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CONTENTS

APRIL/MAY 2019 VOL. 3 • ISSUE 4 YOUR INDUSTRY ADVOCATE SINCE 1913 1320 CAPITOL ST. NE, SUITE 150 SALEM, OR 97301 (503) 361-8941 • WWW.ORCATTLE.COM

OCA LEADERSHIP

PRESIDENT

Nathan Jackson, Myrtle Creek..... (541) 591-2758 PRESIDENT-ELECT

Tom Sharp, Burns.........................(541) 589-3317

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TREASURER

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Todd Nash, Joseph.......................(541) 263-0426 AT LARGE VICE PRESIDENT

Jacob Bingham, North Powder..........(541)403-1735 DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTS DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 1

James Collins Mitchell (541) 980-0508

Chris Christensen Vale (541) 473-3096

DISTRICT 5

DISTRICT 2

Cheryl Martin North Powder (541) 898-2361

Joe Villagrana Paisley (541) 363-2989

DISTRICT 3

DISTRICT 6

Billy Hoyt Cottage Grove (541) 517-7863

Andy VanderPlaat Pendleton (541) 969-9162

DISTRICT 7

Joe Steere,Grand Ronde (971) 237-4728

OCA STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jerome Rosa • Jerome.Rosa@orcattle.com OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Anne Kinsey • oca@orcattle.com DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Robyn Smith Robyn.Smith@orcattle.com

EDITORIAL CONTENT

Oregon Cattlemen’s Association LAYOUT & DESIGN Stevie Ipsen • stevie.ipsen@gmail.com (208) 996-4922 Lisa Brendlen • (916) 444-0845 ADVERTISING Matt Macfarlane m3cattlemarketing@gmail.com (916) 803-3113

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FINGER ON THE PULSE

by Executive Director Jerome Rosa

One of the first procedures done when going to the doctor’s office is to have your pulse taken. Taking your pulse is an important indicator of one’s basic current health status.

The same type of exercise is utilized in the state capitol not only daily, but often on a minute to minute basis. Our situation in the capitol is constantly changing, not only with legislators and agencies, but also with other lobbyists and our constituents.

For a variety of reasons, people routinely change their position on an issue and if we are not aware of those changes, a vote or position we thought was secure, may in fact, not be currently accurate. Attorney Rocky Dallum, who studies legislation for OCA is in the capitol nearly all day every day keeping track of the pulse. I am also in the capitol daily during the legislative session. Rocky and I meet and correspond regularly throughout the day from early morning to late in the evening, usually by text messages or email.

Unfortunately promises in the capitol can often be very fickle and a conflicting position by one person on the same issue happens quite often. Being in the heart of calving season right now for many of you holds many similarities to legislative session.

You all know to keep a very close eye on first time calving heifers, and you’ll jump in to assist early if need be. Same

thing happens with new legislators, lobbyists and agency folks. We keep a very close eye on them realizing that things can go bad very rapidly due to lack of experience. Then there are cows that may have had several calves but always need assistance to have a healthy calf. This also occurs in Salem, though the individual may have been around a while it is necessary to keep an eye on them because they usually are a problem.

Finally, thank goodness we have ole’ reliable. She is the cow that breeds back on time every year and has a healthy calf without issue. We really appreciate ole’ reliable and all that she does for us without requiring much attention. We have several legislators, lobbyists and agency folks in the capitol that fall into this category and we are EXTREMELY grateful to them and we know that they always have our backs and understand our issues and concerns.

The Ag, Timber and Natural Resource lobbies are a strong and formidable unit in Salem, even in this dark blue state of Oregon. Please feel free to reach out to me anytime with thoughts or concerns regarding all issues you face in your business. We thoroughly enjoy helping our members and fighting to preserve their rights and way of life. Please encourage your family, friends and neighbors to join OCA. Without your membership we will not be able to keep up the fight and keep our finger on the pulse!

(L to R): Jerome Rosa, Rep. Greg Walden, Bob Skinner, Matt McElligott, John O’Keeffe, Jane O’Keeffe and Eastern Oregon University student and NCBA Intern Juniper Cosner, during the NCBA Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. 6 WWW.ORCATTLE.COM April • May 2019

Karen and Bob Skinner with Jerome Rosa at the State Capitol following Bob’s testimony on fire mitigation in Oregon.

OCA COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP ANIMAL HEALTH & BRAND COMMITTEE

John Flynn, Lakeview.......................(541) 947-4534 ASSOCIATE COUNCIL

Greg Roush, La Pine........................(541) 954-6397 BEEF CATTLE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

Jon Elliott, Medford...........................(541) 601-5622

PAST OCA PRESIDENTS

John O’Keeffe, Ray Sessler, Curtis Martin, Bill Hoyt, Bill Moore, Sharon Livingston, Coy Cowart, Bob M. Skinner, John Hays, Sharon Beck, Fred Otley, Mack Birkmeyer, Lynn Lundquist, Don Gomes, Bill Wolfe, Robert H. Skinner, Louis Randall, Sam Dement, Ray French, William Ross, Bert Hawkins, Ernie Davis, Charlie Otley, Fred Phillips, Denny Jones, Larry Williams, Bill Marshall, Walt Schrock, Don Hotchkiss, Irvin Mann, Jr., Kent Magruder, George Russell, Garland Meador, J.C. Cecil, William Kittridge, Harry Stearns, O.J. Hotchkiss, Sherman Guttridge, Herbert Chandler, Wayne Stewart, Warren Snider, Herman Oliver, William Steward, Fred Phillips, W.A. Pollman

ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMITTEE

Tom Sharp, Burns.............................(541) 589-3317 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Tom Sharp, Burns.............................(541) 589-3317 MARKETING COMMITTEE

Zach Wilson, North Powder..............(541) 898-2288 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Co-Chair Rusty Inglis, Princeton...................... (541) 493-2117 Co-Chair Myron Miles, North Powder..............(541) 898-2140 OREGON CATTLE-PAC

Vacant OCA YOUNG CATTLEMEN’S COMMITTEE

Alec Oliver, Seneca..........................(541) 620-4098 PRIVATE LANDS COMMITTEE

Craig Herman, Bandon.....................(503) 347-0699 PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE

Matt McElligott, North Powder..........(541) 805-8210 RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE

Mary Woodworth, Adel.....................(541) 219-0245 WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Curtis Martin, North Powder.............(541) 962-9269 WILDLIFE COMMITTEE

Dennis Sheehy, Wallowa.................(541) 398-0224 WOLF TASK COMMITTEE

Western Region, Veril Nelson...........(541) 643-9759 Eastern Region, Rodger Huffman....(541) 805-1617 SCIENCE ADVISOR

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LEGISLATIVE LIAISON SPRING BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

by Rocky Dallum

With Spring in full bloom and the legislative session at its peak, OCA and members spent much of March drafting comments, traveling to Salem (and elsewhere), testifying on bills and budgets, and negotiating a wide range of proposals. With session scheduled to adjourn in late June, it is still unclear how several major issues will resolve.

Most importantly, Spring Quarterly and the Cattlewomen’s Tri-Tip lunch on March 28 was a huge success! The coordination of events gave us the opportunity to feed the masses in the Capitol, raise awareness of our industry with leaders and policy makers, and coordinate internally and with our allies on current issues. With the support of several legislators, we also scheduled hearings on a range of elk damage bills as well, allowing greater presence of membership to tell their stories of exploding elk populations directly to the legislature.

On that note, OCA has a robust agenda in 2019.

While publication came before the first deadline in April and our success is still unclear, we have built positive momentum on a variety of issues that can assist our members. As mentioned above, in addition to our work to build better flexibility and consistency in managing elk damage (Senate Bills 301, 303 and 398, HB 3227), we spent much of March coordinating with stakeholders on regulatory assistance for tide gate owners on the coast (HB 2979 and SB 812). We also have worked closely with legislators from the coast to modernize the statutes for annexing livestock districts (HB 3365). Of course, we continue to advocate for better data and funding for the wolf deterrence and loss compensation (HB 2746). We thank all the legislators 8

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for assistance thus far in drafting and moving these important bills.

Our work is not limited to our own bills. OCA has joined our agriculture, natural resources and broader business allies on bills they support. From the Oregon Ag Heritage Program, to OSU Extension Services, to reform of tax on farm and ranch equipment, we are supporting a wide variety of bills that benefit our industry. Not all will pass, of course, but while OCA does not lead every issue, we provide public support, technical review and feedback, and strategy on these issues with our partners.

While we would love to focus solely on the bills we draft and support, the bulk of OCA’s legislative work is in expressing concerns over other proposals. Front and center is the evolving debate over carbon policy and “cap & trade” (HB 2020). We have also worked closely on changes to veterinary board oversight over animal husbandry (SB 70), Fish & Wildlife discretion over access to wildlife data (HB 2841), public access to waterways (HB 2835), reporting of water usage (HB 2851 and HB 2854), and CAFO fees and regulation (HB 2061, SB 103 and 104).

Our next edition of Oregon Cattleman should have a final report of the resolution of the cap & trade discussions, new tax proposals, and the final approved state budget. Your continued engagement through session is critical to our work, whether sharing concerns with OCA staff, calls and emails to legislators, and trips to Salem to work on these important issues.

Thank you to all of you who have traveled to Salem to support Oregon’s ranching families and our work in the Capitol.

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Do What You Do Well

How BQA can improve your operation

by OCA Beef Improvement Committee Chair Jon Elliott

The Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program began under a different name in the 1970s with the goal of assuring that beef went to the consumer free of chemical residues. From that beginning BQA evolved as a program to address the general quality of beef as it entered the commerce stream.

In 1991, the first National Beef Quality Audit was conducted, to little fanfare. In 1995, the Market Cow and Bull Beef Quality Audit was released and, finally, the cattle industry began to take a hard look at itself.

The Audit found that we were doing a poor job of practicing cattle handling protocols, a poor job of administering injections and a poor job of protecting cattle from bruising during loading and shipping, among other things. Those findings lead to a national BQA training and certification program administered through the Beef Checkoff and the State Beef Councils.

The goal was to teach us how to assure that the cattle that went from our operations into the food chain were not damaged by something we had – or had not – done.

There were several BQA training and certification classes conducted at OCA meetings.

Since then, there has been an audit completed about every five years, with the last one, the BQA Steer and Heifer Quality Audit, released in 2017. Each time an audit has been completed the resulting numbers have improved, but after the initial push for improvement the increments have been small. I’m not sure why some of us still blast vaccines into muscle in the rump. I don’t know why some seem to not care that calves arrive at their next destination bruised and highly stressed and primed for sickness. Certainly it’s not all of us who are guilty, but enough of us are that, as an industry, we still have these problems.

Even though it has been almost 25 years since the industry got serious about BQA, and almost 25 years since training and certification programs started, the problem is serious enough that three of the biggest packers in the country—Tyson, National and Cargill—as of Jan. 1, 2019, are requiring that the

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cattle they receive come from BQA certified suppliers (in most instances these suppliers are feedlots.)

This decision is the result of pressure brought

by Wendy’s and McDonald’s and other big buyers of beef. McDonald’s buys more beef than anyone else in the world. We can argue about who these buyers are listening to, but it really doesn’t matter.

The packers are hearing from sources they respect (or fear) that beef and eggs and chicken and pork are all produced in less than humane conditions and that producers care little about animal welfare. We can argue, but we don’t seem to be winning that argument, especially when negative examples are easy to find and our detractors have the ear of the biggest buyers of our product. Tyson, National and Cargill and undoubtedly others are protecting their businesses by listening to their customers and then demanding that we do a better job of what we do. We can blame them, or we can do what we all should have been doing all along; we can stop blasting vaccine into rump muscle, we can learn how to load a trailer, we can work toward having our cattle as ready as possible to move on to the next phase of their lives, which doesn’t necessarily mean pre-weaning. Our arguments have been that no one is paying us to do these things and that it isn’t you or me doing the detrimental things, it’s the other guys.

A long time ago I was visiting a friend in another state and we went to one of his neighbor’s branding.

These neighbors were all “other guys;” even the girls were “other guys.” The animal welfare folks could have taken enough incriminating photos of abuse to last for years. I was appalled. My friend was used to it. They all thought I was way too careful but that I was good at knife castrating bull calves so that’s what I did all day.

My friend had been around these people his whole everyone that is interested at the OCA annual meeting life and when he would suggest they lighten up a little in Bend on Nov. 21. You need not be registered for they all thought he was joking. He had installed a calf the convention to attend the certification training, but table a few years earlier and didn’t any longer have we’ll be glad if you want to attend the convention too. neighbors come to big brandings.

No matter how many cows you have, a few or many, Are we getting paid to practice BQA protocols? To you are welcome. If you don’t own cattle but your job me that’s like asking, are we getting paid to treat our involves cattle, you are welcome. We will publish more children with care and respect? Do some of us think details as we get closer to the convention. it costs more to load a trailer properly or haul a load But don’t wait until November. I think that most of properly? Do some of us wean onto the truck because you know where you can improve your cattle handling we think it costs us more to prepare our calves for the and treatment practices. You don’t need to wait to be next stage of their lives? Apparently some of us do. certified before you make those changes. If you are We hear that buyers pay a premium for rougher than necessary, try to back off some. If you backgrounded calves. We hear that weaned on diesel aren’t giving injections in the neck area look online for smoke calves are penalized by buyers. Those may information about appropriate sites and techniques and both be true, but neither is obvious when you analyze begin using them. Remind your work and branding the auction yard sales or the video sales results. My crews to have respect for the animals. Don’t be bashful experience is that cattle that look good will sell better about holding truck drivers to a high standard when than cattle that look not so good; that calves that loading and hauling your cattle, especially if the look healthy but are thin sell better than calves that loader and hauler is you. are healthy but fatter; that uniform lots or groups sell In the end, these things have nothing to do with better than not uniform lots or small groups or singles; BQA or the big packers or the do gooder crowd. They that people’s cattle get a reputation over the years and have to do with our responsibility and obligation to their calves and other cattle sell with that reputation treat all of our cattle with respect and to assure that in mind, possibly with either a premium or a penalty. their lives are as pain and stress free as possible.

Nobody, as far as I know, certifies that BQA certified Mark Nov. 21 on your calendar and plan to attend cattle are actually raised under those protocols. In the the BQA sessions in Bend. long run, I think our cattle are pretty much sold for what they are worth.

Cattle buyers as a group are a pretty savvy bunch, whether it’s buying pot loads or singles, pre-conditioned or weaned onto the truck, scared to death of everything or calm as can be.

Now that packers are requiring The Oregon Cattlemen’s Stewardship Fund Scholarships are BQA certification from their available to current OCA members and members of their family! immediate suppliers, that program Applicants must be a college sophomore, junior, senior or graduate level will undoubtedly filter down to us in student and enrolled full-time at a community college or university for one way or another when the feedlot the 2019-2020 academic year. folks are required to certify that the All majors may apply; however, some relevance to the livestock industry cattle they take in are BQA certified. must be demonstrated.

I think we should welcome the requirement and that we should all Scholarships totaling up to $5,000 will be awarded for the 2019-2020 do what’s right by our cattle. academic year. All recipients will be notified of their award by mail no I urge you all to get BQA certified later than May 30, 2019. or re-certified if your certification Recipients will be announced at the annual mid-year conference in June. period has lapsed and that each of All recipients are encouraged to attend the dinner banquet and will you take the lessons to heart. Our receive free registration for the conference if they choose to attend. animals deserve much more, but certainly not less.

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U.S BEEF SHOWCASED IN MAJOR ASIAN VENUE

Facing growing competition in Japan and other Asian markets, USMEF promoted U.S. red meat by offering new dishes and fresh ideas for U.S. beef and pork to importers, distributors, processors, foodservice operators and retailers attending the annual FOODEX trade show in Tokyo. Funding by the USDA Market Access Program (MAP), the Beef Checkoff Program and the National Pork Board, connected USMEF members to thousands of potential customers who sampled U.S. beef and pork inside the show’s USA Pavilion.

Attendance for the four-day event was estimated to be 80,500 people – a 10 percent increase over 2018.

Vendor participation was higher as well, and USMEF Vice President for International Marketing Programs Greg Hanes said an increase in competition at the 2019 show was quite noticeable.

Strategies to promote U.S. beef at FOODEX this year included the introduction of Idaho finger steak, nuggets of steak fried to create bite-sized morsels.

USMEF developed special panels and recipe cards and distributed them to FOODEX attendees.

USMEF also promoted U.S. beef at FOODEX in an “American beef virtual tour: Farm to Table,” a display where visitors were able to see an example of an authentic American ranch and feedlot through a virtual reality video program. The one-hour video, produced by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association through support from the Beef Checkoff Program and the Iowa Beef Industry Council, was designed to present U.S. beef production practices.

On behalf of U.S. pork, USMEF introduced to FOODEX visitors its Mitsuboshi, or “Three-starred American Pork,” campaign that was launched late last year. The promotion focuses on three advantages of U.S. pork: tenderness, tastiness and juiciness.

At its booth, outfitted with a small kitchen, USMEF served U.S. pork tenderloin tonkatsu and grilled salt pork prepared with a low-temperature cooking method. U.S. pork fried back rib and loin steak with special sauce developed by a Michelin-starred French chef were also serveTo learn more about how USMEF is showcasing U.S. beef globally, visit www.usmef.org.

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COWS ARE NOT THE ENEMY

SHARING OUR MESSAGE WITH A MISINFORMED PUBLIC

by OCA Director of Communications Robyn Smith Last month, freshman Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced a Green New Deal resolution highlighting hopes and dreams for accomplishing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within a 10-year time frame. It sounds pretty good on paper — an idealized conception of creating millions of high-wage jobs, investing in infrastructure and industry and promoting justice for “vulnerable communities” — all while meeting 100 percent power demand through zero-emission energy sources. But the Green New Deal fails to state how the government will realistically enact, enforce or accomplish those goals.

Agricultural communities are in alarm. Similar to Oregon’s proposed cap and trade bill, familyowned farms and ranches would be negatively and disproportionately impacted by the Green New Deal.

In regard to agriculture, the resolution outlines removing greenhouse gases completely from the sector, creating soil carbon reduction, furthering land preservation and decreasing wildfires. Has anyone asked agricultural communities to weigh in on these topics?

Proponents of this resolution, including Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Sen. Ron Wyden, who both signed on in support, must recognize agricultural communities have been tackling these issues and are champions of environmental stewardship. Cattle in particular, should be seen as an answer and not the enemy when it comes to climate change.

Results from a beef life-cycle analysis published in January in the journal Agricultural Systems showed only 3.3 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gases are emitted from cattle. The total of all agricultural emissions amounts to 9 percent. Colin Woodall, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vice President of Government Affairs, notes beef producers have made substantial progress in environmental concerns over the years, such as producing the same amount of beef with 33 percent fewer cattle, compared to 1970.

Yet, a document from Ocasio-Cortez’s office said, “We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.” Though humorous, make no mistake, this is a glimpse of the attack on this nation’s cattle industry.

Cattle are natural stewards of the land. Grazing cattle, when appropriately managed, can help grass regrowth,

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capturing carbon from the atmosphere and keeping it stored in the soil, researchers at Michigan State University have found. Environmental activists searching for soil carbon storage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should look no further than a herd of cattle. Grazing cattle ROBYN SMITH produce food and fiber for healthy soil, provide nutrient storage, erosion prevention and improved water quality.

The resolution mentions the concern of wildfires.

Ranchers own grazing allotments and obtain permits to graze their cattle on public lands, and in doing so, cattle reduce fire fuels. When rangelands are overgrown or mismanaged there is an increase in fires and the rate at which they spread; cattle grazing can help suppress wildfire growth.

Last year, wildfires devastated over 800,000 acres of land in Oregon. The 2018 wildfire season in California alone emitted 68 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Decreasing carbon emissions should start with improved forest management and fire-fuel suppression to reduce wildfires.

Think of how increased taxes and regulations on agriculture will impact the everyday citizen — grocery bills will skyrocket. Food scarcity and job loss may be an inevitable result if the cost of farming and ranching outweighs the benefit. Each farmer in the state on average produces enough food in a year for 130 people, allowing 98 percent of the population to do something other than worry about food production.

The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association does not support the Green New Deal. We believe that those who research the economic and social impact that this resolution would have on American citizens, farmers, ranchers and rural communities will come to the same conclusion.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This opinion letter was published in the Oregonian on March 13, 2019. The acceptance of this piece is a positive step forward in improving the platform for conservative, agricultural activism in Oregon’s largest newspaper.

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LOOKING FORWARD TO A BEEF HARVEST

by Shelby Filley, OSU Extension Service, Regional Livestock & Forages Specialist in Western Oregon

Raising and finishing calves for home harvest can be rewarding but there are several things to consider for an efficient process and excellent meat. The type and weight of calf, time of year to purchase, purchase price, rate of weight gain, feeding methods, and harvest date should all be carefully planned for the animal to be fed properly to meet your goals. This article discusses a few of the important factors on which I get many questions from people wanting to buy calves and finish them at home.

Depending on where in Oregon you are raising calves, there will be different scenarios for cattle and forage resources, which may differ from the scenarios described. However, the principles of cattle type, total gain necessary or rates of gain at different times over the growing period are similar, if not the same.

Visualize how the methods presented can be used in your specific condition for proactive management of your cattle.

Calves come in many sizes and shapes. Smallframed cattle are ready for harvest at a lighter weight and with less days on feed than medium or large-framed cattle.

Calculate frame size from hip height and age using tables or online calculators. Choose calves that have good beef characteristics with a lot of muscling ability rather than calves with more dairy characteristics.

If you purchase calves in the fall, the cost will be at a seasonal low because many cow-calf producers wean their calves in the fall and the market is flooded with a large supply. Conversely, we see prices at a seasonal high in the spring because few producers fall calve and spring wean their cattle. Most weaned calves will weigh 400-500 pounds.

Try to get individual weights on the animals you purchase. The price per pound is higher for lightweight calves compared to older calves in the 70016

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800 pound range. If you purchase an older, heavier calf it will cost you more total dollars to do so because someone else has put that extra weight on the animal.

First, select a target weight at which your beef animal will be ready for harvest. That weight should depend on its frame size and sex (See figure 1. Frame Size and Weight to Grade Choice). Then, use the current and target weight to calculate the total desired weight-gain.

Next, decide on an expected harvest date. You want the calf to develop muscle and lay down a proper amount of fat at a relatively early age for an acceptable carcass and tender meat. Your job will be to feed and manage the calf so that it finishes around 20 months of age. If it is grass finished, 18.3 months is a suggested target age. You may grow cattle to an older age, but there is significant risk of decreased tenderness if harvested over 30 months of age.

Determine the rate of gain over the growing and finishing period. Rate of gain (pounds per day) does not have to be the same over the entire period; it just

needs to be positive gain, especially at the end. To calculate the average daily gain (ADG) divide total pounds of gain needed by the number of days until harvest. This is the number of pounds per day the cattle should gain to reach the goals you set.

For example, if the starting weight of a steer is 515 pounds and the target weight is 1,200 pounds, then the total weight gain needed is 685 pounds If the beginning of the feeding period is November 1 and the target finish date is November of the following year, there will be 360 days to gain the desired weight. Average daily gain would need to be about 2 pounds per day. That is, ADG = 685 pounds/360 days = 1.9 pounds per day. If the calf is born in March, it would be 8 months old in November of the first year and 20 months old in November of the second year.

A typical scenario for growing calves in Oregon is to start on fall pastures, over-winter on harvested forages (good quality hay or baleage) where they gain at a slow rate (0.5 pound per day), then turn out weighing about 600 pounds onto non-irrigated, spring pastures to take advantage of abundant, high quality forages. There, they will gain an average of 2.5 pounds per day, but the daily gain may range anywhere between 1.0-4.0 pounds depending on the month. When the spring grass dries up, they often weigh about 750 pounds. These stocker cattle are normally sold to a feed lot where they finish in about 90 to 120 days on a ration consisting of grain, protein supplements and hay to keep their rumen functioning well.

However, if we keep these 750 pound calves at home to finish out ourselves, we have work to do. At this point in our scenario it is summertime and there are about 150 days to gain the 450 pounds to reach a target weight of 1,200 pounds. Calculate that out and you will find the cattle need to gain 3.0 pounds per day at a time when the grass is dry, and weather is hot.

Therefore, we see a different approach is necessary to reach our goals. One option: give the cattle more time to gain the weight, which means carrying them over another year and having issues with meat tenderness. Another option: feed a high energy, good protein ration so the cattle can make these large gains. It would take irrigated pasture and/ or supplements such as grain and seed meals. This is expensive and may be difficult to do in the heat of the summer.

A third option is to choose small-framed cattle to finish at a lighter weight (1,100 lb.) and at an earlier

date by improving the gain over the first winter.

This can be done by feeding fall and winter rations to increase the usual rate of gain from 0.5 pounds per day to about 1 pound per day. That way the calf is closer to 875 pounds at the beginning of summer and only needs to gain 225 pounds to reach target weight in 150 days (June to November). Calculate that and you will find the rate of gain is now less than 1.5 pounds per day. This is a more realistic option than the previous scenarios.

A set of scales is an important asset for you to track progress and make any necessary changes to livestock rations to reach goal weights. If you do not have your own scales, you might be able to take cattle to community scales or get mobile scales to your cattle. However, you may be able to reach your target weight without scales. Target weight is just a tool to help you properly finish cattle of certain frame scores. Hopefully, you have estimated the gain and fed properly to reach your goals. Either way, you could just keep feeding until the cattle are sufficiently fattened. You may assess this visually or by feeling for back fat thickness.

With any of the various ways and means of putting weight on our cattle, it is a challenge to figure out how to do it properly so that the finished product is what we want and when we want it. The process is a welcome task for those of us who enjoy feeding and watching our animals grow. Please contact me or another extension faculty if you need assistance with balancing rations to improve fall and winter gains.

See our Beef Nutrition Workbook at https:// catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em8883 for specifics on animal nutrient requirements for growing and finishing animals. Consider planting some drought tolerant or extended-season forages.

This will help increase the rate of gain over the summer and into the fall. Researchers at Oregon State University and private individuals are digging deep into Forage – Livestock scenarios and they already have some good suggestions for you. Look for future articles on this topic. Good luck growing and finishing your calves this year!

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EFFECTIVE PARASITE CONTROL BEGINS WITH KNOWLEDGE Strategic use of active ingredients offers promise in managing parasites from Zoetis

Using parasiticides in cattle without considering the active ingredients in those products presents dangers for an operation. Using different parasiticide active ingredients can extend the effectiveness of parasite control products and play a significant role in the management of healthier cattle.

Some common, yet misguided, management practices can lead to an operation unintentionally increasing resistance in parasites. One type of parasiticide — macrocyclic lactones — saw the first documented case of resistance approximately 14 years ago, and now Cooperia and Haemonchus parasites have been demonstrated as resistant to macrocyclic lactones in more than half of all operations examined.

Of course parasites must be dealt with, but producers need to find a balance in their management practices.

Here are three common active ingredient families and how they work to control parasites: • Benzimidazoles — This active ingredient family depletes energy reserves in parasite cells and inhibits the elimination of waste — actions that appear to play an essential role in having a lethal effect on worms because it prolongs the time the parasite is exposed to the drug.

• Macrocyclic lactones — Microscopic worms experience paralyzed pharynx, body wall and uterine muscle when exposed to macrocyclic lactones, which leads to death. This active ingredient works by binding to receptors that

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open up parts of the nematode to allow the influx of chemicals that cause the paralysis.

• Imidazothiazoles — This group of parasite control products stimulates muscle contractions in worms that leads to paralysis.

The judicious use of parasiticides with different modes of action will control parasites in a herd and also help keep products effective longer in the industry. Keep these tips in mind when developing a management plan for parasiticides: • Dosing is based on accurate weight.

Underdosing is a contributing factor to parasite resistance. Accurate weights help drive accurate dosing, which can help ensure product efficacy.

• Careful management practices. A growing trend calls for replacing the current practice of repeated dosing of whole groups of animals with a move to targeted selective treatments to animals showing clinical signs or reduced productivity.

• Use different active ingredients to reduce risk.

Most of the commonly used parasiticides are either benzimidazoles, macrocyclic lactones or imidazothiazoles. Thus, resistance to one particular compound may be accompanied by resistance to other members of the same group — also known as side-resistance.

Theoretically, resistance may be delayed by using products with different modes of action annually between dosing seasons.

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concentrated. Reactive nitrate losses accounted for 15 A new USDA Agricultural Research Service percent of the U.S. total, in the form of ammonia, which study finds greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. beef production and inputs are not “significant contributors” could lead to public health concerns.

Rotz’s team looked at reactive forms of nitrogen to climate change. The study, which began in 2013, from manure and urine through the "Integrated Farm measured the use of fuel, feed, forage, electricity, water, System Model" (IFSM). Over the next six months, fertilizer and other inputs to raise beef cattle from birth ARS will combine IFSM data with postharvest data to slaughter in seven major cattle-producing regions to provide a national assessment of the beef industry over five years. specifically looking at resource use, economics, net The goal was to establish a baseline for the beef industry to measure any potential changes to the sector's losses of GHG and other emissions. environmental footprint and improve AmMAD IN A D E ic 1 si e E I N A 2 nc r r sustainability. ARS Agricultural M e 19 e 1 ic e c 92 A m in 1 A s Engineer Alan Rotz led the study and used data from 2,270 survey responses and site visits across the nation.

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PUBLIC LANDS BIG NEWS AFTER LONG BATTLE

by Public Lands Council Board Member Matt McElligott It’s mid-March as I pen this article and winter in my neck of the woods seems to be hanging on. Many of you have been calving through this tough, snowy winter.

Parts of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana have not experienced a winter like this one for as long as many can remember.

I have spent my share of nights either in the front room chair or the front seat of the pickup taking cat naps when I could and picking up newborn calves and warming them up when they needed it, wondering when global warming would hit North Powder. I did my share, running the pickup all night long to stay warm and loading the atmosphere with carbon in hopes of a climate change. Yet the only climate change I noticed was the temperature went from cold to frigid!

One thing March always promises to bring is a change in seasons, from Winter to Spring and from calving season to scours season.

This March has also brought a much-anticipated announcement from the Forest Service concerning the Record of Decision on the Blue Mountain Forest Plan. On March 14, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service released final objection instructions for the Umatilla, Malheur and WallowaWhitman Forest Plan Revisions. The Regional Forester has been instructed to withdraw the draft Record of Decision, Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and the three Revised Plans.

This is big news! What it means is, the plan that Public Lands Council had objected to over the past many years has been withdrawn. All the meetings, all the letters and all the phone calls have borne fruit. I was anticipating changes to the final Record, but never envisioned that the plan would be withdrawn. Withdrawing a plan that has been in the works for 15 years was a monumental decision by the Forest Service Acting Deputy Chief and Reviewing Officer Chris French, but it was the correct decision.

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a number of plan modifications occurred that were often complex and not well understood, and there were a number of changes in organizations, stakeholders, and key Forest Service staff. The Revised Plans also did not fully account for the unique social and economic needs of local communities in the area. The resulting plans are very difficult to understand, and I am concerned that there will be ongoing confusion and disagreement as to how each Revised Plan is to be implemented.”

I commend Chris French and all the people in the Forest Service that came to this correct decision. They also had spent many hours in meetings, on conference calls and in airports and hotels. The time that they had spent on this plan, the plan that encompasses 5.5 million acres covering parts of three states, should not be overlooked or understated.

Since the draft record of decision was released in June of 2018 until the close of the objection period two months later, there were over 350 objections recorded.

These objections were all read, cataloged and filed, but most importantly, were heard.

So, what happens next? The old plan stays in place until a new one is formed. This is also a time to voice your opinion and your experience. To voice your opinion at the front end of the plan, not the back end.

It is time to be heard, again.

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by OCA Director of Communications Robyn Smith In March, acting U.S. Secretary David Bernhardt announced plans to lift federal protections of gray wolves in the lower 48 states. The news spread like wildfire across the country. The government’s decision to lift the endangered species protections for wolves means the nation’s wolf population has successfully recovered. However, this is only the beginning of the process and it could be several years, amendments and legal battles before ranchers actually see the results of this announcement.

Until then, Oregon’s rural communities must rely on the state’s wolf plan. The Oregon Wolf Plan

was last updated in 2010, even though the wolf population, livestock depredation and encroachment on farmland has drastically increased in the last nine years, stakeholders have failed to agree on revisions.

The chart shows the three phases put in place to develop an approach based on population objectives for wolves that ensure conservation of the species while minimizing conflicts with livestock. It’s important for you to know your legal rights when it comes to the protection of your family and property, you can find the full Oregon Wolf Plan on the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife website.

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Non-injurious harassment

Allowed with a permit if conservation finding can be made.

Allowed without a permit.

Reporting required within 48 hours.

Allowed without a permit.

Reporting required within 48 hours.

Allowed without a permit.

Reporting required within 48 hours.

Non-lethal injurious harassment

Allowed with a permit if conservation finding can be made.

Allowed without a permit.

Reporting required within 48 hours.

Allowed without a permit on private land and by permit on public land.

Allowed without a permit on private land and by permit on public land.

Lethal take for wolves found in the act of attacking livetock

Allowed with a permit if conservation finding can be made.

Allowed with a state permit

Allowed with a state permit

Allowed with a state permit

Lethal take for wolves involved in chronic livestock depredation

Allowed by ODFW and/or Wildlife Services if conservation finding can be made.

Allowed by ODFW and/or Wildlife Services only.

Allowed by permit.

Reporting required within 48 hours.

Allowed by permit.

Reporting required within 48 hours.

Lethal take to defend humans

Allowed.

See text of Plan for details.

Allowed. See text of Plan for details.

Allowed. See text of Plan for details.

Allowed. See text of Plan for details.

Controlled take

None allowed.

None allowed.

None allowed.

Allowed by special permit, for chronic wolf-livestock depredation or wolf pressure on ungulate populations.

Reporting required within 72 hours.

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POSING CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS FOR YOUTH March 25-27, a 4-H Youth Voices in Action Conference was held in Salem.

Young people and adults honed their leadership skills, practiced public speaking, met legislators and state agency representatives, worked in teams, were challenged to think about issues that affect Oregon, and use their voice often! about protein sources and took away valuable knowledge Many natural resource agencies and OCA’s Action Team learned about when cell-based protein is and is not. associations were asked to participate in this event by supplying an action looKing for the best the West has to offer... team (8-10 kids) with an issue or question that is relevant in their industry right now. With that issue, the kids spent two days researching and preparing a presentation for the agency leaders on the topic.

This was OCA’s second year involved in this program and it was decided to address an important issue within Fourth Annual the cattle industry, cell-cultured protein. Kids were asked to research the product, the federal agencies that will regulate the product and why this product is controversial. On top of researching the product, they were on liveauctions.tv s a t u r d a y broadcast modesto Jr. College ag pavilion also asked them to develop marketing Modesto, California strategies for raising awareness about cell-cultured protein.

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THE OREGON BEEF COUNCIL TODAY IN SUPPORT OF OREGON’S DAIRY FARMS

by Oregon Beef Council Chief Executive Officer Will Wise Two dairy representatives are part of the Oregon Beef Council, per the state statute that enabled the organization in 1959. And we have had some great ones.

Currently, the two dairy representatives on the OBC are Amy Applegate, who runs a dairy with her family in Vale; and John Seymour, who helps run his family’s operation in Cloverdale, on the Oregon Coast.

Amy and John represent young leadership on the OBC board and bring new perspective to our strategic goals.

For example, Amy is a coach and sports enthusiast, and sees benefit in the nutritional narrative for beef. She is also interested in the Council’s sports marketing goals and projects. One item she likes is Team BEEF, which is a program that features support for exercise and a healthy diet, including good protein and beef, for performance athletes.

This includes sponsoring athletes in running events like 10K runs, and other competitive events. The Oregon Cattlewomen’s Association has become the OBC’s top strategic partner for Team BEEF Oregon and brings great beef family athletes into the program.

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Beef Council and is often on campus representing the Oregon beef industry. One thing John is doing is looking at ways the OBC can work with the dairy industry on items of mutual interest. He was invited to tour the OSU dairy this winter to provide advice on its programs, and talked with the Animal and Rangeland Sciences Department about both dairy and beef objectives.

He also met with Russ Karow, Ph.D., at the Oregon State University Agricultural Research Foundation (OSU-ARF) office in Corvallis to talk about how best to organize producer and stakeholder priorities for research, especially from an animal science perspective.

You can see what these OBC members bring to the table and we are excited to have them on the beef council team. They continue a tradition of the beef and dairy industries in Oregon working together. At the same time, it is my opinion that as both dairy and beef industry leaders spend time at Oregon Beef Council meetings and functions together, they develop an appreciation of the common goals and relationships we share.

One example of this was in evidence at the Oregon Dairy Farmers Convention in Salem in March. During the luncheon, I was ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

The Oregon Dairy Farmers Association presented their 2019 Distinguished Service Award to the Oregon Beef Council at their annaul convention in March.

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26 surprised and delighted when the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association (ODFA) presented their 2019 Distinguished Service Award to the Oregon Beef Council. When presenting the award ODFA Vice-President Allan Hanselman read some quotes he got from the immediate past-Chairman of the Oregon Beef Council, Jason Chamberlain. Jason is a dairyman in Vale, and his quotes were about the high level of support for Oregon’s dairy producers on the part of the Oregon Beef Council. As I walked to the podium to accept the award for the OBC, I felt very proud of what Jason said about this relationship. It is not as easy as it may sound to align different agricultural groups and their respective interests. And isn’t it cool that these two industries in Oregon, and their organizations, are not only doing so in a productive way, but also that great organizations like the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association go out of their way to showcase this fact? Our thanks to all who have represented the Oregon dairy industry on the Oregon Beef Council.

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Show Up to Go Up

OCA members make showing at Spring Quarterly meeting & Beef Day at the State Capitol

by OCA Communications Director Robyn Smith On March 28, the Oregon Cattlemen and Cattlewomen convened in Salem for Beef Day. All who passed by knew who was in town by the livestock trailer parked at the steps of the Capitol building and the sweet, delicious smell of tri-tip on the BBQ. One whiff of the air and legislators, staff, and Capitol building visitors started forming a line down the halls in anticipation for a great lunch. Thank you, cattlewomen, for arranging and hosting such a wonderful event that brought education to visiting, first-time youngsters and a valued presence to all who work daily in the Capitol.

Cattlemen were not only in town for beef day, but also for OCA’s Spring Quarterly Business Meeting. On March 28, OCA was present and outspoken in several public testimony hearings such as elk overpopulation damage programs that would allow landowners elk damage tags and livestock district annexation. Following the day of meetings, OCA staff hosted a dinner for members and legislative guests to meet and mingle at the Oregon Farm Bureau building.

Several representatives joined OCA for dinner, and each provided an update on session and bills that are crucial to ranchers and rural communities across the state. It was great to see support and appreciation for Oregon’s farmers and ranchers.

On March 29, cattlemen convened for the Spring Quarterly Business Meeting. Several important topics were discussed such as budget, membership drive and OCA’s new membership app. Thank you to everyone who made this event a huge success. Next up: Midyear Conference at the Seven Feathers Casino in Canyonville, June 24-25 – See you all there!

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OCA was well-represented at the Capitol on Beef Dayin Salem.

OCA President-Elect Tom Sharp, OCA President Nathan Jackson and OCA Treasurer Todd Nash.

Tri-tip cooks outside of the Capitol building.

A packed hearing room as OCA members wait to testify on elk damage bills SB 301, SB 303 and SB 398.

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PRODUCT PROMOTION SPRING INTO ACTION

by Oregon CattleWomen President Jenny Coelho

OCW NEWS

Ladies, the Oregon CattleWomen’s Membership Roundup Contest is on again for 2019! Ken Tew of Ag Insurance has generously agreed to donate a saddle to the Oregon CattleWomen for this membership drive. The county affiliate that has the greatest number of new state memberships by Nov. 15, will be the winner! Our county affiliates are Baker County, Harney County, Jackson County, Klamath County and Umatilla County.

This is a great opportunity for a county affiliate to win the saddle and use the saddle as a fundraiser for either scholarships or an educational or promotional project.

Annual OCW membership dues are $25, second year Collegiate CattleWomen $5 and Junior CattleWomen

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are free! It is very easy to sign up online by visiting our site, www.orcattlewomen.org.

We always get the question of the why ladies should join OCW and the answer is simple—Numbers! The greater number of members we have increases the visibility of CattleWomen around the state and helps to get our message out to the general public in education, promotion and legislation. The reason we hold events is to educate and promote our way of life and the beef industry from the classrooms to the boardrooms. So many facets within our operations are unique and need to be shared in order to educate people about what we do and why beef is such an important food source as well as a by-product in our daily lives.

BRIDLE & BIT FUNDRAISER

The deadline to get in on our OCW Annual Fundraiser is July 1. If you would like your brand to be tooled into this headstall, custom made

by Struve Leather, please contact Tillie Flynn or Diana Wirth. A beautiful E. Garcia bit, donated

by Peggy Biaggi, will be added to this brand designed headstall and reins to make a wonderful auction item at the OCA/OCW Annual Convention.

The brand spots are selling for $25 each and there are only 15 brand spots left!

In her spare time Diana enjoys reading, antiquing, western art and Native American jewelry, gardening, baking pies, working on the ranch and promoting the beef industry. We are very grateful to have Diana as our OCW President-Elect!

MEET YOUR OCW PRESIDENT-ELECT

ANCW EVENTS

Diana Wirth is a fifth-generation rancher. She and her husband Dave have been married for 29 years and have two daughters.

Dana the oldest, is currently obtaining her master’s degree in Opera Performance.

Dayle, their youngest, has been accepted into the Ranch Management Program at Texas Christian University. They reside on their southeastern Oregon ranch outside of Klamath Falls, where they raise Red Angus Cattle.

Diana attended Sierra College and University of California, Davis where she majored in Botanical Sciences and she has obtained her Masters of Beef Advocacy. Diana serves on both the OCW Legislative and Fundraising committees. She is a proud member of the Klamath County CattleWomen where she has served as president. She is a Lifetime Member of the American National CattleWomen, Red Angus Association and the American Quarter Horse Association. Diana is a member of Miss Rodeo Oregon, Inc., and proudly serves on the National Advisory Council to Miss Rodeo America, Inc. Diana sits on three different scholarship committees, is an FFA Alumni and has been an FFA public speaking, creed speaking, horticulture and parliamentary procedure judge. She also dedicates a portion of her spare time to judging rodeo queen pageants across the western United States.

Diana says, “The livestock industry is vital to our worlds existence. It’s incumbent upon CattleWomen to support it and work to educate the consumer about its nutritional and economic value to our society. Our rich, ranching heritage and culture is the product of generational dedication and perseverance and it is an honor to serve our community through the OCW.”

The Region V meeting is already nearly upon us!

Region V is made up of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Every year the meeting is rotated between the states. This year Montana will be hosting the Region V ANCW Meeting in Billings, Mont, on May 3 and 4. This is a great way to network with the other states and learn about the industry within the host state and learn what is happening nationally if you can’t make it to a convention for an American National CattleWomen’s meeting. Check out the Eventbrite.com website for information regarding the 2019 ANCW Region V Meeting.

OCW UPCOMING EVENTS

AG FEST AT THE SALEM FAIRGROUNDS • APRIL 27 & 28 Contact Jenny Coelho or Katharine Jackson if you would like to help in the Beef Booth and to also help Julie Hoffman with the Oregon Beef Council do some Beef cooking demonstrations.

2019 OCA/OCW MIDYEAR CONFERENCE AT SEVEN FEATHERS CASINO RESORT • JUNE 24 & JUNE 25 Oregon CattleWomen’s meeting and guest speaker will be Monday, June 24 at 9 a.m. For more details for registration go to www.orcattle.com and check out oregoncattlewomen.org for OCW information.

OCW COMMITTEE CHAIRS AG FEST (SALEM) Jenny Coelho and Katharine Jackson BEEF GIFT CERTIFICATE Melodi Molt COLLEGIATE CATTLEWOMEN LIAISON Sally Mary Blair JUNIOR CATTLEWOMEN Heidi Gorden MEMBERSHIP Susan Otley PUBLIC RELATIONS & WEBSITE Angela Faryan SAGE CENTER (BOARDMAN) Wendy Bingham FUNDRAISING Tillie Flynn

LEGISLATIVE Sarah Liljefelt

SCHOLARSHIP Melissa Ladner

TEAM BEEF Wendy Bingham

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MORE THAN JUST A

MEMBERSHIP

The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association protects & enhances your bottom line

DID YOU KNOW, AS AN OCA MEMBER, YOU HAVE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THESE MEMBER BENEFITS? • Monthly mailed subscription of the Oregon Cattleman magazine • Active legislation updates & representation • E-newsletter on news, issues & industry deals • Personal invitations to events, meetings and the annual OCA Convention • 10% of dues goes back to your county association

• Opportunity to join the Young Cattlemen’s Club with guidance and education • Access to wildfire relief fund and resources • Access to scholarship opportunities • Opportunity to join committees regarding wolves, public lands, water, resources, animal health and many more!

In addition to having a full-time staff working for you in Salem and beyond, OCA also provides you tangible benefits that you can take to the bank!

TASC AGRIPLAN

This HRA (Health Reimbursement Arrangement) Plan enables you to take 100% of your family’s medical expenses as a business tax deduction instead of a personal deduction, which saves you a considerable amount of money on your federal, state and self-employment taxes.

ED STAUB & SONS

Members receive a .02 cents per gallon discount off posted delivery price at bulk plants in Harney, Lake, Klamath, Malheur and Crook Counties. Will include Pacific Pride and CFN cards issued through Ed Staub & Sons. Deliveries are from 100 gallons to 10,000 gallons.

CARSON FUEL PROGRAM

Members receive .02 off on all “cardlock” fuel card transactions at Carson owned sites (over 50 Oregon locations). Carson also offers bulk fuel, lubricants and commercial grade cleaning equipment. Additional discounts on these services along with prompt pay discounts may be available. Please contact Carson for details. Don’t forget to let us know about your membership to take full advantage of all offers.

STAR OILCO

Members receive discounts on fuel in the Western part of the state. Provided services such as tank tests and precision fuel management to insure clean and dry fuel. Discount is available at all Star Oil owned CFN and Pacific Pride Locations. Deliveries are from 100 gallons to 9500 gallons.

CENTRAL OREGON RANCH SUPPLY

Gives our members the opportunity to buy Zoetis Animal Health products at their Elite Producer level which equates to a 25% discount from retail. Also including other store offers and promotions throughout the seasons

CATTLE THEFT REWARD

OCA offers a reward of up t0 $1,000 to assist authorities in the apprehension and conviction of cattle theft. This reward also provides a very effective deterrent to the theft and stealing of cattle.

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2019 MEMBERSHIP FORM STEP 1: SELECT MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP LEVEL Producer (more than 50 head, 3000 cap)

DUES $150.00 +$1.00 per head over 150

Small Producer (fewer than 50 head)

$50.00

Stocker/Feeder

$250.00

Additional Family Member: (w/ voting rights)

$25.00

Additional Employee: (w/ voting rights)

$25.00

Associate Council Business (w/ voting rights)

$110.00

Associate Business or Individual (w/out cattle; w/out voting rights)

$50.00

Student or Young Cattlemen’s Club Member (w/out voting rights)

$15.00

STEP 2: CONTACT INFORMATION MARK Name: _______________________________________ (X) Ranch: ______________________________________ Family Members: ______________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Employees: ___________________________________ ____________________________________________ Mailing Address: ______________________________

List all aditional names under contact information

List all aditional names under contact information

City/State/Zip: ________________________________ **Email Address: ______________________________ (MUST INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS)

STEP 3: ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS Cattlemen’s Stewardship Fund Donation: $_________ OCSF is a public charitable organization (IRS Section 501 C-3), which supports and encourages education, training, & research in the field of agriculture & provides funding for legal defense of cattle indurstry interests. OCSF supports local Ranchers Feeding Kids & Beef Heifer Replacement Programs. Contributions may be tax deductible for Federal Income purposes.

Oregon Cattle PAC: $_________ Is a non-partisan action committee which supports natural resource friendly government officials and legislators. Contributions may be used as an Oregon Income tax credit up to $50.00 per individual for political contributions.

Phone #: _____________________________________ County Affiliation: _____________________________ Recruited by: _________________________________

STEP 4: PAYMENT INFORMATION __ Check __ Visa __ Mastercard/Discover Credit Card #: ________________________________________ Exp. Date: ___________

CSV: __________

Attached Check #: _____________________________________ Mailing address: ______________________________________ Signature ____________________________ Date:__________ Return form & payment to: Oregon Cattlemen’s Association 1320 Capitol Street NE Suite 150 Salem, Oregon 97301 Questions? Call 503.361.8941

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CLASSIFIEDS N5 NELSON RED ANGUS N5 VERIL & BARBIE NELSON 10387 Driver Valley Road Oakland, OR 97462

WOOD

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Leonard & Naomi Wood • 481649 Hwy. 95 • Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 Home: (208) 263-5246 • Cell: (208) 290-7782 • treemeatreds@aol.com www.woodvbarxranch.com

n5redangus@gmail.com

Look for our “Distinctly Different” Angus Bulls at the 2019 Red Bluff & Modoc Bull Sales

KENNY & DIANNE READ

1485 SW King Lane • Culver, OR 97734 Ranch: (541) 546-2547 Cell: (541)480-9340

9498 NE 9th Terrebonne, OR 97760 e-mail: doubleeagle@uci.net Phone: (541) 923-1705 Fax: (541) 923-5005

E-mail: barkdranch@msn.com visit us online at: www.barkdangusranch.com

ANNUAL BULL SALE IN FEBRUARY

Kessler Angus Over 55 Years in the Business

—Low Birthweight Bulls A Specialty— Randy Kessler Family

49838 Fruitvale Road • Milton-Freewater, OR 97862 (509) 520-3281

Thank you to all of our spring bull and female buyers!

Bull Sale February 2018

LAUTENSCHLAGER & SONS “A Legacy of Innovation”

Carl Lautenschlager (509) 657-3301 • Endicott, WA

Robert & Kathleen Buchanan (541) 883-8471 13490 Algoma Rd buchananangus@hughes.net Klamath Falls, OR 97601 www.buchananangus.com

TOP QUALITY RED ANGUS

Freeman Angus Ranch

INC.

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Conformation & Rate of Gain

Dave & Twila Freeman

Seth Freeman

36831 Sutton Cr Rd • Baker City, OR 97753 (541) 523-6881 • mobile: (541) 403-0524

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HANG’N CATTLE COMPANY Hang’n A A Cattle Company Alan & Leslie Alexander

Alan and Leslie Alexander (509) 727-9151 Pasco, WA (509)727-9151

Rancher’s ChoicePasco, BullWA Sale • Feb. 23, 2019 E-mail: hangna@owt.com www.hangnacattle.com Rancher’s Choice Bull Sale •February 24, 2018 Follow uswww.hangnacattle.com on Facebook! email hangna@owt.com

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Thank you to our 2018 bull buyers!

Ron and Barbara Jones 685 King Ave. Ontario, OR 97914 541- 889-4563 “ Real Deal Bulls for All the Right Reasons”

(541) 524-9322

A FAMILY TRADITION

ANGUS, SIMANGUS & HEREFORDS

Angus and SimAngus Cattle John Teixeira: (805) 448-3859 Allan Teixeira: (805) 310-3353 Tom Hill: (541) 990-5479

Bulls & Females

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Westfall, Oregon (541) 358-2921 romanscharolais.com

Brad 541.840.5797 Buckley 541.840.8788 www.traynhamranch.com info@traynhamranch.com

CATTLE COMPANY REGISTERED RED ANGUS

Jim, Kelly & Bryce Doherty • 68812 Wilson Rd • Boardman, OR 97818

(541) 481-2866

Registered Hereford Cattle & Quarter Horses

-Annual Sale First Monday in March-

597 S Pacific HWY, Woodburn, OR • (503) 981-9497

Join us for our regular sale every Tuesday!

42500 Salmon Creek • Rd Baker City, OR 97814 Ranch: (541) 523-4401 • Bob Harrell, Jr.: (541) 523-4322

HINTON RANCHSimmentals

Cattle available private treaty off the ranch and at top consignment sales in the West!

John & Shauna Hinton

Kyle Marino: (541) 699-8347

2916 Kuck Rd Montague, CA 96064 (530) 459-3928

Lester & Paula Hinton

11200 Kern Swamp Rd. Klamath Falls, OR 97601 (541) 882-1218

Jared Patterson Western Region Field Manager (208) 312-2386 Call AHA today for assistance or information on buying or marketing of Hereford cattle!

11500 N Ambassador Drive, Suite 410 | Kansas City, MO 64153 | (816) 842-3757 | aha@hereford.org

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PRODUCTION SALE REPORT Results featured on this page are from sales advertised in this publication in 2019

LORENZEN RED ANGUS 60TH ANNIVERSARY SALE Madras • Feb. 28, 2019 Col. Rick Machado 109 Red Angus bulls.............................$4,822 47 Red Composite bulls.......................$4,537 20 yearling females.................................$1,610 BAR 6 CHAROLAIS “COWMAN’S KIND” BULL SALE Madras, Ore.. • Feb. 22, 2019 Col. Rick Machado 116 Charolais bulls.................................$4,253 BAKER ANGUS RANCH BULL SALE Vale • Feb. 23, 2019 Col. Rick Machado 135 Angus bulls......................................$3,139 BUCHANAN ANGUS RANCH BULL SALE with Santos Angus, Loop Ranch & Country Inn Cattle Klamath Falls. • Feb . 24, 2019 Col. C.D. “Butch” Booker 67 Angus bulls........................................$4,646 LUDVIGSON STOCK FARM RED ANGUS BULL SALE Madras, Ore. • March 1, 2019 Col. C.D. “Butch” Booker 126 SimAngus & Angus bulls...........$5,221 47 females.................................................$2,391

VF RED ANGUS CATTLEMEN’S CLASSIC SALE Terrebonne • March 2, 2019

SPRING COVE RANCH CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION BULLSALE Bliss, Idaho • March 11, 2019

Col. C.D. “Butch” Booker 126 SimAngus & Angus bulls...........$5,221 47 females................................................... $2,39

Col. Rick Machado 160 Angus bulls......................................$4,558 45 registered yearling heifers...............$2,890 31 commercial yearling heifers..........$1,250

TRINITY FARMS BULL SALE Ellensburg • March 2, 2019

ROMANS RANCHES CHAROLAIS BULL SALE Westfall • March 12, 2019

Col. C.D. “Butch” Booker 125 SimAngus & Angus bulls...........$6,081 41 heifers...................................................$1,866 HARRELL HEREFORD RANCH 40TH ANNIVERSARY SALE Baker City • March 4, 2019 Col. C.D. “Butch” Booker & Co.l Rick Machado 107 yearling bulls....................................$6,018 26 two-year-old bulls............................$4,965 133 total bulls..........................................$5,812 36 registered heifers.............................$2,844 7 fall bred cows.......................................$2,371 11 horsees.................................................$6,741 THOMAS ANGUS RANCH Baker City • March 5, 2019 Col. Rick Machado and Col. Trent Stewart 169 Angus bulls......................................$3,841 53 females.................................................$2,744

Col. Denis Metzger 77 fall bulls................................................$4,596 43 spring yearling bulls.........................$3,680 120 total bulls..........................................$4,268 9 MILE RANCH ANNUAL BULL SALE Touchet, Wash. • March 16, 2019 Col. Trent Stewart 128 Red Angus bulls.............................$5,716 14 registered open heifers...................$2,216 33 commercial open heifers...............$1,374 MAAG-OFT-VALLAD BULL SALE Vale • March 21, 2019 Col. Rick Machado 77 Fall yearling Angus bulls................$3,595 32 Two-year-old Angus bulls.............$3,163 11 Yearling Angus bulls.......................$3,145 10 Two-year-old Hereford bulls....... $3,680 WASHINGTON CATTLEMEN’S BULL TEST & SALE Touchet, Wash. • March 22, 2019 Managed by Matt Macfarlane Marketing Col. C.D. “Butch” Booker 51 Angus bulls........................................$3,450 1 Braunvieh Beefbuilder bulls ...........$2,100 5 Hereford bulls ....................................$3,040 7 Red Angus bulls .................................$3,942 3 SimAngus bulls ..................................$2,883 4 Simmental bulls ..................................$4,087 71 total bulls............................................ $3,463 BASIN BULL FEST BULL SALE Klamath Falls • March 30, 2019 Managed by Matt Macfarlane Marketing Col. Eric Duarte 46 Angus bulls........................................$2,991 6 Balancer bulls...................................... $2,700 52 total bulls.............................................$2,957

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DEPARTURES DICK SNOW

Dick Snow passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, March 23, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Walla Walla, Wash., at the age of 86.

He is survived by his wife of nearly 14 years, Susan Byrd Snow. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Shirley Cunha Snow, and by his parents, Harry Hallett Snow and Della Morris Snow. He is survived by his five children, Denise Snow Howland, Summerville, Oregon, Rich Snow, Echo Oregon, Lisa Snow, Echo, Oregon, Stacey Snow, Culver, Oregon, and Sonia Snow, Hermiston, Oregon. He is also survived by his sister, Donna Snow Cable, Monmouth, Oregon. He has nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Dick happily lived most of his 86 years in Echo, Oregon. He graduated from Echo High School, well known as an outstanding athlete around the area.

He was chosen to be on the state Shriner’s All-Star Football Team. Upon his graduation, he received a full-ride football scholarship to Washington State, unusual for an athlete from such a small school.

During his college years, he was drafted into the Army and served two years. He married Shirley Cunha on August 15, 1953. After his enlistment in the Army, Dick and Shirley moved back to Echo where they made their home as they began their family and long life of ranching and farming.

After Shirley’s death in 2004, Dick married Susan Byrd. They worked side by side, and he happily lived out his life doing what he loved most — cattle ranching and farming. During his life, he gave back to his community by serving on numerous public service boards such as the Echo School Board and Echo City Council over the years, and was one of the original builders of the Echo Golf Course. He was even mayor of Echo at one time. He also was a member of various

DO YOU HAVE FAMILY NEWS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOUR FELLOW CATTLEMEN AND CATTLEWOMEN? OCA is happy to share obituaries, birth announcements and wedding news!

Contact the OCA office at (503) 361-8941 or email managing editor Stevie Ipsen at stevie.ipsen@gmail.com.

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farming and cattlemen’s associations, such as the Saler Cattle Association.

He was much loved and will be much missed by his family and friends. Everyone who knows him has a story to tell about him. His boots will be hard to fill.

Dick would tell you that he was the lucky one. He was one of those rare individuals that got to make his living with his passion of cattle ranching and farming.

He is the epitome of the “rugged individualist” that got to live life as his own boss and on his own terms (except when government intervened, of course) for most of his 86 years. In short, he was the classic “American cowboy,” that rare American breed. But he would correct you by saying “no, cattleman.”

Please honor Dick with giving to a charity of your choice in his name. And, maybe a tip of your cowboy hat to someone you love.

A funeral service with military honors was held on Saturday, April 13, at the Echo High School gymnasium. A private family burial was held at the Echo Cemetery.

DEPARTURES WILLARD WOLF

Willard Mark Wolf passed away peacefully on March 13, at the age of 78, at Hospice House in Spokane, with his wife and daughter by his side, after a valiant battle with cancer.

He was born July 26, 1940, in Meers, Okla., to Kenneth and Helen Wolf. Willard and his brother, Gordon, were raised on the family’s commercial Hereford cattle ranch, adjacent to the Wichita Wildlife Refuge, where Willard and other young cowboys spent many hours riding the range.

Willard graduated from Elgin High School in 1958 as an honor student and outstanding ag student and earned an FFA Junior Master Farmer’s Degree. During high school, he showed the grand champion steer in the 1957 Tulsa State Fair. Willard went on to graduate from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in animal science and a minor in business law. In college, he earned high academic honors and was an active member of several livestock-related teams and clubs.

While attending college, Willard got his start buying and selling feeder and fat cattle at the Oklahoma City Stockyards. In 1963, he was hired by the Livestock Market News which included assignments in Oklahoma, San Francisco, and Spokane. In 1965, Willard was transferred to Washington, D.C., and later accepted a position with the Foreign Agricultural Service, which included exporting thousands of head of cattle, sheep, hogs, and horses to many foreign countries.

In 1968, Willard moved to Spokane and began working as the Northwest field representative for the American Hereford Association—a position he held for 33 years. During that time, he served as a consultant, marketer, researcher, and promoter of the Hereford breed across the U.S. as well as Canada, Mexico and Australia.

The annual Western Nugget Show and Sale in Reno, Nev., continues today as a result of Willard’s development and guidance through the years. The “Willard Wolf Award” is given each December at the Reno show to an outstanding Junior Hereford Member.

Willard’s highly innovative ideas of promotion led to unique sales like The Ladies of the Lobby in the Historic Davenport Hotel and the Ladies of The Boardwalk on the floating dock at the Coeur d’Alene Resort as well as the first ever sale of registered cattle by satellite held at the Ag Trade Center in Spokane.

Calf roping was one of Willard’s favorite pastimes.

He always looked forward to attending the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Willard was also accomplished in the highly specialized art of water witching, and he successfully witched hundreds of wells all over the Pacific Northwest in his lifetime.

First and foremost, Willard was a cattleman who worked on behalf of the entire beef industry. He was former president of the Spokane County Cattlemen; served on committees with the Washington Cattlemen’s Association; was an active member of the Cattle Producers of Washington; and for 30-plus years, he conducted educational programs as part of the Spokane Ag Expo/Pacific NW Farm Forum.

Willard also believed that it was vitally important to support youth who were starting out in agriculture.

He was a source of leadership and encouragement to Junior Hereford members and served on the board of the Spokane Junior Livestock Show. Willard was inducted into The American Hereford Association Hall of Merit in 2005 and the National Livestock Marketeers Hall of Fame in 2007.

Willard officially retired from the American Hereford Association in 2001, but he never really left the cattle industry although he did allow more time to play golf, travel with dear friends and family, and always cheered on the ZAGS! Many summer days were spent at Conkling Park Marina with his B Dock family of boaters, and he regularly join his Monday Night Poker Club. Willard stayed active in purchasing cattle for the Certified Hereford Beef Program and Crossroads Cattle Company up until a few days before he passed.

Willard is survived by his wife Patty, Valleyford, WA; son Bart Wolf, Mead, WA; daughter Wende (Lance) Wilber, Anchorage, AK; and daughter Wendy Porter, Spokane Valley, WA. He is also survived by grandchildren Ian and Claire Wilber, Anchorage, AK, and his brother Gordon (Jeannie) Wolf, Meers, OK. Patty and Wendy would like to thank Cancer Care Northwest and Hospice House of Spokane for the exceptional care Willard received during his final days, as well as a special thank you to all the neighbors in Valleyford for many days of snowplowing and their ongoing support.

A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, April 28, at 12 p.m. at the Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley, WA. A luncheon will follow.

Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Spokane, P.O. Box 2215, Spokane WA 99210, or to a local Cattlemen’s Association or Junior Livestock Show of your choice.

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CALENDAR WESTERN VIDEO MARKET Cottonwood, Calif.

May 2 RATHBUN ANGUS FEMALE DISPERSION Moses, Lake, Wash.

May 11 WESTERN VIDEO MARKET Cottonwood, Calif.

May 30 WESTERN STATES ANGUS ASSOCIATION FEMALE SALE Modesto, Calif.

June 15 2019 OCA/OCW MIDYEAR CONFERENCE Seven Feathers Casino Resort • Canyonville June 24 & June 25 MEMORY RANCHES RANCH HORSE SALE At the ranch near Wells, Nev. June 29 WESTERN VIDEO MARKET Reno, Nev. July 8 to 10 NCBA SUMMER BUSINESS MEETING Denver, Colo July 29 to Aug. 1

For more information on any of these events, visit the OCA website www.orcattle.com. To include your event on this calendar, contact the OCA office at (503) 361-8941

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Specializing in Truck and Livestock Scales Established in 1959, Scales NW offers a wide range of equipment, from precision lab balances to high capacity rail scales, as well as certified scale service and installation.

Scales NW is proud to serve: California Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington

Contact Steve Orr for more information today!

Email: steveorr@scalesnw.com Phone: (503) 510-3540

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