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THE BRAND DEMAND Annual Bull Sale COPELAND & SONS HEREFORDS

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14th Annual Bull Sale Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Belen, NM

Monday, March 16, 2020, 1pm Wayne Connell – Auctioneer Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction – Belen, New Mexico Registered Angus Bulls

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by Caren Cowan

20 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 36 News Update 38 On the Edge of Common Sense

by Baxter Black

44 New Mexico Federal Lands Council News

by Frank DuBois

48 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers

by Don Bullis

59 Riding Herd

by Lee Pitts

66 In Memoriam 86 Collector’s Corner

by Jim Olson

87 Beef It’s What’s for Dinner Recipe 88 View From the Backside

by Barry Denton

93 Marketplace 95 Seedstock Guide 101 Real Estate Guide 112 Ad Index 113 Beef It’s What’s for Dinner Recipe

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Lame Sheep Adjust Their Behavior to Cope with Their Condition Are They Trying to Control the Climate, or You? Texas A & M University & Beefmasters Join Forces

by Jeralyn Novack

32 Walmart Enters the Beef Business

by Greg Henderson, Drovers

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39 The Criminal Enterprise Called “Sustainable” Targets the Cattle Industry Part II

by Tom DeWeese, President American Policy Center

46 New State Game Commissioner, New Leadership 51 The Search for Stockmen

by Kylee Kohls, Certified Angus Beef

54 To Stop a Runaway

by Miles Culbertson

62 Raising Beef Cattle is Sustainable for Today & Tomorrow

by Andrea Johnson, www.kenoshanews.com

63 Conservation Easement Scam Proves Resilient Despite IRS Pressure

by Steve Dubb, nonprofitquarterly.org

64 New Mexico Agricultural Leadership Program Graduates 9 Leaders

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70 Deep Dive into China Phase 1 Deal for Ag

by Jacqui Fatka, Feedstuffs

75 CBD Sues Over Riparian Grazing

by Geoffrey Plant, Silver City Daily Press

78 Rancher Finds Profits Outside the Box

by Carol Ryan Dumas, Capital Press

85 Making Do with Less

by Cadra Van Bibber-Krueger, Hubbard Feeds

90 Time to Bring Nepa Into the 21st Century

by Gabriella Hoffman, The Resurgent

92 Cattle Growers’ Recognize Eastern New Mexico State Fair Showmanship Contest Winners 108 Barbs Over Checkoff Bill

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Randell Major NMCGA President

Dear Members, Randell Major President Magdalena Loren Patterson, President-Elect Corona Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Cliff Copeland NE Vice President Nara Visa Jeff Decker SE Vice President Lovington Ty Bays SW Vice President Silver City Roy Farr Vice President at Large Datil Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Peralta Tom Sidwell Immediate Past President Quay Pat Boone Past President Elida

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ell, here I go, preaching to the choir. Ranchers are the original environmentalists. We live on the land. It is our home and we know we cannot make a living on it or pass it down to the next generation if we don’t take care of it. We know that cattle improve rangelands by aerating the soil and fertilizing plants.

Grazing cattle on the land prevents forest and brush fires. Ranchers and their businesses support rural schools, communities and their economies. Wildlife benefit from the management practices and water improvements of the rancher. Preserving natural resources and conservation is part of production agriculture. Conservation alone does not include agriculture. We should not be fooled by the conservationists who attempt to regulate and restrict us out of business. These last few years we are seeing a lot more legislation that wants to take us down that road. This legislation is more of a socialistic approach to protect the land in its natural state that will eventually regulate the landowner and his families from the land.

By the time this letter goes out the 2020 legislative session will be in full swing. I have heard that there is 1.4 billion dollars of new money. Everyone will be going after it. More than likely, we will see bills that attempt to spend tax dollars on conservation schemes.

These plan to take away certain property rights and lower land values. We need positive legislation that will promote and preserve agriculture production and educate our young people about New Mexico agriculture and its heritage. Presently there are programs that offer reduced interest rate loans that assist young ranchers in purchasing agriculture land, but it is not enough. One thing for sure, people will always need to eat. We need legislation that will create jobs and offer incentives that will motivate our children to stay in New Mexico and preserve our heritage. If agriculture is going to stay viable it needs to be free from control.

At a recent meeting New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte encouraged all of us to work together and come up with a 50-year plan for agriculture that we can all get behind.

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association is currently working on a more positive bill that will help to keep ranchers economically viable and on the land into the foreseeable future without having to sacrifice our freedom, property rights and property values.

If you would like to see what bills are happening, online, type in the search bar https:// www.nmlegis.gov/ Search and type in a subject you are interested in. Example “water”, it will bring up all the current bills under that subject. If you have any questions, please call the NMCGA office. 505/247-0584

Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque

Sincerely,

Randell Major

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TO THE POINT

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

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oday was CLIMATE EMERGENCY Day at the New Mexico State Capitol. With it came fancy professionally created yellow stickers screaming the perceived problem, plastered all over Sierra Club foot soldiers of every size, age, color, attire, hair length and whatever else you may care to measure.

During the Legislature it is fairly easy to avoid the news, but hearing about perceived climate change is something that is simply unavoidable. Everything from Australia’s horrific fires to species extinction to catastrophic rising tides is being blamed on human use of the planet. The liberal news media makes no bones about their buy-in to something that simply is not settled science no matter how many times somebody says it.

An article entitled “Climate Change is a

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Enough About the Stinking Climate!

Political Crisis, Not a Reproductive One” by Ramin Skibba posted on undark.org caught my eye. We can continue to debate the political “crisis,” but apparently some are worried that millennials are forgoing children in the name of climate change, according to Skibba. Like all of the outrageous claims that have been and are being made by those practicing social engineering under the guise of climate fears.

A simple look at the falling birth rates in the United States indicates that births were declining well before the mantra of any climate concern was popular. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) birth rates fell to a 32-year low in 2018. The decline was two percent higher than in 2017.

This was the largest drop in a single year since 2010.

Birth rates are dipping so low that the

nation’s population would be declining without immigration (or migration, legal and illegal), according to the CDC and Prevention. Even in New Mexico the birthrate in 2017 was only 60 for women aged 15 to 44 out of every 1,000, says the balance.com.

Reasons listed for these continued declines are many — childcare is too expensive; women are waiting until later in life to start families, which may prove difficult, more education or maybe it was the industrialization of society. Another theory is that birth rates started falling when people started leaving farms and ranches to move to cities because children become a burden rather than an asset.

Fewer births in the US are also contributing to the “age dependency ratio.” That’s the number of seniors in the population divided by the number of working age people. The number of seniors over the number of working age folks has doubled since 1950, increasing the cost of Social Security and health care on society as a whole.

My conclusion is that there are much bigger things to worry about in our population than whether or not young people are foregoing children in the name of climate change.

Guess the State…

The last time Republicans held a majority on this state’s Supreme Court was in the 1920s. Its Court of Appeals has never had a Republican majority, according to an article

by Charles W. Sullivan on americanthinker.com The last time Republicans held a majority in both houses of the state Legislature at the same time was 1930. In the 89 years from 1931 to the present, Democrats have held a majority of both houses of the state Legislature for 79 of the 89 years.

Since 1931, Democrats have held the governor’s office for 69 of the 89 years.

Even when a Republican has been governor, their powers have been greatly limited because they have never held a majority in both houses of the state legislature while in office.

What state am I? If you guessed CA, IL, NY, NJ, or MA, you’re wrong. If you guessed NM, go to the head of the class. Since 1931, no other state has had single-party rule at the state level as long as New Mexico. And how has New Mexico fared under the stewardship of single party rule? Not so well, according to Sullivan.

Mr. Sullivan goes on to detail many of the highly public failures in New Mexico

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that are often screamed across the popular press, including education, crime, jobs and the economy, poverty, the “death spiral,” and stagnation. Several years ago, Forbes Magazine identified New Mexico as the #1 death spiral state in the country. New Mexico, with its vast public-sector work force, is on the hook for billions of dollars in defined benefit pension plan payments to retiring public employees.

From my perspective these issues are not for a lack of caring or even wanting to resolve them. It is rather a single-mindedness that some individuals believe they have a silver bullet.

Thus far in the 2020 Legislature things have been really civilized and hopefully because this is a short Session things will not devolve into the lack of civility that was the trademark of 2019. It got so bad that in one committee the minority party members were not even allow to address the legislation at hand.

Elections have consequences. New Mexicans have the opportunity to elect problem solvers promoting sound policies to create a place that those of us with children feel secure into the future. Voting shouldn’t be based on party affiliation; it should be based on the knowledge that your candi-

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What ever happened to merit?

A Bloomberg.com article stunned me the other day. It read “Goldman to Refuse IPOs if All Directors are White, Straight Men.” David Solomon, chief executive officer of the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. issued an ultimatum that Wall Street’s biggest underwriter of initial public offerings in the US will no longer take a company public in the US or Europe if it lacks a director who is either female or diverse. It is worth noting that Asia is not included in the firm’s new policy.

According to the story by Jeff Green, the corporate board room has become a rare bright spot for gender and racial diversity at the highest echelons of corporate America. Almost half of the open spots at S&P 500 companies went to women last year.

It is highly likely that all of those women were well-qualified for the positions that they were appointed to. It is a shame that their talent and qualifications were minimized in this manner by a male writer and a national news network.

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Co-founder of the Atlanta-based The Home Depot Inc. Bernie Marcus said US CEOs had better start fighting the threat from socialist thinking.

But Marcus told Chief Executive he’s afraid that social media has made executives fearful of speaking out. He was the first CEO of Atlanta-based Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and retired as its chairman in 2002.

Marcus said every time he hears a new multi-trillion-dollar government program proposal from a presidential candidate, he becomes more determined to fight the ideas behind it. But he said he isn’t so sure his fellow CEOs are ready to do battle against what he sees as a real threat to the U.S. economy.

“They’d better start fighting and get off their rear ends,” Marcus told Chief Executive. “Guys my age didn’t hesitate to fight the battles that had to be fought. But I’m afraid that in this environment, with social media, a lot of CEOs are afraid of fighting.”

Marcus co-founded Job Creators Network (JCN) nearly a decade ago to promote free-market capitalism and rally everyone from small-business owners to Fortune 500 CEOs in its defense. The notfor-profit organization has played key roles

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employees in many cases are voting against them. The [business owners] need to understand that when they vote for higher taxes, their Coke and hamburgers and rent will cost more money. [But] in many cases, CEOs are afraid to show their faces [because] they know they’ll be attacked by the liberal media and on social media.”

Similarly, Marcus opposes last year’s declaration by the Business Roundtable of 181 U.S. CEOs that American companies should formally expand their goals to meet the concerns of constituencies beyond shareholders, to include employees, communities

and other “stakeholders” as well.

“At Home Depot, we took very good care of our associates,” said Marcus, who was first CEO of Atlanta-based Home Depot and retired as its chairman in 2002. “If they [experienced] trouble, we were there for them. We don’t need a roundtable to tell CEOs what to do. That’s just good business.”

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in episodes such as generating support and political pressure for the tax cuts passed by Congress and signed by President Trump in late 2017, and for Trump’s broad deregulation of American business since the day he took office.

In a U.S. economy with nearly full employment, increases in real wages, quiescent inflation and other hallmarks of prosperity, Marcus doesn’t discount the potential of socialist ideology to disrupt all of it.

“It has hit an emotional chord with a lot of people, especially millennials, who don’t quite understand that with every dollar you give, someone has to earn that dollar,” Marcus said. “And the media is [promoting] it because of their hatred of Trump. If there wasn’t Trump in the White House today, these people wouldn’t be gaining any kind of popularity out there. He’s become the focal point of any kind of policy prescription out there, because they want to oppose him. But socialism isn’t the answer.

“People are running for president who are making promises that can’t be kept,” he continued. “Anyone with half a brain understands that you can’t give everything away and pay for it out of rich people’s money.

They could come to me and take every cent I have and, with every other billionaire out there, it would cover about three months of what they want to give. With what they want to do, the middle class and even the poor are going to have to pay for it.”

One of the biggest issues these days for JCN is to oppose efforts to impose $15-anhour minimum wages across the country.

“If we went to that, I can’t tell you how many small businesses would disappear overnight,” Marcus said. “Thousands of jobs would be gone.”

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Lame Sheep Adjust Their Behavior to Cope with Their Condition, says New Study

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sing novel sensing technology, experts from the University of Nottingham have found that lame sheep adjust how they carry out certain actives, such as walking, standing or laying down, rather than simply reducing the amount they do.

In the first study of its kind, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Open Science, a team of experts from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University of Nottingham have been able to demonstrate the automated detection of lameness in sheep when standing, lying and walking, using a new prototype tagging and monitoring system.

The technology was developed by Dr Jasmeet Kaler, Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Farm Animal Health from the University, along with industry giant Intel

and agricultural software developer Farm Wizard.

Lameness is the biggest health and welfare problem on sheep farms, costing the sector around £80m a year. More than 90 percent of farmers in the UK report lameness in their flocks, most of which is caused by foot rot – a bacterial infection. If spotted early enough, it can prevent the problem spreading in the flock.

As sheep are a ‘prey’ species they are likely to mask signs of lameness when they feel threatened, or enlivened by the presence of observing farmers and vets. It means that up to now, diagnosis has been difficult and relies on visual inspection because there are no validated commercial tools available.

The smart wearable technology consists of a sensing device worn on a sheep’s ear tag that gathers accelerometer and gyroscope data, effectively tracking the animal’s behavior and movement and its way of walking. The algorithms are used to create different alerts for farmers.

For all three activities (standing, walking and lying), the study identified features that differed between lame and non-lame sheep. This is particularly novel in lying and standing, which have unobvious lameness

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related behaviors that had been difficult to spot with the human eye previously.

The results suggest that instead of affecting how much of an activity lame sheep do, it shows that they actually carry out activities differently, leading to a change in acceleration and rotational movement.

Detecting features that significantly differentiate lame from non-lame was not surprising because of visual differences previously reported between the gait pattern of lame and non-lame sheep. Five out of the top six characteristics when walking, were frequency, linked to rhythm and pace. These differences could be linked to reduced mobility because of the disease in lame sheep, which also resulted in differences in the regularity and frequency of head movements.

Lame sheep also showed a change in gait with peculiar head nodding in line with stride compared to non-lame sheep which had a smoother stride pattern.

A particularly interesting find, was that the results for classification of lameness had a higher accuracy within lying and standing activities.

The top features include a mixture of frequency and time-domain features, this suggests differences in the variability and smoothness of movements for both standing and lying down between lame and non-lame sheep. In lame sheep this could be an attempt by the animal to reduce discomfort caused by the lameness. Where they redistribute their body weight to an unaffected leg leading to postural changes when standing.

The research also suggests that lame sheep possibly lie differently than nonlame ones, this could once again be due to the animal’s attempt to alleviate the pain.

Dr Kaler said: “Our study has shown conclusively that there are behavioral differences between lame and non-lame sheep when walking, standing and lying.

This has been the first report of its kind and given lameness classification is possible within all these activities this helps to improve the accuracy as well as flexibility in terms of energy requirements. This automated system for the lameness detection can help improve sheep health and welfare on farms.”

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es, there are sides. You are either for agriculture or you are not. Those are the two sides. But for those that are against agriculture, do they really understand what that means?

There’s such an unintentional mystique about cowboying and farming these days, the general public no longer understands that we are the food producers for the planet. They truly believe we’re just raising livestock and big gardens that take up their living space.

For us, it’s so hard to believe that someone would be that disconnected from the land and their food sources, it’s almost painful. For the section of the population that just doesn’t know, that’s an easy fix.

These are the moms, the grocery shoppers of the families, the teachers, the fitness coaches, and the medical professionals. We can teach them, we can show them, and often come away with better understandings of both sides. Actual conversations can take place with this section of the public.

And then there’s the activists, the violent ones, the emotional responders. Tip: if someone approaches you and refers to humans as earthlings and animals as sentient beings, abort! You will get nowhere with this bunch. They don’t want to know what we do, they don’t want to know us as people, they don’t care about us period.

They will threaten, they will scream, they will spit, and we walk away.

This is a level of psychosis that requires letters behind your name to even start to have a conversation with. However, these are the people that have decided 2020 is to be named Greenlash. These are the people that require us to have all of our trespassing signs posted and for us to know our laws in our state regarding trespassers and those that would release our animals.

These are the people that require us to have to physically protect ourselves, our families, our livestock, our equipment, and our properties. Report any and all suspicious behavior in your area or your property.

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They can and will google your location.

The takeaway from this is to know the difference between those you can reason with and those that are beyond reason.

You’ll know in the first couple of sentences out of their mouths. We’ll be keeping a close eye on events that relate to this topic throughout the year and keep you posted.

For the latest news, follow us on www. facebook.com/NewMexicoCowbelles

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Charity Ann Saulsberry, President

The Grant County Copper CowBelles met on December 17 for the annual Christmas luncheon. President Annette George installed the 2020 Officers as the only official business conducted: President, Patricia Hunt; Vice President, Judy O’Loughlin; Secretary, Jeannette Hamilton; and Treasurer, Tenisha Fell. Annette announced the CowBelle of the Year with co-winners: Cyndi Donovan and Jeannette Hamilton and thanked them both for all their hard work during the year. A potluck was held with brisket prepared by the Fells and a Santa gift exchange was held. Carlie Gatlin of the Grant County Extension Service provided decorations for the party. The first meeting of 2020 will be held on January 21 at 11:30 in the conference room of the Extension Service. Submitted by Pat Hunt Chamiza CowBelles’ January meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by President Jeni Neely. It was decided to skip the Creed, Pledge, and Invocation due to a late start. Minutes from the previous meeting and the treasurer’s report were read and approved. Reimbursement checks were issued to Robbie, Nancy, Susan, and Cathy for their annual CowBelle meeting registration fees of $35 each. A check for $35 was also issued to the state CowBelles for

Megan’s registration as she filled in for Jeni at the last minute. Save Our Western Way of Life meeting was postponed until late March or April. Jodell announced there was $180 in the food bank collection bucket in December! Five FFA high school students presented a skit about real beef vs. fake beef. The five students were: Buddy, Shane, Tara Neely, McKenzie Luna, and Kim Molsbee. The students were to present both sides so the audience could draw their own conclusion. This was their first of many presentations in preparation for state competition. Good job, kids! The Jackpot Steer and Heifer show will be on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at the Sierra County Fairgrounds. CowBelles will set up a table in the Albert Lyon Event Center along with other vendors. Nancy mentioned the Wrangler publication is due out in February and should contain a new directory as well as the dates for the district workshops. New fundraisers were discussed. Chamiza items left for sale are the cookbooks and the brand throws. All other sale items are purchased from the State CowBelles and then re-sell. Nancy brought samples of tea towels with brands on them as well as a canvas tote bag to customize. She will research more details on these items. Jeni knows a lady in Socorro who will print similar items for a reasonable price. Both ladies will report back at next meeting.

Christy Cummings has applied for and been given a grant from the NM Beef Council for up to $1000 to be used for beef cooking classes in the local high school. Chamiza CowBelles may become involved both financially and in the labor aspect because there is no “up front” money. Supplies have to be purchased and receipts presented prior to receiving reimbursement from the NM Beef Council. Meeting adjourned at 1:01 p.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce Powderhorn Cattlewomen met at the DeBaca Co Extension office in January with 12 members present. Brenda Copeland, President, led the invocation, pledge and creed. The December meeting was the annual Christmas family party at the home of Nick and Karen Cortese and a wonderful time of prime rib and fellowship enjoyed by all. Sandy McKenna gave a summary of the State Executive meeting that six members attended. The group all feel the officers were very willing to share information on how State funds are being used and how best for the Ag industry organization is promoting beef. Powderhorn Cattlewomen look forward to working along side the

State Officers and doing their part, locally, to continue educating the public on beef.

The meeting was used to plan for 2020 meetings and the main priority will be joining in fighting the fake-beef news with other organizations. First, the group will educate themselves with true facts and then speak to organizations and get the word out. The group will also make VOTING in 2020 a priority in their area and State.

Next meeting will be Feb 13 at home of Joan Key. Submitted by Joan Key Secretary

member Reba Luce. All members approved of the favors. Table decorations were decided and all members were encouraged to begin gathering up needed materials.

Signup sheets were handed out for work schedules and food to be brought by members for the district meeting. Get well cards were signed and mailed out for members Sally Fort and Carol Fort, the meeting was adjourned and members met at Baja Grill for a time of visitation and refreshment. 1-15-2020 Gail Goff

Cactus CowBelles met at the Lister Building in Lovington on January 8 for their monthly meeting. Eleven members cited the Pledge of Allegiance and opening rituals. The December minutes and treasurers report was read and approved. Gail Goff gave a report of the State CowBelles yearly meeting in Albuquerque. The group discussed the August Lea County Fair booth intentions and tabled discussion for after District IV state meeting we will be hosting march 18 in Lovington. We discussed a venue and requirements for hosting as set in the guidelines dated 4-17. Gail Goff brought the favors that will be handed out at the which group will be hosting. District meeting that the club purchased from

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Are They Trying to Control the Climate, or You?

a pivotal force as the 2020 elections are control called for that mirror George becoming a national referendum on Orwell’s 1984 novel. In a similar vein, the America’s future, regarding the Green UK’s Lord Christopher Monckton ponders New Deal and even countries giving up in the film how the modern climate their sovereignty to be part of the UN’s change movement has many parallels to Paris Pact. absolute monarchies. “Are they creating, The movie hones in on the hype sur- effectively, a new climate monarchy with rounding global warming ‘solutions’ and a new aristocracy?” devastates them with such climate Climate Hustle 2 examines the brutal experts as Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry, climate agenda from the shameless Greenpeace co-Founder Dr. Patrick Moore, exploitation of children to Hollywood’s MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen, hilarious hypocrisy to the religious fervor Climatologist Dr. David Legates, Nobel of climate campaigners to the wacky he climate change debate is set to Prize Winning Scientist Dr. Ivar Giaever, “solutions” proposed like shrinking be rocked as a new skeptical film, Geologist Dr. Robert Giegengack and humans and eating bugs.

Climate Hustle 2: The Rise of the many more.

Tickets for Climate Hustle 2 are now on Climate Monarchy, hosted by actor Kevin Climate Hustle 2: The Rise of the Climate sale at www.climatehustle2.com.

Sorbo, will be released in over 700 movie Monarchy will leave audiences questiontheaters in the U.S. and Canada on April ing the elite media- driven and 21, 2020. The film, whose byline provokes school-taught climate claims. The movie the question “Are they trying to control uncovers that “global warming” is merely the climate, or you?”, is the sequel to the the latest environmental scare since the smash hit Climate Hustle which was 1960s that have the same ‘solutions’ of released in 2016 and garnered the #1 central planning, wealth redistribution per-screen-average for its one-night and sovereignty limiting treaties. showing. Climate Hustle 2 is poised to be The film explores the many aspects of

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Is There Enough Grass? Balancing Forage Supply & Demand Christopher D. Allison, Rangeland Scientist, Linebery Policy Center for Natural Resource Management, New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University

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alancing forage supply and demand on rangelands is the first priority for properly managing these grazing lands. A correct stocking rate that achieves a desired level of use to meet livestock needs while ensuring future range productivity is the overarching goal all ranchers strive to meet. This manuscript offers range livestock producers a simple, fast approach to check forage supply relative to current livestock grazing pressure.

Most ranchers rely on past experience when establishing and adjusting stocking levels. Miscalculations or poor memories

often result in an overstocked ranch, resultNot only does rangeland productivity ing in a “sell all” situation or purchasing change throughout the year but, concomfeed to maintain the base herd until better itantly, livestock forage intake changes with precipitation and forage growth occur. Eco- the animal’s age, growth rate, physiological nomically, neither option is recommended. status, body weight, and environmental Cattle prices are depressed during drought conditions (Allison and Kothmann, 1979). and feed is expensive.

Forage quality, normally expressed as crude Land management agencies and range protein and digestibility, is a major factor management consultants rely on forage that determines the rate of passage and inventories and analyses in the belief that intake. Forage quality changes daily and we can accurately capture the forage cannot be quickly measured when detersupply and demand picture on a ranch mining forage intake. management plan. A wide variety of vegeForage harvest efficiency is illustrative tation sampling and livestock intake of further complexities in the forage supply assumptions are used in arriving at the and demand equation. Simply stated, all correct stocking level. Assumptions used the forage that disappears over a day, include forage production (lb/acre), forage month, year, season, or grazing cycle does intake by range livestock, efficiency of not equal animal consumption. There have harvest by grazing animals, even distribu- been a few studies that attempted to quantion of grazing pressure, and a “normal” tify this harvest efficiency (Allison et al., growing season to produce an “average” 1982; Smart et al., 2010). Roughly one half forage production year. Obviously, a large of forage disappearance is unaccounted for number of combinations of these variables with grazing animal intake levels. are possible over time. A simpler, proactive method is needed for land managers and ranchers to address the changes in rangecontinued on page 29 >> land production across seasons and years.

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percent of the world’s beef cattle are in tropical or sub-tropical regions. It is certainly a reason to have a breed that is associated with the ability to adapt to those climates.”

Dr. Lamb is determined to make the Texas A&M Beef Center a highlight for the Animal Science Department. Lamb and his team would like to create the best possible cow herd for teaching, research and demonstrations, as well as be a place for visitors

by Jeralyn Novak and international guests. exas A&M University (TAMU) in College “We made a decision early on that we Station, Texas is making a change in were going to establish a reputable Beefdirection for their beef cattle herd. master herd, along with a Bos taurus based They have made the decision to upgrade breed, so we could use this as front door to with two new breeds, Beefmaster and Red our department,” Dr. Lamb stated.

Angus. Beefmaster Breeders United has This is a tremendous opportunity for the been working with TAMU leadership since Beefmaster breed to become a part of a the fall of 2018 on this project. This partner- leading agricultural university’s quest to ship demonstrates that Beefmaster cattle build a premier Beefmaster herd. Beefmasare being recognized for outstanding ter breeders are currently in the process of maternal traits, growth, efficiency and nominating their embryo donations. adaptability not just in Texas, but globally. Embryo selections from the pool of nomi“There are multiple reasons why we nated genetics will be made by TAMU decided to initiate a herd with Beefmasters,” personnel. Their goal is to source at least said TAMU Animal Science Department 120 embryos of high genetic merit, based Head Dr. Cliff Lamb. “Globally, about 70 on the approved EPD parameters, to build an early spring calving Beefmaster herd.

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Their second new herd of Red Angus cattle was initiated last fall and has been set up as a fall calving herd.

“The Beefmaster cattle are going to be at our Beef Center and we are going to utilize those Beefmasters to not only teach classes and educate producers, but we are also going to utilize that herd to do some cutting edge research that will have a positive impact on not only livestock producers in Texas, but around the world,” stated Lamb.

According to Lamb, the Beefmaster females in their herd will be of high-genetic merit and with these animals they will investigate some fundamental research associated with reproduction, genetics and carcass-based traits. The department’s goal is to be able to identify things that they can take into their other larger cattle herds that belong to the department and utilize those ideas they developed, then further expand those technologies on a larger scale somewhere else. Ultimately, distributing that information out to livestock producers.

“We certainly are excited about this and we certainly value what the Beefmaster breed is doing in terms of helping us get this herd established,” said Lamb.

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Grazing Capacity A typical approach to determining rangeland grazing capacity often involves a variation of the below calculations: ЇЇ (pasture acreage × lb/acre) × 0.50 utilization desired = lb forage available ЇЇ lb forage available × 0.50 harvest efficiency = lb forage available for livestock ЇЇ lb forage available for livestock / 780 lb = animal unit months (AUMs) available NOTE: 780 lb of forage is the estimated intake for one animal unit for one month.

Animal unit equivalents used in stocking calculations are 1.0 AU for a cow with or without a calf at its side, 1.5 AU for bulls, and 0.6 AU for weaned calves and yearlings.

These calculations depend on having an accurate estimate of forage production.

This is a daunting task for any rangeland specialist because it requires a large sample size to give a value that is within a 90% confidence level. Most ranchers have neither the desire, time, nor training to arrive at a reliable carrying capacity figure using these types of calculations.

White and Troxel (1992) and Allison (1993) go into great detail on methodologies for balancing forage supply and demand. Anyone needing detailed information and methodologies should refer to these publications.

Animal Days Per Acre Oftentimes, ranchers need to evaluate their rangelands to project if there is enough forage to carry their cattle, horses, sheep, goats, or other livestock through the year. This is especially critical during the early stages of drought. Most people do not have the time to conduct an in-depth range vegetation survey.

An alternative to an in-depth survey is to use the animal days per acre (ADA) concept to measure vegetation. This method has been used by range management consult ant s, rancher s, e duc ator s, and conservationists for several years to make quick stocking decisions. To illustrate the utility of the ADA concept, consider the following hypothetical situation: 1) It is end of August and rainfall has been below average. 2) If no more precipitation falls, the next expected growth

period will begin next July. 3) This equates to 10 months of no forage growth. 4) The rancher needs to determine if there is enough forage to support their livestock for the next 10 months.

The field check method is illustrated below: ЇЇ Question: Is there enough grass to last until the next growing season? ЇЇ

Example scenario: 100 cows, 5,000 acres, 10 months of potentially no growth (September–June)

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(100 cows × 300 days) / 5,000 acres = 6 animal days per acre

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Each acre must be able to support 6 animals for 1 day.

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Reducing this value down to the area needed for one animal for one day:

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43,560 ft / 6 = 7,260 ft allocated for one animal for one day

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An 85 ft × 85 ft area needs to be checked in the field.

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Will this area be sufficient to provide enough forage for one animal for one day? Remember, a mature cow will consume 20–25 lb dry matter per day.

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If the determination is “yes,” forage supply is adequate.

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If one hesitates, the answer is probably “no,” and a reduction in stocking is needed.

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After performing this field check exercise across the ranch, the rancher is then able to make a proactive decision to reduce stocking or not. The sooner one determines that a reduction is needed, the less total number of cattle will need to be removed.

Waiting until late in the dormant season to make stocking decisions often results in needing to reduce all livestock. The sooner a decision is made to reduce cattle numbers to match forage supply, the less total number of cattle will need to be sold.

When performing these field checks, the rancher must be cognizant of a few precautions. First, avoid really high production areas. Second, perform the field check in several different areas across the range.

Finally, be sure to mentally factor in the desired stubble height at the end of the forage budgeting time frame. We never want to graze plants to the ground level.

The ADA field check may appear to be overly simple, but years of experience have demonstrated its utility in providing ranchers a method to get control of forage budgeting before they run out of grass.

Supplies needed include surveying flags, a calculator with a square root function, and knowledge of your pace length. Don’t worry about being precise in field measurements because this procedure is designed to be a rapid estimate of the forage supply allocated to the livestock. Numerous sampling locations are more valuable than the precision of each sample.

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“The Beefmaster calves we have marketed appear to outperform our straightbred calves about 75 to 100 pounds. That’s like getting about an extra calf for every eight calves you produce — for free! We’ve been real pleased with that on the steer calves we go to town with.”

And on top of losing calf performance, they’ve sacrificed health, fertility, survivability, longevity and feed efficiency.

– Dr. Bob Evans, Tecumseh, Okla.

So if you’re giving up ground in the traits that matter — and want to raise calves that look like this — take a look at a Beefmaster bull.

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Beefmaster hybrid vigor can impact any herd Born out of necessity during the Great Depression, Beefmasters were created to thrive in the harshest of environments. In the 1930s, Tom Lasater, the breed’s founder, experimented with crossbreeding two F1’s (Bos Indicus x Hereford and Bos Indicus x Shorthorn), and he immediately saw the resulting composite calves far exceeded the F1’s.

Being a composite, or three-way, cross, Beefmasters blend the best attributes of the parent breeds. Beefmasters initially were developed without regard for color, a unique point in the breed’s history.

Lasater believed that color had no bearing on the end product—beef. So he selected only for economic traits. This decision was not easy, but he took the difficult stand of ignoring aesthetics in search of the best possible genetics.

Today, Beefmasters are the largest of the American breeds. More importantly, they are the only Bos Taurus x Bos Indicus American composite, yielding maximum

Tom Lasater’s Six Essentials Disposition Fertility Weight Conformation Hardiness Milk Production effective heterosis, or hybrid vigor. In the United States, and many other parts of the world, the Beefmaster-type cow is the ideal female for low-cost, grassbased production in difficult tropical or desert environments.

Because they are a three-way composite, Beefmasters enjoy built-in hybrid vigor. This means cowmen experience a significant jump in weights and other heritable traits when crossing

Beefmasters with just about any other breed. The cattle will maintain that heterosis when crossed back in successive generations, resulting in continuous improvement and no loss of heterosis.

Beefmasters differ from other breeds in that they were developed according to criteria of direct economic importance.

While most breeds evolve out of some aesthetic (color, size, horns, etc.), Beefmasters were raised strictly under the unique philosophy developed by Tom Lasater, known as the Six Essentials (see list at left).

Beefmasters are perfectly suited to economically efficient grass ranching.

They beautifully complement a wide range of breed types, adding built-in heterosis and a multitude of important economic traits.

If any of the attributes discussed here would be an asset to your own herd, please consider using Beefmaster genetics in your crossbreeding program.

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Market Analyst Expects Minimal Industry Impact From Walmart’s Beef Supply Chain

by Rhiannon Branch, brownfieldagnews.com

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livestock market analyst says Walmart’s new venture of having its own beef supply chain should have little to no impact on other commercial beef processors.

Cassie Fish tells Brownfield Walmart is planning to run 100,000 head of cattle through their supply chain each year, which is less than 1 percent of US beef production.

She says Walmart is likely testing a niche market for millennials who are interested in knowing where their food originates.

“It’s a natural Angus product with traceability, meaning they can tell you where the cattle came from.”

Plus, Fish says domestic demand for beef has been significant in the past few years.

“It has just been none short of really spectacular. In 2019, we slaughtered over 300,000 more cattle than we did in 2018 and yet cut out value prices averaged above 2018, so we were able to move more product at a higher value.”

She says wholesale prices today are similar to a year ago indicating 2020 will continue to be a good year for beef demand.

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Walmart Enters the Beef Business With Well-Traveled Supplies

by Greg Henderson, Drovers Journal

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almart hosted a grand opening of its new meat processing facility in Thomasville, Georgia, in early January as the world’s largest retailer enters the beef business.

The 200,000-square-foot processing facility will employ 350 people and is part of Walmart’s $90 million commitment to supply Black Angus beef to 500 retail stores in the southeast.

In April, 2019, Walmart announced it was partnering with 44 Farms, a Cameron, Texas-based Angus seedstock operation, to create its branded beef program. 44 Farms sources Angus calves from ranchers who use its Angus Strong genetics and send them to Mc6 Cattle Feeders in Hereford, Texas, for finishing.

The finished cattle will be slaughtered at Creekstone Farms, Arkansas City, Kansas, which has its own line of branded beef.

From there the beef will go to the new Georgia facility to be packaged and further processed for Walmart’s branded program.

Walmart says the product line will create a total of 450 new jobs in Kansas and Georgia.

“No bigger paradigm change has taken place in the beef industry than what is happening with Walmart bringing truly high - qualit y, all - natural, no - hormones-added Black Angus beef to its customers,” Bob McClaren, 44 Farms owner said in a release. “This bold vision gives Walmart a special place at the table by contributing to the most enjoyable and memorable moments in the lives of its customers. It’s been four generations since we began, yet the traditional values of the McClaren family and 44 Farms are as relevant today as they were more than a century ago.”

44 Farms manages two feeder-calf programs: the NeverEver3 (NE3) feeder calf program and the new Prime Pursuits feeder-calf program for Walmart. Cattle for the Walmart program receive no hormones, are predominantly “Angus Strong” genetics, able to meet USDA’s definition of Angus, weaned for a minimum of 45 days, have no more than 90 days between the youngest to oldest in a group, and subject to minimal sort by a 44 Farms representative to ensure

uniformity.

“Walmart has listened to its hard-working customers and taken on the monumental task of providing steakhouse quality, natural Black Angus beef to their local stores. This bold vision will not only elevate backyard barbeques and family dinner tables across the country, but transform the entire supply chain,” said Hank McWhorter of Mc6 Cattle Feeders.

“Mc6 Cattle Feeders is honored to help make this vision a reality. Mc6 is a family business that has been feeding and raising cattle on the same land in the Texas panhandle for four generations.”

Creekstone President and CEO Satoru Oura noted “Creekstone welcomes the opportunity to partner with industry leaders in providing premium quality Black Angus beef to Walmart customers while, at the same time, growing the number of jobs at our state of the art facility.”

In a statement issued when the program was announced, Scott Neal, Walmart Senior VP Meat, said: “Beef is an important purchase for our customer… it’s likely the most expensive item on their plate, and they are treating themselves when they buy it. Creating this supply chain allows us to treat our customers by giving them unprecedented quality and transparency.

“Our customers can trust that what they pick up from our meat department will be among the best – and most delicious – meat they can get. Having visibility to the end-to-end process lets us know we are helping our customers bring a consistently great piece of meat to their table every time they buy with us.

“We’re proud this supply chain program will help with job creation, and we’re proud to work alongside companies with a strong history in the industry. Together, our beef program can truly change the dynamics of the beef industry.”

Each week, over 275 million customers and members visit Walmart’s more than 11,300 stores under 58 banners in 27 countries and eCommerce websites. With fiscal year 2019 revenue of $514.4 billion, Walmart employs over 2.2 million associates worldwide.

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Corteva Agriscience Submits Novel New Pasture Herbicide to EPA

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orteva Agriscience submitted for approval a new selective herbicide for broadleaf weed control on pastureland to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Pending EPA registration, this herbicide will provide cattle producers access to a broad-spectrum weed control product that preserves white clover and annual lespedeza — and all their benefits.

Announced during the American Forage & Grassland Council annual conference, ProClova™ herbicide is expected to meet a long-standing need for livestock grazers.

“White clover does so much for forage and livestock production, but it is sensitive to current broadleaf pasture herbicides,” said Jillian Schmiedt, Range & Pasture Category Lead at Corteva Agriscience. “When broadleaf weeds establish, producers don’t have a way to control weeds without also

removing white clover. ProClova provides that.”

Multiple years of testing show ProClova provides exceptional, broad-spectrum control of important broadleaf species, including ironweed, cocklebur, wild carrot, buttercup, biennial thistles, ragweeds, plantain, wooly croton, poison hemlock and many others. ProClova will offer several anticipated features, including: ЇЇ

Preserving white clover and annual lespedeza for an abundant, diverse, quality forage

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Having no grazing or manure restrictions and only minimal haying restrictions after application

“Many livestock producers rely on white clover and annual lespedeza in their pastures to improve forage quality for grazing and haying and for what these legumes’ nitrogen-fixing properties bring to soil fertility and health,” said Scott Flynn, Corteva Agriscience Zonal Biology Leader. “Without effective broadleaf weed control, the harm weeds cause to forage production and quality can outweigh the benefits these legumes provide. That can be frustrating.”

Pending EPA registration, ProClova will be the only broad-spectrum herbicide that preserves white clover and annual lespedeza while still controlling broadleaf weeds.

Corteva Agriscience expects this to be the fourth new product the company brings to the pasture market in three years.

Corteva Agriscience anticipates making ProClova™ herbicide available to livestock producers during 2021.

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NEWS UPDATE

Dr. Lawrence S. Bacow President Harvard University Massachusetts Hall Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Dear Dr. Bacow,

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write to inform you of my dismay over recent actions by Harvard faculty Dr. Walter Willett and Dr. Frank Hu and their associates, Dr. David Katz and the True Health Initiative (THI). Their actions, as described in a recent JAMA article, are unethical, distort the results of important scientific research, and, in our opinion, are false and harmful to Texas A&M University and its faculty. These are serious matters that undermine the values espoused by your institution and must be corrected immediately.

I trust you were as surprised as I was after reading the JAMA article and ask that you take a look at the outrageous actions by THI. JAMA found that THI and several of its council members, including Harvard faculty Dr. Willett and Dr. Hu, mischaracterized scientific research and falsely accused Texas A&M scientists of selling out to industry interests. According to JAMA, THI not only broke journal embargo policy but apparently used automated bots to flood the email inbox of the Editor in Chief of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Several of your faculty are involved as council members or advisers of THI and collaborated with THI in their effort to discredit scientific evidence that runs contrary to their ideology. I can assure you that Texas A&M’s research is driven by science. Period.

In addition to my concern about JAMA findings, I am attaching an illustration Dr. Willett presented at a cardiology conference to attack a distinguished Texas A&M professor and the university itself as being influenced by industry. This unsubstantiated claim has been independently rejected and shown to be false in the JAMA article.

At this time, we have no hard basis to show that these actions against Texas A&M and its faculty are endorsed or condoned by your institution, and we hope we can work together to resolve this problem. Such resolution should include a serious assessment by Harvard of its affiliation with THI and a comprehensive ethical review into any Harvard faculty involved with THI. Several scientists have severed ties with THI because of the issues discussed in this letter. Texas A&M applauds the stand taken by these scientists and encourages Harvard to show the same courage.

Texas A&M asks that Harvard join us for a purely scientific approach to nutrition for the sake of public health and public trust and reject the politics and unethical actions of THI that have sought to discredit science and interfere in the scientific process.

Sincerely, John Sharp, Chancellor

Greens Against Solar Power Look who’s trying to block a new renewable energy source in the desert.

by The Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

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oing by stories in the press nowadays, many people might think the Trump Administration wants a coal plant on every corner. But look who’s clearing the ground for the country’s largest solar farm—and who’s opposing it.

The Bureau of Land Management released an environmental impact statement indicating its intent to approve the 7,100-acre Gemini solar farm east of Las

Vegas. The project could power 130,000 homes and would include four-hour lithium ion batteries to store solar energy for use at night. Gemini is the type of renewable energy project that environmental groups claim will be needed to move from fossil fuels that, unlike solar and wind, can provide power on demand.

Nevada also needs large-scale solar to meet its 50 percent renewable energy goal by 2030. It currently generates 20 percent.

Yet greens grouse that solar arrays would disturb habitat for Mojave Desert species such as the desert tortoise, kit fox and the Threecorner milkvetch, a rare plant. They also complain that solar projects in California’s desert have been linked to thousands of bird deaths. BLM’s review details myriad measures to mitigate harm to species, including a biological monitor.

Still, greens kvetch that the project will do permanent damage to the desert.

“There is no justification for this project that outweighs the importance of the desert tortoise, its habitat and BLM’s obligations to use its full authority to take

actions that will contribute to the recovery of this threatened species,” the Defenders of Wildlife declared.

It’s nice to see environmental groups finally realizing that renewable energy isn’t a free lunch. Even wind and solar energy can have baleful impacts on the land. Lithium and other rare earth minerals in batteries must also be extracted from the earth, which in countries with lax environmental regulation like China can result in water pollution.

Progressives denounce anyone who points out there are costs to a fossil-fuel free future. Perhaps we’re all climate-change deniers now.

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THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE

by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com ЇЇ

Cowboy Vegetarian Cookbook

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hen beef gets short, a lot of cowboys are forced to do without.

The cook must come up with meatless meals. The following recipes are from the Cowboy Vegetarian Cookbook. ЇЇ TENNIS SHOE TONGUE: Select an old one. The price is better and it may have picked up some natural flavor depending on where it has been worn.

Boiling is suggested but it may also be fried to a crisp and served on a bed of marinated sweat shirt. Garnish with pickled shoe string. ЇЇ SEED CORN CAP PIZZA: Carefully clean with a fish scaling knife. Remove all metal buttons, rivets and any plastic tabs. Flatten the cap by

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soaking in linseed oil then placing it underneath a door mat that gets heavy use. Once pliable cover it with lots of cheese and ketchup. Dry kibbles or dust motes may be sprinkled as a topping for variety.

MEADOW HAY SALAD: Choose a bale toward the middle of the stack. Break the bale being careful to remove any plastic twine. Take a flake and winnow it over the garage floor. Then chop the stems with a heavy blunt utensil like a bucket or hoe. For dressing, pound a kumquat sized piece of 17 percent protein block on a flat surface and add vinegar. Croutons chipped from corn cobs or diced styrofoam may be tossed in. Feed whatever is left to the cows.

FAN BELT FAJITAS: The most succulent fan belt can be found on old farm equipment molding in your boneyard.

It should be sliced into bite-sized chunks. Tenderize before cooking by soaking in fingernail polish remover.

Fry in lard along with half a hatful of 3/4 inch black plastic hose and shredded playing cards. Serve with beer and jalapeños. It tastes a lot like abalone.

RAWHIDE STEW: Ever wondered what to do with those old reins, quirts or saddle tree bark? This recipe has been tried and tested from ancient Mongolians right up through Donner Pass. Place the strips of rawhide in a pot and boil for as many weeks as the firewood holds out. What you add to the stew depends on what’s available: i.e. pine cones, hoof trimmings, iron pyrite or old hat brims. It’s filling but don’t expect much more. ЇЇ ROASTED KAK: Ever eat a saddle?

Some parts are edible. Dig a hole big enough to bury a small mule. Burn elm, cottonwood and old tires to get a bed of coals. Wrap the saddle in a plastic tarp (blue), place it on the coals and cover with dirt. Cook for hours on end. Dig up and serve with baked faucet washers. Feeds up to two truckloads of hungry cowboys.

That should give you an idea of what you can do when you run out of beef at the ranch. There are many other Cowboy Vegetarian recipes like Latigo Jerky, Gunstock Paté and Smokin’ Joe’s Copenhagen Torte, but this should get you started. ЇЇ

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The Criminal Enterprise Called “Sustainable” Targets the Cattle Industry Part II (continued from the January 2020 New Mexico Stockman)

Address to 2019 New Mexico Joint Stockmen’s Convention

by Tom DeWeese, President, American Policy Center

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o bring the cattle industry into line with this world view the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association NCBA) has accepted the imposition of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, which is

heavily influenced, if not controlled, by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the top three most powerful environmental organizations in the world and a leader of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), which basically sets the rules for global environmental policy.

This is the same World Wildlife Fund that has openly stated its opposition to beef production. They insist that to “Save the Earth it is demanded that we change human consumption habits away from beef.” Keep in mind that the WWF is working diligently with environmental groups to gain control of the Northern Great Plains which spans more than 180 million acres across five states and into Canada. Under the false flag of wildlife restoration and conservation, the true purpose

is to remove domestic livestock from the grasslands.

This tactic is part of the “steady improvements in the efficiency of natural resource use” as outlined in President’s Council’s Sustainable Agriculture Task Force. When you submit to powerful forces like the WWF, which has a specific political agenda for your future, you are actually giving them the keys to public lands and your private property.

What if it was the law that you had to have the approval of your competition to start a new business? That’s the reality of dealing with the WWF and its Roundtable.

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free enterprise.

I want to let you in on little secret. AllowSo why would the NCBA, the organiza- ing the “conversation” on sustainability is tion so many of you have trusted to the TRAP! The reason there is confusion and represent your interests, allow itself to be conversation about sustainability is used as the Judas Goat to lead your industry because the industries who know how to to sustainable slaughter? Well, just a few produce their products haven’t taken the weeks ago the NCBA issued an article in an lead to explain their industry needs and attempt to explain its reasons. Said the why they do what they do. Instead they article, titled “Why Sustainability?“, “…it’s have submitted to green bullies and difficult to accept that outsiders have influ- remained silent, letting the bullies deterence in how we’re doing business. Increasingly, mine the argument. though, that’s exactly what’s happening. In Oh, but the NCBA has a remedy for that the case of sustainability, consumers have – just for you, of course. Says Lane, proudly, decided they ought to have a better under- “NCBA participates in the GRSB and USRSB…to standing and perhaps even a say in how their make certain that the voice of cattlemen and food is produced.” women is heard in conversations about cattle So, is the NCBA saying that its purpose and beef production.” In other words, he’s is to let people who have no idea how to claiming that NCBA has gained a seat at the grow beef decide how it’s to be grown? Do table to stand just for you! we now throw out reality for someone’s Well, how’s that working for you now misguided feelings? The article’s author, that you have that seat at the table? In short, NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs you have been forced to accept an endless Ethan Lane, explains his reason is that “the list of rules and regulations to force you to natural evolution of that interest was a con- be sustainably certified. To continue to versation about sustainability and whether a produce you will be required to submit to product is viewed by consumers as sustain- a centralized control of regulations that will able.” He goes on to say that “Groups like never end and will always increase in costs WWF and many others have tremendous and needless waste of manpower. influence over corporations in the United To follow the sustainable rules and be States and foreign countries.” officially certified, you, as a cattle grower,

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must agree to have much of the use of your land reduced to provide for wildlife habitat.

That’s the start. Just a little bit. And little bit more. Just to help improve your product and help the environment. Then come strict controls over water use and grazing areas.

This forces you to have smaller herds, making the process more expensive and economically unviable for the industry. In addition, there is a new layer of industry and government inspectors, creating a massive bureaucratic overreach, causing yet more costs for you. On its website, the WWF calls that “consulting with you.”

The Roundtable rules are now enforced on you through the packing companies.

Your ability to get your cattle to market is getting harder every day - unless you comply with rules that are simply designed to put you out of business. And of course, if you do comply, you will certainly go out of business.

But the NCBA says it is protecting you because they have a seat at the table! Oh yes, your voice is being heard alright! Bull!

Over the past several years I’ve watched industry after industry subjugated and destroyed using this exact game plan.

Submit, be silenced, be destroyed. This is why McDonalds is a major backer of the Roundtable. First they were attacked by the animal rights thugs. They submitted and started granting their demands. Walmart, same thing. Now they all cling to and promote the Roundtable out of fear. Home Depot did the same thing to help destroy the timber industry. In addition, the oil industry started donating massive funds to the green movement, while ignoring the very groups that have been fighting for their cause. It’s not black mail – it’s green mail!

Go along to get along. They all decided they needed a seat at the table too. Not one ever stood up and said NO! And not one has ever seen their industry or their business improve by going along with these thugs.

That’s why the WWF calls the shots. FEAR. The only reason the World Wildlife Fund and their green buddies have any influence or power is because every industry, every corporation, every business they attack gives it to them. We’ve allowed them to become Eco Terrorists on our markets, spreading fear and lies.

Do you understand the game that is being played on you? You are not supposed to win – you are supposed to quietly comply and then die. You cannot reason with them.

You cannot compromise with them – because they have a very specific agenda.

You follow their rules. They own the game.

The fact is this is really a game of strip poker and the NCBA has left you all in your underwear!

The packers now control the feed lots.

As you know, there are only four main packing companies in the United States.

They are all part of the Roundtable, working side by side with the World Wildlife Fund to force sustainable certification on the cattle growers. Hiding behind the Roundtable and its so-called certification, the packers that have played the game have become near monopolies able to destroy any attempts to create competition to them.

Tragically, the packers themselves don’t understand that they too have been played and have signed their own death warrant.

Of course, as you know, one of their first tactics was to remove the country of origin labeling from packaging so that consumers have no idea where their product is coming from. As the packers force these expensive, unnecessary, and unworkable sustainable certifications on American cattlemen they are systematically bringing in cheaper product from other countries. Many of these don’t adhere to strict, sanitary, safe production. As a result there is a noticeable rise in news reports of recalls of diseased

chicken and beef in American grocery stores.

This then is the situation that is threatening the American beef industry. If one reads the documents and statements from the World Wildlife Fund, the United Nations Environment Program and others involved, it is not hard to realize that the true goal is not to make beef better, but to ban it altogether. And believe it or not, the fact that some of the beef sold in stores is becoming lower grade and even diseased, works in the Sustainablist’s favor too – because the ultimate goal is to stop the consumption of beef. So fear of dangerous beef is a valuable tool.

R-CALF has managed to slow the Sustainable capture of the industry. But the packers’ control is a major roadblock if you can’t reach the market. R-CALF has filed Abuse of Conduct suits to go after these anti-trust, monopolistic tactics designed to subjugate the industry. This is vital and it has resulted in getting the Department of Agriculture to reverse its intention to force the RFID tags. That’s a victory.

However, the beef industry cannot recover by relying only on legal and legislative fights. You must get the American consumer behind you. If they are confused, as Mr. Lane claims, that’s because they have

never heard your side of the story. Consumers have only heard the fear spread in the deliberate political agenda of the vegans, animal rights movement, and environmental propagandists. By the way, these are people who would never buy your product, no matter how sustainably certified you become. But if you submit to them, you will most certainly lose your loyal customers as they are eventually forced to stop buying.

Your story must be told to the consumers. They must become outraged about the real reasons prices are soaring and quality is going down, as the danger to their own health is increasing. You must focus on how to get your message out to consumers that a force is loose in our country which is robbing them of the freedom of choice for their own dinner plate, perhaps even for their own health. You know these facts – but the average American doesn’t.

Now how do you do that? You are in a crisis situation. That calls for drastic, creative measures. First of all, let me say that the image of the great American cowboy that I grew up with would never submit to roving gangs of marauders who intend to steal your rangelands or rustle your cattle.

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the right to exist. In fact, their first inclination would be to kick over that table and send these whiny wimps packing!

The only way to stop the brute force of the World Wildlife Fund is to destroy them before they destroy you! How do you do that? You must expose their game. Tell the truth to the public – your consumer. Make the WWF the target – not you! Refuse to surrender or comply.

How? Do something dramatic that will throw you message right past the Roundtable, past elected officials, and over the heads of a skeptical news media – directly to the consumer that the NCBA is so worried about.

I have a modest little suggestion as to how you can get the attention of the entire nation – and start a nation-wide discussion of your plight. Are you ready?

Start a cattle drive right down the main street of cities across the country. Drive your cattle right to city hall or the state capital.

As you pass through, town people are going to be very startled and curious, to say the least. Take advantage of that by passing out leaflets that tell them why you are doing this.

Now that you have everyone’s attention, tell your story. Hold a news conference right

there on the steps of city hall or the state capital. In that news conference, demand that “Country of Origin” labels be put on all beef products so you know where your food comes from.

Second, demand that the Department of Agriculture reject this sustainable myth and protect the American free market that has always provided superior products.

Third, expose the packers by name. Help the American consumer become your ally in every grocery and steak house in the nation. Demand American beef for Americans! So, if they see that cute little WWF panda on the label – they’ll drop it like a hot potato.

Above all, publicly call out the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to get its collective head out of the sand and join you before the entire industry is destroyed.

Expose the fact that the NCBA is working directly with the World Wildlife Fund which believes that beef consumption must be stopped in order to save the earth. At your news conferences ask this question of the NCBA: Why would the WWF be welcomed into any part of your industry? It means they can effectively destroy you from the inside.

And that is exactly what they are doing.

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have if you had five cattle drives in five capital cities, driving right to the state houses – all in one day? It would get international attention.

Do you doubt that? Well a couple of months ago the farmers in the Netherlands, faced with some of the same oppressive sustainable regulations, shut down the nation’s highways with their tractors – twice.

The government’s reaction was to call an emergency meeting. In the past few weeks more such tractor blockage has occurred in Berlin, Germany and Dublin, Ireland. Most recently they drove into Paris, France. That activity is spreading across Europe by desperate farmers, for the very reasons you are now experiencing. The point is to take dramatic action that will get the American public to see your fight and take your side.

The only way you can survive is to fight.

So-called sustainable policy is not a free market. It is a government-sanctioned monopoly that is little short of a criminal enterprise. This is a dark, evil force with a one-sided goal designed to put you out of business and control or destroy your industry.

If you intend to survive, you must all become modern-day Paul Reveres. That means taking direct, creative action. The very future of our nation and its ability to feed itself, while remaining free and strong, depends on the choices you make today.

As martyred rancher LaVoy Finicum said, it matters how you stand!

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NEW MEXICO FEDERAL LANDS NEWS

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BLM leader, grazing reg’s & federal control of water

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illiam Perry Pendley, acting director of the BLM, has spent his first day of work in his new office in Grand Junction, Colorado. The event was not without controversy, as a few local enviros met him with what they described as an “unwelcoming committee”. They lined Horizon Drive with signs protesting Pendley’s appointment. A spokesman for the group complained, “William Perry Pendley is a staunch anti-public lands advocate. This would be akin to putting an arsonist in charge of a fire department” and called for Pendley’s resignation.

Actually, many westerners hope Pendley will be putting out fires, both literally and figuratively. Literally, we hope for significant changes in federal land management

that will to limit the number and severity of wildfires that annually sweep across the West, and figuratively, we would like to see cold water thrown on those current BLM programs that are anti-multiple use and restrict the public’s access to federal lands and resources. A good place to start would be the “lands with wilderness characteristics” policy that is currently infesting the land use plans undergoing revision. This a program initiated by former Secretary Salazar, and later rescinded by him because of the controversy it caused. That was just a subterfuge as the BLM is still implementing the concept as I write this. Pendley, please pick up a big bucket and douse.

The other immediate issue was whether Pendley would be reappointed to the acting director position. A coalition of ninety-one groups wrote to Interior Secretary Bernhardt demanding Pendley resign or be removed from the position, saying “his actions betray BLM’s mission and demonstrate his lack of fitness to lead it.” Bernhardt must have misread the letter because he reappointed Pendley to the temporary position.

“These groups have to do what these groups do,” Pendley said. “They exist to push their agenda and they are in conflict

not with me. They are in conflict with Secretary Bernhardt and more importantly they’re in conflict with President Trump.”

BLM Grazing Reg’s The BLM has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to revise their livestock grazing regulations and to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to accompany those regulatory revisions. BLM states the primary goals of the proposed revisions are to: ЇЇ Update and modernize the reg’s to allow for greater flexibility in the administration of the livestock grazing program ЇЇ Improve efficiencies in the program for such things as the expanded use of categorical exclusions and streamlining the protest and appeal process ЇЇ Explore ways to use livestock grazing to reduce wildfire risk and improve range condition, and ЇЇ Increase public participation To kick off the NEPA process BLM will conduct a series of scoping meetings to determine the relevant issues to be addressed. You can comment directly to the BLM or attend one of the scoping meetings continued on page 46 >>

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to be held in Miles City, Montana on Feb. 6; Las Cruces, NM on Feb. 11; Elko,Nevada on Feb. 18; and Casper, Wyoming on Feb. 20.

All livestock grazing permitees should be on notice that while this may sound like a bunch of regulatory gobbledygook, it is vitally important to participate in this first step. Issues not raised during the scoping phase will not be addressed in the final regulations. It is a speak up or forever hold your peace situation.

WOTUS The controversial 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule introduced by the Obama administration in 2015 to define which waters are regulated by the Clean Water Act has been officially replaced by the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Speaking to the American Farm Bureau convention, President Trump said “…this rule gave bureaucrats virtually unlimited authority to regulate stock tanks, drainage ditches and isolated ponds as navigable waterways and navigable water. You believe that? Sometimes you’d have a puddle, a little puddle, and they’d consider that a lake. As long as I’m President, governm e n t w i l l n e ve r m i c r o m a n a g e America’s farmers.”

In announcing the new rule, EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler said, “EPA and the Army (Corps of Engineers) are providing much needed regulatory certainty and predic tabilit y for American farmers, landowners and businesses to support the economy and accelerate critical infrastruc-

ture projects. After decades of landowners relying on expensive attorneys to determine what water on their land may or may not fall under federal regulations, our new Navigable Waters Protection Rule strikes the proper balance between Washington and the states in managing land and water resources while protecting our nation’s navigable waters, and it does so within the authority Congress provided.”

Congrats to the Trump administration for bringing about much needed change in both the programs mentioned above. My only question is why did they wait to the last year of this term to propose these changes? When I worked for Secretary Jim Watt during the Reagan administration, the Department of Interior set our goals and objectives to be met during the first eighteen months in office. All of the proposed changes were met before the eighteen month deadline, and we had to set new items for change or improvement. Secretary Watt met with each wing of Interior once a month to review the status of each item, and I recall the very uncomfortable feeling experienced if you were running behind schedule. Each of us underlings did our best to not have to explain why there was a delay, and things got done. I guess they just don’t manage government agencies like that anymore.

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

Frank DuBois was NM Sec. of Agriculture 1988–2003, is author of www.TheWesterner.blogspot.com and founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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Leading the Office of Institutional Policy, Mrs. Hickey has extensive experience in policies and procedures, government contracts, employment law and alternative dispute and conflict resolution.

Mrs. Hickey is a native New Mexican and was raised in Los Alamos. Receiving her Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law, Mrs. Hickey is also a member of the New Mexico State Bar. She has previous experience serving on State Boards and Commissions, appointed to the New Mexico State Governor’s Fellows Program Board of Directors in 2007 and currently serving on the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps Commission since 2012.

Mrs. Hickey currently lives in Santa Fe with her husband and enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors. As an avid outdoor enthusiast, she loves spending time hiking, biking and snowshoeing.

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS

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New Mexico’s Lowly Territorials

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ew Mexico has been one of the United courthouse because the church kept its of his deputies descended on West Texas.

States for 108 years, since January of own records. Such marriages, then, did not Maher was doing his training in Las Cruces 1912. But much happened in the years comply with the provisions of the Edmunds and Fitzsimmons was working out across before that. Governance of New Mexico Act. This law had the most profound effect the Rio Grande in Juarez. It is recorded that passed from Spain to Mexico in 1821, and on the Hispanic population, especially the Hall visited the Maher’s camp on a friendly from Mexico to the United States in 1846. poor and rural among their numbers. basis. It is not recorded whether Hall really New Mexico gained territorial status in 1850.

Even so, Marshals Rumulo Martinez and wanted to stop the fight, or just have a Statehood for the territory was not in the Trinidad Romero both worked hard to good reason to watch the match. As it offing partly because of the slavery ques- enforce the Act. In 1889 and 1890, nearly turned out, he did neither. tion in the years before the Civil War, even 100 couples were arrested and indicted for The fight itself was finally moved further though slavery was never an economic illegal cohabitation in Doña Ana County south in Texas where Judge Roy Bean of factor in New Mexico. In the years after the alone. A local newspaper in Silver City Langtry in the Big Bend country promoted close of the Civil War in 1865, there were a reported that enough evidence existed to it. It took place on an island in the Rio plethora of reasons why statehood was send “…scores to the penitentiary.” The Grande, the ownership status of which was denied, but most outrageous was the same paper reported that the deputy in dispute between the U. S. and Mexico. notion held by many in the United States marshal who was working on these cases, The entire fight lasted 95 seconds with FitzCongress that New Mexicans were not fit one Dell Potter, was “impartial” in gathering simmons the winner. Marshal Hall was in for statehood. And because of that percep- evidence in that he went after Anglos as Las Cruces at the time. His deputies arrived tion, the national legislature undertook to well as Hispanics. in Langtry after the fight was over. prepare New Mexico’s “lowly territorials” for Nothing much came of these arrests.

What all of this says about New Mexico’s statehood. They determined what the Usually, those so accused, were released struggle for statehood is uncertain. The shortcomings were and prescribed and the charges against them dropped if territory’s status was upgraded from “lowly” proper remedies. they would use the simple expedient of to acceptable by 1912 when statehood was The U. S. Marshal was designated as the acquiring a marriage license from civil granted. The matters reported here probaproper authority to enforce some of the authority. bly had very little to do with it. changes.1 High on the list of things to be The concern for the morals of the terridone was the elimination of liquor sales to torials went even farther. Trepidation was Endnotes: the Indians. This was to be accomplished expressed about public exhibitions such as 1 U. S. Marshals were, and are, political appointees of by strict enforcement of the Indian Inter- bullfighting and prizefighting. There was the President. U. S. Grant appointed John Sherman course Act which prohibited the whiskey not much real bother about the former in (1876-1882), Chester A. Arthur appointed Alexander trade with Native Americans. Marshal Alex New Mexico, though bullfighting was fairly Morrison (1882-1885), Grover Cleveland appointed Romulo Martinez, the first Hispanic marshal (1885Morrison worked diligently in the endeavor common in Arizona. Prizefighting was 1889), Benjamin Harrison appointed Trinidad and he did break up a major ring of booze another matter.

Romero (1889-1893), and when Cleveland returned peddlers. The illicit trade, however, was In early 1896, promoters put together a to office he appointed Edward L. Hall in 1893. chose Hall over New Mexico native Felix never completely eliminated. prizefight between Bob Fitzsimmons and Cleveland Martinez because Hall’s brother was a congressman Also, very high on the list of congressio- Peter Maher which was to take place in New from Missouri. nal concerns was the matter of the morality Mexico. There arose a great hue and cry 2 One source reported that this was a “championship” of folks living in the western territories. As calling attention to the disgrace such a fight. It was not. Fitzsimmons did not become early as 1864, while the Civil War yet raged, match would bring to the territory. Even heavyweight champion until the following year when he defeated Gentleman Jim Corbett at Carson congress passed a law that forbade bigamy New Mexico’s own Thomas B. Catron— City, Nevada. Peter Maher was never champion. in the territories. In 1882, the so-called alleged founder of the Santa Fe Ring—said Another source claims the fight was between John Edmunds Act further dealt with this “crime.” it might be “bad for the morals” of the ter- L. Sullivan and Bob Fitzsimmons. Sullivan, the last And while it was aimed primarily at the ritory. In February of that year, congress of the bare-knuckle boxers, lost the heavyweight title four years earlier to Jim Corbett. polygamous Mormons of Utah, it was soon passed an act that specifically prohibited discovered that a great many New Mexico such events in the territories. U. S. Marshal couples resided together, as if married, Edward Hall was authorized to hire 20 extra without benefit of civil ceremony. deputies to prevent the fight from taking The vast majority of those folks were, in place and U. S. Attorney General Richard fact, married to each other, and they were Olney requested that troops be placed at not bigamous. The problem was that they the Marshal’s disposal. had been married by the Catholic Church, As a result, the promoters decided to and not by any civil authority. That meant move the bout to the El Paso area. such marriages were not on file at the local Undaunted, Marshal Hall and a contingent 2

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JOHN WENZEL, NMSU Extension Veterinarian Receives 2019 Beef Backer Honor

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he Beef Backer Award is presented annually by the New Mexico Beef Council, for outstanding efforts to advance the New Mexico Beef industry through Promotion, Education and Research.

This year’s recipient, Dr. John Wenzel, is no stranger to the New Mexico beef community. Dr. Wenzel is a native New Mexican and earned his Bachelor’s in Agriculture from New Mexico State University, and his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University. He began his career in Veterinary Medicine in 1986 in Albuquerque, but left city lights for starlight in Bayard, NM, serving as an Associate Veterinarian, and soon opening his own practice, the Arenas Valley Animal Clinic which he operated for twenty years. Since then, Dr. Wenzel has practiced in Silver City.

In 2006, Dr. Wenzel’s veterinary career expanded, when he was hired as New Mexico State University’s first Extension Veterinarian. This charged him with delivering educational programming to NM Livestock producers old and young, and county agent’s clientele, covering livestock disease, veterinary care and teaching best practices through the industry’s critically important Beef Quality Assurance Program. Dr. Wenzel serves as the State Coordinator of the BQA program, a national and voluntary program started in the 80’s by beef producers and supported through Beef Checkoff dollars.

The goal of Beef Quality Assurance is to assure consumers that all cattle shipped from a beef production unit are healthy, wholesome, and safe; their management has met FDA, USDA, and EPA standards; they meet quality requirements through-

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out the production system; and are produced using animal well-being, worker safety, and environmentally-sound production practices. The foundation of BQA is regular, high-quality training and certification for cattle producers on the key practices that include; cattle care, biosecurity, herd health, transporting, nutrition, environmental stewardship, record keeping, worker safety and emergency action planning.

Dr. Wenzel’s role in BQA goes back to the inception of BQA in New Mexico, in the early 90’s, when the beef community sought help from NMSU Cooperative Extension Service to establish New Mexico’s BQA Program. Dina ChacónReitzel, NM Beef Council executive director says, “Dr. Wenzel ‘was arm-deep’ in his private veterinary practice when we asked him to teach our producers the principles behind BQA and the management techniques to help solve pressing quality and beef safety issues, and do the trainings chute-side. Dr. Wenzel traveled thousands of miles conducting BQA training across the state for hundreds of beef producers, on his own time and without compensation. Early on, he demonstrated his ability to provide quality instruction for producer audiences, impart his knowledge and expertise in veterinary medicine, and his willingness to partner with the industry and the college.”

Dr. Wenzel’s contribution to Beef Quality Assurance since the 90’s, has helped the industry reduce injection site lesions in fed cattle from 21.6 percent to 2.5 percent, and reduce injection site lesions n breeding stock from 31 percent to 7 percent among many other significant accomplishments.

The New Mexico Beef Council has worked with Dr. Wenzel on the Youth Ranch Management Camp, and the U.S. Beef Academy, which has provided the opportunity to witness Dr. Wenzel’s ability to effectively teach and communicate with the youth of our state. Each student in attendance at the camp, becomes BQA certified. Student evaluations always rate

his presentation’s the highest and the most impactful on the student’s future in production agriculture.

Due to Dr. Wenzel’s leadership, the U.S. Beef Academy, conducted at the NMSU Corona Range and Livestock Research Center, will continue to grow in attendance and stature in the U.S. and International beef industries. The fiveday intensive college-level course focuses on current methods and technology used in beef production.

The first day, “Beef Day” sponsored by the beef council, presenters speak on food safety, proper cooking methods, and how genetics and production methods can influence the quality of the product.

Through a taste panel the students witness for themselves differences between various grades, production practices and genetics. In 2019, the roster included students from seven states. Graduate and undergraduate students, as well as veterinary students participated in the academy. The beef academy has hosted students from fourteen states and Mexico.

Dr. Wenzel is responsible for additional livestock disease and veterinary care programs including; the “Trich” Education and Control Program, New Mexico ALIRT and Enhanced Passive Surveillance Program, and the New Mexico Rural Veterinary Practice Relief Program to name a few. The success of all of these programs, are indicative of Dr. Wenzel’s professional influence, his ability to teach and inspire students and collaborate with industry partners and peers.

Thank you, Dr. Wenzel! The beef industry is grateful to you for teaching us how to raise healthy animals, and continue to be viable producers of safe and wholesome beef for consumers at home and abroad. Because we at the Beef Council know that a job well done is rare, it is a privilege to honor Dr. John Wenzel, NMSU CES, as the 2019 Beef Backer.

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Sarah Metzler, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, discusses “The Reality of the Beef Checkoff.” What it does, why we need It, and what it is doing to put Beef on the table, at recent Joint Stockman Meeting.

Dr. John Wenzel, NMSU-CES was presented The 2019 Beef Backer Award. NMBC Directors, Matt Ferguson, Cole Gardner and Kenneth McKenzie present the award along with NMBC Executive Director, Dina Chacón-Reitzel.

Tamara Hurt was recognized for her outstanding leadership on the NMBC, while serving as a Director on the New Mexico Beef Council. “Along the Santa Fe Trail,” a National Geographic print, from March 1991, is presented to retiring NMBC Directors. (L-R): Jeff Witte, NM Secretary of Agriculture, Tamara Hurt, and Matt Ferguson, NMBC Chairman.

2019 Beef Backer Honoree, John Wenzel, DVM, is flanked by Bruce Hinrichs, NMSUCES and Dolly Wenzel.

Council Directors Dan Bell, Matt Ferguson and Cole Gardner prepare for the crowd.

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Friends old and new enjoy the Welcome Reception sponsored by the NM Beef Council.

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The Search for Stockmen

Growing up in cities, she dreamt of similar,” says Daigle, noting cities could be working with animals, which is why her BS viable recruiting areas for those offering and early career was in zoology, working jobs in stockmanship. with African lions.

“We are having a hard time finding “It wasn’t until I started working at Texas people who will be stewards of our food

by Kylee Kohls, Certified Angus Beef A&M that I knew what a pen rider was, and animals. When we start looking around and he future of food is in our hands, but I’ve worked with animals my whole life,” asking ‘Where is everyone?’ – they are in do we have enough hands to help Daigle says. “People can’t help that they’re the cities.” born in the cities and so even if they want She suggests advertising in urban feed the world?

Courtney Daigle, assistant professor of to work with animals, they may not know centers for positions such as animal technianimal welfare at Texas A&M University, there are other opportunities [besides cians, opportunity to work with a large shares ideas on the the zoo].” number of animals. narrowing supply of As her work contin“Then provide incentive,” Daigle says.

There are fewer quality stockmen and ued at Texas A&M, she “Highlight quality of life based on pay struchow cattlemen might kept bumping into what ture, cost of living and geographical people working in she calls the “stockman/ locations. By advertising in some of these find more top hands.

“There are fewer zookeeper conundrum.” areas and targeting people who want to agriculture, so there’s people working in With many similarities work with animals, producers might find a agriculture, so there’s a between the two occu- more diverse and better-qualified suite of a limited awareness limited awareness that pations, the divide a p p l i c a n t s t o f i l l t h o s e o p e n stockmanship is a begins with the demand. positions.” that stockmanship is a potential occupation,” For every rural stock she says. “A lot of our person available, there potential occupation.” workforce is made up are two job openings; of immigrants, and for every zookeeper — Courtney Daigle position, there are 150 some of the challenges we have in retaining applicants. and recruiting are influenced by our current “Although they are very different scenarpolicies associated with immigra- ios, the occupations and pay are very tion reform.”

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To Stop A Runaway

by Miles Culbertson

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n 1979, I was honored to be selected by the NM Cattle Growers’ Association to participate in the first Young Cattlemens’ Leadership Conference, a group of a couple dozen young cattlemen visiting several venues, including Washington, DC. There, we met with and received briefings from a variety of industry, political and governmental leaders, including the White House, Congress, and major government agencies.

From farms and ranches across the country, all in our 20s and 30s, most of us were encountering top levels of federal government for the first time. At USDA, we joined together in a conference room with the Secretary of Agriculture and several of his senior personnel for a revealing and, for us, troubling insight into the political mindset of an administrative state.

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ducers about how it was no longer agriculture’s department of government.

“The new USDA is now the department of the consumer,” one said, and declared the interests of the country’s agricultural producers were no longer the agency’s focus.

The mostly one-sided discussion was condescending, bordering on hostile, and our group was more than a little caught off guard by the tone. Meanwhile, the Secretary of Agriculture, the President’s man in the room, sat timid and compliant.

During the short question and answer exchange, I raised my hand: “Being that this is an election year and considering the positions you have laid out today, what happens to all this if there is a basic change, in other words if the sitting President is not re-elected?” I didn’t intend it to be a provocative question (honest, I didn’t), but they took it that way. The crusty old high-ranking career type on the Secretary’s right took the question with a pretty high degree of umbrage, declaring, “presidents come and presidents go,” and, rudely pointing his thumb toward the Secretary, he continued, “and it doesn’t matter who is sitting in that chair. We are the ones who run the department, we can’t be fired, and we’re not going anywhere.”

As it turned out, he wasn’t entirely correct about where he was not going. A new President was elected that year, and apparently this particular official had gained the attention of more than just our little bunch of cowboys. I later learned the New Boss transferred this fellow who couldn’t be fired to a remote inspection station at a minor border crossing in Minnesota, where he sat out the remainder of his career.

Although much of the administrative state as we know it had its beginnings in the FDR days, I believe we were witnessing, by 1979, an aggressive acceleration that was even eclipsing the president’s own agenda at the time, like a cold-jawed horse in a cattle stampede. In the decades since, there have been piecemeal attempts to bring the bureaucracy to heel, but the curve has always trended upward to the point that the administrative state is now not just an instrumentality of government, but in many ways the government itself, an unaccountable “swamp,” with its own executive, legislative and judicial functions formerly reserved to, and separated between, the branches set forth in the Constitution.

Over the years I have had the privilege of working with many dedicated professionals in government, true public servants, men and women who do their country proud. However, many of the agencies they work for have suffered decades-long mission creep, growing into an overall bureaucracy whose reach is excessive and whose appetite demands hundreds of billions of dollars each year from an irresponsible Congress that, in some ways, resembles the timid Ag Secretary of that 1979 meeting.

The natural gravitational pull of human nature causes people and organizations to invade spaces when no boundaries are set.

In government, voids are created by a Congress that has become accustomed to passing legislation that reads more like platitudes than laws, calling for funding with non-existent dollars, and instructing the agencies to write their own rules. With no mechanism for serious legislative review, the legislators simply write the hot check and hurry off to the next fashionable issue, casting accountability and restraint aside.

The results are as suffocating as they are predictable. At the time of our meeting in 1979 the national debt was $827 billion (31 percent of GDP). Today it is $22.5 trillion (106 percent of GDP). Each man, woman, and child in the United States owes a stifling $68,000 piece of this debt that will ulti-

mately come due in one devastating form or another. Prosperity and productivity risk strangulation, while government continues to grow, regulate, dominate, and “spend like a drunken sailor” as I used to say, until an old sailor reminded me that, in his day, when he ran out of money he would quit drinking.

Over the past several years, the unelected regulators were turning out more than 80,000 pages of new regulations yearly, causing an annual $1.88 trillion in lost economic productivity and higher prices, costing each household almost $15,000. New major regulations were outpacing new laws by a ratio of 16 to 1.

(Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2014). In 2015, regulation’s direct cost to the economy amounted to $197 billion, and forced 127 million paperwork burden hours on America’s businesses and families (American Action Forum). Over the past couple of years, that has slowed some, but not nearly enough to turn the stampede.

But, at the end of the day, is the bureaucracy alone to blame?

Today, we shake our collective fist at the 440-plus federal agencies and their 1.4 million employees; however, the administrative state is only a product of those who construct and feed it. Simplistically pointing the finger at the bureaucracy is not unlike blaming an overweight housecat for eating everything the owner gives it.

Ideological presidents are prone to misuse the powers of the executive branch to pursue their agendas by way of an over-reaching administrative state, but the legislative branch does little to slow the runaway. When Congress became a career choice rather than a term of service, the natural rules of self-interested human nature took over. As a result, the combination of ambitious presidents and a pandering, self-dealing Congress has delivered to the American people not only a stifling regulatory environment, but a crushing national debt that will eventually fall to the American people for collection.

Those who make up the Legislative Branch have repeatedly proven they will not limit themselves, force accountability on the government, or restrain their own profligate spending. Without concise constitutional direction they will refuse to change their ways. The corrosive combination of career politicians, debt, and regulatory over-reach would appear to be unstoppable, casting America into permanent decline with no possibility of returning to its exceptional past, but that isn’t the

case. The nation’s original rulebook, the Constitution, holds the key to a solution as big as the problem.

Interestingly, and fortunately, concise constitutional direction can be imposed.

The founders of our nation and the framers of its Constitution took into account the fact of human nature, acknowledging that both virtue and vice exist concurrently among those who govern. Checks and balances were built into the articles of the Constitution to deal with such human frailties, and for times like these, the mechanism in Article V provides the means to propose amendments in order to clarify and strengthen the Constitution’s fundamental intent. The Constitution has been amended 27 times under Article V, all proposed by Congress and ratified by at least three-quarters of the states. Other amendments have been proposed by Congress but defeated by the states; and one, prohibition, was repealed by the states.

In their wisdom, the framers also anticipated times when Congress, succumbing to human nature, would be unwilling to propose amendments that threaten the self-interested motives of its members.

With that in mind, language was included in Article V to give the states themselves the

authority to convene for the purpose of proposing amendments for ratification, bypassing Congress. Two-thirds of the state legislatures can bring together a national convention to consider amendments limited to the common language set forth in the respective states’ resolutions.

The sentiment is dramatically increasing to call for a convention to consider amendments that would impose fiscal restraint, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and set term limits on federal officials. Over two million citizens have signed on to the effort (more than eleven thousand in New Mexico), residing in every state legislative district in the United States. To date, 15 states have passed identical resolutions calling for a convention, and a resolution calling for a convention of the states under Article V will be introduced in the 2020 New Mexico Legislature.

This is no mere flash in the pan. Known as the Convention of States Project, the traction is evident, pushing toward the reality of a convention to be called under the constitutional authority of Article V, with all fifty states in attendance, to discuss, continued on page 58 >>

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develop, debate, and propose amendments to the American people for their ratification.

The scope of the Convention’s deliberations will be dictated, and limited, by identical language contained in resolutions of a minimum of 34 states: “(1) impose fiscal restraint, (2) limit the power & jurisdiction of the federal government, and (3) set term limits on federal officials.” Nothing may be considered outside that scope. Any proposals arising from the convention will have to run the gamut of at least 38 of the fifty states to be ratified as amendments.

The convention has detractors on the two extreme ends of the political spectrum, asserting the possibility of a runaway convention and rogue amendments, but plain old-fashioned logic and basic math eviscerate their theory. Consider the fact that, after at least two thirds of the states set the agenda, more than half the convention’s commissioners from 50 states would all have to violate their mandate, and more than three-fourths of all the fifty states would have to agree to that violation in the ratification process. It takes only 13 states to block ratification of any amendment. A scenario cannot be credibly engineered

that shows how lightning could be caught in that kind of a bottle.

In 1979, we observed at our USDA meeting, as well as in conferences with the legislators that congressional indifference had already begun to permit erosion of the Founders’ intended form of government.

However, I doubt anyone on either end of the political spectrum would have believed that, 40 years later, federal regulation would have seized such a broad stranglehold, or that the direct national debt would exceed the country’s Gross National Product, or that the total unfunded liabilities added in would increase the obligation by a factor of five, or that our elected officials, more concerned about their own careers than the country, would allow any of this. But, here we are in 2019, facing all of it.

The framers of the Constitution recognized the possible scenario of an out of control government, and so provided the simple language of Article V: “The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and

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purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress” Through the exercise of an Article V convention of the states, Americans will have an opportunity to rein-in this cold jawed runaway and force accountability on those who were sent to serve, not to rule. It will be accomplished by using the exact mechanism prescribed by the framers of our Constitution. Those in the deep-rooted political and administrative establishment may presently believe they are not going anywhere but, like the fellow whiling away his days at that remote border crossing, they should not be so certain about where they think they are not going.

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by Lee Pitts

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n addition to owning a couple great ranches, Thomas Watson Jr. was also the son of the founder of IBM. After his father died, Thomas Watson Jr. ran IBM as President and CEO and he did a much better job at that occupation than he ever would have as a fortune teller. For example, he predicted that there would only ever be a world market for five computers!

I think it’s safe to say that your average teenager in America has more than that!

This year we went to a conspicuous consumption Christmas at a friend’s house and got to watch their family unwrap box after box of computer driven equipment, as if they didn’t already have enough. To give you some idea how big their house is, the alpha male of the family drove a Segway® to the unwrapping ceremony and HE WAS IN THE SAME HOUSE as the gifts! By the time he arrived his son was already in someplace called Virtual Reality and was wearing something called an Oculus®, which looked like a giant pair of sunglasses and allowed him to play expensive video games. He could be anything he wanted to be, a hero in outer space or a gun-wielding warrior. I was amazed by the device because it allowed whoever wore it to start knocking over knick knacks while grabbing at things in midair as if he was a ring man catching bids at a bull sale.

The grandkids thought it would be a real hoot to put Grandma in the pilot’s seat of a plane flying through the Grand Canyon.

This, despite the fact that the closest Grandma had ever come to a cockpit was in aisle three on an Alaskan Airlines flight from Denver to Seattle! As Grandma did the smart thing and baled out, she kept yelling something about a parachute, of which there was the same number of working toilets in Virtual Realityville: none.

Those who weren’t stuck in Virtual Reality were lost in “real time” where they got into a big argument over who inherited Grandma’s FitBit®, a gift she’d unwrapped prior to her takeoff earlier in the day. As far as I could tell, FitBit® is a wearable computer

that counts the number of steps it takes to hiding in its charging station. the refrigerator and back.

One of the young tech-heads, about six The star of the day was something its or so, informed us that Husqvarna® made a box identified as I-Robot. Apparently there similar device for mowing lawns. I thought are two strains of I-Robot, one will spit- I must get me one of those until I rememshine your vinyl floors while the other bered that we no longer have a lawn version vacuums your carpet. According to because the water police made us get rid the instructions that came in Japanese, of ours last year.

Chinese and Korean (but not English) you The big surprise came when our hosts can teach I-Robot to clean your floors any announced they’d adopted someone called time of night or day and when it’s done it Alexa®. Initially, I thought this meant they’d returns to its charging station to fuel up for hired a new illegal housekeeper. “Watch its next adventure. this,” our host said. “Alexa, turn on the You may have heard about I-Robot heater.” Sure enough, the heater roared into because it made the national nightly news action. “Alexa, turn on the television to when one family that opened gifts on ESPN.” Again, Alexa performed flawlessly.

Christmas Eve programmed their new “That’s nothing,” I proclaimed. “I’ve had I-Robot to vacuum their carpet at night. something like that for 45 years. Watch this: Either they must have forgotten, or they “Diane, bring us all a beer.” drank too much egg nog, because at exactly Evidently Diane’s power source was low two thirty on Christmas morning they because she yelled back, “Get it heard strange noises like someone was yourself!” breaking into their house. They assumed it was crooks because they had long ago given up on Santa Claus. So they hid in an upstairs closet and didn’t venture out until daylight. The baseball-bat-wielding couple was relieved when they tippy-toed from the closet and dared to venture downstairs where they caught the intruder red-handed,

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Raising Beef Cattle is Sustainable for Today & Tomorrow

by Andrea Johnson, www.kenoshanews.com/

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ome U.S. news outlets have reported on events, like the Golden Globe Awards, that are going “meatless” to shed light on climate change. In all likelihood, serving a nice, small cut of beef may have done more to reduce climate change than the entrée of king oyster mushroom scallops on top of wild mushroom risotto that was served at the event.

Beef production is sustainable, and there are many positive points for the beef industry to share with consumers regarding U.S. and global beef production.

For instance, raising cattle is a great example of upcycling.

Upcycling takes byproducts and unusable items and creates usable products – like cattle turn grass/forage, corn and byproducts into high quality protein, B vitamins and micronutrients for people to eat.

“Cattle don’t spend their whole life in front of a feed bunk. Ninety percent of the feed cattle are consuming is not in direct competition with human food,” said Sara Place with Elanco Animal Health. She spoke at the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association’s Beef Industry Convention, in Willmar, Minnesota, on December 13.

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sustainable across the United States and Only 11 percent of grain-finished cattle North America. She offered some great feed requirements are actually grain – information about cattle and beef produc- mostly corn, wheat or barley. Due to the tion that producers can share with efficiency of U.S. agriculture, land requireconsumers for greater peace of mind. ments for raising grain for U.S. beef Sustainable is an important word, and continue to decrease – about eight million people want to feel they are living sustain- acres of corn are raised for beef cattle. The able lives. A good place to start when number of cattle in the U.S. continues to talking with people about sustainability is decrease too as efficiency rises. with the definition. Sustainability, she says, Greenhouse gas emissions are over 30 is the “idea of trying to balance environ- percent lower per pound of beef produced mental issues, economic issues and social in the U.S. as compared to Australia, accordissues all at once.” ing to the Food and Agriculture People tend to agree with this definition, Organization of the United Nations, but they have various priorities, Sara said. she added.

Finding points in common can help beef Many people believe that beef cattle producers talk with people who have other production is a big player when it comes to backgrounds and beliefs. greenhouse gas emissions, but that’s not This was recently demonstrated to Sara true either. Beef cattle create about six when visiting with a director of dining for a percent of global greenhouse gas emislarge university system in the eastern sions, and that includes all feed production, United States. Wanting to provide the best deforestation in other parts of the world, beef possible, they were sourcing Aus- transportation, harvesting and more. tralian beef.

For the United States, beef and dairy The Australians have done an excellent production results in three percent of U.S. job of marketing their beef as superior, she greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions conceded, but from a sustainability stand- are slowly decreasing as the number of live point – purchasing U.S. or North American cattle is decreasing, but mostly the percent beef is better, she pointed out. stays quite even with calving and harvesting.

The U.S. is the largest producer of beef, Cattle chew forages, swallow them, and and also raises cattle more sustainably than erupt methane once every minute via their anywhere else in the world, she said. Eighty- mouths. The methane, a greenhouse gas, two percent of what it takes in the life cycle breaks down into carbon dioxide in about of beef to produce grain-finished beef is 10-12 years and the amount stays forage – mostly grazed forage on western fairly constant. range lands. Another 7 percent is byprodFossil fuels, on the other hand, were ucts like distillers grains or cottonseed. produced millions of years ago and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the ocean and into plants that make oxygen.

“Fossil fuels – they’re old forests, old photosynthetic organisms from 100 to 200 million years ago,” she said. “What we’ve done in the last, especially 40 years, is we’ve burned a whole lot of fossil fuels.

“When you look at the charts of CO2 going up in the atmosphere, it pretty well correlates with how much fossil fuels we’ve been burning,” she continued. “It’s very different than this situation where we have animals temporarily converting carbon.”

If there was one area where the beef industry could improve, it would be in helping to reduce food waste. About 30 to 40 percent of landfills are made up of discarded, wasted food. We can all work together to make a significant impact on the environment by reducing food waste.

That’s a great topic to talk with consumers about.

Conservation Easement Scam Proves Resilient Despite IRS Pressure

by Steve Dubb, nonprofitquarterly.org

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onservation easements can be highly useful for land preservation.

As Peter Elkind of ProPublica explains, with a conservation easement, a landowner agrees to permanently protect land from development. In exchange for forgoing the ability to cash in on the land’s market value, the landowner is entitled to deduct from her tax bill the difference between the appraised value of the land if sold on the market and the reduced financial value of the land that abides by the condition of the easement.

It seems like—and often can be—a great deal for all concerned. The public doesn’t need to buy the land, the only public expense being the tax deduction; typically, a nonprofit conservation land trust acts as a third-party validator and maintains the land for its easement-restricted use. In Maine, for example, 2.3 million acres, which works out to about 11.5 percent of all state land, are preserved through such mechanisms. That’s a million more acres than the federal government owns statewide.

An article published by Yale’s Environment 360 estimates that 40 million acres nationally are preserved by such mechanisms, more acreage than exists in national parks in the Lower 48 (which, outside Alaska, contain about 29.9 million acres). It is all pretty remarkable, particularly given that the conversation easement itself is only about 40 years old.

But what if you can juice that appraisal value? Since the land is not actually sold on the market—that is the point of the

“There’s a lot of effort from farmers and everybody in the whole supply chain to generate food that just gets thrown out,” she said. “It doesn’t nourish anybody, so from a sustainability standpoint, that’s one of our biggest issues that we have in terms of trying to solve it.”

Cattle producers have done an excellent

job improving over time and have shown they are committed to further improvement in the future, she added.

Demonstrating this commitment to the consumer is essential.

“People should feel good about eating U.S. beef as a responsible and nutritious food choice,” Sara concluded.

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easement, after all—opportunities for a US Justice Department complaint: abuse are rife. This is particularly the case In 2015, an EcoVest entity acquired 28 when you have what is known as a syndi- acres in North Myrtle Beach, South Carocated conservation easement. lina, for $1.1 million. The firm raised about What makes a conservation easement $9 million from investors who bought the a “syndicated” easement? Well, with a property, then made an easement donatraditional conservation easement, typi- tion based on a claimed value for what cally a long-term landowner agrees to a the land would be worth if developed as restriction on her property’s use. In other a multifamily resort. That projection, words, most people don’t buy properties made by an appraiser hired by the prowith the purpose of getting easements. moters, produced a tax deduction of Rather, they decide to add the easement about $39.7 million. The tax write-off for as a way of preserving a family’s legacy. investors: $4.12 for every $1 invested.

The tax deduction is certainly an incentive What a deal! for doing so, but it is not the sole motivaUnfortunately, Elkind reports that tor in most cases. despite IRS efforts, the scheme continues, A syndicated conservation easement, largely because of a lack of IRS resources. reports Elkind, can look very different. It Back in 2014, when the IRS was facing often involves “buying up land, finding an funding cuts, NPQ’s Rick Cohen lamented appraiser willing to declare that it has the relative lack of nonprofit concern: huge development value and thus is “Where is the nonprofit sector’s leadership worth many times the purchase price, on the IRS budget? For years, it has been then selling stakes in the deal to wealthy well known that the tax-exempt unit of investors who extract tax deductions that the IRS has been grossly underfunded. are often five or more times what Leadership organizations should be milithey put in.” tating for adequate funding for the IRS.” According to a 2017 Brookings report, Alas, the consequences of regular tax deductions for conservation ease- shortchanging of the IRS are now visible ments tripled from $971 million in 2012 to to all. “Boy, it isn’t like the old days, when $3.2 billion in 2014. This could reflect a people were fearful of the IRS,” Steven surge of interest in conserving land…or Miller, who oversaw tax-exempt organisomething else. zations for 25 years at the IRS, tells Elkind.

For its part, the IRS is betting on “some- Former IRS commissioner John Koskinen, thing else” and listed the syndicated who left the agency in late 2017, adds that conservation easement practice in its “I thought by now they would have put annual “Dirty Dozen” list of the “worst of these guys out of business. Obviously, if the worst” tax scams in March 2019 (see you can get four to seven times your item 12, abusive tax shelters). investment back in deductions, that’s a Elkind reports, “Three IRS divisions are good deal. But you really have to have a now conducting coordinated examina- lot of chutzpah to pull it off.” tions of syndication deals after identifying For the record, an EcoVest spokesper125 ‘high-risk cases,’ and outside contrac- son tells ProPublica that the government’s tors have been hired to assist with the charges are “baseless.” Meanwhile, investigative load. More than 80 tax court reports Elkind, the Land Trust Alliance, a cases are now pending against partner- national association of conservation land ships that used the syndicated easement trusts, has been pressing the IRS to crack deduction.” down on the practice for a decade.

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ew Mexico Agricultural Leadership Program recently held a graduation for nine graduates. The ceremony, held in Albuquerque, was the culmination of 18 months of study. The New Mexico Agricultural Leadership Program began in 2002 with a mission to develop knowledgeable, multicultural leaders in the agricultural, food, and natural resource industries of New Mexico.

Graduating members of Class 13 include Kelsi Cureton, Farm Credit of New Mexico; Joseph Griego, West Las Vegas Schools and HELP NM; Matthew Gonzales; LeeAnderson Jim, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry; Martina Lewis, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry; Derek Romig, Dairy Farmers of America; Tiffany Rivera, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau; Dr. Marisa Thompson, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service; Jeroen van der Ploeg, Mid-Frisian Dairy and Farms.

The New Mexico Agricultural Leadership (NMAL) program sets out to develop these types of leaders. This professional development program for individuals 25 years and older is a premier step in the agricultural leadership spectrum. Our mission focuses on creating knowledgeable, multicultural leaders in the state’s agriculture, food, and natural resource industries. We enroll a select group of participants for an intensive, 18-month program, which exposes them to a variety of businesses, social settings, political environments and government agencies. They embark on a simultaneous journey of personal leadership growth through focused goal setting and reflection, and industry awareness through site visits and networking opportunities.

As a result, our participants return to their homes, communities, and companies with a renewed energy to create change.

Fueled by new perspectives, new ideas, and a reinforced sense of their leadership capacity, they are ready to tackle the challenges faced by New Mexico agriculture.

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Peggy S. Boss, 87, Douglas, Arizona, time, first as an owner then owner/trainer. Moriarty High School Football, Basketball passed away peacefully on December 29, Stub raced at Ruidoso Downs, Sunland and Track Teams, 4H and Sociedad De San 2019. Peggy was born and raised in Douglas, Park, Albuquerque, Hobbs, Chicago and Jose. He was a National Junior Honor Arizona. After graduating high school, she Arizona. He loved to play dominoes, 84, 42 Society Member, President of the National attended college at Hotel Dieu School of but was happiest when working. Stub was Honor Society Manuel Sandoval Chapter, Nursing in El Paso, Texas where she gradu- married to Billie Jo and raised four children member of the All Metro All Academic ated as a registered nurse in 1954. Peggy who survive him; his one son Clayton; two Football Team in 2019-2020. Pedro was a moved back to Douglas and started her daughters Elaine and Darla Jo; his first wife member of the All District Football Team career as a nurse. She married Roy Boss, and lifetime friend Billie Jo Allen. His family in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, was a State local rancher and started a family. Peggy grew bigger with 18 grandchildren and 22 Champion at the 2019 National History Day, and Roy were involved in the Cochise-Gra- great-grandchildren. Also surviving him National Finalist for the 2019 National ham Cattle Growers’ Association as well as are many nieces and nephews in New History Day and a State Qualifier for his the Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association. Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. A special Track Team in his freshman and sophomore Peggy was a stalwart member of The Cow- thanks to Comfort Keepers and Kindred years. Pedro played Varsity Football his belles in Douglas right up until her passing. Hospice. freshman, sophomore and Junior year. He Peggy worked as a nurse at Phelps Dodge played Varsity Basketball his sophomore Hospital. She also did private health care Joe B. Cannon, 85, Clifton, Arizona and junior year. Pedro received numerous and was a school nurse until she retired in passed away in Tucson on January 15, 2020. academic awards and lettered in track his 1977, she then moved to the ranch full time. He was born in Spur, Texas, on August 16, freshman and sophomore year and Eagle Peggy is survived by her daughter Sandy 1934, to Ross and Ophelia Cannon. Joe Sport Award in 2017 at Edgewood Middle Smith, and her two sons Richard Boss spent the first 15 years of his life in Texas School as well as Alter Server. He will be (Melody) and Robert Boss (Lizie). Peggy and New Mexico. In 1951 he moved to the deeply missed by his family, friends and was a proud grandmother and great-grand- Benson area and worked on many different community. Pedro loved the outdoors; mother of ten grandchildren, and six ranches. It was at the age of 18 he met and hunting, fishing, camping and fire making. great-grandchildren. married the cowgirl and love of his life He also loved gaming with his brother and Daisy Mae Keith on June 3, 1953, in friends from all over the world. He loved Robert “Bobby” Mounce, 65, Wheat- Pomerene. Joe, of the K-7 Ranch, was a working with kids and shared their love of fields, Arizona, passed away on January 6, lifelong rancher and was a member of the sugar. No matter what Pedro did, he did it 2020 at his home. Bobby was born on Greenlee County Cattle Growers, Coch- with passion and an unmatched intestinal November 3, 1954. He attended Eastern ise-Graham Cattle Growers, Arizona Cattle fortitude. Pedro was also goofy and loved Arizona College and was a roper.

Growers’ Association, NCBA, ACWA, and joking around. He often spoke with a SWPCA. He enjoyed helping family, neigh- Russian accent for hours on end. Pedro’s Truman “Stub” Allen, 96, passed in his bors and friends. He loved to visit with goal was to attend Notre Dame and be a home January 12, 2020 of natural causes. family and friends, sharing life experiences part of the Fighting Irish. Pedro positively He was born in 1923 in Roswell and was a and just plain old visiting. Joe was a true impacted every life he touched; his love of World War II veteran where he served in Cowboy through and through. He was a God was mighty. He is survived by his the Philippines in the Corps of Engineers rancher, cowboy, helper of all animals. He parents, Ernie and Alexandra Sandoval; building roads. Stub worked several worked at many jobs from the cattle sister, Camille Sandoval; maternal grandfaranches around Roswell area. He rough- auction barns to being a Cattle Inspector ther, Allan Price Daw; Paternal grandmother, necked in Lovington and Hobbs, moved for many years. Cows and horses were his Doris Sandoval as well as numerous aunts, back to Roswell where he had dump trucks loves. He is survived by: Daughter, Marian uncles and cousins. working for the highway department. He Jo “Sissy” (Claude) Walker, Pinedale, then moved to Olton, Texas to ride pens Wyoming; his son, Keith G. “Bopper” Mateo Francisco Sandoval, 14, met for a feedlot then to Hereford, Texas for the (Robin) Cannon, Rimrock; a granddaughter, the eyes of Jesus on January 14, 2020. He feed pens. Stub returned to Roswell when three grandsons, and five great-grandchild. was born on April 5, 2005 in Ruidoso, New he started his cutting business. He cut corn Mexico. Mateo was a member of the Morithroughout Roswell, Estancia, Del City, Pedro “Pete” Allan Sandoval, 16, met arty High School Football, Basketball and Texas; Anthony, Texas; and Oklahoma. Stub the eyes of Jesus on January 14, 2020. He Track Teams, 4H and Sociedad De San Jose. went to Australia to build an irrigation was born on September 6, 2003 in Ruidoso, He was a National Junior Honor Society system. He then started racing horses full New Mexico. Pedro was a member of the Member, Athlete of the Year in 2019 for

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Beyond Meat

Not Good News.

by Al Root, Barrons.com

Edgewood Middle School and Student of the Year 2019 for Edgewood Middle School. Mateo participated in National History Day and as Student Council President in the 5th Grade as well as an Alter Server. Mateo loved the outdoors; hunting, fishing and camping. He loved gaming with his brother and all his friends around the world. Mateo had a special connection with kids and he so enjoyed holding babies. He could fall asleep anywhere and did so often, even at loud basketball games. He enjoyed mentoring the young flag football players and teaching them about the sport he deeply loved. He dreamed of playing football at the next level, with his eyes set on playing for Michigan State.

Mateo positively impacted every life he touched; his love of God was mighty. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and community. He is survived by his parents, Ernie and Alexandra Sandoval; sister, Camille Sandoval; maternal grandfather, Allan Price Daw; Paternal grandmother, Doris Sandoval as well as numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

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

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lternative protein startup Beyond Meat has been hit with a double whammy. J.P. Morgan analyst Ken Goldman downgraded shares on January 28, 2020 from the equivalent of Buy to Hold, following on the heels of a recent court ruling that went against Beyond Meat in a dispute with a former contract manufacturer.

The confluence of bad news pushed shares down 1.4% in premarket trading.

“Downgrading to neutral as 65% stock appreciation this month renders risk/ reward more balanced,” Goldman wrote in a research report.

Risk/Reward means, essentially, Beyond Meat (ticker: BYND) shares are near Goldman’s price target. There isn’t as much upside left in the stock.

Beyond Meat’s 65% year to date gain has crushed comparable changes in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. The stock, of course, has been volatile ever since the company went public last May. Shares have ranged from an initial public offering price of $25 a share to more than $230.

Goldman dropped his target price slightly, to $134 from $138 a share. “This is largely a valuation call,” the analyst said.

“Our downgrade is unrelated to yesterday’s

stories about a legal conflict with a former partner.”

Legal liability might not have played a role in the J.P. Morgan downgrade, but investors will need to pay attention to the case, which was disclosed in the company’s IPO filings. The court ruled that Beyond Meat breached an agreement with Don Lee Farms.

Beyond Meat and Don Lee began working together in 2014. Don Lee, a protein processor, made the Beyond Burger for Beyond Meat. It was a contract-manufacturing agreement. The relationship ended in 2017 and Don Lee sued Beyond, alleging that the alternative-meat startup left with trade secrets.

The judge, according to a January news release, ruled Don Lee “proved the probable validity of its claim” that Beyond Meat breached its agreement.

“Our claims have been shown to several judges and each one has ruled in our favor,” Don Lee President Donald Goodman said in the company’s news release. “We are pleased with where we are today but it is just the beginning. We will prove our claim that Beyond Meat misappropriated our trade secrets to manufacture the Beyond Burger and other products.”

Beyond Meat wasn’t available for comment about the lawsuit.

“The press release reads poorly for Beyond Meat,” Goldman said in his report.

“It surely is an additional risk to the stock price, however we do not know how to handicap its impact at this time.”

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Deep Dive into China Phase 1 Deal for Ag

by Jacqui Fatka | Feedstuffs

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he U.S. and China signed a phase one trade agreement in January 2020 that both countries say will lead to increased purchases of U.S. agricultural products by China, to the tune of at least $40 billion per year. The deal will go into effect on February 3, 2020.

In a fact sheet on the deal, the U.S. Trade Representative stated: “China will purchase and import, on average, at least $40 billion of U.S. food, agricultural and seafood products annually for a total of at least $80 billion over the next two years. Products will cover the full range of U.S. food, agricultural and seafood products. On top of that, China will strive to import an additional $5 billion per year over the next

two years.” on $160 billion of Chinese goods that had Although China has confirmed that it will been scheduled to go in effect Dec. 15, 2019. increase its agricultural purchases, it has not “We are encouraged by the phase one indicated which products it plans to buy. deal with China, which eliminates non-tariff The agreement said China and the U.S. barriers to trade with our fastest growing realize that purchases are to be made at market for meat and poultry products. We market prices based on commercial consid- will continue to work with the Trump erations and that market conditions may Administration to negotiate greater access dictate the time of year that agricultural to Chinese markets,” North American Meat purchases are made within any given year. Institute president and chief executive A multitude of non-tariff barriers to U.S. officer Julie Anna Potts said. “It remains vital agriculture and seafood products are to address retaliatory tariff issues, which addressed, including for meat, poultry, have made it difficult to export to China.” seafood, rice, dairy, infant formula, horticulHouse Agriculture Committee chairman tural products, animal feed and feed Collin Peterson (D., Minn.) was cautiously additives, pet food and products of agricul- optimistic about the deal. “My district protural biotechnology. duces everything from dairy, meat and According to Trump Administration poultry to feed and pet food to alfalfa and trade officials, the deal is expected to hold ethanol. This agreement appears to include China accountable with a “strong enforce- positive structural changes and commitment mechanism,” allowing the USTR to ments that could increase access to the resolve any trade disputes within 90 days Chinese market for those and other prodand take a “proportionate response” if ucts produced in districts across the China is not honoring its commitments. country. The question now is whether China Under terms of the agreement, the U.S. will play by the rules it has agreed to here,” will maintain the current 25 percent tariffs Peterson said. on $250 billion of imports from China and “I’m also concerned that, long term, reduce tariffs on a separate $120 billion of certain crops may not regain the foothold imports from 15.0 percent to 7.5 percent. they lost in the trade war,” Peterson warned.

The U.S. also did not impose import tariffs “If those purchases don’t materialize, I worry what effects that will have on the markets for crops like soybeans and sorghum.”

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Pork. U.S. exports of pork products were $700 million in 2017 and are expected to reach $1.7 billion annually in the next two to three years, USTR said. China agreed to broaden the list of pork products that are eligible for importation to include processed products such as ham and certain types of offal that are certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) for human consumption.

“While China’s phase one commitments are welcomed, U.S. pork exports continue to be suppressed because of the country’s 60 percent punitive tariffs. In order to fully capture the benefits of this deal, we need China to eliminate all tariffs on U.S. pork for at least five years,” said National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) president David Herring, who was in attendance at the signing ceremony. “If the U.S. continues to face 60 percent punitive tariffs (and a cumulative tariff of 68 percent) while our competitor nations are assessed an 8 percent tariff, U.S. pork sales will be suppressed as China imports more pork from

other nations.”

Herring added, “Pork is a litmus test for the phase one deal with China. The worstkept secret in the world is China’s serious shortage of pork and rampant food price inflation. If China is unwilling to drop its tariffs on U.S. pork, it’s difficult to envision the country meeting the $40 billion per year agriculture purchase commitment.”

Beef and live cattle for breeding.

USTR said the deal calls for China to expand the scope of beef products allowed to be imported, eliminate age restrictions on cattle slaughtered for export to China and recognize the U.S. beef and beef product traceability system. China will establish maximum residue levels (MRLs) for three synthetic hormones legally used for decades in the U.S., consistent with Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) standards and guidelines. Where Codex standards do not exist, China will use MRLs established by other countries that have performed science-based risk assessments.

USDA estimates that U.S. beef and beef product exports to China could reach $1 billion annually.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn.

(NCBA) said the deal is a “game changer” and noted that the removal of the “massive trade barriers gives Chinese consumers access to the U.S. beef they desire.”

American beef producers scored an initial victory in June 2017 when the Chinese market was reopened for the first time since 2003. NCBA joined U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad in Beijing, China, to celebrate and mark the official reopening of this market.

However, many non-science-based, non-tariff trade barriers remained in place, which limited the amount of American-produced beef that qualified for China. NCBA said this phase one agreement will begin knocking down those trade barriers and significantly improve access to what is potentially a top export market for U.S. beef producers.

China banned the import of live cattle from the U.S. following the detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in 2003. Through this agreement, USTR stated that China will immediately engage in technical discussions with the U.S. to lead to a final market access agreement. The U.S. exported $4.5 million in live breeding cattle to China in 2003. With the conclusion of a commercially viable protocol, U.S. exports of live breeding cattle to China could reach

$25-50 million annually, USTR said.

Processed meat. China effectively banned processed meat and poultry products in 2012 when it instituted an onerous registration process for exporting to China.

Through this agreement, China immediately recognizes oversight of U.S. meat, poultry meat and processed meat and poultry meat facilities by USDA’s FSIS, thereby eliminating any unique registration requirements. It is estimated that these provisions could result in $10-25 million annually of processed meat and poultry exports to China.

China also agreed to conduct a risk assessment for ractopamine, which is sometimes used in the production of U.S. beef and pork, in a manner consistent with international risk assessment guidance. The risk assessment is to be based on verifiable data and the approved conditions of ractopamine use in the U.S., USTR stated.

Dairy. China has committed to streamline the timelines and procedures for registering U.S. facilities and products and to provide regulatory certainty and market stability for products like fluid milk and dairy permeate powder. The U.S. estimates that the dairy and infant formula commitments could result in an additional $250-300 million in annual dairy and infant

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“Over the next decade, China represents a $23 billion market opportunity for U.S. dairy, and it is essential to our producers and companies that we have a trade relationship with China that further levels the playing field for American dairy and provides expanded market access for our growing industry. In addition to purchases of U.S. agriculture products, including dairy, the deal includes commitments by the Chinese to reduce non-tariff barriers affecting infant formula and extended shelf-life milk — an important concession achieved by the U.S. Administration,” Dr. Michael Dykes, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Assn. (IDFA), said.

IDFA reported that U.S. dairy export value to China peaked in 2017 at $576 million, fell 13 percent to just over $499 million in 2018 and stood $343 million through November 2019 — a 26 percent drop from 2018. Until 2019, China had become the leading market for U.S. whey and was a growing customer for U.S. cheese.

Retaliatory tariffs, however, derailed that potential and cost the U.S. dairy industry millions in sales, market share and jobs.

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retaliatory tariffs, and we cannot ask our farmers to continue operating under this financial uncertainty,” said National Milk Producers Federation chairman Randy Mooney, a dairy farmer from Rogersville, Mo., who joined President Donald Trump and Administration officials at the White House signing ceremony on Wednesday.

“We appreciate the hard work invested by both the U.S. and Chinese governments, but we urge China to swiftly lift all retaliatory tariffs against U.S. dairy products and work with U.S. suppliers to fulfill their purchasing commitment.”

In another closely watched issue, USTR reported that China has agreed not to undermine market access for U.S. exports to China using trademarks and generic terms through any geographical indicator (GI) measures taken in connection with an international agreement, to use certain relevant factors when making determinations for generic-ness and to not provide GI protection to individual components of multi-component terms if the individual component is generic.

Poultry. U.S. exports of poultry meat products to China were valued at more than $500 million in 2013 and have the potential to reach or exceed $1 billion annually. On Nov. 14, 2019, China reopened its market to U.S. poultry meat, partially eliminating the ban it had imposed in late 2014.

(AFIA) said. This agreement directly addresses these constraints by streamlining and facilitating a facility registration process for feed additives, premixes and compound feed as well as lifting the poultry and ruminant ban for animal food products. AFIA said it looks forward to working with industry and the appropriate U.S. government agencies to facilitate implementation.

AFIA chairman Tim Belstra said, “This is indeed a landmark opportunity not only for the U.S. animal food industry but also for the livestock and poultry industries in China to further expand their feed ingredient inputs and technology.”

Corn, ethanol and DDGS. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor said the group hopes for restored markets for U.S. producers. “Breaking down trade barriers between our nations will provide a valuable opportunity to restore demand for American biofuel, and we hope to soon see biofuels and DDG expor ts back on the Chinese market.”

In 2016, China was the third-largest export market for U.S. biofuels, but exports were nearly eliminated due to retaliatory tariffs and trade negotiations.

National Corn Growers Assn. (NCGA) president Kevin Ross also attended the signing Wednesday and said the deal is a step in the right direction to restoring the trading relationship between the two countries. “China holds tremendous opportunity for American corn, ethanol and DDGs, and NCGA looks forward to learning further details of what phase one will mean for these products.”

Feed products and DDGS. China has agreed to immediately update its list of traditionally traded feed additive products with 23 U.S. products and to streamline the Biotech approvals. China has agreed registration process for feed additives, pre- to implement a transparent, predictable, mixes and compound feed. With regard to efficient, science- and risk-based regulatory dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), process for the evaluation and authorizaChina has also agreed to speed up license tion of produc ts of agricultural renewals for DDGS manufacturers. biotechnology. China’s time frame for China has agreed to immediately resume review and authorization for products for imports of pet food containing poultry feed or further processing will be an ingredients and to lift the ban on ruminant average of 24 months. China has also ingredients. China has also committed to agreed to certain administrative improvestreamline the timelines and procedures for ments in the application process, to take registering U.S. facilities. certain steps to address situations of lowThe U.S. animal food manufacturing level presence and to develop safety industry faces a number of challenges in assessment procedures for approval of food this market, including those that have ingredients that are derived from genetirestricted any new U.S. feed additive and cally modified microorganisms, USTR said. premix products to be exported to China U.S. Grains Council chairman and North since 2011 and those that restrict U.S. feed Carolina farmer Darren Armstrong said, products with ruminant-origin ingredients “The structural reforms, particularly those and a number of poultry-derived ingredi- affecting feed grains, agricultural biotechents, the American Feed Industry Assn. nology and sanitary and phytosanitary

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measures – once fully committed and implemented – will hopefully offer lasting impacts beyond short-term commitments to make accelerated, market-driven purchases.”

Domestic support and TRQs. China has agreed to respect its current World Trade Organization obligations on the transparency of its domestic support measures. Separate from this agreement, as part of a WTO dispute brought and won by the U.S., China previously agreed to comply with its WTO obligations on its domestic support for rice and wheat by March 31, 2020. The U.S. maintains the right to take actions related to that dispute.

China has agreed to comply with its WTO obligations and to make specific improvements to its administration of wheat, corn and rice tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), including the allocation methodology, treatment of non-state trading quota applicants and increased transparency.

Separate from this agreement, as part of a WTO dispute brought and won by the U.S., China agreed to comply with its WTO obligations for the administration of TRQs for wheat, corn and rice by Dec. 31, 2019.

In a joint statement, the U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers said China’s separate agreement to work toward filling its 9.6 million metric ton reduced TRQ for wheat imports adds optimism to the trade deal. “If the changes are, in fact, implemented and Chinese millers can respond to market signals, most of the TRQ should be used. For U.S. wheat farmers, the phase one deal and TRQ compliance would create a very welcome opportunity for Chinese miller customers to once again apply the technical expertise and assistance [U.S. Wheat Associates] provides to use wheat with specialized end-use applications that distinguishes U.S. wheat from domestic Chinese supplies,” the two wheat groups said.

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CBD Sues Over Riparian Grazing

by Geoffrey Plant, Silver City Daily Press

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n environmental group is suing the federal government over what it says are violations of an agreement prohibiting cattle from being allowed to graze along stretches of waterways where critical habitats for endangered species exist throughout the Gila and Apache national forests.

According to the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), which filed the complaint, illegal grazing along miles of waterways has resulted in the denudation of riverbanks, damage to rivers themselves and the loss of trees and other plant life along the river.

The group says the loss of biological diversity due to the effects of cattle grazing in and beside rivers threatens critical habitats for endangered and threatened species, like yellow-billed cuckoos, Gila chub, Chiricahua leopard frogs and northern Mexican garter snakes, among others.

The two agencies named in the complaint filed on January 13 in U.S. District Court in Tucson are the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), which is responsible for implementing the federal Endangered Species Act, and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), which is responsible for complying with the Endangered Species Act. Senior District Court Judge David C. Bury is presiding over the case.

The USFS and FWS have not yet

responded to the suit in court, but have 60 gered species habitats in the area. Those days to reply. Shayne Martin, deputy direc- effects were almost universally found to be tor of communication and engagement for seriously deleterious to the environment. the Southwestern Region of the Forest Under the 1998 settlement, “USFS Service in Albuquerque, released a state- agreed to immediately remove cattle from ment to the Daily Press.

99 percent of the riparian habitats within “Right now, the Forest Service cannot the allotments at issue until FWS issued a provide a detailed statement on this matter biological opinion pursuant to Section 7 of due to its litigation status,” Martin said. the ESA,” according to the recently filed suit.

“However, I can say that as part of the U.S. “Since that time, grazing exclusions, as well Department of Agriculture, we strive to do as monitoring to ensure the effectiveness right and feed everyone — and livestock of those exclusions, have served as a corplays a role in achieving this mission. We nerstone for USFS ESA compliance in are also charged with ensuring the sustain- relation to its grazing program and individability of our nation’s forests and grasslands ual decisions authorizing grazing on and have tools — such as grazing permits individual grazing allotments.”

— that specify the terms for ensuring activThe CBD — largely relying on its own, ities on Forest Service lands are sustainable detailed assessments of the riparian areas for present and future generations.” of the allotments in question — is requestAt issue is whether the USFS has ade- ing an injunction that would order the quately enforced rules that exclude cattle Forest Service to “remove all cattle within from grazing in most riparian areas of the purportedly excluded riparian areas within Gila and Apache national forests, some- 10 days of this court’s order.” thing the agency agreed to in a settlement The complaint also requests a court in a similar lawsuit brought by the Center order to initiate “monthly monitoring of all for Biological Diversity in 1997. That case riparian and streamside areas required to — also heard in the U.S. District Court in be excluded from domestic livestock Tucson — was decided in 1998. grazing pursuant to the Grazing Criteria and In authorizing grazing permits for 21 Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; allotments in the Gila and 13 allotments in order the agencies to reinitiate and comthe Apache National Forest, the Forest plete consultations on the [identified] Service is bound to abide by Section 7 of grazing allotments”; and “order the USFS to the Endangered Species Act, under which remediate the extensive natural resource the agency — in conjunction with FWS — damage to occupied endangered species must first assess the impacts that grazing streamside and riparian habitat.” will have on endangered species or endan-

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Rancher Finds Profits Outside the Box

by Carol Ryan Dumas, Capital Press

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“Production is a great way to increase profits but only if you increase production per acre — not per cow,” he said.

Johann Zietsman (a legendary cattle rancher in South Africa) once said if corn growers thought like beef producers, they’d space their plants far apart and focus on maximizing the number of ears on the plant and the number of kernels on the cob — ignoring production per acre, he said.

The beef industry should have been focused on doubling the pounds of beef per acre instead of doubling weaning weights. Ranchers have been successful in increasing overall beef production but they don’t have enough income to cover costs, he said.

“The first step to double profits is to start focusing on pounds per acre and stop focusing on pounds per cow,” he said.

it Pharo has run cattle on eastern Colorado grasslands for the past 35 years with common-sense ideas that go against the grain of traditional ranching.

That’s led to a profitable and sustainable cow-calf operation, cooperative herds in 12 states and a seedstock business that now Stocking rates sells more than 1,000 bulls a year.

Bucking the trend has proved successful That gets back to stocking rates. Big for his operation, and he encouraged ranch- cows eat substantially more than smaller ers at the Idaho cows and Range Livestock Symwean at a Production is a great way to l owe r p e rposium to likewise think outside the box. centage of increase profits but only if The status-quo t h e i r ow n way of doing things weight. So you increase production per acre — using smaller stopped working 30 years ago. But most cows at a not per cow.” ranchers are operathigher stocking the same way ing rate their parents and grandparents did, he said. produces more total pounds per acre and “Ranchers today are doing good just to more total profit than larger cows, he said. break even,” he said.

For example, the same available forage resource would accommodate 100 cows Weaning weight weighing 1,000 pounds or 71 cows weighOver the past 50 years, producers have ing 1,400 pounds. The smaller cows can bred for bigger weaning weights. That wean half their weight (500 pounds), promight have given them bragging rights, but ducing 50,000 pounds. The larger cows that’s about it. Cow size increased, and need more forage for their own maintestocking rates had to decrease, he said. nance and wean a smaller percentage of “The stocking rate affects profitability, or their own weight (about 600 pounds), lack thereof, more than any thing putting their total production at else,” he said.

42,600 pounds.

The industry has nearly doubled Not only does the rancher have more weaning weights over the past 50 years, but pounds to sell, but the lighter weight calves cost of production has increased and profits typically bring a higher price per hundredhave decreased, he said. weight, he said.

“Why are we focusing on the wrong thing, Using big, high-maintenance cows has and why did we do it for so long?” he asked. forced ranchers to destock and increase The industry is now at a tipping point. supplemental feeding. With land and feed Producers have to change or they’ll go out costs as high as they are, ranching has of business, and those slowest to change become less and less profitable, he said. are going to get run over. Those who can’t But ranchers can double their cut or eliminate expenses might as well cut profits, he said. their losses, he said.

“To do it, we’ve got to stop doing what we’ve always done,” he said.

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earing an eroding tax base, two Republican legislators are leading efforts to block private individuals from giving away property to the federal government.

The identical proposals by Representative Mark Finchem, Oro Valley and Senator Sonny Borrelli, Lake Havasu City, would prohibit the sale, gifting, granting or any transfer of an ownership interest in private land “without the express, affirmative consent of the Legislature and the governor.”

But both SB 1046 and HB 2092 also contain language that suggests larger issues may be at work, including language about forging “a political solution” that could require the federal government to give up some of what it already owns.

At the heart of the issue is the complaint that the federal government already controls too much of the state’s land.

“We’ve only got 16 percent of our land that we can use for property tax,” Finchem told Capitol Media Services, with the balance being public and tribal lands. And that 16 percent, he said, is all the state has to fund critical services like education, public safety, infrastructure and welfare.

The immediate goal, Finchem said, is to stop further erosion.

“We can’t afford to have one acre go into federal possession and be off the tax rolls,” he said.

The legislation, Finchem said, ensures that any future transfers have the approval of the Legislature as well as the governor.

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ing about the lack of private lands now for for Biological Diversity, thinks the legislayears. But Finchem said that current activi- tion is a bad idea. He said the Land & Water ties in Congress made this legislation Conservation Fund has paid for thousands of state and local projects. especially critical.

That involves the Land & Water Conser“It’s troubling that legislators in the vation Fund that was created in 1964 to Grand Canyon state don’t seem to grasp the create recreation and natural and economic values of Arizona’s specconservation areas.

That includes protectIt’s troubling that t a c u l a r p u b l i c ing national parks and lands,” he said. forests as well as McKinnon said “mislegislators in the provide public access guided attempts” to to rivers and lakes. restrict conservation Grand Canyon state The law authorizes efforts threaten the the fund at $900 don’t seem to grasp the state’s $1.4 billion m i l l i o n a y e a r, outdo or re creation financed largely from industry as well as local natural and economic federal oil and gas economies tied to that. leases on of fUnderlying much of values of Arizona’s shore drilling. the dispute of this is the What has hap spectacular public lands.” fact that Arizona — and pened, though, is the many other Western annual appropriation becomes part of the states — were admitted to the country budget negotiation process in Washington. under the condition that the federal govThe result often is less than that, with the ernment retained title to much of the land. allocation for the 2019 fiscal year at Finchem contends that is neither fair nor $507 million. legal, particularly given that other states Legislation pending in the U.S. House we r e a d m i t te d w i t h o u t si m i l a r would make full funding automatic — and conditions. perennial — without further congressional authorization. And that worries Finchem. “ They would like to buy more land,” he said.

What that automatic appropriation would do, Finchem said, is get around fights over presidential action to set aside land for national monuments.

He specifically cited the decision of the Obama administration to create the Bears Ears National Monument, a move that would have protected about 1.35 million acres in Utah from certain activities, including mining. That was reversed by President Trump, who slashed the monument to slightly more than 200,000 acres.

Finchem said the federal legislation, HR 3195, would allow creation of new federal lands in ways that shield them from these political and legal fights.

“There is a certain group in Congress that has figured out, well, if we buy the land, then we’re good,” he said. “That can’t be undone.”

While Finchem can’t affect what happens in Washington, he figures his legislation can ensure that federal agencies don’t use all that new money to buy up more Arizona private property and take it off the tax rolls — at least not without legislative and gubernatorial consent.

Taylor McKinnon, senior public lands campaigner for the Tucson-based Center

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Cattlemens’ Groups Partner in U.S. CattleTrace

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hile the concept of traceability is not new, there has been a mindset shift in recent years. Historically, concerns about technology, privacy and economic costs have challenged the development of a cattle disease traceability system. Today, industry stakeholders across

the United States recognize the need for a viable end-to-end cattle disease traceability system, which provides critical tools to manage a disease outbreak and may provide opportunities to add value to the industry.

In January 2020, multiple state cattlemen’s organizations from major beef producing regions announced a partnership to form U.S. CattleTrace, a disease traceability initiative. The goal is to develop a national infrastructure for disease traceability and encourage private industry’s use

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of the infrastructure for individualized management practices.

The new U.S. CattleTrace initiative combines the efforts of CattleTrace, which included multiple partners from across the country, as well as traceability pilot projects in Florida and Texas. The partner organizations include the Kansas Livestock Association, Florida Cattlemen’s Association, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association.

In August 2018, CattleTrace, Inc., was formally established as a private, not-forprofit corporation to securely maintain and manage the data collected for disease traceability. In addition, a Board of Directors was named to lead CattleTrace, Inc. with representation from the cow-calf, livestock market and feedyard sectors. In January 2020, the board voted to formally change the name of the organization to U.S. CattleTrace, Inc. As the program expands and additional partners join the industry-led effort, the structure of U.S. CattleTrace will evolve to fit the needs of the program and be representative of the U.S. cattle industry.

The Manhattan, Kansas based group held the first-ever CattleTrace Industry Symposium in Manhattan in late November. The event was generously supported by producers and allied industry organizations.

The Board of Directors includes the following: ЇЇ Chairman Brandon Depenbusch, Innovative Livestock Services ЇЇ Vice Chairman Tom Jones, Hy-Plains Feedyard, LLC ЇЇ Ken Stielow, Bar S Ranch ЇЇ Mark Gardiner, Gardiner Angus Ranch ЇЇ Neil Bouray, Mankato Livestock, Inc. ЇЇ Wes Killion, Beef Northwest ЇЇ Joe Leathers, 6666 Ranch U.S. CattleTrace is seeking participants in all production segments: cow-calf producers, stocker operators, backgrounders, auction markets, feedyards and processors.

Individual producer involvement may vary as U.S. CattleTrace expands its traceability network.

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Resolution: Record Keeping

favorite number to track is the percentage of cows that become pregnant in the first 21 days of the breeding season. “Those records tell me about several aspects of my management both in terms of cow and bull fertility.”

Dr. Bob Weaber, beef cattle extension specialist, adds that body condition he new year often brings with it a list scoring records are also vital to a cow/calf of resolutions on ways to make life producer’s herd success. “By collecting a better in the coming year. For many body condition score on spring calving beef producers, the goal of keeping cows you have an idea on where their sound records is at the top of the list. The nutrition is going into lactation for Beef Cattle Institute team addressed this those cows.” topic on the most recent podcast.

Veterinarian and BCI Director Dr. Brad “Think about the most important White adds that producers should body records you need – reproduction, finan- condition score the cows at weaning and cial records, etc. The more data you have, then again headed into breeding because the better you will be at generating a those changes will direct producers on more detailed analyses,” says Dr. Dustin whether supplement strategies are Pendell, agricultural economist. needed. One tip White shares is, “Write it Adding to the list is Dr. Bob Larson, down and take a picture, or put a reminder veterinarian, who shares the importance on your phone to score the cattle at key of keeping a cow inventory. “You need to points in the cycle.” track the cow, calf and bull inventory BCI Cattle Chat Checklist numbers,” Larson says.

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Making Do with Less Optimizing cattle performance with limited resources.

by Cadra Van Bibber-Krueger, Hubbard Feeds

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inter is the time of year when cattle most often need additional supplementation to maintain body condition. Cows that maintain a body condition score (BCS) of 5 or 6 throughout the winter are more prepared for calving and rebreeding than thinner cattle. Winter feeding contributes to a significant portion of the feeding costs associated with raising cattle. Feeding appropriate supplements will complement other feeds, optimizing inputs and managing costs.

Forage testing is the first step in evaluating forage resources and meeting nutritional needs. The development of a winter-feeding program to fit the individual operation relies on the nutrient composition of the forages available. Forage testing also helps producers make the best use of forages, taking the guesswork out of supplementing cattle.

To most effectively use limited resources, it’s important to match forages to the type of cattle being fed. For example, use lower-quality forage for dry cows in mid-gestation that have relatively lower protein and energy requirements. Reserve better-quality hay for late gestation and calving/lactation. If feasible, separate young and/or thin cows from those in better condition. Separating cattle will allow cows that need to add body condition to receive better nutrition without unnecessarily feeding the entire herd good-quality forages. In addition, when supplemented properly, mature native ranges, improved pastures, meadow regrowth, cornstalks, grain stubble and straw can all be good sources of energy for dry cattle.

In most cases, protein supplementation is necessary to stimulate intake and improve digestibility when feeding low-quality forages. Ruminal microbes play a major role in forage fiber digestion. Energy is released from fiber through this process and is made available to the cow; however, fiber-digesting microbes require nitrogen for growth.

Nitrogen comes from dietary protein consumed by the cow. When protein requirements are not met, fiber digestion is limited, resulting in energy passing through the cow without being used.

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20 percent-38 percent. Be sure to read the The amount and type of protein and/or product’s labeled feeding directions to energy supplement is dependent on the determine if additional salt, vitamin and/or nutrient composition of the forage and the mineral supplementation is required. age and body condition of the cattle. Alfalfa In addition to protein, don’t forget hay can be a good vitamin and mineral supplesource of protein, mentation. The trace mineral but it can lack the status of the cow will not When required energy only influence her reproducsupplemented for cattle that tive capabilities; it will also need to add body have a lifelong effect on the properly, mature native calf. To address deficiencies condition. Distillers’ grains or a and antagonisms, consider a ranges, improved similar high-proproduct for tif ied with tein byproduct organic trace minerals. pastures, meadow make great Determining the nutrient protein supplecomposition of forages is the regrowth, cornstalks, ments and contain first step in developing a added energy; winter-feeding program grain stubble and straw with limited resources. Plan however, in some areas, byproducts strategically to use limited can all be good sources resources at the appropriate are not as readily available. In addistage of production and in of energy for dry cattle.” the right application based tion, ranches whose water conon body condition and age. tains high concentrations of sulfur (S) are Supplementing protein based on forage limited in the amount of byproduct that can content and requirements — and consisbe fed. In these instances, alternative prod- tently meeting vitamin and mineral ucts should be considered. requirements — will help to improve perProtein supplements can come in formance while controlling costs. various forms. Cube protein concentrations range from 12 percent-38 percent and can Editor’s note: Cadra Van Bibber-Krueger is a beef be offered at rates of 2 to 6 pounds (lb.) nutritionist with Hubbard Feeds

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condition. Although it can vary some from seller to seller, it is a good idea to “learn the language.” Below is a list of some different categories we use and a definition of what is meant when we use that particular description.

COLLECTORS CORNER

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hen buying items online, a buyer relies heavily on pictures. They also rely on the description added by the seller (or seller’s agent). The condition of an item, especially when it comes to collectibles, is a large factor in value. So it is important for sellers to understand the condition, or any defects an item may have when describing it for potential buyers.

Good pictures are a must when buying and selling online, but so is an accurate condition report.

Over the years, there has become a pretty universal language (or basic categories) that dealers use when describing

New - New in box (NIB) - New old stock (NOS) — There are a few different ways of saying it, but what this means is that it has never been purchased by a customer. This means it is, or has been, owned by a store or dealer its entire life. Even if it is fifty years old (NOS) it means that no end user, customer, collector, etc. has owned it during its lifetime.

Excellent - Like New — This means it is just like new and would be like the items in the category above, but it has been owned by a customer or end user. Things that commonly fall into this category are items that have been purchased and left in their original packaging or put on a shelf or in a drawer its entire life and have no damage or wear of any kind. They are just like “New.” Some have argued that it is still “New” when

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It is not excellent and on the other end of the spectrum, it is not used up or worn out either. It shows moderate use, but not abuse. An item which falls in this category or higher typically is the most desirable to collectors.

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Items in this category are often used for parts, rustic decorations, re-purposing, etc..

We try to break things down into these different categories. Some sellers choose to use more, or less, descriptive categories.

These categories are for general condition description. We also try to point out anything that “stands out” and we feel needs to be separately pointed out. Of course, a picture is worth a thousand words (so they say), but if you put a picture of damage up and do not also disclose it in the written description as well, you are opening yourself up to that old “I didn’t see the picture” line. Of course, the person may not have read it either, but having both a good picture and an accurate condition report is a must in today’s selling climate where online purchase are now the “norm” and not the exception.

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was thinking about this the other day. If you are going to have fake meat, a person would have to raise a lot of fake cows, and why can’t I be the first?

Will I need fake cow dogs to work the cattle? Fake meat just sounds fun, kind of like fake Hollywood. However, what do you feed a fake cow?

Plastic would be my first guess. Perhaps, I could get a contract for all the illegal plastic straws in California to feed the fake cows. I should have no problem finding help, as there are lots of fake cowboys. I’ll just start recruiting at drug stores. You know those guys that have a big hat and not much else?

I should be able to find a fake ranch easily, because those abound as well. I think California has an abundance of fake. Yes, we all expect the movies to be fake, but now they even have a fake governor. It’s remarkable that he told you he would act like a governor when he took the job and has not done anything that even resembles being a real governor.

Let’s get on with something serious here.

By now we have all heard about how wonderful fake burgers are for you and the environment. Ha! Ha! Ha! I just cannot stop laughing when people tell me a fake burger will help save the environment.

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey says, “The brands who are capturing the imagination of people—and I’m not going to name these brands because I’m afraid I will be associated with the critique of it, says Mackey, “but some of these that are extremely popular now that are taking the

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world by storm, if you look at the ingredients, they are super highly processed foods.

I don’t think eating highly processed foods is healthy. I think people thrive on eating whole foods.”

“They are not necessarily healthier than beef burgers,” Alissa Rumsey, a registered dietician, told CNBC. “They’re totally fine to eat, but there’s no need to replace your beef burger if you don’t enjoy these, Rumsey added, pointing out that both beef burgers and plant-based burgers have the same amount of sodium and saturated fat.

However, I am amazed at the proponents of this stuff and how good of a job that they have done convincing the public that it is true. People get up in the morning thinking that they will save the planet. I think you will find many of them driving around in their Toyota Prius. You won’t find them racing the engine on their muscle cars sitting next to you at the stop light. Adding to that the kids of these planet freaks, think it is being “cool” to brag about how many miles to the gallon their cars get.

How sad is that, no one has told them it is not cool. They are missing out on building engines in the backyard that will run hard and go fast, and suck lots of fuel through a double barreled carburetor. There is nothing worse for the kid than taking a girl out on a date in a boxy car that cannot make it up the mountain going faster than 30 mph. Don’t worry, on her next date she will be riding in a car with a boy that has racing slicks on the back.

Have you noticed how successful the Barrett Jackson car auctions are? Americans still love their fast cars and fossil fuels, especially since we are no longer dependent on the Middle East. When the scientists come up with better fuels that have more power, and are less expensive, you will see America embrace it, but not until then.

The planet has been here for millions of years, man cannot save it or destroy it.

Man may make parts of it more miserable than it is now, but the earth will recover and prevail in spite of man. Think of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska. It was touted as the worst oil spill in history.

They cleaned it up and now thirty years later, it is back to being one of Alaska’s prime fishing areas. Of course, the extreme environmentalists at the time said the area was ruined forever. Once again they were proved to be wrong. Speaking of hypocrites, did you notice the Sierra Club or Greenpeace knocking on Saddam Hussein’s door with a lawsuit when he dumped Kuwait’s

oil into the Persian Gulf? Doesn’t that sound a little fake to you?

Those organizations are truly only committed to ruining lives where there is zero risk to them. It never quite dawns on these folks that someone has more power than mankind. Common sense tells you that climate change has been around since the beginning. People that think climate change is man made are quite arrogant in my book. Since when does mankind have power over much of anything? limate change is fake news folks, as evidenced by weather charts, cycles, and storms. Mankind has never effected weather in any way nor could it. Stop and think about it. Mankind cannot even predict weather accurately because it changes and we cannot keep up with it. Meteorologists do their best, but are proven wrong time and time again.

For example consider the beautiful Monument Valley of Arizona and Utah. Scientists have pretty well proven that that area was under water for thousands of years causing the unique erosion. Are you going to tell me that mankind drained the water out and formed a desert just so tourists could go and visit there?

Have you ever considered that climate change promoters are hucksters? Look down through history, if you can scare masses of people, and convince them that you are their saving grace, then you can control them. That’s what socialists are attempting to do with our alleged free country. They are trying to scare you into giving up your rights. If you doubt me consider how many laws politicians create every year trying to erode your freedom bit by bit. Fake fear is promoted constantly in this country. Don’t vote for any law unless it is a repeal of an existing one.

The United Nations Agenda 21 is alive and well in these United States trying to eliminate our rural lifestyle. Now, that is a real threat that you need to examine pretty close. Consider that the Center For Biological Diversity currently has 179 lawsuits against the Trump Administration. Let’s hope they lose them all.

I urge you all to invest in my fake cow herd, because if you don’t Al Gore’s end of the world in 2013, will show up in 2021 and you will all perish. Al & I will have lots of fake burgers for years to come.

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The TLBAA is a nonprofit organization working to protect the integrity of the Texas Longhorn by providing guidelines for desirable breeding practices, promoting public awareness of the breed, and advancing the scientific knowledge of historical and future breeding practices. It’s our goal to preserve the legacy and distinct characteristics of the Texas Longhorn while ensuring its purity and posterity.

from missions or abandoned after ranch failures.

Less than 40 years later, the Longhorn was closer to extinction than the buffalo.

In 1927, the Federal government stepped in to help preserve the Texas Longhorn and a great part of our American heritage.

Congress assigned forest service rangers, Will C. Barnes and John H. Hatton, to the task and these two men put the first herd together for Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. Gradually, more breeders started raising private stock, rec-

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Time to Bring NEPA Into the 21st Century

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n early January 2020, President Trump announced his intention to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process.

Famously called the “Magna Carta” of environmental laws, NEPA was one of the first environmental laws passed in the U.S. on January 1st, 1970.

The law stipulates governmental agencies must give consideration to potential environmental risks and consequences when considering new actions. As of 1978, the Council on Environmental Quality has directed federal agencies to effectively implement NEPA. The law preceded the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency by three years. Critics assert in the last 40 years, with the exception of 1986, the law hasn’t been properly updated.

Here’s more on NEPA: Section 101 of NEPA sets forth a national policy “to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.” 42 U.S.C. 4331(a).

Section 102 of NEPA establishes procedural requirements, applying that national policy to proposals for major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment by requiring Federal agencies to prepare a detailed statement on: (1) the environmental impact of the proposed action; (2) any adverse effects that cannot be avoided; (3) alternatives to the proposed action; (4) the relationship between local short-term uses of man’s environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity; and (5) any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources that would be involved in the proposed action. 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C).

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The White House issued this statement:

“American workers, farmers, and families” by bringing new infrastructure projects to Signed into law on January 1, 1970, the communities nationwide in an expeNational Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) dited fashion. requires Federal agencies to consider and Per the White House, the proposed inform the public of the environmental rule will: effects of proposed major Federal actions. ЇЇ Establish time limits of 2 years for NEPA’s enactment was the culmination of completion of environmental impact legislative efforts to establish a national statements and 1 year for completion environmental policy and incorporate the of environmental assessments. consideration of environmental issues into the Federal Government’s decision-making ЇЇ Specify page limits, promotes processes. Today, on the 50th anniversary information sharing through modern of this milestone legislation, we take the technology, and better defines opportunity to reflect upon NEPA’s goals of environmental effects and other protecting our Nation’s natural resources key terms. and recommit to ensuring a safe, healthy, and productive environment for all ЇЇ Reduce unnecessary burdens and Americans. delays for environmental reviews.

President Trump added: My Administration remains committed to improving the environmental review and permitting process while ensuring environmental protection. This will benefit our economy and environment while also enhancing the quality of life for current and future generations of Americans. Today, we celebrate NEPA’s 50th anniversary and its role in protecting our environment as we look forward to improving its implementation for the 21st century.

During his address, President Trump reiterated many of the aforementioned points about bringing NEPA into the 21st century.

“Today, we are taking another historic step in our campaign to slash job-killing regulations and improve the qualify of life for all of our citizens,” President Trump said. “These endless delays waste money, keep projects from breaking ground, and deny jobs to our nation’s incredible workers.”

He added, “That is why, for the first time in over 40 years, today we’re issuing a proposed new rule under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to completely overhaul the dysfunctional bureaucratic system that has created these massive obstructions.”

He emphasized the proposed rule change will reflect “strong regulations” that “go very quickly.”

The proposed rule to bring NEPA into the 21st century would modernize environmental regulations without burdening

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Republican Members of the Western Caucus, House Natural Resources Committee, and House Energy and Commerce Committee praised the Trump Administration for announcing these long-awaited changes to the NEPA review process.

“Enacted with the best intentions in mind, NEPA has been hijacked by serial litigants to halt construction on critical infrastructure projects. Under the guise of environmental protection, special interest groups have stopped new roads and bridges, transmission lines, pipelines, and even offshore wind projects dead in their tracks,” said Western Caucus Chairman Paul Gosar, Arizona. “Today’s announcement shows the Trump administration’s commitment to ensuring the government works better for the people. Streamlining NEPA will create a more efficient and certain time line for new projects, while ensuring we safeguard our environment for the future.”

“There has been nothing more detrimental to the development of transportation, clean water, and energy infrastructure than America’s broken environmental review and permitting process,” said House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rob Bishop, Utah. “Today, the Administration took another step forward in bringing logic and rationality to the federal bureaucracy. Reducing redundancies, enhancing coordination with states and tribes, clarify-

ing ambiguous terms, and establishing time frames for the completion of paperwork is the 20/20 vision we needed.

Fringe-left special interest groups will continue to scream bloody murder, but these actions by President Trump will ensure the government works better for all.”

“I applaud the Trump Administration’s update to the NEPA review process, which will cut down on bureaucratic red-tape hindering national and local projects,” said House Energy Action Team Co-Chair Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana. “Through a more efficient and less complex permitting process, we can more efficiently construct energy infrastructure, coastal restoration, and flood protection projects in Louisiana and across the country while still protecting our environment.

While Democrats propose new job killing legislative proposals, this announcement is a strong step in the right direction and will result in more shovels in the ground on projects that improve Americans’ everyday lives.”

“The Trump Administration should be commended for modernizing the National Environmental Policy Act regulations, a move that has been long overdue,” added Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC). “These regulations haven’t seen a comprehensive update in over 40 years, so I’m pleased to see President Trump deliver on his promise to streamline outdated processes, eliminate red-tape, and create efficient standards in order to properly evaluate environmental impacts in the 21st century.”

Editor’s Note: Comments are due on the proposed regulations in early March. Critics of the proposal claim that the new regulations are merely a way around addressing climate change and vow litigation.

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Cattle Growers’ Recognize Eastern New Mexico State Fair Showmanship Contest Winners

aleb Johnston, Hobbs; Caden Golden, Artesia; and Brock Spear, Roswell; winners of the 2019 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association’s (NMCGA’s) annual showmanship contest, were recognized by the NMCGA during the Joint Stockmen’s Convention, held in Albuquerque in early December.

“These young people are excellent showmen, and they and their families have a lot to be proud of,” said Denton Dowell, Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee (YCLC) Chairman, Tucumcari. “Raising and showing a beef animal takes time and dedication, and a lot of hard work. We are proud to recognize them for their achievements and congratulate them on their achievements. We hope to see them again at this year’s contest.”

This is the tenth year for the annual

showmanship contest, which was held this year during the Eastern New Mexico State Fair (ENMSF) in Roswell. Contestants were broken up into three age groups according to their age on January 1, 2018: Novice age 9 to 11, Junior age 12 to 13 and Senior age 14 to 19.

Senior winner Kaleb Johnston is the son of Kyle and Kimberly Johnston of Hobbs, and a member of the Hobbs FFA. He began showing livestock in the 9th grade when he was encouraged to show cattle as a FFA project. That first year, he exhibited three steers at the Lea County Fair and placed first with all three, as well as Grand and Reserve Champion Steer and the showmanship and herdsmanship awards. Since then, he has showed cattle successfully at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair, the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky, the Fort Worth Stock Show and the Arizona National Livestock Show.

Looking to the future, he plans to continue showing breeding livestock at national shows and raise his own quality show steers and breeding heifers Caden Golden, the son of Casey and Anessa Golden of Artesia, won the Junior Showmanship Contest. The thirteen-yearold has been showing livestock since 2015,

and first showed steers at the ENMSF in 2018 where he was complimented on his showing style, but didn’t win the showmanship contest. In 2019, his goal was to be the best showman he could be. He worked very hard, juggling school, sports and livestock and showed his steers at his County Fair, the New Mexico State Fair, and the ENMSF – winning the showmanship contest at all three.

Novice winner Brock Spear is the eightyear-old son of Chris and Nichole Spear, Roswell. He is in the third grade at Berrendo Elementary School and participates in baseball, basketball and is a state champion in youth wrestling. He and his family raise American Aberdeen Cattle. Brock started showing cattle when he was four years old at the New Mexico State Fair in a cow/calf pair class. Since then, he has shown at National Junior Shows in Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma, and has exhibited cattle in Louisville, Kentucky, and Denver, Colo.

“If this showmanship contest is any indication, the future of the cattle business in New Mexico is bright,” Dowell said. “Our industry needs strong leaders today and into the future. We were so glad to see so many young people participating in the cattle shows, and we want to congratulate them all.”

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Performance Beefmasters from the Founding Family

HEIFERS & BULLS FOR SALE 575-760-7304 WESLEY GRAU www.grauranch.com

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BEEFMASTERS 59th Bull Sale—October 3, 2020 Private Treaty Females Semen & Embryos

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CANDY TRUJILLO Capitan, NM 575-354-2682 480-208-1410

McPHERSON HEIFER BULLS  ½ Corriente, ½ Angus bulls.

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Low Weight Calving Ease bulls with Great Dispositions.

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OSCAR · 575/398-6155 • 575/760-0814 BOX 975, TATUM, NEW MEXICO 88267 RUSTY · 575/760-0816

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True High Altitude Bull Sale March 28, 2020

La Garita, CO - L-Cross Ranch Sale Facility

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WINSTON, NEW MEXICO Russell Freeman

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ROBERT & CHRIS CAMPBELL KYLE & KATIE WALTER 5690 CR 321, Ignacio, CO 81137 970/749-9708 • 970/749-0750

Clark anvil ranCh Reg. Herefords, Salers & Optimizers BULL SALE April 8, 2020

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La Junta Livestock – La Junta, CO

Ranch Performance Black Angus Bulls and Replacement Heifers Ranch Raised- Rock Footed - Calving Ease - Rapid Growth, Private Treaty at the Ranch Ernest Thompson – Mountainair, NM 575-423-3313 • Cell 505-818-7284

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CLINTON CLARK 32190 Co. Rd. S., Karval, CO 80823 719-446-5223 • 719-892-0160 Cell cclark@esrta.com www.ClarkAnvilRanch.com

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Bradley 3 Ranch Ltd. www.bradley3ranch.com Ranch-Raised ANGUS Bulls for Ranchers Since 1955

Annual Bull Sale February 15, 2020 at the Ranch NE of Estelline, TX M.L. Bradley, 806/888-1062 Cell: 940/585-6471

Bulls & Heifers FOR SALE AT THE FARM

Registered Polled Herefords

MANUEL SALAZAR 136 County Road 194 Cañones, NM 87516 usa.ranch@yahoo.com PHONE: 575-638-5434

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29th Roswell Brangus Sale – Sat., Feb. 29, 2020 Registered & Commercial

“Brangus Raised the Commercial Way”

LARRY & ELAINE PARKER

P.O. Box 146, 1700 N. Parker Rd., San Simon, AZ 85632 Larry’s Cell: 520-508-3505 • Diane’s Cell: 520-403-1967 • Bus: 520-845-2411 Res: 520-845-2315 • Email: jddiane@vtc.net • parker_brangus@yahoo.com

Attend the 29 th Annual Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale February 29, 2020 Joe Paul & Rosie Lack P.O. Box 274 Hatch, NM 87937 575-267-1016 Rachael Carpenter 575-644-1311

Bill Morrison

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THE 100 RANCH – If you are looking for a quality cattle ranch then the 100 Ranch is just what you need. The 100 Ranch is a scenic, well improved cattle ranch with stunning views of the nearby Sacramento and Jicarilla Mountains. Located approximately 30 miles northwest of Carrizozo, New Mexico on the Chupadera Mesa. The ranch is comprised of 15,931 deeded acres, 30,680 federal BLM lease acres and 9,208 NM State lease acres. The maximum grazing capacity of the ranch is listed at 1,200 A.U.Y.L. The ranch is fully operational, ready to turn out with no start up costs. Watered with six wells and an extensive pipeline system. Ample big game hunting on the ranch to include elk, mule deer, antelope and oryx.

Access to the public land is limited with approximately 7,000 acres of private land gated and locked. The 100 Ranch has had just two owners since the 1940s. It is one of a kind. Co-listed with Mossy Oak Properties NM Ranch & Luxury, LLC. Price: $9,995,000 Call for a brochure or view on my website: www.ranchesnm.com COCHISE RANCH – Ranch property located just west of Roswell, NM along and adjacent to U.S. Highway 70/380 to Ruidoso, NM. Comprised of 6,607 deeded acres and 80 acres of NM State Lease acres. Water is provided by three solar wells and pipelines.

Fenced into several pastures and small traps suitable for a registered cattle operation. Improvements include two sets of pens, shop, and hay barn. Price: $2,500,000 Call for a brochure or view on my website: www.ranchesnm.com BLACKWATER DRAW RANCH – Nice well improved ranch property located just 15 minutes from downtown Roswell, NM along and south of U.S. Highway 70/380. Improvements include a custom designed rock home, guest house, Quonset Barn, barns, and a good set of pipe pens. Partitioned into two larger pastures and two smaller pastures. Acreage includes 2,185 deeded acres and 320 NM State Lease acres. The Blackwater Draw Ranch is adjacent to the Cochise Ranch, the two may be combined very easily. Price: $1,350,000 Call for a brochure or view on my website: www.ranchesnm.com KELLEY PECAN ORCHARD – 10.2 acres with over 230 mature producing pecan trees located just west of Roswell, NM. Artesian water rights with one well supplies irrigation water through a newly installed sprinkler system to the orchard. Improvements include a large 5,400 square foot two story colonial style residence that has been featured in Southern Living Magazine. This property is one of a kind. Call for an appointment to take a look or for a color brochure.

Price: $975,000 Call for a brochure or view on my website: www.ranchesnm.com

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La Bonita Ranch

$4,500,000 | 2,036± Acres | Las Vegas, New Mexico | San Miguel County 2,036 acres of extremely scenic foothills and mountain side slopes.

Outstanding hunting. Owner’s compound features some of the most beautiful and fitting improvements to be found in this mountain area of New Mexico. This ranch has it all. Originally priced at $5,100,00 now reduced to $4,500,000.

hoBo noRth Ranch

$4,043,000 | 7,060± Acres | Las Vegas, New Mexico | San Miguel County 6,220 deeded acres together with 840 acres of New Mexico State Lease. This ranch is located in the scenic Mesa Highlands, east of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The topograhy is a combination of elevated mesa tops, canyon headers, ridgelines and deep canyon bottoms. Improvements include a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home, shop, outbuildings, arena, stable, and other structural improvements. The property offers excellent hutning and is realitistically priced at $650 per deeded acre.

L BaR Ranch

$21,693,700 | 36,460± Acres | Marquez, New Mexico | Sandoval County 36,460 acres of high mountain mesas and wide valley bottoms. The ranch is located west of Albuquerque. Elevations vary from 6,100 feet in the valley bottoms to 8,300 feet on the upper mesa. The property is well improved with an owner’s lodge, manager’s home, barn/apartment and other structural improvements. Excellent hunting. $595 per acre.

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ELdoRado Ranch

$835,000 | 1,398.68± Acres | Las Vegas, New Mexico | San Miguel County 1,399 deeded acres located east of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The ranch has an open rolling terrain descendign to rough canyon country on the south. Pinõn, juniper, and ponderosa pine are found along the canyon and canyon edge. This ranch offers good habitat for elk, mule deer, antelope and turkey.

hUtch SEptima Ranch

$9,287,100| 5,463± Acres | Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico | Rio Arriba County 5,463 acres of big timber mountain country. Live mountain streams, log cabin and other improvements. Beautiful top of the mountain ranch with lots of big game, including mule deer and elk. Was priced at $1,850 per acre. New reduced price $1,700 per acre.

REcEntLy SoLd oR UndER contRact Chaves and Lincoln Counties, New Mexico

24,845 deeded acres plus 7,717 acres of state and federal lease

Union County, New Mexico

28,009 deeded acres, plus 10 sections of NM State lease

Lea County, New Mexico

5,230 deeded acres, plus 17,012 acres of State Lease

Lea County, New Mexico

17,878 deeded acres plus 15,358 acres of State Lease

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SUMNER LAKE, State Road 203, River Ranches Estates, River Ranch Road lots (at intersection with 203) $18,900 each. State Road 203 frontage lot $25,000 SAN ANTONIO, Zanja Road, 4.66 acres farmland with Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District water rights, $69,000

Paul Stout, Broker

575-760-5461 cell 575-456-2000 office officeoffice

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PIE TOWN, 142 Webb Ranch Road, Corner lot at just over 20 acres in Wild Horse Subdivision North of Pie town. Electricity, well, small cabin & horse corrals $75,000 CUERVO, Mesita Pass Road, 148.13 acres of land in Mesita Ranch Subdivision. Perfect for a new home site, hunting or grazing. $85,000 FENCE LAKE, 295 Pine Hill Road, 2bd/3ba home on 60 acres, corrals, outbuildings, $295,000 RIBERA,340 CR B41E 32.6 acres with 3bd/2ba home on Pecos River, Hay Barn and outbuildings.

Just over 20 acres in alfalfa and grass hay production. $695,000

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

WAGON MOUND RANCH, Mora/ Harding Counties, NM. 8,880.80 +/Total Acres, a substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim into Canadian River. Has modern water system located 17 miles east of Wagon Mound off pavement then 3 miles on county road. Two bedroom historic house, once a stage stop.

Wildlife include antelope, mule deer and some elk. $2,710,000 $2,440,000 FRENCH TRACT FARM, 491.55 +/deeded acres, Colfax County, NM two pivots, some gated pipe, 371 irrigation shares in AVID, House, barn, close to exit 419 off I25 on HWY 58. All in one contiguous parcel with access on all sides. $700,000 RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres in 2 parcels with excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a true million dollar view at the end of a private road.

$489,000. Also listed with the house and one parcel for $375,000 MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM quality 2,715 sqft adobe home, barn, grounds, fruit trees and mature trees.

Extremely private setting. REDUCED $355,000. This is a must see. Also listed with same house with 10 +/- deeded acres for $310,000

MAXWELL 19.50 ACRES, Colfax County, NM quality extensive remodeled two bedroom, one bathroom home with water rights, outbuildings for livestock in NE NM. Great south facing porch for sipping iced tea cooling off at 6,000 ft elevation. Would make great summer getaway and winter ski base. $270,000

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MORA COUNTY 160 +/- ACRES, 12 miles south east of Wagon Mound, remote, excellent solar well good mix of sub irrigated and range. Small cabin. $154,000

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AG LAND LOANS As Low As 4.5% OPWKCAP 4.5%

INTEREST RATES AS LOW AS 4.5% Payments Scheduled on 25 Years

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SIDWELL FARM & RANCH REALTY, LLC Tom Sidwell, Qualifying Broker 6237 State Highway 209, Tucumcari, NM 88401 • 575-403-6903 tom@sidwellfarmandranch.com • www.sidwellfarmandranch.com

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

Priced @$300,000 TYLER RANCH/FARM — York Az, 544 deeded with 173 irrigated, along with 14,000 state and Blm lease land. 300 head mother cows yearlong. Priced @$2,300,000 SMITH DRAW, SEPAR, NM — 7760 deeded, 11,275 State, 2560 BLM runs 300 head yearlong. Good strong country nice improvements.

Priced @$3,100,000 If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call ...

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RANCHES/FARMS *SOLD* 440 Head Spanish Stirrup Ranch, Deming, NM – The historic Spanish Stirrup Ranch is in the Florida Mountain range containing 663+/- deeded acres, 16,963+/- acres BLM grazing permits; 5,184+/- acres of State grazing lease; and 12+/- sections of adverse grazing. A traditional working cattle ranch with rolling to mountainous terrain, good browse and grass, excellent water with storage tanks and drinkers. There are 13 wells with new pumps. Headquarters include a 3 BR, 1 BA remodeled historic brick/rock home, carport, garage, tack house, shipping corrals, horse and hay barns. Five additional sets of working corrals. $2,250,000

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*REDUCED* 117 Head Tule Springs Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ – Located

valley with sweeping views, good access, grass, browse and water. 320+/- ac. deeded, 5,403+/- ac. State lease, 2,961+/- ac. BLM permit. Easy terrain with access from Hwy 82 and Tombstone. 3 wells, 2 storage tanks with drinkers, 2 dirt tanks, set of wood & wire corrals. Adjoins Orduno Draw Ranch also offered by Stockmen’s Realty, LLC. $600,000 *PENDING* 30 +/- Acre Farm & Ranch, Sheldon, AZ – Pasture for 10 hd, gated pipe irrigation; alfalfa, pecan trees.

Two wells, roping arena; Comfortable Palm Harbor triple-wide manufactured home, 2X6 construction, stucco exterior, set on cement slab; 1-car garage. Property is fenced for cattle. Good location with views, near the Gila River and quick access to Highway 75. $350,000 *REDUCED* 30+/- Head Orduno Draw Ranch,Tombstone, AZ – Small

in beautiful Apache National Forest with 56.6+/- acre deeded inholding, and 23+/- section USFS grazing permit. A well improved and maintained horseback ranch, with $70k thinning project for increased fire protection recently completed on deeded land. The headquarters is located in a scenic valley setting with solar power; two homes; barn with tack room, hay storage, horse stalls; shop; corrals with crowding pen and squeeze chute; root cellar/cold meat storage; hen house, irrigated gardens and orchard. The permit and HQ’s are watered by springs, creeks and dirt tanks. On the allotment are a line cabin, two sets of corrals, one with a loading chute at the highway. $1,100,000 $995,000 *NEW* 68+/- Head Three Brothers Ranch, Tombstone, AZ – Good starter or retirement ranch in the San Pedro River

desert ranch in the San Pedro Valley of Cochise County, Arizona. 320+/- ac. deeded, 2,780+/- ac. State lease, and 560+/- ac. BLM Allotment. Easy terrain, gentle hills with mesquite, acacia, and creosote, and several major draws with good browse and grassy bottoms. Has one well that needs equipping, a dirt tank, and is fenced. Borders the San Pedro River National Conservation Area and has easy access from Highway 80.

This would make a great starter or hobby ranch or complement to a larger holding.

Adjoins Three Brothers Ranch also offered

by Stockmen’s Realty, LLC. $335,000 *SOLD* 60 Head Desert Ranch, Deming, NM – Nice starter or retirement ranch with easy access and gentle country. 65+/- deeded ac, 18,766+/- ac.

BLM, State, & City Leases, with uncontrolled adverse lands. 5 wells, 4 sets of corrals, 2 large pastures and one smaller good for weanlings; all fenced. Easy browse and grass country. Several good sites for a home on deeded. $287,000

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HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *REDUCED* 40+/- Acre Last Stand B&B Guest Ranch, Sonoita, AZ – An

exceptional property in the grasslands of Sonoita, presently operating as a successful wedding & equestrian event venue. The Territorial, two-story 4 BR, 4.5 BA main home has 4,110 s.f., & custom features throughout. A true destination property w/a pool & two cabana guest rooms, 3 casitas, event barn, horse facilities, roping arena, recreation room w/racquetball court, and fishing pond.

Neighbors public conservation land with trails. Powered by 80 solar panels connected to the grid, one well w/pressure tank & storage, also fenced for livestock.

Mature landscape & fruit trees. Property could also be converted to a vineyard/ winery. $1,975,000 $1,799,000 *SOLD* +/-103 Acre Horse Property, St. David, AZ – Lovely custom 2,298+/s.f. 3BR, 2BA home near the San Pedro River on a hill with valley views. Has one domestic well. Space for horse facilities.

Property is fenced for livestock. Includes a large 2-bay garage/shop and artist’s studio building. $470,000

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■ COWEN ROAD FARM – Sedan, NM – 2 circles in CRP until 2023, 1 circle sown back to native grasses, all weather road.

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Barbs Over Checkoff Bill Lone Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Restrict Checkoff Funds, Contracting

by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor

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Nevada congresswoman introduced legislation that would create more oversight for USDA checkoff programs, drawing cheers from checkoff critics and pushback from a cattlemen’s organization.

The bill, introduced by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, mirrors a Senate bill that would prevent checkoff programs from contracting with groups that engage in policy or may have conflicts of interest “or anticompetitive activities that harm other commodities.” The bill would also require a more detailed record release of budgets and fund disbursements by checkoffs, as well as submit to periodic audits from USDA’s Inspector General.

“The USDA’s checkoff programs have operated without sufficient oversight for far too long – and this legislation will bring

much-needed accountability and transparency,” Titus said in a news release. “Family farmers should not be forced to pay into organizations that sometimes lobby against their own interests and threaten animal welfare.”

An identical bill was introduced last year

by Democratic Senators Cory Booker, New Jersey and Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts, as well as Republican Senators Mike Lee, Utah and Rand Paul, Kentucky.

Much like in the case of the Senate companion bill, Titus does not serve on any House committees that have oversight of USDA or its appropriations. That greatly diminishes the possibility the bill would receive any legislative action. The bill right now also does not have any cosponsors.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service oversees 21 commodity research and promotion boards. Some programs draw a lot more attention and legal disputes than others.

A news release by Animal Wellness Action criticized the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the National Pork Producers Council and the National Dairy Promotion Research Board, stating those groups and others “got access to the till and now they divert tens of millions annually to their own associations for advocacy or anti-competitive activities that put a special hurt on small farmers.”

Ethan Lane, vice president of government affairs for NCBA, said the legislative push keeps happening from “noted ani-

mal-rights activists,” pointing specifically at Booker as “the biggest champion for putting animal agriculture out of business on Capitol Hill and Dina Titus is not far behind him.” He added, “They are running the same playbook they always do, trying to put animal agriculture out of business.”

Lane pointed to funding ties to the Humane Society of the United States and the Organization for Competitive Markets, as HSUS has partnered with OCM on a lawsuit specifically challenging the beef checkoff.

OCM noted its litigation against USDA over checkoff funds and NCBA’s “refusal to disclose beef checkoff spending records.”

OCM stated it supports Titus’s bill. “The evidence is clear: commodity checkoff programs abuse the very farmers and ranchers who are mandated to pay into them.”

Marty Irby, executive director of Animal Wellness Action, said, “USDA’s runaway checkoff programs must be held accountable, and family farmers have a right to know where their hard-earned dollars are being spent.”

The National Pork Producers Council also was criticized by AWA. The pork producers group stated it is “A voluntarily funded, independent organization focused on advocating for the public policy interests of U.S. pork producers.”

NPPC also added that the “Pork. The Other White Meat” slogan was developed

by NPPC and licensed to the pork checkoff following a 2001 separation agreement approved by the U.S. government. NPPC also stated that payments from the licensing sale to the National Pork Board ended in 2017.

Commenting in support of Titus’s bill was Mike Eby, chairman of the National Dairy Producers Organization and one of three candidates to become president of National Farmers Union.

“It’s crisis time in agriculture where every penny counts,” Eby said. “If farmers are going to be forced to fund checkoff programs’ ‘government speech,’ the very least farmers should expect is legitimate oversight and a system of checks and balances for all commodity checkoffs, and the OFF Act does just that.”

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . 18, 97 Ag Lands Southwest . . . . . 106 Ag New Mexico FCS, ACA . .110 American Angus Association 60 Angus Invitational Bull Sale . 75 B & H Herefords . . . . . . . . . 13 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . 37 Bar Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . .101 Beaverhead Outdoors . . . . 106 Beefmaster Breeders United 30 Big Mesa Realty . . . . . . . . 104 BJM Sales & Service, Inc. . . . 94 Black Angus “Ready for Work” Bull Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Border Tank Resources . . . . 83 Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. . . . . . 98 Brand for Sale . . . . . . . . . . 93 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . 24, 98 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Campbell Simmentals . . . . . 97 Carter’s Custom Cuts . . . . . 85 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . 28, 96 Cattlemen’s Lvsk. Auction . . 42 Chisholm Co., LLC . . . . . . . 64 Citizens Bank of Clovis . . . . 87 CJ Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . 28 CKP Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 11 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . 97 Clovis Livestock Auction . . . 39 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . 97 Colorado Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Conniff Cattle . . . . . . . . . . 22 Copeland & Sons Herefords, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . 45 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . 97 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . 94 Crockett Ranch . . . . . . . . . 95 Deja Vu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Denton Photography . . . . .108 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Diamond Peak Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Diamond Seven Angus . . 56, 95 Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . 71 Elbrock Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 28 Evans Beefmasters . . . . . . . 28 Express Ranches . . . . . . . . 76 Fallon-Cortese Land . . . . . .104 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . 91 FBFS Kevin Branum . . . . . . 58

FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . 87 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . 9 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . 21 Five States Livestock Auction 54 Foundation Beefmasters . . . 28 Freeman Ranch . . . . . . . . . 89

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Genex / Candy Trujillo . . . . . 96 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . 34, 95 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . . 47, 95 Hales Angus Farms . . . . 72, 94 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . 94 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . 96 Headquarters West Ltd. / Sam Hubbell . . . . . . . . . 105 Henard Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 96 Hi-Pro Feeds / Sendero . . . . . 7 Hooper Cattle Company . . . 25 Hubbard Feeds . . . . . . . . . 86 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . 94, 111 Hudson LS Supplements . . . 38 Hutchison Western . . . . . . 110 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . . 31, 95 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . 71, 98 Jamison Herefords . . . . . . . 15 J-C Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . 86 Jimbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . 93 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . 43 L & H Manufacturing . . . . . 83 Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . . 98 Laflin Ranch . . . . . . . . . 52, 95 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . . 95 Lazy S Ranch Willcox LLC . . . 14 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . . . . 96 Lewis USA Cattle Oiler . . . . 46 Livestock Nutrition Center . . 99 Major Ranch Realty . . . . . .105 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . 95 Manzano Angus . . . . . . 61, 96 McKenzie Land & Livestock . 44 McPherson Heifer Bulls . . . . 96 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . 41, 93 Michelet Homestead Realty 101 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . 101, 102-3 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . 24, 26 Monfette Construction Co. . . 93 Mossy Oak Properties NM Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .106 Multimin USA . . . . . . . . . . 19

Paul McGillard / Murney Associates . . . . . . . . . . .101 New Mexico Angus Bull & Heifer Sale . . . . . . . . . . 23 NMCGA Foundation . . . . . . 84 New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 109 NMFFA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 NM Federal Lands Council . . 112 New Mexico Hereford Association . . . . . . . . . . . 57 New Mexico Premier Ranch Properties . . . . . . . . . . .106 New Mexico Property Group105 NM Purina Dealers . . . . . . .116 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . 40, 113 New Mexico Wool Growers . 58 Olson Land and Cattle . . . . 95 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . .104

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P Bar A Angus Ranch . . . 27, 95 Parker Brangus . . . . . . . . . 98 Perez Cattle Company . . . 3, 94 Pot Of Gold Gelbvieh Association . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Cattle Guards / Priddy Construction . . . . . 91 Punchy Cattle Company . . . 83 Roswell Brangus Breeders Co-Op . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . 17 Redd Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Republic Ranches, LLC . . . .105 Reveal 4-n-1, LLC . . . . . . . . 93 Reverse Rocking R Ranch . . . 12 Reynolds Ranch . . . . . . . . 114 Ridgeline Outfitters LLC . . . 87 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 93 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . 96 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . 93 Rocky Mountain Santa Gertrudis . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ROD Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . 97 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Roswell Lvsk. Auction Co. . . 36

James Sammons III . . . . . . 105 St. Vrain Simmentals . . . . . . 95 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . 96 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Tom Sidwell . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty105 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . 93 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . 70 Southwest Red Angus Assoc. 95 Spike S Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 94 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . .107 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . . . .105 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . . 94 Terrell Land & Livestock . . . 105 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . .113 Thompson Ranch . . . . . 65, 97 Tucumcari Bull Test . . . . . . . 69 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 98 U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 35 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . 51 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . 93 W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . . . 55 Walker Martin Ranch Sales . 105 West Star Herefords . . . . . .100 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranch, . . . . . . 77, 98 Western Trading Post . . . . . 62 Westway Feed Products . . . 53 Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch . . 94 Willcox Livestock Auction . . 73 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . 35 Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . . 59, 93 Zia Trust, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Brisket Stuffed Poblano 2. with Queso Recipe courtesy of: Chef Tiffany Collins Blackmon

4 ingredients Makes 8 stuffed pepper halves 30 minutes Ingredients 2 lbs. Smoked Brisket, cooked, shredded 4 poblano peppers, halved, ribs and seeds removed Queso: 1 10-oz. can diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained 1 16-oz. package melting cheese, cut into ½ inch cubes Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly

grease a large baking sheet.

Arrange peppers in a single layer.

Bake for 10-15 minutes. Set aside.

Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, combine tomatoes and cheese.

Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and tomatoes are blended; stir frequently.

3. Carefully stuff each pepper half with ¼ lb. of shredded brisket.

Place in a lightly greased baking dish. Drizzle 2 Tbsp. queso on each stuffed pepper half. Place in oven for 10 minutes or until hot.

Nutrition Information: Nutrition information per serving: 517 Calories; 325.38 Calories from fat; 36.2 g Total Fat (15.8 g Saturated Fat; 1.3 g Trans Fat; 0.7 g Polyunsaturated Fat; 12 g Monounsaturated Fat;) 120.3 mg Cholesterol; 1828.29 mg Sodium; 10.7 g Total Carbohydrate; 0.3 g Dietary Fiber; 35.3 g Protein; 3.5 mg Iron; 56 mg Potassium; 0.2 mg Niacin; 0.1 mg Vitamin B6; 0 mcg Vitamin B12; 0 mg Zinc; 0 mcg Selenium; 1.8 mg Choline. This recipe is an excellent source of Protein; and a good source of Iron.

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