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TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of: n

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FEATURES 18

The Arizona Smuggling Corridors: A Profile of Government in Disarray

by David B. Ham & Stephen L. Wilmeth

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2010 New Mexico State Fair Livestock Schedule

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2010 New Mexico State Fair Queen

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Are You Tough Enough to Wear Pink?

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Spotlight Agriculture on Mondays & Tuesdays During 2010 State Fair

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Working Ranch Cowboys Present $50,000 to Clarendon Foundation College Ranch Program

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The Western Watersheds Project’s Assault on Family Ranchers

by Patrick Dorinson / Western Legacy Alliance

DEPARTMENTS 10

N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter

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News Update

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N.M. Livestock Board Update

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N.M. Old Times & Old Timers

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To the Point

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In Memoriam

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N.M. Beef Council Bullhorn

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N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

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Seedstock Guide

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Market Place

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Real Estate Guide

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N.M. Federal Lands Council News

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Advertisers Index

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by Bert Ancell

by Don Bullis

by Caren Cowan

by Mike Casabonne

ON THE COVER . . .

It’s State Fair Time In New Mexico!

The “Mutton-Bustin’” is just one of the many, many treats to be had September 10 through 26 at the fairgrounds in Albuquerque.

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“ That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . . .”

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ere’s hoping your 4th of July was filled with good food and fireworks. We had a great holiday with friends and family here at the Bells.

I pray that the monsoon season is in full bloom for all of us.

We had one of the largest mid summer meetings ever with attendance reaching one side or the other of 400. The meetings were interesting and filled with information that all of us need to keep an eye on. The different agencies, commissions, and boards are formulating policies that will probably cause concerns and more regulations for us in the agricultural community. We all need to keep a vigilant eye on all the meetings going on around the state. Be sure and check out the NMCGA website’s calendar of events for upcoming events that we need to be aware of. Many of the interim Legislative Committee meetings have been scheduled. Attendance at these meetings is crucial for our industry. We have to let the legislators know our story.

We also had a state candidate forum one evening at the meeting. I want to thank all the candidates who took time out of their schedule to attend. Just getting to see them and know what the person looks like, how they conduct themselves, and hearing their values left me with a better knowledge of the person. It will give me a better sense of their qualifications for the office they are running for when I go in the voting booth this fall.

One issue that has become imbedded in my mind is border security. We have all heard the horror stories from south of the border, but they are spreading like a virus to our side. Our country is bearing a tremendous burden by this invasion. Our local, county, state, and national coffers are being drained by the millions of illegal aliens from around the world that have used our own governmental system to better themselves at no cost to them at all. Welfare, Medicaid, and most all other government programs are bankrupt from their use. How else would our government have a count of how many were here if they weren’t already in the system. It seems these illegals have more rights than us tax paying legal inhabitants.

Another issue that can jump up and bite some of our members is the Wilderness Act and the Antiquities Act. Ranchers may lose their livelihood by some designation that puts part or all of their ranch into a national monument or Wilderness area. Somehow, somewhere, we, in the western states, must rise up and say enough is enough.

I have had fun researching quotes from our founding fathers and seeing how important they are today as they were way back then.

This one jumped out at me and I want to share: Finally, there seem to be but three Ways for a Nation to acquire Wealth. The first is by War as the Romans did in plundering their conquered Neighbours. This is Robbery. The second by Commerce which is generally Cheating. The third by Agriculture the only honest Way; wherein Man receives a real Increase of the Seed thrown into the Ground, in a kind of continual Miracle wrought by the Hand of God in his favour, as a Reward for his innocent Life, and virtuous Industry.

– Benjamin Franklin Kinda makes you proud of what you do for a living, doesn’t it?

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessings if we don’t give up.

— Galatians 6:9

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May God Bless us, Bert Ancell, President

NEW MEX I CO CATTL E GR OWER S’ ASSOCI ATI ON OFFI CER S Bert Ancell Bell Ranch President

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Rex Wilson Carrizozo President Elect

Jose Varela Lopez Santa Fe Northeast V.P.

Louis Montoya La Plata Northwest V.P.

Ty Bays Silver City Southwest V.P.

Pat Boone Elida Southeast V.P.

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Court Rejects Wild Earth Guardians’ Claims of harm to Aplomado Falcon n early July, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling by a lower court rejecting claims made by the Wild Earth Guardians that a program reintroducing endangered Aplomado Falcons in southern New Mexico was harming the species.

“This program, which involves private landowners, the Peregrine Fund and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been hugely successful,” said Bert Ancell, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association President, Bell Ranch. “The Wild Earth Guardians’ continuous challenges to this program — which is actually helping recover an endangered species — proves once again what their true interests are. It’s not about protecting endangered species, it’s about lawsuits, money and control.”

In 2006, Peregrine Fund, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlifle Service (FWS) began releasing captive-raised Aplomado Falcons in southern New Mexico, which had not had an established population of the birds in 50 years. The program in New Mexico was based on an equally successful, ongoing program in Texas. Releases were approved by the FWS under section 10J of the Endangered Species Act, designating the population as experimental, non-essential. This designation is slightly less restrictive for the landowners involved, but does not allow for animals to be taken, or killed, intentionally.

The Wild Earth Guardians immediately filed suit against the program, making claims including that the FWS had not studied the issue thoroughly, that the results of the environmental impact assessment that eventually authorized the reintroductions were pre-determined and that breeding populations of the species already existed in New Mexico and would be compromised by the new releases. A district court in New Mexico ruled against them, and that decision was appealed to the 10th Circuit Court, which issued this recent ruling. The Peregrine Fund intervened in the initial case and the NMCGA filed an amicus brief in the appeal outlining the cooperative role of the ranching industry and the 10J designation play in restoring this and other species.

“We are very pleased with the court’s ruling, and that the court saw through the claims made by the Wild Earth Guardians,” Ancell said. “The amount of money, our tax dollars, that the federal government has to spend defending itself against suits filed by these activist groups is mind-boggling.”

The NMCGA has represented the beef industry in New Mexico and the West since 1914 and has members in all 33 of the state’s counties as well as some 14 other states. The Association participates in venues necessary to protect beef producers and private property rights including litigation, state and federal n legislation and regulatory affairs.

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ILIA Brings Western States Together, Protects Brand Integrity ade up of livestock health and brand agencies from numerous western states, Canada and Mexico; the International Livestock Identification Association (ILIA) is focused on protecting and preserving the livestock industry.

ILIA members have been very involved in discussions with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding mandatory animal identification. After significant public comment, the USDA withdrew its original proposal, known as the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), and developed a new proposal which has not yet been made public. “We want to make sure that the U.S. Department of Agriculture respects the ability of brand states to use brands to identify livestock,” said ILIA President Sam Wilson, who is also an area supervisor for the New Mexico Livestock Board.

“All of the states that were members of USDA’s Brand States’ Working Group under NAIS, that fought to keep brands in place, are ILIA members,” he continued. “I feel that our efforts as ILIA and the Brand States Working Group helped push USDA

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to revise their animal identification proposal. No one really knows what the new proposal contains, but we will continue to work with them.”

The ILIA also works on other issues that impact the livestock industry, including animal health, theft and animal welfare. “I have found that the problems we have in New Mexico are generally the same problems that other states are facing,” Wilson said. “Animal welfare is a hot topic across the nation, and we try to educate the public about acceptable means and practices within the industry.”

Additional benefits of ILIA membership

are the contacts made and relationships developed between brand and animal health agencies in different states. Each state is set up differently. In some, like New Mexico, brand inspection and animal health agencies are housed together, and in others, the two are completely different.

“Our participation in ILIA gives us in the west a leg up — we already know the people, agencies and systems that exist in other states, and know who we need to talk to when an issue arises,” he said.

This year’s meeting, held in July in Alberta, Canada, was unique because it included representatives from both Canada and Mexico for the first time. “The livestock industry is very important to all three countries, and all three work together closely to maintain the ebb and flow of the livestock business,” Wilson said. “We in New Mexico see a lot of Mexican cattle, but northern states see just as many Canadian cattle.”

The NMLB’s participation in ILIA is good for both the agency and the livestock industry. “We come home from meetings with ideas to improve the way we do our jobs, which benefits our service to the industry so we can continue to work to protect our industry and way of life,” he concluded. n

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by DENNY BANISTER, Missouri Farm Bureau Federation hen I heard one of our Farm Bureau members created a video for YouTube showing their hog operation, I hurried online to watch it. In spite of the ‘secretly taped videos of livestock abuse’ we see on television, I know the vast majority of farmers do not abuse their animals and I was anxious to see a positive story on livestock production.

So I went to YouTube and entered the title of the video, “Truth about Modern Pork Production,” and bingo — there it was ready to be clicked on to watch, but when I clicked on it instead of opening the video it made me verify I was 18 years old or older

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I thought it strange the video could contain anything objectionable for young viewers, so I verified I was over 18 (in spades) and started the video. Just as I thought, there was no reason the video could not be viewed by all ages – it would receive a G rating in movie theaters, so why the age verification?

There were links to other videos alongside the selection I viewed, and several of them were not only detrimental to farmers, but showed unspeakable violence and cruelty — and guess what? When I clicked on them, they opened without making me

verify I was 18 or older. I could watch all the animal abuse and brutality I wanted without any age requirement.

Reading the comments section on the farmer’s YouTube page, she responded to the strange requirement of age verification for viewing her video. She said she contacted YouTube to see why her video was flagged as offensive, but was only told that “. . . members of the YouTube community deemed my video as having inappropriate content.”

Hmmm, a positive, truthful story depicting how animals are treated in a modern hog operation is considered inappropriate, but videos showing cruel mistreatment of animals are considered appropriate. Something’s rotten in Denmark — and it’s not much better on n YouTube.

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The Arizona Smuggling Corridors

by DAVID B. HAM and STEPHEN L. WILMETH erhaps the greatest threat to the security of the United States today is the 2,045 miles of Mexican border. It is there that the drug war in Mexico can be heard at night. It is there that the politics of environmental radicalism has breached the independent thinking of conservation minded leaders. It is there that the very existence of the American experiment may face its toughest challenge.

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The United States Border Patrol was established by Congress in 1924 in response to the demand by Border States to halt illegal immigration. The first offices were established in Detroit and El Paso. Subsequent offices were established on the basis of what is now called “corridor development”.

From the inception until the Bracero Program in the ‘50s, the Border Patrol did its work without a great deal of fanfare. If there was conflict it was largely with landowners who employed illegals. Thousands of miles of fence and other infrastructure were built by Mexican labor at that time. That conflict ultimately prompted the idea of the Bracero Program, whereby Mexican workers were allowed conditional entry into the United States in exchange for legal employment.

The plan required the Border Patrol to enforce the conditions of the program as well as to oversee the return of the same workers following their temporary visits.

The demand for labor across a wider segment of American business accelerated in the ‘60s. As a result, the country experienced a dramatic expansion in illegal immigration. Interaction with the Border Patrol and a broader profile of American business spectrum took place.

By the ‘70s, the number and the profile of illegal aliens were changing. The border was becoming a more intense and the motives of illegals were changing. Drugs, and the war on drugs, were starting to shape a new and dangerous challenge.

By 1986, the Border Patrol had to start shifting its focus from the border to areas more inland. This change in the mission of the Border Patrol was largely the result of Congressional action. The Immigration Control and Reform Act (IRCA) was passed. It mandated that an amnesty program be implemented, and it authorized the prosecution of American employers who hired illegals. Congress was putting the burden of proof on American business to determine the legal status of aliens. The

Congressional mandate to secure the border was being passed to American businesses.

By the early ‘90s, Americans living in urban border centers were in near revolt as the hordes of illegal immigrants swarmed across the largely open borders and quickly disappeared into the mass of humanity on the American side. Something had to be done, and the Border Patrol figured out a plan that worked.

Starting in El Paso, the idea of going back to the actual border, making eye contact with illegals, and pinching off the flows was started. The operation was instituted and the horde of illegal border crossings was stopped. The numbers went down in El Paso, and the Border Patrol was able to reduce the numbers crossing in the Sector as a whole.

The next operation was instituted in the urban centers of southern California. This operation made use of what was learned in El Paso but it also incorporated higher tech ideas. It brought to the border increased agent numbers, border fencing, stadium lighting, and ideas in high tech monitoring. This more sophisticated approach also worked. Numbers of illegals entering San Diego went down and the San Diego Sector numbers were down as well. The idea of putting pressure on the border at the point of corridor entry was working. It only needed to be expanded.

Following the success at El Paso and the urban centers of southern California, the Border Patrol was intent on expanding the idea into southern Arizona. Nogales and the greater Tucson Sector was the target. That operation brought the factors learned at El Paso and San Diego to the Arizona border at Nogales. The operation failed.

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desert outside of the Nogales entry became a major entry into the United States.

Unlike the urban centers of southern California and El Paso, the Arizona lands outside of the preferred entry points were not fully patrolled and controlled by the Border Patrol. Much of the Arizona border allowed the Border Patrol only conditional and limited access.

A Closer Look at the Corridor Concept

The Border Patrol first started using the corridor concept as a method of controlling illegal immigration in the late ‘80s. The purpose was to control the heavy influx of illegal aliens from Central America entering illegally through the McAllen Sector. There were a lot of factors that led to the heavy influx including natural disasters, protected status for certain aliens from El Salvador, and a policy of releasing the other than Mexicans (OTMs) from detention facilities because of absence of funding to detain them. Regardless of the reason, the McAllen Sector of the Border Patrol was inundated by OTMs from Central America.

To combat this problem, David Aguilar created the McAllen Corridor and soon resources and manpower began to flow into the Sector. Agents were pulled from other Border Patrol Sectors to implement the staffing in the Sector on a temporary basis.

Eventually, the OTM invasion slowed and resources were returned to their respective Border Patrol Sectors, but the corridor concept was established. To determine what might qualify for the creation of a corridor, Border Patrol Stations were required to report a whole new set of metrics that were created to measure what was going on in their respective station areas.

Line watch stations, stations whose area of responsibility were adjacent to the Mexican border, were instructed to divide their areas of responsibility into zones and report the activity that occurred in a respective zone.

In 1991, El Paso, Texas was approaching chaos. Crime had increased dramatically, auto theft was rampant, beggars and windshield cleaners were at almost every intersection in the city. To combat this problem, El Paso Sector Border Patrol Chief Sylvestre Reyes and his staff created Operation “Hold the Line”. The idea was simple. Instead of chasing illegal aliens after they entered the United States, the 18

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Agents would prevent them from entering illegally by deploying right on the border.

Interestingly, this plan wasn’t approved by the regional hierarchy because El Paso was not an approved corridor.

Although it was a struggle, the plan worked. Gradually the illegal aliens began to realize that things had changed and the days of being able to cross whenever and wherever they wanted in El Paso had changed. Reyes’s idea had been to close the urban border and force the aliens out into the desert where it would be easier to apprehend them. The success of “Hold the Line” soon led the San Diego Sector to adopt a similar strategy with the implementation of Operation “Gatekeeper”. At that time, the San Diego Sector had been the consistent leader nationwide in appre-

The farming area west of Columbus, N.M. was soon overrun by illegal aliens entering on foot and in vehicles headed north. hensions (McAllen and El Paso battled for second). The Tucson Sector was still considered a Sector where nothing much happened. Its harsh, isolated border expanses were not yet seen as a pathway into the United States.

As anticipated, the illegals began to move out of the El Paso / Juarez metro area and seek easier ways to cross into the United States. Apprehensions in the Deming, New Mexico station area 100 miles to the west began to skyrocket. In the far western reaches of the Sector area at Lordsburg, New Mexico large increases in apprehensions occurred as well. The Deming corridor was created and by the late ‘90s other stations in the El Paso Sector were being asked to detail agents and equipment to Deming to try and stem the flow. Deming tried to emulate the El Paso strategy of forward deployment of its agents, but the aliens would continually outflank them. The farming area west of Columbus, N.M. was soon overrun by illegal aliens entering on foot and in vehicles headed north. The chaos that had been happening in El Paso was now pushed into

the Deming corridor.

The chaos would soon hit the Tucson Sector as well. Douglas and Nogales, Arizona soon experienced the effects of increased illegal entry. By then, David Aguilar was in Tucson as the Sector Chief and he had brought many of his staff officers from the Southern Region to help gain control in that Sector.

In 2004, a new theory of border control began to evolve and it became the Border Patrol mantra for achieving control of the border. The right mixture of personnel, technology, mobility, and infrastructure control of the border could be achieved.

This strategy was developed in conjunction with the pending implementation of the Secure Border Initiative (SBInet).

Using this strategy Deming began to gain control of its area of responsibility. With increased numbers of agents, camera surveillance technology, improved infrastructure, and the authority to go anywhere without constraint, the Border Patrol was able to develop a plan that was effective in the farming area west of Columbus. Apprehensions dropped and a more orderly operational control of the area was returned.

By 2009, apprehensions were down all across the nation largely because of the economy. The El Paso Sector, once among the top two most active Sectors in the nation, had experienced a whopping 51 percent decrease in apprehensions. That was the largest decrease in the nation.

Meanwhile, Tucson’s share of illegal apprehensions soared as a percent of the whole.

That year, nearly half (241,673) of the 540,865 apprehensions caught nationwide occurred in the Tucson Sector.

While alien apprehensions were down nation wide, narcotic seizures increased by 57 percent. As with human smuggling numbers, the Tucson Sector led the way with 1,204,702 pounds of narcotics seized.

That was a nearly 48 percent of all marijuana interdiction along all United States borders.

Another measurement suggests the extent of the problem. The Tucson Sector represents about 13 percent of the entire Mexican border, but, in 2009, the rate of human apprehensions occurred at about 920 per mile of border for the year. The southern border as a whole experienced a rate of 167 per mile of border, but the El Paso Sector had an apprehension rate of just fewer than 6 percent of the Tucson continued on page 19

result, or just 54 per mile. Those results would suggest that El Paso still has pressure, but Tucson is out of control.

The Tucson Sector has received more manpower and technology in the past ten years than any Sector, yet it has not achieved control of its border. The question must be asked, “Why”? The answer is access to the border. Prohibitions against accessing border wilderness areas, wildlife management areas, wilderness study areas, a large Indian reservation on the border and Department of Agriculture forest lands have dramatically hampered the Border Patrol’s ability to patrol and control that segment of the border. At the same time, illegal aliens and drug smugglers aren’t constrained by the prohibitions and are accessing and abusing those areas.

Corridor profile

The most violent and explosive growth of the Arizona human and drug smuggling corridors is a fact of life in the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector. It is ground zero where the unexpected circumstances of Operation “Safeguard” and the displacement of illegals from “Hold the Line” and “Gate Keeper” took root and flourished.

What is unique about the Tucson Sector that has created such danger even with the presence of increased manpower and technology?

Starting at the New Mexico/Arizona line and running west, that stretch of border is dominated by federal land holdings.

The corridor entry points discovered by illegals following Operation “Safeguard” were expanded from the east into designated Wilderness dominated lands of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Coronado National Forest, and other Departments of Interior and Agriculture managed lands. These lands all have some common characteristics. Those similarities are: 1. The corridors have wilderness/de facto wilderness safe havens.

2. They have east/west highway access north and south of the corridors.

3. They have rugged and complex north/south mountain and drainage orientation which provides channels of movement.

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5. The concentration of American private property rights at risk is limited as is the presence of resident American habitation.

6. All corridors have high, strategically located points of observation.

The First Step toward Solution

The lessons from history indicate that success of controlling the border will come only by taking the fight back to the border itself. Success cannot be achieved by dropping back and focusing on peripheral issues. Silvestre Reyes’ simplistic order to his officers in the Operation Hold the Line to “go to the border and make eye contact with illegals” is more valid today than it has ever been. The problem is the Border Patrol cannot do that in Arizona. They are constrained in the wilderness and de facto wilderness areas as discussed, but the federal government has also created a loop hole whereby they can be blocked from entry to other federal lands.

By statutory authority, the Border Patrol has the right to enter into any private property for any reason and without announcement within 25 miles of the Mexican border. That authority was granted years ago in order to defend the sovereignty of our nation. Nothing was deemed more important than the need to protect American citizenry.

The Border Patrol, however, has no similar access authority to federal land holdings. An individual American cannot lock his or her gate and keep the Border Patrol off private property, but the United States can do the same thing and preclude the Bor-

der Patrol from entering. At the time the private entry authorization was done, nobody dreamed that a federal agent would ever be restricted from accessing federal lands. The federal land management agencies and the converging Wilderness and Rewilding agenda of the environmental movement have changed that situation. That agenda is trumping national security, they have done much to confound Border Patrol activity, and they have created havoc on the Arizona border.

Implications of that double standard played into the March, 2010, murder of rancher Rob Krentz. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Regional Manager, Benjamin Tuggle, wrote three letters to the Border Patrol in 2009 detailing how, henceforth, they would have only conditional access to the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge directly on the border east from Douglas, Arizona. The stipulations were that the Border Patrol would only be allowed onto the refuge in the event of life or death (human) conditions. Normal, mechanical access for patrolling and illegal interdiction would be denied and if the Border Patrol did not abide by the demand all access would be removed and future access would take place only on the basis of a special use permit.

Money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was used to rebuild fences and barriers around the refuge on the condition of National Security enhancement. The majority of the money was spent on fencing that blocks Border Patrol mechanical access. The actual portion of the work that blocks illegal alien entry was the lesser amount of the total project. The Krentz murderer used the sanctuary of the refuge both for accessing the United States as well as for his escape back into Mexico. Based on the conditions set forth by Tuggle and his staff, the Border Patrol could not have interdicted the murderer with mechanical means even if they had known the exact location of the murderer.

The blind insistence that more and more lands be protected for the purposes of creating an environment largely “untrammeled by man” has made it dangerous for traditional and legal activities in those lands. The void that is being created is being filled by drug and human smugglers. The Border Patrol cannot fully accomplish its mission, few Americans now want to visit those areas, and far too few productive endeavors that maintain a presence of Americans with property rights at risk are allowed and cultured by the federal agencies managing those lands. In the place of a protective and historical American presence, the proliferation of corridor expansion and the escalation of the war to control that growth have exploded.

At a minimum, the Border Patrol must have the same rights and authority to enter federal lands within 25 miles of the border as they do on private land holdings. That organization cannot be encumbered and denied access in order to attempt to carry out its mission while at the same time drug and human smugglers make full use of the lands where that access is conditional or denied. The universal message to Congress should be, “Start defending this country by installing the full rights and authority of the Border Patrol by allowing full and unencumbered access to any and all lands, at any and all times, without any time or conditional constraints to the 25 mile buffer along the entire Mexican border from Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean”. The Border Patrol has demonstrated in the El Paso Sector that, if it has such authority, it can control the border and the human and drug smuggling corridors. Without it, it is a defensive war that America is losing.

David B. Ham served the United States 31 years as a Border Patrol Officer.

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While he was not a career military man, like Sibley, he was certainly well grounded in military operations. Forty-eight years old at Valverde, his experience extended back to 1835 when he left his native Tennessee to join the Texas volunteers fighting for independence from Mexico and the Mexican army under the command of General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Before it was over the following year, he held the rank of major, at 22 years of age.

He left Texas briefly to complete his study of law in Tennessee, but returned in 1837.

Green served in the Republic of Texas House of Representatives and Senate, and as clerk of the Supreme Court. All the while, he served as a volunteer in military actions against Comanche Indians and in the defense of Texas in general. During the Mexican War, he recruited a force of Texas Rangers that became a part of the First Texas Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. He saw action with that group during the capture of Monterrey in the fall of 1846.

When the Civil War began — “after secession,” according to a Texas historian — Green was elected colonel of the Fifth Texas Volunteer Cavalry, and placed under the command of General Sibley. “After a difficult retreat into Texas,”². Colonel Green’s efforts on behalf of the Confederacy were stellar. While General Sibley fell into a slough of obscurity and subordinate positions — he was actually court-martialed a couple of times, but acquitted — Colonel Green retained command of his troops. They participated in the recapture of Galveston in early 1863. In the spring of the same year, he commanded the Confederate First Cavalry Brigade and participated in the war in Louisiana. By then, what had been called the Sibley Brigade became the Green Brigade.

Green was promoted to brigadier general in May 1863 and was responsible for a string of successes against Union forces near the Mississippi and Red Rivers in which his men reportedly inflicted about 3,000 causalities while sustaining only 600.

During the Red River Campaign in the spring of 1864, an important effort by Confederates to stop the Union Army from occupying Louisiana and having access to Texas itself, he was successful at the Battles of Pleasant Hill and Mansfield. According to one source, the Battle of Mansfield was a humiliating defeat for the Union forces of about 12,000 men. They lost 700 men killed or wounded, and more than twice that number taken prisoner. The boys in

blue also lost 20 artillery pieces, 200 wagons, and nearly 1,000 horses and mules.

General Tom Green was killed on April 12, 1864 while leading an attack on Union gunboats on the Red River near Blair’s Landing, Louisiana. His body was returned to Austin, Texas for burial. In 1874, the legislature saw fit to name Tom Green County in his memory.

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Wednesday, September 22 TBA . . . . . . . . Milking Demonstrations, Southwest Dairy Farmers 9:00 a.m. . . . . Texas Longhorn Show – Dairy Barn 9:30 a.m. . . . . Sheep to Shawl – Demonstrations Daily 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 23 TBA . . . . . . . . Milking Demonstrations, Southwest Dairy Farmers 9:00 a.m. . . . . Texas Longhorn Show – Dairy Barn 9:00 a.m. . . . . Dairy Cattle Show – Holstein, Brown Swiss and Guernsey – Dairy Barn 9:30 a.m. . . . . Sheep to Shawl – Demonstrations Daily 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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Saturday, September 25 TBA . . . . . . . . Milking Demonstrations, Southwest Dairy Farmers 9:00 a.m. . . . . Boer Goat Show – Swine Barn 9:00 a.m. . . . . Santa Gertrudis Show – Beef Barn 9:00 a.m. . . . . Open Poultry Show – Rabbit/Poultry Building 9:00 a.m. . . . . Alpaca Show – Dairy Barn 9:30 a.m. . . . . Sheep to Shawl – Demonstrations Daily 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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But Terry had recently undergone breast cancer surgery and, although things looked positive, it was on her mind.

She had lost her grandmother to breast cancer, her mother had a double mastectomy before the age of 40 and her daughter Katie had undergone two surgical biopsies before the age of 20. What’s more, Karl Stressman, Director of Special Events for Wrangler at the time and her close business associate, was dealing with its devastating impact, as his wife Val had struggled with the disease.

“It seemed as if everyone I knew was affected” recalls Terry. “I felt a very strong need to somehow take action.”

Terry realized from her own situation that early diagnosis and treatment was key to a successful outcome. She toyed with some ideas to rally the rodeo and western community to get that message across.

And then the big one hit. What if, on one night of rodeo’s greatest spectacle, the competitors could be convinced to wear pink shirts? Not a color normally associated with rugged events such as bull riding and steer wrestling, but that was the point.

That was how to make a statement. Broadcast on national television, no less. All she had to do was make it happen. In three weeks.

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weren’t scheduled to be delivered until the new year. With a few strategically placed phone calls, Karl arranged a special rush production of 200 shirts to be air-freighted directly to Las Vegas just in time for the rodeo.

Terry needed to get the challenge out to the cowboys — and fast. The Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association (PRCA) jumped in to help, disseminating information about the pink shirt campaign to the finalists. Son Wade did his part, too, spreading the word to his fellow cowboys and cowgirls.

“I gladly accepted the challenge in support of my mom, but I sure couldn’t predict what the others would do. After all, it was a pink shirt” explained Wade.

And he might very well have been the only cowboy wearing one that night. Wade wasn’t sure — nobody was — if the world’s toughest cowboys would rally to the cause.

Would they be Tough Enough to Wear Pink?

That question was answered once and for all as the competitors and spectators turned the Thomas & Mack Arena into a sea of pink that night. To the thrill of Terry, Karl and everybody who helped make it happen, one after another pink-shirted cowboys and cowgirls galloped into the arena sporting the color of breast cancer awareness. The campaign received plenty of media attention, spreading the word even further.

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By 2008, hundreds of western and extreme sports events across America and Canada have supported some form of Tough Enough to Wear Pink and other breast cancer fundraising and awareness promotions. Wrangler is now the campaign’s title sponsor. Additional partner support comes from Purple Cowboy Wines, Montana Silversmiths, Cowgirl Sisterhood, the PRCA, Las Vegas Events, Resistol Hats, Simba Guitars and others in the western industry.

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Spotlight Agriculture On Mondays & Tuesdays

During 2010 State Fair griculture can take the lemons of the State Fair budget crisis and make lemonade by holding the 2010 State Fair spotlight on the Fairgrounds on Mondays and Tuesdays during the Fair’s run from September 10 to 26 in Albuquerque. Due to budget constraints, the carnival and all the exhibit buildings except for those associated with livestock will be dark on September 13, 14, 20, and 21.

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All of the livestock shows, including the horse shows will run as usual, there will also be live and simulcast horse racing and the casino will be open throughout the duration Fair. To enter the Fairgrounds for the livestock and horse shows, exhibitors with passes will enter via Gate 6 off of San Pedro. There will be no entry through Gate 6 without a gate and parking pass.

Folks wishing to attend the livestock and horse shows on Mondays and Tuesdays must enter the Fairgrounds via Gate 8 off of Louisiana south of Lomas and pay a $7 parking fee. In essence Mondays and Tuesdays are free admission days at the Fair if

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your interest is agriculture — which is how and why fairs started and the core of any fair.

During the rest of the Fair admission fees are $7 for adults, $5 for children ages three to twelve and senior citizens age 62 and over. Children under the age of three are free. All-day Ride Passes for the carnival are available for just $15 each for Wednesdays and Thursdays. They are $20 each Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

There will be a wide array of food venues on the north end of the Fairgrounds open for livestock exhibitors and viewers on Mondays and Tuesdays includ-

ing a new vendor or two.

A highlight of the Fair for agriculture is always the Parade of Champions from the junior livestock shows as well as the Calf Scramble, which will be held on Thursday, September 16 during the Rodeo. The Calf Scramble is a real crowd pleaser and provides the opportunity for youngsters to own and raise a heifer, sometimes building the foundation of their own cow herd.

Sponsors are always needed and are just $750. For more information on sponsorship, please contact the NMCGA at 505/247-0584 or email nmcga@nmagriculture.org .

Another rodeo highlight will be Thursday, September 23, when all the cowboys and crew are “Tough Enough To Wear Pink” in support of breast cancer awareness.

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artists who will perform after each rodeo.

For tickets visit www.ticketmaster.com, the State Fair Box Office or any Smith’s Food & Drug location. Tickets are priced at $15 for bench seats, $24 for chair-back seats and $34 for box seats. Admission to the Fair is included with rodeo ticket purchases if tickets are purchased by or before August 31, 2010.

Junior livestock entries closed in mid July. Open livestock entries close on August 6. Horse show entries for Hunter/Jumper, Paint, Pinto, Appaloosa, Buckskin and All-Breed Horses close on August 12. Entries for 4-H, Quarter Horse, Miniature, Carriage Driving, Draft, Draft Pull, Mule, Donkey, Arabian, HalfArabian, Saddlebred, Morgan, and Hackney Pony horse shows are due on August 19. Late entries for all of these shows will be accepted until August 26 with a late fee.

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Thursday, September 23 Military & Veterans Day Friday, September 24 Fire Fighters Day Smokey Bear Day Saturday, September 25 Mopar Muscle Car Show Hot Rods & Custom Cars Show Sunday, September 26 Corvair Cars Show Classic Chevy’s Car Show

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The working Ranch Cowboys Foundation is the benevolent arm of the Working Ranch Cowboys Association, which is headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, and produces the World Championship Ranch Rodeo each November in Amarillo. The Foundation has as its goal to provide assistance to ranch cowboys and their families in times of need. This has been carried out through the Foundation’s crisis fund, which, to date, has distributed more than $275,000 to ranch families in need, and through the scholarship fund,

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“The association was started years ago with the intent of furthering our western heritage and helping the working cowboy on the ranch,” said Dan Daube, president of the Foundation. “Then we started the Foundation, and it has the duty of dispersing the funds that the WRCA generates.

Through our scholarships, we’ve had lots of kids graduate and go back to the ranch with a college education, and through our crisis fund we’ve been able to help some families through some really bad times. Now, we’re able to make a bigger impact with this grant to the Ranch & Feedlot Operations program. They are educating kids to work on a ranch, and by making a grant to that program we are able to help a lot of people.”

The Ranch & Feedlot Operations program is a work force educational program that is structured to help young people get an introduction into the ranching and feedlot industries.

“Clarendon College was seeing a lot of rural kids who weren’t going to college but needed some sort of education to help them get started with their lives and their careers,” said Jason Green, an instructor with the program, “we start out with basic animal health, basic nutrition, basic feeds and feeding, marketing, anything that you would probably learn while working for an operation for a year or two.

“Probably 80 percent of the students coming into this program have what you would call a cowboy background,” Green said. “They grew up on a ranch, and they know that working on a ranch is what they’re going to do the rest of their lives.

Some of them already have jobs. Sometimes the ranchers pay their tuitions so they will come here and learn something and then go back to the ranch and go to work.

To complete the Ranch & Feedlot Operation program takes two semesters. However, Clarendon College also offers an RFO Associate Degree, where the student takes math, English, and science courses in addition to the agriculture courses taken in the RFO program. The student graduates with an associate degree after two

years of course work, and this provides a good basic program for a student who wants to transfer to a major university and obtain a bachelors degree.

Green said that each student pays, in addition to his tuition, a professional services fee that goes toward artificial insemination schools, training clinics and things like that. He says that they always run short of funds for those services before the end of the year, and they plan to use part of the WRCF grant to supplement that.

“There are also lots of travel expenses,” Green said. “We have two vans that hold 14 passengers each, and this year we went 6,500 miles. So we can use some help on those expenses, and we’re also going to use some of the money to help boost our scholarship fund. We give 13 scholarships a year, and we need some help in that area right now, too.”

Daube says that the grant is actually a

matching grant. In order for the program to receive all of it, the school must raise another $50,000.

“I know they plan on matching that grant,” he said, “and that will give the program $100,000 to work with.

“The number one thing we want this money to do,” Daube said, “is directly impact those students and get them as good of an education as possible, and we want to make sure the program continues and grows. And, of course, we want people to understand what the Working Ranch Cowboys Foundation is doing, so they will n continue to support it.”

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or the past I cannot remember how long, we have heard nothing about government other than it needs to be “open and transparent.” We must be ethical and operate as a “democracy.” Perhaps we should all review our high school government classes . . . but that is another story.

Last month I spent a lot of time pounding on the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the number of regulations they are trying to cram down our throats in the short time left in this state Administration. But it gets better.

Not only do they want to create all these regulations, paying no attention to public comment, they — and their compadres — want to do without public scrutiny.

The procedures for these rule-making processes provide a few ways to participate.

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one to listen to you, you must provide notice as a technical witness, then provide written technical testimony, then be crossed examined and so on. If you just want to feel better, you can waste your time to go and speak during a “public” portion during the hearing. At which time, board or commission members will look like they are paying attention, may even nod in agreement, then totally ignore you and your thoughts when it comes time to deliberate on the regulations.

There is one other process that provides at least an opportunity to try and keep track of what is going on. You can file a “notice of appearance” on the rule-making and, in theory, then will receive all of the notices and testimony involved in the process. At the very least, by filing a notice of appearance, you can let our government know that their public is concerned about

its actions. That would be what one could expect in an “open and transparent” government, right?

Guess again. Because we have been unable to get any meaningful action out of NMED — and neither has the New Mexico Legislature — we decided to introduce the “notice of appearance” to the more than the 400 people from at least five states who attended the summer meeting in Ruidoso.

The groups participating in that event were the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), the New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. (NMWGI) and the New Mexico CowBelles (CB). If you were a member of any of these groups or wanted to know more about the livestock industry in New Mexico and the West, you had the option of participating. Just because you continued on page 35

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were there didn’t mean you were a member of NMCGA or any other group.

About a quarter of those who came to the meeting decided they wanted to know more about the three (3) rule-making processes that are coming up in the next couple of months. Those processes include the New Energy Economy (NEE) cap and trade petition before the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) and scheduled for hearing in mid August; the NMED cap and trade petition scheduled for mid September; and the Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRW) petition scheduled for hearing before the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC), also scheduled for hearing in mid September.

Convention attendees filled out and submitted notices of appearance on one or more of the processes, filed them to the hearing officer and copies were provided to the other parties who had already noticed themselves for each of the rule-makings.

All per the requirements of such a document. Sounds simple, right?

Not so much. I will admit that responding to the interested public would take a lot of paper, postage and staff time, but it is

OUR tax dollars that are paying these folks.

At press time the story is still unfolding.

And it has been a bit different for each of the processes.

On the NEE cap and trade petition, they simply ignored all of us and apparently many others who filed notices in the same time frame. The whole NEE petition process was put on hold when energy companies filed suit against the EIB for considering the issue early in the year. A Lea County judge issued a preliminary injunction that stayed the process until further notice in April. The NMED and others took the case to the New Mexico Supreme Court in early June. The Court vacated the injunction and dismissed the suit, so NMED and NEE started running full tilt to get a hearing scheduled. The EIB met in mid June and set the hearings for mid August.

Although the whole process had been on hold for months, the NMED has determined that if you didn’t file your notice of appearance by February 16, 2010, you are not in the game. This was done not by letting you and me know we were not going to be allowed in the process. It was done by sending out a notice to those who had filed notices by February 16.

All of this is pretty confusing because

on March 3, 2010 we inquired as to the filing of a notice of appearance on the NEE petition. Here is the email exchange. Some of the names have been omitted to protect ...

From: NMENV Sent: Wed., March 03, 2010 10:32 a.m.

To: Michelle Subject: RE: NEE Petition Question Michelle, Do you want to file and entry of appearance or are you interested in filing a Notice of Intent to Present Technical Testimony and appearing at the June-July hearings? You can file an entry at any time which ultimately means you will receive email copies of all pleadings filed in the case. An NOI is much more complicated in that it is necessary to list your expert witnesses along with their testimony as well as their credentials. Please note that is a very brief description of the NOI process. You might want to involve your atty. in that filing. j…

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The WEG also made the assumption that if you have the same last name, you must reside within the same household.

We are assisting those folks interested in filing a motion to object to their consolidation.

At press time it appears that those who filed notices on the NMED cap and trade petition . . . but there is time for that to change.

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Sent: Wed., March 03, 2010 10:18 a.m.

To: NMENV Subject: NEE Petition Question Ms. Medina, When is the deadline to file a Notice to Appear in the NEE Petition?

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The Committee is still out on whether or not this merits any legal action. The story is almost as good on the ONRW petition.

According to the WildEarth Guardians (WEG), because you may be an NMCGA member, you are no longer a member of the public and do not merit a place in the process. The WEG have filed a motion with the hearing officer in the ONRW process claiming that the NMCGA is already a noticed party in the case (which is true) and anyone who filed a notice of appearance since the first part of July should be consolidated into a single party or into the NMCGA. Those who have filed notices are accused of using “a cookie cutter process” to file. How many ways can you say “Please allow me to be a party?”

or the past several years NMCGA and NMWGI have joined forces with the Association of Commerce & Industry (ACI) as well as other organizations and industries to ask the New Mexico Legislature to undertake regulatory reform. While there is a New Mexico Administrative Procedures Act (APA), state agencies may exempt themselves from it and most do.

There have been several bills introduced but none have made it to the fourth floor for signature.

In a refreshing turn of events, Lt. Governor Diane Denish has convened a Regulatory Reform Task Force to review what is really happening with regulations in this state. Agriculture and/or NMCGA didn’t get a seat on the task force but we were

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NMCGA/NMWGI staffers Michelle Frost and Biz Ladner created and presented a powerful (no pun intended) power point presentation and spent a great deal of time answering questions about the difficulties of participation in any rule-making process. It is nearly impossible for our staff to keep up. It is totally impossible for an individual trying to run a ranch, care for a family and make a living to be involved.

The interest in the presentation was gratifying right up until the point where a NMED employee — and the hearing officer on some of the current ongoing processes — informed the group that we are just wrong. This was delightful in a couple of areas. First she made our point quite clear.

We are perfectly willing to accept the fact that we may not understand the process — which is precisely the problem.

Second, as a hearing officer, it seems that to have her make comments on an open process she is overseeing is a breach of conduct.

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aside after the meeting and noted that she thought that we had misunderstood some things, but she understood that this was because of miscommunication from the Department. We did spend some time providing her information and we agreed to work on getting things straightened out.

However, that was before the Supreme Court decision and we haven’t heard a word from her since.

We can only hope and pray that the 2011 Legislature and Administration will undertake regulatory reform and restore trust, ethics, and transparency to our government.

You Might Be A Redneck . . .

t least one comedian has made a fortune off of this slogan, and many of us have had some fun laughing at ourselves and others that may be seen in these jokes.

A recent headline on the CapitolReport New Mexico, http://www.capitolreportnewmexico.com , however is no laughing matter. It reads: Weird: A kid’s membership in the 4H Club, FFA or the ROTC works AGAINST them at some elite colleges.

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An interesting — and disturbing — study recently came out about college admissions at elite schools. And it’s bad news if you’re an aspiring high school student who might be coming from a rural state like New Mexico or if you spend your extracurricular time in the ROTC. [On the] New York Times op-ed page,[In a piece entitled The Roots of White Anxiety] columnist Ross Douthat mentions that two Princeton sociologists have recently conducted a study on admissions and affirmative action in eight highly competitive and selective colleges across the country: [O]ne of the study’s more remarkable findings: while most extracurricular activities increase your odds of admission to an elite school, holding a leadership role or winning awards in organizations like high school R.O.T.C., 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America actually works against your chances. Consciously or unconsciously, the gatekeepers of elite education seem to incline against candidates who seem too stereotypically rural or rightwing or “Red America.”

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We do know that New Mexico State University (NMSU) tracks their students who have participated in 4-H and FFA. Those students are among the highest achievers the University has every year. Representative Jimmie C. Hall and the New Mexico 4-H Foundation have requested that the University of New Mexico take the same path.

I am not sure which schools are the elite eight which were studied for the Princeton study, but it is a safe bet that many of them are east of the Mississippi. I would also bet that among the numerous ties between 4H and FFA families and many “elite” schools . . . now is the time to be contacting your alumni association and demanding to know what their criteria is concerning the organizations that maintain what few family values remain in this country.

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Echeverria, Helen “Dolly” Francis, 71, Maricopa, Ariz. passed away on July 1, 2010. Dolly was born in Evansville, Illinois, and moved to Wickenburg, Ariz. with her family in 1948. Dolly was an avid volunteer, her endeavors include scout leader, wrestling coach, AAU Pairing Master, she was also a published poet, antique dealer, lobbyist, and rancher-farmer among many other ventures. Dolly is survived by her husband of 53 years, Rudy; sister Lynnie Serrano (husband, Tony); children, Vicencia Echeverria-Quigley, Gigi (husband, Bill) Gray, Jennifer Echeverria, Ramsey (Monique) Echeverria, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Dr. Leon Wagley, 89, Las Cruces, passed away on July 2, 2010. He was born to John and Katie Wagley in April 1921 in Forrest on the family farm. His love of learning and agriculture led him to New Mexico A&M, where he graduated in 1947 with a degree in Ag Education. He taught Vocational Agriculture at Deming High School from 1947 to 1959. While teaching in Deming he met his wife of 50 years, Anna Irwin. Leon completed his Masters from NMSU in 1955 and his Doctorate at the University of Arizona in 1964. He was the State Supervisor of Agriculture and then started the Northern New Mexico State Vocational School in El Rito. Finally his Aggie blood brought him back to NMSU as the Head of the Agriculture & Extension Education Department.

During his tenure at NMSU he gave hundreds of speeches, received numerous awards including Teacher of the Year, Most Outstanding Alumnus and served on the Athletic Council, President of the Alumni Association and Booster Club. He retired in 1991 after 25 years, but continued his involvement in the National FFA Organization where he was awarded the degree of American Farmer and was a conference supervisor until recently. He is survived by Anna; his son Ernest (wife, Lisa) and two grandchildren, Keller, Texas.

Thomas Alman Knight, 83, died July 18, 2010 at his home on the Knight Ranch, north of Carrizozo, N.M. Tom was born on June 24, 1927 in El Paso, Texas to parents Myrtle (Straley) and Alman Knight. Having spent his childhood on the Straley family ranch and at various schools in the southwest, Tom graduated from high school in El Paso, Texas, joined the United States Marine Corp and served from 19441946. He returned to Las Cruces, N.M. where he enrolled in college at New Mexico A&M, receiving an agricultural degree. Tom married Nancy Roby, in 1950, and they returned to the Straley family ranch in Lincoln County. Tom was an old-fashioned cowboy. The Knights raised two children in true Western fashion, amidst ranching, rodeoing and activities such as 4-H. The ranch remained a focus of Tom’s life, being a true multi-generational endeavor. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Nancy; sister Barbara Jarvis and brothers Robert Knight and Dewie Knight, his daughter Barbie Roper (husband, David); five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Joe Robert Smith, 90, Capitan, passed away on July 17, 2010. He was born September 7, 1919 in Seymour, Texas to Joe Edward and Nannie Smith and grew up in Half-way Texas. He worked cattle drives from Mexico, worked on ranches though out West Texas and New Mexico, was a bronc rider, and saddle maker. He worked for the Flagg Ranch for over 25 years — helping start one of the first feedlots in the area. Joe was active in the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse and participated in many of their Pony Express Rides. He led the Trail Drive of the Millennium from Roswell thru Lincoln and was the “Poster Boy” for the Day of the Cowboy in Carrizozo. He is survived by sister Lucille Witten, Plainview; and brother J.H. Smith (wife, Betty), Amarillo; daughters Madelyn Leusing (husband, Thomas) and Jo Wright-Chapman (husband, Chuck) both of Lubbock; Judy Nichols (husband, Fred) Ida, Louisiana; Joy Wrye (husband, Bill), Estancia, N.M.; sons Jeff Myers (wife, Gerry) Odessa; Bo Myers, Coppell, Texas; Joe Lee Smith (wife, Rose) Lincoln, N.M. and Wes Smith (wife, Cindy) of Stephenville; 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren and a host of “adopted” family and friends as well as his special horses Rio and Roanie. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church.

RMA expands pasture, rangeland, forage insurance availability for 2011 crop year — Arizona & New Mexico Included n late June the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) Administrator William J. Murphy announced expansion of the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) plan of insurance along with enhancements to its Vegetation Index program for the 2011 crop year. RMA is able to expand and enhance this program because of savings recently generated by renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement.

The Vegetation Index (VI)-PRF will be expanded to the balance of counties in Idaho, Oregon, and South Dakota, and all counties in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah for 2011, bringing the State total where VI-PRF is available to 9.

“We’re pleased to extend availability of the PRF plan of insurance to more producers across the country,” Murphy said. “Adding to our coverage areas and making other enhancements to the Vegetation Index products will provide additional support for producers facing production risks during 2011 and beyond.”

Under the Rainfall Index (RI)-PRF plan of insurance, RMA will expand coverage for the 2011 crop year to specific counties in Colorado, and all counties in the states of California, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas, bringing the total number of States where the program is available to 16.

RMA has also received requests for further expansion of PRF in Nevada, Arkansas, and Minnesota. RMA will take the expansion request for the 2012 crop year to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors later this year for their consideration and potential approval.

For specific coverage areas under both the RI and VI plans, please see the 2011 availability map at http://www.rma.usda. gov/policies/pasturerangeforage/2011avail abilitymap.pdf .

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he American Gelbvieh Association is officially launching the Southern Balancer™ hybrid and will begin offering registration certificates and performance data in the fall of 2010. The Southern Balancer is a composite breed made up of at least 25 percent Gelbvieh and from 6.25 to 50 percent of a tropically adopted breed or a combination of tropically adopted breeds.

Specifically targeted to beef producers in the southern tier states and tropical regions, this program is unique in that any heat tolerant or tropically adopted breed can be used to cross with Gelbvieh to create a Southern Balancer.

Gelbvieh members in Mississippi and Arizona have been producing and marketing the Gelbvieh-heat tolerant cross with great success. Dr. Lowell Rogers, Seminary, Miss., maintains one-eighth Brahman influence in his Gelbvieh and Balancer cow herd.

“We have been using this cross for several years and I have seen other producers using the Gelbvieh-heat tolerant cross. It is a cross that has proven to work in the southern climate,” said Rogers. “The potential for the Southern Balancer is tremendous as breeders in the south generally like a little ear influence in their cow herds.”

The strengths of both the heat tolerant and Gelbvieh breeds make an ideal composite. Brahman type cattle are highly maternal and have the ability to survive the heat and pest challenges of tropical and sub-tropical environments. The Gelbvieh breed is known for its maternal strengths of milk production, fertility, and producing more pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed. Additionally, a cross with Gelbvieh has the potential to produce calves with maximum maternal heterosis, quieter dispositions and increased carcass consistency.

Being able to offer a registration certificate is one of the benefits of having the Southern Balancer recognized by the American Gelbvieh Association, noted the association’s Susan Willmon.

“Having a registry behind these animals offers additional marketability into Mexico and beyond where a registration document eases the initial acceptability of n these animals,” said Willmon.

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The Western Watersheds Project’s Assault on Family Ranchers THE WWP’S ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO DESTROY FAMILIES AND A WAY OF LIFE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD FOR THE ECONOMIC OR HUMAN COST

by PATRICK DORINSON, Western Legacy Alliance nother Earth Day has come and gone.

Earth Day has become a holy day of obligation for America’s secular religion, the environmentalist movement.

But hidden behind the facade of planting trees or discussing the virtues of “paper or plastic” is a well-financed global group of dedicated radicals who are bent on changing the way we live whether we like it or not. They are funded by a vast network of wealthy individuals, trust funds, and foundations who selectively give money to organizations they can control like puppets on a string (think George Soros).

One such organization has dedicated its entire existence to the warped dream of one man who says that his ultimate goal in life is to destroy families and a way of life with absolutely no regard for the economic or human cost.

Meet Jon Marvel and the Western Watersheds Project.

This is an organization that talks a big game about saving the environment but in truth has never lifted a finger or raised a dollar to mitigate the environmental issues they claim to care so much about.

This is an organization that bills itself, according to its mission statement, as a group dedicated “to protect and restore western watersheds and wildlife through public education, public policy initiatives and litigation” That last word “litigation” is the key, because in truth they are nothing more than a group of professional plaintiffs who have filed hundreds of lawsuits against the government and individuals to accomplish their goals. Between 2000 and 2009 they have filed 91 lawsuits and 31 appeals in Idaho alone and hundreds more throughout the West.

And this is an organization that has been funded in part with the hard-earned tax dollars of the American people to the tune of $1.2 million in Idaho Federal District courts alone by the abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), which others have written about on these pages.

The Western Watersheds Project is headquartered in that playground of the rich and famous, Sun Valley, Idaho. The organizaton’s neighbors include Teresa Heinz Kerry and her husband John Kerry

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Marvel’s ultimate goal? Ending any and all economic activity on the vast public lands that make up 75 percent of the American West. These are lands that are rich in resources and provide recreational opportunities like hunting, fishing, and hiking. They are also a critical part of our food supply, as grazing rights make cattle and sheep ranching possible.

Marvel saves his particular venom for the ranching communities of the West who lease the public lands from the government to graze their cattle or sheep.

Marvel and WWP claim that the ranchers pay very little to the government for the right to use the land for livestock grazing and that this is a form of “welfare” to the ranchers and the cowboys who work the land.

What he won’t tell you is that the rancher who enters into a lease agreement with the federal government is taking on

the same responsibilities of environmental stewardship that they would on private land.

The ranchers are responsible for all the financial costs associated with maintaining the land as well as the wildlife that inhabit it. Failure to do so can result in fines, penalties, and the loss of the permit.

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n financial terms it means a lot, according to Calvin Pietz, Farm Business Management Instructor at Mitchell Technical Institute. The average business purchases within local communities based on information proved by farmers enrolled in South Dakota’s Farm/Business Management Program was $561,556, an increase of $9,126 over 2008.

Feed purchased topped the expense list in 2009 at $79,934 for the average enrolled farm. Much of this feed is produced and processed in South Dakota creating a multi-million dollar industry within the state.

Equipment repairs and purchases provide the basis for the ag equipment industry in local communities. The average farm generated $30,855 in repair bills. Gas and lubricant purchases added another $21,209 in dollars paid to local businesses.

The livestock health industry received an average of $17,414 per farm in 2009.

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Crop input expenses also make up a large part of the farm purchases from local vendors. In 2009 the average farm spent $50,389 for fertilizers, $29,221 for chemicals, and $66,592 for other crop expenses.

There are other farm expenses which benefit their communities. Hired labor cost were $17,308 per farm in 2009, providing jobs and income for employees within the community. Interest payments of $36,312 were paid per farm allowing lending agencies to raise funds for other community investments.

The average farm also generated $7,946 in property taxes. A great deal of the budget of community schools and local government is carried by taxes paid by each farm or ranch.

In addition to $561,556 spent on operating costs, ag operations spent another $111,928 on capital improvements — expenses included $42,025 on new buildings and land, and $58,199 on new machinery and livestock equipment. An additional $11,704 was spent on the pur-

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The average farm consisted of 1,790 acres, of which 663 acres were farmerowned and 1,127 acres were rented. Total investment per farm by owner/operator n and lenders is $1,707,644.

NMCGA to Hold Video Contest he New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) and the Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc. invites youth between the ages of 12 and 19 to create a short video that presents an inspiring story about ranching and New Mexico Agriculture.

Young people are encouraged to make a video that illustrates how your New Mexico ranch family helps feed New Mexicans and the world, how ranchers care about the environment and care for their animals.

“Let your creativity flow — feel free to use music, humor, or other formats to help celebrate New Mexico ranchers,” says Alisa Ogden, NMCGA Immediate Past President, Loving.

“NMCGA recognizes the important role that young farmers and ranchers have in the future of agriculture” said Bert Ancell, NMCGA President, Bell Ranch. “It is the youth of today that will emerge as the leaders of tomorrow. This is why the Association dedicated a committee to the younger generation, the Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee (YCLC) and the Junior Cattle Growers’ Association.”

Ranch families are active members of their communities and belong to organizations like local 4-H and FFA, church councils and social clubs. They’re also hard working people, dedicated to providing safe, wholesome and nutritious beef as well as caring for wildlife and the land Their consistent care for animals and improvements to farms and ranches are vital to making sure New Mexico and America has the safest, most environmentally friendly beef supply in the world.

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The New Mexico Beef Council discussed the increase at its recent marketing plan meeting. The additional money is needed to “assure strong demandbuilding initiatives in domestic and export markets now and into the future, and to offset over twenty years of inflation,” says Dina Chacon-Reitzel, executive director of the New Mexico Beef Council. “Diminished buying power has reduced the effectiveness of the Checkoff program to the point that it now costs at least $1.90 today to buy what $1 purchased in 1988,” she says.

In addition, advertising rates have out-paced inflation. For example, in 2000, the cost of one radio flight was $7,927. In 2009, the exact same radio flight cost $11,411, or 44 percent more.

In addition to being able to afford advertising, the additional money would keep beef competitive by: conducting market research to target New Mexico consumers; establish promotion partnership with Hispanic retail supermarkets; to maintain the NMBC’s awardwinning State Fair booth, which, in 2010, is approximately 30 percent more expensive than in 2006; to expand the reach of the “Kids ‘n Kows” educational program to more New Mexico school children; to re-establish partnerships with leading health organizations and sponsor health-oriented events to extend beef’s nutrition message; and, to conduct successful issues management response against increasing attacks against beef and prevent fallout from crises in the industry. Additional fund-

ing will increase preparedness for handling recalls, BSE, FMD, and other disease issues that may arise.

The NMBC’s bi-annual Gate-to-Plate Tour educates opinion leaders, media, retail and foodservice operators, civic leaders, government officials and legislators. if resources were available, additional seminars and hands-on experiences similar to Gate-toPlate, which are essential to growing awareness, changing minds about beef production and gaining friends for the industry could be held.

Discussions also took place at the summer meetings of New Mexico Cattle Growers and Farm Bureau. They will continue throughout the fall and at winter meetings.

The NMBC wants feedback and thoughtful consideration of this change.

If the “council assessment” of $1 is initiated, New Mexico’s beef producers will be better positioned to succeed in the future. To express your questions and concerns, please contact any of the NM Beef Council Directors or Dina ChaconReitzel and dinareitzel@nmbeef.com.

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New NMBC director, Bernarr Treat.

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ifth generation rancher Bernarr Treat, well-known to many in the beef industry, is one of two new directors of the New Mexico Beef Council. A lifelong resident of Roswell, Bernarr graduated New Mexico Military Institute and after attending New Mexico State University, received his certificate in ranch management from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

Bernarr and his wife of 18 years, Dyanna, have two sons, Spencer, 11, and Collin, 6, who attend school in Roswell.

In addition to his responsibilities on his

family’s Rocky Ridge Ranch, Bernarr manages farms and ranches for Armstrong Energy Corp., an oil and gas company based in New Mexico and Texas. Prior to taking that position, he served as executive director of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, as regional director of the NM Farm & Livestock Bureau, and as events coordinator for the New Mexico State Fair, where, during fair time, he took over as rodeo and entertainment director.

Bernarr has previously helped coordinate activities on a past Gate-to-Plate tour in the Roswell area. He has worked with the NMBC on many other activities, and says of his new role, “Our markets are pretty good, but where would we be without the checkoff? I really wouldn't want to find out. When we know what big companies, like CocaCola and Coors, for example, spend on advertising, I don’t see how the beef industry is any different. We can’t let up on our marketing efforts now.”

“Personally, in my work for Armstrong, we are part respon sible for a chunk of checkoff dollars, and I thought it would be interesting to participate in making decisions on where those funds go.”

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NMBC Elects New Officers moves up from the Vice-Chairman position to replace outgoing Chairman Tom Spindle, whose term has expired.

In addition, two new NMBC directors were named: Bernarr Treat of Roswell and David McSherry of Deming.

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They are: Cliff Copeland, Chairman; Joe Clavel, Vice-Chairman; and Jim Bob Burnett, Secretary. New officers will serve two-year terms. Cliff Copeland

Outgoing NMBC chairman Tom Spindle, with wife, Becky, on 2010 Gate-to-Plate tour.

he Executive Committee of the checkoff-funded Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCO) met June 16, followed by a BIFSCo member meeting on June 17 in Washington, D.C. The group interacted with various consumer groups and USDA, and discussed initiatives to develop educational materials about product sampling, lotting and testing. Representatives shared information about the latest beef safety innovations and programs adopted by the industry and discussed associated beef safety challenges. For more information about BIFSCo, go to www.bifsco.org.

Becky Smith Moves On

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or the past seven-and-a-half years, Becky Smith has served as the smiling face, reliable assistant, and kind voice of the New Mexico Beef Council.

Beginning in August, Becky will leave her post as the NMBC's administrative assistant to begin her own freelance information research business.

“The NMBC has been the best job. I have loved everyone in the industry I have met and I have gained quite a bit of experience,” Becky says of her experience.

She is leaving to pursue the challenge of her own business, and because research is her “passion” and “what she most wants to do.”

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While caring for her elderly grandparents, Becky discovered her talent for extensive computer research, as she became versed in the technicalities of elder law.

Becky will also be returning to school to finish her undergraduate degree at UNM this fall, with the goal of studying for a MA in library science.

Becky will be missed by everyone who had the opportunity to know her and to work with her. She can be reached at tygarkat@yahoo.com. Good luck and best wishes to Becky as she moves ahead with what is sure to be a successful, dynamic career.

Becky Smith

2009-2010 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Cliff Copeland, Purebred Producer.

VICE-CHAIRMAN, Joe Clavel, Producer; SECRETARY, Jim Bob Burnett.

NMBC DIRECTORS: Andres Aragon, Cow-Calf Producer; Darrell Brown, Cow-Calf Producer; David McSherry, Feeder; Bernarr Treat, Cow-Calf Producer; Joe Clavel, Producer; Art Schaap, Fluid Milk Producer.

EX-OFFICIO’S: Jane Frost, Producer, Federation of State Beef Council Director; Tammy Ogilvie, Producer, Beef Board Director; Wesley Grau, Producer, Beef Board Director; Bill Porter, Feeder, USMEF Director.

For more information contact: New Mexico Beef Council Dina C. Reitzel – Executive Director 1209 Mountain Rd. Pl. NE, Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87110 505/841-9407 • 505/841-9409 fax • www.nmbeef.com

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No room for doom and gloom emember the book, The Power of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent Peale? We need to find a dusty old copy and read it again. Norman Vincent Peale said, “Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.” In other words, if we think we are defeated — we are.

Even though doom and gloom occasionally oozed out of some of the Cattle Growers’ committee meetings and crept down the hallway past our meeting room at Mid-Year, I certainly didn’t detect a defeatist attitude among CowBelles. The expensive sweet rolls might have had something to do with our upbeat attitudes but mostly it was because our turnout was so great we had no room for doom and

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gloom. We enthusiastically welcomed our Man-of-the-Year, Joel Alderete, who was very surprised and a really good sport. We also welcomed our new Beef Ambassador, Kyra Grant, whose mother and grandmother are Powderhorn CowBelles. At the banquet that night, we were privileged to meet our New Mexico Beef Ambassador sponsors, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Gomez from 4G Mountain Angus in Mora County.

It isn’t possible for a CowBelle to be defeated because the lives of daughters, mothers and grandmothers are dedicated to lifting the spirits of everyone else in the family, lifting our own spirits at the same time. We say things like, “Honey, it’s okay that you knocked over that barrel, that your heifer lay down in the show ring, that you struck out, got tackled, got bucked off or got dumped by your (#*@&#) boyfriend or girlfriend. You’ll do better next time.”

Sometimes we even tell white lies to make

loved ones feel better. “Honey, it’s okay that you spent our last dollar on (#*@&#) team-roping entry fees. You’ll do better next time.”

Our very nature is what makes cattle women vital partners in the cattle business. We won’t allow doom and gloom to take over our families or our ranches. It isn’t that we’re unaware of threats from our enemies. It’s just that we approach the battle with a positive attitude. We know that if we can change other people’s attitudes, we won’t have to fight them.

According Daren Williams of the Masters of Beef Advocacy Program, 96 percent of consumers look favorably on ranchers.

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tious. We can’t afford to focus on the kooky 4 percent who think that cattle and the people who raise them are evil. We can’t begin to match the money the kooks spend on lobbying and trying to litigate us out of business. Using nutrition research from the Beef Checkoff and training from the Masters of Beef Advocacy program, CowBelles can be armed and ready to educate consumers about the nutritive value of beef, the environmental benefits of cattle and the goodness of ranchers.

Our license plates say, “New Mexico Beef is Great,” and the poll we took at the State Fair last year showed that the people who came by the booth wanted New Mexico beef. The research and recipes CowBelles passed out came from the $1 per head Federal Domestic Assessment of the Beef Checkoff enacted by Congress in 1988. Of that dollar, only fifty cents funds the New Mexico Beef Council. I know from experience that fifty cents buys about half of what it did in the eighties.

One of the perks of being NMCB president is that I get to attend Beef Council meetings. It is alarming how strapped our New Mexico Beef Council is for advertising funds to help us reach misinformed consumers so we can convince more of them that New Mexico beef is great.

That is where the power of positive thinking comes in. Our New Mexico Beef Council is considering re-imposing the State Council Assessment of $1 which was established by us — New Mexico beef producers — through state legislation in 1978. Later, when the Federal Domestic Assessment was enacted, the State Council Assessment was no longer collected.

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expand the good work the New Mexico Beef Council is already doing on our behalf. The money cannot go to lobbying or litigation. It will go to programs that change consumers’ hearts and minds about beef. Funding will continue for programs CowBelles participate in such as the Gate to Plate Beef Tour, Kids and Kows and the Beef Council Booth at the State Fair.

The booth might even get new posters of the grown-up kids from the old posters — raising their own kids on prosperous New Mexico ranches.

Carnivores unite!

— Karen Kelling President, New Mexico CowBelles •••••• The Chuckwagon CowBelles met at

Quarai in Punta de Agua on July 13, 2010 with 13 members, one guest attending and Toni Barrow presiding. They welcomed Deb Lineman from Mountainair. Minutes from the last meeting were read and approved. The Treasurer’s report was accepted. Toni appealed for help with the booth during the Torrance County Fair on August 13. The group is working the State Fair September 10th and 12th in the afternoons. Toni reported that our Man-of-theYear, Joel Alderete, was very surprised to receive the award given to him during the Mid-Year meeting. A letter was read from the Valencia County Expo thanking group for contribution last year and requesting repeat sponsorship. It was decided to donate $100 “at will” to be used as the Board sees fit. Discussion was had regarding purchase of a case of cookbooks from NMCB at a cost of $300 and receiving $200

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for hosting the District Workshop. There was discussion about a possible Valencia County Expo booth as well. After a picnic lunch under the cool cottonwoods of Quarai, Waynette introduced our guest speaker, Leroy Nix. His talk was titled, “Prehistoric and Historic Routes from Quarai to Gran Quivira”. He said that the peoples who inhabited both ruins gathered together for trade days about twice per year. He took it upon himself to study the route they must have taken in order to visit each other. After receiving permission from the land owners, he began a walking journey to physically walk the more than 30 miles between Quarai and Gran Quivira to seek out the ancient road. After some frustration in losing the trail, he noticed that the route always seemed to take the path of least resistance. So he began to look for the easiest way, and that is when the road became clear! Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker The Powderhorn CowBelles met at the home of Carolyn Geiler. There were 10 members and six guests present. Since the group did not meet in June due to preparation for the annual Barbecue, most of the meeting consisted of catching up on actions taken since May. Winners of the Powderhorn scholarships were announced; Martin Meairs of Santa Rosa and Kyra Grant from Fort Sumner. Powderhorn donated the meat patties served at the grade school honor student’s picnic, an annual event sponsored by the Fort Sumner Woman’s Club and the Rotary Club. They served 130 students and their parents. Powderhorn members also helped prepare and serve a supper for the District 4-H meeting which was held in Fort Sumner this year. The Barbecue during Old Fort Days is our major fund raiser, as well as a beef promotion event. It turned out very well and we look forward to next year’s event when the remodeling at the school will be finished and logistics of preparation and serving will be considerably better. Powderhorn helped sponsor the Mid-Year event at the Inn of the Mountain Gods, and members were pleased with the meeting and especially pleased that Kyra Grant was the winner of the Beef Ambassador competition. We look forward to helping her with her endeavors. We are encouraging our members to take the Masters of Beef Advocacy computer course and becoming better spokesmen for the beef industry. Dorothy Vaughan, Secrecontinued on page 50

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tary Pro-Tem Grant County Copper CowBelles Meeting, June 8, 2010, Location: Red Barn Steakhouse. The meeting was opened by President Kim Clark at noon. Guests were welcomed: Jr. CowBelles Kelsie Garner, Ashley Townsend and Sarah Wolf. The minutes were approved as published in the June Newsletter. Correction was made by Judy dePedro — $25 was designated as amount to benefit the Mid-Year New Mexico CowBelle meeting. It was decided to approve the May Treasurer’s Report. Four scholarship applications were received; review and discuss at next meeting.

Ninety-seven dollars was collected on chances for ‘the bucket’ at Cowboy Days.

Bobbie Neal-Little summarized research on products for fundraising: T-shirts and Bumper stickers. Prices varied from different vendors to produce shirts with the wording on the back of the shirt reading “The Best Stewards of the Land are the USA Ranchers and Farmers”. Discussion covered the need to work together with the NM Cattlegrowers in sharing a booth at various events. It was decided to purchase 100 T-shirts and 250 bumper stick-

ers. Thank you to Pat Hunt for setting up the booth for Cowboy Days. Regarding the Surprise Beef Giveaway, it was mentioned that May is National Beef Month, but New Mexico celebrates June as Beef Month.

Sally Raphael and Pattie Bielfeldt had everything in line to surprise beef shoppers on June 17 with three $50 gift certificates from the CowBelles, matched by gift certificates from W & N Enterprises and Albertsons. It was suggested that coverage of the event be submitted to Mary Alice Murphy at the Daily Press. Kathy Davis reported on storage unit search and prices.

The unit contract expires August – will go month-to-month until Denim & Pearls.

Discussion postponed. Guest Speaker Suann Delk from the USDA spoke about the department’s outreach to women and provided information on loans and grants available for rural development, conservation, road development and building projects especially to women. All were encouraged to find an item for auction at the Denim and Pearls event and bring it to Aunt Judy’s Attic – and also to volunteer early for assignments. Lori Nell Reed and Mary Jo Hooker will be in charge of decorations. Western Bank will be asked to provide a credit card machine. Meeting

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President Betty Solt called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. The Secretary read the minutes of the April 17, 2010 meeting and they were approved as read. The President read the Treasurer’s written report and asked if there were any outstanding bills.

There were none. This report will be filed.

Members turned in more ticket money for our quilt raffle. Lillian Graham suggested that we change the date of our next meeting from June 19 to June 12 so that our “Man of the Year” recipient can be there to receive his award. The membership agreed. The President informed the group that the New Mexico CowBelles were asking each Local to donate funds to help with the sponsorship of coffee breaks, etc. at the State Summer Conference to be held at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, June 27-29, 2010. It was decided to send $25 to help sponsor the State Summer Conference. The President reported that the State CowBelle President had asked for a copy of the By Laws, which were sent yet need to be revised. The Secretary will retype them and get a copy to all members.

The group chose new State Fair dates as the ones signed up for at the District Workshop are no longer available. They are the evening of September 23 and the morning of September 24. The Secretary put together new packets for each member with all the addresses, emails and phone numbers of our State Legislators and our National Legislators. Also included in the packets are updated membership list, meeting dates, Associate Membership list and more. Submitted by Genora Canon New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle.” Please send minutes and/or newsletters to Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 n or email: janetwitte@msn.com.

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To Those We Leave Behind

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www.LeePittsbooks.com e buried my mother last month and in pausing to reflect on her life, I was awed by the changes that have occurred in this country during her 80-plus years of living.

It’s hard to imagine but my Mom lived for one third of our country’s lifespan.

She went from FDR to Obama, from Adolph Hitler to Osama bin Laden and from the Dionne quintuplets to the Octomom. She began her life just before the Depression and ended it during the worst economic times since then. She was alive when there was no Social Security to catch you when you fell, and unemployment and political corruption ran rampant in this country. Oh well, some things never change, I suppose.

My mother’s generation went from Shuffle Off to Buffalo to rap music. From Sinatra to Snoop Dogg. From Brother Can You Spare a Dime to four dollars for a cup of coffee. When Barbara Harding was born there were 123 million people living in this country of ours. Today there are more than 310 million.

When my Mom was born you could buy a double dipper ice cream cone for five cents, but you had to work two hours to make that nickel! The average yearly income was $600 and there was no such thing as overtime. I suppose my family lived below what government hacks would call the poverty level these days, but we never knew it. My Mom wanted to stay home and raise her three children but knew she had to support the family, so she created her own business, as a seamstress. She literally worked her fingers to the bone and, to the best of my knowledge, we never “went on the dole.”

At my mother’s wonderful funeral service the church was crawling with her beautiful great-grandchildren and I’ve thought about those kids a lot since then.

We haven’t done right by them. When my mother was born the national debt was 27 billion dollars. Today it’s 13 trillion. Each person’s share of the national debt 80 years ago was about thirty bucks. Today my mom’s great grandchildren, some

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That’s more than the entire national debt was 80 years ago. If rents had gone up by the same percentage as our debt an apartment would cost $12,000 a month to rent and people would make $288,600 per year instead of one tenth of that. If food had risen as fast as our debt, milk would cost $192 per gallon, eggs would be $48 a dozen and lettuce would set you back $25 per head! I’d suggest either farmers and ranchers are making way too little or the bureaucrats way too much!

In my mom’s youth cars had names that sounded like members of a basketball team: Jewetts, Nashes, Whippets, Willy Knights and Rickenbackers. There were no Hondas or Toyotas. In 1934 you could buy a fully loaded Ford V8 for $615. If that car had risen in price as fast as our nation’s budget it would cost $727,000 today. Eighty years ago the yearly federal budget was $3 billion. Today it is $3.55 trillion. That’s more than a thousand times as much! If houses had gone up by the same percentage the average house would cost nearly $4 million. Bread would cost $118 per loaf, butter would be $348 per pound and a pound of sirloin steak would be $212!

My mom was really good at cleaning up messes; mostly mine, I admit. I know what she’d have done with the mess we face today. Metaphorically and literally she would have rolled up her sleeves and got to work. If no one was hiring she’d have created her own business. She’d have grown her own food and her own kids. She’d have paid her debts and created something of worth out of her own hard work and talents. She’d have turned off the TV, cooked her meals from scratch and spent more time with her grandkids and great grandkids. And she’d have done anything she could to make life better for them. Look at your own progeny and tell me that’s not work worth doing. n

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ou may soon need another month at the end of the year, just to get all of your tax information ready to visit your tax advisor. Several major changes were recently made in the US tax code, and one, in particular, will hit hard at ranchers and farmers. If you have ever received a Form 1099 from a company paying you, keep that in mind, because you will have to issue Form 1099 to many companies that you are paying.

And that is only part of it!

Subscribers to the Cornbelt Update learned about this development in mid June, which will cause most ranchers and farmers to spend a lot more energy in collecting information ahead of their annual visit to their tax advisors. The health care bill, which was at the top of the Washington, D.C. agenda, was the vehicle that carried a number of changes in the tax law. One of those changes is found in Section 9006 and greatly expands the use of Form 1099 which documents income, other than wages and salaries. For example, if your annual repair bills at the local welding shop exceed the $600 threshold, you will have to issue a 1099 to Joe’s Welding Service, which means you have to find out his corporate name, official corporate address, and obtain his federal tax identification number. Once you have that you will mail him a Form 1099 that indicates you have paid him $603.67 during the prior 12 months.

Maybe you bought a new computer from Dell Computers and wrote a check for $738 to cover the computer, a printer, and an ink cartridge. At the end of the year you will have to obtain the corporate name, address, and federal tax identification number for Dell and mail them a Form 1099 from Smith Farms.

The requirement is not just for one single payment over $600, but the accumulated payments throughout the year.

Whether you are making monthly interest payments to the bank or writing a single check at the end of the year, you will have to send a Form 1099 to your bank and it will have to supply its Federal tax ID to you. Maybe it is monthly bills to

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your diesel fuel supplier, or to the bottled water company. If you want to be able to deduct all of those expenses at Menards, Farm and Fleet, Ace Hardware, Lowe’s, or anywhere else you run for a bag of bolts and a grease gun cartridge, you will have to send them a Form 1099 if your total checks exceed $600 during the year.

Extension economist Craig Althauser at Kansas State University describes some of the details in his monthly newsletter in which he says corporations being paid are no longer exempt from receiving Form 1099 from their customers and clientele.

He says you may have issued a Form 1099 in the past for rent, interest, and custom work, but now the requirement is spread to everything that is considered “property.” That includes seed, fertilizer, chemicals, feed, supplies, medicine, fuel, and other goods and services.

Another element of the health care bill expands the information required on the W-2 form supplied to employees, if they are provided with health insurance as part of their compensation. The reporting will include the cost of the health insurance premiums paid for the employees. They will not pay tax on the amount, but will serve to verify whether the employer was in compliance with health care requirements.

These new provisions do not become effective next year, but will become effective for tax year 2012 and will make the first few weeks of 2013 rather tedious in accumulating the necessary information.

There is legislation already being considered by Congress to repeal Section 9006, but unless it is approved and signed into law, it will create substantial changes in the tax preparation process, and also generate an estimated $17 billion additional dollars in tax revenue for the US treasury over the coming decade.

Summary:

Recent changes in the tax code will require ranchers and farmers to issue Form 1099 to any business which was paid more than $600 in the prior tax year.

Such payments would include interest, seed, chemicals, fertilizer, parts and repairs, and other usually deductible items on the ranch and farm. The requirement will cause taxpayers to collect names, addresses, and federal tax identification numbers for those many companies which provided goods or sern vices in the prior tax year.

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Health law augurs transfer of funds from old to young resident Obama’s health care overhaul is designed to cover the uninsured by changing how the government spreads its social safety net, says the Wall Street Journal.

The new law taps a program for the elderly to help provide insurance to 32 million Americans of younger generations. Nearly half the funding is supposed to come from paying lower fees to hospitals, insurers and other health care providers that participate in Medicare, the federal insurance program for Americans age 65 and older, as well as younger disabled people, says the Journal: The 44 million Americans on Medicare won’t see changes to their guaranteed benefits under the law.

But of those, 11.3 million on Medicare Advantage plans (a public-private hybrid) are likely to begin seeing extra benefits go away as soon as next year.

Medicare Advantage cuts are slated to pay for 15 percent of the health care law’s tab.

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Stuart Butler, a vice president at the Heritage Foundation, says the White House is misrepresenting the benefits that accrue from Medicare payment cuts. “It uses it to create a new entitlement for a separate group of people rather than strengthening” the program, he says. Moreover, such cuts alone don’t pay for the law.

According to Heritage: The law will spend $938 billion over a decade, mostly to expand coverage to lower-income Americans.

To finance that, there will be $455 billion coming from cuts in government payments to health care providers that serve patients on Medicare and two other federal programs.

The hardest hit — to the tune of $136 billion — will be private insurance companies that run Medicare Advantage plans.

The Congressional Budget Office says on average, Medicare Advantage enrollees will get $68 less a month in benefits by 2019 because of the law. The payment cuts to Medicare Advantage begin in 2012.

Source: Janet Adamy, “Health Law Augurs Transfer of Funds From Old to Young,” Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2010.

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Draw Huge Crowd To Summer Meeting A. The Clay Mathis Family receives a farewell gift from the NMCGA and the NMWGI. Dr. Mathis will be heading the King Ranch Institute B. Estavan Lopez, Director of the Interstate Streams Commission C. Ross Wilson, Texas Cattle Feeders President D. Tod Stevenson, NM Department of Game & Fish Director E. Kimberly Stone, Membership Committee Chairman F. Charlie Rogers, NMCGA Director G. Jeff Menges, NCBA Region VI Vice President H. Dr. Jerry Hawkes, NMSU I. Brad Christmas, Pat Boone and President Bert Ancell J. Bob Homer presents golf tournament winners, Jeremy Witte, Mike Foster, Jennifer Witte and Jeff Witte K. Many candidates for state-wide offices participated in the H Candidate Forum including some for Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of Public Lands L. Audrey Perry enjoys her second summer convention

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Experts say global beef demand outlook positive— But what about the supply side?

by CODI VALLERY-MILLS, Cattle Business Weekly he U.S. Meat Export Federation Board of Directors met recently in St. Louis for a product showcase and conclave of experts from the beef, pork and lamb sectors.

Reports from the director meeting are positive for the U.S. meat exports. In a media conference call President and CEO Philip Seng says that the first three months of 2010 have gone well despite economics. An increase of 11 percent has been seen in export volume and a 14 percent increase has been seen in value.

“We are coming out of a worldwide recession and competition has stepped up in the trade markets with everyone rushing to sign agreements. There is an increase and emphasis on trade agreements,” warns Seng.

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He says between 2008-2018 it is expected pork consumption will be up 20 percent, which is 1.8 times the amount of pork produced in the U.S. in 2008. Beef will be up 15 percent an equivalent of threequarters of beef currently being produced in the U.S. Domestically there will be a growth of 5 to 8 percent in consumption.

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John Brook, USMEF Europe Director reports demand in Russia is going strong and is back to its 2008 levels. The nervousness felt from Greece’s debt and the rumor that the Euro is on the verge of disappearing is “ridiculous” according to Brook who reminds everyone that Greece only makes up 2.5 percent of the European economy.

He also reports the Middle East has a strong market for beef livers and is beginning to gain a market share in high-end

Brazilian Beef Exports Grow THECATTLESITE News Desk etween January and June of this year, Brazilian beef exports rose to US $2,352 billion, an increase of 23 percent on the same period last year.

The Brazilian Association of the Exporting Industries of Meat (Abiec) said that the increase was two percent or 971,900 tons carcass equivalent down on last year.

However, in June, exports reached $455 million, 19 percent up on the same month in 2009.

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Mexico and Central America is not a thriving picture for beef according to USMEF Mexico and Dominican Republic Director Chad Russell. He says this is due to less variety meats coming from the U.S. and the increase of poultry and pork consumption. Russell says Russia’s openended ban on U.S. chickens has caused the product to go elsewhere — to Mexico. Beef hasn’t been able to compete because Mexico prohibits some beef products yet as a result of BSE regulations.

“Two weeks ago the Mexico Ag Ministry and the U.S. Department of Ag were part of a discussion that addressed those restrictions but no resolution was agreed upon,” says Russell. “It isn’t their ag ministry that is holding things up but rather their health ministry.”

In Asia, Japan continues to be a key volume market for beef and pork products.

Joel Haggard USMEF senior vice president for the Asia Pacific region says the beef outlook is positive across the board and while more market access would be nice, the picture is looking “rosy”.

Concern over a political election in Japan is worth watching though as the current Farm Minister in Japan risks the

Otávio Cançado, director-executive of the Abiec, said that the results show beef prices are recovering in the international market.

The average price went up by US $3.986 per ton carcass weight in June, 24 percent more than in the same month in 2009.

Mr Cançado said that it is possible to reach the 2007 price levels again, when Brazil exported US $5 billion in beef products.

“Between July and December, exports are expected to rise,” he said.

The market to the European Union, where Brazil exported US $148.7 million in carcass beef between January and June of this year, is continuing to concern exporters as more restrictions on Brazilian beef are being put in place.

chance of being moved into a different position once new leadership is elected. Before being placed with the agriculture ministry he was a well-respected cabinet member.

Haggard says there has been indications of a pledge between Japan and the U.S. to improve export relations and says he is a big proponent of having those talks before the Japan election later this year.

In China, Seng cited Hong Kong as one of the most rapidly growing destinations for U.S. beef. Though limited to boneless cuts from cattle less than 30 months of age, this year’s U.S. beef exports to Hong Kong have more than tripled their 2009 pace.

“There are more than 40 countries currently supplying beef to Hong Kong,

which shows you just how competitive the international marketplace really is,” Seng said. “This also illustrates how important it is that we differentiate our product. Our competition is well aware of the opportunities in these key markets and they are doing everything they can to avail themselves of those opportunities.”

Opportunities in key markets are great but the USMEF acknowledges there is a critical issue of being able to supply meat to those markets. The U.S. cowherd is shrinking and demand interest is on course to outpace supply.

“Currently we are addressing the issue by developing alternative cuts of meat,” says Seng. “It is critical to maintain market share and if we are not successful we will lose it to someone else.”

Reprinted with permission of Cattle Business Weekly, www.cattlebusinessweekly.com.

The price of predators: An economic impact model for livestock ranches n Wyoming, about $4 million worth of rangeland cattle and sheep were lost to predators in 2005. Using a computerized model, researchers have now simulated an individual ranch’s economic impact of livestock losses to predators such as wolves and coyotes. Both short-term profitability and long-term viability were found to be affected by predation.

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The model uses three scenarios to predict the consequence of predation on profits: decreased weaning weight, increased death loss, and increased variable costs. Of these, reduced weaning weight had the greatest impact. This is because all calves would become less profitable when the stress of predation resulted in a lower sale weight, whereas death loss would affect only those animals directly lost to predators. Reduced sale weights of up to five percent were sustainable in this model.

However, we have little scientific data describing the impact of predation on weaning weights and a better understanding of this relationship is needed.

With an annual death loss of four percent, a ranch would experience negative profits in three of ten years. Increasing

the loss to ten percent would bring about an additional year of losses and possible insolvency of the business. However, in this scenario, the losses due to decrease in herd size were offset to an extent by increased sale of hay.

Variable costs that might increase due to predation include herding costs, the need to check on and move animals more frequently, and increased veterinary services. An overall cost increase of 20 to 30 percent, which is unlikely, would be required to significantly affect profits.

The model shows that predator control activities that achieved a one percent reduction in death loss or a one percent lessening of the affect on weaning weights would be economically efficient.

This knowledge can help determine how to best control rangeland predators — whether individually or with state and federal funding.

Full text of the article, “Ranch-Level Economic Impacts of Predation in a Range Livestock System,” Rangelands, Vol. 32, Issue 3, June 2010, is available at http://www2.allenpress.com/pdf/rala-32-03-2126.pdf.

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Escondida Land & Cattle Co. A great ranch located in the foothills of the Capitan Mountain of Lincoln County, NM, near Arabela, just eight miles above the Hondo Valley from Tinnie.

45 miles west of Roswell, and 25 miles east of Ruidoso, Escondida Ranch consists of 9931 deeded acres plus 6551 US Forest Service Lease w/an additional 490 NM State Lease acres, 27 being sections of rolling foothills and open valleys of grama grass pastures at an altitude of 5000 ft. A four-season cattle ranch w/an established grazing capacity of 500 animal units or 750 yearlings on a six-month grazing rotation system. This grazing program is also tied in w/130 acres of water rights applied to sprinkler irrigated grass pastures, w/irrigation wells capable of pumping up to a 900 gallon-per-minute at less than a 100 foot depth. Escondida Ranch is improved w/a full service modern headquarters complex w/new barns, corrals and shipping pens w/scales. This area of Lincoln County is noted for its big game habitat and the ranch is annually issued eleven elk permits along w/topline muledeer, black bear, mountain lion and barbary sheep hunting, and lots of turkey. A turn-key offering – everything goes.

Bailey Family Ranch, LLC. A year long cow/calf grazing unit located six miles north of Cuero in Guadalupe County, NM, just off I-40, and 20 miles east of Santa Rosa – a trade center for this area and east 45 miles to Tucumcari, the Hub City for this quadrant in NM. The Bailey Ranch consists of 7587 deeded acres along w/1160 NM State Lease for a total of 8747 grazing acres. This 14-section cow/calf or yearling ranch is located in some of the better grazing country in eastern NM. Under normal range conditions this area receives 14-16 inches of moisture a year and can support up to a 200-day growing season, at an elevation of around 4300 ft. This ranch has an ideal habitat for deer, antelope and game birds. The design of the ranch is divided into six pastures and one trap 160+ acres of free grazing on vacant land, supported by six windmills and five surface tanks. In a fenced design seven miles long and two wide, north to south, Walker Road is an all weather county road running north along the west boundary. A basic headquarter complex w/full services, a good tenant house, two-car garage and livestock working and shipping pens.

The Ranch Finder – Ronald H. Mayer P. O. Box 2391, Roswell, NM 88202 575/623-5658 • www.ranchfinder.com

Senators Oppose Stricter PM10 Limit bipartisan coalition of 21 senators is urging EPA not to tighten its national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for large particulate matter (PM10), warning that a stricter standard could impose significant costs on the agricultural sector — a large source of PM10.

In a July 23 letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the senators urge EPA to retain the PM10 air standard of 150 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3) and claim that a stricter limit might be impossible for some states to meet.

EPA’s latest policy assessment for its ongoing review of the standard includes a first-time proposed stricter range of between 65 and 85 ug/m3.

“A coarse PM NAAQS of 65-85 ug/m3 would be twice as stringent as the current standard.

The current standards have been difficult if not impossible for industries in the Western portion of the country to attain, including agricultural operations,” the senators say.

The farming and mining industries are large sources of PM10, and they have already criticized the July 8 policy assessment as difficult to attain. Dust emitted by the industries contributes to PM10 formation, but the sectors argue that they are already taking all feasible steps to control dust and there may be no options for cutting their dust emissions to meet a stricter standard.

“I think that agricultural operations . . . would have a very difficult time achieving a standard set that low,” a National Cattlemen’s Beef Association source said recently.

The senators echo these arguments in their letter to Jackson, warning that a tougher standard would be “extremely burdensome for farmers and livestock producers.” The senators point to projected higher costs to farmers stemming from “excessive dust control measures.”

The senators also highlight EPA’s statement in its policy paper of considerable uncertainty associated with PM10, caused by limited monitoring data and other restrictions. The senators say this uncertainty could justify EPA retaining its existing NAAQS. “Since EPA would be justified in retaining the current standard, then the current standard should be retained,” they write.

The letter comes as EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee July 26 launched a two-day meeting to review the agency’s draft policy assessment. The policy paper also makes recommendations for more-stringent standards for fine PM. New Mexico’s senior Senator Jeff Bingaman wrote his own letter to the EPA on the issue. n

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LA CUEVA RANCH, LAS VEGAS, NM – 4,419 deeded acres on Apache Mesa 20 minutes from Las Vegas, NM. Has caves, rimrock, canyons, mesa tops & tall pines.

Smaller parcels available. Very scenic area. Priced at $2,056,000.

TRIGG RANCH PARCELS, LAS VEGAS, NM – 720 acre & 360 acre parcels located on Apache Mesa at $612,000 and $216,000 respectively. 180 acre parcel located on Hwy 84 has stunning views, several building sites on this parcel. Priced at $360,000.

KEN AHLER REAL ESTATE CO., INC. 1435 S. St. Francis Drive, Suite 210, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Office: 505-989-7573 Toll Free: 888-989-7573 • Mobile: 505-490-0220 kahler@newmexico.com • www.SantaFeLand.com

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CAPULIN RANCH, SEPAR, NM – 21,640 acres total, 7,785 deeded acres & 13,835 leased acres. 300 auyl operation has excellent fences, 8 pastures, 2 traps, 10 wells & drinkers, forage is in excellent condition. Good populations of mule deer, antelope, javalina & quail. HQ home architecture is SW style w/pool. Guest home, equip storage, RR cars, pens & scales at HQ location.

Priced at $4,000,000.

SIX NEW MEXICO RANCHES #1: Just outside of Santa Fe, fantastic views, 4,717 deeded acres and 640 acres of state lease. #2: 50 miles north of Roswell, 22,959 acres total with 73% deeded, runs 400-450 AUs. Solid operation for cows or yearlings. #3: Southern New Mexico. 1,400 AUs with 23,520 acres deeded, 46,966 acres state and 41,326 acres BLM. 111,812 total acres equals 175 sections.

Extremely low operating expenses and big calves! #4: 4,516 acres deeded and 80 acres state, runs 90-100 AUs. Can be enlarged up to 35 sections. #5: 2,301 acres deeded and 467 acres state.

Runs 55-60 AUs. #4 and #5 join each other and can be combined or purchased separately. Located to southern Harding County of northeastern New Mexico. No improvements except fences, wells and dirt tanks. #6: 296 AUs, 50 miles southwest of Albuquerque. Over 50 sections, 32,000 acres with 1,000 acres deeded land. Elk, deer and antelope.

Ranch has been rested; it’s in good condition

TERRELL LAND & LIVESTOCK COMPANY P.O. Box 3188 • Los Lunas, N.M. 87031 • 575/447-6041

House, New Mexico 160 acres, 126.5 acres under center pivot with 48 acres in 1st year alfalfa.

T and L sprinkler. Water source is from a rechargeable stream. $1,185 / acre.

House, New Mexico 2200 sq ft home on 10 acres. Needs work. Located south of House, NM. $65,000 Clovis, N.M. 620 S Reid, Need a Home for your horse? Don’t miss this one. 1+ acre with super nice barn featuring tack room, indoor wash rack w/ hot water and bathroom. All city utilities, lots of pipe fencing, 5 covered runs and large shed row. Business opportunity for horse boarding.

Call Brett 575-760-3654 575-763-5055 Portales, NM 1007 acres on HWY 467 and Oasis State Park Road. 640 acres state lease. 327 acres deeded. 5 pastures, 2 traps, 2 wells, 2 sets of pens. Call Brett Johnson 575760-3654 or 575-763-5055 $295,000

BRETT JOHNSON – 575/763-5055 • 575/762-5611 brett@505resources.com • www.505realtors.com Office 575/763-5055 • Cell 575/760-3654 • Fax 575/769-9177 3008 N. Prince St., Clovis, NM 88101

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New Mexico Real Estate Socorro Area VEGUITA, 228 Jaramillo Loop – Horse Property Deluxe – If you want horses & can’t give up city comforts, see this rambling 3 or 4 bedroom, 3-bath home. Offers inspired, clean lines w/colorful Santa Fe touches & spacious rooms. Barn, 3 stalls, runs, 4-horse walker. Pens are fenced & cross fenced – easy to work on 9 irrigated acres.

In the heart of horse country. REDUCED $817,000. MLS#669493 LEMITAR, 76 Calle De Lemitar– 20.76 acres m/l, subject to new survey, orchard grass & alfalfa. MRGCD right to water. Possible to split. $20,000/ac. MLS #671308 MAGDALENA LAND – Exquisite views, convenient to town - 225 acres offers the opportunity to take advantage of additional land owned by BLM. Power and phone at property line. Development potential or just wide open space for your enjoyment. $525,000. MLS #484787 SOCORRO, 1008 Paisano – Improve Your Lot in Life by moving into this delightful 4 bedroom, 3 bath charmer on 2-10 acres all your own. You’ll love the open space and Oak staircase. A “Chef’s dream” gourmet kitchen is packed with the latest in conveniences. You’ll appreciate the setting and all the amenities of this prestigious home with a country setting 10 minutes from the Plaza. Make your appointment right away and you can celebrate your next holiday dinner in style. 2 acres $548K – MLS #682468, 5 acres $600K – MLS #683383 SAN ACACIA, Irrigated Valley acreage, – 55 acres in alfalfa on paved access only 12 miles north of Socorro.

A practical and scenic setting. Well, concrete ditches, 3-year-old cottonwoods at edge of property. MRGCD rightto-water. Possible to add some dry land and/or an additional l70 ac. farm. $20,000/acre. MLS #670600 SAN ANTONIO, Levee Ditch-Zanja Road – Acreage close to the famous Manny’s Buckhorn. 162 ac. m/l alfalfa farm w/stunning views. Easy access. Power, water & phone available. Will split. $13,500/acre. MLS#660140 SOCORRO , 15C Windy’s Farm Road, – A gentleman farmer’s dream - with a quality home, 3-4 bedroom 2 bath, well set on 29+/- irrigated acres w/extensive landscaping. Some of the home features include Pella wood and metal clad windows, skylights throughout and gracious master bath with garden tub and separate shower. The office could be converted into a fourth bedroom. $575,000. MLS #686868 SAN ANTONIO, Highway 380 East, – Range land, scenic rolling hills, tops out to fairly level, highway access, power and phone on property. This property has White Sands Missile Range Evacuation Lease, 300 Acres M/L surrounded by BLM. $90,000. MLS #685878

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P.O. Box 145 Cimarron, NM 87714 575/376-2341 Fax: 575/376-2347 land@swranches.com

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Cimarron River Property, reduced to $359,000 – 10.91 +/- deeded acres, 2,700 +/- sq. ft. home. West edge of town w/water frontage on the Cimarron River, some water rights and a private lake. This is the end of the road w/awesome views of the mountains in a quiet peaceful village. Cimarron, Colfax County, NM. Foreman Property, reduced to $415,000 – 559.10 +/- deeded acres, Private 2,000 +/- sq. ft. home.

Custom rock work. Horse barn, two-car garage, two hay barns, 5 pastures. Excellent spring gravitational feed-to-trough, house on city water system less than 5 years old, septic system brought up to code. 0.8 mile driveway, mature cottonwood trees, very private, 4 miles east of Springer, Colfax County, NM. Canadian River Ranch, reduced to $299,000 – 39.088 +/- deeded acres, w/0.3 miles of the Canadian River going through the property. Excellent partially remodeled home, workshop on concrete slab, roping arena. Exceptional improvements at this price, located 6 miles east of Springer, Colfax County, NM. Great horse property, easy access off pavement.

Miami Lookout, $395,000 – 80.00 +/- deeded acres in Miami, NM Approximately 60ft X 60ft metal building, utilities buried, water and septic in place. All back off highway up the mesa on private driveway, affording majestic views. Currently owner parks 5th wheel during summer months. Utilities could accommodate a 3 bedroom home. Has trees and irrigation shares. Colfax County, Miami, NM. Spear Road Ranch, $700,000 – 160 +/- deeded acres, w/exceptional three bedroom 3 bath home, approx 2,200 sq ft. Adjacent office, 3 car garage and workshop, one round pen, 150 ft X 300 ft arena.

Convenient to I25, fantastic views of mountains and the plains. Second manufactured home on site.

Water shares and three water meters. Approximately 5 miles NE of Springer, NM. Western View Ranch, $259,235 – 373 +/- deeded acres, located 1 mile east of Taylor Springs.

Windmill, stock pond, highway frontage, electricity and amazing views of NM and Southern CO mountains. Traditionally used for yearlings, in great shape. Would make nice escape. Approximately 8 miles E of Springer, NM.

515 Center Street, Socorro, NM 87801

O’NEILL AGRICULTURAL, LLC

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MASON MOUNTAIN RANCH Nothern Elko County ranch with 3700 deeded acres and a small BLM permit. Great summer pasture with free water from springs, creeks and seeps. No power but land line phone.

The ranch received 1 landowner Elk Tag this year. The irrigation reservior on Mason Creek is stocked with Red Band trout. Several useful buildings including home with gravity flow water and propane lights, water heater and refrigerator. The ranch should run 300 pair for the season. Price: $1,575,000.

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Marketers of Quality Southwest Properties arge irrigated acreage adjacent to a paved L road – total of all tracts approximately 1800 acres. Irrigated by center pivots. Productive soils. Crops now include wheat and alfalfa.

Excellent opportunity for farming, dairy or cattle operation.

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Jake Marbach, Broker Farm, Ranch, Residential

Associated Professionals, Inc. 1205 West Pierce Street Carlsbad, NM 88220 Business 575/885-9722 Cellular: 575/706-4533 Fax: 575/885-1358 marbachhay@live.com

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505/865-7800 Jornado Ranch

Located 11 miles west of T or C. 1788 deeded acres, 9 sections state lease, and 32 sections of BLM lease.

Well watered for 300 head year-long. Attractive headquarters near Elephant Butte Lake. Located west of the railroad and at the entrance to Spaceport America – one of New Mexico’s largest construction projects.

Price $4,200,000.

Eager Red Hill Ranch Located 20 miles west of Quemado, NM. This ranch contains 1100 deeded acres 80 acres of state lease and 5,220 acres of BLM, together with all improvements and water rights. Wildlife includes black bear, mountain lion, elk, mule deer and antelope.

Price $1,400,000.

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4667 Sq. Ft. Home on 3.08 Irrigated Acres /1500 Rivas Road in Los Lunas /Easy Access to Albuquerque /Potential Horse Property w/Room for a Roping Arena /Mother-In-Law Quarters w/Full Kitchen /Great Place to Raise a Family /Priced to Sell at $575,000 — Contact Jerri Flaming to view at 505/440-8788 —

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RED BLUFF RANCH – 59,420 ACRES CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Sprawling cattle operation located 15 minutes north of Roswell. Consists of 35,100 deeded acres, 23,040 BLM & 1,280 New Mexico State Land.

Tremendous improvements w/a large set of corrals & sorting alley, working alleys, covered squeeze chute, scales, metal barns, & overhead bins, along w/a dozer, blade & backhoe. One-of-a-kind, 6,000 sq. ft. pueblo-style house was built on the highest bluff overlooking the ranch & scenic Capitan Mountains. Excellent cover of native vegetation. Excellent water w/222.75 feet of water rights, 9 windmills & 8 submersible pumps w/over 35 miles of pipeline, several storage tanks & numerous surface tanks. The Red Bluff is permitted for 889 animal units. Excellent opportunity to own one of the largest deeded, best-improved cattle ranches in New Mexico. Call Leon Nance at 325/658-8978, for your private showing.

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Nancy A. Belt, Broker Cell 520-221-0807 Tom Hardesty 520-909-0233 Rye Hart 928-965-9547 Tobe Haught 505-264-3368 Office 520-455-0633 COMMITTED TO ALWAYS WORKING HARD FOR YOU! Fax 520-455-0733 RANCHES / FARMS Turkey Creek, AZ – 2837 acres deeded, nice HQ, small state lease, 724 acre feet of water rights, great development potential. $6,000,000.

31 0 He ad Cattle R anch, Vir den, NM – 4500+/- deeded acres, BLM, NM & AZ State Lease. HQ – 3 BR, 2 bath, MH, w/power & corrals. Well watered, 12 wells, 10 dirt tanks, 10 springs. 7 sets of working corrals. $1,700,000. Terms Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm – Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, w/small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800s museum, 2 bedroom cabin, shop, & barn.

Excellent for horse farm, bed & breakfast, land or water development. +/-62 acres & well for $1,700,000; home & other improvements. $424,500, Seller Financing.

250–400+ Head Cattle Ranch Sheldon, AZ – 1,450 deeded acres, +/-30 sections BLM, 150 +acres irrigated farm land. Nice HQ incl-two rock homes, good set of steel shipping & horse corrals, 30’ x 20’ barn, 9 livestock & domestic wells & 4 irrigation wells. There is deeded access to the ranch off of a paved highway & power to the headquarters. $1,500,000, Terms.

320 Ac Farm, Kansas Settlement, AZ – This working farm has 2–120 acre Zimmatic Pivots, a nice site built home, large workshop & hay barn. 5 irrigation wells, 2 domestic wells. The property is fenced & cross fenced. Great set-up for pasturing cattle. $1,168,000, Terms Desired. *REDUCED* 235 Head Ranch, Safford, AZ – State, BLM & USFS leases. 40 deeded acres w/a nice 3 BR, 2 BA home built in 2007, corrals, electric power & a well at HQ. Paved access. Elevation ranges from 3,500 to 7,265 feet. $950,000.

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Wickenburg, AZ – 216 Head Cattle Ranch.

Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM & 3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells.

Abundant feed, numerous corrals & great steel shipping pens. $850,000. *NEW* 112 Head Mountain Ranch, Collins Park, NM – This gorgeous ranch is now the total package w/a new log cabin completed in 2009 w/a new well & storage, septic, & solar package; finished tack/bunk house; & excellent set of working corrals, USFS YL permit & 115 beautiful deeded acres w/tall pines & meadows. Includes equipment $725,000. *NEW* +/- 85 Head Cattle Ranch McNeal, AZ – Arizona & private grazing leases HQ on 244 acres of private land including log home, bunk house, corrals, hay barn, well, arena, tack house & storage sheds. $500,000 Additional 722 acres of private land available. Purchase all of the deeded & improvements w/the leases for $724,500.

Rainbow Valley, AZ, 300 Head Cattle Ranch – Excellent desert ranch owned & operated by the same family for 40 years. Well improved w/BLM & State grazing leases. HQ on State land, well watered. $650,000. *REDUCED* Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch – Year long USFS permit w/two room line camp, barn & corrals at HQ. Remote horseback ranch w/limited vehicular access. 10 acres of deeded in Sheldon, AZ. $275,000.

tanks, 2 springs + 5 storage tanks. Beautiful rolling hills. This is a great little ranch for someone who would like to have a small purebred operation or for anyone who wants to live off the grid in a beautiful setting w/a small herd of cattle. $250,000

HORSE PROPERTIES San Pedro River north of Benson, AZ –250 ac.

Professional Horse Breeding Facility –55 acres of irrigated pasture, 900 gpm well. 2 homes; barn w/office, apt., tack room, feed room, & storage area; 12 stall barn; 7 stall mare motel; lab/vet room; lighted riding arena; insulated workshop; & hay storage area. $2.4M. Terms Available.

In the foothills of the Chiricahua Mtns. Beautiful Sunglow Estates 14 acres, extremely private, beautiful custom home, spacious outdoor living w/exceptional views, creek, horse barn, workshop. Must see! $1,995,000. *REDUCED* Deming, NM – Charming country home on 80 Acres w/barn & well.

Development potential. $350,000. Terms.

Willcox, AZ, +/-9 Acres w/Roping Arena – 3BR/2BA Shultz mfg home w/many upgrades, roping arena, nice 4-stall horse barn w/tack room & hay storage, second barn, new well, a very private & nice location $210,000.

157 Acres Deming, NM. Fenced with a nice pipe entry, close to town, paved access, mountain views, power. Owner will split and will carry! $204,000.

Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas AZ – 200 ac.

Plus 17 head BLM allotment, private retreat, two wells. Very remote & extremely scenic w/sycamores, cottonwoods & beautiful rock formations. $300,000 – Seller Financing.

Benson, AZ 10 AC Mini farm – Home, barn, chicken pens, organic growing beds $175,000.

*REDUCED* 33 Head Ranch, Grant County, NM – 640+/- Acres, w/1800 acres BLM & 320 acres State of NM lease, 2 wells, 4 dirt

Willcox, AZ 5 Ac, 2BR/1BA mfg home, roping arena, 5 covered stalls, hay storage, tack room, workshop/garage, RV. Great Value at $85,000.

Ranch & Farm Real Estate This ad is just a small sample of the properties that we currently have for sale. Please check our website and give us a call! We need your listings both large and small, all types of ag properties (Especially CRP).

TOM GREEN CO., TX DAIRY – Capable of milking 1500 in a parallel double 16 rapid-exit parlor, nice home, 171 acres, additional adjacent land available, pavement & all weather road, near San Angelo.

QUAY CO., NM – 880 acres, 3 pivots, alfalfa, homes, barns, pens, & pavement.

family RANCH WANTED Couple looking for small ranch for lease, lease/ purchase or purchase Need residence & pasture for 20+ head of livestock References can be provided 505/801-1527

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SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS RANCH – 7,256.98 (+/-) Deeded acres – some of Kansas’ finest grassland located approximately 16 miles south of Meade, Kansas. 3½ miles of live water from Crooked Creek, sandhill and flat terrain, CRP, 2 sets of improvements, great 4 and 5 wire fencing. Can be operated as a cow/calf or yearling operation. WILDLIFE – Bob-White Quail, Blue-Tail Quail, Turkey, and Deer.

LARGE EASTERN COLORADO RANCH – 22,430 (+/-) Acres, Good Sod Cover, Well Developed Improvements, Multiple Developed Watering Systems, Excellent Fencing, Good Condition, Minerals, Good Access, 3 State Lease Sections.

Located in Crowley and Lincoln Counties.

DRY FARMLAND, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO – 480 Acres located 9 miles southeast of Haswell, Colorado.

DRYLAND FARM, PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO – 640 Acres located northeast of Lamar, Colorado.

FARMLAND, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO – 1,280 Acres located 8 miles east of Two Butte’s, Colorado.

For more information please contact

Gene Cruikshank or Larry Huddleston gene@cruikshankrealty.com / larry@cruikshankrealty.com www.cruikshankrealty.com

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WAHOO RANCH – Approximately 41,376 acres: 12,000 deeded, 6,984 BLM, 912 state, 40 uncontrolled and 21,440 forest. Beautiful cattle ranch located on the east slope of the Black Range Mountains north of Winston, NM, on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso.The ranch is bounded on the east by the Alamosa Creek Valley and on the west by the Wahoo Mountains ranging in elevation from 6,000' to 8,796'. There are 3 houses/cabins, 2 sets of working corrals (1 with scales) and numerous shops and outbuildings. It is very well watered with many wells, springs, dirt tanks and pipelines. The topography and vegetation is a combination of grass covered hills (primarily gramma grasses), with many cedar, piñon and live oak covered canyons as well as the forested Wahoo Mountains. There are plentiful elk and deer as well as antelope, turkey, bear, mountain lion and javelina (46 elk tags in 2009). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in the SW. Price reduced to $6,000,000.

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SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 10 miles south of Deming off Hwy. 11 (Columbus Hwy) approximately 26,964 total acres consisting of +/- 3964 deeded, +/- 3800 state lease, +/- 14,360 BLM and +/-4840 Uncontrolled. The allotment is for 216 head (AUYL). There are +/- 278 acres of ground water irrigation rights (not currently being farmed) as well as 9 solar powered stock wells and metal storage tanks and approx. 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch begins on the north end at the beautiful Mahoney Park high up in the Florida mountains and runs 5½ miles down the mountains to their south end. It continues another 7½ miles south across their foothills and onto the flats. The ranch has a very diverse landscape with plentiful wildlife including quail, dove, rabbits, deer and ibex. Lots of potential & a good buy at $1,200,000.

46 ACRE FARM LOCATED IN SAN MIGUEL – Full EBID irrigation and supplemental well. Bounded by Highway 28 on the east, County Road B-041 on the south and County Road B-010 on the west. Priced at $14,000/acre – $644,000.

212 ACRE FARM BETWEEN LAS CRUCES, NM AND EL PASO, TX – Hwy. 28 frontage with 132 acres irrigated, 80 acres sandhills, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well, cement ditches and large equipment warehouse. Reasonably priced at $2,000,000.

50.47 ACRE FARM - Located on Afton Road south of La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well with cement ditches. Priced at $14,500/acre - $731,815.

DAN DELANEY REAL ESTATE, LLC

BEAUTIFUL 143.81 ACRE NORTH VALLEY FARM located in Las Cruces, NM next to the Rio Grande River. Great views of the Organ Mountains. Cement ditches, 2 irrigation wells & EBID. 2 older houses and shed sold “as is”. Priced at $13,212/acre - $1,900,000. Will consider dividing.

318 W. Amador Avenue Las Cruces, NM 88005 (O) 575/647-5041 (C) 575/644-0776 nmlandman@zianet.com www.zianet.com/nmlandman

OTHER FARMS FOR SALE – In Doña Ana County. All located near Las Cruces, NM. 8, 11, & 27.5 acres. $15,000/acre to $17,000/acre. All have EBID (surface water rights from the Rio Grande River) and several have supplemental irrigation wells. If you are interested in farm land in Doña Ana County, give me a call.

HARQUAHALA RANCH: A nice little desert ranch located in west Maricopa County.

Owner/Agent Asking $159,000 — CONTRACT PENDING! ANTELOPE CREEK RANCH: A nice ranch in Yavapai County close to Phoenix & Prescott.

Good feed conditions, strong stocking rate, & small size of the ranch make it an enjoyable ranch to own & operate. Call Scott Thacker at 520/444-7069 or Katie Leibold at 602/319-0370. Price Reduced! $160,000.

A-1 RANCH: Working cattle ranch in Coconino County. Summer grazing permit.

175 head June 1 – October 31. 10 Deeded acres. Forest & state leases. Call Troy Cooke at 928/532-0055 Price reduced! $275,000.

IMMIGRANT SPRINGS RANCH: Beautiful Ranch in Apache County. 2 houses, huge barn, springs, well. 1320 deeded acres. 660 State Lease 54 HD year-round. Owner may carry! Call Troy Cooke at 928/532-0055.

Asking $989,000.

PETERSON RANCH: A very nice home with over 4100 Deeded acres & AZ State Grazing Lease in Cochise County. 625 head yearlong, well watered, & highly improved. Call Scott Thacker at 520/444-7069. Asking $3,500,000.

ANTELOPE RANCH: A beautiful working cattle ranch in Cochise County. Over 8 sections of deeded land, headquarters & managers house, 2 adobe barns, & a shop.

Working corrals with large pens, heavy squeeze chute, tub, scale, semi & truck-trailer loading alleys. Owner may carry!

Owner/Agent. Call Scott Thacker at 520/4447069. PRICE REDUCED! $2,975,000.

LONG H RANCH – SOLD! 350 Head yearround. 53 Sec. State/BLM/Private Leases.

SILVER CREEK RANCH – SOLD! (Ranch Only – No Home) Show Low, AZ. FRANCO RANCH — SOLD! 13 +/- Sec. of AZ State Grazing Lease, 80 head year-long.

BOMBING RANGE RANCH — SOLD! AZ State Grazing Permit. 72 head year-long.

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s dissatisfaction with Obama administration policies in the western states grows Congressman Rob Bishop of Utah and Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming held a bicameral hearing on the administration’s “War on Western Jobs”. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the West has maintained the highest regional unemployment rate for the last 12 months. The hearing was to focus on the effects of regulation and land grabs on jobs in the West.

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Most of the job loss relates to environmental issues and the influence of extreme environmental groups on administration policy resulting in a decrease in mineral exploration, oil and gas production, logging and grazing. The rest of it is the proliferation of wilderness bills national monuments and other special land use designations and acquisitions that take land out of productive uses that provide jobs.

On the land use side, the administration and the Democrats in the House and Senate have pushed through numerous wilderness designations and other restrictions on grazing and commercial activities on federal lands. You will recall the not-for-publication Interior Department memo that Frank unearthed discussing plans for new National Monuments including two in New Mexico. And of course, Senators Bingaman and Udall still have the Doña Ana County Wilderness Bill in the works.

The fact that the federal government owns most of the land in the West is the biggest obstacle to job creation in the western states. The ill effects on jobs and economic activity from legislation like the Endangered Species Act would not be as great if the federal government didn’t have so much control over land use.

The Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act are also mechanisms that give federal agencies authority to regulate almost any activity they want unless they are challenged in court. The clever use of these laws has allowed environmental groups to tie up much of the natural resource based segments of the economy in the West.

If that weren’t enough President Obama seems determined to use the Gulf oil spill as an excuse to push for cap and tax legislation disguised as an energy bill that will allow even more control of

energy production and use. Without knowing what form the final version will take it’s hard to say what the effects will be on agriculture but most cap and trade schemes end up being a huge tax on farms and ranches. Incredibly New Mexico is pursuing its own state version. There will be public hearings on two separate petitions concerning cap and trade and green house gas emissions starting sometime in August or September. Watch for news on exact time and place information.

The Administration is also hosting a series of meetings (“Listening Sessions”) on the President’s “Great Outdoors Initiative”. The announced purpose of the sessions is to help develop a “conservation agenda for the 21st century.” Meetings are being held in cities around the country.

The Albuquerque meeting was July 17.

While these things are always announced with innocent-sounding goals, they are

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designed to generate results that build support for more government control of land use. It is not accidental that meetings are not being held in rural areas where the impacts will be felt.

All these actions characterize an administration that is pushing to gain as much governmental control over land use as they can while they have the political deck stacked in their favor. They don’t seem too concerned with public opinion or even the political consequences of their actions. They keep pushing toward the extreme even as their popularity plummets. We can only hope the midterm elections will start to turn the tide.

On the border security disaster that is causing so much trouble for ranchers and others in southern Arizona and southwest New Mexico the only meaningful action has been the announcement by the administration that they will sue to stop Arizona from enforcing its new law. In the meantime reports of increasing violence from the drug and human smuggling trade spilling across the border illustrate a situation out of control. continued on page 74

estrays August 8, 2010

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following described estray animals have been taken under the provisions of Chapter 77, Article 13 of N.M. Statutes Annotated 1978, and sold for the benefit of the owners of said estrays as provided by law. The proceeds will be subject to claims and proof of ownership as provided by law. N.M. Livestock Board · Myles Culbertson, Director · Albuquerque, N.M.

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David Ham and Steve Wilmeth have written an essay explaining how wildlife refuges and other special land use areas have created the smuggling corridors in Arizona. Senator Bingaman and the rest of the New Mexico congressional delegation should reconsider the Doña Ana County wilderness legislation. We can’t afford to lock up resources and create another smuggling corridor streaming into southern New Mexico.

The Peregrine Fund scored a rare win in a lawsuit challenging the designation of the Aplomado falcon in New Mexico as an experimental, non-essential population

under Section 10j of the ESA. WildEarth Guardians had sued to force a full-blown listing so they could petition for designation of critical habitat and use the falcon to restrict land use as they have with other species. They lost in Federal District court and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the decision.

There have been several articles in the last couple of months about the dismal record of success of the Mexican wolf program and the illegal shooting of adult wolves. The implication is that local residents, most likely ranchers are killing wolves and preventing the program from successfully establishing a viable population in the reintroduction area. The Center

for Biological Diversity and others are asking the Fish and Wildlife Service to take back the tracking radios they have loaned to ranchers so they can tell when radiocollared wolves are close enough to be a threat. The enviros are quick to make accusations but not so quick to acknowledge the way the wolf program has destroyed the way of life that existed before the wolves were released.

As Frank reported last month, the CBD along with others has also sued the government to force a NEPA review of the 2010 federal land grazing fee. The livestock industry fought a long hard political battle in the 1980s over the grazing fee.

There was never any factual information provided by grazing opponents to show that the fee is too low. There was plenty of factual economic data documenting the non-fee costs of grazing federal land that prove the current fee is more likely too high than too low.

The grazing fee is easily defended with facts but that is not what this issue is about. Most of the argument in the suit is procedural. The CBD doesn’t supply any data to prove the fee is too low. The remedy they request is for the agencies to do a NEPA review of the fee and, of course, reimburse them for expenses and attorney’s fees. History really does repeat itself.

The climate change crowd has been pretty quiet lately. Al Gore has had personal issues to deal with and others are still trying to rehabilitate their credibility after the climate gate scandal. Those of us who would really like to know whether we are going to be wetter or drier are left not knowing who to believe. The real casualty of the climate gate scandal was scientific credibility. What we do know is that we seem to be enjoying a normal monsoon summer weather pattern. Some places are still dry but others have seen ample summer rains. Let’s pray it keeps coming. Until n next time, may God bless us all.

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Cap-and-trade on ice fter a late July 2010 meeting with Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has apparently dropped plans to pursue cap-and-trade before the August recess.

He doesn’t have the votes to overcome a GOP filibuster, and saving the earth from a phantom threat stands way below jobs on Americans’ wish list. But watch out after November, says Investor’s Business Daily (IBD).

“What he suggested is that we move forward on several bills to address energy and the oil spill and then continue to work on the climate piece when we get back,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (DMich.), said after the meeting in the Capitol.

The bill will not include a renewable-electricity production mandate that’s been floating around the Senate in various forms and would boost power sources such as solar and geothermal that currently consume huge subsidies while contributing relatively little in terms of our energy mix. The inconvenient truth is that the proposed Renewable Energy Standard (RES) is an economic catastrophe waiting to happen, says IBD. The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis has crunched the numbers and found that at an RES would: n Raise electricity prices by 36 percent for households and 60 percent for industry. n Cut gross domestic product (GDP) by $5.2 trillion between 2012 and 2035. n Cut national income by $2,400 a year for a family of four.

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 11, 54 ADM / Joe Delk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Aero Tech Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Ag & More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Ag New Mexico FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ag Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Ken Ahler Real Estate Co., Inc. . . . . . . . 65 Albuquerque Christian Children’s Home . 27 Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 American Galloway Breeders Assn. . . . . 53 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 72 Ash Marketing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 B

B & R Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . 57 Bell Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 BJM Sales & Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Boss Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Bottari Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Bradley 3 Ranch Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Brand / Richard Van de Valde . . . . . . . 58 Bulls N More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 C

C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Carter’s Livestock Equipment . . . . . . . . 57 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Co. . . . . 40 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission (Dalhart) . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Caviness Packing Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34 Centerfire Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Clovis Livestock Markets . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Coldwell Banker / Betty Houston . . . . . 66 Coldwell Banker / A.C. Taylor . . . . . . . . 67 Chip Cole Ranch Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Conniff Cattle Co, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 R.L. Cox Fur & Hide Co. . . . . . . . . 28, 57 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 CPI Pipe & Steel, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cruikshank Realty, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 George Curtis, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 D

D Squared Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 David Dean / Campo Bonita LLC . . . . . 68 Dan Delaney Real Estate, Inc . . . . . . . . 72 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . 58

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Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 E

Eastern Plains Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 39 ECS Forage & Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Estrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Express UU Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 F

Fallon-Cortese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Family Ranch Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Farm Bureau Financial Services– Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sun Country (Carlsbad) . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . 8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . 23 Flake Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Fury Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 G

Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . . 25 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Tom Growney Equip. Inc. . . . . . . . . . 2, 56 H

Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 79 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 54 Huguley & Co Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . 69 Huston Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Hutchinson Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 I

Investments Out West Land Co. / Wayne Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 J

JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 K

Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Kahn Steel Co. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 58 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Bill Kalil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Kansas Forage Products, LLC . . . . . . . . 74 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Klein Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 L

L & H Mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 La Gloria Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Land Wanted / Doug Caffey . . . . . . . . . 48

Lasater Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 52 Lee, Lee & Puckitt / Kevin Reed . . . . . . 68 LG Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Life Family History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 M

Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Jake Marbach / Century 21 . . . . . . . . . 67 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Merrick’s Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Mesa Feed Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 55 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 57 Mesalands Community College . . . . . . . 24 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . 71 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Monfette Construction Co. . . . . . . . 28, 57 Montaña del Oso Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Murney Assoc / Paul McGilliard . . . . . . 69 Mur-Tex Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 N

NAPA Edgewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 New Mexico 4-H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 New Mexico Beef Council . . . . . . . . 43, 44 New Mexico Brands Auction . . . . . . . . . 16 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 New Mexico GOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . . 68 New Mexico State Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Dean Newberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 O

O’Neill Land, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 P

Pacific Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Paco Feed Yard, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Dan Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 PHASE-A-MATIC, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Priddy Construction/Cattle Guards . . . . 29 Joe Priest Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Purina Land O Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 R

The Ranch Finder / Ronald H. Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Ranch Horse Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Ranch Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Ranch Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Ranch Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Rangeland Hands, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 57 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . . . 70 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 James T. Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . . 12 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 S

Santa Gertrudis Breeders Intern . . . . . . 52 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Scott Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Smith Land & Cattle Co., LLC . . . . . . . 11 Suzanne Smith Company . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Southwest Ag, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . 68 Superior Livestock Austion / Bob Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 T

Terrell Land & Livestock Co. . . . . . . . . . 65 Texas Range Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Tire Water Troughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Top of the Valle Bull Test . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Tri-State Angus Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Tri-State Angus Ranches / Puppies . . . . 57 Tri-State Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 U

United Country Vista Nueva, Inc . . . . . . 65 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 V

Virden Perma-Bilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 W

Walking Stick Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 53 Weichert Realtors / 505 Group . . . . . . . 65 Wells Fargo Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Western Legacy Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Westlake Cattle Growers, LLC . . . . . . . 41 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . . . . . 42, 57, 58 WW-Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Y

Yocom McCall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 R.L. York Custom Leather . . . . . . . . . . 27 Z

Zesch & Pickett Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 23 Zinpro (Amarillo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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n Reduce employment by more than 1 million jobs. n Add more than $10,000 to a family of four’s share of the national debt by 2035.

Reid’s gambit is only temporary and part of a plan to pass a stripped-down energy bill capitalizing on oil spill angst, then adding in the onerous capand-trade provisions in conference in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress, says IBD. Senate cap-and-trade point man John Kerry has said that his proposal, the American Power Act, will be considered in a lame duck session. WaxmanMarkey sponsor Rep. Henry Waxman has told reporters that in conference, he will reinsert the full-blown cap-andtrade program during that session.

The only way to finally defeat capand-trade may be to ensure that any energy bill, stripped-down or otherwise, is a dead duck before the lame ducks can act, says IBD.

Source: Editorial, “Cap-And-Trade On Ice,” Investor’s Business Journal, July 26, 2010.

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