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NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-243-9515 Fax: 505-349-3060 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of ... n New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-247-0584, Fax: 505-842-1766 President, Randell Major n New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-247-0584 President, Bronson Corn

EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING Publisher: Caren Cowan Publisher Emeritus: Chuck Stocks Advertising Representatives: Chris Martinez Melinda Martinez Contributing Editors: Carol Wilson Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson Howard Hutchinson William S. Previtti, Lee Pitts

FEATURES 18 AHA Annual Meeting & Educational Forum October 22 to 24, Kansas City 20 Answering the Call to Quality by American Hereford Association

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R.W. Hampton Receives Coveted Chester A. Reynolds Award Purina Millis & Cattle Growers’ Scholarships State Land Office Proposes Rule Change to Protect Cultural Properties Forest Management Must Change by Kent Lassman, President & CEO, Competitive Enterprise Institute

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NMDA’ State Metrology Lab Receives Top Accuracy Certification Border Patrol Deploys Emergency Beacons to Assist Miggrants in Distress in Remote Areas by KXAN Border Report

39 Muddying the Clean Water Act by Conner Nicklas, Budd Falen Law Offices

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Ute Creek Cattle Company Received First New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award Sustainabilty and Super Pandemics: The Connection by Dr. Igor Shepherd, www.lewrockwell.com

PRODUCTION Production Coordinator: Carol Pendleton Editorial & Advertising Design: Kristy Hinds

44 Inspector of the Year Nominations Sought 49 US Dairy Industry Advances 60 Where’s the Cheap Beef? by David Frum / The Atlantic

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62 Preconditionings - Why it Pays by Kirsten Nickles, Graduate Research Associate & Anthony J. Parker, Associate Chair and Associate Professor. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio State University (also published in Ohio Farmer on-line)

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(USPS 381-580) is published monthly by Caren Cowan, 2231 Rio Grande, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-2529 Subscription price: 1 year - $30 / 2 years - $40 Single issue price $10, Directory price $30 Subscriptions are non-refundable POSTMASTER: Send address changes to New Mexico Stockman, P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, NM 87194. Periodicals Postage paid at Albuquerque, New Mexico, and additional mailing offices. Copyright© 2015 by New Mexico Stockman. Material may not be used without permission of the publisher. Deadline for editorial and advertising copy, changes and cancellations is the 10th of the month preceding publication. Advertising rates on request.

10 NMCGA President’s Message by Randell Major

12 Wit & Wisdom by Caren Cowan

16 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 28 News Update 33 On the Edge of Common Sense by Baxter Black

34 New Mexico Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

36 New Mexico Livestock Board Update 37 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers by Don Bullis

40 Collectors Corner by Jim Olson

46 View from the Backside by Barry Denton

47 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn 54 Riding Herd by Lee Pitts

56 In Memoriam 64 Marketplace 66 Seedstock Guide 70 Real Estate Guide 76 BEEF — It’s What’s for Dinner Recipe 92 Advertisers’ Index

by Abbie Lankitus, Drovers

77 FMCSA Extends Livestock Hours-of-Service Exemptions by Jacqui Fatka, Feedstuffs

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Southern NM State Fair Public Speaking Contest NM Cattle Growers’ Association Heritage Buckle Awards NM Junior Livestock Expo — One for the Ages Turquoise Circuit Finals In The Arena: NM Jr High & High School Rodeo by Sage Faulkner

88 State Fair Ag Science Fair & Public Speaking Contests

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Randell Major NMCGA President

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

want to start this letter by saying how grateful I am. It has been a long time since I have seen such beautiful grass across this state. What a blessed year we have had. I also wanted to acknowledge everyone who made the New Mexico Junior Livestock Expo a success in Roswell this year. At the time I write this letter, there was a total of $615,000.00 spent at the sale with more add-ons to count. This was a huge undertaking that made me so proud of our state. I also want to recognize the legislators who were present at the sale and contributed to these kids: State Representative and Minority Floor Leader, Jim Townsend, Representative Martin Zamora, and Representative Gail Armstrong. There were several others that donated in many ways, as well as add-ons. Thank you all for supporting our youth and agriculture. This reminds me what is important, and to focus on our positives every day. We had our Fall Board Meeting on September 16th in person. It was nice to get together and visit, as well as cover some important topics. These included meeting our Governor Candidates, review of our current litigation, as well as potential new ones (30 X 30 and Lesser Prairie Chicken). We had an excellent Prime Rib lunch sponsored by Zia Ag Consulting and Zoetis. Thank you so much for your support. Our luncheon guest speakers included Karla Hamel Niemeier and Emily K. Wirth representing “CEHMM” (Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management). This company represents practical environmental solutions that affect both human health and the environment. They have created a wide range of cutting-edge programs that work towards practical environmental and conservation practices. New business included Director Belinda Garland and Deputy Director Shawn Davis presenting the NM Livestock Board budget plan for 2022 and discussed concern for preparedness for outbreaks. I presented a power-point from NCBA Conference, “US Cattle Producers Building a Sustainable Legacy”. In summary included climate facts on the US Cattle and Beef Industry and a strategic plan based on facts. US Cattle are the Climate Solution: ЇЇ Cattle grazing improves grassland soil health and carbon storage ЇЇ Cattle grazing helps mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires ЇЇ Cattle are ruminants that recycle CO2 as part of the natural carbon cycle ЇЇ Cattle upcycle a diet that is 90 percent inedible to humans into nutritious protein ЇЇ Cattle methane accounts for only 2 percent of all US greenhouse gas emissions ЇЇ The US has had the lowest beef greenhouse gas emissions intensity in the world since 1996 ЇЇ The US beef industry reduced its emissions by more than 40 percent from 1961-2018. Matthew Sanchez presented a power-point regarding a Packing Plant feasibility study and request for investors (Part Owners) in Milan NM. He would like NM Cattlemen to be a part of this. His long-term plan is to create a New Mexico market for beef similar to what Hatch Green Chile has done and call it Heritage Beef. Please reach out to our office for more specific details. We plan to have committee meetings prior to our Joint Stockmen’s Convention to use our time efficiently in person. Committee chairmen have already begun to call online meetings and discuss any issues ahead of time and bring complete resolutions for topics each committee believes is a priority.

My best to you all,

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JUST THE FACTS ... & THEN SOME by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman

hile Washington, D.C. is totally covered up with financial mess – the of a magnitude that most of us cannot even fathom – somewhere between $1,500,000,000,000 and $3,500,000,000,000 immediately and more likely $5,000,000,000,000 in the not too distant future if progressives get their way, the wheels of government are not slowing down. Migratory birds are back in play. The Biden Administration has withdrawn the regulation put in place in January 2020 by the previous administration that limited the scope of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to cover only intentional killing of birds. The notice of revocation came along with an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for a potential permit system. The law is now deemed to cover “incidental take,” which means the government could prosecute companies over birds

killed by power lines or oil spills, according to Greenwire, an environmental news publication. The US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) intends to gather information necessary to develop a proposed rule to authorize the incidental taking or killing of migratory birds, including determining when, to what extent, and by what means it is consistent with the MBTA. No one expects the task to be easy. Nearly every stakeholder desires regulatory certainty, but the regulation must conform to the law, FWS representatives say. The next step will be to create a commonsense approach to regulating the incidental take of migratory birds that works to both conserve birds and provide regulatory certainty to industry and stakeholders. The National Wildlife Federation, the Defenders of Wildlife and others say they want a permitting program that will carry out “the statutory mandate” to protect migratory birds while providing regulatory certainty. That means that birds can be accidently killed or harmed, but only if certain steps are taken to mitigate harm. There is no word on what those cer tain steps might be. Although there is no rule in place for

permitting the take of migratory birds and it is likely to be some time before there is, the FWS already has information on two websites announcing a new ePermit web platform or a downloadable permit application. Almost all native birds are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). The regulatory definition of a migratory bird is much broader than what most of us consider a migratory bird and includes almost all bird species native to the United States. A complete list of protected birds is published in 50 CFR 10.13. Nonnative species such as European starlings, rock (feral) pigeons, house sparrows, and mute swans as well as upland gamebirds such as grouse, turkey and quail are not protected under the MBTA. There has also been a new bill introduced in Congress, HR 4833, to prohibit the unauthorized take or killing of migratory birds including incidental take by commercial activities and directing the FWS to regulate such incidental take. The primary sponsor of the bill is Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA). He has 68 cosponsors. continued on page 14 >>

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ations that will happen in life. There is exposure to other cultures while exhibiting 4-H and FFA projects.. We can all learn from each other. The social relationships that develop with students with the same likes and goals often last a life time. FFA and 4-H prepare students for life in so many ways and make them better citizens. God Bless the parents, the volunteers and the buyers.

ith the summer season ending we can see the accomplishments of our 4-H and FFA youth. One activity that takes a lot of time is raising and exhibiting livestock for the local and state fairs. There are so many positive outcomes for everyone. Food is one of our basic needs; therefore those involved in all aspects of agriculture – Sandra Lacy are very important. The average rancher is NM CowBelle President around 60. We need the youth interested cowbellringing@yahoo.com in ranching and farming. The idea of these groups is to expose the youth to the livestock industry, but also to develop The 2021 NM State CowBelle Officers important life skills. When a student has to Pres-Elect: Jacinda Price care for land, animals and other responsiVice-president: Vonda Frost bilities, they will be more accountable and Treasure: Stephanie Avent engaged. That leads to a better underSecretary: Michelle Greeman. standing of life than a young person who Chaplin: Corrina Casler has not had such experiences. The purpose of organizations like 4-H and FFA is to develop leadership skills, record keeping, hamiza CowBelles met on Septemknowledge and care of the animals. This ber 2, 2021 called to order at 12:08 p.m. knowledge is especially important for the in Johnny B’s Restaurant by President, future in ranching. Jeni Neely, with six members present. Jeni There is confidence that is instilled with read the Prayer and Creed, and all recited finishing a project, whether it is with a the Pledge. Minutes from the previous rabbit, meeting read and goat s, a approved. The dairy heifer treasurer’s report Food is one of our basic needs; or hoping also approved as to win presented. Nancy therefore those involved in state with repor ted that a steer. The ticket sales are all aspects of agriculture are very youth gain going well. She c o n f i will begin calling important. The average rancher dence in members on Monday to showing is around 60. We need the youth how hard remind them to work can turn in their interested in ranching and farming.” p a y o f f. tickets. Hopeful Their projects satisfy the desire for compe- that there will be enough unsold tickets tition. Character is built in winning and remaining to sell at the county fair next losing. Learning sportsmanship at a early month without having to print more. Nancy age helps prepare students for similar situ- also reminded that nominations for Cow-

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Belle of the Year are due to the state Cowbelles by October 15. The booth at the Petersen’s Dutch Oven Cookoff did well with nine T-shirts, one license plate and approximately 60 beef tickets sold. Supply of size medium T-shirts is very low, waiting to hear from the state Cowbelles as to a definite price and whether or not there will be a minimum amount to order. Group decided to send flowers to member Robbie Montgomery, who recently underwent surgery. Jodell will make sure the flowers deliver after Robbie returns home. Cathy will set up the CowBelle booth at the fair on Tuesday, October 5th. Workers needed for the booth on Thursday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. If available during any of those days and times, please contact Jeni 575/491-3858, or Nancy 575/740-0957. Jeni won the door prize of free lunch. Meeting adjourned at 12:44 p.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce Mesilla Valley CowBelles met on August 24, 2021 with seven members present at The Game 1 Restaurant. SNMSF: The fair (currently) will be September 29-October 3, 2021. Group will conduct booth clean up the week of September 20-24, 2021, in the evenings. Closer to the week, more information provided. The booth hours during the fair will be 9-5 daily (or sundown). Workers needed to help with Ag Ventures & Ag Career Day, contact Mary Esther or Liz. NM Ag Day - Ag day is Saturday, September 25, 2021, at NMSU Stadium Parking. CowBelles plan to have a booth at this event. Please let Gretchen or Janet know if able to help man the booth. Dues are Due: Dues are $30.00, please send to Janet Witte. The CowBelles signed a card for Evelyn Yates. More information provided regarding the fair and Ag Day as events approach. Submitted by Gretchen Lindsay New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to Jingle Jangle. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th of every month.

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AHA Annual Meeting & Educational Forum October 22 to 24, Kansas City

ach year, progressive cattlemen gather in Kansas City, Missouri, for the American Hereford Association’s (AHA) Annual Membership Meeting and Conference. Held in conjunction with the national Hereford show at the American Royal, this two-day conference features an industry trade show and educational forum to provide informational and networking opportunities for members and industry representatives. The annual meeting and conference will be held Oct. 22 through 24, 2021, at the Loews Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City. Educational sessions will feature established speakers to discuss relevant industry topics, including Tom Field, Ph.D., Paul Engler Chair of Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Kevin Good, Vice President of Industry Relations and Analysis at CattleFax; Scott Bennett, Director of Congressional Relations for the American Farm

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Golden and Century Breeders, as well as youth scholarship and award winners will be honored in special awards ceremonies. “The AHA looks forward to hosting the annual meeting and conference to help our members stay connected with industry leading information and recognize those who are contributing greatly to the Hereford breed,” says Jack Ward, AHA Executive Vice President. This year’s trade show and educational forum will bring together membership and allied industry partners. This is a can’t-miss opportunity for breeders, industry leaders and organizations looking to connect with the most progressive cattlemen in the beef industry. The Annual Meeting and Conference will conclude Saturday morning after the Annual Membership Meeting where three new board members will be elected and Mark St. Pierre, El Nido, California; Nate Frederickson, Spearfish, South Dakota; and Joe Waggoner, Carthage, Mississippi; will retire from their positions on the AHA board of directors. Stay up to date with all information regarding the Annual Meeting and Educational Forum at hereford. org/events/annual-meeting To register for the event, please fill out the form by Oct. 15, 2021.

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ANSWERING cont from page 20 data to make more informed breeding decisions. AHA field representative Clint Brightwell says these programs are crucial to bettering the industry from the ground up. “The Hereford Feedout program is a great way for purebred producers to get involved in feeding cattle at a low-risk way and doesn’t take a lot of financial commitment,” he shares. “They will get the information back on their cattle to make better genetic improvements.” Brightwell adds, “It goes back to putting themselves in the commercial cattleman’s shoes, learning more about feeding cattle

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and how the whole segment works, to then go back to their purebred cows and make their selections always thinking the next step ahead.” When it comes to making improvements at the cow-calf level, Good stresses three areas in which to invest. “Those that are doing a better job typically are willing to pay more for animal health, nutrition and genetics. They know that dollars spent in those three avenues bring back more dollars at the bottom line. They’re able to improve efficiency and reproduction, so they have a higher percentage calf crop, and they also have heavier weaning weights — there’s more calves and more pounds to sell.”

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R.W. Hampton Receives Coveted Chester A. Reynolds Award

n the early 1950s, Chester A Reynolds, a Kansas City, Missouri, native and entrepreneur who was once the President of Lee Jeans, became concerned about what he considered the nation’s loss of Western heritage. So he began a campaign to create an institution that would honor the men and women who settled the American West. He later founded the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. It’s understandable that RW would be abundantly humbled and honored, then, to be this year’s recipient of the prized Chester A Reynolds Award, which will be presented this weekend during the 61st Annual Western Heritage Awards. The festivities are just beginning in Oklahoma City, OK at the museum. The Chester A Reynolds Memorial Award is one of the highest honors to be given during the awards ceremonies on Saturday. It is presented to those who exemplify the ideals of individualism, honesty, humility and integrity that are closely identified with the American West. The award recognizes individuals or groups who have demonstrated unwavering commitment to Western ideals and values.

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Purina Mills & Cattle Growers’ Scholarships

he New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) will award four scholarships during their annual Joint Stockmen’s Convention set for December 14 through 17 at Hotel Albuquerque, according to President Randell Major, Magdalena. Purina Mills along with NMCGA Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee (YCLC) and Allied Industries Committee will award two $1,000 scholarships and two $500 scholarships. All applicants will be considered for the two $1,000 Purina Mills scholarships, while the remaining two $500 scholarships will

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be awarded one to a high school senior and one to a continuing college student.

Scholarship Requirements: 1. Must be a member of New Mexico Cattle Grower’s Association or a child of an Association member. Membership ID # is required. 2. Must be a 1) High School Senior 2) College Freshman 3) College Sophomore or 4) College Junior in good academic standing with an above average GPA (at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale). 3. Scholarships shall be awarded once. Scholarships to be awarded in December of application calendar year (2021). 4. Scholarship shall be applied to any

College or University. 5. Scholarship monies will be made payable directly to the winning applicant to be used for academic expenses: i.e. tuition, books, fees, room and board. 6. Applicants may apply for Purina Mills Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Scholarships in multiple calendar years, but are only eligible to receive the scholarship twice. Preference will not be given to previous winners. To obtain the scholarship application visit www. nmagriculture.org or contact the NMCGA office at 505-247-0584. Deadline for application is 11/22/ 21. Mail completed application & transcripts to: New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194

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State Land Office Proposes Rule Change to Protect Cultural Properties

he New Mexico State Land Office (SLO) recently published a proposed rule change with State Records and Archives to better ensure the protection of cultural properties on state trust land. The SLO is soliciting engagement and comment from the general public along with current and future SLO lease holders who may be impacted by the change. If implemented, the rule change would require anyone seeking approval from the State Land Office for a surface disturbing activity such as road construction, pipeline development, oil and gas drilling, or other infrastructure development to procure an archaeological survey prior to moving forward with projects. The results of the survey would determine if projects can move forward as proposed or need to be modified to avoid specific sensitive areas. In addition, the rule would make clear that damage to or destruction of cultural properties on state trust land is unlawful. “The protection of culturally and historically significant areas and properties is of the utmost importance to my administration,” Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard said. “Many of our leasing practices already adhere to a survey requirement. This proposed rule change will codify good practice and ensure that cultural resource protections are enforceable and meaningful, and that we make sure appropriate avoidance and mitigation measures are in place. The Land Office had record earnings of over $1.2 billion last year for New Mexico schools and other beneficiaries and I know we can better protect the state’s cultures and history while still generating tremendous revenue in the coming years.” In February of 2021, Garcia Richard created SLO’s first ever Cultural Resources Office with the mission of assisting the SLO and staff of being good stewards of state trust land for beneficiaries in a way that honors and respects the heritage of New Mexico tribes, nations, and pueblos. For full text of proposed rule, along with other resources & a public comment form, visit on www. nmstatelands.org/culturalproperties Public comment will be accepted through the end of the day on Thursday, October 21, 2021 with a public hearing taking place the following day on Friday, October 22, 2021. Details on how to participate in the hearing will be announced in October.

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USDA Extends Deadline to Apply for Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers with Animal Losses

he U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing additional time for livestock and poultry producers to apply for the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP). Producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing may now apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals through October 12, 2021, rather than the original deadline of September 17, 2021. PLIP is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. “Livestock and poultry producers were among the hardest hit by the pandemic,” said Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. “We want to ensure that all eligible producers have the opportunity to apply for this critical assistance. The

FWS to Initiate Status Review of Gray Wolf in the Western U.S.

he U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has completed the initial review of two petitions filed to list gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the western U.S. as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The FWS finds that the petitions present substantial, credible information indicating that a listing action may be warranted and will initiate a comprehensive status review of the gray wolf in the western U.S. On June 1, 2021, the FWS received a petition (dated May 26, 2021) to list the gray wolf Northern Rocky Mountain Distinct Population Segment (DPS) or a new western U.S. DPS as a threatened or endangered species under the ESA. The FWS received a second, similar petition on July 29, 2021 (addendum). The Federal Register notice will serve as the 90-day finding for both petitions. Under the ESA, a DPS is a portion of a species’ or subspecies’ population or range and is described geographically instead of biologically. The first petition proposes listing a Northern Rocky Mountain DPS consisting of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, the eastern one-third of Washington and Oregon, and a small portion of north-central Utah. Both petitions also propose some alternative Western U.S. DPS to include all, or part, of the Northern Rocky Mountain DPS states with the addition of California, Colorado, Nevada, and in one petition, northern Arizona. The FWS finds the petitioners present substantial information that potential increases in human-caused mortality may pose a threat to the gray wolf in the western U.S. The FWS also finds that new regulatory mechanisms in Idaho and Montana may be inadequate to address this threat. Therefore, the FWS finds that gray wolves in the western U.S. may warrant listing. Substantial 90-day findings require only that the petitioner provide information that the proposed action may be warranted. The next steps for the FWS include in-depth status reviews and analyses using the best available science and information to arrive at a 12-month finding on whether listing is warranted. If so, listing a species is done through a separate rule making process, with public notice and comment. Editor’s Note: This does not apply to the Mexican grey wolf which is already an experimental non-essential population.

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October 12 deadline also aligns with the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 deadline.” PLIP provides payments to producers for losses of livestock or poultry depopulated from March 1, 2020 through Dec. 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access as a result of the pandemic. Payments are based on 80% of the fair market value of the livestock and poultry and for the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animal. Eligible livestock and poultry include swine, chickens and turkeys.

PLIP Program Details PLIP payments are calculated by multiplying the number of head of eligible livestock or poultry by the payment rate per head, and then subtracting the amount of

any payments the eligible livestock or poultry owner has received for disposal of the livestock or poultry under the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or a state program. The payments will also be reduced by any Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 1 and 2) payments paid on the same inventory of swine that were depopulated. Eligible livestock and poultry producers can apply for PLIP through the October 12, 2021 deadline by completing the FSA-620, Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program application, and submitting it to any FSA county office. Additional documentation may be required. Visit farmers.gov/plip for more information on how to apply.

Additional Pandemic Assistance Other programs within the Pandemic Assistance for Producer initiative with upcoming deadlines include: ЇЇ Oct. 12 - Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2, which provides critical support to agricultural producers impacted by COVID-19 market disruptions. ЇЇ Oct. 15 – Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers, which provides financial relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that experienced losses in 2020 due to COVID-19. Learn more about USDA commitment to deliver financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, agricultural producers, businesses who have been impacted by COVID-19 market disruptions @ farmers.gov/pandemic-assistance

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Forest Management Must Change

been directly linked to poor air quality that can lead to significant health effects (emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and deaths, often due to respiratory ailments). The economic costs are staggering: According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, between 1980 and 2020 the United States had 18 wildfire events. These events caused more than $1 billion in damage and in just the past few decades, the U.S. has routinely spent more than $1 billion per year to fight wildfires. There are alternatives and better choices are available. The case for private forest management is simple: It will allow for our forests to be properly managed in a form that minimizes the dangerous fuel loads responsible for the most destructive wildfires. As former CEI research associate Peter Gattuso wrote in a series of recent essays, there are a slew of techniques that could reduce the quantity and magnitude of wildfires. One forest management tactic that is currently underutilized is prescribed burns. These planned, low-intensity fires clear out much overgrowth by burning dead logs, brush, and other excess growth, decreasing fuel loads that fuel a major wildfire. Despite

by Kent Lassman, President & CEO, Competitive Enterprise Institute

n just the last two months, the nation has been hit by a string of natural disasters. From Hurricane Ida in the Gulf, to the resulting floods across the Northeast, and the ongoing Caldor Fire encroaching on Lake Tahoe, literally nowhere in the country is immune from Mother Nature. While hurricanes and blizzards may be seasonal, wildfires can strike at any time. These events are often predictable, and, with proper policy and management even preventable. Until we focus on rooting out the causes, we will make little progress. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, approximately 70,000 wildfires break out each year. Fire-related threats are on the rise, as more people build large homes and choose to live in and around forests, grasslands, and other natural areas. The social costs are staggering: Wildfires have the potential to harm property, livelihoods, and human health as the smoke has

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UC-Davis Study Supports Wider Distribution in Meat Supply Chain by Tom Johnston, meatingplace.com

ederal, state and private investments to support a wider distribution of meat processing plants of differing sizes in California would help make the system more resilient, according to a new white paper by the University of California-Davis’s Food Systems Lab. The paper comes amidst a growing push nationwide for more processing capacity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which temporarily shuttered major packing plants

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in its early stages and caused supply chain shocks. Most recently, the Biden administration proposed $500 million to help new entrants into the industry get started. Californian processors and farmers have a unique challenge in that, despite the state’s size and population, it generally lacks slaughter options. As the UC-Davis paper points out, the state has lost half of its federally inspected plants in the last 50 years, and many of the 46 USDA-certified slaughter plants that remain are closed to smaller producers. In addition to increased funding, the report calls for expanding mobile, on-farm slaughter operations for sheep, goats and hog, similar to those for beef. And it suggests that California create its own inspection program, equivalent to the federal program, in order to serve smaller ranchers. Funding for the study came from the TomKat Foundation and USDA Hatch Program.

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NMDA’s State Metrology Lab Receives Top Accuracy Certification

eople often confuse the word metrology with the word meteorology, but there is only one certified laboratory in the state dedicated to the science of measurement, or, metrology. The State Metrology Lab is housed in the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s main building in Las Cruces, and it’s the lab’s responsibility to ensure weights used for commerce are accurate. The most recent Certificate of Metrological Traceability issued to NMDA’s State Metrology Laboratory includes the Mass Echelon I Scope, the highest level possible. The Mass Echelon I Scope demonstrates the lab’s ability to achieve “extra fine accuracy.” The United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the certificate to the lab Aug. 25, and it is effective until Feb. 1, 2023.

The certificate also includes the following scopes: Mass Echelon II, Mass Echelon III, Weight Carts, Volume Gravimetric I, Volume Transfer II and Volume Transfer II LPG. New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte said this most recent certificate demonstrates the lab’s high proficiency in providing an important service to New Mexicans. The lab is one of only eight state labs in the United States to receive the Mass Echelon I designation. “Whether you’re a consumer or a business owner, you should have peace of mind knowing that our team is doing its best to ensure products are weighed and measured in the most accurate manner possible,”

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said Witte. “If weights are placed on a scale to ensure the scale is weighing products correctly, our team calibrates those weights at our metrology lab to ensure they are accurate. This could be a platform scale on a farm, a truck scale or a grocery store produce scale at the checkout counter.” NMDA State Metrology Lab Manager Clay Ivey and NMDA Metrologist Ryan Rust are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the weights used throughout the state for commercial weights and measure devices. The lab’s reference weights are traceable to the International System of Units through the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Customers may include registered repair service businesses or manufacturers from across the state. Because of its many certification scopes, customers from across the United States use the NMDA State Metrology Lab for checking the accuracy of their weights.

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THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com

The Vegetable Defamation Trial

t was a severe case of vegetable defamation, the makin’s of a landmark case of harassment and abuse. The plaintiff, a Miss Parsley was demanding compensation of one Paul Pierre Potato and, to-be-specified produce. “So how do you plead, Mr. Tater?” “Not guilty but let me relate I’m a victim of mass inflammation,au gratined and smeared on a plate, Laid next to a lecherous cutlet whose gravy kept touching my cheese. It was all I could do to keep silent. Then I felt the promiscuous peas. Nudging their firm little bodies, assum-

ing themselves in my space, It was clear they had eyes for the cutlet and longed for his gravy embrace. And there I lay lumpy and fighting my pain, ignored as the fork stirred their lust. The shame that I felt in their amorous twine sorely tempted, but cry out I must, ‘Decorum’, I prompted, ‘Remember you’re food! Presentation is half of the meal! Take pride in your placement and dress up your ranks, we’re the chef’s culinary ideal. A painting in fiber, a sculpture in glaze, a feast for a gourmet’s eye view! You’re acting like leftovers, reheated lumps. The diners will think that we’re stew.’ Alas, twas no use, they continued to mix till we looked like a discarded cud. Bereft of all pride, depraved by the scene, I peered up out of the mud. And there on the edge, immune to the drama in which I was hopelessly scrounged, A vision of verdant vegetaciousness . . . Miss Parsley, provocative, lounged.” “At last,” said the judge, “you have got to the point.” “Your honor, I meant no offense. My ardor, my shame, my hope gave me voice and I lost all track of good sense. I lay in the wallow of half eaten peas, a gristle and gravy abyss, So I asked, ‘Why’s a cute little sprig like

yourself ensconced on a platter like this?’ “ “Is that all?” asked the judge, “That was intentional, Potato replied in retort, “The plate was slick, I started congealing, I grabbed at her frond for support. I got cheese on her ramus. She drew back aghast, ‘Don’t think I’ve not heard of your couch! You dirty old tuber, when I’m through with you, you’ll wish you were powdered, I’ll vouch.’ It only got worse. Said I looked like a chip. Some fast food turned up by a plow.’ A chip!’ I decried. ‘A step below fried!’ She said, ‘I’m referring to cow! ‘It was all I could take, ‘You incipient fern, you nourishment of last resort! It’s no wonder nobody eats parsley.’ She said, ‘Greaseball, I’ll see you in court.’ Vegetable harassment was the charge the judge adjudicated on. The retribution swift and a sentence some might think unduly rash for Potato was convicted and was corned beef hash by dawn and Miss Parsley was, as usual, just scraped into the trash.

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NEW MEXICO FEDERAL LANDS NEWS by Frank Dubois

BLM Travels, but Grazing Preferences Don’t BLM heads east

ecretary of Interior Deb Haaland recently announced her decision to move BLM headquarters back to DC. The Trump administration had relocated the headquarter to Grand Junction, Colorado. We all knew this was coming. In fact, I’m surprised it took this long. The only intrigue was what rationale(s) would they use to justify the decision. Let’s take a look at some of the public statements followed by my analysis. The move “failed to deliver promised jobs across the West and drove hundreds of people out of the agency.” – Interior Dept.

When did it become the statutory mission of the BLM to create jobs? “There’s no doubt that the BLM should have a leadership presence in Washington, D.C. – like all the other land management agencies – to ensure that it has access to the policy-, budget-, and decision-making levers” – Haaland I’ve written before of BLM’s jealousy towards the Forest Service and other land management agencies. Here it is again with them wanting a Washington headquarters “like all the other land management agencies.” In the end, budgets determine policy and many decisions, so clearly this is about money and BLM’s access to it. The headquarters transition will be conducted with a goal of minimizing further disruption to employees and their families. –Haaland The past several years have been incredibly disruptive to the organization, to our public servants, and to their families. – Haaland This is more about BLM prestige, acquiring larger appropriations and being “nice” to federal bureaucrats than it is about bringing efficient, effective and professional management to our federal lands. It appears my expressed views of this

whole thing have unfortunately come true. My concern was that time, money and political capital would be spent on this move, rather than focusing on our real problems by revising the Endangered Species Act and NEPA. The headquarters is back in Washington and those statutes stand unchanged

Permits and preference You have four BLM grazing allotments. BLM cancels your grazing permits in whole or in part, based on noncompliance and not being in good standing, but says nothing about the grazing preference assigned to each allotment. You then lease the private land (base property) in your allotment to a third party, who then files for the grazing preference on your allotment. The BLM denies the request, you appeal but the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) affirms the BLM decision and you sue. That is a loose summary of the legal happenings of Hanford Ranches in southern Idaho. There were other decisions and appeals in this case, but here I will focus on the BLM district manager’s decision, the IBLA decision, and now the appellant court’s decision. The local BLM manager ruled the allotment owners were in substantial

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noncompliance with the terms and conditions of the permit and denied their renewal request. Upon appeal an IBLA judge concluded the material facts supporting BLM were undisputed; that they showed that BLM was justified in declining to renew HRP’s grazing permit; and that they “established an extensive histor y of grazing trespass/ noncompliance, which demonstrated a failure to substantially comply…” In summary, the feds compiled a list of actions that justified the substantial noncompliance criteria and that a declaration the ranchers were not in good standing was justified. In defending the agencies authority to determine good standing, the law dogs always cited Section 402 of FLPMA, which states grazing permits: …shall be for a term of ten years subject to such terms and conditions the Secretary concerned deems appropriate and consistent with the governing law, including, but not limited to, the authority of the Secretary concerned to cancel, suspend, or modify a grazing permit or lease, in whole or in part, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, or to cancel or suspend a grazing permit or lease for any violation of a grazing regulation or of any term or condition of such grazing permit or lease. So long as (1) the lands for which the permit or lease is issued remain available for domestic livestock grazing in accordance with land use plans. (2) the permittee or lessee is in compliance with the rules and regulations issued and the terms and conditions in the permit or lease specified by the Secretary concerned, and (3) the permittee or lessee accepts the terms and conditions to be included by the Secretary concerned in the new permit or lease, the holder of the expiring permit or lease shall be given first priority for receipt of the new permit or lease. Note the (2) above. When it comes to the “preference” issue, we turn to the recent decision of the appellant court which notes that both the Taylor Grazing Act and FLPMA provide that individuals who control land or water within or near a grazing district may receive a “preference” or “priority” to stand first in line in applying for a grazing permit. The ranchers argued that a grazing preference survives the expiration of a corresponding permit and continues to exist until the BLM cancels it. Because the BLM never canceled their grazing preference through any formal process, they asked the court to conclude that they retained a preference even after their

grazing permit expired. The court, however, concurred with the BLM and the IBLA concluding that after the ranching partnership’s grazing permit expired, and the BLM declined to issue a new permit due to unsatisfactory performance, the ranching partnership “did not hold any residual preference.” For the individual rancher, this means you should pay special attention to the terms and conditions of your permit. For the industry as a whole, we know there are groups who want to end livestock grazing in certain areas. Legislation to

accomplish this is seldom successful. You better take note that a new procedure may be blossoming. Find the allotment holder is in substantial noncompliance, cancel his or her permit, and not issue a new permit as you designate the land to another public use. Livestock grazing will no longer occur. Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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he New Mexico LiveNEW MEXICO stock Board LIVESTOCK (NMLB) Biennial BOARD UPDATE Training held in July was a great success with tremendous instruction according to Deputy Director Shawn Davis. NMLB is proud to recognize the hard work and effort put forth every day by the men and women Law Enforcement Officers. New Mexico Livestock Board was very pleased with The NRA Whittington Center for hosting the week long training for our group in Raton. Thanks to ROM April Riggs for coordinating rooms, meals and class time, the facilities were high quality and the staff was very professional. Thank you to our instructors Ruben Baca, Justin Gray, Leif Rasmussen, Matthew Romero and Americ Padilla from Mora County SO. Topics ranged from Firearm training to writing Incident Reports, and according to Ben Gonzales the best part is being out on the shooting range. Justin Gray added that the Stress Course is always

his favorite and he enjoyed topics such as legal updates and Civil Rights. All were very appreciative to the Inspectors around the state who covered the workload while they were attending the training.

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS by Don Bullis, New Mexico Author DonBullis.biz

Lincoln County Deputy Killed in Gunfight with Bank Robbers, 1933

incoln County Sheriff A. S. McCamant got word on Friday, July 14, 1933, that two wanted Texas bank robbers and killers, Ed “Pearchmouth” Stanton, 45, and Glenn Hunsucker, 21, were hiding out on a dry-land homestead near Ramon in the northern part of the county. The sheriff, along with deputies Tom Jones, Jack Davidson and Hubert Reynolds, set out at once in search of the outlaws. On Saturday they visited the farm in question—it was believed to have been owned by Stanton’s brother—and found that the suspects were not present. They returned the following day and found tire tracks near the barn that had not been present the day before; an indication that the outlaws had visited the place during the night. The posse, by then augmented by Sgt. Barney Leonard and deputy Sam McCue of Chaves County Sheriff’s Department, followed the trail left by Stanton and Hunsucker. They kept up the pursuit for most of Sunday across the rugged country between the villages of Ramon and Corona. After Leonard and McCue left the group, the posse came upon their quarry late Sunday afternoon east of Corona on the Nalda Ranch. The two outlaws concealed themselves in a wooded area that surrounded a broad dell. As the deputies approached, the criminals opened fire without warning. Deputy Tom Jones was killed almost instantly by a bullet to the head. Hunsucker then advanced on the remaining lawmen, firing as he approached, only to be shot down. He died about an hour later of eight bullet wounds. Stanton got away on foot. Word of Deputy Jones’ killing spread rapidly around Lincoln County and southeastern New Mexico and by Monday morning the sheriff had help from Capitan and Hondo, as well as from other neighboring jurisdictions. His posse grew to more than twenty men. They soon resumed the

search for Stanton. At about 3:00 Monday Lincoln County jail was carefully guarded afternoon, the killer was spotted in the until Wednesday when Stanton appeared Ramon area. He managed to evade the before a local magistrate and waived extraposse for a time, but soon enough Stanton dition back to Texas. Deputy Hubert realized that he was cornered. He meekly Reynolds accompanied the four Texas offisurrendered and officers took him to jail in cers in taking Stanton first to Roswell, where Carrizozo. two other officers joined them for the trip Officers from Tulia and Silverton in the to Clovis and then to Amarillo where Texas Texas Panhandle arrived in Lincoln County took custody of the killer. No one attempted on Tuesday morning. They positively iden- to interfere with the officers. tified Glenn Hunsucker and Pearchmouth O n S e p te mb e r 28 , 193 4, Ed Stanton as the two bandits who robbed a “Pearchmouth” Stanton was executed by gasoline filling station at Tulia, Texas, and electrocution at the Texas State Prison at killed Swisher County Sheriff John C. Mosely Huntsville. By way of last words, he was on January 23, 1933. Stanton, described as quoted as having said that he regretted that “a small Texan with a large gun” and Hun- he would miss the Huntsville prison rodeo sucker were also accused of killing deputy for that year. sheriff Joe Brown at Rhome, Wise County, All New Mexico charges against him Texas, also in January 1933. Hunsucker was were dropped on March 7, 1935. believed to have participated in a bank As a sidelight to this story, after the robbery at Olton, Texas, and to have taken killing of Deputy Jones, some Lincoln part in a gun battle with law officers at County citizens determined that the sheriff Bluitt, New Mexico, fifty miles south of Por- needed more firepower so they purchased tales, in 1932. Hale County, Texas, Deputy a .45 caliber Colt model 1921 Thompson Sheriff Harve Bolin was shot and killed in submachine gun for the department. The that fight and Roosevelt County Deputy department owned it for many years. Sheriff R. L. Hollis was badly wounded. Deputy Jones’ widow, Ola, served as Because officers feared that Stanton’s superintendent of the Lincoln County friends would attempt to rescue him, the Schools.

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Border Patrol Deploys Emergency Beacons to Assist Migrants in Distress in Remote Areas

KXAN Border Report Four towers with accessible panic button deployed near Lordsburg, New Mexico; 11 more coming to El Paso Sector by Julian Resendiz

he U.S. Border Patrol has deployed four life-saving emergency beacons in a busy migrant corridor near Lordsburg, New Mexico. These self-sustaining towers purposely placed in some of the region’s most remote areas will allow lost or exhausted migrants to press a “panic” button and summon the Border Patrol for assistance. They are the first of 15 the El Paso Sector of the Border Patrol plans to deploy in its Far West Texas-Southern New Mexico area of responsibility. Another five “legacy” beacons have been in operation for some

time in the Deming area. where the towers are being placed as The sector “is working in collaboration “inhospitable terrain” with no access to with non-governmental organizations, quick medical help and little or no cell federal, state and county agencies as well phone reception. This includes mountains, as foreign government partners to set up large stretches of desert and brush. rescue beacons in remote areas where “These rescue beacons will help Border migrants may be in distress due to exposure Patrol Agents and our law enforcement to the elements,” the Border Patrol said in partners to more quickly facilitate the a news release. rescue of missing and endangered migrants The announcement comes as exposure resulting in lives saved,” El Paso Sector in desert and mountain areas and drown- Border Patrol Chief Agent Gloria I. ings in rivers and canals have claimed 383 Chavez said. lives in the Southern border through the “The El Paso Sector Border Patrol continend of July. That’s a two-decade high and ues to proactively collaborate with already surpassed last year’s toll of 253 (non-government) original and third-party bodies, according to national news reports. partners to support humanitarian efforts,” The Border Patrol described the areas said El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez. The agency encourages community members to report suspicious or life-threatening activity anonymously by calling 1-800/635-2509.

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If you Don’t Get the Answer You Want, Go Ask Your Father by Conner Nicklas, Budd Falen Law Offices

emember when you were a kid and you would calculate whether to ask your mother or your father depending on the answer you wanted? That is exactly what the Biden Administration did with the definition of “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). As of mid-September, there are two opposing court decisions regarding the effect of the Trump definition of a WOTUS, followed by an announcement by the Biden Administration picking which court it wanted to follow. On March 2, 2021, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it did not have the jurisdiction to stop the enforcement of the Trump WOTUS rule until there was a ruling on the merits of the case or Biden had legally issued a new rule. In stark opposition, on August 30, 2021, a Federal District Judge vacated the enforcement of the Trump rule even before the Biden Administration had a new rule to put in its place. Thus, in contrast to the 10th Circuit’s decision, with the stroke of a pen, the Arizona Judge vacated the application of the Trump rule throughout the nation. The decision is very frustrating. Normally the previous regulation remains in place until it is replaced. However, instead of simply dismissing the case and sending the regulation back to the EPA and Corp of Engineers to revise, the Arizona judge, appointed by President Obama, issued a national vacatur of Trump’s WOTUS definition. Her ruling brings up a major issue—should a federal district judge in Arizona, who does not have any jurisdictional authority outside of the state of Arizona, have the power to nationally end a legally adopted rule? Judge Marquez’s ruling once again muddies the waters and allows the EPA and Army Corp. of Engineers to arbitrarily enforce a law that could result in thousands of dollars in fines and jail time to a violator. The CWA was passed in 1972 to protect the “Waters of the United States” by making it illegal to discharge a pollutant into a

WOTUS unless a permit is obtained. However, the law became mired in controversy when the federal agencies began charging people with CWA violations for discharging pollutants in waters that were never intended to be regulated, including irrigation ditches, stock ponds, and isolated and seasonal wetlands. The lack of a tangible statutory definition for a WOTUS has generated hundreds of cases to ascertain the span of the federal government’s jurisdiction. In turn, the CWA has a history of being weaponized to prevent development projects from moving forward and harassing farmers and ranchers. Also, it is important to note that just because a body of water may not be defined as a WOTUS does not mean that it is not protected. All waters not directly under the federal government’s jurisdiction usually fall into the state’s jurisdiction. For example, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is the state agency tasked to protect Wyoming’s water quality. By killing the Trump CWA rules, we are once again left in an impossible position because no one actually knows what a “Water of the United States” is. Does the federal government have jurisdiction over

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collectibles are valuable and not all valuables are necessarily collectible. Or are they… If the definition of a collectible is any object regarded as being of value to a collector, and we are to assume that pretty much anything can be collectible, then anything of value is also collectible. But how do we determine if something is truly valuable in the collectibles world. And who determines value? The short answer is — the marketplace determines monetary value. However value is also subjective. There is sentimental value, regional value, functional value, social value, collectible value and so forth. And different types of value are not equally important to all consumers. But when talking about “collectibles” in the traditional sense of the word, it is a commonly held belief that most folks prefer to add to the standard definition by saying that the object is also potentially valuable. Meaning it is worth more than its original value or that it goes up in value over time. This effect generally happens due to rarity and popularity (among other factors, including the passing of time). In other words, the item also has some monetary value in order to be considered desirable to most collectors — at least to some degree.

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Ute Creek Cattle Company Receives First New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award

te Creek Cattle Company, Bueyeros, has been selected as the recipient of the inaugural New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award®. Tuda Libby Crews and her husband Jack revitalized their ranchland in Harding County by removing invasive species and adopting a rest/rotation grazing system for their beef cattle. The Crews will be presented with the $10,000 award at the Quivira Coalition’s Regenerate 2021 event in Albuquerque, November 3 and 4. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the prestigious award recognizes farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who inspire others with their dedication to land, water, and wildlife habitat management on private, working lands. Sand County Foundation and national sponsor American Farmland Trust present the Leopold Conservation Award to private landowners in 23 states for extraordinary achievement in voluntary conservation. In New Mexico, the award is presented with New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts, Quivira Coalition and New Mexico Coalition to Enhance Working Lands. Tuda and Jack improved wildlife habitat by restricting grazing on six miles of riparian area, and established a 23-acre sanctuary dedicated to imperiled shortgrass prairie birds in 2014. “We’re excited to support the Leopold Conservation Award in New Mexico, and that this year’s award will go to Ute Creek Cattle Company. Tuda and her family have done the long and hard work of improving their rangeland and restoring their riparian

areas, brining neighboring rangers together to talk about conservation strategies, and making significant contributions to keeping their small town vital,” said Sarah Wentzel-Fisher, Quivira Coalition Executive Director. “The New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts (NMACD) is proud to work through our local Soil and Water Conservation Districts along with the Quivira Coalition to recognize the hard work that our New Mexico farmers and ranchers do every day to improve our natural resources,” said Willard Hall, NMACD President. “Recipients of this award are real life examples of conservation-minded agriculture,” said Kevin McAleese, Sand County Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer. “These hard-working families are essential to our environment, food system and rural economy.” “As the national sponsor for Sand County Foundation’s Leopold Conservation Award, American Farmland Trust celebrates the hard work and dedication of the Ute Creek Cattle Company,” said John Piotti, AFT President and CEO. “At AFT we believe that conservation in agriculture requires a focus on the land, the practices and the people and this award recognizes the integral role

of all three.” Earlier this year, New Mexico landowners were encouraged to apply (or be nominated) for the award. Applications were reviewed by an independent panel of agricultural and conservation leaders. Among the outstanding New Mexico landowners nominated for the award was finalist JX Ranch of Tucumcari in Quay County. The Leopold Conservation Award is given to farmers, ranchers and forestland owners across the U.S. in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold. In his influential 1949 book, A Sand County Almanac, Leopold called for an ethical relationship between people and the land they own and manage. The New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award is made possible through the generous support of American Farmland Trust, Sand County Foundation, New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts, Quivira Coalition, New Mexico Coalition to Enhance Working Lands, Dixon Water Foundation, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services of New Mexico, TriState Generation & Transmission Association, John Duncan and Anita Sarafa, and Holistic Management International.

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Lamalfa Laments Blockage of Fire Reform, Firefighters Pay Increase Efforts Source: Corning Observer

emocrats on the House Agriculture Committee reportedly blocked a fire reform package that would have reduced fire risks and reformed federal fire policy, and blocked an amendment that would have increased pay for U.S. Forest Service firefighters. The firefighters pay amendment would have provided $2.25 billion over five years to increase salaries and associated benefits to better recruit and retain additional US Forest Service firefighters, according to Congressman Doug LaMalfa’s (R-CA) office. The fire reform package contained three amendments. ЇЇ Funds to prioritize initial attack on fires with the goal to extinguish all new fire starts below 10 acres in size. The amendment redirected over $2 billion to focus on quickly extinguishing new fires before they

have a chance to become major fires. Allowing Forest Service to quickly do landscape wide thinning projects to reduce catastrophic fire risks. It prioritizes treating nationally to the most at risk, fire prone areas as well as clearing the way for more effective post fire salvage. ЇЇ Directing an additional $500 million to restoration work for post-fire areas including for immediate stabilization of topsoil and ash to prevent erosion and run-off, salvage logging, and re-planting activities. “When will common sense prevail in Congress? The West is on fire and the near 40-year lack of actual management has led to some of the largest fires on record. We must get serious about stopping these fires quickly before the fire receives a name and a subsequent collector t-shirt vendor,” LaMalfa said. Prioritizing initial attack by providing the resources needed, extra aircraft and more smoke jumpers, to put these fires out before they become national news is the most basic solution to buy time to fix our forests. This package handles both our immediate needs, increasing initial attack capabilities and helping to do post fire stabilization so we protect what is left of our ЇЇ

forests and watershed. It also reforms the Forest Service to look at our long term needs of increasing responsible thinning to prevent catastrophic fires. To get our forest lands healthy we must actually do the work of thinning, which also has the benefit of bringing good jobs to our area and the forest products Americans need.” Concerning the blockage of the firefighter pay increase amendment, he added, over 2 million acres have already burned in Northern California alone and state and federal firefighters are in critically short supply. “Dismal $13 per hour pay for many federal firefighters is one of the main reasons we cannot fill the vacant positions and retain them. Yet today, in a partisan move Democrats block pay increases for the very people who are trying to save rural America. Our Forest Service Firefighters are working weeks on end, 16 hours or longer each day, sleeping on the ground between shifts,” LaMalfa said. “Yet, we pay them less than someone flipping burgers. It’s shameful that partisan politics prevents paying these firefighters, especially when the pay increase is paid for by eliminating waste elsewhere in the budget. The fact that Democrats care more about their new ‘Citizens Climate Corps’ than firefighters is ridiculous.” LaMalfa represents California’s First Congressional District, including Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou and Tehama counties.

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ustainability. What the heck is this and what does it have to do with super pandemics? The “Kool-Aid” version of sustainability is defined as a way for people to use resources without the resources running out—but the actual blueprint behind it is to subvert current governments for global takeover. Sustainability is already deeply entrenched in all governments, world health organizations, military, universities, corporations, and the pharmaceutical goliaths rolling out the mRNA weaponized vaccines. Through sustainability, super pandemics become one nasty way with which to transform the world. In the 1980s, Agenda 21 emerged on the scene, and began to circulate among American thinkers, and cause a stir. Agenda 21 was a United Nation’s-founded “communist” scheme to globalize world governments by the year 2021, under the guise of “saving the environment.” The marketing campaign that our earth needed saving was the means with which the founders hoped to revamp the world’s governments under one stringent global umbrella. The premeditated “coup d’état” was out there in plain sight, but the globalists employed effective propaganda to convince the majority of people that Agenda 21 was all about the environment, and nothing more. The foolery worked, and the majority of Americans ignored the visible signs of infiltration. To continue keeping this “freedom-flattening” plot under wraps, the globalists shifted gears, and labeled Agenda 21 under a softer tag, calling it Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development (SD) is

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ederal workers have the biggest chance right now, to become American heroes! They can send Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates packing by refusing to get them. Can you believe the arrogance of Mr. Biden in telling 100 million people that they have to get a vaccine? All Biden had to do to look like a hero in this vaccine war was to simply ask the folks to get vaccinated. Joe Hitler just doesn’t cut it. According to the US Constitution, which is going to be tested, I doubt he has a right to do this. This issue will be tested by the over 500 lawsuits already filed in federal courts as of this writing. However, don’t expect federal workers to be heroes because they can never think for themselves. They are only good at doing what the federal government tells them to do. That’s why most are not earning a living in the private sector. They just simply cannot do it. After all they like their gravy jobs with good benefits, but nonetheless

they have the chance to right a terrific wrong. Perhaps federal workers will surprise us, but I doubt it. I am hoping there is at least one group of federal employees with courage. I know one thing, when I see the Forest Service guys riding around in their little green forest trucks with their masks on I will be laughing my butt off at the forest robots obeying orders. I am not anti-vaccine. I am anti-bullying by a weak President trying to save face. The mask mandate is atrocious, not proven that it works, and I actually feel sorry for anyone being forced to wear one. Regarding to suing the federal government and others over the vaccine mandates, unions such as the Teamsters and states such as Arizona are becoming allies against the common enemy. That does not happen very often. This is such a ridiculous situation that could have been solved with kindness and not power. It’s obvious that the left side of politics has been exploiting the disease instead of just giving people the facts. The left certainly enjoys a crisis of any kind. The funny thing is that they won’t tell you is that most people get over Covid-19 and the death rate is still less than one percent in the United States. This doesn’t mean that the disease shouldn’t be taken seriously, but it

should not be exploited for political gain. The other part of this equation is that Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Director of the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease has been accused of lying to Congress by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky; claiming that the US did not fund gain-offunction research. New documents came to light recently about a study at the China Wuhan Lab that shows that the National Institute Of health granted $660,000 per year to research for five years for bat coronavirus. Gain-Of-Function is a scientific term that means changing an organism to give it new functions to test a theory. Regarding human viruses, it might make the virus more transmissible to see whether or not it can survive. Apparently when Dr. Fauci was testifying before Congress he denied this research existed. Kind of spooky stuff when you get down to it. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out in the end. It almost sounds like a US entity was funding a disease to make everyone sick. Let’s hope that we get to the bottom of this one before it’s too late. Staying down on the farm or ranch has its advantages at times, especially during a pandemic or a wave of crazy government. (The views expressed in this column are not necessarily those of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association or this publication.)

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ew Mexico State University celebrated the modernization of its agricultural district with a groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase in its Agricultural Modernization and Educational Facilities project. The project was approved by New Mexico voters through general obligation bonds in 2018. The ceremony took place on the main campus in August. The new facilities include a state-of-the art Meat Science Laboratory. NMSU Board of Regents, NMSU Leadership break ground for the new Food Science building which includes a new Meat Science Laboratory to use for teaching, research and development of value added food products.

New Mexico Beef Council Supports San Juan County Fair (Top) All smiles, the San Juan County Youth Livestock 4-H Fitting Class contestants get ready to show their livestock. (Middle) Marjorie Lantana represented the New Mexico Beef Council at the San Juan County Fair in August. Marjorie, pictured here with the senior division cattle fitting contest champions and judges, at San Juan County’s Youth Livestock Show. LtoR: Katelyn Farmer, Marjorie Lantana, Christiana (SweetPea) Halphen, Kooper Crum and Jennifer Mann (Bottom) Tatum Lantana and Kynlie Platero show the care their livestock receive prior to judging.

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“This marks an exciting milestone for NMSU and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences,” said ACES Dean Rolando A. Flores, “as well as for New Mexico’s agriculture industry. The growth in research, outreach and service that will be made possible by these new facilities will benefit all New Mexicans.” Construction work on the two-phase project got underway in June, and includes the construction and modernization of facilities that support human health and biomedical research, student learning and public outreach, and food security and animal production efficiency. The NMSU Las Cruces campus is unique among American collegiate campuses in that its agricultural district, which is approximately 164 acres, is adjacent to the campus core. The last major facility added to the agricultural district was Skeen Hall, constructed in 1999 as the Center for Sustainable Development of Arid Lands. Modernization of the learning environments in NMSU’s ag district will help create an agricultural workforce that can advance the industry in New Mexico and help New Mexico’s economy grow, Flores said.

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he New Mexico Beef Council is helping boost the next generation of culinary professionals through support of the ProStart program. NMBC is excited to again offer the Beef Grant program to returning teachers for the 2021-2022 school year. NMBC’s Beef Grant program is available to all the ProStart culinary classroom programs across New Mexico. Schools are provided an opportunity to apply for grants up to $1,000 to cover the cost of beef used in not only their classroom curriculum but for the ProStart state and national competitions as well. ProStart is a nationwide, two-year program for high school students pursuing a career in culinary arts and hospitality management. The NMBC Beef Grant program is supported through the Beef Check-off program. Interested students and teachers will find more information and the application on NMBeef.com

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U.S. Dairy Industry Advances

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tives and innovations that have the potential to bring about positive change. Fueled by the ingenuity of thousands of visionary dairy farmers and underpinned by the industry’s Stewardship Commitment and 2050 Environmental Stewardship Goals, the U.S. dairy industry responded with three game-changing solutions: ЇЇ

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t is shocking to see how progressives have taken over the federal government. It wasn’t all that long ago that the Squad was the center of the federal progressive movement. Now even the most ardent of Biden’s supporters are at a loss. Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John and Cindy McCain, was bewildered with the Biden agenda on a Sunday morning show. She pointed out that the agenda is at odds with how he campaigned and is hurting Democrats. A recent Pew survey found only 34 percent of Americans express some confidence in the President’s ability to unify the country. We watch daily as the sordid mess plays out on in varying measures across the media. One writer in the Arizona Capitol Times took the vision of the situation bigger, writing, “The Biden administration has

taken its big government overreach right into the heart of each state across America. The liberal, progressive agenda is growing reliance on government, while forcing Americans to leave behind their individual liberties, including their right to privacy.” Have you checked out what the plans are for your bank account yet? The coining of the phrase “tree equity” slapped me upside the head about just how real the remaking of society is. In progressive speak, tree equity is $3 billion being budgeted in the $3.5 trillion bill to plan trees. One might guess they are going to replant everything that has burned in recent months and years, but there isn’t even that much thinking behind it. According to the conservation nonprofit American Forests, “tree equity” refers to the idea that there should be “enough trees in specific neighborhoods or municipalities for everyone to experience the health, economic and climate benefits that trees provide.” We will let the economists weigh in on the economic benefits of trees – of course there are some, but they generally require the tree to be cut and put to good use. Then we have US Department of Agricul-

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ture Secretary Tom Vilsack making himself hoarse trying to convince American agriculture that the Biden tax plan won’t devastate food production. Voices across the country are downing him out. “I’d like Mr. Vilsack and other fair-share advocates to answer two questions: First, what is the fair share of taxes for each pot of money (income, wealth, capital gains and estate)? Second, how many times is government allowed to tax the same dollar?” wrote a gentleman from Tucson to the Wall Street Journal. A man from Illinois wrote: “Contrary to the secretary’s assurances, I’d hazard that 95 percent of farming families will ultimately face the new tax.”

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RIDING HERD by Lee Pitts

This Too Shall Pass

e have pet names for most everything these days, not just our pets. I’ve met a dog named Popcorn and a cat named Speedbump (because all he did all day was lay around.) I’ve had a barber named Curly who was bald as a cue ball , a friend named Flip Flop who always wears sandals and I know a rancher with one eye named Picasso. I don’t know what his other eye is called. I renamed the town near the ranch (Morro Bay) Moron Bay because of how terrible the tourists drive there. My wife has one of the prettiest names in the English language, Diane, but I usually refer to her as “Di”. If I call out for her in

public I’m sure there are listeners who think I’m a mass murderer. She has pet names for me which I can’t repeat here. My teammates on the basketball and cross country teams in high school called me Fuzzy because I always wore my hair short and, believe me, I was glad to leave that name behind me when I left for college. Baxter Black calls me O Bing because he thinks I write like O Henry and Bing is a reference to the “pit” in cherries. At least that’s where I think he got the name but who knows with Baxter the way his brain works. A bit of trivia: did you know that the Sheriff in the Johnson County Wars was named Red Angus? And that was 16 years before the breed was imported into America. We lived in Australia for a year and I liked their custom of naming their houses. It was common to see a handmade sign with the name of the house on it. So naturally we named the house we’ve lived in for 35 years BlueView. While in Australia we bought a used GM car which was basically a box with a motor in it, that we named “Whitey”. Guess what color it was. Admittedly, it wasn’t very creative and we probably should have called it Boomerang because it kept returning back to the dealer to get fixed.

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Ranchers are fond of naming things. They name their ranch, their pastures, their corrals, and nearly every geographical feature. Although we usually don’t name every cow on the place we are fond of naming the ones that find a way to wiggle into our hearts or our foreboding. Our favorite cow was called Paint and the one who frustrated us the most by single handedly destroying every squeeze chute, loading ramp and fence was a bull named Root Canal. I named our famous wonder horse Gentleman because there was already a Lady on the premises when we got there. We actually don’t name things, they name themselves, as the following story illustrates. I’ve written hundreds of feature stories about ranches all over the country and most of them I visited in person. One of my most memorable visits was when I wrote about a Simmental breeder in Texas 40 years ago. He had a file box in his truck with a card for every cow complete with a photo. Now days with cell phones that would be easy but can you imagine doing that with hundreds of cows and a Kodak Instamatic®? As we were touring his pastures I admired the beautiful ring he had on his finger. It had the Masonic symbol in gold against a black background that was flanked by two huge diamonds. He said it had only come off his finger one time since his grandfather had given it to him. “When was that?” I asked. “I was artificially inseminating a few cows when I ran out of plastic arm sleeves. So I wrapped my arm with Saran Wrap® and used one of those cheap plastic gloves from Harbor Freight. But when my arm came out of the cow the plastic glove and my ring had been left behind. So we put the cow in a small pen and watched her manure every day waiting for the ring to show up. We thought we’d lost it for good when a year later my wife noticed something sparkling in an old cow chip. Sure enough, with a little delicate digging we found the ring and ever since we’ve called that cow Lucy In The Pie With Diamonds.”

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Carl Stevenson

December 28, 1917, N. Hollywood, CA – September 8, 2021, Red Rock, AZ

arl grew up in Southern California in the 1920s and ‘30s with his mother, Henrietta and brother Robert after losing their father, Walter to the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. His mother never remarried, and he and his brother worked to graduate from college; his brother from law school at Berkley and he from UC Davis. He is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Betty, and four children, Thomas, Mary Jo, David and Barbara, as well as four grandchildren. Carl lived a long and full life. After graduation from UC Davis in 1936 with a degree

wife, Patricia, the mother of his children, who unfortunately passed away in 1971. In 1951 the family moved to Continental, AZ. from California where he went to work for Farmers Investment Company (FICO) putting them into the cattle business which expanded from one feedlot in Continental in Animal Science he worked as a profes- to a second in Sahuarita a few years later, as sional farrier at Santa Anita racetrack and well as a large ranch in Agila, Az. He left on various ranches throughout the West, FICO in 1965 and moved to Red Rock, Az. wandering about the country as cowboys where he bought a small, rundown feed lot, are prone to do. In 1941 he was drafted into rebuilt it and increased the capacity. He the U.S. Army for WWII, serving until the war made his home there until his passing. Later was over in Europe in 1945. He was the first two farms were added to the operation to NCO in the U.S. Army to command a veter- help produce feed for the cattle. In later inary hospital and after further training in years the operation was run by his son, Ft. Bliss Texas, his unit was shipped to David. Carl was a pioneer in the cattle Morocco to support their cavalry in combat feeding business and introduced new pracin North Africa. After Morocco his unit tices that were adapted by the industry and moved to Sicily where he followed General was later entered into the National Cattle Patten into Germany and the end of the war. Feeders Hall of Fame. Having lived a long After returning home he was discharged and productive life, he died at home in Red and did various work related to cattle ranch- Rock surrounded by his family. ing and feedlots. In 1947 he married his first

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December 29, 1950 - September 3, 2021

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arvey Jay Platt was truly a giant amongst men (though he never quite reached 5’9’’). Born in Phoenix, to Harvey and Merle Platt on December 29, 1950, Jay spent most of his life in St. Johns, Arizona. Involved in the family ranching business from the time he was a young boy, Jay and his younger siblings, Valerie, Richard and Marc enjoyed spending time with their dad on the ranch, branding, fixing fence and moving (or swearing at) cattle. At his passing Jay was a director for R CALF and was active in the Arizona and New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Associations. He graduated from St. Johns High School in 1968. After graduation, Jay served two years as an LDS missionary in Guatemala. Soon after returning from his mission, Jay met Patricia Hamblin and they were married on January 2, 1974 in the Mesa temple; spending nearly every day of the next 48 years together. Jay called Tricia his “darling wife” and it was obvious to everyone who knew them that Tricia was truly the apple of his eye. Jay and Tricia were an amazing partnership and were “one” in all they did. Jay earned degrees from ASU and later, Pepperdine University and worked for several years as an accountant and attorney before returning to St. Johns to run the family business. Jay LOVED ranching and working with cattle and was a powerful

advocate for agriculture in Arizona. Jay and Tricia were blessed with five children: Spencer (Kellie), Kristen (Chuck), Harvey (Kimberly), Treharne (Brindi) and Maren (Mike). His kids were able to work with him almost every day and when they moved back to St. Johns with their own families, Jay shared his love of ranching with his 23 grandchildren, who loved going with him to check water or feed bulls. He loved each of his children and their spouses fiercely and could not have been more proud of his grandchildren. Traveling with Jay was always a memorable experience. He visited Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, England, Denmark, Scotland, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Mexico and Ecuador. Jay loved his country and was a student of American history all of his life. When he traveled with his family in the United States, he turned every trip into a history lesson. He had a brilliant mind and near photographic memory. Jay’s life was defined by his faith in Jesus Christ and he lived it by serving others in countless ways. Jay and Tricia served an LDS mission to England and loved the young people in their institute classes. He also taught seminary, primary, 17/18 year-old Sunday school, gospel doctrine, temple prep and a Book of Mormon Institute class. He served as a counselor to two mission presidents in the Arizona, Scottsdale mission and loved the relationships he made in that calling. “Papa Jay” leaves an amazing legacy and will be missed by his dear family and beloved community of St. Johns.

horn CowBelles, and served the Fort Sumner community on the NM Agency on Aging. Lib was a longtime member of First Baptist Church where she taught every level of Sunday school including 40 years of teaching Ruth Sunday School Class. Lib was an avid reader, and she loved studying her Bible. She enjoyed traveling across the country and internationally. She was an accomplished seamstress. Her greatest pleasure was preparing meals for her family and spending time with her grandkids. A loving mother and grandmother, Lib will be missed by her family. She is survived by three children, Ralph “Buddy” Cortese (wife Mary Ann), Nick Cortese (wife Karen). all of Fort Sumner, a daughter LuAnn Cortese, Albuquerque, six grandchildren a n d A l s o s u r v i v i n g a r e 11 great-grandchildren

Robert Joe Stinson April 14, 1940 - August 27, 2021

n April 14, 1940, Bob was born in the backseat of his parent’s car on their way to a hospital in Dallas, Texas. That was Bob in a nutshell. He always had to be at least an hour early everywhere he went, Bob didn’t want to “miss out” on anything. He loved being around people, telling his stories, and making people laugh at his jokes. The only problem was in Bob’s

cowboy drawl, he talked so slow it took him a while to tell the story. When he was a young boy, his parents ran the Oasis Cafe on highway 380 east of Roswell. Later, they moved to San Saba, Texas, where Bob attended high school. In 1957, he joined the United States Navy and was later honorably discharged. Finally, around 1960, he came back to New Mexico to spend the rest of his life. Bob was married to Bobbie (Burns) Stinson for seven wonderfully happy years. He will be missed greatly by many. Bob worked for Tesco Signs for many years as a sign hanger. He also worked for Chaves County as a Journeyman Electrician for nearly twenty years, then he retired. After his retirement the Courthouse was never decorated for Christmas again. The love of his life was team roping. His saying was, “I worked only to pay my entry fees.” He had a box full of buckles, several saddles, misc. tack items, jackets, etc. He enjoyed every minute of roping. Bob was indeed a happy man and liked every job he had. Dancing to a good western band was one of his favorite things, and he did beautiful leatherwork and tooling. Those left to cherish Bob’s memory are his wife, Bobbie (Burns) Stinson, His children Sherry Sullivan, Michael Stinson, Theresa Stinson, Bobby Wayne Stinson, and Connie Stinson; Step-Daughter, Jeanie Vaughn, Numerous grandkids and great-grandkids

Elizabeth “Lib” Cortese January 06, 1921 - August 26, 2021

lizabeth A. “Lib” Cortese, 100, Fort Sumner, passed away , August 26, 2021 at Retirement Ranch of Clovis. Lib was born January 6, 1921 in Hereford, Texas the daughter of William and Lula (Boydston) Adkisson. She grew up in Hereford, Amarillo, and Grady. Lib graduated from Grady High School in 1938. She attended Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) and received an Associate Degree in Bookkeeping. Following her first year at ENMU she worked at the Harvey House in Carrizozo. Elizabeth came to Fort Sumner where she worked for the Soil Conservation Service. Elizabeth married Ralph Cortese on March 12, 1942 in Fort Sumner. Together they owned and operated the Valley Feed and Grain Store. Lib was a charter member of PowderOCTOBER 2021

including his sparring buddy Maggi Loudermilk.

Mildred Frances (Corbin) Gardner February 7, 1925 – September 1, 2021

ildred Frances Gardner (96) was born February 7, 1925 in Portales to the home of Ada Alice (Yarbrough) and Stephen Amos Corbin and died on the morning of September 1, 2021 in Farwell, Texas, where she had recently been in an assisted living facility. Mrs. Gardner grew up in the Rogers/Causey community. She was the Valedictorian of her 8th grade class, but chose to leave school at the age of 15 to marry the love of her life, Gene Gardner on April 27, 1940. Together, they operated a family dairy at Garrison. In addition to having an innate love of work, Mrs. Gardner enjoyed dancing, and attended as many senior dances as she could in her later years. She also enjoyed hunting for antiques, and traveling. After her husband’s death in 1982, she took a number of bus tours. All of her life she loved to work outdoors and take

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care of her yard. Mrs. Gardner took great joy 1931. She was a graduate of Lovington High in caring for babies and babysitting for her School and the University of New Mexico. grandchildren and great-grandchildren. For the last 47 years she lived on the C-N She was an accomplished cook, and she Ranch near Datil. Dorothy worked as a and her husband often had young school teacher and coach for many years in both teachers and others at their dinner table. Silver City and Albuquerque, but most of When she wasn’t working outside, she her life she lived and worked on ranches in often worked puzzles of all types. She was Catron County. She coached many different a member of the Baptist church. sports at Silver High School including volShe is survived by a son and daughter- leyball, track, basketball, and gymnastics. in-law, Rodney and Vickie Gardner of Dorothy loved attending high school sportLubbock; four daughters and two sons-in- ing events especially if one of her children law, Patricia and T. L. Brooks, Clovis; Bonnie or grandchildren were participating. Brakebill, Lake Hills, Texas; Frances Bilberry, Dorothy also loved to travel and made Portales; and Tracy and Buddy Vaughan, many trips to see new places and visit with Fredericksburg, Texas; a son-in-law, Jerry old friends and relatives. Durham, Dimmitt, and a daughter-in-law, Even at 89 years old she could still be Marilyn Gardner, Portales; 17 grandchildren, found driving a pickup with a trailer and 28 great- grandchildren and nine horses to a rodeo with one of her grandgreat-great-grandchildren. daughters. Dorothy was a member of the Catron County CowBelles and the booster club for Datil Schools. She loved to shop, work in her yard, and was always available September 1931 to September 2021 to provide advice to her children, grandchilorothy “Tudy” Ake passed away dren, and friends. She was a loving sister, peacefully in Albuquerque on Sep- mother, and grandmother who lived a long tember 2, 2021. She was born Dorothy and active life and will be missed by all. Lu Osburn in Lovington on September 11, Dorothy is survived by her sisters:

Dorothy “Tudy” Ake

Martha Ann Land, Lovington; Mary Jane Fisher, Lovington; and Eva Dow Walden, Olton, Texas. She is also survived by her four children: Hop Lee, Durango, Colorado; Trudy Isaacks, Las Cruces; and Tracy Lee, Las Cruces, from her first husband Bob Lee, and Tammy Kiehne, Datil, from her husband Marvin Ake. Dorothy had eight grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, cousins, and friends. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Tudy’s name to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund by visiting www.justincowboycrisisfund.org.

Nancy Tucker

November 16, 1964 – September 14, 2021

ancy Tucker, our angel here on earth, became an angel in heaven on September 14th, 2021. God felt that he needed a lot of laughs in Heaven. Nancy was born in Ruidoso, NM on November 16th, 1964 to Roy (Jr) and lla Tucker. Nancy was a fun-loving friend to all. Her motto was “l have never met a stranger, because if I introduce myself, then they are no longer strangers”. She was a great source of entertainment to many. Her fun, life loving attitude was contagious. She was raised on a ranch in Three Rivers NM and loved animals to the end. She loved her Birthday, Christmas and the Otero County Fair. She had many Fair Families and she looked forward to seeing the wonderful people and the animals. Most of all she loved HER family. She is survived by her sisters, Kathy Danley, Debbie Tucker, Linda Johnson, and Leann Tucker; four nephews; two nieces, as well as eight great nieces and nephews; sister-in-law, Elain Tucker and brother-in-

law Ty Hobbs; aunts, Lola Tucker, Cloma Beanblossom McCarley (Joe), Ginevra Helms Telles; and uncles, Jess Gililland, GL Tucker and Lee Correa (Beverly). She is also survived by numerous cousins (too many to count) and friends.

Ralph Thomas Dayberry 1929 - 2021

alph Thomas Dayberry, Organ, New Mexico, passed away on August 7th, 2021, two days after his 92nd birthday. Tom, as he was known, was born in 1929 in Long Beach California to Ralph Lee and Emma Ellen Dayberry. He had two brothers, Bob and John, both of California. Tom is survived by his wife, Sandra, Organ; a son Dr. Dan T. Dayberry of Alabama and three daughters, Martha Lee Lucas (Dan), Deming, New Mexico; Ruth Ann Shannon (Shane), T or C, New Mexico; and Nancy Gayle Eoff (James) Cudworth, Gainsville, Texas. He is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Tom spent most of his teenage years at

the ranch home of James W. Cox on the east side of the Organ mountains. He attended NMSU for two years and then went to work for White Sands Missile Range as a security officer (Range Rider). Upon his retirement he returned to ranching and helping his father-in-law Robert L Isaacks on his ranch. Tom loved his family and friends, his horses and cattle and his home in the Organ mountains of New Mexico. He was always ready to lend a helping hand. 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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rocery prices are rising. Meat prices are rising more than most other grocery prices. Beef prices are rising more than most other meat prices. But on the ranch, these are not prosperous times. Even as ground chuck costs more than $5 a pound at Walmart, ranchers complain that they are receiving less for their animals than it costs to feed them. Rising food prices are likely depressing President Joe Biden’s softening approval numbers. The U.S. economy has added almost 5 million non-farm jobs since Inauguration Day. Yet Biden’s approval rating has dropped into the mid-40s. In a recent Fox News poll, 82 percent of respondents described themselves as “extremely” or “very” concerned about the cost of living. More than scenes of chaos in Afghanistan, the numbers at the supermarket checkout may be weighing Biden down. On September 8, the White House

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The first explanation is a classic story of supply and demand. The beef industry has been hammered over the past two years by a series of supply shocks. COVID closed many processing plants. Then, when the plants reopened, they had to work less efficiently, with workers spaced farther apart from one another. Like many other employers, meatpackers have had difficulty hiring enough labor at pre-pandemic wages, so they have had to pay more, which raises their costs. Meanwhile, U.S. cattle herds have been ravaged by drought across the American West. The 2020 drought was bad; the 2021 drought has been worse. More than onethird of American cattle have grazed under drought conditions in 2021, sometimes—as in Montana and Washington State— ex treme - drought conditions. The aggregate national herd has shrunk in numbers, and the animals that have come to market have weighed an average of 15 pounds less than animals weighed a year earlier, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. Drought has also pushed the price of cattle feed to dizzying heights, raising beef prices even higher. The feed crisis explains some of the woes of small ranchers. Many cattle spend their early months on a ranch eating grass, then are shipped to a feedlot where they are fattened with corn and other grains. If the feed costs more, the rancher earns less. Over the past year and a half, surging demand slammed into this constrained supply. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government has pumped enormous purchasing power into consumers’ wallets. This extra money—plus consumer cutbacks on other kinds of spending—has enabled consumers to increase their spending at the grocery store; they spent $84 billion more in 2020 relative to 2019. If this supply-and-demand explanation is correct, then the right policy for government is: Do nothing. Higher prices will encourage ranchers to raise more cattle. Higher prices will enable meatpackers to pay higher wages. Higher prices will induce consumers to substitute other foods for beef. Supply and demand will equilibrate, as they always do. And this time, the high prices can serve another function, too: warning consumers of the pocketbook impact of drought-causing climate change. But there’s another story to tell, and it’s the story the Biden administration is telling. Meatpacking is becoming a more concen-

trated industry. Just four companies process more than 80 percent of America’s beef. Even as prices moved down in the early 2010s and up again in the early 2020s, the Big Four packers have been able first to increase, then to maintain, their level of profitability. In less concentrated food industries, notably eggs, prices did not rise nearly as much in 2020–21 as did prices of meat, and especially beef. Without denying the supply-and-demand explanation altogether, the Biden administration wants to act to multiply competition in the meatpacking industry. It proposes committing $500 million in loan guarantees and direct subsidies to support smaller players against the Big Four. It hopes that more competition will raise the prices that packers pay to ranchers and cut the prices consumers pay at the store. That’s maybe a forlorn hope. A single large-sized meatpacking plant can cost $200 million, and take many months to approve and build. So $500 million will not buy much additional capacity. Worse, from a Biden administration perspective, meatpackers faced by intensified competition have another option besides paying more to ranchers or charging consumers less: They can squeeze their own costs by, for example, automating workers out of jobs. The architects of the Biden plan are uneasily aware that it rests on a lot of hopes, guesses, and optimistic assumptions. When pressed on the unlikelihood that their plan will deliver any near-term relief to either ranchers or consumers, they reply that the more fundamental goal of their plan is to improve the resiliency of the U.S. food system. Because meatpacking in general— and beef packing most of all—is so concentrated in a few huge plants, small shock s can disrupt the nation’s supply of meat. In August 2019, a fire badly damaged one of the seven largest meatpacking plants in the United States, near Holcomb, Kansas. At a stroke, the U.S. lost the ability to process 30,000 head of cattle per week. In May 2021, a cyberattack temporarily closed all of the U.S. processing operations of JBS, the largest meatpacker in the world. That attack disrupted one-fourth of the U.S. beef supply. Multiplying the number of smaller if perhaps less efficient suppliers can provide some cushions against such shocks in future. That’s the hope anyway, and President Biden has talked a lot about it. But how would that hope work in the real world? The Big Four came to dominate beef packing as

they do precisely because theirs is an industry where larger size translates into lower costs and greater efficiencies. The Biden administration is not talking about turning the Big Four into the Big Five. It’s talking about supporting a lot of smaller competitors. What’s to stop the Big Four from undercutting them and driving them out of business far in advance of a crisis in which the extra resiliency might prove useful? When I put this question to officials involved in the Biden plan, they admit that the question worried the president too. There is one way that the resiliency project can work: if the additional capacity can somehow persuade consumers to pay higher prices. Craft breweries do not compete with Anheuser-Busch on price; they compete on taste. Smaller meatpackers could likewise compete as alternatives that are more humane to animals—or that deliver organic or grass-fed meat. But that means entering the market at the top, not undercutting from below. And because the main obstacles to this kind of niche competition are regulatory, allowing the niche competitors to grow will demand a deregulatory agenda of a kind very different from what the Biden administration seems to have in mind for meatpacking. Instead, there’s a real risk that the initial commitment of $500 million in aid and loan guarantees to small packers will expand into continuing intervention in the marketplace to keep smaller competitors in business in the face of the higher efficiency and lower prices of the big packers.

As the saying goes, there’s no taking the politics out of politics. Rage at the big meatpackers burns especially hot among ranchers in Montana and the Dakotas. These ranchers are located far away from the feedlots of the Corn Belt to the south, and they feel themselves especially disadvantaged by the industry’s present structure. They even have their own industry group, which broadly supports the Biden administration’s plans. Montana has a Democratic senator right now; North Dakota had one from 2013 to 2019. Unsurprisingly, a Democratic presidential administration listens more carefully to the views of ranchers in states that sometimes vote Democratic than to those from states that less often do. Yet it would be a mistake to interpret beef policy as merely an expression of regional politics. What’s being proposed for beef is as an experiment in stricter marketplace regulation. If it works—or at least seems to work—for beef, it can be tried elsewhere. But what if it doesn’t work? We’ll be back where we were before the 1970s, when “pro-competition” often turned out to mean “a helping hand to the least capable competitors.” “Resiliency” is an appealing slogan. But what if it translates into plainer English as higher taxes and higher prices? Editor’s Note: David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (2020). In 2001 and 2002, he was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

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here are many preconditioning programs available for producers to choose from to increase calf market value. It is important, however, to think about what program works best for your operation and the reasons why these programs can add value to your calves. If the reasons behind certain preconditioning program guidelines are not understood, it is possible that you will be missing out on adding value to your calves. The most common weaning method in the U.S. beef industry is abruptly weaning calves from their dams (Enriquez et al., 2011). This abrupt separation is commonly combined with vaccination, castration, transportation, and co-mingling with other groups of calves at the sale barn and/or at the feed yard. This multitude of stressors placed on calves causes morbidity and mortality from the bovine respiratory disease complex, which continues to be the most significant health problem facing the U.S. beef industry (Duff and Galyean, 2005). Bovine respiratory disease not only increases expenses to the feeder through treatment and labor costs, but it decreases growth and efficiency and has been shown to negatively affect marbling score, quality grade, and hot carcass weight (Montgomery et al., 1984; Roeber et al., 2001; Fulton et al., 2002). Therefore, preconditioning programs have been developed to better prepare calves for the next phase of production after weaning and decrease the chances that newly received calves will become sick. The question is – how do they work? There are many variations of preconditioning programs to choose from, however, most of them have the same general specifications that calves must be weaned, castrated, vaccinated (clostridial and viral vaccines – i.e. infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, parainfluenza 3, bovine viral diarrhea virus, and bovine respiratory syncytial virus), wormed, dehorned, and accustomed to a feed bunk and water system. There are some considerations that should be discussed before you decide what preconditioning program to choose. The first consideration is the length of time that the calves will be weaned before

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they are sold and transported. Most preconditioning programs require calves to be weaned for a minimum of 30 days, and more commonly weaned for 45 days. One of the reasons why calves must be weaned for at least 30 days is related to vaccine efficacy and the resiliency of calves to BRD once they are sold. Faber et al. (1999) reported that non-weaned calves were 3.4 times more likely to experience BRD than weaned calves. Additionally, calves that had been weaned for less than 30 days when they were marketed had a higher incidence of BRD (28 percent) compared with calves that had been weaned for more than 30 days (13 percent). This improvement in BRD incidence when calves arrive at the feedlot is partly due to the increased length of time that calves have to get acclimated to weaning, new feedstuffs, and water; but is more likely related to vaccine efficacy. When a calf is administered a vaccine, it takes approximately 21 days for the white blood cells to find the vaccine and transport it to the lymph nodes where the antibodies are produced. This is the reasoning behind why most vaccines indicate to give a booster shot one month after the initial vaccination, so that the immune system has enough time to create the antibodies and provide superior protection. This means that if you are following a preconditioning program that requires two rounds of vaccination, the first round of vaccination should be completed before weaning, and the booster should be completed about one month later. Producers should consider providing the first vaccine and performing castration prior to weaning to reduce stress on the calves during weaning, as this will

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innie Lou Bradley is not sure what surprised her more: there were roots, or that they were alive. Nothing above ground promised either. “I didn’t know until later,” she recalls, “But no one had ever owned this piece of country for over 10 years without going broke.” Sixty years later, grasses are nearly stirrup high, water is no farther than a half mile away from any direction, and the Bradley 3 Ranch (B3R) herd is doubled in size and expanded acreage several times over. The changes are a result of investments over time, making the land better through cattle. Consistent progress and creative methods in developing their ranch earned the Memphis, Texas, cattle family the 2021 Certified Angus Beef Sustainability Award. In the early 2000s, Minnie Lou’s daughter, Mary Lou Bradley-Henderson, and her husband, James Henderson, sold their meatpacking company, B3R Meats, and returned to the ranch. They mapped out a 20-year plan, picking up work Minnie Lou started. The fruits of their labor are evident this year. With an average annual 18 inches of rainfall, water is the elixir to life in these parts. The plan: build more opportunities for water, gouge out the scourge of water-guz-

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zling brush one by one, and bring back the grass while managing a quality-forward seedstock business. Droughts are not an “if,” but a “when.” James and Mary Lou do their best to prepare for them, but the record drought of 2010 to 2014 changed everything. They thought they had a drought contingency plan, James says, “But we didn’t have enough of anything—grass, hay or money.” They formed a new plan. First, they invested in stock tanks (West Texan for ponds). It takes about 10-years to fill them. There are nine operational ponds now and more on the way. In 2019, Mary Lou and James began implementing Aqua balls on their water troughs. The black, palm-sized polyethylene spheres cover about 95 percent of the water surface area, preventing water evaporation, loss to wind and surface algae growth. “We’ve got 45 tubs on the ranch, all about 2,000 gallons each,” James says. “They’d typically be dry come springtime and we’d lose another 4,000 gallons in the summer to evaporation. We’re saving several thousand dollars a year.” Other touches include solar-powered wells with overflow ponds. Brush removal has brought back wildlife, now able to drink from springs that have emerged. To Mary Lou and James, sustainability is as much about the efficiency and quality of the animal as it is about land and water. They’ve built indexes around the performances of their cattle and focus on cows that can raise a calf, breed back, do it on

minimal resources and maintain their flesh. With their background in meatpacking, Mary Lou and James always keep carcass quality top of mind. “We’re trying to get a very highly productive cow,” she says. “One that will have calves that’ll work downstream for some of the Certified Angus Beef ® steaks later on.” While the genetics and performance indexes are finely tuned in a detailed spreadsheet, grass management for nutrition is just as intentional. “To maintain grasses in a fragile environment, you’ve got to be able to let them grow plenty of roots,” James says. “If we are grazing those grasses, then they regrow and refresh and redo. If you don’t, they become stale and basically worthless from a nutritional standpoint.” This year their cows weaned 61.4 percent of their body weight and averaged a body condition of 6 to 6.5. A big deal in the Panhandle, Mary Lou says. “For us, if you don’t have the bottom line, we’re not here,” Mary Lou says. “We’ve got to make it work. Truly, we are sustainable or we’re not.” Nothing is a one-year thought process, she says. Just like building a fence, Mary Lou asks herself whether their decisions will last the next 50 years. For the generation before, the progress made is already worth the struggles. “It’s taken 60 years to figure this all out, but we are about to get those grasses back that stirrup height,” Minnie Lou smiles. “It quite grabs my heart when I walk into those pastures and remember what they were and what they are today.”

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Chaves County, New Mexico approximately 20 miles northwest of the small community of Elida. Configured in two tracts of a total of 7,200 deeded acres and 640 acres of state lease. Watered by three wells and pipelines. Grazing capacity is estimated to be 130 AUYL. Priced reduced to $345.00 per deeded acre. This place has had some good summer rains and has not been stocked since last year. This ranch has an abundance of feed, come take a look or call for a brochure. Price: $2,484,000

COWBOY DRAW RANCH Excellent small cattle ranch located in southeastern New Mexico approximately 50 miles northwest of Roswell on the Chaves/Lincoln county line. 7,455 total acres with 2,600 deeded with the balance federal BLM lease acres. Permitted for 151 animal units yearlong with an additional 30 animal units on a temporary nonrenewable basis. Watered with two wells and several miles of water pipeline. Two larger open draws run through the ranch that provide overflow areas to enhance grazing. The terrain is open and rolling with good turf. The ranch has had good summer rains with no cattle since last spring. The ranch is in excellent condition. Call for a brochure and come take a look. Price: $1,350,000

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

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CONCHAS LAKE RANCH: Located southwest of Conchas Dam near Tucumcari, NM. 7,172-acre ranch w/4,864 deeded acre base includes NM & BLM grazing leases. Has been used as mother cow operation or yearlings. Lush & green right now, come take a look. Asking $450 per acre

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WILLARD, NM: Located in the true heart of New Mexico are ~2 sections of deeded pastures w/submersible well, pipeline drinker(s), perimeter fences & mostly open gramma pastures. North of Corona & south of Willard off Hwy 42. Priced at $660,000

184 Acres • Bring Your Livestock • Majestic Views $3,300,000

DEMING, NM: Clabbertop Road 268 acres deeded land for sale, has airstrip & oversize metal hanger, cold water well & power w/septic tank & 3 RV pads w/septic! RV/Park location? Located 10 miles west of town off I-10 frontage road. Asking $339,900 obo

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VILLANUEVA, NM: 87 deeded acres off CR B29A. 3 lots available. 100 gpm shared well with power & fencing. Priced at $142,500. Buy one or all. Located right on CR B29A. CR 4JK, DILIA, NM: 11-acre farm has ~4 + ac. ft. of ditch rights. Live on one side, farm the other. Community water meter onsite, electric meter loop, nice views, owner ready to sell. List Price is $89,000 435 APACHE MESA RD, LAS VEGAS, NM: Gramma grass 80-acre parcel has 8 gpm water well, fence on two sides, two dirt tanks & Sangre views. Priced at $94,500 SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY: Calle Victoriano & Buckboard Rd parcels have 80 acres w/power for $89,000 & 640 acres w/water well & power for $480,000. Both can be subdivided. PEÑA CANYON: runs right thru the middle of 540 acres located just north of Villanueva, NM. Grassy mesa tops, huge rocky canon bottom, side canyons, off the grid w/pinon & cedar tree cover & some tall pines. Asking $340,000 BRING ME YOUR RANCH, FARM & LAND LISTINGS … CALL 505-490-0220 MARKET IS GOOD NOW!

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PLEASE CONTACT JOHN AT 505-379-8212 DATIL, Herrington Canyon Road Access, Two tracts, acres $32,000, 44 acres. $32,000 FENCE LAKE, 295 Pine Hill Road, 60 acres with over 2300 sq. ft. log home, corral, outbuildings. $265,000 SAN ANTONIO, Zanja Road, 4.66 acres farmland w/ Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District water rights. $69,000

CUERVO, Mesita Pass Road, 148.13 acres of land in Mesita Ranch Subdivision. Perfect for a new home site, hunting or grazing. $85,000 PIE TOWN, Goat Ranch Road Access, South of Wild Horse Ranch Subdivision. 20 acres. $16,000, 40 acres. $32,000. Beautiful views. PIE TOWN, TBD State Road 603. PRICE REDUCED. 48.4 acres of beautiful wooded land with spectacular views. Area cleared in corner for homesite. Fenced. $120,000 RIBERA, 340 CR B41E 32.6 acres with 3bd/2ba home on Pecos River, Hay Barn and outbuildings. Just over 20 acres in alfalfa and grass hay production. $695,000

Paul Stout, Broker

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SERVING THE RANCHING INDUSTRY SINCE 1920 www.chassmiddleton.com 5016 122nd STREET LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79424 • 806-763-5331 Sam Middleton 817-304-0504 • Charlie Middleton 806-786-0313 Jim Welles 505-967-6562 • Dwain Nunez 505-263-7868

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

SOLD

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

SOLD

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

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HIGDON RANCH – 2,400 Acres – Torrance County – $1,800,000 This property is movein ready and equipped to run livestock. DOG HOUSE RANCH – 600 Acres – Rio Arriba County – $1,350,000 Dog House Ranch is a sportsman’s paradise and a yearround destination for your entire family. DUNCAN RANCH – 940 Acres – Santa Fe County – $1,034,000 Duncan Ranch is a nice 940-acre property that is part of a larger ranch being offered in 3 parcels. 2 CANYONS END – 10 Acres – Rio Arriba County – $700,000 2 Canyons End is fully furnished and ready to go. Situated in the gated community of Ticonderoga on 10 acres. FINNEY RANCH – 640 Acres – McKinley County – $399,900 One of the best small ranches you will find in New Mexico. Spectacular scenery must be seen to be appreciated. Rik Thompson (505) 350-3598

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■ RAINBOW WASH NORTH RANCH: 17 section cattle ranch located north of Animas, NM, in the Pyramid Mountains, w/an even balance of mountain country & flat country 11,383± total acres, 640± deeded land, 3477± state land 7266± acres of blm, house remodeled in 2018 w/metal roof & windows, w/ beautiful views of the Animas Valley. 3 wells, 112 AYL. Priced at $1,000,000 ■ CEDAR GROVE RANCH: 37 section cattle ranch, Deming, NM. 23,714± total acres, 1280± acres deeded www.BrownfieldRanchandFarmProperties.com land, 2632±KEITH acres NM state Associate land, 19,802± BROWNFIELD, Broker, GRIacres blm, 200,250± gallonsbrownfieldkeith@gmail.com of water storage with an excellent water system, BHGRE the pipelines twenty years old or Steinborn are & Associates Roadrunner Pkwy., Ste 141 Las Cruces, NM 88011 less, seven141 solar wells, 333 AYL, 6± horses. Two 575/522-3698 homes, 100x40 metal shed, two metal barns, plus shop. Priced at $2,900,000 ■ AKELA NORTH RANCH: 22 Section Cattle Ranch located in Deming, N.M. 14,296+/- total acres to the allotment, 3,528 acres +/- BLM, 8,255 acres +/- of NM state land, 780 acres +/- of deeded land, 753 acres +/- of uncontrolled land. 24,500 +/- gallons of water storage, 4 wells w/drinkers & a dirt tank, 133 AYL, headquarters included pipe & metal corrals with semiloading chute, 2 bedroom, 1 bath living quarters, shed row barn & storage, 2 pastures, 3 traps, Fences are in good condition and the ranch is adequately watered. Listed at $850,000

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

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

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MIAMI 40 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. Private 2 bedroom getaway with elevated fantastic view, nice porch, little casita, irrigation and pole barn. Extremely private setting. $450,000.

CONTRACT PENDING COLMOR-OCATE CREEK, Colfax and Mora County, NM 853 +/- deedACOcateTCreek. TR N O edC acres split by I25 and Suit cattle operation, with some wildDIN life drawn holesGin creek. PEtoNwater $617,000 MIAMI 55.89 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. Remodeled adobe, awesome shop, out buildings, long road frontage, private fishing in Miami Lake. Amazing porch view. $400,000.

River and more than that of Ute Creek are the south and east boundaries of this unique one of a kind water property. 2 bedroom 1 bathroom cabin, year round access off Hwy 64. $599,000 EAGLE NEST ESCAPE, Colfax County, NM. 78.42± deeded acres in off HWY 64 overlooking Eagle Nest Lake, private pond, two elk tags, 3 bedroom home with and large shop garage able to store your RV and big toys. Improvements almost half a mile off highway. Truly an escape. $795,000

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WAGON MOUND VIEW, 774.83 +/- deeded acres, one 1992 singlewide, one older home, off blacktop, adjoining Wagon Mound Salt Lake Refuge and I25. Fenced and cross fenced, three drinkers, one producing well, out buildings, pens, some anteUTE PARK RIVER PLACE 6.83 +/- lope and elk. Back pasture has spring. ACRES, 450 +/- feet of the Cimarron $650,000

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RANCHES/FARMS *NEW* 200-300 Head Cattle Ranch, Marana, AZ – Abundant year-round no cost water makes this ranch a true oasis in the desert, situated along the Santa Cruz River just 20 minutes north of Tucson. 129+/- Deeded ac; 150+/- ac of permanent pasture, 3,700+/- ac of desert sub-lease, 30 +/- ac of farm fields, and well improved headquarters with excellent access off a paved road situated on State land with 342+/- ac of lease. Second manufactured home on deeded. Two sets of good steel pipe corrals under covered work areas with squeeze chute, and tub. $3.5M *NEW* 260 Head Cattle Ranch, Virden, NM – 4,612+/- Ac deeded, 14,980+/- Ac BLM, 2,680+/- Ac NM State Lease. Solid working cattle ranch with a good mix of grass and browse ranging in elevation from 4,000’ to 5,800’. Takes in scenic Vanderbilt Peak, Mt. Royal and stops short of Steeple Rock. Well-watered with wells, pipeline, springs and dirt tanks. Fences are in good shape with some new fencing. $2.8M *REDUCED* 2,373+/- Acre Farm, Animas, NM – Custom 2560 +/s.f. home built in 2008. 20-Acre pivot, 40’ x 60’ shop, 40’ x 50’ hay barn, fruit trees, chicken coop, garden area. Pivot produced 9.5 tons/ ac of alfalfa in 2020. 300 gpm well. 5 pastures with water piped to 2 storage tanks and drinkers in all pastures. Historically has run 40 head of cattle yearlong. $1.3M *NEW* 240+/- Acre Farm, McNeal, AZ – 76 Ac cultivated farm ground irrigated by two pivots and flood irrigation. Currently planted

in permanent pasture and runs 80 head of cattle. Nice 3 BR home, garage, workshop, green house, guest house, large barns, large run-in shed for horses, hay barn, gardens, 3 wells. $1.1M *NEW* 1,578 Acres of Land, McNeal, AZ – Currently used as grazing land for an adjacent ranch. Fenced with 2 wells. Seller will split. $500 per acre for all or $650 to $700 per acre for smaller parcels. located near the McNeal Farm we have listed above, and could be used as an additional pasture; purchase for investment or build your own little ranchette. *SOLD* 68+/- Head Three Brothers Ranch, Tombstone, AZ – Good starter or retirement ranch in the San Pedro River valley with sweeping views, good access, grass, browse and water. 320+/- ac. deeded, 5,403+/- ac. State lease, 2,961+/- ac. BLM permit. Easy terrain with access from Hwy 82 and Tombstone. 3 wells, 2 storage tanks with drinkers, 2 dirt tanks, set of wood & wire corrals. Adjoins Orduno Draw Ranch also offered by Stockmen’s Realty, LLC. $600,000

SOLD

*SOLD* 36+/- Head Chico Ranch, Duncan, AZ – Small scenic desert ranch in the Gila Valley in Greenlee County, AZ. 953+/- acres of deeded and 3,110+/- Acres of AZ State Grazing Lease. One well with a pipeline to 3 steel storage tanks and 6 drinkers. Railroad tie corrals located with easy access to Highway 70. $450,000

SOLD

*NEW* 120 +/- Acres of Farm Ground, Willcox, AZ – Located NW of Willcox in a good groundwater area. Center pivot. $390,000 Call Harry Owens

HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *SOLD* 40+/- Acre Last Stand B&B Guest Ranch, Sonoita, AZ – An exceptional property in the grasslands of Sonoita, presently operating as a successful wedding & equestrian event venue. The Territorial, two-story 4 BR, 4.5 BA main home has 4,110 s.f., & custom features throughout. A true destination property. $1,675,000 *NEW* 5.45+/- Acre Equestrian Oasis, Tucson, AZ – Lush landscaped horse facilities in Northwest Tucson 3,200 sqft home, 130’ x 150’ arena, 5 - 16’ x 16’ barn stalls, 7 outdoor stalls, 5 paddocks, round pen, 2 tack rooms, tool room, 24’ x 40’ hay barn, private well + septic, equipment available by private treaty. $1.1M *REDUCED* 90+/- Acre HP Bar Ranch, Benson, AZ – Perfect gentlemen’s ranch or private get-away. Backs up to USFS for endless riding possibilities. Fully fenced for cattle. 2 BR, 1 BA home; garage; steel barn w/two horse stalls, tack room and large hay storage; corrals; workshop. Expansive views. $775,000 $675,000

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■ SIGNIFICANT PRICE REDUCTION! RIMROCK RANCH, BUEYEROS, NM – 14,993.49 total acres +/- (12,157.49 deeded acres +/-, 2,836 +/- New Mexico State Lease). Live water with five miles of scenic Ute Creek. Elk, deer and antelope to go along with a good cattle ranch! ALAMOSA CREEK RANCH – (Roosevelt Co., NM) 14,982 +/- acres (10,982 ac. +/- deeded, 4,000 ac. +/- State Lease). Good cow ranch in Eastern NM excellent access via US 60 frontage between Clovis and Fort Sumner. Alamosa creek crosses through the heart of the gently rolling grassland. SARGENT CANYON RANCH – (Chaves/Otero Co.) 18,460 +/- ac. - 200 +/- deeded, 2,580 +/- State, 11,200 +/- BLM, 4,480 +/- Forest permitted for 380 AUs year-round, well watered, good headquarters, very nice updated home, excellent pens & out buildings. Scenic ranch! PRICE REDUCED! DRY CIMARRON RANCH – (Union Co., NM) 1,571 ac.+/- of grassland on the dry Cimarron River, located on pvmt. near Kenton, OK just under the Black Mesa. CEDARVALE, NM – 6,961 acre ranch (5,000 ac. +/- Deeded – 1,961 ac. +/- State Lease) well fenced & watered w/good pens, new barn. TEXAS PANHANDLE – Let’s look at this 6,000 hd. permitted feedyard w/953 ac. +/-, a recently remodeled owner’s home, 2 residences for employee housing, addtl. home on 6 ac., 5 pivot sprinkler irr. circles, truck scale, cattle scale, excellent perimeter fencing, located on pavement & all weather road, currently in full operation. SUPER OPPORTUNITY! – One of the best steak houses in the nation just out of Amarillo & Canyon at Umbarger, TX., state-of-the- art bldg., turn-key w/complete facilities. EAST EDGE OF FT. SUMNER, NM – a 900 hd. grow yard w/immaculate 7.32 ac. +/-, a beautiful home, & other improvements w/a long line of equipment included, on pvmt. DALLAM CO, TX – 1,216.63 ac. +/- of CRP/ ranchland w/irrigation, re-development potential, wells & pipelines already in place. QUAY CO, NM – 142 ac. +/-, 120.5 ac. +/CRP, very nice site-built home & barn, located on all weather road.

*PENDING* 20+/- Acre Equestrian Property, Sonoita, AZ – Established horse training and boarding facility on +/-20-acres adjoining BLM land, panoramic mountain v iews. Two mfg homes, 36’ x 160’ horse barn, barn/shop, equipment shed, hay shed, 10 shades/loafing sheds with corrals, +/-70’ x 90’ dressage and 160’ x 170’ fenced arena. There are also RV spaces with septic, a fire pit and a well. $650,000

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Texas Cola Shredded Beef Brisket Recipe courtesy of Jess Pryles, jesspryles.com Sales • Service • Rental • Locally Owned & Operated

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9 Ingredients 8 Servings Time 6-1/2 Hours Ingredients 3.5 lbs. Brisket Flat 1 Tbsp. garlic powder 2 tsp. onion powder 2 tsp. ancho pepper powder 2 tsp. kosher salt 2 Tbsp. olive oil. 6 oz. tomato paste 4 cups cola 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce Preparation Combine garlic, onion, ancho and salt to make a dry rub. Coat the brisket flat well on both sides with the seasoning, rubbing it in well. Add olive oil to a heavy bottomed enameled cast iron pot or dutch oven and heat over medium high flame. Once warmed, place the brisket flat into the pot to brown thoroughly, leaving at least 10-15 minutes before flipping. Turn the flat and brown the other side. A further 10-15 minutes. Add the tomato paste, cola and Worcestershire to the pot. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a low simmer. Place the lid on the pot and cook for 4 hours. Remove lid to allow sauce to start to reduce, and cook brisket a further 2 hours or until completely tender. Remove brisket from the pot, shred with a fork and return to the pot. Stir brisket into the pot sauce then serve. Nutrition information per serving: 356 Calories; 99.4 Calories from fat; 11.1 g Total Fat (3.3 g Saturated Fat; 5.6 g Monounsaturated Fat;) 129 mg Cholesterol; 855.1 mg Sodium; 19.4 g Total Carbohydrate; 1.7 g Dietary Fiber; 43.8 g Protein; 4.7 mg Iron; 905.9 mg Potassium; 0.5 mg Riboflavin; 9.9 mg Niacin; 1.1 mg Vitamin B6; 3.7 mcg Vitamin B12; 11 mg Zinc; 30.3 mcg Selenium; 180.3 mg Choline. This recipe is an excellent source of Protein, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Iron,, Selenium, Zinc, Choline; and a good source of Potassium.

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FMCSA Extends Livestock Hours-ofService Exemptions by Jacqui Fatka, Feedstuffs

he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced an extension of the exemption from hours-of-service requirements for livestock haulers. Livestock haulers continue to need this flexibility for the well-being of livestock during hauls, and to keep grocery stores stocked during the continued disruption of COVID-19. This extension comes after consistent advocacy by the the livestock sector. Livestock haulers have been operating under an HOS exemption since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining a strong safety record. The Emergency Declaration was first issued on March 13, 2020 in response to the national state of emergency. The declaration is meant to provide regulatory relief to motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in support of relief efforts related to the COVID-19 state of emergency. FMCSA has extended the declaration numerous times since, although tightening the eligibility requirements. The transportation of livestock and livestock feed has always been included within the exemption, along with the transportation of other critical supplies such as medical equipment, COVID-19 personal protective equipment, paper products for restocking grocery stores, and so on. The most recent extension will continue through midnight on November 30, 2021. This extended a previous exemption that was to expire August 31. Current HOS rules allow for 11 hours of drive time, 14 hours of on-duty time, and then require 10 consecutive hours of rest. When transporting livestock, there is a real need for further flexibility beyond the current hours-of-service. Unlike drivers moving consumer goods, livestock haulers cannot simply idle or unload their trucks when drive time hours run out without jeopardizing animal health and welfare. The recently passed bipartisan infrastructure package passed by the Senate also includes provisions to address truck driver shortages, including hours-of-service changes. At press time the bill had not passed the House.

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Southern New Mexico State Fair Public Speaking Contest Novice Grand Champion Shelby Pfiefert

Scholarship sponsored by Ag New Mexico Farm Credit. Buckle sponsored by Albert Chapa, Rio Grande Hybrid Seeds Shelby Pfiefert (center) pictured with Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte, NMSU College of Aces Dr. Dean Rolando Flores, NMSU President Dr. John Floros, and Frannie Miller

Novice Reserve Champion Divia Summers

Scholarship sponsored by NMSU Ag Ed & Ag Business Department Buckle sponsored by Albert Chapa, Rio Grande Hybrid Seeds. Divia Summers (center) pictured with Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte, NMSU College of Aces Dr. Dean Rolando Flores, NMSU President Dr. John Floros, and Frannie Miller

Junior Grand Champion RJ Garay

Scholarship sponsored by Ag New Mexico Farm Credit. Buckle sponsored by Albert Chapa, Rio Grande Hybrid Seeds RJ Garay (center) pictured with Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte, NMSU College of Aces Dr. Dean Rolando Flores, NMSU President Dr. John Floros, and Frannie Miller

Senior Grand Champion Grady Hodnett

Scholarship sponsored by Ag New Mexico Farm Credit. Buckle sponsored by Albert Chapa, Rio Grande Hybrid Seeds. Grady Hodnett (center) pictured with Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte, NMSU College of Aces Dr. Dean Rolando Flores, NMSU President Dr. John Floros, and Frannie Miller

Senior Reserve Champion Kaydens Koenig

Junior Reserve Champion Elaina Mays

Scholarship in honor of Bubba & Norma Echols Buckle sponsored by Albert Chapa, Rio Grande Hybrid Seeds

Scholarship presented in honor of Jerry P. Townsend. Buckle sponsored by Albert Chapa, Rio Grande Hybrid Seeds. Elaina Mays (center) pictured with Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte, NMSU College of Aces Dr. Dean Rolando Flores, NMSU President Dr. John Floros, and Frannie Miller

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aturday, August 25th was a great day to celebrate agriculture on the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Campus. In addition to being homecoming and Ag Day, it was also the first Southern New Mexico State Fair Agricultural Public Speaking Contest. The majority of the participants competed in a public speaking contest for the very first time, others were fresh off of a virtual win at the New Mexico State Fair. Frannie Miller, the contest organizer and one of the scholarship donors said, “It’s hard having one more thing during fair season, but nothing is more rewarding than seeing how excited the kids are and knowing that helping kids develop this skill really prepares them to be leaders in the agricultural industry.” One of the goals of the contests is to allow more NMSU faculty to meet New Mexico youth, another is to give New Mexico kids more competitions to prepare them for success in national contests. A big thanks to all the donors that are helping to elevate these contests with great prizes. Thanks to Albert Chapa, owner of Rio Grande Hybrid Seeds for donating all the buckles. Thanks to Ag New Mexico for sponsoring all the Grand Champion Scholarships. Reserve scholarships were also given by the Townsend family in honor of Jerry P. Townsend; by Sana Handley in honor of Bubba and Norma Echols; and by the Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Business Department. Congratulations to Grady Hodnett, the Grand Champion and to Kadence Koenig, the Reserve Champion for the Senior Division. Grady and Kadence are both from Las Cruces and represented Mayfield and Las Cruces FFA, respectively. In the Junior Division RJ Garay, from Hatch FFA, won Grand Champion and Elainia Mays, from Hot Springs FFA in Truth or Consequence was the Reserve Champion. In the Novice Division, Shelby Pfiefer won Grand Champion and Divia Summers won Reserve Champion. Both of them are from Las Cruces.

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Heritage Buckle Tour Continues

hroughout the 2021 fair season members of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) have been encouraged by the words of rural youth as they reflect on the heritage of ranching. “The future of our industry relies on the involvement of our youth,” said Dusti Caviness, NMCGA Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee Chairman. “This award not only ensures that our youth are involved in our association but also rewards them for their hard work.” To be eligible for the Heritage buckle award, youth ages 9 through 21 were asked to provide a 200- to 500-word essay on the ‘value they placed on the heritage of the cattle industry and ranching in New Mexico. Recipients from each county are presented with a trophy belt buckle and a 1 year junior membership to NMCGA, winners are then automatically entered in the overall state Heritage contest. The first 18 winners were featured in the September New Mexico Stockman. Winners from the later fairs will be in the November issue. Kyleigh Stephenson, Roosevelt, wrote: “I am blessed and fortunate to be able to have cattle on the land that has been in my family for four generations. In fact Kyleigh Stephenson (Roosevelt) w/Pat Boone our cattle graze at the old home site where my grandfather was born! Not all kids are as lucky. The reason I am absolute in my advocating for our heritage, the cattle industry and agriculture, is I understand the important role it plays in our world. Without agriculture we would not be able to feed the ever growing population. The agriculture industry is constantly adapting and developing new technology and science to maintain our populations’ needs. I want others to understand that although there is hardship in our heritage, we persevere and become stronger with the lessons learned. Award sponsored by Pat and Cindy Boone Alexis Rosales, Taos, said: My great-grandfather first began raising the Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle and today we still

do. I love to go out to the field when the new calves are born and watch them grow up to be beautiful mother cows or big strong bulls . I b e gan showing Santa GerAlexis Rosales (Taos), trudis as a novice in left, with Lee, Victoria 4-H and have always and Waylon Knox. taken pride in my heifers for their deep cherry red color and gentle temperaments. Raising Gerts has touched me a lot, they help me to remember my heritage on the land and have given me a special love for the animals we get to raise. Award sponsored by Ag New Mexico Farm Credit. Elizabeth Baldridge, Catron, wrote: Beginning in the early 1600s and still going strong, ranching has been one of the most significant Elizabeth Baldridge and abundant (Catron), right, w/Ron occupations in Burnett. New Mexico. The cattle industry and ranching is a heritage that is valued for its legacy in the present and in the future. Ranchers work to develop and enhance knowledge while strategically managing cattle for their good as well as the good of those they support. It all begins with management of self, which involves honesty and integrity. We have been given a great responsibility by God to care for and have dominion over His creatures. Award sponsored by Ron and Mahona Burnett. M a d i s o n M i l l e r, Hidalgo, said: I am proud to be a 5th generation New Mexico rancher. In the beginning, ranching families had strong women that cared for their families in hostile and Madison Miller (Hidalgo), center, barren territory in the with Judy Keeler and Southwest. In the late Colleen Miller. 1800s and 1900s when the area of Hidalgo county had just begun to be settled, our ancestors set on the path of making a home, a living, and a lifestyle that still exists to this day. This heritage has taught us to rely on each other and work

together in times of need. This is a place where everyone pitches in willingly and perseverance is a common trait. Ranching has taught me how to rely on God for help with things I can’t control, and has given me amazing examples of how to be a strong woman. Award sponsored by Keeler Ranches K a y d e n Branum, Cibola, wrote: New Mexico is a rural state made up of many ranches, dairies, and small cow-calf operations. Ranching heritage Kayden Branum, left shapes the people with Sheriff Tony Mace of New Mexico, yet many overlook the importance of agriculture. Heritage in ranching instills youth with work ethic and responsibility, incorporates cultural diversity and customs, creates leaders through FFA and 4-H, and brings together New Mexican producers and consumers. My heritage in ranching has shaped me to see the ways we all represent agriculture in our state. Award sponsored by US Representative Yvette Herrell Cheyenne Carlisle, McKinley said : All across New Mexico you can find trucks driving around with a front red license plate that reads “NEW MEXICO BEEF IS Cheyenne Carlisle GREAT”. It’s true, (right) with Karen our beef is great Bedonie (center) & her because our herigrandmother Dorothy Carlisle. tage runs deep. I am a 5th generation rancher from Tohatchi. There I grew up with days that started early and ended late. A place where animals were cared for and fed before I had breakfast or dinner. Where I have great memories of sitting on my grandpa’s tailgate eating a sandwich with dirty hands, smelling of horse sweat and smoke from branding calves. I am proud of my home and my heritage, it is my daily reminder of how hard my family works and cares for land and livestock. Award sponsored by Ag New Mexico Farm Credit

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New Mexico Junior Livestock Expo — One for the Ages by Caren Cowan

ever underestimate the power of agriculture on a mission, especially if it involves their children. After learning just three weeks prior to the event that the New Mexico State Fair would require proof of vaccine, two State Fair Commissioners, Tommy Spindle and Trudy Healy, resigned because of the late date and unfairness of the mandate. But they didn’t just quit. Phones were burning up across New Mexico. Spindle and Healy were joined by literally hunGrand Champion Market Steer Shown by Caleb Ramsey, dreds of New Mexicans who were bound and determined that the state’s rural youth wouldn’t be deprived of the ability to show their animals. That ability also included the opportunity to earn back the expenses put into their animals as well as the opportunity to continue to save for college. In less than a month the New Mexico Junior Livestock Expo was put together in Roswell to run on the same dates the State Fair would have occupied. The move was no small feat when one considers the magnitude of putting on an event that includes hundreds of youngsters, their families plus hundreds of animals. It was a big job for families who had already had reservations in Albuquerque to divert to Roswell and find accommodations. To say that Albuquerque’s economic loss was one quite happily accepted by Roswell is an understatement. To keep expenses down for families, the Healy Foundation Thank you Healy Reserve Grand Champion Market ying donated the entry fee for every animal. The Foundation Foundation for pa Steer, Addie Laferty fees! try en e th deserves a huge thanks. To try and name everyone who had a hand in the highly No way! We’re not successful Junior Livestock Expo is impossible. But at the going to throw in risk of getting myself into trouble, I need to point out at least a few. the towel. These kids New Mexico Wool Growers’ President James Duffy and his are going to show.” family, Roswell, put in huge amounts of time to be sure that everything ran smoothly from entries to results. Wool Growers’ 2nd Vice President Shad Cox, Corona, was there with them every step of the way. The Junior Livestock Foundation and auctioneer Shane Hall made sure that the Expo Sale was a barn-burner bringing in Supreme Champion Heifer, Cash Spindle more than $620,000 for New Mexico’s rural youth. At press time we didn’t have a buyers list, but those folks will be recognized in a future issue. While the event may not have been the shot heard around the world, it is no small rural New Mexico matter. The Washington Post carried a story on September 26 that included this quote: “I don’t know what unfolded in the last few weeks, but I know this wasn’t the original plan,” beef cattle judge Dan Shike said just before the JUDGES LIVESTOCK in Grand Drive. “You guys are fortunate that e; Goat-Dust tle-Dan ShikJason Simpson; at C b there was a group of people that said, Coufal; Lam rett Davis; Dairy‘No way! We’re not going to throw in the Swine -Jar ret Boer Ger towel. These kids are going to show.’ ”

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Junior Beef Showmanship Champion, Addie Laferty

Special Thanks to New Mexico State Fair Queen Deann e Guthrie, Curry County

Grand Champion Lamb, Tristan Salopek

Reserve Grand Champion Lamb, Jayde Perea

Champion Market Goat, Jayde Perea

Novice Beef Showmanship Champion, Rhett Smith

Grand Champion Swine, James Branson Willoughby

Reserve Grand Champion Swine, Tristan Salopek

Reserve Champion Market Goat, Taylor Ramirez

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Rodeo’s Weekend Warriors Return to Heart of Arizona

2021 Turquoise Circuit Finals

November 5 & 6, 2021 Camp Verde Arena 1495 E. Hideout Area Lane Camp Verde, Arizona Performance 1–7:00 p.m. November 5 InauguralExceptionalRodeo– 9:30 a.m. November 6 Performance 2–Matinee * 1:00 p.m. November 6 Performance 3–7:00 p.m. November 6

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2021 Turquoise Circuit Finals Inaugural Exceptional Rodeo

omprised of rodeos and athletes in New Mexico and Arizona, the Turquoise Circuit is part of the circuit system devised by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The TCF is a championship event. The 2021 Championship Rodeo will kick off with the Exceptional Rodeo on November 6 at 9:30 a.m. in the Camp Verde Arena, 1495 E. Hideout Area Lane, Camp Verde, Arizona. This Inaugural Exceptional Rodeo will be a unique program to allow exceptional kids of all ages to participate in rodeo-themed games and activities from the professional cowboys and cowgirls, rodeo royalty, and youth rodeo athletes. Each participant is give encouragement and individual assistance throughout each activity. At the end of the event, a special awards ceremony will be held to recognize everyone’s involvement and celebrate their unique abilities. There are only 30 spaces available and registration MUST take place on line at www.turquoisecircuitfinalsrodeo.com. There is no charge to participate in the Exceptional Rodeo. Each participant will receive one voucher which can be redeemed for one ticket at the 1:00 p.m. rodeo on Saturday, November 6

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he RAM Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo (TCFR) will be held in Camp Verde, Arizona, this year. The event features rodeo athletes from Arizona and New Mexico in rodeo action November 4 through 6, with two performances on November 6, including a matinee. The TCFR is part of the circuit system of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The TCFR is a Championship event, bringing nearly the top 100 rodeo athletes into the Camp Verde region, competing for approximately $175,000 in prize money, during an action-packed rodeo weekend. Circuit cowboys are known as ‘weekend warriors,’ competing at about 20 rodeos across Arizona and New Mexico in hopes of earning a qualification spot at the TCFR and for the opportunity to vie for a chance to qualify into the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo. The event will feature world champions, ‘weekend warriors,’ along with up-and-coming athletes looking to win a spot to compete at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo. Every performance will include bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, breakaway roping, barrel racing, and bull riding. “Turquoise Circuit rodeo athletes are talented and compete all year in hopes of qualifying to this championship event,” said Turquoise Circuit President Jim Dewey Brown, “this is a family-friendly event, and we showcase the best rodeo cowboys and cowgirls in Arizona and New Mexico.” General admission and premium seats are available for all three rodeo performances. Tickets are available, and prices start at just $15 (additional fees may apply). Tickets are available online at https://www.turquoisecircuitfinalsrodeo.com.

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Turquoise Circuit Standings Late September With one rodeo to go before the Circuit Finals, here are the Circuit Standings: All Around 1. Seth Hall, Albuquerque, NM 2. Paden Bray, Stephenville, TX 3. Evan Betony, Tonalea, AZ Bareback Riding 1. Even Betony, Tonalea, AZ 2. Rio Lee, Benson, AZ 3. Tolman Moore, Las Cruces, NM 4. Matt Tuni, Dennehotso, AZ 5. Luke Creasy, Hobbs, NM 6. Cyle Charley, Lukachukia, AZ 7. Wyatt Hancock, Taylor, AZ Saddle Bronc Riding 1. Leon Fountain, Socorro, NM 2. Ross Griffin, Tularosa, NM 3. Creighton Curley, Allentown, AZ Bull Riding 1. JC Mortenson, Paulden, AZ 2. Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, NM 3. Evan Betony, Tonalea, AZ Steer Wrestling 1. Wyatt Jurney, Las Cruces, NM 2. Clayton Tuchscherer, Las Cruces, NM 3. Jace Melvin, Fort Pierre, SD Team Roping Headers 1. Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, AZ

2. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, AZ 3. Michael Calmelat, Tucson, AZ Team Roping Heelers 1. Paden Bray, Stephenville, TX 2. TJ Brown, Payson, AZ 3. Colter Todd, Willcox, AZ Tie-Down Roping 1. Seth Hall, Albuquerque, NM 2. Kalai Nobriga, Kealakelua, HI 3. Joseph Parsons, Marana AZ Barrel Race 1. Tarryn Lee, St. David, AZ .2 Sarah Kieckhefer, Prescott, AZ 3. Jaime Hinton, Wittmann, AZ 4. Jana Bean, Ft. Hancock, Texas 5. Sharon Harrell, Wickenburg, AZ 6. Kaitlin Schuck (R), Wickenburg, AZ 7. Tara Seaton (R), Winslow, AZ 8. Shannon McReynolds, La Luz, NM 9. Christina Gould, Williams, AZ 10. Carly Todd, Willcox, AZ Break Away Roping 1. Tibba Smith, Hobbs, NM 2. TiAda Gray, Portales, NM 3. Bailey Bates, Tohatchi, NM 4. Maddy Deerman, Hope, NM 5. Leigh Ann Billingsley (G), Phoenix, AZ 6. Nicole Baggarley, Las Cruces, NM 7. Bethanie Shofner, Las Cruces, NM 8. Abby Medlin, Tatum, NM 9. Shawnee Sherwood, San Tan Valley, AZ 10. McKenzie Frizzel, Cochise, AZ

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Up Coming Rodeos

Grand Canyon Pro Rodeo Association Helzapoppin Hassampa River Round Up October 8 & 9, 2021 Buckeye, AZ Benson Butterfield Days October 9 & 10, 2021 Benson, Arizona

Baca Rodeo Renegade 2021 Tour October 15 & 16, 2021 Landmark Mercantile Mesquite, New Mexico New Mexico High School Rodeo Association & Junior High School Rodeo Association October 23 & 24, 2021 Landmark Mercantile – Las Cruces, NM 8:00 a.m. Saturday/ 8:00 a.m. Sunday Arizona High School Rodeo Association & Junior High School Rodeo Association October 14, 2021 – Arizona State Fair – High School Only! October 16 & 17, 2021 – Taylor, Arizona Nov 20 & 21, 2021 – Willcox, Arizona New Mexico Rodeo Association Finals October 23 & 24, 2021 Grants, New Mexico 68th Annual Cinch Roping Fiesta October 29 through 31, 2021 San Angelo, Texas Shad vs Tuf Matched Roping October 30, 2021 San Angelo, Texas $20,000 Purse Turquoise Circuit Finals November 5 & 6, 2021 Camp Verde, Arizona

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NM & AZ National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers

ith about 14 hours to go to win more qualifying money before the midnight September 30, 2021 deadline, it looks like three New Mexicans and three Arizonans will be running behind their state flags at the PRCA National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2 through the 11, 2021. Only the top 15 in each event win the opportunity to compete 10 straights for hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money. Those qualifiers are: #2 Team Roper, Header, Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Arizona #11 Team Roper, Header, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Arizona #10 Team Roper, Heeler, Logan Medlin, Tatum, New Mexico #3 Tie Down Roper, Shad Mayfield, Clovis, New Mexico #8 Break Away Roper, Danielle Lowman, Gilbert, Arizona #13 Break Away Roper, Nicole Baggarley, Las Cruces, New Mexico

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In the Arena: NM Jr. High & HS Rodeo by Sage Faulkner

he New Mexico fall junior high and high school rodeo season is under way! Fort Sumner hosted the season opener August 28 and 29, and the beautiful facility and abundance of talented rodeo kids made for a full weekend. Over two hundred student athletes participate in the combined junior high and high school rodeo association and hail from all over New Mexico. Rodeos are held Saturdays and Sundays, with junior high and high school events running together. When two arenas are available, events may run concurrently. Hobbs hosted the second rodeo of the season, September 11 and 12. Hobbs student event directors included a heartfelt and beautiful tribute to the thirteen fallen US soldiers lost in Afghanistan on Sunday morning. Results posted below. Artesia will be the third fall season rodeo, October 2 and 3, and the final rodeo will be October 23 and 24 at Landmark Mercantile, 12000 Stern Drive, Mesquite, New Mexico. Shooting sports are the day prior to the

rodeo events, depending on the location and available facilities. Cutting and Reined Cow Horse events are also usually the day prior to the rodeos, although the first two cutting events were held in early September in Moriarty, in conjunction with an NCHA event. Updates and results can be found at www.NMHSRA.com. Interested students can also find information about membership requirements and links to the national site, along with the event rule book and event director contact information. Good luck to the student athletes on a successful fall season in the arena!

Results: Hobbs, NMHSRA, September 11-12 Average Winners Bull Riding: Damien Wood Saddle Bronc: Monte Faulkner Tie Down Roping: Samuel Balsamo Steer Wrestling: Zane Cline Team Roping: Evann Segura & Cole Wilson Barrels: Rylee Grace Abel Pole Bending: Shaeden Marr Goat Tying: McKinzee Shiver Breakaway: Kadin Jodie Girls Cutting: McKinzee Shiver Boys Cutting: Sterlin Mitchell Reined Cow Horse: Sterlin Mitchell Light Rifle: Meason Ybarra Trap Shooting: Caleb Delk Boys All-Around: Sterlin Mitchell Girls All-Around: McKinzee Shiver Hobbs, NMJHSRA, September 11-12 Average Winners Bull Riding: Noah Gonzales Steer Saddle Bronc Riding: Hardy Osborn Tie Down Roping: Reno Scribner Chute Dogging: Reno Scribner Team Roping: Macen Segura & Rance Rathjen Barrels: Caydence Roberts

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30 x 30 Begins: Game & Fish Purchases New Property in SE New Mexico

n September 23 the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) was joined by members of the State Game Commission, NGL Energy Partners LP, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department Secretary Sarah Cottrell Propst and members of the public to cut the ribbon on a newly purchased property for the benefit of the lesser prairie chicken, other grassland birds, pronghorn and grassland habitats. The acquisition of the Pipkin Ranch, located about 40 miles southeast of Fort Sumner was made possible through a public-private partnership with NGL Energy Partners and funds generated through the sale of fishing and hunting licenses. This 7,500 acre purchase connects two existing Department properties, creating over 10,000 continuous acres dedicated to New Mexico’s grassland wildlife. “I’d like to thank the sportsmen and sportswomen of New Mexico and our NGL partners for their contributions to conservation,” said NMDGF Director Mike Sloane. “This public-private partnership is an example of the positive work that can occur when we all recognize the value of conservation. I am excited to have been a part of this effort and believe that it will stand as an example going forward as we begin to implement the 30 x 30 initiative recently advanced by the governor.” Game Commission Chairwoman Sharon Salazar Hickey said, “Purchasing and maintaining property, such as this ranch, provide a great example of conserving wildlife habitat.” She added, “To the average eye, the Pipkin Ranch might look like rolling grassland with little value; but to the lesser prairie chicken it is a chance for growth – an important conservation stronghold!” The lesser prairie chicken is an iconic American grouse species that is being considered for federal listing under the Endangered Species Act. The lesser prairie chicken tends to occupy native grasslands and prairies. One of the primary causes for concern for the lesser prairie chicken is loss

of habitat. Matthias Sayer, with NGL Energy Partners, said, “Given our land ownership and lease holdings in New Mexico, it was organic and natural that we engage with Game and Fish, and started talking about wildlife conservation not only on our properties and those we manage but across the State.” This public-private partnership came about just days before Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s 30 x 30 initiative was issued. Sayer quoted from Governor Lujan Grisham’s executive order Protecting New Mexico’s Land, Watersheds, Wildlife and

Natural Heritage, “Voluntary practices implemented by land managers, including private landowners and leaseholders, on working lands (both private and public) provide opportunities to support broader restoration activities, improve watershed health, create resilience in rural and urban communities, add value to the food chain and food security and contribute to the state’s outdoor recreation and eco-tourism economy.” Sayer continued, “That is exactly what has been done here today and we are happy to be a part of it.”

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Class Action Lawsuit Against Beef Processors Proceeds by Jacqui Fatka, Beef

federal judge in Minnesota ordered a class action lawsuit against JBS, Tyson, National Beef and Cargill to

proceed. In the ruling, Judge John R. Tunheim found that plaintiffs have plausibly plead that defendants conspired to suppress the price of fed cattle and increase the price of beef. “We are pleased the effort to restore pricing transparency and competitiveness to the cattle markets is moving forward in the courtroom. This case is nearly two-anda-half years old, and we look forward to the next step in the litigation,” comments Rob Larew, National Farmers Union president, which is a plaintiff in the case. The case now enters the discovery phase

of the trial, where evidence and information will be presented to demonstrate how packers violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Packers and Stockyards Act and the Commodity Exchange Act. The class-action antitrust lawsuit was originally filed in April 2019 by R-CALF USA though its counsels Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, along with Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP. USA’s antitrust action alleges the four processors violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by engaging in a price-fixing conspiracy. It also alleges the entities violated the Packers and Stockyards Act as well as the Commodity Exchange Act. “As the case moves to discovery, NFU will continue to hold the packers accountable. Malfeasance in the cattle markets has been very damaging to independent farmers and ranchers, and we look forward to continuing to advocate for our members in the courtroom,” Larew adds. A public version of the order will be available at a later date, according to plaintiffs.

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You’re Invited ! December 8, 9, 10 2021

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Ag Science Fair & Public Speaking Contests

Ana county had two junior buckle winners: Shelby Pfiefer, age 8, and Divia Summers, age 10, both competed for the first time ever, and did an amazing job.

n September 11, 2021 the New Mexico State Fair held the second annual Agricultural Science Fair and Public Speaking Contests. Texico FFA continued their tradition of domination with three of the public speaking buckles won by Texico students. The ag teacher there, Chris Flanagan has done a great job of recruiting community mentors to work with the students. Remington Hunt and little brother Rigby Hunt both won Champions in Senior and Junior categories, respectively. Incidentally, the contest also allowed their big sister, Monet Hunt, a chance to practice for the upcoming National FFA Public speaking contest. This success was rounded out by Texico’s Jayda Goodman, Reserve Champion Public Speaking. Dona

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Reserve Senior Champion Myra Olivas

Senior Champion Zia Miller

Zia Miller, representing Las Cruces FFA, and Reina Ivey, also from Dona Ana County, won the Junior and Senior categories, with both of them winning the Agricultural Science Fair Contest. Bryson Klinger, of Tucumcari FFA, and continued on page 9 0 >>

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Rancho De Santa Barbara . . 26 Redd Summit Rangeland Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 94 ReneSola Power . . . . . . . . 52 Republic Ranches, LLC . . . . 73 Reverse Rocking R Ranch . . 46 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . .65, 76 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . 26, 68 Robertson Livestock . . . . . 65

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Articles inside

NM Junior Livestock Expo — One for the Ages

Turquoise Circuit Finals

NM Cattle Growers’ Association Heritage Buckle Awards

Southern NM State Fair Public Speaking Contest

FMCSA Extends Livestock Hours-of-Service Exemptions

Real Estate Guide

Marketplace

Preconditionings - Why it Pays

Where’s the Cheap Beef?

In Memoriam

Bradley 3 Ranch Earns Certified Angus Beef Sustainability Award

Riding Herd

US Dairy Industry Advances

New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn

Collectors Corner

Muddying the Clean Water Act

Ute Creek Cattle Company Received First New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award

Sustainabilty and Super Pandemics The Connection

Inspector of the Year Nominations Sought

View from the Backside

New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers

On the Edge of Common Sense

AHA Annual Meeting & Educational Forum October

New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle

Purina Millis & Cattle Growers’ Scholarships

Answering the Call to Quality

Wit & Wisdom

State Land Office Proposes Rule Change to Protect Cultural Properties

NMDA’ State Metrology Lab Receives Top Accuracy Certification