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FEATURES NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN

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Bringing The Best Together… BRANGUS

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Wesley Grau 2009 Cattleman of the Year

by Carol Wilson

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The Versatile Angus

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Wilderness’ Economic Revolution – Catron County

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2010 Joint Stockmen’s Convention Program

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org; 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584, Fax: 505/842-1766; President, Bert Ancell; Executive Director, Caren Cowan;

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The Productive Maine-Anjou

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Trace Mineral Supplements Enhance Calf Health & Cow Reproductive Performance

by Heather Smith Thomas

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Red Angus - A Package Deal

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2010 State Fair Roundup

Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com

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ADVERTISING SALES

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by Stephen L. Wilmeth

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N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter News Update Scatterin’ The Drive by Curtis Fort N.M. Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle To The Point by Caren Cowan My Cowboy Heroes by Jim Olson N.M Livestock Board Update N.M. Beef Council Annual Report Seedstock Guide Market Place Real Estate Guide Estrays In Memoriam N.M. Old Times & Old Timers by Don Bullis Coming Events Advertisers Index

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Wesley Grau, 2009 Cattleman of the Year, pictured with his trusty horse Quigley named for his ability to get ‘down under’ a cow. Photo by Carol Wilson.

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ell, the people have spoken . . . at least the ones that voted. I pray that all people of the agricultural community did vote. Whatever the outcome of the election, it is now time to roll up our sleeves and work with the elected.

Let our story be known. Visit with your legislators. Let them put a face to your name. We should now have an idea of how we should approach the various concerns affecting our industry and bring these to the annual Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque. Mark December 2-5 on your calendar to be there. We need to work on the policy of the Association to guide us in Santa Fe. I picked the quote at the start of this November letter to remind us of the multitude of Veterans, living and gone, who served our country in the military to defend and protect our country and constitution from being destroyed. Papa fought with the Marines in the south Pacific during World War II. I lost my last uncle this August, who was a veteran of the Korean war. Looking around at the attendees of the funeral reminded me that there are not many left of those that gave their all back then. I know, if they were like my dad and uncles, that they gave their families a love of country and a feeling of responsibility to its welfare. To watch a wife or the oldest living son receive the folded stars and stripes and hear the words “From a grateful nation” truly puts in perspective what our veterans gave. So, if you know a veteran, you might shake his hand and give him a great big “Thank you” this Veterans Day. We may need to call on him to save this nation again.

The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association has been in constant court cases for several years fighting for our members on numerous fronts. Our Litigation fund has been exhausted to the point that the bottom of the barrel can be seen. If any member can see fit to donate to the fund or come up with some fundraising idea, it would be especially grateful. We must remain proactive to survive in these times.

I know we have a great convention planned and we need all to be there. It is our livelihood at stake. See you in December.

May God Bless Us All, “What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord, Whose people He has chosen for His own.”

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www.nmagriculture.org NEW MEX I CO CATTL E GR OWER S’ ASSOCI ATI ON OFFI CER S Bert Ancell Bell Ranch President

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Jose Varela Lopez Santa Fe Northeast V.P.

Louis Montoya La Plata Northwest V.P.

Ty Bays Silver City Southwest V.P.

Pat Boone Elida Southeast V.P.

Emery Chee Bloomfield V.P. At Large

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TAHC Adopts Revisions to Texas’ Cattle Trichomoniasis Program he Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) adopted revisions to Texas’ cattle Trichomoniasis (Trich) program during the quarterly Commission Meeting on October 5.

Bovine trichomoniasis is a venereal disease found in cattle, but does not affect humans or other livestock. Infected bulls carry the organism and transmit it to female cattle through breeding. Cows may abort early in their pregnancy and become temporarily infertile. Cows, given sexual rest, may clear the disease, but infected bulls are considered lifetime carriers and transmitters of the “Trich” organism. Cattle producers can lose valuable income from the resultant extended breeding seasons and diminished calf crops.

Infected breeding bulls continue to appear and act normal. Only testing by a veterinary practitioner will confirm the presence or absence of the disease.

Revisions to the current regulations are: n A negative cattle trichomoniasis test will now be valid for 60 days provided that the bull is kept separate from female cattle during that time. Additionally, the test may be transferred within that time frame with the original signature of the consignor. n A virgin certificate is now valid for 60 days provided that the bull is kept separate from female cattle. A virgin certificate may now also be transferred within that timeframe with the original signature of the consignor. n Revised entry requirements now exempt out-of-state breeding bulls from an entry trichomoniasis test, if they come from a Certified Semen Service (CSS) artificial insemination facility, where they are isolated from female cattle. The bulls must be accompanied by documents with an original signature by the veterinarian or manager of the facility. n Revised regulations now allow untested, non-virgin Texas bulls to be sold and moved to a trichomoniasis certified feedlot prior to slaughter. Under previous regulations, untested, non-virgin bulls were allowed to be sold only for direct movement to slaughter. This change does not apply to non-Texas origin bulls.

Producers may also still purchase untested bulls for movement under a TAHC-issued hold order /permit to a location away from female cattle, where the bull is to be tested for Trich. n Commission veterinarians will now notify producers by letter when an infected bull is identified on an adjacent premise. Neighbors will not be required to test however, only informed of the situation.

Herd owners are encouraged to contact their veterinarian to discuss management of “Trich” infected herds. Producers may also call their Regional TAHC offices, or visit the TAHC website at: n www.tahc.state.tx.us for more information.

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Cattle, Beef Prices Seen Breaking Records, Supply Won’t Grow Until 2014

by RITA JANE GABBETT / MEATINGPLACE.COM he cattle industry is ready to set records for high prices this year and next as higher feed costs stall herd expansion and push increased beef supplies out to 2014, according to Purdue University Extension Economist Chris Hurt.

In an outlook report, Hurt said the most recent surge in feed prices will likely keep producers from expanding until feed prices moderate, which won’t be until the 2011 U.S. crops are assured, 10 months from now. That means cow numbers will not likely expand until 2012 and beef supplies won’t start to grow until 2014.

Meanwhile, USDA predicts an 18 percent increase in beef exports and five percent decrease in imports this year. Hurt said that will result in a 500-millionpound decrease in beef available in the United States compared to last year, which will push finished cattle prices up by $2 to $3 per hundredweight.

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Hurt expects prices in the low $100 during the first quarter of 2011, reaching yearly highs around $105 in the second quarter, and then dropping by $2 to $4 per hundredweight in the third quarter, finishing the fourth quarter in the very low $100s.

As for meat prices, Hurt said consumers are in for many years of much higher retail beef costs. Retail beef prices so far this year have averaged $4.37 per pound, exceeding the previous record of $4.29 for the same period in 2008.

Early forecasts of retail beef prices in 2011 are $4.60 to $4.65 per pound, an increase of about 6 percent over the 2010 record price and compared to an average retail beef price of $3.84 per pound for the n five years from 2002 to 2006.

Wealthy Americans Spending More On Fast Food

by DANI FRIEDLAND he wealthiest Americans spent 24 percent more on fast food during the second quarter ending June 30 than they did during the same period in 2009, according to a new study from American Express.

The rest of U.S. consumers spent 8 percent more on fast food than they did the year before, according to the study.

This group of consumers, dubbed “ultra-affluent,” charges $7,000 or more each month to their credit cards and meets other income criteria.

Spending in restaurants by this group increased 13 percent, while average consumers spent 3 percent more in restaurants during this period.

Ultra-affluent consumers spent 12 percent more on fine dining, and 7 percent more in casual dining during the second quarter of 2010 than they did in the second quarter of 2009.

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rangus cattle, known for their hardiness and disease and heat resistance are a good match for the southwestern United States, where hot weather and infrequent rainfall are often the norm.

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breeds, resulting in cattle that produce and thrive wherever they are found.

Twenty Years Promoting the Breed

For almost twenty years, western cattlemen needing quality Brangus bulls and females to incorporate into their operation have looked to the Roswell Brangus Bull and Female Sale. The upcoming sale, scheduled for February 26, 2011, at the Roswell Livestock Auction Barn will mark the 20th anniversary of the annual sale.

Gayland Townsend, who has been involved in, and is spokesman for the sale since its inception in 1992, said that the idea for the sale was born after Diamond A Brangus, one of the biggest bull suppliers in the world at that time, dispersed its entire cow herd in 1990. The dispersal left a big void in the western United States for Brangus bulls.

“A group of smaller breeders met at the old Roswell Inn in 1991 to see if we could put together enough bulls and females to have our own sale,” Gayland said. “Of the 20 Brangus breeders who attended the first meeting, only six or eight were willing to take a chance to put up the money and the work to start the bull sale.”

That first year, sale organizers hoped to sell 100 Brangus bulls and 750 females in the first sale, and invited all of the Brangus breeders in the Southwest to join us in the sale. As it turned out, eleven breeders from New Mexico and Arizona sent bulls and females came from all over, he explained.

“It took a lot of phone calls to talk producers into sending animals to our sale.”

The group hired Sammy Pierce of Texas, who was the biggest Brangus sale

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manager at that time, to help get the sale started. “He worked with us for the first two years and did a great job,” Gayland noted.

Gayland became spokesman for that first sale, but said he was only supposed to hold that position for one year. “They were supposed to fire me as soon as the sale was over but they haven’t fired me yet. They just might this year, after the twentieth sale.”

The first sale grossed a total of $604,860. Eighty eight bulls sold for a total of $187,700, averaging $2,157 per bull. A total of 623 females sold, grossing $417,160. “Needless to say, we decided to

try it another year,” he said.

After all these years only two of the sale’s founders remain, Gayland Townsend of Townsend Brangus, Milburn, Oklahoma, and Troy Floyd of Floyd Brangus near Roswell. “Since then,” Gayland said, “we have added two very good breeders to join us as partners — Bill Morrison and Joe Paul Lack of Lack-Morrison Brangus, Clovis, and Larry Parker of Parker Brangus, San Simon, Arizona. Together, we four breeders have more than 120 years breeding Brangus cattle. We have served more than 24 years on the Board of Direccontinued on page 16

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tors of the International Brangus Breeders of America (IBBA), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.”

Gayland and the other sale organizers would like to thank the Wooten family, who own and operate the sale barn where the sale is held, for their contributions over the years. “Without their help and support, we could not have put this sale on for this many years.

This year, the sale is expanding onto the internet and will be carried by DV Auction.

Potential customers will be able to view and/or bid on the cattle via the internet.

“Come join us on February 26 and help us celebrate our 20th year of selling Brangus cattle.”

The Townsend family has been raising Brangus cattle since Gayland and his brother Henry bought the old Cotton Wood Ranch and the cattle on it, including about 50 head of Trigg registered Brangus,

Over the nineteen-year history, 1,729 Brangus bulls have gone through the sale, averaging $1,989 for a gross total of $3,440,406.

Over the nineteen-year history, 1,729 Brangus bulls have gone through the sale, averaging $1,989 for a gross total of $3,440,406. Females have grossed $9,594,784, for a grand total of $13,035,140, he said. Cattle have been sold into Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Arkansas and California.

“We have the best customers in the world and we want them to know it,” Gayland said. “Some of them have not missed a sale in nineteen years.”

near Roswell in 1966. “We saw how the Brangus outdid our other cattle, and just fell in love with them,” Gayland said.

He and his wife Patti raised commercial Brangus cattle until their three sons started wanting to show cattle. Instead of buying show steers, the Townsends bought registered Brangus heifers that could go back into the herd, he explained, and in 1982, started raising registered cattle.

Today, the operation focuses on pure-

bred bulls and females for sale to other producers. “Most of the cattle are registered, although we don’t register them all like we used to,” he noted.

Six years ago this fall, the family moved their operation to Milburn, Oklahoma.

“We were born and raised in New Mexico, and will always consider New Mexico our home. But, we always wanted to live somewhere with green grass all year and plenty of rain.”

Gayland and Patti’s son, Steve, moved to Oklahoma with them and helps run the ranch. Their son Charles is a veterinarian in Kentucky, and son Phillip is a contractor and fishing guide on Lake Texhoma.

A history of success

Southern Arizona Brangus producer R.L. Robbs and his wife Sally, of Robbs Brangus, focus on raising registered Brangus bulls for commercial cattle producers.

According to R.L., Brangus cattle, which combine the genetics of the Brahman and Angus breeds, are uniquely suited for the Southwest for several reasons. “It doesn’t make much difference what kind of cows you breed to a Brangus bull, you are going to see the benefits of hybrid vigor in their continued on page 17

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calves. The touch of Brahman blood in Brangus bulls produces healthy, hardy calves,” he said. “The Brangus cow is second to none. She is very adaptable, and does well in our hot, dry climate,” he said.

The Robbs family has been raising Brangus cattle on the south side of the Dos Cabezas Mountains for 45 years in Kansas Settlement, 15 miles south of Willcox, Ariz. They got their start with the breed in the 1960s, after buying a herd of registered Angus cattle in west Texas and talking to a friend who was using Brangus bulls on his commercial cattle. They bought their first three-quarter blood Brangus bull from Floyd Newcomer in Yuma, and one of their first registered Brangus bulls came from the Windland family in Sealy, Texas.

“Through the years that have followed, we tried and have stayed with Brinks genetics.”

In the early years, the Robbs partnered with friend and fellow Brangus breeder Garth Lunt of Pima, Ariz. on several herd sires. “He started out in the business at about the same time we did, and together, we could afford higher end bulls,” R.L. said.

In later years, the Robbs started using artificial insemination in their herd.

Showing cattle was a big part of the operation for many years, with the Robbs participating in cattle shows in Phoenix, Tucson and Albuquerque, primarily.

R.L. and Sally have tried many different ways of marketing their cattle through the years, and now sell most of their bulls by private treaty at the ranch. They market their heifers a little differently each year, depending on what and where the demand is. “Sally and I have participated in the Willcox All-Breeds bull sale for the past thirty or thirty-five years,” he said. “Back when the Mexican market was strong, we

in Arabela, New Mexico. “We needed to sell some cows, we just hadn’t had any rain, in fact it had been several years since we’d had any good rains, and we were drougthed out,” R.L. said. “We will partner up on the cattle and bring some bulls back over here for sale to the customers that have been with us for years,” he continued.

“We have a lot of friends and customers, and nearly all are commercial cattlemen.”

R.L. and Sally have been actively involved in the SBBA since getting into the Brangus business. He is a past president of the Association, and has served as secre-

The touch of Brahman blood in Brangus bulls produces healthy, hardy calves, participated in a sale held annually in Tucson, and always did very well. For the last few years, the Southwest Brangus Breeders Association (SBBA) has held the Best of the West sale in Tucson, and we try to support that with a few heifers and bulls every year, as well. We take our cattle wherever we need to.”

This past spring, the Robbs sold a large portion of their cattle herd to Ray Westall

tary/treasurer for the last 15 years. He currently serves on the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) Board of Directors, and Sally is a member of the IBBA Auxiliary scholarship committee.

They were instrumental in starting the SBBA’s Junior Heifer program to help junior members purchase a quality anicontinued on page 18

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We usually have a few young bulls available.

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mal, then compete with other members throughout the year. “We set it up as a drawpot program, getting commitments from breeders to make heifers available for as many kids as were interested,” he explained. “The kids drew for the heifers to make sure that everyone had a fair shot, bought their heifers, then showed competitively. For several current producers who started out as juniors, those heifers are still part of their herds.”

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Brad likes the breed’s color and hardiness, among other traits. “They are good hustlers, and seem to be a little more disease and insect resistant than other breeds,” he said. “Their hide is a little tougher, and they have a little more size and leg that lets them travel if they need to out on the range to feed or water.”

Heat tolerance is another important trait for these cattle, located on a ranch twenty miles north of Tucson. “I just like their body conformation, they have long and deep bodies and are very muscular,” Brad said. “They do well in the heat, and find the shade quickly when they need to.

The calves seem to do well, and the buyers like them. In talking with feeders, Brangus calves tend to grade just as well as Angus, but don’t have as much back fat.”

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The cattle on the Bridle Bit Ranch were put together by the ranch’s previous owner, Bob Honea, and came from the University of Arizona’s liquidated Brangus and Angus herds, Brad explained. The ranch rotates between Stevenson Basin Angus and Brangus bulls on their herd every three years.

Heifer calves go to partner Raul Pina’s El Sonador Ranch between St. John’s, Arizona, and Quemado, New Mexico, where they are bred to an Angus bull for their first calves, then to Hereford bulls in later years. “Cattle feeders really like those white faced, black calves,” Brad said. Steer calves are sold on the commercial market.

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The ranch includes ten miles of the Santa Cruz River, which irrigates 450 acres of permanent pasture. “The water in the river is knee-deep on a horse most of the year, we think this is the best ranch in southern Arizona,” Brad explained.

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by CAROL WILSON awn’s light has not yet begun to chase the dark from the early morning sky. Wesley Grau tends a fire, coaxing until a crackling flame licks the dry wood. As stars pierce the darkness of the night, Wesley adds bacon to a cast-iron skillet and moves the skillet closer to the flames.

In a few short hours, family and friends will be eating bacon and eggs, gravy and biscuits around the Grau chuckwagon near Grady, New Mexico. After a hearty breakfast prepared by the ranch boss himself, the crew will reassemble in the nearby corral, where ropes continued on page 23

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will sing as the dust rises in the air to join the bawling of cows and calves.

Branding at the Grau Ranch encompasses all that Wesley Grau holds dear.

Family and friends join together to work the ranch that has witnessed five generations of Grau stewardship. As Wesley uses a hot iron to burn the ranch brand into the smokey hide of another calf, he is aware that he is keeper of a legacy. And he is very intentional about passing a legacy of family, friends, faith and functional cattle to the future generations of the Grau family.

That kind of focus was in part responsible for Wesley being named by fellow cattlemen as the 2009 New Mexico Cattleman of the Year. As Bert Ancell of Bell Ranch, president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), noted, “Wesley is a dedicated leader, an industry supporter, and a family man. We are glad to have this chance to recognize him for his hard work and many accomplishments and to say “thank you’.”

The man who loves the cowboy way of life and would have liked to have ridden with John Wayne is described by his friend Blake Curtis as “salt of the earth.”

Blake explained, “Wesley is simply a

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really good guy. He is unselfish. He would take the shirt off of his back to help anyone. He loves to help people and he doesn’t do it for credit, but because it is the right thing to do.”

Wesley and his wife, Elnabeth, raised three children, Marcus, Meghan and Micah, on the Grau Ranch. They operate the ranch with Wesley’s brother, Lane, Lane’s wife, Cheryl, and their four children. Besides raising children, the brothers, along with their late father, Lloyd, raised a reputation as the premier Charolais breeders in New Mexico.

100 year legacy

Wesley’s grandfather, Charles Albert, immigrated from Germany when he was two years old. Charles’ father was a butcher in New York City for several years before he moved his family to a farm in northern Missouri. When the New Mexico territory was opened for homesteading in 1906, Charles drove his stakes in the New Mexico prairie near what became the small village of Grady. Elnabeth and Wesley live

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selling cream. As neighbors proved up on the land and then sold out and left the country, he’d use his egg and cream money to buy their land. Slowly, Charles built a cowherd, and in the 1920s he began raising registered Herefords.

Charles raised two sons and two daughters. When Lloyd went into the Army Air Corps during World War II, he served for four years without a furlough home. He was being paid $30 a month and he managed to save every dollar. When he came home, he’d saved enough money to buy some land for himself and ranch alongside his father.

For the first half a century, the Grau name was associated with whitefaced Hereford cattle. That changed, however, in 1960 when Lloyd purchased the two best bulls from the champion Hereford carload

As Lloyd and Maxine’s eldest son, Wesley accepts the responsibility of passing along that legacy. And he is not just passing it along, he is building the legacy. He is a perfectionist who strives for excellence in all things. He has learned Spanish so he could communicate with the Mexican customers who buy Grau bulls. He and Elnabeth take their five grandsons to the mountains each year just so they can have quality time together. And even with a schedule packed with meetings, appointments and obligations, he makes the time to play his guitar and lead the singing at the local church.

Wesley met his future wife, Elnabeth Teel, at 4-H State Conference. When he was in college, he started making regular trips to Artesia to see her. Wesley and Elnabeth were married the August after she graduated from high school and attended New Mexico State University together.

“He graduated first,” Elnabeth remembers. “He was talking about going to law school and was looking at the options when Lloyd had some health concerns. He told Wesley he thought he ought to come home for a while, and we did. We never left. That was a blessing.”

Wesley was one of seven brothers and sisters. He and Lane have bought out their sister’s interest in the ranch over the years.

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“Lane and I are the last generation that was helped into the business by our fathers and grandfathers,” Wesley noted. “The next generation will have to bring money into the ranches to keep them together. It is very disappointing to me that the people who own ranches today have made money outside of agriculture, then they buy a ranch and turn it into a recreational venue but have no desire to raise beef for an everincreasing population. They don’t want to use their ranch for the good of mankind, but only for themselves. The funny thing is that the ranch will be there after they are gone. God owns all of the cattle. We are only caretakers.

“If I had my druthers, there would be a Grau living here when the ranch celebrates 200 years,” he continued. “But it is hard for a ranch to stay in a family for more than three generations.”

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Blake Curtis has known Wesley for years, as a friend, business associate, and continued on page 26

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rancher. “He is passionate about what he does,” noted Blake. “Wesley is incredibly knowledgeable about breeding for specific traits and how to bring out those traits in the cattle. He is also very active in many organizations which support the cattle business and in the promotion of the cattle business.”

Wesley acknowledges that the people who buy Grau genetics are really buying their belief in the Grau program and their wisdom as genetic producers. “The sad part of it is that a lot of people are supplying genetics and they don’t even know what they have,” he stated. “Great genetics comes from line breeding herds or owning herds of seedstock for about 50 years. If you can’t look at a bull and remember his great, great, great, great, great-grandsire, you can’t really know what kind of offWesley & Elnabeth Grau at the Cowboy Ball.

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spring he will sire. The neat thing about our cattle is their linebred coefficiency.

When they are crossed with anything else, they have extra hybrid vigor and they are predictable. The calves that come out of our bull will resemble our bull. Composite bulls can throw genes in four different directions. If you had a jersey five generations back, the composite bull could throw a calf that looks like a jersey. Composites when used for breeding stock are just very unpredictable.”

The decisions the Graus are making now in their seedstock programs will show up in commercial herds in six years. “If we stub our toe today, we’ll be out of the seedstock program in six years,” Wesley stated.

“So we use the latest tools, like Genetic Progress Differences (GPD’s) which show that our bulls are testing five stars for quality grade, six stars for tenderness, the maximum, and eight stars for feed efficiency, also the maximum amount. These GPDs need to be included in herd sire selections with Estimated Progeny Differences (EPD’s).”

WESLEY Thanks for all your work as a NMCGA member, cattleman, a cowman, a legislator, a dad & granddad.

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In the past 20 years, Grau Charolais has sold 1,515 breeding animals to producers in Mexico, with the help of Raul Tellez, marketing specialist for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. “Twenty years ago Wesley couldn’t say ‘buenos dias’ in Spanish,” stated Raul. “But he has worked hard to learn the language so he could really help these people and now he can communicate with his Mexican customers.”

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Grau family members often traveled to Mexico before travel got dangerous. They were always well recieved. “Wesley established long-term relationships in a professional way,” Raul noted. “One Mexican rancher was at Micah’s wedding because of those relationships.”

Raul continued, “I wish there were more Wesley Graus out there that have the type of cattle he has. We have customers who have bought from him for five or six times who

will just call up and say they need five lowbirthweight bulls for heifers and five bulls for big cows. Wesley always delivers the bulls himself and the rancher just falls in love with them. That is the kind of relationship Wesley has established in Mexico.”

“Wesley guarantees that his bulls will work and his heifers will have calves,” Raul continued. “He stands behind his cattle.

Once a rancher called to tell me that two of the heifers that he bought from Wesley didn’t breed. Wesley and I drove to Mexico and he sleeved the heifers, determined they were freemartins, and paid the rancher for the animals. We drove back toward the border and stopped at a little diner. I walked in and a good friend of mine asked, “Is that Grau with you?” I said, in Spanish, that it was. My friend told the story of Wesley making good on the two heifers. I asked him how he knew the story and he said, ‘good news travels fast, my friend.’ I tell that story just to show you that Wesley Grau stands behind his cattle.

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that Raul is to show up at the Grau ranch at 12:00 noon, when lunch is served.

“There is always a pecan pie after lunch,” Raul noted. “Elnabeth knows it is my favorite.”

The Mexican trade has generated lots of stories among Wesley’s contemporaries.

Former Cattleman of the Year Don Hofman remembers the first time he ever delivered bulls with Wesley. “At that time,

they paid half of their money up front and the other half at the time the bulls were delivered,” Don remembers. “We got to the border with the bulls and the men counted out more hundred dollar bills than I’d ever seen before in cash. Wesley was as unconcerned as could be and just put the cash in the briefcase, laid it in the seat, and we took off. He never appeared worried about carrying so much money, but I looked over my shoulder for at least 100 miles.”

Angus breeder Blake Curtis has also traveled extensively across the border with

Wesley. “Once a customer of Wesley’s complained about his bulls not doing well, so Wesley went down to check on them,” Blake commented. “That area of Mexico was struggling with a long drought and Wesley found the bulls in a pasture with cactus and some trees, but no feed. It looked like the cattle had really been neglected. The man said, ‘Mr. Grau, your bulls aren’t breeding.’ Wesley replied, ‘Well, I’m sorry but I never taught those bulls to break those rocks open and get the

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kernels out of them.’”

Extensive travels have taught Wesley that cattlemen all over the world are essentially the same. “If you raise livestock, you are set apart from the rest of civilization,” he maintained, “Because of your husbandry strengths and your patience to get along with stock, you are just different than others. The people who raise cattle in Florida are just like us, they just worry about crocodiles eating their calves instead of coyotes.”

No fence sitting

Grau means gray in the German language, but Wesley sees most situations as black or white. “After I weigh facts, I usually take a stand,” he stated. “I don’t believe in sitting on the fence. I don’t believe in gray areas. There is a right and a wrong, and it sometimes takes a lot of diplomacy to get others to do what you want them to do.”

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ing to keep all the guns pointed in the same direction. He is also past president of the Grady School Board and Mesa Redondo Cowboy Camp Meeting Association, as well as being a board member of the National Cattleman’s Association and the Executive Board for the Cattleman’s Beef Board.

“Knowing that there is a job to be done that needs to be done right is what drives me to serve,” he noted. “If you don’t pull your chair up to the table, you have no right to complain. The world is run by those who show up.”

And show up he does. “Being active on a state and national level means long hours, many miles on the road, and time away from home and family,” according to Bert Ancell, current NMCGA president.

“We truly appreciate Wesley’s willingness to make to sacrifices which have strengthened our industry, and hope he has no plans to slow down.”

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for freshmen legislators. Wesley realized that the agricultural organizations were fighting each other in Santa Fe, so he helped organize the “ag group” to give agriculture a stronger, more cohesive voice in the Legislature. Wesley saw the Legislature as hands-on training on getting things done and using diplomacy to get others to do what you wanted them to do, but he also had to make hard choices, like whether to stay home when his cattle were out of water or attend a rally he’d been invited to in a town hundreds of miles away. He watered the cattle, but many of the constituents didn’t understand.

“We are dealing with lots of people who don’t have a background in agriculture and don’t understand things like endangered species, water rights and individual rights and liberties which we take for granted, but town people think they can run over,” Wesley noted. “But even though I enjoyed building the cowboy coalitions and would have been speaker of the house when I got beat by one tenth of a percent-

age point, I didn’t contest it. I needed to be casting a shadow on this place.”

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Don and Abbey Hofman got acquainted with Wesley and Elnabeth when both couples were involved in starting the Mesa Redondo Camp Meeting many years ago.

“Wesley has been really dear to Abbey and I,” Don stated. “He is almost like a son.

We’ve known them real closely, and I’ve helped them brand for years. He is a wonderful neighbor, and a good Christian man. His word is his bond.”

There is almost as much family history with the Angus cattle in Blake Curtis’ family as there is with Charolais in the Grau family, but despite the lively debates over the merits of black versus white cattle, the two men have grown close over the years.

Blake remembers a Junior Livestock Sale Calcutta and dance that he and his wife attended with Elnabeth and Wesley. The Joe Delk band played and the couples danced until late at night, then drove home so they could be there for their kids’ participation in something the next day.

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We are better off because of your hard work for the industry, the state and the nation .

Wesley,

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Thank you so much for all you and your family do and have done for the industry for generations.

Bill King

Wesley & Elnabeth The HUMPHRIES and KNIGHT FAMILIES

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WESLEY, Thank you for your continued leadership, commitment & dedication to the livestock industry & New Mexico as well as the family values that you and yours have wrapped us all in for generations.

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Stan Jones coached the Grau children when they were judging for 4-H, is a neighbor of the Graus, and serves alongside Wesley as a deacon in the church. According to Stan, “Wesley cares for everyone. He cares for the community. He is on the beef board.

If there is something that he believes in, he is there 100 percent and tries to do the right thing for everyone, not just for Wesley Grau. He is the most giving, caring person that you could ever ask for.

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ber thinking at the time that it was neat that Wesley and Elnabeth were so dedicated to drive all the way to Albuquerque for the function, when they had to drive home again that night,” said Blake.

“Wesley is a real civic minded person,” added Don. “He has been very active in the Tucumcari bull test and in the local church and the school board. He is just a

Scott Shafer met Wesley in college. “He is a man of strong faith and very proud of his family,” Scott affirmed. “When I think of Wesley, I know he puts his family first.”

Many times, this is a deliberate choice.

The Grau’s son, Marcus, often reminded his family that “being busy means being under Satan’s yoke.” Marcus lost a battle to cancer in 2008, leaving behind a gaping hole in the fabric of Grau family life.

Wesley and Elnabeth grieved. “We know there are big holes in us. But we keep going. We remain faithful to Jesus Christ because we know we can go to those we

have lost when we leave this earth,” Wesley stated simply.

So they set their priorities. The first is faith. The second is family. And the third is to supply good genetics for commercial producers.

Every summer, the Graus escape to the mountains of Colorado with their grandsons, Mason, Miles and Merit Grau and Brody and Cash Black. When they can get away, daughters Meghan Byrem and her husband, Blair, and Micah Black and husband Eric make the trip to the ranch or join in the fun in Colorado. “The boys come out to the ranch as often as they can, and help us brand and work cattle,” related Elnabeth. “But it is nice to just get away and be with the boys without other distractions.”

Other kids in the community have special relationships with Wesley and Elnabeth as well. Stan Jones recalled the time when his small daughter, Avery, began packing her overnight bags. When Stan asked her where she was going, Avery replied that she was moving to live with Wesley. “She had had all she wanted of the continued on page 33

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Jones family,” Stan laughed. “She knew that Wesley and Elnabeth would welcome her.”

He continued, “We think a lot of all the Graus. They treat us like family. We are like family.”

At home, Elnabeth leaves the house early for her job as counsellor at Texaco High School. “My biggest strength is that my wife is a counselor, so I get plenty of counseling,” Wesley teased. As church music leader, Elnabeth also leads cantatas once or twice a year and according to her proud husband has developed a lot of local talent and shown others they they can actually carry a tune.

Wesley and Lane replaced about 60 miles of fence a couple of years ago because, as poet Robert Frost says, “good fences make good neighbors.” The day the Stockman caught up with him, he had to leave mid-afternoon to get to church and lead music in a revival. After church, he had a meeting with an ag group, then had to be horseback on a neighbor’s ranch at 6:00 a.m.

CONGRATULATIONS WES! AND THAT’S NO BULL!

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Another project which is claiming time is wind energy. “Renewable energy could be the newest frontier, especially for the east side of the state,” Wesley noted. “On two million acres we have the wind capacity to produce 20 to 40 gigawatts of energy.

That means that we could be the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy here in southeast New Mexico.”

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Though Wesley has grieved both a young brother and a beloved son and the passing of his parents, he is not defined by the hardships endured. Instead, grief has helped him remember that life is short. So he serves others. He gives with an open hand. He cares because that is who he is.

Whether he is burning the mark of ownership onto a purebred Charolais calf or driving a four-wheeler with a grandson at Bennett Peak or simply helping a neighbor, Wesley makes his time count. And he makes sure to brand all of his life with the one symbol that will outlast it, the cross of n Jesus Christ.

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It has always been an honor for me to have been a part of your life and to have been able to spend time with you and your family. Your opinion and friendship are always greatly appreciated.

Mi amigo Wesley, felicidades, que dios lo bendiga, y que siga la ganaderia en un camino positivo.

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Bill John Wooley

by CURTIS FORT Curtis Fort is a cowboy/artist who was born and raised on a ranch in Lea County, New Mexico. After graduating from NMSU, he laid down many a horse-track as a working cowboy. As a full-time sculptor, he has portrayed his love of ranch life through his bronze sculpture and is often called a “Story-Teller In Bronze.” Curtis has had a long association with the New Mexico Stockman magazine as well as the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. We are looking forward to “Scatterin’ The Drive” with him each month when he shares with us, his stories, and those of his cow-puncher amigos, who take pride in “riding for the brand.”

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hile I am on the subject of Wagon Bosses, one of the best that ever scattered a drive was my amigo, Bill John Wooley. Bill John was raised east of Springer and had been at Vermejo since he was a young man. He was the Wagon Boss on the north, and the lower half was handled by a cow crew out of the Cimarron Headquarters. Our half was from 7,000 to 12,500 feet in elevation, and like Bill John told me, “I’ve been here 18 years and I’d be lost on the lower half.”

When I hired on at Vermejo Park Ranch, it was September 1, 1973. We had to shoe-up as fall comes early in that range. Bill roped-out Friday, Jesse James, Badger, Silver and Sage for my string. We were a couple of days shoeing our mounts and getting ready for the fall works. This was the heart of the Maxwell Grant, 750 sections. I worked with some great cowpunchers . . . Jim Taylor, Ron Beers, Doug Johnson, Gary Loveland, Jim Jackson, Charley Duran and more. The first few days I was there we gathered some country around Mary’s Lake and Brimmer Canyon while the high country camp men were starting to throw pairs into the Costilla Vega. Ronny and I, along with Bill John, lived at Headquarters, so we were together on a regular basis. Bill was always dropping Ron and me off to work some country. I asked Ron, “Do you boys ever stretch your hemp”? . . . He asked me what I meant . . . I said “. . . rope something just for the heck of it”. He told me that whatever I could catch, he’d be there to help me out . . . and he was . . . every time!

Vermejo brings to me the memories of frosty mornings, 60 degree days, bull elk whistling, the smell of pine and piñon . . .

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and history! I love the American West and its history! At Vermejo I was always aware that I was putting out horse tracks on top of those made by Kit Carson, Ute Indians, Clay Allison and many other wild characters.

Bill John Wooley had put out lots of horse tracks on that northern half. He knew just how much you could do in a day.

He’d say, “Curtis, if you and Ron will work behind the wall and trail the stock down to Leandro Creek . . . then make a drag on that country above Cressmer Lodge . . .” If we’d “leaned-over” that day, we’d just get it done and our ponies were tired. We didn’t toss and turn trying to sleep at night. The best part was after sunset. We’d be at Castle Rock, La Queva, No. 1, or Ring Camp and we’d all pitch in to cook supper on that Home Comfort wood stove. Before supper, a coffee and Bull Durham smoke would be accompanied by Leandro or Slim telling about a fall works years before . . . tales of bucking horses, wild cows and good punchers. Bill had seen lots of cow works.

He’d tell a story or two and then he’d look straight at me, narrow his brow and say, “I was on that point, looking off at Gold Creek, and saw you come out in that clearing and “fairground” that red neck, highhorned cow!” I was worried, then he grinned and said, “She’s give us the slip before and I’m glad to see she got gathered. I’ll make sure she goes to the sale ring when we ship the culls in a few weeks.”

This fall works was one of the best ever!

Our horses were lined out and I was working with good men. The aspen and oak brush were already turning golden by midSeptember. We’d jig to the timber line. It takes a good horse to go that high and

work through all that timber. Many times I found a point to study the country from 10,000 feet and up. I thought I could see clear into the Panhandle. What a beautiful country! Every day was fun. It was exciting to jig into a big mountain range with a good crew and come out with a big gather of cattle. It gets in your blood, that high country.

As we got time to visit, Bill was a little older . . . but we both craved cow punching. I asked him if he’d ever drifted to other ranges, to ride more horses and see different outfits. With a grin, he told me that he had. He told me that several years ago, he and a couple of Vermejo punchers decided to go to Arizona . . . way out West.

They quit right after spring works, rolled their beds and loaded them along with their saddles into Bill’s pickup . . . then pulled out. They made the 4th at Prescott and had lots of fun. Bill was quite a bronc rider and between him and his partners, they won enough to keep them afloat until late summer. They were planning to work for the Babbitts, the RO’s, Big Boquillas and Double O’s. These were all sureenough cowboy outfits! They are places I always wanted to work. I have friends like Dan Crowley that worked for them during that time and they were sure-enough “western.” They were doing it “right” then and hopefully still are.

But there was something pulling at these New Mexico cowboys. It was the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. . . with the aspen turning and the bull elk bugling up in the high country. Fall in the Cimarron Range is where these punchers were longing to be . . . where the “Plains meet the Rockies.” From the Vermejo, east to the Panhandle and south to the Canadian was the cow country that they loved. So they loaded their outfits and headed back.

Funny, the Boss just happened to still have their mounts waiting.

When I was at the Vermejo, they had 9,000 – 10,000 Mother Cows. We handled half of them along with bulls, mares, colts, continued on page 37

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etc. The fall works were every day September 1st through November 1st. All that range around Castle Rock Camp was saved through the year as a big holding pasture.

This included the Mary’s Lake, Rock Creek and Gold Creek Range. Castle Rock was a painter’s dream. Log camps, and big crosstie corrals . . . and it was all situated at the foot of Little Costilla Mountain. Because trucks could get in to there, lots of cattle were shipped and sorted there. The mother cows were drifted down to Headquarters and on to winter range. There were lots of big pine tree canyons that all drained into the Vermejo River. In a normal year it rained, grew lots of feed and had been empty since we gathered it all that spring.

The only time the two crews worked together in the fall, was early September.

We’d move up to La Queva Camp and the Cimarron boys would camp at Clayton Cabins. This was all in the high range and we had 1,000 dry cows in one big pasture that was between these two camps. We’d be a week or more throwing into a holding pasture . . . then trail them off of Windy Gap down to the Ring Camp where we spend several days “preg” testing, etc. We

drove the shippers from there to Castle Rock. As we drove that herd, we always waved “adios” to the Cimarron crew. That was the last we saw of them until Christmas!

We would drop each herd in a trap at Headquarters, and then in a couple of more days we’d have them located in the winter range. Late one afternoon we were counting a herd through the gate out of Rock Creek Canyon. There was one cow that had tried to give us the slip all the way down Rock Creek. We never had a chance to “school” on her or we’d have spilt them all! After she went through the gate, I decided she needed a lesson. So in two jumps I whacked it on her and threw her the slack. Ol’ Friday took the jerk, best he could. Ronny saw this and in two seconds he was on his way on a big bay called Troubles . . . a good circle horse, but not known for his reining ability. Ronny had it tied, roared by, picked up both hind feet and tried to slow Troubles down. They hit the end, Troubles swallowed his head, threw Ronny off, and Troubles jumped “a-straddle of the rope”. You cowboys can picture it . . . I stepped away just as Troubles and the cow hit the end. It was a big wreck! Ol’ Jim Taylor, all cowpuncher, roped Troubles and helped straighten this mess out! We’d just

reset our saddles and were assessing the damage when Bill John Wooley came down the Canyon on Banjo. He was driving the remuda. He pulled up, borrowed the “makins” and struck a Blue Diamond match across his horn. As he puffed his smoke, he was surveying the rope burns, broken reins, snorting horses and all. He said, “Any problems?” We said, “No.” He grinned as we all fell in behind the remuda. He could read sign better than a Comanche. He knew and was glad he didn’t have a crew of sissies!

Bill worked other ranges as did I, but I would go by and visit him over the years.

The last time was by his wood stove west of Springer in 2002. He’s now roping out fresh mounts on the Lord’s range!

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Wilderness: The Border Patrol Can’t Patrol

There is a federal lands controversy brewing in southern New Mexico that has drawn national attention. The controversy is about access: Access by ranchers, campers, hunters, general recreationists, the handicapped community and the Border Patrol and other law enforcement agencies. Access for the Border Patrol has been the issue most discussed on the state, regional and national level.

The instigator of this controversy is S. 1689, legislation introduced by Senators Bingaman and Udall, which would designate almost a quarter of a million acres of BLM land on or near our border with Mexico as Wilderness. Wilderness is the most restrictive designation in the Congressional arsenal, especially when it comes to access.

The problem is with the Wilderness Act itself, which states “there shall be no commercial enterprise and no permanent road within any wilderness area” and “there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any such area.” In case there is any doubt, that language is contained in the section of the statute titled “Prohibition of Certain Uses.”

Now combine that language with all the violence occurring on both sides of our border with Mexico, and you can see we’ve got a problem right here in River City.

Many of the areas proposed as Wilderness in the Bingaman bill are currently administratively designated as Wilderness Study Areas. Based on the BLM’s Interim Management Policy for Lands under Wilderness Review, the Border Patrol can regularly and routinely patrol these areas using motor vehicles. If Bingaman’s bill becomes law this would no longer be the 38

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case. All areas designated as Wilderness would prohibit “motor vehicles” and “mechanical transport”.

That means that with the exception of when they are in “hot pursuit”, the Border Patrol can only access these areas on foot or on horseback. Based on what is occurring in Wilderness areas right now in Arizona, you can rest assured the Mexican drug cartels don’t feel compelled to restrict their activities in the same fashion.

Recognizing the issue to some extent, Bingaman has tinkered with the bill, such as moving the southern boundary of one wilderness area to five miles from the border instead of the three miles in the original proposal. Tinker is the kindest term I can use. This revision has been endorsed by the Obama Administration (Surprise, surprise). However, the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) has stated the Bingaman proposal would create the “perfect corridor” for human and drug trafficking right here in New Mexico.

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) says about New Mexico, “Most of the New Mexico/Mexico border area is open desert, barren and generally uninhabited. This terrain offers drug smugglers easy access into the United States and to major interstate highways.”

The ONDCP also says, “The most significant drug threat in New Mexico is the transshipment of drugs and drug proceeds

by Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations (MDTOs). These MDTOs have also established local poly-drug distribution organizations that are capable of distributing multiple kilogram quantities locally and regionally.”

The National Drug Intelligence Center of the Department of Justice says the MDTOs are established in Las Cruces, Deming and Columbus, New Mexico.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says about New Mexico, “Most of the New Mexico/Mexico international border (approximately 180 miles) is open desert and is generally uninhabited with numerous roads, trails, footpaths, and ranches allowing smugglers easy entry into the

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U.S. and access to major highways which traverse the country.”

Most importantly, the DEA also states, “Current enhanced enforcement operations by the Department of Homeland Security in Arizona will most likely force drug traffickers and alien smugglers to shift their smuggling efforts from Arizona to New Mexico.”

All this has been stated by federal law enforcement agencies without Wilderness being designated.

No wonder the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers says Bingaman’s bill will create the “perfect corridor.” The only wonder is why the Senator would continue to foist this mistake upon us.

The Bingaman wilderness bill was reported out of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, which Bingaman chairs, and could have been brought to the Senate floor at any time.

Bingaman chose not to do so, and the Senate has adjourned until after the elections.

That means the only shot this bill has to become law in this Congress would be during the lame-duck session which will occur after the election. Senate insiders say that could only happen if a so-called Omnibus Public Lands Bill passed both Houses of Congress, and they at this point consider that to be unlikely.

The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and other greenie organizations have started an all out campaign for an Omnibus Bill during the lame-duck session, so we’ll definitely be keeping an eye on it.

Wilderness Advocates Distort Bingaman Bill

Rather than admit the problems with S.1689, supporters have resorted to misquoting or distorting the language in the bill.

Two recent Op-Eds in the Las Cruces Sun-News are good examples.

Mr. Ron Colburn, in a Sept. 18 Op-Ed, referred to Section 7 of Senator Bingaman’s wilderness bill and quotes it thusly:

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“Nothing in this Act prevents the Secretary of Homeland Security from undertaking law enforcement and border security activities . . .”

However, he left out the very next clause of that sentence, which states, “in accordance with section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act”.

And what does section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act state? It’s the same section I quoted above, “there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any such area.”

So yes, the Border Patrol could undertake border security activities, but it may not use “motor vehicles” or “mechanical transport” in doing so.

Then nine days later, Mr. Peter Ossario in his Op-Ed also conveniently left out the 4(c) language. He then says “the section on border security specifically carves out permission for security activities — and authorized grazing privileges: (b)(3) –The use of motor vehicles . . . shall be prohibited . . . (1) except as necessary for– (A) the administration of the area (including the conduct of law enforcement and border security activities in the area); or (B) grazing uses by authorized permittees.”

What he doesn’t tell us is that language only applies to the Restricted Use Area, and doesn’t apply to any of the 242,000 acres designated as Wilderness by the bill.

I leave it to your good judgement whether these gentlemen are just poor readers of legislative language or have deliberately set out to deceive the public about its’ actual content.

process to identify management action, including possible mineral withdrawals . . . in Wyoming and Alaska.”

The law won’t let them do it via National Monuments, but BLM says no problem, we’ll just accomplish it through our planning process. The Wyoming rep’s have written to Secretary Salazar to express their displeasure. We should also keep an eye open in New Mexico, to see if similar “planning” takes place here.

Remember when this controversy first hit, and especially when the Otero County Commission held their hearing on the proposed Otero Mesa National Monument? The Obama administration and local proponents said to just relax. All local concerns would be heard during an open and rational process they said.

Well, the final plan just came in for the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, 171,000 acres managed by the BLM

in Colorado. And according to the Durango Herald Tribune, “Cattlemen are receiving fewer grazing permits and less time on federal land; a large mineralextraction company is seeing its ability to operate curtailed and, as a direct result, county governments may receive less tax revenue.”

In addition, restrictions are placed on firearms use, camping, rock climbing and other activities. The local BLM manager says, “We’re doing business in a new way” and if folks don’t like the final decision, “they would have to take us to court.”

Now that you know how this rational process works, you can just . . . relax.

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

Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship (www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).

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Those Monuments Again

More has been happening on those secret Department of Interior documents recommending the President exercise his authority to designate National Monuments, including two in New Mexico.

The Wyoming Congressional Delegation is not happy. You see there is a law on the books which limits the President’s authority to designate National Monuments in Alaska and Wyoming. So the Wyoming folks thought they were safe.

But not so fast. The final pages of the aforementioned documents have been released and BLM has hatched a method of circumventing the law. Recognizing this limitation, the document states, “BLM therefore proposes that the Administration use the BLM’s land use planning

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The Whitneys, whose operation includes registered Angus and Red Angus herds in addition to their commercial cattle, bought their first registered Angus cattle from the Heckendorns near Tucumcari fifteen years ago. “Our main focus is genetics,” Carl said. “When we started with the registered cattle, our goal was to better our commercial cattle herd.”

Carl and his wife Lora, along with their son Cody, his wife Sara, and granddaughters Hanna and Hayley focus on raising registered bulls and heifers for sale to commercial cattlemen. Although the majority of sales are done private treaty at the ranch, they do sell some cattle through different bull sales.

The commercial cattle are bred to registered Angus bulls, as well. Cody and his family manage the Red Angus herd separately on a different part of the ranch.

“We’ve stayed with the black Angus because of their value,” Carl explained.

“We get higher weaning weights and a uniform calf crop as long as the cattle are bred close together. The breed has high carcass value, with Certified Angus Beef (CAB) advertised throughout the fast food and restaurant business. The benefits of using Angus are pretty self explanatory.” continued on page 42 NOVEMBER 2010

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The Whitneys run their cattle in the mountains of western New Mexico, at elevations ranging from 7,500 feet at headquarters up to about 8,500 feet in some pastures. They start calving in February and wean calves twice a year — early calves in September and late calves in January. The cattle do get some supplemental feed in the winter, depending on how harsh conditions are. “It’s tough country, and the Angus have acclimated well,” he said. “Our registered cattle run on pasture

just like the commercial cattle, the show cattle are the only ones that get any special treatment.”

Artificial insemination (AI) is one tool the Whitneys use to focus on genetics in their operation. “We really look at the data, using expected progeny differences (EPDs), and select for low birthweights and high weaning and yearling weights.”

Showing their cattle is also a big part of the operation, Carl noted. They travel to Arizona for shows at both the Arizona State Fair and Arizona National, and he continued on page 43

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serves as Open Beef Superintendent at both shows. For the past four years, Bull Run Ranch has won the New Mexico Bred Angus Bull and Heifer Shows at the New Mexico State Fair. “Lora does all of the show cattle work and is as valuable as I am on the ranch,” he explained.

In addition, the Whitneys sell calves for kids to show through 4-H and FFA, and support those customers throughout the year. Carl has developed a custom mix feed for his own show cattle using his background as a former feed nutritionist for Purina, and provides that feed and hay to the kids at cost, he noted. Finally, “Lora helps them get the calves fitted up and Angus at work on the Commanche Creek Ranch.

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ready for show.”

For Carl, the breed’s gentle disposition is an important trait. “We advertise our cattle as being gentle, so when we take someone out in the pasture to look at a bull, we don’t want the herd running across the pasture. You can go out and walk around all of our cattle, they might move away from you but they aren’t going to run off,” he said. “We don’t keep any that are high-headed. Wild cattle just don’t do as well, and there are many stress factors when they’re upset.

Preserving the family operation is important to Carl. “The ranch is family owned and operated, which for me is a big thing. It’s our way of life and the way we make our living. We do a lot of work horseback, we really enjoy it.”

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Martin Abeita, manager of the Comanche Ranch in central New Mexico, is using Angus genetics to improve the commercial cattle on the ranch owned and operated by the Pueblo of Isleta.

When the Pueblo purchased the ranch twelve or thirteen years ago, it was purchased as a working cattle ranch with the existing Hereford cattle herd, Martin explained. Since he started as ranch manager almost four years ago, they have used registered Angus bulls raised by Bob and Kay Anderson on the commercial cows, which are a mix of Hereford and Angus.

“The ranch is getting results due to the quality of bulls we are using,” he noted.

“As the years pass, and the Herefords are culled due to age, we are replacing them with Angus heifers raised here on the ranch and gradually working towards an all-Angus herd.”

“The quality of our cattle has improved significantly since we started using Angus genetics, even our Pueblo Governor has commented on the quality,” Martin continued. “There is still room for improvement, but eventually will get where we want to be.”

The ranch headquarters are 18 miles west of Belen, in desert country, and the Angus handle it well, he said. The cattle are supplemented with liquid feed in the winter months. “We have had really good results. When I took over four years ago, our weaning weights were between 400 and 450 pounds. This fall, our weaning weights are between 550 and 650 pounds.

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but a big part of that improvement is because of our improved genetics.”

“We spend between $2,000 and $2,500 per bull buying quality bulls,” he continued. “That investment has been very beneficial to the operation and has definitely paid off.”

Calves are marketed differently from year to year, from buyers coming in to look at the calves to the sale barn to Superior Livestock Auction, depending on the market. In 2009, the Comanche Ranch calves topped the market at a special sale held in La Junta, Colorado.

In addition to his ranch responsibilities, Martin has also recently taken over management of the pueblo’s farming oper-

ation. As ranch and farm manager, he will be looking at crops and methods that can be used to benefit both. “This will give us more options, and opportunities to expand into other feed supplements that will be better utilized.”

Martin said that life experience drew him to the Angus breed. “I was raised with Angus cattle. My dad ran Hereford cattle then switched to Angus, and I saw the difference in the quality and weaning weights. Plus, the market for black cattle is always a little better.”

The breed’s carcass attributes and yield, in addition to the meat quality, are important strengths. “ A long-term goal is to get into some of the marketing programs offered by the American Angus Association (AAA), like Certified Angus Beef, that help

producers get added value for their product,” he explained. “In time, I hope to improve our product to the point that we can serve our beef in the tribal casino and market beef raised on our ranch to other New Mexico casinos as tribal beef. “ He also cites the breed’s disposition, but said that the way you handle cattle makes all the difference. “Most of our cattle are pretty gentle, but that really depends on the handlers,” he pointed out.

“This year, the cattle look and feel so good, they are a little harder to work — they’re acting like feedlot cattle. We do everything on horseback, so the cattle learn to respect the horses and work pretty good for us.

We do have to rope one now and then, but aren’t rough with them.” continued on page 46

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Calving ease is another strength of the Angus breed. “We use low birthweight bulls on our first calf heifers, and don’t have any problems,” Martin explained.

“We haven’t had to pull a calf since I’ve been with the ranch, which makes things a lot easier on the heifers and on us.”

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Registered Angus producers Bob and Kay Anderson, of A Lazy 6 Ranch near Villanueva, focus on raising bulls suited to the needs of the commercial producer.

They started out with the breed in Montana about 35 years ago, and have been in New Mexico for almost 20 years.

“Angus are good producers and popular in the feedyard,” Kay said. “When you use Angus in a crossbreeding program, hybrid vigor helps put more pounds on the calves, and usually, black calves are worth a little more.”

“We just liked the Angus,” Bob said.

“We have tried quite a few breeds through the years, and finally decided we needed to go back to the genetics of the Angus breed.

We started out raising commercial Angus bulls and our herd bulls came from Kenny Hass of LaGrange, Wyoming.”

The Wyoming producer remains the Anderson’s source for the majority of their herd bulls, and they also use artificial insemination (AI) on their herd. “We go all

over to try to find the best Angus bulls we can, and think Hass produces some of the best Angus in the country,” he continued.

“We have also raised one or two of our own herd bulls.”

Meeting the needs of commercial producers is their goal, he explained. “We want to raise low birthweight bulls that a producer can use on his first calf heifers, then later use on his cows to produce six weight calves. Our bulls are affordable and are not overfed. When the bulls go to work they don’t lose a lot of weight and spend time standing around water, they get out and cover the country.”

“Even though our cattle are registered, they are not babied a lot,” Kay agreed.

“They have to get out and work if they are going to stay in the herd.” In addition to bull sales, they market bred heifers in the fall, and this year will have replacement heifer calves available. All sales are private treaty at the ranch.

For the past two years, the Andersons have participated in the bull test and sale held at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico, which tests cattle’s performance at a high altitude.

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and have had some success,” Bob noted. “This year, we have some PAP tested heifers, and plan to test some bulls in the fall for spring delivery.”

Cattle at high altitudes can suffer from pulmonary arterial hypertension, commonly known as brisket disease. The pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) test looks at an animal’s susceptibility to the disease by measuring internal blood pressure.

A good disposition is a priority, Kay said. “One person on horseback can usually move our cattle. We don’t want to sell wild cattle, and try not to keep anything that is not gentle. We spend a lot of time in the pens with the bulls, gentling them and getting to know them.”

“My wife runs the ranch by herself 50 percent of the time and can move the cattle around as she needs to,” Bob pointed out. “We don’t keep the wild ones, all a wild cow does is cost you money.”

Adaptability is another important strength, he said. “We moved here from Watrous about three years ago. This is rough canyon country, and the cattle have adapted and are holding up well.”

Bob is also proud of his customers’ results. “We started selling to the Comanche Ranch about three years ago. Since then, their weaning weights have increased by 100 pounds — I like to brag about that. They run on dry, desert country, and to be able to wean six weight calves off of that is pretty good.”

A reputation for meat and carcass quality is one of the biggest advantages of Angus genetics, he noted. “As a consumer, when you go into a restaurant or grocery store, you see Certified Angus Beef. That certification is done by the packing houses, which recognize the marbling in Angus beef. Other breeds marcontinued on page 49

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ket branded beef, but their certification is done by the breed associations.”

The cattle business is nothing new to the Andersons, whose Montana ranch had been in the family for 100 years. The Andersons also operate a heavy equipment and heavy haul trucking business, and both are family operations. Bob and Kay’s son, Mike Anderson, lives on the ranch.

Their daughter JoEllen Meeks lives in Las Vegas, about 40 miles away, with her husband Terry and four-year-old son Tanner, and they help out when possible. “It’s hard to keep Tanner away from the ranch,” he said. “He’s probably the one who will take all of this over when Kay decides she has n had enough.”

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The 10 top recorders in New Mexico are: U Bar Ranch, Gila, 235 head; High Valley Angus, Stanley, 204 head; Bill Gardner, Estancia, 182 head; Thomas L. Musick, Portales, 156 head; A Lazy 6 Ranch, Ribera, 121 head; Diamond K Bar Ranch, Aztec, 99

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U.S. May Need ‘Strategic Hamburger Reserve’ After Obama EPA Implements New Regulations

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“From where I sit, (the Obama administration) appears to be aimed at destroying the cattle industry in America as we know it,” Tamara Thies, the chief environmental counsel at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said on Capitol Hill recently.

“It is ironic that as we work to become less dependent on foreign oil, Obama policies are likely to make us more dependent on foreign beef. Maybe we’ll need to start a strategic hamburger reserve after the Obama administration is finished with us.”

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“It is unlikely these realities are lost on the EPA, making one wonder if the real goal of the agency is to do away altogether with economic activity throughout the bread basket of this country and turn it into a vast national park,” she added.

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“Incredibly, we are talking about dust kicked up by tilling fields and harvesting crops, cattle movements, and pickups driving down dirt roads,”she said. “For agriculture, the current standard is already very difficult and costly to meet — doubling it would be virtually impossible.”

That new proposal also alarmed 75 members of Congress who represent rural districts, including Reps. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (DS.D.), John Spratt (D-S.C.), and Bobby Bright (D-Ala.), who sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Sept. 27 urging the agency to “refrain from going down this path” on dust regulation.

“Considering the administration’s claim that it is focusing on revitalizing rural America and rural economic development, a proposal such as this would have a significant negative impact on those very goals,” they wrote. “We are hopeful that common sense will prevail and the EPA will refrain from causing extreme hardship to farmers, livestock producers, and other resource-based industries throughout rural America.

“Whether it is livestock kicking up dust, corn being combined, or a pickup driving down a gravel road, dust is a naturally occurring event in rural areas. Common sense requires the EPA to acknowledge that the wind blows dust around in these areas, and that is a fact of life.”

The dust regulation is one of several new proposals the EPA is considering, including regulating ammonia emissions from cattle operations; nationalizing standards for soil phosphorus levels, which determine where farmers can use manure; regulating greenhouse gas emissions; and greater regulation of farming on the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

“The fact is, the EPA is waging an unprecedented war to end modern production of animal agriculture,” Thies said in her testimony.

“EPA exhibits reckless indifference to scientific fact and, instead, imposes stringent regulations based on nothing more than its biased anti-animal agriculture agenda that will leave many cattle operations with no recourse but to shut down n and eliminate jobs,” she added.

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Wilderness’ Economic Revolution – Catron County

by STEPHEN L. WILMETH

boost from the Gila Wilderness to the County, the statistic shows that Catron n the summer of 1922, America’s County median income is 67 percent of famous conservationist, Aldo Leopold, that of New Mexico’s which ranks only 81 was assigned duties on what had percent of the national average. become the Gila National Forest. He How about retail sales? Catron County’s fought fires there and he saw enough of income generates retail sales of $1,304 per the Gila River drainage and eastern Ariresident year versus the state number of zona’s Escondido Mountain area that his $9,880 for all residents in New Mexico. vision for wilderness was solidly formuThese statistics could continue, but the lated. In 1924, he coauthored an administruth is Catron County is a poor, rural trative plan and the Forest Service, withcounty that faces catastrophic financial out Congressional approval, engineered difficulties. It has no real permanent the first wilderness area in the United wealth. It has been devastated by federal States. The Gila Wilderness was created. agency policies that have contributed In 1964, Congress finally enacted directly to the collapse of its historical wilderness legislation. In that year, the industries, and it is too poor to protect Wilderness Act was passed and signed. The itself further from such ravages.

Gila Wilderness was officially designated, If there is a perfect model to forecast but the federal agency administration pure wilderness contributions to ecoregarding wilderness management had nomic growth, it is Catron County. It is been evolving and eliminating private only there that the impact of wilderness rights endeavors for over 20 years. and federal land agency management is The Gila Wilderness was true wildermanifested against a very limited private ness in every sense. It fit the vision of industry counterpart. It is also there that Leopold where stewardship of land was elected state and federal part of the underleadership, funded by pinning of the conenvironmental groups, cept. Mr. Leopold If wilderness designations positively affected have pressed forward wrote extensively about a wilderness local economies, Catron County should surely with a comprehensive environmental agenda. being the domain of demonstrate such cause and effect results.

The wolf reintroduction the horseman, is only the most recent where all other of a series of historical means of entry had affronts to its citizenry. been halted by sheer Could it be that Catron County has physical barrier, and where a two-week gauge of economic trend, is down 1.4 perpack trip would never cross the same set of cent. For a matter of reference, the final been for years the new tribal reservation of tracks. In the case of the Gila as in the quarter 2009 unemployment was 11.4 per- our age? It is there that those from afar Leopold writings, the presence of the stew- cent. Permanent jobs are not being created dictate what is best for its residents. It is ards on horseback would become forever in Catron County and it can be argued that there that organized management of the part of the lore of the wilderness when they have not been since wilderness was commons is all encompassing. It is there that the voices and deeds of its citizens are their references to places and or recollec- created. tions of events would become permanent Healthy economies normally attract suppressed by state and federal leadership names of physical features. young people and yet statistics indicate that seem to be in an ever tighter lock step The majority of that original wilderness that the population of Catron County is with the absentee environmental movedesignation occurred in Catron County. much older than the general population of ment.

There is, though, something in Catron Catron County encompasses 6,928 square New Mexico. The Catron County dynamic miles of land area in the southwestern for folks older than 65 is 189 percent of the County that some special leader must recquarter of the New Mexico. With a popula- New Mexico average comparison. Youth, ognize. It is there that the model of modtion of 3,443 in 2009, its population is less calculated for ages under 18, are 63 per- ern wilderness must be reinvented . . . or than one person per square mile. With all cent of their New Mexico counterparts. the West is in a much bigger dilemma than the recent discussion by Senators Binga- Consider those statistics. Those results can be imagined. man and Udall and the various EarthFirst! suggest that the folks of age are nearly influenced groups touting the economic double the state averages and the numbers Stephen L. Wilmeth is a rancher from southern New benefits of additional wilderness designa- of youth are about half the state average! Mexico. He is an advocate of honest human charaction in southern New Mexico, it is time to The County is aging and youth must leave ter, limited government, and self reliance. He also believes that the real Gila story has yet to be told. review how the Gila Wilderness, the so to find jobs, and they have for years. called “Yellowstone of the South”, has If income is the measure of economic

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If wilderness designations positively affect local economies, Catron County should surely demonstrate such cause and affect results. The county, with its depleted historical industries of logging and ranching, depends heavily on the industrial and job growth of conditions directly affected

by Forest Service and wilderness management relationships.

There are a number of places to start, but the one that meets the most obvious chronologically correct start is the population of Catron County. If wilderness promotes economic growth, Catron County should have experienced some growth increase from 1960 to 1970 since the Gila Wilderness was officially designated in 1964. Catron experienced a decrease of population of 21 percent in the decade of the ‘60s.

Fast forward to this decade and that trend is in play again. The population is down 3.6 percent from 2000. The most recent employment growth index, a real

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Our nation’s cheap food policy was created in the 1930s when the economy collapsed. The government put together a committee to study the reason for the depression. The committee’s study made it apparent that the collapse came when the greatest industry in the U.S. went broke. This industry was the same then as now, American agriculture.

Production agriculture has come a long way since the 1930s, but consumers still demand an inexpensive, but wholesome product — and they want to feel good about it and how it produced to boot. It is estimated that by 2050 nearly twice as much food will need to feed the world’s growing population! With limited resources, it will be even more important that animal agriculture continues to produce food, milk and fiber in responsible and sustainable ways that meet consumer demand.

Today’s reality is that we must not only take care of the land, produce a wholesome and nutritious product in eco-friendly environment, but we must fight to continue our way of life that has been passed down from generation to generation. We must take a stand and have our presence known at the Legislature; in Congress; in agencies both state and federal; at industry organization meetings and to the everyday consumer. We must tell our story!

We need your presence at the 2010 Joint Stockmen’s Convention to help develop policies that will guide us through the coming year and we need your voice and support as we carry our policies to decision makers. Reality is we will have a new administration in 2010 that we will need to educate on our way of life!

There are critics out there that want to have their cake and eat it, too, at the producer’s expense. Come to the convention and help us give them a dose of REALITY.

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New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . CONTINUED Ernie Torres Gene Whetten Mark Whetten Randy White Jerry Witte

Albuquerque Magdalena Newkirk Albuquerque Belen

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Bob Frost Jimmy R. Bason Phil H. Bidegain Don “Bebo” Lee Bill Sauble Alisa Ogden

San Jon Hillsboro Tucumcari Alamogordo Maxwell Loving

NON-VOTING MEMBERS Shacey Sullivan Lowell B. Catlett Jane Frost Karen Kelling Bob Homer Jim Lyssy

Allied Industries Committee Dean, NMSU College of Ag & Home Economics N.M. Beef Council N.M. CowBelles NMCGA Insurance Administrators Insurance Services of N.M.

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Past Presidents * DECEASED *1914-1916 *1916-1918 *1918-1920 *1920-1922 *1922-1924 *1924-1926 *1926-1928 *1928-1930 *1930-1932 *1932-1934 *1934-1936 *1936-1938 *1938-1939 *1939-1941 *1941-1943 *1943-1946 *1946-1948 *1948-1950 *1950-1952 *1952-1954 *1954-1956 *1956-1958 *1958-1960 *1960-1962 1962-1964 *1964-1966 *1966-1968 *1968-1970 *1970-1972 *1972-1974 *1974-1976 *1976-1978 *1978-1980 1980-1982 1982-1984 1984-1985 *1985-1987 *1987-1989 *1989-1991 1991-1993 1993-1995 1995-1997

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Mesilla Carlsbad Winston Bloomfield Las Cruces

The Bud Eppers Memorial “Bud’s Contract” Award Winners Frank DuBois John Fowler, Ph.D. Howard Hutchinson Ron White Caren Cowan Karen Budd-Falen Chris Allison Mike Casabonne Lewis Derrick

Las Cruces Las Cruces Glenwood Monticello Albuquerque Cheyenne, Wyo. Mesilla Park Hope Artesia

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Cattle Growersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Committees

Membership Relations Committee

(Note: Unless otherwise noted (*), all NMCGA members are welcome and entitled to vote in the committees of their choice.)

Cross Cultural Sub Committee Milford Denetclaw, Shiprock Dustin Johnson, Farmington

Ag Policy Committee Theft & Health Sub Committee Curt Kelling, Cuervo Mark Whetten, Newkirk

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Promotion & Marketing Sub Committee Blair Clavel, Roy Darrell Brown, Artesia

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Research & Improvement Sub Committee Larry Foster, Las Cruces

Chairman

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Membership Sub Committee Kimberly Stone, Capitan Diane Bowman, Crownpoint Amanda Mayfield, Lordsburg

Co-Chairman Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman

Public Relations Sub Committee Jon Swapp, Duncan, AZ David McCrea, Roswell

Co-Chairman Vice-Chairman

Young Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership Sub Committee

Allied Industries Committee Shacey Sullivan, Albuquerque Kevin Floyd, Roswell

Chairman Vice-Chairman

(All Allied Industries members are welcomed and encouraged to vote on this committee.)

Boe Lopez, Springer Kate White, Friona, TX Heidi Humphries, Tucumcari

Chairman Co-Vice-Chairman Co-Vice-Chairman

Legislative Sub Committee Rex Wilson, Carrizozo Roy Farr, Datil

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Natural Resources Committee Feeder Committee Greg Moore, Wagon Mound Bill King, Stanley Gene Atchley, Clayton

Chairman Vice-Chairman Treasurer

Natural Resources Sub Committee Bob Ricklefs, Cimarron Tracy Drummond, Reserve

Chairman Vice-Chairman

(All active New Mexico cattle feeders are welcomed and encouraged to vote on this committee.)

Water Sub Committee Joe Culbertson, Jr., Amistad Randell Major, Magdalena

Finance Committee* Alisa Ogden, Loving

Chairman

All Past Presidents as well as NMCGA Executive Committee

Litigation Committee Phil H. Bidegain, Chairman Jim Jackson, Vice Chairman Jimmy R. Bason Howard Hutchinson Mike Casabonne Jim Grider Bebo Lee Sato Lee Alisa Ogden Bill Sauble

Chairman Vice-Chairman

Wildlife Sub Committee Mike Hobbs, Cimarron Gene Whetten, Magdalena Scott Bidegain, Conchas Dam

Chariman Co- Vice Chairman Co-Vice Chairman

Renewable Energy Sub Committee Tucumcari Albuquerque Hillsboro Glenwood Hope Carrizozo Alamogordo Mountainair Loving Maxwell

Jack Chatfield, Mosquero Stan Jones, Broadview

Chariman Vice-Chairman

Oil & Gas Sub Committee Bob McCrea, Roswell Irvin Boyd, Eunice

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New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Board of Directors Mike Carrica Mike Casabonne John (Punch) Cooper Kevin Floyd Royce Griggs H.C. (Hotshot) Hendricks David Kincaid Lloyd Maness Jim Marbach Mike Marley Scott McNally Robert Naylor Mark Sultimeier Tony Treat Joe Vicente Martin Yriart

Roswell Hope Mayhill Roswell Picacho Flying H Piñon Corona Carlsbad Roswell Roswell Roswell Artesia Roswell Vaughn Roswell

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Honorary Board of Directors John Cooper Alice Eppers R.C. (Punch) Jones Ronnie Merritt Albert Perez Mary Skeen

Arabella Roswell Tatum Yeso Vaughn Picacho

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Inc. Past Presidents 1906-1912 1912-1916 1916-1920 1920-1925 *1926-1927 1927-1959 1960-1961 1962-1963 1964-1965 1966-1967 1968-1969 1970-1971 1972-1973 1974-1975 1975-1976 **1977-1978 ***1978-1979 1979-1981 1981-1983 1983-1985 1985-1986 1987-1989 1989-1991 l991-1993 1993-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999

Solomon Luna H.C. Abbott Eduardo M. Otero Prager Miller David Farr Floyd W. Lee W.E. Overton Charles D. Fuller Robert F. Corn Abe M. Pena Phelps White W.A. Snipes Ivan Watson Robert B. Naylor Anthony E. Treat Madlyn Cauhape Truman Pierce T.L. (Sonny) Watts Truman Pierce W.W. Roach Mike Casabonne Art Evans Steve Lewis David Kincaid Pete Gnatkowski Scott McNally Mark Marley

Los Lunas Springer Los Lunas Roswell Magdalena San Mateo Yeso Roswell Roswell Grants Roswell Roswell Roswell Roswell Roswell Hope Roswell Piñon Roswell Caprock Hope Roswell Artesia Piñon Carrizozo Roswell Roswell

New Mexico Wool Growers’ Past Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONTINUED 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-2009

Yeso Piñon Hope Roswell Piñon

Ron Merritt Tom Runyan Russell Leonard Mike Corn Joan Kincaid

Originally, the Association was the New Mexico Stock Growers’ Association formed in 1884. It was a loosely organized group of local livestock protective associations determined to maintain a Territory-wide association. * Mr. Farr died June 12, 1927, while serving his second term. Floyd W. Lee, then a vice president, was named acting president to complete the term, was elected president in 1928 and continued to serve by unanimous annual re-election until the convention of 1960. ** During the term of Madlyn Cauhape, it was decided that the president would serve from July to July, Madlyn only served one year. *** Truman Pierce was elected president in July 1978. In April of 1979 he became very ill and T.L. Watts finished the year and then was elected president. Truman was made first vice president and fulfilled his term of office after T.L. Watts.

Sheepman of the Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 *1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

James Sachse, Las Cruces Herbert M. (Hub) Corn, Roswell R.L. (Louis) Merritt, Yeso R.C. (Punch) Jones, Tatum George Casabonne, Hope Al Snipes, Roswell Lloyd Treat, Roswell H.W. (Bud) Eppers, Roswell John Cooper, Tinnie Art Evans, Roswell Truman Pierce, Roswell Ernest Perez, Encino Joseph Skeen, Picacho Ronnie & Beverly Merritt, Yeso David & Joan Kincaid, Piñon A.W. and Janice Gnatkowski, Ancho John P. Cauhape, Piñon Albert Perez, Vaughn Martin Yriart, Roswell Robert B. (Bob) Naylor, Roswell Anthony (Tony) Treat, Roswell Mary Skeen, Roswell Pete & Sarah Gnatkowski, Ancho

New Mexico Sheep & Goat Council Mark Sultemeier, Corona Mike Corn, Roswell Jim Cooper, Tinnie Tom Runyan David Kincaid Antonio Manzanares Mercedes Cravens

Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary/Treasurer Piñon Piñon Tierra Amarilla Encino

Dairy Producers of New Mexico Officers

Al Squire, Hagerman President Luke Woelber, Belen Vice Pres.

Charlie DeGroot, Dexter Secretary (Note: Unless otherwise noted (*), all association members are welcomed and encouraged to vote on the committees of their choice).

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2010 Joint Stockmen Convention Schedule ROOM KEY:

GR Gallery Room MAR Marbella SR Santa Rosa HS Hospitality Suite PBR Pyramid Ball Room

SF Santa Fe YUC Yucatan Coz Cozumel TS Taos TBA To Be Announced

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Trade Show Set-up

5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

New Mexico Beef Cattle Performance Assn.

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NMCGA Membership Committee / Public Relations

COZ

5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

New Mexico Hereford Assn.

General Session

6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Cowboy Christmas

SF

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

New Mexico Angus Association

YUC

8:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

Hospitality Suite Sponsored by Allied Industries

ATR / Hallway / TS / LC LC

Registration

KOKO

Cattlemen’s College Sponsored by Pfizer New Mexico Livestock Board

10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Range Improvement Task Force

10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

New Mexico Beef Council Meeting

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Dairy Producers of New Mexico Board Meeting

COR

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

NMCGA Past President’s Meeting

AZT

5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Trade Show Reception Sponsored by New Mexico Beef Council

8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

TAM / COZ

ATR / Hallway / TS / LC

Hospitality Suite Sponsored by Allied Industries

Sunrise Room

Friday, December 3, 2010 6:30 a.m.-7:45 a.m.

NMCGA Board Breakfast Sponsored by Ag New Mexico, FCS, ACA

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Silent Auction

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Saturday, December 4, 2010 6:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m.

NMCGA Nominating Committee

AZT

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Children’s Lounge Sponsored by New Mexico Stockman Magazine

TBD

7:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

KOKO

NM CowBelles Awards and Installation

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Registration

LC

8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Trade Show

ATR / Hallway / TS / LC

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

NATURAL RESOURCES GENERAL SESSION

9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Silent Auction

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9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Cattlegrowers’ Foundation Meeting

Children’s Lounge Sponsored by New Mexico Stockman Magazine

TBA

9:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m.

M-44 School

MAR YUC

7:45 a.m.-8:15 a.m.

NMCGA Finance Committee

AZT

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Registration

LC

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Trade Show

ATR / Hallway / TS / LC

8:15 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

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Thursday, December 2, 2010 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

KOKO Kokopelli RG Rio Grande LC Las Cruces Tam Tampico TBD To Be Determined

AG POLICY GENERAL SESSION

YUC

10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Dairy Farmers of America Meeting

MAR

10:10 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

NMCGA Promotion & Marketing Committee

YUC

10:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.

NMCGA Theft & Health Committee

11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.

NMCGA Research & Improvement Committee

SR

11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.

Family Luncheon Sponsored by Farm Credit of New Mexico

CAN

1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

PROPERTY RIGHTS GENERAL SESSION

YUC

1:45 p.m.-5:40 p.m.

N.M. CowBelles Board & General Session

TAM

3:40 p.m.-4:10 p.m.

NMCGA Private Property Committee

YUC

3:45 p.m.-4:40 p.m.

Allied Industries Committee

4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

NMCGA Cross Cultural Committee

4:10 p.m.-4:40 p.m.

Joint Federal & Trust Lands

4:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.

NMCGA Tax & Special Issues

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

New Mexico Hereford Association Board

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10:10 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

Joint Wildlife Committee

10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

NMCGA Feeder Committee

10:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.

NMCGA Oil & Gas Committee Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee

11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

NMCGA Legislative Committee

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11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

NMCGA Resolutions Committee

AZT

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. NMCGA Water Committee 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

SF CAN

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

M-44 School

MAR

1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

NMCGA Board Meeting

KOKO

2:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

NMCGA General Session

KOKO

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

NMCGA 2011 Board Meeting

KOKO

6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Attitude Adjustment

ATR

Dinner/Dance Sponsored by Council for Biotechnology Information

PBR

7:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

AZT

RG

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Stockmen’s Luncheon Sponsored by Hi Pro Feeds & Walco Int’l

Sunrise Room

SF

SF

10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

SF

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Sunday, December 5, 2010 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Worship Service

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TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

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Silent AUCTION Find all of your perfect Christmas gifts at the 2010 Joint Stockmen’s Silent Auction

AUCTION HOURS Friday, December 3 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. & Saturday, December 4 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION Gallery Room Donated Auction Items accepted beginning 9:00 a.m.

Thursday, December 2

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However you choose, you will select from some of the best genetics available. Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. has long been known for producing outstanding Angus genetics and here’s your chance to ramp up your profit.

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John Lundeen is the Executive Director of Market Research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He has twenty years of experience in agribusiness, having conducted literally hundreds of consumer studies. Topics include family food preferences, health shifts that are underway, new product opportunities, shifting shopping behaviors, concerns and hopes in regards to food, and expanding consumer target audiences. John received an MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he was the top business graduate of 1987.

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LEAVITT GROUP SOUTHWEST, INC. LETCHER, GOLDEN & ASSOC., INC. LIPHATECH BEVERLY MERRITT/LAMBSKI MESA TRACTOR, INC. MICRO BEEF TECHNOLOGIES MIX 30 - AGRIDYNE NEW MEXICO AG LEADERSHIP NEW MEXICO BEEF COUNCIL NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEW MEXICO HORSE COUNCIL NM LIVESTOCK BOARD NM STOCKMAN NUTRITION PLUS O’NEILL LAND, LLC / AGRICULTURAL, LLC PFIZER RANCH-WAY FEEDS / BILL CONRAD

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Sponsors

2010 Joint Stockmen’s Convention Trade Show Reception Sponsor New Mexico Beef Council, Albuquerque, N.M.

Cattlemen’s College Sponsor Pfizer Animal Health, Clovis, N.M.

Family Luncheon (Friday) Sponsor Farm Credit of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.

Stockmen’s Luncheon (Saturday) Sponsor Hi-Pro Feeds, Friona, Texas Walco, International, West Lake, Texas

Awards Banquet Sponsor Council for Biotechnology Information / BIO, Washington, D.C.

Cattleman of the Year Sponsor Wells Fargo Banks of New Mexico, Carrizozo, N.M.

Cowboy Christmas Party Dee Bridgers

NMCGA Board of Directors Breakfast Sponsor Ag New Mexico, FCS ACA, Clovis, N.M.

Land O’Lakes Purina Mills Scholarship Sponsor Land O’Lakes Purina Mills, Portales, N.M.

Program Sponsor New Mexico Stockman, Albuquerque, N.M.

Ayudando Siempre Alli Award Sponsor Farmway Feed Mills, Las Vegas, N.M.

Children’s Lounge Sponsor Caren Cowan, Albuquerque, N.M.

Livestock Inspector of the Year Sponsor USDA APHIS Wildlife Services Western Region

Private Property Rights Sponsor Ag New Mexico, FCS ACA Alisa Ogden CS Ranch Monsanto Wesley & Elnabeth Grau USDA/RMA - LRP Livestock

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General Session Sponsors Ag New Mexico, FCS ACA Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.

Committee Sponsors Cross Cultural Commitee: Syngenta Crop Production Federal & Trust Lands Committee: Hat Ranch Legislative Committee: Ag New Mexico, FCS ACA Membership Committee: Clayton Ranch Market Natural Resources Committee: Chase Ranch Oil & Gas: Ag & More Private Property Committee: Williams Windmill, Inc. Promotion & Marketing Committee: Nutrition Plus Public Relations: Ag & More Taxation & Special Issues: Ag & More Theft & Health Committee: New Mexico Livestock Board Wildlife Committee: R. L. Cox Fur & Hide Co. Young Cattlemens Leadership Committee: Ag New Mexico, FCS, ACA

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ATTENTION: A limited amount of meal tickets will be sold at the convention, so please purchase tickets in advance.

Make all checks payable to: NMCGA • P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194

Note: Pre-registration Deadline November 15, 2010. No refunds. Remember to make your reservations early!

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Marriott Pyramid North for a limited time at $79 plus tax per night.

To make reservations call 1-800-266-9432. Ask for Joint Stockmen’s rate.

Attention CowBelles: CowBelle Breakfast – Pre-Registration: $25. At Door: $30 (if available) DEADLINE: November 26, 2010 Please send check payable to: NMCB Lyn Greene HC 75, Box 22, Mountainair, New Mexico 87036 NOVEMBER 2010

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ave you reserved your rooms at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North and registered for the Joint Stockmen’s Convention, December 2-5, 2010, including the New Mexico CowBelles’ Annual Meeting and Breakfast? If not, why not? If so, way to go!

This year we’ll be having a half-day joint NMCB Board of Directors and General Membership Meeting with elections on Friday, December 3. Saturday, December 4, will begin with our annual breakfast, awards presentations, memorial and new officer installation. We’ll be treated to addresses from our incoming NMCB President, Linda Lee, and American National CattleWomen President, Lana Slaten. New Mexico CowBelles are a vital part of the cattle industry and this consolidated schedule will allow us to stay informed by attending more New Mexico Cattle Growers’ committee meetings.

Locals, please bring door prizes with a Christmas theme. If you forget yours, the vendors around the silent auction will be glad to sell you something. But don’t spend all your money. Save some to buy Rootin’ Tootin’ Raffle tickets for chances to win goodies at the Cowboy Christmas Social. Then hang around and listen to the music of the Buckarettes — and be sure to invite them to join CowBelles!

CowBelles, please bring innovative ideas for us to discuss and implement. We tend to want to keep New Mexico CowBelles like it was in 1957 when it was organized. I agree that 1957 was a good year.

My family moved to New Mexico in 1957 in a green 1957 Ford Station Wagon. I thought it was the most amazing vehicle on the road. The back seat folded flat and I could stretch out with the dog and sleep through the whole trip — as long as the dog didn’t throw up on me. But when I got my drivers’ license a few years later, I wouldn’t have been caught dead in that old clunker. Times change.

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like a key. When used, it frees us. If not, the lock will rust shut . . . making us slaves to our past.” Nostalgia is not a verb. It doesn’t do anything. It just is. Actually it just was.

The New Mexico CowBelles organization needs to focus on what will be.

All NMCB members received a questionnaire in their November Wrangler. It presents several issues and invites your input. Every single member’s opinion about the future direction of NMCB is important. Please fill out the questionnaire. Write in the margins. Write on the back. Then send them to Kimberly Stone to compile and report the results at our annual meeting. We are an organization of several generations of women with a mutual vision: “To sustain the integrity of the New Mexico Beef Industry through consumer awareness, education, and promotion while respecting the past, living in the present and looking toward the future.” Let’s work together to preserve the New Mexico CowBelles organization for the next generation of cattle women.

Carnivores Unite!

– Karen Kelling President, New Mexico CowBelles DATES TO REMEMBER Nov. 15 — 2011 Local Officers due President-Elect Annual Reports (50 copies) due President-Elect Nov. 25 — Volunteer Time Sheets due President Eat Prime Rib for Thanksgiving!

Dec. 2-5 — Joint Stockmen’s Convention, Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North Dec. 3 — NMCB Board of Directors and General Membership Meeting Dec. 4 — NMCB Annual Breakfast n Mesilla Valley CowBelles have had a very busy September/October. On September 25, two members and the NM Beef Ambassador, Kyra Grant, traveled to Fort Bliss, TX to participate in the All American Beef Battalion. This was quite an honor to be able to volunteer our time for such a wonderful cause. Mr. Bill Broadie and his staff should be commended on all of their hard work and travels feeding steak dinners to our troops. We were also fortunate enough to meet other CowBelles from Ari-

zona and Texas that traveled to volunteer for this cause. The All American Beef battalion will be back at Fort Bliss on October 23, and in February 2011. We are looking forward to both of these events! October brought us the Southern NM State Fair.

Several members helped to decorate and man the booth. Members helped with the bake sale, with all proceeds going to the general fund for the fair. Mesilla Valley CowBelles were once again sponsors of the Beef Show at SNMSF. Teachers from across the Mesilla Valley stopped by the booth to gather educational information to take back to their classrooms and as always many recipes were handed out.

Submitted by Gretchem Lindsay The Chuckwagon CowBelles met at the home of Toni Barrow on October 12, 2010 with 17 members, one adorable little, bitty member and one guest present.

Guest speaker Kyle Tator, from the Valencia County Extension office gave an informative program on weed identification.

He talked about various undesirable plants and how to identify and control them. Of particular interest were two volumes of books he had created that had actual samples of weed stems, root systems and seed heads. He answered our many questions, and we are thankful for the valuable service he and others in the Extension Service perform! Vera Gibson announced that the Valencia County 4-H Fall Festival will be held on October 23 from 11:00 until 3:00 at the Ag Science Center in Los Lunas.

She requested Chuckwagon members to join in the festivities by coming and handing out literature at an information table.

The minutes were read and approved as amended. Denise Immerwahr gave the Treasurer’s report. It was decided to purchase a box of cookbooks from NMCB for $300. Lyn Greene gave the Five States meeting report. The Annual meeting will be December 3-4 in Albuquerque. Toni mentioned the proposed name change to “New Mexico Cattle Women”. She encouraged all to think about it. Karen encouraged all to attend the Executive Board meeting on Friday, December 3. Toni announced that dues for 2011 are due.

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turned in at the November meeting.

Karen Tanner moved to continue our ANCW Associate membership at a cost of $100. It was decided to have a booth at the Mountainair Christmas Fair on November 13 from 10:00 until 5:00. The space rent is $15. Toni brought up an article in the newspaper about the Mexican Gray Wolf.

The author of the article called citizens, “heartless criminals” and she said that the wolves are “entitled to roam free”. There was some discussion about the subject.

Meeting adjourned at 2:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker The Grant County Copper CowBelles meeting began at noon by President Kim Clark. Kim made an announcement that member, Marsha Carlson will be undergoing surgery and be in recovery for six weeks. A card will be sent by the “close-toour-heart” committee. The board addressed two donation issues in the interim between meetings and agreed to give $50 to the SW Horseman Assn. to provide food during a pastoral outreach event; also $500 to Pat and Dusty Hunt who lost their barn and its contents in a fire recently. The Marketing Committee brought bumper stickers; they will be used as a marketing tool and not a fundraising tool they will be given out at CowBelle functions, along with a flyer by the NM Beef Council. Aunt Judy’s Attic has t-shirts available at the store. State Fair Booth was worked by Pat Hunt with Lyn Green. More volunteer effort would be appreciated.

Booth at the Cliff Health Fair and Ft. Bayard Days was well-received. Some fundraising items were sold. Grant County Fair will be 9/30-10/2. The booth will be decked out; no samples will be passed out, but there will be a raffle for a roast. New Business: The Denim & Pearls fundraiser planning continues. Still seeking donations. Notice will be put in the Gazette and a press release has been given to Lori Nell for the Daily Press. In light of the work done by Pat & Steve Bearup on our ‘brands’ sign, to thank them with four tickets to the Denim & Pearls. Tickets are available at the various vendors. The donation of a 3-year-old mare by Beverly Medford for the D & P was discussed and it was decided to place the animal for silent auction with a minimum bid of $500. A video will accompany the auction page and a display ad will be placed in the Gazette. Food will include briskets that will be smoked by Johnny Poe. It was decided to give two tickets to the Poes for their generosity in smoking the meat. Yearly dues are to be

given to Judy Billings by Oct. 1. They are $25: $15 to our chapter and $10 to the state chapter. A slate of nominees to office for next year will be placed in the next newsletter to be voted upon at the Oct. meeting. At this time the only offices filled were Pat Hunt/President, Lori Nell Reed/First VicePresident and Wanda McInnis/Newsletter.

No volunteers for the other positions. Time sheets were distributed to be returned at the next meeting to record volunteer hours. Bobbie N-L opened discussion about designating interested inactive members as ‘honorary members’ who would still receive the newsletter and be informed of CowBelle functions. Discussion was tabled until October. Storage unit is paid through December. Submitted by Sally Raphael, Secretary Lariat CowBelles hosted the 36th Annual 5 States Roundup, September 29, 2010, at the Clayton Air Park. There were 68 guests. The theme of the program was “Beef Industry’s Biggest Issues: Food Safety and Demand.” Dr. Ted McCollum III, PhD, PAS-ACAN Texas A & M University and Texas Agrilife Extension Service gave the first presentation “Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture: Issues We Need to be Concerned About.” He discussed antibiotic use in cattle, House Bill 1549, and the FDA

role in this issue. The second morning program was “Is Today’s Beef Supply Safe?” by Ashley Haneklaus, Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Dept. of Animal Science, Texas A & M University. She discussed efforts to improve food safety and public perception; contamination of meat with E. Coli, Listeria, and Salmonella; and how the beef industry is working to research and improve food safety from the pasture to the store, restaurant, and home. The third program was “Supermarket to Supper!” by Shug Farrington, Union County Extension. She discussed safe consumer practices in buying, storage, and cooking of beef products. A booklet “Kitchen Companion Your Safe Food Handbook” by USDA was distributed.

A style show was put on by Espe’s/Three West. There was a silent auction and door prizes. Vendor booths were by Espe’s/Three West, Gladstone Mercantile, Mary Kay, Mary’s Flowers and Gifts, and New Mexico CowBelles. Luncheon was catered by Maria Gallegos.

New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle.” Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com n

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omments I get after a column is published are always welcome and appreciated – some are more colorful than others. In September I spent a great deal of space on the game management issues landowners and land managers dealt with this fall. In response, the office had a fairly irate call from a gentleman in the southwestern part of the state demanding an apology to sportsmen across the state as well as a retraction of Caren Cowan’s comments regarding the funding of the N.M. Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF).

Among other things, I stated that “about half of the NMDGF budget is funded by the fees paid by non-resident hunters.” He was right, I was wrong . . . it might actually be more than that.

Here are the specifics: The NMDGF has an annual budget of approximately $32 million dollars. Eleven million of that comes from the federal government in the form of grants, some of them based on hunting and fishing licenses issued. When licenses are a consideration in funding grants, the feds don’t distinguish between resident and non-resident licenses. So without a detailed bookkeeping exercise, to pinpoint exactly how much comes from non-residents is complex at best. However, it is safe to say that the funds are from federal tax dollars, so it seems fair to split that money equally between resident and nonresident pocketbooks.

The real differences in the budget come in hunting licenses purchased by residents and non-residents. A look at the three major undulant species tells the whole story. According to the Game Department, draw results for 2010-11 for antelope, deer and elk were as follows at right: In the Tombstone Unified School District from the 1950s to the 1970s where I learned arithmetic, 55 percent, 51 percent and 64 percent were over half. So yes, kind sir, non-residents are paying over half of the costs to run the NMDGF. For an even more stark comparison, let’s look at the resident versus non-resident license fees. The N.M. resident hunter pays $50 for an antelope licenses according to the N.M. Statutes 17-3-13 License Fees. For that same license a non-resident pays $260. For a resident elk bull or either

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sex tag, the fee is $80 — the non-resident fee for the same tag is $525.

For species more rare, like oryx and ibex, the state goes even further to favor the resident hunter. For these tags a New Mexican pays $150 and $100 respectively, while the non-resident is hit for $1,600 each.

There is a survey floating around on the web asking if N.M. hunters would be willing to pay $20 per license more to reduce the number of non-resident licenses sold in the state. Of course the answer is yes . . . but $20 isn’t going to come anywhere close to offsetting the loss of non-resident sales and those who are spreading the message that for $20 bucks you can make up a budget over half the NMDGF budget should be ashamed. Those who are buying this load of nonsense need to learn the facts and apply basic math. No wonder our state and our country are in the biggest budget crisis of our lifetime . . . at least so far.

Resident hunters are paying five to six times less than the non-resident just for the basic license, not counting all the additional economic benefit they bring to the state. The proponents of this misinformation are the same folks who are espousing that because all wildlife belongs to “the public” they should have the right to pursue it wherever it is; eliminating landowner tags and eliminating the licenses for guides and outfitters. Yet what have these groups done to assist wildlife populations and/or the NMDGF? PRoNGHoRN aNTEloPE* licenses Percent of lics.

lic. Fee

It is worth noting that the N.M. Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife presented the Department with a $50,000 donation at their annual banquet in Albuquerque in September. They are one of the few wildlife groups who recognize the responsibility of the hunter or the birdwatcher or the wildlife photographer to join with the Game Department and landowners and managers to benefit wildlife. They don’t expect the free ride that is being demanded as a “right” by others.

The Rest Of The Story . . .

As to the rest of the allegations made by my caller, ranchers, cattlemen and the Cattle Growers’ don’t steal hunting opportunity (or anything else) from anybody. If it were not for these people providing water and habitat on private, federal and state trust lands, there wouldn’t be any hunting opportunity for anyone.

If there are renegades out there who are illegally blocking access to federal or state trust lands, let NMCGA and the proper authorities know and so the appropriate action can be taken.

If you want to call NMCGA and complain about its’ policies and work, at least join the Association. To do that you can go to www.nmagriculture.org or call 505/243-9515. Even better, after joining, come to a meeting to learn about the issues and help develop policies!

I sometimes think I am preaching to the choir . . . maybe not so much.

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venture into a movie theater. I have avoided them almost religiously over the past decade because I don’t want even a fraction of one red cent that I work to earn to go to the vast majority of movie stars who use their celebrity to harm the ranching industry, the West and American families.

The last movie I saw in a theater was Seabiscuit, which deserved a visit to the “big screen.” It was another race horse movie that drew me back to the theater . . . on Michelle’s hard earned money.

We saw Secretariat, chronologically documenting the life and history of the last Triple Crown Winner the world has seen. The deeper story is about the will to honor family history and saving the family operation, the belief in one’s self and the will to win — a storyline that hit all too close to home, and where there is no happy ending like that Penny Cheney Tweedy was able to achieve. But that’s for another day.

The story this Disney movie told was artfully done and an enjoyable, if not completely dry-eyed, afternoon. It was gratifying that although the theater wasn’t full, those assembled clapped and cheered at the end.

Then I made the mistake of listening to Rush Limbaugh, the next day, who had also seen the movie its opening weekend.

He had come across a review of the movie entitled “Secretariat: A gorgeous, creepy American myth.” Written by Ander O’Hehir and carried on Salon.com, the subhead read: Diane Lane shines in a Tea Party-flavored, Christian-friendly yarn about one big horse and our nation’s past.

He goes on to write: “Secretariat” is a work of creepy, half-hilarious master-race propaganda almost worthy of Leni Riefenstahl, and all the more effective because it presents as a family-friendly yarn about a nice lady and her horse.

Mr. O’Hehir apparently felt that because the movie focused on a family and a way of life in the late 1960s and early 1970s instead of the political events of that time, that there weren’t families that had or have nice lives. Because the words Vietnam and Nixon were never mentioned, the movie was apparently dishonest, never mind the war protest play it took the Tweedy daughter to get staged at her school. The review also overlooked the fact that the racing world is a multicultural place and long has been. Although there was the normal (or I thought was the

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I will admit that there probably are not the number of families able to live as Ms. Cheney’s did, but to call the film a work of creepy, half-hilarious master-race propaganda is so far beyond any reality I am familiar with (even spending most of my days with agenda driven bureaucrats), I am beginning to wonder just what world I live in.

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The outrage and disgust I felt about the movie review on Monday was a nice warmup to the second week of the Water Quality Control Commission’s (WQCC) hearing on the N.M. Environment Depart ment’s (NMED) Petition to designate all perennial waters within Wilderness Areas within U.S. Forest Service (USFS) as Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRWs). The sheer of acronyms is probably your first clue, if you didn’t have one already, that this not a good place to be.

We spent four days in September in these hearings and it looks like there will be close to that amount of time burned in October. The first day was fairly explosive.

The NMED opened the hearing with a statement that the balance of the process needed to be fast-tracked because the ONRW designation was important to “this Administration” and this Administration would be out at the end of December. The Department wanted oral closing arguments and immediate deliberation rather than the more traditional written closing comments that provide the commissioners a concise set of points that had been covered by seven or eight days of hearings and literally thousands of pages of testimony and exhibits. Fortunately, we prevailed in that argument.

Soon after that we learned that the NMED, the WildEarth Guardians, Amigos Bravos, N.M. Wildlife Federation, and the other “conservation” groups had been meeting since the second day of the September hearing to craft a “negotiated amendment” on the anti-degradation policy portion of the proposal. The Environment Department’s attorney readily admitted that they had not included the N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association or the other landowners and managers, saying continued on page 91

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that because we had not submitted amendments, we were not necessary to their negotiations. They claimed their notice via a single email to a single attorney a few days before the October hearing was adequate notice of the situation. It is worth noting that the email was not received in a timely fashion.

This turn of events really shouldn’t have been surprising. One of the primary concerns that NMCGA and others have had during this process has been the continually moving target of the petition and the process. Sitting in the room it has been difficult to determine who is on first and what version of the amendment and/or the petition is the topic of discussion.

The next bombshell hit when Alex Thal,

Ph.D. attempted to testify on behalf of Catron and Otero Counties who he had prepared comments for. County policy dictates that such comments are signed by elected commissioners. Because those county commissioners were not able to make the trip to Santa Fe for the hearing, Dr. Thal was prohibited from testifying.

The fix to that seemed to be to have that testimony presented during the public comment period. It would not have the weight of technical testimony, but it least it would be in the record, right? Wrong.

Dr. Thal was called away from the meeting after he was denied comment, but his assistant Bobbi Shearer was there to provide public comment. She was not allowed to provide the information because it was of a technical nature. So much for freedom of speech or an open public process.

At this writing, the outcome of this sweeping ONRW is still up in the air. The hearing concluded in October, there will then be written closing comments by all of the parties and the WQCC will deliberate on the petition to make a ruling. Stay tuned.

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Always quick with a smile, a joke or a story, he was as good natured as they come.

Unfortunately, he passed away on October 5, 2010.

Richard, born in Gatesville, Texas on January 19, 1949, was a cowboy. Richard’s father was a legendary roper and horseman and the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Richard was raised a-horseback.

Growing up, he loved sports (especially football), roping and good horses; these things held a special place in his life thereafter. He was also what you might call, “a people person.”

After graduating from college in 1971, Richard embarked on a rodeo career in the calf roping event. Being an avid roper, he always rode good horses, something he’d be known for his entire life; which added to Richard being a winner. He had a keen way of figuring out how to win, no matter what the game may be. Some folks said he was just naturally lucky, but I know Richard, like all successful people, knew luck is created. He roped calves at the professional level from the mid 70’s through the early 80’s. One of Richard’s favorite stories about calf roping was the year he narrowly missed qualifying for the National Finals Rodeo, but returned home in fall to work as a math teacher to pay the bills.

After rodeo, Richard undertook a new journey in life as a race horse trainer. This he did for over 20 years, during which, Richard became legendary for his knowledge and ability with horses and also for having a good time. As one of the most successful trainers in the Southwest, he was a favorite with celebrities and locals alike in the Jockey Club, where the best parties are thrown. He had a placing average of almost 40 percent which is astounding. Richard was in the “who’s, who” crowd around race tracks. Then in 1994, the highlight of his racing career presented itself when he won the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs; the world championship of Quarter Horse Racing. A fast horse named Noblesse Six put Richard in the Quarter Horse history books forever.

Before retiring as a trainer, Richard was one of the winners of all time.

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in his new home state of Arizona. Timing couldn’t have been better for the natural born salesman as there was a HUGE real estate boom gaining momentum. Just as in other endeavors throughout life, Richard went for the gold, with gusto, becoming one of the top real estate salesmen in his field within a short time, a position he maintained until the end.

After 26 years of retirement from roping, Richard had gotten back into roping, this time as a jackpot team roper. It didn’t take long for him to prove a winner in team roping as well. In the last six years of his life, Richard won dozens of buckles, saddles and other prizes, not to mention, a boat load of cash. The highlight of his team roping career came in 2009 when he won the #10 division at the World Series of Team Roping Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada.

That win came with a check of over $100,000, but the great thing about that victory was he won it with his lifetime friend, Jim Saunders — Jim’s dad grew up roping with Richard’s dad back in Gatesville. After the win, Richard commented he felt like he’d accomplished just about everything he dreamed of at that point, winning the All American and then the World Series; two different equine events and two occasions where he won over $100,000 in one day!

Richard spent the last few years of his life traveling around the country to roping events from the Finals at Oklahoma City to the California coast. Along the way he tried to get anyone he came into contact with interested in buying real estate (or anything else he might be selling). Richard had an easy going way about him which attracted people. He was also sharp as a tack; smart like a Fox. An avid practical joker, he was constantly giving people a hard time, but normally in subtle ways that made them like it. He was also a heck of a story teller.

Richard had more tall tales than most.

Some he would tell just to, “See if you’d bite,” as he liked to put it. Others, seemingly so bizarre, people would call him on it, then he’d just say, “Check it out.” When they did, they’d find out he wasn’t joshing around.

Richard loved to have fun and smile more than anybody. He was definitely “larger than life.” With a deep booming voice which could be heard a mile away, he

was the center of attention at gatherings; he thrived on that. After meeting someone for 10 minutes, he knew all about them, had several friends in common and they knew about Richard. He wasn’t bashful.

Richard went at life full steam ahead and he loved fun. A natural risk taker, he won and lost several small fortunes, always bouncing back. One story he liked to tell was about being in Las Vegas during the NFR back when he was still training race horses. He always played in Golf Tournaments, but hadn’t any luck there or at the gambling tables either. Richard was the kind of guy who would sit down at the Black Jack table with $100 and walk out of there the next morning with ten, twelve thousand or more! He’d have a huge crowd gathered around him all night long as he put on a show. This particular time however, he couldn’t get his “Mojo” going and he’d lost every penny; payroll, petty cash, savings, it was all gone.

Richard found an old friend of his and gave him a hot check for $500, telling the friend it wasn’t good at the moment, but it would be the first of next week; he had an uncommon amount of confidence. Taking the money, he started betting on race horses; a game he knew more than a little about. After winning a couple thousand on the horses, he returned to the Black jack tables, where, by the next morning, he won around $15,000. Come Monday, he was back at Ruidoso Downs, the check written to the friend was good, all business accounts were replenished and nobody was the wiser. This little story pretty much sums up Richard’s go for it all and have fun doing it attitude.

Richard often said, “I don’t want to get old.” Somehow I think he knew the fast lane, fun loving lifestyle he lived didn’t accommodate for old age. I believe he’d rather live 61 years as he did rather than 80 or 90 years in a more moderate manner.

Richard, being a Texan, also lived a good part of his life in New Mexico and Arizona and had friends everywhere. In the days following his death, the Fry family was literally inundated with sympathy calls from across the Southwest. He made a big splash in passing just as he did in life.

He leaves behind a daughter, Zane, a son, Nathan and the love of his life, P.J. Dietmeir. Richard D. Fry, you will be missed by n many.

Livestock Shootings, Killings Taken Seriously

by Industry, NMLB aliciously killing or injuring livestock in New Mexico is a fourthdegree felony, prosecutable by up to eighteen months in jail and/or up to a $5,000 fine, according to Bobby Pierce, Assistant Director of the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB). Whether or not an animal is actually killed is not important in these cases, the penalties are the same either way.

This type of case can be very hard to investigate because of the lack of evidence in most situations, Pierce said. “We can retrieve a bullet, and sometimes even find the gun, but it is hard to put a case together without additional evidence or a cooperating witness.”

Despite that difficulty, the NMLB takes these cases very seriously and prosecutes offenders when possible. “There are not a large number of occurrences, but the way we see it, one is too many. Livestock are personal property with monetary and emotional value to their owners. We don’t condone this kind of thing in any way.”

Reasons behind livestock killings or injuries vary from case to case, from revenge or retaliation, to a person actually needing meat, to groups that don’t believe livestock should be on public land. “I don’t know what makes people think they have the right to go out and shoot someone’s livestock,” he said. “Actually, I don’t think they do think. Most times, I think people are just out driving around, shooting their guns, and start wondering what their guns would do and whether or not they could kill something.”

While disputes between neighboring ranchers do arise, they typically don’t get to the point of livestock being killed.

Often, Pierce explained, conflicts develop when urban residents move into more rural areas and don’t understand the fencing laws and their responsibilities under those laws. “New Mexico is a fence-out state, so it’s the responsibility of a landowner or homeowner to fence livestock out of their property,” he said.

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away from the road if possible. Barns or sheds should be located away from main roads, or oriented to make it difficult for people driving by to see what is inside.

Livestock owners whose cattle are injured or killed should immediately contact both the NMLB and their local sheriff’s department. Both agencies will work together to investigate the case, and in some cases, the New Mexico State Police will be involved. Anyone with information on a livestock shooting can contact either agency, as well. “The bottom line is, there are better ways to deal with problems than shooting an animal,” he said. The main number to the NMLB is 505/8410-6161. n

“Many times, when cows start coming into subdivisions and getting into people’s yards like happened recently in Rio Rancho, the problem is that there is not a good fence to keep them out or that it has been damaged by trespassers.”

The NMLB recommends that landowners take precautions to protect their property and prevent access to livestock. On private property, keeping gates closed and locked makes it more difficult for the public to gain access. Landowners should report incidences of cut fences and illegal entry to property to law enforcement and watch that area more closely.

On main, well-traveled roads, the NMLB recommends that livestock be kept

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Von Witzke believes that the EU has neglected critical investment in agricultural research for far too long. In the meantime, it has become the world’s biggest net importer of agricultural produce. This means that in order to meet its own demand for food, natural fibres, bioenergy and other agricultural products, the EU uses a virtual land area in other countries of about 35 million hectares, equivalent to the size of Germany. The last ten years alone have seen net EU imports from virtual agricultural land increase by 10 million hectares.

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2010 Year in Review Dear Fellow Producers: I am honored and humbled to greet all of you using this means.

Much of our state has been blessed with great moisture this year and, as is always the case, there are those who had a dry summer, too.

We have seen a cattle market this year that may have no rival, as far as the cow-calf sector goes. Producers seem optimistic about agriculture, but are uncertain about the state of our national economy.

Jobless rates are high and disposable incomes of many consumers are at risk. This is when we, as an industry, must focus on keeping demand for beef as high as possible, as there are competing proteins that can and do undersell us. We must continue to be able to reach the consumer and let them know what a value packed product we actually offer. One thing we must keep researching is ways to offer fast, convenient, pre-cooked beef items that are basically heat and eat. Our competitors have done a great job of this. It seems that convenience is almost everything these days.

PROMOTION PROGRAMS 2010 Gate-to-Plate Goes “Ranching on Route 66” The NMBC’s premier promotion, the bi-annual Gate-to-Plate Tour, brought members of the media, legislature, judiciary, culinary professions and opinion leaders to ranches and dairies located along Route 66 for a two-day, up-close immersion into all aspects of the industry. Stops included: Clovis Sale Barn, T-4 Cattle Company, Bell Ranch and Rajen Dairy. This program is unequalled in building long-lasting friendships for the industry and educating New Mexico’s influential leaders about this complex segment of the state’s economy.

CONSUMER INFORMATION PROGRAMS “Kids, Kows ‘n More” Teaches Elementary School Children Beef Appreciation

With the cost of everything we do getting higher each year, it is hard for the Beef Checkoff dollars we invest on your behalf to get the bang they did only a few years ago. I believe the time is near for us, as producers, to make an additional investment in the Checkoff, if we are going to continue to be effective on all fronts. As an example, you may have noticed there are no TV spots by big name personalities anymore. That is because the cost to do so has gotten too expensive with the revenue that we now have.

The highly-successful, long-term elementary school program, “Kids, Kows ‘n More” this year counted an increase in total number of students reached statewide to 7,163 from the previous year’s 6,898. A total of 383 teachers from 14 counties were involved. This program also distributes a wealth beef resources to teachers. These go a long way toward insuring the beef message will be heard in the classroom, and that students will take that message home.

You are fortunate in New Mexico to have Dina Chacon-Reitzel as executive director, along with her dedicated staff. Also the directors of NM Beef Council are a very dedicated group.

As always, the bright, attractivelydecorated NMBC Beef Booth, located in the Manuel Lujan exhibitions building, remains one of the most popular attractions at State Fair. The New Mexico CowBelles extended their warm smiling welcomes to booth visitors, distributed recipes, preparation and safety information, and helped them answer the Beef Trivia Quiz on nutrition and safety so they might qualify to win the daily drawing of $50 in beef and the grand prize of a year’s supply of beef. The daily tasting demonstrations of new beef products continues to delight visitors.

If you have ideas, questions, suggestions, or concerns feel free to give us a call. Your support and feedback is very important.

Thank you for your time.

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In FY2010, the beef checkoff advertising campaign reached 80 percent of the consumer target an average of eight times to help keep beef top of mind with consumers.

The checkoff’s new Profiles campaign launched in 23 national magazines, including Everyday with Rachel Ray, Parenting, Food Network Magazine and Men’s Health. Radio ads aired on more than 5,000 U.S. radio stations, and online advertising appeared on a variety of popular online food-focused websites, such as MixingBowl.com, Taste of Home.com, Recipe.com and Better Homes & Gardens.com. The campaign’s new From My Family to Yours print ads showcased real beef ranchers in 10 national publications, reaching some 25 million consumers with profamily-farm, positive beef industry messages.

FOREIGN MARKETING

During the first nine months of FY 2010, U.S. beef exports (including variety meat) worldwide totaled 732,371 metric tons valued at $2.63 billion – an increase of 9.5 percent in volume and 12 percent in value year-on-year. Perhaps the most important turnaround of all was the resurgence of U.S. beef in South Korea. In the first six months following launch of a major comprehensive imaging campaign funded by the beef checkoff, exports to Korea were up 96 percent in volume and 129 percent in value compared to the prior year.

VEAL MARKETING

The beef checkoff’s veal “Go to Market Strategy” integrates consumer marketing and communications programs to help build demand for veal. By integrating veal promotions, increased sales were reported in retail and foodservice channels in FY 2010. The checkoff also shared the positive veal production story through veal issues management and quality assurance programs. The checkoff and state beef councils, along with veal partners, helped implement vealfoodservice.com; a veal Columbus Day promotion; and a veal farm tour program.

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FOODSERVICE MARKETING

With about half of all beef sold in the U.S. moving through the foodservice channel, the checkoff’s award-winning BEEFlexible trade advertising campaign kept beef top-ofmind as restaurants struggle through the economic recession.

With reports of renewed optimism, the 2010 campaign opened with a focus on traditional middle meats. Steaks were featured at major industry events, such as the Multi-Unit FoodService Operators conference (MUFSO) and during the National Restaurant Association’s annual convention. Strong relationships with media yielded beef editorial features that netted a return on investment of more than $2 million in ad equivalency, and partnership promotions with three national restaurant chains involved 2,137 units in 43 states.

ISSUES MANAGEMENT

In FY 2010, the checkoff distributed 42 FYIs – electronic updates that provide background, media coverage overviews and response recommendations and tools for state partners, producer leaders and beef industry stakeholders. The checkoff also coordinated submission of numerous letters-to-the-editor last year, including two published online in The New York Times.

2010 marked the fourth year IM worked with state partners on Earth Day to tell the “Everyday Environmentalist” story. Earth Day ads on Google (viewed by more than 300,000 people), social media posts on Facebook and Twitter and a viral e-mail delivered positive environmental messages online and drove consumer traffic to www.ExploreBeef.org, more than doubling daily sessions on the site.

NUTRITION INFLUENCERS

The nutrition influencer education program communicated the “power of protein” to health professionals in 2010 through a series of interactive webinars, in partnership with 17 state beef councils. During the last six months of FY 2010, more than 1,000 registered dietitians participated in discussions about the power of protein and shared checkoff-funded electronic resources with their clients. Outreach included sending educational materials to nutrition thought leaders, illustrating protein’s role in bone health and continuation of the popular Nutrition Seminar Program, which has conducted 39 sessions in partnership with state beef councils this year.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

The checkoff’s state-national public relations partnership helped spread the good news about beef nationally, through materials including monthly media pitches and consumer and media fact sheets.

The I Heart Beef program generated more than 96 million media impressions, and the checkoff’s overall public relations program achieved more than 1.8 billion media impressions in FY 2010, including placements with Larry King Live, CBS Early Show and Parade. Through media relations and spokesperson training, beef producers had a voice in media dialogue about

U.S. beef production practices. The Masters of Beef Advocacy (MBA) grassroots network has grown to some 1,500 graduates in 43 states and the District of Columbia.

PRODUCER COMMUNICATIONS

Producer communications provided more than 25 million paid media opportunities for producers and importers to get to know their checkoff. This effort was supported through more than 5,000 news articles; video news releases aired on more than 600 stations; delivery of more than 100,000 newsletters; and participation in 15 industry trade shows. Online, viewers accessed more than 240,000 pages during 90,000 visits to www.MyBeefCheckoff.com and participated in more than 5,000 interactions on checkoff social-media sites.

RETAIL

The retail team focused efforts on keeping beef top-of-mind with consumers as the weak economy continued to shape buying behavior. Many new retailers introduced checkoff-funded programs such as Beef Alternative Merchandising (BAM) and Slice and Save to help shoppers stretch their grocery dollars. Through partnerships with national packaged goods companies, more than 100 million coupons and rebates were issued in the retail channel to encourage consumers to buy beef and help keep it affordable. To help strengthen beef’s position among Hispanic consumers, a retail pilot test using Spanish-language materials produced notable results: Participating locations achieved higher traffic at the meat case and significant sales volume increases during the test period.

RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INNOVATION

The checkoff’s REI team works in several areas that are important to insuring consumers have beef options that are delicious, nutritious and safe. The checkoff’s product enhancement research studies muscle traits and characterization, muscle tenderness and yield, flavor and palatability, carcass trait genomics and new technologies that lead to better products.

Meanwhile, beef safety research advances the knowledge of pathogens with a focus on E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella and non-O157 E. coli while tracking other pathogens, and promotes industry-wide cooperation to address safety threats. Human nutrition research provides scientific evidence showing how lean beef’s high-quality protein and essential nutrients help Americans get important nutrients, improve cholesterol, manage diabetes, and maintain bone health and muscle mass. The culinary innovations team puts it all into practice. In FY 2010, the team conducted applied grill cookery research on 60 grilling cuts; developed and tested more than 100 new recipes; and participated in 42 state beef council/industry meetings to showcase new beef recipes. In FY2010, the Beef Innovations Group (BIG) focused on creating six new round cuts and several new processing applications and launched eight new beef convenient products, while the Beef Quality Assurance team provided cattlemen numerous instructional videos on topics such as antibiotics or cattle handling, to demonstrate the importance of BQA certification for producers.

Cattlemen’s Beef Board Fiscal Year 2009 Expeditures* Does not include State Beef Council Investments

Promotion ........................$17,363,247 Research ............................$6,005,414 Consumer Info .................. $4,865,392 Industry Info...................... $2,496,023 Foreign Marketing .............$5,541,045 Producer Comm ................$1,663,035 Program Evaluation.............. $308,614 Program Development ........... $87,409 USDA Oversight ....................$236,993 Administration ...................$1,697,912

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New Mexico Press Women Lunch Brings Beef Message to Journalists

Joint Stockman Speaker Brings Cutting-Edge Research

By sponsoring the Zia Book Award Lunch of the New Mexico Press Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association at the Sheraton Uptown in Albuquerque, the NMBC gained exposure to approximately 60 of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journalists, marketers and public relations promoters. NMBC Executive Director Dina Chacon-Reitzel welcomed the NMPW and spoke on the mission of the NMBC, providing journalists with a personal contact for the industry when story research is needed in the future.

This lunch marked the 60th anniversary of NMPW.

Dr. Mandy Carr, Executive Director for Research and Group Leader for Safety, Nutrition & Product Enhancement, addressed the 2009 Joint Stockmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Convention in Albuquerque. Dr. Carr was the NCBA speaker sponsored by the NMBC. Her informative presentation included cuttingedge industry research.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS 2010 NM Dieticians Lunch Keeps Beef Nutrition Information Flowing In April, the NMBC sponsored the annual New Mexico Dieticians Lunch by hosting distinguished speaker Dr. Martha Belury, Carol S. Kennedy Professor of Nutrition from Ohio State University, who spoke on the value of dietary fats in the diets of postmenopausal women. Following her talk, participants enjoyed a delicious tenderloin, cranberry and pear salad at the Radisson Inn in Albuquerque.

Attendees also received plateside gifts of â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Heart Beefâ&#x20AC;? magnetic message boards. NMBC consultant Patty Waid also spoke to the group about the NMBC resource packets they were given.

PRODUCER COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS Annual Report Keeps Producers Informed and Updated on Checkoff The NMBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Report, distributed to all producers in the state, keeps the industry updated and informed about how their Checkoff dollars are invested to promote beef. The Annual Report is mailed directly to homes of both beef and dairy producers, and it is published in beef industry magazines as well. Timely updates on the Checkoff are published monthly in the New Mexico Stockman (see Bullhorn, below). National program staff, NMBC staff and directors speak on the matters related to the Checkoff throughout the year at local and statewide meetings.

New Mexico Beef Council

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USES Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beef Promotion & Research Board 598,239 National Program Investments 32,399 Promotion Programs (Advertising, Media, Retail, Foodservice) 127,055 Consumer Information Programs (Health Educators, School Programs, Events) 192,361 Producer Communication, Industry info.

83,530 Industry Information 2,000 Collections 82,451 *Administration Costs 71,466 Carry forward to next year 9,416 Total Expenditures $ 1,198,917

INDUSTRY INFORMATION PROGRAMS Beef Summit = Strategic Planning On August 13, 2009, over 60 participants from all segments of the New Mexico beef industry convened in Moriarty to take charge of increasing the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic viability. Developing a New Mexico-branded beef was a top consideration.

Participants considered the six primary recommendations of â&#x20AC;&#x153;BII-NM,â&#x20AC;? the NM Beef Strategic Planning Initiative, first called together by Donnie Quintana, Community Development Team Leader of New Mexico Economic Development in spring, 2007.

The six recommendations included: Selling New Mexico beef by developing a NM branded beef program; coordinating key organizations to improve communications; working with NMSUCooperative Extension Service to strengthen the industry and develop regional collaborations; exploring secondary ranching income streams; creating an advisory task force for education about regulatory issues; and creating a cattle health task force to develop best management practices. Soliciting input from producers gets to the root of major issues and works toward creating effective solutions collectively, with all the resources that can be brought in to assist the industry.

Cliff Copeland

SOURCES 1,198,917 $ 1,198,917

The Bullhorn, published each month in the New Mexico Stockman, provides producers with the most up-to-date information on beef research and marketing from state, national and international perspectives. The Bullhorn also informs producers of educational opportunities and new and ongoing NMBC programs. It also provides profiles of members of the industry community and of New Mexico beef pioneers.

NMBC Directors

Summary of Sources and Use of Funds July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 Checkoff and Interest Total Sources

Bullhorn: Bulletin Board for Industry

49.90 2.70 10.60 16.04 6.97 .17 6.87 5.96 .79 100.00%

*Administration costs after allocation to program development and implementation as prescribed by the Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beef Board.

Chairman, Purebred Producer Nara Visa, NM (505) 633-2800 Joe Clavel Vice-Chairman, Producer, Roy, NM (505) 485-2591 Jim Bob Burnett Secretary, Producer, Hope, NM (505) 484-3141 Bernarr Treat Producer, Roswell, NM (575) 626-5355 Tom Spindle Feeder, Stanley, NM (505) 832-0926 Darrel Brown Producer, Artesia, NM (575) 457-2650 Art Schaap Fluid Milk Producer, Clovis, NM (575) 760-6645 Andres Aragon Producer, Las Vegas, NM (505) 425-0800 David McSherry Feeder, Deming, NM (575) 546-3168

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aine-Anjou cattle were developed in northwestern France as a dual-purpose meat/milk breed of cattle in the nineteenth century. First introduced into the United States in the early 1970s, they have grown in popularity due to both their dominance in the show ring and their performance in pasture settings. In a crossbreeding operation, producers can take advantage of the breed’s muscling and frame size, among other qualities, to help build herds and maximize calf crops.

Performance is the key for Buddy Terrell, who raises Maine-Anjou cattle at 4T Ranches near Menard, Texas. “Many people think Maine-Anjou are just show cattle, but they work great for the rancher, the commercial cattleman.

Terrell first used Maine-Anjou genetics on his operation in the early 1980s when his children started showing cattle, and in the years since has incorporated the breed into his commercial cattle operation. “We ended up buying a bull and a heifer and grew from there,” he said. Initially, he bred Maine-Anjou bulls to his mixed breed

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cows. “At that time, I was living near Plainview, Texas, and put a few calves in the feedlot. You know they are good calves when the feedlot manager comes out and asks you what is in those calves and how they are bred.”

Today, he said, he does raise a few show heifers, but show cattle are not his main focus. “I am very satisfied with the breed, and my main purpose is to raise good cattle that perform. If there are some that people want to buy to show, that’s just gravy.”

Terrell focus on raising bulls that will work for commercial producers, and sells between 40 and 60 each year private treaty, from the ranch. “These are not feedlot bulls. I sell them at two years old or older.

They are grassfed, and ready to work when you put them out in the pasture. I have bought bulls as yearlings, and you often have to feed and take care of them for a year or they just melt down.”

He has bulls with different size and structure to fit different producers’ needs and operations and focuses on keeping

birthweights low. “Years ago, Maines had a bad reputation for calving problems and I work hard to keep our birthweights down.

I have some bulls that won’t throw a calf that weighs over 50 or 60 pounds, and some whose calves are born weighing between sixty and eighty pounds.”

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He also markets females, selling the lower end through area sale barns and the remainder from the ranch.

The breed’s performance, the quality of the calves, and the milking ability of the females are some of its best traits, according to Terrell. ““What I tell people is that

they’re just a better Angus, and I think that’s very true.”

“The best thing about the breed,” he noted,“ is the docility. “I have 1,800 pound bulls — I try not to get them much bigger than that — that I can sit my grandkids on top of and not worry. A lot of times, if I need to Ivomec something, I just pour some cake out on the ground in the pasture, walk up beside

them and pour it on. People can’t believe it when they come out to look at my cows — many of them I can just walk up to and scratch their bellies.

“I just love these cattle,” he continued.

“I handle them gently, I think the fastest way to move cattle is slowly. As we ranchers are getting older, we can’t afford to get hurt.”

Moderate sized, black cattle with between half and three-quarters MaineAnjou bloodlines are the norm on this Texas ranch. He also runs a smaller registered Maine-Anjou herd. “We have bred the size down. They are still a larger animal but not the huge cattle they once were. With exotics — I don’t care what breed you have — they just don’t hold up in this drougthier country if you get percentages too high.”

The ranch is located in the Texas hill country, where they get between 20 and 22 inches of rain a year. The cattle are fed little if any hay, but do get protein cubes throughout the winter months. “This is shinnery oak, live oak, and mesquite coun-

The breed’s performance, the quality of the calves, and the milking ability of the females are some of its best traits try. It’s not real steep, but it’s rocky.

Maines are a good, big-footed animal with a lot of bone under them. I have never had any problems with them breaking down,” he explained.

Terrell has served twice as president of the Texas Maine-Anjou Association, and has shown his cattle at shows including Denver, Kansas City, Houston and San Antonio but says that is not his main focus.

“My main purpose is to raise breeding stock, good all around all purpose animals, that will perform wherever you put them to work, whether it is in the feedlot or in n the show ring.”

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The best of both worlds, country living in town! An all brick home sitting on 2.2 acres with a 30x40 barn and corrals for any livestock hobbies. Located on the quiet NE side of Melrose. A large sunroom and covered patio enhance this home. Many upgrades such as the heat pump, new windows,

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FARM & RANCH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS RANCH – 7,256.98 (+/-) Deeded acres – some of Kansas’ finest grassland located approximately 16 miles south of Meade, Kansas. 3½ miles of live water from Crooked Creek, sandhill and flat terrain, CRP, 2 sets of improvements, great 4 and 5 wire fencing. Can be operated as a cow/calf or yearling operation. WILDLIFE – BobWhite Quail, Blue-Tail Quail, Turkey, and Deer.

DRYLAND FARM, PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO – 640 Acres located northeast of Lamar, Colorado.

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Settlement Reached to Reduce Global Warming Impacts of Walmart Supercenters he Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has settled two lawsuits brought against Walmart over the global warming impacts of proposed Supercenters in Perris and Yucca Valley, California. The settlement requires Walmart to install three rooftop solar facilities of at least 250 kilowatts, incorporate cutting-edge efficiency measures into the design of the proposed stores, and implement a refrigerant audit and improvement program at certain existing Walmart stores in California. The suits, brought under the California Environmental Quality Act, challenged the adequacy of the environmental review for the projects for failure to properly consider measures to reduce the greenhouse gas pollution resulting from the Supercenters.

“This settlement is yet another example of the California Environmental Quality Act working to improve new development, reduce greenhouse gas pollution, save energy, save money, and promote a vibrant green economy,” said Matt Vespa, a senior attorney with the Center’s Climate Law Institute. “The settlement raises the bar for future projects. If big-box stores are to be built in California, measures like the installation of solar-power systems must be adopted to minimize the project’s greenhouse gas pollution.”

The lawsuits are part of series of court challenges brought by the Center to reduce greenhouse gas pollution from new development through the California Environmental Quality Act, which mandates that projects with significant environmental effects adopt all feasible alternatives and mitigation measures to substantially lessen their impact.

The Yucca Valley settlement also includes a $120,000 contribution to the Mojave Desert Land Trust for land-conservation purposes and acknowledges the right of the Coalition for Environmental Integrity of Yucca Valley, also a party to the Yucca Valley settlement, to endorse a ballot initiative prohibiting development of the Supercenter and other discount superstores in the Town of Yucca Valley.

Walmart also agreed to implement a similar set of greenhouse gas reduction measures to settle a separate challenge to a proposed Supercenter in Riverside, California, brought

by Riverside Citizens for Smart Growth.

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If you are looking for a well maintained working ranch…this is it!

Waddy Creek Ranch: Located in a remote Nevada Ranching Valley called Charleston which sits at the foot of the Jarbidge Wilderness which is part of the Humboldt National Forest. The ranch is bounded on two sides by forest.

There is no power in the Valley but there is land-line phone. Two creeks provide irrigation water for approx. 138 acres of historic meadow. This property has Quaking Aspen groves and is quite beautiful. Access is on a county road. There is a BLM grazing permit attached to the ranch for 71 head. Price reduced: $400,000.

Home Ranch in O'Neil Basin: Beautiful ranch with two creeks and adjoining BLM permits in Northeastern Elko County. This ranch consists of approx. 887 deeded acres with around 500 acres irrigated. Good improvements with larger two story ranch house, a cookhouse with two bedrooms, and a bunkhouse with three bedrooms. Nice horse barn, a calving barn, corrals and scales. Price: $1,675,000.

Mason Mountain Ranch: Great summer ranch with 3700 deeded acres plus small BLM permit. Located approx. 75 miles North of Elko. Runs approx. 300 pair for the summer. Approx. 89 acres of meadows irrigated with water stored in reservoir/fishing hole which also acts as Red Band Trout Hatchery. Home and outbuildings for a good cow camp. Phone but no power.

Price: $1,575,000.

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KEVIN C. REED Ranch Sales & Appraisals Ranchers Serving Ranchers TX & NM LEE, LEE & PUCKITT ASSOCIATES INC.

Office: 325/655-6989 • Cell: 915/491-9053 1002 Koenigheim, San Angelo, TX 76903 • www.llptexasranchland.com email: llp@wcc.net

Laura Riley 505/330-3984 Justin Knight 505/490-3455 Specializing in Farm and Ranch Appraisals

Rivalé Ranch Realty LLC Raymond Rivalé Broker / Qualif ying Broker BARNEY RANCH West of Clayton, ~3010D, ~680 NMSL, in the canyons.

Very scenic, good water with a variety of big game. $650/acre, taxes ~$.055 SEDAN ~320D exceptionally good native grassland with excellent water and potential irrigation water available. $900/acre, taxes ~$2.12/acre.

KIOWA MESA ~616D nestled in the beautiful volcanic outflows of northeast NM with excellent deer hunting, and small cabin. $525,000 Many more ranches available in Northeast New Mexico we can show you. We would appreciate a call if you are looking to buy a ranch. Raymond is excited to invite Kenny Zamora from Las Vegas, 505/469-4388, as Associate Broker. Give him a call for listings or sales.

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Superior Farms Expands With Lamb Acquisition

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Demand for lamb was down 10 percent in 2009 due to higher livestock costs and retail prices, according to the American Sheep Industry Association. Meanwhile, the national supply of sheep is nearly half what it was 20 years ago.

“For quite some time, our feeling has been that there are a lot of packing houses that are trying to operate with minimal schedules in the U.S. for lamb production,” Superior Farms CEO Ed Jenks said in a news release. “Ultimately [the acquisition] means that the packing side of the business will be more efficient, and it is our sincere hope that we create operational economies that allow us to keep our plant costs down and continue to encourage a consumer demand at affordable prices.”

Spence Rule, owner of Hawarden, Iowabased Iowa Lamb Corp., said in a news release the deal gives his company an opportunity to return to its roots in the feeding business.

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• Magnificent 90 Hunting – Cattle/Horse Ranch 50 miles E. of Dallas, 35 miles W. of Tyler, White pipe fence along FM Hwy. 3,700 sq. ft. elaborate home, flowing waterway, lake. Has it all.

• 532-acre CATTLE & HUNTING, NE TX ranch, elaborate home, one-mile highway frontage. OWNER FINANCE at $2,150/ac.

• 274 acres in the shadow of Dallas. Secluded lakes, trees, excellent grass. Hunting & fishing, dream home sites. $3,850/ac.

• 1,700-acre classic NE TX cattle & hunting ranch. $2,750/ac. Some mineral production.

• Texas Jewel, 7,000 ac. – 1,000 per ac., run cow to 10 ac.

• 256 Acre Texas Jewel – Deep sandy soil, high-rolling hills, scattered good quality trees, & excellent improved grasses. Water line on 2 sides rd., frontage on 2 sides, fenced into 5 pastures, 5 spring fed tanks and lakes, deer, hogs & ducks. Near Tyler & Athens. Price $1,920,000.

• 146 horse, hunting cattle ranch N. of Clarksville, TX. Red River Co. nice brick home, 2 barns, pipe fences, good deer, hogs, ducks, hunting priced at $395,000.

• 535 ac. Limestone, Fallas, & Robertson counties, fronts on Hwy. 14 and has rail frontage water line, to ranch, fenced into 5 pastures, 2 sets, cattle pens, loamy soil, good quality trees, hogs, & deer hunting. Priced at $2,300 per ac.

Joe Priest Real Estate 1205 N. Hwy 175, Seagoville, TX 75159

972/287-4548 • 214/676-6973 /1-800/671-4548 www.joepriest.com • joepriestre@earthlink.com

O’NEILL LAND, LLC

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

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Cimarron River Property, reduced to $359,000 – 10.91 +/- deeded acres, 2,700 +/- sq. ft. home. West edge of town w/water frontage on the Cimarron River, some water rights and a private lake. This is the end of the road w/awesome views of the mountains in a quiet peaceful village. Cimarron, Colfax County, NM. Foreman Property, reduced to $415,000 – 559.10 +/- deeded acres, Private 2,000 +/- sq. ft. home.

Custom rock work. Horse barn, two-car garage, two hay barns, 5 pastures. Excellent spring gravitational feed-to-trough, house on city water system less than 5 years old, septic system brought up to code. 0.8 mile driveway, mature cottonwood trees, very private, 4 miles east of Springer, Colfax County, NM. Canadian River Ranch, reduced to $299,000 – 39.088 +/- deeded acres, w/0.3 miles of the Canadian River going through the property. Excellent partially remodeled home, workshop on concrete slab, roping arena. Exceptional improvements at this price, located 6 miles east of Springer, Colfax County, NM. Great horse property, easy access off pavement.

Miami Lookout, $395,000 – 80.00 +/- deeded acres in Miami, NM Approximately 60ft X 60ft metal building, utilities buried, water and septic in place. All back off highway up the mesa on private driveway, affording majestic views. Currently owner parks 5th wheel during summer months. Utilities could accommodate a 3 bedroom home. Has trees and irrigation shares. Colfax County, Miami, NM. Spear Road Ranch, $700,000 – 160 +/- deeded acres, w/exceptional three bedroom 3 bath home, approx 2,200 sq ft. Adjacent office, 3 car garage and workshop, one round pen, 150 ft X 300 ft arena.

Convenient to I25, fantastic views of mountains and the plains. Second manufactured home on site.

Water shares and three water meters. Approximately 5 miles NE of Springer, NM. Western View Ranch, $259,235 – 373 +/- deeded acres, located 1 mile east of Taylor Springs.

Windmill, stock pond, highway frontage, electricity and amazing views of NM and Southern CO mountains. Traditionally used for yearlings, in great shape. Would make nice escape. Approximately 8 miles E of Springer, NM.

O’NEILL AGRICULTURAL, LLC “Offers computer-generated color custom mapping service on digital USGS base maps. Hang a map in your office that looks like your ranch, w/water lines, pastures and roads etc. Put your ranch on one piece of paper.”

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LARGO CANYON RANCH

EASTERN NEW MEXICO RANCH 5,000 total acres includes 4,520 deeded acres.

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

The Twin Mesa Ranch is located 6 miles north of Fort Sumner.

The ranch lies within the famed Gerhardt Valley known for its deep rich soil and excellent water and features a variety of grasses.

The Truchas Creek and the Twin Mesas are on the ranch.

Highly productive and well suited to cattle or horses.

Fantastic western style wood accented owner’s home.

Second home with three bedrooms and two baths.

Barns, stalls, corrals, cutting pens, arena, cattle chutes.

Elevation 4,200'. Growing season approximately 180 days.

Property taxes $1,700. 8 pastures and 3 traps.

This ranch is headquarters of one of the nation’s leading cutting horse trainers and producers.

Wonderful location, climate, quality of soil and water.

Reduced Price: $1,650,000 $365 per deeded acre

Approximately 453 deeded acres with ranch house, outbuildings, corrals and other improvements; everything required for a working cattle ranch.

Thirty-four sections of BLM Lands under Grazing Permit “Superior Mesa Allotment #5115”. 3148 Permitted AUMs/2185 Active AUMs from November 15 to June 15. Current cost $1.35/AUM. Three sections of State of NM Lands under Ag Lease. Current rents approx $1,000 per year. $680,000 firm. Owner may carry. Includes assignment of BLM Permit and State Lease; includes water rights; includes free propane.

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WAHOO RANCH – Approximately 40,976 acres: +/- 11,600 deeded, 6,984 BLM, 912 state, 40 uncontrolled and 21,440 forest. Beautiful cattle ranch located on the east slope of the Black Range Mountains north of Winston, NM, on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso.The ranch is bounded on the east by the Alamosa Creek Valley and on the west by the Wahoo Mountains ranging in elevation from 6,000' to 8,796'. There are 3 houses/cabins, 2 sets of working corrals (1 with scales) and numerous shops and outbuildings. It is very well watered with many wells, springs, dirt tanks and pipelines. The topography and vegetation is a combination of grass covered hills (primarily gramma grasses), with many cedar, piñon and live oak covered canyons as well as the forested Wahoo Mountains. There are plentiful elk and deer as well as antelope, turkey, bear, mountain lion and javelina (46 elk tags in 2009). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in the SW. Price reduced to $5,500,000.

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SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 10 miles south of Deming off Hwy. 11 (Columbus Hwy) approximately 26,484 total acres consisting of +/3484 deeded, +/- 3800 state lease, +/- 14,360 BLM and +/-4840 Uncontrolled. The allotment is for 216 head (AUYL). 9 solar-powered stock wells and metal storage tanks and approx. 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch begins on the north end at the beautiful Mahoney Park high up in the Florida mountains and runs 5½ miles down the mountains to their south end. It continues another 7½ miles south across their foothills and onto the flats. The ranch has a very diverse landscape with plentiful wildlife including quail, dove, rabbits, deer and ibex. Lots of potential & a good buy at $1,000,000.

46 ACRE FARM LOCATED IN SAN MIGUEL – Full EBID irrigation and supplemental well. Bounded by Highway 28 on the east, County Road B-041 on the south and County Road B-010 on the west.

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Eager Red Hill Ranch, Quemado, New Mexico 1100 deeded ac., 80 State of NM leased ac., 5220 Bureau of Land Management leased ac., 6,400 total acres. Carrying capacity: 90 head of grown cattle year-long & is known as the Eager Red Hill

Allotment. $1,800,000

Border/Mt. Riley Ranch, Columbus, New Mexico 1,379 Deeded ac., 11,158 ac. & 6,922 ac. of State Lease, 52,647 ac. & 74,977 ac. of BLM Lease, 147,083 Total Acres (229.8 sections) Ranch is divided into 8 pastures & several traps. Carrying capacity: 1,100 CYL $2,420,000

78 Young Canyon, Cloudcroft, New Mexico The perfect mountain hideaway!

Spacious 4,475 sf w/5 bedrooms & 3 baths comfortably rustic home on 17 acres! Several unique rock features. Plenty of room for all the Big-Boy toys! Near the ski areas, about 30 miles to Ruidoso! $695,000

Jornado Ranch, E. of TorC, New Mexico Located 11 miles east of T or C. 1788 deeded ac., 9 sec. State lease 32 sec. of BLM lease. Well watered, 300 head yearlong. Attractive headquarters, near Elephant Butt Lake. Located west of the railroad & at the entrance to Spaceport America. One of New Mexico’s largest construction projects.

Price $4,200,000.

Cañon Del Buey, Aragon, New Mexico 80 ac. deeded, 48,000 ac USFS near Aragon, NM. 11 pastures, 5 traps, 344 cows yearlong, several springs + earthen tanks water lots, springs & wells. Approx. 44 miles of exterior fence. 3 sets of corrals & livestock scales. $1,500,000

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LI NSON CR E E K R A NCH: Washington/Payette Counties, ID. 1,938 deeded acres plus 892 AUMs, BLM – Presently wintering 400 mother cows 11/5 – 5/1 – supplementing with about ½ ton alfalfa; modest improvements; excellent upland game birds, chukar, quail, pheasant; blue gill, mule deer, elk, bass & trout. $ 1 ,4 7 5 ,0 0 0 – t e r m s.

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P OSE Y V A LLE Y : Halfway, OR. 320 acres w/105 irrigated – gateway to Hells Canyon & Eagle Cap Wilderness – overlooking Pine Valley. Seven Devils and a some of mother nature’s best. Modest improvements, close to town and schools. Submit all offers – possible terms. R a e A n d e r s o n 2 0 8 /7 6 1 -9 5 5 3 .

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2+ acres along the highway would make an excellent home site. Views of the San Pedro River Valley. This ranch may be a candidate for FSA. Call Scott Thacker at 520/444-7069 ASKING $99,000 KENDRICK MOUNTAIN ALLOTMENT: Beautiful Ranch outside Flagstaff. 75 head summer permit. Call Troy Cooke at 928/5320055. ASKING $125,000 HARQUAHALA RANCH: A nice little desert ranch. Owner/Agent Call Scott Thacker at 520/444-7069 Asking $159,000

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Trace Mineral Supplements Enhance Calf Health and Cow Reproductive Performance

by HEATHER SMITH THOMAS eproductive performance in cattle, skeletal development in young animals, optimum health, and strong immunity all depend on adequate nutrition — which includes important trace minerals. Some soils and plants, however, are short on various minerals, leaving feeds deficient. Ever since the 1950’s, for instance, cow-calf producers have been aware of problems caused by selenium deficiencies (white muscle disease in young calves, retained placenta and infertility in cows, abortions, premature or weak newborn calves). In most geographic areas of the U.S., soils are deficient in selenium.

Later, researchers found that copper deficiencies were also widespread, resulting in poor hair pigmentation, fragile bones, impaired reproductive performance, poor growth rates and reduced immunity. Copper supplementation has improved conception rates and immune responses to vaccinations.

The most recent forage and cattle studies have indicated that zinc may be the most widely deficient trace mineral. Zinc is important in many body systems including production of certain enzymes (particularly for synthesis of DNA, and proteins), carbohydrate metabolism, hoof structure and soundness, and male fertility (deficient animals have smaller testicles and reduced semen quality). Zinc-deficient calves may have swollen feet, scaly skin with open lesions, wounds that take longer to heal, loss of hair, excessive salivation, reduced appetite, reduced feed efficiency and growth rates, and impaired immune systems. Moderate deficiencies are not so readily recognized, but take an economic toll through decreased growth rate and impaired immunity and fertility. Calves born to zinc-deficient dams have lower levels of immunity even when fed adequate amounts of zinc.

Manganese, another important trace mineral, is important for proper bone and cartilage formation — which directly affects bone growth in young animals. It is also crucial for optimum fertility in cows.

Signs of deficiency in calves include skeletal deformities, swollen joints and stiffness.

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numerous animals deficient in these four important minerals. Many livestock producers use supplemental minerals to augment cattle diets. These are often supplied in salt/mineral mixes, provided free choice. Consumption is varied however, with some animals consuming too much while others eat inadequate amounts or none at all. Also, other aspects of diet (including certain minerals that may negatively interact with the supplement during digestion) may hinder absorption by the body. Because of this variability, some stockmen resort to individually dosing their animals by drench, bolus or injection — to make sure the cattle directly receive the necessary minerals. In recent years, the value of injected trace minerals has been recognized as a reliable way to ensure that cattle receive them.

Their most recent survey found there was actually a higher number of individual animals and herds deficient in zinc than either copper or selenium Dr. Lourens Havenga, Chief Executive Officer of Multimin USA, Inc. (an injectable trace mineral product), says the USDA ran three surveys during the 1990’s — on selenium, copper and zinc blood levels in cattle. “When they did their most recent survey they found there was actually a higher number of individual animals and herds deficient in zinc than either copper or selenium,” says Havenga.

“When we created our injectable mineral product for the US, we based it on the 2001 NRC requirements and actual absorption of minerals, recognizing proper ratios of copper, zinc, manganese and selenium.”

Havenga points to several university studies that have shown the benefits of injected trace mineral products — looking at how rapidly the minerals absorb and how long they are stored in the liver. Other studies have evaluated effects on calf health

and reproductive performance when injecting cows before and after calving.

“After launching our new product, I had a lot of questions from veterinarians and producers, asking how it actually works. For instance, after injection how quickly is it absorbed, how quickly does it go into the liver, how quickly do we see the different enzymes (that rely on these minerals) start showing response. So I contacted researchers at Iowa State University to do some studies,” says Havenga.

“I met with Stephanie Hansen, PhD, who has done a lot of trace mineral research and she agreed to do the research on these questions. So we sponsored this research at Iowa State and she provided us with an elaborate and detailed trial report, and presented her research findings at the Animal Science meeting in Denver Colorado in mid-July 2010.”

Dr. Hansen found that the injected product is absorbed rapidly. “Once you’ve injected the animal, mineral levels in the bloodstream increase and reach a peak within eight to 10 hours. Most of the mineral that the animal doesn’t utilize is stored in the liver, while some is excreted by the kidneys. The high blood level is maintained for about 24 hours and then drops. Then the body stores the excess in the liver, or gets rid of it in the urine or feces,” says Havenga.

“We only ran this study for 15 days, and found that the storage levels were high for the full 15 days. We later had other studies done at Texas A&M that showed the product actually lasts (stored in the liver) for about two to three months, depending on mineral status prior to injection,” he says.

“The third part of the research project at Iowa State looked at enzyme responses.

It starts immediately, but by 14 days after injection significant changes were confirmed. This is why we recommend that producers use this product a little bit in advance of stresses, calving or breeding, especially for enhancing reproductive performance. It’s best if you can inject cows about a month before they’d be breeding, or about a month before calving (at a minimum) for optimum benefit. You can use it earlier than that, such as at preg checking, but shouldn’t use it much closer to these events because cattle might not get full benefit,” he explains.

A Texas A&M study in beef cattle came up with additional data regarding differences in cattle performance when injected with trace minerals. An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of providing pre-calving and pre-breeding injec-

tions of Multimin and vitamin E on reproductive performance of beef cows and on health and survival of their calves. In this study, 67 crossbred cows were randomly assigned to control or Multimin/vitamin E treatments. Treated cows were given injections 30 days prior to the start of calving and again 21 days prior to start of breeding. The trace mineral injections effectively improved copper levels (liver) and selenium (blood levels), compared to the non-treated cows. The treated cows had significantly higher liver concentrations of copper than the controls, remaining higher for 161 days after the last injection.

Previous research had shown that cattle have improved performance and/or immune function with trace mineral supplementation when they are marginal to deficient in copper, zinc and selenium, but differences may not be seen when cattle have adequate levels to begin with. In the Texas study, more cows became pregnant in the treated group; cows in the control group were 2.4 times more likely to be open.

“Researchers injected the product before the cows calved, and again before they bred the cows. This showed that if you use the product strategically, these two injections can keep liver levels elevated in the cow for almost a full year (one production cycle). We stopped that trial at 256 days just before the cows started calving again the next season,” says Havenga.

“The producer benefit in the Texas A&M study was that we increased calving percentage, and those cows also calved earlier.

The Multimin-treated cows bred back quicker and calved six days earlier, on average, than the untreated cows. This gives us a better understanding about how this product works,” he says.

Making sure cows have adequate levels of trace minerals during pregnancy also ensures normal bone formation and immune system development in the growing fetus, and also enables the fetus to have adequate stores of these important minerals in its liver. Deficiencies in the calf cannot be made up through supplementing the dam after calving, since these minerals do not transfer very well through the milk.

Some stockmen cover their bases by giving young calves injections during the first days or weeks of life, or at branding time.

Ideally, you need to make sure the calf has peak levels (and is not deficient) at the time of vaccinations, in order to be able to mount strong immunities. Unless a calf has adequate trace mineral status, vaccination may not be able to protect him n against disease.

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This year, much of the Southwest has been blessed with good precipitation, and high cattle prices help everyone’s minds rest a little easier. Unfortunately, though, these conditions aren’t necessarily the norm, and today’s ranchers need cattle that will perform and thrive both in good years and in bad.

The Red Angus breed, known for maternal traits, quality beef and gentle disposition, and focused since its beginnings on recordkeeping and performance data, is a good fit for these producers.

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Purebred Red Angus cattle bred to perform at high altitudes are the focus for the Smith family, of Smith Land & Cattle Co. LLC in Ft. Garland, Colorado. TJ Smith and his wife, Tina, along with TJ’s parents Frosty and Karen, have been in the Red Angus business for the past 15 years.

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cattle, but people needed a way to reduce frame size and increase quality.

“In addition,” he said, “we wanted to produce high-altitude cattle. As of today, we have the highest-altitude Red Angus herd in the country and we have worked hard at it for the past fifteen years.” Cattle at high altitudes can suffer from pulmonary arterial hypertension, commonly known as brisket disease. The Smiths test all of their cattle for the disease using the pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) test, which measures the animal’s internal blood pressure by looking at pulmonary pressure between the heart and lungs.

The operation is based in San Luis Valley at elevations ranging from 8,000 to 11,500 feet. “It has taken time and effort to

develop a herd that will thrive in that environment,” TJ noted. “It gives us a niche to market our bulls.” When bulls are purchased, the Smiths bring them home for eight weeks, then do the PAP test to determine their resistance to altitude-caused problems. They keep only those with the lowest scores on the ranch.

The family sells between 40 and 50 bulls each year, primarily to commercial producers. While they have marketed some females, they keep the majority of their heifers to build genetics in their own herd, he explained.

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priority for TJ and his family as well, but the Smiths focus on how the cattle perform on pasture. “Our cattle are not fed any grain. We focus all of our efforts on producing grass-fed genetics,” he said.

“Many purebred producers baby their cattle, and end up with lower quality animals.

I feel that we need to stress our cattle to the max to ensure our customers, mainly producers in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, that our bulls perform the way the customers need them to.”

“In the last eight years, we have only fed one semi-load of hay to our mother cow herd. We keep a lot of acres in front of our cattle,” he continued. “The yearlings winter in Colorado, and we make sure they have enough forage to get through the winter. The mother cow herd winters at a lower elevation, and don’t experience harsh conditions normally.”

This summer, the Smiths had the highest performing individual and Red Angus was the best performing breed at the annual Valles Caldera bull test held at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico. This is the second year for the 85-day high altitude bull test, held at 8,500 feet. The test is 100 percent grass based, and bulls’ weight gain, fertility and other factors are monitored. The Top of the Valle Sale, held this year on September 11, concludes the test. “Our bulls had an average daily gain of four pounds per day,” TJ said. “This is our first year to participate, and we are very proud of the results.”

The Smiths are also working with a geneticist at the VCNP who is developing a DNA test that could take the place of PAP testing. “Because we are one of the only Red Angus breeders at a high elevation who are PAP testing, it makes it difficult for us to buy herd bulls,” TJ said. “A very small percentage of Red Angus producers are PAP testing their cattle, and an even smaller percentage of those are seedstock producers, so it makes it very difficult for us to find good, purebred genetics that will work in our environment.”

Red Angus are known for their gentle disposition, he said. “For the most part, the breed is very docile. The association is trying to maintain the high quality it is known for, and encourages producers not to keep animals that are excitable.

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placed a big focus on maternal performance and the maternal aspect of the breed is just tremendous.”

“As seedstock producers, we have to turn in a progeny report on every cow, every year, whether she calved or not. If she calves one year, but doesn’t the next, it lowers the number on her maternal progeny record. You can glance at the numbers on any Red Angus cow and see how productive she is,” he continued. “The reporting helps maintain quality in the breed and within individual herds.”

The maternal information collected also gives bull customers information on animals they are buying. “I always tell people that the bull you buy today is the cow herd you will have tomororrow,” TJ noted.

“You want the most maternal bull you can find, since without that bull, you don’t have any calves.”

“Ranchers sell pounds of beef in the fall, that is what pays the bills,” he continued.

“The Red Angus Association of America is going above and beyond that to monitor all maternal characteristics and give producers information they need to select the best animals for their operations.” . . . to the Arizona desert

The breed is also a good fit for the McGibbon family of Santa Rita Red Angus — Micaela and Andrew McGibbon, their three young daughters, and Andrew’s parents Bill and Nancy McGibbon — who run both commercial and registered Red Angus cattle on the Santa Rita Ranch in southern Arizona. “We have a small registered herd, and a larger commercial cow herd that

Roberts in Las Cruces,” said Micaela. “Our first registered calves were on the ground in 2004.”

Micaela raises registered Red Angus bulls for sale to other area ranchers. Both her family, the Kings who ranch west of Tucson and the McGibbon family use her bulls, and she has customers on neighboring ranches. “We raise the bulls here on the ranch, so when people buy a bull they are getting a rock-ready product.”

The McGibbons raise bulls for privatetreaty sale to commercial producers, emphasizing calf size and maternity traits.

“We want to raise moderate-sized cows, because that’s what we have found to work best in our situation. With any breed, you can get too big.”

For Micaela, the breed’s gentle disposition is one if its most important traits.

“The cattle have a wonderful temperament,” she said. “We have three young girls, aged nine, four and two. We are always looking to the future, thinking about what kind of cattle we want to have when they are in the corrals helping us work cows. We need something levelheaded, so we don’t have to worry about a cow taking out one of the girls or one of us.”

She also cites the breed’s color and hardiness. “The red color is great for our weather conditions, and the cattle have really done well for us here in our Sonoran desert environment. They winter in the mountains, and it is impressive how they will travel for forage. Red Angus are also great for crossbreeding.”

On the commercial side, Micaela and

Cattle at high altitudes can suffer from pulmonary arterial hypertension, commonly known as brisket disease. The Smiths test all of their cattle for the disease includes Hereford, Red Angus and Barzona cross cows that we breed to Red Angus bulls,” Micaela said. “We first started using Red Angus bulls as heifer bulls on yearling first calf heifers. They provided what we needed to breed and calve those young heifers with few problems.”

After many years raising commercial Red Angus, the McGibbons decided to get into the registered side of the business.

“Red Angus cattle were part of the operation when I joined the family. After a few years, we had the opportunity to purchase some registered cattle from the producer who had been supplying us with bulls, Jack

Andrew have started marketing their beef under two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved labels, Southern Arizona Grassfed Beef and Southern Arizona Natural Beef. The beef is processed at the University of Arizona meat laboratory, and she says both the taste and tenderness are very good.

They sell their product at a cooperative in Phoenix, in person, and directly from their website, www.santaritaranching.com.

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Don Irving Porter, 85, long-time Otero County rancher, passed away on September 18, 2010 at his home near Piñon following a lengthy illness. “Irv” was born February 7, 1925 in Central, Grant County. In 1938 he came to the Piñon area where he was raised by, & made his home, with aunt & uncle Martha (Porter) & Owen Prather. Starting at that time, he learned the sheep & Angora (mohair) goat business. He had a sheep ranch until predators & poor health forced him to sell his sheep. After 70 years in the sheep business, he then raised cattle on his ranch until the time of his death. Irving was a veteran of WWII, serving in Germany, during & after the war ended. He is survived by Lessie, wife of 62 years, of their family home; 2 daughters, 3 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, a brother, & 2 sisters, as well as numerous nieces, nephews & cousins.

Steve Padilla, 67, Chama, passed away September 25, 2010, in Santa Fe. He is survived by his mother, Helen R. Padilla; his sisters: Frances Marquez, Dolores, Marshall, Marianne & Roger Tapia & Linda Fay; numerous nieces & nephews. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Elaine McKim; brother-in-law, Michael Medina & his wife Naomi & their daughter, Paris. Steve loved hunting & fishing all his life & shared this love with his young nephews. Steve served many years on the N.M. State Game Commission, appointed by both democrat & republican governors. He also spent countless hours lobbying in the N.M. Legislature for his special causes.

Richard Lee Baird, 61, Durango, Colorado, died after being struck by a car while walking in Grand Junction on October 17, 2010. “Rick,” was the son of Richard “Dick” Maxwell Baird & Frances “Fred” Louise Baird. He was born March 26, 1949 & attended school in Durango & Ignacio, graduating from Ignacio High School. He lent a helping hand on all of the various ranches where his family worked in the DurangoIgnacio area, then in Idaho & Arizona. Rick became an Arizona livestock inspector & held that position from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. In 1986 he moved back to Colorado to outfit & guide hunters on pack trips as well as shoeing horses around the Durango area. He is survived by his son, Coleman, Bozeman, Montana; sister, Janeth “Sis” King, Aztec; brothers, Bill, Ignacio; Dale, Bayfield; & C.M. “Buzz”, Clayton; & numerous uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces & nephews.

Cattle industry leader, Richard McDonald, 66, Amarillo, died October 29, 2010 following an inspiring year-long battle with cancer. Born in 1944, in Clifton to Roy & Werner McDonald, Richard grew up in San

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Memoriam Benito, honing his leadership abilities in FFA & 4-H activities, including serving as Chairman of the State 4-H Council. He attended Texas A&M University, graduating with a BS in animal science in 1966. He then graduated from Louisiana State University with a MS in 1969 & Ph.D. in 1972 in animal breeding, nutrition & statistics. His first job was with Texas Agricultural Extension Service as an Area Livestock Specialist in the Dallas area.

Dr. McDonald joined Texas Cattle Feeders Association as Executive Assistant in 1974 & retired as President & CEO in 2006, leaving giant footprints on the growth of the Association over more than 30 years. His strengths in research & regulatory areas coincided with the organization's growth. His integrity & credibility in legislative affairs led to major political victories for TCFA & national organizations. Upon retirement from TCFA, he continued service to cattle organizations across the United States & was a consultant with McCormick Co. in Amarillo until his death. At the time of his death, Dr. McDonald was serving on the West Texas A&M University Foundation Board & was appointed the Canadian River Compact Commissioner by Governor Rick Perry in 2009. Recognitions over the years have included the Distinguished Service to Texas Agriculture Award from Professional Ag Workers of Texas in 1985; Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture from the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association in 1996; Blue & Gold Award from Texas FFA in 1997; Outstanding Alumnus, Texas A & M University in 1999; Gerald W. Thomas Outstanding Agriculturist Award from Texas Tech University in 2002; first recipient Industry Leadership Award, Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame, 2010.

He is survived by his wife Sharon; 2 sons, Lanny McDonald (wife, Deanna) Amarillo & Lyle McDonald (wife, Myra) Round Rock; 1 daughter, Lori Price (husband, Danny) Tyler; a daughter-in-law, Kerri McDonald, Amarillo; 12 grandchildren; 2 brothers, Roy McDonald (wife, Rhea) Georgetown & Robert McDonald (wife Darleen) San Benito; sisterin-law, Sandra Woodward (husband, Tom) Amarillo; & numerous nieces, nephews & cousins as well as a wealth of friends around the nation & the world.

The Richard McDonald Leadership Institute has been established in honor of his legacy. The program offers leadership development & training for young people involved with cattle organizations throughout the

United States. Contributions in support of this effort may be sent to: The Richard McDonald Leadership Institute, in care of The Amarillo Area Foundation, 801 S. Fillmore St., Suite 700, Amarillo, TX 79101.

Pauline Dianne "Di" Paris, 63, Logan, passed away on August 28, 2010, in Amarillo, Texas following a long battle with cancer. Di was born April 24, 1947, in Houston, Texas & attended school in Irving, Texas. She moved to N.M. & in 1996 married Duel Parris & moved to Logan. Di retired after 20 years from the Quay Broadcasters where she started as a secretary & worked up to General Manager of KTNM / KQUAY Radio. She served on the Board of Director for the NM Broadcasters Association where she lobbied in Santa Fe, N.M., & Washington DC. She later worked as Director of the Tucumcari Quay County Chamber of Commerce before going to work for Program Agriculture Insurance as a Compliance Reviewer. Di is survived by her husband, Duel; her daughter, Dina Clark, Clovis; 2 sons, Rodney Paris (wife, Lennea) Tucumcari & Duel Dwayne Paris (wife, Amy) Asotin, Washington; 4 grandchildren; her mother, Mayme Clements, Tucumcari; mother-in-law, Earline Paris, Logan; brother-in-law, Loren Paris (wife, Linda) Houston, Texas; as well as nephews & nieces & numerous friends.

Carolyn Ruth Pierce, 72, Bellville, Texas passed away on October 27, 2010 in College Station as a result of congestive heart failure. She was born in Welch, Oklahoma to Abram & Marvelle Farrington on December 14, 1937. She attended Welch schools & graduated from Welch High School in 1955. That same year on Carolyn married her high school sweetheart, Sammy Pierce. In 1964, the family moved to Bellville where they established P & F Cattle Company. With the cattle auction management company, they traveled together throughout the United States & made many life-long friends in the cattle business. Carolyn was a vital part of the auction staff & with her outgoing personality their best unofficial public relations officer. She never met a stranger & would strike up a conversation with anyone, whether it was at the auction, church, airport or grocery store. Carolyn is survived by her husband of 55 years, Sammy P. Pierce; her daughter Tamara Moore (husband, John); her son, Wade Pierce (wife, Janet); 4 grandchildren; her mother Marvelle Farrington Tucker; brothers Ronald L. Farrington & Abram Farrington (wife, Patsy) & sister Elizabeth Farrington & many nieces and nephews.

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

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2010 Jerry Hawkins Memorial Livestock Judging Contest Results

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Grand Champion New Mexico Bred & Raised Steer was shown

by Koby Cone and bred by Mike Cone.

Reserve Grand Champion New Mexico Bred & Raised Steer was show by Reavis Best and bred by LC Maines, Lacey Menapace.

NOVICE: 1st: Dylan Valentine/ 2nd: Kade Hopkins/ 3rd: Aubrey Brandenberger/ 4th: Tyler Cox/ 5th: Koele Brandenberger/ 6th: Amy Gardner/ 7th: Micah Crist/ 8th: Zoe Walker/ 8th: Haleigh Erramouspe/ 10th: Abby Spindle/ 10th: Laura Winn JUNIOR: 1st: Talen Crist/ 2nd: Colten Gunn/ 3rd: Madison Smith/ 4th: Christian Hopkins/ 5th: Ky Drummond/ 6th: Koby Valentine/ 7th: Koby Cone/ 8th: Ty Gatlin/ 9th: Sydney Gardner/ 10th: Joshua Turner SENIOR: 1st: Ryan McCauley/ 2nd: Garrett Foote/ 3rd: Lindsey Foote/ 4th: Garret Williams/5th: Kyle Metzger/ 6th: Lawrence Velasquez/ 7th: Tylee Williams/ 8th: Gary Agar/ 9th: Brazos Williams/10th: Daniel McCauley

The New Mexico Stockman deeply regrets the error made in running these photos in the October issue.

New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers

Colonel J. Francisco Chaves

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haves County in southeastern New Mexico was named for Col. José Francisco Chaves when it was created in 1889. Or should it be Chavez?

George Curry, who would later become territorial governor of New Mexico (19071910), claimed that the name was deliberately misspelled to please a bunch of Texans living in the area at the time; people who did not approve of naming the county for an Hispanic, even one as prominent as this one. (Historian Leon Metz agrees with Curry.) Ralph Emerson Twitchell in the Leading Facts of New Mexico History does not mention the creation of the county, but throughout his book he spells the Colonel’s name with the s. Historian Will Keleher in The Fabulous Frontier spells the name both ways. T. M. Pearce in New Mexico Place Names does not address any controversy over the spelling of the name. He simply points out that in old Galician Spanish and in Portuguese the name was spelled with the s. He also cites Fray Angelico Chavez who says that Chaves is the older form.¹ Obviously one can find sources to support either side of the argument.

But who was Col. Chaves? No consideration can be given to the history of New Mexico in the last half of the 19th century without attention of him. Few, if any, people living in the territory at the time had a background as broad and eclectic as his.

José Francisco Chaves was born at Los Padillas in southern Bernalillo County in 1833. He was the grandson of Francisco Xavier Chaves who’d served as the first Mexican governor of New Mexico in 1822.

His father, Mariano Chaves, was Chief of Staff under Governor Manuel Armijo.

Twitchell reports that Mariano said to his son, “The heretics are going to over-run all this country. Go and learn their language and come back prepared to defend your people.” At age eight, in 1841, Francisco was enrolled in St. Louis University and completed his education with a two-year course at the college of Physicians and Surgeons in New York by the time he was 19. He returned to New Mexico in 1852.² In both 1852 and 1853 Francisco drove sheep from New Mexico to California for sale to a burgeoning market of miners and settlers in the years after the Gold Rush.³ Most sources also agree that he partici-

pated in military action against the Navajo in the years leading up to the Civil War when his military career really began.

President Abraham Lincoln commissioned him a major in the 1st New Mexico Infantry in 1861. He was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and participated in the Battle of Valverde in early 1862. By October of that year he was com-

Soft, boggy ground made construction difficult and while the vast majority of frontier forts were not surrounded by wooden stockades, Fort Wingate was. manding officer of Fort Wingate in western New Mexico.4 Chaves was in command of four companies but the fort didn’t amount to much as a military installation. Soft, boggy ground made construction difficult and while the vast majority of frontier forts were not surrounded by wooden stockades, Fort Wingate was. The stockade was more than 4,300 feet in length and eight feet high.

And while he had to be concerned about construction, he also had to be wary of the Navajo. This was on the eve of Kit Carson’s incursions against Diné which resulted in the Navajo defeat and relocation to Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner in 1863.

Discharged from the army in 1865, he retained the title “Colonel” for the remainder of his life.

While all of this was happening, Col. Chaves was elected to the territorial House of Representatives, in 1858, and he took his seat in 1860. In 1865 he was elected delegate to congress from New Mexico and served in both the 39th and 40th Congress.

He also studied law after his release from the military and was admitted to the bar.

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In the late 1870s he served as District Attorney from the 2nd district (Albuquerque and environs).

One incident serves to show how New Mexico politics worked at the time. In 1871, José M. Gallegos, a Democrat, opposed Col. Chaves, always a staunch Republican, in the race for congressional delegate. Supporters of Gallegos organized a rally in the village of Mesilla, near Las Cruces, for Sunday, August 21. Supporters of Col. Chaves, not to be outdone, organized their own rally at the same time, and at the same place. Things went along well enough until the two events ended and the Democrats began parading around the plaza and singing “Marching Through Georgia.” The Republicans then began marching in the opposite direction. Historian Gordon Owen tells what happened next. “One Apolonio Barela allegedly fired a shot into the air. Democratic leader I. N. Kelley then hit Republican leader John Lemon in the head with a club, inflicting what proved to be a fatal injury. Someone shot and killed Kelley and mayhem ensued.” When the smoke cleared, nine men were dead and at least 40 were injured. No one was ever arrested or charged in the matter.

Chaves continued to serve in the territorial legislature. Governor Miguel Otero appointed him Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1901 and 1903. Upon completion of that task he began duties as the territory’s first historian. His task was to write and publish the history of New Mexico to be used in the public schools. He was working at that task when he was assassinated in late November 1904 at Pino’s Wells in newly created Torrance County.

It was a cowardly act. Col. Chaves was having dinner with friends when a shot rang out and a bullet shattered the window before it struck its victim, killing him almost instantly. In spite of a sizable reward, no one was ever arrested for the crime. Historian Marc Simmons says this: “This writer talked, a few years ago, with an old-timer living near Chaves’ birthplace . . . He declared that one of his neighbors, who had died about 1950, once confessed continued on page 128 NOVEMBER 2010

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to him that he had been the man who shot José Francisco Chaves. For the terrible act, he had been paid by certain unscrupulous politicians. This story is as likely to be true — or untrue — as the other explanations that have circulated from time to time. For the fact remains that . . . no person can say with certainty who killed the unflinching José Francisco Chaves.”

Calendar of EVENTS

Endnotes: 1 The confusion about the spelling has been around for years. Until a few years ago, the sign that greeted travelers to the county on U. S. Route 70, south of Kenna, was spelled with the z.

2 Many sources agree that young Chaves was educated in St. Louis and New York City, but only Twitchell reports that he began his education at the tender age of eight.

3 Many others, including “Uncle Dick” Wootton and Kit Carson, trailed herds of sheep to California in the early 1850s, and made huge profits.

4 This was the first Fort Wingate, located near the present-day village of San Rafael, south of Grants. It was moved to its present location in 1868.

Additional Sources: Niel C. Mangum. “Old Fort Wingate in the Navajo War,” New Mexico Historical Review, October 1991

November 2010 5 – Salt Creek Ranch Inaugural Bull Sale, Memphis, TX 13 – 35th Annual Hill Country Brangus Bull & Female Sale, San Angelo, TX 18 – Largent & Sons / Desert Mart Sale, Kaycee WY 21 – 12th Annual Ft. Robinson Bison & Reg. Longhorn Sale, Crawford Livestock Market, NE

Rubén Sálaz Márquez. New Mexico: A Brief Multi-History, Cosmic House, 1999.

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Daniel C. B. Rathbun & David V. Alexander. New Mexico Frontier Military Place Names, Yucca Tree Press, 2003.

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Robert J. Tórrez, UFOs Over Galisteo and Other Stories of New Mexico’s History, UNM Press 2004

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March 2011 16 – Wagonhammer Ranches Production Sale, Albion, NE 18-19 – Cattlemen’s Weekend, Prescott Livestock Auction / Prescott, AZ 20 – 16th Annual Bull & Heifer Sale, Hales Angus Farm, Canyon, TX 22 – Manzano Ranch 2011 Bull Sale Estancia, NM

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . .46, 104 AC Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 ADM / Joe Delk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 105 Adobe Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Ag N.M. FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Ag Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Agrilands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Albuquerque Christian Children . . .66, 104 Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North . . .71 John Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 American Angus Association . . . . . . . . .42 American Galloway Breeders Assn. . . .102 American Maine-Anjou Assn . . . . . . . .100 Bert Ancell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . . . .114 Ash Marketing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Eddard Avalos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 B

B&H Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Bar 3M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Tommy Barnes, Auctioneer . . . . . . . . .105 Ty Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 BJM Sales & Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . .105 Pat Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Bottari Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Bradley 3 Ranch LTD . . . . . . . . . .41, 101 Brand / Elaine Stevenson . . . . . . . . . .107 Brand / Richard Van de Valde . . . . . . .106 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Brighton Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Bull Run Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Burns Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 C

C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 101 Candy Ray’s Black Angus . . . . . . . . . . .42 Canon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 101 Carter’s Livestock Equipment . . . . . . . .79 Mike Casabonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . .56 Cattlemens Livestock Auction Co. . . . . .94 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission . . . .89 Caviness Packing Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .21 Centerfire Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Chase Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Clavel Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Clayton Ranch Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

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Clift Land Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Clovis Livestock Markets . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Chip Cole Ranch Broker . . . . . . . . . . .112 Conniff Cattle Co LLC . . . . . . . . . .44, 102 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 R.L. Cox Fur & Hide Co . . . . . . . .66, 105 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79, 118 CPI Pipe & Steel, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Gary Creighton/Purina Mills . . . . . . . . .27 Cruikshank Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 CS Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Culbertson - Whatley Ranch . . . . . . . . .26 George Curtis, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . .50, 101 D

D Squared Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62, 105 David Dean / Campo Bonita LLC . . . .115 Deja vu Impressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Dan Delaney Real Estate, Inc . . . . . . .112 Neal Delk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment .106 Domenici Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Dry Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 E

J.W. Eads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Eastern Plains Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . .79, 101 Express UU Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .5, 27 F

4-T Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Fallon-Cortese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Farm Credit of N.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmers & Stockmens Bank . . . . . . . . .63 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . .80 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 FBFS / Sun Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 FBFS/Rutalee Todd-Jernigan . . . . . . . . .33 Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . .39 Troy Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Four States Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 FREDA LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Frost, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Fury Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 G

Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . .71 Gilmore, Gannaway, Andrews, Smi . . . .77 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . . . . .102 Gosney Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101, 128 Elnabeth Grau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Lane Grau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Tom Growney Equipment Inc . . . . .4, 107 H

Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . . .46, 51, 101 Hall-Gnatkowski Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Fred Hargrove Cowboy Entertainer . . . .73 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . .106 Hat Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . .49, 102 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68, 71 Hinrichs, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Don & Abby Hofman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Home Ranch Property & Equities . . . . .115 Homer, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 104 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . .133 Hugley Co. Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Humphries, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Huston Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 I

Inn of the Mountain Gods . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Insurance Services of N.M. . . . . . . . . . .81 J

J & J Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103, 124 Steve Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Bobby Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Stan Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 K

Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44, 103 Kern Land Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 King, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 KMB Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 L

L & H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 La Gloria Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Lack-Morrison Brangus . . . . . . . . . .14, 25 Lazy D Red Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . .121 LC Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Lee, Lee & Puckitt / Kevin Reed . . . . .110 Sato Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

LG Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Life Family History . . . . . . . . . . . .71, 118 Liphatech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Jose Varela Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Jim Lyssy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 M

Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39, 104 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Marana Stockyards & Livestock . . . . . .87 Martin, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Mayfield Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . .101, 123 McKenzie Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . .29 Mead Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Merrick’s Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Mesa Feed Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 90 Mesa Tractor Inc . . . . . . . . . . .69, 93, 107 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . .115 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . .112 Miller Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Milligan Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Monfette Construction Co . . . . . . .73, 106 Montana del Oso Ranch . . . . . . . .44, 103 Moore Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Mur-Tex Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65, 107 Murney Assoc / Paul McGilliard . . . . . .114 N

N.M. 4-H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 N.M. Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 N.M. Beef Council . . . . . . . . . . .30, 95-98 N.M. Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . .57 N.M. Cattle Growers’ Membership . . . . .94 N.M. CowBelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 N.M. Livestock Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 N.M. Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 NM Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 NMSU Animal & Ranges Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 28, 77 N.M. Stockman Directory . . . . . . . . . . .76 O

Alisa Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Old Mill Farm & Ranch Supply . . . . . . .84 Onate Feed Mill LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 O’Neill Land, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 P

Pacific Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Paco Feed Yard, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Paleface Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Dan Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Perky Cowgirl Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Phaseamatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Porter Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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Porter Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Posey, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Linda Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Joe Priest Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Dan Puckett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Jim Purcell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 R

Rabo Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Ramro, LLC / R.J. Cattle Co. . . . . . . . .16 Ranch Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Ken Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . .110 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Rivale Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Robbs Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Rod Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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Roger Friedman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . .15 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . .12 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 S

Sachse Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Santa Ana Star Center . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Santa Gertrudis Breeders Int’l . . . . . . .102 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . .104, 124 Bill Sauble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107, 132 Scott Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Scott Shafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Silver Spur Ranches/Bell Division . . . . .32 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 101 Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 102 Smith Land & Cattle Co, LLC . . . . . . .124

Southern Star Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .19, 104 Southwest Ag, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Southwest Brangus Breeders Assn . . . . .14 Southwest Brangus Breeders Co-op . . .135 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . .113 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 T

2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 3Ms Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 T&S Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 T4 Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Terrell Land & Livestock Co . . . . . . . . .109 Alan & Felicia Thal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Turquoise Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Chris Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Townsend Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Tri-State Angus Ranches . . . . . . . .40, 105 Tri-State Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 TV Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 U

U Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 V

Vetter Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Virden Perma-Bilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 W

Wedel Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . .101, 123 Wehrmann Angus Donnell Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48, 103 Weicherts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Wells Fargo Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Western Heritage Bank . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Western Legacy Alliance . . . . . . . . . . .117 Western Music Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Westlake Cattle Growers, LLC . . . . . . . .90 Westway Feed Products LLC . . . . . . . . .67 White Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Will Orndorff Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Williams Insurance, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . . . . .20, 80, 105 Pat Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 WW-Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Y R.L. York Custom Leather . . . . . . . . . . .66 Z Zinpro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

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