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32 View from the Backside by Barry Denton

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39 In Memoriam 40 N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle 44 News Update 52 N.M. Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

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e are rapidly approaching Election Day as I write this. We all need to take the time to go to the polls and vote. Regardless of what candidates or what party or what issues we are in favor of or against, it is our privilege and our duty to vote in the election. I pray daily for our country, and for His hand to be on us as we elect our leadership for the next term. Vote early, or vote on November 8, just vote ! Our 2016 Joint Stockmen’s Convention is right around the corner. It will be at Albuquerque Crowne Plaza Hotel, December 1 through 4. If you have not registered, call the office today and get ‘er done ! We have some really good speakers lined up for our sessions, and there will be very good presenters at Cattlemen’s College on Friday. We are still working on a keynote speaker for Friday but we will get a good one! Come join us for all the festivities ! We are still working on our self-insured workers comp group. We need help from some of you in order to get our feasibility study done. If we can’t get the study done, we can’t get the group formed and off the ground. We think we can save ag producers quite a bit of money on workers comp premiums with this group. Please call or email the office today – we need your help ! The 2017 New Mexico legislature opens Tuesday, January 17, and runs to March 19. We will have our legislative board meeting during that time. Exact date and times will be in next month’s letter. Also, Ag Fest and Ag Feed will be happening. Please try to come up to Santa Fe for these functions, and especially if an ‘all hands on deck’ goes out. We need hats in the halls and boots echoing off the walls at times. Please keep Caren, Michelle, Alicia and Tom in your thoughts and prayers as they move to Santa Fe for the long session. They are up there working hard for each one of us, to keep abreast of the issues, supporting the good ones and fighting the bad ones. Pat them on the back when you see them, and thank them for a job well done. The Cattegrowers Foundation Inc. has some exciting things in store including a new website and a focus on our future – the young men and women who will fill our shoes in the decades to come. Much of this will be unveiled at Convention. Watch the Stockman in the months to come too. If you are reading this and are not a member of our organization, please consider joining with us as we do the things we do to help our members continue in business in a tough, hostile environment. Every single day we face another obstacle or issue that creates problems for us. We are determined to do our best to make a level playing field for us all. Please call or email the office today – we need your help! As I close, I am looking out my office window at a beautiful landscape, and fat calves that will get on trucks and leave here in a few days. We have been truly blessed here this year, with the exception of a sour market. I know some of you have not been so fortunate, and our prayers and hopes are with you for a much better 2017. Until we meet again,

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Meanwhile back in reality land, wolves continue to cause huge economic harm to families, ranches and hunters across the country. Those suffering from wolves had an opportunity for the spotlight before U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight & Government Reform in late September. New Mexico was blessed to have two voices at the table, Alexa Sandoval, NMDGF Director and NMCGA member Tom Paterson. Both made New Mexico and New Mexicans proud. The hearing was not without detractors,

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Mule Deer Foundation National Rifle Association National Shooting Sports Foundation National Trappers’ Association National Wild Turkey Federation Orion the Hunters’ Institute Pheasants Forever Professional Outfitters and Guides Association Quail Forever Quality Deer Management Association Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Ruffed Grouse Society Safari Club International Shikar Safari Club Sportsmen’s Alliance Tread Lightly Wild Sheep Foundation Wildlife Forever Whitetails Unlimited All of this attention apparently didn’t sit well with Mr. Grijalva who recently created his own news story bemoaning the “‘Republican Mythology’ About Endangered Wolf Management.” According to that wellknown news outlet science.kjzz.org, he wants to change the focus of the conversation. There must have been an unknown

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Declaring Victory! The NMCGA, the New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc., the New Mexico Federal Lands Council, along with Catron, Hidalgo, Luna, Quay, Colfax Counties, Tom Sidwell and the Acequia de La Isla have settled their protests with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) in a most satisfactory manner. The story is a long one that shouldn’t be told until all of the final paperwork has been

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October U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop, Utah, held a field hearing on Tribal Prosperity & Self-Determination through Energy Development in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The hearing was small, but the testimony provided by five tribes from the West, including Alaska, full of impact. The stories they told were no different from those we hear from families and communities across the West who are seeking that the federal government cede control of federal lands to the states. Federal management on reservations and pueblos is killing economic growth and prosperity. Poor management of resources is harming the resources. The Indian people are not allowed to take care of themselves. This isn’t a hard concept to grasp when you consider that the reservation system was the first grand experiment in welfare. But the anti’s never let an opportunity pass to make fools of themselves. As we entered the Roundhouse where the hearing was held, there was a small group of multi-cultural individuals holding a protest against fracking. There probably weren’t a dozen of them. After the hearing commenced those folks began to filter into the hearing room. It wasn’t long before two apparently Anglo women, one of the carrying a baby in a pack, stepped in front of the committee rail with a big vinyl sign against fracking. They were politely asked to sit down several times. Eventually the State Policeman at the back of the room was asked to resolve the situation. After some time and the threat of calling additional State Police, the women finally sat down. The woman with the baby maintained defiant eye contact with the trooper during the entire confrontation. Chairman Bishop thanked the State Police for the calm handling of the manner deficient (his words) women and the hearing proceeded. It was long before an elderly Anglo couple got up with another, smaller sign. We went through the same drill, except the man wasn’t willing to challenge the police for so long. Immediately after the hearing all of them jumped up again with signs with several of their friends taking pictures. An elderly Indian man got up with them and stated that he was exercising his right to free speech. I didn’t listen to any more. The room cleared of those who came to be a part of or to listen to the hearing with those folks still in the front talking to themselves. You didn’t see any of this in the media

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Changes USDA Conservation Easement Program Fewer acres will be purchased as easements to protect wetlands and other sensitive lands under the new Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), which is replacing three programs repealed by the 2014 farm bill, according to an AgriPulse story by Stephen Davies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published its final rule for ACEP in the Federal Register in mid October. ACEP combines provisions of the Wetlands Reserve Program, Grassland Reserve Program and Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), all of which were discontinued by the 2014 legislation. About half the amount of money will be available to buy easements, NRCS said in its final rule. Where WRP, GRP, and FRPP received $691 million per year from 20092013, ACEP will receive about $368 million annually. The amount of funding available and the increase in per-acre costs will result in a corresponding decrease in acreage enrolled under ACEP, NRCS said. From 2009 to 2013, approximately 1.7 million acres were enrolled under WRP, GRP and FRPP - an average of 340,000 acres per year. But from 2014 to 2018, NRCS projects enrollment of 149,000 acres per year, for a total of about 746,000 acres. Most of that acreage – about 522,000 acres – would be enrolled under the new ACEP-Wetlands Reserve Easement program, with the rest enrolled under the ACEP-Agricultural Land Easement program. NRCS said in the rule that the increased per-acre cost “is due in part to rising land values and in part to the projected enrollment shares in ACEP.”

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(EPD) for residual average daily gain (RADG), which Backus looks at along with mature height and residual feed intake (RFI) comparisons. Those measure how much an animal eats each day for the same gain, which can be plus or minus 8 lb. He aims to use bulls with an RFI of -5 or less because their daughters would need 1,000 lb. less feed per year. “Think what that would mean for my pastures, my calves and my breed-back the

next year,” he wrote in an Arizona Cattlelog article. “If they are all just 10 percent more efficient, I can run 10 percent more cows on the same forage.” Last year’s calf crop converted dry matter at a 6.69 to 1 ratio in 200 days on feed, gaining 3.27 lb. per day. Those are already among the best at his yard, says Cattleman’s Choice manager Dale Moore, who specializes in feeding for natural and non-hormone-treated targets. “If you can’t depend on technology like implants and feed additives, you darn well

better have the genetics,” he says. Those are often fed longer than average to achieve growth and quality grade targets. “It works because Prime premiums outweigh the discounts, but only when you know the cattle can do it,” Moore says. He feeds thousands each year that beat 30 percent Prime, but none from a more unlikely place than that cactus canyon. “Chuck has taught me not to judge a book by its cover until you have read it at least three times,” he adds. In an essay on feed efficiency, Backus recently recommitted to quality. “Ranchers that don’t produce higher quality (marbling) calves are going to be left to compete with the cull cow market as hamburger,” he wrote. Given the huge Angus gene pool, database and DNA testing all breeding stock as an entrance exam for the past three years, Backus looks forward to continued rapid improvement on all fronts. For all the precision and planning with land and cattle, Backus cares most about people. Judy, his wife of 59 years, leads all in traits there. She once ran a real estate business in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, which daughter Beth now operates. Daughter Amy and her husband Mike Doyle have a percentage interest in the herd. Son Tony and wife Blanca are also much involved in ranch operations. All live nearby and were in attendance at the award presentation. Quarter Circle U manager Dean Harris and wife Kris, computer records keeper, might as well be family, too, like Casey Murph, head cowboy at the north ranch. “Ranching relates the person in all of our complexity to the real world, animal and earth kingdom that we live in,” Backus says. “We have come from a million years of gathering tribes to farmers and sustaining communities and civilization.” Though evolution has distanced humans from their food suppliers, Backus aims to close the gap. “I have a personal drive to leave the world a little better than I found it,” he says. You could call that a progressive attitude.

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Billion, with a “B” Certified Angus Beef ® sales hit 1.015 billion pounds by Laura Conaway

ngus producers knew they could create a brand of beef that would sell millions of pounds in a year. But more than a billion? Let’s not get carried away, the organizers would have said. Yet upon reflection, some might have wondered. That year has come and gone now. The Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s 38th fiscal year (FY) ending Sept. 30 carved a spot in history as the first time global sales surpassed 1 billion lb. For the 18,000 partners joined by a common mission, CAB President John Stika said the milestone brings a reason to celebrate. More than that, it brings appreciation for thousands of individual successes that led to that historic mark. “This number is significant, not because of what it is, but for what it represents,” Stika said of the actual 1.015 billion lb. sold, up 119 million lb. and 13.3 percent more than last year. The average growth over the previous five years has been 3 percent, but it’s nearly 75 percent in the last decade of sequential annual records and 12 straight years of sales growth.

brisket, fresh corned beef and marinated fajita meat, were up 8.9 percent. Showcasing a taste for exceptional quality, sales of CAB brand Prime soared 26.4 percent higher for the year. Capitalizing on its larger reach, the International Division set a record of 138 million lb. sold, a growth of 15 percent. Leading the charge was Japan, historically important and up by 111 percent after opening CAB’s Tokyo office in August of FY 2015. Canada continued near the top, as did Mexico with 16 percent more sales for the year. As sales grew in the United states and 49

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The market moves After several years of record-high beef prices brought on by tight supplies, the last fiscal year began with the pendulum swinging back to favor beef marketers. Retailers made it through six years of relatively flat to declining sales to arrive at a year of explosive growth, setting an all-time record with sales of 435 million lb., an 18.5 percent jump. Of the top 100 retail chains carrying CAB, 70 percent saw a rise in beef sales. Not to get lost in the that boom, foodservice continued its consistent growth, up 21 million lb. from last year. More than 75 percentof the brand’s 143 domestic distributors saw their businesses grow in FY 16, selling 10 percent more beef to licensed restaurants than last year. Seasons bring tradition and drive sales of particular cuts consumers want. The chuck and round owned holiday sales in every category, buoyed by a new smart phone “roasting app” to net an increase of 87 million lb. Summer’s middle meats and ground beef sales carried on, up 11.4 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively. Value-added products, including smoked

other countries, for the first time since 2000, CAB expanded production to another country. Four years of close dialogue with people in Russia’s Miratorg company culminated in February with licensing its packing facility southwest of Moscow. The company, which had invested heavily in U.S. Angus genetics, now breeds, grows, feeds and harvests the cattle as a member of the American Angus Association, all geared toward the CAB endpoint. “The first pound of Certified Angus Beef there was produced under stringent brand-assurance protocols involving the

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same objective camera grading technology used in North America, along with a live video feed to our office,” Stika said. Herd expansion here featured the use of more high-quality Angus genetics. After years of a declining supply, the brand’s 32 licensed packing plants saw an increase in Angus-type cattle identified to 13.6 million, up 6.9 percent, though short of the 15 million head eligible in 2010. Higher acceptance rates allowed graders to certify a record of more than 75,000 carcasses per week, totaling 12.6 percent higher, or 3.92 million for the year to set an annual CAB acceptance rate of 28.9 percent. That record is more than double the rate of 10 years ago when it was barely above 14 percent.

The best to offer As the impact of drought subsided and replacement heifers entered herds, “Cattlemen didn’t just add more numbers,” Stika said. “They assembled the highest-quality, most Angus-influenced cow herd North America has ever seen.” Consumers benefited from the greater supply of high-quality beef at a lower price, but herd growth helps producers as well. Despite four straight years with fewer

brand-eligible cattle prior to FY16, the cattlemen gets exciting,” he said. number of those accepted kept trending The beef market is a seesaw of sorts: for higher. Fine-tuned genetics and manage- cattlemen today, for retailers then who ment tactics through those years set the struggled to sell high-priced beef. Stika said stage to ensure that outcome and launched the key for all is to stay the course through the drive past the billion-pound CAB sales their lows and prepare for the future in the mark once expansion began. highs of the cycle. The long-term outlook This is perhaps the most purpose-driven reveals a high-quality cowherd that puts expansion ever for the North American beef producers in position to the meet the community. demands of a global beef market. “A lot is said about herd rebuilding,” said “From start to finish in this process, it’s CAB Vice President of Production Mark important for everyone to stay connected McCully, “but I think record acceptance with each other’s realities,” Stika said. rates are a reflection of cattlemen rebuild- “Doing so allows us to make sure we never ing with a purpose and quality in mind.” lose sight of the fact that we are all in this That intentionality will position the together. The model for Certified Angus brand for continued growth – even in a Beef is not just about short-term gain; market that’s undergone a dramatic shift, rather it’s about creating an overall pullhe said. through demand for the product that “The consumer isn’t going to go back- allows everyone to benefit over the long wards,” McCully said. “No doubt, some haul.” leverage has moved away from the cattle While all may not be simultaneously producer, but we are still operating in a successful at a given moment in time, Stika market that rewards value and quality.” said the system will work as end users base Those who produce top quality and future business decisions on demand market in a way that captures that value will growth. stay economically viable. “Cattle prices may be down currently, but “As we meet global consumer demand quality is still the road for future sustainabiland expose even more people to great-tast- ity of our individual businesses, because ing beef, the future for quality-minded consumers demand it.”

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Justice Department Won’t Prosecute EPA Over Waste Spill in Colorado EPA triggered release of three million gallons of toxic sludge into Animas River by Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal

he Justice Department has decided not to pursue criminal prosecution of an Environmental Protection Agency employee involved in a massive mine-waste spill in Colorado’s Animas River last year, according to the agency that investigated the employee’s role in the spill. The decision prompted complaints from House Republicans who had pushed for the investigation. The EPA’s Office of Inspector General said in mid-October that it had presented facts from a yearlong investigation to the U.S. attorney’s office in Colorado into whether an EPA employee violated two criminal statutes in connection with the August 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine. One pertained to the Clean Water Act, and the other making false statements. The employee hasn’t been named. Justice Department officials didn’t immediately return a call for comment. The spill of three million gallons of toxic sludge into the river was caused after an EPA contractor accidentally triggered the release while doing excavation work at the abandoned mine in southwestern Colorado, EPA officials have said. The sludge turned the Animas yellow for days and forced thousands of river users downstream to turn to alternate water supplies. Officials at the watchdog arm of the EPA declined to elaborate on the possible charges, but three high-ranking House Republicans said the inspector general’s office told them in a briefing that they had found evidence of criminal wrongdoing on both statutes and had referred the findings to federal prosecutors. However, the attorney general’s office on the same day declined to prosecute the charges, according to a letter sent to Attorney General Loretta Lynch from three House Republicans, including Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

“By not taking up the case, the Department of Justice looks like it is going easy on its colleagues in EPA,” they wrote. The letter asks Ms. Lynch to provide a briefing by about why her office didn’t pursue the charges as they say it has in other spills of lesser magnitude involving private companies. “Its lack of action on these charges give the appearance of hypocrisy, and seem to indicate that there is one set of rules for private citizens and another for the federal government,” said the letter, also signed by Utah’s Rob Bishop, chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, and Wyoming’s Cynthia Lummis, chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on the Interior. Officials from the inspector general’s

office declined to comment beyond their statement, which said the decision not to prosecute was made October 6. In lieu of criminal prosecution, the inspector general said it would prepare an investigative report for EPA’s senior management to take any administrative action. The EPA faces other legal fallout from the spill. New Mexico filed a still-pending suit in federal court against the EPA over what state officials there call lingering contamination issues impacting its residents downstream, such as when toxic sediments get stirred up again from spring runoff. “We’ll continue to do all we can…to hold the EPA accountable to the same standards they would have if a private business had been responsible,” said Butch Tongate, Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department.

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always figured growing up on a ranch was synonymous with free college. I think one of the first things you learn on a ranch is sex education. From the time you are a kid you have seen animals mating and birthing. You may not have any idea that your parents do the same thing, but you are familiar with the entire process. Pretty soon you figure out which livestock are good breeders and which ones need to be culled. You learn about eggs, embryos, good sperm, bad sperm, the best time of the month to breed, zygotes, etc. Beyond that you learn why cows have milk and when they do not. Sometimes you are caught off guard and it is necessary that you become a midwife, nurse, and doctor all in one. You have all the tools to deliver a baby and if you are missing something you are clever enough to improvise. You also know that when the barometric pressure drops, you may be called to duty. Full moons are also signs that you had better pay attention to your livestock. Consider that the moon affects the tides. Living animals are composed of 90 percent water so why wouldn’t they be affected by the moon? This is where astrology comes in. You know where the little dipper is in the sky no matter what season it is. If you happen to run cattle on vast ranges you may use the North Star at the end of the handle of the little dipper to help plot your best course home to the home ranch. If there is a horse thief or full moon the cattle will probably be restless that night and may require more attention. Cattle and horses tend to be like humans in that all the crazies are brought to life during a full moon. We know that police departments and emergency rooms are busier on full moons and so are ranchers. Not only do you have to keep your cattle calm, but your cowboys as well. I think we may as well call this psychological evaluation or brain studies. Everyone knows that when you are moving cattle you have to watch them

every step so they stay on your chosen path. You also know that when you let your attention drift the cattle will take advantage of it. You learn to always watch the cow’s eye and try to anticipate their next move before they actually do it. Therefore since you are in the great outdoors you have to learn to apply your full attention to one thing, but at the same time you have to multi task. That means while you are closely watching your cattle, you still have to ride your horse, make sure the calves keep up, and stay on the best course. I think that little exercise covers, study habits, navigation, equine science, and bovine intuition. While you are living on a ranch you involuntarily become an architect, engineer, and mechanic because there is always something that needs to be rebuilt, repaired, or replaced. It may involve grading, water distribution, building, plumbing, welding, masonry, electrical, roofing, fencing, etc. If you are going to accomplish any of these tasks, look at all the tools you will have to know how to use. Can you imagine if you had to learn all of these tasks in a classroom? How many years of school would that take? On a ranch you normally learn from someone who does it or you learn by trial and error with an enormous amount of error. Since you realize that you will never accomplish anything without persistence and determination you become a very stubborn individual, because it is necessary to survive. As you conquer more tasks you gain confidence and independence as a result. Therefore, when it is your time to go to an institution of higher learning, look at the knowledge and life skills you have already acquired. This will put you ahead of many of your town associates that may have had very little chance to acquire what you have had to learn. Growing up on a ranch prepares you very well for life and gives you the advantage, in about any endeavor you wish to accomplish. When you endure and achieve things on your own you tend to be a more independent and free thinking person. This brings me to the astonishing cry for free college during the recent presidential campaign. While the word “free” may sound good to many, we all know that there is nothing for “free.” What it boils down to is that everything has to be paid for eventually. If you go to continued on page 34 >>

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college for free you will owe every working person in the country that is contributing to it. If you earn your way through college and have to pay for your education you will appreciate it more as it will be your accomplishment. If someone else pays for your education, it will lose its value. If we have a nationalized curriculum like we presently have in American schools then your education will be controlled by the government in power. They will be able to influence all the students to think like them. This will stifle “free thinking.” Everyone will tend to think the same as they are all taught the same. This type of thinking will be detrimental to a free society as most will think in the same manner and you will probably be ostracized if you do not. Not only will the value of a diploma go down, but the value of life will diminish as well. America was founded on freedom, which needs to remain the primary tenet of American life. Don’t let them buy your loyalty.

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An App For That

ere are ten smartphone apps that we could turn in offenders and have a black desperately need some geek to helicopter drop from the sky, a swat team create: would lay out tack strips and a loud speaker #10- Everywhere people are hunched would burst forth, “Put the phone down over and staring at their smartphones. I and step out of the car with your hands up.” wish someone would invent a beeping #4- During this past political season system whereby five seconds before a wouldn’t it have been great to have had an person crashes into a wall going full speed, app that would have automatically yelled, or falls down a sewer hole, their phones “Liar, liar pants on fire,” every time a politiwould start beeping like a dump truck cian told a lie? Or pantsuit, as the case may going backwards. This would prevent half be. the patient visits to emergency wards. #3- Aren’t you sick of going to a restau#9- Here’s an app equestrians and rant and having some blowhard conduct cowboys could use. After you’ve put your his business on his phone so that everyone left foot in the stirrup and about the time can hear his profanity laced tirade, using your right leg has reached its apex over your words that would embarrass a muleskinner saddle, Clint Eastwood says on your smart- or an NBA star? Don’t you wish you had a phone, ‘I know what you’re thinking, Did I button on your phone you could punch tighten my cinch strap or didn’t I?’ This that would send a taser dart into the guy’s would at least prepare the rider for the body so that in an instant he’d be on the oncoming wreck. ground, drooling at the mouth from 220 #8- Income taxes cause a lot of unhealthy volts of electricity? stress and what’s needed is an app that #2- With Congress replacing simple would sweep all your accounts of any country of origin labels on food and replacmoney and break into your piggy-bank and ing them with GR codes you can tap with automatically forward it all to the IRS, which your smartphone to find out where the is what happens now, only this would cut food came from, counter measures are out the paper work and the middleman. called for. We need an app so that any time #7- It’s one thing to trust your teenager a shopper placed a foreign food in their with the family’s 1985 Oldsmobile, it’s quite shopping cart red lights and sirens would another to trust he or she with your go off and a loud voice from the heavens $500,000 harvester. Farmers need an app would advise, “This food you’re about to that every five minutes would shut off the feed your family was grown or raised in a video game your teenager is playing while third world country with filthy hygiene they’re driving the harvester. standards. Eating it could cause diarrhea, #6- If you’ve been to your doctor lately tremors, shakes, the trotskys, heart attack, you know that your Doc hardly looks up stroke, cancer and on and on.” Just like from the computer because they’ve all those disgusting TV drug commercials on gone “paperless”. Patients need an app that TV. will interface with the Doc’s iPad, interrupt #1- Too many people are getting their the Doc’s blank stare, and force he or she news and entertainment for free from their to notice that you’re holding a roping glove smartphone. What magazines and newspawith your finger in it and are bleeding to pers need is an app that appears every time death on his office floor. someone tries to read their publication for #5- Where I live it’s supposed to be free on line. After three times the screen against the law to talk on a hand-held would go black and big red words would phone while driving but it seems like every appear: “Come on cheapskate, buy a subother driver I pass is breaking this law, scription so Lee Pitts can continue to eke holding the phone with one hand, wildly out a starvation wage and live barely above gesticulating with another hand and, well, the poverty level.” that doesn’t leave any hands for driving, now does it? We need an app where you

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West Texas university that serves as the major institution of higher education in a region larger than 46 of the nation’s 50 States, and a western organization that operates as a foremost nonprofit, public-interest legal foundation over nearly half of the country today announced their joint effort to train future defenders of constitutional liberties and the rule of law. Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, Texas and Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), Denver, Colorado, created a fellowship to permit a superior law student to serve as a legal intern with MSLF during the summer after the student’s second year, to further study and learn the law and to assist in nationally significant litigation. The scholarship is funded by the generous support of oil legend Jim Henry of Henry Resources LLC, one of the “Fathers of the Wolfberry play,” in Midland, Texas. “I am thrilled for Mountain States Legal Foundation to have the opportunity to work with highly motivated law students from Texas Tech who understand and appreciate the wisdom of the Founding Fathers in constructing a constitutional Republic to protect our liberty and the need to work hard tirelessly to keep it that way,” said William Perry Pendley, MSLF president. “If some of those students decide, after a summer with us, that public-interest litigation in defense of the rule of law and constitutional liberties is for them, all the better.” “Mountain States Legal Foundation offers a very special opportunity for a Texas Tech Law student to observe and participate in significant litigation,” said Darby Dickerson, Texas Tech Dean and W. Frank Newton Professor of Law. “This Fellowship naturally fits with Texas Tech Law’s mission and vision, ‘to educate and train individuals for the ethical practice of law in the 21st Century’ and we are pleased to be associated with an outstanding organization that has drawn the generous support of Texas leaders and philanthropists.” In 1965, the Texas State Legislature authorized the Texas Tech University School of Law, which accepted students in 1967, was approved by the American Bar Association in 1970, and was accredited by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1968, and the Association of American Law Schools in 1969.

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W.W RATIO

W.D.A.

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ANGUS

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4203

12/12/15

680

n/a

2.42

2.2

n/a

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6108

3106

4132

12/24/15

620

579

2.30

3.5

ANGUS

6110

4109

12/30/15

580

571

2.21

1.3

n/a

ANGUS

6112

1138

4219

12/30/15

720

646

2.74

3.0

n/a

EPDs

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6114

203

9143

12/31/15

710

593

2.71

3.1

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6123

203

0214

01/10/16

740

638

104

2.94

5.2

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6126

Z24

4145

01/10/16

620

571

2.46

3.6

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6131

3106

4105

01/12/16

640

622

102

2.56

6.7

ANGUS

6144

4147

01/20/16

685

104

2.83

0.5

n/a

ANGUS

6146

2107

01/22/16

755

697

106

3.15

0.3

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6152

3205

6110

01/23/16

540

492

2.26

4.5

ANGUS

6154

1128

0102

01/24/16

715

652

3.00

4.9

n/a

ANGUS

6156

1128

2224

01/25/16

695

649

2.93

3.5

n/a

POLLED

6158 t

3205

2125

01/27/16

735

676

3.08

6.0

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6162

849

2209

01/30/16

620

583

2.67

3.3

ANGUS

6204

1128

8113

02/04/16

750

701

106

3.30

3.3

n/a

POLLED

6209

Z24

2122

02/09/16

675

651

107

3.04

4.4

ANGUS

6213

1211

9139

02/11/16

755

721

109

3.43

3.8

n/a

ANGUS

6215

1211

9142

02/13/16

605

581

2.78

2.9

n/a

ANGUS

6301

1138

5116

03/01/16

535

565

2.66

3.0

n/a

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6304

849

9127

03/07/16

560

568

2.87

3.3

ANGUS

6305

1138

2162

03/09/16

101

715

763

116

3.70

4.4

n/a

ANGUS

6311

1211

9301

03/14/16

490

521

2.61

3.4

n/a

ANGUS

6314

1211

9114

03/16/16

600

645

3.23

1.9

n/a

ANGUS

6315

4117

03/17/16

585

699

106

3.16

1.6

n/a

POLLED

6317

Z24

2219

03/21/16

535

588

101

2.96

4.3

ANGUS

6318

1138

1222

03/22/16

590

652

3.28

1.3

n/a

POLLED

6401

203

6436

04/11/16

465

544

2.91

4.8

POLLED

6408

3106

2156

04/30/16

400

506

2.84

1.8

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arl Eldon Barnes, 80, Artesia, passed Men’s Prayer Group. Besides spending his away on October 2, 2016, in Lubbock, retirement years enjoying the golf course, Texas, with his family by his side. Carl he took care of the Men’s Wednesday Golf was born June 9, 1936, in Clovis, the son of Club at the Artesia Country Club. He was Paul and Ethel (Pierce) Barnes. After gradu- also currently serving as the secretary/treaating from Fields High School in 1954, he surer of the Eastern New Mexico Senior Golf attended New Mexico State University, Association. Carl enjoyed woodworking graduating in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree and home improvement projects, camping, in crop science. In 1960, he earned his mas- fishing, square dancing groups, and teachter’s in plant breeding. Carl met his wife, Jo ing round dancing, and he was a faithful Marie Hegglin, in the first grade, and the backer and follower of the Artesia Bulldogs. two were married in 1954 in Fields. Carl and Survivors include his wife, Jo Marie Barnes; his family moved to Artesia in 1965, and he son Robert Lynn Barnes and wife Diana, began working for NMSU as an assistant Midland, Texas; daughter Carla Carter and professor of agronomy at what is now husband Charlie, Artesia; four grandsons referred to as the NMSU Agricultural and four great-grandchildren. Science Center in Artesia. He was named Jewel Perez, 88, Encino, passed away on superintendent of the facility in 1968 and September 29, 2016 at Wheatfields Senior remained in that role for 34 years until his Living Community in Clovis. She was born retirement in 1999. Carl grew up on his fam- March 18, 1928 in Daysboro, Wolfe County, ily’s 1,920-acre farm, learning the value of Kentucky to the home of William and Grace hard work, patience, building various skills, (Collinsworth) Spencer. She attended and respecting the land. After showing school in Kentucky before moving to Floyd, livestock as part of 4-H and FFA beginning New Mexico where she attended high at the age of 9, and winning numerous school. Jewel married Ernest Perez in March county awards and a Grand Champion 1946. They made their home on the ranch swine title at the New Mexico State Fair near Encino for many years where she and when he was 16, Carl learned how import- Ernest operated a Rambouillet sheep and ant perseverance is inside the show ring Registered Hereford cattle ranch. Jewel was and out. He was instrumental in the Eddy a member of the Vaughn Extension Club, a County Fair being held in Artesia instead of longtime 4-H Leader, a member of New Carlsbad. Carl received the Outstanding Mexico Wool Growers, and Cattle Growers’ Senior Award at NMSU, the Fabian Garcia Association. She was a great seamstress and Award from NMSU, the NMSU College of also enjoyed oil painting, and gardening. Agriculture and Home Economics’ Distin- She was a longtime member of Our Lady of guished Service Award, the NMSU College Guadalupe Catholic Church in Encino. Surof Agriculture and Home Economics’ Fabian vivors include a daughter Diana Gallegos Garcia Founders Award of Excellence, a New and husband Jude, Vaughn; three sons Mexico Crop Improvement Association Michael Perez and wife Connie, Nara Visa, Honorary Membership, and an Honorary Jeffery Perez, Albuquerque, and Chris Perez Chapter FFA Degree. He served on the and wife Leslie, Encino, and Johnny (Gina) Artesia City Council and as director of the Jaurequiberry whom they raised as a son. New Mexico Municipal League. He also Also surviving is one sister Billie Reagan and served as president of the Artesia Rotary husband Wilburn, Lubbock, Texas along Club, president of the Artesia West Little with eight grandchildren and five League, and on the Artesia MainStreet Com- great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, mittee. He was instrumental in forming the nephews, other relatives and many friends. Marie Chase Foundation. Carl cherished his Dale Lasater, 73, Matheson, Colorado, church family at First United Methodist died suddenly on October 15, 2016 followChurch. He served as a trustee, in staff-par- ing a tragic horse accident on the Dale ish relations, on the building committees Lasater Ranch (formerly The Lasater Ranch). and missions, as chairman of the Church He was a well-known Colorado cattle Council, on the nominating committee, and rancher and conservationist. Lasater was as chairman of the building committee for raised on The Lasater Ranch in Falfurrias, the sanctuary. He was also involved in the Texas, and Matheson. After graduating from

Princeton University in 1965, Lasater spent a year studying as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and then spent two years working with a cattle improvement program with the Peace Corps in Colombia. Prior to taking over the family ranch, Lasater worked as general manager of International Cattle Systems, a diversified livestock company headquartered in Kansas. In 1986 he took over management of the Lasater Ranch in Eastern Colorado, founded in 1948 by Tom and Mary Lasater. He broadened and deepened his parents’ commitment to working holistically with nature and the environment, producing organic grass-fed beef cattle of the Beefmaster breed developed by his father. Lasater and his brother Laurence made presentations about the family philosophy of cattle breeding and range management around the world. Lasater worked throughout his career to implement conservation of irreplaceable Colorado short-grass prairie and other range environments. Lasater was a past President of the Pikes Peak Cattlemen’s Association, and served on the board of directors of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, and the National Cattlemen’s Association. He was a founding board member of the Holistic Management Colorado Branch. In 2002, Lasater was awarded the Slow Food Award for Biodiversity in Turin, Italy. In 2012 Lasater was awarded the Stuart P. Dodge award for lifetime achievement by the Palmer Land Trust. Lasater is the author of Falfurrias and the editor of Flatrock. Lasater is survived by his beloved wife Janine; sons Alex (fiancé Sarah Cannady) and Tom (spouse Peiching Lasater); two grandchildren; brother Laurence Lasater, San Angelo, Texas; brother Lane Lasater and sister Sally Lasater of Boulder, Colorado. Editor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The New Mexico Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families & friends would like to see more detail, verbatim pieces must be emailed to us, & may be printed at 10¢ per word.

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NOVEMBER 2016

JINGLE JANGLE

by Lauren Schlothauer, National & New Mexico Beef Ambassador

s my year serving as a National Beef Ambassador draws to a close it is a great time to pause and reflect upon my time being privileged enough to hold this position. Serving as a Beef Ambassador on both the state and national level has truly been a blessing and I have learned so much through a multitude of hands on experience. However, the most valuable knowledge I have gained has been about people. Serving as a Beef Ambassador, both on a state and national scale, allows you to meet a wide variety of people that you would have never crossed paths with! Geographically speaking, even within the Land of Enchantment we are oftentimes so spread out (especially when many live in predominantly rural areas) that despite sharing a common interest and passion two people may never meet in person. However, because I was given the opportunity to

speak with many fantastic Cowbelle members at different functions not only did I get to share some of my knowledge, I also got to learn a whole host of new information about how wonderful and unique our stakeholders within the ranching community in New Mexico are. I have always appreciated the people in our state and have now fallen in love with a whole host of ranch women throughout the country who are truly excited and involved with the future of the beef industry. Another opportunity that serving as a Beef Ambassador has afforded me is to be reminded of the true value of empathy and how to further focus on emotional connections. As a Beef Ambassador I have gotten to do several booths and answer lots of questions about where beef comes from and how the industry affects the everyday consumer. Facts are great supporting material, but making a genuine connection is so incredibly paramount to find common ground. Once you have connected on the level of being a human being, this is where important conversations happen. Not only are emotional connections important in sharing our messages regarding agriculture, but they are also very necessary when championing how every producer does

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what they do best. We must practice empathy and understanding of our neighbor’s production practices and champion our diverse industry as a whole. Finally, serving as a Beef Ambassador has allowed me to better understand the future of our industry. The people that I have had the pleasure of interacting with and learning about are doing an awesome job moving forward to continue to improve the sustainability of the beef industry by investing in human capital. I am proud to say that ranch women are the ones mentoring the next generation and preparing them to face the new challenges of tomorrow. We are not only collectively mentoring the next generation in how to share their family’s proud tradition of ranching but we are also taking a stand to change the status quo about the stigma many consumers have attached to the beef industry. Sometimes it can be easy to feel like what you are doing each day is not having a large impact, but I guarantee you that no matter how small it is absolutely measurable and well worth your time. Thank you to all who have given me the opportunities to experience all that the State and National Beef Ambassador programs have to offer.

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he Chamiza CowBelles October meeting was called to order at 12 noon by President Nancy Phelps with eleven members present in Johnny B’s Restaurant in TorC. The secretary’s report was approved as read. The treasurer’s report was approved as presented. OLD BUSINESS: Nancy reported that 5657 beef raffle tickets were sold this year. The winner of the beef was Gary Whitehead who intends to share most of the beef with needy families in the area. Nancy will purchase the other half of beef. The fair booth sold $198 worth of merchandise. Kristie presented information regarding signage at the Louis Armijo Sports Complex. Whatever is chosen for graphics will be painted on the concession stand wall by the Boys & Girls Club under the direction of an artist. The group decided a replication of new banner would be the best. Kristie will follow up to make sure the design will be done appropriately before payment is sent. NEW BUSINESS: Nancy announced she has been nominated for State CowBelle Secretary. Elections will take place at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque in December. Good luck, Nancy! Several new members have joined the ranks so the group hopes to be in contention for the “most new members” award. It was decided to keep the current officers for the upcoming year. The results are as follows: President, Nancy Phelps; Vice President, Sherry Ibarra; Secretary, Cathy Pierce; Treasurer, Robbie Montgomery; and District Rep, Gloria Petersen. Congratulations to all. There will be another meeting regarding the Gila Forest planning on November 1st from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Albert Lyon Event Center. Meeting adjourned at 1 p.m. Marie won the door prize of free lunch. Submitted by Cathy Pierce Canyon CowBelles – During the Lincoln County Fair the American flag was raised August 6, 2016 in memory of Knollene Lovelace McDaniel. As arranged by the Canyon CowBelles, the flag had been flown over the U.S. Capitol on May 24, 2016. Knollene’s grandson Quirt McDaniel and his wife Natty were present for the flag raising and they were presented a certificate acknowledging the flag having been flown over the Capitol. The certificate stated: At the request of the Honorable Steven Pearce, Member of Congress, this flag was flown and presented to the Lincoln County Fair Association and the McDaniel Family, as the CowBelles remember and honor Knollene Lovelace McDaniel, a patriotic American and a staunch supporter of the agricultural

industry. This is to certify that the accompanying flag was flown over the United States Capitol. The certificate was signed by Representative Steve Pearce. The Canyon CowBelles were present throughout the fair and sold homemade pies as one of their annual fundraisers. In addition another fundraiser was the selling of raffle tickets for a large quilt made by a relative of Knollene’s. The quilt had a ranching and agricultural theme with the back of the quilt showing cowboys riding “Into the Sunset” which is the quilt’s title. On Septem-

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of showing appreciation for all the school employees do for the children of the community. The supper was well attended and this year a “take out “option was offered. Submitted by Toni Rossi On September 29, 2016, Lariat CowBelles hosted the 42nd Annual 5 States Round Up at the Clayton Airpark. The theme of the program was Beef on the Border. Present were CowBelles and Cattlewomen from New Mexico, Colorado and Oklahoma. Of those present, there were two New Mexico CowBelles state officers and six New Mexico CowBelles past presidents. There were an estimated 69 attendees. The first presentation was entitled “What has Your Beef Check-off Done for You Lately,” by Barbara Jacques, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, Executive Committee. Ms. Jacques owns a cow-calf and stocker ranch in Oklahoma. Beef Check-off is funded by a one dollar per head fee when an animal is sold. The Beef Check-off was begun as a voluntary program in 1985. In 1988, legislation made the program mandatory. Half of the money collected goes back to the State Beef Council and the other half goes to the National Beef Council. On a national level, Check-off funds are being used to promote

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United States beef export to Japan. For on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Associaeach Check-off dollar used, the beef indus- tion website at www.beefusa.org. Espy’s/ try gets $11.20 back. The main budget Three West held a fashion show narrated by programs for 2016 and 2017 are promotion, Shea Arnett. The afternoon speaker was research and foreign market trade, followed Susan Krentz, a rancher from Douglas, by consumer information, industry informa- Arizona. Her presentation was “It’s Only tion, and producer communications. A Relative till it is Your Relative.” Her husband, challenge to the beef industry is increased Robert Krentz, was murdered in 2007 by an cost of product means fewer United States illegal immigrant. Laws say only the Border consumer buyers. The value of the dollar Patrol can apprehend a perpetrator and has decreased 41 cents from 1985 to that person is then deported back to the present. The Check-off program cannot country they crossed into the United States lobby legislature, but can provide product from, whether Mexico or Canada. Mrs. information to legislators. It cannot advo- Krentz works on correcting environmental cate against other meats. It can approve changes to her land brought about by restaurant promotion of beef. “Your illegal immigrants bringing non-native National Cattlemen’s Beef Association – seeds in on their clothing and breaking Serving Today’s Beef Industry in the water lines and stock tanks. Damage from Growing Global Economy” was presented this has incurred a $2.6 million loss over the by Tracy Brunner, 2016 National Cattlemen’s past seven years. Personal safety is a major Beef Association (NCBA) President. Mr. issue as the local people and workers are Brunner is from Flint Hills, Kansas. He is a threatened, assaulted, kidnapped, and fourth generation farmer and rancher. His killed by illegal immigrants. The character children are the fifth generation. Family is of the illegal immigrants is changing to a important to him. Many of his decisions more criminal element. They deal in drug with NCBA are based on family. He became and human trafficking. Some of them take involved with NCBA because of anti-meat drugs to give themselves energy and to misinformation about the beef industry. All keep awake on their walk across the border. research and findings reports can be found Needles are found all over the land, creating

a health hazard to any person who steps on one. Mrs. Krentz stated the needles will pierce a boot sole, putting the person at risk for disease such as Hepatitis. Mrs. Krentz and her workers have to patrol 35 miles of border fence on her property to fix or replace fence that is cut every night. The Sheriff’s department is not allowed to assist the ranchers in illegal immigrant issues because it is not in their jurisdiction. The rules regarding the Border Patrol are not logical. Mrs. Krentz has to call the Border Patrol in Lordsburg, New Mexico, an hour and half away, instead of from Douglas, Arizona, in the county she lives in. When asked about the feasibility of the proposed “Wall” along the entire Mexico border, Mrs. Krentz stated, “What is restoration of the border plan and allowing all agencies to work together”? Mrs. Krentz told of books and websites for further information on the illegal immigrant problem. Included were Alligators in the Moat, by Ed Ashurst and Scott Catino; Deadly Risk by Nancy Dale; Border Cowboys on Facebook; the website www.whichchildwouldyouchose.com; Consent of the Governed: The People’s Guide to Holding the Government Accountable by Jason Hoyt; the American Border Patrol website; and Sue Krentz Facebook page. The meeting concluded at 2:30 pm. It was an informative day with attendees being able to network with old friends, new friends and the speakers. Submitted by Marianne Rose, NMCB Historian 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 the 14th of each month.

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Miners’ “Waters of the United States” Challenge to U.S. Supreme Court

n mid-October a 120-year-old nonprofit, non-partisan mining trade association with thousands of members joined with other litigants in urging the Supreme Court of the United States to review its lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and their top officials over final rules that purport to define “waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act (CWA) after odd rulings from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The American Exploration & Mining Association (AEMA) (once Northwest Mining Association), Spokane, Washington asserts that the rules published on June 29, 2015, violate both the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. AEMA is represented by Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), which commented on the draft rules by arguing that they illegally: extend to all waters (not just wetlands) and all waters adjacent to non-navigable interstate waters; create a new jurisdictional concept “similarly situated waters” by misquoting the Supreme Court; and ignore the Court’s demand regarding alleged wetlands adjacent to non-navigable tributaries. “We ask the Court to answer a question of great national importance, that is, whether Congress intended a definitional rule delineating the scope of the Clean Water Act to be reviewed exclusively in the court of appeals, or, as the plain text of the law provides, in the federal district courts,” said William Perry Pendley, MSLF’s president. Over the years, landowners challenging federal wetland rulings reached the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1985, deciding at which point “water ends and land begins,” the Supreme Court upheld a definition that included wetlands that “actually abut on” traditional navigable waters. In 2001, the Court held that “non-navigable, isolated, intrastate waters,” even those used by migratory birds, were not within the CWA. In 2006, ruling on whether the CWA included intrastate wetlands adjacent to non-navigable tributaries of navigable waters, the Court vacated the Corps’ rules. For a four judge plurality, Justice Scalia required a “continuous surface connection to bodies that are ‘waters of the United States’ in their own right,” but Justice Kennedy, while concurring in striking down the rules, demanded “a ‘significant nexus’ to waters that are or were navigable in fact or that could reasonably be so made.” In 2007, the EPA and the Corps responded to the Court’s rulings and in late 2008, after the receipt of 66,000 comments, issued new guidance on identifying “waters of the United States.” Then, in 2011, the two agencies proposed new guidance that expanded significantly the reach of the CWA, including over vernal pools, prairie potholes, natural ponds, and playa lakes. In response to 230,000 comments, many of which demanded a formal rule-making, the agencies issued that proposal in April of 2014. The three separate judgments of the Sixth Circuit panel denying all motions to dismiss the petitions for review for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was entered on February 22, 2016, and the Sixth Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc on April 21, 2016.

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taxes and hanging onto our land is to timber it extensively, almost to the point of clear cutting.” Loggers especially target large, lucrative trees that are also often the most ecologically valuable. Next, landowners dismantle historic stonewalls and sell the stones to landscapers. Then, people sell their natural gas rights for pennies on the dollar in attempts to make a little money. Last, in desperation, landowners sell their land, either in a single chunk or in pieces, which results in more intensive, less eco-friendly forms of land use. “The danger of [the natural gas] industry destroying the area pales in comparison to what so-called environmentalists are doing every day to destroy the future of upstate New York by frustrating natural gas development that would actually save farms and open space,” La Tourette concludes. Meanwhile, opponents of fracking in New York promote solar farms as an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas wells. A typical solar farm in upstate New York covers about 25 acres. The Nature Conservancy estimates 8.8 acres is cleared, including for new roads, for an average forested Pennsylvania gas well site, but this estimate does not apply to all of the state’s well sites because all sites are not forested or require new roads. If fracking were allowed in New York, a similar amount of land per well site would be impacted. And yet solar farms are considered “green” energy, even though they impact more than three times as much land as fracking? Life involves trade-offs, and decisions often have unintended consequences. Those who truly care about conserving biodiversity, habitat and open space should take a closer look at the tradeoffs of fracki n g , i n c l u d i n g t h e u n i nte n d e d consequences of banning fracking and that fracking has significant ecological benefits.

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he Forest Service recently published their official report on the 17,912-acre Dog Head Fire in the Cibola National Forest. The fire was initially reported on June 14 of this year, declared contained on July 13, controlled on August 10 and out on September 12. Along the way, 12 single residences and 44 other structures were destroyed along with habitat for the Goshawk and the Spotted Owl. The official cause of the fire, says the report, was human-caused and originated from a masticator, “a machine that shreds brush and trees into mulch to reduce forest fuels.” It was all part of the Isleta Collaborative Landscape Restoration Project to reduce the threat of wildfire. So we have poor management, caused by a myriad of environmental laws which

hamstring the agencies and drastically increase the chances of wildfire. Given the current political environment all the feds can do is fund these piddling little projects which, in this case, actually started the fire. We should be allowing commercial harvests, which are effective and provide for little or no cost to the taxpayer. When will Congress take action? Until they do, fires like this will continue to occur across the West, multiplying the loss of lives, resources and property, and the consumption of taxpayer dinero.

Bundy Trial Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five co-defendants are charged with conspiring to impede U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or Bureau of Land Management employees from doing their work at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge during the 41-day occupation. So far, the judge has been ruling consistently for the feds. She has denied Ryan Bundy’s motion to ditch his standby counsel, and sided with the U.S. Marshall to deny Ammon Bundy’s request to wear his cowboy boots in court. The judge has denied Ryan Bundy’s (who is representing himself) request to hand each juror a pocket-sized version of the Constitution. She has ruled the ownership of the Wildlife Refuge and the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Robert LaVoy Finicum by FBI agents are not to be mentioned and has threatened to fine Ammon Bundy’s attorney for referring to those issues. She has ruled for the U.S. Marshall to end the ability of Ammon to meet with his attorney and his brother Ryan, and that Ammon can only meet with his attorney through a screened window. Why? Because Ammon sent a

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family prepares to calve about 160 animals this year. There are multiple aspects of the Perry Ranch Brangus operation to which Perry attributes his success. Perry says he considered several traits and characteristics when choosing animals for his herd, with environmental adaptability being of utmost importance. “The overall design of our cattle program by IBBA Communications Coordinator Peyton Waldrip, reprinted with permission of the Brangus Journal and breeding program was built to fit our environment,” Perry says. “We have a goal he International Brangus Breeders in mind when we’re breeding, and we try Association (IBBA) releases Brangus to cross bulls with the females in our herd Summit Lists annually. The purpose of to fit our goals.” the Brangus Summit List is to provide Brangus and Brangus-influenced cattle breeders with recognition for the genetic are known for the environmental adaptabilvalue of proven sires and dams within the ity they offer breeders. Not only are Brangus breed. These lists serve as a tool for the IBBA cattle heat tolerant, they can thrive in cold and its member breeders in identifying environments, too. Perry says Brangus exceptional sires and dams that perform at animals have done well in his surroundings. the highest levels. “If your cattle don’t fit your environment,” The required critestates Perry, “then you’re ria for an animal to not going to produce a achieve summit status summit cow.” Brangus is known is the following: A Another aspect of his summit cow is a dam operation to consider is as the maternal that initially calved at the consistency among 30 months of age or the genetics Perry has breed; that’s what we younger, maintained a chosen. “ We don’t calving interval of 380 change just because a are and that’s what days or less, has new bull comes along,” weaned at least three he says. In reference to we keep in mind when calves, weaning the over-arching goal records have been Perry keeps in mind, he we’re breeding.” submitted for all says there is some trial calves weaned, and error when setting average weaning weight ratio on all weaned out to accomplish that goal. calves is 105 or higher, and all qualifying Maternal traits and characteristics are calves must be sired by a registered Brangus important for achieving summit status, too. bull. Summit sires have sired five or more Perry says one reason Brangus cattle are summit cows. efficient in his operation is because of the “My family was already producing calving ease, combined with the ability to Brangus cattle before the summit cows raise calves. were established,” says Frank Perry, of Perry “Brangus is known as the maternal breed; Ranch Brangus in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. “I that’s what we are and that’s what we keep was on the board when we voted to go in mind when we’re breeding,” Perry says forward with the summit sire and cow of the breed attributes he most values. “Part program in the early 2000s.” of the reason why we do like Brangus cattle Perry and his family have since produced is because, compared to other breeds, their two summit sires. Production of a summit udders hold together better and they’re sire alone is impressive when you consider better designed from a maternal the amount of time and effort that go into standpoint.” acquiring the necessary criteria to achieve Perry had several positive remarks in summit status. “It’s a way for us to be rec- regard to the milking ability of Brangus ognized for what we’re doing,” Perry says females. Perry says maternal aspects and about the summit program. environmental adaptability are not only He said his family tries to keep about 200 important, but they’re relative to each other. head in their herd. Currently, they are below Milking ability and the cow’s environment that number because of drought in recent can be positively correlated. And in respect years. Perry says he is optimistic as the to summit status, Perry pointed out: “If a

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female doesn’t produce enough milk, then you won’t hit your weaning ratio.” Brangus cattle have served Perry and his operation well. Even in periods of drought, Perry says the breed has fit his environment, in southern Oklahoma, well. Perry still has summit animal genetics in his herd. Among the advice Perry has to offer his fellow Brangus breeders, he says to have a well-designed breeding program and to follow the course of that program. He warns against changing bulls every year. Instead, he recommends trying a bull for few years to see how you can utilize him among different types of cows. Perry says his bulls hold together for multiple breeding continued on page 57 >>

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seasons in a year and that he has confidence in his females. He has gained this confidence from concentrating and pursuing the goals he set in the beginning. “You can’t chase yearling and weaning highs because they’ll knock you out, and you can get too big of animals for your environment,” Perry warned in regard to animal and trait selection. “Don’t chase EPD highs and lows, and know what your bull will pass on.” Having multiple summit sires and summit cows in pedigrees is helpful in respect to fertility, especially since fertility is heritable. Additionally, when planning a

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breeding program, keep in mind that artificial insemination (AI) can be helpful for breeders with a smaller operation, who don’t have as much access to bulls. One of the first things Perry said he did when starting his operation was take an AI class. “Mainly we knew what was working for us and making us money for our commercial herd,” Perry says about the success his family had. It can be helpful when setting goals and building a breeding program to work with other breeders. Working with other breeders can help in knowing what has and hasn’t worked for them. Perry claims he made herd visits and knew what was working in other places. He looked at a lot of other bulls and herds and says people were nice enough to share in what they were doing. “In order to raise a summit animal you have to bring the right cattle in your herd and make them work for your environment,” states Perry. “It’s on the breeders’ shoulders to make that happen.” The Perry family operation is comprised of Dave and Dicy, their sons, Frank and Ed, Frank’s wife, Michelle, and Frank and Michelle’s children, Marin, Ruger, and Geneva. Frank said he has appreciated having his families’ help in raising cattle, among other ventures. The Perrys are sixth generation ranchers in Oklahoma; the family’s history goes back since before Oklahoma’s statehood.

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NMSU’s RAIPAP is collaborating with the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe to provide the training to the participants. IAIA is a 1994 Land Grant Institution and has an agricultural extension program. “We are working with various pueblo livestock and farm associations and the pueblo tribal councils to help provide access to our workshops for the tribal members,” Gomez said. Another key component of the project is the partnership with three USDA agencies – Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency and National Agricultural Statistics Service – to inform the participants of the USDA programs that can benefit their ability to own and operate their farms and ranches. “Besides teaching the research-based agricultural information to the participants, we help them develop bookkeeping and records-keeping practices that are necessary if they want to access federal or financial institute funding,” Gomez said.

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Trade Show Set-up

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Range Improvement Task Force

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4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

NMCGA Cross Cultural Committee Parlor

PA/PB

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5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

NM Beef Cattle Performance Association

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8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

New Mexico Livestock Board

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

YCLC Steers, Beers and Cheers

PG/PH

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

NM Hereford Association Meeting

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Cattlemen’s College Sponsored by Zoetis

TX/CO

5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

NMCGA Membership Committee / Public Relations GO

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Ag Leadership Alumni Reception Sponsored by NMCGA, NMWGI, NMFLC, DPNM, NMFLB

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Cowboy Christmas Sponsored by Multimin USA, Inc.

10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Dairy Producers of New Mexico Board Meeting

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Coalition of Counties Meeting

5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

NMCGA Past President’s Meeting

PE/PF

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Trade Show Reception Hallway / AZ / NV Sponsored by New Mexico Beef Council & Trade Show Exhibitors

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Friday – December 2, 2016 6:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.

NMCGA Board Breakfast Sponsored by Clovis Livestock Auction

7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

NMCGA Finance Committee

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8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. AG POLICY GENERAL SESSION

TX & CO

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Trade Show

Hallway / AZ / NV

8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

NMDA International Room

8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Children’s Lounge Room 123 & 124 Sponsored by New Mexico Stockman Magazine

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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NMCGA Nominating Committee

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Children’s Lounge Room 123 & 124 Sponsored by New Mexico Stockman Magazine

7:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. N.M. CowBelles General Membership Meeting / Awards / Officer Installation

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.

Trade Show

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8:00 a.m.– 10:00 a.m.

NATURAL RESOURCES GENERAL SESSION

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9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Silent Auction

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Cattlegrowers’ Foundation Meeting

9:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.

M-44 School

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Feeder Committee Meeting

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Scrapie Task Force Meeting

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Dairy Farmers of America Meeting

10:10 a.m.– 11:40 a.m. Joint Wildlife Committee; NMCGA Oil & Gas Committee; TX & CO NMCGA Legislative Committee; NMCGA Water Committee; POLICY & RESOLUTIONS SESSION

10:10 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. NMCGA Promotion & Marketing Committee, NMCGA Theft &amp; Health Committee; NMCGA Research & Improvement Committee POLICY & RESOLUTION SESSION TX & CO 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Family Luncheon Sponsored by Farm Credit of New Mexico 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

PROPERTY RIGHTS GENERAL SESSION

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

NMSU Roundtable

2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

N.M. CowBelles Board of Directors Meeting

3:40 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.

NMCGA Private Property Committee, Joint Federal & Trust Lands; NMCGA Tax & Special Issues; Public Relations POLICY & RESOLUTIONS SESSION

3:45 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.

NMSB TX & CO LAG

Allied Industries Committee

TX & CO SC

10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. NMCGA Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. NMCGA Resolutions Committee 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Stockmen’s Luncheon Sponsored by Hi Pro Feeds & Merial / Animal Health International

PA AC NMSB

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

NMCGA Board Meeting

TX & CO

2:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

NMCGA General Session

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5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

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he Bud Eppers Memorial T “Bud’s Contract” Award Winners 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Frank DuBois Las Cruces John Fowler, Ph.D. Las Cruces Howard Hutchinson Glenwood Ron White Monticello Caren Cowan Albuquerque Karen Budd-Falen Cheyenne, Wyo. Chris Allison Mesilla Park Mike Casabonne Hope Lewis Derrick Artesia Alice Eppers Roswell Nick Ashcroft Las Cruces Dr. Jerry Schickedanz Las Cruces Dr. Sam Smallidge Las Cruces Laura Schneberger Winston Les Owens Las Cruces

This award is presented by the New Mexico Federal Lands Council

Ag Policy Committee

Theft & Health Sub Committee

Curt Kelling, Cuervo

Chairman

Promotion & Marketing Sub Committee

Alicia Sanchez, Belen Chairman Boe Lopez, Springer Vice-Chairman

Research & Improvement Sub Committee

Kris Wilson, Bell Ranch

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Allied Industries Committee

Ryan Perry, Roswell Co-Chairman Susan Navarro, Los Lunas Co-Chairman (All Allied Industries members are welcomed and encouraged to vote on this committee.)

ruce and Alice King Service B Memorial Award

2009 Chuck Stocks Albuquerque 2010 Frank DuBois Las Cruces 2011 Linda Davis Cimarron 2012 Timothy Jennings Roswell 2012 Andy Nunez Hatch 2013 David Abbey Santa Fe 2014 New Mexico Department of Agriculture 2015 Woods Houghton Carlsbad

Feeder Committee

Bruce Davis, Springer Bill King, Stanley

Chairman Vice-Chairman & Treasurer

Finance Committee

José Varela López, La Cienguella Chairman All Past Presidents as well as NMCGA Executive Committee

Litigation Committee

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Kendell Buzard, Chairman Hope Jim Jackson, Vice Chairman Albuquerque Howard Hutchinson Glenwood Jim Grider Carrizozo Bebo Lee Alamogordo Sato Lee Mountainair Alisa Ogden Loving Bill Sauble Maxwell Phil H. Bidegain Tucumcari Mike Casabonne Hope

Taxation & Special Issues Sub Committee

Membership Relations Committee

Tamara Hurt, Deming Chairman Kenneth McKenzie, Encino Vice-Chairman

Cross Cultural Sub Committee

Resolutions Committee

John Romero, Albuquerque Chairman Marjorie Lantana, Crownpoint Vice-Chairman

Membership Sub Committee

NMCGA Executive Committee

Public Relations Sub Committee

Brian Green, Mountainair Chairman Max Kiehne, Los Lunas Co-Vice-Chairman Crystal Diamond, TorC Co-Vice-Chairman All Committee Chairmen

Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Sub Committee

Denton Dowell, Clovis

Chairman

Legislative Sub Committee

Tom Sidwell, Quay Chairman Nikki Hooser, Santa Fe Co-Vice-Chairman Randell Major, Magdaléna Co-Vice-Chairman

Natural Resources Committee Water Sub Committee

Tracy Drummond, Reserve Chairman Jimbo Williams, Quemádo Vice Chairman

Energy Sub Committee

Ernie Torrez, La Jara Chairman Carlos Salazar, Medanales Vice-Chairman

Wildlife Sub Committee

Irvin Boyd, Eunice Chairman Jeff Decker, Lovington Co-Vice Chairman

Rex Wilson, Carrizozo Chairman Tom Sidwell, Quay Vice Chairman All Past Presidents & Mike Casabonne Hope Phil Harvey, Jr. Mesilla Nikki Hooser Santa Fe Mildford Denetclaw Shiprock

Private Lands Sub Committee

Chairman Vice Chairman

Federal & Trust Lands Sub Committee

Ty Bays, Silver City Chairman Gary Stone, Weed Co -Vice-Chairman Tommy Dinwiddie, Capitán Co -Vice-Chairman

Phil H. Bidegain, Chairman Tucumcari Linda Davis, Vice Chairman Cimarron Kay Payne, Secretary Roswell Laura Hall, Treasurer Albuquerque John Conniff, Las Cruces Nikki Hooser, Santa Fe Jack Roberts, Las Cruces Bob McCrea, Roswell William Alexander, Hillsboro

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Officers John (Punk) Cooper, Mayhill Bronson Corn, Roswell Antonio Manzaneres, Tierra Amarilla Leroy Cravens, Encino Caren Cowan, Albuquerque

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

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Property Committee rad Christmas, Wagon Mound B Heidi Humphries, Tucumcari

Horace H. Hening Jr. Bob Talbott Roy Lilly Jim Brown Bill Warbois Denny Gentry Vic Culbertson Al Schneberger Caren Cowan

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New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Executive Directors History

Mike Casabonne Kevin Floyd Royce Griggs H.C. (Hotshot) Hendricks David Kincaid Lloyd Maness Jim Marbach Mike Marley Scott McNally Joe Vicénte

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Sheepman of the Year

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Honorary Board of Directors John Cooper Arabella Alice Eppers Roswell R.C. (Punch) Jones Tatum Ronnie Merritt Yeso

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 2009-2011 2011-2014 2014-2016

Solomon Luna Los Lunas H.C. Abbott Springer Eduardo M. Otero Los Lunas Prager Miller Roswell David Farr Magdalena Floyd W. Lee San Mateo W.E. Overton Yeso Charles D. Fuller Roswell Robert F. Corn Roswell Abe M. Pena Grants Phelps White Roswell W.A. Snipes Roswell Ivan Watson Roswell Robert B. Naylor Roswell Anthony E. Treat Roswell Madlyn Cauhape Hope Truman Pierce Roswell T.L. (Sonny) Watts Piñon Truman Pierce Roswell W.W. Roach Caprock Mike Casabonne Hope Art Evans Roswell Steve Lewis Artesia David Kincaid Piñon Pete Gnatkowski Carrizozo Scott McNally Roswell Mark Marley Roswell Ron Merritt Yeso Tom Runyan Piñon Russell Leonard Hope Mike Corn Roswell Joan Kincaid Piñon Jim Cooper Tinnie Marc Kincaid Hope Leroy Cravens Encino

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.

1982 James Sachse, Las Cruces 1983 Herbert M. (Hub) Corn, Roswell 1984 R.L. (Louis) Merritt, Yeso 1985 R.C. (Punch) Jones, Tatum 1986 George Casabonne, Hope 1987 Al Snipes, Roswell 1988 Lloyd Treat, Roswell 1989 H.W. (Bud) Eppers, Roswell 1990 John Cooper, Tinnie 1991 Art Evans, Roswell 1992 Truman Pierce, Roswell 1993 Ernest Perez, Encino 1994 Joseph Skeen, Picacho 1995 Ronnie & Beverly Merritt, Yeso 1996 David & Joan Kincaid, Piñon 1997 A.W. and Janice Gnatkowski, Ancho 1998 John P. Cauhape, Piñon 2000 Albert Perez, Vaughn 2002 Martin Yriart, Roswell 2004 Robert B. (Bob) Naylor, Roswell 2006 Anthony (Tony) Treat, Roswell 2008 Mary Skeen, Roswell 2010 Pete & Sarah Gnatkowski, Ancho 2013 Mike Casabonne, Hope 2016 Antonio Manzanares, Tierra Amarilla

New Mexico Sheep & Goat Council Antonio Manzanares, Tierra Amarilla Chairman Mercedes Cravens, Encino Vice Chairman Bronson Corn, Roswell Secretary/Treasurer Mike Corn, Roswell Jim Cooper, Tinnie James Duffey, Roswell Russell Leonard, Hope

Dairy Producers of New Mexico Officers Al Squire, Hagerman Phillip Troost, Lake Arthur J onathan Vander Dussen, Clovis Charlie DeGroot, Dexter Beverly Idsinga, Portales Kaye Whitefoot, Roswell

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Executive Director Deputy Executive Director

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New Mexico Beef Council Officers

Alicia Sanchez, Belen Chairman Tamara Hurt, Deming Vice Chairman Kenneth McKenzie, Encino Secretary Dina Reitzel, Albuquerque Executive Director

New Mexico Beef Council Board of Directors

Bruce Davis Springer David McSherry Deming Mark McCollum Fort Sumner Susie Jones Veguita Milford Denetclaw Shiprock Bernarr Treat Roswell Beef Board Dir., Bill King Stanley Sec. of Agriculture, Jeff Witte Ex-officio, Las Cruces

New Mexico Federal Lands Council Board of Directors

Don L. (Bebo) Lee, President Alamogordo Carlos Salazar, Vice President Medeñales Bobby Jones, Secretary/Treasurer Dell City, Texas Mike Casabonne Hope Irvin Boyd Eunice Matt Ferguson Carrizozo Duane Frost Claunch Howard Hutchinson Glenwood Jim Cooper Tinnie Levi Klump Animas Rick Lessentine Cloudcroft Ronnie Merritt Yeso Joe Bill Nunn Deming Randell Major Magdalena Betty Pound Socorro Bill Sauble Maxwell Laurie Schneberger Winston Mike White Dexter Rex Wilson Carrizozo Jose Varela Lopez La Cieneguella Tom Mobley Doña Ana

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Anita Hand, Datil President Tana Garnett, Tucumcari President-Elect Gretchen Lindsay, Las Cruces Secretary Casey Spradely, Nageezi Treasurer Dalene Hodnett, Las Cruces Past President Shelly Hathorn, Farmington 2015 Cowbelle of the Year Preston Stone, Capitán 2016 Man of the Year

N.M. Cowbelles’ District Reps

Gloria Petersen, Winston Rita Beard, Springer Jeanne Johnson, Glenwood Martha Bond, Carrizozo

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to get involved. There are a lot more folks against us than with us, and I felt like it was time for me to do what I could.” Today, ranchers are few and far between, and the average age of most ranchers and association members is not getting younger. Blair encourages everyone to get involved, whether it’s with Cattle Growers, Farm Bureau, or some other organization, learn what’s going on, and be a voice for agriculture. “It can be so hard to get involved,” he said. “We’re all running different directions trying to make a living, spending time with our family, with wives working in town most times, but it is so important.” “It’s not about being at every meeting, it’s understanding what is going on and when you are needed,” he continued. “You don’t have to always be there, but you have to have a voice when the time comes, and stand up for what is right. “ As the public has gotten more disconnected from agriculture, perceptions have

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The difference between a fairy tale and a cowboy story is that the fairy tale starts with “Once upon a time...” and the cowboy story starts with, “You ain’t going to believe this…”

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ou ain’t going to believe this, but this is a story of dreams coming true. Of a young boy who grew up in the sandhills of Texas and dreamed of becoming a cowboy. Of a cowboy who worked for more than 40 years on one of the most iconic ranches in the West. And of the same cowboy becoming known as one of the top in his field and as a mover and shaker in the cattle industry in the Land of Enchantment. It is a story of big dreams, big country, a big heart and a man who casts a big shadow. It is the story of Bert Ancell, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ 2016 Cattleman of the Year.

Big dreams Bert grew up in the sandhills of west Texas between Seminole and Hobbs. He cut his teeth on stories of old time cowboys who worked on big ranches and camped out with a wagon for weeks in the spring and the fall. “There was nothing in the world I wanted to do but be a cowboy,” he remembers. When he was in the second grade, Bert got off the schoolbus to see a D caterpillar and a deep breaking plow in the family’s yard. “I went to crying because I didn’t want to be a farmer, I wanted to be a cowboy,” Bert recalls. “But my Dad plowed up half of Gaines County with that caterpillar and plow.” Bert was a football star in high school, but his dreams were all about cattle and horses and the open range of which heard the old-time cowboys speak. When a friend asked the 16-yearold star if he wanted to spend the summer following the wagon and branding calves on a remote ranch in New Mexico, Bert said, “You bet.” He called the friend’s grandfather, who happened to be George Ellis, manager of the Bell Ranch. George said to “come on up,”. That was all the encouragement that Bert needed to load his pickup with clothes, a saddle, and a bedroll. “When my folks got home, I was loaded and told them that I was going to work on the Bell,” he remembers. “Papa said that was a good idea.”

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Riding a big circle The Bell Ranch was the stuff of dreams for a young cowboy. The ranch that began as part of a Mexican land grant in 1824 was a place where legends were built. In fact, the Bell was the very lockstitch in the fabric of Western culture, tradition and economy for generations. It was an immense ranch, with almost 300,000 acres where men could test their mettle against the cows, the horses and the land, and where stories were told over campfires, of wrecks and good horses, cattle and good dogs. Bert learned quickly that he’d landed in the midst of a fraternity of old time cowboys. “Leo Turner was still the Wagon Boss, and he had worked with my Uncle Pinky,” Bert remembers. George Ellis asked if I was kin to Albert Ancell, with whom he went to school in Lovington, New Mexico.” And that wasn’t all. When Bert got to meet Mrs. George Ellis, she asked if he was kin to Bert Ancell from Gaines County, Texas. Bert responded that he was the grandson. Mrs. Ellis related a story: her mother was in need of a doctor and her dad rode out to the wagon and asked Bert Ancell to ride to Midland, Texas to get the doctor. Bert rode to the C HeadquarNOVEMBER 2016

ters, telephoned a doctor, waited at the ranch for the doctor to show up, then led the doctor into ranching country so he wouldn’t get lost. “She said my grandfather had ridden 125 miles in eight hours to get a doctor for her mother,” Bert remembers. In no time at all, young Bert felt right at home on the Bell. Life changed for the young cowboy after his first summer with the wagon. Bert spent every Christmas, spring break, and summer break on the Bell Ranch. He played football for Angelo state, but after the summer of 1972 he decided that he knew more than the professors, so he moved to the Bell full time. It was the chance of a lifetime for a young cowboy to work on a ranch which embodied such a strong cowboy tradition. He lived in the bunkhouse until he married, then spent about a year rodeoing, But a year was as long as he could stay away from the Bell, and he came back and made the iconic northeastern New Mexico ranch

(far left) Bert’s first horse, 1952. (left) Artesia High School football days, 1969. (above) Wild Bunch at Bell Ranch, New Mexico in 1972.

his home. Bert learned all he could from the old timers like Leo, the Wagon Boss, George Ellis, the manager, and the new Ranch Manager, Don Hofman. It was 1974 when Leo and Don asked if Bert would assume

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the duties of Wagon Boss. As wagon boss, Bert worked between the ranch manager and the cowboys. He was the one who planned out how to gather each pasture and what to do with the cattle. He assigned each cowboy his mounts and was the one who went into the 100-horse remuda each morning and flipped the hoolihan rope to catch the horses that would be used that day. “I totally depended on Bert,” remembers Don. “He has a memory like an elephant. He carries a tally book, but he never has to look at it. He knows exactly how many cattle are in which pasture and when they were put there.” It was still a cowboy’s outfit, because at its foundation was the custom and culture of the West. “It was a good place for a bunch of good men to work” Bert remembers. “We may have come close to driving Leo and Don crazy at times, but we all loved working on the Bell. There was a lot of history and the cowboy tradition was so strong.” Bert figures he worked with over 200 cowboys in his 40-year tenure at the Bell. “Some were just there for the wagon works, and some, like Jack Chatfield, worked for over 27 years before they left,” he stated.

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Bert slept on the ground for six weeks running the first year he went out with the wagon for fall works. “Those were good times,” he noted. “But since I slept on the ground for 26 years, I don’t care to throw my bed on the ground and camp out.” There were usually 14 cowboys with the Wagon, but when the ranch owners were out with family and guests, the numbers could swell quickly. One year, Bert remembers feeding 35 people a meal, but then they all cleared out and he was left with 14 men to gather a 120,000-acre pasture with 300 cows in it. “We got back to the old ways real quick,” he remembers. “We had to be pretty spread out gathering that pasture.” In 1980, Don made Bert Assistant Manager of the Bell, but asked Bert to continue the wagon boss duties until they found someone to replace him. “We didn’t find someone until 2001,” Bert recalls.

Big jobs and a big personality Don was active in the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and Bert accompanied him to meetings several times, but when Don retired in 1984 and Texas cowman Rusty Tinnin became General Manager of the Bell, Bert stepped up and made it a point to introduce his new boss to his many friends in Cattle Growers. Cattle Growers recognized Bert’s work ethic and drive, so they made him a vice chairman of the Young Cattleman’s committee. Bert attended the Young Cattleman’s Leadership Tour in 1991. But he credits Caren Cowan, executive secretary of the New Mexico Cattle Growers, for really getting him involved in the association. As he remembers, “Caren said that they really needed more of us to come to Santa Fe during the legislative session. I said that I lived two and a half hours away, and if you needed me to be around for a committee meeting, just call and I could be in Santa Fe before 8:00 a.m. He continued, “Well, the phone rang one night and Caren asked if I could be in Santa Fe the next morning. I’d never been to the state capital. I got there and Caren sat me down in a room where they were holding a hearing on an oil and gas bill. Pat Lyons was carrying the bill and Caren said, ‘When they ask who is in favor of the bill just raise your hand.’ “ But Bert got distracted and started visiting with two old friends, Joe Carson, who was a lawyer from Artesia, and Tom Brown, Jr., who had been the voice of the Artesia Bulldogs when Bert had been a football star.

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Both of the men worked for Yates Petroleum. They asked Bert what he was doing in Santa Fe and he said he was there to support the oil and gas bill. “Later, Caren asked how I knew those men,” Bert recalls. “She said that the industry had been fighting with those men over that bill for a month, but they wouldn’t give an inch. But at that moment they were sitting down at the table willing to make amendments to the bill.” As Caren remembers the story, she didn’t know at the time of Bert’s connection to the Artesia area, but has since learned that he was a big-time football star in high school and much more. “One of the oil patch lobbyists told me we didn’t need to bring the big guns, they were willing to talk,” Caren remembers. “When you need back-up, Bert is the man.” Bert was given the green light by Bell Ranch management to help out with legislative efforts, so he spent more and more time in Santa Fe, where his big hat, commanding prese n ce an d o u tg o in g personality made friends for the industry. “He is well respected by those he met when he was lobbying for us in Santa Fe,” noted Darrel Brown, general ranch manager for Yates Family Ranches. “Everyone knows him.” Alisa Ogden remembers, “When I went to Santa Fe as President Elect for NMCGA, I was very green and knew only a few people. Bert took me around to a few offices to

introduce me to the legislators and to their staff he had grown to know. This was something which was very beneficial for me as a newby. Once, when I had to testify at a committee hearing, I was on my own. I called out the cavalry and Bert was among those in boots with hats who had my back that day. Bert has always been someone I could count on to have my back.” Jose Varela Lopez also served his time

(above) Gary Green, Bert & Happy in 1985. (left) Bert on the cover of Southwest Art Magazine in 1985. Photo by Kurt Markus.

with the legislature and remembers, “I vividly recall Bert’s one of a kind style when addressing legislators during committee hearings at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

Between his cowboy accent, plain spoken message and easy going personality he had every legislator paying full attention to his message.” Bert’s involvement deepened and he became regional NMCGA vice president, then president of the organization. “I felt there were enough problems to handle in the state, so I stayed hitched up here,” Bert remembers. Jose related,” Bert was one of the first people I met when I became a member of NMCGA many years ago. His personality, quick wit, abiding faith and knowledge of the issues facing our industry made us immediate friends.“ Bert also understood that the rest of the world had little understanding of a working ranch, so when Cattle Growers and the New Mexico Beef Council asked if they could bring a Gate to Plate tour to the Bell, he enthusiastically agreed. “Bert and his son Button fixed us a chuckwagon lunch with all the authentic food, then he showed us the map room and the old post office and just was great about giving the media and legisltors factual information about ranching,” noted Patty Waid, event coordinator. “Bert has a down-home, easy persona and made it so easy for the tour participants to see that he loved the ranch, the history and the people who made up the ranching industry.” Patty also coordinates the Cowboy Christmas Social each year at the Joint Stockman’s meeting. She makes sure that representatives from the Cattle Growers’ Board meet with the vendors at the event so that the vendors have a face to put with

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the industry. “The vendors could look at Bert and know that he was the real deal,” she stated. “They knew that along with the commitments in his own life, he had taken the time to be on the board and step up for the whole industry.” “Agriculture rarely speaks for itself,” Patty concluded. “But it is vitally important that people like Bert speak about history and the ranching lifestyle. And he is so good about putting a face on the industry.”

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La Cueva

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God blessed Bert with a big heart, and a body big enough to carry that heart through life. The house where Bert grew up was full, with four sisters, two brothers, parents, and a cousin all living under one roof. But when Bert heard that the parents of one of his football teammates got a divorce and split up, Bert quietly took his parents aside and asked if the boy could move in with the family. He did, and as Bert’s brother Dave recalls, “We didn’t tear up too much furniture.” Bert’s son, Button, was born on Christmas Eve, 1981. Button’s mother got cancer when Button was about three years old, and she no longer wished to live on a ranch. She left the Bell, but she and Bert both wanted custody of their only son. A mediator decided that it was in Button’s best interests to live with his Dad. Button grew up surrounded by the cowboys of the Bell ranch. For many years, his grandfather, Berl Ancell, cooked for the Bell Ranch wagon, so three generations of Ancell males worked cattle all day, then swapped stories over beef, beans and biscuits around the campfire that night. “I loved hearing those stories,” reflected Button. “They told of good horses, and good dogs, and wrecks they had survived. I really appreciated the stories because I missed a lot of the wild West, but my Dad and his peers lived it.”

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Cattleman of the Year Who would have thought in 6th grade. A well deserved honor for your devotion to our industry. Hall-Gnatkowski

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It was just Button “He keeps old horses and Bert until Button around for a long time,” was about 12, when Dave noted, “and he has Bert married, then a wall on his house dedhelped raise several icated to photos and stepdaughters. Later, leggings that belonged he married Debbie, to our Dad. It is a nice with whom he is tribute.” helping raise a grandButton noted that all 1991 NMCGA Annual Meeting – Bert & daughter, Lexi. “I think his milestones on horseButton get their boots shined. you could say that Bert back were made on the values kids and wants to see that they grow back of a horse which Bert had ridden first. up right,” noted Bert’s brother, Dave. “It was dang sure handy having those good Dave also claims that Bert is sentimental. horses to do stuff on,” Button stated. “I

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learned to ride on a horse named Rooster. Button continued, “ I wish I had the My Dad started that horse when he was 16. depth of knowledge that Dad has.” The horse was family. I remember being at “Sometimes you have to kind of dig a bit Bell Headquarters and my Dad would put to get to it, but he has a lot of experience me up on the horse and turn us loose. Just and memories, not only about the Bell the two of us would take off and explore Ranch, but about cowboying in general.” the country, and Dad never worried, When Button became a man, his Dad because he knew that the old horse was told him that he didn’t care what Button going to get us both home safe.” wanted to do in his life as long as he put Bert gets emotional when he starts everything into it and was happy doing it. talking about horses he has loved and “He said to go out there and make it my own,” ridden. Soap, Clabber, Zeke, Rooster, Button recalls. “I’ve always done my best to Cuervo and Cowboy made the short list of do that.” favorites. There wasn’t much of a chance to meet Big memories women on the Bell, so Bert had to turn to Don Hoffman worked with Bert for 46 the internet to find Debbie. Their first date years. “He always amazes me, because he was over Labor Day. Debbie remembers can say a lot with very little,” Don noted. “He that Bert wouldn’t leave the ranch, so she doesn’t have to say a lot to speak volumes.” had to drive out to see him and he said he’d But Don also loves to tell about Bert’s furnish the horses. “She ended up working humor. Once Don told Bert “I believe that on the ranch on our first date,” Bert remem- man is crippled,” to which Bert replied, bers. After a courtship “That man could made up of Debbie’s get crippled just visits to the Bell and picking his nose.” Bert’s venturing off the Don laughed at ranch when Cattle the memory. “Bert Growers duties called, didn’t have much the two married. Debbie use for someone and Bert are kept young who was crippled by Debbie’s three-yearup all the time.” old granddaughter, Lexi, The abundance who lives with them. of good horses, great scenery and Big lessons honest cowboys When Bert walks out has always to the corral, he can attracted artists walk up to any horse in an d p h oto gr a the remuda and catch phers to the Bell. him easily. “Most of the Ber t and his horses know that I can cow b oys have rope them,” he been part of photo explained. “They see me shoots for outdoor coming with a rope and wear and many know they can’t get periodicals, and Bert Ancell’s trip to Washington in 1991. away, so they stand.” the wagon rarely The man who can catch 15 horses out of pulls out for spring or fall works without a a rope pen of 100 head and never miss painter or a photographer along to capture taught Button through experience to be life the way it is lived on the Bell. proud of the job he does every day. Though he has been the subject of “At the end of the day, we are feeding the covers for the New Mexico Stockman, nation,” Button noted. “We are only a small Working Ranch and Western Horseman, and cog in the wheel of a pretty big machine, has been painted by Gary Morton, Kurt but it is still something that we can be Marcus, Kenneth Wyatt, and a host of other proud of and take pleasure in doing well.” notable western artists, Bert doesn’t think Button remembers Bert always putting of himself as the archetypical cowboy. everything he had into the cattle industry. “To me, being a cowboy is an unattain“Whether he is working on an improvement able goal,” he stated. “Something that is up for the ranch or if he is working to improve there to strive for. If someone thinks I’ve Cattle Growers, made it, I’ll just say that I’ll do until a cowboy He always did a good job,” remembers comes along.” Button. Though he has spent the last four

decades learning from cattle, horses and the land, he still maintains that those most diligent of teachers will educate him every day. “Horses don’t like windy weather any

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better than you do,” Bert said, “If it is windy, a horse will see boogers. And cows would just as soon be humped up behind something in the wind, then we wonder why they aren’t working good in a big blow.”

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Bert’s father, Berl, quit school after the 8th grade and got a job in a cowboy camp, learning at the age of 16 to cook for the crew. When he married, he taught his wife, Addie, to cook, and all the Ancell brood watched and learned as they grew up. Bert remembers that the kitchen table was the “deciding place” when he was growing up. It still is, as well as a place of information and fellowship. For instance, a cowboy crew may work together all day, but when are standing around eating or drinking coffee is when information is exchanged and stories are swapped. So when Jeff Lane decided that the Bell Ranch needed a chuckwagon to take to Ranch Rodeos where Bell Ranch cowboys participated, he asked Bert to be the chuckwagon cook. Jeff had an ulterior motive for the purchase. It seems that the Bell had come in second in several ranch rodeos, and if a ranch sponsored a chuckwagon at the rodeos, they were awarded seven points towards the finals. Within two years, the Bell won the Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo, and Bert’s reputation as a great chuckwagon cook was sealed. After Jeff’s death, the Lane family gave the wagon to Bert, and when the Silver Spur ranch bought the Bell and Bert and Debbie left, the chuckwagon became an important part of their livelihood. “It was the middle of a drought in Texas and New Mexico and there were lots of cowboys out of jobs,” Bert remembers. “We rented a place north of springer, and I cooked for horse clinics and horse shows and the like.” Though they no longer rely on the

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chuckwagon for their livelihood, Bert loves of the Yates family enjoy eating from his As he stewards the land and the liveto get the wagon out and cook up a lot of chuckwagon and hearing his stories.” stock, Bert reflects on the fact that God brisket or ribs for a hungry group. He has owns it all. “A person can say he owns the the wagon and a big smoker and every- A big faith ranch, but it is really God’s. All we are here thing else he needs on a 24 foot gooseneck Bert’s core values are true to most cow- for is to take care of it, and I just hope that and can cook for boy’s code of I’ve done God a good job there.” hunters, cowboy ethics, with “I talk to the Lord about heaven every artists, and trail i n t e g r i t y , day,” he added. “I hope that I’m doing right rides, or any other family and here on earth.” crowd he decides God topping Big heritage to favor. the list. Bert fondly His faith in For 40 years, Bert worked as a Bell Ranch recalls that when God is a per- cowboy. He first joined the wagon for his father cooked sonal thing, spring works in 1968. He became Wagon for the Bell, he but it is also Boss in 1974 and assistant manager a couple always had the s o m e t h i n g of years later. “I couldn’t wait to put him in bread hot when that he shares as assistant manager,” Don related. “He was the cowboys rode with others. outstanding. He and I just had the best relainto camp. When W h e n h i s tionship on earth.” his sister told Bert father died After Don retired, Bert became Rusty’s that his chuckand t h e assistant manager. When Rusty died, Bert wagon biscuits p r e a c h e r assumed the duties of manager of the huge were “just like asked if Berl and storied ranch. papa’s” Bert felt knew Jesus He remembers the cows and the gathers like he had the Christ, Ber t and the wrecks, the fun and the heartbreak, recipe down right. was the one the stiff, sore aches earned from long days He watches food Debbie & Bert at the Last Bell Ranch Family Trail Ride, 2007. who piped up in the saddle. But mostly he remembers the network and and said, “Yes men who rode beside him and the cowboys cooking shows to get ideas, adding his own sir, he spoke to him every day.” When his who earned respect and loyalty because of special touches to each dish to make it his brothers and sisters wanted to know how the way they rode for the brand. own. Bert knew that, his answer was simple, Many cowboys still search Bert out and Breakfasts are a particular favorite of “because I asked him about it.” tell him that he is their hero and that they Bert’s, and his gravy is always a big hit. Bert, along with others in a small com- would like to someday come back and work Bert’s peachy yellow cake with a hot cream munity church, helped start the Cowboy for him again. “That kind of respect and cheese frosting has been described by a Camp Meeting in Mosqueo. Every year he loyalty is important to me,” he confirmed. woman at a birthday party as “the best cake takes his wagon and cooks for the Saturday “I’ve been blessed at the Bell by two good I’ve ever eaten in my life.” Another time it night crowd. Last year, 250 plates were managers and a good owner. They all took was served, a man whose team won the first served out of the wagon. an interest in me and helped me become ever chuckwagon cooking contest at the “I had a kid ask me once why I don’t go what I ended up being,” Bert asserted. Cowboy Symposium assured Bert, “that to church much, and my answer is that I’m “They were good fellows to work for and cake would win first place at any chuck- in church every day,” Bert stated. “I’m out with.” wagon cooking.” here where God built everything, and man “He knew cattle and was a top notch “He is a great cook and a great enter- can’t do better than God did in putting hand,” related Don. “And he was honest. I tainer,” commented Darrel. “All the guests things together.” can’t say anything but good about Bert.”

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CONGRATULATIONS BERT FOR BEING SELECTED CATTLEMAN OF THE YEAR.

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Thanks Bert for all you’ve done! Patty Waid

But the last several years at the Bell were also hard on Bert. Jeff Lane, whose family owned the Bell, was killed in a plane accident on the ranch. A couple of years later, Bert lost another good friend when Rusty Tinnin died. More change was on the horizon, as the historic ranch, which had been known as the Bell for the last 141 years and has had very few owners since it was granted to the Juan Pablo Montoya family, sold to the Silver Spur ranches in 2010. Because the new ownership brought with them new ideas, men and crews, Bert became homeless, for the first time since he’d made the Bell his home over 40 years earlier.

He casts a big shadow Bert tells his friends that he wandered in the wilderness for 40 years on the Bell Ranch and now he is at home on the promised land of the Ojo Feliz outside of Wagon Mound, owned by the Yates family. Bert was hired as manager of the Ojo Feliz in 2012, and got the job because of his experience in working with a large ranch, lots of cowboys, and managing for absentee owners. “He has been a big asset to us,” confirmed Darrel Brown, general ranch manager for Yates Ranches. “He is adept at cowboy math and can easily explain to someone who doesn’t understand ranch-

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ing, like a bookkeeper, why certain In the meantime, he and Debbie enjoy expenditures can benefit and improve the the beauty of the Ojo Feliz: the cloud ranch.” shadows that chase across Darrell added, “He also the land; the horses, old has a lot of experience in friends, who snort softly managing for an absenin the corral; the tall grass tee owner, and we and the dogs that run needed that experience through it; and the elk after our manager of 30 who find refuge in a stand some years retired.” of trees not far from the Since 2012, Bert and bedroom window. Debbie live at one end of And Bert, a lifelong the beautiful ranch which cowboy, remembers and boasts good grass, lots of honors the young kids malpais rock, and excelwho cowboyed for the lent forage, along with summer with him, and the deer, antelope, and good old-timers who built the water. Button Ancell and great ranches of the West. 2010 Working Ranch Magazine. his wife, Renee, live on the “He is one of the few Photo by ML Bolton other end of the ranch. pure cowboys that there Bert is now extremely selective when he is,” stated his brother, Dave. cooks for crews, preferring to cook for Big dreams, for Bert Ancell, did come hunters he has known for years, or the true. He has cowboyed in big country and Cowboy Artists Association, or maybe a cast a big shadow in the cowboy’s world. young daughter’s birthday party for an old When his peers named him Cattleman friend and neighbor. of the Year last November, they honored Debbie noted that Bert still only goes to Bert Ancell as a cowboy who makes a big town when it is for a Cattle Growers’ event. difference in a multitude of big and small Bert nods in agreement, but states that he ways. wants to become more involved in the cross-cultural committee meetings and the Young Cattlemen’s interests.

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gal for the time period, joined up with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show. She was hired on as a trick rider. Along with her new husband, they toured the United States and Europe. The newlyweds performed in France, England, Ireland and Belgium during the European tour. However, World War I broke out and the show was rior to the late 1920s, ladies competed canceled. Then, the rodeo horses were conin rodeo right alongside the male fiscated by the British for the war effort. The competitors. Several tough ladies horseless troupe returned to the U.S. were well-known for excelling in rodeo Over the next few years, the Roach during this time. One of the least likely couple performed in shows all over the ladies (because of her small stature and country, not only for the 101 Ranch, but also good looks) who became legendary for this, for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, the Tex was none other than Ruth Roach. Austin Wild West Show and the HagenBorn, Ruth Scantlin, circa 1896, she grew back-Wallace Circus. Along the way, Ruth up in Missouri. It has been reported that added Bronc riding to her repertoire, young Ruth rode her uncle’s ponies tire- making her debut in this event at Fort lessly and taught herself to do trick Worth in 1917. Although there were no “offiriding—just for fun. However, she left home cial” World Champions recognized until at about eighteen years of age to join a Wild 1929, during her storied career, she was West show. About the same time, she got recognized as the World’s Champion Trick married to fellow Wild West performer and Rider, World’s Champion Girl Bronc Rider and the World’s Champion All Around cowboy bronc rider, Brian Roach. Ruth, who was a petite five-feet, two- Cowgirl. Ruth performed in Madison Square inches tall and said to be a good looking MY COWBOY HEROES by Jim Olson

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Garden (New York City) every season from the rodeo’s inception in 1922 through 1936 (the last year women were allowed to perform there). She also took a second trip to Europe with the Tex Austin Wild West Show in 1924. While in Europe this time, Tommy Kirnan formed a separate Wild West Show, which Ruth and Bryan joined. They continued to perform in London and Paris for several more months. During her twenty-four-year-long career, Ruth Roach wowed audiences around the globe, She was often touted as, “The Soft-Spoken, Rough-Riding Golden Girl of the West.” She was also billed as, “The World’s Most Beautiful Cowgirl,” and said to be one of the most photogenic cowgirls of the era. Ruth had a flair for showmanship and often wore giant hair bows and boots with hand-tooled hearts. She is fondly remembered for a 1922 publicity stunt where she rode a horse up the steps, across the lobby and through the dining room of Fort Worth’s, Texas Hotel, to promote the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. According to rodeo historian, Foghorn Clancy, “This was accomplished by putting rubber shoes on the horse and sprinkling the floor with resin.” Ruth, like many rodeo competitors from this time period, even performed horseback stunts for Western movies while traveling to and from shows in California. Fellow Wild West performer, turned actor, Tom Mix, was said to have had a hand in getting her into the movies. Although her long Wild West and Rodeo career was legendary, her personal life may have not always been and endured several hardships. Besides being married to (and divorced from) Brian Roach, she also married (and divorced) fellow bronc rider, Ambrose Richardson, and then Fred Alvord, a rodeo promoter and cowboy. Her final marriage was to a Texas rancher, Fred Salmon in 1938. This marriage lasted the rest of her life. She retained the name of Roach through it all for publicity reasons, as that is how she was known to the world. With the marriage to Salmon, she retired from rodeo and became a full-time rancher’s wife. A role she was reported to enjoy thoroughly. She was posthumously inducted in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame (1989) and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame (also 1989). In 2015, she was honored with a star on the, Texas Trail of Fame (in the Fort Worth Stockyards). The legendary Ruth Roach Salmon, a lady whose ability to perform in rodeo events along side the men (back when that was still allowed), died June 26, 1986. She was ninety.

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Welcome to New Mexico, Dr. Flores!

he NMBC honored and welcomed Dr. Rolando Flores, 19th Dean of the College of ACES at NMSU at the recent NMBC dinner meeting. Dr. Flores began his new post in July, hailing from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Flores provided an update on the College and his plans for future programs at the college. Flores, originally from Costa Rica, earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering, from the Universidad de Costa Rica. He earned his MS in Agricultural Engineering from Iowa State University and his Ph.D in Grain Science from Kansas State University. Dr. Flores is internationally recognized for his work in Food Science technology, agricultural engineering and grain science. The council discussed the mutually beneficial partnership between the college and the NMBC on behalf of the state’s beef producers. Welcome Dr. Flores, to the Land of Enchantment and New Mexico State University.

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1. Dr. Rolando Flores, 19th Dean & Chief Administrative Officer of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University. 2. Go NMSU AGGIES! 3. Dr. Flores discusses new plans for the college of ACES at NMSU. Dr. Flores was selected in a nation-wide search in July. 4. Dina Chacón-Reitzel, NMBC Executive Director, introduces Dr. Rolando Flores, Dean of the “Ag College”, NMSU. 5. NM Secretary of Agriculture, Jeff Witte, proposes a toast of good fortune to Dean Flores. 6. Chef Toya, discussed the “beef program” at the recent steak dinner.

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Beef Checkoff Updates Educational Resources

he beef checkoff has launched an updated beef resources web page (http://agfoundation.org/on-thefarm) dedicated to sharing nationally focused beef-education tools with teachers, volunteers, farmers and ranchers. The site features a new video highlighting the checkoff-funded 2016 On the Farm STEM event and its impact on districtand university-level STEM coordinators. “We are excited to debut this online educational resource featuring professional development events for science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers, educators and coordinators who are looking for real-world applications of STEM concepts,” said Julie Tesch, executive director of the American Farm Bureau Foundation, a contractor to the beef checkoff. Educators who are interested in professional development events in 2017 can find information on the application process online.

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Beef Exports Largest in Two Years

Values Reach 2016 Highs ugust was a strong month for U.S. beef exports, with export volume at its highest in nearly two years and value of exports at its highest in 2016, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by USMEF, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program. Beef export volume in August 2016, at 235.5 million pounds, was 27 percent higher than in August 2015 – and the highest since October 2014 – and above 220 million pounds for the first time this year. Export value was $566.8 million, up 14 percent year-on-year. For January

through August, export volume advanced 6 percent to 1.65 billion pounds, while value was down 7 percent to about $4 billion. Exports accounted for 13.5 percent of total beef production in August and 10 percent for muscle cuts only – each up about 1 percentage point from a year ago. For January through August, these ratios were roughly steady with last year, at 13 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Export value per head of fed slaughter was $256.73 in August, down 4 percent from a year ago, and averaging out at $252.50 for January through August, down 12 percent. Exports of variety meat provided a strong boost to the August totals. Beef variety meat exports were up 25 percent in volume from a year ago, at 69.6 million pounds, and up 28 percent in value to $85.8 million. “U.S. livestock producers deserve some good news in what has been a tough year, and this upward trend in exports is very encouraging,” said Philip Seng, USMEF president and CEO. “Currently, U.S. beef is very competitive, as production by our key competitors – Australia and the European Union – has moderated, and prices have jumped. As U.S. competitiveness continues to improve, we remain optimistic that exports will maintain positive momentum through the end of this year and into 2017.” Record Exports to Korea, Taiwan August beef exports exceeded year-ago levels in most major markets, setting new monthly records in South Korea (38.5 million pounds), up 61 percent from a year ago, and Taiwan (10.9 million pounds), up 23 percent. For January through August, market-specific highlights for U.S. beef included: 1. Japan was the leading market in both volume (376 million pounds, up 16 percent from a year ago) and value ($984.2 million, up 9 percent), including strong growth for highvalue chilled muscle cuts and beef tongues. 2. Despite the persistently weak peso,

exports to Mexico increased 8 percent in volume from a year ago in volume, to 340.3 million pounds, while falling 9 percent in value, to $649.6 million, led by larger volumes of shoulder clods and rounds. 3. In Korea, the increasing popularity of U.S. steaks – especially at retail – helped drive exports up 28 percent in volume from a year ago, to 237.8 million pounds, and 11 percent in value to $628.8 million. 4. U.S. beef holds more than two-thirds of the chilled beef market in Taiwan, where exports increased 6 percent in volume to more than 57 million pounds, while falling 3 percent in value to $213.5 million. 5. Expanded access has created new opportunities for U.S. beef in Indonesia, where exports grew fourfold in volume to 9.4 million pounds, and more than doubled in value to $18.6 million. Along with solid growth in Vietnam, these results drove exports to the ASEAN region 11 percent higher in volume, to 33.4 million pounds, while value fell 9 percent to $83.8 million.

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30-Day Food Waste Challenge

n the U.S. alone, nearly 40 percent of the food supply is wasted. That’s enough to fill a 90,000-seat Rose Bowl stadium every day! While beef is one of the least wasted commodities, if its waste was cut in half, full supply-chain sustainability would increase by 10 percent. That’s why your checkoff introduced “The 30-Day Food Waste Challenge” – asking you to join in the fight by implementing minor day-to-day changes and sharing your ideas. Take a stand against food waste by signing up to participate in the Challenge. Visit www.BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com/ foodwastechallenge.aspx to get started!

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2016 – 2017 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Alicia Sanchez (Purebred Producer); VICE-CHAIRMAN, Tamara Hurt (Producer); SECRETARY, Kenneth McKenzie (Producer). NMBC DIRECTORS: Bruce Davis (Producer); David McSherry (Feeder); Mark McCollum (Feeder); Milford Denetclaw (Producer); Susie Jones (Dairy Producer); Bernarr Treat (Producer).

FEDERATION DIRECTOR,

Alicia Sanchez (Purebred Producer) U.S.M.E.F. DIRECTOR, David McSherry BEEF BOARD DIRECTOR, Bill King (Producer)

For more information contact: New Mexico Beef Council, Dina Chacón-Reitzel, Executive Director 1209 Mountain Rd. Pl. NE, Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87110 505/841-9407 • 505/841-9409 fax • www.nmbeef.com

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onoring individuals for the loyalty, service, and commitment to excellence in the Red Angus breed has long been the tradition of the annual awards banquet held on the final evening of the National Red Angus Convention. The 2016 installment of the event, “Where the Red Angus Roam,” held in Oklahoma City at the downtown Cox Convention Center was no exception. Following a tremendous dinner featuring Meyer Natural Angus steaks, the awards program recognized some of the top ranches, businesses and industry supporters who do an exceptional job of promoting the Red Angus breed. 2016 Commercial Producer of the Year Award was presented to Mark and Jaime Burchfield, Cody, Nebraska. Ryan Ludvigson made the presentation. The award recognizes commercial producers who have successfully used Red Angus genetics in their operation. Qualifying recipients have

a history of using Red Angus commercial marketing tools, which add value to their calf crop. As one of the most reputable commercial Red Angus operations in the country, the Burchfields’ cattle are some of the most sought-after feeder cattle calves and replacement females in the country, regularly topping the market in the Superior Livestock Auction, Inc. video sales. Mobridge Livestock, Mobridge, South Dakota, was presented the 2016 Industry Service Award. Clint Berry, Gainesville, Missouri, made the award presentation. The Industry Service Award recognizes an individual, company or association from the beef industry or academic community who has helped the Red Angus Association of America achieve excellence during the past year or more. Mobridge Livestock, owned by Jason Anderberg, Tigh Anderberg, and Casey Perman, have been regular promoters of the breed and annually have one of the largest, most-recognized Red Angus and FCCP-tag feeder calf sales in the country. Advocate of the Year Award was presented to Lois Bieber, Leola, South Dakota,

by outgoing RAAA President Kim Ford of Cozad, Nebraska. The award, given annually, recognizes a special Red Angus member or commercial producer who passionately expresses support of the Red Angus breed to seedstock producers, commercial producers, industry partners or consumers. Ford illustrated Bieber’s dedication to the breed, as well as her sense of humor, by showing a video of a prank pulled by her children and grandchildren which resulted in a Red Angus calf being placed in her and husband Ron’s bedroom while they slept. Ford went on to pay tribute to the matriarch of Bieber Red Angus, explaining that Lois’ faith and prayerful dedication was a steadfast blessing to many in the breed. The 2016 John V. Robbins Distinguished Service Award was presented by JoAnn James, Searsboro, Iowa, to past RAAA Pres-

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SouthweSt Red AnguS ASSociAtion For contact information on a Breeder near you call:

432-283-1141

Red Angus Cattle For Sale Purebred Red Angus • Weaned & Open Heifers • Calving Ease Bulls

YOUNG BULLS FOR SALE

JaCin Ranch SANDERS, ARIZONA

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ident Steve Andras. Manchester, Illinois. The award recognizes Red Angus members or individuals of RAAA who have contributed to the betterment of services offered by the Association. Although the family had been in the cattle business since 1989, their entry into the Red Angus breed began in 1985 with the purchase of a single heifer destined to be a project for son Will. From that purchase, the herd has grown and developed, and the family has earned top honors at many of the stock shows around the country in addition to hosting a production sale each spring. Frank Wedel, Leoti, Kansas, is the 2016 Melvin Leland Innovative Leadership Award recipient. This award recognizes Red Angus members or individuals of RAAA who have had a positive impact on the Association through serving in a leadership role. Qualifying candidates should have served on an RAAA committee(s) for at least five years, and preferably received the John V. Robbins Distinguished Service award. Wedel was the recipient of the Robbins Award in 2015. In addition to being a tireless advocate for the Red Angus breed, Wedel has also given countless hours to the betterment of the Association, serving on the Board and as national president, then leading the RAAA Strategic Planning Committee, and serving as a member of the Red Angus Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors. Tom Woodward presented the award. RAAA Board member, Kyley DeVoe, presented the Outstanding Junior Award to Kacey Koester, Steele, North Dakota. Koester is currently serving as president of the Junior Red Angus Association of America. The award recognizes an outstanding junior member who has contributed his or her services to the betterment of the association throughout the past year. Pelton Red Angus, Lynn and Sue Pelton, Burdett, Kansas, were honored as the Pioneer Breeder of the Year. Fellow Kansan, a herd cooperator, and personal friend to the couple, Ed Durst of Morrowville, Kansas, presented the award. The award honors long-time members of RAAA who over the years have maintained the quality and excellence of their herds through diligent breeding practices, always keeping Red Angus cattle at the forefront of their breeding programs. Durst noted that Lynn and Sue had provided mentorship to many in the business including he and his wife Jennifer as they developed their seedstock business. Although the couple is retiring NOVEMBER 2016

from the day-to-day work of the purebred livestock industry, they will still be an active part of their family operation. Craig Bieber presented the highlight of the evening, the Breeder of the Year Award, to Pieper Red Angus, Hay Springs, Nebraska. This award is given to members who have contributed to and maintained an excellent standard of quality in breeding Red Angus cattle in their herds. Recipients are preferred to have had a notable recent success in their operation. The Pieper family has had Red Angus cattle for nearly 40 years and conducted their 26th production sale this past spring, merchandising nearly 500 head of Red Angus bulls and females through the annual event. Pieper Red Angus consists of 600 registered Red Angus cows and 30 brood mares, and their ranching heritage runs five generations deep in Nebraska and Wyoming.

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George Curtis Inc. ~ Registered Angus Cattle ~

Good cow herds + performance bulls = pounds = dollars!

Call: BLAKE CURTIS, Clovis, NM 575/762-4759 or 575/763-3302

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Michael H. & Claudia Sander

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Villanueva •

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BOB & KAY ANDERSON • 575/421-1809 HCR 72, BOX 10 • RIBERA, N.M. 87560

WINSTON, NEW MEXICO Russell and Trudy Freeman

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CANDY TRUJILLO Capitan, N.M. 575/354-2682 1-800/333-9007, ext. 6712 Semen Sales AI Supplies AI Service

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1680 CR 37 Grady, New Mexico 88120

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RED ANGUS

Bulls & Replacement Heifers 575-318-4086 2022 N. Turner, Hobbs, NM 88240

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BEEFMASTERS 56th Bull Sale—October 7, 2017 Private Treaty Females Semen & Embryos

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

Bradley 3 Ranch Ltd. www.bradley3ranch.com

Ranch-Raised ANGUS Bulls for Ranchers Since 1955

GRAU

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CHAROLAIS HEIFERS & BULLS FOR SALE 575-760-7304 WESLEY GRAU www.grauranch.com

High Altitude PAP Tested Since 1980 at 8,000 ft.+

Annual Bull Sale February 11, 2017 at the Ranch NE of Estelline, TX M.L. Bradley, 806/888-1062 Fax: 806/888-1010 • Cell: 940/585-6471

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MIKE FUCHS 3673 County Road 14 Del Norte, CO 81132 719-657-2519 mikefuchsherefords@gmail.com

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Coming Soon To a pasture near you Bulls - Females - Embryos - Semen

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1-877/2-BAR-ANG 1-806/344-7444

Hereford, Texas JOHNSTEVE THAMES KNOLL & LAURASTEVE KNOLL WWW.2BARANGUS.COM

Roy, & Trudy Hartzog – Owners 806/825-2711 • 806/225-7230 806/470-2508 • 806/225-7231 FARWELL, TEXAS

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TREY WOOD 806/789-7312 CLARK WOOD 806/828-6249 • 806/786-2078

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HENARD RANCH

OSCAR · 575/398-6155 • 575/760-0814 BOX 975, TATUM, NEW MEXICO 88267 RUSTY · 575/760-0816

SEEDSTOCK GUIDE

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www.CaseyBeefmasters.com Watt, Jr. 325/668-1373 Watt50@sbcglobal.net Watt: 325/762-2605

Producers of Quality & Performance Tested Brahman Bulls & Heifers “Beef-type American Gray Brahmans, Herefords, Gelbvieh & F-1s.” Available at All Times Loren & Joanne Pratt 44996 W. Papago Road Maricopa, AZ 85139 520/568-2811

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• Weaned & Open Heifers • Calving Ease Bulls Registered CORRIENTE BULLS

YOUNG BULLS FOR SALE

Excellent for First Calf Heifers

JaCin Ranch SANDERS, ARIZONA

CATES RANCH

928/688-2753 cell: 505/879-3201

WAGON MOUND, NEW MEXICO 575/666-2360 www.catesranch.com

Westall Ranches, LLC Registered Brangus Bulls & Heifers Ray & Karen Westall, Owners / Tate Pruett, Ranch Manager

Call us for ALL your Brangus needs!

P.O. Box 955, Capitan NM 88316 • Cell: 575.365.6356 • Ranch: 575.653.4842 • email: taterfire@hotmail.com

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

Raising Cattle that Work in the Real World Quality Registered Black Angus Cattle Genex Influenced Mountain Raised, Rock-Footed

Bulls & Heifers FOR SALE AT THE FARM

Registered Polled Herefords

n Calving Ease n Easy Fleshing n Powerful

Cañones Route P.O. Abiquiu, N.M. 87510 MANUEL SALAZAR P.O. Box 867 Española, N.M. 87532 PHONE: 575-638-5434

Performance Genetics n Docility Attend the 26th Annual Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale February 25, 2017

Joe Paul & Rosie Lack P.O. Box 274 Hatch, NM 87937 575-267-1016 Rachael Carpenter 575-644-1311

Bill Morrison

411 CR 10 Clovis, NM 88101 575-482-3254 575-760-7263 Cell

www.lackmorrisonbrangus.com

bvmorrison@yucca.net

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Custom Hats Cleaning & Renovation Services

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602/275-7582

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Williams Windmill, Inc.

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Visit us at: www.yavapaigas.com dc@yavapaigas.com

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

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Nancy A. Belt, Broker Cell 520-221-0807 Office 520-455-0633

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

Chip Cole RANCH BROKER

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SERVING THE RANCHING INDUSTRY SINCE 1920 Farm - Ranch Sales & Appraisals www.chassmiddleton.com 1507 13TH STREET LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79401 • (806) 763-5331

OW Ranch, Near Payson, AZ– +/- 72 Deeded acre USFS inholding in the Tonto National Forest. 150 head seasonal USFS Permit June – Oct. Historic residence, guest house, foreman’s home, barns, immaculately maintained. Two – live, year round trout streams and ponds. Stunning meadow setting with majestic ponderosa pines. Sophisticated western charm at its best. $3.9M

*NEW* 490 Head La Cienega Ranch,

Yucca, AZ – Solid working desert ranch with a well improved recently remodeled headquarters. Includes a home, bunk house, shop, tack house,

good corrals. 122.83+/- deeded acres, 13,483+/- acres State Lease,

69,390+/- acres BLM, and 86,302+/acres adverse grazing. Good water with miles of pipeline, 9 wells, 2 dirt tanks and springs. $1,690,000. Call Tamra Kelly at 928-830-9127

*SOLD* 1450+/- Head Ranch, Vicks-

burg, AZ – Desert ranch with great improvements and access. 442.54+/deeded acres, 21,814+/- acres State lease, and 257,000 +/- acres BLM. Includes HQ with home, bunkhouse, tack house, workshop, and horse corrals; 17 corrals with wells; shipping corrals with hydraulic squeeze and tub. $1,498,400

SOLD

*REDUCED* 90 Head, Agua Fria Ranch, Quemado, NM – This is a scenic mid-size ranch with great prospects. Operating as a private hunting retreat, & a purebred Angus & Paint horse ranch. +/-1200 deeded acres, +/-80 acres of NM lease, & +/-5220 acres BLM. 4BR, 2BA, mfg. home. Trophy elk, antelope, deer. Elk & mule deer permits. Candidate for a conservation easement or land exchange with the BLM. $1,490,000 *NEW* 1388 AUM’s - Deadman Ranch, East of Reserve, NM – Gor-

geous Mtn ranch in the Ponderosa Pines with open grassy meadows and abundant wildlife. Turnkey operation with a fully improved and equipped headquarters. Pristine, beautiful, private. 115+/- Acre deeded forest inholding with USFS permit. Modern log cabin, separate guest and cowboy bunkhouses, managers house, corrals, stable, shop, seasonal creek, strong well with water piped to all pastures. $1,200,000 w/ cattle & equipment. Call Nancy Belt 520-221-0807

*SOLD* 207+/- Acre Farm, Benson,

SOLD

AZ – Fenced and cross fenced for cattle. Includes home, equipment shed, work shop, barn, shipping corrals. Close to I-10. $1,200,000

272+/- Acres, San Simon, AZ – Parcel 1, 222+/- acres of cleared land. Parcel 2, 50+/- acres with 5 acres of producing Pistachio trees. 8 New shallow wells. Call Harry Owens 602-526-4965. $600,000

*SOLD* 65+/- Acre Farm, Benson,

SOLD

AZ – 23+/- acres of Bermuda pasture. Custom 3BR, 2 BA Home large workshop, equipment shed and fish pond stocked with large mouth bass. $610,000 $550,000

*SOLD* +/-78 Acre Farm, Virden,

NM – with 49+ acres of irrigation Rights. 3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena. $550,000

SOLD

94 Head Cattle Ranch, Safford, AZ – 200 Deeded Acres, BLM and State of AZ Grazing Leases. Desert ranch w/ five sets of corrals, four w/wells & one w/a spring. The ranch is well watered w/5 total wells, 6 dirt tanks & a spring. $450,000

PENDING

*REDUCED* +/-38 Acre Farm, Shel-

don AZ – This preppers paradise includes a large 4 BR 3 BA home; canning

studio; root cellar; large workshop with covered outdoor work area; irrigated pasture with 600 gpm well, fenced and cross fenced for cattle/horses; corrals; barn; chicken houses and pens; rabbit pen; garden area, fruit trees, pond and other various outbuildings. The property includes tractor implements; backhoe; and RV. $410,000 $395,000

*NEW* 98+/- Acre Farm, Pomerene, AZ – 70 plus irrigated acres with an 800 gpm well that has a 16” casing, records indicate it is 70’ deep with static water at 35’. Flood irrigated and fenced. Suitable for crops, pasture, or nut trees. Located close to I-10, town, schools and services with easy access. A great value at $400,000 *NEW* 17 Head BLM Permit, Near Ft. Thomas, AZ – 200+/- deeded acres with well, and spring. Very remote and extremely scenic with a beautiful canyon lined with sycamore and cottonwood trees and stunning rock formations. $285,000 *MAJOR REDUCTION* 240 Acres with Irrigation Rights, Elfrida, AZ – Suitable for hay, crops, pecans, irrigated pasture, homesite or future development. Includes 130 acres of irrigation rights, partially fenced, with corrals, & a well. Reduced to $279,800 $215,000. Terms.

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Tobe Haught 505-264-3368 Tamra Kelly 928-830-9127 Harry Owens 602-526-4965

HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* 49+/- Acres, with 10 Head State Grazing Lease, Benson, AZ – Beautiful hilltop home with 5 bedrooms 3 Baths, 2 Fireplaces, two family rooms, large food storage area, root cellar, steel workshop/hay barn with concrete floor and corrals. Great potential as a family home, group home, bed and breakfast. $360,000 San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $380,150 & 77 Acres with well for $217,000

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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/ Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/- state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres. Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope, mule deer and some elk. $2,710,000

Class A irrigation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, 100 hd feedlot. Depredation Elk Tags available. Owner financing available to qualified buyer. Significantly reduced to $550,000 MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/- deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced to $490,000 COLD BEER VIEW, Colfax County, NM 83.22 +/- deeded acre, 3,174 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 3 ½ bathrm, 2 car garage home situated on top of the hill with amazing 360 degree views. $560,000

MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 20 +/- deeded acres, 20 water shares, quality MIAMI HORSE TRAINING FACILITY, 2,715 sq ft adobe home, barn, grounds Colfax County, NM. Ideal horse training facil- and trees. Private setting. This is a must see. ity, 4 bedroom 3 bathroom approx. 3,593 $425,000 sq-ft home, 332.32 +/- deeded acres, 208 RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax shares of irrigation, all the facilities you need County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres, 2 parto summer your cutting horse operation cels, excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a out of the heat and far enough south to true million dollar view at end of private have somewhat mild winters. Approximately road. $489,000 6,200 ft elevation. $1,790,000 FRENCH TRACT 80, Colfax County, NM MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax irrigated farm with home and good outbuildCounty, NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 ings, $350,000

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THE TURKEY TRACK RANCH: First time offering of one of

the largest cattle ranches within the state of New Mexico. The historic Turkey Track Ranch, once owned by Cap Mossman, the famous lawman, has been under one family ownership for over 70 years. The ranch is situated in three southeastern New Mexico counties and encompasses over 253,000 acres. The ranch extends from the Pecos River Valley on the ranch’s western boundary for over 40 miles to above the “Caprock Escarpment” in Lea County. The acreage includes, 37,000 +/- deeded acres, 167,625 federal BLM lease acres and 48,800 NM State lease acres. The grazing capacity is set by the BLM at over 3,000 AUYL. The ranch is operated from a headquarters located above the Caprock in Lea County and two additional cow camps all complete with living facilities and working pens. The pasture design includes 13 larger pastures and numerous smaller pastures and traps. Livestock water is provided by approximately 30 serviceable wells and miles of buried pipeline. In addition there are numerous large earthen tanks scattered throughout the ranch. The terrain and vegetation is diversified ranging from shinnery oak lowlands to tight grama grass turf. This is a must see. It could be one of the last opportunities to own a large piece of history. Call for an appointment to come take a look. Price: $18,500,000 cash

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Scott McNally, Qualifying Broker Roswell, NM 88202 Office: 575-622-5867 • Cell: 575-420-1237

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Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 ac deeded, 260,000 ac BLM/State Lease. 11,500 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 17 wells, 2 pumps on CAP canal. $875,000. Con Englehorn C6 Ranch: Sonoita/Patagonia AZ. 165 head, 45 acres deeded, 8700 acres forest lease great water, good improvements. $725,000. Sam Hubbell-Tom Hardesty Hunt Valley Ranch: 1,173 deeded acres & 320 acres private lease with cowboy house and irrigation well for small pasture and orchard. Located 12 miles NW of St. Johns, AZ. $595,000. Traegen Knight Tres Alamos Ranch/Farm, Benson AZ: 668 acres deeded W/200 irrigated, shallow water, 3 Pivots, present owners running 200 head yearlong. Priced at $2,250,000. Walter Lane

Rogers Lake: 80 acres SW Flagstaff, adjacent summer leases may be available to sublease. $1,600,000. Paul Groseta

Price Canyon Ranch: 191 head Guest Ranch in SE AZ. Great improvements. $2,950,000. Walter Lane

Apache Mesa Ranch – 5,300 + - acre rim rock ranch located off Hwy 84 south & west of Las Vegas, NM. 3,500+- deeded w/BLM & State grazing leases, cedar, pinon & ponderosa tree cover, rim rocks, mesas & grassy meadows. Nice HQ w/bunk house, includes caretakers home/w 5 acres plus barns & corrals & plenty of scenery. New Price is $2,498,900

Phoenix Con Englehorn Kyle Conway 602-258-1647 Cottonwood Andy Groseta Paul Groseta 928-634-8110 Sonoita Sam Hubbell Tom Hardesty Sandy Ruppel 520-609-2546 Tucson Walter Lane Trey Champie Vince Hutson 520-792-2652 St. Johns Traegen Knight 928-524-3740

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Sombrero Ranch near Tremintina, NM – 1,442 deeded acres, 3 pastures, 1 solar well, 1 windmill & 1 submersible well. Grazes 30+ mother cows year round. Located 44 miles east of Las Vegas on Hwy 104. Price is $575,000 Owner will finance. SOLD La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,465 private acres w/240 acres of BLM lease land. Located SW of Las Vegas off Hwy 84 on Apache Mesa. Ranch has tall pines, canyon springs, several stock tanks, new fence on NE corner. Off the grid & pristine. Price is $607,000 & Owners will finance. PENDING Trigg Ranches – 720 deeded acres lies near La Cueva Canyon Ranch on Apache Mesa off Hwy 84. Off the grid in tall pines but power is close by! 720 acres priced at $288,900 & smaller 200 acre parcel available for $124,000! Owners will finance...

SOLD SOLD

Ledoux, NM – Perimeter fenced 60 acre terraced dry land farm has overhead electric, sub-irrigated pasture and all weather county road access! Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Price reduced $228,000 & Owner will finance... SOLD Anton Chico – Historic 65 acre irrigated farm w 109 acre feet of ditch rights. Adobe home, bunkhouse, storage shed, shop + irrigation & some farm equipment go w/sale. Priced reduced to $598,900 & Owner will finance qualified buyer! SOLD Dilia Loop Road – Fenced 20+ acre parcel is planted in alfalfa & grass, has 4 irrigated sections plus ditch rights and Pecos River frontage. Excellent farming opportunity for organic vegetable gardens, alfalfa or sweet grass. Priced at $225,000 Upper Anton Chico – This parcel has outstanding alfalfa production for a small parcel, 7.5 acres are irrigated with under ground pipes, perimeter fenced, easy farm to work and water. Now $82,500

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

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ARIZONA RANCH FOR SALE Seven Lazy E Ranch

30 miles SE of Willcox. Elevation 4300 ‘ MSL. 1335 Acres Deeded, 2197 State Lease 80 Acres BLM Lease. 3 wells, electric, gas. 8 pastures have water. Includes nearby custom Santa Fe Style house. $1,995,885 MLS 21608523

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520-403-3903

Buyers are looking for a ranch. If you have a ranch to sell, give me a call. Lincoln, New Mexico: Historic Vorwerk home with 33+/- acres . Rio Bonito river with 16.5 acre feet of historic water rights dating to 1853. Elk, mule deer, turkey, barbary sheep. Brochure at: www.sidwellfarmandranch.com

ASSOC. BROKER, GRI Brownfieldkeith@gmail.com

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

MAJOR RANCH REALTY RANDELL MAJOR Qualifying Broker

rmajor@majorranches.com www.majorranches.com

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

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

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CHIVAS ROAD located in Deming, NM 125+/- Acres with underground water rights, 2 wells & cement ditches, 25+/- additional acres for pasture land. Priced at $325,000

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Beken/Kelly Ranch: 16,967 acres, 250 cows w/ improvements. Magdalena. $3,635,350 North Beken/Kelly Ranch: 14,084 acres, 200 cows w/ improvements. Magdalena. $2,554,900 Torrance County Ranch: 27,905 acres, 245 cow/calf. Corona. $1,500,000 Onion Springs Ranch: 6,096 acres, 2 wells, springs, pipe corrals. Catron County. $590,000 Broaddus Place: 1,001 acres. House and plenty of improvements. Magdalena. $569,000 Highland Meadows Estates: 522 acres, (335 Lots) Subdivision in Valencia County. $350,000 Mill Canyon: 120 acres. 2108 sf home. Magdalena Mountains. $390,000. Reduced Price Broaddus Storage Units: 104 total units. 80% occupied. Low overhead. Magdalena. $535,000 El Rito Ranch: 32,000 acre grazing permit 130 cows for 5 months. Grants. $250,000. SOLD

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71 Calle de Llano: 1885 sf house on 8 acres. 32 miles west of Albuquerque. $150,000 SOLD Tres Arboles Farm: 7.713 acres of irrigated land w/ water rights in San Acacia, NM. SOLD

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Thank you to all the Exhibitors that attended and congratulations to the ones that were honored to make the sale. Of course we want to thank all the BUYERS who took the time to come out and support the Sale. Without the BUYERS the Sale would not be possible.

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Southwest New Mexico Farms & Ranches FORT FILLMORE ROAD- 5 acre pecan farm with 5 enclosed horse pens and pipe fencing. Property does not include an irrigation well but does have ground and surface water rights. Directions: Hwy 478 - east on Fort Fillmore 1/2 mile and property will be on the north/left. $159,900 20.79 ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE - The acreage contains approximately 18 +/- acres of income producing pecan trees with surface & ground water rights and an irrigation well. Past production records are available. Ample storage with approximately 7,600 sq. ft. of metal buildings with 6 roll-up bay doors and over 5,700 sq. ft. of covered equipment sheds. Residence is a gorgeous 3711 sq ft +/- 2br / 2.5ba adobe main home that has been completely remodeled throughout and a large addition that looks into a meticulously landscaped back yard. Expansive master suite that has it’s own private courtyard and large walk-in cedar lined closet. The list goes on and on! One of the detached structures contains a large 1 br / 1ba apartment, indoor/outdoor dog kennels and more. This truly is a one of a kind property! Call Dan or Jamie to schedule your private viewing today! $1,218,000 27.5 ACRE FARM IN SAN MIGUEL, NM - consists of 3 tracts (two 8 acre tracts & 11.5 ac tract) will sell each tract separately for $19,000/acre. Full EBID & irrigation well, community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Priced at $399,000 DAWSON ROAD FARM - 98.292 acres - 2 Separate parcels and 2 irrigation wells with ground and surface water rights, cement ditches and paved road frontage. Currently planted in corn. South of La Mesa to intersection of Hwy 28 and 189. Go 1/2 mile DAN DELANEY south to Dawson Road. Go east or left .4 miles. REAL ESTATE, LLC Farm on both sides of Dawson Road. $1,671,000

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The Fourr Ranch Dragoon AZ – 1280 deeded acres, 11610 AZ state, and 3689 NF Acres. Runs 300 head, Well-watered, lots of grass. Priced at $4,250,000 RAINBOWS END RANCH, SUNIZONA, AZ – 315 head yearlong, 5588 deeded acres 15000 state and BLM lease. Good easy grass country. This is a nice ranch in a very productive area of Arizona. Priced @$3,500,000

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BAR B RANCH, TUBAC, AZ – 75 head yearlong, 526 acres with 75 acres irrigated, owned by the same family since 1914, large grandfathered water right. Last large tract of land in the area. Improvements need attention. Priced @$1,950,000 – reduced from $2,350,000

SOLD

If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call: Sam Hubbell, Qualifying Broker 520-609-2546

T O A D V E R T I S E C O N T A C T C H R I S @ A A A L I V E S T O C K . C O M O R 5 0 5 - 2 4 3 - 9 5 1 5 , x . 28 1301 Front Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027 800-933-9698 / 5a.m. -10p.m. www.scottlandcompany.com www.texascrp.com Ben G. Scott – Broker • Krystal M. Nelson – NM Qualifying Broker

RANCH & FARM REAL ESTATE n SOUTHERN NM (Chaves/Otero Co.) – 25,665 +/- ac., 1,320 +/deeded, 4,024 +/- State, 15,000 +/- BLM, 5,321 +/- Forest, permitted for 580 au’s year-round, well watered, good headquarters, very nice updated home, excellent pens & out buildings. n SANCHEZ CANYON RANCH – Union CO., NM – 677 ac. +/- of very

rugged, scenic country w/excellent hunting/recreation & good home for livestock, White Tail & Mule Deer, Elk, Turkey & many other varmints.

n CASTRO CO., TX - NAZARETH, TX. – 102 +/- acre dairy w/home,

Caprock Real Estate Services, Inc. Larry D. Preuit Qualifying Broker 575.760.2775 Larry preuitre@yahoo.com

230 West Hadley, Las Cruces, NM 88995 caprockrealestateservices.com

east of Nazareth on Hwy. 86.

n COTTLE CO., TX – Pease River, 1,357 ac. +/-, numerous springs flowing into two creeks, excellent hunting, highway frontage.

n CASTRO, CO., TX – 661 ac. +/- w/464 ac. +/- of CRP just expired,

121.6 ac. +/- in CRP until 2020, bal. native grass, on pvmt., great home for a cow or developing for farming.

n KING CO., TX. – 330 acres +/- with excellent quail & whitetail hunting. Hunting cabin. CRP until 2019. PRICE REDUCED! n DONLEY CO., TX. – 160 ac. +/- CRP. Good hunting. Irrigation potential. n NEW LISTING – Quay Co. 1,600 ac. +/- of grassland in the House, NM n MELROSE, NM – easy access just off of Hwy. 60 - 1,840 ac. +/- well located, watered w/windmills & dirt tanks, easy drive out of Clovis, NM.

n SAN ANGELO AREA – 743.4 ac. +/- of good ranch country w/year-

round creek & excellent hunting, located on all weather road.

n MUST SEE! – Union Co, NM – at the confluence of the Pinabetes/

Tramperos Creeks, year round live water, beautiful country w/super improvements & livestock watering facilities, 4,650 deeded +/-, 3,357 State Lease +/-, one irr. well with ¼ mi. pivot sprinkler for supplemental feed, excellent access via pvmt. & all-weather roads. PRICE REDUCED CONSIDERABLY!

n SOUTH CONCHOS RANCH – San Miguel Co., NM – 9,135 total

ac.+/-, 2,106 ac. +/- “FREE USE”, 6,670 ac. +- deeded, 320 ac. +/BLM, 40 ac. +/- State, well improved, homes, barns, pens, watered by subs & mills at shallow depth just off pvmt., on co. road, addtl. ranch land available adj. property.

n LINCOLN/SOCORRO., NM – 37.65 sections +/- Central NM ranch w/

good, useable improvements & water, some irrigation w/2 pivot sprinklers, on pvmt. w/all-weather road, 13,322 ac.+/- Deeded, 8,457 ac. +/- BLM Lease, 2,320 ac. +/- State Lease.

n FOR SALE OR LEASE - 30,000 HD. FEED YARD – Southeast Texas Panhandle, close to Texas & Kansas packers. Call or email for details!!!! n WALKING G ARENA – Castro Co. - 6.65 ac. +/-, located just on

the edge of town, a 120’ X 350’ rodeo arena, ten 12’ X 40’ horse stalls. Electric hook-up for RV & trailers. Large concrete slab for dances, auctions, etc., on pvmt.

n ARGENTINA…PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS

– on 176,000 ac. +/-

(WE CAN DIVIDE into tracts of 1,500 acres or more) of choice land which can be cleared for soybeans & corn, some cleared & seeded to improved grasses for grazing of thousands of mother cows, some still in the brush waiting to be cleared.

n AIRPORT DRIVE – Tucumcari, NM – Choice 160 ac. +/-, on pvmt. w/ beautiful home, roping arena, steel pens & 139.5 ac. +/- of water rights.

n BIRD HUNTERS HAVEN – Quay Co., NM - 276.22 ac. +/-, in easy

driving distance of Ute & Conchas Lakes, all in native grass w/home, barns, good fences, well watered , on pvmt.

n CLAYTON, NM – 2600 sq. ft. home, 4 bdrm., 2 bath, 2 living areas, located on 20 ac. +/- in Mountain View Estates, on city water.

n SELLER VERY MOTIVATED – to buy or trade for ranch or farmland

properties between Dallas & Houston, TX. For sale Pontotoc/Coal Co., OK

three good, solid ranches just out of Ada in close proximity, one to the other (one owner -779 ac. +/-, 1,370 ac. +/-, 974 ac. +/-), good, useable improvements, on pvmt. or good all-weather roads.

n NM STATE LEASE – Union Co. – buy the improvements & irr. equip. on the property & lease a NM State Leased section, 640 ac. +/-, w/ nice home, landscaped yard w/matured trees, nice shop, cattle pens & pivot sprinklers. Please view our websites for details on these properties, choice TX, NM, CO ranches (large & small), choice ranches in the high rainfall areas of OK, irr./dryland/CRP & commercial properties. We need your listings on any types of ag properties in TX, NM, OK or CO.

SPRING VALLEY – WEST (Ranch) All deeded 15,000 acres (more or less) just 45 air miles S.E. of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in rolling foothills. Good improvements, good water, good gramma grass. Cow calf or yearlings. Locked, gated entrance on pavement. Scenic. Has no public roads through this ranch! Price recently reduced to only $375.00 per acre. FREE BROCHURE upon request. Contact Larry (first time advertised). CALL FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ANYTIME! NOVEMBER 2016

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Dunn Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Fallon-Cortese Land . . . . . . . . 122 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . .89 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . .50 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . 8 Farmers & Stockmen’s Bank . . . . .75 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . 48, 103 Ferguson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Five States Livestock Auction, . . .43 Troy Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Fort Worth Stock Show . . . . . . 129 Four States Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . 32 Bob Frost Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .107 Mike Fuchs Herefords . . . . . . . 117 Genex / Candy Trujillo . . . . . . . 116 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . .92 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . 50 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 117 Lane Grau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Wesley Grau . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . 21, 116 Hall – Gnatkowski . . . . . . . . . .103 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . .121 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . 17, 118 The Hat Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Hay Rake, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . .124 Headquarters West Ltd. / Sam Hubbell . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Henard Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Don & Abby Hofman . . . . . . . .100 Bob Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Hooper Cattle Company . . . . . . .37 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . 33, 116 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 John & Bonnie Hughes . . . . . . .104 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . 93

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I’ll Drop You Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Inn of the Mountain Gods . . . . . . 7 Innovative Solar Systems . . . . . . 90 Inosol Castrator . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Insurance Services of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . .117 J-C Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . .31 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 113, 119 Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Steve Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Jimbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Dustin Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Bobby Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . 121 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 3, 100 L & H Manufacturing . . . . . . . . .52 Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . . 57, 119 Gynn Langford . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . 114, 117 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . . . 113, 118 Sato Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Jose J. Varela Lopez . . . . . . . . .100 Jim Lyssy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

M-Hat Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Major Ranch Realty . . . . . . . . .125 Randell Major . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . 34, 117

Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . 29, 117 Mathers Realty Inc. / Keith Brownfield . . . . . . . . . .125 Matlock & Associates . . . . . . . .106 Michelle & Jerry Maynard . . . . .109 McCall Land & Cattle Co . . . . . . .16 McCoy Cattle, LLC . . . . . . . . . . .36 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . .113 McKenzie Land & Livestock . . . . .20 Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Mesa Feed Co. . . . . . . . . . . 47, 97 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . 72, 120 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . 126 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . 123 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Miller-Sanchez . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 MIX 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Monfette Construction Co. . . 73, 121 Brian Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Motley Mill & Cube Corp . . . . . . 85 Paul McGillard / Murney Associates . . . . . . . .126 National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 New Mexico Ag Expo . . . . . . . . .69 New Mexico Angus & Hereford Association . . . . . . . .27 New Mexico Bank & Trust . . . . . .29 New Mexico Beef Council . . . . .109 New Mexico Business Coalition . .27 New Mexico Cattle Growers' Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 NMCGA Cowboy Clothes . . . . . . 82 New Mexico Department of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 New Mexico Mutual . . . . . . . . . . 4 New Mexico Premier Ran ch Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 New Mexico Property Group . . . 125 New Mexico Purina Animal Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 73 New Mexico Wool Growers . . . . .64

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Rio Grande Scales & Equipment 120 Rio Hondo Land & Livestock Co. . . 59 Robbs Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . 120 ROD Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Roswell Brangus Breeders Co-op 131 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . .44 Roswell Wool . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

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Sachse Red Angus . . . . . . . . . .113 Salazar Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 James Sammons, III . . . . . . . . .122 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . 120 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . 113, 117 Bill Sauble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 50 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty, LLC125 Tom Sidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . 104, 120 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Southern Star Ranch . . . . . 62, 116 Southwest Beef Symposium . . . .52 Southwest Brangus Breeders Association . . . . . . . .54 Southwest Red Angus Association. . . . . . . . . . 113, 116 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . .123 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . 125 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . .120 T & S Manufacturing . . . . . . . . .88 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . . . . .110 Tequesquite Ranch . . . . . . . . .105 Terrell Land & Livestock Co. . . . .103 T4 Cattle Company . . . . . . . . .101 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Thompson Ranch 36, 50, 82, 86, 119 3C Cattle Feeders . . . . . . . . . . 129 Three Mile Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . .27 Tire Water Troughs . . . . . . . . . . 91 Jim Tompkins . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Townsend Brangus . . . . . . . . . .59 Candy Ray Trujillo’s Black Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 118 U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . 65, 76 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

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Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . . . .120 W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . . . . . . 51 Patty Waid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Walker Martin Ranch Sales . . . .123 Weaver Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 West Wood Realty . . . . . . . . . .122 Westall Ranches, LLC . . . . . . . .119 Westway Feed Products . . . . . . . 5 Mark Whetten . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Rex & Carol Wilson . . . . . . . . . 104 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . . . 43, 120 Pat Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Yates Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . . . . 51, 120 Yocom-McColl . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Tal Young, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Zia Agriculture Consulting, LLC . 121 Zinpro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 102

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2016 Rounders Award Winners

Rounders Award honors those who “live, promote, and articulate the Western way of life.” “Ollie Reed and Rod Taylor both exemplify the true spirit of a “Rounder”, one who has lived and appreciates our Western culture and character through their personal and professional lives,” said Witte, upon presenting the awards. Reed worked as a reporter for The Albu-

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llie Reed, Jr., a native of Natchez, Mississipi, who moved to New Mexico in October 1976, and Rod Taylor, originally from Lubbock, Texas, who now lives in Cimarron, New Mexico, each accepted a 2016 Rounders Award on October 12 during an afternoon presentation hosted at the Governor’s Residence in Santa Fe. New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte presented the awards, along with New Mexican writer Max Evans, whose classic western novel and subsequent Hollywood movie The Rounders is the award’s namesake. Created in 1990 at the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, the

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