November 2018 California Cattleman

November 2018

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CALIFORNIA CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT David Daley, Oroville

MUCH FOR CCA MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Mark Lacey, Independence

by CCA President Dave Daley

SECOND VICE PRESIDENTS Pat Kirby, Wilton Mike Miller, San Jose Cindy Tews, Fresno TREASURER Rob von der Lieth, Copperopolis

STAFF

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Billy Gatlin VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Justin Oldfield DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Kirk Wilbur DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Lisa Brendlen DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Jenna Chandler OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Katie Roberti

PUBLICATION SERVICES OFFICE & CIRCULATION CCA Office: (916) 444-0845 Fax: (916) 444-2194

MANAGING MAGAZINE EDITOR Stevie Ipsen (208) 996-4922 stevie.ipsen@gmail.com ADVERTISING SALES/FIELD SERVICES Matt Macfarlane (916) 803-3113 m3cattlemarketing@gmail.com BILLING SERVICES Lisa Brendlen lisa@calcattlemen.org

As I travel the state, I am constantly impressed by the work you do locally to support CCA and the cattle community. During the past year we have seen several legislative successes in Sacramento, all thanks to the work of our members and staff. In some cases, simply being the voice of opposition has effectively killed legislation that would be detrimental to cattle ranchers. In others, our voice has helped carry legislation that can make a difference for the ranching community.

This is the second year for our California Public Lands Committee (CalPLC). We conducted workshops in both Sonora and Visalia, targeting several central California National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas. The opportunity to bring agency leadership and public lands ranchers into the same room is critically important. We now have clear roadmaps of some of the most challenging problems vexing those who ranch on public lands.

Our leadership series for younger CCA members continues to evolve, with an excellent workshop sponsored by the Cattlemen’s Foundation, Cattle-FAX and Harris Ranch, focused on marketing and risk management.

The Cattle-FAX representatives were impressed by the great group we assembled – young producers we hope continue to stay involved in CCA in leadership roles.

The California Cattlemen’s Foundation is now official which provides additional opportunities to create funding for important programs like the Leadership series. With that in mind, one of the first major events sponsored by the Foundation was to take a group of California Senators to Chicago and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, to educate them regarding the cattle business in California, and to build stronger relationships in the legislature. Special thanks to Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Dr. Ken Tate and Dr. Lynn Huntsinger for joining us on this trip to help educate and provide science to inform the legislative process in Sacramento. Both Mark Lacey and I who traveled to Chicago, along with CCA staff, we hope will now have greater access to the Senate in Sacramento on issues that directly impact ranchers.

We are seeing slow but steady progress on the federal level with respect to limiting, and in some cases, eliminating burdensome federal regulations. Changing the leadership of federal agencies has clearly changed the approach they

take to the ranching community. We have a long way to go but it is a refreshing start.

The legislation that I am most proud of is SB 965, sponsored by CCA and recently signed by Governor Brown.

This legislation gives ranchers a right to vote on whether they want a California Cattle Council established to work on issues of importance to our members. This bill passed because we had several hundred ranchers signing support letters and over 30 county cattlemen’s groups as well.

If a majority of ranchers vote for the Cattle Council, it would establish a refundable $1 per head checkoff that creates funding to work on issues like fire, drought, water quality and more.

We are pretty confident that we are on the right track, considering our primary opposition to this bill in Sacramento was from animal rights and extreme environmental groups! Expect to hear more and have a good discussion of the Cattle Council at our opening general session.

And finally, the CCA Fall Tour is underway which has been one of the best times for me to get to visit with so many of you. One of the highlights thus far was to attend the newly formed Los Angeles County Cattlemen’s Association first meeting. It is exciting to see this group take shape in a county that houses roughly a quarter of all of the legislators in Sacramento!

This association can play an important role in reaching those urban legislators where we must have a stronger voice. Special thanks to Mike and Linda Williams for pulling this association together.

This year's convention will provide us the opportunity to further coalesce around our strategic plan — a vision for the future of all ranchers and beef producers throughout the state: Californians value cattle production as an indispensable benefit to our state. This is a bold vision developed by CCA's Strategic Planning Team earlier this year. Embedded in this vision is the belief that by positively positioning our industry we will be able to achieve significant victories for ranchers.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my opportunity to serve as president the past two years, and meet so many outstanding men and women who are passionate, engaged and committed to the future of ranching. I hope to see you all in Reno!

SERVING CALIFORNIA BEEF PRODUCERS SINCE 1917 Bolded names and businesses in editorial represent only current members of the California Cattlmen’s Association or California CattleWomen, Inc. For questions about your membership status, contact the CCA office at (916) 444-0845. The California Cattleman (#8-3600) is published monthly except July/August is combined by the California Cattlemen’s Association, 1221 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, for $20/year, or as part of the annual membership dues. All material and photos within may not be reproduced without permission from publisher. Periodical postage paid at Jefferson, MO. National Advertising Group: The Cattle Connection/The Powell Group, 4162-B Carmichael Ct, Montgomery, AL 36106, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: California Cattleman, 1221 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

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NOVEMBER 2018 Volume 101, Issue 10 ASSOCIATION PERSPECTIVES CATTLEMEN’S COLUMN Reasons to celebrate

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BUNKHOUSE What you can take away from convention

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YOUR DUES DOLLARS AT WORK 8 CCA fights against hours of service hauling regs HERD HEALTH Don't let mud get you down this winter

SPECIAL FEATURES

Public Lands Council 50th Annual Event PLC 50 years ago Q&A with statee water board member Getting the most from compost Feeder forum offers packer insight

READER SERVICES

ON THE COVER This month's cover photo, from Modoc County, was taken by CCA member Janet Jones, Oroville.

If you have a photo that you think would look good on the cover of this publication, contact the CCA office at (916) 444-0845 or e-mail magazine@calcattlemen.org.

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Cattlemen's Report 37 Buyers’ Guide 38 Obituaries 44 Wedding Bells 45 Advertisers Index 46

UPCOMING CCA & CCW EVENTS NOV. 28-30

102ND CCA & CCW CONVENTION The Nugget Casino Resort, Sparks, Nev.

JAN. 30-FEB. 1

CATTLE INDUSTRY CONVENTION AND NCBA TRADE SHOW New Orleans, La.

Does your local cattlemen’s association or cattlewomen’s unit have an upcoming event they would like to share with other beef and ranching enthusiasts? Please contact the CCA office to have your events listed in this publication!

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BUNKHOUSE

GOBBLE 'TIL YOU WOBBLE TO RENO FOR 102ND ANNUAL CCA & CCW CONVENTION

by CCA Director of Finance Lisa Brendlen Well, it happened again: we blinked and before we knew it the first 10 months of 2018 went by in a flash. It’s hard to believe that summer is long gone, the season of giving thanks is back and it’s almost time for the annual CCA & CCW Annual Convention.

If you haven’t been able to attend a CCA & CCW Convention yet, I encourage you to take that next step as a member and come to Reno for at least some part of this year’s convention, Nov. 28-30. Whether it is networking and making a few new friends in the tradeshow, putting CCA staff names to faces or getting up-to-speed on some of the issues surrounding beef in California right now, the couple of days hold great opportunities to get involved with the Association.

Annual convention is our biggest event of the year. We work hard to make each year's event better than the last. As I get ready for these weeks leading up to convention I know my days finalizing details for the event will be just as full as my stomach after eating multiple plates of Thanksgiving dinner, but I also know the hard work put into the event will all be worth it in the end.

With the schedule, guest speaker biographies, registration form and much more information about this year’s convention included in this issue I’m not going to outline all that is new and happening for this year’s event. However, in the spirit of giving thanks, I will instead share seven things to be thankful about for the 102nd Annual Convention and hope that you agree and do decide to join us!

1. The timely opportunity to talk just about beef With this year’s convention being held just a few days after Thanksgiving, we once again will get to roll into Reno ready to leave behind the turkey talk from the week before and get back to eating and focusing on just beef. As a beef producer or cattle industry member, what more could you ask for as you come off a week of eating so much white meat?

2. The chance to connect with friends For many of you who attend convention year-after-year, I’m sure the people you get to catch up with in Reno are always a highlight of attending—I know it is for me. I’m thankful for the great people I have met through working for CCA and the new ones I meet each convention. Although I don’t get to see many of you more than just once or twice a year, I look forward to that time at convention and am thankful that interacting with so many great people is part of my job.

Our current President, Dave Daley, Oroville, has worked hard during his term and deserves to be recognized for all that he has done. I am grateful for the tremendous amount of time he has given to CCA during his term, and I look forward to celebrating his achievements while also getting to welcome in our next president, Mark Lacey, LISA BRENDLEN Independence.

4. Being able to support industry youth Convention starts with scholarship interviews on Tuesday. I love that this is how the event begins. I think it is a testament to how supportive the beef community is of helping the students in our industry pursue education.

If you’re looking for a way to contribute to the scholarship fund, it’s not too late to buy a Livestock Memorial Research Fund raffle ticket for the grand prize of a Featherlite 18foot aluminum gooseneck stock trailer. Contact your local association president or call the CCA office to buy a ticket today!

5. Taking time to celebrate achievements Much as I am looking forward to honoring our CCA presidents and the entire officer team, convention allows for many others in the industry to be recognized. From the CowBelle of the Year Luncheon to the Top Hand award, convention is a time to be thankful for those who work hard year-round to keep both CCA and CCW running well.

6. Experiencing the generosity of speakers and sponsors Without knowledgeable speakers donating their time to come share, convention wouldn’t happen. Similarly, without our generous sponsors, this event wouldn't be possible.

I’m so grateful for those who continuously give to make convention an annual event. If you run into a speaker or sponsor, please stop and thank them!

7. Setting new goals for 2019 Last year CCA went through a strategic planning process and from that goals were set for 2018. I'm thankful for the time we get to spend at convention mapping out the next year and to get CCA on track for another great year in 2019.

The CCA staff is excited to share our accomplishments from this year as well as get input on what is already on the horizon for next year.

3. Moments to recognize leaders in the beef community I know getting off the ranch for a few days is never easy, but if you can, I’m confident you’ll find much more Every other convention we get the chance to say to be thankful for that just this list of seven things. Happy goodbye to the outgoing CCA President and welcome the incoming president. 2018 happens to be one of those years.

Thanksgiving and see you in Reno!

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YOUR DUES DOLLARS AT WORK

CCA WORKS TO EXEMPT LIVESTOCK HAULERS FROM NEW HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATIONS On Oct. 10, CCA and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, along with other agricultural organizations, submitted comments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regarding FMCSA’s recent publication of an Advancded Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR). The ANPR served to notify the public that the FMCSA will be proposing changes to the regulations governing Hours of Service in the near future and request preliminary input as to what amendments should be made.

A portion of the letter reads: Livestock auction markets, farmers and ranchers are particularly impacted by transportation laws and regulations. Livestock are trucked to market for sale and then hauled again to the country’s highest quality grazing lands and feedyards in the central and southern plains.

Livestock do not travel frequently in their lifetimes, but when they do, they can travel significant distances. For example, according to a survey conducted as part of the Beef Quality Assurance program, the mean distance traveled by feeder calves to Texas and Nebraska feedyards was approximately 467.89 miles. This is a significant average given the immense quantity of “local” cattle raised within Texas, Nebraska, and their neighboring states, which need not travel significant distances to arrive at a feedyard.

The key to safely hauling live animals, especially in times of great heat and humidity, is to stop as infrequently as possible and to keep the trailer moving to provide ventilation. The trailer environment has been identified as having the greatest effect on animal welfare during transport. (Mitchell and Kettlewell, 2008).

In North America, transport trailers are ventilated by perforations in the aluminum walls of the trailer as well as openings in the roof. Consequently, the potential to have poor welfare outcomes is significant if the trailer is not moving, especially under extreme weather conditions.

The association between decreased animal welfare and increased transport duration is well established and includes greater in-transit weight loss, lameness, incidence of nonambulatory cattle, and death, as well as increased morbidity in the feedyard upon arrival.

The majority of livestock hauls can be concluded within the timeframe outlined by HOS regulations without significant stops which limit airflow. However, unfortunately, for livestock located in or heading to states outside the center of the country, this is not the case. When a driver “runs out of time” while hauling live animals, they 8 California Cattleman November 2018

are given the grim prospects of unloading the livestock or leaving them on the trailer for a 10-hour stretch.

Unlike haulers of non-living products, a livestock hauler cannot merely find a safe place to park for their 10hour rest and leave the cargo on the trailer. Leaving animals on a trailer and thus exposed to suffer the elements, lack of ventilation and potential injury is unacceptable.

In addition to this letter being sent, the President also signed a Continuing Resolution that will extend the current Electronic Logging Device exemption for livestock haulers to Dec. 7. The continuation of funding means current programs will continue and the 2018 ELD delay will be in place until Dec.7. At that point, Congress will either need to pass another extension or pass the 2019 spending package which includes the ELD delay for livestock haulers until Sept. 30, 2019.

For additional information on transportation reuglations impacting ranchers, please contact Justin Oldfield in the CCA office.

CCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Zone 2 - Peach

Zone 1 - Yellow

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Humboldt-Del Norte Mendocino-Lake Sonoma-Marin Napa-Solano

Siskiyou Modoc Lassen Fall River-Big Valley

Zone 3 - Light Blue Shasta-Trinity Plumas-Sierra Tehama Butte Glenn-Colusa Yuba-Sutter Tahoe (Placer-Nevada) Yolo

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Zone 4 - Pink

Zone 5 - Green

Zone 6 - Purple

Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento Calaveras

Merced-Mariposa Madera Fresno-Kings

San Joaquin-Stanislaus

Tuolumne

Zone 7 - Tan

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CCA committee leadership

San Mateo-San Francisco Santa Cruz Santa Clara Contra Costa-Alameda

POLICY COMMITTEES

Zone 8 - Turquoise

Monterey San Benito San Luis Obispo

Santa Barbara Tulare Kern Inyo-Mono-Alpine High Desert

AG & FOOD POLICY Chair: Jack Lavers Vice Chair: Ramsay Wood

Zone 9 - Orange Southern California San Diego-Imperial Ventura

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CATTLE HEALTH & WELL BEING Chair: Tom Talbot, DVM Vice Chair: A.E. “Bud” Sloan, DVM

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CATTLE MARKETING Chair: Col. Jake Parnell Vice Chair: Holly Foster

FEDERAL LANDS Chair: Mike Byrne Vice Chair: Buck Parks

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PROPERTY RIGHTS & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Chair: Adam Cline Vice Chair: Clayton Koopmann

2018 CCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Dave Daley

Zone Director 5 Gib Gianandrea

ddaley@csuchico.edu • (530) 521-3826

cgianandre@aol.com • (209) 256-3782

First Vice President Mark Lacey

Zone Director 6 Bob Erickson

mjlacey1@me.com • (760) 784-1309

bobericksonequipment@yahoo.com • (209) 652-3536

Second Vice President Pat Kirby

Zone Director 7 Anthony Stornetta

pat.kirby@algilbert.com • (209) 604-3719

anthony.stornetta@sbcfire.com • (805) 391-0044

Second Vice President Mike Miller

Zone Director 8 John Hammon

western-beef@juno.com • (408) 929-8425

hamdawg66@gmail.com • (559) 623-1538

Second Vice President Cindy Tews

Zone Director 9 Bud Sloan

beefnmore@aol.com • (559) 970-6892

Asloan5119@aol.com • (805) 340-0693

Treasurer Rob von der Lieth

Feeder Council Member Paul Cameron

rvdlieth@aol.com • (916) 769-1153

Feeder Council Chairman Mike Smith msmith@harrisranch.com • (559) 301-0076

Feeder Council Vice Chair Trevor Freitas trevor@mendescalfranch.com • (559) 805-5431

Zone Director 1 Ramsey Wood ramseywood83@gmail.com • (530) 680-8985

Zone Director 2 Hugo Klopper hugoklopper@frontier.com • (707) 498-7810

cca affiliate organization leadership ALLIED INDUSTRY COUNCIL Chair: Heston Nunes

CALIFORNIA BEEF CATTLE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

President: Rita McPhee Vice President: Ryan Nelson Secretary: Celeste Settrini

pcmesquitecattle@sbcglobal.net •(760) 427-6906

Feeder Council Member Jesse Larios lariosjess1@gmail.com •(760) 455-3888

For more information about CCA’s Executive Board or committees, please contact the CCA office at (916) 444-0845.

At Large Appointee Myron Openshaw openshaw4@gmail.com •(530) 521-0099

At Large Appointee Mark Nelson kmarknelson@gmail.com •(916) 849-5558

At Large Appointee Rob Frost rbmaf@juno.com •(805) 377-2231

Zone Director 3 Wally Roney

At Large Appointee Darrel Sweet

bjr@billieweb.com •(530) 519-3608

dsweet@cattlemen.net • (209) 601-4074

Zone Director 4 Mike Bettencourt

At Large Appointee Jerry Hemsted

mbteamroper@aol.com • (209) 499-0794

Jhemsted@att.net • (530) 949-6294

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Lassen Pack Perpetrates Three Confirmed Depredations in a Month Between Aug. 15 and Sept. 19, the California Department of Wildlife (CDFW) confirmed three livestock kills by the Lassen wolf pack. All three of the confirmed depredations occurred in western Lassen County.

On Aug. 15, ranchers witnessed nine wolves in a pasture circling a cow and contacted the local Wildlife Services trapper. When he arrived, the trapper dispersed the wolves and quickly realized that the wolves had killed the cow’s calf. In its livestock loss determination, CDFW concluded that “The nature of the calf ’s injuries, as well as the presence of wolves at the carcass site near the estimated time of the calf ’s death, confirm the incident as wolf depredation.”

On the morning of Sept. 7, a rancher discovered a dead 450-pound calf in a meadow and contacted both USDA Wildlife Services and CDFW. The calf, which had been killed the previous night, had bite wounds on its right front and left hind legs, with hemorrhaging around the wound sites.

CDFW’s depredation report concluded that “The nature and location of the calf ’s injuries were consistent with those typically observed when wolves prey on cattle and confirm this incident as a wolf depredation.”

On the morning of Sept. 19, a ranch hand found the partiallyconsumed carcass of a 450-pound calf with multiple bite marks and scrapes accompanied by significant hemorrhaging on the legs, throat and jaw.

CDFW’s confirmation noted the nearby confirmed depredations on August 15 and September 7 and added that “Although much of the carcass was consumed prior to investigation, sufficient portions remained to allow a thorough investigation and a confident determination.”

In total, CDFW has confirmed five livestock depredations by the Lassen Pack since Oct. 13, 2017.

Ranchers suspect the Lassen Pack in numerous other livestock deaths in which CDFW did not issue a confirmation, however. CDFW acknowledges in its Wolf Conservation Plan that the number of actual livestock depredations by wolves is likely to exceed the number of confirmed kills.

To date, CDFW has investigated 25 suspected depredations in Lassen and Plumas counties, confirming five, finding two others to be “probable” depredations by wolves, labeling seven as “possible/unknown” (including one on Sept. 14) and determining the remainder of investigated livestock deaths to be of “other” origin.

While the Lassen Pack seems to be exhibiting habitual depredation upon livestock, state and federal law preclude virtually any management of the pack by CDFW. CCA continues to support efforts to federally delist the species and has filed a lawsuit in San Diego to overturn the species’ endangered status in California. For more information, contact Kirk Wilbur in the CCA office.

editorial correction An article in the October edition of California Cattleman titled “Stockponds: Regulation & Governance of Your Natural Resources” relied on the State Water Resources Control Board’s official Registration for Livestock Stockpond Use Appropriation form in reporting that “Up to five stockponds may be included on one livestock stockpond use registration so long as the total capacity of all the ponds on the registration does not exceed 10 acre-feet.”

According to SWRCB staff, the limit of five ponds is based on a misapplication of 23 CCR §687, which refers to water rights applications, not registrations. In fact, the SWRCB states that it will process registrations with more than five ponds, so long as the total of all ponds does not exceed 10 acrefeet and the other registration requirements are met.

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Single-dose BaytrilÂŽ 100 (enrofloxacin) Injectable delivers effective, therapeutic levels of drug in the lung tissues in 1-2 hours*1 and kills 97% of BRD-causing bacteria in 1-2 hours.*2,3 The sooner bacteria are killed, the faster a calf will feel better and get back to work eating and gaining weight. You know the drill.

You turn to the one you trust. *The clinical significance of in vitro data has not been demonstrated.

Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

Extra-label use of this product in food-producing animals is prohibited.

Davis JL, Foster DM, Papich MG. (2007). Pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of enrofloxacin and its active metabolite ciprofloxacin in calves. J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 30(6):564-571.

Blondeau JM, Borsos S, Blondeau LD, et al. (2005). The killing of clinical isolates of Mannheimia haemolytica (MH) by enrofloxacin (ENR) using minimum inhibitory and mutant prevention drug concentrations and over a range of bacterial inocula. In: ASM Conference on Pasteurellaceae; 23-26 October 2005; Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii: American Society of Microbiology; Abstract B12.

3 Blondeau JM, Borsos SD, Hesje CH, et al. Comparative killing of bovine isolates of Mannheimia haemolytica by enrofloxacin, florfenicol, tilmicosin and tulathromycin using the measured minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and mutant prevention concentration (MPC) drug values. In: International Meeting of Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED); Vienna, Austria: International Society for Infectious Diseases. February 23-25, 2007. Figures 8-10.

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Benefit OF ALL

FOR THE

Public Lands Council celebrates 50 years of rancher advocacy and stewardship heritage

by CCA Director of Government Affairs Kirk Wilbur On Sept. 26, public lands grazing permittees from throughout the West converged upon Park City, Utah to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Public Lands Council, established in 1968 to give public lands ranchers a voice in Washington, D.C. The meeting took place at the beautiful Canyons Village resort overlooking Park City, which leases the land for the ski resort from Utah rancher Steve Osguthorpe.

Osguthorpe played an integral part in organizing this year’s annual meeting and hosted the PLC President’s Banquet at the culmination of the event.

At the kick-off barbecue on the evening of the 26th, it was immediately clear that CCA was well-represented at this year’s meeting. Representing California’s public lands ranchers were Mike Byrne, Tulelake, former PLC president and PLC boardmember representing California; Willy Hagge, Alturas, one of California’s PLC delegates; CCA President Dave Daley, Oroville, also a PLC delegate; Ken and Jackie McGarva, Likely; Eric and Jamie Hafenfeld, Weldon; and Jake Cromley, Bakersfield.

Also in attendance from California were Laura Snell, UC Cooperative Extension Modoc County Director and Shane Starr, Blairsden, District Representative for Congressman Doug LaMalfa.

A few factors contributed to California’s outstanding

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showing at this year’s PLC meeting. Many Modoc County ranchers were lured by Snell’s inclusion on Thursday’s agenda, with a presentation titled “Let’s Talk Horses with Laura,” which focused on the scourge of wild horses on the Devil’s Garden Plateau in the Modoc National Forest. Additionally, recent CalPLC events hosted by CCA throughout the state have increased the visibility of PLC among California’s public lands ranchers. Finally, according to Hagge, articles in the California Cattleman after PLC meetings in 2016 and 2017 urging increased participation from Californians might have finally hit their mark.

After an excellent reception on Wednesday night, attendees got to work on Thursday, with a full slate of presentations and panels. The day took on a decidedly hightech tone right off the bat with presentations on two hightech rangeland monitoring applications: the Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, which can assist in monitoring soil health, vegetative cover and other land conditions, and the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) from USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, which uses satellite imagery to enable ranchers to monitor rangeland trends across time and space.

While ranchers may be “kind of ‘old school,’” as Hagge put it, PLC Executive Director Ethan Lane noted that

Species Act. He also showcased PLC’s efforts to achieve ranchers would be well-served to adopt these monitoring and reporting practices to counter the high-tech rangeland bipartisan legislative success by highlighting H.R. 6687, an act that seeks to protect cattle ranching at the Point Reyes data that environmental activists take to court when they National Seashore in California. H.R. 6687 was advocated challenge public lands grazing—even if ranchers delegate

by PLC and jointly introduced by Reps. Huffman (D-Cal.) electronic monitoring to their tech-savvy kids, grandkids and Bishop (R-Utah). or a ranch hand.

Closing out the afternoon, Laura Snell provided an inOf course, the occasion of PLC’s 50th anniversary depth overview of the challenges wild horses pose on the called for celebrating the organization’s history and Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory in the Modoc reflecting on the challenges of the past half-century.

National Forest. While wild horses throughout the West In the panel discussion “A Look at the Past 50 Years,” several of PLC’s past presidents were invited to share their have been a perennial issue at PLC meetings, rarely has a insights on the organization’s history, successes and future spotlight been shone on wild horses on US Forest Service lands (as opposed to BLM lands), especially on the Modoc trajectory. Moderated by Jim Magagna (PLC President National Forest. Snell explained that the population from 1989-90), the panel featured K.L. Bliss (2002-04), Mike Byrne (2004-06), John Falen (2010-12) and Idaho ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Lieutenant Governor (and 2018 gubernatorial candidate) Brad Little. Former PLC Presidents Skye Krebs and Brenda Richards were also invited on stage to share their insights about the organization.

Asked how things have changed since his presidency, Byrne noted that “it was a lot less acrimonious back then. You could go into the opposition [party’s] offices and they’d listen to you.” Magagna noted that perhaps the biggest development since his tenure as PLC president is that “we find ourselves…more and more in litigation.”

While the climate in Washington, D.C. has perhaps worsened for public lands ranchers, Byrne struck an optimistic tone. “Don’t give up,” he said. “We’re in the minority, but we do good things. We fix the land. We’ve got to keep at it, and we can win these battles.”

During an afternoon session on “Western Issues in the District,” PLC Executive Director Ethan Lane discussed PLC’s extensive efforts to reform the National CCA's Mike Byrne, Tulelake (second from right), discusses with Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered other public lands ranchers the issues that have faced PLC over the past 50 years.

In 2018, only 12.5% of public lands grazing permittees in California contributed voluntary PLC dues to CCA.

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 of wild horses on the Devil’s Garden is ten times the identified appropriate management level and that the horses are destroying the health of rangelands in the Modoc National Forest (and forcing ranchers off their allotments in the process). Snell ended her presentation on a positive note, however, announcing that the USFS would conduct a round-up of 1,000 horses in the Modoc National Forest in early October.

After an educational and informative program Thursday, Friday was devoted to policy and business. One of the first items on the agenda was to update the organization’s bylaws. Of particular significance, PLC’s Board of Delegates took the step of bestowing General Member status upon every rancher within Western states affiliated with PLC (including California). This is significant because while PLC has long stated that it advocates on behalf of 22,000 public lands ranchers throughout the West, each of those permittees is now entitled to a voice in PLC policy (though only state affiliate-appointed delegates and directors have voting power).

Unfortunately, not all of those 22,000 public lands

CCA President Dave Daley is the new Public Lands Council Forest Service Committee Chairman.

ranchers contribute directly to the viability of PLC. In 2018, for instance, only 12.5 percent of public lands grazing permittees in California contributed voluntary PLC dues to CCA, which pays an affiliation fee to PLC based on the total number of permitted animal unit months in the state.

Next on the agenda were PLC’s four committee breakout sessions for the Communications Committee, Wildlife Committee, BLM Committee and Forest Service Committee, which was chaired by CCA President Dave Daley. 2018 was the inaugural year for these standing committee meetings; in the past, PLC committees were somewhat ad hoc, focused on specific issues such as sage grouse and wild horses.

Daley’s Forest Service Committee was hands-down the most popular of the breakout committees, featuring an extensive question-and-answer session with US Forest Chief Vicki Christiansen, Director of Forest Management, Allen Rowley and other USFS officials. While the conversation was wide-ranging, perhaps the most ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

Willy Hagge, CCA Kirk Wilbur and WSR's Jim Vann at the 50th Anniversary Celebration.

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 pressing issues addressed by the committee were the need for NEPA reform and flexibility and the need for proactive fire prevention.

The afternoon’s Board of Delegates meeting included a review of PLC policy, including adoption of an interim NEPA reform policy calling for increased Categorical Exclusions for grazing, among other reforms, and culminated in the installation of new officers. Oregon rancher Bob Skinner became PLC President, Niels Hansen of Wyoming was elevated to Vice President and Mark

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Roeber of Colorado was installed as Secretary.

The annual meeting ended with a breathtaking gondola trip up the mountain to the picturesque Red Pine Lodge for the President’s Banquet. After a meal of prime rib and host Osguthorpe’s lamb, Richardson, Skinner and Hansen roasted outgoing PLC President Dave Eliason and awards were bestowed upon PLC’s most ardent supporters. Eliason awarded former president Jim Magagna with the President’s Award for his decades of ongoing service and commitment to PLC. Skinner awarded Caroline Lobdell of the Western Resources Legal Center the Friend of the Public Lands Council award for her tireless legal work defending public lands ranchers. Lobdell’s work has included representing CCA and its members on a wide array of issues, including challenges to grazing at the Point Reyes National Seashore, management of wild horses on the Modoc National Forest and water quality issues on the Stanislaus National Forest.

All in all, the 2018 PLC Annual Meeting was a productive, entertaining and nostalgic event with 50 years of wonderful history to celebrate. More importantly, with the strength of PLC, there is much more for public lands grazing permittees to look forward to in the near future and for the next 50 years.

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grand celebration was had in Park City, Utah, the last week of September as the Public Lands Council celebrated its 50th birthday. While work done by the organization has resulted in numerous wins for the ranchers who manage public lands, challenges still lie ahead, including some of the same concerns that caused the organization to be formed in the first place.

Gene Etchart, a rancher from Montana and Floyd Lee, a cattleman from New Mexico, are credited with spearheading the movement to form the Public Lands Council in the 1960s.

Additional conversations were sparked among Western stakeholders, leading to the formation of the Public Lands Council. Its purpose then—and now—was to connect education and promotion emphasis on representing the collective interests of public land-dependent livestock operations specifically in the Western states.

Below is the text from a letter from the American National Cattlemen’s Association dated Oct. 13, 1967.

This letter was sent to: Executive, Legislative, Public Lands and Forest Advisory Committees; State livestock association presidents and secretaries

Subject: ANCA Employment of the Public Lands Council

In a special meeting on Denver, October 5th, a group of state association presidents and secretaries and other individuals interested in public lands, met to discuss the possibility of the ANCA employing an individual with legal and technical knowledge to represent the ANCA during the life of the Public Land Law Review Commission and immediately following.

The discussion stated a need for such an individual since the ANCA staff and membership did not have the time and physical resources to dig into the crucial matters that will be decided within the Public Land Law Review Commission and subsequent legislative and administrative changes resulting from the commissions findings. Of critical need is improved tenure, statutory grazing fees as contrasted to today’s arbitrary administered fee setting and improved classification procedures.

At the October 5 meeting, chaired by Gene Etchart, Glasgow, Montana, a member of the Advisory Council to the Public Land law Review Commission, it was stressed that other commercial resource users along with those who would like for commercial resource use to be stopped on the public lands all are well equipped with legal and technical brain-power to see their best interests are represented.

Even though the domestic livestock users have faired rather well up to the present time, we are entering into new phases which mean that the domestic livestock use of Federal lands is at a crossroads.

Land laws have been on the books for years. The commission is looking at some 5,000 of them. This likely will be a bench mark will “lock in” most land laws and administrative decisions resulting from them for the next 35 to 50 years.

A major problem associated with the financing of such a plan to employ this public land specialist is that many individual livestockmen not using the Federal lands tend to be resentful of large ANCA expenditures on public land matters. With this concept in mind, it was resolved by the group to propose to the ANCA board of Directors that this be an ANCA project, but that the financing of it be done by individual public lands users and coordinate the fund raising with the various state associates. It also was resolved that perhaps a most equitable manner in which to finance and assess would be based upon the number of animal unit months authorized on Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service Lands. ANCA would set up a special account and serve as the fund receiving and dispersing agency.

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including Phil Harvey of Texas, Floyd W. Lee of New Mexico, Robert Lister of Oregon, Jake Schneider of California, John Grierson of Montana, Steve Bixby of Arizona, Gene Etchart of Montana, William B. Wright Jr. of Nevada and Robert Johnson of California.

In searching for leaders to serve on the first executive committee, key sheep and cattle leaders were called on including: Harry Lee of New Mexico, Karl Weikel of Nevada, Walter Little of Idaho, A.D. Findlay of Utah, Denny Jones of Oregon, and alternates John Weber of California, Jim Coughlin of Arizona, and Carl Jorgensen of Wyoming. The first meeting was held in Denver, Colo.

That meeting on Oct. 5,1967 was the foundation for the Public Lands Council which was later formed and ratified on Aug. 6, 1968. Shortly after the PLC was formed, land use and environmental laws changed dramatically. Now, 50 years later the Public Lands Council has a very strong presence in the western states and in Washington, D.C., with an executive director and support staff based in Washington, D.C., representing all public lands grazers and reserving your right to graze livestock on public lands.

We as public lands grazers need to be as forward thinking as the men and women who formed the PLC in 1968. We must always protect our rights to use public lands for grazing of livestock, and to promote livestock grazing on public lands as environmentally sound and economically essential to the counties and communities that coexist with state and federally owned lands. While a celebration is warranted as we reflect on the past 50 years, it is also a vital time to look ahead and plan for the next 50 years and the challenges that lie ahead.

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Q & A WITH WATER BOARD MEMBER Compiled by CCA Director of Communications Jenna Chandler

Especially during an election year, it can be pretty easy to get to know legislative candidates. From campaign mailers to local debates, their names and faces are out there and so are their positions on the issues impacting your life and your business.

Even once elected, these representatives try to get as much exposure for themselves and their policy work as possible.

But arguably, holding just as much policy influence with far less face time, are the California’s hundreds of regulators.

Appointed to boards and commissions across the state, presiding over serious issues with far sweeping consequences, it can sometimes be a challenge to truly get to know these important influencers.

The good news is, though, that just like certain representatives in the legislature, there are key regulators that are allies of the beef industry, and California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) member and liaison to the agriculture community, Doreen (DeeDee) D’Adamo is one of them that ranchers can count on. She was kind enough to sit down with CCA and answer some questions about herself, her work on the water board and what the future looks like for ranchers and water in the Golden State.

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What is your story and background? Professional history, family, personal philosophy?

Governor Jerry Brown appointed me to the State Water Resources Control Board in 2013 as the water quality/ agricultural member of the board. Prior to my appointment, I served on the California Air Resources Board, where I worked on a variety of air quality issues affecting agriculture. I developed an expertise in environmental policy while working for members of Congress representing the San Joaquin Valley—Congressman Gary Condit, Congressman Dennis Cardoza, and Congressman Jim Costa. I also currently serve on the Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, a public/private partnership collaborating to secure a prosperous economy, quality environment, and social equity throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

I have a JD from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, and a BA from UC Davis. I reside in Turlock with my husband, Berj Moosekian, where we raised our three children. We are active in our community through All Saints Catholic Church, Turlock Gospel Mission, the Turlock Community Theatre, and the Carnegie Arts Center. These organizations and others are able to thrive in our community in large part because of a strong farm economy. On a more personal note, I love to travel, and most recently joined a delegation led by California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross on a tour of agricultural regions in Chile, where we learned

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what Chilean agencies and producers are doing to address climate change. When at home, I enjoy long walks on the canal bank alongside agricultural fields.

I consider myself to be a moderate, seeking centrist solutions. The best way to achieve this goal is to meet directly with stakeholders, be a good listener and be open to various perspectives. It is also important to get out in the field to see first-hand the impacts of our decisions and seek more practicable approaches.

Do you have ties to agriculture?

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My husband is a third generation farmer. His family recently celebrated 100 years of farming. We’d like to see a forth generation, but who knows—farming is a tough business!

How and why did you become involved with the water board?

My work for congress and my family’s farming operations has allowed me to witness first-hand the impact of environmental regulations on agriculture. I found that growers and ranchers often felt threatened by proposed regulations, leading to strong opposition and, all too often, unsuccessful results. At times, I assisted growers and associations toward a better understanding of regulatory drivers and encouraged them to see the value in collaborative discussions and getting ahead of the curve by taking proactive measures. I wanted to join the board in the hopes of bringing this collaborative approach to some of our decision making.

What does your day look like as Ag Liaison?

It really depends upon the issue of the moment. Currently, I spend most of my time either working on the Bay Delta Plan or participating in our board’s hearings on the California Water Fix project. Prior to that, my focus had been on changes to our Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, proposals to develop a Safe Drinking Water Program, and drought emergency actions.

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Was there anything that you learned that surprised you after taking the position?

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Upon coming to the board, I was surprised to learn of the breadth of issues under the board’s jurisdiction. I had little exposure to certain topics, such as fracking, toxicity testing, and storm water permitting. I have appreciated the opportunity to learn from stakeholders, staff, and my fellow board members to get up to speed on the issues.

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Anything you foresee coming down the pike in the near future?

What do you think is the number one challenge for California agriculture water-wise?

I believe communication of message is a major challenge for agriculture. Agriculture has been criticized on a number of fronts, such as for overuse of pesticides, water quality impairments, and waste of water. There is an amazing positive story to be told. California farmers and ranchers produce over 400 crops and use cutting edge technology and sustainable practices to bring safe and nutritious products to market. We have seen dramatic improvements in irrigation efficiency over the past several decades, investing over $3 billion in drip irrigation technology alone. Over a 40-year period (1967-2007), the amount of water used in agriculture slightly declined while the per-acre crop production increased by 85 percent. These investments maximize efficient use of our water resources, reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Growers have also reduced their use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and have taken measures to reduce sediment runoff. The public needs to be made aware of this environmental stewardship and the value agriculture brings to our food supply and economy.

Are there any specific issues you have been working on lately?

We are in the process of updating the Bay Delta Plan. For Phase 1, our staff proposes 40 percent of the flows from FebruaryJune remain in the Tuolumne, Merced, and Stanislaus Rivers, and also a controversial reservoir carry-over storage provision. Phase 2 is expected to take a similar approach for the Sacramento, Feather, American, Mokelumne and Calaveras Rivers. This plan will significantly reduce water supplies and will be implemented at the same time as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which will likely lead to limits on groundwater extractions. The combination of both programs will have a tremendous impact on water supplies, the agricultural economy, and the economy of the entire state. The Governor and our board have encouraged development of voluntary settlement agreements that might provide more workable solutions. It is my hope that these discussions are fruitful, but in the event they are not, our board should consider changes to staff’s proposal in order to provide for targeted improvements for the fisheries while maintaining a reliable water supply and vibrant economy.

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I expect the Legislature will continue important negotiations on a safe drinking water program. Many disadvantaged communities lack the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to maintain drinking water systems. The coalition of agricultural and environmental justice stakeholders that stepped out of their comfort zone to develop a proposal is an excellent example of how effective the agricultural community can be when collaborating on practical solutions. In addition to drinking water, adoption of the Bay-Delta Plan and continuation of the California Water Fix petition hearing will continue to be top priorities for our board.

What is the one piece of advice you would give to ranchers advocating their position to/ addressing the water board?

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I believe stakeholders can be most effective if they are able to understand the reasoning behind water board proposals. This understanding can lead to improved communication of CCA’s position and its effectiveness. Reaching out to board members and staff early in the process, organizing tours and one-on-one dialogue can provide important opportunities for us to better understand the impact of our decisions on industry and to fashion solutions that work for both the environment and farmers and ranchers.

Is there anything additional you would like us to include?

The California Cattlemen’s Association deserves a shout out for its leadership in working with the state and regional boards and other stakeholders on the development of the California Grazing Water Quality Partnership. This renewed collaborative approach to protect water quality provides greater opportunities for the successful development and implementation of an updated voluntary Rangeland Management Plan. I also want to thank the Association for its ongoing engagement in SB 88 implementation, which requires measurement and reporting of water diversions. The participation of ranchers early on helped to highlight the importance of flexibility in implementation and enabled us to develop a more reasonable path to compliance.

While it is evident by the deluge of water regulations that trickle down to the state’s ranches every year and the battles still left to fight, that facing the state’s ever growing water issues isn’t going to be easy, having regulators on beef ’s side is paramount. It’s clear, regulators like SWRCB Member D’Adamo, with her willingness to engage agriculture, straightforward attitude and common sense approach, are going to be the key to solving those problems and getting work done for all of the stakeholders in California. And we can all drink (water) to that!

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HERD HEALTH

OPTIONS FOR MANAGING MUD IN WINTER PASTURES by – Chris Penrose, Associate Professor and Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ohio State University Extension Most forage livestock producers do not mind the cold temperatures in the winter, nor do most mind some snow.

But many know all too well the stress of trying to feed in the mud, especially if you get stuck. Whether it is the tractor or your boots, it never is a good experience. What happens when our fields are grazed to the ground and our sod can no longer support the livestock, feeders and equipment?

The fields decline rapidly, bale feeders become “mud magnets” and tire tracks rut fields.

Mud also increases stress for our livestock. For example, one study indicated that cattle may require 30 percent more net energy for maintenance. Even shallow depths of mud (4 to 8 inches) can reduce feed intake 5 to 15 percent (University of

Nebraska, 1991) and when mud is 12 to 24 inches deep, feed intake can be reduced by 15 to 30 percent. Are you losing enough to justify a feed pad?

Are there some other things you can do to reduce the problems of mud in the winter?

One of the best things producers can do is not to have to feed hay or at least minimize the length of time they feed hay. In addition to not having to take the time and effort to feed, it generally costs three times more to take the feed out to livestock than to let them harvest it themselves. How do you do this? Corn stalks and other crop residue, stockpiled fescue or other grasses, brassicas, small grains are all options to extend the grazing season. Over the past 25 years, I know of many livestock producers that made

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into March (in the Midwest) before they had to feed hay and a few that made it through the winter without feeding hay.

If we get a stretch of weather when we can get out in the fields, a great option is to set out big bales, place them at least 20 feet apart, then fence it off with electric fence and move the fence as more hay is needed. This works especially well on stockpiled fields so cattle can graze the fields and feed on hay as needed while minimizing “pugging” or trampling of the soil.

Another variation I have seen one of our local beef producers do is to only make the bales around 600 pounds and the cows will eat most of the hay and there will not be enough left over to require re-working or reseeding the site in the spring.

Another of our cattlemen still makes the small round bales with his Allis Chalmers baler and stockpiles the field, which works very well. He is a better mechanic and has more patience than me!

When you do feed large bales there are a few steps to reduce waste. First, feed hay in well drained areas. Next, you should feed hay in small amounts or in a feeder. Finally, feed hay stored outside before hay stored inside. If you put out a one-week supply of large round bales without racks, you will waste up to 43 percent of the hay. When you consider the amount of hay that is lost and the reduction of feed intake from ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 24

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square bales and using a utility vehicle with large low pressure tires, reducing or eliminating ruts when I need to feed hay. I also place the hay where the ground is the firmest and in areas that need additional fertility. I also save some stockpiled, well drained hilltop ground for the spring calving cows to freshen on in March which will provide a clean dense sod and plenty of feed for the rest of the winter. This should also reduce the chances of young calves getting sick. However, this has been the wettest early in the winter for the longest period of time I can remember and I may have to bring one group of cows back down the hill to feed as it is becoming almost impossible to get up the hill.

Even if you do not have enough pasture to stockpile grass for winter feeding, I challenge you to think outside the box. Hay fields

(predominately grass) can be early grazed and/or stockpiled for winter grazing. I know of several farmers that take first cutting hay off neighbor’s fields, and then graze those fields instead of taking off second cutting while stockpiling fields on their own farm for winter grazing.

If you do see you are tearing up some ground, make plans to restore the fields. If the ground is not in too bad of shape, a late winter frost seeding will help. If it needs more help, maybe dragging or light disking followed by a seeding will work. If we do nothing at all, we can expect to lose production for the year. Even if we have the best of plans, many years Mother Nature will win, but hopefully we can try a few things to reduce amount of stored feed we need and reduce the amount of mud during the winter.

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One of the best setups I have seen is a beef producer with a heavy use pad with a concrete base, a roof over the hay, next to a road. It is very close to a barn where he can grab a bale of hay and set it right into the feeder, greatly minimizing waste and not getting into the mud.

If you have enough fields and can utilize feed cattle can graze, I would argue that is a better option. One thing you could do is to divide the herd in the winter into the spring and fall calving groups to spread them out more. Try to graze the bottom ground first then move them on the hilltops later in the winter.

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CattleWoman of the Year was Kris Weber. Friend of the Industry was Valarie Kirchman and Cowboy of the Year was Frank Heinricks.

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Waste Not Want Not Sharing the Dirt on a Rangeland Enhancing Practice

by CCA Communications Director Jenna Chandler

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n Sept 27, ranchers, could have. garbage companies that collect from representatives from “Whenever we would clean out large cities, which is both good and bad resource conservation one of the old barns and throw out the in terms of the ease of processing and districts across the state, old hay and whatnot, lush green grass quality of the compost. the California Department of Food would grow where we threw it,” Stone “Actually,” Suellen says, “people and Agriculture, the United States said. are very good at recycling!” Because Department of Agriculture, California He also noticed that the same thing there is still a monetary value for glass Rangeland Trust, CCA and scientists happened where they would feed hay and aluminum, almost none ends up gathered in Esparto, California at Yolo during certain times of the year. The with the green waste. The biggest Land and Cattle Company near cattle would move near the area and on contaminant, she says, is hard plastic Woodland to discuss…dirt. the outskirts where the extra hay and that makes it out onto the lawn.

Not just any dirt though, guests manure built up, greener grass would “That piece of broken Frisbee that gathered specifically to tour the grow once the cattle moved on. is out on the lawn? Often times it ends ranch’s innovative rangeland compost After the conference and some up in the green waste.” Before heading spreading operation and explore the research, he realized it was the added to the field though, the mixture is impacts it’s made on the cattle grazing nutrients and carbon that were feeding screened to less than 3/8 of an inch there. the added plant growth. to pull out anything that shouldn’t be Started in 1976 by Scott and So, with some guidance from there, like the Frisbee.

Casey Stone’s father Hank Stone, and local resource conservation districts, According to state law, minimum currently run by Scott and Casey, along the help of some grants aimed at compost standards require that the with Scott’s wife Karen, the Yolo Land enhancing soil quality and even some green waste mixture reach 131 degrees and Cattle Company is now primarily a private companies and biologists, Fahrenheit or more for 15 or more cow/calf operation. While they do run Yolo Land and Cattle’s composting days and be turned at least five times. some stockers and have various leases, operation was up and running, and is Most compost matures for much the main use for the Esparto ranch is now the site of major, cutting edge longer though, with the facility in grazing. rangeland composting research.

For decades ranch rangelands And that’s exactly what were managed with traditional workshop attendees were there methods, until a chance seminar Scott to see! But what is composting attending piqued his interest in a new and what are those trucks and alternative method of grassland spreading on the grasslands management. anyway?

“I first became interested According to Suellen in composting after attending a Witham of Westside Custom conference in New Mexico where Spreading, “The compost we I heard John Wick [of the Nicasio are spreading [on Yolo Land Native Grass Ranch and co-founder and Cattle’s rangeland] is urban of the Marin Carbon Project] speak,” green waste out of Zamora.”

Scott said Because of the high cost He said this got him thinking about to compost on such a large what he could do at home on his own scale and the huge amount of ranch. He soon realized, though, that raw green material needed, his “cowboy logic” already knew what the majority of compost Scott Stone of Yolo Land and Cattle Company talks kind of impact compost spreading processers are actually with event attendees.

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Zamora aging theirs for a full 8 weeks.

This results in a uniform, soil like mixture that is free of pathogens and any foreign seeds that could sprout when spread.

While old cowboy knowledge may say that when more organic material is put on the soil, better grass grows, why? What are the exact benefits that the soil gets from the addition of compost?

According to Chris Potter of the NASA Ames Research Center, it is about net carbon. Ranchers may farm cattle, but they all know what they really farm is grass and before that, broken down to its most basic element, they are farming carbon.

By adding compost to rangeland, added nutrients become available to plants. They are then able to photosynthesize and respire faster, drawing in more carbon from the atmosphere (hence the added environmental and air quality benefit).

They can then grow better, more plentiful and lusher forage above ground for longer during the growing season and better root systems below ground. Those stronger root systems also help to break up hard packed earth, increasing soil’s ability to hold moisture and weather a drought more resiliently.

Just like the better grass growing under the discarded old barn hay, composting wasn’t all that foreign to cowboys after all. It just equates to a different way of forage management.

But is composting a solution to

increase forage quality, quantity and drought resistance in all rangeland?

Like most things, some limits do apply.

According to experts, because of the need to spread with large semi-trucks in most cases, a slope of less than 30 percent, and ideally less than 15 percent, is recommended to maintain vehicle access and prevent runoff and erosion.

And, at the end of the day, the forage, and even environmental, benefits are nice, but to make it sustainable on the ranch, the question of cost is the biggest one.

In a rangeland setting, currently the cost can be somewhat prohibitive.

Although it varies depending on the location and distributor, the current cost of compost for materials, freight and spreading is approximately $38 per ton. While research on application rates for California rangelands is still very scarce, the California Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Soils Incentives Program recommends rates of 6 to 10 tons per acre per year of low nitrogen compost.

This makes application costs upwards of $200 per acre.

While the numbers work out and the investment is easy to justify for crops with high yield and value per acre, such as almonds and tomatoes (both significant users of compost), research and methods to bring cost down for grassland composting is in the works. And

while numbers like $200 per acre might not quite fit in the budget for many ranchers at the moment, the research and programs going on at Yolo Land and Cattle serve to move the needle forward toward more widespread affordability.

Some early research suggests that even just a one-time application could result in benefits to forage for up to 10 to 15 years. Although more research is needed, taking that one-time cost into consideration may mean more feasibility in compost’s use as a tool for ranchers.

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 more compost on ranches across the state are grants. While coming out of pocket for things like compost and equipment can be prohibitive to most ranchers, programs exist for those that are interested to help fund such projects.

And its similar programs that Yolo Land and Cattle have taken advantage of in making their diversified carbon plan a reality on the ranch—a plan that will offset the carbon emissions of approximately 6,000 vehicles over 20 years.

So, if a ranch is interesting in seeing what kind of options are out there for innovative sustainability projects like composting, what is the first step?

According to Pelayo Alvarez, of the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts and Director of Outreach and Partnerships for the Carbon Cycle Institute, the place to start is at your local resource conservation district.

There, they can help ranchers develop a carbon plan for their own

ranch, direct ranchers to available grants and connect with any other funding and assistance opportunities available. When developing and implementing these plans, he says, the most important things to outline are goals. From increasing the productivity of certain, poor yielding pastures, to revitalizing ponds and riparian habitat, each rancher and the ecology of each ranch are different.

“It is important to see what the rancher’s goals are. If it was just about carbon sequestration, we could plant a bunch of eucalyptus trees that would eat up tons of carbon, but that doesn’t make any sense. It needs to make sense to sustain long term,” he said.

And on any ranch, maximizing profit is always a goal. In addition to the forage enhancement for ranchers, Alvarez said, added niche marketability is also another benefit.

In today’s food world where words like “natural,” “organic,” and “sustainable” are key sales techniques, marketing beef as “carbon neutral” could bring a premium at the meat case from environmentally conscious buyers, another financial incentive to offset compost costs.

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So, while composting and carbon plans may seem a little far in the future for some, there are clear benefits for ranchers, and a new way of ranching is on the radar for many of the states producers. “[Composting is a] very interesting concept to add productivity to rangelands while addressing hot button issues such as sequestering carbon and rising carbon dioxide levels. It looks like a pretty expensive way currently to boost rangeland productivity, but it seems like down the road there may be opportunities for ranchers to get rewarded for the environmental services they provide,” Brooks rancher, CCA member and workshop attendee, Adam Cline said.

And that’s the eventual goal of composting. More incentives, more forage to put on more pounds of beef and more income back to the ranch, all the while increasing the already incredible ecological benefits well-managed rangelands bring to a region.

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FEEDING FORUM

PACKER TALKS TRANSPARENCY, TRUST AND DEMAND DRIVERS

by Certified Angus Beef Senior Editor of Communications Steve Suther Beef packers bridge the gap between producers and consumers, but even “the largest packer in the world” is nothing without its suppliers, John Gerber said.

Stating the obvious to 200 cattlemen at the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s Feeding Quality Forum this summer in Sioux City, Iowa, the longtime procurement head for Tyson Fresh Meats set the tone. Every link in the supply chain from ranch to consumer has a role to play.

“We do billions of dollars of business on a handshake— this is the only industry that can do that—and I hope that never changes,” Gerber said.

The best way to ensure those traditional building blocks of trust and loyalty are continued communication and collaboration, with an even greater effort at transparency, he added: “We’re going to be wide open.”

Relationships with suppliers met demand for “more CAB-type cattle” in just six months when a major retailer called for so much more in 2016 that the Tyson team first wondered if it would take two or three years, Gerber said.

“That ability to give consumers what they demand is important to all of us,” he said, explaining why five of six company plants turned away from Holsteins, and bids are down for Select grade beef.

“Very few consumers want Selects anymore,” Gerber said.

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What they do want, the whole world knows about in short order these days, thanks to technology, said Kevin Hueser, Tyson vice president of beef pricing.

Consumers have always controlled purchasing decisions.

“Did they like the product—what they knew about it?

Prior to 2010, they transferred that information word-ofmouth to a pretty small circle of friends,” Hueser said.

As the seller, we controlled the product, made what we wanted and told them what we wanted them to know,” he added. “Well, what’s changed? Our relationship: the balance of power shifted toward consumers.”

They still control the buying decisions, but also usergenerated information on platforms like Snapchat, Facebook and Pinterest.

“The amount of information they generate, whether they like it, don’t like it, the experience, have they heard something bad about it or something good about it—and don’t forget most consumers are at least two generations removed from a farm,” Hueser said. “They don’t know where food comes from; they only know what they see on TV, and what they know is what they share.”

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In August, Tyson became the first packer licensed with Kansas-based Progressive Beef LLC, which operates a feedyard program focused on cattle care, food safety and sustainability, all USDA audited. Hueser said the packer aims to purchase much of its beef through that channel as relationships grow.

“It’s not going to happen in six months, or maybe even three years, but we’re going to get there.”

That forward-looking promise applies to the blockchain system of traceability and information sharing up and down the supply lines, too, he added.

“We need traceability to inform consumers and to protect our livelihood,” Hueser said. “We have to get there.”

“They want to know what’s in the product they’re consuming,” he said. “As sellers, we still control the product or service, but we’re catering to a much different consumer.”

In terms of premium products, Hueser said those definitions are changing in consumer eyes, too. Marbling in beef may have been the most important trait decades ago, and it may be still. But now, premium beef means marbling plus information.

“It’s not just about fancy or expensive,” he said. “What about the people who produce it, the people who sell it, what does it mean to me, what does it mean to them? How are the animals raised, is the environment being taken into consideration?”

That’s why Tyson continues to launch consumer-facing initiatives to reduce the supply chains’ impact on the Livestock & Range Symposium environment and water and ensure humane animal care, Gerber and Hueser said. The company has pledged to reduce water usage 13% by 2020, and greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030.

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In Memory Ben Norman

Benny “Ben” Norman, DVM, a long-time UC Davis Extension Veterinarian and mentor to many at the School of Veterinary Medicine over the years, died on August 17 at the age of 82. He was born in Shawnee, Okla., on January 16, 1936. Norman was a 1960 Oklahoma State University DVM graduate and also had an M.S. degree in veterinary pathology (1966), a Ph.D. degree in Animal Nutrition (1970), both from OSU, and an MPVM degree from UC Davis (1996). Norman was a diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Nutrition and the American College of Animal Nutrition, and was also a former Associate Professor of Animal Science at New Mexico State University at Las Cruces, NM. At various times in his life, Norman worked in private livestock veterinary practices in New Mexico, West Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.

Ben’s principal scientific contributions to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and to UC Davis Agricultural Extension, and to the California Livestock Industry involved a mapping system he worked on showing the degree of micronutrient deficiency/adequacy in unsupplemented beef cattle grazing pastures and/or ranges within each of the 58 California Counties (in which significant numbers of beef cattle were grazed). He also did a lot of work on developing the most practical, economical and effective methods for

providing supplemental selenium: how much to provide, when to do it, how often to do it, and in what form (feed supplements, injectables, boluses). He also did some of these same kinds of studies on copper nutrition in grazing cattle.

For more than 25 years, Ben was in charge of an extremely popular summer exhibit at the annual California State Fair in Sacramento, where the public could observe calves, lambs, kids and piglets being born, under the supervision of Norman and more than 30 students from the school, who had been trained by and were supervised and paid by. Norman.

Perhaps he was best knwn by CCA members for his committment to the Beef Quality Assurance Program as he was instumental in seeing that program off the ground and traveling many miles with his UC Davis colleagues to see it implemented up and down the state.

Norman was fluent in the Spanish language and at various times, he worked in varying capacities with Latin American vet schools in Columbia, Guatemala, and Paraguay, and after retirement, with the Mexican Government in northern Mexico. He met and married his wife, Kathy, who still lives in Davis, during one of the years when he was working in South America. Ben is also survived by a son, Eric, a daughter, Diana, and a grandson, Alejandro.

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Peggy Joyce Perkins DeAtley, 64, of McArthur,, passed away on Oct. 8, in the comfort of her home. Peggy was born in Redding to David and Joyce Perkins on April 8, 1954. She attended Fall River High School in McArthur and then attended California Polytechnic State Universiry in San Luis Obispo.

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Wedding bells Kulczycki & Kester

Wood & Mcdonald

Danika Kulczycki and Kody Danielle Wood and Bill Kester tied the knot surrounded by McDonald were wed in a family and friends on Sept. 29 at the ceremony on Oct. 27 in Galt.

Kester Family's Bear Valley Ranch The bride is the daughter of and Vineyard in Parkfield. The bride, Dennis and JoEllen Wood, daughter of Barbara Kulczycki, Susanville. Parents of the groom Camarillo, and William Kulczycki, Park are Billy and Aileen McDonald, City, Utah, is employed at Victoria's Galt. The couple plans to live Secret as a merchandising manager. in Northern California. The The groom, son of Kevin and June bride will continue to work in Kester, works as a real estate appraiser Woodland at Panorama Meats as the Processing and Quality for AgVisory. The couple has made their first home in San Luis Assurance Coordinator and the groom will also keep Obispo. working on his family's ranch.

Tulloch & Mebane

Lindsey Tulloch and Col. Bennet Mebane were married on the bride's family ranch in Pine Valley on May 26. The bride is the daughter of Ben and Kelly Tulloch and is a Food Safety Manager for Tasteful Selections and the groom is the son of Dwight and Helen Mebane and is a manager and auctioneer for Western Stockman's Market. The two also both run commercial cattle with a new brand recently created to merge their herds. The couple has made their first home in Bakersfield.

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Lambert Ranch............................................................ 40 Little Shasta Ranch...................................................... 41 Livestock Memorial Research Fund............................. 43 McPhee Red Angus...................................................... 40 Morrell Ranches........................................................... 40 Noahs Angus Ranch..................................................... 39 O'Connell Ranch.......................................................... 39 P.W. Gillibrand Cattle Co.............................................. 40 Pacific Trace Minerals.............................................42, 45 Pinenut Livestock Supply............................................. 16 Pitchfork Cattle Co....................................................... 40 Ranchers Heifer Sale.................................................... 26 Red River Farms.......................................................... 39 Ritchie Manufacturing................................................. 35 Running M Group........................................................ 23 Sammis Ranch............................................................. 39 Schafer Ranch.............................................................. 39 Schohr Herefords......................................................... 40 Shasta Livestock Auction Yard..................................... 17 Sierra Ranches............................................................. 41 Silveira Bros................................................................. 39 Silveus Rangeland Insurance....................................... 45 Sonoma Mountain Herefords....................................... 41 Southern Land Company............................................. 42 Southwest Fence and Supply...................................23, 42 Spanish Ranch............................................................. 41 Stanislaus Farm Supply................................................ 19 Sweetlix....................................................................... 24 Tehama Angus Ranch................................................... 39 Teixeira Cattle Co......................................................... 39 Tumbleweed Ranch...................................................... 41 Turlock Livestock Auction Yard..................................... 2 V-A-L Charolais........................................................... 19 VF Red Angus.............................................................. 40 Vintage Angus Ranch..............................................39, 48 Western Sates Hereford Show....................................... 27 Western Video Market................................................... 3 Wulff Brothers Livestock.............................................. 40

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THE FEMALE SALE

VINTAGE ANGUS WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR 2018 FEMALE BUYERS...

LOT 8C

78 LOTS GROSSED $3,016,550

LOT 8B

TO AVERAGE $38,673 PER LOT 2018 “GENETIC GOLD” FEMALE SALE CUSTOMERS

LOT 8C VINTAGE BLACKBIRD 8128 A special thank you to Riverbend Ranches, ID, for their $150,000 selection in a future donor by Colonel and 8809.

LOT 3A

LOT 3A VINTAGE BLACKCAP 8008

A special thank you to Rooney Angus Ranch, WI, for their $150,000 half interest selection in a future donor by Heritage.

LOT 16A

Stephen Maddox, CA Angus of Clear Creek, LLC, TX Audley Farm, VA McDonald Cattle Co, MO Bar 7 Genetics, AL Justin Mitchell, MO Big Timber Cattle Co., FL Nobmann Cattle, CA Bogue Chitto Cattle Co, MS O’Neal Ranch/Bruin Ranch, CA LOT 8C VINTAGE BLACKBIRD 7228 Boyd Beef Cattle, KY A special thank you to Rooney Angus Ranch, WI, Optum Angus LLC, OH Cox Ranch, TX for their $250,000 selection in a future donor Pine Tree Ranch, LA Crazy K Ranch, TN

by Discovery and 8809.

Pollard Farms, OK Dave Robinson, CA Potts Bros Farm, GA Day Cattle Co, MO Prarie Creek Stock Farm, IL Deer Valley Farm, TN Riverbend Ranch, ID Dubas Cattle Co., NE Rockin S Ranch, Inc., CA Edisto Pines Farm, SC Rooney Angus Ranch, LLC, WI Executive Ranch, VA Arnold & Roseline Rothlin, CA Express Ranches, OK Jonathan Russell, MO EZ Angus Ranch, CA Sandringham Farms, KY Fairway Farms Angus, TX Shining C Ranch, CA Ficken Angus Ranch, CA Smith Family Ranch, KS Freedom Land & Cattle Co. LLC, CA Smith Valley Angus, MO Dennis Gilliland, OK Spring Grove Ranch, LLC, VA Gladewater Farms, IL Spruce Mountain Ranch LLC, CO Gobbell Farms, TN LOT 8D VINTAGE BLACKBIRD 7480 Stepaside Farm, LLC, CA Danny Hennagan Jr., CA A special thank you to Riverbend Ranches, Stonewall Ridge Farm, TN Hertlein Cattle Co., CA ID, for their $250,000 selection in a future Sudden and Hollister Cattle Co, TX High Roller Angus, TX donor by Playbook and 8809.

Teixeira Cattle Co., CA Huwa Cattle, CO Walkers Branch Angus, NC Jacs Ranch, AR Westwind Angus Ranch, CA Mark Jolley, FL Wilks Ranch Texas Ltd, TX Jones & Brown Angus Production, OK Willow Land & Cattle, CA Steve Judy, KY XL Angus Ranch, WY Keith Gardiner Farming, CA Greg Yates, CA Linz Heritage Angus, IN Lylester Ranch LLC, NE Steve Zybach, TX

LOT 8D

LOT 1

LOT 8A LOT 16A VINTAGE RITA 7509

A special thank you to Spruce Mt Ranch, CO, for their $110,000 half interest selection on a future donor cow by

LOT 2A

LOT 2A VINTAGE BLACKCAP 8263

A special thank you to Deer Valley Farms, TN, for their $100,000 half interest selection in a future donor by Colonel

LOT 1 VINTAGE FIRST LADY 4389

A special thank you to Lylester Ranch, NE, for their $160,000 half interest selection on this Discovery donor.

LOT 1 VINTAGE BLACKBIRD 7204

A special thank you to Optum Angus, OH, for their $200,000 half interest selection of the full sister to the $730,000 VAR Powerplay bull.

LOT 4

LOT 4 VINTAGE HENRIETTA PRIDE 5024 A special thank you to Stonewall Ridge Farms, TN, for their $110,000 half interest selection of the full sister to VAR Legend 5019.

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