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28 News Update 46 Old Times

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52 BEEF It’s What’s for Dinner: Beef Tri Tip Roast 61 Farm Bureau Minute

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69 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn 68 In Memoriam 75 On The Edge of Common Sense

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FEATURES 31 Feral Swine Eradication Update 36 Judge Deals Major Blow to Animal Rights Groups

by Ales MacLean, Union Democrat

37 10 Things You Should Know About Limousin Cattle 39 Genomic Testing: Measuring Genetic Merit

by Caroline Graham, DNA Specialist, Red Angus News

40 Is Leptospirosis Lurking?

by John Maday, Drovers

42 Exxon Sues the Suers

by Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg

50 Free-Roaming Salt River Horses Get Long-Term Protection with Agreement Between State & Feds

by Jessica Boehm, The Republic, azcentral.com

59 Why Breed Santa Gertrudis Cattle?

62 Chance Named CowBelle of the Year 66 Cattle Growers Present Scholarships 67 Joint Stockmen’s Convention Awards 78 Ancient DNA Upends Horse Family Tree

by Elizabeth Pennisi, www.sciencemag.org

90 Animal Science Growing at Mesalands Community College 100 The Sordid History of New Water for Southwest New Mexico

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101 Pending Transport Regs Could Be Bad for Live Animals

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The Salt River free-roaming, not wild, not feral horses, are featured on this month’s cover.

The horses have been the subject of controversy that seems to have been solved. See story on page 50.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Randell Major NMCGA President-Elect

Thank You …

Tom Sidwell President Quay Randell Major President-Elect Magdalena Jack Chatfield Vice President at Large Mosquero Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Blair Clavel NE Vice President Roy Jeff Bilberry SE Vice President Elida Ty Bays SW Vice President Silver City Shacey Sullivan Secretary/Treasurer Albuquerque Pat Boone Past President Elida

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hank you for the opportunity to serve as your President elect. I’m honored and understand the importance that Cattle Growers serves to our state and the future of our agriculture industry by being in the trenches with Caren and Michelle during the 30-day Session this year. I want to thank them for keeping me lined out during this session.

And also to my wife Lynn and son Matt for holding the fort down while I was away.

Thank you to everyone who attended the legislative board meeting this session. It was great to see all the hats in the State Capitol. We received many compliments from legislators for being there. It really does make a difference. We appreciate all the bill readers as well.

It really helps having an additional set of eyes to help catch any issues that may impact our industry.

We followed many bills and had to send out an Action Alert for HB 163. This bill will create a new special use valuation for tax assessment that allows unimproved land to be taken out of agriculture. Large acreages taken out of agriculture for conservation will harm the counties by reducing tax income and economic activity. This bill had a lot of opposition and was heard but not acted on. Big thanks to everyone who emailed, called their legislators, and made the trip to show opposition on HB 163. You made a difference. We will have to be ready because it will be back next year.

HB 64 “Pet Food fee for Animal programs”. This bill has passed both branches of the legislature and now awaits the Governor’s signature. This bill proposes to increase funding for spay/neuter programs for low income pet owners by increasing the fee charged to pet food companies per product. The increased fee charged to products may be passed on to consumers by increased costs of foods. We have asked the Governor to veto this bill.

We attended a meeting concerning the CDL requirement. This regulation when written in 1986, states the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) requires everyone over 26,000 pounds to have a CDL and purposely excluded most everyone not driving a semi-truck.

Over the years, trucks have improved in quality and safety making them weigh more. We as ranchers, farmers, horse owners and breeders, livestock show participants, sponsored rodeo participants, 4-H parents, are not commercial drivers. Our activities should not have regulations that were clearly written to govern a separate industry. This regulation needs to be updated to reflect the true intent of those rules. We will have a presentation by the New Mexico State Police and the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Department at this year’s mid-year convention in Ruidoso.

The Roundhouse Feed was a great success again this year. I was amazed by the organization of the ag group feeding every single person in the State Capitol. Everyone was very appreciative. It is a reminder of what agriculture does every day. I am proud to be a part of this team.

Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque

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TO THE POINT

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

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he last few weeks have been all about horses. The State of Arizona and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) have even come up with new terminology for unclaimed horses that don’t fit the federal the federal definition of a “wild” horse or don’t like the commonly used word “feral” — they are now free-roaming horses. This is a term that might be worth remembering.

Arizona and the USFS have come up with a plan to deal with the “Salt River Horses” that have been roaming near Phoenix for years. In the past years the horse herd has been the center of great controversy. While some of those horses may have been in the area for years, it appears that there are also horses being dumped in the area. There is one story of a horse in the herd with a rope around its neck with papers attached. For details on the agreement see the article

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Giddy Up on page 55.

Meanwhile back in New Mexico, the Navajo Nation issued a proclamation to allow horse hunting on a part of the Nation.

Trial members could purchase a permit for $5. Non-tribal members could get one for $10. The goal was to reduce a horse herd by 60 to protect wildlife in the area.

However, once the proclamation was issued followed by a media outcry, the proclamation was withdrawn. It remains to be seen if there will be another one issued.

The feral horses impounded by the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), per state statute, a small group of horses near Alto in Lincoln County in August 2016 are back in the news. Per a Lincoln County District Court decision, the NMLB was ordered to return the horses to Alto with a group of individuals in the area taking responsibility

for the care and feeding of the animal.

This order has thrown the ability of the NMLB to manage horses that are running loose into limbo. In 2017 the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) attempted to pass legislation to rectify the situation so that loose horses could be continued to be managed for the protection of human health and safety by the NMLB. That didn’t happen because even the wild horse advocates couldn’t even agree on what they wanted out of the bill.

Since September 2016 those horses have been held in stalls with runs being hand fed every bite. There have been three foals born since that time. The group of folks caring of those horses has dwindled to only a few and they are worn out physically, emotionally and financially.

The litigation in 2016 was brought by the

Wild Horse Observers Association (WHOA) a litigious Placitas-based group. WHOA undertook a fundraising to provide for the care of horses. However, now there are allegations that the money didn’t make it to the people charged with the care of the horses.

The allegations are that the funds raised have been spent on the litigation. WHOA is currently on their third attorney in the case.

The NMLB has also had a change of representation due to the resignation of their attorney in 2017.

On February 26 the Lincoln County judge heard a motion from the few folks left taking care of the horses to release them from the obligation of that care. The folks asked that they be allowed to adopt out the horses because they are humanized after their confinement and can no longer be turned out in the “wild.” In the alternative, they asked that the NMLB take the horses back.

The judge ordered that the horses be taken into custody jointly by the NMLB and WHOA, with the two equally splitting the cost of care until May. A trial will be held between May 14 and 18 to determine the outcome of the WHOA lawsuit filed back in 2016. You may want to mark those dates your calendar and plan a trip to the Lincoln

County Courthouse in Carrizozo.

At this writing the second meeting of The Range Improvement Task Force at group is in progress. This time the animal New Mexico State University is working to rights horse advocates are at the table. As bring the various interests involved with you might imagine, the room is filled with the issue of overpopulation of feral and/or tension and strong differences of opinions. wild. The endeavor started in the fall of 2017 Sitting in the back of the room by the with a meeting in Albuquerque bringing door, it seems clear that there is little chance together largely tribes and pueblos from for there to be an agreed up solution. The across the state along with horse owners. reasons are many but the bottom line is that The message there is no appreciawas clear from that tion for facts, truth or meeting. There is a science from the We had a whole tremendous overanimal rights advop opulation on cates. Furthermore, presentation about many reservations they come in with across the state. On their non-negotiable horse “families.” I won’t go the Navajo Nation bottom lines that alone there are at stifle any discussion back through my thoughts on of solutions, least 40,000 to short or 50,000 unwanted long term.

Additionthat subject. I wrote about horses that are ally there is little to no doing dramatic respect for anyone that recently. Families don’t else’s harm to the range e ducation, and to wildlife who experience, educalive happily forever after in depend upon it. tion or point of view.

There were draThere is wide disany species.” matic photos of cussion of star ving mares government funding with emaciated foals as well as horses birth control and even paying ranchers for driving elk off watering holes. reducing their cattle or sheep numbers in

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favor running horses for the government. is not a growing industry,” according to the First, where does the money come for this? founder of WHOA. Clearly, this is wrong on Second, what about the natural resource so many levels. We grow food and fiber damage horses cause on the range? every day. Ag statistics tell us that there are We had a whole presentation about more people involved in agriculture over horse “families.” I won’t go back through the past decade. my thoughts on that subject. I wrote about Sadly the population is growing fast that recently. Families don’t live happily enough that less than 1.5 percent of Amerforever after in any species. i c a ns a r e d i r e c t l y i nvo l ve d i n Preposterous statements are often “growing things.” made with no consideration of reality.

Unfortunately, this is the case in the vast The Memorial Legislative Session… majority controversial processes that we With a few notable exceptions, this was participate in. If you come to the table with a pretty calm and uneventful Session. hard lines already drawn, there is no chance Thankfully revenues are up and there was of agreement. Those lines always demand much less animosity in developing a that natural resources give up something. budget. Work was done to begin to restore That has been the case with the anti groups funds and agencies whose reserves have as well as often the federal government. been swept in the last few years and new As Bud Eppers stated decades ago, there projects were back on the table. must be give and take. If you enter a room There were many bills passed that, at with a pie and give up a piece of that pie, press time, are waiting for action from the how long will that last until you are Governor. There were a bunch of memorials out of pie? passed, too.

We have another day of this symposium.

There were two issues that the NMCGA Check in next month to see if anything devoted a lot of time and energy to. One interesting happens. that got by us and another that was laid to In closing, I must share what I found to rest at least for the short term. be the quote of the morning. “Agriculture The pet food tax was one that we

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opposed, which earned the statement that the NMCGA would forever be responsible for actions of feral dogs. The initial bill proposed that the New Mexico Department of Agriculture raise pet food licensing fees f rom $2 to $10 0 p er pro duc t .

Then by some unknown process, these additional fees will be transferred to the Veterinary Board’s animal sheltering committee to pay for the spaying and neutering clinics across the state to reduce the population of feral dogs (that is still an okay term to use regarding dogs and cats). The billed called for large counties to get more of this money than small counties.

The proponents of the bill claimed that would not raise the price of pet foods and even if it did, everyone should be able to afford it.

Those against the bill believe that the fee will quickly become a tax and will lead to the elimination of products available for pets in New Mexico.

Bottom line it is a T-A-X. The other issue was the creation of a special use valuation for conservation for land coming out of agriculture. This measure aims directly at the heart of rural communities and families. Although the

Western Lands Alliance claimed that the bill would create something like 2,600 jobs and over a billion dollars in new revenue, there was no data supplied to support that claim.

There were numerous claims about the bill that have not been supported by any facts and a wide variety of rationales to support the need. One of the original reasons for the bill in 2017 was to provide assistance to small landowners who can no longer maintain any sort of agriculture on their land. Interestingly enough, the 2018 bill created a minimum of 10 acres to even be able to participate in the program.

In an effort to compromise, as directed by some legislators, NMCGA and others have suggested putting a cap on the amount of acre that could qualify for the special use valuation. The number we were thinking about was 160 acres. That would help the small landowners, right?

That is one of those non-negotiables that prohibit any compromise.

Many believe the Western Landowners Alliance is a simple group that is here to help ranchers. I might suggest that you spend a little time on their website, look at their Board of Directors, and draw your own conclusions.

New Mexico Elections Just Around the Corner The State Primary Election is slated for June 5, 2018. All state-wide offices are up for election as the New Mexico House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives and one U.S. Senate seat. There are numerous county offices that will be elected in November 2018.

NOW is the time to get to know the candidates at all levels. Many of the seats have primary contests.

But please do know who is running and what they stand for. Do their principles agree with yours? Are they sympathetic to your needs? Will they stand up for you against “popular” opinion?

When you find those that will, get out your checkbook and help them. Even $5 will help. Help them reach out to your friends and neighbors and let them know what you have learned or create an opportunity to introduce them.

Every vote makes a difference. Yours could be the one that put reasonable people in office.

NMCGA, the New Mexico CowBelles, the New Mexico Federal lands Council and this year the New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts is scheduled for June 10 through 12 at the Ruidoso Convention Center, along with the Annual Meeting of the New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. The headquarters hotel is the Lodge and it will likely fill up pretty quickly. The convention room rate is $109 plus tax for a double. Call soon to make reserve your room.

The agenda is shaping up to be good one, including a presentation on the ELD/ CDL regulatory problems, a statewide candidate forum and a whole lot more!

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y intent was to start the year off with a bang and boy did we! January and February were a whirlwind for the New Mexico CowBelles. I had the opportunity to represent the CowBelles and join the New Mexico Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership group to “Shop for a Cause” for Ronald McDonald House. We were well represented by myself, Connie Baca Lamb (Sacaton) and Anita Hand (Sacaton) who shopped for meat for the group. After shopping we had the opportunity to tour the House, which was such a heart-warming experience. While we were there I was also able to arrange for our group to cook for the house when we come back to Albuquerque for annual meeting in November.

As it gets closer we will need a group of up to twelve to prepare dinner for the residents of Ronald McDonald House on Nov. 29.

Next we were in Santa Fe for Ag Fest and our first CowBelle Legislative Action Day. At

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AgFest we had a very busy night handing out samples of beef jerky and beef rub with recipes and information. We got to visit with a lot of people, hopefully recruited some new members and recruited some Beef Ambassador contestants! Thank you to Nancy Phelps our President Elect from Chamiza for organizing our AgFest booth.

Our Legislative Day was information filled and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our participants. We learned some things we could do better and are considering implementing a second-level class next year for return participants. I think that this is a great opportunity with potential to grow in the future. Big thank you to Anita Hand our Legislative Chair for being the lead organizer and thank you to Caren Cowan, Rep. Gail Armstrong, and Rep. Yvette Herrell for speaking to our group.

Thank you to Casey Spradley (Broomtails), Myranda Waldo (Corriente), Sherry Ibarra (Chamiza), Deborah VanTellingen (Copper) Connie Baca (Sacaton), and Nancy Phelps (Chamiza) for attending the Legislative Action Day and helping out at AgFest!

While in Santa Fe I had the pleasure of attending the New Mexico Beef Council Meeting and sharing what wonderful things we’ve been doing and are planning

for the future. It was great to learn about the work that the Beef Council does and look for opportunities for a strong partnership with them moving forward as we both evolve and accomplish our missions.

A few days later I found myself in Santa Fe again, this time at the meeting of the New Mexico Cattle Growers. We beat the streets attending committee meetings and in particular speaking to legislators about our opposition to HB 163.

Last but not least we worked the Roundhouse Feed in Santa Fe. Dina Chacon-Reitzel and Dee Baca did a wonderful job bringing together all of the agricultural organizations to feed the legislators and their staff a great dinner. Shout out to New Mexico Cattle Growers for bringing delicious BEEF! It was exciting to see so many CowBelles helping out! We were well represented with Betsy Peralta (Corriente), Linda Davis (Silver Spur), Charity Underwood (Corriente & NMCB Vice President), Casey Spradley (Broomtails & NMCB Treasurer), Caroline McCoy (Corriente), Ryleigh Lamb (Corriente), Grady Le Ivins (Corriente), Fita Witte (Mesilla Valley), Janet Witte (Mesilla Valley), Anita Hand (Sacaon), Caren Cowan (Non-Local), continued on page 20 >>

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Jolene Vigil (Pretty Tough), Dina Chacon-Reitzel (Non-local), Michelle Frost (Non-Local), Shacey Sullivan (Chuckwagon), Zita Lopez (Silver Spur), and Debi Hughes (Non-Local).

I have never been so proud to represent our organization as I have been standing beside all of you ladies from around the state who made great things happen this legislative season. I hope to see many more of you at our upcoming district meetings!

Get those boots on the ground and let’s promote beef!

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Chamiza CowBelles – The February meeting held in TorC, President Nancy Phelps presiding with eight members present. Report on Ag Fest and Legislative Day in Santa Fe, where he Beef by-products poster was displayed and received many comments from people who did not realize all the uses of a cow. CowBelles handed out samples of beef jerky – a big hit; a possible fundraiser. Group decided to reimburse Nancy and Sherry for registration fees of $25 each for the Santa Fe festivities. After visit with the high school the CowBelle scholarship moved to first deadline; to submit an applicant for the Pat Knowlin scholarship; deadline March 15 and includes vocational schooling and academic in the criteria. A minor change made to the point system on rubric and reduced the essay points from 35 to 30 in order to increase the CowBelle association from 5 points to 10.

Ag Day is March 15 at city arena in Williams-

burg (Punk Greer Arena). Chamiza CowBelles will serve peach cobbler and ice cream, volunteers needed for this event.

Annual District Meetings begin on March 16. District I - Belen; March 17 Districts II and IV - Roswell at the sale barn; and District III - Silver City on March 23. Anyone may attend meeting of choice. Nancy feels local should pay registrations for those who attend; no final decision made. Three hundred quilt tickets printed with a photo of the quilt on them by The Shipping Corner on Third Street at a cost of $25. Nancy distributed five tickets to those in attendance. The quilt is large and difficult to display, group decided to use photo tickets rather than 2-part tickets. Nancy plans to display the quilt at the district meetings but needs ideas on other locations. Susan Montgomery presented a program on the Open Arms Pregnancy center, a free service for planned and unplanned pregnancies with assistance until the child is 3 years of age. She passed out baby bottle banks for fund-raising campaign to be returned at the next meeting.

A suggestion made regarding beef drawing; to draw for both halves of the beef. Discussion followed, conclusion made, more money made by selling as before due to processing cost and definite dollars. Jodell won the door prize of free lunch. Meeting adjourned at 1 p.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce February Corriente CowBelle Meeting Minutes - The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. on February 8, 2018 by President Ashley Ivins. Willa Stone reported 34 regular

members and nine junior members, and introduced guest Char Worrell to the group.

Cheryl Barber gave the treasurers report to be filed for audit and the minutes were accepted as emailed. Ashley reported the quilt still at quilters. Discussion regarding cookbook layout and pricing occurred, shipping was added to the quote. After revisiting the prices it was decided to use King’s Press and order 1000 copies of the book. Cassidy and Ashley will be working on order form for book profiles, which will be $50 each and include a copy of the book with a limit of 100 profiles. That money will offset the cost of printing. Group will work with submissions for the book on a case by case basis for quality of printing etc. The dinner theater fundraiser was reported on.

Tickets were passed out to the members to sell. Everyone excited about the event and many volunteered to play a part. Betsy will be working with everyone to rehearse. The group donated $50 to the club calf show.

Kim will work a sale booth at the event and any money raised up to $100 additional will be donated to the show. The group “passed the hat” to collect donations for the Pat Nowlin Scholarship fund in honor of Sharon King who recently passed away. Cheryl will mail a check and report the amount collected at the next meeting. She also reminded everyone to attend the District Meeting in Roswell in March. She spoke about the Beef Ambassador Contest and Ranch Management Camp and encouraged everyone to let kids in the proper age group know to apply. For the New Mexico Cow-

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Belle Man of the Year, nominate Mike Gaines for the award. For the Pat Nowlin Scholarship nominate Adrianna Romero, daughter of RoseAnn Romero (member). The group asked to do a fundraiser in conjunction with a BBQ cookoff and dance at No Scum in White Oaks. It was decided to do the cash party again and purchase food for ticket holders from the cookoff. Ashley accepted Dollie McCowen’s resignation as secretary and opened the floor for nominations.

Cassidy said she would be willing to serve, and was elected. At 8:26 the meeting adjourned.

Powderhorn Cattlewomen met on February 8, with eight members present.

President Sandy McKenna opened the meeting with all reciting the Invocation, Pledge and Creed. January minutes were approved and treasurer’s report was filed for audit. Final form for the I-40 billboard was signed and returned. Discussions were held for participation in serving B-B-Q at the Bosque Redondo Ghourd Dance to be held on May 12, at the Old Fort Days and at Bosque Redondo 150 Treaty Anniversary, June 8. Bosque Officials are expecting 8001000 people with Dignitaries from all over the United States to attend. Great opportunity to promote Beef! District meeting is

March 17 in Roswell and all are encouraged to attend. Jimminell Cook gave a presentation on growing up on a ranch in Prescott Arizona. She was delightful! Next regular meeting will be in April. Joan Key Secretary The regular monthly meeting of the Chuckwagon CowBelles was held on February 13, 2018 at the Valencia County Extension Office in Los Lunas, with 17 members and one guest present. The meeting was called to order at 10:30. The CowBelle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and CowBelle Creed were led by President Lyn Greene followed by the program given

by Ken Hayes of the Hays Honey & Apple Farm in Bosque Farms. There was good information and questions after which the business meeting was resumed. The Donation Bucket collected $35 that will be given to a FFA State Officer in May 2018 and the group will have collected donations for six months at the end of April. Minutes of the January 9th meeting were approved as mailed and mailed. The Treasurer’s report will be filed for audit. The club voted to again give a donation or $100 to the Mountainair Rodeo Club for the 2018 Rodeo season. A thank you note from Phyllis Hawley was read thanking the club for the donation in her mother’s name to the Pat

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2018 Handbook pages and new state directories were given out. Check February Wrangler for upcoming dates and events.

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Three Tricks Help Hire the Best Millennial Workers These tips could help you hire responsible workers who know how to make decisions and accept correction.

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ltimately, responsibility is a key trait you are seeking from anyone you hire, Tyler says. Unfortunately it is difficult to discern responsibility in an interview. If it were legal, you might ask, “Do you live with your parents? Are you married and for how long? Do you have a mortgage?”

Since you cannot, the question becomes one of how you can make a presort hiring to find the best young workers?

Tyler says research from across a broad spectrum of hiring managers has found three backgrounds that improve the probability millennials will be good workers.

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1. Military experience. “The findings are that the military has changed how they develop personnel and all personnel are

expected to make many more decisions in tunity Commission, Tyler warns. Certainly the field on their own, regardless of rank. many applicants will place military experiHiring managers have found that people ence and farm work experience on their with military experience are good problem resumes and likely on a job application. solvers, take initiative, and are much easier Organized sports may not come up in a conto manage and lead,” Tyler says. versation, but you can ask about it as a part 2. Farm experience. Workers who grew of an applicant’s personal experiences, up on a farm and were active in daily activi- similar to mentioning associations where ties tend to have the ability to solve problems they have been active. Some of the areas you and see a job through to the end. cannot ask about are marriage, home own3. Played organized sports through ership, or whether or not they own a car. If high school or college. Maybe the biggest they bring up one of these topics in conversurprise, Tyler adds, but hiring managers sation you can ask questions for more clarity, have found young workers who played a lot but don’t ask a lot of probing questions. of organized sports are more able to accept Tyler says, “The key is that they need to and put into use constructive criticism. offer this information voluntarily, at their Incidentally, it’s worth noting, Tyler adds, sole discretion. You can ask follow-up, openthat a college degree has shown to have less ended questions such as, ‘So tell me about value than we might think in helping your house,’ or ‘So what kind of car do you produce good workers and managers. The drive’ or ‘Do you work on your own car?’ or tech giant Google found good grades in ‘So how long have you been married?’ college only helped workers in the first two “Again, be very cautious with these quesyears and had little to do with management tions, and only ask them if they brought ability. Experience in working with people them up,” he says. played a much greater role in manageYou can ask, “Do you have reliable transrial success. portation?” as a question, because you are Much of what you can or cannot ask or not asking directly about whether or not the consider in hiring is defined by the Ameri- applicant owns a car, but rather you are concans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and firming that the person can reliably get to regulated by the Equal Employment Oppor- work.

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NEW MEXICO FEDERAL LANDS NEWS

by Frank Dubois

More government misconduct, wilderness testimony, a letter on grazing and a new rural tax

Government misconduct

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y two most recent columns have covered the mistrial in the Bundy case and then the dismissal “with prejudice” of all charges against the Bundys.

Recently, several court documents were unsealed for the first time. I reviewed the documents, which included several motions to dismiss and the transcript of Judge Gloria Navarro’s final decision. Given the media’s bias in favor of the prosecution I was concerned their reports had overstated the government misconduct due to their disappointment in the outcome. What I found was just the opposite.

For instance, the government’s justification for such a “highly militarized” approach to the cattle confiscation was the danger posed by Cliven Bundy and his family. I had previously written that an FBI threat assessment came to the opposite conclusion.

Indeed, the recently disclosed documents show there were actually four such threat assessments completed. Those threat assessments were prepared by the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, the Southern Nevada Counterterrorism Task Force, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Gold Butte Cattle Impound Risk Assessment, and they all concluded the Bundys posed no danger and referred to Cliven Bundy’s history of seeking non-violent and legal means of addressing the issues, These documents, which had not been turned over to the defense, demonstrate the BLM’s entire plan of operation was based upon a lie.

One of the key defense theories was that some of the defendants were there to protest the government’s treatment of the Bundys.

The government, however, charged that defendant Ryan Payne had made ‘false statements”, including his claim that government snipers were placed around the Bundy home.

It was previously disclosed that the snipers did, in fact, exist. The new documents show that after finally admitting the existence of the snipers, the government argued that technically they weren’t really “snipers”, and besides they were not actually “deployed” and were only “training” in the area. Judge Navarro found this argument “disingenuous”

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and “a deliberate attempt to mislead and to obscure the truth”, especially since there were three separate FBI documents referring to them as snipers. Judge Navarro also said the Court had “serious questions” about why the FBI “inexplicably placed (or perhaps hid)” information about the placement of FBI snipers, “on a thumb drive, inside a vehicle, for over three years.” Sure sounds suspicious to me. How about you?

Read through the judge’s decision and you will find phrases like “reckless disregard”, “flagrant prosecutorial misconduct”, “intentional abnegation of responsibility”, “willfully failed to disclose”, “conduct especially egregious”, and “grossly shocking” when describing government conduct and concluding that, “a universal sense of justice has been violated.” Keep in mind this is by a judge who was sponsored by Senator Harry Reid, nominated by President Obama and who, prior to this, had sided with the government on almost every issue brought to the court.

Wilderness testimony

they are withdrawn from all forms of disposal, just like Wilderness. By that same proclamation they are withdrawn from all forms of mineral entry, just like Wilderness. There can be no new roads built, just like Wilderness.

So we ask why impose this additional regulatory burden on the users of these lands?”

Also submitting testimony in opposition to the bill were the New Mexico Wool Growers, the Western Heritage Alliance, the Dona Ana County Farm & Livestock Bureau, the Southwest Grazing Association, the Council of Border Conservation Districts, the Mesilla Valley Sportsmens Alliance and ranchers Carol Cooper, Gary Thurm, Tom Mobley and Wesley Eaton.

Monument language In his report to President Trump concerning the review of national monuments, Secretary Zinke said he was contemplating changes to the grazing language in the two New Mexico national monuments under review. The New Mexico Cattle Growers has written to Secretary Zinke encouraging him to make such a change. Calling the grazing language in the Rio Grande del Norte and Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks national monuments “the most anti-grazing of any proclamations where grazing is still allowed”, President Sidwell recommended the language in the Basin and Range National Monument. That grazing language, said Sidwell, is “clear and precise that the designation does not affect the administration of livestock grazing, and results in livestock grazing being on an equal footing with other uses.”

A subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently held a hearing on S. 441, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act. Sponsored by New Mexico Senators Udall & Heinrich, this legislation would designate eight new Wilderness areas on or near our border with Mexico.

The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association submitted testimony in opposition to the bill. President Tom Sidwell said the grazing guidelines in the bill were, “written when most wilderness areas existed in the high country where the allotments had A rural tax natural waters and were seasonal in nature.

The White House recently praised an The lands affected by this legislation occur Oregon program that charges participants in a desert ecosystem where the resource 1.7 cents for each mile driven on state roads. and ranching needs are far different.” Sidwell Many say this is another sign that President requested that, “Congress or an independent Trump is open to a mileage tax to fund his entity conduct a thorough review of the infrastructure initiative. Rural residents, guidelines applicability to desert allotments however, already spend a larger percentage and make recommendations for any war- of their income on transportation than the ranted changes” and that no new desert general population, and a tax of this type areas be designated until the review was would increase that disparity. And guess who completed and revisions considered. Sidwell will benefit the most from this new revenue? also expressed concern over the bill’s impact That’s right, the relatively wealthier urban on the health and safety of rural residents in residents. This is the opposite of a Robin the area, stating, “The prohibition on motor- Hood Tax, it’s a Sheriff of Nottingham tax. ized vehicles and mechanical equipment will Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil place severe limitations on the Border Patrol and don’t forget to check that cinch. and therefore threaten the safety of residents in the area. It defies common sense to create Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture a ‘no law enforcement zone’ in this from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is border country.” the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and President Sidwell also questioned the The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation

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More Than 100 ‘Climate Change Cases’ Filed In US Courts In 2017

by Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller

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ozens of lawsuits concerning manmade global warming were filed in U.S. courts last year, according to a new report.

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law found more than 100 lawsuits “raised claims concerning either the impacts of climate change or reducing GHG emissions” were filed in U.S. courts in 2017.

Most notably, seven California cities and counties filed suit against oil companies over alleged damages caused by manmade global warming. Two more cities — Richmond, California and New York City — joined the effort in 2018, but now plaintiffs are scrambling to address discrepancies in their bond offerings.

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Most of the suits were filed in support of Obama administration regulations — most of those were brought by environmental groups and Democratic state attorneys general, according to the report.

“Many of these cases concern environmental review and permitting decisions for individual programs and projects that cumulatively shape national climate policy,” reads the report.

“Some seek to increase transparency and expose allegedly illegal workings within the federal government,” reads the report. “Still others seek to fill the void of federal climate change leadership — a ‘litigate-to-mitigate’ strategy.”

The lawsuit frenzy started quickly after President Donald Trump took office. Trump made deregulation a major priority in his first year, delaying or rescinding hundreds of Obama-era rules.

By May, environmental groups had filed

dozens of lawsuits challenging Trump administration decisions and policies.

For example, the Center for Biological Diversity alone had filed 15 lawsuits against the Trump administration by that time, including one challenging the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall on environmental grounds.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has filed a slew of lawsuits against the Trump administration as well, including regulations on household appliances.

The Obama administration implemented the rules as part of the former president’s “Climate Action Plan.” NRDC argues those rules are essential to fighting global warming.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a coalition of Democratic-held states, and New York City, in their legal battle against the Trump administration delaying rules for household appliances.

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Bovine Viral Diarrhea: Why One Strain Hitting So Many Herds?

We had the opportunity to chat with Foulke recently at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Convention and Trade Show about one particular strain of BVDV that keeps popping up, Type 1b.

“Over the last 20 years we have actually had a shift from the BVD 1a virus to the BVD 1b as now the most prevalent virus,” Foulke said. “They are finding not just in the respiby Ann Hess, Staff Writer, AgDaily rator y form, but even on the ovine viral diarrhea virus is a coat of reproductive side.” many colors. As Dr. Stephen Foulke, Foulke said most producers are very professional service veterinarian with familiar with the respiratory form of the Boehringer Ingelheim points out, we may disease — causing pneumonia, knocking call it bovine viral diarrhea virus, or BVDV back the respiratory apparatus, and allowfor short, but diarrhea is probably one of ing for secondary bacteria to come in and the least common symptoms when it cause real damage. BVD Type 1b has a comes to the disease. reproductive form as well. It can cause early “The biggest thing a lot of people forget embryonic death, abortions, and congeniwith BVD is when you are exposed, even if tal defects as well as cause the animal in you don’t break with one of these big dis- utero to become a persistently infected eases, it’s immunosuppressive,” Foulke said. carrier.

“It actually suppresses the immune system “If the virus is there during that phase, the opening up the door for every other disease animal thinks the virus is part of its normal out there. You may not see a break with BVD self and will mount no immunity against it,” itself but you may be getting a lot of other Foulke said. “So, the virus lives in the animal, illnesses, decreased weight gains, just replicating and spreading everywhere decreased reproductions just from the once it is born for the rest of its life.” effect of this, that is not direct, but of the What’s causing the prevalence of 1b? immune system shutting down.”

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in them over the years and thus did a good job of pushing back against that strain.

“Whenever Mother Nature sees one of her things being pushed back, well guess what, someone comes to fill the void so now we are seeing more of the 1bs are more prevalent,” Foulke said.

It’s important for producers to make sure their vaccines cover 1b as well as cover the 1a and 2a strains. Foulke said that’s why Boehringer Ingelheim’s Pyramid and Express lines have been tested on cattle out in the field to ensure they cover all strains.

And while BVDV does not change or mutate as fast as the human flu virus, Foulke said it is important to keep up with cattle vaccinations as immunity will wane after a year.

“If you don’t vaccinate, what we tend to see is you get away with it for a little while but remember that immunity is waning and once it gets below a certain threshold or the exposure gets big enough, it’s going to come right back and then you are totally unprotected,” Foulke said.

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NEWS UPDATE Source: American Agriculturist

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Q: We’ve read stories about the Tax Reform Act will help everybody. But what do you see as the greatest opportunity for farmers to benefit?

Mike Evanish: Taxpayer-friendly relief The law is one thing; yet-to-be-written regulations (details) are another. But doubling the standard deduction is likely to reduce itemizers from 30 percent of taxpayers to 10 percent. That means a less complicated national return, and who doesn’t like less complication? ЇЇ Business friendly. Given increased deductibility of asset purchases and lowered tax rates, it’s easy to see why it’s friendlier to small business than to big business. Businesses grossing under $25 million can deduct all interest paid on loans while larger businesses have limited deductibility. ЇЇ Family friendly. Sure, exemption deductions are going away, but are replaced with a large and mostly refundable child tax credit. I’ll take a credit over a deduction any day. And, all workers will see greater take-home pay in each paycheck thanks to reduced tax rates. Most families don’t itemize deductions. So, the near doubling of the standard deduction is major tax relief. ЇЇ Cooperative friendly. Most everyone in ag has read about the 20 percent deduction from income if the farm’s production is sold to a co-op. While this is not a “pure” 20 percent deduction (there’s more to the calculation), it’ll help reduce tax bills of most that sell production through co-ops.

Dale Johnson: Not simplified for everyone Many middle- to upper-middle-class taxpayers will reduce taxes by lumping deductions every other year.

One strategy may be to use the standard deduction ($12,000 individual, $24,000 married filing jointly) for 2018. In 2019, you’d lump deductions to maximize benefits from charitable contributions, property tax and other possible prepayments. Of course, many don’t have the cash flow to do that.

George Mueller: The great giveaway I’ll leave the way too complicated and confusing tax bill for professionals to explain. But there does seem to be substantial cuts in it for hard-working farmers.

It lowers most tax brackets 15 percent to 25 percent. And if you don’t earn enough to benefit from the $2,000 child tax credit, our treasury will give you a refund of up to $1,400 per child.

My main concern is that this tax bill gives away trillions that our government doesn’t have. Our national debt ended 2017 at 20.24 trillion dollars — 105.6 percent of our yearly gross domestic product, and continues to grow rapidly. I guess I’m getting a bit cynical as I enter the second half of my eighth decade. But we have the most wonderful, prosperous and generous nation. It has been a delight for my family and friends growing up all these years.

I fear we’re in danger of losing it all due to our lack of fiscal discipline. Our democracy won’t survive if we continue to vote for the politician who can dip into the treasury the most and spread it around to all. We face a dictatorship, oligarchy, or worse, anarchy, unless we start teaching and preaching basic economic discipline so necessary in a democratic society. Our “land of the free and

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home of the brave” is at risk.

Glenn Rogers: Nothing’s simple A wise old person I met in D. C. once told me not to count on Washington for more than a 10 percent change in things. The other 90 percent must come from your own efforts. So, concentrate on that 90 percent.

It’ll take months or years to sort out the true impact Most farmers are small sole proprietorships, not corporations. Consequently, the changes to ones’ personal income tax should be placed first. That’s not to say that positive changes won’t be felt by larger incorporated farms. But there are fewer farmers in this category.

Impact to farm income is harder to determine; not all the rules have been written yet. However, there are a few notable items. The new 20 percent deduction for qualified business income from a partnership, S corporation or sole proprietorship sounds great. But there are wage limitations.

The deduction offsets income tax, not self-employment tax. Dairy farmers may find this new 20 percent deduction of little use as capital gain sales (raised cow sales) limit its impact.

Cooperatives now have the 20 percent

deduction to help reduce co-op income.

However, this one isn’t directly passed on to patrons. The new law does include a 20 percent deduction specific to co-op members on payments received from the co-op.

I question the benefit of higher estate

tax exemptions for farmers. Most don’t have estate values that high. Most never hit the $5 million level in the old rules. If they did, it was because of the capital required to produce an income in a capital-intensive dairy business.

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Sixteen of the 17 counties have been worked to remove feral hogs. At the present, USDA/WS is working in nine counties to remove the remaining feral hogs. NM WS currently has two full-time temporary employees working to remove feral swine primarily in mountainous areas of south

central NM, eastern NM and southeastern NM. Work continues in the White Mountain Wilderness ,(10) feral swine were taken in FY 17.

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Over 70 percent of the total feral swine removed were taken with aid of the helicopter and approximately 60 percent of the feral swine taken since eradication began were taken with aid of “Judas” swine.

The current focus is primarily in the Lincoln National Forest (including the White Mountain Wilderness), the Mescalero Apache Reservation, Lesser Prairie Chicken

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removed from Eddy County in CY 17. We are continuing to collect eDNA samples from these same sources on a 3-4 month rotation and sample new areas.

Estimated Numbers of Feral Swine Remaining in the Following Areas Curry County: 0 known. No reported sightings this FY. Roosevelt County: Very few if any remaining at present but pigs are moving back and forth into TX. Presently working on a ranch in SE Roosevelt County. To date a total of 214 feral hogs have been removed.

In CY 17, 71 feral hogs have been taken, 59

by Helicopter, and 12 by trapping. Twenty-seven (27) additional feral hogs were taken across the Texas State line on adjoining ranches. Work is ongoing. Helo Flight is scheduled for Feb 2018.

De Baca County: Feral Hog sign (rooting) was found on the southern boundary of De Baca County along the Pecos River.

A total of nine feral hogs have been removed by helicopter. Additional feral hog sign was found in late Nov 2017. A helicopter flight is scheduled for Feb 2018. Work is ongoing. Helo Flight is scheduled for Feb 2018.

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Feral Swine Take by NM WS Rooting was found on the boundary of FY 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 131 14 15 16 17 TOTA northern GuadaL lupe and southwest # 21 32 62 77 62 80 219 143 620 195 214 229 308 2,262 central San Miguel Taken County in Jan 2017.

1Feral Swine Eradication Funding Received Monitoring cameras/bait tubes Feral Swine Take by Project Area FY13-17 were set out. No Project FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 TOTAL further sign has Location been located. Work (Area) is ongoing.

Union/ 0 31 0 7 2 0 40 San Miguel Harding County: 0 known.

County No reported sightLincoln 56 26 24 13 50 0 169 ings in FY 17.

County Chaves County: Mescalero 120 54 35 4 0 0 213 Reservation Recently, feral hog sign was found in Pecos River 286 9 37 48 105 48 533 the LPC area east of Roswell along and on the Caprock at multiple dirt tanks. Trail River, (16) along the Delaware River/Owl !4 cameras/bait will be placed in Jan 2018. A Draw and (10 along the Pecos River). Monihelicopter flight is scheduled for this area toring cameras are set and being monitored. in Feb 2018. A helicopter flight was con- Helo Flight is scheduled for Feb 2018. ducted in Feb 2018 and 25 feral hogs were Otero County: A total of (59) feral hogs removed from the Pecos River on the De were removed: (21) by helicopter and (38) Baca/Chaves County line. Monitoring will in cage/corral traps. WS staff are presently continue. Eddy County: A total of 42 feral working in the southern and central porhogs were removed: (25) along the Black tions of the Sacramento Ranger District

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Trail cameras, bait and cage traps White 0 13 10 0 23 were deployed. A Mountain Wilderness ** Judas female was Canadian 135 30 25 3 9 64 266 trapped, ear River tagged and Lesser 23 7 32 127 81 0 270 released, 33 feral Prairie hogs were Chicken removed via heliTOTAL 620 195 214 229 308 120 1,686 copter (30) and *Sacramento Ranger District Project was started July 2013 (FY13) with cage traps (3). no take until (FY14) Monitoring continues. Helo Flight ** White Mountain Wilderness Project was started in March 2015 (FY i s scheduled 15) after MRDG Approval. for Feb 2018.

Union County: between Timberon/Pinon and north to Two (2) feral hogs were trapped and Wills/Water Canyon. Aerial flights have removed. A Judas sow continues to travel been conducted with minimal results in back & forth from Oklahoma along the Dry central portions of the county because of Cimarron River with 2-5 hogs. Feral Hogs the dense forest canopy. Restrictions on present on property along the Dry Cimarflights due to T&E concerns (Mexican ron River without access. Work is ongoing. spotted owl March- Sept), big game hunting Lea County: Multiple feral hog reports seasons (Aug- Jan) and an accumulation of along the SW corner of Lea County/bordersnow at higher elevations have limited WS ing Texas. A total of 73 were removed, 22 aerial work in these areas. Work is ongoing. with the aid of a Judas sow. Monitoring/ Helo Flight is scheduled for Feb 2018. trapping continues. Helo Flight is schedQuay County: Multiple feral hog sight- uled for Feb 2018. ings by local farmers south of Tucumcari Harding/Mora County: No Reports in

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Hidalgo County: Unknown numbers in areas where access has been denied.

Middle Rio Grande Valley: No credible reports at this time.

Lincoln County (Excluding WMW): A total of 25 feral hogs were removed from the north side of the Capitan Mountains in Jan 2017 (25- Arroyo Seco Allotment). These hogs were taken on the border between State Land and the Arroyo Seco Allotment.

An estimated 10-15 feral hogs have been seen in this area. Helo Flight is scheduled for Feb 2018.

White Mountain Wilderness: Nine (9) feral hogs were removed from Skull Canyon along the Crest Trail (9,100 ft elevation) by helicopter in Jan 2017. A total of 13 cameras are set in the WMW and adjacent allotments.

The majority of feral swine sign (wallows & tracks) has been found in Indian Canyon, Crest Trail, and Skull Canyon this FY. Estimated numbers of feral swine 1-5. Work is ongoing. Helo Flight is scheduled for Feb 2018.

Mescalero Apache Reservation: Minimal sign/photos have been found during CY 17. Estimated number are 1-5.

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• Approximately 50 Angus, Brangus, and Brahman bulls will be offered • Brangus and Brahman yearling heifers will be available • Cattle are raised at the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center & the Corona Range & Livestock Research Center • Selection balances calving ease, fertility and growth for tough desert rangeland

Horse Expo & Sale: April 21, 2018 • The Expo will consist of an open house, horsemanship clinics, stallion showcase, management demonstrations, and presentations from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. followed by the Horse sale • Horse preview will start at 1:00 p.m. and sale will begin at 2:30 p.m. • Continuing the tradition of offering high quality Paint and Quarter Horses ~ Horse Expo will be held at the NMSU Horse Center, 400 W. Union Mesilla Park, NM ~

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certain claims on product labels because practices.” they were pre-approved by the U.S. Depart“These are baseless claims,” she said. ment of Food and Agriculture (USDA), “We’re going to continue to tell our story and according to a recent ruling by Alameda tell our customers where their food is County (California) Superior Court coming from.”

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by Alex MacLean, Union Democrat Petrou’s final ruling issued February 5, Tuolumne County’s largest agricultural proBay Area animal-rights group that’s 2018 on a demurrer filed by Diestel Turkey ducers and employs between 100 and 200 suing Diestel Turkey Ranch can’t chal- Ranch is essentially a complete reversal people during peak season. It has also suplenge the Sonora-based farm’s use of from her tentative ruling issued less than a ported philanthropic work around the week earlier that stated the false-advertis- community, such as the donation of more ing lawsuit could move forward because than 1,000 turkeys to local food banks at Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act Thanksgiving last year. didn’t preempt state consumer-proMatt Johnson, spokesman for DxE, said tection laws. he viewed the judge’s ruling as both good “Once the USDA has reviewed and and bad for the group’s lawsuit approved product labels, any claim that moving forward. labels as approved are false or misleading Johnson said it’s good for the group is preempted by the PPIA,” Petrou wrote in because it allows DxE to move forward as a her final ruling, citing a 2017 lawsuit against plaintiff on false advertising claims related Campbell Soup Co. to materials not approved by the USDA, Direct Action Everywhere, also known whereas the tentative ruling would have as DxE, filed the lawsuit against Diestel dropped the group from those claims.

Turkey Ranch in January 2017 after releasing The inability to challenge Diestel’s labels a report just before Thanksgiving in 2015 means that even if the lawsuit on the other that chronicled a yearlong investigation of claims were to prevail, the company could the family-owned company’s farming still use the same phrases it currently uses practices. to advertise its turkeys sold in stores.

The report alleged that Diestel turkeys “It’s not a total victory that they are going bearing labels such as “range grown” and to keep using these labels, but it highlights “thoughtfully raised” that are sold at Whole the bigger issue that we’re trying to draw Foods and other high-end grocery stores attention to,” Johnson said. in California are actually raised in dark, That issue relates to what Johnson cramped pens in Jamestown. described as the revolving door between Barbara Elliott, a Bay Area resident who industry interests and government. For said she purchased Diestel turkey products, example, he noted that President Donald joined DxE’s lawsuit against the company Trump’s Agriculture Secretary, Sonny on claims of false advertising and unfair Perdue, was involved with the industry business practices. because he ran a company that traded agriA previous judge who presided over the cultural commodities internationally. lawsuit sustained a demurrer to DxE’s orig“We’re putting the fox in charge of the inal complaint in July, which forced the henhouse here and it’s consumers who are group’s lawyers to file an amended com- lied to and animals being tortured by the plaint about a month later. billions that pay the price, while individuals “I think it’s telling that there have been like Sonny Perdue laugh all the way to the two independent judges who have seen bank,” Johnson said. two versions of these complaints and both The group supports a movement called have agreed that these are unfit to be seen “total animal liberation” that seeks to put an in court,” said Heidi Diestel, spokeswoman end to all animal agriculture. for the company. “Specifically, this last Johnson has said the group targeted judge acknowledged the label claims are Diestel in an attempt to show how even approved by the USDA, which I think helps agriculture businesses that claim to adhere ensure and validate our farming practices.” to the higher standards than typical The group plans to continue pressing agro-industrial operations engage in forward with the lawsuit over the compa- farming practices that people may consider ny’s claims on its website and other to be brutal. marketing materials that are not approved by the USDA, though Elliott will no longer be a plaintiff because of Petrou’s ruling.

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They are golden in color, with paler sections of hair around their eyes and muzzle. The French herd book, which officially ensures the purity of the breed, insists that no other coat pigmentation such as black or white is ever seen on a gold Limousin animal.

Their frame-size compares as average amongst their European counterparts, be it continental or British.

French Limousins are almost always horned, but there are records of some international breeders managing to produce polled cattle. This may be something to think carefully on if the effort and animal-distress of polling is something you want to avoid.

Limousins calve very easily, without major complications as birthing weight is quite low.

Perhaps the strongest quality of the Limousin breed is its high immune system. The usual bovine illnesses are rarely found in these cattle. However, it’s still always important to properly vaccinate and tend to these animals. If any unusual behavior or symptoms are spotted, be sure to contact your local vet.

Many livestock owners praise the Limousin breed for its efficiency in converting feed to weight at a slightly thriftier rate than some other breeds.

However, they mature quite late, meaning that weight gain isn’t as quick as some continental breeds.

Although primarily used in beef production, Limousins are popular sires for dairy farms. Since their calves are quite small, breeding with Friesians for example is quite popular.

Limousin-Friesian crosses are considered excellent suckers of high value.

Beef from Limousins are held in quite high esteem. Their carcasses have up to 80 percent meat yields in some cases! The ratio of good beef to waste products like bone and fat is excellent.

They also have good marbling quality, making for great tenderness. Dressing percentages are, on average, about 58 to 63 percent in Limousin crosses; a good five percent higher than the average in other breeds!

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Genomic testing provides producers with the opportunity to consider EPDs when making selection or marketing decisions for animals that have little to no progeny.

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GGP-uLD testing is recommended for use as a tool in selecting replacement females. At the lowest cost per test in the GGP lineup, just $34/test, it is practical for use on a larger number of head. Producers that choose GGP-uLD testing for potential replacements have the added benefit of selling females with genomically enhanced EPDs. ЇЇ GGP-LD: GeneSeek Genomic Profile: Low Density. Based on a 50k (50,000) marker panel. Includes Genetic Defect Testing for OS and MA GGP-LD testing, at $48/test, is largely used to assess and select bulls that are destined for pasture breeding. For breeders who wish to raise and retain or sell bulls, this test can be used in making selection decisions as well as a marketing tool come sale season. Out of the three, GGP-LD testing is the most widely used among Red Angus breeders. ЇЇ GGP-HD: GeneSeek Genomic Profile: High Density. Based on a 150k (150,000) marker panel. Includes Genetic Defect Testing for OS and MA

GGP-HD testing, the most powerful in the GGP lineup, is intended for the assessment of high-impact animals: AI bulls, donor cows, and high-use herd sires. For $90/test, it includes the same components as the GGP-LD test, with an increase in accuracy, as nearly three times the number of markers are analyzed.

Zoetis currently offers two different genomic testing options for Red Angus breeders to use in the evaluation of their herd: ЇЇ i50K: Based on a 50k (50,000) marker panel I50K testing is recommended for use in selecting females for the breeding herd as well as marketing animals according to their genetic attributes. I50K testing is the lowcost option, $39/test, offered by Zoetis intended for use on a larger number of animals. ЇЇ HD50K: Based on a 80k (80,000) marker panel HD50K testing, at $84/test, is largely used to assess high-influence seedstock animals. By testing AI sires and donor cows, breeding decisions can be altered based on GE-EPDs. As with GGP-HD testing for GeneSeek, the increased number of markers ЇЇ

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As of 2017, the Rules and Regulations of the RAAA require all herd sires and donor cows to be parent verified. While available in a stand-alone test, parent verification is included with any of the genomic tests offered through our Association. As members take the time and effort required to obtain and submit DNA samples as a part of this requirement, consider incorporating genomic testing into your program.

GE-EPDs can be used in tandem with visual evaluation to cull animals with undesirable traits from the herd; effectively saving time and money that would be required to develop them. At the same time, EPD information produced by genomic testing can be utilized in marketing animals.

When you take your animals to the sale, wouldn’t it be beneficial to sell feeder cattle shown to excel in terminal traits and breeding cattle that display excellence in maternal characteristics?

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“If I’m investigating herd infertility, I’m not immediately thinking of leptospirosis,” says W. Mark Hilton, DVM, technical consultant with Elanco technical services.

Reproductive problems, he says, typically are multifactorial and might be difficult to diagnose, but the causes usually involve non-disease issues such as bull fertility, cow nutrition, genetics, toxins or others.

“If pregnancy rates in a herd usually run 90 percent and drop to 84 percent at pregnancy check, we’ll take a close look at those non-disease factors before testing for lepto,” Hilton says. He adds this evaluation should include the producer, veterinarian and nutritionist if possible, covering the entire management system and looking for changes that might have affected fertility.

Leptospirosis certainly is a potential cause of abortions, weak calves and open cows, but probably not as common as many producers believe.

Leptospirosis in cattle, which is generally caused by one of two types of the Leptospira hardjo bac teria— Leptospira hardjo-bovis or Leptospira hardjo-prajitno, can be difficult to diagnose. These bacteria infect the kidney and genital tract of cattle and are associated with abortions at all stages of gestation including early embryonic death. More than half of the abortions associated with leptospirosis occur during the third trimester.

“Cases of leptospirosis in cattle have declined. However, submit samples from multiple abortions if possible because it sometimes takes several to find a positive result.”

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Michigan State University veterinarians Dan Grooms, DVM, Ph.D., says limited studies in the U.S. estimate herd prevalence of the serovar Hardjo strain to be near 60 percent in dairies and 40 percent in beef herds. Multiple diagnostic lab surveys have found Leptospira associated with less than 10 percent of aborted fetuses. Because of the overall difficulty in making a definitive diagnosis in bovine abortions, he adds, it is likely these surveys underestimate the true prevalence of Leptospira-related abortions.

Animals can be divided into maintenance hosts and incidental hosts of Leptospira, Grooms says. In a maintenance host such as cattle, the disease is maintained by chronic infection of the renal tubules.

Transmission of the infection among maintenance hosts is efficient and the incidence of infection is relatively high at a population or herd level. Incidental hosts might become infected by direct or indirect contact with the maintenance host, and are not important reservoirs of infection and the rate of transmission is low. Dogs, raccoons, skunks and other mammals serve as maintenance hosts and can introduce leptospirosis to herds.

Vickie Cooper, DVM, Ph.D., at the Iowa State University diagnostics laboratory, says leptospirosis is on the standard list of tests for diagnosing bovine abortions at ISU and other diagnostic labs.

However, Cooper says, most herds are well-vaccinated against leptospirosis, and she does not see many acute cases in cows.

But while it does turn up in some herds where abortions or conception problems appear, some producers retain a bias, suspecting lepto when other problems are more likely.

Hilton stresses herd history plays a role in diagnosing fertility problems. Any sudden decline in pregnancy or calving rates deserves close attention, and if previous testing has confirmed lepto in the herd, testing is justified. However, some producers can assume they have a lepto problem and focus on that while not addressing more common problems. They might, for example, blame their vaccination program and switch vaccines, then see the same problem the following year.

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Exxon Sues the Suers in Fierce Climate-Change Case

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s climate-change lawsuits against the oil industry mount, Exxon Mobil Corp. is taking a bare-knuckle approach rarely seen in legal disputes: It’s going after the lawyers who are suing it.

The company has targeted at least 30 people and organizations, including the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts, hitting them with suits, threats of suits or demands for sworn depositions.

The company claims the lawyers, public officials and environmental activists are “conspiring” against it in a coordinated legal and public relations campaign.

Exxon has even given that campaign a vaguely sinister-sounding name: “The La Jolla playbook.” According to the company, about two dozen people hatched a strategy against it at a meeting six years ago in an oceanfront cottage in La Jolla, Calif.

“It’s an aggressive move,” said Howard Erichson, an expert in complex litigation and a professor at Fordham University

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School of Law in New York. “Does Exxon Exxon Mobil’s right to participate in the really need these depositions or is Exxon national conversation about how to address seeking the depositions to harass mayors the risks presented by climate change,” said and city attorneys into dropping their Dan Toal, a lawyer who represents Exxon. lawsuits?”

“That is the speech at issue here – not some straw man argument about whether At Stake climate change is real.”

Experts say Exxon’s combative strategy – an extraordinary gambit to turn the tables ‘Scare Tactic’ – is a clear sign of what’s at stake for the Plaintiff lawyers and legal experts fossil-fuel industry. So far, New York City contend the oil giant’s tactics are meant to and eight California cities and counties, intimidate while shifting the spotlight away including San Francisco and Oakland, have from claims of environmental damage. And sued Exxon and other oil and gas compa- they say there’s nothing improper with nies. They allege that oil companies denied lawyers discussing legal strategies together. findings of climate-change scientists “It’s crazy that people are subpoenaed despite knowing that the use of fossil fuels for attending a meeting,” said Sharon posed “grave risk” to the planet.

Eubanks, a lawyer who was at the La Jolla Attorneys general Eric Schneiderman of gathering. “It’s sort of like a big scare tactic: New York and Maura Healey of Massachu- reframe the debate, use it as a diversionary setts, are investigating whether Exxon tactic and scare the heck out of everybody.” covered up information on climate change, Exxon has focused on the La Jolla defrauding shareholders and consumers. meeting as ground zero for its conspiracy Exxon, the world’s 10th biggest company, claim. Ironically, the Rockefeller Brothers has denied the allegations and says its Fund, a nonprofit run by descendants of defense is intended to show that it’s being John D. Rockefeller who are pressing Exxon punished for not toeing the line on climate to address climate change issues, has change, even though it agrees with the funded organizations that led the La Jolla scientific consensus. continued on page 44 >> “The attorneys general have violated

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conference (Exxon, which grew out of John D.’s Standard Oil, also subpoenaed the fund to testify.)

At the gathering, participants met to discuss litigation strategies that could be applied to climate change, according to a 35-page summary that was later made public. Eubanks, a former Justice Department lawyer, talked about how the U.S. government used the racketeering law against cigarette makers, for example.

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“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with plaintiffs’ lawyers and attorneys general strategizing together,” said Fordham professor Erichson, ”just as I don’t think there’s anything wrong with lawyers for oil companies strategizing together.”

But Linda Kelly, general counsel of the National Association of Manufacturers, said the climate litigation is really a play for money and votes.

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Pawa declined to comment.

The company is also seeking testimony from 15 municipal lawyers and officials in California. Exxon said it’s seeking evidence for “an anticipated suit” claiming civil conspiracy and violation of its First Amendment and other Constitutional rights.

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San Francisco has promised 23.5 percent of any settlement to its lawyers. New York is working on a contingent-fee deal like San Francisco’s, according to a spokesman for the city’s Law Department.

In recent years, the most notable attack on a plaintiff lawyer came in 2011 when Chevron Corp., claiming it was target of an extortion scheme, successfully pursued a civil racketeering suit against Steven Donziger, the attorney behind a $9.5 billion Ecuadorian judgment against the company over pollution in the Amazon.

Some experts say Exxon’s strategy goes beyond mere litigation tactics.

“People often try to use litigation to change the cultural conversation,” said Alexandra Lahav, a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, pointing to litigation over guns and gay rights as examples. “Exxon is positioning itself as a victim rather than a perpetrator.”

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NEW MEXICO’S OLD TIMES & OLD TIMERS

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John Wayne as John Chisum a century. Stagecoach, True Grit and The Shootist are among the best westerns ever made. Wayne made a few movies that purported to tell a historical story, The Alamo and Chisum, among them. While the latter

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As a movie, Chisum meets all the requirements of a good western, especially to John Wayne fans. Other western stalwarts in the film include Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, and Richard Jaeckel.

As history, it is unbelievably bad.

The plot is built around New Mexico’s Lincoln County War of the late 1870s, and the movie got into trouble almost immediately. Lawrence G. Murphy—Forrest Tucker—appears on the scene and begins buying up property around the town of Lincoln, in the movie, to the chagrin of well-established rancher John Simpson Chisum. In the history of the time, Murphy had actually been a resident of Lincoln County for more than a decade before Chisum got there. He had served as an officer at Fort Stanton and after some ethical troubles, he left the army and set up his store in Lincoln in the middle 1870s.

Chisum established his ranch at about then.

William H. Bonney—Billy the Kid—was yet to be heard from, as were Alexander McSween and John Tunstall who later partnered with Chisum in a Lincoln mercantile establishment.

It is noteworthy, too, that John Chisum didn’t live anywhere near the town of Lincoln. His ranch headquarters was on the Pecos, near Roswell, well over a long day’s ride to the east. Even so, it is likely that the real Murphy’s minions stole cattle from the real Chisum and then sold them to the U. S. Army to feed Mescalero Apaches on the nearby reservation, and army troops at Fort Stanton. It is equally certain that the two men—Murphy and Chisum—didn’t like each other. But by the time of the Lincoln County War, that was moot.

In the first place, Murphy had sold his business, called “the House,” to James J. Dolan and John H. Riley a year before the War, in the spring of 1877, and the company was nearly broke by early 1878 when McSween and Tunstall opened their store which created the competition that led to the so-called war. And, too, Murphy was known for his immoderate drinking habits,

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and his health was not good. By October 1878, he was dead of cancer in a Santa Fe hospital. (Some insisted that whiskey killed him: not cancer.)

Which brings us to the most egregious of the film’s errors. In the film’s denouement, a huge gun battle erupted in the town of Lincoln, pitting Murphy and his gang against the forces of good, featuring Billy the Kid. There was indeed such a fight—called the Five-Day Battle—in July of 1878. The U. S. Army is not involved in the movie version, when in fact a detachment from Fort Stanton was pivotal, and on the side of Murphy’s successors, Dolan and Riley. At one point in the movie, McSween asks for help from the Army and is told they cannot interfere because the matter is civil, not military. That is technically correct, but exactly wrong, historically.

And then, who rides into Lincoln and to the rescue but John Chisum and his band of cowboys. Nothing even close to that occurred. Chisum played no part in the Five-Day Battle, and he certainly did not kill Murphy. That is so far off the mark that any pretense of accuracy is gone.

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The actor who played John Henry Tunstall, Patrick Knowles, age 60, portrayed Tunstall a man in his 60s.

The real Tunsdall was but 24 when he was killed. The screen writers only missed it by 36, or so, years.

Billy the Kid killed Jesse Evans. Didn’t happen. Evans disappeared from history after escaping from prison in Texas in May 1882, nearly a year after Billy died at Fort Sumner.

The Lincoln County Sheriff named to replace William Brady, who’d been killed in an ambush, was John Copeland (replaced a month later by George “Dad” Peppin), not a bounty hunter named Bodine as the movie would have it.

Billy the Kid was depicted as killing deputies Buck Morton, Frank Baker in one fight and Sheriff William Brady in another, all by himself. Not so. The Kid was a part of a larger group, in both cases, all of whom participated in the killings.

The real town of Lincoln looks absolutely nothing like the town in the movie.

(Before I hear from a disgruntled reader who reminds me that the movie is just that, a movie, something intended for entertainment, and not as an historical document, let me say that I agree. However, what amazes me is that the real history of the events portrayed is at least as interesting as the fictional version. On the other hand, maybe not. Chisum was primarily a rancher and business man, and his life might not have been interesting enough to sustain a fulllength movie. That’s not very exciting.

Chisum died of cancer in 1884.)

Don Bullis’ newest book, New Mexico Historical Chronical is scheduled for publication later this year.

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Free-Roaming Salt River Horses Get Long-Term Protection with Agreement Between State & Feds

With little time to spare, the two govern- from endangering the public and to ensure ment agencies announced they had that other livestock does not join the herd. reached an agreement.

The Forest Service also will conduct envi“The horses are protected against harass- ronmental studies, monitor the riparian ment and against slaughter. That’s what area and coordinate with the state. we’ve been fighting for this entire time,” The federal agency also will reimburse said Simone Netherlands, president of the the Department of Agriculture up to about Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, $90,000 a year for its management expenses. during a press conference in late December The Agriculture Department will employ 2017 in Mesa. a Salt River horse “This is a posiliaison to work with tive development The horses are protected the Forest Service. The and the first step state also will work to ensure that the with one or more third against harassment Salt River horses parties to create a

by Jessica Boehm, The Republic, azcentral.com can roam without and against slaughter. That’s birth-control program epresentatives for Arizona and the fear of danger or for the horses and to federal government say they have h a r a s s m e n t , ” what we’ve been fighting for provide veterinary reached an agreement that will Arizona Departcare for injured horses. ensure the long-term protection of the m e n t of The agreement this entire time.” free-roaming horses near the Salt River.

Agriculture allows a 2016 law to After years of controversy and uncer- spokeswoman Sharma Torrens said. “We take effect. The horses will no longer be tainty, representatives for Arizona and the look forward to continuing this important considered stray wildlife and the law makes federal government say they have reached collaboration and process.” it illegal to slaughter, harass, shoot, injure an agreement that will ensure the longThe agreement, provided to The Arizona or kill the horses. term protection of the free-roaming horses Republic on, splits management responsiArizona State Representative Kelly near the Salt River. bilities between the t w o Townsend, the sponsor of the 2016 law, said The Arizona Department of Agriculture government agencies. the state’s ownership of the horses was and U.S. Forest Service had until December The Forest Service will construct fences critical to their safety.

31 to ink a management deal for the horses. near the Salt River to prevent the horses “(Before the law) they weren’t considered wildlife, they weren’t considered agriculture — it was just kind of this gray area where anything could happen to them,” Yearlings & 2-year-olds said Townsend, R-Mesa. o Mexic available Private Treaty New n i In August 2015, the U.S. Forest Service s l l at the Ranch g Bu dlin announced it would round up and remove Ped the herd of about 100 horses that roam near the Salt River Recreation Area. The Forest Service said the horses were causing safety issues.

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“The horses are protected against harassment and against slaughter. That’s what we’ve been fighting for this entire time,” Simone Netherlands, president of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, told The Republic.

Townsend’s law also allows the state to “They are worth more if they have Black Angus influence.” partner with a non-profit to manage the Villanueva horses, a service Netherlands’ group hopes • to provide.

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Lawsuit Challenges California Law Criminalizing Teaching Trade Skills Source: ij.org/case/california-trade-schools

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A few months later, Esteban Narez, a ranch hand working odd jobs, applied to attend PCHS’s eight-week course. He’d heard from other PCHS graduates that shoeing horses was a great way to turn his love of working with horses into a stable profession that would help him better support himself and his family.

But because Esteban hasn’t graduated from high school, Bob was forced to deny his application.

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Standing in front of a room of students and teaching a vocational skill is no different than writing a how-to book, publishing a series of newspaper stories, or uploading an instructional video to YouTube. In other words, teaching is a form of Constitutionally-protected free speech. That’s why Bob and Esteban have partnered with the Institute for Justice to file a lawsuit against the state of California to vindicate their First Amendment rights to teach and learn.

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Governor Martinez Announces Appointments to Boards & Commissions

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obert “Shoofly” Shufelt of Las Cruces was appointed to the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum Board of Directors. The first artwork ever to be displayed at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum belonged to him and he has donated more than 130 of his own works to the museum. He holds a degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ruth Bitsui of Corrales was appointed to the State Fair Commission. She retired as an International Business Specialist for Sandia National Laboratories. Bitsui holds a Master of Business Administration from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.

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Santa Gertrudis cows calve easily and their highly developed protective mothering instinct is regularly illustrated with a few mother cows tending 10 to 20 calves while the others are grazing.

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Top 10 Rancher’s Famous Last Words

by Mark Parker, farmtalknewspaper.com

10. Leave the gate open—the cows won’t bother it.

9. That horse doesn’t have an ounce of buck in him.

8. Don’t weaken and that ol’ cow will turn back.

7. This market still has some life in it — believe I’ll hold off on selling for a few more days.

6. Been driving through this wet spot for 20 years and haven’t been stuck once.

5. There’s no way in creation that bull can go over that fence.

4. No rain in the forecast so just leave the pickup out in the field.

3. You can run a good 20 miles a f t e r t h e f u e l g au g e says empty.

2. Just stand your ground and that dog won’t bite.

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FARM BUREAU MINUTE

by Craig Ogden, President NMF & LB

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s of late, my life outside of farming has been consumed by the 30-day NM Legislative Session. However, in my spare time, I have managed to squeeze in some of the highlights of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Being a proud native of the New Mexico drylands, many of the Winter Olympic events are completely foreign to me. Sure, I’ve done some skiing, but a successful run to me is making it to the bottom without falling. I can’t imagine racing the clock or having to stop and shoot targets. I don’t even pretend to understand the scoring intricacies of subjective events like figure skating or the snowboarding halfpipe—events where the difference between victorious gold and going home empty handed is determined by someone’s opinion.

With sports on the mind, I find myself comparing the complexities of Olympic

events to the NM Legislature, a game of its own with a 30-day time clock, ever-changing rules and fierce competition. Regardless of whether an amateur or seasoned professional, participants can see handcrafted legislation smashed in a mere committee meeting. We see bills, championed through tireless work hours, survive bouts in both the House and Senate only to become null and void when they cannot secure the final signature necessary for victory.

As advocates of agriculture, we cannot solely share our point of view, we must help lawmakers, our own version of Olympic judges, understand its importance. While the Legislature was in session, we had some gold medal events of our own that are worthy of the podium. The Women’s Leadership Committee is to be commended for their contribution of over $1000 worth of groceries to the Ronald McDonald House, which affects families throughout the entire state of NM. I salute all members who helped make the 2018 Ag Fest a great success. Additionally, we had a notable turnout of legislators who attended the breakfast in their honor. As a final note, we partnered with other Ag groups in the state in providing a meal for all legislators and staff in the Round House Rotunda. It’s

events like these that help legislators appreciate the toil of New Mexican farmers and ranchers.

Defending the interest of rural NM is an uphill battle, but just as athletes train every day, the talented staff and board of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau remain vigilant in our quest to support agriculture.

Most importantly, the athletes have a tremendous support group from coaches, family and friends. The NMFLB staff and board rely upon the support and input from each and every one of you throughout the entire year. Just because the Session has ended, it doesn’t mean we can take a break.

It is imperative that we continue to stay in touch with our legislators and connect with the leaders in our own community and counties. Don’t miss a chance to stay in the game.

Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly.

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Chance Named CowBelle of the Year

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arolyn Chance, Peralta, was named the New Mexico CowBelles’ 2017 CowBelle of the Year at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention, held recently in Albuquerque.

Chance is a 12-year member of the Chuckwagon CowBelles, who nominated her for the award. Her nomination cites her energy and dedication in all she does.

“Carolyn actively and continually supports the beef industry with her involvement at the local and state levels. She strives to involve others and volunteers with dedication and a “get it done right” attitude.”

A native of eastern New Mexico, Chance worked for the Cooperative Extension Service for 25 years in Lea, Bernalillo and Valencia Counties, then worked for the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association for six years before “retiring” and becoming active in the CowBelles and other groups.

“We truly appreciate Carolyn’s efforts on behalf of the New Mexico CowBelles to promote beef and educate the public about agriculture,” said Ashley Ivins, New Mexico CowBelles’ President, Capitan. “The gener-

osity and dedication of women like Carolyn is and always has been the backbone of our Association, and we are glad to have this opportunity to say thank you.”

She is a former president, vice president and program chairman, and beef promotion chairman for the Chuckwagon Cowbelles, and is very active in both local and state CowBelles’ activities including ag

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Lyn Greene, Mountainair, (l) presents the 2017 CowBelle of the Year, Carolyn Chance, Peralta (r).

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days, county fairs, Indian Livestock Day, Galloping Grace Ranch’s Pumpkin Patch, the newly instituted “Valencia County Food Camp for Kids” and more. On the state level, she has held several offices including membership chairman, state secretary and District 1 Representative.

She is also active in her community and church, is a member of the Sunshine Mid-Valley Extension Club and helps judge 4-H entries at the county and state level.

The first local chapter of the New Mexico CowBelles was founded in 1957, following the lead of a group of Douglas, Arizona, ranch wives and daughters who first established the CowBelles in 1939. The group has evolved today as a leader in providing consumer information on the benefits of beef to the American diet. The New Mexico CowBelles is an affiliate of the American National Cattlewomen’s Association (formerly the American National Cowbelles) who sponsor the bi annual National Beef Cook-off as well as the Beef Ambassador contest which develops young spokespersons for the beef industry. Additionally the CowBelles provide social support for their fellow members and local charities.

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Just ONE and Done!

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rowing and retaining membership is a continuing challenge for organizations and the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association is no different.

The solution to the problem is honestly pretty simple … if every NMCGA member would recruit JUST ONE new member, we would double our membership almost overnight!

COPY OR CUT OUT THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION BELOW TO GIVE TO A FRIEND WHO ISN’T A NMCGA MEMBER. AND, YOU DON’T HAVE TO STOP AT JUST ONE! GET ALL THE NEW MEMBERS YOU CAN AND HERE ARE PRIZES YOU CAN WIN! ■ 3 new members = a jacket or vest or tie or wild-rag ■ 5 new members = a jacket and tie or vest and tie or blanket ■ 10 new members = convention registration and rooms for Mid-Year or Joint Stockmen’s Convention You will also be receiving a new member application in mailings you receive from the office until our goal is met!

If you are not already an NMCGA member, please use the application to join NOW!

Join the NMCGA Today

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Return this notice with your payment to assure proper credit. The information contained herein is for the Association’s use only, and is considered confidential.

Your dues may be tax-deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense.

COW/CALF OPERATOR: $110 Minimum Cattle owned $0.60 per head, per month in state or $110 minimum DAIRY PRODUCER: $110 Minimum Cattle owned $0.40 per head, per month in state or $110 minimum SEASONAL OPERATOR Cattle owned $0.025 per head, per month in state or $110 minimum FEEDLOT OPERATOR: $110 Minimum One time capacity $0.02 per head or $110 Minimum ❒ 1-170 Head - $110 ❒ 171-400 Head - $250 ❒ 401- 800- $500 ❒ 800 & up - $750 $ ______ WORKING COWHAND $65 Recommended by: _______________________________ (Working cowhand must be recommended by a NMCGA member)

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Arizona’s First Governor’s Cattlemen’s Ball

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Board Elects New Member

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Party goers (l to r) Dean Fish, University of Arizona; Jeanie O’Haco, Winslow; Suzanne Menges, Safford; Jim O’Haco, 2018 National Environmental Stewardship Award; Caren Cowan, New Mexico Stockman publisher, Jennifer and Jay Whetten, Arizona Cattle Growers’ President.

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WINTER SALE Due to bad health and advancing age, we have sold our Hereford and Brahman herds. We bought two 3/4 Brahman bulls in Texas, imported them to Arizona, and bred our Angus cows to them for optimal genetics of our first generation Brangus heifers and bulls, subject to registration.

he Board of Directors at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announced the appointment of native New Mexico resident Bert Madera to the Associate Board. Madera joins 77 others on the Board, which is comprised of individuals nationwide.s The National Cowboy Museum’s Board of Directors’ objective is to oversee and direct management in fulfilling the Museum’s mission and purposes. The Museum’s business and affairs are managed by its Board of Directors; they also set policy and strategy as well as provide oversight and decision-making guidance.

“We are pleased to welcome Mr. Madera to the National Cowboy Museum’s Associate Board,” said Natalie Shirley, Museum President and CEO. “Bert personifies the great history and culture of the American West and brings abundant experience, knowledge, and leadership to an ever-evolving Board.”

Madera was raised on the Pitchfork Ranch west of Jal, New Mexico, and has been a rancher and cowboy since his early years. Bert and his wife Patricia, who has since passed, effectively implemented progressive grazing methods and holistic grazing practices in the 1980s. In the 1990s, Madera toured with Western singer and songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, serving as his road manager.

Madera and his wife, Montie Carol, married in 2006 and enjoy hosting Cowgirl Camps to give young girls the opportunity to experience life in the country. They currently reside in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and oversee the day-to-day ranching operations with his son, David.

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WE WILL BE SELLING SOME OF THESE FIRST GENERATION BRANGUS AND A FEW SUPERBALDIES THIS WINTER. You might want to try something new with these Brangus cattle — they have superior heterosis and growth-ability.

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Cattle Growers Present Scholarships

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our New Mexico students – Makayla Andrews, Peralta; Kellan Bennett, Hope; Kasyn Creighton, Elida; and John Davis, Springer; received college scholarships from the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) during the recent Joint Stockmen’s Convention held in Albuquerque.

“We are very proud of these young men and women, and wish them they best as they continue their education and careers,” said Tom Sidwell, NMCGA President, Tucumcari. “We want to congratulate them on their accomplishments, and look forward to hearing about their future successes.”

Andrews received a $500 scholarship.

After graduating from Valencia High School in May, Andrews plans to attend college and major in forensic psychology and hopes to eventually work for the FBI. She is active in the National Honor Society, has received an academic letter each of her first three years in high school, and has received departmental academic awards in agricultural mechanics, mathematics and cosmetology. Andrews is also an active member of both 4-H and FFA, and has served as an officer in both organizations as well as participating in judging contests, competing in shooting sports, and showing pigs and cattle. She is the daughter of Michael and Shonda Andrews.

Kellan Bennett received a $1500 Purina Mills scholarship. She is a 2017 graduate of Artesia High School and majoring in agriculture business with a minor in communications at Clarendon College where she is also a member of the livestock judging team. While in high school, she was active in cross country and track, the National Honor Society and FFA, where she participated in various judging and speech contests and served as an officer. The former New Mexico Senior Beef Ambassador grew up on her family’s ranch, and after completing her education hopes to play an active role in the agriculture industry. She is the daughter of Michael and Emily Bennett.

Kasyn Creighton received a $1500 Purina Dealer scholarship. Creighton is a senior at

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Elida High School, where she is a member of the volleyball, basketball, cheer and track teams, National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She is also active in 4-H, currently serving as the New Mexico State 4-H Secretary and FFA, where she serves as the District IV Secretary. In addition, Creighton and her sister have their own herd commercial black and Charolais cross cattle. After graduating, she plans to pursue a degree in agricultural business and economics at New Mexico State University, then return home to play an active role in her family’s feed, and farm and ranch supply store. She is the daughter of Garland and Leslie Creighton.

John Davis received a $500 scholarship.

Davis is a homeschooled student, and will graduate from High School in May. He plans to attend Bethlehem Bible College to obtain a bible and theology degree, before studying animal science at New Mexico State University and hopes to use that knowledge as an agricultural missionary. In high school, he has been active in 4-H on the local and county level, Teenpact Leadership School, Awana Youth Ministries as a

member and youth leader, the Follow the Son Bible Club, the Springer Christian Community Choir and Las Cruces Presbyterian Choir. Davis, who was raised on his family ranch in northeastern New Mexico, was also the 2017-2018 New Mexico Junior Beef Ambassador. He is the son of Bruce and Trina Davis.

This year because of the help of sponsors Purina Animal Nutrition; Purina dealers Bunks Feed Barn, Hobbs; Circle S Feed Store, Carlsbad; Cortese Feed Supply, Ft. Sumner, Creighton’s Town & Country, Portales; Dickson Implement Co., Tucumcari; Gary & Ginger Creighton, Portales; and Horse N Hound Livestock & Farm Supply, Las Cruces; the NMCGA Allied Industries Committee and Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee, the NMCGA was able to award four scholarships total to New Mexico students.

“College gets a little more expensive each year, and at the same time, the economy seems to get a little tighter. With this scholarship, we hope to help ease that burden,” Sidwell said. “We truly appreciate the help of our sponsors.”

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(left photo) John Davis, Springer, (l) accepts a NMCGA Scholarship from Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee Chair Denton Dowell. (right photo) Makayla Andrews, Peralta, (l) accepts a NMCGA Scholarship from YCLC Committee Chairman Denton Dowell (r).

2018 Cattleman of the Year

(l to r) (back) Shacey Sullivan, Beverly Merritt, Rex Wilson, (front row) Wynn, Lauren, and Joe Bill Nunn, Mitch Selking, Al Porter, both with Farm Credit of New Mexico and CoBank; Michelle, Justin, Kelsey and Tristen Nunn

2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award Winner

2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli award winner, Ray Keller, (l) Carlsbad Bureau of Land Management with NMCGA President Pat Boone, Elida.

2017 Inspector of the Year

2017 Inspector of the Year winner Gene Cessun (l) and Troy Sauble , Sauble Ranch, sponsor of the award.

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hundreds of fans at local rodeos on her beloved horse Happy. In 1950, at the age of 18 years old Gloria was named the Rodeo Queen at the 25th annual Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson Rodeo). In the following year 1951, at the 11th annual University of Minnie A. Griffin, 96, Globe, Arizona, 15, 2018, near Elida. He was born June 16, Arizona Rodeo, Gloria was crowned the died peacefully at home on February 4, 1957, in Portales, to the home of Joy University Rodeo Queen. Gloria and her 2018 surrounded by her family. She was (Morgan) and Wendell Best. Monte husband Pat White owned and operated a born October 12, 1921 in Stoughton, Mas- attended school in Floyd, and graduated in successful cattle ranch in Red Rock for 30 sachusetts. As a WAAC in World War II she 1975. On August 19, 1976, in Clovis, he was years. Gloria is survived by her two living was stationed at the 8th Air Force Base in married to Paula Lee Smith. Monte went on children, TA and Connie. Gloria has eight Watford, England, where she met Jimmy to study at Eastern New Mexico University grandchildren, four great-grandchildren Griffin, an Arizona soldier from Globe. They on a Rodeo scholarship. In 1978 and again and a soon to be arriving great-grandson. married June 11, 1945 in High Wycombe, in 1979 he qualified to compete in the The family plans on having a private cereEngland. She returned to the U.S. aboard College Finals in calf roping, steer wrestling mony to celebrate her life. the Queen Mary and spoke of being over- and team roping. He was the runner up for Betty Elaine Walter Edington, 85, Suncome with emotion when she saw the the Southwest region both years. Monte sites, Arizona, passed away February 3, 2018 Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, continued to support the Rodeo Team in Cochise, Arizona following a long illness. because she thought she may never see Her throughout his life, and in 2006 was She was born October 17, 1931, in Lordsburg again. Minnie and Jimmy traveled to inducted into the Eastern New Mexico Uni- and grew up in the Animas Valley. Betty Arizona by train, and she became a ranch- versity (ENMU) Hall of Honors. Through the married her love, Sammy Edington, on May er’s wife. They were married 54 years. They years he had helped a lot of young people 10, 1950. They lived and worked on the John had six children, 18 grandchildren, 20 with their rodeo skills. Monte loved ranch- Cull Ranch east of Douglas from 1952 to great-grandchildren, and one great-great- ing and raising Black Angus cattle. He is 1962, when they moved to Gleeson on a grandchild. Minnie was dearly loved by all survived by Paula, his wife; two daughters, piece of the Cowan Ranch, living there until who knew her, and leaves a legacy of Monica Best, Portales and Marissa Best, 1975 when they bought a home in Sunsites, courage, humility, faith, strength, a love of Pamona, California; his mother, Joy Best, spending the rest of their lives together. music (and the casino), and a wonderful Elida; a brother Kyle (Amy) Best, Amado, Betty was a member of Eastern Star Douglas sense of humor. She is survived by her chil- Arizona and a sister, Barbara (Bob) Chapter 15. Throughout her life, she had dren Linda (Richard Brost), Sue (Bill Rogers, Arch. been employed by Tombstone school disJohnston), JoAnn (Andy Anderson), Therese Gloria White, 86, Red Rock, Arizona, trict as secretary and bus driver. She retired Hicks, John (Pamela), and Janet (Brent Cline), peacefully passed away on February 11, from Arizona Electric Power Cooperative her son-in-law Clay Browning, and her care- 2018 in Tucson. She was born on December (AEPCO) as an operator. She loved to travel giver Karen Casillas Gaona. She was dearly 15, 1931 in Tucson to Lester and Ester Kinney. with her husband and spend time with her loved and will be deeply missed. She was Gloria was a tough cowgirl, who loved the family and friends. Betty is survived by son buried at the Globe Cemetery with full mil- ranch life. She was a graduate from Marana Fred (Tana) Edington of Willcox, three Bank CD1 itary honors.

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very year the line just gets longer and longer,” observed Milford Denetclaw, NMBC Vice-Chairman. He and other members of the NMBC served participants beef fajitas with all the fixins’ as each guest built their beef fajitas according to taste.

The theme of the NMBC booth was, “Keep It Simple with BEEF!” The event attracts leaders, staffers, business people, and others from all over the state, giving representatives of the NMBC the opportunity to “see and be seen” while they renew old acquaintances and shake hands with new ones. The NMBC is on hand to provide the public with a highly visible, highly positive industry presence.

“AgFest goes a long way toward educating people about the importance of agriculture – especially beef – to the state’s economy,” said Dina ChacónReitzel, executive director of the NMBC. “We are happy and proud to be a key part of this wonderful event.”

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(Top) Susie Jones, NMBC Director, chats with AgFest attendee.

(Bottom) NMBC Directors and Staff, John Heckendorn, Don Umbrage, and Zita Lopez, dish up beef fajita toppings.

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n a tradition that goes back nearly twenty-five years, representatives of the agricultural community gathered in the Roundhouse rotunda to prepare and serve a delicious meal of NM agricultural products – to over 1,000 diners. The Rotunda Dinner, or as it is also known, “Ag Feed,” marks the close of the legislative session. Staffers, legislators, and media representatives gather to enjoy the good food and camaraderie, as the New Mexico agricultural entities say “Thank you” the way they know best – with generous platefuls of beef, green chile, frijoles, salad, and more.

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1. NM Secretary of Agriculture, Jeff Witte, speaks to guests about the importance of agriculture to the state.

2. Kenneth McKenzie, McKenzie Land & Livestock Company, serves generous portions to hungry guests.

3. Sherrie Ray, State FFA Secretary, and Collen Spradley, State FFA Vice-President, were presented with a NM FFA Week Proclamation from Secretary of Agriculture, Jeff Witte.

4. An abundant meal of delicious NM grown food is the highlight of a long legislative session.

5. Zita Lopez, serves up hearty portions of delicious Beef Brisket.

6. NM CowBelles Ashley Ivins and Casey Spradley, with help from Grady Ivins, lend a helping hand.

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Calling all collegeaged students Register now for the 2018 U.S. Beef Academy

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he United States Beef Academy (USBA) is an educational event for young men and women who are motivated to learn about the beef industry. The academy is held at NMSU Corona Range & Livestock Research Center. It is a five day, intensive educational opportunity and focuses on current methods and technology used in beef production.

Each day of the academy focuses on current methods and technology used in beef production. This event is under the direction of New Mexico State University of Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Agri-Life Extension, and Colorado State University. The faculty of the academy consists of Extension Specialists and Professors from the three collaborating universities. The US Beef Academy was formed to provide a unique, intense educational experience for the students that attend.

Day one focuses on the consumer of beef and their desire to purchase a safe and wholesome product. Presenters will speak on food safety, proper cooking methods, how genetics and production methods can influence the quality of the product, and conduct a taste panel for the students to witness for themselves these differences can make on the final product.

This day is sponsored by the New Mexico Beef Council.

Day two focuses on animal health and welfare, with topics such as low stress cattle handling techniques, preventative health care, immune function and how the immune function can be enhanced with proper husbandry practices and vaccination procedures, including becoming BQA certified. This day is sponsored by Zoetis Animal Health.

Day three focuses on beef cattle reproduction. Topics include anatomy and physiology of the reproductive tracts of

a cow and bull, the estrous cycle, production practices that can influence reproduction function, current technologies that are employed in industry and cutting edge technology such as genomic information and how to use it. This day is sponsored

by Zoetis Genomics.

Day four focuses on nutrition. Topics include feeds and feeding, anatomy and physiology of the ruminant animal, the rumen microbial environment, range cattle nutrition, the role nutrition plays in production and how to maximize nutri2. tion in an arid environment. This day is sponsored by ADM Nutrition.

Day five focuses on marketing, systematic resource management and the global picture of US beef. Topics include marketing options, cattle futures, value added marketing programs, an overall systems approach to resource management and the role US beef plays in the global demand for beef. This day is sponsored 3. by IMI Global.

The USBA is truly a national and international program. In 2017, the roster included students from Indiana, Wisconsin, Oregon, California, Texas, New Mexico, Florida and Mexico, including two veterinary students, seven graduate students and six undergraduate students.

DVM John Wensel, NMSU CES says, “the opportunity for students to interact with4.others from outside their home area greatly 4. enhances this educational experience and provides an opportunity for students to form lasting friendships with others that have different backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints of the beef production industry. The faculty of the U.S. Beef Academy are pleased that the future leaders of the beef industry will have received at least a portion of their knowledge in Corona, NM!” The academy has strong national corporate support including the title sponsor, Zoetis Animal Health, bag and book sponsor Zinpro Performance Minerals, and day sponsors; NM Beef Council, Zoetis Animal Health, Zoetis Genomics, ADM Nutrition,

IMI Global, and beef sponsor, Hurt Cattle Company of Deming, NM.

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ow will we sustain agriculture for the next 100 years and beyond?

It starts with your participation in an event that brings together the wisdom and experiential knowledge of past and present farmers and ranchers, along with the fresh thinking and enthusiasm of the next generation.

The 2018 AgriFuture Educational Institute aims to connect, inform, and inspire the next generation of farmers, ranchers and others in agriculture. AgriFuture is May 15-17 in Albuquerque at the Sheraton Uptown Hotel. This year marks the third biennial conference with 150 attendees expected and will feature educational speakers, breakout sessions, dinner with mentors, networking opportunities and more.

Who Can Attend?

We are now recruiting attendees for AgriFuture, particularly people ages 18-to-40, as well as military veterans. We are looking for those who: 1. Have a love for agriculture and look forward to growing themselves and agriculture 2. Desire to learn about the different opportunities available in agriculture 3. Want to make connections within the agriculture community 4. Are searching for an outlet to meet those with similar interests and goals Register at https://agrifuture2018. eventbrite.com We encourage agricultural industry professionals and producers of any age to attend the event to mentor, learn alongside the future generation of agriculture, recruit employees and promote their own 7. work.

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For more information about your beef checkoff investment visit MyBeefCheckoff.com 2017-2018 DIRECTORS – CHAIRMAN, Tamara Hurt (Producer); VICE-CHAIRMAN, Milford Denetclaw (Producer); SECRETARY, Zita Lopez (Feeder).

NMBC DIRECTORS: John Heckendorn (Purebred Producer); Jim Hill (Feeder); Kenneth McKenzie (Producer); Susie Jones (Dairy Producer); Matt Ferguson (Producer); Dan Bell (Producer)

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Tamara Hurt, NMBC Chairman U.S.M.E.F. DIRECTOR, Kenneth McKenzie BEEF BOARD DIRECTOR, Bill King (Producer)

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

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A&M University (TAMU), where his grades, 4-H work, and support from his community earned him one of the first Jesse Jones opportunity scholarships. At A&M, Reyes followed in the footsteps of his older brothers and found a home in the animal science department. He was a member of the TAMU Livestock and Meat Judging teams. Reyes joined the Army upon graduation, and served as a first lieutenant in the infantry during the Korean War, distinguishing himself during the horrific fighting at Heartbreak Ridge. He was awarded a combat infantry badge, three bronze service stars, and a UN service medal. After Korea, he returned to A&M, where he earned a master’s degree in animal science. Upon graduation, A&M asked him to join a team of professors and technicians to work on a two-year project in a sister school in Saltillo, Mexico. As the only Spanish speaker of the group, Reyes learned a lot outside of his discipline and developed relationships with ranchers throughout Northern Mexico.

When he returned to Texas, he was hired by the American Hereford Association as a special representative to move cattle from drought-stricken areas of Texas into Mexico.

That work allowed him to travel throughout Texas and Mexico, meeting more ranchers and learning about their herds and needs.

By 1958, he had opened his own business, Carlos B. and Sons, with the help of his father, then a bookkeeper in Beeville. At first, Reyes specialized in exporting cattle, private treaty, and sales management. But after a week of auctioneering school and hundreds of hours of practice while driving the Texas highways, he became one of America’s most prominent cattle auctioneers and changed the business in Texas. He became the first sales manager and auctioneer, a job that had customarily been done by two people. He also refused to specialize in any particular breed of cattle, as most did at the time. Reyes innovated cattle auctions by moving sales from weekdays to weekends, in order to allow urban cattle investors to attend and drive up sale prices. As the only Spanish bilingual auctioneer in North America, he pulled new clients into Texas sales. Bert moved his business to San Antonio and lived at the St. Anthony Hotel for a decade. In the mid-sixties, his younger brother Ruben began working for him and they eventually partnered in creating Reyes and Reyes. During his career, Reyes would build the country’s largest cattle-auctioneering firm selling

more than $30 million in purebred cattle annually. He called many historic auctions.

Reyes also negotiated the importation of the first pure blooded Simmental bull, Amor, into the United States in 1970. Reyes sold cattle in 28 states and in many parts of Latin America. He was honored to have been consulted by President Johnson and was asked by Lady Bird to manage dispersal sale of LBJ’s cattle upon the former president’s death. He loved his work and the cattle business and he attended the San Antonio Livestock Show the week of his death. He was the oldest tenant and last remaining cattleman at the San Antonio Stock Yards building. He was a teller of tales, able to remember first hand Longhorn cattle drives through the streets of Berclair during the 1930s and the heyday of San Antonio’s cattle business. For the past year, Reyes has been working with the Texas A&M San Antonio Library archiving his cattle-business records, logging thousands of photographs, and providing an oral history for researchers.

Olagene Waddell, 78, Hillsboro, left her earthly body and went to be with our Lord January 20, 2018 in Las Cruces. She was born in El Paso, Texas on March 31, 1939 to Oliver and Eugenia Cosper who owned a farm at La Mesa. Around 1952 Mr. Cosper sold the farm and bought a ranch near Kingston in Sierra County. Olagene graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1957; while there she met and married Harvey Chatfield. The Chatfields had three children Jack, Norman and Leann. Olagene took the kids to church at the old Caballo School House and eventually helped start the Caballo Community Church. In her early thirties Olagene moved to El Paso where she worked as a bookkeeper for the pro golfer Lee Trevino. With adventure in her soul, she bought a small plane and learned to fly. On weekends you could find her at the Little West Texas Airport learning to do aerobatics or on the beaches in Mexico where she and her friends (who formed a flying club) would all take their airplanes enjoying life to the fullest. She made lifelong friends that she kept in touch with through-out the years of her life. Olagene moved to Denver, Colorado for a short period of her life. In Denver she worked as an accountant for USDS Waste Company. She enjoyed the time that she spent in Colorado, however life soon took her to Grand River, Iowa where she owned and operated a local bar and grill.

She made many friends and memories while in Iowa, but her traveling spirit called and she moved to Anchorage, Alaska where

she worked as an accountant for the Hilton Anchorage, and then as the president of Alaska Bingo Supply from which she retired.

In later years she married her lifelong friend and soul mate Bob Waddell. They resided in Wasilla, Alaska, where she and Bob owned a commercial fishing boat and loved to fish in the waters off the coast of Alaska.

Bob and “Oly”, as they were affectionately called by their friends, owned and operated Dew Services, a construction company.

During their time together they loved to go on winter adventures. They loved to travel in Mexico and once drove their motorhome along the Gulf of California and on to the Panama Canal. At any time during the winter months you could find them at flea markets in Arizona or driving the Canadian highways. Finally settling in Hillsboro, NM where Olagene had many friends and family; there they lived out the final years of their lives. She is survived by her three children, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, her sister Mable Summer and two brothers Butch Cosper and Richard Cosper. She was truly proud of her family.

Norman Jesse “Shorty” Green, 77, Carlsbad, passed away at his home on January 19, 2018. He was born on February 19, 1940 in Alamogordo to Leon and Carrie (Bonnell) Green. His youth was spent in Cloudcrof t for the summers and

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Shorty graduated as the valedictorian in a class of five in 1957 from Cloudcroft High School. He loved playing basketball and six-man football. After graduation Shorty attended New Mexico State University earning a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Business Management. He was an Aggie through and through. At a dance in Alamogordo he met Sylvia Burkitt who became his wife and life partner for 54 years. Shorty was recruited to the US Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Home Administration and worked in New Mexico for 32 years. During his career and retirement, Shorty never lost his passion for agriculture; his roots ran deep and he could often be found sitting a fine horse enjoying his cattle. He was a member of the Eddy County Sheriff’s Posse and the BPO Elks Lodge #1558. He is survived by his wife Sylvia and three daughters, Luhree Riggs

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

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We let our cows cull themselves if they have a poor body score at weaning, they get shipped. If they cannot hold their body score through the winter without much help we separate them, feed them cake and sell them in the fall. If they don’t have a calf or calve late they get sold. It they get too high headed, it is off to town with them. After doing this for almost twenty years we do not cull as much as we used to.

Our bulls and heifers are out of cows that have never been pampered and never missed a calf. The bulls should produce good thick steers and heifers that will make good cows that will work in our country. Our bulls are composites some strong on Angus with some Tarentaise, and a little Herfeord, and Barangas.

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Partnership of Conservation Organizations Launches Needed Agricultural Water Quality Practice Assessment

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partnership to assess agricultural practices and strategies to further improve water quality in the U.S. was launched today by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Sand County Foundation, the Noble Research Institute and Farm Foundation.

The National Agricultural Water Quality Practice Assessment seeks to better understand how effective specific agricultural management practices are at improving water quality.

The year-long project will culminate in a comprehensive report identifying current baseline knowledge about managing agricultural lands to improve conservation

outcomes. The report will also identify critical gaps in knowledge, as well as strategies to advance agricultural conservation adoption and effectiveness. A key goal of the assessment is to help agricultural producers identify effective management practices that have the potential to yield tangible environmental results while supporting the economic viability of farms.

“Billions of dollars have been spent assessing this issue over the past 25 years.

Yet we don’t have a sufficient understanding of the effectiveness and costs of on-farm conservation practices,” said Kevin McAleese, Sand County Foundation President and CEO. “Data generated from this assessment will provided researchers and agricultural producers with the critical knowledge to make informed decisions,” said Bill Buckner, President and CEO of the Noble Research Institute. “Informed decisions are better decisions which result in improved practices, better conservation and quality land stewardship.”

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he GROWMARK Foundation is once again offering a $1,500 scholarship program for students in the United States and Ontario, Canada, pursing two- or four-year degrees or trade school certification in an agriculture-related field.

“As our business has grown and evolved, we saw a need to provide a scholarship to students throughout the United States and Ontario, in addition to the scholarship programs already established in our core geography,” said Amy Bradford, GROWMARK corporate relations manager and The GROWMARK Foundation manager. “GROWMARK and FS member cooperatives are strong supporters of youth leadership education and this is one more way we can contribute to the future of agriculture.”

Applicants must complete an online application which includes academic information, community service and leadership activities, and essay questions regarding agriculture and cooperatives. Applications will be judged by a panel of agribusiness professionals.

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o supplement farm income, some get their wives jobs in town. Others expand their hobbies, i.e. making saddles, braiding horsehair or running for county commissioner. Some, in desperation, get a real estate license!

I chose the conservative, low risk venture of making a home video! After considering several subjects, “Documentary of the Brucellosis Eradication Program 1936-92”, “The Hatch Act; a Review” and “Fasciola Hepatica; Peril of Fluke?” I decided to use some of my poems and invent Cowboy Poetry MTV! I would invite my cowboy friends and we would act out each poem.

Included in the video was “THE CULL”, a poem in which a young vet and an experienced cowman argue the merits of keeping or culling a cow. The cow described in the poem was definitely beyond “one more year”!

I sent a copy to Hank at the sale barn in Willcox and asked him to find me this cow.

I called three days before I had the big shooting scheduled. He said he had the cow.

I reminded him that I’d encouraged him to buy two or three so I could cast just the right cow for the starring role. He said, “Don’t worry, I’ve got the cow!”

He was right...she cost sixty bucks!

I got her home and ran her in the chute to examine her. I was lucky to have my old pardner, Jake, who had a supporting role, to help me. She was in fair condition and had only the lower corner incisors left.

There was a healed lump at the angle of her jaw, her left horn curled back into the side of her head and the right horn swooped out gracefully to the northeast. She looked like she was directing traffic! But the reason she was at the sale barn, headed to the rendering plant, was her right eye. Cancer had enucleated it and the orbital area was the size of a small cantaloupe!

Jake and I cleaned, packed and dressed the eye. No Shut-Eye Patch would cover it.

I thought a big cartoon X made of black duct tape might make the defect more presentable. Then Jake said, “I know what’ll work...a bra!”

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tah officials are working to reorganize the Utah Beef Council as the state faces a lawsuit from a rancher arguing that the council’s collection of a checkoff fee is unconstitutional because it supports p o litic al sp e e ch an d lack s transparency.

Evergreen Ranch says the mandatory 50 cents it pays to the Utah Beef Council for every head of cattle it sells has been used by the council, a nonprofit private entity, for political advocacy on topics from greenhouse gas emissions to public land disputes, in violation of the First Amendment.

According to a recent report by Deseret News, Utah officials discussed the likelihood, based on federal court guidance, that the plaintiff would win the case. A legislative analysis done by the state’s auditor and treasure also concluded that the beef promotion statute is unconstitutional.

The plaintiff, according to the report, has held off on the litigation pending a legislative solution to the issue.

That solution could come in the form of a bill sponsored by Rep. Scott Sandall that would create the Utah Beef Council as an independent state agency that can take money and engage in promotional activities.

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Ancient DNA Upends the Horse Family Tree

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orses radically changed human history, revolutionizing how people traveled, farmed, and even made war.

Yet every time we think we’ve answered the question of where these animals came from, another study brings us back to square one.

Such is the case with an extensive new study of ancient horse DNA, which largely disproves the current theory: that modern horses arose more than 5000 years ago in Kazakhstan. Instead, the new work suggests that modern-day domestic horses come from an as-yet-undiscovered stock.

The research also shows that the world’s only remaining wild horses, called Przewalski’s horses, are not truly wild.

“This paper radically changes our thinking about the origin of modern horses,” says Molly McCue, a veterinarian and equine geneticist at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in St. Paul, who was not involved with the work.

“It’s an exciting and surprising finding.”

Until now, many researchers had cation. They collected and later sequenced thought that the Botai culture, an ancient DNA from 20 Botai horse remains; they did group of hunters and herders that relied on the same for a similar number of horses horses for food and possibly transport in living in various regions over the past 5000 what today is northern Kazakhstan, first years. They then compared these sequences harnessed horses 5500 years ago. Research- to scores of already existing sequences, ers have discovered horse meat fat and milk including Przewalski’s horses, and built a fat in Botai pottery, suggesting these family tree showing which breeds were people ate horses and kept mares in cap- most closely related. The tree “was really tivity for milking. Markings on horse teeth quite a shock,” Orlando says. indicate that the Botai tethered the horses Intensive sequencing of horse DNA at with bits and either rode or herded them, this site in Kazakhstan suggests this is not suggesting some degree of domestication. where today’s domestic horses originated.

The site is also home to lots of horse bones, For one, Przewalski’s horses were in the and modern genetic evidence has pointed same part of the tree as the Botai horses. to the region as the source of domes- From their relationship, it was clear that tic horses. these “wild” horses were escaped Botai With this history in mind, paleogeneti- horses, the team reports today in Science. cist Ludovic Orlando at CNRS, the French “We have now found that there are no truly national research agency in Toulouse, and wild horses left” anywhere in the world, the University of Copenhagen decided to Outram says. analyze the ancient DNA of these horses. “I Another surprise was that all the other expected to catch evolution red-handed, horses were on a separate branch of the when domestication first started,” tree, suggesting they were not Botai Orlando recalls. descendents as many have long thought.

He teamed up with longtime Botai “We are now back to the intriguing queszooarchaeologist Alan Outram from the tion—who were the ancestors of our University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, modern horses, and who were the peoples and together they discovered an ancient that were responsible for their early huscorral at the site, another sign of domesti- bandry?” says Emmeline Hill, an equine

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scientist at University College Dublin who was not involved with the study. This new work, which hints that other horses may be represented in these ancient genomes, shows “that [horse] domestication could have been a process with many phases, experiments, failures, and successes,” says Ernest Bailey, a geneticist at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington.

Orlando and his colleagues lay out two possible scenarios to explain their family tree. In one, as Botai horsemen expanded to other parts of Europe and Asia, they bred their herds with so many wild species that almost none of the original Botai DNA remained. As a result, those horses don’t seem related to the Botai, even though they actually are.

In the second scenario, the Botai horses didn’t survive, and were replaced by horses domesticated elsewhere, creating at least two centers of horse domestication (as there may have been for dogs, cats, and other animals). Outram suspects that in addition to the Botai horses east of the Ural Mountains, there may have been domesticated horses to the west that won out thanks to migrations, he explains.

One major barrier remains to knowing which scenario is right: a dearth of DNA samples from between 4000 and 5000 years ago. So Orlando and his colleagues are collecting more. But another kind of DNA might help them in their work— ancient human DNA that details migration and population patterns from that time.

Indeed, they already have some evidence from unpublished studies. But Outram is keeping quiet about that work. “My mouth is zipped for now.”

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Nice, newer beef slaughter facility that has been cleaned up and ready for operation. This facility is ideal for a cow kill, fat cattle kill and game processing. Located near Las Vegas, NM the sale price includes the old livestock sale barn and facility with 4,906 square feet and includes 6 acres for sale. Facility will need re-permitting with FSIS.

SW US FEEDMILL FOR SALE – $2,500,000

Successful livestock feed mill is for sale now in the Western US and the owners are hitting record sales. This feed manufacturer sells product all over the Southwest and has 70 dealers in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. This mill produces feed for all classes of animals including horses, cattle, poultry, hogs, sheep and goats. Great profitable business for sale and looking for new owner.

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DRIPPING SPRINGS RANCH, MULE CREEK, NM - 232 deeded acres with 13,000 Gila National Forest allotment for the grazing of 150 head of mother cows a 4 horses yearlong. Nice improvements, beautiful country. Priced @ $2,500,000

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■ QUAIL HAVEN – along w/deer, turkey, antelope & other wildlife – Borden Co., TX., 1,689 +/- ac., well located near Gail/ Snyder, Texas on pvmt. & all-weather road, well improved.

■ GREAT STARTER RANCH – Quay Co., NM – well improved & watered, 2,400 ac. +/-deeded, 80 ac. +/- State Lease, excellent access from I-40.

■ RANCHO AL OESTE DE LA MONTANA – located on the West face of Tucumcari Mountain – Tucumcari, NM, 560 ac. +/- deeded land w/80 ac. +/- NM State Lease, outstanding views & location greatly enhances the beauty of the 3 bdrm., 2 bath home w/large unattached garage & large barn.

■ OTERO CO., NM – 120 scenic ac. +/- on the Rio Penasco is surrounded by Lincoln National Forest lands covered in Pines & opening up to a grass covered meadow along 3,300 feet +/- of the Rio Penasco. This property is an ideal location to build a legacy mountain getaway home.

■ ARROYO LARGO – 22,850 ac. +/- located in Lincoln, Chaves & DeBaca Counties, NM, well improved w/two homes, working pens & fences, well-watered by wells & pipelines, open rolling country w/numerous draws & arroyos provide for year-round cow/ calf operation or seasonal yearling operation.

■ MALPAIS OF NM – Lincoln/Socorro Counties, 37.65 sections +/- (13,322 ac. +/- Deeded, 8,457 ac. +/- BLM Lease, 2,320 ac. +/- State Lease) good, useable improvements & water, some irrigation w/2 pivot sprinklers, on pvmt., all-weather road.

■ SOUTH CONCHAS RANCH – San Miguel Co., NM - 9,135 ac.

+/- (6,670 +/- deeded, 320 +/- BLM, 40 +/- State Lease, 2,106 +/- “FREE USE”) well improved, just off pvmt. on co. road., two neighboring ranches may be added for additional acreage!

■ ALFALFA & LIVESTOCK – Tucumcari, NM - 255.474 ac. +/-, state-of-the-art huge hay barn & shop (immaculate), steel pens, Arch Hurley Water Rights, two nearly new sprinklers, alfalfa established.

■ MINE CANYON ROAD (paved) – Quay Co., NM – 1,063 ac. +/- native grass, well watered w/a good set of pens, located between Ute Lake & Hwy. 54.

■ WOOD FARM & RANCH – Quay Co., NM – 480 ac. +/-, w/292 ac. classified as cropland fully allotted to wheat & milo, 365.9 ac. of Arch Hurley Water Rights, nice combination farming/ cattle operation, presently in grass for grazing.

■ EXCELLENT OWNER FINANCING! ABERCROMBIE RANCH – Huerfano Co., CO - 7,491 ac. +/- of choice grassland, excellent winter protection for lvstk. & commercial Elk hunting, watered by wells, pipeline, Sandy Creek & the Cucharas River, on pvmt.

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TURKEY TRACK RANCH – First time offering of one of the largest ranches in the southwest, comprised of over 253,000 acres to include 37,000 deeded acres. Some mineral included. Price Reduced: $17,500,000 BLACK DOG RANCH – Central NM, near Corona in Lincoln County. Comprised of 314 deeded acres with nice new of remodeled improvements. Good elk, mule deer and turkey hunting. Comes with elk tags. Price: $565,000 DOUBLE L RANCH – Central NM, 10 miles west of Carrizozo, NM. 12,000 total acres; 175 AUYL, BLM Section 3 grazing permit; Water provided by 3 wells and buried pipeline. Improvements include house and pens. Price Reduced: $1,150,000 X T RANCH – Southeastern NM cattle ranch 40 miles northwest of Roswell, NM on the Chaves/Lincoln County line. Good grass ranch with gently rolling grass covered hills.

8,000 total acres, 200 AUYL grazing capacity. Partitioned into four pastures watered by 2 wells with pipelines. Call for brochure. Price: $1,750,000 SOUTH BROWN LAKE RANCH – Nicely improved cattle ranch located northwest of Roswell, NM. 5,735 total acres to include 960 acres deeded. 164 A.U. yearlong grazing capacity. Modern residence, bunkhouse, shop and feed barn. Three wells and

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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/- state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres.

Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope, mule deer and some elk. $2,710,000

RATON MILLION DOLLAR VIEW, Colfax County, NM. 97.68 +/- deeded acres, 2 parcels, excellent home, big shop, wildlife, a true million dollar view at end of private road. $489,000.

House & 1 parcel $375,000

MIAMI HORSE HEAVEN, Colfax County, NM. Very private approx. 4,800 sq ft double walled adobe 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with many custom features, 77.50 +/- deeded acres with water rights and large 7 stall barn, insulated metal shop with own septic. Would suit indoor growing operation, large hay barn/equipment shed. $1,375,000.

MIAMI 20 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 20 +/deeded acres, 20 water shares, quality 2,715 sq ft adobe home, barn, grounds and trees. Private setting. This is a must see. Reduced to $375,000

MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced $485,000 COLD BEER VIEW, Colfax County, NM 83.22 +/- deeded acre, 3,174 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 3 ½ bathrm, 2 car garage home situated on top of the hill with amazing 360 degree views.

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FRENCH TRACT 80, Colfax County, NM irrigated farm w/home & good outbuildings, $350,000

COLMOR PLACE, Mora County, NM 354 +/deeded acres, I:25 frontage, house, pens, expanMAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax County, sive views. Ocate Creek runs through property.

NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 Class A irri- $275,000 gation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, 100 hd feedlot. Depredation Elk Tags available. MAXWELL SMALL HOLDING, home with horse Owner financing available to qualified buyer. improvements, fenced, water rights and 19+/deeded acres. Handy to I25 on quiet country Significantly reduced to $550,000 road. $232,000.

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Trujillo, NM: 567 deeded acres rim rock views, 3 stock tanks, one spring fed tank and county road B21 access. Scenic parcel located 30 miles east of Las Vegas. Not far from Sabinoso Wilderness area. Asking $345,000 El Valle – Hwy 3: Alfalfa Farm near Pueblo bridge has 32+acres right on Pecos River w/adjudicated senior ditch rights. Averages 3,200+ bales “premium” alfalfa annually. Includes 3 bedroom adobe home, hay barn & sheds. Price is $769,000. Call Catherine 505-231-8648 or alexander.catherine@gmail.com Pecos River Frontage: 5+ acres has water rights, modern home, stone guest house, very large heated studio/workshop/garage. $495,000. MLS # 20170472 Contact Catherine at 505-231-8648 or alexander.catherine@gmail.com Bernal area: 126 +/- hilltop acres located on frontage road 2116. Has electric & telephone and is partially fenced. Has SR 2116 frontage. Asking $117,000 Dilia Loop Road Farm: Fenced 20+ acre parcel raises alfalfa & sweet grass, 4 irrigated sections w/20 ac/ft ditch rights & Pecos River frontage. Excellent farming opportunity for organic vegetable gardens, alfalfa or sweet grass. Priced at $225,000 obo

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Apache Mesa Road: Two 80 acre parcels, both have good water wells. West parcel has 4 bdrm septic system, solar array, storage containers & travel trailer, priced at $185,000. East parcel has two dirt tanks, two sides fenced, mountain views, priced at $165,000 White Lakes Road: 1,100 deeded acres partially fenced pasture land, mountain views, public electric, county road access. Basin fringe water! Solar array or wind farm lease income potential. Call for details...

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RIDING HERD

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learned a long time ago that most people can be divided into one of two camps. My wife taught me that less on the first time we went grocery shopping together 45 years ago. When we came to the condiment aisle she had a preconceived notion that our mayonnaise needs would best be filled

by Best Foods. But I was a Miracle Whip guy.

Right there in the store she informed me that Miracle Whip was for poor, homeless, bums while I told her that Best Foods was for rich, overeducated snobs. My taste buds have not been tickled by Miracle Whip since that day.

As with checkers, it’s the same with commercial cattlemen, most can be divided into either Black or Red. The bigger band of black brothers and sisters are more apt to own a tractor and do some farming, while the others bet it all on red and only raise cattle. Blacks are more apt to golf, while the Reds usually have a roping arena on their place. The Black contingent are more likely to have radio ear tags in their cattle, use a calf table and either freeze brand or apply no brand at all.

Reds still do it the old-fashioned way with real branding irons and a hot fire. A Red’s branding smells like oak or mesquite with a hint of cow manure; a black’s branding smells of disinfectant. If there’s a red hided animal in a Black’s pasture you know it’s the result of a recessive gene, but if there’s a black hided bull in with Red’s cows you know it belongs to the neighbors.

Black Or Red? Commercial cattlemen who prefer black hided cattle are more apt to retain ownership, while Red’s calves are sold on the video or are at the local auction market. A breeder of blacks can tell you the birth, weaning and yearling weight EPDs of every one of his bulls, whereas a red breeder can tell you the price of eight weights in Kansas.

Blacks own all their land while Reds lease theirs, usually from the feds. The Reds know that BLM stands for the Bureau of Land Management but to a Black a BLM is a bowel movement. So you see, there’s not much difference after all.

Black’s squeeze chute is either blue or green while Reds naturally prefer red.

Black’s is a $15,000 hydraulic squeeze but Red wouldn’t spend $15,000 for a pickup, let alone a squeeze chute. Speaking of which, Black’s work vehicle is a Yukon or Chevy Tahoe while red usually drives a Ford F150. Black uses an ATV to check the cows but Red rides a Quarter Horse. Black owns a tractor that usually “runs like a Deere” whereas Red knows all that deer are good for is hunting. He swears there will never be a tractor on his place. Black prefers his saddle fully tooled while Red rides a roughout.

Black supplements his cows with tubs, cubes or rations that were concocted by a consulting nutritionist. It usually involves distiller’s grains. Red feeds his cows rained-on hay and believes beer is for people, not beeves.

Black is a Cinch jean, boxer wearing, Catholic or Episcopalian who uses the latest i Phone. He or she bets on March Madness basketball and prefers filet mignon. Red wears briefs under his Wranglers, still uses a generic flip phone, is a BIG Dallas Cowboy fan and prefers a tasty ribeye. When Mrs. Red dresses up she wears Justin boots while Mrs. Black wears shoes bought at Nordstroms. Black is a staunch Republican conservative who still puts up a real Christmas tree, while Red hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan. At Christmas he puts up a fake tree because he’s too cheap to buy a real one. Red is not a member of any organized church, she’s a Methodist.

The Reds believe in “Red. Right. Now.” Whereas “Black Means Business!” Black breeders cheat by mixing in some Simmental blood when nobody’s looking while Red cheats by blending in some Hereford blood.

The only thing Blacks and Reds have in common is a hatred of White cattle.

Author’s note: The opinions expressed here do not reflect the beliefs of the editor, publisher, owner or anyone else even remotely related to this publication because some are Blacks and some are Reds.

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he 60th year of beef production was a celebration! Friday, with wonderful weather, and a large evening crowd with many friends and customers in attendance, we got to hear an outstanding talk given by Tom Field, PhD, about thinking outside of the box. Many positive comments from his inspirational talk were heard from the audience. Then the party began with an outstanding chicken fried steak meal and beautiful anniversary cake desert. This very special evening ended with so many long term customers sharing stories of how these cattle had made a very positive influence on their herd.

Saturday many customers braved the very cold morning to come look at bulls. As the gravel fell on the last lot, buyers from six states had helped to make 2018 anniver s ar y s ale another success.

We had a lot of new buyers for our exciting Charolais offering this year.

Lot 22 B3R D004 Blanco Std X019 and Lot 23 B3R D034 Blanco Std X025 selling for ranch record of $12,000 each, with very high marbling along with exceptional growth numbers.

We are very grateful for all that braved the cold weather to be in attendance for our 60th anniversary celebration sale. We encourage you to save the date Saturday Feb 9, 2019 on your calendar now to join us for our next big bull sale day featuring wide body bulls that are grass gain tested.

SALE AVERAGES 22 Charolais bulls averaged $6107 177 Angus bulls averaged $5614

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Animal Science Growing at Mesalands Community College

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he Animal Science program at Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, NM is seeing substantial growth and improvement every year. The two-year associate degree program is designed to give students a foundation in livestock nutrition, reproduction, herd health, and management.

The goal is for students for receive their two-year associate degree and then transfer to a university to continue their education. Staci Stanbrough, who received her Master’s degree at New Mexico State University, is the faculty director for the Animal Science program.

“The great thing about Quay County is the fact that we are in a climate that sustains both farming and ranching,” she said.

Producers in the county enjoy having the college students come out to learn

about various aspects of crop and livestock production. Currently, the students are busy preparing for the Perez Cattle Company Annual Bull Sale, as well as collecting data for the Tucumcari Bull Test and Sale.

“The hands-on approach is by far my favorite thing about our Animal Science Program” said Stanbrough. “These students will leave here with skills such as ear tagging, vaccinating/doctoring, running scales, using a computer, focusing a microscope and so much more.”

They are also networking with industry professionals such as veterinarians, livestock producers, farmers and salesman.

“I want to see these students succeed by graduating, and obtaining employment in the agriculture industry. I think that what they know about livestock and farming is as important as who they know within the industry,” noted Stanbrough.

Former Mesalands student, Payten Frost will receive her Agriculture Business degree from Oklahoma Panhandle State University in May. Patrick Romo, also a former Mesalands student is currently working on his degree at New Mexico State University.

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he Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) in Washington, D.C., has filed amicus briefs in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court involving state limits on food products sold based on animal care, the group said in a news release.

Both cases — Missouri, et al. v. California and Indiana, et al. v. Massachusetts — push back on state laws in California and Massachusetts that limits the types of meat and eggs that can be raised or sold within their borders.

In 2015, California required that egg-laying hens farmed in the state be kept in cages in which they could move around freely, or not in cages at all. In 2016, Massachusetts voters passed a ballot measure that bans the sale of eggs, pork, and veal from animals kept in too-small quarters, regardless of the state of origin, within its borders beginning in 2022.

In the cases before the Supreme Court, 13 states are challenging those states’ restrictions. The Court is deciding whether it will hear the arguments.

CCF’s brief asserts the restrictions are unconstitutional overreaches that seek to dictate how farmers in other states care for their animals. Unlike other litigation that must work its way through lower courts, the Supreme Court can directly hear lawsuits between states.

The brief also argues that the interstate commerce clause, which makes the federal government the arbiter of commerce between states, is an issue in this case.

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any citizens may not realize just how bad things had gotten until now.

The charges against Cliven Bundy, his two sons Ammon and Ryan, along with Ryan W. Payne were dropped in Nevada by Federal District Court Judge Gloria M. Navarro.

The judge, in a ruling from the bench, cited the government’s missteps in withholding evidence against the Bundys and Mr. Payne were so grave that the indictments would be dismissed. Navarro said that it was apparent that the FBI was involved in the prosecution and held back evidence that was in favor of the Bundys

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and Mr. Payne.

Whether you agree with Mr. Bundy’s reasoning or not, the wrath brought on them by the feds was extreme and ridiculous. You have to keep in mind that the Bundys had no previous criminal record.

The whole incident probably could have been handled by a couple of reasonable officers sent to the front door instead of an army of militarized agents. Why should any Americans ever be made an example of by corrupt leadership? Now it looks like Mr. Bundy is considering suing the Obama Administration and Nevada Senator Harry Reid for his wrongful imprisonment.

The next thing about this case is who were these cowboys that were hired by the government to roundup the Bundy’s cattle?

Where are they? Don’t you want to ask them why they would hire on for such a job against their brethren?

I can hardly believe that a true cowboy would even consider such a thing. I have never met one that would, even if he disagreed with them. I also understand that several cattle were stampeded and killed during the alleged roundup. Where were the People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals then? The cattle did not do anything wrong, why were several of them

killed? Would you guess yahoos on horseback? PETA should change their name to COW-ARD. Where was Pamela Anderson when you needed her?

After the standoff at Bundy Ranch I was able to listen to and speak with Ammon Bundy in Prescott, Arizona. He was very open and matter of fact about the entire incident. When I listened to his side of the story it all seemed so absurd and Orwellian.

I had never heard of the American government doing such a stupid thing since Ruby Ridge in 1992. Politics played such a large part in this American tragedy at the Bundy’s as it did at Ruby Ridge. I’m also quite certain the judge would never have turned the Bundys loose if a democrat administration had still been in place.

Recently I read a piece in this publication rating the Trump presidency at about a C- in regard to what it had accomplished in nine or ten months. Have you seen the list of the former Obama Administration’s accomplishments that have been reversed

by Trump?

There are over a hundred items on the list. I noticed when Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke traveled the West there was lots of hue and cry that he would change nothing at all. Funny thing, but the first thing Trump did was reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase National Monuments by over two million acres.

That is more than half, of the land that would have been shut down to grazing, mining, hunting, lumbering etc. Now, Tax Reform has been passed and that will be a huge nail in the coffin of Obama Care because included in it was the elimination of the individual mandate. The longer time goes on, the more fun it is watching President Trump dismantle the inept policies of President Obama.

Don’t you think the ranchers and farmers will be pretty joyous with less of a tax burden? Of course, the one thing helping the majority of Americans now is the spectacular stock market which is over an unprecedented 25,000. Even if you do not personally have any stocks, look at the benefit to the cavalcade of pension funds and businesses. This spreads the wealth around and it keeps your retirement out of jeopardy. Something else we have to look forward to are the amount of companies that are coming back to America because of the tax breaks. Consider this, coal miners, and oil field workers are back at it. How many years had they been sitting around?

Developers of all kinds are starting projects that have sat dormant since 2008. Pretty

soon, workers will become the only shortThrough these combined lenses he age, which is a good problem to have. explained how he sees the industry at the According to the acting director of Immi- Agribusiness Council of Indiana Conference.

“Secretary Sonny Perdue has referred to gration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan “Overall removals are down the farm bill as a food security bill,” he said. because the border’s under better control “That evokes emotion, not logic. than it has been in 45 years.” That also “We should always use emotion. People means less drugs coming in through Mexico. buy organic food because it makes them This will do nothing, but help our economy feel good. It makes it look like they care and well being. Remember Obama pardon- about their children. Production means ing over 150 drug dealers? Actions speak nothing to our consumer. They care about louder than words, the Iniquity Administra- themselves and their feelings.” tion is over and Trump is returning this Mason believes that shining the spotcountry to it’s former greatness. I am a light on productivity and efficiency is “show me” type of guy and so far I like a mistake. what I see..

Customers don’t care about how many We all get impatient and anything that bushels per acre farmers grow or how involves government takes a dreadful long quickly they can add weight to livetime. However, those of you that are stock, he said. involved with government realize that if “If you’re going to tell people how proyou get 70 percent of what you want from ductive we are, frame it around a negotiation that is a tremendous victory. environmentalism,” he said.

The Washington, DC culture was not estab“Because we’re so productive, because of lished over night and it will not be renewed GMO technology, we go to that field once quickly, but it has already had somewhat of to plant it, once to spray it and once to an overhaul. harvest it.

Environmental Protection Agency head “In the old days, we went over it seven Scott Pruitt has been making lots of prog- times. There’s less compaction, less diesel ress especially his suggestion to get the burned, less erosion. We now have buffer United States out of the Paris Accord. It strips to protect our streams, ponds and would have been a stifling tax burden to hardworking Americans with nothing to show for it. He also is not nit picking and fining ranchers over environmental protections like the previous administration.

The EPA’s income has dropped dramatically. Mr. Pruitt has been very unorthodox in his role and keeps his opponents guessing about what he will do next.

It’s time to get the ranch in good order and enjoy your tax break. The average hard working American has escaped the Iniquity Administration and is on the path to prosperity! Now, if we can just get the Hammonds out of jail.

lakes. It’s a story we can use.”

Give Yourself Credit Mason believes that many Americans are against genetically modified foods because they’ve never lived without a safe, affordable food supply.

“What we need to understand is that nobody really appreciates agriculture because they’ve never lived without it in the United States,” he said. “In the U.S., one percent farms and ranches and another seven percent are peripherally involved in agriculture.

“In third world countries, 70 percent of the populace is involved with food production. We’re really good at it here, and our customers have never went without.

“Agriculture is the basis, square one, of all human advancement. Were it not for agriculture, there would be nothing more to society. We know this, but I think we forget it. We need to make sure our customers know this.”

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by Erica Quinlan, AgriNews Publications

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s a comedian, Damian Mason describes himself as a professional observer.

As a farmer, he is familiar with the challenges facing agriculture at large, especially the debate about the safety of genetically modified foods.

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Plan for Divorce to Protect the Ranch Financially, Just in Case

by Phyllis Coulter, Illinois Farmer Today

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ust as a rancher buys insurance in case of a catastrophe, there should be a plan in case of a marriage failure — with the hope that neither has to be used.

No one wants to think about the possibility of divorce, but it happens. It can be particularly devastating if the family ranch is lost in the distribution of assets as a result.

“It can be a disaster when planning hasn’t taken place,” said Curt Ferguson, an attorney at the Estate Planning Center, Salem, Illionois.

Generally, inherited properties are not considered marital assets, as long as the recipient retains the land in his or her name, said Lorraine Zenge, a financial planning consultant with Country Financial. If it becomes joint property, that changes things.

Ferguson said when one generation gifts to the next, it may require an extra step

to keep the gift in the hands of the intended recipient.

Typically, couples co-mingle their assets, so it may be wise to go a step further and set up a trust.

“I encourage clients not to leave the land to someone outright. Leave it to the recipient in trust for the benefit of a son or daughter,” he said. “Give them broad control of the trust.”

That will separate the ranch from “the marriage, a lawsuit or a nursing home,” said Ferguson.

He recommends a “beneficiary controlled, third-party created, asset-protection trust.”

That simply means the person receiving the land has the flexibility to make decisions about the property, but it still has the greater degree of protection the parent wanted.

Prenups have purpose In estate planning, Ferguson also advises people to make provisions in the case that a surviving spouse may remarry. The inheritance could move to the second spouse’s family instead of the first couple’s children.

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planning — requiring a pre-nuptial agreement (prenup) in the case of a second marriage, he said.

Prenups allow for ranch families to create a “game plan” that makes sense to them, said Cari Rincker, a family attorney based in Champaign Illinois.

“Nobody gets on an airplane thinking that it will crash, but you still go over the safety instructions,” Rincker said. “A prenup is simply the ‘safety instructions’ for a divorce, which can be especially important for ranch families.”

“A family ranch is a business,” she said, and the business itself may be subject to equitable division in the divorce.

“A prenup could clearly address what part of the ranch business or its assets is marital and how the ranch business and assets will be valued and divided,” Rincker said.

The art of gifting Kristine Tidgren, an attorney with the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation (CALT) at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, regularly gets calls about gifts and inheritance.

State courts usually handle divorce matters. When a judge decides how to

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award assets, both the marital and separate property is considered, with the judge making an “equitable division or distribution” of the marital property.

Sometimes there is concern judges making the decision about a ranch’s distribution may not have an agricultural background, Tidgren said. Ranches are so dependent on assets, some decisions could put a ranch out of business.

In most states if someone comes into a marriage with property, it is usually considered separate. Likewise, a gift to an individual while married is usually not considered marital assets, but it can be.

“You never know for sure,” Tidgren said.

The Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law & Taxation (CALT) website cites the case of a couple that had been married for nearly 30 years. During that time, they accumulated substantial wealth.

The couple’s assets included farmland and two farm businesses that owned the machinery, grain and hog confinement barns.

Before the marriage, the husband owned farmland, rented additional land and raised hogs. Part of this land had been gifted to him by his parents. In addition, the husband inherited land from his parents during the time of his marriage.

During the marriage, the wife took care of the children, kept the books and helped on the farm on a part-time basis.

In divorce proceedings in 2007, the court awarded property the husband inherited during the marriage to him, but not the property gifted before marriage. It was considered a marital asset. The husband appealed.

“The court found that the wife had contributed to the improvement of the property and helped with the ranching operation by planting and harvesting, walking beans, helping with livestock chores and by doing bookkeeping and participating in marketing decisions,” the case synopsis stated.

The gifted land was considered a marital assets because of the wife’s contributions to the partnership; the husband lost the appeal.

Family dynamics have changed over the years. Sometimes both spouses work off the ranch and share duties on the ranch, Tidgren said. There are also more women leading farms and ranches today. There are many considerations in making sure assets are divided equitably, she said.

Planning now and making it legal “can save some grief in the future,” Zenge said.

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by Craig Gifford & Marcy Ward Resp., Ext. Beef Cattle Spc. & Ext. Livestock Spc., Dept. of Ext. Animal Sciences & Natural Resources, NMSU

Electronic Logging Devices & Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin. Regs

Impacts on 4-H, FFA, Rodeo, & Other “Not-For-Hire” Hauling Activities Does It Matter to You?

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o you haul horses, show animals, or other animals across state lines for competitions? Do you cross state lines to purchase or sell anything business-related? Do you drive across state lines and participate in activities in which you have an opportunity to win money? If you answered yes to ANY of these, then the existing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations likely apply to you. These regulations include: ЇЇ Obtaining and displaying a Department of Transportation (DOT) number on your vehicle, ЇЇ Using a log book or electronic logging

device to log your driving and non-driving hours, and ЇЇ Obtaining a commercial driver’s license.

This article is mainly focused on describing requirements for people who typically are not professional for-profit carriers, but who may be transporting livestock, equipment, or other items as part of their commercial operation, and who have a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 10,001 lb or more.

Common Misconceptions Requirements for commercial driver’s licenses (CDL), electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, and Department of Transportation (DOT) numbers are all the same. ЇЇ Placing “Not-For-Hire” on a vehicle exempts that vehicle from FMCSA regulations, and private agriculturerelated activities are all exempt from FMCSA regulations.

All of these are not necessarily true.

Requirements for CDL, ELD, and DOT numbers are all separate. Each may have exemptions, but they DO NOT apply to all.

For example, ELD exemptions do not apply to DOT number requirements. ЇЇ

Information marked with “49 C.F.R.” refers to FMCSA regulations found in the electronic code of federal regulations (e-CFR) (link in Resources section below).

Federal DOT Number Requirements DOT number requirements have the potential to impact the most people who are “not-for-hire” and travel out of state.

Though the ELD mandate is currently garnering the most attention, DOT number requirements have been in place for several years but have largely been unenforced.

The new ELD mandate has brought focus to existing laws and the enforcement of those laws. Just because you may have avoided fines in the past, it is still possible for the laws to be enforced in the future.

If you transport animals, supplies, or other materials across state lines for interstate commerce and have a combined GVWR above 10,001 lb, your vehicle is considered a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and you are required to obtain, display, and maintain a federal DOT number.

The key term is interstate commerce, which is defined as: “Interstate commerce means trade, traffic, or transportation in the United States— (1) Between a place in a State and a place

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outside of such State (including a place outside of the United States); (2) Between two places in a State through another State or a place outside of the United States; or (3) Between two places in a State as part of trade, traffic, or transportation originating or terminating outside the State or the United States.” (49 C.F.R. §390.5) Thus, if you are above the 10,001-lb combined GVWR but are hauling a horse across state lines for pleasure only, the DOT number requirements do not apply to you.

However, if you are engaging in any form or interstate commerce, you are required to obtain, display, and maintain a federal DOT number. Some examples of commerce-related activities include: 1. A half-ton pickup with a small trailer hauling show steer to Denver for the Stock Show.

2. A one-ton pickup driving from New Mexico to Muleshoe, T X, to purchase vaccines.

3. Due to road limitations, your pickup and stock trailer cross into Arizona and back to New Mexico hauling animals for your business—even if you do not unload the animals in Arizona.

4. You cross state lines with a flatbed trailer to purchase equipment or supplies in another state.

5. You cross state lines with a horse to participate in a rodeo or horse show and have the opportunity to win money.

6. You cross state lines with a trailer (most trailer types are affected) to compete in any activity that pays money.

7. You cross state lines to haul livestock to an out-of-state-market.

8. You cross a state line with your empty CMV to take it to an out-of-state repair shop.

How to Obtain a DOT Number

Administration website (www.fmcsa.dot. gov/) and select “Get a DOT Number.” The FMCSA website also has a training manual for using the online system.

3. Once a DOT number is obtained, it must be clearly displayed on the vehicle.

See 49 C.F.R. §390.21 for regulations on how to properly display your DOT number.

Now I Have a DOT Number.

What Else?

1. You generally need to stop at all weigh stations and ports of entry if: a) You are involved in interstate commerce and have a GVWR of 10,001 lb or more. b) You are involved in intrastate commerce and have a GVWR of 26,001 lb or more.

2. You must keep a written log of your travel time and non-driving time while on duty work hours unless you meet shorthaul and agricultural operation exemptions (see Log Book and Hours of Service Exemptions below).

3. If you are involved in interstate commerce and have a GVWR of 10,001 lb or more, you must also follow the requirements for vehicle parts, accessories, inspection, and maintenance (49 C.F.R. §393 and §396). You may also be subject to inspections (vehicle and driver) when at weigh stations/ports of entry or when pulled over on the road by law enforcement. a) The requirements/guidelines for vehicle parts, accessories, inspection, and maintenance are rather extensive, and you are encouraged to review the C.F.R. closely to remain in compliance.

DOT Number Requirement Exemptions There are exemptions to DOT number requirements found in 49 C.F.R. §390.3(f), but they largely do not apply to vehicles with GVWR over 10,001 lb and involved in interstate commerce as described in this article. Readers are encouraged to review the C.F.R. to determine if they are exempt from DOT number requirements.

1. Send insurance requirements to your insurance company and obtain the proper amount of protection. Insurance requirements can be found at www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ Hours of Service and Log Book Regulations registration/insurance-requirements

a) Talk to your insurance company Generally, drivers of commercial motor now because many may not be familiar vehicles are required to adhere to limits on with the CMV regulations related to the the amount of time they can drive in a given 10,001-lb combined GVWR. period, and are required to keep a log of

b) Be prepared financially because, their driving and non-driving hours. The at the time of writing this article, informal following hours of service regulations apply estimates from insurance professionals in to drivers of CMVs carrying property.

New Mexico indicated that if a CDL “11-Hour Driving Limit (described below) and CMV DOT number May drive a maximum of 11 hours after are required, your current insurance costs 10 consecutive hours off duty. could double or triple.

14-Hour Limit 2. Go to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety May not drive beyond the 14th consec-

utive hour after coming on duty, following 10 consecutive hours off duty. Off-duty time does not extend the 14-hour period.

Rest Breaks May drive only if 8 hours or less have passed since end of driver’s last off-duty or sleeper berth period of at least 30 minutes.

Does not apply to drivers using either of the short-haul exceptions in 395.1(e). [49 CFR 397.5 mandatory “in attendance” time may be included in break if no other duties performed] 60/70-Hour Limit May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days. A driver may restart a 7/8 consecutive day period after taking 34 or more consecutive hours off duty.

Sleeper Berth Provision Drivers using the sleeper berth provision must take at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, plus a separate 2 consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth, off duty, or any combination of the two.” (www. fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/ summary-hours-service-regulations) Hours of Service and Log Book Exemptions Drivers engaging in “not-for-hire” hauling activities may fall under the shorthaul or agricultural exemptions described below; there are more exemptions that can be found in 49 C.F.R. §395.

1. You remain within a 100 air-mile radius of your normal work reporting location, return to the reporting location within 12 consecutive hours, and have at least 10 consecutive hours off duty separating each 12 hours on duty (49 C.F.R. §395.1(e)).

2. You are driving “during planting and harvesting periods, as determined by each State,” and you are transporting: a) “Agricultural commodities from the source of the agricultural commodities to a location within a 150 air-mile radius from the source; b) Farm supplies for agricultural purposes from a wholesale or retail distribution point of the farm supplies to a farm or other location where the farm supplies are intended to be used within a 150 air-mile radius from the distribution point; or c) Farm supplies for agricultural purposes from a wholesale distribution point of the farm supplies to a retail distribution point of the farm supplies within a 150 airmile radius from the wholesale distribution point” (49 C.F.R. §395.1(k)).

Electronic Logging Device (ELD) If you meet the short-haul or agricultural exemptions described above, you do not need to keep a log book (paper or ELD).

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log book, you are exempt from the ELD if requirements. grams or more (26,001 pounds or more), you are operating your CMV: whichever is greater, inclusive of a towed “(1) In a manner requiring completion Commercial Driver’s License unit(s) with a gross vehicle weight rating or of a record of duty status on not more than Requirements gross vehicle weight of more than 4,536 8 days within any 30-day period; You are required to have a CDL if the kilograms (10,000 pounds), whichever is (2) In a driveaway-towaway operation GVWR, Gross Combination Weight Rating greater; or in which the vehicle being driven is part of (GCWR), or the actual weight of the vehicle (2) Heavy Straight Vehicle (Group B)— the shipment being delivered; or vehicle combination is 26,001 lb or more, having a gross vehicle weight rating or (3) In a driveaway-towaway operation or if you are hauling an amount or type of gross vehicle weight of 11,794 or more kiloin which the vehicle grams (26,001 pounds or more), being transported is whichever is greater; or a motor home or a (3) Small Vehicle (Group C) recreation vehicle that does not meet Group A or ALWAYS check with your state DOT and Federal trailer; or B requirements but that either— (4) That was to transMotor Carrier Safety Administration representative port 16(i) orIs designed manufactured more passengers, before model year the driver; or for more information. This publication aims to increase including 2000, as reflected in (ii) Is of any size and is the vehicle identifiused in the transportation of awareness of existing and pending laws and is not cation number as hazardous materials as defined shown on the vehiin this section” (49 C.F.R. §383.5). intended to describe every law or requirement.” cle’s registration” (49 Any driver who is required to C.F.R. §395.8(a)). have a CDL is also subject to the If you fall outside drug/alcohol testing regulaof these exemptions, you are required to hazardous materials that requires tions found in 49 C.F.R. §40 and §382. Some obtain an electronic logging device. In placarding. example vehicles would include: general, most drivers engaging in “not-forThere are three CDL classes: A, B, and C.

1. One-ton or some three-quarterhire” hauling activities are exempt from “(1) Combination Vehicle (Group A)— ton pickups towing a 24-foot stock trailer. electronic logging device requirements, having a gross combination weight rating

2. One-ton or some three-quarterbut may not be exempt from paper logbook or gross combination weight of 11,794 kilo- ton pickups towing a 6-horse trailer with living quarters.

3. Some one-ton pickups alone are rated to haul in excess of 30,000 pounds.

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Enforcement Should you be pulled over and have not fulfilled the proper requirements, you could be facing significant fines and be prevented from continuing your trip until someone with proper credentials (DOT number, paper log book or ELD, and/or CDL) picks up your livestock or supplies.

Resources Information for this article is derived from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration website: www.fmcsa.dot.gov (accessed 1/8/18) For more information regarding regulations, see Title 49, Subtitle B, Chapter III “Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation” in the electronic Code of Federal Regulations at www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=a067a7d92d02b 6314adea7da17cab72e&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/ Title49/49chapterIII.tpl Find your state FMCSA field office at www.fmcsa.dot. gov/mission/field-offices

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by Dianne L Stallings, Ruidoso News

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motion to intervene in the suit filed by the Wild Horse Observers Association against the New Mexico Livestock Board was submitted recently to the 12th Judicial District Court.

Teeatta Lippert, Nathan Lippert and Shelley McAlister filed the action, asking the court for an order allowing them to intervene.

Teeatta Lippert was one of nine individuals who signed a transfer certificate for the custody and control of the 12 free-roaming Alto horses after the livestock board picked them up in August 2016, when a property owner confined them in her corral. The livestock board contended they were estray livestock.

As the motion noted, the case has become “one of the most bitterly divisive to be seen in Lincoln County.”

In the background information, the motion states that since an order was entered Dec. 12, 2016, by District Judge Daniel Bryant, extending a temporary restraining order against the auction of the horses, and requiring the signers to continue their care and custody on the 10-acre parcel to which the livestock board returned the horses, the signers and others “have been the victim of financial misconduct and false and fraudulent representations by WHOA and its president, Patience O’Dowd, and their allies.”

The intervenors’ attorney, Dave Reynolds, wrote that O’Dowd made a false representation that all money raised for the Alto herd would stay in Alto, but once in control of the dollars raised from a GoFundMe account, the money was used to fund the litigation against the livestock board instead of going toward the care of the horses.

The motion accuses O’Dowd and a WHOA member of harassment and contends WHOA has provided “only minimal financial support for the feeding, care and facility upkeep required by the horses.”

“As a result of these threats and harassment, the intervenors fear for personal

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Intervenors seek adoption of horse herd members. WHOA contends they still can be released to roam

safety, for their property and for the lives of private land are not subject to DNA testing their own animals,” the suit states. and other procedures and limitation (to The prolonged confinement of the determine if they have direct Spanish herhorses also is damaging the property, the itage); horses captured on private land suit contends. The original confinement must be inspected and determined at the was to run only 120 days. Providing time of their capture to either be domestiincreased security also resulted in higher cated livestock or undomesticated electric bills. non-livestock horses; and that if the horsed “In addition, there is no point in delaying that are the subject of the TRO and of the adoption of these horses,” the suit states. action are determined to have been undo“Short of being broke to ride, they are as mesticated non-livestock horses, then they domesticated as they could be without any are the property of Teeatta Lippert. training. The In a previous statefillies born in ment to the Ruidoso captivity do not News, O’Dowd denied Short of being broke know fear of any harassment or roads and traffic, misuse of collected to ride, they are as and have never money. She wrote fended for that the community domesticated as they could themselves.” supports restoring The woman the freedom of the be without any training. The who confined horses and apprecithe horses for ates the tourism they fillies born in captivity do not attract. She stated the livestock board to pick up “All money raised know fear of roads and traffic, that, has signed away for the Alto horses any claim to from within the comand have never fended for them and munity and from Lippert coveoutside the commuthemselves.” nanted that the nity has been spent, horses, if and will be spent, on awarded to her, would be adopted. She has these horses for their care and their a legally cognizable claim that she now is freedom. There are no salaried WHOA the owner of the horses, the suit contends. board members. WHOA has spent over As intervenors, the Lipperts and McAlis- $15,000 for feed and care of the horses and ter are asking the court to dissolve the continues as able while the opposition temporary restraining order and allow the increases costs by delay. horses to be adopted to residents who previously agreed to take them. They also asked the court to find that privately-owned property is not “public land” for purposes of state statutes; that horses captured on

March 8, 2018

Horse Caretakers Seek to Intervene in Lawsuit Against Livestock Board

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following described estray animals have been taken under the provisions of Chapter 77, Article 13 of New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, and sold for the benefit of the owners of said estrays as provided by law. The proceeds will be subject to claims and proof ofownership as provided by law. New Mexico Livestock Board Ray Baca, Executive Director · Albuquerque, N.M.

All current estrays can now be found on the New Mexico Livestock Board website at www.nmlbonline.com. Lost, missing & stolen reports at website for 30 days.

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The Sordid History of New Water for Southwest New Mexico History of the Gila and San Francisco Water Rights Battle

by Howard Hutchinson

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n 1955 New Mexico entered the contentious water battle for Colorado River water in one of the longest running adjudication battles before the U.S. Supreme Court, Arizona v. California.

State Engineer Steve Reynolds endeavor to have the Court’s Special Master recognize additional claims to Gila and San Francisco water rights failed. An estimated 30,000 acre feet of claimed irrigation rights were lost due to the fact those waters were not in “present use.” The depression, Korean War, and drought had left many acres fallow.

Fast forward to the mid 1960s. State Engineer Reynolds, Governor Jack Campbell and Senator Clinton Anderson teamed up in an effort to restore the lost water rights. Congress was debating the Colorado

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River Basin Project Act (Act). The Central Arizona Project (CAP) was proposed to deliver a portion of the water rights won in Arizona v. California to central and southeastern Arizona via canal.

Bowing to Senator Anderson’s threat to kill the Act, authorization was provided for the construction of Hooker Dam or alternative and an offer to contract with New Mexico users for an additional 18,000 acrefeet per year of Gila River water.

Arizona representative Mo Udall along with national environmental organizations expressed grave fears that Hooker Dam would impound the Gila River up into the Gila Wilderness. Thus began the long and sad saga of obstructing and delaying any effort to develop this new water for the state and region. Supporting and opposing organizations sprang up populating countless meetings, forums and collaborative gatherings for the next fifty years.

New Mexico did not take advantage of the Hooker Dam construction and the offer of 18,000 acre-feet of water through the turn of the century. In that interim litigation to address Tribal claims for additional rights resulted in court settlements. Congress memorialized these settlements through the 2004 Arizona Water Settlements

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Act (AWSA).

In 2003 the Southwest Water Planning Group (Group) was formed for the Southwest Regional Water Plan (SRWP). The Group was composed of the southwestern four counties, municipalities and soil and water districts.

After the fact the Group was informed of the passage of the AWSA. None of the Group was a party to the negotiations. The AWSA called for the Fund be created by the state of New Mexico to receive funds for construction of the New Mexico Unit or other water utilization alternatives to meet water supply demands in the Southwest Planning Region of New Mexico The Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) forming the Gila/San Francisco Water Commission (Commission) was finalized in 2006 and based on the information in the SRWP the Commission began looking at designing projects.

In 2007 at the prodding of Gila diversion opponents Governor Richardson vetoed an appropriation to the ISC to support planning for the diversion projects and made the statement, “The AWSA appears to permit the local communities, state, and region to meet water supply needs without maximizing the new depletion of water from the Gila and San Francisco Rivers. I am concerned about the impact that maximizing depletions will have on the river system. Going forward, I believe that a range of alternatives should be studied, with the “no diversion” option as an essential part of the analysis. To initiate the studies, I have allocated $300,000 to the GSFCC and expect the committee to consult with other interested parties in setting priorities.”

Governor Richardson expanded his policy statement in June of 2008 that included, “The planning process must include inquiries on a range of topic areas already identified by the planning group, including: ЇЇ Needs assessment of regional water supply and demand ЇЇ Multi-stakeholder planning process including administration and public involvement ЇЇ Demand management/conservation ЇЇ Demographics ЇЇ Economics/Social ЇЇ Ecologic studies ЇЇ Hydrologic studies including characterization of surface and groundwater supplies within the four-county area considering drought and climate change.”

The Governor’s order and policy launched four years of over 200 studies and countless meetings exhausting millions of dollars of federal, state and local government funds. This satisfied the opponents’ primary objective of delaying a diversion project. Recently opponents point to all of the money spent on these studies, engineers and lawyers assigning the blame to the New Mexico CAP Entity that was yet to be created.

As a result of the opponents prompted studies and meetings the Commission made recommendations for water conservation projects that the ISC funded at $9.1 million. Under Governor Martinez the ISC moved to devote the remainder of the Fund and the maximum of $62 million construction funding to developing diversion and storage projects.

NM Legislative Actions Representative Rudy Martinez introduced HB 301 in 2011 creating the New Mexico Unit Fund. The bill passed both the House and Senate on unanimous votes and was signed into law by the newly elected Governor Martinez.

Opponents continued their relentless attacks on the ISC and proponents of acquiring the new water for the region. The press and media eagerly regurgitated invented exaggerated stories of billion dollar boondoggle and impacts to the Gila Wilderness, and the last wild and free flowing river in the state.

This same scaremongering was repeated to federal and state legislators. In 2016 and 2017 Senator Morales attempted to raid the Fund to finance the Grant County Regional Water Supply Project.

In this 2018 session Senator Morales and Representative Martinez sponsored respectively SB 72 and HB 127 to gut the New Mexico Unit fund and effectively put an end to New Mexico’s sixty three-year efforts to secure lost water for the southwestern region of the state.

Senator Morales’ bill passed the Senate Conservation Committee and wasn’t acted on by the Senate Finance Committee. Representative Martinez’s bill was tabled in the House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee. A dummy bill resurrected Martinez’s bill as HB 330 that passed from the House State Government, Indian & Veterans Affairs Committee and was tabled in the House Appropriations & Finance Committee after bi-partisan opposition threatened lengthy and heated debate.

Pending Transport Regs Could be Bad for Live Animals (The views and opinions expressed in this blog are strictly those of the author.)

by Greg Bloom, meatingplace.com

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n late January I sat in on a cattlemen’s meeting and listened to a State Trooper talk about the necessity of keeping our highways safe. He promoted Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) as the solution to keeping sleepy drivers off the road, even if the load is livestock.

That sounds simple on the surface, but ELDs are being used as control tools for unrealistic regulations. Under Federal rules, after a maximum of 14 hours of time in the truck (11 hours of driving), truckers must take a whopping 10-hour sleep break! I don’t know how many out-of-touch bureaucrats it took to write this law, or what rationale the “sleep police” at the DOT used to come up with it, but almost nobody over the age of 16 can sleep for 10 straight hours.

Maybe 4 to 6 hours of sleep after every 12 hours of driving would be realistic, but not an impossible 10!

The cattlemen began explaining the dilemma this regulation causes: One rancher named Mike periodically sends 10 to 15 head of cattle to the sale barn. The truck that picks them up also has to pick up small herds at surrounding ranches to fill

the load. It can take a full day to get the ranch pickups completed before the driver is ready to head for the sale barn or feedlot.

With the ELD regulation requiring forced down-time, this driver now has leave this full load of cattle in the trailer for an additional 10 hours before he can even begin their journey. So, they’re crammed in, with no way to get them water, in all kinds of extremely nasty weather, to suffer needlessly overnight. It’s a gross understatement to say that this doesn’t work out well for the welfare of the animals.

The State Trooper listened carefully, and offered what he thought was a simple solution. “You just need to get teams of drivers to drive these trucks so the cattle would be on the truck the shortest amount of time possible.” That also sounds simple on the surface.

Another rancher named Carl chimed in that using teams would so add to the costs of transport that it would make it impossible to compete economically. Carl told the story of his friend Fred, an independent-trucker who hauls cattle. With the new ELD regulation, Fred would have to hire a second driver and charge an extra $300 per load, because it usually takes longer than the allowed 14 hours to pick up and deliver cattle. Also, there’s a labor shortage and teams aren’t always available. Carl sees his narrow profit margin quickly evaporating toward insolvency. But maybe that’s the intent of the law?

Another rancher said, “The best thing to do is make sure all your truckers run older

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than 1999 rigs so they don’t have to worry Cows, pigs, sheep and livestock about ELDs.” Nodding heads were seen all shouldn’t have to be without food and around the room. water for extended hours in harsh weather That loophole could compromise because of a poorly-written law. Doesn’t highway safety as well. Surely there’s a way this violate your animal welfare policy? to simultaneously promote safety, eco- What about your corporate customer’s nomic sustainability, and animal welfare. animal welfare standards?

Why hasn’t the welfare of live animals even The current 90-day waiver of this regufactored into the ELD legislation? lation for agriculture will expire on March There’s got to be a better balance than 18th, exposing our industry to financially this currently proposed one-size-fits-all burdensome rules and exposing our liveregulation. stock to unnecessary suffering

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Study: HighProtein Diet May Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

by Julie Larson Bricher, meatingplace.com

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multi-institute team of clinical researchers in Australia has published a study suggesting that high dietary protein and fiber intake among older adults may be protective against Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

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The research, part of the multi-year Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle study on aging, analyzed the dietary intakes of protein and fiber self-reported by a cohort of 541 cognitively normal older adults.

Researchers found that the more protein consumed, the less likely the biomarker amyloid beta (Aβ), a precursor to AD, is a burden to the brain. They found that those with the highest consumption of protein-rich foods such as meat and legumes, around 118 grams per day, were 12 times less likely to have high levels of Aβ than those in the lowest consumption group, who ate only 54 grams per day.

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he other day, I stopped at a travel center on I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson. I did this for no explicable reason. It was not like me to pull in and just look around. I did not need fuel, was not hungry and did not need to use the facilities. However, I pulled in and looked around for a few minutes anyhow, wondering just why in the heck I was there. I looked around and left.

When leaving the parking lot, I spotted a pobrecito looking fellow, with an old scraggly dog sitting beside the exit area. He was holding a sign that said, “Traveling and stranded. Anything will help, God Bless.”

There was an old, broken down car not far away that looked like it was probably his home and all of his worldly possessions inside.

I know what some say. “Don’t give ‘em money, they just use it for drugs or alcohol.”

Or, “Why doesn’t he go get a job like everyone else?” Or, “A lot of people make good money panhandling like that.” There are a lot of reasons why people don’t give “them” money. I had heard ‘em all before and even used a few myself a time or two.

However, something inside me said to give him a dollar and a bottle of water. I pulled over to the side, and even though it was a little out of my way, I felt a strong urge to go over to him. As I approached, I noticed that he was sipping on a coke and I thought, why did I have the urge to bring water, this guy is sipping on a big ol’ coke already.

However, when I got close enough, I noticed the dog’s bowl was dry. So I handed him the dollar and bottle of water. I told him “God bless you and good luck,” then turned around and left. A small gesture, I know, but somehow I felt compelled to do it just like that. When I looked back, he was filling the dog’s bowl with water, which the poor canine was lapping up with vigor.

Pulling back onto the interstate, I thought about the last few minutes. Why had I even pulled in there in the first place?

Why did phrases like: “Do something kind for someone who is in no position to repay you” and “Practice random acts of kindness daily” and the verse from the Bible that says, “Give and it shall be given unto you,” and all that stuff about “tenfold,” keep popping into my mind? I have always tried to follow that little voice within and those urges

which come from deep down (surely I’m not the only one that has a little voice inside my head that speaks now and then, LOL). I usually don’t question it, because it has never led me astray.

Let me clarify one thing right quick. I always give with an open heart and never expect anything in return. I give with no thought of re-compensation. So I found it strange to think about that “tenfold” quote and the others as I left there. I mulled it over a bit and finally just wrote it off as a strange experience. I went about my busy day and the incident did not cross my mind again— till later on.

That evening, something happened that put it all in perspective and answered my

questions from earlier. After enjoying some family time at a local event, I walked back to the truck and just happened to look down at the ground. Why I looked down at that particular moment, I do not know.

Right away however, I noticed there was money on the ground beside my truck.

Paper money, not change! I bent down to pick it up, smiling at my good luck.

As I stooped to pick it up, I was shocked at just how the bill was folded. You see, the bill was folded so the words, IN GOD WE TRUST were staring straight up at me. Then I picked it up and realized—it was a $10 bill.

I instantly thought about the earlier situation and knew. It sent a chill through me and I got goosebumps when I thought of it.

It was clear, I had been spoken to. Give and you are rewarded ten-times over. It may not always be in the form of a cash payment, but you are always compensated in some way for giving from the heart, without expectations.

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Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . . 82 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus. . . 80 Lazy S Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Major Ranch Realty . . . . . . 86 Manford Cattle . . . . . . 64, 80 Manzano Angus . . . . . 26, 80 McKenzie Land & Livestock . 14 McPherson Heifer Bulls . . . . 80 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . 13, 76 Michelet Homestead Realty 84 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . 84 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Monfette Construction Co..

Mossy Oak Properties NM Ranch . . . . . . . . . .

Multimin USA . . . . . . . . .

Paul McGillard / Murney Associates. . . . .

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National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . 78 New Mexico Ag Leadership Program. . . . . 93 NMCGA Clothes. . . . . . . . 104 NM Cattle Growers Insurance65 NMCGA Membership . . . . . 63 NM Federal Lands Council . . 88 NM 4-H Foundation . . . . . . 62 NM HomeRanch Realty . . . . 84 NMLB Estrays . . . . . . . . . . 99 NM Premier Ranch Properties . . . . . . . 85 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . 84 New Mexico Purina Animal Nutrition . . . . . . 112 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . 21, 23, 34, 95 New Mexico Water & Electric Supply . . . . . . . . 42 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . 25

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Perez Cattle Company.

Pratt Farms . . . . . . . .

Cattle Guards / Priddy Construction .

Principal. . . . . . . . . .

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Big Bend Trailers/ Rancho Espuela. . . . . . . . 37 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . 56. 57 Redd Ranches . . . . . . . . . . .3 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . 61, 71 Reverse Rocking R Ranch. . . 48 Reynolds Ranch. . . . . . . . . .2 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . . . 76 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . 76 Rocky Mountain Santa Gertrudis . . . . . . . 58 ROD Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Roswell Livestock Auction Co.. . . . . . . . . . . 28

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TechniTrack, LLC . . .

Terrell Land & Livestock Co.. . . . .

The Ranches . . . . . .

Thompson Ranch. . .

3C Cattle Feeders . . .

Three Mile Hill Ranch Truby Ranches. . . . .

2 Bar Angus . . . . . .

. . . . 80 . . . . 85 . . . . 85 . . . . 76 . . . . 94 . . . . 81 . . . . 79 . . . . 83 . . . . 85

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U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 23 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . 90 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . 76

Olson Land and Cattle . . . . 80 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Santa Rita Ranch . . . .

Scott Land . . . . . . . .

Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty, LLC . . . . . . .

Singleton Ranches . . .

Skaarer Brangus. . . . .

Southwest Red Angus Association. . . . . . .

Spike S Ranch . . . . . .

Stockmen’s Realty . . .

Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . .

St. Vrain Simmentals . . . . . . 34 James Sammons III. . . . . . . 86 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service 76 Santa Gertrudis Breeders Int’l . . . . . . 59, 79

Walker Martin Ranch Sales. . 86 West Star Herefords . . . . . . 79 Western Colorado Angus Association. . . . . . . . . . . 94 Western Trading Post (Olson) . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Brinks Brangus / Westall Ranch,. . . . . . 27, 82 Westway Feed Products, LLC109 West Wood Realty . . . . . . . 86 Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 79 Willcox Livestock Auction . . 43 Williams Windmill, Inc. . 76, 98 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . 61

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Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . .76, 100

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Express Ranches New Mexico Bull Sale

Wednesday - March 21 - 1 p.m. (MST) at the Cuervo Creek Ranch Newkirk, New Mexico

SELLING 84 ANGUS & HEREFORD BULLS Big. Stout. Aged Bulls.

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hese Express Ranchesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bulls have been developed on a high roughage diet in the semi-arid terrain of New Mexico at 5,000 ft. elevation since the summer of 2017. Complete performance records and EPDs will be available on the bulls. Bulls will be trich and fertility tested. This group of bulls is stout, full of muscle and ready to go to work. These bulls are hard-footed and will get out and travel the country.

Join us Wednesday, March 21 in Newkirk.

8:00 a.m. Viewing of Bulls :: 11:30 a.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Express Bull Sale

We look forward to working with you.

2202 N. 11th Street Yukon, Oklahoma 73099 Bob Funk, Owner | Jarold Callahan, President 800-664-3977 | 405-350-0044 www.expressranches.com

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Kevin Hafner, Express Ranches 405/641-8100 (c) Mark Whetten, Cuervo Creek Ranch 575/403-8152 (c) - 575/868-2495 (h) MARCH 2018

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