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18 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 24 View from the Backside by Barry Denton
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FEATURES 12 Memo Re: Mexico Wolf Recovery Program by Tom Sidwell, President, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association & Jay Wetten, President, Arizona CattleGrowers’ Association
15 GAO: No Anti-competitive Behavior Behind Cattle Price Drop by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com
16 Mid-Year Meeting Schedule 23 Federal Appeals Court Upholds Limitations on Montana Beef Checkoff by Jacqui Fatka, feedstuffs.com
28 Anger Over Anaplasmosis by Greg Henderson, Drovers
34 USDA Economists Track 30 Years of Farm . & Ranch Consolidation by Julie Larson Bricher, meatingplace.com
36 Penicillin: Will the Magic Bullet Become Magical Again? Dr. Richard Raymond, fmr. Undersecretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, meatingplace.com
40 Wildfire Funding ‘Fixed.’ What’s Next? Source: Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Tom Sidwell NMCGA President
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Tom Sidwell President Quay Randell Major President-Elect Magdalena Jack Chatfield Vice President at Large Mosquero Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Blair Clavel NE Vice President Roy Jeff Bilberry SE Vice President Elida Ty Bays SW Vice President Silver City Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Albuquerque Pat Boone Past President Elida Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque
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s I write this, Caren is undergoing gall bladder surgery. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and we wish her a speedy recovery. We were attending a Mexican Wolf Collaborative Meeting in Springerville, AZ between USFS, USFWS, NM and AZ Cattlegrowers, NM and AZ Departments of Agriculture, and several ranchers from NM and AZ when she became ill after the meeting. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is funded by the taxpayers which also includes ranchers. To date, the Mexican Wolf program has cost the taxpayers $562,500 per wolf. Yet, the ESA places an undue and unequal burden on landowners, farmers and ranchers as their operating costs increase and productivity decreases as they try to comply with the stringent requirements of the ESA and, in the meantime, the value of their land decreases. Some AZ ranchers say the wolf program is costing them $100,000 per year. All of the ranchers in wolf country are losing horses, cows, calves, bulls, cow dogs, and pets and are determined to be confirmed kills, probable kills, or not wolf related. These costs not only represent physical losses of livestock, but also for hay, labor, trucking, and lease for other land to move the cattle away from the wolves. However, these costs do not include lower conception rates and weaning weights due to the presence of wolves. Studies show that the presence of wolf packs near cattle herds may negatively impact beef production through stress related disorders. Compensation for losses due to wolves is inadequate and payment for presence of wolves is a laughable pittance. The US Constitution protects the rights of minorities. Agriculturists, who comprise two percent of the population, are a minority. The majority taxpaying public should shoulder a fair and equitable burden of the ESA, including the Mexican Wolf. A compensation program that pays for confirmed, probable, or likely wolf kills as well as stress related productivity losses needs to be developed that will make the ranchers whole. The Mexican Wolf program may not be acceptable by the ranching community but it would be more tolerable with fair and equitable compensation for losses. For every action there is an opposite reaction. Regulatory force with threat of fines and/ or prison will be met with resistance, animosity, and reluctance. Societal demands on landowners to provide ecological services for ESA should include compensation to make the landowners whole and the cost of complying with these laws equitable on all of society. Otherwise, good, honest, hard working people will be criminalized into taking action to gain equitability. I hope everyone will take the time to read the District Judges’ Order in CBD et al. v. Jewell / USDC District of AZ No. 15-cv-19. The Order is not final but that is expected soon. I think the Judges’ conclusions is what we can expect for the Mexican Wolf in NM south of I-40 and possibly north of I-40 also. We’ve had a little rain the last few days, grass is trying to green up, and branding went well. Hasta luego and see you at the next gig.
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TO: Amy Lueders, Region 3, FWS Director Cal Joiner, Region 3, Forest Supervisor DATE: April 16, 2018 RE: Mexican Wolf Recovery Program
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ur respective members are cattle producers in New Mexico, Arizona or both. Many have had real-world experience with the Mexican Wolf and the Fish & Wildlife Service’s Recovery Program. In anticipation of our meeting with you on April 23, we want to share our collective thoughts about what FWS, the USFS and the Congress should be dealing with concerning the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. I. There is the obvious, real threat that this species poses to our people, our pets and our livestock, not to mention to others who
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use our public lands (hikers, campers, hunters) or who live in the vicinity of our public lands. Those very real threats should be a call to action to have a different set of rules for dealing with the Mexican Wolf, which is unique to T&E species in that it is an apex predator. FWS needs Mexican Wolf program personnel who are willing to mold a group culture that deals effectively and immediately with those threats. We have no desire to see photos of dead or maimed children or pets plastered on newspapers or television because FWS refuses to do this.
and, even then, a. the carcass must apparently still show sign of a wolf attack; depending on the weather, it can’t be very old and scavengers must have left something to inspect; b. the standard of proof in practice for APHIS to say there is a wolf kill is whether, typically looking solely at what is left of the carcass, can the investigator say “beyond a reasonable doubt” was this a wolf kill? That standard seems to govern, even if looking at all the circumstances (a II. photo of a calf’s head in a wolf’s Cattle producers mouth or a kill during bear significant, unrethe winter time (no imbursed economic We are weary of bears) with confirmed costs associated with wolf depredations in the Mexican Wolf area) it is “more likely endless talk.” Recovery Program. than not” that a wolf For the producer, the unreimbursed ecokilled the animal – i.e., what should nomic costs of the wolf recovery program at least be called a probable kill. are staggering and disproportionately 2. For the producer who clears imposed against him or her. This is manithose high hurdles, fested in multiple ways: a. there may be a significant delay in receiving the APHIS report, which 1. The producer must find the cow, is important because calf or bull carcass in often very large (1) the Wolf Council relies solely pastures of many thousands of acres on it to make compensation decisions and (2) the FWS relies solely on it to make remedial actions. b. The compensation levels that are authorized through the Wolf Council for payment by the FWS Foundation are low for ranchers who are striving to improve their cattle operation with genetically superior heifers they buy or raise out of registered bulls because, for example, the current compensation level is apparently based on the price for auction-barn cull cows, c. the compensation program to date does not comp ensate the producer (1) for a calf that is dogied and never thrives after its mother is killed (2) for a calf that disappears when its mother is killed or (3) for the unborn calf the dead cow was carrying. d. Nor does the program attempt to address the other costs the producer incurs, namely (4) decreased conception rates, (5) decreased weaning weights, (6) the time and expense to find, report and work with the investigators on a kill,
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(7) th cost to move cattle to other pastures, (8) the cost to feed those cattle during the process or (9) the extensive administrative cost that the wolf program imposes on the cattle producer to provide proof and compensation requests. III. Thoughts and Recommendations We are weary of endless talk. We want specific action. We propose the following specific recommendations for your consideration: 1. Compensate ranchers for the significant losses we are incurring: a. Get serious about compensating ranchers fairly for the costs the wolves impose. That’s all the costs, both direct (kills, extra costs) and indirect (lower conception rates, lower weights on calves). b. Tie compensation to wolf numbers in and around allotments rather than just to specific kills. c. Compensate ranchers for costs of moving cattle to unscheduled locations to avoid wolf conflicts. That’s wages to gather the cattle, hay to feed the cattle in the holding pen during gathering and trucking expenses. d. At the very least, give ranchers in wolf country a discount on their grazing fees. It costs us more to operate with the wolf than those who don’t have varmints. We currently pay the same as everyone else. 2. Give cattle producers the management tools they need to deal with the wolf: a. Authorize the USFS to stream line NEPA so producers can manage around the wolves. Don’t make us wait years on NEPA to do the improvements we need to manage the cattle around wolves. That means fences and water projects get reviewed and authorized on an expedited basis. b. Allocate money to the USFS to use to put allotments that are in non-use back in functional status and hold them open for ranchers to use when wolves are attacking his or her cattle. c. Encourage communication with ranchers so we know where the wolves are.
d. Provide early and timely suspected den locations so livestock can be moved away before whelping. Don’t wait to tell us until after we move in. 3. Take steps to keep the wolf away from us and our cattle a. Teach the wolf to fear man so it will stay away from us. Allow permittees and their agents to use rubber bullets or paint guns to dissuade wolves from hanging around livestock at any time.
b. Allow anyone to shoot wolves with rubber bullets on federal lands. c. Amend the Mexican Wolf 10(j) rule to allow private landowners to kill wolves whenever they are on private property and regardless of whether they are attacking livestock, pets or the owner. Amend the 10(j) rule to allow permittees on public lands to kill the wolf whenever the wolf is seen stalking, chasing, attacking or is in the process of killing or
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eating cattle. for livestock producers, for logging, for lation to increase funding to cover all costs d. Have a special permit hunters, for hikers, and for native species. associated with the wolf. Nothing has hunting season on wolves. Today, there is functionally one seat left at occurred on that front. If the government e. When a wolf has two conthe table. It is the seat for species listed as refuses either to abandon the Mexican Wolf firmed kills on cattle, it has likely threatened or endangered, such as the program or to manage it aggressively and killed a lot more. Track the wolf down Mexican Wolf. Removing the other seats to fully compensate those who suffer from and kill it or remove it it, the government will encourp e r m a n e n t l y age lawlessness by its citizens. from the wild. We have a crisis. These wolves are not content That’s because our basic instinct f. Train wolves to for self-preservation means that eat elk by wounding elk people’s lives, their loved ones with elk. They have a preference for beef. in seasonal pastures and their property will be pronot then in use by livetected quietly and privately The government program for the Mexican Wolf stock so they can then regardless of the threat of crimikill and eat the animal. nal sanctions. is taking our private property with virtually no The evidence is available to The wolf/human interany who will listen. The Mexican compensation. Our Government is running us out face is worsening. Wolf Wolf is terrorizing us. Our cattle kills have typically been are utterly defenseless. Our of business.” e x p e r i e n ce d d u r i n g people, particularly our children, denning in May and June. This year, 2018, is from the table means we abandon multiple and our working dogs and pets are at prodifferent. Wolf kills began by January. We use management. found risk. The Fish & Wildlife Service is have a crisis. These wolves are not content Abandoning multiple use management simply hoping for the best. Its culture and with elk. They have a preference for beef. in the present context means we do vio- officials appear to put recovery of the The government program for the Mexican lence to the concept of environmental Mexican Wolf well ahead of the welfare of Wolf is taking our private property with justice—the concept that we should not people, pets and livestock. FWS does not virtually no compensation. Our Govern- impose the disproportionate cost of a have the set of rules in place to deal effecment is running us out of business. program on one segment of our citizens. If tively with the wolf, which is unique among There was a time when government the American public wants to have the threatened and endangered species agencies were serious about “multiple use Mexican Wolf on our public and private because it is an apex predator. That’s not management” of our public lands. At that lands in New Mexico and Arizona, it should acceptable and, when informed, we trust time, there were many seats at the table pay for the privilege. It isn’t. Not even close. that Americans will agree. We don’t need when we discussed management of our Our members have spent many hours more political talk or a pat on the head or public lands. There were seats at the table working with Congressional staff on legis- any other ineffectual rubber-bullet management option. We have made many recommendations for specific actions. FWS, the USFS and the Congress should be taking necessary steps when wolves threaten our people or pets or livestock. Likewise, they should be r ou y Plan r fo working to promote environmental justice g n si ti er v ad in how the Mexican Wolf program works – the coming not imposing a disproportionate share of year! JANUARY — Wildlife; Gelbvieh; Joint Stockmen’s Convention Results the cost of the program on the cattle FEBRUARY — Beefmasters; Texas Longhorns producer. MARCH — Limousin; Santa Gertrudis APRIL — Dairy MAY — News of the Day JUNE — Sheepman of the Year JULY — Directory of Agriculture AUGUST — The Horse Industry SEPTEMBER — Charolais; Fairs Across the Southwest OCTOBER — Hereford; New Mexico State Fair Results NOVEMBER — Cattleman of the Year; Angus; Brangus; Red Angus DECEMBER — Bull Buyers Guide; Joint Stockmen’s Convention Preview
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GAO: No Anticompetitive Behavior Behind Cattle Price Drop by Susan Kelly, meatingplace.com
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egular supply and demand factors such as a drought that affected the price of cattle feed – rather than competition levels among packers – likely caused substantial fluctuations in fed cattle prices between 2013 and 2016, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in an analysis published in early April. U.S. senators in 2016 asked the GAO to investigate the cause of a sudden 15 percent price drop in fed cattle prices in the latter half of 2015, at the urging of R-CALF USA. “We found that while less competition among packers did not appear to result in lower national cattle prices from 2013 through 2015 on a national level, it did account for variations in prices in different parts of the country,” GAO said in its report. For the analysis, GAO reviewed economic data and USDA and Commodity Futures Trading Commission documentation, analyzed transaction data on beef packer purchases from 2013 through 2015, and interviewed recognized experts, cattle industry stakeholders such as feedlot operators and packers, and agency officials. GAO recommended USDA review the extent to which the price reporting group can share daily transaction data with the Packers and Stockyards Program and determine whether such sharing is allowable. If it is advisable, USDA should submit to Congress a proposal to allow the data sharing, GAO concluded. “By routinely conducting in-depth analysis of the transaction data it collects, USDA could enhance its monitoring of the fed cattle market. Such analysis could include but not be limited to examining competition levels in different areas of the country,” GAO said.
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Tilani Francisco, USFS Region 3 Wild Horse & Burro Coordinator
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want to begin this month by thanking all of our locals who did a wonderful job hosting our District Meetings. It is a huge undertaking to plan and carry out. District Meetings are one of my favorite times to visit with our friends and neighbors. If you get a chance please express your gratitude to Chuckwagon, Cattle Capitol, Berrendo, and Copper CowBelles for a job well done. My regret is that I unfortunately had to miss all of the meetings this year due to catching the flu and pneumonia! As you know I started this year with an ambitious plan to implement lots of new ideas and get around and visit as many locals as possible. I found out quickly that it’s only March and I had worn myself pretty thin and ended up in the hospital to get through the
worst of the nasty bug I caught. I’m on the mend but I also owe a great debt of gratitude to my fellow officers – Nancy Phelps, Casey Spradley, Charity Underwood, and Myranda Waldo who picked up the show on a moment’s notice and kept it going. Myranda was a latecomer to our officer team this year but she has pulled more than her fair share by taking on my load at the meetings I missed with her great teaching skills and knack for “people wrangling” as she calls it. By the reviews I received from attendees it sounds like our workshops were successful in achieving our goal of bringing you a hands-on beef promotion toolkit and learning from each other. We hope that you were able to connect with other CowBelles and leave feeling reinvig-
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The Grant County Copper CowBelles met on March 20, 2018. President Deborah van Telligen opened the meeting. Last minute details were resolved for the upcoming District III meeting which Copper will host on March 23rd. Two additional speakers will be added to the State Officers’ program including Connie Rooks of the Grant County Farm Bureau Women in Ag group and Jeannette Hamilton, who will discuss the new CDL laws which affect livestock transportation. Deborah and Treasurer Mary Hudson have gotten the signature card problems at the bank resolved. A donation will be made to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship for Lori Nell Glenn who passed last month. It was voted to continue the website for two more years. Copper will participate in a fund raising cash party event put on by the Grant County Fair Buyers Pool. Copper will arrange a silent and live auction as a fundraiser for the scholarship fund. This event will replace The Shindig this year. Submitted by Pat Hunt April Corriente CowBelle Meeting Minutes – Willa read a thank-you note from the New Mexico Club Calf for donation of $50. The quilt is displayed at the Quilting Situation shop in Ruidoso. It will display at the dinner theater performance Friday, and will be rotated around the community. The cookbook deadline pushed back, please get forms in and advertise the project! Betsy Peralta presented the dinner theater continued on page 20 >>
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new t-shirt discussed, please submit your ideas! The site for family picnic at Cedar fundraiser. Monday, April 9 will be the dress Creek has been reserved for June 24, mark rehearsal, and is open to the public! One your calendars! At 7:40 the meeting was scholarship application received, deadline adjourned. It was a great evening of excitis April 30. Please encourage eligible stu- ing new projects, great progress on existing dents to apply! Progress on Cowboy Cash ones, delicious food, tasty margaritas, and Party in July was discussed, and tickets stellar fellowship. Submitted by Cassidy handed out. The cost is $100 per couple. Johnston, Secretary Group discussed other draws for the evening. Donations of silent auction items Powderhorn Cattlewomen – Sandy welcomed. More at next meeting, so bring McKenna, president, opened the meeting ideas! Ways to get more meat for the BBQ with invocation, pledge and creed. Charity Cookoff donated explored; will re-visit at Underwood, VP for NM CowBelles, was a May meeting. Sponsorship forms are avail- guest. Yearbooks were completed and disable for businesses to sponsor event. Cheryl tributed to members. Thank you, Kari Henry, updated the group on LCRC concessions. for always doing a great job with this! The first rodeo is May 26 and 27, need at Scholarship committee met to review applileast three people for each day, shifts run cations for two - $500 scholarships. from 8:30-3ish. Other dates are June 9 and Discussion was held for final preparations 10, and July 14 and 15. 4-H will have a dance for the sack lunch of barbeque sandwich to after the rodeo each Saturday; admission is be served for the Gourd Dance at the $3 or three cans of food. District Meetings— Bosque Redondo Memorial Site on May 12. they were a great success! Each had great Workday will be May 10 to bake cookies and turnouts, good reviews, and nearly every prepare the sacks. April 27 is Ag Day at Ft. local chapter had members attend their Sumner School; group will help Aspen district meeting. Hats off to local members Achen, De Baca County Extension Agent, Myranda Waldo, Charity Underwood, and and present cattle information to the kids. Ashley Martin-Ivins who helped make the The group will be providing beef patties for district meetings such a success! Design of the FS elementary School honor roll recip-
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Chamiza CowBelles April meeting was called to order by President Nancy Phelps with 11 members present. Nancy reported Callie Jo’s scholarship was paid for this semester; group decided that scholarship recipients must maintain a GPA of 2.5 and that transcript be received within 30 days of the beginning of each semester and no reminders will be sent. Krystie will draft a letter to this effect to be included in scholarship applications and sent to current and former recipients. A brief discussion was held regarding the establishment of an academic as well as a vocational scholarship for each year. No clear-cut decision was
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made; decision will be dependent on the program for individual notices. A software scholarship applicants. The current schol- workshop will be held at the mid-year arship applications were presented and meeting in June in Ruidoso. This will be graded by members present. The final con- Casey’s last year as a state officer; if anyone sensus was $4000 scholarship will be is interested in taking over, please come awarded to Madison Hopkins. Madison’s forward. Casey will be available to train a application will be submitted at the State new person. Three names have been Cowbelle level for consideration for the Pat received at the state level for Man of the Nowlin Scholarship. The group will also give Year. The winner will be announced at mida vocational scholarship in the amount of year meeting. Things to think about: $2000 which will be awarded to Clara 1) Nancy will be installed as State Cowbelle Rabenau. There is an upperclassman President at the meeting in ABQ the end of section of the Pat Nowlin Scholarship which November, local is expected to help with considers juniors and seniors in college. The the installation ceremony. 2) Chamiza hosts applicant for this scholarship is Christian 2019 District I meeting. 3) Railyard Farmers’ Hopkins. District meetings were summa- Market takes place this summer in Belen. rized by Nancy, Cathy and Sherry who Workers are needed one Sunday a month attended. Because Nancy is a state officer, for May, June and July. Meeting adjourned her expenses were paid, and the group will at 1:15 p.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierson reimburse Cathy, Gloria, and Sherry for registration fees of $25 each. Ag Day went well The Mesilla Valley CowBelles held April in spite of terrific winds. Kristie Hawkins meeting virtually due to scheduling conand Kelsie Cochran made an abundance of flicts. Ag Day at Valley View date changed peach cobbler, while Nancy, Sherry and to May 7 due to school track meet. Finding Cathy served it topped with ice cream. Quilt presenters will be challenging due to NMSU raffle tickets must be turned in to draw for final week, and two other big Ag days-Dona the winner at May meeting. Casey Spradley, Ana and Fairacres; therefore please help! state treasurer, has purchased a new mem- SNMSF is trying to get a bake sale commitbership program which aids her in tracking tee together. They want to do some members and allows each local to use the different things this year to try and increase
attendance. Right now, the Governor is supposed to be attending and they also would like to do something different for decorations. The group has not committed to help until more specifics have been decided. Pat Nowlin scholarship applications are due Apr 15. Mid Year conference is coming up in June. New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to Jingle Jangle. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th of every month.
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Limitations on Montana Beef Checkoff
cents per head return to the Montana Beef Council board for it to invest, explained Chaley Harney, executive director of the Montana Beef Council. In a typical year, $800,000 would stay in Montana, but so far, the state has received only $150,000 in checkoff dollars. In 2017, only 2,800 producers sought to return their funds to the Montana Beef Council. Harney said the ruling limits the ability of the board – made up of Montana ranchers – to make decisions on any funding. “Their wings have been clipped. We have little to no beef promotion activity in Montana, as all those funds are being sent to the Cattlemen’s Beef Board,” she said. The court wrote in its opinion that “the district court did not abuse its discretion by finding that the instant assessment likely violated R-CALF USA’s First Amendment rights.” The preliminary injunction upheld by Jacqui Fatka, feedstuffs.com by the Ninth Circuit enjoins U.S. Agriculture he U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Secretary Sonny Perdue from compelling Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that Montana ranchers to subsidize the private the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s speech of the Montana Beef Council beef checkoff program is being adminis- without first obtaining affirmative consent tered in a way that from the interferes with ranchers’ rancher-payees. First Amendment rights “Today’s ruling Today’s ruling and that the government ensures that, for the should be enjoined from first time in over ensures that, for collecting funds for the three decades, indeprogram without ranchpendent Montana the first time in over three cattle producers ers’ consent. “The Ninth Circuit’s have a choice as to decades, independent decision means that yet whether to conanother set of federal tinue funding a Montana cattle producers private message judges has ruled that the government cannot that essentially says have a choice ...” compel independent that beef is beef, ranchers to fund the regardless of where speech of multinational the cattle from corporations. This ruling may only apply to which the beef was derived was born or Montana, but the momentum towards raised. That generic message is contrary to reform of the entire beef checkoff system the interests of Montana ranchers, who is clear,” said David Muraskin, a food project want to capitalize on the superior beef attorney at Public Justice, the lead counsel products that are produced from their in the constitutional challenge. high-quality, USA-produced cattle,” R-CALF The plaintiff in the case is the Ranch- USA chief executive officer Bill Bullard said. ers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Before the appellate court in early March, Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA), an Muraskin argued that the government independent rancher organization. R-CALF needs to take more steps to control the USA has argued against the checkoff Montana Beef Council if it wants to compel because money collected is used for pro- ranchers to fund its message. Unless the motion of all beef and does not distinguish government actually appoints the council beef from Montana specifically or even and reviews its activities, the First Amendfrom the U.S. ment prevents ranchers from being forced The national checkoff requires $1 per to fund the private council’s speech. head sold to be sent to the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. Only by signing a form and tracking sales does the typically state-funneled 50
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e just got in a new batch of young steers to train our working cow horses on. It’s always interesting to get a young herd as you are never quite sure about how they will work for you. As time goes on it seems harder and harder to find good cattle to work in our part of the country. Since we live in the high desert sometimes we have feed and sometimes we have to feed. This has been a very dry year so far, so we have to supplement our grazing with some hay which gets expensive very fast. If we could only be assured that the cattle we are bringing in to work would always be good. Of course, that does not happen, but the highest percentage of good working cattle are crossbreds. You can have all the wonderful breeding programs that you can conjure up, but crossbreds have more heart and intelligence than any pure bred when it comes to our business. If I go to buy cattle and they have USDA 100 percent Angus tags on them I avoid them. I always thought black was a tough color, but not anymore. The more squatty and English looking they get, the more I stay away. That is not to say that they are not good to eat, it just means they are not good to work. I try to look for something with a Brahma cross or some Corriente. A little high headedness goes a long way with a steer or a girlfriend. They get more interesting real quick, and you never know which personality you are going to get, on which day. That is normally good for the horse that you are training. Working cow horses have to be able to handle any type of bovine at a moment’s notice, and when they can, that makes them good. Consider this, these United States are just full of crossbreds. Similar to cattle, crossbred people are normally hardier and more productive than purebreds. Our nation is so amazing because of its many crossbred people. When you talk to most folks they have several different nationalities in their lineage. Hey, it makes sense as
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the United States is a melting pot of ideas and ideals. Normally, when you draw from a larger gene pool the results will be better. For instance look at the problems Amish communities have had by trying to keep their gene pool small. They have had to make some positive changes to help their situation. We all know that we are stronger working together than breeding within our own kind. Our world is changing constantly and society keeps advancing. It is your choice to change with it in a positive direction or to resist the change and stay in your own world. Some people say to me that I stick to the old ways because I ride horses or shoe horses everyday and I’m not working in the middle of Manhattan, but I beg to differ. Because of the demands of showing these cow horses I have to get better everyday. The horses are so much better than they were twenty years ago and the competition is so much tougher. The horses have to perform better on a regular basis therefore I have to train and shoe better than I ever have before. We have to progress to make a better living and to preserve our horses. What concerns me the most in our society now, are citizens that label themselves as “progressive?” I fail to see how these folks are progressive about anything. To me they just want to drag society down to their level. For instance, I just received some inside information that the Democrat party is planning many protests across the country in the near future. With their own media, I’m certain that they will make the protests seem much larger, and vastly more important than they actually are. Stop and think what a protest accomplishes, if anything. Can you imagine the good these protesters could do their country if, they
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Indiana’s AG Weighs in to Help Agriculture in Supreme Court
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ndiana farmers must choose between ignoring Massachusetts’ regulations or complying with them to sell product in that state. Curtis Hill, Attorney General for Indiana, is requesting the United States Supreme Court block the implementation of the Massachusetts’ Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act (Animal Law). The Republican Indiana official on March 16, 2018, filed a Reply Brief in the Supreme Court to support an original Bill of Complaint. He argues “The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies between two or more states.” The Massachusetts Animal Law, like California’s similar law, attempts to dictate the cage size of hens which produce shell eggs. According to the brief, 99 percent of eggs sold in retail stores in Massachusetts come from other states, such as Indiana. The brief declares “The whole question is whether the Commerce Clause protects farmers from having to choose between ignoring another state’s production regulations and selling products in that state.” Massachusetts appears to confirm, in its brief, it is giving farmers the choice of conforming to Massachusetts law or not selling in the state. Apparently there is nothing which describes how pen size for a chicken or hog affects egg or pork quality or health.
Can one state rule another Indiana’s Attorney General argues it is critical to determine if one state such as Massachusetts or California can “…regulate production in other states…” Massachusetts, of course, argues that its Animal Law “does not directly or in practical effect regulate sales in other states.” This is a silly argument, and the Indiana Attorney General calls the assertion “utterly implausible.” Indiana’s brief describes how Massachusetts Animal Law specifically targets Massachusetts retail establishments, but the direct effect regulates animal housing in Indiana. It is clear Massachusetts is regulating production in other states. Indiana’s farmers must choose between ignoring Massachusetts’ regulations or complying with them to sell product in that state. Massachusetts apparently argues that it may regulate the food supply in the state so long as it does not discriminate. Indiana replies that Massachusetts is not regulating the quality of the egg or pork coming to the state but the conditions of production. Indiana’s Attorney General also argues its own land grant university, Purdue, produces hogs for the national market. It is claimed by Indiana and other plaintiff states that such production requirements will cause the states to suffer direct injury because Massachusetts is erecting trade barriers to farm products unless those farm products follow Massachusetts’ required production regulations. Indiana and 12 other Attorneys General are suing not only on behalf of their farmers, but the states allege they are representing their citizens “…in original actions where the injury alleged affects the general population of a state in a substantial way.”
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Higher prices for consumers The general injury to be caused by Massachusetts Animal Law “…will injure the general population in a substantial way by causing higher prices for shell eggs and pork.” Massachusetts says this assertion is merely speculative. Purdue’s own Dr. Jayson Lusk has specifically demonstrated in the record that Massachusetts Animal Law “... will result in increased production costs for farmers…” He points out that eventually consumers will be charged higher prices for meat and eggs due to Massachusetts’ production requirements. The bottom line is that Indiana and the plaintiff states produce pork for an interstate market. So the choice is clear. If the Massachusetts Animal Law goes into effect, farmers will either have to conform to Massachusetts’ production requirements or forego the Massachusetts market. The question becomes do farmers in all states have to farm and produce product as required by Massachusetts? Or California? That is a frightening thought for America’s farmers. Protect The Harvest and its leader, Forrest Lucas, have been urging numerous
state Attorneys General to challenge states such as California and Massachusetts when they pass laws intended to harm the health, quality and well-being of food production. Finally some people in agriculture are standing up to defend it.
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Anger Over Anaplasmosis by Greg Henderson, Drovers
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Lewis then called on Tom Jernigan, DVM, surgical instruments. Once infected, an to investigate with a necropsy and blood animal’s immune system attacks the samples from other cows. invader, but also destroys infected red The diagnosis was anaplasmosis, a blood cells. In an acute infection, the loss of disease prevalent in the Kansas Flint Hills red blood cells inhibits the animal’s ability area. Lewis and Division Ranch owner Guy to provide adequate oxygen to tissues, and Pickard were well aware the ranch was in a death occurs due to suffocation at the celhigh-risk anaplasmosis area. But that only lular level. deepened the mystery of the cow deaths because they were feeding mineral with an Producers have long known about antibiotic designed to prevent anaplasmo- anaplasmosis, and the most popular sis. The mineral was purchased from a local means of prevention is the use of feed company that mixed chlortetracycline mineral mixes with CTC. (CTC) into the product under a VFD written Veterinarians say feeding CTC at a rate by Jernigan. of 0.5 mg per pound of body weight will “We knew anaplasmosis was prevalent in prevent anaplasmosis infections. this area,” Lewis says. “But we thought our When Pickard and Lewis began to preventative measures were protecting us.” suspect a problem they contacted the Over the next few months, Lewis and Kansas Department of Agriculture. A KDA Pickard searched for answers to the tragedy representative visited the ranch, collected they say cost the ranch north of $35,000. samples and sent them to two different labs What they found is a system they believe is for testing, KDA and the South Dakota Agriflawed, and now they hope their experi- culture Laboratories. ence will serve as a warning to other While KDA found no evidence the cattlemen to be more vigilant. mineral batch to be faulty, they reported Anaplasmosis is a disease caused by the “the amount of CTC available to the cows blood parasite Anaplasma marginale. It is was deficient by 56 mg to 151 mg per head transmitted from animal to animal by biting per day, or 9.5 percent to 24.3 percent of flies, ticks and contaminated needles or the required amount to control and prevent
death loss caused by anaplasmosis.” cilovic wrote regarding the justification for “That appeared to be the answer at first,” the variance, “the issues boil down to Pickard says. “But the deficiencies of CTC in stating that the assay limits take into the mineral were within the allowable limits. account the inherent variability in the feed So, while we were paying for a CTC-mineral assay method and give some extra allowmix that we thought would prevent ana- ance for variability due to mixing/sampling. plasmosis, what we were getting was a “As I would put it,” Momcilovic wrote, product that could legally be 30 percent “the assay limits are a result of necessity dicshort of the VFD as written.” tated by and laws of physics/chemistry.” A 30 percent allowable variance For cowboys like Pickard and Lewis, (meaning the CTC amount could be from however, the allowable variance still seems 70 percent to 130 percent of the VFD) is one excessive. After all, both labs that tested the few producers—or even many veterinari- mineral samples from the Division Ranch ans—know about, a crucial piece of indicated their tests to be 99 percent accuinformation Pickard and Lewis want to rate or better. make known to other producers. “It’s not that simple,” says Gary Sides, The Food and Drug Administration’s beef cattle nutritionist with Zoetis, the man(FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine is the ufacturer of Aureomycin (CTC), the only federal agency with oversight regarding product approved by FDA for feeding as the use of antibiotics in food animals. As a free choice in mineral to beef cattle and one member of the National Cattlemen’s Beef many veterinarians say is the best tool for Association, Pickard was counseled by anaplasmosis prevention. NCBA to contact the FDA. He was referred “There are valid reasons to have a 30 to the FDA’s medicated feed specialist, percent variance because you can have Dragan Momcilovic, DVM. He confirmed to such variation when you sample,” Sides Pickard the FDA allows a variance of 30 says. “How many samples were taken? Were percent for CTC in mineral mixes, a regula- there any weather events such as heat and tion that dates back at least 50 years. humidity? There’s just so many variables In correspondence with Pickard, Mom- that if we reduced the variance there would
be horrible ramifications for the feed companies.” Also, it’s important for producers to understand assay variations do not predict the effectiveness of the product, says William McBeth, DVM, director of veterinary medical information and product support for Zoetis. “It’s a pass/fail system,” McBeth says of testing samples. “There’s real variability across all free-choice pasture mineral programs. The product is either within the allowable variance or it’s not. The assay limits are not a random number. They were developed by analytical chemists who run hundreds of samples each week.” There’s also the crucial factor of daily intake. A VFD for CTC does not guarantee that the medication will be consumed by the cows at the recommended rate. “The producer has to make sure the cows are consuming the product at the recommended rate or it can’t be effective,” Sides says. As for the feed company that provided the CTC-mineral mix to Division Ranch and others, no one believes they intentionally shorted the product. Indeed, even one of their competitors that spoke with Drovers
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about this story calls them “a good competitor with a good reputation.” He says like any other business, misrepresenting a feed or mineral product is a quick way to ruin their business. “I don’t know any company that deliberately puts in 70 percent of what’s required,” Zoetis’ Sides says. “It’s just not done.” Yet, the whole episode has left Lewis and Pickard feeling bitter. They provide their cattle with excellent care and management, they have a close working relationship with their veterinarian and they played by the rules of the VFD. “We still lost 13 cows,” Pickard says. “What I want to emphasize to other producers is to be vigilant about anaplasmosis. You may be providing CTC, but it’s not a guarantee against the disease.” For interactive map produced by Lori Haysshowing the greatest risk areas for anaplasmosis infections. Every state, except Hawaii has reported cases of anaplasmosis in cattle. An experimental vaccine from University Products LLC has been approved for veterinarian use in 26 states and Puerto Rico.
Arizona Becomes the First State to Eliminate Chevron Deference
1984 Supreme Court decision in Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resource Defense Counsel, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 842-844 (1984)—has been criticized by various judges, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (then sitting on the Tenth Circuit). The U.S. Senate has also unsuccessfully attempted to repeal the doctrine. Other Supreme Court Justices, as we reported here, are not inclined to disturb the well-established law. by Ashley Remillard, Congress, Legislation The Arizona law is the first state law n April 11, 2018, Arizona Governor of its kind. Arizona lawmakers are Doug Ducey signed into law H.B. hopeful that the law may serve as a 2238, which amended the state’s model for other states or Congress. If a administrative procedure laws to similar bill is able to successfully pass provide that courts are not required to through Congress and become law, it defer to an agency’s legal interpretation will have far reaching consequences for in lawsuits over administrative deci- cases challenging agency decisions sions. The amendment effectively made pursuant to the Endangered eliminated “Chevron deference,” which Species Act. requires courts to defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. The legal doctrine—named for the
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Changes are Inevitable
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ife is a series of beginnings and endings. Changes. Seasons change, years begin and end, we are born and we die. Life is just full of transitions. Changes can be stressful. Change is not always fun—nor welcome. Sometimes we do not want to act upon the changes coming our way. But remember this, indecision is sometimes known as “sitting on the fence.” Well, the one thing I know about “sitting on the fence” too long—it can give you blisters on your bottom! Have you ever stayed in a job or situation for too long? You knew it was not your ideal situation, you just stayed
because you thought you could make it work. Or maybe you were just to scared to move on? Let me ask you this, why would you put up with anything you did not like for more than a few weeks—or even days? Many people stay with an undesirable situation for months or even years because they felt they would let somebody else down. But when we allow others to determine our worth or value, or make our important life decisions, we are doing ourselves a disservice. Make a decision for yourself! One that works for you and your life’s circumstances at the time. Transitions serve a very important purpose in our lives; they are opportunities for us to learn, grow, and gain knowledge. They show us what we are made of. They allow us to edit the story of our lives as we go forward. Yes, change can be difficult, but nothing in life is immune from it. We cannot always choose our circumstances or the changes coming our way, but we most certainly can choose how we deal with them. Do you do it this way? Or that? Do you let someone else make the
decision for you? Or do you take charge of your own destiny? Ultimately, every person on this planet is responsible for taking care of their own life. For their own decisions. Once you make a decision, once you accept the change and how to deal with it, once you take that leap—the best way to go is onward and upward— with a positive attitude. Be proud of where you have come from. History is important. It is the strength you gained in the past that got you through hard times. Look back at previous changes and decisions as educational experiences. File them away for future reference. Then embrace the changes of the day. But always look forward to the future and all it holds for you—because that is where you are headed—and it is full of changes! Enjoy them and make the most of them!
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USDA Economists Track 30 Years of Farm & Ranch Consolidation by Julie Larson Bricher, meatingplace.com
specialization increased dramatically in poultry and hog production, at 52 percent and 31 percent, respectively.
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Farm production has continued to shift to larger farms. By 2015, 51 percent of the value of U.S. farm production came from farms with at least $1 million in sales, compared to 31 percent in 1991.
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conomists from the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) have published a new report tracing the impact of consolidation on farms specialization and organization over the past three decades. The report, “Three Decades of Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture,” by James M. MacDonald, Robert A. Hoppe, and Doris Newton, was released in mid-March.
Using farm-level and census data, the USDA economists reported that livestock production has consolidated significantly since the 1980s, with the exception of beef cow-calf operations. Livestock has become increasingly specialized as a result, with 37 percent of all livestock produced on farms that had no crop production in 2015, up from 22 percent in 1996. From 1996-2015,
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consolidation. On a related note, 44 percent of pasture and grazing land (primarily used for cattle) was on ranches with at least 10,000 acres in 2012, down from 51 percent in 1987. “One of the distinctive features of agriculture is the importance of family farms; even as farm production has shifted to much larger operations, family farms continue to account for nearly 90 percent of agricultural production,” the authors concluded. “That estimate actually understates the role of family businesses in agriculture, because many large nonfamily farms are part of b usin ess es ow n e d an d r un by families.”
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Penicillin: Will the Magic Bullet Become Magical Again?
were yet to be decided, but they knew it would be deadly for Allied invaders. Many deaths would come from wound infections unless penicillin or some other miracle drug could be mass produced, and a few companies, with huge financial help from the government, figured out how to do it. And then the bugs figured out how to develop resistance. The once thought to be magical bullet became much less effective. Oh sure, there were carbon rings and other things moved around to try and save penicillin’s magic and variations like amoxicillin, augmentin, oxacillin and methicillin came about, but so did resistance. So the announcement from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists that they just might have a new compound that can be used with penicillin to make it more powerful is exciting news.
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he Lazy D Ranch was of the arena, she spotted a man also riding a white founded in 1992 and horse. The man offered rides to the youngsters is located just north of present, and offered Mary a ride as well. “I put my Hobbs, New Mexico. We are in arms around the horse’s neck. He asked me if I the southeastern corner of New would like to have the horse.” When Mary located Mexico about five miles west her father to obtain permission, he instructed her of the Texas/New Mexico line. to stay away from the man. “I reported back to the The elevation is 3,692 feet at a man, who talked to my dad. I took the horse home latitude of 32° 45’ N and longitude of 103° 13’ W. that night from the rodeo.” The climate at our ranch is semi-arid with the averWith a team of two white horses, Mary started to age rainfall of 15 inches per year. The summers are train and experiment with Roman riding. She began hot and dry with daily high temperatures averaging riding professionally at the age of 13, and was schedin the low to mid 90s. At night the temperatures uled to appear at Madison Square Garden as a noveldrop to the mid 60s. Typical winters are clear and ty act. Because Mr. Shipley became ill and wouldn’t cold with nightly low temperatures averaging in the allow her to go to New York with mid 20s and the highs averanyone else, the performance was We had the 2015 Sr. aging in the mid to high 50s. cancelled. Champion Bull & Calf The ranch overlies the In 1993, Mary says she had a Ogalala aquifier which few cows, but not much land, Champion Bull in Ft. allows us to grow our own she knew she couldn’t raise Worth. Out of the 6 bulls and feed. The grazing ranges enough cattle to make money. from winter wheat to jose that were walking for She briefly considered raising wheat grass. In the areas horses, but ultimately opted for Grand Champion , 2 w ere under cultivation, the soil is registered seed stock. “I looked from the Lazy D. We had at several different breeds, and a sandy loam while on the natural grass land it is rocky. Reserve Overall Champion most of the time I was cautioned Red Angus breeder Mary not to get in the pen with a bull. Bull with our Sr. Bull Dobry describes herself as People asked, “Are you by yourself? You don’t want this breed the “chief cook and bottle washer” at the Ranchers’ Steakhouse and Buffet, ... for any number of reasons.” and “number one hay slinger and calf puller” at the Remembering the day she discovered the breed, Lazy D Ranch in Lovington, NM. Mary says, “I’ll never forget it.” Driving in her “You can take the girl out of the country, but you car, she spotted a woman hand-feeding some red can’t take the country out of the girl.” The daugh- cows in a field. “I was wearing a white pantsuit, ter of Oscar Shipley, Mary grew up with animals and I climbed over the fence and went to talk to the and livestock on her father’s farm in Chickasha, woman. She handed me some cubes, and I fed the OK. cows. I decided that this was the breed for me.” A former trick rider, Mary shares her attracMary researched the breed thoroughly, studying tion to her unusual occupation. At a rodeo in genetics and expected progeny differences, known Chickasha, riding a little white horse at the back as EPDs. “I breed to produce a six-foot to six-foot-
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two frame to get the leg-length ranchers want.” Similar to the Black Angus in size, but described as gentle and easy to handle, Mary has sold many to people who are tired of working with other breeds. Finding that the Red Angus cattle halter-break and trailer easily, Mary says, “ I love them, and I’m ’hands-on’ with my animals – I’ve been called the ‘cow whisperer’. I can walk out in the pasture with my bulls, and walk right up to them,” but cautions that their gentle nature wasn’t the only reason she selected this breed. “They are easy-keepers,” gleaning the best from available feed. And, maybe most importantly, Lazy D bulls are educated professionals, adapting quickly to their surroundings and says Mary, “They go straight to work.” The Lazy D Ranch is home to some of the finest Red Angus breeding stock in the Southwest, and Mary and her award-winning Lazy D bulls have been featured in private and invitation-only national sales, including one private sale where only two bulls were featured. Asked what makes her most proud, Mary responds that she is most pleased with the continued support from local ranchers and cattlemen. She has always been a “hands on” owner with the attitude that “even if you’re the best you can still get better.” She also strongly believes in the “two horse” method of success, hard work and grace from above. Mary, along with the rest of the Lazy D bunch, would like to invite you to see some of the finest Red Angus breeding stock available in the Southwest. — Thanks to our friends/partners at The Lea County Tradition
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APHIS revises chronic wasting disease program standards
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group’s discussions and recommended changes to the CWD Program Standards at the 2016 United States Animal Health Association meeting. The summary was available for public comment and 35 written comments were received. This notice is on display in the Federal Register at https://s3.amazonaws.com/ public-inspection.federalregister.gov/201806341.pdf. Members of the public will be able to view the evaluation and submit comments at www.regulations.gov/ #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2018-0011. The revised program standards will take effect after the 30-day comment period ends, unless members of the public raise significant regulatory issues during the comment period. APHIS will accept comments until April 30. Comments may be submitted through the following methods: ЇЇ
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s part of a $1.3 trillion government spending bill, Congress recently passed a federal wildfire funding “fix,” a package of modest forest management reforms, and a reauthorization of the “Secure Rural Schools” program intended to compensate counties for lost timber revenue. As a whole it’s the most significant forestry legislation to be signed by a president since the passage of the Bush-era Healthy Forests Restoration Act about 15 years ago. Does it provide everything we need to confront the full scope of our nation’s forest health crisis? No. Will it restore employment and economic opportunity to our rural timber communities. It won’t. But the omnibus package represents progress. The tide is turning toward better management of our forests. Conservation and forestry groups have long sought a solution to spiraling wildfire suppression costs. Firefighting now consumes over half of the U.S. Forest Service’s budget. And when suppression costs exceed the agency’s firefighting budget, it is forced to “borrow” money from non-fire accounts to cover the shortfall. The agency has exceeded its budget 13 of the past 16 years, disrupting the funding, planning and implementation of preventative forest health projects. The wildfire funding fix in the spending bill is complex. And it’s more complicated than the idea of allowing federal land agencies to access emergency disaster funds to cover shortfalls, as has been proposed in the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act. Congress opted to end fire borrowing by adjusting arbitrary budget “caps” that are intended to keep government spending under control. It works by adjusting the funding caps to better accommodate firefighting needs during intense fire seasons. The Federal Forest Resource Coalition reports the legislation provides a new disaster cap allocation for wildfire starting in
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 at $2.25 billion, which increases to $2.95 billion in FY 2027. In addition, the legislation freezes the wildfire suppression line item at the Forest Service at the FY15 level to stop the slow migration of non-fire funding to the fire programs at the beginning of each fiscal year. This budget cap doesn’t come into effect until FY 2020. For FY 2018 and 2019, the bill provides $1.946 billion in fire suppression funding, to be allocated to the Department of Interior and the Forest Service. If this funding, which is $500 million above the current 10-year average, proves insufficient, the Congress will have to provide additional emergency spending. Whenever we meet with Forest Service personnel, the wildfire funding problem is constantly cited as a primary barrier to improving management of federal lands. We’re pleased this issue has finally been addressed. Yet a “budget fix” alone isn’t going to bring firefighting spending under control. We need to dramatically increase management activities to restore forest health. Taxpayers save $6 to $8 for every $1 spent on preventative forest management. Fortunately the spending bill included some modest forest management reforms to help “treat the disease” of forest neglect,
not just the symptoms. We continue to support solutions such as the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 that provides a number of tools to effectively ease agency analysis paralysis and obstructive litigation. But the spending bill does provide some much needed changes. Among many provisions it improves the game-changing Good Neighbor Authority law, which allows states to conduct forest management activities on federal lands, by allowing the repair and reconstruction of forest roads on GNA projects. It creates a new 3,000-acre “categorical exclusion,” aimed at expediting “Wildfire Resiliency Projects.” It improves the Healthy Forests Restoration Act to allow the creation of fuel-breaks and fire-breaks. It also streamlines vegetation management around power lines, a particular cause of devastation in California. It also offers a fix to the so-called “Cottonwood decision” that threatens forest projects throughout the West, by clarifying that federal land agencies are not required to re-consult with federal fish and wildlife agencies at a programmatic (forest plan) level when new critical habitat is designated or a new species is listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Turning around decades of federal forest un-management won’t happen overnight. It took several years of work and negotiation, not to mention thousands of your phone calls and emails, to get Washington, DC to pay attention to problems on its own forest lands. We are expecting another severe wildfire season and there’s at least 80 million acres of federal forests that needed treatment yesterday. Litigation continues to threaten forest projects, and it still takes too long for the land agencies to implement them. More needs to be done, and we can’t afford to wait another 15 years before Congress decides to act again.
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When Amazon Sells Bulls won’t come with any viruses or infections. Apple bulls will have all the bells and whistles, will get their work done fast, be simple to use and will have no disposition problems. The only downside is they’ll cost a fortune with the Apple 8 Bull selling for $9,999. You could buy IBM for what a golden Apple 10 Bull will cost. Samsung – Your Samsung bull, imported from China, will do all the same things that the Apple Bull will do for half the price. The only downside is the bull may self-destruct at any minute. Microsoft – Microsoft bulls will be crossbred and complex, difficult to control and you may have to re-boot them with your Tony Lama’s to get them to work. You’ll have to keep sending your Microsoft bull back until they send you one that will work. This will usually happen after the sixth try but in the meantime your cows will either die of
old age or get bred by your neighbor’s Samsung bull. You’ll need to buy lots of wormer and antibiotics because your Microsoft bulls will have bacterial infections, numerous viruses and be buggier than the beds at a ten dollar-a-night fleabag motel. With every Microsoft bull you buy you’ll be making Bill Gates even richer. Facebook– The good news is that Facebook is giving bulls away but in order to get a free bull you’ll have to fill out an exhaustive questionnaire and answer all sorts of personal questions about the breeding habits of you, and your cows. Facebook will then sell this information to a firm that sells Viagra online, the Chinese, Zoetis, the Democratic Party, Harbor Freight, American Angus Association, Sears, the CIA, FBI, Putin, and the IRS. All these “Facebook friends” will then know all about the feeding, breeding and pooping patterns of you and your bulls. The pinnacle of humiliation will occur when your mother calls after reading about it in all the cow papers. Instagram – This Facebook-owned firm will sell bulls online using a catalog app that will display brief nude pictures of them. Once the bulls arrive at your ranch bid them a fast “adios” because you’ll never see them again. Twitter – Twitter bulls that text will tell you where they are and what they’re doing every second of every day and night. In no time your Twitter bulls will be tweeting like Trump and will be much too busy to breed any cows. Uber – Acquiring your herd sires through Uber may be the easiest way to acquire bulls. You’ll call a toll free number, order a bull and in minutes an unpapered, unpedigreed, untested bull will arrive in a broken-down 1953 International Harvester truck that will be driven by a man from Nigeria who doesn’t speak English. Months later when you preg check your cows only 40% of them will be safe-in-calf because your Uber bulls were so widely traveled prior to being dumped on your doorstep that they had every venereal disease known to man. Google – Using the Google search engine you’ll type in your preferred breed, how many cows you own, and your preferred EPD range in 20 different traits. Then, as if by magic, a Google Guy or Google Gal wearing a plastic sleeve and Google Goggles will magically appear faster than you can say “artificial insemination.” Is it any wonder Google is taking over the world?
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NEW MEXICO FEDERAL LANDS NEWS by Frank Dubois
Can you believe California is leading the way on states rights over federal lands? Plus endangered species, ranchers and dogs.
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n a release the Department of Justice announced it had filed a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the State of California, Governor of California Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr., and the California State Lands Commission. The feds are seeking a declaration that California Senate Bill 50, enacted in October 2017, is unconstitutional and seeking an injunction against implementation of this state law. Under the law California has the first right to purchase federal lands or to arrange for a specific buyer. SB 50 interferes with federal land conveyances in the State of California says the Justice Department. The California law gives a state agency the power to block the sale, donation or exchange of federal lands by the federal government to any other person or entity. SB 50 also “seeks to penalize (up to $5,000) any person who knowingly files real estate records pertaining to a federal land transfer unless the California government certifies that the transfer complies with state law.” “The Constitution empowers the federal government—not state legislatures—to decide when and how federal lands are sold,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “California was admitted to the Union upon the express condition that it would never interfere with the disposal of federal land.” The feds say the California law violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution and the Property Clause, which purportedly gives to Congress the authority to regulate and dispose of the federal lands. California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, a member of the State Lands Commission and a Democrat running for governor, says the feds are “attacking our state and our
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very way of life.” California Democrats no additional environmental benefit, but reportedly welcomed the latest fight and instead impose additional costs on farms and businesses. The language grants EPA vowed to defend the law. This lawsuit is replete with historical, the “express authority and responsibility to political and legal ironies. It is like the Civil ensure the protection of threatened or War all over again. We now have Democrats endangered species and critical habitat in defending states’ rights on federal lands connection to pesticide registrations.” They and Republicans defending the supremacy report it has taken the EPA and Fish and of the almighty feds. The Democrats adopt- Wildlife Service over two years to complete ing the position of the Bundy family while just three registration reviews. With over the Republicans claim the right to commit 1,600 separate ingredient reviews due in reconstruction on these lands. the next six years, it is clear some type of I say it is time the states receive an Eman- reform is necessary. cipation Proclamation with respect to This is upsetting to the enviros. “It’s a these lands. poison-pill rider in the most literal and unfortunate way,” said Jordan Giaconia Farm Bill and endangered species with the Sierra Club. It takes just one The House Ag Committee is marking up harmful chemical to be injected into the a Farm Bill that allows EPA to approve pes- ecosystem to cause widespread damage, ticides without consulting with the US Fish he said. “The ramifications are pretty far & Wildlife Service. Republicans on the reaching.” House Agriculture Committee see the lanYou would think they’d be happy, guage as a “commonsense reform” to an because look what the Republicans are “onerous and conflicting” consultation giving them: billions of dollars each year to process that needs to be modernized. More be spent on the Conservation Reserve than 60 agriculture groups in January wrote Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, Envia letter urging Agriculture Committee ronmental Quality Incentives Program, leaders to include the provision in the bill, Conservation innovation grants, the Volunsaying the current review and permitting tary Public Access and Habitat Incentive requirements are “redundant” and provide Program, and on and on. The enviros should be happy and the Republicans should be ashamed, but neither seems to be.
Susan Combs The former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture and State Comptroller Susan Combs was recently appointed Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, wildlife and Parks at the Department of Interior and the enviros are getting what they deserve on this one. For months now Senator Durbin 0f Illinois has had a hold on her nomination to be the Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management and Budget. Why? Because of what Zinke was doing on national monuments. The enviros were successful there, but now they have to deal with her being over the agency that administers the Endangered Species Act, he he. The media has been filled w[th headlines of Combs being an “enemy” of endangered species. “Putting Combs in charge of the Fish and Wildlife Service is like appointing an arsonist as the town fire marshal,” said Stephanie Kurose with the Center for Biological Diversity. However, these stories are distorting her record. I’ve known and worked with Susan Combs since she was the Commissioner of Ag in Texas, and I don’t believe she disagrees with the intent of the ESA. What she
Udall & Heinrich New Mexico livestock organizations, both north and south, are united in their opposition to the anti-grazing language in the President Obama proclamations creating the two most recent national monuments in New Mexico. That united opposition is of apparently no importance to the New Mexico Senators. They have introduced the America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States (ANTIQUITIES) Act of 2018. Among other things, the legislation “officially declares Congress’ support for the 51 national monuments established by presidents in both parties between January 1996 and April 2017” and states that presidential proclamation creating national monuments “cannot be reduced or diminished” except by an act of Congress. In other words, it would permanently place in law the two anti-grazing proclamations affecting New Mexico ranching families.
Perros in peril? Environmental researchers are now calling dogs an “invasive” species, or an “invasive mammalian predator” or a “non-native introduced species that are wreaking havoc on the ecological balance of many sensitive ecosystems.” They cite research claiming “domesticated dogs have imperiled 188 threatened species of animals and caused 11 mass extinctions globally!” They will be coming after your dog next. Will we here a new battle cry, “Canine free by ‘23”? Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and always 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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Whew! That’s a lot of ground to cover, I may have to send Dr. Flores an advertisement bill. There’s also 12 Agricultural Experiment stations scattered throughout the state in Artesia, Los Lunas, Alcalde, Clovis, Tucumcari, Farmington, Clayton and Corona, and stations such as the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, the Leyendecker Plant Science Center and Fabian Garcia Research Center in Las Cruces, and the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center. The vastness and diversity of the College of ACES ensures that its research or programs touch nearly everyone in the state whether it’s through afterschool 4-H programs, nutrition classes, crop research or rural economic development. The College of ACES was my stomping ground many years ago and I had many good memories there. I was pleased to see that the open house was well attended. After the open house, New Mexico Ag in the Classroom hosted their Farm to Fork fundraiser dinner in conjunction with the HRTM department. All the food was local and generously donated, a huge thank you goes out to them. The HRTM students cooked and served the dinner and Traci and Brenda, our NMAITC coordinators, organized the live auction as well as serving. The sold-out dinner was a success! The food for the five-course dinner was delicious. NMAITC earned funds to further ag awareness and HRTM’s proceeds went to future scholarships. Thank you to everyone who donated their time and items, and thanks to those who attended the dinner, without your support it would be difficult to run such an excellent program. If you are interested on being on the board that supports Ag in the Classroom just give us a call.
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other. (Well into the second decade of the 21st Century, the term Anasazi is still frequently heard in reference to the Chaco people.) The largest of the towns in the canyon is Pueblo Bonito, but some sources indicate that as many as 2,400 archaeological sites have been found on the canyon floor. Construction began sometime in the period 800 to 900 AD—although pit houses may have been built as early as 500 AD—and reached a peak in the period 1075 to 1115 during which some seventy communities were built. Work included construction of a number of outlying pueblos which were reached by a series of roadways called outliers. Since the Chaco culture did not have benefit of the wheel, the real purpose of the roads remains at least in part a mystery. Anthropologists believe that the entire canyon was abandoned by about 1150 AD— some sources report that the abandonment was not complete until about 1300. There is no shortage of theories about why
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Chacoan people moved on. Rina Swentzell of Santa Clara Pueblo wrote this: “…our Pueblo beliefs tell us that stability and movement are in cyclical relationship, such that one will surely follow the other. And so it is with the earth and the [Chaco] canyon. Change is certainly a part of their lives. As Chaco Wash changes its course and depth, the walls of the canyon peel off and tumble onto the canyon floor. The flora on the canyon floor changes, depending on animals and water. The canyon, because of its longer-than-human life span and its personality, has welcomed and expelled many different groups of people. Ancestral Pueblo people, being sensitive to the way places feel, might have moved in response to the moods of the canyon.” A Navajo version of Chaco’s story is told by Richard M. Begay. “Through Navajo oral traditions, we know that hundreds, if not thousands, of people labored to build the structures we see today. Chaco was also a center of economic and social activity. At Pueblo Bonito, one could trade for anything: pottery, all types of food, clothing, ceremonial items, turquoise. The oral histories also tell us that the canyon was a place of many vices. It was a place for prostitution, sexual deviancy, and incest. Gambling was a common pastime; indeed, it was through gambling that Nááhwíiłbįįhí [the Gambler, or the winner of people] was able to enslave the people… For these reasons, the development of a place like Chaco Canyon must not happen again. “Nááhwíiłbįįhí became so powerful that the people feared he would begin to exercise control over the elements—rain, light (sun), and water—and they began to plot his downfall… “… When Chaco culture collapsed, the former Chacoans moved on, some eventually became part of the modern-day Pueblo Indians (such as the those at Zuni [sic] and the Rio Grande Pueblos), and others becoming Navajos.” Anthropologists Barbara J. Mills wrote
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*REDUCED* Hunting and 125 Head Cattle Ranch, Lindrith, NM – Laguna Seca Ranch is set against scenic bluffs with expansive views of open meadows and rolling hills covered in pines, juniper and oaks in the Santa Fe National Forest. Abundant elk and deer. Includes deer and elk permits, two homes, steel shop with equipment shed partially insulated and heated, hay barn, tack room, storage, second hay barn, steel corrals with sorting pens, steel lead-up and crowding tub, squeeze chute, scales, calf table and loading chute. Well watered with 7 wells, 8 dirt tanks, 2 storage tanks, and 10 drinkers. $2,120,000 $1,900,000 *NEW* 45 Head White Rocks Ranch in beautiful Glenwood, NM – The deeded land is located in Deep Creek Canyon bordering National Forest on two sides with a year-round creek running thru the property. Abundant wildlife including elk, deer and bear. A year round +/-6,288 acre USFS Allotment with grassy, gently rolling country, new pipe corrals, 2 dirt tanks, spring and pipeline. Included with the sale are 42 cows, 3 bulls and brand. Pricing: +/-60 Deeded acres with permit and cattle $695,500 or +/-106 deeded acres, with cozy 2BR, 2BA log cabin, permit and cattle. $1.25M
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98+/- Acre Farm, Pomerene, AZ – 70 plus irrigated acres with an 800 gpm well that has a 16” casing, records indicate it is 70’ deep with static water at 35’. Flood irrigated and fenced. Suitable for crops, pasture, or nut trees. Located close to I-10, town, schools and services. Great value at $350,000
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*SOLD* 204+/- Acre Lazy JG Farm, Duncan, AZ – Currently grazing 80 head of Angus-cross cattle but could run 100 plus head comfortably on 102+/- acres of irrigated pasture with 6 acre feet of water rights. At an elevation of 3655 feet, the climate is also suitable for hay, pecans, pistachios, wine grapes, or field crops. Two homes, 2 hay barns, shop, corrals, fenced and cross-fenced. $755,000
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*NEW* 160+/- Acre Farm, Fort Sumner, NM – Great farm with nice 3 BR, 2 BA home, large workshop/barn and 117+/- acres under a 5 year old Zimmatic pivot in eastern New Mexico. Water rights on 122 acres with a total of 269.94 acre-feet per year. Well records indicate a 350’ deep well with a 16” casing and it currently pumps about 350 gpm with a 50 hp submersible pump installed in 2017. Includes equipment. $400,000
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*SOLD* +/-29 Acre Farm, Sheldon AZ – This preppers paradise includes a large 4 BR 3 BA home; canning studio; root cellar; large workshop with covered outdoor work area; irri-
+/-14 Ac Horse Property, Sonoita, AZ Custom 2,861 s.f. home in the Oaks with matching outbuildings including a 2-car garage w/upstairs apartment & a charming vintage carriage house/stable. Modern 4- stall horse barn with a front portico, tack room, and wash area. Two arenas, access to USFS. $760,000
*NEW* +/-20 Acres, Thunder Canyon, Cochise Stronghold, AZ – Private retreat in the foothills of the Dragoon Mtns. Views and private access to National Forest. Abundant wildlife, access to hiking and horseback riding trails. 3 BR, 2¾ BA mobile home and a 1 BR, 1BA site built. Well, Fruit trees, corral for the horses and shade. Potential vineyard, horse property, or private retreat. $550,000 *NEW* 160+/- Acres, Bowie, AZ – Great potential farm ground in an area with good water. Adjoins an existing pistachio orchard. Includes one domestic/livestock well. Other crops grown in the area include alfalfa, grass hay, grapes, and row crops. Not fenced. $336,160
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NM in Socorro County. 160 acres deeded and 11,360 acres BLM. It is permitted for 100 cows year round. The ranch is not over-improved, yet has all you will need at a reasonable price. Just minutes from Albuquerque, this ranch offers easy access and a variety of browse for your livestock. $750,000.
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Trujillo, NM: This section has ~567 deeded acres, rim rock views, 3 stock tanks, one spring fed tank and CR B21 access. Scenic parcel is located 30 miles east of Las Vegas. On the road to the Sabinoso Wilderness area. List Price is $345,000 obo Pecos River – Hwy 3: Alfalfa Farm on the Pecos River has adjudicated senior ditch rights. Averages 3,200+ bales “premium” alfalfa annually. Includes 3 immaculate bedroom adobe home, hay barn & sheds. Priced at $769,000. Call Catherine 505231-8648 or alexander.catherine@gmail.com Pecos River Frontage: 5+ field acres has water rights, comfortable modern home, stone guest house, huge heated studio/workshop/garage. Asking $495,000. MLS # 20170472 Contact Catherine at 505-231-8648 or alexander.catherine@gmail.com Bernal, NM: 126 + hilltop acres located right on frontage road 2116. Has electric & telephone and is partially fenced w/ SR 2116 frontage. Asking $117,000 Dilia Loop Road Farm: Fenced 20+ acre parcel in production w/alfalfa & sweet grass, 4 irrigated sections w/20 ac/ft ditch rights & Pecos River frontage. Excellent farming opportunity for organic vegetable gardens, alfalfa/sweet grass. Priced at $225,000 obo Upper Anton Chico: This 7.5 acre alfalfa farm is perimeter fenced & irrigated w/under ground delivery, easy to work and water. Excellent production history. Has adjudicated ditch rights & Pecos River frontage. Asking $82,500 & owner may finance. Apache Mesa Road: Two 80 acre parcels w/very good water wells. West parcel has 4 bdrm permitted septic system, solar array, 80 gpm well. It’s priced at $185,000. East parcel has 2 dirt tanks, 2 sides fenced & mountain views. Asking: $165,000 Also have 238 acre valley parcel located below the rim rock for $120,000 Off the Grid!
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White Lakes Road: 1,100 deeded acres partially fenced pasture land, mountain views, public electric, county road access. Basin fringe water! Solar array or wind farm lease income potential. Call for details... Lots of potential on this parcel... Stanley, NM: Two 40 acre tracts w/power & water @ $65,000 each, Two 80 acre Tracts w/power @ $89,900 each. Located on Calle Victoriano off the old Simmons Road. 640 acre tract also available in the basin & has subdivision lot potential. Gascon/Rociado, NM: Hwy 105 building site ~26 fenced acres. 4 legal lots have overhead power, tall pines & cedar tree cover. Perimeter fenced, lots of timber & ditch water. Asking $330,000 for all 4 lots! Call for details on 300 to 700+ cow/calf or yearling operations.
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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/- state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres. Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope, mule deer and some elk. $2,710,000
RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres, 2 parcels, excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a true million dollar view at end of private road. $489,000. House & 1 parcel $375,000 MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced $485,000
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COLD BEER VIEW, Colfax County, NM 83.22 +/- deeded acre, 3,174 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 3 ½ bathrm, 2 car garage home situated on top of the hill with amazing 360 degree views. MIAMI HORSE HEAVEN, Colfax County, NM. Reduced $398,000 Very private approx. 4,800 sq ft double walled adobe 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with many MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 20 +/custom features, 77.50 +/- deeded acres with deeded acres, 20 water shares, quality 2,715 sq water rights and large 7 stall barn, insulated ft adobe home, barn, grounds and trees. Private metal shop with own septic. Would suit indoor setting. This is a must see. Reduced to $375,000 growing operation, large hay barn/equipment FRENCH TRACT 80, Colfax County, NM irrigated shed. $1,375,000. farm w/home & good outbuildings, $350,000 MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 Class A irri- MAXWELL SMALL HOLDING, home with horse gation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, improvements, fenced, water rights and 19+/100 hd feedlot. Depredation Elk Tags available. deeded acres. Handy to I25 on quiet country Owner financing available to qualified buyer. road. $232,000. Significantly reduced to $550,000
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TURKEY TRACK RANCH – First time offering of one of the largest ranches in the southwest, comprised of over 253,000 acres to include 37,000 deeded acres. Some mineral included. Price Reduced: $17,500,000 BLACK DOG RANCH – Central NM, near Corona in Lincoln County. Comprised of 314 deeded acres with nice new of remodeled improvements. Good elk, mule deer and turkey hunting. Comes with elk tags. Price: $565,000 Price: $525,000 DOUBLE L RANCH – Central NM, 10 miles west of Carrizozo, NM. 12,000 total acres; 175 AUYL, BLM Section 3 grazing permit; Water provided by 3 wells and buried pipeline. Improvements include house and pens. Price Reduced: $1,150,000 X T RANCH – Southeastern NM cattle ranch 40 miles northwest of Roswell, NM on the Chaves/Lincoln County line. Good grass ranch with gently rolling grass covered hills. 8,000 total acres, 200 AUYL grazing capacity. Partitioned into four pastures watered by 2 wells with pipelines. Call for brochure. Price: $1,750,000 SOUTH BROWN LAKE RANCH – Nicely improved cattle ranch located northwest of Roswell, NM. 5,735 total acres to include 960 acres deeded. 164 A.U. yearlong grazing capacity. Modern residence, bunkhouse, shop and feed barn. Three wells and
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“We Specialize in Selling Federal & State Land Lease Ranches & Farms” SIXTEEN MILE DRAW RANCH Located in Southeastern New Mexico, west of the community of Hope. The ranch is composed of 1673 deeded, 6295 NM State Lease, and 7194 BLM lease acres. The carrying capacity set by the BLM is 378 AUYL. Whether you have a registered herd, need AI facilities, or run a yearlong cattle operation, this ranch has the facilities. There are two homes on the property. The ranch also includes approximately 80 acres of farmland that is irrigated with water from the Penasco River and includes water rights. This is a great opportunity to own a turn-key operation with the added benefits of water rights. $3,200,000 IRRIGATED FARMS Located just outside of Hope, New Mexico, is the opportunity to own 6940 acres. The property consists of four irrigated farms, five residences, hay barns and corrals. There are four pivots with 429 acres currently under cultivation with Alfalfa and Triticale. There is a potential to bring into production 400 additional acres. $5,500,000
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Near Lincoln, NM - Beautiful river property, senior water rights, historic home, 33+- deeded acres. • Clayton, NM, 4,134-acre ranch - SOLD! • Quay, NM, 1,030-acre ranch - SOLD! • Grady, NM, 160 acres - SOLD! Need more listings – call Tom at 575-403- 6903 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
NEW MEXICO SLAUGHTER PLANT & PROCESSOR FOR SALE – $1,200,000
Nice, newer beef slaughter facility that has been cleaned up and ready for operation. This facility is ideal for a cow kill, fat cattle kill and game processing. Includes 6 acres and sale barn.
SW US FEEDMILL FOR SALE – $2,500,000
Successful livestock feed mill is for sale now in the Western US and this feed manufacturer sells product all over the Southwest. Dealer network in 4 States and this mill produces feed for all classes of animals and birds. Great profitable business for sale.
MULTI-SPECIES PACKING PLANT FOR SALE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE - $750,000
Can kill & process calves, lambs, goats, & hogs.
Please contact Tom Horton with Ag Brokers, Ltd., in Amarillo, TX. Call 806.206.6431 or email tomh@agbrokersltd.com for more information or to see the facility. Sellers may require proof of funds.
TX Real Estate Broker — NM Qualifying Broker Buyers - Sellers - Broker Price Opinions We Broker Agriculture 4000 SW 34th Ave, Suite A, Amarillo, TX 79109 806.206.6431 mobile • 806.322.5302 fax
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RANCH & FARM REAL ESTATE WE NEED LISTINGS ON ALL TYPES OF AG PROPERTIES LARGE OR SMALL! ■ ARROYO LARGO – 22,850 ac. +/- located in Lincoln, Chaves & DeBaca Counties, NM, well improved w/two homes, working pens & fences, well-watered by wells & pipelines, open rolling country w/numerous draws & arroyos provide for yearround cow/calf operation or seasonal yearling operation.
www.RiverRanches.com Greg Walker (720) 441-3131 Greg@RiverRanches.com Robert Martin (505) 603-9140 Robert@RiverRanches.com
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MALPAIS OF NM – Lincoln/Socorro Counties, 37.65 sections +/- (13,322 ac. +/- Deeded, 8,457 ac. +/- BLM Lease, 2,320 ac. +/- State Lease) good, useable improvements & water, some irrigation w/2 pivot sprinklers, on pvmt., all-weather road.
■ WEST CLOVIS HWY. 60 – 1,536.92 ac. +/- of grassland
w/two mi. of hwy. frontage on Hwy. 60, ½ mi. of frontage on Hwy. 224, 3 mi. of frontage on south side of Curry Rd. 12, watered by one well at the pens piped to both pastures.
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SOUTH CONCHAS RANCH – San Miguel Co., NM –
■ OTERO CO., NM – 120 scenic ac. +/- on the Rio Penasco is surrounded by Lincoln National Forest lands covered in Pines & opening up to a grass covered meadow along 3,300 feet +/of the Rio Penasco. This property is an ideal location to build a legacy mountain getaway home. ■ GREAT STARTER RANCH – Quay Co., NM – well improved & watered, 2,400 ac. +/-deeded, 80 ac. +/- State Lease, excellent access from I-40. ■ OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF AN OLD WEST
Turn-Key Operation 2,560 Acres of Fee and State Lease Land 1000 Acres Irrigated 7 Center Pivots / Currently in Production Cotton / Alfalfa / Sorghum Superior Water Attributes / Ogallala Aquifer Includes Prime Hunting Grounds with Abundant Mule Deer, Quail and Pheasant Listed at $4,284,000 For Additional Information call Westwater Resources 505-843-7643 Ask for William Turner or Matthew Rawlings NMREC Lic. No. 13371
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9,135 ac. +/- (6,670 +/- deeded, 320 +/- BLM, 40 +/- State Lease, 2,106 +/- “FREE USE”) well improved, just off pvmt. on co. road., two neighboring ranches may be added for additional acreage!
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RANCH – Guadalupe Co., NM - There are multiple owners of the Frontier Ranch consisting of their individual, undivided ownership of 6,423.45 ac. +/- w/undivided ownership ranging from 38 ac. +/- & greater. You may buy undivided interest in this ranch at your discretion, improvements are average for the area, this is good country suitable for a year-round cow/calf or summer yearling grazing, located in close proximity to the Grey Fox Ranch for addtl. acreage.
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– Guadalupe Co., NM – 2,919.85 ac. +/- of deeded land, all native grass, located in close proximity to the Frontier Ranch for addtl. grazing.
■ ALFALFA & LIVESTOCK – Tucumcari, NM - 255.474 ac. +/-, state-of- the-art huge hay barn & shop (immaculate), steel pens, Arch Hurley Water Rights, two nearly new sprinklers, alfalfa established.
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TEXLINE SPECIAL – 472.4 ac. irr., on Dalhart/Clayton
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■ GRASSLAND W/STRONG WATER POTENTIAL – Union
Co., NM - approx. 927.45 ac. +/-, adjoins Texline Special on the west & north, on pvmt., organic poss.
■ QUAIL HAVEN – along w/deer, turkey, antelope & other wildlife – Borden Co., TX., 1,672.8 +/- ac., well located near Gail/Snyder, Texas on pvmt. & all-weather road, well improved. ■ DEER, QUAIL – & OTHER WILDLIFE – Borden Co., TX.
– adjoins the Quail Haven ranch on the north for addtl. acres or can be bought separately, well fenced & watered w/a good set of pens, on large, all-weather, caliche road.
■ HALL CO., TX – 445 ac. +/- dryland farm, excellent hunting! ■ SPRING CREEK & LAKE – Hall Co,. TX. – 290 ac. +/-, improved grass, year-round live water, 8 ac. +/- lake, excellent hunting w/Mule & Whitetail deer, quail, turkey, migratory birds, varmints, good fences.
■ OKLA. LAND RUSH 400 – strong water area, part irr., part
grassland w/development potential, 1¾ mi. of frontage on large, all-weather caliche road.
Please view our website for details on these properties, choice TX, NM, CO ranches (large & small), choice ranches in the high rainfall areas of OK, irr./dryland/CRP & commercial properties. We need your listings on any types of ag properties in TX, NM, OK & CO.
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LITTLE COLORADO RIVER RANCH: Located in central Apache County, Arizona, a short 10 minutes from Springerville, this ranch has lots of water! 200 AU ranch, 1,650 deeded acres, 13 sections Arizona state lease, fully improved with a nice headquarters. The ranch includes 400 acres of irrigated or sub-irrigated meadow and farm land, improved with permanent pasture for grazing. Irrigation is provided by decreed surface water rights from the Little Colorado River and supplemented by two irrigation wells. Live, year-round livestock water is supplied by 3 miles of river running through the ranch, 6 spring-fed ponds, 3 wells and 4 miles of pipeline. This ranch is being sold turn-key; 190 head of adult cows/bulls and ranch equipment, including a 2012 966k CAT loader, 2012 329E CAT excavator and several ranch trucks, trailers, tractors and farm equipment. The ranch includes a gravel pit which could provide additional income. This is an extremely rare property due to the abundance of live water and being located in a mild southwestern climate, within minutes’ drive of the White Mountains, home to prime hunting, trout fishing and winter snow skiing. Price $4,500,000 OLD GREER PLACE: St. Johns, Arizona. The ranch is located directly west of the town of St. Johns. US Highway 180 runs through the center of the ranch. Deeded land includes numerous live water springs and sub-irrigated meadow lands adjacent to the Big Hollow Wash. There is a total of 1,330 deeded acres with an additional 1,300 acres Arizona State Lease and the ranch will run approximately 35 animal units yearlong. Price $735,000 HUNT VALLEY RANCH: 12 miles Northwest of St. Johns in Apache County, Arizona, includes 1,173 deeded acres with 320 additional acres of private lease for 23 animal units yearlong. The property includes an older cowboy house and paved frontage along US Highway 180. There is an irrigation well which provides water to a small orchard and a two acre improved pasture. This ranch is a nice rural home site with close proximity to the county seat in St. Johns. Price: $595,000 ALPINE 85 PROPERTY: One of the finest properties in Alpine because of its beauty, and location near town while offering complete privacy. The property lies at 8,000 feet elevation and includes 85 deeded acres. With tremendous views overlooking the Bush Valley, San Francisco River and surrounding mountain tops the property backs up to national forest and includes paved access from US Highway 180/191. Public water and sewer access is available to the property boundary. Alpine is an authentic small western mountain town, a quiet getaway with spectacular scenery with easy driving distance to many fishing lakes and streams. The area is also located on the boundary between the famous hunting Units 1 & 27 known for large herds of elk and world-class 400+ point bulls. With the large ponderosa pine and beautiful oak trees scattering the property there is great potential for a private, secluded home-site in the pines or possibly development into smaller tracts. Price: $1,200,000 offers for a partial purchase will be considered.
CONTACT: ST. JOHNS OFFICE: TRAEGEN KNIGHT www.headquarterswest.com email: info@headquarterswest.com
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ut Magdalena, New Mexico 87825 on your GPS and get ready on Saturday, June 2, 2018 to visit the all new pint-sized but comprehensive Boxcar Museum. Apparently there is some great talent in that small town which the volunteer curator, Judyth Shamosh has put to imaginative use. Ms. Shamosh was assistant curator of the Phoenix Art Museum, 40 years ago where she catalogued the entire art collection. She put her expertise to use when she volunteered to catalogue the neglected boxcar collection and went on to be appointed volunteer curator. The impressively renovated, but formerly dilapidated boxcar, was used as a place to collect local donations of old items relating to the diverse history of the town — mining, railroad, and stock driveway. Magdalena Friends of the Library provided funds to renovate the rundown interior. The renovations were completed with volunteer labor in November 2017 by former contractor, Rich Esposito, with the creative construction designs of Bryan Romkey. Ms. Shamosh was fashioning ideas for interactive exhibits to make your museum visit memorable. She found local resident, Don Wiltshire, an expert in building faux-rock and stage sets to create a mining experience; and, a local resident to build a chuck wagon box for visitors to learn about what’s for dinner on the stock driveway. In addition to other informative exhibits about the Spanish history of the area, Alamo Navajo native Americans, the pioneers, a remake of the original steam-train whistle, and more. This modest museum promises to be a worthwhile and memorable visit. The Boxcar Museum is located on North Main Street next to, where else — the historic train station that is now the library. There will also be a Frontier Festival to make your time in Magdalena more enjoyable.
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THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com
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lair hired out to Bob punchin’ cows. Clair soon realized it was more like working at a wild game park than a cattle farm. Two square miles of rollin’ western Minnesota pasture. Bob never knew how many cows he had. “It doesn’t matter if you count’em in the Fall,” he’d say, “It’s what comes back in the Spring that counts!” It would be fair to say that the cattle were never handled much. They were ‘rangy’, as they call it up there. Bob and Clair cowboyed a bobtailed load of cull cows together for a trip to the auction yard in Sioux Falls. The ol’ snub nose truck chugged the sixty or so miles with no problem. Being clever with machinery, Bob had rigged a long rope from the cab to the tailgate. It allowed him to back up to a loading chute and open or close the gate from the front. Unfortunately, in downtown Sioux Falls, the cows became hyperactive and tangled the rope. They managed to raise the tailgate enough so that three cows parachuted out the back. The boys could feel, rather than see the load lighten. They pulled over and were able to catch two of the stunned beasts. But the third had landed on her feet and escaped! “Don’t worr y,” said Bob, “She’ll turn up.” They left word about the missing cow at the sale barn and returned home. Next day, back at the farm, the phone rang. “Are you Bob?...This is the Sioux Falls Police Department...We have your cow...we need the name of your insurance agent... Forty-eight thousand in damages... “Well, we found her last night. She was wild as a peach orchard boar! We surrounded her with four patrol cars. Our plan was to euthanize her but nobody could get a clear shot as she careened around inside our makeshift car corral. She destroyed the sides of four cars. Broke windows, tail light, side mirrors and a spot lights. Dented, bashed, banged and fouled doors and fenders. Ripped off door handles, chrome and antennae till it looked like a smash on the highway! Then she jumps over the top demolishing the flashing light array, two
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yard fences and a permanent Nativity scene! “Four blocks away we surrounded her again and finally dispatched her humanely. There will be some additional liability to repair the bullet holes in the side panels and at least three new tires. “We called the rendering truck.” The next day Bob got another call from the Sioux Falls Police. “I already talked to you yesterday,” he explained, “You have my insurance agent.”
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“We realize that but this is Internal Affairs.” It turns out that four of the officers had taken the cow over the state line to be butchered. Internal Affairs was calling to see if Bob wanted to press charges! Bob didn’t, but between Internal Affairs, his insurance agent and his conscience, they reached a compromise. It included, I’m told, one complementary parking ticket and a GET OUT OF JAIL FREE card from the Sioux Fall’s finest.
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Evolution of Wildland Fire Fighting
The mass cutting of timber on the public for initiating the US Forest Service’s domain lands during the 1800s led to ongoing role as the nation’s leading federal setting aside of the “Forest Reserves” and wildland firefighting agency: other highly valued lands (i.e. Yellowstone On the afternoon of August 20,1910, a National Park) in the West during the latter battering ram of wind moved through the years of the 1800s. The passage of the drought-stricken national forest of Washby Ralph Pope, Silver City, New Mexico Forest Reserve Act of 1891, Organic Act of ington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the When Wildland Fire Fighting Started 1897 and the Transfer Act of 1905 estab- hundreds of small blazes burning across the lished the US Forest Service as the first forest floor into a roaring inferno. Forest and How It Has Progressed actual on-the -ground federal agency with rangers had assembled nearly ten thoualeontological studies indicate that a mission to manage vast “Reserved” lands sand men – college boys, day workers, fire has played a role in the develop- in the West. Prior to these acts the Depart- immigrants from mining camps – to fight ment of plant communities on the ment of Interior’s, General Land Office the fire. But no living person had seen anyNorth America continent for as long as oversaw the “Public Domain” lands, which thing like those flames, and neither the vegetation has existed on the continent. were for the most part being managed as rangers nor anyone else knew how to Many archeological studies indicate that lands open to almost un-restricted use. subdue them. wildfires were a threat to humans while also During the un-restricted use period of the The Big Burn was a onetime event that being used as a tool that benefited humans public domain lands, wildfires were sup- resulted in the destruction of millions of on the North America continent long pressed by the local users of the land if acres of forested landscapes, the total annibefore European man arrived. these individuals were capable to suppress hilations of several small communities, the The movement of European migrants to the wildfire and felt there was a need to do so. destruction of an untold amount of propNorth America brought an increase in the In 1910 the US Forest Service was still in erty, and the death of many people. The role fire played in people’s live; thus, an its infancy and was deeply involved in its predictable response to this event was to increase in the role fire played in the plant efforts to stop the unregulated use of the call for increased prevention and supprescommunities that occupied the continent. newly designated “National Forest” lands. sion of wildland fires. While fighting forest As the North American continent was Forest Rangers had been hired from the fires was already part of the mission of the explored and occupied by settlers, fire was local areas and an elite group of profes- Forest Service the big burn brought fireincreasingly used for many purposes across sional foresters were in place as Forest fighting to the forefront of the agency and the landscape. This increase in the use of Supervisors in the headquarters of the made it a high priority for not only the US fire also meant wildfires became a greater newly created National Forest. It was during Forest Service, but for many other state and threat to people’s wellbeing. the late summer of 1910 that the Forest federal agencies. Government did not initially play a role Service would experience an event that The Big Burn also prompted major in either the use of, or suppression of, fires sparked the modern wildfire fighting era battles over funding and questioned the during the initial years of rapid movement that still exist today. real mission of the US Forest Service. The of people to the east coast of North America, The following quote from the back cover Big Burn forced the politicians in Washingbut that soon changed. As people started of the book The Big Burn by Timothy Egan ton, DC to reassess and reaffirm the mission to build and crowd into cities it became captures the event that is credited by many of the newly created Forest Service. The obvious that a coordinated effort to suppress unwanted fires in the communities was needed. This effort was led by local governments who started organizing firef ighting forces and accumulating equipment to battle unwanted fires in their communities. While the creation of local fire departments that protected the towns and cities in the East occurred, no real organized efforts to suppress wildland fires in the lightly populated or un-inhabited wildlands of the West would not take place for many years. Many “Forest Fires” and “Prairie Fires” were documented throughout early to mid1800s as the public domain lands were Angus being explored and settled. Due to no govBull Blow ernmental entity tracking and managing the on-the-ground activities on the public Out Sale domain lands, wildfires were left to run their Private course. It was the excessive harvesting of Treaty At forage and timber from the public domain The Ranch that led to the substantial decrease in wildWWW.THOMPSONRANCH.NET fires in the late 1880s and early 1900s. 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Forest Service had been created to stop the exploitation of the once public domain lands that had been set aside as Forest Reserves/National Forest. Big business and large investors were not happy with their un-inhibited access to the timber and grazing lands in the West being taken away. John Muir and like-minded preservationist had been hard at work trying to end the exploitation of the public domain lands by what they considered to be big corporations and foreign investors. The Forest Service found itself pitted against both opposing powerful entities and has remain the primary agency that has dealt with their concerns. Following the Big Burn, the resource use battles started to subside, and the public started to recognize and accept the Forest Service as a legitimate and creditable land management agency. The Forest Service mission was focused on encouraging the management and proper use of the National Forest lands by the local citizens. A livestock grazing permit process and timber sale regulations were put in place and the Forest Service took control of the management of the plant communities and ecosystem that made up the National Forest. The Forest Service also established and managed their own research branch that addressed not only the production of timber and forage but also was deeply involved in all aspects of wildland fire. Early-on the Forest Service also looked to the “Land Grant” universities to provide research and new knowledge that would play a key role in the evolving management of the National Forests and other wildlands located in the West. The development of
various land and resource management related programs at these universities provided highly trained and skilled employees that kept the Forest Service on the leading edge of managing the nation’s natural resources. The events of 1910 and the political battles of the following years initiated many of the policies and procedures that would be followed by the Forest Service long into the future. Cooperation with the various state governments dealing with the prevention and suppression of wildland fires became established with the passage of the Weeks Law in March 1911, provisions for the collection and use of cooperative fund for the improvement of the nation’s National Forest was established in the Cooperative Funds Act of June 1914, and the Forest Service was given the authority to collect funds from the purchasers of National Forest timber for the purpose of brush disposal in the Act of August 1916. In the years following 1910 the Forest Service evolved into a highly respected federal agency. Even though there were many political battles that led to the formation of the Forest Service, for many years following 1910 the Forest Service kept itself free from being over-run by political influences and the corruption of political correctness. It was not until the 1980’s when the radical environmental movement swept through the nation that the Forest Service start getting embroiled in politics and the need for being politically correct. For many years, due to the Forest Service’s mission to protect and conserve the nation’s watersheds and to provide a continuous supply of timber, the protection of
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and appropriated use of native vegetation became the top priority of the Forest Service. This meant that the various plant communities that made up the National Forests were managed by people who had degrees in Forestry, Soil Science, Watershed Management, or Rangeland Management. These people were also the ones who provided the leadership and knowledge base for the firefighting role of the Forest Service. These professional employees were trained and held qualifications as wildland firefighters even though their main responsibilities were to manage the various other programs within the Forest Service. These professional employees became the reserve fire fighters that were modelized when a wildfire grew past the level that the initial attack firefighters could handle. While the Forest Service was able to develop the nation’s, if not the worlds, premier fire prevention and suppression program over the years, most of the individuals employed in the primary fire prevention and suppression positions were not trained in, nor did they have much experience in, managing plant communities or ecosystems. Until recently, wildland firefighting was considered a seasonal task that occurred during the spring and summer when the vegetation was prone to be burn. Until recently, all but the upper level fire prevention and suppression positions were seasonal technician positions. It is fair to say that while the Forest Service past wildland firefighting capabilities were second to none, the Forest Service primary wildland fire fighting personnel were not professional vegetation management continued on page 68 >>
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revenue to the Forest Service that was used addition to litigation, the designation of to finance the reduction of fuels in the past. large tracts of land as “Wilderness” in the employees and should not have been The ability for federal and state land man- 1970s and 1980s removed fuel and biomass tasked with managing the plant communi- agement agencies to generate funding to management from large areas that now ties and ecosystems that makeup the finance critical work, as use to occur, is a serve as places for wildfires to start and nation’s National Forest as occurs today. radical change from the huge financial grow into catastrophic events. burden that is now being place on the What is not recognized by most people Where Does the Concept of Healthy American Taxpayer today. who care about the federal and state lands Ecosystems Fit into Past and Current Prescribed burning that involves the is this litigation and designation of WilderFire Management? well planned and managed use of fire was ness has not only halted the harvesting of It is very disingenuous for the non-gov- funded and carried out as a tool of timber, federal natural resources but has also led ernmental environmental organizations rangeland, watershed, and wildlife man- to the destruction of many unique and irreand the state and federal government land agement. In the past these management placeable ecosystems. The rampant management agency leaders to claim that ignited fires were analyzed as part of the litigation filed by the radical environmental past vegetation management practices and vegetation management plans that were community has set the management of excessive wildfire suppression is the leading developed by the professional vegetation federal and state lands and resources back cause of the current rapid increase in cata- managers. These plans provided clear goals to where they were in the late 1800s. The strophic wildfires. If anything, the and objectives for the burn which were result of the rampant environmental litigaabandonment of years of research and the ensured to occur through very specific burn tion has led to a rash of catastrophic well tested science-based management of prescriptions. National Environment Policy wildfires that have destroyed the plant the National Forest and other state and Act (NEPA) analysis was completed and the communities and ecosystems on millions federal ecosystems has led to the accumu- affected forest users along with the public of acres across the West. The only difference lation of fuels and the huge increase of had an opportunity to comment on and between what was occurring in the late mega wildfires that are now becoming the influence the use of management ignited 1800s and now is the destruction of large new norm. fire. This level of outside agency input and expanses of plant communities and ecosysPast rangeland management and the involvement no long exist for most acres tems in the past was due to exploitation of grazing of livestock did manage and sub- burned on federal lands today. the natural resources and now is due to the stantially reduce the level of accumulated The rampant environmental litigation of exploitation of political power and the herbaceous fuels. Timber management and the 1980s and 1990s totally devastated the control of the public lands. Both circumthe harvesting of woody biomass did harvesting of timber and greatly impacted stance have yield the greedy participants manage and reduce the level of accumu- the grazing of livestock. Shutting down the large sums of money and power. lated woody fuels in the past where it was harvesting of the nation’s natural resources allowed to occur. The herbaceous and from federal and state land was the goal of Critical Management Changes woody biomass management activities of the radical environmental community. This We have now abandoned the well-rethe past provided a means to remove wild- goal was accomplished through their filing searched and recognized facts concerning land fuels in a very controlled, orderly and of numerous lawsuits. The litigation filed by the exploitation of the public domain lands safe manner and could be increased or the radical environmental community has in the 1800s and early 1900s. This exploitadecreased based on current climatic condi- resulted in the abandonment of the years tion included unregulated use of the public tions. Livestock grazing, and the harvesting of research and the science-based manage- domain lands by large corporate investors of wood products returned substantial ment of federal and state-owned lands. In and the failed homesteads as people tried to make a living from the arid lands of the West. The era of western settlement was promoted by the federal government. This mass movement of people to the western wildlands, while not purposely meant to exploit the public domain lands, was not well thought out or regulated. Most of the people who risked everything to move to the western frontier had no idea of the environment they were moving into. From the poorest homesteader to the riches corporate entrepreneur, these people knew little about conservation or what was required to sustain the health of the lands they were using. The ecological theories which are currently being promoted do not recognize the severe impacts to the plant communiJERYL PRIDDY 325/754-4300 ties and ecosystems that occurred as the Cell: 325/977-0769 western lands were being explored and settled. The over harvesting of timber, the
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overgrazing of large tracts of the most productive rangelands and the tilling of thousands of acres of floodplain bottomlands while trying to dry land farm changed many plant communities and ecosystems to the point that are still in a degraded condition. The evidence of severe soil erosion, the formation of gullies and the degradation of many plant communities to the point they support mostly woody species is still easily recognized today. This change is documented in multiple photo essay publications that show the changes in plant communities over time. We have now replaced the facts concerning the adverse impacts brought about by the rapid settlement of the West with the theory that prior to the 1910 Big Burn era the western plant communities and ecosystems were mostly intact and healthy. The current “fire adapted ecosystem” theory fails to recognize the changes to the production and accumulation of fuels that have occurred due to the degradation of the ecosystems that make up the western landscapes. The current “fire adapted ecosystem” theory also does not recognize the changes to the timing and intensity of wildfires that are the results of increased woody species dominated ecosystems. There is no doubt that the accumulation of woody and herbaceous biomass plays a role in the current intensity of wildfires, but there is little evidence that modern wildfire suppression activities are the primary reason for the ecosystems of today being more prone to catastrophic wildfire. The massive loss of topsoil, change in soil fertility and change in soil water retention abilities which has resulted in the conversion of many ecosystems from herbaceous to woody plant communities are important factors that should be considered. The problem with this new sweeping “fire adapted ecosystem” theory is it was developed based upon research and information from only the ponderosa pine and mix conifer ecosystems in Arizona and New Mexico and is not well supported by research from the other plant communities and ecosystems located in the West. There is very little science that shows the “fire adapted ecosystem” theory and routine burning of the non-forest ecosystems will achieve the desired outcome of low intensity wildfires being the norm. (It’s hard to grow a cotton field using research and management practices developed for a pecan orchard.) It is common knowledge that the chaparral ecosystems located in California burn
often and burn with great intensity. It is also recognized that the piñon/juniper woodlands and oak shrub communities located across most of the West, while not supporting wildfire very often, do burn with great intensity when they finally reach the stage they well burn. Grassland communities do burn quite often and the intensity at which they burn is highly variable. Grassland fuels absorb and give up moisture quickly which makes the intensity of a grassland wildfire highly variable. Grasses decompose and/or oxidize much quicker than woody fuels which reduces the accumulation of these fine fuels. The accumulation of herbaceous fuels in the grassland communities is easily managed with livestock grazing. Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest research indicates that these plant communities are prone to and can benefit from low intensity wildfires. Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer ecosystems can also be destroyed when burned in a high intensity wildfire. When burned at a low intensity these plant communities benefit from periodic wildfires which removes the needle duff layer that quickly builds up in these ecosystems. Thick needle duff layers inhibit the establishment of herbaceous vegetation and new young trees in the understory.
Over time substantial amounts of the nutrients necessary for plant growth are tied up in the needle duff layer. Thick duff layers also keep water from reaching the soils below and can keep a significant amount of the yearly precipitation from ever being available to plants. The adverse impacts of thick duff layers are especially noticeable in the arid Southwest and during drought conditions. The amount of time for duff layers to breakdown and decompose due to microorganism activity is dependent upon the presence of moisture and moderate soil temperatures. In the arid Southwest duff layers are slow to decompose, which makes the removal of this stored carbon material by fire an important factor. When aggressive forest management is practiced, the duff layers in the ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests are removed or mixed into the soil by activities such as slash disposal following a timber sale and livestock grazing. Duff layers in the ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests do provide a beneficial layer of ground cover that prevents accelerated erosion. The removal of duff layers on steep slopes often results in substantial erosion that removes the precious top soil needed to support the understory
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of herbaceous vegetation. The periodic wildfires that are documented to have occurred in the ponderosa pine forest in the past, most likely removed some young trees and help thin the forest stands, but the level of thinning of the forest stands by low intensity wildfires was most likely off-set by the creation of conditions that enhanced the establishment of new ponderosa pine and other species of trees. Anyone who has work in or around timber management knows that ponderosa pine establishment is greatly enhanced when the soil surface is disturbed by either mechanical impacts or fire. Prescribed fire and/or mechanical disturbance from dragging a harrow over the forest floor were often used to stimulate ponderosa pine establishment following timber sales in the past.
What Has Caused the Huge Increase in Acres Burned and Dollars Spent in the West? As the rampant environmental litigation of the 1980s and 1990s curtailed the harvesting of timber and other wood products from federal lands, the Forest Service was quick to jump on the “Use Fire as a Tool” bandwagon in a wholesale fashion. Before
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this new dawning in the use of fire as a tool, prescribed burns were planned, funded and carried out as a tool for vegetation and fuel management by the agency’s resource managers. Prescribe fires were used to treat vegetation in specific circumstances and to clean up slash following timber management activities. When it was realized that receipts from the sale of timber would no longer generated large pools of funding to manage forest stands and to reduce the accumulation of fuels on most National Forest, it was decided to start writing a variety of fire use plans to meet the agencies timber and fuels management mission. This accelerated fire planning suddenly became the responsibility of the wildfire suppression employees who had very little experience dealing with the complicated and expensive Forest Service planning process that was mandated by NEPA. These “Fire Plans” coined a whole new vernacular; “management ignited fire” “prescribed nature fire” “wildfire use fires” “beneficial wildlife” “appropriate suppression action” “confined wildfire” “prescribed fire team” “wildfire management qualified” … The various newly identified types of fire and firefighter qualifications were based upon the expectations that fire was
somehow easily managed and the impacts of lighting various plant communities on fire could be metered out at various levels to achieve desire results. Proper planning, knowing the variables that influence burning intensities and bring able to burn under known correct and precise conditions can result in desired outcomes. What was not recognized or admitted was using fire as a tool seldom occurs under the known correct conditions regardless of how the fire was ignited or what classification it is given. This new exciting fire use era had hardly gotten started before the radical environment groups slammed the door on the “Use Fire as a Tool” effort. They went to their favorite bread winners, NEPA and ESA, which they used to greatly curtail the planned use of fire. These groups knew the Forest Service didn’t have the budgets to do the required NEPA analysis and planning for all the accelerated fire use plans that were needed. As would be expected, these frequent lawsuit filers returned to their previous money maker and filed multiple “fail to follow procedures” lawsuits that were easily won in their hand-picked courts. While the Forest Service budgets were strained these radical environmental
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he NM Department of Agriculture hosted the second annual Binational Livestock Meeting in Las Cruces at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. New Mexico, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico beef producers met for a day-long seminar and tour. The meeting highlighted the vast network of people and organizations across the region involved in the beef community. The NMBC participated in the meeting. Jim Hill, NMBC Director, discussed checkoff education programs for children, and NMBC Executive Director, Dina Reitzel, discussed the producer funded BQA program, promotion programs and the Beef Checkoff. A thoughtful Q&A discussion on branding and promotion completed the morning. The NMBC sponsored the beef BBQ lunch at the museum. An informative tour of the NMSU “College Ranch,” rounded out the afternoon. NMSU ACES graduate students, and Cooperative Extension Service Specialists made presentations on recent research and various production topics. n
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New Mexico, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico beef producers meet and exchange ideas at the 2nd Annual Binational Livestock Meeting in Las Cruces.
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ebruary exports of U.S. beef were higher than a year ago in both volume and value, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by USMEF. February beef export volume improved 11 percent from a year ago to 100,593 mt, while export value increased 18 percent to $599.8 million. Although this was the lowest monthly value total since May 2017, it is the highest o n record for the month of February. January-February volume was 206,079 mt, up 10 percent from the first two months of 2017, while BEEF EXPORTS continued on page 76
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export value was 20 percent above last year’s pace at $1.22 billion. Exports accounted for 13.6 percent of total beef production in February, up one full percentage point from a year ago. For muscle cuts only, the percentage exported was 10.8 percent (up from 10.1 percent last year). Through February, beef exports accounted for 13 percent of total production (up from 12.4 percent) and 10.4 percent for muscle cuts (up from 9.8 percent). February beef export value averaged $322.29 per head of fed slaughter, up 16 percent from a year ago. Through 2. February, per-head export value averaged $306.69, up 15 percent. “Red meat exports are off to a strong start in 2018 and continue to deliver excellent returns for U.S. producers,” noted USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom. “The outstanding level of export value per head slaughtered is especially encouraging at a time in which U.S. meat production is high and the trade climate is somewhat volatile. Through all the uncertainty, international customers remain very committed to U.S. beef. This reinforces the importance of having experienced USMEF staff members located in key markets, working every day to maintain customer loyalty and reinforce the United States’ reputation as a reliable supplier.”
Chilled beef shipments to Japan, Korea and Taiwan drive export growth; Mexico and Hong Kong also trend higher Beef export volume to leading market Japan declined in February (20,314 mt, -15 percent year-over-year), as the frozen beef safeguard tariff (50 percent, up temporarily from 38.5 percent) contributed to a slowdown in frozen shipments. However, February export value to Japan was down only slightly at $133.4 million. Through February, total exports to Japan were 4 percent below last year’s volume pace at 44,282 mt, but still increased 9 percent in value to $282 million. This included an 18 percent increase in chilled beef exports to 22,809 mt, valued at $175 million (up 29 percent). Japan’s safeguard tariff on imports of frozen beef from the United States (and from other suppliers that do not have a free trade agreement with Japan) expired March 31, so the tariff rate for both frozen and chilled imports from the U.S. is now 38.5 percent. Japan’s tariffs on imports of Australian chilled and frozen beef edged slightly lower on April 1 and now stand at 29.3 percent and 26.9 percent, respectively, under the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement. Beef exports to South Korea maintained a torrid pace in February, increasing 24 percent from a year ago in volume (16,193 mt) and 31 percent in value ($112.4 million). Through
February, exports to Korea climbed 18 percent in volume to 33,326 mt and were 32 percent above last year’s record value pace at $234.8 million. This included chilled beef exports of 7,231 mt (up 34 percent year-over-year) valued at $68 million (up 44 percent). U.S. beef is driving new consumption trends in Korea, where retailers and foodservice operators have intensified their focus on steak cuts and are highlighting features such as dry and wet aging. USMEF continues to educate the Korean meat trade and consumers about the quality and convenience of U.S. steaks in this increasingly protein-centric market. Through the first two months of 2018, other highlights for U.S. beef include: 1. Exports to Mexico, which is a critical destination for beef rounds, shoulder clods and variety meat, were 10 percent above last year’s pace in volume (39,987 mt) and 19 percent higher in value ($175 million). This included an 11 percent increase in variety meat export volume (18,720 mt) and an impressive 36 percent jump in variety meat value ($44.4 million). 2. Partly driven by demand for the Chinese New Year holiday, exports to Hong Kong jumped 41 percent in volume (22,807 mt) from a year ago and 61 percent in value ($168.6 million). Exports to China, which resumed in June 2017, totaled 1,187 mt valued at $11.1 million. 3. In Taiwan, an outstanding destination for chilled U.S. beef, exports increased 25 percent from a year ago in volume (8,106 mt) and 42 percent in value ($78.2 million). Chilled exports to Taiwan were up 53 percent in volume (3,800 mt) and 61 percent in value ($48 million) as the U.S. holds 72 percent of Taiwan’s chilled beef market. 4. Exceptional growth in Chile and Colombia pushed exports to South America up 68 percent year-over-year in volume (5,296 mt) and 62 percent in value ($25.2 million). Exports to Brazil, which resumed in April of last year, totaled 215 mt valued at $2 million. 5. Strong performances in Indonesia and Vietnam pushed beef exports to the ASEAN region 42 percent ahead of last year’s pace in volume (6,794 mt) and 34 percent higher in value ($36.7 million). The region is especially strong for beef variety meat, with exports up 74 percent in volume (2,008 mt) and 93 percent in value ($4.4 million). 6. Strong growth in Angola and steady volumes to South Africa pushed beef exports to Africa up 26 percent yearover-year in volume (1,981 mt) and 77 percent higher in value ($3.1 million). The Beef Checkoff is a major contributor to USMEF’s marketing efforts. The New Mexico Beef Council has been an active member of the USMEF for nearly thirty years. n
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