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33rd Annual

Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale and

Southwest Ranch Horse Sale Saturday February 24, 2024

Females sell at 11am — Bulls sell at 1pm—Horses sell immediately after the bulls

Roswell Livestock Auction 900 N. Garden St. Roswell, NM

Online Bidding Now Available!! www.xitwesternproductions.com 45 Registered Brangus and Ultrablack Bulls 200 + Bred and Open Commercial Females 10 Super Select Ranch Horses “He Sells”

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February 27, 2024 | 1 PM (MT) At the Ranch, Nara Visa, NM 130 Registered Hereford & Angus Bulls Yearling & 18-Month-Olds Bid Online!—Bid.SuperiorLivestock.com

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DEPARTMENTS 10 NMCGA President’s Message

by Bronson Corn, President

12 Just the Facts ... & Then Some

by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman

16 New Mexico CowBelles Jingle Jangle 34 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers

by Don Bullis

35 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn 46 New Mexico Federal Lands Council News

by Frank DuBois

by Deanna Dickinson McCall

50 News Update: Soil Grants, Southwest Beef Symposium 52 Collector’s Corner

by Jim Olson

54 Riding Herd

42 W . hat Is the Best Needle Size to Use When Working Cattle?

by Paige Carlson, Bovine Veterinarian

44 French Farmers Plan ‘Siege’ of Paris Despite Government Concessions 55 Cow-Calf Producers: Are You On Offense or Defense in 2024?

by Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist

56 NMSU Arrowhead Client Works With Navajo Nation to Provide Water to Thirsty Ranches

by Adriana M. Chávez

by Lee Pitts

68 In Memoriam 76 Marketplace 77 Seedstock Guide 81 Real Estate Guide 114 View From the Backside

by Barry Denton

59 NYSE Pulls Plan for Environmentally Sustainable Asset Class Source: Reuters

60 Agriculture Education Directed at the Ranch

by Heather Smith Thomas

64 Flocks of Sheep Are the Firefighting Solution We Never Knew We Needed

by Julia Jacobo, JP Keenan, & Janet Weinstein, ABC News

120 Advertisers’ Index

66 Fundamentals of Beef Sire Selection

FEATURES

by Michelle F. Elmore and Joshua B. Elmore, A Extension

18 Carcass Research Study Helps Gain Valuable Insight into the Breed

by Joe A Mask, PhD, Beefmaster Breeders United

22 Species in 33 State May Soon Be on the Endangered List

by Alix Martichoux, Nexstar

24 Empowering Ranchers & Farmers: A Call to Reduce Agricultural Restrictions and Ensure Consumers Affordable Access Source: Protect The Harvest

2024 Brings Resilient Ag Land Market Source: Farmers National Company

28 Where Have All the Good Men and Women Gone?

by Kathleen Marquardt, American Policy Center

70 Determining the Best Time of Year to Calve

by Maggie Justice, David Daniel, Leanne Dillard, Joshua Elmore, Michelle Elmore, Ken Kelley, Kim Mullenix, Adam Rabinowitz, Max Runge, Wendiam Sawadgo, Kent Stanford, Alex Tigue, and Soren Rodning, A Extension

87 Owaissa Crites Heimann

by Carol Wilson

96 New Mexico Ag Youngsters Swarm the Roundhouse!

99 One of a Kind

by Heather Smith Thomas

110 Inflation Has Fallen. Why Are Groceries Still So Expensive?

by Abha Bhattarai and Jeff Stein, Washington Post

116 More SEC Rules Coming

By Kent Lassman, President & CEO, Competitive Enterprise Institute

118 .John Wenzel, 2024 BQA Educator Award Winner

40 Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Regulator Deference

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42 American Beef Industry Hits Record Low, According to USDA

Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute

on the cover Clark Kelley Price was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1945. As a child he loved to draw, and even his earliest artistic efforts told a story. His parents, Rex and Kathryn Price, recognized his talent and encouraged him to use it. He received his formal education from Ricks College and Brigham Young University, with a bachelor’s degree in oil painting. His love of the West, both modern and historical, and his life experiences have been his greatest resources in developing his talent.

Clark worked on various ranches since his teenage years, giving him a feel for and an appreciation of the cowboy life. His experiences with his own horses during the past 30 years, packing and hunting in the mountains of Idaho and Wyoming, add to the authentic flavor of his work.

For this and other works by Clark visit www.clarkkelleyprice.com

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SPRING RUNOFF SALE Apr il 5 - 6, 20 24 B os que, NM

Sale of the Southwest to rebuild your cowherd

Elite Cut Sale, April 5th dinner 5pm, sale 7pm MST

RMSGA Spring Runoff, April 6th

following Red Doc Farm, Red Hot Bull Sale

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DEMAND THE BRAND COPELAND & SONS HEREFORDS

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50 YEARLING HEREFORD BULLS Horned & Polled

RANGE RAISED, TIME TESTED, NO NONSENSE BULLS developed with the usefulness of the bull in mind.

Complete performance and ultrasound data furnished.

Also selling a select group of Maine-Anjou & Maine Angus bulls!

Sons of these Copeland & Sons herd sires sell Monday, March 25:

GREEN JCS MAKERS MARK 229G ET AHA P44042074 {CHB} • Homozygous Polled Boyd 31Z Blueprint 6153 x JDH Victor 719T 33Z CED +10.4, BW –1.2, WW +55, YW +91, SC +1.8, MILK +29, CW +80, REA +.61, MRB +.01, BMI +523, BII +594, CHB +136

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Online bidding: bid.superiorlivestock.com

Sale catalogs mailed on request. Ranch visitors always welcome…859 Romero Road, Nara Visa, NM 88430

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Bronson Corn NMCGA President

Bronson Corn President Roswell Tom Paterson President-Elect Luna Dave Kenneke NW Vice President Cimarron Jeff Decker SE Vice President Lovington Roy Farr SW Vice President Datil Becky King-Spindle Vice President at Large Moriarty Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Peralta Loren Patterson Immediate Past President Corona Randell Major Past President

Let’s be the light!

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an oh man some of the things that are coming our way, it’s sure hard to stay positive, as y’all are well aware. Starting with our 2024 legislative session that has such a vast array of bills that are directed at the Ag industry, or how about all the bills that are directed towards taking away your 2nd amendment rights. Heck let’s even throw in the proposed National Monument Designation in Luna county that is determined to put 245,000ac into a National Monument. You know the old saying “When it Rains it POURS”. That’s what we are feeling minus that part about actually getting rain. Life sure can beat you up if you let it! Well, why don’t we just take a minute and smell the roses for a second?

I would love to be able to tell you that we came out of session with some huge wins during the 2024 legislative session, but to be honest with you, I am writing this letter on the 3rd day of session.

Stay tuned for Tom Paterson’s (NMCGA’s President-Elect) Legislative Update letter coming at the end of the session. What I will tell you is that this year is not just a fight! We actually have a couple of bills that we are working hard to get passed. First is the state meat inspection program. It actually made the Governor’s call list, which means if it gets to her desk, she will sign it. This bill will allow you to process your beef and be able to sell your packaged beef to whoever you want. The second bill is trying to get money appropriated to the County Livestock Loss Authority to be able to properly get those ranchers that lose cattle to the Mexican Gray Wolves properly compensated for their losses. This is a big deal for not only the ranchers in SW New Mexico, but for all of us south of I-40. The SOP11 rules for the designated Mexican wolf recovery area were expanded to cover everything in NM south of I-40 in 2022. If our state wants the wolves so badly, then they will get to make the producers that are affected by the wolves whole by ensuring that you are compensated for your confirmed and probable depredations.

For those of you that didn’t know, there was a proposed system that the environmental groups, private investors both nationally and internationally have been working on for quite a while to trade on the lands here in the United States. The New York Stock Exchange tried to propose rules to the Securities and Exchange Commission that would allow Natural Asset Companies to publicly trade on our federally allocated lands in the USA! Yes, that basically means that we would be losing portions of our lands to the highest bidder! But, I am super excited to let you know that this initiative Failed on January 18th.

You might think what good news could there possibly be to share on the update of the proposed National Monument Designation of the Mimbres Peak? I attended a County Commission Meeting in Deming, NM, on January 10th. With prepared talking points in hand, I went in to speak on behalf of NMCGA members in that area, and I have never been so happy not to speak because I didn’t have to! There was a sea of cowboys, cowgirls, business owners, and hunters that stood up and said NO! I should have my butt kicked for not taking a good picture, because we showed up in force! I will be anxious to see how this designation turns out in the near future, but I can assure you that I was so proud of our cowboys for standing up and saying NO! Integrity in our lives is paramount in building relationships, not just with our neighbors and our loved ones, but with people who don’t necessarily agree with or understand our way of life.

Be bold and don’t be afraid to stand up to protect our way of life. When you are in a dark room, be the light that people want to flock towards.

God Bless and Y’all Have a Good’en!

Bronson Corn,

President

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JUST THE FACTS ... & THEN SOME

by Caren Cowan, Publisher New Mexico Stockman

Big News!

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he New York Stock Exchange has withdrawn the proposed regulations for Environmentally Sustainable Asset Class (see story on page 59), but we are not out of the woods by any means.

There are Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) rules coming with the intent of requiring publicly traded companies to disclose climate related risks and data on their direct, indirect, and value-chain produced greenhouse gas emissions (see story on page 116).

Social Engineering Even if you spent your time watching rodeos, home shows and Perry Mason on television, you cannot escape the commercials that are working to change the way we live.

Among the most irritating is an ad from Whole Foods promoting meatless Monday.

Although they sell a variety of meats, I guess they think they will become a vegetable store at some point.

Thankfully, Americans consume on average about 57 pounds of beef per person per year, according to the USDA, based on the most recent available data, which is from 2019. Beef consumption in the United States

has fluctuated over the years, with a peak of 91.9 pounds per person in 1976, and a low of 54.8 pounds per person in 2009.

In 2021 Americans ate over eight million chickens equaling 98.8 pounds per person.

That same year 51.1 pounds of pork were consumed.

Estimates are that all of this consumption will continue to increase through 2032. I guess I can go on being irritated as Whole Foods wastes their advertising dollars.

Another equally distressing commercial is one from PNM pushing electric vehicles (EV). The company claims that they have over 100 EV charging stations with more to come.

I think the commercial is half right.

There are undoubtedly more charging stations to come. If there is a map of the 100+ charging stations I cannot find it.

What is baffling about this advertising is that PNM is spending their money on EVs while automakers are cutting their production of the vehicles and dealers are stuck with inventories. These EVs are too expensive for the average consumer to buy, it doesn’t matter how many charging stations are available.

There is no cross country infrastructure to support the widespread use of EVs. Still there is no one talking about what kind of tax structure will be necessary to maintain roads and highways. PNM is trying to indoctrinate people for a product that is not ready for prime time and probably won’t be for a long time to come, if ever.

Another boondoggle The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) tried to pass mandatory animal identification at their annual meeting in early February. There was such an outcry

from the country that the directive on the subject was severely watered down.

It is worth remembering that there are some 700,000 cattle operations in the US. There are three national cattle organizations that represent much fewer than 50,000 of those cattlemen and women. How can the federal government implement a program with the reach and the cost of traceability with input from less than seven (7) percent of those impacted?

Watch next month for full details on the NCBA actions.

Hometown Heroes It is gratifying to see that young people are standing up to negative actions in their communities. Luna County is one prime example. Recently the County became the latest target for national monument designations by radical environmental groups.

Groups from across the state jumped in to provide media coverage and get the story out to the livestock community and the public.

But the real work was on the ground in Luna County to get both the Luna County Commission and the Deming City Council to pass resolutions opposing the designations. Farm Bureau’s Justin Johnson who put his shoulder to the plow and got both resolutions passed.

Additionally Johnson and the Luna County Farm Bureau held a public meeting to teach folks how to fight these monument designations and others.

“We are proud to see the work Justin has done on behalf of his community,” said Ty Bays, President of the New Mexico Federal Lands Council. “We hope to see others follow in his footsteps.”

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NMRA Rodeo Judge Shane Thurston

by Julie Carter

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hane Thurston won some “big ones” in his career and he hasn’t forgotten how that felt, who helped him get there or how important it is to give back to the sport that he says has given him everything — rodeo. Today the Mora, NM cowboy carries a clipboard and a sharp pencil instead of a bull rope as he judges rodeos and rough stock events throughout the Southwest, and declares, “I will until they stop calling me.”

It was 1987 when Shane’s bull riding career really kicked off. Three saddles and three championships that season. He’d been a member of the NMRA since 1985, winning his first NMRA season title in ’87. He also won the Casper Baca Series that year. “That was a big deal back then,” he recalls. That Shane Thurston judging the Taos NMRA Rodeo. started a hot streak that stayed with him into November and El Paso at the North American Rodeo Commission’s Coors World a better bull rider. Kenny Chadburn did the Shane, 57, still packs a lot of positive into Finals. Outscoring the best bull riders sent same. It just doesn’t get better than those two his thought process. He believes that you by 28 regional associations, Shane took home guys.” have to give 100 percent every time. “I see the coveted World Champion title. Just to Becoming a rodeo judge fit a need to still young riders giving up too soon in their ride,” prove it wasn’t a fluke, he did it again in 1988. be part of the sport and do it with legitimate he said. “They know the buzzer is coming Picking the pinnacle of his bull riding hard-earned credentials. Twenty years ago and they quit trying. They have a choice. career, Shane’s first thought went to 1997 at his close friend Wayne Wilson invited him They need to ride like the buzzer is at 10 or the Bull Rider’s Only Finals where he was the to an NMRA judging seminar. “I went 12, not 8.”

Reserve Champion. “I won $162,000 on one because of Wayne,” said Shane. “Here he was In a 1987 article he was quoted as saying bull called Nitro. Now that’s something you with so many physical and health challenges “Never quit trying. You’re not bucked off until don’t forget.” Like most little “roughies”, he but still wanted to be part of rodeo and was your head hits the ground.” Shane lives that started out at the age of two riding calves, but always helping the kids. I needed to be part still today. He’s kicked life up a gear by his actual “toro-twisting” career began in of that too. And here I am today, thanks to investing into the sport that built him, and high school and spanned the next 20 years. Wayne.” a generation that will carry it forward.

Retirement came when mentally he knew he “It’s my family and those people who no longer had the drive he once had, and his believed in me for so long when I wasn’t physical body reached its limit of abuse. winning, that mattered most,” Shane said.

“When people ask what have I broken,” Shane “I’m not judging for the money, most of the said, “I just tell them, what haven’t I broken?” time you barely break even. But it is to give His story is full of memories and special back. People were there for me, and I want moments, but he holds dearest to the people to be there for someone. It’s amazing how that were there with him along the way. those little pats on the back from a judge, “David Troxell pushed me so hard to become contractor or anybody can pick you up.”

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his has definitely been on my mind with this year’s legislative session. This year, it’s 30 days of lots of stuff that our legislators want to pass, or sometimes even think we “need”. Is it a bad thing, no, not necessarily. But if you have questions about it, you better ask.

We’re blessed with that option. We can still ask what the folks that represent us are up to in their work on our behalf. And that’s how it should be. Not just legislatively, but even in our industry organizations. It’s important to know what is going on, and why.

To me, it’s all part of the checks and balances in place to keep things moving the right direction. Now I know what you’re thinking– that’s not what’s been going on lately with our state and national policies. But that’s why it’s important that you stay up to date with what’s going on; ask if you want to know what’s happening. Those questions may be hard to ask, but ask anyway. You might be met with resistance, but still ask. Trust me, it’s better know what you’re up against than not.

On that note, CowBelles, I hope you know that you can always ask me what’s going on.

If I don’t have an answer, I’ll find it for you.

It’s truly a privilege to represent you.

As I sign off, I know January has thrown us a curve ball with the weather ups and downs, and the what’s in the news isn’t always great, but I hope that February finds you with a little more sunshine, a little less wind, and the news that you want to hear.

And if you don’t know . . . ask!

Blessings, –Michelle Greeman NMCB President

ucca CowBelles and Wool Growers met December 12, 2023, in Hope NM Community Center. A short business meeting was called to order by President Joan Kincaid. There were 10 members attending. Carol Guiterrez opened the meeting with prayer and Tosha Dean led the Pledge. Ande Marbach read the CowBelle Creed. Minutes of last meeting were read by Becky Waldrop in the absence of Secretary Tina Kincaid. Minutes were approved as read. Treasurers report given by Treasurer Trisha Monk. Correspondence was shared.

Unfinished Business: Current information on new and old members needs to be updated.

New Business: 2024 Christmas Party time and date was discussed. The decision was made to have a December meeting at CVE on December 3, 2024, for a short business meeting and then have a Cookie exchange and ornament exchange. Lunch at Noon at La Fonda. Honored: Tricia Monk and Tina Kincaid as the 2023 outstanding members.

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Recognized: The “Birthday Girl” Mary Kay McCollum with gifts and a song. Members signed a card to be sent to Assurance Home for Christmas. Grammy’s House supplies were collected. Door prizes were won by Tosha Dean, Carol Gutierrez, and Trisha Monk. Meeting adjourned. Program: New Mexico fun facts were given by Carol Gutierrez. After the program group played the famous Chinese Gift Exchange. All gifts were New Mexico theme. Potluck luncheon featured New Mexico foods and was enjoyed by everyone. Favors were New Mexico Flags from Tina Kincaid and Tree ornaments with the State of New Mexico on one side and our State Song “Oh Fair New Mexico” printed on the back. Ande Marbach and Becky Waldrop made these keepsakes. What a fun day, honoring New Mexico! Next meeting will be January 23, 2024. Minutes written by President Joan Kincaid Mesilla Valley CowBelles met at “The Game” January 15, 2024 with six members and two guests attending. Ag in the Classroom requested assistance while Traci is in Santa Fe. Fita, Alicia and Mary Esther will present the lesson of Beef Stew for a Few January 17 and 18 to 3 classes each day.

Thank you, ladies, for your dedication to educating the youth! Cowboy Days at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is March 1-3. Discussion of what presentation would work, and it was decided that Mesilla Valley CowBelles will present the hamburger on the school day which is March 1. Future meeting times and timing discussed, and group decided to continue to attempt monthly meetings for mental check-in at the very least.

Members were reminded of NMCB monthly zoom meetings and Fita and Janet shared items from the past meeting. ANCW Region VI is April 11-13, 2024, Las Cruces Convention Center. Some of the known events shared. Meeting adjourned. Submitted by Janet Witte New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to Jingle Jangle. As a reminder, please send minutes and/or newsletters to Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th of every month. Have a great year!

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Carcass Research Study Helps Gain Valuable Insight into the Breed

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The purpose of the carcass research study was to determine the carcass quality of Beefmaster sired steers, and to observe the sustainability of Beefmaster cattle in the feed yard. The cattle on feed were Beefmasters sired out of Lasater En Fuego, owned by ISA Beefmasters, and Collier 955/5, owned by Dr.

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The species being monitored and evaluated are:

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After reviewing eight species native to the United States and two from Southeast Asia, wildlife officials determined nine of them warrant advancing to the next step under the Endangered Species Act. Before being added to the official list of endangered and threatened wildlife or plants – and receiving all the protections that come with it – species go through a review and monitoring process. The nine species chosen by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) face enough risk of extinction that they warrant being monitored over the next year.

At that point, federal officials will determine whether they should be added to the “endangered” list (for species at risk of extinction throughout much of their range) or the “threatened” list (for species likely to become endangered).

The eight animals at risk are a diverse group, from colorful fish to tiny rabbits to a bumblebee. One plant species is also under consideration.

Unlike the species above, wildlife experts decided the Eastern hellbender, a large salamander found in 15 states, didn’t need to be added to the endangered or threatened list. However, the Missouri population of the hellbender salamander was listed as endangered in 2021.

Once a species is on the official list, a host of protections kick in, FWS explains, including protecting their habitat, recovery efforts and restrictions on people transporting or selling the species.

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Empowering Ranchers & Farmers

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families across America.

The Current Food Security Landscape In 2022, 12.8 percent of U.S. households (17 million) experienced food insecurity at some point during the year. This represents a significant increase from previous years, underscoring the urgent need for effective actions to tackle this growing issue. The report’s detailed classification of those dealing with low and very low food security highlights the severity of conditions faced by vulnerable households, particularly those with children.

Restrictions Impact Agriculture and Productivity To address the root causes of food insecurity, we need to examine the restrictions imposed on farmers and ranchers. Regulations and limitations on agricultural practices increase production costs, hinder production volume, and reduce access to affordable food. By reassessing and, where possible, eliminating these restrictions, we can create an atmosphere that fosters efficient, sustainable, and profitable farming practices.

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Affordability as a Key Factor One of the critical elements for ensuring food security is making food affordable for all. The USDA report reveals the typical food-secure household spent 15 percent more on food than their food-insecure counterpart families of the same size and composition. By empowering farmers and streamlining agricultural processes, we can work towards reducing the overall cost of food production and making nutritious meals more accessible to families, especially those in need. Reducing the regulatory burden currently shackling farmers and ranchers would be a major step in the right direction for reducing food prices at the consumer level.

Addressing Food Security Through Policy Reforms Policy reforms aimed at reducing restrictions on farmers should be a focal point in addressing food insecurity. By engaging in open dialogues with agricultural stakeholders and policymakers, we can identify areas where regulations are hindering productivity without compromising safety standards.

Strategic reforms that promote responsible farming practices while removing unnecessary barriers will be pivotal in ensuring a more resilient and accessible food supply chain.

As we delve into the complexities of food security in the U.S., it is clear that reducing restrictions on farmers and ranchers is a key strategy for ensuring better access to affordable food for children and families. By fostering an environment that encourages innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in agriculture, we can address the root causes of food insecurity. Policy reforms, stakeholder engagement, and a focus on local and sustainable practices will collectively contribute to building a more resilient and accessible food supply chain for the benefit of A Free and Fed America™.

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2024 Brings Resilient Ag Land Market

cropland across the Midwest, while the supply of land for sale remains limited.

“These factors further play into the dynamics of the supply/demand scenario and remain a large factor in supporting current values in early 2024,” said Paul Schadegg, senior vice president of real estate operations, Farmers National Company.

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The sharp increase in land values from a year ago that was primarily driven by strong commodity markets has slowed, but those values are being maintained, which is evidenced in Farmers National Company sale results logged in the past six months. Buyer demand remains strong for good quality

Successful farmland buyers continue to be local farmers/operators in nearly 80 percent of transactions. Available cash has played a significant role in how aggressive buyers are able to bid at land sales within the past several years.

“Current market operator’s equity positions have narrowed over the past year and lending has increased as outlined in the most recent Ag Credit Survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City,” Schadegg said.

Along with the increase in lending comes the expense from interest, which will cut into potential net farm income in the coming year for farm operators.

What continues to motivate land buyers?

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What dynamics will affect land values?

Commodity markets and input costs will impact land values in the short term. As farm operators make cropping plans for 2024 and buying decisions for expansion of their operations, the key word will be profitability.

Easing interest rates and reduced inflation across the country will bring some positive light to balance sheets.

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The land investor typically looks for return on investment, a diversification to their investment portfolio, or potential hedge against inflation.

“One common motivation between these two types of buyers is that land has proven to be a valuable asset due to the historic appreciation in ag land values. Over the past 25 years, average land values have experienced steady growth following the 1980s farm crisis. Under a strong ag economy, Farmers National Company expects that trend to continue,” Schadegg said.

Farmers National Company’s pipeline has been filling up with both land auctions and listings at a volume very typical for the start of a new year. Many landowners are making the decision to take advantage of the current land value strength and sell into a market with a large pool of motivated buyers.

At the same time, other landowners have contemplated the current appreciated value of their land assets and determined there is no better investment outside of land. These landowners are making the decision to retain ownership and further limit the available proper t ies com i ng i nto t he market.

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Where Have All the Good Men and Women Gone?

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return flight (less than 1500 km) every 3 years per person.”

Where are all the airline owners and stockholders when we are told that we peons may make only one short-haul flight every 3 years?

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those who don’t can’t possibly begin to support more than a very few small carriers.

Where are the oil and gas company owners as they watch the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles being banned, and gas and wood stoves being outlawed?

Oh, right, they are members, and supporters, of the WEF, Rockefeller and Carnegie Funds and the other global elite.

Where are the automobile manufacturers who are losing up to $60,000 on every Electric Vehicle (EV) they produce?

Where are the hotel owners in the oncetony cities of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago? They are now housing illegal immigrants by the thousands. Yes, I realize the federal government is paying them big bucks, but big enough to cover the damages because we know that many who are given free housing have no respect for the furnishing – in fact, in the past many have sold those, right down to the sinks and toilets.

Where are the restauranteurs and clothing stores that sold to the renters of the high-end hotels now becoming hovels? And the staff at those hotels who used to count on the big tippers?

Where are the Diors and the Pradas? The Balenciagas and the Guccis? Are they going to be fighting to design for the few thousand global elites? How much will one dress have to cost to keep them in the style they’ve become used to? Our three articles of clothing will probably be sackcloth at best.

Oh, and where are the restauranteurs who, when meat and dairy are banned, will have to make bug bourguignon and cockroach tartar? I expect their plat de jour grasshopper flambe’ might go up in smoke. And they don’t think the bugs’ relatives won’t rise up against this?

Where are all those with antique cars who won’t be allowed the gas to drive them because they aren’t EVs? And the low-income people who will never afford an EV? And where are those like me, who would not buy an EV even if I could afford it?

Where have all the real estate salespeople gone? Their entire job requires land ownership, yet they are sitting on their thumbs watching Black Rock and others buy up as many of the single-family homes as they can and turn them into rentals. Basically, onetime sales for realtors, then nothing. But we certainly haven’t heard them complaining.

Instead, they are working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (a non-governmen-

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Value of Feed Efficiency Tucumcari Bull Test Sale — March 9, 2024 • • • • •

VALUE OF FEED EFFICIENCY ASSUMPTIONS:

Assuming these bulls (actual data from 2021 test) were steers in feedlot, grown from 700 -1400 lbs (700# Gain) Cost of feed $185/ton, 62% DM, yardage at $0.25/head/day Bull will sire 100 calves in lifetime, calf crop is 50% his genetics, 40% Heritability of FE Assumes a bull at 80% ratio for FE does not add any value, other bulls compared to him This does not include value of keeping females who are more feed efficient

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100 calves @50% dna from sire $ 23,789.10 $ 16,065.69 $ 5,918.56 $ (3,663.55) $-

40% Herit. Bull Effic. Value (BEV) $ 9,515.64 $ 6,426.27 $ 2,367.43 $ (1,465.42) $-

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Where have all the environmentalists were sleeping? gone? Renewal power is destroying the Earth I could go on and on, but you get my drift. and non-human creatures – whales, eagles, Obviously, what we are watching isn’t tal organization – NGO) on the U.S. bats, and birds of all kinds. Carbon capture about making money (except in the shortChamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation pipelines do the same. Burying thousands of term). In fact, it seems as if it is about losing Policy Center “which is working around the acres of forests – ditto. Removing farmland a lot – fast. world to champion innovation and creativity to make cities for EV batteries – ditto.

Maybe, since we won’t be flying much, through intellectual property standards that Where are the state and federal represen- Air B&Bs and Uber/Lyft will be doing okay. create jobs, save lives, advance global eco- tatives who are watching their constituents But don’t count on it. If we are only going to nomic and cultural prosperity, and generate losing their land to climate change compa- be allowed three new articles of clothing per breakthrough solutions to global challenges”. nies (wind and solar power and carbon year, I am assuming we will be on Universal Yep, intellectual property – not a hard com- pipelines) or eminent domain?

Basic Incomes (UBI); thus, little extra cash, modity you can buy, live in, and will to your Where are the teachers of sciences? Were er CBDCs, to even travel by car. So why are children. their brains washed one night when they Air B&Bs and Uber not screaming?

Whatever the reasons, they sure aren’t about cleaning up the environment – each of those actions is destroying the environment. What is happening will make America a continental Mt. Trashmore.

And it certainly has nothing to do with bringing America back to being a world industrial power. We sent most of our industries to China, Southeast Asia, and Mexico.

I guess that’s also why China owns or controls most of our ports.

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS

by Don Bullis, New Mexico Author donbullis@msn.com

“A Lincoln County War Outline”

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ver the years, since the late 1870s and early 1880s, much has been written about what came to be called New Mexico’s Lincoln County War. Too often, books and articles focused on only one aspect, or another, of the disorder, at the expense of the over-all affair. What follows is an outline of the war.

With the murder of the young English rancher and businessman John Tunstall on February 18, 1878, the bloodletting in Lincoln County became commonplace. Tunstall and his partners, lawyer Alexander McSween and rancher John Chisum, had opposed the prevailing economic faction in Lincoln County, called “The House,” led by Lawrence Murphy and his partners, John Riley and James Dolan, by opening a store and a bank.

These were the factions that generally made up the two sides in the war.

Fewer than three weeks later, on March 9, two of Tunstall’s alleged killers, Frank Baker and Buck Morton, were themselves shot and killed as they allegedly attempted to escape from a posse of Tunstall supporters. That posse included William H. Bonney who is known to history as Billy the Kid. On March 13, Tom Hill, another of Tunstall’s killers, was himself killed when he attempted to rob a sheep camp near Tularosa in what was then Doña Ana County. Jesse Evans, a leader among Tunstall’s assassins, was wounded in the same sheep camp robbery. William McClosky, a hanger on around Lincoln County, who was not involved in the Tunstall killing, was also killed in the early stages of the bloodletting.

The situation was confusing, to say the least. Evans and his outlaw gang—called “The Boys” by some writers—were a part of a posse organized at the direction of Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady. Their chore was to attach Tunstall’s property on behalf of Lawrence Murphy, and in doing so they

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shot and killed Tunstall who, they claimed, Fort Stanton. This engagement came to be resisted lawful service. Since it was his posse, called Five Day Battle (July 15-19, 1878).

Sheriff Brady was unlikely to take any action When the gun smoke cleared on the evening against the killers, and he did not. of July 19, five dead bodies were strewn about, Because of Brady’s inaction, Tunstall’s four of them members of the Tunstall faction, supporters turned to Justice of the Peace and one of Murphy’s supporters. William John “Squire” Wilson who appointed them Bonney escaped in a blaze of gunfire as deputy constables. They called themselves McSween’s house burned behind him. That “Regulators” and their leader was Dick Brewer, daring event has become dear to the hearts not William Bonney as many writers have of western artists; it has been depicted in averred. It was this group that killed Morton hundreds of illustrations. and Baker. New Mexico’s territorial GoverMany historians date the end of the nor Samuel Axtell soon voided the Regulators’ Lincoln County War on July 19, 1878. The commissions, even though he may not have Murphy, Riley and Dolan side was penniless had the authority to do so. The Regulators and in bankruptcy. Murphy himself was became, in the eyes of “established” law dead of cancer in Santa Fe. Tunstall and enforcement, outlaws. Since some other McSween were both dead. Bonney and what members of Sheriff’s Brady’s posse were also remained of the Regulator faction were on known outlaws, including Jesse Evans, a the run with prices on their heads. known cattle thief, to some extent, the conThe killing, robbery and disorder did not, flict became outlaws against outlaws. On the however, end that day. Bonney, and a gang other hand, since many of the Murphy with a frequently changing membership, faction were sheriff’s deputies, and many of continued his criminal ways, particularly the Tunstall faction were deputy constables, cattle rustling, for three more years during it was a matter of lawmen against lawmen. which several people died, directly or indiBy this time, nobody seems to have had rectly, at his hands. There was an almost any notion that a legal, peaceful, solution to complete breakdown in law and order during the situation was possible. The Regulators those years as several other outlaw gangs, upped the ante on the morning of April 1, which grew out of the war, also murdered, 1878. From ambush, on the main street of robbed, and raped all over southeastern New Lincoln, a half dozen or so of them shot and Mexico. They were led by men whose names killed Sheriff Brady and George Hindman, would become familiar to New Mexicans of one of his deputies. A second deputy, Billy the day: John Selman and John Kinney in Mathews, was wounded. Many observers particular. deplored the attack because there was no Even the personal intervention of New element of fairness in the fight. Brady and Mexico’s territorial governor, Lew Wallace, Hindman were simply murdered as they could not bring the violence to a close, and walked down the street. no one seemed able to bring William Bonney

By July of 1878, matters came to a head. to justice.

Tunstall’s supporters, that is the Regulators, Patrick Floyd Garrett was elected Lincoln a half dozen or so of them, were cornered in County Sheriff in November 1880, and he the McSween house in Lincoln by Murphy’s arrested Bonney at Stinking Springs in supporters, led by Sheriff Brady and sup- eastern New Mexico in December, even ported by a troop of Buffalo Soldiers from before he was sworn into office early the following year. Bonney was tried and convicted of killing Sheriff Brady and sentenced to hang, but he escaped jail at Lincoln on April 28, 1881, by killing two peace officers, James W. Bell and Bob Olinger. Bonney was on the loose again, and remained so until he D V E RT I S E was killed at Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881, when Sheriff Garrett shot him down in a darkened bedroom.

That is when the Lincoln County War ended.

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Call: 505/243-9515.

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AGGIE SPIRIT SHINES AT NEW MEXICO BOWL

The New Mexico Beef Council was a proud sponsor of the 2023 New Mexico Bowl on December 16 at University Stadium in Albuquerque. The 18th annual NM Bowl The NMBC logo was featured on the jumbotron and on the sideline. game featured the New Mexico State University Aggies of Conference USA, and the Fresno State Bulldogs of the Mountain West Conference. The game was attended by more than 30,000 fans and aired on ESPN. The NMBC was also a sponsor of the NMSU Alumni Tailgate party that took place prior to the football game with more than 1,500 Aggie fans who enjoyed Beef Brisket for their pregame meal. 

Dina Reitzel and Miss New Mexico at the tailgate before the game.

Hundreds of Aggie fans packed the tailgate tent.

NMBC Executive Director, Dina Reitzel and loyal Aggie Fans pose for a smile.

The tailgate party featured delicious beef from Rudy’s.

NMBC Executive Director, Dina Reitzel, along with NMDA Cabinet Secretary, Jeff Witte and the Aggie football team before the game.

NM Dept of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Jeff Witte, enjoys the tailgate with his family.

NMBC PARTNERS WITH UNM FOR LOBOS “FUEL FOR SUCCESS” BANQUET

Sample ad from Lobo Athletics sponsorship

Amy Goodson, MS, RD

The New Mexico Beef Council is partnering with the University of New Mexico Lobo Athletics to present “Fuel for Success”, a banquet for 400 UNM Lobo Athletes on February 26th at UNM. Kate Schulz, NMBC’s Registered Dietician says, “I am enjoying coordinating this event with UNM. We are planning the menu which will feature a delicious BEEF entree, and will bring in nationally recognized speaker and writer, Amy Goodson, who will present a positive nutrition message to athletes on how to ‘Fuel for Success’, by including beef in their diet.” Amy has more than 17 years of experience as a sports dietician.

Each student athlete will receive a gift from the NMBC including a water bottle and other BEEF Swag. This is the first ever partnership between NMBC and UNM that includes beef nutrition information for student athletes. This event is part of NMBC’s sponsorship of UNM Lobo Athletics. 

To learn more visit www.NMBeef.com 1209 Mountain Road Place NE, Suite C  Albuquerque, NM 87110  505-841-9407  www.NMBeef.com

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SERVICE IS HONORED AND APPRECIATED

NEW MEXICO COWBELLES/NEW MEXICO BEEF COUNCIL PARTNERSHIP

Three New Mexico Beef Council directors who served from 2017 to 2023 retired from the Council in 2023: Dan Bell, John Heckendorn and Jim Hill. Awards recognizing their service were presented at a very well attended Joint Stockmen’s Convention luncheon on Friday, December 16th. Jim Hill was unable to attend and will be recognized for his service at a later date. 

Patty Waid, NMBC Education Specialist, spoke at the recent NM CowBelles annual meeting on the status of the NMBC and NM CowBelle Education & Promotion Collaboration. Three presentation modules are being developed covering Sustainability, Nutrition and Health, and Cow By-Products.

Each module will include a basic script and outline and a list of supporting resources including printed handouts with attractive infographics, promotional items, posters and banners for the speaker to choose from, and use as part of the presentation. Also included will be a resource guide with suggested videos, social media information, books, websites, etc. for the presenter to use as additional education information to enhance their presentation. After working with the NM CowBelle representatives on content, Patty developed and presented the first module which covers sustainability in the beef industry. The next two modules will be presented in their final format, at the ANCW Region VI meeting which will held on April 12th in Las Cruces. 

NMBC’S TOM BERTELLE PRESENTS AT CATTLEMEN’S COLLEGE Tom Bertelle speaks at recent Cattlemen’s College held in conjunction with the Joint Stockmen Convention in Albuquerque.

NMBC Executive Director Dina Reitzel, NMBC Chairman Cole Gardner, John Heckendorn, and New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte

Tom Bertelle, NMBC Center-of-the-Plate Specialist, presented on the status of “Branded Beef in New Mexico for Foodservice and Retail Markets” to 89 attendees at the recent Cattlegrowers’ 2023 Cattlemen’s College. Tom spoke on the challenges and opportunities of producers marketing their own branded beef products in the foodservice and retail marketing channels in the state. Tom also spoke on the role of “source verifications programs” that are utilized by restauranteurs and retailers to reassure customers and communicate where their beef comes from. Tom said “more often than not, servers in NM dining establishments actually know the story behind the beef they are serving, and are proud to tell the story, an important factor to drive NM consumer purchases”. 

UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY 2024

MARCH 2024

APRIL 2024

February 3 ProStart Bootcamp at CNM Albuquerque

March 12 ProStart Invitational, Sweeney Center Santa Fe

April 11-13 ANCW Region VI Annual Conference Las Cruces

March 23 NMSU Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism Management Chef’s Artist’s Dinner Albuquerque

April 12 BEEF DAY at ANCW Conference Las Cruces

February 22 New Mexico Beef Council Meeting Albuquerque Dina Reitzel, Dan Bell, Cole Gardner, and Jeff Witte

February 26 Fuel for Success Banquet at UNM Albuquerque

DIRECTORS:

NEW MEXICO BEEF COUNCIL 2023-2024 DIRECTORS

Joe Chavez

575-910-8952

(Feeder) 830-739-3450

VICE CHAIRPERSON

Kimberly Stone

(Producer) 202-812-0219 SECRETARY

Marjorie Lantana (Producer) 505-860-5859

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NMBC DIRECTORS:

CHAIRPERSON

Cole Gardner (Producer)

April 17-19 Association of Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Conference Albuquerque

Nancy Phelps,

(Feeder) 505-486-3228

(Producer) 575-740-0957

Sarah Fitzgerald

Joel Van Dam

Belinda Lavender

(Purebred Producer) 505-714-3094 Justin Knight (Producer) 505-490-3455

(Dairy Representative) 575-714-3244

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dina Chacon-Reitzel 505-841-9407

BEEF BOARD DIRECTOR Boe Lopez (Feeder) 505-469-9055 FEDERATION DIRECTOR Cole Gardner (Producer) 575-910-8952 USMEF DIRECTOR Kenneth McKenzie (Producer) 575-760-3260

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ROSWELL LIVES TOCK AUCTION, ROSWELL, N.M. Sale time 1:00 p.m.

Bulls will be Graded & Tested For Fertility & Trich

* 70 REGISTERED ANGUS BULLS * Cattle available for viewing, Sunday, March 3, 2024 All Bulls & Registered Heifers will have 50K or Angus GS Genetic Testing

* PLUS* a nice selection of Registered and Commercial Heifers Registered heifers at the New Mexico Angus March sale in Roswell are eligible for the New Mexico Bred Angus Show at the New Mexico State Fair Greg: line or from Candy or Catalog available on sassociation.org www.nmangu

2024 CONSIGNORS Hooper Cattle Co. Quemado, NM (575) 773-4535

Wheeler Angus Ranch Lovington, NM (575) 988-5566

Mead Angus Hartley, Texas (806) 576-6523

Slash 3C Ranch Las Cruces, NM (575) 649-5268

Wheeler Angus Cattle Tatum, NM (575) 441-3452

Reyes Cattle Co. El Paso, Texas (915) 542-0550

Bar C Bar Ranch Floyd, NM (575) 607-0397

Barber Ranch Capitan, NM (575) 808-9814

Conniff Cattle Co. Las Cruces, NM (575) 644-2900

Mitchell Angus Tucumcari, NM (505) 362-2952

Miller Angus Floyd, NM (575) 760-9047

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Candy Trujillo 480-208-1410 Greg Carrasco 575-649-5268

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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Regulator Deference: CEI Analysis

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n mid-January the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that could upend deference judges give to regulators over citizens. Competitive Enterprise Institute attorneys highlight pivotal comments and questions from recent oral argument in Loper Bright and Relentless. CEI filed an amicus brief in this case.

Statement by CEI General Counsel Dan Greenberg: “The Chevron doctrine was judicially created in the 1980s. At oral argument today, several justices noted that the logic of Chevron is contrary to the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires that ‘the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law.’ Chevron transfers interpretive authority away from federal judges to unelected federal appointees. The Constitution requires judges, not bureaucrats, to have the last word when the law as written is ambiguous.”

CEI attorney Devin Watkins: “As Justice Gorsuch explained at oral argument, Chevron is responsible for massive swings in statutory meaning every 4 years when a new President is elected, because it regularly assigns interpretive authority to a new crowd of political appointees. When Solicitor General Prelogar suggested that overturning Chevron would transfer policy decisions to federal judges, Justice Alito pushed back. On the contrary, Alito asserted, the interpretation of statutes cannot be understood as involving policy questions but, rather, as involving questions of law that judges must handle under our constitutional structure.

“The Supreme Court should end Chevron to restore the American public’s representatives in Congress as the only source of new law.”

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American Beef Industry Hits Record Low, According to USDA

by Kennedy Hayes, FOXBusiness

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merica is running low on cows, according to new numbers out recently from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The figures show ranchers have fewer cattle and that is contributing to the cost of beef being more expensive.

According to the USDA, nationwide beef cattle inventory dropped to 28.2 million this year — the lowest level since the 1970s and down two percent from a year ago.

Agricultural economists say persistent drought over the last three years, along with

What Is the Best Needle Size to Use When Working Cattle?

by Paige Carlson, Bovine Veterinarian

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oes it matter what size needle I use? Is there a one-size-fits-all?

Choosing a needle isn’t quite as simple as grabbing any random one out of the vet box. Especially if your operation consists of animals of different sizes and ages, it’s important to consider several factors, say the veterinarians at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute.

Needle size has two components—diameter and length. Consider both components to appropriately match the job being done.

Needle Gauge The diameter, or gauge, should vary depending on two factors:

high input costs and inflation are putting California and Oklahoma. pressure on both consumers and ranchers.

Bernt Nelson is an economist for the Rancher Hampton Cornelius says his American Farm Bureau Federation. Nelson family farm in Weld County, Colorado, has says farmers have had to stay resilient around 200 calf cow pairs. Cornelius said his through persistent drought the last few years. family ranch is called Coyote Ridge Ranch.

“We saw drier and warmer temperatures His family sells seed stock and cow genet- in some of the most highly concentrated ics to beef ranchers across the country. areas of livestock production in the United Cornelius said those who work in his sector States,” Nelson said. “Combined with high of agriculture only make up a small percent- input costs, inflation putting upward presage of the U.S. population. sures on both consumers and farmers, we “We love being able to see something, an saw a lot of farmers faced with the decision animal we take care of every day, thrive and — do we want to keep producing or do we have a great life and still be beneficial to the want to try and rescue out herd size or do we population,” Cornelius said. want to try and get out of the business all Cornelius said he hasn’t had to reduce his together?” herd size but other beef ranchers have.

Drought also drove up feed prices for “Demand is there and the costs, you know ranchers nationwide. Texas is the No. 1 beef the price is there, but the expenditures and producer in the U.S. the costs associated where that production have escalated to the point where it’s kind of balanced out where we have gotten an increase in price,” Cornelius said.

Experts say ongoing drought the last three years affected the biggest beef-producing states: Texas, Nebraska, Kansas,

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the size of the animal viscosity of the product

Bob Larson, DVM, shares his “go-to” needle preferences. For cows, he typically uses a 16-gauge needle, unless drawing blood or administering IV fluids, in which he might use a slightly larger diameter needle.

For young calves, he prefers an 18-gauge needle. An 18-gauge needle would also be sufficient for goats, sheep and swine.

Additionally, the viscosity of the product should help determine a proper needle diameter. Logically, thicker, more viscous fluids should be administered using a larger bore needle to help the product flow faster into the animal. Alternately, most water-based products tend to be less viscous and can be used with a smaller bore needle.

Needle Length When deciding the best length, consider administration protocols to ensure the product is administered in the proper location, such as subcutaneous or intramuscular, and the product’s efficacy is not affected.

For under the skin, or subcutaneous administration, needle length can vary based on preference.

Brad White, DVM, says skin thickness

should be a determining factor of needle length, as the skin is much thinner in younger calves compared to that of an adult bovine.

Larson says 3/8” to ½” might be sufficient, while a longer needle can also be used if preferred, such as a 1.5” needle for cows and bulls and 1” for calves.

Longer needles have their time and place, though they pose a greater risk of breakage, especially when working larger numbers of cattle.

This can vary depending on the status of the herd. If any blood borne diseases are present, such as Anaplasmosis, Johne’s Disease or bovine leukosis virus, changing the needle with every single animal may be the most effective in preventing spread within the herd.

How often should needles be changed If there is no risk of disease spread within your herd, changing the needle every 5 to 10 animals might be more reasonable.

Burred or damaged needles should be changed immediately, as it may influence getting the product in the right spot to be effective.

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French Farmers Plan ‘Siege’ of Paris Despite Government Concessions

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Jayde’s father recently took over a huge grazing lease in the Santa Fe Forest. This is a young family making ranching work. She has a sister Aspen. The girls are multi talented and have done some movie work too.

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Agriculture union leaders show no signs of backing down from escalating protests.

by Sarah Wheaton, Politico

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he French government rushed to appease the country’s farmers in a lastditch bid to prevent a major blockade of the French capital recently. But agriculture union leaders showed no signs of backing down from their ongoing protests over a range of grievances related to taxes, regulations and prices.

Freshly minted French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal spent January 28, 2024 visiting a cattle farm in Indre-et-Loire, as Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau promised new measures would be unveiled in as soon as two days to address farmers’ concerns at both the EU and national level.

The ministers are trying to head off a promised “siege” of Paris by the farmers, with major roads around France already facing blockages.

Attal acknowledged that longstanding rules have been throwing “sticks in the wheels” and heaping new burdens on farmers over recent decades, and lamented that politics seemed to be pitting farmers against the environment. While he announced some concessions on Friday, Attal said he was well aware that the government had not yet addressed the issues at the root of the farmers’ grievances.

Key agriculture union leaders seemed unimpressed by the government’s promises.

Plans for a full-scale action haven’t changed, said Arnaud Rousseau, head of the FNSEA farmers’ union. Speaking to BFMTV from a barricade near Beauvais, north of Paris, Rousseau told farmers to rest up ahead of a week “full of dangers.”

Discontent among farmers has boiled over into major protests around Europe, driven by complaints about environmental regulations and increases in taxes on diesel fuel. Despite significant subsidies from the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy, far-right political groups have increasingly sought to capitalize on farmers’ anger by linking their concerns to EU technocrats and foreign migrants.

Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right National Rally party, also met with farmers, questioning whether the government wants to “eradicate” French agriculture to further globalization.

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result in less access?

Western Reserve University. In a paper, “TarThe BLM has just proposed an amend- nished Gold: The Endangered Species Act at ment to its resource management plan for 50”, Adler summarizes some of his findings the monument to reduce the share of land and conclusions:

by Frank Dubois where recreational target shooting is allowed In terms of the Act’s failure to conserve from about 90 percent to roughly 1 percent. species, here are a few salient points disCurrently, target shooting is permitted on cussed in the paper.

435,700 acres of the monument, but the ЇЇ The ESA’s stated purpose is to amendment would reduce that area to 5,295 “conserve” those species listed as of its 486,400 acres. endangered or threatened, and Pre-national monument designation, expressly defines conservation of target shooting was authorized on 435,700 species as bringing populations to the he ink hadn’t dried on last month’s acres. Post-national monument designation, point at which the Act’s protections are column when the BLM had to go and target shooting will be allowed on 5,295 no longer necessary. Thus, looking at prove me…right. acres. Pre-designation, 9o percent of the area the Act’s success (or failure) to recover I had written of the various land use des- was available for target shooting. Post-desspecies is evaluating the Act on its own ignations such as wilderness and national ignation approximately 1 percent is terms. monument and how they were acts of exclu- available. ЇЇ Since Congress enacted the ESA, the sion. Beware, I wrote, of any politician or I would say that is a pretty stark comparnumber of species listed as threatened other official who argued they were neces- ison of before and after. or endangered has steadily grown. As sary to guarantee your access, where I said of October 2023, there were 2,388 just the opposite would be the case, that you Endangered species at 50 listed animal and plant species, 1,690 would have less access than before.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has of which are present in the United Now let’s turn to the BLM and the turned 50 and several of the federal agencies States.

Sonoran Desert National Monument. This are out celebrating this and touting the ЇЇ Since 1973, only 127 species—only 5 national monument was proclaimed in 2001 accomplishments resulting from passage of percent of listed species—have been

by Bill Clinton and contains 485,791 acres of the act. delisted. According to the Fish and BLM-managed federal lands in Maricopa However, Jonathan H. Adler has some Wildlife Service, 32 were delisted and Pinal counties. questions about that. Adler is a professor of because they went extinct and 22 were What is the relevance of all this to my law and the director of the Coleman P. Burke erroneously listed in the first place. thesis that these land use designations will Center for Environmental Law at Case Thus only 73 of the delistings are classified by the FWS as recoveries. ЇЇ Of the 73 species listed as recovered, 12 are foreign species, which lie outside of the U.S. government’s regulatory jurisdiction, some species were (de) listed more than once (e.g. three separate domestic populations of Humpback whales were listed and delisted separately), and 20 are plants, which are not subject to the same degree of regulatory protection as are endangered animals. ЇЇ Of the domestic animal species delisted, several are listed as ESA success stories that either should not have been listed in the first place, or that recovered for reasons other than the ESA’ regulatory interventions (e.g. due to exogenous factors or direct acquisition of habitat). Indeed, it is not clear there is a single ESA recovery that can be credited to the ESA’s regulation of habitat on private land.

Not a glowing report on the ESA. Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch.

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Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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nice change.

You can even plan a nice dinner with a RANCH nearby couple or two. We’ve done that, FOOD & setting a pretty table, using the “good” dishes, FODDER and serving our good steaks or chops with

by Deanna seafood and getting dressed up. Fix whatever Dickinson McCall you like, that’s the main point, make it enjoyable and not something that requires being in the kitchen all day. It is really about making whatever you serve with love. I’ve even had meatloaves that were memorable. alentine’s Day is almost upon us. It The recipe I have below is easy and delireally is a good time to show that cious. Serve it with a green salad, and a nice special person you love them. You vegetable and it will be wonderful. Honestly, don’t have to go to a jewelry store and buy it seems we usually end up eating at home on diamonds or order flower arrangements Valentine’s Day; it seems cows and weather from some florist. That doesn’t fit most of always dictate what we do. February is also our lifestyles. calving season for some folks. There’s Occasionally we do go out to eat on Val- nothing more romantic, or a true test of your entine’s Day, especially if we have to be in love, than pulling calves in the mud and town on that day. Here’s a hint for the ladies, snow in your insulated coveralls. let your partner know if they are low on vacThis is one of the most popular recipes I cines, feed, salt, etc. and you might be able get asked for. That really surprised me, since to end up in town on Valentine’s Day. I consider this an old standard recipe dating If they suggest hitting a fast-food place on back several decades. It was considered the way home, just respond that you are somewhat fancy and exotic in the 50s and happy with whatever he feels like they can 60s. I think the flavors of the sour cream and afford to spend on Valentine’s Day. We do mushrooms with the beef were a new taste like going out to eat, being waited on in a for many folks. Some of the recipes called for nice atmosphere, eating food neither of you cream of mushroom soup. You don’t need it, had to cook and no kitchen to clean up is a this is far better, and won’t have that gelati-

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nous texture.

If you like you can even use leftover steak, especially if it wasn’t overcooked. Just slice it thin and add it at the very end, letting it warm up in the sauce. You might even want to make this the day after Valentine’s if somehow there’s leftover steak.

Beef Stroganoff In a large skillet: Brown 1 pound of thinly sliced sirloin steak in 1 to 2 Tablespoon oil, then remove to a plate Add to hot skillet: 2 Tablespoon butter 1 medium onion thinly sliced Cook ’til the onion is translucent Add: About ½ pound of fresh, sliced mushrooms and cook ’til beginning to brown Add: 2 minced cloves of garlic Cook for a minute or two, ’til the garlic smells sweet

Add: 1 cup beef consommé or beef broth ¼ cup of Burgundy wine (optional) Cook for 5 minutes Stir in: 1 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt, yogurt will make a thinner sauce Add cooked beef strips and allow to thicken to desired consistency, but do not boil.

If a thicker consistency is desired, flour dissolved in a small amount of cold water may be added Serve over wide egg noodles or mashed potatoes 4 servings

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NMDA Accepting Healthy Soil Program Grant Applications Beginning February 23

he New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) is accepting grant applications for its Healthy Soil Program from Friday, Feb. 23 until Friday, April 26.

NMDA will host two webinars in January to help prepare both applicant types to complete the online application for a Healthy Soil Program grant. NMDA will host a webinar for Individual Applicants Jan. 16 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and another webinar for Eligible Entities Jan. 18 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Registration is required to attend either webinar. For related information, and to register for the webinars, visit the NMDA website.

Grant funding may be used for on-the-ground projects in New Mexico that focus on one or more of the five soil health principles: keeping the soil covered; minimizing soil disturbance on cropland and minimizing external inputs; maximizing biodiversity; maintaining a living root; and integrating animals into land management, including grazing animals, birds, beneficial insects or keystone species, such as earthworms. Projects must address one or more soil health-related resource concerns, such as erosion or compaction.

NMDA welcomes applications for Healthy Soil Program grants from two types of applicants: Eligible Entities and Individual Applicants. While the application period is the same – February 23 to April 26 – for each type of applicant, the application process and application materials for Eligible Entities are different from those for Individual Applicants.

Eligible Entities are defined in the 2019 Healthy Soil Act as “local governmental [entities] with proven land management capacity to support healthy soil” and include pueblos, tribes, and nations; acequias; land grants; soil and water conservation districts; and New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service. NMDA will also accept grant applications from other local governmental entities that manage land.

Individual Applicants are non-governmental parties, including individuals, businesses and nonprofits that are directly involved in farming, ranching or another form of land management in New Mexico. Individual Applicants must complete conservation planning with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). They also must secure project sponsorship from their soil and water conservation district (SWCD) or the New Mexico pueblo, tribe, or nation of which they are a member.

“I encourage both Individual Entities and Eligible Entities in New Mexico to apply for a grant in an effort to support healthy soil in our state,” said New Mexico Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte. “Since the program’s pilot year in 2019, we have seen successful projects implemented in every corner of the state as a result of Healthy Soil Program grants. Please be sure to register for the webinar to learn about the application process.”

All Healthy Soil Program grant applications are due by noon Friday, April 26.

Applications must be completed and submitted online. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Visit the NMDA YouTube channel to watch several videos about how the NMDA Healthy Soil Program helped various grantees improve their soil health. Be sure to also explore the interactive map of past Healthy Soil Program recipients on the Healthy Soil Program webpage, as well as subscribe for program updates and check out resources to prepare to apply for a grant.

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he 2024 Southwest Beef Symposium will be held at the Roswell Civic Center, Roswell, New Mexico March 7th and 8th. This annual collaborative event between New Mexico State University (NMSU) extension and Texas Agrilife focuses on the latest issues that impact cattle producers from New Mexico and west Texas.

Tight cattle inventories, drought, and volatile markets are only a few of the issues producers in the southwest face. Therefore, the overall theme of this year’s symposium will be addressing economic and cattle performance trends; offering ideas on how to improve efficiency in the feed yard and in the cow herd.

On the first day, attendees will be updated on the 2024 economic outlook, beef quality trends over the last 20 years, and an update on what we know about late feeding mortality in beef cattle. The day will round out with a discussion on genomic testing of commercial herds.

On day two, the focus will change to resource management. Topics will include cow size and efficiency, range monitoring with new technology, and prussic acid and nitrate toxicity management. Researchers from the Clayton Livestock Research Center will conclude the event with an update on the projects they are currently working on.

Registration will be $85.00 and will cover the cost of the program and Thursday’s meal. To learn more or to register for the event visit: https://nmbeef.nmsu. edu/

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COLLECTORS CORNER

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History of the Horse in Americas & 10 Interesting Facts

here seems to be conflicting stories According to an article published by the the northern Rockies and central Great about when the modern-day horse was Smithsonian: Horses evolved in the Ameri- Plains by the first half of the 17th century.” first used in the Americas. Some claim cas up to four-million years ago, but by about So, it would make sense that certain Native Americans were using horses before 10,000 years ago, they had disappeared from Native American tribes in the American their first contact with Europeans. However, the fossil record. Spanish settlers likely first West could have had horses when they first for hundreds of years, the popular narrative re-introduced horses to the Americas in 1519 encountered Europeans. However, just has been that the Spaniards were the first to when Hernán Cortés arrived on the conti- because that particular tribe had not encounintroduce horses to this continent. It seems nent in Mexico. Indigenous peoples then tered a European yet, does not mean that the both claims may be partially correct. Let’s transported horses north along trade horses they were using did not originate delve into this further. networks. from other Europeans whom they had not Archaeological evidence indicates that Again, per the Smithsonian: To trace the yet encountered. There is no scientific evithe ancestor of modern day horses were spread of horses, researchers radiocarbon dence of horses surviving on this continent present on the North American continent dated and analyzed the DNA of the remains at any point after 10,000 years ago and prior more than 10,000 years ago. They likely of more than two dozen horses found across to the Spanish re-introducing them in the crossed the land bridge of the Bering Strait the Western U.S. (dating them to the 1600 early 1500s. along with other mammals and even humans. and 1700s). They compared the ancient These are the facts as we know them However, there is also evidence showing horses’ DNA with that of modern horses and today: There may have been Native Amerithese early version of horses went extinct, found that the centuries-old equines had can tribes using horses before their first and there is no solid evidence of any surviv- largely Spanish ancestry. The findings contact with Europeans, but they had to have ing on this continent for thousands of years suggest that horses spread “from Spanish gotten those horses from other Natives who afterward. settlements in the American Southwest to had made contact. And the Spanish weren’t the first to introduce horses to the Americas, but they were the first to re-introduce them after a several-thousand-year-lapse. All else is conjecture at this point.

From those humble beginnings of a few Spanish horses, there now exists a huge community of equine enthusiasts on this continent. The horses we see today are examples of selective breeding inf luenced by humans over thousands of years. Currently, there are an estimated 9 to 10 million horses in the United States alone. There are many popular breeds represented such as American Quarter Horses, Thoroughbreds, Paints, Appaloosas, Arabians, and rarer breeds like the Percheron, Fox Trotters, Lippizan, Morgans, Friesians, and Spanish Mustangs.

People use them for rodeos, shows, trail riding, racing, draft work, breeding, therapy, and a myriad of other purposes.

Today, most horse owners treat their animals as extended members of the family, almost like another big ol’ pet. Whereas our ancestors primarily used them for utility, and thought of them much as we would a pickup truck today. They were a tool to them.

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broader understanding, and a change in necessity, we have evolved greatly as horsemen and guardians of our equine partners.

Our understanding of them has increased exponentially, so they have never had it so good throughout all of history.

Here are 10 interesting facts about horses: 1) Ancient Companions: Horses have been domesticated by humans for over 5,000 years, making them one of the earliest domesticated animals.

2) Horse Breeds: There are over 300 distinct horse breeds around the world, each with its own unique characteristics and abilities.

3) Rapid Growth: Newborn foals can stand and walk within a few hours of birth, and they can start running and playing shortly after that. By 2 to 3 years old, they are pretty well grown up.

4) Communication: Horses communicate with each other and humans through a combination of body language, vocalizations, and facial expressions. They can convey emotions like fear, excitement, and contentment with great clarity.

5) Powerful Navigators: Horses have a remarkable sense of direction and can find their way back home, even after being taken far away.

6) Teeth Tales: Young horses have tempo- holds the title of the most expensive horse. rary teeth and as they grow, they develop He sold for a whopping $70 million! permanent teeth which continue growing We hope you enjoyed this brief history, throughout their lives. Therefore, you can with a few interesting facts about horses. estimate a horse’s age by examining its teeth. They are an animal which captivates people 7) Unique Eye Placement: Horses have worldwide with their grace, intelligence, and one of the largest eyes of any land mammal, unique capabilities. and their eyes are positioned on the sides of As Winston Churchill famously said, their head, giving them nearly 360-degree “The outside of a horse, is good for the inside vision. However, they have a small blind spot of a man.” directly in front and behind them.

8) Sleeping Upright: Horses have a unique ability to sleep while standing up, thanks to a system of ligaments and tendons that allow them to lock their knees. They also experience REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep while standing, which is essential for their well-being.

9) Speed Demons: The fastest recorded speed of a horse was achieved by the Thoroughbred racehorse Secretariat, who reportedly reached a top speed of 55 miles per hour.

10) Height Record: The tallest horse ever recorded was a Belgian draft horse named Big Jake, who stood a staggering 20.2 hands (82.75 inches) tall.

Bonus: 11) Most Expensive: Fusaichi Pegasus, a thoroughbred stallion racehorse currently

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ome people might call me an eavesdropper, nosy Nelly or a snoop but I like to think of myself as a researcher.

My favorite place to do ‘research’ is a coffee shop but we don’t have one in our small town, but we do have a bakery that serves up fabulous doughy creations along with local gossip. My research at the bakery is facilitated by terrible acoustics so I can’t help overhearing everyone’s conversation, especially if they talk real loud like the realtor lady who was attempting to sell a house to some poor suckers from the city. Much of what the realtor lady was saying was a bunch of cow pucky and she made our town sound

like Shangri-La. Because we don’t want any more people moving here I stopped by the visitor’s table on my way out and set the city slickers straight on a few things, which I’m sure their realtor appreciated.

“We have bad water, more bars than churches and no public charging stations.

What would really help,” I said, “are gas stations giving away free fuel to all the pickups that roam our streets, many of which aren’t paved. We don’t have a mayor or a theater and there’s no place to buy a fast food burger.

We do have slow food because it takes the pizza delivery driver 45 minutes to get here.

The best place to eat in town is called The Greasy Weiner and it’s a food truck. We have four bars and two liquor stores and the local AA group has to go to a neighboring town to find a place big enough to hold them all. If you hear about a mall in our neck of the woods it’s not a place to buy a wedding present or a Hot Dog on A Stick. It’s what a bear has done.

“We don’t have a geologist or a gynecologist but we do have a Goodwill drop-off but they are very picky and rejected my last load of clothes. Speaking of which, there is no place to buy clothes in town except at the hardware store which offers a very nice selection of Carhartt hoodies.

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“Several of our residents work at the 50-year-old nuclear power plant that is eight miles away. The utility company discovered after it was built that it sits on top of the biggest earthquake fault in the country. The plant was scheduled to be mothballed because it’s so old but all the Smart Cars have drained our collective battery and we suffer frequent blackouts, so they’re gonna let the nuke plant run a little longer. But no worries, we have regular tests of the emergency warning siren. Since my town and a neighboring one share only two roads out of town we’ll all be sitting in the world’s biggest traffic jam when the atomic cloud arrives so make sure you’re windows are rolled up.

“We don’t have a train but we do have a Subway, but it’s the kind where you can buy a sandwich. We have more horses than lawyers and like it that way. We have a fabulous nail artist but her husband is a house painter and there have been rumors that the Chanel, Dior, Hermes or Gucci nail polish you’re paying for is actually Sherwin Williams.

“Our cemetery is growing faster than our town and the reverence surrounding our bone orchard was destroyed when the bureaucrats built our new sewer plant right next door. The minute it was turned on all the beautiful flowers decorating the graves turned brown, even the plastic ones.

“We don’t have a hospital or an urgent care facility and by the time an ambulance arrives you could be stiff as a concrete sidewalk, which we also don’t have. We are surrounded on all four sides by deadly beasts. White sharks patrol the ocean while mountain lions and bears roam the state park that surrounds us. I’ve killed six rattlers in my driveway and saw a mountain lion walk down our road in broad daylight, so don’t forget your pepper spray. We do have a gun store but it’s located next door to our post office which is not a good idea if an employee ‘goes postal’.

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Cow-Calf Producers: Are You on Offense or Defense in 2024?

by Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist

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he majority of the cow-calf sector has been on the defensive for the past two to three years due to adverse weather and production cost conditions. Widespread drought has forced significant herd liquidation and resulted in additional feed and other production costs.

It appears that the beef cow herd has decreased by roughly 11 percent since the last cyclical peak in 2019 and has decreased perhaps six percent in just the last two years due to drought. USDA will release the January 1 cattle inventory numbers on January 31 and confirm herd changes in 2023.

The drought resulted in record high hay prices in 2022 with only slight decreases in 2023. High prices for supplement feeds, fertilizer, fuel, and other production inputs have added to the cost challenges.

Going into 2024, production costs have eased somewhat, and drought conditions have improved in many regions; though considerable drought remains around the country. Many regions that have less drought or are recently removed from drought still need time for forage recovery or, particularly important in many areas, water recovery.

With considerable uncertainty remaining about moisture and forage conditions for the coming growing season, many producers are logically taking a very cautious approach to animal stocking. Restocking drought-reduced cow herds will be a slower process in many situations.

On the other hand, some producers will be in a position to be more aggressive in 2024.

Higher cattle prices and some moderation in production costs means higher profit potential and incentives to increase calf production.

For some producers, this means retaining heifers or purchasing breeding females to restock to full production levels. Other producers, who are at full production capacity, can focus on maximizing calf production and sales in response to growing market incentives to increase cattle and beef production.

Cattle markets began transitioning in

2023. Though herd liquidation continued, beef production began to drop from the record 2022 level. Beef production will continue declining in 2024 and beyond.

Beef cow herd liquidation will likely slow, perhaps stop in 2024; though there is little chance of any significant rebuild for a year or more. It will, of course, depend on weather and forage conditions in the coming year.

The heifer retention needed to rebuild the herd will squeeze feeder supplies, feedlot production, cattle slaughter and beef production going forward. However, it is unclear how aggressive that process will be. Attempts for a faster herd rebuild will provoke bigger impact on cattle and beef prices; while a slower herd expansion will be less dramatic but will sustain tighter cattle and beef supplies, and higher prices, longer.

In general, cattle markets are encouraging more aggressive production. Individually, cattle producers may be able to respond immediately or may be forced to remain on the defensive due to physical or financial reasons.

In all cases, producers should be thinking about how and when they can go on offense to take advantage of current and future market opportunities.

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NMSU Arrowhead Client Works With Navajo Nation to Provide Water to Thirsty Ranches

by Adriana M. Chávez

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he recently deceased Johnny Francis, a member of the Navajo Nation, had been involved in ranching for most of his life, and hoped one day his family would take over the land he owned.

But the lack of water not just on his ranchland, but across the Navajo Nation, concerned him. Although he was lucky enough to have a windmill on his land to provide water to his herd of cattle without them having to walk too far, many ranchers had to haul huge tanks of water from miles away just to make sure their herd’s water tanks were filled.

“Water is important,” said Francis, who

leased about nine square miles of land from the Navajo Nation and also Mike Lisk, founder and CEO of Remote Well Solutions, is working with the Navajo owned 160 acres of Nation to install his off-grid water production and distribution system on Navajoprivate land. “I’ve owned and operated cattle ranches. seen people with tanks in the back of matically off grid to electrically pump water from wells, then distribute the water to multheir trucks hauling water. It’s hard work.”

Mike Lisk, founder and CEO of Remote tiple watering points.

Well Solutions in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, “I have a cattle ranch in Lincoln County decided to step in to help Navajo ranchers about the same size as the average tribal with a patented off-grid water production ranch, with 125 animal units. When I visit a and distribution system, which replaces old Navajo Nation tribal ranch, I find they have windmills with solar and solar/generator better land with more forage than mine, but hybrid-powered systems that operate auto- only have about 20 to 30 animal units,” Lisk says.

“I have water distributed across my ranch, but they have one windmill and one water trough in one spot. Dramatic improvements in efficiency will result very quickly for the cattle, ranch and the rancher as the water challenges are solved. Quantifiable results will be almost immediate.”

Lisk worked with New Mexico State University’s (NMSU’s) Arrowhead Center on a 2018 study on the economic impacts of the installation of the Remote Well Solutions systems in McKinley County. The study, written by Arrowhead Center Program Director Kramer Winingham ’08 ’10 ’13, Enterprise Advisor Dale Spencer and then-graduate student Ejiro Osiobe ’20, used an economic modeling software and found Bulls carrying capacities on ranches in McKinley Available County are four animal units per section on Now Private average.

Treaty In a likely scenario, carrying capacities increase 100 percent to eight animal units per section with the installed Remote Well Solutions technology. While this is still lower than typical New Mexico ranches, the project will help support more than 200 additional jobs in the state annually, and annually contribute nearly $18 million to the state’s economy.

“In terms of return on investment, this is

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one of the best economic development opportunities I’ve ever seen,” Winingham says. “The technology can double or triple the revenue potential of ranches in the area.

It’s very exciting to see the Navajo Nation supporting the implementation of this new technology. The potential impact of Remote Well Solutions is significant in the Navajo Nation and beyond, as it can address challenges at similar ranches throughout the Southwest.”

“In the many years we have worked with Mike Lisk, we have been very impressed with his inventiveness and persistence to bring this new technology to market,” said Kathy Hansen, director and CEO of Arrowhead Center at NMSU. “We are excited to be able to help commercialize a New Mexico-developed technology that is solving real challenges in New Mexico.”

Remote Well Solutions is working with the Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture to break ground on additional projects within the eastern region of the Navajo Nation, which consists of regions in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. In 2022, Remote Well Solutions received a $500,000 contract to build the wells after years of planning.

“Now that we’ve installed (Lisk’s system), it has really helped and I’m very pleased,” says Francis, who is authorized by the Navajo Nation to have 70 to 75 cows in his herd. “They’re spread out and look pretty decent. If we can prove that we’re really working the ranch, we can increase the herd and hopefully double it, as long as the tribe authorizes it.”

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ominations and applications are now being accepted for the 2024 New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award®.

The award honors ranchers, farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land.

Sand County Foundation and national sponsor American Farmland Trust present the Leopold Conservation Award to private landowners in 27 states. In New Mexico, the $10,000 award is presented with New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts, Quivira Coalition, New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, and New Mexico Coalition to Enhance Working Lands (NMCEWL).

Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes landowners who inspire others with their dedication to environmental improvement.

In his influential 1949 book, “A Sand County

“These award recipients are examples of how Aldo Leopold’s land ethic is alive and well today. Their dedication to conservation shows how individuals can improve the health of the land while producing food and fiber,” said Kevin McAleese, Sand County Foundation President and CEO. “Farmers and ranchers seldom ask for recognition for their efforts to steward land, Almanac,” Leopold called for what he called water, and natural resources for the benefit “a land ethic,” an ethical relationship between of us all,” said Larry Reagan, New Mexico people and the land they own and manage.

Farm and Livestock Bureau President. “We Nominations may be submitted on behalf believe these efforts and individuals should of a landowner, or landowners may apply be celebrated, which is why we are a proud themselves. partner of the New Mexico Leopold ConserThe application can be found at www. vation Award. We encourage farmers and sandcountyfoundation.org/ApplyLCA. ranchers to nominate someone or apply The application deadline is May 15, 2024. themselves to share their conservation story The application can be completed online or and be acknowledged for their innovation emailed to award@sandcountyfoundation. and dedication to our working lands.” org. If mailed, applications must be post“The Leopold Conservation Award offers marked by May 15, 2024, and mailed to: an opportunity to spotlight the work of Leopold Conservation Award, c/o farmers and ranchers who steward land, Quivira Coalition, 1413 Second Street, Suite water, and community. At Quivira Coalition, 1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 and as a leading member of the New Mexico Applications will be reviewed by an inde- Coalition to Enhance Working Lands, we’re pendent panel of agricultura l and excited to celebrate collaborative conservaconservation leaders from New Mexico. tion in New Mexico at a time when we Ranchers Tom and Mimi Sidwell of Tucum- desperately need this type of work,” said cari received the award in 2023.

Sarah Wentzel-Fisher, Quivira Coalition Executive Director.

“We are proud to recognize the hard work that farmers and ranchers do every day to improve our natural resources,” said Josh Smith, NMACD President.

“As the national sponsor for Sand County Foundation’s Leopold Conservation Award, American Farmland Trust celebrates the hard work and dedication of farmers, ranchers and forestland owners,” said John Piotti, AFT President and CEO. “At AFT we believe that conservation in agriculture requires a focus on the land, the practices and the people and this award recognizes the integral role of all three.”

The New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award is made possible through the generous support of American Farmland Trust, Sand County Foundation, New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts, New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, Quivira Coalition, New Mexico Coalition to Enhance Working Lands, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services of New Mexico, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, American AgCredit, John Duncan and Anita Sarafa, and Taos Ski Valley Foundation.

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NYSE Pulls Plan for Environmentally Sustainable Asset Class

Source: Reuters

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he New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has withdrawn from the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposal to create a new tradeable asset class called “natural asset companies”, or NACs, the commission said recently.

The asset class was to be based on sustainable enterprises that hold the rights to ecosystem services, such as carbon seques-

tration, produced by natural, working, or hybrid lands.

The NYSE, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc, in 2023 had proposed to the SEC a rule change to adopt the new listing standard.

Intercontinental Exchange did not immediately reply to a request for comment about NYSE’s withdrawal of the proposed rule

change.

In a press release, Utah State Treasurer Marlo Oaks applauded NYSE’s withdrawal of its plan.

“Under the proposal, private interests, including foreign-controlled sovereign wealth funds, could use their capital to purchase or manage farmland, national and state parks, and other mineral-rich areas and stop essential economic activities like farming, grazing, and energy extraction,” Oaks said.

(Reporting by Noel Randewich; Editing by Sonali Paul)

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Agriculture Education Directed at the Ranch

by Heather Smith Thomas

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oday there are a growing number of educational programs that can be helpful for young people who hope to find work or a lifelong career in agriculture.

Many colleges and universities across the country offer courses in agriculture, animal science, ranch management, etc.

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unique program at TCU (Fort Worth, Texas) prepares young people for careers in ranch management. Kerry Cornelius last year stepped down as Director of the Ranch Management Program but still teaches in this program. He and his family run a stocker operation near Weatherford, Texas.

He has been on the staff of the Ranch Management Program since 1995. “The biggest problem today for young people trying to go into agriculture is the cost. Land is expensive and we have all-time highs in cattle prices, which makes it harder to get started or gain equity,” he says. There is still opportunity, however, because many pro-

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ducers are becoming older, wanting to slow down or sell out.

There is room for young people to get in but it may entail some partnerships, if an older rancher wants to mentor a young person and prepare him/her to take over or lease the ranch. It’s also easier to get into a management position than to buy a farm or ranch.

“The Ranch Management program here is nine months, and the students go on fiveweek-long field trips, travel about 9000 miles and observe about 70 different operations.

There are many different ways to run cattle or create a nutrition program or grazing system. There is no one way to have a successful ranch,” he says. There are many variables and the students can observe a variety of operations that work A rancher also needs to know what some of the possible options might be, to be able to tweak something enough to make it work that year, and sometimes it is trial and error.

Programs like this one at TCU and some of the other colleges are helpful to give students a basic background.

“One of the things about ranch management that’s unique, compared to other agricultural education options is that we focus on money and economics. This is like a business school for ranching,” says Cornelius. To be sustainable and stay in business, this is crucial.

“We talk about being ecologically sustainable and economically sustainable and you can’t have one without the other,” he says.

You might have some of the best programs possible, on your place, but if it’s not profitable, it won’t work.

“A student came into my office to ask what he needs to focus on, regarding courses to take, to be successful after he graduates. I told him he didn’t need to focus on any one thing. A rancher needs to be a generalist. I compare it to a spoke in a wheel. If I have one really strong spoke but the rest have cracks in them, it could be a bumpy road and you will fail. We don’t want to teach you how to be a specialist in any one area; we want to teach you how to be a generalist and to know enough to ask for help. When you need more expertise you hire an accountant, or consult with a veterinarian, nutritionist, etc. You will know enough to understand what they are saying.” You also know when to realize you need help.

“We still need specialists, but ranchers don’t need to be specialists; the very nature of ranching demands that you know quite a bit about many things—a jack of all trades

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versity, Dr. Garcia provided ranch Nothing is ever quite the same twice, management succession planning counsel to especially year to year. In a drought, for and master of none,” he says. ranch owners across the state. When he was instance, we need to have a different manDr. Matthew Garcia took over the reins hired by TCU, the Dean of the College of agement strategy.” Mother Nature calls the of the ranch management program last year Science and Engineering stated that Garcia’s shots, and markets change, so a person has from Cornelius and is working with the new extensive experience in student recruitment to be adaptable. generation of students to help them develop and fundraising and strong desire to share “We want to help students gain adaptable into future leaders. Dr. Garcia obtained his his knowledge made him the ideal person to knowledge so they can critically evaluate and Ph.D. in Animal Science Genomics from advance TCU’s Ranch Management adapt in each situation as needed,” he says.

Washington State University in 2005 after Program.

“They’ll have more chance to be successful. earning his MBA in Innovative Management The program is currently trying to mod- We tell them that if they are rigid in their from Portland State University and BS in ernize more and also look at agriculture as decisions and can’t adapt, there will be huge Animal Science Genetics from New Mexico a whole. “We want to train our students to economic consequences, as well as producState University. He came to TCU from Utah look at the entire system they are managing tion consequences. We try to expose them to State University, where he served as associate and the upstream and downstream effects of producers or businesses that have been sucdepartment head and professor, leading their every management decision they make. cessful, using adaptive knowledge and beef cattle extension state-wide programs They need to understand that the decision constantly critically evaluating the environand regional programs in Nevada, Arizona, they make in any time frame will have both ment they are working in. For our students, Wyoming, and Idaho. a production and an economic effect, and it’s not just classroom work; we want them Dr. Garcia is originally from New Mexico, that all their decisions are related. Nothing to have real-world experience as well.” This where his family ran a cow calf operation. operates independently,” he says. can expose them to many things that they His Ph.D. focused on comparative reproduc“We are trying to teach them to manage would not encounter otherwise, and might tion genomics for beef cattle, specifically in ways to avoid negative production and the give them incentive to try different things. disease resistance and fertility, so he was economic consequences. The other thing we These are young people who will be running recruited to the USDA and did his post-doc- try to teach them is that they need to be the agricultural industries in the future for toral work as a research geneticist. Then he adaptable. The same strategy won’t work us, and we want to enable them to be successjoined Louisiana State University where he every time or every year. They must be able ful in a changing world.” taught beef production, animal breeding, to look at a situation, critically evaluate the The program at TCU is ever-evolving. and genetics, with responsibility for their system or situation and apply management “We are evolving our curriculum, applied AgCenter with 600 cattle. decisions accordingly – compatible with that learning on our field trips, etc. in conjuncAlong with his role with Utah State Uni- system,” says Garcia. tion with what is going on in the industry and what we feel our students need to have when they get out there and navigate within the industry themselves. We are constantly looking for partners to come into the program to accentuate the knowledge for our students,” he says.

“We are not just looking at beef cattle but The at all the aspects as well as economic impacts TheDepartment DepartmentofofAnimal Animal&&Range RangeSciences Sciencesisispart partofofthe the College when making decisions—both on the short CollegeofofAgricultural, Agricultural,Consumer Consumer&&Environmental EnvironmentalSciences Sciences term and long term for a production system.

Four on-campus animal facilities house: We understand that our students need adaptbeeF CaTTle/horses/swine/sheep able knowledge, and that they need to Students can major in Animal or Rangeland Resources and are provided with the very understand that there is no universal solubest of “hands on” academic instruction by our faculty. Fully equipped labs allow tion. We try to drive home to them that they students access to cutting-edge research in: will have to take the knowledge they learn • The Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland LIVESTOCK NUTRITION / GENETICS / PHYSIOLOGY / from this program – as producers and manResearch Center (The College Ranch) – ENDOCRINOLOGY / MEAT SCIENCE / WOOL / 64,000 acre ranch just outside of agers – and adapt it to the system they will TOXICOLOGY / WATERSHED & RANGELAND ECOLOGY Las Cruces be working with, in order to be profitable / WEED & BRUSH CONTROL / PLANT SYSTEMATICS / • The Corona Range & Livestock Research Center – 28,000 acre ranch & facilities in and sustainable.”

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Flocks of Sheep Are the Firefighting Solution We Never Knew We Needed

by Julia Jacobo, JP Keenan, and Janet Weinstein, ABC News

Could sheep be the answer to America’s wildfire problem?

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oung shepherds in California believe sheep could be a “secret weapon” in fighting wildfires The answer to managing wildfires may have been hiding in nature all this time.

Wildfires are a natural occurrence in forest ecosystems, but certain fire management practices have also contributed to the scope of fires occurring today, according to experts.

Flocks of sheep are now being used to manage fires as megadrought exacerbated by climate change contribute to record-breaking fire seasons in the Western U.S. Climate change is not the only culprit.

Glen MacDonald, professor of geography and environment sustainability at UCLA say

natural fuel is building up in forests, sparking hot, intense and fast-moving fires.

Natural fuel is made up of forest components, including fallen leaves and bark.

Ironically, decades of fire suppression – a fire management technique – have contributed to the scope of fires occurring today, according to experts. Fire suppression prevents natural fires that can facilitate renewal of the forests and clear them of natural fuel.

MacDonald described it as the “Smokey Bear mentality” – the notion of preventing any fires from sparking that became popular in the West toward the end of the 19th century.

“But what that allowed to happen was more and more fuel to build up in our forests,” MacDonald said.

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Cuyama Lamb, an agriculture company that aims to regenerate the grasslands native to California and provide sustainable food production, currently runs about 700 sheep that graze landscapes in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties for fire fuel mitigation, Jenya Schneider, co-founder of Cuyama Lamb, told ABC News. Schneider co-founded the company with her partner Jack Anderson.

The fire department directs the sheep to the areas it decides are in most need of fuel mitigation, Schneider said, adding that the space the sheep clear can create a “burn break” that stops a wildfire in its tracks.

“Their job is one thing: eat,” Schneider said, adding that the sheep come in and chew the stock to the ground. The waste sheep leave behind also acts as a fire retardant, Schneider said, describing the grazing as a “powerful secret weapon” in firefighting.

The sheep are more efficient and cost-effective than using machinery to do the same task, Anderson said, and they can get to places that technology can’t.

“In terms of fuel management and clear-

ance, this is a big state,” MacDonald said. our guys can get it on the ground, put some “It’s a really expensive proposition to do that water on it...and actually fight the fire safely.” with mechanical fuel clearance or prescribed Schneider said she hopes the sheep allows burns.”

Californians to “have a healthy relationship Schneider and Anderson began the ini- with fires” in the future. tiative after searching for “ways of being “We aren’t going to save the world by human on this earth that was not contribut- grazing a few sheep up on the hillsides, but ing to climate change,” Schneider said. we can work with others and form coalitions In 2018, one year after the Thomas Fire and all of those threads when they’re woven burned through nearly 300,000 acres in together is going to make a real difference,” Southern California, Schneider and Ander- Anderson said. son began conceptualizing Cuyama Lamb as others in the community also looked for alternative methods to combat the devastating fires.

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Fundamentals of Beef Sire Selection

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election of herd sires for a cow/calf operation is a fundamental management task that should not be taken lightly. Making an informed and sound decision when selecting a herd bull will make significant impacts on the production level of your herd. If you are retaining replacements, the genetic contribution of your bull selection forms your herd for the future.

Set Production Goals A good first step in the decision-making process is defining and setting production goals. Development of production goals and a management plan are key for the sustainability of your cow-calf operation. When setting goals, consider the type of animal that you want to produce and how you will market that animal. Your production goals will determine selection criteria and traits that are important to your operation in selecting herd sires.

Also, consider the features of your cow

herd to select bulls that will complement the production goals. Some of these features include the herd size, the major breed composition of your herd, and the number of bulls you will need.

Plan for Number of Bulls Needed Planning for your breeding season should account for how many breeding bulls are needed to successfully breed cows and heifers. To determine how many herd bulls are required, it directly depends on the age of bulls and the total number of breeding females.

Bulls younger than 24 months of age should be limited to a maximum number of females to service. For bulls older than 24 months of age, a ratio of one mature bull to 25 to 35 females is recommended. Refer to table 1 as a guideline to plan for the number of herd bulls needed. *In multisire units, decrease the number of females by approximately ½ for each additional bull.

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Consider Crossbreeding Crossbreeding involves a breeding plan to cross two or more genetically different breeds to increase hybrid vigor or heterosis.

Heterosis will result in an increase in production traits, such as growth, fertility, and longevity. Crossbreeding is the method to capture these benefits of heterosis and allows for blending complementary strengths of different breeds.

Crossbreeding can improve quality, gross pay weight of calves, enhance longevity, and productivity of cows. In designing a crossbreeding system, review established production goals. These goals will provide guidance in the direction of which breeds to apply in your crossbreeding system.

Evaluate Bull Conformation Proper confirmation of cattle is extremely important. Correct overall structure increases longevity and function of the cow herd. Bulls, cows, and calves need to be evaluated for overall structural correctness and soundness of feet and legs. Evaluate potential herd sires for proper confirmation with correct skeletal and hoof structure.

Look closely at feet, leg, shoulder, and hoof structure to detect improper angles and claw shape. Incorrect confirmation can easily result in lameness. Selecting herd sires who are structurally sound will decrease lameness issues and provide a genetic foundation of correct conformation in your cow herd.

Examine Bull Breeding Soundness A Breeding Soundness Exam (BSE) is a method of assessing a bull’s ability to breed and establish pregnancy in an appropriate number of healthy, cycling cows or heifers in a defined breeding season. A BSE should be completed each year 30 to 60 days before the beginning of a defined breeding season.

A BSE consists of a physical exam and a semen evaluation by a licensed veterinarian.

The physical exam evaluates a bull’s feet, legs, eyes, and reproductive tract and measures scrotal circumference. The semen evaluation assesses quantity, morphology (structure), and movement of sperm cells. Following a BSE, a bull is classified as a satisfactory breeder, unsatisfactory breeder, or deferred for re-examination.

Evaluate Expected Progeny Differences Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) are genetic prediction tools beef producers can use when making breeding selection decisions. EPDs are generated by a breed association and are breed specific for use only within one breed. EPDs can be used to compare bulls for multiple traits and how an individual animal ranks when compared to the breed average.

A vast number of EPDs are available for a broad array of traits, such as calving ease, birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, milk, carcass, mature size, and many others. Basic production traits include calving ease, birth weight, weaning weight, and yearling weight. An operation’s previ-

ously established production goals will guide the emphasis of traits for breeding selection decisions in applying EPDs. Bull selection is an important building block in your beef cattle operation. Making sound bull selections makes a significant impact on the production level of your herd.

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Paige L. Wilson, 78, passed away peacefully at a local hospital Wednesday, January 24, 2024.

Paige was born on September 30, 1945, in Santa Monica, California, to Archibald and Maxine (Carter) Wilson. She graduated high school in Williams, Arizona, and received her bachelor’s degree at University of Albuquerque.

Paige is survived by her son Clay Goret, wife Elena and granddaughter Emily Goret; son Kyle Goret and granddaughters Miranda and Kira Goret; brother Archibald “Buck” Wilson III and his wife Cecil, their daughter Amanda Montoya, husband Carl and their children Will, Clint, Shane, Falene; and her brother Brian Wilson. Paige is preceded in death by her parents and her niece, Breann Wilson.

Paige was a longtime resident of Roy, where she was a partner and owner of the Harding County General Store. She served as Secretary Treasurer for the New Mexico

Cattle Growers’ Association for many years. received his associate’s degree in 1974.

Paige will be missed but will continue to He later went on to receive a B.S. degree live on in the hearts of her children and in Animal Science from Oklahoma State grandchildren, and extended family and University where he was a member of the friends. A private family service will be held 1975 OSU Livestock Judging team and gradlater in the spring. uated as one of the Top Ten Seniors in the Jarold Eldon Callahan, 69, Edmond, College of Agriculture in 1976. He later Oklahoma passed away December 23, 2023. received his Master’s Degree in Agriculture Jarold was born September 17, 1954, to (Animal Science) from the University of Joe and Maxine (Spurgeon) Callahan, who Arkansas. instilled in him commitment to family, work Jarold coached the Livestock Judging ethic, and integrity. He grew up on a diver- team at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M from sified family farm and cattle operation 1976 to 1982, where he also served as Chair northwest of Welch, Oklahoma. As a youth, of the Agriculture Division. Jarold served as his passion for farming and ranching was an instructor and coached the Livestock evident as he was driving a tractor as soon Judging team at Oklahoma State University as (or maybe before) his father would let him. from 1982 to 1991, where he was promoted He attended Welch High School, where to Assistant Professor in 1990. he excelled at academics, livestock judging He impacted the lives of many students and basketball (although he probably through his coaching in his time at both wouldn’t have ranked it in that order). He institutions and he later served on The Oklacontinued his livestock judging career at homa A&M Board of Regents. During his Northeastern Oklahoma A&M where he tenure at NEO and OSU he was blessed to

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coach, advise and mentor many talented young students and build life-long relationships as those students became friends, and colleagues Jarold served as the Executive Vice President of the Ok lahoma Cattlemen’s Association from 1991 to 1995. A life-long learner, Jarold’s time at the OCA found him exploring new roles as an advocate for the beef cattle industry.

He became President of Express Ranches, one of the largest purebred cattle operations in the world, from 1996 to 2023. Bob Funk and Express Ranches gave Jarold the opportunity to innovate and help shape the future of the purebred beef cattle industry. He was truly thankful to be a part of such a talented, loyal, and dedicated team.

Jarold’s many accomplishments and contributions were most recently recognized by being selected as the 2023 inductee to the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery.

Jarold dedicated his whole life to being a loyal, hard-working, and generous personwho prioritized his family, friends, education, and beef cattle improvement. He loved Oklahoma, OSU, cattle, his wife and partner Jennifer, and his family. Of all of Jarold’s accomplishments, he was most proud of his children Brian, Tracie, and Ryan.

The surviving family includes, his wife Jennifer Callahan; his mother, Maxine Callahan, Welch; his children, Brian Callahan and wife Angie, Dallas, Texas; Tracie Poage and husband Lenny of Yukon, Oklahoma; Ryan Callahan and girlfriend, Taylor Gazda, Edmond; his brother Tommy Callahan and wife Sherri, Welch; sisters, Linda Hogan and husband Leon, Tulsa; Shirley Cunningham and husband Gene,Pittsburg, Kansas; Nancy Callahan, Stillwater; and five grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Jarold Callahan Memorial Fund, a Lasting Legacy established with Cattlemen’s Congress with the designation Callahan Memorial Fund. Contributions can be mailed to: Cattlemen’s Congress, Attention: Kass Newell, 21 Land Rush St, Oklahoma City, OK 73107.

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Determining the Best Time of Year to Calve

by Maggie Justice, David Daniel, Leanne Dillard, Joshua Elmore, Michelle Elmore, Ken Kelley, Kim Mullenix, Adam Rabinowitz, Max Runge, Wendiam Sawadgo, Kent Stanford, Alex Tigue, and Soren Rodning / A Extension

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hat time of year is the best to calve for the respective operation? The answer to this question depends on several different factors. This article provides general guidelines and considerations

when making that decision. The purpose of this article is not to claim that there is a single best time of year to calve for every farm or ranch in Alabama because that will vary from one operation to the next. Instead, this article aims to help you make a more informed decision by providing guidance about the relative advantages and disadvantages of fall, winter, or spring calving.

Whether your goal is a 60-, 90-, or even a 120-day calving season, there are several well-established benefits of a defined calving season. However, the tighter the calving season, the more profound these benefits potentially become:

Better Nutritional Management Winter feeding is the single most significant expense for most cow-calf operations.

It is harder and more expensive to feed the

herd effectively when cows and heifers have been bred over many months or if animals are in a year-round or undefined calving season. This represents different stages of production and nutritional needs.

For example, cows that recently calved have greater nutritional needs than cows that have recently weaned a calf. If all cows calve over a 60- to 90-day period, then their nutritional needs are much more similar, thereby making it easier to supplement the herd as a group appropriately and still adequately meet their nutritional needs.

Improved Herd Management It is easier to manage vaccinations, dehorning, castration, pregnancy examinations, and other routine management practices in herds with shorter calving seasons because more animals will be in similar stages of production.

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HORSE SALE and OPEN HOUSE: May 4, 2024 • Open house starts at 9:00am NMSU Horse Center, 400 W. Union, Mesilla Park, NM Opportunity to visit with Equine program faculty and students and check out educational facilities, stallions, and learn more about our horse program •  One 2-year-old Filly, Seven 2-year-old Geldings, One 2-year-old Stallion, two broodmares with foals on their side, and one 7-year-old old riding mare •  Horse Sale preview 10:30am to 12:00pm •  Horse Sale will start at 1:00pm •  Check out NMSU Horse Farm Facebook for updates FOR CATTLE INFO CONTACT Cattle viewing: ejs@nmsu.edu Angus: Eric Scholljegerdes 575-646-1750 ejs@nmsu.edu

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In addition, cows, heifers, and their calves should be checked more regularly during the calving season to avoid losing calves to dystocia or illness. This is more easily accomplished over a 2- to 3-month period rather than year-round.

Identify Reproductively Unsound Cattle A defined calving season allows a farm to identify those animals that are less reproductively efficient, which can aid in culling and replacement decision- making for the operation. Producers can save inputs that otherwise would be spent on animal maintenance or development by identifying unproductive animals sooner.

Production of a More Uniform Calf Crop Calves born over a 60- to 90-day calving

season produce a calf crop that is generally production. Refer to Extension publication more uniform in age and weight. Proper ANR- 2488, “Beef Cattle Record Keeping marketing can potentially result in an eco- Basics,” for more specific guidance. nomic advantage and increase the chances of improving an operation’s income. Cattle General Things to Consider When buyers will not pay as much for a group of Determining the Best Time of Year calves that are uneven in weight and age to Calve because they have to be resorted for effective The following briefly introduces to some management in subsequent phases of the of the most important things to evaluate beef supply chain. when determining the best time of year to calve concerning nutrition and forages, More Effective Record Keeping reproduction, economics and marketing, Records are used to track a variety of data health, heifers versus cows, seedstock versus on the performance of calves, dams, and c o m m e r c i a l h e r d s , a n d o t h e r sires. A defined calving season can make considerations. record-keeping easier and more effective.

Once the calving season is over, calving Nutrition and Forages records can be evaluated to review breeding It is important to consider seasonal nutriseason results. Once calves are weaned, tional demands for maintenance, lactation, weaning weights can be evaluated for herd and rebreeding in the cow herd. Cow nutri-

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ent requirements begin to increase 60 days before calving and reach their peak within 60 days after calving. Meeting cow nutrient requirements during this time is critical to help cows prepare for rebreeding and maintain a 365-day calving interval.

As calves mature and cow milk production decreases, cow nutrient demands decrease. Following weaning, cow nutrient requirements are the lowest, and this is the most economical time in her production cycle to alter the nutritional program to improve body condition score.

In the southeastern United States, the majority of nutritional demands in the cow herd can be met through grazing or feeding conserved forages. Given the seasonality of differing forage crops, certain times of the year favor growing conditions for grazed forages, and seasonal production gaps often require the use of conserved forages and

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high-quality and high-yielding pasture.

However, this requires early planting in the fall to ensure late fall and winter grazing. Tall fescue can also be a good-quality option to feed cows from February until May. However, most acreage in Alabama is ‘Kentucky 31’ tall fescue, which hosts an endophyte that produces toxins that reduce animal gains, cause heat stress, and reduce pregnancy rates. Bermudagrass and bahiagrass will grow from April until October in Alabama. They are good forage sources but are typically lower quality than the cool-season options. Their quality is sufficient to maintain dry cows, but lactating cows must be supplemented to maintain good conditions. Stockpiling perennial forages in the fall may provide moderate to high-quality forage for grazing in cow-calf operations and extend grazing into the early winter.

When using conserved forages and supplemental feedstuffs to meet cow nutrient requirements, starting with a forage analysis is essential in developing an appropriate supplemental feedstuffs to meet cow nutri- supplementation plan. A forage analysis protional requirements. Fall-calving systems vides information on relative forage quality, generally rely more on conserved forages and total digestible nutrients (TDN), and crude supplemental feeds at calving because this protein (CP). Generally, most hay samples coincides with warm-season forage systems received by the Auburn University Soil, going dormant. Winter- calving systems may Forage, and Water Testing Laboratory are use both conserved forage and supplemental relatively low in TDN (less than 55 percent feedstuffs, followed by cool-season forages TDN) and contain low to moderate levels of for grazing as they become available.

CP (seven to nine percent CP).

Feed costs represent the largest portion As a result, feed supplementation proof any beef cattle budget. Developing a forage grams for lactating cows are often first program that uses both cool- and warm-sea- balanced for energy, followed by protein. son forages can help extend the grazing Consult your local animal science and forage season and reduce supplemental feed input regional Extension agent to develop a nutricosts. Forage use should be timed to reduce tion program for the cow herd. Assess the costs of maintaining cattle during the commercial and by-product feedstuffs based calving season. Cool-season forages provide on relative quality aspects and cost per higher-quality nutrition than those grown pound of nutrient provided. Supplemental in the summer. Cool-season annuals (e.g., feeds can be compared based on the price per oats, wheat, annual ryegrass, crimson clover, pound of energy ($/pound TDN) or cost per and brassicas) can provide 5 to 6 months of pound of CP ($/pound CP) to help identify

the most economical resource for a given operation.

Reproduction Adequate nutrition is essential for reproduction. If cattle nutritional requirements are not met, reproduction will be negatively affected. Forage resources for individual cattle operations usually rise and fall throughout the year. These changes depend on the season, weather patterns, and location within the state. Forage resources for each season must be assessed to determine if additional supplementation is needed.

Recognizing the difficulties that arise each year in obtaining enough forage and feed resources for a cattle operation is important because it allows the development of a supplementation plan. By identifying these challenges in advance, it becomes possible to avoid placing a greater burden on the operation when trying to meet the crucial nutritional needs of the herd, specifically during the breeding season.

Assigning body condition scores is an scores as low as 3, these lower BCS scores and fat cattle (live cattle) prices during the effective practice to evaluate and track if during the breeding season and pregnancy production year. Feeder cattle prices in nutritional requirements are being met. can lead to decreased conception rates, Alabama in a typical year tend to peak in Body condition scores (BCS) reflect a beef decreased calf vigor, and increased postpar- spring (February, March, April) and are at animal’s relative body fat and energy stores. tum intervals (time between calving and their low point in fall (September, October, A score of 1 to 9 is assigned to an animal, rebreeding for the next calf). For more November). Seasonal price fluctuations corwith 1 representing emaciated (extremely detailed information on BCS and managing relate with the supply of feeder calves thin) and 9 representing obese. herd nutritional needs, refer to ANR-1323, available and feedlot demand for those Increasing one score within the BCS mea- “Alabama Beef Handbook, Nutrition calves. surement system equals a body weight gain Management.”

Feedlot placements typically peak in of roughly 80 to 100 pounds. BCS is a visual October and then decrease until January. evaluation tool for evaluating overall repro- Economics and Marketing This increase in placements, along with ductive health and performance. While beef Seasonality in cattle markets refers to the residual animals in the feedlots pushes cattle females can conceive in body condition normally expected fluctuation of both feeder on feed numbers in the fall to their apex in

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Price fluctuations are more pronounced for more desirable cattle to order buyers and feedlots than for less desirable cattle. This is because large, well-muscled, healthy cattle tend to achieve more seasonal gains than cattle that are not thrifty and not of high quality.

The other component of profitability to consider when assessing calving season decisions (outside of seasonality of price) is the cost of production associated with the different calving scenarios. Producers should consider their forage base and the supplementation that will be needed for each scenario. Consideration should also be given to the efficiencies of feeding. Grazing tends to be less wasteful than feeding hay. Therefore, calving seasons that allow producers to graze more and feed less tend to lower production costs and improve the chances of profitability. Producers should also consider quality issues of certain forages and the ability (or inability) of those forages to maintain cow condition and add weight to feeders. ЇЇ

normal years and tends to push feeder prices downward. Prices are one component of producer profitability, and often producers might be tempted to adjust calving seasons and practices to correspond to these seasonal price fluctuations. However, there are several considerations beyond simple seasonality for producers as they form or adjust their calving season planning. ЇЇ Seasonality is a trend and not a

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guarantee. Market dynamics change constantly and can alter pricing formulas and tendencies. Cattle cycles, feed dynamics, and black swan events have all contributed to historical cattle price fluctuations outside the expected.

Price seasonality is not equal across weight and quality classes. Heavier cattle tend to show smaller price movement than do lighter cattle.

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Health Excessively cold, wet, and muddy environments are not conducive to maintaining calf health. Adult cows are often the first source of infection for calf diseases such as scours and pneumonia. Cow feces contains many viruses, bacteria, and parasites we want to minimize exposure to in calves. In a wet and muddy environment where it is easy for cow feces to cling to the udder, calves ingest the microorganisms while nursing.

The microorganisms can then often rapidly multiply in naïve calves because their immune systems cannot keep the infections in check, even with adequate passive immunity from colostrum. As a result, even if these calves don’t show outward signs of disease, they can still pass large amounts of the microorganisms into the environment through manure, which also ends up on the udders of cows and in muddy puddles where other calves may drink. This can create a situation where newer calves are potentially exposed to larger and larger amounts of disease-causing microorganisms, making them more susceptible to disease.

January and February are often the coldest and wettest months so extra consideration is warranted if calving during those months. However, the situation described above can occur at other times of the year.

One way to stop this infectious cycle is by keeping cow udders relatively clean and min-

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MIAMI DREAM, 14.70 +/deeded acres. Approx 1,583 sq ft 2 bedroom 1 bath home. Real country living with barn wood siding, porches, recent remodel for remote workspace. Irrigation and horse facilities, 57 Wampler St., Miami, NM $370,000 $345,000

BAR LAZY 7 RANCH, Colfax County, Moreno Valley 594.38 +/- deeded acres, accessed off blacktop between Eagle Nest and Angel Fire. Historic headquarters.

Currently used as summer grazing, pond and trees accessed off

county road on rear of property as well. Presented “ASIS” New Survey, $4,000,000 $3,800,000 SPRINGER VIEW, 29.70 +/deeded acres. Large house being remodeled, shop, trees, old irrigation pond. All back off highway with great southern aspect. 311 Hwy 56, Colfax County. $209,000 $205,000

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MAXWELL, 408.90 +/- Deeded Acres. 143.05 Irrigable Acres/ Shares with TL pivot covering approximately 80 acres, with balance dry land. Property has one water meter used for livestock, but could support a home as well. There are two troughs located in the middle of the property.

Electricity for pivot is back toward the middle of the property as well.

Property has highway frontage on NM 505 and Highline Rd, a County Rd. Back up to Maxwell Wildlife area. Colfax County, NM.$599,000

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MAXWELL FARM, 140+/- deeded acres with 103.75 +/- irrigable acres of Class A water shares.

Property has a domestic water meter also utilized for livestock.

Currently a flood irrigation system but would suit installing a pivot. Property is bounded on the south with SHW 505 and the west with Rufuge Rd, on the east with the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. $320,000

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■ BERRENDA CREEK RANCH — 231 AYL, 51± section cattle ranch — Hillsboro, NM. 32,870± total acres, 120± deeded acres, 23,646± acres of BLM, 9104± acres of NM state land, 12 wells, 9 dirt tanks, 2 springs, 3 pastures, 165,000 gallons of water storage.

Priced at $1,432,200

THE SAND CAMP RANCH (PRICE REDUCED) The Sand Camp Ranch is a quality

desert ranch with an excellent grass cover and above average improvements. Located in southern Chaves County east of the productive Pecos River Valley. The ranch is comprised of 2,380 +/- deeded acres, 6,074 NM State Lease Acres, 23,653 Federal BLM Lease Acres and 480 acres Uncontrolled, 32,107 +/- total acres (50.17 Sections). Grazing Capacity set by a Section 3 BLM grazing permit at 405 Animal Units Yearlong. The ranch is watered by five primary wells and an extensive pipeline system. This ranch is ready to go, no deferred maintenance. Price: $3,672,000. This one of the better ranches in the area. It is nicely improved and well-watered. You won’t find anything comparable for the price. Call or email for a brochure and an appointment to come take a look.

EIGHT MILE DRAW LAND 740 ± Acres of unimproved native grassland located four miles west of Roswell in the Six Mile Hill area with frontage along U.S. Highway 70/380. This parcel is fenced on three sides and adjoins 120 acres of additional land that may be purchased. Great investment. $600 per acre.

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■ 1361 HWY 27, HILLSBORO, NM.– 116 +/- total acres of which 64.65 +/acres are planted in Pecan Trees, 3 +/acres of BLM, the orchard is 18 years old, located at the original townsite of Lake Valley and was the stagecoach stop at Lake Valley, the home is 2,048 +/- sq ft w/3 bedrms, 2 bath, separate office & studio, barn w/loft & horse stalls, metal shop/barn w/attached shed row & arena, two wells Priced at $2,200,000

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■ 6535 HWY 377 NE, DEMING, NM –.

Born Running Horse Breeding Facility is a, Fabulous Horse Facility that boosts of a 16 stall metal barn each w/runs, plus more outdoor stalls, pastures, horse walker, round pen, in-door lab w/horse racks & stalls, shop, metal barn w/ covered RV parking, lighted arena. The 2100 sq ft main site built 3 bdrm 2 bth, guest mft-home 2 bdrm 2 bth, 47 acres total w/ irrigation well, 21 acres in alfalfa in drip, 10 acres irrigated land in permanent pasture. Priced at $1,200,000

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RANCHES/FARMS *AUCTION* 472+/- Acre Organic Apple Orchard offered in 5 Tracts Tract 1 – 158+/- Acre with approximately 131 ac of trees, 24,075+/- s.f. of apple processing facilities, cold storage, retail center, two homes, & wells.

Tract 2 – Spacious 3 BR, 2 Bath residence on 1.7+/- Acre Tract 3 – 66+/- Acre with approximately 59 acre of trees, and new well.

Tract 4 – 145 +/- Acre, with approximately 125 acre of trees, mfg home, and well.

Tract 5 – 100+/- Acre, with approximately 96 acre of trees and well.

Auction to be held April 4, 2024, Online and live. Don’t miss the opportunity to own all or part of this great property.

Contact Paul Ramirez for auction details and Harry Owens for property details.

*NEW* 1883.45+/- Acres, McNeal, AZ – Frontier Roads.

Good access, 2 registered wells, dirt tanks, fully fenced. Current owner runs 80+/- head seasonally $941,725 Call Paul Ramirez 520-241-3333.

150+/- Acre Farm, Willcox, AZ – 120 Acre full circle pivot with two wells. Ideal location for hay, pecans, pistachios, wine grape cultivation or other crops. Good water, productive soil. Convenient access to I-10. $525,000 *SOLD* 98+/- Deeded Acre Farm, Bonita, AZ – Great farm in a picture-perfect setting! Two small pivots with 35 acres of water rights. 3 BR, 2 BA Shultz mfg home; 3-sided hay/machine shed, 1,560+/- s.f. shop, hay shed, Connex box, nice set of guardrail and steel corrals with crowding tub, squeeze and scale.

250 gpm irrigation well with 20 HP motor and 13,500+/- gallons of storage. Runs about 40 head of cattle. $750,000

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steel pipe corrals $1.9M HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *SOLD* ONLINE AUCTION, Pearce, AZ - Four offerings located in the grasslands at the foot of the beautiful Dragoon Mountains.

Sold prior to Auction Lot 1 featured stunning, custom 3 BD, 2 BA territorial style home on 5.5 +/-. Sold Prior to Auction Lots 3, and 4 included 3 vacant, 1+ acre land parcels for a total of 3+/- acres each. Sold at Auction Lot 2 – 3- 1+/- acre lots for a total of 3+/- acres.

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*NEW* 0.14+/- Acre Building Lot, Maricopa, AZ – A great opportunity to own a corner lot in the desirable community of Tortosa. Ideal for a small builder or buyer wishing to build their dream custom home. One of only two lots available in the area, the other lot is adjoining this one. Utilities to the lot, back block wall in place. $110,000

*NEW* Farm - Apache Grove, AZ – 335+/- total acres along *SOLD* 90+/- Acre HP Bar the scenic Gila River. 120+/acres of decreed water rights. *SOLD* 200-300 Head Cattle Ranch, Benson, AZ – Perfect Pivot and pastures planted in Ranch, Marana, AZ – 112.8 gentlemen’s ranch or private Bermuda. Owner runs 150 head. +/- Deeded ac; 150+/- ac of get-away. Backs up to USFS for One bedroom apartment over pasture, 3,700+/- ac of sub- endless riding possibilities. Fully garage/office, 30’ x 150’steel lease, 14 +/- ac of farm fields, fenced for cattle. 2 BR, 1 BA barn, plus smaller steel barn, HQ on State Land. 2nd mfg home; garage; steel barn w/two shop/feed room/tack room, home on deeded. 2 sets of good horse stalls, excellent corrals, tack room & with squeeze WE HAVE BUYERS LOOKING FOR large hay storchute, calf table age; corrals; RANCHES AND FARMS. and scale. Must workshop. ExIf you are thinking about selling your Ranch or pansive views. see! $2.5M Farm, we would appreciate the opportunity to $595,000

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■ NEW LISTING! UNION CO., NM – Just out of Clayton, NM, 2 sections +/- located on pvmt. complete with two ½ mile +/- sprinklers & irrigation wells w/an addtl. large feedyard & one section of land irrigated by four ¼ mile sprinklers & irrigation wells. Two sections or the feedyard w/irrigated section can be purchased together or separately.

■ PRICE REDUCED! YESO EAST RANCH – De Baca Co., NM - Hwy. 60 frontage. 6,307± deeded, 1,556± State Lease and 40± uncontrolled acres. Terrain is gently rolling with good grass and is divided into three pastures. Wildlife includes antelope, some mule deer, quail, etc. The ranch has good improvements (including home) convenient access and has been well managed.

■ VAUGHAN RIVER RANCH – 11,628.76 ac. +/- deeded - a scenic, live water ranch on the Pecos River south of Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. Excellent example of a southwestern cattle ranch with wildlife to boot all within minutes of the convenience of town. Call us to take a look!

■ UNION CO., NM – This 1,966 +/- acre ranch located just south of Clayton, New Mexico is in some of the most sought-after grazing land in the Continental U.S.A. The ranch will be excellent for a yearling operation, with high quality grass, good fences and water.

■ KB RANCH - Kenney Co., TX – KB Ranch is a low fenced 802 +/- acre property that is surrounded by large ranches. The ranch has abundant whitetail and is also populated with turkey, dove, quail, hogs and varmint species. Axis are in the area and have been occasionally seen. The ranch lies approximately 9 miles south of Bracketville on TX 131 and is accessed by all weather Standart Road.

■ COLFAX COUNTY NM GETAWAY – 1,482.90 ac.+/grassland (1,193.59 ac. +/- Deeded, 289.31 ac.

State Lease), great location near all types of mountain recreation.

■ ANGUS, NM – 250 +/- acres with over a 1/2 mile of NM 48 frontage. Elevations from 6,800 to 7,200 feet.

Two springs along a creek. Ideal for future development or build your own getaway home.

■ PECOS CO. – 637 ac., Big water, State Classified Minerals.

■ CARSON CO., TX – 640 ac. +/- 5 mi. N of Panhandle on TX 207. 333 ac. +/- under 3 center pivot systems.

One well produces 800 GPM. Permanent perimeter and cross fencing.

■ CLAYTON, NM – 3 bdrm,/2.5 bath really nice manufactured home w/ porches etc. located on 80 ac. with 2 almost new metal barns/shops/garages with automatic roll-up doors & water supplied from the City of Clayton.

■ CLAYTON, NM – 44 acres located approx. 2 miles south of Clayton, NM on Hwy 87 on the east side of the highway. This property has about ½ mile of highway frontage and would be great for residential housing, commercial development or addtl. RV development (adjoins the 16.75 ac. RV park).

■ CLAYTON, NM – a 16.75 ac. RV park located approximately 2 mi. south of Clayton on the east side of Hwy. 87 with 34 RV spaces, water supplied from the City of Clayton, a domestic well to provide water for a pond on the property with an office and men’s and women’s restrooms and showers. 44 acres may be purchased adjoining this property for additional development.

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Gomez Ranch Rio Arriba County, NM

The Gomez Ranch is superbly located in NM Big Game Unite 2B. Lying between the Rosa Mesa and Ensenada Mesa Wildlife areas, it offers premiere Mule Deer and Elk habitat and hunting opportunities.

The property is multidimensional, with income streams from grazing, hunting, and in conjunction with the associated use of the surface by mineral development.

6094 +/- deeded acres 3908 +/- acres State Lease 16,061 +/- acres BLM

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Owaissa Crites Heimann

by Carol Wilson

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driving snow pelted the windshield of a pre-World War II automobile as icy wind shook the frame and seeped into the car. The year was 1948, and John Moore was debating the wisdom of abandoning his only daughter in the frozen wasteland for her new job as a 4-H Home Economics Agent with the Cooperative Extension Service in Union County. “I will not leave you in this God-forsaken country,” he muttered. “You must leave me,” young Owaissa countered, “I have a job.”

Owaissa, never one to give second best to any job, spent the next 39 years in the extension service in Union County, educating children, youth and families. She demanded excellence of herself and expected it of others, and her teaching and her standards have impacted families across New Mexico for generations to come. After she retired from the extension service, she put her considerable professionalism, experience, organizational skills and knowledge to work for the beef industry through the New Mexico CowBelles.

The legacy of this life’s work will continue to imprint generations for many years to come.

Dynamite in a small package Owaissa was born to John and Myrtle Moore on February 18, 1926. She was so tiny that her mother used her father’s handkerchiefs as diapers. A dresser drawer served as her crib.

She grew up on the family’s sheep and cattle ranch in Caprock and watched her three brothers leave the ranch to serve overseas during World War II. Owaissa studied Home Economics Education at Eastern New Mexico State University and in 1947 was ENMU’s first four-year Home Economics graduate. Extension agents from Union County drove to Portales to interview her, and when they offered a job, Owaissa agreed, even though she knew nothing more of Clayton than where it was on the map.

But with ranching in her blood and in her heart, she was a perfect fit for the northeastern New Mexico cattle country. She caught rides to meetings with other extension agents and became an apt student, listening to the far more experienced agents, and learning the skills she would later use to build a 4-H and Extension program in Union County that would be unsurpassed by any other county in New Mexico. Aubrey Notman, the Adult Home Demonstration Agent, took young Owaissa under her wing and helped her learn to work with 4-H members and train 4-H leaders. Foster Zimmerman, a WWII veteran with whom she would work in tandem for many years, played a part in helping Owaissa develop into the Greatest of All Time in the extension world.

Though she could walk from her boardinghouse to work, Owaissa needed a car to get to all the meetings required of her job. Her new county was 50 miles wide and 100 miles long and bordered Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. There were 18 women’s clubs in the county and 12 4-H Clubs, so simple math demanded that Owaissa attend at least 30 meetings per month.

By March, she had purchased her first car, a 1948 5-passenger

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t w o - d o o r F o r d To make the best better coupe, bought from No one has ever adhered to the 4-H creed the Chevy dealership “To make the best better” more firmly than because post-war did Owaissa. A five-foot bundle of energy, rationing made the she believed that if you develop a young black market the person, you develop an entire family. So she only source of cars. taught leaders how to do various projects, N e c e s s i t y such as clothing, baking, canning, record d e m a n d e d t h a t books and demonstration techniques, and O w a i s s a a lw ay s the leaders were sent back to the clubs, skills carry two spare tires honed, and in charge of training others. w h i l e t r ave l i n g Owaissa made training notebooks to give to Un ion C ou nt y ’s every leader, and over the years has trained rural dirt roads. Her up to three generations of the same families schedule sometimes the necessary skills of homemaking and required 100 miles to daily living. get to one meeting.

A good example of this model was the There were 4-H clubs County Recreation Night. Owaissa trained in the grade schools adult and recreation leaders dance steps and of Clapham, Seneca, how to play different games in a day-long Sofia, Gladstone and training session, knowing that they could Goodson, as well as take the dances and games back to their indit he 4-yea r high vidual clubs. After the day’s training session, schools of Clayton, 4-H members and families would arrive to G r e n v i l l e , D e s learn the rudiments of dance from the justMoines, Farley and trained leaders and Owaissa. Surrounded by Folsom, and two song and movement, 4-Hers learned the 11-year schools of steps to “10 Pretty Girls”, “Put Your Little Sedan and Amistad. Foot,” the “Schottische,” as well as “Cotton Owaissa and her first car, a necessity for Union County even if she was a girl.

Eyed Joe” and other dances, The 4-Hers didn’t know they were being trained to dance, they just thought they were having fun as Owaissa called out steps and led them through the moves. “If it weren’t for Owaissa, I would have never learned to dance,” remarked one member.

Auction Another popular and fun event was the Co., Inc. annual Fashion Revue, or Style Show, in which everyone who took a sewing project was required to participate.” Eagle-Eye Crites,” as Owaissa was affectionately dubbed, could tell if a seam was off by 1/8 inch just by looking. She coached the girls on how to walk and how to stand (plant your right foot and pull your left foot to it!). She matched music and commentary and made it a fun day for all participants…then after Monday the show she followed up with each seamMarch 25, 2024 stress to ensure that they follow the judges 1:00 p.m. advice on how to make improvements on their sewing projects before they were judged BelenLivestockAuction.com in the county fair.

She also reached out to the community through daily radio programs which later For more information or to consign cattle, please give us a call or became live broadcasts taped in an old vault drop by. We guarantee our same high quality service as in the past. at the extension office. Many community members planned their days so they could P.O. Box 608 • Belen, NM listen to Owaissa’s broadcasts. Owaissa OFFICE: 505-864-7451 • FAX: 505-864-7073 extended the broadcasts to include her 4-H BRANDON MAJOR — 505-270-4873 • ELIJAH PADILLA — 505-573-0546 BUCKY RUSSELL — 505-410-3216

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gress. Owaissa trained and took judging we wanted to be perfect for ourselves, not just teams to National competitions routinely. for her.”

When Owaissa noticed that the state Barbara continued, “I have taught my members, thus training them to speak in awarded Banner County Awards based on kids that the Owaissa way was the only way front of a microphone and radio audiences. competition and conduct, she made sure her to do things. Every project in life should be Owaissa believed in competition and county was always at the top of the heap. But done as perfectly as possible. There is pride always insisted that each member perform she took the idea a step further by instituting in doing things right.” to their best ability. When an individual won a Banner Club competition in Union County. at a county level, Owaissa worked with the A score sheet was established with these For the kids sake 4-Her to make sure that their project was requirements: each member had to attend at In the early 1950s, Union and Colfax polished and as good as possible before it least six meetings, do a project demonstra- county 4-H clubs participated in a week-long went on to District or State competition. tion or speech, complete and exhibit all 4-H camp each summer. Union County People who were going to District or state projects at the county fair, and complete a loaded about 100 students and their luggage with demonstrations, for example, were record book. into the back of livestock trucks and drove invited to demonstrate in front of other 4-H “She set the mark high,” remarked Violet into the mountains for the week. The always clubs so they could gain practice in front of Brockman, a 4-H leader and a former 4-H impeccably dressed, fashionable Owaissa groups. Owaissa also worked with them to member under Owaissa, “The clubs hated camping, but it was part of her job, so ensure that their posters and final handouts responded by making sure that each member she went with the kids, hauling water from were top notch. In fact, as early 4-H members met the criteria so their club could be recog- the creek, enduring the cold and the inevican attest, she never took youth to “compete” nized as one of the best in the county. The table rain, slogging through black mud and in a contest, her motto was “We go to Win!” whole concept raised the level of excellence enduring other privations for the sake of the That focus paid off. Union County was a through every 4-H club in the county.”

4-Hers. force to be reckoned with in the 4-H world.

Every Union county 4-Her was familiar Other 4-H agents knew that if they could with the phrase, “The Owaissa way.” As A working woman in the 1950s beat Union County, they had done well. The Barbara Podzemny explains, “As a 4-H Owaissa married rancher and order buyer Union County contingent won district, state leader she taught us that perfection in our N.C. Crites in 1949. After seven years and National contests. Owaissa helped projects was the only acceptable way for Owaissa became pregnant and ran into a members prepare books for state and them to be completed. Stitches were to be problem with New Mexico State University.

National competitions, and state winners perfect. Biscuits were flat on top and perRemember, this was the 1950s, when very earned trips to the National 4-H Club Con- fectly brown. But she taught this in a way that few women were working outside of the

(l to r) Goster Zimmerman, Kay Glenn, Owaissa Crites, AT Broadwell and Vance Lusk winning a camp banner.

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(top left) Owaissa (l) was honored as an NMSU Home Economist and past president of the National Association of Extension Home Economists for her long years of service at the 50th Anniversary of the Association.

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home. When an unwed agent in another county became pregnant and another pregnant agent wasn’t doing her job, the state 4-H office took care of the problem by decreeing that all pregnant agents had to resign.

Owaissa resigned, as per the regulations, but the women of Union County were not about to lose the best extension agent they had ever experienced. The presidents of all the extension clubs got together with the Woman’s Council and invited the Extension Director to meet with them at the Spring Luncheon in Clayton. The women came loaded for bear, and after they fed the dean and filled his ears, he called Owaissa with the message, “You can go back to work anytime you want.”

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talk about the quality of Owaissa’s judging teams, the demonstrations given by Union County kids, the Fashion Revue she put on each year, and the excellent programs she put on for the Extension Homemakers.

All former 4-H members from Union County remember Owaissa’s dedication in coming to nearly every one of their 4-H club meetings and project workdays. “She was a true Extension home demonstration agent of the day – well prepared for every event and activity and always dressed professionally in a dress and heels. We learned to do our very best and to be proud of our accomplishments, even if it meant ripping a seam one more, time or making a recipe again and again until it was perfect for the county fair,” related Shelly Maulsby Hathorn. “During my 31-year career with NMSU, these were qualities and attributes I strived for when I became an Extension home economist. I quickly learned that with Owaissa’s guidance, Union County 4-H set their standards well above most other counties when it came to county, club and project requirements.”

Mary Bleiker has known Owaissa for 70 years. “She wants everything to be right, and not just a check in the box,” Mary related. “At

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suits to the meetings. Her sense of style has always dictated that her apparel be color-coordinated and stylish, pairing high heels with perfectly coiffed hair and beautiful nails. Because she was too short to see the women of the convention over the podium, she stood on a coke case so she could see over the podium to preside over the meetings.

Owaissa’s impact on 4-H members throughout generations is perhaps most poignantly illustrated by the fact that when she was inducted into the New Mexico 4-H Hall of Fame in 2002, she shared the stage with another inductee who was one of her former 4-H students and whose father had also been one of Owaissa’s students.

Life is for the living

Union County at State 4-H CLUB Camp in Las Cruces in 1985. Owaissa is front row right.

Economist appointed as a County Director in New Mexico. She was one of the first Western Regional Directors and the first and only president of the National Association of Extension Home Economists from New Mexico. Kodie Crites Hauser remembers her mother’s election as national president well.

“I was only seven at the time,” Kodie remembers, “and Mom was afraid that Dad would

not be able to do my hair while she was traveling with a national office. So she took me to the beauty shop and got my hair cut in a pixie cut so it would be easy for Daddy.”

As Owaissa hailed from New Mexico and has a native American name which translates as “Blue Bird”, all the Home Economists who had never met her presumed that their new president was a native American herself.

When they arrived at the airport to pick up t heir Native American president and a five-foot, oneinch blonde, blue-eyed woman descended from the plane, there were always explanations to be made.

Owaissa presided over the National Association of Extension Home Economists at a time when the ladies wore hats, gloves and

Owaissa holding Kodie and Oweda sitting in front at the County Fair.

Owaissa’s many accomplishments and stellar successes were not set against an easy backdrop. After N.C.’s death in 1976, Owaissa reminded her daughters, Owida and Kodie, “Life is for the living, not the dead.” School and work awaited them. “It is all about your state of mind,” was Owaissa’s oft-repeated mantra as she and her daughters re-built their lives.

Retirement…Beef Backer After 39 years in the extension service, Owaissa retired to take up more responsibilities. She married Hayden area rancher J Heimann in 1979 and took up ranch duties while assuming a much more active role in the CowBelle organization.

The state CowBelle group knew they had a treasure when Owaissa agreed to be the state treasurer. The CowBelles made state treasurer the only state office which wasn’t a one-year term, and Owaissa served the state for the next 20 years. This was before computerization of the financial records, yet Owaissa always knew where every penny was and why it was allocated as it was. Owaissa also kept careful records of all sale items, including Rada knives and kitchen tools, t-shirts, cookbooks, napkins, aprons, license plates and note cards etc. (And carrying all of that stuff to all the CowBelle meetings throughout the state. It was always a mystery how little Owaissa could lug such a big piece of luggage around!)

“At any given moment Owaissa could show you every number of every item sold, who bought it, and the price,” commented fellow state officer Genora Moore Canon, “Her books were independently audited each year and she was never a penny off.”

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As Owaissa explained, “We just wanted to make sure that each officer understood what she was supposed to do, so we printed up a guide to ensure that every officer knew her job.”

In keeping with her extension role, Owaissa learned, and she taught other CowBelles as she learned. Rachel Ricklefs, another state CowBelle officer, reported, “Our jaunts around the state gave me the opportunity to listen to the history of the CowBelle organization, our area, and our state. Wow, what an education! It was priceless!” She continued, “Owaissa was fun, and she taught us all to do better, try harder, and to ‘giterdone!’”

All the state officers worked a full week at the State Fair each year. They opened the Beef Council booth each morning, made sure the other CowBelle workers from different locals showed up for their shifts, and worked in their place if someone did not show up. Owaissa was responsible for the items sold and the money collected. For thirty years, Owaissa was a familiar face, missing only twice. She managed the legion of CowBelle volunteers and kept the booth clean, organized and well-stocked, all testament to her pride and efficiency.

When Owaissa was told she needed gall-bladder surgery, she protested, “I do not have time for it. I need to staff the state fair booth in a week.”

In her “retirement” Owaissa served on the Health Fair committee that she helped organize in 1984 as well as working the Union County Fair in the “Tin Barn” which was dedicated to her in 2014. She takes great pride and joy in the Five States Beef Education program, teaches consumers how to prepare beef safely at the Ranch Market, and always ensures that the local market has an ample supply of beef recipes to entice consumers to purchase beef.

“She is a get-er-done woman,” asserted Fita Witte. “Once she commits to something, she does it, and she does a good job of it.”

Benjamin Franklin’s advice, “If you want something done, ask a busy person,” is a very fitting quote to describe Owaissa’s lifetime of beef advocacy. As an active member of Lariat CowBelles for 40 years, she served as President on and off for 13 years, was State Treasurer for 20 years, and has been an active member American National Cattle Women and the New Mexico CattleGrowers for 40 years.

As a rancher’s daughter and wife, as well as dedicated extension agent and CowBelle

who educated thousands at the New Mexico Beef Council’s state fair education because of her travels as part of Owaissa’s state-winning booth, Owaissa has become known as the matriarch of Beef Promo- Home Economics judging team and her exposure to the big world tion. She was recognized in 2009 as a Beef Advocate, then awarded outside of Union County. “Before that, I was just a little country girl,” the Beef Backer award, the Beef Council’s highest honor, in 2016. she noted. “But Owaissa and 4-H opened my mind and exposed me Owaissa is particularly proud that both of her daughters and her to different opportunities. She has been a major influence on my grandchildren and great-grandchildren have been a part of the 4-H life since the early days of the 1950s.” program. Owida and Clinton Franz have three children: son Tye, Dina Reitzel of the New Mexico Beef Council acknowledges, and daughters Talisha and Tessa. Talisha and Josh Valdez have two “Owaissa was a mentor who truly set the bar by working hard and daughters; Riata and Raley. Tessa, and Aaron Gutierrez have a daugh- giving her all to her county constituents by developing and presentter, Brinlee and twin boys Kincaid and Jensen. ing excellent educational programming, and changing the lives of Kodie and Les Hauser’s son Jesy and his wife Stacia have sons both adults and the 4-H youth in her charge.”

Slayde and Hayden and daughters Shayann and Harlie. Daughter Young Owaissa Moore stayed on the job for a lifetime in Union Janae and Sam Robinson have one son, Kenneth, and daughters County. For the last 76 years her work among family, community, Emberlee and Brindalyn. and the industry she loves has made a difference and changed lives.

Owida and Talisha are the second and third generations of Owais- Like Owaissa Moore Crites Heimann, this is a rare thing indeed. sa’s legacy to work in extension service in Union County.

Well done, Owaissa! Because of you, our lives are forever impacted for the better!

A rare legacy

Friends and colleagues agree that the petite, well-dressed, perfectly groomed woman in high heels has left a legacy, not just in Union County, but across New Mexico. The legacy is one of giving her best at all times. It entails being professional in all her dealings, and being known as honorable, truthful, and direct. She is a woman who has achieved the highest professional pinnacles in her profession, yet still takes the time to sit and guide a nine-year-old 4-Her who is stitching up her first apron.

“Owaissa has encouraged us to think, to be creative, and to figure out within ourselves innovative ways to make things work,” testified Tuda Libby Crews, another 4-Her who grew up under Owaissa, “It is because of her teaching that I know there is no such word as ‘can’t.’

I operate on the level of ‘can’ and figure out a way to make things work.”

Owaissa’s legacy lies with the people she taught. The woman who sews clothes for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, seams neat and true, because that is the way Owaissa taught her. The business leader who polishes his presentations because that is the way Owaissa taught him. The homemaker who isn’t afraid to make her voice heard because that is the way Owaissa taught her. The bookkeeper who knows she must account for every penny because that was the way Owaissa taught her. The professional who dots every I and crosses every T because that is the way Owaissa taught her. Bed sheets with hospital corners? That is the way Owaissa taught us.

How far does that legacy last? Generations of urbanites who have visited the Beef Council Booth at the state fair know about the beef industry and utilize beef recipes at home because of Owaissa’s tireless efforts.

Many Union County families have felt Owaissa’s influence in three or even four generations. As Barbara Podzemny noted, “Owaissa is a part of everything I do daily.

When I serve a meal I always think, ‘would Owaissa approve? Is there the right amount of color? Is everything perfect?’”

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Neil Burcham was one of a kind, with extraordinary skill for inspiring students and a great passion for the livestock industry. He also had an incredible memory, dedication to his students, and unique humor. The people whose lives he touched will never forget him.

He was born in Siloam Spring, Arkansas and attended high school in Jay, Oklahoma.

He served in the U.S. Army, and was then employed by Oscar Meyer and Company as a hog buyer. Burcham received his Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University, and his Masters degree from the University of Arkansas and became an instructor at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M before joining the faculty at New Mexico State University (NMSU). His appointment in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at NMSU was teaching, Extension and services.

He taught seven classes during his tenure: Introduction to Meat Animal & Production, Livestock Evaluation, Exhibiting Livestock, Swine Production, Advanced Livestock Evaluation, Internship, and Introduction to Genetics. He taught more than 10,000 students during the years he was at NMSU and was well known for finding jobs for hundreds of graduating students, through his vast connections in the livestock and related industries. The Department of Animal Science never needed a job placement program; he matched hundreds of students with their future employers.

Burcham spent thousands of hours outside the classroom, coaching the NMSU livestock judging teams to many intercollegiate championships and mentoring his students. He was the most successful recruiter of students for the college of ACES (Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences), and served as advisor to the college Block and Saddle Club and as advisor (and officiator) for the annual 4-H and FFA state championship judging contests.

He served as state Swine Extension Specialist for more than four decades, and managed the breeding programs for the Angus, Brangus, and Brahman herds at the college ranch, making them famous industry-wide. He also managed the NMSU annual bull sales, making contact with livestock breeders throughout the industry,

L. Neil Burcham

Brahmans were among Burcham’s favorite things.

selling bulls and raising millions of dollars and the livestock improvement fund. He for NMSU. raised more than $270,000 for the college As a beef cattle expert, he served as a con- ranch after he retired, due to his continuing sultant for many purebred and commercial passion for this program. operations in many states, and traveled all He had a tremendous influence on many over the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and livestock operations and several breed assoSouth America and Thailand judging live- ciations and in 2014 he received the American stock shows and participating in livestock Brahman Breeders Association Friend of the education seminars.

Year Award. The ABBA Executive Vice PresHe retired in 2017 but continued to raise ident Chris Shivers at that time stated that money for the university, securing many Burcham was indeed a friend of the breed donations for the water system at the college because of his passion for it and its role in ranch, the corrals at the ranch headquarters, the cattle industry.

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He promoted and helped improve the breed, conducting research with the university herd for more than 40 years, collecting ultrasound data and performance data, and stressing the importance of performance.

Burcham was one of the first people to ultrasound cattle and submit their records for analysis. With his work, new genetics were introduced to the breed to improve carcass traits and productivity.

Burcham passed away in December, 2022, at the age of 81. A public celebration of his life was held January 7, 2023, at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, and soon after, application for an honorary doctorate for him was made, in recognition of his 48 years of exemplary service to NMSU (1969 to 2017).

At the end of his career and after his death he received several other awards and recognition for his contribution to the livestock industry and to teaching. He was inducted into the NE Oklahoma Junior College Hall of Fame in 2022 for his success with their livestock judging teams before he came to NMSU. Burcham was inducted into the American Brahman Breeders Association Hall of Fame in March 2023 for his work with that Association and his development of the NMSU Brahman cattle herd. He was awarded an honorary FFA degree, the Charles Tharp Farms Distinguished Service Award, the Donald C. Roush Award for Excellence in teaching, and the College Ag and Home Economics Distinguished Teaching Award.

More than $165,000 was raised by his former students to have a classroom in the new Food Science, Safety and Security Complex named in his honor. He was recognized by NMSU on Founders Day April 27, 2023 as the newest Aggie Legend.

The NMSU Foundation is producing a video honoring him for his many years of service to the university and its students. He left an indelible mark on the lives of many NMSU students. Most of them say he was the most influential professor they ever had. His wit, wisdom and colorful stories still inspire former students and colleagues, and some of his sayings were so unique that people who knew him call them Burchamisms.

He was also very helpful and caring, and students knew they could count on him for guidance. Many students continued to stay in contact with Burcham, remaining close friends with him until his death. Former student Dan Delaney (1978 graduate) stated he not only appreciated Burcham’s mentoring, but also the strong friendship that remained.

He had a brilliant mind but shared his wisdom freely, Delaney said. In addition to the things he taught his students in the classroom and livestock judging arena, he taught them the value of working hard toward their goals. He taught not only with words, but also by his own actions, showing them the importance of honesty and integrity.

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imizing calf contact with manure-laced puddles by moving pregnant cows away from the pairs every two weeks. This allows pregnant cows to calve in cleaner pastures. Once all cows have calved and the calves are a month old, the groups are then brought back together.

Heifers Versus Cows It is always a good idea to plan the breeding seasons to ensure that heifers give birth to their first calf about one month before the mature cows in the herd, regardless of the time of year you choose for calving. This is because heifers calving for the first time will almost always take longer to rebreed than mature cows due to the additional nutritional demands of lactating for the first time while still growing themselves.

Giving heifers a one-month head start means allowing them to start breeding earlier so they have enough time to conceive and give birth in the beginning of the calving season. This helps ensure a timely and consistent calving season. Of course, all this depends on providing adequate nutrition.

Additional Considerations for Seedstock Herds

All other things being equal, older bulls typically provide a marketing advantage.

Therefore, seedstock producers should consider calving slightly earlier in the fall, such as a September to November calving season, to produce slightly older yearling bulls for marketing in southeastern fall bull sales that typically begin in October. Alternatively, seedstock producers could also implement a spring calving season (March to May) to meet the fall bull marketing season the following year with approximately 18- to 20-month-old bulls.

Other Factors Considerations for managing farm responsibilities and off-the-farm commitments or hobbies should be taken into account. For instance, handling the calving season alongside planting and harvesting various crops can pose significant challenges.

Similarly, off-the-farm job responsibilities may also be seasonal. Checking on cows, heifers, and their calves at least once a day, preferably more frequently, is ideal for ensuring successful calving. However, depending on your other obligations or engagements throughout the year, this can be demanding.

Therefore, when deciding the most suitable time for calving, it is important to consider

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Calving at Different Times of the Year The following tables represent some specific things to consider concerning nutrition and forages, reproduction, economics and marketing, health, and other considerations related to the advantages and disadvantages of calving at different times of the year.

However, production realities will be slightly different in various parts of the state and from one farm or ranch to another, so these advantages and disadvantages are simply provided as guidelines to consider when deciding the best time of year to calve for your particular operation.

It could be that your preferred calving window doesn’t exactly fit the examples provided below. Perhaps you would prefer a 60-day calving season, or maybe you would prefer to start in September and finish by November. Those are acceptable choices; think through some of the considerations in the following tables and apply them to your operation-specific realities when making that decision.

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by William Perry Pendley authorities of illegal aliens in custody to mericans are horrified by the nation’s prevent deportation but ensure future feloillegal immigration crisis; it is their No. nies, including murder. Today, they complain 1 issue, reports a new public opinion about the exorbitant cost of housing, feeding, poll, edging out inflation. Once a concern for and policing the waves of illegal aliens Arizona, California, Texas and New Mexico swarming into their cities. Those who suffer residents, it is now a national problem. After most, however, are not the mayors, who are all, the sight at the border of multitudes of just begging for federal dollars, but hapless single, military-aged men from scores of residents, rich and poor, black and white. countries with potentially incompatible civi- Hotels, recreational centers, and airports are lizations, cultures or causes is at once commandeered for illegal aliens, trashing stupefying and instructive. Because most are neighborhoods, educational opportunities, headed our way, we all live in border states. and travelers’ safety, health and happiness.

Unvetted, unvaccinated and uneducated, In NYC, everyone is livid, from Lady Gaga’s they are unprepared for life in America, even father on the Upper West Side to Representhose Biden’s Border Patrol ushers in and to tative Ocasio-Cortez’s Brooklyn constituents. whom it provides monies, cell phones, and It is no different in Boston, Philadelphia, transport deep in country with court dates Washington, D.C., Detroit, or Chicago. years in the future. One can only imagine Then, there is the crime. Once, crimes by the condition of the millions of “getaways” illegal immigrants who should have been but who arrive by authority of those who today were not deported after their second, fifth, control our southern border: the criminal or 10th illegal reentry was almost a cliché, cartels, and with them drugs, fentanyl, and but still tragic and horrifying. Now, with trafficked women and children, in what what Gov. Greg Gianforte says are 10 million Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. calls a “humanitarian illegal aliens (“10x the population of

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Coloradans watch in horror as that fate befalls Denver, perhaps worse given that 36,000 illegal immigrants arrived last year, which, says Mayor Mike Johnston, is more per capita than any other interior U.S. city.

Until recently, hundreds camped in an illegal tent city, but now live in apartments or group housing. Denver will spend $180 million, 10 percent of its annual budget, giving illegal immigrants housing, food, and other services, but its funds may not suffice to prevent collapse of Denver Health, where 8,000 illegal aliens had 20,000 free hospital visits at a cost of $136 million.

Still, Denver remains proud of its “sanctuary city” status — despite how it got a Denver man killed in 2017 — and draws those arriving illegally. So worrisome is that designation and the “significant public health risk” it poses of increased crime and disease that Denver’s southern neighbor, Douglas County, expressly affirmed it is not a sanctuary jurisdiction.

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Discussing its proposal in early January to take in Denver’s migrants, with further action set for Feb. 12, the council concluded that a “majority of Lakewood residents” support helping the Mile-High City mitigate its self-inflicted crisis. Councilor Sophia Mayott-Guerrero bragged, “[P]rogress is possible now in a way that it wasn’t even 3 years ago.”

Lakewood residents, aware of the impacts of the illegal immigration invasion on fellow Americans, may have a thing or two to say to the council next month. They may be asking how rewarding those illegally in this country to the detriment of, increased cost to, heightened aggravation of, and personal risk to its citizens may be called “progress.”

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it has taken so far to ease fertilizer prices, improve the capacity of the meat and poultry industries, and advance an antitrust agenda to increase competition in the agriculture sector. The Groundwork Collaborative report urged the Biden administration to go further, including by finalizing new rules to reduce concentration in the meatpacking industry.

“President Biden has made clear that as

by Abha Bhattarai and Jeff Stein / Washington Post in the industry gives large chains the ability input prices fall, corporations should pass mericans are finally getting a break to keep prices high, economic policy experts those savings on to consumers,” White from inflation, with prices for gaso- say.

House spokesman Michael Kikukawa said line, used cars and health insurance “I think people are waiting for prices to in a statement. “The Administration is all falling over the past year, relieving fami- return to what they call ‘normal’ — and with cracking down on exploitative and anti-comlies and buoying President Biden’s 2024 the exception of a few things, like eggs — petitive behavior in meat and poultry reelection bid. But prices painfully remain we’re not going to see that. We’re going to see markets, supporting state law enforcement high for one particularly frequent purchase: prices stabilize, and that’s likely it,” said efforts to stop practices that raise food prices, groceries.

Dawn Thilmany, an agricultural economist and pursuing all available avenues to lower Grocery prices have jumped by 25 percent and professor at Colorado State University. grocery prices for families.”

The high grocery prices reflect a number over the past four years, outpacing overall The Groundwork Collaborative, a inflation of 19 percent during the same left-leaning think tank, reported that almost of economic factors. The run-up in food period. And while prices of appliances, 30 percent of the rise in grocery prices has costs began early in the pandemic, when smartphones and a smattering of other been driven by just five categories of food supply-chain snarls and worker shortages goods have declined, groceries got slightly particularly vulnerable to supply chain collided with rampant demand for more expensive last year, with particularly shocks, including beef, chicken, fruits and groceries.

But more recent developments continue sharp jumps for beef, sugar and juice, among vegetables and snacks. other items.

Not all the news is bad. The rate of growth to keep prices high: Droughts and extreme Stubbornly high for grocery prices substan- heat have dampened production of fruits and grocery prices repretially cooled last year, vegetables. Dry spells in India and Thailand I think people are sent a critical drain on falling to 1.3 percent from have curtailed sugar exports. And an the finances of tens of 11.8 percent the year ongoing avian flu outbreak, the largest in U.S. waiting for prices to history, sent chicken and egg prices soaring, millions of people and before. remain, along with And while grocery though egg prices fell after an initial spike. return to what they Higher wages at processing plants, warehousing, perhaps the prices overall are up, some most persistent ecofood items saw substantial houses and grocery stores have also added call ‘normal’ — and nomic challenge for declines. Egg prices, after to costs. Meanwhile, Russia’s invasion of the Biden administrasoaring, fell by more than Ukraine in early 2022 prompted a spike in with the exception of tion as it tries to 20 percent last year. commodity prices for wheat, corn and vegeconvince Americans prices fell 17 table oils that are finally settling back down. a few things, like eggs Lettuce At the same time, demand for food — parthe economy is back percent, and tomato prices on solid footing. For fell by more than 7 percent, ticularly meat, nuts and fresh produce — has — we’re not going to see among similar other drops. remained elevated, as Americans splurge on all the attention on gas prices and housing, That momentum is higher-quality specialty goods and organic that. We’re going to more than two-thirds expected to continue: The items, according to Thilmany, of Colorado of voters say inflation Department State University. Households are generally see prices stabilize, and Agriculture has hit them hardest expects grocery prices to allocating more to groceries than they were through higher food drop 0.4 percent this year. before the pandemic, even after accounting that’s likely it.” prices, according to a “It wasn’t until last year for inflation, in part because their buying November 2023 — three years into the pan- habits have changed, she said.

“People started spending a ton on grocersurvey by Yahoo Finance/Ipsos. That’s more demic — that we made big strides on ending than 50 percentage points higher than any the labor shortages. So it’s going to take some ies during covid and for a large subset of other category. time,” said Claudia Sahm, an economist who Americans, that’s stuck,” Thilmany said.

But there is no immediate fix for policy- worked at the Federal Reserve. “Disinflation “They’re saying, ‘I’m still going to get that makers. Grocery prices remain elevated due is not going to happen in all parts of the rib-eye or New York strip even if it costs more’ — and that pushes prices further up.” to a mixture of labor shortages tied to the economy equally at the same time.”

The White House Council of Economic pandemic, ongoing supply chain disruptions, Pointing to a decline in the costs being droughts, avian flu and other factors far paid by producers, the Biden administration Advisers also found in a new report that beyond the administration’s control. Robust has said grocery stores can do more to alle- grocery store profit margins remain higher consumer demand has also fueled a shift to viate the sticker shock facing shoppers. An more expensive groceries, and consolidation administration spokesman also cited actions

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psychology professor at Widener University who studies consumer behavior. “When you’re buying a carton of eggs or a gallon of than their pre-pandemic levels. milk every week, it’s staring you right in the In Phoenix, Quentin Vaterlaus and his face over and over,” he said. family are spending 70 percent more on groLow-income families have been hit ceries than they did before the pandemic. hardest by rising grocery prices, and they Their weekly supermarket hauls added up to spend 31 percent of their income on food, more than $6,000 last year, up from about compared with 8 percent for wealthier ones. $3,500 in 2019, in Food insecurity is pa r t because rising and food banks t hey ’re eat i ng around the country At the moment, Trump is better, with more repor t sig ni f ica nt fresh herbs, whole looking like the better guy. increases in demand in wheat pastas and the past year, particuKalamata olives. larly af ter the Last time, I thought he had Still, he says expiration of extra they’re shopping pandemic food stamps too many scandals. But now around more, toglast February. (Still, g ling bet ween the Biden administrawith inflation going on, with F r y ’s Food, tion has also approved Safeway and local the largest-ever expanprices the way they are, it farmers markets sion in the food stamps for the best deals. program, resulting in seems like he wants to make “Higher prices an extra $36 per reciphave caused us to the economy better for people ient per month at the shop around a lot time.) more or simply go The Rhode Island like us.” w it hout,” said C om mu n it y Food Vaterlaus, 37, a Bank in Providence data analyst whose household income has now serves about 80,000 people a month, up risen 40 percent since 2019. “We look at the 20 percent from a year ago, according to weekly deals and only get what is on sale or Andrew Schiff, the food bank ’s chief needed.” executive.

Grocery prices tend to play an outsize role “This is absolutely the effect of high food in peoples’ perceptions of inflation. Unlike prices,” he said. “The high cost of groceries, more infrequent expenses — car insurance, combined with much higher rents and utility say, or property taxes — that might deliver a bills, has been a big burden for low-income similar dose of sticker shock, the sheer fre- families. We do believe that if food goes quency of grocery trips makes price increases down, that will be a very big help. That’s what harder to swallow, said Ross Steinman, a we’re hoping for — that in the next year, food

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prices will decline.”

Jasmine Sanders works two jobs, at H&R Block and at a home health-care company, but still struggles to afford food for herself and her two young children in Helena, Montana.

The single mother receives about $200 a month in food stamps, enough to buy two weeks’ worth of groceries, she said. Sanders and her son are lactose intolerant, requiring her to buy pricier items like oat milk and dairy-free yogurt. But she’s cutting back where she can, buying more generic items and less fresh produce, and has started stopping by a local food pantry once a month.

The difficulty of putting food on the table is making Sanders, 23, rethink her political leanings. Until a few weeks ago, she wasn’t planning to vote in this year’s presidential election because both candidates seemed the same, “sitting at those fancy desks, making decisions for rich people.” But lately, people at work have started talking politics and she’s started to change her mind. Sanders feels her financial footing slipping away, and says she worries about the future.

“At the moment, Trump is looking like the better guy,” she said. “Last time, I thought he had too many scandals. But now with inflation going on, with prices the way they are, it seems like he wants to make the economy better for people like us.”

And yet Donald Trump’s policies are poised to make grocery prices higher, not lower. The former president is campaigning on placing new tariffs on trillions of dollars of imports and mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, which would likely make costs significantly higher for domestic beef, chicken and dairy products. But for now at least, the politics of high grocery prices appears much more likely to be a problem for Biden.

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by Barry Denton morning, drive to work, put in your time, hours there is no guarantee that their cattle and drive back home at quitting time with or crops won’t die, and all that labor is for no personal investment, then what good nought. have you done yourself or your fellow man?

Risk is the secret ingredient that makes The one good thing is that you have secured people more industrious, it makes them your paycheck for that week. clever, and they also do not take themselves Stop and think about this. The dumbest too seriously. When is the last time a thing that you did when you got your job was “humble” government employee showed up agreeing to work for a certain amount for at your ranch and tried to help you rather each week. Why would you do that? Why than dictate a new policy to you? would you limit yourself to a certain amount They teach these guys that it is their each week when you are probably capable of mission to save the earth from the evil making twice or three times as much in that rancher and that cows are bad. Once those same period? guys get that green uniform and their name hat is right, if you are a rancher or You do it because you are programmed on their shirt, they get mighty important. farmer then you are already a high that way, and I recognize that many people Remember when the US Forest Service stakes gambler like they have in Las enjoy that security or “guarantee” of a was your friend and tried to help you? Now Vegas. What is safe about any of it? paycheck. we have these guys with a guaranteed payI think the worst word in the English However, this scenario has nothing to do check trying to tell high risk ranchers or language is “guarantee.” That word should with ranchers or farmers. Every day that they farmers what they should be doing. It just never enter your mind. Just look at what it get up in the morning their entire life and makes no sense. The guy with the guarandoes to people. livelihood are at risk. teed paycheck has absolutely nothing at risk.

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Consider how officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intend to require publicly traded companies to disclose climate-related risks and data on their direct, indirect, and value-chain produced greenhouse gas emissions.

The ESG (environmental, social, and governance)-based mandate will take effect under the climate disclosure rule, which the SEC will finalize in the coming months. It will harm many currently non-regulated suppliers, including farmers, ranchers, and facility owners, simply because they do business with a registered company.

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The rule will effectively require companies to prioritize politically motivated stakeholder groups and finance industry players ahead of the legal owners of corporations: their shareholders.

The SEC’s mission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. Instead, the agency is proclaiming itself a climate policy enforcer without any congressional authorization. SEC regulators are overstepping their

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The SEC may be aiming for the most ambitious and expensive mandate in the history of corporate finance regulation, but CEI is prepared. Your contribution today will allow us to disseminate reasoned analysis, motivate Congress to scrutinize SEC actions, and evaluate potential legal challenges once the final rule is announced.

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John Wenzel, 2024 BQA Educator Award Winner

Awards, sponsored by Cargill. The National BQA Awards, funded in part by the Beef Checkoff, annually recognize outstanding beef and dairy producers, marketers and educators.

“These winners are committed to incorporating BQA principles into their day-to-day operations,” said Josh White, senior executive director of producer education and sustainability at NCBA. “Their dedication to animal care and continuous improvement results in high-quality beef for consumers.”

Dr. John Wenzel, New Mexico When New Mexico brought BQA to the state in the early 1990s, Dr. John Wenzel, DVM, stepped up to teach producers the principles and management techniques to he National Cattlemen’s Beef Associa- improve beef quality and safety. Traveling tion (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef thousands of miles and conducting BQA Checkoff, announced the winners of training sessions for hundreds of beef prothe 2024 Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) ducers, Dr. Wenzel’s BQA education

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L & H Manufacturing . . . . 76 Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . 80 Laflin Ranch . . . . . . . . 45, 78 Lavender Brangus . . . . . . 40 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . 77 Lazy J&G Sales . . . . . . . . . 77 Lonestar Stockyards, LLC . . 74 Lyssy & Eckel Feeds . . . . .116 Major Ranch Realty . . . 18, 77 Manzano Angus . . . . . 41, 79 McKenzie Land & Livestock 21 McPherson Heifer Bulls . . . 79 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . 55, 76 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . 38 Monfette Construction Co. 76 Murney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 NM Angus Bull & Heifer Sale 39 NM Federal Lands Council .111 NM Hereford Assoc. . . . . . 47 NM Premier Ranch Properties86 NM Purina Dealers . . . . . .124 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . 62, 65, 68, 70 NMSU Cattle & Horse Sale . 71 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . 81 Olson Land and Cattle 78, 107 PBRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Perez Cattle Company . . 3, 78 Pot Of Gold Gelbvieh Assoc.122 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Punchy Cattle Company 69, 94 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . 7

Corn Beef Set Bulls A Great of Horned

& Polled Yearling & Coming 2 Hereford Bulls For Sale at the Ranch

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Mike & Jennifer Corn 575-420-3630 mwc1983@roswellwool.com

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Redd Ranches . . . . . . . . . 11 Republic Ranches, LLC . . . 82 Rio Grand Classic Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . . . 76 Rocky Mountain Santa Gertrudis . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Roswell Brangus Breeders Co-Op . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Roswell Livestock Auction Co.50 Running Creek Ranch . . . . 80 Rusty’s Weigh Scales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Salazar Ranches . . . . . . . . 92 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . 79 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . 64, 78 Southwest Beef Symposium . . . . . . . . . 92 Sowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Split Ranch Resources 52, 106 Stallard Real Estate Services 82 Suther Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sutphin Cattle Co . . . . . . . 65 T & S Manufacturing . . . .103 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . 76 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . 64 Thompson Ranch . . . . 80, 101 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . 79 Tucumcari Bull Test . . . . . . 29 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . 79, 115 U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 66 United Country Real Estate 85 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . 54 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Utah Beef Field Day . . . . . 98 Vaquero Productions . . . .102 Verde Real Estate . . . . . . . 86 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . 76 W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . 114 Walking Spear Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Waypath . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Weaver Ranch . . . . . . . . . 28 West Star Herefords . . . 56, 78 Westwater . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . 66 Zia Real Estate . . . . . . . . . 86

EXPRESS RANCHES

Spring Bull Sale MARCH 1, 2024 NOON • at the Ranch Yukon, Oklahoma

450 ANGUS BULLS SELL 50 HEREFORD BULLS SELL …featuring the EX Cattlemen’s Congress Grand & Reserve Champion Angus Carload & Reserve Champion Angus Pen Bulls » FREE DELIVERY ON BULLS » PICK UP SALE-DAY DISCOUNTS APPLY » BUY IN VOLUME ON BULLS AND SAVE 5% or 10%

[405] 350-0044 Bob Funk, Owner Kevin Hafner • Donnie Robertson • Mark Squires 2202 N. 11th St., Yukon, OK 73099

EPDs dated 01/05/2024

WWW.EXPRESSRANCHES.COM

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33rd ANNUAL

100 GELBVIEH & BALANCER BULLS

PAP TESTED - HIGH ALTITUDE CATTLE

Februar y 23, 2024 12:00 NOON

Montrose, Colorado

“Providing dependable genetics to commercial and purebred cattlemen for over 33 years.”

Mark Covington (970) 209-1956 Dave Bowman (970) 323-6833 122 FEBRUARY 2024

For online catalog and videos visit:

www.gelbviehbulls.net

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ROSWELL BRANGUS SALE Feb 24, 2024 Roswell Livestock Auction Roswell, NM Females – 11:00 am Lunch for Buyers – 12 noon Bulls — 1:00 pm Horses sell immediately after the Bull sale Cattle available for viewing Friday, February 23

SELLING:

- 50 Brangus & Ultrablack Bulls - Over 200 Open & Bred Commercial Females 10 Super Select Ranch Horses Online Bidding at www.xitwesternproductions.com

IS CHANGING AT TH D E E R B A TO LL BU K UPGRADE YOUR BLAC user friendly, If you could use thick, check out our rock footed, beef bulls gus Sale. pens at the Roswell Bran le Catalog — Call Bill Morrison for Sa 575-760-7263

THE INDUSTRY.

} HEAT TOLERANCE & DISEASE RESISTANCE } SHEDDING ABILITY & MULTI-REGION ADAPTABILITY } INCREASED LONGEVITY & SOUNDNESS } REDUCED INPUT COST = LONG-TERM PROFITABILITY } IMPROVED YIELD GRADE & CUTABILITY WITHOUT SACRIFICING QUALITY GRADE

lackmorrisonbrangus.com Joe Paul & Rosie Lack • P.O. Box 274 • Hatch, NM 87937 • Ph. 575-635-0274 Racheal Carpenter • 575-644-1311 Bill Morrison • 411 CR 10, Clovis, NM 88101 • 575-760-7263 • bvmorrison@yucca.net CONTACT ROSWELL BRANGUS BREEDERS CO-OP FOR BRANGUS BULLS & FEMALES

Brown Brothers Ranch JAY, CARRIE, & SARAH HOLLIFIELD 3930 S. Brown Road, Roswell, NM 88203 bbr.slf@gmail.com Jay: (575) 626-1776 Carrie: (575) 626-1777 Sarah: (575) 840-9128

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Lack-Morrison Brangus JOE PAUL & ROSIE LACK P.O. Box 274, Hatch, NM 87937 Phone: 575-267-1016 • Fax: 575-267-1234 Racheal Carpenter 575-644-1311 BILL MORRISON 411 CR 10, Clovis, NM 88101 Phone: 575-760-7263 Email: bvmorrison@yucca.net lackmorrisonbrangus.com

Parker Brangus LARRY & ELAINE PARKER P.O. Box 146, 1700 N. Parker Road San Simon, AZ 85632 Larry’s Cell: 520-508-3505 Diane’s Cell: 520-403-1967 Business – 520-845-2411 Email: jddiane@vtc.net or parker_brangus@yahoo.com

Townsend Brangus PATTI TOWNSEND P.O. Box 278 Milburn, Oklahoma 73450 Home: 580-443-5777 STEVEN & TYLER TOWNSEND 580-380-1968 PHILIP TOWNSEND 580-465-7487 FEBRUARY 2024

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Bunks Feed Hobbs, NM Jim Selman • 575-397-1228

Dickinson Implement Co. Tucumcari, NM Dwight Haller, 575-461-2740

One Stop Feed, Inc. Clovis, NM Austin Hale • 575-762-3997

Case & Co. Tucumcari, NM Luke Haller • 575-403-8566

Double D Animal Nutrition Artesia, NM Don Spearman • 575-302-9280

Purina Animal Nutrition Eastern NM Steve Swift, 575-760-3112

Cowboy’s Corner Lovington, NM Wayne Banks • 575-396-5663

Lincoln County Mercantile Capitan, NM Rance Rogers, 575-354-4260

Purina Animal Nutrition Western NM Joram Robbs, 520-576-8011

Creighton’s at The Fort Fort Sumner, NM Garland Creighton, 575-760-6149

Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply Roswell, NM 575-622-9164

Creighton’s Town & Country Portales, NM Garland Creighton, 575-356-3665 124 FEBRUARY 2024

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