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It’s reported bumblebees are some of the most recognizable of the 3,600 native bee species found in the U.S.
These pollinators aren’t just cute and fuzzy, they are also important for wild flowering plants and agricultural crops, including many rangeland
On Sept. 4, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced funding provided by the Inflation Reduction Act for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) for Fiscal Year 2025. Those interested should apply by the next two ranking dates – Oct. 4 or Dec. 20 – at their local NRCS office. In addition, any application submitted to NRCS which was unfunded in Fiscal Year 2024 will be automatically reconsidered during the Oct. 4 funding cycle. For more information, visit nrcs.usda.gov
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom (WAIC) is calling all educators to enter their best photos depicting Wyoming’s agriculture, minerals and energy or outdoor recreation and tourism industries into their 2025 Calendar Photo Contest. Those who participate will be entered in a drawing for a $100 gift card and a chance to be featured in the WAIC 2025 Calendar. The submission deadline is Oct. 11. For more information and to submit photos, visit wyaitc.org or wyowonders.org
Corn prices firmed another three to four cents higher on Sept. 4 following a round of weatherrelated technical buying and short-covering. September futures added four cents to $3.90, with December futures up 3.75 cents to $4.13. Soybean September futures rose nine cents to $10.06, with November futures up 8.75 cents to $10.20. Wheat prices found substantial gains, with December Chicago SRW futures gaining 13.75 cents to $5.80, December Kansas City HRW futures climbing 16.75 cents to $5.93 and December MGEX spring wheat futures rising 16.25 cents to $6.23.
forbs, according to Mountain States Bumble Bee Atlas Coordinator and Endangered Species Conservation Specialist Amy Dolan.
Dolan notes there are almost 50 species of bumblebees in North America and nearly one-half of them have
been documented in Wyoming.
Unfortunately, many species of bumblebees have experienced rapid and dramatic declines over the past several decades.
“Five species in Wyoming are
Meat enthusiasts and industry stakeholders from across the nation and overseas traveled far and wide to gather in Riverton for the Fifth Annual Rendezvous City Beef Roundup (RCBR) where they celebrated their love for one of the best protein sources on Earth – beef.
Held at the new Rustler Ag and Equine Center on the Central Wyoming College (CWC) Campus, the event hosted 45 vendors, offering everything from homemade jams and jellies, leatherwork and tack, handmade jewelry, Western photography, hand-crafted crochet work and local beef, among many other things.
Attendees also had the opportunity to try tasty eats from several food trucks and enjoy live music by Barcode 307.
As the hot rays of the summer sun begin retiring earlier in the day and the landscape’s vibrant greens fade into softer hues of gold and brown, work around the farm and ranch momentarily begins to wind down.
With the hay harvested, cows gathered off of the mountain and calves weaned and shipped, many state and national organizations are planning their annual meetings and conventions in hopes producers around the state and across the nation can pack a bag and get away for a while.
The coming months are jam-packed with a variety events, offering a perfect venue for producers to network, visit with friends – both old and new – and stay up-to-date on industry happenings as the year draws to an end.
Included is a list of upcoming agricultural meetings and conventions this season.
September
The event lineup kicks off during the second week of September, with agriculture gatherings taking place all over the nation.
On Sept. 10-12, Grand Island, Neb. will host Husker Harvest Days, a three-day event known as the largest irrigated working farm show in the world, in which attendees can view and/or showcase the industry’s latest products and innovations while also hearing from experts on a variety of topics.
The 71st National Red Angus Convention, held in conjunction with the Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium, is scheduled for Sept. 10-13 in Lincoln, Neb.
In addition to including discussions with notable individuals like Dr. Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University, the
Event highlights
To kick off the Aug. 24 activities, CWC’s Robert A. Peck Center hosted a panel discussion and question and answer session with eight high-profile personalities from the carnivore community including Dr. Sean O’Mara, a leading health and performance physician and founder of the innovative medical startup Lantu in Minnepolis; Dr. Anthony Chaffee, also known as the Plant Free MD, a medical doctor and neurosurgical registrar; Dr. Lisa Wiedeman, an optometric physician and carnivore-based life coach known as the Carnivore Doctor and Dr. Robert Kiltz, a board-certified OB/ GYN and reproductive endocrinologist and the founder,
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USDA approves drought-tolerant wheat to be grown in the U.S.
On Aug. 27, upon completing a regulatory status review, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) deregulated the first transgenic trait for wheat, determining HB4 wheat can be safely grown for commercial use in the U.S.
Developed by Argentina-based Bioceres Crop Solutions (Bioceres), the HB4 wheat variety is genetically modified to tolerate drought, which is a useful tool for growers plagued with ongoing drought conditions.
The agency’s approval of HB4 wheat makes the U.S. the fourth nation in the world to green light production behind Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
HB4 wheat
According to an Aug. 28 Progressive Farmer article written by DTN Editor Jason Jenkins, HB4 wheat contains HaHB4, “a transcription factor isolated from sunflowers which modulates the expression of several hundred genes providing drought tolerance.”
When grown in drought conditions, this strain of wheat is able to generate more antioxidant and osmoprotectant molecules, which delays deterioration of cells
On Aug. 23, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry received word from a veterinarian of a potential issue related to a single bulk feed order for Beutler and Son Rodeo Company.
The bulk equine feed delivered to the renowned production company by Livestock Nutrition Center (LNC) was contaminated, and nearly 70 bucking horses have passed over a two-week period of time.
In a recent LNC press release, President Ronnie Castlebury states, “Our preliminary tests show a load of feed delivered to Beutler and Son Rodeo Company in Elk City, Okla. contained monensin,
which can be toxic to horses.”
Monensin, commonly referred to by its brand name Rumensin, is often used in feed for other livestock but can be fatal if ingested by equines.
Castlebury continues, “This likely occurred due to a combination of a failed cleanout procedure and a sensor malfunction. We have confirmed this is an isolated incident to this single load of feed from a single facility and no other feed has been impacted and is safe for animal consumption.”
“We take this seriously and are working with the state departments of agriculture in Oklahoma and Kansas and the U.S.
From the Publisher
With the general election coming up in a couple of months, the price for food is a big issue. Most people say the high prices are unfair, but they keep rising. Since the start of the pandemic, some companies have taken advantage of consumers, raising prices while simultaneously shrinking the size of the package and its contents. Some have kept the size of the package the same, but the contents inside are less.
They must have gotten this idea from the U.S. Post Office, as they have also been raising prices for less service and longer delivery times. This doesn’t have anything to do with food, but it is a trend against consumers. Is this because of inflation or the cause of inflation?
Early last August, I read a report stating, “Food inflation expectations and estimates both dropped last month to lower levels since January 2022,” according to the July 2024 issue of the Consumer Food Insights Report.
This survey-based report came out of Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability and assesses food spending, consumer satisfaction and values, support of agricultural and food policies and trust in information sources. Purdue experts conducted and evaluated the survey of some 1,200 consumers across the country.
I think they should have used more people as 1,200 consumers is not a lot, but it probably does reflect the nation’s feelings.
In the past year, the consumer price index (CPI) measure of annual food inflation remained the same at 2.2 percent for the fifth month in a row for the year. The consumers’ estimate of food inflation came back at 5.4 percent, which was higher than the CPI estimate, but a decrease from the month prior. The consumers also expected food prices to be 2.3 percent higher in the 12 months after the survey.
An interesting result of the survey showed the insecurity rate dropped slightly to 11 percent, which showed close to one-third of low-income households – those earning less than $50,000 – are food insecure.
The report showed food security decreasing, which makes the seventh straight month it has remained below the 2023 average of 14 percent.
But we all realize food insecurity is substantially higher for low-income households who are not able to purchase higher-quality foods such as food from a farmers’ market. A number of higher-income households surveyed said they tried to visit a farmers’ market at least twice a week.
It is going to be interesting to see what food prices do in coming months, as corn, soybeans, sugar, cocoa and wheat prices are becoming lower around the world. Some are saying “the market remains in an era of abundance.”
While the war in Ukraine seems to be getting bigger, commodities like corn, wheat and soybeans are still being exported by Ukraine and Russia. Recent reports show Ukraine is exporting over five million tons of grain per month, higher than in 2023. These numbers are lower than what the country was exporting before the invasion by Russia.
I hope whoever wins the presidential election doesn’t raise tariffs with countries like China. The last time it happened, China targeted the U.S. agriculture sector and it hurt.
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When looking at the Founding Fathers, I would say I am more of a James Madison and Thomas Jefferson kind of person. Madison and Jefferson conceded an executive branch was necessary in the American experiment, but they were extremely concerned a strong legislative branch was critical to hold check on a strong executive branch.
Alexander Hamilton saw it the other way. Hamilton valued order more than liberty, supporting the idea of a strong executive branch.
George Washington, to a lesser extent, leaned more toward Hamilton’s view, having just survived as head of the Continental Army and seeing first-hand how chaotic the government had been at the time.
This discussion played out in spades in the recent Supreme Court decision Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo, which overturned the longtime precedent of Chevron vs. Natural Resources Council
Under the new court decision, the majority of the Supreme Court opine only Congress should be making law and the law from Congress should be clear – Madison and Jefferson – over the minority view – Hamil-
By Karen Budd-Falen
ton and Washington – which wanted to give the executive branch a much larger role in “interpreting” Congressional acts.
Chevron, decided in 1984 by the U.S. Supreme Court, consisted of a twopart test which resulted in deference and expansive power put in the hands of administrative agencies. The now overruled test created in Chevron required the court to determine whether Congress was silent or ambiguous about the precise issue at hand.
If silence or ambiguity were displayed, the court then deferred to an agency’s interpretation of the law, if its interpretation could meet the low standard of permissibility and “reasonability.” Commonly the “reasonability” of an agency was far from reasonable.
Under this precedent, agencies possessed broad discretion and a broad ability to interpret the laws in their favor. Chevron heavily weighed the scales toward the agencies, at the expense of the people’s right to be fairly heard.
Chevron has had reallife detrimental implications on industries and landowners, who have challenged agencies such as the Fish and Wildlife Service,
Bureau of Land Management and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Commonly industries and landowners were faced with a losing battle at the hands of Chevron deference. In cases such as these, those affected by these acts have had to put in overtime to show the agency and the challenger should be put on an equal playing field, only to be told the agency always wins.
Chief Justice Roberts provided giving power back to the courts in how they viewed an agency regulation and taking it away from agencies is founded in the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Importantly, this does not mean courts make laws – they do not.
Rather, the APA, put in place in 1946, is the overarching legal structure which governs agency action and procedure.
Section 706 of the APA cited by the court provides, “The reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions and determine the meaning or applicability of the terms of an agency action.”
The Constitutional role of courts as the judiciary branch of the government are tasked
with the job of interpreting laws. In the court’s opinion, Roberts cites the courts’ role to interpret the laws means the best reading of a statute is “the reading the court would have reached if no agency were involved.”
In other words, no longer does the court have to “assume” the federal agency is right. Forcing courts to make this assumption under Chevron prevented judges from “judging.”
Under the court’s groundbreaking decision in Loper Bright Enterprises, courts may no longer defer to an agencies’ interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous or silent.
Loper Bright Enterprises has leveled the playing field for petitioners challenging an agency’s interpretation of the law and has given power back to the courts and the people.
After 20 years of agency power, the power has been returned to its rightful place. Given the Madison and Jefferson view won the day during the founding of this nation, I think the founders would be proud.
Karen Budd-Falen is a senior partner with BuddFalen Law Offices, LLC and can be reached by visiting buddfalen.com
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $300,000 in grant funding available through the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program (SPMGP). Grant applications are currently being accepted through Sept. 30.
“These investments are investments in the future of our nation’s sheep industry,” said USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt. “Projects funded by this program will help build and support the infrastructure needed to ensure sustainable sheep production and enhanced marketing of U.S. sheep products for years to come.”
In 2019, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) awarded a five-year grant for $1.9 million to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center (NSIIC) through SPMGP to provide subawards to projects developing solutions for practical problems and addressing the needs of the entire sheep industry, while focusing on measurable benefits for sheep producers, encouraging partnerships among other sheep industry organizations and reducing duplication of effort among participating organizations.
In 2024, Congress appropriated additional funds for this program.
More information about the grant and the application process is available on the AMS website. Applications must be submitted directly to the NSIIC and will be reviewed by their board of directors via a competitive process. The board will then make funding recommendations to AMS for approval.
Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued the following statement after the BidenHarris administration issued its updated solar plan which makes 31 million acres throughout the West, including Wyoming, available for solar development.
“The Biden-Harris administration is intent on destroying the Western way of life by closing off access to public lands for oil and gas drilling, grazing, recreation and industries our states rely on to stay afloat, all in the name of climate extremism,” Lummis said.
“It is outrageous the same administration that wants to greatly limit access for most industries on federal lands now wants to drastically increase the amount of land available for solar energy development. It is time for this administration to stop picking winners and losers and prioritize multiple use of federal lands as is required under existing laws,” added Lummis.
The solar plan adds five additional states, including Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, to the 2012 Obama-era Western Solar Plan. This plan prioritized solar development in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) are accepting applications for new members to serve on the agricultural trade advisory committees.
The Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee is comprised of senior representatives from across the U.S. agricultural community who advise USDA and USTR on overall trade policy matters, while members of the six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees provide technical advice and guidance from the perspective of their specific product sectors.
Committee members appointed from this round of nominations will serve four-year terms beginning in January 2025.
To be considered for committee membership, applicants must have expertise in U.S. agriculture and experience in international trade. They must be U.S. citizens, qualify for a security clearance and be willing to serve without compensation for time, travel or expenses.
The committees hold frequent video or teleconference calls and generally meet in Washington, D.C. twice a year.
Applications must be received by Sept. 20. Any applications received after the deadline will be considered for future appointments, as appropriate.
For complete application instructions and information about the committees, visit fas.usda.gov/topics/trade-advisory-committees
Low-level helicopter flights are planned over the Laramie Mountains to image geology using airborne geophysical technology.
The survey will begin in the fall of 2024, pause during the winter and resume in the spring or summer of 2025, weather and other restrictions permitting.
Flights will cover areas within Albany, Laramie, Platte, Converse, Carbon and Natrona counties.
The purpose of the survey is to provide images which expand the fundamental knowledge of geology underpinning the Laramie Mountains. The area is known to host deposits of critical minerals, including rare earth elements, which are important in numerous applications related to national security and energy generation.
Partnership announced
Beginning Sept. 2, award-winning Ag Broadcasters Russell Nemetz and Lane Nordlund will join the Wake Up Montana Non-Stop Local team. The Western Ag Network Report will be seen weekday mornings on Cowles Media affiliates.
“We greatly appreciate the invitation to bring our ag television programming to the Wake Up Montana Non-Stop Local team’s statewide audience,” said Nemetz. “It’s gratifying to know Cowles Media is just as committed as we are to serving Montana farmers and ranchers on television.”
“Agriculture is the backbone of Montana’s economy and our audience deserves to know what’s happening on our farms and ranches,” said Paul Bergen, executive news director for Cowles Media. “The Western Ag Network takes pride in reporting on the pulse of today’s ag community and our viewers can expect stories that engage and inform on such an important topic.”
Nemetz and Nordlund travel extensively across the region and nation concentrating on personal contact with producers and agribusiness professionals providing unmatched visibility, credibility and high-quality ag programming.
Check local television listings for actual broadcast times.
The Department of the Interior’s National Park Service (NPS) released a new report which finds visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2023 resulted in a record-high $55.6 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 415,400 jobs.
The NPS report, titled “2023 National Park Visitor Spending Effects,” finds 325.5 million visitors spent $26.4 billion in communities near national parks. This spending supported 415,400 jobs, provided $19.4 billion in labor income and $55.6 in economic output to the U.S. economy.
The lodging sector had the highest direct contributions with $9.9 billion in economic output and 89,200 jobs. Restaurants received the next greatest direct contributions with $5.2 billion in economic output and 68,600 jobs.
The latest report is informed by improved socioeconomic survey data enhancing the accuracy of spending estimates and helps the NPS learn more about park visitors.
Results from the visitor spending effects report series are available online. Users can view year-byyear trend data and explore current year visitor spending, jobs, labor income, value-added and economic output effects by sector for national, state and local economies.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authorized the first field safety trial of a vaccine for bird flu in dairy cattle as industry groups press the Biden administration to address the worsening outbreak with “a new sense of urgency.”
The field trial is “a significant step forward” in the development of a vaccine, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.
According to Vilsack, a number of companies have been working on a vaccine, and the USDA approved the trial after one firm “presented sufficient information” to be cleared to advance development.
No further details were provided, though progress on an animal vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza could help prevent animal-to-human transmission and prevent the loss of more livestock. Thirteen people have tested positive for bird flu since April, with the virus rampaging poultry flocks and infecting dozens of dairy herds – if not more.
The biggest hurdle for developing a vaccine for poultry or dairy is ensuring the immunization is both safe and effective, Vilsack said. In poultry, current vaccine options either provide limited protection or make it difficult to distinguish between a vaccinated and sick bird.
“We’ll continue to have conversations with our trading partners to begin breaking down existing barriers,” Vilsack said. “So, if and when we have a vaccine that works for chickens and turkeys, we’re in a position to use it.”
Global demand for U.S. soybeans has fallen sharply as international buyers remain discouraged by a strong dollar, slowing economic growth and uncertainty over the direction of U.S. trade policy in an election year.
Export sales of new-crop soybeans are historically low as the U.S. enters the 2024-25 soybean marketing year on Sept. 1. However, several tailwinds could emerge to rejuvenate demand in the marketing year ahead.
According to a new research brief from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, the pace of early season soybean export sales historically has a low correlation with final export numbers for the marketing year. With a record U.S. soybean harvest expected this fall, continued weakness in prices will likely attract new export demand.
“The U.S. soybean export program faces a number of obstacles in the weeks and months ahead, particularly with flagging demand from China,” said Tanner Ehmke, lead grain and oilseed economist for CoBank.
Ehmke pointed to four key factors which could reverse the lackluster pace of soybean exports. A smaller-than-expected South American soybean harvest, a bump in European demand for soybeans from non-deforested acreage, falling interest rates in the U.S. and a recovery of the Chinese economy could all fuel increased export demand for U.S. soybeans in the year ahead.
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Gov. Mark Gordon signed two executive orders (EOs) to assist agricultural producers impacted by the fires burning across northern Wyoming. The governor also renewed his commitment to support recovery efforts, including developing plans for thoughtful restoration of the landscape.
The first EO eases restrictions to transport loads of livestock feed and livestock, exempting motor carrier drivers from operating time requirements. The second EO lifts certain restrictions for vehicles transporting oversize and overweight loads of livestock feed and livestock.
“Fires like these are devastating for our producers,” Gordon said. “Many have lost pasture, feed, livestock and supplies. These EOs will allow assistance to flow more freely to those who need it, and we will continue to work on making additional resources available for recovery.”
As of Sept. 4, the Remington Fire is 88 percent contained, the Constitution Fire is 95 percent contained, the Flat Rock Fire is 97 percent contained, the House Draw Fire is 94 percent contained and the Silver Spoon Fire is 42 percent contained.
More than 580 personnel are assigned to the five fires, which combined have burned more than 447,000 acres in Wyoming and Montana. The House Draw Fire is considered Wyoming’s largest wildfire.
As firefighting crews continue their efforts to get full containment of the fires still burning, the state is working with partners to establish a web page which will serve as a one-stop information source for relief assistance.
Additional information on the website will be shared as soon as it becomes available.
Local producers who have experienced losses should contact their local Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency offices.
Anthrax has been confirmed in multiple beef herds located in Carbon County. This is the first confirmed anthrax in Wyoming cattle since the 1970s.
The Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory (WSVL) confirmed the diagnosis late on the afternoon of Aug. 31. Both the WSVL and private veterinarians were essential in the diagnosis of anthrax impacting several herds in the region.
Anthrax is a bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a naturally occurring organism with worldwide distribution. The spore-forming bacteria may survive in the soil for years to decades, resulting in sporadic outbreaks which usually occur after periods of drought followed by heavy rain.
Domestic and wild animals may become infected when they breathe or ingest spores in contaminated soil, plants or water.
Clinical signs of anthrax in livestock include sudden death, weakness, staggering, difficulty breathing, fever and bloody diarrhea.
“Multiple state agencies and private veterinarians responded quickly following the anthrax diagnosis by the WSVL. Protecting animal and human health is critical upon diagnosis of a zoonotic disease,” said Dr. Hallie Hasel, Wyoming state veterinarian. “The Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) will continue working with producers and private veterinarians to reduce further spread and limit human exposure through recommendations for carcass disposal and vaccination. Anthrax vaccine is approved for multiple livestock species and is highly effective.”
Owners of livestock experiencing clinical signs consistent with anthrax or sudden death should contact their private veterinary practitioner or WLSB at 307-777-7515.
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) hosted the third annual 2024 Triannual Trilateral Meeting with its North American counterparts, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Ganaderas (CNOG) on the sidelines of the Canadian Beef Industry Conference this week.
The trilateral meeting gives an opportunity for leadership to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing beef producers across Canada, U.S. and Mexico. Topics at this year’s trilateral meeting focused on trade policy, the upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canadian Agreement (USMCA) in 2026 and international engagement on antimicrobial resistance. Through USMCA, beef producers across all three countries benefit from the market-based demand for beef. As these nations approach the 2026 review, the combined leadership of CCA, NCBA and CNOG are emphasizing the success it continues to bring to the industry.
At the same time, the three agencies are looking at opportunities to work together against global challenges including non-tariff barriers faced in other jurisdictions and international commitments which impact the cattle sector.
CCA, NCBA and CNOG leadership determined a unified approach to address international challenges facing the countries’ producers and will continue to work on these files together, in lead up to the next trilateral meeting in San Antonio, Texas in 2025.
By McKenna Julian, UW Extension Educator
As the last of the hay is put up and signs of fall are in the air, many sheep producers across the Western range will begin thinking about the next season in the sheep industry – culling ewes.
Often referred to as mouthing and bagging, culling is a management tool producers use to determine the age and soundness of ewes, and thus, their viability for the ranch’s production system.
The benefit of culling ewes
Culling involves identifying individual animals which no longer benefit the operation and removing them from the flock. Ewes identified to be culled may have failed to produce a lamb or have other underlying issues, limiting their ability to perform to their greatest potential.
With feed accounting for approximately 50 percent of the cost to raise and maintain ewes, removing unproductive females from the flock may be in the best interest for producers and their resources.
Lamb crop at weaning is arguably the most important factor affecting the profitability of a sheep operation. Increasing the lamb crop and maintaining productive ewes is a key goal for sheep producers looking to make a profit.
For most Western range operations, culling is an ongoing process throughout the year. Ewes are typically identified to be culled after lambing, after weaning and throughout the year when an issue arises with an individual. Any time issues with structure, reproduction or health arise, ewes should be identified for culling.
Any ewes failing to become pregnant and lamb during the lambing season likely have reproductive issues and are not suitable for the operation. These ewes are often marked and separated into a group of “drys,” indicating they are not raising lambs.
Older dry ewes may be difficult to spot but are typically in better body condition, with smaller udders, than their counterparts.
As ewes in large range operations begin to come off of summer grazing grounds, producers typically evaluate the entire flock and cull more deeply.
Sheep in a Western range operation need to be able to cover a lot of ground throughout the year while raising productive lambs. Thus, skeletal structure and udder quality are of high importance.
After weaning lambs, producers should evaluate
the age, structural soundness and udder quality of ewes to determine their productive potential prior to breeding.
Factors influencing the decision to cull ewes
Producers may choose to cull an individual for any number of reasons, including age, health and disease, genetics or behavior and disposition.
Factors influencing the decision to cull can be grouped into two main categories – voluntary and involuntary culling.
Involuntary culling factors comprise those which negatively impact the bottom line regardless of market conditions and typically include reproductive issues and severe health challenges.
Most other reasons for culling are considered voluntary.
Typically, voluntary culling is based on factors which prevent females from performing at their highest potential but could be overlooked in a favorable market with high profit margins.
Voluntary culling factors may include poor structure, assistance at lambing, mothering ability, udder quality, number of lambs weaned, lamb weaning weight, body condition score, genetics, disposition or age.
According to the National Animal Health Monitoring System, 14 percent of ewes were culled from the national flock in 2011, citing age as the primary reason for removing females. Ewes are most productive between three to six years of age, with ewes in Western range operations averaging five to six years of age at culling.
While ewes in range flocks are typically culled by six years of age, these females may be able to remain productive under alternative management strategies, such as in a farm flock.
When evaluating females based on age, producers should inspect ewes’ teeth for signs of wear and tear, which limits their ability to graze.
The National Animal Health Monitoring System has also identified hard bag and mastitis as primary reasons for culling ewes. Hard bag, which affects both halves of the udder, may be caused by ovine progressive pneumonia or mastitis, an infection of the udder. Both conditions lead to minimal or no milk production in the affected gland, potentially resulting in lambs starving or not receiving adequate nutrition
for growth.
In 2011, hard bag and mastitis resulted in 7.1 and 6.7 percent of ewes being culled from the national flock respectively. When evaluating for these conditions, udders should be palpated to ensure the lack of lumps or hardness, and teats should be functional and of normal size.
Only ewes with sound udders should be retained within the flock.
It is advised to restrict the breeding season to two or three heat cycles – ideally just two. Mature ewes which do not conceive and sustain a pregnancy should be culled. Pregnancy scanning is useful for identifying open ewes, particularly valuable for ewe lambs, as they can be sold at higher prices than yearling ewes failing to lamb.
Ewes which lamb late in the season are also candidates for culling since those that lamb early are typically more productive.
While dystocia, or difficult birthing, is a complex issue, research shows culling ewes requiring assistance during lambing can reduce its occurrence. Some producers may even cull lambs from assisted deliveries. Ewes whose lambs are small, weak or slow to suckle should be noted as potential culls as well.
Ewes that reject or harm their lambs should be culled for disposition. Similarly, ewes failing to raise a lamb should also be culled, as no ewe can be profitable without producing a lamb.
Exceptions can be made for ewes which fail to raise a lamb or twin lambs due to factors beyond their control, such as predation or accidental death. However, if too many excuses are made for a ewe, it might indicate she belongs in the cull pen.
When to cull ewes
Once producers identify which animals should be culled from the operation, they need to consider whether to cull immediately or keep them on the operation for a time to maximize market opportunities.
When making this decision, it’s important to contemplate two questions.
First, what are the expected feed costs to add weight to the cull pen before marketing? And second, will the expected return on investment from feeding outweigh the additional input costs?
Evaluating seasonal prices for cull ewes and considering the environmental conditions for the operation will help producers make the decision of when to market their culls.
Ultimately, removing ewes which are not producing to their greatest potential will benefit the flock and operation in the long run.
McKenna Julian is the University of Wyoming Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension educator serving Uinta County. She can be reached at mbrinton@uwyo.edu.
When it comes to cooking lamb, I always reach out to an expert – aka a wise and experienced ranch woman who has seen a sheep or two in her day.
My go-to expert is my good friend Kate Harlan. When I asked her for “a dang good lamb recipe,” she sent this my way. This might be your new favorite taco recipe!
Lamb Flank Steak Carne Asada
Ingredients:
1/2 c. chopped fresh cilantro
1/3 c. olive oil
1/4 c. reduced sodium soy sauce
1/4 c. freshly-squeezed orange juice 2 tbsp freshly-squeezed lime juice
Directions:
cloves garlic, minced 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced 1 tsp cumin salt and pepper to taste 1 1/2 pounds flank steak
In a medium bowl, combine cilantro, olive oil, soy sauce, orange juice, lime juice, garlic, jalapeño, cumin and one teaspoon pepper. Set aside one-half cup of the mixture in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
In a large bowl or gallon size Ziplock bag, combine the steak and mixture you did not set aside. Marinate for at least four hours or up to overnight, turning the bag occasionally.
When you are ready to cook, drain the steak from the marinade. Preheat the grill to medium-high heat. Pat both sides of the steak dry with a paper towel.
Cook steak on the grill, flipping once, to desired doneness. Let rest five minutes. Thinly slice the steak against the grain and serve with the reserved one-half cup of cilantro marinade.
Tressa Lawrence lives and works on her family’s cattle ranch, where she runs cattle, cooks a few meals and puts out the occasional fire. Comments can be sent to lawrenceranchbeefco@gmail.com.
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event also boasts a host of family-fun activities including a dummy roping contest, a live auction and a ladies’ symposium.
During the weekend of Sept. 12-14, the American Association of Bovine Practitioners will hold its 57th Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, while the National Bison Association and Rocky Mountain Bison Association will cohost the 2024 Western Region Bison Conference at the Prairie Ridge Buffalo Ranch in Limon, Colo. Sept. 13-14.
The University of Wyoming (UW) will also hold the annual Wyoming Bee College in Casper Sept. 13-14, featuring three separate tracks for beekeepers of all levels.
On Sept. 17-19, the Public Lands Council will gather on the Western Slope of Colorado for its 56th annual meeting. Held in Grand Junction, Colo., the event will feature a strong lineup of educational programs, policy committee meetings, an annual awards banquet and more.
The following week, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s Annual Meeting will take place in Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. 22-25, and to round out the busy month of September, the 2024 Forum for Ag Lending will take place Sept. 24-26 in Minneapolis.
October
The busy conference season continues into October, with the World Dairy Expo commencing Oct. 1-4 in Madison, Wis., boasting the world’s largest dairyfocused trade show and world-class cattle show with over 60 vendors and 1,600 exhibitors from over 26 different countries.
During the second week of the month, the 2024 Farm Credit Sales Leaders Conference will take place Oct. 8-10 in Charlotte, N.C., and closer to home, UW’s College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources will host its annual Ag Day Barbecue from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 during the UW and San Diego State University football game.
In Mid-October, the Independent Cattlemen of Wyoming will host its annual meeting in Riverton on Oct. 19.
Then, on Oct. 21-22, the Wyoming Water Association will hold its annual meeting in Laramie, and on Oct. 23-26, the 97th National FFA Convention and Expo will take place at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind.
The American Hereford Association Annual Membership Meeting and Conference is slated for the same week, taking place Oct. 24-27 in Kansas City, Mo.
The event brings over
500 Hereford enthusiasts together for a weekend celebration of the Hereford breed, the cattle industry and U.S. producers with a trade show, educational sessions and membership meetings.
The week-long Western Seed Association 2024 Annual Convention will also be held in Kansas City, Mo. from Oct. 27-31, and from Oct. 29-31, the Wyoming Weed and Pest Council will host its annual meeting in Casper.
November
Kicking off on Oct. 31, the West Central States Wool Growers Convention will spill into the first of November, wrapping up on Nov. 2 and will again be held in Boise, Idaho.
Also starting off the jam-packed month of November will be the 2024 Angus Convention and Trade Show, held Nov. 1-4 in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Irrigation Show and Education Conference Nov. 4-7 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, Calif.
This expo showcases leading irrigation and lighting companies from around the world, as well as hundreds of popular new products and technologies.
In the Cowboy State, Wyoming Women in Ag will host their annual conference Nov. 7-8 in Laramie, while the Wyoming
Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) is set hold its 105th Annual Meeting Nov. 7-9 in Casper.
On Nov. 11-12, the Second Annual Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn in Casper, and on Nov. 12-14, the Wyoming Business Alliance will host the 41st Annual Governor’s Business Forum, themed “Wyoming on the Move,” in Laramie.
The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers 2024 Annual Conference is the premier event for rural property professionals and will take place Nov. 17-21 in Kansas City, Mo.
Additionally, UW Extension is excited to host the 2024 Southeast Wyoming Beef Symposium and Trade Show at the Rendezvous Center in Torrington on Nov. 19 this year. The event will feature educational and information programming on growth enhancing technologies, backgrounding, heifer development, market and weather outlooks, an update from UW’s research and Extension centers and a panel discussion on directto-consumer marketing opportunities.
To round out the month of November, the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts will gather in Jackson Hole at the historic Virginian Nov. 20-22 for its annual meeting, while the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
will meet in Colorado Springs, Colo. Nov. 22-23 for the 2024 convention.
December
Convention season will start to slow down during the last month of the year, although a few meetings will still take place.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners 69th Annual Convention, themed “Unveil the Magic of Equine Practice,” is set for Dec. 7-11 in Orlando, Fla.
This event features three and a half days of educational sessions covering more than 20 topics in equine veterinary medicine and daily practice.
The highly-anticipated Wyoming Stock Growers Winter Roundup Convention and Trade Show will again be held at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Casper Dec. 9-11.
The Nebraska Ag Expo will finish out the year at the Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln, Neb. Dec 10-12.
The expo boasts over 800 exhibitors, 1,700 ag experts and 75 of the most innovative ag companies in the nation.
Early 2025 conventions
Agricultural events will roll into the new year, with the American Sheep Industry Association Convention set for Jan. 15-18 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
This event allows sheep producers from across the country to meet and discuss topics and issues in all sectors of the sheep industry. While here, producers
and industry experts share information, conduct business and set priorities.
Additionally, the WyFB Young Farmer and Rancher Conference will take place Jan. 16-18 in Cody.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) popular CattleCon 2025 will take place Feb. 4-6 in San Antonio at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. NCBA’s annual convention is one of the premier cattle industry events of the year, including a slew of educational and informational sessions, industry updates, awards ceremonies, policy meetings and Cattlemen’s College programming.
The World Ag Expo –the world’s largest annual agriculture show – is also slated for February and will take place Feb. 11-13 in Tulare, Calif. The expo hosts over 1,200 exhibitors displaying cutting-edge technology and equipment and boasts an average of 100,000 visitors from over 70 countries each year.
For more information on upcoming events, check out the events calendar on page 14 or visit wylr.net Keep an eye out for coverage of these conventions in upcoming editions of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup
Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article or submit your event information to roundup@ wylr.net.
The 2024 Wyoming State Fair (WSF) offered youngsters from across the Cowboy State the opportunity to display their talents while showing off a diverse group of quality animals.
WSF small animal shows offer opportunities for youth to develop life skills and obtain knowledge of various animal breeds.
The contests, shows and related activities are utilized as a vehicle for human growth and development.
Youth rabbit winners
This year’s Best of Breed Award honors went to Campbell County 4-H Member Kaitlyn Binder of Rozet with her Grand Champion Californian Senior Doe.
Waylon Ferree of Burns was named the 2024 WSF Premier Exhibitor, winning
grand-champion honors with his all-varieties Dutch senior buck.
The Overall Champion Fur Rabbit was chosen out of the all colors but white category and was exhibited by Maysen Twing of Laramie.
Binder made the leaderboard again with the Reserve Champion Overall Fur Rabbit, a white Rex winning reserve champion honors in his respective division.
The 2024 WSF Grand Champion Wool Rabbit, also the Wool White Only Category Grand Champion, was exhibited by Platte County 4-H Member Athena Swihart of Hartville.
Securing the Reserve Champion Wool Rabbit honors was the Reserve Champion All Colors Wool Category Reserve Cham-
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and allows the plant to maintain photosynthesis until it is watered again.
“In an interview with DTN earlier this year, Martin Mariani Ventura, global seeds and traits manager at Bioceres, said data from three seasons of field trials in 34 different locations in Argentina showed when environmental conditions limited yields to less than 30 bushels per acre, varieties with HB4 technology yielded 38 percent more on average than the same wheat variety without the technology,” Jenkins writes.
“The increase was even more pronounced – 51 percent more on average –when looking at data from 2022-23, a season during which Argentina suffered through a major drought,” he adds.
In addition to being drought tolerant, HB4 wheat has also been genetically modified to tolerate the glufosinate herbicide.
Industry-wide benefits
“Deregulating a genetically-modified trait in wheat for the first time in history is a really exciting step forward for the industry,” says U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Director of Policy Peter Laudeman during an RFD-TV broadcast on Sept. 4.
During the program, Laudeman shares producers and consumers alike will benefit from a hardy, drought-tolerant wheat variety.
“I think the benefits are two-fold and go all the way from producers to wheat buyers and consumers,” he says.
“Production variability is one of the biggest challenges in wheat production and drought is certainly a big component of this,” Laudeman explains. “Almost every major wheat growing region in the U.S. has had varying levels of drought impact in recent years, which has made it a
real challenge to stay competitive in export markets. I think HB4 has potential to bring tangible benefits back to producers.”
Laudeman further notes if HB4 is able to stabilize production during drought, producers will be able to provide a more consistent, reliable and high-quality wheat product to consumers all over the world, while simultaneously stabilizing prices at the grocery store.
In addition, Laudeman points out one of the biggest benefits of USDA’s HB4 wheat approval is the opportunity it creates for other products like it in the ag industry.
“The other side of the equation is even bigger than HB4 wheat,” he states.
“With this being the first trait through the regulatory system, it creates a really big opportunity for other companies who have been doing great research or who have products sitting on the shelf.”
“Bioceres has paved the way and opened the door for other traits to bring benefits from the producer to the consumer,” he continues.
A positive reaction
USDA’s announcement of HB4 wheat approval has garnered praise from other industry organizations as well.
The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) released a statement thanking USDA for its decision to provide “a robust, science-based process which affords a pathway for the cultivation of the HB4 trait in the U.S.”
“As a wheat grower who has experienced drought firsthand, it is exciting to see a regulatory pathway where drought-tolerant wheat might be available to producers in the future,” says Oklahoma Wheat Grower and NAWG President Keeff Felty. “Over the past few years, wheat producers across major wheat
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pion, shown by Chayse Schierkolk of Evansville.
Youth poultry winners
Twing was also successful in the 2024 WSF Poultry Show, taking home honors with the Grand Champion Standard Chicken, which was also named champion in the Mediterranean Cockerel Male Fowl of Less Than One Year Old category.
Mylee Forster of Casper was the Premier Youth Poultry Exhibitor, winning grand champion in the Rose Comb, CleanLegged, Cockerel Male Fowl of Less Than One Year Old category.
producing regions have had to grapple with intense drought, and continued innovations like HB4 can be a tool to help growers protect and stabilize their yields.”
“Wherever wheat is grown in the world, drought takes its toll on yields and quality, so an innovation like HB4 holds a lot of interest for growers like me,” says Michael Peters, USW past chairman and Oklahoma wheat grower. “With global demand for wheat hitting new records almost every year, there is concern about variable production. A drought-tolerant trait offers more stable, sustainable production.”
Pacific Northwest Wheat (PNW) representatives from Idaho, Washington and Oregon comment, “The PNW wheat industry supports and
The Champion Bantam Chicken and Grand Champion Feathered-Legged Female Fowl Hen of One Year or Older was exhibited by Converse County 4-H Member Savanna Moffatt of Douglas.
Colt Mergl of Pinedale had the 2024 WSF Grand Champion Duck, a bantamweight drake of one year and older.
Sheridan County 4-H
Member James DeHaven of Sheridan took home honors with the WSF Grand Champion Turkey, and Alayna Mellin of Casper exhibited the Grand Champion Ornamental Chicken with her
encourages new technologies which increase producer profitability and will help feed the growing world population. At the same time, we remain committed to providing our customers with the quality and reliability they have come to expect from PNW wheat.”
Steps forward
While this announcement is no doubt exciting for the industry, Laudeman points out regulatory approval does not equate to a commercial launch of the product.
“We are still probably a minimum of three to five years away from actually being able to buy a trait like HB4, but in the meantime there are still a lot of exciting things happening,” he says.
Laudeman notes Bioceres will continue tak-
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ornamental young pair. Sheep lead and alpaca results
On Aug. 16, youth exhibitors and their families gathered at the Sheep Barn for the ever-popular Sheep Lead Contest, where Taylor Hernandez of Green River took home overall grand champion honors after winning the intermediate divi-
sion and Milan Monterastelli of Buffalo was reserve. The WSF Youth Alpaca Show took place on Aug. 17, and Hannah Danford of Casper was crowned champion. Melissa Anderson is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
ing steps forward to reach commercialization, while engaging with export markets to gain their approval of the transgenic trait as well.
Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
July 2024 marks the first time since 2016 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has not published its July Cattle Inventory report. The data collected in this report helped producers and analysts gauge if
the livestock inventory is expanding, contracting or holding steady.
Cattle
USDA estimated in its January Cattle Inventory report, all cattle and calves in the U.S. were 87.2 million, the lowest since 1951.
According to Bernt Nelson, American Farm Bureau
Federation (AFBF) economist, as cattle producers face stress from years of drought and high supply costs, they have marketed a lot of cows and heifers so there are fewer female cattle available to produce calves, and feedlot inventories are slowly reflecting the lower cattle inventory.
The USDA Cattle on Feed report released in July estimates all cattle and calves on feed in the U.S. was 11.3 million as of July 1, up one percent from a year ago.
The report notes heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.48 million head. This is near the record-high number of heifers and heifer calves for the July 1 report and makes up about 40 percent of the overall cattle on feed.
Historically, heifers make up around 32 percent of the overall cattle on feed, so this is a strong indicator producers are still not withholding heifers to rebuild the U.S. cattle herd.
Nelson states, “The first opportunity for herd expansion will be possible if producers begin to withhold heifers from this year’s calves for breeding in 2025. This means the arrival of the 2026 calf crop will be the first opportunity on the horizon to increase the cattle inventory.”
Summer demand has helped push prices up, as Choice grade beef has worked its way above $300 hundredweight (cwt) and was up $1.04 on July 29 at
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$314.81. Select grade was up $4.06 at $301.52 cwt, he continues.
Something helpful in gauging the demand for beef is the difference between Choice and Select.
A wider difference between Choice and Select beef often indicates a consumer is willing to pay more for premium cuts of beef where a narrowing difference may show consumers are more willing to settle for a lower-quality cut.
“The current spread sits at $13.11, which is just below the year-over-year average of $16.08, and this spread has been widening since late March, which is typical when the grills come out for warmer spring and summer months,” he adds.
The July average cash fed steer prices have ranged from $188 cwt to $192 cwt and as fall approaches, cattle available for placements on feed should slow down, bring higher cash prices at the sale barn and drive beef prices higher as well.
Hogs
USDA’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, released on June 27, contained some important data relating to the U.S. hog inventory.
According to this report, the inventory of all hogs and pigs was 74.5 million head, up one percent from June 2023.
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tory was 6.01 million head, down three percent from last year, and market hogs were 68.5 million head, up two percent from last year.
Nelson states, “Much like the calf crop supplies cattle for the next year, the pig crop in the first half of the year supplies hogs for the second half.”
The March through May pig crop was 34 million, up two percent from last year, bringing the average pigs saved per litter to 11.56, which is the third-highest average in survey history.
When combined with the December through February pig crop and the slightly higher-thanexpected weights from lower feed costs, USDA estimates 2024 pork production at 28 billion pounds, about three percent more than 2023, he adds.
Increased production is bearish news, especially for the cutout, and could bring lower hog prices for farmers in the second half of 2024.
Nelson reports hog farmers faced devastating average losses of about $31 per head in 2023.
“Elevated input costs, particularly from feeds and inflated fixed costs, were responsible for losses,” he explains.
Iowa State University’s June 2024 estimate for returns to farrow-to-finish operations shows a profit of $8.82 per hog, up 133 percent from negative $26.18 in the same time period in 2023.
The difference comes from the 25 percent, or $31 per head, drop in the cost of feed from June 2023.
CME lean hog index, there has been an upward trend since early July. The index was $91.85 cwt on July 29, while the national average cash price picked up $1.94, bringing the price to $84.07 cwt.
Currently daily slaughter numbers are elevated so slaughter hog supplies are expected to grow moving closer to fall and winter months, which may lead to falling cash prices.
Poultry and eggs USDA adjusted 2024 broiler production and prices down in its July Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook report.
May 2024 broiler production is estimated to be 3.99 billion pounds, down a little over one percent from last year, and the USDA adjusted second quarter production to bring the total forecast for 2024 broiler production to 46.78 billion pounds, up about 0.8 percent from 2023.
According to USDA’s June World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report, per capita demand for broiler meat is 101.6 pounds per person, up 2.1 pounds per person or 2.1 percent from 2023.
“Chicken has the highest consumer demand of any meat in the U.S.” Nelson says. “This increase may be due to higher prices for substitutes such as beef.”
USDA estimates June egg production at 8.81 billion eggs, down two percent from last year. The breakdown includes 7.56 billion table eggs and 1.25 billion hatching eggs.
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Nelson says, “Despite the much-needed boost from lower feed costs, the cost of fixed inputs such as fuel and utilities remain elevated from inflation. This will continue to be an obstacle to profitability while pork struggles to find demand.”
In the July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, USDA estimates the annual U.S. per capita demand for pork is 51 pounds per person, up 0.4 pounds per person from June projections and up 0.8 pounds from last year’s per capita demand.
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Of these hatching eggs, 1.15 billion were broilertype while 96.7 million were egg-type, and the number of layers in June 2024 was 371 million, down three percent, while egg production per 100 layers was up one percent.
“Egg prices are relatively stable for now. However, with the table egg layer inventory as low as it is, any fall outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza could have the potential to drive up prices,” Nelson states.
Melissa Anderson is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
“The weather is almost always something other than normal.” – Andy Rooney.
I guess I’m what the looney left calls a “climate denier” as I don’t believe in man-made climate change. As such, I’m always looking for data to help me prove my point, so I was elated to receive a map of the all-time statewide high temperature readings for every state from my buddy Darol.
The map was made by Chris Martz using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Although the map said it was for “all time,” the earli-
est statewide high temperature reading I found was for Montana in 1893, when it reached 117 degrees 131 years ago.
If we divide the 131 years we have data by the number of states – telling us how often a state should have reached their highest temperature – we get 2.62 years. This means in the first 24 years of the 21st century, nine states should have set new records for their all-time high temperature.
We’re told over and over again we’re experiencing the hottest temperatures ever recorded, so guess how many
Howard Gernant
March 26, 1947 – Aug. 31, 2024
Howard Gernant’s long goodbye from Alzheimer’s ended on Aug. 31 in the family home with his family around him as he wished.
Howard was born on March 26, 1947 to Otto and Doris Gernant of Emblem. He attended school in Emblem through the eighth grade, and he graduated from Greybull High School in 1965. He attended Northwest College for two years and graduated from the University of Wyoming in August of 1969.
He accepted a job teaching ag in Kaycee where he started the local ag chapter.
It was while teaching here he met and fell in love with the new home economics teacher. He and Carol were married on May 26, 1974 in Emblem and were blessed to have just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May.
Howard and Carol moved to Emblem where Howard farmed with his dad and brother for 21 years until health issues and circumstances forced him to quit. He then took over as the manager of the Big Horn County Fair – a job he absolutely loved. He also worked as an activity bus driver for Greybull and Basin schools and as the bus barn manager until he retired in 2016.
Howard’s great love in life was working with youth and helping them in any way he could whether it was on the farm, at the fairgrounds, while teaching, driving the bus or helping with 4-H or FFA events.
Howard received the Honorary Chapter Farmer Degree from several local
states experienced their highest temperature on record in the 21st century.
It wasn’t nine. In fact, it was far less. Only three states reached their highest temperature – Washington in 2021, Colorado in 2019 and South Carolina in 2012. That’s it.
Does this sound like global warming to you? I didn’t think so.
A quick survey of the map indicates many of the states had their highest temperature ever recorded during the “dirty thirties” when there were far fewer cars on the road than there are now. So, fossil fuel burning cars must not be the culprit.
Right?
The year 1936 seems to be the most prevalent year in which states had their highest temperatures, and in this year, there were only 128,053,180 people in the U.S – far fewer than the roughly 340 million in the country today.
chapters, an Honorary State FFA Farmer Degree and an Honorary American Farmer Degree. He was also named the Rocky Mountain Fair Association Fair Manager of the Year in 2008, an honor he was very proud of.
Howard was a member of the State Fair Advisory Board, the swine superintendent at the Wyoming State Fair for 10 years, a member of the Rural Electric Association board, a member of the Grace and Zion Lutheran church councils and a longtime Lions Club member.
Howard was preceded in death by his parents Otto and Doris Gernant, his sister Kathy Gernant and his nephew Kevin Coash.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Carol; three daughters, Carrie Gernant of Cheyenne, Sara (Shane) Howe of Buffalo and Jenna (Rob) Evans of Peyton, Colo; five grandkids, Bailey, Sydney and Brinley Howe and Madison and Conner Evans; sister Fern McLaughlin of Tucson, Ariz. and brother DuWayne Gernant of Firestone, Colo., as well as numerous nieces, nephews and close cousins.
There will be a graveside service for close friends and
If man is capable of changing the weather, wouldn’t one think temperatures would be much higher when the population is almost tripled? But this is clearly not the case.
My home state of California achieved its highest temperature ever in Death Valley in 1913, which is also the national record.
The highest temperature ever recorded anyplace on Earth was in Libya, North Africa way back in 1922 when it reached 136 degrees Fahrenheit.
One would think if cow farts caused the global temperature to change, wouldn’t we expect a higher temperature in Texas which has many more cattle than Libya ever did? But the highest temperature ever recorded in Texas was 120 degrees Fahrenheit back in 1936, so cows must not be the culprit.
Hmmm, somehow the
family at the Emblem Cemetery to take place at 11 a.m. on Sept. 7, followed by a Celebration of Life reception at the Big Horn County Fairgrounds in Basin at 2:30 p.m.
theory of man-made global warming is falling apart.
The most dramatic temperature swing ever recorded in America happened one day in January 1943, when South Dakota went from minus four degrees Fahrenheit to 45 degrees Fahrenheit in two minutes. This is a 49-degree Fahrenheit change in 120 seconds.
South Dakota also has the distinction of being the state with the coldest day in February, reported in 1936, at minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit.
Five months later in July, they had their hottest day on record at 120 degrees.
Now, that’s climate change!
Yet, no one back then was insisting we all drive electric cars and have solar panels on the roof. If the climate change fanatics did a little research, they’d find most of America’s weird weather happened in the distant past,
A memorial fund has been established in Howard’s name at all Big Horn Federal Locations. Per Howard’s request, any memorial donations will go to the Big
yet no one back then was altering their entire lifestyle because of it. But I’m not finished debunking the theory of manmade climate change.
The world’s greatest rainfall total occurred in 1966 when nearly 72 inches of rain fell in one 24-hour period.
The five deadliest tornadoes in American history all occurred between 1840 and 1936. People may claim we’re having more cyclones, tornadoes, hail and earthquakes due to man-made climate change, but the facts don’t support this.
The fact is our climate is caused more by the shift of continents, solar activity and something called Milankovich Cycles – whatever that is – than it does our Climate Czar John Kerry has a carbon footprint bigger than Sasquatch with his six houses, 12 cars, two yachts and private jet.
As students make their return to classrooms and fall work dates are marked on calendars, September invites cooler nighttime temperatures and a fall breeze on the air.
The last day of summer is officially marked by the Autumn Equinox on Sept. 22, though according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Three-Month Outlook, above-normal temperatures may persist through November.
The final Grass-Cast map for the 2024 grazing season, made on Sept. 3, summarizes rangeland productivity estimates for the season.
Final estimates for much of Wyoming ended up in orange – 15 to 30 percent below a location’s long-term average – or red – 30 percent below average or worse. This does not account for recent losses from wildfires.
Also remember, GrassCast provides estimates of total production, rather than grazeable forage. So, for those who follow the “take-half, leave-half” guideline, if the map estimates an area having 30 percent less pounds per acre of forage production than normal, this means grazeable forage is reduced by roughly 60 percent.
To help ground-truth and improve Grass-Cast and other drought management resources, the National Drought Mitigation Center invites ranchers and rangeland managers to let them know how well the final Grass-Cast estimate did – or didn’t – match their own end-of-season forage production estimates.
Simply complete a brief end-of-season forage production survey at grasscast.unl.edu
Averi Reynolds is an ORISE science communications fellow for the U.S.
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Food and Drug Administration to get to the root cause of the problem and will take any and all corrective actions needed,” says Castlebury.
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Located in Elk City, Okla., the Beulter and Son Rodeo Company gained recognition for its outstanding professional rodeo livestock and stellar productions. Throughout their years involved in professional
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help producers recover from recent wildfires through several programs.
FSA programs
The Livestock Indemnity Program is designed to support livestock producers who experience excess livestock deaths or evidence of reduced sales resulting from an eligible adverse weather event.
The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program provides eligible producers with partial compensation for feed and grazing losses on non-federal lands, as well as above-normal costs of purchasing additional feed, transporting feed and water to livestock or hauling livestock to forage or other grazing.
The Emergency Conservation Program may be able to help producers restore or replace fence lines on agricultural land. In addition, Conservation Reserve Program acres may be authorized for emergency haying and grazing.
In a recent press release from USDA, dated Aug. 21, Farm Service Agency (FSA) Wyoming State Executive Director Bill Bunce shared, “Based on reported losses or
Department of Agriculture Northern Plains Climate Hub, serving Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota,
rodeo, they have produced some of the largest and most popular rodeos across the U.S., including Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne; Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho; Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colo.; the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Den-
damages, local FSA county office staff are ready to help connect producers with the programs best suited to meet wildfire recovery needs.”
“Our staff will do our best to work with the loss documentation each producer has available. We understand these are trying times, and individuals are pulled in many directions, so when they are able, please get in touch with us to begin the reporting process,” Bunce continued.
Bunce noted examples of loss documentation include farm records, herd inventory, receipts and pictures of loss or damages. Impacted producers are encouraged to begin the reporting process as soon as they are able to expedite FSA county committee action.
NRCS programs
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wyoming State Conservationist Jackie Byam said in the same press release, “At USDA, we serve as a partner to help landowners with their resiliency and recovery efforts. Our staff will work one-on-one with landowners to make assessments of the damages and develop methods focusing on effective recovery of the land.”
NRCS programs available to assist eligible producers include the Emergency Watershed Protection and the Conservation Technical Assistance programs.
and North Dakota. The USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub strives to provide unbiased information about adaptation and mitigation
ver and the Oklahoma State Fair Rodeo in Oklahoma City.
Early on, John Beutler’s sons decided to become rodeo stock contractors, and over the years they have developed a rodeo company five generations strong.
According to the Beulter and Son Rodeo website, the sons began the companies long, successful journey in September 1929, when they trailed 10 horses to the Custer County Fair and Rodeo in Clinton, Okla., where they decided stock contracting would be their life’s endeavor.
By the 1950s, the renowned rodeo company became the largest stock contractor in the country.
The rough stock they have produced are just as famous as the owners themselves, including a palomino gelding named Descent who went on to claim the Bucking Horse of the Year Award a record six times.
The rodeo family was also very instrumental in helping form the first National Finals Rodeo (NFR), held in Dallas in 1959 and have consistently provided several head of livestock each year to the NFR.
The Beutler and Son Rodeo Company continues to produce award-winning livestock widely sought after by cowboys, rodeo committees and their fans.
Updates
Kendra Santos, a family friend of the Beulters, has been providing updates via Facebook to the community as this tragedy unfolds.
In a recent update she states, “The level of catastrophic loss is still unfolding at the Beutler Ranch right now and is beyond comprehension. It is devastating a family-dynasty breeding program. A 95-year-old cow-
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boy empire, what Elra, Jake and Lynn Beutler started and Elra’s grandson Bennie and his son Rhett built onto with Beutler and Son Rodeo Company today can’t be replicated or replaced.”
“Five generations of bloodlines were in the making and many of the stars of this breeding program are gone,” she adds. “The only surviving NFR bucking mare, Black Kat, was spared because she was at the Timber Creek Veterinary Hospital in Canyon, Texas when the contaminated feed was delivered.”
Dr. Gregg VeneKlasen, Beutler Ranch and Timber Creek veterinarian states, “Never buy horse feed from a mill that makes cattle feed. Period. Please quote me on that. Every horse who ate this feed is dead. The only Killer Bee baby who is still alive refused to eat the feed.”
He adds, “The one silver lining I’ve seen so far is the heartwarming generosity of other stock contractors stepping up and offering their stock to the Beutlers for the Elk City Rodeo of Champions in their hometown Aug. 30-Sept. 1.”
“This is how our rodeo family rolls in the toughest of times, and it’s something special to behold and be very proud of,” he continues.
“The Andrews and Beutlers go way back,” Sammy Andrews of Andrews Rodeo says. “Our families have always been kind of intertwined. Bennie and I have been best friends forever. So, it was a no-brainer for us to step in and help. When a disaster like this hits, the goodness of everybody steps up.”
In an honorable fashion, Black Kat won the Elk City Rodeo of Champions in the Beutler Bros. Arena, with Roedy Farrell of Thermopolis aboard, winning a
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score of 88.5.
Ionophore-free and safe feeds
To help prevent further public panic over feed safety, VeneKlasen states in an Aug. 31 press release, “Many brands of feed –Purina, Nutrena and Bluebonnet, to name a few off of the top of my head – are made in equine-only mills and are safe. I suggest people stay with the big commercial companies with strict regulations in place.”
He continues, “Because bucking-horse genetics are prone to metabolic syndrome, I feed Triple Crown Senior to everything here at Timber Creek Veterinary Hospital, even the babies, because it’s beet-pulp based feed with low sugar and high fat content.”
“If you’re going to get custom feed from a mill that makes feed for multiple species, including horses, cattle, goats, pigs and whatever else, make sure before it leaves the mill it’s been tested for ionophores,” VeneKlasen states.
“It’s not an expensive test, but it’s a critically important one,” he mentions. “You can’t have even trace amounts of ionophores, which can happen in unintentionally crosscontaminated feed, because the smallest dose impacts horses’ hearts. If they eat even a tiny amount of it and don’t die today, it might kill them in three weeks, three months or three years.”
Santos has been keeping a social media post on the issue up-to-date, including a recently added list of ionophore-free and ionophore-safe feed mills compiled by Equine Nutritionist Dr. Rachel Mottet, on behalf of VeneKlasen. Melissa Anderson is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
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ABOVE: Pen of Three Show – The Pen of Three Show allows for competition between ranchers as well as promotion for their programs. Cattle must be right off the range, and no fitting is allowed. These Angusbred heifers averaged 1,079 pounds and were exhibited by the Double Triangle Ranch of Newcastle.
RIGHT: Four-legged friend – Nine-year-old Gage Creech of Scottsbluff, Neb. poses with his market gilt as they prepare for the 2024 Central States Fair Youth Swine Show. His parents are Cody and Natalie Creech.
BELOW: Top Hand Longhorn Sale – Lot 2 in the Top Hand Longhorn Sale was Lazy J's Gone Country. With horns spanning 120.25 inches tip-to-tip, this steer was consigned by Lazy J Longhorns of Greenleaf, Kan. and sold for $8,500 to Jim Dacar of Belle Fourche, S.D.
ABOVE: Final preparations – Fourteen-yearold Josie Tish of New Underwood, S.D. does some final trimming on her market steer in preparation for the 2024 Central States Fair Youth Beef Show. Her parents are Kevin and Melanie Tish.
LEFT: Talking strategy – Two young exhibitors compare their strategies for the upcoming Youth Swine Show.
BELOW: Scrub-a-dubdub – Twelve-year-old Tiyn Sterkel, pictured left, and her 10-year-old brother Tipton have some fun while lathering up their market goats. Their parents are Thomas and Taya Sterkel of Lingle.
BOTTOM: Showtime competition – Exhibitors in the breeding gilt class work to make sure the judge gets a good look at their entries.
classified as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature,” she states.
The threats bumblebees face include habitat loss, pathogens, pesticide use, climate change and competition from commercial bees.
Bee benefits and habitat
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, 75 percent of the world’s flowering plants depend on animal pollinators such as honeybees and bumblebees to reproduce.
Pollination occurs as bees move pollen within or between flowers while foraging, and this action, seemingly secondary to the forager’s mission, is vital to the survival of plants, animals and humans.
Dolan says, “Providing a diversity of flowers from early spring to late fall is a great way to ensure the colony has the pollen and nectar it needs throughout its entire life cycle.”
Bumblebees need a safe place to overwinter and build their nests, and they like to nest in pre-existing cavities which provide insulation and protection from the elements, such as old rodent burrows, bunch grasses or even man-made structures like birdhouses or the cotton batting of old furniture.
“Queen bumblebees emerging from the nest in late summer hibernate through the winter in leaf litter, soil or compost,” Dolan continues. “Individuals can provide habitat for nests and hibernation by leaving some leaf litter, brush piles or compost on undisturbed land.”
Bee research
While providing habitat for bumblebees is a great start, individuals also need to learn more about bee populations in order to conserve them.
In the past 15 years, research from around the world has documented significant declines in populations of several bee species.
In the U.S., honeybees and the native Western bumblebee have experienced well-documented declines, but population trend data for the vast majority of bee species is lacking.
Dolan states, “The Xerces Society and the Bureau of Land Management have launched the Mountain States Bumble Bee Atlas to help learn more about these animals in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Nevada.”
The atlas is a community science project, and volunteers are asked to choose an area within the fourstate region to conduct surveys to catch, photograph and release bumblebees and document the habitat and flowers they are using.
“Xerces staff offer inperson and online training events, as well as a variety of print and online resources to give volunteers the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to run surveys independently,” she mentions. “In the first year of the project, nearly 80 trained volunteers conducted around 150 surveys and submitted over 700 bumblebee observations. Next year an even bigger effort is needed so we will continue to recruit, train and encourage atlas volunteers to participate.”
Here in Wyoming, the annual BioBlitz event is one way to help document bee sightings. People can also contribute to baseline data on insect pollinators all season long, from anywhere in the state via the iNaturalist mobile app.
Pesky problems for bees
According to a University of Wyoming (UW) Ag News article written by Brooke Ortel, scientists have identified habitat loss, climate change, disease, parasites and pesticide use as factors contributing to bee decline.
Ortel notes products like neonicotinoids – insecticides made of synthetic nicotine – can harm bee populations, especially if application is ill timed or label specifications are not
followed.
“Neonicotinoids are systemic, so the product is taken up by the roots, translocated by the plant, and the plant is protected from chewing or sucking insects,” explains Jeff Edwards, UW Extension pesticide safety education program coordinator. “Normally these products shouldn’t affect bees, but if the plant happens to have that product in it and then blooms, there’s studies showing these insecticides are in pollen and could impact them.”
The article continues, in particular, some studies have found frequent exposure to this kind of product can impact honeybee behavior. They might get lost and not be able to find their way back to their hive, for instance.
“For those who choose to use pesticides, the key is to read the label and apply them responsibly. There are so many types of bees and so many types of insecticides it would be really hard to say, ‘Don’t use this product because it kills bees,’” says Edwards.
Wyoming Bee College
The Wyoming Bee College, a two-day educational opportunity, will be held Sept. 13-14 at Casper College for beekeepers of all levels, gardeners, naturalists, educators, kids and anyone interested in bees – whether native or honey producing – and the honey product business.
Courses and training sessions will cover beekeeping skills, honeybee behavior, specialty hive products and native and honeybee research updates, all from a practical perspective.
The event will include vendors to help new beekeepers find the resources they need to start a new endeavor and for existing
beekeepers to stock up on supplies needed for their apiaries.
Kids between seven and 15 who are working with an adult beekeeper or 4-H leader learning the craft of beekeeping get free admission with a paying adult.
Support Wyoming bees
For more information on Wyoming pollinators and how to help, visit bit. ly/wyo-pollinators to download the UW Extension publication “Promoting Pollinators on Your Place: A Wyoming Guide.”
For advice on creating a thriving pollinator habitat, check out UW Extension Educator Amy Smith’s article “Consider Creating a Pollinator Habitat” at bit.ly/ create-pollinator-habitat
Those who would like to learn more about the Mountain States Bumble Bee Atlas or discuss the possibility of an in-person training in an area, visit the website at bumblebeeatlas.org or contact mtnstatesbba@ xerces.org.
Melissa Anderson is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
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Sept. 10-12 Husker Harvest Days, Grand Island, Neb. For more information, visit huskerharvestdays.com
Sept. 10-13 71st National Red Angus Convention and Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium, Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel, Lincoln, Neb. For more information or to register, visit redangus.org
Sept. 12-14 American Association of Bovine Practitioners 57th Annual Conference and Trade Show, Columbus, Ohio. For more information, visit aabp.org
Sept. 13-14 Western Regional Bison Conference, Prairie Ridge Buffalo Ranch, Limon, Colo. For more information or to register, visit bisoncentral.com/ nba-conferences/
Sept. 13-14 2024 Wyoming Bee College, Casper College Student Union, Casper College, Casper. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit bit.ly/bee-there
Sept. 13-15 2024 Salers National Tour, North Dakota. For more information or to register, visit salersusa.org/events/tour
Sept. 14 Homesteader Days Festival, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Homesteader Museum, Powell. For more information, visit homesteadermuseum.com
Sept. 14 Colorado Field Ornithologists’ Colorado Birding Challenge, Colorado. For more information and to register, visit cobirds.org/cobc/
Sept. 14-Oct. 31 Green Acres Corn Maze, every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Casper. For more information, visit greenacrescornmaze.net or call 307-797-8796.
Sept. 17 University of Wyoming Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources Career Fair, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., University of Wyoming Conference Center, Laramie. For more information and to register, visit joinhandshake.com or contact Michelle Harris at 307-766-2398.
Sept. 17-19 2024 Montana Angus Tour, Lewistown, Mont. For more information, visit mtangus.org/montana-angus-tour.html
Sept. 17-19 Public Lands Council 56th Annual Meeting, DoubleTree Hilton, Grand Junction, Colo. For more information and to register, visit publiclandscouncil.org
Sept. 18-19 Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting and Field Tour, Hampton Inn and Suites, Pinedale. For more information and to register, visit blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/ wyoming
Sept. 21 Blue Jeans Ball, The Barn by Five Deuces, Casper. For more information or to purchase a ticket, e-mail oaklee@wyoFFAfoundation.com or call 307851-4392.
Sept. 21 Hoofin’ it for Hunger Run, Depot Park, Dillion, Mont. For more information, contact Sue Ann Streufert at sueanns@mfbf.org or 406-587-3153. To register, visit runsignup.com
Sept. 22-24 South Dakota Angus Association Rosebud Angus Tour. For more information or to register, visit sdangusassociation.org, e-mail rosebudangus@hotmail.com or call 605-840-4819.
Sept. 22-25 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2024 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Ind. For more information, visit nasda.org
Sept. 10 96th Annual Wyoming State Ram Sale, Wyoming State Fairgrounds, Douglas, 307-265-5250, wyowool.com/ramsale
Sept. 10 Western Video Market, Haythorn Ranch, Ogallala, Neb., 530-347-3793, wvmcattle.com
Sept. 11 11th Annual Montana Ewe Sale, Eastern Montana Fairgrounds, Miles City, Mont., frontierlivesale.com
Sept. 12 99th Annual Montana Ram Sale, Eastern Montana Fairgrounds, Miles City, Mont., frontierlivesale.com
Sept. 12 Cattle Country Video Frontier Fall Roundup Sale, Goshen County Fairgrounds, Torrington, 888-322-8853, cattlecountryvideo.com
Sept. 13-14 Van Norman and Friends 28th Annual Production Sale, Elko County Fairgrounds, Elko, Nev., 775-756-6508, 775-934-7404, vannormansale.com
Sept. 14 Open Box Rafter Ranch 31st Annual Production Sale, Rapid City, S.D., 605538-4450, rafterranch.com
Sept. 14 Premier of the Sandhills Fall Catalog Horse Sale, Gordon Livestock Market, Gordon, Neb., 605-441-8544, 785-846-8014, 308-282-1171, gordonlivestock.com
Sept. 15 AK Horse Sale, LLC, Black Hills Roundup Grounds, Belle Fourche, S.D., 605484-3784
Blk Cow, 1580# $13600 Baird, John - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1500# $14400 1 Blk Cow, 1420# $13000 Mendez Brothers - Otto 1 Blk Cow, 1695# $13850 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1330# $13700 Starbuck Ranch LLC - Ten
Sept. 16 Northern Livestock Video Auction Fall Premier, 866-616-5035, northernlivestockvideo.com
Sept. 21 RT Claypoole Auction Service Live Antiques, Collectables and Gun Auction, Luttrell Barn, Craig, Colo., 970-756-9353, rtclaypooleauction.com
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Annual Sugar Bars Legacy Sale, Sheridan County Fairgrounds, Sheridan, 406-812-0084, sugarbarslegacy.com
Sept. 24 Grizzly Auctions Online Auction, 406-579-4262, grizzlyauctions.com
Back in July of 1979, a fanatic fisherman by the name of Dick Perue wrote in a Saratoga Chips column:
For many years I’ve been involved in politics, but as of yet haven’t really supported any particular candidate. However, this is about to change. A man has finally announced his candidacy for president, and I want to be his Rocky Mountain campaign manager.
According to a recent news release “Jackpine,” a weekly newspaper editor, tipped back his hat, propped one foot on his tackle box and said he’s going to run for president.
He’s already won some distinction with fishing and canoeing awards and books on those subjects. Now, he says, it’s time for a new challenge – he’s going to run as a write-in candidate on the Independent Fishermen’s ticket.
“There are over 60 million fishermen in the U.S., and that’s enough votes right there,” Jackpine wrote.
I haven’t had time to contact him as I’ve been too busy fishing, but I plan to set up the Rocky Mountain headquarters for him right under the Upper North Platte River bridge or in my john boat while floating from Douglas Creek to Fort Steele.
Branch offices will be on every fishing stream in the country.
Jackpine’s campaign promises include balancing the budget, paying off the national debt, eliminating unemployment and insuring the peace.
How is he going to do all of this? Read on.
“Well, let’s look at the budget,” Jackpine said. “A heck of a bundle is being squandered on the office of president. I am going to make Saratoga the White House. I’ve already got a cabin to live in up here, and I can run things by telephone. I don’t have a phone but my neighbor does, and I can call from there anytime as long as I chip in on the long-distance calls.”
What about the White House in Washington, D.C.?
“This is how I’m going to balance the budget. I’m going to rent the place out. Figure how many people would love to say they stayed in the White House. We’d have the place booked all year,” Jackpine said.
How to eliminate unemployment?
“Build fish hatcheries all over and put the unemployed to work raising fish,” he replied.
What does the country need all of the fish for?
“On account of the new law,” he said.
What new law?
“I’m gonna propose only one new law. It will be Federal Fish Day. Everybody will have to go fishing one day a week. Sunday is the Lord’s Day and Saturday is the day your wife wants the grass cut or the screens painted, so it’s got to be another day,” Jackpine explained. “Each citizen can pick his own Federal Fish Day. This is the democratic way.”
“Let’s suppose you get up on Tuesday and you got an idea it could be a lousy day to work. You phone the boss and tell him you got to go fishing that day. It’s a federal law and nobody is going to break a federal law,” he continued.
“We’ll have a new national salute. The Nazis extended the right hand. The Russians have the clenched fist. We’ll have both hands extended in front, about three feet
apart, accompanied by the words, ‘about that long,’” he added.
How to ensure peace?
“Scrap the SALT talks. This is nothing but wheeling and dealing to see who can make the biggest bang. I would substitute Fish Talks,” Jackpine said. “I wouldn’t spend five minutes with Brezhnev. I want to talk to the top Russian fisherman. You can’t find a fisherman in favor of war. In the first place, the noise scares the fish.”
What about all of the defense industries?
“Convert them into fishing tackle companies,” he stated.
What about the armed forces?
“I never met anybody who wouldn’t rather be fishing than marching around some hot, dusty drill field. Now generals are something else. They are good people and very proud of their uniforms, so I would advocate we let them keep the uniforms and make them all game wardens,” he replied. How much does Jackpine expect to spend on this campaign?
“Twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents,” he stated. “Less the $1.50 I spent for a roll of film to have my campaign picture taken. By the way, I’m not accepting contributions. I don’t want someone coming around after the election saying, ‘I gave $10 for your campaign. Now I want to borrow your canoe,’” he said. What kind of a record does he have?
“I hold a record for portaging 244 miles from the Pigeon River to International Falls in less than four days. I won a Dolphin Award and I’ve written some books,” he said. I’ll certainly cast my vote for him. – Dick Perue
AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Greeley, CO
National Sheep Summary
As of August 30, 2024
Compared to last week slaughter lambs steady to 20.00 higher, except at Kalona, IA steady to 20.00 lower. Slaughter ewes mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder lambs very uneven. At San Angelo, TX 7,882 head sold in a two day sale. Equity Cooperative Auction sold 1750 replacement ewes and 250 slaughter ewes in Colorado, 1050 feeder lambs in California and 500 feeder lambs in Montana. 2,950 lamb carcasses traded with no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless specified.
Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3
San Angelo: wooled and shorn 110-145 lbs 160.00-183.00. Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 110-140 lbs 160.00-175.00; 155-160 lbs 155.00-160.00.
South Dakota: wooled and shorn 120-155 lbs 156.00-171.50. Billings: wooled and shorn 120-140 lbs no test. Equity Coop: no sales.
Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2
San Angelo: hair 40-60 lbs 260.00-288.00, few 292.00; 60-70 lbs 238.00-279.00, few 280.00-286.00; 70-80 lbs 215.00-259.00, few 268.00-286.00; 80-90 lbs 210.00-240.00, few 250.00-260.00; 90-100 lbs 196.00-228.00; 100-110 lbs 190.00-216.00. wooled and shorn 58 lbs 258.00; 70-80 lbs 216.00-240.00; 80-90 lbs 218.00-236.00; 90-110 lbs 190.00-210.00.
Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 60-70 lbs 207.50-215.00; 70-80 lbs 205.00-225.00; 80-90 lbs 190.00-205.00; 100-110 lbs 165.00-220.00. hair 47 lbs 228.00; 50-60 lbs 217.50-226.00; 60-70 lbs 215.00-232.50; 70-80 lbs 205.00-212.50; 80-90 lbs 195.00-207.50; 95 lbs 250.00. South Dakota: wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 182.50-205.00; 85 lbs 199.00; 100-110 lbs 159.00-175.00. hair 67 lbs 172.00; 80 lbs 175.00; 106 lbs 141.00.
Billings: wooled and shorn 60-70 lbs 216.00-225.00; 70-80 lbs
206.00-221.00; 83 lbs 172.00. hair 53 lbs 217.00; 68 lbs 211.00; 70-80 lbs 168.00-190.00, few 205.00; 80-90 lbs 160.00-169.00; 90-100 lbs 164.00-171.00.
Slaughter Ewes
San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 82.00-107.00, hair 85.00-96.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 103.00-115.00, hair 100.00-117.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 79.00-91.00, hair 87.00-98.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 68.00, hair 70.00-80.00; Cull 1 50.00-52.00.
Ft. Collins: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 110.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 77.50115.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1 no test. South Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 105.00-125.00, hair 102.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 75.00-100.00, hair 121.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 88.00100.00, hair 95.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 81.50; Cull 1 68.00, hair 75.00.
Billings: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 86.00-88.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 82.0089.00, hair 85.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 70.00-85.00, hair 72.00; Cull 1 66.00. Equity Coop: CO: 250: Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 170 lbs 74.00/cwt. Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: hair 40-50 lbs 280.00-300.00; 50-60 lbs 260.00-280.00; 61 lbs 255.00. Ft. Collins: 40-50
Billings: 40-50 lbs 220.00-222.50; 50-60 lbs 215.00-226.00; 60-70 lbs 214.00-225.00; 70-80 lbs 204.00-216.50; 80-90 lbs
90100 lbs 176.00-187.50;
lbs 170.00-177.50;
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173.00, 130 lbs 166.00. hair 45 lbs 167.50; 51 lbs 192.50; 66 lbs 192.50.
Equity Coop: CA: 1050: 98 lbs 171.00-174.00 for Sept. delivery. MT: 500: 95 lbs 160.00 for Sept./Oct. delivery. Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: hair ewe lambs 75-85 lbs 237.00-247.00/cwt; yearling 113 lbs 182.00/cwt; young hair 100-145 lbs 118.00-147.00/cwt. Ft. Collins: no test.
South Dakota: young 195.00/head.
Billings: yearlings 139 lbs 129.00/cwt; yearling hair 120 lbs 114.00/cwt.
Equity Coop: CO: 1500: solid mouth 180 lbs 145.00-155.00/head for Sept. del. 250: short solid mouth 175 lbs 140.00/head for Sept. del. Sheep and lambs slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 34,000 compared with 34,000 last week and 343,000 last year.
Source: USDA AMS Market News, San Angelo, Texas
National Wool Review
As of August 30, 2024
Australian Wool Exchange
Domestic wool trading had no confirmed trades reported this week
Prices reflect trades FOB warehouse in original bag or square pack, bellies out, some graded, and 76 mm or longer. No allowance made for coring,
Source: USDA- CO Dept of Ag
Compared to last week sun-cured alfalfa pellets 20.00 per ton lower. Bales
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Torrington
Compared
insurance and paid vacation. Retention bonus offered to full-time employees. Incentives paid out at 6 months and 1 year of employment. If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at Call Brandon Furr at 402-257-7769 or 402-746-2222 for more information.
BLAKEMAN PROPANE IS GROWING. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SERVICE TECH AND A DELIVERY DRIVER IN THE MOORCROFT, WY AREA: Must have a valid CDL with tanker and hazmat endorsements. We are willing to train the right candidates. Must pass pre-employment and random drug and alcohol tests. Must be able to lift 50 pounds and be part of the on-call rotation. We are looking for team players that have a strong work ethic, are dependable and have good communication skills. We offer excellent wages and a full benefits package. Blakeman Propane is a Wyoming based, family friendly company with 9 locations around the state and have been offering great customer service and an excellent work environment since 1953. Please go to www.blakemanpropane.com to print an application or stop by our office. Completed applications can be e-mailed to cskiver@ blakemanpropane.com or faxed to 307-756-9614 9/7
RANCH MAINTENANCE/ANI-
MAL CARE: Looking for a reliable, self-motivated individual with a good work ethic that has experience in ranch work, including maintenance and upkeep at a ranch with several outbuildings, plus horse and animal care. Proven organizational skills and attention to detail required. Job facilities are located 17 miles west of Cheyenne, WY. Applicants MUST possess a valid driver’s license, have reliable transportation and be able to work a flexible schedule. Requires working weekends occasionally. Full-time and part-time positions available. Full-time positions are eligible for health insurance and holiday and vacation pay. Call 307-275-2090 or e-mail resume to brittiny@ rfholdings.org 9/14
REMOTE NORTHEAST WYOMING RANCH IS LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME FARM/ RANCH EMPLOYEE: This position is open immediately. Applicant must be self-motivated, reliable and responsible with knowledge of haying and farming. Mechanical skills are a must. Farming duties include: Swathing, baling and raking hay, etc. THIS IS NOT A COWBOY POSITION, but applicant will need to assist in all aspects of cattle work as well. Those duties include calving heifers, feeding hay, branding and gathering, etc. Nearest big town is 60+ miles and nearest K-12 school is 30+ miles away. Housing is provided and on a school bus route. Please send resume with references by mail or e-mail to: PeeGee Ranch, 1251 Lower Powder River Road, Arvada, WY 82831, pgranch@rangeweb.net. Call 307-736-2461 9/7
RT CLAYPOOLE AUCTION SERVICE LIVE ANTIQUES, COLLECTABLES AND GUN AUCTION!! Join us 10 a.m. Sat. Sept. 21 at the Luttrell Barn (411 Emerson St.) in Craig, CO for this incredible antiques, collectables, and firearms auction. Items include: 79 firearms, 3 safes, firearm accessories, ammunition and several high-quality antiques and collectables. Check out our website for a detailed list and several pictures www.rtclaypooleauction.com. Give Tanner a call with any questions, 970-756-9353, e-mail rtclaypooleauction@hotmail.com 9/14
AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ ranch and all commercial loans. RATES AS LOW AS 5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial financing and management for years. LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and for all your financing needs. WE CARE AND HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS designed for the farmer/rancher and not the banker. Please call Steve, 303-773-3545 or check out our website, www.agrionefinancial.com. I will come to you and get the job done!! 9/7
WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC, RSH. Good through 2026, $5,000. Call 307-620-1961 9/14
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LSC, LSH. No iron available. Registered to March 2029. $7,500. Call or text 406-5393709 9/7 HISTORIC REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND: LHC LHH, BS, single iron, registered to 2031. For more information, call or text 307-315-8555 9/7
MAREMMA/AKBASH CROSS
GUARD DOGS: Twelve months old. Solid in the sheep. John Phillips, Paul, ID, 775761-2352 9/21
LGD PUPPIES BORN JULY 4: Mother is Akbash/Komondor, sire is Pyrenees/Akbash/Anatolian. Dogs and flock are comfortable together. Mother is proven predator control. Will be weaned soon. $450. ALSO, 1 intact male too playful for sheep. Call 406707-0244 9/14
PUREBRED AUSTRALIAN
SHEPHERD PUPPIES READY TO GO TO WORK: Have first shots and wormed. Both sets of grandparents were papered. Can deliver to Billings, MT Sept. 9, $400 OBO. Call 406-942-2532. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds 9/7
250 BLACK ANGUS BRED
HEIFERS: South Dakota origin, OCVD, exposed to proven LBW Black Angus bulls for 45 days. Start calving Feb. 1, 2025. References available. Call 785394-1955 (cell), 785-394-2374 (home) or 785-731-5067 9/21
COMPLETE CATTLE DISPERSION: 250 Black Angus solid mouth bred cows. Calving March 1. Lucky 7 bull genetics. Hemingford, NE. Call Ian, 307421-9116 9/7
WELL STOCKED FOR ARENA, RANGE AND ABOVE THE PLAINS!! Great prices!! LARGE selection of SADDLES, headstalls, REINS and saddle pads. $AVE on BOOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS!!! HONDO, BOULET, JUSTIN WORK BOOTS, TWISTED X (boots and shoes) and more!! WE CAN ship!! Shop Moss Saddles, Boots and Tack, 4648 West Yellowstone Highway, Casper, WY, 307-472-1872. Our family serving yours for 50 years!! Check us out on Facebook or our website 9/7
SADDLES AND TACK FOR SALE: Two riding saddles, one pack saddle, bridles and other assorted tack. All rigged for mountain riding with britchen and breast collars. All in excellent condition. Call Don in Cody, WY, 307-272-8375 9/7
LS CUSTOM LEATHER: Belts, tack, cell phone cases and much more!! Contact Lester, 307-631-1053, leave a message. Located in Riverton, WY 9/7
MIDLAND, S.D. CAN ALSO feed cows, background calves, develop replacement heifers or feed cattle from start to finish. Good facilities, late model equipment and scale. Lots of added winter protection. ALSO, WILLING TO FEED and take care of your breeding bulls year-round. CALL ROBERT TOLTON 605-685-5141.
LOOKING TO TAKE IN COWS OR BACKGROUNDING CALVES for fall, winter and spring. Located in North-Central Nebraska. ALSO, have hay for sale. Call 402-340-1824 9/28
WINTERING COWS, backgrounding calves and developing heifers. Forsyth, MT. Call Joe at 406-930-2645 9/7
CUSTOM FEEDING AND FINISHING FOR CATTLE AND SHEEP. Cactus Hill Ranch Company, Fort Collins, CO. Contact AJ Nelson, 970-372-8273 9/7
WINTER FORAGE FOR 300 PLUS HEAD AVAILABLE NORTH-CENTRAL WYOMING:
Looking to take in 300 plus head of cows from Dec. 1 to April 1. Wintered on stockpiled alfalfa/ orchard grass and cornstalk pivots. Supplemented with alfalfa/ orchard grass hay. Full care with salt included - $2.50/day. Would consider taking yearlings - can negotiate a price. Also have room to background calves from Oct. 1 to April 1 - $1.90/day. Located in North-Central Wyoming. Please call Asa at 307-272-5332 9/28
130 HEAD TARGHEE/SAMM CROSS YEARLING EWES: Proven genetics, growthy, stout, high drop percentage. Willing to sell in smaller groups. For more information, call Wade, 307-2171399 9/21
COMMERCIAL KATAHDIN/DORPER CROSS EWE LAMBS FOR SALE: Born March-April 2024. Weaned and ready to go. Fifty still available at $250/ head. ALSO, 50 HEAD 2024 WETHER LAMBS available at $190/head. Video on YouTube channel @WYNewfie. Call or text 307-254-2650. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds 9/21
YEARLING WHITE FACED RAMS FOR SALE: RAMBOUILLET, TARGHEE AND FINE FLEECED COLUMBIAS ALSO, a couple natural colored black rams. Bred to put the production back in production sheep. We have had more rams certified in the Certified Columbia Program than any other breeder in the nation. Look us up on Facebook at Bell Livestock. Going fast. Call to reserve your rams today, 307-680-4950 9/14
GERDES HAMPSHIRES HAS 30 REGISTERED PUREBRED HAMPSHIRE RAMS: Born in the winter of 2024. Our rams are big framed, fast growing with plenty of depth, muscle and bone. These are wether producing-type Hampshires without excessive leg length but possess tremendous thickness of loin and leg. Rams are sired by stud rams that were purchased from leading Hampshire sheep breeders at national sales and are sired by sons of Unicorn, UFFDA and Jackalope. For more information, call or text Darrell Gerdes of Madison S.D. at 402-760-0104. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds 9/21
Wyoming Boer Goat Association presents Wyoming’s Best of the Boers
• Two ABGA shows • Two JABGA shows September 28-29
Central Wyoming Fairgrounds Casper, WY
For more information, visit Wyoming Boer Goat Association on Facebook or e-mail wyomingbga24@gmail.com
WEANER PIGS FOR SALE, located in Powell, WY. For more information, call 307271-1014 1/18
TRITICALE SEED READY FOR FALL PLANTING: High yield, makes excellent forage and cover crop. Can be grazed fall and winter and hayed in the spring. Call 308-430-3457, for pricing and delivery. Phone calls only 9/28
Approximately 700 tons of straight alfalfa. 300 tons mixed hay and 150 tons grass hay. 3x4 squares. Near Manhattan, MT. Delivery available. Call Doug 406-581-4124
600 TONS 2023 GRASS/ ALFALFA IN LARGE ROUNDS: Cut slightly mature but baled green!! Will deliver!! For sale by Cheyenne, WY area producer. Call 307-630-3768 9/28
2024 FIRST CUTTING HAY FOR SALE: Grass mix, large round bales. Located at Murdo, S.D. Call 605-516-0107 9/28
HAY AND STRAW FOR SALE: Round bale grass, net wrapped, 2023 crop $100/ton, new crop $125/ton. ALSO, round bale barley and oat straw, net wrapped, $90/ton. FOB Powell, WY. Call 307-254-5115 or 406480-1248 9/28
REDUCED PRICING BECAUSE OF THE TRAGIC FIRES. Tons and tons of hay for sale: Alfalfa, alfalfa/grass mix, straight grass (crested wheat and native grasses), winter wheat, 1,300-1,350 lb. netwrapped round bales. Deliveries are available if needed or come and get it. Sheridan, WY area. Call the ranch, 307-737-2680 or 702-501-4243 (cell) 9/28
2024 FIRST CUTTING HORSE QUALITY HAY: Timothy/orchard/ brome with a bit of alfalfa at 14% moisture. 110 round bales averaging 1,450 lbs./bale. Located in Clark, WY. No rain. Currently tarped. Call 847-420-9615. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 9/28
ROUND BALED GRASS: 2023 $50/bale; 2024 $60/bale. 1,000 lb. net-wrapped bales. Cody, WY area. Call, don’t text, Anthony at 307-254-2645 9/28
HAY FOR SALE. Cow hay: Oat hay, last year alfalfa or new millet hay, $90-$110/ton. Horse hay: First and second cutting grass hay, second cutting alfalfa and oat/pea mix, $150-$175/ton. Round bales or 3x4 squares. Square bales are barn stored. Tests available. Lusk, WY. Call Paul Hicks, 970-2035019 9/28
HAY FOR SALE: 3x3 and round bales. Call 605-840-0015 9/7
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CUTTING ALFALFA HAY: No rain, big, heavy net-wrapped round bales. Delivery available. Call for pricing 605-8481563 9/7
CERTIFIED ORGANIC ALFALFA/GRASS MIX HAY. Call 307631-4104 9/21
HAY AND STRAW FOR SALE:
300 TONS OF FIRST CUTTING SANFOIN/GRASS MIX HAY, 4x4 squares, $150/ton. 250 TONS OF BARLEY STRAW, 4x4 squares, $80/ton. Located west of Powell, WY. Call or text 307-202-0532 for more information 9/21
GRASS HAY FOR SALE near Aberdeen, S.D. Call Brad Hart at 605-329-7211 9/21
VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Hay available. Go to www.valleyvideohay.com or call Barry McRea, 308-2355386 9/14
2024 FIRST CUTTING ALFALFA AVAILABLE IN 3X4 AND 4X4 SQUARE BALES. 250 tons available. $150/ton, FOB Lyman, NE. Call John Stratman, 303-912-8807 9/14
FEEDER HAY FOR SALE: Barley straw/alfalfa blend. 3x3 bales. Located in Farson, WY, $120/ton, trucking available. Call 307-350-0350 9/14
HAY FOR SALE!!! Alfalfa, alfalfa/ grass mix and grain hay in both round and square bales. Large quantities available. Trucking available with hay trains. THE HAY YARD IS OPEN, conveniently located off I-90 and Johnson Ln. exit in Billings, MT, small to large quantities. Call us today for your fall hay needs. Montana Hay Company, 406-670-6551 11/9
2024 ALFALFA ROUNDS FOR SALE, $150/ton, semi load delivery available, Hemingford, NE. Call Ian, 307-421-9116 9/7
HAY FOR SALE: 2023 and 2024, alfalfa, sainfoin, alfalfa/grass mix, grass and combine grass/straw. Small squares and 3x3x8 sales. Test results available for all baled in 2023. Will load 3x3s in open truck and trailer. Call 307-2506005 9/7
COW AND HORSE QUALITY HAY FOR SALE: Grass and alfalfa hay. ALSO, forage wheat. 2023 hay still available. Small squares, 3x3 square bales and 3x4 square bales. Delivery available!! Call 307630-3046 9/7
2024 HAY FOR SALE: First and second cutting alfalfa, grass mix, grass/alfalfa, alfalfa with oats for cover crop cut. ALSO, oat hay and 2024 upcoming millet, still growing. All in netwrapped round bales. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, ask for Klint, 701-2904418, send a text if no answer or keep trying 9/7
FOR SALE: 2024 grass hay. 600 bales 2023 alfalfa hay. 1,000 bales 2024 alfalfa hay. All in net-wrapped rounds bales. North-Central South Dakota. Call 605-281-9900 9/7
BARLEY STRAW: Certified weed-free small squares, $4/ bale. ALSO, 5x6 round bales, $125/ton. GRAIN/OATS, $20/ cwt. Greybull, WY area. Call 307-762-3878 or 307-899-4714, leave message 9/7
2024 FIRST CUTTING HAY FOR SALE: Grass mix, large round bales. Located at Murdo, S.D. Call 605-516-0107 9/7
1,000 LARGE ROUND GRASS BALES: No rain, $130/ton. Call Pete Bertolino at Roberts, MT, 406-425-1351 TFN
CERTIFIED WEED-FREE PURE
ALFALFA HAY: Small squares, covered. 2023 first and second cutting available. 2024 first cutting available. Will load trucks and any open trailer. MONIDA OATS: Combine run. Will auger into truck, trailer or large totes/ ag bags. STRAW: Small squares available. Located between Powell and Cody, WY. Call or text Knopp Farms for details: 307254-0554 9/14
CERTIFIED BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x4 bales. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 TFN
GRAIN AUGER FOR SALE: Westfield MK100-61 10”x61’, hydraulic lift with low profile swing out. 540 PTO. New tires. Looks like new. Has seen very little use. Transports easily down the road and pulls well. Located near Raymond, S.D. $14,900. Call Jim Kopriva, 605-468-0003 9/7
2013 BRENT 1545: 26 HP gas motor 2 years old, hydraulic mover, hydraulic winch, everything works excellent. Very good condition, $18,250. Call 605-505-0390, can text pictures if needed 9/7
FOR SALE: Vermeer 7000 bale processor with hydraulic deflector. Rowse 9’ 3 pt. mower with New Holland head. H&S 14 wheel high capacity v-rake. Gehl 12 wheel v-rake. Gehl 1410 manure spreader with double apron chain, slop gate, 410 bushel spreader, shedded, very nice. John Deere 2155 diesel tractor, wide front, 3 pt., 3 hydraulics, runs great. International 656 tractor, gas, wide front. 2015 Volvo (day cab), 10 speed manual, D13 455 HP, air ride, a/c, cruise control, 229” wheelbase, 11r 22.5 tires with aluminum rims, quarter fenders, 423,000 miles, very clean truck, runs great. 2008 Mack semi, MP8 engine, Eaton 13 speed transmission, A/C, air ride, brand new 11r 24.5 tires, full fenders, 363,000 miles, excellent truck. Unverferth 36’ header trailer with extendable hitch. Two H&S 7+4 16’ chuckwagons with bunk feeding extensions and tandem 14 ton running gear. John Deere 716A chuckwagons with John Deere running gear and bunk feeding extensions, been shedded, nice condition. 24’ portable ground hay/bale feeder. 12’ HD box scraper with tilt. Farm King 8’ snowblower with hydraulic spout. All in very nice condition!! Call 605-999-5482 9/21
SELF PROPELLED CORN PICKER NEW IDEA UNI SYSTEM: Tractor is 803C, big engine, rear wheel assist, 839 husking bed, field ready. $30,000 OBO. For more information, call Db Garber at 605-228-0471 9/21
FOR SALE: 9600 John Deere Combine with 930 30’ grain header and an 893 8 row 30” corn header. A 20’ Krause offset disc (new blades in front). 24’ Model 630 John Deere tandem disc and an International 22’ roller harrow. ALSO, feeder pigs. Contact Greg Keller at 406-679-1136 9/14
GRAHAM HOEME CHISEL PLOW: 12’, 12 double spring shanks with cylinder and hoses, $2,750. 24-FOOT JOHN DEERE 1100 CULTIVATOR 3 pt. hookup, $3,250. INTERNATIONAL 5100 12’ single disc drill with small seed box, $3,750. Call 307-674-9092 9/7
TRACTOR BALER COMBO FOR SALE. International 186 Hydro: 8,094 hours, new transmission/alternator/batteries/tires. Hesston 4760 3x3 baler: 24,485 bales, stored inside and very well maintained. Located in Farson, WY. Call 307-350-0350 for more information and pictures 9/7
2001 MACDON 9250 SWATHER with 922 auger head, 1,771 hours on tractor, 1,384 hours on head, $43,000. Area fields are being subdivided. Call 307-674-9092 9/7
LIVESTOCK TRAILERS FOR SALE: 2013 ELITE, 7 .6’x28’, 3 axle, 6 brand new tires, 2 cut gates both have sliders, rear gate slider, has not been used much, has salvaged title, all lights and brakes work, $25,000. 2012 WILSON, 7.6’x28’, 2 axle, brand new tires 17.5, one cut gate, clean title, $23,500. Can text pictures if interested. Call 320-905-4490. Delivery available. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 9/14
LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRI-BUSINESSES SINCE 1975!! Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bedding. SEE US at www.lodgepoleproducts. com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! TFN
2 7/8” and 4.5” is available, pricing is coming down. Used for fencing, corrals, cattle guards, etc. 2 3/8” and 2 7/8” are on average 31.5’ long per joint. Pierce, CO. Call for details, 970-3244580 1/11
PIPE FOR SALE!! 2 7/8”, 3 1/2” tubing, 4” drill pipe, 4 1/2” casing, 5” casing, 7” casing. Rods 3/4”, 7/8” and 1” located in Montana, can ship anywhere. Call Mike, 602758-4447. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 9/21
1,230 ACRES OF PRIME AGRICULTURAL NON-IRRIGATED FARMLAND: Soils consist primarily of silt and sand loams. Located east of Hawk Springs, WY along the Wyoming/Nebraska state line. Professional care is dedicated to optimizing soil health. Divisible into smaller parcels to meet your investment needs. No improvements. $1,100,000. 3,316± DEEDED ACRES consisting of improved meadow grass and lush hard grasses. Run 250± cows through 12 pastures. Outstanding condition. Nice home plus excellent corrals and calving facilities. Natural tree-lined draws for livestock protection. Hawk Springs, WY. Seller is considering offers at this time. “WAS $5,100,000 NOW $4,700,000!! Pictures and video at www. buyaranch.com. Call Casey Essert, Land Broker, 307532-1750 TFN
The 2024 Wyoming State Fair (WSF) hosted the return of team roping events for the first time since 2019.
After the team roping jackpot ended in 2019 due to COVID-19, many people wanted to bring it back. The WSF Board listened and brought back team roping while adding the trending event of breakaway.
“This year we decided to rebrand our roping events, and we debuted a breakaway roping jackpot, which took place on Aug. 13 and the WSF Team Roping on Aug. 16,” stated Shawn Steffen, WSF board chairman.
Steffen expressed his
enthusiasm stating, “We are thrilled to host events which truly embody the Wyoming way and showcase the talents of hardworking people, rich traditions and the vibrant culture which makes our state unique.”
“By reestablishing the roping events this year, we hope to incorporate a barrel racing jackpot next year,” Steffen added. “It’s all in the works for 2025. It’s our goal to keep the Western heritage alive at the WSF.” 2024 results Kicking off the team roping extravaganza was the Kimes Ranch Open Muley Roping in the Stotz Arena in Douglas. Earning the first-place
title was Bodie Herring of Veteran and Kash Reynolds of Rozet, and coming in second place was Peter Bennett of Kaycee and TJ Jarrard of Shoshoni.
Landing in third place was Bennett and his partner Jason Furnival of Casper.
Following the exciting muley team roping was the Wyo 12.5 Draw event, which drew a large group of competitors.
Placing first was the team of Tye Reed of Lance Creek and Chris Downey of Berthoud, Colo.
A great performance placed Challis Whitlock of Kinnear and his teammate Chance Stevie of Pinedale second in the event and
IRRIGATED FARM GROUND AND HOMESITE, 179 acres with 169 acres of irrigation from Willwood Irrigation District. Historically has grown hay, corn, grain and row crops. Irrigated by ditch and gated pipe. Year-round stock water, lots of tree covered draws for livestock. Excellent home sites with natural gas and electric available. Near Powell, WY. $849,000. Call 307-219-2217 or 719-217-8054 9/21
FOR SALE: 20 acres vacant land on Majestic View Rd. between Cody, WY and Yellowstone Park. Spectacular views, abundant wildlife, private and close to public land. Ideal for cabin. No subdivision, HOA or irrigation. New water well. Power nearby. Invest in your future and call today. List price: $335,000. Listing Agent: Echo Renner, Realtor, DBW Realty, Cody, WY, 307-250-9723. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 9/14
315 ACRE TURN-KEY RANCH NEAR REED POINT, MT. All equipment conveys, including multiple tractors with implements plus attachments. Stock trailer, ATV and tools. Large barn with squeeze chutes, sorting pens, corrals, automatic waterers and 5 cross-fenced pastures. Nice home with attached shop plus car port. Plenty of grass and water! Year-round springs, solar well. Owners have run 2530 pairs plus put up 30 tons of hay each year. $1.7 million. Call George Duke at 406670-7258 or e-mail gduke@ fayranches.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 9/7
NORTHEAST OREGON, THE DLX RANCH: Located near Baker City, OR the DLX is noted as one of the most productive and finest ranches around. It is well balanced and contains 17,000 deeded acres with 4,000 acres of irrigated meadows and cropland. Native and improved rangeland provides good spring and summer pasture. The ranch is well improved with nice homes, excellent livestock working facilities and is noted for its production and ease of operation and management. Abundant water and over 6 miles of the Powder River running through the ranch provide for not only production but unbelievable waterfowl and upland game bird habitat. The ranch also provides good populations of elk and mule deer. Situated in the heart of the Baker Valley, the ranch enjoys very scenic mountain views and is very private yet only a short drive to Baker City, OR. Currently operated as a commercial cow/calf operation with a permitted feedlot. The ranch would also make an ideal yearling or combination operation. It is rare to find this quality of a ranch and particularly a property that is a going concern. This is a first-time offering and we look forward to hearing from you. $32,500,000. Livestock and rolling stock available by separate treaty. Please give us a call for further information, Greg Sackos, 541-523-4434 (office) or 208-598-0267 (cell), Intermountain
pulling into third place was Jacob Nicholas of Lander and partner Downey.
After the dust settled and the arena was ready for the next event, with 60-plus teams set to rope in the Steamboat 9.5, Heather Jacobson of Douglas and Tyler Boyd of Wheatland secured the win, earning them a big pay day.
Alex Furnival of Casper and his roping partner Olivia Lay of Elbert, Colo. secured second place, while Coen and Troy Tavegie of Newcastle placed third.
Melissa Anderson is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
The Casper College (CC) Men’s Rodeo team will have a new leader, Interim Head Rodeo Coach Sandy Bob Forbes, who has recently been named to the position.
Forbes is replacing former Head Rodeo Coach Jhett Johnson, who resigned due to increased responsibilities at his ranch near Bates Creek.
“I never in a million years would have thought I’d have been in this seat when I came here and rodeoed for Tom Parker. I’m greatly humbled and appreciate the opportunity to coach these kids, and we’re going to have some success,” Forbes said.
Forbes joined the CC Rodeo team as the assistant coach before the 2018-19 season. He rodeoed for the college as a student from 1999 to 2001 and was a College National Finals Rodeo qualifier in saddle bronc riding in 2001. Forbes also earned a certificate and an Associate of Applied Science in welding while rodeoing for the college.
Following his time at CC, Forbes continued to rodeo for over 10 years, competing professionally in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association from 1999 to 2013 in saddle bronc. While attending CC, he began Rodeo Productions Forbes Rodeo Company, producing and contracting rodeos locally.
When asked about his plans as the new head coach, Forbes noted he wanted “to grow from the assistant coach to the head coach. I’m going to do my best to do as good a job as Jhett did for years, and I think we’re going to have some success. This is what interests me.”
The men and women will open the season at the Dawes County Fairgrounds as the Chadron State College Rodeo hosts the first of five fall rodeos for the Central Rocky Mountain Region Sept. 6-8.
director and head physician at CNY Fertility.
Also sitting on the panel were Jake Thomas, founder of the mindset training program Life Like Jake; Angelo Lerro, a holistic health practitioner known as the MeatBased Medium; Bella Ma, a popular social media presence known as Steak and Butter Gal and Courtney Luna, a former yacht chef who shares carnivore and keto-friendly recipes on her website and social media platforms.
During the discussion, each individual shared
their unique journey to carnivorism and explained how the diet – which includes only meat, fish, eggs and certain dairy products – has changed their lives for the better.
Later in the day, the event’s signature VIP SteakTasting Dinner showcased high-quality beef from producers across the U.S., where winners are crowned as the Best Beef in Wyoming, Best Beef in the West and Best Regenerative Beef.
At this year’s dinner, the top four steaks were recognized across these
three divisions.
The first-place finisher for Best Beef in Wyoming was Bighorn Mountain Farms of Buffalo, followed by Flying E Meats of Greybull in second place, Circle H Ranch of Afton in third place and Carter Country Meats of Ten Sleep in fourth place.
A steak prepared by Mountain View Meats of Fort Collins, Colo. was crowned Best Beef in the West.
Vorfreude Dairy Beef of Estacada, Ore. claimed second place in the division, while Christiansen Ranch of Weldona, Colo. finished third and Kain Meats of Kersey, Colo. was fourth.
First-place honors in the Best Regenerative Beef category were given to Billydoe Meats of Hoffman Estates, Ill., followed by Diamond I Cattle Company of Crane, Mo. in second, Circle H Ranch in third and LMAC Ranch of Midvale, Idaho in fourth.
Circle H Ranch is the only ranch to ever win an award in two separate divisions.
The Roundup According to the event’s website, the RCBR was born out of the desire to showcase the best beef in Wyoming, while recognizing local producers.
From its humble beginnings, the RCBR has become the only nationwide event focused on highquality craft beef and brings together producers from all across the country.
RCBR Founder Tyler McCann, who owns and operates Hancock Ranch east of Riverton with his wife Angela, said this year’s event was a raging success, drawing a large crowd from coast to coast and everywhere in between, as well as international guests from Canada, England, Australia and China.
He noted nearly all of the 45 vendors had a day of productive sales and each
SHOSHONI
1 Cow, 1275#
1 Cow, 1040# $152.50 RIVERTON
1 Cow, 1700# $136.50
BIG PINEY
4 Cow, 1547# $136.00 FORT WASHAKIE
2 Cow, 1707# $136.00
KINNEAR
1 Cow, 1505#
3 Cow, 1655# $130.00 SHOSHONI
1 Cow, 1520# $130.00
1 Cow, 1365#
PINEY 1 Cow, 1495# $128.50 PAVILLION
1 Cow, 1445# $127.00
BIG PINEY
3 Cow, 1405#
1 Cow, 1165# $126.50
SHOSHONI
2 Cow, 1562# $126.00
BIG PINEY
2 Cow, 1205# $125.50
SHOSHONI
1 Cow, 1405# $125.00 JACKSON
1 Cow, 1395#
1 Cow, 1370# $122.50 CASPER 2 Cow, 1132# $122.00 BULLS RIVERTON
2 Bull, 1017# $181.00
1 Bull, 2135#
1 Bull, 1150#
1 Bull, 1985#
1 Bull, 1880# $162.00
Steer, 821# $244.50
Steer, 842# $244.50 COKEVILLE
Steer, 868# $243.50 RIVERTON
Steer, 831# $242.25
Steer, 884# $232.50
LANDER
Steer, 907# $221.50
RIVERTON 8 Steer, 936# $214.00 2 Steer, 960# $210.00
THERMOPOLIS 2 Heifer, 427# $292.50
COKEVILLE
Heifer, 642# $254.25
RIVERTON
Heifer, 677# $246.25
SHOSHONI
Heifer, 653# $241.00 RIVERTON 48 Heifer, 702# $240.00 PINEDALE
Heifer, 733# $234.50
RIVERTON
Heifer, 789# $231.50 66 Heifer, 855# $220.35 43 Heifer, 822# $220.25
THERMOPOLIS
Heifer, 934# $214.25
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one of the event’s highlyesteemed guests agreed to return for next year’s RCBR, which will move to a twoday format.
“Educate, eat, enjoy is the motto we came up with this year, so we want to do some more educational programming on the first day and more enjoying on the second day,” McCann said.
He explained event organizers would like to add a concert or rodeo on the second day of the RCBR next
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS
YEARLINGS
Don Frank- 130 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 800-850#. Guaranteed open. Fancy, coming straight of grass.
Arapahoe Ranch- 130 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 8001200#. 100% All Natural, no Hormones. IMI Global certified. Grass Fed, Reputation, high gaining!! Sired by Diamond Peak & small % Colyer Hereford bulls. High elevation! RR Ranch- 60 Red/RWF Spayed Yrling Hfrs #700. High Elevation!
Diamond X Ranch- 25 Mostly Blk Yrlng PTO Hfrs 750800#. One iron, High desert hfrs. Tracy Eckhardt- 24 Blk Ang Yrlng Hfrs 800#. CALVES
Gary Horton- 14 Blk Ang/SimX Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. 8 way @birth & branding. Full mineral program.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS
CALVES
Muddy Land & Livestock- 200 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-500#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding. Vista Once SQ @ Precon (8-20). Angus sired. High elevation. Green, Fancy set of calves! Ellis Ranch- 90 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 500-600# 50 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 450-550#. Rec Ultrachoice 7 & Bovishield Gold One Shot @ Branding. High elevation. Great performing, powerful calves!
WEIGH UPS
Steve Ward- 2 load open weigh cows
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP
SHEEP
Johnson Farms- 100 white face lambs. 100#
year to offer something “really Wyoming” for outof-state guests.
“We are really poised to grow again next year,” McCann stated.
Keep an eye out for more on the RCBR Carnivore Panel discussion in future editions of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.
Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 CALVES Ruby Ranch- 250 Blk Ang Strs 450-525#. 150 Blk Ang Hfrs 425-500#. Rec Vista 5, Nasalgen & 7way @ branding. Sired by powerful Blk Ang Bulls (predom. Lucky 7 bulls) High elevation & Fancy!! Huxtable & McKee- 90 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 530#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 w/Somnus
CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM
TUESDAY,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 CALVES
CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS
Flagstone Ranch- 400 Mostly Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 450-500#. Rec Bovishield Gold 5 & 7-way @ Branding. One Iron & High desert!