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Official publication of ... n New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association nmcga20@gmail.com P.O. Box 850, Moriarty NM 87035 Office: 505.247.0584 , Fax: 505.842.1766 Physical Location: 809 First Street, Moriarty NM 87035 Pres­i­dent, Bronson Corn n New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. nmwgi@nmagriculture.org P.O. Box 850, Moriarty NM 87035 Office: 505.247.0584 , Fax: 505.842.1766 Physical Location 809 First Street, Moriarty NM 87035 President, Antonio Manzanares n New Mexico Federal Lands Council newmexicofederallandscouncil@gmail.com 3417 Avenida Charada NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 President, Ty Bays

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DEPARTMENTS 10 NMCGA President’s Message

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16 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 26 News Update: Riley, Purina 32 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers

by Don Bullis

35 Wolves in the Suburbs: The Hypocrisy of Coexistence

by Lee Pitts

Source: Catron County Rancher

41 View from the Backside

36 Current Value of Replacement Heifers

by Barry Denton

46 In Memoriam 49 Marketplace 51 Seedstock Guide 54 Real Estate Guide 54 Sandhill Sheriffs and Shotgun Diplomacy by a Sandhills Vet in the Tradition of Baxter Black

by Julie Carter and Sage Faulkner

by Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press

39 Minnie Lou Bradley 40 Climate Campaign Lawsuit Seeks to Censor Scientists

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44 US Supreme Court Urged to Hear Wyoming CornerCrossing Case

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FEATURES

by Angus M. Thuemer Jr., WYOfile

14 State Land Office to Host Public Meetings on Proposed Land Exchange with BLM 17 Using EPDs for Selection Source: American International Charolais Association 22 The Monument Mirage How Conservation Economics Disguises Rural Cleansing

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38 USFS Chief Outlines Vision for Logging, Mining & Grazing, Less Wildfire in America’s National Forests

42 Can Large-Scale Solar Installations Coexist with Agriculture in Rural America?

76 Food & Fodder

28 Rural New Mexico Counties Enlist

by Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist

by Craig Rucker, CFACT

74 From The Arena

Source: Catron County Rancher

30 HHS Allows FDA Emergency Use of Animal Drugs to Combat New World Screwworm 31 10th Circuit Holds New Mexico’s 7-Day Waiting Period Unconstitutional 34 Hungry for Protein & Quality, US Consumers Shrug Off High Beef Prices Source: CoBank

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12 Just the Facts ... & Then Some

PRODUCTION Production Coordinator: Carol Pendleton Editorial & Advertising Design: Kristy Hinds

National Support

by Bronson Corn, NMCGA President

55 NMCGA Allied Industry Committee to Host College Interns at 2025 Joint Stockmen’s Convention 64 Deadline Approaching for NMCGA Livestock Inspector of the Year Award 66 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Presents County Heritage Buckle Awards 71 Trump Should Rebuild Historic Grand Canyon Lodge

by William Perry Pendley, Washington Examiner

72 Women Who Pick Up Broncs

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NM Cattle Growers President’s M; 9.9 in; Black; -; 4-hf_fp PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Bronson Corn NMCGA President

Bronson Corn President Roswell Tom Paterson President-Elect Luna Dave Kenneke NW Vice President Cimarron Jeff Decker SE Vice President Lovington Roy Farr SW Vice President Datil Cliff Copeland NE Vice President Nara Visa Becky King-Spindle Vice President at Large Moriarty Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Peralta Loren Patterson Immediate Past President Corona Randell Major Past President

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s I sit here in my feed truck driving around the ranch, looking at the cured-out grass and the cloudy skies it gives me hope for a brighter future.

I received anywhere from 6 1/2 inches down to just below 2 inches for 2025, so not a huge amount of rain but all our country had some.

There are many of those especially in the Southwest whose 2025 rainfall season has been anything but spectacular, my thoughts and prayers go out for those of you who are struggling to get through another year. Those of us in the cattle industry go through a whirlwind of emotions on a year-to-year basis, and it solely revolves around things that we cannot control.

Whether that be the lack of rain, input prices skyrocketing year after year, health issues that plague the subconscious parts of our minds, and cattle prices when we sell our calf crop.

These are all things that we cannot control, and it continues to affect the way that we operate year in and year out. That is what makes us unique!

Those who try to push policy revolving around agriculture whether it be at a state level or a national level most of the time do not have a background in agriculture. There used to be a bumper sticker floating around that said on the 8th day God created the Rancher, I firmly believe that, as it takes an individual who cares more about the land, wildlife, livestock, and our family to do this day in and day out.

I do partially disagree with the fact that it is a “lifestyle” as people call it, I think of it more as a calling! For those of us in the cow/calf industry we are seeing a market that has never been seen before. We have options for the first time in a decade; this is only the second time in the last 20 years that many family operations can comfortably work on long term debt. Such an amazing opportunity that we have, and I believe it is not over yet!

As many of you have heard me say over the last several years, we must build a future for the next generation. That time as among us!

Now is the time when the next generation has the opportunity to continue family operations.

I am not saying to retire and make your kids take it over, what I am saying is we have an opportunity for the family ranchers that have been struggling year in and year out for the last 30 years to make ends meet, we have the ability to work on long term debt, expanding our operations, doubling up your heifer retention, buying better bull genetics, water infrastructure replacement, fence replacement, all of those things that you do as you can but never seem to get done! In most instances the first generation built the infrastructure, the second generation paid for the infrastructure, the third generation enjoyed the infrastructure, the 4th generation repairs the infrastructure, now the fifth generation does what it can to operate with the infrastructure that was put in 100 to 150 years ago.

I wholeheartedly believe in making the next generation work for everything they get, but if we can help them along so that they don’t face the same struggles that we are now, then maybe our children will be more interested in coming back to the family operation because they know that at least some of headaches aren’t going to fall upon them.

Prices the way they are I would strongly urge the family operations who have never been in this position before to consult with your CPA so that you may have an understanding on how and what to do without having to pay a ridiculous amount of taxes. Who would have ever thought that it hurts to be successful for the first time since the early 80s?

It just does not seem right to finally be in a position to do what we have all dreamed of doing, just to be slapped with a hefty IRS bill. I do not know about you, but I do not want the government to have 33 percent of this year’s calf crop!

As I wrote in the last letter as well, do not be bashful about protecting yourself through next year’s calf crop by utilizing an insurance program, or talking with a hedge firm about some lowcost low risk protection. We have tools available to us now that past generations did not.

Be bold, strong, and courageous! Our God has given us an opportunity, maybe we should ask him how to proceed?

“Y’all Have A Good’en!”

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JUST THE FACTS ... & THEN SOME

by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman

Screwworm Hysteria

Screwworm Hysteria

most states. Growers in the states of In late August the US Secretary of Coahuila, Durango and Sonora are Agriculture took the first step in issuing expected to receive assistance under the a Rural Veterinary Action Plan that will federal investment program Plan Mexico tackle several issues including: am not saying that screwworms are not that aims to address challenges in indusa horrific threat to the livestock indus- tries critical to the nation’s economy. ЇЇ Enhancing and streamlining try, especially in states along the Officials at Mexico’s Beef Producers Veterinary Grant Programs Mexican Border. The worms are spread- Association, for example, estimate that ing rapidly in Mexico. It doesn’t appear ranchers have lost $30 million per month ЇЇ Recruit and retain USDA that building a facility to sterilize flies in since Mexican livestock imports to the Veterinarians the US is going to happen fast enough to United States were officially banned this save us. summer. ЇЇ Research barriers to entry and However the “popular” media really increase recruitment from rural fell off the edge in late August when a New Champions areas woman who had been in South America During the New Mexico Federal was diagnosed with screwworms in the Lands Council visit to Washington, D.C. Better read the label!

US. While that must have been terrible, in late June we learned of some potential In an interview with The Wall Street it is limited to one person. help for ranchers suffering from the Journal, Impossible Foods CEO Peter According to veterinarians, humans Endangered Species Act and specifically McGuinness said he would potentially cannot transmit the worms to animals wolves. The Small Business Administra- produce a burger that was 50 percent nor can animals transfer to humans. The tion (SBA) was already on the issue, but plant-based and 50 percent beef, accordflies must lay eggs in open wounds or in wants to learn more to do more. ing to meatingplace.com a humid place like the nose.

To that end SBA officials will be in Whether the remark represented an Not to be confused with facts, the wolf country September 9 through Sep- idle thought or a considered plan wasn’t media is warning of the next pandemic tember 12 to hear from ranchers living immediately clear. But it came on the coming from screwworms. with wolves. Meeting sites will be heels of a Washington Post op-ed headNot happening folks, just like the Winston, Magdalena, Datil and Reserve. line arguing that, “Plant-based meat has popular prediction that bird flu would For more information please contact a problem. It may need more meat.” be the next pandemic... since 2022.

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New World screwworm (NWS) is continuing to spread rapidly in the country, McDonald’s has admitted that their keeping the U.S. border closed to cattle products are too expensive for their cusimports and redirecting production to tomer base, says meatingplace.com. the Mexican packing industry, according Starting in September, McDonald’s and to meatingplace.com. its U.S. franchisees will reduce the price Authorities had a tally of 5,086 cases of eight popular combo meals by about D V E RT I S E through August 17, 53 percent more than 15 percent compared to buying the items July’s total, the Reuters news agency separately. reported, citing Mexican government The fast-food giant plans to expand data in mid-August. The infestations its offerings with a $5 breakfast deal and were mostly afflicting cattle, though an $8 Big Mac and McNugget special, cases were also reported in sheep, horses reviving its “Extra Value Meals” and dogs. branding.

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State Land Office to Host Public Meetings on Proposed Land Exchange with BLM

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he New Mexico State Land Office (NMSLO) is hosting a series of four public meetings across Southern New Mexico September 22 - 25, 2025. The meetings will provide an overview of a proposed land exchange between the NMSLO and the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

The NMSLO will also gather feedback at the meetings to help guide the agency’s decisions regarding the exchange. Representatives from the BLM will also be in attendance.

Under the proposed exchange, the NMSLO would transfer roughly 85,000 acres of state trust land to the BLM. In return, the NMSLO would receive federal lands of equal value.

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portions of state trust land to be incorporated into the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Meanwhile, NMSLO would receive lands better suited for the agency’s mission to earn revenue for public schools, universities, and hospitals.

Because the NMSLO would receive more valuable lands, the exchange may ultimately be limited to just Doña Ana County but the agency is holding meetings in all potentially included counties.

Interested parties will have an opportunity to provide public comments at the in-person meetings. Public comments may also be emailed to: BLM_NM_LCDO_ Mail@blm.gov.

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Lordsburg: Tuesday, September 23; 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Hidalgo County Council Chambers, 305 Pyramid St. Deming: Wednesday, September 24; 6 – 7:30 p.m.

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ello y’all! I hope this finds y’all with enough rain and if not, I pray you get it soon.

July took me to San Diego, California for the American National Cattle Women Summer Meeting. So many great women in attendance. The meetings were productive, and we got a lot accomplished. We attended a San Diego Padres vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball game as a group and we had a ton of fun. Go Diamondbacks, even though they lost.

New Mexico CowBelles received the Honorary 4-H Member Award and Michelle

Greeman accepted it for us. What an honor that was.

I hope y’all are rocking and rolling with your Associate Member sign ups, the contest ends October 1, so go get em’!

Don’t forget New Mexico Beef Council needs our help manning the Beef Happy Hours at State Fair September 5 and 6. Then on September 12 and 13 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Please reach out to Liz if you can fill a spot.

I sure appreciate all of you and am blessed to be able to represent our organization and state.

See y’all down the trail.

Blessings, –Corrina Casler New Mexico CowBelles President Mesilla Valley CowBelles August Meeting held virtually. Fundraiser: Mary Esther will follow up with more details at the October meeting. Ag Explorer: Mary Esther, Fita, and Margie will present for Ag Explorer during the fair (Wed-Fri). Presentations will be geared towards 3rd graders. Beef Show: MVCB will sponsor the usual buckles for the beef show this year. Gretchen will inform Lindy Gardner. NMF&LB Women’s Leadership Program: Dona Ana Farm and Livestock Bureau will conduct a bean giveaway again this year at the fair. They will use the educational side of the booth on Saturday, September 27. Activity TBD. Booth Clean Up: Let’s plan for the booth clean up on Saturday, September 13. Date change can occur.

Group plans to decorate the booth on Wednesday morning of the fair. Discussion of schedule for manning the booth to occur during clean-up. NMSU Ag Day: Mark your calendars for this event: Saturday, November 8, 2025. Next meeting: September 13 (T) at booth clean up.

New Mexico CowBelles thank you to all who have submitted their news to Jingle Jangle. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 15th of each month.

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Using EPDs for Selection Source: American International Charolais Association

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attle Evaluations use the term Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) to express genetic transmitting ability of a sire for the various traits listed. An EPD is a prediction of how future progeny of a sire are expected to perform in a particular trait relative to other sires in the analysis. The key word is “difference”. The EPD itself does not imply “good” or “bad” performance. But rather, the EPD gives a prediction of the average difference to expect in the performance of a sire’s progeny relative to other sires in the same analysis.

The EPD for a given trait on each animal in the analysis is compared to every other animal in the analysis. The EPD is reported as a plus or minus value in the unit which the trait is measured.

Each EPD reported is accompanied with an Accuracy (ACC) value. ACC is a measure of reliability regarding the EPD evaluation for a performance trait. Accuracy is reported

as a decimal number between zero and one: Yearling Weight EPD (YW) The large values indicate greater accuracy and expected difference in average yearling more certainty the EPD will show little weight of progeny. The evaluation reflects change as additional progeny information is genetic influence on both pre-weaning and obtained. post-weaning growth rate.

Birth Weight EPD (BW) The expected Maternal Milk EPD (Milk) The genetic difference in average birth weight (pounds) ability of a sire’s or dam’s daughters to of progeny. Birth weight reflects prenatal express in pounds of weaning weight in her growth. calves due to her maternal ability through Calving Ease Direct (CE) is expressed as mothering instinct and milk. a difference in percentage of unassisted Total Maternal EPD (MTL) A value to births in first calf heifers. A higher value predict the weaning weight performance of indicates greater calving ease. It predicts the calves from an animal’s daughters due to average difference in unassisted births with genetics for growth and maternal ability. which a sire’s calves will be born when bred Total Maternal is calculated by adding ½ the to first-calf heifers.

WW EPD to the Maternal Milk EPD. Calving Ease Maternal (MCE) is Scrotal Circumference EPD (SC) The expressed as a difference in percentage of expected difference in scrotal circumference unassisted births in first calf daughters. A (expressed in centimeters) of a bull’s or dam’s higher value indicates greater calving ease. male offspring at yearling compared to It predicts the average difference in unas- progeny of all other animals evaluated. sisted births with which a sire’s daughters Research has also indicated a relationship will calve as first-calf heifers when compared between increased SC EPD and decreased to daughters of other sires. age at puberty for daughters.

Weaning Weight EPD (WW) The Carcass records are adjusted to an age expected difference in average weaning constant endpoint. Therefore selection based weight of calves. The evaluation reflects the on any or all of the carcass merit EPD are genetic influence on pre-weaning growth comparable among cattle at the same age rate. endpoint. For example, selection based on

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increased EPD for carcass weight will result in heavier carcass weights than those animals with lower EPD for carcass weights when the cattle are harvested at the same age.

Carcass Weight EPD (CW) Expected progeny differences for Carcass Weight is a predictor of pounds of retail product at a constant age endpoint. Selection for increased values should result in heavier carcasses, while selection for decreased values should result in lighter carcass weights at the same age endpoint. Carcass Weight EPD are expressed in pounds and is a predictor of the differences in hot carcass weight between parents progeny at an age constant endpoint.

Ribeye Area EPD (REA) Ribeye area is measured from a cross-sectional area of the longissimus dorsi muscle at the 12th rib.

Ribeye area is a major component of the USDA yield grade equation and selection for increased ribeye area should result in larger ribeyes and lower yield grades between animals with the same carcass weight.

Ribeye area has a positive relationship with weight, the larger the animal the larger the ribeye area. Ribeye Area EPD are expressed in square inches and is a predictor of differences in ribeye area between parents’ progeny at a constant age endpoint.

Fat Thickness EPD (FAT) Fat thickness

is measured at the 12th rib and is the primary component to the USDA Yield Grade equation. Fat thickness has a negative relationship to cutability; therefore, selection based on decreased fat thickness should result in lower yield grades and leaner cattle given the same age endpoint. Fat Thickness EPD are expressed in inches and are a predictor of differences in fat thickness between parent’s progeny at an age constant endpoint.

Marbling Score (MARB) Marbling is a subjective measure of the amount of intramuscular fat in the ribeye muscle. Marbling score is the primary component of USDA Quality grade and selection for increased Marbling Score EPD should result in cattle with higher quality grades at the same age endpoints. Marbling score has a small genetic correlation with fat, therefore producers may select for increased marbling score EPD while not changing external fat thickness when cattle are harvested at the same age-constant endpoint. Marbling EPD is a prediction of the differences in the USDA subjective marbling score between parent’s progeny at an age constant endpoint. Marbling is expressed in the same units as the USDA Marbling Score (see table below), see the accompanying table for USDA Marbling Score in the Carcass Section.

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Terminal Sire Index (TSI) is a formal method of combing Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) – BW, WW, YW, REA, CW, MARB and FAT – into one single value on which to base selection decisions. The TSI uses estimates of the genetic relationships between traits with an economic default value based on three year rolling USDA data.

The TSI represents a dollar index per terminal progeny produced for a bull in the AICA database, ranking them for profit potential. This dollar index is to be interpreted much like a single trait EPD. For example, if Sire A’s index is $191.66 and Sire B’s index is $200.00, then we would expect Sire B’s offspring to average $8.34 more net return ($200.00 minus $191.66) than Sire A’s offspring.

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that is due to genetic variation. For example, when analyzing a group of Charolais calves from the same sire, one would expect some variation in the weaning weights. Since weaning weight is 25 percent heritable, 25 percent of the observed variation is attributable to genetics while the remaining 75 percent of the observed variation is due to environmental influences.

Traits with low heritability estimates are influenced more by environment than by genetics, thus genetic progress from selection may be slow. Traits with low heritability respond greater to the effects of crossbreeding. Since heritability is already an integral part of the EPD calculation, EPD reflects actual differences and requires no adjustment.

Accuracy Accuracy values give us an indication of how close our estimates are to an animal’s true genetic value. Accuracy values are extremely useful to breeders in determining the reliability of an EPD. An accuracy value can range from 0.0 to 1.0, depending on the amount of information that is known about an animal for any one of the reported traits.

As the amount of information included in the analysis of a trait for an animal increases, the accuracy value for that trait increases accordingly. Table 1 shows the standard error of prediction (possible change value for an EPD) at various levels of accuracy for the traits reported. You will notice that as accuracy level increases, the possible change value decreases. Still, an EPD can change from year to year even though it may have a high level of accuracy. The point to remember is that the expected change of an EPD with a high ACC is correspondingly less than those of an EPD with a lower ACC value.

The possible change of identical EPD, given different levels of accuracy can be seen in the example. Two sires have YW EPD of +30, but different ACC values. This figure illustrates the possible range within where the true genetic value is. Sire A has an ACC of .40 with a possible change value of 23 pounds, and Sire B has an ACC of .80 with a possible change value of 8.5 pounds.

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The W Monument Mirage How Conservation Economics Disguises Rural Cleansing

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hen the Organ Mountains–Desert agenda that has little to do with economics.

Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico was desig- No Baselines, No Counterfactuals nated in 2014, boosters promised an The first f law is methodological. To economic renaissance. Tourism, they measure economic impact, you need a baseclaimed, would skyrocket; small businesses line and a counterfactual. What did the local would flourish; jobs would follow. Today, a economy look like before the monument? parade of glossy reports trumpet the sup- What would it look like today had the desigposed bounty: hundreds of millions in new nation never occurred? No one has bothered spending, hundreds of jobs created, millions to answer those questions. in tax revenue. The Las Cruces Chamber of Instead, consultants simply assume Commerce echoes the refrain—proof, they causation: tourism rose because of the monsay, that conservation pays. ument. But southern New Mexico is home But behind the headlines lies a story of to White Sands National Park, the historic fragile data, inflated modeling, and a deeper town of Mesilla, and state park attractions that were already drawing visitors. The regional economy has grown and diversified since 2014, making it impossible to attribute changes solely to the monument. Without a counterfactual, the claims are little more than advocacy wrapped in numbers.

Thin Data, Inflated Models On-the-ground visitation data is almost nonexistent. The Bureau of Land Management operates only a few visitor counters at three small entry points to a monument that sprawls across nearly half a million acres.

Most visitors enter informally, unrecorded.

Yet consultants confidently project over 600,000 annual visitors.

The projections then feed into economic models like IMPLAN. Each hypothetical visitor is assigned a generic spending profile—hotels, meals, gas, souvenirs— which is multiplied across the local economy.

The outputs are touted as “$35 million in annual impact” and “hundreds of jobs supported.” But multiplying uncertainty produces nothing more than larger uncertainty. With no reliable baseline and no actual counts, these models are castles built on sand.

The Bigger Picture: Scale of the Economy Even if the monument were delivering exactly what its boosters promise, the scale pales compared to the bedrock industries of New Mexico. ЇЇ Outdoor recreation contributed about $3.2 billion in value added in 2023, or 2.4% of New Mexico’s GDP, supporting around 29,000 jobs.

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Agriculture and forestry, by contrast, generate nearly twice that output, with deeper ties to land, water, and culture.

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Stack these sectors side by side, and the monument’s supposed “tourism boom” is revealed for what it is: a rounding error in the state’s broader economy.

The Real Objective: Rewilding

by Design So why the relentless emphasis on tourism? Because it provides a politically palatable cover for the true motivation: restricting or eliminating traditional land uses.

National monument status is not just a

branding exercise. National monument interagency planning is directed to prioritize preservation over multiple use—it curtails grazing, logging, mining, and energy development. Environmental NGOs openly support this shift. Groups like WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project litigate aggressively to close grazing allotments, challenge timber sales, and block mineral leasing. Their long-term vision is what they call rewilding: the transformation of working landscapes into wilderness preserves.

For rural communities, this looks less like conservation and more like rural cleansing—a systematic displacement of industries and livelihoods that have sustained families for generations. Whether mandated by law or achieved through litigation and regula-

tion, the intent is the same: remove people who work the land, and replace them with tourists who merely pass through it.

The Costs of a Mirage Tourism can complement rural economies. It can create seasonal jobs, stimulate small business, and bring visibility to overlooked communities. But it is not a substitute for the high-wage, year-round employment found in agriculture, forestry, or oil and gas.

Nor does it provide the same cultural continuity that comes from ranching families who have managed the land for a century.

By selling tourism as an “economic engine,” monument boosters downplay the losses that come with removing multiple uses. They obscure the reality that once grazing permits are retired, once timber

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Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks was not created to spur economic growth. It was created to lock up land, restrict extractive industries, and further the rewilding vision of environmental groups that see human livelihoods as incompatible with nature.

That is a debate worth having. But it should be fought on the grounds of values and tradeoffs—not on the false promise of tourism dollars spun from thin data.

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NEWS UPDATE

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ach Riley has been appointed as New Mexico State Executive Director for the Fa r m Ser v ice Agency. Raised in eastern New Mexico, he hails from a ranching family that has been raising cattle there for more than four generations.

Previously Riley has worked for then Congressman Steve Pearce, the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, the New Mexico Farm & Live Bureau before moving to Colorado. There he worked for the Colorado Farm Bureau, the Colorado Livestock Association and Tallgrass, an oil and gas company.

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Rural New Mexico Counties Enlist National Support

by Bill Williams, Chavez County Manager

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t was as inspirational as a scene from Rocky when rural New Mexico counties garnered the support of the National Association of Counties, in Philadelphia, to oppose the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, during their annual meeting.

Representatives from eight New Mexico Counties, directly affected by the planned 5 to 15-mile-wide corridor through their counties, teamed up, planned, presented, and fought to assure that 1,841,000 acres will not be taken by the federal government.

The plan for 10 National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors was announced on May 8, 2024, with a high-level explanation of the basis for those “corridors.” Describing a “must have” scenario for all of these 10 corridors to assure electrical distribution across the entire nation anad into areas that did not have adequate power available.

Immediately, counties in the affected areas began to question the plans and the vast quantities of land that could be lost to agri-

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culture and other uses.

Then, in October of 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), who originally planned to have their application process take place simultaneously with the local government’s processes, changed direction giving themselves the authority to issue transmission permits even after states deny an application in these areas.

Many counties took actions and succeeded in their efforts to have the “corridors within their states and counties removed from consideration.

On December 16, 2024, Phase 3 was announced in the Federal Register and advanced three corridors with the Southwest Grid Connector being one of the three. This corridor dissects eight New Mexico Counties, four Colorado Counties, and runs along the western end of the Oklahoma panhandle. It is comprised of over two million acres.

Additionally, the Tribal Energy Access Corridor and the Lake Erie-Canada Corridor were named. Hypothetically, these areas have been selected to enhance grid reliability and reduce consumer costs. A short window for public comments and for entities to request Cooperating Agency Status was announced.

It was after the Federal Register listing

that people in the impacted areas began to realize what the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors would allow. Serious questions about a government agency’s ability to take vast quantities of land without the consent of Congress began to surface.

Many concerns about the eminent domain process were raised as well as how the land acquisitions would be funded.

The federal plan would empower government agents to determine land use, without the involvement of the residents of that land.

It would disregard the local government’s policies that are responsible for ensuring that the custom and culture of their communities are considered in any governmental actions.

The potential for wrongdoing, and “backroom deals,” is exponentially greater without the oversight of Congress, who determine the law, and the Local Governments, who are in tune with their communities.

Local ranchers reached out to the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, who in turn reached out to the County Commissioners across the affected areas. Within days, a series of six town hall meetings were held, by New Mexico Cattle Growers working with county leadership, in various New Mexico Counties. County Commissioners, managers, and other State and Local elected

officials, and members of the public were invited. Several hundred people attended the town hall meetings; local government officials committed to doing whatever they could to assure that the concerns of their communities were heard.

Immediately, the County Boards of Commissioners passed resolutions in opposition to the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, those were forwarded to State, Local, and U.S. elected officials and agencies, to request relief and assistance.

Additionally, local governments began working together to determine additional actions that could be taken to raise awareness as well as to get the Department of Energy, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to engage with the local governments and their constituencies.

It was at this time that several county

government officials drafted a resolution to go before the National Association of Counties for their consideration and, if approved at the annual meeting, to be lobbied for on the national level, for the upcoming year. It was our hope that the National Association of Counties, who represent over 3,000 counties nationwide, would adopt the resolution opposing the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, until such time as the federal government coordinates with state, tribal and county governments.

In March, the request was presented at the NACo Legislative conference, in Washington, D.C. and was adopted as an interim resolution, by the Environment, Energy, and Land Use Committee, and was cross claimed

by Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Public Lands Committees. With the support of dozens of co-sponsors from not only New

Mexico and Colorado, but also, California, Washington, Oregon, and other western states, the resolution was successfully presented at the annual meeting and approved, without opposition, at the General Assembly on July 14, 2025.

Upon reflection, our New Mexico counties standing up against people who do not understand us, might better fit the role of Rambo. The takeaway being: do not underestimate rural New Mexico’s strength or sophistication in a battle!

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HHS Allows FDA Emergency Use of Animal Drugs to Combat New World Screwworm

approaching the U.S. border with Mexico. Screwworm,” said Secretary of Agriculture This parasite poses an emerging threat to Brooke L. Rollins. “Our cattle ranchers and livestock and food security, with potential livestock producers are relying on the Trump impacts on both national security and Administration to defend their livelihoods. animal health.

Stopping this pest is a national security pri“... we are taking decisive action to safe- ority and we are linking arms across guard the nation’s food supply from this President Trump’s cabinet to defend our emerging threat,” said HHS Secretary Robert borders and push back this threat.”

F. Kennedy, Jr. “This authorization equips “Our priority is to safeguard both animal FDA to act quickly, limit the spread of New health and the nation’s food supply,” said World Screwworm, and protect America’s FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., livestock.”

M.P.H. “FDA is acting swiftly and responsiCurrently, there are no FDA-approved bly to help ensure we have the necessary tools drugs for NWS in the United States. The to prevent and control New World ScrewFDA through an EUA can authorize the worm, minimizing risks to agriculture and flexible, faster use of certain animal drug public health.” products that may be approved for other FDA will provide future guidance to purposes, or available in other countries, but veterinarians and stakeholders on the not formally approved for NWS in the U.S. appropriate use of any products authorized This ensures veterinarians, farmers, and for emergency use and update the New animal health officials have timely access to World Screw worm: Information for the tools they need to protect pets, livestock, Veterinarians fda.gov/animal-veterinary and the nation’s food supply. /s a f e t y - h e a l t h /n e w - w o r l d - s c r e w w o r m “Thank you to my friends and partners information-veterinarians page.

Secretary Kennedy and Commissioner Makary who are answering the call and supporting our aggressive plan to push back and ultimately defeat this devastating pest. This emergency use authorization is another tool we can use in the fight against New World

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he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a declaration that allows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the New World Screwworm (NWS). This declaration applies only to drugs for animals.

NWS infests warm-blooded animals, including livestock, pets, wildlife, and, in rare cases, humans, causing severe tissue damage and sometimes death. The risk to human health in the United States remains very low, but the potential future threat to animal populations and the food supply chain requires proactive action.

Although eradicated from North America and Central America decades ago, NWS has progressed north since 2022 and is now

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“In courtrooms across America, the NRA is successfully leading the charge to protect law-abiding Americans’ Second Amendment rights,” said NRA-ILA Executive Director, John Commerford. “The 10th Circuit has sided with the NRA and held that radical waiting period laws are indeed unconstitutional. This decision not only impacts gun owners in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma, but serves as a key piece in dismantling similar gun control laws across the country.”

New Mexico’s law requires purchasers of firearms to “cool off” for seven days before taking possession of a newly purchased firearm—even after passing a background check and demonstrating that they are not prohibited from owning firearms.

The Tenth Circuit held that New Mexico’s law violates the Second Amendment. Judge Tymkovich, writing for the court, determined that the right to keep and bear arms necessarily includes the lawful acquisition of firearms and, therefore, “cooling off ” waiting periods infringe on Second Amendment-protected conduct. Next, the court concluded that waiting periods are a modern invention that are unsupported by our nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.

New Mexico’s proffered historical analogues—intoxication laws, licensing regimes, and restrictions that applied only to certain targeted groups—were found insufficient to justify New Mexico’s waiting period law.

First, the historical intoxication laws were deemed improper analogues because they prevented the possession of a firearm only during the period of intoxication, not for an arbitrary time period even after the individual sobered up.

Second, New Mexico’s law is unlike

licensing regimes, the court noted, because New Mexico’s law assumes everyone is dangerous until they have waited an arbitrary amount of “cooling off” time.

Finally, the court determined that New Mexico’s law is distinguishable from the restrictions on targeted groups because—in addition to the dubious discriminatory biases underlying those bans—New Mexico’s law is not targeted at all; it applies indiscriminately to the entire populace.

The case will now return to the District Court for the District of New Mexico for the entry of a preliminary injunction.

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS

by Don Bullis, New Mexico Author donbullis@msn.com

The Early Adventures of Governor David Meriwether

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avid Meriwether (1800-1893) became the third territorial governor of New Mexico in 1853. Unlike either of his predecessors, he had visited Spanish New Mexico toward the end of Spanish hegemony in 1821. He, along with a band of Pawnee Indians and a Negro boy, illegally entered New Mexico in 1819 for the alleged purpose of establishing trade relations with the Spanish government. Meriwether believed that he was the first American to visit New Mexico following Zebulon Pike and his small troop in 1805-1807.

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keeping their country’s borders closed and the Governors, Meriwether described it as “a they were wary of the 19-year-old interloper small, close, dirty apartment, with only a from Kentucky. They considered him a spy, small window about the size of pane of eight which is what they thought of Zeb Pike, too. by ten glass to admit a little fresh air and light.”

The Pawnees who accompanied the party Meriwether wasn’t any more complimentary were either killed or fled when Meriwether about the food. “[That] night my jailor came was taken into custody in what is now north- with a small earthen bowl with boiled frijoles eastern New Mexico. One source asserted that or red beans. I found [them] so strongly seathree of them escaped from the soldiers and soned with pepper that I could not eat it. But remained in the area. Meriwether and the I soon devoured the tortillas as I was very young Negro, Alfred, were taken to Santa Fe hungry.” Nor was he pleased with the sleeping where Meriwether appeared before Governor arrangements. “…[S]preading my blanket on Facundo Melgares (1775-c. 1835)—the same the dirty floor, I lay down and tried to get a man who captured Pike in 1807. The problem little sleep. In this I was sadly disappointed, was that Meriwether didn’t speak Spanish. as I thought the bed bugs and fleas would eat This fact gives rise to a question regarding me up before morning.” how Meriwether intended to negotiate with The next day things began to look up. A the Spanish, regarding trade or anything else. French-speaking Padre made himself known Governor Melgares didn’t speak English, to Meriwether, who was passably fluent in either.

French. The two of them appeared before the Meriwether was locked up.

Governor. When Meriwether told Governor Criminal justice in Spanish New Mexico Melgares, by way of the priest, that he was an didn’t include a prison system akin to the American, the Governor replied, “Americans American model. Criminal penalties often are bad people. You have forcibly taken a involved corporal punishment, including province from Spain called Florida.” (Adamsflogging, or forced labor on public projects. Onís Treaty, February 22, 1819.)

Exile was sometimes ordered and executions The governor then asked why the young were rare, but not unheard of. Many histori- American was in New Mexico, and Merians refer to jails—carcels—of the day, but they wether told him of his intention to open trade were often much like the one in which Meri- with the Spanish. When he had finished, he wether was housed. wrote, the Governor “shook his head in a very Located in the west end of the Palace of incredulous manner.…” Meriwether was sent

back to his jail.

A few days later, the French-speaking priest appeared again, and asked after the American’s welfare. The prisoner complained, “I [have] to keep fighting flies all day, and the bed bugs and fleas all night.” The priest interceded with the Governor, and Meriwether was allowed out of his cell during the day, but obliged to return in the evening.

While walking on the plaza some days later, the American and priest met again, and Meriwether showed the cleric the bug bites on his hands, arms and face. Again the priest approached the Governor and won another concession for Meriwether. He was allowed to remain free in the town, if he promised not to try and escape. He moved into a room with the priest and found employment with an elderly man, harvesting chile and beans.

It is noteworthy that throughout the autobiographical account of his adventure, Meriwether never provides the name of his benefactor, the French-speaking priest.

After a week of employment, Meriwether was summoned to the Governor’s palace again, for another interview. Melgares again expressed his dislike of Americans, and brought up the time, years before, when “[American] soldiers had been sent into Mexico to seize it.” The reference was to Zebulon Pike’s earlier incursion. In his journals, Pike spoke well of Captain Melgares. It should be mentioned of him, too, that he was Spain’s last governor of New Mexico, from 1818 to 1821, and Mexico’s first governor, in 1821 and 1822.

In spite of the Governor’s distrust of Americans, he agreed to let Meriwether leave New Mexico with the promise that he never return, upon pain of being shot. Meriwether promised, saying, “A stray dog always lives longest where he is treated best.”

After a few days of quibbling about what of his guns, animals, and other equipment would be returned to him, he and young Alfred were escorted out of the capital by a Spanish corporal and one other soldier. The military escort remained with them until they were well beyond Rio Pecos to the east. From there they made their way to a previously established rendezvous where they joined the three Pawnees who had survived the earlier Spanish attack. After several more adventures, the small party made its way back to the Missouri River and Council Bluffs, in March 1821.

When Meriwether returned to New Mexico to become governor, legend holds that on his inauguration day, May 6, 1853, the roof above the room that had been his cell 34 years earlier, collapsed. Everyone counted that as a good sign. But that was not to be.

Next month: The Meriwether administration, 1853-1857.

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Hungry for Protein & Quality, US Consumers Shrug Off High Beef Prices

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hen retail prices for any consumer product reach record high levels, the corresponding drop in demand usually materializes in short order. Beef appears to be among the few exceptions to that rule, having defied common expectations surrounding price elasticity.

Retail grocery prices for beef skyrocketed in recent years and show no signs of descending any time soon. But surprisingly, demand

has not softened — it’s actually edged prices surged by 9 percent for the year, upward. According to USDA data, the all- hitting an astonishing $8.90 per pound. Even fresh retail beef demand index in the second at those levels, prices have been unable to quarter climbed to its highest level in at least tame unyielding consumer interest in beef.

25 years.

Improvements in beef quality and the The remarkably steady allure of beef, even increased availability of premium grade cuts at current prices, is likely a result of several at retail have played a big role in driving factors currently shaping consumer food demand. The U.S. beef industry is producing buying behaviors, according to a new a much higher quality product today than it research brief from CoBank’s Knowledge did 30 years ago. Recognizing quality issues Exchange. Key among those factors is the in the 1980s, cattle producers began selecheightened interest in dietary protein, tively improving herd genetics to produce changing health perceptions surrounding beef with higher fat marbling and better taste beef, and the availability of restaurant-qual- for improved customer experience. Those ity beef at retail grocery stores. efforts have paid off as 95% of U.S. beef pro“Twelve months ago, the question was duction is now grading Choice or higher. whether beef demand would hold up at Earnest said access to high-quality beef higher prices, but today most analysts are has never been better and American confairly certain that beef value risk is to the sumers have developed a taste for it. “The upside,” said Brian Earnest, lead animal COVID-19 pandemic led us to a place where protein economist with CoBank. “Retail per ‘leveling up’ through access to luxury goods capita beef consumption is headed for 60 is prioritized over luxury services. And beef, pounds this year. U.S. consumers can’t seem specifically high-quality beef, is a luxury to get enough protein these days, and among good that can be accessed for at-home conanimal proteins beef remains king.” sumption at a fraction of the cost at fine According to the most recent inflation dining establishments.” data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Consumer perceptions surrounding the Statistics, core inflation was up 2.9 percent health aspects of eating beef have also year-over-year. Beef price increases towered improved in recent years. Fitness-conscious in comparison. The all-fresh retail beef consumers who laud protein content for muscle production often favor beef. The advent of GLP-1 medications for weight loss have also sparked more widespread consumer interest in increasing the amount of protein in their diets.

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Tight cattle supplies keep beef prices elevated The USDA mid-year cattle inventory report released on July 25 revealed the biannual cattle inventory was the lowest mid-year count on record at 94.2 million head – a 75-year low. Analysts are mixed on whether the beef herd is still in contraction or beginning to rebuild. But most observers suggest the nation’s cattle supply will remain strained through at least 2026, and likely through 2027. That means retail beef prices will remain elevated for the foreseeable future. While larger macroeconomic shifts could influence purchasing behavior in the future, so far consumers have shown little appetite for sacrificing beef.

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cal balance’. urban families. If wolves don’t belong in Homeowners would never allow their Tucson or Santa Fe, then neither do they yards to become hunting grounds. And so, belong in the pastures and towns that surconveniently, the burden of ‘coexistence’ falls round them. Let’s call this what it is. only on those who live in wolf country— Neo-colonial rural cleansing. Wolf advocacy ranchers, hunters, rural families—people organizations like Western Watersheds, The Hypocrisy of with the least political clout but the greatest WildEarth Guardians and the Center for Coexistence exposure.

Biological Diversity want rural inhabitants gone. They want nature parks, devoid of Source: Catron County Rancher Hypocrisy Exposed human activity, for their own recreational or years, wolf advocates have told rural Wolf advocates hide behind ecological enjoyment. Not dissimilar to what is happenfamilies in Arizona and New Mexico arguments when it suits them, but their logic ing to traditional herding societies in East that they must ‘learn to coexist’ with collapses the moment it’s tested outside rural Africa, where clearances of rural inhabitants wolves. Ranchers are expected to accept the America. They argue wolves are essential for make way for wildlife reserves. loss of their cows, calves, horses, and dogs. balance, but then carve out exemptions for The debate over wolves is not just about Their livestock and pets literally torn to suburbs. They argue wolves must be accepted biology. It is about fairness. Wolves have pieces while still alive. Rural families are told despite the risks, but only by others. They recovered, their populations are stable, and to keep their children inside the house, argue wolves belong in their ‘historic range,’ the scientific benchmarks for recovery have playing outside only inside a high fenced but ignore that wolves once roamed virtually been met. But wolf advocates continue to yard. Pets are attacked and killed on the front all of North America—especially the most push for expansion—not into their own porches of homes—all under the banner of ecologically productive places where they neighborhoods, but into ours. Until they are ecological necessity. Wolves, we are told, are now argue wolves do not belong. willing to live by the same rules they write keystone predators essential for balance. for others, their arguments should be seen A Matter of Fairness for what they are: hollow, hypocritical, and Why Not Suburbs?

The truth is simple: if wolves are too dan- unfair. It is time to stop pretending that But if wolves are so essential, why don’t gerous, disruptive, or impractical for ‘coexistence’ means the same thing everywolf advocates demand their reintroduction neighborhoods, then they are also too dan- where. In reality, it has come to mean one into suburbia? Across American neighbor- gerous, disruptive, and impractical for rural thing: rural America pays the price while hoods, deer populations are exploding. They communities. Rural people deserve the same everyone else applauds from a safe devour gardens, increase vehicle collisions, respect for safety and quality of life as sub- distance. and spread tick-borne illnesses. Coyotes and raccoons are everywhere.

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Current Value of Replacement Heifers

sion-making. Even with bred female values at record highs, relative to calf prices, breds may still be undervalued, a sign of producer hesitation rather than a lack of economic feasibility. An excellent metric to consider when purchasing bred heifers is the number of calves it takes to pay for the purchase.

Cattlefax recently reported that in 2025, that figure is projected to average just 2.75 calves, well below the long-term average of

by Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension 4.5 and far beneath the 2015 peak of 9 calves.

This ratio is likely to rise over time, driven Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist by higher bred female prices, moderating calf here is evidence of an increase in heifer values, or a combination of both. If feed retention with improved drought con- resources allow, this dynamic suggests that ditions across much of the Central adding females to the herd today may be the Plains and summer video auctions reporting best time from a breakeven perspective to expand. a smaller percentage of heifer calves.

Replacement heifers are expensive; not Retention does not appear to be aggressive. With the calf market on pace for another only with respect to dollars invested but also year of record prices providing incentive, the expenditure of time and labor involved. herd rebuilding remains sluggish compared Recent market reports indicate 550 pound to past cycles. Lingering drought continues weaned heifer calves selling for well over to limit forage availability in key regions $2,000 per head. while high interest rates and the substantial Those heifers’ calves are still two years capital required to develop or purchase bred away from weaning their first calf if all goes females further suppresses expansion. according to plan. Accordingly, operations As well, many producers remain wary of looking to add inventory may find a better a repeat of the post-2014 market correction, option of purchasing bred heifers in the adding a layer of caution to long-term deci- current market.

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Total economic costs associated with U.S. cow-calf production for 2018 were estimated to range from $910 per cow for operations with 500 or more cows to $2,099 per cow for operations with 20 to 49 cows. These results show significant economies of scale, with costs per cow declining with increased herd size.

Kansas Farm Management Association estimates the annual cost of running a cow to be approximately $1,551 according to data collected in 2024. It is noteworthy that pasture and feed only account for $684 of that total. A more detailed breakdown of the other actual expenses is available in the last article referenced below.

Market fundamentals are strong for a continued robust cattle market until cow inventories start to climb. There is currently not much indication of that happening anytime soon. That being said, what bred heifers are worth to your operation (and how many calves a female needs to raise in order recapture your initial purchase price) will depend on how much profit she nets each year per calf rather than on the gross value of each calf she produces.

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screwworm flies to mate with female screw- code of the wolves thus producing VEGEworm flies. The only reason the plan worked TARIAN sterile male wolves. This would to perfection is because monastic female make it possible for American citizens to

by Lee Pitts screwworm flies only mate one time and if actually see and come in contact with the it’s with a sterile male fly instead of one wolves they say they love so much, someshooting real bullets, no offspring result. So thing that doesn’t happen now. Their only in one generation the flies are almost gone! contact with their much beloved lobos now The U.S. government spent millions of days is watching an animated Disney movie. dollars building facilities to produce the And because they’d be vegetarians the ranchsterile male flies just as they are doing now ers wouldn’t have to worry about some wolf in an effort to stop the onward march north watching their kids and pets and counting to America. calories, or about putting their children in The northern movement of the fly is cages at the bus stop for their safety. really no different than those big marches of (Shouldn’t it be the other way around?) illegal immigrant trains of people, many of We’d have to breed a lot of male sterile them from central and South America, that vegetarian wolves to overwhelm the intact came in under the Biden administration, male wolves and that’s why I think we should bet you can’t guess what creature is the only the screwworm f lies can f ly right also clip and paste a few more chromosomes most dangerous in the world? through and over Trump’s border wall. to make the sterile male wolves much bigger I thought it was wolves but it’s flies.

But what if we could use the same game and more muscular so the female wolves That’s because they carry and spread more plan with the wolves being imported from would want to breed with them instead of diseases than any other animal or insect in Canada and Mexico and turned loose to the current crop of serial killers. Over time the world. Which begs the question... why wreak havoc on the West? What I am pro- I believe this would eventually put an end to didn’t Noah grab his big old fly swatter and posing is the government should spend livestock depredation incidents and urban kill both flies on the Ark when he had the billions of dollars building three facilities, Americans wouldn’t have to worry about the chance? one each in Los Angeles, Chicago and New wolves eating poor Poopsie Whoopsie or I was reading about the flies that spread York that would produce millions of sterile Cuddly Wuddly.

New World screwworm when I came up with male wolves to be turned loose all over the And here’s how sneaky smart I am. The an idea that could solve another deadly country to mate with the immigrant wolves first time an urban American sees some big immigration problem that is spreading that are presently murdering sheep, cattle old vegetarian wolf eating her award-winmayhem and murder throughout the West. and wildlife indiscriminately. We’re going to ning roses or heirloom tomatoes he or she is Only this one is coming across our southern need a lot of sterile male wolves because the going to demand that we send every wolf in AND northern border. I am, of course, refer- promiscuous hussies obviously breed more America back to where they came from... ring to wolves. I think we can use the same than one time in their lives.

Canada, Mexico or that place where the plan once used to eliminate screwworms I know what you’re thinking. Wouldn’t Devil dwells. from our country and use it to solve our wolf these sterile wolves still kill our cattle and problem. sheep too? Under normal circumstances of It seems we tried everything to get rid of course they would. Now here’s where I share the screwworm fly that was driving southern with you the brilliance of my plan. Using ranchers crazy prior to the 1960s when some gene editing and genetic modification we brainy scientist came up with the idea to snip a few chromosomes from an old Calirelease hundreds of millions of sterile male fornia hippie and put them into the genetic RIDING HERD

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USFS Chief Outlines Vision for Logging, Mining & Grazing, Less Wildfire in America’s National Forests

opment by overhauling agency guidance on cratic President Bill Clinton, the roadless federal laws such as the National Environ- rule sought to preserve intact ecosystems by mental Policy Act and the Endangered limiting road building.

Species Act. Schultz also said he intends to Schultz also spoke about the “leader’s aggressively suppress all wildfires and make intent” document he issued earlier this year more USFS land accessible for recreational directing Forest Service personnel to aggresuse by motorized users and others. sively suppress wildfires.

“America should mine, mill and manufac“There’s a role for fire, but there’s a time ture more,” he told those assembled, adding and a place,” Schultz said. “The time and that more of the country’s national forests place is not June, July, August and September. will be available to log in the near and long That’s not the time to be managing for wildterm to comply with Trump’s executive fire. We need to be putting the fires out and orders and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. that’s what we’re doing.”

by Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press Schultz said implementing those direcAsked in a follow-up conversation with .S. Forest Service Chief Tom Shultz tives will give companies more certainty to Montana Free Press if that full suppression said America’s national forests need invest in lumber mills, which cost about $250 strategy also applies to wilderness areas, less wildfire and more logging, mining, million to build. which aren’t typically extinguished barring grazing and recreational activity.

“As [the Forest Service has] pulled back on imminent harm to a particular community Schultz was the keynote speaker at a con- harvest, there was an extra burden on private or resource, Schultz said such decisions ference organized by the Congressional land,” he said. “If we are up and down and would be evaluated case-by-case “based on Western Caucus chaired by U.S. Representa- up and down — or just down — that does conditions and the availability of resources.” tive Doug LaMalfa, R-California. The not provide certainty to make investments He also told MTFP that he’s exploring multi-day summit in the Flathead Valley has … When we see a mill go away, it is really agency “consolidation” efforts to comply given U.S. senators and representatives an tough to see that come back. We need to with an executive order President Trump opportunity to talk policy with state officials, hang on to what we have.” issued at the start of his second term in the industry groups and prominent think tanks Shultz said he anticipates that the agency White House. A proposal outlined in such as Americans for Prosperity. will begin the nuts-and-bolts process for Trump’s 2026 budget to create an entirely Schultz said his “back-to-basics” approach undoing the roadless rule within the next separate wildfire agency is still being develto “multiple-use management” will favor “couple of weeks.” Implemented in 2001 oped, he said. The U.S House and the U.S. expedited review for natural resource devel- under the administration of former Demo- Senate are currently forwarding differing visions for that reorganization.

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Minnie Lou attended Elementary School in Hinton and graduated from High School in Hydro in 1949. Minnie Lou then enrolled at Oklahoma A&M College where she was the first female in the Animal Husbandry program. While a student, she was the first female to be a member of the Livestock Judging Team and was High Individual at the International Livestock Judging Contest during the 1952 International Fat Stock Show in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated in 1953 with a degree in Animal Husbandry and a Minor in Agriculture Journalism.

She began her career with a position at the Texas Angus Association until she married Billy Jack (Bill) Bradley March 5, 1955. They moved immediately to the recently purchased ranch in Childress County that became known as Bradley 3 Ranch in 1955.

Minnie Lou became an icon in the cattle business. She was the first female elected to the American Angus Association Board of Directors in 1998 and is still the only female to have served as their President and Chairman of the Board in 2005.

She was inducted as a member of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 2006 and the National Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery in 2014. In 2018 she was recognized

by Garden & Gun Magazine and did a segment on Texas Country Reporter. In 2019 she was recognized as an Outstanding Alumnus of the College of Agriculture at Oklahoma State University. In 2022 was named an Outstanding Alumnus of the entire University.

Minnie Lou was active in the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, serving as Vice Chairman of several committees. She was a supporter of Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA), a program to aid cattle producers.

She was a sought after speaker at countless local, regional and national meetings on cattle production. There is not enough time

to cover the vast throughout agricultural and livestock circles. list of Minnie She was a mentor to countless young women L ou’s a c h i e ve - in the agricultural community. There was ments. There was never a challenge she wasn’t ready to take on. never a job or chalShe was preceded in death by her son lenge she wasn’t Monte Jack Bradley; her parents, Ralph and ready to take on.

Zulema Ottinger; her sister Helen Brown, B e y ond h e r and Helen’s two daughters, Suanne and many agricultural Kaylinn. and livestock sucShe is survived by Bill Bradley, her daughcesses, Minnie Lou ter Mary Lou Bradley Henderson, husband, was a dedicated James; grandson Raymond Jack Bradley; supporter of young people in Childress granddaughter Mandy Ann Popejoy; brother County and beyond and was equally active Ted Ottinger; sister Linda Pike; five in her community. Over the years she has great-grandchildren, a niece and three served on various boards and committees nephews, along with countless friends across from local 4-H, school board, Ag Day at the nation. school, to even being Parade chairman, and in all things Agriculture related she was In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory can be made involved. through the Oklahoma State University Foundation for Minnie Lou was passionate about educa- the Minnie Lou Ottinger Bradley Endowed Scholarship Fund (Fund 21-60600). Please make checks payable tion and devoted lots of time and resources to the Oklahoma State University Foundation and to local youth, not only through elementary mail to OSU Foundation, PO Box 1749, Stillwater, and high school, she wanted to be sure they OK 74076-1749. To make a gift online, go to: https:// had skills for life. One of her projects (Kro- secure.osugiving.com/s/giving/annual?dsgt=21-60600 ckpots for Kids) provided crockpots for Or donations may be made in Minnie Lou’s memory youngsters to take home for nourishing to the American Angus Foundation, 3201 Frederick meals on evenings and weekends in addition Avenue, St Joseph MO 64506. AngusFoundation. org to learning food preparation and safety.

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Climate Campaign Lawsuit Seeks to Censor Scientists

Their lawsuit does not demand damages, negligible effects, such that calling unilateral but silence.

U.S. reductions ‘combating climate change’ The principal relief the EDF and the UCS reflects a serious misunderstanding of the demand is, in effect, that Energy Secretary scale of the issue.”

Wright be enjoined from thinking, speaking, The exaggerations and misrepresentaor accepting public comments about the tions that climate pressure groups push every most sound and unbiased climate assessment day collapse under fair and impartial to grace the world of science in years. examination.

What has pushed the usual climate susThe DOE climate assessment is a “the pects into such a tizzy? emperor has no clothes” moment.

Why must the scientific opinions of these How about this howler? EDF and UCS five climate experts be suppressed? complain that the climate working group CFACT posted an excellent write-up by didn’t include THEM, and wasn’t “fairly Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, who served at balanced in terms of their points of view.” the highest level at NOAA, on CFACT.org: Climate discussion that isn’t fairly balanced?

“In a stark contrast with the ‘mainstream What would that be like?

by Craig Rucker, CFACT view of climate science,’ the DOE report is As Rear Admiral Gallaudet sums it up: wo prominent left-wing campaign unbiased in its objective assessment of the “For too long, the American people have organizations have filed suit to sup- costs, efficacy, and collateral impacts of any been fed an unrealistic narrative that climate press and censor the assessment that ‘climate action’, considering the nation’s need change is an existential threat that only five climate science experts recently pro- for reliable and affordable energy. drastic reductions in fossil fuel use will solve. vided to the Department of Energy.

“The fundamental physics of the global Secretary Wright has finally got it right, and The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) carbon cycle dictate that even if emissions it’s about time that the U.S. supports unbiand the Union of Concerned Scientists were to stop tomorrow, it would take decades ased and objective climate science.”

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by Barry Denton was bring it front and center once again. He did this by featuring top end horses and trainers within his series. This took the great horses and cowboys into people’s living rooms. This had not been done in a very long time.

Stop and think of how many years Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and John Wayne had such a tremendous impact on the United States. It’s been about 40 years now since he number of western style horseshows those guys quit producing westerns. today is mind boggling. It does not The trouble is that the public craves the seem to matter which discipline that television horse opera. Mr. Sheridan has you are involved in, the number of shows and brought it back to us. The other great thing the number of entries at shows continue to about Mr. Sheridan is that he competes on rise. horses personally.

Part of the reason for this increase is that He is responsible for creating the “Run the economy is good, and more people have For A Million” horse show that has been held that extra money to spend. The arrival of in Las Vegas, Nevada the last four years. large prize money has also boosted these Competitors do ride for a million-dollar events. prize. Until four years ago this was unheard This is a wonderful thing for horses, horse of in our industry. trainers, veterinarians, horse shoers, barn Because of the growing interest in horses builders, cattlemen, vehicle manufacturers, the numbers of horse shows with large prize jean manufacturers, and anyone else affili- money have increased. Because of this boon, ated with the equine industry. the price of all horses has increased. Yes, The latest reliable statistic that I could find was a 2023 impact study by the American Horse Council (AHC). According to AHC the horse industry in the United States has a substantial impact and generates $177 billion per year. This in turn creates 2.2 million jobs.

Just ten years ago it was less than half that.

Many new people seem to be craving the horse and embracing the western lifestyle as well. Part of the reason for all this is common sense and other reasons may surprise you.

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His show was clever in that he brought back quite a few old-time cowboy actors that sparked renewed interest. He incorporated Buck Taylor from Gunsmoke and Barry Corbin from Lonesome Dove into his show.

Then he brought in real life top end horse trainers, like Bob Avila and Buster Welch.

Those men were legends in the horse industry. He also included the famed 4 Sixes Ranch in Texas and their longtime cowboy 90-year-old Boots O’Neal to give it some authenticity.

Mr. Sheridan is clever in how he sends his actors from the show as ambassadors to all the major western horse events. His actors have been at the National Finals Rodeo, the American Quarter Horse World Championship Show, The Arizona Sun Circuit, The World Series Of Roping, and many others.

The point is if you expose people to a wonderful lifestyle, it will have a domino effect, and many will embrace it.

Obviously, many liked the show Yellowstone as it stayed at number one during its five seasons. I have also met some people that did not care about it at all. However, you cannot argue with the positive impact it has had on our great horse industry.

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Can Large-Scale Solar Installations Coexist with Agriculture in Rural America?

power, energy and water economist with rails that would prevent the solar industry CoBank. “But there are guardrails to reduce from siting developments on prime agriculthe risk of land use tensions and other con- tural land. flicts that would enable landowners and Those recommendations include priorirural communities to capture the financial tizing solar power on shared agricultural benefits of solar projects without displacing land or marginal and brownfield sites, offeror disturbing agriculture farmland.” ing a more acceptable pathway for rural Growing resistance to solar installations communities and landowners to capture the in rural communities is likely in response to benefits of tax revenue and lease payments. the speedy development that has already The report also notes that economies of scale Source: CoBank taken place and concerns about what future and high costs are major reasons why simply ocal opposition to utility-scale solar construction might look like. More than one- installing solar on existing rooftops is not a installations in rural areas is growing half of all U.S. solar installations have feasible answer. following the rapid pace of new solar materialized since 2020, with 25 percent of Successful efforts to balance local comdevelopments in recent years. Concerns that development occurring since the munity interests with solar development about land use in areas largely dominated by passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in have the potential to pay off handsomely. agricultural production are fueling much of 2022.

According to data collected by the American the community-level resistance. With crop Solar energy generation can be installed Clean Power Association, a recurring $739 production revenue currently under intense at a rate five times faster than all other new million came back to communities last year pressure and subject to annual volatility, electricity sources combined and remains in the form of state and local taxes and landsome landowners are welcoming the more the lowest cost solution to expanding energy lease payments. consistent revenue advantages of solar land- supplies, even without government subsidies.

“Regardless of the pace of solar developlease payments. But wider opposition could While federal policy has recently become ment ahead, future installations will stymie additional solar developments in much less supportive of renewable energy inevitably affect local communities so more rural areas, slowing growth in the U.S. and tax credits are now limited, the costs of engagement from the solar industry is energy supply. solar development remain favorable. The needed,” said Viswanath.

According to a new report from CoBank’s biggest headwind for expanding solar energy “Strengthening partnerships with agriculKnowledge Exchange, solar expansion could production is local opposition. tural stakeholders and implementing deliver the fastest, most affordable means for A recent analysis by USA TODAY found effective land management strategies will be increasing the nation’s razor-thin energy that around 15 percent of counties in the U.S. critical to mitigating challenges and gaining reserves while driving new revenue streams have some form of restriction on building acceptance. Solar power is essential for for rural communities. However, success will new utility-scale solar energy projects. This meeting near-term demand growth, and be dependent on regional policy and site includes outright bans, zoning restrictions, rural America can play a key role in this planning guidelines that ensure the local specialized land-use rules or political stone- while diversifying farm income and benefitcommunities’ needs and interests are prior- walls. At least 395 local restrictions across 41 ing local communities through additional itized. The report is the first in a series of states, in addition to 19 state-level restric- tax revenue.” upcoming research articles and part of The tions, are so severe that they effectively block New Golden Age of Electricity digital hub renewable development in these areas. about rising energy scarcity and securing In rural areas, solar development occurfuture power supply for rural America. ring on prime farmland has had an outsized “Concerns surrounding the pace of solar negative inf luence from the community developments in rural areas and the impli- perspective. To rectify that trend, American cations for land use in agricultural regions Farmland Trust and the American Farm are warranted,” said Teri Viswanath, lead Bureau have recommended a set of guard-

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US Supreme Court Urged to Hear Wyoming CornerCrossing Case

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ive groups are supporting Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman’s petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that he cannot block the public from corner crossing to reach public land surrounded by his ranch.

The groups have filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to take up the matter. The 10th Circuit ruled earlier this year that four Missouri hunters did not trespass when they corner crossed to hunt on public land on Elk Mountain in Carbon County.

Eshelman wants that ruling overturned, claiming that the hunters trespassed. They did not touch his land but passed through the airspace above his property.

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growers’ Association joined Eshelman in for the Court to consider the issue.” seeking a high-court review.

Corner crossers step from one piece of Unconstitutional? public land to another where they meet at The groups suggested numerous reasons the common corner with two pieces of for the Supreme Court to take up the issue. private property. Corner crossers do not set The three ranching associations also urged foot on private land, but they pass above it. justices to reverse the lower-court decision.

“There is a need for a nationwide rule Attorneys argued that the 10th Circuit addressing corner crossing.” decision was an unconstitutional taking of – John Gabel Connors property without compensation. The appeals At issue is public access to 2.4 million court, however, said the 1885 Unlawful acres of public land in Wyoming and 8.3 Inclosures Act prevented Eshelman from million acres across the West that would be blocking public access to public land in the “corner locked” and inaccessible to the public checkerboard area of Wyoming. if the Supreme Court sides with Eshelman.

Eshelman never had a right to exclude By controlling access at common corners, a others and so there was no taking, according landowner can essentially have exclusive use to the ruling. of public property, the Missouri hunters have That rubs Montana landowners the said. wrong way.

The 10th Circuit decision applies to “The fundamental flaw in the decision …

Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, is the Tenth Circuit’s belief that the UIA Oklahoma and Kansas. But it leaves a gray ‘permit[s] limited trespass’ and ‘functionally area elsewhere in the West, Eshelman’s sup- operates like a limited easement’” the brief porters say. states. The lower court concluded that corner “The outcome of this case affects 150 crossing was legal and Eshelman “was not million acres of public and private land,” entitled to compensation for the property John Gabel Connors wrote in a brief for right that had been taken.” That “taking” is Montana landowners. “There is a need for a unconstitutional, the group said. nationwide rule addressing corner crossing, The 10th Circuit ruling also opens “preand this case may be the only opportunity viously inaccessible property” to the public,

creating headaches for federal and state governments and even limiting the federal government’s power to purchase public access easements, the brief says.

In another brief, the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence reached back to English common law in its arguments. “[T]he ‘poorest man’ in the meanest hovel can deny entry to the King,” John Eastman wrote of the foundation of the United States’ legal framework.

“The natural right to own and use property … is a foundation of individual liberty,” Eastman’s brief states. “One of the core principles of the American Founding is that individual rights are not granted by majorities or governments but are God-given and inalienable.”

The 10th Circuit decision allows corner crossing in the checkerboard area of southern Wyoming where the government granted land to enable railroad construction. That created the pattern of alternating squaremile sections of public and private land and the ongoing imbroglio.

“Congress created the patchwork mess,” Eastman wrote, “it can fix it as well.” That would be by purchasing easements, he argues.

tion] believes corner-crossing is a serious threat to the integrity of private land ownership, undermines long-standing property boundaries, and may set a harmful precedent that erodes the ability of landowners to manage and protect their property,” Jensen’s brief states.

The 10th circuit unleashed chaos, the brief suggests.

“Without a systemic and strategic method to acquire access to corner locked federal lands, the public will have access to lands that the state and federal government may not regulate or maintain,” the filing states.

Public access to public lands “can cause

great stress to livestock,” stock growers said.

Ranchers will be shouldered with “the burden to absorb the costs to their livestock operation if livestock are disturbed or livestock is lost to an errant hunter’s shot (which certainly happens); the burden to clean up the public lands intermingled with their private lands from trash, empty cartridges, plastic water bottles, gut piles and waste which can attract predators that may also choose to prey on livestock.”

The 10th Circuit decision also creates a gray area with respect to liability, the filing states.

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In the Leo Sheep conflict, courts concluded the federal government did not have a right to construct a road across a common corner because the road was partly on private property. In Camfield, fences constructed on private land wrongly prevented access to public grazing pasture, courts decided.

The Camfield decision essentially abated a nuisance and is centered on laws preventing such things, attorney Brandon Jensen wrote for the stock and wool growers. But Leo Sheep addresses implied easements.

The Leo Sheep precedent rejected an implied easement at common corners, albeit for a road. “Certiorari must be granted to provide necessary clarity on the application of existing legal reasoning and Leo Sheep’s effect on precedent under the UIA,” the brief states.

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Jeanette Purcella Smoot, December 10, 1929 – July 14, 2025. On July 14, 2025, the world lost a loving, courageous, and talented cowgirl. Jeanette Purcella Smoot departed this life for a better one, leaving behind a legacy of grit, grace, and deep devotion to her family, faith, and land.

Jeanette was born December 10, 1929, in Roswell, New Mexico, to John Franklin and Nettie Pruit Purcella. Although she was an only child, she was surrounded by many cherished cousins to fill the void. As the daughter of ranchers, Jeanette was not only her mother’s little helper but also her father’s right hand—just as comfortable cooking and gardening with her mother as she was out riding with her father, working horses, sheep, and cattle. She built and mended fences, worked windmills and tended to water, and hunted everything from rabbits and deer to mountain lions and bears. She was fearless, capable, and incredibly hardworking.

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where Jeanette felt most at home, closest to God, fulfilled, and complete. Captivated by the beauty of the location, nature, and livestock, Jeanette felt there was no greater place.

The ranch has been in the family for generations, dating back prior to New Mexico Chaves counties, later graduating from achieving statehood. Jeanette took pride in Capitan High School. Of her continuing land conservation, making improvements education, she famously said it was “from the that made life on the ranch more successful school of hard knocks.”No matter where life and enjoyable. took her, Jeanette remained grounded in the Home was always the hub for family and values she held dear: stewardship, work ethic, friends to gather for any or no occasion. hone s t y, i nt e g r it y, loy a lt y, a nd From jam sessions and dancing in the living commitment. room while Buster played the drums, to On July 6, 1947, Jeanette married Tennis holiday gatherings,Bible studies, and hearty “Buster” Smoot. Together they had two meals after long days of working cattle or daughters, Minette and Sharon. A fun family hunting. detail: Jeanette, Minette, and Sharon were After 48 years of marriage, Buster passed all born on a Tuesday at St. Mary’s Hospital away in 1995. Jeanette continued to run the in Roswell. ranch independently for many years. At Jeanette was a devoted mother and home- nearly 74, she moved to Roswell and entered maker until her daughters reached middle a new chapter of life filled with travel, comschool. She loved being involved in their munity, and friendship. It was during this school and social lives. Later, she went to time that she met Jack Kratiger, who became work for the State of New Mexico in Car- her dear friend and fiancé. Together they rizozo. When her daughters left for college, played and traveled extensively—domestiJeanette and Buster moved to the Purcella cally and abroad—but her favorite Ranch, allowing her parents to retire and destination (besides the ranch) was always move into Roswell.

Alaska.

The ranch—her lifelong passion—was Beyond ranching and travel, Jeanette had

many interests. She loved to dance, paint, singing in the choir, attending her grandkids woodwork, garden, and craft. She believed rodeo’s, sporting events, and watching old in community and was actively involved in western movies. the church and agriculture organizations, Survivors include a son, Dr. Glen Hisel, including: Lincoln County Fair (as both vol- Clovis; two daughters Roby Porter and unteer and competitor), Corriente CowBelles, husband Leon, Albuquerque; and Quanah New Mexico Cattle Growers, Extension Club, Bold, Clovis. Also surviving are eight grandPTA, Rebecca Lodge, Red Hats, First Meth- children Luke Hisel (Megan), Elida; odist Church of Carrizozo, Grace Catherine Salvo (Johnny), Amarillo; Jacob Community Church of Roswell.

Hisel, Clovis; John Hisel, Portales; Lance Jeanette was deeply respected and dearly Adams (Leola), Albuquerque; Colt Adams loved by many. Her daughters and sons-in- (Rachel), Corona; Joshua Bold (Bevin), Collaw admired her as both mother and “the orado Springs; and Summer Lunsford boss.” As a grandmother—“Gram”—she was (L ondon), Clov is; a long w it h 10 unmatched: the ringleader of all things fun great-grandchildren. and wild. She taught her grandchildren to The family requests memorial contriburide horses and four-wheelers (at full throt- tions in memory of Geraldine Hisel to the tle), swim in the stock tank, snow sled on old New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, car hoods, camp under the stars, build forts, P.O. Box 850, Moriarty, New Mexico 87035. zip line into the creek… With every adven- Memo your donation in memory of Geralture came a chore list a mile long—lessons dine Hisel. in responsibility and perseverance that her grandchildren will carry with them forever. Editor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com.

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Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable – Matthew 25:23 foundation serving the rights of ranch families and She is survived by: Minette (Preston) educating citizens on governmental actions, policies practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., Harper, Silver City; their children Tyrel (Cla- and P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The New rissa) Harper and their children Graylin and Mexico Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its Kinley, Silver City; Tarra (Cody)Teel, Ama- readers. If families & friends would like to see more rillo; Sharon (Billy) Bird of their Lincoln detail, verbatim¢ pieces must be emailed to us, & may be printed at 10 per word.

County Ranch, their children Tennise Lucas, Belen, and her children Echo Fenner (Carlos Dioncio, Jr.) of Chula Vista, CA and Tristan (Reina Heiss), Los Angeles; Warren Letchworth (Gherarda Castillo), Lemitar; Amanda (Dustin) Whaley and their children Carson and Rayna, Ruidoso.

Jeanette also leaves behind a large extended family of beloved cousins, nieces, nephews, neighbors, and friends whose lives she touched deeply.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity or organization.

Geraldine “Gerry” Hisel, 92, Clovis, passed away August 14, 2025 at Plains Regional Medical Center following an illness.

Gerry was born August 12, 1933 in Tajique to the home of C.A. “Slim” and Owassa Alice (Tingle) Robinson. She grew up in Pie Town and Yeso and attended Fort Sumner Public School.

Gerry married George Bush “G.B.” Hisel on December 24, 1948 in Yeso. She was a lifelong housewife and loving mother. While living in Yeso she worked as the Postmaster for the Yeso Post Office. Gerry was a member Bill Martin: 970-302-5834 of Central Baptist Church in Clovis where she was a member of the church choir and Office: 806-677-0777 Charlie’s Angels Sunday School Class. She loved spending time with family and friends.

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survivalist genius. He built hidden tunnels Whitey’s talent with dynamite was The and stocked them with canned food—and equally legendary. My friend Joe Leonard once needed to demolish an old plasLegend dynamite.

The first time I visited Whitey’s place, a ter-walled ranch house. Recalling Whitey’s rancher friend leasing his land warned me: advice—“Just hang a little dynamite in the of “Tie a white rag to your truck’s whip antenna, middle of the room and shoot it”—Joe called slow, and don’t get out. Whitey doesn’t him in.

Whitey drive like surprises.” That was no exaggeration.

Whitey tied a stick of dynamite to a string, Callen Then there was the day two hunters tres- hung it from the ceiling, and shaved it down

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n the Nebraska Sandhills, just northwest of Bassett, a modest sixteen-foot metal gate opens to a dusty trail leading to the hidden ranch of Whitey Callen—one of the region’s most legendary figures.

Whitey wasn’t your typical rancher. In his sixties, short and pale with ultra-thick glasses, he earned his nickname from his ghost-like appearance. Despite his poor vision, Whitey was a crack shot. Every fall, neighbors brought their rifles to him to sight in, and he never missed.

Living alone in the hills, Whitey was a mystery. His father, a self-taught lawyer in the early 1900s, left behind a library of law books that still sat untouched in Whitey’s house. Though he spoke little, Whitey was a

passed on his land. Whitey was fixing a water gap when shots rang out. He grabbed his old Winchester and climbed the canyon rim, catching the hunters off guard. Without a word, he disarmed them, threw their rifles in his truck bed, and ordered them to drive— escorting them all the way to the courthouse at gunpoint.

Inside, the judge, already familiar with Whitey’s methods, listened patiently.

“Whitey,” he said, “you can’t bring people here at gunpoint. That’s illegal off your land.

I can’t fine them—but I do have to fine you twenty-five dollars.”

Whitey calmly pulled the cash from his pocket and replied, “Okay. Here’s your twenty-five dollars. Next time, I’ll just shoot ‘em, and you can come pick ‘em up.”

That was classic Whitey—serious, self-assured, and always a step ahead.

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with a knife—like some backwoods Mr. Magoo. They took cover under a cottonwood tree. Whitey aimed his .22 and fired.

The explosion rocked the land. Dust and plaster flew, and when the air cleared, the house had collapsed. Whitey turned to Joe and said, deadpan: “Joseph, we should’ve whittled a little bit more.”

That was Whitey—an eccentric, a loner, and a man of quiet intensity. He lived by his own rules, hidden behind a gate in the Sandhills, but his legend lives far beyond it.

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MIAMI 80+/- ACRES, 3 BAR LAZY 7 RANCH, Colfax bedroom, 2 bathroom home County, Moreno Valley 594.38 with water shares, roping +/- deeded acres, accessed off arena, steel barn with shop. blacktop between Eagle Nest Other historic barns, Pipe cor- and Angel Fire. Historic headrals. Far enough off road to quarters. Currently used as be private. Includes 80 shares summer grazing, pond and of irrigation 2350 SHW 21, trees accessed off county road Miami NM 87729. $569,999 on rear of property as well.

MIAMI PRIVATE 80, Presented “ASIS” New Survey, Located ¼ mile off blacktop $3,800,000 $3,629,000 with dedicated easement, 80 +/- deeded acres, large barn, small sleep out, buried utili- MAXWELL FARM, 320 ties, domestic water meter, 80 +/- Deeded acres, 180.80 shares of irrigation and septic Irrigable acres, center pivot, able to handle a 3 bedroom mid 2000’s modular home, home. Some of the best views two water meters, two barns in Miami. 2050 HWY 21, and one large insulated shop Miami NM 87729.$559,000 on concrete slab. $848,000

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NMCGA President Bronson Corn of Roswell emphasizes, “Our AIM program is designed to help students build valuable connections with industry professionals and cattlemen across New Mexico. We understand that finding the right career path can be challenging for young people, and this internship offers them a unique chance to explore various sectors within agriculture t h roug h a si ng le, comprehensive experience.”

Interns will shadow NMCGA leadership and Allied Industry Partners, gaining firsthand insight into their chosen fields while engaging directly with peers and industry leaders. Reflecting on her internship experience, 2024 AIM intern Emerson Hobson shared, “I loved interning at both conferences! The staff is so kind and great to work with and the members are awesome to talk to. It’s great work experience but also a good opportunity to hear the conversations happening in the industry. The connections and contacts I’ve built so far have been truly valuable to me!”

The AIM program also allows businesses to infuse new ideas and energy into their operations, identify emerging talent, and potentially create a pipeline for future fulltime employees. The convention will feature over 15 agriculture-related sectors at the trade show.

Kristin Drake, Chair of the NMCGA Allied Industry Committee, adds, “The AIM internship not only offers exceptional opportunities for college students but also allows industry leaders to engage with and influence the next generation of agriculturists.”

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ANTELOPE RUN RANCH, ROSWELL, NM Discover the perfect blend of ranch life, recreation, and investment opportunity with this 737 acre property nestled in the heart of New Mexico ranch country. With 2,800 feet of Hwy 70 road frontage, rolling terrain, and breathtaking views of Capitan Mountain, this property is an ideal candidate for your dream retreat and outdoor living.

Excellent new water well producing approximately 40 gallons per minute. New electric line ready for home build and development.

Antelope Creek runs through the property enhancing both wildlife habitat and scenic value. Rolling hills and native grasses, perfect for grazing and outdoor recreation. Prime wildlife area, ideal for outdoor enthusiasts.

1907 WHITE MILL ROAD, ROSWELL, NM Horse Facility located southeast of Roswell, NM. Could be used as horse hotel, stallion station, horse facility, or ideal for team ropings. 3 horse barns with almost 100 stalls and runs, hay barns, commodity barn, and small feedyard. Property also has a 3,166 square foot home, office and apartment.

EAST SECOND FARM #1, ROSWELL, NM 29 acres with 29 acres of Artesian Water Rights, early priority. Irrigation wells pumps at 600 gpm, well tests at 784 total dissolved solids. Land is irrigated by side roll sprinklers.

EAST SECOND FARM #2, ROSWELL, NM 91 acres with 96.6 acres of Artesian Water Rights.

There are two irrigation wells. Each well is pumping 400-500 gallons per minute to go through side roll sprinklers.

Priority date of 1894, 1903, and 1910. Well drilled in 1964. Water test at 645 TDS. Contact Cherri Michelet Snyder – 575-626-1913 or Jan “JJ’’ Graham – 806-782-1986

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Milky Ranch – Apache County, Arizona: 450 AU including 37,518 deeded acres with an additional 7,680 acres of Arizona State grazing lease located between Holbrook and Saint Johns, Arizona. The ranch is located directly off of US Highway 180 including seven miles of highway frontage. All access to the ranch is via private property and is contained behind locked gates and provides one-of-a-kind privacy with vast views of the National Park. Also included is an additional 7,270 deeded acres located outside the ranch fence.

Price: $14,000,000 Contact Traegen Knight Buggy Wheel Ranch – Coconino County, Arizona: 446 deeded acres located between Flagstaff and Williams, north of I-40 in the Pittman Valley. Surrounded by tall ponderosa pine the property has access to electrical service and includes paved access along Buggy Wheel Ranch Road. Tremendous privacy being surrounded by National Forest land on three sides, yet only minutes to I-40 access. Price: $9,500,000 Contact Traegen Knight 80-Acre Mountain Retreat – Apache County, Arizona: 80 deeded acres located in the foothills of the White Mountains and overlooking the town of Eagar.

Numerous building sites with amazing views over 100 miles & mountain side privacy yet only five minutes from town shopping and dining. The White Mountains provide year-round recreation including winter activities such as snow skiing and snowmobiling.

Spring, summer and fall provide opportunities for hiking, fishing, camping & hunting.

Property also includes 160-acres of Arizona State Lease land used for livestock grazing.

Price: $799,000 Contact Traegen Knight Burro Springs Ranch – Grant County, New Mexico: 423 AU with 1,073 deeded acres, state and blm leases located north of Lordsburg. Abundant old feed as ranch has been rested for two years. Livestock water supplied by four wells serving over twelve miles of pipeline. Nice set of shipping corrals located just off the improved county road with great access. Price $3,100,000 Contact Traegen Knight CONTACT: ST. JOHNS OFFICE: TRAEGEN KNIGHT www.headquarterswest.com email: info@headquarterswest.com

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■ AKELA RANCHES — located in Deming, NM 18,467 total acres spread across 28 sections +/-, deeded land: 66 acres, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land: 7,646 acres, New Mexico State land: 5,190 acres, City of Deming: 1,260 acres, Uncontrolled land: 4,305 acres. 107 AYL. Priced at $1,200,000

■ PRIME MIMBRES VALLEY FARM FOR SALE! — The Grey Farm is an exceptional 480-acre farm, located in Deming, NM presents a rare opportunity, 319 acres of water rights. Five irrigation wells with drip irrigation, great water quality. The farm is perfectly suited for growing a variety of crops, including onions, chile, alfalfa, corn, lettuce, and cabbage. Favorable Location: The Mimbres Valley’s rich soil and climate create an ideal environment for agriculture.

This farm is well-suited for various agricultural endeavors, from producing high-value specialty crops to maintaining a diversified farming operation. The combination of ample acreage, adjudicated water rights Priced at $2,718,300

■ FLORIDA MOUNTAIN FARM — Prime agricultural property in Deming, NM. Outstanding farm presents 118 acres of irrigated water rights of 321 total acres.

Approximately 24 acres are planted with four and five year old pecan trees, irrigated by a sprinkler system. The remaining 94 irrigated acres are equipped with a drip system, two electric wells, site-built home, barn, electric well with a filter station, block system. Priced at $1,200,000

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A turn-key ranch in Central New Mexico featuring a unique combination of natural beauty, top-tier improvements, and excellent potential for livestock production, hunting, and recreation. A true hunter’s paradise, with well-managed wildlife including Elk, Mule Deer, abundant Pronghorn Antelope, and Blue Quail. (11,093± Deeded Acres • 1,605 NM State Lease Acres). $1,100 per deeded acre.

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11,960± acres | $8,141,750 | De Baca & Guadalupe Co., NM

18,193± TTL Acres | $5,238,870 | Chaves & De Baca Co, NM

An exceptional Eastern New Mexico cattle ranch, well improved and offering premier hunting opportunities for Mule Deer, Pronghorn Antelope, and Scaled Quail. $725 per deeded acre.

A working cattle operation with deep roots in New Mexico history that offers exceptional capacity and well-maintained infrastructure.

(7,878± Deeded • 10,315 NM St. Lease.) $655 per deeded acre.

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Alamo Canyon Hunting Ranch

10,174.536± acres | $4,450,000 | Lincoln Co, NM

2,131± acres | $3,600,000 | Lincoln County, NM

A one-of-a-kind property offering beauty, history, a great location, and one mile of the gorgeous Rio Ruidoso.

(378.5± Deeded • 640 NM State Lease • 8,556 US Forest Permit)

A turnkey all-deeded high desert hunting ranch located in the foothills of the Sacramento Mountains, home to elk, mule deer, Aoudad, turkey, quail, and bear. $1,690 per acre.

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Hi Lo Springs Ranch

3,847± acres | $2,750,000 | Torrance Co., NM

756± acres | $749,500 | Union County, NM

A nicely improved grazing unit with well improved headquarters. $4,250,000 with purchase of the Wind Generation Lease. $715 per acre.

The perfect get-a-way, recreational retirement tract located in one of the most beautiful areas of New Mexico. $991.40 per acre.

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160 +/- Acre, San Simon Pistachio Orchard 50 Acres of third leaf Pistachio trees and 110 acres of second leaf trees. Planted and developed with best farming practices. USDA compliant. Irrigation well capable of producing 1,000+ gpm. Well currently equipped with an 8” submersible producing 625 gpm from 350’. $2,610,000.

Call Harry Owens.

SOLD Hale Ranch, Patagonia, AZ 218+/- Acres and 60 Head USFS Grazing Allotment.

Sold prior to auction.

RECENTLY SOLD Ranches/Farms Horse Properties/Land 472± Acre Organic Apple Orchard (5 19± Acres – Vail, AZ Tracts) (Mountaintop Estate) Includes processing facilities, retail 3BR/2.5BA home with 360° center, two homes, wells, and views, wrap-around porch, apple trees. Sold at auction. steel home, detached garage. Sold at auction.

1883.45± Acres – McNeal, AZ 2 registered wells, dirt tanks, 10± Acre Country Estate – fenced. Ran 80± head seasonally.

Sonoita, AZ Sold following auction.

Hilltop home with mountain views, stable, shop, orchard, 305± Acres – Ash Creek, Pearce, AZ water features. Sold at Organic potential, cleared of auction. mesquites, FAA landing strip, two wells, fenced/cross-fenced.

Pearce, AZ – Four Offerings at the Foot of Dragoon Mountains 98± Deeded Acres – Bonita, AZ 2 small pivots, 35 ac water rights, Lot 1: 3BR/2BA custom shop, hay shed, 3BR/2BA home, territorial-style home on corrals, irrigation well.

5.5± acres. Lots 3 & 4: Three vacant 1± acre land parcels.

200–300 Head Cattle Ranch – Sold prior to auction.

Marana, AZ 112.8± deeded acres, pastures, Lot 2: Three 1± acre lots farm fields, HQ on state land, two (total 3± acres). Sold at homes, two sets of steel corrals. auction.

Auctions are gaining momentum like never before—delivering faster results, competitive prices, and real-time excitement. We’re seeing more buyers, more sellers and more success with every auction!

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1,540 acres of rolling hills, native pastures, and rugged beauty nestled halfway between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Just minutes off I-40 near Newkirk, perfect for ranchers, hunters, and outdoor lovers alike, this Guadalupe County gem offers room to run cattle, space to roam, and unforgettable views in every direction. Sheltering terrain draws in wildlife, making this property the real deal for those who crave privacy, purpose and the outdoors. Privacy, potential, and panoramic skies — give us a call to walk the land and make it yours.

■ UNION CO., NM – divided into three tracts for rotational grazing of 1,822 ac. +/- enrolled in the new Grasslands Conservation Reserve Program & 120 ac. +/- of the property in the standard CRP program. GCRP can be grazed year-round each year. Excellent fencing, one mile of hwy. frontage together with all-weather roads on the remainder, equipped with almost new set of steel working pens with scale, a second set of almost new working pens, watered by subs on electricity with pipelines furnishing water for drinkers in each pasture. Gramma & buffalo grasses.

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■ UNION CO., NM – Just out of Clayton, a large feedyard w/four circles irrigated by ¼ mile sprinklers, five irr. wells, one domestic well for office & feedyard & just across the hwy. an 800 ac. grass lease.

■ QUAY COUNTY ALFALFA AND LIVESTOCK – 255.474 ± acres a few miles southeast of Tucumcari, NM in Quay County. A total of 112.3 ± acres irrigated, 107 ± acres of native grassland, and 40 ± acres of dry farmland is combined with a 20’ x 80’ shop with concrete flooring and electricity.

■ TELL TX HALF SECTION – 320 ± acres just a few miles south of Tell, TX on the northern end of Cottle County. With the majority of the ranch being native pasture, it lends itself to grazing opportunities, hunting or recreational use. Along with perimeter and interior fencing, a 60 ± acre portion of the property is tilled ground.

■ MULESHOE HOME AND FARM – Irrigated farm of 160 ± acres with a 2017 built home in Bailey County 4.5 miles west of Muleshoe on FM 1760. The home has 3 br, 2 ba and an office. Other improvements on the property include a 4,032 sq.ft. pole barn with attached shed housing horse pens and cattle working pens. A 5 tower Zimmatic center pivot irrigates approximately 70 acres with three irrigation wells equipped with submersible pumps producing a total of approximately 150 GPM. ■ PRICE REDUCED! CHOICE 320 ac.+/-, irrigated farm, w/pivot sprinklers, irrigation wells & an older home which would be liveable or could be moved. Located on pvmt. in prime farming area of Castro Co., TX. ■ PRICE REDUCED! DALLAM CO, TX – 1,216.63 ac. +/- of CRP/ranchland w/irrigation, re-development potential, wells & pipelines already in place.

■ COCHRAN CO., TX – 160 ac. +/- native grass, existing oil production. The tract is located roughly 21 miles north of Plains, Texas and 32 miles southwest of Whiteface, Texas. Mule deer in the area. Good small hunting, grazing ranch.

■ ANGUS, NM – 250 +/- acres with over a 1/2 mile of NM 48 frontage.

Elevations from 6,800 to 7,200 feet. Two springs along a creek. Ideal for future development or build your own getaway home.

■ CLAYTON, NM – 44 acres located approx. 2 miles south of Clayton, NM on Hwy 87 on the East side of the highway. This property has about ½ mile of highway frontage and would be great for residential housing, commercial development or addtl. RV development (adjoins the 16.75 ac. RV park).

■ CLAYTON, NM – 9 ac. +/- located on pvmt. behind a large convenience store on which has been partially begun infrastructure for an RV park. This property will also lend itself well as a large development such as new or existing businesses expanding their company.

■ DALLAM CO., TX – 480 acres in native grass in northeastern Dallam County. Possible wind potential.

■ PALO DURO CREEK TREASURE – 941 acres +/- in Randall Co. NW of Canyon, Tx. STUNNING VIEWS OVER LOOKING PALO DURO CREEK. Turn key cow/calf operation w development potential. Property includes: 3/3/3 ranch style home, 4 wells, large shop plus shed, enclosed livestock working facility w/hydraulic chute, livestock pens & shed, miles of 5 & 6 barbed wire fence & over 7000’ of pipe fence. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS! Canyon School District.

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historic and iconic structure, not unlike the rebuild the structure.

Grand Canyon Lodge, atop a Colorado FourAfter years of study, it fell to the adminteener in my backyard. Sadly, we lost when istration of President George H.W. Bush, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth who sought to be the “environmental presiCircuit in Denver ruled the agency had the dent,” to determine the fate of the Crest discretion to do whatever it wanted.

House. Incredibly, Bush’s Forest Service If ever an artist popularized the Ameri- decided not to restore the historic structure, can West, it was Albert Bierstadt, who, in the but instead to install “an unstaffed viewing summer of 1863, journeyed thirty-five miles platform and information station [amid] the

by William Perry Pendley, Washington Examiner west of Denver to gaze upon a 14,264-foot Crest House ruins.” In doing so, the agency ith Labor Day behind us, the Dragon peak. To the east, over the foothills, stretched ignored the pleas of Clear Creek County, Bravo Fire, which began on the the Great Plains; to the west towered the nearby Idaho Springs, the Alpine Rescue Fourth of July with a lightning Rocky Mountains, angular and rock-strewn, Team, and thousands of visitors. Most strike, still rages along the North Rim of dotted with alpine lakes and covered — incredible was the Forest Service’s response Grand Canyon National Park in northwest- below timberline — with a lush carpet of to those who thought the Crest House met a ern Arizona, 168 miles east of Las Vegas. pine and shimmering aspen. Bierstadt called safety need: “There is no requirement or Despite monsoonal moisture and improved his painting of the peak that he named obligation for the Forest Service to ensure weather conditions, it is still only 63 percent Mount Rosalie, after his future wife, which the presence of people on a relatively contincontained after consuming 145,504 acres. he completed back east, A Storm in the uous basis at the summit of Mt. Evans for Incredibly, when it started, National Park Rocky Mountains. While his painting safety-related purposes.”

Service officials, rather than undertaking became famous, the peak’s name lasted only What a far cry from the day in 1941 when “full suppression” of the blaze, “managed” it thirty-two years. In 1895, the Colorado the local Forest Ranger wrote: “The Summit as a controlled burn, which they called General Assembly switched it to Mount House meets a very outstanding public need, “confine and contain,” as an “alternative sup- Evans, after Colorado’s second territorial and the Forest Service is anxious to cooperpression strategy” to “reduce future fire governor. In 2023, the name was changed ate with you in any particulars that may hazards and promote healthier plant growth.” again to Mount Blue Sky. serve to meet this need more fully.”

“Unexpected strong winds” hit the area a People wanted to see the view that Those who think the NPS will not do week later, causing the fire to rage out of inspired Bierstadt. Even before 1920, roads what the Forest Service did to the Crest control. In the inferno that followed, the began making their way toward the summit. House in 1990 may be disappointed when famous Grand Canyon Lodge, built in 1928, In 1922, construction of a highway began. In deciding whether to rebuild Grand Canyon was destroyed along with 50 to 80 structures 1930, Colorado State Highway 5, the highest Lodge. After all, the Forest Service’s 1941 and numerous historic cabins. paved road in North America, was com- pledge of support came four years after the At least one expert faulted the NPS for pleted. Then, in the late 1930s, three NPS rebuilt Grand Canyon Lodge. Fewer “institutionalizing controlled burns” and for Colorado civic leaders decided that the hun- than five decades passed before the Forest not learning lessons from the disastrous dreds of thousands of annual Memorial Day Service abandoned its promise. It has been 2000 Cerro Grande Fire, which devastated through Labor Day motorists to the top of almost nine decades since the NPS endorsed the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New the 15th highest peak in the lower 48 needed that historic structure by rebuilding the Mexico. Recently, Arizona’s elected officials a structure to enjoy their visit better. In 1940, Grand Canyon Lodge. It should be rebuilt to called for an investigation into the NPS’s construction began on what famed Colorado historic criteria and standards. initial approach to the blaze, including architect Edwin A. Francis, inspired by “the claims the agency ignored its fire manage- moon, stars and heavens,” thought was his Mr. Pendley, a Wyoming attorney and Coloradoment plan. best work. In 1941, the “Crest House,” built based public-interest lawyer who has been successful Meanwhile, with the North Rim closed of native boulders and stone, was finished. It at the United States Supreme Court for three decades, in the Reagan administration, and led the to visitors for the remainder of the NPS’s was soon deemed eligible for inclusion in the served Bureau of Land Management for President Donald mid-May to mid-October season, many National Register of Historic Places.

Trump. wonder whether the Grand Canyon Lodge Over the years the Crest House served will be rebuilt to its former glory, along with millions of tourists; its employees assisted the scores of other accommodations for the hundreds of lost, stranded, injured, or ailing area’s one million annual visitors. Although visitors to a summit where the atmospheric there is no word from the Trump adminis- pressure is 60 percent that of sea-level; and tration or the NPS, I must admit, based on it functioned as a vital communications my experience, I have my doubts. Of course, center for the Alpine Rescue Team, during the Grand Canyon Lodge was rebuilt before, which Crest House employees provided first in 1937, after it was destroyed by a kitchen aid to trauma victims in “the golden hour” fire in 1932; however, those were different — the first 60 minutes following traumatic days. injury.

I learned how different it was in the 1990s All that ended on September 1, 1979, when I represented Colorado’s Clear Creek when a propane fire destroyed the Crest County, the Alpine Rescue Team, and a Col- House. The U.S. Forest Service, which then orado concessionaire in their efforts to owned the Crest House, received more than compel the U.S. Forest Service to rebuild a $500,000 in damages and insurance to

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Women Who Pick Up Broncs

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high school, Bayler also began to pick up occasional rodeos. She went to it, eager to learn from some of the best pick-up men in New Mexico and Colorado. While not completely rare, women who pick up broncs aren’t the norm. However, New Mexico happens to have a handful of women who enjoy picking up broncs and are seen at rodeos across the state.

Chancie Roberts, who was born in Nevada and moved to Colorado when she was ten, spent her entire life around horses. Her parents trained racehorses, and they had an indoor arena in Kiowa, CO., where they put on rodeos. Today, she and her family live in southern NM where they both ranch and rodeo. She says she really didn’t set out to pick up broncs but instead wanted the horses she rides to experience as many different jobs as possible. At a rodeo CJ Baca was putting on in Belen in 2023 she asked to help shag bulls and wound up helping push broncs that weekend as well. She had offered to let a pick-up man she knew use her horse so it would get the experience, and he knew her and just told her to get in there and help. She had been an outrider at racetracks in both Denver and Albuquerque, which is as good a

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n the rodeo arena, the bull fighters often gather the oohs and aahs from the fans in the stands. They deftly dance around the bulls, and they are the first line of defense for the bull riders. Possibly less appreciated by the larger public enjoying the rodeo, the “pick-up men” (and women) are the first and often only line of defense for the contestants riding bucking horses; saddle bronc, ranch broncs, and bareback. Maybe it is less appreciated because the sheer talent it takes to do the job isn’t easily understood by most who enjoy watching a rodeo. Maybe because their eyes are only on the bucking horse and rider, and they think that once the buzzer sounds, the work is done.

Maybe good pick-up men and women just make it look too easy!

As the mama of a budding bronc rider over the last decade, and the spouse of a former bronc rider and pick-up man, I have spent a lot of years watching and admiring. It takes a special mindset to make a pick-up man or woman with the chaos that is involved. I have learned that good cowboys don’t always make good pick-up men, and the ability to think and make decisions while riding towards the wreck and not just watching it are few and far between. It takes a special individual to pick up broncs and keep the bronc rider and horse safe.

Rare are the cowboys and cowgirls who can read broncs, their horse, their partner in the arena, and a bronc rider. It is literally a job meant to save lives and until you have seen a wreck, one doesn’t don’t know how they will react in the arena.

As our bronc rider grew, he needed more opportunities to practice, and we built a small arena with a bucking chute and fashioned a short stripping chute next to a gate to pull saddles off the practice horses.

We began to have practices in earnest, and my husband, Shane, started teaching our girls how to pick up broncs. They’d push and he would pick up, and Monte would ride his practice horses.

As Bayler and Keelin continued to pick up practice pens through

Photo by Julie Carter

background as one could ask for.

Catching runaway racehorses isn’t far off from catching bucking horses! Chancie firmly believes that the horses she rides do 95 percent of the work and as such she won’t put one in the arena that she doesn’t know, without a doubt, can do the job. She says the hardest part about picking up broncs is making sure she doesn’t cause a wreck. That means reading the bronc, the rider, her horse, her partners, and staying

Sarah, Annie, & Bayler picking up

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Faulkner practice pen: Bayler, Keelin, & Shane Faulkner

Chancie Roberts picking up

where she needs to be to help. She knows that there are things outside of her control, but she is always focused on helping the rider and the bronc. When I asked her what was unique about her, she laughed and said, “the bling!” Whether it is her turquoise inlaid kick pads, the big loopy turquoise earrings, or her glittery fingernails, she isn’t wrong, her bling is unique. She is comfortable with who she is, and her role as a horsewoman, mother, pick-up woman, trainer and cowgirl.

Sarah Winters wasn’t born into horseback riding like some, but a 4-wheeler wreck with her mom at age five changed her course. Her doctor decided that the best therapy for her broken hip would be horseback riding and swimming. She started taking lessons and it launched her squarely into the life she loves, one centered around horses. She started rodeoing as a kid and through high school, earning a spot on the college rodeo team at La Junta, CO. It was a small rodeo team and she and her teammates helped with the rough stock practice.

She didn’t pick up then but would help put neck ropes on rough stock and got comfortable with that side of the arena. She met her now husband, Pecos Winters, and started watching him pick up. They started a rodeo production company and began putting on rough stock riding schools. Sometimes help didn’t show up and she had to help Pecos pick up their rough stock students.

She uses a couple of older horses that she seems to think could do the job without her and says she wouldn’t want to be anyone’s first choice picking up, but she can help if needed. She knows it takes an individual with a strong personality to pick up broncs, saying that “you have to make split second decisions and not second guess it.” She thinks that a pick-up horse needs to have just as strong a personality.

She says the quirky ones and rejects, the kind that need to be top dog, seem to do the job best. “And sometimes, they have to just be the bigger bully in the arena!” Sarah credits her abilities to learning from the best pick-up men and learning on horses that already know their job.

Her future as a stock contractor with her husband, Pecos, looks bright and even if you don’t see her always picking up, she may be loading bulls or setting flanks, working wherever she is needed to keep the rodeo or school moving smoothly!

Annie Cockrum grew up in a ranching family. Her dad ran yearlings, and she has an older brother that trains cutting horses. Everyone helps in her family, and she says her dad never cared about who was doing the job, so from an early age she wasn’t too concerned about doing a job that a man or woman should do. When she was about fifteen, she spent some time starting colts for her brother in Texas. She worked for Pecos Winters and when he needed help picking up for practices or the schools she would occasionally help. Pecos had an injury that sidelined him for a couple of months. While he healed up, she stepped in and picked up broncs for the practices, schools, and rodeos that Pecos and Sarah had contracted.

Annie is the third generation in her family to pick up at rodeos, so it wasn’t anything new for her and she said her dad and brothers would give advice as she started doing it regularly. When I asked Annie what was hardest for her about picking up, she said she is small, so she doesn’t have much reach and that can be a challenge. She tells me that reading the stock is the part she likes best about picking up broncs.

She likes running in to things. Her main mounts are both good at picking up. Her mare that she also ropes on needs all the work she can give her and loves being aggressive. The other mare she uses to pick up on is a former bucking horse, so she knows what is needed and likes getting in there next to the action and mashing horses as needed.

Annie has enjoyed her time picking up but also is ready to start a family with her new husband and picking up broncs will be on the back burner for her. She filled a hole that was needed as a pick-up woman and did a good job doing it!

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Ro de o Ro un dup protect the rider and the horse, often at the expense of herself. “My job is to bail in there and enact these safety measures that allow them to continue on in their career and go on and do it all over again.” She recognizes that she gets to advocate for the western way of life, “Rodeo itself, it’s a spectator sport.

Our job is to put on a show for those watching because they have no idea the ins and outs and what is going on. We get this unique opportunity through rodeo to give this snapshot, this eight seconds or sixteen seconds or two seconds, where we can show the abilities that come from the world we live in to an outsider.” Bayler knows and loves the rough stock side of the arena as well as running barrels on the horses she trained. She credits anything she gets done in an arena to her stock and is thankful for the horses she has gotten to work with.

The four women interviewed in this article are as different as day and night.

There are some commonalities, though, that set the foundation for their success in and out of the arena. They are each humble. They each trust their horses. They came to the arena for different reasons but none of them came to it for the limelight. They have all had someone say to them that a woman can’t do this job. And they never gave that a second thought. As for me, I will always be thankful for the men and women who work hard to keep bronc riders safe. I’ll always be a fan of these gals and appreciate the incredible skill it takes to be a pick-up woman!

FROM THE ARENA

by Julie Carter —and occasionally Sage Faulkner)

Nat’l High School Finals

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ongratulations to the National High School Finals competitors who spent July 13th through19th in Rock Springs, Wyoming. 2025 was a banner year for the High School Finals, boasting over 1,700 contestants from six countries and 53 states/ provinces and 2,169 total entries!

Team New Mexico finished 13th in the overall team standings, with the boys coming in 17th and girls 11th. In division 3 standings (the regional groups of states with similar size contestant pools) NM finished 4th.

Topping the rookie cowgirls, All Around Rookie Girls honors went to Channing Robinson. She also was 6th in the all-around averages for all the girls! Her horse, Frosted Freedom, was the 7th place girls AQHA Horse of the Year. And her horse Epic Vanilla Ice Cream was the 19th place AQHA Horse of the Year. She finished 8th in poles and

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25th in the barrel racing. She says her goal was to be the rookie all around cowgirl for New Mexico, but winning the rookie all around at national finals was definitely a dream come true! The 15-year-old sophomore also enjoys playing volleyball and says her sister, Londyn, is her biggest supporter.

Her parents are Garrett and Sara Robinson.

Trap shooting was good to the NM competitors, with three in the top ten! Ace Whitson finished 4th in the world, Lane Helmer finished 7th and Ross Kohler finished 8th. Ross tells me he just likes shooting trap, that he has made countless friends across the state because of shooting. His parents are Kendal and Kelsey Kohler, and his younger brother also shoots. He hopes to finish in the top five in NM next year. Lane Helmer, a senior with Dora online High School comes from a family that farms, has wheat pasture cattle, and a feedyard. He hopes to carry on the family tradition and run a wheat cattle operation. He has enjoyed

competing with people from all over the world and getting to meet new people.

He has finished top 7 in all three years he has competed at Finals! Ace came into his third finals hoping to shoot better than last year, and he got that done. He says he thought it was neat that three of the trap shooters were in the shoot-off. He is the son of Wade and Becky, and will be a senior this year. He is thankful to his family and Travis Lightfoot for helping him and he says the fun part about shooting trap this year has been shooting with Lane because he is just fun!

New Mexico’s Zoey Cline finished 5th in the world in light rifle shooting. Zoey says the best part about shooting light rifle in high school rodeo is that she gets to shoot often. “National finals is its own special memory, getting to compete with so many competitors and this year, the weather made it especially challenging but that was a lot of fun!” A homeschooled athlete, Zoey hopes to win the next two years at state finals and finish in the top three at nationals. She also competes in barrels and breakaway, and her older brother also shot light rifle and rodeos.

She says she is very appreciative to her family for helping her compete and get down the road!

Ellie Powell finished 8th in reined cow horse and is 18. She attends NM Connections Academy and has a younger brother and older sister. Her dad is a horseshoer, and her mom starts most of their horses. She says her horse, Spiderman, (registered name is Haya Spooky), was purchased at two and her mom started him! He is now 12 and is her main mount for both reined cow horse and her heading horse for team roping. Ellie loves the excitement and adrenaline that goes along with cow horse, especially the turnbacks! She says she likes that you really have to work as a team with your horse and make the best run you can. She knew going into Nationals that they had a solid run and if she could execute that run, they could make top ten. She executed and finished 8th in the world!

In the Saddle Bronc, high school senior, Kaden Miranda, finished 6th in the world.

The son of Mike and Sandra, Kaden also has a brother and sister. Kaden will start at NMSU in the fall and is looking forward to both the UPRA finals (he is leading both rookie ranch broncs and saddlebronc) in Texas and the Jr NFR in Las Vegas this December. Kaden says, “Finals was a blast, I got to get on some good challenging horses that really pushed my skills as a saddle bronc

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(above left) Channing Robinson, Rookie All around girls champion (above right) Zoey Cline, light rifle (below) Kaden Miranda, saddle bronc

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Add half the chilled butter slices gradually and process until thoroughly combined. Add the remaining butter and pulse until the mixture resembles a very coarse meal with pea-size bits of butter. Combine the vinegar and ice water, gradually adding it through the feed tube, pulsing just until evenly combined. Squeeze a bit of the dough-it should just hold its shape and be a little crumbly.

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1 medium yellow squash sliced into 1/8-inch thin rounds 1 medium zucchini sliced into 1/8-inch thin rounds Salt and pepper 4 slices bacon 1 small red onion, sliced thinly and separated into rings 1 or 2 sliced jalapeños 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup shredded mozzarella 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan or Asiago Red wine vinegar, for brushing 1 beaten egg Toss the yellow squash and zucchini with 3/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Let sit for 15 minutes Meanwhile, begin cooking the bacon to render out some fat but don’t brown it or totally different way to fix it, in a galette! I make crisp, for about 5 minutes. We want started making galettes a few years ago, basi- floppy bacon. Let cool slightly, then cut into cally because they are so much less labor 1/2-inch pieces. Save the bacon grease. intensive than a pie crust. No cutting in the Pat the squash dry, place in a large bowl shortening or butter, crimping crusts and with the onion, toss with olive oil, salt and doing everything by hand. But I was making pepper. desserts, not a side dish. Galettes are a rustic Turn oven to 400 degrees. Get the dough dish and show off that rustic, homemade out of the fridge. Let warm up a few minutes look, uneven crusts overlapping a mouth before rolling out on a floured surface. Roll watering filling. to about a 12 inch rough circle, then place on an ungreased or parchment lined baking Dough Ingredients sheet.

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more Sprinkle the cheeses on the circle, leaving for rolling an inch or more border all around. Place the 2 TBS cornmeal squash, zucchini and onions in a circle, then 1 tsp sugar scatter the bacon and peppers on top. Fold 1 tsp salt up the edges of the dough, pleating it. Drizzle 1 ¾ cubes of cold butter, cut into bacon fat over the filling. Brush crust with 1/2-inch slices egg.

1 beaten egg Bake until golden brown all over and the 2 TBS ice water filling is bubbly, 45 to 50 minutes.

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rider.” He is grateful to have the opportunity to be the NM state champion, and he says, the best part was riding with his best friend, Hardy Osborn.

Breakaway roping had top twenty finishers with Wacey Trujillo, 15th and Avery Henard, 16th. In the Girls Goat Tying, Teagan Trujillo finished 19th. For Tie Down Roping: Clovis, NM cowboy Kyan Wilhite (competes in the Texas region) finished as the world reserve champion tie down roper!

Treyden Gonzales finished 15th in the world.

We are proud of all the NM youth contestants that went to the finals, and we are looking forward to seeing you all continue to excel! Congratulations on a great year and good luck going into the new year.

tography for sharing the photos with us for both Junior High Finals and the High School Finals. Thanks Beth and crew! jenningsrodeophotography.photoreflect.com

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The NMHSRA and NMJHSRA Schedule: September 12-14, Socorro September 26-28 Grants October 10-12 Ft. Sumner October 31 – Nov 2, Clovis For more information, please go to www. nmhsra.com Appreciation goes out to Jennings Pho-

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A-C

Ag Lands Southwest . . . . . 61 AgTrust Farm Credit . . . . . . . 5 American Heritage Bank / Colten Grau . . . . . . . . . . 33 American International Charolais Assn . . . . . . 25, 53 B&R Construction . . . . . . . 60 Bar A Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . 27 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . 56 Barber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 15 Beaverhead Outdoors . . . . 59 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . 21 BJM Sales & Service Inc. . . . 49 Border Tank Resources . . . . 50 Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. . . . . . 51 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranch . . . . . . .13, 53 Brownfield Ranch & Farm Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Brushmaster . . . . . . . . . . . 50 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . .25, 52 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . 51 Carter’s Custom Cuts . . . . . 72 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . 52 Casper Baca Rodeo . . . . . . 77 Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Co . . . . . . . . . . 39 Cauthorn & Griffin Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Caviness Packing Co., Inc . . 31 Chas S. Middleton & Son .57, 60 Chip Cole Ranch Real Estate 56 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . 53

Clovis Livestock Auction . . . 29 Cobb Charolais . . . . . . . . . 17 Conniff Cattle Co., LLC . . . . 52 Copeland & Sons Herefords, LLC . . . . . . . . . 7 Copeland Show Cattle . . . . . 6 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . 52 Denton Photography . . . . . 45 Depot Farm & Ranch . . . 3 Dexter Livestock Commission14 Diamond Seven Angus . . . . 51 Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . 50 Eastern New Mexico State Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Express Scales Services . . . . 20 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . 30 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . 48 Five States Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ft. Sumner Processing . . . . 40 4 Rivers Equipment . . . . . . . 9

G-H

Genex / Candy Trujillo . . . . 51 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . 23, 53 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . . 19, 51 Hargrove Ranch Insurance . 75 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . 50 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . 52 Headquarters West / Traegen Knight . . . . . . . . 56 Headquarters West Ltd. / Sam Hubbell . . . . . . . . . 55 Heartstone Angus, LLC . . . . 42

Henard Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 48 Hi-Pro Feeds / Sendero . . . . . 8 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . 51 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . . 28 Hutchison Western . . . . . . 63

I-N

Insurance Services of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . 43 International Brangus Breeders . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . .51, 69 J & J Auctioneers . . . . . . . . 66 James Sammons III . . . . . . 56 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 50 Ken Ahler Real Estate Co., Inc60 L & H Manufacturing . . . . . 50 Landmark Mercantile Livestock Auction . . . . . . 18 Lavender Brangus . . . . . . . 53 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . 53 Lazy J&G Sales . . . . . . . . . 50 Lonestar Stockyards, LLC . . 47 Lyssy & Eckel Feeds . . . . . . 63 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . 52 Matlock & Associates . . . . . 22 McKenzie Land & Livestock . 11 McPherson Heifer Bulls . . . . 52 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . .32, 50 Michelet Homestead Realty 55 Monfette Construction Co. . 49 National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Nixon Family Farms . . . . . . 65 NM Cattle Growers President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 NM Federal Lands Council . . 70 NM Purina Dealers . . . . . . . 80 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . 34, 46, 66 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . 45

O-S

O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Old Mill Farm & Ranch Supply 2 Olson Land and Cattle . . . . 51 Outfront Cattle Services . . . 25 Parker Brangus . . . . . . . . . 51 Perez Cattle Company . . . . 51 Pinnacle Solar Power, LLC . . 48 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 R.L. Cox Company . . . . .49, 60 Rafter G Ranch Supply LLC . . . . . . . . 33, 48 Ramro, LLC / R.J Cattle Co. . . 24 Redd Summit Rangeland Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Republic Ranches, LLC . . . . 55 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . .49, 64 Rio Pecos Veterinary . . . . . 74 Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Roswell Livestock Auction Co.26 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . 53 Rusty’s Weigh Scales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . 52 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Select Sires Member Cooperative . . . . . . . . . . 52 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . 58

T-Z

T & S Manufacturing . . . . . 62 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . . 50 Terrell Land & Livestock Co. . 56 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Thompson Ranch . . . . . . . 53 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . 52 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . .40, 51 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . 35 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Verde Real Estate . . . . . . . . 60 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . 49 W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . . 64 Waypath . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 West Star Herefords . . . . . . 51 Western Trading Post (Olson)68 Williams Windmill, Inc. . .38, 49 Zia Real Estate . . . . . . . . . 54

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