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by Pat Boone, President

12 To The Point

by Caren Cowan

26 N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle 28 News Update 47 Farm Bureau Minute

by Mike White, NM Farm & Livestock Bureau

54 New Mexico’s Old Times & Old Timers

by Don Bullis

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Real Estate Guide Market Place Seedstock Guide N.M. Federal Lands Council News

by Frank DuBois

70 In Memoriam 73 New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn 76 My Cowboy Heroes

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88 On The Edge of Common Sense

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61 Malone Named 2017 Citizen of the West 86 Trich Regulation Update

by Ralph Zimmerman, DVM, New Mexico State Veterinarian

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear fellow cattle producers,

by Pat Boone NMCGA President

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

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ow ! What a difference a month makes ! The country around our neck of the woods has just exploded. Seven to nine inches of rain in a little over 30 days has caused the landscape to really put on her Sunday dress. I pray all of you around the state have had sufficient rain to grow at least some winter grass. As usual, the market could stand to be a lot better, and hopefully that will happen soon.

We are in the beginning stages of our feasibility study to set up a self-insured fund to provide workers comp coverage for our ag group at a more affordable cost than is currently available to us. If you are interested, we need input from you. Please contact the office and we will let you know what we need from you.

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NMCGA member Tom Paterson recently testified in our nation’s capitol about problems encountered while trying to ranch amongst a pack of wolves. He was able to get some eye-opening pictures into the record, including a vivid depiction of a cow, with her front legs rendered in-operable, having her unborn calf literally eaten out of her, back end first. Gruesome thought, I know, but gruesome it is. We really appreciate Tom taking his time and spending his money to go there and testify.

If you are a cattle producer, believe in what are doing, and are not a member of NMCGA, I urge you to join today. We are a grassroots organization, of cattle producers, by cattle producers, and for cattle producers. We strive to work for and with producers north, south, east, and west, and all points in between.

Whether you run cattle on federal land, state land, private land, or in combination, we work hard to represent you. Please consider joining with us.

Start making plans now to attend our Joint Stockmen’s Convention, to be held in Albuquerque at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, December 1-4. We have a good rate there, as well as next door at the Fairfield Inn. Come join us.

May your horses stay sound, your calves be heavy, and your winter not be too cold. God bless you all.

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TO THE POINT

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

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t first thought I would start this month system? As our state faces an ever worsening with something at least semi-humor- budget crisis there is no relief from court ous about the upcoming election... ordered actions. and how soon we all want it to be over. But Or, how about protection from crime… on second thought, the matter is much too The courts have ruled that a bail bond cannot serious for jokes. be based on the need to keep a monster Every election year I think most of us feel from our midst, but rather on whether or not that this could be the most important elec- the alleged criminal can obtain a bond and tion of our life-times. This year is no different show back up in court as required. I am sure and the stakes could not be higher from the there are many more examples that those of top of the ticket all the way to the bottom. us not directly hit in the face never even One section of the ballot that never consider. receives enough attention is the judges.

There is an opening on the Supreme Judges aren’t allowed to campaign like other Court. There is an “incumbent” appointee candidates and it is pretty easy to just skip who is running for retention against a over voting for them. You might know member of the Court of Appeals desiring to someone in your local area that is running move up. There is a record of their actions for judge so you vote for them, but do you on issues directly affecting agriculture. It even know who is running for the New would do folks well to become informed on Mexico State Supreme Court or the Court of how these candidates voted on that issue in Appeals? their respective courts.

Have you paid much attention to how The Court of Appeals has a seat that is much the courts are running governments, being contested in the same way. There is and thus their budgets, over the top of leg- not as clear a record in that venue as the islative bodies? You have to look no further Supreme Court, but it will still pay to learn than the workers’ compensation lawsuits in about the values of each candidate. these higher courts to see the devastating The races for the Legislature often impact their rulings can have on provide the your life, your family and the future same sorts of of your business. And, that’s just It appears that contrast. Please one issue. look beyond the we may be Another recent ruling is the one party affiliation out of Lincoln County on the feral and find those in the Legislature horse issue. We haven’t been able people who to get our hands on a copy of the believe what come January trying you do and are temporary restraining order that was issued against the New Mexico committed to to come up with a Livestock Board, but we are told keeping agriculthat it turns century old livestock ture healthy in definition of a horse.” our state. law on its head. The ruling could have the same impact on cattle that Moving up it does on horses. the ticket, the fact that one presidential canIt appears that we may be in the Legisla- didate would lash out what could be half or ture come January trying to come up with a more of our nation’s citizens as deplorables definition of a horse. Is it livestock, is it wild- (which is mangling the English language life, or are they just sacred creatures that while they were at) is pretty telling. It might should be left to roam freely across the land- be laughable if she weren’t serious. Surely in scape at will?

America we are allowed to have our fears of We have a good idea what the workers’ ISIS, terrorism and other things. comp case is going to cost the agricultural There was something similar said by a industry. Can you imagine what the addi- candidate in recent years who mentioned in tional cost of court rulings is on the education high society (Hollywood I think) that rural

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folks clung to their bibles and guns. It is sad that a country founded on religious freedom and the right to bear arms not finds itself with such narrow minded leaders.

It is time to get out the vote. Please make sure you have done everything in your power to ensure that this election provides a better future.

It wouldn’t be a column if we didn’t talk about … Wolves

southwestern New Mexico despite having no permit.

My cowboy law degree doesn’t explain how a brief can be filed in the 10th Circuit District Court of Appeals while the case against the recovery plan is still being adjudicated at the Federal District Court in Arizona. Bill Richardson is a lawyer and Robert Redford is … a movie actor.

We have the college-educated lawyers trying to figure it out. Stay tuned.

According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, a wildlife foundation started by former New Lots of money on the way.

Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and actor Robert Washington will pay 17 Native American Redford is stepping into the fray between tribes a total of $492.8 million to settle state and federal government over the long-standing disputes over mismanageMexican gray wolf. ment of tribal lands by the Department of The Foundation to Protect New Mexico the Interior.

Wildlife announced in late September it was Federal authorities manage almost siding with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s 100,000 leases on nearly 56 million acres of wolf release plan in an ongoing lawsuit, filing trust lands on behalf of Native American an amicus brief with the 10th U.S. Circuit tribes, including oil and gas extraction rights, Court of Appeals in Denver. timber harvesting, grazing, farming and The state of New Mexico was granted a housing. Additionally, the government preliminary injunction in June, stopping any manages about 2,500 trust accounts for wolf releases while the two parties battle more than 250 tribes. More than 100 tribes over permits and the revamping of a recov- have sued the government, claiming the ery plan. The state took legal action in April government mismanaged their lands and after federal officials released a pair of cap- money. tive-born pups into a wild wolf den in Since 2009, the Obama Administration

has settled the claims of 90 federally recognized tribes and is looking to settle 11 more tribal claims for a grand total of $3.3 billion.

Source: www.rt.com

Interested in Trich? (There is no treat attached to this one) The New Mexico Livestock Board is considering revisions to their bovine trichomoniasis regulations. The Board established a Trich Committee and the revisions are based on the input from that group. You can see the regulations at www.nmlbonline. com/news.

The Board will be taking up the issue at their December 1, 2016 meeting in conjunction with the Joint Stockmen’s Convention at the Crowne Plaza in Albuquerque. You can make comments in writing now and verbally at the meeting.

EPA Under Fire… still, again?

According to the Columbia Basin Herald, Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) is looking for answers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in regard to the agency’s review of an anti-farmer campaign in his state.

In late September Newhouse led a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking

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for an update on the EPA’s review of it’s “What’s Upstream,” campaign. EPA Region 10, which serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and 271 Native American tribes, funded the “What’s Upstream” website and advocacy campaign, which attempted to influence legislators to push for greater regulation of farmers and ranchers.

The campaign used grant awards to fund a website, radio ads, and billboards that depicted dead fish and polluted water. The

website states that planting buffers can help ing federal agency misconduct, Newhouse the agricultural industry protect water voted to pass the Regulator Integrity Act of resources and requiring 100 feet of natural 2016, which he previously introduced with vegetation between farmland and water- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan. The act ways would keep most pesticides, fertilizers, directs federal agencies to post all public cows and manure out of streams. comments they issue during the proposed Newhouse’s letter to McCarthy requested rule stage. In addition, the act states public an update on the EPA’s findings and enacting agencies cannot lobby or campaign in reforms to make sure funds are not used in support of proposed rules. violation of established laws. In April McCarthy admitted the EPA was, “distressed by The case against pets. the use of the money and the tone of (the Animal Rightists (AR) at it again A morally just world would have no pets, What’s Upstream) campaign” and called for no aquaria, no zoos. No fields of sheep, no a full review in response.

“In light of the Government Accountability barns of cows. That’s true animal rights Office’s (GAO) finding that EPA violated the according to the website Aeon.co.

According to a pair of New Jersey law Antideficiency Act and federal appropriations law by promoting the Waters of the professors, you’re violating your animals’ United States (WOTUS) rule, followed so rights by even calling them “pets” in the first closely by the revelation of misuse of funds place. Are your beloved pets really to lobby state legislators through the ‘What’s “refugees?”

Despite living with six rescue dogs, Upstream’ campaign, we are growing increasingly concerned about EPA’s use of Rutgers University professors Gary Francitaxpayer dollars,” reads the letter sent to one and Anna Charlton think of their McCarthy. “As we await the Office of Inspec- companions more like “non-human refutor General’s (OIG) report on the ‘What’s gees” that share their home. In a recent Upstream’ campaign and discuss the need article on Aeon.co, the pair asserts that for and scope of potential legislative reform, domestication and pet ownership violate an update from EPA on what proactive steps the fundamental rights of animals.

“Non-human animals have a moral right have been taken to address this disturbing trend could help better direct our not to be used exclusively as human resources, irrespective of whether the treatconversations.”

A December 2015 report by the GAO ment is ‘humane’, and even if humans would found the EPA violated federal lobbying and enjoy desirable consequences if they treated advocacy laws by funding social media cam- non-humans exclusively as replaceable resources,” Francione and Charlton wrote. paigns that supported the WOTUS Rule.

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In other words, those “cage-free eggs” In response to the controversy surroundIf so, please order on AMAZON.COM and “crate-free pork” that you eat are still by searching for “I’ll Drop You Off” forms of animal exploitation, the two allege.

“However ‘humanely’ we treat animals, they are still subjected to treatment that, were humans involved, would be torture,” Francione and Charlton argue.

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of our family. The law will protect that decision because we may choose to value our property as we like. We could, however, choose instead to use them as guard dogs and have them live outside with virtually no affectionate contact from us. We could put them in a car right now and take them to a shelter where they will be killed if they are not adopted, or we could have them killed by a veterinarian. The law will protect those decisions as well. We are property owners.

They are property. We own them.”

The professors concluded: “Domesticated animals are completely dependent on humans, who control every aspect of their lives. Unlike human children, who will one day become autonomous, non-humans never will. That is the entire point of domestication – we want domesticated animals to depend on us. They remain perpetually in a netherworld of vulnerability, dependent on us for everything that is of relevance to them.

We have bred them to be compliant and servile, and to have characteristics that are pleasing to us, even though many of those characteristics are harmful to the animals involved. We might make them happy in one sense, but the relationship can never be ‘natural’ or ‘normal’. They do not belong in our world, irrespective of how well we treat

them. This is more or less true of all domesticated non-humans. They are perpetually dependent on us. We control their lives forever. They truly are ‘animal slaves’. Some of us might be benevolent masters, but we really can’t be anything more than that.”

In the past this kind of article has come from England or Australia. The people in this article are teaching American youth on taxpayer dollars.

IRS Code changes could harm small business The proposed regulations under section 2704 of the Internal Revenue Code would permanently change estate planning for families that own a controlling interest in a privately-held entity.

Some 3,800 associations have submitted a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opposing the “The proposed guidance is one of the most sweeping changes to estate tax policies in the last 25 years and would be detrimental to active enterprises and family-owned businesses that employ millions of workers throughout the nation,” the letter reads.

“In particular, these rules would impose significant new tax costs on family-owned businesses, diverting capital from business

investment, costing jobs and threatening the ability of families to pass businesses on to the next generation of owners.”

The regulations would eliminate or greatly reduce available valuation discounts for family-related entities, which in turn increase the tax associated with common transfers including inheritance.

“These proposed regulations would eliminate or greatly reduce marketability for family related entities, effectively discouraging families from continuing to operate or grow their businesses and pass them on to future generations,” according to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). “Producers are often forced into selling land or cattle in order to pay the tax, and in some cases, are put out of business.

The Administration is causing unnecessary economic harm to family businesses.”

Convention Coming!

Please start planning NOW to attend the 2016 Joint Stockmen’s Convention slated for December 1 through 4 at the Crowne Plaza in Albuquerque. The Crowne was formerly the Hilton, which was the Convention’s home for many years. Registration material will be available near the end of October.

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Simplify Sire Selection Profit indexes are developed to allow producers a simpler way to multi-trait select sires.

by Kayla M. WIlkins, Reprinted courtesy of Hereford World

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While making these challenging decisions, it is essential producers are aware of the tools available to assist them in the process. That is where profit indexes come into focus.

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“The advantage of EPDs (expected progeny differences) and dollar indexes are to attempt to take the guesswork out of selecting sires and better inform producers about the next generation,” says Shane Bedwell, American Hereford Association (AHA) chief operating officer and director of breed improvement.

What are profit indexes?

In 2005 the AHA introduced four profit indexes to assist producers in maximizing profitability, starting with sire selection. AHA has three maternal indexes and one terminal index at every producer’s disposal. Ultimately, economically driven indexes are opening the door for cattlemen to select bulls with the most favorable combination of EPDs to maximize profit, taking into account the producers unique scenarios.

“Profit indexes are a really fantastic tool for commercial cattlemen,” says Megan Rolf, Ph.D, assistant professor and researcher at Kansas State University. “They really provide a good way to practice multiple trait selection and balance selection among a variety of traits in a logical way.”

In short, profit indexes provide insight when producers are comparing bulls and weigh profit differences between the bulls based upon the desired traits. Weighing traits differently and assessing the economic value in a specific trait in relation to the index and the other favorable traits develop these indexes.

To put it in perspective, Bedwell says the Certified Hereford Beef Index ($CHB) is the terminal index, so it is developed with the thought of producing calves which thrive in a feedlot scenario. In contrast, a maternal index like the Baldie Maternal Index ($BMI) is geared toward producers using Hereford bulls on Angus cows and retaining females as well as retaining ownership and selling non-selected animals on a grid.

Oftentimes because of the complexity of multi-trait selection, producers have historically single-trait selected or even selected based upon phenotype alone. With economically driven EPDs, all the legwork and headaches are alleviated.

Randall Raymond, DVM, from Simplot Livestock Co. says in his experience, selecting for more than two traits can be quite the challenge.

“It is really difficult to select for multiple traits at the same time,” Raymond says. “We have tried to be really balanced in our genetic selection. No trait singly drives the economics. Once you start selecting for more than two traits it is almost impossible to do that effectively and that is where indexes have helped us the most. We have the ability to weight traits for what they are worth economically and select for multiple traits at the same time.”

Similarly, J.D. Russell, ranch manager at the Matador Ranch, says before the ranch’s utilization of profit indexes, it was an extensive process to select sires for multiple traits. He says he and his crew used to spend time sorting bulls based upon traits in a computer system that would provide some insight, but not nearly what profit indexes do.

“In the past we would take a set of bulls, make a sort of the EPDs based on a weighted value we had derived for what we considered to be the higher valued traits,” Russell explains. “With the introduccontinued on page 18 >>

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tion of profit indexes this exercise has already been done. It also allows us to combine evaluations easily. For instance, we can evaluate genetic merit for an individual for maternal characteristics along with carcass quality across several production measures by utilizing these indexes.”

In conjunction with providing convenience for producers, Bedwell says, profit indexes are a great way to select based upon real-world scenarios. Centered upon what the goals are for an operation, he says selection could be solely based on the four indexes alone — the terminal index being $CHB and the three maternal indexes being the Brahman Influence Index ($BII), the Calving Ease Index ($CEZ) and the $BMI.

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Since breeding Hereford bulls to Angusbased cows is such a widely used cross in the commercial industry, the $BMI should be on the minds of cattlemen when aiming to produce replacements. Raymond says crossbreeding cattle promotes hybrid vigor and the Hereford-Angus cross produces efficient replacement females that will, in time, increase profitability in a herd.

“One of the biggest benefits we get from using Hereford bulls is inserting some heterosis into our breeding programs,” Raymond says, “so when you have a primarily black and black baldie cow herd that helps us maximize heterosis which drives things like calf vigor, reproductive efficiency and cow longevity.”

To achieve the goals Raymond describes in regard to producing cost-effective females to retain in a commercial herd scenario, Rolf advises that producers take a serious look at the $BMI. “If you are a commercial cow-calf producer using Hereford bulls in crossbreeding programs on Angus-based cows and retaining ownership of calves to be marketed on a CHB grid, then you could use the Baldie Maternal Index to practice multiple trait selection without having to try and figure out the appropriate way to balance selection between all those traits yourself using the EPDs directly,” Rolf says.

Although the $BMI offers much insight in terms of breeding for females, Bedwell says it is sometimes overlooked in comparison to other indexes. He advises producers to take the index into consideration when selecting bulls, most specifically when looking to enhance longevity in a herd. continued on page 20 >>

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“It is underutilized today, but has potential to provide valuable information when producing successful females,” Bedwell says.

Russell adds, “Matador Cattle Co. utilizes Hereford as an integral part of our maternal genetics. Since our larger commercial ranches are in areas that requires a cow to efficiently produce on the limited resources available, we try to balance traits that will allow her to do that. We believe the Baldie Maternal Index does a good job of providing a measure for these traits, and fits with our maternal genetics business plan.”

Like Russell, Raymond stresses the importance of good females in a herd from a profitability standpoint. He says in addition to having good females as a vital piece to the puzzle, it is also one of the more complex pieces.

“Selecting for bulls that are going to impact the female population is probably one of the more challenging parts of genetic selection. You deal with those females for such a long time so it is really important that you make that selection well,” Raymond says.

“Trying to weigh and understand the traits that are important to making that economically viable female is pretty critical. Really the value is identifying what traits are important for making the females and then weighting those traits appropriately and using that equation to select for multiple traits at once.”

Bedwell says the $BMI is formulated by putting emphasis on Calving Ease - Direct (CE), Weaning Weight (WW), Calving Maternal Ease (CME), Ribeye Area (REA) and Marbling (MARB) and making it heavily weighted on Scrotal Circumference (SC).

However, a negative weight is put on Yearling Weight (YW) and Maternal Milk (MM).

The reason being, less emphasis on YW and more on WW promotes a more moderate calf that will thrive off less input cost for producers.

He says the negative weight on MM is based upon the same idea. Females who have high MM EPDs require more to sustain themselves in a pasture situation, therefore, decreasing the profit margin for producers looking to retain those females. Additionally, milk is inadvertently taken into account with the weaning weight since cows have to milk well for calves to reach a desirable weaning weight.

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BARBER RANCH Annual Bull Sale

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 11 a.m. at Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas Featuring 100+ Horned & Polled Hereford Bulls Selling service-age bulls plus a select group of fall yearlings!

Barber Ranch will also offer a select set of bred & open Hereford heifers.

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BR Sooner Than Later 5541 ET AHA 43692580 • 11/2/2015

DM BR Sooner x BR Gabrielle 5082 CED

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Take home a great young herd sire whose bloodline is the heart of the Barber Ranch herd!

Sooner Than Later is not only a full brother to herd sires BR Currency and BR Copper but also to a slew of Barber Ranch donor cows. Performance, power, look and great udders are mainstays of this powerful Hereford bloodline.

5002 — Maverick x Sooner/Gabrielle

5037 — Influence Z80 x Ranger

5513 — Catapult x Goldriel 3029

5527 — Sooner x Goldriel 3029

AHA P43654277 • 1/7/2015 CED 2.6, BW 1.8, WW 63, YW 96 MILK 29, M & G 60 Sire is a paternal brother to About Time

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are able to select a bull that will produce moderate females which will reach puberty sooner and last longer in a pasture situation with the lowest input cost.

Russell says the Matador Ranch has seen these results firsthand. By using the $BMI, he is able to capitalize from a profitability standpoint in more ways than one.

He says the emphasis put on calving ease has been correlated directly back to conception rates on the operation. Because more cows are successfully breeding back, Matador Ranch has had the opportunity to retain fewer females and, ultimately, sell more calves.

Furthermore, he says because of the increased emphasis on weaning weight and less on yearling weight. Their cows have a smaller mature size, thus, requiring less input cost and giving way to a higher potential for profit.

Lastly, Russell says the emphasis placed on ribeye area provides higher profits for calves the Matador Ranch chooses to feedout versus ones retained for reproduction.

operation,” Rolf explains. “Once you have the index identified, be sure to check the percentile break down, which you can find on the Hereford website, to really get an idea where bulls may be falling on that spectrum within the Hereford breed.”

Raymond says meeting the goal of producing cattle that fit their environment is key, and the simplicity of profit indexes has aided greatly in that endeavor.

“For us the advantage is finding cattle that fit the environment and trying to select for things like low energy requirements and

reproductive efficiency and longevity,” Raymond says. “Those are things that drive profitability in our system. How long can a cow successfully stay in a herd and produce calves to become feeder cattle? It just gets back to identifying what traits are important to accomplish that, putting an economic value on them and selecting for those traits, in a simultaneous fashion.”

Bedwell says AHA’s overarching goal is to support cattlemen in producing the highest quality cattle possible with the use of Herecontinued on page 24 >>

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Effectively using profit indexes Rolf says when looking at profit indexes, the most challenging piece is deciding if an index fits the production goals because they can be used just like an EPD to evaluate the expected differences in progeny performance between two animals.

“Balanced multi-trait selection is very important,” Rolf says. “The ability to have one simple number to look at can be really helpful because trying to balance selection on a lot of different EPDs can get a little challenging. An index provides you a single number you can use to make selection decisions as long as the priorities in the index fit what you are trying to accomplish.”

Producers looking to utilize profit indexes when selecting Hereford sires should first identify the goals for their operation and from there find the index most conducive to their operation.

“Find an index that fits the goals of your

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ford genetics, and making these indexes available is just another avenue to accomplish that mission. Producers interested in looking at indexes for Hereford bulls can do so by visiting Hereford.org. There, any bull can be searched, and a list of his EPDs along with indexes are available.

“Profit indexes are a great way to provide the needed information in a real-world scenario to aid producers in making breeding decisions,” Bedwell explains. “AHA is committed to aiding producers in achieving their goals and producing the highest quality cattle possible, so we are available for questions at any time over these tools.”

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Bedwell says by next spring, the AHA will begin utilizing more traits when developing the $BMI to shine light on an even better evaluation of these traits from a profitability standpoint.

He says the new traits added into the mix are going to be Sustained Cow Fertility (SCF), Heifer Calving Rate (HCR) and Dry Matter Intake (DMI). Bedwell adds these are relevant traits that will only aid in the accuracy and efficiency of the $BMI. SCF is a percentage given to a sire based upon the number of years his daughters calve annually. Bedwell says when SCF is more than 100, those sires are associated with more success while sires whose SCF is less than 100 percent are associated with more risk in producing females with longevity.

Similarly, HCR is a percentage given to a sire based upon his future daughter’s calving rate. Like the SCF, a higher percentage is associated with favorable genetic potential for calving rate in daughters. Bedwell says with the economic effect of reproductive rate in beef cattle operations, it is crucial to take HCR into consideration.

As feed intake also plays an integral part in profitability, DMI is another key piece in producing the most accurate profit indexes.

DMI identifies the pounds of feed per day a sire’s progeny is expected to consume.

Bedwell says this trait is vital to determining feed efficiency in future daughters.

Continued advancements in indexes to create a more accurate prediction of progeny for producers are an ongoing effort by AHA. Bedwell says adding these traits to $BMI will only improve the index.

“The addition of these traits will make a more informative and profitable selection process for producers,” he says.

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EPDs W.D.A. 2.42 2.72 2.30 2.21 2.74 2.71 2.54 2.83 2.64 2.56 2.94 2.62 2.46 2.95 2.56 3.35 3.07 2.72 2.83 3.15 3.15 2.26 3.00 2.93 3.08 2.72 3.53 2.67 3.40 3.30 2.78 2.97 3.04 3.43 2.78 3.25 3.36 2.65 2.66 2.87 3.70 2.85 2.61 3.23 3.16 2.96 3.28 2.84 2.91 2.84

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MILK 25 15 19 23 20 17 18 17 17 18 16 22 18 20 17 21 19 26 25 25 24 17 22 26 17 23 22 26 23 26 21 24 26 21 22 21 23 16 18 19 19 16 20 20 25 24 18 14 19 18

M&G n/a 41 41 n/a n/a 42 n/a 42 44 44 46 39 37 47 48 n/a 41 45 n/a na 50 38 n/a n/a 43 46 n/a 47 n/a n/a n/a 49 51 n/a n/a 48 n/a 44 n/a 42 n/a 44 n/a n/a n/a 47 n/a 40 45 41

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he landscape will soon be filled with to promote Beef. vibrant colors of Fall and the sound of It’s also time to prepare for our annual weaned calves crying for their mamas. meeting and the search continues for ladies Pumpkins carved with happy jack-o-lantern willing to serve as a State Officer. Being a faces will show up on porches and lawns State Officer takes you across the State and filled with dried leaves. Fairs across the State to meet all the ladies in CowBelles. Each local will have ended and kids will start planning has so much to offer and I know there are their next year’s 4-H project. The year is great leaders out there. If you have someone coming to an end and for CowBelles – it’s in mind or are interested yourself – please time for the Galloping Grace Pumpkin Patch contact us. and the opportunity to promote Beef to the families attending this event. Like every year, esilla Valley CowBelles met in CowBelles encourage locals to volunteer. It’s August with five members present, a great time and the conversations had with one junior member; meeting held at families attending is always memorable. If Miguel’s Restaurant. Below are the meeting you haven’t signed up, please consider vol- minutes: 1. WALC will be held May 30, 31, and unteering your time this year. This also gives June 1, 2017 in Las Cruces. More information one the opportunity to work on “your story” will follow in the coming months. 2. DAC

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Not only do we contribute to the youth but also to the local economy as 90% of the supplies and services are contracted.

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Sheep sale 2nd to last Wednesday every month!

We believe that customers, large and small, should receive the highest quality service available. Our buyers and sellers are our biggest asset and we are dedicated to serving your needs. Our top priority is to get you the best possible price for your cattle. In operation since the 1950s and sold to the current owners who held their first sale in January 1990, Kenny Dellinger has managed the sale barn and served the community since that first sale more than 25 years ago.

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Farm Bureau has donated $7,500 for buses for SNMSF AG Tours. Tours will be on Thursday and Friday of the fair (Sep 29 & 30). They are needing help with the tours, mainly with directing groups on where to go. Tours will consist of stopping at Soil & Water Conservation, Mobile Dairy, 4-H, Ag in the Classroom, FFA and the magician. At clean up, group will finalize who can help on what day. 3. Clean up will be Saturday, Sep 17 at 9ish. This will be the September meeting. For those that have picked up bake sale decorations, please bring either to clean up or on Monday or Tuesday of fair week. 4. Mesilla Valley CowBelles will be a sponsor of the Beef show. 5.

Fair dates are Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2016. Open to suggestions for booth setup, or just as always done? And as always, events family members are in come first, booth is second.

Group will get an idea of schedules during clean up. 6. One item neglected to mention at the meeting - dues are due. Please bring checks to fair or mail to Janet. Submitted by Gretchen Lindsay Chuckwagon CowBelles met August 9 at the Mountainair Baptist Church. Meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Carolyn Chance who was nominated to chair the meeting in the absence of both Lyn and Cookie. CowBelle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and CowBelle Creed led by Carolyn Chance. Pass Bucket for “FFA” collected $44.

Carolyn gave a positive review for Food Camp for Kids. These were kids who did not know where their food came from, prior to this. They took pictures, wrote blurbs and then presented a Power Point of their trip.

Program: Caren Cowan informed the group regarding issues that affect the agriculture.

Including that all ranchers need to be aware that Workers Comp Insurance may well include their ranch. Roll Call was made to catch up with members. Reading and Approval of Minutes from July 13, 2016. Treasurer report was accepted for audit and attached to the minutes. Unfinished Business: Torrance County Fair Sat. Aug 13th.

New Business: Mountainair Rodeo Banner – needs to be redone. 3x4 size $60, 4x4 $80, 4x6 $120. Annual cost to display the banner is $100 per year. This discussion was tabled for the next meeting. Annual 5 States Round-Up: Clayton, NM Sept 28th – “Beef...

On the Border” – registration DUE by Sept 14th. Announcements: Next Meeting Tuesday Sept. 13th at Lyn Greene’s home.

Lyn will furnish main dish and Lyn & Patsy to hostess. Potluck Everyone. Program: “Emergency Preparedness” – Anne Marie Wilson.

Submitted by Lyn Greene Chamiza CowBelles met September 8,

2016 with President, Nancy Phelps, presiding, in Johnny B’s Restaurant with 10 members present. Sherry read the Cowbelle Prayer and all recited the Pledge. Sherry then read the Cowbelle Creed. Minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved. In the absence of treasurer, Nancy presented the financial report which was approved.

Before business meeting began, the Girl Scouts presented a short program to inform group of their Louis Armijo Sports Complex Beautification Project. They are raising money by donation to purchase trees, sponsorships for bricks around the drinking water fountain, and space for murals on a wall.

After a brief discussion, the group decided a mural would be the best way to promote both the organization and agriculture. It was decided to donate $260 for the cost of a mural. Krystie Wear will check into the placement, design and who will paint the mural.

Nancy reported the CowBelles had provided refreshments and set up a booth at a meeting in August at the Albert Lyon Event Center involving the rights of ranchers who have allotments and leases. Exposure for the organization was good and a number of items sold at the booth. Beef sales have reached $2110 to date not including money turned in at this meeting. Because of the upcoming county fair in October followed by the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, Nancy suggested to table any further discussion and/or changes to scholarship application until after the first of the year.

Nancy asked that group make an effort to increase membership for the upcoming year.

In reading the Red Book, she mentioned group has not been nominating a Cowbelle of the Year. There is an application form which group will try to send to all members via email. The application deadline is October 15. Usually the monthly meeting in October is not held because of the county fair, but group will hold a special meeting on October 13 to update everyone on fair booth, ticket sales, etc. She emphasized how fortunate the group is this year that Kelikay will provide a steer for raffle because there are only six steers entered in this year’s fair, and eleven sale slots to fill. Cathy and Bob will set up and take down the booth again this year at the fair. Betty, Wanda, Sioux, and Jodell all agreed to work the fair booth.

Nancy announced the Five States Roundup will be held in Clayton and has the registration form if anyone is interested in attending.

Mention was made of possibly renting a billboard or other signage to advertise the CowBelles and agriculture in the local area.

Cathy will check into availability and costs of

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Texas Tech Veterinary College Receives $15 Million Grant From Amarillo

he Amarillo City Council approved a $15 million grant Tuesday (Sept. 20) from the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) to the Texas Tech University System to support the establishment of a new College of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo.

The grant was approved at the Amarillo City Council meeting on recommendation from the AEDC. It is a major step forward for Texas Tech’s vision of enhancing rural and large-animal veterinary medicine by providing an innovative model focused on improving animal health in the heart of the beef and dairy cattle industry.

“We are truly grateful to the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation and the City of Amarillo for their continued generosity and philanthropy to the Texas Tech University System and our universities,” Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert Duncan said. “Once again, they have stepped up to support our vision — this time for veterinary medicine and the needs of this community, our region and the agriculture industry.”

The new veterinary college is expected to add 100 highly skilled jobs and approximately $10 million in annual labor income to the Amarillo economy. Texas Tech’s proposal will have an annual impact of more than $76 million on the Amarillo economy and serve as a catalyst for industry partnerships and expanded research in food technology, animal health and prevention of disease outbreaks.

“Not only is this a wonderful opportunity for students seeking careers in veterinary medicine, particularly in a region known as the livestock capital of the United States, it’s an investment in our community and economy,” Amarillo Mayor Paul Harpole said.

The new veterinary college will be built in Amarillo on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center campus, which headquarters the School of Pharmacy and is home to the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions.

“The Amarillo Economic Development Corporation is proud to be a part of this investment in our community,” said Doug Nelson, interim president and CEO of the AEDC. “Aside from the innovative educational opportunities the TTUHSC College of Veterinary Medicine will offer to our local and regional students, this initiative is an investment into the future of the animal science and food technology industries in our region. The partnerships that will develop as a result of the new campus will solidify our area as an optimal location for companies interested in expansion or innovation opportunities in these two rapidly growing sectors.”

In a report approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in July, the need to address the critical shortage of rural and large-animal veterinarians in Texas was reinforced and a door was opened for Texas Tech to move forward with its plans to create a veterinary medicine college in Amarillo.

Texas Tech proposed a non-traditional model for a veterinary school when plans were announced in December. Building on established strengths at two of its universities, Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, the Texas Tech University System is creating a program tailored to address a specific

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Berry joins Ag New Mexico with 10 years of banking experience, including a year of Farm Credit experience with Farm Credit of New Mexico. Prior to that, she was employed with Wells Fargo, where she predominantly worked in agricultural lending.

A native of California’s San Joaquin Valley, Berry was raised in agriculture, and holds a bachelor’s degree in dairy science from Cal Poly State University, and a master’s degree in business administration. Berry and her husband, Maj. John Strube, reside in Clovis, where he is a pilot in the United States Air Force.

“Agriculture has some of the world’s most kind, interesting and hardworking people with a passion for their way of life,” Berry says.

“It is an absolute pleasure to have the opportunity to work with these folks on a daily basis, and to help them do what they do best.”

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Four New Mexico State University electrical engineering students are designing a camera prototype that may provide the answers. Seniors Zach Abbott, Christian De La Pena, German Montes and Adrian Palos are in the process of developing a camera that can be affixed to a harness around a cow’s neck.

The students are part of the two-semester-long senior capstone design class advised by Laura Boucheron, assistant professor in the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. They’re all seniors and expect to conclude their design project in December.

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The purpose of the camera is to help researchers learn about cattle at the Jornada Experimental Range northeast of Las Cruces.

Rick Estell, research animal scientist with the Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research program, is part of a team studying Raramuri Criollo cattle.

“Raramuri Criollo is a biotype that’s pretty rare,” Estell said. “It originated in Northern Africa and came over with the Spaniards in the 1500s into Central America. They went through this process of natural selection for 500 years or so before gradually disappearing except in isolated areas.”

About 10 years ago, Estell’s colleague brought 27 Criollo cows to the Jornada Range from Mexico. Now, the population on the range is about 200.

“What we’re doing is comparing these animals to the standard black baldies that most producers in this area use,” Estell said.

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The engineering students and Boucheron went to the Jornada Range earlier this month to take some measurements. Several factors must be taken into consideration, such as the circumference of the cow’s neck and the distance from the camera location to the vegetation on the ground.

The electronics of the camera are complete at this point, and the next step is packaging the camera. The students will need to come up with a design that can withstand weather and force. Regarding placement, they need to consider any obstructions that may arise.

“At this point in the project, the biggest challenge is going to be designing an enclo-

sure for the device,” Abbott said. “It will need “But if it turns out that they’re a better fit, proto contain all the systems and meet our ducers and ranchers might have another durability requirements.” option. There are some drawbacks to these If the prototype works, Estell hopes that smaller animals, so marketing is another part eventually cameras on multiple cows will of this whole thing that we’d have to work help him and other researchers gather useful out before it’s a viable option. But that’s what information. we hope – that it might give producers some “The idea is that these are hardy animals more flexibility.” that are very adapted to harsh environOperated by the Department of Agriculments,” he said. “And some of the larger ture’s Agricultural Research Service, data cattle we use nowadays can be a little bit have been collected on the Jornada Experiharder on the landscape than what we want mental Range since 1915. Data have been them to be. So we’re looking for something collected for the LTER project, administered that’s a little bit more matched to this fragile by NMSU, since 1983. ecosystem.”

At this early stage, researchers do not know whether there are significant advantages of Criollo cattle.

“It’s all hypothetical right now,” Estell said.

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oe Lopez and his family own and operate the Diamond Arrow Ranch located on three sides of the town of Springer in the short grass prairie of northeastern New Mexico. The family and the ranch crew is made up of Boe, Larry and Zita, Boe’s parents; Brian and Blair, Boe’s brother and sister-in-law, their boys Joey and Alex; and the rest of the Lopez/Garcia family represent four generations of ranching. Joey and Alex represent the fifth.

The family raises commercial and registered Black Angus cattle, take pasture cattle in during the summer and if there’s irrigation water, they farm some too.

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2016 New Mexico Junior Cattle Growers’ Showmanship Contest Judge: Teri Barber, Austin, Texas

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Reserve Grand Champion steer & champion Charolais was shown by Morgan McCall, Santa Fe County.

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2016 Hereford Champions Show Hereford Reserve Grand Champion Bull Shown by Perez Cattle Company Nara Visa, NM

Hereford Reserve Grand Champion Heifer Shown by Perez Cattle Company Nara Visa, NM

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Mini-Hereford Grand Champion Bull Shown by Charlotte Williams Pagosa Springs, Colorado

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Champion Hereford Junior Heifer was shown by Holly Perez, Encino.

Reserve Champion Charolais Junior Heifer was shown

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Res. Champion Hereford Junior Heifer was shown by Abby Spindle, Moriarty.

Champion Simmental Junior Heifer was shown by Kaydens Koenig, Mesilla Park.

Champion Shorthorn Junior Heifer was shown by Mayce Cooler, Alamogordo.

Champion Angus Junior Heifer was shown by Taylor Crum, La Plata.

Res. Champion Chianina Junior Heifer was shown by Mia Encinias, Moriarty.

Reserve Champion Angus Junior Heifer was shown by Kooper Crum, La Plata.

Champion Maine-Anjou Junior Heifer was shown by Zoe Walker, Roswell.

Res. Champion Shorthorn Junior Heifer was shown by Taylor Crum, La Plata.

Reserve Champion AOB Junior Heifer was shown by Jordan Spindle, Moriarty.

Junior He Showman ifer Champiosnhip s Champion Charolais Junior Heifer was shown by Kristin Grau, Grady.

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2016 Jerry Hawkins Memorial Judging Contest

(ABOVE) Top Ten Juniors from l to r. Placing from 10th to 1st: Sam Knight, Grady Hodnett (Not Pictured), Nicola Johnson, Kristin Grau, Kate Mulcock, Leah Elsey, Garrett Bollinger, Mia Encinias, Paiton Owensby, Kaydens Koenig (TOP LEFT) Top Ten Novices l to r. Placing from 10th to 1st: Zane Rush, Kayla Metzger, Gavin Morrow, Hadley Miller, Hays Rush, Addie Owensby, Cash Spindle, Karly Neish, Preston Koenig, Joe Koenig (LEFT) Top Ten Seniors from l to r. Placing 10th to 1st: Katelin Spradley, Ty Velasquez, Annalisa Miller, Rayna Fite, Chance Mitchell, Arliss Corliss, Laura Winn, Andrew Lujan, Kellan Bennett, Shawn Agar (who was also High Reasons)

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affordable food supply as well. But food you’re interested in who grows your favorite producers do more than grow our favorite New Mexico food items find us on Facebook chile, pecans, and beef, they also grow trust. where we regularly feature our state’s FARM BUREAU Our state’s farmers and ranchers realize farmers and ranchers.

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Because it is the law as prescribed by the livestock board and it is a permanent mark that prevents cattle theft (and oh, by the way, ood is vital to us all. Whether we get it much like a tattoo, it heals quickly). from the store, or raise it ourselves, Why do farmers use pesticides? Much like food matters to everyone. Your mem- the aphid killer you use on your roses, bership in New Mexico Farm & Livestock farmers use this vital tool to protect their Bureau ensures that food stays affordable, crops. Why are dairy cows given antibiotics? available and Made in America. We should Much like humans, cattle get sick occasionnote also that America has the most abun- ally. It would be cruel to let them suffer when  dant and safe food supply in the world. we have the medicine to make them feel The rest of the world is not held up to the better. Those medicines never end up in the   standards the American producers are.

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ovember 1, 2016, is the deadline to apply for the annual scholarships awarded by Purina Mills and the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association’s (NMCGA’s) Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee (YCLC).

“We are pleased to be able to offer these scholarships once again, and appreciate Purina Mills and our Allied Industries Committee making it possible,” said Pat Boone, NMCGA President, Elida. “We have some great young people in New Mexico agriculture, and want help them as much as possible as they look to the future.”

The $1,000 Purina Mills scholarship will be awarded to a New Mexico student who is a member of the NMCGA, the New Mexico Junior Cattle Growers’ Association, or the child of an NMCGA member. Graduating high school seniors, and college freshmen, sophomores and juniors in good academic standing are eligible to apply for the award.

In addition, the Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee and the Allied Industries Committee will also be presenting two $500 scholarships – one to a high school senior and one to a continuing college student – at this same time.

“College can be very expensive for students and their families. We are pleased to be able to offer these scholarships and encourage all eligible students to apply,” Boone said. “We want to help NMCGA members and their families continue their education and hopefully return to the agriculture business.”

The three scholarships will be presented to the top three applicants during the Joint Stockmen’s Convention slated for December 2 through December 4, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albuquerque.

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elebrating its 20th anniversary, the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces has reached another milestone.

Of 35,000 museums in the United States, only 1000 are accredited by the American Alliance of Museums as examples of institutions demonstrating best practices in managing and caring for collections, staff, operations, and nuts and bolts of operation.

Following an intensive two-and-a-half-year Mark Santiago, Director, New Mexico Farm & Ranch process, the Farm and Ranch Museum this Heritage Museum spring received its accreditation from the AAM. tie for us between historic and modern The museum, which operates under the ranching. umbrella of the state Department of Cultural Santiago was thrilled the team of visiting Affairs, which oversees eight museums and professors and museum professionals noted six state monuments, has two major objec- the “livestock collection program is a tives: to celebrate the heritage and history regional and perhaps national model,” with of agriculture in New Mexico, and to show its well-trained staff. how vital production agriculture remains in While most of the museum is indoors, the state. It operates with a staff of 25, a foun- Farm and Ranch is unique in that visitors may dation, and a friends group of 220 active observe real live animals outdoors. “We volunteers. In addition to showcasing exhib- want to get kids outside. There they can see its of history and art, it conducts a full the herds, field, and orchards. A lot of them schedule of annual festivals, including think meat and produce come from Safeway.

Cowboy Days, Museum Rocks, Blessing of A visit here is a real eye-opener. And the the Fields, and the third annual event K ids, New Mexico Grown held the Kows & More weekend before Thanksgiving brings thouWe want to get and staged in partnership with sands of elementar y NM Department of Agriculture kids outside. There as a celebration of local prodschoolchildren uc ts, par ticularly local on to the they can see the herds, foodstuffs. It attracts crowds campus to see from the entire region, both the herds for field, and orchards. A themselves.”

Texas and New Mexico. In addition, it offers the community a The muselot of them think meat variety of classes, such as Herum’s ongoing itage Cooking, dowsing, permanent and produce come from exhibit is the quilting, weaving, blacksmith“History of New ing, and much more. The Safeway. A visit here is a museum also maintains an Mexico Agriauthentic chuck wagon, which culture,” from real eye-opener. ” it sends to special events such the first native as the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium peoples to the Territorial era. Two large galleries host changing exhibits. Currently, in Ruidoso.

The museum is unique in that it owns a these exhibits feature bees: “What’s the herd of beef cattle plus milk cows and sheep Buzz?” and “Weaving in New Mexico: AncesIn the AAM’s evaluation, special recognition tral Pueblo and Rio Grande Traditions.” The was given to the museum’s livestock smaller hallway galleries are showcasing program. “We do what a ranch does,” says Elephant Butte Dam on its 100th anniversary Mark Santiago, director. “We buy, sell, trade and the art gallery focuses on an eclectic and breed. This program makes a really good array of contemporary artists painting and

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Four on-campus animal facilities house: beeF CaTTle/horses/swine/sheep Students can major in Animal or Rangeland Resources and are provided with the very best of “hands on” academic instruction by our faculty. Fully equipped labs allow students access to cutting-edge research in: LIVESTOCK NUTRITION / GENETICS / PHYSIOLOGY / ENDOCRINOLOGY / MEAT SCIENCE / WOOL / TOXICOLOGY / WATERSHED & RANGELAND ECOLOGY / WEED & BRUSH CONTROL / PLANT SYSTEMATICS / GRAZING MANAGEMENT

The Department also offers pre-veterinary studies – our graduates have a high acceptance rate into veterinary medicine programs. We offer graduate degrees at the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy levels.

The M.S. or Ph.D. in Animal Science can emphasize nutrition or physiology, and offers a Ph.D. in Range Science to study range management, range ecology and watershed management.

The Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center (The College Ranch) – 64,000 acre ranch just outside of Las Cruces The Corona Range & Livestock Research Center – 28,000 acre ranch & facilities in Corona, NM Student organizations, including a Block & Bridle Club, Pre-Vet Club, Range Club, Horsemen’s Association, Therapeutic Riding Club, & Judging Teams

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photography. Work by the cowboy pencil artist Robert Shufelt, known as Shoofly, is also on display.

A bi-annual exhibit that originated in 2013 is Meet the Producers, which puts the spotlight on a variety of agricultural producers from throughout the state. The exhibit tells the producer’s story with family stories, interviews, photographs, and explanation of their work and its impact on the New Mexico economy. Among those featured to date are B & H Herefords of Lovington, Organ Mountain Produce in Mesquite, Old Windmill Dairy in Estancia, Stephen Wilmeth, a Red Angus producder west of Las Cruces, John Clayshute, a Mesilla Valley farmer, and TahNibaa Naataanii, a Navajo weaver from northwestern New Mexico.

The museum strives to present an understanding the persona of the West through art and photography.

The most recent development is the Heritage Gardens, just opened in late August, an inviting outdoor space for visitors as well as special events, a green space with pathways and native plants.

The idea for a museum celebrating New Mexico agriculture originated with Dr. William Stevens and Dr. Gerald Thomas, president of New Mexico State University, who believed the state’s land grant and agricultural school needed a museum. The idea began to take hold during the late 1970s and into the 1980s, then, in 1987, a foundation was established to support the idea. For almost a decade, the foundation raised capital and awareness. Influential ranchers such as Felicia Thal and Yetta Bidegain. Then, in 1991, those involved approached Gov. Bruce King, who brought forward the idea that the museum ought to be part of the state museum system. In 1994, the legislature approved a state appropriation of $7.5 million for its construction. In 1997, the museum was constructed on 47 acres of land leased from NMSU. The NM Department of Cultural Affairs owns the building and the collections.

The museum continues to grow and to attract a wider audience of visitors. “Ten years ago when I came on board,” says Santiago, “we had only 35,000 annual attendance. Now, through catering and visitation, our numbers are up to 82,000 at last count. We want to reach out as we continue to become more self-sufficient. The challenge is to make agriculture relevant to a modern urban society.”

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space surrounding the museum becomes prime area for Las Cruces development.

“We’re a rural island in an urban sea,” says Santiago.

One of the museum’s most popular events is Ice Cream Sunday, featuring home made ice cream making and ice cream eating contests. And who doesn’t love ice cream, especially on a July afternoon?

New Mexico writer Sharon Niederman serves on the board of directors of the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.

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New Mexico’s Early Aviation History

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viation had an early start in New landed north of Old Town. According to Mexico, beginning with a balloon historian Marc Simmons, Van Tassel later flight in 1882. crashed his balloon into the Pacific Ocean Albuquerque saloonkeeper “Professor” off Hawaii and was eaten by sharks.

Park A. Van Tassel owned the lighter than air Another “Professor,” named Baldwin, vehicle and he arranged to inflate it with coal attempted a balloon flight in 1889, but his gas from the city’s gas works for a demon- vehicle escaped, too, and disappeared into stration flight on July 4th. After a false start the clouds. or so, the balloon lifted off from a vacant lot The first attempt to demonstrate a fixed on Second Street between Railroad and wing aircraft in Albuquerque, in 1910, was Gold Avenues. (Another source gives the equally unsuccessful. The vehicle was location as Gold Ave. between Second and shipped into the city by rail, and then assemThird, the discrepancy of one block.) It bled. The problem was that it would not fly ascended rapidly to an altitude of about in Albuquerque’s thin air.

14,200 feet before it landed in a field near the In 1911, though, airplane flight came to present day intersection of Central Avenue the Duke City. A flyer named Charles Walsh and Rio Grande Boulevard. had his Curtiss Model “D” pusher biplane Van Tassel attempted a second demon- shipped to Albuquerque by rail, and then he stration the following autumn, but the reassembled it. One source says it was balloon got away from the 100 men said to “scarcely advanced over the Wright Brothers be holding it down. It subsequently crash- original Flyer…” Walsh made several demon-

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stration flights to the awe and amazement of his audience. He also carried Albuquerque’s first air passenger, Ray Stamm.

Aerial demonstrations became standard at Territorial and State Fairs up until the beginning of World War I when flying activity ground to a halt.

After 1918, however, interest and activity in flying returned with gusto. Because the Army trained so many pilots during the war, there were frequent “barnstorming” exhibitions, and the Chamber of Commerce got involved in promotion of the aviation business. The first facility to accommodate airplanes came into being on June 22, 1922 when the Army’s Twelfth Observation Squadron picked a site just east of the University of New Mexico for a landing field.

This was important because it made Albuquerque a part of any transcontinental airline route.

Other landing facilities were established in Albuquerque over the years. In late 1927 the city commission authorized the use of 650 acres east of town, approximately where Los Altos golf course is now located. In 1928, Frank Speakman leased 140 acres on the east mesa for a landing field, about where the Atomic Museum is now located on Kirtland Air Force Base. The first hangar was built there and the building still stands.

Charles A. Lindbergh made a flight to New Mexico in September 1928 which had far-reaching ramifications. He first landed in Lordsburg on September 24, and stayed for a couple of hours before flying on to El Paso.

Two days later he headed north, but for some reason was unable to land at Albuquerque— he dropped a note offering apologies—and went on to Santa Fe. He gave a speech there before he flew on to Texas early the next day.

The visit received wide publicity and generated great public excitement. To some extent, it ushered in New Mexico’s aviation age. Albuquerque quickly built an airfield so that the city would not be left out again and in 1929 the city became a stopover point for the New York to Los Angeles International Air Race. A change in New Mexico’s landscape also resulted from Lindbergh’s visit: names of cities and towns across the state were soon prominently displayed on the

rooftops of large buildings for the convenience of passing aviators.

In the early 1930s, a new airfield was built on Albuquerque’s West Mesa. It was big enough to accommodate the larger passenger planes that came into use at that time.

The East Mesa facility remained in use for smaller planes. Famed aviators Jimmy Doolittle and Frank Hawks landed there as they hurried from one stop to the next in quest of speed records.

Because Albuquerque Mayor*, later Governor, Clyde Tingley, had a close relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt, Works Progress Administration (WPA) money was made available to build an Albuquerque Airport. Tingley broke ground for the facility in late February 1937. It was located near the site of the present Albuquerque Sunport.

Most important to Albuquerque’s economy, though, was the arrival of large military air facilities. Construction on Kirtland Field began in January 1941, before U. S. involvement in World War II. It was completed in August of the same year, but continued to grow throughout the war years.

The other military air facility was called the Albuquerque Air Depot Training Station, referred to locally as Sandia Base. It served various purposes during the war, and after it. It, along with Manzano Base, was combined with Kirtland into a single huge air base in 1971.

And, what goes around comes around.

Today, Albuquerque is home to the world’s largest hot air balloon fiesta. It’s hard to imagine that Professor Park Van Tassel envisioned such an event as he landed his gas balloon in an Albuquerque cornfield nearly 135 years ago. * Many folks, then and now, referred to Clyde Tingley as the mayor of Albuquerque but in fact he was chairman of the city council. Albuquerque did not have an elected mayor at the time.

Selected sources: Don Alberts, Balloons to Bombers: Aviation in Albuquerque 1882-1945 Howard Bryan, “Off the Beaten Path,” Albuquerque Tribune, October 3, 1957 Hsi & Panitz, From Sundaggers to Space Exploration

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RANCHES/FARMS OW Ranch, Near Payson, AZ– +/- 72 Deeded acre USFS inholding in the Tonto National Forest. 150 head seasonal USFS Permit June – Oct. Historic residence, guest house, foreman’s home, barns, immaculately maintained. Two – live, year round trout streams and ponds. Stunning meadow setting with majestic ponderosa pines. Sophisticated western charm at its best. $3.9M

*NEW* 490 Head La Cienega Ranch,

Yucca, AZ – Solid working desert ranch with a well improved recently remodeled headquarters. Includes a home, bunk house, shop, tack house,

good corrals. 122.83+/- deeded acres, 13,483+/- acres State Lease,

69,390+/- acres BLM, and 86,302+/acres adverse grazing. Good water with miles of pipeline, 9 wells, 2 dirt tanks and springs. $1,690,000. Call Tamra Kelly at 928-830-9127

*SOLD* 1450+/- Head Ranch, Vicks-

burg, AZ – Desert ranch with great improvements and access. 442.54+/deeded acres, 21,814+/- acres State lease, and 257,000 +/- acres BLM. Includes HQ with home, bunkhouse, tack house, workshop, and horse corrals; 17 corrals with wells; shipping corrals with hydraulic squeeze and tub. $1,498,400

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*REDUCED* 90 Head, Agua Fria Ranch, Quemado, NM – This is a scenic mid-size ranch with great prospects.

Operating as a private hunting retreat, & a purebred Angus & Paint horse ranch. +/-1200 deeded acres, +/-80 acres of NM lease, & +/-5220 acres BLM. 4BR, 2BA, mfg. home. Trophy elk, antelope, deer. Elk & mule deer permits. Candidate for a conservation easement or land exchange with the BLM. $1,490,000 *NEW* 1388 AUM’s - Deadman

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geous Mtn ranch in the Ponderosa Pines with open grassy meadows and abundant wildlife. Turnkey operation with a fully improved and equipped headquarters. Pristine, beautiful, private.

115+/- Acre deeded forest inholding with USFS permit. Modern log cabin, separate guest and cowboy bunkhouses, managers house, corrals, stable, shop, seasonal creek, strong well with water piped to all pastures. $1,220,000 w/ cattle & equipment. Call Nancy Belt 520-221-0807

*SOLD* 207+/- Acre Farm, Benson,

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AZ – Fenced and cross fenced for cattle.

Includes home, equipment shed, work shop, barn, shipping corrals. Close to I-10. $1,200,000

Jesse Aldridge 520-251-2735 Tobe Haught 505-264-3368 Tamra Kelly 928-830-9127 Harry Owens 602-526-4965

studio; root cellar; large workshop with covered outdoor work area; irrigated pasture with 600 gpm well, fenced and cross fenced for cattle/horses; corrals; barn; chicken houses and pens; rabbit pen; garden area, fruit trees, pond and other various outbuildings. The property includes tractor implements; backhoe; and RV. $410,000 $395,000

*NEW* 17 Head BLM Permit, Near Ft. Thomas, AZ – 200+/- deeded acres with well, and spring. Very remote and extremely scenic with a beautiful canyon lined with sycamore and cottonwood trees and stunning rock formations. $285,000 *MAJOR REDUCTION* 240 Acres with

272+/- Acres, San Simon, AZ – Parcel 1, 222+/- acres of cleared land. Parcel 2, 50+/- acres with 5 acres of producing Pistachio trees.

8 New shallow wells. Call Harry Owens 602-526-4965. $600,000

Irrigation Rights, Elfrida, AZ – Suitable for hay, crops, pecans, irrigated pasture, homesite or future development.

Includes 130 acres of irrigation rights, partially fenced, with corrals, & a well.

Reduced to $279,800 $215,000.

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AZ – 23+/- acres of Bermuda pasture.

Custom 3BR, 2 BA Home large workshop, equipment shed and fish pond stocked with large mouth bass. $610,000 $550,000

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*SOLD* +/-78 Acre Farm, Virden,

NM – with 49+ acres of irrigation Rights. 3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena. $550,000

94 Head Cattle Ranch, Safford, AZ – 200 Deeded Acres, BLM and State of AZ Grazing Leases. Desert ranch w/ five sets of corrals, four w/wells & one w/a spring. The ranch is well watered w/5 total wells, 6 dirt tanks & a spring. $450,000

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*NEW* 49+/- Acres, with 10 Head State Grazing Lease, Benson, AZ – Beautiful hilltop home with 5 bedrooms 3 Baths, 2 Fireplaces, two family rooms, large food storage area, root cellar, steel workshop/hay barn with concrete floor and corrals. Great potential as a family home, group home, bed and breakfast. $350,000 *REDUCED* 20± Ac Horse Property, Pomerene, AZ – 2443± s.f., 4BR, 2 1/2 bath, home with covered porches, fireplace, pool, 2 car garage, RV barn with 15’ covered overhangs, round pen, 8 stalls – 4 covered, shop, tack room, wash area. $499,000 $465,000 San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $380,150 & 77 Acres with well for $217,000

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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres. Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope and some elk. Ranch has been conservatively stocked through dry spell. $2,710,000.

MIAMI HORSE TRAINING FACILITY, Colfax County, NM. Ideal horse training facility with large 4 bedroom 3 bathroom approx. 3,593 sq-ft home, 248.32 +/- deeded acres, 208 shares of irrigation, and all the buildings and facilities you need to summer your cutting horse operation out of the heat and far enough south to have somewhat mild winters.

Approximately 6,200 ft elevation. Additional acreage available. $1,550,000.

year was an exceptional growth year and this year with the lakes filling should be a good irrigation year as well. Owner financing available to qualified buyer. Significantly reduced to $550,000.

MAXWELL FARM UNIMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. 200 +/- deeded acres, 170 Class A irrigation shares, all ditch system. Water comes from Stubblefield and Laguna Madre. Needs some work. $320,000.

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MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/- deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced to $490,000.

MAXWELL HORSE OUTFIT, Colfax County, NM 45 +/- deeded acres, 34.2 water shares, big 2-story home, big new steel horse barn, lots of pipe improvements, peaceful setting, trees. 2nd Park model home. $450,000.

MIAMI VIEW, Colfax County, NM 80 +/- deeded acres with 80 water shares, water meter, underground utilities to pad with septic installed for 3 bedroom home, all located ¼ mile off highway on fenced off dedicated easement elevated building site with MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. large enclosed barn. Would suit a camper for the 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 Class A irrigation shares, 2 summer or building a dream home. Excellent views. center pivots, nice sale barn, 100 hd feedlot. Last $260,000.

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Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 ac deeded, 260,000 ac BLM/State Lease. 11,500 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 17 wells, 2 pumps on CAP canal. $875,000. Con Englehorn

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Hunt Valley Ranch: 1,173 deeded acres & 320 acres private lease with cowboy house and irrigation well for small pasture and orchard. Located 12 miles NW of St. Johns, AZ. $595,000. Traegen Knight

Mexico, south of Highway 380 and west of the Malpais. The ranch is comprised of 640.0 Deeded Acres, 961.40 State Lease Acres and 11,246.0 BLM Lease Acres. Grazing capacity is set at 175 animal units year-long. Watered by three wells and pipelines. Camp house and working pens. Price: $1,500,000

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GATO MOUNTAIN RANCH: High desert recreation hunting ranch with excellent improvements. Wildlife includes elk, mule deer, bear and lion. Well suited as a corporate retreat with accommodations for at least 34 people.

389 deeded acres along with 2,602 BLM lease acres with a grazing permit for 33 AU’s. Numerous horseback and ATV trails. Owners willing to split the deeded acreage. For more information go to www.ranchesnm.com.

Price: $2,800,000

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C6 Ranch: Sonoita/Patagonia AZ. 165 head, 45 acres deeded, 8700 acres forest lease great water, good improvements. $725,000. Sam Hubbell-Tom Hardesty

Tres Alamos Ranch/Farm, Benson AZ: 668 acres deeded W/200 irrigated, shallow water, 3 Pivots, present owners running 200 head yearlong. Priced at $2,250,000.

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Rogers Lake: 80 acres SW Flagstaff, adjacent summer leases may be available to sublease. $1,600,000.

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Price Canyon Ranch: 191 head Guest Ranch in SE AZ. Great improvements. $2,950,000. Walter Lane

Phoenix Con Englehorn Kyle Conway 602-258-1647 Cottonwood Andy Groseta Paul Groseta 928-634-8110 Sonoita Sam Hubbell Tom Hardesty Sandy Ruppel 520-609-2546 Tucson Walter Lane Trey Champie Vince Hutson 520-792-2652 St. Johns Traegen Knight 928-524-3740

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ARIZONA RANCH FOR SALE Seven Lazy E Ranch

30 miles SE of Willcox. Elevation 4300 ‘ MSL. 1335 Acres Deeded, 2197 State Lease 80 Acres BLM Lease.

3 wells, electric, gas. 8 pastures have water. Includes nearby custom Santa Fe Style house. $1,995,885 MLS 21608523

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CHIVAS ROAD located in Deming, NM 125+/- Acres with underground water rights, 2 wells & cement ditches, 25+/- additional acres for pasture land. Priced at $325,000

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RIVER RANCH: Located in central Apache County, Arizona, northwest of St. Johns the property includes 1,280 deeded acres with 320 acres BLM grazing lease for 20 animal units yearlong. The Little Colorado River (locally ephemeral) is located along one mile of the deeded land. There is one livestock well on the property with a small set of corrals. This is a nice, private and secluded gentlemen’s ranch with good winter browse and spring season grasses. Price $675,000 OLD GREER PLACE: St. Johns, Arizona. The ranch is located directly west of the town of St. Johns. US Highway 180 runs through the center of the ranch. Deeded land includes numerous live water springs and sub-irrigated meadow lands adjacent to the Big Hollow Wash. There is a total of 1,330 deeded acres with an additional 1,300 acres Arizona State Lease and the ranch will run approximately 35 animal units yearlong. Price $735,000

HUNT VALLEY RANCH: 12 miles Northwest of St. Johns in Apache County, Arizona, includes 1,173 deeded acres with 320 additional acres of private lease for 23 animal units yearlong. The property includes an older cowboy house and paved frontage along US Highway 180. There is an irrigation well which provides water to a small orchard and a two acre improved pasture. This ranch is a nice rural home site with close proximity to the county seat in St. Johns. Price: $595,000

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Alpine is an authentic small western mountain town, a quiet getaway with spectacular scenery with easy driving distance to many fishing lakes and streams. The area is also located on the boundary between the famous hunting Units 1 & 27 known for large herds of elk and world-class 400+ point bulls. With the large ponderosa pine and beautiful oak trees scattering the property there is great potential for a private, secluded home-site in the pines or possibly development into smaller tracts. Price: $1,200,000 offers for a partial purchase will be considered.

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Caprock Real Estate Services, Inc. Larry D. Preuit Qualifying Broker 575.760.2775 Larry preuitre@yahoo.com Shannon Killingsworth Associate Broker 575.644.3518 kllngswrth57@aol.com 230 West Hadley, Las Cruces, NM 88995 caprockrealestateservices.com

SANTA FE TRAILS RANCH… Over 1300 all-deeded acres about 1 hour southeast of Santa Fe, NM. Paved frontage with very private locked, gated entrance to the ranch. Wells with electric, gravel roads and underground water and power to access eight separate tracts or acquire all in one piece. Terms and trades considered by debt free owner. Call Larry or Shannon.

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SOUTHEAST COLORADO RANCH… About 18,000 total acres rolling grassland. Native Colorado grasses including Blue Gramma and Buffalo Grass. Tremendous antelope. Only $325 per deeded acre with about 1600 acres of lease land thrown in. Run 450 A.U.Y.L. and has 10 water wells, 3 springs, 3 creeks and good improvements with foreman’s home, barn, pens and scales. Resting now—no livestock. Call Larry. (Licensed Broker in NM and Colo.)

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SOUTHEASTERN NM GRASSLAND… Roosevelt County 1280 all-deeded asking $350 per acre. Includes small C.R.P. farm on contract remaining for 6 years. Two windmills, fenced and cross-fenced.

Has mule deer and is in lessorprairie chicken area.

Won’t last! Call Larry.

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1301 Front Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027 800-933-9698 / 5a.m. -10p.m. www.scottlandcompany.com www.texascrp.com Ben G. Scott – Broker • Krystal M. Nelson – NM Qualifying Broker

RANCH & FARM REAL ESTATE n NEW LISTING – Quay Co. 1,600 ac. +/- of grassland in the House, NM area – information being processed! n MELROSE, NM – easy access just off of Hwy. 60 - 1,840 ac. +/- well located, watered w/windmills & dirt tanks, easy drive out of Clovis, NM. n SAN ANGELO AREA – 743.4 ac. +/- of good ranch country w/yearround creek & excellent hunting, located on all weather road. n MUST SEE! Union Co, NM – at the confluence of the Pinabetes/ Tramperos Creeks, year round live water, beautiful country w/super improvements & livestock watering facilities, 4,650 deeded +/-, 3,357 State Lease +/-, one irr. well with ¼ mi. pivot sprinkler for supplemental feed, excellent access via pvmt. & all-weather roads. PRICE REDUCED CONSIDERABLY! n SOUTH CONCHOS RANCH – San Miguel Co., NM – 9,135 total ac.+/-, 2,106 ac. +/- “FREE USE”, 6,670 ac. +- deeded, 320 ac. +/BLM, 40 ac. +/- State, well improved, homes, barns, pens, watered by subs & mills at shallow depth just off pvmt., on co. road, addtl. ranch land available adj. property. n LINCOLN/SOCORRO., NM – 37.65 sections +/- Central NM ranch w/good, useable improvements & water, some irrigation w/2 pivot sprinklers, on pvmt. w/all-weather road, 13,322 ac.+/- Deeded, 8,457 ac. +/- BLM Lease, 2,320 ac. +/- State Lease. n FOR SALE OR LEASE – 30,000 HD. FEED YARD – Southeast Texas Panhandle, close to Texas & Kansas packers. Call or email for details! n WALKING G ARENA – Castro Co. - 6.65 ac. +/-, located just on the edge of town, a 120’ X 350’ rodeo arena, ten 12’ X 40’ horse stalls. Electric hook-up for RV & trailers. Large concrete slab for dances, auctions, etc., on pvmt. n YES, WE CAN DIVIDE! – 202 ac. +/-, just out of Tucumcari, NM, 40 ac. tracts minimum, community water available, hwy. frontage, easy driving distance of Ute & Conchas Lakes. n ARGENTINA…PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS – on 176,000 ac. +/- (WE CAN DIVIDE into tracts of 1,500 acres or more) of choice land which can be cleared for soybeans & corn, some cleared & seeded to improved grasses for grazing of thousands of mother cows, some still in the brush waiting to be cleared. n MINE CANYON ROAD (paved) – Quay Co., NM – 1,063 ac. +/- native grass, well watered w/a good set of pens, located between Ute Lake & Hwy. 54. n TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY – Union Co., NM - Check our website for the Cowen/Vandiver roads 480, the Hwy. 102/Cowen roads 320 & the Rancho Pequenio all located in very close proximity one to the other, price to sell, owners motivated! n AIRPORT DRIVE – Tucumcari, NM – Choice 160 ac. +/-, on pvmt. w/beautiful home, roping arena, steel pens & 139.5 ac. +/- of water rights. n CLAYTON, NM – 2600 sq. ft. home, 4 bdrm., 2 bath, 2 living areas, located on 20 ac. +/- in Mountain View Estates, on city water. n SUPER GRAIN & CATTLE COMBINATION – Union Co., NM - well improved w/15 circles, state-of-the-art working pens, homes, barns, hwy. & all-weather road frontage, divided into 3 different farms in close proximity of each other – can divide. n TUCUMCARI, NM AREA – 4 irr. farms totaling 1,022.22 deeded ac. +/- with 887.21 ac. +/- of Arch Hurley Water Rights (one farm w/a modern 2 bdrm. – 1 bath home, w/a metal roof, barn & shop) together with 1,063 addtl. deeded ac. +/- of native grass (good set of livestock pens & well-watered). All one-owner, all on pvmt., can be bought together or separately. n SUPER GRAIN & CATTLE COMBINATION – Union Co., NM - well improved w/15 circles, state-of-the-art working pens, homes, barns, hwy. & all-weather road frontage, divided into 3 different farms in close proximity of each other – can divide. n HART, TX – 709 ac. +/- in strong water area of Castro County, fully developed w/wells & sprinklers, on pvmt. n SELLER VERY MOTIVATED – to buy or trade for ranch or farmland properties between Dallas & Houston, TX. For sale Pontotoc/Coal Co., OK – three good, solid ranches just out of Ada in close proximity, one to the other (one owner -779 ac. +/-, 1,370 ac. +/-, 974 ac. +/-), good, useable improvements, on pvmt. or good all-weather roads.

Please view our websites for details on these properties, choice TX, NM, CO ranches (large & small), choice ranches in the high rainfall areas of OK, irr./dryland/CRP & commercial properties. We need your listings on any types of ag properties in TX, NM, OK or CO.

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RAINBOWS END RANCH, SUNIZONA, AZ – 315 head yearlong, 5588 deeded acres 15000 state and BLM lease. Good easy grass country. This is a nice ranch in a very productive area of Arizona. Priced @$3,500,000

SOLD

BAR B RANCH, TUBAC, AZ – 75 head yearlong, 526 acres with 75 acres irrigated, owned by the same family since 1914, large grandfathered water right. Last large tract of land in the area. Improvements need attention. Priced @$1,950,000 – reduced from $2,350,000

SOLD

GOODMAN RANCH, VIRDEN, NM/ DUNCAN, AZ – 640 deeded, W/2120 NM State & BLM lease lands. The carrying capacity is for 50 head year-long, all improvements are in great condtion. This is one of the BEST little ranches in the area. Priced below current appraised value.

Priced @$480,000

SOLD

If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call:

Sam Hubbell, Qualifying Broker 520-609-2546

he National Western Stock Show has named John C. Malone the 2017 Citizen of the West, an award that recognizes those who embody the spirit and determination of the Western pioneer and perpetuate the West’s agricultural heritage and ideals. A committee of community leaders selects the recipients.

Malone is the Chairman of the Board of Liberty Media John C. Malone, PhD Corporation, Liberty Interactive Corporation, Liberty Broadband Corporation and Liberty Global, plc. He will receive the prestigious award at a dinner on January 9, 2017 at the National Western Events Center. Proceeds from the event support 80 scholarships awarded annually to colleges and universities in Colorado and Wyoming by the National Western Scholarship Trust.

Born in Milford, Connecticut, Dr. Malone was a Phi Beta Kappa and a National Merit Scholar at Yale University where he earned Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics. He went on to earn his Masters degree in Industrial Management and his PhD in Operations Research at Johns Hopkins.

Malone began his career in 1963 with Bell Telephone Laboratories and AT&T. He spent two years with McKinsey & Company and then joined General Instruments (GI). He was later named President of Jerrold Electronics, a subsidiary of GI. At the forefront of the development of the cable industry, Malone was the CEO of Telecommunications Inc (TCI) from 1973 until 1996. It was during this time that Malone planted his roots in Colorado and the West. In 1991, TCI spun off Liberty Media Corporation to house its programming assets, which remained in Dr. Malone’s control after the sale of TCI in 1999. Malone serves as Chairman of the Board of Liberty to this day.

Jerry Lindauer, an early player in the cable-television industry, once said of Malone, “You could put him on a panel of nothing but experts in their respective fields, be it financing, marketing, programming, engineering, technology, whatever it is … he was a tour de force. He can cross all disciplines.”

In addition to his many business successes, John Malone is passionate about education and supporting his community. The Malone Family Foundation focuses on funding scholarships to select independent secondary schools. The Denver Public School system’s DSST is a beneficiary of the Malone’s philanthropy; creating challenging learning environments for talented students in more than 12 local schools.

In 2014, John Malone and his wife Leslie donated $42.5 million to Colorado State University to create the Institute for Biologic and Translational Therapies, which aims to develop stem cell and other treatments for animals. They support The Harmony Equine Center, a division of the Denver Dumb Friends League, which rescues and rehabilitates horses throughout the West.

Dr. Malone is further respected as a great philanthropist for land preservation and is the founder of the Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation. A believer in land conservation, he has said, “Productive land is one of the very few permanent values throughout history.” In 2011, John Malone became the largest individual private landowner in the United States. He owns and oversees many successful cattle ranches in the Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico, as well as significant forestry operations in the Northeast.

“John Malone has a true appreciation of the American West, he knows the history, and strategizes for the future. While all ranch acquisitions were thoroughly vetted, John’s eye for quality is unparalleled with a straight forward approach and insight to the land transfer and the people involved. Generous, philanthropic and respectful, John embodies what makes a Citizen of the West”. Ron Morris, Director-Roundup Riders of the Rockies and Owner-Ranch Marketing Associates.

John and Leslie Malone live on a ranch southeast of Denver and have two children and four grandchildren.

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BEEFMASTERS 56th Bull Sale—October 7, 2017 Private Treaty Females Semen & Embryos

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TEXAS / N.M. RANCH: 5 Paseo de Paz Ln., El Paso, TX 79932 H: 915/877-2535 • O: 915/532-2442 • C: 915/479-5299 OKLA. RANCH: Woods County, OK • barjbarherefords@aol.com

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HENARD RANCH

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

Producers of Quality & Performance Tested Brahman Bulls & Heifers “Beef-type American Gray Brahmans, Herefords, Gelbvieh & F-1s.”

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CORRIENTE BEEF IS SANCTIONED BY SLOWFOOD USA

Red Angus Cattle For Sale Purebred Red Angus • Weaned & Open Heifers • Calving Ease Bulls

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Call us for ALL your Brangus needs!

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New Country Organics Expands to the Southwest: Refurbishing Historic Texas Feed Mill

swine, sheep, calves, cattle, dairy cattle, horses, rabbits and alpacas, as well as animal health and soil supplements.

“Restoring the Lubbock mill is ultimately about getting closer to our growing customer base and supporting the organic community throughout the Southwest,” said New Country Organics CEO Jim Campbell. “We’re extremely proud to be part of this community and to serve the needs of our customers with organic products and a brand they’ve ew Country Organics, a leading come to trust.” producer of certified organic soyNew Country Organics expansion free feed and livestock minerals in plans and use of the mill will occur in two the eastern United States, announced its phases: acquisition of a nearly century-old Phase 1: Initial preparation of the Lubbock, Texas feed mill and facility, in facility to serve as a distribution hub is order to expand the accessibility of its expected to be completed in early freshly-milled certified organic products October. This involves cleaning, repairs throughout Texas and the southwest and facility updates to allow for immediUnited States. The mill was formerly used ate regional distribution of product to process conventional feed products, arriving by truckload from New Country and is currently being cleaned and ser- Organics’ certified organic mill in viced to make it ready for organic Virginia. production.

Phase 2: CompleBeginning in tion of the mill as an Restoring the early October, organic certified and the facility will operational feed proLubbock mill is serve as the cessor will occur as soon company’s extensive recondiultimately about getting as Southwest distioning of the mill, deep tribution hub, organic cleaning and closer to our growing and production repairs occur. Target o f ce r t i f i e d production is Q1, 2017. customer base and organic feed will Once completed, freshbegin as soon as ly-milled feeds – sourced supporting the organic possible. with grain from local Located in regional organic community throughout and the heart of farms whenever possiWe s t Te x a s ’ ble – will be available for the Southwest,” agrarian-based purchase and shipping economy, develthroughout the region. opment of the Lubbock facility is an New Country Organics uses only Ameriimportant step in New Country Organics’ can and Canadian grains. plan to provide premium organic feeds “We are dedicated to growing New to its customers nationwide. The new Country Organics in a socially responsilocation will provide freshly-milled cer- ble way,” continued Campbell. “Restoring tified organic, soy-free feed to Texas, the Texas mill is both cost-effective and Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Okla- environmentally responsible. It’s been a homa and California. great pleasure to work with the former New Country Organics is already mill owners, Claude and Gerry Tatum, onboarding resellers and new customers and the Lubbock community has been in Texas and in surrounding states, and very welcoming.” is accepting pre-orders. New Country Organics product line includes organic Info, photos, video and updates can be found at feeds for chickens, ducks, turkeys, goats, www.newcountryorganics.com/lubbock

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On September 21 a Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on “The Status of the Federal Government’s Management of the Wolf.” Part of the hearing was devoted to the Mexican Wolf and the lead witness was Alexandra Sandoval, Director of the NM Game Department.

Sandoval’s excellent and informative testimony covered the gamut, from the origins of the Mexican wolf program to recent controversies, but the primary focus was Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act, which requires the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to “cooperate to the maximum extent feasible with the states”.

Sandoval explains in her testimony: Through Section 6, Congress incorporated into the Act principles of cooperative federalism memorialized in the United States Constitution.

That is, the powers delegated to the federal government are few and defined and those which remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite and extend to all the objects which concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the states.

Sandoval then provides a litany of examples of where cooperation has not occurred, dividing the examples into three broad categories: 1) Lack of cooperation on wolf releases; 2) Lack of cooperation pertaining to and awareness of social and cultural con-

siderations; and 3) the imposition of federal selves. There isn’t a real compensation decisions and objectives over New Mexico’s program in place” testified Paterson, who stated concerns and objections. then proceeded to provide example after And what has been the result of this example of it not working. failure to comply with the law and the overall Also appearing before the subcommittee haughty attitude of the USFWS? Sandoval was Congressman Steve Pearce. Pearce explains: informed the members of the many probThe constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerin- lems identified in the recent IG report, which sky identified “state experimentation” as one I covered here last month. Pearce also noted of the main functions served by the federalist there were several issues left unaddressed division of political authority in the United in the report, one of which was DNA testing.

States.3 The Service’s failure to implement Con- Pearce made a formal request that further gress’s mandate to cooperate with the States investigation of the program be has unnecessarily stymied more robust state undertaken: experimentation in the realm of species recovThe deplorable management of the wolf ery. More often than not, through its program in Catron County hurt jobs in New sans-cooperation implementation of the Mexico, risked public safety, and failed to actuEndangered Species Act, the Service co-opts ally save any wolves. Today’s hearing made it species recovery efforts, leaving little or no clear that the agencies’ mismanagement of the opportunity for the States to pursue recovery program has continued. While the IG report on terms that fit state exigencies and eccentric- was very eye opening, it failed to answer a ities. The Mexican wolf recovery program is the number of substantive concerns brought up by cover story in the Service’s failure to cooperate the County. For these reasons, I believe that a story. deeper investigation into the program is absoI’m reminded of the line from movie Cool lutely warranted to ensure that those affected Hand Luke, except in this situation it would most are given the answers they deserve. be, “What we’ve got here is failure to coopScore that cowboys 3, enviros 0. erate.” Spoken, appropriately, by Strother Martin as the prison warden. Only in this case, Grasshoppers - the next sushi? the victims are not the members of a chain That’s the headline of a recent BBC article gang, but the entire citizenry of New Mexico. about “micro livestock”.

Also testifying was Thomas Paterson, At Coalo Valley Farms – California’s first whose family runs cattle on both sides of the insect farm for human consumption – that NM/AZ border. means crickets and mealworms. On Jose Paterson explains that death loss is not Moreno’s farm in Mexico, that means the only impact on his operation: grasshoppers.

We get lower body condition scores on our A spokesman for Coalo Valley Farms says, cows. That translates into reduced conceptions. “We know that insects are a sustainable We have lower weaning weights on our calves source of protein — and while the world than we should. We spend many precious day- already struggles to feed seven billion, we light hours moving our cattle to other pastures want to try and help find a way to feed the to avoid wolf concentrations. We also spend future generations.” They tout their environthose precious hours monitoring for predators ment-friendly, closed-loop system where and looking for dead cattle. We spend time the fish they farm provide wastewater that administratively dealing with the USFWS in feeds the green shoots of alfalfa and mung New Mexico or the Arizona Game & Fish on beans, which in turn feed the crickets. reporting and compensation requests. Every No doubt one of these will soon be on kill consumes time on the ground—a couple Michelle Obama’s mandatory school lunch hours to a half day—to meet with investigators menu. and a couple hours administratively to request I’m betting on the grasshopper. Why? reports, submit reports and do follow up.

Because the cricket is an omnivore while the And those aren’t the only costs. For grasshopper is vegetarian. example, Paterson brings up the issue of As she departs the White House, Michelle employee retention and safety. Paterson Obama may be screeching, “Let them eat said some cowboys will endure threats from grasshoppers.” bears, lions, coyotes, rattlesnakes and scorTill next time, be a nuisance to the devil pions. But says Paterson, “The wolf is and don’t forget to check that cinch. different. It doesn’t run away. We’ve had guys quit because they don’t want to deal Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The with the wolf.”

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Jeff was born to Ira and Ima Moncus Ward on January 15, 1930. He attended the last two years of High School in Tucumcari where he met Ivy Curry and they were married on November 19, 1950. Jeff served two years in the U.S. Army stationed in Italy. Jeff ranched all his life and loved every part of it. He loved to own and ride good horses and rope calves as well as team rope. He worked on the family ranch and had accumulated a nice herd of cattle by the time he graduated from High School. In order to reach his dream of owning his own ranch, he day worked on many of the area ranches, ran his dad’s bar for many years, was a New Mexico Livestock Brand Inspector for seven years, was a School Bus Contractor and drove his bus to Logan from Nara Visa for 40 years. Jeff was active and among the first members of the Nara Visa Assembly of God Church organized in 1978. He was one of the first members of the Nara Visa Volunteer Fire Department, served in several offices of the Nara Visa Cemetery Association, played an active role in the Nara Visa Community Center. Jeff felt truly blessed to be able to live where he did and that his time was the best in history. Even during his illness Ivy said many times, “It’s been a good life!” Jeff is survived by Ivy, his wife, their children Brent and Gizelle Ward, Santa Rosa, and Rhetta and Gary Good, Portales. Five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and sister Sandra and husband Rogene Alford, Corona, as well as many nieces and nephews, and friends.

Kris Wilson, 38, Bell Ranch, died September 7, 2016, at the ranch after a valiant battle with cancer. Kris was born on April 20, 1978, in Portales. He was raised throughout Texas by his parents, Earnest and Cheri Wilson. Kris graduated high school from Tolar High School in 1996. He then attended South Plains College in Levelland, where he received his Associate’s Degree in Animal Science. Kris went on to receive his Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science and his Master’s Degree in Equine Nutrition from Texas A&M before attending Texas Tech University, where he earned his Doctorate in Ruminate Nutrition. During his time at Texas Tech, Kris found his Eve. God made Eve for Adam just like he made Cara for Kris. Kris and Cara were married on May 20, 2006, in Lubbock. Kris was a very accomplished horseman and cattleman, earning many prestigious titles and awards throughout his career. He started out cowboying at a very continued on page 72 >>

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IN MEMORIAM << cont. from page 70 young age. His career began in high school by winning the American Junior Paint Horse Association World Champion title in the Heading and the Reserve World Champion title in the Breakaway Roping. That same year, he was on the All American Quarter Horse Congress 4-H Champion Horse Judging Team. Then in his own collegiate career he was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association World Champion Horse Judging Team. During his time as a Professor with Texas Tech, he coached the All American Quarter Horse Congress Collegiate World Champion Horse judging team.

In addition, Kris founded the first Intercollegiate Ranch Horse Team Program. He has been an active member and on the board of the Stock Horse of Texas Association and was the Open All Around World Champion in 2008 and 2009. After fervent prayers for God’s guidance, Kris and Cara then turned their focus towards their true passion, ranching. This initially led them to the Matador Ranch. During their time at the Matador, God laid his biggest plans out for Kris and Cara. A year they would refer to as their best year of marriage. God used this time to provide

unique opportunities that would set the stage for Kris’s success. He was on the first AQHA Ranching Heritage Council and in 2010 he was the AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Open Reserve World Champion.

Taking all of his talent and experience, he began to manage the Bell and TO Ranches in New Mexico for the Silver Spur Ranches.

Kris was a cofounder of the Ranchers Roundtable, which provides educational seminars through Zinpro. One of his greatest personal accomplishments was that for the last three years the Silver Spur Ranch claimed the reserve or champion titles with their pen of heifers at the Ft. Worth Stock Show. Though Kris had many amazing accomplishments, the most important was the legacy he leaves behind for others. Kris lived his life in a way that glorified God and led others to know the Lord in the same way he did. He expressed to others that his high calling was to be a Christian and to share the love of Jesus with them. He established an online weekly devotional called Western Faithbook, which has over 8,000 followers today.

Throughout his illness, he continued to uplift others and support them through his writings and devotionals. To his wife and his children, Kris demonstrated a Godly leader

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Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Cara, his children, Grady Spur and Josey Rae, all of Bell Ranch; parents, Earnest and Cheri Wilson, Tolar, Texas; four sisters, Marsha Meyer and husband Grant, Minnesota, Tori Shauger and husband Rob, Belen, Renee Hawthorne and husband Shawn, Tolar, and Tara Gomez and husband Stephen, Hope; grandfather, Bob Essary, Capitan; parents-inlaw, Jerry and Jean Armstrong, Holyoke, Colorado; sister-in-law, Lana Stromberger and husband Brock, Champion, Nebraska and grandmother-in-laws, JoAnne Harms, Brule, Nebraska and Jean Armstrong, Holyoke.

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Beef Checkoff Approves FY17 Plan of Work Operating Committee forced to make more than $5 million in cuts from proposals

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fter being forced to make cuts of more than $5 million from proposed programs, the Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest about $40.7 million into development and implementation of programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications in fiscal 2017, subject to approval by USDA. In action concluding its Sept. 13-14 meeting in Denver, the Operating Committee — 10 members of the Beef Board and 10 members of the Federation of State Beef Councils — approved checkoff funding for a total of 12 “Authorization Requests,” or proposals for checkoff funding, in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2016. The committee also recommended full Beef Board approval of a budget amendment to reflect the split of funding between budget categories affected by their decisions.

The fiscal 2017 budget represents a decrease of more than 9 percent from the $44.8 million fy16 budget. Six contractors brought a total of $43.2 million worth of funding requests to the Operating Committee, $5.3 million more than what is available from the CBB budget to fund them.

“This was one of the most challenging years ever, in terms of the gap between the value of proposals before us and the budget we had to invest,” said Beef Board and Operating Committee Chairman Anne Anderson, a cattle producer from Texas.

“I’m extremely proud of how all committee members worked together through

this extremely difficult situation to make the best possible decisions about how to invest our checkoff dollars in the coming year.

“There were so many great proposals, but not nearly enough money to fund them,” Anderson said, “so we had to make some pretty substantial cuts, and I can’t overemphasize how well the committee members worked together to do what we had to do to meet budget requirements.

I feel confident that the plan of work we created for fiscal 2017 will put us in a position to continue increasing consumer confidence in and preference for beef.”

In the end, the Operating Committee approved proposals from six national beef organizations for funding through the FY17 Cattlemen’s Beef Board budget, as follows: Ї National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (four proposals for $27.5 million) Ї U.S. Meat Export Federation, a subcontractor to NCBA (one proposal for $7.2 million) Ї Cattlemen’s Beef Board (one proposal for $1.5 million) Ї North American Meat Institute (three proposals for $860,000) Ї Meat Import Council of America (one proposal for $350,800) Ї American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture (one proposal for $370,178) Ї National Livestock Producers Association (one proposal for $66,500) Broken out by budget component, the Fiscal Year 2017 Plan of Work for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board budget includes: Ї $8.1 million for promotion programs, including continuation of the checkoff’s consumer digital advertising program, as well as veal promotion. Ї $9.5 million for research programs, focusing on a variety of critical issues, including pre- and post-harvest

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beef safety research, product quality research, human nutrition research and scientific affairs, market research, and beef and culinary innovations. $7.6 million for consumer information programs, including a Northeast public relations initiative, national consumer public relations, including, nutrition-influencer relations, and work with primaryand secondary-school curriculum directors nationwide to get accurate information about the beef industry into classrooms of today’s youth. $3.9 million for industry information programs, comprising dissemination of accurate information about the beef industry to counter misinformation from anti-beef groups and others, as well as funding for checkoff participation in a fifth annual national industrywide symposium focused on discussion and dissemination of information about antibiotic use. $7.2 million for foreign marketing and education in some 80 countries in the following: ASEAN region; Caribbean; Central America/ Dominican Republic; China/Hong Kong; Europe; Japan; Korea; Mexico; Middle East; Russia/Greater Russian Region; South America; Taiwan; and new markets. $1.5 million for producer communications, which includes investor outreach using national communications and direct communications to producers and importers about checkoff results; as well as development and utilization of information conduits, such as auction markets; maintenance of a seamless partnership with state beef council producer-communication efforts; and producer attitude research to determine producer attitudes about and desires of their checkoff program.

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he U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced September 12, 2016 it is entering the next phase of its efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance by focusing for the first time on medically important antimicrobials used in animal feed or water that have at least one therapeutic indication without a defined duration of use. Medically important antimicrobials are those drugs important for treating human disease.

As the agency completes its work to implement changes under Guidance for Industry #213, which will, once fully implemented, limit the use of these drugs to therapeutic-only use under the oversight of a veterinarian, it is now turning its attention to ways to address those antimicrobials that may currently be legally used in food animals for no defined length of time.

Although GFI #213 outlines the FDA’s expectation that any new approvals of medically important antimicrobial drugs administered to animals via feed and water will have a defined amount of time they can be used, the guidance does not address some currently approved therapeutics that lack defined durations of use on their labels.

In a notice published September 12 in the Federal Register, the agency requests information from the public about how to establish appropriately targeted durations of use for the approximately 32 percent of therapeutic products affected by GFI #213 with no defined duration of use in order to foster stewardship of medically important antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals and help preserve the effectiveness of these antimicrobials in animal and human medicine.

Specifically, for certain species and disease indications as listed in the FR notice, the FDA wants to obtain additional information on: ЇЇ The underlying diseases requiring these drugs for therapeutic purposes, and periods when livestock or poultry are at risk of developing these diseases; ЇЇ More targeted antimicrobial use regimens for these diseases and husbandry practices that may help avoid the need for these antimicrobials, or that may help make more targeted antimicrobial use regimens more effective; and

Strategies for updating affected labeling of drug products that do not currently include a defined duration of use.

According to the FDA, this action furthers the agency’s overall efforts to ensure medically important antimicrobials are used in food animals only for health purposes as outlined in GFI #213. In accordance with the FDA’s strategy, drug sponsors have committed in writing to changing the labeling of their medically important antimicrobials used in food animals. These changes are expected to result in these drugs only being ЇЇ

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The FDA is accepting public comments for 90 days beginning September 14. To electronically submit comments to the docket, visit www.regulations.gov and type FDA-2016-D-2635 in the search box.

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MY COWBOY HEROES

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George Fletcher, Unsung Hero

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ill Pickett. Jesse Stahl. George Fletcher? Bill, of course, was the Fletcher was an unknowing participant in history. famous black man who invented bulldogging. Jesse, another The Saddle Bronc finals that year boiled down to three conteswell-known black man was a legendary bronc rider from the tants. John Spain, an Anglo American, Jackson Sundown, a Native early part of the last century. But just who was George Fletcher? Well, American (who later went on to be the first Native World Champion), he was another black man who was a bronc riding son-of-a-gun! and George Fletcher, a black man. When the dust settled, the crowd George Fletcher was born circa 1890 in Kansas. He came west seemed to think that Fletcher should have won the title. John Spain, with his family around the turn of the 20th century. They settled in however, was given first place in a decision that has been controverthe (then) small town of Pendleton, Oregon. Not much is known sial and laced with racism accusations from that day to this. Within about George’s childhood, other than it is widely accepted that, for a few minutes after Fletcher’s ride the judges announced, “Spain first, some reason or another, he was sent to a school on the Umatilla Fletcher second, and Sundown third,” to the groans of the large Indian Reservation and was mostly raised there with the Natives. (mostly white) crowd.

There he learned their language, customs and horsemanship skills.

A near-riot ensued and the head of the Round Up, Sheriff Till Taylor, The tribe adopted Fletcher as one of their own. He built friendships took Fletcher’s hat, cut it into dozens of pieces and sold them off to among the them that lasted a lifetime. the crowd. As the crowd chanted, “People’s Champion,” the Sheriff George excelled at cowboy skills from an early age and it has been gave the money to Fletcher so he could have his own championship written that he began entering local competitions about the age of saddle to match the one given to John Spain. twelve. At age twenty, he entered the Fourth of July celebration in The rodeo continued to be shrouded in controversy the following Pendleton. This was the predecessor to the Pendleton Roundup, year (1912) when Jesse Stahl, a cowboy widely considered to be one which began in 1911. In this particular, 1910 contest, George took of the best bronc riders at the time, won third place. Stahl became second place to his life-long friend, Lee Caldwell (a white man who known as the “Black” man who earned first, but won third, at rodeos was also raised mostly on the Umatilla Reservation). across the country. Stahl and Fletcher were friends and also perAs fate would have it, George took second place again in 1911, formed a stunt together where they would both ride a bronc in but that is a story all unto itself. Much has been written, and even a tandem, one facing frontwards and one back. It was dubbed, the movie made, about the bronc riding at Pendleton Oregon in 1911. “Suicide Ride.” It was a dangerous stunt, but a crowd favorite. It has been said that those two were the only ones who rode well enough, and were crazy enough, to perform such a dangerous feat. Fletcher was also known to have ridden wild buffalo in exhibitions.

Monthly Fletcher went on to win many saddle bronc competitions in Auction Oregon and the Northwest region. Folks say the only reason he was Schedule not as well-known as Bill Pickett or Jesse Stahl was that he did not Native American Indian Jewelry travel that much out of his home-state area.

Turquoise, Navajo Textiles, Baskets When the call of duty came during World War I, Fletcher signed Bits, Spurs, Antique Guns, up to volunteer with a group of cowboys from the region. They Old West and Arizona Antiques, Old Coins, Gold & Silver became known as “Pendleton’s rough riding cavalry from Troop D.” Georges’ old friend, Lee Caldwell, was chosen to be the Captain of Sept. 17th @ 10:00 am Troop D. It just so happened, that since Fletcher was black, the Army turned him down to be a member of the Troop. Lee Caldwell however, Oct. 15th @ 10:00 am stood up for his friend, saying, “He can ride as good as any of us here.

Nov. 19th @ 10:00 am We want him in Troop D.” When told that the Army was segregated, he continued, “You’re telling me, on account of the color of his skin, MERRY CHRISTMAS! the government don’t want him to fight?” It was a loosing battle with the Army Brass and George Fletcher wound up being drafted into a “colored” unit.

He was wounded while fighting in Europe and as a result, it ended his career in rodeo. He returned to the Pendleton area where he worked as a ranch cowboy the remainder of his time here on this earth. George kept lifelong ties with the natives from the area, and was also said to have married into the tribe. He became a prominent figure at the Pendleton Roundup until his death in 1973.

George Fletcher, the unsung hero of early bronc riders, was inducted into the Pendleton Roundup Hall of Fame in 1969 and posthumously into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City in 2006.

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attle Ranching represents America’s most enduring and ionic way of life. Yet, everyday, ranches throughout New Mexico and the United States are threatened by forces as far ranging as economic uncertainly, government regulations, crippling drought and more.

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■ NMCGA members develop and vote on policies that direct the NMCGA leadership and staff in their advocacy efforts.

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■ NMCGA hosts two major meetings a year with regulatory, policy and educational components for producers, as well as regional meetings twice a year. Most importantly, your membership in NMCGA will help ensure that ranching will not only endure, but prosper, for generations to come.

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VIEW FROM THE BACKSIDE

by Barry Denton

The Common Good

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t seems that rural folks are becoming less and less in numbers and significance these days, while big corporations have taken over agriculture the family farm and ranch is disappearing.

I was speaking with an Iowa couple the other day whose hog farm was sold to a large corporation. They said they could not turn down the offer, plus their family is allowed to live on the farm for the rest of their lives.

Their sons will have jobs if they want to stay there.

Some folks opt for security over independence and they feel they did the right thing.

Now they will have a good income for the rest of their lives. According to the patriarch of the family he did the best thing he could do for his family. I asked how many years the family owned the farm and he said it was originally started in the late 1800s. Times change and so do people. The farmer was saying that the majority of his neighbors made the same deal. He did say there were a couple of hold outs in his area, but they were just being stubborn. Sometimes independence can be detrimental to your bank account, but freedom is never detrimental to your soul.

After a long hard primary fight we finally got our local incumbent county tax assessor voted out of office. You all know how difficult it is to unseat an incumbent, but the cattlemen along with good citizens, and

businessmen finally prevailed. fight for the general welfare of everyone.

For the past two terms we have been In Arizona we have a U.S. Senator that saddled with an assessor that over stepped does not support his party’s nominee for her authority in levying new tax rates that President because of a difference of opinion were illegal. Yes, because the assessor tried on a couple of important issues. To make to run roughshod over her taxpayers, law- matters worse the Senator has been going suits were filed and won. Just so you know, on national talk shows discussing it and these tax court cases take years to resolve. expressing his disgust in the party’s nominee.

Even though we won the case, it takes such I understand anyone can get crossways a toll on your mind and your finances. with a candidate and decide not to vote. The Then you begin to wonder if it was all problem is, our nominee carried our state worth it. The assessor’s theory was that if the overwhelmingly. Most of the Senator’s conranchers and businessmen were made to stituents are backing the nominee and are pay more, then it would lower taxes for very disgusted with the Senator’s behavior homeowners. Naturally, the homeowners during this critical election. The funny thing that believed this falderal supported the is that, this Senator comes from a ranching incumbent. family.

The only problem is It looks like only one that our state has laws candidate this year will As we are all quite be good for ranching. It against doing this. The assessor’s initial goal would not be as bad, but aware, the horse was to raise the tax in past elections the rate on vacant grazing Senator has always slaughter market has land to ten times of advised his constituents what it had been. to vote for the nominee, almost been eliminated even Anyone would expect if you don’t like a nominal increase in them. He preached that in the United States. The we all need to come taxes every so often, but this was prepostertogether for the good of problem is that we still ous. As a result the everyone. The majority cattlemen, good citiof his constituents feel have many problem zens, and businessmen like they have been told joined together to that their vote is not horses that need to be help defeat the important to the Senator. assessor.

To make matters dealt with. “ The new assessor worse he appears to elect is unopposed in exude an elitist attitude the general election, which is good news for on this matter. His actions illustrate a hypothis county. The problem is that the trend to critical lack of leadership at a crucial time. In come after ranchers seems to be statewide. my estimation the Senator should try and Hopefully, ranchers, good citizens, and busi- convince the nominee in private, and not nessmen will come together to help each publicly, that his way might be better. How other in the other counties as well. It always does this position help his fellow ranchers? pays to set aside your petty differences to As we are all quite aware, the horse

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Agricultural universities find unwanted horses tied to their entrance gates in the morning. The United States Forest Service finds dead horses littered in the National Forest. The list goes on and on. Obviously, horses were treated much more humanely when there was regulated horse slaughter in this country. The shame is the inhumanity

to the horses caused by the ban.

Perhaps we need to band together and get our legislatures to bring this issue back up, so that our horses are killed humanely.

How about a re-homing program for horses that are not infirmed? I thought the proponents of the ban wanted to protect our horses, but they have indeed extended their suffering. I feel sorry for the horses that are overloaded into the slaughter trucks on their way to a Mexican slaughter house. This is another case of crusading “do gooders” making matters worse.

A novel approach to any of these issues would be to sit all parties down at the table and work out a compromise rather than fighting battles out on the evening news and on social media. Emotional decisions are not practical.

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RIDING HERD

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e’re so full of ourselves. chuck line.”

There’s no better sign that we Sterilized: “The cow-person, or person are falling apart than the current of cow, was residentially challenged, state of the language in this country. We vehicularly housed and in the resource used to live in far simpler times where we extraction industry. He was a multi-slacker said what we meant and meant what we who had been long term unemployed said. We took a writing style that was col- who was non-retained, de-recruited, tranorful and interesting and have sterilized it sitioned, involuntarily separated, and to the point that a cowboy, cowpuncher non-renewed. He suffered from a workor saddle stiff is now “a temporary force correc tion and cur tailed member of the bovine management redundancies in the human resource area. workforce.”

As a result he was vocationally relocated No wonder we don’t understand each as part of a vocational reassessment and other any more, we’re not speaking the workforce correction.” same language. We took words that were Cowboy: “It’s so dry bushes are chasing one syllable, funny and clear and made dogs and cowboys are wearing Bermuda them saturnine, multi-syllabic, imperspic- shorts.” uous and obfuscated. For example, here’s Sterilized: “We are in a water deficit how a cowboy might have talked 50 years situation and oppressed members of the ago and the PC carbon-based life form’s workforce and agrarian product care speversion. cialists are choosing a clothing optional Cowboy: “He had more grease on him lifestyle.” than on the tablecloth at the Ptomaine Cowboy: “She was more nervous than Sally’s Greasy Spoon. He was born so ugly a one-bagger, dried up cow with a buckhis mother had to breastfeed him with a toothed calf.” slingshot. Flies wouldn’t even land on him.

Sterilized: “She had personal dryness He also suffered from Dunlap Disease... his issues.” belly done-lapped over his belt buckle.”

Cowboy: “The calves are trying to Sterilized: “He was a differently-sized breed cows. Don’t you think it’s time we nutritional overachiever with a protruding castrated them?” liquid grain storage facility that caused Sterilized: “As per our integratwomen to have female sexual arousal ed-age-management program it’s time to disorder.” perform gender reassignment surgery on Cowboy: “The cowpoke was riding the the monogamously challenged pubes-

cent bovine quadrupeds before they have gender identity issues.”

Cowboy: “That old hussy is off her feed and is crazier than a rained-on rooster. I’d have a gun handy if I was you when you go to load up to take her to the slaughterhouse.”

Sterilized: “Be very careful around that immunologically naive, calendar-challenged cow with no dental appliances when you try to load her up to take her to the processing facility. Due to gastric distress and irritable bowl syndrome she is in an altered state which could result in a negative patient/caregiver outcome. For your safety have a paramilitary assault weapon accessible.”

Cowboy: “After a year of sleeping in a flea trap dugout all by his lonesome north of Winnemucca, burning cow chips for heat, the cowpoke sought the company of a soiled dove.”

Sterilized: “Departing his physically defective dwelling unit with limited service lodging, burning bio-solids for warmth, he sought the companionship of a horizontally accessible, previously enjoyed companion who was a low cost provider of seductive services.”

Cowboy: “All that brand-blotching rustler needs is a short cord and a long drop. Then you can put his worthless carcass in a trunk and bury him in the bone orchard.”

Sterilized: “In the event that the guest worker has an unanticipated adverse reaction to hemp, the government will pay for his bio-containment apparatus and burial in the memory garden.”.

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he American Hereford Association partnered with Allflex to release Tissue Sampling Units as a new method for producers to collect herd DNA samples on Sept. 1.

Similar to bloodcards, TSUs can be used at any point in an animal’s life, but offer a reduced-stress option since the procedure can be done while tagging, rather than adding an additional step to pull blood or hair.

TSUs also provide a clean sample that is efficient to process.

“Because of technology advancements, we know how to collect DNA without destroying the sample, “said Shane Bedwell, AHA director of breed improvement. “A sample can be acquired from the solution while leaving the tissue sample intact.”

The procedure to capture a TSU is very similar to adding an ear tag in a calf: load the TSU in the tissue sampling applicator and insert it into the calf’s ear. The tissue sample will be in the TSU upon release.

A TSU can be purchased through AHA for $2. A customizable five-digit alphanumeric Allflex tag and TSU unit can also be purchased together for $3.75/unit. Order forms can be found at Hereford.org on the herd management tools page in the education center. Order forms may be returned to AHA by email, fax or mail.

“The main advantage of TSUs is that they can be stored for a lifetime in a freezer, which provides the luxury of submitting the sample whenever you want,” Bedwell said. “TSUs are very proactive and using them is a pretty cheap insurance policy.”

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New Trich Regulations Proposed

by Ralph Zimmerman, DVM New Mexico State Veterinarian

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’m making my way through my sixth week as your state veterinarian. It has been fast and furious, and I’m amazed at the amount of activity and information that makes it my way. I’m learning about statutes, the industries I represent, the different partners we work with, cooperative agreements and much, much more. Through it all, I am honored to represent you. I do understand public service and everyone will receive equal treatment and opportunity. My door is always open, and I hope you will take the opportunity to share ideas in a non-adversarial way.

The New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB) recently held a public meeting and an important topic on the agenda, was to discuss the proposed changes to the ”trich” regulations (amendments to NMAC 21.30.6, Section 11). These changes were formulated and presented by the trich committee, a working group comprised of producers, veterinary practitioners, regulatory veterinarians and the state laboratory. As expected, there was a fair amount of feedback; with more support for the changes than against them.

I will address some of these in this article.

One of the most repeated comments was the lack of cohesion in a region where one producer is quarantined and actively following a management plan to remove the quarantine, while the neighbors do nothing.

The majority of feedback was in support of notification and testing of neighboring herds of quarantined premises based on the results of the epidemiological investigation to determine the extent of the disease. The proposed change to NMAC 21.30.6.11 B (2) states that “all facilities that share a common boundary with a positive T. foetus herd will be notified by the NMLB and may be quarantined based on results of the epidemiological investigation by the state veterinarian. Quarantine will remain in place until testing requirements are satisfied.”

Another change deals with identifying and feeding trich positive bulls. N branded bulls may be isolated and fed prior to shipment. Bulls going straight to slaughter may go in a sealed trailer, rather than going through the stress of N branding.

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THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE

by Baxter Black, BaxterBlack.com

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ne of the hazards of having educated friends is that they are a frequent source of scientific information. Dr. Ben sent me a scholarly review entitled “WHAT DID OUR ANCESTORS EAT?” by two gentlemen well versed in nutrition and anthropology.

One of the many observations they made was, with the advent of agriculture individuals became smaller in stature.

They concluded that agriculture itself was not to blame but rather ‘a departure from a mixed diet derived from a variety of sources.’

Which simply substantiates the Coyote Cowboy Theory that says “Too much of anything is almost as bad for you as not enough of everything!”

Moderation For instance, running. Most of us have a friend or a family member fall prey to this addiction. They disappear for an hour in the morning early. You see them on deserted country roads striding single-minded along the shoulder, oblivious to the weather, the scenery and the traffic.

They don’t wave. Within weeks they become gaunt stringy creatures like wormy coyotes in bicycling underwear.

Their conversation revolves around tennis shoes.

Or take those people who breed purebred cattle. New converts very seldom develop the fanatic devotion to the cause that is part of the persona so often seen in a breeder who was born with a silver show halter in his hand. The young child

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who slept under the painting of the majestic herd sire once asked his dad about crossbreeding, and was given a lecture that began with Genesis 1:28 and concluded with the latest placings at the International Expo in Louisville!

And how ‘bout the nervous, preoccupied person pacing at the edge of the crowd incessantly cleaning his fingernails or fidgeting with his belt loops? He’s gnawing on an endless procession of matches, toothpicks, blades of grass, swizzle sticks, whip poppers or bleeding cuticles! If you see a grown man buying Juicy Fruit by the case, it’s a safe bet that he just quit chewing tobacco!

Religious fanatics, animal rights activists and political extremists have no sense of humor about their chosen cause.

I admit to being one of those frothing lunatics who has that ALL OR NOTHING personality. It’s a cross that a lot of us bear, unconsciously. I’ve tried to keep my enthusiasm in check so I can be better company for those around me, but it’s hard to see both sides when you’ve got your eyes closed.

Matter of fact, the only thing I can’t do in excess...is moderation!

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positive bulls may exist when running animals through a chute may be dangerous to those involved or detrimental to the animals. Not all bulls or handling facilities are created equal, and we want to minimize risk of human and animal injury, and limit animal stress and shrinkage. The complete rules and proposed changes can be viewed on the website for the NMLB. Not all outfits are the same and by the same logic, there are as many ways to manage cattle as there are managers. For this reason we encourage you to write a management plan with your herd veterinarian that suits your facility and your management style. Your local livestock inspector can also be a valuable source of information to match the regulations with the circumstance of your ranch.

The NMLB was criticized for being quick to quarantine trich positive herds and slow to release them. I can see how it appears to be that way since the state lab only notifies the State Veterinarian of positive â&#x20AC;&#x153;trichâ&#x20AC;? results. We rely on you and your veterinarian to inform us that testing on the ranch has been completed if the third and final test of all bulls is negative. We are in the process of coordinating with our local lab (NMVDS) on a way to flag final tests on quarantined herds so we have the information to lift the quarantine. Until that takes place, help us help you and give us -or your inspector- a call when you get the results of your final test.

Another comment that was discussed concerns vaccinating against trich. Unfortunately, this is not a disease we can vaccinate our way through and the efficacy of the available vaccine is poor. You may decrease the duration of disease in 38-45% of your cows by vaccinating, but it is not a preventative vaccine for the cows, and does nothing for the mature bulls. We must work together to manage our way through this disease that robs our cattle industry of calves, decreases fertility of affected cows, spreads out our calving season to give us an uneven calf crop, and creates permanent shedders in our mature bulls.

This is an issue that requires us to work together to resolve. Please feel free to call us at 505-841-6161. Thanks!

Ralph Zimmerman, DVM, NM State Veterinarian, 505-841-6161, ralph.zimmerman@state.nm.us

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A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 101 AC Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 93 Ag New Mexico FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 American Angus Association . . . . . . . . . . . 84 American Galloway Breeders Assoc . . . . 65 Arizona Life, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 B & H Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Bale Buddy Manufacturing, Inc. . . . . . . . . 39 Barber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 64 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bar J Bar Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 65 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 58 Beaverhead Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 BJM Sales & Service Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Black Range Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Bovine Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Brand / Carmen Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Brand Your Cookin’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Caprock Real Estate Services, Inc . . . . . . . 60 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Cauthorn & Griffin Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Caviness Packing Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Circle H Headquarters, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 CKP Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Clavel Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Clovis Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Coleman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Conniff Cattle Co., LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Copeland & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Cowboy Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 65 Coyote Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 67 CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Crystalyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 CS Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 D & S Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Davis & Sons Hatting Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Decker Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Denton Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipm . . . . . 62 Diamond Seven Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fallon-Cortese Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Five States Livestock Auction, . . . . . . . . . 26 Mike Fuchs Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Fury Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Genex / Candy Trujillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Grau Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 64 Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Hargrove Ranch Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 95 Headquarters West Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Headquarters West Ltd. / Sam Hubbell . 61 Headquarters West / Traegen Knight . . . 59 Henard Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 65 Hill Country Brangus Breeders . . . . . . . . . 71 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hooper Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . 35 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 I’ll Drop You Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Innovative Solar Systems, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 89 Inosol Castrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Steve Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equip . . 63 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 L & H Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Mathers Realty Inc. / Keith Brownfield . . 59 Matlock & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 62 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 MIX 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Monfette Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . 27, 62 Motley Mill & Cube Corporation . . . . . . . . 87 Mountain View Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Paul McGillard / Murney Associates . . . . 56 National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . 84 New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . 38 NMCGA Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 NMCGA Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 NMCGA Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau . . 27 New Mexico Federal Lands Council . . . . 82 New Mexico 4-H Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 88 New Mexico FFA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 45 New Mexico Hereford Association . . . . . 21 New Mexico Mutual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 New Mexico Premier Ranch Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . 59 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 51, 84 New Mexico Wool Growers . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Oak Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Olson Land and Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 O’Neill Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Out West Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Parker Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Perez Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 67 Phase-A-Matic, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Photo Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Power Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 65 Cattle Guards / Priddy Construction . . . . 68 Ranch For Sale By Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Rancho De Santa Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 80 Reverse Rocking R Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Richardson Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Rio Grande Scales & Equipment . . . . . . . 62 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 65 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . 47 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . . . . 28 James Sammons III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Sci-Agra Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 50 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Sidwell Farm & Ranch Realty, LLC . . . . . . 56 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 6666 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Southwest Red Angus Association. . . . . . 64 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Strang Herefords & Black Angus . . . . . . . . 24 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . . . 56 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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T & S Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 TechniTrack, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 3C Cattle Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 2 Bar Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 United Fiberglass, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 66 Virden Perma Bilt Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 W&W Fiberglass Tank Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Walker Martin Ranch Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 67 Westall Ranches, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Westway Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 White Mountain Herefords . . . . . . . . . 16, 64 Willcox Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Williams Windmill, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 62 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 62 Tal Young, P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Zia Agriculture Consulting, LLC . . . . . . . . 63

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