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50 Son Sell !

SAV Resource 1441

Annual Fall Production Sale

Nov. 17, 2017

35 Son Sell !

At the Ranch, Ryegate, MT Lunch: 11:30 a.m. • Sale: 1:00 p.m.

Basin Payweight 1682

225 Yearling Angus Bulls 10 Two-Year-Old Bulls 100 Commercial Bred Heifers

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New Sale ! ! Date

ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at the ranch, Colome, SD

Selling 275 bulls – 175 Yearlings & 100 coming two’s

Selling the pick of the entire heifer calf crop in the spring bull sale. SIRES INCLUDE: Basin Payweight 1682, Connealy Confidence, Raven Powerball 53, Sitz Superior 10971, PA Valor 201, Connealy Gold Rush 026E, Musgrave Aviator 542, KM Broken Bow 002, & EF Commando 1366

Raven Blackbird 610

Raven Blackbird 315

Reg: #15183451 One of the best cows to ever walk the pastures at Raven Angus. A pathfinder® that has sold 30 sons at auction for an average of $9,000. Not only has she produced herd bulls, her daughters are very productive also. Selling ET sons by Connealy Confidence.

Reg: #+16814493 Dam of the $21,000 top selling bull that went to Maher Angus on this spring’s sale. Also had a $20,000 top selling bull in the 2015 sale to Joseph Angus Ranch. A herd bull producer for sure!!! Second generation pathfinder® cow that will have sons by Sitz Superior, Connealy Gold Rush and Hoover Dam.

Brazila of Conanga 3991 839A

Raven Blackbird 1249

Reg: +16246696

Reg: 16437484 Dam of the $23,000 Raven Power 533 that sold to Simon Cattle Co and Accelerated Genetics. Another son sold to Diamond J Angus in the 2016 sale that was later leased to Alta Genetics. She will have herd sire prospects by Basin Payweight 1682, Raven Powerball 53 and Sitz Superor 10971.

Our Pick of the entire Connealy Angus cow herd in the 2013 sale. Dam of the $235,000 Connealy Earnan and the $55,000 Gold Rush bull that we own and that has really left a stamp here. Selling sons of Raven Powerball 53.

Rod Petersek: (605) 842-2919 | Reed Petersek: (605) 840-1292 | RJ Petersek: (605) 840-1826 32554 287th St., Colome, SD 57528 • ravenang@gwtc.net

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JC HEIKEN ANGUS & SONS HEIKEN ANGUS ANGUS & SONS JCJC HEIKEN 11th Annual Production Sale - February 27, 2018

Miles City Livestock Commission, Miles City, Montana 11th Annual Production Sale - February 27, 2018 11th Annual Production Selling sons ofSale these- February hot sires! 27, 2018

Miles City Livestock Commission, Miles City, MontanaSAV RESOURCE 1441 SITZ LOGO 12964 AAA # 17016597 Miles City Livestock Commission, Miles City, Montana AAA # 17746620 Selling sons of these hot sires! SAV RESOURCE 1441 Selling sons of these hot sires! SITZ LOGO 12964 SAV RESOURCE 1441 AAA # 17016597 # 17746620 SITZAAALOGO 12964 AAA # 17016597 AAA # 17746620

Also featuring sons of: Sitz Asset 402C Also featuring sons of: Sitz Top Seed 539X Sitz Asset 402C Also featuring sons of: Connealy Judgment Sitz Top Seed 539X Mytty Cavalry 3205 Sitz Asset 402C Connealy Judgment SitzTop Investment 689b Sitz Seed 539X Mytty Cavalry 3205 Connealy Judgment Sitz Investment 689b Mytty Cavalry 3205 Sitz Investment 689b

CONNEALY CAPITALIST 028 AAA # 16752262 CONNEALY CAPITALIST 028 AAA # 16752262 CONNEALY CAPITALIST 028 AAA # 16752262

S. Chisum 255 AAA# 17298481 S. Chisum 255 S. Chisum 255 AAA# 17298481

AAA# 17298481

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CONTENTS

FALL 2017

14 Photos from a summer of drought and fire AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS BY MARIA TIBBETTS

26 One Day: Crowley Family,

East Fork Fire, Chinook, MT

34 Six Months: Gardiner Angus Ranch, Ashland, KS

48 One Year: Ochsner Ranch,

Prairie Center Fire, Torrington, WY

54 Five Years: Ash Creek Ranch,

West Ash Creek Fire, Crawford, NE

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COVER PHOTO BY JANIE CARLSON Crossing the American Fork Creek in Montana after preg-checking heifers. The smoke in the background is from the Blacktail fire. Cowboys are Jason Carlson Bill Bannon and Joe Winter.

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BY NORMA ELLIOTT

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100 Cutting Back to Get Ahead BY TERRYN DRIELING

108 Filling the Void:

Replacement Heifers BY CURTIS DOUBET

116 Farming for Ranching? BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

128 $5 Steers and Coyote Hounds: Eatinger Ranch

BY DEANNA NELSON-LICKING

136 Advertiser Index

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Adding to the Arsenal: Government Drought Programs BY AMANDA RADKE

ERRORS: The Tri-State Livestock News & Farmer & Rancher Exchange shall be responsible for errors or omission in connection with an advertisement only to the extent of the space covered by the error.

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First Things First: Where to Start When You’re Starting Over BY MARIA TIBBETTS

CLASSIFIEDS: classifieds@tsln-fre.com MAINLINE: (877) 347-9122

Moving Mountains: Vern Ward’s Recovery BY JAN SWAN WOOD

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Opinions stated in letters or signed columns do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of Tri-State News.

How Real Help Really Matters: The Cowboy Pastor’s Wife

PHOTO BY JANIE CARLSON

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PHOTOS FROM A SUMMER OF DROUGHT AND FIRE

Photo Essay

Photos by Jamie Gill Lacey Vershoot, Clancy and Quaid Marshall help ship yearlings at the Flat Iron Ranch, a unit of Sunlight Ranch in Montana. They used masks to cover their noses and mouths because of the dust and smoke from drought and fires.

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Photos by Whitney Klasna,

Lambert, Montana. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my neighbor Chuck Larson and his son Russell was driving, with Copper riding shotgun. We were fighting fire on their place. Chuck was baling emergency CRP hay and a bearing went out on the baler. It caught the bale on fire while it was still inside the baler. He kicked the bale out and saved the baler and tractor, but it burned about 35 acres.

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Photos by Linda Brinda, Red Cloud, Nebraska. We are in a drought, and out of grass. We also face the risk of fire but have little grass to fuel the fire. Our fire risks include lightening, static electricty, hot vehicles, hot bearings, and human neglect. We have had a pasture fire started from a discarded clear glass beer bottle.

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So when you see the cowboy, he’s not ragged by his choice He never meant to bow them legs Or put that gravel in his voice He’s just chasin’ what he really loves And what’s burnin’ in his soul Wishin’ to God that he’d been born a hundred years ago Still singin’ “Strawberry Roan” and “Little Joe”

Photos by Jessica Burns The Parker Fire, in Modoc County, California, started August 3, 2017. It burned nearly 8,000 acres of grass, brush and timber. It started when lightning struck a grazing allotment. Jennifer Burns said they’ve collected all their cattle but four pair, and some neighboring ranchers are still looking for more. One of the biggest problems is that many of the cattle trails are no longer passable, while the cattle can now get to other areas that were inaccessible. Another issue is that the root systems on the big trees are still smoldering, and give way when the cattle step on the ground above, making the cattle spook and scatter.

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Photos by Mary Brown Cattle gather in the “green” left after a fire near Sand Springs, Montana.

Travis and I went on a little cowboy mission-just supposed to move a pair. We found about 40 and said heck with it and moved them because we were there and I wanted to ride. Cows never trailed better-nothing to eat to stop them and they were all looking for better water. We seemed to have more calves than cows, so hopefully they find their mamas and they don’t end up weaned. We are still trying to figure out what our next move is. So far it is to get them to water and feed and pushed together. And right now, that’s as good of a plan as any. Good night and god bless Garfield County. -Mary Brown, Montana

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Paul Huffman, Owner/Mgr. 605-374-5675 605-645-2493 Chad Hetzel, Asst. Mgr. 701-376-3748 Clint Ehret, Baker Field Rep. 406-778-3282 or 406-772-5522

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Cattle Sales on Thursday Special Feeder Sales Fall, Winter & Spring Greg Arendt, Mgr. 402-376-3611 • 800-682-4874 www.valentinelivestock.net Internet & Private Placements Available

Manager - Bill & Fred Kist 701-663-9573

Toll-Free in North Dakota 800-732-1163

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Cattle Sale Every Tuesday

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Thor Roseth, Owner 605-685-5826

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Barney Barnes - Sheep Yards Mgr. Justin Tupper - Cattle Yards Mg. & Auctioneer: 605-456-2582 605-680-0259 • 605-722-6323

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Cattle Every Friday

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Computerized Ring Scale Special Sales as Advertised

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Sale Barn: 605-223-2576

Harry Kerr, Mgr. 701-523-5922 701-523-5666 (h) Wayne Miller Field Rep 701-523-6885

800-280-7210

Dennis Hanson: 605-223-2575 Willie Cowan: 605-224-5796 Jack Carr: 605-259-3613 Brian Hanson: 605-280-1283 • KIMBALL, SD

• RUSHVILLE, NE

Sheridan LiveStock auction co., inc.

44 T W Road, Buffalo, WY

307-684-0789

Regular Sale Each Wednesday

Owners: Gregg Matney: 307-620-1871 Danny Matney: 307-620-1913 www.buffalolivestock.com • MILES CITY, MT

MILES CITY LIVESTOCK COMMISSION Regular Cattle Sales Tuesday Special Feeder Sales In Season Horse Sales As Advertised Home of Frontier Stockyards www.frontierstockyards.com

Office • 406-234-1790 800-755-5177 Bart Meged • 406-421-5377 Cell 406-951-3005 Rob Fraser • 406-234-2066 Cell 406-853-2066 www.milescitylivestock.com

• CRAWFORD, NE

605-778-6211

Regular Sales Wednesday Office (308) 327-2406

605-778-6211 • 888-282-2593 CHAD HEEZEN (605) 870-0697

EMAIL: COWTRACKS@MIDSTATESD.NET

WEBSITE: KIMBALLLIVESTOCKEXCHANGE.COM Cattle Sell Every Tuesday FAX: (605) 778-6209

WADE CHRISTENSEN (605) 730-1801 DAVID VIERECK (605) 680-0386

KIMBALL LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE, LLC

Horse Sales Every Month OWNERS: Chad Heezen CHRISTENSEN - OFFICE MANAGER As Advertised 605-870-0697CHRISTI (605) 680-1536 Hogs Sell at 9:30 a.m. Wade & Christina Christensen: Tuesday Sales - Sales Broadcast On Cattleusa.com Weigh-ups & Bulls Sell at 11:00 a.m. 605-730-1801 Stock Cattle Sell at 1:00 p.m. Dick Deffenbaugh: 605-680-1324 Owner: Dan Otte David Viereck: 605-680-0386 Fieldmen: Lee Ness: 605-680-2778 Wayde Bolden, Kirk Otte Steve Chavez: 605-860-0016 Link Thompson • Galen Voss kimballlivestockexchange.com STEVE CHAVEZ (605) 860-0016 LEE NESS (605) 680-2778

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• FAITH, SD

Regular Sales on Monday Tues. Sheep Sales in Season Phone 605-967-2200 Dace Harper 605-515-1535 Mason Dietterle 605-580-5878 Doug Dietterle 605-580-1362 Glen King 605-390-3265 Max Louglin 605-244-5990 Troy Wilcox 605-515-0121 www.faithlivestock.com

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626 West Valley Rd. Torrington, WY 307-532-3333

All Classes – Every Friday Yearlings & Calves – Wednesday Bred Cow Specials Go to www.torringtonlivestock.com for current listings, sale schedules & results

Shawn Madden 307-532-1575 Lex Madden – 307-532-1580

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Sales Every Friday Office: 308-665-2220 Fax: 308-665-2224

Toll Free: 866-665-2220

Co-Owners: Scott Kirsch, Sheep & Cattle Rep. 605-337-2616 Marshall Ringling, Sheep & Cattle Rep. 605-243-2328 Alvie Timmermans, Auct. & Mkt. Rep. 605-243-2235 John Dean: (C) 605-680-1972 Dustin McIntosh 605-830-5784

• PRESHO, SD

PRESHO LIVESTOCK AUCTION SALE EVERY THURSDAY

Presho, SD is located on Interstate 90, 175 miles east of Rapid City, SD Toll-Free: 800-753-6455 Ronald Volmer Res.: 605-895-2378 • 605-381-2501 Cody Volmer Res.: 605-895-2393 • Cell: 605-222-9270 Curt Littau 605-840-0978

www.presholivestock.com

• BILLINGS, MT

BILLINGS LIVESTOCK COMMISSION

Cattle Sales Every Thursday Monday IN Season Northern Livestock Video Auction Horse Sale the 4th weekend of each month

Horse Sales As Advertised Owners: Jack & Laurel Hunter: 308-665-1402 • Cell: 308-430-9108

For Information or to Consign Call: 1-800-635-7364 or call: Ty Thompson 406-698-4783 Dan Catlin 406-671-7715 Bill Cook 406-670-0689 website: www.billingslivestock.com

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• BASSETT, NE

www.crawfordlivestock.com e-mail: clm@crawfordlivestock.com

HERREID LIVESTOCK MARKET Regular Cattle Sales Every Friday

Bassett Livestock Auction, Inc. 402-684-2361

Special Sales by Appointment 605-437-2265

Regular and Special Feeder Cattle Sales on Wednesdays

Owners/Managers Joe Vetter: 701-391-3479

Owners: Jake Maurer • 402-822-0080 Shane Kaczor • 402-336-7011

J.R. Scott: 605-359-7358 Kent Fjeldhein: 605-848-3459

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Annual Production Sale February 12, 2018

at the ranch, Ree Heights, South Dakota Selling bulls and females

NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D ET :: Reg #P43722088 :: Polled

H FHF Advance 628 ET :: Reg #43720817 :: Horned

KCF Bennett Encore Z311 ET x NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET

HH Advance 4075B ET x CJH Harland 408 Owned with Harrell Cattle Co., Indiana

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Dan Fawcett & Family 605-870-6172 Weston & Kris Kusser Robert Fawcett TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

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after the smoke clears

The Crowley Family Chinook, Montana

East Fork Fire

August 27, 2017- September 13, 2017

One day

BY MARIA TIBBETTS

tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been just a day since Ted and Barb Crowley and their family put out the last hot spot, gathered the last sooty cattle and started rethinking their fall and winter plans.

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The East Fork Fire burned about 21,000 acres of

Ted Crowley, who ranches with his two sons and

the rugged Bearpaw mountains, including about 65

daughter and their families, runs a commercial herd

percent of the Crowleys’ pasture—mostly fall and

of cattle. They’ve diversified to allow their whole

winter pasture that hadn’t been grazed yet. The fire was helped along by a wet fall last year

family to stay on the ranch. One son, Teddy, and his wife Sara, run a couple hundred registered Angus cattle. Ted and Barb’s daughter, Una, and her hus-

that left plenty of grass in the pastures, then a D4

band, Todd Ford, have a Quarter Horse operation

drought this summer.

and sell their horses with Stan and Nancy Weaver. TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

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after the smoke clears

“You just do what you have to do. I had super help. I couldn’t have done it without all that help. I just can’t praise my neighbors and family and friends, and even people I didn’t know, enough for the help they gave us.” —Barb Crowley

Their other son, Clint, and his wife, Jacy, run a hunting outfitting business. Just like with all the ranch jobs, like preconditioning—which was continuing as planned even before the fire was called contained—the Crowleys worked together to fight the fire and support the more than 100 volunteers who were also lending a hand. Barb Crowley was responsible for making sure food was ready when needed and that every person on the fire lines was fed. But she wasn’t alone. “We had numerous hot dishes brought in by neighbors and from the outlying towns. We’d feed everyone around our home. Whoever was here was fed,” Barb said.

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came home to a kitchen full of people who had prepared the evening meal. “It was just a whole community working together,” Barb said. While they were gathering cattle, Una posted on Facebook that they needed riders immediately to help gather and move cattle. Barb said, “Before we got to the road there was the rodeo club, people from the Stockgrowers, the vet’s wife, riding up to meet us. The neighbor girl brought a bunch of college kids. It was amazing how it went. We could just string them out and down the road we came. It was just unreal.” The fire got close enough to Teddy and Clint’s houses that their families evacuated, but Ted and Barb stayed. “There was no loss of family, friends, neighbors,” Barb said. No one lost their home, no one was injured. I’m satisfied with the way things turned out. You look out, it’s black, but you have so many things to be thankful for. So many.” Since the fire was contained, they’ve focused on gathering as many cattle as they can and sorting them out. Ted said they preconditioned what was supposed to be about 300 head of calves right after the fire, but they were about 50 short. They’re optimistic that most of them will turn up, though. “It’s amazing they can survive what they did. Some are still trickling out of the hills,” Teddy said. “I have no idea how they lived, but evidently they know where to go.”

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“It’s amazing they can survive what they did. Some are still trickling out of the hills... I have no idea how they lived, but evidently they know where to go.” –Teddy Crowley

He said they think that once they get all the cattle gathered out of their own and the neighbors’ pastures, and everything sorted out, their livestock losses will be minimal. Some neighbors did lose some cattle. With the drought in full force, Teddy said they had already contracted for quite a bit of hay, and luckily it hadn’t been delivered yet.

Friends, neighbors and strangers from all over came together, bringing their own equipment and postponing their own work to help fight the fires that spread over the country.

They will send their bred heifers to market, which they usually keep at home until November or December and sell private treaty. PAYS Livestock owner Joe Goggins offered to pick them up and feed them until they find a buyer or send them through the auction.

They typically wean calves at the end of October and start feeding cows around the first of January. They have some grass left in their summer pastures, since they try to use it conservatively, even in a drought. Several neighbors have also volunteered pasture to help them get by.

Teddy said the only other major adjustment they think they’ll have to make to their management is to change up their grazing pattern, to let the burned pastures rest long enough for the grass to recover fully. “I think we’re set up good enough and have enough neighbors helping us out with grass that I don’t think we’ll have to sell down,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing I’d like to make the point of – thanking everyone. There was an overwhelming response from the community.”

Ted said they’re sticking pretty close to their usual management plan, with some small modifications.

While there are some changes on the now-black horizon, a few things had to continue as planned.

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The Weaver Quarter Horse Sale— always a busy time for the Ford and Crowley families—took place as scheduled just a week after the fire was out. They held to the scheduled Oct. 27 ship date for their calves. But in the midst of all the busy fall work, they’re also rebuilding fences and keeping an eye out for anything that could spark another fire. They aren’t alone though, as neighbors, friends and strangers continue to donate and help out. That support has been a big help as they recover from the exhaustion and uncertainty of those 10 days that stretched past two weeks, as the fire flared back up just a few days later. “The main thing was fear—what are you going to lose, who was going to be lost,” Barb said. “How many cattle or horses, things like that, were we going to lose. For some reason I just felt like we were going to come out okay. Something was telling me things were going to be okay. It happened. Today is a new day. Start over and be positive.” 32

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ardiner Angus Ranch has been in the cattle industry long enough to know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a business based on relationships. The three brothers, Greg, Mark and Garth Gardiner and their families are the fourth generation to face the fires, droughts and blizzards in their Ashland, Kansas community.

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The land has shown its resiliency, growing back lush and green following a season of unusually high precipitation.

In the ash of a fire that burned 42,000 acres, 200 miles of fence, 7,000 round bales and killed 570 cows on their ranch alone, they’re reminded again that staying in this business wouldn’t be possible without a network of support.

we’ve had 15 inches of rain. The grass is recovering nicely. Efforts to get fences put back up and things repaired are making progress. We’ve started calving and we’re back in our normal routine. We’re kind of back to life as we know it.”

In all, the fire that burned through the Clark County area in early March of 2017 consumed more than 600,000 acres and 12 homes, including Mark Gardiner’s. Two people died, one in a vehicle accident and one who became disoriented in the smoke and died of smoke inhalation after leaving his vehicle.

While the moisture has allowed the range to recover quickly, Garth said they’re being cautious and letting the grass get established again before they graze it. Not having all the fences up helps resist the temptation to graze the burned ground too soon. “Some of the weeds got a head start, but the grass will eventually come back. Mother Nature will take care of it,” he said.

But six months later, the focus is on recovering and helping those who are now dealing with the same situation. “We’ve been very blessed that we’ve had a tremendous amount of rainfall since March 6,” said Garth Gardiner. “Since the fire 36

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The Gardiner family has been ranching in Kansas for more than 130 years and has built a reputation as a premier seedstock Angus producer.

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Gardiners received letters of encouragement from all over the United States.

Words of Encouragement Garth Gardiner shared a small sample of the letters that accompanied donations following the fires that burned muchof their ranch last spring.

O Dear Mr. Gardiner,

I read in the NY Times of your tragedy and wanted to send something to help, though I know it is little, as I am retired. I felt so terrible reading about the animals and all your losses. I hope you won’t take it amiss. -New York City, New York

Hey Garth, Heard your story on NPR the other day and was really moved by your loss and the effect the fires have had on the community of Ashland. A few years ago the Jersey coast got hit real bad from a hurricane named “Sandy.” It was one of those 100 year storms that kicked our butts. Hundreds of homes were lost to flooding and the wind damage. The recovery was long and a lot of hard work. But what effected me the most was all the folks from other states that showed up to help or sent supplies to rebuild. I’ll never forget the outpouring of love and kindness. I’m sure this money is just a drop in the bucket, but it’s sent with love and our prayers. “We in Jersey heard your voice.” Your brother in Christ…

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Words of Encouragement Dear Garth Gardiner: Yesterday I wept listening to your interview on Public Radio. I am a resident of Manhattan in New York City who did not vote for Donald Trump. I am also a rural-urban hybrid who has lived and worked on farms. It is with horror I think of the fear and suffering experienced by your five hundred lost beasts. And it is with grief for you and your family that I try to imagine what you are facing. I know that the enclosed will pay for only a small part of a new calf or cow. But I hope that you will accept it as a token of this Easterner’s respect and admiration for those who work in the challenging arena of agriculture and who serve as stewards of the land. Let us hope that the new administration will come to realize that the federal government’s role is not only to provide the military and intelligence part of our national security. It can also be to provide protection and support to citizens who face economic and natural disaster challenges that are too large for any single person or family or region to meet without the assistance of the larger national community. With warmest sympathy to you and your family as you work to recover from this painful catastrophe. -Manhattan, New York

Dear Garth, Your tragic loss of livestock and property damage from the fire was aired on our local WHHY NPR station in Phila, PA. After reading Timothy Egan’s book, “The Worst Hard Time,” I appreciate the never ending work, determination and courage it take to farm in this area of our country. Enclosed is a small check to help in any way to keep your farm going. You need to realize we appreciate your efforts and encourage to continue. Best Regards,

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Garth said they lost some cows because their udders were too badly burned to recover, so they had a handful of bucket calves to help through the summer. “That, of course, is fun for about two days, then it becomes a real nightmare,” Garth said. When they were evaluating the cattle immediately after the fire, he said some obviously couldn’t be saved, but after that, triage became more difficult. “Some didn’t look good, but they still had eyes and teats, but were severely burned. We have a few that made it, but are going to have some scars. Our opinion is that if they made it through the fire they deserve to stay around.” As for doctoring, he said there wasn’t much they could do. “It was more up to Mother Nature. Doctoring wasn’t necessarily going to help them survive. It was just a matter

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They lost some of their registered cattle, but a lot of them were commercial cattle carrying embryos that would have been registered calves. Some of the cows that lost calves were from their spring-calving herd, a combination of commercial and registered cows, with the larger number of them being registered.

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Words of Encouragement To Whom it May Concern, This load of hay being hauled by Jeff Long of Oaks North Dakota is being donated to the hay relief effort in Kansas. It is going to Ashland, Kansas to the Gardiner family. Our hope is that it will bring hope to our friends in Kansas that we have not met… Our prayer is that this effort will comfort them (and their cows). And know that we feel deeply for the loss of life, livestock and property. In His Love,

ABOVE: These gentlemen brought a load of supplies from Louisiana and fixed dinner for everyone one night.

« OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: An FFA chapter from eastern Kansas volunteered to help out. « BOTTOM: Mennonite Disaster Services sent a large group of volunteers. of how they healed from their burns.” They kept the cattle in pens and monitored them daily, but didn’t interfere much with the natural healing process. When it came time to start pondering rebuilding, they knew they wanted the same genetics they’d been developing for generations. Luckily, they had been working with a new herd of recipients for their embryos when the fire started, so they pursued that relationship and put in more embryos than usual. Donated hay, money and supplies have allowed them to feed the herd that remained after the death toll was tallied, and some providential events have given them the opportunity to rebuild quickly with their own genetics. One of the customers who had built a herd with Gardiner genetics was looking to disperse that cowherd when the fire happened. That allowed the Gardiners to add 320 cows back to their herd that already had the genetics they had developed.

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Garth— I wish I could offer more than the enclosed, but I’m unemployed and even this seems extravagant with all of my bills, BUT… I heard your interview on NPR and my heart broke at the thought of your loss. I am a “liberal Democrat” from California, different in so many way, but we are all humans on this earth and we all need to take care of each other. Good Luck, -Oakland, California

Mr. Garth Gardiner (FROM A VEGETARIAN WOMAN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART)

Dear Mr. Garth, I heard your talk today on NPR (West Virginia). I really wanted to do something to help. I cannot see people or animals suffer. Please accept from my little business small help. God bless you all! -West Virginia

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Words of Encouragement Hi Garth: I was fortunate enough to by chance hear your interview on NPR today, and was inspired enough, that I wanted to take the time to write you a note of appreciation, and encouragement. I am sorry for the loss of your cattle, your grassland, your fencing and all else that was lost by you and your family during the recent and horrible wild fires that you described in your interview. That was certainly a great tragedy but the sense of grounding that you expressed is certainly a guidepost of encouragement for others of us who have suffered our own personal tragedies in our lives. In searching for a way to write to you, I came across your family website and the tributes to your father who sounds like a very remarkable man, whose legacy will live on for generations. It sounds like your family has had ups and downs a generation or two ago and yet has always emerged stronger and more successful, so hopefully that will also be that case after these fires. Certainly the common sense inspiration that you presented during your interview will help continue the greatness of your family, and to a large extent, that of this country. You mentioned being a Trump supporter. I am not, but nonetheless appreciate the way your words helped encourage a spirit of unity that we all need to strive towards. Where I live, Ft. Collins, CO, home of Colorado State University, which is a big Ag College, in fact log ago we were known as the Colorado Aggies, is a fairly diverse and progressive community, but nonetheless with strong ties to its agricultural roots. AS long as we in this country remember that are similarities are greater than our differences, we will remain strong, and that is one of the inspirations I also took away from your interview, so thank you for taking the time, especially at such a difficult time, to share your words of courage and inspiration with the listeners of NPR. I feel fortunate to happen to be listening when your interview was aired. You are no doubt a hero to many of those who know you personally, but now also to some of us who have only heard your voice and words on the radio. Sincere regards, -Fort Collins, Colorado

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When it comes to rebuilding a herd with losses in the hundreds, while also putting up 200 miles of fence and keeping the remaining cattle fed, the Gardiners were reminded of the value of their relationship with their local bank. “It’s a bank we’ve worked with our entire lives,” Garth said. “They understand our business more than a metropolitan bank would. They understand we have to have a product that we can market and sell. By allowing us to go out and purchase these cattle, they’re allowing us to rebuild quicker.” As much as they depend on the relationships they’ve built over generations in the industry, it was the kindness of strangers that made the most difference, at least from a morale standpoint. “The most overwhelming, unexpected thing was probably the response we got from all over the country,” Garth said. “People just showed up from out of nowhere to help and volunteer and it was just a truly humbling event to go through from the standpoint that you saw so much good in mankind during that time. It just surprised me. I knew people were good, but I didn’t know they were that good.” The Gardiners told their story to many mainstream media outlets, from The New York Times to National

after the smoke clears Public Broadcasting. The story resonated with many people from all over the country—vegetarians, liberals (Garth mentioned being a Trump supporter in one interview), urban residents, people retired from agriculture and those who have never been off the pavement. They responded to the severity of the disaster and depth of emotion of the story and sent donations and letters of encouragement. “You see an awful lot in mainstream media today about what’s wrong with our country, and a lot of things that make you think our country’s got a lot of problems, and we do have a lot of problems,” Garth said. “But there’s an awful lot of good and going through this experience has shown a tremendous amount of good in the country and mankind.” Being on the receiving end of kindness and donations is difficult for most ranchers. Garth said they met with their U.S. senator and one person told him, “We don’t want your money, but we need it,” of the federal assistance. “We’re prideful people and you don’t want to accept things, but the intent with which it was given, from all different directions, is just unbelievable,” Garth said. Several organizations started relief funds. The Ashland Community Foundation took in nearly $2

Words of Encouragement Dear Garth, I do apologize this letter is not hand written but my handwriting is no longer what it was, and I did not want to have you suffer through it. I heard your story on public radio today and was moved by it. So I took a brisk walk to the library (it is about 12 degrees and very windy) so I could use the computer. I hope this small donation can help you and your family on their farm. I have little else to offer but my prayers of support. Keep well. Respectfully yours, -Lawrence, Massachusetts (Handwritten postscript) When our family came to America, they had difficult times and we suffered with the great textile strike of 1912. Others, across American, helped up. Keep up your spirits.

Dear Garth, I have never been to Kansas, and to be honest, up until today the only thing that came to mind when one said Kansas, was Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. But this afternoon I heard your interview on NPR and Kansas became a real place to me. I am not sure at what point my eyes filled with tears, but I know when you said your daddy had passed away two years ago and what a strong man he was, I was pretty much sobbing. I too, lost the strongest man in my life two years ago, and like your dad, he was the anchor in our family and the one, who no matter how dire the situation, could always make us believe there was a way out. I cam home and googled your name and found the news clip about the fires and your dad’s celebration of life, both touched me deeply. After my husband’s death, we set up a scholarship fund in his name, with the hope of trying to make our world a little better, with one small act of kindness at a time. He loved survivors and no doubt would have loved you and your family as well. “We can do this! So let’s get to doing!” Be well, -Boston, Massachusetts TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

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Dear Garth, I listened to your interview on WNYC yesterday on my way home from work. I was struck by your depth of emotion and ease with which you painted a picture of the losses you and other ranchers have sustained from the wildfires. You have a way of putting a human face on this tragedy that came across crystal clear through the FM. I hope that those who are able, will hear your plea and bring aid to our country’s ranchers. I don’t know much about your world. I know that your family, your neighbors and employees have lost much. That is something I do understand. Please accept this small token… even if it’s just to get those cokes at the mart down the road with your neighbors. I hope that relief comes quickly and in abundance. With warm regards, New York City, New York

Dear Mr. Gardiner, I just heard your story on Public Radio station from a Boston reporter. My great-grandfather was a rancher somewhere near Topeka which I know is not near you but I was moved by the compassion you shared during the interview. I’ve never been to Kansas and will most likely never get there. This is a small token of support for all you have suffered. God bless you and your family. -Massachusetts

million in monetary donations and the Kansas Livestock Association received $3 million. All those funds went directly to the aid of people affected by the fires. “For people to not even think twice about writing a check to help other people out was just an unbelievably heartwarming gesture from not only people we consider neighbors, but people from all over the U.S. and the world,” Garth said. Gardiners took those gestures to heart. After their summer of rain and recovery, they were ready to respond when the fire season heated up in Montana and drought hit the Dakotas. “It’s very important to reach out and help those in need in Montana and the Dakotas,” Gardiner said. “We’ve experienced both sides of it. I don’t know if we would have reached out prior to the fire, but now we realize how important that is. It’s been a real eye-opener for our family. I think that was a sign from God that that’s what you’re supposed to do.” Garth said the fire and the outpouring of support reminded them of what’s truly important in this business

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and directed them back to the foundations built by their parents, Henry and Nan Gardiner. Henry passed away in 2015, and Nan died in June of this year. “I think it’s our duty as stewards of the land and people in agriculture to continue to operate, and teach future generations that this is how you operate,” Garth said of their “pay it forward” approach. “That’s what my dad would have done. I’m not sure I would have done that prior to this, but I hope my children understand that now. And I hope someday they’ll do the same thing when that opportunity is presented to them. “The ag and ranching industry is salt of the earth people and I couldn’t be more proud to be part of that.”

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Prairie Center Fire July 10-11, 2016

One Year

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ecovering from last summer’s fire was going smoothly for the George Ochsner family ranch near Torrington, Wyoming.

“We got some good moisture and the burned ground come back really good,” George said. They had their calving barns rebuilt and all the fences put in. Then in July a hailstorm went through and pounded all the grass down and damaged all the new buildings. “The little bit where it didn’t hail looks good,” George said. “We had exceptional, good rain.” Lightning started the fire on July 11, 2016. The next day they had 50 mile per hour wind. “We had about 100 fire trucks here. We just couldn’t get ahead of it,” George said.

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The fire burned their buildings and windbreaks, and a total of 25,000 acres on several ranches, but they didn’t lose any houses. The worst part, George said, was that his oldest son, Rodney, was injured when his fire truck collided with another fire truck in the smoke. Rodney was in the hospital for six weeks, but has been out putting up windbreaks and helping around the ranch this summer. He’s had three surgeries on one leg, which was crushed in the accident, and will have another surgery this fall. He’ll be in a wheelchair for three months and unable to put any weight on that leg. But George isn’t worried about him. “He’s one in a thousand. His attitude is so good that he don’t complain and lay around. He just up and gotta keep a-going.” While Rodney recovered in the hospital the rest of the family, Steve and Dixie (Ochsner) Roth, Rustin Roth and Blake Ochsner and their families, were rebuilding. “We’ve got a big family, that’s why we get things done around here,” George said. 50

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The fire burned about 11,000 acres on the Ochsner ranch, including several buildings and all the windbreaks they’d planted over the years—many of which were over 50 years old. They put up metal windbreaks and planted more trees, but the hail took out the new trees. “We’ll have to try it again next year, I guess,” George said. While losing 50 years of trees and all the buildings was a setback, the hardest part—after Rodney’s injury—was the 125 head of cattle that died. The Ochsners are known worldwide for their registered Hereford and Angus cattle. “It was a big loss and sad to have them go through that drama, to go through what they had to,” George said. “They just burned up. We’ve had some fires before, but they never burned any cattle.” The response from friends, neighbors and customers from all over the United States was overwhelming, with people sending donations, hay, fencing

supplies and volunteering their time and equipment to help rebuild. “A lot of them stayed here about a week to help clean up this mess,” George said. “They brought in their payloaders and stuff to haul it out. It was such a blessing to have that many people stay here and clean this mess up.” With the fire followed by the hail, which severely damaged the calving barn and other metal sheds they’d just put up, George said they’ve been thankful for the good relationship they have with their insurance company. “We have Farm Bureau. They come right out and worked with us real well. We can’t complain about that. We’ve had insurance with this company for a long time.” As they began rebuilding they had to take a hard look at their business and figure out what made sense to keep doing and what to change.

Donated hay and fencing supplies made starting over a little easier for the Ochsners and their neighbors.

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They started with 57 registered cattle and have grown that herd to 600 cows, but losing 125 of their best necessitated keeping more replacement heifers.

buy about 2,000 yearling heifers from their bull customers to market as bred heifers, but they didn’t have the pasture to do that last year.

They were able to calve out their cows at home, but had to haul the pairs to pastures that hadn’t burned, instead of turning them out in their usual calving pastures.

They were able to lease some land to run the remaining herd and the replacements for the cattle that died, but they had to cut back on their bred heifer program. George said they usually

“Pasture is hard to lease because everybody wants that,” George said. “But we’ve got good neighbors and friends so we got along good.”

“We didn’t aim to put any cattle on these pastures this year,” George said. “We had to give the grass a chance to get up and seed back down. Some bare spots it cooked the ground so bad the grass didn’t even come up. We were blessed we had so much rain. Otherwise it would have been just a big blowout.” George was born on the place in the middle of the Depression 85 years ago. “I was born in a homestead shack. My father delivered me. You didn’t even bother to have a doctor in those days.” He married Ruby in 1955 and moved three miles to a ranch adjoining the place George’s grandparents homesteaded in 1913. They’ve seen some hard times, and some fires, but nothing like this. “We cut back our income some this year. We’ll survive. We’re achievers. We keep a-going. We don’t sit back and feel sorry for ourselves. We keep a-going. You’ve got to have a lot of faith, and the good Lord blessed us to get things started back again.”

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“We’re achievers. We keep a-going. We don’t sit back and feel sorry for ourselves. We keep a-going. You’ve got to have a lot of faith, and the good Lord blessed us to get things started back again.”

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Five Years

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y mom doesn’t panic.

But there was a sense of urgency in her voice when I talked to her on the phone around noon on Friday, August 31, 2012. I knew they’d been fighting a fire, but I’d seen the messages on Facebook, thanking those who’d helped keep it under control, so no serious damage had been done. I grew up in the Pine Ridge of western Nebraska, riding through the charred, downed trees and hip-tall grass that had been left by a fire that burned through when I was five. I was familiar with the unpredictability of the wind and the weather, but had been joking with my dad about the drought earlier in the week—“I guess you don’t have to worry much about fire. Dirt won’t burn.” Turns out that even in a drought, there’s plenty to burn. When the south wind came up and fanned the sparks left unattended from the “contained” fire, the plume of smoke proved it wasn’t under control. The 50 mile-per-hour winds carrying ash and sparks and a sense of foreboding indicated it would be a long night. Mom and Dad called the people who ran cattle on their place that morning and told them the fire had flared up ahead of a south wind and it looked like the fire was headed their way. They had the 120 pairs hauled off the place by mid-afternoon. They were

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where the spark came from, as the nearest black was 30 yards away. My brother, who lives half an hour away and had spent the last three days and nights fighting the fire, had kept us informed by cell phone on the drive down. My other brother, who lives four hours away, drove in not long after we did, bringing his four-wheeler and spray tank. running 75 head of broodmares, but there was nowhere to take them, and not enough trailers to haul them anywhere. I asked my husband, Trevor, to drive us the hour and a half home because I wouldn’t be able to keep the speedometer under a hundred.

Dark was falling as we grabbed shovels and tried the keep the flames away from the barn. Firefighters and neighbors pulled the vines off my parents’ log house and ripped the flowers out of the flower beds, doing whatever they could to keep the fire from getting a foothold near the house.

We stopped at the grocery store in our small town and bought as much water and sports drinks as we could fit in the car, all the time chafing against any delay.

I heard my father say the f-word that night for the first time in my life, when the incident commander pulled in the yard and told him there wasn’t a fire truck available to guard the house. All the resources—fire trucks and helicopters that had been helping out—had been pulled to another fire as it threatened a state park and surrounding housing developments.

The fire blew into the yard about the same time we did. We pulled in as the steel garage became fully engulfed in flames, but no one was sure

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Gary Fisher evaluates his ranch after a fire swept through in 2012.

house were useless. The only water we could access was what was hauled from 8 miles away in 1,000-plus gallon tanks Dad and the neighbors had equipped earlier in the summer, as drought dragged on. Dad and Trevor saw the county’s D8 Cat unoccupied, so Dad figured he might as well be using it. They fumbled around in the dark until they found the master switch, then fired it up and worked on the fire line. “I never thought I’d help your dad steal a D8 Cat,” Trevor said. Neighbors I didn’t recognize through the soot and their ski goggles drove out of the south pasture long

after dark, having chased the fire down the canyon, around the house and the majority of the 5,000 trees my parents had planted. Another neighbor woman, in her late 60s, pulled in the yard with a 1970s dump truck equipped with a 1,500-gallon water tank so we could refill the tanks on the four-wheelers and pickups. She left when the fire threatened her son’s home. This wasn’t new to her, as the fire had burned over her earth-bermed home the day before, leaving broken windows, but little other damage. TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

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We drove through the dark to cut fences so the 75 horses wouldn’t be trapped, only to watch them run back into the flames. That’s a sight I won’t forget—75 head of horses silhouetted against the orange glow of a fiery canyon,

bracketed by cottonwood torches, running toward the flames. The fire traveled 16 miles that night, then burned for two more days, until it was pinched down against the highway. Dawn brought the realization that everything was changed, but all would be well. The pine trees that sent golden puffs of pollen on the breeze in the spring, and scented the summer with their spice, and snagged wisps of fog in the winter, were now blackened, smoldering sentinels, standing guard over a grey wasteland. Fenceposts left ashy holes, the staples left hanging on the burned and brittle barbed wire, soapweed spikes burned until they resembled pineapples. The cottonwoods that were seedlings when the Lakota built the tipi rings still evident beside the creek, began the process of dying, stripped of their rugged bark. Ash trees, whose golden leaves would ordinarily soon be like glowing lamps against the cool background of the canyons, were burned out-shells. But everyone gathered in the house around the donuts someone brought from town at 6 that morning. We talked about the close calls, the unpredictability. My dad told of he, my uncle and brother abandoning the four-wheeler and driving as fast as they could through the smoke, with flames on all sides. They returned to find the four-wheeler undamaged, in the middle of a perfect circle of unburned grass. One horse had to be put down because her feet were badly burned, but 74 others suffered no more than a singed tail. TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

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Nearly 200,000 acres burned in three fires that week, thanks to a few split-second lightning strikes from an insignificant-looking cloud that trailed through on a hot afternoon at the end of one of the driest summers on record. The wind blew that fall. Mom joked about shoveling the ash out of the house. The visibility was worse than in a snowstorm a lot of days. Nancy and Gary Fisher look at a map of their property and the fire damage. Nancy says, “We’re just blessed to have the same address.”

The next spring it rained. It rained all summer, so the aerial planting Dad had done sprouted and the native grass did what it does—it recovered. Having sold all the cattle 10 years earlier and running on a lease basis since, they could allow their pastures to rest for a full year. The ash that hadn’t blown away washed down the ridges and silted in the ponds. Mom and Dad are still planting trees, and cutting up blackened ash and box elder trees for firewood. They’ve milled some of the burned trees into lumber. Dad doesn’t spend much time thinning timber anymore—Mother Nature took care of that. The areas he’d thinned, where the grass and the Ponderosa pines lived together, providing both food and shelter for animals, domestic and wild, burned just as quickly ahead of 50 mile-per-hour flames as the neighboring ungrazed, unthinned forest on the government ground. You can only do so much. Within 24 hours of the fire burning through, springs that had been dry for years bubbled to the surface, fed with the water released from thousands of trees that wouldn’t need it anymore. The next spring there were more songbirds than we ever remember seeing, flitting around the green that sprouted through the black.

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ong after the news crews left, we were still there, making the drive to our land every evening to work on the house. We’d

gotten the windows in and electricity on after almost a year. We stood in the yard to admire the work. The light shone on the new sheetrock that had yet to be painted. Our high school boys were scribbling on their homework after they had helped us lift windows into place. They see us standing in the yard and decide to join us. “Just look at it...isn’t it beautiful?!” I say. The men in my life and myself are lined up, staring at bare bones of a house, as if we are seeing the premier of the newest flick. We stand motionless as the light softly gives a welcome feel. A sight we had been longing for “….we will be home soon, she’s coming along.” When I hear that song, “The House that Built Me,” by Miranda Lambert, I’m overwhelmed. In the song a lady is returning to her childhood home and recalling certain memories. Her room where she did her homework and learned to play guitar. She recalls that under the live oak her favorite dog is buried in the yard. She says, “If I can just come in I swear I’ll leave. Won’t take nothing but a memory, from the house that built me.” Where she was returning to a home from her childhood, we were rebuilding our lives after a wildfire had taken our home. The day was dry, without rain for months. The winds were particularly high as we left church to grab a quick bite to eat. We saw a fire in the distance, too far to be concerned. That’s what we thought anyway. We never knew what that day would hold. But we—along with several families—would not return to our own beds to sleep. We would lie down at a friend’s, a pastor’s, a trailer that nobody lived in...a place that was not home. All the while with the unbelievable thought of losing everything pulsing through every inch of our minds. It was one of the hardest things our family had been through. It was one of the longest recovery periods in our lives. And for our family it was one of those times we witnessed the help of others in unbelievable ways.

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We had the help of our community, our church, our family and strangers. We received everything a person could need—money to replenish our home goods, a place to stay for free while we figured it all out and rebuilt. Our boys were gifted a new guitar and drum set since they lost theirs in the fire. We also were brought meals, gift cards, and clothing. Our biggest monitory gift was a house that was to be torn down in town but instead would be moved to our

place. Every step of the way, as scary and unstable as it may have seemed, was met by the unbridled love of people and our mighty God who provided (Phil. 4:19). An electrician offered to do new electrical, a plumber friend offered his services as well. The outpouring was incredible! Here’s the best advice we offer to those who want to help someone whose recovery from a major life event.

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1. Show Up. Many times people don’t want you to say the perfect thing. They honestly just want you to be there. They want you to walk through life with them, especially in a time of uncertainty. People who showed up and grabbed a shovel, brought us water or food, or just gave us a hug made the biggest impact. Do keep in mind that this will be a long process so jot their name on your calendar for the next several months. Our church did this for us by assigning people to help as long as needed. We will forever be grateful for everyone who showed up! 2. Ask: Sometimes we assume that people want the ugliest couch we own just because they lost theirs. After the fires I saw so many ugly, peed on, dusty couches that hadn’t seen the light of day since the ’50s hit the streets. Someone who already has too much on their plate now has to fake being polite and accept it. Now don’t hear me being ungrateful but honestly the amount of broken, unusable stuff we received made an overwhelming time even more overwhelming. Ask what they need or give a gift card to a supercenter or hardware store.

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3. Pray and offer support. Other than the work that you can physically do, pray for them. Prayer is the worker we can’t see and accomplishes plans that we know nothing about. Take time to listen, lighten their load, and even be comic relief when appropriate. The people closest to you know when it’s needed. Laughter is good like a medicine and gives us much needed relief! Prov. 17:22 If you can do these three things for someone, you will be effective help to them. Most importantly don’t forget about them when the news crews leave. Believe me; they will never forget the love you show them in the follow-through.

We will leave you with this….James 2:14-17 (NIV) “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” We’d love to hear from you and you can do that by visiting our websites at www.pastorinthepasture and www. thecowboypastorswife.com.

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Last summer Vern volunteered to wear a GoPro video camera for Tri-State Livestock News during the ranch rodeo at the Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche. PHOTO BY DANIELLE SCHLEGEL.

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inter on the ranch seems to just blend one day into another. The same chores and routine every day, with little to break up the rhythm. For one family, though, that rhythm galloped out of control in a few moments. On February 12, 2017, Vern and Laurie Ward and their daughters were going to take some horses to a nearby barn to ride and do some roping. Vern and youngest daughter Mataya, 11, were ready before everyone else and decided to go finish up some chores before leaving.

No one knows what happened, but Mataya found her dad on the barn floor. He had a halter in his hand and the stall door nearby was open and a horse was still in the stall. Nearby, the skidloader was idling. Mataya ran to the house and told her mom, Laurie, that her dad wasn’t moving. Laurie found Vern unconscious, with a one inch hole in his temple. An ambulance rushed him to the nearest hospital

and he seized on the way. He was stabilized and quickly sent on to Rapid City Regional Hospital. He underwent a four to five hour surgery that night and 25 pieces of bone and some brain fragments were removed. Doctors were concerned about infection because the injury occurred in the dirty environment of a livestock barn. However, the hole in Vern’s skull probably saved his life because it allowed

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room for his brain to swell. He remained in ICU for 10 days. His family and many friends stayed by his bedside, but it was a difficult time for all. “I didn’t take any pictures the first few days because we just didn’t know what was going to happen,” says Laurie. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Ward girls were holding down the fort with the help of family and friends. Neighbors helped with chores, fed cows, took care of the day to day work, and did whatever was needed at the moment. The older girls, Fehrin, 21 and KeAnna 20, are in college, and Sierra, 17, and Mataya 11, go to school in Belle Fourche. They kept their dad company when they could and Laurie stayed at his side. At the end of his ICU stay in Rapid City, Laurie was told that there was an opening at Craig Institute in Colorado and that Vern needed to go immediately. She was told to prepare for a three to four month stay.

#TeamVern became a hashtag for many of the activities held in support of the Ward family.

“He was like a toddler at first. He couldn’t comprehend instructions. The part of his brain that was injured usually controls the personality, but, Vern’s brain is backwards from that and it affected his comprehension instead. I had been warned that his personality might be different, but that didn’t happen,” says Laurie.

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Craig Institute was no place for leisurely convalescing as Vern’s “job” was to work five days a week, eight hours a day, on regaining his memory and comprehension. Vern says, “Every appointment I had, every doctor I met with, knew exactly where I was in my therapy. They worked me, but they only pushed me as hard as they knew I could take it. You just have to trust them to do their job. They know their business. It’s an amazing place there. There are over 900 people working just in the brain injury part of it alone.” Laurie had prepared for three to four months, as instructed, but in only 23 days, on March 16, Vern

The doctor left this reminder for Vern while he was working on his recovery.

Before Vern fully understood his situation, he attempted to remove the staples in his head with a fork. They managed to stop him after he got three of them out. Those who know him say, “Sounds like Vern.” (This photo was staged after they convinced Vern he needed the staples to stay there.)

returned home, having “fast tracked” his rehabilitation process. Laurie says, “The doctors credited his quick recovery to his physical condition. He was in excellent health, doesn’t drink, and is fit. He’s a walking miracle, and one of his neuropsychologists said that he thought it was divine intervention.”

not been taken lightly by the family. Vern says, “The word that comes to mind is HUMBLING. I received over 300 cards and it made me think about what I had done in my life to deserve that. It makes me want to make a difference every day and to do for others even more. When someone is in need, I want to pay it forward.”

The second part of Vern’s miracle was that the damaged optic nerve in his eye recovered and he has full vision. According to doctors, they didn’t hold out much hope for that.

The two older girls came home for the summer and between them, their sisters and Laurie, they managed to get the hay put up, cows out to pasture, and horses tended to. Laurie says, “It’s been fun watching the girls step up and take over so much of the work around here. We’d be gone and they’d just do what needed to be done.”

Upon his return home, Vern overdid it, which didn’t surprise Laurie. “He was missing his comprehension and couldn’t understand why he couldn’t go back to doing what he usually did. He had to learn his new normal. He did therapy twice a week for another three weeks and then was sent home to heal.” The Wards’ faith is a big part of their lives and the prayers and support of thousands of people have

“Vern is about 90 percent back to normal. He tires a little easier, but he remembers things well with only the occasional mixing up of names or something,” says Laurie. “He does his brain games every day on the computer to help his memory. He hasn’t been released yet to drive or work part time and it TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS

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Before his accident, Vern enjoyed extreme sports, like skijoring, in which he rode a horse while pulling a skier with a rope.

may be spring before he can ride, but that will all be determined with testing. It will happen, we just don’t know when.” “This experience has taught us that there’s so much more to life than just work. It’s been a growing experience for all of us,” says Laurie. Vern’s advice for anyone else going through what he’s experienced is to keep the faith. “Trust in God and trust in the people who are trying to help you.” “The foundation of your faith and your community is everything. The way this community banded

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together to help us and to help others is the hands of God at work. The community is bigger than just where we live too,” states Vern, adding “What this community did to help us, both with work and fundraisers and stuff, it just is overwhelming. We are so grateful to everyone.” Laurie says “When we were still in the hospital with so much unknown, someone gave me the quote: You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved. It’s been a crazy summer, but now, looking back, I wouldn’t trade it. It strengthened our faith, our family, and made us appreciate life and all the little things more.”

So 24 years ago today we said “I do, for better or worse, in sickness and in health”...you really don’t think much about those vows at the time of saying them, you’re young and in love, with the world in your hands. Looking back, I wouldn’t trade it for anything, but I sure am thankful for my faith and having God beside me through the years. So thankful we have another year to celebrate! Cheers to many more! — Laurie Ward

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Update, Sept. 15 In September, Vern had his driving test, which was a three hour test of his reaction time, knowledge and driving abilities and he passed with flying colors. He also had a doctor appointment and he has been released to return to normal activities slowly, which for Vern, probably won’t be too slow. He was also cleared to return to work part time and to ride broke and gentle horses. He began breakaway roping some slow calves on a very well broke horse, so he didn’t break any rules. Laurie said, “Life as we knew it is returning and it’s better than ever!”

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So lately Vern has been asking a lot of questions about what all took place after the accident. He doesn’t remember anything about the accident, remembers vaguely me trying to keep him calm while waiting for ambulance, remembers the staples coming out and climbing in the Excursion to come down here. He doesn’t remember his first two days down here either. So he lost close to 10 days, they call it post traumatic stress amnesia. He probably won’t get much of that back, but he does keep apologizing to me for what he must have put me through. He says he is forever indebted to me now...let’s see how long he remembers that!! Guess God works in amazing ways because it killed me to watch him struggle with the breathing tube, pull Ivs out, fight the arm straps, and try to pluck his staples out...all which he doesn’t remember and they tell me is normal behavior for that type of accident. The body goes into fight mode for survival. So thankful we are past that stage...today marks 3 weeks...and we can’t wait to see some of the girls today! -Laurie Ward, March 5, 2017

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First things first—

Where to start when you’re starting over BY MARIA TIBBETTS

rancher stands in the pasture, surrounded by black, where green used to be. The cows he knew without looking at tag numbers have already begun bloating. Beyond the emotion of the moment, the utter hopelessness and helplessness, he knows the question his family is counting on him to answer— “What next?” The rancher could be either gender, the situation could be mud or snow, drought or disease. The question is always the same—where do you start when you have to start over? That’s a question Dave Pratt and his Ranching for Profit Schools have been helping ranchers answer for more than 30 years. He’s often asked to do seminars—which he does pro bono—in areas that are recovering from natural disasters. He says the most common thing he hears is, “I don’t need anybody to feel sorry for me. I just need to know what to do.” “A disaster, while the news reports it as number of acres and animals, is so much more than that,” Pratt says. “It doesn’t matter if only one family was impacted, if it was your family.” He says the first thing is to sort through the mess and find some order—put first things first.

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If you’re not the one in the crisis, the first step in helping someone recover from a disaster is to listen. “Our tendency is to go in and fix things. We go into problem-solving and action planning mode.” Rather than offer advice or suggestions—no matter how helpful—he says asking questions is far more important. “I just reflect what they’ve said in my words, just to let them know that I’m listening and to

encourage them to keep talking. That will lead them to their questions. Whoever is asking the questions controls the conversation. They need to control the conversation. When they ask for help, then you can give them your ideas.” While ranchers are typically not outwardly emotional, he suggests keeping in mind what they’ve been through and empathize—try to understand

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Once you get to asking and answering questions, the most important questions to ask are often the most difficult. Whether recovering from a natural disaster or facing economic hard times, he said it’s not just enough to work IN the business, somebody has to work ON the business. That starts with figuring out what isn’t working. “You have to identify the dead wood in your business. It’s like you have a fruit tree and you’re setting out to prune that tree. Where do you start?” Most of the time, he said, ranchers start on the twigs. “We set out to prune twigs, but sometimes they’re on branches that have been dead for years. Sometimes we don’t even see the dead wood. It doesn’t even occur to us that something doesn’t work or shouldn’t be done.” He suggests getting hard numbers down on paper to find out where the dead wood is. Sometimes a disaster or difficult year helps highlight those things that aren’t working.

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“A disaster presents something of an opportunity,” he says. “The last thing somebody wants to hear in a disaster is that there is a silver lining. But if you go back to the basic principles of business, you can often find opportunity in a crisis.”

He uses as an example a business in Saskatchewan that was facing economic ruin in 2003 when BSE hit the Canadian cattle industry and the cattle market crashed. They took a step back, explored their options and started a dog food company, which is now a multi-million-dollar business. Pratt says the four foundation points of ranching are land, animals, people and money. Thinking through those points and considering how each of those components plays into a management plan will provide some structure for planning.

For 10 minutes, the person whose problem it is has to turn their back to the table. Their only job is to write down what everyone is saying. “They’re talking, literally, behind your back,” he says. “People will say things they wouldn’t otherwise say when you have your back turned and they talk about you. You can’t say anything. You can only listen and write.” After the time is up, the writer turns around and reads what they wrote. The rest of the team corrects anything that is wrong. The final 10 minutes involves making a plan—who should do what, in what order, by when.

There isn’t usually that follow-up after a disaster workshop, but he said they at least walk out with a path forward. They know what needs to be done and who’s responsible.

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If you’re not in the middle of a disaster, Pratt suggests working on a plan anyway. “The best time to deal with drought is when it’s raining. But we tend to wait until we’re out of time, money and options. That’s the worst time to plan, but if it’s the only time we do it, then do it. Your head is for having ideas, not for holding them.” Simply changing the way you look at a plan can change how you plan, he says. “Some people feel like structure limits them— by structure I mean the way we approach risk management. The way we look at it, structure gives you freedom. It lets you relax because you know you’re not going to miss anything.” Part of the problem with developing a plan is that if previous generations didn’t have drought/ fire/flood/disaster plans, no one taught the current generation how to do it. “How would it feel to not have the weight of the world on your shoulders, to just focus on the task at hand, knowing it’s taking you in the right direction? Sometimes the enormity of all that needs to be done paralyzes. One thing at a time, first things first,” Pratt says.

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Ranching for Profit in Practice By Kinsey Burris

Lipscomb, Texas This spring, we knew we were in danger of a fire. A wet 2016 had left a large fuel load and we were forecasted for high winds. On March 6, the Perryton Fire started about 50 miles away from us. My husband is a volunteer fire fighter and immediately left to help fight the fire. Helicopter pilots marked the fire moving at 70 mph as the fire headed due east. My in-laws and I ran to put sprinklers on the houses first and then we were going to try to move cows to safety. At that point, the fire was 20 miles away. Before we had time to finish putting the sprinklers on, the fire was on us. My husband and I custom graze cow/calf pairs. Our business was grass. The entire ranch burned in less than 10 minutes. We had no time to move cows or cut fence. A last second wind direction change pushed the fire a hundred yards south of our house. It took almost a week to put down burned cattle and dispose of the dead. The Ranching for Profit seminar helped us to get out of our emotional decision-making and get back to strategic planning for the long-term. The fire was devastating. It will take us a

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long time to rebuild and clean up, but in many ways it was a blessing. As a family, we decided to use this opportunity to not just rebuild things as they were, but to make improvements that will allow for improved managed grazing techniques and increased profitability. The RFP seminar helped nudge us back to looking at the big picture of our business and future instead of our immediate losses and obstacles. I think the fire will probably be a defining moment in our lives. I’m not saying that things have been easy (I’ve had to take a new job to help us get through a cash-flow crunch while the grass recovers), but we feel really blessed. If you watch the news, you start to doubt the goodness in people. I cried many tears over the animals and the devastation, but I think I cried just as many from the beautiful generosity of friends, family, and complete strangers. People all over Texas and even the nation dropped what they were doing and came to help us. It was incredibly humbling. Sorry it took me so long to respond to your questions. We are busy putting a crew together to head down to the Texas coast next week to help with the recovery process. It’s our turn to pay it forward.

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Adding to the arsenal BY AMANDA RADKE

ylan and Whitney Klasna’s diversified farm and ranch near Lambert, Montana, may be facing D3 drought conditions, but they aren’t letting the lack of rain get them down.

“We are just taking it day by day,” said Whitney Klasna, of the management decisions they’re making on the ranch. “If things continue to stay dry, we’ll stick to what we’re doing. If we get 2-4 inches of rain in the next week, which is highly doubtful, maybe we’ll plant winter wheat.”

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“We are very conservative with our stocking rates because we know drought is a reality. We are lucky to have enough pasture and hay around to get us through, and despite not getting much rain, our cover crops we planted have grown, which should offer us some added forage this fall,” she said. “Our land continues to be in the D3 zone — right on

the border of the D4 area, so we know there are others who are facing harder times than we are.” In a year like this, many producers are scrambling to not only find enough feed but to overcome lower prices. While ranchers are an inherently independent lot who don’t ask or expect help even in the toughest of circumstances, there are several government programs available that could be an important and appropriate management tool during these difficult times.

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The Klasnas are among many producers in the Dakotas and Montana who are facing extreme drought in 2017. With a shortage of available forage, many ranchers have been forced to sell cowcalf pairs early, but Klasna says their operation has weathered through droughts before, and they’ll weather through this one, as well.

“We were so thankful that USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue allowed for emergency haying of CRP ground,” said Klasna. “That allowed folks who have managed haying plans in place to be able

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to hay those CRP acres early without any penalty fee assessed against their annual payment.” With the Farm Service Agency (FSA) granting permission for producers to hay or graze CRP acres, this allowed producers to stockpile some forage before much of it was torched in wildfires. “On our hay acres, we probably harvested 80 percent less tonnage this year than in the year previous,” said Klasna. “We’re following FSA’s direction on when we’re allowed to hay and how soon those bales need to be moved off the CRP acres. It certainly takes some communication with our local office to make sure we’re in compliance, but these programs have allocated resources and dollars for livestock producers, and we’re happy to have these available to us.” Many producers, like the Klasnas, will be looking to utilize the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) this year. Authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill, LFP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses on land due to qualifying drought conditions during the normal grazing period.

Klasna Farms has been hit hard by the 2017 drought as evident by the trail of dust following the herd as the Klasnas trailed pairs to a nearby corral to be worked and sorted.

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“We just signed up for LFP, and it’s a great program, but with the payment limitations, large cow-calf or stocker operators may reach that ceiling in a hurry,” said Klasna. “That goes with all of these disaster titles; there will always be something that doesn’t fit for every scenario, but they should assist the majority.”

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“Producers could be eligible for one-month to fivemonth payments,” said Lynn Stoltenburg, South Dakota State FSA program director. “A cow-calf pair is considered one unit and is eligible for $30/month; however, there is a formula where the producer receives 60 percent of the smaller value (livestock feed needs vs. value of the pasture). Based on that, producers are roughly eligible for approximately $16.50/cow-calf pair for a onemonth payment. The majority of counties are at a threemonth payment for about $50/cow-calf pair.”

“Producers could be eligible for onemonth to five-month payments,” said Lynn Stoltenburg, South Dakota State FSA program director.

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The payment scale slides depending on whether the county is in a D1 or D4 drought, and producers have until Jan. 31, 2018 to apply. “We encourage producers to set up an appointment at their local FSA office between now and the January deadline,” said Stoltenburg. “There are no funding issues, so they can’t be denied. Payments come quickly, too, but it all depends on whether the application has to go through a county committee first. Most have received payment between 10 days

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and two weeks. Additionally, if the drought status changes for the worse and producers have already been paid, they will automatically be issued another check without having to reapply.” In addition to emergency haying CRP and recovering funds through LFP, the Klasnas have also utilized the Emergency Conservation Practices (ECP) for livestock water. This program allows producers with grazing livestock to cost share for restoration or replacement of existing manmade water sources when original water sources are insufficient due to drought conditions.

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“We applied for ECP to help us drill an additional water well because our stock dams were drying up, and we didn’t have another water source available,” she said. “Through this program, we were able to drill the well and pipeline it a half-mile. We put two different water tanks at a quarter and half mile. This land is cross-fenced, which allows us to hay, graze and rest and have water available in all sections.” Jason Frerichs is a farmer/ rancher from Wilmot, South Dakota. He, too, has utilized several conservation programs over the years to mitigate some risk in his operation and make improvements to the land as needed. “With these programs, there’s some cost, but mostly it’s your time and labor,” said Frerichs, who worked with his local conservation district to build stream crossings in his pastures. “It’s important to communicate with the agency about the programs and what

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n abundance of acronyms can be difficult to track. Here is a breakdown of the various programs available through the FSA and how they can be beneficial to producers.

“It’s important for producers to stay active in farm bill discussions to know exactly what provisions may be available to producers in cases of emergency,” said Klasna. “Ag organizations can also be a great resource for producers who want to learn more about the application process. We are also grateful for our local FSA office who has made it very simple and easy for us to apply and receive benefits of the various programs.”

guidelines you need to follow in order to be in compliance with the project. With ECP, we were able to put in some waterers. This is a good program if producers are hauling water or if they need emergency funds to install better watering devices.” While the drought hasn’t hit as hard in Frerich’s neck of the woods, he says there will be many producers in the area who will qualify for the LFP. “We are still waiting to see how bad the loss of forage will be in our area this year,” he said. “I have used this program in the past and was very happy with it. It’s easy to justify why you had a loss of the forage, and the program works really well. I expect that to continue as long as there is money available. So much of the state and surrounding area should qualify for this, so I hope producers utilize this available resource to help alleviate some of the challenges that a drought presents.”

Livestock Forage Diaster Program (LFP)This program provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who suffer eligible grazing losses due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land.

Emergency Conservation Practices (ECP)- This allows producers the

chance to cost share if needing to restore or place an existing man made water source after original water sources are insufficient due to drought conditions.

Non-Insured Assistance Program (NAP)-

Producers with NAP coverage on any crops who have experienced a loss in production can qualify for a payment if applied within 15 days of the damage to the field. This includes crops grown for food, or livestock consumption, including native forage.

Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP)- This offers a cost

share opportunity for eligible producers who have had to haul water when a normal source of water needs to be supplemented due to the drought.

Price Loss Coverage (PLC)- This pro-

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Frerichs said it’s critical to have a dialogue with your local office.

As the area prays for rain, Frerichs hopes the LFP payments will arrive to producers at a critical time.

“Let them know what you’re looking for and see if they can help you out,” he said. “You might not automatically get funded for what you want to apply for, so be flexible. If the office doesn’t think you are a good fit for something, they might have ideas for an alternative that would better suit your operation. There is no shame in accepting federal program money that is earmarked toward better practices, cleaner water and improved soil. These are practices many of us do anyway because it’s the right thing to do, but it often requires extra labor and dollars, so if they qualify for these programs, they should be rewarded for their land management efforts. The programs are designed to be easy to qualify for if you do have livestock, so make your case and try to plan accordingly.”

“I’m hoping the LFP will provide some relief and some cash flow until that calf check comes this fall,” he said. “Perhaps it will bring some optimism to producers who are struggling right now. There are many resources available to producers; we just need to communicate about what’s out there and not be afraid to ask questions about what’s available to us.” It seems there is no shortage of programs available to producers — LFP and ECP are just a few. Reference the accompanying sidebar to learn more about the various programs that could be important tools for mitigating risk on the ranch.

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Match Game Aside from his or her human resources, a rancher’s greatest asset is the land. Keeping that in mind can help make the culling process more straightforward. Ringwall says, “You’ve got to match your feed resources to your herd size. Don’t assume conditions will improve. Whatever your program is, reserve at least half a dozen bales per cow for the winter months. The number of bales you have should set the number of cows you retain. If I have six hundred bales, I can keep one hundred cows. If conditions improve, keep the hay you don’t use. Carryover is a good thing.” Both Ringwall and Jenkins agree that record keeping, planning ahead, and getting an early start to culling can be a rancher’s saving grace in dry years.

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“Since there are different stages of dryness and drought, it’s important to start early, stay positive, and look toward how you can use the resources you have,” said Ringwall. Jenkins says, “Know what you need to have for rain by a certain date. If you don’t have that rainfall by that date, pull the trigger and cull the cows first on your list. Have a second trigger date and second wave of cows to cull and so on.”

years left in them. They also provide a unique opportunity to sell the productive individuals as bred cows and the others as market cows. The fourth wave should include cows that just don’t fit the program, culling cows that are too big, too small, or have other undesirable traits uncharacteristic to the rest of the herd. >>>

Progressive Culling Removing cows can give more relief to the range than removing the calves. For that reason, early culling trumps early weaning. Ringwall and Jenkins both suggest that early culling coupled with progressive culling, or culling in waves based on trigger dates, rainfall, and range condition could have the greatest positive long-term impact on a herd. The first cows to go should be the obvious. This includes cows that would have made the cull list regardless of drought conditions – the bad bag, lame, and/or open cows. After culling the obvious, if the stocking rate is still more than the land can handle, Ringwall suggests that the hard to handle and downright mean cows should be next in line to leave. “Factor in family, personnel, and safety. Unruly cows shouldn’t be kept around just because they breed up and raise a calf every year,” said Ringwall. The third wave should include granny cows, anything over 9 years of age. These cows generally do not have many productive

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opportunity to hit an entirely different market and is something to be considered,” said Ringwall.

“Culling this way provides a great opportunity to get rid of the outliers and really get down to your core group of cows. You might even take it one step further, coming back to your mature cows to cull based on performance. This will yield a set of very productive retained cows, as well as a nice package to sell as bred cows,” said Ringwall Early weaning should be considered after the herd has been pared down. Early weaning at this point can take pressure off of the range, and allows that core set of cows the opportunity to regain some condition before winter. If early weaning is a go, an assessment should be made as to whether to keep the calves on the ranch, sell early, or retain ownership off the ranch. “If you don’t already have the feed on the ranch, it makes more sense to send calves to the feed than it does to bring the feed to the calves. Retained ownership through the feed yard could provide an

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Think Outside the Box After culling that deep, one might wonder whether to restock the reproductive herd or try something new. “Ranchers might consider taking on yearlings and running them in place of some cows. Retaining and/ or taking on more heifers would be a good fit too, as they could be kept as replacements, sold as bred heifers, or marketed as yearlings to go on feed. Both the yearling and heifer options can help reduce the risk of culling deep into the cow herd because they can be sold early, or not run at all in years when grass is in short supply,” said Jenkins. In place of culling, limit-feeding cows through the drought in confinement is yet another option to be considered.

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“If it pencils out for your operation, early weaning your calves and confinement feeding the cows is something to be considered. And it doesn’t have to be confinement in a feed yard. As long as the cows have at least 2 feet of bunk (or feed) space per head, it could be feeding on a pivot corner or fallow ground,” said Jenkins.

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Filling the Void How to make sure your replacement heifers will pull their weight

A group of freshly weaned heifer calves out on pasture. PHOTO CREDIT: CATE CALLANTINE

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lot of factors play into the herd replacement strategy, not the least of which is heritage.

For many people, it’s impossible to put a dollar value on adding heifers to the herd that come from a known lineage. But in tight times, when controlling costs becomes the number one priority, putting a dollar value on each step of the process is vital. Even with the cheapest and most efficient developing strategies, the cost of growing these females can be significant. Jake Tiedeman and his family in North Platte, Nebraska, own and operate BaldridgeTiedeman Angus. The Tiedemans pride themselves on raising high quality females and selling reputable seedstock bulls.

The Funnel “When making decisions on whether to keep replacement heifers and when to sell them, you have to take a pencil to it and decide what you are going to be able to afford and make manageable,” said Tiedeman. The Tiedeman family takes a gradual funnel approach when deciding what to cull and what to keep. “As a purebred herd, we have to keep many of our females and selling them all is not usually a viable option. We have too many years of planned breedings to sell them; it’s our genetics that we need to keep building upon to sell good cattle,” said Tiedeman.

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The Tiedemans begin their process at birth and the first culling decision happens at weaning. “If a heifer comes in poor at weaning, we take a pretty long look at the cow family and production records,” said Tiedeman. Understanding why a heifer performed more poorly than her contemporaries is a must. “We look at weight and performance during weaning and also phenotype because there is no need for us to invest in a low quality female. But we study the cow too; it might be time for her to go.”

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don’t have any time for a female that does not get bred. If they are open or late bred, they are gone,” said Tiedeman. The Ochsner Ranch in Torrington, Wyoming raises Angus and Hereford cattle and uses a different process, but shares a similar view of open heifers. Katie Ochsner is the commercial marketing specialist for the Red Angus Association and is also heavily involved in the family operation. “We do

not make any culling decisions until the females have had a chance to get bred and run with a bull. But we don’t like to give too many chances, and prefer a tight calving interval, so we have no time for cattle that are open,” said Ochsner. “We watch these females really closely throughout their lives in the development process, being extra hard on feet and leg structure as well as pigment and udder quality. We want a high quality female to get put back in the herd.”

Bred heifers turned out on pasture to be cleaned up following AI. PHOTO CREDIT: CURTIS DOUBET

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Heifer culling decisions are a year round endeavor. PHOTO CREDIT: CATE CALLANTINE

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Maximize your market potential when selling females The Ochsner family doesn’t just write off those open or late heifers—they target them at a value-added market. “We raise seedstock cattle and stand behind their quality, so often times we try and market these open females to those people utilizing a fall calving program,” said Ochsner. Recognizing every opportunity to maximize the dollars returned to the operation is what establishes long term success. Tiedeman said, “The market is very strong for premium heifers; good ones still bring money.” As the commercial marketing specialist, Ochsner works with commercial cattle producers utilizing the Red Navigator gene testing program established by the Red Angus Association. “The Red Navigator program looks at 13 EPDs and 2 indices to help producers make the most informed culling and breeding decisions that they can,” said Ochsner.

Red Navigator is a percentile rank system that compares cattle to a commercial database ranking the EPDs from 1 to 100 with 1 being the best. “I study the strengths and weaknesses of a producer’s cowherd on paper and discuss the results with them to figure out what goals they are trying to accomplish. Using Red Navigator gives producers a leg up when making culling decisions,” said Ochsner. Tiedeman said, “EPDs and genomics are a great tool to help producers decide where they want their emphasis to be placed and guide them in the selection process.”

Decisions in the tough years Not all years are fruitful though and sometimes hard decisions have to be made. In 2016, the Ochsner family ranch was impacted by a large fire that burned many pastures, buildings, and almost all of their winter feed. “We had some tough decisions

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to make that year,” said Ochsner. Usually the ranch buys back their bull customers’ calves and develops them on their winter pasture. The Ochsners also purchase heifers as yearlings before developing them and selling them as breds in the fall. “In 2016 we had to cut out those two programs because we simply did not have the feed or the pasture to feed them. It was a tough call to make but it was one we had to do,” said Ochsner. “In tough times we have considered selling all or the majority of our heifers but have never actually been forced to do it. I think in extremes, things like a lack of feed or pasture, it makes sense to sell your heifers and repopulate your herd as it becomes feasible,” said Tiedeman. In her conversations this summer with beef cattle producers, Ochsner has heard those very extremes. “I have talked to a lot of producers who are very discouraged and disgusted about having to sell their heifers and do more culling this year. It is unfortunate, but they have realized in a tough year like this they simply do not have the means to get it done,” said Ochsner. Deciding to keep replacement heifers, and how many if so, is not something taken lightly by cattleman across the country. Choices have to be made. As Tiedeman said, “Average heifers follow the market, but good ones bring money!”

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Keeping all heifers through breeding is one selection process for producers. PHOTO CREDIT: CATE CALLANTINE

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hen crop prices are low and drought is robbing your cattle of feed, it may pay to rethink the best use of your farmland.

Many regions are short of hay this year so ranchers may be looking at what to do to make up for the lack of residual forage this year and what the options are regarding forages they could plant—whether a warm-season or cool-season crop. “They should be planning how to manage grazing lands, to get by next year, looking at what they can do based on what crops they have right now, herbicide carryover, costs, etc.” says Kevin Sedivec, North Dakota State University.

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FALL PLANTING FOR SPRING GRAZING Mark Hayek, state range management specialist with the NRCS in Bismarck, North Dakota, says some traditional cover crops work well for extending grazing in the spring. He suggests winter annuals like winter wheat, winter rye, winter triticale and hairy vetch, which is a moderately winter-hardy annual that will provide more protein and do well in a mild winter. Producers need to plan ahead, though, as the fall seeding window for those crops is Aug.15 through Sept. 20 in North Dakota. There’s leeway to adjust this about 10 days, depending on local weather conditions. Hayek suggests checking with the local NRCS office for recommended seeding dates. A Farm Bill program is available to help with costs, but has

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certain requirements that must be met. An extension educator can also give some guidance as far as what is best to plant, and when. Sedivec says some crops planted in summer and grazed in the fall will regrow enough to turn cattle out on in early spring, usually in May. “For South Dakota and Wyoming it could be as early as midApril. Cattle can go out on winter wheat and winter rye stands, grazing until they joint, and then be taken off to allow regrowth for a grain crop (or rye hay) later in the year. If it’s winter triticale you would graze it in the fall, graze again in spring, and then put another crop in, but wheat and rye could be harvested as a second crop for grain. If your plan is just to graze, and then come in with a new crop like soybeans (following winter rye), you could graze it longer in the spring,” he says.

By October it would be too late to plant anything for fall and winter pasture but producers should be planning for next spring. Sedivec suggests considering a cool season crop like a rye or any kind of cereal, possibly accompanied by turnips or radishes, in April, since they are fast-growing and could provide grazing for May and June. “If a producer has just come through a summer and fall when forage production was short, it would be good to start looking at what could be planted early the next year,” he says. Costs of planting vary, depending on what is planted, and when. “The nice thing about winter cereals is that they are not very expensive to plant, especially rye. That could be a good alternative for fall and into next spring. Rye is almost always an economic option for planting, compared to some of the cover crops,” says Sedivec.

Dakota, and occasionally for those in North Dakota and Montana, Sedivek suggests an early planting of a brassica, like turnips or radishes, mixed with rye or oats. “These can produce a lot of bio-mass in a short time,” he says. “You can graze that well into June, which allows you to rest your native pastures and let them recover in the spring.” He says this is a valuable option for producers to consider following the heavy use pastures often get during a drought.

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“We need to find ways to give pastures time to recover next spring. An annual cool season crop planted in April to provide grazing through June could be a great alternative. Otherwise the only option is to keep feeding hay—an expensive option since many people are short on hay,” says Sedivec.

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OUR COMPLETE SEED MENT FACILITY! problems by having the soil covered with a desirable crop. “We can manage soil moisture and minimize soil compaction. There are many benefits other than just grazing. As folks design their mixes they need to consider some of those secondary benefits,” says Hayek.

them from mid-October through early December, depending on how many animals and how good the stand is. Cattle should be taken off to allow regrowth, and it can be grazed again the next spring, prior to joint stage,” he says.

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it next year), it can be drilled any time. It could be grazed pretty closely, even with snow on it, as long as you don’t graze too short (if you want regrowth for spring grazing), or there’s more risk for injury and winterkill,” Sedivec says. Late summer/fall seeding works well, as long as there’s moisture. “If there’s no moisture you don’t want to waste the money for planting. It helps to have an idea about the weather forecast,” he says.

Hayek says that in the fall you should plant something that’s frost-tolerant, that will stay green and hold its nutrients and not be killed at 27-degree temperatures. “We may get an early frost and then it warms up, with more growing weather. The brassicas are good for this. Mustards, rape, canola, radish, kale and turnips are very winter-hardy. Typically they don’t stop growing until air temperature drops below 25 degrees,” he says.

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“When targeting that fall window I generally center a mix around brassica species and choose a cool-season grass to go with that. Depending on grazing needs, a person may want a winter rye, triticale or just a plain oat crop or spring wheat. Those grasses will help fill in and provide extra tonnage. The brassicas tend to be high in moisture (and go through the animal swiftly) so including a grass species is a better mix nutritionally, and helps slow down the material as it goes through the cow.” If you do a brassica mix, you should provide enough dry matter as supplemental feed. “It all depends on the situation. If cattle are going into a wheat field, sometimes you get regrowth from the wheat. This depends on how you are planting, and whether or not you are applying spray to kill any regrowth of the earlier crop,” Hayek says.

HIGH QUALITY FORAGE FOR YOUNG STOCK The Menoken Demonstration Farm near Bismarck, North Dakota, owned and operated by Burleigh County Conservation District, did some work last year with Jay Fuhrer, soil health specialist, NRCS, in North Dakota, sampling the top and bottom halves of various cover crop plants in terms of nutrients. “About three-fourths of the plant nutrients are in the top half. As cattle graze down the plant, the bottom half is where the nutrients really drop off,” says Hayek.

Brassicas like turnips and radishes provide a lot of forage for grazing and are good for soil health. Photo by John Snider.

“If you are grazing animals that need high performance— such as weaned calves or yearlings—you don’t want them to get down into the bottom half of the plants. You want to keep them moving to new plants,” he says. Freshly-weaned calves do well on cover crops because of the nutritional quality in those mixes. “This can help calves deal with weaning and maintain or improve weight and body condition prior to shipping and marketing— or going into a feedlot,” says Hayek. This is also good feed for replacement heifers. The season-long cover-crop mixes are also a good choice for yearling heifers prior to breeding. The high nutrient quality can help with body condition, and get them to flush and cycle before putting them with a bull. This is another good tool for feed management.

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$5 Steers and coyote hounds Eatinger family standing in front of the main house in the late 1920’s, Ivan the wolf hound in the front.

Resourcefulness key to 140-year ranching legacy STORY AND PHOTOS BY DEANNA NELSON-LICKING

early 140 years ago dairyman Charles Henry Eatinger decided to try his hand with beef cattle. He left his family in

Dundee, Illinois and traveled to Abilene, Kansas. He purchased 1000 head of ‘sorry steers’—the light ones that hadn’t weathered the trail as well, for 5 dollars apiece. He hired a few hands and headed north, having heard of free grass and water in the Sandhills of Nebraska. Just north of Ogallala, Nebraska, the herd was stopped by a group of riders who informed them there was no room for another herd in the Hyannis area, but there was grass farther 128

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Moving the old Shockley house in 1930 from Brownlee, Nebraska.

east. Wisely, Charles altered course, arriving near Seneca, Nebraska. An area rancher, Mr. Rankin told them where they could find meadows not burned off by the Indians and water about 15 miles north of present day Thedford, Nebraska and south of Brownlee. It was October and winter was coming, so they took the wagon off the running gear and piled sod around it for a

shelter. A Texas trail hand was left in charge of the cattle and after gathering buffalo chips for fuel and supplies, Charles went home just before Christmas. Come spring he came back to find only half the herd he had left. Wolves and the hard winter had taken a heavy toll, as well as hungry Indians. Charles didn’t hold any ill will towards the Indians as they only took what they needed and wasted nothing, using even the horns and tail switch. The remnants of his herd did well and when he shipped them to Chicago, the steers brought 35 dollars a head. “The most money he ever made on a transaction.” said Byron Eatinger, Charles’ great-grandson. Charles took some of the profits and bought another herd in Ogallala. He bought a herd of heifers in Omaha

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Present day Eatinger Ranch Headquarters

and lightning and thunder. The children at school barely made it home and the snow even covered the sod house. The fledgling cow herd was decimated by the storm and “skinners” were employed to collect the hides, for at that time the hide was the most valuable part of a cow. Charles Henry’s adult children worked hard to rebuild the herd.

the following year and that was the start of the cow herd. They continued buying and fattening steers for many years. Charles’ family started trickling out to Nebraska and took up homesteads as they built up the ranch. The blizzard in the spring of 1913 was one of the most violent storms remembered, heavy snow

In 1918 the Eatingers loaded an entire train load of steers in Thedford and headed for Chicago. Sons John and Charlie accompanied the cattle and when they reached Omaha, they heard the news of the quarantine and closure of the Chicago Stockyards due to the flu epidemic. They couldn’t unload at Omaha and were forced to go on. By the time they arrived in Chicago, Charlie was sick and John was forced to try and sell the steers. Charlie was the businessman and “wheeler-dealer” of the pair so he always felt that he could have got more money for the cattle. John was over a barrel and pretty much had to give the cattle away. The brothers made it home before John sickened; he died at the ranch leaving a wife and six children. His wife went back to Illinois, but John’s

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brothers continued to financially support them. The ranch flourished in the 1920s and in the late ‘20s Charlie’s son Ralph sent away for a Russian Wolf Hound for hunting coyotes and to use as a stud dog. When the Great Depression hit, the money from selling hound pups and coyote hides kept the ranch afloat. Charlie died in 1937 and the ranch was in a lot of upheaval and strife with all the extended family and everyone wanting their share. Ralph borrowed the money to pay off all the creditors and eventually was able to get the land all in his name. Grandson Wayne Eatinger remembers visiting with Ralph while they hunted coyotes. “Granddad said, I had to get down on my nose and root like a pig to make those first few payments.” The ‘40s and ‘50s were good years and through hard work, Ralph, his wife Norma, and his three sons built up the ranch and made it prosper. In 1960 his son Byron and wife Mary took over management and continued to improve the operation through AIing the cows, installing pivots and buying land. They have raised horses for generations and Byron has been breeding Quarter horses for over 50 years. They had three children Wayne, Marie and Dale. In 2017 Byron was inducted

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into the Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame. “I’m 84 and have lived on this ranch longer than anyone else ever has,” Byron said. Byron continues to help with some of the dayto-day ranch work and, like his father, is an avid coyote hunter, going hunting almost every day in the wintertime with his hounds. Today, Wayne and his wife Roxanne are running the ranch, along with their son Miles and a few long-time employees. Their goal is to improve the land and increase profitability. From running steers in the 1870s, the operation made a lot of changes to adapt to the changing times. The current business is no different, as they have embraced the latest technology, primarily raising embryo calves on a custom basis for seedstock producers, through a relationship with the American Breeders Service. “They are Ranch sign across the main gate

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their genetics but our calves, and it is a relationship built out of trust.” said Wayne. “We wean the calves early and background them here on the ranch, which gives us the ability to run more cows. The calves are sold back to the seedstock producers when they are about 10 months old. This year we placed over 800 embryos, all from the Gardner Ranch in Ashland, Kansas.” The land is improving as each generation become better stewards of the land. Back in the 1870s fires were frequent and now are infrequent, the bare sandy hills have grassed over and large blowouts have healed. Windmills supply water and the wet meadows are grazed and also cut for hay. Years of hard work, determination and perseverance through the hard times have paid off and Charles Henry Eatinger would be proud of what his descendants have accomplished.

Byron and Mary Eatinger at his induction into the Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame, L-R behind them, Roxanna, Wayne, Miles, Dale and Linda Eatinger. PHOTO COMPLIMENTS OF THE SANDHILLS COWBOY HALL OF FAME.

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