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21 Dairy Feature DEPARTMENTS 10 President’s Message 12 To The Point

by Caren Cowan

16 NMCGA Missions Accomplished 18 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 26 News Update 30 New Mexico Federal Lands Council News

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37 BEEF It’s Whats For Dinner 38 On the Edge of Common Sense

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39 New Mexico Livestock Board Update 40 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Friends and Neighbors,

by Randell Major NMCGA President

T Tom Sidwell President Quay Randell Major President-Elect Magdalena

Jack Chatfield Vice President at Large Mosquero Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Blair Clavel NE Vice President Roy Jeff Bilberry SE Vice President Elida Ty Bays SW Vice President Silver City Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Albuquerque Pat Boone Past President Elida Jose Varela Lopez Past President La Cieneguilla Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque

his was a “long session” of 60 days open to introduction of any bills. With a pick-up from the November elections, Democrats held majorities in both chambers: 46-24 in the House and 26-16 in the Senate, supported by new Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. There were 695 bills introduced in the House and 675 in the Senate for a total of 1360. Of those, 310 passed both chambers.

HB 6 brought us the largest tax increase in New Mexico’s history. NMCGA followed 173 bills; 56 were priority bills that we actively worked.

We saw several bills that appear to represent agriculture, but do just the opposite. HB 332: Special Method of Valuation for Certain Land. This changed the definition of agriculture. It allows land to be valued as if it were producing agriculture products when it is being put to other uses, such as wildlife habitat or unimproved land. This bill would reduce agriculture in New Mexico and be a significant revenue loss to the Counties and School Districts that depend on mill levies and bonds. We opposed this bill and it was tabled in the House Agriculture & Water Committee.

SB 454 created the Agriculture & Natural Resource Trust Fund Act. It created a trust fund to receive matching dollars from the federal Farm Bill. The interest raised from the trust fund would fund natural resource projects. Even though the bill has agriculture in the title the money would go to large conservation projects and not to production agriculture.

This bill died on the Senate floor for non-concurrence.

HB 366: Wildlife & Public Safety Act. This bill made it unlawful to trap on public land and limits the ranchers’ ability to manage the number of predators. This bill never came off the speakers table. While SB 76: Prohibit Coyote Killing Contests passed and could be signed by the Governor by April 5.

SB 193: Beef Council Assessment Opt-Out sponsored by Senator Woods was signed into law. Another one of Woods’ bills that passed was SB 121: Dept. of Transportation Livestock Fencing. This bill is awaiting signature by the Governor.

HB 206: Environmental Review Act “NEPA”, SB 203: Rename the Department of Game & Fish as Wildlife Department, and HB 445: Wild Horse Protection and Habitat Act were all stalled.

While some of the gun bills were stalled, they did pass SB 8 requiring Firearm Sale Background Check and SB 328 Orders of Protection & Firearm Ownership.

We need to be proactive starting right now to find candidates who are agriculture friendly and will run for office. Our agriculture legislative body is simply outnumbered.

At the upcoming Summer Meeting, NMCGA needs to create a resolution that will clearly direct our lobbyist position concerning green-house gas, carbon language, and carbon credit. These are subjects that came up in several bills this year and we will continue to see in the future.

NMCGA had a legislative training earlier in the Session and appreciate everyone who attended. We look forward to growing this training in the future.

Ag Fest was well attended this year. People stood in line to sample food produced here in New Mexico. New Mexico agriculture groups fed over 1,000 people at this year’s successful roundhouse feed.

We would like to thank all of our legislators who support agriculture and for all of their hard work during this extremely long and difficult session! Also a big thank you to all those who attended the legislative board meeting this year, everyone who sent emails, made phone calls to their legislators, the 10/10 bill readers, and all the people who drove up and testified in committees. You do make a difference! Last, but not least, I want to thank Caren, Michelle, and Crystal for all of your knowledge and hard work. It was an honor to work by your side.

Sincerely,

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TO THE POINT

by Caren Cowan, Executive Director, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association

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Let’s start with a celebration ...

he 2019 Legislature is history and there are just a few days left for the Governor to sign, veto or pocket veto the 300-plus bills that made it to her desk.

There were some wins for agriculture and the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) that we will review, but first we need to celebrate THE best rally I have ever seen.

On March 12, after a highly successful trip to Washington, D.C. topped off with a phone conversation with President Trump, Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin and his merry band know as Cowboys for Trump (C4T) marched to the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. The media reported that there were some 90 men, women and children on horses, ponies and mules who rode from the Santa Fe Rodeo Grounds to the State

Capitol complete with police escort.

The last leg of the ride was down Old Pecos Trail — a route traveled by other trailblazers. Following the riders were at least five pickups full of people. Nearly everyone mounted or in vehicles was carrying an American flag.

The intersection of Old Pecos Trail and Paseo de Peralta was closed in all directions as the riders streamed up the entrance to the Capitol all the way to the end of the trees in front of the building. There was a spontaneous chant of USA from the riders.

It was a proud moment.

That pride continued as most of the riders dismounted and worked their way over to the north portico and where a podium and mic were waiting. The speaking portion of the event opened in cowboy

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style with a prayer, the Pledge and the National Anthem. Then there were several short speakers whose time was cut even shorter by rain and hail. Even with the hail coming down the event closed with a prayer. The riders had a fairly wet ride back to the rodeo grounds.

The rally didn’t focus on any single piece of legislation or issue but rather on many pending bills and constitutional rights. It drew the attention of many legislators and a multitude of lobbyists. One can fairly assume that there was impact on the final bills going through the Legislature.

A huge congratulations and a debt of gratitude is owned to the C4T riders and their whole crew.

The Year of Greed Money was the main focus of the 2019 Legislature although there were tons of other hot topics. Going into the Session the State of New Mexico sat on one of the largest financial surpluses ever thanks to the more than $1 billion in revenue generated by the oil and gas industry.

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tax increase. While that increase seemed doomed and didn’t move until the end of the Session, it did make it through.

Part of the need for the measure arose from the need to make tax code changes due to the federal tax bill passed in 2018 and taking effect in 2019. This is an issue that is happening in neighboring states as well. The added state taxes are being tacked on to those bills as well.

The tug of war over HB 6 continued through the last night of the Legislature and into the final hours of Session. The original bill called for about $300 million of new taxes. One Senate version trimmed that number to about $11 million — which House sponsors of the bill said wasn’t worth the time to do. A compromise was reached at some number between the $11 and $300 million. One thing for certain is that vehicle registrations and renewals will be going up.

HB 6 has been called the largest tax increase ever seen in New Mexico. Seems strange with an over $1 billion surplus, doesn’t it? Is this a sign of things to come?

There were numerous gun bills in this Session, and we can expect to see many of them again and more in the years to come.

Only two measures were passed in this

Session. One on background checks has been signed by the Governor. The other dealing with orders of protection and fire arms ownership is yet to be signed. Special thanks to Joe Culbertson who ran point for NMCGA and others on the gun issues.

There was over $15 million requested for soil conservation and watershed projects including the interest off a $150 million Ag & Natural Resources Trust fund. It appears that only about $375,000 was put into the budget, which is yet to be signed.

The late term abortion bill also didn’t make it through the body. This bill was explained as a measure to fix existing law in the event that there was federal action on the Supreme Court’s Roe vs Wade decision. Similar measures were introduced across the nation. The New York law has passed while others are awaiting actions.

The voluntary increase in the Beef Checkoff passed and was signed by the Governor early in the Session. We are awaiting rules on the measure from the Beef Council in the weeks and months to come.

Senator Pat Woods got a bill passed to undo an error in the Department of Transportation statutes passed in 2018 that took away state responsibility for fences and

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cattle guards along state highways. That bill is waiting for signature from the Governor as well.

An issue that didn’t get the direction that it needed is that of wild or feral horses. A State District Court ruling from Lincoln County has thrown who has purview of horses that are loose. There are several bills ranging from reasonable to way too far out there introduced and negotiated but none was able to make it to the Governor’s desk.

As a result, feral or wild horses will continue to pose a significant risk for motorists throughout New Mexico for the coming year.

The court case is currently being appealed. Hopefully the ruling on that case will come sooner rather than later.

These and other bills in this Session provide more proof that deal-making is not an appropriate way to work out solutions.

Several “deals” were made with so-called wild horse advocates during the 60-day Session. Bit it didn’t matter if an agreement had been reached. It generally didn’t take very long for the negotiated bill to come up in committee or on one of the floors, only to have the agreed upon language stripped continued on page 15 >>

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or more unnegotiated new amendments to be offered.

Legislators always want the various sides on an issue to come to the table and work something out. That certainly didn’t pay off this year and it will be difficult to move forward with unscrupulous groups and individuals in good faith.

All in all, the Session was a tough one, but NMCGA and its policies got by pretty well. Thanks to the bill readers, all the folks that read bills, made calls and sent emails in response to calls to action, and to the courageous representatives and senators on both sides of the isle that made the hard votes to protect all New Mexicans.

With the 2020 election all too close, these folks are going to need all the help we can give them, not only in campaign donations but in sending more folks to the House and Senate to support. Senators John Arthur Smith and Clemente Sanchez have already been named as targets in some circles. Please get involved NOW!!!

25 Percent of Mexicans Wolves Dead in 2019… . . . comes at the hands of wolf officials.

Thus far in 2019 four Mexican wolf deaths have been confirmed in Arizona and New Mexico, according to the Arizona Game & Fish Department. Two were found dead in New Mexico, along with one in Arizona. A fourth wolf died at the hands of wolf program employees who had captured it to replace a faulty radio collar.

I realize that my headline is a bit alarming… but it is true. One of the four dead wolves was killed by program officials. I am just using numbers the same way our detractors do.

Wolf proponents bent on getting rid of livestock grazing by any means necessary claim that wolf depredations by Mexican wolves are less than one-half percent based on US Department of Agriculture (USDA) generic national numbers.

Looking at U.S. Forest Service data available on their website, in the 2018 grazing season there were 16,161 active animal unit months (AUMs) in four ranger districts. Not all of those AUMs are in use. During that year Catron County Wolf Investigator Jess Carey confirmed 74 kills with eight probables.

The USDA Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) pays 60 to 65 percent of the value on confirmed losses and will pay for those

missing on wolf losses. The program also pays only after the “normal” livestock loss of two percent. In 2018 LIP paid for 856 cows, calves and bulls who were confirmed dead or missing in the wolf area.

All of this works out to livestock losses at 5.7 percent, nearly three times what is considered normal for annual livestock losses.

An NMCGA member computed all these numbers and it probably took a little while to get them all together.

It is a whole easier to use a non-applicable generic number to make your point.

Policy Development Reminder Every so often it is worthwhile to revisit how the NMCGA develops the policy that guides the actions of the Association.

Policy starts with any NMCGA member who would like to bring an issue to the Association. At the December Annual Meeting or the Mid-Year Meeting in June there is the opportunity to bring an idea or resolution forward to the appropriate committee.

The committee will discuss it and then vote up or down. If the vote is up, the committee will take the item to the Board of Directors and membership. If the vote is down, the proponent retains the option of

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How to Help Fellow Cattle Raisers in Nebraska

ranchers a reasonable amount of time to dispose of deceased livestock lost due to severe weather and flooding. Executive Order 19-04 temporarily suspends requirements for trip permits and fuel tax permits for certain vehicles engaged in flood relief. ebraska Cattlemen is working to “In light of the historic flooding and assist cattle producers affected by devastation our communities have a recent blizzard and historic experienced, the Governor’s Office is flooding by launching a disaster relief working to cut red tape,” said Taylor fund to collect monetary donations. If Gage, Director of Strategic Communicayou would like to donate hay, feedstuffs, tions for Governor Ricketts. “These fencing materials, volunteer help, equip- executive orders will help our commument, or if you are seeking assistance, nities as they work to recover and please call the Nebraska Department of rebuild after the most widespread Agriculture at 1-800-831-0550. Read natural disaster in state history.” more at nebraskacattlemen.org/ These orders are in addition to the disaster-relief-fund.

Governor’s emergency declaration issued on March 12th and another execGovernor Issues Two Executive utive order issued shortly after. The Orders Waiving Certain directives are effective immediately Requirements for Trip Permits & until April 15, 2019. Nebraska continues Deceased Livestock in NE to encourage surrounding states to temGovernor Pete Ricketts has issued porarily ease their restrictions as two new executive orders to provide well. relief to flood impacted communities.

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bringing the item to the Board and membership from the floor.

The Board and membership have the opportunity to again discuss the issue and take a majority rules vote. If the measure passes the policy is used by NMCGA leadership and staff to work on the issue. Neither leadership or staff has the ability or power to deviate from that policy if there is an expectation of continuing to hold their position or employment.

With the 2019 Mid-Year Meeting schedule for June 9 through 11 in Ruidoso, start planning now on any issues that you may want to bring up.

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JINGLE JANGLE

Greetings from our outfit to yours,

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t is starting to look a little bit like spring.

There has been some much needed moisture in some parts of the state. I hope everyone is getting at least some of it. Most folks are busy calving. I hope all is going well for everybody. This has always been a favorite time of the year for me. There is just something about going out and seeing a bunch of baby calves that makes me feel good.

It doesn’t matter if they are laying out sunning themselves or if two of them are having a bull fight. If it don’t kinda make you feel good then you are in the wrong business. I hear one of the smart new gals in Congress saying we just have to stop eating meat and do away with factory farming. Well I am not real sure what factory farming is but I’m pretty sure if cows are out on thousands or hundreds of thousands of acres it probably isn’t considered a factory. Most of the so called leaders in Washington, DC think all animals are raised in a cage I guess. Maybe it would do them some good if they could come out to a cow outfit and see some baby calves laying around.

Watching the news I see that the Mayor of New York has decided that schools in New York will have “Meatless Mondays.”

Sure glad I don’t have a kid going to school there. We are raising an entire generation

of kids that are being fed this kind of nonsense. We who live the kind of life that we do really don’t understand where these type of attitudes come from. Our great country is being taken over by this kind of thinking. I only hope and pray that we as a country realize what is going on before it is too late. Scary times for sure.

Until next time stay safe and May God Bless.

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he Grant County Copper CowBelles met March 19. Newly installed President Annette George conducted the meeting and the February minutes were approved. The Farm Bureau sponsored Ag Days were cancelled due to weather and will be rescheduled for May. Planning for the Cash Party is going well but more silent auction items are needed. It was decided to create a planning committee for the Fall Shindig. It has been simplified to a danceonly event in the hopes of having a fun evening for the community without all the hard work. Reminders were made for the District III Workshop in Glenwood and the McKeen Ranch Days in April. A vote was made for a thank you gift for out-going President Deborah van Tellingen and a $250 donation to the NM Ag in the Classroom Foundation was approved. The Silver City Public Library has inquired whether Copper would like to make a display for the public to view this Fall. Use of a display case for a month would be made available for beef information and CowBelle history. The “box” for hosting receptions for memorial services has been inventoried. Members were asked to provide various items. The items needed for serving food, coffee, napkins, plates etc. will be restocked after each event. From the February meeting: The group regretfully accepted the resignation of President Deborah van Telligen who is

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moving closer to family. She installed Annette George as president and Jeannette Hamilton as secretary (replacing Annette) as her last duty. The opening reception for the ranching exhibit at the Silver City Museum was a huge success and the group was thanked for their participation in gathering information for the displays and for providing the goodies for the reception.

The exhibit is open for the entire year. An update was given for the Cash Party happening the end of April and that silent auction items are needed. A committee will be formed to create and maintain a “box” for hosting receptions for memorial services. Items needed for serving food, coffee, napkins, plates etc. will be restocked after each event. Submitted by Pat Hunt Chamiza CowBelles met on March 7 with President Jeni Neely presiding, eight members and one guest (Phyllis Hawley) present. Minutes from previous meeting were read and the treasurer’s report was given. Krystie reviewed “checklist” for district meeting; silent auction sheet for perusal/corrections reviewed; all were satisfied, more items needed. Krystie has gifts for the state officers. Sandy Chatfield agreed to the use of her tablecloths and serving dishes. Krystie went over the menu; Bullocks’ gave brisket at their cost. Jeni’s friend makes soaps at a reasonable cost; will be purchased as prizes for Pictionary game.

More items for “goodie” bags are needed.

Volunteers agreed to contact local merchants. Canyon CowBelles may bring some too. Jerky was a success at Ag Fest in Santa Fe; group decided to purchase 50 oneounce packages in the Cowboy flavor for goodie bags. Set up will be at 4 p.m. Wed. WALC conference to be held May 28-30 at Sheraton Uptown in Albuquerque. A brand throw will be donated for silent auction.

Man of the Year deadline is March 15. Krystie agreed to submit group’s entry. Ag Day will be April 12 and will be held at the Sierra County Fairgrounds this year. More information and discussion will be held at next meeting. Any TorC Fiesta involvement along with Christian Hopkins letter requesting financial assistance for his last year of college were tabled till next meeting when scholarship choices will be discussed.

Nancy and Sherry will be attending the Roundhouse Feed on March 14. Mid-year meeting in Ruidoso, June 7-9 at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Submitted by Cathy Pierce continued on page 20 >>

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that they will have names of applicants in April from Ft. Sumner, Santa Rosa and Vaughan high school seniors for consideration for the scholarships. Membership review committee will report next month on the analysis they will recommend to the organization. Sandy McKenna, president, led discussion for Old Fort Day Barbeque to be held on June 8 and it will be in the Ft. Sumner High School cafeteria. Barbeque plates will again be served with members bringing desserts. Aspen presented a program on food handlers certification and as always, she presented a very informative program. Eleven of the cattlewomen are now certified! The April meeting will be held at Kelsey McCollum’s with the program being a show and tell of “my favorite thing!”

Joan key, Secretary

Gretchen Lindsay presiding. Bank account was discussed with the possibility of moving to another bank. Janet and Fita will research and email members. School calendar contest was discussed. The two longtime contacts have retired since last year which led to discussion of whether to pursue again this year. Group encouraged the continuation realizing with new peeps it may look a little different. Traci will investigate and email back. Upcoming district meetings were discussed. Fita and Janet going to Glenwood and Liz and Mary Esther going to T or C. The WALC conference discussed. Possible fundraisers were also discussed for ideas. Group will keep thinking and get back. Spring Ag Day at University Hills was discussed. No word from school on confirmed date; may be too late for this year unless call very soon. Dona Ana County Expo Cash party discussed.

Ticket are for sell now and will be held at the Farm and Ranch Museum April 20. Beef Ambassador Contest will be held April 5, 2019 during State FFA CDE. Fita is a judge.

Submitted by Janet Witte

The March schedule for the Rio Grande CowBelles was full with committee meetings scheduled for its cookbook, its “Beef for Father’s Day” event, with a group photo session thrown in prior to its March 28 regular RGCB meeting. Cookbook chair Linda Ritter gave deadlines of March 28 for collection of beef recipes from the members and April 18 for collection of business card size ads and their $50 fees. Submission date to publisher would be May 1. Hoping to include a photo of the current RGCB members in the cookbook, and planned to meet at the Moeller ranch in San Acacia on March 24. The first meeting for the Beef for Father’s Day event was scheduled for March 19 at the Best Western. Bethany Rosales replaced Linda on this committee. The RGCB Constitution was ratified at its FebruThe February meeting of the Chuckary 21 meeting, to include a new wagon CowBelles was called to order at membership category of Honorary Member, 10:30 a.m. at the Mountainair Baptist Church described as “Any person a member wishes by Carolyn Chance. Vice President Karen to recognize as a RGCB supporter”. The April Bernauer gave the program on the art and meeting of the Rio Grande CowBelles health benefits of foot reflexology. Previous chapter is scheduled for the 4th Thursday minutes were approved. Treasurer’s Report: of the month, 6:30 p.m., Best Western by Tommie read and filed for audit. Old New Mexico CowBelles thank you to all Socorro Hotel breakfast bar, but please Business: The ticket sales have garnered who have submitted their news to Jingle contact President Maggie Rich @ 575-802- $140. If need more tickets, please ask Jangle. Please send minutes and/or news5616 to confirm. Report by RGCB member, Tommie. New business: The group will send letters to Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Rebecca Moeller. a donation to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: Fund in Cindy’s honor. No correspondence. janetwitte@msn.com by the 15th of each Powderhorn Cattlewomen met at the Next meeting is at District Workshop on month.

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he Farm Bill Congress passed last December resets dairy policy in ways that should provide a much better safety net to producers than the previous one. But now that the law has been enacted, the real work begins.

Staying true to a department pledge to put dairy programs first in line in Farm Bill implementation, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said last month that signup for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program will start on June 17, with payments available as soon as July 8. The law includes several features that should make the DMC more attractive than the Margin Protection Program (MPP) it replaces, giving farmers with operations of all sizes incentives to take a fresh look at assistance offered to dairy producers.

Important policy reforms: ЇЇ Much more affordable and higher coverage levels in the new Dairy Margin Coverage program (renamed from the Margin Protection Program) that will allow all dairy producers to insure margins up to $9.50 per hundredweight on their Tier I (first 5 million pounds) production history; ЇЇ Lower-cost $5 margin coverage, allowing farm operations that want to cover more than 5 million pounds of production to have a higher level of affordable catastrophic protection ЇЇ Expanded access to additional risk management tools. Specifically, while farmers who signed up for MPP then were not allowed to enroll in other aid initiatives, such as the Livestock Gross Margin insurance program and the new Dairy Revenue Protection program, farmers now can mix-andmatch among them to create the best risk management plan for their operations.

“As dairy has struggled with low prices and disrupted exports, Congress stepped up with improved programs that will help producers,” said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) in Washington. “It’s

becoming clear that the new Dairy Margin Coverage program will provide farmers with better protection than the previous Margin Protection Program, and given current market conditions, coverage at the maximum level of $9.50 per hundredweight may be especially of interest to farmers, given current margin forecasts.”

Years of Effort The advances of the DMC, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects will inject a much needed $600 million into the U.S. dairy economy this year, resulted from years of patient effort from dairy groups at the state and national level to improve, then replace, the MPP. The Farm Bill package would not have happened without the changes to margin protection enacted in the Bipartisan Budget Act earlier in 2018, which increased the amount of Farm Bill money available to dairy and set the stage for the DMC. Nor would it have happened without the support of state associations and industry groups such as the International Dairy Foods Association, which worked together with NMPF and other producer groups on areas of shared interest.

The tangible value of the new program

became apparent at the beginning of March, when USDA released its first margin calculation under the DMC. With a margin of $7.99 per hundredweight for January, farmers who living under the old MPP would have at most received a payment of one cent per hundredweight – and that would only have occurred for farmers who signed up for the maximum coverage level of $8 per hundredweight under the program. This year, a farmer who signs up at $9.50 coverage will receive a payment of $1. 51 p er hundre dweight under the new DMC. And January will not be an isolated case of improved benefits under DMC. The USDA’s decision tool forecasts that margins this year may be higher than the old $8 threshold, but lower than the new $9.50 limit, throughout 2019. In other words, premiums paid into the old program may not have had a return this year, while payments would be expected throughout 2019 under the new thresholds.

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USDA-determined monthly payout rate on For example: A dairy operation with an 395,800 pounds (also expressed as 3,958 established milk production history of 5 hundredweight) each month that the million pounds that elects the $9.50 cover- m a r g i n f e l l b e l o w $9. 5 0 p e r age level for 95 percent of its production hundredweight. history – the new maximum level of protecAccording to the USDA, the January tion under the 2018 Farm Bill – would be “margin” payment will be $1.51 per hundredcovered for 4.75 million pounds (95 percent weight for farmers who select $9.50 coverage – that’s the difference between the $9.50 level selected and the actual margin of $7.99 per hundredweight. An operation maximizing coverage on its first 5 million pounds for the year would thus receive a January payment of $5,977 (the 3,958 hundredweight covered for the month, multiplied by the $1.51 per hundredweight Januar y dif ference in actual margin).

Meanwhile, under the premium rates set

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the operation signs up for DMC coverage just for 2019. If the operation makes a onetime election offered via the Farm Bill to sign up for DMC coverage this year through 2023 at the same coverage levels, it will be eligible to receive a 25 percent discount on its premiums. In that case the total premium cost for all of 2019 would be $5,344 (47,500 hundredweight times the $0.1125 per hundredweight discounted premium fee).

Money Back in January In other words, under maximum coverage, a dairy operation would receive back more than its full annual premium with the January payment alone, if it signs up for coverage at the discounted five-year locked-in premium rate. If a farm signs up for this year only, it would still recoup most of its full year premium from the January payout – with more payments likely, given prices forecast by current futures markets.

Another pro-farmer provision unique to this year is the bill’s retroactive coverage.

Because payments will be made based on margins dating back to January 1, payment amounts for up to the first five months of the year may already be known when farmers sign up. Again, based on forecasts, it is very likely that when signup begins the benefits of $9.50 coverage will substantially outweigh the costs, given that coverage will be retroactive from January 1.

“While the cash-flow and financial situations are different for every dairy operation, the unique circumstances of already knowing what payments will be for the year’s early months, combined with the current price outlook for milk, makes DMC coverage that the maximum level worth a look, for this year and for potentially the next five years,” Mulhern said.

Dairy operations that elect to sign up this year for DMC coverage at the discounted premium rate will be committed to pay the same discounted premium each year through 2023. That option will be available this year only, except for new dairy operations in subsequent years.

The NMPF is actively developing materials to help walk farmers through the DMC program and will be able to supplement USDA resources when signup begins.

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Three Daily Servings of Dairy May Keep Your Heart Healthy

by Ana Sandoiu, Fact checked by Jasmin Collier, medicalnewstoday.com

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large observational study recently published in the journal The Lancet examines the link between the consumption of whole-fat dair y and cardiovascular health.

The United States Department of Agriculture and American Heart Association (AHA) both recommend that adults do not exceed three ser vings of low-fat dairy per day.

The high content of saturated fat found in dairy products, they warn, may raise the levels of “bad” cholesterol, which poses a threat to cardiovascular health.

However, new research is challenging these guidelines.

For instance, a recent study has suggested that the fatty acids found in whole-fat dairy may have a protective role against heart disease and stroke.

Now, a large-scale observational study has reviewed the dietary habits of over 130,000 people in 21 countries across five continents and found that whole-fat dairy correlates with a lower risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Mahshid Dehghan, from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, is the lead author of the new research.

high-intake group were less likely to die tary written by Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, at the from any cause, less likely to die of cardio- University of Hong Kong, and Anna M. vascular disease, and less likely to have a Rangan, from the University of Sydney in stroke or develop major heart disease.

Australia, explains why that may not be Also, within the group that regularly such a good idea yet. consumed full-fat dairy only, the research“The results from the [...] study seem to ers found that the more whole-fat dairy was suggest that dairy intake, especially wholeconsumed, the fat dair y, might be lower the risk beneficial for preventing of mor talit y deaths and major cardioOur findings support and cardiovasvascular diseases,” cular issues. they write. that consumption “However, as the Should authors themselves conof dairy products might dietary cluded, the results only guidelines suggest the ‘consumpbe beneficial for mortality be changed? tion of dairy products Although should not be discourand cardiovascular disease, this is an obseraged and perhaps even vational study especially in low-income and be encouraged in low-inthat cannot come and middle-income confirm causalcountries.’” middle-income countries ity, the results “[The study] is not the suggest that ultimate seal of approval where dairy consumption is some satuf o r r e co m m e n d i n g rated fats in whole-fat dairy over its much lower than in North whole-fat dairy low-fat or skimmed could benefit counterparts,” they add.

America or Europe.” cardiovascular “Readers should be cauhealth, as do tious, and treat this study — Dr. Mahshid Dehghan some vitamins only as yet another piece and calcium. Does this mean that the of the evidence (albeit a large one) in the current dietar y guidelines should literature.” be changed?

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Whole-fat dairy lowers mortality risk Dr. Dehghan and colleagues used food questionnaires to collect self-reported data on the eating habits of 136,384 people over a follow-up period of 9.1 years. The people surveyed were aged between 35 and 70, and the dairy products they consumed were milk, yogurt, and cheese.

For the purposes of the study, a portion of dairy comprised either a glass of milk of 244 grams, a cup of yogurt of 244 grams, a 15-gram slice of cheese, or a five-gram teaspoon of butter.

Based on these intakes, the team divided the volunteers into four groups: those who consumed no dairy, those whose intake did not exceed one serving per day, those who consumed one to two servings daily, and the “high-intake” group, who consumed over two daily servings — or 3.2 servings, on average — every day.

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Geologist Accuses Apple of Political Bias Tech Giant Removes App Countering Climate Alarmism

olitical figures who support the so-called Green New Deal and other proposals to restrict carbon dioxide emissions are up against some “inconvenient facts” that Americans may access immediately through a smartphone application, a geologist and author says.

But there’s one big problem.

The app, called Inconvenient Facts, is available only to Android users through the Google Play Store. Since March 4, users of Apple’s iPhone no longer can access the app through the tech giant’s App Store.

Why is that?

Gregory Wrightstone, a geologist with more than three decades of experience, told The Daily Signal in an interview that he has his own opinion about what may have transpired inside Apple.

Wrightstone is the author of the book Inconvenient Facts: The Science That Al Gore Doesn’t Want You to Know, which served as the basis for the information available from the app.

He notes that former Vice President Al Gore, a leading proponent of the view that mankind’s activities propel dangerous climate change, is a board member of Apple.

“It’s very rare for an app to be approved and then taken down unless there is offensive material or some other extreme issue,” Wrightstone said of Apple’s action in a phone interview with The Daily Signal, adding: We thought at first it may have been our fault. But I did a search on climate change and global warming in the Apple App Store and pulled up a whole bevy of pro-man-made global warming apps that are really bad. They are not formatted, they have incorrect spellings and no links.

But I suppose they have the political narrative right. Compared to these, our app is the gold standard. I made sure we had charts and links and references to the source for our data. This is all right in the palm of your hand.

A total of 60 facts in Wrightstone’s book are available through the Inconvenient Facts app to Android users. Complete with data, charts, and videos, they challenge the premise of alarmist theories about climate change that link man-made emissions to dangerous levels of global warming.

Gore’s ongoing campaign to convince the public that rising levels of carbon dioxide emissions could trigger catastrophic global warming was the subject of the 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and the 2017 follow-up, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.”

Before reversing itself March 4, Apple initially approved the Inconvenient Facts app for sale Feb. 3. Since that time, the app has been downloaded 13,000 times, according to figures Wrightstone provided.

He also points out that the app has earned positive reviews.

“A key takeaway here is that Apple has a monopoly over iPhone apps and the Apple App Store is the only place to get them,” Wrightstone said. “It appears that Apple has chosen to weaponize its control over purchasing apps to stifle science that doesn’t conform to its politically correct notions.”

The Daily Signal sought comment from Apple’s media relations

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office by phone and email, asking whether the company would address Wrightstone’s allegations of political bias. Apple had not responded by publication time.

The Daily Signal also sent inquiries to Delaware-based Carthage Group LLC, with which Gore is associated, and to the Climate Reality Project, which Gore founded, seeking his comment for this article. Neither organization had responded by publication time.

Users who tap on the Inconvenient Facts app have access to images and data that run counter to much of what was presented i n G o r e ’s d o c u m e n t a r y f i l m s .

Some examples: ЇЇ Inconvenient Fact No. 53: “There are more polar bears now than we’ve had for 50 years.”

Inconvenient Fact No. 10 cites a “Recent Inconvenient Pause of 18 years in warming, despite rise in CO2.” ЇЇ Inconvenient Fact No. 12: “Modern warming began long before SUVs or coal-fired plants.” ЇЇ Inconvenient Fact No. 21: “The current warming trend is neither unusual nor unprecedented.”

The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, a Christian public policy group that favors free market approaches to environmental policy, published a commentary that is critical of Apple. It concludes that the company’s decision to reject the Inconvenient Facts app “smacks of censorship.”

The study of geology provides important insights into the study of climate change ЇЇ

because it considers short-term trends within the larger context of Earth’s history, Wrightstone told The Daily Signal.

“Geologists are probably the most skeptical of all the sciences concerning a man-made link to temperature changes,” the geologist said, adding of carbon dioxide: Just to be clear, I don’t, and my colleagues don’t, dispute that CO2 is increasing, and I agree that it has to have some slight warming effect on the atmosphere. But I argue that it’s modest and overwhelmed by the same natural forces that have been driving temperatures since the dawn of time. …

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Study Clarifies U.S. Beef’s Resource Use & Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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fuller picture is emerging of the environmental footprint of beef in the United States.

An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)led team has completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource use and various environmental emissions of beef cattle production in the United States. The aim is to establish baseline measures that the U.S. beef industry can use to explore ways of reducing its environmental footprint and improve sustainability.

“The environmental footprint of producing beef has long been debated. One challenge is that the impacts extend beyond just those associated with growing the animals and include the impact of producing feed and other inputs. This is further complicated by the diversity of ways that beef cattle are managed and fed,” commented Marlen Eve, ARS deput y

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administrator for natural resources and sustainable agricultural systems. “It is important to have an accurate quantification of these impacts to provide a baseline against which production system sustainability can be assessed and improved.”

Led by ARS agricultural engineer Alan Rotz, the team’s analysis encompassed an array of different types of cattle operations, reflecting a beef supply chain that’s among the most complex food production systems in the world. Indeed, the scope of the analysis spanne d f ive year s, seven cattle-producing regions and used data from 2,270 survey responses and site visits nationwide. This ensured the results weren’t limited to a single region, where climate, soil, production practices and other factors can differ from other parts of the country, added Rotz, with ARS’ Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit in University Park, Pennsylvania.

His collaborators are former ARS research associate Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Greg Thoma of the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and Sara Place, with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which is partially funding the study. The team began its beef life-cycle analysis in 2013 and published the first of two sets of

results in the January 2019 issue of the journal Agricultural Systems.

Among the results to emerge thus far: ЇЇ The seven regions’ combined beef cattle production accounted for 3.3 percent of all U.S. GHG emissions (By comparison, transportation and electricity generation together made up 56 percent of the total in 2016 and agriculture in general 9 percent). ЇЇ Fossil energy (for example, fuel) use in cattle production accounted for less than 1 percent of the total consumed nationally. ЇЇ Cattle only consumed 2.6 pounds of grain per pound of beef cut weight (or, butchered carcass weight), which was comparable to pork and poultry. ЇЇ Beef operations in the Northwest and Southern Plains had the highest total water use (60 percent combined) of the seven regions analyzed. Irrigating crops to produce feed for cattle accounted for 96 percent of total water use across all the regions.

“We found that the greenhouse gas emissions in our analysis were not all that different from what other credible studies had shown and were not a significant contributor to long-term global warming,”

Rotz said.

“Integrated Farm System Model” (IFSM), his Two areas for potential improvement are team also estimated net releases of reactive water use and reactive nitrogen losses. forms of nitrogen such as ammonia from Water use is increased in the West where manure and urine, as well as the three major U.S. beef cattle are concentrated. Reactive greenhouse gases (methane, carbon nitrogen losses (at 1.4 teragrams or 15 dioxide and nitrous oxide). The gases are percent of the U.S. total) mainly in the form so-named for their tendency to trap heat in of ammonia can lead to smog, acid rain and the atmosphere and contribute to warming algal blooms, for example, and potentially of the earth’s surface, extreme weather patpose a public health concern. terns and other global climate The purpose of the analysis wasn’t to change events. identify the top-performing regions or In the next six months, the team will most efficient types of operations, said Rotz, combine the results of its IFSM analysis with but rather to systematically measure the postharvest data from other sectors of the use of fuel, feed, forage, electricity, water, beef supply chain—namely, processing, fertilizer and other inputs to raise beef packing, distribution, retail, consumption cattle throughout the country—from birth and waste handling. That phase will be to slaughter. accomplished using the open-source Using a computer program called the life-cycle assessment program “OpenLCA.”

Together, these data will be used to generate a national assessment of the beef industry’s resource use, economics, net losses of GHG and other emissions, providing a critical tool for sustainably producing beef as an important source of lean protein and nutrients.

The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.

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NEW MEXICO FEDERAL LANDS NEWS

by Frank Dubois

Senator Heinrich, legal rights for nature and inflatable dancers

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resident Trump has signed into law S. 47, the “John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act”, now Public Law No: 116-9. Tucked within this massive, 640-page, 105,634word bill, you will find Section 1201 containing 3, 338 words that designate 10 Wilderness areas in Dona Ana County, NM and in Section 1202 there are 820 words designating two Wilderness areas in northern NM. Both of these sections were a result of legislation introduced by members of the NM Congressional Delegation. Were any of these legislative initiatives as stand-alone bills passed by the House of Representatives? No. Were they subject to debate on the Senate floor and passed by the Senate?

No. Instead, they were rolled into this huge federal lands package.

If these are such wonderful bills that benefit the public, why are they unable to pass them as stand-alone bills? If they have such broad public support, why are they afraid to subject them to the scrutiny and debate of the regular, traditional legislative process?

What we are witnessing is a particular legislative tactic by Senator Heinrich. He introduces a bill, gets a committee hearing held and sometimes gets the committee to

pass the bill. But rather than taking the bill to the Senate floor, he holds back and does nothing until an Omnibus bill of some type comes along, and then attaches his legislation to the larger packet of bills.

Remember the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness legislation? Remember the bill to transfer the Valles Caldera from a public trust to the Park Service? Those were attached to the National Defense Authorization Act in 2014, just like these Wilderness bills were attached to this federal lands package.

Let’s call it the Heinrich maneuver, and I’m confident he will choke us with it again in the future.

What I have raised questions about is process. The most important thing, though, is how this will affect people on the ground.

Wes Eaton, one of the younger ranchers affected by these wilderness designations puts it this way: “It is a shame how our senators continue to stack multiple designations on these lands, we now have a Wilderness on top of a Monument, on top of an ACEC, on top of a WSA, on top of Multiple Use. They claim they are opening up access to the public, if that was the case they would have left it as Multiple Use lands only.”

According to Eaton, the only things these designations accomplish, is to “… limit and restrict. Limit and restrict public recreation, the hunter’s access, the outdoorsman’s ability to go out and enjoy these lands.”

For ranchers like himself, Eaton says, “a wilderness designation will all but end the ability to maintain water wells for wildlife and cattle, maintain fences for grazing rest, and provide much needed brush control for the dominating invasive species that have taken away the grass lands this once was.”

Dudley Williams, who ranches south of

Las Cruces, explains he now has four Wilderness areas on his place: Potrillo Mountain Wilderness of 105,000 acres, Aden Lava Flow Wilderness, of 27,000 acres, plus Cinder Cone Wilderness, of 17,000 acres and the Whitethorn Wilderness, of 9,600 acres, with the Potrillo just five miles from the Mexican border. “The last two were never approved as WSA’s”, says Williams, “but were snuck in as two of the first sneaky land grab actions of the Wilderness Alliance.”

Williams continued, “we are going to lose nearly all access to fence repairs and dirt tank maintenance and most likely have roads closed to some of our other watering improvements. The bill says cattle grazing will continue as before. How is that possible if our improvements deteriorate or disappear”?

“We cannot trust our politicians who are driven by special interest groups that preach untruths and twisted truths to get what they want”, says Williams. “In this case, the elimination of public land grazing. Not by stating it as such but by making it impossible to continue with all the road closures and restrictions.”

It’s not just process, it is people too, and many are being hurt by this radical, progressive, environmental agenda.

Should trees have standing?

In a 1972 Supreme Court case, the court ruled the Sierra Club did not have standing to sue the Forest Service over a particular Disney project, because the club itself did not receive injury over the Forest Service’s decision. In his dissent, Justice William O. Douglas raised the issue of nature having the right to sue. Douglas pointed out that, “A teaspoon of living earth contains 5 million bacteria, 20 million fungi, one million protozoa, and 200,000 algae. No living human can predict what vital miracles may be

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locked in this dab of life, this stupendous reservoir of genetic materials that have evolved continuously since the dawn of the earth.” Douglas went on to write, “Contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium should lead to the conferral of standing upon environmental objects to sue for their own preservation.”

Believe it or not, this has actually been happening. In 2014 New Zealand gave legal rights to a forest, in 2017 Columbia granted rights to a river and India recognized two rivers as legal persons. Last year the Amazon rainforest received it’s own rights.

Most recently, the citizens of Toledo passed a Lake Erie Bill of Rights, which recognizes the lake as a person with all the rights that pertain thereto. Sigal Samuel writes, “…this

was the first rights-based legislation aimed at protecting a whole US ecosystem: the lake, its tributaries, and the many species that live off it.”

While our own rights are being diminished, those for animals and objects of nature are being expanded.

Dancing with wolves An Oregon rancher, Ted Birdseye, has lost five cows, a calf and a dog to wolves. To protect his remaining animals, Birdseye has employed a lime-green inflatable dancer, such as those seen in used-car lots. The inflatable dancer, along with a generator, were donated by the Defenders of Wildlife.

The early results have been promising, although the rancher isn’t sure how effective it will be over the long term. Birdseye

had previously tried electric fences, lights, flags, noisemakers and guard dogs in attempts to protect his livestock.

This victimized rancher is put in this position by those inflatable politicians who dance to the tune of the environmentalists.

Till next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch.

Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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Feds Quietly Establish Colorado Wolf Conservation Area Acting interior secretary announces plans to remove gray wolf from endangered species list

by Lance Maggart, Sky Hi News

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hile sightings of the apex predator remain few and far between, the ongoing presence of the endangered species within the state’s borders prompted the federal government to establish a wolf conservation area in north-central Colorado, including Grand County in late 2016.

Since at least 2004, a small number of solitary gray wolves have migrated into Colorado.

While sightings of the apex predator remain few and far between, the ongoing presence of the endangered species within the state’s borders prompted the federal government to establish a wolf conservation area in north-central Colorado,

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including Grand County in late 2016.

The significance of the conservation area, however, only really impacts the federal agencies that manage wildlife and wildlife conflicts by restricting the methods they can use to mitigate conflicts. Other federal protections remain in place that prohibit anybody from endangering or killing wolves in the United States, with the exception of in Alaska and Hawaii.

Throughout Grand County, few local officials were aware of the existence of the wolf conservation area. Local government officials said they were still searching for any correspondence they had received from the federal government regarding the establishment of the conservation area as of Monday afternoon.

Grand County Commissioner Rich Cimino said he was not personally aware of the existence of the conservation area. A regional spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife said he also was not directly aware of the conservation area, though Brad Petch, senior wildlife biologist for the state’s northwest region, confirmed that he and other state officials were aware of the conversations surrounding the establishment of the conservation area by the federal government.

The wolf conservation area, which formally went into effect in November 2016, is most significant to the Wildlife Services unit of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, which is part of the larger U.S. Department of Agriculture. Members of the Wildlife Services unit of APHIS are the federal employees primarily tasked with the protection of resources, such as agricultural resources, when they are negatively impacted by wildlife conflicts.

“We have a history of wolves entering Colorado throughout this area,” explained Martin Lowney, state director for APHIS’s Wildlife Services in Colorado. “That is why they created this wolf conservation area.

They are going the extra mile to protect any wolves that do enter Colorado.”

According to Lowney, the establishment of the wolf conservation area pertains to the Wildlife Services only.

Wildlife Services employees resolve wildlife conflicts, such as wildlife attacking or killing livestock, through a variety of means. To resolve such conflicts, Wildlife Services can and often does rely on lethal measures, such as aerial gunning or the use of neck snares or cyanide traps.

However, the establishment of the wolf conservation area officially restricts the methods Wildlife Services employees can use in the area because of the possibility that those methods could harm or kill a wolf.

Federal employees, and the general public, are already restricted from killing, trapping or harming wolves in Colorado due to their designation as an endangered species.

The establishment of the wolf conservation area in north-central Colorado is an acknowledgement by the federal government that wolves have recently been found in the area. And that additional steps should be taken to ensure that federal employees do not violate the Endangered Species Act while attempting to mitigate conflicts between livestock and other predators, such as coyotes.

The wolf conservation area prohibits Wildlife Services personnel from using cyanide traps or neck snares when mitigating predator and livestock conflicts within the specified area. It further requires that all foot-hold traps and snares be checked at least once a day in areas known to be occupied by gray wolves. The conservation area does allow for the use of break-away snares, though, and allows for the continued use of aerial shooting of predators by specialists who receive additional training to ensure they can distinguish between

wolves and coyotes.

Lowney said Wildlife Services has historically not used cyanide traps within the conservation area.

“This says we are not to use any methods that would outright kill a wolf,” he said. “But we don’t use them there, anyhow.”

The few available methods for mitigating wildlife and livestock conflicts include the use of guard dogs, a heavier human presence around livestock to deter wolf attacks or the use of fladery, which is erecting a temporary perimeter fence that has brightly colored plastic flags, according to Lowney. It’s also recommended to move livestock away from areas where wolves are known to exist.

The wolf conservation area occupies a significant swath of land, stretching from

Interstate 25 on the east side of the state, to Craig on the west and from the Wyoming border on the north to Interstate 70 on the south.

Jennifer Strickland, spokesperson for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages endangered species for the federal government, said the conservation area matches an easily defined area where wolves have been observed in previous years. It includes all of Grand, Jackson, Gilpin and Boulder counties and portions of Moffat, Routt, Eagle, Summit, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Adams and Larimer counties.

Wolves are currently listed as an endangered species throughout the Lower 48 states, but are considered threatened in Minnesota. Though that could change as the Trump administration looks to remove

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• Approximately 50 Angus, Brangus, and Brahman bulls will be offered • Angus and Brahman yearling heifers will be available • Cattle are raised at the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center & the Corona Range & Livestock Research Center • Selection balances calving ease, fertility and growth for tough desert rangeland

Horse Sale & Open House: April 27, 2019  • Open house starts at 10:00AM • Opportunity to visit with Equine faculty and check out educational facilities • Horse preview will start at 1:00PM and sale will begin at 2:30PM • Continuing the tradition of offering high quality Paint and Quarter Horses ~ Horse Sale will be held at the NMSU Horse Center, 400 W. Union Mesilla Park, NM ~ More detailed animal data will be posted on website as it becomes available FOR CATTLE INFO CONTACT Eric Scholljegerdes 575-646-1750 / ejs@nmsu.edu Brangus & Brahman: Andrew Cox - 520-210-1338

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Polypay Study Highlights Genetic Solution to Parasite Problem

his own flocks for more than a decade.

R es earch E x tension Center and “My commercial customers are looking Polypay breeder. closely at FEC (fecal egg count) EBVs when “We didn’t quite meet our goal in terms buying their breeding stock,” says Pharo. of total number of lambs with submitted “They know it will save them money, time data, but we set very aggressive goals,” says and stress on the animals. We know parasite Schauer. “Overall, we saw very positive outresistance is a highly heritable trait. It will comes. We had more than the targeted help them, and the entire industry, if we can number of producers participate, and he American Polypay Sheep Associa- identify the dam and sire blood lines with increased the breadth of flocks using EBVs. tion is wrapping up a three-year genetic parasite resistance.”

We gained awareness of the parasite project that could ultimately lead to Thus, in order to increase the database problem and the current technology availenhanced parasite resistance for the breed. and identify parasite resistant genetic lines, able to attack it. On an annual basis, Polypay Funded by the American Sheep Indus- the project began in 2016 with three producers have increased offspring with try’s Let’s Grow Initiative, the study uses the main goals: FEC EBV’s by 35 percent.”

National Sheep Improvement Program’s ЇЇ Increase the number of Polypay sheep “This project not only increased the system of Estimated Breeding Values, or with FEC EBVs volume of data in the analysis program, it EBVs, in looking to quantitative genetics for ЇЇ Increase the DNA database on was done in a very meaningful way,” says a solution to a key sheep producPolypay sires with FEC EBVs Rusty Burgett, NSIP Program Director. tion problem.

“Increasing the number of animals with perЇЇ Increase the number of commercial With more rams genetically disposed to rams with FEC EBVs available to formance data for a given trait and known parasite resistance, producers will hopefully commercial operations across the U.S. pedigrees helps the analysis determine be able to select for the trait when making The APSA set out to increase the number what differences in performance are due to breeding decisions, reducing the need for of FEC data submissions from fewer than genetics vs. what is an environmental difcostly and increasingly ineffective deworm- 200 from two or three producers to 3,000 ference. At the end of the day, that is the ing treatments. from more than 10 producers over the main goal in selecting breeding animals Brett Pharo of Back Acre Farm in Rapid course of the three-year study. By the end and using NSIP; differentiating what differCity, Michigan, and president of the Amer- of the study, FEC data was collected on ences in performance are due to genetics ican Polypay Sheep Association, has relied 2,009 lambs from 15 producers, according vs. the environment, and finding which on genetic selection to meet his customers’ to Christopher Schauer, director of the individuals will pass on the genetics for needs and keep parasites under control in North Dakota State University Hettinger h e a l t hy l a m b s w i t h i n c r e a s e d productivity.”

Parasites are a particular concern in the Eastern states, where warm, humid weather exacerbates the problem. For many producers, the Katahdin breed has been a solution.

“Katahdins were developed in southern climates and evolved with worms present, so they have developed an innate resistance,” The explains Schauer, “while most Polypays are TheDepartment DepartmentofofAnimal Animal&&Range RangeSciences Sciencesisispart partofofthe the College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental raised in the cool, dry climates.”

College of Agricultural, Consumer & EnvironmentalSciences Sciences But for the wool producer, hair sheep are Four on-campus animal facilities house: not the answer. Those producers are beeF CaTTle/horses/swine/sheep looking to identified genetic lines of Students can major in Animal or Rangeland Resources and are provided with the very Polypays with parasite resistance to attack best of “hands on” academic instruction by our faculty. Fully equipped labs allow the problem that is likely to increase as prostudents access to cutting-edge research in: ducers increasingly rely on grazing • The Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland LIVESTOCK NUTRITION / GENETICS / PHYSIOLOGY / marginal lands.

Research Center (The College Ranch) – ENDOCRINOLOGY / MEAT SCIENCE / WOOL / 64,000 acre ranch just outside of “In our flock we have rams for sale with a TOXICOLOGY / WATERSHED & RANGELAND ECOLOGY Las Cruces range of parasite resistance (PWEC) EBV’s,” / WEED & BRUSH CONTROL / PLANT SYSTEMATICS / • The Corona Range & Livestock Research Center – 28,000 acre ranch & facilities in says Pharo. “It’s harder to sell the rams into GRAZING MANAGEMENT Corona, NM our area with poorer PWEC EBV’s, and it • Student organizations, including a The Department also offers pre-veterinary studies – Block & Bridle Club, Pre-Vet Club, should be.”

Range Club, Horsemen’s Association, our graduates have a high acceptance rate into veteri“Sale prices for rams at the Eastern NSIP Therapeutic Riding Club, & nary medicine programs. We offer graduate degrees at Judging Teams Sale, held annually in Wooster, Ohio, really the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy levels.

• Clayton Research Center hosts research reflect how important known genetics for The M.S. or Ph.D. in Animal Science can emphasize on shipping protocols, particularly parasite resistance are to the commercial evaluating the health and performance of nutrition or physiology, and offers a Ph.D. in Range newly received cattle, and nutrition and breeders,” says Burgett. “Rams with proven Science to study range management, range ecology management from feedlot to slaughter and watershed management.

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genetic potential was for parasite resistance.”

More Research Ahead In addition to FEC data, blood cards were collected on all of the sires for potential future genetic analysis. “We hope to eventually identify the genetic marker for what we know is a heritable trait,” says Schauer.

“This will provide us with an incredible information source down the road.” Others in the industry have expressed interest in using the samples for genetic research on other heritable traits as well.

Submitting the blood cards along with fecal egg samples was one of the requirements of study participation. The cards are stored at the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center until funding allows for future research.

“We haven’t explored any funding sources yet,” says Pharo, “but we want to continue to collect as many cards as possible so we have enough data available when there are opportunities to pursue.”

Schauer lauds the APSA for taking the lead in tackling the parasite problem and following databased genetic improvement into the future. “The Polypay breed is not unique, but its breeders are,” says Schauer.

“They put an emphasis on this issue as a united group, and are better for trying.”

Most U.S. breeds have parasite resistant genetic lines that have yet to be identified and emphasized. “We’ve opened the conversation now. So, now, what else can we look at? What new trends and directions should we be exploring? This project has given us a sense of unified mission.”

“That’s the purpose of having a breed association,” adds Pharo, “to do positive things for people and help build not just the breed, but the industry as a whole. We want to thank all those producers who took the time and effort to turn in cards and submit data. And we certainly want to thank ASI and the Let’s Grow Program for backing the effort. The trend for datadriven industry improvement is making a difference.”

USDA Offers Free Sheep Tags

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n response to feedback from and collaboration with the sheep and goat industry, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will provide a limited number of free, plastic tags to first time participants in the sheep and goat identification program through fiscal year (FY) 2020. APHIS is working with the sheep and goat organizations to transition toward electronic identification to improve our nation’s ability to quickly trace exposed and diseased animals in the event of an outbreak. Our goal is to start to transition to electronic identification by fall 2020.

Currently, APHIS will provide up to 80 plastic flock ID tags, free-of-charge, to qualifying producers. APHIS will discontinue the availability of no-cost metal tags for producers. Dealers and markets may continue to receive metal serial tags at no cost. The no-cost metal tags previously provided to producers will be phased out in summer 2019, when the currently obligated funding is expended. During the phase out, APHIS will continue to provide, upon request, up

to 100 serial metal tags free of charge to producers (either regular orange metal serial tags or blue slaughter-only metal serial tags) who haven’t received APHIS-provided tags within the previous 24 months.

For those that use the APHIS-provided tags, please note that you also need an applicator as well.

Producers and others who handle sheep or goats in commerce who need additional tags or want a different type of tag may purchase official plastic, metal or radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags directly from approved tag manufactures. A flock or Premises ID is required to order tags from these sources.

To request official sheep and goat tags, a flock ID or both, call 1-866-USDA-Tag (866-873-2824).

The 505S applicator for the official metal tags is available for purchase from the National Band and Tag Company at (859) 261-2035. The “Allflex Universal Tagger” for application of the plastic tags provided by APHIS is available for purchase from multiple sources including directly from Allflex at (833) 727-2743. A list of approved sheep and goat tag manufacturers is on the APHIS Scrapie Program website.

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Foreign $$$ Bankroll Climate Change Lawsuits Against US Oil Companies

by Kevin Mooney, Washington Examiner

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olitically motivated government officials who joined with environmental activists and academic figures to prosecute energy companies and silence climate skeptics have experienced significant setbacks in recent months. The #ExxonKnew campaign was born out of the idea that Exxon Mobil, along with other energy companies, deliberately misled the public and their own shareholders about the perceived dangers of climate change.

In the past few days, I’ve reported on the flaws in the arguments underpinning this campaign and on recent legal rulings that exonerate the energy companies.

Chris Horner, an attorney with the Competitive Enterprise Institute based in D.C., recently discovered through open record requests how green activists are infiltrating state attorneys general and governor offices across the country, enacting the policies of their benefactors. These records also revealed efforts by democratic mega-donor Wendy Abrams to recruit Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan for the cause.

But where is all the money for this anti-energy campaign coming from? As it turns out, some of it derives from overseas sources.

The Oak Foundation is a private foundation headquartered in Geneva with operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Bulgaria, and Denmark, according to its website. The organization is led by Alan M. Parker, a U.K. native who now resides in Switzerland.

Financial records show that between 2015 and 2020, the Oak Foundation committed $100 million to its “climate justice” initiative, with grants ranging from $600,000 to $75 million.

Under this initiative, the Oak Foundation awarded $1 million to the Center for International Environmental Law based in Washington, D.C. Matt Pawa, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys for the climate lawsuits, and Sharon Eubanks, who spearheaded the Justice Department’s tobacco litigation in the 1990s, both sit on the center’s board of trustees. CIEL is a vocal supporter of the litigation campaign against the energy industry, going so far as to set up a website and publish an accompanying report titled

“Smoke and Fumes: The Legal and Evidentiary Basis for Holding Big Oil Accountable for the Climate Crisis.”

The Oak Foundation also donates to other U.S.-based environmental groups like EarthRights International, a Washington, D.C.-based legal nonprofit, which represents Boulder (City and County) and San Miguel County, Colo., in their climate liability lawsuit against Exxon Mobil and Suncor.

It’s unclear how much the Oak Foundation has donated to EarthRights from its website, but their growing influence inside the U.S. is evident from other grant information available online.

For example, the foundation pledged $75 million to the San Francisco-based ClimateWorks Foundation to develop “responsible global and local governance mechanisms, which will have important ramifications socially as well as environmentally.”

The grants raise serious questions about why a British billionaire’s Swiss foundation is supporting a litigation campaign against U.S. oil companies.

But the Oak Foundation is not operating in a vacuum. It is just one component of an international, interconnected network of grant-making institutions influencing U.S. climate policy.

The European Climate Foundation collects and redistributes grants between green philanthropies. The Oak Foundation is one of ECF’s core funders and its president and environment program director both sit on the ECF’s Supervisory Board. The ECF claims its grants are exclusively EU-based, but a closer examination of their projects reveal efforts to influence politics in the U.S. and beyond.

The ECF’s Global Strategic Communications Service assists governments, nongovernmental organizations, media, and think tanks to develop climate communications, ensuring that “each campaign bolsters an over-arching narrative.” It operates in many G-20 countries outside of Europe, including the United States.

Recently obtained emails confirm correspondence between Tom Brookes, GSCC’s executive director and senior adviser to the aforementioned ClimateWorks, and the office of Gov. Jay Inslee D-Wash., to develop a communications plan around the U.S. Climate Alliance and Climate Week. According to an archived version of its website, ECF is part of the “ClimateWorks Network” and shares the organization’s funding and goals.

Another ECF project, the Climate Briefing Ser vice, also look s to shape communications across borders. The U.S.-

based William and Flora Hewlett Foundation granted ECF $2 million in 2015 to launch CBS, a service designed to “provide country-specific content to critical governmental bodies.”

These international organizations seem to complement aggressive domestic action by the Rockefeller Family Fund and Rockefeller Brothers Fund to shape climate policy and bankroll the #ExxonKnew campaign.

In a 2016 New York Times column, members of the Rockefeller family acknowledged that they petitioned government officials to take on Exxon Mobil. Top officials with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund professed on national TV that they’ve helped finance various elements of the #ExxonKnew campaign, including supporting several news outlets and a peer-criticized paper on Exxon Mobil’s climate communications. Both InsideClimate News and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, the organizations that wrote the first stories that spawned the #ExxonKnew campaign, received significant contributions from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Rockefeller Family Fund.

The Rockefellers continue to mobilize green activists around the #ExxonKnew campaign. In January 2016, Pawa and other key players convened at the Rockefeller Family Fund offices in New York City to discuss the “goals of an Exxon campaign,” including attempting “to establish in the public’s mind that Exxon Mobil is a corrupt institution.” Most notably, leaders of the Rockefeller Family Fund admitted in a recent New York Times column that they are also funding groups promoting the climate lawsuits.

The evidence indicates that wealthy organizations, both foreign and domestic, are using their money to influence U.S. public officials, promote their climate agenda, and sponsor litigation against fossil fuel companies.

Green activists, megadonors, and the law firms pursuing litigation seem united in their mission to undermine the energy industry. The question now becomes: Who got to these state attorneys generals first?

Who originated the campaign against the fossil fuel companies — the Rockefellers or the activists? While the lawsuits struggle in court, the anti-fossil fuel network and the funding for that network remain firmly in place, growing larger and ever more sophisticated.

BourbonGlazed Steak Tips

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Ingredients 2-3 lb. Top Blade Roast, Flat Iron or Sirloin ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce ¼ cup soy sauce 2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar ¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp. honey ½ cup plus 2 Tbsp. bourbon Spray oil Salt to taste

Preparation

2. Combine Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, ¼ cup honey, and ½ cup bourbon in a bowl or zip top bag. Add the steak tips and refrigerate overnight, or at least 4 hours.

3. Heat a heavy based or cast iron skillet to medium-high heat. Spray with a little oil.

4. Drain the excess marinade from steak tips and discard.

5. Place steak tips in the hot skillet.

Cook 5-7 minutes until color develops.

6. Mix remaining bourbon and honey in a small bowl, then pour over steak tips to glaze. Continue cooking until glaze has caramelized and darkened to a rich brown color. The tips should have enough salt from the soy sauce, but you can taste them at this stage and add more salt if needed.

7. Remove from heat, allowing 2-3 minutes to cool, then serve.

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2018 HK Memorial Presented to V8 Ranch

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nnually during the Annual ABBA Membership Meeting, the ranch or individual who accumulated the most points at the previous year’s International Brahman Show in Houston is awarded the HK Memorial Trophy. The HK Memorial Trophy is presented each year in memory of Mr. Henry Clay Koontz.

This award was first presented in 1986 after the tragic death of Mr. Koontz, who was a long-time breeder and promoter of Brahman cattle. The trophy is a bronze casting of the National Champion Bull, HK Mr. America 61/9, better known as “Millionaire”, who had one of the biggest impacts on the Brahman breed of any bull in history.

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THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE

by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com

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was visiting with Lisa after their bull sale this spring. She remarked on the overabundance of bulls for sale around the country this year. Competition is stiff. She said she counted the number of bulls advertised on Superior Livestock video and figgered if they were placed end to end they would reach farther than you could point!

Her husband Lee, ever the deep thinker, pondered on the dilemma and came up with the perfect modern genetic answer; outlaw polygamy in cows!

By gosh, I thought, a solution that fits the times. One bull per cow. But then I began to think it through.

Would each cowyage (as opposed to marriage in horses) be intended for life?

Or would we allow for divorce and recowyage (or dehorse and remarriage)?

Would calf-support payments then be

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Cow Polygamy required till the calves were of weaning age or shipping whichever came first? And would a heifer that calved out of cowlock be declined subsidy payments and hay stamps if she was still a yearlin’?

Would a cowyage pair be allowed to mingle with other cowyaged couples in the pasture? Could both the bull and the cow be trusted to ignore the lip curling, tail rubbing and perfume of others?

Would they stoically pay no attention if sidled up to and mounted by a less disciplined member of their community?

Or would each couple be fenced in a small enclosure; loosely based on a suburban housing development? One where each morning the bull would be driven to an 8 to 5 field with other bulls to spend the day grazing and grumbling about the rancher, the bullfights in Mexico City and how alfalfa ain’t what it used to be?

tions are as follows: ЇЇ Seven points to champion bull and cow; ЇЇ Five points to reserve champion bull and cow; Five points to each division ЇЇ champion (calf, junior, intermediate and senior); ЇЇ Three points to each division reserve champion; ЇЇ Two points to each class winner; ЇЇ Five points to the exhibitor of the first place winners of the produceof-dam, embryo-produce-of-dam, and get-of-sire classes.

In case of a tie, one point will be awarded to the second-place class winner of both sex divisions. In cases of multiple-owned animals, points will be evenly divided amongst all owners.

The 2018 HK Memorial Trophy was awarded to V8 Ranch. Congratulations to V8 Ranch on achieving this prestigious award.

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Would the cows, likewise, drop their calf off at day care and go to their respective cow field where they’d eat grass, talk about their calves and share fantasies about bull pictures in the Artificial Insemination calendar?

Would cowyages be arranged or would courtship be allowed? Would chaperones be required at the weaning prom?

If a bull was caught posing as a molasses salesman and making unwanted advances at the housecow, would he be hamburger at sunrise?

After considerable rumination I have concluded that trying to work out the details of outlawing polygamy in cows might put an end to it before it began.

Even if we passed the law, the plan would probably fail anyway. Cows have never felt guilty about practicing polygamy in the first place. And no amount of political correctness training or moral browbeating would make these now consenting polygamists consider asking that basic question. The one that separated cowkind from mankind...”I know you love me but will you respect me next estrus?”

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NEW MEXICO LIVESTOCK BOARD

by Shawn Davis Executive Director

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New From the New Mexico Livestock Board

018 and the start of 2019 have been productive years in terms of Larceny Cases for the New Mexico Livestock Board. Larceny is defined in New Mexico Statute as, “the stealing of anything of value that belongs to another”.

In the context of Larceny of Livestock, the penalty is also defined in statute, “Whoever commits larceny when the property of value stolen is livestock is guilty of a third degree felony regardless of its value”.

New Mexico Legislators clearly intended to protect all livestock producers by giving the same level of importance to a seventy-five dollar goat that it extends to a five-thousand dollar horse.

The importance of the statutory mandate to protect the livestock industry

for the New Mexico Livestock Board is one During the execution of one search that is not taken lightly. In order to be effec- warrant a few years ago on Roosevelt tive in this mission we must have sufficient County, Barry Allen was able to get a contraining, adequate resources, and good fession from the suspect who told him equipment. The successful prosecution of where they had buried the ear tags of the a theft case can be both time consuming cows that they stole. That case resulted in and expensive. two suspects being convicted, both receivIn the last 2 ½ years, there have been ing substantial jail sentences. four larceny cases filed in Otero and Lincoln Inspector Dennis Alarid and Area Supercounties. The common thread in all of these visor Gary Mora recovered three head of cases has been the fact that a concerned calves that were buried at a suspect’s house citizen reported something that just did not during a warrant in Pecos in September of seem right. Once the NMLB was made 2016. That case resulted in a conviction, and aware of the situation, an investigation 18 months’ probation and restitution paid was started. to the victim in the amount of $3500.

An investigation can involve a search Once the evidence is gathered and interwarrant, or in some cases several warrants. views are done, criminal complaints are The evidence gathered in those warrants written that requires a District Attorney to can include photographs of branded review and conclude that “probable cause” animals, ear tags, sale barn tags, and hair exists to send to a judge. Then the judge samples for DNA testing. reviews, taking into consideration the same Benjamin Gonzales recently collected standard, and an arrest warrant is issued. hair samples and the tooth from a dead calf The New Mexico Livestock Board will in order to try and match the calf to the continue to use its resources and devote victim’s cow. This evidence was carefully time for training, investigating, and prosedocumented by a chain of custody form cuting all larceny cases. Of course, these and sent to UC Davis in California to their cases are made much easier to prosecute veterinary genetics forensic lab. Some of when the livestock owners brand their these types of cases can run up to $2,000 cattle with their recorded New Mexico in lab charges alone.

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FARM BUREAU MINUTE

by Craig Ogden, President NMF & LB

Volunteering

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realize that sometimes I might take a little too much liberty when it concerns my article. It may not be as factual as you might want it to be and it becomes more of an opinion statement or something you might read as a letter to the editor but under the heading of “tractor seat daydreaming.” This is when I have some time to think about things and what has been a concern for me which sometimes is personal in nature but can affect everyone.

The 60-day session is over, thus our legislative body should be home recuperating from donating their time to the state of New Mexico. They are elected volunteers that give up their time, hopefully with the motivation to work to make our state a better place rather than make a name for themselves or for the prestige.

I remember the famous quote from President John F. Kennedy which states, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”

Even back then you might interpret the quote as asking for people to get involved.

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I was asked once why I became President of NMF&LB and my response was to help give back to the industry. We must all volunteer to some extent whether it is in the rural countryside or in the metropolitan areas, this is what makes our community and country strong.

Some of the volunteers I have looked up to are Bill Mclhaney and Linda Davis.

It wasn’t always what they did, but how they did it. What I am referring to is how they treat other people. I’ve known Mrs. Davis since I was a young kid going to different cattle related field days.

Anytime I see either of them they always greet me with a smile and say hello and it’s not just a formality, it is genuine. It is how you treat people that makes a difference.

It doesn’t matter if you volunteer to coach baseball, volunteer at the fair, or are a member of an organization, there is a responsibility that goes with it that involves trust and “The Golden Rule.” I hope that with Spring arriving you will spring into action and volunteer to do something for which you have a passion.

Keep in mind those people in need from the tornados that damaged the Pecos Valley. Also, thank a volunteer once in a while, they are the true unsung heroes.

If you’d like to help families affected by the tornado, you can donate to Loaves and Fishes, a food pantry available to those in Dexter, Hagerman, or Lake Arthur. Please contact LeeAnn Sandoval at 575-734-5758.

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS

by Don Bullis, New Mexico Author DonBullis.biz

Military Intervention in the Lincoln County War, July 1878

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native of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Nathan Augustus Monroe Dudley (1825-1910), generally referred to as Nathan A. M. Dudley, was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the 10th United States Infantry in 1855. While his military career would be considered successful, he benefited greatly by having friends in high office.

He was court-martialed three times, and even when convicted he was given light, insignificant sentences. He was also the subject of an inquiry regarding his participation in New Mexico’s Lincoln County War of 1878-81.

In the latter case, as commander of Fort Stanton, near the town of Lincoln, Dudley engaged United States troops in the Five Days battle which took place in that town from July 15 to 19, 1878, the major engagement of the Lincoln County War. On July 19, Colonel Dudley led a troop of 60 cavalrymen and infantrymen—including an array of officers in rank from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel—armed with a Gatling gun and a mountain howitzer, into the town of Lincoln. While he alleged that he did so to protect “women and children” it was clear to all that his intervention was on the side of the Murphy-Dolan-Riley faction, and the tide turned very quickly against the Tunsdall-McSween-Chisum bunch, which included Billy the Kid. By that evening Alexander McSween was dead, as were three of his men (Harvey Morris, Francisco Zamora and Vicente Romero) and the survivors, including Billy, were in flight. The fighting that day was done by posse men as it is generally believed that the soldiers did not fire either the Gatling gun or the howitzer.

It was also generally believed that Dudley had protected the interests of his friends in high-places, in particular high-ranking members of the Santa Fe Ring, including former military officer Lawrence Murphy.

As a matter of law, such military action

by Dudley was prohibited under the posse comitatus Act. Dudley faced a military board

of inquiry which began on May 25, 1879 and carried on for six weeks. One of the charges against him was disobedience of orders having to with the posse comitatus law.

Timing here is bound to have become a consideration. The Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.§ 1385) passed on June 18, 1878 and on the same date the Assistant Adjutant General in Washington, D. C., R. C. Drum, issued General Order No. 49 which directed the attention of all military commanders to its provisions, one of which was that military personnel could not be used in civil matters without the express authority of the President of the United States, obtained through normal military channels. Since posse comitatus had passed only a month before the violence in the town of Lincoln, Dudley may well have averred that he knew nothing about it, and, since he was drunk much of the time, maybe he told the truth.

We do know that he answered this charge by claiming that one of his soldiers, while carrying a communiqué between Sheriff Peppin and himself, was fired upon by members of the McSween group, and thus military intervention was called for. Some observers of the day stated that such an event never took place.

Other charges alleged that he entered into a conspiracy to assist the Murphy-Dolan-Riley faction against the Tunstall-McSween-Chisum group; that he allowed McSween’s house to be burned to the ground; that he failed to protect women and children; that he cast aspersions on the character of Susan McSween, widow of Alexander; that he had to do with the publication of newspaper articles reflecting badly on Territorial Governor Lew Wallace’s policies. The findings of the board were entirely in Dudley’s favor. He got off scotfree. He also successfully defended himself against civil suits and criminal charges filed against him as a result of the Lincoln intervention. He asserted that his legal troubles cost him $5,000 in legal fees.

Historian Robert Utley described Dudley thus: “Behind [his] imposing façade…lurked a man whose genuine professional dedication consistently fell victim to a small intellect and huge vanity. He suffered from muddled thought and bad judgment, the result of mediocre endowments impaired by years of dissipation. He got drunk often, and whiskey more or less influenced most of his actions. He compensated…with pomposity, bellicosity, petty despotism, and an extraordinary aptitude for contention.” (It should be noted that alcoholism among military officers on the America’s western

frontier was common and troublesome.)

Not everyone found fault with the colonel, however. The New Mexican observed on August 10, 1878: “By recent advices from Lincoln county we learn that during the recent troubles there, Gen. [sic] Dudley acting with his usual promptitude and humanity, transferred his command from Fort Stanton to the seat of difficulty that he might the better protect women and children and the rights of non-belligerents. While acting strictly as non-combatants, his command exercised the moral force which is not always acquired by arms. It is fortunate for the people of Lincoln that in this turbulent condition of their affairs they are blessed with an officer whose intelligence and honest zeal saves them in their utmost need, and violates no law or obligation civil or military. All honor to Gen. Dudley [sic]! may he long be permitted to serve his country and people.”

It should be noted that the New Mexican newspaper of the day was often considered the official organ of the Santa Fe Ring.

Dudley’s career continued until his retirement in 1889, after which he was promoted to brigadier general, but only on the retired list. He died in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1910. His grave at the Arlington National Cemetery is marked with an impressive monument.

Here are some of the better sources on Dudley and the Lincoln County War. Bullis, New Mexico Historical Biographies Fulton, History of the Lincoln County War Keliher, Violence in Lincoln County Melzer, Buried Treasures Thrapp, Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography Utley, High Noon in Lincoln Wallis, Billy the Kid

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Arizonan Elected to Lead Brahman Association

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uring the 95th Annual Membership Meeting & International Brahman Show in Houston, the American Brahman Breeders Association board of directors gathered to elect their new officer team and Executive Committee. Loren Pratt of Maricopa, Arizona, was elected to serve as ABBA President; Pratt previously served as Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer, as well as 25 years on the Board of Directors. Craig Fontenot of Ville Platte, Lousiana, was elected as ABBA Vice President; Fontenot previously served as a member of the Finance and Executive Committees, Vice Chairman of the Youth Committee, and nine years on the Board. Joe Ward of George West, Texas, was elected to serve as ABBA Secretary/Treasurer; Ward previously served as a member of the Finance and Executive Committees, Communications Committee Chairman, and 11 years on the Board of Directors.

The new ABBA Executive Committee was also elected at the Annual Membership Meeting. In order to serve on the Executive Committee, the person must have served at least two full years as a member of the Board of Directors. The 2019 Executive Committee consists of Larry Barthle, Mark Forgason, Dr. Scott Satterfield, Rick Butler, Brandon Cutrer, Randall Tipp, and immediate past president George Kempfer.

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AGGIE NOTES From the Animal Resources Dept.

Cooperative Extension Service, NMSU

Events Around the State

NM Youth Ranch Management Camp Reg. Deadline April 12

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he summer break from school can be filled with a variety of activities for teenagers.

For 30 teenagers it will be an opportunity to learn the science behind ranching at the New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp conducted by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

Now is the time for youth ages 15-19 to apply for a life-changing experience at the June 9-14 camp where they will be introduced to the many aspects of running a ranch, from financial statements and marketing strategies to producing quality beef and managing natural resources and wildlife.

Online registration deadline is April 12.

Visit nmyrm.nmsu.edu for more information and to register.

The camp is held at the CS Cattle Company’s 130,000-acre ranch at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range

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near Cimarron.

“This location allows our campers to see a real-life working ranch,” said camp co-director Sid Gordon, NMSU Extension agricultural agent in Otero County. “The CS, a cattle and hunting operation, has been family owned and operated since 1873.”

Collaboration between NMSU Extension specialists, county Extension agents and members of the ranching industry provides an opportunity for youth to learn about the many aspects of ranching.

“We are proud to offer this one-of-a-kind program for the future cattle producers of our state,” said Jon Boren, NMSU College of ACES associate dean and director of the Extension service.

“What we are finding, from the more than 200 youth who have participated in past ranch camps, is that they have gained a greater appreciation of the science and opportunities in agriculture,” Boren said. “It is also a win-win for our aging agricultural industry with more young people having an interest in going into this type of work.”

During the first four days, the youth compile information necessary to manage a ranch. The college-level hands-on curriculum includes all things beef, marketing and economics, natural resources and range land management.

At the end of each day, one camper receives the Top Hand award for their outstanding participation in that day’s activities.

Each evening the campers are using that day’s information to design their team’s

own ranch management plan, which they present on Friday to a panel of judges from the beef industry in competition for the coveted team jacket.

“You don’t have to just be in ranching to attend this camp. It offers a wide variety of career avenues,” Gordon said. “I encourage any youth within the age group to apply.”

The camp is sponsored by NMSU’s College of ACES, New Mexico Beef Council, New Mexico Cattle Growers Association and New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, and several beef industry companies.

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NMSU Hosts NM Indian Livestock Days May 7-9

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heep quality assurance and a large animal rescue demonstration highlight a broad array of topics at the New Mexico Indian Livestock Days, May 7-9, at the Route 66 Casino and Hotel, I-40 west of Albuquerque.

The three-day event, beginning at 1 p.m.

Tuesday, May 7, is conducted by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences to provide the latest researchbased information to livestock producers.

After a full day of presentations on Wednesday, May 8, the conference will conclude on Thursday, May 9, with two presentations in the morning.

“We are proud of this event because it is grass-roots driven by our clientele needs and interests,” said Kathy Landers, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service county program director in McKinley County. “We have scheduled topics ranging from animal care to dealing with the drought conditions that our tribal members are facing.”

This year’s topics address some of these issues including managing the range during the drought, wildfire management and providing water for the livestock with solar-powered wells.

“As a producer I am excited to hear about the latest news in using solar power to pump water for the livestock, and funding for water development,” said John M. Romero of the Sedillo Cattle Association in Laguna. “We have to constantly manage for drought conditions, so the ability to pump and store water is critical to our operation, plus it allows our livestock to have access to areas where there was little or no water.

Many times we have adequate forage, but not enough water in strategic locations.”

Presentations will also include animal

care including breeding – sire selection and artificial insemination; disease – fly control and Trich; and emergencies – care of horses and rescuing large animals.

During a discussion on beef marketing, Romero will present ways the Sedillo Cattle Association markets its cattle.

“I am humbled and excited to share our various methods of marketing our calves and cull cows,” Romero said. “As an association we feel that we are able to get more selling power simply having a large number of cattle to sell. By selling as a group, similar to a co-op, we are able to negotiate for a set price three or four months down the line so that we are not at the mercy of the daily market.”

The conference agenda also includes representatives from U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies presenting updates on their programs.

Registration fee prior to April 30 is $80.

After that date online and walk-in registration is $100. Online registration is available at indianlivestock.nmsu.edu.

Registration includes lunch Wednesday.

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Forage Kochia Focus of NMSU Forage Workshop in Abiquiu April 4

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s weather patterns change causing drier conditions, rangelands and pastures may be in need of revegetation.

Meanwhile, livestock producers are looking for ways to provide nutritional forage for their animals.

To meet both needs, New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences researchers are searching for forage plants that will adapt to the changing weather patterns.

One plant showing promise for improving rangeland in other parts of the western United States is forage kochia (Kochia prostrata). Forage kochia is a perennial plant and is different from the annual kochia (Kochia scoparia) weed that is prominent in the region.

“Range Changer is an independent seed dealer that has worked with Utah State University to plant thousands of acres of forage kochia in similar elevations and terrain as Northern New Mexico,” said Donald Martinez, NMSU Extension agricultural agent in Rio Arriba County. “When I saw the success of this forage, I thought this is something we need to introduce into New Mexico.”

Mark Marsalis, NMSU Extension forage specialist, and Martinez are conducting test plots of forage kochia on cooperators’ land in northern New Mexico.

“We are trying to find a forage that can adapt to our environment to improve our grazing,” Martinez said. “We are looking for an alternative forage for our livestock and wildlife.”

Last year the researchers selected six locations that have different soil types and are at different elevations – between 5,000 and 9,000 feet – to see whether forage kochia would grow.

“Unfortunately, last year was the driest on record,” Martinez said. “Only one plot had moisture, so it was the only one that showed some growth.”

Before the researchers could evaluate the plants, a herd of elk devoured the forage.

“So we know the high protein forage is palatable to wildlife,” Martinez said. “We just hope the elk didn’t uproot all of the plants. We’ll have to see what returns this spring.”

Shane Getz of Range Changer Seed has told Martinez that with moisture this winter, the plant should grow in all six plots this year.

One positive aspect of this forage is little or no soil preparation is needed before planting the seeds.

“What’s intriguing is that you don’t have to till the soil before planting,” Martinez said. “You just broadcast the seed on top of the ground and it has a high germination rate. This allows us to not disturb the natural

grasses, which will help prevent soil erosion by the wind.”

Martinez is hosting a free workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the Rio Arriba County rural event center on State Highway 554 in Abiquiu for ranchers to learn more about forage kochia and other grasses for range and irrigated lands.

A light lunch will be provided. Participants are asked to RSVP by calling 505-685-4523 or email donmart@nmsu.edu before March 30.

Getz and Keven Jensen, range specialist in Utah with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, will present information about the forage, including the best time to plant and how to plant the seed.

Marsalis will make a presentation about irrigated pasture and hay management on the small farms in northern New Mexico.

“This workshop will be good for those looking to improve their irrigated lands as well,” Marsalis said. “We’ll touch on species selection, fertilization, reseeding and general crop improvement.”

“It’s going to be good to hear from these guys who are actually out there working to improve rangeland and also our irrigated forage systems as our climate is changing,” Martinez said

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few years ago Pete Gnatkowski from Carrizozo, New Mexico, wrote me, I hope in jest, and wondered which Lee Pitts I was. He’d Googled my name and found that there was a Lee Pitts African American comedian, a well known preacher, champion fisherman and a murderer. Talk about identity theft!

If you think you’re important or have accomplished anything in life just Google your name. I did and found there were 17,600,000 results for Lee Pitts. I think Pete must have wandered down the list a ways because when I Googled my name the numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, results were me.

Number 4 was a black guy from Fort Meyers, Florida, who was on TV. I once gave a speech in Fort Meyers and while I was there I watched that Lee Pitts on TV and found myself wishing I was half as entertaining as he was.

Here’s another coincidence. The #9 Lee Pitts is a football player for Azuza Pacific College and his grandfather was Elijah Pitts who played 11 seasons in the NFL winning two Super Bowl rings with Green Bay. When I was a youngster I used to lie and brag to my classmates that Elijah was my uncle, not knowing he was black.

Interestingly, his mother’s name was Johnnie Pitts which was what relatives called my brother John when he was little.

It seems there are a lot more African American Lee Pitts than there are California/Okie crossbreds like me.

One of the Google entries screamed, “We found Lee Pitts”! I didn’t know I was lost so I clicked on that site and of the top 20 responses not one of them was me. At least seven Lee Pitts were women, not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just that it doesn’t do much for my macho self esteem to have a lady’s name.

Making a person feel inconsequential must be Google’s goal. I found a Lee Pitts who was an award winning journalist for CBS who’d reported from all over the world including places I’d never heard of,

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like Malawi. Lee Pitts the swim instructor was “one of the most decorated swimmers of his generation,” but I can barely tread water. There was an actor and producer named Lee Pitts who was in Star Trek but I’ve never even watched it.

It bothered me that one of the Google responses was, “Here is the criminal record for Lee Pitts.” But I swear I’m innocent. I didn’t do it! I suppose it could be worse though because my parents could’ve named me Earl Pitts, which seems to be the number one name for murderers in American history.

Google also directed me to something called People Looker which said I was 92 years old! I may look it but I’m really only 67. All this makes me wonder, is it too late to change my name?

I finally gave up on Google and went to Wikipedia to try and find myself.

According to them there’s no one by that name. The closest they could come was an old time film star named Zazu Pitts and, of course, there’s Brad Pitt, who judging by his appearance, suave and sophisticated manner and ability to bed beautiful women, is in no way related to me.

Next I tried Amazon who kicked me off years ago because I didn’t offer the required ten titles to sell. So now they let other people sell my books, including a used copy of People Who Live At The End of Dirt Roads for only $124.27! You can buy a brand new copy from me for only $12.95.

Then there are the word thieves who attach their name to my work including one “columnist” who copied my columns word for word for years and got away with it. People take my columns, add photos and music, attach their names to them and then blast them all over the Internet.

I’ve had at least one instance where a friend sent me something he thought I’d enjoy that I’d written!

It pains me to watch as we sacrifice hometown newspapers and real books in favor of Facebook, Kindles, Nooks and Twitter. Half of all the newspapers that used to run my column are now defunct and most bookstores and libraries are on life support.

And you wonder why I hate the Internet?

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Charles (Chuck) Sanford Cushman, 75, politically successful association of private Battle Ground, Washington, passed away property owners, ranchers, miners, foreston December 27, 2018 due to complications ers, inholders, outdoor recreation users, from congestive heart failure at Legacy and people concerned about environmenSalmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, tal issues in all 50 states. ALRA collaborated Washington. He was born on August 2,1943 to protect their way of life from continuing at Loma Linda Hospital in San Bernardino, efforts by environmental special interest California. After college, Chuck started a groups to impose new land use controls, career in sales including his time as a Peanut land acquisition programs, and ever Vender at Dodger Stadium, and then as an expanding excessive environmental reguInsurance Broker at Mutual of New York. He lation. Chuck enjoyed bluegrass and folk later discovered a passion for land rights music. He played the autoharp and orgawhile helping to protect property rights in nized many folk festivals. He also loved the community of Wawona, a small town learning about history and was an avid inside Yosemite National Park, where he reader. He dedicated many of his last days owned a cabin and had many close friends. to writing about his life’s work in a soon to This was the launching pad for his life’s work, be published biography authored by Ron and how he later became known to many Arnold. Chuck was a very loving Father, as the “Father of Land Rights”. In 1983 he grandfather, and great-grandfather. He is was appointed to the National Parks Advi- survived by his mother: Ruth Strong sory Board by Ronald Reagan. Chuck was Johnson; children: Charles William Cushman, the Founder and Executive Director of Natashia Ann Ash, and Melissa Sara Pack; American Land Rights Association (ALRA), a step-children: Jason Franklin Ingram and

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Helen Major Graham, 98, Miles City, Montana, died on March 9, 2019 at Holy Rosary Residential Care just 16 days short of her 99th birthday. She was born on March 25, 1920 in Socorro, New Mexico, the second of eight children. She attended Magdalena High School. In her senior year she was swept off her feet by a young cowboy/State Trooper. After a whirlwind courtship, she married Jim Graham November 16, 1938. The marriage lasted over 50 years until Jim died March 15, 1989. They had five children, Sharon (Pat) McKittrick; Les (Diane) Graham; Bob Graham; Pat (Lanette) Graham, Mary Sue (Herb) Kron.

Helen’s father, Malcolm Major was a pioneer New Mexico rancher who also raised Quarter Horses. Helen at the tender age of 16 was her Dad’s jockey. She also was a chief caregiver for her siblings. During WWII husband Jim was a Captain in the Army Air Force and served as a fighter pilot instructor and a test pilot. During this time Helen and her children, lived at various bases in the States and with the Major family in New Mexico. After the war, Jim and Helen began ranching. They moved to the Miles City area in 1955. Jim managed the TD Ranch Company near Locate, until it sold in 1967.

They continued to ranch in the Locate area until 1986 when they moved to Miles City.

During the time at the ranch, she was “the hired man” working in conjunction with Jim while also caring for the kids. She loved every aspect of ranching life. She was a wonderful cook and baker, experiencing great joy in preparing and serving delicious meals to the family and anyone who happened by, whether friends or strangers.

She was active with her many friends in the Locate/Knowlton Home Demonstration Club, serving for a time as President. Central to her life was her family and her deep Catholic faith, which never faltered. While not having a formal education, she had a wonderful creative writing ability, writing stories of her youth, children’s stories or poetry.

She was also musically talented and could play many instruments by ear with the piano being her favorite. She was always keenly interested in current events and education.Herchildren,17grandchildren,29greatgrandchildren and one sister survive her.

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IN MEMORIAM << cont from page 50 ciation President Elect Randell Major’s aunt.

Her sister, Marie, died on the same day just hours after Helen died.

Maria (Marie) Major, 86, Pearce, Arizona, passed away after a long battle with cancer at the Cascades of Tucson on March 9, 2019.

She was born on January 28, 1933 in Magdalena, New Mexico to Malcolm and Lily Major. She is survived by her four children, Pam (Simon) Sproul (Robbie), Pearce; Penny (Simon) Conway (Bill), Tonto Basin, Arizona; Mark Simon (Mary), Socorro; and Jay Simon (Tippi), Florence, Arizona. She was most proud of her eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Johanna Major, Albuquerque. She was New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association President Elect Randell Major’s aunt. Maria was the seventh child of eight born to Malcolm and Lily Major in a small, two-room hospital in Magdalena. Within a few short days, she returned to the Rim Rock Ranch which is now part of the Laguna Indian Reservation and spent her early childhood there. She would often tell stories of the wild mustangs running on the mesas and how she had one of her very own. The family moved to the Salt Ranch, west of Belen, and her final ranch destination as a young girl would be Walsenburg Colorado at the Butte Mountain Ranch. She was always a ranch girl at heart. She attended elementary school in Magdalena and Belen, and then six years at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Walsenburg. She then went on to Loretto Heights Girls College in Denver, also New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. She always gave due credit to the nuns, along

with her parents, for her refinement and graciousness as a lady. She met Milt Simon at a roping in Pueblo, Colorado and married him soon after. They moved to Limon, Colorado in 1954 where they lived 20 plus years. They would escape the cold winters going south in the winter to either Texas or Arizona and in 1972 the family made the permanent move to Arizona. Maria traveled to countless rodeos with all four kids loaded in a camper, four horses and a dog. To say she was a trooper is an understatement.

She loved to stop along the way to fish, sight see, and explore. She dearly loved the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and many summer trips to Canada. There she loved to fish in the beaver ponds, listen to the mountain stream and sing songs around the camp fire. In 1985 she met Martin Linsey and married him a few years later. They shared a common interest in painting and traveling. She took Martin on many adventures over the years, including cattle drives, Nana’s Nonsense Camps, and the construction of many houses she built along the way.

She was happy to welcome Martin’s children, Bob, Dave and Liz, into her life and always enjoyed her time with them. One of the highlights of her life were her grandkids.

In 1989 she started Nana’s Nonsense Camp with her eight grandkids. The first Nana’s Camp was at Elephant Butte Lake. She took them on countless adventures, to water parks, camping, and most important to her was her dress-up dinner so she could teach her grandchildren refinement and sophistication that was very important to her. Her final Nana’s Nonsense camp was July 2018 where all the grandkids were able to attend this very special moment. She was an accomplished artist, where her paintings

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She loved being there for each person who entered her life. In her final stages of life, she was still impacting lives. She was an excellent listener and able to draw people out and draw them in. She will be greatly missed. She led a fulfilled life with a tremendous amount of joy and adventure.

Morgan Nelson, 99, Roswell, went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2019. He was born in Cottonwood, New Mexico on September 27, 1919, to Fred M. and Florace Morgan Nelson. The family moved to East Grand Plains where he attended school thought eighth grade. He graduated from Roswell High School in 1937. Nelson graduated from the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in 1941 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. The United States Army Air Corps needed graduate engineers. The Surge of patriotism along with some urging from Uncle Sam had Nelson joining up in July 1941. He served five years in World War II, in the Middle East Theater and Europe. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict. He finished his Air Force career with the rank of Colonel after 20 years service in the US Air Force Reserve. Upon his return from World War II, Nelson took up farming with his father at their Cottonwood and East Grand Plains farms. Farming was his primary occupation for the rest of his life. His grandparents had arrived in Roswell on Christmas Eve of 1887. The East Grand Plains farm had been originally operated by his uncle starting in 1895. In 1949, Nelson ran for the New Mexico State Legislature. He served 12 years. He specialized in state finance, serving as Chairman of the Appropriations and Finance Committee in 1957. He served as Chairman of the Board of Educational Finance. It was created to get continued on page 57 >>

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He was known as “Mr. Cotton” of New Mexico and was among the first five inductees into the Cotton’s Hall of Fame in 2014.

Nelson received many awards, among them, the James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, both from NMSU. In 2018 the

Roswell Board of Realtors named him Citizen of the Year. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Roswell. As a Rotarian, he received the Paul Harris award. He was a member of the Roswell Masonic Lodge No. 18, and he served as the Flood Commissioner of Chaves County until the day he died. Nelson was active in the revival of the Historical Society of Southeastern New Mexico and served as its first museum chairman. His interest in local history and his specific interest in water history led him to do extensive research and writing on both subjects. He also wrote of his World War II experiences. He served on the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock heritage Museum as well. He married Joyce LaSuer Walsh Nelson in 1950. She passed away in 2008 after 58 years of marriage. They have three daughters, Margo Eichwald, Ann Houghtaling, and Jane McLaughlin, seven grandchildren and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren. Before her passing, he and Joyce established two endowed scholarships, one with the NMSU Foundation and one with the ENMU-R Foundation. Subsequently, he established and endowed a fund with the Historical Foundation of Southeastern New Mexico.

Harold D. Daniels, 82, Wagon Mound, passed away on February 17, 2019 at Colfax General Long-Term Care in Springer. Harold was born to Darwin Daniels and Lucile (Anderson) Daniels on October 30, 1936, in Wagon Mound. He graduated from Wagon Mound Schools. Harold and Irene were married on September 30, 1954. They moved to Kansas, where they built and operated a commercial cattle feed yard for 20 years. They then returned to New Mexico where Harold was a self-employed rancher and owned a permitted landfill. Harold was a member of Masonic Lodge, Chapter #4 and a member of New Mexico Cattle Growers. He was a very intelligent, generous man who loved his family dearly. Harold is survived by his wife, of the family home, Irene Daniels; daughters Arlene Daniels, Wagon Mound and Gail Parker (Robert) Thomas, Oklahoma.; son Troy Daniels (Lori), Wagon Mound; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother Lee Daniels, Albuquerque, and nieces and nephew; and many friends.

Jaunita Florine Leary Sultemeier-Shanks, 96, Roswell and Corona, passed away January 1, 2019. Jaunita was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma to John Porter Leary and Ruby Flora Shahan Leary on December

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Jaunita was known for the beautiful jewel toned quilts she made and her love of the sheep they raised.

Marjorie McKinney Anderson, 102, Waddell, Arizona, slipped away peacefully Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. Born July 12, 1916 at Bar CL Ranch in Courtland, Cochise County, Arizona, the fourth of nine children born to Charles (Charlie) L. McKinney and Ada E. Halderman. Marjorie attended Arizona State Teacher’s College (Arizona State University) and then transferred to the

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University of Arizona where she met H. Lynn Anderson, a good friend of her brother.

They were married June 28, 1936 establishing a long and productive partnership.

Marjorie was a rancher, farmer, and a savvy businesswoman. She and Lynn farmed Fennemore Farms in Western Maricopa County and ranched the Willows Ranch in Mohave County, and the U Bar Ranch in Grant County, New Mexico. She is survived by son Stuart (wife Carol) Anderson, Kingman, daughters Marcia (husband Ron) Wheat, Waddell, Arizona and Tamara (husband David) Ogilvie, Silver City, and sister, Frances Duncan, Tucson. Additionally, Marjorie has eight grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren, along with many nieces and nephews. Marjorie was a faithful wife, devoted mother, loving grandma and Gigi, sister, aunt, and dear friend.

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Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194. The New Mexico Stockman runs memorials as a courtesy to its readers. If families & friends would like to see more detail, verbatim pieces must be emailed to us, & may be printed at 10¢ per word.

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HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* 40+/- Last Stand B&B Guest Ranch, Sonoita, AZ – An exceptional property in the grasslands of Sonoita, presently operating as a successful wedding & equestrian event venue. The Territorial, two-story 4 BR, 4.5 BA main home has 4,110 s.f., & custom features throughout. A true destination property w/a pool & two cabana guest rooms, 3 casitas, event barn, horse facilities, roping arena, recreation room w/racquetball court, and fishing pond. Neighbors public conservation land with trails. Powered by 80 solar panels connected to the grid, one well w/pressure tank & storage, also fenced for livestock.

Mature landscape & fruit trees. Property could also be converted to a vineyard/winery. $1,975,000 *REDUCED* 158+/- Acres Up to 736+/Acres, Willcox, AZ – 3 parcels of undeveloped high desert, ready to put into production with grapes, trees, organic crops or conventional farming. Development potential or horse property in good location only one mile from Willcox, and 3 miles to I-10. Several shallow wells on property. Paved and dirt road frontage. Property is fenced. 158+/- ac. -$189,000; 261+/- ac. -- $365,400; 316+/ac. – $395,000; 736+/- ac. for $799,000 *NEW* +/-103 Acre Horse Property, St. David, AZ – Lovely custom 2,298+/- s.f. 3BR, 2BA home near the San Pedro River on a hill with valley views.

Has one domestic well. Space for horse facilities.

Property is fenced for livestock. Includes a large 2-bay garage/shop and artist’s studio building. $470,000 Also available: 71+/- Acres of Land - With 50+/- ac. cleared for horse facilities, farming or development. $190,000

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*SOLD* 320 Head Mountain Ranch, Reserve, NM – 350+/- ac deeded, +/- 54,088 ac USFS permit. Stunning Setting in the ponderosa pines with fish ponds, streams, elk, and turkey. Includes four log homes, lg. bunkhouse, barn, tack room, round pens, arena & shipping pens. This is a horseback ranch with rugged country. Turnkey with cattle, equipment & furnishings. Great opportunity for income from cabin rentals. $2,800,000 *REDUCED* 250+/- Head Turkey Creek Ranch, Greenlee, AZ – In Apache Sitgreaves Forest, 108+/- deeded ac, 32,000+/- ac Pigeon Allotment.

499 head Allotment currently permitted for 250 head in 2019. 3 BR Ranch house, Bunk house, cabin, barn, tack room, Shop, corrals. Also a fenced garden area, fruit trees, & animal pens. Solar powered w/ generator. Horseback country with cedar, pine, mesquite and oak. Good grasses and water. Six pastures. $2,000,000 *NEW* 117 Head Tule Springs Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ – Located in beautiful Apache Sitgreaves Forest with 56.6+/- acre deeded inholding, and 23+/- section USFS grazing permit. A well improved and maintained horseback ranch, with $70k thinning project for increased fire protection recently completed on deeded land. The headquarters is located in a scenic valley setting with solar power; two homes; barn with tack room, hay storage, horse stalls; shop; corrals with crowding pen and squeeze chute; root cellar/cold meat storage; hen house, irrigated gardens and orchard. The permit and HQ’s are watered by springs, creeks and dirt tanks.

On the allotment are a line cabin, two sets of corrals, one with a loading chute at the highway. $1,100,000 *NEW OFFERING* 223 Head Spanish Stirrup Ranch West, Deming, NM. – A portion of the historic Spanish Stirrup Ranch; a solid working cattle ranch in the Florida Mtn. range, with excellent water, good grasses and access close to town. +/- 299 deeded acres, 8,443+/- acres BLM permit, 2,981+/- acre State lease, and approx. three sections open range. Five wells, 5 drinkers, storage tanks, dirt tanks, springs.

One large pasture with two sets of corrals. $950,000. Also: 204 Head Florida Mountain Ranch, Deming, NM – Eastern portion of the historic Spanish Stirrup Ranch. Rolling to mountainous terrain, excellent grasses, browse and water. +/- 15 deeded acres, 7,880+/- acre BLM permit, 800+/- acre State lease, and approx. two sections open

range. Six pastures/traps and three sets of working corrals. 7 wells, pipeline to storage tank and drinker, and springs in upper country. $950,000. The entire ranch with HQ’s, additional deeded, BLM, State and adverse acreage offered for $2,250,000. *NEW* Geronimo Farm South, Ft. Thomas, AZ – Consists of 295 +/- acres with 43.2 acres of water rights in the Gila River valley. In an area with a long growing season this property is well suited for high end produce marketed to restaurants and specialty retailers. Other potential uses include nut trees, container plants, horse farm, small and large livestock. 90 minutes from Tucson and Phoenix markets. Divided into two offerings: Parcel One has 208+/- ac with 35.8+/- ac of water rights and 1,200 gpm irrigation well. Includes a vacation cabin, large recreation building and pomegranate orchard. $399,000 Parcel Two has 87+/ac with 7+/- ac of water rights, two-family home, large steel barn, and outbuildings. $150,000 *NEW* 30+/- Head Orduno Draw Ranch, Tombstone, AZ – Small desert ranch in the San Pedro River valley of Cochise County, Arizona.

320+/- ac. deeded, 2,780+/- ac. State lease, and 560+/- ac. BLM Allotment. Easy terrain, gentle hills with mesquite, acacia, and creosote, and several major draws with good browse and grassy bottoms. One well, dirt tank, fenced. Borders the San Pedro River National Conservation Area, and has easy access from Hwy 80. Great for starter/hobby ranch or complement to larger holding. $350,000 *NEW* 30 +/- Acre Farm & Ranch, Sheldon, AZ – Pasture for 10 hd, gated pipe irrigation; alfalfa, pecan trees. Two wells, roping arena; Comfortable Palm Harbor triple-wide manufactured home, 2X6 construction, stucco exterior, set on cement slab; 1-car garage.

Property is fenced for cattle. $350,000 *REDUCED* 98+/- Acre Farm, Pomerene, AZ – 70 plus irrigated acres with an 800 gpm well that has a 16” casing, records indicate it is 70’ deep with static water at 35’. Flood irrigated and fenced. Suitable for crops, pasture, or nut trees. Located close to I-10, town, schools and services. Great value at $350,000 *PENDING* 60 Head Desert Ranch, Deming, NM – Nice starter or retirement ranch with easy access and gentle country. 65+/- deeded ac, 18,766+/- ac. BLM, State, & City Leases, with uncontrolled adverse lands. 5 wells, 4 sets of corrals, 2 large pastures and one smaller good for weanlings; all fenced.

*REDUCED* San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the beautiful San Rafael Valley, where open spaces, wildlife, ranching history & private dreams live. 152 Acres for $304,000 & 77 Acres w/a well for $177,100 *NEW* 260+/- acres, Geronimo Farms North, Ft. Thomas, AZ – In the Gila River Valley of Graham County, north of Highway 70. Undeveloped land with potential for subdividing into smaller horse properties or ranchettes.

13 wells allowed. Part of the larger Geronimo Farms South offerings. Great investment opportunity. $169,000

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■ TOP OF THE WORLD – Union Co., NM – 5,025.76 +/- ac. of choice grassland w/state-ofthe-art working pens, recently remodeled bunk house, barbed wire fences in very good to new condition, well watered, on pvmt.

■ WE CAN NOW DIVIDE – THE PAJARITO RANCH – Guadalupe Co., NM as follows: 3501.12 ac. +/- of grassland w/a commercial water well located adjacent to I40 w/capability of producing large incomes together w/a great set of pens, a 17,000 gal. water storage tank, overhead cake bin, hay barn & other stock wells. 700.89 ac. +/- of grassland can be purchased in addition to the 3501.12 ac. The beautiful, virtually new custom built home w/all amenities and a large virtually new metal barn w/an apartment inside on 40 ac. can be purchased separately or with the ranch.

■ POST, TX – 6,376.92 acre ranch in Kent Co., TX on pvmt. & on all weather roads w/a virtually brand new custom built home, state-of-the-art barns & pens, a complete line of farm & ranch equipment, a registered Red Angus herd of cows, mineral income w/potential for commercial water sales & secluded, beautiful areas w/bluffs & meadows around every turn in the road, an excellent supply of stock water from subs & windmills, deep year round dirt tanks & The North Fork of the Brazos River through the ranch.

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RODEO FARM, RODEO NM – 470 Acre total w/267 acres irrigated. Two homes. Farm has not been in production for many years. All improvements are in need of attention.

Priced @$300,000 BELL SLASH FARM NORTH OF DEMING NM – 256 acre w/121 acre irrigated, great water, nice improvements.

Priced @$1,100,000 SMITH DRAW, SEPAR, NM -– 7760 deeded, 11,275 State, 2560 BLM runs 300 head yearlong. Good strong country nice improvements. Priced @$3,100,000 CANELO SPRINGS RANCH – Canelo AZ 4972 acre total with 160 deeded, 85 head year round, live water, beautiful improvements and country. Priced @$3,500,000 THE FOURR RANCH DRAGOON AZ – 1280 deeded acres, 11610 AZ state, and 3689 NF Acres. Runs 300 head, Well-watered, lots of grass. Priced @$4,250,000 If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call ...

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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/- state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres.

Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope, mule deer and some elk. $2,710,000

RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres, 2 parcels, excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a true million dollar view at end of private road. $489,000.

House & 1 parcel $375,000

MIAMI HORSE HEAVEN, Colfax County, NM. Very private approx. 4,800 sq ft double walled adobe 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with many custom features, 77.50 +/- deeded acres with water rights and large 7 stall barn, insulated metal shop with own septic. Would suit indoor growing operation, large hay barn/equipment shed. $1,375,000.

COLFAX COUNTY, NM, 20 +/- deeded acres, 20 water shares, quality 2,715 sq ft adobe home with upgrades, barn, fruit trees, private setting, reduced to $365,000. Also house with 10 acres and 10 water shares offered at $310,000.

MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 Class A irrigation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, 100 hd feedlot. Depredation Elk Tags available.

Owner financing available to qualified buyer.

Significantly reduced to $550,000

MAXWELL SMALL HOLDING, home with horse improvements, fenced, water rights and 19+/deeded acres. Handy to I25 on quiet country road. $232,000.

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MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced $485,000 COLD BEER VIEW, Colfax County, NM 83.22 +/- deeded acre, 3,174 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 3 ½ bathrm, 2 car garage home situated on top of the hill with amazing 360 degree views.

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FRENCH TRACT 80, Irrigated farm with gated pipe, house, stone shop, many out buildings privacy. Reduced to $292,000 $282,000

740 Apache Mesa Road: Los Montoyas, NM – Total of 1680 acres of ranch land on Apache Mesa sw of Las Vegas, NM off Hwy 84. It has a 4 stall barn, attached living quarters, Stone bunk & bath house and a 10,000 sf equipment shed. Water by dirt tanks and spring fed playas. List price is $1,598,900 679 Hop Canyon Road – Magdalena, NM: This 5 acre Territorial style home is situated on a quiet & secluded 5 acres in the middle of the Cibola forest just minutes from beautiful downtown Magdalena. Territorial styled home has 3 bedrooms, detached garage, outstanding private well. Steeped in history too... Priced is $378,000 Pecos River - Hwy 3 – Premium Alfalfa Farm off Hwy 3 south of Ribera has adjudicated water rights, immaculate 3 bedroom adobe home, hay barn & sheds.

30+ acres has proven alfalfa production. Priced Reduced: $699,000 Call Catherine 505-3231-8648 26+ Acres in La Loma, NM: Irrigated parcel has 5 acre ft of ditch rights, perimeter fenced, Pecos River frontage. Two wells, a home site, pond, old stone house for storage and would make a great organic hemp farm. Price: $189,900

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95 Hwy 84, Los Montoyas: 157 acre parcel has fiber optic internet, telephone & power available. It’s a great building site with a mountain in your back yard. 100 mile views guaranteed. Price is $159,900 437 Apache Mesa Road: This 120 acre parcel has a working solar powered water well and is completely fenced, 2 stock tanks and Hermit Peak views. Asking $175,000 435 Apache Mesa Road: 80 acre parcel has a 13 gpm water well, fenced on two sides, has two dirt tanks and Sangre views. Price reduced to $115,000 200 Acres on Apache Mesa: Located off the grid, has flat mesa top meadow and tall pines, partially fenced. La Cueva Canyon views. Asking $165,000 & owner will carry.

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Stanley, NM: Two 40 acre tracts w/power & water @ $65,000 each, Two 80 acre Tracts w/power @ $89,900 each. Located on Calle Victoriano off the old Simmons Road. 640 acre tract also available in the basin & has subdivision lot potential.

Gascon/Rociado, NM: Hwy 105 access w/26 fenced deeded acres. 4 legal lots have overhead power, ponderosa pine & some pinon tree cover. Perimeter fenced w/lots of timber & ditch water too. Price reduced to $285,000 for all 4 lots! Make an offer...

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CATRON COUNTY: a diversified ranch offering “Lots of Water” for irrigation and sub-irrigation meadowlands, a private 15 acre lake stocked with fish supported by “free flowing springs.” These meadows also support a good “drought proof cattle operation” for 250 - 275 AU’s. Hunting for elk, mule deer, antelope and all kinds of water fowl. 18,760 Total Acres with 9579 deeded acres, 8004 acres state and 1180 acres BLM. There is no public road access to the ranch except for one 800 acres pasture and the balance is kept locked and hunting is controlled on about 17,900 acres. Two modest set of improvements. A unique opportunity to own a nice Ranch providing grazing and diversified recreational uses while having a strong investment in the State’s limited resource “WATER!” HARDING COUNTY: this small 10 section ranch is one of those hunting properties that’s surrounded by large grazing operations with private access to the Ranch and no public roads; thus providing an ideal, extremely scenic, rough natural terrain supporting perfect wildlife habitat which includes elk, mule deer, bear, mountain lion, turkey and waterfowl. Several wells and numerous large dirt reservoirs. No living facilities. A perfect, private getaway!

CHAVES & LINCOLN COUNTIES: about 16,043 total acres with only 480 acres BLM and over 15,560 acres of deeded land. Runs 300 AU’s yearlong on a wide variety of strong native grasses! Open country with some moderate hills and one major drainage known as “15 Mile Draw” which supports unusually strong wells and good quality water. Modest improvements.

Some mule deer and antelope. Easy to operate ranch. Easy to operate ranch.

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First time offering of the Sultemeier Ranch that has been owned and operated by the same family for seventy years. Located just 15 miles southeast of Corona, New Mexico in historic Lincoln County. The ranch is comprised of 11,889 Deeded Acres, 2,215 NM State Lease Acres and 1,640 Federal BLM Acres. The grazing capacity of the ranch is estimated to be approximately 300 animal units on a yearlong basis.

Livestock water is provided by five wells and a buried pipeline system. Headquarters improvements consist of a main residence, a secondary residence, feed barn, maintenance shop and overhead feed bins. Pasture design includes ten pastures and several smaller holding traps. There is a set of pipe shipping pens with scales and loading chute. The terrain is diversified, which varies from nearly level and gently sloping to steep rocky mesas with a good stand of cedar, juniper, piñon pine and some ponderosa pine. Good mule deer habitat.

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SAN ANTONIO, NM: Zanja Road, 4.66 acres farmland with the same total acres of Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District water rights, $75,000

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SwenSon Flat top Ranch Jones, Haskell & Stonewall Counties, Texas $49,200,000 | 41,000Âą Acres

Deeply rooted in history and under the same family ownership for 165 years, the historic Flat Top Division of the Swenson Ranch is now being offered for sale for the first time ever. Chas. S. Middleton and Son, LLC is honored to have been selected as the exclusive broker representing the owners in the sale of this outstanding ranch.

The Swenson Flat Top Ranch is well located approximately 40 miles north of Abilene near Stamford, Texas. The terrain throughout the eastern portion of the ranch is nearly level to gently rolling and sloping towards several noticeable drainages. A very prominent elevated mesa, known as Flat Top Mountain, is located on the west-half of the ranch. The east face of the mesa is rugged, steep and rocky, but much of the mesa top is fairly level and transitions to header draws and deeper canyon drainages, all descending to the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River, which runs for approximately 7 miles through the northwestern side of the ranch.

Approximately 6,300 acres are currently in cultivation, typically farmed in wheat for seasonal livestock grazing. The farmland has very productive soils and it is estimated that another 10,000 acres, or more, could be broken out and farmed, if desired.

Improvements on the property include a small grow yard, the main ranch headquarters, a ranch camp and approximately 17 sets of livestock working/shipping/branding pens. The ranch is fenced and cross-fenced and is well watered by windmills, electric submersible wells, an extensive waterline network, numerous dependable earthen ponds and live water in the river.

Current oil royalties are approximately $800,000 per year and the mineral conveyance is negotiable.

The ranch features excellent hunting opportunities with abundant whitetail deer, turkey, quail, dove, seasonal water fowl and others. This historic ranch is realistically priced at $1,200 per acre. The Swenson Flat Top Ranch represents a rare opportunity to own an actual slice of Texas History.

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Sp JohnSon Ranch

Chaves & Lincoln Counties, NM $8,900,000 | 32,560± Acres

Long-term family ownership ranch containing 24,845 deeded acres plus 7,716 acres of state and federal lease. This operating cattle ranch is located 40 miles southwest of Roswell and has a rolling terrain with rocky draws and canyons. Ranch headquarter improvements are adequate and the property is watered by numerous wells. Large mule deer and barbary sheep. Offered at $358 per deeded acre.

hoBo Ranch

San Miguel County, NM 8,161,560 | 16,834± Acres

15,114 deeded acres with 1,720 acres of New Mexico State Lease.

Located east of Las Vegas, in the scenic mesa highlands and deep picturesque canyons. Incredibly diverse and extremely challenging terrain. Exceptional hunting. Price Reduced to $540 per deeded acre.

RiveR Bend Ranch

San Miguel County, NM $7,950,000 | 232.2± Acres

232 acres in the high mountains near Santa Fe. Great improvements with approximately 1 mile of both sides of the Pecos River, which is likely the most outstanding clear water trout stream in New Mexico.

None better. $7,950,000.

cRoSS l Ranch

Union County, NM $18,500,000 | 34,412.89± Acres

28,009 deeded acres, plus 10 sections of NM State Lease. High mesas and fertile live water valleys. Substantial water rights. Good headquarter improvements. Turn-key, including all ranch equipment and cow herd. Great hunting. Price Reduced to $660 per deeded acre.

la Bonita Ranch

San Miguel County, NM $5,100,000 | 2,036± Acres

2,036 acres of extremely scenic foothills and mountain side slopes.

Outstanding hunting. Owner’s compound features some of the most beautiful and fitting improvements to be found in this mountain area of New Mexico. This ranch has it all. $5,100,000.

cRawFoRd l BaR Ranch

Sandoval County, NM $20,053,000 | 36,460± Acres

36,460 acres of high mountain mesas and wide valley bottoms. Well improved with lodge and other structural improvements. Excellent hunting. $550 per acre.

VIEW FROM THE BACKSIDE

by Barry Denton

Don’t Eat That Hamburger!

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ccording to the publication The New Republic, which is confusing in itself, since it is a far left organization. What interest could they possibly have in a republic?

Anyway, according to them we Americans raise 33 million head of cattle, 112 million pigs, and 8.5 billion chickens just to eat. I mean, what else are we supposed to do with them, pet them? Do you realize that the “animal rights movement” believes that less meat consumption will lead to a production decrease?

Just think livestock emissions will plummet, the drought in the West would end, waterways would flush out pollution, and you and I could be “saved”! Do we really want to be saved from eating hamburgers, I don’t?

This is just too stupid to make sense of, but really folks; there are people that believe this nonsense with all their heart.

These same people want to put an end to human domination over the other species.

Does that mean that we should go out to the pasture and ask one of our cows to

come for brunch tomorrow? What would from plastic comes from oil which began we serve? I guess leafy vegetables. Think of with dinosaurs etc. I cannot believe that we the conversations that you have missed all are even having this conversation. these years, just waiting to come out of all Most of us in the ranching and farming your bovine friends. industry take great care of our animals for One of the headlines on the People For yield and pride of ownership. The animals The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) live much better lives than they have in the website is: “ANIMALS ARE NOT OURS to past. The United States Farmer claims that in experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertain- 1960 one farmer could feed 26 people and ment, or abuse in any other way.” today one farmer feeds 155 people. We are Now, I hate to have to repeat that, but I making so much progress and animals are just want you to know, what’s out there. better off for it.

Here’s another quote from these extremists, We even show many of the animals that “We must abandon the incorrect boundary we maintain. This is a sharing of ideas, of “human,” which we use to justify the which improves the health and welfare of ongoing massacre of billions of beings.” the animal being shown. Yes, there are a Rest assured that the PETA people who few that abuse it, but very few. write this fantasy are sitting comfortably in However, it is radical groups like these an office with absolutely no threat from that would like to end the exhibition of all animal predators, because “humans” were animals. I cannot imagine going to the intelligent enough to eradicate the preda- county fair and not seeing animals. If these tors, instead of being extinct themselves. groups are ever successful and put an end Remember to smile next time a mos- to horse shows and rodeos, it would be a quito is biting your arm and by all means, travesty. Don’t think they can’t be successdon’t swat it. ful, you do not see circuses anymore do you?

The last quote from the PETA website They are so far removed from what actuthat I’ll bring to you is this: “We lose nothing ally takes place on a ranch, a farm, or at an in replacing a cheeseburger with a veggie exhibition that they only see the downside burger or a leather purse with a fabric one.” of it. Only the downside is ever portrayed Analyzing this statement would just be in their propaganda as they want you to too absurd. I figure if you want to eat a think the entire industry consists only of the veggie burger that is just great for you, but bad aspects. don’t ever try to convince me it’s as good One thing that the radical extremists do as a cheeseburger. If you applied their logic not understand is how much an animal likes to all things what constitutes their com- its job. We are horse trainers and in the plete lack of respect for plants? Doesn’t morning the horses go outside to eat in fabric come from plants? Even fabrics made acre paddocks, then they are brought in and trained on, then turned back out for the rest of the day.

You ought to see these horses on their day off, which is normally Sunday. When you walk out to see them they are hanging over the fence wanting to go to work. They can’t figure out why you are not training that day.

Horses are like humans in that they like a routine and the feeling of accomplishment. No different than an elephant doing a great performance in a circus. The animal knows it’s a star and craves it. Yes, all animals need time to themselves, but if you give it too them, they love to work as well.

Beware the extreme left animal rights groups. They are well funded, by people that do not know any better. In my estimation they extort money with propaganda and little fact. P.T. Barnum said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” He is so right!

Now, where’s the beef?

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eef a Big Part of 2019 Rotunda Dinner in a tradition that goes back nearly twenty-six years, representatives of the agricultural community gathered in the Roundhouse rotunda to prepare and serve a delicious meal of NM agricultural products to nearly 1,000-diners. The Rotunda Dinner, or as it is also known, “Ag. Feed,” marks the close of the legislative session. Staffers, legislators, and media representatives gather to enjoy the good food and camaraderie, as the New Mexico agricultural entities say “Thank you” the way they know best – with generous platefuls of beef, lamb, green chile, chips and salsa, beans, salad, and more.

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1. NM Secretary of Agriculture, Jeff Witte, speaks to guests about the importance of agriculture to the state.

2. Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham proclaims March 14, “New Mexico Agriculture Day” in the Capitol Rotunda.

3. NM Secretary of Agriculture, Jeff Witte, highlights NM Agriculture at the 2019 Ag Feed.

4. NMBC Marjorie Lantana and Dina Reitzel welcome the Governor!

5. Volunteers get ready for the onslaught of hungry folks at the `Ag Feed.’

6. Tom and Becky Spindle lend a hand (or four) serving Legislative attendees at rotunda dinner.

7. Representative Derrick Lente, Chairman of the House Ag Committee, encourages attendees to support agriculture.

8. Jeff Witte, NM Secretary of Agriculture, NM Representatives Jack Chatfield and Candy Ezell, celebrate Ag Day.

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NM Youth Ranch Management Camp Registration Deadline April 12

(Above) NMCGA President, Tom Sidwell and NMLB Director Loren Patterson enjoy a visit.

(Below) Becky Spindle, Casey Spradley, and Bruce Hinrichs, NMSU, are ready with food and smiles.

(Above) NM Cowbelles turn out in force to help at 2019 `Ag Feed.’ (L-R): Janet Witte, Cathy Pierce, Fita Witte, Nancy Phelps.

(Below) “Come and get it”!!!

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he summer break from school can be filled with a variety of activities for teenagers.

For 30 teenagers it will be an opportunity to learn the science behind ranching at the New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp conducted by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

Now is the time for youth ages 15-19 to apply for a life-changing experience at the June 9-14 camp where they will be introduced to the many aspects of running a ranch, from financial statements and marketing strategies to producing quality beef and managing natural resources and wildlife.

Online registration deadline is April 12. Visit nmyrm.nmsu.edu for more information and to register.

The camp is held at the CS Cattle Company’s 130,000-acre ranch at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range near Cimarron.

“This location allows our campers to see a real-life working ranch,” said camp co-director Sid Gordon, NMSU Extension agricultural agent in Otero County. “The CS, a cattle and hunting operation, has been family owned and operated since 1873.”

Collaboration between NMSU Extension specialists, county Extension agents and members of the ranching industry provides an opportunity for youth to learn about the many aspects of ranching.

“We are proud to offer this oneof-a-kind program for the future cattle producers of our state,” said Jon Boren, NMSU College of ACES associate dean and director of the Extension service.

“What we are finding, from the more than 200 youth who have participated in past ranch camps, is that they have gained a greater appreciation of the science and opportunities in agriculture,” Boren said. “It is also a win-win for our aging agricultural industry with more young people having an interest in going into this type of work.”

During the first four days, the youth compile information necessary to manage a ranch. The college-level hands-on curriculum includes all things beef, marketing and economics, natural resources and range land management.

At the end of each day, one camper receives the Top Hand award for their outstanding participation in that day’s activities.

Each evening the campers are using that day’s information to design their team’s own ranch management plan, which they present on Friday to a panel of judges from the beef industry in competition for the coveted team jacket.

“You don’t have to just be in ranching to attend this camp. It offers a wide variety of career avenues,” Gordon said. “I encourage any youth within the age group to apply.”

The camp is sponsored by NMSU’s College of ACES, New Mexico Beef Council, New Mexico Cattle Growers Association and New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, and several beef industry companies.

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NMBC DIRECTORS: John Heckendorn (Purebred Producer); Jim Hill (Feeder); Kenneth McKenzie (Producer); Susie Jones (Dairy Producer); Marjorie Lantana (Producer); Dan Bell (Producer)

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lobal conservation charity World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and partner of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has been accused of funding and working with anti-poaching guards who allegedly tortured and killed people in national parks in Asia and Africa.

It says it is commissioning an independent review into the allegations made as a result of the investigation by internet news site BuzzFeed.

The probe alleges its “war on poaching” is causing civilian casualties.

WWF has promised to complete the review as soon as possible.

Indigenous people and villagers have been shot, beaten unconscious, sexually assaulted, and whipped by armed guards in parks in places like Nepal and Cameroon, BuzzFeed alleges.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

funds, equips and works with these guards, ‘Swift action’ the report says, accusing some staff of WWF, who says it has hired an internaturning a blind eye to abuses. tional law firm to carry out the review, said It also links WWF staff to a deal to buy human rights were at the core of its mission. assault rifles in the Central African Republic “At the heart of WWF’s work are places in 2009, against its own policies. and the people who live in them. Respect It further alleges that WWF acted as a for human rights is at the core of our mission. kind of “global spymaster”, funding net“We take any allegation seriously and are works of informants to provide park officials commissioning an independent review to with intelligence, despite publicly denying look into the cases raised in the story. We it did so. have asked BuzzFeed to share all evidence BuzzFeed said it carried out a year-long it has obtained to support these claims, to investigation in six countries, based on help inform and strengthen this review. more than 100 interviews and thousands of “WWF’s work relies on deep community pages of documents, including confidential support, engagement and inclusion. We memos, internal budgets, and emails dis- have stringent policies designed to ensure cussing weapons purchases. both we and our partners are safeguarding the rights and well-being of indigenous people and local communities in the places we work.

“Any breach of these policies is unacceptable to us and, should the review uncover D V E RT I S E any, we are committed to taking swift action.”

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Call: 505/243-9515.

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