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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Red Angus: Strong Foundation, Proven Results

Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 505/243-9515 Fax: 505/998-6236 E-mail: chuck@aaalivestock.com

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New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers

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ON THE COVER . . .

Bebo Lee was selected by his peers as Cattleman of the Year at last year’s New Mexico Joint Stockmen’s Convention. Our feature on Bebo, by Stockman Contributing Editor, Carol Wilson, and coverage of the upcoming 2009 Join Stockmen’s Convention, begins on page 53 of this issue. Cover photo by Carol Wilson.

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n my way home from a hearing in Santa Fe recently, I made a pit stop at one of Vaughn’s fine establishments. As I was going in the ladies’ room, a blind man was trying to exit the men’s room, having just washed his hands. He was facing south, the door was on the west, but his helper kept telling him to go “straight”. After several attempts, hitting the wall more than once, the blind man finally figured out that if he turned to the right first, he could then walk “straight” and get out. I shook my head observing this episode. How many times has lack of communication, good intentions, and not understanding someone else’s point of view caused another to “run into the wall first?"

Those of us in agriculture have had all the “helpers” we can stand the past few years. Their good intentions are causing us to run into a lot of walls. The list is longer than I can mention, but a couple that come to mind are the closing of horse slaughter plants in the United States and reintroducing endangered species, specifically the Mexican Grey Wolves. Too bad those who voted for the plant closures don’t have to figure out what to do with old or unuseable horses. In addition, if those who see value in having wolves in the wild had their livelihood, family and pets constantly being threatened, maimed and killed, as the ranchers in the reintroduction area are, perhaps they would have a different point of view. The unintended consequences of do-gooders may lead to the downfall of production agriculture as we know it.

A few of the “good guys” in “white hats” occasionally are placed in positions in which they can affect a positive outcome for farmers and ranchers. One of those good guys is Edward Avalos. He was recently confirmed as an Under Secretary for Marketing & Regulatory Programs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Congratulations, Eddard! New Mexico has had a few white hats at USDA in the past and we are looking forward to Eddard’s successful tenure.

I am on countdown to the end of my term as president of New Mexico Cattle Growers’. The past few weeks have been busy going to meetings in Washington, Santa Fe, Omaha, Albuquerque, Roswell and Espanola. Representing NMCGA has always been an easy job for me. For 33 years as an adult, and nine (9) years as a Junior, I have chosen to be a member of this organization. I have always believed the money and time invested in NMCGA has given me multitudes in return. In my travels, I am constantly reminded how fortunate I am to represent so many fine individuals.

It is not too soon to get your reservations in for annual convention at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North December 3 – 6. We held our September Board of Directors’ meeting there. The rooms were nice and the food was awesome. It doesn’t take much to make me happy these days.

My best to all of you.

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Economist predicts profitable 2010 weak U.S. dollar has encouraged investment in commodities, resulting in positive activity for agriculture, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist.

“With regards to index investments, they (investors) buy these as a hedge against inflation, and when you have investment dollars coming out of the closet, many are putting money into commodities and that’s good for agriculture,” said Dr. Mark Welch, AgriLife Extension grain marketing economist.

A weak dollar allows foreign investors more purchasing power for U.S. products, and this has led to investment opportunities in commodities such as oil, which hit $78 a barrel recently. Index funds will also seek other commodities outside the energy sector, Welch said.

“This will also include agricultural commodities, which can lead to some positive activity for the agricultural industry as a whole,” said Welch, who recently discussed market implications at the 2009 Brock Faulkner Cattleman’s Clinic in Bryan.

This activity will affect the cattle market, Welch said. Coupled with declining numbers of cattle across the U.S., Welch said, beef producers can likely expect to see higher prices in 2010.

“We’re reducing numbers as a result of drought over the past two years, and that could put us in a very profitable situation in the future,” he said. “We slaughtered a lot of cows last year and this year, which has exceeded 2008 in some cases.”

Heifer retention rates have also been on the decline, down 2.2 percent compared to 2008 and the fewest in over 30 years, Welch said.

“We’re not going to have as big of a production beef plant (number of calves produced) in 2010 as we did this year,” he said.

“When the economy increases and supports the demand, in general I think we can predict prices are going to increase next year, and especially going into 2011.”

Meanwhile, Welch said, grain demand could increase substantially in the coming months, coinciding with an economic turnaround and increased demand for energy.

Currently, more than 4 billion bushels of corn are being used for ethanol, and growth is expected to approach 5 billion. He said the nation’s corn crop is projected to be the second-largest on record. However, carryover stocks are going down as a result of the demand for corn from ethanol producers returning to profitability.

“What does that mean if we have a disruption in the corn supply?” Welch said. “We’re riding a razor’s edge between supply and demand reflected in current price volatility.”

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corn acres are planted next year. Last April the national price for anhydrous ammonia averaged $680 a ton. Welch predicts $430 a ton in 2010, which is the cheapest price since 2005.

“Those are the kinds of prices we need to encourage lots of corn production,” he ■ said.

Feedlot numbers rise as corn prices fall .S. feedlot numbers may have expanded in September for the first time in 18 months as falling corn prices improved prospects for profit, spurring managers to buy more young cattle.

Cattle in feedlots reached 10.431 million Oct. 1, up 0.2 percent from 10.415 million a year earlier, according to the average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed

by Bloomberg News.

Feedlots might have bought 2.4 million young cattle in September, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier, according to the analyst estimate. September would mark the third straight month of increases in socalled placements.

Corn slid to $3.02 a bushel Sept. 8 on the Chicago Board of Trade, the lowest level since October 2006.

Slaughter-ready cattle futures for December delivery climbed 0.9 cent, or 1.1 percent, to 85.575 cents a pound Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

The most-active contract has slipped 8.3 percent in the past year.

Feeder-cattle futures for November settlement advanced 1.025 cents, or 1.1 percent, to 94.15 cents a pound.

U.S. corn production might total 13.018 billion bushels this year, which would be the second-biggest crop on record and 7.6 percent more than last year’s output, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says.

Operations without risk-management plans lost about $85 a head in September, following losses of $75 per head in August, said Ron Plain, a livestock economist at the University of Missouri. Most of these feedlots have lost money since May 2007, he said.

“The worldwide recession has really hurt demand for meats, including beef,” Plain said. Weak demand and record-high corn prices in 2008 are “the factors of such a long stretch of red ink.”

Feedlots sold 1.774 million head of cattle to meatpackers in September, down 2.1 percent from 1.812 million a year earlier, ■ according to the survey.

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Ladner joins Cattle Growers, Wool Growers staff roy “Biz” Ladner, San Antonio, recently joined the staff of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) and New Mexico Wool Growers’, Inc. (NMWGI).

“Biz has a strong background in leadership and agriculture, and we are glad to have him on board,” said Alisa Ogden, NMCGA President, Loving.

“We are looking forward to getting to Biz Ladner know and work with Biz, and think he will be a great fit,” said Jim Cooper, NMWGI President, Arabela.

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Ranchers claim victory in District Court ruling recent ruling by United States District Court Judge James O. Browning dismissing a challenge to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) grazing permit renewal from the WildEarth Guardians is welcome news for New Mexico ranchers and will help ranchers across the West.

“Livestock producers across the West are breathing a sigh of relief today,” said Alisa Ogden, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) President, Loving.

“The claims made by the WildEarth Guardians in this case regarding grazing, the livestock industry and the Forest Service were totally without merit, and Judge Browning reinforced that fact with his ruling. This is a huge victory.”

In 2007, the WildEarth Guardians, then known as the Forest Guardians, challenged the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS’s) use of categorical exclusions (CEs) to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for grazing permit renewal in Federal District Court.

The case focused on 26 grazing allotments in the Gila National Forest. The NMCGA, the New Mexico Federal Lands Council and the Arizona/New Mexico Coalition of Counties intervened in the case on behalf of the 26 named allotment owners.

“This case was just one more attempt by a radical activist group to eliminate livestock grazing,” Ogden said. “Had it been successful, it would have devastated the livelihoods of the named allotment owners, and the economy of rural Southwestern New Mexico. We are so pleased that the court saw through the claims made by the WildEarth Guardians and ruled on the side of common sense and the will of Congress NEPA analysis is typically required for major federal actions, but due to policy decisions by the USFS and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is now required for the renewal of 10-year USFS grazing permits, Ogden explained. Now, the agency has a tremendous backlog of analysis and paperwork, because they simply are not equipped to conduct such detailed review on every grazing permit that comes up for renewal. Additionally, the WildEarth Guardians and other such groups tie up the agencies with appeals and lawsuits.

“This has created a lot of uncertainty for ranchers who depend on grazing allotments as part of their operations, and for the institutions, like banks, that they work with on a daily basis,” Ogden noted.

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“Fortunately, we have had strong Congressional support on this issue.”

Starting in 1995, and most recently in March of 2009, language was included in several appropriations bills by former Senator Pete Domenici directing the USFS to use categorical exclusions to keep the current terms and conditions of grazing permits in effect until the agency is able to complete the environmental analysis required for renewal.

“Through no fault of their own, these ranchers were placed in jeopardy, and we appreciate the court’s ruling. The ironic thing is, every lawsuit filed against the agency by groups like the WildEarth Guardians takes more and more time and resources away from environmental analysis and on-the-ground resource management — making the situation even worse.” Although this ruling pertained to these 26 allotments in New Mexico, it will also have a direct influence on the court challenge that Western Watershed Project has mounted to the remaining 138 Forest Service grazing permit renewal decisions on 386 allotments across the remainder of the Western states. That case is now pending in the Northern District Court of California.

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Taiwan expected to relax ban on U.S. beef with precautions aiwan is expected to re-open its doors soon to imports of U.S. bone-in beef, shredded beef, some beef offal and other beef products, after Vice Premier Eric Liluan Chu made a public promise on Oct. 15, that consumers’ health will be safeguarded.

“No matter whether it is in my capacity as vice premier, or as chairman of the Consumer Protection Commission, I will not sacrifice consumers’ rights and benefits," Chu said.

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which reported its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) — also called mad cow disease — in 2003, prompting its major Asian trade partners, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, to reject all its beef products.

Taiwan partially lifted the ban in April 2005 to allow imports of de-boned beef from cattle under 30 months old, but it reimposed the ban two months later when a second BSE case was discovered in the U.S. In 2006, Taiwan once again agreed to allow U.S. beef imports, but only boneless beef from cattle under 30 months old, produced by certified slaughterhouses and without any high-risk parts such as brains, skulls, eyes, spinal nerve roots, tonsils and small intestines.

The government will demand that retailers sell U.S. beef in special sections to allow consumers to decide whether to purchase it or not, he added.

A day earlier, Ma told a visiting delegation of the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, headed by Chairman Edwin J. Feulner, that Taiwan and the U.S. have come close to a consensus on the beef issue. Ma expressed hope that the problem will be resolved in “the ■ foreseeable future.”

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“We’ve worked hard to make the website more relevant and user-friendly, and are really proud of the results,” said Myles Culbertson, NMLB Director. “We encourage everyone to take a look, and hope that it will become a useful resource.”

The goal has been to make the website more interactive for a variety of user sets, including agency employees who spend time in and out of the office; livestock inspectors who are rarely in the main office; the general public; and other users with specific needs.

Rather than keeping track of multiple sheets of paper, to complete an inspection livestock inspectors can get signatures right on the screen of their laptop, take payment and provide the producers with a copy of the form. When they get home, or back to the office, they get online and synchronize their system with the main system, transferring data.

“We are always on the hunt for ways to increase our efficiency and get more work done without the technology getting in the way,” said Ron Hofius, IT specialist.

“This new system saves Livestock Board staff all kinds of steps in aggregating data and filing reports.”

This is also allowing the NMLB to develop a growing database of information on New Mexico agriculture. With disease traceback becoming more of a concern, the ability to retrace an animal’s steps is becoming more and more important.

A new feature on the website allows out-of-state veterinarians to create and submit entry permits for livestock through an online interface. Once submitted, the information goes directly to the inspector’s laptop, so he has what he needs immediately.

Making the website more usable for the general public was a main focus for the agency. The majority of requests from the public focus on brand information, and basic information is now available online. In addition, website now allows brand searches by master number and

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owner name. Staff is working to expand the search options to allow a search by county and brand image, a huge undertaking considering the sheer number of brands registered in New Mexico.

The “What’s Hot” section contains a wide variety of information on current issues and animal health topics. “If a person is concerned about a disease outbreak, or something livestock-related they see on the news, chances are good that we’ll have something up under “What’s New,” Hofius said.

The Equine Rescue section includes a list of legal, legitimate equine rescue facilities that have been vetted by the NMLB. In addition current animal health information, livestock producers can find contact information for agency personnel online. People moving livestock out of state, whether it’s to a cattle show or to pasture in Nebraska, can find valuable information on import and export regulations and requirements. NMLB staff spent a lot of time locating information from each state, and it is all available online.

Livestock inspections are not required for in-district movement, but as part of

bovine tuberculosis surveillance, producers in Curry and Roosevelt counties are voluntarily providing that information through an online form similar to the entry permit. This information is being collected to demonstrate the agency’s ability to monitor movements within the modified accredited advanced (MAA) zone to the USDA. Suggestions on brand search criteria, relevant links, and any other input are welcomed and should go to ron.hofius@ state.nm.us. “We are happy to accommodate the industry’s needs, just let us know,” he said.

Study asks $10 trillion for climate n investment of $10 trillion in renewable energy and other carbonabatement technology will be necessary over the next two decades to limit the rise in the Earth’s temperature, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns in a new report.

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many nations are currently planning. In the report recently released: The IEA calls for investment — in clean-energy initiatives such as solar power, new nuclear plants and other measures — of $500 billion a year over the next 20 years.

That is 37 percent more investment than what the IEA estimated was necessary just a year ago.

Some analysts put the current level of investment in clean energy at around $100 billion a year.

The additional investment called for could be particularly expensive for consumers in developed nations such as Germany and the United States which would likely face higher costs to fill up their vehicles and keep their lights on.

The IEA also says sales of vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine will need to fall from around 95 percent of the world’s total purchases today to 40 percent in 2030; electric and hybrid vehicles would need to account for the majority of new vehicle sales over the next 20 years.

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Jeff Witte receives honor from National Association of State Departments of Agriculture eff Witte, New Mexico Department of to develop a pilot course titled “Preparing Agriculture’s director of agricultural Communities for Agroterrorism.” biosecurity, received the James A. Witte helped coordinate the Border Graham Award for Outstanding Ser- Governors Association’s “Ten-State Tablevice to Agriculture during the annual top Exercise” in 2006 and 2007, and he will meeting of the National Association of direct the 2009 exercise Nov. 4-5 in Las State Departments of Agriculture in Mont- Cruces. The exercises present participants gomery, Ala., Sept. 20.

Witte was honored for his work with the Southwest Border Food Safety and Defense Center (SWBFSDC), which is housed at New Mexico State University, where he has worked closely with various private entities, state and federal agencies, and research institutions on issues related to agriculture and homeland security.

“I am extremely honored that Miley Gonzalez, New Mexico’s secretary of agriculture, nominated me, and I am very humbled to receive this award,” Witte said. “We have a great team at NMDA and NMSU, and I have a great team at home. This work could not be accomplished without support from Jeff Witte, right, and New Mexico Secretary them all.” The award is presented annuof Agriculture Miley Gonzalez display the ally to honor an individual who proJames A. Graham Award for Outstanding Service to Agriculture that Witte received from vides outstanding services to agriculthe National Association of State Departments tural producers. of Agriculture during the organization’s Witte is co-founder and co-director annual conference in Montgomery, Ala., of the Southwest Border Food Safety Sept. 20. (NASDA Photo) and Defense Center, a partnership between NMDA and NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmen- with true-to-life scenarios such as animal tal Sciences. The New Mexico Department disease outbreaks, food safety issues and of Homeland Security and Emergency acts of terrorism. First-responder agencies Management has charged the Center with from the 10 states in the U.S. and Mexico administering all programs related to that share the international border particagro-security in the state. ipate in the exercises, which teach responAs the Center’s co-director, Witte con- ders how to effectively react to each sceducts strategic planning, with a special nario. emphasis on risk assessment and coordiThe Center is recognized as a national nation among the agriculture industry, leader in developing and conducting protribal entities, and federal and state agen- grams related to agro-security and food cies in their efforts to secure a safe food safety. It has developed and established supply, from the grower to the consumer. many programs important to New Mexico, Witte also coordinates research in ani- including the AgroGuard Program, a mal illness symptom surveillance and neighborhood-watch-like program for trains agricultural industry personnel in agricultural operations; the New Mexico emergency preparedness and terrorism Agriculture Livestock Incident Response awareness. As part of these efforts, the Team (NM-ALIRT) program, consisting of Southwest Border Food Safety and 25 large-animal veterinarians; the Avian Defense Center, NMSU and NMDA have Influenza Response Teams; and three cerjoined other members of the National tified Incident Command System training Coalition for Agriculture Security Training courses.

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Because the threats to agricultural biosecurity are national, the Center has established partnerships with the University of Tennessee Veterinary School, Louisiana State University’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, the National Center for Food Safety and Defense at the University of Minnesota, Kansas State University, the University of Kentucky, and Purdue University.

As a collaborator and instructor with NMSU and the University of Kentucky, Witte helps develop curriculum and training for the Extension Disaster Education Network’s Strengthening Community Agro-security Planning pilot workshops.

Through these various workshops and scenario exercises, community partners and Cooperative Extension Service personnel learn to handle emergencies and disasters, improve networking for responders, and develop community agro-security planning teams to improve existing local plans. Pilot workshops have been conducted in New Mexico, Michigan, Tennessee, Utah, Nebraska, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

Witte has also been instrumental in mobilizing the entire Cooperative Extension system in New Mexico to train more than 50,000 New Mexicans in agriculture and food security and to distribute 400 emergency response kits to county Extension offices, agriculture science centers, NMDA personnel and New Mexico livestock inspectors. Four thousand animal health emergency kits were distributed to 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitor families, and a number of kits were provided to law enforcement canine officers, Border Patrol canine officers and animal control officers.

Since its inception in 2006, the Southwest Border Food Safety and Defense Center has obtained $4.183 million in federal and state grants and contracts. This funding supports programs that have trained and certified New Mexicans in the prevention of and first response to terrorism, animal emergencies, threats to feed supplies, and deadly outbreaks of animal diseases such as avian influenza on poultry farms and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, ■ commonly called mad cow disease.

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he Frost family first came to New Mexico in 1942. With the recent birth of a great-granddaughter, there are now five generations of this family living on their working ranch east of Tucumcari, protecting and caring for the

land and cattle. Their family rule is to leave things better than the way they found it.

Their parents instilled in them a love of family that is reflected in their dedication to family heritage, good stewardship of the land, water and animals. They serve the beef industry by being involved on the local, state and national level. The family is dedicated to community, school, church and fairs. And at any kids’ event that needs volunteers, you will most likely find one of the Frost family involved.

For 12 years Bob served as the Jr. Swine Superintendent at the New Mexico State Fair.

Most recently he served as a New Mexico State Fair Commissioner, where for six

years he worked to keep State Fair a premier event for New Mexico.

Jane has served the New Mexico Beef Council as director and chairman. She has also served in numerous national capacities, including her current position as a director of the Federation of State Beef Councils.

We salute the 2009 New Mexico State Fair Ranch Family of the Year – Bob and Jane Frost, daughter Robin Frost Slutz and husband James, daughter Michelle Frost, grand-daughters Shasta, JaTawn and Brittany Slutz, and great-granddaughter Natalie, as well as Bob’s mother, Ruby Mae Frost. ■

Wilma Fulgham: Beef Pioneer

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orn just over the Texas line ten miles from Clovis in 1931, Wilma Fulgham got her taste for working cattle and the outdoors on her farm her grandfather homesteaded south of Texico in 1906. She grew up on that farmland near Melrose and even got some of her education in a one-room schoolhouse. “I always loved to be around cattle and horses,” she says.

When she was ten, her mother moved her to Clovis, and, Wilma says, “I’ve been here ever since.” After her graduation from Clovis High, she went to work for Bud Williams at BNW Feedyards. During the mornings, she “worked downtown,” and then, by afternoon, she was working at the feedlot, “pushing cattle through the chute.”

First State Fair Queen One of Wilma’s major claims to fame was her coronation as the first New Mexico State Fair Queen, in 1950.

Following her marriage in 1951, she was offered a job in public relations at BNW.

“In those days, Clovis was the cattle capital of the Southwest,” she recalls, with four days of selling a week. People came from all over the US to buy, and we shipped on the railroad. That was before the days of the big trucks.”

While it was unusual at the time for a woman to be visible in the cattle business, Wilma gained wide experience of state regulations, handled all sorts of paperwork, and met with a busy clientele.

In 1962, Wilma became a charter member of Cattle Capital CowBelles of Curry, Roosevelt and Lea counties. She served in every office locally, and in 1977–78 she served as state president. Then, in 1984, she was chairman of the National Beef Cookoff held in Albuquerque. In addition, she served on the National Executive Board for American National CowBelles (Cattle Women) from 1977–1984.

In 1968, Wilma and her husband, Benny, bought the feedlot where she was employed. “The cattle industry was

undergoing lots of changes,” she says, and their business relied on branding operations and weighing. Wilma’s career as a beef pioneer also included her work organizWilma Fulgham ing informational tours for hundreds of Clovis-area elementary schoolchildren. “They came by the busloads,” she recalls, “to the feedlots, and we gave them beef materials furnished by the CowBelles.”

Her skills as a tour guide came into play with field trips she organized for international students attending NMSU. “We took students from Turkey, Kenya and Somalia to ranches, feedlots, auctions, and processing plants,” she says.

She spent eight years as Co-Chair of Enchanted Tours, a touring business that brought charter buses of visitors out to ranches.

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Beef Night at the New Mexico State Fair Beef Winners Announced

T NMBC Chairman Tom Spindle tours Tingley Coliseum on Beef Night.

Wilma Fulgham, cont. from previous page

Early Days on the Beef Council Because of Wilma’s visibility and prominence in the cattle business and her activities as a CowBelle, she became Chairman of the Beef Referendum in Curry County. “We really did work, and we got it done!” she remembers. “Our biggest challenge was to get folks to realize that beef promotion was necessary. We just talked to the ranchers.

They knew me from my work at the auctions and with CowBelles. They believed that I knew what I was talking about.”

Then, from 1978–81, she served on the New Mexico Beef Council as secretary.

“We had such limited finances that we could only be open for a half-day at State Fair. Before the referendum, we relied on voluntary contributions.”

Perspective for Today “I’m thrilled to see the improvement and cooperation among segments of the cattle industry for beef promotion,” she says. “We’ve come such a long way. But we have to continue to meet challenges – of misinformation. Many doctors, for example, have very little nutritional training. Although it’s good to see the way lean beef is getting promoted now.

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must continue to provide a good and safe product. There will always be challenges – that’s American life.

“I continue to be involved. I am a presenter at Kids ‘N Kows in Curry County. It’s a passion of mine to get accurate information about the beef industry out there.” ■

hanks to all the many hundreds of fair-goers who entered this year’s Beef Trivia Quiz, and big thanks to CowBelles from all over New Mexico who volunteered at our very popular Beef Booth.

The New Mexico Beef Council is happy to announce the 2009 big prize winners: N.J. Archuleta, of El Rito, NM, who won the Grand Prize $400 of beef (year’s worth) and Gilbert Castro, Rio Rancho, NM, winner of BBQ Grill, which includes a beef gift basket of grilling accessories and gift card. ■

Meet Your Beef Council Director: Art Schaap

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ew NMBC Director Art Schaap of Clovis is a lifelong resident of Southeast New Mexico. He grew up in Portales, graduated Portales High, and attended Eastern New Mexico University. He is a fourth generation dairy farmer Art Schaap whose roots go back to Holland, where his great-grandfather was also in the dairy farming business.

Art started his dairy after college in 1987, “milking cows in Portales.” Today he is involved in four dairies, as well as a cheese plant in Tucumcari. One of the four Art Schaap Dairies is an organic dairy. In addition, he raises Holstein steers for market.

He is married to the former Renee Tillman. They have three children. Ryan is majoring in agricommunications at West Texas A & M; Jennifer plays volleyball for the Zias and is majoring in physical therapy at ENMU; and Amanda is a freshman at Clovis High.

Art says his goal during his term on the NMBC is, “To represent dairy farmers and work with the beef industry to help better market our beef and to work for the betterment of the cattle industry.” ■

2009-2010 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Tom Spindle, Producer; VICE-CHAIRMAN, Cliff Copeland, Purebred Producer; SECRETARY, Jim Bob Burnett.

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EX-OFFICIO’S: Jane Frost, Producer, Federation of State Beef Council Director; Margie McKeen, Producer, Beef Board Director; Wesley Grau, Producer, Beef Board Director; Bill Porter, Feeder, USMEF Director.

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Consider retained ownership this year says economist attle producers may want to weigh their options when marketing calves in 2010, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist.

There’s potential for increased profit margins if cattle producers consider retained ownership ventures, said Jose Pena, AgriLife Extension economist in Uvalde in his recent economic report.

“Relatively weak wheat prices in relation to recent highs may mean that wheat farmers may prefer to graze small grains this winter/spring,” he said.

“Abundant supplies of small-grain pastures may be available this spring.”

He said current cattle market prices suggest that retained-ownership enterprises this fall/winter may be profitable.

Retained ownership bypasses the traditional marketing of calves at local auction facilities, opting to place calves on winter pasture for added gain through a contract.

Pena said cattle-gain contracts on small grains last fall was approximately 45 cents to 55 cents per pound of gain. However, since then prices for energy and fertilizer have decreased as have wheat and corn prices.

Pena said that when considering retained ownership, to carefully consider the risks involved.

“High production and market vulnerability risks indicate that retained-ownership enterprises will require careful planning, monitoring and a review of alternatives,” he said. “Alternatives include comparing the value of calves now versus the potential additional profits from retaining owned calves, or buying calves to carry through the stocker/feeder phase on native, small grain or ryegrass pastures and/or feedlot.”

Meanwhile, beef inventory numbers are declining. Prices could improve as confidence in the economy is restored, according to Pena. U.S. cattle inventory on July 1 decreased 1.5 million head from July 2008.

The 2009 calf crop is estimated at 35.6 million head, down 513,000 head from a calf crop of 36.1 million in 2008 and down 1.76 million head from a calf crop of 37.4 million head in 2007.

“Feeder supplies will remain in short supply unless feeder-cattle imports from Mexico increase,” Pena said. “Scarce supplies of cattle will keep a base support for prices, especially for feeder cattle ready to enter feedlots as feedlots are operating

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The USDA Cattle on Feed report indicated an inventory of 9.8 million head on feed Sept. 1, down 1.2 percent from 9.9 million head Sept. 1, 2008 and down 4.1 percent from two years ago.

“Cattle marketings as of the end of August were down 4.1 percent from a year ago to the lowest fed cattle marketing’s since the series began in 1996,” Pena said.

With stronger cattle prices, retained ownership or buying stocker calves this fall “will provide an opportunity to add value to the calves through additional gain from relatively manageable forage or cost of gain through a feedlot,” Pena said.

To reduce price risk, Pena said a price floor for steers could be set by selling a feeder cattle-futures contract or buying a put option (option to sell a futures contract).

“A put option contract with a strike price of 99 cents per pound with a May ‘10 delivery date would cost about 4.2 cents a pound,” he said.

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The American Meat Industry (AMI) President and CEO, Patrick Boyle was a guest on the show along with other industry experts. Boyle stated that the meat industry has invested tens of millions of dollars over the last ten years in research programs to make our products safer.

Boyle said that these kind of tragic illnesses were rapidly decreasing in America.

“These illnesses are down 60 per cent in the last 10 years.”

Bill Marley, former USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety agreed with King in saying that the majority of the public ate hamburgers without any incident.

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2010 Ag Appropriations Bill passes both chambers he U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have completed legislative action on the 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Bill. On Oct. 7, the House approved the Conference Report on a vote of 263-162, and the Senate followed on Oct. 8, passing the measure on a vote of 76-22.

The $121.13 billion bill, which provides funding for the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Farm Credit Administration, includes $23.3 billion in discretionary authority, a $2.7 billion increase over the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and $325 million above the president’s request.

While making specific and sensible budget cuts where feasible, the bill once again focuses on several key areas, such as overall public health issues; maintaining adequate food nutrition programs; investing in rural development; an increase in funding for agriculture research; strengthening animal health and marketing programs; and conserving natural resources.

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been able to confirm to date include $17.9 million for the scrapie eradication program; Wildlife Services (WS) operations received $77.8 million; WS methods and development is slated for $18.6 million; and wool research was granted $206,000 Some of the other major provisions of the bill include: ■ $82.8 billion in domestic nutrition programs; ■ $4.3 billion in funding for the two primary federal agencies responsible for regulating safety for our food and drug supply, including $2.36 billion for FDA ($306 million above FY09) and $1.02 billion for the Food Safety and Inspection Service ($47 million above FY09) to help ensure the safety of the U.S. meat and poultry supply; ■ $2.8 billion for agriculture research ($174 million above FY09) including $1.25 billion for the Agricultural Research Service ($63 million above FY09) and $1.3 billion for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture ($121 million above FY09).

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Alltech opens large facility in Clovis ore than 150 area residents joined global animal health company Alltech to celebrate the opening of its new facility in Clovis on Thursday, October 15. Along with members of the Clovis Industrial Development Corporation, Clovis/Curry County Chambers of Commerce, nutrition companies and local dairy farmers, Alltech hosted the ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new office located north of Highway 60.

“As a global animal health company, we seek out places that are centers for agricultural productivity,” said Alltech President Dr. Pearse Lyons. “Now Alltech will be able to better service the Southwest in a research, production, distribution, and sales capacity.”

Previously home to Process Management Company Inc., Alltech’s 240-acre site in Clovis includes a new state-of-the-art sales office, warehouse, laboratory and production facility. The facility will produce Alltech’s signature product YeaSacc® Farm Pak 2X, a live yeast culture feed additive and Sel-Plex®, the only FDA reviewed selenium yeast. It will also support local sales in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and southwest Kansas providing a local distribution site for its growing customer base.

“Thinking globally, acting locally is Alltech’s commitment to the agriculture industry,” said Dr. Lyons. “Our goal is to have production and resources at every facility so that we can give local producers access to the latest technologies.”

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JBS mega-merger draws ire from cattlemen n a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (Justice), 17 R-CALF USA officers, directors and committee chairs from 12 states on Oct. 15, expressed deep disappointment that Justice failed to properly investigate the antitrust implications associated with Brazilian-based JBS S.A.’s (JBS’) acquisition of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (Pilgrim’s Pride).

The letter states, “In our opinion, the Justice Department’s action in refusing to fully investigate the antitrust implications of the unprecedented merger between JBS and Pilgrim’s Pride — the world’s largest beef packer and North America’s largest broiler processor, respectively — when these firms both control and market substitutable, competing proteins, is an irrepressible defiance of President Obama’s promise to ensure competitive markets for the nation’s farmers and ranchers, including its cattle farmers and ranchers.”

The group’s letter further states that Justice’s inaction has “decisively undercut” the financial efforts of U.S. cattle producers who were assessed $82.8 million in 2007 to fund the beef checkoff program that is designed to enhance beef’s competitiveness with poultry and other protein substitutes. The letter points out that a producer-funded checkoff research project, which claims that beef’s nutritional content is superior to poultry, was touted by the checkoff program as one of the 20 top accomplishments during the program’s first 20 years of existence. In addition, the group’s letter cites a 2006 pro-

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ducer-paid checkoff advertisement that publicly claimed the checkoff program was needed because of the significant supply of inexpensive poultry products.

“When, as here, the federal government has mandated that producers contribute to a program so beef can better compete against chicken, the Justice Department has no basis to assert that beef and poultry are not competing products and no basis to claim that a merger involving these competing products won’t seriously reduce competition in direct violation of U.S. antitrust laws,” said R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard.

“JBS is now free to control the majority of U.S. broiler production while it already controls a near-dominant share of U.S. fed cattle production and, therefore, is now free to adjust at will both the supply and price of both of these competing products. This is the antithesis of competition,” the R-CALF USA letter states.

In its correspondence to Justice, R-CALF USA paints a dire portrait of the U.S. cattle industry by stating, “The markets for U.S. cattle producers are broke; cattle prices are falling precipitously; cattle feeders are experiencing record losses; tens of thousands of independent cattle farmers and ranchers are exiting the industry in the year this letter is written; consumers continue to pay near record prices for beef; and, the U.S. Department of Justice sits silent to allow yet another anticompetitive mega-merger to occur in the meatpacking industry that certainly will further reduce competition. We could not be more discouraged.” »»»

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The letter concludes with: “Please explain to us why the U.S. Department of Justice has refused to fully investigate the JBS/Pilgrim’s Pride merger, let alone block it, in the wake of President Obama’s promise to restore competition to agricultural markets through the enforce■ ment of U.S. antitrust laws.”

Most Egregious Claim of the Week ne-hundred-thirty-one dead walruses were discovered on an Alaskan beach in September. No one really knew why. At the time of the discovery, Bruce Woods, spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was asked what might have caused the calamity. He replied, “It’s just too early to say until we can get someone on the ground.”

Amazingly, in the same article, 10 paragraphs down the page, someone named Shaye Wolf, spokeswoman for the Center for Biological Diversity, offered her own opinion on the reason for the deaths: “It provides another indicator that climate change is taking a brutal toll on the Arctic.”

She had no evidence for her statement, beyond the assumption that anything bad that happens in the environment must be due to climate change. And yet the Associated Press decided to print her statement anyway. As it turns out, both the AP and Ms. Wolf made grade A fools of themselves: “Trampling by other walruses was the most likely cause of death of 131 walruse carcasses found on the shore near Icy Cape, Alaska, according to an investigative team. The carcasses, the majority of which were young animals, were discovered along the beach above the high-tide line on Sept. 14 by a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) survey crew in the area.

“Because the necropsies showed extensive bruising and all of the carcasses were calves or yearlings, the investigative team concluded that the cause of death was consistent with trampling by other walruses.”

Add this story to the long list of stories the mainstream media and others have preumptively and foolishly attributed to Global Warming. Which leads Andrew Bolt of the Herald Sun in Australia, to a question: “If the evidence for apocalyptic manmade warming is so clear, why this con■ stant invention of more?”

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Government bailout for newspapers? he news business’ tenuous hold on profitability has threatened its sustainability and requires massive government involvement, according to a new report authored

by Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor and current vice president at large of the Washington Post, along with Michael Schudson, a professor at the Columbia Journalism School. In other words, newspapers need a federal bailout like General Motors, says Investor’s Business Daily (IBD).

“American society,” say Downie and Schudson, “must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting — as society has, at much greater expense, for public education, health care, scientific advancement and cultural preservation, through varying combinations of philanthropy, subsidy and government policy.”

Among their alarmingly anticompetitive recommendations: ■ A national Fund for Local News paid with fees the Federal Communications Commission collects from or could impose on telecom users, broadcast licensees or Internet service providers.

■ A gigantic ramping up of public radio and television, reoriented to provide significant local news reporting in every community served by public stations.

■ Universities and colleges becoming institutional sources of local, state and accountability news reporting.

To be fair, Downie and Schudson also call for tax credits for nonprofit journalism. That’s not wrong, as more reporters and editors move to think tanks that do investigative journalism, says IBD. Subsidies are the enemy of competition, says Seth Lipsky, a member of the adjunct faculty at the Columbia Journalism School. The best strategy to strengthen the press would be to maximize protection of the right to private property — and the right to competition.

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Cattlemen face risk and some opportunity with impending climate change proposals peaking at the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association convention Sept.

26, Cole Gustafson a Biofuels Economist with NDSU, outlined both the opportunities and risks cattlemen face with impending climate change legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The most immediate opportunity for cattlemen, if climate change legislation passes, is to sell carbon offsets to regulated industries, such as coal-fired electric utilities because they have difficulty reducing their GHG emissions.

Cattlemen can market these offsets through the Chicago Climate Exchange.

For each acre on which ranchers improve their range management practices, they can claim 0.12 metric ton of carbon saved, but only as long as prescribed actions are followed. Unfortunately, the current value of carbon has fallen to less than 25 cents per metric ton. Passage of climate change legislation would no doubt raise these values considerably. Just a year ago, carbon was trading at more than $7 per metric ton.

The risks cattlemen face are far greater.

The EPA has indicated that the top three targets for reducing GHG are energy generation (especially coal-fired energy plants), transportation and livestock.

Livestock are a concern because of the methane gases they produce. Last April, the EPA published a proposal for regulating livestock emissions. Initially, the EPA would target the largest concentrated animal feeding units of dairy cattle (5,000 head or larger), hogs (73,000 head or larger) and cattle (89,000 head or larger).

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During deliberations of the WaxmanMarkey climate legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives last summer, the EPA agreed to exempt livestock for the time being. However, it is unknown when the EPA would become more active again.

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he Red Angus breed was established in 1954 by seven families with red cattle purchased from registered Black Angus herds for several years. Since the beginning, Red Angus breeders and the breed association, the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) have focused on data collection and recordkeeping, building a wealth of information on the genetics and performance of the breed.

No one can argue that conditions are tough in today’s cattle industry, even for the most optimistic among us. Between the cattle market and increasing costs of feed and other inputs, producers are watching their bottom lines closely. For these producers, one relatively new to the industry and one long-time ranching family, Red Angus are a good fit.

Success in West Texas

Performance is the key for Tim and Bobbe Head of Quality Genetics, who raise Red Angus cattle on the Chispa Valley Ranch near Van Horn, Texas. “I like their temperament, and I like that they perform well in harsher circumstances than people

expect to find Angus cattle,” Tim said.

The couple got into the ranching business almost twelve years ago, when Tim was advised to find a less stressful line of work by his doctors after a heart attack.

“We started out small, we only had 30 acres when I had the heart attack, but have bought land as we could to build the operation.”

“Within two years of my heart attack, we had commercial cattle on the place,” he continued. “We started looking for a bull, wandered onto one that had been the Junior Reserve Champion for New Mexico, raised by Mary Dobry in Hobbs. He turned continued on page 39

out to be an exceptional bull, and is still here on the ranch and a primary herd sire.

“Over time, we have continued to build our Red Angus genetics, adding Red Angus and reducing the commercial herd with each calf crop. Today, our commercial herd is quite small, 90 percent of our cattle are registered Red Angus. On September 10, our 99th registerable Red Angus calf was born on the ranch.”

It is tough, dry country around Van Horn, and the Heads expect their cattle to perform. “Our philosophy is to raise a top beef animal that can go out and forage on tobosa pasture, support herself and produce a 600 to 800 pound calf at weaning, and perform well year in and year out.

Especially in the primary growing season, we want our cattle to make it on as close to 100 percent native grass as possible,” Tim explained. “I do have to supplement the cattle at times during the year, but will not over-supplement.”

“It is a matter of the quality of the product,” he continued. “I feel like that’s what you want to breed into the herd. You must have an animal that can go out and forage, in the climate that they are located in, and still produce a quality carcass.”

The Heads run their cattle 20 miles south of Van Horn, on land that was once part of a ranch owned by William Randolph Hearst, Tim said. Forage includes high native grasses like tobosa, brush and mesquite. “It’s very dry, and after the growing season there’s not much to eat out here.”

A gentle disposition is important to Tim and Bobbe, since they do all of the ranch work themselves. “Red Angus have been bred for docility, and consequently are easy to handle. We can walk up to most of our animals in the pasture, and do basic care without running them through a chute,” he said. “They get used to being handled in a friendly way and don’t tend to be aggressive or flighty. There are breeds with those tendencies, which affect the quality of the meat at slaughter.”

Marketing is done by private treaty sales at the ranch, and focuses on the commercial producer. “We have only sold to one gentleman so far who wants to raise registered Red Angus,” he said.

The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) places a big emphasis on data collection, to producers’ benefit, Tim explained. “It requires a considerable amount of data to support RAAA programs, and that’s what makes Red Angus

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one of the optimum breeds as far as information. I bought our first bull and joined the association, and as I learned more, what they were doing with the scientific information made a great deal of sense.

Red Angus is the first breed to require total herd reporting for registered producers.

You can’t go through and pick and choose your best animals, the runty ones get averaged in with everything else.”

The genetics that produce a Red Angus don’t hide much, he pointed out. “You can’t hide anything in a red animal, because red is a recessive gene. If you have Hereford genetics in there a few generations back, you’re going to find white hair on that animal. In black cattle, since black is a dominant gene, you can hide a Holstein six or eight generations back and no one will ever know.”

Currently, Tim and Bobbe’s kids are not part of the operation. “I got into ranching sort of late in life, and my kids were all well on their way to other careers. It’s a great way of life, but a lot of hard work.”

Tim believes that in hotter climates, Red Angus have a natural advantage. “In the summertime, red cattle just don’t need as much water as blacks do. You’ll see reds out grazing while the blacks are treed up somewhere. By grazing at night, they cannot make up what they’ve lost spending the day under a tree, or making even one extra trip to water. In this part of the country, the determining factor for some ranchers’ calf crop is how far a cow has to walk for water, then get back to nurse a new baby calf.”

At Quality Genetics, the Heads focus on natural reproduction. “If all of the cattle reproduce naturally, you can’t have a problem with reproduction,” he explained. “If there is a problem, there won’t be a calf. If I use natural exposure and own the bulls I use, I know the genetics and know what to expect. We try to maintain quality and natural exposure. I think that if you breed the right genetics into the animals, you shouldn’t have to spend a lot of time tending to or worrying about them.”

Tim and Bobbe have always felt very comfortable with Red Angus and with the people they’ve met through the cattle business. “They are great folks, we have really enjoyed the opportunity to work with all of them.”

A Family Tradition

For the Halfmann family, of Halfmann Red Angus in Miles, Texas, Red Angus cattle have been in the family for over 40

years. They bought their first bull in 1966, ing bulls for commercial producers is the after learning about the breed from their whole heart of our operation,” he county agent, C.T. Parker, whose wife, explained.

Sibyl, was one of the first Executive SecreAlthough the family no longer shows taries of the Red Angus Association of their cattle, they had good results on the America (RAAA). “Red Angus made an show circuit when the kids were younger, excellent cross on our commercial Here- Glen noted. “We didn’t change our breedford herd,” said Glen Halfmann, who now ing program at all, just selected cattle to runs the family operation with sons Cody show from our herd. We’ve never followed and Chad. the modern fads, we’ve just stuck with Red Angus are known for calving ease. “I what works for us.” started out raising easy-calving heifer The Halfmanns held their second bulls,” Glen said. “Customers would buy annual “Red Investment” production sale one for their heifers, then come back the October 3 at the ranch in western Texas, 15 following year and tell me, “Glen, I liked miles from San Angelo. Until 2008, all catthose calves so much that I want to put Red tle had been sold private treaty, but they Angus bulls on more of my cows.” now are focusing on marketing once a year.

Adaptability is one of the breed’s Fifty registered Red Angus bulls, 28 bred strongest traits, Glen said. “Through all of registered Red Angus females, 27 bred the hard times, too commercial Red much rain, drought, Angus females were the Red Angus have offered for sale by the “In the summertime, done really well for Halfmanns, as well as us. Calving ease, four select embryo red cattle just don’t easy fleshing ability, packages. Two guest need as much water excellent maternal consignors offered as blacks do. You’ll see SimAngus and Simtraits, and moderate size females are all a reds out grazing while mental females bred must in our hot and to Halfmann bulls. the blacks are treed dry climate. Our This year, the Halfcattle do well whermanns also held a up somewhere. ever you take commercial marketthem.” ing seminar the The Halfmanns evening before the place a strong emphasis on maternal traits, sale. “For years, I have been promising our and their female herd has been closed for commercial buyers that we would do several years. They also utilize current something to help them with marketing,” technologies including ultrasound and Glen said. “We designed the seminar to DNA markers such as marbling and tender- give producers information on adding ness to enhance the genetic value of their value to their calves at the ranch and help cattle. them get a little more for their calves when The Red Angus Association of America’s it comes time to sell.”

(RAAA’s) focus on information and data colSemen sales are another big part of the lection helps measure economically rele- operation, and the Halfmanns have vant traits to help cattlemen become more shipped semen across the United States efficient, he explained. Traits like calving and to countries including South Africa, ease direct, birth weight, maintenance Australia and Russia. Online sales are a energy and stayability can have a signifi- recent addition to the website — www.halfmannredangus.com — although most oldcant impact on a rancher’s bottom line.

Expected Progeny Differences, or EPDs, timers still order over the telephone, Glen are good tools for producers to use to track laughed.

Sons Chad and Cody are both involved these and other traits, and to select animals that will be a good fit for an individual in the operation. Cody helps with the breedoperation. Rather than identifying the ing and his degrees in accounting and “best” animal, EPDs are a description of finance from Texas A&M University make each animal’s genetic makeup, he contin- him a big asset to the program, Glen said. ued. Producers can use EPDs to compare Chad, a Tarleton graduate, handles the animals and select the right one for their computer and internet side of the business.

In hot, dry climates, Red Angus are just a situation.

While the Halfmanns do sell cattle to good fit, he concluded. “I think we are seeregistered Red Angus producers, their ing a move toward red cattle in the south, ■ focus is on commercial producers. “Rais- black cattle just can’t take the heat.”

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New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers

Otero County Sheriff Bill Rutherford Shot Down by Thieves n early February 1923, two young thieves named William G. LaFavers, 19, and Charles Hollis Smelcer, 21, stole a saddle and other tack from a rancher in northern Lincoln County, New Mexico. Soon arrested, they were taken before a magistrate in the village of Corona and sentenced to jail at the county seat in Carrizozo. Lincoln County deputies A. S. McCamant and Graciano Yrait took custody of the two and started for Carrizozo.

McCamant rode in the back seat of the Ford touring car with LaFavers and Yrait drove. Some distance from town, on a rough road, LaFavers made a grab for McCamant’s pistol which the officer carried in his pocket. The two men struggled until McCamant kicked open the car door and both fell out onto the roadway as the car came to a stop. The deputy’s gun fell into the dirt and LaFavers was able to grab it before McCamant could retrieve it.

Smelcer grappled with Yrait, too, but he was getting the worst of the fight until LaFavers took charge of the situation at gunpoint. The outlaws debated killing the deputies but finally forced the officers to walk away and they covered them with a rifle until they were out of sight. LaFavers and Smelcer took the car and fled. The officers had to walk 12 miles to the closest telephone.

LaFavers and Smelcer headed south.

They stopped in Carrizozo and bought .30-30 caliber ammunition for the rifle they’d taken from the officers and then continued on to Tularosa. They had some trouble with the Ford and stopped there to have it repaired. Then they headed for Alamogordo.

Sheriff Bill Rutherford of Otero County returned to Alamogordo on February 13

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His website is www.DonBullis.biz.

His newest book, New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, is available from leading bookstores, or directly from the publisher, Rio Grande Books, at info@nmsantos.com

from a trip to Santa Fe. At about 8:30 that evening he received a phone call from Harry Straley, a deputy to Lincoln County Sheriff Ed Harris. Straley told Rutherford about LaFavers and Smelcer, described them, and warned that they were armed and “desperate characters.” A short time later, Sheriff Rutherford stepped out of the Warren Drug Store at the corner of 10th Street and New York Avenue and saw a vehicle matching the description of the Lincoln County car pull to the curb. Two men occupied the Ford; one behind the wheel and one in the rear seat. Sheriff Rutherford walked up to the car.

“If you have no objection, I would like to search this car,” a witness heard the sheriff say.

The car suddenly lurched backward, then shot ahead.

Rutherford stepped up on the running board and reached inside.

Witnesses believed that he tried to turn off the gas. A loud BANG filled the air and witnesses thought a tire had blown up but the sheriff fell away from the car and was left lying in the street as the Ford ran over a curb and sped away. A citizen named O. M. Smith soon knelt at the sheriff’s side, but there was nothing he could do. The bullet hit Rutherford in the neck, killing

him almost instantly.

Witnesses and bystanders were puzzled about what became of the sheriff’s hat. It was nowhere to be found and yet he’d been wearing one when he approached the Ford.

Word of the sheriff’s murder spread around Alamogordo quickly. A “fast car” occupied by former sheriff Howard Beacham and car dealer Shorty Miller headed south out of town on the Orogrande Road. A second car, occupied by Deputy Sheriff H. M. Denny and a citizen named Louis Wolfinger, headed southwest along the Las Cruces Road. District Attorney J. Benson Newell directed much of the search and sent out word to authorities in all directions. Thirty minutes after the shooting, a tourist car arrived in Alamogordo from the south and the driver reported passing a south-bound Ford touring car driving at a high rate of speed.

All concerned believed it to be the fugitive car.

Shorty Miller’s Buick ran out of gas north of Orogrande and he and Beacham were obliged to walk into the little town for gas.

By midnight officers learned that Lincoln County sheriff’s Ford had been located abandoned near Orogrande.

Bloodhounds were ordered and a large posse was on hand to follow the dogs, but they were unable to go beyond the railroad track, for some unknown reason. A detachment of troops from Fort Bliss arrived at early morning and an airplane took up a search of the area. A train with a railroad carload of horse-mounted possemen also arrived from Alamogordo and a second train made up of an engine, boxcar

SOURCES: Alamogordo News, February 15 and 22, March 1 & 8, 1923.

Albuquerque Morning Journal, February 14 & 15, and April 6, 1923.

Howard and Blanch Brooks, Memories, Oral history tapes, Alamogordo Public Library, September 1975.

Howard Brooks was a member of one of the foot posses which pursued LaFevers and Smelcer. He incorrectly stated that the State Police brought in bloodhounds. The New Mexico Mounted Police were disbanded in 1921 and the State Police Department was not created until 1935.

Murray E. Morgan (1906-1988), Report on the Rutherford affair prepared in 1976 and presented to the Alamogordo Public Library in June 1981. Morgan called the Rutherford murder “One of the major tragedies in the history of Alamogordo.”

and caboose stopped in Orogrande with deputies from Lincoln County.

As the day progressed, one of the posses searching south and east of Orogrande discovered a sheep-lined coat known to have been taken from one of the Lincoln County deputies when the outlaws escaped custody. The manhunt centered in that area and in the early afternoon posseman M. L. Bradford, riding horseback, spotted the fugitives as they saw him and opened fire with the rifle.

Bradford was hit in the leg and returned fire, emptying his pistol without hitting either of the wanted men. The killers retreated behind a small hill and soon saw two other mounted possemen riding in their direction, and then a posse of men on foot approached. The killers raised a white cloth of surrender and put their guns down.

In their flight, the two had covered about 15 miles from the point where they abandoned the car. They had circled and were returning to the El Paso road where they intended to steal a car when they were caught. By 6:45 p.m. on February 14, LaFavers and Smelcer were locked away in the Otero County jail.

Smelcer was wearing Sheriff Rutherford’s hat.

A grand jury convened on February 26 and indicted the outlaws on charges of first degree murder. The two were tried at Alamogordo and on Thursday, March 1, 1923, just 23 days after they killed the sheriff. The jury took 35 minutes to convict them of the crime. On Saturday, March 3, LaFavers and Smelcer were sentenced to hang on April 6, the penalty to be executed in the Otero County jail yard.

(Executions were conducted by counties until the law was changed in 1929.)

Defense attorneys appealed the convictions but before a higher court could hear the case, Governor James Hinkle commuted Smelcer’s sentence to 40 to 50 years and LaFavers’ to life imprisonment.

Smelcer was paroled to Glendale, California on April 10, 1931 and Governor Arthur Seligman pardoned him on April 21, 1932.

LaFavers was paroled to Amarillo, Texas, on December 23, 1936 and pardoned by Governor John E. Miles on April 13, 1939.

Bill Rutherford, 40, was a well-known and prominent stockman in southern New Mexico. He served two terms in the New Mexico legislature before he was elected sheriff in 1922. He’d been a lawman for six weeks at the time of his death.

The Check IS In The Mail

Riding Herd

hen I was a little boy my father put me on a chair and said, “Jump and I’ll catch you.” I did and he didn’t. As I gathered myself up off the floor he said in a stern voice, “Let that be a lesson to you. Don’t ever trust anybody.”

While that might be good advice for preparing someone to go into politics, believe me, it’s no way to go through life, and I have spent my life trying to totally disregard that lesson. My experience has taught me that you can trust people. For 25 years I’ve sold books that I’ve written and quite often a person has called up wanting to place an order over the phone.

Until recently I never took credit cards and the people were always taken aback when I said, “I’ll just send you the books and when you get them you can just send me a check.” Keep in mind these were complete strangers. You may find the following fact hard to believe but I swear it’s 100 percent true. In all that time I’ve NEVER, EVER, been stiffed. Not once. Everyone of those people paid me just like they said they would.

People deserve more credit than they receive, at least the folks I tend to hang around with. I think the record is untarnished because of the kind of people who purchase my books; mostly country folks, farmers and ranchers and those who would like to be. People, who by their nature are simply just honest folks.

Like everyone else, I like to be paid money that is owed me. I’m a “cash and carry” kind of guy and my preferred terms for selling anything are 100 percent down with no payments. While I am a trusting soul by nature I still take precautions when big money is involved. For example, I never sold my calves directly off the ranch, preferring instead to sell them at auction because after watching them sell I could go eat a piece of pie and by the time I was finished the gals in the office would always have a check ready for me. I cannot fathom that some people will sell their year’s worth of work and let them go out the front gate without being paid for them, or at least having a check that they called

the bank on to make sure it was good.

While I’m sure 99.999 percent of the time everything will be all right I was always afraid that with my luck I’d be the one getting stiffed. It happened to us once when my wife and I sold a house.

Escrow was supposed to close on a Friday but was delayed so we went ahead and let the buyers move in while we loaded a U-Haul and moved to New Mexico. On Monday morning we learned that the owner of the escrow company had absconded with all the funds. It took us three years and $8,000 in lawyer fees to get our house back! As a result I’m careful when I deal with any big company with the word “Trust” in its name.

An auctioneer friend tried to reteach my father’s lesson to me one time when we worked a sale for an owner who was a tad bit suspect. He was a rich guy from the city who’d left behind a string of unpaid bills, so to make sure he got paid for his day’s work the auctioneer bought a bull during the sale. Sure enough, the auctioneer never got paid but by selling the bull he made up for the loss.

I recalled this lesson when I was asked to take bids at a bankruptcy sale years ago.

I, too, wasn’t sure if I’d get paid the $250 we agreed on as my fee. The whole thing just didn’t feel right on the day of the auction so I looked around for something to buy as insurance in case I didn’t get paid.

My eyes settled on the most gaudy, ugly mirror ever made. It was huge and the cherubs and vines adorning it dripped with fake gold. I swear, it would make Martha Stewart have a coronary. I bid $350 for it and after struggling to load the huge, ugly thing in my car I took it home. My wife took one look at the grotesque object and shrieked in disgust, “That thing is not going in my house!”

But it did. And to my surprise the check for my day’s work got home almost before I did. So, I belatedly paid for the mirror and ended up losing a hundred bucks for my labors. And every day when I look into the ugliest mirror ever made I am reminded that you really can trust people most of the time.

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Mayors defeat Trans-Texas Corridor ive local mayors took a stand 27 months ago and formed the state’s first sub-regional planning commission to stand up against and stop once and for all the governor’s massive land grab known as the Trans-Texas Corridor. No one thought they could.

Today, the Texas Department of Transportation and the governor announced that the State of Texas has officially killed the project by selecting the “No Build” option under the environmental impact statement study. Selecting that option was exactly what the Eastern Central Texas Sub-Regional Planning Commission (ECTSRPC) forced the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDoT) into choosing.

“Believe me, it wasn’t what they wanted to do, it’s what we forced them to do,” stated Mae Smith, Mayor of Holland and president of the ECTSRPC. The planning commission began a series of what is called coordination meetings in the fall of 2007, by utilizing a little known state statute that forced the behemoth agency to come to Holland, Texas. TxDoT came to Holland on three different occasions where they were asked to explain why they were going to destroy five towns and their school districts with a 1,200 foot-wide, 146 acre per mile toll road.

“Through coordination, we forced them to our table and then we used the federal NEPA (National Environmental

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Policy Act) statute to box them in a legal corner out of which they could not escape,” stated Ralph Snyder, a local Holland businessman and board member of the ECTSRPC. “That’s what forced TxDoT to recommend ‘No Build’ to the Federal Highway Administration because we had shown how TxDoT, as the agent of the federal government, had violated the federal statute in at least 29 ways,” Snyder continued.

Fred Grant, president of American Stewards of Liberty, is the originator of the coordination strategy that brought TxDoT to their knees. “Had we not had five courageous mayors who represent a total of 6,000 people stand up to the governor and his rogue state agency, the Trans-Texas Corridor would have destroyed hundreds of thousands of private acres of prime and unique farmland, as well as, the economies of every community it dissected,” stated Grant.

The TTC-35 is just one of the 4,000 miles of toll roads that nine state planning commissions are fighting. “TxDoT can still continue to build 130, TTC-69, and the Ports-to-Plains toll roads, but defeating the TTC-35 is a major victory for the rural people of Texas.

To obtain a copy of the petition filed by the ECTSRPC showing the federal violations of TxDoT, please contact American ■ Stewards of Liberty at 512/365-2699.

Solar sticker shock hits home ittitas County, Wash., is experiencing sticker shock for a proposed 75 megawatt solar power plant as the true cost of solar power is coming in at more than three times the promised price, says H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.

■ On July 9, Howard Trott, managing director of Teanaway Solar Reserve, the company proposing the plant, estimated it would cost approximately $100 million to build what would be the largest solar power plant in the world.

■ By mid-August, Teanaway revised its estimate to more than $300 million, and other analysts fear the final cost may be much higher still.

■ Based on calculations by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, the price tag of the Teanaway solar power plant would be a minimum of $525 million and could rise as high as $750 million.

The council was established by Congress in 1980 to develop a regionwide electric power plan to guarantee adequate, reliable energy at the lowest economic cost while protecting environmental resources. Solar power is an expensive alternative source of energy, says Burnett: ■ Solar power currently costs threeand-a-half to four times the price of conventional power purchased on the spot market.

■ When stripped of subsidies and preferential tax treatment, moreover, solar power is between 570 percent and 887 percent more expensive to produce than coal power, according to a recent study by Tufts University economics professor Gilbert Metcalf.

■ Adding to the costs of solar power is the fact that solar panels deliver direct current, while the Northwest power grid uses alternating current.

■ Converting from direct to alternating current boosts costs, and power is lost in the process; Trott estimates the loss would be about 2 percent but could be higher.

■ In addition, power from solar plants fluctuates with the intensity and amount of sunlight and passing clouds, so the Northwest power grid will have to be upgraded to adjust for such fluctuations.

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Source: H. Sterling Burnett, “Solar Sticker Shock Hits Washington County,” Heartland Institute, November 1, 2009.

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jinglejangle Dear Readers: ome of you reading this may not realize how much time and effort the New Mexico CowBelles put into projects to educate and promote Beef.

September is one of our busiest months of the year and this year I believe the productivity level was about the maximum. I know I was absent from home for a nine-day period working for the Beef industry, but I enjoyed it all. I have to laugh a little to keep my sanity because every time I leave home to go to a CowBelle meeting or an ANCW event something always happens at home. This time my daughter called me in California to say that one of her doe rabbits was having problems, the furnace went out and the clock on the kitchen stove was not working. The rabbit is fine, she used heaters until I got home and got a new thermocoupler put on the furnace, and the clock is still wacky.

Sixty CowBelles plus a few husbands and grandkids traveled approximately 11,000 miles to work at the New Mexico State Fair. Each person works at least one six-hour shift and maybe more with the state officers working six shifts. Each year we educate the public with a short quiz for them to take. This year’s quiz educated the public about how to cook and prepare Beef properly, as well as the nutritional value and how our cattle share the rangeland with wildlife. The consumers appeared eager to take the quiz this year as there was an additional opportunity to win a barbeque grill as well as the daily beef drawing and the grand prize of a year’s supply of beef.

The number of people answering the questions and putting their name in the drawing was 4,349. This number was increased by 706 people from 2008. Good job CowBelles, and Congratulations on all your hard work.

The state fair is one of my favorite events to work at because of the fellowship with other CowBelles from around the state that I only get to see once or twice per year and the impact we have on the public with the positive message about Beef.

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Twelve hours after I finished my last shift at the fair, I was on a plane headed to the National Beef Cook-Off in Sonoma, Calif. The National Beef Cook-Off began in 1974 as an annual contest and changed to a biennial contest in 1993. The Cook-Off is managed and coordinated by the American National CattleWomen. I had the great opportunity to be a contestant hostess. This event is managed with precision by the CattleWomen so as to make it an excellent event with very few flaws. There is training for all aspects to make the Cook-Off run smoothly. I was fortunate to be paired with a very nice contestant from Staten Island, N.Y. — Fran Fehling. Fran competed in the 1992 Cook-Off which was held in Sacramento, Calif. At the Gala Awards Banquet, Master of Ceremonies Richard Chamberlain announced Fran as the runner-up in the Lean Beef in Nutrient Rich One-Dish Meals category. When asked on the evaluation what the highlight of the Cook-Off was I replied, “Seeing the joy on my contestant and her husband’s faces, when her name was announced.” Mary Hawkes of Prescott, Ariz. won the “Best of Beef” grand prize with her recipe for Sonoma Steaks with Vegetables Bocconcini. There might be a good chance we see Mary at the Region VI meeting of ANCW in Prescott in late April, 2010. Approximately 225 people attended the Cook-Off with 15 contestants. I thoroughly enjoyed the event, and my thanks to the airport greeters, the sponsors, a great contestant, and all the CattleWomen.

At the conclusion of the month, the Lariat CowBelles hosted the annual Five States Roundup in Clayton, N.M. This day of education began with a presentation on the Beef Advocacy program from D’dee Haynes the Region IV director of ANCW from Weatherford, Okla. D’dee explained how the Master’s of Beef Advocacy is a sixpart course available on line to educate the individual to become an advocate of the Beef Industry.

D’dee challenged each attendee to complete this course within the next three months.

Dr. Manny Encinias, Livestock Research Specialist from NMSU gave a

three-part program on Beef Quality Assurance. The 75 attendees to this event were instructed in proper handling, and treatment of Beef Cattle as well as transportation, communication, environmental factors and animal welfare. Several in attendance took the challenge and tested for the BQA training. Testing and training to become BQA Certified is available from the New Mexico Livestock Board. With the theme of “Let’s Meet These Challenges,” I am excited to personally enroll in the Master’s of Beef Advocacy program and challenge CowBelles throughout the state to pursue this, as well and become trained in BQA and also certified.

In asking different CowBelles for their favorite Beef recipes this year, I was surprised to receive three Brisket recipes. It is obvious it is a favorite to prepare and enjoy eating. The final Beef Brisket recipe I will post this year is from Anne Ferguson. Anne is a Canyon CowBelle, was the 1994 New Mexico CowBelle President and the 1996 CowBelle of the Year. Anne’s recipe is titled . . .

Matt’s Delicious Brisket

1 8- to 10-lb. brisket trimmed 1 can beer (not light) 1 bottle Claude’s Brisket Sauce Put brisket in roaster. Pour beer and brisket sauce over the meat.

Cover, place in oven and bake at 250º for seven to eight hours slowly.

Slice and enjoy!

Important Dates:

November 15, 2009: 60 copies Local presidents’ reports, all Committee Chairs’ reports, and list of local officers due to Karen Kelling November 15, 2009: Nomination forms due to Past President, Lynn Seward November 25, 2009: Volunteer time sheets due to the President December 4, 2009: Annual Board of Director’s Meeting, Marriott Pyramid, Albuquerque, N.M. December 5, 2009: Annual CowBelle Breakfast and General Membership Meeting, Marriott Pyramid, Albuq., N.M. continued on page 46 NOVEMBER 2009

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January 25-30, 2010: 2010 Cattle Industry Convention, San Antonio, Texas May all of you have a Blessed Thanksgiving holiday with your family and friends, and be thankful for the many blessings we do have.

— Happy Trails, Kathryn Malcolm-Callis, President, New Mexico CowBelles • • • • • The 35th Annual CowBelles Five States Roundup, “CowBelles — Let’s Meet These Challenges,” was held September 30, at the Clayton Air Park. Lariat CowBelles were hostess for the event. There were 75 people present from New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. D’dee Haynes, Region IV Director from Weatherford, OK, presented “Masters of Beef Advocacy” and discussed how beef producers and industry allies can take a training program designed to equip them to be everyday advocates for the beef industry.

Dr. Manny Encenias, NMSU Livestock Specialist, spoke on “20 Years of Beef Quality Assurance”; “A Simple Solution to the Issues Facing the Beef Industry; “Riding Point . . . BQA: On and Off the Ranch” presenting information to qualify to test for BQA trained producer. The New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service presents training and testing for certification by the New Mexico Livestock Board. This training is also available online at http:// aces.nmsu.edu/bqa. Testing took place at the end of the program. Luncheon was a delicious brisket buffet by Ben Creighton.

Espe’s/Three West provided a fashion show. Vendor booths were New Mexico CowBelles, Espe’s/Three West, Gladstone Mercantile, R & B Crafts and Mary Kay. It was a windy, but fun and informative day for CowBelles to meet, learn, and make and renew friendships. Submitted by Marianne Rose, Lariat CowBelles reporter The Piñon Cowbelle’s met at the Harding County Community Building on October 6, 2009, with President, Nancy Shaffer presiding. Roy Schools received about $100 worth of supplies leftover paper towels and tortillas from the barbecue as a thank you for letting group use their facilities. It was reported that the booth was awarded 3rd place at the fair and received $20. The expenses and profit of the barbecue were announced. The scholarship chairman gave a report on the account and 46

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$4,170 will be paid out of that for the 2008 Scholarships. The 2009 Scholarship Pie Auction made $4,275. That money will be used to give two scholarships to Mosquero High School seniors and two scholarships to Roy High School seniors. Discussion was had on making a board with the previous year’s Pie Auction buyers on it. The group decided to put a general thank you to all the buyers in the Harding County Roundup and the Roy School’s Lasso. It was decided to email minutes to those with email, others will continue to get them mailed. The next meeting will be the annual Christmas Party on December 8, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. at the Chill n Grill. There will be a gift exchange, please spend $15$20 on your gift. Participating in the gift exchange is optional. Please feel free to come to the party without a gift and just enjoy the company and food. The new officers are: President, Nancy Shaffer; Vice President, Tootie Clavel? (If someone else wants this office please let us know!); Secretary, Darcie Clavel; Treasurer, Janet Costa. Dues need to be turned in this month (October). Group will not have another meeting before then so please mail/give your dues to Becky. Dues are $20. If your address has changed please let Becky know. Respectfully submitted, Darcie Clavel Secretary The Corriente CowBelles meeting was held on Sept. 8, 2009 at the Capitan Church of Chirst; 14 members were present with guest Wendy House. President Ruth Wold called the meeting to order, followed with the Lords Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance and the CowBelle Creed. Secretary Jane Nevarez read the minutes from the Aug. 10 and they were approved. Treasurer Willa Stone gave her report, subject to audit. Willa reported on the Brand Board that 130 letters have been mailed to working ranches in Lincoln County and responses are being received. Willa also included a picture of the current Brand Board with all letters. Ruth reported that the Nominating Committee has been contacting members for the 2010 election of new officers. Ruth also reported as of the meeting she hasn’t received tickets and packing passes for the workers for State Fair. The club voted not to purchase pecans for resale this year. Willa reported that the application for Adopt-A-Teacher was returned (address unknown). She will look into this and hopefully be able to remail it. Next meeting will be Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Velma is the hostess. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Submitted by Jane

Nevarez, Secretary The Chuckwagon CowBelles met on October 13, 2009 at Alpine Alley in Mountainair with 16 members and guests Dottie Smith, Cindy Robison and Joel Alderete present. Toni reminded everyone about dues — Local only: $35, with an ANCW membership: $75. Carolyn Chance mentioned the 4-H Fall Festival, which Chuckwagon is invited to participate, yet uncertain in what capacity. There was discussion about the Mountainair Christmas Fair on November 14 and Estancia’s Christmas Fai on December 12th. The group will participate in both. It was decided to sell group’s PA system to NMCB for $300. The Small Farms Convention in March was discussed. The minutes were discussed regarding emailing and copying to read before meeting. A volunteer nominating committee was formed. Toni put out an appeal for program ideas. Bay Baker will present on her Christmas trip to La Ferme des Templiers in France in February. Marilyn Mignery offered to donate a book she owns called Kate the Cowgirl to be placed in a Christmas stocking that will be auctioned off during the annual meeting in December. Marilyn read a portion of a letter regarding tainted beef and its origin. Once again, the beef industry, and agriculture in general, is under attack! More discussion about various news stories regarding the safety of our food, and American Agriculture always receiving a black eye in the scrutiny. After lunch New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau’s Joel Alderete gave a fun, competitive and interactive presentation called “The Great Creative Egg Drop”. He broke group up into three teams to design an egg protector with 20 plastic straws and 6' of masking tape. He then dropped the cradled eggs to the floor as he stood atop a chair. Only one egg did not break. He used the egg as a metaphor for the livestock industry, and each team member represented a producer. He said that when we work together we can protect our industry. The group is always so grateful for Joel’s input! Submitted by Babbi Baker With 14 members present, Lariat CowBelles met October 14, at the Rabbit Ears Café. A letter was read from Kathryn Malcolm-Callis requesting participation in the Cowboy Christmas Party by donating to a stocking item for auction with the proceeds to go to the All-American Beef Battalion in support of our troops. New Mexico CowBelles Cookbooks were sold at the State Fair, Five States and locally. A

SYDNEY THOMPSON SACHSE, 69, well known and respected member of the New Mexico livestock industry, died September 14 at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. She and her husband of 48 years, Jim, ranched at Las Cruces and Gladstone and were active for years while Jim was sheep extension specialist at New Mexico State University. She spent her childhood on the Navajo Nation. The unique opportunity of living and going to school on the reservation was an experience she loved and was truly proud of. Her early years were spent at Tse Bonito, Pine Springs and Wide Ruins Trading Posts in north-eastern Arizona. She attended New Mexico State University for three years and completed her degree at Colorado State University. While attending NMSU Sydney was an active member of Chi Omega Sorority, SPURS, Rodeo Club, Block and Bridle and was crowned homecoming queen at NMSU in 1961. She was a leader of the Hillbilly 4-H Club for many years and assisted with the junior shows at the Southern New Mexico State Fair. She was a sponsor of the New Mexico Bred Lamb Show at the New Mexico State Fair. She also worked for many years as a Marketing Specialist for Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corporation. She is survived by her husband, four sons, 11 grandchildren, a sister and a brother.

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A draft of the Lariat bylaws was distributed and discussed. A memorial in the name of the late Hattie Biffle will be sent to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund. Lariats voted to purchase a children’s book for the Beef Battalion stocking. Handouts were available on issues affecting beef production involving HSUS and PETA. Garland King, son of Lariat Secretary Sharon King, has received nomination for the Ag Leadership Program. New Lariat officers for 2009 are President: Owaissa Heimann, Treasurer: Candra Acuna, Reporter: Marianne Rose. Next month is the membership drive. New Mexico CowBelles and ANCW pamphlets are available. Lariats were challenged to bring potential members to the November meeting. Postcards will be sent to potential new members. Following the

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Memoriam THOMAS A. BAKER, 92, a resident of Belen who ranched and worked for both the Soil Conservation and Forest Service, died October 1. He served as an aviator and flight instructor during WW II. He is survived by two sons, two daughters, nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

DAVID A. KIDD, 81, Harding County rancher and music teacher at the Roy schools, died September 21, at his home at La Cinta Canyon. He is survived by his brother and sister and several nieces and nephews.

ROY B. THOMPSON, 93, lifelong New Mexico rancher from Roswell, died September 19. He spent his childhood on family ranches at Santa Rosa and over the years he ranched at Tatum, in Mexico and at Buena Vista. He and his wife Helen raised racehorses and also owned homes and businesses in Clovis, Santa Fe and Ruidoso.

JOYCE M. FRAZE, 94, Dora/Rogers area farmer and rancher, died August 15 in Portales. She was a longtime 4-H leader.

She is survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

meeting, three Lariat members provided a cooking demonstration at Ranch Market from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. for the Cook Once, Eat Twice program.

Samples of East Meets West Steak Salad, made with sirloin steak, were given out to shoppers. There were recipes, magnets, and cookbooks available. The demonstration was well received by shoppers. Thank you to Brian Moore of Ranch Market for supporting Lariat CowBelles and providing space, electricity, and ingredients for the demonstration. The next meeting will be November 11, at the Rabbit Ear Café. Respectfully submitted, Marianne Rose Reporter 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

JOHN BRUMFIELD, 82, lifelong Dora farmer, dairyman and rancher, died September 28, at a Farwell, Texas convalescent center. He was a veteran of WW II and returned again to serve during the Korean War as a Naval Reservist. He is survived by two sons, a grandson, a granddaughter, three step-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters.

R.L. COX, 90, widely known wool and fur dealer and native American Indian pottery supplier, died September 12. He began his career working in the family wool and fur warehouse in Albuquerque and later expanded into the pottery business, becoming one of the largest dealers in the Southwest. His business partner, Mike Goodson and his wife, Ellen Goodson, will continue to operate the R.L. Cox business in Albuquerque.

JERRY LEE FRANKLIN, 62, widely known vocational agriculture teacher, FFA advisor, farmer and basketball coach, died September 22 at his home in San Jon. He was a respected mentor to young people in his community and throughout the state.

He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Carolyn, three children, three grandchildren, his mother, Kate and his sister.

LEO A. VIGIL, 83, a resident of Chilili, died September 27. He was a farmer and an orchardist. He is survived by his wife, Stella, a daughter, a son, two grandsons, two granddaughters, a step-daughter, and three step-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Frances.

SILAS SALAZAR, 102, lifelong farmer and rancher from Dixon, died September 25. He is survived by a son, a daughter, six grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

ABEL TRUJILLO, 92, lifelong Chimayo rancher and farmer, died July 9. He served as Acequia Commissioner of Acequia del la Canada Ancha. He is survived by three sons, three daughters, five grandchildren, one great-grandson, two sisters and two brothers.

L.E. “Pete” DAVIS, 88, lifelong Ranchvale farmer, died July 21 in Clovis. He served as president of the New Mexico Farm Bureau from 1978 to 1984. He was a member of the Ranchvale School Board and served on the State ASCS committee.

He is survived by a sister, a brother, a son, a daughter and three grandchildren.

JACK BALOK, 70, rancher from Roswell, died July 24 at his home. He is survived by his wife Pat, two sons, a daughter, a grandson and six granddaughters.

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The Truth About War . . . And Rural America heard a quote the other day as the news media debated the President’s present consideration about what to do in Afghanistan. It was something like “the truth about war is that old men talk about it and young men die in it.” It is a sad truth, but the current foreign conflicts put a new spin on things.

Some time ago, maybe even a year or two, there was a news report on how rural America was suffering disproportionate losses in the wars in Iran and Afghanistan. The slant on the story was that rural young men and women were joining the armed forces in large numbers because there was nothing else for them to do — no jobs, no future.

It made me mad, but as usual it was one of any number of things we see every day that we just don’t have time to tackle. I was pleasantly surprised when U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack commented on the subject at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Fall Legislative Conference in September. But his was the positive, and I think, correct spin.

He noted that only about 25 percent of our nation’s population lives in rural areas, yet 45 percent of our troops in harms’ way are from rural areas. His reasoning? Not that these young people don’t have other opportunities, but that they have been reared with a sense of patriotism and an awareness of the need to protect family and country. These young people have family values and understand the responsibility to protect our precious freedoms.

I haven’t heard Secretary Vilsack’s thoughts on the evening news and I am not holding my breath, but I certainly agree with him.

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I am not quite so in tune with the Secretary when it comes to food safety. The latest hysteria is about the lady who was crippled by eating an E coli contaminated hamburger. The USDAs response was that the Administration was dedicated to protecting the health and safety of all American’s . . . translation, we can expect more rigorous regulations. There was that same

hue and cry from Congressional leaders on the House side.

The answer to this problem, maybe not all food safety problems, but to this one is — learn how to cook. It never fails to amaze me how much nearly-raw hamburger I see served in restaurants and how many people order it that way. I have been criticized by producers, connoisseurs and even waiters for ordering my steaks medium well and my hamburgers well done.

I come by it pretty naturally. We used to laugh when Daddy would grill steaks. He took great care in asking everyone how they wanted their steak cooked — then every steak came out the same — medium well to well done. But in thinking about it, he came by it naturally, too.

Grandmother was a widely renowned cook — there was never a bad or even marginal meal at her table and nobody ever left the house without having something to eat, no matter what time they showed up. But when she and Granddaddy were first married they didn’t have a home. Until Uncle Bill was about two years old, the family just moved from cow camp to cow camp.

She wasn’t unique, I am sure, for her time, but I cannot imagine having to cook for a baby and cowboys with no refrigerator or stove or even a roof over your head.

Back then people weren’t worried about food safety — they were proud to have food. You cooked things all the way done to be sure that it was safe.

The problem society is facing today isn’t a result of unsafe practices by producers. They are largely the fault of people who don’t know how to care for food once it is in their possession and who want to pass on any responsibility for that lack of knowledge. They want an abundant, whole and cheap food supply AND no responsibility for mishandling it when they get it that way. People don’t know how to cook a lot of the time and they don’t understand the need for temperature control before, during and after cooking.

Wolves

It has reached the point that this

wouldn’t be a column without some comment on wolves. That in and of itself is a sad comment on the state of affairs. At this point there have been 10 confirmed kills on the Adobe/Slash, and no telling how many other deads, how many pounds have been run off, how many miles of fence is down and how many lost man hours.

And what does our government do about this? They are “hazing” the THREELEGGED male and female and their pups that are well past weaning — chasing them (and the cattle) around on 4-wheelers and horseback all day. Then the wolves are free to chase the cattle all night.

There is some hope that the confirmed kills will be reimbursed by a private nonprofit, but that in no way comes anywhere near the cost of this mess. Dr. Ben Tuggle, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Regional Director, has finally been able to put a mechanism for his interdiction program in place. In theory over time, that program could provide some relief and an effort to give people on the ground the opportunity to make some choices on how to proceed. In the mean time we are left with these vicious predators that don’t have the ability to kill anything else teaching their pups that beef IS what’s for dinner. Those pups will in turn teach that message to their offspring.

Well beyond enough is enough, the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) joined forces with the Americans for Preservation of Western Environment (APWE) as well as the New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. (NMWGI) and the New Mexico Federal Lands Council (NMGLC) to take the truth to the public via paid advertising in a Sunday edition of the Albuquerque Journal.

Little did we know how much was involved in even PAYING to tell our story.

The ad, which cost nearly $5,000, was designed to try and get the urban public to understand what it is like to have a vicious predator in their midst, threatening their children and their livelihood. In it we include the fact that the program was experimental, non essential, so that the nonsense we are getting right now about these threelegged wolves have such great genetic significance is just that — nonsense. We included the fact that government, neither state nor federal, pay for the costs incurred on private individuals. We also included the numbers from the Rio Grande Foundation indicating that there is at least $400,000 invested in each wolf along with the impacts continued on page 50 NOVEMBER 2009

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You can imagine our surprise when the Journal called back and said that we would have to provide proof for each of these statements! Some have questioned whether the paper requires such documentation from all of its’ advertisers — I personally would be thrilled if they required that level of authentication of their news reporters.

Because we live and breathe wolves around here, it didn’t take an hour to come up with documentation to support everything we said. I was particularly pleased when Biz Ladner, our new administrative assistant, quickly found an article that appeared in the Journal a day or two before the request was made that documented two of the statements we had made.

After the ad was run, there wasn’t as much reaction as we might have expected.

The folks at APWE got several calls, both positive and negative.

However about a week after the ad ran I did get a good chuckle. The Defenders of Wildlife circulated an email entitled “Show Your Love For New Mexico’s Lobos.” They were not trying to help the struggling University of New Mexico football team — who really could use some love about now.

What they said was “Anti-wolf extremists are at it again — pushing a sensationalist PR blitz filled with lies and fear tactics to turn the public and our elected officials against wolves.”

Fear tactics? Maybe. Our folks in “wolf country” ARE living with fear. Lies? No. Just ask the Journal or us. We have the documents to support everything we said.

PR blitz? Please, one newspaper ad in the face of years of dis- and misinformation by multiple anti-grazing groups?

permit renewal. In dismissing the challenge, the court agreed with the USFS’s analysis, that because of the circumstances of the 26 allotments involved, actions were being taken to ensure that grazing didn’t adversely impact the wolf, and the mere presence of the wolf was not enough to warrant a change.

The headline “Court Ruling Confirms Grazing No Threat To Wolves” is a pretty one — look for more of these sweet headlines as NMCGA and its’ partners continue to battle this and other wars.

Nutrition?

Wolves, grazing and food safety are just a few of the fronts that the beef industry is battling. The headlines proclaiming that beef is bad for any number of reasons are running rampant again. As was recently pointed out by Linda Davis, all one has to do is read the obituaries in any livestock publication to see that the folks who have been eating beef two and three times a day are well into their 80’s or 90’s before joining their maker. (And it is worth noting that some of those who are leaving us are doing that via vehicular crashes and other accidents.) How can beef be so bad?

There is a “nutritionist” in Albuquerque that certainly has a unique outlook on how beef, and chicken for that matter, affects the body. During a recent visit, he told a client that they should be on probiotics all the time. She responded that she utilized probiotics when prescribed an antibiotic but didn’t feel the need to use them all the time.

This guy informed her that she was on antibiotics constantly. In shock she retorted that she was not. He then said

Multiple Benefits

Finally our legal cases supporting multiple use of federal lands are having multiple benefits. Last month we reported the win of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the livestock industry in the face of a lawsuit challenging the use of categorical exclusions (CEs) to renew livestock grazing permits in the Gila National Forest. That win allows ranchers to retain their 10-year permits without fear of injunction to remove them or the USFS spending precious time and money in redoing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis.

As that case came to trial, the WildEarth Guardians tried to change the focus of the case from just CEs to wolves, claiming that that the presence of wolves was a “special circumstance,” eliminating the ability of the agency to utilize CEs for 50

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“You eat beef and chicken don’t you?”

“Yes,” she retorted, “but I buy all-natural products.”

“But you eat out don’t you,” he asked.

After she affirmed she did, he said that ALL beef and chicken are laced with antibiotics so anyone who consumes these products is always on antibiotics.

In the past several months there has been a lot of media out of this Administration about curbing or eliminating the use, but this was a whole new twist. Some internet research produced some interesting results. There are many sites that address the issue of antibiotic use in livestock, some reporting that antibiotics are necessary in animals just as they are in humans, but most going beyond stating that for at least the last half century small amounts of antibiotics are used constantly in livestock for them to grow faster and to offset the unsanitary conditions they are raised in.

The most detailed information I found came at www.cafebonappetit.com/duke/env/ beef/antibiotics.html which claims: The overuse of non-therapeutic antibiotics in beef cattle, swine and poultry production poses a serious threat to human health. Because half of these antibiotics belong to classes of drugs used in human medicine, the risk of antibiotic resistance in humans is increased.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be transmitted from animals to humans in several ways.

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Joint Stockmen’s Meeting Dear Members, Supporters and Friends! mong the many issues we as an industry are facing it is hard to pinpoint which one is the biggest. But when we go to the core, most of those challenges stem from a single problem. Most folks are four to five generations removed from their food supply and the natural resource production that allows them the life style and quality of life they presently enjoy.

In our forefathers’ day, people had to work for a living and were pleased just to have enough to eat every day. As we have become more efficient as an industry through the use of technology and education, we have not educated those who rely upon us every day but don’t know it and don’t know enough to care.

As we feed and clothe ourselves, we feed and clothe the world. In doing that we have provided these uneducated folks virtually unlimited time and money to find fault with everything we do. Technology, including the prudent use of antibiotics, allows less than two percent of the nation’s population to feed the other 98+ percent as well as some of the rest of the world.

Some of those folks have begun to admit that small farms and ranches will not feed the world. “But if we just had a farm every five miles or so, we could feed everyone . . . ” they say. Have they forgotten that there once was that number and concentration of farms that are now paved over and/or regulated out of business.

At the same time we stay in business, the challenge is to educate the nation and the world as we feed them. It is sort of a large bite, but it can be done.

We need your help in developing the policies that will guide us through the coming year and we need your voices and support as we carry those policies to the decision makers wherever they may be.

Come to the Convention and help us in protecting our ability to feed ourselves and the world!

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Kathryn Malcolm-Callis Kathryn Malcolm-Callis, President, N.M. CowBelles

Al Squire, President, Dairy Producers of New Mexico

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Convention Highlights Pfizer Cattlemen’s College Thursday, December 3, 2009 MORNING: The Business Side 9:15

Pricing Winter Feed Alternatives, Clay Mathis, PhD, New Mexico State University

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Beef Marketing / Outlook, Beef Cattle Economist

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Economic Impact of Trich, Dr. John Wenzel, DVM, NMSU

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Lunch

AFTERNOON: The Animal Health — Animal Care Side 1:15

How Pre-Weaning Health Programs Add Value to Calves, Glenn Rogers, DVM, Pfizer

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Beef Quality Assurance / All The Ways It Helps, John Wenzel, DVM, New Mexico State University Manny Encinas, PhD, NMSU, Clayton Livestock Research Center Clay Mathis, PhD, NMSU

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More efficiency, more productivity, more value from your Investment. n the Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. 2009 bull sale, bulls sold from Idaho to Florida. The sale hosted some of the industry’s most historical ranchers and almost all of the bulls were purchased by commercial producers. Our bulls appeal to ranchers who want to profit more, invest smarter and who count on 50+ years of raising Angus seedstock.

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The credit will be sold at auction during the Joint Stockmen’s Convention Dinner / Dance on Saturday night, December 5, 2009. To use your credit: ■ attend the sale in person, ■ over the internet (call 806/888-1062 for details) ■ or submit your bid in advance.

However you choose, you will select from some of the best genetics available. Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. has long been known for producing outstanding Angus genetics and here’s your chance to ramp up your profit.

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New Scheduling Model/ Bylaws Proposal he 2009 Joint Stockmen’s Convention will have a new scheduling model. Rather than multiple speakers in multiple rooms at the same time, each half day will begin with a two-hour general session that will include all of the speakers for the topic area. In this manner everyone has the opportunity to hear each of the great speakers that are lined up on issues affecting New Mexico livestock production and agriculture.

The topic areas are Agriculture Policy, Property Rights, and Natural Resources. Ag Policy will cover Friday morning, followed by Property Rights that afternoon. Natural Resources will fill Saturday morning.

After the general sessions, policy committees will meet for a short time for policy decisions and discussions. On Friday morning Promotion and Marketing, Theft and Health, and Research and Improvement will follow the Ag Policy General Session. On Friday afternoon, Private Property Rights, Federal and Trust Lands, Tax and Special Issues will follow the Property Rights speakers. Saturday morning Wildlife, Oil and Gas and Water will follow the Natural Resources General Session.

Look for all the other important committee meetings that are interspersed in the schedule. Be sure and plan time to attend the Membership and Public Relations Committees on Friday afternoon. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is contemplating a governance revision that will be on the agenda among other things.

And watch your mail for a proposed NMCGA By Laws change that will allow for the restructure and reduction in the number of committees. This proposal will be considered by the full membership on Saturday, December 5, 2009.

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Come rub shoulders and swap stories with some of the West’s greatest sculptors, artists and authors all from New Mexico! Their latest work, complete with signature, will make great holiday gifts and treasures for eternity.

Plus, a special auction with a portion of the proceeds going to the BEEF BATTALION!

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Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen A. Merrigan nvited to highlight the Stockmen’s Luncheon at 11:45 on Friday, December 4 is Kathleen Merrigan.

Before rejoining USDA, from July 2001 until she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for this position, Merrigan served as an Assistant Professor and Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston. In 2008 she was an expert consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome.

Merrigan served as Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service from 1999-2001. From 1994-99 she worked as a Senior Analyst for the Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, a Washington, D.C.-based organization which promotes research and education in sustainable agriculture.

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Merrigan served on USDA’s National Organic Standards Board from 1995-99 and on the Department’s Facilities Reform Commission from 1997-99.

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2009 Joint Stockmen Convention Schedule ROOM KEY:

GR Gallery Room MAR Marbella SR Santa Rosa HS Hospitality Suite PBR Pyramid Ball Room

SF Santa Fe YUC Yucatan Coz Cozumel TS Taos TBD To Be Determined

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Trade Show Set-up

NMCGA Membership Committee / Public Relations

5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

New Mexico Hereford Assn.

General Session

6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Cowboy Christmas

SF

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

New Mexico Angus Association

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8:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

Hospitality Suite Sponsored by Allied Industries

TBA

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Cattlemen’s College Sponsored by Pfizer New Mexico Livestock Board

10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Range Improvement Task Force

10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

New Mexico Beef Council Meeting

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Dairy Producers of New Mexico Board Meeting

TAM

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

NMCGA Past President’s Meeting

AZT

5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Trade Show Reception Sponsored by New Mexico Beef Council

ATR

Hospitality Suite Sponsored by Allied Industries

TBA

8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

COR/COZ

KOKO RG PBR

Saturday, December 5, 2009 6:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m.

NMCGA Nominating Committee

AZT

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Children’s Lounge Sponsored by New Mexico Stockman Magazine

TBD

7:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Friday, December 4, 2009

TAMP/COZ

New Mexico CowBelles General Session

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Registration

GR ATR/Hallway

8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Trade Show

YUC

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

NATURAL RESOURCES GENERAL SESSION

9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Cattlegrowers’ Foundation Meeting

Silent Auction

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9:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m.

M-44 School

Children’s Lounge Sponsored by New Mexico Stockman Magazine

TBA

10:10 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

Joint Wildlife Committee

SF

10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

SR

7:45 a.m.-8:15 a.m.

NMCGA Finance Committee

AZT

NMCGA Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Registration

GR

10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

NMCGA Feeder Committee

COR

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Trade Show

ATR/Hallway

10:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.

NMCGA Oil & Gas Committee

10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Federal Lands Council Membership Meeting

11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

NMCGA Legislative Committee

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11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

NMCGA Resolutions Committee

AZT

6:30 a.m.-7:45 a.m.

NMCGA Board Breakfast Sponsored by Ag New Mexico, FCS, ACA

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

8:15 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

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New Mexico Beef Cattle Performance Assn.

5:15p.m.-6:00 p.m.

ATR/Hallway

Registration

AZT Aztec ATR Atrium COR Coronado CAN Cancun

5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 3, 2009 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

KOKO Kokopelli RG Rio Grande LC Las Cruces Tam Tampico TBA To Be Announced

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Dairy Farmers of America Meeting New Mexico CowBelles Board Meeting

TAM/COZ

10:10 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

NMCGA Promotion & Marketing Committee

SF

11:10 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. NMCGA Water Committee 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

KOKO AZT MAR

LC KOKO

SF

Stockmen’s Luncheon Sponsored by Hi Pro Feeds & Walco Int’l

PBR MAR

10:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.

NMCGA Theft & Health Committee

LC

11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.

NMCGA Research & Improvement Committee

SF

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

M-44 School

11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.

Family Luncheon Sponsored by Farm Credit of New Mexico

PBR

1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

NMCGA Board Meeting

KOKO

2:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

NMCGA General Session

KOKO

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

NMCGA 2009 Board Meeting

KOKO

6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Attitude Adjustment

ATR

Dinner/Dance

PBR

1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

PROPERTY RIGHTS GENERAL SESSION

3:40 p.m.-4:10 p.m.

NMCGA Private Property Committee

3:45 p.m.-4:40 p.m.

Allied Industries Committee

4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

NMCGA Cross Cultural Committee

4:10 p.m.-4:40 p.m.

Joint Federal & Trust Lands

SF

4:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.

NMCGA Tax & Special Issues

LC

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

New Mexico Hereford Association Board

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KOKO LC MAR RG

7:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

Sunday, December 5, 2009 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Worship Service

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Sponsors

2009 Joint Stockmen’s Convention Trade Show Reception Sponsor New Mexico Beef Council, Albuquerque, N.M.

Cattlemen’s College Sponsor Pfizer Animal Health, Clovis, N.M.

Family Luncheon (Friday) Sponsor Farm Credit of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.

Stockmen’s Luncheon (Saturday) Sponsor Hi-Pro Feeds, Friona, Texas Walco, International, West Lake, Texas

Awards Banquet Sponsor Council for Biotechnology Information / BIO, Washington, D.C.

Cattleman of the Year Sponsor Wells Fargo Banks of New Mexico, Carrizozo, N.M.

Cowboy Christmas Party

Private Property Rights Sponsor

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NMCGA Board of Directors Breakfast Sponsor Ag New Mexico, FCS ACA, Clovis, N.M.

Wildlife Sponsor

Purina Mills Scholarship Sponsor

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General Session Sponsors

Program Sponsor New Mexico Stockman, Albuquerque, N.M.

Ayudando Siempre Alli Award Sponsor Farmway Feed Mills, Las Vegas, N.M.

Children’s Lounge Sponsor Caren Cowan, Albuquerque, N.M.

Livestock Inspector of the Year Sponsor USDA APHIS Wildlife Services Western Region

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Hospitality Suite Sponsors Dow Agro Sciences Crop Production Services Gold Standard Labs-IDEXX Labs Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health Letcher, Golden & Associates, Inc. Pfizer Animal Health Pro Conn, LLC Robert L. Homer and Assoc., LLC Wells Fargo Banks of New Mexico Williams Windmill, Inc.

Coffee Break Sponsors AC Nutrition Ag New Mexico, FCS ACA Alan P. Morel, P.A. Animal Health Express Inc. Bell Ranch Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Crop Production Services Gold Standard Labs -IDEXX Labs Horse and Hound Feed and Supply Insurance Services of New Mexico Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health Leavitt Group Southwest, Inc. and Nationwide Agribusiness O’Neill Agricultural / Land, LLC Pro Conn Robert L. Homer and Assoc., LLC The Quivira Coalition USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Wells Fargo Banks of New Mexico Williams Windmill, Inc.

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Conchas Dam Elida Elida Aztec Crownpoint Hope Hope Espanola Mosquero Wagon Mound Roy Roy Elida Las Cruces Nara Visa Amistad Springer Cimarron Shiprock Artesia Datil Capitan Grady Carrizozo Mesilla Cimarron Springer Dell City, TX Piñon Capulin Animas Tucumcari Mountainair Alamogordo

Bill Marley Mark Marley Amanda Mayfield David McCrea Ron Merritt Ronnie Merritt Pat Montoya Greg A. Moore Tom Payne Joe Bill Nunn David Ogilvie Frank Rice Bob Ricklefs Gretchen Sammis Jane Schafer Tom Sidwell Stirling Spencer Chuck Stocks Jon Swapp Felicia Thal James Vance Gene Whetten Mark Whetten Jerry Witte

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NON-VOTING MEMBERS Shacey Sullivan Lowell B. Catlett Jane Frost Kathryn Malcolm-Callis Bob Homer Jim Lyssy

Allied Industries Committee Dean, NMSU College of Ag & Home Economics New Mexico Beef Council New Mexico CowBelles NMCGA Insurance Administrators Insurance Services of N.M.

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Past Presidents * DECEASED *1914-1916 *1916-1918 *1918-1920 *1920-1922 *1922-1924 *1924-1926 *1926-1928 *1928-1930 *1930-1932 *1932-1934 *1934-1936 *1936-1938 *1938-1939 *1939-1941 *1941-1943 *1943-1946 *1946-1948 *1948-1950 *1950-1952 *1952-1954 *1954-1956 *1956-1958 *1958-1960 *1960-1962 1962-1964 *1964-1966 *1966-1968

Calvin Glenn Wm. Ray Morely Victor Culberson T.E. Mitchell Hugh L. Hodge C.M. O’Donel Tom P. Talle T.A. Spencer Robert H. Royall Albert K. Mitchell Lee S. Evans A.D. Brownfield Oliver M. Lee Con W. Jackson Tom Clayton E.G. Hayward George A. Godfrey G.W. Evans Roy Forehand Ed Heringa Sherwood Culberson Dick Snyder W.I. Driggers John Stark Will Orndorff J.L. (Les) Davis Noel Rankin

Piños Altos Datil Silver City Albert Silver City Bell Ranch Las Vegas Carrizozo Tyrone Albert Marquez Deming Alamogordo Las Vegas Separ Cimarron Animas Magdalena Carlsbad Clayton Lordsburg Clayton Santa Rosa Deming Roswell Cimarron Silver City NOVEMBER 2009

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W.O. Culbertson, Jr. Reuben E. Pankey Alvin M. Stockton Charlie T. Lee Albert J. Mitchell Phil Harvey, Sr. Phillip Bidegain Bob Jones Don Hofman Peter T. Mocho W.F. (Dub) Martin H.W. (Bud) Eppers Bill King Wesley Grau William Humphries Bob Frost Jimmy R. Bason Phil H. Bidegain Don “Bebo” Lee Bill Sauble

Cattleman of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONTINUED

Las Vegas Santa Fe Raton Alamogordo Albert Cave Creek, Ariz.

Tucumcari Crow Flat Tucumcari Belen Santa Fe Roswell Stanley Grady Lindrith San Jon Hillsboro Tucumcari Alamogordo Maxwell

1987 l988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Cattleman of the Year

Tucumcari Roswell Tucumcari Cimarron Belen Buena Vista La Plata Truth or Consequences Las Cruces Buckhorn Organ Lindrith Bell Ranch Mountainair San Jon Bakersfield, CA Deming Amistad Hillsboro Tucumcari Cimarron Alamogordo

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Phillip Bidegain H.W. (Bud) Eppers Don Hofman Linda Davis Peter T. Mocho Felicia Thal F.F. (Chano) & Stella Montoya Ben & Jane Cain Frank Dubois Huling “Jupe” Means Rob Cox William Humphries Rusty Tinnin Oliver “Sato” Lee Bob and Jane Frost Don Cullum R.C. (Dick) Manning Joe & Vivian Culbertson Jimmy R. Bason Phil H. Bidegan Gretchen Sammis Don “Bebo” Lee

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Governor Bruce and Mrs. Alice King Huling “Jupe” Means G.B. Oliver, III George Clark G.X. McSherry Howard Hutchinson Rachel Thomas Dr. Steve England Joan Park Karen Budd-Falen Chuck Stocks Joe Delk Joe Stell Laurie Schneberger Tim Cox

Stanley Buckhorn Alamogordo Albuquerque Deming Glenwood Huachuca City, Ariz.

Edgewood Capitan Cheyenne, Wyo. Albuquerque Mesilla Carlsbad Winston Bloomfield

The Bud Eppers Memorial “Bud’s Contract” Award Winners 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Frank DuBois John Fowler, Ph.D. Howard Hutchinson Ron White Caren Cowan Karen Budd-Falen Chris Allison Mike Casabonne

Las Cruces Las Cruces Glenwood Monticello Albuquerque Cheyenne, Wyo. Mesilla Park Hope

This award is presented annually by the New Mexico Federal Lands Council, a group founded by Bud Eppers.

(Note: Unless otherwise noted (*), all association members are welcomed and encouraged to vote on the committees of their choice).

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Cattle Growers’ Committees

Feeder Committee

(Note: Unless otherwise noted (*), all NMCGA members are welcome and entitled to vote in the committees of their choice.)

Greg Moore, Wagon Mound Bill King, Stanley Gene Atchley, Clayton

(All active New Mexico cattle feeders are welcomed and encouraged to vote on this committee.)

Allied Industries Committee Shacey Sullivan, Albuquerque Kevin Floyd, Roswell

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Finance Committee*

(All Allied Industries members are welcomed and encouraged to vote on this committee.)

Bill Sauble, Maxwell

Chairman

All Past Presidents as well as NMCGA Executive Committee

Cross Cultural Committee Milford Denetclaw, Shiprock Emery Chee, Bloomfield

Chairman Vice-Chairman Treasurer

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Legislative Committee Federal and Trust Lands Committee Bobby Jones, Dell City, Texas David Ogilvie, Gila Carlos Salazar, Medeñales Pat Boone, Elida

Bert Ancell, Bell Ranch Roy Farr, Datil Darrell Brown, Artesia

Chairman Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman

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Litigation Committee Phil H. Bidegain, Chairman Jim Jackson, Vice Chairman Jimmy R. Bason Howard Hutchinson Mike Casabonne Jim Grider Bebo Lee Sato Lee Bill Sauble

Tucumcari Albuquerque Hillsboro Glenwood Hope Carrizozo Alamogordo Mountainair Maxwell

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Membership Committee Heidi Humphries, Tucumcari Co-Chairman Diane Bowman, Crownpoint Vice-Chairman Amanda Mayfield, Lordsburg Vice-Chairman

Natural Resources Committee Bob Ricklefs, Cimarron

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Chairman

Nominating Committee* Bebo Lee, Alamogordo Bert Ancell, Bell Ranch

ALL PAST PRESIDENTS and Mike Casabonne Phil Harvey, Jr. Nikki Hooser Randell Major Stella Montoya

Chairman Vice-Chairman Hope Mesilla Springer Magdalena La Plata

Research & Improvement Committee

Oil & Gas Committee Bob McCrea, Roswell Irvin Boyd, Eunice

Private Property Committee Linn Blancett, Aztec Scott Bidegain, Conchas Dam

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Promotion & Marketing Committee Blair Clavel, Roy Kenneth McKenzie, Encino

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Public Relations Committee Jon Swapp, Duncan, Ariz.

David McCrea, Roswell

Larry Foster, Las Cruces Bruce Davis, Springer Jim Thorpe, Newkirk

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Co-Chairman Vice-Chairman

Co-Chairman Co-Chairman Vice-Chairman

Resolutions Committee Nikki Hooser, Springer Alison Whetten, Newkirk All Committee Chairmen

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Taxation & Special Issues Committee Justin Knight, Tucumcari Jose Varela Lopez, Santa Fe

Chairman Vice-Chairman

(Note: Unless otherwise noted (*), all association members are welcomed and encouraged to vote on the committees of their choice).

. .. . .. s e le ll l e B w o C o ic New Mexic TTLE INDUSTRY! CA O IC EX M EW N E TH S RT PROUDLY SUPPO

ATTEND OUR MEETINGS DURING THE JOINT STOCKMEN’S MEETING 09 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 20 10:00 a.m. in TAM/COZ , 2009 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 7:00 a.m. in the TAM/COZ

To find the CowBelle chapter nearest you, please contact PAT JONES, 505/963-2314.

WE SALUTE BEBO LEE, CATTLEMAN OF THE YEAR! NOVEMBER 2009

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John Cooper Alice Eppers R.C. (Punch) Jones Ronnie Merritt Albert Perez Mary Skeen

Water Sub Committee Joe Culbertson, Jr., Amistad Randell Major, Magdalena

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Wildlife Committee Laurie Schneberger, Winston Mike Hobbs, Cimarron

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Young Cattlemen’s Committee Junior Cattle Growers’ Boe Lopez, Springer Kate White, Manhattan, Kans.

Heidi Humphries, Tucumcari

Chairman Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman

Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc. Chuck Stocks, Albuquerque Sunny Nixon, Santa Fe Charles Fleming, Clovis Linda Davis, Cimarron Jack Huning, Las Lunas Phil H. Bidegain, Tucumcari Laura Hall, Albuquerque

President Secretary Treasurer

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Officers Jim Cooper, Tinnie Marc Kincaid, Hope Leroy Cravens, Encino Punk Cooper, Mayhill Joan Kincaid, Piñon Caren Cowan, Albuquerque

President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Secretary/Treasurer Immediate Past President Executive Director

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Board of Directors

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Roswell Hope Mayhill Roswell Picacho Flying H Piñon Corona Carlsbad Roswell Roswell Roswell Artesia Roswell Vaughn Roswell

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Past Presidents 1906-1912 1912-1916 1916-1920 1920-1925 *1926-1927 1927-1959 1960-1961 1962-1963 1964-1965 1966-1967 1968-1969 1970-1971 1972-1973 1974-1975 1975-1976 **1977-1978 ***1978-1979 1979-1981 1981-1983 1983-1985 1985-1986 1987-1989 1989-1991 l991-1993 1993-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-2009

Solomon Luna H.C. Abbott Eduardo M. Otero Prager Miller David Farr Floyd W. Lee W.E. Overton Charles D. Fuller Robert F. Corn Abe M. Pena Phelps White W.A. Snipes Ivan Watson Robert B. Naylor Anthony E. Treat Madlyn Cauhape Truman Pierce T.L. (Sonny) Watts Truman Pierce W.W. Roach Mike Casabonne Art Evans Steve Lewis David Kincaid Pete Gnatkowski Scott McNally Mark Marley Ron Merritt Tom Runyan Russell Leonard Mike Corn Joan Kincaid

Los Lunas Springer Los Lunas Roswell Magdalena San Mateo Yeso Roswell Roswell Grants Roswell Roswell Roswell Roswell Roswell Hope Roswell Piñon Roswell Caprock Hope Roswell Artesia Piñon Carrizozo Roswell Roswell Yeso Piñon Hope Roswell Piñon

Originally, the Association was the New Mexico Stock Growers’ Association formed in 1884. It was a loosely organized group of local livestock protective associations determined to maintain a Territory-wide association. * Mr. Farr died June 12, 1927, while serving his second term. Floyd W. Lee, then a vice president, was named acting president to complete the term, was elected president in 1928 and continued to serve by unanimous annual re-election until the convention of 1960. ** During the term of Madlyn Cauhape, it was decided that the president would serve from July to July, Madlyn only served one year. *** Truman Pierce was elected president in July 1978. In April of 1979 he became very ill and T.L. Watts finished the year and then was elected president. Truman was made first vice president and fulfilled his term of office after T.L. Watts.

Dairy Producers of New Mexico

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Arabella Roswell Tatum Yeso Vaughn Picacho

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New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Honorary Board of Directors

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Congratulations to New Mexico Stockman for 75 Years of Service.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVICE YOUR LIFE / HEALTH / DISABILITY / ANNUITY & LONG TERM CARE NEEDS FOR OVER 33 YEARS.

We have many Group & Individual Plans to offer to our members & their friends.

Blue Cross Blue Shield New Mexico, Presbyterian Health Plan, Lovelace, New Mexico Health Insurance Alliance, New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool, United Health Care & more.

Also, we have many Group Life/LTD carriers to offer your employees’ added benefits. Met Life, Fort Dearborn Life, Reliance Standard.

Deductables available from $100 - $10,000.

Medicare Supplements for over age 65.

Medicare Part D Prescription Coverage.

Sheepman of the Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 *1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

James Sachse, Las Cruces Herbert M. (Hub) Corn, Roswell R.L. (Louis) Merritt, Yeso R.C. (Punch) Jones, Tatum George Casabonne, Hope Al Snipes, Roswell Lloyd Treat, Roswell H.W. (Bud) Eppers, Roswell John Cooper, Tinnie Art Evans, Roswell Truman Pierce, Roswell Ernest Perez, Encino Joseph Skeen, Picacho Ronnie & Beverly Merritt, Yeso David & Joan Kincaid, Piñon A.W. and Janice Gnatkowski, Ancho John P. Cauhape, Piñon Albert Perez, Vaughn Martin Yriart, Roswell Robert B. (Bob) Naylor, Roswell Anthony (Tony) Treat, Roswell Mary Skeen, Roswell

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Auxiliary Joan Kincaid, Piñon Mercedes Cravens, Encino Paula Ross, Las Cruces Sarah Gnatkowski, Ancho

President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

Action Committee Kevin Floyd, Roswell H.C. Hendricks, Flying H

Chairman Co-Chairman

Nominating Committee Mike Corn, Roswell Joan Kincaid, Piñon Past Presidents

Chairman Co-Chairman Members

Scholarship Committee Joan Kincaid, Piñon Tony Treat, Roswell

Chairman Co-Chairman

Bud Eppers Memorial Golf Tournament Committee Russell Leonard, Hope Scott McNally, Roswell

Chairman Co-Chairman

New Mexico Sheep & Goat Council Mark Sultemeier, Corona Mike Corn, Roswell Jim Cooper, Tinnie Tom Runyan David Kincaid Antonio Manzanares Mercedes Cravens

Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary/Treasurer Piñon Piñon Tierra Amarilla Encino

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Committees (Unless otherwise specified, all NMWGI members are welcomed and encouraged to vote on the committees of their choice.)

Wool Show Committee Pete Gnatkowski, Carrizozo

Chairman

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Resolutions Committee Mark Marley, Roswell Mike Casabonne, Hope

Co-Chairman Co-Chairman

Sheep to Shawl Committee Lloyd Maness, Yeso Mercedes Cravens, Encino

Chairman Co-Chairman

Dairy Producers of New Mexico Officers Al Squire, Hagerman Joe Gonzalez, Mesquite Charlie DeGroot, Dexter Gerry Greathouse, Roswell Sharon Lombardi, Roswell

President Vice Pres.

Secretary Treasurer Executive Director

Dairy Producers of New Mexico Board of Directors Gary Bonestroo Pedram Ghoreishi Jason Goff John Paul Heavyside Frances Horton David Lawrence Ron Schaap Luke Woelber

Portales Veguita Hobbs Portales Hatch Muleshoe, Texas Clovis Belen

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New Mexico Beef Council Officers Tom Spindle, Stanley Cliff Copeland, Nara Visa Jim Bob Burnett, Hope Dina Reitzel, Albuquerque

Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Executive Director

New Mexico Beef Council Board of Directors

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New Mexico Federal Lands Council Board of Directors

Mike Casabonne, President Lewis Derrick, Vice President Alice Eppers, Secretary/Treasurer Bebo Lee Irvin Boyd Matt Ferguson Duane Frost Howard Hutchinson Bob Jones Joan Kincaid Levi Klump Rick Lessentine Ronnie Merritt Joe Bill Nunn Betty Pound Randell Major Bill Sauble Carlos Salazar Laurie Schneberger Mike White

Hope Roswell Roswell Alamogordo Eunice Carrizozo Claunch Glenwood Dell City, Texas Piñon Animas Cloudcroft Yeso Deming Socorro Magdalena Maxwell Medeñales Winston Dexter

New Mexico Cowbelles’ Officers Kathrine Malcolm-Callis, Clayton Karen Kelling, Cuvero Linda Lee, Alamogordo Ruth Wold, Capitan Owaissa Heimann, Bueyeros Lynn Seward, Raton Rachel Ricklifs, Cimmaron John King, Capulin

President President Elect 1st Vice President Secretary Treasurer Past President 2008 CowBelle of the Year 2009 Man of the Year

New Mexico Cowbelles’ District Representatives Ivy Crammer, Williamsburg Sandy McKenna, Tiaban Kim Clark, Silver City Jessie Harkelroad, Roswell

District District District District

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New Mexico Cowbelles’ Committee Chairs Dalene Hodnett, Las Cruces Lanita Rasak, Corona Joan Kincaid, Piñon Shelly Porter, Miami Fita Witte, Belen Estelle Bond, High Rolls Rachel Ricklefs, Cimarron Genora Moore, Roswell JoAnn Sefton, Belen Janet Witte, Las Cruces Genora Moore, Roswell Barbara Wagner, La Luz Pat Jones, Dell City, TX Genora Moore, Roswell Marge McKeen, Glenwood Rachel Ricklefs, Cimarron Anne Ferguson, Carrizozo Ruth Romero, Bosque Farms Ruth Romero, Bosque Farms

Ag in the Classroom Associate Membership Audit Beef Ambassador Beef Cook Off By-Laws Chaplain Cookbook Historian Jingle Jangle Legislative Man of the Year Membership Napkins Operation Respect Parliamentarian Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund Website Wrangler Editor

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2009 Joint Stockmen’s Convention

DEADLINE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION: November 27, 2009

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Cowboy Christmas

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Single Event Registration Convention Registration Nonmember Convention Registration Family Luncheon Joint Stockmen’s Luncheon Banquet/Dance M-44 School

Friday Saturday Saturday Saturday

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ATTENTION: A limited amount of meal tickets will be sold at the convention, so please purchase tickets in advance.

Make all checks payable to: NMCGA • P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194

Note: Pre-registration Deadline November 27, 2009. No refunds. Remember to make your reservations early!

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Marriott Pyramid North for a limited time at $79 plus tax per night.

To make reservations call 1-800-266-9432. Ask for Joint Stockmen’s rate.

Attention CowBelles: CowBelle Breakfast – Pre-Registration: $25. At Door: $30 (if available) DEADLINE: November 27, 2009 Please send check payable to: NMCB Owaissa Heimann, 82 Heimann Road, Bueyeros, New Mexico 88415 NOVEMBER 2009

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Cattleman of the Year

by CAROL WILSON

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tars pricked through the velvet darkness of the sky. Flames licked the dry tinder and smoke began to permeate the pre-dawn darkness as the young cowboy stretched his hands closer to the blaze, trying desperately to warm the fingers and toes that had already chilled to the bone. His father, who heard his son’s teeth rattle during the pre-dawn ride, had dismounted to build a fire.

The sun wouldn’t be warming the world for another hour and half, but young Bebo Lee and his father and grandfather were already ten miles from ranch headquarters. Long before the sun rose, they would be gathering cows. A long day’s work was ahead of the cowboys before they could at last turn their tired mounts homeward.

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Thus did Bebo Lee learn discipline. Persistence. A work ethic. Pride in a job well-done.

All traits which would shape his life and help define him personally. All traits which earned him the respect of his fellow cowmen and recognition as the 2008 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Cattleman of the Year.

Sitting at the dining room table at HAT Ranch headquarters on Otero Mesa, Bebo is less than 40 miles from the piece of land that his great-grandfather, Oliver Lee, settled in 1884. Every pasture, every homestead for miles around has a story connected with the Lee family. The Lee empire was huge. In 1901,

the Lee ranch sold 1,100 head of threeyear-old geldings to a buyer from Oklahoma. The geldings were driven from the ranch to Roswell, where they were met by the buyer. Any rancher who sold 1,100 head of three-year-old geldings probably had at least 5,000 three, two and one-year-old colts and fillies on the home range, not to mention the brood mare band. “Cattle weren’t worth much then,” Bebo explained. “The Lees came to this country with horses. And they had a lot of them.”

Oliver Lee raised nine children along with the horses. His Circle Cross Cattle Company went broke when he was 55. Oliver owed a quarter of a million dollars in the late 1930s. He refused to file bankruptcy, and by the time he passed away at 75 he had paid off his debt and recovered about 600 sections of ranchland. “Of course, the 600 sections were only a horse trap compared to the million acres that they had at one time,” shrugged Bebo. “But to pay off that kind of debt and rebuild shows an incredible work ethic.”

Heads or heels

“My grandfather just loved to work cows,” Bebo recalls. “Granddad (Don T.) had an agreement with the army. He took care of the 100 miles of pipeline that my great-grandfather had installed, and in return he could run cows on the McGregor Range. There were 300 sections of land watered by those 100 miles of pipeline and it seems that all we did is work cows. Grandfather would gather cows, move them seven or eight miles, and move them back a week or so later. He would get up at 2:30 a.m. to do chores and eat breakfast, and then we’d ride to some far off pasture. We’d be on the backside of the pasture when day dawned and do a full day’s work before we headed for home.”

In the ranch’s heyday, the Lee men put their brand on 750 calves in a single day. Lee cattle ran from the Mescalero Indian Reservation to Isleta, Texas.

Then the army expanded the McGregor Range in 1958 and took a lot of ranches, including many belonging to various members of the Lee family, through eminent domain. At that time, Charlie Lee, Bebo’s father, asked A.B. Cox, a cousin, if he would sell the place on Otero Mesa that A.B. had purchased years earlier from Oliver.

Congratulations to a Special Cattleman & a Very Special Friend

Jim, Martha, Kathy, Jesse, David and the Rest of the Coody Clan

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Bebo Lee with (from left) his mother, Jean, daughter, Dalton and wife Madalynn: “. . . a long legacy of ranching and personal experience.”

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WE’RE SURE PROUD OF YOU BEBO. Sato & Kathy LEE RANCH

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The ranch didn’t have a lot of corrals and most work was done by throwing the herd up into a corner and holding them there for the branding or the cutting. “We fenced one pasture off and had only 68 sections in it,” Bebo remembers. “It would take us seven days to brand through the pasture with a crew of 10 to 12 men. If a big rainstorm came up, the cattle would move on us, which means that we always missed calves. Many times we were branding yearlings because we’d just missed them the previous year.”

Don T. was a goat roper who threw a “little-bitty loop” and headed everything.

“I didn’t know that some ranches heeled their calves to brand them until I was grown,” Bebo laughed. “Dad and Granddad roped them all around the neck and would come trotting out of the herd, ready for the flankers. They always said it was easier on the cattle and the horses.”

In later years, Charlie roped alone, but if he missed a time or two, Don would grab his horse and go back into the herd.

“Granddad didn’t like seeing the flankers standing around,” Bebo explained. “Many times, we would cut off the yearlings and haul them home in trailers. If we had four or five people driving, we’d usually end up with three or four people standing around waiting to load trailers. My Grandfather prepared for that by bringing along hoes

and rakes so the crew could clean out drink tubs or rake rocks out of corrals while they were waiting. He didn’t like to see anyone sitting around. My son now tells me that kind of work ethic is antiquated, but that is just how I was raised.”

The tight-knit Otero Mesa ranching community where Bebo was raised would be called “The hard-headed Crow Flats coalition” by cattleman Jimmy Bason 40 years later. Bebo grew up trading punches and practical jokes with Bobby Jones, who was four months his senior. “Our fathers would always send Bebo and me in different directions so we wouldn’t get into trouble or get to talking on a gather and miss some cows,” Bobby remembers.

“Charlie and Dad (Bob Jones) knew us well enough to keep us apart.”

Jean Lee, a certified teacher, taught Bebo’s older sister, Linda, at home when they first moved to Otero Mesa. Then Jean was told by the government that she should just do like the rest of the country women and move to town to educate her children. Charlie and Jean built a house in Alamogordo, where Linda, Jean and Bebo stayed during the school week. Every weekend they packed up and trailed over 70 miles of mostly dirt roads to get back home to the ranch.

Meanwhile, the McGregor range was expanding. Nearby Fort Bliss often lost

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missiles over the ranch. In 1965, a Hercules missile landed two telephone poles away from HAT Ranch headquarters. The explosion ripped the roof off of a barn, blew out every window at headquarters, and spooked the saddle horses that ran over a six-plank gate to get away. A three-year-old girl was playing in a barn when the missile exploded, dropping 100 pound sacks of cake from the rafters to the floor of the barn. “When the men got in and dug around, they found the girl and the dog sitting in the middle of the fallen cake, not hurt at all,” Bebo remembers. “The girl just looked up and said, ‘Boom!’”

When White Sands and McGregor Range put 150 ranching families off of the land, Alamogordo suddenly wasn’t dependent upon agriculture any more, so the Lee family tried to educate their urban neighbors concerning the ranching community. The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce would spend a day at the Lee ranch, for example, or busloads of children would get a field trip to a working ranch.

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Bebo roped in high school, but often heard, “It hasn’t rained so you can’t go,” or “We need you here to brand.” Bebo remembers one rodeo in particular when he drove all night to get to Sweetwater, arriving at the arena in time to unload his horse and rope. Exhausted, he slept while continued on page 82

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everyone else danced. He got up the next morning and drove home. When Charlie asked if he’d had a good time, he answered, “No.” Charlie responded, “Well then, why did you go?”

Bebo owns up to some fun college years in Snyder and Alpine, and roomed with Bobby Jones when he was a student at Sul Ross. After two years in college, Bebo returned to the ranch. The work ethic that had been instilled so long ago still ruled his life, but he also found time to windsurf, drive racecars, and Motocross race.

When Bebo was a 34-year-old bachelor, Charlie asked if he was ever going to get married and have kids. When Bebo wondered why Charlie would ask such a question, Charlie shot back, “Well, there isn’t a whole lot of sense of us sitting out here killing ourselves if you aren’t going to do something with it and pass it along to your kids.”

Bebo met the love of his life, Madalynn Harkey, when he walked into the bank one day. Madalynn liked Bebo right away, but on their first date he hauled her to Elephant Butte to windsurf. He got the board rigged and ready to go before he found out

that Madalynn didn’t even like the water.

He surfed alone, and the wind snapped his mast, leaving Bebo stranded around the point from his lonely date. Madalynn figured he was partying with the group around the point and wasn’t extremely sympathetic when Bebo and his disabled board were hauled back to the pickup hours later. Despite the rough start, Bebo convinced Madalynn to marry him in 1991.

Bebo’s strong sense of humor was very evident on the wedding day. The best man showed up, thinking he was going to receive an honor instead of be part of a wedding party. The bride’s mother received a gaudy, over-sized corsage from her soonto-be-son-in-law, and Bebo shook the wedding ring out of a Cracker Jack box before he slipped it onto Madalynn’s finger.

Military manners

Most of Bebo’s paternal ancestors are graduates of a military academy and extremely polite. Bebo’s own speech is courteous and peppered with “Yes, Ma’am” and “No, Ma’am.” But his people were also fighters. “All the men knew how to box.

They had real short fuses,” he related.

“Suddenly, in these meetings, I saw a whole world of gray.

If the politicians were in favor of you, they let you speak.

If they weren’t they cut you off and interrupted you.”

“Part of settling a dispute was to get in a fist fight. When the fight was over, they would shake hands and go on.”

In the 1960s, when Charlie Lee was burning tumbleweeds on a fence line and was told by a Bureau of Land Management employee that he’d be fined for burning the weeds, even though the fence line was on private property, Charlie Lee began to fight. His battle with the BLM wasn’t settled with fists, however, but was waged in the political arena.

Charlie Lee and his friend and neighbor Bob Jones became educated, articulate spokepersons around the state and in Washington where they testified about public lands and life in the West. Bebo ran the ranch in Charlie’s absence, laughingly accusing Charlie of taking a sabbatical.

Many times, he accompanied Bob and Charlie. He listened and learned . . . and became jaded about the whole political process.

“I was raised in a black and white

world,” Bebo explained. “Suddenly, in these meetings, I saw a whole world of gray. If the politicians were in favor of you, they let you speak. If they weren’t they cut you off and interrupted you.”

Charlie often joked that the Otero county Republicans met in a phone booth.

He lost a bid to become county commissioner by 31 votes and a bid to become state representative by 52 votes. “As a kid, I thought he was pretty thick-skinned to keep going back to politics,” Bebo remembers.

“Then I slowly realized that he believed in something and was giving it all he had, win or lose. He stuck by his principles.” Charlie served as state senator in the 1980s.

“When we got married, Bebo got more involved in Cattle Growers,” Madalynn laughed. Bebo acknowledged that it was true. Charlie used to say that a man wasn’t worth shooting before he had a family.

When Bebo and Madalynn married and continued on page 84

GREAT JOB, BEBO! Dear Bebo, You’ve been there for all of us in the livestock industry when we needed you. You have given unselfishly of your time and your resources.

We admire and respect you for your belief in and dedication to our principles. We know we are fortunate to have you on our side and at our side, in battles past and future.

We’re Proud of Our New Mexico Ranching Heritage.

As your Dad always said:

“HANG IN THERE!” We are all very proud to be part of your family.

– David, Joan & Marc Kincaid

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I appreciate all you do for our industry.

— Chase Ranch, Gretchen Sammis

To Our Friend

BeBO Lee

Congratulations on a job well-done & a life well-lived.

We appreciate you!

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Congratulations Bebo on a job well done for the Cattle Industry.

God has blessed you well.

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Atta’boy Bebo! Congratulations!

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“The success of the ranch today is largely attributed to the decisions made today. Bebo studies not only where we are today but where we are headed as an industry. He is concerned about the next generation . . .” had Colton, now 17, and Dalton, 15, Bebo realized that he’d have to be able to raise kids and cattle . . . and help defend the industry that he loved.

But first things first. Colton and Dalton have learned the lessons that their parents wanted them to learn on the ranch. “They have learned about life and death and a lot of little lessons, like what happens if you don’t do what you were told to do,” Bebo noted. “If you are supposed to go and check waters and you don’t do it, something else will suffer for it. It is a hard lesson to learn, but it teaches kids responsibility.”

Cows that fit

Bebo had traveled enough with Charlie to have seen a lot of different ranching operations, and when he started diversifying the HAT Ranch he had a plan in mind.

He first brought in Santa Gertrudis cattle to crossbreed with the Hereford cows, then covered the red-mottle faced cows with a Charolais bull. “He did a remarkable job of putting together a set of cattle that fit Otero Mesa very well,” related Bobby Jones. “They were classy cows that produced a dark yellow calf and they worked really well and fit the country.”

Bobby continued, “In the last drought, Bebo, like a lot of the rest of us, had to sell off some cows. When it rained and he began to re-stock the ranch, he bought some good cows but even the cows that have been here for several years just didn’t weather this last drought as well as Bebo’s native cows. That just tells you what kind of a cowman Bebo is, because he put together a really good set of cows that just fit the country exactly.”

“Whether Bebo is roping, playing pool or wearing out a pickup on the roads of Crow Flats, he has always been full of life,” noted his life-long friend Aubrey Dunn.

“Bebo had some good teachers but the ranching business in southern New Mexico changes almost daily and what worked

Great Job Bebo!

Your friends and fellow cowboys on the Bell Ranch.

Congratulations

BEBO

You are a most deserving recipient of this prestigious award.

Thank you for your commitment to our industry.

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Congratulations Bebo Lee, age 17: “I was raised in a black and white world.”

last year doesn’t work this year, because of differences in rainfall, markets or trends,” Aubrey continued. “The success of the ranch today is largely attributed to the decisions made today. Bebo studies not only where we are today but where we are headed as an industry. He is concerned about the next generation and looking ahead to the problems they are going to face as ranchers and as Americans. He has been a voice for our cause at the same time that he has been at the helm of the Lee ranching dynasty.”

But don’t let the no-nonsense exterior fool you. A good bit of Jim Coody’s recollections of Bebo centers on Bebo’s harassment of Jim. “We had a partnership well,” Jim explains. “The windmill had a supplemental power source provided by a hand crank diesel engine. One day I had cranked and cranked on it, bled the air out of the fuel line, all to no avail. After an hour or two Bebo contacted me and ask if I needed help to start the engine and I readily accepted. When Bebo arrived at the windmill we went through the same process of re-bleeding the air out of the fuel line using a primer etc. to no avail. I started once again cranking on the engine but it was even harder to crank which I thought was due to my age. I was quite perturbed with Bebo for laughing. He had helped by setting the brake on the pumpjack and when he released it the engine started. He was always one up on me.”

BEBO

on your well deserved recognition.

We appreciate what you have done for the Livestock Industry in New Mexico.

BEBO...

Thanks for all of your hard work.

BOB & ELIZABETH JONES BOBBY AND PAT JONES TY, MICHELLE & TREY GREEMAN

– Bob Homer –

CONGRATULATIONS

BEBO FROM THE

OTERO COWBELLES

BEBO Thank you for the many personal sacrifices you've made for the benefit of the rest of us.

Proud to call you friend!

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Bebo and Madalynn, Charlie and Jean and babies Colton and Dalton: “Charlie used to say that a man wasn’t worth shooting before he had a family.”

The better part of valor

Bebo was happy and busy on the ranch... but he was also the son of a couple who were known throughout New Mexico as passionate, articulate, hard-working defenders of agriculture. Blood runs true, and Bebo knew that an individual who loved the land and livestock couldn’t just hibernate off on a

Congratulations to Our Cattleman of the Year

BEBO LEE

A well-deserved honor!

Pat & Cindy Boone

ranch and try to preserve what he had. So Bebo began making the long drive off the ranch. “Whether you are trying to change things or just slow things down, you have to be involved,” he noted. “There are so few ranchers left in the United States that most of the population doesn’t understand what we do and a lot of them don’t even care what we do. That is the problem.”

CONGRATULATIONS

BEBO!

you on We have been privileged to work with how know we many issues over the years and on much time and effort you have spent . where behalf of cattlemen every

WE’RE PROUD TO CALL YOU OUR FRIEND! — Bill and Debbie Sauble

Congratulations!

Our Congratulations to

BEBO & FAMILY THIS IS SUCH A WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION BOB AND RACHEL RICKLEFS

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We're proud for you and your family.

Thank you for all your efforts for the livestock industry.

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Bebo served as chairman of various committees for the Cattle Growers and was once asked by then-president Jimmy Bason if he was a dally roper or tied on hard and fast. When Bebo replied that he tied on, then Jimmy asked him to do something for Cattle Growers, explaining, “If you are a dally roper and you get in a wreck, you just let go and say, ‘I’ll see ya,’ but if you tie on hard and fast before you rope something, you are committed and I know that you will stay with it, even if things get tough.”

“Bebo just hates being up front, but he got to where he could do it real well,” stated Phil H. Bidegain. “He was presidentelect for Cattle Growers when I was president and was a lot of good help on issues that I didn’t know much about. He understands the federal land issues, which seem to be at the head of the fight all the time.”

Long-time agriculture industry leader Frank Dubois noted, “I have always

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Congratulations Bebo on this richly deserved

We’re proud as we can be for you.

Bebo and Madalynn: “. . . if you tie on hard and fast before you rope something, you are comitted . . . you will stay with it, even if things get tough.”

admired Bebo’s interest in, and knowledge of, the history of federal lands and the issues that evolved from that history. We’ve had many interesting discussions on those topics with only a few differences of opinion. Those differences were not caused by facts or interpretation,” Dubois continued.

“They were caused by Bebo’s hard head.”

President-elect led to presidency and Bebo served as president of New Mexico Cattle Growers in 2004 and 2005. Falling prices and BSE were just two of the issues facing him.

“Bebo is really good at going to the meetings and seeing through the smokescreen to the core of the matter at hand,” related Bobby “He cuts through the smoke and decorations and gets to the main questions being discussed.”

“Bebo does his homework. It is hard to get him to talk about something that he hasn’t done his homework on,” related Bobby. “When he enters a fray, he knows his facts and that has served him, and the industry, well.”

Sato Lee, one of Bebo’s cousins and a fellow cattleman, knows how hard it is to get a group of cattlemen to agree. “Cattle people have a tendency to speak their

honor.

Bob & Jane Frost and Family mind and it is very rarely that anything comes out with a unanimous opinion,” he noted. “Often, you have to walk a fine line between the YEAS and the NAYs. That is a tough proposition, also. Bebo always handled it with discretion.”

Sato remembers one meeting concerning cattle inspection and the Texas/New Mexico border. “Bob Jones and Charlie Lee were on one side of the argument and our cousins Jay and Rob Cox were on the other side of the issue,” Sato related. “That is the kind of whipsaw that you can become entangled in. It wasn’t just cattlemen disagreeing, it was family.” Sato chuckled.

“That was one of those meetings where I didn’t say a word.”

Another former Cattle Grower’s president, Jimmy Bason agrees. “Bebo has come to the plate on everything,” Jimmy noted. “He is on the Paragon foundation and the brand board and had done really good work for Cattle Growers, all while running a good sized ranch. These extra things take a lot of time, but he gives freely.”

Bill Humphries, a former NMCGA pres-

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– Caren Cowan Congratulations, Bebo, on being named Cattleman of the Year!

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Bebo and his late father Charlie T. Lee: “. . . I slowly realized that he believed in something and was giving it all he had, win or lose. He stuck by his principles.”

ident, noted that “Bebo serves the industry as a leader because he sees the need, not because he desires the recognition; that is the mark of great leaders. I appreciate him as a friend and someone who has made a difference for all of us.”

Martha and Jim Coody are fence line neighbors of the Lees and have seen first hand the huge amount of time that Bebo gives working with Cattle Growers and the Paragon foundation. “A lot of people don’t even realize that they owe Bebo for some of the actions that have or have not been done in regards to their own ranching operations,” Martha commented.

In addition to all his work for the industry as a Cattle Grower, Bebo is also a member of the Otero County Fair board and serves on the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo Bank and the Paragon Foundation, as well as being on the New Mexico Livestock Board and a member of the

Otero Cattlemen’s Association.

The day the Stockman traveled to the HAT ranch, Bebo and Bobby happened upon a fairly large camp populated by college students on the fence line between the two ranches. “They were on his side of the fence, I went with him to check on them to see what their purpose was for being out there,” reported Bobby. “The students were part of a University of New Mexico art class and didn’t look much like the people we see most of the time out here. It was fun to watch Bebo visit with them and draw them out and get them to talk about what they were doing there.”

Bebo is also known for the depth of his convictions. “He won’t let go of the longheld beliefs,” Bobby noted. “But he does it in a way that is not abrasive. That takes a special knack.”

When friends gather, the talk flows about horses they have ridden and wrecks

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Congratulations

PRIMO! This is a recognition well deserved for long hard work on the industry's behalf.

We appreciate you.

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“Bebo does his homework.

It is hard to get him to talk about something that he hasn’t done his homework on.

When he enters a fray, he knows his facts and that has served him, and the industry, well.” they have been a part of. Bebo, a master storyteller himself, relishes reminding Phil H. Bidegain that he taught Bebo to be a bronc rider when he sold the Lee and Jones family a roan stud who threw horses that always bucked. He loves practical jokes, like introducing a rancher as a reverend to a real man of the cloth, then slipping away when the real reverend tried to talk about congregations and theology.

But friends know from personal experience that the ranch and the cattle industry are never far from his thoughts. “Never park behind his pickup when it is parked at the door of the ranch,” warns Aubrey Dunn. “Bebo rarely looks backward. He keeps his focus on the front and on the future.”

“I can’t think of anytime that we ever asked Bebo to do something for Cattle Growers’ or the industry that he didn’t say yes, unless it fell on Colton’s or Dalton’s birthday. That doesn’t necessarily mean that his jaw wasn’t clinched or that he didn’t gripe a little about it, however. And, you don’t find too much photo documentation of his work,” noted Caren Cowan, Cattle Growers’ executive director.

“Bebo took great pleasure in fooling Mike Casabonne into helping present himself the Bud’s Contract Award last year. The rest of us took great pleasure in tricking Bebo on the same night.”

Whether he is writing his Cattle Grower’s president’s letter with a #1 pencil on a Big Chief tablet or telling the story of a cattleman to an urban neighbor, Bebo speaks from a long legacy of ranching as well as personal experience. The cattlemen who learned his strong work ethic at his father’s and grandfather’s knees knows the job is not finished yet. He carries on the legacy of protecting, defending and speaking for the industry. He is tied on hard and fast to the industry he loves, and he won’t turn the horse towards home until the job is done.

■ Thanks, Bebo.

We’re all so proud of you Bebo!

Otero County Fair Association

Our Friend

Bebo!

Congratulations to our

Cattleman of the Year.

WE’RE PROUD OF YOU! JANE, LOU, & DALE THE SCHAFER RANCH

New Mexico Cattleman of the Year 2008

Best wishes to our friend and Board member.

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Bebo Lee – Cattleman of the Year.

Thank you, Bebo, for your many contributions to the livestock industry.

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The challenges are Many . . . and Bebo, we are lucky to have you standing guard.

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Your father would be proud of his son.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

— Senator Tim Jennings

Time for inaction on global warming he new Boxer-Kerry Senate bill would require a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020. As a practical matter, what would such a reduction mean to us and our economy?, asks Pete du Pont, Chairman of the Board for the National Center for Policy Analysis and a former governor of Delaware.

According to Steven Hayward of the American Enterprise Institute: ■ A 20 percent reduction would mean cutting America’s greenhouse gas emissions to our 1977 levels, and that would radically change both the U.S. economy and our personal lives.

■ We had 220 million people in America then; today we have 305 million.

■ In 1977 our economy produced $7.2

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trillion (in 2008 dollars); today it is twice as large, at $14.2 trillion.

■ Back then we had 145 million vehicles on the road; today we have 251 million.

America has substantially grown, and our energy needs have grown as well, says du Pont. So what would we have to do get back to 1977 emission levels and meet the BoxerKerry requirement? First, car and truck miles traveled would have to be reduced by onethird (or fuel efficiency improved by onethird, hard to do in 10 years), which would seriously reduce travel and transportation, and likely force changes in automobile design that consumers would not like.

Next, the amount of coal burned to generate electricity would have to be cut in half: ■ So we would close more than 200 of

our coal-fired power plants, and as Hayward says that would reduce our electricity supply by some 800 million megawatts.

■ To replace those millions of megawatts with non-hydro renewable power sources like wind, solar and geothermal power would be virtually impossible.

■ We have about 130,000 megawatts generated by them now, and the growth rate of these power sources over the last five years suggests it would take 97 years to make up for the shutdown of 200 coal-fired plants.

Boxer-Kerry would expand the control the government has over the American economy, businesses and individuals. It would have little impact on reducing global warming but would significantly depress our economy, says du Pont.

Source: Pete du Pont, “Time for Inaction on Global Warming,” Online Journal, October 20, 2009.

B3R Wins CAB Excellence Award he Bradley family, Memphis, Texas, has never been one to take the path of least resistance.

That spirit was first illustrated when Minnie Lou (Ottinger) Bradley, family matriarch, headed to OSU as the first female animal science student and member of the livestock judging team.

Decades later, daughter Mary Lou left the Bradley 3 Ranch to pursue an accounting career — only to return with the determination it takes to forge a success in the meat business. The B3R Country Meats packing plant was built in nearby Childress, Texas, and Mary Lou was soon traveling across the country marketing “Beef like ranchers feed their families.”

The resolve to always produce what the customer wants, from the bull buyer to the consumer earned B3R Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) recognition. Minnie Lou, along with Mary Lou and her husband James Henderson, accepted the 2009 Seedstock Commitment to Excellence award at the brand’s annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on September 18.

The family has a long history with CAB, first as American Angus Association members who ultimately own the brand and later through B3R Country Meats. In 2004, the plant was licensed as the first Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) Natural producer, giving consumers the highest quality choice in that category.

Shortly after Minnie Lou and Bill Bradley were married they bought the first 3,500 acres and ran yearlings on it. In 1958

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Accepting the Commitment to Excellence award from CAB’s Mark McCully (left) and John Stika (right) are Minnie Lou Bradley and James and Mary Lou Henderson from Bradley 3 Ranch Limited.

they purchased their first registered Angus stock and began building to the 12,500 acres and more than 400 cows in place today.

“We are trying to fit the cattle to the environment,” Mary Lou says.

Minnie Lou adds, “You don’t have a customer if he’s not going to make money off your product.

So we strive to produce that kind of bull. Not only will he have some longevity to him, but after he gets that cow bred we want that cow to calve easily. Then we want him to just pop and start growing.

“Then, we want an endpoint out of the feedlot where he will marble and finish up,” she says.

They select for fertility by requiring the cows to rebreed in a 60-day window, using DNA as a tool that lets them use several sires per pasture.

“Anything that’s open at preg-check we

ship,” James says. “It seems everybody is so worried about quick turnover, but for a commercial guy, there’s nothing that makes him more money than fertility and longevity.”

They lead Texas in the number of Pathfinder cows (21) in the 2009 Association report. That shows they’re committed to fostering good females.

The family has a history of educating their customers.

“Because we had so many years in the meat business and we gave people a lot of information, then drug them through the cooler and made them look at their cattle, we have real sophisticated buyers,” Mary Lou says. “We turned that data into information.”

Looking to the future they say they will continue to place importance on all traits in balance, while being sure they please ■ that ultimate customer.

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BRANGUS...

Beat the Heat

By CALLIE GNATKOWSKI-GIBSON ot weather, long distances between water, and sparse forage are the norm for many southwestern cattle operations, and are just the conditions where Brangus cattle thrive. These hardy, disease resistant cattle were developed to combine the best traits of two breeds — Angus carcass quality and Brahman insect and disease resistance and heat tolerance.

As early as 1912, people started crossing the two breeds, and much of the early Brangus breed development was done at the USDA Experiment Station in Jeanerette, Louisiana, according to the International Brangus Breeders’ Association (IBBA). Breeders met to form a breed association, then known as the American Brangus Breeders’ Association, in 1949.

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ularity have grown nationwide.

Today’s Brangus breed, 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman, has found a niche here, in the desert conditions and rough terrain of the Southwest. For these Arizona producers, the Brangus breed is a good fit.

Building a Reputation

Randy Armenta and his family have been raising registered, purebred Brangus on the Luna-A Ranch, about 40 miles south of Willcox, Arizona, for seven years. Randy said that he chose the Brangus breed because he needed cattle that would do well in harsh desert conditions. “Our ranch is located between the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico and the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona, and I was looking for cattle that would do well in that environment,” Randy said. “I came upon an article describing work being done at New Mexico State University by Milt Thomas

and Neil Burcham to breed a Brangus animal for the desert environment.”

“With the breed in general, there are a lot of producers in south Texas, Louisiana, parts of the country that get a lot of moisture and so have an abundance of forage, so the cattle can be large framed,” he continued. “NMSU’s work was going in the opposite direction, working to develop moderate-sized animals that are well-suited to the desert environment, that do well on our forages. In a year like this one, when we don’t get much moisture, there’s not a lot out there for the cattle to eat and the larger framed cattle have a hard time. Our average annual rainfall is about 12 to 13 inches. It would be great if we got the average, but that hasn’t happened for a while.”

Randy said both Thomas and Burcham have been very helpful as he’s built his operation, and have put him in touch with other area breeders, like R.L. Robbs, who have also shared good advice.

Randy’s home is in Tucson, where his wife, Barbara, teaches math at Pima Community college. He makes the 100 mile trip to the ranch two or three times a week to check on the cattle. Randy and Barbara’s continued on page 95

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son Jesse and his wife Andrea, their son Casey and his wife Angelica, and sister-inlaw Ic Crowley and her husband Jim Wilson are also part owners and come help when they can. The ranch gets its name from the brand, an A with a half-moon on top, which belonged to Randy’s grandfather in Mexico.

“I was a fourth grade teacher for 30 years, and have always been interested in ranching, my grandparents on both sides were ranchers, but it is a difficult business to get into,” Randy said. “Land is so high, and it took me a while. I bought and sold different parcels of land until I was able to put this place together.”

A good disposition is an important trait in the cows, he said. “Our cattle are gentle, we do everything on foot. I call the cattle with a whistle when I need to move them.

One advantage of a cow/calf operation is that you spend a lot of time with the animals, and they get used to you.”

Lower stress handling makes a big difference, Randy explained. “Brangus do have a reputation as being kind of ornery, but I’ve found that the way you treat them really determines how they respond to you.

In the seven years I’ve been doing this, I’ve come across only three born on the ranch that just seem to have a screw loose.”

A good disposition is also important in a bull, he pointed out. Randy purchased his current bull from NMSU, and said the bull first caught his eye because on the video, the bull never reacted to a garbage truck that came by during the filming.

He also likes the breed’s mothering ability, heat tolerance and high insect resistance.

Randy sells his calves as yearlings to a neighbor, who keeps them for about a year, then markets them as grassfed beef. They supply a few restaurants, including the Mountain Oyster Club, which has been in Tucson since the early 1900s, but their biggest market is to individuals.

Improving range conditions, and holistic management, are a main focus for Randy. He has worked with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to develop a conservation plan and pasture rotation system for the ranch. Under that system, the cattle are in each pasture once a year, then the pasture gets a year’s rest.

Pastures are never grazed at the same time of the year on two consecutive years.

“I believe in holistic resource management,” he explained. “I want to leave the land better, a lot better, than when I bought it. Since we live in a dry, brittle, environment it’s real easy to over graze a

pasture. The key is to monitor your plant growth and not compromise its ability to recover and remain healthy.”

An Eye for Quality

Long-time Brangus breeder Alex Dees, of Dees Brothers Brangus in Yuma, Arizona, first got involved with the breed when he went to work for Floyd Newcomer of Yuma Valley Cattle Company, one of the founders of the Brangus breed.

Alex had come home from college to work for a semester. He stayed on, got married, and worked there for several

years. When the ranch sold, he ran it one more year for the bank. John Todd of Tucson then bought the cattle, so Alex went to work for him on his ranch.

“In the meantime, I was putting together a few cattle of my own. I had my herd here in Yuma, and as long as my two younger brothers were in high school, they could take care of the cattle and I could come home three or four times a year to check on things and supervise,” Alex explained. “Eventually, in the early 1970s, continued on page 96

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one brother was in the service and one was in college. I had the option to move my cattle to Tucson or come back here to take care of the cattle, and I moved home.”

At that time, Alex started a very successful cattle showing and fitting business, which he ran for 25 years. He took cattle in from all over the Southwest, and showed them across the country for his clients. As the economy changed over the years, it came to the point that showing was no longer profitable for many producers. “It was a good career,” he noted.

These days, though, you’re more likely to find him judging cattle shows. He was at the New Mexico State Fair to judge a show in September of 2001, and when the September 11th terrorist attacks shut down air travel, he wasn’t able to get home and other judges weren’t able to get to Albuquerque. He stayed in town and judged

several shows, including the junior steer and heifer shows. Today, he judges numerous shows a year, across the country.

“Now, I am the one out there doing the judging,” Alex said. “I especially like to judge kids’ shows. They are always so attentive and eager to learn, and will really listen and take your advice. Adults, sometimes, are a little different.”

Between cattle shows, Alex focuses on his Brangus operation. “When I leave, my part of it stops. There’s no one buying hay, or talking to customers. I always have a lot to catch up on when I get back.”

The business was named for his sons, who currently are not involved with the cattle. “The cattle deal is not for everyone, you have to love it to stay in the business,” Alex explained. “I called it Dees Brothers because at that time, I had two young sons.

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Alex raises registered, purebred Brangus in far southwestern Arizona and California. The Colorado River and the Arizona/California state line bisect his operation. Commercial cattlemen are his biggest market, he noted. “I sell most of my bulls to commercial buyers, ranchers who have been in the cattle business a long time. It’s slower now, it seems like more people are getting out of the business, or, with the market like it is, people aren’t buying bulls.”

While the majority of his customers are repeat customers, Alex said he does sell a few bulls to people just starting out. “I do sell a few to people wanting to get in to the business, but not many. It’s a hard business to get into, and hard to recoup the money spent getting there. You have to take money away from somewhere else until you’re making money with the cattle business.”

In past years, Alex has sold his bulls at different sales. This year, because of a slower bull market, he’s focusing on private treaty sales from the ranch. Cutting costs is the main reason. “By the time you pay entry fees, consignment fees, testing and freight, you have $250-$300 in

expenses from the time you load up until you get home, and that’s not counting feed and other costs at home,” he pointed out.

“We’ll see how it goes.”

Today’s market conditions are tough for producers, he said. “With the market as it is now, a shorter ear has more appeal for buyers, so people are wanting to clean their Brangus up a little to keep from getting docked.”

“I went to a sale the other day, and took 18 black steers and two reds. The red ones brought eight cents less than the blacks, that’s $8 a hundredweight, which adds up pretty fast.”

Brangus are one of the most balanced breeds, he explained. “Angus is the best meat breed. Brangus, which are five-eighths Angus, carry those same carcass traits.

Then, when you add the three-eighths Brahman influence, you get a bigger, rugged animal that can really get out and travel.”

He also credits the cattle for their heat tolerance and adaptability. “They can endure the heat down here, it’s unbelievable how well they do, and they can perform well anywhere. I think they are the ideal cattle for a crossbreeding program, but I might be a little partial because I ■ raise them.”

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ANGUS COW AND HER GROWTHY BULL CALF AT MANZANO ANGUS, ESTANCIA, N.M.: “IT IS THE ANGUS COW THAT MATTERS MOST TO US.”

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Black cattle are a common sight for anyone driving across New Mexico, and a good number of those are Angus. Popular with cattlemen because of their maternal traits, good nature and carcass qualities, these cattle are continuing to shine.

At Home in Central New Mexico

For Bill and Lisa Gardner, of Manzano Angus Ranches near Estancia and Yeso, maternal traits are key. “The thing we like about Angus is that it’s a maternal breed. A lot of people like carcass traits, and we do, too, but for us those are kind of secondary. It is the Angus cow that matters most to us.”

The Gardners got into the registered, purebred Angus business after buying the ranch, which was uniquely fit for a purebred operation, Bill said. After talking to producers like Jay and Andy Peterson in Animas, Bill bought some cattle from the N Bar in Montana and Minnie Lou Bradley in Texas. “After a couple of years, we learned how to artificially inseminate (AI), and have grown from there.”

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20-25 head, and next year will offer about 90 bulls for sale.”

Heifers are typically sold private treaty, with a small number going to kids as show heifers.

The majority of bulls are sold to commercial producers in New Mexico. “We sell many bulls to neighbors and people close by, and have a lot of repeat customers. We would like to market some out of state, but our local guys are pretty stout,” he noted.

“We really appreciate our repeat customers,” Bill continued.

“I think their business is a vote of confidence for our cattle.

They’re not continuing to come back just because we’re close, they really like our cattle.”

Bill and Lisa work to raise Angus that fit our dry, southwestern environment — moderate sized, easy fleshing cattle with good udders. “Our cattle have to go out and earn their own keep, they are not pampered,” he said. “We try to run our operation similar to a commercial operation.”

The cows run on native grass, and occasionally on leased

fields. “We calve in the spring, calve outside, and expect cows to calve by themselves. The cows have to go out and earn a living. If they don’t raise a calf, they get sold.”

Low birth weights, and low birthweight bulls, are a high priority. “We sell a lot of heifer bulls, and focus on selling lower birthweight cattle. We have some of the lowest birthweights in the Angus breed, and I think it’s a good trait in the cattle.”

Bulls to be sold are fed a concentrate ration similar to what they would be fed in a feedlot. “Most of our cattle are going to end up in a feedlot, and we want to make sure they perform in that situation, as well.” Before the sale, bulls are moved from the concentrate ration to a high

roughage ration, similar to what commercial producers feed.

In the past, the Gardners have placed a big emphasis on artificial insemination, but are moving away from that somewhat, Bill noted. “I think at this point, we are raising bulls as good as some of the sires we have used to AI. We also want to do some line breeding. We have a couple of lines of cows that we really like, and want to try to increase their influence in the herd.”

Genetic diversity is an asset for the breed, and leads to adaptability. “Another thing we like is the breed’s deep gene pool,” Bill explained. “Because of that genetic diversity, a person can match cattle to his environment very well.”

The ranch remains a family business,

Bill said. Lisa is very involved with the dayto-day operations, in addition to working as a career transition specialist at Estancia Schools. Their oldest son, Cole, and his wife, Megan, run the ranch at Yeso, which is a new addition to the operation. Bill and Lisa’s son Judd is a graduate student at West Texas A&M and Clayton is a student at Clarendon Junior College. All three remain involved, and come help when they can, Bill said.

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including genetic development, is based at the ranch in Yukon, Okla. “Our goal is to Mexico, at the Express UU Bar Ranch in develop sustainable cattle that will work in Cimarron, Ranch Manager Mike Hobbs various environments.” and his crew focus on the commercial side In New Mexico, Mike uses registered, of the business, running a commercial purebred Angus bulls developed in Oklacow/calf and yearling operation and devel- homa on his commercial herd. “The majoroping bred heifers for higher altitudes and ity of our females come out of Nebraska, more arid climates.

Montana and a few from Utah, we try to keep Originally part of the Maxwell Land a fresh pool of genetics going in cycle. In Grant, it stretches from Cimarron to near addition, we do run a good number of cows Wagon Mound in Colfax and Mora Coun- that we raise ourselves.” ties. The Express Bull calves are Organization sold as commeracquired the cial feeder steers, “Another thing we like is the ranch in 2006. and a large perbreed’s deep gene pool.

Neighboring centage of the betranches include Because of that genetic diversity, ter females are the CS Ranch and sold as bred a person can match cattle to the Philmont heifers. “The bred his environment very well.”

Scout Ranch, and heifer program is Mike said relaproving to be very tionships with successful,” he those ranchers have proven to be excep- noted. “We are finding a broad market for tionally beneficial in many ways, espe- cattle conditioned to function at this elevacially in terms of sharing information. tion and in this climate.”

“We don’t neighbor in the traditional A new venture this year that is sense, but if one or the other of us needs exceeding expectations is a bred heifer help, the others are always there as program in cooperation with the 6666 quickly as possible to lend a hand.”

(Burnett) Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, Mike Mike, who is no newcomer to the state, pointed out. “We are acquiring a partnercame to New Mexico in 1976 to manage ship interest in heifers they raise, breeding the farm and cattle operations for the Ver- them to our bulls, then selling the females mejo Park ranch when it was owned by as bred heifers either through production Penzoil, and has been in northeastern sales or by private treaty. This is our first New Mexico ever since.

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Weaver Ranch started its registered Angus operation at Tie Siding, Wyo., in the spring of 1960, with Eileenmere cows. In the fall of 1960, the Weavers bought more cows from Dale Redding’s herd at Minitare, Neb. The Weavers purchased their present ranch headquarters at Owl Canyon in 1969 and the Cottonwood Ranch at Sedgwick in 1988.

Over the years, the Weavers have utilized Artificial Insemination (A.I.) in their breeding program, choosing sires with low birth Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs), high growth EPDs and high carcass quality. A.I. sires they’ve used include: S S Rito 0715 OH3, Bon View Winton 1342, Baldridge Oscar, QAS Traveler 23-4, Scotch Cap, Nichols Trademark, U.G. Herschel 1062, Franco of Wil We, Emulation N Bar 5522, GAR Sleep Easy 1009, VDAR New Trend 315 and most recently, TC Stockman 365. They’ve developed

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their own herd sires, emphasizing calving ease, growth, carcass quality, sound structure, and good disposition. Bulls they have developed and used as herd sires include: Weavers Traveler 87-257, Weavers Traveler 9196, Weavers Traveler 6958, Weavers Math 92-18 and Weavers Sleep Easy 5176.

Weaver Ranch Angus have been bred for performance and good disposition. The Weavers have maintained records on their cattle since the mid-1960s and have selected for easycalving and growthy cattle. They also participate in the AHIR (Angus Herd Improvement Records) program offered by the American Angus Assn.

The results of the Weaver breeding program have been impressive. In 1997, Weavers Traveler 87-257 received the Pathfinder Bull Award, and 32 of their cows received the Pathfinder Cow Award from the American Angus Assn. The operation received the Outstanding Seedstock Producer award in 1998 from the Colorado Cattlemen’s Assn., and in 1999, they were recognized with the Pioneer Breeder Award from the Colorado Angus Assn.

At their annual production sale held in February, the Weavers offer 125 coming two-year-old registered Angus bulls and 100 bred commercial heifers at the ranch north of Fort Collins. The heifers are bred to light birth weight Angus bulls, so calving should be a breeze. Free delivery is offered within 100 miles on bulls, adding 50 miles for each additional bull purchased. Weaver Ranch also sells semen on Weavers Math 92-18, Weavers Traveler 6958 and Weavers Sleep Easy 5176. Contact the ranch for more details about their upcoming sale offerings.

Sale bulls and yearling heifers are summered at Tie Siding, where the elevation is 7,500 feet, to develop good feet and legs; PAP tested there in September; then brought to the ranch headquarters at Owl Canyon, where they are put on pasture and fed ground corn and alfalfa hay. The yearling heifers come to Tie Siding with clean-up bulls.

Weaver Ranch provides a full set of EPDs and weights; ultrasound data for ribeye, intramuscular fat, rib and rump fat; and scrotal measurements to their buyers. Bulls are tested for fertility, trichomonas, and susceptibility to high-altitude brisket disease.

“We believe our breeding program, built on the balanced traits of performance, easy calving and desirable carcass traits, and combined with proven performance records, good disposition, sound structural correctness and top carcass quality, will provide our customers with outstanding genetics to enhance their breeding programs!” says Adrian Weaver.

To improve your herd with these balanced Angus genetics, call Adrian Weaver at 970/568-3898 or email him at WeaverRch @aol.com. Visitors are welcome to stop by the ranch, located at 3000 West County Road #70, north of Fort Collins, CO 80524.

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“Rather than having a catalog, we encourage people who are interested in semen to call Mark Squires to discuss their situation, their cattle and the performance they are looking for. He can then connect them with the appropriate genetics that will meet their needs.”

really like Angus calves — they perform quite well in the feedlot, convert well and are not normally burdened with excessive year to partner with the Burnett Ranches, back fat at slaughter.” but I am hopeful we will continue the proHe also cites the breed’s maternal gram. It has been very successful for us.” strengths. “They are attentive mothers, Five production sales are held at the and are adequate milkers without producranch in Oklahoma each year. Seedstock ing too much milk for the envisales are a big part of the operaronment, which is a problem for tion, but all types of producers many breeds in arid climates.

“We are really enamored with are looking for Express genetics.

When the mothers produce too “On the purebred end, the Angus simply because of their much milk, it predisposes calves majority of purebred buyers are performance and desirability to the to scours and is a poor utilizapurebred producers, but we also packers. Our weaning weights are tion of the mother’s resources.” sell many bulls to commercial For Mike, as for any producer, producers. We have a wonderful typically well above the industry it all comes down to results. “We working relationship with most norms, except in years we have some are really enamored with Angus of our competitors; it keeps us all environmental conditions that we simply because of their perforfine tuned and paying attention.” mance and desirability to the Express Ranch cattle are sold just don’t have any control over.” packers.

Our weaning weights across the country and beyond are typically well above the — they are even shipping cattle Adaptability is one of the strongest industry norms, except in years we have by large floating feedlot to Russia, he said.

“I don’t know about the long-term viabil- traits of the Angus breed, according to some environmental conditions that we ity of that market because of the global Mike. “Angus cattle are pretty adaptable just don’t have any control over.”

This year has been a challenging one in political situation, but for now it has rep- to most climates, from the most arid to resented another market option. The high mountains. They are heat tolerant, the cattle business, and Mike said he feels Oklahoma operations are putting and very cold tolerant. In addition, they lucky that predator problems have not are typically very thrifty cattle, meaning been a big concern. “The majority of our together a second load currently.”

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challenges are climactic and of course market driven, it’s always tough to stay ahead of a constantly changing market.

We do have a lot of bear and mountain lions, but thankfully no wolves as of yet.”

Strengthening the industry, and helping individual producers to succeed, is an important part of the business. “Our goal is to produce the highest quality animal we can, and to develop a sustainable customer base,” Mike explained. “We do that by making certain that bull customers are satisfied with their purchase. We stand behind our bulls. If someone takes a bull home and he doesn’t work out, we will replace him or refund their money. We will also be there to help producers in any way we can.”

The Express Organization has a team of individuals, including Dr. John Edwards, former head of the Texas A&M University Agriculture College, Jerold Callahan, who sits on the Angus Assoc. Board and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Assoc., Kevin Hafner and Mark Squires, who work well together and enjoy helping others. “We have incredible talent within this organization,” Mike noted. “I would challenge any organization to produce people more qualified, more capable, than we have.” As part of their effort to strengthen the industry, staff members work with customers in whatever way best fits the customers’ needs, including traveling to their operation to do an assessment and make observations and recommendations. “The American West has traditionally been based on individuality, and we respect that. We recognize that everyone has different methods of approaching the same situation. We’re not about reinventing the wheel, but our experience and back-

ground on genetics can give a producer a leg up that they would not otherwise get.”

That expertise is one of the things that has impressed Mike in his time with the Express organization. “They can do what they tell you they can do, and that is what makes it exciting. Working with the best of the best makes our job even more fun.”

The Express Ranch was the brainchild of Bob Funk, who grew up on a dairy in Washington state and has always been in love with cattle, Mike explained. “He wanted to take the industry to a higher level, and he has succeeded.” In addition to the cattle business, the Express scholarship program has awarded over $1 million in scholarships to college students.

Since 2006, the Express UU Bar Ranch has become increasingly involved locally, including in industry organizations like the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. “We believe it is important to be involved because this industry needs continuity of thought and continuity of voice,” Mike explained. “We want to participate and be part of the process.”

Cooperation is even more important as issues increase, he said. “Our industry is challenged on so many fronts, and we are so overburdened with regulations, that we have to pull together if we are to remain viable. The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association gives us an opportunity to sit down with other producers, set long-term goals, and work together to be able to reach those goals.”

“Agriculture is still a mainstay of the New Mexico economy,” he continued. “We have to protect that asset, and the ability of our producers to stay in business. The day to day operation of the ranch is a huge undertaking. As we proceed, will get more involved as opportunities present them■ selves.”

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Angus Remains Industry Leader he American Angus Association® remained at the top of the beef cattle industry in 2009, with the number of registrations far outpacing those of any other breed.

“Our year-end statistics continue to demonstrate strong demand for Angus genetics and solidify our long-held position as a leader in the beef cattle industry,” Bryce Schumann, American Angus Association CEO, said. “These results underscore our members’ commitment to providing genetic solutions to the beef cattle industry, and record-breaking sales for Certified Angus Beef® further substantiate Angus demand.”

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Despite a sagging U.S. economy, 282,911 animals were registered during fiscal year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, 2009. Transfers — representing sales of cattle to new owners — reached 176,199, indicating continued demand for Angus genetics. Embryo transfers accounted for 11.3 percent of registrations, and more than 52 percent of registered calves were a result of A.I. The number of members storing registrations electronically increased slightly during 2009, and breeders continued to utilize Angus Herd Improvement Records continued on page 106

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(AHIR®) and Beef Improvement Records (BIR). Breeders submitted a total of 845,633 weights, bringing the database to more than 16 million weight records.

Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) saw its third consecutive sales record in 2009, selling 663 million pounds, an increase of more than 24 million pounds, over last year. Approximately 14.1 million head were identified, and nearly 2.87 million head certified — an 8 percent increase over the previous year. Acceptance rates climbed to 19.8 percent.

AngusSource® — a USDA Process Verified Program (PVP) documenting age, source and Angus genetics — saw an 8.5 percent increase in enrollments this year.

More than 122,700 head were enrolled in the program in FY 2009, bringing total enrollments to more than 390,000 head since the program was initiated as a PVP in 2005. The average size of enrolled lots increased as well, from 146 head to 161 head.

In addition, producers marketed 18.7 percent more cattle through AngusSource online cattle listings, at www.angus.org. ■

When to dehorn calves he hard structure of the horn is actually produced by the surrounding skin, similar to the way a hoof grows from the coronet band. When the calf is young, the horn bud is free-floating and not attached to the skull. As the calf ages, the horn bud attaches to the skull and the horn begins to develop larger. Scientists from the University of Tennessee recommend dehorning calves at less than one month of age (before the horn bud attaches to the skull) to reduce set-backs in health and performance.

Dehorning older calves can lead to more infections, longer periods of weight loss and (in few instances) death from blood loss.

The optimum time to dehorn might be when it can be combined with other management practices. This will consolidate time and labor costs and can keep the total cost of dehorning at or below $5 per head.

Season is another important factor in timing horn removal. Early spring and fall dehorning avoids fly season and associated infections.

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hen you get a bonus on grid cat- premiums in the south.

“That’s a very strong positive relationtle, sometimes it’s easier to count ship, the strongest you see of all the difyour blessings than to ask why.

But Tom Brink, senior vice president ferent traits looked at,” he says. But that drops to 0.35 in the for Five Rivers Cattle north.

Feeding, says taking a “The quality grade influence “It’s still meaningful, look at discounts and is so strong that the cattle that’s for sure,” Brink premiums can help that graded well brought says, noting the modyou get more of the back such a positive erate correlation. It’s latter. Tapping into premium that it actually topped by bonuses for their database, Brink offset the fact they yield grade (YG) 1s analyzed more than probably had a few less and 2s at 0.39 and dis300,000 cattle records YG 1s and 2s.” counts for heavies and for correlations with YG 4s and 5s, both at grid components. The results are based on a handful of value- 0.46, strongly negative.

“We struggle a little more with heavies based marketing options that mirror and yield grade as an industry in the those popular in the industry.

“Southern” cattle sold in Kansas and northern geographies, so that shows up Texas were compared to “northern” cattle on the negative side,” he says.

In the south, Brink says better YG is in Colorado and Nebraska to show still desirable, but it actually shows up as regional differences.

“The south is almost always starved for a negative (-0.24) correlation.

“Intuitively that does not make sense, quality grade,” he says. “Because of that, when we have those southern cattle that because on virtually any grid you get paid do grade, it’s pretty easy for them to earn a premium for more YG 1s and 2s,” he says. “The quality grade influence is so a sizeable grid premium.”

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conforming carcass,” he says. “We have missed the mark as an industry when we strong that the cattle that graded well do that.” brought back such a positive premium He pointed out YG and heavies are that it actually offset the fact they proba- both a genetic and feeding-management bly had a few less YG 1s and 2s.” problem.

So what do all of these relationships Northern cattle are more Angus-influmean? enced, and Brink Simply put, cutattributes the better “If your cattle are grading ability and quality are grading to that, but he 70 percent Choice, just both important keys to says it also brings a average in the north, getting more dollars, challenge “to keep should you be satisfied but within southern working on those with that? No, you cattle the quality yield grades.” wouldn’t want to quit grades are especially Fortunately the there, because there is rewarded. Northern American Angus Assomore opportunity for the cattle are expected to ciation measures and cattle that can do better.” hit those high marks tracks those traits, and then some. providing dollar-value “If your cattle are grading 70 percent indices such as $YG and $B as producer Choice, just average in the north, should selection aids. you be satisfied with that?” Brinks asks.

“Those are tools that not every breed “No, you wouldn’t want to quit there, has, but the Angus breed does and they because there is more opportunity for the work well,” he says. cattle that can do better.”

Just as breeders watch genetic connecHowever, northern packing plants typ- tions to get all they want out of an animal, ically run 12 percent to 15 percent outs, perhaps feeders should consider these or with some weeks eclipsing 20 percent. their own set of premium and discounts “That is a big number, to have one in correlations to get the most out of value■ six carcasses coming through as a non- based marketing.

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he New Mexico Legislature’s Interim Water and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony from Catron County Commissioner Ed Wehrheim and Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity at their September meeting in Silver City. Several of the committee members seemed to understand the situation and the impracticality of the demands made by Robinson and other wolf advocates on ranchers in the area. Wehrheim said that four ranches were put out of business last year by wolves and he expects another four to go this year.

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The wolf situation continues to worsen, exaggerated by the efforts of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. The Governor supports the wolf program and that drives the state’s position and the Game Department’s interference.

The Legislature could also have an effect on the operation of the program if they would take a stronger stance in favor of their constituents and require some common sense be applied to wolf management and the wolf predation problem.

In early October the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish a Mexican Wolf Interdiction Trust Fund. The fund would be administered by the Fish and Wildlife Foundation and would receive money from a variety of sources including federal funds and donations from groups and individuals. Expenditures would be limited to the earnings of the principal of the fund and would be directed by a “Stakeholders Council” appointed by the Southwest Regional Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Money from the Trust Fund could be used to provide incentives, prevent predation and compensate livestock owners for losses.

There is no way any compensation program can reimburse a rancher for everything he loses to predators. That being said, this program may help some individuals but the devil is in the details. It is unclear how many dollars will be initially available and of course the makeup of the council will be crucial to its success.

Unless the council has the authority and the will to try to help those impacted by the wolf reintroduction, it will be another failure of the wolf reintroduction effort.

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Browning issued a ruling on September 30 that has implications for federal land grazers across the West. For the last several years, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service have been forced to prepare Environmental Assessments for renewal of a grazing permit even if there were no changes in conditions from the expiring one. It takes agency personnel time to prepare the documents and they have to be made public with a 30-day period for comments. If there are comments, the concerns raised have to be answered which can take even longer. The result of all this is that what used to be a simple process for permit renewal has turned into a long, drawn out procedure that uses up a lot of time and agency resources. Some permits have not had the all the paperwork done before they expired. Legislative language allowed agencies to issue permits using categorical exclusion from the EA process so that the rancher didn’t suffer the loss of his grazing privileges just because the agency personnel couldn’t finish their paperwork in time.

The WildEarth Guardians sued the Forest Service claiming that there were 26 grazing permits on the Gila National Forest that were renewed using Categorical Exclusions from NEPA improperly because they had some endangered species concern. They seemed especially concerned that there was no special consideration given to the Mexican wolf reintroduction effort in the renewal of these permits. Of course they want all livestock removed from the Gila and this was an attempt the get these particular allotments shut down.

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reverse that position.

The Forest Service defended the case and the New Mexico Federal Lands Council and New Mexico Cattle Growers also participated as interveners against WE Guardians on behalf of the ranchers involved.

The Budd-Falen law firm represented the industry and was able to point out the facts of the situation that allowed Judge Browning to rule in favor of the livestock industry. Its always nice when we win one of these cases.

Most of us believe we have grazing rights that should be recognized as property rights. But unless you have a documented chain of title to those rights and can argue your case using the right legal procedures in the right court your chances are pretty slim. That means that we still have to fight suits like this one to maintain grazing rights.

Grazing opponents tried to use the ESA in this case to stop grazing. The ESA causes a lot of other problems as well. As our federal government continues to spend our tax dollars at a frightful pace, the figures released for federal budget dollars spent on the ESA in 2007 are a staggering $1.5 billion with another $126 million spent purchasing land for habitat for these species. That land is taken from some productive use and placed under federal ownership so it produces nothing and costs the taxpayers to maintain.

These figures are just the direct governmental costs of the Endangered Species act. So far as we are aware, no one has even tried to total all the private money spent in litigation like the case we were recently involved in or the other costs that private individuals and businesses incur in ESA compliance. Besides all the other problems with the ESA we can’t afford the price.

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closely with National Wildlife Federation officials in passage of legislation to establish the National Landscape Conservation System. You will recall that was part of the Omnibus Lands Bill passed last April. The NLCS could potentially give the BLM new authority over lands placed in the system almost to the level of the National Park Service.

Since there is no criminal penalty for “lobbying with appropriated monies” the Justice Department declined to prosecute. The IG’s office requested the BLM to respond within 90 days detailing the results of the review and the actions taken. I would bet the disciplinary actions taken against these federal employees will be nothing compared to the penalties assessed against someone for violating land use restrictions on NLCS designated lands.

The Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forest held a hearing on the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act, S 1689 on October 8 in Washington. This bill is controversial in Doña Ana County and the rest of the state. As Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senator Bingaman should hold a hearing in Doña Ana County so the local people who would be most affected by this legislation could hear what it will do and have input into the process.

The global warming hoax seems to have been renamed as the climate change hoax. Since there is a growing body of evidence to prove the earth is cooling rather than warming that may be a subtle attempt by those trying to manipulate environmental politics to position themselves so they can continue to promote hysteria no matter which way the world thermometer moves. Doubts about global warming together with concerns over how our crippled economy and overspent federal government could ever pay for the proposed remedies has slowed the Cap and Tax legislation at least for a while. We should all be thankful.

Meanwhile here at home there is a lot of the state in need of more rain.

There are still predictions of moisture this winter but we haven’t seen much yet. This growing season is about over but a good winter will help make for spring green up. Until next time, may God bless us all.

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he NMSU rodeo team continued to hold their own against the competition during the Dine College National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) rodeo Oct. 9-10 in Tsaile, Ariz.

“The Dine College hosted a great rodeo this year. We are starting to get in our groove and team scores are climbing. We just need to keep it up as we go into our final rodeo of the season here in Las Cruces,” said Jim Dewey Brown, NMSU rodeo coach.

The men’s team placed third and the women’s team finished second during the rodeo. Steve Hacker, of Battle Mountain, Nev., won first in the saddle bronc riding event. JoDan Mirabal, of Grants, N.M., and

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In the team roping, Mirabal, header, and Grayln Elkins, heeler, of New Mexico Highlands University, received third.

Mirabal also was named the men’s allaround champion for the weekend.

Capitan, N.M., native Staci Stanbrough placed third in breakaway roping and second in barrel racing.

“We did well this last rodeo, but we need to stay focused and really hit the practice pen before the next rodeo, especially since it is a home rodeo,” said Megan Corey Albrecht, NMSU rodeo assistant coach. ■

USDA enrolls 255 million base acres in DCP & ACRE Final Direct Payments to Producers Total Nearly $4 Billion griculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that approximately 255 million base acres on about 1.7 million farms were enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program. USDA will issue nearly $4 billion in 2009 final direct payments to eligible producers on approved contracts.

Producers have already received advance payments of approximately $900 million.

“The sign-up numbers demonstrate that producers value having the option of two programs from which to choose the greatest benefit to their individual farming operation,” said Vilsack. “I also want to remind all producers that 2010 sign up for DCP and ACRE has already started and the deadline is June 1, 2010.”

Producers who signed up their farm under DCP are eligible for direct payments, counter-cyclical payments and marketing assistance commodity loans.

The optional ACRE program, added under the 2008 Farm Bill, is an alternative revenue-based safety net to the price-based safety net provided by counter-cyclical payments for crop years 2009 through 2012. Producers participating in the ACRE program are also eligible for direct payments and marketing assistance loans, but direct payments are reduced by 20 percent and the loan rate is reduced by 30 percent with respect to covered commodities and peanuts on a farm.

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2008 farm bill so that crop producers would have a new farm program option to protect them against shortfalls in crop revenue and I am pleased that there has been strong interest in the program among producers across the country,” said Senator Tom Harkin (IA), former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry. “Looking ahead, I encourage farmers to carefully examine their farm safety options, including ACRE, and I look forward to reports from those farmers who did sign up for ACRE.” “Farmers in Ohio and across our nation need protection against fluctuating prices and uncertain yields,” said Senator Sherrod Brown (OH). “I fought hard to ensure that farmers have a strong safety net, and I’m pleased by the number of farms participating in ACRE this year.”

This was the first year of the ACRE program and approximately eight percent of the total number of farms enrolled in the 2009 DCP and ACRE programs elected to participate in ACRE, representing nearly 13 percent of the base acres. Of the 22 different crops eligible for enrollment, corn had the highest number of base acres enrolled, followed by wheat and soybeans, and producers mainly planted these three crops. The states with the largest number of base acres enrolled are Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota. Producers are encouraged to speak to representatives at their local land grant university or USDA Farm Service Agency county office to get more information on the benefits of electing ACRE for ■ the remainder of the 2008 Farm Bill.

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Upscale 8-year-old log home, modular home, L.L.C. hunters bunkhouse, out buildings all set on 1164 Randy J. Wood acres. Excellent cattle Qualifiying Broker operation facility, bed & office: 505/980-8019 fax: 505/823-2262 breakfast or the hunters 7400 Gila Rd. NE, paradise.

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418 Acres in Yuma County, Arizona Controlled Under a State Agricultural Lease.

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House, New Mexico 160 acres, 126.5 acres under center pivot with 48 acres in 1st year alfalfa. T and L sprinkler. Water source is from a rechargeable stream. $1,185 / acre.

House, New Mexico 2200 sq ft home on 10 acres. Needs work. Located south of House, NM. $65,000 Clovis, N.M. 620 S Reid, Need a Home for your horse? Don’t miss this one.

1+ acre with super nice barn featuring tack room, indoor wash rack w/ hot water and bathroom. All city utilities, lots of pipe fencing, 5 covered runs and large shed row. Business opportunity for horse boarding. Call Brett 575760-3654 575-763-5055

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Portales, NM 1007 acres on HWY 467 and Oasis State Park Road. 640 acres state lease. 327 acres deeded. 5 pastures, 2 traps, 2 wells, 2 sets of pens. Call Brett Johnson 575-760-3654 or 575-763-5055 $295,000

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Qualifying Broker – Charles Bennett OFFICE 575/356-5616 • HOME 575/356-5616 708 South Avenue C, Portales, NM 88130 www.vista-nueva.com

41 Acres: Irrigation well with new Submersible pumping system that produces 260 GPM, concrete water distribution system, just 6 miles North West of Willcox in Stewart District, great location with all utilities and nice views ¾ mile from paved road. $240,000 w/owner financing. Additional acreage available.

100 Acres: New 30’X60’x17’, concrete-floored, open front, sheet metal barn, very high producing irrigation well (tested over 2,000 GPM) new pump and electric motor in place, domestic well with submersible pump and pressure system, electric, phone & new septic system ready for your new home. Abundance of water ready to put in to farming. $275,000.

640 AC + 600 AC State Lease in livestock grazing. This property lies along Birch Road, a main paved road that connects Hwy. 191 and Kansas Settlement Road, the 2 main southern routes, in Sulfur Springs Valley. $1,120,000 2,240 Acres, 10 wells, all videoed showing water depths and condition of wells. Paved road to corner of property, on Bell Ranch Road. 2 miles North of Hwy 181. In a farming area with Pat Hills as backdrop. Well located for development property or re-development as farm and/or dairy. Has annual government crop payments and can be leased out for grazing to keep taxes to a minimum. $5,600,000.

TENNEY’s 4U Land & Real Estate J.L. (JIM) TENNEY, BROKER 4520 West Airport Rd., Willcox, AZ 85643 (Cochise Country) Office 520/384-2834 • Cell 520/906-7335 • Fax 520/384-6396 • jimassist@vtc.net Our family trains roping and barrel horses, so the cattle we have are Corriente Cattle we use for training our horses. My primary business is brokering real estate.

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Kern Land, Inc. ● NEW LISTING: 25,000-acrE raNch – 25 miles southwest of Hope, New Mexico. 1,316 deeded acres m/l, with the balance in BLM, Forest and State lease, and a total allotment of 586 AU’s. The Crooked Creek Ranch lies in a high rainfall area in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains. Nice headquarters with a 4-BR home, big pipe corrals and large shop with concrete floor. Four wells pump into a good pipeline system with abundant storage. The ranch is loaded with grass and priced at $1,950,000. ● NEW LISTING: 2,300-acrE raNch – in good grama grass country 10 miles east of Roy, NM. The Ojitos Draw Ranch is divided into 6 pastures and 1 trap, and much of the boundary and interior fencing is new. Older 2BR home with partial restoration. One submersible well and 2 windmills. Presently stocked with 60 cows. Very competitively priced at $545,000.

See Brochures at: www.kernranches.com 575/762-3707

Billy Howard Cell # 575/799-2088

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Rivalé Ranch Realty LLC

FEATURED LISTING: 205 North Barton, Grady, NM. 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom on 1.92 acres, city water, all electric.

I SPECIALIZE IN NEW MEXICO FARM AND RANCH LAND P. O. Box 9, Des Moines, NM 88418 rivale@bacavalley.com • 575/207-7484 Raymond Rivalé Broker / Ranch Expert

Scott and L co.

PAUL IS A THIRD GENERATION FARMER and rancher born and raised in Curry County, operating and managing over 3900 dryland acres since 1986. He has also been an advocate for New Mexico agriculture in Washington, DC and Santa Fe since 1991. Allow Paul to put this experience to work for you in selling your home, farm or ranch today.

PAUL STOUT, QUALIFYING BROKER 3352 State Road 209, Broadview, NM 88112 O: 575/357-2060 • C: 575/760-5461 • F: 575/357-2050 paul@firstalternativerealty.com • www.firstalternativerealty.com

1301 Front St., Dimmitt, TX 79027 Ben G. Scott, Krystal M. Nelson–Brokers 1-800/933-9698 day/night www.scottlandcompany.com

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EASTERN N.M. – Approx. 30 sections, mostly deeded, some BLM & State, employee housing & two sets of steel pens, county maintained, all weather road. Your cows will think they are in Florida!

HEART OF THE PLAINS – 8 section ranch with new set of pens, concrete bunks, truck/cattle scale and commodity barn, mobile home, watered by subs, mill and pipeline, on pavement, an hour from Lubbock.

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NEW MEXICO RANCHES FOR SALE – 20,099 total acres, 348 AUYL BLM grazing permit. 80 miles southwest of Carlsbad, NM, in the Brokeoff Mountains.

– 12,369 deeded acres, 300± AUYL, scenic vistas with hunting. Located on the north slopes of the Capitan Mountains in southeastern New Mexico.

– 8,038 total acres, 200± AUYL owner controlled, excellent turf with good grass cover. Forty-five miles northwest of Roswell, NM. – 28,576 total acres, 2,200± deeded, desert ranch 25 miles west of Jal, NM, on NM State Highway 128. BLM rating at 370 AUYL.

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WAHOO RANCH – Approximately 39,976 acres: 10,600 deeded, 6,984 BLM, 912 state, 40 uncontrolled and 21,440 forest. Beautiful cattle ranch located on the east slope of the Black Range Mountains north of Winston, NM, on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso.The ranch is bounded on the east by the Alamosa Creek Valley and on the west by the Wahoo Mountains ranging in elevation from 6,000' to 8,796'. There are 5 houses/cabins, 3 sets of working corrals (2 with scales) and numerous shops and outbuildings. It is very well watered with many wells, springs, dirt tanks and pipelines. The topography and vegetation is a combination of grass covered hills (primarily gramma grasses), with many cedar, piñon and live oak covered canyons as well as the forested Wahoo Mountains. There are plentiful elk and deer as well as antelope, turkey, bear, mountain lion and javelina (49 elk tags in 2008). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in the SW. Price reduced to $8,500,000.

SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 10 miles south of Deming off Hwy. 11 (Columbus Hwy) approximately 26,964 total acres consisting of +/- 3964 deeded, +/- 3800 state lease, +/- 14,360 BLM and +/-4840 Uncontrolled. The allotment is for 216 head (AUYL). There are +/- 278 acres of ground water irrigation rights (not currently being farmed) as well as 9 solar powered stock wells and metal storage tanks and approx. 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch begins on the north end at the beautiful Mahoney Park high up in the Florida mountains and runs 5½ miles down the mountains to their south end. It continues another 7½ miles south across their foothills and onto the flats. The ranch has a very diverse landscape with plentiful wildlife including quail, dove, rabbits, deer and ibex. Lots of potential & a good buy at $1,200,000.

REDROCK CANYON RANCH – Located in Redrock, NM. Approx. 7,268 total acres consisting of +/- 1,908 private, +/- 1,040 state, +/- 4,320 BLM, 120 head grazing permit and 24 acres of farm land. 3½ miles of the Gila river runs thru the middle of the ranch. Deer, Javalina, quail & great fishing. Topography consists of large hills & mesas, bi-sected by the cottonwood lined Gila River Valley. Very well fenced and watered.

Priced at $2,100,000 258 ACRE FARM BETWEEN LAS CRUCES, NM AND EL PASO, TX – Hwy. 28 frontage with 178 acres irrigated, 80 acres sandhills, full EBID (surface water) plus 2 supplemental irrigation wells, cement ditches and large equipment warehouse. Will sell +/- 45 irrigated acres separate. Reasonably priced at $2,652,000.

118.8 ACRE FARM - Located on Afton Road south of La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage, full EBID (surface water) plus 2 supplemental irrigation wells with cement ditches. Will divide into 2 tracts – 50.47 acres & 68.32 acres. Priced at $16,000/acre - $1,900,640.

BEAUTIFUL 143.81 ACRE NORTH VALLEY FARM located in Las Cruces, NM next to the Rio Grande River. Great views of the Organ Mountains. Cement ditches, 2 irrigation wells & EBID. 2 older houses and shed sold “as is”. Priced at $16,000/acre - $2,300,960. Will consider dividing.

OTHER FARMS FOR SALE – In Doña Ana County. All located near Las Cruces, NM. 8, 11, 14, 27 & 27.5 acres. $11,111/acre to $17,000/acre. All have EBID (surface water rights from the Rio Grande River) and several have supplemental irrigation wells. If you are interested in farm land in Doña Ana County, give me a call.

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DAN DELANEY REAL ESTATE, LLC 318 W. Amador Avenue Las Cruces, NM 88005 (O) 575/647-5041 (C) 575/644-0776 nmlandman@zianet.com www.zianet.com/nmlandman

TEXAS & OKLA. FARMS & RANCHES 503 acre So. Navarro Co., Texas.

It’s got it all. $2,000/acre.

632 acre CATTLE and HUNTING, N.E. Texas ranch, elaborate home, one-mile highway frontage. OWNER FINANCE at $2,000/acre.

274 acres in the shadow of Dallas.

Secluded lakes, trees, excellent grass.

Hunting and fishing, dream home sites. $3,850/acre.

126 acre jewel on Red River Texas – Nice river frontage, irrigation well, excellent soils for crops, nursery stock, cattle grazing, you name it. $3,450/acre.

1,700 acre classic N.E. Texas cattle and hunting ranch. $2,500/acre.

Some mineral production.

LAND WANTED SERIOUS BUYER FOR NEW MEXICO RANCHES WITH OR WITHOUT LEASES.

2,000-50,000 Acres • Cash or Terms A SPEAR Land & Cattle Company Te l 5 7 5 / 6 4 8 - 2 7 8 3

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Nancy A. Belt, Broker (Cell) 520-221-0807

1205 N. Hwy 175, Seagoville, TX 75159

972/287-4548 • 214/676-6973 1-800/671-4548

Tom Hardesty 520-909-0233 Tobe Haught 505-264-3368

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Office 520-455-0633 Fax 520-455-0733

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NEVADA RANCHES & FARMS Wells Area Farm: 90 deeded acres of which approx. 85 in Alfalfa and Orchard Grass hay. Good home and outbuildings plus singlewide mobile. On Hwy 93.3 miles North. Price: $500,000.

Elko Company Deeded Sheep Base: 10,960 deeded acre plus a BLM permit (29%) in the Adobe Range Northeast of Elko, NV. Price only: $1,426,000. including 1/2 mineral rights. Add the Elmore listed below for hay base.

Elmore Ranch: 750 acres on the Humboldt River approx. 15 miles East of Elko. Approx. 400 water righted acres and not improvements other than fences.

Price: $600,000.

Mason Mountain Ranch: approx. 3700 deeded acres plus small BLM permit adjoining the ranch. This ranch is located on the road to Charleston approx. 16 miles off the Mountain City highway.

Modest improvements include home and misc. outbuilding. No power. Approx. 80 acres of meadow irrigated out of Mason Creek and springs. Lots of wildlife.

Would be good combination summer cattle and recreation. Price: $1,575,000.

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OFFICE: 775/752-3040 RESIDENCE: 775/752-3809 FAX: 775/752-3021 E-MAIL: paul@ bottarirealty.com

PAUL D. BOTTARI, BROKER Out West Realty Network Affiliate

Turkey Creek, AZ 2837 Acres deeded, nice HQ, small State lease, 724 acre-feet of water rights, great development potential. $6,000,000 Southeast, AZ A Year Round River Runs through the Deeded Land! Great Guest Ranch Prospect. Excellent access, 280 deeded acres, grazing leases, irrigated pasture w/water rights from the river. HQ situated in beautiful canyon. Scenic.

North of San Simon, AZ Great Guest Ranch Prospect. Pristine, scenic, private but only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 Acres of deeded, 52 head BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $2,450,000 Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm. Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, w/small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800’s museum, 2 bedroom cabin, shop, and barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed and breakfast, land or water development. +/-62 ac & well for $1,700,000 and Home and other improvements. $424,500. Seller Financing.

325 Ac Farm, Kansas Settlement, AZ This working farm has 2-120 acre Zimmatic Pivots, a nice site built home, large workshop and hay barn, a doublewide and singlewide mobile home. 5 irrigation wells, 2 domestic wells. The property is fenced and cross fenced. Great set-up for pasturing cattle. $1,250,000. Terms available.

Benson, AZ, 79 Acre Farm. Situated in the beautiful San Pedro Valley along the San Pedro River. +/-50 acres under irrigation. Includes a 2/3 interest in a 1000 gpm irrigation well. Great for cattle, horses and homesites. $850,000 Rainbow Valley, AZ 300 Head Cattle Ranch. Excellent desert ranch owned and operated by the same family for 40 years. Well improved w/BLM and State grazing leases. HQ on State Land, well watered. $850,000 Price Reduced to $650,000 Wickenburg, AZ 216 Head Cattle Ranch. Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM and 3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells. Abundant feed, numerous corrals and great steel shipping pens. $850,000 Near Cotton City, NM, 680 Acre Farm w/315 acres of water rights, +/-4 sections of BLM. Run +/-300 head. Irrigated by 12" pipe w/alfalfa valves. 3 Irrigation wells water at 150' and 2 domestic wells. Nice home, barn and corrals. Great Buy! $755,000 Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch. Year long USFS Permit w/two room line camp, barn and corrals at HQ. This is a remote horseback ranch w/limited vehicular access, 8 dirt tanks, +/-20 springs. 10 Acres of deeded in Sheldon, AZ. Seller Financing. $400,000 Santa Teresa Mnts, Fort Thomas AZ. 200 deeded acres, 17 Head BLM Allotment, private retreat, two wells. This property is very remote and extremely scenic w/a beautiful canyon lined w/sycamores, cottonwoods and beautiful rock formations. Seller Financing. $300,000 Dragoon, AZ. 50+/- Head Cattle Ranch. 21 Head State AZ grazing lease and 1960+/- acres adverse grazing. 10 deeded acres w/water, SOLD and power nearby. $225,000

HORSE PROPERTIES: Benson, AZ 20 Acre Quality Horse Facility. Castlebrook barn, nice home, arena, round pen, and much more. $695,000 Dragoon, AZ 5 Acre Horse Property. 3927 square foot home remodeled w/new kitchen cabinets and flooring, 4-stall hay/horse barn, two turnouts. $250,000 (Additional acreage available and grazing possibility for a few head of cattle) Willcox, AZ, +/-9 acres w/Roping Arena. 3BR/2BA Shultz manufactured home w/many upgrades, 170’ x 300’ roping arena, nice 4 stall horse barn w/tack room & hay storage, second barn, new well, a very private and nice location on Circle I Rd. $230,000,

We are Pleased to Announce the Addition of RYE HART to the Stockmen’s Realty Team.

Rye was born and raised in the Cattle Industry. We are excited to welcome him aboard!

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New Mexico / West Texas Ranches Campo Bonito, LLC RANCH SALES P.O. Box 1077 • Ft. Davis, Texas 79734

Joe Stubblefield and Associates

NEED RANCH LEASES & PASTURE FOR ‘09

13830 S. WESTERN ST., AMARILLO, TX

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KELLY CREEK RANCH: This reputation Oregon ranch has 2,400 deeded acres, free water with 1869 water rights, large flood irrigated meadows, and no irrigation wells.

Improvements include three homes, three hay barns, three horse barns, two sets of corrals, with scales, feed lot with 450' of fence line bunk space and miscellaneous other buildings.

Water fowl, deer, and many other wildlife species are abundant on the ranch. This is an easy operating ranch with one hired man. Price quick sale reduced from $3,750,000 to $2,995,000 1,360 ACRES, near Ravendale, Calif.

Develop this property into a hay ranch. Excellent area for irrigation wells. Two older homes plus outbuildings. Priced at: $600,000 Call Me for Your farM & ranCh land needs.

Website: triadproperties.net • E-mail: triadproperties@frontiernet.net

Bar M Real Estate SCOTT MCNALLY, BROKER Specializing in sales and appraisals of rural properties

We may not be the biggest, the fanciest or the oldest but we are reliable & have the tools.

RICHARD RANDALS – QUALIFYING BROKER • TOM SIDWELL – ASSOCIATE BROKER GEORGE (DOC) EVETTS, MD – ASSOCIATE BROKER O: 575/461-4426 • C: 575/403-7138 • F: 575/461-8422 • TF: 866/681.3505

P.O. Box 428 • Roswell, NM 88202 Phone: 575/622-5867 Mobile: 575/420-1237 Web Site: www.ranchesnm.com email: sammmcnally@msn.com

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PRICE REDUCED!! Motivated Seller!!

5,720 acre/110-140 AU ranch for $1,300,000 OBO within 45 minutes of Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Consists of 2,520 acres deeded and 3,200 acres of state lease. There are numerous concrete/metal tanks, a large storage tank, a running windmill, and an electric submersible well with miles of underground PVC pipe allowing water access to all 4 pastures. County maintained road leads to the property as well as allowing for utilities (fiber-optic phone lines and electricity) to the property as well as having electrical lines to several locations on the property which give many options for home placement. Flat lands, rolling acreage with piñon and juniper, and quiet canyons make this land a perfect place for a retreat on the weekends as well as a place to raise a family.

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MOUNTAIN VISTA FARMS Beautiful Farm at the Foot of the Guadalupe Mountains.

■ 640 Acres with 300 Acres of Senior Water Rights (1951) ■ 250 Acres Under Cultivation Cement Ditches & Side Roll Sprinklers ■ 4 Wells ■ Beautiful Home, 40x60 Shop, 90x7 Hay Barn ■ Beautiful Views & Big Mule Deer Bucks ■ Good Fences, Big Cottonwood Trees

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RE/MAX GREEN MOUNTAIN REAL ESTATE 500 Burro Avenue | 202 Hwy. 82 | Cloudcroft, NM 88317 575/682-2537 | 575/682-2100 | 1-800-748-2537 | 1-877-873-6468 www.greenmnt.com • cammie@greenmnt.com NOVEMBER 2009

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NEW MEXICO RANCH FOR SALE They are not making any more land ...

Investing in land is much better than the stock market

NEAR FT. SUMNER, NM – 10,488.8 acres – 9,848.8 deeded, 640 state lease. Paved access on Hwy. 60, 9 miles W. of Ft. Sumner.

The ranch improvements include a four bedroom, two bath home only 3 years old. Home has fireplace, detached carport w/storage, 4 stall horse barn w/hay/tack room, & metal horse corrals. Other improvements include metal shipping pens w/scales & squeeze chute, & single bin overhead feed storage unit. Well watered w/7 wells & dirt tanks.

Fences are in good condition. Solid turf. Wildlife of deer, antelope & quail. Brochure available upon request. Annual property taxes of approx. 17 cents/deed acre. The Ft. Sumner area is year-round cow country & is a desirable area of the state where camping & fishing are available year round. Asking price $245 per deeded acre.

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CANYON DEL BUEY/CATRON COUNTY – 80 private acres, 48,000 acres USFS. 11 pastures, 5 traps, 344 cows yearlong, watered by several springs plus earthen tanks water, lots, springs and wells. Approx. 44 miles of exterior fence. Owner utilizes portable panels and chutes for operation. 3 sets of corrals and livestock scales. (equipment included) $1,600,000

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6,060 DEEDED ACRES – 9,481 State Lease, 480 BLM, 16,021 total acres. Shipping pens w/cert. scales and 17,000 gal. tank, fully fenced into 3 pastures, 1 well 480 ft., equip. w/submerge. Pump @10 gal/min. 3 windmills, 7 miles of pipeline, 6,000 gal. storage and 8 drinkers. 260 cows year long. Great potential for trophy antelope, one land owner permit. $3,000,000

SOUTH McPHAUL RANCH – A scenic hunting/cattle Ranch in Catron County, New Mexico. 6,400 deeded acres.

The ranch receives about 8 muzzleloader and either-sex bow elk permits. $3,200,000

RANCHES FOR SALE NORTHERN NEW MEXICO RANCH: 20,635 deeded acres plus 6,275 acres of New Mexico State Lease. This productive ranch is southwest of Clayton in some of the best ranching country in the state. The terrain varies from elevated foothills to open rolling country that descends to productive live creek bottoms and canyon rims. The ranch has exceptional fences, an extensive new water system, and the property is well improved with a comfortable owner’s home, outbuildings and shipping pens.

Everything is in place and the ranch is ready to operate. The property is located in the heart of the Bravo Dome CO2 Gas Field. Royalty income averaged over $19,000 per month last year, and 100% of the seller’s minerals will convey with the property. Additionally, the ranch receives an annual CRP payment of $5,655 through 2017 and an NRCS Conservation Security Program Payment of $29,302 per year for the next four years. It is a rare happening to list a quality cattle ranch with the added bonus of substantial supplemental income, but the owners are motivated for a quick sale, and have priced this quality offering at only $400 per deeded acre.

TEXAS PANHANDLE RANCH: 71,059 acres located northwest of Amarillo, Texas. The centerpiece of the ranch is approximately 29 miles of the scenic Canadian River, which essentially runs through the center of the property. The terrain varies dramatically from elevated mesas descending to deep canyons and wide fertile creek bottoms. The property is extremely well improved and very well watered by the river, springs, creeks, and many water wells.

Major improvements include a 7,000 square foot owner’s home, 4,500 foot paved landing

Current economic conditions have challenged us all, and in order to compete, we have recently listed several quality properties at very attractive prices. Ranches of this quality and size seldom come on the market.

We have also renegotiated the listing prices on ranches already in our inventory (price reductions of 15% to over 20%). We feel these ranches are all priced to reflect today’s market and offer great upside potential.

strip, hand houses, dog kennels, and many extras. The ranch offers some of the best mule deer, whitetail, turkey and quail hunting to be found. Two state record deer have been harvested in recent years, and elk are now coming down the river out of New Mexico. This property has a colorful history and a carefully planned Conservation Easement is in place.

This ranch has it all. $475 per acre.

EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO: 37,140 deeded acres with four sections of Colorado State Lease. This ranch has been owned by the same family for almost 60 years. The ranch is approximately 90 miles east of Colorado Springs. The terrain is open rolling, well sodded, native prairie country. The ranch has adequate headquarter improvements and is watered by live creek water, wells, an extensive waterline network and earthen ponds. This is a rancher’s ranch, priced to fit a rancher’s pocketbook at $245 per deeded acre. The property is rated at 1,000+ A.U. The Colorado State Lease will be assigned subject to approval of the CSLB. NORTHERN NEW MEXICO HUNTING RANCH: 17,078 acres located along the Continental Divide near the Colorado border. Elevations approach 10,000 feet. The terrain varies from open grassy meadows to mountain slopes and ridges. Timber cover includes oak, pine, spruce, fir and aspen. Timber becomes dense in the higher elevations. The property is watered by live creeks, springs, ponds, wells, and several early priority date water rights. This property is extremely well improved with a new 11 bedroom hunting lodge, high fenced game park, 10,000 sq.ft. barn equipped with elk handling facilities, and too many extras to list. An estiOFFERED EXCLUSIVELY BY:

mated 420 privately owned elk are located in the park. In addition, the ranch receives 65 bull elk rifle permits and 24 archery permits.

Several ponds are stocked with trout. This ranch is priced to sell at $2,150 per acre.

EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO CATTLE RANCH: 60,400 deeded acres with approximately 6,000 acres of leased and free use land. The ranch is located near Santa Rosa and historical stocking rates indicate a carrying capacity of 1,200 – 1,300 animal units. The ranch has a rolling to hilly terrain with a small amount of canyon country. The property is watered by natural lakes, submersible wells, windmills and an extensive waterline network. Improvements include a nearly new Spanish style hacienda, two camps and several good sets of livestock pens. This ranch is realistically priced at $285 per deeded acre.

NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO: 18,232 deeded acres plus 28,005 acres of New Mexico State Lease, for a total of 46,237 acres, ±. This ranch is located in the heart of New Mexico’s most productive cattle country.

The terrain varies from open rolling grama grass country to several major drainages descending into rough escarpments and rocky canyons in the Canadian River bottom. The ranch is watered by live river, creek and spring water, plus numerous water wells. Recently, the owner installed 46 miles of new waterlines with troughs. The improvements are outstanding and in excellent condition. This may be the best watered and most highly improved ranch in Northeastern N.M. Carrying capacity is around 1,250 A.U. The ranch is priced at $550 per deeded acre.

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . 51, 123 A Spear Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . 115 AC Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 ADM/Joe Delk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Ag & More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Ag New Mexico FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . 58 Ag Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North 70 American Angus Assn. . . . . . . . . . .106 American Brahman Breeders Assn. . 51 APEX Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . 117 Ash Marketing Service . . . . . . . . . . 93 B

Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . 114, 116 Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . . 92 Jimmy Bason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Ty Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Bell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 BJM Sales & Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . 93 Blevins Mfg Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Dorsey Bonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Pat Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Borden Family Angus Ranch . . . . . 104 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . 93 Bottari Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Bradley 3 Ranch Ltd . . . . . . . 52, 107 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 51, 105 Buena Vista Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Bull Run Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 C

C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 104 Candy Ray’s Black Angus . . . . . . . 106 Cargill Animal Nutrition . . . . . . 18, 92 Cargill Cattle Feeders, LLC . . . . . . . 70 Carrizo Valley Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Mike Casabonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Casey Beefmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . 90 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission (Dalhart) . . . . . . . . . 30 Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Co. . . 20 Caviness Packing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Centerfire Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 118 Century 21 / Berry Lucas . . . . . . . 117 Champion Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Chase Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Emery Chee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Cimarron English Shepherds . . . . . . 92 Circle P. Real Estate Brokers . . . . 113 Joe Clavel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Clovis Livestock Market . . . . . . . . . 15 COBA Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Coldwell Banker/A.C. Taylor . . . . . 111 Chip Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Conniff Cattle Co. LLC . . . . . . . . . 107 Jim & Martha Coody . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Caren Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Mark Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 51 CPE Feeds Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 93 CPI Pipe & Steel Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Crystal Clear Designs . . . . . . . . . . . 59 CS Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Culbertson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 George Curtis Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51, 105 D

D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 D2 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 David Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Déjà vu Impressions . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Dan Delaney Real Estate, Inc. . . . 114 Denetclaw Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . 87 Desert Scales & Weighing Equip’t. . 92 Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . . . . . . 66 Frank Dubois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Aubrey L. Dunn, Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 E

Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . 51 Estrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Express UU Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . 5, 84

Farm Bureau Financial Services – Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Rutalee Todd-Jernigan/ Brad McConnel . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Ferguson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 First Alternative Realty . . . . . . . . . 113 Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . 35 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 John Fowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Bob & Jane Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 G

Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . 36 Gila Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Gilmore, Gannaway, Andrews, Smith & Co., LLC . . . . . 64 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . . . 51 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 87 Greer Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Jim & Welda Grider . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Tom Growney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 92

J&J Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 JaCin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 52 Jaxonbilt Hat Company . . . . . . . . . . 32 Sen. Tim Jennings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Steve Jenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Johnson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Bobby Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 JR’s Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 K

Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Kansas Forage Products . . . . . . . . . 48 Kern Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Kody Kimbrough/Hi Pro Feeds . . . . .90 David & Joan Kincaid . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Bill King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 125 Klein Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 KMB Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 L

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Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Harper Cattle LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . 93 The Hat Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hoff’s Scotch Cap Farm & Ranch Realty Service . . 111 Semen Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Don & Abby Hofman . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Hollis Cotton Oil Mill . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bob Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Horse & Ropers Paradise . . . . . . . 111 John W. Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 51 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . 124 Huston Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Fallon-Cortese Real Estate . . . . . . 113 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . 8 Farmers & Stockmens Bank . . . . . . 57 Farmway Feed Mill. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Insurance Services of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 International Brangus Breeders Association . . . . . . . . . . . 7

L&H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Land Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Lazy JB Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Sato & Kathy Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Lee, Lee & Puckitt/Kevin Reed . . 111 Innes Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Liphatech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25, 41 Jose J. Varela Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Jim Lyssy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 M

Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Master Trading, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . 40, 51 Mead Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Merrick’s Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Mesa Feed Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 65, 92 Mesalands Community College 62 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . 113 Chas. S. Middleton & Son . . 111, 119 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Missouri Rural Properties . . . . . . . 111 Monfette Construction Co. . . . . . . . 70

Montana del Oso Ranch . . . . . . . . . 96 Mur-Tex Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 92 Murney Associates/Paul McGilliard 111 Musick Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 N

New Mexico Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . . 17 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn . 27 New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 New Mexico CowBelles . . . . . . . . . . 71 New Mexico Ground Water Assn, . . .16 New Mexico Livestock Board . . . . . 84 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . 116 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . 128 NMSU Horse & Cattle Sale . . . . . . .94 Newberry Dean Newberry Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Nine Cross Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .22, 66 Nunn Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

The Schafer Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Sci-Agra, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Scott Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Scythe & Spade Companies . . . . . 111 Shoestring Longhorns . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . 51, 85 Sitz Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Smith Land & Cattle Co., LLC . . . . 39 Southwest Brangus Breeders Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Southwest Brangus Coop . . . . . . . 127 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Joe Stubblefield & Assoc . . . . . . . . 116

Tenney’s 4U Land . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 The Turquoise Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 3M’s Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Three Mile Hill Ranch . . . . . . . 51, 103 Triad Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Tri-State Angus Ranches . . . . . . . 101 Tri-State Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 U

U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 United Country Vista Nueva, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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T&T Trailer Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 T4 Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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Weaver Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Wedel Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Weichert/505 Realtors Group . . . . 112 Wells Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 90 Westlake Cattle Growers, LLC . . . . . 31 White Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Wild West Properties . . . . . . . . . . 111 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . . . . . . 13, 93 WIN Realty Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 The Witte Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 WW-Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Y

R.L. York Custom Leather . . . . . . 66

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Virden Perma-Bilt Co. . . . . . . . . . . 34

Zinpro (Amarillo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Alisa Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Old Mill Farm & Ranch Supply . . . . 76 Olson Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Jim Olson Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Onate Feed Mill, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1031 Financial Exchange Corp . . . 111 Oregon Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . 114 Will Orndorff Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Otero County Fair Assoc . . . . . . . . . 89 Otero CowBelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 P

Pacific Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . 34 Paco Feed Yard, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Paragon Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Dan Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Phase-A-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Lee Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PolyDome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Premium Beef Network . . . . . . . . 100 Joe Priest Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 115 Q

Quality Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 R

Ramro, LLC / RJ Cattle Co. . . . . . . . 97 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Ranch Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Jim Randall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Re/Max Green Mountain Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Bob Ricklefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . 113 Rimfire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Rivale Ranch Realty, LLC . . . . . . . 113 Rob-Bilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Robbs Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 ROD Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale 95 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . 12 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 50 S

Santa Gertrudis Breeders Internat’l. . 52 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Bill & Debbie Sauble . . . . . . . . . . . 86 NOVEMBER 2009

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Other sizes can be made if your needs are larger. The trailer comes with straight ribbed tires, so it rolls easily and can go through muddy areas easily. The unit comes with a three-way valve for mixing the milk.

Footbath Design!!

F OOTBATHS • Requires no wood perimeter • Helps prevent hoof rot & heel erosion • Reduces lameness • Splits hoof for better penetration

Western Polydome 800-822-5837 Monroe, WA Greenfield Park Dairy 505-276-8659 Portales, NM

Dairy Partners 800-256-4875 Sulphur Springs, TX Zoderow Dairy 785-386-4475 Seldon, KS

Dave Weber 620-646-5747 Fowler, KS

Registered Fall & Yearling Bulls Available Private Treaty at Villanueva Bred Cattle & Replacement Heifer Calves for Sale

PAP Tested, e High Altitud le b a l i a v A s l l u B

Happy Thanksgi ving!

Villanueva • BLOODLINES: Mytty In Focus, KG Spirit, Emulation, Future Direction, Twin Valley Precision, Objective, Bextor & XR Expand

Call Bob, Kay, or Mike Anderson A Lazy 6 Angus at Blanco Canyon, HCR 72, Box 10, Ribera, NM 87560 Headquarters: 575/421-1809 Cells: 505/690-1191 • 505/660-2909 • 505/429-6846

“They are worth more if they have Black Angus influence.”

✯ Low moisture, high energy, pure sugarcane molasses supplements ✯ No fillers or binders; just 100% nutrition ✯ Energy, Protein, Vitamins and Minerals all in one convenient package ✯ Supplement cattle for .20 to .30 cents per head per day ✯ Increased forage utilization ✯ No Waste

Ronnie Hudson • 800-750-9608 • 325-659-3992 • rwhud@aol.com • www.hudsonlivestock.com New Mexico Sales Rep • Tom Underwood • 830/534-2142

New Mexico’s Largest Purebred Bull Source RD NEW HE

SIRE

• • • • cL 1 Domino 860u

42897554 – calved: Jan. 10, 2008 – tattoo: Le 860

CL 1 Domino 637S 1 ET 42692477 DL 1 Dominette 5142R 42571150

L1 Domino 00552 L1 Dominette 96893 CL 1 Domino 888H 1 ET CL 1 Dominette 903J

L2 Domino 03396 CL1 Dominette 118L

HH Advance 767G 1ET CL 1 Dominette 7192G CL 1 Domino 640F CL 1 Dominette 6117F

CL Domino 1172L CL 1 Dominette 810H

• CE 1.3 (.08); BW 3.9 (.37); WW 55 (.28); YW 106 (P+); MM 26 (.09); M&G 53; MCE –0.3 (.06); SC 1.2 (P +); REA 0.14 (P+); MARB 0.07 (P+); FAT 0.04 (P+) CHB$ 25

• Top 1% of the breed in YW at 106 and M&G at 53.

• Top 5% of the breed in WW at 55, MM at 26, SC & CHB$.

RD NEW HE

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ss objective t510 0t26 Trait EPD ACC CEM +7 .72

CED +11 .93 MILK +30 .79

CW +21 .61

MARB REA +.62 +.55 .66 .66

$ Values

BW WW +1.1 +71 .97 .96 Hd/Dts HP 173 +6 530 .63

$EN -9.36

YW +124 .94 MW +67 .72

YH +0.5 .96 MH +0.7 .73

SC +.08 .95 DOC +9 .92

Ultrasound Carcass Steer Bull / Hfr

FAT -.030 .61

16 49

18 37

$W +43.06

$G +38.97

$B +72.90

Objective is a curvebending Angus bull with low birthweight and high weaning weight EPDs. Other herd Sires include Bon View New Design 878, SAV 004, Woodhill Foresight, and MC 2500.

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For sALe this FALL

150 Hereford Bulls 100 Angus Bulls 100 Charolais Bulls 150 Bred Heifers

King Hereford & Charolais High Valley Angus r herd bull needs!

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BRANGUS GENETICS GENETICS: : : HYBRID VIGOR – MORE POUNDS TO SELL ADAPTABLE TO ANY CLIMATE & TERRAIN FIT MANY CERTIFIED BEEF PROGRAMS COWS ARE VERY MATERNAL & HIGHLY EFFICIENT Our Newest Herd Sire: CCR Sleep Easy 0275 Owned with Mikayla Ware and Traci Middleton.

Semen Available.

Plan to Attend the ROSWELL BRANGUS SALE February 27, 2010 Thanks to all the buyers at the Roswell Brangus Sale. A Special Thanks to: Monte Vista Ranch of Alamogordo for purchasing our top selling and Reserve Champion Bull; Glen Eagle of Clovis for purchasing our top selling open heifers.

Joe Paul & Rosie Lack • P.O. Box 274, Hatch, NM 87937 • Phone: 575/267-1016 • Fax: 575/267-1234 Bill Morrison • 411 CR 10, Clovis, NM 88101 • 575/760-7263 • bvmorrison@yucca.net CONTACT THESE SOUTHWEST BRANGUS BREEDERS FOR BRANGUS BULLS AND FEMALES

Troy Floyd P.O. Box 133 Roswell, NM 88201 Home: 575/734-7005 Ranch: 575/626-2896

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

Parker Brangus LARRY PARKER San Simon, AZ 85632 Days: 520/845-2411 Eves.: 520/845-2315

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

Bruhn Enterprises,

Maid Rite Feeds,

Tucumcari Ranch Supply,

Logan, N.M.

Willcox, AZ

Tucumcari, N.M.

Ernie Bruhn, 575/487-2273

Billy Thompson, 520/384-4688

Jimmy Watson, 575/461-9620

Circle S Feed Store,

Bradley Supply,

Carlsbad, N.M.

Clayton, N.M.

Steve Swift, Account Manager

Wally Menuey, 800/386-1235

Ty Bradley, 575/374-3333

Portales, N.M., 800/525-8653

Cortese Feed & Supply,

Horse n Hound Feed n Supply

Gary Creighton,

Fort Sumner, N.M.

Las Cruces, NM

Knox Cortese, 575/355-2271

Curtis Creighton 575/523-8790

Cowboy’s Corner Feed & Supply, Lovington, N.M. Wayne Banks, 575/396-5663 Creighton’s Town & Country, Portales, N.M. Garland Creighton, 575/356-3665

Old Mill Farm & Ranch, Belen, N.M. Corky Morrison, 505/865-5432 Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply, Roswell, N.M. Hub Traylor, 575/622-9164

Cattle Specialist Portales, N.M., 800/834-3198

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