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Dear Fellow Members, ith this year being a short Session for the Legislature, by the time you read this it will nearly be over. While we have hit some home runs in committee meetings, there is still no way to tell how successful we will be in the first step of our mission to ensure that New Mexico State University has the financial ability to meet its’ obligations to our state and our industry as a land grant institution. What I can tell you is that this is a long-term project and that the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) will remain committed to get the job done.

This, like all the other jobs the Association takes on, requires everyone to be involved. Not everyone has the time or extra resources to be an “active” member in NMCGA. But even if you cannot travel to attend meetings, the mere fact that you care enough to belong to the Association that is taking up your cause every day, sends a strong message. We as individual members need to reach out to our friends, neighbors and fellow ranchers to let them know how important it is to have representation at the State Legislature and all the other places where NMCGA represents the range livestock industry, to let them know how much we need their help. That help starts with membership in the Association. There are always opportunities to attend meetings in your home area ranging from Game Commission gatherings to interim legislative committee meetings.

Membership in the NMCGA doesn’t require a lot of money or time. The job can be as large or small as you want to make it — the work is for you and your future generations. Doubling membership isn’t a huge challenge either.

If every NMCGA member would get just one more person to join, we would double our numbers and help the bottom line in no time at all.

With the cooperation of the weather, our Santa Fe Board of Directors Meeting was well attended and the annual Ag Fest Legislative Reception was one of the best ever. The party has moved back to the Sweeny Convention Center so there was more room for booths as well as more people to attend. Plans are already in the works for even greater things next year.

Another great source of pride for all of agriculture is the cohesion and work of the “ag group.” That informal coalition is nearly its 20th year and it has never been more effective. I will have to say that having Jane Frost on hand to cook lunch at least three days a week does ensure that everyone shows up for meetings. And, it is a real pleasure to have Department of Agriculture Director/Secretary Jeff Witte on hand for most meetings.

As we move into the spring, it is time for regional meetings. We have had an offer that is too good to refuse. This year our meetings will expand with corporate partners and local county extension that will provide educational components to the events as well as more time for fellowship. We hope this will be another avenue to reach out to those who don’t yet belong to NMCGA. We have been blessed with better weather than the forecasters predicted and we can pray that this continues into the summer. If you need anything, please don’t hesitate to contact me or the NMCGA office, and I look forward to seeing you down the road. Please mark your calendars now for the Mid Year which will be June 24 through 26 in conjunction with the New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc., the New Mexico CowBelles and, for the first time ever, the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau.

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The Long Road to Recovery for Southwest Cattle Industry

by LOGAN HAWKES / SOUTHWESTFARMPRESS.COM istorically tough times — that’s how some livestock experts are summing up the 2011 Southwest livestock industry.

One of the worst droughts on record has forced many livestock producers to cull herds, turn to out-of-state forage sources, and in many cases scramble for adequate water supplies just to keep their herds alive.

And in spite of rain in late December and January in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, the forecast is calling for extended dry conditions and a long road to recovery, even if substantial rainfall comes this summer season.

“The drought is the last in a series of events that have hurt the industry,” says Dr. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist. “The timing of the drought couldn’t have been worse. But we didn’t get into this predicament overnight, and we’re not going to get out of it quickly either.”

Peel says he expects recovery to take 4 to 5 years before herds can be significantly reestablished, and says a more patient approach will be necessary before the industry can experience expansion and return to pre-drought conditions. But he says some positive improvement could happen as early as later this year and next year depending on a number of developments, including substantial rainfall.

“It is not just a question of adding back beef cows. There are not enough females to support repopulation in one year. Ranchers won’t run out of females, but prices will get high enough to encourage producers to wait to buy them. And one of the greatest challenges we face will be redeveloping forage acreage and inventories. This is not going to happen overnight,” he adds. “Producers should consider a more patient recovery strategy of rebuilding cow herds over a two- to four-year period. This may be beneficial to promote optimal recovery and healing of pastures. It also will fit cattle market conditions better.”

Early estimates indicate Texas may have lost as much as 20 percent of its beef cattle as a result of last year’s drought, and Peel says Oklahoma losses could run that high and possibly more counting yearlings and stocker cows.

“As an industry we have painted ourselves into a corner,” says Texas AgriLife Extension agriculture economist Stan Bevers. “We are battered and bruised by a terrible drought and most livestock producers have reacted as you would expect, selling off cows or moving them — often great distances — to greener pastures, and buying out-of-state hay and forage.”

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overnight, especially considering assessment of losses is an ongoing process.

“How bad is it? No one knows for certain. We estimate some 120,000 cows won’t be marketed in Texas this year as a result of drought-related problems. Herds were culled, many cows moved out-ofstate, including some stocker cattle, and only time will tell how great the impact on the overall industry,” Bevers added.

He says the drought-imposed setback represents a new development in an industry that has been losing ground for some time.

“In 1976 for example, Texas had about 44 million cows. But by 2011 that number had fallen to about 31 million, so the

drought accelerated a trend for smaller inventories, and did so at a time when demand was steady and markets were up,” Bevers said.

Both economists say they remain optimistic that the Southwest cattle industry will recover and that patience and innovation will be key for growers to survive.

Robust strategies need to be developed and a degree of re-education will be required for the growth of the industry in years to come.

Bevers said this year’s drought made it tough to generate profits. However, ranchers have been through droughts before, he says, and the difference now is the additional rising input costs and market volatility. He says coming out of this drought “will require a new level of under-

standing and pencil pushing.”

“For a number of years we have been teaching how to grow the industry in a grain-based environment and now we need to learn how to produce cattle that eat less grain. Already we’re seeing a move in that direction,” Peel said.

Alternative feed and forage including by-product feeds like ‘cotton trash’, orange/citrus peel and pulp, corn distiller’s grain, soy hulls, cottonseed and corn stalks are all viable products being tested for cattle feed and may one day replace conventional grains.

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Federal Lawsuit Targeting Forest Service Alleges Bias Against Hispanic Ranchers group of ranchers and one county said Monday that they are suing the U.S. Forest Service over its decision to limit grazing on historic land grant areas in northern New Mexico.

The group of Hispanic ranchers and Rio Arriba County officials contend the agency is trying to push them from land that has been ranched by their families for centuries. They say at stake is a piece of Hispanic culture and the economic viability of several northern New Mexico communities that depend on access to surrounding lands for everything from grazing to fire wood.

“Without the ability to access and utilize natural resources, our communities are drying up. We’re not economically sustainable. We’re losing our customs and our culture,” said David Sanchez of the Northern New Mexico Stockman’s Association.

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Forest Service spokesman Mark Chavez said the agency had not seen the lawsuit and that he would not be able to comment on the pending litigation.

The feud over the federal government’s management of land grants established at the end of the Mexican-American War through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo has been decades in the making.

The ranchers’ lawsuit chronicles a history in which they say the property rights of Hispanics have been ignored and an institutional bias has been allowed to continue despite the Forest Service’s obligation to accommodate the heirs’ dependency on the land.

They point to a 1972 Forest Service policy that emerged following the raid of the Tierra Amarilla Courthouse in 1967 over unresolved land grant issues. The policy noted the relationship Hispanic residents of northern New Mexico had with the land and declared their culture a resource that must be recognized when setting agency objectives and policies.

After two years of study, the Forest Service released an environmental assessment of grazing alternatives on the Jarita Mesa and Alamosa allotments. One would

have let ranchers maintain their existing herds.

Instead, Trujillo ordered that grazing be reduced by 18 percent. She argued that current grazing levels were unsustainable.

The Forest Service explained in a March 2011 letter to U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, DN.M., that management practices by the ranchers had contributed to overuse of meadows in the two allotments and that fences were either poorly maintained or in disrepair.

The agency also said the allotments had been operating below their permitted numbers of livestock for over a decade.

Even with fewer cattle, the agency argued the allotments wouldn’t be able to recover.

The ranchers maintain Trujillo’s decision was retribution for them speaking out against the Forest Service’s management practices and for requesting that she be transferred.

They have repeatedly voiced their concerns at public meetings and have written letters to New Mexico’s congressional delegation about declining grazing opportunities and access to historic land grant areas.

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In addition to violating their First Amendment rights, the Forest Service has violated its own policies and federal environmental laws, the ranchers contended.

County officials said they are concerned about the loss of grazing fees, half of which are returned by the federal government to help fund local school districts and other public works.

County Commissioner Felipe Martinez also said ranchers help sustain the local economy by purchasing fuel, groceries and other equipment for their cattle operations.

“It all trickles down,” he said. “For us, it’s also about preserving the custom and culture, the language, the religion, everything that helps to identify us as who we are.”

Attorney Ted Trujillo, who is representing the plaintiffs, said the lawsuit is the culmination of a long history of management disputes surrounding northern New Mexico’s land grants.

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New strategies for cattlemen could include concentrating on stocker cattle as they slowly add back beef cows to the heard over the next few years, and the market for feeder cattle is up, another area ranchers may be looking at in an effort to survive the current challenges.

“I remain optimistic that recovery will happen. The only tragic variable would be another stretch of severe drought. If we don’t see rain this spring, we will probably see additional culling of herds by late spring and early summer, and this would be a development that would complicate any hope for a substantial recovery any n time soon,” Peel said.

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Jim & Earlene Ellett New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau Farm Family of the Year

Andy. All were raised in the ranch and now Shane and his wife Jennifer live in Carlsbad and have two daughters, Hanna and Grace, while Amber and her husband Todd live in Michigan and also have two daughters — Taylor and Emily. Andy recently graduated from NMSU and is the NMF&LB Young Farmer and Rancher Vice Chairman. All their children were active in 4-H and FFA and all attended NMSU. In addition to managing the family’s 18-section JB Runyan Ranch, they also own the 48-section Jim Ellett ranch which is 18 miles south of Piñon. On both ranches they run Brangus cross-breed cattle. They used to run sheep as well but due to predator and drought concerns they now focus solely on cattle.

Jim and Earlene have continued their fire-fighting work, in fact Jim was a volunteer fire-fighter for 45 years, serving as chief for 20 years and is currently the Vice Chairman of the Chaves County Fire Board. Earlene remains active in her fire prevention efforts and is currently the Secretary of the Peñasco Fire Department.

Jim is the President of the Peñasco Cattle and Wool Growers and also serves on the board of the Otero County Cattle Growers, while Earlene is a District Representative

s anyone in agriculture knows, this business is a family affair. Children, parents, and in-laws are all pressed into service during planting and harvest, branding and round-up. This year’s farm family of the year runs a ranch that has been in their family for four generations.

The JB Runyan Ranch began when a 14year-old boy headed west on a cattle drive from Missouri. He and his father started in the sheep and cattle business on land that was half way between Alamogordo and Artesia. Now the ranch is operated by the boy’s grandson and his wife — Jim and Earlene Ellet.

Their family started when Jim had returned to the ranch in 1976 after fighting fires with the forest service. Earlene, who was raised in Cloudcroft, also worked for the forest service as a fire prevention officer from 1973 until she retired in 2005.

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The Elletts have been Farm Bureau members for 13 years and Jim serves as Vice President for the Otero County Farm Bureau. At the NMF&LB Annual Meeting in November Jim was elected to the NMF&LB State Board. Earlene is also active in Farm Bureau and is the District III representative for the NMF&LB’s Women’s Leadership Committee. In addition to their many Farm Bureau activities, for the last four years the Elletts have hosted Project Healing Waters at the family ranch. This program is sponsored by the Mesilla Valley Flyfishers who bring out soldiers from Ft. Bliss twice a year to fish.

This provides combat weary soldiers with a peaceful, restorative experience.

It is this kind of hard-working family that exemplifies the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau Farm Family of the Year Award. Congratulations to Jim and Earn lene Ellett.

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Benefits of Unitization Agreements for Private Landowners

by JIM LANE / DIRECTOR / NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME & FISH ust exactly what is unitization? Unitization started out being a cooperative effort between the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF), private landowners and the New Mexico State Lands Office (SLO) to ensure public access and to create larger, more definable areas for hunting, trapping and/or fishing opportunities. Under unitization agreements, hunting, trapping and/or fishing privileges on some state-trust lands have been exchanged for the same privileges on private land. The stipulations or conditions of unitization can vary from property to property based upon the needs of the Department, private landowner, or SLO. In exchange for restricting access to state land, the landowner agrees to allow access to private property strictly for the purpose of hunting, trapping, or fishing.

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1988. The original concept of unitization came about based upon the Department’s desires to maximize hunting Jim Lane, Director and fishNew Mexico Department ing recreof Game & Fish ation consistent with good game management practices on private property. As the program expanded, so did the reasons for unitization, including addressing chronic trespass problems, access to public lands, and the needs of private landowners who wanted more control over ranching operations on state land leases.

Under the Department’s easement with the State Lands Office, agreements can be used to unitize state and private lands for the purpose of setting aside contiguous blocks of land for hunting, trapping or fishing. The agreements also result in

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reducing interference to the private landowner who leases the grazing or other rights on state land.

Private landowners can benefit from unitization agreements in many ways. In those areas where the land status is mixed or checker-boarded, unitization agreements can be used to address problems with trespassing onto private property.

Smaller tracts of state land can be closed to public access while opening up similar acreages of private land creating larger contiguous blocks of legally accessible lands open to public hunting, trapping or fishing. The use of unitization under these circumstances can result in easily definable blocks of land open to hunting which can reduce or eliminate trespass problems.

Along these same lines, unitization can also be used to allow access to public lands that are land-locked by private lands.

Problems arise when people, sometimes unknowingly, cross private land to access large tracts of public lands. Unitization agreements have been successfully used to open private land to allow legal access to larger tracts of public land.

Unitization agreements can also be used to assist private landowners with normal ranching operations on state lease lands. Unitization allows lessees of state land the option of closing to public access certain portions of state land in order to better manage livestock operations on those lands in exchange for opening public hunting opportunities on private land.

This enables the lessee the opportunity to manage livestock on state land without having hunters interfering with those ranch management practices.

There are seven unitization agreements currently in place that allow small game and deer hunting on private land in exchange for closing those same opportunities on state land. Each agreement is renewed on an annual basis between the Department, private landowner, and State Lands Office. Additionally, the Department has expanded opportunities to include Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in the unitization process with an emphasis on deer and barbary sheep hunting opportunities.

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by RICK WINSLOW / NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME & FISH he New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) increased harvest limits of black bear and cougar in 2011 for many areas of New Mexico. Increases were based on a new assessment of available habitat. The Department recognized that previous estimations of bear and cougar population numbers were far too conservative. Management goals remain similar. The Department seeks to maintain bear and cougar populations in most areas of the state at levels sufficient to provide hunting opportunity, maintain stable populations and experience low levels of conflict with humans. In areas with chronic conflicts our goal is to reduce populations to levels sufficient to reduce the conflict.

Black Bear. The Department uses density estimates of known black bear populations in New Mexico from our previous bear study and from studies in other states with similar habitats. These density estimates are applied only to prime bear habitat. While we recognize bears persist in marginal and transitory habitats, by estimating bear populations only in the prime habitat our estimate remains a conservative estimate of New Mexico’s total bear population. This conservative estimate provides a ‘buffer’ or reserve for those years with unusually high harvest rates or where droughts reduce forage. Record numbers of bears were harvested this past fall yet observations indicate populations remain stable. Population estimates are aided by age data collected from the teeth of harvested animals. The Department and the New Mexico Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit are collaborating to initiate an investigation of bear den-

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sity and distribution in the Sangre de Cristo and Sacrament mountains to further our understanding of bears in New Mexico.

Cougar. The Department has recently completed the design of a new cougar habitat model. This map-based model rates estimated habitat quality and potential for different densities of adult animals.

This model predicts an adult lion population approximately two times as large as past predictions. These results align with contemporary analysis by professional cougar biologists throughout western North America which predicts approximately two adult cougars per 100 square kilometers of suitable habitat. In addition, the Department supports several ongoing related studies on cougar population’s statewide using camera traps and the probability of capture (photos) to estimate local population numbers.

Furbearers: Annually, the Department conducts scent post surveys statewide to determine trends in small carnivore populations, including bobcat, fox and coyote.

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by TOM MCDOWELL / LEGISLATIVE LIAISON / N.M. TRAPPERS ASSOCIATION he story of North American wildlife management began early in the last century. It began with hunters, trappers, ranchers and farmers demanding something be done about the dwindling herds and flocks across our nation. Folks from these groups, to one degree or another, lived off the land and saw firsthand the effects that over exploitation was

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having on our wildlife; they set out to fix the problem and did so at their own personal expense. License fees, taxes, sweat equity and numerous volunteer hours were amassed and expended to give us the tremendous wealth of wildlife that all enjoy today.

Fast forward to the 70s: the place, the Tennessee Valley; the villain, the Army Corp of Engineers; the victim, the Snail Darter and the “heroes”, the courts, their officers and the ESA (Endangered Species Act). This event and others of the time, like Cleveland Amory’s production “Guns of Autumn”, ushered in the era of “train

wrecks” for our wildlife. Think not? Just imagine where our wildlife and habitat could be if the millions wasted on meaningless litigation would have been spent for its intended purposes.

Today, so many jump at the ESA as the source of all evil and the lawyers as the devil’s own, that far too often the true engineers of the “wrecks” go unacknowledged. The ESA was intended, by its drafters, to be an educational tool; a beacon on the real value of our wildlife and habitat. It was not envisioned as a club to be used by the agenda driven animal rightist, who today cloak themselves as “conservationist” with group names that sound like they must care about our wildlife and wild places; alas they don’t. These groups have a few things in common: they seek to curtail consumptive use; want families and individuals off of the landscape; want to be the controllers of our values in regard to wildlife, wild places and rural life in America and finally want everyone else to pay for it and for their elitists lifestyles.

It is true that the ESA is in dire need of revision. Some in Congress have seen this truth, have acted and hopefully, with sufficient pressure, will continue to act. The recent delisting of the Gray Wolf across the Northwest and Great Lakes may finally enable these managers to right that “train” and restore balance among both wildlife and rural-life. There is hope that shortly the citizens of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan will once again have the ability to manage their own.

Closer to home, Arizona has followed the lead of Governor Martinez and our Game Commission and said no more wolves. After three decades of stalling and failures it is obvious, to even the most casual observer, that federal oversight / management of local wildlife is the problem not the solution. The experiment to reintroduce “pen raised” habituated wolves is a failure. These creatures, at least in the current environment, won’t revert to their wild ways. So long as there are people living in the area, these wolves will continue to seek handouts in the form of livestock and family pets (for food and sexual companionship). The solution is simple, remove the people and everything will be good; just listen to today’s “conservationist”. Folks it is obvious, our customs and cultures are as archaic as the village blacksmith. We just need to give up and rollover into our new beds in the concrete jungles of the world; I don’t think so! continued on page 25

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Yet another fight is brewing in our backyard; ban the “cruel and barbaric steel jawed leg-hold” (foot-hold) traps from public land. Having failed at pulling the proverbial wool over the eyes of our Game Commission and game managers, the animal rights coalition is focusing its campaign of sophistry and name calling toward the general public, with a clear focus on our legislature. If they are successful, another train wreck for our wildlife and rural-life will follow. In the face of ever expanding human populations balanced management is the only hope for protecting our wildlife; trapping is the most effective, and in many cases, only tool available for the management of many species.

The allegations that foot-hold traps are cruel and that trappers are barbaric may be a useful ploy in the attempt to derail effective wildlife management, however, these allegations are completely false. The groups spreading these myths have never let the truth stand in their way, nevertheless the truth is out there for all to see. It is not possible for a trap to be cruel; traps are inanimate objects and as such have no

capacity for behavior towards another.

Furthermore, humane traps and trapping are governed at the international, national and state levels. Not one but two international standards exist through the ISO process; one relates to humane restraining devices (foot-hold traps, cages and some snares) and the other for traps that kill humanely. At the national level, new era “conservationists” would have you believe that the data collected to bring the United States in compliance with an European Union “Agreed Minute”, which bans fur importation from countries that permit inhumane trapping practices, has been falsified by the Game Departments and Game Commissions of 38 states, The US Department of Agriculture, The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the trappers of New Mexico and the rest of the country; this data must be bogus for it supports modern trapping as a humane and ethical practice. The truth be known, never in history has such scrutiny, testing and actual field study been conducted on traps, trappers and trapping.

Coalitions of animal rightists conveniently ignore the facts that thousands of animals have been captured for experimental tracking purposes, relocations,

reintroductions, protection of endangered species and population control using the foot-hold trap. The widely successful reintroduction of the River Otter across America (including NM) was accomplished by trappers using foot-hold traps. Their beloved Gray Wolves, reintroduced into Yellowstone, were caught by trappers using foot-hold traps, as are the problem Lobos in the Gila. These traps are one in the same as those being used annually across New Mexico to harvest fur and control predators.

Surrounding states which have misguidedly banned traps are frequently lauded as role models for New Mexico.

When have these states revived an endangered species to sustainable levels compatible with hunting? New Mexico has just done this with the Desert Bighorn Sheep.

Desert sheep and trapping you ask; the success of the sheep is directly tied to the trapping of lions by New Mexico trappers who used foot traps. It was New Mexico game managers and our Game Commission that demonstrated the leadership and foresight necessary for this grand accomplishment while true conservation groups continued on page 26

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raised monies to help fund the recovery. I wonder if becoming more like California is really such a good idea.

There are numerous other examples of wildlife “train wrecks” including disease transmission, crippling economic losses to predation and depredation and destruction of our marshes and roadways to name a few. For example, a few years ago we had an incident of rabies in our Gila fox populations. The viral strain originated in Arizona (which has banned trapping) and spread into the healthy population of fox in New Mexico. An outbreak of rabies in one species can lead to ancillary cases of the disease in many mammals, domestic and wild. Luckily, the rabies outbreak was short lived and relatively isolated. Regulated trapping clearly has a role in a variety of management strategies.

September of 2011 The Wildlife Society, a professional group with over 10,000 wildlife biologist and managers as members, released a statement relative to the animal rights position. A portion of the summary follows: The TWS “Support an animal welfare philosophy, which holds that animals can be studied and managed through science-based methods and that

human use of wildlife — including regulated, sustainable hunting, trapping, and lethal control for the benefit of populations, threatened or endangered species, habitats, and human society — is acceptable, provided that individual animals are treated ethically and humanely. “There is a profound conflict between many tenets of animal rights philosophy and the animal welfare philosophy required for effective management and conservation,” says TWS President Tom Ryder. “Established principles and techniques of wildlife population management are deemed unacceptable by the animal rights viewpoint, but are absolutely essential for the management and conservation of healthy wildlife populations and ecosystems in a world dominated by human influences.” I suppose that this group of professionals is also wrong.

With proper balanced management, our wildlife will flourish for all to enjoy and our wild places and rural life styles will remain intact for future generations. It is imperative for the “true” conservationist to join arms in support of our wildlife, managers and Game Commission. To this end the New Mexico Trappers Association has established an annual scholarship to cover the tuition, room and board for a

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his year’s month-long drop of 1.8 million oral doses of rabies vaccines could be the last large operation due to budget cuts and the program’s success.

Next year’s drop of the rabies-fighting drug could be greatly reduced to include only a narrow band of land along the Texas-Mexico border, Express-News medical writer Don Finley reported.

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has been responsible for dropping millions of doses of oral rabies vaccines in little packets smelling of fish to coyotes and foxes across Texas. It has proven quite successful and prompted the federal government in 2004 to declare the canine strain of rabies eliminated from the state, the Express-News reported.

State health officials had hoped to start focusing on skunk rabies next after recording more than 500 cases of skunk rabies during the first 10 months of 2011, but sadly, that effort is now unlikely.

The state’s financial woes have impacted the program. During the last legislative session, budget writers cut the vaccination program by 25 percent to $3 million, which means the area covered by the vaccine drops had to be reduced and expansion of the program is unlikely.

Federal funding for wildlife rabies programs also has been reduced.

It’s easy to forget what prompted these programs when things are going well and they have achieved their intended results.

It has been almost two decades since the high profile death of a 14-year-old Edinburg teenager who is suspected of having been infected with deadly rabies virus by a puppy he had been given that died a few days after it was born.

State officials must bear in mind that although the rabies problems have been eliminated on this side of the border, they persist on the other side of the border. The Express-News noted that two rabid dogs have been reported recently near Laredo in the Mexican state of Nuevo Léon.

The state cannot afford to drop its defenses in the fight against this horrible virus, which is almost always fatal in humans unless it is diagnosed and treated n quickly.

New Mexico Puts the Breaks On River Otters t was nearly 60 years ago on the Gila River. That’s the last time anyone had documented a river otter in New Mexico. A government trapper found the dead animal in a beaver trap he had set. Now, the chance of otters making any kind of a comeback in the upper reaches of the Gila is being put on hold indefinitely by New Mexico wildlife officials, a move that is frustrating conservationists and others who see the sleek mammals as the best hope for preserving endangered fish in the troubled river.

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Stretching from the mountains of southern New Mexico into southeastern Arizona, the Gila is an example of what has happened to rivers throughout the West.

From choking drought conditions and habitat changes to an influx of exotic species, a number of factors have helped push populations of native fish to dangerously low levels.

It’s those endangered fish that the New Mexico Game & Fish Department says it’s worried about. The department contends Arizona wildlife officials and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have expressed similar concerns.

Playful and highly social, otters love to eat fish.

Supporters of the reintroduction program argue the otters’ first choice will be invasive crayfish and larger, slower nonnative fish like bass and carp.

“We’re aware of the arguments — and I agree with a lot of the arguments — that having a species that preys on fish might actually be beneficial to some extent because of the large number of nonnative fish in the Gila,” said Jim Stuart, a biologist with the department’s Conservation Services Division. “But you can’t tell an

otter what to eat, and we do have some populations of listed fish down there that are in pretty bad shape right now. They’re right on the edge.”

The decision to pull the plug on otter reintroduction was spelled out in a threeparagraph letter sent recently by Stuart to members of the New Mexico River Otter Working Group.

Supporters of the program balked at the state’s reasoning, pointing to Utah, Colorado, Arizona and other states that have had success in reintroducing otters, even in rivers that are home to endangered species.

They also say the letter marked the first time that Arizona’s concerns had been documented by New Mexico officials. The working group has had no discussions with Arizona wildlife officials.

More than 30 otters were released into the upper reaches of the Rio Grande between 2008 and 2010 and that population seems to be holding its own. Releases on the Gila were initially planned for 2010 but the program stalled despite a biological opinion on the potential impacts and an intensive monitoring plan.

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by BILL HORN, DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL AFFAIRS / U.S. SPORTSMEN’S ALLIANCE n a controversial new policy, the Obama Administration plans to broaden the reach of the already far reaching federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).

The new policy will make it easier to list more species of fish and wildlife as “endangered or threatened” and more broadly impose the ESA’s many restrictions.

Greater limitations on fishing and hunting, wildlife management, and public land access are a likely result.

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Under the new interpretation, if a species is endangered or threatened in its SPR, it will be listed (and subject to the full range of ESA restrictions) in ALL areas where it is found even if not endangered or threatened in those other areas. The policy admits “we recognize this interpretation may lead to application of the protections of the Act in areas in which a species is not currently endangered or threatened with extinction, and in some circumstances may lead to the expenditure of resources without concomitant conservation benefits.”

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Previously the SPR term had been regarded as a restriction on determining the existence of endangered or threatened species and the geographic scope of related ESA restrictions. In fact, when the original ESA was signed into law in 1973, that was precisely the meaning ascribed to SPR: “the term ‘significant portion of its range’ is used . . . to provide the Secretary with the authority to protect a [fish or wildlife] population [not the whole species] unique to some portion of the country.” The proposed Obama policy turns this intent on its head and recasts SPR as the basis for expanding species listings and the on-theground effect of such listings.

What does this mean to anglers and hunters?

U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is worried that it gives the anti-angling, anti-hunting animal rights lobby more ammunition to attack our community. For example, activists have been pushing hard to put sage grouse on the list of endangered or threatened species. If they can show that the grouse are “threatened” in one area (and it’s a “significant portion of its range”), then all of the grouse could be listed – and made off limits to hunting everywhere. Anglers could face similar restrictions – get a species listed because it is in trouble in one area, then it’s off-limits everywhere because “this interpretation may lead to application of the protections [and restrictions] of the Act in areas in which a species is not currently endangered or threatened.”

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wildlife species are almost guaranteed. The policy opines that “Congressional intent regarding the SPR phrase is unclear” and admits that court rulings interpreting the phrase are also inconsistent. The USFWS and NMFS are plowing ahead to twist and broaden the meaning of this phrase which will spawn litigation, create more costs to taxpayers, and open more opportunities for activists, including activist judges, to call the shots on fish and wildlife management.

We shouldn’t be surprised by this action. Broader federal power, more regulations, hostility to state management of fish and wildlife, and a determination to spend more federal money (even where public benefits aren’t clear) have been hallmarks of the Obama Administration. Reinterpreting the ESA as part of its continuing federal power grab is just par for the course.

USSA has carefully read 20 pages of Federal Register fine print and will be rereading it again to see if there are any other buried regulatory “gotchas.” Public comments can be filed by February 7, 2012, and you can be sure we will be regisn tering our strong opposition.

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by STEWART LILEY / NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME & FISH lk calf recruitment remains at low levels in the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest and Vermejo Park Ranch of northern New Mexico. If the rate of recruitment falls below that necessary to maintain a population, the population declines. Many factors influence recruitment including those that influence pregnancy, abortion and calf mortality. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (Department) initiated an investigation in June of 2009 of factors influencing the survival of elk calves in this area.

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size/condition of their calves. New born calves were captured and fitted with ‘ear tag’ radio transmitters to aid in daily tracking of calf movements. Transmitters were critical to identify a mortality event and lead investigators to the carcass. Examinations of the carcass allowed determination of cause of death in most cases. Preliminary results indicate predation as the leading cause of death and black bears the leading predator. Three years of data provided sufficient information to recommend a change in bear management. As a result of this investigation, the Department increased allowable black bear mortality limits and initiated a spring bear hunt to reduce the black bear densities in this area of New Mexico.

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Ready, Set, Trap US SPORTSMENS ALLIANCE rapping continues to be a hot topic in some regions, and a target for antitrapping organizations everywhere.

The robust fur markets in some regions of the country today are proof that trapping is here to stay for a long, long time. Trapping is definitely an important hobby, outdoors pursuit, and vital tool for wildlife managers.

If you need more reason to get outdoors, or want to improve the odds of survival for some popular and huntable animal species like rabbits, waterfowl, or wild turkeys, then take up trapping.

Traps can also help take and control problem species, like beavers, that inflict millions of dollars of damage to property or crops each year. These damages range from ruined timber, to flooded crops, to holes dug in dikes and dams. Then there’s the growing problem of missing pets — with coyotes being the culprits.

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There’s also the “smelly” issue of skunks. Anyone who has ever had a dog sprayed by a skunk wants trapping of the black and white creatures to begin immediately! It is also a fact that trapping helps prevent rabies and other threats to public health and safety brought on by a sharp rise in furbearer populations.

These include diseases spread by — or contracted by — foxes and raccoons.

There are far more of these nuisance critters out in the fields and forests than the average citizen realizes. All you need to do to get a fractional estimate of the local population is look on and along the highways for road kill animals. You’ll probably see lots of raccoons, some foxes and a few coyotes, and in some places beavers, and the occasional bobcat. Raccoons have become very common in some areas and have caused homeowner problems by raiding bird feeders, trash cans, and pet food dishes.

The good news is that trapping supplies

today are generally inexpensive and so are many resident trapping licenses. Fur prices, however, remain generally low partly because of the weak economy. With high gas prices on top of those, there may be critters and opportunities for you and n for your traps.

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resources to wildlife and wildlife habitat across the entire state. The NMDGF is, working with many of these folks to recognize and reward the good work that they have done through its private landowner programs. Under our new director Jim Lane, the department is building on this fledgling private land program to offer increasingly more avenues for private landowners, farmers, and ranchers to collaborate with the department. Participants receive program benefits and incentives when they include wildlife as a part of their farm and ranch management plans.

Currently the private land program under the Wildlife Management Division (WMD) provides for hunting opportunity allocations to landowners who participate in our Private Lands Use Systems (PLUS) for elk and pronghorn antelope hunting, EPLUS and A-PLUS. These programs recognize the contribution of private land to elk and antelope. For the continued use of these lands by elk and pronghorn antelope private property, owners are given authorization numbers to be used for the purchase of hunting licenses for these species.

The participating landowner indicates to the Department that they wish to allow pronghorn antelope and elk to use their lands as habitat in return for an allocation of hunting opportunity. E-PLUS and APLUS are acreage-based programs. The Department does not regulate deer hunting on private land in most of the state’s game management units to a certain number per ranch, rather it allows the landowner, rancher, or farmer to decide the level of deer hunting that could occur on their private lands. Because many of the participants tirelessly work to improve the productivity of their properties on a daily basis, many of those improvements also improve wildlife habitat on the property.

The Department has built into each of the PLUS programs and designed the Private Land Deer Incentive program to provide incentives for those folks willing to make changes to their operations to include wildlife as a resource to diversify their farm and ranch income. Incentives include additional hunting opportunities, developing quality hunting programs, or special hunts during specific times of the year on the private lands of the farm or ranch.

WMD’s private land programs section staff is also responsible for overseeing our hunter access program, Open Gate. This program is designed to pay landowners to

lease access on or through their private property for hunting, trapping, and fishing activities. The Department leases access on farms and ranches for youth deer hunting, dove, turkey, and quail hunting activities. This program also has built-in payment incentives to those property owners who engage the Department in habitat improvement by paying a little more per acre of leased land to offset the habitat improvement costs. The Open Gate program also includes landowners interested in lending right of way access during the hunting season for access to public land or state trust lands that may not have any other legal means of public access. The Open Gate program pays landowners interested in agreeing to a right of way a per-acre rate based on the number of acres the right of way may open to hunter access. The beauty of the Open Gate program is it is not an all-or-nothing program but works with each property owner to determine the type and level of access sportsmen can have based on the negotiations of the lease. Rules are then established and posted, and access can be limited to walk-in only or full vehicle access to designated roads. The Open Gate program is highly dependent on the good experiences of its participants and stresses this to the sportsmen who use these properties the importance of following the established rules for the properties.

To build on these incentive ideas, WMD’s private land programs section is expanding to provide additional resources to working with all landowners who deal with all types of wildlife on their land daily.

The private land programs section is developing cost-share programs and technical guidance using private land specialists to aid in the improvement of farming and ranching operations that have a wildlife

benefit to them. Improvements may be the design and implementation of grazing systems, or looking at ways to improve farming and ranching practices that include wildlife as a part of the operation. Suggested improvements will not be limited only to big game species, or threatened and endangered species, but focus specifically on wildlife habitat improvement to benefit all types of wildlife that reside and depend on the habitat of the farm or ranch. Private land biologists work directly with the landowner to help design and implement wildlife habitat-improvement practices into existing farming and ranching operations to benefit both the agricultural production, as well as the enterprise’s ability to provide quality wildlife habitat. Private land specialists employed by NMDGF are to find funding to aid in cost sharing of wildlife habitat improvement on participating farms and ranches, as well as helping to design conservation plans that raise the agricultural operation to rank higher when applying for USDA farm bill programs.

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their property from wildlife. NMDGF employs the best-available science and coops with the agriculture industry, university cooperative extension service, and state and federal agriculture departments forming partnership programs to examine ways of offsetting costs related to wildlifeuse damage. Thereby positioning an enterprise where wildlife can co-exist on the property without overstaying its welcome.

Recognizing that almost half of New Mexico is privately owned and that most of these lands are being used to feed the country and the world, is important to the Department in preserving farming and ranching as a viable industry in New Mexico. Large farms and ranches are critical to wildlife and wildlife habitat because they provide large expanses of open space necessary for wildlife’s survival. The Department is committed to helping maintain families staying on the farm and continuing to provide benefits for wildlife habitat through continued habitat improvements allby the hard work and land management values fostered by the generations of farmers and ranchers of New Mexico.

If you are interested in learning more about the Department of Game and Fish private land programs, please contact Cal Baca, Private Land Programs Manager, at 505/476-8044 or by email at: calm.baca@state.nm.us. We would be willing to visit your operation, discuss the potential of including or improving your management of the wildlife habitat on your farm or ranch, and look for ways to help pay for it.

As always, help support New Mexico’s wildlife — buy a hunting, fishing, or trapper license and give to the Share with n Wildlife Program.

Your Property & the Business of Wildlife

by BOB KING / SANTA FE GUIDING COMPANY LLC ew Mexico farms and ranches provide the diverse habitats and space required by wildlife.

Professional guiding and outfitting companies provide “hands off” management accepting all the liability while bringing additional income to farm and ranch budgets.

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sharing partnerships with land owners desiring long-term perpetual income revolving around wildlife by habitat improvement projects, marketing and management of the properties natural resources by my company.

From the plains of southeastern New Mexico, rugged desert lands in the Southwest, high country of the north and the farms along the banks of the Rio Grande, the goal has been the same: Shared profits revolving around the wildlife that already inhabits our lands by professionally managed operations.

New Mexico’s farms and ranches with wildlife including but not limited to: mule deer, pronghorn antelope, elk, Barbary sheep, turkey, quail and even varmints are highly valued by guiding companies and their client hunters. However, income is not limited to just these game animals and hunting. I have also seen excellent returns generated by fishing, bird watching tours, wildlife viewing opportunities and other outdoor activities and special events on private properties. Farm and ranch properties of all sizes and in all locations with wildlife can provide value.

Guiding and outfitting companies bring value to land owners and their properties with habitat programs, marketing and management.

Possible habitat improvements are usually the last item on my agenda when I go into business with a new property. It takes time to get to know what the property can produce and how it attracts wildlife. I have seen high dollar river restorations that wash out with a high spring runoff, and zero-cost quail cover, feed and water enhancements that have exploded the population doubling the season’s business and everything in between. What nature provides and cyclical weather patterns determines overall game populations health and numbers in the long run.

Habitat enhancements can work to concentrate game and sometimes to increase game therefore adding value to the property.

Marketing is a huge value brought by companies to the land owner. Companies with strong marketing programs can keep the business flowing even in the recent weak economy we have experienced.

Companies use close contacts and mass media to get the word out with magazine articles, TV shows, trade shows throughout the target market and most recently social media to keep our programs in the forefront of clients’ thoughts and dreams.

It takes a steady stream of new clients from

concentrated marketing efforts to keep the business growing and rolling season after season for increased shared profits.

Management is the key to long-term success in the Business of Wildlife. The object of the business is to bring income into the operation at no cost, financial or physical, to the property.

Companies first manage the operation for the land owner to their desires and direction with specific rules of engagement set forth by the property management. Rules of the property that include access, gates, pastures, fields, usage of roads and facilities and possibly many other factors to be considered and always taken into account when designing a recreational program by the company on a specific property. Rules of engagement can be as numerous and unique as the land owners and properties encountered.

After establishing property rules, then the company is free to make management decisions that increase the value of the program over the long-term partnership.

Harvest and client numbers are two of the most important management decisions to be made. Knowing that everyone is looking to maximize the income generated it is imperative to control the numbers. More is not always better as with grazing and banking grass in the cattle business. Good management looks at the future as much as the immediate. Management decisions as per the direction of a program in quality with less access or more access and high numbers are all very important factors to be considered and need to be tailored to the company’s marketing abilities, clients economic situation, productivity of the land and wishes of the land owner.

The highest and often overlooked values a company brings to a property is the “hands off” factor. No longer does the property have to take calls from access seeking parties, find the next client, drag the dudes up the mountain or wonder if a gate was closed or left open.

Companies also bring protection to the property with company/client contracts, releases of liability and commercial insurance policies issued to the property.

A guiding and outfitting company with the right attributes brings all the thoughtfulness, labor, experience, marketing and management required for long-term income earning programs with the Business of Wildlife to your property.

Bob King has spent the last 18 years in the business of guiding, outfitting, and wildlife management in northern New Mexico.

The Wild Life of Ranchers With Wildlife

by GERALD CHACON, ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO ost days I really enjoy seeing the wildlife on the ranch and farmlands our family owns and manages.

Mule deer, elk, turkey, bear, birds of prey, water fowl, songbirds and many other creatures that share the habitat the land provides.

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The sale of landowner tags has helped to offset the direct costs of wildlife management on the ranch. There are many problems, or should I say, opportunities that we ranchers must consider when determining whether a step in the direction of commercial hunting is the place to go. For example, selling elk landowner tags for the unit-wide or ranch-only option. Unit-wide are easier to market because the hunter may hunt on the vast areas of federal land in our unit.

Ranch-only tags may provide more dollars per tag, however these tags may lead you to provide other amenities such as accommodations, guiding, horses and

meals. All of these can provide more income, but may be beyond your time and patience to deal with.

Recently we have sold our tags to outfitters with the ranch-only hunt option.

This has required a little more work on our part. We make sure the outfitters are properly licensed, registered, insured and have references from other ranches and hunters who have dealt with them.

Regardless of “hold harmless clauses” in a contract, you still will be open for liability lawsuits. Make sure your insurance covers any commercial hunting you decide to undertake.

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hunter and wildlife organizations to the table with our group, but it is in our plan to invite them.

Recent efforts to remove or restrict ranchers and others access to land with travel management rules, buyouts, conservation area, wilderness and wilderness study designations, will be detrimental to wildlife, particularly in the arid intermountain West. These lands need workers with access to the land to support all the demands society places on it for food, fuel, recreation, water and wildlife. The only workers that are on that land day in and day out are ranchers. Land management agencies and conservation groups could not possibly manage with the financial resources available to them, not to mention what human resources that would be required.

Ranchers, hunters, conservation groups and the agencies need to work more collaboratively to enhance our resource and avoid conflicts that inevitably come from working on the same issues and land but never talking to each other.

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the Internet helps. Expect lots of phone calls from hunters searching for the best price and for information on how good the hunting is on your ranch or unit. There are several individuals buying tags to turn around and sell for a profit. You may choose to take advantage of their services or market your tags through your own higher level marketing plan.

I feel strongly that in our area we can do a much better job of dealing with wildlife and livestock interactions. There may be a win/win for hunters, ranchers, wildlife and the agencies. The ranchers in our area have initiated a landscape-scale project covering over 200,000 acres to improve our situation. We hope to better manage the land resource through brush control, forest thinning, aspen regeneration, controlled burns, water development and other practices to optimize our land resource for both wildlife and livestock.

The rancher and interagency approach will hopefully improve communication between all the players and help to compensate more equitably ranchers who to date have paid dearly for the benefit they provide to wildlife and hunters with little or no assistance. Thus far we have not had

Gerald Chacon is a multi-generation family rancher from northern New Mexico who ranches on private, State, U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands. He recently retired from leadership within New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service.

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by ROD SMITH / FEEDSTUFFS ight groups representing livestock and poultry producers have urged Congress to reject the agreement on hen housing reached by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the United Egg Producers (UEP).

In a letter to House Agriculture Committee chair Frank Lucas (R OK) and ranking member Rep. Collin Peterson (D MN), the groups said the agreement would impose “costly and unnecessary animal rights mandates” on the U.S. egg industry.

The groups said the agreement’s prescriptive nature would ensure that “Congress will be in the egg business for years to come” by requiring all egg producers to adopt specific hen housing standards.

The agreement calls for egg producers to transition from conventional cage housing — in which 95 percent of all eggs are produced today — to “enriched” colony cages by 2029, with the transition enforced by federal legislation in the form of an amendment to the U.S. Egg Products Inspection Act. The amendment is to be jointly sought by HSUS and UEP. In the letter, the eight groups said implementation would cost the egg industry nearly $10 billion, and the added costs would mean fewer jobs.

They also said the agreement would increase prices and limit choice for consumers.

They said legislatively mandated standards would be “an unconscionable federal overreach,” especially at a time when Congress needs to “unshackle” the economy from government regulations. Moreover, they said, “our gravest concern” is that the legislation would be a precedent that “could leach into all corners of animal farming.”

They noted that the European Union’s experience with an industry-wide transition from conventional cages to colonies has caused decreased production and higher production costs and has “cost consumers and farmers alike.”

The letter was signed by the Egg Farmers of America, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union, American Sheep Industry Assn., National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn., National Milk Producers’ Federation, National Pork Producers’ Council and National Turkey Federation.

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The Powderhorn CowBelles of De Baca and Guadalupe counties, met on January 10. Courtesy cards were sent to Vickie Evans, Judy Byrd, Lib Cortese on the occasion of her 91st birthday and the family of Geri Huston who had passed away. Powderhorn sent a donation to the Pat Nowlin Memorial Fund in Geri’s memory. A thank you card for a donation was received from Dina Reitzel of the New Mexico Beef Council. Carol Thorpe presented the proposed 2012 budget which included the addition of a third scholarship. Powderhorn will be awarding three $500 scholarships. The third one will be open to anyone in either county. Powderhorn will be hosting the New Mexico CowBelles District IV meeting on March 22. The committee for the meeting is Dorie Tucker, Chair, Sandra

any of us have had a very busy beginning of 2012. Ag. Fest, held January 24, was a success and we all owe Sharon a big “Thank You” for a job well done. New Mexico CowBelles had a booth and gave out samples of beef jerky made with New Mexico Beef! What a great way to promote our product and our state.

The ANCW Annual Meeting in Nashville was packed with information from committee meetings to President’s Council to education workshops. New Mexico CowBelles were well represented and we all participated, learned, and enjoyed our time together. Now we are looking forward to sharing all that we have learned with the rest of you during our District Workshops. Plan to attend the workshop in your area so you can gather new ideas and share your success stories for beef promotion and education. All the officers are looking forward to this year’s workshops and our time with you.

The 2012 New Mexico Legislature will wrap up on February 16, but before it does the Roundhouse Feed will take place on Valentine’s Day, February 14. Another opportunity to promote the benefits of BEEF in a well-balanced diet and remind our legislators what agriculture does for the state.

Don’t forget that your nominations for NMCB Man of the Year are due by March 15. Put on your thinking caps and nominate a man in your area deserving of this award. This can be any man in your community that has helped to promote the goals of New Mexico CowBelles, so think outside the box. We need to recognize those who are always there when we need them and being nominated for this award is a way to do that.

I hope all of you are getting some of the winter moisture that I am enjoying.

Muddy paw prints are the order of the day and I, for one, am very happy to see them.

It has been so long I had almost forgotten how they can make you smile. I pray that this is the beginning of a very good year for all with lots of green for spring and summer to follow. Nothing is better than see-

March 15 – NMCB Man of the Year Nominations due to Committee Chair March 18 – Executive Board Meeting in Roswell March 19 – District IV Workshop in Roswell (Host – Berrendo) March 20 – District III Workshop in Silver City (Host – Copper) March 21 – District I Workshop in Corona (Host – Crown) March 22 – District II Workshop in Ft. Sumner (Host – Powderhorn)

McKenna, Ellen Vaughan and Joan Key. They will present plans at the February meeting. Dorie Tucker has been elected to the De Baca Chamber of Commerce Board and is looking forward to helping with their plans to celebrate the New Mexico Centennial of statehood. President Key named her committees for 2012. Program plans, locations of meetings and hostesses were discussed and tentatively agreed upon and door prizes were drawn. President Key presented Sandra McKenna with continued on page 36

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a gift certificate at the Bosque Redondo gift shop as a token of appreciation for her service as president of Powderhorn for two years. The meeting adjourned. Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary The Chuckwagon CowBelles met at the Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair on January 10, 2012 with 21 members and two guests present. Toni Barrow called the meeting to order and welcomed guests Joy Wrye and Cheryl Meares. Toni Barrow announced that dues are due. She then introduced Joy Wrye,the guest speaker. Joy took a trip to China with some students from her daughter’s class at Texas Tech. They started in Shang-Hi and worked their way across and around a good portion of the country. She showed interesting photographs of modern as well as primitive Chinese culture. She found the Terracotta Warriors to be the highlight of her trip.

They were discovered in 1974 by a farmer who was digging a well and unearthed them. Joy shared jewelry and artifacts she bought while she was there. After lunch, “Judge” Cindy Robison and “Bailiff” Lyn Greene found Toni Barrow, Carolyn

Chance, Babbi Baker and Vera Gibson guilty of various crimes against CowBelles.

The crimes were varied but included such heinous acts as “being caught with a basket-load of frozen chicken in the checkout line at the Belen Wal-Mart”, “dining out on multiple occasions at Red Lobster”, and “eating at Landry’s when Texas Land and Cattle is just right across the freeway.”

Clearly this kind of overt treason had to be severely punished, so in an attempt to make an example of these rebels, Judge Cindy sentenced each of them to two years of hard labor performing the duties of the Chuckwagon CowBelles’ officers. With the stoic faces of hardened criminals, they each accepted their punishment: Toni Barrow will break rocks in the President’s position, Carolyn Chance will join the chain gang in the Vice-President’s spot, Babbi Baker will make license plates in the Secretary’s post and Vera Gibson will join the highway clean-up crew as Treasurer. It was witnessed by all present in the Chuckwagon courtroom that justice had indeed been served and it was each person’s hope that these wayward CowBelles had learned their lesson! (It was such FUN, thanks to Cindy and Lyn – you both ROCK!) There was discussion about the February meet-

ing and program at the Shaffer. There was discussion about the membership book update that will be distributed at February’s meeting. Toni Barrow adjourned the meeting at 1:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker Lariat CowBelles January News 2012 With seven members present, the Lariat CowBelles met at The Wild Horse Grill on Wednesday, January 11. The New Mexico Livestock Board is holding a design contest for the cover of the 2012 Brand Book. The winner will have their drawing on the cover of the book. The runner up will be on the inside cover. This is open for ages 6-12.

The design must represent the branding tradition in cattle or sheep. A photo of the applicant must be submitted with the drawing. Deadline for submission is May 1, 2012. Kay Stanley sent a note to Lariats saying she is unable to continue as a Lariat CowBelle, but expressed her pleasure in being a Lariat and getting to know the members. A picture was given to Bill Brockman who is in poor health. A thank you note was received from Violet Brockman. From the Courtesy Committee, Georgia Kimsey’s son is enjoying some improved health. The 2012 committee continued on page 37

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signup sheet was circulated. Five States Roundup was discussed with a potential date of Wednesday, September 26, being selected. The District Workshop will be held March 22 at Fort Sumner. Powderhorn CowBelles will be hostess. Applications for the Pat Nowlin Scholarship must be in by April 15. This is open to any CowBelle or child of a CowBelle.The Budget Committee met, January 16. Deadline for Man of the Year nominations is March 15.

Upcoming programs for Lariat meetings were discussed. Owaissa Heimann gave a program on Beef Muscle Mania. She discussed the change from the food pyramid to My Plate. Chuck and round parts of beef are being used now for lean steaks. Flat Iron, Tender and Ranch steaks have risen in consumption which increases cattle industry value by $40-50/head. The leaner steaks are not as tender and are improved with marinade. A good marinade must contain an acid ingredient (such as lemon juice, yogurt, flavored vinegar or wine) or a natural tenderizing enzyme (found in papaya, ginger, pineapple or fig). Rubs add flavor to beef, but do not tenderize. Aging beef develops flavor and tenderness. Consumers should read the label on the meat package. It tells where the meat is from and what cut it is. Lariat members were given a folder with handouts and pamphlets on beef nutrition, cuts of beef, and recipes.

There are magazines related to beef available for subscription, such as Working Ranch, Drover’s Magazine, and Beef Magazine. They have interesting articles and recipes. The next regular meeting of Lariat CowBelles will be at the Wild Horse Grill on Wednesday, February 8. Respectfully submitted, Marianne Rose Reporter The January 5th meeting of the Chamiza Cowbelles was called to order by President Gloria Petersen with 16 people present, three of whom were guests.

Under old business, it was reported that more beef license plates needed to be ordered and 30 shoe boxes were donated to needy children by Cowbelles’ donations.

This year, there were enough boxes for all the children. Nadyne reported the Rotary Club and Moose Lodge gave Christmas gifts to 500 local children, including 160 homeless children in the area. Jean mentioned she would like to purchase the half of beef that is not used for the raffle, if able to obtain an entire beef for the next raffle.

Gloria suggested Jean contact the Beef Council for a list of ranchers who will sell

beef directly to the consumer, in case the group can’t provide the beef. For new business, Gloria explained instructions for volunteer sheets. These are to be filled out by each member and turned in to the secretary by November 1, 2012. The only eligible activities must be directly related to Cowbelles. Tommie wasn’t able to attend this meeting, but she sent along a list of prior members who have not as yet paid their dues, and requested help in contacting these people. Jane’s friend, Helen Plummer, a massage therapist, gave a short run-down on the benefits and cost of therapy. Meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m. followed by a delicious potluck lunch.

Submitted by Cathy Pierce The Otero CowBelles met at the Wok Inn in Alamogordo, Jan. 5. There were 17 members present and two guests, Brad Juhlin and Evelyn Castro. President Debi Rupe commended the group for all of the volunteer hours and miles they traveled in 2011.

Shirley Trezise was treated to a nice birthday cake as she was celebrating her 86th birthday that day. Shirley has been a faithful, generous member for many years and we all appreciate her. Patty Posey and Estelle Bond have made plans to attend the Region VI meeting in Hawaii in May. Nancy Cookson has volunteered her con-

ference room at her office for the CowBelles to stuff BEEF bags which will be distributed at the local health fairs in the near future. We hope to reach between 2,000 and 3,000 students and parents. Otero CowBelle yearbooks should be ready for distribution at the February meeting which will be held at The Sunset Run Restaurant. Teresa VanWinkle will present a program on cancer prevention, innovations and cures at that meeting. Teresa and her husband, Larry, are both nurses and have worked many years making the public aware of everything concerning cancer.

Teresa is the CAPPED CEO and works unstintingly on this project. President Rupe has ordered 3,000 of the NBCO brochures for us to distribute at fairs, grocery stores and anywhere we feel that they will be well received. It is OKAY to EAT BEEF! Submitted by: Barbara Wagner, sec. Otero CowBelles At the January 16 meeting of the Frisco Cowbelles plans for the coming year were discussed. Members were encouraged to attend the District Meeting in March and were asked to sign up at or by the February meeting. Marge gave an industry report which included: Info that the Extension continued on page 39

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Then there is the management of our National Forests. The Southwest may still be suffering drought impacts this spring which could bring another severe fire season. So far, Otero County is the only New Mexico government entity with a plan to address it. And the mismanagement of our National Forest watersheds will magnify the water concerns in the region. Most of New Mexico depends on stream flows or groundwater aquifer recharge from forest watersheds. Thick stands of trees prevent healthy watershed function for either purpose.

President Obama also has withdrawn approval for the Keystone pipeline project that would bring Canadian oil to refineries in the US. After expressing support for the project he capitulated to environmentalists and denied approval last year. Now he says the approval deadline House Republicans tried to enforce legislatively didn’t allow enough time to evaluate the environmental impacts. If there are legitimate environmental concerns with the pipeline that is one thing but it is obvious that this is just a cynical attempt to use the pipeline to appease environmentalists in an election year.

Secretary Salazar has been back home in the San Luis Valley of Colorado several times during the last year. On most of those trips he has been laying the groundwork for a new National monument or National Historic sites in the San Luis Valley. The Department of Interior has studied a 3.26 million acre area that extends south into northern New Mexico. According to Salazar he wants to preserve areas of historical significance to the Hispanic heritage of the area. The real irony is that the land use restrictions with these designations will eventually limit if not prohibit traditional uses of these lands by the local people many of whom share the Hispanic heritage he wants to recognize.

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Southern New Mexico is still under threat of wilderness designation along the border that would open smuggling corridors into New Mexico similar to those in Arizona.

The Environmental Protection Administration is forging ahead with emissions regulations in the form of fuel economy standards. After the man-made global warming hoax was exposed, congress took a pass on Cap and Trade legislation in a rare episode of bipartisan agreement.

Despite congressional sentiment to stop regulation in the name of global warming (now reincarnated as climate change) the EPA is forging ahead anyway. Although this federal action is not state specific it will have a negative economic impact on all the western states not only as oil producers but also fuel consumers.

Then of course there are always the Endangered Species Act concerns. Wolves are a growing problem. The delisting of Northern wolves is under assault in the courts. And wolves are expanding into Oregon with the resultant predation on livestock and big game. Mexican wolves continue to cause the same problems in New Mexico and Arizona. Arizona recently withdrew support for more releases pending completion of wolf studies although they are still supporting the program. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has withdrawn from the effort but has not tried to stop it either.

In addition to predation of livestock and big game populations, pen-raised Mexican wolves and their progeny are more likely to be accustomed to people and pose a threat to local residents. In December a collared female wolf was shot after terrorizing a young ranch family in the Gila. It is really unbelievable that wolf advocates can still support this insanity.

The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard listing is currently on hold and likely in trouble due to the lack of real science to support it.

However it is still not dead and the threat will continue as long as the ESA is law.

These are just a few of the many western environmental issues that states could act on. Federal agencies go through the motions of soliciting local input but there are rarely any real changes made to a federal initiative due to local concerns unless state or local authorities put some effort into it. There are legal grounds to question federal management authority in most of these cases. But there is no question that the western states have not been treated

the same as their eastern neighbors when it comes to natural resource/federal land issues.

The founding fathers wrote the constitution to prevent a strong federal government from subjugating the people. But on federal land use issues that has happened to the western states anyway.

The New Mexico Legislative session started January 17. Now during this centennial year would be a great time for our elected leaders to get together and do something positive for New Mexico by standing up to federal agencies against senseless regulation and exerting some authority over natural resource management.

This year the legislature will be dealing with budget bills and other things the Governor wants to consider. One of the state spending issues that concerns federal land livestock producers is the funding of the Range Improvement Task Force at New Mexico State University. The Task Force is an interdisciplinary team of scientists who specialize in areas that are important to grazing and livestock production. As University budgets have come under pressure the Task Force has been targeted for cuts in positions. While the federal agencies seem bent on increasing their control over

natural resource use and support for environmental activism there is a greater need for independent scientific data to defend New Mexico’s interests. Now is not the time to be decreasing support for one of the most valuable assets we have in that area. Our legislators need to understand the value of support for the Task Force to the state and its citizens.

While we’re on the subject of the Task Force, congratulations to Nick Ashcroft, long time Task Force member and this year’s recipient of the New Mexico Federal Lands Council’s “Bud’s Contract Award”.

Nick has been a mainstay with the Task Force for the last 15 years. During that time he has been instrumental in gathering and analyzing data to help further the cause of federal land grazing and responsible use of range resources. There are many federal land grazing operations that might not be in existence today if it were not for the work of Nick and the rest of the Task Force.

Even though weather forecasters still predict the rest of the winter and spring to be dry, most of the state had some welcome moisture at the end of the year.

Even if it’s not enough for a good spring yet, it’s a start. Let’s pray for more and for n God’s blessing on us all.

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New Mexico Society for Range Management Announces Range Stewardship Awards he New Mexico Section of the Society for Range Management (nmrangelands.org) presented its outstanding range management and stewardship awards during the Society’s annual meeting in January in Soccoro.

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“Excellence in Range Management,” Clavel Family Ranch, Roy, N.M.

Nestled among the piñon/juniper and cedar tree mesas and the short grass plains of northeast New Mexico, five generations of Clavels have raised top commercial and registered Hereford and Angus suited to an increasingly arid climate. Although cattle pay the bills, there would be no cattle without the land. According to Joe Clavel, “We do a variety of things here to try and keep the land healthy and sustainable. Number one, we try to ranch for the long haul, not just for the year. We know we are not going to get much rain, so we plan accordingly.

Our philosophy is to stock very conservatively, yet not leave cattle in one place too long during the growing season.

The Clavel’s practice rotational grazing, deferred grazing, and dormant season

grazing. According to grandson [and Harding County Agent] Blair, “There is a place for all types of management. On a portion of the country, we have practiced a rotational grazing system since the 80s utilizing 11 different pastures. We also do a lot of dormant season grazing where pastures are rested in the summer and only grazed in the winter. We also try to only graze riparian areas during winter dormancy and get off of it in the summer. This is good for both the country and the wildlife. We might flash graze a portion of a riparian area to knock down the cattails, but then we get right back off of it. We also try to move cattle to take advantage of seasonal grasses like cool season annuals, or to keep undesirables that are only in certain areas controlled via grazing. All management regimes have limitations when you do not get moisture during the growing season. Mother Nature dictates what you do. Without her help, management can only go so far.”

The Clavel’s strive to take care of their family, the cattle, and the land. Second generation patriarch Jodie Clavel sums it up, “You have to take care of the land and you have to take care of the cattle.” The fifth generation is now living and working to keep things together on the original

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homestead where the family plot bears this weathered inscription, “Self-denial, perseverance, hard work and courage led to the founding of this ranch. It was passed on as a sacred trust to their sons in hopes that the same qualities would insure its continued prosperity”.

“Excellence in Range Management” West Potrillos Grassland Restoration Project, Las Cruces District, BLM

The West Potrillos Grassland Restoration Project is an ambitious, landscape scale to restore productive native grasslands, improve watershed health, and enhance wildlife habitat on over 26,000 acres in southern New Mexico. Under the umbrella of Restore New Mexico, the leadership of the Bureau of Land Management’s Las Cruces District Office, and with the critical support and active cooperation of multiple partners and stakeholders, including the Williams’ Family Ranch, New Mexico Quail Inc., NM Wilderness Alliance, NM Department Game & Fish, NM Association of Conservation Districts, NM State Land Office, USDA Jornada Experimental Range, and the Doña Ana Soils and Water Conservation District, this originally planned for three years project was completed within one year.

The project involved treating 26,300 acres of creosote invaded grasslands with pelleted herbicide with the objective to returning plant composition, distribution, and abundance to within the natural range of variability for the ecological sites that occur within the project area. Paired monitoring plots were established and continue to be read on the treated area in consultation, coordination, and cooperation with the USDA Agriculture Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range (Jornada ARS) and BLM. In addition to vegetative responses, grassland bird and small mammal responses are being monitored via a partnership with Jornada ARS. Information gathered by researchers will also be utilized to develop a K-12 science education module using the Chihuahuan Desert Grassland restoration theme. Livestock permitee Dudley Williams facilitated treatment of all three phases by adjusting his management to allow for the required growing season post-treatment deferment for three years following treatment in all three pastures.

“Rangeland Innovator of the Year” Arnold Sarracino, Paguate, NM,

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in addressing the management challenges posed by large numbers of feral horses on Native American rangelands. A leading rancher with the Bell Rock Livestock Association on the Pueblo of Laguna, Arnold has worked with the Natural Resource Conservation Service to develop cross fences and to improve their water distribution system. In addition, Arnold and his brother Donald build corrals, repair springs, and complete many other range management projects. When there is a problem on the Unit, folks call Arnold.

One of the key problems was that the 50,000 acre Bell Rock Unit had a herd of over 100 head of feral and trespass horses.

The horses were eating the forage and drinking the water needed for authorized livestock and valuable wildlife such as elk, often displacing cattle from watering points and monopolizing hauled-in water.

Arnold formed a team of fellow ranchers known as “The Pacers” to carefully gather these horses and selling them to meet their expenses. Utilizing long-standing Laguna traditions of herding and stockmanship, the Pacers have to date managed to trap and safely remove over 500 horses from the Laguna reservation wide. The result was a problem solved at no expense to the Pueblo or the ranching associations.

Considering that the BLM budgets upwards of $1,000/animal for gathering “wild horses” on the public lands, this is a notable achievement. At a time when other organizations with excess horse problems are waiting for large taxpayer subsidies, Arnold’s actions demonstrate that if they have innovation and stockmanship skills, they may not need to wait. The ranges have responded to the relief from excess animals with improvement which has been critical in the current drought.

throughout his tenure in New Mexico. tion on New Mexico’s rangelands. For Dennis’s commitment to providing tech- example Dennis hosted conservation leadnical assistance to ranchers was reflected ers in the state to look at issues and stratein many ways. He had a strong commit- gies for lesser prairie chicken conservation. ment to maintaining the technical capac- As a result an Agency Technical Team was ity of NRCS employees to incorporate the formed to look at ways to maintain sustainbest science while providing technical ability of ranching in the prairie chicken assistance. He worked hard to develop area while providing for the conservation partnerships to build capacity to provide of the species. This resulted in interagency technical assistance to ranchers, Dennis coordination of the best science and suprealized that in order to maintain the tech- port in the update of NRCS standards and n specifications to meet both goals. nical capacity and integrity of the NRCS to provide technical assistance to ranchers in New Mexico he had to maintain a strong and active internal and external training program. He always made sure the NRCS training budget supported agency training needs. Under his direction and support NRCS conducted workshops on ecological site description development, rangeland health, prescribed burning, range inventory, conservation planning, wildlife management and range monitoring His commitment to technical integrity and the use of best science continued in addressing threatened and endangered species conserva- Clavel family receiving the SRM Excellence In Range Management Award.

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That ad is brought to you by the Latino Sustainability Institute (LSI), a new group that states that its mission is: “to promote conservation policies across New Mexico among Latinos; to educate and engage Latinos in conservation policies, issues and values; to build relationships across organizations with conservation groups and Latino organizations; and to support Latino land and water-based organizations and communities and other Latinos working on broad conversation issues.”

According to the group’s president, Albuquerque-based Arturo Sandoval, on a KUNM radio program in October, one of the purposes of the group is to demonstrate that Hispanics are concerned with more than jobs and the economy. The other officers are Jim Baca, Vice President and Michelle Otero, Secretary/Treasurer.

There is also an Advisory Board comprised of 16 individuals from Silver City to Chimayo. However half of them are from the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area.

Along with Project New America Latino, LSI’s first public project was the Hispanic Conservation Values New Mexico Statewide Survey published in September 2011. The survey of 600 Hispanic registered voters in New Mexico was done by the Washington, D.C. based firm Gerstein / Bocian / Agne Strategies. The firm is also employed by Congressman Martin Heinrich who is now running for the U.S. Senate, the National Education Association, State Senator Eric Griego who is now running for Heinrich’s congressional seat, Forest Ethics and many others.

The survey overview states that 500 of the interviews were conducted statewide with an additional 100 interviews in the third congressional district and the data was “weighted to reflect the overall distribution of Hispanic registered voters statewide,” whatever that means. The survey claims some pretty startling results for those of us who have worked on the ground for decades and those with cen-

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Like anything else, the answer to a question is dependent upon how the question is asked. Who wouldn’t be concerned about drought and water scarcity or increased risk of forest fires and damage to watersheds?

Digging just a bit deeper uncovers the real agenda of the group and the survey.

The survey finds that there is “broad support of designating new national monuments.” Here is how the question was prepped and asked: “As you may know, National Monuments are similar to national parks. This designation provides protection from development to public lands, such as White Sands, Bandelier, Gila Cliff Dwellings, and El Morro. Federal law

allows the President to designate new national monuments on public land already owned by the federal government.

This would allow continued public use for recreation, including hunting and fishing, but prohibit new oil drilling, mining and other forms of development. Do you favor or oppose the President designating additional public lands as National Monuments in New Mexico?”

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forest fires have ensured there will be no fishing any time soon on the one that would allow that use. Broken down by voter registration, 64 percent of the Democrats supported additional designa-

About the time Crystal put a cleaned up big sister in the car she felt the presence of something watching her.

She turned to see another wolf not 20 yards from her. tions, while 59 percent of Independents and 45 percent of Republicans felt the same way.

On the subject of grazing, the interviewers read: (Some/Other) people say that these [grazing] regulations are important in order to protect public land, water, and wildlife from overuse that makes it less productive. Our public land and water are part of our community’s cultural traditions, and we need to leave it in better shape for our children than we found it.

(Some/Other) people say being able to control our public land and make a living off of it is part of our cultural tradition.

The government needs to stop trying to tell us what we can do with our public land, water and wildlife. It’s our land and we have the right to use it. Having heard these statements do you favor or oppose regulations that place limits on how much cattle grazing can be done on public lands in order to protect the land from overuse?

To this lopsided question, 61 percent of those asked favored more regulation. I don’t know of anyone who has ever espoused that any land, federal, state or private should be “overused.” Only 31 percent of the respondents were involved in farming or ranching or had a family member that was. Yet supposedly 56 percent of those involved in farming or ranching support more federal regulation.

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filed in mid January against the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) by ranchers and Rio Arriba County for cuts in grazing numbers.

This disparity begs the question, who was surveyed? Over half, 55 percent, of the respondents were women. Only 39 percent of those surveyed were connected to social media and 56 percent of them considered themselves “liberal” or “moderate.”

A good portion of the survey was aimed at the oil and gas industry, asking for more money from the Land & Water Conservation Fund. The primary source of income to the fund “is fees paid by oil and gas companies drilling offshore in waters owned by the American people.” Another question addressed the need to stop tax breaks for oil and gas companies. The survey was clearly the basis for the current ad campaign, which is one of many running on YouTube at least right now.

The LSI page has a place for comments on the New Mexico commercial. At press time there were only three, two in support and this one: “This is so blatantly politicalbiased and a total lie. Too bad the Latino Sustainability folks are wasting the dollars we have contributed for resource protection on TV adds that are completely false.”

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lars they are talking about.

The “star” of the commercial is Kent Salazar, past president of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, short term Richardson appointee on the New Mexico State Game Commission, and recently appointed by President Obama to the Valles Calderas Preserve Board of Trustees.

Close encounters

While some across the nation continue to howl for Mexican wolf reintroduction in someone else’s back yard because “society said so,” one young New Mexican mother has had her fill for a lifetime. In mid December Crystal Diamond came home from a trip with her two little girls to find a wolf literally in the yard. After a terrifying night with the wolf looking in the window of the house, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) did what they had promised and lethally removed the wolf before someone got hurt.

One would think that this encounter would be enough for a lifetime. Unfortunately for Crystal, not so much. In late January she was on the way to town when one of the girls got car sick. Crystal pulled over to clean up the child. Little sister was none too happy that she had to remain in the car in her car-seat and proceeded to get pretty fussy.

About the time Crystal put a cleaned up big sister in the car she felt the presence of something watching her. She turned to see another wolf not 20 yards from her. She closed the child in the car, jumped into the driver’s seat and snapped several photos of the animal standing there watching her.

One can feel empathy for all involved.

This wolf has been spotted many times hanging around local small communities and clearly is looking for company. How long do we make animals and people suffer?

Word is that the FWS is using food aversion therapy to cause the wolves to dislike the taste of beef. That’s all well and good, but what about horses, dogs, cats and others falling prey to the wolves?

Livestock depredation is a huge concern when it comes to wolves, but it is only a part of a complicated mess that looks like it is trending to something worse rather than better.

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published in the Federal Register in early February, bringing the agency one step closer to a new rule. The initial Notice of Intent was published in December 2009.

After receiving and considering 300,000 comments on the draft environmental impact statement and proposed rule, the Forest Service developed Modified Alternative A as the preferred alternative.

While there has been an opportunity to review the new rule, but there was a telephonic press conference with Secretary Tom Vilsack and others regarding the rule.

The words range or grazing were never mentioned but recreation, watershed, and restoration were used often. One speaker said the rule places a “high priority on recreation” citing it as the “central consideration” in developing forest plans.

Highlights of the preferred alternative include: n Plans must include components that seek to restore and maintain forests and grasslands. n Plans would include requirements to maintain or restore watersheds, water resources, water quality including clean drinking water, and the ecological integrity of riparian areas. n Plans would be required to provide habitat for plant and animal diversity and species conservation. These requirements are intended to keep common native species common, contribute to the recovery of threatened and endangered species, conserve proposed and candidate species, and protect species of conservation concern. n Plans would provide for multiple uses, including outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, wildlife and fish. n Plans would be required to provide opportunities for sustainable recreation, and to take into account opportunities to connect people with nature. n Opportunities for public involvement and collaboration would be required throughout all stages of the planning process. The preferred alternative would provide opportunities for Tribal consultation and coordination with state and local governments and other federal agencies, and includes requirements for outreach to traditionally underrepresented communities. n Plans require the use of the best available scientific information to inform the planning process and documentation of how science was used in the plan. n The planning framework provides a more efficient and adaptive process for

land management planning, allowing the Forest Service to respond to changing conditions.

The Under Secretary of Agriculture will review the alternatives in the PEIS and issue a final rule and record of decision approximately 30 days after publication.

There USFS says there will be several opportunities to contribute to the planning process once a final rule is issued.

Directives will be developed to provide more specific direction on how to consistently implement the new rule, and the public will have an opportunity to comment on the directives before they’re finalized. Forests and grasslands will soon begin revising and amending their plans under the new rule and there will be opportunities to be involved throughout those processes, the agency says.

Then there is the stuff you just don’t know what to think about.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, animal-rights activists are taking responsibility for an arson fire that destroyed 14 cattle trucks at the sprawling Harris Ranch in the San Joaquin Valley off Interstate 5 in early January.

The fire broke out at the feed lot truckstorage facility at the ranch about 3:45

a.m. Sunday, said Fresno County sheriff's Deputy Chris Curtice. In an email sent to the media, the North American Animal Liberation Press Office said it had received

Animal-rights activists are taking responsibility for an arson fire that destroyed 14 cattle trucks at the sprawling Harris Ranch in the San Joaquin Valley ... an anonymous message from someone with specific details about the fire at the Coalinga ranch, one of the largest farming operations in the San Joaquin Valley.

“We were extremely pleased to see all 14 trucks ‘were a total loss,’” the message said. “We’re not delusional enough to believe that this action will shut down the Harris feeding company, let alone have any effect on factory farming as a whole,” the email said. “But we maintain that this type of action still has worth, if not solely for the participant’s peace of mind, then to show that despite guards, a constant worker presence and razor wire fence, the enemy is still vulnerable.

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A Yahoo! News article highlighted the top five most “useless” college majors . . . with agriculture coming in the top spot, followed by animal science (#4), and horticulture (#5).

As Sara Hubbard blogged on meatingplace.com, agriculture is much more than a college major or career. It is a way of life that impacts millions upon millions of people around the globe every time they sit down for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Food production will remain a key component of our nation’s future success. We need to show young people from all walks of life the opportunities and benefits of pursuing a career in the industry. College-level agriculture classes often introduce suburban or urban students to the realities and opportunities of farming – an important chance to increase the number and diversity of future farmers. And the research conducted by many agricultural universin ties is anything but useless.

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Vilsack Announces Disaster Assistance to Producers & Communities in 33 States & Puerto Rico n mid January U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a package of disaster assistance to help farmers, land owners, communities and others recover and rebuild after a year in which a wave of natural disasters swept across all regions of the United States. The funding, totaling $308 million, provides financial and technical assistance to help rebuild and repair land damaged on account of flooding, drought, tornadoes and other natural disasters in 33 states and Puerto Rico. Funding is provided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) as well as the Farm Service Agency’s Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP).

“Landowners, individuals and communities have endured incredible hardships because of the intensity and volume of natural disasters that have impacted their livelihoods,” said Vilsack. “America’s farmers and rural communities are vitally important to our nation’s economy, producing the food, feed, fiber and fuel that continue to help us grow. This funding will help to rebuild communities, while states can use the funds to carry out emergency recovery measures. At the same time, this assistance keeps farmers on the farm, ranchers on the ranch, and landowners on their land, helping to keep American agriculture profitable.”

The Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) will contribute $215.7 million to provide financial and technical assistance to address public safety and restoration efforts on private, public and tribal lands.

When funding is allocated to a project, NRCS contracts the heavy construction work to local contractors, spurring creation of jobs. Typical projects funded under EWP include removing debris from waterways, protecting eroded stream banks, reseeding damaged areas, and in some cases, purchasing floodplain easements on eligible land. A list of states and their fiscal year 2012 EWP Program allocations can be viewed at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/ main/national/programs/landscape/ewpp.

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The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) program will contribute $80 million to producers to help remove debris from farmland, restore livestock fences and conservation structures, provide water for livestock during periods of severe drought, and grade and shape farmland damaged by a natural disaster. FSA county committees determine eligibility based on on-site inspections of damaged land and considering the type and extent of damage. For land to be eligible, the natural disaster must create new conservation problems.

The Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) program will provide $12 million in payments to eligible owners of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land in order to carry out emergency measures to restore land damaged by a natural disaster.

A list of states and their fiscal year 2012 ECP and EFRP allocations can be viewed athttp://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_F ile/20120108_ecp_efrp_table.pdf.

USDA works with state and local governments and private landowners to conserve and protect our nation’s natural resources — helping preserve our land and clean our air and water. During the past two years, USDA's conservation agencies — NRCS, FSA and the U.S. Forest Service — have delivered technical assistance and implemented restoration practices on public and private lands. At the same time, USDA is working to better target conservation investments to embrace locally driven conservation and entering partnerships that focus on large, landscape-scale conservation.

A strong farm safety net is important to sustain the success of American agriculture. To help keep American agriculture profitable, USDA immediately responds to disasters across the country, ranging from record floods, droughts and tropical storms, with direct support, disaster assistance, technical assistance, and access to credit. For example, USDA’s crop insurance program insures 264 million acres, 1.14 million policies, and $110 billion worth of liability on about 500,000 farms. Over the past 3 years, USDA has paid out about $17.2 billion in crop insurance indemnities to more than 325,000 farmers who lost crops due to natural disasters. And in response to tighter financial markets, USDA has expanded the availability of farm credit, helping struggling farmers refinance loans.

In the past three years, USDA provided 103,000 loans to family farmers totaling $14.6 billion. Over 50 percent of the loans went to beginning and socially disadvann taged farmers and ranchers.

Farmers Warned: We’re All One Regulation Away from Jail or Bankruptcy

by AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION armers need to commit their time, energy, money and best thinking if they want to stop the proliferation of federal regulations that threaten their businesses, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said recently at the American Farm Bureau Federation 93rd Annual Meeting.“This isn’t academic folks,” said Reed Rubinstein, senior counsel for the Chamber of Commerce. “When the federal government exercises its authority, it can send you to jail. We are all one regulation away from being out of business.”

Most of the“hyper regulation” currently affecting farmers stems from expansion of environmental law, he said, but new health care regulations and financial reform will add to their regulatory burden in the next five to 10 years.

Increasingly, the Environmental Protection Agency is emphasizing ecological sustainability of agriculture in its regulatory programs, based on what it says are public concerns, Rubinstein said. “Transla-

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tion: ‘You need somebody to tell you how to run your business because you’re not doing it in the right way,” he said. “But who’s going to decide what ‘sustainable’ means?”

EPA also is having internal discussions about moving away from place-based regulations supported by science to a holistic approach, which includes concern for social issues in writing regulations, he said.

Farmers need to get engaged in these issues, Rubinstein said, and comment on proposed regulations at every level of government.

Hyper regulation is also a state and local issue, he emphasized. Farmers need to be willing to serve on federal and local advisory panels that draft and review regulations, and file lawsuits if necessary.

“If you’re not in there punching, you don’t have a chance,” he said.

In addition to responding, farmers and ranchers need to be proactive in addressing issues, he said. “We all want clean water, clean air,” he said. “We need to ask, ‘how do we work together to achieve it’” in a way that doesn’t handicap farmers’ ability to grow food.

Rubinstein also encouraged farmers and ranchers to support legislation that

would regulate how EPA settles lawsuits filed against it. Often environmental groups sue the agency to advance their agenda and EPA settles the lawsuits in a manner that establishes the regulatory control the groups wanted. Farmers can find coalition partners in other groups that feel as strongly as they do about private property rights, he suggested.

There also is value in publicizing excessive regulations, Rubinstein said, such as EPA’s plan to regulate spilled milk under the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures program. The agency backed off when the plan was brought to the attention of the general public.

“Sunshine is a great disinfectant when it comes to government actions,” he said. n

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Grau Reappointed to Cattlemen’s Beef Board esley Grau, Grady, was appointed to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, the national board that administers the Beef Checkoff program, by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in late December.

This will be the second three-year term for the Grady rancher, who was elected Chairman of the Board in August, 2011.

“The Beef Checkoff, which funds beef promotion and research and fuels the market for our product, is crucial to our industry,” said Rex Wilson, New Mexico Cattle Growers Association President, Carrizozo.

“We are fortunate to have Wesley helping direct those funds. He is a rancher and farmer, understands both the commercial and registered sides of the cattle business, and has experience on the political front.

We couldn’t have a better person representing our interests.”

Grau and his family raise Charolais cattle in eastern New Mexico. He is an active member and past president of the NMCGA, and was named Cattleman of the Year by the Association in 2009. He is a former member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, past president of the New Mexico Beef Cattle Performance Association, member of the American International Charolais Association and NCBA, and past president of the New Mexico Wheat Growers’ Association. He and his wife have three children and five grandchildren.

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Recent appointees to the 103-member board representing cattle producers include: Leo C. Sutterfield, Jr., Ark.; Phyllis K. Snyder, Colo.; Sarah K. Childs, Fla.; Kimberly Brackett, Idaho; Stacy M. McClintock and Perry L. Owens, Kansas; Daniel C. Smith, Kentucky; Leon Kreisler, Missouri; Lyle V. Peterson and Linda M. Nielsen, Montana; Douglas A. Temme and Sherry A. Vinton, Nebraska; Wesley L. Grau, New Mexico; Patrick L. Becker, North Dakota; Terry L. Wyatt and Barbara A. Jacques, Oklahoma; Joyce A. Bupp, Pennsylvania; Gerald R. Sharp, South Dakota; Ted A. Greidanus, Southwest Unit; Richard A. Winter, Paul H. Looney, Jr., G. Hughes Abell, Lavina G. Sartwell, and Thomas R. Alger, Texas; and Frank H. Maxey, Jr., Virginia.

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Germany to Seek EU Animal Welfare Label On Meat MINISTER CALLS FOR EU ACTION • Work still needed on definition • Farmers group says consumers will pay more

ermany will press the European Union to introduce a label on meat saying it came from humanely raised farm animals, German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner said on recently.

The move would be part of a new German government program to improve farm animal welfare, she said.

“Transparency changes buying behaviour and then the production processes and manufacturing processes,” she said at the opening of the Green Week food trade fair in Berlin.

An EU-wide label on meat to show consumers that the animal was reared humanely should be introduced, she said.

“This will make it possible for consumers to recognise products which were produced using a very high level of animal welfare,” she said.

It would not be practical for Germany to make such a move alone, she said.

Farm animal welfare is part of a charter for agriculture and consumers setting out a series of medium- and long-term goals for German farm policy announced by Aigner.

The charter said the amount of space farm animals receive and their freedom of movement were key factors for animal welfare.

Practices such as castrating piglets without painkillers was not compatible with animal welfare, it said.

The actual definition of humanelyreared still needs considerable research, said a report from a ministry working group preparing the charter.

Consumers must be ready to pay more for meat with such labels, German farmer’s association DBV said.

“Consumers will have to change their understanding of prices,” said Heinrich Graf von Bassewitz, DBV spokesman for organic farming.

“Consumers who complain about socalled factory farming have pushed forward this form of agriculture though their purchases of cheap foods and their extreme price-consciousness.”

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Governor takes on Humane Society THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ebraska Governor Dave Heineman criticized a well-known animal advocacy group in mid December, saying he would fight any efforts by its lobbyists to push legislation that could hinder Nebraska’s agricultural industry.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) opened an office in Omaha last year. A group spokesman has said the new office and state issues director in Nebraska were intended to help small farmers gain access to markets traditionally dominated by larger operations.

But Heineman, a Republican, said he did not trust the group’s intentions.

“I don’t think there’s any question the Humane Society of the United States is interested in a very left-leaning political agenda,” Heineman told reporters in a conference call.

He added: “If they want to come to Nebraska, we’re going to fight them every step of the way.”

Some rural lawmakers and agriculture groups have voiced concern that the Humane Society of the United States may try to push for stricter livestock regulations or a statewide animal-welfare ballot initiative. The group has introduced 44 ballot issues nationwide since 1990, including a successful effort in Missouri last year to place limits on puppy mills.

The Humane Society of the United States met with the Nebraska Farmers Union over the weekend to discuss their agricultural interests.

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Maxwell said the group has 11 million members nationwide, including 51,000 in Nebraska.

Heineman made the comments in response to a question about a $100,000 state grant that Attorney General Jon Bruning awarded to a new farming coalition, We Support Agriculture. The coalition was created to highlight the positive aspects of farming.

Some Democratic lawmakers have said they have no problems with the group, but questioned whether it was appropriate to award state money from an environmental fund. The money comes from settlements with state regulators over environmental n violations.

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The low market share of these forms of energy speaks to the fact that the necessary technology for efficient implementation does not yet exist, and that advocates are essentially swimming against the market current, says Benjamin Zycher, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. n Renewable electricity generation from all non-hydroelectric sources was only 3.6 percent of total U.S. generation in 2010. n Despite this small energy share, nonhydroelectric production received 53.5 percent of all federal financial support for the electric power. n Wind power alone, providing 2.3 percent of generation, received 42 percent of such support.

Wind and solar renewable energy have failed to take off despite government support because they face substantial market impediments. First, their energy production is relatively concentrated and requires as a result large amounts of land per unit of energy. n A wind farm with a theoretical generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and a generous generation capacity of 35 percent would require 144,000-192,000 acres. n The land requirement problem for solar thermal facilities is of sufficient importance because most analyses assume a maximum generation capacity of 50-100 MW, which, conservatively, would require approximately 1,250 acres. n In contrast, a 1,000 MW gas-fired plant requires about 10-15 acres; conventional coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants have capacity factors of 85-90 percent.

Wind and solar energy also face a broader geographic challenge. Because they’re located primarily in the Midwest and the Southwest, respectively, they are far from the coasts where most electricity is consumed. This creates significant transmission costs. One survey of 40 transmission studies for wind projects conducted from 2001 to 2008 finds a median transmission cost of $15 per megawatt hour.

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by BILL MEARS, CNN SUPREME COURT PRODUCER state law mandating “humane treatment” of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned recently by the Supreme Court.

At issue was whether federal regulations dealing with inspection of domesticated animals about to be killed, processed, and sold for human consumption preempted — or nullified — California Penal Code 599f.

Several justices had earlier noted the good intentions behind the state action, but all now agreed that it went too far into the traditional federal arena.

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“The Federal Meat Inspection Act regulates slaughterhouses’ handling and treatment of non-ambulatory pigs from the moment of their delivery through the end of the meat production process,” wrote Justice Elena Kagan. “California’s (law) endeavors to regulate the same thing, at the same time, in the same place — except by imposing different requirements. The FMIA expressly preempts such a state law.”

That state law became effective in 2009, following shocking undercover video released by the Humane Society. Slaughterhouse workers in San Bernardino County outside Los Angeles were shown dragging, prodding and bulldozing weak, “non-ambulatory” cows into slaughter pens. Water from hoses was used on some cattle lying on their sides, to force them to their feet.

Penal Code 599f would require meat processors to immediately remove downed animals and “humanely” euthanize them.

And the sale, purchase or shipment of such animals would be criminally prohibited.

The long-standing Federal Meat Inspection Act also requires animals lying down to be removed, but gives discretion to federal inspectors to determine whether the livestock can recover sufficiently and become fit for slaughter and human consumption. That law expressly prohibits any state regulation “in addition to or different from” the federal requirements. It includes cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.

The Supreme Court has long ruled that interstate commerce is under federal jurisdiction, trumping any state efforts to regulate it.

The current case was brought by a meat trade group on behalf of pig farmers in California. The Obama administration sided with pork producers, a move criticized by a number of animal rights groups.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco last year had ruled in favor of the state law, labeling as “hogwash” an earlier judge’s decision that favored the industry.

The law’s enforcement has been put on hold pending the Supreme Court’s decision, now in legal support of the industry.

Animal defenders blasted the high court’s ruling, and urged the federal government to step up its enforcement and monitoring of slaughterhouses.

“This is a deeply troubling decision, preventing a wide range of actions by the states to protect animals and consumers from reckless practices by the meat industry, including the mishandling and slaughter of animals too sick or injured to walk,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. “The fact is, Congress and the USDA have been in the grip of the agribusiness lobby for decades, and that’s why our federal animal handling and food safety laws are so anemic. California tried to protect its citizens and the animals at slaughterhouses from acute and extreme abuses, but its effort was cannibalized by the federal government.”

Pork producers in their legal brief estimated that about 3 percent of swine are non-ambulatory when they arrive at the slaughterhouse. Most of the downed beasts, they say, are merely overheated, fatigued or stubborn, and most are soon back on their feet. Animal rights activists challenge that assertion.

The meat industry argued being forced to immediately euthanize all downed animals would hurt its ability to detect and fight one particularly virulent disease: foot-and-mouth, which is highly contagious. The industry says federal inspection is preferred, since pre-slaughter inspections of sick animals are required. The state law would mandate immediate killing and disposal of the lying-down livestock.

California — backed by animal rights groups — also contended the two laws were compatible, allowing local conditions to be addressed and ensuring that moral and humane conditions would be part of meat processing rules.

The case is National Meat Association v. n Harris (10-224).

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These forms of energy face additional market obstacles as well, such as challenges to industry-wide economies of scale and inconsistent production. For these reasons, the total market has not embraced wind and solar.

Source: Benjamin Zycher, “Wind and Solar Power, Part I: Uncooperative Reality,” American Enterprise Institute January 17, 2012.

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New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers

Perfecto Padilla & the Lost Dupont Mine t is a tale of greed, betrayal, murder, and a startling miscarriage of justice, and perhaps the treasure in a lost gold mine.

As Arthur L. Campa1 told the story in 1963, F. D. Thompson and Harris Dupont met in an El Paso, Texas, saloon in 1879 and soon agreed to begin a joint effort to prospect for gold in the remote reaches of New Mexico. They first visited the Organ Mountains east of Las Cruces where they discovered nothing but remnants of earlier prospecting efforts. They traveled on west to Magdalena where they tried again, and were again unsuccessful. They journeyed north to Albuquerque and then on to Bernalillo where they heard good reports of “color” in the Gallinas Mountains near Cuba in what is now northwest Sandoval County.2 By the time they arrived there, they were broke, but fortunately they were able to find work in an operating mine near Copper City, three or so miles from Cuba.3 As they labored and saved money, they were able to explore the area around San Pedro Peak looking for likely places to prospect and at last Dupont located such a place. He and Thompson agreed to work the claim on equal shares and soon gave up their jobs, equipped themselves and set about working their mine. It was a success.

At the end of every week, Dupont would hike to a nearby town and trade their gold dust for gold coins, and each week he would give Thompson a twenty dollar gold piece.

For a time, Thompson was happy with the arrangement. After all, twenty dollars a week was a considerable increase over the dollar per day he’d been earning at the copper mine. But then he became curious about where Dupont went every Saturday evening after his return from town when he disappeared for several hours. Thompson soon followed his partner and learned that Dupont had been cheating him and hiding many gold coins in hole in the ground among some scrub oaks.

One day soon afterwards, in 1884, while Dupont held a drill as Thompson pounded it, Thompson decided that he would settle the matter and with one swing of the heavy sledge hammer, he killed Dupont by crushing his skull. He was immediately sorry for what he’d done, and he didn’t know what to do next. After a few days, he hid Dupont’s body in some brush along a

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trail and he camouflaged the mine opening. He filled his pockets with all the gold he could carry, and left the rest in its original cache. Thompson returned to Texas.

This might have concluded the matter.

Thompson might have disappeared without a trace, but conscience is an odd thing.

So is greed. By his own account, Thompson returned to the Cuba area in 1900, but he could find neither the mine nor the stash of gold coins. He was able to learn that a sheepherder named Perfecto Padilla had been hanged for the murder of Harris Dupont upon the evidence that he had sold Dupont’s watch. This so distressed Thompson that he sought redemption for his soul by writing an account of the entire affair, including his own culpability; a document he gave to an Alameda priest with the comment, “I’m glad to get this off my chest!”

F. D. Thompson then disappeared from notice, official or otherwise.

But what of Perfecto Padilla and his unfortunate demise?

Former New Mexico State Historian Robert J. Tórrez took up Padilla’s case in 2008.4 While Professor Campo used Thompson’s confession as his primary source, Tórrez had the advantage of using official documents to describe events of the day, and there are striking differences. For one thing, the murder victim’s name was William Vipond, not Harris Dupont. (One must wonder if Thompson deliberately misrepresented facts in his “confession.”)

For another, there were more than two men in the prospecting party including “. . . Bernard J. McGinnis, William Feyerheim, and several others . . .” They prospected along the Rio Gallina (as opposed to the Gallinas Mountains). Vipond disappeared from the prospecting camp in 1894 (not 1884) and a body believed to be his was found in October of that year with the skull “crushed in on one side.” That at least is consistent with Thompson’s version except that the suspected weapon found nearby was a “prospector’s pick” not a sledge hammer. In spite of all this, it seems safe to assume that the two accounts describe the same crime.

Perfecto Padilla became a suspect when two of Vipond’s partners, McGinnis and Feyerheim, alleged that the sheepherder was found to be “driving” Vipond’s burros.

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averred that they were simply walking in the same direction along the same trail. It was also reported that Padilla had been spending much more money in Cuba than he would have had available to him as a lowly sheepherder. He was also alleged to have sold a watch identified as belonging to Vipond. Upon that evidence, Padilla was arrested and held for more than a year before being charged with murder.

And there is yet another dimension to this matter. Tórrez presents good evidence that during that year of incarceration, Santa Fe County District Attorney Jacob Crist and Sheriff William Cunningham attempted to coerce Padilla into testifying against some accused killers in a totally unrelated case. Padilla in fact wrote of his concern with the intimidation in a letter to defense attorney Thomas B. Catron. During this time, Padilla did not seem to worry about his own case, which he considered a matter of “false accusation.” He should have worried. He was tried, convicted and hanged on September 24, 1896.

If Perfecto Padilla was guilty of any crime, it seems likely that it was no more than stealing a dead man’s watch, which was certainly not a hanging offense. It may be, too, that his hanging was nothing more than legal murder at the hands of public officials who needed to hide their own cupidity in prosecuting defendants in a totally separate politically-charged case.

And what of the treasure of the Lost Dupont Mine? If Torrez’s research is correct, which seems most likely, there never was any treasure. Surely McGinnis and Feyerheim and the other partners would have had access to the entire mine’s proceeds.

But if Thompson told the truth, well, “¿quien sabe?”

1 Arthur L. Campa (1905-1978) was a professor of Spanish at the University of Denver. His book, Treasure of the Sangre de Cristos is used here.

2 Professor Campa is a bit confused about New Mex-

ico mountains. The Gallinas are near Magdalena, not Cuba. He may have been referring to the Rio Gallina, near Cuba.

3 Nothing remains of Copper City today according

to Robert Julyan in The Place Names of New Mexico.

4 Robert J. Tórrez (1949-) was State Historian from

1987 to 2000. He has written numerous books on New Mexico history. His book “Myth of the Hanging Tree” is used here.

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Solar Stocks Plunge as Germany Vows to Quicken Subsidy Cuts olar stocks plunged around the world on January 20, 2012 after Germany, the largest market for panels, said it will make quicker cuts to subsidized rates and phase out support for the industry by 2017.

Chinese manufacturers listed in New York fell for a second day, with Trina Solar Ltd. and JA Solar Holdings Co. skidding 17 percent over the two-day period. GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd., which makes the raw material for most panels, fell the most since November in Hong Kong. In Europe, Meyer Burger Technology AG, Solarworld AG and SMA Solar Technology AG dropped at least 5.3 percent each.

German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said that he planned to reduce feed-in tariffs providing above-market prices for solar power every month instead of twice a year as he does now. He said he’s working to curb an “unacceptable” surge in installations last year.

“It was clear that Roettgen would accelerate feed-in tariff digressions which would remove the bloom from the rose,” Jesse Pichel, an analyst for Jefferies Group Inc. “This will remove the ability for the German market to materially upside estimates.”

The decision indicated ministers are speeding up efforts to restrain the boom in installations after developers added 7.5 gigawatts of panels last year, surpassing the 3 gigawatts that Roettgen said would be acceptable.

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Economy Minister Philipp Roesler has said spiraling costs linked to solar subsidies are a threat to the economy. Roettgen on Jan. 18 indicated concern that the funds are benefiting Chinese companies.

“The increase in installations in the past few years has gone far beyond what we had targeted in our legislation,” Roettgen said recently. He said the subsidy overhaul would be handled “quickly.”

Gordon Johnson, the Axiom Capital Management Inc. analyst who recently removed his “sell” recommendation on First Solar Inc. for the first time since 2008, cut his guidance again, giving five other solar companies a “sell” rating too.

“That was short,” he said in a note to clients. “We believe a severe cut in global demand is near.”

The higher frequency in cuts will do away with the year-end rushes of the past

and may help bring installation “closer toward” the government’s target, Solarworld Chief Executive Officer Frank Asbeck said by phone.

of goods abroad. Solarworld is seeking to team with European peers to initiate antidumping proceedings in Europe.

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“We continue to believe the recent solar junk rally has not priced in the risk of potential anti-dumping and countervailing duties as well as further feed-in tariffs cuts in Europe, Italy is next,” Pichel said in a note to investors.

A slowdown in the German and Italian markets, which accounted for about half of worldwide installations last year, is bound to hurt the industry. Germany targets 2.5 to 3.5 gigawatts a year and seeks to phase out subsidies by 2017, Roettgen said.

The minister will propose aggressive cuts to fend off the “very real possibility” of a cap on installations, Pichel said.

The country was expected to cut tariffs by 15 percent in July, following a 15 percent reduction that took effect Jan. 1.

Under the current law, lower rates are imposed automatically by above-target installations.

In Zurich, Meyer Burger skidded 6.6 percent to 17.80 francs, the largest drop since December 1 by Europe’s biggest maker of solar-panel manufacturing equipment.

In Frankfurt trading, SMA, Germany’s largest solar company, fell 5.3 percent, the most in a week. Solarworld, the country’s leading panel maker, dropped 6.5 percent, the biggest drop in almost two months.

Worldwide, photovoltaic panels installations rose more than 50 percent to a record 28 gigawatts last year, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates. Germany added 3 gigawatts in December alone as developers rushed to take advantage of subsidized rates before the cuts take affect.

A surge in output from Chinese manufacturers such as Suntech Power Holdings Ltd. led to a crash in prices, squeezing margins for German and U.S. producers.

Solar-equipment makers in the U.S. are pursuing a trade complaint through the U.S. Commerce Department aimed at curbing what they say is Chinese dumping

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Source: Bloomberg Businessweek. Written with assistance from Stuart Biggs in Tokyo, Christopher Martin & Ehren Goossens in New York, Corinne Gretler in Zurich, Stefan Nicola in Berlin & Ben Sills in Madrid. Editors: Reed Landberg, Randall Hackley.

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Public Pension “Air Time” an Absurdly Generous Perk SA Today reports that 21 states currently allow government workers to take advantage of an obscure perk known as “air time.” It allows public employees to essentially purchase credit for extra years of work that are applied toward their pension benefits.

Here’s an example provided by USA Today, says Andrew G. Biggs, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. n A Michigan State Police analyst makes $56,000 each year. n He retires after 27 years of service, but before doing so, he pays $30,365 (an amount determined by the pension’s actuaries) to purchase five years of work credit. n This credit gives him retirement benefits equivalent to a 32-year worker instead of his actual 27 years. n This will add around $6,825 to the worker’s annual pension, boosting lifetime benefits by around $170,000.

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Now, returning to the use of 8 percent, it becomes clear why this option is obscenely beneficial for the worker, as a comparable option is unavailable anywhere else. n Guaranteed U.S. Treasury securities currently pay less than 3 percent. n Annuities issued to federal government employees by the Thrift Savings Plan have an underlying interest rate of around 2.25 percent. n In the private sector, guaranteeing an 8 percent return on a mixed stock/bond portfolio over 25 years would cost around 133 percent of the portfolio’s original value.

Furthermore, this 8 percent rate is also used to calculate necessary worker contributions for pension plans in general, meaning that many workers receive an 8 percent return on all contributions.

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Dr. Rodney Preston, a retired animal scientist and member of the Federation of Animal Science Societies’ Committee on Food Safety, agreed with the NIAA conclusion. Preston said risk of antibiotic use in animals leading to antibiotic-resistant human diseases is “minimal.”

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he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the midst of a regulatory spree of unprecedented proportions. Claiming that it is acting in support of public health, the EPA has brushed aside procedural requirements and due process concerns to enact a slew of new environmental regulations set to go into effect over the next three years. In midDecember, however, the EPA’s disregard for due process came back to haunt it when a federal court threw out new restrictions on the manufacture and storage of cement.

In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the EPA’s actions in adopting the regulation were “arbitrary and capricious,” in that it had failed to give adequate notice to manufacturers.

EPA’s proposal would have set emissions standards for the manufacture and storage of Portland Cement, a type of cement produced in domestic kilns. The industry currently employs around 17,000 Americans at more than 100 facilities in 36 states. According to the Portland Cement Association, which brought the legal challenge to the new rule, the proposed restrictions could result in the closure of as many as 18 plants and cost 15,000 jobs.

EPA attempted to excuse its procedural errors, arguing that immediate adoption of the restrictions was necessary to protect public health. Trace amounts of mercury are emitted during the cement production process. And at certain levels of exposure, mercury is a well-known neuro-toxin. The EPA’s new mercury standard, however, is two to three times more stringent than those provided by the World Health Organization and the Food and Drug Administration, and the emissions from U.S. cement kilns are a minute fraction of the global deposition of mercury affecting the U.S. population.

Ironically, the cement rule would not have reduced emissions so much as moved their location. China is a major exporter of cement to the United States, and under the new rule imports of cement from China were expected to double, to around half of all new cement used in the United States.

Because of looser environmental standards and practices in China, is it not clear whether the rule would have reduced emissions at all.

The cement rule is only one of more than 10 new EPA regulations scheduled to go into effect over the next three years.

Described as the EPA’s “train wreck,” each of the rules carries a multibillion-dollar price tag, will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and could result in the loss of 8 percent of the U.S.’s current electricity generating capacity.

The cement rule is not the most consequential of the “train wreck” rules. It is, however, the first of these rules to be reviewed on the merits by a federal court.

Several of the other new rules are also cur-

In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the EPA’s actions in adopting the regulation were “arbitrary and capricious ... rently being challenged in the federal courts. EPA’s procedural errors in these cases make the defects in the Portland Cement challenge look like hair-splitting by comparison. Hopefully the court’s decision may serve as an indication of what is to come once EPA’s recent overreach is finally subject to judicial scrutiny.

Following the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act can be tedious. But it is nevertheless fundamentally important. Democracy is incompatible with granting an agency arbitrary power, subject only to its own claims to be pursuing public safety. As the court noted in overturning the cement rule, “reasoned decision-making is not a dispensable part of the administrative machine that can be blithely discarded even in pursuit of a laudable regulatory goal.” The EPA badly needs to be reminded of this fact.

Josiah Neeley is an analyst with the Anne and Tobin Armstrong Center on Energy & the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Recently Weekly Ethanol Production Uses 14 Million Bushels of Corn ccording to Energy Information Administration, recent weekly ethanol production averaged 941,000 barrels per day (b/d) or 39.52 million gallons daily. That is down 3,000 barrels from the previous week.

The 4-week average for ethanol production stood at 953,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.6 billion gallons.

Stocks of ethanol stood at 19.5 million barrels, the highest since early June 2010.

Gasoline demand for the week averaged 335.8 million gallons daily, the lowest weekly demand since September 2001. As a percentage of daily gasoline demand, daily ethanol production was 11.77 percent.

Ethanol producers were using 14.268 million bushels of corn to produce ethanol and 105,909 metric tons of livestock feed, 95,551 metric tons of which were distillers grains. The rest is comprised of corn gluten feed and corn gluten meal.

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BY LEE PITTS

ust because I wrote a column idea in the dust on a piece of furniture because I didn’t have a pencil and paper handy, my wife thought I was making a critical comment about her housekeeping. “If you don’t like the way I clean house,” she said, “you can just start doing it yourself.”

I don’t know why women complain so much about cleaning the house. They get to work in comfortable mud-free conditions in which there are no snakes or flies, in most cases. Although it’s true that we men don’t routinely dust the furniture and wash the dishes that doesn’t necessarily mean we couldn’t if we had to. It’s just that there’d have to be a few changes made.

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Take vacuuming for example, an activity in which men are much like dogs in that we run and hide whenever we see or hear one.

All it would take to make men vacuum enthusiasts is for someone to make a riding vacuum. Of course, houses would have to be redesigned and bumper pads would have to be affixed to furniture, but if we had tractor-like vacuums our wives would soon be yelling, “You’re vacuuming the floors again? That’s the fourth time this week!”

Naturally, men would tinker with their vacuums to increase their horsepower and pretty soon we’d be racing them. And just think, with wider hallways we could use a Bobcat whenever you needed to flip a mattress or move the furniture!

Our house is hard to clean because it’s big; when it’s noon in the kitchen it’s three o’clock in the living room. There’s a lot of furniture to dust but I came up with another brilliant idea when I bought myself a 33 gallon portable air compressor for Christmas. Now I just blast the dust away. (Note to men: Don’t set the compressor at more than 90 psi or you may ruin the patina on your wife’s heirloom

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furniture.) If you don’t have a compressor a leaf blower will also work. The leaf blower actually blows the dust into your neighbor’s home, no matter how far away.

Using shop tools men can clean anything. Dishes and clothes can be cleaned in your parts washer, but be careful not to agitate your delicates. And grinders, sanders, or a jackhammer can be used to clean the dirt that builds up in bathrooms during a year’s time. What, you don’t have a jackhammer? That’s the beauty of my idea: wives can never again question your tool purchases because it’s for cleaning HER house.

A word about laundry. I’d recommend either getting a laundry hamper the size of a grain silo or leaving dirty clothes for the wife to do after coming home from work.

After all, we still want her to feel a part of the home management team.

When my wife complains about housekeeping I remind her that her forefathers and foremothers had to live in sod houses in which tarantulas and big bugs might drop from the grass ceiling at any minute.

This rarely happens in our home. I also tell her that the pioneers often had to share their houses with cows and horses, but she reminds me of all the bummer lambs and orphaned calves who’ve shared our bathtub. Speaking of pioneers, did you know that when the homes of some tribes of Indians got real dirty they just burned them down and moved. Whenever I hear something like that it reinforces my inkling that I must have some Indian blood coursing through my veins.

With men taking over home management it means wives will be freed up to work more outside the home. Of course, such dramatic change will necessitate some changes in our society. Because real men don’t watch soap operas or the Ellen Show, NFL games will henceforth have to be on weekdays so that weekends will be free for us to attend vacuum races, demolition vacuum derbies and tractor/vacuum/car shows.

History will henceforth record that it was I who suggested the use of shop tools to clean house and I will take my rightful place in housekeeping history. n Gentlemen, start your vacuums!

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Forest Owners Applaud Supreme Court on Forest Roads Order Court moves closer toward review of Ninth Circuit Reversal of 35-Year Clean Water Precedent

avid P. Tenny, President and CEO of the National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) released the following statement, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order asking the Solicitor General for the views of the federal government on two petitions challenging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that forest roads are “point sources” requiring an industrial discharge permit under the Clean Water Act (CWA): “We applaud the Supreme Court for scrutinizing the Ninth Circuit’s decision to disregard EPA’s 35 years of success regulating forest management as a nonpoint source under Clean Water Act. The Court is hearing not only the voice of forest owners and managers across the country but

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“For nearly four decades, the EPA has cooperated with the states under established Clean Water Act authority to build a network of Best Management Practices providing flexible and effective water quality protection during forestry operations.

This has been a Clean Water Act success story. The Ninth Circuit’s decision threatens to upend this progress by replacing an efficient and flexible system that promotes clean water with a costly and inflexible permit requirement that invites additional litigation. In the end the Ninth Circuit’s decision hurts forest owners and forests alike.

“While this is a significant first step, there is no guarantee that the Supreme Court will hear the case and reverse the Ninth Circuit Court’s overstep. It does, however, provide the Administration and the Solicitor General an opportunity to submit to the Supreme Court a clear and unambiguous defense of EPA’s longstanding and legally appropriate approach to regulating forest roads as nonpoint sources.”

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and the weight gain of the Angus, carry over into the crossbred cattle.”

The health benefits of Longhorn beef also helped the Dotsons choose the breed, and are a big selling point, according to Andrew. “As people are becoming more health-conscious, they’re looking for things like grass-fed, organic, and free range in their food.”

“Once a Longhorn steak is cooked, it actually has less cholesterol and fat than a skinless chicken breast,” he continued.

“Because of the low fat content, you have to be careful cooking the meat, but if you cook it right, it’s very good, tasty meat and has almost a sweet flavor.”

Having several marketable products is another advantage of the Longhorn breed, he said. “If we did have something happen and lose an animal – it’s reassuring to know that we can sell the head, horns and hide for about the same value as the animal.”

Calving ease is another strength of the breed. “During calving season, most breeders have to be out in the field. With Longhorns, though, you just need to go out afterwards and sex the calves.”

The Dotsons sell registered Longhorn bulls, and lease bulls to producers for use on both registered and commercial cattle.

The majority of females are saved as replacements, while many steers are sold as yard ornaments. Future plans may include marketing Longhorn beef, Andrew said, because of the demand they have seen for the product.

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mothers in a crossbreeding operation.

They are smaller cows, so they eat less.

They will go out and utilize the pasture better than most breeds, and wean a calf the same size as an Angus in the fall.”

The majority of the cattle run on pasture along the Rio Grande, where they survive on native grasses, Salt Cedar, and willow. “They browse as well as graze, and will actually browse on trees as well as the grass, even in the winter. It’s amazing what these cattle will eat,” he explained. “They are also very protective, and good about taking care of their own.”

The Dotsons show their cattle in Texas Longhorn Breeders of New Mexico (TLBNM) shows, with the New Mexico State Fair as one of their big venues. One of their females has been named Reserve Grand Champion Female at that show for the past two years, and they are looking n forward to this year’s show.

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NMLB Seeking Youth Artwork and Designs n celebration of the 125th anniversary of the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), the state of New Mexico’s centennial and the state’s ranching heritage and history, the NMLB is holding a design contest for the 2012 Brand Book, which will be printed in July.

“We are really looking forward to the contest, and to seeing our agricultural industry and traditions through the eyes of our young people,” said Myles Culbertson, NMLB Director. “Before we know it, the industry will be in their hands.”

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Drawings should be on 8.5 x 11” white paper, and only one entry will be accepted per person. A photo of the artist should also be submitted with each design, and will not be returned.

Entries will be judged by New Mexico Livestock Board members, and the overall winning design will be on the cover of this year’s Brand Book. The runner-up design will be featured on the inside cover. In addition, entries will be judged by age group: 6-8, 9-10 and 11-12. The first and second place designs from each of those categories will also be printed in the book, as well as photos of the winning artists.

“The roots of agriculture run deep in New Mexico,” said Myles Culbertson, NMLB Director. “Ranching has been a vital part of our state’s economy and our rural communities throughout our state’s history.”

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The overall winner will have their drawing on the cover of the book. The runner-up will be on the inside cover.

RULES: • You must be between the ages of 6 & 12 • The design must represent the New Mexico branding tradition. This drawing may pertain to cattle or sheep.

Contest • Submit a photo of yourself with your drawing deadline has (This photo will not be returned) been moved to • Submit original hand drawn artwork on 8.5x11 May 15th white paper. (Drawing can include horses but should focus on cattle and sheep branding.)

There will be three age categories: 6-8, 9-10, & 11-12. A 1st and 2nd place winner for each age category will be named in addition to an overall cover winner and runner-up. The 1st place winner of each group will have their drawing printed in the inside pages of the Brand Book. A photo of the winners will also be printed inside. Each winner will receive a 2012 Brand Book. The drawings will be judged by the NMLB Board Members.

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GIPSA’s Butler Resigns

by STEWART DOAN ©AGRI-PULSE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. udley Butler, administrator of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), has tendered his resignation, effective Jan. 26, Agri-Pulse learned recently.

Butler oversaw the development of a controversial proposal to reform livestock and poultry marketing practices that became known as the GIPSA rule. It aimed to give Butler’s agency expanded authority under the 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act to protect livestock and contract chicken producers from unfair, fraudulent or retaliatory practices.

The proposal was cheered by farm activists but heavily criticized by major livestock organizations, including the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Producers Council and National Chicken Council, who claimed it went beyond the wishes of Congress in 2008 Farm Bill.

In the end, many of the marketing reforms that mattered most to competition advocates were stripped from the final rule.

Butler’s involvement in the rulemaking was slammed by Republicans on Capitol Hill. His previous experience as a trial lawyer who litigated cases under the P&S Act amounted to a conflict of interest in the minds of many of his detractors.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stood by his GIPSA Administrator throughout the controversy, and in a statement issued recently, thanked Butler for his “outstanding service.”

“President Obama and I believe fair and competitive markets are critical to the success of American agriculture, and Dudley has worked tirelessly to advance this cause,” Vilsack said, adding, “USDA looks forward to continuing this work on behalf n of our nation’s producers.”

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My Cowboy Heroes

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egarded as “the toughest four-event cowboy around,” 1946 world champion team roper Chuck Sheppard was one of the old-time greats. He carried Cowboy Turtles Association (CTA) # 68 – a number held the rest of his life. Of course, CTA eventually became known as the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA). He also won a world championship in calf roping during 1951 in the International Rodeo Association and twice finished up as the reserve all around champion.

He competed in every event in rodeo at one time or another, but calf roping, team roping, bulldogging and saddle bronc riding were his main events. Calf roping and bronc riding being where he thrived in the early days. In an interview, Chuck once said, “ I only quit riding bulls and bareback cause I’d get sored up and it made my other work tough.”

Along with working every event, Chuck also judged rodeos for over 25 years. One year, at Cheyenne, he entered the steer wrestling and steer roping events and judged the others! Amazing! He was also honored to flag the team roping at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) and the steer roping at the National Finals Steer Roping.

Chuck was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame in 1985, the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2000, the Phippen Museum’s Arizona Ranchers & Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2008 and was awarded the Ben Johnson award for rodeo excellence in 2001. First and foremost however, Chuck Sheppard was a cowboy . . . and a good-natured one at that!

Born on a ranch near Globe, Arizona in 1916, he was a cowboy from the word go.

Chuck’s parents had traveled from Texas in a wagon. They set up their own ranch on Mescal Creek southeast of Globe in the Pinal Mountains, an area so rough and remote, the only way in or out, with or without supplies, was to pack in by horse or mule. Good cow dogs are more practical than a fence in that country.

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“keep up.” By the age of nine, he was riding the rough string horses to gentle them down for his little brother and mother to ride. He learned to catch and “lead” wild cattle as a mere boy. By the time he was a teenager, he was one tough cowboy, able to do things with horses and cattle even some seasoned hands are unable to.

Younger brother, Lynn Sheppard, once wrote, “Dad and Chuck roped the wild cattle on broncs and tied them to trees. They were led out the next day . . . The Pinal Mountains were covered with brush. . . dogs were a necessity.”

During the “dirty 30s,” at 16 years of age, Chuck moved to California to be with his mother, hoping to find work there.

What he did find was an event that changed his life forever – he entered a rodeo at Hayfork, California. Chuck once said, “I won some money, had fun doing it and I think that’s what amazed me so much.” For the next 25 plus years, Sheppard’s life revolved around rodeo. He became known as “Mr. Everything.”

As a testament to his all-around abilities, he won numerous titles at both ends of the arena. Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pendleton in calf roping and Salinas, Tucson, Chicago, Los Angeles in bronc riding and all-around titles at Denver, Tucson, Prescott, Lewiston and Boise to name a few. But winning titles was not first in Chuck’s book – putting food on the table was. He rodeo’d because it was a way to make a living.

Chuck’s youngest daughter, Lynda, once said, “Rodeo wasn’t like it is now.

Back then we’d get out of school and be gone all summer. You’d stay eight or 10 days in Salinas, drive all night to get to Cheyenne and stay in someone’s home.

They did not have hotels (or living quarter trailers) like they do now, they all did it – it was about survival. They worked hard back then.”

“I rode bucking horses for 24 years,” Chuck said. “You can tell that by looking at me. I rode some of the best there ever was and got bucked off some of the sorriest.”

Chuck also spent 10 years as a board member of the Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA), which is what the association

was known as between the CTA and PRCA. During that time, he is credited for coming up with the design on the world-champion saddles, among many other accomplishments.

In about 1951, the Sheppard family moved from California to Arizona where Chuck spent the rest of his life. In ‘59 he retired from full-time rodeo, although he made the NFR in team roping during 1963 while only competing part time. He used to say, with a smile, “When I was rodeoing, I always ate chicken . . . not superstitious – it’s just when I did good, I ate the meat – when I did bad, I ate the feathers!”

During the late 1950s he went to work for historic K4 ranch near Prescott, Arizona. He worked there until he finally retired at 82 years of age, but he’d stayed so long he was just like family . . . he never really retired. As a matter of fact, he did become family – his youngest daughter, Lynda, married John Kieckhefer (grandson of Bob Kieckhefer who started the ranch) and they reside there to this day – amongst others of the Kieckhefer clan.

K4 ranch owner, John Kieckhefer and Chuck were instrumental in the purchase of the great stud “Driftwood Ike” in 1963 from Roy Wales. He stood at stud there for 17 years. This was a big influence in taking the breeding program at the ranch to a new level. Sheppard was in charge of the breeding program as well as the large cattle herd for the ranch. Chuck partnered with John on many horses and ran a couple hundred head of cows, owned with wife Gwen, on leased ground around the Prescott area as well.

Along the way, and as a method to show their remuda, Chuck got into showing and racing horses. He did very well in the show ring and showed just about all classes including halter, cutting and reining. He found great excitement in horse racing and, just as with rodeo, Chuck found success on the track. “I got to running horses just for fun and then one summer I won 13 races over at Prescott Downs.” One of his horses named “Ant Hill” won 15 races in a

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year. Chuck wound up winning many stakes races over the years.

He was one of those all-time great cowboys who excelled at just about everything he did. Grandson, Rick Kieckhefer, said, “If you didn’t learn something from him (Chuck), you weren’t listening very good.

He would help out anybody as long as they had a little try. He was just as proud as he could be of people when they did well. He was a great guy to have in your corner whether you were related to him or not.”

Every day Chuck Sheppard woke up, he loved what he did, he was fun to be around, always upbeat and he had a whimsical saying for just about everything.

Grandson, Charlie Lewis, told a story on Chuck: “We were going into a big pasture in search of some remnant cows, I was probably about 18 or 19. Granddad gave me instructions to make a circle; boy it was a hot day, about 105. When I got back to the truck, probably an hour and a half later, he was nowhere in sight. I loped up to the top of a hill about half a mile distant to scan the country for him; a little worried about him to be honest . . . he was pretty old then. When I got to the top of the hill, there he was, asleep under a tree with his horse unsaddled. I noticed right away the horse was not sweaty; he had probably ridden straight from the truck to the tree to take a nap! When I woke him up, he said with a grin, ‘Horse got hot, needed to cool him off!’”

Chuck was very fond of his family. He and wife Gwen had two daughters, Stella and Lynda and a whole herd of grandchildren, many of whom are well known in rodeo/cowboy circles to this day. Not long after passing on to the next realm in 2005, some of the grandchildren helped organize the “Chuck Sheppard Memorial Roping,” which raises money for the Chuck and Gwen Sheppard memorial scholarship fund. The scholarship is given to students who are enrolled full-time at Yavapai College and seek a degree in agricultural or equine studies programs and are involved in organizations such as FFA, 4-H, Arizona High School Rodeo Association and Arizona Junior Rodeo Association. The event will enjoy its 6th year in 2012.

During an interview prior to being inducted into the “Cowboy Hall of Fame” Chuck said, “We’ve had an exciting life – started out with nothing so there was n nowhere to go but up.

All-Womens Ranch Rodeo Association Kicks Off ll-Women’s Ranch Rodeo is exploding with the creation of the Ranch Cowgirls Rodeo Association (RCRA), that will hold its first rodeo season in 2012.

RCRA is looking forward to lady cowhands from all over the country joining up to show their amazing cow and pony skills.

The RCRA formed because of the evergrowing desire for cowgirls to have ranch rodeo competitions where cowgirls’ skills and lifestyle are showcased in a forum that is fair, professional, accountable and organized. RCRA also provides support and assistance to cowgirls and their families in times of need. RCRA is dedicated to unbiased competitions and decisions, as well as exciting performances, according to the group’s mission statement.

RCRA is not only about rodeos, but will be pursuing philanthropic endeavors as well. Women have always been a major part of all ranch works whether it was as a mother, house-wife, cow hand, horsebreaker, feed hand, or all of the above. In recent decades, women’s rodeo abilities have come more forefront in the rodeo sports world, according to founders. The group will be the first All-Women’s Ranch Rodeo organization that has a full board of non-contestants, as well as the first AllWomen’s Ranch Rodeo organization that will have a fund for cowgirls’ and their families in need.

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Jeff Lane

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hen Bill Lane bought the Bell outfit, he loved that ranch and so did his son, Jeff. Jeff and the Bells became one. He spent the rest of his life there . . . it became his life. Jeff and I were the same age and the first time I met him his hair was long and he was right out of Chicago. We were there for the spring works and it didn’t take long to see that he was good hearted and wanted to be a cowpuncher. Jeff had no idea what a cow outfit was about, but he rapidly fell in love with the real cowboy life and ways. He wasn’t cocky because his dad was the owner, he just wanted to be a part of the outfit. I think it was early spring of 1972 when he decided to live at the bunkhouse and join the crew as a regular hand. He wanted to know how to be a puncher and saw soon enough it doesn’t happen overnight. Leo and all the crew tried to help him because he was genuine in his desire to make a hand.

I remember that spring Jeff started full time. We were riding four or five three year-olds in January. Leo had us draw straws for them as that was the way it was done. A couple months later we were at the horse corral and Leo was roping out our mounts. A bunkhouse cowboy said he was turning in his bronc, Badger. This bronc was a snake . . . not a rank bucker, but could pitch hard for a few jumps. He was also bad to run off with a fella no matter what you had hanging on his head. He was a pretty good looking horse, but was short of brains, with a good dose of mean. Jeff was standing there with his bridle and overheard the guy say he didn’t want Badger. Jeff told Leo he’d like to have him! Leo was startled as Jeff was a long way from being able to deal with a trashy horse like this, but he said, “Okay, Jeff he’s yours!” I know Leo liked Jeff and Jeff always looked up to Leo as a hero. So I figure in Leo’s way of thinking, Jeff wanted to be a puncher, so he might as well find out that it’s not all dude horses. You know, Jeff didn’t know to be afraid of this bronc and he wanted to

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make a hand. He always rode him when it was his turn. I remember several months latter that pony threw Jeff right over his head into the fence. It was up around the Beef Pens and Jeff’s face was bloody. His first words were to catch that so and so.

Before you could blink Gary rolled a loop on ol’ Badger and led him back to Jeff. Jeff promptly pulled Badger’s head around, stepped aboard, whipped him down the hind leg with his bridle reins and kept jobbing. Gary Morton and Jeff became good friends as they put out lots of horse tracks together. I know Jeff learned a lot about cowboy etiquette and being a hand from Gary.

Gary told me of another time he and Jeff were gathering some of those mean little Jersey bulls in the Leon Pasture. These were ones that got on the hook when crowded. Gary roped one and Jeff came flying in on Badger and heeled the bull. He was trying to dally and his mount blew up and he managed to ride him. He lost both reins and his rope and Badger stampeded toward the cattle guard between the Leon and the Big Flat pastures. Gary said he was tied to that bull and couldn’t do anything but watch. He said he knew that horse was going to jump that guard, but at a dead run ol’ Jeff leaned over picked up the reins and managed to turn him to avoid a bad wreck. He loped back and picked up his rope. Then he tied it to the horn as it should be, heeled that bull and went to the end of it! As Leo and Gary both told me later, Jeff just wore Badger down into a decent mount. I always admired Jeff for that as he might not have known what he was getting into when he asked for that mount, but he also realized that he asked for him and the cowboy way was to ride him no matter what. Jeff was so convinced this was where he should be that he brought his bride Janet from college in Colorado to the Bells and they made their home at the Mule camp. Jeff and Janet spent the next thirty years there raising

their family. I salute him as he loved the cowboy way and became a man to ride the river with.

This fall the wagon camped way up at the Mosquero camp to start the fall works.

There were two thousand yearlings in the rough country up by Mosquero. We made lots of circles in the C.A., Juarez, 74, Trujillo, and other pastures. All these were cut with deep rugged canyons like the Mule, Bueyeros, Encinosa, and many others. It’s my favorite country that I’ve ever worked.

There are deep canyons many miles long, big overhangs and caves in rim rocks with big pine trees along the top of those rims.

What a treat on a winter day to prowl that country, hobble your caballo and work your way around a narrow ledge into a cave. Then build a fire and sit where many a Indian had done the same. A really neat place was Wild Jack Tank. It was on top of a rim, fenced off with the old wild cow trap gates. That whole range was cedar, piñon, pine and oak brush with plenty of rock, Barbary sheep, mule deer, and mountain lion . . . a wonderful country to ride. Those yearlings were fat and in a big rough range. We had fun, but it was a long time getting those cattle shipped.

We finally moved the wagon below the rim to the lower range and started gathering all the mother cows and weaning. It was late November, before we were in the lower Seco, but after we had worked the Perra, Zorro, Big Flat and other ranges.

Toward the end of a long fall works we were camped at the Bronc Pens and working the lower part of the Seco Pasture. It was a cold, overcast morning and we followed Leo at a high trot south towards the Indian rocks. He dropped Gary and I off there to work that corner. As I started north it began to snow very hard. Everybody scattered on that drive was thinking how to gather cattle and stay even with the man on each side of you, when you’re ridcontinued on page 75

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ing straight into a snow storm. So I kept leaning to the right to hit the La Cinta creek. There was lots of salt cedar on both sides of the creek and I stayed in the thick of it and worked my way north. When I figured I might be in the area where the drive would have come together I held up, rolled a smoke, and couldn’t see 50 feet. I wasn’t about to build a fire, as you don’t do that when you’re making a drive. Finally I saw a tiny puff of smoke come up across the creek in the salt cedar, then a little more to the right another puff of cigarette smoke.

Just then, three pair of cattle came out of the brush to drink out of the creek. About five of us had the same idea at the same time and we all came out of the brush to pick these cattle up like we’d been pushing them for miles. It became pretty obvious that we all had quit the drive hours before.

With a grin and a puff of Prince Albert smoke, Leo told us to let those three pair go and we hit a trot to the wagon. There were fifteen inches on the ground as we closed our teepees and put our saddles under the fly. We put the two gentlest horses in the Bronc Pens and threw them a big chunk of hay stored there. We loaded

up in the hoodlum pickup and headed for headquarters, which thankfully was four or five miles. A couple weeks before it would have been thirty miles to headquarters and we’d have been playing poker for two days in our teepees and mighty cold. It was a big storm. That day and the next

Gary stayed at my house where we spent all that time talking about and looking at my Charley Russell and Will James books, while our boots and leggings were drying out by the ol’ butane stove. A couple mornings later Leo was roping out our mounts n . . . a great fall works, on the Bells.

Branding Colts At Mule Camp l to r: Jeff Lane, Gary Morton, Joe Cadle, Bert Ancell, Curtis Fort, Jim Peebles, Mike Williams, Leo Turner, Junior Williams (on horse).

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tend to be very growthy, perform well, and fill our needs.”

The breed’s adaptability and ability to survive is one of its biggest strengths, according to Morgan. Making it through the current drought has been a struggle for all producers, but those who use Beefmaster genetics in their operation seem to be getting through a little better than their neighbors. “Beefmasters do well from as far south in Florida as you can go, up into Utah and Oregon. It is hard to find a whole lot of breeds that can thrive as well in so many environments.”

“On the female side, it’s hard to beat the breed’s milking and mothering ability,” he noted.

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After running cattle in the northeastern part of the state for several years, the Brockmans moved to the Taiban ranch in 1997 to help his grandfather. At that time, his grandfather was using both Beefmaster and English bulls on his English cow herd, and the Beefmaster cross calves consistently weighed heavier at weaning. “Then,” he said, “when I started using straight Angus bulls, our weaning weights went down.”

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200+ Angus Bulls Sell Feb. 11, 2012

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at the Ranch NE of Estelline, TX M.L. Bradley, 806/888-1062 Fax: 806/888-1010 • Cell: 940/585-6471

TIM & LYNN EDWARDS 575/534-5040 Silver City, N.M

Montaña del Oso Ranch

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Roy, Trudy & Ashley Hartzog – Owners 806/825-2711 • 806/225-7230 806/470-2508 • 806/225-7231 Raul Tellez Las Cruces, NM 575/646-4929

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David Walker Tucumcari, NM 575/403-7916

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Box 227, Melrose, New Mexico 575/799-3348 • 575/253-4728 R_H

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muscle + structure + maternal excellence + performance traits = great value

Steve & Belinda Wilkins P.O. Box 1107 s Ozona, TX 76943 O: 325/392-3491 s R: 325/392-2554

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17th Annual Bull & Heifer Sale Sat., March 17, 2012 Canyon, Texas 27951 South U.S. Hwy. 87, Canyon, TX 79015-6515 Richmond Hales • 806/488-2471 • Cell. 806/679-1919 Rick Hales • 806/655-3815 • Cell. 806/679-9303 halesangus@midplains.coop • www.halesangus.com

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PRIVATE TREATY – SELLING: WINSTON, NEW MEXICO Russell and Trudy Freeman

Coming 2-year-old & Yearling bulls Sheldon Wilson • 575/451-7469 Folsom, New Mexico 88419

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Bulls & Females MARSHALL McGINLEY 575/993-0336 s Las Cruces, NM

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GRAU CHAROLAIS Grady, New Mexico Breeding Performance Charolais Since 1965

SINCE 1900 REGISTERED ANGUS BULLS AND FEMALES

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BRED HEIFERS & COWS FOR SALE RAISING DEPENDABLE SEEDSTOCK THAT IS LINEBRED FOR INCREASED HYBRID VIGOR FOR 46 YEARS! CALL FOR YOUR PROVEN PROFIT MAKERS!!!

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LIFETIME MEMBER – BEEFMASTER BREEDERS UNITED TOM & CAROL COOPER 575/647-1300 LAS CRUCES

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Arroyo Sanchez Ranch: Villanueva, NM – 160 deeded acres surrounded by 1800+ acres state lease has perimeter fence, 2 good tanks, 1 pipeline drinker & good pasture grasses. Price is $398,750.

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Sombrero Ranch, Trujillo, NM – 1,442 deeded acres has 2 pastures on Hwy 84 west of Conchas Lake. Perimeter fenced, 3 good cold water wells, 2 dirt tanks & springs in the coolie. This has been a successful 30 cow/calf operation for many years. List Price: $500 per acre. Make an offer!

Apache Mesa Ranch Parcels, Las Vegas, NM – 120 acre & 64 acre view parcels located on Apache Mesa Rim priced $140,000 & $79,000. 120 acre parcel is perimeter fenced, has 2 good tanks.

Ledoux, NM – 65 acre dry land terraced farm is perimeter fenced, has overhead electric on site. Past crops are winter wheat, spring oats, alfalfa, barley & feed grasses. ~7 acres is sub-irrigated.

Located 1 mile south of Mora. ½ mile north of Ledoux. Great views & easy county road access. Price is $270,000 Ribera, NM – 77 tree covered acres has 2 excellent cold water wells, drill pipe fence, county road access, gated. Close to National Forest, in the tall pines. Priced at $374,900 Apache Springs, NM – Moon Dance Ranch 140 acre parcel has good access, overhead electric on site. Located off Hwy 84 SW of Las Vegas. Great views of Apache Mesa. Priced at $119,900.

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POKER LAKE RANCH – 12,000 deeded acres located on the north slopes of the Capitan Mountains in southeastern NM. Call for price.

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Kokopelli Ranch, Socorro County, NM. 8,733.00 +/- deeded acres, 9,934.94 +/- state lease acres. 308 acres irrigated acres.

1,300 sq ft home, remodeled 2000. A mixture of flat to mountain terrain, offers elk & antelope permits. Deer & bird hunting also.

Currently run as a yearling outfit from October through May. Ranch offered in a variety of wayscall listing brokers for information.

Co-listed w/Centerfire Real Estate.

Good inventory in the Miami, Springer, Maxwell & Cimarron area. Great year round climate suitable for horses. Give yourself & your horses a break & come on up to the Cimarron Country.

Miami Mountain View 80 +/deeded acres w/80 water shares & house. $687,000.

Miami 40 +/- deeded acres, awesome home, total remodel, awesome views $395,000.

Miami Lookout, 80 +/- deeded acres, water, buried utilities awe-

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some views. $395,000.

Miami Enchantment 9.13 acres awesome house, views, landscaped. $309,500.

Miami WOW, Big home in Santa Fe Style great for family on 3 acres. $328,000.

Maxwell 240 +/- deeded acres 200 water shares & home, very private. $315,000.

Maxwell 19.5 +/- deeded acres, water, outbuildings, great horse set up. $269,000.

French Tract 74.17 +/- deeded acres, water, remodeled house.

Great buy. $239,900.

Canadian River 39.088 +/- deeded acres, w/nice ranch home & river. $293,000.

French Tract 40.00 +/- deeded acres, water, water meter. Build to suit. $95,000.

East of Springer scenic 373 +/deeded acres w/well adjoins hwy $695/deeded acre.

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Rancho Cerro Prieto – Stanfield AZ. 2 section ranch, priced right. AZ State Lease. Owner/Agent. Possible owner carry w/low down! Asking $25,000 Sentinel Ranch – Gila Bend AZ- 55 head year-long, possibility of increases in wet winters. BLM and State, No Deeded. Asking $75,000 Artex Ranch – Gila Bend, AZ. 84 head year-long on State & BLM. “Ephemeral Use” potential. Owner has a history of 400-600 head of cows for periods of cooler, wet weather. Asking $100,000 Feed Store Business Opportunity – Picture Rocks, AZ. Family feed store business w/$16,000 inventory. Asking $175,000 Cactus Ridge Ranch – San Manuel, AZ. 48 head year-long. Very nice

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Beautiful Western New Mexico 430 acres, 6500' elevation, Ponderosa pines, red cliffs, views on the Continental Divide. 15 miles east of Ramah, N.M., south of State Highway 53 on county maintained road with year round access.

Good wells on property with good water, power on property by Cibola Electric Coop. 2 barns, 2 dirt ponds. $525,000.00 480-515-0858 • 602-315-1098 cell

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ple of years, has participated in the sale’s calf buy-back program. The ranch also uses Lasater and Casey genetics.

“In today’s market, it seems like everything is pro-Angus,” Brockman said. “The buy-back program has been really good for us. It’s not necessarily a value-added program, but does away with the bias of the hide.

We get a price for our calves based just on their weight.”

“The program is handled by Simon Creek Cattle Company, and they’re honest, good people to work with. No matter what it is or what you are doing, it all boils down to the people,” he continued. “I can’t stress enough how good they are to work with.”

For Brockman, the maternal strengths of the breed are important. “They are good, low maintenance mamas. I like the growth, and I like the calves, but for me the main thing is the females.”

He also cites the breed’s disposition. “The cattle are gentle and easy to handle. When you gather the bulls, they don’t stand there all day and fight. The cattle travel well, and get out and use the country.” continued on page 87

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Beefmasters are just good cattle, combining maternal traits, high weaning weights and longevity.

“People like to talk about price per pound at the coffee shop. I maybe can’t compete with them in that regard, but I think that when you look at total dollars per cow exposed, I can compete.”

It’s a family operation for the Brockmans. “The five of us have definitely done it as a family, and my parents, Bill and Violet Brockman, still have an interest in the ranch,” he noted.

Beefmasters also run in the family.

Each of Forrest and Ruth’s three children have leased land and their own set of Beefmaster cows. Their oldest son, Seth, runs registered Beefmasters on the Canadian River breaks in northern New Mexico, and markets seedstock as EJ Beefmasters. Their daughter Heidi and her husband Blayne Holdeman run Beefmaster cross cattle north of Ft. Sumner.

Their youngest son, Pete, still in high school, has handful of Beefmasters on some leased country near home.

“We live in a cookie-cutter world, and everyone wants to raise that ideal black Angus cow. All of the genetic testing and research, it’s all money in someone’s pocket,” Brockman said.

“God gave us a diverse world, and it’s okay to be a little different.”

“I think it would be very sad if the beef industry became like the hog industry in this country,” he continued. “If we never saw a good Hereford, or Limousin, or Charolais or Beefmaster, and only saw that black Angus cow, we would have lost something. I can’t do it all by myself, n but I believe in it.”

Call: Leon Nance, Broker, 3 2 5/ 65 8 -8 97 8 430 W. Beauregard, Suite C, San Angelo, Texas 76903

Red Oak Ranch – Oklahoma 4,474 acres. Excellent improvements with 11 pastures and 9 traps. Presently carrying 500 cows.

Tremendous water with two creeks, 40 ponds, and rural water. Tremendous improvements too many to mention. Great hunting. Adjoins large lake. Call for details and brochure. Great rain.

Red Bluff Ranch – New Mexico Excellent cattle operation North of Roswell, New Mexico. 35,100 deeded, 23,040 BLM, and 1,280 state lease. 2 miles of Pecos River. Water rights. Hunting: mule deer, antelope, and turkey. Great improvements. Wonderful 6,500 sq. ft. 4-bedroom, 3-3/4 bath adobe home. Nice headquarters with rock home and mobile home for the help. Outstanding cattle-working facilities. Call for more details and brochure on this ranch and others.

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VALLEY VIEW RANCH – Lipscomb Co., TX. – 177 ac. w/extraordinary 5404 sq. ft. +/- home overlooking the property w/beautiful views of live creek, trees, wildlife (deer, quail, & turkey), covered horse training facilities, stables, excellent cattle working facilities & pens, commercial dog kennels, employee housing. We can divide (10 ac. w/main residence or 167 ac. +/- w/other improvements)!

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Southwest New Mexico Farms and Ranches MAHONEY PARK – Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, N.M. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acres State Lease, and 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains and features a park like setting, covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak and juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail and dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views and a home site second to none. Price reduced to $550,000.

SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 15 miles south of Deming, N.M. east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway) on CR-11.

Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres Deeded, 3240 State Lease, 13,460 BLM, and 4,680 uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storage tanks and approximately 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak covered canyons, mountain foothills and desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex, javalina, quail and dove. A truly great buy! Price reduced to $550,000.

26.47-ACRE FARM for sale off Shalem Colony Road. Borders the Rio Grande river. 13.55 acres EBID surface water rights / 26 acres primary & supplemental ground water rights. Priced at $380,000.

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50.8-ACRE FARM – Located on Afton Road south of La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well with cement ditches. Priced at $12,000/acre.

111.21 Acre Farm – located in La Mesa, NM. EBID irrigation with supplemental well and cement ditches. 2 small houses for workers. Located in La Mesa on north side of Royce Road, also accessed by Buttercup Lane at corners of Harlacker Road and Highway 28. $1,779,360.

27.50 Acre Farm - Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, and 11.5 Acres – will sell separately for $19,000/acre. Full EBID and shared irrigation well.

Community water, electric, telephone and gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain and 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 ($17,000/acre).

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

Cell: 417/839-5096 • 800/743-0336 Springfield, MO 65804

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RIO MIMBRES FARM DEMING, NM 461 total acres with 5 irrigation wells; 3 natural gas & 2 wells electric submersible, 383 acres in drip irrigation, 35 acres are flood irrigated.

Located 14+/- miles east of Deming, NM on HWY 549.

*NEW* 411 Head Double Circle Ranch, Eagle Creek, AZ USFS Allotment, 13 ac of deeded, 4-BR, 2-story rock home, barn, corrals, & outfitters camp. HQ centrally located in a secluded draw. Well improved with 16 large pastures, 36+ miles of new fencing, 30 miles of new pipeline with several major solar pumping systems, additional water storage & numerous drinkers. $1.5M Turnkey w/220 head of Longhorn Ste ers , Horses & Equip. Terms 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Great Guest Ranch Prospect 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. $1,500,000 Terms. *PENDING* 250–400+ Head Cattle Ranch Sheldon, AZ – 1,450 deeded acres, +/- 30 sections BLM, 150+ acres irrigated farm land. Nice HQ includes two rock homes, good set of steel shipping & horse corrals, 30' x 20' barn, 9 livestock & domestic wells & 4 irrigation wells. There is deeded access to the ranch off of a paved highway & power to the headquarters. *NEW* 130 Head Sundown Ranch, southeast of Sonoita, AZ – 984 Deeded Ac, 2700 Ac USFS Grazing Lease.

Vintage ranch home, bunk house, excellent working corrals, beautiful rolling grasslands with oaks. $988,000.

320 Ac Farm, Kansas Settlement, AZ – This working farm has 2–120 acre Zimmatic Pivots, a nice site built home, large workshop & hay barn. 5 irrigation wells, 2 domestic wells. The property is fenced & cross fenced. Great set-up for pasturing cattle., $975,000, Terms.

35% down at 6% for 10 years or submit.

Wickenburg, AZ – 216 Head Cattle Ranch. Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM &

3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells. Abundant feed, numerous corrals & great steel shipping pens. $850,000.

*N EW* F ranklin, N M, 28 Acre Farm – 19 Acres of water rights from Franklin I.D., 5 BR, 3 bath Mfg. home, corrals. $150,000 Terms.

Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm – Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, w/small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800s museum, 2 BR cabin, shop, & barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed & breakfast, land or water development. +/- 62 acres & well for $1,700,000; home & other improvements. $424,500, Seller Financing.

157 Acres Deming, NM – Fenced w/nice pipe entry, close to town, paved access, mtn. views, power. Owner will split & carry! $160,000. $130,000.

Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas, AZ – 200 acre Plus 17 head BLM allotment, private retreat, two wells. Very remote & extremely scenic w/sycamores, cottonwoods & beautiful rock formations. $300,000, Terms. *PENDING* Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch – Year-long USFS permit w/two room line camp, barn & corrals at HQ. Remote horseback ranch w/limited vehicular access. Sheldon, AZ. NEW MEXICO PROPERTIES Listed Cooperatively with Action Realty, Cliff, NM, Dale Spurgeon, Broker REDUCED +/-300 Head Cattle Ranch, Virden, NM +/- 4010 deeded acres, +/-27 sec BLM, 4.5 sec NM State Lease. HQ includes 2 BR, 1 bath, site built home on 10 irrigated acres. Well watered ranch, 12 wells, 10 dirt tanks, 10 springs & +/- 5 miles of pipeline. 7 sets of working corrals. Ranch terrain is rolling to mountainous w/deep wide canyons, grassy slopes & vegetated wash bottoms. $1,450,000 Terms *SOLD* 112 Head Mountain Ranch, Collins Park, NM – This gorgeous ranch is now the total package w/new log cabin completed in 2009 w/new well & storage, septic, & solar package; finished tack/bunk house; & excellent set of working corrals, USFS YL permit & 115 deeded acres w/tall pines & meadows.

HORSE PROPERTIES *REDUCED PRICE – INCREASED ACREAGE* San Pedro River north of + Benson, AZ – ⁄ -345 acre Professional Horse Breeding Facility, 55 acres of irrigated pasture, 900 gpm well. 2 homes; barn w/office, apt., tack room, feed room, & storage area; 12 stall barn; 7 stall mare motel; lab/vet room; lighted riding arena; insulated workshop; & hay storage area. $2.4M. Reduc ed to $2.175M. Terms Available.

175 Ac Gentle me n’s Farm/ Ranch, Arivaca, AZ. 3200 s.f. Custom home, with +/- 34 irrigated acres, pistachio grove, horse barn/shop, hay barn, & rental apartment. $1.4M. *SOLD* 120 Acre Helm Wheel Estate, Florence, AZ. Historic Ranch HQ. Spacious hacienda w/open floor plan, 3 BR, 4 baths. Guest house, bunk house, arena. $550,000. *PENDING* Willcox, AZ, 187 Ac, NW of Willcox, AZ. Remote, private, retreat near Muleshoe Ranch Preserve at the base of the Winchester Mountains.

Lovely 1700 s.f., 3 BR, 2 bath mfg. home & property. $279,000.

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Gaining Ground with

BEEFMASTERS

by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI-GIBSON

y focusing on six traits important to cattle producers, now known as the Six Essentials of the Beefmaster breed, Tom Lasater developed cattle that remain well-suited to today’s cattle market. He used Hereford, Shorthorn and Brahman genetics, and concentrated on disposition, fertility, weight, conformation, milk production and hardiness to create a breed of cattle that perform, produce and put money in the producer’s pocket.

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The 6 Essentials

About 90 registered Beefmaster bulls, raised in Oklahoma and Texas, will be offered at this spring’s Texoma Beefmaster Bull sale, set for March 24, at the Red River Livestock Market in Ardmore, Oklahoma. A limited number of females will also be available. The upcoming sale will be the group’s 17th annual event, said sale manager Derek Frenzel. “We are a customer driven sale that offers one of the top buy-back programs in the industry.”

Bulls are performance tested on forage followed by a 60-day supplement test. “The forage-based test allows us to develop bulls that won’t fall apart when a customer gets them home,” Frenzel said, “while the results from the feed gain test gives customers who retain ownership and feed out their calves an idea of the performance a bull will pass down to his calves. The bulls are developed in a controlled, uniform environment, so they can be compared on an even playing field.”

For some ranchers, placing an emphasis on a black hide has had unintended consequences in their herds, especially in weaning weights and mothering ability. “We are starting to see a swing back to Beefmasters,” he noted. “We saw it in our fall sale, and hope to see that same trend continue this spring. People say, “I did what everyone told me to, and started using Angus bulls to get the black hide, and now I don’t have the cowherd that I did and my weaning weights are not what they were. Producers returning to the Beefmaster breed after using other genetics for several years should also get a good heterosis kick in their calves,” he explained.

Adding thickness to calves and cleaning up their underline is another reason people are coming back to the Beefmaster breed, Derek explained. “A lot of people are really impressed

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Beefmaster sired calves generally weigh 25 to 50 pounds heavier at weaning. This translates into an additional $26 to $52 per head or $650 to $1,300, simply by using one Beefmaster bull.

The black hided, non-eared bull advertisements are touting a $7.64/cwt. advantage for their lighter weight weanlings. On average, their calves will net $556 whereas a Beefmaster influenced calf will net $565.

Beefmaster bulls generate additional benefits by producing superior replacement females that are extremely docile, feed efficient and highly fertile. A Beefmaster bull will provide a substantial return on investment with heavier weaning weights, improved efficiency, increased docility, enhanced fertility and extended longevity.

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with how thick and clean the bulls are.”

To help give bull customers options when it comes time to sell their calves, sale organizers implemented a calf buy-back program, which has become a big part of the sale in the last couple of years, Derek said. Customers are encouraged to arrive early for the steak dinner and social Friday night, and freight and volume discounts are available.

A Family Business

The Frenzel family has been raising registered Beefmaster cattle in Temple, Texas, for close to 30 years. They started using Beefmaster bulls on their commercial cow herd, Derek said, then grew from there into a registered program, Frenzel Beefmasters.

“Like many people, we saw a neighbor using a Beefmaster bull on his cows, saw

his results and success, then started using the breed ourselves.” In 2009 Frenzel Beefmasters was awarded Breeder of the Year by the Beefmaster Breeders United.

They calve in both the fall and in the spring to ensure that bulls are ready when customers need them. “Our goal is to produce bulls that meet the needs of the commercial cowman,” he explained. In addition to bull sales, semen is available from several of their bulls.

Beefmasters are just all around good cattle, Derek said. “Just like everyone else, I really like the females. In fact, our slogan is ‘dam good’ cattle,” he said. “Beefmasters were developed to be a hardy breed. They are an easy doing animal, and we’ve worked hard to improve their disposition, tighten them up, and make them thicker and more doable.”

“Like one of our returning customers says, what he cares about is what puts money in his pocket,” Derek continued.

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“When you sell by the pound, you’re going to make more per head with Beefmaster and Beefmaster cross calves.”

Genetic Strength

Jimmy Morgan, of Simon Creek Cattle Company in Overbrook, Oklahoma, about 30 miles southwest of Ardmore, handles the Texoma sale’s calf buy-back program. “We wanted to offer a marketing alternative for producers using Texoma Beefmaster bulls, and use it as a promotional tool for guys who may have thought about using Beefmaster bulls on their herds but were concerned about marketing their calves,” he explained.

“Basically, if someone buys bulls at our sale, we offer a buyback on the calves. The only qualification is that the calves be dehorned and castrated,” he continued.

“We will take one calf or a thousand, there is no head count minimum or maximum.

It sounds simple, and we try to keep it simple.”

The price offered is derived using a computer program that is based on the Oklahoma weighted average. New bids for each weight class are available each Saturday, and are good through the following Thursday, giving producers six days to decide whether the price offered works for them.

Morgan grows the calves out on wheat pasture, and while he sometimes does have to go outside of the breed to meet his needs, he has been very satisfied with the performance of the Beefmaster calves. “As Beefmaster producers ourselves, we came to the conclusion that if we were going to buy calves, why not use the best genetics available to us while showing confidence in our genetics.

“It’s hard to pinpoint a number, because we get calves from so many breeders, but I can say that Beefmaster calves continued on page 79

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TEXAS LONGHORNS The Tradition Continues

by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI-GIBSON

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here’s no doubt that Longhorns are a tough breed. The remnants of cattle originally imported into what is now the Western United States by Spanish conquistadors, the cattle survived in the wild for decades before being redomesticated early this century.

Their ability to adapt and survive helped develop hardy, disease resistant cattle that are easy calving and very protective of their calves. Those traits, combined with the distinctive horns and markings, are helping these versatile animals grow in popularity.

Found across the United States, Longhorns find homes as rodeo cattle, in registered and commercial cattle operations, as yard ornaments, and in some cases, people even break them to ride.

Easy care, as well as several marketable products including beef, hides and horns, have helped these southwestern producers succeed with the breed.

From the Plains of Texas

Mowing the grass got Sandy and Bill Martin, of Running Arrow Farm, LLC, in Wellington, Texas, into the Longhorn business. Bill, a native Texan, was recuperating from surgery; he needed self-sufficient cattle that could take care of themselves with minimal input to keep his grass mowed, Sandy explained.

Sandy, who grew up on a grain farm in North Dakota, took charge of the cattle when the couple married about a year later. “We make a good team,” she said. “I work the cattle – shots, branding, loading and transporting them between pastures, as well as studying the pedigrees and plan-

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ning mating strategies. Bill is my bean counter and does a lot of the internet work, along with minor repairs and keeping our smaller pastures irrigated.”

Today, the Martins raise registered Texas Longhorns on their ranch 23 miles south of Shamrock, Texas. They focus on raising seedstock for other producers, mainly firsttime breeders just getting into the business. However, Sandy said, she believes that Longhorns need to be able to go into the freezer as one of their many jobs. continued on page 96

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The top five to ten percent of bull calves are saved to market as bulls. While most bulls are sold private treaty from the ranch, Sandy does occasionally take cattle to Longhorn sales. The majority of sales originate on the internet, she said.

Bulls and heifers that don’t make the cut as seedstock are sold for other purposes. “Everybody in the herd has a job, and it’s my job to find a job for each calf, whether that’s as breeding stock, as a herd buddy for other cattle, or as meat in the

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Lean Longhorn beef is growing in popularity, and Sandy is working to develop a market and customer base for her product.

Focusing on its benefits as a health food, she markets her beef, which is processed at a USDA inspected facility, at farmers’ markets in Altus, Mangum and Sayre, Oklahoma, at a retail location at the ranch and online. She also sells “Total Equine” Bio Remedies LLC for horse feed, which helps horses work efficiently without the sugar high associated with some other feeds.

In addition to the cattle operation,

Sandy raises Tennessee Walking Horses and enjoys trail riding. “I never raised cattle until I raised Longhorns. I was able to transfer my knowledge of horses to the cattle, and that has also made me a better horse person,” she pointed out.

She slaughtered six steers in 2011, and has three scheduled for February, 2012.

“The first two years, I was lucky to make gas money, but this year I am starting to make a profit,” Sandy said. “The business is growing gradually. It’s a niche market,

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NEW MEXICO ANGUS & HEREFORD

A Joint Venture of the New Mexico Angus Association & the New Mexico Hereford Association CONSIGNORS B & H HEREFORDS Pinon, NM BAR J BAR HEREFORD RANCH El Paso, TX BRECKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP Roswell, NM BRENNAND RANCH Pinon, NM JUAN CHAVEZ Capitan, NM CRT ANGUS Capitan, NM D & S POLLED HEREFORDS Abiquiu, NM 4G MOUNTAIN ANGUS El Paso, TX G13 ANGUS RANCH Elida, NM CLAUDE & JUDY GION Belen, NM HOOPER CATTLE Quemado, NM J-C ANGUS Moriarty, NM JIMBAR ANGUS Melrose, NM L G ANGUS Portales, NM MASON CATTLE CO. Artesia, NM MCCALL LAND & CATTLE Albuquerque, NM MILLER ANGUS Floyd, NM P BAR A ANGUS CATTLE Encino, NM RANCHO CHIQUITO Polvadera, NM SALAZAR RANCHES Espanola, NM SLASH 3C Las Cruces, NM

Saturday, March 3, 2012 ROSWELL, N.M. ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION SALE TIME 12:30 p.m.

BULLS WILL BE GRADED AND TESTED FOR FERTILITY AND TRICH

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140 BULLS 100 REG. ANGUS • 40 REG. HEREFORD Cattle available for viewing, Friday, March 2, 2012

PL US, a nice selection of Reg. & Comm. Heifers Registered heifers eligible for each breeds’ Jr. Futurity Show at the 2012 New Mexico State Fair!

FOR CATALOG PLEASE CALL A MEMBER OF THE SALE COMMITTEE: Candy Trujillo 480-208-1410 • Mark Larranaga 505-850-6684 • Steve Hooper 575-773-4535

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and it’s all in educating people about our product and showing them that if they want something to help and improve their health, they might want to try Longhorn beef.”

Longhorns carry the majority of their body fat around their inner organs as a reserve during tough times, making the meat naturally lean, she explained. “My hamburger is 98 percent lean. We are finding that people with food and health issues – like diabetes and heart problems – who are not normally able to eat much red meat, can eat a lot more Longhorn beef because it is so lean.”

The Martins track the hip height, weight and horns – the tip to tip length and size of the base – on all of her cattle.

“If you don’t measure, you don’t know where you are. We are always looking to improve the herd.”

For Sandy, self sufficiency is one of the breed’s biggest strengths. “I make sure the cattle have grass, water and hay, and do some general monitoring, but the cattle basically take care of themselves,” she noted.

She does all of her cow work on foot, and cites the breed’s intelligence. “These cattle know their names and understand simple voice commands and hand signals.

They have to be worked a little slower than other cattle, and if you’re really hammering on them they know it. You have to be careful about letting them have a bad experience because they have long memories.”

“Many people are intimidated by Longhorns the first time they are around them because the cattle study you so intensely.

Usually, they are trying to figure out whether you have cattle cubes in your pocket,” she laughed. continued on page 108

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Longhorns are also known for calving ease. “Longhorn calves are smaller, with smaller shoulders, and the mamas have a bigger pelvic area for easy calving,” she noted. “Commercial cattle are bred for size, but the size of the pelvic area is just not keeping up with the size of the cattle.”

The herd instinct that helped the breed survive on their own for so many years remains strong in today’s Longhorns.

“The cattle tend to stay together in a group unless they are calving. You don’t want to make a baby cry, either, because everybody – the mama, heifer calves, steers and bulls – responds to that baby’s cry.”

“The cattle are also very curious, will travel, and love to explore,” Sandy said.

“When you put them into a new pasture,

they will circle it two, three, maybe four times. They are like kids, they want to see where their limits are, and then they settle down.”

The cattle do well on the rolling hills of the Texas Panhandle ranch. Because of the marketing options, the Martins now produce strictly grassfed beef – with hay, Bio Remedies mineral tubs and salt blocks, the only supplemental feed that the cows receive. They try to feed hay that is at least 13 percent protein to keep the cattle in good working condition, she explained.

“Longhorns eat different things. They are browsers and will eat weeds, the leaves off of trees, they are just more efficient.”

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Dotson Ranch, to the breed. “We researched different breeds, and decided that Longhorns were the cattle for us, mainly because they are such easy-care animals. All you really have to do is make sure they have feed and water,” Andrew said.

The Dotsons, who got started with the breed with help from San Acacia producers Dr. Fritz and Rebecca Moeller, raise registered Texas Longhorns and Longhorn/Angus cross cattle in Socorro where they also run the Black Dog Boarding Kennels. They started raising crossbred cattle because of Andrew’s interest in the genetics between the two breeds. “It’s an amazing cross. Many of the good traits of the Longhorn breed like calving ease, continued on page 66

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SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 · SANFORD, COLORADO · at the Ranch · 1 p.m.

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