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by Troy Smith, Angus Beef Bulletin Extra 20 Dr. Bob Weaber Demystifies Sire Selection for Calving Ease Oklahoma Farm Report Beef Buzz 32 No Better “Mama” Cow Than The Beefmaster Cow 50 What You Have Always Wanted To Know About Texas Longhorns

by David M. Hillis, Double Helix Ranch, Professor of Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin 60 Federal Takeover of State Water Rights? Part 1 by Heather Smith Thomas 68 Rebuild The Cow Herd With Time Tested & Improved Beefmasters Females 72 Study Assessing Wolf and Cattle Interaction and Wolf Impact: Economic Impact & New Knowledge by Heather Smith Thomas 75 Boice Receives Lifetime Service Award 78 NOAA & NASA Confirm Global Temperature Standstill 79 The Problem With The Price of Water

by Hentges/Kahn/Strauss, LLC & The Lempert Report 89 Feral Swine Update 105 Arizona National Livestock Show Pioneer Stockman Award 106 New Mexico SRM Awards 111 New Mexico State University Graduates

D E PA R T M E N T S N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter by José Varela López, President Cattlemen’s Tool Box

by F.T. McCollum III, PAS-ACAN Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Amarillo 28 On The Edge of Common Sense by Baxter Black 34 News Update 39 N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle 44 N.M. Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois 48 Cowboy Heroes by Jim Olson 52 Scatterin’ The Drive by Curtis Fort 55 NMBC Bullhorn 70 New Mexico’s Old Time & Old Timers by Don Bullis 84 To The Point by Caren Cowan 88 New Mexico Livestock Board Update 88 Estrays 90 In Memoriam 91 Real Estate Guide 100 Seedstock Guide 108 View from the Backside by Barry Denton 113 Ad Index 10 22

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Dear Fellow Members and Industry Supporters, he 2014 New Mexico legislative session is in full swing with over 390 bills introduced thus far. It has been both interesting and disturbing to observe the large number of constitutional amendment legislation that has been filed to date. My concern is that the proffering of so many issues as constitutional amendments will serve as the catalyst to hasten the demise of our historically deliberative legislative process.

As you know, our President-Elect, Pat Boone, and our great staff are tracking every bill. With the help of our bill readers, the process of protecting our common interests becomes very efficient and is much appreciated by our legislative team as they discuss the merits of various bills with our elected representatives.

At this stage of the session there is one bill in particular that I wanted to bring to your attention, that being the “Right to Farm” legislation, or House Bill 51. The current law is in need of being updated to protect agricultural operations from frivolous nuisance lawsuits that are popping up around New Mexico. The crux of the matter is that there are folks moving in next to existing Ag businesses and then trying to shut down these operations. These people “suddenly” become aware that there may be flies, dust, noise or smells that they were somehow previously unaware of. Of course, these folks are being assisted by out of state trial lawyers who offer to litigate their supposed predicament. Please try and make it to Santa Fe when committee hearings are held on this issue. It’s important that our legislators hear directly from our Ag producers so that they can better understand how agriculture works, and the pride we take in running top notch businesses.

On the national level, NMCGA is opposing the passage of Senate Bill 258. The original language, proposed by Senator Barrasso of Wyoming and commonly known as the “Grazing Improvement Act”, was legislation that would have brought greater stability to ranchers that graze US Forest Service and BLM administered lands in the West, by extending permits to 20 years, among other improvements.

However, the current bill is very different from the original, and in my opinion, will wreak havoc on the ranching industry by withdrawing the certainty of a term use permit, and potentially annual stocking rates, due to the amended language. What is even more troublesome is that the bill proposes to permanently retire up to 25 allotments annually in both New Mexico and Oregon. This “voluntary relinquishment” of allotments is contrary to the federal multiple use mandate and an affront to our rural economic and social stability. We will undoubtedly be discussing this issue at the National Cattlemens’ Beef Association Convention in Nashville, being that NCBA has openly supported the proposed legislation.

On another front, I was honored to have accompanied our Executive Director and NMCGA members to speak with ranchers on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, who were requesting assistance in helping form a grazing association in their area, to more effectively tackle the issues they collectively face regarding grazing management. I was very proud that our association could be there to help people who want to help the land, and improve their opportunities to maintain their customs and culture into the future.

The next NMCGA Board of Directors meeting will be held in Santa Fe on February 10th followed by Ag Fest on the 11th and Roundhouse Feed on the 18th, when the New Mexico agriculture industry and producers come together to feed our elected officials and their staffs in the waning days of the session. Feel free to let us know if you can join us. We’d love to have you!

In the meantime, may the Lord bring you both blessings and moisture.

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by TROY SMITH REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE JANUARY ANGUS BEEF BULLETIN EXTRA AVAILABLE AT WWW.ANGUSBEEFBULLETIN.COM/EXTRA ulls with the greatest impact on profitability weren’t the bulls with the highest weaning or yearling weight EPDs, or the ones that sired the heaviest calves, said Dan Drake of UC–Davis. Bulls that sired the most calves had the greatest positive economic impact.

Natural-service breeding remains a dominant management practice among U.S. cow-calf producers — especially in commercial herds. Particularly in western range areas, producers often manage large groups of cows in large multi-sire pastures. Even though a battery of bulls shares the work, producers can determine sires of individual calves through DNA testing. Researchers using parentage testing have found that bulls in a common breeding pasture certainly don’t share the work equally.

As a member of University of California–Davis (UC–Davis) Extension personnel, Dan Drake has been involved with paternity and performance research showing that some bulls are overachievers and others are slackers. Drake shared what research suggests regarding how bulls really affect ranch economics.

According to Drake, the three-year study was based on data collected from more than 5,000 sire-identified calves representing 15 calf crops on three California ranches. Calves came from both springand fall-calving herds. Breeding seasons ranged from 60 to 120 days, but all ranches used a 25:1 cow-to-bull ratio in breeding pastures of 100 acres or less.

“The average number of calves sired per bull was 18.9. In every calf crop, some bull distinguished himself by siring over 40 calves. Some bulls sired very few,” said Drake. “One bull actually sired 64 calves in a crop. One bull sired one calf, and more than one bull sired no calves at all.”

Drake said the study revealed some interesting things about the most prolific bulls. For instance, some bulls successfully mated with 10-12 cows per day. It was not uncommon for one-third of a bull’s single-season progeny to have been sired during one 24-hour period. Also, nearly all

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Drake said the study suggests that varying prolificacy of herd bulls has implications for home-raised replacement females, since most heifers born in the first half of the calving season were daughters of prolific bulls. Selection of early replacement females from prolific sires would be predicted to have a positive effect on herd fertility.

According to Drake, the study illustrates how important reproduction is to

profitability, because prolific bulls had the greatest positive impact to the ranches economically.

“It wasn’t the bulls with the highest weaning weight or yearling weight EPDs. It was not the sires of the heaviest calves,” said Drake. “It was the bulls that sired the most calves.”

Editor’s Note: Visit the Newsroom at www.appliedreprostrategies.com/2013 to listen to Drake’s presentation and to view his PowerPoint slides and proceedings paper. This comprehensive coverage of the symposium is compiled by the Angus Journal editorial team. The site is made possible through sponsorship by the Beef Reproduction Task Force.

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Dr. Bob Weaber Demystifies Sire Selection for Calving Ease

“When we do that, my typical recommendation is, depending on the breeds, somewhere around the top 20 or 25 percent of the breed makes those bulls what I call ‘heifer bulls.’ They have enough calving ease to be used with confidence on virgin heifers or first-calf heifers. Bulls that are breed average, depending on the breed,

by OKLAHOMAFARMREPORT.COM may be closer to acceptable, but making BEEF BUZZ sure we make a good selection decision, in ver the next several weeks, cow-calf fact, in almost all the breeds now, we can producers will be going to bull sales find combinations of exceptional calving as they prepare to rebuild their ease with acceptable levels of or high levels herds. Kansas State University Beef Cow of growth depending on Specialist Dr. Bob Weaber says what our strategy is. So, in one of the prime genetic traits my book there’s no reason “...somewhere around the top 20 or not to select for pretty high producers place on the top of their lists of selection criteria levels of calving ease 25 percent of the breed makes those because is calving ease. He says there that has really are a couple of ways to manbulls what I call ‘heifer bulls.’ They important economic age selection for calving ease. impacts on our operation.” have enough calving ease to be used Weaber says his minimum “Particularly as we think about replacement females, recommendation for calvwith confidence on virgin heifers or we have two calving-ease ing-ease EPD in Angus bulls first-calf heifers.”

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Margin Influencers

Value of weight gain – The relationship of purchase price and sale price determine the amount of gross margin available to cover production costs. To paraphrase an old adage, the first cost is the most important cost. Value of weight gain across a period of time is calculated by dividing the buy/sell margin by the total weight gain.

For instance, if a 450 lb steer is purchased for $200/cwt, or $900, and is projected to market at 750 lb for $163/cwt, or $1222.50, then steer weight increased 300 lbs while steer value increased $322.5.

Value of weight gain is $107.5/cwt gain and total cost of gain must remain below this in order to profit. Value of weight gain can vary seasonally and at times among different weight classes of cattle.

Value of added weight reflects the value difference among different weight classes of cattle on a given market and can vary across times of the year. The value of added weight may be a decision point determining the weight class to purchase initially.

For instance, assume the prevailing steer calf market is: 400 lb @ $220/cwt ($880),

Challenges in Today’s Environment

Stocker Programs on Rangeland F.T. MCCOLLUM III, PAS-ACAN TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION AMARILLO tocker programs on rangeland are opportunistic, margin-based enterprises. Opportunistic from the standpoints of utilizing excess grazing capacity not allocated to cow/calf production, utilizing forage seasonally to capitalize on forage quality or achieve other management objectives, adding value to ranchraised or purchased calves prior to finishing for beef, or adding a revenue stream from custom grazing.

As climate conditions hopefully stabilize and improve, stocker grazing may be one of the strategies to manage recovering rangelands and utilize carrying capacity as cow herds are eventually rebuilt. Annually allocating a portion of the ranch carrying

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Operating capital, equity requirements – the reduced cattle inventories and relatively good demand for beef have continued to push calf prices to higher levels.

Costs of all other inputs have also increased. With these increases, the equity/capital required to finance operations has also increased and may present challenges to some that wish to consider stocker production. Economic policy has

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450 lb @ $200/cwt ($900) and 500 lb @ $190 ($950). The first 50 lb weight increase adds $20/hd (or $0.40/lb added weight) and the second 50 lb increase adds $50 (or $1.00/lb added weight), and the entire 100 lb increase adds $70 ($0.70/lb added weight). The differences in value of the added weight may affect the decision of which weight class of calves to purchase.

The value of added weight should be a decision point when considering whether to apply management practices (such as supplemental feeding) to increase sale weight. For instance assume the market is applying a $6.00/cwt slide on feeder cattle and projected steer market is $165/cwt @ 700 lb ($1155). A producer is considering a management practice that will add 30 lbs of sale weight; the projected value for the 730 lb strs would be $163.20 ($1191.36).

The added 30 lbs of market weight is worth $36.36 or $1.21/lb. The $1.21/lb value of added weight provides the benchmark to evaluate the cost and efficacy of the management practice.

Health management for incoming calves – Health management for calves is the first management challenge in a

stocker program. Morbidity and mortality rates vary and are dependent on many factors ranging from the background history of the calves to the procurement and transportation process to the conditions, labor, and management after arrival. The cost of morbidity in calves is the sum of antibiotic therapy, death loss, chronics, and reduced performance by the calves that were sick and recovered.

In order to provide an estimate of the cost of morbidity, a sensitivity analysis was conducted with varied morbidity rates and the following inputs: purchase 450 lb calves @ $195/cwt, market value of $165/cwt at 675 with a $6 slide, 306 lb base weight gain for healthy calves, 12 percent reduction in gain for morbid calves, 8 percent case fatality rate for morbid calves, 45 percent retreatment rate for morbid calves, $15 antibiotic cost per treatment.

Pasture costs were priced on about $0.57/gain. Other feed, labor and equipment costs were not varied by morbidity rate.

Using this approach, each 1 percent of morbidity reduced profit by $1.22/head.

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Sawyer’s estimate and the current reflect the difference in calf prices and value of gain between 2006 and today. Independent of associated treatment costs and reduced performance, Sawyer (2006) estimated that 1 percent mortality reduced profit by $6.64/hd while in the current analysis 1 percent mortality reduced profit by $9.01/hd.

Breaking down the $1.22/head/ percent morbidity loss in the current analysis, 55 percent is attributed to calf mortality, 29 percent to reduced performance of morbid calves, and 16 percent to treatment costs.

The greatest impact of sickness on profit is death loss. Managing the purchase and managing the calves to reduce the incidence sickness is a first objective. But, managing to reduce the severity of disease and reduce case the fatality rate ( percent of calves that were treated that died) are a close second. In the analysis above, at 3040 percent morbidity each 1 percent decrease in case fatality rate increased profit/hd by about $3.50. Adequate labor and time to identify and treat calves, prudent and timely use of metaphylaxis, providing palatable feed and water, and low stress handling procedures and management processes are important.

Rate of gain and total gain – Stating the obvious, rate of gain and total gain are keys to profitability. More marketable weight dilutes the associated production costs.

Some factors that affect weight gain are not directly manageable - genetic potential for gain in purchased calves, and seasonal and annual variation in forage quality are a couple. Morbidity can reduce weight gain (12 percent reduction was used above based on published data from Pinchak (2005)) and can be influenced by management. Other means of altering weight gain, such as stocking rate/forage availability, use of growth implants and feed additives, and provision of supplemental feeds, are under direct managerial control.

Forage allocation – Supplements, additives, and growth promoting implants can be used to enhance weight gains but the primary factor setting the base for performance is the amount and nutritional value of forage available to the cattle. Stocker performance is closely related to forage availability and although the amount and quality of forage produced annually is basically beyond the control of the manager, forage allocation via grazing management practices is under managerial control. continued on page 25

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As stocking rates (head/ac) increase gain/hd declines as nutrient intake is limited and energy expended to harvest nutrients increases. As a rule of thumb, following stocking guidelines for moderate (approximately 25 percent harvest efficiency of annual forage production) will ensure the higher weight gains possible by stockers. However, this may not be the economically ($/ac) optimum stocking rate.

Supplemental feeding – Although supplemental feeding of stocker cattle in winter months is common to maintain thriftiness and health, heavier feeding rates to promote higher gains during the winter or supplemental feeding in the spring/summer is not common in this region. In addition to enhancing gain, supplemental feeding in the summer may prove valuable by settling cattle and improving handling during gathering and shipping. This may reduce shrink and improve weighups.

The decision to provide additional supplement to enhance gains should estimate the relationship between marginal cost of gain from the supplement and the marginal value of the added gain resulting from the supplement. The value of added gain was discussed earlier. If a practice increases gain by 10 lb/hd, what is the net increase in value ($/hd) as a result. The cost of the marginal gain can be estimated from supplement efficiency. Supplement efficiency is the lbs of supplement/lb of added gain. For instance, on rangelands where forage quality declines in the late summer/early fall, feeding the equivalent of 1 lb of a high protein supplement such as cottonseed cake has been shown to increase daily gain about 0.3-0.4 lb/hd/d.

The supplement efficiency rate in this case is 1 lb supplement/0.35 lb added gain or 2.8 to 1. Cost of added gain is the $ cost per lb of supplement multiplied by the supplement efficiency. So, if the supplement in the previous example cost $400/ton (or $0.20/lb) then the cost of the added gain is $0.56/lb added gain. If the value of added gain is greater than the cost, then supplementation may be considered.

Supplement efficiency varies from 2:1 to over 10:1 depending on forage quality, type of supplement, and the quantity of supplement offered. At supplemental feeding rates that would be employed in most range settings, the efficiency more likely ranges from 2:1 to 6:1.

With the value of added gain in today’s

markets, supplementation to enhance gains and market weights may be more attractive than in the past when value of added gain hovered in the $0.50 to 0.65/lb range.

Ionophores – Monensin (Rumensin) and lasalocid (Bovatec) are feed additives that can improve weight gain in grazing calves. These additives have a different mode of action than implants (see below) and their effects are additive. Based on numerous studies with grazing calves, ionophores are expected to increase gains about 8-12 percent. These are delivered to cattle in self-fed mineral supplements or

can be included in hand-fed supplements such as range cubes. Comparison pricing of mineral supplements with and without ionophores may cause some to avoid the mineral supplements that contain ionophores. However, the cost of the additives are about $0.02-0.03/hd/d; the cost of the ionophore-containing mineral supplement appears high because the $0.02-0.03 is being delivered in 0.2-0.25 lb of supplement.

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cacy of that growth-promoting implants in stocker cattle. Across varied conditions and base rates of gain, implants will increase weight gains about 14 percent on average.

At higher rates of gain, the absolute response (lb/d) is greater than at lower rates of gain. However, this response has been demonstrated at base rates of gain as low as 0.5 lb/d. At a base gain of 0.5 lb/d, the expected gain with an implant would be about 0.57 lb/d. This response would add about 6.5 lb gain/hd over the life of the implant, or between $6.50 and $7/hd for an implant cost $1.00-1.30. At base gains of 1.5 lb/d, the expected gain with the implant would be about 1.7 lb/d or a difference of about 18 lb/hd ($18-20/hd) over the life of the implant. Use of implants for grazing cattle will not hinder performance once the cattle enter a finishing program.

Other approaches to “stockers”

Historically stocker programs have involved growing calves to heavier weights for feeders.

However if one applies the “temporary” and “opportunistic” and “value-added” characters of stocker enterprises, there may be other “stocker” opportunities to consider given the current status and outlook for the domestic beef industry. Low cow inventory, expected expansion of the cow population, reduced beef supplies may add some different facets to stocker production such as developing bred heifers for resale, upgrading cull cows for slaughter, turning open cows into bred cows for resale. These would all be evaluated as margin operations just as enterprises growing calves for resale as feeder cattle. ■

Improving forage, livestock production begins with the soil any ranchers view livestock as their base crop. Other ranchers view grass as their foundational crop from which the cattle grow.

While healthy cattle depend on healthy forages, the entire process begins with the soil, according to Chad Ellis, Noble Foundation pasture and range consultant.

“The management of soil health is of vital importance to producers as it is the dynamic resource,” Ellis said. “As managers, we often focus on managing the aboveground production in our pastures while paying little attention to what happens belowground. Sound grazing management is the art of capturing sunlight and water while recycling a portion of the aboveground parts of the plant through livestock.”

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Once soil temperatures reach 140 degrees, soil bacteria die. The soil must be covered through forage and crop residue.

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Increase plant diversity

Increasing plant diversity above ground allows for more diverse underground community. The more diverse the microbial population in the soil, the better the forage will respond, due to increased biological activity.

Keep living roots in the ground all year

Soils are most productive when soil microbes have access to living plant material. A living root provides a food source for beneficial bacteria and promotes the relationship between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi. This is aided by increased plant diversity, which can be achieved by incorporating cover crops into your pasture and crop systems.

Integrate livestock grazing

Grasses evolved under grazing pressure. Soil and plant health is improved by grazing, which recycles nutrients, reduces plant selectivity and increases plant diversity. The most important factor in grazing systems is to allow adequate rest for the plant to recover before being grazed again.

“Our land’s condition is characterized by the functioning of both the soil and plant communities,” Ellis said. “Following these principles will allow the site production, health of the soil, and mineral and water cycles to greatly improve, resulting in an increase of forage production and ■ animal production.”

New Mexico Bulls compete well in Oklahoma he 62nd annual Oklahoma Panhandle State University (OPSU) Performance Bull Test in Goodwell, Oklahoma is under way with bulls weighed on Jan. 4 after 84 days on test.

The test will end with 112 day weights taken on Feb. 1 followed by the annual bull sale on Feb. 24.

In the junior age bull division, J-C Angus Ranch, Moriarty, New Mexico currently has the 2nd, 7th, and 8th high gaining Angus bulls (gaining 4.76, 4.42, and 4.39) as well as the high gaining pen gaining 4.52 pounds per day with also the best feed conversion at 4.07 pounds of feed per pound of gain.

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Phil Light, Turpin, Oklahoma currently has the high gaining bull in the junior division at 5.31 as well as the 3rd high gaining bull at 4.57 and the second high gaining pen gaining 4.28.

In the senior age bull division, B&M Angus, Edmond, Oklahoma currently has the high gaining bull at 5.87, followed by Carl Cook, Galveston, Texas with the 2nd high gaining bull at 5.11.

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But, how high is too high?

A quarter pounder hamburger costs $3. The cost of the meat patty, I’m guessing, is less than 50 cents. Even if you doubled the price of the meat, making the burger cost $3.50, it would not affect sales much. Especially if the buyer often upgrades to a Big Mac EVM (extra value meal) for $4.95 or a McChicken for $4.34, not to mention a 16 oz Coke for $1.00, a small latte for $1.60 or a medium shake for $1.80 in addition.

Where else are you going to get a full meal for less than $5.00 . . . Starbucks? I don’t see protesters picketing fast food places. The USDA (2012) says Americans spend 10 percent of their income for food.

Another 50 cents on a burger doesn’t affect us near as much as a $1.50 per gallon increase in gasoline. And in the steakhouses from Outback to Ruth’s Chris, the cost of the meat is even a smaller percentage of the cost of the meal. www.baxterblack.com

I Can’t Believe It! here continues to be a “mind-separation” from reality regarding the high price of cattle. We cattlemen ease around each other, secretly not believing we just sold 13 heifers weighing 480 lbs for $840 each. Or sold a cull bull weighing 1605 for 74 cents a pound.

He brought $1,200. Or sold 600 weight steers for over $1,000 apiece, or bought 20 bred first-calf heifers for $1,680 each.

It is the happiest coffee shop table talk I’ve heard since the Osama went down! The most common comment, said with a sideways grin and the shake of the head that I hear is, “Man . . . I can’t believe it!”

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My favorite gauge is to compare the number of fed cattle that it takes to buy a new pickup. I use 1,000 lb steers and half-ton pickups to compare. In the 70s it took 12. In the 80s it took 16. In the 90s it took 22. In the 00s it took 26. In 2013 it still takes 26. For a moment in time, beef is keeping up with the cost of living expenses.

So, for those who can’t accept the justification of increased beef prices as a long-overdue inflation correction, or see the changing buying habits of the modern eat-out-microwave 2014 pop up consumer . . . then sell every critter on your place and wait for the price to go down.

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The Beefmaster breed is expanding due to the value of the Beefmaster cow and increased weight gain of the calves. Producers are recognizing that with the increasing input costs, the high weaning weights of Beefmaster calves is more important than ever.

The BBU staff has visited with several breeders up the Southeastern coast and into the Midwest and the story is always the same. They use Beefmaster cattle for the excellent fertility and added growth, as well as the longevity of the cows.

Efficiency is also a strong attribute of the Beefmaster breed. In a recent allbreeds performance test in Texas, yearling Beefmaster bulls were the highest average daily gain (ADG) on test as well as the lowest residual feed intake (RFI) on test. Beefmaster cattle not only have high daily gains, they also consume less feed per pound of gain. Use of Beefmaster influenced cattle allows producers to be a lowcost producer with reduced input levels in the cow/calf enterprise. These cost cutting measures have been built into the Beefmaster influenced female and will be necessary for cow/calf operators to survive in the developing beef industry.

From a dollar stand point, no other breed can compete with a Beefmaster. This statement is fully supported by Three Rivers Ranch of Dade City, Fla. “Since 2000 our Beefmaster sired steers have sold for more dollars per head than any other calves we produce,� says John McCarthy, Three Rivers Ranch cattle manager.

BBU staff members have had the opportunity to visit with the Nail Cattle Company of Palm Bay, Fla. The cattle company runs about 500 head of cows and utilizes Beefmaster bulls on their cows. Ryan Martin and Bonnie Nail-Martin of Nail Cattle Company shared that they love the heavy weaning weights and good disposition of the calves that are sired by the Beefmaster bulls.

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Global warmists aim to disempower America

by RON ARNOLD, WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM rich Jantsch was an Austrian astronomer and technology forecaster, the one man who can plausibly be branded as the scientist who corrupted science into today’s global warming monster.

As one of the seven men who, at dinner on the evening of April 8, 1968, founded the Club of Rome, he possessed the gravitas to evangelize his radical belief that science cannot be neutral.

In order to prevent ecological and social collapse, Jantsch said, Western countries must halt their economic growth and surrender their goods for equitable distribution throughout the world.

The alternative: “an eventual worldwide class war.”

His ideas permeated the development of the club’s sensational 1972 work, The Limits to Growth, the hugely influential book of doom which first explained to a mass audience the three things that must be accepted to prevent the apocalypse: computer modeling, anthropogenic global warming, and strong government control. It reeked of Jantsch’s “science cannot be neutral.”

Jantsch faded into obscurity, but his ideas gained fame as sales of the book soared to 12 million, and it remains the best-selling environment book ever. It was the textbook for the obscene blend of science and politics that is the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change and the insanity that climate scientists are the only bearers of truth.

Austrian philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend, who wrote an introduction to one of Jantsch’s books, was leery of the artificial certainty inherent in computer modeling. He was indignant that science was obsessed with its own mythology, making claims to truth well beyond its actual capacity.

He wrote that scientists who trust too much in “method” risk turning into “miserable, unfriendly, self-righteous mechanisms without charm or humor.”

Recently an unsigned editorial in the Investors Business Daily proposed that global warming is a back door to socialism. It seems that United Nations climate treaty hotshot Christiana Figueres praised China as, “able to implement policies because its political system avoids some of the legislative hurdles seen in countries including the U.S.” My experience corresponding with the climate crowd says that’s not an endorsement of either China or socialism, just job protection. I asked a prominent climate skeptic who knows something about socialism what she thought.

Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen said by email from the United Kingdom, “My take is that AGW [anthropogenic global warming] was and remains ‘a god sent’ for bureaucracies wanting to expand,

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nothing much to do with socialism. In my humble opinion, Soviet communism was brought down by bureaucracy.”

Boehmer-Christiansen should know.

She was born and raised in communist East Germany, moved to Southern Australia for her undergraduate work (geomorphology with climatology and physical geography) earned her doctorate in England (University of Sussex), is lecturer emeritus at Hull University and is a past member of a United Nations Environment Program forum. She now edits the peerreviewed academic journal Energy & Environment.

The corruption of scientific ethics concerns her deeply: “Some university research units have almost become wholly-owned subsidiaries of government departments. Their survival, and the livelihoods of their employees, depends on delivering what policy makers think they want.”

Boehmer-Christiansen noted how climate regulations have created private profit centers. “Carbon counting, trading, ‘controlling’ and investing not only

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That harks back more to Jantsch’s “Stop being wealthy and give it to the world,” than to Marx’s “Workers of the world, unite.”

My take is that Obama viscerally hates rich people and corporations, but for their power, not for his ideology. He wants them brought down, which he is doing to the nation’s power industry now – and consequently the entire nation – with his climate policy.

Obama seems perfectly aware that disempowering America’s energy sources will disempower America’s place in the world.

That’s not socialism, that’s suicide. But that’s exactly what the miserable, unfriendly, self-righteous mechanisms without charm or humor and all of the left really wants.

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Now with our moderate gain program at Tucumcari Bull Test the bulls will be less fat, just have good hard and solid growth.

Each bull will be tested for gain but at a less gain per day.

At the 84-day weigh-up the barn average gain was 3.71# per day gain compared to 4# plus in the previous years.

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jinglejangle appy Healthy Heart Month and yes, we now have 29 lean cuts to choose from. What an amazing thing to have Dr. Barry Ramo endorse our product back in the fall. I had to back up the TV and look again but sure enough I heard it right. He encourages us to include fruits and vegetables as well in a healthy and balanced diet. WOW! What a concept. That is something Cowbelles already does and continues doing Dr. thank you so much again.

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trying something “different,” to compete with the ongoing and ever still arising problems that threaten our way of life.

Then we throw in the mix groups such as HSUS, PETA, etc. to all the hype about GMO’s to government interference in land use as well as our water use. Ranchers and Farmers deal enough every day with droughts and floods to the freezing subzero temperatures as were experienced by our neighbors in the North and East. In my opinion we should stand strong

together as an agriculture community with the people that are making a difference in feeding our world.

We need to continue to bridge that gap on issues of misconceptions and untruths.

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with everyone you come into contact with.

Leave this issue at the dentist’s office, doctor’s office or car wash – wherever people have to wait – when you are through with it.

Spread the word to people who don’t normally get the whole agriculture idea.

Social media is riveting however, if you are not quite at this level all ways to spread the story are great. Here’s a great example. A local Cowbelle buys one of the great Rada products New Mexico Cowbelles retail.

She takes the knife sharpener to her church the following week and the gals in the kitchen love it so much they then ask all about the item. The Cowbelle then takes the opportunity to tell all about Cowbelles and sells three more the following year. She has now made many impacts to four more heads in the kitchen about our great product. I know we all do this every day in many ways.

I want you to share some of your bridges with me. Let’s tell people all about it this year and who knows what might happen. Some great things I stole from the beef website on line.

■ In this month of romance, beef is the

preferred choice of Americans (62 percent) because nothing says love like a great steak dinner for Valentine’s Day. ■ When it’s time to share that Valentine’s Day meal, beef wins. A ribeye (35 percent) or T-bone steak (32 percent) is chosen as the best meal to share with a significant other.

■ Americans most often associate beef with celebrations (50 percent), compared to chicken (18 percent), pork (17 percent), or fish (15 percent).

Have a great month and e-mail me a story: madle01@yahoo.com – Maddy ith 10 members and one guest, Tana Garnett of Nara Visa, present Lariat Cowbelles met January 8, 2014, at the Rabbit Ears Café. Ms Garnett became a member of Lariat CowBelles.

Mary Bleiker read the November minutes and the treasurer’s report. Correspondence was received from Farm Bureau regarding two children’s beef books purchased for a school in Clayton. A thank you card was received from the family of Pearl Sowers for the Pat Nowlin Memorial made in her name. The yearbook has not been printed yet due to printing issues and dates needed. It will be available by the next regular meeting. New Mexico legislation will

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J-C Angus Ranch PERFORMANCE YOU CAN COUNT ON! fter performance testing bulls and studying the results for over 30+ years at the Tucumcari Bull Test we have observed that the fastest growing calves are the most feed efficient. In 2012 the lowest gaining Angus pen converted at 7.66 lbs of feed per lb of gain on a high roughage diet, while the high gaining Angus sire group – from J-C Angus – converted at 5.28 lbs – OVER 30% LESS FEED!! This indicates there is a very high correlation between rapid growth and efficiency of feed conversion, and studies show a 70% correlation between feedlot efficiency & cow efficiency.

Would saving 30% on feed and/or pasture usage be of benefit to you?

See our cattle at these three sales in March • OPSU Bull Test Sale, Goodwell, OK – February 24 • Tucumcari Bull Test Sale, Tucumcari – March 8, 2014 • Black Angus “Ready For Work” Bull Sale, Belen – March 10, 2014

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be in short session from January 21 to February 20; 139 bills have been pre-filed.

USDA is asking for comments on allowing Brazilian beef into the United States. No link is available yet on the USDA site. Volunteer time sheets and sample sheets were distributed. Advocacy issues are Brazilian beef, horse slaughter, wolf issues and beef promotion using social media. The District 2 Workshop will be held March 10 at the Methodist Church in Clayton. There was discussion of Lariat CowBelles responsibilities as hostess of this event. Members signed up for committees. 5 States RoundUp will be held October 1 this year. Pat Nowlin Scholarship applications are due April 15. It was voted to increase the Lariat CowBelles Scholarship to $500. Discussion was held on opening eligibility to high school students who have enough college credits at graduation to enter college at the sophomore level. Helen Fain of LeRoy’s Tax and Accounting was the guest speaker. She discussed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The next regular meeting of Lariat CowBelles will be February 11 at the Rabbit Ears Café. Respectfully sub-

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for so many years, people have come to expect it. It was decided to hold the beef raffle again this year. It was suggested to begin selling tickets in July. Tommie reported on a Chuckwagon CowBelle meeting she attended in December. After their business meeting, each member told of some event that happened to her between the November and December meetings. Tommie was very entertained and impressed, so each member told of something they did, or that happened to them in December. Tommie won the door prize—free lunch! Meeting adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

The Chuckwagon CowBelles met in Mountainair, at the First Baptist Church on January 14, 2014. The CowBelle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and creed were recited. Eighteen members were present at the meeting. Toni Barrow discussed ideas and appealed for help concerning the District Workshop on March 12, in Socorro. It was decided to pay for rooms for the officers during the District meeting. Toni also mentioned the brand napkins. There was discussion about this. The group discussed meeting places for the year. It was decided to meet again at the Baptist Church in Mountainair on Febru-

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mitted by, Marianne Rose, Lariat CowBelles Reporter Chamiza Cowbelles Meeting of January 9, 2014. Meeting was called to order by Vice President Jodell Downs at in the Ivory Tusk Restaurant at Elephant Butte Inn with seven members present. Kaye Diamond led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and read both the Cowbelle Prayer and Cowbelle Creed. Minutes from the November meeting were approved as read.

Cathy presented the Treasurer’s report in Dolores’s absence. It was also approved as presented. Jodell reported that 15 people attended the Christmas meeting at her home. Food and money donations to the food bank were most generous. Jodell passed around a thank you card sent to the Cowbelles. No one signed up to host a meeting in 2014. Daisy has resigned from volunteering to call members to remind them of the meeting. Jodell announced that Michelle will conduct a “make up” meeting in March which will be held either at Jodell’s or Myra’s. This will be a potluck meeting. Discussion was held regarding whether or not to have the beef raffle again this year. The group has done it

ary 11 with the “mountain” ladies coordinating the meal. It was decided to meet at the Old Mill in Estancia in April. There was more discussion about meeting ideas.

(Expect to receive book pages in February that reflect the meeting schedule for 2014.) In correction to December’s minutes the District Meeting is on March 12, 2014. Vera Gibson gave the Treasurer’s report. Toni read two letters of thanks from Horses for Heroes. Toni also presented the two books on agriculture that were received for placing in the libraries of schools. She appealed to the group for volunteers to take the books to the schools.

Phyllis Hawley and Marilyn Mignery volunteered to visit the Estancia and Moriarty schools. Elaine Aschbacher will go to the Edgewood schools and Marion Shaw volunteered to take the books to the Mountainair schools. There was discussion about liability with cattle wandering onto highways. Toni read the Man-of-the-Year award nomination letter from NMCB. She also read a thank you letter from ANCW. Fita Witte was given the Beef Backer award! We’re so proud! After a lunch break, Cindy Robison performed the offi-

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cer confirmation. Toni Barrow was installed as President, Carolyn Chance was installed as Vice-president, Babbi Baker was installed as Secretary, and Vera Gibson was installed as Treasurer. It was decided to buy one case of the 100-wrapped brand napkins as a fund raiser. There was discussion about having a raffle item made by Jack Anderson. There was also discussion about a group project for this year. Toni took show of hands on all in favor of keeping Horses for Heroes. A majority was noted. Toni read an encouraging phrase.

The group’s program for the month was to share members’ greatest wish. Toni Barrow after the “sharing” opened up for discussion for the monthly donation. It was

decided to take collections all year long and at the end of the year divide up the total between local FFA chapters and Horses for Heroes. It was decided to donate $100 to the State Home Economics school with 4-H. $72 was collected for the project donation fund that will be divided between local FFA chapters and Horses for Heroes at the end of the year. Lindsey Hovden graciously donated $10 to help with sponsoring the District Workshop in March. The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 p.m. From the December meeting: The NMCB Annual meeting was discussed, where Barbara Jackson, President of ANCW, and the Junior Beef Ambassador were present. Lesson plans for the Ag book curricula are now online and ready to download to give to local teachers. The

new President is Maddie Lee and Carolyn Chance is the new NMCB Secretary for 2014. The date of District meeting will be March 12, 2014 in Socorro. CowBelle of the Year was Laura Nunn. The brand napkins are being printed. Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle”. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com the 14th of each month.

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Lands News The Cibola Controversy n June 11, 2013, Mountainair District Forest Ranger Karen Lessard issued an order to all 19 allotment owners (including the DuBois allotment) saying that “due to severe drought conditions . . . I have decided to suspend all grazing on the Mountainair Ranger District.”

The order said livestock grazing would be suspended “for a period of not less than one year” and that “Return to grazing will be graduated.”

In response, your NM livestock organizations wrote a letter to the Regional Forester expressing concerns over the order. They wrote: This appears to affect every permittee in the district without taking into consideration the various conditions over a large area and specific to each allotment. A

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blanket order of this type is unacceptable unless backed up by monitoring data for each allotment. Good range management does not come from following the Drought Monitor . . . Given the nature of precipitation events in the southwest, being highly variable with respect to intensity, duration and scope, it is highly unlikely that all allotments were equally affected. An “across the board” livestock removal appears to be an arbitrary and capricious decision.

The Mountainair district would fit in a box that is approximately 64 miles wide from east to west and 62 miles long from north to south. It is ludicrous to think the intensity, duration and scope of rainfall would be the same across this vast expanse.

Congressman Steve Pearce also wrote to the Forest Service to express his “disap-

pointment and disagreement” with the order. In addition, he encouraged the Forest Service to “activate an existing Memorandum of Agreement and utilize Section 8 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act to bring together the permittees, the Forest Service and experts at New Mexico State University to seek an equitable solution.”

As expected, the new Regional Forester, Cal Joyner, wrote back defending the district’s actions. However, he did state “the collection of site-specific quantitative data on each allotment is impossible given limited resources” and pledged the Forest Service would “welcome the engagement and assistance” of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) and the Range Improvement Task Force (RITF) in continued on page 45

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the “assessment of forage resource conditions on the affected allotments.”

On September 25th reps from NMDA and RITF had their initial meeting with Allen Warren, the Range Management Specialist for the Mountainair district.

And sure enough, the first thing Mr. Warren did was hold up the drought map and say “have you guys seen this”? So much for “site-specific” range analysis.

The reaction in the countryside to the livestock removal order was swift. The Lincoln County Commission passed a resolution stating it was an “arbitrary, non-scientific, blanket removal order which did not take into consideration differences in resource conditions on the various allot-

ments” and expressing concern over the negative consequence to the ranch families and the local community. During the hearing on the resolution Commissioner Jackie Powell told Ranger Lessard, “You’re wrong, and it’s not right to do the people of New Mexico like this, especially those here since the 1920s trying to make it. They need to be worked with.”

The Torrance County Commission unanimously passed the same resolution, with Commission Chair LeRoy Candelaria saying, “I support these people.” During that hearing rancher Matthew Aragon said he was planning on moving cattle on the Jesus Baca ranch from the Monte Largo allotment to the rested Comanche allotment when the order was issued. “The ability to graze was unfortunately pulled from us at a time it was desperately

needed,” he said. Aragon said Allen Warren visited the Comanche allotment and “looked at maybe 100 acres of the 20,000 acres. Even though the land had not been grazed for three years, he still felt he needed to remove us.”

The East Torrance Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) and the Edgewood SWCD also passed the resolution.

Writing to the Forest Service on behalf of the Claunch-Pinto SWCD, Chairman Felipe Lovato, Jr. questioned whether the removal of all livestock “will result in the most rapid recovery of forage conditions.”

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My Cowboy Heroes

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BobbiThreepersons” Jeen “Tom OLSON The Story of Two Persons

om Threepersons was an Indian who became famous. Research reveals numerous stories claiming he was a Cherokee, or perhaps a Blood (Kainai) Indian; He was born in Oklahoma (1889) or perhaps Canada (1888); he was a mounted policeman, tracker and rodeo star in Canada; a famous lawman and prohibition officer in El Paso, Texas; a cowboy in New Mexico and a successful rancher in Canada; he had a leather gun holster named after him and won the World Bronc Riding Championship of 1912; his name was spelled “Threepersons” or perhaps “Three Persons” and he died poor in 1969, in Arizona, or possibly a rich man during 1949 in Canada.

Many accomplishments (and contradictions) for only one man! How did he do so much? A closer examination of the facts reveals there were—ironically, TWO different “Tom Threepersons,” alive and making headlines at the same time. Although the names are spelled slightly different, their stories are often mistakenly jumbled into one. One was a rodeo star, who had a few encounters with the law—the other was a

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lawman, who had a few encounters with rodeo. Last month we talked about the Canadian rodeo star “Three Persons,” this month we examine “Threepersons,” the Southwestern lawman.

Tom Threepersons was born in Vinita, Oklahoma (Indian Territory) on July 22, 1889. His parents were John and Belle, full blooded Cherokees. Not much is known about this particular “Threepersons” between 1889 and 1916, however much has been speculated and this period of his life is often confused with that of “Three Persons” from Canada (who made headlines in 1912 as the World Champion Bronc Rider). However, from 1916 through 1929, Threepersons the lawman accomplished a lot and much was written regarding his exploits. During this period, he became a legend and his name will forever be a part of Western history.

In a Douglas, AZ newspaper dated February, 1916, it mentions a Threepersons competing in the saddle bronc riding at a rodeo there. It has been said that the Threepersons from the Southwest held a love of rodeo and was a pretty good bronc

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rider. This probably adds to the confusion often applied between him and the Canadian Three Persons. Our southwestern Tom, however, was never famous for rodeo like the Canadian Tom. Then, in March of 1916, Pancho Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico. This caused numerous troops to be sent to the border region. This act also helped propel Tom Threepersons onto a path that took him from being a local rodeo cowboy, to one of becoming a famous lawman. Tom joined the fray and was listed as a civilian scout for the Army under General Pershing—it was his first of many ventures into civic duty. Later, he spent time at Fort Bliss, breaking remount horses during World War I and this continued till about 1920.

In 1919, the Volstead Act (prohibition) was voted in and the new law took effect January of 1920. This unpopular law created a new crime enterprise along the border region between the United States and Mexico. Tom Threepersons spent the next nine years working for the El Paso police department, the El Paso County Sheriffs Department and the United States Prohibition Service battling this new crime.

During which time, he became a legend.

According to author, Jim Coffey, “While the men enforcing Prohibition are largely forgotten now, they were legends at the time. Many considered Frank Hamer of the Texas Rangers, the archetypical ‘twentieth century Ranger,’ totally fearless. D.A. (Jelly) Bryce, FBI agent, was so fast with a pistol that he actually ‘beat the drop’ on two separate occasions when outlaws already had their weapons out and trained on him. Manuel Gonzales, who made a name for himself as an honest Prohibition agent, would not back down with armed smugglers breaking the law. Many of these officers brought a frontier mentality to the war on booze. For some, it was a code of honor that prohibited asking or giving quarter; for others, it was unimpeachable honesty . . . Tom Threepersons was one of continued on page 49

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these men . . . A Texas Ranger captain once related, ‘El Paso was one of the toughest towns I’d ever been in. There was a gunfight for 236 straight nights.’” This was Tom Threepersons beat.

While serving as a law enforcement official in and around El Paso, Threepersons was involved in several shootouts and hair raising encounters with outlaws and contrabandistas (smugglers from Mexico).

Because of his, shoot first, ask questions later methods, he was often referred to as a throwback from the old West, and to this day is considered by many as the last of the old-time, frontier lawmen.

Also, as a way to improve his ability to get his gun out quickly when needed, Tom is credited with designing the first true “quick draw” holster. He approached Sam Myers, an El Paso saddle maker about his design. Myers and Threepersons worked together, and by the mid-20s, the S.D. Myers catalog offered the “Threepersons quick draw holster.” Myers later sold his business to El Paso Saddlery, and the holster was offered in their catalog as well.

Today, an original Threepersons holster by S.D. Myers or a vintage one by El Paso Saddlery is a highly sought after western collectible.

In spite of his ‘legend-in-his-own-time” status, Tom was reluctant to discuss most of his numerous gunfights publicly. He said once in an interview, “I never had any desire to be placed in a class with Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, or any of the socalled Western bad men. My desire was, and still is, to be classed as a respectable officer of the law and its enforcement.”

When asked about the numerous death threats he received from contrabandistas, the brave Threepersons responded, “It doesn’t disturb my sleep.” However, smugglers were said to have put a $10,000 bounty on Tom’s head during the height of prohibition enforcement—a few unfortunate souls tried to collect it.

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In 1929, Tom decided to retire from law enforcement. He had taken two bullets— even one in the chest, and was run down by a car—all in the line of duty. He sold his guns to an El Paso collector, a Mr. Powers, who also owned guns formerly belonging to Pat Garrett, John Wesley Hardin and John Selman (the man who killed John Wesley Hardin). Powers valued the guns of Tom Threepersons, equally, with those other Old West legends.

Threepersons and his wife Lorene moved to the Arizona-New Mexico border region where he worked as a cowboy and

she worked many years for the Silver City enterprise. Tom worked for many ranches over the next forty years in the rough NM/AZ border area and he died in Safford, Arizona on April 2, 1969.

Both “Tom Three Persons” and “Tom Threepersons” were examples of Native Americans who left their permanent marks on history. Each was one of the first Natives to accomplish what they did.

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What you have always wanted to know about Texas Longhorns

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nlike most breeds of cattle, no one set out to develop Texas Longhorn cattle as a breed. Instead, they evolved in North America from descendants of cattle brought into the Americas by the Spanish in the late 1400s and early 1500s (the first cattle were brought into Hispaniola in 1493). However, the cattle did not ldescend directly from Spanish stock.

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In the early 1800s, wild longhorned cattle were found throughout much of Texas.

During the California Gold Rush of the late 1840s and early 1850s, there was great demand for cattle in California, and cattle began to be driven from Texas by the tens of thousands to meet the demand. This practice was interrupted by the U.S. Civil War, as well as the end of the California gold rush. Texans who returned to Texas after the Civil War had few sources of income, but there were lots of wild cattle in Texas, and few cattle were left in the eastern United States. Texans began to round the cattle up and drive them up to the rail heads in Kansas, where they were shipped to the east coast cities to satisfy a

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growing demand for beef. Many famous cattle trails were established, such as the Chisholm Trail and the Goodnight-Loving Trail, and many millions of cattle (then called “Texas cattle”) were driven up these trails for shipment east.

During the late 1800s, large ranches began to be established in Texas. Fences were built, cattle were captured and contained, and the days of free-ranging cattle came to an end. Although these ranches originally kept Texas Longhorns, most soon turned to importing “improved” European breeds of cattle. The European breeds produced much more fat than did Texas Longhorns, and tallow was the primary driving force behind cattle prices at the time. However, several ranchers kept herds of the original Texas cattle, either for nostalgia or because they appreciated the abilities and qualities of these cattle. By the 1920s, the longhorned cattle were rare enough that the United States government paid to assemble a herd of Texas cattle at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Oklahoma, to preserve them from extinction. About a half-dozen private herds were also maintained through (or started in) the first half of the 1900s, and most modern Texas Longhorns can be traced back to these seven “families” of longhorns (the Wichita Refuge, Butler, Marks, Peeler, Phillips, Wright, and Yates lines).

In 1964, the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America (TLBAA) was founded, and a registration process was established. Thus, Texas Longhorns became a registered breed. Today, Texas Longhorns are bred and valued for many different reasons. Their naturally lean meat is now considered an advantage, and the ability of Texas Longhorns to thrive on natural range conditions (without the use of antibiotics, added hormones, or the use of feedlots) makes them a favorite for the lean beef, range-fed beef, and organic beef markets. They are also widely raised for their beautiful colors and horns, and by people who appreciate the history and qualities of the breed. Texas Longhorn bulls are often used as service sires on other breeds of cattle, because the crosses produce fewer birthing difficulties and calves that grow quickly and have few health problems. At the Double Helix Ranch, we were attracted to Texas Longhorns because of their high genetic diversity and associated high fitness, in addition to their historical interest and their

beauty. Traits that stand out in Texas Longhorns are their natural disease resistance, great longevity, high reproductive rate, ease in birthing, ability to thrive under harsh range conditions, and an ability to defend themselves against predators. We have never lost a single Texas Longhorn calf to disease or predation, and they thrive without extensive care or supplemental feeding.

Temperament

Most modern Texas Longhorns are gentle cattle and are among the easiest of breeds to handle and control. Their gentle disposition and striking looks make them favorites as riding steers, and their general health and adaptability make them ideal for weekend ranchers. Texas Longhorns that interact regularly with people are easy to handle; as with any breed, however, cattle that rarely see humans can grow wild and wary.

Of course, caution is required among Texas Longhorns because of the long horns. Although our cattle have never attacked or harmed a human on purpose, they can and do use their horns to manipulate objects and to scratch their bodies, so reasonable care should be exercised around the cattle to avoid accidental contact with the horns. Texas Longhorns will also defend their calves against dogs, so we are careful to keep our dogs at a safe distance from the herd.

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Any fence that will hold other breeds of cattle is sufficient for Texas Longhorns. We prefer to use barbed wire fences, because they have proven to be the most dependable for us, and the maintenance costs are low. However, many breeders use simple one or two-strand electric fences with great success, and of course plank, pipe, and wire mesh fences are more than adequate. We avoid electric fences because they can be difficult to maintain over long distances and because they are subject to grounding problems (usually created by deer crossing) and loss from lightning strikes in our part of the country. However, if they can be closely monitored and maintained, electric fences are effective at controlling Texas Longhorns. If you have fences that are keeping other cattle or stock in or out of your property, then they should be adequate to contain most Texas Longhorns.

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A Camp On The Rio Grande

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s the summer went on we kept prowling for the last yearlings, and had cleaned them out. They were going to winter another set of cattle and it would be a couple of months before they started receiving stock. I knew I needed to get back to doing some sculpture, but I’ll always remember the long days a horseback, with good hombres at the Orndorff.

So I changed ranges to Bosque Farms and worked on my art. While camped there, Tye Terrell would call me several times over the next couple of years and ask me to help him receive a set of cattle that he’d contracted, so I got to see some new country and meet some new people. On one trip we received 2,100 yearlings off the Cat Mountain outfit, owned by Bob Dunlap, and located fifteen miles or so west of Magdalena. Tye had contracted 4,500 yearlings from Bob for Pete Caviness that summer, then received the balance of them a few days later at the Dunlap Ranch at Vaughn, New Mexico. It was fun because Tye had us a room at the old Vagabond Hotel in Socorro, where all the cow folks around that area gathered. Each morning we’d get in the white Lincoln way before light and meet Bob for breakfast at the café in Magdalena, while his crew was penning seven to eight-hundred yearlings. We’d get there just at daylight to weigh them, sort off any culls and load those potbelly trucks. The yearlings were in good shape, averaging 750. They blew snot and jumped and kicked at you, the way they should.

Robbie, our amigo Bob Weil’s sixteen-yearold son, was also with us. Now, he and his wife Monica have a cattle and hunting ranch in southern Oklahoma. It was fun working those cattle and loading trucks in great fall weather. We’d be done around noon if all the trucks showed up on time.

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phone, eat a big steak and all for supper, and sleep like a rock till 3:00 a.m. Then we’d do it again. We did that for three days and all went well. These cattle all went to wheat pasture around Hereford, Texas, and a few months later I went with Tye and Bob to look at them. We spent a night at the Vaughn Ranch on way back.

Another time we received 1,300 calves off the Fernandez outfit at San Mateo, NM, a really neat place. It had an old-time headquarters similar to the Bells. The ranch is several hundred sections and covers the west slope of Mount Taylor and located way out onto the flats and brush. The ranch was managed by D.R. Daniels. He and his wife Edwina became friends, and we had many a good time at the NM Cattle Growers’ conventions. We got to a big shipping camp north of headquarters that morning as they were penning the cattle. They were forever getting them penned and we helped strip those cattle down the alley. It was nearly noon before they started separating the heifers and steers, then sorted off their keeper heifers. So it was two or three o’clock before anything was weighed. Buddy Majors had contracted the calves that summer, and Tye had brokered them from Buddy for Dusty Ray. We shipped them to grass on the Ray Ranch at Roy, New Mexico. It was a long day and night . . . and cold. We loaded the last trucks at daylight. We were young, but I was never more tired than when we got to that hotel room in Grants that Buddy had for us.

That next spring, Myles Culbertson called and said they could use me at their spring works at the Park Springs, and told me that they were going to run a wagon.

My amigo Hagen Strauss, from the Strauss Ranch at Las Cruces, was twelve years old or so and wanted to go. I arranged it with his folks, thinking it would be a good experience for him to see how they worked up

in that rim rock range. So his Dad met me in Vaughn with Hagen’s mount of horses, and he took my pickup. Hagen and I pulled into the old Park Springs outfit mid-afternoon. I love that ol’ Ranch and had helped them before. There was lots of activity. A couple of men were tacking on shoes, while others were loading a flatbed trailer with things for the wagon and cow works.

Myles was roping out a couple wrangling horses for the men who would gather the horse trap early the next morning. The wagon was camped there at headquarters under those big cottonwood trees.

Bedrolls were scattered around on the grass, and the crew was setting around rolling smokes and shooting the breeze.

Sitting on their beds, Kiko Padilla, Carey Culbertson, Delfinio Montano, were drinking coffee, and visiting with Paublin Romero. There were some young hands, Bobcat, and his brother Pistol from the Conchas outfit, along with a couple of Ray Saiz’s boys, and my sidekick Hagen. They reminded me of John Wayne’s movie, The Cowboys. Also, there were a couple of young cowgirls, Myles & Georgia Culbertson’s daughters, Meredith and Avery, ages 8 and 6. They all craved punching cows and were already experienced and helped round out a good crew.

I made it a point to sit by W.O., Myles’ Father. I always enjoyed visiting with him about the history of the Park Springs Ranch, as well as the ranching history of the Culbertson Family, starting in the early 1900s in the Texas panhandle around Dalhart. He loved the life, and loved history on the American West, so we were into a good story when the wagon cook rang the bell and said, “Come and get it!”

Now, this wagon cook was named Georgia, and was Myle’s wife. She ran a tight ship, and kept things in order. As I was writing continued on page 53

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this, I called Myles and he told me how Georgia decided to cook for this works.

When Myles and W.O. were discussing who they could get to cook, they were having coffee at the Chupainas camp where Myles and Georgia lived. It seems that good wagon cooks have been few and far between for many years, as most of you know, and they couldn’t think of anyone.

So, Georgia, as a true Park Springs patriot, volunteered. She was well aware of the stress, long hours and hard work involved in cooking for a roundup crew at a wagon.

Now, Georgia is a lady, and the prettiest wagon cook I’ve ever seen! Not only is she a pretty lady but she is the only female wagon cook I’ve ever worked with that actually cooked for a works. Needless to say, the food was top of the line, and had that extra little flavor only a lady can do! To quote Myles, “It was a relaxing scene that night, the wagon, scattered bedrolls with their occupants, the cook fire still glowing, in the silhouette of the old Park Springs Headquarters.” I still remember that evening lying there, excited over another branding works, knowing I needed to

sleep, but savoring the moment.

A Great Horned Owl would hoot, as a cool summer’s night breeze made sleeping very sound. Just as you were really sleeping, you heard the wranglers corralling the remuda, caught a Georgia Culbertson at the Park Springs Ranch Wagon whiff of that camp coffee, and in no time were wolfing down those Georgia- crew. Myles was also very appreciative of Georgia, and made sure she had plenty of made biscuits and gravy.

After another cup of camp coffee, Myles help, as a happy cook is a great cook.

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(top) How Should I Rebuild My Cattle Inventory; Ranch Manager Perspectives. Ranch Managers Kris Wilson, Dennis Braden and Bruce Davis, NMBC director, share insightful information on a relevant and timely topic at the recent Beef Symposium held in Clayton. (bottom) Darrell Brown, NMBC Chairman served as a moderator at the NMSU/Texas A&M Extension Services “Beef Symposium” in Clayton last month. Rebuilding regional beef herds, and beef sustainability were covered in depth at the well attended symposium.

2013 – 2014 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Darrell Brown (Producer); VICE-CHAIRMAN, Bernarr Treat (Producer); SECRETARY, Alicia Sanchez (Purebred Producer).

NMBC DIRECTORS: Bruce Davis (Producer); David McSherry (Feeder); Mark McCollum (Feeder); Milford Denetclaw (Producer); Jonathan Vander Dussen (Dairy Producer); Tamara Hurt (Producer).

FEDERATION DIRECTOR, Jane Frost (Producer) U.S.M.E.F. DIRECTOR, David McSherry BEEF BOARD DIRECTORS, Tammy Ogilvie (Producer), Wesley Grau (Producer).

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

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What What You Need to Know You Need to Know Now About Your Family’s Now About Your Family’s Health Insurance FROMHealth BOB HOMER, Insurance New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Insurance from Bob Homer, New Mexico Cattle Administrators Growers’ Insurance Administrators

HereARE are the answers to the five HERE THE ANSWERS TO most THE FIVE MOST ASKED asked questions I hear from New Mexico stockmen: QUESTIONS I HEAR FROM NEW MEXICO STOCKMEN

Q. I’m over 65 and have Medicare and a Medicare supplement policy, do I need to do anything?

A. No action is necessary. If you want to change your Medicare supplement plan for next year, you must make your change between October 15 and December 7, 2014.

Q. I’m under 65 and am currently covered by health insurance what are my options?

1. If you are covered by an employer group policy, no action is required unless your employer is changing the company plan or discontinuing the plan.

2. If you are under 65 and have individual (non-group) coverage for you and your family or you have your own small group plan. a. If your policy was purchased before March 2010 and you have not made changes to the policy [no increased deductible, etc], this policy is grand fathered and you can keep it as long as the insurance company keeps renewing that plan. b. Your policy was purchased after March 2010. If your policy is from Blue Cross Blue Shield or Lovelace, you can keep it until Dec. 1, 2014. You will have to select a new plan after that date.

3. If you are covered under the New Mexico Cattle Growers member group policy with Blue Cross Blue Shield, your coverage will continue until August 1, 2014. You will be alerted to any proposed changes in your plan by June 1, 2014.

Q. I do not have health coverage, what are my options? a. Sign up by March 31, 2014, for a policy that will begin on April 1, 2014 with one of the following companies: i. Blue Cross Blue Shield ii. Presbyterian iii. New Mexico Health Connections iv. Molina (only for those eligible for Medicaid) b. How do you do it?

Call our office: 1-800/286-9690 or 505/828-9690 or email me at rhomer@financialguide.com

Q. If you want to know if you & your family qualify for a government subsidy, go to www.kff.org [Kaiser Family Foundation].

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Q. I do not want any coverage, what are my options? a. Penalty for 2014 = $95 per adult and $47.50 per child or 1% of your family income, whichever is greater. b. Penalty for 2016 = $695 per adult and $347.50 per child or 2.5% of your family income, whichever is greater.

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Federal Takeover of State Water Rights? Part 1

by HEATHER SMITH THOMAS t’s happening in Klamath County in Oregon and now its showdown time in western Montana. The Montana water rights controversy centers on the Flathead Indian Reservation, and the present conflict revolves around the proposed Federal Reserved Water Rights Compact between the state of Montana, the federal government and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), and whether the Compact (a forever document) is fair to all parties or even legal.

Many people in Western Montana are still not aware of the potential negative impact on their way of life, should this plan come to fruition. Negotiations between the three parties have been underway for several decades, however.

The current version of the Compact was completed in February 2013, with a big push to get it passed by the Montana legislature. The Compact proposed that federal dollars, along with $55 million of Montana’s money be given to the tribes to settle this water issue, in addition to the state giving up water rights for most if not all of

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the water in western Montana—giving it to the federal government in trust for the tribes. The bill was defeated at that point partly because two groups of concerned citizens became aware of what was happening and worked hard to fight it.

The Flathead Reservation is somewhat unique in that it was opened by the federal government to settlement in 1904 and there is a great deal of private land located within its boundaries; nearly 80% of the reservation’s population is non-Indian. Of the 28,000 people living there, 23,000 of them are not Indians.

Yet the proposed Compact would give all water running through and under the reservation to the tribes. It would also give all of the water in Flathead Lake, and all of the water in the Flathead Irrigation Project to the federal government and adversely affect irrigators throughout 11 counties in western Montana in the Clark Fork and Kootenai River Basins. It would ultimately affect about 360,000 people.

Concerned Citizens – Terry Backs lives on private land within the exterior boundaries of the Flathead Reservation. “I became involved in early 2012 when I saw a newspaper article that indicated the tribe was getting close to finalizing negotiations for their reserved water rights and they

were holding firm concerning their ownership of all the water in their aboriginal territory. Until then, I had absolutely no idea what was going on. So I started researching the Compact. The more I looked into it, the more troubled I became by the details of it,” she says.

The Tribes had been pushing for this particular Compact for more than a decade but only within the last year did the public become aware of it. The public review and comment document for this Compact was not presented to the public until October 2012—just a couple months ahead of the Montana legislature session.

Two grassroots groups quickly organized to address the issues with the compact: Concerned Citizens of Western Montana, taking an informational and legislative approach, and the Western Montana Water Users Association LLC, representing reservation irrigators and using a legal strategy.

“We quickly discovered that the proposed CSKT Compact was not at all like the other Compacts that had been done for the state of Montana” says Terry. Very early in our efforts, we were able to get in touch with Dr. Kate Vandemoer, a hydrolocontinued on page 61

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gist and water manager with more than 26 years experience working with and for Tribes on the quantification, management, and development of federal reserved water rights on Indian reservations.

“When I first heard about this Compact, I could not believe what I was hearing or reading,” says Dr. Kate. “I was concerned that the Compact was running afoul of the federal reserved water rights doctrine, also known as the Winters Doctrine. I certainly believe that tribes have federal reserved water rights and I have worked on them for many years. But I also know that Tribes don’t get to have everything. The more I looked into this, the more concerned I became. I saw it as my responsibility to help sort it out. Now I see that my back-

ground and experience has allowed me to get to this point and offer some perspective on this, and point out the problems with the whole plan,” Dr. Kate said.

She arrived in Montana in November 2012 and helped the newly formed Concerned Citizens group analyze the Compact. The group worked with the legislature and was able to kill the Compact bill that was presented in April 2013. That bill was resurrected, however, by the Compact Commission—and they are still hoping to get it pushed through.

“We had no idea how big a project this would be. My first reaction, at many of the meetings that the Compact Commission held (to tell people about the Compact), was astonishment at the administration

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our pastures, however, than we have had keeping our Texas Longhorn bulls in. We once had a bull that was a fence jumper, and so we culled him. We now select bulls in part for their disposition, and we rarely have any trouble with our bulls crossing our fences.

Health Care

Texas Longhorns have minimal health problems. You should follow the standard vaccination program for cattle in your part of the country; provide reasonably good pasture or hay, adequate minerals as needed for your area, and a source of clean drinking water; and follow a regular program of parasite control as recommended by your vet. If hay or pasture quality is poor, you may need to supplement their diet on a seasonal basis. If Longhorns are getting sufficient nutrition (including minerals), and have been vaccinated as recommended by your vet, health problems are quite rare.

Calving Ease

We have never had birthing problems with any Texas Longhorn calf, and birthing problems are virtually nonexistent in the

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In an article published in Texas Longhorn Journal in December 1999, Malcolm Goodman suggested that Texas Longhorn bulls reach about 50 percent of their eventual tip-to-tip horn measurement at about one year of age (on average). By four years of age, they have reached approximately 95 percent of their maximum length. The horns of the average Texas Longhorn cow reach 50 percent of their eventual tip-to-

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tip measurement a little later, at about 15 months of age, and they reach 95 percent between five and six years of age. They continue to grow, but usually slow down considerably with age. These are just averages, of course, and there is a great deal of variation depending on the shape of the horns.

The horns of steers continue to grow at a reasonable rate throughout life, because the low levels of testosterone in steers allow the growth plate of the inner bony core to remain unossified.

Horns grow from the base, not the tips, and “growth rings” can be seen near the base of the horns of older cows. Cows produce a new ring in association with each calf they produce, although these growth rings can get quite close together on older animals. Horns consist of a bony core, surrounded by flesh and blood, and then an outer layer of keratin. On many animals (especially animals with light-colored, rapidly growing horns) one can see the reddish color from the blood supply beneath the keratin layer, particularly near the growing base.

Horn Width

There are at least two common ways to measure horns. The tip-to-tip measurement is the easiest to reproduce: it is simply the straight-line measure from one horn tip to the other. The “total horn” or poll measurement attempts to measure the horns along their curve, to get a measure of the total length of the horns. This measurement is much harder to replicate accurately, but it is a better reflection of the total horn length. The tip-to-tip measurement assigns longer values to straight, lateral horns than to upwardly curving horns of the same total length.

Given the difficulties of comparing measurements made by different people, the best answer I can give to this question is to point to the annual Horn Showcase competition conducted by the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America.

This competition obviously does not include all the living Texas Longhorns, but owners of the longest-horned animals tend to be very proud of their cattle, and so the winners are at least among the longest-horned Texas Longhorns.

Although there are some anecdotes of even longer-horned steers in the distant past, recent selection for very long horns means that the Texas Longhorns that are alive today are probably among the longesthorned animals that have ever been a part of the breed. continued on page 63

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Branding

Registered Texas Longhorns must be branded with a holding brand (the brand of the individual ranch or owner) as well as by a unique private herd number. Branding can be done with either fire brands or freeze brands. Brand designs should be registered with the breed association and your state, county, or province of residence (according to local brand registration regulations). In Texas, cattle brands must be registered in each county where a ranch has operations.

Registration is made at the County Courthouse (and renewed once a decade).

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program they are trying to foist on people, their claims about the off-reservation water rights, and so on. A federal reserved water right applies only to the land that is so reserved,” says Dr. Kate.

“There are a few parallels to the Klamath situation, but the Treaty of Hellgate (which created the Flathead Reservation) only allows the tribe here to take fish, in common with the citizens of the territory.

That means that everyone, including the tribes, has the right to take fish, but none of us have a water right associated with that. The direct line between taking fish and a water right is not there. It’s a big leap, and illegal,” she explains.

The Concerned Citizens group developed a comparison chart to show that this particular Compact was like no other.

“The chart shows how this Compact compares to the other tribal compacts for the state of Montana,” says Terry. “It shows how over-reaching this Compact is. When you look at this, coupled with the water rights that they are claiming are held in the name of the federal government in trust for the tribe, it adds a new dimension to all of this,” she says.

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in Montana that effectively tried to relinquish all of the water in western Montana to the federal government, along with the management of that water. It takes on a whole different light when you realize that it’s the federal government that is pushing for this,” Terry explains. It would change the ability of farmers and ranchers to use water for agricultural purposes in a traditional manner; it takes water law and adjudication away from the states and puts it all in the hands of the federal government for other purposes.

“This is also what I see in the Klamath situation,” says Dr. Kate. It’s the federal government using the tribes to accomplish its own objective which is essentially to kick everybody off the land, move them to the city, and lock up the land. There would be no productive use of the land, no crops or livestock, no timber harvest—no livelihoods generated from the land, no use of natural renewable resources, and no contribution to feeding, clothing or sheltering our expanding human population.

“Here in Montana we’ve seen the decimation of the mining industry, the timber industry, and all we have left is agriculture—and we believe that this Compact will be the straw that breaks the back of the agricultural economy,” says Terry. “We

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The famous Boldt decision is one such case, and this decision was about harvest of fish, not water rights. However, even if there is a “water right” associated with a “right to take fish”, it is not a federal reserved water right because it is not within the reservation boundaries. think that this is intentional. A lot of the things in the Compact are anti-agriculture, and would be very detrimental.” This is a great tool for the people who want to depopulate the open spaces in the West and get rid of the rural population. There are several extremist groups who are using this as a way to further their own agenda and they are helping push it along.

The Reserved Water Rights Compact – This document’s sole purpose is supposedly to quantify the federal reserved water that is necessary for the needs of the Flathead Indian Reservation—the land that was originally reserved for the tribes. “This Compact does not do this. Instead, it takes all the water, and moves off the reservation to claim water, too,” says Terry.

As a bit of background information, the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission was created in 1979 and given the task of negotiating an equitable division and apportionment of water between the state and its people and the continued on page 65

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federal reserved interests. The federal reserved water rights have been identified for the purposes of national parks, forests, military installations and wildlife refuges—and also the water rights held in trust for Indian tribes for the purposes for which the Indian reservations were set aside. After 34 years, the Compact Commission had negotiated 17 compacts for various federal land management agencies within the state, and for 6 of the 7 Indian reservations in Montana. The only one remaining is the Flathead Reservation and the reserved water rights for the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), and this one is fraught with conflict.

This particular Compact has been in the making for about 30 years. During that time these tribes files a series of lawsuits aiming to force the state off the Reservation and they were successful. When the tribes’ case was taken to the Montana Supreme Court in 1996, that court said that until the tribes’ water right was quantified, the state cannot issue water use permits on the reservation and must stop the adjudication process. Since 1996, the state has not been able to issue water permits. Any permit requests for wells, for instance, have been on hold.

“The Compact bill is a 1400 page document,” says Terry. “This includes the Compact itself, an irrigator water use agreement, a water administration plan called the Unitary Management Ordinance, and about 1,000 pages of water abstracts that lay claim to most of the water in western Montana. During Thanksgiving and Christmas last year the Compact Commission held a series of public meetings to ‘sell’ this Compact to the public. Then the legislative session started in January 2013. We were successful in getting legislators to take a look and realize there was something different about this Compact and that they couldn’t just go ahead and vote this one through like they had the other Compacts. They did not allow it to go through the legislature in this last session,” she explains. Many people feel that the flaws in the document need to be changed before it is passed into law.

Though it failed to pass, the Compact Commission and the Governor have been working hard to continue to push it forward, as is, and the Tribes are telling people that it has to be this Compact. “We are concerned that the Governor may call a special session of the legislature to try to push it through,” says Terry.

Largely as a result of the citizens’ group and their educational work with the legis-

lature, there has now been more scrutiny of the Compact. “We developed a critical review of the Compact,” says Dr. Kate.

“Our review points out major issues of concern. The legislators we’ve been working with came to us and asked us to draft an alternative or corrected Compact—to address the flaws. If the Compact Commission was actually representing state interests, and if they were following the law of federally reserved water rights and how they are determined, our corrected version is what a Compact should look like,” she explains. “We identified a federal reserved water right for the CSKT based on the pur-

poses of the reservation, current uses, and future development.”

The citizen’s group’s chart compares the various Montana Indian Reservations and their reserved water rights compacts.

“We went through the 1,000 pages of water rights abstracts to try to determine how much water was in this Compact because the Compact Commission had not told us how much is being claimed. They publicly said they disagree with the numbers we pulled together for that analysis, but they refuse to provide their own quantification continued on page 74

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Meeting On Bryan Allotment

The first Section 8 meeting was held on November 4 at the Antelope Allotment.

Present were the allotment owner, Forest Service personnel and reps from NMDA and the RITF. Also attending was Lincoln County Commissioner Preston Stone.

Commissioner Stone says they all met at a designated spot, but that Ranger Lessard never left her vehicle for the thirty minutes or so they were there. The group then moved to a “monitoring spot”. Stone says he asked Allen Warren if the Forest Service had done a range analysis on this allotment. Warren replied “no.” Stone then asked if they had performed a range analysis on any of the allotments. Again the response was no.

It was at this point that, according to Commissioner Stone, Ranger Lessard got out of her vehicle and approached the group. Stone says the first words out of her

mouth were “I’m pissed off” and that she had been “set up”. Stone says RITF’s Dr. Sam Smallidge “addressed the fact that the Ranger District had prior notification of the meeting, and that no under-handed doings went on whatsoever.” Stone continues, “I challenged Ranger Lessard about her ‘pissed off attitude’, being that the allotment owners were the ones financially devastated by a decision she had made with no scientific data to back up a blanket removal of livestock.”

Livestock Return

After several more Sec. 8 meetings and the collection of data, on December 2nd livestock were allowed back on the forest.

Allotment owners received a letter from the Ranger Lessard saying the Cibola National Forest “authorizes you to stock your full permitted number and types of livestock on your allotment.” In January the allotment owners received their annual operating instruction for this year’s grazing season and a set of draft monitoring protocols.

In the January letter I counted the word “drought” six times and the drought map was referred to again. Will they be using the map or monitoring data for their decisions? Time will tell.

Further, the January letter has the audacity to state, “The severity of this drought has prompted a cooperative monitoring effort” with the RITF. No, the cooperative monitoring effort was begun because the allotment owners and Congressman Pearce requested it and the Regional Forester approved it.

Misinformation Spread

During the meeting on the Bryan allotment, the Forest Service’s Allen Warren told an allotment owner the Memorandum of Agreement on Sec. 8 of PRIA was “old” and “no longer in effect.” I was sure this was inaccurate and a quick phone call to the Regional Office verified the MOA was still in effect.

I’m intimately familiar with this issue, as I helped write the legislation while on Senator Domenici’s staff, and then later negotiated the MOA with the Forest Service. It’s an excellent tool that can be initiated by the Forest Service or the allotment owner. It provides for bringing in a third party whenever there is a potential disagreement. If the Forest Service had utilized this approach in the Mountainair district I probably wouldn’t be writing this column. continued on page 110

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was officially called the Organic Law of the Territory, and popularly known as the Kearny Code. An interesting document, here is what one historian says of it: “Compounded of Mexican, Texan, and Coahuila statutes, the Livingston Code of Louisiana, and the organic law of Missouri, it created a governmental structure for New Mexico similar to that envisaged by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.”

The code called for the creation of government offices, including governor and secretary, as well as an assembly. While there had been a similar body under Mexican rule, its role had been advisory rather than legislative. Kearny’s code also called for creation of courts and the appointment of three district judges who would be a de continued on page 71

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facto supreme court. Other offices included solicitor general, marshal, treasurer and auditor. Since the Mexican government had created jurisdictions which would come to be called counties, the code also called for creation of the offices of county sheriff and tax assessor.

For governor, Kearny appointed Charles Bent of Taos; for territorial secretary, Donaciano Vigil, also a native of Taos; for Chief Justice, Antonio Jose Otero of Santa Fe. Only two Hispanics had been appointed to the new government and that caused resentment in some quarters, especially among Santa Fe’s ruling elite: the Sena, Archuleta, Ortiz, Delgado, Pino families, and others.

Kearny also promised that the Americans would put an end to depredations at the hands of Navajo Indians, and early on that effort seemed successful. A threepronged attack was made on Indian strongholds to the west of Santa Fe and Albuquerque before General Kearny departed for California with most of his troops in late September 1846.

Many merchants were pleased with the American occupation because the presence of troops created an unprecedented demand for consumer goods. Business was good. One Bernalillo merchant, José Leandro Perea, reflecting on the events of the late 1840s, said, “Then I felt perfectly satisfied and had no tears to shed over the matter [American occupation], for I knew it would ultimately result in making our people freer and more independent than they ever could be under their former government, although many years might pass before much could be accomplished.”

But folks in Washington, D. C. were not happy with the arrangement. President James K. Polk declared that Kearny had no authority to make Mexican citizens, with whom the United States was still at war, citizens of the United States. Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina railed against the new acquisition in the west: “Ours is a government of the white man.

The great misfortune of what was formerly Spanish America is to be traced to the fatal error of placing the colored race on an equality [sic] with the white. That error destroyed the social arrangement which formed the basis of their society. This error we have wholly escaped. Are we to associate with ourselves as equals, companions, and fellow citizens, the Indians and mixed races of Mexico? I would consider such

association as degrading to ourselves and fatal to our institutions.” (Note: Calhoun’s mantra was repeated many times between 1846 and 1912 as an argument against statehood.)

Some Mexican citizens were not happy with the arrangement, either. The Taos revolt of January 1847, which claimed the lives of Governor Bent and several others, as well as many of the rebels, ended General Kearny’s vision of civil rule for New Mexico. It would not arrive until 1851.

Kearny died at age 54 in St. Louis in October 1848 of a disease he’d contracted in Mexico.

In the scheme of New Mexico history, Kearny should receive credit for at least trying to welcome New Mexico into the Union on equal terms. One admirer wrote of him, “If ever there was a man whom I considered really chivalrous, in fact, a man in all that noble term conveys, that natural

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Selected sources: Bauer, The Mexican War, 1846-1848 Bullis, New Mexico Historical Biographies Crutchfield, Tragedy at Taos Keleher, Turmoil in New Mexico Howard R. Lamar, The Far Southwest, 1846-1912 Larson, New Mexico’s Quest for Statehood Melzer, Buried Treasures, Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History Sachsen-Altenburg, Winning the West: General Stephen Watt’s Kearny’s Letter Book, 1846-1847 Sálaz Márquez, New Mexico, A Brief Multi-History Simmons, New Mexico, An Interpretive History Thrapp, Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography Twitchell, The Military Occupation of … New Mexico Don Bullis’ latest book, Unsolved: New Mexico’s American Valley Ranch Murders & Other Mysteries, available at www.donbullis.biz or www.NMSantos.com

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by HEATHER SMITH THOMAS he increasing wolf population in the West is having a significant impact on ranchers and livestock. The Oregon Beef Council funded a study project that was begun in 2008, to look at how wolf activity affected cattle behavior. Several ranches in Idaho and Oregon have been part of this project, utilizing GPS collars on a sampling of the cattle and on a few wolves.

Dr. John Williams, Ag Natural Resources, Oregon State University Extension, is one of the people involved with this study. “This is a long-term study and we are only 6 years into it. Some of the spinoffs from it thus far, however, have contributed to our knowledge base to help us answer several resource management questions. We have a good set of data regarding how cattle spend time on the mountains on the range,” he says.

“Even if you disregard the wolf question, the knowledge we’ve gained about how cattle use the range is larger than any other we’ve had. We are collaring more than 80 different cattle every year (10 each from each participating ranch) and we have more than 4 years of data now. Each of those data sets (study sites) brings us to more than a half million data points,” he says. This is a lot more than what can be gleaned with visual observations.

Several graduate students have done their masters theses on various aspects of this study project. “For instance one of these is a report on how much time cattle spend in a riparian area. Regardless of where they are, on the various ranges, it turns out that cattle spend less than 3 percent of their time within 5 meters of the streams,” he says.

Another graduate student looked at the broader data from the GPS points. “We did one-second collars (giving the GPS location once every second) in a more controlled setting here at the Experiment Station and looked at what cows do, to find out what they spend their time doing in a riparian pasture,” says Williams. This was done at the Hall Ranch in a long, narrow pasture similar to what is found on many ranches in a valley bottom with a creek running through it.

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They were in the creek a certain amount of time, but they picked about 3 spots where they go down to the water to drink and then go back out,” he says.

“Cows don’t really like to wander around in the water. The gravel streambeds are hard on their feet. We are gaining more riparian knowledge—about where cattle were actually spending their time during our study,” he says.

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Right now we have analyzed 2 years of data. One year was with a collared wolf in the middle of one herd in Idaho,” he says.

The big challenge has been to get wolves collared in the Idaho area where they are interacting with the cattle. “The struggle of getting one of our research collars on a wolf has turned out to be a more difficult issue than we thought it would be.

First we had to get permission, and then get the people who can actually put collars on—and then actually catch a wolf and get the collar on. So far we’ve put collars on 3 wolves. One was in 2009 and we obtained very good data from that one. We put a collar on another wolf 2 years ago, and haven’t seen that wolf since. We don’t know whether it died or was shot by a hunter, or is still out there and we might see it someday. We still have hope, but we don’t know where that collar is, or if we will be able to retrieve it. We collared another wolf more recently—a wolf that had a previously damaged leg that had healed. That wolf did not survive long enough to give us useful data,” he says.

One of the purposes of this study was to try to answer the basic question about how cattle react differently because of the presence of wolves. “This is what we hope to be able to determine after 10 or more years.

In the meantime we are learning many other things along the way. We are finding that cattle temperament changes drastically when they have to live with wolves, for instance,” says Williams.

“This winter we are putting collars on cattle and doing some blood tests on the ones that have been living among wolves, and comparing their stress level (measuring cortisol levels in the blood) with cattle that have not been living with wolves. Our hypothesis is that yes, we will be able to detect this. We are also far enough into this study to know that cows are individuals and some will be stressed more than others.”

“We don’t like to equate it with human emotions or put it into human terms, but if a group of people witness a tragedy (for instance, a shooting in a room with 50 people there), some of those people will be so emotionally upset that they will go to continued on page 73

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pieces and be in tears for awhile but they’ll get over it and life will go on. Some will be changed forever. Others will get up and go out of the room and shrug it off and go on with their lives. This same kind of spectrum is what we expect when 50 cows go through a traumatic experience, such as interacting with wolves,” he explains.

“One thing we want to eventually find out about is how long this effect lasts. If we were able to measure the stress on a cow that is attacked, her cortisol level the next day would be very high. Perhaps a month afterward it would be less. What our ranchers have been telling us is that many of these cows’ changed behavior lasts for awhile and in some cows it becomes less pronounced and in some cows it disappears, and in others it does not. We will eventually be looking at a large herd, but we will start with 50 cows and see if we can see a cortisol difference between the cows that haven’t been with wolves and cows that have,” says Williams. These various studies are helping us learn more about cattle/wolf interactions and what is involved.

Economic Impact of Wolves

Neil Rimbey, a range economist with University of Idaho, has been evaluating the economic impact on ranches in the study. “I’ve talked with the ranchers and gathered information that we’ve used in building representative ranch budgets. We will use those to develop economic models that will be used to assess the economic impact of management alternatives,” he says.

The depredation loss (direct losses, in killed animals) is what gets attention, but the first years of this study have shown that some of the indirect losses actually have more impact on a ranch profitability and sustainability. “There was a study in Lemhi County, Idaho about 10 years ago in which the calves on that allotment were tagged with special tracking devices at the time they were turned out. In this study, the ranchers and researchers were only able to actually find one out of every 5 calves that disappeared. In rugged country, this is probably typical,” says Rimbey.

“A more recent study in Wyoming indicated that this rate was actually a little low; in that state they are compensating ranchers on a one to seven basis (figuring a rancher will only be able to find one out of every seven animals killed by wolves).

They are only getting one confirmed depredation for every seven animals that

and energy.

“These are some of the things we are trying to look at. Most people don’t realize the extent of these impacts. Some of the ranchers mention the cattle being more difficult to manage,” he says. They can’t bring dogs along anymore, when working cattle; the cattle just keep attacking the dogs. They can no longer use dogs to help move a herd. The cattle will also attack a person on foot.

“With the budget information we’ve gathered, we will develop some models that will then be used to impose different things on that model. We can calculate what happens if death loss goes from two percent to eight percent, or what happens if the ranch has to hire another rider in the summer, etc.”

The study has helped confirm some things ranchers have suspected regarding behavioral changes in cattle, and it will be interesting to see how the economic impacts calculate out. “For instance, each one percent change in percent of calves weaned in Idaho (using conservative prices) is amounting to about a $1750 change in gross revenue, or nearly $6 per cow. This is just a starting point of this component of the project,” says Rimbey. ■

are lost. This recent research in Wyoming also suggests that some of the indirect losses—such as more open cows, reduction in weight gain on the calves, more veterinary treatments for injured calves (or stressed calves that got pneumonia)— should raise the compensation rate (from one to seven) up to one to 13 or 14,” Rimbey says.

The change in cattle behavior when in the presence of wolves not only affects the cattle themselves but also impacts their management and is harder on the land and facilities. Cattle may not stay in the areas where they are put—coming right back down off the mountains to try to get away from the wolves. They may use some areas more heavily while avoiding others. Cattle also crash through fences and are harder to handle.

“Both the Oregon and Idaho ranchers have mentioned the increase in time/labor and costs associated with managing cattle now, compared to before they had wolves.

There’s more travel involved when dealing with distant areas; they now have to go more frequently to try to check on the cattle. There must be more time spent meeting with Fish and Wildlife Service to try to get confirmation on death loss, etc.” This can become a drain on the ranchers’ time

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Boice served as the AZ National Livestock Show Director for the last 18 years and throughout his service made a significant contribution to not only the livestock show but also the AZ Nat’l. Horse Show.

The mission of the AZ Nat’l. Livestock Show is supporting youth and promoting livestock and agriculture to the public while preserving our western heritage.

Grant has embraced this mission and been an integral part of expanding not only the livestock show but also the AZ Nat’l. Horse Show. Grant’s leadership has been seen over the years through his commitment to the agriculture and fairs industry. He cur-

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Idaho Firm Claims Federal Targeting Company Faces Delays after Sackett Ruling

TODD NEELEY DTN STAFF REPORTER n Idaho environmental consulting firm that helped landowners Mike and Chantell Sackett in their successful U.S. Supreme Court Clean Water Act case against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleges that a field office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now is targeting the firm and its clients involved in current wetlands legal cases.

Ray Kagel, co-owner of Rigby, Idahobased Kagel Environmental LLC, told DTN in an exclusive interview that he has never faced the delays now faced from the Corps of Engineers when it comes to wetlands delineation work for clients.

The Corps Walla Walla (Wash.) District maintains the recent delays from its field office in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, are just part of the usual course of business.

The delays come from the same northern Idaho county where Kagel successfully defended the Sacketts and another property owner who faced criminal indictment for

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allegedly filling wetlands without a permit.

It was the hope of agriculture and property-rights groups alike that the Sackett ruling would help farmers and other landowners contest wetlands determinations made by federal agencies. In many instances across the country the ruling has allowed property owners to successfully challenge wetlands determinations.

That ruling is at http://www.supremecourt.gov/…

However, Kagel said at least some Corps field offices are attempting to go around the court’s ruling even if trained scientists such as him determine wetlands are not present.

Joseph Saxon, public affairs chief for the Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District, told DTN the Kagel allegations are being reviewed.

“We aren’t treating Mr. Kagel any differently than we do any other consultants,” Saxon said.

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The high court ruled in the 2012 Sackett case that EPA cannot threaten property owners with fines unless landowners have a chance to contest wetlands determinations. A Kagel study determined the Sacketts property did not contain wetlands.

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Corps Walla Walla district field office added more layers of what he says are unnecessary steps to rectifying wetlands determinations for subsequent clients.

Kagel asked the Idaho congressional delegation and other members of Congress for help in ending the delays.

In a Dec. 20, 2013 letter to Sens. David Vitter, R-La.; Mike Crapo, R-Idaho; and James Risch, R-Idaho, Kagel said he believes the “targeting” has resulted in “undue hardship and stress for our clients.” Vitter is the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

In a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy this month, the senators asked for a February briefing from the Corps writing, “Any effort by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Environmental Protection Agency to penalize a business for its prior assistance to landowners dealing with regulatory issues is wholly unacceptable.”

“We are handling this issue as we would any other wetlands determination,” he said.

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Corps “rarely” conducted field reviews of his work that includes 150 to 200 wetland studies performed in the past 14 years.

Kagel said none of the wetlands studies he completed during his career in 13 other states were rejected.

In a recent situation one Kagel client needed to fill about one tenth of an acre on an Idaho property. Kagel identified a small wetland on the property.

Though the Corps does not require mitigation for affected wetlands that are one-tenth of an acre or smaller, Kagel said a Corps field agent required the landowner to apply for a mitigation permit anyway.

The permit application was transferred to the Coeur D’Alene field office. Kagel said the field agent told him that she had completed a review of the application and said it was “incomplete.” The agent required Kagel to perform a costly wetland delineation of the entire site – some 10 acres – in winter, giving the firm just 30 days or the application would be withdrawn.

“She wanted to put the screws to us and our clients.” Kagel added the same agent testified in a recent criminal trial that one of his client’s property was all wetlands.

Kagel’s client was found not guilty of all wetland charges.

Kagel claims that for other clients his studies are either not being accepted or the Corps office has decided to make official visits to sites, slowing up the process for visits it did not do prior to the Sackett case. He noted that he worked 12 years as a federal wetlands regulator with the Corps of Engineers in the Idaho Falls, Idaho, field office. He was a field instructor in wetland identification and delineation, and finished his government career as the Walla Walla District’s expert point of contact on all wetland determinations in Idaho.

Despite his expertise, the Corps in one case “wrote a huge critique of our study which they simply labeled as a comment letter. Once we very effectively responded, the Corps still did not accept our work.

They wanted more wetlands. They wanted a bigger violation.”

Last fall, Saxon said, the Corps requested access to the property to complete a review and take additional sampling. To date the landowner in questions has not granted Corps access to the property. Saxon said in cases where site reviews aren’t completed by fall, they often are completed the following spring.

Todd Neeley can be reached at todd.neeley@dtn.com.

The World Is Better Off Today Than People Realize ournalists’ bias in favor of bad news has masked improvements across the globe, says Bjørn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center.

Today’s news is so focused on revealing problems and despair that polls routinely indicate that while many Americans may see their own lives as better today than yesterday, more think that the U.S. economy is worse off. Lomborn attributes this puzzling result to journalistic bias in favor of bad news.

In fact, indicators across the globe show that the world is improving: ■ The amount of extremely poor people has been cut in half over the last three decades, down to only 17 percent of the global population in 2010, compared to 42 percent of the population in 1981.

■ The rate of extreme poverty has never been lower. In fact, economists believe that more than 80 percent of all people were extremely poor in 1820.

■ Illiteracy is down from 70 percent in 1900 to only 20 percent today. Economists who have attempted to measure the economic cost of illiteracy have found that the cost has dropped down to only 7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), compared to 12 percent of world GDP in 1900.

Poverty and illiteracy are undoubtedly important, and more can be done to lower those rates. But while the news media focuses on the bad, it is important to realize that the world is much better off today than many realize.

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NASA & NOAA Confirm Global Temperature Standstill Continues

by DR DAVID WHITEHOUSE / WWW.THEGWPF.ORG n mid January in a joint press conference the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) have released data for the global surface temperature for 2013. In summary they both show that the ‘pause’ in global surface temperature that began in 1997, according to some estimates, continues.

Statistically speaking there has been no significant trend in global temperatures over this period. All these years fall within the error bars of 0.1 deg C. The trend is less than this and is statistically insignificant. There is no statistical case for representing the post-1997 data as anything other than a constant line. The graphs presented at the press conference omitted

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those error bars.

When asked for an explanation for the ‘pause’ by reporters Dr Gavin Schmidt of NASA and Dr Thomas Karl of NOAA spoke of contributions from volcanoes, pollution, a quiet Sun and natural variability. In other words, they don’t know.

NASA has a temperature anomaly of 0.61 deg C above the average of 14.0 (1951 – 80) making it the 7th warmest year. Note

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that it is identical to 2003 and only 0.01 above 2009 and 2006. Taking into account the errors there has been no change since last year.

NOAA also has 2013 as the 4th warmest year, at 0.62 deg C above the global 20th century average of 13.9 deg C. Note that only 0.09 deg C separates their top ten warmest years. Each year has an associated ■ error of 0.1 deg.

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The Problem with the Price of Water ISSUES AND COMMENTARY FROM HENTGES/KAHN/STRAUSS, LLC AND THE LEMPERT REPORT armers in California are struggling with the impact of water costs on their land. The only farmers not affected are north of Sacramento due to long standing riparian rights with access to free water from the biggest river in the state and the biggest precipitation area.

While breaking down the cause of the rise of the price of water is a complex task, it can be universally agreed that water insecurity leads to higher costs.

“The societal, economic and cultural question is how much do we value farming?” asks Dave Puglia, Western Growers Sr. Vice President, Government Affairs and Communications, Arizona & California.

“American farming means access to fresh fruits and vegetables and protection of open space. In order to reap these benefits, we need to ensure a reliable water supply to all farmers. We are not doing that right now. We are headed the other way.” It may be prudent to reflect on the thinking of President John Kennedy in his 1962 speech presiding over the groundbreaking of the San Luis Reservoir where he emphasized the importance of one area of a state sharing resources with another area of the state.

“Americans can work together . . . because if this state does well, so does the country.”

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stressed because there are many wineries drawing water from the ground and also the urban uses of water.

In the desert, to reduce the over-dependence on the Colorado River, the Imperial Irrigation District entered a Quantitative Settlement Agreement delivering 300,000 acre feet a year of water to San Diego. In exchange for payment of the water, farmers fallowed acres of their land. The question is how much fallowing can the region handle and still produce a majority of our nation’s winter vegetables?

The west side of the valley grows a lot of almonds and leafy green veggies. Their irrigation district can receive water from water transfer arrangements. Those transfers will cost a farmer a premium. Also, for these farmers, a primary source of “replacement” water in times of regulatory drought (the Endangered Species Act-driven cuts to their surface water supply) is increased pumping of groundwater. There are environmental implications with increased pumping. (see environmental impact below.)

The SJ River Exchange Contractors hold some of the oldest water rights in the state where they receive “substitute” water from the Sacramento River via the DeltaMendota canal and other facilities of the

US. This is due to the building of the dams, specifically the Friant Dam. *Assistance by Western Growers ** Acre foot is the amount of water covering 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot or 326,000 gallons Issues for Consumers to Understand

Barry Bedwell, President of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League, points out that food safety and national security issues are two major concerns behind the issue of the rising price of water. “It’s not just about local California pride,” says Bedwell. “As an example, when you look at table grape numbers, California produced over 100 million boxes in 2012, and it is a wonderful success story. However, keep in mind that the #1 producer in the world at 991 million boxes is China. China has filed for access to the US market. Access will take a number of years because of pests and diseases concerns that need to be addressed, but it’s in motion. The US consumer has to understand if we don’t grow table grapes in CA, we won’t get them from say Mexico or Chile . . . we will get them from China. They have to ask themselves how they feel about that?” continued on page 80

Where DO the farmers in California get their water?*

On the east side of the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley Project) citrus, nuts and stone fruit are mostly produced. The San Joaquin River Restoration Program allocated approximately 200,000 acre feet** away from the east side’s supply for environmental purposes (“to restore and maintain fish populations in ‘good condition’ in the main stem of the San Joaquin River below Friant Dam to the confluence of the Merced River, including naturally reproducing and self-sustaining populations of salmon and other fish”). Regardless of the merit of these environmental acts, the east side (the Friant Division) suffering from drought is in dire need for water.

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Urban use can be the biggest challenge for water scarcity and cost for farmers.

Families Protecting The Valley is one of the organizations getting a different message out, stating on their website, “California’s water policy is about more than farmers. It’s about jobs, schools, families and our environment.” The California Farm Water Coalition’s slogan is “Food grows where water flows.” Farmers have long term water supply reliability concerns. In ten to 15 years, will they be able to sustain their operation with unknown but certainly higher water costs? Farmers are truly trying to be sustainable and are very sensitive to water use.

Changing Farmers, Changing Retailers

Bedwell explains, “Consumers should also realize that what is happening in the grocery retail sector is also what is happening with farms. Over the last three or four decades, there has been the consolidation of grocery stores and retail outlets. In turn, family farms had to get bigger to be more efficient to meet retailer requirements. Forty years ago there were 1200 estimated table grape growers and 20 mil-

lion boxes of California grapes a year. Now there are 100 million boxes of grapes, but only 471 growers.” The California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s 2013 Top Ten Issues lists water supply issues as #4 after labor costs and laws and immigration reform.

Where consumers may desire California grown, big buyers have their eye on a long term reliable chain of product at a certain cost. “A large buyer of a certain fresh produce commodity is going to focus on long term planning. They may look globally and at other parts of the US as a possible source for that commodity. California brand has some value in the marketplace, California Grown, but at the end of the day a customer wants their product,” says Dave Puglia of Western Growers.

Running Westlands Water District

The Westlands Water District covers 600,000 acres on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley; the entire western half of Fresno and a portion of Kings county. It is the largest irrigation district in the country in terms of crop production with 60 different kinds of crops. Westlands, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Kern County Water Agency and

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the Santa Clara Valley Water District are all are partners in pursuing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, and at risk, which binds them significantly.

Jason Peltier, Chief Deputy General Manager of Westlands Water District, spoke frankly with The Food Journal about the water shortage due to environmental restrictions for farmers, and coping mechanisms. “Due to environmental restrictions (the Endangered Species Act) placed on the Central Valley Project, we have weathered water supply cutbacks of 40 then 60 then 90 percent over the last twenty years. While of course we want a healthy ecosystem, the two decades of project restrictions seem to have done no good for the fisheries. Our ongoing shortages and the failures of the regulatory regime have led us to pursue the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. The BDCP has two purposes; to increase water supplies and reliability, and restore ecosystem values in the Delta.”

“Farmers are incredibly agile and do a fantastic job of substituting the food producing machine,” says Peltier. “We are the #1 agricultural state in the country with continued on page 81

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45 billion dollars of crop value at the farm gate. While we are the largest food producing state, we are also one of the most highly urbanized states in the nation, and we haven’t reconciled those two realities.”

The Impact on the Environment

Where water cost increase manifests – that is whenever regulatory restrictions cut back the water supply for farmers – they often turn up irrigation pumps. They pump more from aquifers and doing so can create a situation called overdraft, which can have serious consequences for the basin.

Subsidence (or sinking) can happen when too much water is drawn out of the ground. There can be the collapse of aquifers and caverns under the ground.

The land above can also come down. There has been subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley. If subsidence continues, one impact may be the disruption of the California Aqueduct itself. If it is on a slight grade, the water is not going to flow.

Program for veterans gives ranching experience, healing

by KYLENE SCOTT he battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan have to be a stark difference from ranchlands of New Mexico. For some veterans it’s just the therapy they need.

Horses For Heroes—New Mexico, Inc., Cowboy Up! was started by Rick Iannucci after realizing one day fixing fence that cowboy work had many therapeutic benefits. A former Green Beret and retired U.S. Marshal, he believes a horse-based program could help veterans regroup and develop skills and attitudes needed to reenter civilian life.

Located south of Santa Fe, N.M., on what Iannucci calls the Crossed Arrows Ranch, his program started in 2007. A cou-

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Rick Iannucci, executive director & Dr. Kris Wilson of the historic Bell Ranch visit at a ranch rodeo. The Bell Ranch is the newest program partners, for Horses for Heroes.

ple hundred veterans have already completed the program, and a dozen veterans work through the program at a time. Both men and women can go through the program.

“This is cowboy 101. This is skill-set restructuring in its purest form, to get the guys to take their military skills and realize the value in them, and that they are not worthless,” Iannucci said.

Working with the horses helps reprogram the veterans’ brains and use their military skills to think about ranch work. continued on page 82

Voters and Water

Water supply insecurity translates to higher costs for consumers. The question is, how much higher costs? The decisions involving the supply of water to farmers will be made in part by the voting consumers in urban locations such of LA, San Diego and San Francisco. How much do these voters know about the water complexities and costs to the farmers in Fresno County alone? It is decisions voters make in this area that will increase or decrease access to domestic and local food.

The 2014 Water Bond was brought forth by the Association of California Water Agencies to address the state’s poorly interconnected patchwork of large and small systems and recently, The California Natural Resources Agency, the California EPA and the California Department of Food and Agriculture released a draft of The California Water Action Plan addressing solutions for the reliability of water.

There is and will continue to be competition for water use. Food and fiber cannot be grown without water and decisions on allocation and price will impact supplies.■

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For instance, when bringing up pairs, instead of telling them to keep the cows and calves together, and not go “hell-bent for leather,” Iannucci describes the process tactically in military “speak.”

“What you have to do is you have to do kind of a leaders recon, and you do the same thing you do in patrol. You don’t leave and ride in front of another cowboy.

That’s violating your fields of fire. If you do that when you’re in the military, you’ve just shot somebody up,” Iannucci said.

“It’s the same principle; single them out, and using your avenues of approach—look at your key terrain features, using those to kind of ease on down then you come around. It’s kind of like a stealth move.”

Iannucci said anything they can do from the horsemanship to working cattle, instructors try to relate in some way to military training. The program is selfpaced but objective based, he said. Often times the veterans go with Iannucci and work on partner ranches.

“If they don’t have their horsemanship solid enough to go out on some of these big places with some of these real outfits, then they’ll work on the ground,” Iannucci said. “They’ve got something to do, just like a regular ranch family.”

Those who are not able to ride and gather the cattle help with other stuff on the ground when they get back to the pens or the area where cattle are worked.

“They’ll be working cattle afoot once we get them into the sorting pens or they’ll be helping us brand, or they’ll be inoculating, ear tagging or whatever,” Iannucci said.

“And that’s great experience because then they’re part of the team.”

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Being part of the team is pretty important to the participants, and even though they may not be ready to go out and “be a cowboy,” they’re still doing so on the ground.

“They’re part of the group. They’re part of the team that goes out and works with our partners there,” Iannucci said.

Iannucci’s program is endorsed by the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and currently has 10 ranches that serve as Program Partners. These ranches provide veterans with the opportunity to continue to develop the ranch skills they learn with Iannucci and his instructors.

“They see what the community is about,” he said. “I set up that Program

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Partners system because I knew early on that if we didn’t have of the community behind us that this thing wasn’t going to work like I wanted it to work. It would be then just another horse type program, you know. We’re the real deal. We don’t do horse therapy here.”

The way the veterans’ minds work after battle relates to how they have been trained and or scarred.

“Those guys relate to things as warriors.

You’ve got to understand these guys were real-life gunfighters. Modern-day gunfighters, and people kind of forget that,” Iannucci said. “Taking all that and using all that to their advantage, we use all those analogies to develop that correlation between ranch skills, horsemanship, working cattle and then go one step beyond that.”

Iannucci also gets something out of meeting the veterans and helping them evolve into productive citizens again. Part of that process is helping them recognize what PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, does to the human soul, not just the body.

“It’s post-traumatic spiritual disorder, I call it. It’s a wound of the soul. It’s an unseen wound, but it’s equally debilitating and devastating, and so as you start to see them transform, you see they start to develop that spirit,” Iannucci said.

Working with the horses, the veterans begin to develop faith again and realize they are now part of something again. They have become a custodian for the animal and will eventually start developing faith in others.

“They start working with the guys again. They start developing that faith, or more importantly, they go from the horse to faith in themselves, and then they develop faith in other people,” Iannucci said. “Once they develop that faith in other people, then they can transform that into faith in God again at whatever level that want to have that spiritual connection.

Once the veteran gets those things all synced back up, that’s where Iannucci starts seeing the biggest strides in them and seeing that all come together. He also gets satisfaction out of seeing the participants’ skills progress to the level that they get “hired on” at a ranch.

“Obviously if we get a guy working on another ranch, that’s always exciting for us—when somebody picks up one of our guys and says, I’d like to have them come out and work with us,” Iannucci said.

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them horseback started after Iannucci lost his wife to breast cancer and had three kids to raise, and he chose to retire from government service. A family friend asked if he could get a newly returned wounded veteran horseback, and now with new wife and program Co-Director Nancy De Santis, the program evolved from there.

“One thing lead to another, then it took off,” he said.

Iannucci uses Isaiah 6:8 in his mission statement and said the scripture helped him find his retirement path. It says, “Whom shall I send and who will go for me? Here I am Lord, send me.”

“If you look and listen to what you’re supposed to be doing in your life, that’s the first part of it,” Iannucci said. “The second part—being responsive to what the Lord’s gotten in store for you, then you rock with it, and then after that, the next thing is you have to be here to feel the good energy with our guys when they have an a-ha moment.”

There are so many a-ha moments, he said, and that’s the rewarding part—when you’ve got a guy that turns around for the better. The dress changes, the attitude changes, even the swagger changes.

“They’ve got a whole sense of pride and

accomplishment that they’ve been able to do something, and so that’s catchy,” Iannucci said. “That to me is the zenith. You know, seeing these guys make that transformation and then seeing them help other people do the same thing.”

Funding

Iannucci has spent his own retirement and funds to create and operate the nonprofit, and up until last year, he was writing all the checks out of his own pension.

“Nobody gets paid here. We’re all volunteers, and everything we do is free for these guys,” Iannucci said.

Once a year, the program holds a fundraiser, and whatever is made during that event will be the operational budget.

This year, they partnered with the American Gold Star Mothers on the event, which will take place Dec. 13.

“It’s our chance to thank everybody for what they’ve done and being part of this community and for helping these guys go down the road and adopt the Western lifestyle and will stick with them forever,” Iannucci said.

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hy do people in Washington, D.C. think they are so much smarter than the people who live on the land and deal with the government every day? And it is not just the politicians and bureaucrats that I am talking about.

Please understand that I am coming from the New Mexico perspective… the land of constitutionalists and unlicensed legal professionals. Fairly soon after I moved to New Mexico and went to work for the New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. I was treated to a dose from the East who felt the need to make it very clear that it took a high priced public relations guru from somewhere near the Atlantic to communicate messages about the value of western grazing. We here in the West simply are not smart enough to do that.

Granted, we in the West haven’t done a good job of telling our story. We have long been taught from generation to generation that if you kept your head down, and worked hard you would be appreciated.

Thus we have let generations move from the land to urban places where they make enough money to buy food, fiber and shelter rather than growing it. Not only that, but up until recently the nation’s cheap food policy made it possible for them to

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It has reached the point that a part of society believes they are entitled to virtually everything up to and including cell phones and outrageously priced tennis shoes. Of course there is no responsibility or work attached to that entitlement.

There is no doubt that we need to tell our story better, but no one can tell it better than we do.

Likewise in making decisions about what laws and regulations ranchers can live with. New Mexico is leading a storm against the hijacked Grazing Improvement Act (S 258 as amended via substitute). Originally intended to provide greater stability to land management, ranching families and rural economies, the bill now just exactly the opposite… and then some.

Although national organizations have policy to opposed buyouts or “voluntary relinquishment” of federal grazing allotments, they continue to support a bill that does just that. There is lip service given that “we have to pass the bill so we can fix it.” Really??? Have they ever heard of Nancy Pelosi?

How does supporting a bill that is so clearly harmful to a good part of your con-

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Unfortunately, that is the least of the issues with the measure. Instead of increasing tenure for ranch families, the bill does just the opposite by taking tenure from 10 years to one to 20 years. While the national Public Lands Council (PLC) and thus the National Beef Cattlemen’s Association (NCBA) staff continues to dispute this fact by citing their “intentions”, two of the West’s renowned federal lands attorneys interpret the language (never mind what the intent was) as doing just this.

Connie Brooks, Denver, and Karen BuddFalen, Cheyenne, have both advised their clients that some may never get a 10-year permit again if this bill passes.

The amended S 258 also codifies National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis. Under current law NEPA is required at the discretion of a department secretary. NEPA will be mandated by Congress if this bill passes.

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since December 19, 2013 for a rationale for that disagreement. It would be great to have accessed the bill incorrectly. Unfortunately that simply isn’t the issue.

The national groups’ plan of attack is to let this bill pass the Senate and meet up with a House bill that isn’t quite so flawed then hash it out in conference. Anyone who has spent much time dealing with legislation knows that is a self-defeating plan.

Lobbyists don’t get to participate in the final deals in most conference committees.

There is certainly no guarantee that ANYONE has the power over a conference committee, including senators and representatives who sit on them. I certainly don’t believe that it is the best interests of NMCGA members (from all 33 of the state’s counties and some 19 other states) to leave the fate of the ability to continue our 400 year tradition of ranching in the hands of folks in Washington, D.C. Those who think they can control a conference committee might take a lesson from the recently passed Farm Bill. A prime issue for NCBA was country of origin labeling (COOL), an issue that NMCGA has disagreed with the national group on for years. NCBA didn’t prevail in the U.S House of Representatives on that issue in the Farm Bill.

It is with deep regret that we realize that one of New Mexico’s own U.S. senators has attempted to deal this demise of grazing to his own constituents. While his staff on this particular issue has not been very responsive on the bill, we will continue to try and break through and work on that front.

It is abundantly clear that radical environmental groups had a huge hand in the bill. The WildEarth Guardians (WEG) have already advertised for a new employee for the orderly retirement of grazing allotments in the Gila. Independent sources have confirmed that they worked closely with a senator on the bill.

The American Sheep Industry Association and the American Farm Bureau Federation have already expressed their concerns on the bill and other national groups are lining up to help the ranching community. NMCGA President José Varela López will take the fight to the NCBA annual convention in early February.

Those concerned about this issue are encouraged to contact their members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to ask for help.

I won’t even go into the whole “I have a pen and a phone” versus following the U.S. Constitution discussion in terms of beltway driven decision making.

More Positively…

Let’s take time to thank the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service for the great work they are doing around the state with roundtables, symposiums and meetings to provide information to ranchers and their families about bringing the cows home. Ranging from range conditions to nutrition to finances to raising or buying heifers there is a world of education available from the county and specialist staff.

Please let them know that you are noticing their work and appreciate it.

Session, Representative Yvette Herrell, Alamogordo, continues to work toward economic sovereignty for New Mexico.

With some 60 percent of the state controlled by the federal government, no matter what happens in the state economic development is a struggle.

Couple that with the mismanagement of that land resulting in catastrophic wildfires, watershed devastation, loss of wildlife as well as homes and businesses, and it is clear that there must be a better way.

A few years ago a measure was passed in Utah that would start the path to return management of federal lands over to the state. Since its passage there has been lots of information and misinformation about the intentions and impacts of the measure.

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Representative Herrell’s bill in 2014 takes the measured approach of creating a task force so that all New Mexicans can learn what might be involved, including the potential benefits and drawbacks, in some federal lands coming back under the control of New Mexico.

Returning control of land management to New Mexicans does not mean that there will be a takeover of military installations, tribal lands and other federal facilities that

are lawfully, and in some cases constitutionally, designated. Nor does it mean that lands now currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) would necessarily go to private hands.

There are entities like the State Land Office that already manages a portion of lands in the state for the benefit of schools and hospitals. What if counties were charged with the management AND the income from these lands?

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Just imagine that instead of the 800,000 acres of char and devastation now in New Mexico there was instead well managed forests providing multiple opportunities of timber production, grazing, hunting, fishing, trapping, and other natural resource activities building wealth for New Mexicans. What happens to the cost of affordable housing if we use lumber from the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treesâ&#x20AC;Ś not a foreign country?

The possibilities are endless.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s figure out how to manage healthy lands in New Mexico for New Mexico. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stop letting Washington, D.C. sentence us to poverty and devastation.

BIG AG? Where?

New Mexico agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priority in the 2014 Legislature is amending the Right to Farm Act to prevent the temporary nuisance lawsuits that are plaguing the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dairy industry at this time. The current way the law reads lawyers, thus far from out of state, coming into neighborhoods that have moved out toward dairies and assisting them in filing temporary lawsuits for things like flies, dust, noise and other so-called nuisances, many of them seasonal. The dairyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities are supposedly depriving these neighbors of peaceful enjoyment of their private property.

It is worth noting that no agriculturist in their right mind would develop a costly operation near a neighborhood. If for no other reason than the cost of the land would prohibit such a move.

In reality it is these neighborhoods that are depriving the dairy owner from peaceful enjoyment and economic prosperity.

Apparently there is no law against that.

The changes being sought in the Act are not monumental and certainly would allow anyone to do anything that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet regulations and follow the letter of the law. They are intended to take the gray areas out of the statute.

HB 51, another measure being carried

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the door wide open for frivolous litigation.

And, unfortunately this change in law if passed won’t do anything to aide the dairy families that are currently being sued. It will keep these suits from being filed against additional dairies and other agricultural businesses, the vast majority of them are small family businesses, some with huge capital investment.

The Facebook postings and email messages opposing this minimal change would be laughable if the issue weren’t so important to ranchers and farmers, rural communities and anyone who eats. It is BIG AG who is pushing HB 51 and they must be stopped is the mantra. Please take a moment and call your legislator and explain to them how litigation is stranggling agriculture and rural New Mexico.

Get your banker, your feed store, and everyone else you spend with your agearned dollars to do the same.

Some counties and the Association of Counties have adopted resolutions in support of agriculture.

To further address the BIG AG myth, it is the federal government’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) who have required family businesses to become corporations. All corporations are not BIG. About 98 percent of ranchers and farmers in the U.S. are family operations. In New Mexico the number is probably higher.

The rest of those BIG ranches and farms may be owned by a larger entity but the people who live on the land and work their every day are families.

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You can show your support for NMCGA in many ways. There are two 100 year brand quilts that you can purchase an opportunity to own. Contact your NMCGA member of the Board of Directors for more information. Each quilt contains more than 50 brands of New Mexico ranchers and are one of a kind. They will support both the NMCGA and the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation.

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he 2014 show and fair season is upon us! The new 2014 Exhibitor Guide will be officially available on February 1, 2014. You may find this guide on the New Mexico Livestock Board website at: www.nmlbonline.com Once you have reached the home page, navigate to the right side bar and look for the link ‘2014 NM Exhibitor Guide’. After clicking on this link you will be able to view, save and print the document from a pdf format. There is specific information available for each species. Deadline for tag in and Form 1 inspection issue is July 15th.

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In addition, we have a new dedicated 24/7 phone number for entry permits. The number is 1-800/432-6889. Please have your Certificate of Veterinary Inspection ready or have the veterinarian inspecting your livestock for entry into NM obtain the permit for you.

As always, please call the main office at (505)841-6161 for assistance in retrieving these documents.

We hope you have a successful and fun fair season!

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CoBank, Farm Credit kick-off U.S. Dairy Education & Training Consortium fundraiser he Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium has kicked off a fundraising effort to establish a $6 million endowment with a $150,000 multi-year commitment from CoBank and Farm Credit of NM. CoBank has committed $25,000 a year over a four-year period with an additional $12,500 per year provided by Farm Credit of NM. Professor Michael Tomaszewski, Consortium director, and Extension specialist emeritus at Texas A&M University announced the contribution at a recent Consortium board meeting hosted by Farm Credit of NM in Albuquerque. In addition, Tomaszewski announced the renaming of the group, which will now be know as the U.S. Dairy Education & Training Consortium as the six-week summer program to train animal and dairy science students moves beyond its original regional concept to a national stage.

“CoBank and Farm Credit of NM’s contributions are the first large commitments toward our endowment goal. When completed, the Consortium will have the financial stability needed to move beyond the regional effort to a national concept,” Tomaszewski said. “This is a logical next step. Consortium students come from all regions of the country and internationally.

The large herd best management practices taught at the Consortium are comparable to those used in all dairy regions.”

“As a cooperative, Farm Credit of NM is thrilled to be able to support the U.S. Dairy Education and Training Consortium,” said Al Porter, chief executive officer, Farm Credit of NM. “The Consortium is built upon the cooperative spirit to provide leadership, support and resources to dairy research and education through academia, government and industry partnership. The dairy industry is a crucial part of NM’s economy and Farm Credit of NM’s business; building and sustaining the industry will have long-term impacts. We are proud to support this Consortium that is dedicated to enhancing the dairy industry and our future operators.”

“The future of the dairy industry depends importantly upon educating and engaging the next generation of dairy farmers,” said Robert E. Engel, chief executive officer, CoBank. “By providing a dynamic program, expert instructors and real-world experience, the U.S. Dairy Education and Training Consortium will play a major role in ensuring the industry’s long-term success. CoBank is proud to offer its support to ■ this worthwhile initiative.”

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inMemoriam Carol C. Peterson Ogilvie, 85, Silver City, passed away at her daughter’s home in Anchorage, Alaska on January 7, 2014.

She found peace after many years of health problems. She was born on December 26, 1928 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, the last child of Flora Belle Rothrock and Peter Louis Peterson. She grew up near downtown Mesa during the Graet Depres-

sion and World War II. The family often traveled the state of Arizona for her father’s job as a well-driller. She graduated from Mesa High School in 1947 and then completed beauty school. On a trip to Payson, she met David William “Bill” Ogilvie, a cowboy and WWII veteran with deep roots in the Payson area. They married in 1949, and Carol moved to the Bar T

Bar Ranch near Meteor Crater, where Bill worked. Carol worked side-by-side with her husband, doing the work of a rancher’s wife and acting as the ranch cook for many years. In the face of rustic conditions (including intermittent, generator-only electricity until the mid-1970s), she built a home and cared for her family. They maintained a house in Flagstaff, during their children’s school years, and she held many part-time jobs in Flagstaff during that time. She is survived by her daughter, Diane Ogilvie (husband, Michael Moore), Anchorage; her son, David (wife, Tamara) Ogilvie, Jr., Silver City, NM; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers and because of the value Carol placed on both education and ranching life, the family asks donations be made to the Arizona State Cowbelles Mattie Cowan Scholarship.

Sam Marion Elkins, 78, Dunken, passed away January 18, 2014. Sam was born October 25, 1935 to Mark and Ina Elkins in Bluewater. He was raised in the Grants area before marrying Jeannie Read in January 1959. They lived and worked on various cattle operations before settling in Dunken on their cattle ranch in 1969. Sam and Jeannie have also owned and operated the Turquiose Shop in Cloudcroft since 1974. He served on the PVT board of directors for over 15 years, the Penasco Soil & Water Conservation Board of Directors for over 20 years, as well as holding numerous leadership positions and roles throughout his lifetime. Sam was an incredible asset to his community, a devoted Christian and continued on page 92

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friend, the great patriarch of his family, and a true cowboy. He is survived by his daughter Shawna Smith, son Alden Elkins (wife, Tami), and son Randy Elkins (wife, Tracy). He is also survived by eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and brothers Bill Elkins and Jim Elkins. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cowboys for Cancer Research, PO Box 202, Dona Ana, NM 88032.

Sharon Kaye (Katie) Whitson, 68, Tucumcari, passed away on Monday December 30, 2013, in Amarillo, Texas.

Katie was born December 4, 1945, in Tucumcari to Mack and Juanita Dennis.

She graduated from Tucumcari High School in 1964 and then graduated from West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas. She had been an independent business owner operating Denmore’s Western Store for many years. She was a rancher, and a member of Beta Sigma Phi, Tucumcari Women’s Investment Group, was on the Board of Directors of Citizens Bank, a member of the Center Street United Methodist Church, the Soil Conservation & Water Preservation Board and the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. Surviving Katie is her husband Larry, children Dawn Bilbrey, Wade Whitson (wife, Becky), and Jana Garza (husband, Ray) and five grandchildren and her dog Maddie.

Evelyn “Bunkie” Deck Key, 85, Boot Ranch, Yeso, New Mexico, passed away December 10, 2013, at her ranch home.

Bunkie was born in Roswell on May 15, 1928, to Tom Deck and Gladys Moss Deck.

Bunkie grew up on the Lazy T Bar Ranch east of Dunlap. She attended school through the eighth grade at Dunlap. In order to complete high school, she then moved to Roswell where she lived with W.C. and Mamie Urton. She graduated from Roswell High School in 1946, then attended Colorado State University and New Mexico A & M, where she was an active member of the Tri Delta Sorority. In June 1949 Bunkie married Melvin Ray Key. They built their home at Wire Lake and established Boot Ranch, 55 miles north of Roswell, where they both resided until their death. Bunkie and her husband were active in the sheep and cattle business and ranched together in De Baca and Chaves Counties for over 50 years. She was bookkeeper for the family business, a tax preparer for H & R Block, and also kept books for Key’s Welding Service/Drilling and Pump Service for many years where she assisted her son. She is survived by 92

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three children: Billy Ray Key of the family ranch; Gary Lee Key (wife, Jeri), Roswell; and Sandra Barraza (husband, Joe) of the family ranch; one sister, Dorothy Edwards, Ruidoso; sister-in-law Sara Key, Fort Sumner; seven grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Special thanks are extended to Claudia Juarez and Jody Rogers for the special love and care that they extended to Bunkie and her family over the past months.

Benolyn Kay McKibben, 69, Claunch, passed away January 2, 2014, after a long illness. She was born to the late Floyd Brunson and Kate Brunson Tally, September 11, 1944, in Alamogordo. The widowed Kate married Harvey Tally who was Benolyn’s father as she grew up. Benolyn graduated from Capitan High School in 1963. She married John McKibben in 1963. She and John made their home near Claunch, lived in Clovis a short time and relocated to Claunch for the remainder of their married life. Benolyn worked as a dedicated mother and wife, a cook and bus driver at Corona Public Schools, and a Postmaster at Claunch, New Mexico.

Benolyn is survived by her husband, John, of the home, her son Mozaun and partner Hillary, Whitesboro, Texas; daughter Lynette, Corona, four grandchildren; sisters Dawn Satathite, Ronnie Smith (husband, Donald), Audrey Guy (husband, Ray), brothers Floyd H. Brunson, Harvey Tally (wife, Nancy), Will Tally (wife, Pam), Jake Tally, and Steven Tally (wife, Judy).

Marvin Huguley, 83, Clovis, passed away on December 12, 2013. Marvin was born on the Huguley family farm in Hale County, Texas on August 10, 1930. His strong work ethic, love of family, and amazing faith was initiated through his daily work side by side with his family. He graduated from Olton High School in 1947. After serving honorably in the US Air Force he returned to the family farm where he stayed until 1959. In 1950 he met Mary Hope Crist in Camps Drug Store in Plainview, TX and his life was changed forever! They were married in Plainview, Texas in December 1951. They started a family and remained in Hale County until moving to Farwell Texas in 1959. After selling his farm in Parmer County they moved to Clovis in 1963 where he has made his home ever since. In Clovis he went into farm and ranch real estate sales and he also became an auctioneer. He formed and was the qualifying broker of Huguley and Company for over 40 years. Marvin became an avid runner in the 1970s and

1980s. He ran many marathons including the New York City marathon in 1979. He was a member of the Clovis track club, past president of the YMCA, member and former deacon of First Baptist Church, avid wildcat fan and supporter, and an active voice of the Clovis community. Marvin is survived by his wife Mary Hope Crist Huguley, daughter Gayla (husband, Don) Brumfield, and son Ricke Huguley, all of Clovis; daughter Carla (husband, Bill) Carter, Chandler, Arizona; a brother AG (wife, Mildred) Huguley, Olton, Texas; four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Clesta Estell Wallis, 91, a long time Quay Valley resident, passed away in Odessa, Texas on January 19, 2014, following an extended illness. Clesta was born July 15, 1922, at Quay, New Mexico to Bert Thomas and Eletta Ethel Morris Jennings.

She had been a member of the Church of Christ of Tucumcari. She had been living near her son Stanley because of health reasons. Surviving Clesta is her son Stanley Wallis, Odessa, along with other relatives.

J. Rukin (Rukie) Jelks, 86, Sonita, passed away January 17, 2014 in Tucson.

Rukin was born October 21, 1927 in Tucson. He grew up on his Dad’s X-9 Ranch located in the Rincon Mountains of Arizona. He attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado. Rukin was a member of Sigma Chi, graduating from the University of Montana with degrees in Anthropology and Sociology. While in college he met Carolyn “Keri” Gillett. They married in 1951, and he took his first job with the Hercules Powder Company in Phoenix. He subsequently owned and operated the Pioneer Gun Shop, was involved in a soil conditioning business, and ultimately operated the Diamond C Ranch located in the Canelo Hills, in partnership with his three sons, assisted by their loyal ranch foreman, Joe Quiroga.

Rukin and Keri were strong contributors to their communities. He was a member of Rotary 100, The Phoenix Thunderbirds, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Posse Volunteer Search and Rescue, Chairman of the Arizona State Parks Board, placing Kartchner Caverns on the National Association of State Parks, Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association, The MO Club, co-founded by his father. A member of Los Charros del Desierto and Chairman of the Board of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. A sportsman with varied interests, Rukin was as comfortable in a cattle pen as he was in the board room. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Keri, three sons, Rukie (wife, Patricontinued on page 104

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SIX SHOOTER RANCH – Located approximately 15 miles west of Carrizozo, New Mexico in western Lincoln County. The ranch is comprised of 640 ± Deeded Acres, 961.4 New Mexico State Lease Acres and 11, 246 Federal BLM Lease Acres. Grazing capacity is controlled by a Section 3 BLM grazing permit for 175 Animal Units on a yearlong basis. Improvements include one residence, which has recently been remodeled, hay barn, storage sheds and corrals, all functional.

Water is provided by three wells and an extensive buried pipeline system. Much of the water system has been replaced or installed new within the last five years. The Carrizozo Malpai lava outcrop forms the entire eastern boundary of the ranch. Access to the ranch is gated and locked from Highway 380. Public access is by permission only. Price: $1,300,000.

BORDER RANCH – Located approximately 10 miles east of Columbus, New Mexico along the international boundary with Mexico along and on both sides of State Highway 9. The ranch is comprised of 1,910 ± Deeded Acres, 11,118 NM State Lease Acres and 52,487 Federal BLM Lease Acres. Grazing capacity is set by a Section 3 BLM grazing permit for 613 Animal Units.

Livestock water is provided by three wells and a buried pipeline system. Five sets of working corrals are situated throughout the ranch. Adjoins the Mt. Riley Ranch to the west.

Price: $1,100,000, but negotiable, come look & make an offer. Seller wants the ranch sold.

MT. RILEY – Located approximately 30 miles northwest of Santa Teresa, New Mexico along and on both sides of State Highway 9. The southern boundary of the ranch is the international boundary with Mexico. The ranch is comprised of 160 ± Deeded Acres, 6921 NM State Lease Acres and 74,977 Federal BLM Lease Acres. Grazing Capacity is set by a Section 3 BLM grazing permit for 488 Animal Units on a yearlong basis. The biggest portion of the ranch is located north of the highway. The headquarters is located approximately one mile north of the highway.

Headquarters improvements consist of a camp house, maintenance shop, storage sheds and a large set of working pens with scales. Water is provided by four wells and a buried pipeline system. Adjoins the Border Ranch to the east. Price: $725,000, but negotiable, come look & make an offer. Seller wants the ranch sold.

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Reduced to $975,000. Walter Lane Red Top Ranch: 3,800 deeded acres in SE AZ. Priced at $197 per deeded acre. Walter Lane Wildhorse Basin Ranch: Yavapai county, 864 deeded, 6701 State Lease, $3,900,000. Con Englehorn Crooked H: Central AZ, 126 Sections, 450 head Winter Range/664 summer Range. $2,375,000. Traegen Knight Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 deeded, 300,000 BLM/State Lease, 17,486 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 18 wells, 4 pumps on CAP Canal. $600,000. Con Englehorn NI Ranch Tombstone AZ: The ranch consists of 6555 deeded acre & 6650 state lease, 250 head annually; all improvements are in top condition, the ranch is well watered w/8 wells, & pipelines. Good strong grass country. The Ni Ranch is one of the last working cattle ranches in the state with the majority of the land being deeded. Priced at $3,150,000 Liberty Ranch: 1917 Deeded aces in SE Arizona. $950,000.

Walter Lane Turkey Creek Ranch: Yavapai Co, 130 AU winter permit Oct. through March on the Prescott Nat. Forest, base land is 59.32 acres in the Bradshaw Mtns at 5,800’ that would make a pleasant getaway from the Metro areas. $605,000 – Paul Groseta

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A NEW MEXICO SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN ALPINE RANCHES & LAND PARCELS FOR SALE Beautiful 32,500 Acre Mountain Alpine Ranch MOL, surrounded by the Lincoln National Forest & Hunting Lodge w/1412 deeded acres. Runs 399 AUs year round. A 5850 sq. ft. custom built luxury log home w/a 2-stair grand staircase, 4 bdrm, 4 bath, 3-car garage, w/a bunk house & stocked trout pond! Made up of 11 deeded tracts, 8 wells, 2 springs, dirt tanks, barns, out-buildings, 3 tracts full improved. All for $6,800,000. Seller will split ranch as listed below.

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The Piñon Draw – 31,202 Acre Alpine Ranch MOL w/1202 Deeded acres made up of 9 deeded tracts surrounded by forest, 7 wells, 2 springs, barns. Runs 375 AUs year-round, barns, dirt tanks, water storage tanks, & 24 ton feed storage.

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The Head Quarters – 30,000 Acre Alpine Mountain Ranch w/155 deeded acres, 2 houses come mostly furnished, 3200 sq ft. Barn, pipe fencing, scales, feed storage bin, well, & use of water w/agreement from other tracts.

The Welch Lodge – 152 Acre Tract with Great Hunting lodge, surrounded by the national forest & 3 log cabins, awesome for outfitting & many barns.

The Green – 160 Acres Alpine Ranch Surrounded by the Forest, w/a well, fencing, dirt tanks.

Bear Spring – 160 Acre Alpine Parcel with an Active Spring surrounded by the forest.

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The Old Timey – 80 Beautiful Acres w/awesome views & flat land surrounded by the national forest. Comes w/outbuildings & drinkers.

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MORE RANCHES The Tin Star Ranch is 80 acres with a 2700 sq. ft. home, borders national forest on 3 sides, 3 water catchment tanks 1,100 gal., 1,500, & 1,650, to supplement the well, & 3 main water storage tanks, totaling 7,300, consisting of the collection system. Includes a hunter’s cabin w/its own catchment system. Lots of flat & awesome views.

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The El Piñon Ranch is a comfortable hunting lodge. It consists of 1,172 acres w/240 state leased that is made up of 4 parcels There are 3 separate hunter lodges on the main parcel w/water collection systems & outside dining area, to boot. A very peaceful setting. There is a well on the parcels to the East that is not adjoining to the main parcel. Seller will consider splitting up w/a water sharing agreement to main parcel. Priced at $1,500,000.

299 acres ranch w/139 acres deeded & 160 state grazing lease. Exceptional property w/pasture & grazing acreage. It comes w/290+ acre feet of water rights from surface rights from the Rio Penasco & wells. There are 2 very beautiful stocked large ponds & a water slide. It comes w/2 Cabins fully furnished & a built in stone hot tub. There are also 2 metal barns on the property. The property borders the national forest & state leased land. It has very easy access.

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■ OLD HWY. 66. – Santa Rosa, NM – 12,718 ac. +/- deeded, 640 ac. state lease, this ranch is well improved & watered by springs, subs, windmills & earthen dams in an excellent location w/frontage on three different hwys. (development potential).

■ EAST CENTRAL NM – Almost 200 sections, mostly deeded, well improved w/homes, barns, several sets of pens w/scales, watered by solar & electric powered subs, windmills, an extensive pipeline system, springs, spring-fed draws & canyons, earthen dams & river frontage, on pavement.

■ SANTA FE, NM – 60,250 ac. +/- permitted for 522 cows plus bulls year-round, two large sets of pens (one w/scale), two sets ofimprovements, good country in a beautiful setting just off I-25 on an all-weather road.

■ EAST SLOPE OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS – 12 mi. +/- of the Penasco River, Brown & Rainbow trout fishing, muledeer, Barbary sheep & turkey, beautiful, new custom-built home w/exceptional landscaping, guest house/office newly remodeled, nice employee housing, barns, steel pens, woven + barbed wire fences, 35,309 ac. +/- (deeded, state & BLM leases) on pavement.

■ LA ESQUINA RANCH – GUADALUPE CO., NM – well located on Hwys. 54 & 60, 34 ½ sections +/-, excellent pipeline system w/municipal water, open, rolling reputation yearling country, cow/calves also run in the area, doublewide modular home, 2 large metal barns, pens & a scale.

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FEATURED PROPERTIES New Listing! 644.7 deeded acres located approx 15.5 miles North of Capitan, NM. Grassy rolling meadows nestled at the base of the majestic Capitan Mountains. Paved frontage, 1 BR, 1BA, quaint cabin, 12x40 bunk house, 1 landowner elk tag, 1 water well, neighbors Lincoln National Forest & an elk preserve. Magnificent Views! $1,400,000 – Co-Listed w/Keli Cox of BuyRuidoso.com – Call Keli or Stacy Ranch / Duran Ranch, Torrance County, NM – $375/deeded acre, approx. 5125 contiguous deeded acres w/improvements plus 640 acre state lease. $1,921,875 Residential – Vacation/Investment Home in the Mountains 1 1 6 B e l a Ce na , Al t o, NM – $479,000 – 3Br/2Ba home on 5 acres w/unbelievable view of Sierra Blanca 1 0 0 Ca r ol e Dr i v e, C a p it an , NM – $163,000 – 3Br/2Ba mobile home on 6.2 acres w/horse barn & shop

Lots / 3 to 5 acres – Build a Mountain Dream Home on Acreage Tr a ct 2 V is ion Qu es t C t., Al t o, NM – $119,000 – 3.223 Acre Lot in The Preserve Subdivision Tr a ct 1 6 De e r C r ee k R d , Al t o, NM – $159,000 – 5 Acre Lot in Eagle Creek Acres Sub-division

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www.kernranches.com • (575) 762-3707 Dave Kern - (575) 760-0161 (cell) • 1304 Pile St., Clovis, NM

Southwest New Mexico Farms & Ranches 19.18 acres of farm land in La Mesa, NM – Located in La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage and EBID surface water rights. Call for aerial map & EBID water rights info. Has ground water rights but no well. Farm located west of intersection of Lister Road & San Jose Road off Hwy 28 on north side of La Mesa. Sellers will divide. $326,060.

27.50 Acre Farm – Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, & 11.5 Acres – will sell separately. Full EBID & shared irrigation well. Community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south to San Miguel, east or left on Highway 192, first right or south on Las Colmenas, then left or east on Camunez to end of pavement. Priced at $467,000.

Fancher Ranch – Located southwest of Las Cruces, NM off Afton Road. 198 head permit, 210 acres deeded, 19,224 acres BLM and 4666 acres state land. 2 pastures, 3 wells, 1900 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, bunk house, green house, horse barn, corrals, round pen, etc. Easy access - 45 minutes from El Paso and Las Cruces. $550,000.

10 acre farm – located south of La Mesa, NM. Beautiful farm with irrigation well and EBID water rights. Surrounded by other farms. Hwy 28, east on Afton Road, farm is on the north side. $199,900

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14.83 acre farm – located in the north valley of Las Cruces, NM, includes an irrigation well, EBID water rights (Elephant Butte Irrigation District), shop and barn. $305,000.

“If you are interested in farm land or ranches in New Mexico, give me a call”

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C6 Ranch – This ranch is located at Patagonia AZ. The ranch consists of 40 deeded acres & 8,000 plus acres National Forest Lease. This ranch is rated at 165 head annually. Great water system & good strong grass. Improvements include 1600 sq. ft. home built in 2006, barn & corrals. The Ranch has easy access to town & beautiful views. $725,000.

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Santo Nino – This Ranch is located 7 miles south of Patagonia on the western edge of the beautiful San Rafael Valley. This ranch consists of 62 deeded acres & 12,000 plus National Forest Lease. The ranch is rated at 185 head annually. The land contained in the ranch consists of steep sided ridges to rolling hills along the side of the valley floor. Improvements include 3,000 sq. ft. owners home, cowboy house, barn & corrals. Rarely does a ranch in this area come on the market. $899,000 including cattle.

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NI Ranch Tombstone, AZ – The Ranch consists of 6555 deeded acres and 6650 state lease, 250 head annually; all improvements are in top condition, the ranch is well watered with 8 wells, and pipelines. Good strong grass country. The Ni Ranch is one of the last working cattle ranches in the state with the majority of the land being deeded. Priced at $3,150,000.

If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call:

Sam Hubbell, Qualifying Broker 520-609-2546 Tom Hardesty – 520-909-0233

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O’NEILL LAND, LLC P.O. Box 145, Cimarron, NM 87714 • 575/376-2341 • Fax: 575/376-2347 land@swranches.com • www.swranches.com Good inventory in the Miami, Springer, Maxwell and Cimarron area. Great year-round climate suitable for horses. Give yourself and your horses a break and come on up to the Cimarron Country.

Miami Horse Training Facility.

Ideal horse training facility w/large 4 bedroom 3 bathroom approx 3,593 sq ft home, 248.32± deeded acres, 208 irrigation shares, 30' X 60' metal sided shop/ bunkhouse, 8 stall barn w/tack room, 7 stall barn w/storage, 10 stall open sided barn w/10 ft alley, 2 stall loafing shed, 14 11' x 24' Run-In Shelters, 135' Round Pen, Priefert six horse panel walker. Many more features & improvements. All you need for a serious horse operation in serious horse country of Miami New Mexico.

Additional 150 acres available on south side of road. Miami is at the perfect year round horse training elevation of 6,200. Far enough south to have mostly mild winters. Convenient to I-25. $1,550,000.

Miami Horse Heaven. Very private approx. 4,800 sq. ft. double-walled adobe 4 bed., 3 bath home w/many custom features, 77.5± deeded acres & 77.25± water shares, large 7 stall horse barn, large insulated metal shop, large haybarn/equipment shed, all for $1,650,000, plus an additional 160+/-

deeded acres w/142 water shares avail. $560,000 (subject to purchase of 77.5± deeded acre parcel.)

Krause Ranch. 939.37 +/- deeded acres. 88 Springer Ditch Company water shares. Mostly west of I;25, exit 414. Big views. $725,000.

Miami Mountain View. 80± deeded acres w/80 water shares & house. $550,000.

Miami. 10± deeded acres, awesome home, total remodel, awesome views $295,000.

Miami WOW. Big home in Santa Fe Style great for family on 3 acres. $274,900.

Miami Tangle Foot. 10.02± deeded acres w/water shares & meter. $118,000.

Maxwell. 19.5± deeded acres, water, outbuildings, great horse set up. $269,000.

Canadian River. 39.088± deeded acres, w/nice ranch home & river. $279,000.

O’NEILL AGRICULTURAL, LLC “Offers computer-generated color custom mapping service on digital USGS base maps.

Hang a map in your office that looks like your ranch, w/water lines, pastures & roads etc. Put your ranch on one piece of paper.”

Ribera, NM – 77 pristine acres w/drill stem pipe fence along the county road, two excellent cold water wells, perimeter fenced, view building site cleared and ready to go. Lot can be split! Grammas are knee high... Price reduced to $299,900 Little Cayuse Ranch – Horse & cow ranch operation north of Corona has 1,680 deeded acres plus 230 acre NM Grazing Lease, HQ is mfg, home, has a foreman’s home, hay barn, sheds, tack room, 3 excellent wells, 4 pastures. 80 acre irrigation pivot with water rights. Good fences. Priced reduced $798,900 Villanueva Ranch – is a working mother cow ranch on Hwy 3. Ranch is 285 deeded acres & 4,450 acre NM Grazing Lease. Perimeter fenced with stock tanks and 10,000 gallon water storage tank & pipeline drinkers. $157.00 per acre or $698,900 Sombrero Ranch near Tremintina, NM – 1,442 deeded acres, 3 pastures, 1 solar well, 1 submersible pumped well and 1 windmill well. Traditionally carries 32 a.u. year round. Located on Hwy 104. Owner will finance! Priced at $575,000 La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres w/240 acres of BLM attached.

Apache Mesa parcel SW of Las Vegas has tall pines, canyon springs, stock tanks, new fence on NE corner. Turkeys, bear, deer onsite. Off grid. Owners will finance. Price is $677,875 Trigg Ranches – 720 deeded acres lies adjacent to La Cueva Canyon Ranch on Apache Mesa. Off the grid in the tall pines & power is nearby! 720 acres is priced at $306,000 & smaller 200 acre parcel available for $124,000! Owners will finance...

Ledoux, NM – Perimeter fenced 60 acre dry land terraced farm has overhead electric, sub–irrigated pasture and county road access! Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Price is now: $228,000 Anton Chico – 65 acre irrigated farm w/ditch rights. HQ home on historic register. Bunkhouse, storage shed, shop + irrigation & farm equipment go w/sale.

Great value in this sale price! Price is below appraisal at $698,900 & Owner can finance!

La Loma 5 acre farm – has ~4 acres of irrigated alfalfa plus 3 bedroom red tiled roof home, barns, corrals, and equipment and storage buildings. Price is $248,900 – OBO

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

Office: 505/989–7573 • Toll Free: 888/989–7573 • Mobile: 505/490–0220 Email: kahler@newmexico.com • Website: www.SantaFeLand.com

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Nancy A. Belt, Broker Cell 520-221-0807 Office 520-455-0633 Sonoita, AZ

Committed To Always Working Hard For You!

RANCHES/FARMS *NEW* 400 Head Ranch, adjoining Leslie Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ Highly improved & maintained w/4 homes; horse barn; hay barn; equipment sheds; workshop; roping arena; excellent shipping corrals w/scales; extensive water distribution w/wells, storage & pipelines. Scenic w/rolling grasslands and mountains. Easy country. +/7,346 deeded acres, State lease & USFS permit. This is a top quality ranch & a rare opportunity. $3,900,000. *NEW* 150 Head Ran ch , N ear Willcox, AZ – +/- 3,000 deeded acres, and State Grazing Leases. One bedroom home, corrals, well, and electric at headquarters. Well watered with about 15 miles of new pipeline and 9 storage tanks & drinkers, 8 dirt tanks. Great country.

Good mix of browse and grass. $1,950,000.

90 H ead, Agu a Fria Ran ch , Quemado, NM – This is a scenic midsize ranch with great prospects.

Operating as a private hunting retreat, and a purebred Angus and Paint horse ranch. +/-1200 deeded acres, +/80 acres of NM lease, and +/-5220 acres BLM. 4BR, 2BA, mfg. home.

Trophy elk, antelope, deer. Elk and mule deer permits. Candidate for a conservation easement or land exchange with the BLM. $1.65M *REDUCED* 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Ranch, pristine & private, only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $1,300,000 $975,000, Terms.

*REDUCED* 335 Head Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ – +/- 20 Deeded acres, w/two homes, barn & outbuildings. 58 Sections USFS grazing permit. Good vehicular access to the ranch – otherwise this is a horseback ranch. Scenic, great outfitters prospect. $850,000 $760,000. * REDUCED* 314 Acre Farm, Pearce, AZ – Two pivots, three irrigation wells, charming +/- 2100 s.f. home, four car garage, large metal workshop, both with concrete floors, two railroad cars with cover between for horse stalls, hay and feed storage. $750,000 Now $698,000. * REDUCED* San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Farm 162 acres w/pivot, nice home, hay barn other utility buildings. $750,000 Now $650,000. *NEW* Graham Co, AZ 78 Plus Head Cattle Ranch – Approx. 640 deeded acres, 3633 acres USFS and 5204 acres BLM; 1 BR, 1 Bath home/camp. Foothills of the Santa Teresa Mountains. $650,000 *REDUCED* Young, AZ, 65+ Acres – Under the Mogollon Rim, small town charm & mountain views. 2100 s.f., 3 BR, 2 Bath home, 2 BR cabin, historic rock home currently a museum, shop, & barn. Excellent opportunity for horse farm, bed & breakfast, or land development. +/- 65 acres for $1,070,000; home & other improvements. $424,500.

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, & 1200 gpm well. $336,000 Terms.

Jesse Aldridge 520-251-2735 Rye Hart 520-455-0633 Tobe Haught 505-264-3368 Sandy Ruppel 520-444-1745 Erin Aldridge Thamm 520-519-9800

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NEW MEXICO PROPERTIES Listed Cooperatively w/Action Realty, Cliff, NM, Dale Spurgeon, Broker – 575535-4177

* REDUCED* Virden, NM +/-78 Acre Farm, with 49+ acres of irrigation rights. Pastures recently planted in Bermuda. 3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena.

Scenic setting along the Gila River.

Great set up for raising horses also suitable for cattle, hay, pecans, or pistachios, $550,000 Terms. *REDUCED* +/- 50 Head Ranch, Virden, NM – 367 Deeded acres, 4,000 acres BLM, nice HQ w/home, barn, corrals, along two miles of the beautiful Gila River. $525,000 $485,000 HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* 480 Acres Oracle, AZ – One of the last remaining large parcels of land in the area. On the northern slope of Santa Catalina Mtns. Small ranching, development or granite mining potential. $2,640,000.

J o e Stu b b l ef i el d & A s s o c i at es 13830 Wes ter n St ., A m ar i l l o , TX 806/622-3482 • c el l 806/674-2062 joes3@suddenlink.net Mi c h ael Per ez A s s o c i at es Nar a Vi s a, NM • 575/403-7970

PAUL McGILLIARD Murney Associate Realtors Cell: 417/839-5096 • 800/743-0336 Springfield, MO 65804

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J o h n D iamo John i a m o nd, n d , Qu Q u ali a l i f y ing i n g Bro B r o ke k er er john@beaverheadoutdoors.com john@beaverheadoutdoors.com Cell: C ell: ((575) 575) 740-1528 740-1528 Office: O ffffice: (575) (575) 772-5538 772-5538 FFax: ax: ((575) 575) 772-5517 772-5517 HC 30 H C3 0 Box Box 445, 445, Winston, NM Winston, N M 87943 87943

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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 *NEW* 40 Acres Beautiful Turkey Creek Area – An amazing opportunity to own 40 unique acres in an incredibly bio-diverse location, in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains, with end of the road privacy. $340,000.

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Willcox, AZ 40 Acres – Great views in every direction, power to the property. $85,000.

Stockmen’s Realty is pleased to welcome HARRY OWENS to our team!

Harry has an extensive Farm & Agriculture Background & can be reached at 602-526-4965

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RANCHES FOR SALE Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Ranch

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO RANCH: 753 deeded acres located near Chama. The ranch is accessed by paved highway & elevations are in the range of 7,800 feet w/spectacular views of the high country. The terrain varies from irrigated meadows to elevated hills. The property has the historic right to irrigate 454 acres at 1.5 acre feet of water per year. Live water is abundant. The ranch has traditionally been run as a summer yearling operation & the irrigated meadows serve as a magnet for wildlife. It is not uncommon to see 50 or more elk grazing the meadows in the early mornings or late evenings. This unique property, which includes the substantial valuable water rights is offered at $4,900 per acre.

Eddy County, New Mexico

EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: This is a rancher’s ranch priced to fit a rancher’s pocketbook. The property contains 2,570 deeded acres plus approximately 33,000 acres of New Mexico State & Federal (BLM) leased land, with a permit to run 604 animal units. The ranch is located between the city of Carlsbad & Carlsbad Caverns. The terrain ranges from low lying flats to rugged limestone mountains & upper mesa country. The mountain country is very scenic. The property is improved by a small house & shipping pens. The ranch is watered by wells, pipelines & live springs. This is a low overhead “cowboy” ranch offered at only $2,000,000.

Las Animas County, Colorado

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, COLORADO: 21,955 deeded acres east of Trinidad. The terrain is diverse, ranging from scenic live water creek bottoms & gently rolling prairie lands to elevated heavily timbered rugged mesa side slopes. The high country is a haven for wildlife & the year round live water is an added bonus. Structural improvements are modest.

The ranch is watered by approximately 20 miles of waterlines plus exceptional live water in the creeks. Besides being a good cattle ranch, this ranch offers excellent hunting opportunities, including antelope, mule deer, turkey & elk. The owners are motivated & the price has recently been reduced to $365 per acre.

Bailey County, Texas

BAILEY COUNTY, TEXAS: 12,788 acres located in the Western Texas Panhandle. This ranch has 297 acres under circle irrigation, 2,000 acres in CRP & the remainder in native pasture. The terrain varies from fairly level to gently rolling & undulating sand hills country. Additional land is suitable for cultivation. This property offers outstanding mule deer habitat. This operating ranch is realistically priced at $335 per acre.

QUAY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: 32,170 deeded acres plus 6,688 acres of New Mexico State Lease. SOLD! LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: 36,525 deeded acres. SOLD! DEBACA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: 16,159 deeded acres.

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Producers of Quality & Performance Tested Brahman Bulls & Heifers

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This part of the ranch is still in the family.

Bud and his brother Charles were schooled at the ranch by parents or a tutor through the elementary grades. For the secondary grades, they went away to board at Middlesex School, Concord, Maine where their father had gone before them. Bud graduated in 1946. Bud was drafted into the U.S. Army soon after graduation and served for several months before being released. He went Cornell University and graduated from the College of Agriculture in 1951 with a degree in Animal Husbandry and Agricultural Engineering. He returned to New Mexico to work on the ranch. In the 1950s Bud was re-drafted and served near Philadelphia in missile defense during the Cold War. In November 1961 he married Katherine Ann “Kathy” Kitch. They began married life in La Cienega where they welcomed three children. Bud and his friend, Elias Sena, built the original large mill at what became Las Golondrinas Museum. In 1968 the Hagermans moved to the Old Agua Fria Road neighborhood where they have lived ever since. For a number of years Bud owned and operated a large apple orchard and truck farm located west of the Santa Fe airport. This property, known as Las Orillas Ranch, later became the Horse Park. Over the years he served on numerous committees and boards that studied and advised on water including the Metropolitan Water Board 1986 to 1994.

His latest position was as a member from Santa Fe County and the agricultural sector on the Estancia Basin Water Planning Committee. Later in life, Bud developed a passion for salmon fishing in the northern Pacific Ocean which rewarded him with yet another circle of friends. He always grew a magnificent vegetable garden and enjoyed having produce to share. Bud is survived by his wife Kitch Hagerman; daughter, Anne Marie Hagerman Wall; son, Thomas Lowry Hagerman; son, Charles Nathan “Nat” Hagerman (wife, Kathleen Martell); and two grandsons.

Please send In Memoriam announcements to: Caren Cowan, N.M. Stockman, P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, NM 87194, fax: 505/998-6236 or email: caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194.

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Arizona National Livestock Show Honors Pioneer Stockmen he Arizona National Livestock Show and Arizona Pioneer Stockmen Association honored Velma and Leroy Tucker, Roosevelt, Arizona as the 2014 Pioneer Stockmen of the Year. The Tucker’s were honored at the Annual Pioneer Stockmen’s luncheon, December 28 during the 66th Annual Arizona National Livestock Show at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix.

The Pioneer Stockmen Association members are true Arizona pioneers. To be a member of the association you have to be age 75 and older and have been involved in Arizona’s agriculture industry.

Leroy was born July 18, 1928 in Greenback Valley at the Flying Pan Ranch. Velma Lucille was born May 21, 1933 in Globe.

They are parents to three children, Tenna Lucille, Roy Dale and Lee Ann. The Tuckers have been involved in the ranching industry their entire lives. The couple celebrated their 64th anniversary this year.

Leroy and Velma are members of the Gila County Cattle Growers, Arizona Cattle Growers and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Velma joined the Arizona State Cowbelles and helped form the Gila County Cowbelles in 1971. She went through all the chairs for both Gila County and the State, becoming president of Gila in 1976-77 and State Cowbelle president in 1980. While State President she was given a seat on the Board of the Arizona Beef Council. In 1981, Gov Bruce Babbitt appointed her to that Board and she was reappointed by Governors Mofford and Mecham before retiring in 1996. Velma was proud to be appointed to the National Livestock and Meat Board in Chicago where she chaired the Education Committee and the Research Committee. While serving on the board, Velma helped develop the promotions “Where’s the Beef” and “Beef, it’s What’s for Dinner.” Velma was named Cattle Women of the Year by the Arizona State Cowbelles in 2010.

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Excellence in Range Management / Erin and C. R. (Dick) Evans, C Bar Ranch, Silver City The C Bar Ranch is operated by Dick and Erin Evans and is located in the Burro Mountains about 35 miles southwest of Silver City and they have worked tirelessly together to improve the sustainability of their ranch and to restore the Upper Burro Cienaga by: ■ Developing riparian pastures along their private lands in C Bar Canyon which has allowed them to improve management of the ephemeral stream. Willows and other riparian vegetation have become established along the stream channel ■ Developing erosion control projects to slow water flow, minimize channelization of the stream and broaden the flood plain within C Bar Canyon and the Upper Burro Cienega.

■ Establishing plantings of giant sacaton, 4-wing saltbush, and other desirable species within C Bar Canyon and the Upper Burro Cienega. These areas were disturbed before the Evans purchased the C Bar Ranch in 2005. Prior to the plantings the ephemeral stream channel in continued on page 107

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C Bar Ranch had few perennial grasses or desirable shrubs.

■ Helping establish the Upper Burro Cienaega Restoration Association, which is working to improve the health and condition of the cienega that flows within their and two other neighboring ranches.

■ Cooperating with New Mexico State University (NMSU) on a research study designed to evaluate the potential of genetic selection for improving grazing distribution of beef cattle.

■ Working with the NMSU Range Club and give them experience with “hands on” rangeland restoration projects.

■ Providing guest lectures at Range Science classes at NMSU. ■ Acting as mentors for other ranchers who are interested in rangeland restoration and providing demonstration areas for ranches to examine “real life” rangeland restoration projects.

One of Dick and Erin’s goals is to share with other ranchers economically viable practices that can improve the sustainability and condition of rangelands and riparian areas in the southwestern US while at the same time developing registered

Angus seedstock (bulls and replacement heifers) that are adapted to their extensive and rugged rangelands.

The New Mexico Section of the Society for Range Management is pleased to present its Excellence in Range Management Award to the Evan’s and the C Bar Ranch in recognition of efforts in practicing and promoting range conservation and improvement on semiarid rangelands in southeastern New Mexico Rangeland Manager of the Year / Stan Towner, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Datil Stan Towner is the District Conservationist (DC) of the Datil Service Center of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He has accomplished a great deal in the field of range management. During his time with the NRCS, he has created a watershed initiative for ranchers on the San Augustin plains, assisted the Salado SWCD in obtaining three grants for pinion/juniper thinning and removal of salt cedar, and is currently administering 30

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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contracts and 28 Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) contracts. The watershed initiative on the San Augustin plains allows producers there to qualify for EQIP contracts on areas that normally would not qualify, due to ranking criteria that have identified brush invasion as the primary resource concern in New continued on page <None>

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by BARRY DENTON ere I am in Kentucky shoeing some race horses in a large training barn.

The barn was saturated with the acrid smell of burning hooves as I was swedging my own racing plates in those days and burning them on hot. I wonder if that still happens anywhere. The owner wanders in and asks me if we could trim some hooves on his broodmare band.

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never ask his racing blacksmith to trim broodmares. I asked him how many he had and he said four hundred and twelve. At first I thought are you nuts, but the entrepreneur in me took over and I said of course. I had no idea how I would get them done, but I figured I could hire some helpers.

As luck would have it a guy that had helped me in the past gave me a call that very evening looking for work. I told him that he was in luck and could go to work on the broodmares as soon as he got here.

Orvis McCalla was an interesting sort as he had a PhD in some sort of microbiology.

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He was very kind to women and animals, but would fight a man if he looked at him cross eyed.

Orvisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s academic curiosity kept him seeking out new ways to train and handle horses. He was never satisfied with the tried and true methods. According to Orvis there had to be a better way.

Gawani PonyBoy was a popular horse clinician at the time and Orvis attended one of his clinics. One thing about Orvis is he listened and retained information quite easily. After he came home from the horse clinic he could repeat just about everything the clinician had said. He was very anxious to put his newly learned horse training techniques to use.

According to him these methods were developed over thousands of years by Native Americans. I never could quite figure that out as the Native Americans have only had horses since the Spanish arrived in the late 1500s. He was armed with new ways of horse handling and trimming broodmares that would give him a chance to try them out.

Orvis finally arrived in Kentucky and was eager to get right to work. The horse farm provided two men to catch broodmares and a groom to hold them for the trimmer. Keep in mind that broodmares are only handled about four times per year and are turned out on big rolling pastures.

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down with a little encouragement. Right after lunch that day the groom brought up a dark bay mare that stood over seventeen hands. She seemed a little nervous and the groomed warned Orvis about her. The Big Purple Monster, as she was named, had been a stakes winning mare and her progeny were winners as well.

Orvis tried to comfort the mare by talking to her and petting her which was clear she didn’t like. There was no point in trying to pick up her foot at this point because getting near her was impossible as she whirled around the groom. Next Orvis tried rubbing some pressure points he had learned about to calm her down. The Big Purple Monster’s answer to that was to strike him on the arm and destroy his watch with the silver Navajo watch band.

Why he was wearing a watch to trim horses in is beyond me? Wrist watches typically get caught on everything around a horse including manes and tails. Like I said, there was nothing normal or typical about Orvis. He lived in his own world and had his reasons. The groom thought the horse broke his arm, but after a few minutes Orvis went back to work.

All this time I had been shoeing in the training barn about one hundred feet away. Orvis called me over so I could see the best thing he had learned from Gawani PonyBoy. While I was waiting for my groom to bring me another horse I ventured over to see what was so interesting to Orvis. He then walked up to the nervous mare and proceeded to gently blow in her nostril. With the speed of lightning she reared back and with one swoop of her hoof struck Orvis on the top of the head. It cracked like thunder when it hit. I swear it drove him into the ground. All that was left was a smashed black hat. We had to pick up the hat to see if Orvis was still under it.

There he was all crumpled and bleeding, but not moving. We thought perhaps he was dead so someone went to get some water to throw on him. The water did nothing other than get him wet. Finally someone brought a truck around and we loaded him in the back of it. They drove him to the hospital where he still didn’t wake up for a few hours. Around supper time that night Orvis woke up and we were all relieved. You might have guessed that he had quite a headache for about a month and I think he lost an inch in height. After he was awake we all thought it was pretty funny and we made sure he got advance ■ notice of all future horse clinics.

Beefmaster Breeders United Hires Cummins to Staff eefmaster Breeders United (BBU) has announced that Ryan Cummins, Katy, Texas will be serving as the Marketing and Member Service Coordinator for the Beefmaster membership. Cummins will provide assistance to Beefmaster breeders and commercial beef producers throughout the United States. Cummins will provide consultation and farm visit services to members, while also increasing the Beefmaster breed’s exposure in the commercial marketplace. His responsibilities will include providing classification services, managing commercial marketing programs and supporting BBU educational programs that create visibility and demand for Beefmaster cattle.

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A native of Brenham, Texas, Cummins attended Clarendon Junior College receiving an Associates Degree in Science and competed on their award winning livestock judging team. Two years later, Mr. Cummins graduated from Oklahoma State University (OSU) with a Bachelors Degree in Animal Science. He was also a member of the OSU livestock judging team from 20022003. Following his educational roles at OSU, Mr. Cummins attended Sam Houston State University where he earned a Masters Degree in Agriculture.

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Farm Credit Of New Mexico: Community Service Is A Long Held Tradition n the cooperative spirit, being involved is a significant part of Farm Credit of New Mexico’s day to day operations.

Having the benefit of living and doing business in strong and healthy communities, state, and agricultural industry is imperative to the company’s success. We not only advocate that giving monetarily is important, but also giving our time and talent as individuals is vital.

Community involvement is nothing new at Farm Credit of New Mexico; it is a long held tradition. One example of this is Beverly Gabaldon, Chief Financial Officer, she has been actively involved in community service throughout her 30 year career at Farm Credit. As she stated, “volunteering or serving others provides me with so much more than I give to the organizations.” This is not only Beverly’s philosophy but also Farm Credit of New Mexico’s.

What we as a company receive out of the time and money we contribute to the communities and agricultural industry return ten times what is put in.

There are 46 employees who give their time and talents in and outside of work. In fact, this year alone, our employees have spent 4,404 hours volunteering, which is over 550 work days or 110 work weeks spent volunteering. It would take one person working 40 hours a week over 2 years, with no vacation, to put in this many volunteer hours. Employees gave their time to 46 different groups including statewide agriculture groups, groups that work on curing disease and supporting those living with disease, church and faith based groups, helping seniors and homeless, and state and local youth groups including: sports, agriculture, and special needs groups.

As a Company we participate in many philanthropic actives for example, a scholarship endowment at New Mexico State University was established in 2005 with $250,000. The endowment funds a scholarship for Farm Credit of New Mexico members’ children and grandchildren who attend the University. It provides $2,000 annual scholarships. The first scholarship was awarded in the fall 2006. To date 34 scholarships totaling $68,000 have been awarded.

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The larger question is why did Warren say this? It certainly doesn’t jive with Regional Forester Joyner’s letter stating they would “welcome the engagement and assistance” of NMDA and the RITF. At a recent annual meeting conducted

by Warren with an allotment owner and his family, the discussion turned to livestock grazing and other uses of the forest.

Mr. Warren told them “you people need to understand that grazing is not a priority, recreation and hunting is the priority.” I guess that explains a lot, although I don’t believe that is official Forest Service policy nor is it compliant with federal law.

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Mexico. As there is little to no brush on the San Augustin Plains, these producer’s applications would not normally rank high enough to qualify for an EQIP contract.

The creation of this initiative has enhanced the capability of the Datil Service Center to provide assistance to producers in the area. Additionally, Stan strives to involve other land management agencies in the area in order to coordinate conservation efforts on the patchwork of land ownership which comprises the majority of Socorro and Catron counties.

He has also worked extensively with the Alamo Navajo on the development of a Resource Management Plan for Alamo Navajo tribal lands.

The New Mexico Section of the Society for Range Management is pleased to present its Rangeland Manager of the Year Award to Stan Towner in recognition of his efforts and accomplishments in promoting range conservation and improvement on semiarid rangelands in western New ■ Mexico.

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Lincoln County Commissioner Stone is appalled at what he has witnessed during this entire process. “I’ve never worked with a government agency where the employees had such an arrogant attitude as this bunch.” Stone says, “I feel the Mountainair Ranger District, without any second thoughts, should be investigated after seeing how Ranger Lessard and Alan Warren treated the allotment owners.”

The other Commissioners agreed, as they unanimously voted on December 17 to direct their County Attorney “to move forward filing a request for a Congressional investigation of the Mountainair Ranger District.” On Jan. 22, the attorney for Lincoln County filed the request for an investigation.

This whole thing has been an embarrassment to the Forest Service and has caused economic harm to the allotment owners, their families and their local communities.

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 (www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).

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New Mexico State University Animal and Range Sciences Graduates December, 2013 eiloni Begaye of Greasewood Springs, Arizona, majored in range science.

Her career goals are “in Range Science, Outreach and Education, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Range management is my passion so I’d like to make this profession a lifetime career. My education will help with the Native American and Alaskan Native communities by giving back and helping the community with my range management experience and knowledge. I plan to contribute to communities by planting crops, plentiful forage for livestock, have a healthier rangeland that can support not only livestock but wildlife, etc.” Leiloni was an active participant in the Ecological Society of America SEEDS Program, the NMSU Science Alliance Club, Student Conservation Association, and was recipient of the Intertribal Agriculture Council and Wide Ruins Chapter Scholarships.

El Paso, Texas native and animal science major, Rhiannon Brissette plans to become a veterinarian specializing in either large or exotic animals. She was a Crimson Scholar for eight semesters and was named to the Dean’s List.

Animal Science major, Jose Daniel Ceballos is from Casas Grande, Chihuahua, Mexico and hopes to become a successful manager in the feedlot industry and eventually import cattle from Mexico.

He served an internship at OT Feed Yard and Research Center one summer and has an offer from JBS Five Rivers to start as a manager trainee after graduation.

Tabatha Chavez-Cordova was an animal science major from Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Her ultimate career goal is to own and operate an equine sanctuary and rehabilitation center with her husband. She was a member of the NMSU Horseman’s Association.

Becoming a nurse in the ICU at a level one trauma center in El Paso is the career goal of Daniela De Santiago, an animal science major from El Paso, Texas.

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Ashley Gurnea, Las Cruces, New Mexico, plans to work with exotic animals in zoos and wildlife parks. The animal science major was a member of the NMSU Therapeutic Riding Club, Crimson Scholar and named to the Dean’s List while at NMSU. Crimson Scholar and animal science major, Andrea Hamlin from El Paso, Texas, plans to attend graduate school and veterinary school to become a veterinarian or specialized veterinarian technician.

Becoming a mixed animal veterinarian and eventually working with rescues and wildlife is the goal of animal science major, Haley Hays of Albuquerque. Haley was a member of the Pre-Vet Club, Therapeutic Riding Club and Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for women while at NMSU. She minored in chemistry.

Monument, Colorado is the home of range science major, Rebecca Healy who plans to become a range tech for the Bureau of Land Management as well as a personal horse trainer. Rebecca served as Community Service Officer for the NMSU Bass Fishing team.

Jimmie Hughes from Deming, New Mexico, majored in range science and wants to use his degree in a career in Rangeland Management. While at NMSU, Jimmie served as treasurer of the NMSU Range Club and placed second in the Society for Range Management public speaking competition. He was also recipient of the Linebery Policy Center Scholarship.

Tyrel Lilly, Las Cruces, plans to work as a credit analyst for Farm Credit of New Mexico and eventually work his way up to Loan Officer. The animal science major also plans to obtain a Master’s Degree in Agricultural Business within five years.

Tyrel was a NAMA representative, member of the NMSU Rodeo Team, and was named to the Dean’s List. He received a Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award three times, the Dean’s Award of Excellence, and the departmental “Graduate of Distinction” medallion.

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Texas native, Valyncia Mancini, was commissioned into the U.S. Army on December 13, 2013 and plans to become an Army veterinarian. She was a member of the Army ROTC for four and one-half years, serving as Operations Officer for one year.

She attended Airborne School and the Leadership Development and Assessment Course in Washington, D.C. Valyncia was a Crimson Scholar, named to Dean’s List, and received the American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award.

Chelsea Melton, animal science major from Las Cruces, was named “Outstanding Student in Animal and Range Sciences” for the Fall 2013 and received a departmental “Graduate of Distinction” medallion. She served as ACES Ambassador and received an American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award.

She plans a career in the agriculture industry.

Majoring in range science with a minor in livestock production was Audra Lynette Rincon of El Paso, Texas. While at NMSU, she worked in the NMSU Meat Lab and participated in NMSU intramurals and the Animal Science Academic Quadrathlon.

Audra will work for the U.S. Forest Service.

Landschtul, Germany is the home town of Rebecca Rudisill who received her degree in animal science. She plans to attend Airborne and Air Assault School and get credentials as a registered veterinarian technician. Rebecca participated in the Army ROTC and was a Crimson Scholar.

Kari Smith majored in animal science with a minor in chemistry and plans to become a small animal veterinarian specializing in either emergency, critical care or internal medicine. The El Paso, Texas native worked as a full time technician at the Las Cruces Animal Emergency Center and the El Paso Animal Emergency and Referral Center, and volunteered at the El Paso Zoo. Attending veterinary school and becoming a large animal veterinarian are the career goals of Hannah McGranahanThompson from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hannah served as secretary and president of the NMSU Horseman’s Association, ACES Council representative and volunteer of the NMSU Therapeutic Riding Club and was ACES Ambassador for two years.

Hannah received the Dean’s Award of

Excellence and the departmental “Graduate of Distinction” medallion.

Other students graduating Fall 2013 were Kaylin Beeman (AnSc, Carlsbad, NM), Brianna Brandt (AnSc, Albuquerque), Rebecka Courtland (AnSc, Horizon City, TX), Jessica Harder (AnSc, Albuquerque), Gilbert Orosco (AnSc, Las Cruces, NM), Nicole Romine (AnSc, El Paso, TX).

Graduate Students Fatima Al-lataifeh from Jordan, received her Ph.D. in Animal Science (ruminant nutrition) under the guidance of Dr. Clint Löest. Title of her dissertation was “Evaluation of novel feed additives to reduce locoweed toxicity in sheep.” Her career goal is to become a professor in animal science at a university. Fatima was recipient of the Joe D. Wallace endowed graduate scholarship and an Outstanding Graduate Assistantship award from the NMSU Graduate School. She was an active participant in the NMSU Animal and Range Science Graduate Student Association and the American Society of Animal Science.

José D. Caballero of Albuquerque, New Mexico, completed requirements for a Master’s Degree in Animal Science (ruminant nutrition) under the supervision of Dr. Sergio Soto-Navarro. He plans to work in the field of animal research. José was a member of the NMSU Animal and Range Sciences Graduate Student Association and the American Society of Animal Science. His thesis was titled “Effect of Zuprevo as a mass medication of receiving cattle on feedlot performance and health.”

Silver City, New Mexico native, Christopher Shelley earned a Master of Science degree in animal science (ruminant nutrition) working with Dr. Shanna Ivey. Chris has accepted a position with the Colorado Extension Service. He was a member of Gamma Sigma Delta and the NMSU Animal and Range Sciences Graduate Student Association. Chris received first place in the 2013 A. L. Neumann Scientific Paper Competition for Animal Science Graduate Students at NMSU and placed third in the Western Section, American Society of Animal Science Graduate Student Paper competition. Chris’ research involved effect of cobalt supplementation on rumen fermen■ tation and blood metabolites.

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M Major Ranch Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Mason Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Mathers Realty, Inc./Keith Brown . . . . . . . .95 McKenzie Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Merrick’s, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Mesa Feed Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66. 103 Mesilla Valley Commercial Tire . . . . . . . . . .22 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . .94, 99 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 111 Monfette Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Motley Mill & Cube Corporation . . . . . . . . .46 Paul McGillard / Murney Associates . . . . . .98

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