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Postcard from the Past looks back in time at Wyoming’s successful timber industry Page 10
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The Wyoming Livestock Roundup office will be closed on April 21 in observance of Easter. We wish all of our friends, families and dear readers a very blessed holiday.
In the 18th snow report for Water Year 2025, the state’s snowpack telemetry data reads 90% of median, with a basin high of 100% and a basin low of 0%. Last year, the state was at 95% and at 124% in 2023. The report and a map displaying basin snow water equivalent percentages of median for the state may be found at wrds.uwyo.edu/ wrds/nrcs/nrcs.html
The Fourth Annual Sheepherder’s Festival will take place May 2-3 at the Rockpile Museum in Gillette. At 5:30 p.m. on May 2, the event will kick off with a farm-to-table lamb feast. On May 3, activities will include trailing of the sheep, a sheep and wool vendor show, a presentation by Basque Historian David Romtvedt and a lukainka lunch hosted by the Camino family and much more. For more information, call 307-682-5723.
The 37th Overland Stage Stampede Rodeo will be held June 6-7 in Green River. The gates open at 6 p.m., and the rodeo performance will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase at the gate or at rodeoticket. com. For more information, call 307-872-0514.
The Bureau of Land Management announced an additional oil and gas lease sale scheduled for June 12, to offer 66 oil and gas parcels totaling 70,415 acres in Wyoming. The parcels, maps and instructions on how to submit a protest, are available at blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/ oil-and-gas/leasing/regionallease-sales/wyoming
On April 9, the Trump administration announced a 90-day suspension of additional tariffs beyond the “base” 10 percent tariff applicable to all identified countries with the exception of China, where tariffs actually increased.
During a White House press conference on April 15, White House Press Sec-
retary Karoline Leavitt notes the administration has been presented with offers from at least 15 nations for trade deals following President Donald J. Trump’s announcement late last week of a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs.
“As we’ve said consistently, more than 75 countries have reached out,” Leavitt explains. “So, there’s a lot of work to do. We very much understand that, but we also believe we can announce some deals very soon.”
According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trump’s decision to pause most tariffs came after numerous countries
Easter, which will be observed on April 20 this year, is the oldest of the Christian festivals, and like many holidays celebrated around the world, this popular spring celebration has agrarian roots.
In fact, Easter and floriculture are deeply intertwined, as flowers have long been a significant part of holiday traditions, symbolizing rebirth, renewal and new hope.
Since the arrival of spring blooms coincides with the Easter holiday, flowers have become a natural part of festivities, often used to brighten homes and churches and creatively showcased during parades and festivals. Historical connections
According to multiple sources, the tradition
of using flowers to adorn gathering places during the Easter holiday dates back centuries ago and is deeply rooted in both religious symbolism and historical practices.
The association between the two can be traced back to pre-Christian pagan traditions, where the arrival of spring was celebrated with festivals honoring fertility and new life. The delicate beauty of flowers became a natural symbol of the season’s overarching theme of rebirth and renewal.
Over time, these pagan customs became intertwined with Christian celebrations, resulting
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The 98th Annual Wyoming FFA State Convention flooded Laramie County with the state’s future agricultural leaders, donning blue corduroy jackets and competing for titles in contests ranging from agricultural sales and agronomy to livestock judging and parliamentary procedure.
Over 1,300 members representing each of the 67 FFA chapters in Wyoming attended the convention, held April 9-12, to compete, participate in leadership and educational workshops and be recognized for their efforts throughout the year.
“I am filled with pride and gratitude for our members, advisors, alumni and partners who continue to make a positive difference through the lens of agricultural education,” said Wyoming FFA Association State Advisor Stacy Broda. “This year’s theme, determined by the 2024-25 State Officer Team, reflects the power of growth, individuality, hard work and gratitude.”
Gov. Mark Gordon and First Lady Jennie Gordon, Laramie County Commissioner Gunnar Malm, Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Harriet Hageman (both R-WY) all made special appearances at the convention sessions.
Growing leadership
“Each year, state convention is a reminder of what’s possible when we invest in young leaders,” Wyoming FFA Foundation Executive Director Oaklee Gilliland explained. “Students get the chance to connect with others while gaining leadership skills, competing and celebrating together.”
Gilliland shared the Wyoming FFA Foundation awarded $18,000 in college scholarships, gave $2,000 to every team qualifying for the National FFA Convention and provided more than $50,000 in direct and indirect support to make the state convention possible.
During a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 10, U.S. President Donald J. Trump proposed a new program to help legalize farm workers, helping farmers by reducing the risk of losing undocumented workers to mass deportation.
This announcement comes after numerous agricultural industry leaders expressed concerns over a mass deportation of agricultural workers, adversely impacting the food supply chain and those who play an essential role in both the meat and dairy sectors.
Wildlife Services publishes 29 th year of wildlife damage management data
On April 11, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) published its 29th annual Program Data Reports (PDR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.
The reports outline all of WS’s wildlife management data activities, including conservation efforts, information-sharing projects, research sampling and other lethal and nonlethal management activities.
“Wildlife are one of America’s most valued public resources, yet they can also have negative impacts on agriculture, human health and safety, property and natural resources,” states APHIS is an April 11 press release.
In response, over the course of FY24, WS dealt with nearly 20.5 million animals which caused or threatened to cause damage. During these efforts, the agency dispersed 18.5 million unharmed animals from both urban and rural settings. Lethal and nonlethal control
Nonlethal control
For the first time, Trump exhibited willingness to adjust his mass deportation plans in order to help protect the labor pool for industries like agriculture.
Trump notes farmers and other businesses need workers, and undocumented workers will be given a chance to selfdeport and return to the country legally, an incentive for those in the country illegally to identify themselves under the Alien Registration Act with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem highlighted border security and deportations, noting thousands of people have self-deported back to their home countries in the past two months.
“We’re going to work with people. If they go back to their country, we’re going
For the next couple of years, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be gathering feral horses from four herd management areas (HMA) in southwest Wyoming. As many can guess, this action doesn’t sit well with some folks, who believe there are never too many feral horses on the range.
For these high desert allotments to be in proper range condition, they need to be managed correctly. It starts with invasive plants and all the way up to cattle, sheep, wildlife and – if they are present – feral horses.
Management of feral horses has always been a controversial subject with a lot of emotion mixed in, and this is understandable as everyone likes horses and many want a horse in their backyard.
The trouble is, one horse may be one too many for a backyard, and 3,000 feral horses may be too many for 3.2 thousand sections of land.
One of the issues making it hard to manage feral horses is they multiply by around 20 percent a year, which adds up quickly. The BLM has a birth control vaccine which lasts for two years, but on the third year, it is almost guaranteed all vaccinated mares will have a colt.
This Red Desert HMA has always been a hot zone of feral horses over the years. There have been numerous lawsuits from all sides. And, over a million acres of private lands are intermingled with these federal lands – known as the checkerboard – where landowners allow hunting.
Years ago, private landowners sued the BLM to remove feral horses from their private lands and they won. They have since had to sue the BLM three times to reduce the number of horses. Now, the BLM wants to remove all horses from federal, private and state lands, and I believe they now have the green light to do so.
The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act has always directed the BLM to do so.
I’ve run cattle and sheep on the Red Desert and Green Mountain area where private and state lands were intermingled with federal lands, and feral horses were always troublesome. The horses always ate down the riparian areas before our cattle and sheep were turned out, and in the heat of summer, they would run our livestock away from water sources.
In the Red Desert and Green Mountain areas, people from town would just turn their horses loose on federal lands. One could always tell when the price of hay got high or people couldn’t afford to feed their horse. This is where the Green Mountain HMA got its paints, appaloosas and Welsh and Shetland ponies from.
Ranchers are always taking the heat for the BLM gathering feral horses, but remember, livestock are only on the land for six months or less and horses are there year-round. Now studies have shown too many horses hurt wildlife, especially sage grouse.
On large tracts of federal lands, the BLM is responsible for managing multiple users. Feral horses are a user of these lands and therefore need managed according to the law.
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American farmers and ranchers have always been the backbone of the economy, feeding communities and stewarding the land for future generations.
Yet, today, their ability to make independent decisions about how to use their land is increasingly under threat. Restrictive zoning laws, arbitrary regulations and local opposition are blocking farmers from making choices which could provide financial security and strengthen rural economies.
This is not just an agricultural issue – it is a fundamental property rights issue. And at its core, it is about whether we trust farmers – the people who know their land best – to make the right choices for their futures.
The economic challenges facing American agriculture are mounting. Farmers and ranchers must contend with volatile commodity prices, unpredictable weather, rising operational costs, labor shortages and shifting federal and international trade policies.
These pressures make it harder for small and mid-sized farms to survive, leading to consolidation by corporate agribusinesses, conversion of farmland to residential and commercial use and increasing the rate at which locally-owned farms which sustain rural communities are lost forever.
To remain viable, American farmers and ranchers need the freedom to make decisions to ensure their long-term success. Some diversify by growing specialty crops, others open agritourism ventures and some lease portions of their land for renewable energy or conservation programs.
The key point is these decisions should be theirs to make –not dictated by restrictive policies or external pressures.
By David Carpenter
Yet, outdated regulations and local opposition misled by a barrage of disinformation, are making it harder for farmers to adapt. Zoning restrictions limiting agricultural diversification, local ordinances blocking alternative revenue sources and unnecessary permitting requirements all strip agricultural landowners of their autonomy and ability to thrive.
The debate over land use is often framed as an issue of preservation versus development, but this oversimplifies reality. Farmers and ranchers are the best stewards of their land because their livelihoods depend on it. They should have the right to determine how best to utilize their property – whether it means planting crops, raising livestock, opening a farm store, hosting agritourism events, participating in conservation programs or leasing land for energy production.
Take Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont, Colo., for example. This family-run farm transformed a portion of its land into an agrivoltaic site, generating income while still producing crops. Similarly, in Benson, Va., raised solar panels are integrated with pasture, allowing beef cattle to graze beneath them in the shade.
These operations are thriving because they are free to make choices to fit their unique needs.
But solar is just one example. Many farmers find stability through direct-to-consumer sales, farmers’ markets or regenerative farming techniques. Others introduce hunting leases, agritourism experiences or conservation easements to diversify revenue.
These innovations are essential for survival, yet in many communities, farmers are blocked from pursuing them due to restrictive policies or local opposition driven by misinformation and resistance
to change.
Without action, the trends are clear – more family farms will shut down and more land will be sold off, not for agriculture, but for suburban sprawl and commercial development. As economic opportunities disappear, more rural communities will struggle and, ultimately, the nation’s food security and rural heritage will suffer.
Farmers don’t need more obstacles – they need more options. Policies should empower them to make decisions allowing them to sustain their operations, adapt to economic shifts and pass their land on to future generations.
Policymakers at all levels must take steps to protect property rights because farmers should not face unnecessary barriers when diversifying their income streams or exploring new business models; develop fair regulations, such as land-use policies which should be created with input from rural landowners to ensure they support – not hinder – economic resilience and educate communities because misinformation often fuels opposition to changes in land use.
Transparent discussions can help communities understand the benefits of allowing farmers to innovate and adapt.
The future of American agriculture depends on flexibility, innovation and resilience. Farmers deserve the right to make the best decisions for their land, families and livelihoods.
Let’s put the choice back where it belongs – in their hands.
David Carpenter is vice president of development and chief legal officer for Green Lantern Solar and a lecturer at the University of Vermont. This opinion column was originally published by AgriPulse on March 21.
Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.
Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs, including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Wyoming counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of severe drought (D2) for eight or more consecutive weeks, as well as extreme drought (D3) and exceptional drought (D4).
Primary counties in Wyoming eligible for FSA emergency loans include Albany, Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, Sublette and Washakie.
Contiguous counties which are also eligible include Converse, Johnson, Laramie, Platte, Sheridan, Sweetwater, Teton and Uinta.
The application deadline in Nov. 25.
For more information or to apply, visit farmers.gov or contact a local USDA Service Center.
On April 8, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Executive Actions to Support the Coal Industry,” which will direct the chair of the National Energy Dominance Council to designate coal as a “mineral” under EO 14241, entitling coal to all of the benefits of the prior order; directs relevant agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on those lands and directs the Secretary of the Interior to acknowledge the end of the Jewell Moratorium, which paused coal leasing on federal lands.
The EO signed on April 8 also requires agencies to rescind any agency policies seeking to transition the nation away from coal production or otherwise establish preferences against coal as a generation resource; directs the Council on Environmental Quality to assist agencies in adopting coal-related categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act; seeks to promote coal and coal technology exports, facilitate international offtake agreements for U.S. coal and accelerate development of coal technologies; calls for the U.S. Secretary of Energy to determine whether coal used in the production of steel meets the definition of a “critical material” and “critical mineral” under the Energy Act of 2020 and, if so, add it to the relevant lists and pushes for using coal to power new artificial intelligence (AI) data.
Gov. Mark Gordon joined the nation’s chief executive, Cabinet Secretaries Doug Burgum and Chris Wright, Wyoming’s Congressional delegation and energy industry leaders to sign the EO, as Wyoming is the nation’s top coal producer.
“This is a great day for Wyoming coal,” Gordon said. “We produce more coal than any other state in the nation. These EOs will be impactful for our state’s coal industry and will help ensure Wyoming coal is available to help meet our nation’s growing energy demand. I thank Trump for his work in freeing our country from the unnecessarily burdensome regulations imposed on the coal industry by the Biden administration.”
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A memorial will be held at 1 p.m. May 3 at the Hot Springs County Fair Building, 627 Springview St., Thermopolis, WY 82443.
Kathleen Sgamma, the head of an oil industry trade group, did not appear before the Senate for her scheduled confirmation hearing.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the head of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said he was informed by the White House Sgamma had withdrawn her nomination without offering additional details.
The sudden withdrawal comes after reporting earlier this week Sgamma privately wrote she had been “disgusted” by President Donald J. Trump for “spreading misinformation” on Jan. 6, 2021. She withdrew her confirmation due to revelations about the post, said a person familiar with the move who was granted anonymity to discuss personnel matters.
“It was an honor to be nominated by Trump as director of the Bureau of Land Management, but unfortunately at this time I need to withdraw my nomination,” Sgamma said in a statement released by the White House. “I will continue to support Trump and fight for his agenda to Unleash American Energy in the private sector.”
White House Spokesperson Liz Huston said they “accept her withdrawal and look forward to putting forth another nominee.”
A spokesperson for the Western Energy Alliance, which Sgamma has led for nearly two decades, declined to comment.
Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate introduced legislation on April 8 which would strike down California’s animal-welfare law created as a result of Proposition 12 (Prop 12), drawing support from the nation’s largest pork interest group.
The Food Security and Farm Protection Act, introduced by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) would prevent any state or local government from passing laws which interfere with commerce and agricultural practices outside of their jurisdictions.
Prop 12 makes it a criminal offense and civil violation to sell whole pork in California unless the pig is born to a sow housed within 24 square feet of space and in conditions allowing a sow to turn around without touching an enclosure.
Prop 12 applies to any uncooked pork sold in the state, regardless of whether it was raised in California.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the cancellation of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities (PCSC).
According to Rollins, following a thorough line by line review of each of these Biden-era partnerships, it became clear the majority of these projects had sky-high administration fees, which in many instances provided less than one-half of the federal funding directly to farmers.
However, select projects may continue if it is demonstrated a significant amount of the federal funds awarded will go to farmers.
“We continue to support farmers and encourage partners to ensure their projects are farmer focused or re-apply to continue work aligned with the priorities of this administration,” she said. “With this action, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is cutting bureaucratic red tape, streamlining reporting, lowering the paperwork burden on producers and putting farmers first.”
“Additionally, we have reformed and overhauled the Bidenera PCSC initiative into the Advancing Markets for Producers initiative, and the USDA has identified changes to align the initiative with current Trump administration priorities,” she added.
USDA will review existing grant agreements based on three “Farmer First” policy priorities including a minimum of 65 percent of federal funds must go to producers; grant recipients must have enrolled at least one producer as of Dec. 31, 2024 and grant recipients must have made a payment to at least one producer as of Dec. 31, 2024.
USDA will contact current partners individually to provide information about their future participation. USDA will honor all eligible expenses incurred prior to April 13.
With the season of renewal bringing sprigs of meadow grass and a new crop of lambs for many producers, the American Lamb Board (ALB) is launching its new Easter and Spring Entertaining Campaign to help consumers add American lamb dishes to their spring menu.
The campaign features American lamb cuts and cooking tips for consumers observing Easter, Ramadan, Passover, Greek Easter, Cinco De Mayo and Mother’s Day.
The campaign was designed to inspire consumers to incorporate American lamb into their holiday celebrations by providing engaging content, educational resources and exclusive opportunities.
“Spring is filled with so many festive holidays perfect for featuring American lamb,” says ALB Chairman Jeff Ebert. “I love how the new campaign also incorporates time-saving tips on traditional recipes which make enjoying American lamb even easier for busy households.”
For more information on ALB or its spring campaign, visit americanlamb.com
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“The foundation also served a free meal to every guest one day and welcomed over 45 vendors to a new career fair. These aren’t just numbers, they represent real opportunities and experiences which help shape the future of agriculture in Wyoming,” Gilliland said.
Innovative chapters
Chapters from across the state celebrated the power of growth in their membership and the impact of their chapter activities. Wyoming FFA awards efforts made by chapters which support and promote the FFA mission of building communities, growing leaders, strengthening agriculture and the middle school models of innovation.
Buffalo FFA was recognized as the outstanding chapter in the area of building communities. The chapter helped host the Ashes to Table Dinner after the House Draw Fire devastated ranches in Johnson County. Buffalo FFA members set up tables and chairs, grilled burgers and served dinner at the event, which raised more than $59,000 for a local fire relief fund and fed over 1,000 people.
Upton FFA was the winning chapter in the area of growing leaders. In hopes to empower rural communities, chapter members secured a grant from the Upton Economic Development Board to host the Locked Into Leadership Conference, fea-
turing Keynote Speaker Dallin Cooper.
The Upton FFA chapter was also recognized as the 2025 Wyoming FFA Chapter of the Year for the second year in a row. Other chapter activities earning the title include a podcast highlighting Upton’s agricultural community and partnering with the Weston County Natural Resource District to plant trees and shrubs at a local park.
In the area of strengthening agriculture, Paintrock FFA of Basin strengthened the bonds of their agricultural community through their Thank A Farmer Baskets. FFA members baked homemade treats in the school kitchen and delivered them to local producers. During basket delivery, FFA members had the opportunity to hear farmers’ stories and experiences and create new connections, all over a sweet treat.
The CY FFA of Casper won in the area of middle school models of innovation. Chapter members put their shop skills to the test in building LED lamps with teen-focused engravings. Together, they provided 12 handcrafted holiday gifts for local teenagers.
Additionally, Wyoming FFA welcomed three newlychartered chapters to the association in 2024 – Burlington FFA, Saint Antho-
ny’s FFA and Worland Middle School FFA. State stars
The State FFA Degree recognizes the hard work senior members have put into their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, classroom work and community service during their FFA career. In 2025, 225 members received their State FFA Degree.
Of those members, students with exceptional projects became star candidates in the achievement areas of agriscience, agribusiness, agricultural placement and star farmer.
Candidates for the State Star in Agriscience were Kadance Kummer from the Lander FFA and Hayden Overfield from the Thermopolis FFA. Kummer’s SAE examining the differences in grain- and grass-fed beef earned her the coveted title of Wyoming FFA State Star in Agriscience.
Candidates for agricultural placement included McKinlee Covolo of the Jim Bridger FFA, Taylor Agar of the Thermopolis FFA, James Foss of the Buffalo FFA and Gage Grommon of the Burns FFA.
The star candidates for agribusiness were Sequeil Lozier from the Lander FFA, Rylee Agar from the Thermopolis FFA and Blair Sanchez from the Burns FFA. Sanchez was named the 2025 State Star in Agribusiness, with SAEs including co-ownership of SPY Club
Lambs, as well as goat and beef production.
Star Farmer finalists included Covolo, Augustina Lembke of the Lovell FFA, Julie Morris of the Newcastle Saddle and Sirloin FFA, Hayden Hubbard of the Burns FFA and Garrett Burkett of the Casper FFA. The 2025 State Star Farmer, with an impressive swine production operation, was Julie Morris.
New leadership team
During the convention, amid competing in contests of all kinds and attending leadership workshops, premier members from chapters across the state vied for a spot on the next officer team.
The newly-elected Wyoming FFA State Officer team, who will serve the association for the 2025-26 year is President Tymber Eckley of the Thermopolis FFA, Vice President Colton Schick of the Cheyenne Frontier FFA, Second Vice President Megan Hedges of the Casper FFA, Third Vice President Brendan Nagy of the Cheyenne Frontier FFA, Secretary Kaylee Rasnake of the Wheatland FFA, Treasurer Amy Peldo of the John B. Kendrick FFA in Sheridan, Reporter Bridger Wolfley of the Star Valley FFA, Sentinel Emerson Hornecker of the Casper FFA and Parliamentarian Hayden Hubbard of the Burns FFA.
President Tymber Eckley, who grew up ranching and raising cattle, sheep and horses, shared, “I am most excited about getting to meet so many other members while
hopefully influencing everyone to reach their goals.”
Eckley will attend Casper College to pursue a degree in agricultural education and compete on the livestock judging team.
Retiring Wyoming FFA State President Ahnya IvieMoody, who originated from the Devils Tower FFA Chapter in Hulett, shared her year of service was inspirational.
“I learned so much throughout this past year and was able to enhance my leadership abilities while making lasting connections with members, teachers and leaders across the nation,” she said. “I am beyond grateful I had the opportunity to serve the organization I love with a team that has evolved into family.”
Ivie-Moody’s ties to the association will not end with the conclusion of her term, and she hands the gavel over
with parting advice for FFA members and the Wyoming agriculture community to be involved. She shared, “The future of agriculture can’t possibly thrive if there’s nobody willing to be invested in their communities or put in the effort to advocate for agriculture. FFA is raising the next generation of agriculturists and leaders, so it is crucial members begin their service by showing consistent involvement within their chapters, communities, schools and association as a whole. After all, the FFA motto reminds us our duty as FFA members is “Living to Serve.”
Averi Reynolds is a corresponding writer for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and serves as Wyoming FFA Association State Staff. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
Veterinary Science
High Individual – Eleanor Tippin, John B. Kendrick FFA, Sheridan
Champion Team – Casper FFA
Team Members – Megan Hedges, Sami Toombs, Garrett Burkett, Emmy Hornecker
Agronomy
High Individual – Sabella Douglas, Wheatland FFA
Champion Team – Torrington-Lingle FFA
Team Members – Connor Correll, Carter Groene, Wittni Bugher, Kaleb Booth
Junior High Meat Evaluation
High Individual – Delani Vetter, Rawhide FFA, Lusk
Champion Team – Rawhide FFA, Lusk
Team Members – Marlee Land, Laurel Poage, Carter Bannan, Delani Vetter
Senior High Meat Evaluation
High Individual – Lorelai Wolf, Casper FFA
Champion Team – Casper FFA
Team Members – Teagan Campbell, Lorelai Wolf, Nathan Danford, Garrett Burkett
Employment Skills
Dani Santee, Riverton FFA
Agricultural Issues Forum
Champion Team – Cheyenne Frontier FFA
Team Members – Reagan Allen, Brody Medina, Danielle Mehtala, Alexandra Micheli, Cooper Miller, Brendan Nagy, Hannah Schick
Creed Speaking
Makayla Churches, Burns FFA
Extemporaneous Speaking
Brody Medina, Cheyenne Frontier FFA
Prepared Public Speaking
Emma Hill, Riverton FFA
Environment and Natural Resources
High Individual – Brendan Nagy, Cheyenne Frontier FFA
Champion Team – Cheyenne Frontier FFA
Team Members – Brendan Nagy, Lucas Heny, Colby Thompson, Colton Schick
Greenhand Quizbowl
High Individual – Emily Shuck, Cheyenne Frontier FFA
Champion Team – Gillette FFA
Team Members – Corbin Styvar, Whitney Tarver, Lexi Terry, Lexi Gulley
Agricultural Mechanics
High Individual – William Knowlton, Southeast FFA, Yoder
Champion Team – Snowy Range FFA, Laramie
Team Members – David Parker, Mason Kern, Jim Coxbill, James Jamek
Conduct of Chapter Meetings
Outstanding Member – Shea Churches, Snowy Range FFA, Laramie
Outstanding Chair – Teagan Campbell, Casper FFA
Champion Team – Snowy Range FFA, Laramie
Team Members – Shea Churches, Charlie Coxbill, Taylor Kimzey, Bryce Kunkel, Lainey Scasta, Addi Vasek, Ashlyn Wheat
Parliamentary Procedure
Outstanding Member – Maycee McKim, Paintrock FFA, Basin
Outstanding Chair – Jillian Lopez, Casper FFA
Champion Team – Casper FFA
Team Members – Jillian Lopez, Carter Cox, Cooper Cox, Trever Campbell, Lorelai Wolf, Landyn Markwardt
Agriculture Education
High Individual – Louden Bremmer, Torrington-Lingle FFA
Agricultural Sales
High Individual – Kirsten Pafford, Cheyenne High Plains FFA
Champion Team – Douglas FFA
Team Members – Elza Moffatt, Haylee Gibbs, Raela Taylor, Megan Stoltenberg
Marketing Plan
Champion Team – Snowy Range FFA
Team Members – Piper Henschel, Cele Montgomery, Chayne Webb
Farm Business Management
High Individual – Guadalup Jimenez, Paintrock FFA, Basin
Champion Team – Paintrock FFA, Basin
Team Members – Brendan Powell, Guadalup Jimenez, Maycee McKim, Varissa Olsnek
Junior High Horse Evaluation
High Individual – Mesa Suttee, Encampment FFA
Champion Team – Shoshoni FFA
Team Members – Corbin Marshall, Ryker Crimm, Kaylynn Webber, Dax Edgington
Senior High Horse Evaluation
High Individual – Charlott Ehlman, Cheyenne Frontier FFA
Champion Team – Cheyenne Frontier FFA
Team Members – Charlott Ehlman, Callie Rosner, Abbygail Morrow, Katalyna Wolski
Junior High Poultry Evaluation
High Individual – Taycee Martinez, Torrington-Lingle FFA
Champion Team – Laramie Peak FFA, Wheatland
Team Members – Mya Connell, Brennin Munn, Dalton Gefroh, Addalynn Souza
Senior High Poultry Evaluation
High Individual – Emma Johnson, Snowy Range FFA, Laramie
Champion Team – Snowy Range FFA, Laramie
Team Members – Emma Johnson, Audrey Roaque, James Vasek, Dax Evertson
Junior High Livestock Evaluation
High Individual – Easton Bekken, Riverton FFA
Champion Team – Riverton FFA
Team Members – Easton Bekken, Kaeli Hancock, Halie Adams, Zach Thornock
Senior High Livestock Evaluation
High Individual – Ethan Bomberger, Pine Bluffs FFA
Champion Team – Snowy Range FFA, Laramie
Team Members – Riley Lake, Caden Miller, Shanna Stinson, Jadyn Lake
to work with them right from the beginning on trying to get them back legally,” Trump states. “So, it gives everyone a real incentive.”
Trump mentions undocumented workers would have the chance to return to the country legally within a certain time frame, which will likely be 60 days.
“Farm workers who register would not have to immediately leave the country but could instead remain working on a farm, at least for a temporary period,” he adds. “We’re also going to work with our farmers so if they have strong recommendations for certain people, we’re going to let them stay for a while, then come back and go through a process – a legal process.”
Trump has also instructed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and her department to work with farmers to help verify worker status on farms.
Receiving support
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Labor Survey released in January, the percentage
of undocumented agricultural workers was around 42 percent, or roughly 500,000 people, working in crops.
“To fill the void of legal labor, farmers’ H-2A programs have grown in recent years and now fill more than 384,000 positions. In Fiscal Year 2024, roughly 22,000 farms used H-2A guest workers,” Progressive Farmer Editor Chris Clayton states in an April 11 article.
However, workers are considered temporary, so livestock farmers are typically unable to use the H-2A program.
Farm groups have been urging Congress for years to pass legislation allowing year-round guest workers, included provisions legalizing farm workers in the country who are currently undocumented.
In response to Trump’s announcement, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall released a statement, “We heard Trump’s comments about farm labor during his cabinet meeting, and we
thank the president for recognizing the importance of farmworkers and for considering the impact of the labor crisis in agriculture. We look forward to learning about the specifics of his plan. Every American is dependent on these workers to keep their families fed and pantries full.”
In addition, the National Council of Farmers Cooperatives (NCFC) President and Chief Executive Officer Chuck Conner states, “I would like to commend Trump for his remarks at the cabinet meeting today, recognizing the critical importance of foreign-born farm workers to American agriculture. As details of this proposal become clearer, NCFC looks forward to working with the Trump administration to ensure the plan works for all types of farmers and ranchers.”
Melissa Anderson is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor April 11, 2025
5L Red Angus, Sheridan, Mont.
Auctioneer: Trent Stewart
195 Yearling Red Angus Bulls Avg. $7,460
27 Yearling Black “Profit-Plus” Bulls Avg. $7,306
14 Yearling Char x Red Angus “Opti-Bulls” Avg. $7,214
13 Yearling SimAngus Bulls Avg. $6,739
Three Yearling “PrimeLine” Bulls Avg. $4,500 200 Open Commercial Yearling Heifers Avg. $2,431
Red Angus bulls
Lot 1 – 5L Life Is Good 722-40M – Price:
$28,000 DOB: 1/31/24
Sire: 5L Life Is Good
1201-52H Dam’s Sire: LSF SRR Magician 0067H EPDs: BW: -7, WW: +68, YW: +108 and Milk: +24
Buyer: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
Lot 143 – 5L King
Arthur 1997-09M – Price:
$18,000 DOB: 1/26/24
Sire: LSF SRR King
Arthur 0136H Dam’s Sire:
5L Guardian 2206-209B
EPDs: BW: -4.9, WW: +73, YW: +116 and Milk: +30
Buyer: Ole Farms, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
Lot 73 – 5L King
Arthur 160-03M – Price:
$14,500 DOB: 1/23/24
Sire: LSF SRR King
Arthur 0136H Dam’s Sire: 5L Cow Maker
6120-186F EPDs: BW: -5, WW: +70, YW: +113 and Milk: +29 Buyer:
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
Lot 251 – 5L King
Arthur 2362-79M –
Price: $14,000 DOB: 2/5/24 Sire: LSF SRR
King Arthur 0136H Dam’s Sire: 5L Secret
Sauce 5896-403H EPDs:
BW: -3.4, WW: +88, YW: +139 and Milk: +31
Buyer: Wood’s V Bar X Red Angus, Sandpoint, Idaho
“Profit-Plus” bulls
Lot 201 – 5L Exactly 802-06M – Price:
$13,000 DOB: 1/26/24
Sire: LSF SRR Exactly 1144J Dam’s Sire: 5L
Top Deal 7006-219F EPDs: BW: -4.4, WW: +77, YW: +129 and Milk: +26 Buyer: Johnson Land and Livestock, Rush Valley, Utah
Lot 202 – 5L Life Is Good 184-242M – Price:
$13,000 DOB: 2/28/24
Sire: 5L Life Is Good
1201-52H Dam’s Sire: O C C Edge Of Glory
841E EPDs: BW: -1.2, WW: +81, YW: +138 and Milk: +21 Buyer: Brackett Livestock, Rogerson, Idaho
Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor April 9, 2025 Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo
Top Sellers
Lot 1 – TTT Craftsman 0121 M55 – Price:
$10,500 DOB: 3/25/24
Sire: Connealy Craftsman Dam’s Sire: Connealy Legendary 644L EPDs: BW: +1, WW: +76, YW: +124 and Milk: +23
Buyer: Triple T Enter-
prises, Newcastle Lot 2 – TTT Craftsman 0121 M12 – Price: $10,500 DOB: 3/16/24
Sire: Connealy Craftsman Dam’s Sire: Connealy Legendary 644L
EPDs: BW: +0.7, WW: +78, YW: +133 and Milk: +31 Buyer: Triple T Enter-
prises, Newcastle Lot 17 – TTT Rawhide 0121 M19 – Price: $10,500 DOB: 3/17/24
Sire: Poss Rawhide Dam’s Sire: Connealy Legendary 644L EPDs: BW: +0, WW: +78, YW: +128 and Milk: +17 Buyer: Barker Ranch, Newcastle
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Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor April 14, 2025
Billings Livestock Commission, Billings, Mont. Auctioneer: Greg Goggins 100 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $9,190 Six Two-Year-Old Angus Bulls Avg. $8,167 65 Open Yearling Commercial Heifers Avg. $2,582
Top Sellers
Lot 14 – C Spear Prolific M241 – Price: $27,000 DOB: 1/31/24 Sire: Ellingson Prolific Dam’s Sire: Sitz Response 405C EPDs: BW: +3.5, WW: +86, YW: +147 and Milk: +24 Buyer: Bar JV Angus, Fairview, Mont.
Lot 1 – C Spear Three
Rivers M140 – Price: $20,000 DOB: 2/23/24 Sire: Vermilion Three Rivers K179 Dam’s Sire: Barstow Bankroll B73
EPDs: BW: -1.9, WW: +76, YW: +126 and Milk: +32
Buyer: Thiessen’s Regency Acres, Lambert, Mont.
Lot 15 – C Spear Prolific M125 – Price: $19,500
Reported By: Garrett Nunn, WYLR Field Editor April 12, 2025
Kilty Bar X Ranch, LaGrange Auctioneer: Lander Nicodemus 54 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $6,519
Top Sellers
DOB: 1/31/24 Sire: Ellingson Prolific Dam’s Sire: Connealy Spur EPDs: BW: +4.3, WW: +89, YW: +146 and Milk: +18 Buyer: Schurrtop Angus, Farnam, Neb.
Lot 8 – C Spear Magnum M212 – Price: $18,000 DOB: 1/10/24 Sire: S A V Magnum 1335 Dam’s Sire: Bar R Jet Black 5063 EPDs: BW: -1.3, WW: +76, YW: +134 and Milk: +34 Buyer: Half Dozen Ranch, Billings, Mont. Lot 21 – C Spear Magnum M201 – Price: $16,500 DOB: 1/30/24 Sire: S A V Magnum1335 Dam’s Sire: Sitz Commerce 670F EPDs: BW +0.2, WW: +96, YW: +172 and Milk: +30 Buyer: Blake Nuffer, Ramsey, Mont.
and Milk: +36 Buyer: K Butterfield Livestock, Torrington
Lot 48 – KBX Cowboy
6664 – Price: $10,500 DOB: 2/29/24 Sire: RL Cowboy Up 2266 Dam’s Sire: Basin Payweight 1682 EPDs: BW: -1.1, WW: +54, YW: +85 and Milk: +24 Buyer: Paul Fornstrom, Pine Bluffs
Lot 2 – KBX America
Lot 26 – L R M Wrangler 2410 – Price: $11,500 DOB: 2/4/24 Sire: S Wrangler 830 Dam’s Sire: S A V Circuit Breaker 7136 EPDs: BW: -3.6, WW: +54, YW: +103
Lot 1 – KBX America 4222 – Price: $20,000 DOB: 3/9/24 Sire: S A V America 8018 Dam’s Sire: Musgrave 316 Stunner EPDs: BW: +2, WW: +80, YW: +130 and Milk: +30 Buyer: Cody Rasmussen, Newman Grove, Neb.
Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor April 10, 2025 Torrington Livestock, Torrington Auctioneer: Lander Nicodemus
37 Angus Bulls Avg. $6,168
36 Polled Hereford Bulls Avg.
Top Sellers
Angus bulls
Lot 10 – MC Exponential L34 DTM – Price: $8,500 DOB: 8/24/23 Sire: K C F Bennett Exponential Dam’s Sire: Yon Full Force C398 EPDs: BW: -0.7, WW: +81, YW: +143 and Milk: +30 Buyer: Sturgeon Ranch, Garrett
Lot 12 – MC Dynamic L47 DTM – Price: $8,500 DOB: 8/31/23 Sire: B A R Dynamic Dam’s Sire: Mill Bar Hickok 7242 EPDs: BW: -0.4, WW: +90, YW:
+155 and Milk: +27 Buyer: John Watson, Guernsey Hereford bulls
Lot 36 – MC Resolve 222L – Price: $9,000 DOB: 9/6/23 Sire: KCF Bennett Resolve G595 Dam’s Sire: Glengrove Felipe X11 EPDs: BW: +0.7, WW: +54, YW: +91 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Shawn Hunter, Hemingford, Neb. Lot 25 – MC Trademark 48M – Price: $8,500 DOB: 1/27/24 Sire: Innisfail Trademark 1939 ET Dam’s Sire: THR Thor 4029 EPDs: BW: +1.8, WW: +72, YW: +108
Reported by: Calli Williams, WYLR Field Editor April 15, 2025 Western Livestock Auction Great Falls, Mont. Auctioneer: Joe Goggins 105 Registered Angus Bulls Avg: $7,516
Top Sellers
Lot 141 – RKP 1149-205
417 – Price: $20,000 DOB: 03/06/2024 Sire: S Armstrong Dam’s Sire: Baldridge Flagstone F411 EPDs: BW: +4.2, WW: +97, YW: +156 and Milk: +33 Buyer: Bobcat Angus, Galata, Mont. Consignor: RK Perry Angus, Power, Mont.
Lot 22 – JD Man In Black 41 – Price: $20,000 DOB: 01/08/2024 Sire: LAR Man In Black Dam’s Sire: ZWT Summitt 6507 EPDs: BW: +1.4, WW: +89, YW: +155 and Milk: +34 Buyer: RK Perry
Angus, Power, Mont. Consignor: Dalbey Angus, Corvallis, Mont.
Lot 23 – JD Man In Black
48 – Price: $18,000 DOB: 01/27/2024 Sire: LAR Man
In Black Dam’s Sire: S A V
Resource 1441 EPDs: BW: +3.9, WW: +90, YW: +148 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Pendergast Ranch, Melrose, Mont. Consignor: Dalbey Angus, Corvallis, Mont.
Lot 19 – Granger Prolific 407 – Price: $17,000 DOB: 02/21/2024 Sire: Ellingson Prolific Dam’s Sire: Granger Great Falls 630 EPDs: BW:
4225 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 3/9/24 Sire: S A V America 8018 Dam’s Sire: Musgrave
316 Stunner EPDs: BW: +2.1, WW: +76, YW: +128 and Milk: +31 Buyer: Mike Lohr, Gill, Colo.
and Milk: +22 Buyer: Joe Skavdahl, Mitchell, Neb. Lot 67 – MC Generator 61M – Price: $8,500 DOB: 1/30/24 Sire: EXG Generator 0333 ET Dam’s Sire: Churchill Red Baron 8300F ET EPDs: BW: +1.5, WW: +59, YW: +100 and Milk: +30 Buyer: Rich Anstey, Cumberland, Iowa Angus heifer Lot 92 – MC Khloe 17M – Price: $5,000 DOB: 1/11/24 Sire: B A R Dynamic Dam’s Sire: K C F Bennett Summation EPDs: BW: +1.4, WW: +102, YW: +180 and Milk: +32 Buyer: Tyler McClun, Veteran Hereford heifer Lot 113 – MC Marie 106M – Price: $5,500 DOB: 3/14/24 Sire: Innisfail Trademark 1939 ET Dam’s Sire: K C F Bennett Encore Z311 ET EPDs: BW: +2.8, WW: +71, YW: +109 and Milk: +20 Buyer: Katie Olson, Havre, Mont.
+6.7, WW: +96, YW: +161 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Wittkopp Angus, Circle, Mont. Consignor: Granger Angus, Great Falls, Mont.
Lot 127 – OCC Dynamic 2488 – Price: $14,000 DOB: 03/24/2024
Sire: BAR Dynamic Dam’s Sire: Tehama Patriarch F028 EPDs: BW: -0.1, WW: +95, YW: +168 and Milk: +27
Buyer: Hoffman Angus Farm, Wheatland, N.D. Consignor: Olson Cattle Co., Saint Ignatius, Mont. Lot 140 – RKP J611-014 M20 – Price: $14,000 DOB: 03/05/2024 Sire: Vermilion Growth Fund J611 Dam’s Sire: Vermilion Spur E143 EPDs: BW: +4.2, WW: +97, YW: +171 and Milk: +30 Buyer: Mike Gondeiro, Belt, Mont. Consignor: RK Perry Angus, Power, Mont.
in the adoption of flowers in many holiday rituals worldwide.
Symbolism
In many cultures, specific flowers hold deep meaning and play a role in cultural celebrations.
In the U.S., some of the most iconic springtime florals include lilies, tulips, daisies, daffodils, hyacinths and azaleas.
Sources note lilies, especially the Easter lily, have become synonymous with the Easter holiday, as their pure white petals symbolize purity and the resurrection of Christ, while the vibrant hues and “egg-shaped” blossoms of tulips symbolize love and the arrival of spring.
Daisies are renowned for their simplicity and innocence, representing the purity and joy of new life, while daffodils’ yellow petals symbolize the warmth of the sun and the joy of new beginnings.
Hyacinths intense fragrance and striking colors depict peace, commitment and beauty, and azaleas represent temperance, passion and abundance.
Additionally, in countries like Poland and Hungary, it is customary to decorate homes and churches with pussy willow branches, which symbolize of new life and are often adorned with colorful ribbons and flowers to honor the arrival of spring and resurrection of Christ.
In Italy, many towns hold competitions for the most beautiful floral displays, many of which include daisies and tulips.
In the Philippines, the tradition of Slaubong is celebrated through a cere-
monial reenactment of the meeting between Christ –after he is risen – and his mother Mary, where white flowers are offered to Mary as a symbol of purity and love.
In Japan, cherry blossoms hold a special place during the Easter season. While they are not directly tied to the Christian holiday, the cherry blossom bloom in spring is celebrated with Hanami, a festival encouraging people to appreciate the beauty of nature.
Flower festivals
Many other regions around the world hold similar flower festivals during the spring season as well, often featuring parades, floral displays and community gatherings.
In the Netherlands, for example, the Bloemencorso Bollenstreek is a massive flower parade that winds through the renowned Dutch bulbgrowing region. Held annually in late April, the event draws over one million visitors and is held in various towns across the country with parades featuring floats adorned with intricate floral designs – which are often several meters wide and tall.
The Madeira Flower Festival is held on the Portuguese island of Madeira for three full weeks in April and/or May, attracting over 200,000 visitors each year and filling the streets of Funchal –the island’s capital – with music, dancing and elaborate floral displays. This includes flower carpets, in which millions of blossoms are arranged to create stunning patterns and designs, some which
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stretch for several blocks. The festival also features magnificent floral sculptures, hanging baskets and giant arches made entirely of flowers.
In Morocco’s Valley of Roses, the Kelaa-desMgouna Rose Festival celebrates the area’s unique Damask rose harvest during May when roses are in full bloom. The threeday event features music, dancing, parades and the Miss Roses Beauty Pageant, attracting over 20,000 visitors each year.
The Tulip Festival in Srinagar, India is held annually each March or April in the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden –the largest tulip garden in Asia – boasting over 1.5 million tulips and 68 different varieties. The festival lasts 15 days and attracts over 300,000 people from all over India and across the world.
Closer to home, the U.S.’s vast landscape also provides a venue for several spectacular flower festivals.
Some of the most notable, according to USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards, include the Thomasville Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Ga.; the Portland Rose Festival in Portland, Ore.; the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia and the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival in Mackinac Island, Mich.
Additionally, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival held in Mount Vernon, Wash. is one of the state’s biggest events, in which millions of blooming tulips attract over one million visitors annually.
Over in Michigan, Tulip Time boasts one of America’s largest tulip festivals, with over six million tulips in bloom – 200,000 of which are planted in the downtown area alone. The event is held in Holland, Mich. and celebrates Dutch heritage with music, dancing, an artisan market and parades.
As one of few botanical gardens in the state of Ohio, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Zoo Blooms is one of the largest tulip displays in the
Midwest, featuring more than 100,000 tulips.
The International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, Ga. celebrates the bloom of over 350,000 Yoshino cherry trees and includes a 10-day festival complete with live music, a food truck frenzy and the Cherry Blossom Parade.
The Rochester Lilac Festival is a free 10-day festival held in Rochester, N.Y., showcasing over 500 varieties of blooming lilacs in Highland Park.
And, the Daffodil Festival at Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground, Ga. showcases 20-plus million daffodil blooms on 50 acres of valleys, hillsides and fields. This festival has been named one of “The World’s 10 Best Places to See Daffodils” by Flower Magazine Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.
methods are WS’s ideal form of wildlife management, and in FY24, these included – but were not limited to – fladry; electric fencing; livestock protection dogs; range riding and harassment, exclusion and/or modifying habitats to reduce attractants.
WS also installed multiple flow devices in areas with high beaver activity to control water levels and reduce the impacts of flooding, and they trapped and relocated species of concern, such as grizzly bears and raptors.
According to the news brief, WS has also been working on creating and evaluating new nonlethal methods, such as new scare devices and repellents; testing existing compounds for repellent properties and using drones to deter predators from livestock and birds from the flight path of planes near airports.
While nonlethal control is ideal, APHIS admits these activities do not resolve
all wildlife-related conflict. In fact, the agency notes it lethally removed 9.4 percent, or approximately 1.93 million, wildlife from areas where damage was occurring.
“When lethal control is necessary, WS donates as much animal meat as possible. In FY24, WS donated 159 tons of deer, goose and other meat – more than one million servings of protein for people in need – and over 34 tons of meat for animal consumption to animal rehab centers, zoos and other facilities, making full use of this resource from wildlife damage management work,” APHIS shares.
WS wildlife management activities are funded through a combination of Congressional appropriations and cooperator donations.
In FY24, WS received roughly $130.8 million in appropriated funds – 50.6 percent of the total budget –for management operations in every state and territory, to
conduct research and to support special programs such as managing feral swine and rabid raccoons.
Funding obtained from program cooperators, including federal and state agencies, counties, livestock producers and other ag organizations, totaled $127,527,554 in FY24, allowing WS to maximize the scope and effectiveness of these projects.
Overall, APHIS notes the majority of its budget –35.6 percent – was spent on reducing or preventing wildlife hazards to human health and safety, such as wildlife and aircraft collision and disease transmission mitigation, while another 31.5 percent was spent on agricultural protection efforts, including the protection of livestock, row crops, aquaculture and timber.
An additional 16.9 percent was dedicated to protecting natural resources, including threatened and endangered species, and 16 percent was used to protect private property.
PDR highlights
The FY24 PDRs released on April 11 detail all of the work WS carried out over the course of the year.
Some PDRs of note include PDR B, which emphasizes more than 325 threatened or endangered wildlife and plant species were protected from the impacts of predators, invasive species and disease; PDR D shares WS reached over 227,000 participants in more than 72,000 information-sharing projects and PDR E highlights WS’s work to reduce aviation strikes at 807 airports, with more than 8,115 personnel trained on airport wildlife hazard identification and management.
In PDR F, the agency notes wildlife disease biologists collected 80,000 samples to test for 31 different diseases as part of the National Wildlife Disease Program.
This number represents an eight percent increase in sampling from FY23 and a 38 percent increase since FY22, largely due to the increase
in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases.
The report notes 37 percent, or 29,771, of disease samples taken were for HPAI, while another 12.9 percent of samples were collected for the National Rabies Management Program; 4,758 samples were collected for SARSCoV-2 and an unreported amount of samples from feral swine were collected to test for 13 specified diseases, conditions and/or genetics.
PDR G provides information on the number of animals dispersed, killed, euthanized or freed during WS’s FY24 management operations.
Highlights include the lethal removal of 1,305,812 birds of various species listed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Depredation Order, which compromises 67.7 percent of all animals lethally removed by the agency in FY24.
WS also used nonlethal methods to disperse 11.3 million starlings, blackbirds, cowbirds, crows, grackles and magpies from areas where they were causing damage.
“Due to their nationwide abundance, coyotes are the most common predator of livestock, killing more than 300,000 head of cattle and calves, sheep and lambs and goats and kids annually, according to National Agricultural Statistics Service surveys of livestock producers,” reads PDR G.
The report goes on to mention WS worked with livestock producers throughout the past year to reduce coyote predation using a
number of different methods, and they were successful in removing 57,999 coyotes and 263 dens nationwide.
PDR G also highlights invasive species accounted for 79.7 percent of all lethallyremoved wildlife by WS in FY24, including 127,429 feral swine as part of the National Feral Swine Damage Management Program.
In contrast, native species accounted for 20.3 percent of all animals lethally removed by WS.
The agency also treated 9,537 acres of land in both rural and suburban areas with products registered through the Environmental Protection Agency to protect resources and property.
According to the report, WS applied zinc phosphate on 4,577 acres of oats and wheat to protect from various species of burrowing rodents, as well as Delta Dust insecticide on 4,960 acres of land to reduce plague-vector fleas in prairie dog tunnels to protect the black-footed ferret, which has been listed as endangered since 1967.
“Most species whose damage WS actively manages are abundant or have increasing populations and/ or expanding ranges,” the report concludes. “WS balances its focused efforts to resolve wildlife conflicts with stewardship responsibilities toward the long-term maintenance and health of wildlife populations.”
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by Lee Pitts
When I was a traveling man, whenever I got the chance, I ate at the counter of a diner or a truck stop. I liked the counter because I could talk to interesting people and have fun with the waitress. And yes, they were always female so I’m not being sexist.
My favorite counter was at Little America in Cheyenne because their counters were in the shape of a “U” so I could eavesdrop on all sorts of people at one time.
The main thing I learned sittin’ at the counter was, whether it was truckers or carpenters, people all have their own specialized lingo, and I think the occupations with the most colorful lingo are cowboys and waitresses. Surprisingly, a lot of times the waitress and the cowboy’s lingo intersect.
Both groups call eggs cackleberries, beans are bullets, biscuits are sink-
ers, butter is axle grease or cow paste, onions are skunk eggs and shredded wheat is baled hay.
So after the waitress takes an order, she might yell to the cook, “Two cackleberries, a sinker with cow paste and some baled hay.”
And that was breakfast in secret code.
Oftentimes, a single food has several names. A sinker or a brick – biscuit – to a waitress might be a doughgod or a hot rock to a cowboy.
Both groups also have SOB stew in their vocabulary, although this has different ingredients. For the cowboy, it contains everything but the “hair, horns and holler,” consisting of the brains, sweetbreads, etc. from a freshly killed calf. But to the waitress, it might just mean bossy in a bowl.
For some reason, the cowboy also refers to SOB stew as a district attorney.
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Cowboys refer to pancakes as splatterdabs, while a waitress calls them blowout patches. If it’s a real tall stack of pancakes, a waitress calls it a Jayne Mansfield –a curvy actress from my parent’s generation who was really “stacked.”
By sittin’ at the counter for nearly 50 years and having friends in the food business, I picked up on a lot of food slang specific to a specific region.
Southwestern cowboys referred to beans as musical fruit, rib stickers or Mexican strawberries, and while cowboys call donuts bear sign, to a waitress they are life preservers.
Both waitresses and cowboys call coffee belly warmer, and in addition, cowboys also call it scared water or Arbuckles. If a waitress calls for a “shingle with a shimmy and a shake,” she means buttered toast with jam.
Here are some more euphemisms I like in the restaurant world.
If a waitress tells the cook to “burn the British,” what she really wants is a toasted English muffin. Bow-wow refers to a hotdog, whereas a frankfurter is called bark – as in woof-woof – and a bloodhound in the hay is a hot dog with sauerkraut.
A poached egg is a dead eye, while two eggs – either
poached or scrambled – on a piece of toast is called Adam and Eve on a raft. To a waitress, ketchup is called hemorrhage, mustard is yellow paint, on the side is in the alley, a well-done burger is a hockey puck and prunes are called looseners.
If a waitress yells at the cook to “let it swim,” she means add extra sauce, and “make it cry” means to add extra onion. If it’s a to-go order, she says “put wheels on it.”
If a customer wants their eggs scrambled, the waitress tells the cook to “wreck ‘em.”
If a patron wants American cheese on their burger, the cook is instructed to “wax it.”
And here’s one I really like – if the waitress says to “burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it,” the diner wants a BLT. So much for waitress lingo being used to save time by shortening up an order. Heart attack on a rack is biscuits and gravy; French fries are frog sticks; spareribs are called First Lady; a cup of Joe is mud, but if a person wants it with cream and sugar it’s blond with sand. Water is dog soup, moo juice is milk, Noah’s boy is ham, on the hoof is rare and turn out the lights and cry is liver and onions.
I think a better term would be “YUCK!”
Submit your events to: Editor, Wyoming Livestock Roundup, P.O. Box 850, Casper, WY, 82602, or e-mail to roundup@wylr.net.
April 21 Wyoming Livestock Roundup Office Closed in Observance of Easter Wishing all of our readers a very safe and happy holiday.
April 22 University of Wyoming Extension Private Pesticide Applicator Program 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Midvale Fire Hall, Pavilion. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Lander Extension Office at 307-332-2363 or rfisk@uwyo.edu.
April 22 Cottonwood Acres Improvement and Service District Public Meeting, 7 p.m., Rendezvous Center Brand Room, Goshen County Fairgrounds, Torrington. For more information, call 307-532-5661.
April 22-23 State Trust Land Emerging Issue Forum, Rochelle Gateway Center, Laramie. For more information, visit uwyo.edu/haub/ruckelshaus-institute/forums/ state-trust-lands.html
April 23 Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting, Location TBD. For more information, visit blm.gov/get-involved/resourceadvisory-council/near-you/wyoming
April 23 Washakie County Agriculture Disaster Training and Emergency Planning, 9 a.m.-4 pm., Washakie County Fairgrounds, Worland. For more information or to register, e-mail wccd@rtconnect.net or call 307-347-2456, ext. 101.
April 23 Niobrara Conservation District Resource Rendezvous, 1-5 p.m., Niobrara County Fairgrounds, Lusk. For more information or to RSVP, e-mail lshaw@ wyoming.com or call 307-334-9957.
April 25-27 7 Triangle 7 Artificial Insemination Spring Training, Akron, Colo. For more information or to register, visit 7triangle7.com or call 307-481-3921.
April 25-27 University of Wyoming Laramie River Rendezvous Rodeo, Cliff and Martha Hansen Teaching Arena, Laramie. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit gowyo.com/tickets
April 26 University of Wyoming Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program, 8 a.m.-12. p.m., Hulett High School, Hulett. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Crook County Extension Office at sfleenor@uwyo.edu or 307-283-1192.
April 26 Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Event, 9 a.m., Wheatland Off Range Corral, Wheatland. For more information, visit blm. gov/whb/events, e-mail wild-horse@blm.gov or call 866-468-7826.
April 26 2025 History Conference, 5-8 p.m., Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum, Buffalo. For more information, visit jimgatchell.com
April 30 Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration Virtual Workshop, 8:30-11:30 a.m., online. For more information or to register, visit westoncountynrd.org/ltpbrworkshop/
May 1-2 Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Summit, Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center, Laramie. For more information, visit uwyo.edu/worth/outdoor-rec-summit.html
May 2-3 Fourth Annual Sheepherder’s Festival, Rockpile Museum, Gillette. For more information, call 307-682-5723.
May 3 First Annual Clem McSpadden Cowboy Trade Day and Ranch Horse Competition, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Will Rogers Stampede Arena, Claremore, Okla. For more information, call 918-237-3739 or 918-805-1917.
May 3
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May 8-9
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May 14
May 16-18
May 16-18
May 17-18
May 20-21
Wyoming Collegiate Cattle Association Second Annual Formal Gala and Auction, 6 p.m., The Black Fox, Laramie. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Lily Stewart at lstew19@uwyo.edu or 719-650-6127.
Social Drivers of Health Bridging the Gap Conference, Best Western Downtown, Casper. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit wyoming211.org/event/bridging-the-gap/
Women in Ranching Education and Development Series, Coalville, Utah. For more information or to register, visit ancw.org/wired
Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board Project Application Meeting, Thyra Thomson Building, Casper. For more information, visit wyadmb.com/
Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration Virtual Workshop, 8:30-11:30 a.m., online. For more information or to register, visit westoncountynrd.org/ltpbrworkshop/
7 Triangle 7 Artificial Insemination Spring Training, Akron, Colo. For more information or to register, visit 7triangle7.com or call 307-481-3921.
Rocky Mountain Leather Trade Show, Sheridan. For more information, visit leathercraftersjournal.com
59th Annual Colorado Gun Collectors Association Gun Show, Island Grove Event Center, Greeley, Colo. For more information, visit cgca.com, e-mail CGCAShow@cgca.com or call 720-482-0167.
Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration In-Person Workshop, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Weston County. For more information or to register, visit westoncountynrd.org/ltpbr-workshop/
April 24 XL Angus Ranch Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Evansville, 307-258-0107, ballewranch.com
April 25 Jordan Cattle Company Bull Sale, St. Onge Livestock Auction, St. Onge. S.D., 307-660-1380
April 26
Herring Angus High Country Bull and Ranch Horse Sale, Herring Ranch Sale Barn, Encampment, 307-327-5396, 307-329-8228, 307-329-7400
April 26 Ed Coy Estate Liquidation Auction, 217 Chalk Buttes Road, Douglas, 307532-4976, 307-534-5156, mcnameeauctioncompany.com
April 30 4R Land and Cattle Ranch Absolute Land Auction, Moose Lodge, Belle Fourche, S.D., 605-685-4556, 605-798-2525, 605-423-6000, 605-347-1164, piroutekauction.com arnesonauction,com
May 1 J Spear Cattle Company Annual Production Sale, Belle Fourche Livestock Auction, Belle Fourche, S.D., 605-685-5964, 605-279-1026
May 3 Lamar Community College Legacy Horse Sale, 2401 S. Main Street, Lamar, Colo., 719-336-6663, 719-336-1624, lamarcc.edu
May 24 16th Annual Full House Horse Sale, Weston County Fairgrounds, Newcastle, 307-746-5690, 307-746-8592, 307-746-8536, fullhousehorsesale.com
June 17-19 Superior Livestock Auction Corn Belt Classic, 800-422-2117, superiorlivestock.com
Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com
Information only recently available shows the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, with headquarters at Laramie, to be cutting more timber than any other national forest in District Two – comprising Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan. During the years 1919-21, 14,846,000; 13,744,000 and 13,194,000 feet of board measure, respectively, were cut, consisting of saw logs, cordwood, mine props and railroad ties.
The nearest competition in Wyoming was the Washakie Wilderness, with headquarters at Lander, which cut 6,429,000 feet in 1921. The nearest competitor in the district is the Black Hills National Forest, with headquarters at Deadwood, S.D., which cut 12,989,000; 12,379,000 and 10,959,000 feet of board measure, respectively, in 1919-21.
In the handling of timber sales, the U.S.
Forest Service (USFS) marks all mature and damaged trees for removal, always leaving a stand on the ground to develop into larger material and to serve for watershed protection.
Twenty-five percent of the value of all timber sold is returned directly to the county in which the timber is cut and is used for road and school purposes. An additional 10 percent is returned directly to USFS for use in maintaining roads and trails within the national forests.
Thus reads an article from the March 20, 1922 issue of the Laramie Republican Additionally, a news item in the Feb. 22, 1900 issue of the Saratoga Sun noted: Saved his right hand Otis Mowry came down from the sawmill Tuesday to have the fingers on his right hand dressed.
At noon on Monday, he put his hand on the saw while it was running to see if it was getting hot. His fingers stuck to the saw, dragging his hand into contact with the swiftly moving saw teeth, cutting the end of his middle finger off at the first joint – smooth and clean – and lacerating the thumb, index finger and the one next to the little finger.
He is carrying his hand in a sling at present and says he intends to feel the saw with some other man’s hand the next time.
As early as the mid-1870s, sawmills were established in what would later become the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. A mill similar to the one shown here was founded by pioneer Rancher B.T. “Tom” Ryan, who came to the Upper North Platte River Valley in 1874 and opened a sawmill shortly after. Ryan went into the lumber business in a big way, and he was the first man believed to do any logging in this area 20 miles southeast of present day Saratoga. He used oxen to bring logs down from the mountains to his sawmill at what he had named “Ryan Park.” Photo from Bob
Historical Reproductions by Perue
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Greeley, CO
National Sheep Summary As of April 11, 2025
Compared to last week slaughter lambs mostly steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter ewes mostly steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder lambs not well tested. At San Angelo, TX 4,360 head sold in a one day sale. Equity Cooperative Auction sold 660 feeder lambs in California. Western Video sold 550 slaughter lambs and 4315 feeder lambs in California and 2065 slaughter lambs in Oregon. 4,199 lamb carcasses s ld ith n c paris n d e t c nfdentiality. All sheep s ld per h ndred ei ht nless ther ise specifed. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 San Angelo: wooled and shorn 120-140 lbs 180.00-198.00; 150-185 lbs 150.00-158.00.
Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 163 lbs 212.50. South Dakota: wooled and shorn 110-140 lbs 194.00-217.50; 140-165 lbs 168.00-197.00.
Billings: wooled and shorn 120-130 lbs no test. Equity Coop: no sales. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2 San Angelo: hair 40-60 lbs 284.00-318.00, few 320.00-325.00; 60-70 lbs 278.00-306.00, few 312.00; 70-80 lbs 268.00-298.00, few 302.00-316.00; 80-90 lbs 262.00-290.00; 90-105 lbs 238.00285.00. wooled and shorn 50-60 lbs 300.00-306.00; 60-70 lbs 294.00-316.00; 90 lbs 268.00; 105 lbs 290.00.
Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 60-70 lbs 290.00-330.00; 7080 lbs 290.00-310.00; 80-90 lbs 292.50-305.00; 100-110 lbs 275.00-280.00. hair 60-70 lbs 280.00-287.50; 86 lbs 285.00. South Dakota: wooled and shorn 50-60 lbs 290.00-357.50; 60-70 lbs 260.00-335.00; 70-80 lbs 265.00-312.50; 80-90 lbs 260.00-280.00; 90-100 lbs 230.00-295.00; 100-110 lbs 212.50265.00. hair 40-50 lbs 285.00-295.00; 50-60 lbs 265.00285.00; 60-70 lbs 260.00-275.00; 77 lbs 255.00; 80-90 lbs 232.50-265.00; 100-110 lbs 209.00-211.00.
Billings: no test.
Slaughter Ewes
San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 114.00-124.00, hair 106.00-120.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 118.00-136.00, hair 114.00-133.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 104.00, hair 96.00-120.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 88.00, hair 90.00; Cull 1 82.00.
Ft. Collins: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 115.00-130.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 90.00-130.00.
South Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 85.00-110.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 90.00-125.00, hair 105.00-110.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 80.00-110.00, hair 95.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 84.00; Cull 1 25.00-85.00.
Billings: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test: Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.
Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2
San Angelo: 52 lbs 315.00. hair 34 lbs 320.00; 40-50 lbs 330.00-340.00.
Ft. Collins: 35 lbs 300.00; 45 lbs 310.00; 55 lbs 295.00. South Dakota: 30-40 lbs 320.00-335.00; 40-50 lbs 300.00420.00; 63 lbs 260.00. hair 37 lbs 260.00.
Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: young hair 90-130 lbs 150.00-159.00/cwt; hair
ewes and lambs 90.00-112.00/head. Ft. Collins: no test. South Dakota: ewe lambs 107 lbs 200.00/cwt; bred young 195.00/head; bred middle age 165.00-240.00/head; bred aged 155.00-180.00/head.
Billings: no test.
Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 41,000 compared to 42,000 last week and 37,000 last year.
Source: USDA AMS LPG Market News, San Angelo, Texas
National Wool Review
As of April 11, 2025 estic l tradin had n c nfr ed trades rep rted this eek. rices re ect trades areh se in ri inal ba r s are pack, bellies out, some graded, and 76 mm or longer. No allowance made
prices. Australian Wool Exchange Clean Del Price Change from 75-85 Percent
Source: USDA- CO Dept of Ag
Wyoming Hay Summary
As of April 17, 2025
Compared to last week reported hay sales steady with last week. Demand is light to instance moderate with quite a lot of 2024 hay onsite. Some producers are thinking of hay auctions to get the barns cleared out before the 2025 hay season starts. Some loads of hay going to out of state customers that are in extreme drought conditions. Some snow showers in the western areas of the state bring much needed moisture. Some producers were hoping for more accumulation, but something is better than nothing like several areas is getting. One would assume the snotel will rise slightly in the next reports. As of April 14, the state’s SNOTELs are reading 90% of median with a basin high of 100% and a basin low of 0%. Last year the state was at 95% and 124% in 2023.
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Torrington
Nebraska Hay Summary As of April 17, 2025
Compared to last week, grass, alfalfa hay, along with ground and delivered products and dehy pellets sold steady. Demand was light to moderate. Once again, calls this week, still a lot of old crop hay across the state. Some livestock owners are buying some extra hay to have on hand to feed livestock longer before heading to summer grass. Or, just to have since prices are near production cost and past years of drought are still engraved in several minds of the sharply higher prices many had to pay. But, with a large carryover of products, one would think hay prices shouldn’t skyrocket higher but time will tell. Few, early contacted trades of bales of alfalfa for fall delivery in the eastern side of the state to the alfalfa mills.
Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Kearny, NE
WASHAKIE COUNTY IS SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR A FULL-TIME EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH THE ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT. CDL is required. For more information, please contact Road and Bridge Superintendent, Stuart Bower at 307-3884848 5/3
PEEGEE RANCH NEAR ARVADA, WY 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 (location of the ranch is remote). Housing is provided and on a school bus route. Please send resume with references by mail or email to: PeeGee Ranch, 1251 Lower Powder River Road, Arvada, WY 82831, pgranch@ rangeweb.net. Call 307-7362461 4/19
FOR SALE: 100 RED ANGUS PAIRS. Raised own replacements for 51 years. Sold many registered Red Angus bulls, Cows are gentle. Will be ready around May 10. Call Jim Shepherd, 406-698-6657 4/26
OLD FASHIONED WORKING RANCH BRED AUSSIES (no show lines), guaranteed to work stock. Father heads, mother heads/heels, gritty enough for pairs, lots of drive, biddable, s eet, e tre ely s art, rks with relatively little training. Capable of trialing or fetching stock t f felds and c rral rk and capable of getting brushed up cattle out. Pups are showing interest now on goats. Quality lines, Pincie Creek, Los Rocosa, CCK, Hangin’ Tree (Aussie) lines. Ready for homes now. Health tested parents, had his shots and wormed. One male, black bi, 20 weeks. $100 OBO. Can potentially deliver. Accepts texts, or call and leave a message, Lacey, 801-7218620, southwest Wyoming. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifeds 5/10
TIMBERLINE STOCK RANCH/ BROWN FAMILY FARMS: Two blue, male heeler puppies, ready to go. Call 406-855-2211 or 406-855-6237 4/19
AIREDALE PUPS FOR SALE: Southwest WY. Four males, 2 females. Great companions, nine weeks old March 31. First round of vaccines, tails docked, dewclaws removed. For more information, call 307386-2361 4/19
AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ ranch and all commercial loans. RATES AS LOW AS 5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial fnancin and ana e ent f r years. LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with manageent t increase pr ftability, deal ith and f credit pr ble s and f r all y r fnancin 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.agrionefnancial.com. I will come to you and get the job done!! 4/19
REGISTERED WYOIMING BRAND FOR SALE, lazy RM. RRC, RHH, renews in January 2027, two sets of hot irons and two sets of electric irons. $3,000. Calls only, 307-899-3737 5/10
WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC. Registered until Jan. 1, 2035. No cattle with brand, $2,500. Call after 5 p.m., 307-388-2456 4/19
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RHC, RJH, renewed to Jan. 1, 2031. Electric and hot iron available. $5,000. 307-331-9092 5/10
WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RHC, RHS. Dues paid to 2035. No irons available. $2,500 OBO. Call 307-575-2793 5/3
WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC, BS, RSH, one iron brand. Electric irons available. Fees paid to Jan. 1, 2035. $5,000 OBO. Call Al, 307-575-1314 419
LRC, LSH. Cur rent through Jan. 1, 2031. $3,000 OBO. Contact Gene at 307-331-1049 4/19
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND: LRC, LSH. Current through Jan. 1, 2033. $3,000 OBO. Contact Gene at 307-331-1049 4/19
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND: LRC, LHS, LSH. Current through Jan. 1, 2033. $4,500 OBO. Contact Gene at 307331-1049 4/19
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND: LRC, LSS, LJH. Current through Jan. 1, 2033. $4,500 OBO. Contact Gene at 307-331-1049 4/19
WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RHC, RHS, RHH. Dues paid to 2027. One set of irons. $2,500 OBO. Call 307575-2793 5/3
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND: Current through Jan. 1, 2029. LRC, LHS, LSH, $2,000 OBO 307359-0555 4/26
REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC, RHS, RHH. Registered until Jan. 1, 2029. Nice 1 iron brand!! $5,000. Call 307-351-7829 4/19
BASSETT HOUND PUPPIES: cepti nal te pera ents and bloodlines. Sweet, gentle, great with kids and other dogs. AKC registered, shots, wormed. M/F available. Ready to go now. Call 719-309-8864. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifeds 5/10
RED ANGUS HIGH-ELEVATION YEARLING BULLS FOR SALE IN NORTHEASTERN UTAH: Out of AI and bull-bred sires. Will be trich, semen tested and fed for free until May 1. $2,700/head. Bar Lazy TL Ranch, David, 435-828-1320, barlazytlranch@ gmail.com 6/14
SIMANGUS BULLS FOR SALE: Yearlings and 18-montholds. All bulls have GE EPDS, are homozygous polled, most are homozygous black. Bulls can be inspected at Dilka Cattle, pictures available by request. All b lls aranteed f r frst breeding season. Information on the bulls may be requested by email at thedilkas@aol.com or calling 970-396-8791 4/26
PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS FOR SALE: AI’d to Lead Time, spring and fall yearlings available. Priced at $4,000/ head. Call 406-671-7451 4/19
a message if no answer.
BULLS FOR SALE: Registered yearling and 2-year-old Black Angus range bulls for sale private treaty. Good selection for heifers and cows. From popular sires and industry leaders. Semen tested and ready to go. CLAY CREEK ANGUS, 307-762-3541, www. claycreek.net 4/19
YEARLING AI SIRED BLACK
ANGUS BULLS: Will work on heifers. Sires include Johnny alker, terlin acifc and Myers Fair-N-Square. Semen tested. Minatare, NE. Call Byron Miller, 303-818-8152, leave message 5/3
YEARLING ANGUS BULLS:
These bulls are grown, not fattened, will get out and cover cows. Many will work on heifers. We will deliver. Call Joe Buseman, 605-351-1535 5/3
ROYLANCE ANGUS, REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS BULLS: These bulls come with e pl sive r th, f eled by breed topping genetics. Calvin ease, e cellent feet, reat dispositions. Sired by Coleman Rock 7200, Coleman Marshal 7170 and Coleman Navigator 614. Competitively priced. Semen tested, vaccinated. One breeding season guarantee. Sold private treaty on the ranch in Charlo, MT. Call or text, Adrian, 406-214-4444 4/19
SALE * CHRISTENSEN RED ANGUS * SALE: Registered, vaccinated and fertility tested bulls. We have a deep carcass, high ADG packaged with moderate to low birthweights available. Call 406-208-4315 or e-mail criters64@gmail. com 4/19
SHORTHORN BULLS FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY: Yearlings up to mature bulls available. Developed conservatively so they hold up. Remember a red Shorthorn bull on your homozygous black cows will give you black calves. h rth rns are e cellent maternal cattle that produce quality beef. Francis-Millvale Shorthorns, Gene and Roberta Francis Family, 701-331-2403, e-mail francis.millvale@gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifeds 4/26
WAGYU/AKAUSHI BULLS FOR SALE: Red/black, yearlings, 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds. Call 406-8607085, Little Powder Wagyu 5/3
FAITHFUL FEEDERS: Heifer development, backgrounding, and grass calf prep. Billings, MT. Call Ryan, 406-696-0104 4/11
CUSTOM FEEDING AND FINISHING FOR CATTLE AND SHEEP. Cactus Hill Ranch Company, Fort Collins, CO. Contact AJ Nelson, 970-372-8273 5/10
WIGGINS FEEDYARD, FEEDING CATTLE OF ALL CLASSES: Drylot cows; yearlings or calves t back r nd r fnish. Call Steve, 308-279-1432 or Sue, 308-279-0924 (cell) 5/17
PASTURE WANTED AND/OR RANCH OR FARM LEASE, northwest Wyoming or south-central Montana. References available. Call 307-851-2426 4/19
WANTING TO RENT PASTURE IN NORTH-CENTRAL WYOMING: Enough for 20 to 50 pairs. Call 605-252-8156 4/26
LOOKING FOR RANCH OR PASTURE TO LEASE FOR 150200 HEAD: Will pay lease or run owner’s cows. Looking for place with corrals. Long term. Call 307689-6172 (cell) or 307-868-2170 (house) 4/19
PARK COUNTY, WY RANCH NEAR CODY, WY IS AVAILABLE FOR A LONG-TERM LEASE: The ranch has over 50,000 acres and supports an irrigated hay base with BOR water rights. Carrying capacity is 700 animal units year-round with hay production. Willing to split the hay ground and grazing. Please e-mail Honora Beirne (hbeirne@acpg.com) and Melanie Giliati (mgiliati@ acpg.com) for details 4/19
THREE OUTSTANDING AQHA 2024 COLTS, sires Metallic Rebel, Badboonarising, Countin Hot Checks, asking $20,000/ each. TWO OLSEN NOLTE SADDLES, good condition, circa 1930’s-1940’s, $3,500/each OBO. COMPLETE SET OF WILL JAMES BOOKS, includin frst editi ns and children s books, $4,000 for the set. Napa County, northern California. Call 707-333-6923 4/19
CINCH UP SPRING with new, quality MOHAIR CINCHES, WOOL SADDLE pads and BLANKETS!! Over 300 BITS in stock!! GREAT selection of QUALITY GLOVES. $AVE on BOOTS: HONDO, BOULET, JUSTIN WORK BOOTS, TWISTED X (boots and shoes) and more!! Ride, work, rope or play!! 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 4/19
CALL FOR SHEEPWAGONS!!
Fourth Annual Sheepherder’s Festival, May 2-3 in Gillette, WY. For more information, call Heather at 307-682-5723, Rockpile Museum 4/26
WEANER PIGS FOR SALE, located in Powell, WY. For more information, call 307271-1014 1/17
APPROXIMATELY 60 TONS SECOND CUTTING ALFALFA, little bales, $5/bale or $120/ ton. APPROXIMATELY 400 LITTLE BALES OAT STRAW, $3/bale. APPROXIMATELY 100 BALES OAT STRAW IN ROUND BALES, nice, $50/ton. ALSO, approximately 4,000 bushels of clean oats $12/cwt. Call Eddie Shumway, 307921-9217 5/3
CERTIFIED BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x4 bales. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 TFN
Serving Fremont County, Wyoming and the surrounding areas.
HarvXtra® alfalfa with Roundup Ready® technology, Roundup Ready® alfalfa and conventional varieties available! Plant the best!
Buffalo Brand Seed for annual forages, cover crops, pasture grasses, small grains and custom mixes.
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SEED FOR SALE: Conventional alfalfa, sorghum sudan grass and a full line of forage products available. “If it’s GREEN and GROWS, we probably can supply it!”. Dealer inquiries welcome. Call Koerperich Seeds, 970-580-5438, 308-697-4848, e-mail alankoerperich@yahoo.com 5/10
OPEN POLLINATED SEED CORN out produces hybrid for silage and grazing quality grain, $69/bushel +S/H. Call 217-857-3377 or text cell 217343-4962, visit website www. borriesopenpollinatedseedcorn.com 4/19
HAY FOR SALE: 3x3 and round bales of grass or alfalfa/grass mix. Prices starting at $70/ton. FOB. Delivered only. Call 605-840-0015 4/19
PREMIUM GRASS HAY FOR SALE: Barn stored, 3x3 square bales. Cow and horse quality. Delivery available!! Call 307-630-3046 4/19
90 NET-WRAPPED ROUND BALES, 1,500 lbs. grass/alfalfa mix, 2024 crop, $125/ton. Calls only, 307-899-3737 5/10
GRASS HAY FOR SALE, 1,400 lb. net-wrapped round bales, $140/bale. Near Laramie, WY. Call 307-760-8429 5/3
ROUND-BALED GRASS: 2024 crop $50/bale. 1,000 lb. netwrapped bales. Cody, WY area. Call, don’t text, Anthony at 307-254-2645 5/24
CERTIFIED WEED-FREE PURE ALFALFA HAY: Small s ares, c vered. frst cutting available for a reduced price. frst, sec nd and third cutting available. Will load trucks and any open trailer. MONIDA OATS, $16/cwt. Combine run. Will auger into truck, trailer or large totes/ag bags. Located between Powell and Cody, WY. Call or text Knopp Farms for details, 307-254-0554 4/26
WIGGINS FEEDYARD, FEEDING CATTLE OF ALL CLASSES: Drylot cows; yearlings or calves t back r nd r fnish. Call Steve, 308-279-1432 or Sue, 308-279-0924 (cell) 5/17
ALFALFA/GRASS HAY FOR SALE: 1,350 lb. round bales, west of Sheridan, WY. Call 307673-8267 4/19
ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: 3x3 bales shedded. Price depending on quality and quantity needed. Farson, WY, trucking available. Call 307350-0350 4/19
BARLEY STRAW: ertifed weed-free small squares, $4/ bale. ALSO, 5x6 round bales, $125/ton. GRAIN OATS, wheat and barley, $20/cwt. Greybull, WY area. Call 307762-3878 or 307-899-4714, leave message 4/19
NORTHWEST WYOMING CERTIFIED GRASS SEED GROWER HAS CERTIFIED GRASS HAY FOR SALE: 3x4x8 bales. 2023 crop approximately 1,200 lbs. 2024 crop approximately 900+ lbs. $25/bale. Powell, WY area. Call Mike at 307-202-0494 4/19
Spry, 84-year-old wrinkly geologists couple seek western Wyoming ranches, wide open space to sheep wagon camp 4-5 days this summer. Prefer historic locals, solitude, wildlife, with gawking scenery, etc. where we can hike, read history books await Remington sunsets. No fres, pets, drugs, guns or proselytizing. Limited budget. Might bring you dinner if we can use your freezer. References. Linda/Pete, Denver, 303-986-3039 geochem@centurylink.net
VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Hay available. Go to www.valleyvideohay.com or call Barry McRea, 308235-5386 4/26
2012 DODGE 3500: Dual rear wheels, double doors, 131,000 miles, diesel, auto, WITH MODEL 355 HYDRABED BALE BED, heavy duty front bumper replacement, 135,000 miles. $35,000. ALSO, 2015 SOONER 7x24’ aluminum stock trailer, $16,000 and 2015 TITAN 8x6x22’ dual tandem flatbed with mega ramps, $10,500. Calls only, 307-8993737 5/10
FOR SALE: JOHN DEERE 8630 4WD TRACTOR, 3 hydraulics, PTO, 3 pt., good tires, 18.4X38, mechanically sound, 4,700 hours, $15,000. Call 970520-7138 5/10
CASE 1070 TRACTOR: 5,000 plus hours, with dual loader and grapple. $12,500. ALSO, 2010 AGCO HESSTON 7115 small square baler, $15,000. Calls only, 307-899-3737 5/10
WANTED TO BUY T6 OR TD6 with good tracks and rails or just the tracks and rails. Call James, 307-254-0087 5/10
JOHN DEERE 8520 TRACK TRACTOR: Very good condition, 6,000 actual hours, always shedded. For more information, call 402-640-7014 5/3
LODGEPOLE OUTDOOR FURNACES, 307-223-2046. Your authorized Central Boiler Dealer. Get your outdoor wood furnace today!! $2,000 tax credit n alifyin dels ffcient wood heat. Heat multiple buildings. Invest in your heating, don’t just pay for it!! See us at www.cb.lodgepoleproducts. com!! 4/26
1960 JOHN DEERE 95 COMBINE: Round back, 16’. All new belts, stored inside, overhaul on engine. $4,500. ALSO, 2000 HESSTON 8450, 14’ head, st red inside, feld ready. $28,500. JOHN DEERE 2013 R450 WINDROWER, 16’ rotary head, good condition, $89,500. Call Ivan, 307-629-0974 5/3
FOR SALE: John Deere 4995 diesel, self-propelled discbine with 16’ cutter head, cab/heat/air and auto steer capable. Phillips 45’ hydraulic rotary harrow. Mandako 45’ landroller. Rowse 9’ pull type mower. Rowse 9’ 3pt. mower. Rowse 14 wheel high capacity vrake. Lorenz 16’x29’ 18 ton bale mover with tandem axles. Farmhand 870 hydraulic grinder/mixer with scale. 2020 Freightliner, automatic transmission, DD13 engine, 178” wheelbase, 407,673 miles, runs and drives nice. Vermeer BP7000 bale processor. Summers hydraulic rock picker. Miller Pro 5100 18’ chuckwagon with bunk feeding extensions and tandem running gear. H&S 7+4 18’ chuckwagon 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. 12’ HD box scraper with tilt. All in very nice condition!! Call 605-999-5482 5/3
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, FARMER RETIRING: John Deere 71 Flex 8 row corn planter on a 24’ stackable bar. AC Model 1300 30’ ripper with rakes. 16’ Eversman fold up land plane with S tine rippers. 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. Safety pull with a bull hitch. John Deere front suitcase weights. IHC front suitcase weights. Round John Deere wheel weights. Contact Greg Keller at 406-679-1136 4/26
SOLD MY LOADERS, HAVE OVER $12K WORTH OF INVENTORY!! e in the b , flters, glass, belts, and more. Will ft hn eere , and 744K, $3,500 for all or would trade for skid steer attachments or a good car trailer. Call 307259-4321 4/19
JOHN DEERE 250 SKID STEER, 2,309 hours, has foot controls, cab enclosure with heat, excellent tires, 66” bucket, auxiliary hydraulics, excellent shape and runs great. $21,000. Call or text, 308-241-2188. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifeds 4/19
WANT TO BUY!! Gehl 206 heel fn er rake. ALSO WANTED ehl heel fnger rake. Call Lloyd, 701-2264055 4/26
JOHN DEERE 535 ROUND BALER, $2,000. ALSO, Hesston 6400 swather, $2,000. JOHN DEERE GRINDER/ MIXER, $1,500. For more information, call 307-359-0129, Douglas, WY 5/3
Hydraulic calf table with tub and alley, completely portable. ALSO, calving pens and loading chutes available. Call or Text Mike 605-842-6653
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MANUFACTURER OF HEAVY DUTY CONTINUOUS FENCE: Corral panels, farm gates, free standing panels and more. Call for pricing and delivery, Rocky Ridge Welding, Nevada, MO, 417-549-1077 4/19
LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRIBUSINESSES SINCE 1975!!
108 3X3 BALES OF THIRD CUTTING, certifed eed free, tested alfalfa hay. Been covered. RFV 204.7, crude protein 21.2, nitrates 0.44. Riverton, WY. Call 307-851-4634 4/26
HAY FOR SALE: 2023 milo and rass alfalfa. frst, second and third cutting alfalfa, frst c ttin alfalfa grass mix, grass mix, grass/ alfalfa, milo cut late in the season. ALSO, 2024 haybet barley, nitrates low, protein high, 2023 and 2024 CRP hay. All in net-wrapped round bales. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, ask for Klint, 701290-4418, send a text if no answer or keep trying 4/26
2,000 TONS OF HAY FOR SALE: First, second and third cutting alfalfa. All bales are 4x4x8 in size. Location between Lovell and Powell, WY. Contact Crosby Farms, 307272-3712 4/19
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
FOURTEEN PIECES HEAVY DUTY SCHEDULE 80 PVC, 3.5” ID, 20’ long with stainless steel couplers. Call EMC2, 307630-2345 4/19
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reached out to the White House trying to negotiate a better trade agreement after Trump announced sweeping tariffs in early April.
However, Trump increased tariffs on China to 125 percent. The additional tariffs were imposed after China announced 50 percent retaliatory duties on U.S. imports.
White House officials confirmed the 125 percent tariffs would go on top of 20 percent duties applied in February, putting total tariffs on Chinese imports at 145 percent.
What does this mean for the ag industry?
While some industries were exempt from increasing tariffs due to their important roles in the economy, others including copper, lumber, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors were excluded.
In an April 4 American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) article, Former American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Economist Betty Resnick states, “For the
agricultural industry, there are a few exemptions impacting inputs, including veterinary vaccines and all pharmaceuticals for humans; several pesticide ingredients under HS 2399; fertilizers containing potash; peat; lubricating oils and greases and other energy products.”
According to Tax Foundation reports, the tariffs applied in 2025 will result in an average tax increase of more than $1,900 for every U.S. household annually. If correct, this would be the largest tax hike in 43 years, if negotiations were not initiated and resolved quickly.
“Longer-term, farmers may also see demand reduction as our economy struggles to cope with these major changes,” Resnick adds.
“Farmers and ranchers suffer from instability, as their soundest business decisions can be turned upside down, but if these tariffs rapidly lead to new agreements with new market access, they may help our farmers.”
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out direct support from USDA or a farm bill with an updated safety net, farmers will almost certainly bear the brunt of these tariffs, she mentions.
In a April 9 Farm Journal article by Matthew Grassi, Association of Equipment Manufacturers Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations Johan “Kip” Eideberg states, “We support what the president is trying to do. He wants to strengthen manufacturing and bolster our global competitiveness, and we agree with it.”
Eideberg adds, “But this is a global industry, and we rely on critical inputs which can only be sourced at scale from suppliers around the world. When the cost of those inputs goes up, the cost of building new equipment here in the U.S. will also go up. This concerns us, and it concerns our farmers and ranchers.”
Eideberg mentions the association is keeping a close watch on what’s happening in Washington, D.C. and pushing hard for a new farm bill.
“We’re hoping farmers will stand shoulder to shoulder with us and deliver the same message to Congress. We know Trump cares deeply about our farmers, and we have to get a farm bill done so we can get on with our business of feeding the world,” he states.
Voicing support
Showing support for the pause on tariffs was AFBF President Zippy Duvall, who released a statement on the organization’s website.
Duvall says, “AFBF appreciates Trump’s decision to pause the reciprocal tariffs on dozens of America’s trading partners for 90 days.”
According to Duvall, AFBF has been engaging directly with the White House, U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture to emphasize the toll tariffs will take on America’s farmers and ranchers, who are already strapped because of high supply costs and shrinking paychecks.
“Creating more market challenges puts at risk more than 20 percent of U.S. farm income. We’re encouraged those concerns are being heard,” he adds. “While the pause brings some temporary certainty, questions remain about the long-term competitiveness for farmers in the global marketplace. We encourage the administration to swiftly resolve trade disputes and to pursue strategies to ensure America’s farmers can continue to stock the pantries of families here at home and abroad.”
Following Duvall’s sentiments was National Corn Growers Association President Kenneth Hartman, Jr. who states, “We appreciate the administration’s decision to place a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tar-
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iffs it had put in place earlier this week. We ask Trump and his administration to use this delay to negotiate market access opportunities for American-made products, including corn.”
With the news of a time-out placed on tariffs, AGCO announced they will continue to ship finished products from the U.S. to other countries where there are currently no applicable tariffs.
“Following decisions to temporarily pause U.S. and other reciprocal tariffs, AGCO is resuming shipment of certain products into the U.S. from most global locations. Evaluation continues on all actions as we prioritize serving our farmers and dealers while minimizing tariff impact,” AGCO’s April 10 press release states.
Melissa Anderson is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.
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TERRANCE R & DONNA MAE MINES, BANNER WY
1 BWF-COW 1570 135.00 WT 2,119.50
6F LIVESTOCK LLC, KAYCEE WY
1 RED-HFRTTE 1080 213.00 WT 2,300.40
1 CHARHFRTTE 920 246.00 WT 2,263.20
1 RED-HFRTTE 1060 203.00 WT 2,151.80
RULE LIVESTOCK, BUFFALO WY
4 BLK-HFRTTE 970 237.00 WT 2,298.90
HARLAN ANGUS LLC, KAYCEE WY
3 BLK-COW 1548 143.00 WT 2,214.11
DENTON O CARSON, ARVADA WY
2 BLK-HFRTTE 985 234.00 WT 2,304.90
LEVI J OR CRISTINA GORZALKA, SHERIDAN WY
2 BLK-HFRTTE 1113 207.00 WT 2,302.87
BRIAN ARNDT, SHERIDAN WY
1 RWF-HFRTTE 1180 200.00 WT 2,360.00
DIAMOND N LIVESTOCK CO, LINCH WY
2 BLK-HFRTTE 963 235.00 WT 2,261.87
ZANE AND MARCIE WAGONER, GILLETTE WY
1 BLK-HFRTTE 1000 221.00 WT 2,210.00
1 BLK-HFRTTE 1055 221.00 WT 2,331.55
ALLAN J OR LAURA E PERRY, KAYCEE WY
1 BLK-COW 1050 216.50 WT 2,273.25
CROSS CROWN LLC, BUFFALO WY
1 BLK-COW 1210 141.00 WT 1,706.10
BOW & ARROW RANCH INC, ARVADA WY
1 BLK-COW 1460 143.50 WT 2,095.10
3 BLK-HFRTTE 925 240.50 WT 2,224.62
1 BLK-COW 1215 142.50 WT 1,731.37
1 BLK-COW 1035 204.00 WT 2,111.40
1 BLK-HFRTTE 825 247.50 WT 2,041.87 1 BLK-HFRTTE 925 233.00 WT 2,155.25
JASON & HEIDI GARCIA, ARVADA WY 1 BLK-COW 1055
The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) announced the addition of two new members to its conservation team – Averi Reynolds, who is joining as the conservation director, and Rachel Belouin, who is joining as the conservation manager.
Their expertise and passion for agriculture and conservation will further strengthen the organization’s commitment to protecting Wyoming’s working lands.
As the conservation director, Reynolds will oversee the conservation and stewardship team, providing strategic vision in advancing agricultural conservation across the state.
With a Master of Science in Animal Science and Bachelor of Science in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management from the University of Wyoming (UW), Reynolds offers nearly 10 years of progressive experience in working lands research and outreach, focused on adaptive grazing systems, ruminant nutrition and collaborative, stakeholder-driven land management.
In her role as conservation manager, Belouin will manage a portfolio of conservation easement projects, contribut -
ing to the accelerating pace and scale of conservation in rural communities across the state.
Belouin holds a Master of Science in Rangeland Stewardship and Ecological Restoration from Colorado State University and is continuing her education through UW’s Haub School of Natural Resources in collaboration with the Ruckelshaus Institute Collaboration Program in Natural Resources.
Prior to joining WSGLT, Belouin was the Southern Plains program manager for Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Here, she specialized in collaborative conservation and building stakeholder engagement and partnerships with landowners, local, regional, state and federal agencies, non-profits, Tribal governments and rural communities.
“We are pleased to welcome Reynolds and Belouin to the WSGLT team. They bring valuable experience and a genuine passion for supporting landowners in their agricultural and conservation pursuits. Their talent and fresh perspectives will help us strengthen our impact as we work to preserve Wyoming’s agricultural lands and heritage,” said WSGLT Executive Director Jessica Crowder.
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33 Steer, 773#
LANDER
Steer, 823#
CO
Steer, 870#
26 Steer, 890#
57 Steer, 898#
26 Steer, 916# $270.00 HEIFERS
RIVERTON 13 Heifer, 337# $435.00 PINEDALE 2 Heifer, 345# $407.50
THERMOPOLIS
976#
990#
Steer, 430#
PAVILLION 5 Steer, 418# $437.00
2 Cow, 1527# $143.50 RIVERTON 1 Cow, 1225# $143.00 OPAL 1 Cow, 1250# $142.50
Cow, 1515#
3 Cow, 1231# $141.00 OPAL
4 Cow, 1426#
448#
488#
Steer, 472#
Steer, 585# $362.50
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7 Heifer, 388# $390.00 2 Heifer, 360# $390.00
CRAIG, CO 4 Heifer, 373# $385.00
DANIEL 6 Heifer, 419# $352.50
THERMOPOLIS
32 Heifer, 456# $351.00
PAVILLION 21 Heifer, 536# $350.00
THERMOPOLIS
22 Heifer, 531# $346.00 RANDOLPH, UT 14 Heifer, 585# $330.00 RIVERTON 16 Heifer, 564# $325.00
KAYCEE 14 Heifer, 585# $325.00 RIVERTON
79 Heifer, 616# $320.00
126 Heifer, 637# $318.50
DANIEL
14 Heifer, 599# $310.25
RIVERTON
45 Heifer, 605# $310.00 23 Heifer, 713# $294.25
64 Heifer, 680# $291.50 21 Heifer, 717# $285.00
76 Heifer, 729# $280.10