Sage Signals
Voice of the Nevada Livestock Industry
Volume XXXV, #12
INSIDE ✧ Nevada Cattlemen’s Convention Preview pages 1 – 5 ✧ Calendar page 2 ✧ Market Reports pages 8-9 ✧ Nevada News pages 11, 14 ✧ Industry News page 13 ✧ Beef Council Checkoff page 15 ✧ Drought Workshops page 16 ✧
October 2012
Published monthly for its membership
Dust off your boots
and join us for our 77th Annual Convention and Trade Show! It’s that time of year again…. Mark your calendars for our 77th Annual Nevada Cattlemen’s Association Joint Convention and Trade Show to be held November 14-16, 2012 in Winnemucca, NV! As NCA members around the state gather in Winnemucca, we will celebrate a lifetime of traditions, th revise and review policies, and take a chance to enjoy our friends and neighand bors. You may have read a little bit about our upcoming convention as you’ve sat down to read this month’s Nevada Rancher. Our convention theme is “Committed to Defending Our Legacy as True Stewards of the Range”. Now, as we decided on this theme, it was important to NCA that we choose a topic that supports so much of what we do in Nevada. As a state that is almost 90% public lands, EVERY PRESIDENT has spent much of their term defending our heritage and fighting to ranch on public lands. You’ve read those articles from current NCA President JJ Goicoechea, as he meets with agencies and we continue to drudge on as envirogroups set standards that determine our fate. You’ve read those articles from past NCA President and past Public Lands Council President John Falen as he served his term for NCA and still continues to serve and defend multiple uses of public lands. As we have been preparing for convention, we have found articles from past presidents and officers and we’re still fighting the same fights we have been. But, one thing holds true, as we became an Association in 1935, we have and will continue to be committed to defending our legacy, as true stewards of the range. This past month brought our Public Lands Council (PLC) Annual Meeting, held in Winnemucca, NV. I must say, congratulations to retiring PLC President John Falen and the PLC staff for putting together a great meeting!! The meeting was an impressive mix of agency leadership, range consultants and fellow representatives of the public lands industry. Mrs. Amy Leuders, NV BLM State Director, presented the BLM Stewardship Award. We heard from a panel of representatives
on encouraging involvement in coordination and/ or cooperating agency status with agencies. As we have had a large impact from wildfire, which will eventually be invasive species if not managed properly, PLC featured a discussion and presentations from academia and range consultants on grazing of invasive species. As stated from our PLC Executive Director Dustin Van Liew, “The caretakers of this land, which are ranch families, must be included in the decision-making process to achieve the best results for the land, wildlife and the future of these family ranching operations,” Van Liew said. “No one knows better than ranchers and local agency range staff about the rangeland needs. On the same token, no one knows better than local elected officials what their communities require. The effort on the parts of ranchers and local officials to properly manage the federal range is stronger than ever. It’s very encouraging.” As we plan for this year’s convention, we see the importance of setting our members up to be great stewards and encourage involvement in the decision-making process. With continued interest in understanding your property rights and defending those rights, we are hosting a seminar featuring Angus McIntosh in which members will learn the history of property rights in Nevada and the application of property law. As sage grouse has been a large topic of discussion at dinner tables across the state, we will hear from Bob Budd and representatives of Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on implementation and landowner involvement of the Nevada sage grouse plan. But, of course, all work and no play would not be true to our heritage. Not only do we have some great daytime events to attend, but we also have a great band planned for our Western Fun Night. And, on our last evening in Winnemucca, we will host our annual Awards Banquet and truly have the chance to thank those who have worked hard to defend our legacy. So, let’s get down to business and enjoy some good ole’ fashion fun at our annual convention!
77 Joint Annual
Trade Show