a hero of the nondescript family farm and destroyer of massive, crushing corporations. On an MSNBC interview, although Booker did make a point blank statement about a non-vegan diet having a bigger carbon footprint, he immediately followed it up by saying that he does not believe the government should dictate what people should eat. This is another statement that shows Booker has not done his homework and is regurgitating animal extremist propaganda. Likewise, he rejected the notion that he has a “radical vegan agenda.” This has earned him a bit of criticism from the vegan and radical animal rights communities who demand he takes a stronger stance in this regard. That does not take away from the fact that his political actions favor his vegan suppor ters, the animal ex tremist agenda,and regularly harms land owners and those involved with animal agriculture. In one Medium article, the author recalls a time where he met up with activists staging a demonstration in New Hampshire. Additionally, Booker has made statements about milk and egg alternatives continued on page 64 >>

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military career. After graduating from New Mexico State University in 1974 with a range management degree, he made his love and passion for the land a profession. Working first for the Bureau of Land Management and then with Natural Resource Conservation Service, he helped countless ranchers and farmers around this region in developing and executing plans to prevent damage to the land while making it more sustainable and productive for future generations. It was a strongly held belief by Richard that we are stewards of this land and it is our duty to not merely preserve it, but conserve it so that it can thrive and grow. That same attitude of fostering growth is also how he approached his faith in God. A deeply devout Christian, Richard genuinely wanted nothing more than to lead others to the joy he found in Jesus Christ. He shared the good news as much and as often as he could whether that was serving as a Sunday School Teacher, filling in to give a sermon, leading a worship service, or giving a reassuring word on the side of the street. Richard became so well known as a man of faith throughout the community that he was often asked to speak at funeral

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lma Lois Cain, age 95, died Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at her home in Amistad, New Mexico. Elma Lois Hardin was born May 17, 1925 to Charlie William & Lois Gladys Hardin at Hope NM. From age nine, Elma attended Loretto Academy in Las Cruces NM until she graduated in 1942. She attended Loretto Heights College in Denver CO in 1942. She married the love of her life, Leonard B Cain on July 1, 1943 in Hot Springs NM. Their first home was in Tularosa NM. They were on the family ranch at the Buckhorn near Engle NM. Their first daughter, Clara Lou Cain, was born December 2, 1944. The world’s first nuclear explosion was detonated at precisely 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945 just nine miles north of their home. Even though the blast was heard and felt for miles, Elma, Leonard and their young daughter, Clara, did not feel or hear anything. The explosion expanded up and over them. After moving to their ranch south of Amistad August 7, 1949, Elma continued to be a loving, caring, and hard-working ranch wife. Their second daughter, Leona (Nonie) Nel Cain, was born on May 28, 1955. Elma loved to play cards, cook, (she was well known for her famous rum cake and red velvet cake), mow the yard, read books and share them with others. She kept track of the important facts of her family life by recording them daily in a journal. Elma also enjoyed embroidery and other crafts. She loved having family around her. Elma was active in the Extension Club, and at times served in various club offices. She was a long-time member of the Amistad United Methodist Church where she played the piano and was the church treasurer for many years. From 1961 through 1981 Elma directed one of the Amistad Church’s largest ministries – Vacation Bible School. The Amistad Church began hosting an annual Thanksgiving Homecoming in 1968. Elma researched and published the Memorial Program for this event which honored all the saints who had died during the previous year. Elma was a true ranch wife who never earned a paycheck, but who earned

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the respect and love of all who knew her. She had what Jesus would call a “servant’s heart.” Elma was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Lois Hardin, and her husband, Leonard. She is survived by: Daughters Clara Howe and husband Rhea of Lovington NM and Nonie Tidmore and husband Kenneth of Amistad NM. Six grandchildren Travis Howe and wife Kristi of Crossroads NM, Rheanel Breshears and husband Kevin of Portales NM, Kristin Wainwright and husband Kelly of Rio Rancho NM, Mikael Nixon and wife Jamie of Amistad NM, Anna Camille Moreno and husband Eric of El Paso TX, and Niki Wolff and husband Ryan of Bosque Farms NM. 19 great-grandchildren: Hadley Howe and wife Jocelyn, Layni Lee and husband Bobby, Bryce Howe and wife Sharli, Shelden Breshears, Jaiden Swaim and husband Jeremy, Evan Wainwright, Averi Llanes & husband Santi, Mattisen Nixon, Nathan Wolff, Jenna Wainwright, Connor Wolff, Jorgia Nixon, Aaron Wolff, Myles Nixon, Jude Wolff, Andrew Moreno, Julian Moreno, Noah Wolff, and Serenity Moreno. Six great-great grandchildren: Ruby Lee, Dru Lee, TreyLynn Howe, Raz Lee, Tatum Howe, and Jaicee Swaim. The family asks that memorials be made

in Elma’s memory to the Amistad United Methodist Church, PO Box 325, Amistad, New Mexico 88410. Funeral services were held at 2:00 a.m. on Monday, January 11, 2021 at the Amistad United Methodist Church in Amistad, New Mexico with Rev. Ran Loy officiating. Burial followed in the Fairview Cemetery south of Amistad.

Irene Nosker

rene Nosker, 91, passed peacefully in her sleep on January 31, 2021. She was born to Ralph Bonnell and Jewell Allison Bonnell on May 7, 1929. She is survived by her sister Eleanor Shockey, brother Harvey Bonnell, sons Dennis Nosker (Beth), and Ralph Nosker, son in law Jim McCoy, three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a great-great-granddaughter. Irene was one of the most revered school bus drivers in Lincoln County, where she drove for more than fifty years. She loved spending time outdoors exploring for arrowheads. She enjoyed golfing with friends and was an avid gardener. Irene cherished her Native American rugs, artifacts, and jewelry. Her husband of 72 years, Kenneth, 95, passed away on January 15, 2020 Kenneth’s and Irene’s remains will be buried at the Nosker Family Cemetery in Glencoe at a private family burial. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church, c/o Church of the Holy Mount, 121 Mescalero Trail, Ruidoso, NM 88345.

Linda Jean Lee-Turner

inda Jean Lee-Turner, 69, passed away February 4, 2021 in El Paso, Texas. She was born on April 29, 1951 in Alamogordo, New Mexico to Charlie and Jean Lee. Linda was a long time resident of Alamogordo graduating in 1969 from Alamogordo High School. She represented Otero County as Fair/Rodeo Queen in 1968 and 1970 and Sun Princess In El Paso, Texas. She was a member of the chapter of the Otero CowBelles and was president in 20072008 and 2015-2016, also she held title of state President of the New Mexico CowBelles in 2011. She was a member of the White Sands chapter of Daughters of American Revolution (DAR). She made beautiful stained glass, loved her herbs and loved the sunset and stars. She will be missed by all that love her as she has left an imprint on

our hearts. She always gave love and light to us all and always a smile on her face. “Till next time”. Survivors include her mother Jean E. Lee, Alamogordo; brother, Bebo (Madalynn) Lee, Alamogordo; son, Shawn (Nicole) Williamson, Etiwanda, California; two daughters, Amber (Wade) Walker-McClain, Tularosa, and Misty (Sean) Orr, Alamogordo; two granddaughters, Morgayne Smith, Alamogordo, and Kymberlee Orr, Alamogordo, and two grandsons, Kamrynne Davis, Alamogordo, and Jordan Walker, Tularosa.

Tommy Able Chavez

ommy Able Chavez, 75, Stanley, passed away on February 8, 2021. He was born on September 22, 1945 in Santa Fe to the late Catalino and Onofre (Baca) Chavez. On March 22, 1969 he married the love of his life, Beatrice Montoya in Moriarty. Tommy was a family man and loved spending time with his son, and grandchildren. He loved going to roping events, spending time on the Ranch and hunting. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

Tommy is also preceded in death by his son, Able Chavez; daughter, Priscilla Chavez as well as several siblings. He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Beatrice Chavez; son, Geno Chavez (wife Danielle); five grandchildren, as well as numerous siblings, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Verna Stell

erna Stell, 92, Carlsbad, the loving, humble, and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother of the Stell family, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2021. Verna was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1928. When young, she moved to Carlsbad with her parents, CD and Bonnie Beam. They opened orwin Buford Hulsey, 69, passed away Beam’s Beauty and Barber Shop on at his home on the Hulsey Ranch, Mermod Street. north of Luna, New Mexico, WednesVerna always had a strong work ethic. In day, Jan. 20, 2021. He was born in Silver City, addition to helping her parents at the shop, New Mexico, Dec. 1, 1951 to Buford Bailey she worked at the Caverns Theatre from age Hulsey and Evelyn Reynolds, of Luna. 14, and enjoyed the income to buy the first Corwin worked as a logger, rancher, big clothes that reflected her lifelong commitgame outfitter and served as Catron County ment to fashion. In high school, Verna Sheriff from 1981-1985. began dating her high school sweetheart, He is survived by his wife, Sally Hulsey Joe Stell Jr., who was a talented athlete. As and their children, Audrey McQueen, Boyd Joe neared graduation, he had multiple (Jamie) Hulsey, Crystal (William) McKinney, offers to play football and chose Southern Dalon (Tandy) Hulsey, Elden (LaRae) Hulsey, Methodist University, where he attended siblings, Gary (Inez) Hulsey, Eloise Wisdom, and played football for a year before decidSteven (Barbara) Hulsey, Kay (Mike) Scott, ing Dallas was too far from Verna. So, Joe Richard (Elaine) Hulsey and 20 grandchildren. transferred to University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque to play for the Lobos, and he and Verna were married in

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Mourning the loss of a friend, Vic Howell (1961 - 2021) . . .

Vic Howell

he cowboy world is smaller today because of the loss of one of its finest, Vic Howell, the second generation manager of the Babbitt Ranches. Vic moved with his dad to Arizona’s legendary Babbitt Ranches when he was two years old in 1963. His dad, Bill, was the long time manager and handed that job over to Vic in 1992. You could hardly claim to be a big outfit cowboy if you’d never ridden out on Babbitts – they had the best cow boss (Bill, then Vic), some of the best country and best horses a cowboy could ever hope to ride. But everyone that knows Vic as a cow man also knows he was every bit as much a family man and a devoted Christian. He fought cancer with grace and determination - he was a horseback until the end - and a deep faith in the love of his family and Lord. I was proud to call Vic a friend and honored he was featured in both Open Range and Cowboys. I’ll miss Vic dearly and hope his wonderful family takes comfort in all the people that held him in such high regard and counted him a friend. He’ll be missed here but no doubt welcomed with loving arms above. Rest in peace.

Ricky Chavez

icky Chavez, 61, Quemado, lost his valiant battles with cancer on January 27, 2021. Ricky was a graduate of New Mexico State University and had a long teaching career. His students loved and admired him. He was also a bull rider and a friend to all that he met. He was serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. He was a founding member of Used to Think We Could Ride. A touching memorial tribute for Ricky was held on February 13, 2021 during the Casa Baca Rodeo Series. Editor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The New Mexico Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families & friends would like to see more detail, verbatim pieces must be emailed to us, & may be printed at 10¢ per word.

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Raising Freezer Beef: Meeting Customer Expectations by Amanda Blair, Professor & South Dakota State University Extension Meat Science Specialist

trend that has become more prominent in recent years is for ranchers to finish a few animals and sell beef direct to the consumer. Consumers have a desire to know where their beef comes from, value the story and are seeking ranchers to purchase beef from. At the same time, ranchers have been seeking opportunities to add value to their cattle and reduce their exposure to market swings. However, feeding and managing a grain-finished animal is different than managing a cowherd or backgrounding calves. Proper feeding and management are key to capturing extra value and meeting customer expectations. If you are considering marketing your animals directly to consumers it is important to understand the inspection requirements for selling directly to consumers. This article will focus primarily on raising freezer beef for sale as a whole, half, or quarter.

and capture value from a sick or poor doing animal by selling it as freezer beef it should be noted that animals that have been sick and treated multiple times can produce lower quality carcasses. Customers may also inquire about the use of antibiotics or growth promoting implants. This information should be shared as appropriate without disparaging others who chose to use or not use these technologies. It is critical to follow the label instructions on slaughter withdrawal time for any health products and it is recommended that cattle producers adhere to the Beef Quality Assurance guidelines. Animal Age: Older animals tend to producer tougher, darker colored meat that is less desirable for whole muscle cuts such as steaks. While there can be a market for older animals for use in ground beef or processed meat produc ts, it is not recommended to sell older cows or bulls as freezer beef for traditional steaks and roasts. Finishing Ration: The type of finishing ration can also impact palatability. While there is room for both grass- and grain-finished beef in the freezer beef marketplace it is important to understand and accurately represent your product. In general, the typical U.S. beef consumer is accustomed

to the flavor profile and palatability attributes of grain-finished beef. Beef from grass finished animals may be identified as having a grassy flavor and can have a different cooking odor compared with grain-finished beef. Also, consumers may note a difference in the visual appearance as the fat of grass-finished beef can be more yellow in color. Grass-finished beef are also generally finished at a lighter weight than grain-finished beef and, as a result, are often leaner with less marbling (intramuscular fat). While individual preferences will dictate the type of beef a consumer selects, it is important to communicate specific details in order to meet their expectations.

Communication Good communication between producers, processors, and customers is an essential step in meeting expectations. Producers should be prepared to share details about the animal’s sex, age, diet, and health history. They should also be prepared to estimate the final live weight and expected yield. This is important for two reasons: 1. It allows the customer to estimate the purchase price of the animal and the asso-

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Customer Service One way to grow your freezer beef enterprise is by providing exceptional customer service. Providing customers

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(especially new customers) with information about what to expect from a freezer beef purchase can go a long way to managing their expectations and avoiding problems before they occur. Providing information about your management practices, helping them to understand the process, and guiding their interaction with the processor are all good practices to enhance your customer service. Some common issues that you can assist customers with include: How much freezer space is needed: If someone is new to purchasing freezer beef, they may not understand the volume of beef they will be receiving or the amount of freezer space that will be required. In terms of how much freezer space will be needed, the general rule is one cubic foot per 35-40 pounds of packaged meat. Additional space is needed when storing large

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being under attack by the true milk and dairy industries. In his VegNews interFor years, those in animal agriculture view, he said he believes that by have been well aware of Booker’s stopping “corporate power” it would involvement with the animal extremist allow the public greater freedom of movement and his resume. Now that he choice which would allow “more com- has a place on the Senate Agriculture passion” with “a focus on public health.” Committee, there real is concern and In this same interview he also men- great discussion around this happening. tions the impact of greenhouse gases While Booker has been very vocal and a loss of environmental sustainabil- about his personal beliefs and reason for ity. Instead of discussing innovative adopting a vegan diet, he fails to provide solutions such funneling this to renew- the credentials to speak or work on projable energy such as with methane ects directly linked to food production digesters, he points to “corporations” as and animal agriculture. This makes his being the issue. newly minted appointment all the more “It’s small farmers who are treating baffling for agriculturalists. animals with better care and compasThis is an optimal time for animal sion,” Booker stressed, “who are treating industries to be increasingly vigilant the environment in a more sustainable about political action and legislation way that really speak to the farming tra- that has an impact on present and ditions of our country being destroyed future of farming and ranching practices economically because of this corporate – and to make their thoughts on these consolidation that is unsustainable.” topics known. Protect The Harvest and But again, Booker has not explained other agriculture media outlets are dedexactly what qualifies as a “small farmer” icated to raising awareness of these nor does he address the fact that many issues, we can only hope those in the small farmers are in business because of field will take heed. the corporations and co-ops they either sell or belong to. Likewise, he doesn’t address the fact that large operations have strict animal welfare protocols in place and most are also family owned.

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or odd shaped cuts. This infographic from the University of Minnesota is useful for visualizing the cuts and freezer space needed for a quarter of beef. Selecting cuts and cutting instructions: An aspect of purchasing freezer beef is determining the type and size of cuts desired. Customers will generally be provided a cutting form from the processor where they will specify the cuts they want, steak thickness, and package quantities. New customers may appreciate help and recommendations regarding these decisions based on your experiences. Dealing with frozen meat: Most U.S. beef consumers generally purchase fresh beef at retail and may not know how to properly thaw frozen beef. They may also appreciate tips on properly handling and cooking beef. Retaining a small group of calves each year to market as freezer beef can help diversify a cow-calf operation. Taking steps to manage customer expectations, utilizing good communication, and providing exceptional customer service are efforts that can help build and retain your customer base.

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GrauPerformance Charolais ranCh Tested Since 1965 BEEFMASTERS 60th Bull Sale—October 2, 2021 Private Treaty Females Semen & Embryos

T. Lane Grau – 575.760.6336 – tlgrau@hotmail.com Colten Grau – 575.760.4510 – colten_g@hotmail.com

Lorenzo Lasater • San Angelo, TX 325.656.9126 • isabeefmasters.com

1680 CR 37 Grady, New Mexico 88120 B B

St. Vrain Simmentals Gary Bogott 303/517-6112 CELL Home: 303/702-9729 P.O. Box 622, Niwot, CO 80544 gbogott@gmail.com

Thatcher, Arizo

ality Represents Qu The Brand that angus Bulls & Females Br Registered Black 928-651-5120 • bjcmd58@gmail.com www.carterbrangus.com @Carter-Brangus

The Herd With Proven Performance

HEIFER BULLS

MILLER

½ Corriente, ½ Angus Bred Heifers & Young Pairs Solid Black

PRIVATE TREATY

McPHERSON  ½ Corriente, ½ Angus bulls. All Solid Black Virgins

Maternal, Moderate Thick & Easy Fleshing Reliable Calving Ease THE GARDNER FAMILY Bill Gardner 505-705-2856

www.manzanoangus.com

MARCH 2021

Matt • 806/292-1035 Steve • 806/292-1039 Lockney, Texas • Claude, Texas Columbus, New Mexico

~Angus~

Dink & Mitzi Miller 575/478-2398 (H) • 575/760-9048 (C) 575 /760-9047 174 N.M. 236, Floyd, NM 88118 ~ USA

SEEDSTOCK GUIDE

TO LIST YOUR HERD HERE CONTACT CHRIS@AAALIVESTOCK.COM OR 505-243-9515, x.28

Casey

BEEFMASTERS seventy-PLUS years — 2nd Oldest Beefmaster Herd — — Highest IMF Herd in the Breed — — Most Fertile Herd in the Breed — — Closed Herd Since 1967 — www.CaseyBeefmasters.com Watt, Jr. 325/668-1373 Watt50@sbcglobal.net

Muscled Virgin Bulls-CSS Semen

Tom Robb & Sons T

Registered & Commercial

Bradley 3 Ranch Ltd. www.bradley3ranch.com Ranch-Raised ANGUS Bulls for Ranchers Since 1955

Annual Bull Sale February 12, 2022 at the Ranch NE of Estelline, TX

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M.L. Bradley, 806/888-1062 Cell: 940/585-6471

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

POLLED HEREFORDS Tom 719-688-2334

719/456 -1149 34125 Rd. 20, McClave, CO robbherefords@gmail.com

MARCH 2021

WESLEY GRAU www.grauranch.com

David & Norma Brennand Piñon, NM 88344 575/687-2185

IDENTIFY YOUR CALVES USE PARENTAGE VERIFIED SIRES Blending Technology with Common Sense Ranch Raised Cattle that Work in the Real World Quality Registered Black Angus Cattle n Mountain-Raised, Rock-Footed n Range Calved, Ranch Raised n Powerful Performance Genetics n Docility

Ag & Ranch Land For Sale in New Mexico Deming Land: 1,823 acres Las Nutrias Farmland: 306 acres Cochiti Ranch: 425 acres Edgewood Subdivision: 100 acres Water Rights for Sale. Call Bill Turner or Matthew Rawlings for pricing. WESTWATER RESOURCES 505-843-7643 NMREL 13371 & 49570

Zoetis HD 50K 50,000 DNA Markers (Combined w/Angus EPDs provides the most accurate & complete picture of the animals genetic potential) DNA Sire Parentage Verified AGI Free From All Known Genetic Defects BVD FREE HERD

See our Bulls at the NMAA Sale, March 6 Reg. Angus Bulls Available Private Treaty Born & Raised in the USA

“Proven genetics that increase profit” Mark Larranaga 505-850-6684 Percy Larranaga 505-270-0753

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HEIFERS & BULLS FOR SALE 575-760-7304

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GRAU RANCH CHAROLAIS

Chip Cole rAnch Broker

— Petroleum Building — 14 e. Beauregard Ave., Suite 201 San Angelo, texas 76903-5831 ofc.: 325/655-3555

Angus Cattle Rick & Maggie Hubbell Mark Hubbell

Bulls & Heifers

575-773-4770

Quemado, NM • hubbell@wildblue.net

SEEDSTOCK GUIDE

TO LIST YOUR HERD HERE CONTACT CHRIS@AAALIVESTOCK.COM OR 505-243-9515, x.28

MARCH 2021

Bar M Real Estate

SCOTT MCNALLY www.ranchesnm.com 575/622-5867 575/420-1237 Ranch Sales & Appraisals

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WALKER & MARTIN RANCH SALES Santa Fe

Denver

www.RiverRanches.com Greg Walker (720) 441-3131 Greg@RiverRanches.com Robert Martin (505) 603-9140 Robert@RiverRanches.com

Terrell land & livesTock company Tye C. Terrell, Jr. P.O. Box 3188, Los Lunas, NM 87031

SAN ANTONIO, Zanja Road, 4.66 acres farmland with Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District water rights. $69,000 CUERVO, Mesita Pass Road, 148.13 acres of land in Mesita Ranch Subdivision. Perfect for a new home site, hunting or grazing. $85,000

Paul Stout, Broker

575-760-5461 cell 575-456-2000 office officeoffice

NMREL 17843

www.bigmesarealty.com

PIE TOWN, Goat Ranch Road Access, South of Wild Horse Ranch Subdivision. 20 acres vacant land. $16,000, 40 acres vacant land. $32,000. Beautiful views. RIBERA,340 CR B41E 32.6 acres with 3bd/2ba home on Pecos River, Hay Barn and outbuildings. Just over 20 acres in alfalfa and grass hay production. $695,000 PIE TOWN, TBD State Road 603. 48.4 acres of beautiful wooded land with spectacular views. Area cleared in corner for homesite. Fenced. $147,000 MAGDALENA, 47 Angus Loop, 3bd/2ba home on 11.04 acres. Horse barn and corral. Beautiful views of Magdalena Mountain. $175,000

WANTED: Farms and Ranches — Broker has over 45 years experience working on and operating a family farm and has been a farm owner since 1988.

CALDWELL RANCH First time offering of the Caldwell Ranch comprised of a two noncontiguous tracts of native grass rangeland separated by lands belonging to other ownership. Located approximately 20 miles northwest of the small community of Elida, New Mexico in northeast Chaves County. The two tracts are approximately 2.5 miles apart as the crow flies. Access to both tracts is good by maintained Chaves County Roadways. The north tract, referred to as the Cothern Place, is comprised of approximately 2,500 ± deeded acres that is partially fenced with one well. The south tract, referred to as the Rippee Place, is comprised of approximately 4,700 deeded acres and 640 State Lease fenced into three pastures, watered by two wells and pipelines. Excellent year around cow country. Grazing capacity is estimated to be 130 AUYL. Priced at $370 per deeded acre. Can be purchased as one unit or separately.

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575/447-6041

SUMNER LAKE, State Road 203, River Ranches Estates, River Ranch Road lots (at intersection with 203) $18,000 each.

Scott McNally, Qualifying Broker Bar M Real Estate, LLC P.O. Box 428, Roswell, NM 88202 Office: 575-622-5867 Cell: 575-420-1237 Website: www.ranchesnm.com MARCH 2021

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RODEO FARM, RODEO NM — 470 Acre total w/267 acres irrigated. Two homes. Farm has not been in production for many years. All improvements are in need of attention. Priced @$300,000

SOLD

TYLER RANCH/FARM — York Az, 544 deeded with 173 irrigated, along with 14,000 state and Blm lease land. 300 head mother cows yearlong. Priced @$2,300,000

SOLD

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SMITH DRAW, SEPAR, NM — 7760 deeded, 11,275 State, 2560 BLM runs 300 head yearlong. Good strong country nice improvements. Priced @$3,100,000 RS RANCH GLENWOOD NM — 44,233 total acres consisting of 119.6 deeded acres and 44,113 acres Gila National Forest Grazing Allotment. Ranch will run 650 head mother cows yearlong and 18 horses. San Francisco River Runs through the Ranch, great improvements. Priced at $4,900,000 If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call ...

Sam Hubbell, Qualifying Broker 520-609-2546

MAJOR RANCH REALTY

Buyers are looking for a ranch. If you have a ranch to sell, give me a call.

RANDELL MAJOR Qualifying Broker

rmajor@majorranches.com www.majorranches.com

Cell: 575-838-3016 Office: 575-854-2150 Fax: 575-854-2150

P.O. Box 244 585 La Hinca Road Magdalena, NM 87825

SERVING THE RANCHING INDUSTRY SINCE 1920

Lifetime rancher who is familiar with federal land management policies

SIDWELL FARM & RANCH REALTY, LLC Tom Sidwell, Qualifying Broker 6237 State Highway 209, Tucumcari, NM 88401 • 575-403-6903 tom@sidwellfarmandranch.com • www.sidwellfarmandranch.com

James Sammons III Texas, New Mexico,Oklahoma and Missouri Broker

www.chassmiddleton.com 5016 122nd STREET LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79424 • 806-763-5331

214.701.1970 jamessammons.com jsammons@briggsfreeman.com 3131 Turtle Creek Blvd. | 4th Floor Dallas, Texas 75219

Sam Middleton 817-304-0504 • Charlie Middleton 806-786-0313 Jim Welles 505-967-6562 • Dwain Nunez 505-263-7868

TOW-BUDAGHER RANCH:

This ~1,130 acre deeded mother cow operation is located just south of Willard, NM and northwest of Corona, NM off of Hwy 42. The grassland pastures are split by Cattle Road and both are perimeter fenced. You will find a good private water well piping water to pipeline drinker in the pastures. The rancho is currently stocked with fat Angus mother cows. Gramma grasses are the main protein source along with other native specie. Juniper & pinon tree cover is sparse and the pastures are mostly open grammas. Fences & gates are adequate and holding. Fiber optics are available as well as overhead power are available. Moisture this year has been average and ranges are in good condition. Asking $660,000 cash or new finance.

O’NEILL LAND, llc P.O. Box 145, Cimarron, NM 87714 • 575/376-2341 • Fax: 575/376-2347 land@swranches.com • www.swranches.com

WAGON MOUND PLACE, Mora County, NM 8.202 +/- deeded acres on western edge of I25/Wagon Mound has two homes, abundant water with one well, two springs and pond. Other outbuildings and many trees would suit many purposes. $190,000.

CONTRACT PENDING

RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres in 2 parcels with excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a true million dollar view at the end of a private road. $489,000.

KEN AHLER REAL ESTATE CO., INC. 300 Paseo Peralta, Suite 211, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Office: 505/989–7573 • Toll Free: 888/989–7573 • Mobile: 505/490–0220 Email: kahler@newmexico.com • Website: www.SantaFeLand.com

MARCH 2021

MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM quality 2,715 sqft adobe home, barn, grounds, fruit trees and mature trees. Extremely private setting. REDUCED $320,000. This is a must see.

CONTRACT PENDING

CIMARRON HIDDEN PLACE, Colfax County, NM. 1.66± deeded acres with a 2,304 sq ft home updated with recent remodels including large open kitchen vaulted tin ceiling, three bedrooms and two bathrooms, edge of town amazing views. $290,000 COLMOR-OCATE CREEK, Colfax and Mora County, NM 853 +/- deeded acres split by I25 and Ocate Creek. Suit cattle operation, with some wildlife drawn to water holes in creek. $617,000 EAGLE NEST ESCAPE, Colfax County, NM. 78.42± deeded acres in off HWY 64 overlooking Eagle Nest Lake, private pond, two elk tags, 3 bedroom home with and large shop garage able to store your RV and big toys. Improvements almost half a mile off highway. Truly an escape. $850,000

LLC

MARCH 2021

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Pasture Wanted

3RD & 4TH GENERATION NM RANCHERS SEEKING PASTURE & CARE FOR 50-300 COWS WITHIN 2-3 HOURS OF MORIARTY, NM

PLEASE CONTACT JOHN AT 505-379-8212

PAUL McGILLIARD Murney Associate Realtors Cell: 417/839-5096 • 800/743-0336 Springfield, MO 65804

www.Paulmcgilliard.murney.com

AG LAND LOANS As Low As 3.5% OPWKCAP 3.5%

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INTEREST RATES AS LOW AS 3.5% Payments Scheduled on 25 Years

Joe Stubblefield & Associates 13830 Western St., Amarillo, TX 806/622-3482 • cell 806/674-2062 joes3@suddenlink.net Michael Perez Associates Nara Visa, NM • 575-403-7970

WATERLOO FARM located south of Deming, New Mexico this well, watered farm is in an area that grows specialty crops as well as hay, grain and cotton. A larger farm and involves an underground drip irrigation system, provides efficiency in water delivery for production. $4,300,000. Conact Robb Van Pelt.

NAVARRO RANCH 21,632 total acres with 3,509 acres of deeded land, the ranch has an excellent location just 25 minutes from the Tucson International airport and offers a great elevation to produce feed. The ranch is well watered with most of the wells being on private land. The ranch offers a variety of wildlife for recreational enjoyment opportunity. $7,500,000. Contact Wesley Miller. Robb Van Pelt 970-948-0423 robb@ranchland.com

MARCH 2021

www.RanchLand.com

Wesley Miller 928-245-6560 wesley@ranchland.com

NMS March 21

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Standing Up for Rural Constituents

Environmentalism is the New War on the Working Class

NMCGA President’s Message

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