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NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-243-9515 Fax: 505-998-6236 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of ... n New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-247-0584, Fax: 505-842-1766; President, Pat Boone Executive Director, Caren Cowan Asst. Executive Director, Michelle Frost n New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194 505-247-0584 President, Punk Cooper Executive Director, Caren Cowan Asst. Executive Director, Michelle Frost

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12 To The Point by Caren Cowan

40 Aggie Notes by John Wenzel, DVM, NMSU Beef Extension Specialist

68 N.M. CowBelles’ Jingle Jangle 76 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers by Don Bullis

78 N.M. Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

80 On The Edge of Common Sense by Baxter Black

82 In Memoriam 86 Riding Herd by Lee Pitts

100 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn 110 My Cowboy Heroes by Jim Olson

112 Market Place 114 Real Estate Guide 118 View from the Backside by Barry Denton

124 Seedstock Guide 129 Ad Index

FEATURES 16 2016 Bull Buyers Guide 26 Growth Pattern of Cattle Affects Beef Eating Quality

28 What’s the Future for Beef Cattle Genomics by Burt Rutherford, beefmagazine.com

32 Where Will Your Cattle Be in Summer 2017? by South Dakota State University Extension

36 Finishing’s Effect on Climate by Donald Stotts, Oklahoma State University

47 Calf Scramble Sponsor Thanks 48 Thermo Fisher Scientific Presents Validation Data for New Bovine TB Detection Kit 52 Producing the Right Calf to Fit the Market Key to Capturing Premiums AgriLife Today 54 Feedlots Chew Through Cattle Supplies by Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State Unversity

56 A “Colossal Failure” by Prosecutors: Juror Defends Verdict in Oregon Standoff Trial by Derek Hawkins, Washington Post

63 Bull Buyers Guide by Travis Meteer, Illinois Extension Service

71 New Weapon Deployed in Battle to Stop Deer Screwworm Outbreak 72 Land Lover by Marc Ramierz, Texas Super Lawyers Magazine

74 Happy Sheep Contest Winners 87 Why We Use Electoral College by Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal

92 Meet Jack Chatfield: NMCGA Vice President at Large by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson

94 Pregnancy- Checking Options by Heather Smith Thomas

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Pat Boone NMCGA President

Dear NMCGA members & fellow cattle producers, Pat Boone President Elida Tom Sidwell President-Elect Quay

Jack Chatfield Vice President at Large Mosquero Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Blair Clavel NE Vice President Roy Jeff Bilberry SE Vice President Elida Randell Major SW Vice President Magdalena Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Albuquerque Jose J. Varela Lopéz Past President La Cieneguilla

he wind has been blowing here for the last four days, stout and cold. I suppose it is ushering in the real beginning of winter. I dread it more every year – I really dislike being cold ! But it is also when we begin to calve, which is my favorite time here on the ranch. There is something about seeing those baby calves buck and pitch and run around that rejuvenates me, makes me want to stay around one more year. I pray the coming new year will be a good one for each of you, that the rains come and the market improves, and we all can stay around just a bit longer, doing what we love to do – raise cattle! The 2017 60-day Legislative session in Santa Fe promises to be an interesting one. Some old faces will not be there, and some new ones will be. The Republicans lost their majority in the House, and the Democrats retained their majority in the Senate. There are new majority and minority leaders so things are looking to be quite different. Money will be short, issues will be many. Taxes and water will be at the top of the list. Trapping is still causing heartburn for the animal rights folks, and there is sure to be some interest in banning coyote contests again. We will be sending out calls to action I’m sure so be ready to come to the Capitol when we need you! The 2016 edition of our Joint Stockmen’s convention is about to happen. By the time you read this it will be over. It’s going to be a good one. Hope I see all of you there. New Forest plans are coming, with proposals for new wilderness areas. We will keep our ears to the ground and keep you informed. We continue to work on the feasibility plan for a self-insured workers comp group plan. We need input from some of you. If you are interested in helping call or email the office. Cindy joins with me in wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Give us a call or email us at the office or give me or one of our regional vice-presidents a call if there is anything we can help you with. We are here to help.

Rex Wilson Past President Ancho Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque

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here was a new national disease diagnosed in early November 2016. Fox News labeled it election depression (ED). This acronym is used for other things, so always be sure which malady or job you are referring to. Fox seemed to think this was a new discovery. Sadly they are wrong. I, and I am sure many others, have suffered off and on with election depression since 1992. In 1997 I was driven to wear a black arm band on Inauguration Day during the American Sheep Industry Convention. I was granted relief in 2000 and 2004, but election depression came back with a vengeance in 2008 and lasted a hard eight years. However I have discovered that the disease is made worse by additional actions of our state and federal government. We fall back from Daylight Savings Time on the Saturday before the election. That time change always throws my body clock into a tail-spin. I think it tends to exacerbate the depression that can come. I am not suffering as much from election depression this year. On the federal level I am quite healthy. At the state level, it is sad to lose friends on both sides of the isle in both the House and the Senate. We thank these men and women for their service. However, now there is a great opportunity to make new friends and we all shall carry on. As for at least a small portion of the rest of the nation… they just need to get over themselves. Life has consequences and there are no participation pretty ribbons or trophies in elections. I was thoroughly aggravated when the television news felt the need to teach people how to handle relatives at Thanksgiving. The report allowed as to how you were allowed to leave dinner if you just couldn’t take it, but you had to state clearly why you were leaving. As if everybody didn’t already know. I heard of one family that withheld the invitation to the annual dinner, sending the non-conformists off to Cracker Barrel for their turkey, or crow, as the case may be. It would be especially nice to have our

educational institutions focus on learning… including history and how actions have consequences instead of meddling in politics and family values. Schools across the country, including Albuquerque Public Schools, felt the need to send information home on how to deal with children in the wake of the election. Others sent special messages to their faculty, employees and students about caring. Students, including high school students, marched against the President-Elect. Totally disgraceful. Get back in the classroom and get back to learning about the history of our nation. If we don’t know our past, we won’t find our future. The Huffington Post felt compelled to publish this article right after the election: What You’ll Tell Your Kids About The Election Results. You will remind them that if they are hurting you will be there for them. You will tell them she didn’t win. That there will not be a woman in the White House. Not yet. You will tell them you are sad. You will say, yes, I voted for her. I was proud and confident in her abilities. I cheered, and sometimes wept, at her speeches and videos on the Internet because it was everything to see a woman

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From Another Front Animal Advocacy in the Age of Trump: John Connor Cleveland, policy adviser at

the Humane Society of the United States, wrote in the National Review: “If he’s serious about reforming Washington, one of his first targets should be Big Agriculture. President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to “drain the swamp” could find unlikely support among animal-welfare activists. If he’s really serious about reforming Washington, one of his f irst bottom-feeding targets should be Big Ag, which has a powerful presence on Capitol Hill and a well-documented dark side.”

But The Worm Turns Some animal rightists are now not so down on eating beef and pork. Not because our animals are well cared for, not because the protein and other nutrients they provide are essential to human health and wellbeing, they have a totally different reason. If you eat beef or pork, you probably won’t eat a whole animal a year. If you eat chicken or fish, you are killing many animals per year. Go figure.

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nia’s law requiring all eggs sold there to The appeals court ruling upheld the come from hens kept in enlarged cages, lower court ruling saying Koster and the according to brownfieldagnews.com. others had no standing in the case. The office of Missouri Attorney General Koster was the first Democrat endorsed Chris Koster says they are reviewing the by the Missouri Farm Bureau for governor ruling and declined to be interviewed by – in large part because of his stance on this Brownfield. Koster was supported in the issue – but lost the race in the recent lawsuit by attorneys general in Nebraska, election. Oklahoma, Alabama and Kentucky, and, by Meanwhile, animal rightist are now Iowa’s governor. The case was thrown out attacking cage-free chicken operations by a lower court but the plaintiffs appealed. because of their filth. Be careful what you They argued that no state has the con- ask for… or was this they plan all along to stitutional right to dictate production get rid of chicken and egg production all practices in other states. together?

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Not So Fast on the Overtime Rule, Says Judge From the National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal In late November, a U.S. District judge issued a preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s new overtime pay rule, scheduled to take effect on December 1. Agricultural field workers were exempted from the rule. The rule doubles the threshold under which salaried employees are required to receive overtime pay. The NCPA published two reports on the negative effects of this rule and potential job losses as a result. According to Judge Amos Mazzant, the Department of Labor overstepped its authority by “raising the minimum salary level such that is supplants the duties test.” Part of Congress’ original intent of overtime rules was to exempt workers in executive, administrative and professional positions. In the DOL’s Final Rule, according to Judge Mazzant, the duties test was virtually ignored as “ambiguous.” But he noted that one only needs to check the dictionary in order to determine the meanings of words, thus, there was no ambiguity in defining the duties test. The “preliminary injunction” also applies to all employers nationwide who would be affected, not just those located in the 5th Circuit.

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Mr. Albuquerque Journal, Do Thousands of New Mexican’s Not Count? A recent editorial in the Journal made the assertion that it is only U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Rob Bishop was the ONLY person that is seeking to overturn monument designations by the current administration, while admitting “that one person acting unilaterally should not be able to set aside hundreds of thousands of acres under the guise of conservation without adequate debate or discussion about what makes that acreage so very valuable in its pristine form.“ We are here to report that Congressman Bishop is not alone in his call for monument reversal action. With the Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument there were thousands if not tens of thousands of New Mexicans objecting to its creation. There are numerous ranching families whose livelihoods are now in jeopardy because of that

sweep of a pen. The Journal goes on to say, “It’s questionable if Trump would be able to do that – an official with the National Parks Conservation Association points out “there is no precedent” for a president taking back a national monument, and a former chief attorney for the Department of Interior says a U.S. Attorney General opinion from the 1930s examined the issue “and concluded that a president cannot undo a monument. “That leaves the question relatively open. There is no question that Congress can “undo” a monument, and it has – 11 times. “There’s also no question government gridlock helped create the current situation. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said back in 2013 she would recommend Obama act alone if necessary to create new national monuments because the paralysis on Capitol Hill had created a yearslong conservation backlog. She emphasized “that there are places that are ripe for setting aside, with a tremendous groundswell of public support.” “That’s likely always true, yet the tax-paying public deserves national monuments that do more than win popularity contests with their vocal supporters – which at times don’t include a majority of the “locals.” At the same time, the public deserves more than a

no-monument mindset that ignores personal private land gifts as well as the vital role land conservation plays in local economies. The public deserves science, fiscal analysis, standards for designation, and thorough and open vetting of proposals. “None of which come from one person designating or declassifying a monument. “Pearce points out “the Antiquities Act requires that a president designate the smallest possible footprint in order to achieve the desired environmental preservation” and emphasizes “these decisions must be made in Congress.” “Those are important starting points for any legislation that affects land that will belong to all Americans. Yet they hinge on a Congress that does in fact act, that actually airs all pertinent facts, debates proposals and then votes on them. “And that should include designating as well as declassifying national monuments.” The editorial first appeared in the Albuquerque Journal. It was written by members of the editorial board and is unsigned as it represents the opinion of the newspaper rather than the writers.

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BARZONA Raymond Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 F & F Cattle Company . . . . . . . 54 Barzona Breeders Assn. . . . . . 24 continued on page 18 >>

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BEEFMASTER Beefmaster Breeders United . . 22 CJ Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . 126

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Elbrock Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Evans Beefmasters . . . . . . . . 65 Isa Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

BRAHMAN Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . 57, 124 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 78 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 126 Williams Cattle Company . . . 63

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BRANGUS Best In The West Brangus Sale 15 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranches LLC . . 49, 128 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . 20, 125 Floyd Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . 59, 124 Lack-Morrison Brangus . 127, 131 Lazy S Ranch Willcox LLC . . . . . 24 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 78 Parker Brangus . . . . . . . . . . 30, 131 Ramro LLC / RJ Cattle Co . . . . . 51 Rio Hondo Land & Livestock . . 54 Robbs Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . 4, 44, 52, 127 Roswell Brangus Breeders Coop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Skaar Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Southwest Brangus Breeders Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Westall Ranches LLC / Brinks Brangus . . . . . . . 49, 128

CHAROLAIS Bradley 3 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 126 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . 17, 125 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 125 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ramro LLC / RJ Cattle Co . . . . . 51 Tucumcari Bull Test . . . . . . . . . 32

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GELBVIEH American Gelbvieh Association . . . . . . . . . . 16, 127 Bar W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Bow K Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 126

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Zia Agriculture Consulting, LLC . . . . . . . . . 113

Greer & Winston Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . . . . 65, 124

LIM FLEX Conniff Cattle Co. LLC . . . 20, 126

Big Bend Trailers / Rancho Espuela Limousin . . . . . . . . 61 Craig Limousin . . . . . . . . . 62, 125 continued on page 23 >>

HEREFORD B & H Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bar J Bar Herefords . . . . . 11, 124 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 40 Clavel Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Coleman Herefords . . . . . . . . 65 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . 19 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . 61, 124 Coyote Ridge Ranch . . . . 55, 124 Craig Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Decker Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . 49, 126 Hooper Cattle Company . . . . . 37 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . 57, 124 Mountain View Ranch . . . . . . . 62 New Mexico Angus & Hereford Bull & Heifer Sale . . . . . . . . . 40 Perez Cattle Company . . . 3, 128 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 126 Profit Makers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Rancho de Santa Barbara . . . . 61 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . . . 63 Salazar Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Texas Hereford Association . . . 57 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 78 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 127 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . 64 White Mountain Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 124 DECEMBER 2016

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Greer & Winston Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayhook Limousin . . . . . . . . . Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . Texas Limousin Association . .

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Bar W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Ferguson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 126 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 124 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . 62, 125 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . 62, 125 Southwest Red Angus Breeders Association . . . . . . . . . . 65, 124

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RED BRANGUS ROD Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Southern Star Ranch . . . . 12, 128

SALERS American Salers Association . 44 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 40

SHORTHORN Conniff Cattle Co. LLC . . . 20, 126

SIM-ANGUS Diamond Peak Cattle Co . . . . . 35

SIMMENTAL Campbell Simmentals . . . . . . . 65 St. Vrain Simmentals . . . . . . . . 49

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Growth Pattern of Cattle Affects Beef Eating Quality by Angela Calvert, FG Insight

esearch has shown that producing cattle to slaughter under 24 months old has benefits in terms of meat eating quality compared to those finished at an older age. AHDB Beef and Lamb commissioned the study carried out by Scotland’s Rural College and the University of Bristol. Dr Mary Vickers, AHDB Beef and Lamb senior scientist, said: “The project tested the theory that cattle which undergo a store period produce meat with more gristle that is less tender.” The cattle were managed to finish at different slaughter ages between 12 and 36 months. Cattle on a short-duration growth path were finished indoors and slaughtered at 12-16 months old. Animals on the medium-duration growth path were grazed on a high-quality grass reseed then finished indoors during the subsequent winter feeding period. They were slaughtered at 18-24 months, having reached commercially

acceptable carcase specification (target Gristle R4L). Older animals which had a growth check Cattle on the long-duration growth path and a longer growing period had increased were grazed for two summers on poor-qual- gristle between the muscles as a proportion ity, unimproved grassland with the of the loin weight. They also had higher intervening winter acting as a store period shear force scores, reflecting tougher meat. when the animals were fed a forage-based Meat quality was assessed by the Univerdiet. The final finishing diet was a forage sity of Bristol’s professional taste panel, and concentrate ration during their second which found beef from animals reared on winter prior to slaughthe short finishing treatter at 25-36 months. ment was significantly more Cattle growth rates tender than cattle finished Strong on the long and mediat older ages. um-duration systems For flavour and overall evidence of were 34 per cent and 61 liking, the panel scored the per cent of those on numerous benefits ... medium duration cattle the shor t- duration highest, with no advantage system. Slower growth gained from slaughtering of producing cattle rates mean cattle on cattle at an older age. the long growth path Dr Vickers said: “It is to slaughter at under were on farm seven impossible to distinguish times longer than between the effect of age 24 months of age.” those on the short and the intermittent growth growth path. Cattle on the medium growth patterns on the results obtained in the path were on farm more than three-times study. However, the results from this work longer. Net margin decreased with duration provide strong evidence of numerous benof the finishing system, the biggest differ- efits, both commercially and from a meat ence seen between the medium and quality perspective, of producing cattle to long-duration systems. slaughter at under 24 months of age.”

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What’s the Future For Beef Cattle Genomics? Burt Rutherford, beefmagazine.com

emember 10 years ago? How you made your bull selection and breeding decisions in 2007 and before? You may have heard of DNA testing and the promise it held for the beef business, but most likely you paged through the sale catalogs looking at the pictures and taking in the EPD and individual performance data for the bulls that caught your eye. “The last 10 years, really, have been a very exciting time to work in genetics,” says Ben Hayes, a world-renown geneticist with the University of Queensland in Australia. Speaking at the recent convention of the American Angus Association, Hayes says that genetic and genomic technology has progressed to the point that it’s now widely used in breeding decisions. And not just for seedstock producers, but for cow-calf ranchers as well. “The question is, where do we go next with this technology?” One angle is to add value to breeding decisions, Hayes told

Angus breeders. “The second is starting to use genomics as a management tool.” To illustrate how genomics can be used to add value to breeding decisions, Hayes detailed an experiment in Australia to determine if it’s possible to select cattle for heat tolerance. This is of particular concern in Northern Australia, where heat events are common. It’s also a concern in many parts of the South and Southwestern U.S. Using Holstein heifers, Hayes and his team combined production data from the Holstein database with weather data generated by the Australian government. Combining these two large data sets, they came up with genomic breeding values for heat tolerance. Using those data, they screened 400 heifers from random farms and then selected 24 heifers that had the best prediction for heat tolerance and 24 that showed to be the least heat tolerant. These heifers were exposed to a mild heat event for a day. “It turns out the genomic breeding values really did pull apart the two groups quite well,” he says. In addition, Hayes says breeders can use genomic data to make genomic mating plans that avoid inbreeding. He says that’s important because of the declines in fertil-

ity and production that closely-related animals can suffer from. As well, it can help avoid recessive genetic defects, some of which are lethal. Looking even further down the road, Hayes told Angus breeders that the cost of genomic screening will continue to come down, meaning that genomic data can be used to make management decisions. He used feedlot prescreening as an example. The idea of genomically screening feeder cattle for various economically important feedyard traits has been around about as long as genomic tests have been available. But cost has been the hurdle. It’s now coming down to a point where it’s almost practical to do, he says. But genomically testing feeder cattle only gives you a handle on profitability from the animal’s own genome. “And every animal actually carries tens of millions, hundreds of millions if not a billion other genomes. And those are the microbes in the rumen. And they also contribute to feed efficiency and possibly to disease resistance as well.” Just a few years ago, there was no possibility of getting a handle on the rumen continued on page 30 >>

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efficiency with an accuracy of 0.49,” he says. “It means we’re getting a fairly good predicmicrobiome, he says. But recent develop- tion. Certainly not perfect but good, just ments in sequencing technology from the composition of those bugs.” d eve l o p e d in The feed ef f ihuman medicine ciency genomic can be transbreeding value Just a few years ago, ferred to livestock. established for dairy “It’s now at a point is 0.33. “But there was no possibility cattle where you can when you combine take a handful of them together, at of getting a handle on the rumen contents, least in this small extract the DNA study, we got an rumen microbiome. But recent increase in how accuout of those rumen contents rately we could developments in sequencing and profile the predict feed effirumen of the ciency,” he says. technology developed in animals,” he says. “We’re just starting This is an idea to shift into a space, I human medicine can be that needs a lot of think, where the res earch, b ut genomic information transferred to livestock.” initial trials on a is going to be useful small scale look for management of promising. Hayes and his team ran a small these animals,” he told Angus breeders. study on 28 dairy heifers where they mea- “That’s just starting to happen. The price sured feed efficiency and also profiled the point needs to come down a little bit to rumen microbiome. “From the rumen make it a reasonable goer, but certainly the microbiome, we were able to predict feed technology is nearly there.”

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Where Will Your Cattle Be in Summer 2017? Manage your cattle this winter depending on your goal for the cattle in summer 2017.

Not every calf should be managed the same after weaning. Source: SDSU Extension

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utting the right cattle into the right program greatly increases the chances of success,” said Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension Beef Feedlot Man-

agement Associate. “Replacement heifers and calves that will spend next summer grazing as yearlings will be managed quite differently than calves going on either a fast-track backgrounding or calf-fed finishing program.” For replacement heifers and calves destined to spend summer 2017 grazing, Rusche said maximum performance is not the goal, but instead a balance between reducing overall wintering costs without compromising future productivity. “Getting calves too fleshy during the winter results in reduced summer gains in yearlings and negative effects on lifetime productivity in replacement heifers,” he explained. Rusche added that cattle producers

need to be careful not to reduce inputs too much, because this can result in lower pregnancy rates in replacement heifers and reduced marbling potential in growing cattle. For best results, Rusche urges cattle producers to aim for performance targets between 1.5 and 2 pounds per day. “This should avoid negative outcomes in most cases,” he said.

The right feeding program Frame size can help cattle producers decide what type of feeding program they should pursue. A long-yearling program, Rusche

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tive of achieving cheaper gains during the grazing period,” he said. “Owning the calves all the way to the end of the grazing period maximizes the opportunities to recapture any performance lost during the winter.”

explained allows the smaller-framed, lighter calves time to add frame before going on a finishing diet, resulting in increased hot carcass weights without negatively affectWinter grazing ing marbling. On the other hand, feeding larger Utilizing winter grazing resources when framed, higher performing cattle diets that feasible is one strategy to reduce the total restrict their growth potential will depress costs of a wintering program. marbling. “Research from “A downside of SDSU has demonfeeding calves to gain strated that Owning the calves at a relatively slow grazing replaceaverage daily gain ment heifers offers all the way to the (ADG) is that the total clear benefits in cost of gain-per-pound lifetime cow proend of the grazing period will almost always be ductivity,” Rusche more expensive commaximizes the opportunities said. pared to programs If grazing targeting greater perto recapture any performance resources are availformance,” Rusche ab l e an d th e said. weather permits, lost during the winter.” Feed costs to meet grazing lowthe calf’s maintenance requirements as well er-quality roughage combined with as all fixed yardage expenses have to be supplemental protein can reduce total cost borne by fewer pounds of gain. “These proof production. grams should focus on reducing A downside of these growing programs, costs-per-day for the winter with the objec- which Rusche pointed out, is that producers

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can be exposed to more risk because of a longer ownership period. “Owning cattle longer means more time to see falling cattle price, and more opportunities for cattle to get sick or die,” he said. “Sound preventative health programs and risk management plans are vitally important to avoid dramatic impacts on a ranch’s financial position.” Changing weather conditions can also wreak havoc on marketing or production plans. Limited grass availability and drought conditions can drastically affect demand for grass cattle and replacement heifers. “Having a “Plan B” in place can be very important to avoid being forced to dump cattle in an unfavorable market environment,” Rusche said.

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Finishing’s Effect on Climate The ‘green’ facts of grass vs. grain when finishing beef cattle. by Donald Stotts, Oklahoma State University

t is a “green” discussion that continues to raise its head periodically. What is better for the environment: Grass-finished or grain-finished beef cattle? Emotions on the subject sometimes run high, and facts can be the first fatality as the level of discourse becomes more heated, whether the debate be among those within the cattle industry or with outside groups, said Clint Rusk, head of Oklahoma State University’s (OSU’s) department of animal

science. “It can be a hot topic in Oklahoma for any number of reasons, not the least of which is that the state ranks third nationally in the number of beef cows,” he said. “The truth is there are trade-offs in different aspects of sustainability when comparing the two finishing production systems.” Grain-finished beef has a lower carbon footprint than grass-finished beef because of cattle’s more efficient utilization of feed in the finishing phase, fewer days on feed and greater amount of beef produced per animal. However, grass-finished beef contributes to sustainable beef production by utilizing forage resources to produce food from plants that are largely inedible by humans.

The carbon footprint for beef is all the greenhouse gas emissions produced during the production of beef divided by the total amount of beef produced throughout the system’s three phases: cow-calf, stocker/ backgrounding and finishing. “Cattle entering the final ‘finishing’ stage are typically 12 to 16 months of age, and remain in this phase until they achieve a level of body condition that will provide a positive eating experience for consumers,” Rusk said. The main difference in carbon footprints between grass- and grain-finished beef occurs as a result of the time spent in the finishing phase, the type of feed consumed and the body weight of the animal at the continued on page 38 >>

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4203

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2.2

6108

3106

4132

12/24/15

620

579

2.30

3.5

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6110

4109

12/30/15

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571

2.21

1.3

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1138

4219

12/30/15

720

646

2.74

3.0

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6114

203

9143

12/31/15

710

593

2.71

POLLED

6123

203

0214

01/10/16

740

638

104

POLLED

6126

Z24

4145

01/10/16

620

571

POLLED

6131

3106

4105

01/12/16

640

ANGUS

6144

4147

01/20/16

ANGUS

6146

2107

01/22/16

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6152

3205

6110

01/23/16

ANGUS

6154

1128

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6156

1128

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2.94

5.2

2.46

3.6

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102

2.56

6.7

685

104

2.83

0.5

n/a

755

697

106

3.15

0.3

540

492

2.26

4.5

01/24/16

715

652

3.00

4.9

n/a

2224

01/25/16

695

649

2.93

3.5

n/a

3205

2125

01/27/16

735

676

3.08

6.0

6162

849

2209

01/30/16

620

583

2.67

3.3

6204

1128

8113

02/04/16

750

701

106

3.30

3.3

n/a

POLLED

6209

Z24

2122

02/09/16

675

651

107

3.04

4.4

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6213

1211

9139

02/11/16

755

721

109

3.43

3.8

n/a

ANGUS

6215

1211

9142

02/13/16

605

581

2.78

2.9

n/a

ANGUS

6301

1138

5116

03/01/16

535

565

2.66

3.0

n/a

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6304

849

9127

03/07/16

560

568

2.87

3.3

ANGUS

6305

1138

2162

03/09/16

101

715

763

116

3.70

4.4

n/a

ANGUS

6311

1211

9301

03/14/16

490

521

2.61

3.4

n/a

ANGUS

6314

1211

9114

03/16/16

600

645

3.23

1.9

n/a

ANGUS

6315

4117

03/17/16

585

699

106

3.16

1.6

n/a

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6317

Z24

2219

03/21/16

535

588

101

2.96

4.3

ANGUS

6318

1138

1222

03/22/16

590

652

3.28

1.3

n/a

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6401

203

6436

04/11/16

465

544

2.91

4.8

POLLED

6408

3106

2156

04/30/16

400

506

2.84

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end of the finishing phase. Typically, cattle entering the feedlot for finishing eat a diet containing corn along with byproducts such as distillers’ grain left over after ethanol production or corn gluten feed left over after corn fructose production, as well as vitamins and minerals and small quantities of roughage such as hay. “Grain-finished cattle remain in the feedlot for approximately four to six months, and reach market weight faster than their grass-finished counterparts because their diets are higher in energy, which results in rapid and efficient weight gain,” said Sara Place, assistant professor of sustainable beef cattle systems for OSU’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. In contrast, grass-finished cattle gain weight at a slower rate and typically go to harvest at 20 to 26 months of age, and at a lower final weight than their grain-finished counterparts. “Grass-finished cattle may finish either faster or slower than the typical age range, depending upon the forage and grass resources available,” Place said. “For example, the growing season is shorter in northern states, which may shorten the finishing period and lead to lighter animal weights at harvest.”

Change in outputs The difference in harvest weights translates into different numbers of U.S. citizens who can be fed per animal. Place said average grass-finished cattle provide a live animal weight at harvest of 1,100 pounds (lb.), a dressing percentage of 58 percent and a carcass weight of 638 lb. per animal, resulting in eight U.S. citizens being fed per animal, according to USDA per capita beef consumption data. “The dressing percent of an animal represents the meat and skeletal portion of an animal compared to its live weight,” Place said. “Utilizing grass forage as the primary source of feed also contributes to an increased carbon footprint because high-forage diets produce more methane emissions from the animal’s digestive tract than high-energy grain diets.” Methane is a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent at trapping heat in the earth’s atmosphere as compared to carbon dioxide. For grain-finished cattle with a live animal weight at harvest of 1,300 lb., a dressing percentage of 64 percent and a carcass weight of 832 lb. per animal would result in 10.4 U.S. citizens being fed per animal, according to USDA per capita beef consumption data. “The combination of consuming a higher-energy, lower-forage diet, less time spent on feed during the finishing phase and heavier carcass weights translates into an 18.5 percent to 67.5 percent lower carbon footprint for grain-finished beef compared to grass-finished beef,” Place said. So, some might ask, why is there a debate? “Even though grass-finished beef has a higher carbon footprint, it also has some sustainability advantages,” Place said. Grass-finished cattle utilize foodstuffs that are inedible to humans as their primary source of energy and nutrients throughout their lifetimes, but it doesn’t end there. “Beef cattle can utilize forage grown on land that is not suitable for crop production, thus providing us humans with a nutritious food source on land resources that otherwise would not be providing something we can eat,” Place said. Additionally, grasslands and pastures can sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which can help mitigate climate continued on page 64 >>

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eorge and Vera Curtis came to New Mexico as small children in the early 1900s. Their parents, arriving in a covered wagon, homesteaded in rural Quay County, New Mexico, on the Llano Estacado. Forrest, New Mexico, was the nearest place of commerce, a community built around a rural schoolhouse where their children of the 1920s and 1930s era received their education. George heard of the Aberdeen Angus breed, and much improved genetics that the breed was known for, and made the decision to acquire a registered Angus herd of his own. Traveling across the U.S. in search of the best genetics that money could buy turned out to be quite an adventure for Mr. Curtis but also a memorable quest for the Curtis children of the era. George Curtis and his youngest son James V. Curtis accepted the challenge of competing with the other top Angus breeders of the 40s and 50s at numerous State and regional competitions including the Denver and Ft. Worth livestock shows. When James V. Curtis (Rip) returned from his world travels, sponsored by the U. S. Air Force, with his wife, a North Carolina native and Air Force registered nurse, Thelma, the Curtis team resumed their Angus breeding venture. As cutting edge technology became available in the form of artificial insemination and embryo transplant, the Curtis family began to utilize these new tools to improve the herd focusing on the genetic traits that most needed improvement both in the industry and on the Curtis ranch. George Curtis’ passing in 1977 and his son’s passing in 1994 left the responsibility of sire selection and herd genetics to the present generation of Curtises. Tamara, Blake and Tye Curtis still operate George Curtis, Inc. today. The Curtis family takes pride in completing three generations in the Registered Angus cattle business. Our pledge is to continue to meet our customers’ expectations of excellence. The easy calving, top gaining, moderate framed stock that the Curtis family has been known for in the past is still available today at George Curtis Inc.

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continuous or undefined durations of use is not consistent with judicious use principles, as outlined in previously-released guidance documents.” The labeled indications for using antimicrobials included disease treatment, control and prevention, along with growth promotion and feed efficiency. As of Jan 2016, the label indications of growth promotion and feed efficiency were prohibited and had to be removed from the label. Before 1996, there were only two options for dispensing new animal drugs: (1) over-the-counter (OTC), and (2) prescription. In 1996 Congress enacted the Animal Drug Availability Act (ADAA) to facilitate the approval and marketing of new animal drugs and medicated feeds. As part of the ADAA, Congress recognized that certain new animal drugs intended for use in animal feed should only be administered under a veterinarian’s order and professional super vision. For example, veterinarians are needed to control the use of certain antimicrobials. Control is critical to reducing unnecessary use of such drugs in animals and to slowing or preventing any potential for the development of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Therefore, the ADAA created a new category of products called veterinary feed directive drugs (or VFD drugs). So when a new animal drug application is submitted to FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) for approval, CVM evaluates the drug for safety and effectiveness, and as part of the review process, determines whether the drug will be an over-the-counter (OTC) drug, a prescription (Rx) drug, or a VFD drug (limited to drugs used in or on animal feed). According to federal regulations enacted through the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA), extralabel drug use (ELDU) means “actual use or intended use of a drug in an animal in a manner that is not in accordance with the approved labeling. This includes, but is not limited to, use in species not listed in the labeling, use for indications (disease or other conditions) not listed in the labeling, use at dosage levels, frequencies, or routes of administration other than those stated in the labeling, and deviation from the labeled withdrawal time based on these different uses.” According to AMDUCA, veterinarians who treat food animals with drugs in an extralabel manner must use evidence “...derived from food safety data or other scientific information...” in order to determine an appropriate withdrawal interval (WDI) that allows for a conservative estimate of drug

residue level in edible animal tissues. Under the VFD provisions, EXTRALABEL DRUG USE IN FEED IS ILLEGAL. Extralabel drug use in feed, even by a veterinarian where a valid VCPR exists, is NOT permitted and is considered illegal. In New Mexico, a valid VCPR is defined by Statute and Rule as follows: A. NMSA 61.14.2.J. “valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship” means: (1) The veterinarian has assumed responsibility for making medical judgments regarding the health of an animal being treated and the need for and the course of the animal’s medical treatment; (2) The client has agreed to follow the instructions of the veterinarian; (3) The veterinarian is sufficiently acquainted with an animal being treated, whether through examination of the animal or timely visits to the animal’s habitat for purposes of assessing the condition in which the animal is kept, to be capable of making a preliminary or general diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal being treated; and (4) The veterinarian is reasonably available for follow-up treatment; B. NMSA 16.25.9.8.3.C. 1- For the purposes of a VFD order, the veterinarian must

be licensed in NM and must have been present on the premise for which the VFD order is made, within 6 months prior to each VFD order being issued. NMSA 16.25.9.8.3.C.2- The veterinarian writing a veterinary food directive (VFD)

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VFD order must be met and the issuing veterinarian must provide supporting documentation of the visit to the premises including medical records within fourteen (14) days of a request from the board to provide such documentation

Definitions of language used in the VFD Directive: A “veterinary feed directive” is a written (nonverbal) statement issued by a licensed veterinarian in the course of the veterinarian’s professional practice that orders the use of a VFD drug or combination VFD drug in or on an animal feed. This written statement authorizes the client (the owner of the animal or animals or other caretaker) to obtain and use animal feed bearing or containing a VFD drug or combination VFD drug to treat the client’s animals only in accordance with the conditions for use approved, conditionally approved, or indexed by the FDA (21 CFR 558.3(b)(7)). A VFD may also be referred to as a VFD order. A “veterinary feed directive (VFD) drug” is a drug intended for use in or on animal feed which is limited by an approved new animal drug application filed pursuant to section 512(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), a conditionally approved application filed pursuant to section 571 of the FD&C Act, or an index listing pursuant to section 572 of the FD&C Act to use under the professional supervision of a licensed veterinarian (21 CFR 558.3(b)(6)). Use of animal feed bearing or containing a VFD drug (VFD feed) must be authorized by a lawful VFD (21 CFR 558.6(a) (1)). A “combination veterinary feed directive (VFD) drug” is a combination new animal drug (as defined in § 514.4(c)(1)(i) intended for use in or on animal feed which is limited by an approved application filed pursuant to section 512(b) of the FD&C Act, a conditionally approved application filed pursuant to section 571 of the FD&C Act, or an index listing pursuant to section 572 of the FD&C Act to use under the professional supervision of a licensed veterinarian, and at least one of the new animal drugs in the combination is a VFD drug. Use of animal feed bearing or containing a combination VFD drug must be authorized by a lawful veterinary feed directive (21 CFR 558.3(b) (12)). If any component drug in an approved, conditionally approved, or indexed combination drug is a VFD drug, the combination

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Producing the Right Calf to Fit the Market Key to Capturing Premiums Source: AgriLife Today

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Feedlots Chew Through Cattle Supplies by Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist

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re you sifting through stacks of bull sale catalogs looking for your next bull? While bull selection can be a daunting task, your choice will impact your herd for years to come. Thus, taking some time to think about what you need from your next herd sire is important. Here are some points to emphasize when it comes to bull selection. ЇЇ

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Don’t be fooled by index names. Beef Value ($B) is a terminal index. It is a great tool for cattlemen that are not keeping replacements. This index will increase profitability of cattle in the feedlot and on the grid. Unfortunately, I have heard $B referred to as a comprehensive EPD several times which it is not. It is vital to understand that $B is a terminal index. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. The breeder or an Extension specialist will be able to help explain the numbers.

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change, as reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Research conducted by Pelletier and Rasmussen in 2010 also shows there is an advantage for grass-finished beef production compared to grain-finished beef production when expressing feed conversion as human-edible energy returned per unit of human-edible energy consumed by the cattle. “Accounting for carbon sequestration could lower the carbon footprint of grass-finished beef by 42 percent,” Place said. “In contrast, approximately 18 percent of feed intake per unit of carcass weight will occur in the feedlot for grain-finished cattle.”

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Demand higher accuracy for traits. Technologies are available for seedstock producers to increase the accuracy of EPDs on yearling bulls. Genomic-enhanced EPDs result in less risk, less change, and more predictability in how a yearling bull will sire. A bull buyer can feel more confident now than ever in EPDs when they are backed by genomic testing.

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Heterosis. Crossbreeding systems are hard to deploy and maintain in small herds. However, leaving hybrid vigor on the table in a commercial herd is a big loss. Otherwise lowly heritable traits like reproduction, health, and cow longevity are best improved by crossbreeding. Crossbred cows and maternal heterosis is a key to profitability on commercial cow/calf operations. Studies have shown net profit per cow is increased by $75/cow/year as a result of maternal heterosis.

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Buy the right size, type, and demand quality. I would compare this to buying a car or truck. If you have little money for gas (feed), then don’t buy a gas (feed) guzzler. Buy a bull that fits your cow herd. Your cows will tell you the right size and milk production for your management. If they come up open … they are not the right size. Now,

The bottom line is this: Beef cattle producers using either system can sustainably meet consumer demand for beef. “It is human nature to discuss and even debate topics about which we are passionate, and to have some sort of ‘winner,’ ” Rusk said. “OSU’s land-grant university mission is to determine and disseminate researchbased factual information so people are better informed and can make knowledgeable decisions about issues and concerns of importance to them, their families and their communities, even in instances where there is no clear winner.” Cattle and calves account for approximately half of agricultural cash receipts in Oklahoma, according to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service data.

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you also want a bull that is the right type. You don’t buy a fancy sports car for a work vehicle do you? So why buy a fancy, sexy bull to produce working kind cattle? To me there is a difference in fancy and quality. I suggest you demand quality. Select a product that will last and hold value. Look for signs that the breeder stands behind their product. That is a good sign of quality. ЇЇ

Seek value when buying a bull. The lowest priced bull is seldom the best valued. If you find a bull that has the traits you are looking for … buy him. Set a budget, but understand it is often hard to find everything you are looking for. Bulls with the traits you are seeking can add value to your cattle in a hurry. They can add far more value than a cow. The bull you buy this year will impact your herd for the next five years with his calves, but his daughters will impact your herd for the next 20 years. Make a good investment. Buy a bull that adds value to your calves and your cowherd.

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public servants, insurance agents, adminis- and your support and as we move towards trative assistants, the list goes on. 2017 my challenge to all is to seek innovaRegardless of what capacity we serve we all tive ways to promote Beef and increase our share a common interest and that is a membership. May 2017 be the best ever! passion for Beef and the agricultural way of life. “There are no great limits to growth We love to promote Beef. Be it with Beef because there are no limits of human license plates, sharing our ranching story or intelligence, imagination, and wonder”. speaking to urban families about Beef and – Ronald Reagan educating on how Beef is safe and nutritional and affordable. The regular meeting of the ChuckI have enjoyed being your President and Wagon CowBelles’ was held on November I have learned so much. New Mexico Cow- 8th, 2016 at the Mountainair Christian Belles is a great group of ladies, each with Center. The meeting was called to order at strengths that make CowBelles stronger 10:30 am by President Lyn Greene. Welcome and a passion to make our organization Guests: Trinnie Chilton and LuJean Stone even better. Both became new members – Welcome! Thank you to all our members, thank you Roll Call was held with 14 members attendfor your ideas, your passion, your guidance ing. Minutes and Treasurer Reports

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New Weapon Deployed in Battle to Stop Deer Screwworm Outbreak by Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald

ildlife officials racing to protect endangered Key deer from a grisly outbreak of screwworm flies have added a new weapon to their arsenal: a medication pit stop. The stations are being deployed in the Florida’s National Key Deer Refuge’s backcountry to treat more reclusive deer and, like the deer, are a miniature version of a method used to successfully treat domestic livestock. The stations — feeding troughs baited with sweet corn, oats and other grains and rimmed with rollers coated with an anti-parasitic — should add another layer of protection to the endangered herd which now numbers about a thousand. Since August, 130 deer have died after being infected with the screwworm larva,

which burrow into wounds to feed on flesh. have been confirmed, with entomologists While deer continue to die, officials continuously monitoring traps to calibrate believe the numbers might be leveling off. releases. Female screwworm flies only mate Recently the number held steady at 127 for once, so entomologists predict populations several says before creeping up after two should begin to drop nine to 12 weeks after infec ted male releases, Davis said. deer were discovThe medication staered in a more tions were added to Feeding troughs baited remote part of the reach wilder deer that refuge. won’t eat medicated with sweet corn, oats “What we bread being fed to expect epidemioand other grains and rimmed tame deer that hang logically is to have out in neighborhoods a c u r ve t h at near the refuge. So far, with rollers coated with an almost looks like a nearly 1,700 doses bell curve,” said have been distributed. anti-parasitic should add Joanna Davis, a Combined with fly spokeswoman for releases, Gentry said another layer of protection the U.S. Departofficials hope treatment of ment methods have to the endangered herd ...” Agriculture. “So helped ease the worst it’s kind of following the path that’s of the outbreak. In the past few days, she expected.” said, a resident also reported seeing The USDA in mid-October also began wounds on a treated deer start to improve. releasing hoards of sterile male screw“So that’s very promising, at least for that worms — about 6 million larvae weekly one individual,” she said. “And when you’re — to wipe out the wild flies. The flies are looking at endangered species, every indibeing released at 25 different sites on 10 vidual counts.” islands where screwworms or infected deer

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Land Lover

Natural resources attorney Tom Paterson wrangles cattle—and government agencies—to manage his ranch and environs by Marc Ramirez, Article first published in Texas Super Lawyers Magazine www.superlawyers.com/texas/article/land-lover/f29b2f03-09aa-4fd1-8263-05a33984ed83.html

om Paterson had just put 400 head of cattle on his land south of Luna, New Mexico, when Arizona’s largest-ever wildfire crossed the border and took a turn toward his ranch. He awoke to the smell of smoke, the sight of tanker trucks hosing water on the rooftops of his property, and the challenge of moving cattle to safety. The job required driving the cattle to safe pasture land. Once there, Paterson gathered the herd together. “I put some hay on the back of my four-wheeler and they followed me,” he says. “Sort of like the Pied Piper.” For Paterson, it was just part of the job. That is, the second job. The first one involves practicing energy and natural resources litigation at Houston’s Susman Godfrey. The 30-year partner intersperses calf-weaning and bull-cutting with courtroom argu-

ments and client meetings. Paterson also helped First Presbyterian More than most, Paterson is keenly Church of Houston rebuff the national Presaware of his surroundings, especially the byterian Church’s efforts to claim interest environmental forces faced at Spur Ranch, in the Texas church’s museum district his cattle operation in western New Mexico. property. He’s been recognized for his conservation Paterson has a lifelong connection to efforts, and his measures to the land. As a boy, he spent protect his operation during summers and weekends at his the massive 2011 wildfire parents’ small ranch. “Nothing may have aided other ranchglamorous,” he says. “No elecers as well. tricity or running water, and we Born in Morenci, Arizona, had an outhouse. It was just all Paterson moved as a boy to work.” But the life got into his another mining-focused blood, so in 1997, when proptown, Silver City, New erty became available in Catron Mexico. He studied agriculCounty, on New Mexico’s tural economics at Texas central western border, he A&M, then earned a law went for it. degree and a master’s and Spur Ranch is prone to Thomas W. Paterson Ph.D. in agricultural eco- Energy & Natural Resources erosion, and Paterson’s biggest nomics from the University challenge was a tributary of the of Wisconsin-Madison, before starting at his San Francisco River that, over time, had current firm in 1985. carved a gully through the property 25 feet He represents both plaintiffs and defen- deep and 125 feet wide. He worked with dants, mostly in oil and gas law. His cases local, state and federal government ageninclude contract disputes, fraud and anti- cies to work out a solution: two major dam trust claims. His first big case: helping projects to combat the erosion, with a Unocal thwart billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ series of retention structures that pull sedtakeover attempt; it ended with a settle- iment from within the channel and deposit ment and Pickens dropping his bid. it further upstream, raising creek levels over time. “We’ll never completely reverse the erosion,” he said, “but we’re going to restore it to a level where even in big floods, it will williamswindmill stay inside the channel.” @live.com The $500,000 projects, funded by Paterson and a mix of federal, state, local and private entities, took five years to pull off— lightning speed, by some accounts. The work was groundbreaking in more than the literal sense: In the process, Paterson Aermotor Windmills & Parts received a Safe Harbor Agreement for Spur Ranch, a unique partnership with federal Sun Pump & Grundfos Solar Pumps agencies in 2002 that secured both his land Photovoltaic Panels and Trackers ownership and the protected animal life Webtrol Pumps & Water Systems whose existence his conservation efforts Water Tanks & Septic Systems would promote. Federal authorities usually forbid use of lands supporting protected Complete Line of Plumbing Supplies species, but since Paterson’s efforts to Fencing Supplies improve his land would draw some of those 12VDC Stock Tank Bubbler De-Icers species to the area, the agreement made Structural Pipe & Steel sure both parties benefited. Poly, PVC & Galvanized Pipe “Normally, if you would go in and do a conservation project on a property that had Welding Supplies and Gas the effect of making it a habitat for endanPortable Corral Panels & Gates gered species, they would tell you that you Stock Tank Floats & Valves can’t use it anymore,” he said. “What kind NRCS NSF Approved Poly Storage of incentive is that?” Tanks In addition to fighting the effects of erosion, the dams transformed a barren Rubber Tire Troughs gully with virtually no habitat to a grassy meadow supporting insects, birds, elk and

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS by Don Bullis, New Mexico Author DonBullis.biz

The Treasure of Victorio Peak

ictoria Peak is located in Doña Ana Mountains.” One source wrote that he reportedly County, in the San Andreas MounThe problem with this tale is that histo- “amassed a fortune of gold, silver treasure tains. It is not a particularly striking rians generally agree that the Coronado and jewels” before being ordered to land feature, but it is noted for the treasure expedition found no mineral wealth at all Mexico City in 1607. Again, no documenit is alleged to contain. in New Mexico; that his entrada was con- tation. It should also be noted that Oñate There are a plethora of legends about sidered a failure for just that reason. resigned as New Mexico’s first colonial the treasure. Moreover, the several routes traversed by governor and therefore returned to According to one source, mining activ- Coronado and his subordinates in 1540- Mexico City voluntarily. ity in the area around the peak dates back 1542 do not go anywhere near the San Another bit of lore holds that a French to Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his Andres Mountains of south-central New Catholic priest named Felipe La Rue (or La exploration of New Mexico in 1540-1542. Mexico. The author offers no documentary Rux or even La Crux), exiled to Mexico for He wrote, “Historical documentation, support for his assertions. One modern insubordination to his superiors, fled along with abundant artifactual evidence, historian of Coronado’s exploration flatly north to New Mexico sometime in the late has revealed that this region was visited stated that “…no one in the expedition 18th century and ultimately not only disby the followers of the Spanish explorer. It prospected for precious metals….” covered the gold in the San Andreas is also known that Coronado’s miners Another tale is that the treasure was Mountains, but opened a mine and set up explored for and found gold and silver in placed there by Juan de Oñate, New Mex- a smelter and produced numerous gold abundance in and near the San Andres ico’s colonizer, between 1598 and 1607. ingots which he stacked inside the mine.

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When ecclesiastical authorities in Mexico the Franklin Mountains which are virtually learned what La Rue was doing, they surrounded by the city of El Paso, Texas, declared that the gold belonged to the and not in the San Andreas Mountains of church, except for the one fifth that went New Mexico. to the king, and they set about recovering Yet another tale is that famed Apache it. When La Rue learned that armed troops Chief Victorio raided far and wide and hid were coming, he the treasure he stole hid the mine from prospectors, op ening and wayfarers, settlers, One story alleges that vowed never to and the like. One admit the exisstory alleges that the nuggets and ore he tence of the gold, the nuggets and ore and he swore all he hid in the peak hid in the peak which bears members of his which bears his group to the his name would require sixty name would require same silence. La sixty or so mules to Rue, it is said, carry it out. No or so mules to carry it out.” died while being records support the tortured, as did theft of this vast several of his followers but “not a single amount of mineral wealth. one revealed the location of the mine and Among the treasure hunters who pried the accumulated gold.” into Victorio Peak, Milton “Doc” Noss is This is the tale of the Lost Padre Mine probably the best known. He alleged that and it does not appear to be have histori- there were at least 350 gold bars—perhaps cal support, either. There are those, too, as many as 16,000 of them—in a cave in who claim that the Lost Padre Mine is in the mountain. No one has been able to

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find his treasure, however, and even he was not able to return to it. Most observers of the day consider Noss to be a charlatan who used his so-called discovery to bilk the unwary into investing in his efforts to recover the treasure. One of them, Charles Ryan, shot and killed Noss on the street in Hatch, New Mexico in 1949. Ryan was acquitted of murder on the basis of self-defense. Doc had $2.16 in his pocket at the time of his death. Victorio Peak is now within the limits of the White Sand Missile Range and therefore not open to the public. Sources: Kit Carson, “Fabulous Treasure at Victoria Peak,” Real West, January 1964 W. C. Jameson, New Mexico Treasure Tails Las Cruces Sun News, March 7, 8, 10, 11, May 26, 1949 Melzer, Buried Treasures Schweidel & Boswell, What Men Call Treasure Thompson, Lost Treasures on the Old Spanish Trail

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Time out for a good guffaw. Can the President actually revoke or On a more serious note, the enviros are revise a National Monument? It’s my underpreparing for battle. They are planning an standing this has never been litigated. We aggressive effort in the federal courts to do have a 1938 opinion by the U.S. Attorney defeat any of Trumps deregulation General. That opinion says the Antiquities proposals. Act grants the President the authority to “We will be full-blast in the courts to resist proclaim a National Monument, but the Act undermining any of our fundamental envi- “does not…authorize the President to ronmental laws where progress has been abolish national monuments...” However, made through executive branch actions on the opinion also says the President has the environment,” vowed Trip Van Noppen, diminished the size of monuments under president of the law firm Earthjustice. that part of the act which provides that the They do face one problem: So many of limits of the monuments “in all cases shall Obama’s environmental initiatives were be confined to the smallest area compatible implemented by Executive Orders or similar type actions and they will be vulnerable to executive action by Trump. The Imperial Presidency, those “stroke of the pen” actions may come back to haunt them. And yes, I can’t keep from smiling as I write this.

with the care and management of the objects to be protected…” He can’t revoke but he can diminish. Sounds very much like what Rep. Pearce is proposing. And I’m still grinning. Till next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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ep. Rob Bishop, Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, has suggested that Trump should revoke many of the monuments proclaimed by Obama. The reaction has been quick. U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich says of any attempted roll backs, “they’re going to have to do it over my dead body.” Senator Udall and Rep. Lujan joined Heinrich in condemning the idea. Rep. Steve Pearce, however, says, “The Antiquities Act requires that a President

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designate the smallest possible footprint in order to achieve the desired environmental preservation. American’s have witnessed the Obama Administration disregard that part of the law.” Pearce is calling on Trump to review the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and other designations to reduce their footprint “to an acreage supported by existing federal law.” DECEMBER 2016

THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com

isit any café or machine shop in any small town in rural America. The first topic of conversation is the weather. It has to be discussed, cussed, praised and pounded thoroughly before any other subject is taken up. It is followed by the market; the price of soybeans, grain, cattle, hogs or the price of tea in China. Then, usually politics, sports and local gossip. I’ve been in a million of these conversations. Everyone has an opinion and we’re quite willing to share it. It takes a little time to hear everybody out but it’s worth it as long as we can get in our two cents worth. But I’ve noticed that

Coffee Shop Experts in Small Towns farmers and ranchers are a little like vets and lawyers when we get down to talkin’ about our own business. Or talkin’ about parting with some of our own money. It’s harder to get a straight answer. Suddenly our opinions are built on shifting sand. “Doc, will this medicine work as well as you said at the meeting?” “Uh, it should help.” Or: “Henry, you always said you believed in worming your stock.” “Yeah, but I didn’t know it cost that much.” Strangely enough, when we’re dis-

cussing the neighbor’s problems in the comfort of the coffee shop, there’s no lack of helpful opinions forthcoming. Or when outlining some new wonder drug at the county cattlemen’s meeting, we speak with evangelistic conviction. But when we get down to makin’ the decisions involving our own operation, our confidence gets weak in the knees. It’s easy to be an expert if you don’t have to stay and clean up the mess. Anyone can make recommendations if you don’t have to be responsible for the results. College professors, columnists and show ring judges start a lot of things other people have to finish. But nobody is better at givin’ advice than a bunch of fellers sittin’ around a table drinkin’ coffee. We have opinions on how the neighbor should work his cows, how the president should run the country, how the widow should raise her kids and how the coach should handle the team. Yep, we have all the answers. Too bad no one ever asks us.

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Myers Family Donates Santa Gertrudis Bull Statue to Texas A&M University

ark and Karen Myers of Myers Cattle and Land Corporation have donated a large bronze statue to Texas A&M University in honor of Carroll D. Myers. The statue of the Santa Gertrudis bull is displayed at the west entrance of the newly opened Veterinary and Biomedical Education Complex, which is part of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. The statue, which measures 9 feet tall by 9 feet long, was installed Nov. 4, and was ready for the grand opening of the $120 million state-ofthe-art facility Nov. 11. Mark Myers says the statue represents the spirit of the Running M Ranch and Myers Cattle and Land. “It is strong, tough and muscular, with a fierce and determined look. It is competitive and relentless in its pursuits, yet kind and tender hearted,”

Myers explains. “It is positioned as if that it wanted, as they serve the entire approaching the top of a mountain crest, animal kingdom, so in that vein it is incredlooking down and over its offspring that ibly important that they selected a bovine, will follow over the years.” and specifically a Santa Gertrudis bull,” Texas artist Payne Lara designed and Myers says. created the 1,800 pound golden bronze John Ford, executive director of Santa statue with input from Mark Myers, in honor Gertrudis Breeders International (SGBI), is of his father, Carroll D. Myers, and his 80th very pleased that the Santa Gertrudis breed birthday. is represented at the new facility. “Words “It has the Myers Cattle and Land do not describe the pride felt by members “Running M” branded on its left hip along of SGBI that the first breed developed in the with the numbers 830 over 33 signifying my United States and recognized by the U.S. father’s birthday, August 30, 1933, and rep- Department of Agriculture welcomes sturesenting all of the traits that he has left for dents and visitors to the College of all of us – such the name of the bull being Veterinary Medicine Complex,” Ford says. Legacy,” Myers says. “We recognize the science of animal agriculMyers says the statue is also dedicated ture is constantly evolving and are pleased to the students, faculty and staff of Texas that our breed is represented as a model for A&M University. “It is our hope that all who progress at a leading institution.” pass through the west entrance of the Ford is thankful for the Myers’ support impressive new college will look at this of the Santa Gertrudis breed. “I and all magnificent Santa Gertrudis bull and be members of SGBI are extremely appreciainspired to excel and lead in everything that tive of the support given by the Myers they do in the spirit of a great teacher, family to the association. Their devotion taking time to make sure all have an oppor- and dedication to promoting the breed tunity to learn,” Myers says. can’t be measured, and we as an association Having a statue of a Santa Gertrudis bull are grateful for all the family does to present at the new facility brings added strengthen the breed ’s industr y recognition for the breed. “This college presence.” could have selected any species of animal

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Vera Evaline Mordasini Boyd, 87, Blanco, entered into eternal rest on November 10, 2016. Vera was born on January 5, 1929 to Antonio G. Mordasini (Crana, Switzerland) and Maud Nichols Mordasini (Kansas). Vera grew up on a dairy farm near Brawley, California. After graduating high school and starting nurses’ training, she met Richard Boyd of Peña Blanca, New Mexico. They were wed on October 26, 1946 and settled in his home state of New Mexico. They began their ranching career in the Valle Grande (Valles Caldera) working for Frank Bond & Sons, where Richard was the cattle foreman for 16 years. There was a short stint spent in Mexico with AFTOSA. Upon leaving the Valle, they moved on to various New Mexico ranches, Colorado, while rearing their four children – Toni, Linda, Richard, and Molly. After many years of hard work, leasing summer grass around Chama, and winter country near Los Lunas and Socorro, the couple was able to acquire their own ranches in the Largo Canyon and Chama, New Mexico, where they remained until retiring to Blanco, New Mexico. During the years at Chama, Vera worked at 1st National Bank of Rio Arriba, and for the Insurance Co. She was known for her excellent cooking, time and energy spent as 4-H leader, fund raisers for athletics, hauling kids everywhere, making sure there were music lessons, and her unfailing generosity and love for her family, friends, neighbors, and strangers in need. She is survived by her children, Richard A. Boyd (Barbara), Toni Boyd Broaddus, Linda Bierner, and Molly B. Manzanares (Antonio), 13 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to NM Boys and Girls Ranch or Doctors Without Borders. John Osborne Magoffin, 86, Cochise Stronghold, passed away on November 5, 2016. He was born in Buffalo, New York on March 13, 1920, his life spanned a century of incredible change. His grandfather had a blacksmith shop, his father designed trucks for REO Speed Wagon, John flew in the B-24’s that helped win World War II, and later his son John Jr. would fly jet airliners. As a small boy John came to Arizona during the winters for his mother’s health. They continued on page 84 >>

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the Southwest to attend the University of Arizona. His plans changed though, when stayed on a guest ranch near Phoenix he had a chance to work on a ranch at where John became enchanted with the life Sasabe, AZ. Finding work in the great outof the cowboys. His mother’s death when doors more motivating than sitting in a John was 12 changed his life, but not his school room, he determined to learn everyintention to return to the West. His father thing he could about ranching by working and aunts hoped he would run the family for various outfits. This quest took him to business, a bookstore in Buffalo, but it was the CS ranch in northern New Mexico, and not to be. His education consisted of a other ranches near Trinidad, Colorado. John number of years in boarding schools, fol- hated the cold winters, so he returned to lowed by a short sojourn at Cornell where southern Arizona to work on the Rigg’s he intended to study Agriculture. World War ranch at Dos Cabezas, and later, the Merle II interrupted his plans and he enlisted in Roll ranch in the Pat Hills near Ash Creek. In the Army Air Corps in 1941. He was trained 1950 John married Mary Burnett – she had as a navigator and assigned to the 13th Air been working as a cowboy on a neighborForce, attaining the rank of 2nd Lt. during ing ranch. This fulfilled John’s hope of his tour of duty in the South Pacific. This finding a partner that shared his dream of experience left indelible memories of which owning a ranch. In 1952 John and Mary he was always eager to share. After his dis- purchased a ranch that included part of the charge from the service, John returned to Cochise Stronghold. Four children, Meg,

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John Jr., Molly, and Matt were born and reared there. Fifteen years later, John, Mary, and family moved to Guadalupe Canyon Ranch where they lived until 1989. Retirement took them back to the Stronghold to live near their daughter Molly. John was a dedicated community minded individual. He was a founding member of the Valley Telephone Cooperative, taking the Sulphur Springs Valley out of the crank phone/party line era into the new age of communications in the 1950s. He served on the Soil Conservation Board, Arizona Cattle Growers’ and Cochise Graham County Cattle Growers’ Associations. Cochise County Historical Society, Sulphur Springs Historical Society and the Arizona Historical Society. He was a member of the Southwest Pioneer Cowboy Association and had been inducted into the Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2005. A problem solver to the very end, John always had an idea or two to offer. A practical man that appreciated things that made life a little easier, but not too easy! He loved history and told many a good story about his journey and the changes he had seen. He was disappointed not to be on hand to know how the 2016 Presidential race ended. He did however, get to see the Cubs win the World Series! John is survived by his daughter, Meg, and her husband David Gilmore; son, John Magoffin Jr., and his wife Lori; daughter, Molly Hunt, and her husband Walter; and son, Matt Magoffin, and his wife Anna; four grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. Bobby (Robert H.) Romer , 71, Las Cruces, July passed away on October 21, 2016. Bobby was born July 4, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee to James and Martha Romer. He moved to Holly, Colorado before his first birthday. He attended Holly Public Schools participating in FFA, football and wrestling. He was crowned Colorado State Wrestling Champion his junior year and finished fourth at state his senior year which earned him a wrestling scholarship at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. After two years on the wrestling squad his interests turned to the Flying Aggies and rodeo. Bob loved to dance, Dr. Pepper, kids and rodeo. He was known as “The Bull Dancer”, a CB moniker that stuck. After getting started clowning during his college years Bob joined the RCA in 1968. He worked rodeos big and small from the East coast to the West Coast during his career including Prescott, AZ; El Paso, TX; Cheyenne, WY; Pendleton, OR; San Angelo, TX; Santa Fe, NM; Bonifay, FL: Kissimmee, FL; Jasper, TX; Odessa, TX; Burwell, NE; Cle-

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s a rodeo fan I’ll admit that when the PRCA crowned its “World Champions” I felt like something was missing. For starters, how about Trevor Brazille, the Tryans, Luke Branquinho and others of their cowboy ilk? Much has been made about the war between the PRCA and the ERA (Elite Rodeo Association) and I am less of a fan because of it. But I’ve found a new sport to take its place and if the PRCA and ERA don’t stop their quibbling, the new kid on the block could snatch their thunder and part of their fan base as well. Rodeo is supposedly the only national sport to have evolved from an industry, although one might argue that the chewing tobacco industry was invented by a bored right fielder during another long and dull Major League Baseball game. If you really want to see a sport that was mid-wifed by an industry try Ranch Rodeo. I’ve never ridden a bull or jumped off Gentleman to wrestle a steer to the ground but, like most ranchers, I’ve participated in Ranch Rodeo events like wild cow milking, team doctoring and bronc riding on a daily basis. Ranch Rodeo isn’t really new, the Working Ranch Cowboy’s Association held its 21st annual finals in Amarillo in November and it was a four day celebration of everything cowy, including traditional cowboy crafts like bit and spur making, horsehair hitching, cowboy poetry, cowboy concerts and traditional Dutch oven

cooking. Talk about a tailgate party, the chuck wagon was the original! I’m told motel rooms filled up as far away as Tucumcari. The roots of Ranch Rodeo are as old as the West itself and their tour schedule sounds like an atlas to the history of the West: Roswell, Encampment, Coffeyville, Medicine Lodge, Wichita Falls, Dalhart, and Roaring Springs. One of the qualifying Ranch Rodeos was held in Earth, Texas! You can’t get more down to earth than that. If the rodeo sites sound familiar, so do the names of the ranch teams like the Palo Duro, Tongue River, Sandhill Cattle Company, Spur, Haythorne, High Card Ranch, and the Bell. Ranch Rodeo is family entertainment and a team sport with photos of the winners almost always including one cowboy holding a baby. Ranch Rodeo has created a bigger demand for top hands who work on the ranch during the week and in the arena on the weekend. I predict that in the future there will be free agents in Ranch Rodeo signing contracts for $10 million, wild cow milking specialists will be buying real estate in Aspen and Sedona and instead of sleeping on the ground and in the mud when they go out with the wagon, top hands will have eight bedroom tents with maids, showers with hot water, 60 inch televisions, 300 thread count silk sheets and a masseuse to massage their sore throwing arms. Cowboys won’t have to tiptoe around

Cookie anymore either, instead a French Chef will cook a son-of-a-gun-stew using filet mignon and shallots with a drizzle of truffle oil. Hungry cowboys will have to manage five forks and three knives as they sit on their haunches around the campfire. Before you know it they’ll be using steroids, collecting Bentleys, and have to pee in a cup after every event. They’ll hire high class New York divorce attorneys, go to rehab and party with the Kardashians. Saddle and vaccine companies will entertain in luxury suites. One of the things I like best about Ranch Rodeo is the horses are honored as well as the cowboys. Before you know it geldings with names like Root Canal, Leather Lip and Damifino will have their own fans clubs and little girls will collect trading cards with horse faces on them. A few years ago Steve Ballmer of Microsoft paid two billion dollars for the LA Clippers basketball team and he doesn’t even get to play! For a lot less money he could have bought the Waggoner Ranch, hired all the cowboys who went to the NFR, suited up himself and had a billion dollars in change left jingling in his pocket. And, Mr. Colin Karpernick, he’d also have had a team of superb athletes, everyone of them holding a sweat-stained cowboy hat over their big collective American heart when Old Glory thundered into the arena.

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Why We Use Electoral College, Not Popular Vote Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal

he Electoral College remains in place over two centuries after the framers of the Constitution empowered it to select presidents. Though occasionally maligned, this system of electing a chief executive has been incredibly successful for the American people. Many modern voters might be surprised to learn that when they step into a ballot box to select their candidate for president, they actually are casting a vote for fellow Americans called electors. These electors, appointed by the states, are pledged to support the presidential candidate the voters have supported. The Electoral College holds its vote the Monday after the second Wednesday in December following the election. The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College after much debate and compromise, but it has provided stability to the process of picking presidents. Though the winner of the national popular vote typically takes the presidency, that vote failed to determine the winner in four elections: 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000. Some see the Electoral College as a peculiar and mystifying institution that ensures only a few, select individuals will ever cast a direct vote for president in the United States. Others complain that the system rewards smaller states with more proportional power than the large ones. Every four years, around election time, there are murmurs about revamping the system and moving toward a direct, national popular vote.

The Founders’ College As one of The Heritage Foundations legal experts, Hans von Spakovsky, notedin a paper on the Electoral College: “In creating the basic architecture of the American government, the Founders struggled to satisfy each state’s demand for greater representation while attempting to balance popular sovereignty against the risk posed to the minority from majoritarian rule.” Some elements of the Electoral College, such as the indirect vote through intermediaries, were hotly debated at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It was eventually justified in part as a stopgap to potentially reverse the vote if the people

elected a criminal, traitor, or similar kind of As students of ancient history, the heinous person. The Founders wanted to Founders feared the destructive passions empower democratic elements in the of direct democracy, and as recent subjects American system, but they feared a kind of of an overreaching monarch, they equally pure, unrestrained democracy that had feared the rule of an elite unresponsive to brought down great republics of the past. the will of the people. The Electoral College The product of the Founders’ compro- was a compromise, neither fully democratic mise has been well balanced and enduring, nor aristocratic. and we would be wise to leave it intact. The Constitution states: Alexander Hamilton defended the Electoral College in Federalist 68. He argued Each state shall appoint, in such that it was important for the people as a manner as the legislature thereof may whole to have a great deal of power in direct, a number of electors, equal to choosing their president, but it was also the whole number of senators and rep“desirable” that “the immediate election resentatives to which the state may be should be made by men most capable of entitled in the Congress. analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances In addition to balancing the protection favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious of individual rights and majority rule, the combination of all the reasons and induce- Founding Fathers attempted to create a ments which were proper to govern their “federalist” system that would keep most of choice.” policymaking power reserved to states and Hamilton also wrote that this system of localities. America’s presidential election intermediaries would produce a greater system also was designed to empower the amount of stability, and that an “ … inter- states, not just the American people as an mediate body of electors will be much less undifferentiated mass. apt to convulse the community with any The total number of electors and thus extraordinary or violent movements, than electoral votes across all states and the Disthe choice of one who was himself to be the trict of Columbia—included after the final object of the public wishes.” passage of the 23rd Amendment—adds up

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to 538. The winner must receive a majority, howled that the system—even without the or 270, of these votes to become Supreme Court stepping in—was unfair. president. One organization, National Popular Vote, The system empowers states, especially has worked toward eliminating the Elecsmaller ones, because it incentivizes presi- toral College through an amendment to the dential candidates to appeal to places that Constitution or a state compact. National may be far away from population centers. Popular Vote argues that the current system Farmers in Iowa may have very different encourages presidential candidates to concerns than bankers in New York. A more spend most of their time in “swing states” federalist system of electing presidents rather than campaigning for votes across takes that into account. the entire country. The states are free to select the method This plan for a national popular vote has in which they choose their electors. In the received a moderate level of support, but early days of the republic, most states chose Heritage’s von Spakovsky has called it bad to have their legislatures pick electors, policy, based on mistaken assumptions. rather than the people. But, over time, the Swing states, he wrote, “can change from states shif ted to election to election, choosing electors via and many states that the state’s popular are today considered Many states have vote instead. Every to be reliably ‘blue’ or state has opted for ‘red’ in the presidensigned on to a bill popular election at tial race were recently least since the Civil unpredictable.” that essentially would tie War. Many states have signed on to a bill a state’s electoral votes to Calls to Abolish that essentially Modern oppo would tie a state’s the national popular vote. nents of the Electoral electoral votes to the College argue against Those states will pledge to national popular what they call antivote. Those states democratic aspects will pledge to swing swing all of their electoral of the institution, critall of their electoral icizing both the votes to the winner votes to the winner of the intermediary electors of the national vote. and the state-byBut this is because national vote.” state s ystem of the incentives would voting. be to appeal only to Calls to fundamentally change the Elec- the biggest population centers. Swing toral College reached a peak after states change over time, and the 2016 elecRepublican George W. Bush defeated Dem- tion could be a prime example of ocrat Al Gore in the tightly contested 2000 swing-state unpredictability and erosion of election. Gore narrowly won the national the traditional partisan political map. popular vote, and many of his supporters Additionally, if the president were

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Over 200 Years of Success Unneeded tinkering with a process that is over two centuries old could destabilize one on the steadiest political systems in the world. As author and Texas lawyer Tara Ross wrote in a Heritage Foundation memorandum: America’s election systems have operated smoothly for more than 200 years because the Electoral College accomplishes its intended purposes. America’s presidential election process preserves federalism, prevents chaos, grants definitive electoral outcomes, and prevents tyrannical or unreasonable rule. The Founding Fathers created a stable, well-planned, and carefully designed system—and it works. On Election Day, Americans should appreciate the great and long-lasting constitutional tradition bequeathed to them—including the quirky Electoral College system created by the nation’s Founders.

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by John Ingle, Times Record News

he federal government is asking a federal district court judge to rule on the areas to which they have access while surveying properties along the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma that are enmeshed in a land dispute between property owners and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In an emergency motion filed recently in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the government argued that the “Plaintiffs continue to refuse reasonable access to portions of the disputed area” as determined by an October 30 ruling by Judge Reed O’Connor. The judge’s order allows BLM surveyors and armed federal agents access to the northern boundary of eight parcels of land in question for the purpose of collecting information via a survey for their July 2017 trial. Surveyors began work in Wichita County on land owned by Kevin Hunter. There was disagreement then between Rob Henneke, attorney for the plaintiffs, and Department of Justice attorney Romney Philpott as to the how far inland the surveyors could advance, with the two eventually agreeing to a compromise so the inspection could get underway. The government argued that in addition to not allowing broader access to the property in question, the BLM surveyors were not allowed to “trace and re-examine the boundary lines identified by a prior BLM survey” and that they were prevented “from inspecting topographic elevations” on the land away from the river’s edge. “This Court made in its October 30 Order that Plaintiffs cannot limit the

scope of the discovery to only those areas consistent with Plaintiffs’ theory of the case,” the government said in the motion. “It also observed that no undue burden will result from permitting access to Plaintiffs’ land for Defendants to inspect ‘the disputed area.’ The Court should not countenance Plaintiffs’ new impediment to the discovery authorized in that Order. Henneke said by telephone that they’ve been given deadline by O’Connor to have their response filed with the court. He said the court was clear in its direction as to where the BLM could survey and have access regarding the northern boundary of the properties along the southern gradient line of the Red River. “Yet, BLM still insists that the 1923 survey line is controlling (the inspection) and they want to have full access through the pastures and all the area on my clients’ properties all the way to that 1923 survey line,” he said, “which ... is nearly 2 miles inland from the waters of the Red River.” Henneke said the plaintiffs have already compromised by allowing the BLM to measure and take pictures not just at the river, but also the designated path by which the BLM can access the area. He said they have been “reasonable” in letting surveyors go beyond what the court order allows. “Upland and grass areas the BLM wants to have full access to are areas that are specifically excluded by the (U.S.) Supreme Court in terms of what the river bed (and) river bank area is,” he said. The Supreme Court in the early 1920s commissioned Arthur Kidder and Arthur Stiles “to run, locate and mark upon the ground” the southern gradient boundary so as to define the border between Texas and Oklahoma. The gradient boundary was determined to be the mid point between the edge was water flowing normally in the Red River and the south cut bank along the river.

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n a troubled oil world, the Permian Basin is the gift that keeps on giving. One portion of the giant field, known as the Wolfcamp formation, was found to hold 20 billion barrels of oil trapped in four layers of shale beneath West Texas. That’s almost three times larger than North Dakota’s Bakken play and the single largest U.S. unconventional crude accumulation ever assessed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At current prices, that oil is worth almost $900 billion. The estimate lends credence to the assertion from Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield that the Permian’s shale could hold as much as 75 billion barrels, making it second only to Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar field. Irving-based Pioneer has been increasing its production targets all

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pendent oil producer by market value, increased its estimate for the size of its Wolfcamp holdings on Nov. 10 to 1.8 billion barrels from 1 billion last year. A day earlier, Concho Resources CEO Timothy Leach told investors and analysts that two recent wells it drilled in the Wolfcamp were pumping an average of 2,000 barrels a day each.

Big Lake goes from oil boom to bust Diamondback Energy Inc. disclosed recently that it has been drilling 10,000-foot sideways wells in the Wolfcamp. Production from the wells has been as high as 85 percent crude, according to the Midland, Texas-based explorer. For Apache Corp., a slice of the Wolfcamp and another Permian layer known as the Bone Spring are major components of the 3 billion-barrel Alpine High discovery that the company announced in September. CEO John Christmann called Alpine High “a world class resource” during a Sept. 7 presentation at a Barclays Plc conference in New York. The Wolfcamp shale also holds 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.6 billion barrels of gas liquids, the geological survey said in a statement.

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to the Bell Ranch. “I had no idea I would stay for 27 years,” he laughed. “The Bell Ranch still pulled a wagon both spring and fall. To a 20-year-old kid raised on a small outfit to leave headquarters with 100-125 head of horses and a crew of good cowboys was like heaven. I lived on several of the Bell Ranch camps and especially liked catching remnants in the rough country,” he said. “Throughout those years I always rode a few colts for the public to help pay the bills.

ortheastern New Mexico rancher Jack Chatfield, Rosebud, has deep roots in New Mexico and as Vice-President At Large for the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, he wants to do all he can to protect and preserve the land and industry he loves for the future. Chatfield’s family has been in New Mexico for five generations. They first settled near Mayhill, then moved to Hillsboro, and finally homesteaded south of T or C on the Animas Creek where they remain today. Jack’s father, Harvey Chatfield, bought that homestead from his parents and grandmother, and put it together with his three great uncles’ homestead, and later added an adjoining Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permit. Today, Jack’s younger brother Joe owns and operates the ranch. Jack was born in T or C and raised on the family ranch, and is grateful for the Christian values and the work ethic instilled in him by his parents, as well as the opportunity to be close to his grandparents, who also lived on the ranch. Growing up, Jack said, he always enjoyed the horse and cattle work. At age 15, he went to work for Jack Sanderson, who trained performance horses, and John David (mounted), Jill and Jack Chatfield. worked there riding colts and training horses through high school. After graduation, he moved back home for a couple of I learned a lot there about livestock and years, but said he always wanted to work people. Through good times and bad it on a big outfit. On August 28, 1977, he shaped my life and left me with a lifetime loaded his belongings in a two-horse trailer of memories.” and a little International Scout and moved In 2004, Jack and his wife, Jill Hopson

Chatfield, had the opportunity to buy the ranch where she was raised. That November, they moved to the Triangle Ranch near Rosebud, NM in the sand hills amidst the canyon breaks of northeastern New Mexico where they run a commercial cow-calf operation. In addition to ranching, Jill worked at the Mosquero Post Office and Jack went to work managing the Watershed Restoration Project on the Canadian River, working to address invasive species on the entire watershed of the Canadian River.

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ation with the New Mexico Department of a variety of ways but one of the most Game and Fish, they are working to treat important was joining the NMCGA. Cattle 4000 acres of piñon juniper which will also Growers is a group that is constantly watchbenefit large game habitat. To date, the ing for issues that threaten our way of life project has treated 33,000 acres of salt and our industry and the executive director cedar and 2000 miles of stream. and staff put in many long hard hours.” “New Mexico is in one of the driest “I believe it is important to preserve this periods anyone can remember – it’s been way of life for our children and their childrier than the 30s, and drier than the 50s - dren, and without the NMCGA it truly would although the last couple of years have been no longer exist” he continued. “It is a privia little better,” Chatfield explained. “We lege to work with this group today.” can’t control what falls on the ground, but For Chatfield, the most important issue we can do a better job of what we do with facing the industry and nation is private that rain we do property rights, and get. The water we one of those is water save goes to rights. In New Mexico, We can’t control what recharge the the doctrine of prior aquifer, some appropriations does a falls on the ground, may be used by a good job of protecting f ar m er dow n but we can do a better job of a g r i c u l t u r e a n d stream, and some people who live on goes to other the land by ensuring what we do with that rain uses, but none of that water goes to it goes to waste.” we do get. The water we save those who first put it E a c h y e a r, to beneficial use, he Chat f ield rep goes to recharge the aquifer, noted. However, there resents the are many people in project during some may be used by a farmer the state that would the state legislalike to see that go ture in Santa Fe. downstream, and some goes away – be able to While there, he change how and works with what where water is to other uses, but none of it is known as the allotted. Ag Group, a loose “It is really importgoes to waste.” coalition of agriant to protect and cultural and natural resource groups that abide by the laws we have in place, which work together on issues. “There are people will protect agriculture,” he pointed out. that are in Santa Fe, meeting and working “Without property rights, the idea of free with legislators, and people at home who enterprise is gone, and in New Mexico, read the bills and let us know when they without water, it is hard to do anything. see something of concern,” he said. “IndiJack and Jill have been married for 23 vidually we don’t have much power in the years and have five kids between them, state, but together we are a force to be along with six grandchildren and one more reckoned with. We work together, we on the way. Jill’s mother passed away in understand each other, and have gotten to 2015 and her father, Harry Hopson, still lives know each other over the years.” on the ranch. “We are grateful for our many “Without that group of people working friends and extended family and for being on our behalf, we wouldn’t have the blessed with the ability to live the life we freedom we have today in New Mexico, and love,” he noted. many of us wouldn’t have the operations Chatfield is very active in Mosquero we have,” he continued. “I think that Cattle Community Church, has served as president Growers is a leader in that group. It is so of the Mosquero School Board 15 years and important to have the Association there in is a member of New Mexico Farm and LiveSanta Fe, standing up for those of us that stock Bureau. Before he started working on depend on production agriculture for a the Canadian River Project, he was active in living.” the Mesa Soil and Water Conservation Dis“At least twenty years ago, I realized that trict (SWCD), and now he works for and with the way of life and values that I cherished eight SWCDs. He is also known for his skills would cease to exist if more of us did not as a chuck wagon cook, and his dutch oven begin to stand up for those values and our cooking demos are in high demand. industry,” he said. “I began to participate in

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PregnancyChecking Options by Heather Smith Thomas

it helps monitor health and reproductive status of a herd. Finding more open cows than usual can alert you to a disease problem such as IBR, BVD, leptospirosis or sexually transmitted diseases like trichomoniasis or vibrio that cause cows to abort. Nutritional deficiencies in a herd can also

hecking cows for pregnancy is a good management tool. Knowing which cows are open gives you several options; you could wean their calves early, to sell open cows at peak market prices, or sort off thin ones to fatten before selling, or sell open heifers when they still bring top dollar. If a person is selling bred heifers, bred cows, or 3-in-one packages (bred cow with calf at side), you can be sure those females are pregnant before sale—and even predict the sex of the calf if you wish. Most stockmen will be money ahead to cull open cows rather than winter them. The cost of a pregnancy check (about $5 per cow, on average) A reproductive scan. is cheap compared with the expense ($100 to $200 per head, for hay) of show up as open cows, especially in 2-yearolds that should have bred back for their feeding an open cow through the winter. Another benefit of preg-checking is that second calves.

Some producers use pregnancy testing to determine stage of gestation, to know when cows will calve, facilitating sorting them into early and late-calving groups. Most producers are content to know whether the cow is pregnant or not, but some want to know if she will calve early or late, for management purposes, such as sorting the herd for pre-calving scours vaccinations. Some producers also want to know whether to put a certain cow with an early group (to watch more closely during colder weather) or a later calving group. Yet only about 20 percent of cow-calf producers take the opportunity to pregcheck cows. According to data from USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System, palpation and ultrasound are used in 11.3 percent of herds with 1 to 49 cows, 30.2 percent of operations with 50 to 99 cows, 47.7 percent of herds with 100-199 cows and 71.7 percent of operations with 200 cows or more. A total of 20.2 percent of all operations utilize some form of pregnancy testing. Cattle producers have several options for testing, including palpation, ultrasound and a blood test. Each method has advantages and disadvantages. PALPATION – Rectal palpation is the traditional method. Clues that the cow is pregnant can be detected as early as 30 days and definitely by 45 days of gestation, feeling the uterus, ovaries, and uterine

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arteries through the rectal wall. Position of the ovaries changes as pregnancy advances; increasing weight of the uterus pulls them deeper into the abdominal cavity. After the 5th month, the weight and size of fetus and uterus cause it to sink down and rest on the abdominal floor.

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ULTRASOUND – Hendrick prefers to use ultrasound (rather than palpation) because this is what he has used throughout most of his career. Ultrasound can detect pregnancy earlier than palpation, sometimes as

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One downside to checking early (with any method) is that some cows may abort or resorb a pregnancy at a later time. A cow that checked pregnant early in gestation may end up open or very late instead (she may lose the pregnancy and rebreed). Producers need to realize that there’s always a certain amount of early pregnancy loss in every herd.

Pregnancy Loss After A Test

Experienced veterinarians can estimate surements — such as trunk measurements stage of pregnancy (and approximately and crown to rump length — to estimate when the cow will calve) with fair accuracy stage of pregnancy,” he says. Using ultrasound is generally more between 30 and 100 days and after 7 months. The mid-stage of pregnancy is a expensive than palpation, requiring the little harder to date, after the uterus drops necessary equipment and a source of elecout of reach. Taking the bull out of the herd tricity (some technicians utilize a generator or a battery pack). It after a defined breedcan provide more ing season helps when it comes time to preginformation than nancy test because it palpation, such as eliminates those quesviability of the fetus tionable ones that and incidence of may have just been twins. “One of the bred but can’t be added benefits of def initively deterultrasound is that mined by palpation. you can tell the sex Dr. Steve Hendrick, of the fetus. This Coaldale Veterinary may be desired by Clinic, Coaldale, some producers, Alberta, says that with especially in a pureexperience, manual bred herd,” palpation can be very Hendrick says. accurate. “Being really Since it enables good at pregnancy the operator to testing and determinvisualize the fetus, ing stage of pregnancy sex can be deteris an art; it’s not all mined — most science. There’s a lot of easily between 55 variability in size of the and 90 days’ gestabuttons (cotyledons), Blood draw from the tail into a vein-vacutainer. tion. This is helpful size of the fetus, etc. if you want to sell a You have to weigh many factors when esti- group of cows or heifers that will all have mating when that cow will calve,” he says. bull calves, or all have replacement heifers. Disadvantages to palpation include the Most ultrasound technologies still go fact that rough handling of the uterus in into the cow’s rectum with a probe, but less early pregnancy may lead to abortion. manipulation is needed to confirm early There’s also risk of injury to the cow, or spreading diseases (such as Bovine leukosis) from one cow to another unless a new, clean palpation sleeve is used for each cow.

“If you preg-check early, a few cows that were determined pregnant are no longer pregnant by calving time,” says Hendrick. “This is true whether you use palpation, ultrasound or a blood test. On occasion you might get a false positive on a blood test just because the pregnancy protein lingers in the bloodstream a couple months after calving, or after an abortion.” If you took the blood sample just after a pregnancy loss it may show as positive or suspect, even though the cow was no longer pregnant.

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70 days – The enlarging uterus is readily felt. The amnion sac feels like a solid oval ball (about 2 ¼ inches in diameter) floating within it. 90 days – The uterus is usually still resting up near the pelvic brim, with the pregnant horn about 3 ½ inches wide and the nonpregnant horn about 2 inches wide. The fetus can sometimes be felt in the pregnant horn. 110 days (3.5 months) – The enlarging uterus has dropped below the pelvic brim (the cervix lies at the brim) and there is fluid distention in the lower part of the uterus. 4 to 5.5 months – It is possible to feel the fetus in about half the cases. 5.5 to 7.5 months – It’s more difficult to reach the uterus, but if so, you may be able to touch the fetus’ head or flexed limbs that lie just beyond the pelvic brim. 7.5 months to birth – It’s often easier to feel the fetus because it has grown so much that the front legs are closer to the pelvis. If you can’t reach the uterus you may be able to feel large cotyledons or a strong vibrating pulse in the enlarged uterine arteries.

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pregnancy. There is less stress to the cow/ improved version of this technology called a protein produced by the placenta of rumifetus, and less wear and tear on the practi- Repro-Scan that uses a convex rectal probe nant animals, detectable in their blood, and tioner’s arm and wrist — especially with the that produces a larger image, with more founded a company called BioTracking. His newer extension-arm probes that don’t durable equipment, and put it into a porta- blood test called BioPRYN (Pregnant Ruminecessitate putting the arm into the cow. nant Yes/No) for cattle, sheep, Ultrasound is often more accurate than goats, and other ruminants palpation for detecting pregnancy (espebecame commercially available cially when checking early) or determining in 2002 and today there are 50 stage of pregnancy. Jeff Hoffman (a USDA labs in North America that veterinarian) says one thing he’s noticed process blood samples. when ultrasounding cows is that he’s not as According to Jeremy Howard, accurate in palpation (for determining marketing manager, advantages stage of pregnancy) as he thought. of the blood test over palpation “There’s enough variation in cows, when include being able to detect palpating rectally, that you can be fooled. pregnancy sooner. The blood test Some are farther along than what they feel is cheaper like (when assessing size of the uterus, than ultraamount of fluid, etc.) and some a little s o un d an d shorter time,” he says. more accurate “The cost of ultrasound is often about ble case. than rec tal twice that of rectal palpation, but improved The big advanpalpation. It accuracy is worth it, to many producers. t a g e t o t h e can be done Ultrasound is the standard method in most e x t e n s i o n - a r m more quickly dairies, not only because of better accuracy, unit is that it is a n d e a s i l y, but also because you can diagnose ovarian much easier on taking the problems and other reproductive issues. In the person doing sample from a beef cattle, ultrasound isn’t used as much the pregnancy vein under the yet, but I know of a veterinarian in Montana testing. Palpation tail. This is who ultrasounds most of the larger beef and arm-in ultramuch less herds in his region. The ranchers use porta- sound put a lot of invasive, less ble corrals out on the range and he runs an wear and tear on traumatic, and inverter off his truck to power the ultra- veterinarians who safer for the sound machine,” explains Hoffman. In one do a lot of this. animal, says instance he ultrasounded a bunch of older “My partner and I Howard. cows that had only been bred a short time. p r e g - c h e c k e d You can do The rancher wanted to see if they were m o r e than more animals pregnant before he culled them (keeping 150,000 heifers by in shorter time, pregnant ones another year), and at that ultrasound in 2 ½ taking blood stage of their pregnancy ultrasound was years. We would samples. (top) Manual palpation. (bottom) Ultrasounding a cow. more accurate than palpation. not have been Ranchers can able to do this do this themEXTENSION-ARM many without ex ten - selves. It’s sometimes hard to get a vet to ULTRASOUND – There are sion -arm ultrasound,” come to the ranch during a busy Bronson says. two ways a veterinarian preg-checking season. Blood testing has The big or technician can do the He doesn’t charge any advantages, particularly for herds that are ultrasonography—with advantage to more for this service than remote and far from a veterinary service. If the traditional arm-in for palpation. “It does the the veterinarian has to drive a ways to get rectal probe, or the newer the extension-arm same job I was able to do there, it will cost more for the farm call. For with my hand. But if the some herds, it may be more cost-effective extension-arm probe that eliminates the need for client wants accurate fetal to just draw the blood samples yourself and unit is that it is inserting his/her arm into aging, which takes more send them to the lab. If a person wants to every cow. much easier on the time with ultrasound, then check just a few cows, it’s much cheaper to I charge more.” The extension-arm just draw blood. probe has been in use Samples are labeled with the cows’ person doing the about 15 years. The first BLOOD TEST – There numbers and shipped to a lab, with results commercial extension pregnancy testing. have been several tests sent back by phone, fax or e-mail. “For the arm units had an oscillatdeveloped using hormone blood test, all you need is a syringe and ing probe so you didn’t have to rotate the measurements in blood and milk, to needle. Cost per sample is $2.50. We can rod to view the uterus and its contents. Dr. confirm pregnancy. The most useful at this also do our BVD test from those samples at Andrew Bronson (Alberta, Canada) and his point is a blood test developed by Dr. Garth an additional cost of $3.65, if a rancher partner Bruce Hill then developed an Sasser at University of Idaho. He discovered wants both tests at the same time. The

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Age-Old Methods

Seeing a cow in heat is usually a clue she’s open, but not a dependable way to determine pregnancy. Some open cows do not cycle if they are lactating or have a cystic ovary, and some pregnant cows will continue to show heat. Old-timers used a few other ways to tell if a cow was pregnant. Many stockmen say you can feel the fetus by about the 5th or 6th month by putting your hand against the cow’s lower flank and making a quick upward and inward push, keeping your hand against her flank. If she’s pregnant the fetus (that was pushed away) should bounce back against your hand. Another method sometimes used was to milk a little from the cow just after you wean her calf, putting a drop of milk into a glass of water. Proponents of this method claimed that if the drop goes all the way to the bottom without spreading out, the cow is pregnant, whereas if the milk droplet spreads out, she’s open. One thing noticed by many stockmen is that after you wean calves, many of the open cows that weren’t cycling during lactation will come into heat shortly after you pull their calves off. Another tipoff regarding pregnancy status: at weaning time, the cows that are most reluctant to leave their calves (staying by the fence bawling for several days, rather than going off to graze, or coming home through 5 fences to try to get back to their calves) are generally the ones that are open. The pregnant cows tend to wean easier and are less worried about where their calves are.

rancher can bleed the cows, using red-top tubes, then label and send them to a lab. Samples don’t need to be kept cool — just wrapped in bubble wrap to prevent breakage,” says Howard. The blood test is a great tool if you wait two weeks after AI breeding before putting a cleanup bull with cows. With this test you can then tell which ones conceived to the AI breeding and which ones were bred later to the cleanup bull. Breeders using embryo transfer can check recipient cows quickly to determine which ones are pregnant, and have another chance to use the ones that didn’t take. Disadvantages of the blood test include having to wait for results (which may take two to three days) compared to knowing immediately, and inability to determine the stage of pregnancy. Ranchers who just work cows one time and sort off open ones to sell won’t find it useful, but operators who have access to the cows more than once as when — giving calves pre-weaning vaccinations — can process the cows after they know which ones are open.

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ignoring the countryside and the people who live there. In the 2016 election, the folly of that strategy came home to roost. These are places where issues like property rights, over-regulation and the second amendment are a lot more than talking points. It’s where an out of control federal agency like EPA can ruin your life and livelihood.” by Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News To hear Hall and elected representatives f the 64 members of Donald Trump’s agri- from farming and ranching states like Texas cultural advisory committee hold any say it, the EPA’s recast rule on Waters of the sway, the New York City billionaire heads United States, or WOTUS, was the poster into his presidency with a pro-farmer child of an “out of control federal agency.” agenda near and dear to many in the flyover Under the rule, the subject of a lawsuit states that elected him, according to cam- by Texas and other states, stock ponds and paign talking points obtained by the San what farmers view as ditches could be desAntonio Express-News. ignated as tributaries that feed into rivers “You will have the government off your and lakes and subject to EPA monitoring. back and out of your pocket,” the docu- The rule previously covered navigable ment reads. “You will have a voice in how waterways. While environmental advocates agricultural issues are addressed and you applauded the move as needed oversight will have allies in the White House and the to prevent fertilizers and pesticide runoff agencies that have influence on your from polluting the nation’s water supply, business.” farmers and ranchers envisioned costly High on the group’s wish list are paperwork and compliance fines on top of Supreme Court justices who will defend state regulations and their own private property, water and mineral rights. stewardship. The advisory panel also wants an EnvironA Labor Department move to treat rural mental Protection Agency administrator vendors of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer as who understands “the complexity of agri- wholesalers subject to tens of thousands of culture and rural issues” as well as a farm dollars in compliance costs was another bill “written by those who are thankful for sore point. The action, which ended up shot our remarkable food system in this country,” down by a federal appeals court, was in according to the reaction to the deadly 2013 document. West Texas explosion Exit polls show caused by ammonium Rural leaders rural voters came nitrate, a different fertilizer. out strong for But it could have compelled have long been Tr u m p , w h o s e nearly 4,000 fertilizer appearances in concerned that national dealers to no longer carry heavy agricultural anhydrous, forcing area areas drew long farmers to pay more for less leadership is ignoring lines of supporters. effective substitutes. Sixty-two percent The talking points also the countryside and the of rural voters call for an agriculture secreturned out at the people who live there.” tary “who will defend polls for the RepubAmeric an agriculture lican last week, compared with 53 percent against its critics, particularly those who in 2008. The Trump appeal was most dra- have never grown or produced anything matic among rural voters in tiny beyond a backyard tomato plant.” While communities far from urban centers, where current Secretary Tom Vilsack was previ71 percent went for Trump, compared with ously governor of the Corn Belt state of 40 percent of voters in cities with a million Iowa, Texans in particular felt sold out when or more people. he declined to designate cotton as an Gene Hall of the Texas Farm Bureau said oilseed that would have made the crop the margins showed how Hillary Clinton’s eligible for federal subsidies. Those were concentration on “huge urban voting cut in the 2014 farm bill as a concession in blocks” during the campaign backfired. a trade dispute with Brazil, but cotton prices “That rural folks can make a difference at had plunged since 2014 due largely to the polls is now quite obvious,” Hall wrote Chinese stockpiling and paying growers far in a TFB blog post. “Rural leaders have long over the global commodity price. been concerned that national leadership is Food labeling favored by consumer

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groups was another point of contention. Members of the Texas and Southwestern — and we already sell $1.6 billion, how much Country of origin labeling for meat, which Cattle Raisers Association had high hopes more can we sell?” Thorpe said. Though Trump denounced the pact on The World Trade Organization rejected as for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an Obama unfairly favoring U.S. meat over Mexican administration trade pact with 12 other the campaign trail, cattle raisers hope and Canadian, was unpopular among South Pacific rim countries that would have been Trump’s business acumen prevails in a Texas ranchers who said labels showing a big boost for Texas beef. Tariffs for Japan, softer stance. 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*NEW* 98+/- Acre Farm, Pomerene, AZ – 70 plus irrigated acres with an 800 gpm well that has a 16” casing, records indicate it is 70’ deep with static water at 35’. Flood irrigated and fenced. Suitable for crops, pasture, or nut trees. Located close to I-10, town, schools and services with easy access. A great value at $400,000 *NEW* 17 Head BLM Permit, Near Ft. Thomas, AZ – 200+/- deeded acres with well, and spring. Very remote and extremely scenic with a beautiful canyon lined with sycamore and cottonwood trees and stunning rock formations. $285,000 *MAJOR REDUCTION* 240 Acres with Irrigation Rights, Elfrida, AZ – Suitable for hay, crops, pecans, irrigated pasture, homesite or future development. Includes 130 acres of irrigation rights, partially fenced, with corrals, & a well. Reduced to $279,800 $215,000. Terms.

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n SOUTHERN NM (Chaves/Otero Co.) – 25,665 +/- ac., 1,320 +/- deeded, 4,024 +/- State, 15,000 +/- BLM, 5,321 +/- Forest, permitted for 580 au’s year-round, well watered, good headquarters, very nice updated home, excellent pens & out buildings. n CANYON VIEW RANCH – 1,542 deeded ac. +/- just out of Clayton, NM, beautiful, good country, well watered, volcanic rock mining operation offers addtl. income, on pvmt. n RED WING RANCH - Harding Co., NM – 1,280 ac. +/-, scenic, native grass land, no cattle in 13 yrs. Call for details. n SANCHEZ CANYON RANCH – Union CO., NM – 677 ac. +/- of very rugged, scenic country w/excellent hunting/recreation & good home for livestock, White Tail & Mule Deer, Elk, Turkey & many other varmints. n IMA HWY. – Quay Co. 1,600 ac. +/- of grassland in the House, NM area – information being processed!. n NM STATE LEASE – Union Co. – buy the improvements & irr. equip. on the property & lease a NM State Leased section, 640 ac. +/-, w/nice home, landscaped yard w/matured trees, nice shop, cattle pens & pivot sprinklers. n MELROSE, NM – easy access just off of Hwy. 60 - 1,840 ac. +/- well located, watered w/windmills & dirt tanks, easy drive out of Clovis, NM. n STEAD, NM – Union Co, NM – located at the confluence of the Pinabetes/Tramperos Creeks, year round live water, beautiful country w/super improvements & livestock watering facilities, 4,650 deeded, 3,357 State Lease, one irr. well with ¼ mi. pivot sprinkler for supplemental feed, excellent access via pvmt. & all weather roads. PRICE REDUCED CONSIDERABLY! n LAKE VIEW RANCH – San Miguel Co., NM - 9,135 total ac.+/-, w/6,670 ac. +- deeded, 320 ac. +/- BLM, 40 ac. +/- State Lease, 2,106 ac. +/- “FREE USE”, well improved, just off pvmt. on co. road., a neighboring ranch may be added for additional acreage! n LINCOLN/SOCORRO, NM – 37.65 sections +/- Central NM ranch w/good, useable improvements & water, some irrigation w/2 pivot sprinklers, on pvmt. w/all-weather road, 13,322 ac.+/Deeded, 8,457 ac. +/- BLM Lease, 2,320 ac. +/- State Lease. n FOR SALE OR LEASE - 30,000 HD. FEED YARD – Southeast Texas Panhandle, close to Texas & Kansas packers. Call or email for details!!!!. n WALKING G ARENA – Castro Co. - 6.65 ac. +/-, located just on the edge of town, a 120’ X 350’ rodeo arena, ten 12’ X 40’ horse stalls. Electric hook-up for RV & trailers. Large concrete slab for dances, auctions, etc., on pvmt. n ARGENTINA….PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS on 176,000 ac. +/- (WE CAN DIVIDE into tracts of 1,500 acres or more) of choice land which can be cleared for soybeans & corn, some cleared & seeded to improved grasses for grazing of thousands of mother cows, some still in the brush waiting to be cleared. n AIRPORT DRIVE – Tucumcari, NM – Choice 160 ac. +/-, on pvmt. w/beautiful home, roping arena, steel pens & 139.5 ac. +/- of water rights. n BIRD HUNTERS HAVEN – Quay Co., NM - 276.22 ac. +/-, in easy driving distance of Ute & Conchas Lakes, all in native grass w/ home, barns, good fences, well watered , on pvmt. . n CLAYTON, NM – 2600 sq. ft. home, 4 bdrm., 2 bath, 2 living areas, located on 20 ac. +/- in Mountain View Estates, on city water. n SELLER VERY MOTIVATED to buy or trade for ranch or farmland properties between Dallas & Houston, TX. For sale Pontotoc/Coal Co., OK – three good, solid ranches just out of Ada in close proximity, one to the other (one owner -779 ac. +/-, 1,370 ac. +/-, 974 ac. +/-), good, useable improvements, on pvmt. or good all-weather roads.

HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* 49+/- Acres, with 10 Head State Grazing Lease, Benson, AZ – Beautiful hilltop home with 5 bedrooms 3 Baths, 2 Fireplaces, two family rooms, large food storage area, root cellar, steel workshop/hay barn with concrete floor and corrals. Great potential as a family home, group home, bed and breakfast. $360,000 San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $380,150 & 77 Acres with well for $217,000

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the largest cattle ranches within the state of New Mexico. The historic Turkey Track Ranch, once owned by Cap Mossman, the famous lawman, has been under one family ownership for over 70 years. The ranch is situated in three southeastern New Mexico counties and encompasses over 253,000 acres. The ranch extends from the Pecos River Valley on the ranch’s western boundary for over 40 miles to above the “Caprock Escarpment” in Lea County. The acreage includes, 37,000 +/- deeded acres, 167,625 federal BLM lease acres and 48,800 NM State lease acres. The grazing capacity is set by the BLM at over 3,000 AUYL. The ranch is operated from a headquarters located above the Caprock in Lea County and two additional cow camps all complete with living facilities and working pens. The pasture design includes 13 larger pastures and numerous smaller pastures and traps. Livestock water is provided by approximately 30 serviceable wells and miles of buried pipeline. In addition there are numerous large earthen tanks scattered throughout the ranch. The terrain and vegetation is diversified ranging from shinnery oak lowlands to tight grama grass turf. This is a must see. It could be one of the last opportunities to own a large piece of history. Call for an appointment to come take a look. Price: $18,500,000 cash CONTACT

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C6 Ranch: Sonoita/Patagonia AZ. 165 head, 45 acres deeded, 8700 acres forest lease great water, good improvements. $725,000. Sam Hubbell-Tom Hardesty Hunt Valley Ranch: 1,173 deeded acres & 320 acres private lease with cowboy house and irrigation well for small pasture and orchard. Located 12 miles NW of St. Johns, AZ. $595,000. Traegen Knight Tres Alamos Ranch/Farm, Benson AZ: 668 acres deeded W/200 irrigated, shallow water, 3 Pivots, present owners running 200 head yearlong. Priced at $2,250,000. Walter Lane

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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/ Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/- state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres. Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope, mule deer and some elk. $2,710,000

Class A irrigation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, 100 hd feedlot. Depredation Elk Tags available. Owner financing available to qualified buyer. Significantly reduced to $550,000 MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/- deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced to $490,000 COLD BEER VIEW, Colfax County, NM 83.22 +/- deeded acre, 3,174 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 3 ½ bathrm, 2 car garage home situated on top of the hill with amazing 360 degree views. $560,000

MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 20 +/- deeded acres, 20 water shares, quality MIAMI HORSE TRAINING FACILITY, 2,715 sq ft adobe home, barn, grounds Colfax County, NM. Ideal horse training facil- and trees. Private setting. This is a must see. ity, 4 bedroom 3 bathroom approx. 3,593 $425,000 sq-ft home, 332.32 +/- deeded acres, 208 RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax shares of irrigation, all the facilities you need County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres, 2 parto summer your cutting horse operation cels, excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a out of the heat and far enough south to true million dollar view at end of private have somewhat mild winters. Approximately road. $489,000 6,200 ft elevation. $1,790,000 FRENCH TRACT 80, Colfax County, NM MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax irrigated farm with home and good outbuildCounty, NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 ings, $350,000

Apache Mesa Ranch – 5,300 +/- acre rim rock ranch located off Hwy 84 south & west of Las Vegas, NM. 3,500+- deeded w/BLM & State grazing leases, cedar, pinon & ponderosa tree cover, rim rocks, mesas & grassy meadows. Nice HQ w/bunk house, includes caretakers home/w 5 acres plus barns & corrals & plenty of scenery. New Price is $2,498,900 Trigg Ranches – 720 deeded acres lies near La Cueva Canyon Ranch on Apache Mesa off Hwy 84. Off the grid in tall pines but power is close by! 720 acres priced at $288,900 & smaller 200 acre parcel available for $124,000! Pending!

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NM area. Extensive improvements along with abundant wildlife. Paved access from U.S. 70. Suitable for corporate retreat or guest ranch. ($2,800,000) Take a look at this one. FLORES CANYON RANCH: 3,290 total acres at Glencoe, NM. Ruidoso River runs through the southern tip of the ranch. Foothills of the Sacramento Mountains with fantastic views. Price; $3,000,000 DOUBLE L RANCH: Central NM, 10 miles west of Carrizozo, NM. 12,000 total acres; 175 AUYL, BLM Section 3 grazing permit; Water provided by 3 wells and buried pipeline. Improvements include house and pens. Price: $1,500,000 RHODES FARM: Southeastern NM on the Pecos River east of Hagerman. Comprised of 480 total acres with 144 irrigated acres. Unique private drain water rights. Call for a Brochure. Price: $1,400,000

Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 ac deeded, 260,000 ac BLM/State Lease. 11,500 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 17 wells, 2 pumps on CAP canal. $875,000. Con Englehorn

Romero Ranch – 960 deeded acres has a 40 acre BLM grazing parcel attached. It’s a mountain mesa top with grammas, side oats, sacatone, cedars, pinons & tall pines. Has 6 dirt tanks, close to power too. North & east sides drop into La Cueva Canyon. Asking $400,000 Dilia Loop Road – Fenced 20+ acre parcel is planted in alfalfa & grass, has 4 irrigated sections plus 20 ac ft of ditch rights and Pecos River frontage. Excellent farming opportunity for organic vegetable gardens, alfalfa or sweet grass. Priced at $225,000 Upper Anton Chico – This parcel has outstanding alfalfa production for a small parcel, 7.5 acres are irrigated with under ground pipes, perimeter fenced, easy farm to work and irrigate. Now $82,500 I HAVE BUYERS, I NEED LISTINGS

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he signs were all in place, the rallies drew unprecedented crowds, working people were banding together against the freeloaders, the liberal media were going ballistic about things that do not matter, and the Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the first time in 108 years. To me these were all signs that Mr. Trump would win the presidential election. I went to the Trump Rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona. I went as a VIP so I did not have to stand in line very long compared to most. When I was waiting to get in I never saw a crowd so large. It was a line that snaked for a couple of miles. People were friendly and helpful to each

other. I got a seat right up front and got to shake hands with Mr. Trump. Needless to say, it was an exciting event and people were going nuts in a good way. There was one heckler in front of the podium. Simultaneously, two cowboy guys turned around and decked him until security guards could get there. They reported that the venue held 7,000 and there were over 20,000 people outside. In the small town, it was an amazing turnout. The electricity that filled the arena was very impressive as well. When you left there you had a good sense that indeed Mr. Trump had started a movement and was not your typical politician. Okay, so here we are sitting on the back of a horse, tractor, combine, or doing the books at our desk wondering how some guy from NEW YORK CITY is going to do us any good. Here is the first clue. Just three days after Mr. Trump is elected President of the United States he is starting to choose members of his Cabinet and other appointees. One of the first things he does is creates the

Agricultural and Rural Advisory Committee headed by Charles Herbster. Sixty persons from the agriculture industry will be included. The sixty chosen are dairy farmers, wheat farmers, soybean farmers, cattle ranchers, a few former politicians that made great strides in agriculture, a few governors of agricultural states, oil men, miners, etc. I do not think that they missed any one area of our western business. I guess they should have had at least one horseshoer on there and maybe they will at that. A few of the people included on that list that us westerners may know are: Helen Graves of the King Ranch in Texas, Mark Killian Commissioner of Agriculture for Arizona, Mary Fallin the former Oklahoma Governor, Forest Lucas CEO of Lucas Oil, Johnny Trotter CEO of Bar G Feedlot, and Red Steagall Cowboy Poet of Texas and advocate of the American Cowboy. If you know any of those folks, that is a very impressive list. How many of your friends were asked to be on the current President’s advisory list? Mr. Trump may hail from New York

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from no chance on this reform to a good chance to get it done. Please explain to me why National Cattleman’s Beef Association did not stop the recent agreement with Brazil bringing in over 3 million pounds of beef each year. Are we ever going to see foreign beef labeled in the stores? If you could export American beef at a premium and import foreign beef cheap I might be able to see the logic. However, it is not the average rancher that makes money on this deal. Our beef prices will just continue to decline. I hope Mr. Trump can help with this issue as we are losing our beef jobs to other countries as well. Many corrections can be and should be made to help the last of the small ranchers. Hopefully, happy days will be here once again.

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City, but I think he is hell bent on helping small business to succeed in this country. He recognizes that the small businessman is the backbone of America. That is why he will go after the North American Free Trade Agreement. Look at how NAFTA has flooded our cattle market with more and more foreign beef. It has only made the small rancher disappear from the western landscape. How many ranchers in your local Cattle Association actually make their entire living from the ranch? It is sad how low that number has become. I do not think Mr. Trump will wave a magic wand and all small ranchers will suddenly make a half million dollars a year, but I do think he will remove some hurdles that prevent you from making a decent living. It looks to me like this is a chance at a new beginning in America. Perhaps even the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service will actually become the rancher’s friend once again. It will take awhile to adjust or repeal some of these overreaching environmental laws. Keep in mind that we have gone

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P •Rocky Ridge Ranch – Just Listed almost 6 sections with 41% Deeded, 44% BLM and 14% State Lease. Very few ranches are improved in a manner comparable to this ranch, regardless of size and the location and is within close proximity to Roswell, NM as an added bonus. Call Cherri Michelet Snyder for more details and check out the website. Reduced by $200,000

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Southwest New Mexico Farms & Ranches FORT FILLMORE ROAD- 5 acre pecan farm with 5 enclosed horse pens and pipe fencing. Property does not include an irrigation well but does have ground and surface water rights. Directions: Hwy 478 - east on Fort Fillmore 1/2 mile and property will be on the north/left. $159,900 20.79 ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE - The acreage contains approximately 18 +/- acres of income producing pecan trees with surface & ground water rights and an irrigation well. Past production records are available. Ample storage with approximately 7,600 sq. ft. of metal buildings with 6 roll-up bay doors and over 5,700 sq. ft. of covered equipment sheds. Residence is a gorgeous 3711 sq ft +/- 2br / 2.5ba adobe main home that has been completely remodeled throughout and a large addition that looks into a meticulously landscaped back yard. Expansive master suite that has it’s own private courtyard and large walk-in cedar lined closet. The list goes on and on! One of the detached structures contains a large 1 br / 1ba apartment, indoor/outdoor dog kennels and more. This truly is a one of a kind property! Call Dan or Jamie to schedule your private viewing today! $1,218,000 27.5 ACRE FARM IN SAN MIGUEL, NM - consists of 3 tracts (two 8 acre tracts & 11.5 ac tract) will sell each tract separately for $19,000/acre. Full EBID & irrigation well, community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Priced at $399,000 DAWSON ROAD FARM - 98.292 acres - 2 Separate parcels and 2 irrigation wells with ground and surface water rights, cement ditches and paved road frontage. Currently planted in corn. South of La Mesa to intersection of Hwy 28 and 189. Go 1/2 mile DAN DELANEY south to Dawson Road. Go east or left .4 miles. REAL ESTATE, LLC Farm on both sides of Dawson Road. $1,671,000

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oor-quality drinking water can wreak havoc on the health and performance of livestock. Because water plays such a vital role in every bodily function, decreased quality or limited intake of water can lead to loss of weight or a poor rate of gain, reproductive inefficiency, reduced milk production, illness, and even death. Sulfate, manure, and blue-green algae are three elements that can potentially cause problems with water quality.

1. SULFATE High-sulfate water can lead to a broad gamut of physical signs, says Cody Wright, South Dakota State University ruminant nutritionist. “It can lead to loss of performance and body condition and create a copper deficiency. We’ve had producers who couldn’t get cows and heifers bred. They struggled to find a cause and later discovered it was lost body condition due to high-sulfate water,” he says. The presence of excess sulfate in water is spotty and hard to predict. High levels can occur in wells, dugouts, and runoff. Weather events like heat and wind, which lead to evaporation of surface water, can increase the level. A heavy rain may either dilute the sulfate levels or bring more sulfate into the dam. “If you suspect you might have too much sulfate in the water, it’s important to take a water sample a couple of times during the grazing season,” says Wright. This is especially important when putting cattle on

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new pastures where you have no prior experience with the water source. “Rural water is typically safe,” he continues. “When digging a new well, for instance, check with area producers to find out their experience with sulfate at various depths.” 2. MANURE If manure becomes concentrated in drinking water, cattle tend to drink less. “When water consumption is limited, feed consumption is affected,” he says. “When cattle drink less, they eat less.” During cool weather, a lactating beef cow needs about 1 gallon of water per 100 pounds of body weight and 2 gallons per 100 pounds during the hottest days. If cattle are drinking from ponds or dugouts, manure-loading of the water may be reduced by finding ways to restrict loitering of the cattle at the water source.

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SPRING VALLEY – WEST (Ranch) All deeded 15,000 acres (more or less) just 45 air miles S.E. of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in rolling foothills. Good improvements, good water, good gramma grass. Cow calf or yearlings. Locked, gated entrance on pavement. Scenic. Has no public roads through this ranch! Price recently reduced to only $375.00 per acre. FREE BROCHURE upon request. Contact Larry (first time advertised). CALL FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ANYTIME!

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3. BLUE-GREEN ALGAE On hot, dry, calm days in summer, stagnant water can have a blue-green algae bloom, or scum, says Wright. “When the algae cells die, they release toxins into the water that can kill cattle. Water sources that have a high nutrient load are at the greatest risk for blue-green algae,” he says. Where possible, fencing cattle away from the contaminated area of water can be helpful. “In a stock dam, you can try pumping uncontaminated water from deeper levels into a stock tank,” he says. Treating the contaminated area of water with copper sulfate, or bluestone, can also help. Bluestone is typically available at feed stores. Wright suggests treating the affected water at a rate of 2.7 pounds of copper sulfate per acre-foot of water. An acre-foot measures 66×660 feet and 1 foot in depth. “You can just fling it out in the water,” says Wright. “Some apply it in a more uniform fashion, but it’s not necessary.” After treating the algae bloom, keep cattle off the water source for approximately one week. When good sources of water coexist with contaminated sources in the same pasture, you might trust the cattle to seek out the water they need. “Cattle are smart enough to find good water if it’s available,” says Wright. “If cattle are grazing well and performing well, you likely don’t have a problem with water quality.”

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CRAWFORD L BAR RANCH: SANDOVAL COUNTY, NM 36,460 DEEDED ACRES: Price Reduced! This ranch truly epitomizes the description of New Mexico being the “Land of Enchantment.” The topography and views from all parts of this ranch are stunning which makes it one of the most scenic in the state. $20,053,000

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LANGFORD MOUNTAINS RANCH: GRANT COUNTY, NM 21,595 TOTAL ACRES, 7,760 +/- DEEDED ACRES WITH REMAINDER NM STATE AND BLM: Nestled in the Southwest region of New Mexico, lies a high desert livestock ranch that is perfectly balanced with beautiful open rolling desert rangeland and scenic mountain terrain. Both regions of this ranch are suited to livestock grazing and home to some very large mule deer bucks. $3,650,000

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WHITE BLUFF RANCH: CHAVES COUNTY, NM 16,027.04 TOTAL ACRES, 4,176.04 DEEDED ACRES WITH REMAINDER NM STATE AND BLM: This quality grazing ranch, containing over 25 sections, is located in Chaves County and has a permit for 372 Animal Units. The ranch is perfectly balanced with beautiful open rolling productive rangeland, excellent headquarter improvements, highly functional range infrastructure, and a whole lot of location, location, location. $3,500,000

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THOMPSON RANCH: CHAVES COUNTY, NM, 21,747 TOTAL ACRES, 9,438 DEEDED ACRES WITH REMAINDER NM STATE AND BLM This property has been under the same family ownership since 1926 and has never, until now, been offered for sale. This long term family ownership working cattle ranch is located in the northwest corner of Chaves County, and offers good native grass turf, is well watered and has plenty of topography for winter protection and scenic appeal. $3,303,300

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Angus Plus & Rick & Maggie Hubbell Mark Hubbell

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CATES RANCH

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Scott & Shackleton Logbooks Prove Antarctic Sea Ice is Not Shrinking 100 Years After Expeditions

we view the ebb and flow of Antarctic sea 1950s, before a steep decline returned it to ice,” said Dr Jonathan Day, who led the around 3.7 million miles (6 million square study, which was published in the journal kilometres) in recent decades which is just The Cryosphere. 14 per cent smaller than at the highest point “We know that sea ice in the Antarctic has of the 1900s and 12 per cent bigger than increased slightly over the past 30 years, than the lowest point. since satellite observations began. ScienThe findings demonstrate that the tists have been grappling to understand climate of Antarctica fluctuated signifithis trend in the context of global warming, cantly throughout the 20th century and but these new findings suggest it may not indicates that sea ice in the Antarctic is be anything new. much less sensitive to the effects of climate “If ice levels were as low a century ago as change than that of the Arctic, which has by Sarah Knapton, Science Editor, estimated in this research, then a similar experienced a dramatic decline during the www.telegraph.co.uk increase may have occurred between then 20th century. ntarctic sea ice had barely changed and the middle of the century, when previIn future the team plans to use data from from where it was 100 years ago, sci- ous studies suggest ice levels were far naval and whaling ships as well as the logs entists have discovered, after poring higher.” from Amundsen’s expeditions to complete over the logbooks of great polar explorers The study was based on the ice observa- the picture. such as Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest tions recorded in the logbooks from 11 Separate research by the British AntarcShackleton. voyages between 1897 and 1917, including tic Survey also showed that the present day Experts were concerned that ice at the three expeditions led by Captain Scott, two loss of the Pine Island Glacier on the West South Pole had declined significantly since by Shackleton, as well as sea-ice records Antarctic Ice Sheet has been happening the 1950s, which they feared was driven by from Belgian, German and French since the mid 20th century and was probaman-made climate change. missions. bly caused by El Niño activity rather than But new analysis suggests that condiCaptain Scott died along with his team global warming. tions are now virtually identical to when the in 1912 after losing to Norwegian Roald Pine Island Glacier, which drains into the Terra Nova and Endurance sailed to the Amundsen in the race to the South Pole, Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, is retreatcontinent in the early 1900s, indicating that while Shackleton’s ship sank after becom- ing and thinning rapidly, but the initial declines are part of a natural cycle and not ing trapped in ice in 1915 as he and his crew triggering mechanism was unclear. The the result of global warming. attempted the first land crossing of team looked a sediment cores in the area It also explains why sea ice levels in the Antarctica. which showed that an ocean cavity under South Pole have begun to rise again in The study is the first to calculate sea ice the ice shelf began to form around 1945, recent years, a trend which has left climate in the period prior to the 1930s, and sug- following a pulse of warmth associated scientists scratching their heads. gests the levels in the early 1900s were with El Niño events in the tropical Pacific “The missions of Scott and Shackleton are between 3.3 and 4.3 million square miles Ocean. remembered in history as heroic failures, (5.3 and 7.4 million square kilometres) “We are very excited about this new yet the data collected by these and other Estimates suggest Antarctic sea ice finding as it provides the first direct eviexplorers could profoundly change the way extent was significantly higher during the dence of the timing of glacier retreat even before we had satellites to measure them,” said lead author, marine geologist Dr James Smith from British Antarctic Survey. Michael H. “They show us how changes half-way & Claudia across the planet in the tropical Pacific, Sander reached through the ocean to influence the Antarctic ice sheet.” Co-author Professor Bob Bindschadler of NASA added: “A significant implication 2702 S. WestgateH Weslaco, Texas 78596 of our findings is that once an ice sheet 956/968-9650 • Office 956/968-4528 retreat is set in motion it can continue for decades, even if what started gets no worse. “It is possible that the changes we see today on Pine Island Glacier were essentially Call us set in motion in the 1940s.” for ALL your Registered Brangus Bulls & Heifers Brangus needs! The Pine Island research was published Ray & Karen Westall, Owners / Tate Pruett, Ranch Manager in Nature.

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . 12, 124 AC Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . 130 Ag New Mexico FCS, ACA . . . 2 Ken Ahler Real Estate Co. . . 117 American Angus Assn. . . . . 56 American Galloway Breeders Assn . . . . . . . . 127 American Gelbvieh Assn.16, 127 American Salers Assn . . . . . 44 Bert Ancell . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Angus Invitational Bull Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Arizona Life, LLC . . . . . . . 114 B & H Herefords . . . . . . . . . 13 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . 113 Bale Buddy Mfg., Inc. . . . . . 79 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . 41 Bar Guitar Liquid Feed Co. . 111 Bar J Bar Herefords . . . 11, 124 Bar M Real Estate . 116, 117, 119 Bar W Ranch Inc . . . . . . . . . 27 Barzona Breeders Assn. . . . . 24 Beaverhead Outdoors . . . . 119 Beefmaster Breeders United . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Best in the West Brangus Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 BJM Sales & Service Inc . . . 113 Black Angus “Ready for Work” Bull Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Black Range Enterprises . . . 82 Border Tank Resources . . . 113 Bovine Elite . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Bow K Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Raymond Boykin . . . . . . . . 54 Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. . . . 6, 125 Brand Your Cookin’ . . . . . . . 86 Brennand Ranch . . . . . 57, 127 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranch, . . . . . 49, 128 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . 62, 126 Campbell Simmentals . . . . . 65 Caprock Real Estate Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Carter Brangus . . . . . . 20, 125 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . 126 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 127 Caviness Packing Co., Inc . . . 68 Circle H Headquarters . . . . 113 CJ Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . 62 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . 40 Clavel Herefords . . . . . . . . 45 Clovis Livestock Auction . . . 36 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . 126 Coleman Herefords . . . . . . 65 Conniff Cattle Co . . . . . 20, 126 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . 19 Cox Ranch Herefords . . 61, 124 Coyote Ridge Ranch . . 55, 124 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . 113 Craig Herefords . . . . . . . . . 54 Craig Limousin . . . . . . 62, 125 Crystalyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 George Curtis, Inc. . . . . 39, 124 Davis & Sons Hatting Co. . . 112 Decker Herefords . . . . . . . . 52 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . 120 Denton Photography . . . . . 82 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 112 Diamond Nutrition . . . . . . . 16 Diamond Peak Cattle Co. . . . 35

Diamond Seven Angus . 18, 125 Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . 89 Dunn Ranches . . . . . . . . . 125 Elbrock Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 44 Evans Beefmasters . . . . . . . 65

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F & F Cattle Company . . . . . 54 Fallon-Cortese Land . . . . . 116 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . 8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . 69 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . 109 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . 108 Ferguson Ranch . . . . . . . . . 62 Five States Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 4G Mountain Angus . . . . . . 50 Four States Ag Expo . . . . . . 28 Genex / Candy Trujillo . . . . 124 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . 95 Grau Charolais . . . . . . 17, 125 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . 21, 125 Greer & Winston Cattle Co. . . 64 Greer Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Hales Angus Farms . . . 33, 124 Harrison Quarter Horses . . 113 Hartzog Angus Ranch . 31, 125 Hay Rake, Inc. (fmly. Fury Farms . . . . . . . 41 Hayhook Limousin . . . . . . . 61 Headquarters West, Ltd . . . 117 Headquarters West, Ltd. / Sam Hubbell . . . . . . . . . 119 Henard Ranch . . . . . . . 49, 126 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hooper Cattle Company . . . 37 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . 59, 124 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . . 77 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . 2 I’ll Drop You Off . . . . . . . . . 14 Innovative Solar Systems . . . 83 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . 65, 125 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . 54, 126 Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . 65, 124 J-C Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . 52 Steve Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Jimbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . 113 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 5

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L & H Manufacturing . . . . . 89 Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . 127 Laflin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus65, 124 Lazy S Ranch Willcox . . . . . . 24 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . 62, 125 Manford Cattle . . . . . . 57, 124 Manzano Angus . . . . . 49, 125 M-Hat Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 60 McCoy Cattle, LLC . . . . . . . 49 McKenzie Land & Livestock . 23 Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . 71, 112 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . 120, 122-123

Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Miller-Sanchez . . . . . . . . . . 26 MIX 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Monfette Construction Co. 112 Motley Mill & Cube Corp . . . 67 Mountain View Ranch . . . . . 62 Paul McGillard / Murney Assn . . . . . . . . . 120 National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 National Western Stock Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 New Mexico Angus & Hereford Assn . . . . . . . . . 40 NMCGA Clothes . . . . . . . . . 92 NMCGA Insurance . . . . . . 104 NMCGA Membership . . . . . 42 New Mexico Federal Lands Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 New Mexico FFA Fdtn . . . . . 94 New Mexico 4-H Fdtn . . . . . 90 New Mexico Mutual . . . . . . 66 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . 76, 78 New Mexico Premier Ranch Properties . . . . . . . . . . 119 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 New Mexico Wool Growers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Olson Land and Cattle . 29, 124 Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . 117 P Bar A Angus Cattle . . 25, 124 Parker Brangus . . . . . . . . . 30 Perez Cattle Company . . 3, 128 Phase-A-Matic, Inc. . . . . . . . 76 Power Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . 60, 126 Cattle Guards / Priddy Construction . . . . 109 Profit Maker Bulls . . . . . . . . 43

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Ramro LLC / RJ Cattle Co . . . 51 Ranch For Sale By Owner . . 120 Ranch-Way Feeds . . . . . . . . 84 Rancho De Santa Barbara . . 61 Big Bend Trailers / Rancho Espuela . . . . . . . . 61 Range Changer . . . . . . . . . 99 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Rio Grand Classic Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 112 Rio Hondo Land & Livestock Co. . . . . . . . . . . 54 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . 63 Robbs Brangus . . . . . . . . . 62 Robertson Livestock . . . . . 112 ROD Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Roswell Brangus Breeders Co-op . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . . . . . 4, 44, 52, 127 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . 56

St. Vrain Simmentals . . . . . . 49 Salazar Ranches . . . . . . . . . 63 James Sammons III . . . . . . 118 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . 62, 125 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . 61, 106 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . 112 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . 47 Southern Star Ranch . . 12, 128 Southwest Beef Symposium 55 Southwest Brangus Breeders Assn . . . . . . . . . 30 Southwest Red Angus Assoc. . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 124 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . 115 Joe Stubblefield & Assoc . . 114 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . 112 T & S Manufacturing . . . . 107 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . 111 Texas Hereford Association . 57 Texas Limousin Association . 61 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . 116 Thompson Ranch . . 55, 56, 126 3C Cattle Feeders . . . . . . . . 85 Three Mile Hill Ranch . . . . . 60 Candy Ray Trujillo’s Black Angus . . . . . . . . . . 62 Tucumcari Bull Test . . . . . . . 32 TV Cattle Company . . . . . . 55 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . 65, 126 U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 48 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . 87 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . 52, 127 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . 112

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W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . . . 96 Walker Martin Ranch Sales 118 Weaver Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 14 West Star Herefords . . . . . . 64 West Wood Realty . . . . . . 114 Westway Feed Products . . . 75 White Mountain Herefords . . . . . . . . 48, 124 Williams Cattle Company . . . 63 Williams Windmill, Inc. . 72, 112 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . 80 Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . 96, 112 Tal Young, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . 61 Zia Agriculture Consulting . . . . . . . . . . 113

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ROSWELL BRANGUS SALE Feb 25, 2017

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