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EXTENSION EDUCATION

By Alex Orozco, UW Extension Educator

Preparing for sugar beet planting in Wyoming With spring approaching, it is time to start preparing for this year’s planting. Factors such as drought, weed invasion, diseases, pests and fertilizer prices influence sugar beet yield and revenue.

With the majority of Wyoming currently being in a moderate to extreme drought, water availability may influence this year’s crop yield.

Additionally, herbicide and fertilizer prices are up this year. Therefore, before buying and applying fertilizers, I recommend producers collect soil samples of pastures. If assistance is needed with this, a local University of Wyoming Extension educator can be a great resource.

Soil samples can be sent to Ward Labs and producers can decide preferred depth of analysis, but the routine analysis runs $20 per sample.

However, testing soil can be economically beneficial because it allows producers to see what nutrients are needed in each pasture, which helps avoid over-spreading or under-spreading fertilizer.

Weed management Sugar beets are a valuable cash crop but weed infestation can reduce the sugar beet yield. Broadleaf weeds such as lambsquarter, hairy nightshades, horse weed, pigweed, waterhemp and kochia are a major concern in sugar beet production due to limited weed control options and the ability of weeds to compete with the crop.

According to a 2018 publication by Soltani et al., in Wyoming from 2002-2017, on average 12,575 metric unit of square measure (ha) were harvested with sugar beets. The average yield was 59.6 tonnes/ha or 131,395.5 pounds per ha.

However, weed infestation areas could reduce yields by up to 77.1 percent or 46 tonnes/ ha. The economic impact weeds have on sugar beets are huge, therefore, weed management is important.

However, the impact varies on weed abundance.

The cheapest and most effective way to control these weed species is through early detection and managing for them early on before they spread. When spread-

ing herbicides, hand removal can be used to control these species.

When applying herbicides, application timing and herbicide selectivity influence the effectiveness.

Ethofumesate (Nortron SC) can effectively control kocia. Work with a local Extension educator, specialist and a local weed and pest specialist to determine the best treatment plan.

Diseases Root, leaf and crown diseases also affect sugar beet production. Therefore, it is important to be familiar with the diseases affecting sugar beet production. In order to be able to control the disease before it spreads, it’s best to recognize early when the crop is impacted.

One of the most serious and destructive leaf diseases in Wyoming, particularly in southeast Wyoming, is Cercospora leaf spot (CLS).

CLS is a common disease caused by the airborne fungus, Cercospora beticola. Additionally, this disease can cause losses of up to 40 percent. CLS can be identified as spots initially growing on older leaves and then progressing to younger leaves.

The spots can be an eighth of an inch in diameter, circular to oval spots with an ash-colored center having purple to brown borders. Leaves severely infected turn yellowbrown and look burned.

To manage for this disease and reduce yield loss, a producer may use leaf spot-tolerant cultivars or fungicidal sprays.

However, the disadvantages of fungicidal sprays are some strains of the pathogen, particularly those in the benzimidazole class, have developed resistance.

Therefore, to best manage for CLS, it is important to integrate fungicide applications along with using resistant cultivars and prudent cultural practices, such as rotation and cultivation to reduce levels of infested residue.

For more information regarding soil testing, visit wardlab.com.

Alex Orozco is a University of Wyoming Extension educator in Crook County. Send comments on this article to aorozcol@uwyo.edu.

Plant disease – Robert Harveson, a plant pathologist for University of Nebraska-Lincoln, used this picture to illustrate Cercospora-infected leaves. The leaf on the left is beginning to turn yellow and die because it's severely infected with Cercospora. Courtesy photo

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What Would Jefferson Think?

“Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to wealth, good morals and happiness….,” Thomas Jefferson, 1787, in a letter to George Washington, from Paris.

Thomas Jefferson, a wise and intriguing man, knew what he was talking about. He was a “spokesman for democracy,” the author of the Declaration of Independence, the third president of the U.S. and a founding father. Not on this list provided by whitehouse. gov, however, is the title of “agriculturist,” one which Jefferson was incredibly proud of.

Jefferson inherited a

large plantation in Monticello, Va. and farmed there while building our nation.

As did many of our founding fathers, he knew the importance of agriculture and the free world would need a strong agricultural foundation to sustain a lifetime. However, I feel Jefferson’s vision of the ideal “agriculturist” may be a bit different than the ones we see today.

For instance, Jefferson most likely had no idea there would be agriculturists out there who made full-time, 50+ year careers out of selling fertilizer and chemical to farmers. I’d say there’s a zero percent chance our third president predicted

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lobbyists would get paid one day to fight for or against antibiotic-feed-additives for livestock. I’d put my life savings down ‘ol Tommy Jeff didn’t foresee people like me actually STRESSING about social media posts against agriculture and how I can, in turn, make a different social media post to combat those claims.

Since Jefferson’s ideal of an agrarian democracy, American agriculture has changed in many ways – but the spirit and overall concept is still there: American citizens dedicating their lives to putting food on their family’s table and yours.

As I wrote last week, there’s more to agriculture than just plows, sows and cows (according to pretty much every FFA kid ever).

In other words, more goes into putting food on the table before and after crops or animals are harvested.

For example, let’s look at the beef lifecycle based on information provided by “Beef – It’s what’s for

dinner,” coupled with my incredibly basic gate to plate knowledge.

Remember, a cow is a sexually mature female who has had a calf; a bull is a male who has not been castrated and can breed with a heifer or a cow once he has matured; a heifer is a young female who hasn’t borne a calf; a steer is a male who has been castrated; a calf is a baby; I’m not going to explain breeding, ask your mom and dad about this one.

First, a bull must breed a cow or heifer, and they will either have a bull calf or a heifer calf. After this calf gets their mother’s colostrum, they are given an identification number and ear-tagged which goes into a record book and is submitted to a cattle breed specific association for recordkeeping purposes. The calf is later branded with the rancher’s brand, sometimes castrated if the calf is a bull and the rancher chooses to do so and doctored with a vaccine provided by a veter-

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inarian. The veterinarian got the vaccine from an animal pharmaceutical sales representative who works for a large animal pharmaceutical company, who works with scientists to develop effective vaccines.

This calf spends months “growing” while getting nutrition from its mother’s milk and eventually from grass and/or hay as well. At around six to 10 months and when they weigh between 450 to 700 pounds, the calf is weaned off milk and may begin receiving a small amount of supplemental plant-based feed for extra energy and protein to help them grow and thrive.

Next comes a decision. Heifer calves, in many cases, are retained by the rancher or sold to another rancher to one day be bred to a bull themselves and repeating the entire lifecycle process listed above.

Bull calves, however, can go one of two ways.

The rancher may keep the bull calf intact, meaning they aren’t castrated, and sell them to another rancher to do the same. The other option is to castrate the bull calf and turn him into a steer.

For the sake of this example, let’s say we have a calf who was turned into a steer and follow his lifecycle. We’ll call him “Steer X,” and he’ll live a life like many other steers would at LC Cattle Company, a.k.a., my husband’s family’s ranch.

Steer X was probably born sometime in March and spent all spring and summer growing. In July, LC Cattle contracted the sale of Steer X and many more steers by the pound at a livestock auction market. This requires the help of auctioneers, the person who comes out and films Steer X at LC Cattle’s ranch, tech wizards who put Steer X’s video online and enters all of his information, like what vaccines he’s been given and what his genetic lineage is and brokers or “cattle buyers” who deal with the transactions between LC Cattle and the person who actually wants possession of Steer X. Steer X is then shipped out with dozens of his buddies in October to the person(s) who bought LC Cattle’s steers. We see the cattle buyer again on shipping day. He helps us transfer all paperwork over and deals with money transac-

tions. We also see a brand inspector who’s employed by the Department of Livestock to check our brands and records with our cattle, making sure LC Cattle actually owns Steer X and didn’t steal him.

We have someone in the scale house at the stockyards making sure Steer X and his companions are properly weighed, giving us and the cattle buyer an exact number to multiply by whatever we sold our steers for back in July. We then send off a truck driver who hauls Steer X to wherever his new owner wants him to go, most likely to be wintered on pasture or on a semi-confinement grow yard. After 120 to 150 days, give or take, Steer X is 12 to 14 months old and now weighs 850 to 950 pounds. He is sent to a confined animal feeding operation, or feedyard. Steer X is now ready to spend the next few months of his life in a finishing cattle feedyard to become a full-grown slaughter animal.

A feedyard or feedlot is typically home to cattle for four to six months, they are sent there to grow by eating at feed bunks containing a carefully balanced diet made up of roughage, such as hay and grass, grains such as corn, wheat and soybean meal and local renewable feed sources. While at the feedyard, pen riders check on Steer X to make sure he’s doing OK and eating what he needs to.

Pen riders work together with veterinarians and nutritionists – that’s right, cattle have their own nutritionists – to ensure Steer X is eating the right kind of food for him to gain weight, ultimately producing more meat for consumers to later eat. Veterinarians also assist with this process and have played a hand in Steer X’s entire life up until this point.

Another level of the feedyard is the making of feed given to Steer X, which involves seed, fertilizer and chemical salesmen and women along with farmers, factories and even more nutritionists.

After Steer X has gained plenty of weight, usually around 1,200 to 1,400 pounds or 18 to 22 months old, he is loaded on another cattle truck and sent to a packing plant.

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Tank Toad: The water monitor for livestock producers, providing an ease of mind and saving time Damon Printz studied aerospace and electric engineering in Texas, but throughout his high school career he grew up on his family’s ranch in Albin, where they ranch and put up hay.

“It was during this time my great uncle Ron Lerwick and cousin Monte Lerwick – who are my two business partners, wanted me to build them some kind of device to check water levels,” he shares.

“This is when the project idea was conceived and how the Toad Tank system came about.”

It took him a while to figure out how to make it work, he jokes by saying, “School is helpful, but a lot of it was learning in the dorm room, spending time researching and buying stuff and playing with it and programing.”

Today the company, Meadowlark Solutions, is on their sixth-generation product and is ready to serve the ranching and farming community with their Tank Toad system on a much wider customer base.

The system “The Tank Toad system’s main goal is to produce a dependable remote monitoring solution for farmers and ranchers, with an emphasis on financial return,” reads their website.

The company offers two different types of units, a cellular model and a satellite model.

The satellite model works anywhere and uses a satellite network to send messages. Producers must

Water monitor – The Tank Toad system keeps an eye on water levels in stock and storage tanks. The system provides producers daily water reports. Meadowlark Solutions business partners Damon Printz, Ron and Monte Lerwick are looking forward to serving the ranching and farming community in the coming years. Courtesy photo

buy prepaid satellite credits to enable the service.

The credits are deducted once per month while the Toad Tank is active, and extra credits roll over to the next year.

The cellular model works best for areas with good cell coverage. The cellular model allows producers to save money for longer seasons, if they have good cell coverage at their tank, the website explains.

“Both models are always connected,” Printz shares. “If producers want to know what the water level is at a given time,

Continued from previous page of Agriculture (USDA) inspected plant, meaning a USDA inspector oversees the implementation of safety, animal welfare and quality standards from the time animals enter the plant until the final beef products are shipped to grocery stores and restaurants. This packing plant also employs general office workers just like any other business would: administrative managers, marketing experts, financial gurus, etc.

Does Steer X’s story stop there? Nope. Whilst at the packing plant, Steer X comes in contact with key packing plant employees including people who euthanize Steer X, “cut up” Steer X to break down Steer X’s meat and package the meat from Steer X. After Steer X’s hamburgers and steaks are all packaged and ready to go, a trucker once again picks up Steer X – this time in edible form – and ships it off to a grocery store or restaurant.

Let’s say Steer X ribeye’s are shipped to Albertsons in Livingston, Mont..

After those ribeyes arrive, someone’s got to stock the meat coolers; someone’s

got to ring up the lucky customer who bought a delicious LC Cattle Company ribeye; and someone’s got to take inventory of how many of Steer X’s steaks are leftover.

At every single step along the way, the good folks at LC Cattle, the feed-

“The Tank Toad closes the loop on responsible water management, enabling the rancher to confidently push higher gross product and lease pasture farther out.” – Damon Printz, Meadowlark Solutions they can text it and it will text them back.”

Producers will need hardware plus one of the two network service options. The company offers a three-month season lease at $170 per month, a six-month season lease at $100 per month and a 12-month season lease at $65 per month.

Producers are able to set up the system with no app required. It provides daily water level reports and is easy to set up via phone or text – producers can text back anytime for another reading throughout the day.

System benefits The system is engineered, designed and pro-

yard and Albertsons may be working with bankers, insurance agents, government workers, accountants, land surveyors, businessmen/women, rangeland consultants, industry organizations such as the local Farm Bureau or stockgrowers association, engineers, heck, they may even work with a media and marketing minded

person like me to communicate THEIR story to the person who threw a piece of Steer X on the grill last night.

The crazy thing? There’s a good chance I missed an ag employee or two along the way while explaining everyone who works together for Steer X’s life.

The long-winded explanation above shows just how

duced by ranchers for ranchers and has excellent tech support. In addition to providing producers an ease of mind and saving time, the system offers several other benefits.

“We have well control capabilities – if producers have a long link between the tank and the well with multiple miles of pipeline, we can actually control that, where a lot of other people can’t,” Printz explains. “Because people can kind of set this up themselves, it’s a lot cheaper to install – producers aren’t paying for the far agriculture has come since Jefferson wrote the quote I shared at the beginning of this column, back in 1787. It’s seen technological advances allowing us to feed more people than ever before. It’s grown into a vast industry spanning from sea to shining sea.

It employs countless people who wouldn’t have had

whole tech and a sales person. The system is efficient and geared towards ranchers who know how to use a screw gun and know what a two by four is.”

“We have units everywhere,” he notes. “There are units in Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and right on the Canadian border.”

The company anticipates demand but has a goal to lease another 100 units throughout the country in the coming year.

“Many producers use our system to save time and miles traveled, but it’s really a part of the water management solution,” Printz explains. “The Tank Toad closes the loop on responsible water management, enabling the rancher to confidently push higher gross product and lease pasture farther out.”

At the end of the day, producers no longer have to guess anymore, because they have the ability to be up to date within an hour of what the water level is with this system, Printz concludes.

“People end up paying for this Tank Toad 100 times over because they can increase their herd size by 10 or 20 percent and they can get cheaper land,” he says. “It ends up saving producers time and money.”

For more information, visit tanktoad.com.

Brittany Gunn is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net. their job back in 1787 or even 1987 – and, as someone who’s a cubicle cultivator, I’m incredibly grateful for.

In the coming weeks, I hope to enlighten you on other pencil and plow pushers, just like myself, so you can understand and appreciate the importance of every agriculturist out there working to feed and clothe you.

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OBITUARIES

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Martha G. "Marty" Perue Feb. 22, 1933 – March 20, 2022

Funeral services are scheduled for April 8, for Carbon County native and long-time Saratoga resident Martha “Marty” Perue, 89, who passed away March 20, in the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper after suffering a massive stroke earlier in the day.

The memorial service will be conducted by Rev. Steven Niccolls and family members in the First Presbyterian Church of Saratoga at 11 a.m., followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall hosted by the Deacons. Music will be under the guidance of family friend Teense Willford. Burial will be in the family plot of the Saratoga Cemetery following the reception.

Martha Genevieve Brown was born Feb. 22, 1933, in Rawlins, to Elwood

(Mike) Lyle Brown and Celia Genevieve (Butler) Brown and grew up in Rawlins. Following her father’s death when she was 15 years old, she was raised by her mother and step-father Fred Bomar.

She graduated from Rawlins High School with the class of 1950 and lived in both Rawlins and Laramie for many years. She was married to Dale E. Williams June 6, 1957 in Laramie and resided in this city as well as Cheyenne, Denver, Colo. and Omaha, Neb., before moving to Saratoga in 1973.

Marty worked as bookkeeper for The Saratoga Sun for two years before marrying publisher R. Richard “Dick” Perue on Dec. 20, 1975 in the Saratoga Presbyterian Church. She then became business manager and co-owner of the newspaper, print shop and stationary store, and later was partner in Perue Printing, FrameWork and Historical Reproductions by Perue.

Always active in church and community, Marty was: – A member, elder and treasurer of the Saratoga Presbyterian Church as well as sang in the choir and served on the Memorial Committee for many years

and belonged to Ladies Aid and Presbyterian Women.

– One of the organizers of the Community Choir and sang with the group for years.

– Along with husband Dick, named as an honorary life member of the Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce, plus a charter member of the Snowy Range Ambassadors and headed the beautify Saratoga committee and the Centennial parade organizers.

– Charter member of Saratoga Soroptimist and served as local, state and national officers as well as often the leading lady during the many dinner theater productions presented by the organization. In 1987 she was selected for the Wyoming Woman of Achievement nominee from Saratoga.

– A member and supporter of the Saratoga Historical & Cultural Association and Museum, American Legion Auxiliary, Panther Pusher Booster Club and University of Wyoming Cowboy Joe Club.

– An avid golfer, winner and officer of the Saratoga Ladies Golf Association.

Marty was admired for her sunny disposition, wit

and laughter, friendliness and willingness to assist when needed, especially with children and grandchildren. She is remembered as a loving wife, dedicated mother and devoted and supportive grandmother. For the past 40 years she has devoted her life to assisting her son Fred who was severely injured in a pickup wreck.

Preceding her in death were her mother Celia Bomar, father Mike Brown, step-father Fred Bomar, sister Shirley Fisher, son-in-law Mike Clark and great-granddaughter Mirralyne Williams.

She is survived by husband Dick Perue; four children, Lanette Clark of Mundelein, Ill., Fred, Kathy and Alan Williams, all of Saratoga; step-son Paul Perue of Saratoga; grandchildren, Michelle Zimmermann, Michael Clark, David, Nicholas and Darian Williams and Tyler Williams; step-grandchildren, Rachel Lewis, Heather Cunningham, Anelyse Perue, Tess Perue, Rachel Branch, Kameron and David Capozzoli; 31 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and numerous other family members and friends.

Memorials may be made in her memory to the Saratoga Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 116, Saratoga, WY 82331.

Cremation has taken place under the direction of Jacoby Funeral Home of Rawlins.

Fertilizer prices on the rise The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) welcomed initiatives to strengthen domestic fertilizer production in a press release on March 14.

“By enacting policies encouraging safe, abundant and affordable supplies of natural gas, which is the

chief feedstock for nitrogen production, ensuring permitting of production plants is streamlined and adding phosphate and potash to the Department of the Interior’s Critical Mineral list, policymakers can also support this vital industry,” the TFI press

release stated.

TFI said it looks forward to providing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with data during the public comment period. Most fertilizers continue to be considerably higher in price than one year earlier.

Monoammonium phosphate is now 45 percent more expensive, 10-34-0 is 47 percent higher, diammonium phosphate is 58 percent more expensive, urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN)28 is 84 percent higher, UAN32 is 89 percent more expensive, urea is 92 percent higher, potash is 99 percent more expensive

and anhydrous is 127 percent higher compared to last year.

Data Transmission Network (DTN) surveys more than 300 retailers to compile the DTN Fertilizer Index each week. In addition to national averages, MyDTN subscribers can access the full DTN Fertilizer Index, which includes state averages, by visiting mydtn.com/.

USDA announced on March 11 it will support fertilizer production to address the rising cost of nutrients.

To read the announcement and view nitrogen, phosphorus and potash outlooks, visit dtnpf.com/.

Dwight Homer France April 3, 1947 – March 22, 2022

Dwight Homer France, of Encampment, made his final departure into the heavenly skies on March 22.

Dwight was born on April 3, 1947 to John Walker France and Marie Wells France in Rawlins.

Unbeknownst to his parents and doctor, he was a twin. Dwight was polite enough to let his brother Sherrod be born first.

He attended school in Rawlins, graduating from Rawlins High School in 1965. He then attended the University of Wyoming (UW), where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1970, he graduated from UW with a degree in business administration. After graduation he returned to Rawlins where he worked for his father at the Rawlins National Bank. He graduated from the Colorado School of Banking in 1976.

Dwight caught the flying bug early in life when he learned whichever brother mowed the lawn got to fly his dad’s Cessna 180. In 1975, he started his very successful air charter service, France Flying Service. He chartered passengers all over the U.S. and flew nearly 40,000 hours during his long career.

He particularly enjoyed the wildlife studies and telemetry work he did with many biologists and scientists. In 2011, the Wildlife Society honored him with its Citizen of the Year award. He retired the same year and moved to

Encampment.

Dwight served both the Rawlins Fire Department and Carbon County Fire Department for many years. He was the Carbon County Fire Warden for 17 years and volunteered with the Encampment/ Riverside Fire Department after his retirement.

On July 7, 1984, Dwight and Candace Carroll were married in Encampment. Their daughter Jane Marie was born in 1986.

Dwight was an avid outdoorsman. He was happiest when outdoors fishing, elk hunting or cruising forest roads for blue grouse. He strived to be the first person to make it to Hog Park Reservoir each spring, whether

by Super Cub or his old pickup. He and his fishing buddy/brother-in-law Dennis Cook spent many lazy summer days fishing for walleye on Seminoe Reservoir. He loved UW football games, was a lifetime member of the UW Alumni Association (AA) and former UWAA board member.

Recently, he had been under the care of the wonderful staff at Aspen Wind Assisted Living and Davis Hospice in Cheyenne.

He was preceded in death by his parents and nephew Jon France.

Survivors include his wife Candace, daughter Jane (Ross Hinschberger); brother Sherrod (Janet); niece Dawn Meyer (Tim); nephew Copper (Tara); niece Natalie (Jon); his brother and sister-in-law Dennis and Jana Cook; and four great-nieces.

A celebration of Dwight’s life will be held April 3, his birthday, at the Grand Encampment Opera House, beginning at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Carbon County Fire Department or UW Alumni Association.

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OBITUARIES

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Robert "Bob" Cheney Jan. 1, 1959 – March 21, 2022

Robert “Bob” Cheney, a fifth-generation rancher and pilot in Natrona County, passed away from complications of open-heart bypass surgery on March 21. Bob was born Jan. 1, 1959 in Casper, the son of William “Bill” Cheney and Patricia “Pat” Cheney.

Bob’s early education was at Poison Spider school where he excelled in athletics, playing most all major sports, being selected to participate in the Amateur Athletic Union games in track and field.

Later, Bob was an outstanding saddle bronc

rider in the Wyoming High School Rodeo Association while attending Natrona County High School, graduating in 1977.

Bob also competed in multiple rodeo events in the National Little Britches Rodeo Association, where in 1977 he became the World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider. In 1977, he competed in the Nestea High School Rodeo Challenge in Denver, where he won the saddle bronc riding and was awarded the Larry Mahan King of Rodeo Award by Larry Mahan, himself.

He had multiple college scholarship offers, but turned them all down to pursue his life’s dream of ranching.

After high school, Bob competed in and judged the saddle bronc riding in the Wyoming Rodeo Association and in the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association in the Mountain States Circuit.

Bob worked the family ranch from the time he was 12 years old and purchased the ranch from his parents, Bill and Pat in 1987. Real-

Donald Dean Benson June 16, 1930 – March 18, 2022

Donald Dean Benson passed away peacefully on March 18 surrounded by family in Laramie.

Don was born June 16, 1930 in Potter, Neb. to Jesse and Mabel Benson. The family moved to Laramie during his childhood and Don called Laramie home for the remainder of his life.

Don married Joan Otterson on Aug. 16, 1952 and the two later completed their family by welcoming Janet, Jay and Jane into the world. In 1986, Don and family lost their beloved wife and mother to an untimely passing.

Don found love again with Mary Sims (nee Irene), and they were married on Nov. 6, 1987. Their marriage blended two adult families to which both Don and Mary became an integral part of each other’s family’s lives.

In the late 1970s, Don and Joan had begun the construction of their cabin, Aspen Gold, at Boulder Ridge. The whole family helped build the beginnings of the cabin by hand, though most of the effort was Don’s.

Don and Mary continued to work on the cabin through

the years and spent much of their time there enjoying the serenity. The cabin is a treasured creation of craftsmanship and beauty. Don’s legacy will always live on in the cabin as a true reflection of the skilled, dedicated and hardworking man he was.

Don proudly served in the U.S. Army National Guard and was the recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star during the Korean War. He went on to be a dedicated employee for 41 years as a foreman for the Wyoming Department of Transportation.

Don was a family man, a true gentleman, a good friend, meticulous, wise and had a kind heart with kind eyes to match.

Don is preceded in death by his parents, brother Gene Benson, daughter Janet Benson, son Olin Sims, grandsons Kailan and Cody Drummond and Rusty Sims and granddaughters Jennifer Jones and Brooke Sims.

He is survived by his loving wife Mary; son Jay (Pam) Benson; daughter Jane Drummond; son Scott (April) Sims; daughter Denise (Larry) Loose; daughter-in-law Tammy Sims; grandchildren Carrie (Brandon) Schimelpfenig, Joshua Benson, Spencer (Teal) Benson, Carrie Jones, Shanon (Melinda) Sims, Kendra Sims (Josh Keller), Tyler (Elise) Sims; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and extended family.

Memorial service was held March 26 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Military Honors by the Wyoming National Guard.

izing his dream of ranching, carrying on the legacy until the time of his passing.

He dedicated 51 years of his life to being one of the best examples of stewardship of the land and his cattle.

Bob introduced new genetics into his herd over the years on many occasions and produced what many believe to be some of the best cattle in Wyoming. He was never afraid of talking to any

cowman whom he thought had better cattle to help him improve his own cattle and operation. Bob was a man of his word, and his handshake was unmistakably genuine and if he had business with you, it sealed the deal.

Bob learned to fly from his father Bill Cheney and became a private pilot on March 17, 1984, and always made it a point to fly on that date each year after receiving his private pilot’s license.

One of his joys was to carry on the family tradition of checking or locating livestock for all in the community as well as predator control for his ranch and those of his fellow ranch-

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ers. Bob purchased his own airplane in 2008 and started flying often, piloting tail draggers exclusively for nearly 38 years and amassing over 1,550 hours of pilot in command flight time. He excelled at off-airport operations and did not enjoy having to use the aviation radios, taking great pride in the fact his tires rarely touched the pavement.

Bob enjoyed being horseback the most, as well as flying. He also enjoyed rodeo, camping in the mountains, hunting coyotes out of the airplane and hunting and fishing, especially in Alaska.

Bob was preceded in death by his grandparents

and father. He is survived by his daughter Peggy Cheney, life partner Gilda Lara, mother Pat Cheney, brother Dan Cheney, Gilda’s children Hayes Merritt and Lara Rattarree, as well as numerous cousins, extended family and countless friends.

Visitation was held at Bustards & Jacoby Funeral Home on March 27, from 1 p.m to 4 p.m. With services held at the Casper Wyoming Elks Lodge on March 28.

Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Bustard & Jacoby Funeral Home.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Bob, visit bustardcares.com.

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From the Kitchen Table

By Lynn Harlan Young Guns It’s shearing season in the Rocky Mountains, and ranch-

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finish up this annual chore.

There is still time left for spring storms to muster up some badly needed moisture, and many sheep left to shear.

The weather man predicts April, “the cruelest month” from the T.S. Eliot poem, will do exactly that.

I didn’t grow up in the sheep business – I just had a rudimentary knowledge of sheep ranching and had no idea of their importance to the history of Wyoming. Yes, sheep roots run deep. With sheep come the yearly nuisance, shearing.

When to shear? When can you get a crew to come shear?

When’s the next storm? These questions all come together at the same time. The spring storms of 1973 and 1984 were particularly harmful in this region for shorn/about to be shorn sheep. A saying in this country is, “You’re always just one or two blizzards away from green grass.” We still have a band of sheep to shear so we’ll see what we can do about moisture.

In the very early years of shearing at the Harlan Ranch, the crews were local men, but in my husband Bob’s early memories there were Mexican crews who came up out of Texas. One recollection Bob shares is he was sent up in the

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Zealand and Australian shearers were not able to travel over to America to shear because of the restrictions placed upon them when they returned, if they could return home.

One of them is Shamus.

Living in Minneapolis, with not a sniff of agricultural background, Shamus made it West with a couple of summer jobs, then a friend suggested he try shearing sheep.

Jumping into it cold turkey in Worland, a couple of winters ago with George Kerr as his mentor and boss, Shamus just celebrated shearing 200 sheep in a day. He hopes to make the world tour someday, following the shearing season into Europe, Australia, New Zealand and back to America.You can follow his exploits on “Famous Shamus Experience” on YouTube.

A local Kaycee boy, Matt, grew up with a few less obstacles. His dad, from New Zealand, married a Kaycee gal.

His dad did a little shearing, but Matt really started after high school “rousing” with the local shearing contractor, Dave Foley.

Rousing, or wool handling, is the job alongside the shearing trailer where you gather the fleeces into the compactor, to make a bale of wool encased in a nylon bag.

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morning to milk the cow, and he was a little apprehensive about all these strange men who had arrived and slept in a big trailer. One of the Mexicans came over and told Bob he would milk the cow if he could have a glass of milk.

He milked the cow, not Bob’s favorite thing anyway, went over to the trailer, and got a glass. He came back and enjoyed a warm glass of milk.

By the time I came along, there were crews of highly efficient New Zealand and Australian shearers who did a bang-up job. Our shearing contractor was a true gentleman named Dale Aagard, from Worland. He was an innovator in the shearing business in our region.

For a young man growing up in New Zealand or Australia, countries still admiring an agricultural lifestyle, shearing is a career choice, a prestigious job. It’s also a way to see the world. In America, shearing is a lost art becoming more popular with young folks as it affords them a way to make good money and enjoy a certain lifestyle.

I’ve visited with some young American shearers this season. Several of them have been able to move up with the hole left by COVID-19 and the pandemic. Many New

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Matt started out shearing five head at the end of the day, then 10, then spent a year in Australia honing his craft.

Another local boy, James, grew up on the Meike ranch, east of Kaycee. He was introduced to plenty of sheep workings there but never dreamed he would end up a shearer. He went to college, worked in the oil patch for a couple of years, and was hanging around town when Dave asked if he wanted to come work a few days trimming the wool around the ewe’s face, or wool blinding. The Rambouillet breed of sheep is prone to heavy wool on the face, and it can sometimes limit the ewe’s eyesight.

Armed with a handpiece, this was James’ first introduction to shearing. Working alongside Dave’s son, Jason, James was able to fine-tune his strokes, and now he and Matt are having several “300” days in a season.

There are ladies who are cracking out in the shearing world. I visited with Phoebe, from Oregon, who after eight months is shearing about 70 ewes a day. She got into shearing “just to see if she could do it,” and doubts it will be a life long career, but she’ll be able to shear her own sheep. I know several gals who started out wool handling, then got into shearing for the extra money. You have to be strong to handle a ewe in the shearing trailer, but you hold a sheep in a certain way to relax them, and they won’t fight. Girls, you got this!

I am proud to see these young Americans take on this trade. Heck, maybe sheep ranching does have a future! Sheep are getting to be known as “agriculturally sustainable,” they have the super power of turning forage into wool, and more folks are enjoying the taste of American lamb. They do need a haircut once a year, and every rancher breathes a sigh of relief when the last snowy white ewe is turned out on the growing green grass to build a coat for another winter. Hey, we can always hope! About the green grass, I mean.

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It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

Foiled Again I swear, sometimes I think a lobotomized Suffolk sheep has more brains than our public servants. Have you seen the Forest Service’s latest answer to saving our national forests?

While the KNP Complex fire in California was raging out of control, it burned and killed 20 percent of the world’s old growth Sequoia trees. As the fire got close to one of the world's oldest trees, a tree called General Sherman, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) knew

exactly what to do and raced into action. They wrapped the base of General Sherman in aluminum foil to protect it from the flames.

So now instead of managing our forests properly, I suppose USFS stands at the ready with tin foil in hand to save our forests. The way our national forests have been burning every summer and autumn you might want to buy stock in Reynold’s Wrap before next fire season.

The insanity is everywhere. I live on the edge of

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a state park where greenies ride their electric bikes with wheels about the same size as those on the old Honda 90s environmentalists banned from the same trails. Funny thing is, those electric bikes with their oversized tires make the same ruts as the fossil fuel powered Honda 90s did, but the Honda 90 riders were seen as despoilers of Mother Earth while the bike riders are seen as green because their bikes run on batteries instead of fossil fuel.

Sometimes I wonder what we’re going to do with all those batteries when they go deader than a roadkill armadillo and start oozing whatever it is ruining countless alarm clocks and flashlights? I suppose we could just stack all those old batteries next to all the spent uranium 235 nuclear rods

we have no idea what to do with which have a radioactive half-life of only 700 million years.

There is yet another nearby state park where I frequently walk where the trails are cluttered with trees which blew down in a violent windstorm years ago.

Park employees cut the trees into 30-inch lengths and then just left them there to rot. An acquaintance loaded up one of these chunks in his pickup which he intended to use as a base for his anvil.

On his way out of the park he was pulled over by a park cop and given a ticket and a hefty fine and was told to put the wood back where he picked it up. On my last walk I noticed this chunk of wood is still decomposing and providing a nice home for bugs and termites emitting carbon and contributing

to climate change.

In my county you have to get a permit to cut down a tree on your own property, even if it’s a pine tree slowly turning brown because the bark beetles are trying to kill them all. Because few people want to go through the hassle of getting a permit, not to mention paying for one, there are far too many rotting trees which just attract more beetles, and all the deadfall will serve as kindling for the next massive wildfire to decimate Western forests.

In yet another move to save our forests, the National Park Service has made it illegal to climb on any tree in all U.S. national parks.

Many state parks and several municipalities have also banned tree climbing even though I’ve yet to hear of a single tree dying due to an adolescent tree climber.

We’re doing all these ridiculous things in the name of climate change and to reduce the amount of CO2 in the air, you know, the stuff every human on earth expels all day, every day for the duration of their life? You know the stuff plants need in order to grow?

While our government is busy devising new ways to tax and regulate everyone’s carbon footprint to prevent the temperature of the earth from going higher, or lower, one or two degrees, like it has done countless times in the history of the earth, there is a simpler solution. If everyone would just stop breathing for four minutes, the cancer – being humanity – would be cured instantaneously. But don’t forget to wrap yourself in tin foil, or your dead body could still emit carbon as you decay.

Workplace Safety Contracts provides Wyoming businesses support for equipment and training expenses Cheyenne – On March 16, the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (WDWS) released an update regarding the Workplace Safety Contracts, otherwise known as the Safety Improvement Fund. The program is set to help Wyoming businesses implement health and safety training programs, or assist with the purchase of safety equipment.

Who is eligible and how to apply?

The Wyoming Safety Improvement Fund is open to registered Wyoming businesses in good standing of the Wyoming Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment Insurance, if required and with the Wyoming Secretary of State Office, if required.

The fund allows businesses to apply for up to $10,000 each fiscal year, between July 1 and June 30. A 10 percent match is required of the business to provide safety enhancements.

There is a training application and an equipment application businesses can apply for. Applications can be submitted via mail to Workers’ Compensation Safety Improvement Fund, 5221 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82002 or e-mailed to businessrisk@ wyo.gov.

Applications are evaluated on the business’s safety needs on a first-come, firstserved basis.

How it works Once an application is approved, the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services will write a contract and provide a one installment payment. Once the contract is executed and the employer is registered with the State Auditor’s Office, payment is issued. Invoices and proof of purchases must be provided within 90 days of the contract execution, shares the Wyoming Workforce website.

Applications requesting non-allowable items such as capital construction; any and all first aid equipment

employee wages or benefits; and assessments, testing and certification exams not included in the cost of training will be automatically denied.

To date, retractable lifelines; safety harnesses and lanyards; trauma straps; sonetics headsets; ice cleats; salt spreaders; calf catchers; loading chutes; evacuation chairs and patient lifts; hi-lo tables; and statpacks have been funded with Safety Improvement Funds.

Application deadlines Applications are reviewed and approved on a quarterly basis. The next application deadline is April 5. The following deadlines are July 5, Oct. 4 and Jan. 7.

Businesses who participate in the program are

required to submit a report 365 days after the contract becomes effective and must include; a narrative describing the effectiveness of the funding on health and safety within the business; an injury and fatality data; and receipts for allowed expenses.

Industry support “I appreciate the department focusing on finding ways for employers to continually strive to improve safety,” shares Wyoming Business Alliance and Wyoming Heritage Foundation President Cindy DeLancey.

“Safety is a cornerstone for all businesses and industries in Wyoming. To be able to have agencies so committed to working with Wyoming businesses to try to provide opportunity and improve

safety is so welcomed and appreciated.”

“The program is really beneficial for employers, especially in this day and age where everybody is tight with their money from budget cuts after COVID-19,” added WDWS Risk Management Manager Lauren White. “This is a great opportunity for employers to take advantage of some funding to help them improve the safety in their workplace.”

For more information regarding the program, visit wyomingworkforce.org/businesses/workerscomp/sif/.

Brittany Gunn is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.

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Both parents are excellent tempered. Mother Rosie is the sweetest ever and dad Roscoe is a fun, loving, bouncy boy. Both are great ranch dogs. Ready to go on April 9.

Text or call 701-260-1207. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds ....... 4/9 LIVESTOCK GUARDIANS, KARAKACHAN/AKBASH PUPPIES, born out with the sheep. They are being raised with sheep, horses, chickens, ducks, other dogs and cats. Socialized but not being raised as pets. Will be eight weeks old on April 2.

For more information, call 307-532-1907 or visit www. ifiveinc.com ................... 4/2

ALL TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE FINANCING. Great service!! Great rates!!

Call Chuck Brown at C. H. Brown Co. WY LLC, 307-3223232 (office), 307-331-0010 (cell), or e-mail chuckbrown@ wyoming.com....................4/2

GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES: Proven bloodlines, parents onsite, ranch raised with livestock and ready to go to work!! Have been raising these fantastic LGD for 40+ years. $1,000. For more information, call 406-207-7674...........4/16

Request A Quote: 307-877-7570 | info@wurx.us

We have LOTS of hunters and we pay top $$ to ranchers.

DCPC Varmint Hunts Est. 1997 Call Dick • 406-366-3858

FOR SALE 35 PAIRS: Bull bred Black Angus middle aged cows. Calving in February/ March. Perform very well on grass without creep or implants. Calves will weigh 700 lbs. by mid October, $2,000/ pair. Call 406-833-0202 ... 4/2

Powder River Angus

Financial Services

Visit us online at wurx.us for more information and to learn how we can complete your project.

GOT DOGS??

REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RHC AND LHH. Very rare. Can use one iron. Renewed to Jan. 2031, $5,000 OBO. Call 307-7512336 ...................................... 4/2

GERMAN SHORTHAIRED PUPPIES: Ready to go!! Pups are well socialized, current on vaccinations, crate trained and have been exposed to birds. Pups will go home with a health certificate, our 1 year health guarantee against any life threatening genetic defects, 2 year hip guarantee and AKC papers. $600. Call 605-216-5533. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ...................... 4/9

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Angus

Cattle

Bulls Born & Raised Where Corn Don’t Grow!

Calving Ease and Performance bulls available in volume!

Bulls are available now and will be sold on a first come first served basis. The offering can be viewed at the ranch or feel free to give us a call and we will work with you to ensure you get the bulls you are looking for.

Volume Discounts • Free Delivery • PAP Tested Fertility Tested • First Breeding Season Guarantee

Powder River Angus Neal & Amanda Sorenson • Spotted Horse, WY 307.736.2260 (h) • 307.680.7359 (c) nasorenson@rangeweb.net www.powderriverangus.com YEARLING AND 2-YEAROLD ANGUS BULLS: Offering sons of Sitz Resilient, Ox Bow Ozzie, E&B Plus One, Mohnen Substantial, B3R Electorate, Baldridge Alternative, Hoover Dam, GAR Home Town and FRANK Medicine Man. Strong selection of heifer bulls. The bulls will have BSEs completed in March. First year breeding guarantee. Contact Dan Frank, Horse Creek Angus, 307-4214022, horsecreekangus@ gmail.com. Videos and full EPDs available at www.horsecreekangus.com .............4/23 EXCELLENT YOUNG VIRGIN ANGUS BULLS: Perfect for first calving, $1,500-$1,700 per head. Extra good volume deals.

Delivered free. Trexler’s, Hill City, KS, 785-421-5706 or 785421-8311.............................4/9 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 ..........4/23 15 REGISTERED ANGUS YEARLING VIRGIN BULLS: Fed to grow 2 to 2.5 lbs./day.

Not fattened. Will go on and breed cows and grow. For more information, call 307-660-5755 ..........................................4/16

Red Angus REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE: Have 2-year-old bulls ready to go now and yearling bulls ready late spring. Delivery available.

For more information, call CLR Red Angus, Dan Robertson, 307-431-1013 ..... 4/2 BIG, STOUT RED ANGUS YEARLING BULLS: Silver Bow, Make Mimi, Detour and Moonshine. Low birthweight and high weaning weight. Will feed until May. Private treaty sales for the 28th year. Call Shepherd Red Angus, Cody, WY 406-6986657 or 307-578-8741 ........ 4/9 RED ANGUS HIGH-ELEVATION YEARLING BULLS FOR SALE IN NORTHEASTERN UTAH: Sires are 5L, Crump, Sutherlin Farms and K2 Red Angus. Will be trich and semen tested and will be fed for free until May 1. $2,000/head. Bar Lazy TL Ranch, David, 435828-1320, barlazytlranch@ gmail.com .....................5/28

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Livestock Equipment

Red Angus

Limousin

Horses

Hay & Feed

REGISTERED RED ANGUS 2-YEAR-OLD, sleep all night heifer bull. Thickness and length, good feet. Registration# 4293787, 9 Mile Franchise grandson. Will fertility test prior to pick up. ALSO, yearling bulls available about May 1. Call 307-461-7023. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ............................... 4/2

REGISTERED LIMOUSIN AND LIM-FLEX BULLS FOR SALE: Two-year-old, 18-month-olds and yearlings. Raising registered Limousin for over 50 years. Good dispositions, out of popular AI sires. Complete set of weights, measurements and EPDs. Waddle Limousin, Pine Bluffs, WY. Call 307-245-3599 ........................................ 4/16

HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, grass and grass/alfalfa mix, big square bales, round bales and small square bales. All sizes, all qualities and all quantities. ALSO HAVE CORNSTALKS FOR SALE. Delivery available!! Call 307-630-3046 .................... 4/16

SimAngus

Gelbvieh

14 REGISTERED SIMANGUS BULLS FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY: GE-EPDs, PAP tested twice, semen, trich and SC. Foot rot vaccination. EPDs and test results available upon request. Located in Center, CO. Call Jacob Pargin, 970-7645738, jacobpargin@yahoo. com ..................................4/23

,NINE BAR NINE GELBVIEH

LAMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEGACY HORSE SALE!! Join the legacy. Lamar Community College has been training high quality performance and ranch horses since the 1970s. JOIN US ON SAT., APRIL 30 AT 12 P.M. b IN LAMAR, CO TO SHOP HIGH QUALITY HORSES. Mark your calendars and follow our social media pages to stay up to date on the Lamar Community College Legacy Horse Sale. Previews will be Fri., April 29 at 4 p.m. and Sat., April 30 at 9 a.m.

Call Ryan Bray, 719-336-6663 or Savanna Mauch, 719-3361624..................................4/16

S I M M E N TA L / S I M A N G U S BULLS FOR SALE: Yearlings, 18-month-olds and 2-year-olds.

Sired by S A V Rainfall, E W A Peyton, Baldridge Bronc, W B F Iron Clad, Gibbs Deacon, Gibbs Broad Range, Koch Big Timber, T J Teardrop and sons of Gibbs Pirate, WC United, Crouthamel Protocol. Call James, 970-3968791..................................4/23 SIMANGUS BULLS: Bred to be productive members of your herd. 3H Simmental Ranch, Plains, MT. Contact Alan, 503931-6815 or 3HSimmental@ gmail.com ........................4/23

Hereford HEREFORD BULLS FOR SALE: Bred to produce top baldy calves. Balanced trait genetics. Reasonably priced.

See us on the web at www. mcmurrycattle.com, for pedigrees, photos and videos. BUY NOW! Call 406254-1247 (house), leave message or 406-697-4040 (cell). E-mail mcmurrycattle@gmail.com ............ 4/23 HEREFORD BULLS FOR SALE: Home of the Champion Pen of Bulls at the 2021 Wyoming State Fair. Big, stout, sound Hereford bulls with calving ease and high growth potential. Lots of pigment and no extra white. Get 30-40 lbs. bigger weaning weights on your baldy calves through the heterosis factor from these bulls. BUY WYOMING FIRST!! Gene Stillahn, Sticks & Stones Ranch, 307421-1592 ...................... 4/23

Limousin 2-year-old registered Limousin Bulls

Yearling Gelbvieh Bulls Available: 2 Red Bulls 4 Black Bulls

307-351-6453 ninebar9@hotmail.com

Longhorn REGISTERED LONGHORN BULLS FOR SALE: Solid blacks and a few solid reds.

Wyoming Longhorn Ranch, please call 307-548-7111 or 307-272-7171 .....................4/2

Family Nurse Cows BROWN SWISS BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE: Will calve March and April. Bred to Brown Swiss bull. 10-way BVD and pneumonia, recently poured with Ivomec. TB tested and current health papers. Nice, gentle, outside cattle, in good shape and well fed. Delivery options available. For pictures or more information, call Larry W. Carlson, 605-224-6100 (home) or 605-280-3879 (cell) if no answer leave message.

Pierre, S.D. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................................. 4/9

Custom Feeding FEED AND FACILITIES: Background calves and winter cows.

Conveniently located on I-90 between Mitchell and Sioux Falls, S.D. Cedar Creek Feedyard, Salem, S.D., call 605770-8189 ............................4/9

Custom Processing USDA MEAT PROCESSING: State of the art facility just EXPANDED AND HAS OPENINGS FOR beef processing.

Short notice available. Call today to schedule your dates, 970-240-4329, www.kinikin. com ....................................4/2

S u b S c r i b e T o day ! c a l l 800-967-1647 Pasture Wanted

PASTURE WANTED FOR 2,000 YEARLINGS AND 500 PAIRS. Can be split into smaller bunches. Call 701-523-1235 ........................................ 4/23 Joe Freund 303/341-9311 Joey Freund 303/475-6062

Pat Kelley 303/840-1848

REGISTERED LIMOUSIN BULLS FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY: Solid 18-month-old registered purebreds from a dedicated fall calving herd. Economically priced and ready to work. Honest cattle from an honest program, backed by customer service. Call to receive a catalog and visit about how our Limousin can benefit you. Ferrat Ranch Limousin, Toston, MT, John, 406949-7911, ferratranch@gmail. com ..................................... 4/23

LOOKING TO RENT OR LEASE PASTURE FOR 50 cow/calf pairs for 2022 season. Preferably northeastern Wyoming. Call 307-660-0294 or leave message ...................4/2 WANTED: 2022 summer pasture for 125 cow/calf pairs.

Would like from May 1 until Dec. 15 or any time frame in between. Any number of cattle per pasture, would not have to all go to one pasture. ALSO, in search of farm ground, farms to lease or a ranch to lease on a short-term or long-term basis.

Please contact 307-250-6900, leave message or text ......TFN

Ranch Lease Wanted LOOKING FOR RANCH/PASTURE TO LEASE/WORKING PARTNERSHIP in S.D., WY, NE, TX, OK, IA, MO, KS, NM, NV. Don’t mind where or how remote. David Tanner, 352807-8203, roughridecattleservices@yahoo.com ..........4/23

BEST OF THE BIG HORNS HORSE SALE, APRIL 16, Buffalo Livestock Auction, 44 TW Rd., Buffalo, WY. Online bidding thru www.cattleusa. com, register 3 days prior to sale. Contact Ellen Allemand 307-751-8969 or Kay Lynn Allen 406-697-5882. Visit us on Facebook for updates ......4/9

Saddles & Tack SPRING’S HERE!! BOOT UP AT MOSS SADDLES, BOOTS AND TACK!! SAVE ON BOOTS!!! HONDO, BOULET, JUSTIN CASUAL SHOES AND WORK BOOTS, TWISTED X (boots and shoes) and more!!

Something for everyone!!

GREAT selection of GIFTS for GRADUATION and MOTHER’S DAY!! WE CAN ship!! Shop Moss Saddles, Boots and Tack, 4648 West Yellowstone Highway, Casper, WY; 307472-1872. Our family serving yours for 50 years!! Check us out on Facebook or our website .....................................4/2

HAY FOR SALE: 2021 third cutting alfalfa/orchard grass, alfalfa/grass, pasture grass hay, all in net-wrapped round bales. 2021 horse hay in small squares. 2021 CRP clean/ green, sprayed in the spring for weeds. 2021 Haybet barley. 2021 milo, 12% protein, RFV 287 and TDN 69. 2021 baled corn silage has net wrap under the outside plastic wrap. 2020 first cutting alfalfa, alfalfa/grass, alfalfa/oats/ millet, alfalfa/oats all in netwrapped round bales. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, 701-690-8116, please send a text if no answer or keep trying ......... 4/2 GOOD SUPPLY OF PREMIUM QUALITY STRAW in large square 3x4 bales. Delivered by the truckload. Volume discounts available. E-mail redriverforagesales@gmail. com, call/text Dustin, 1-204209-1066 ........................ 4/2

Hay & Feed ROUND BALES OF ALFALFA FOR SALE: Lexington, NE, $180/ton for 30 bale loads. Discounts available for large orders. You haul on your schedule. Contact Shotkoski Hay Company, 308-324-4193 or shothay@yahoo.com .... 4/23 HAY FOR SALE: 600 tons grass hay. 3x4x8 bales, 1,200 lbs. Call 307-780-7027, Lyman, WY......................... 4/9

Call Kevin McClurg, Big Horn Livestock Services 307-751-1828 • bighornlivestock.com

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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Bryan Warner • 307-850-7668 (cell) Vehicles & Trailers

FOR SALE: Alfalfa round bales, delivered in semi loads.

Call 308-325-5964 .......... 4/9

Equipment

HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa and grass/alfalfa mix, rounds, 3x4s and 4x4s. Good, green and good leaf retention. Excellent cow hay or horse hay.

700 tons. Trucking available.

308-430-0248 ................. 4/9

Have Equipment to Sell?

Advertise Here!

950 TONS PREMIUM MOUNTAIN GRASS HAY: No rain, stored under hay shed, 3x4x8 square bales, 1,100-1,200 lbs.

ALSO, 150 tons above average cow hay $200/ton. Some trucking available. Semi loads only. Pictures available. Mill Creek Ranch, fifth-generation ranchers. Call or text Burt, 970-596-2878, Gunnison, CO ................................. 4/2

• Handles Calves up to 300 lbs.

• Operates off tractor, bale bed or remote hydraulic unit.

Warner Ranch Seed

2016 PROSTAR INTERNATIONAL, N13 International 450 HP twin turbo diesel, 10 speed transmission, white, 6 new aluminum wheels, size 22 rubber, 75% on tires, 385,000 miles. Very nice clean truck, $56,300. Call Rob Church, 970-630-2780 ............... 4/16

ALFALFA HAY AVAILABLE: 1,500 tons, first, second and third cuttings. Hay qualifies for the USDA trucking support payment. For more information, call 402-694-9310 or 402-694-9389 ................. 4/2

$5,250

Seed

HAY FOR SALE IN NORTHEAST COLORADO: 3x4x8 square bales weighing about 1,250 lbs. Hay reports available, nitrate levels low. We have sorghum, sorghum/oats, straight oats and triticale. Pick up from the field, no delivery available. Call/text 970-4662145 ............................. 4/16

VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Wyoming and western Nebraska hay available. Call Barry McRea, 308235-5386. www.valleyvideohay.com ......................... 4/9

Rupp Hydraulic Calf Tables

Seed

Leatherwork LS CUSTOM LEATHER: Belts, tack, cell phone cases and much more!! Can personalize belts. Please visit www.lscustomleather.com. Contact Lester, 307-631-1053, leave a message ............................4/2

Livestock Equipment

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: New Holland TV6070 bidirectional tractor; John Deere 7100 12 row planter; John Deere 4440 tractor; Utility hay train; Case 580N backhoe; J&M 875 bushel grain cart; Artsway 425 grinder mixer; Modern Mill (mix mill) feed mill; Vermeer R23 rake; MF 2190 4x4 baler; Sitrex 17 wheel rake; CIH WD2504 swather with 19’ rotary head; Rogater 854 sprayer; Brandt 5200 grain vac; Mack 613 sleeper truck; IHC 80 bbl vac truck; Dragon crude oil trailer; Mobile Tech 9 yd. volumetric concrete mixer; Degelman 570 rock picker. Call 406-2541254 ............................. 4/23 WANTED: OLD CABOVER SNUB-NOSE 1930s, 1940s or 1950s truck or White 3000 in any condition, running or not. ALSO WANTED, Ford, Chevy, International or any brand. Please call 605-2903208 ............................... 4/2

Fencing LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRI-BUSINESSES SINCE 1975!! Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bedding. SEE US at w w w. l o d g e p o l e p r o d u c t s . com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! ......................... TFN

Pipe

2017 FORD 3/4 TON REGULAR CAB WITH BALE BED, 63,000 miles 6.2 liter gas, $46,000. Call Al 307-3381758 ............................... 4/9

Equipment Restoration DBL TREE TRACTOR RESTORATION LLC: Tractors, stock trailers and flatbeds, total repair, sandblast and paint.

Please call Mike, 406-9300720 ............................... 4/2

Heating Equipment ELIMINATE ● RISING ● FUEL COSTS: Clean, safe and efficient wood heat. Central Boiler Classic and E-Classic Outdoor Wood Furnace; heats multiple buildings with only 1 furnace, 25-year warranty available. Heat with wood, no splitting! Available in dual fuel ready models. www.CentralBoiler.com. WE ALSO HAVE whole house pellet/corn/biomass furnaces. Load once per month with hopper. www.

Maximheat.com. A-1 Heating Systems. Instant rebates may apply! Call today! 307742-4442. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ............................. TFN

Read it in the Roundup Pipe

OILFIELD PIPE: RPJ Enterprises, Inc. Used for fencing, corrals, cattle guards, etc. ALL SIZES!! 2 3/8 at 31.5’ long on average per joint. OTHER available sizes are 7”, 5.5”, 4.5” and 3.5” pipe in stock. Sucker rod, cut/notched posts. Delivery available. Pierce, CO. Call 970-324-4580, e-mail rpjenergy@gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ................. 4/9

HDPE Pipe for Ranch Water Systems Fair prices, good service, rancher owned.

Quantities up to a truck load.

Delivery available throughout the West.

775-657-1815

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Irrigation

Irrigation

Irrigation Systems

The choice is simple.

Good time management is essential to farming success. That’s why more farmers are turning to T-L center pivot irrigation systems. Hydrostatically powered, T-L’s simple design gives you the low maintenance time, cost, safety and reliability to let you manage your farm instead of calling electricians or replacing gearboxes. Simplify your complex world and make irrigation easier on you.

Easier On You.

Big Horn Truck and Equipment

Manderson, WY rairdenjlw@tritel.net • 800-770-6280 Property for Sale

Property for Sale

FOR SALE: Two mobile homes in Gillette, WY. On rented lots. Close to downtown and 5 blocks from the intersection of 14-16 and Douglas Highway. Call 307670-5374 ........................ 4/9 BOYD RANCH: 5,420+ total acres including BLM and state with 7 pivot sprinklers in western Montana. Located between Virginia City and Alder, MT. Great water rights. Fishing ponds with deer, elk and birds. Puts up 2,000 tons of hay. Newer buildings. A must see!! Call for price. Sidwell Land & Cattle Co., Richard Sidwell, 406-861-4426, 406322-4425 or e-mail sidwell@ sidwell-land.com ......... 4/23

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Hunting & Fishing

Hunting & Fishing

ANTLER MARKET HEATING UP!!! APRIL 7-12 PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL GRADES OF ANTLER and late season fur in the following towns and locations: APRIL 7: Newcastle 7:10-7:30 p.m., Voelker’s Body Shop. APRIL 8: Newcastle 6:30-6:50 a.m., Voelker’s Body Shop; Upton 7:20-7:40 a.m., Joe’s Grocery; Moorcroft 8:10-8:30 a.m., The Coffee Cup; Sundance 9-10 a.m., Rapid Stop; Beulah 10:20-10:45 a.m., Truck Stop (drive thru, call); Spearfish, S.D. 10:45-11:15 a.m., Butcher Shop; Belle Fourche, S.D. 11:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Runnings (NE parking lot); Aladdin 1-1:20 p.m., General Store (drive thru, call); Hulett 1:50-2:10 p.m., Tower Valley Ag Supply; Gillette 7-7:30 p.m., Rocky Mountain Sports and Howard Johnson Motel room 143 7:45-8:15 p.m. APRIL 9: Gillette 6:15-6:30 a.m., Rocky Mountain Sports (drive thru, call); Wright 7-7:20 a.m., Big D; Linch 8:108:25 a.m. (drive thru, call Greg); Sussex 8:15-8:30 a.m. (drive thru, call Greg); Kaycee 9-9:40 a.m., Sinclair; Sheridan 11-11:30 a.m., Sportsman Warehouse; Buffalo 12:30-1 p.m., Good 2 Go; Ten Sleep 2:50-3:15 p.m., Pony Express; Hyattville 3:45-4:10 p.m., Paint Rock Processing; Manderson 4:50-5 p.m., Hiway Bar; Basin 5:15-5:30 p.m., Overland Express Mart; Greybull 5:506:10 p.m., Overland Express Mart; Lovell 6:50-7:10 p.m., Good 2 Go; Powell 7:40-8 p.m., Murdoch’s. APRIL 10: Powell 7-7:30 a.m., Murdoch’s; Ralston 7:40-8 a.m., Good 2 Go; Cody 8:30-9:20 a.m., Nature’s Design Taxidermy; Meeteetse 10-10:30 a.m., Elk Horn Bar; Worland 11:30 a.m.12 p.m.; Coop One Stop; Thermopolis 12:40-1:10 p.m., Renegade Guns; Shoshoni 1:50-2:10 p.m., Powder Horn Bait; Riverton 2:45-3:30 p.m., Vic’s Body Shop (behind the dollar tree); Hudson 4-4:20 p.m., Wyoming Custom Meats; Lander 4:40-5:20 p.m., Zanders; Jeffrey City 6:20-6:35 p.m., Split Rock Café (drive thru); Muddy Gap 7-7:10 p.m., (drive thru, call); Alcova 7:50-8 p.m., (drive thru, call); Casper 8-8:30 p.m., Wagner Outdoor Sports.

APRIL 11: Casper 6:30-8 a.m., Wagner Outdoor Sports; Glenrock 8:30-8:50 a.m., east exit on I-25; Douglas 9:50-10:10 a.m., Douglas Feed; Orin Junction 10:30-10:50 p.m., Truck Stop; Lost Springs 11:15-11:30 a.m., truck pull off 1 mile east (drive thru, call); Manville 11:45 a.m.-12 p.m., Truck Stop (drive thru, call); Lusk 12:15-12:45 p.m., Decker’s Grocery; Hartville 1:30-1:45 p.m., Miner’s & Stockman’s Restaurant (drive thru); Guernsey 2-2:30 p.m., Crazy Tony’s; Wheatland 3-3:30 p.m., Wheatland Travel Center; Chugwater 4:15-4:20 p.m., Chug Chug Gas (drive thru, call); Cheyenne 5:15-5:45 p.m., Tractor Supply and 6-6:15 p.m., Home on the Range Processing (drive thru, call); Carpenter 7-7:10 p.m., Antelope Truck Stop (drive thru, call); Pine Bluffs 7:307:50 p.m., Sinclair. APRIL 12: Pine Bluffs 6:40-6:50 a.m., lot north of Sinclair; Albin 7:10-7:20 a.m., Main St. (drive thru, call Greg); LaGrange 7:30-7:40 a.m., Bear Mtn. Stage Stop (drive thru, call Greg); Hawk Springs 7:508:15 a.m., Longbranch Saloon; Lingle 8:50-9:15 a.m., Ty’s Pit Stop; Torrington 9:30-10 a.m., Gary’s Gunshop. For more information, call Greg, 308-7500700 or visit www.petskafur. net ....................................... 4/2

HORNS FOR HEROS NEEDS YOUR ANTLER to build knives. Prices are up on all antler. Best grading. Call for pricing 307-455-3272 ...... 4/2

Mineral Rights

Mineral Rights

WANT TO PURCHASE mineral and other oil/gas interests.

Send details to PO Box 13557, Denver, CO 80201 ...........2/11

THE ROUNDUP GETS RESULTS

Three Crown Petroleum

P.O. Box 774327 • Steamboat Springs, CO 80477

We Buy or Lease Minerals

970-756-4747

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Help Wanted DEVILS TOWER FOREST PRODUCTS INC., A LUMBER MANUFACTURER IN HULETT, WY, IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FULLTIME PLANER POSITION DAY SHIFT: Benefit package includes company paid medical and dental insurance (including dependents), life insurance, company-matching 401(k) retirement program, safety incentives, holiday pay and paid vacation. As an added incentive, you will receive a $500 “signing bonus” after 180 days, attendance and safety conditions apply to sign on bonus. Mandatory employment and random drug testing is conducted, DOE. Contact Joe Ortner at 307-467-5252, you can also send your application (www.neimanenterprises.com) with resume to joe.ortner@devilstowerfp.com, E.O.E. ............... 4/9

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Senate supports Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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On March 22, the Senate Commerce Committee passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA), establishing Senate committee support for shipping supply chain challenges.

OSRA would help agricultural exporters by leveling the playing field for American exports, making it harder for ocean carriers to unreasonably refuse goods ready to export at ports. The bill would place guardrails on the ocean carriers’ actions by giving the Federal Maritime Commission rulemaking authority to regulate carrier practices.

In her Senate Commerce Committee opening statement, Sen. Maria

Cantwell (D-WA) stressed the importance of passing OSRA, saying farmers don’t want special treatment, they simply don’t want to be “exploited” for profit.

“We also know here, in the Committee, these ocean shipping companies are making record profits,” she said. “They have made $150 billion in profits in 2021, and ocean import volume for the first quarter of this year is forecast to increase by more than 30 percent.”

U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) applauded the passage and urged Congress to “expe-

ditiously” advance the process to ease agricultural exports.

Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation president echoed USDEC and NMPF, sharing his team is “pleased” with the Senate Commerce Committee’s work in moving the legislation to the Senate floor.

In December 2021, the House passed OSRA under the Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act. The U.S. Senate will vote on OSRA in coming weeks, as Congress commences conference procedures.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 49 • April 2, 2022

SALE REPORTS 44th Annual Northwest Wyoming Angus Association Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor March 22, 2022 Riverton Livestock Auction, Riverton Auctioneer: Greg Goggins 44 Angus Bulls Avg. $3,421

Top Sellers Lot 16 – DA Spickler 143 – Price: $5,750 DOB: 3/19/21 Sire: S Foundation 7229 Dam’s Sire: D A Aberdeen 115 EPDs: BW: +0.8, WW: +67, YW: +114 and Milk: +29 Consignor: Davidson Angus, Burling-

ton Buyer: Lyman Ranch Company, Ten Sleep Lot 49 – Obsidian Pilot 740 – Price: $5,750 DOB: 3/2/21 Sire: Obsidian Aviator 586 Dam’s Sire: Obsidian Black Granite 452 EPDs: BW: -1.0, WW: +47, YW: +103 and Milk: +25

Sinclair Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor March 26, 2022 Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo Auctioneer: Roger Jacobs 93 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $3,876 One Semen Package supporting the Wyoming 4-H Foundation and Wyoming FFA Foundation: $750 Top Sellers Lot 28 – Sinclair Rito J005 – Price: $23,000 DOB: 1/29/21 Sire: Rito N Bar Dam’s Sire: Emulaiton N Bar 5522 EPDs: BW: -0.1, WW: +11, YW: +11 and Milk: +13 Buyer: Jason Willis, Coltneck, N.J. Lot 35 – Sinclair Emu-

lation J87 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 3/4/21 Sire: Sinclair X-Plus 8XX3 Dam’s Sire: Sinclair Timeless 8BA4 EPDs: BW: +2.1, WW: +49, YW: +87 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Steve Mowry, Presho, S.D. Lot 65 – Sinclair Cloud Peak J205 – Price: $8,250

Consignor: Obsidian Angus, Meeteetse Buyer: Brewster Ranch, Ten Sleep Lot 64 – W Effective 116 – Price: $5,500 DOB: 1/17/21 Sire: McD Effective 789 Dam’s Sire: Coleman Charlo 0256 EPDs: BW: +1.0, WW: +64, YW: +113 and Milk: +29 Consignor: WYO Angus, Burlington Buyer: David Real, Cowley Lot 9 – DA Stellar 135 – Price: $5,250 DOB: 2/28/21 Sire: Sitz Stellar 726D Dam’s Sire: LT Enterprise 5213 EPDs: BW: +1.3, WW: +70, YW: +123 and Milk: +26 Consignor: Davidson Angus, Burlington Buyer: Rod Graves, Lander DOB: 3/28/21 Sire: Sinclair Cloud Peak 5O4 Dam’s Sire: Sinclair Patriarch 3B47 EPDs: BW: +2.3, WW: +46, YW: +83 and Milk: +27 Buyer: L&M Farms, Cambridge, Neb. Lot 7 – Sinclair Gary J014 – Price: $7,500 DOB: 2/9/21 Sire: Connealy Gary Dam’s Sire: Sinclair Emulation TNT 27F3 EPDs: BW: +0.8, WW: +59, YW: +105 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Gerstell Farms, Keyser, W.Va. Lot 80 – Sinclair Gary J355 – Price: $7,000 DOB: 2/23/21 Sire: Connealy Gary Dam’s Sire: Sinclair Emperor 0XT1 EPDs: BW: +0.9, WW: +68, YW: +129 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Trey Young, Dupree, S.D.

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NJW Polled Herefords Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor March 23, 2022 NJW Polled Herefords, Sheridan Auctioneer: Joe Goggins One Hereford Herd Sire Avg. $30,000 94 Yearling Hereford Bulls Avg. $9,875 37 Registered Yearling Hereford Heifers Avg. $8,459 Nine Registered Bred Hereford Heifers Avg. $11,444

Top Sellers Herd Bull Lot 81E – NJW 160B 028X Historic 81E ET – Price: $30,000 DOB: 2/9/17 Sire: Churchill Sensation 028X Dam’s Sire: NJW 76S P20 Beef 38W EPDs: BW: -0.2, WW: +53, YW: +80, Milk: +34 and M&G: +60 Buyer: Stellpflug Cattle Company LLC., Glenrock Yearling Bulls Lot 178J – NJW 11B 173D Character 178J ET – Price: $130,000 DOB: 2/26/21 Sire: NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D Dam’s Sire: LJR 023R Whitmore 10W EPDs: BW: +2.6, WW: +77, YW: +120, Milk: +29 and M&G: +67 Buyer: Four B Farm, LLC., Shelby, N.C. Lot 156J – NJW 202C173DSteadfast 156J

ET – Price: $50,000 DOB: 2/20/21 Sire: NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D Dam’s Sire: NJW 73S W18 Homegrown 8Y EPDs: BW: +3.1, WW: +67, YW: +110, Milk: +35 and M&G: +68 Buyers: Chapman Land & Cattle and Five J’s Beef & Cattle, Nunnelly, Tenn.

Lot 158J – NJW 160Z 254G Ridge 158J ET – Price: $27,500 DOB: 2/21/21 Sire: NJW 139C 103C Ridge 254G Dam’s Sire: NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X EPDs: BW: +4.3, WW: +58, YW: +101, Milk: +39 and M&G: +69 Buyer: Jimmy Atlas, Grandview, Texas Lot 209J – NJW 200F 81E Historic 209J – Price: $26,000 DOB: 3/6/21 Sire: NJW 160B 028X Historic 81E Dam’s Sire: Boyd FT Knox 17Y

XZ5 4040 EPDs: BW: -1.2, WW: +53, YW: +77, Milk: +31 and M&G: +57 Buyer: Thorstenson Hereford Ranch, Selby, S.D. Lot 118J – NJW 76S 81E Historic 118J ET – Price: $25,000 DOB: 2/15/21 Sire: NJW 160B 028X Historic 81E Dam’s Sire: NJW BW Traildust 161L EPDs: BW: +0.7, WW: +55, YW: +88, Milk: +39 and M&G: +66 Buyer: River Valley Polled Herefords, Newburgh, Ont. Can. Bred Heifers Lot 333G – NJW 79Z 81E Rita 333G ET – Price: $25,500 DOB: 10/128/19 Sire: NJW 160B 028X Historic 81E Dam’s Sire: NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W EPDs: BW: +1.5, WW: +58, YW: +94, Milk: +27 and M&G: +56 Buyer: Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho Yearling Heifers Lot 105J – NJW 161E 173D Fashion 105J – Price: $40,000 DOB: 2/14/21 Sire: NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D Dam’s Sire: NJW 73S 38W Ridge 103C EPDs: BW: +3.6, WW: +71, YW: +116, Milk: +29 and M&G: +64 Buyer: Pablo Herrerra, Arg.

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 49 • April 2, 2022

SALE REPORTS Lisco and M Diamond Angus 30th Annual Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor March 25, 2022 M Diamond Angus Ranch, Glenrock Auctioneer: Lex Madden Sale Manger: Marcy Livestock Services 69 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $5,507 15 Summer Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $6,317 Nine Two-Year-Old Angus Bulls Avg. $3,778 Five Commercial Yearling Angus Heifers Avg. $1,300

Top Sellers Lot 31 – M Diamond Wrangler 111 – Price: $19,000 DOB: 2/18/21 Sire: S Wrangler 830 Dam’s

Sire: Lisco Grande Finale 4103 EPDs: BW: +1.0, WW: +81, YW: +139 and Milk: +26 Buyer: Lisco Angus, Douglas

Vermilion Ranch Spring Performance Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor March 24-25, 2022 Billings, Mont.

Auctioneers: Roger Jacobs, Joe Goggins, Ty Thompson, Bill Cook, Greg Goggins and Mick Mosher 422 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $6,556 5,800 Commercial Yearling Heifers Avg. $1,287

Top Sellers Lot 3 – Vermilion Commerce J333 – Price: $57,500 DOB: 2/23/21 Sire: Sitz Commerce 670F Dam’s Sire: KR Joe Canada 5372 EPDs: BW: +2.0, WW: +79, YW: +147 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Edgar Brothers, Rockham, S.D.

Lot 64 – Vermilion Mcilroy J157 – Price: $47,500 DOB: 2/10/21 Sire: Connealy McIlroy Dam’s Sire: S A V Privilege 3030 EPDs: BW: -1.3, WW: +76, YW: +132 and Milk: +34 Buyer: Buford Ranches, Homing, Okla.

Lot 142 – Vermilion

Lot 28 – M Diamond Alcova 341 – Price: $16,500 DOB: 2/25/21 Sire: Tehama Tahoe B767 Dam’s Sire: Young Dale Xclusive 25X EPDs: BW: +0.6, WW: +70, YW: +129 and Milk: +31 Buyer: Raven Angus, Colome, S.D. Lot 32 – M Diamond Coalition 155-1 – Price: $16,000 DOB: 3/8/21 Sire: U-2 Coalition 206C Dam’s Sire: S Summit 956 EPDs: BW: +2.0, WW: +77, YW: +138 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Kraye Angus, Mullen, Neb. Lot 34 – M Diamond Operator 551 – Price: $13,000 DOB: 3/3/21 Sire: M Diamond Businessman 727 Dam’s Sire: Mystic Hill

Balance 4134 EPDs: BW: +1.9, WW: +83, YW: +142 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Platte Valley Livestock, Douglas Lot 13 – M Diamond 20 Recharge 70-0 – Price: $12,250 DOB: 6/4/20 Sire: S A V Recharge 3436 Dam’s Sire: Sitz Upward 307R EPDs: BW: +2.9, WW: +66, YW: +118 and Milk: +24 Buyer: Rising 3 Livestock, Douglas Lot 56 – M Diamond Wrangler 169-1 – Price: $12,000 DOB: 3/13/21 Sire: S Wrangler 830 Dam’s Sire: LD Capitalist 316 EPDs: BW: -1.1, WW: +75, YW: +127 and Milk: +26 Buyer: Bowman Cattle, Pine Bluffs

Fair N Square J635 – Price: $39,000 DOB: 2/20/21 Sire: Myers Fair-N-Square M39 Dam’s Sire: FF Dempsey Y11 EPDs: BW: +1.3, WW: +87, YW: +151 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Ridl Angus, Dickenson, N.D. Lot 13 – Vermilion Commerce J465 – Price: $37,000 DOB: 3/4/21 Sire: Sitz Commerce 670F Dam’s Sire: Connealy Countdown EPDs: BW: +2.0, WW: +82, YW: +140 and Milk: +22 Buyer: Lindskov Ranch, Isabel, S.D. Lot 200 – Vermilion Growth Fund J207 – Price: $27,500 DOB: 3/1/21 Sire: Deer Valley Growth Fund Dam’s Sire: Sitz Madison 10477 EPDs: BW: +1.1,

WW: +87, YW: +149 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Jocko Valley Cattle Company, Arlee, Mont.

Lot 81 – Vermilion King Air J048 – Price: $27,000 DOB: 2/1/21 Sire: Connealy King Air Dam’s Sire: Vermilion Playmaker Y290 EPDs: BW: +0.4, WW: +80, YW: +150 and Milk: +31 Buyer: Black Pine Farm, Heron, Mont.

Lot 108 – Vermilion G017 Bomber J448 – Price: $26,000 DOB: 2/5/21 Sire: Vermilion Bomber G017 Dam’s Sire: Connealy Doc Neal EPDs: BW: -0.4, WW: +72, YW: +120 and Milk: +26 Buyer: V Bar Ranch, Shawmut, Mont.

Power company receives award The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is proud to announce Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp, as the 2021 recipient of the Industry Wildlife Stewardship Award. The award honors companies whose primary mission is not wildlife-related and make a positive impact through development and improvement for the benefit of fish, wildlife or habitat. WGFD Director Brian Nesvik recognized Rocky Mountain Power on March 24 during the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission meeting in Cody.

“It is important to acknowledge industry partners who strive to be responsible stewards of our natural resources and Wyoming’s wildlife,” Nesvik said.

PacifiCorp is enrolled in the Game and Fish Access Yes program, which supports public access to hunting and fishing in locations popular among community members.

Rocky Mountain Power was previously recognized as the 2004 Casper Region Game and Fish Landowner of the Year for supporting wildlife, habitat and access to quality hunting and fish opportunities at the Dave Johnston Power Plant, east of Glenrock.

Rocky Mountain Power has worked with WGFD on riparian habitat improvement on its property in Wyoming – allowing for Russian olive removal, treating resprouts and planting willows and shrubs. It voluntarily closed access to their property for several years to assist the local weed and pest to contain and treat invasive grasses and reopened access when the issue was resolved.

In addition to their land stewardship, company representatives work collaboratively with the department’s Habitat Protection Program on utility and renewable energy development-related projects to find common ground on fish and wildlife concerns as well as industry practices and processes. Rocky Mountain Power takes care to follow important state policies related to sage grouse conservation, and it is actively working with land managers to implement mitigation to offset the unavoidable impacts which occur with putting power and transmission lines on the landscape. The company supports ongoing research related to the impacts of wind energy on pronghorn in the Shirley Basin and has included WGFD in key discussions related to minimizing the impacts of wind energy on birds.

For more information, visit rockymountainpower.net.

Annual Bull and Female Sale

April 9th 2022

At the Ranch-Hayes, SD-1:30(CST) 55 Yearling Bulls 12 Registered Yearling Heifers 100 Commerical Open Heifers

Lot 1

Lot 2

Lot 4

1010J | 4459071 | 2/12/2021

1000J | 4459051 | 2/3/2021

Lot 60

1004J | 4459059 | 2/7/2021

Lot 62

J133 | 4459209 | 4/2/2021

Lot 65

J119 | 4459193 | 3/11/2021

J124 | 4459199 | 3/13/2021

100 Commercial Red Angus Heifers

PLUS 1 FREE STRAW OF SEMEN FOR EACH HEIFER Choose from PIE CAPTIAN 057, PIE YELLOWSTONE 8339 or BECKTON LIKABLE F425

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