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MARCH 2018 VOL. 2 • ISSUE 3 YOUR INDUSTRY ADVOCATE SINCE 1913 1320 CAPITOL ST. NE, SUITE 150 SALEM, OR 97301 (503) 361-8941 • WWW.ORCATTLE.COM

OCA LEADERSHIP

NCBA RECAP FROM PHOENIX

PRESIDENT

HOT ISSUES AT THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

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

Chris Christensen Vale (541) 473-3096

James Collins Mitchell (541) 980-0508 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

Steve Puntenney Ione (503) 784-8691

DISTRICT 7

Joe Steere,Grand Ronde 971-237-4728

OCA STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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

Ashley Hynes • oca@orcattle.com DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Mary Jo Foley-Birrenkott maryjo.foleyb@orcattle.com

OREGON CATTLEMAN EDITORIAL CONTENT

Oregon Cattlemen’s Association LAYOUT & DESIGN Stevie Ipsen • stevie.ipsen@gmail.com (208) 996-4922 BILLING

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INDUSTRY ADVOCACY

OCA NEEDS YOU 8 CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FACING OCA 12 LEGISLATURE IN SESSION 16 INDUSTRY PRIORITIES RELEASED IN PHOENIX 18 BEEF CAMPAIGN GETS NEW LOOK 26 WORDS FROM NEW NCBA LEADER 40 PAC EVENT SET TO HELP FUND AGRICULTURE ADVOCATES 44 ANCW MEETINGS AND CATTLEWOMEN AROUND OREGON 48

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MEMBER SERVICES

CLASSIFIEDS 52 SALE REPORTS 55 DEPARTURES 56 ADVERTISER INDEX 58 CALENDAR 58

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LEADERSHIP LEDGER SUCCESS OF OCA DEPENDS ON THE STRENGTH OF ITS MEMBERSHIP by OCA President Nathan Jackson After last winter, and the very favorable conditions that we’ve seen this winter, it doesn’t seem like it’s possible for this to be the same time of year. Calves are hitting the ground, and around the Umpqua Valley, the grass is coming on strong. I hope the winter has been as favorable to you as it has been here. Hopefully, we can get some later spring weather to help with water supply this summer. As I write this, we are just starting the short session at the Oregon Legislature. Your association representatives will be providing testimony on a variety of issues, from wolf depredation compensation to cap and trade legislation, always working to promote the interests of cattle and beef producing families in Oregon. The next few days will be vital to our efforts. The 2018 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Tradeshow has just concluded, and if you’ve never gone, it is an experience not to be missed. Tom Sharp has a report on his time there later in this issue. Next year’s convention is scheduled for New Orleans and I encourage you to make plans to attend. I was unable to attend the NCBA convention this year because I was appointed to the Oregon

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Agricultural Heritage Commission, and the first meeting fell during the convention. The Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program was established by the legislature in 2017 to address the challenges of fragmentation of farmland, conversion of farmland to non-farm uses, complex regulations, and planning for generational transfers. The program provides voluntary incentives to farmers and ranchers to support practices that maintain or enhance both agriculture and natural resources on agricultural lands. OAHP was developed by a collaborative of organizations including the OCA. I’ve had a great opportunity this winter and spring to travel to many of your county annual meetings. I’m always impressed by the hardworking men and women that volunteer so many hours to support their local organizations, as well as the state Association. As always, I urge each of you to be involved in your association. Your ideas, insights, and direction are what drives the success of the OCA. To find out more about getting involved, contact a committee chair, your county president, or any other member of your OCA leadership team.

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CATTLEMEN RELEASE 2018 POLICY PRIORITIES IN PHOENIX The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today unveiled its 2018 Policy Priorities, which will guide the group’s lobbying efforts in Washington over the coming year. The document was released at the annual Cattle Industry Convention in Phoenix This year’s Priorities focus on five main categories: the 2018 Farm Bill, Trade and Market Access, Regulatory Reform, Antimicrobial Use, and Fake Meat. Some of this year’s priorities are familiar to longtime industry watchers. Like last year, NCBA will work to ensure that the pending Farm Bill includes full funding for a foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank, protects conservation programs like the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and prevents market-disrupting policies like mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL).

Likewise, the group’s regulatory-reform efforts will again focus on finding a permanent solution to an electronic logging devices mandate, modernizing the Endangered Species Act, and replacing the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. New to the Priorities list this year is an emphasis on antimicrobial use - specifically the aim to secure clean Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) reauthorization and continuing the Key Technologies Task Force action steps on antimicrobials. Another new emphasis in 2018 will be a focus on protecting the industry and consumers from fake meat and misleading labels on products that do not contain real beef. “With tax reform, regulatory rollbacks, and new access to the Chinese market, we had some big victories in Washington last year, but this is no time to take a break,

and 2018 promises a mix of new and familiar challenges,” said incoming NCBA President Kevin Kester, a fifthgeneration California rancher. “We’re going to continue to ensure fair access to foreign markets, fight against unnecessary regulation, make sure the Farm Bill addresses our needs, and guarantee that consumers have the ability to purchase a safe, healthy, and accurately labeled protein source.” To see NCBA’s complete set of 2018 policy priorities, visit www. beefusa.org.

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NOTEWORTHY NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL OFF TO THE RACES by Executive Director Jerome Rosa

The 79th Legislative Assembly convened on Feb. 5, through March 9. Oregon is one of the only eight states that one political party holds the Governor’s office, a majority in the State Senate, and a majority in the State House. Needless to say in the very blue state we live in, our conservative positions at OCA are not very popular in Salem. However, OCA and our natural resource constituents are up to the battle and we feel very confident in our ability to prevail. On Wednesday Jan. 24, the staff of the Governor’s Natural Resource Office invited OCA to meet along with the agency directors for two reasons: 1) to review 2018 session priorities; and 2) to share information on key issues Jason Minor, the governor’s lead natural advisor, presented priorities and answered questions regarding the priorities. This kind of transparent and open forum by the governor’s office is appreciated.

FEDERAL CONCERNS

OCA continues work with Scott Yager (NCBA) in D.C. on efforts to move stand-alone legislation to exempt agriculture from reporting ammonia or hydrogen sulfide emissions.Feedlots, cow-calf producers, stockers, backgrounders – there is no limitation on who is affected. I have been involved in this legislative discussion since the

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early 1990’s. This is a concept intended for smoke stack industry and not agriculture. Unfortunately, some antianimal environmental groups have used this as a method to try and put animal ag out of business.

ELD WAIVER

NCBA and OCA continues to push DOT to provide longer-term waivers on ELD’s for livestock haulers. The current waiver is in place for livestock haulers until March 18, 2018. Law enforcement, DOT and livestock haulers are not on the same page regarding current rules and exemptions that exist. Longtime Senator and good friend to OCA, Betsy Johnson (District 16, Scappoose) was recently chosen to receive the Lewis and Clarke Law School Distinguished Graduate Award. The law school recognized her numerous achievements throughout her career, including dedication and excellence in public service. Eastern Oregon Senator, Cliff Bentz (District 30, Ontario), Caroline Lobdell, executive director of Western Resources Legal Center at Lewis and Clarke Law School and myself were all on hand to honor and pay homage to Senator Johnson. OCA would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Senator and looks forward to many years to come.

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LEGISLATIVE LIAISON LEGISLATIVE WORK BEGINS: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES by Rocky Dallum

As session started this first full week of February, OCA was already busy putting on the miles getting to the Capitol and walking the halls. The first week helps reveal issues ranchers care about that we may not have otherwise heard about. It also is the time to kick-off our advocacy for the issues we care most about. OCA is again supporting a bill related to the state’s growing wolf population. HB 4106, introduced by Rep. Greg Barreto and sponsored by a bi-partisan group of rural legislators, would require Oregon Fish & Wildlife Department to report the wolf population to the legislature for budgeting purposes. It encourages the assembly to set baseline funding for wolf compensation and increase the fund in proportion to the population. We believe this is a critical way for all Oregonians to recognize ranchers contribution and sacrifice for our state’s wolf policy. During the February 8 hearing, several OCA members came from across the state to testify to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee. HB 4001 and SB 1507, known as “cap & trade “ or “Clean Energy Jobs” brought crowds of people to Salem in early February. The highly anticipated bills created enough interested to require multiple days of hearings lasting into the evening. OCA President Nathan Jackson and Executive Director Jerome Rosa both waited vigilantly to join the chorus of opposition from agriculture related businesses. 2018 has brought more discussions about crimes of animal abuse. OCA is partnering with Farm Bureau to carefully monitor and oppose any proposals that could potentially subject livestock producers to criminal liability. While the Judiciary Committee is not typically a forum where OCA appears frequently, we take the risk of criminal prosecution and exposure to ranchers in legal activity very seriously and will vigorously defend the right to raise animals responsibly. 16

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As always, a wide range of bills come from many groups, all with the potential to help or cost ranchers. We’ve already spent significant time discussing several bills related to water storage and transfer. We’re watching a bill supported by Oregon Farm Bureau that would provide a defense to Oregon’s distracted driving laws if an operator were using a phone to assist with the movement of agricultural equipment on a highway. We had several discussions with other ag groups and state senators on a bill related to state commissions to ensure it did not unintentionally affect the Oregon Beef Council. While the 2018 session will only last 35 days, and in comparison to the longer session, there are significantly less bills, there are still plenty of issues that directly or indirectly impact the ranching business. Thank you to all the members who commit time and resources to traveling to Salem or reaching out to legislators. In addition, we thank all those legislators who support our efforts. By next month’s publication we will know for certain what the 2018 session means for Oregon’s statutes and on the ground for ranchers.

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REGULATORY REFORM

NCBA message shows good progress with more work ahead by OCA President-Elect Tom Sharp

In early February, I had the privilege of attending and representing Oregon Cattlemen’s Association at the 2018 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Phoenix, Ariz. As a first time NCBA Convention attendee I was impressed – and somewhat bewildered –by the size, attendance numbers and offered subject matter variety of our industry’s premier annual event. With over 8,000 attendees, more than eight acres of exhibits and all day long schedules of committee meetings and presentation topics, there was something offered for almost any interest. Impossible to do it all, I focused my attention and attendance upon our northwest NCBA Regional meeting, Washington, D.C., issues, and NCBA Federal Lands and Property Rights & Environmental Management committees. Additionally, this convention provided invaluable opportunities to network, share ideas, and discuss common issues of concern with other producers

and industry association leaders from all over North America. Accomplishments in regulatory reform beneficial to the cattle industry during this first year of our country’s new Administration was a common recognition at this year’s convention. NCBA’s scorecard of first year regulatory actions benefitting our industry tallied: for every one new regulation added, 22 had been removed. One year ago, NCBA presented the new administration with a 12-page document listing issues of concern to the cattle industry. A year later that list of concerns has been reduced to four pages.

2017 year-end highlights included: • WOTUS – EPA’s proposal to repeal and replace the 2015 Waters of the United States rule; • GIPSA – USDA’s withdraw of the GIPSA rules; • BLM Planning 2.0 – successful repeal of proposed planning changes to protect western communities from a dangerous shift in federal land management; • National Monument Designations – Administration’s actions to “right-size” national monuments; • Tax Reform – Passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act with provisions important to farmers and ranchers for cash accounting, bonus depreciation, and Section 179; • Federal Death Tax – Temporary relief until 2026 by doubling the exemption rates to almost $23 million per couple. Looking ahead, 2018 will be a year of more work and new challenges. 2018 will also be an important national election year which could present Tom and Pat Sharp attend the 2018 Cattle Industry Convention in other challenges. For 2018, NCBA has Phoenix, Ariz in February.

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adopted the following policy priorities: • 2018 Farm Bill • Regulatory Reform • International Trade and Market Access • Fake Meat Emergence • Antimicrobial Use Key 2018 issues to be addressed are:

animal waste hydrogen or ammonia sulfide emissions for herd sizes of approximately 208 cows or larger (affecting about 200,000 farmers and ranchers). This mandatory requirement effective date has now been postponed to May 1, 2018 while bi-partisan legislative relief efforts are worked to exempt agriculture. • DOT Electronic Logging Requirements imposing livestock hauling driver time

• Farm Bill (current Farm Bill expires October 1, ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 2018) • Full funding for a national foot-andmouth disease vaccine bank • Protection of conservation program funding like EQIP • Maintaining research funding like USDA/ARS • Protection of trade promotion programs and foreign market development • International Market Trade Agreements (like NAFTA, TPP, KORUS) • 2018 is forecasted to be a large beef protein supply year (more cattle on the market) which is expected to put emphasis on international market development and trade agreements to support favorable beef prices. Also, “Fake Beef ” has been developed in the lab and (though expensive) is out on NCBA map shows attendees from various locations in Oregon. the market as a new competitor trying to persuade the next generation of consumer preferences. • U.S. withdraw from NAFTA, TPP, or KORUS (Korean) trade agreements could put U.S. in non-competitive tariff situations for beef export unless new bi-lateral trade agreements are reached. On February 1, former NCBA economist Gregg Doud was nominated to become the country’s Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator to negotiate agricultural trade deals and to advise the President on Ag trade policy. • Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Beef Council are preparing for an Agricultural Trade Mission to China during the month of May. • Regulatory Reform Issues • CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Sharp attends California reception honoring incoming NCBA President Kevin Kester. Pictured (left to right) are: Sharp, and Liability Act) was never intended California Cattlemen’s President Dave Daley, Kester, CCA First by EPA to include agriculture, but Vice President Mark Lacey and 2018 NCBA Honoree and former through enviro group legal challenges NCBA President John Lacey. would impose mandatory reporting of March 2018 OREGON CATTLEMAN

...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 limitations has received an implementation waiver until March 18, 2018 while efforts continue to find a permanent exemption for livestock hauling welfare considerations. • Gray Wolf Federal Delisting – Language is being worked into Congressional Appropriation Bill for federal delisting in the lower 48 states. Gray Wolf recovery in the Great Lakes Region alone (>4,000 wolves, 500 packs) has already exceeded recovery thresholds for the rest of the 48 states. • ESA Reform/Modernization – NCBA is working efforts on a collaborative, bi-partisan ESA Reform package supported by the Western Governors Association. The strategy is to leverage bi-partisan interests in support of a Federal Infrastructure Projects Package by reforming ESA and NEPA which are viewed as big roadblocks to Infrastructure Package interests. • BLM Sage-Grouse RMP Amendments – BLM’s consideration of Resource Management Plan amendments is in process. New science out of a University of Montana research study has debunked nesting cover vegetation height as determiner of sage-grouse nesting success. This science is expected to drive modification of BLM RMP Table 2.2 concerning prescribed stubble heights. Also, targeted livestock grazing as a management tool to reduce fuel loads or invasive weed species continues to gain the support of science. The BLM’s process of adopting RMP Amendments may be done by individual State Records of Decision (ROD) to achieve greater consistency with individual State Plans. • EAJA Reform and Transparency – The Equal Access to Justice Act remains the “elephant in the room”. Efforts to reform EAJA have purposely been made separate from ESA Reform efforts to avoid the appearance of partisanship because (regrettably) EAJA is highly favored by D.C. trial lawyers that depend upon this “gravy train”, and EAJA compensation is integrated into the business models of environmental activist groups. Other information coming out of the NCBA Convention were: • NCBA Regions support a Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) program; • Department of Interior expects key position nominations for agencies to finally occur by early March (like BLM and USFWS Director positions); • NRCS believes species recovery for 84% of the species under ESA cannot be successful without voluntary conservation actions (like those provided thru private landowner participation in Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances – CCAA) And finally, I had the invitation and great opportunity to attend the California Cattlemen’s Association reception for Past CCA President and the new incoming 2018 President of NCBA, Kevin Kester, of Parkfield, Calif. I’m confident our NCBA leadership under Kester’s watch will be in very good hands. Whether you’re looking for cattle industry information, new equipment, meeting new people, or just need a mid-winter break to get away and maybe enjoy some nicer weather, NCBA’s Annual Convention and Trade Show offers it all. It was my pleasure to represent the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association! 20

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ANGUS INTRODUCES NEW FOOT SCORE EPDS

In late January, Angus Genetics, Inc. (AGI) announced two new foot score research EPDs, the first of its kind in the U.S. for beef cattle. The American Angus Association® has been collecting foot scores since 2015, with approximately 12,000 data points sent in. Members have reported two scores for claw set and foot angle. The pair of scores are based on a scale from one to nine, with five being ideal for both traits. AGI Director of Genetic Research Stephen Miller says the collaboration with membership in collecting foot scores allowed steady advancement toward a foot score research EPD. “Angus breeders have completed a tremendous amount of data reporting in such a short period of time; this is truly a testament to their commitment toward genetic progress,” Miller said. “We are absolutely thrilled to begin the process of rolling this breakthrough out to the membership.” Last summer, AGI initiated a research analysis on yearling foot scores with the collected data. The analysis reported moderate heritability estimates for both claw set (0.25) and foot angle (0.25). Since the preliminary analysis, AGI worked alongside the Association’s Information Systems team to develop the appropriate genetic evaluation model to predict foot score selection tools and now has research EPDs ready for delivery. A research EPD is a prelude to a production EPD, serving as a one-time analysis delivered to the membership and enabling the Association to get meaningful feedback from Angus producers. Unlike a production EPD, a research EPD does not get updated weekly but can be updated periodically as more data flows into the database. The more data collected, the more robust the evaluation becomes, and the sooner the research EPD can be moved into production. AGI Director of Genetic Services Kelli Retallick says it’s important producers continue to send in quality, consistent data. “Though we are getting closer to a production EPD, we encourage

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members to continue sending in data,” Retallick said. “Consistency of scoring within a producer’s herd is key, and luckily, we have a variety of resources here at the Association to help.” Currently, producers submit two foot-score data points, claw set and foot angle. During the research phase, AGI found that only a low genetic correlation (0.22) exists between these two traits. Because of the low correlation, scores are evaluated as

separate traits and separate EPDs, termed Claw Set EPD and Foot Angle EPD. Claw Set and Foot Angle EPDs published in this first report are AI sires who possess accuracy value great than 0.40. Additional information on these research EPDs is located here. For more information about foot score guidelines, go to www.angus.org. Call the office at 816-383-5100 to learn how you can submit your foot score data.

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THE OREGON BEEF COUNCIL TODAY “BEEF. IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER.” GETS A NEW LOOK by Oregon Beef Council Chief Executive Officer Will Wise

Twenty-five years after establishing one of the nation’s most iconic food brands, Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. has a new look and style guide. This is a collection of thoughts, examples and reasons behind the basics of this refreshed famous logo and brand. This campaign was developed by the Leo Burnett Company in 1992 and is recognized by 88 percent of Americans. In our office, we use the term “BIWFD” often as this is the moniker used by the beef industry around the country, including state beef councils and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. One reason for the style guide is to have a uniform and professional approach for all of our advertising and promotion campaigns. There were other campaigns and some of you may remember them. Leo Burnett’s BIWFD campaign succeeded one from Ketchum Advertising, a well-known San Francisco firm. The prior tag line was “Beef. Real food for real people” and a subsequent one that was eventually dropped was “Beef. It’s what you want.” The BIWFD campaign has been back since 1999. Branding awareness, demographic fit, and a good logo are needed in the cluttered marketing world we all live in today. If you think about it, the beef industry is lucky to have such a well -known brand through the Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner promotional programs. I have been in the food and agricultural marketing game all of my career and when I joined the Oregon Beef Council I began using the BIWFD materials that we can access through NCBA right away. I came from the produce industry and not many fruits or vegetables have this kind of brand awareness. California raisins, perhaps, or Florida 26

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orange juice. The prominence of the BIWFD programs is something we should all appreciate. This kind of promotional effort does not just happen on its own. I have been in meetings where I experienced some sticker shock at the cost of keeping this going. For example, the music from “Hoe-Down,” which is part of the rodeo suite by composer Aaron Copland, used with BIWFD ads, is something you would probably recognize if you heard it. It costs a lot to keep the rights to use this as part of the advertising audio. Yet, it sometimes gave me a profound marketing sensation when its iconic “boom boom boom” ended an ad with a well-known voiceover. I can hear it right now. The Oregon Beef Council has been consistently aligned with the national BIWFD marketing goals and promotional strategies. There have been some who wanted new branding, and maybe those logos and ideas have their place. “Fuel for the Finish” may work for Team BEEF promotions at running and cycling events. But for my money, the Beef It’s What’s for Dinner is a great brand for our industry and we should be thankful that it has been so successful.

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The Bald-Faced Truth About Hereford Genetics

An AHA Highlight from Cattle Industry Convention from the American Hereford Association

uring an American Hereford Association (AHA)hosted event at the Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Trade Show on Feb. 1, AHA Executive Vice President Jack Ward, AHA Director of Breed Improvement Shane Bedwell and Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) Operating Officer Amari Seiferman shared how Hereford genetics can maximize the value of the commercial herd by leveraging traits such as fertility, feed efficiency, docility and feedlot profitability. “The AHA had another strong fiscal year in which the AHA reported increases in all aspects of business and a new strategic plan set in place, the Hereford breed is wellpositioned to move the cattle industry forward,” Ward said. “We have a membership committed to the commercial industry and creating value and efficiency throughout the production system.” The AHA launched its first updated expected progeny differences (EPDs) and corresponding accuracies using the Biometric Open Language Tools (BOLT) genetic evaluation software on Dec. 4, 2017. Unique to the industry, this evaluation is fully supported by the Whole Herd Total Performance Records (TPR™) program. With more than 55,000 Hereford genotypes on record, the AHA offers a progressive genetic evaluation that will help identify the most profitable Hereford genetics for the commercial industry. “Along with this genetic evaluation we released two new traits - Sustained Cow Fertility (SCF) and Dry Matter Intake (DMI),” Bedwell said. “With Whole Herd TPR, we were able to develop SCF which is a longevity and fertility trait blended together. DMI is an economically relevant trait on the cost side for feeding cattle. Both are big components of our updated profit indexes which include Baldy Maternal Index (BMI$), Brahman Influence Index (BII$) and Certified Hereford Beef Index (CHB$).” The AHA continues to build solid 28

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genetic data through the National Reference Sire Program (NRSP), which allows Hereford breeders to test young sires in real-world commercial settings. Unmatched in the beef industry, NRSP has tested hundreds of bulls. This robust test program allows Hereford to stand alone in the area of breed improvement. Because of the commitment of Hereford breeders participating in the program, young sires have been identified and proved for all traits of economic relevance. “We believe in the value of the NRSP and are working to continue to grow this program,” Bedwell said. The cheapest and most profitable technology available to cattle producers is heterosis. The Circle A Ranch and Harris Ranch research projects both documented calves sired by Hereford bulls have a $30 per head advantage in feedlot profitability, and females have a maternal advantage of 7 percent higher pregnancy rates when comparing the Hereford-sired females to Angus-sired females. Data from Circle A also proves a net income of $51 more per cow per year and a significantly higher selling price for bred heifers. “Heterosis adds value across the board,” Bedwell said. “As we look to grow beef supply, one thing we can do is give commercial breeders tools to make good decisions capitalizing on breed complementarity. If we can take out

some of the guesswork and let heterosis play its role, we’re in a good spot as an industry. Hereford has proven itself over and over again through research and trait progress.”

Certified Hereford Beef

The CHB brand continues the tradition of marketing and promoting the Hereford breed’s superior genetics through a specification and quality-based branded beef program established over two decades ago. “We are in our 10th consecutive year of growth for the brand. We have increased our footprint not only domestically, but we’re excited to have entered into the international market,” Seiferman said. “The CHB brand allows not only a focus on a breed-specific program, but the competitive advantage of differentiation. CHB® continues to expand product offerings under the brand label. “Because of consumer demand and awareness of the program, we have recently released and expanded our value-added line to include portion-controlled cut steaks, fully-cooked and deli items to enhance our product offerings. In 2017, The introduction of CHB® Premium, a top Choice and Prime program, solidified the CHB brand’s position in a competitive marketplace. The CHB brand continues to position the program to increase market share and lead the industry with a premium brand of beef backed by Hereford genetics.

AHA Programs

“The AHA continues to be engaged with the commercial industry and provide programs to our members and young breeders,” Bedwell said. The Hereford Advantage Program allows commercial breeders to identify genetically backed, high-quality Hereford and Hereford-influenced feeder cattle and to build premiums in cattle meeting the threshold. Cattlemen participating in this program will benefit from an expected progeny difference (EPD) ranking summary, added market exposure, genetic improvement in their herd and access to AHA resources. The AHA is committed to offering young cattlemen real-world experience. In 2017 the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) created the Fed Steer Shootout - a program focused on youth education and industry experience through commercial cattle feeding, industry technology and performance measures. NJHA members house their steers at Gregory Feedlots, Inc., Tabor, Iowa, where they are custom fed and evaluated. Educational events such as webinars and field days are hosted throughout the contest. The AHA, in collaboration with GeneSeek and Allflex, recently launched the Cow DNA Project to gain more genotypes on females. With these programs in place, the Association believes they are taking a stance that will allow them to progress in the industry.

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When disaster strikes, cows won’t care about our problems by Oregon Cattlemen’s Beef Cattle Improvement Committee Chair Jon Elliott In January, Oregon’s Secretary of State published the results of his office’s audit of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. The audit report wasn’t complementary. It made me think that the subject of emergency preparedness, while not directly related to cattle improvement, is a legitimate use of this Beef Cattle Improveme Committee space. Preppers are scorned for fixating on survival after the expected Cascadian earthquake event (“the Big One”), or after the “Really Big One” like nuclear attack, or after a meteor hits Burns, and it’s hard to talk about being prepared for a disaster event without sounding like a prepper. But no matter what it sounds like, we all need to make some plans for what we will do when the power goes out, the transportation network collapses, communications fail, and we’re all left right where we are to face a new reality for a week or forever. A year or two ago, several articles in national publications about the Cascadian subduction zone made it all too clear that when the Big One happens, western Oregon from the coast to I-5 will suffer catastrophic damage. That information got the attention of many people in western Oregon. If all of you who live and work east of I-5 think you will be unaffected, think again. If the coast is toast and I-5 is put out of service, U.S Hwy’s. 97 and 395 will become the only through north-south highways. If the coast to I-5 region’s infrastructure is heavily damaged, people will have to evacuate to the east. Can you imagine the impact on eastern Oregon when the population of the Willamette Valley and the rest of the coast to I-5 region moves east? There are ten or more routes that run east-west from the coast to I-5. From I-5 east, there are about six main routes (I-84, US 26, US 22 and US 20, OR 58 and OR 140.) One of these roads leads to your place. No one knows how many people will evacuate when the Big One happens and no one knows how far east of I-5 they would have to go to find safety, shelter, and sustenance. But even though the Cascadian event is the most published possibility, there are lots of other scary 30

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possibilities to obsess about. Those who know tell us that the national power grid is vulnerable, that the interstate highway system is vulnerable, that the national communications network is vulnerable, that the banking and financial network is vulnerable, that as we move to the internet of things pretty much everything is vulnerable, some joker could hack your furnace thermostat. The reality is that we live in a vulnerable world and no one knows what will happen when the Big One hits or what other sort of disaster might devastate the whole state or region. The Secretary of State’s audit report made it sound like we are pretty much on our own. The Office of Emergency Management is apparently underfunded, unprepared, and poorly managed. It is only prudent that we each spend some time thinking about how we will react to protect our families and our livestock when the SHTF. Everyone, wherever you live, should have a two week emergency stash. Potable water, canned or dried or bulk foods that you rotate through your regular meals, a way to keep at least one room in your shelter heated and a means to cook if there’s no electricity or gas or other delivered fuel, clothing and bedding if your house is compromised, etc. There are lists available from your county disaster preparedness office or on line. It’s also important to think about and plan for medical emergencies and ongoing medical needs. None of us will be prepared to cope with every medical emergency, but we should all have at least one pretty comprehensive medical supply kit and at least one person should be current on first aid. If someone is on prescription medications you should know, from visiting with the doctor or the pharmacist, to immediately go to a half dose, to double the dosage interval, or other protocol. People on life saving medications like insulin should probably keep a reasonable supply on hand and know how to manage when that supply is used up. Every family and every ranch family that includes your employees and their families should have a plan that every member understands and agrees to follow.

When a disaster strikes it’s likely that family members, employees, and employees’ families will be spread all over the place; school, jobs in town, cow camps, and that some of these folks may have obligations at work that will keep them from immediately going home, like school teachers. The plan details where to go, where to leave notes, time frames for accomplishing tasks, etc. (I have a good template if you need one.) Also, you should know about your children’s school’s disaster plans (or lack of plans) that include how the kids will be supported for a day or two or three and who will be authorized to take custody of the kids to get them home. You need a plan because cows, especially those on hay or in confinement don’t care about our problems. They expect feed and water and we are obligated to provide both. So, along with your people plan you need a specific plan for how the cattle will be tended. Most rural people I know have experienced being snowed in or without power for a few days or a week or two. Some of us have experienced what can happen when the jobber doesn’t winterize the diesel early enough. But most of us have never faced, all at once and for an extended period, the loss of electricity, communications, fuel, and other infrastructure conveniences that we mainly take for granted. We all have portable generators and pumps. Many of us have equipment we could use to clear and restore local roadways. But what if the diesel tank ruptures during the event and we now have one or five or 10k gallons of diesel seeping into the ground and none to operate machinery except what’s in the individual fuel tanks? If it’s winter and you have to heat your stockwater sources, how do you do that? If you suddenly have no diesel, how will you feed? We all used to be able to load up two-or thee-tie bales, but none of us can buck a 4x4 bale onto the flatbed. We have all come to rely heavily on electricity to power nearly everything in our houses,

shops, and feedlots, and diesel to fuel the machinery to lift and move, cut and bale, etc. Most of us are not set up to power our domestic well pumps or our stockwater pumps when the electricity goes out. And most of us aren’t prepared to power our feed mills or choppers or grinders or even to load the bales to feed on the ground. It’s easy to put off this kind of planning. The problem with not having a plan is in having to scramble just to get a drink of water and having to deal with feeding when there’s no normal way to load or process or deliver the feed. To have a two-week supply of food and water for your family will relieve that issue for awhile and will give you time to plan for day 15 and beyond. Having enough backup power to run processing equipment may be unreasonable, but having backup power enough to run stockwater pumps and other small equipment is only prudent and something most of us have. What we don’t have is the system set up so the stockwater system pump or pumps can be quickly converted from grid power to backup power. There are ways to do this without great expense. Your electrician can set up a breaker to isolate the grid power at the pump motor connection and allow you to plug into your portable generator. Of course, if the well casing or the piping is compromised by the event, you may not be able to get water even with backup power. We have an always full 500 gallon water tank on a trailer that we keep for fire control and other uses. (That may not work where it freezes harder than where I am. Even here, we’ve learned that plastic ball valves are way more forgiving than brass valves when they freeze.) We have a portable volume pump and the requisite suction and delivery hoses so the tank can be filled at the creek. We also have a boxed (with a 36” culvert standing on end) sump that is away from the normal creek flood level that is fitted with a pump and motor and ready to be powered by a ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 32

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untenable to stay in the area. That brings up all sorts of problems. There’s really no way to plan for everything going wrong at once. But, it’s important, I think, to have portable generator to pump to nearby troughs or to fill an idea about the welfare of your cattle as well as your the portable tank or that could be integrated into our family. If simply hunkering down at or near home isn’t stockwater piping system around our barn and working possible, where will you go, how will you get there, will you and feeding facilities. We have it on the calendar to test it simply turn your cattle out? Few western Oregon cattle are every six months. branded. If, after this anticipated catastrophic event, you Your diesel tank probably won’t rupture, but its plumbing may fail or you might have let it be drawn down have to turn your cattle out, or you have to comingle them to where there isn’t much left and the jobber hasn’t come to with other’s cattle, how will you identify them to re-take possession or to sort them from a bigger bunch? fill it yet. It’s probably a good practice to not let the diesel Registered brands are the only legal means to identify tank get too low. Storing gasoline isn’t all that common any more. There are some who think the quality of modern livestock in Oregon, but ear dangle tags with your name gasoline doesn’t allow it to be stored for long (as evidenced on one side will be better than no identification at all. Also, the State veterinarian has what are called “bright” tags by what happens to a small engine’s carburetor if you let it (the same design as bangs tags that clip onto the top of the set too long between startings.) That’s not really true, but ear) that can be used for animal traceback identification storing gasoline is more dangerous than storing diesel. Without gas, though, most portable generators and pumps purposes. They are usually issued through your local veterinarian and the numbers are registered at the State are worthless. It’s prudent to keep 50 or more gallons of offices in your name. While only animals branded with gasoline on hand and to rotate it by using it in a vehicle if registered brands have legal status, any other form of you have nothing else that will use it regularly. identification that hasn’t been removed will be better than There are some, not just preppers, who think that nothing. (After the 1964 flood, lots of logs were salvaged, anarchy will almost immediately take over after a real including from on the beaches and along rivers. Many of disaster. the branded logs that were not salvaged were only two or Our local disaster relief guy refuses to address that three inches long. Likewise, dangle tags or bright tags can possibility, saying that everyone will stay calm and be removed, taking away your claim to ownership.) cooperate and we’ll all get through it together. That may A big part of coping with the aftermath of a disaster is be true, but what if it isn’t? If much of western Oregon has in keeping informed. Everything you read, from the local to evacuate, or more locally for those on the east side, if disaster relief folks to the police/sheriff, to the hardest the meteor hits Burns, and the grocery stores are stripped core preppers agrees that the Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) bare in about an hour, and after 10 days there’s a real and network will be the ultimate fallback for communications. serious food shortage, I’m not convinced everyone will be calm and cooperative. We’ve all heard people say that when Hams are easy to spot. The one near my place has an antenna system that looks capable of interstellar reception. everything falls apart they’ll gather up the family and go If you have one nearby, you’re lucky. If you don’t, it turns live in the country. That’s where we are. Can you imagine out that qualifying for the entry level Ham license isn’t the chaos possible from many groups of hungry, armed, difficult and that entry level, 12-volt powered equipment and desperate folks heading out to live in the country? No one wants to see people suffer. On the other hand, most of can be found at reasonable prices and that you don’t need a huge antenna array to communicate, at least within an area us don’t want people shooting our cows to get a meal for that would get you in touch with another Ham that has all their family. of that fancy, powerful stuff. When the phone lines, the cell The likelihood of an event serious enough to result in towers, the FM bases and transmitters, and the local radio anarchy is small. But small doesn’t mean zero. In our own transmitters all end up on the ground, you will be glad that circumstances, I’ve talked to a local chef and restaurant you or someone nearby has the ability to listen in on the owner about how we might cooperate with each other Ham network and to receive and to transmit information and our neighbors to deliver foodstuffs to town where important to those outside your local area who are worried he could provide meals so that people could stay in town about you. rather than spread out with guns to fend for themselves. There are many web sites that deal with preparing for In our case, it might also mean hauling water to town. Our disasters. Some are quite helpful and some are not. They municipal water comes from springs that are about thirty are worth the time it takes to look at a few of them just to miles northeast of town. There is little doubt that the pipe spot things that you might not think of when you plan. would be ruptured in a massive earthquake, but the water commission has no contingency plans to supply water if the Each Oregon county is supposed to have an emergency pipe is unusable. These issues need serious thought in every preparedness person. The same qualities apply, some are community where townspeople may be without the means helpful and some are not. Locally, Jackson County, I’ve of providing food and water for themselves when the stored found that there is nearly no planning effort that will help livestock people prepare. There are issues other than what food supply is gone. I have touched upon here. Maybe another article about the For western Oregon ranch people, if the Cascadian event is as destructive as is predicted, it may become specifics of preparing is in order.

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“It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” — Theodore Roosevelt - April 23, 1910 University of Paris “Citizenship in a Republic” As I read through this full 35-page speech given by President Roosevelt so many years ago, I find myself correlating it to our realities of today. How often we find ourselves being harsh critics of one another, or of those mired in the trenches of battle against an everencroaching government. We sit idly by while the battle is waged in a far-off capital, far removed from our daily priorities. The unfortunate part of our reality is that money greases the wheels of our political environment, and without a strong financial showing, our voices and concerns will fall on deaf ears and empty minds. The cattle industry is strong in Oregon, and as a leading commodity in this great state, we should also have a leading presence in our capitol, and that comes from each of you! It is time we each step into the arena as one strong and loud voice of concern and reason. Let’s put aside our menial differences, put aside our past difficulties and lead with strong character and nobility. We choose how to make a difference each day and we each get to choose what kind of future we want to create. Let’s not be those filled with cynicism against those fighting on our behalf, or those who stumble in an 34

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effort of high achievement. Let us be an association that grasps the need at hand with fervor and necessity! On Sept. 20, in Powell Butte, you will have your chance to step into the arena with OCA. With challenges in gaining momentum for our Cattlemen’s Ball, we have decided to partner with Central Oregon Ranch Supply on the night before their Annual Round-up and Trade Show. This will be an evening of great fun, auctions, music and dancing, early admission to the trade show, a great steak dinner and thoughts from OCA. Please mark the dates on your calendar now, and stay tuned to our social and print media outlets for more information as we continue our planning process. As always, we salute those who have continually lead our association through the tough times and the good times. 105 years of service to the great industry is no small feat, and with your help we look forward to another century of dedicated service! “Man’s accomplishments are limited only by his own self-set goal and his determination to attain it – honorably.” — Benjamin E. Snipes

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RED MEAT EXPORTS SET NEW RECORDS IN 2017 U.S. red meat exports broke records in 2017, with beef export value exceeding $7 billion for only the second time and pork, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). While China’s removal of its 13-year ban on U.S. beef captured major headlines in 2017, reopening of the Chinese market was just one of many exciting developments for U.S. beef in key Asian markets. As anticipated, beef shipments to China began relatively slowly due to limited eligible supplies. From the mid-June market reopening through the end of October, exports to China totaled 1,570 metric tons (mt) valued at $17.2 million. Beef exports totaled 1.26 million metric tons (mt), up 6 percent from 2016. This marked the fourth-largest volume on record and the second-largest of the post-BSE era. Beef export value reached $7.27 billion, up 15 percent year-over-year and 2 percent above the previous high achieved in 2014 ($7.13 billion). “This was a remarkable year for beef exports, in our

mainstay markets in northern Asia as well as emerging destinations in South America, Southeast Asia and Africa,” said USMEF President and Cheif Executive Officer Dan Halstrom. “The U.S. beef industry gained significant market share in Japan despite considerable obstacles, and posted a record-breaking performance in South Korea and Taiwan. These markets are especially critical for chilled beef exports, which were up about 25 percent year-overyear. This had a tremendous impact on carcass value.” For December only, beef export value was up 9 percent from a year ago to $672.9 million — the second-highest of 2017 and the third-highest on record. December volume was down 3 percent from a year ago to 113,269 mt. Beef exports accounted for 12.9 percent of total production in 2017 and 10.4 percent for muscle cuts only, down from 13.7 percent and 10.5 percent, respectively, in 2016. Beef export value averaged $286.38 per head of fed slaughter, up 9 percent from 2016 and the second-highest on record, trailing only the $300.36 average posted in 2014.

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CAN HISTORICAL CRESTED WHEATGRASS SEEDINGS SERVE AS SUITABLE WILDLIFE HABITAT? by Lesley R. Morris, Eastern Oregon Agriculture and Natural Resources Program and Mike Eytchison, USDA Forest Service Across the Great Basin, millions of hectares of big sagebrush shrublands have been converted to introduced perennial grasses through disc-plowing or herbicidespraying treatments with the intent to stabilize erosion, control invasive species, and increase forage production for livestock. Within land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), rangeland seeding has been the most widespread management treatment employed by the agency (Figure 1). Crested wheatgrass was one of the most frequently seeded exotic species in the western United States and is now common throughout western rangelands. As priorities for rangeland management changed in the 1970s and 1980s, efforts increased to understand how these practices affected wildlife and vice-versa. As early as 1979, researchers noted that wildlife studies tended toward all or none comparisons, either native sagebrush stands or crested wheatgrass monocultures, and that there had been a tendency to deny sagebrush re-occupation of crested wheatgrass seedings and its associated effects on wildlife. Today, there is growing awareness that these now decades-old crested wheatgrass seedings may require diversification to provide important ecosystem services such as species diversity, wildlife habitat, and watershed function. Accompanying this concern over habitat suitability of crested wheatgrass seedings is the common belief that they usually form monocultures (or monotypic stands) ). However, recent studies of historical seedings from 38 sites

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in the northern Great Basin indicate that, 30-50 years after removing sagebrush and seeding with crested wheatgrass, vegetation cover can vary greatly. The re-establishment of sagebrush into historical crested wheatgrass seedings has special importance in the Great Basin because sagebrush is considered a foundational species due to the role it plays in the diet and cover requirements of the sensitive greater sage-grouse and sagebrush-obligate song birds. Regrettably, 50 years or more after the widespread mechanical or chemical manipulations of these sagebrush communities, very little is known about how historical seedings will serve as habitat for greater sage-grouse and other sagebrush species. Given that many of these historically seeded rangelands have re-established native plant species like sagebrush, they may provide more resilient wildlife habitat than previously assumed. Managing for sage-grouse as an “umbrella species” is believed to confer benefits to other sagebrush obligate wildlife because sage-grouse have large home ranges with different habitat requirements at different times of the year. In the spring, lekking grounds and nesting sites are important. A lekking ground is generally a large open area with low vegetation to allow for visibility and room when the males perform their “courtship dance.” Ideal nesting habitat includes sagebrush that is at least 12 inches tall with sufficient grasses and forbs (flowering plants) filling in the gaps under the brush to provide food and additional protection from predators. Later in the summer, as rangelands begin to dry out, sage-grouse hens may move their broods to wetter areas such as irrigated pastures or wet meadows. However, they will still remain close to sagebrush areas since the hens and chicks both depend on the sagebrush and the insects and grasses associated with it. By the late fall, most birds have left their summer range for their winter grounds. Winter habitat is where sagebrush makes up 10-40 percent of the vegetation and is tall enough to be above the snow since sagebrush makes up a large portion of the sage-grouse winter diet. Therefore, addressing sage-grouse habitat suitability can be a first step to understanding how historically seeded rangelands will serve a variety of wildlife. To address sage-grouse habitat suitability, my

collaborators and I have focused on seeding sites from the Vale Rangeland Rehabilitation Program in southeastern Oregon. In 1962, the Vale Rangeland Rehabilitation Program (VRRP) was funded by Congress as a local solution to the national problem of depleted and deteriorating forage on public rangelands. Over the next 15 years the VRRP conducted brush control by plowing or spraying (mainly 2-4, D to reduce sagebrush) and seeding of 773,000 acres to crested wheatgrass in Vale Oregon District of the BLM, primarily in Baker and Malhuer counties in southeastern Oregon. The VRRP program stretched across 20 grazing allotments, all of which are still an active and important part of the beef-cattle industry in the region. In addition, a large portion of what is now known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;sage-grouse core habitatâ&#x20AC;? on the BLM in the Vale District includes former VRRP seeding projects. The current state of these historical crested wheatgrass seedings can be dependent upon underlying conditions as well as the kind of post-seeding management it receives. These underlying conditions include: ecological site, prior cultivation, and differences in seeding implementation (such as plowing versus herbicide). For example, prior cultivation (such as former dry-land farming) has been shown to affect both vegetation and soil conditions across crested wheatgrass seedings. Unfortunately, 50 years after the mechanical and chemical manipulations of these sagebrush communities, very little is known about how these historical seedings will serve as sage-grouse habitat. In the summer of 2014, we initiated a pilot study of sage-grouse late brood-rearing/summer habitat on 7 different seedings from the VRRP ranging in size from

1,800-4,500 acres and spanning 5 different ecological site types. All of the seedings were classified as core habitat by the BLM because they surrounded 17 mapped lekking locations. We measured sagebrush canopy cover, height, and shape as well as perennial and annual grass, forb and crested wheatgrass cover. Habitat potential was ranked as suitable, marginal, or unsuitable at the site scale according to the BLMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sage-grouse Habitat Assessment Framework. Of the sites evaluated, 6 were suitable, 4 marginal, and 5 unsuitable. We found high variability in suitability across different seedings within the same soil type. We also found variability within the same seeding when it crossed different ecological site types. For example, even within a single seeding, implemented with the same plow/seeding method across all 2,292 acres, two different ecological sites can have significantly different sagebrush cover (Figure 2). These differences in plant community composition between ecological sites were found within the same pasture, and included differences in crested wheatgrass abundance (Figure 2). We also found differences related to whether or not the seeding was completed using herbicides or a plowing treatment. When sagebrush sites were initially plowed, we found greater variation in the shrub cover among sites, even within the same ecological site type, than when sagebrush was sprayed with herbicide (Figure 3). Plowed removal of sagebrush also resulted in more variability in contemporary sagebrush cover within the same seeding across different ecological sites than the method of herbicide removal (Figure 4). ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 These preliminary findings are important and suggest that managers will need to take land-use history as well as soil types into account for sagegrouse habitat conservation and planning, and that some sites may need more intervention than others. The differences we identified are also important because they can help identify areas where active restoration should be prioritized, and areas that may be able to recover on their own. Current recommended diversification practices for crested wheatgrass seedings typically include soil mechanical treatments, with the assumption that the disturbance is necessary to remove highly competitive crested wheatgrass before native species will establish. Though this may be true in more productive sites, there is little evidence documenting the need for such mechanical treatment in the Great Basin. In fact, mechanical disturbances used to suppress crested wheatgrass prior to diversification efforts have been shown to have little effect on crested wheatgrass abundance over short time frames (2-4 years) . Disturbance may actually increase the density of crested wheatgrass, and can decrease the establishment of seeded native grass species. There is growing concern that continued mechanical treatments may reduce the resiliency of semi-arid Great Basin communities, could further delay recovery, may cause irreversible soil damage, and may result in sites crossing critical abiotic thresholds that lead to further loss of ecosystem function and wildlife habitat. More work needs to be done to understand the wide variety of habitat suitability across these historically seeded rangelands so that we can understand better how to manage them for multiple uses and the full array of ecosystem services they can provide.

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NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE LET’S GET TO WORK: NCBA’S 2018 POLICY PRIORITIES by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Kevin Kester The 2018 Cattle Industry Convention is officially in the rearview mirror, and now it is time to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Each year Convention is like an extended family reunion, but it is also the time where NCBA members elect new officers and set the policy direction for the year ahead. Some have misconceptions about how NCBA policy is created, but the facts are clear: Our policies are set by producers, for producers. The resolutions that ultimately become official NCBA policy begin and end at the grassroots level. State affiliates then bring the resolutions forward at Convention in the appropriate policy committees. Anyone who participated in policy meetings in Phoenix can attest to the spirited discussion and debate that accompanies each resolution. Producers might not always agree when the final votes are tallied, but our democratic structure ensures that producers continue to drive policy decisions at NCBA. It also means that when NCBA officers and staff walk the halls of Congress or visit with agency officials, we have the weight of thousands of producers behind us. To focus and guide our advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C., we release an annual list of priority issues. The five issues that made the cut for 2018 reflect the input of our membership and the concerns of producers around the country. The list begins with familiar topics for all of us. Like in previous years, regulatory reform is given a prominent position in our priorities. After all, fighting back against federal overreach is as much a part of our industry’s heritage as roping calves and cattle drives. We are lucky to be dealing with an Administration that understands the burdens regulations place on producers. We hope to continue the positive momentum from last year and address some of the most pressing regulatory challenges. This includes finding a permanent solution to the implementation of new electronic logging devices (ELD) 40

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and hours-of-service requirements for livestock haulers; modernizing the Endangered Species Act; replacing the 2015 Waters of the United States rule; and protecting producers from new reporting requirements that were designed to regulate toxic waste sites. Crafting the 2018 Farm Bill is another issue that will be front and center for NCBA. The current Farm Bill is set to expire in September 2018, and Congress has already begun working on new legislation that will reauthorize many of the programs cattlemen and women depend on. We are focusing our efforts on securing a strong conservation title, a robust research title, and a fully funded foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank. The FMD vaccine bank is a new request with a hefty price tag of $150 million per year. However, the cost is a bargain relative to the potential damages our industry could incur if we are not prepared for an FMD outbreak in our herds. The beef export losses alone within the first year of an outbreak would be estimated at nearly $6.5 billion. For the beef and pork sectors combined, a slow response to an FMD outbreak could cost more than $128 billion over a ten-year period. Speaking of exports, trade and market access is a third priority for NCBA this year. Our industry is coming off a record year of international sales, exporting over $7 billion worth of beef in 2017. With 96 percent of the world’s consumers living outside the United States, international markets are increasingly vital for the economic success of our industry. In addition to protecting existing market access under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and KoreaU.S. Trade Agreement (KORUS), NCBA will seeking to expand export opportunities through bilateral trade agreements. Japan would be the big prize here. The ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 42

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 40 country remains our top export market for U.S. beef, even though we face a significant tariff disadvantage over competitors like Australia. A fourth priority is antimicrobial use in beef production. We know that cattlemen and women are committed to the judicious use of antimicrobials to keep our animals healthy and safe. That hardly stops the radical animal rights activists and their propaganda juggernaut from opposing our use of these scientifically-proven technologies at every turn. To protect producers from unwarranted attacks on our operations, NCBA will be working to secure a clean reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and continue industry actions steps determined by our Key Technologies Task Force. The fifth and final priority is one that might give producers pause. For the first time, “fake meat” is on NCBA’s list of issues to watch and manage. Whether they are plant-based protein products or animal protein grown in a petri dish, consumers are increasingly under threat from fake meat products that are marketed as beef. With the commercialization of many fake meat products only just beginning, now is the time to be proactive to address our concerns. Over the next year, you will see NCBA fighting to protect consumers from fake meat and misleading labels. With a wide range of issues on the horizon, 2018 is sure to be a pivotal year for Team Beef. I encourage you to stay engaged by visiting our website, following us on Twitter, and actively participating in policy discussions at the county, state, and national level. We can all play a part in promoting the beef industry and advocating for policies that will support future generations of cattlemen and women.

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PUBLIC LANDS MESSAGE PLC WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATION TO BETTER INDUSTRY by Public Lands Council Matt McElligott March is here and for a good many of you that Spring calve you are in the heat of it. It is the first week of February as I write this, it is a nice Spring-like day here in North Powder, a false Spring I am sure, but I’ll take it. I have just returned from the Cattle Industry Convention that was held in Phoenix. The convention was well attended from producers from all over the country. One of the best attended shows in years with over 7,000 in registered guests. There are many good sessions to attend from Ree Drummond an Oklahoma rancher’s wife with her own cooking show (If you’ve don’t know who she is, ask your wife) to the ever popular CattleFax market outlook session. I spent two afternoons in federal lands meetings. Long meetings, but lots of good stuff affecting public lands grazers. I’ll try to condense it in a few hundred words here for you. The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management are working to reform the National Evironmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. Trying to make

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it simpler and faster. As it sits now the NEPA process can take years. What is NEPA? The Act was signed into law on Jan. 1, 1970, by President Nixon. The same guy that signed the Endangered Species Act. Thanks Dick! NEPA was the first major environmental law in the United States and it established this county’s environmental policies. NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions. It must be considered in everything from range and forestry projects, adopting federal land management actions, to constructing bridges, highways and other publicly owned facilities. Both agencies see the need to streamline this process and they are forming working groups throughout the West to begin the process of reform. The department of the Interior Deputy Director of the office of External Affairs Tim Williams spoke of the key priorities for his department. 1.Public Lands are for PUBLIC access, multiple use 2. Restore trust in communities and they are

committed to being a good neighbor 3. Reorganize the department. This has not been done for over 100 years. Joe Tague and Karen Kelleher of the BLM talked in length on “Outcome Based Grazing” a new approach to range management at the local level. But most of their time was spent discussing the growing problem of Wild Horses and Burros. They know it is out of hand and growing by 20 percent a year. Currently they spend $70,000,000 a year on this problem. For us ranchers that have never seen that many zeroes, that is seventy million! Congress must take the blinders off and fix this. Like allowing the sale of these animals with no restrictions. A couple years ago at a legislative conference in D.C. I sat across the table from Senator Wyden’s chief of staff. I broached the subject of wild horses, their plight and the destruction of the range they run on, she replied that that was too sensitive of a subject and she would not talk about it. Well, I’d like to tell Mr. Wyden and his staff, problems are not solved by ignoring them. They are solved by facing them and the time has come to tackle this problem. I guess it’s time to go check heifers, but before I leave you, just a couple reminders. If you have a permit on the Malheur National Forest you should have received your Biological Assessment, read it, make sure you understand it and make comments on it. You all have applicant status. For those of you that have paid your PLC dues, thanks it is greatly appreciated. For those of you that haven’t got around to it, please send what you can, it used on issues that affect you and your ranch. populations without judicial review. A major win in 2017 came when the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to rescind the onerous 2015 Waters of the United States rule. This egregious federal overreach would have given the federal government broad jurisdiction over land and water features that they have no business regulating. Today, the Public Lands Council is engaged with the EPA to find a permanent fix for the problem – developing language that will appropriately define and provide perspective of waters that should be under federal jurisdiction. On that note, The Public Lands Council advocated reform to loosen the grip of radical environmental groups who utilized dirty “sue and settle” tactics during National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act reviews. It is a success to have congress acknowledging the abuse of programs such as EAJA by extreme activist communities. Because of our organization, political leadership heard sensible arguments that will stop extreme environmentalist from handicapping public lands ranchers.

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MAKING THE GRADE Checkoff research, NCBA advocacy lay foundation for change in grading system from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Anticipating their first bite into a juicy steak, consumers have often trusted a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Choice or Prime designation to deliver a savory eating experience. Now that trust will be even stronger when consumers head to the meat case. Thanks to checkoff-funded research and forceful advocacy from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the USDA announced late last year that they would be modernizing the U.S. beef grading standards to improve accuracy. The move could save the industry $60 million annually and benefit producers up and down the supply chain. Prior to the modernization, USDA grading standards were based on research dating back more than three decades. USDA graders would use carcass indicators of skeletal and lean maturity to classify carcasses into maturity groups designated A through E. These physiological indicators of age included assessments of ossification of the bones and cartilage. For many people, details of the beef grading process aren’t important. A team of checkoff-funded researchers knew how critical the process is. Their research found that an alternative assessment method, known as dentition, could enhance the accuracy of age determinations. Instead of looking at carcass indicators, dentition assessments analyze the number of teeth present at the time of processing. Carcasses produced by cattle with fewer than three permanent incisors are classified as less than 30 months of age; carcasses from cattle with three or more permanent incisors are classified as 30 months of age or older.

Understanding the Science The checkoff-funded research was coordinated by NCBA, a checkoff contractor, and conducted between 2011 and 2015. It compared the eating quality of strip loin steaks from two groups of fed steers and heifers. The first group had been classified as less than 30 months of age using dentition. The second group of steaks came from carcasses that were known to be under 30 months of age, but had been classified by USDA graders as 46

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older than 30 months of age using the previous process. These carcasses were designated either B- or C-maturity (meaning they could not obtain Choice or Prime designation). The carcasses in the latter group may have exhibited premature skeletal ossification, contributing to the confusion of their age. When comparing the two groups, trained sensory panelists found no difference in tenderness, flavor or juiciness. What’s more, the studies found that tenderness as measured using Warner-Bratzler or slice shear force instrumental measures of tenderness did not differ between the maturity groups. The implication of these findings was clear: Carcasses that should have been eligible for Choice or Prime grades were being overlooked, decreasing their value. Ultimately, the key contention of the research was that beef quality would not be compromised if grade standards were modernized. Older carcasses producing tougher beef would not be lumped in with young, tender carcasses, and more accurate grades could be assigned to carcasses that had been incorrectly classified as older than their actual age. In addition, NCBA contended that USDA grading standards could still be evaluated on a regular basis to ensure they are current and relevant based on the latest science available. The previous use of physiological indicators of chronological age were implemented based on a study involving 1,005 cattle back in 1980. The new studies, conducted by J.D. Tatum, Ph.D., at Colorado State University, were robust and represented the full age, sex and grade mix of fed cattle available today. The statistical power of these studies suggested additional studies would be unnecessary in evaluating the value of dentition for beef grading purposes.

Making an Impact With a new and improved assessment method identified, NCBA started to act. In 2014, the organization convened a working group composed of the cow/calf, feeder, and packing sectors to examine the issue of beef grading standards modernization.

Recognizing the limitations of the previous grading process, and the economic harm caused to beef producers, the group recommended petitioning USDA for a change. NCBA also recommended that age verification be used as a legitimate method for assessing carcass age. Two critical points added extra weight to NCBA’s petition. First, the checkoff-funded research clearly demonstrated that consumer confidence would not be harmed by the modernization, while the benefit to the beef industry would be significant. Second, modernization of USDA classifications was not seen as a drastic change by the industry. Dentition has long been used in federally inspected processing plants, with oversight from USDA, for U.S. product destined for foreign markets. With the full breadth of scientific evidence backing up NCBA’s position, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service decided to adopt NCBA’s petition. In December 2017, USDA formally updated the U.S. Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef. “This will benefit U.S. beef producers in every segment of our industry,” NCBA President Craig

Uden said. “By basing carcass quality grades on the most current scientific data available, we will improve grading accuracy and ensure that producers are getting maximum value out of each head. We are grateful to Secretary Perdue and the staff at USDA for implementing this decision, which demonstrates their continued commitment to supporting American cattlemen and women.” Analysis if the data suggested Uden was right. Before the modernization, carcasses incorrectly classified were sold at an estimated discount of nearly $275 per head. Cattlemen and women who lost real dollars can now have added confidence in the grading process. “Checkoff-funded research that is not utilized is not fully successful,” added Bridget Wasser, NCBA executive director for meat science and supply chain outreach. “Because this important information was adopted by the USDA, consumers can have more confidence in the grade of the beef they’re eating, and the beef cattle industry can benefit by having its products more accurately classified. It was great research that can result in a more confident beef consumer and a more successful beef industry.”

March 2018 OREGON CATTLEMAN

PRODUCT PROMOTION CATTLEWOMEN AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND BEYOND

by Oregon CattleWomen’s Association President Wendy Bingham

We are in the thick of March Madness! Not only does the NCAA enjoy March Madness I think that is what we could call it on the ranch too. We are calving, cleaning, fencing, harrowing, etc. and enjoying longer days of light!

ANCW AND NCBA RECAP

The US Foods group saw how fruit and vegetables are collected and then redistributed in set orders to grocery stores. Upon our return I went straight into the board of directors meeting. Ideas were shared from each region on things that are working for individual states. These are women with dedication to our industry and provide their best efforts to educate consumers and stay on top of legislative issues that come up. Thanks to all our state members who participate in this! New officers were installed for ANCW 2018 President – Gwen Geis, Wyo.; President Elect – Wanda

This year the ANCW (American National CattleWomen) annual meetings held in Phoenix, Ariz., were attended by Jenny Coelho, Peggy Biaggi, Katharine Jackson, Leslie Pierson, Julie Hoffman and myself. We also had multiple attendees make it to the NCBA (National Cattlemens Beef Association) meetings including 4 collegiates from OSU. Leslie was chosen as one of three ANCW members across the nation to receive a free sponsorship to come to the convention. The ANCW convention started out with an Ag tour. The Ag Tour began with a stop at the Kerr Family Dairy. Wes Kerr has developed an efficient dairy and works closely with veterinarians and nutritionists to keep the operation up-to-date. Amazing fact: The alfalfa stand they have produces 9 to 10 crops per year. Wow! We then toured Rousseau Farms Carrot packaging facility. We saw the vast amount of machinery and man power it takes to get those baby carrots to our grocery store. For stores in their local area carrots will be harvested and in the store the next day. Our final stop was the JBS Meat Packing Plant in Tolleson, Ariz., for half of us and US Foods for the other half. The JBS Meat Packing Plant was a highlight on the tour because of its connection to what we do every day to provide the animals for the end OCA members attending the National Beef Industy Convention product “BEEF” for consumer diets. The care and safety in Phoenix are (left to right): Peggy Biaggi, Jenny Coelho,Wendy that is demonstrated at this packing facility are exceptional. Bingham, Julie Hoffman, Leslie Pierson, and Katharine Jackson.

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Pinnow, Mont.; Vice President- Evelyn Brown, Al,; Past Pres.-Penny Zimmerman, Minn.; Secretary - Leslie Lohrenz, Colo.; Treasurer – Tammy Didlot, Okla.. This is a slate of officers who will help ANCW continue to run effectively. The most exciting highlight for Oregon was our big win in the MOOOVE Membership contest. We won first place in this competition which consisted of striving for an increase in state and national membership and participating in beef promotion, education & development and legislation. This past year our state membership increased 45 percent between March and December. Thank you ladies, for your participation in this competition. Matt Johnson presented us with a $1,500 certificate toward Powder River Livestock Handling equipment. Suzanne Menges reported as the director of Women’s Leadership Certificate Program for ANCW. To receive ANCW Leadership Certification you must: • Attend three in –person classes - ANCW Basics, Meeting Management and Beef Promotion and Advocacy • Complete two on-line classes – Beef Quality Assurance and Masters of Beef Advocacy • Participate in one Webinar hosted by the ANCW We heard from the 2017 CBAP (Collegiate Beef Advocacy Program) members. Their experiences were well worth it. They represented our industry well. 2018 CBAP members were announced. I hope this year we will have some collegiates from Oregon apply for CBAP. You can go to www.ancw.org to get more details about the contest and opportunities upon being selected.

OCW MEMBERSHIP ROUNDUP 2018 We are already off to a good start in 2018 with county dues, state dues and national dues being sent in. This year we have a great opportunity to be rewarded for being a member of OCW. The 2018 County Affiliate of Oregon CattleWomen with the most new OCW memberships will receive a saddle donated by AG Insurance. The contest will end prior to the annual convention in Bend. Proceeds from the saddle go back to your county! A special thanks to AG Insurance for their sponsorship.

RIDE FOR THE BRAND! $50 buys you a spot on the custom, one of a kind chaps made by Bub Warren at Franklin Saddlery. Advertise your outfit and support the Oregon CattleWomen in their endeavor to advance the Cattle Industry through promotion and education. With your purchase you’ll receive 1 ticket ($10 value) to be entered into the drawing

for the chaps at OCW Annual Convention 2018. Should you win, Your iron will be place in the winners spot on the leg of the chaps. If you want to increase your odds, you can purchase extra raffle tickets at $10 each or 3/$25. For questions please contact Diana Wirth at (541) 8912295 or by email at dwirths4@aol.com. Please make your brand submissions prior to April 1 2018. These will be awesome chaps!

COUNTY UPDATES HARNEY COUNTY HCCW served lunch at their local Senior Center in January, had a table at the chamber of commerce banquet and had members, Susan Doverspike and Pat Sharp attend the NCBA meetings in Phoenix. Harney County will also be holding a MBA (Masters of Beef Advocacy) class training in Burns on March 16. To sign up for the MBA class contact orcattlewomen@gmail.com or (208) 8503803. KLAMATH COUNTY KCCW participated in their annual Klamath County Bull Sale. They experienced record breaking silent auction proceeds, a “Sold Out” successful dinner serving 400 people. They also sold over 20 pies at their bake sale and got 3 new memberships. During the event they gave out a full roll of “I Heart BEEF” stickers and did a live remote with radio station KLAD talking about Beef Check off. It was a busy weekend for these ladies but super productive. The proceeds from the events they had go towards scholarships.

Bingham Family Funnies:

With basketball in full swing there is constant talk about rankings and how the high school teams our son, Roper, plays on and our nieces play on are going to do. With talk of possibilities of going to state playoffs, the topic of my husband, Jake’s, high school state championship games come up. His brothers feed the fire by describing play by play some of the intense moments. Jake had captivated his audience of 9 nephews and nieces and described feelings of excitement and how fun it was to win the tournament. I nonchalantly said, “You are in heaven talking about this.” Our three year old, Hatlee, was walking by just then and said, “He is not in heaven. He is on EARTH, mom!” March 2018 OREGON CATTLEMAN

MORE THAN JUST A

MEMBERSHIP

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

DID YOU KNOW, AS AN OCA MEMBER, YOU HAVE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THESE MEMBER BENEFITS? 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

Current OCA 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

Current OCA Members receive a .02 per gallon discount on grades of fuel and diesel. Carson branches are in Portland, Albany, Prineville, Grants Pass, Hood River, North Bend, Tillamook, Newport, and Toledo. Discount is available at all Carson owned CFN and Pacific Pride Locations. Deliveries are from 100 gallons to 10,000 gallons.

STAR OILCO

Current OCA Members will receive discount 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 in a 100mile radius of Portland under 100 with a $50.00 service charge.

CENTRAL OREGON RANCH SUPPLY

Gives our members the opportunity to buy Zoetis Animal Health products at their premier producer level which equates to a 25% discount from retail. Other store promotions as well.

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.

The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association is the voice of the cattle industry in Oregon. We represent nearly 2,000 ranchers in Oregon and aim to help grow Oregon’s beef industry and promote environmentally and socially sound economic practices in producing beef products sold worldwide. Oregon has over 13,000 cattle producers, using 57% of state agricultural lands and comprising 14% of Oregon’s total agricultural sector. Our ranchers are committed to producing the highest quality beef and we are committed to serving our members.

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2018 Membership Form Name:

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Select Your Membership FOR CATTLE OWNERS AND THOSE SEEKING A VOTING MEMBERSHIP LEVEL

Price Producer – 1 to 50 head of cattle with voting privileges $50.00

Producer– 51-100 head of cattle with voting privileges $150.00 Plus $1.00 per head over 150. ($3,000 cap.) For example: 500 head of cattle will be a total of $500

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OCSF is a public charitable organization (IRS Section 501(c)3), which supports, provides and encourages education, training and research in the field of agriculture, as well as funding legal defense for cattle industry interests. OCSF also supports local Ranchers Feeding Kids and Beef Heifer Replacement programs. Contributions may be tax deductible for Federal income purposes.

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LAUTENSCHLAGER & SONS “A Legacy of Innovation”

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

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

RED ANGUS & RED SIMANGUS 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

Bull Sale February 2018

KENNY & DIANNE READ

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Freeman Angus Ranch

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Judy Wortman 87586 Hwy. 82 • Enterprise, OR 97828 (541) 426-3742

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We HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR SPRING BULL SALE 3/10/2018!

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

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-Annual Sale First Monday in March-

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

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PRODUCTION SALE REPORT Only 2018 advertisers of this publication are represented in this sale report.

KLAMATH FALLS BULL & HORSE SALE Feb. 3, Klamath Falls

THOMAS ANGUS RANCH Feb. 17, Burley, Idaho

Col. Eric Duarte

Col. Trent Stewart

107 bulls...........................................................$3,348 30 open heifers..................................................1,758 Horses..............................................................$5,438

87 Angus bulls.................................................$3,813

BURGESS ANGUS RANCH Feb. 9, Homedale, Idaho Col. Kyle Colyer 54 Angus bulls ................................................$3,432 27th ANNUAL PABCO BULL SALE Feb. 10, Madras Col. Trent Stewart 46 Angus bulls................................................ $3,883

HERD BUILDER BULL SALE JR Ranch & Sackmann Cattle Co. Feb. 17, Othello, Wash. Col. C.D. ‘Butch’ Booker 92 bulls.............................................................$4,174 PERFORMANCE PLUS BULL SALE Teixeira Cattle Co. Feb. 19, Terrebonne Col. Trent Stewart 124 Angus & SimAngus bulls.......................$4,447

QUAIL VALLEY ANGUS Feb. 11, Madras Col. Trent Stewart 33 two-year-old Angus bulls........................$4,008 44 fall yearling bulls.......................................$4,260 27 spring yearling bulls..................................$3,680 ANGUS ALLIANCE BULL SALE Rocking R Cattle, Hajny Land & Livestock and Clift Liveestock Feb. 12, Eltopia, Wash. Col. C.D. ‘Butch’ Booker 76 Angus bulls.................................................$4,151 13 Charolais bulls...........................................$3,842 20 open commercial heifers..........................$1,100 SOUTH MOUNTAIN CATTLE CO. BULL SALE Feb. 13, Caldwell, Idaho

Dan Holland, Brooks, Calif., and Rick and Linda Anderson, Eagle Point, look through sale bulls at Quail Valley Angus near Madras on Feb. 11.

Col. C.D. “Butch’ Booker 75 Angus bulls.................................................$3,141 21 Hereford bulls............................................$3,240 MEADOW ACRES ANGUS Feb. 14, Echo Col. Trent Stewart 73 Angus bulls.................................................$4,106 22 Angus pairs...............................................$2, 032 23 fall bred Angus heifers..............................$1,707 Simplot’s Kyle Merino with Allflex, USA’s Jared Patterson at Teixeira Cattle Company’s Performance Plus Bull Sale in Terrebone Feb. 19. March 2018 OREGON CATTLEMAN

DEPARTURES CLAYTON WOOD

the family farmed grass seed which started at 300 acres and grew to 1200 acres. After his graduation in 1953, he began his service to his community. In 1962 he was appointed to the Linn Soil and Water Conservation District; in 1971 he was Agricultural Chairman for the Morning Star Grange; and served as an officer of the Millersburg School Board in Clayton Wood passed peacefully 1972. Ironically, after opposing the surrounded by family on Feb. 2, after formation of Millersburg as an a brief illness. He was born May 19, 1935 in Junction City, to Herbert and incorporated city, he served two years on the planning commission and as Laura Helen (Shelton) Wood. The family moved to Millersburg in 1942 Mayor for 40 years, retiring in 2016. where his family owned a dairy which Clayton was an incorporator and founding member of the Albanyoperated for many years and later Millersburg Economic Development added a feed pellet mill. Corporation. With Clayton’s In his young life, he achieved leadership Millersburg grew into the many agricultural honors. In 1946 thriving community it is today. he was named the County 4-H Club Although his plan to enlist Corn Champion and received a in the Air Force was halted when scholarship to the 1949 4-H summer playing second base, the runner slid school. He served as reporter of the in and broke his ankle, he pursued Future Farmers of America chapter his dream of flying, becoming a pilot in 1951-52 and vice president 1952in 1959. He became an avid aviator 1953. He attended the national FFA including being instrument rated, convention as a chapter delegate in and continued to fly, until 2011. He the fall of 1952 where he also took was a longtime member of Quiet part in the poultry judging team in Kansas City, MO. He was named State Birdmen. He often flew to the World Farmer in 1953. In 1954 he took first Ag Expo in Tulare, California. He and place in Kenland Clover and Markton LaVonne would take the grandkids Oats at the FFA Fair. He received the in the airplane to the Coast for ice highest honor in the Future Farmers cream. The grandkids still remind grandma how much fun it was. of America, being named Degree Clayton married Roberta of American Farmer in October 1955. In 1960, he was named as Linn Kokotan in June 1963 they had two children, Gary and Shari. County Outstanding Farmer of the Clayton married LaVonne Year. In 1963 Clayton and Ernie Knudtson on May 24, 1997. With Henschel started Mill-Rite Farms this marriage, Clayton’s family grew. producing cattle feed and shipping to locations in Oregon, Washington, Clayton and LaVonne enjoyed 20 Idaho and California. In addition, wonderful years together. Their WWW.ORCATTLE.COM March 2018

travels included trips to North Dakota, Texas, Arizona and a very special trip to Norway. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, first wife Roberta, and stepson Douglas Knudtson. He is survived by his loving wife, LaVonne, sister Sharon Henschel, daughter Shari Johnson, son Gary (Tami) Wood, stepchildren Brenda Mainord, Jan Knudtson (Doug’s wife), Janelle (Jack) Nichols, Karla (Corey) Tackitt and Kathy (Scott) Dixon, grandchildren Schyler, Megan, Jennifer, Kyle (Ashley), Brooke (Rosco), Austin, Logan (Cortney), Jessica (Doug), Alissa, Dalton, Morgan, Noah and Owen; great grandchildren Jayden, Westin, Bentley, Jaxson, Ava, Cole, Davis, Hollyn, Myla, Dylan and Drake and numerous nieces and nephews. Viewing and memorial service was held Feb. 12. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church the church Clayton and LaVonne attended, or to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

TO PLACE AN OBITUARY, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT OR WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT, IN THIS PUBLICATION, CONTACT THE OCA OFFICE AT OCA@ORCATTLE.COM (503) 361-8941.

MAYNARD ALVES

Maynard Alves lost his long battle with heart disease on Jan. 8. He was born in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 1, 1937. Maynard’s early love of horses drew him to rodeo and horseshoeing. Cattle ranching came next with operations in California, Oregon and Nevada. His love of Quarter horses grew into a successful horse showing and breeding program, resulting in many champions. Maynard loved wide open spaces and riding one of his good horses while checking on his cattle. Maynard’s long list of accomplishments include: American Quarter Horse Association judge, National Cutting Horse Association judge, Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association Gold card member. Maynard is survived by his loving wife, Jacolyn Alves, of 60 years. They have three children, Debbie Butler of Redmond; Terri Schneider of Carson City, Nev; and Jim Alves of Twin Falls, Idaho. Maynard also has seven grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association.

DON ANDERSON

Don E. Anderson, 85, of Arlington passed away January 1, 2018, surrounded by family in Heppner, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. A graveside service was held on Jan. 8, at the Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Oregon. A reception will follow at the Gronquist Building in Arlington. He was born May 30, 1932, the only son of Edgar and Margaret McKinney Anderson. He grew up on the family ranch in the Blalock Canyon area near Arlington, that was homesteaded in 1888. He attended school in Arlington, graduating from Arlington High School in 1950. Don served in the United States Army from 1953-1955, stationed in Fort Hood, Texas. He stayed in contact with many of his Army buddies throughout his life. Besides the wheat and cattle ranch, Don’s only real hobby in his younger years was the occasional weekend rodeo. That hobby led him to the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, where he met rodeo queen Patricia Ann Wright. They were married Nov. 30, 1957. Don and Patricia combined their family ranches, which are still in operation today and known as the Triangle Ranches. Don enjoyed good horses and cattle. He was recognized as the lifetime commercial cattleman

honoree at the Western Nugget Nation Hereford Show in 2005 by the Western States Hereford Association. In 1990 and 1991 he was selected by the American Hereford Association to judge Hereford carloads at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver, Colo. Don also enjoyed watching high school and college sporting events, traveling to Hereford bull sales and visiting with people in the livestock industry. Highlights in recent years were attending the World Hereford Conference in Calgary as well as the AHA annual meeting where he was recognized by CEO Jack Ward for having used Hereford bulls since 1920. Don always said Herefords made him a living so why change... that is how his conversations always started and ended. He was a member of the Oregon Cattleman’s Association, Oregon Wheat Growers League and Condon Elks Lodge #1869 and was active with the Arlington Saddle Club for many years. Survivors include daughter Tami Rietmann and her husband Mark of Heppner; son Brad Anderson and his wife Sally of Arlington; granddaughters Shelly McCabe and her husband Adam of Ione, Shanna Sallee and her husband Mike of Hermiston and Tatianna Taylor of Hood River; great-grandchildren Anson McCabe and Tessa Sallee; and friend Cheryl Thomas of Hood River. He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia and his parents. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arlington Education Foundation, P.O. Box 451, Arlington, OR 97812 or to Pioneer Memorial Hospice, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. March 2018 OREGON CATTLEMAN

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5 J Angus................................................................ 53 9 Mile Ranch....................................................... 6, 7 9 Peaks............................................................. 17, 52 AgPROfessionals.................................................. 54 Allflex, USA....................................................... 5, 54 Allison Hay & Herefords..................................... 53 Allwest Select Sires............................................... 59 American Angus............................................. 23, 43 American Hereford Association......................... 53 Bar CK.................................................................... 52 Bar KD................................................................... 52 Barenbrug Seed..................................................... 33 Bordertown Feed.................................................. 54 Buchanan Angus................................................... 52 Byrd Cattle Company.......................................... 53 Central Oregon Ranch Supply...................... 24, 25 Chandler Herefords.............................................. 21 Corsair Angus................................................. 22, 52 CS Beef Packers.................................................... 11 Datamars............................................................... 41 Double Eagle Ranch............................................. 52 Fay Ranchess......................................................... 42 Freeman Angus..................................................... 52 Greenway Seed................................................ 10, 43 Hang’n A Ranch.................................................... 53 Harrell Hereford Ranch....................................... 53 High View Angus................................................. 53 Hufford’s Herefords.............................................. 53 Idaho Salers Association...................................... 38 Immvac.................................................................. 59 James Wilhite Bale Wagon.................................. 54 Kessler Angus........................................................ 52 Kimberly Black Cattle.......................................... 14 Lautenschlager & Sons......................................... 52 Merck Animal Health.......................................... 27 Mitchell Red Angus.............................................. 52 Multimin, USA..................................................... 13 Nelson Red Angus................................................ 52 Noahs Angus Ranch....................................... 42, 52 Norbrook......................................................... 38, 39 Northwest Livestock Supply................................ 35 NuTech................................................................... 42 O’Doherty Cattle Company................................ 53 Oregon Trail Livestock Supply............................ 32 Price Cattle Company.......................................... 52 Quail Valley Ranch............................................... 53 Rolfe’s Angus Acres.............................................. 52 Rollin’ Rock Genetic Partners............................... 2 Romans Ranches Charolais................................. 53 Schuster Herefords............................................... 53 Simplot................................................................... 53 Temple Tag............................................................ 41 Thomas Angus Ranch.......................................... 53 Thompson Cattle Co............................................ 52 Totalis Designs...................................................... 54 Traynham Ranches............................................... 53 VAL Charolais....................................................... 52 VF Red Angus....................................................... 52 Ward Ranches......................................................... 7 Western Video Market........................................... 3 Westway Feed Products....................................... 17 Windermere Real Estate...................................... 54 Wood V bar X....................................................... 52 Woodburn Livestock Exchange.......................... 53 Wortman Ranch................................................... 52 WWW.INSUREMYFORAGE.COM.................. 54 Y Tag...................................................................... 15 Y Tex Corporation................................................ 15 Z Tags..................................................................... 41

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CALENDAR

MARCH 1

NORTHWEST HEREFORD BREEDERS BULL SALE - Hermiston

MARCH 2

CAMAS PRAIRIE ANGUS BULL SALE - Lewiston, Idaho

MARCH 3

TRINITY FARMS BULL SALE - Ellensburg, Wash.

MARCH 5

HARRELL HEREFORDS & MCKENZIE QUARTER HORSE

BULL & HORSE SALE - Baker City

MARCH 6

THOMAS ANGUS RANCH BULL SALE - Baker City

MARCH 6 & 7 OCA SPRING QUARTERLY MEETING - Salem MARCH 9

ROLLIN’ ROCK GENETIC PARTNERS BULL SALE - Pilot Rock

MARCH 10

VF RED ANGUS BULL SALE - Terrebonne

MARCH 10

ROCK’ N D RANCH BULL SALE

MARCH 12

CATTLEMEN’S CONNECTION BULL SALE - Bliss, Idaho

MARCH 14

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