Nevada Rancher December 2018

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Some of my family’s holiday traditions is making divinity, a delicious white candy that my mother made with her grandmother. Another is feeding cows Christmas morning; we all bundle up and pile into the feed truck. The cattle are always so happy to see us and sometimes Dad will give them an extra bale of alfalfa.

This past month has been a great one! The Nevada Rancher Magazine was distributed at multiple large events in addition to our usual vendors. Those events were: The Western States Ranch Rodeo Association National Finals, Idaho Performance Horse Sale, Bruneau Cowboy Christmas, Oregon Cattlemen’s Association Convention, Nevada Cattlemen’s Association Convention, and California Cattlemen’s Convention! If there is an event that you think the magazine should have a presence at, please let us know!

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Merry Christmas

By Norma Elliott

The Cowboy Pastor’s Wife

Have you ever stopped to think about all the Christmas list you’ve made? One year I wanted a doll…she was tiny and had an array of outfits. I circled her in the JC Penny catalog and left it open for my parents to see. I just knew they saw all my subtle hints. But when Christmas Eve rolled around I opened every last gift and she was nowhere to be found. I couldn’t believe it…what happened? All my planning was useless.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I got some really cool stuff. I got this doll that threw a ball. It’s odd to think of it now but her arms would slowly mechanically descend until it hit a certain click and then suddenly they would violently spring up and the ball would be tossed in the air. It’s not that I needed a doll that would toss me a ball, I wasn’t an only child. There were five kids in all and I needed no one to toss me a ball…I’ve been dodging balls all my school aged life. What were they thinking? I wasn’t allowed to cry about not getting a ‘certain” gift, that would be ungrateful and highly frowned upon. I happily…”faked happily”…

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climbed in my dad’s lap and hugged his neck, thanking him for the doll.

I went to my room and cried and ripped out the page from the catalog.

Maybe next year.

That JCPenny Christmas catalog was part of our tradition. Every year it arrived in the mail and us kids would lay on the floor turning each page…almost destroying it as we’d each pick out what we wanted. Mom would holler from her dinner preparations to remind us to take care of the catalog, like it was some family heirloom that we shouldn’t destroy.

That catalog was our only shopping experience, as mom didn’t dare take us five kiddos into a major department store around Christmas time. It’s not that we weren’t well behaved, because if we weren’t, we would have to answer to a wooden spoon, tucked away like a secret weapon in my mothers purse, or a woopin’ from dad when he got home…misbehaving in a store with my mother wasn’t an option. It just that my mother had other things to do and shopping with kids wasn’t one of them.

I look back on this time and think how life was so different. So many commercials and easy access to whatever we want now adays. I think about the treasure of that catalog, that no longer is a staple in the homes of families. My have times have changed. Most of all I think about my childhood and think how very blessed we were. The good times we had together, like loading up to go to my Uncle’s house to share a big family meal. Playing games with my cousins in the dirt field behind the house…it all makes me a little sentimental. That’s what it should do…Christmas should remind of things that really matter. It wasn’t the catalog itself that makes me smile, it’s the thought of my brothers, sisters, and myself laying in the floor looking through the pages together. It’s the smell of a delicious meal being cooked and my dad coming through the door after work to hug each of us. And he says…”oh, I see the catalog came in the mail today.”

I don’t know about you, but traditions, no matter how big or small are what really impact us as a family. It’s the building blocks of the things that will make us smile in years to come. Traditions are the glue that connect us.

We have new traditions in our family, as things have changed in the years when I was a child. They include cutting down our own Pinon Pine here at the ranch, it includes reading the Christmas Story of Christ in Luke, and it also includes a family meal around an old wooden table that my dad built.

To me…I’d like to trade those days sometimes for the ones I had as a kid.

I’d like to slow down the pace and offer a catalog to our grandson. I’d like to see him lay on the floor and see all it’s shiny pages but I’d like most of all to see the simplicity of Christmas come back to us as a society. I’d like December to be more family gatherings and playing in big pastures, rather than another event on the calendar.

I’d like to see people anxious to share the story from Luke more than the story from the latest scandal in Washington. I’d like to see Santa be just a guest and Christ be the center of the party. I’d like to see more small town churches act out the Nativity with kids that forget their lines, and donkeys that have never been to town. And what I’d like to see most of all is families laying all differences aside to love one another the way Christ loves us. That’s a tradition that will never change, and it’s one we won’t find on the pages of a shiny catalog but rather in the pages of a book thousands of years old, written just for us.

I hope your Christmas is blessed with His richness and with the gift that offers what no one else can. Thank you for reading, ….thecowboypastorswife.

Hello from Cow County

By Sam Mori President, NV Cattlemen’s Assoc.

Hello Everyone,

I hope your fall and early winter are going well.

As of this writing, we have been through a mid-term election and by the time you read this article we will have had our Annual Nevada Cattlemen’s Association Convention.

There are a lot of balls in the air!

2018 has been a challenging year for most Cattlemen in the Western United States. We have seen Mother Nature deal us many abnormal situations that range from above normal heat, below normal precipitation and fire of record breaking size. We are reminded that we are so fortunate to be part of such a resilient and persistent class of people that have the ability to deal with adversity in a way we can all be proud of. Our industry is made up of people with tenacity and hunger to persevere and prevail in hard times. These are the qualities that have made America the greatest country on earth.

This is the time of the year when we can reflect on the investment and management of our operations and make decisions as to how to move forward. I can honestly tell you personally we try to look at mistakes that were made and try to not repeat them.

That sounds like a good plan but in reality best laid plans can certainly change.

Your Association is diligently working on many, many issues that are important to us all, ranging from water rights, grazing, labor, insurance, fire, trade, and the list goes on and on. The leadership of the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association takes your interests and concerns very seriously and we are dedicated to all of your success. This responsibility is very humbling and is not taken lightly. We want to be an asset to your operations, so please use your relationship with us anytime we can be of help.

We want to remind everyone of the Silver States Classic Calf and Feeder Sale coming up on December 15th and the Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale happening the 16th of

February in Fallon, NV. These are two fundraisers that are of great importance to the Association.

Our leadership team is entering the end of our first year of serving you and our industry! It has been our honor and privilege to be a part of such an incredible group of people and we look forward to our next steps to success. Hope you have a blessed Holiday Season and I look forward to seeing you!

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John (Jack) Michael Peila Jr.

John Michael Peila, Jr., 93, better known as Jack, passed away Sunday, Sept.

23, 2018. He was five days shy of reaching his 94th birthday.

Jack was born on Sept. 28, 1924 at the family ranch near Meeker, Colo, where he was delivered by his aunt. The Meeker ranch was sold later and his family moved to Lakewood, Colo., where they operated a dairy. They milked 40 cows by hand at 3:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and the milk was sold for .08 per quart.

His nine year old brother, Wendall, drove the milk delivery truck. In addition to the dairy, they also ran beef cattle, so there was never a shortage of work.

Jack was a competitor. In high school he was a three sport athlete; competing in football, wrestling and track. He qualified for the Colorado State High School track meet as a mid-distance runner. Jack earned a football scholarship from Colorado State University and attended college for a year. However, rodeo was his real passion!

At age 15 he hitchhiked to his first rodeo. He mainly competed in bareback riding and bull riding, but would also calf rope and bull dog at the closer rodeos.

His main mode of travel during this time was hitchhiking and occasionally (borrowing) a train ride. To help pay his entry fees while rodeoing, he worked for a stock contractor out of Idaho, rode horses and braided bull ropes to sell. He later made bull ropes for his own kids when they took to the rodeo arena. Jack also periodically judged rodeos when he was recuperating from one rodeo injury or another. Jack regularly competed and placed in the Harney County Senior Team Branding at the fair, with his final performance just a few weeks shy of his 93rd birthday. He and Smoke Kayser (Lori Peila’s dad) won the event the first year it was held.

He joined the first professional rodeo cowboy association, called the Cowboys’ Turtle Association, which became the Rodeo Cowboy Association (RCA), in 1945 and now is known as the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA).

It was while competing at the Denver Stock Show he met his future wife, Theresa. She was a member of the press for KLZ radio station in Denver. When Jack noticed her in the press box, he boldly asked her to hold his dirty bull rope while he rode his bareback horse. This provided a great excuse to go back and officially meet her. Jack and Theresa went on their first date using his family’s milk delivery truck for transportation. Thus began the courtship that resulted in marriage less than a year later.

Jack and Theresa were married on June 25, 1946 at Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Denver, Colo. They left following the reception for a rodeo, where they spent their honeymoon camped out on a lawn in a dusty sleeping bag that Jack pulled from the trunk of the car, much to Theresa’s surprise. This was the beginning of what the city girl from Denver had in store with the life of a cowboy.

Their first ranch was purchased in Cope, Colo. with Jack using his rodeo winnings to purchase heifers. After his second child was born, the decision was made to ranch full time instead of following the summer rodeo circuit. In 1949, he sold the Cope ranch and purchased a larger ranching operation on Moon Creek near Miles City, Mont. The family grew by an additional five children, yet the home had poor indoor plumbing and no electricity. With the oldest child approaching high school, Jack and Theresa had to be thinking about moving closer to a school where the children would not have to be boarded out. They also desired to have a larger ranch and the Moon Creek area had limited opportunities

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for expansion. Thus began the search for a larger ranch.

In the spring of 1959, the family moved to Harney County and purchased a ranch from Burtt, Jo, Hollie and Bub Schroder. The Schroder ranch came with some cattle, however Jack’s heifers and saddle horses were sent by rail from Montana to Oregon. With the winter range located south of Burns and the summer range located near Wagontire, cattle were trailed horseback between the two down Highway 20/395. There were many hours in the saddle and Jack relied on his children and sometimes an occasional friend or ranch hand. The practice of trailing cattle down the highway ended in the mid 1980s due to the increased traffic. A cattle truck was purchased for transporting the cattle. In Oregon, the family grew by three more daughters and for the first time, they enjoyed electricity. Jack continued to acquire land and added Wagontire Mountain, Butte Valley and several other properties. He was a self-made man and was proud of his ranch and accomplishments.

Jack’s passion for rodeo was passed on to his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The family traveled to high school and junior rodeos all over the state. He could be found at the bucking chutes, helping not only his own kids, but others to get down on their horses or bulls. Jack served as President of the Western States Jr. Rodeo Association for several years. He was instrumental in establishing the first Harney County High School Rodeo in 1972, also the state finals. For many years, Jack donated roping livestock and awards for the Harney County Fair and was an avid 4-H supporter. He also served on the Fair Board and he and Theresa were named as the Grand Marshalls in 2009. Jack was also a Grassman of the Year recipient and served on the Board of Directors for Production Credit Association (PCA) for several terms.

For Jack, importance in life was in this order: God, Family and Ranch. He was a life-long member of the Catholic Church and for years was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was very proud of his large family. Jack always enjoyed his time with family, and especially loved seeing the little ones. Jack took his commitment to Theresa seriously and devoted many years to caring for her. She was always his main concern and was proud of all her life accomplishments and felt she gave up many opportunities to marry him. Jack was a kind, compassionate person and always helped those in need, especially those that needed it the most.

He will be remembered for his easy-going personality and infectious smile. Jack, being a humble man, would be the last to speak of his legacy, but there is no denying his legacy of faith and family, will endure for generations.

He was preceded in death by: parents, John and Alta: brother and sister-inlaw, Joe and Martha; brother, Wendall: sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Nick Massaro; and son -in-law, Daryl Ross.

He is survived by: his wife Theresa of 72 years; sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Sallie Peila and Bill and Lori Peila; daughters and sons-on-law, Susan and Larry Otley, Linda and Derrald Mann, Mary Jo and Lou Davies, Nellie and Scott Franklin, Katie and Keith Baltzor, Margarita and Jon White and Toni and Mario Recanzone; daughter Ann Ross; sister and brother-in-law, Catherine and Ray Tracy of Stevensville, Mont.; 32 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Holy Family Catholic Church, EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) and/or Right to Life.

Heavenly Father, I pause, mindful of the many blessings You have bestowed upon me. I ask that You will guide me in my life.

Help me, Lord, to live my life in such manner that when I make that last ride to the country up there, where the grass grows lush and the water runs cool, that You’ll take me by the hand and say, “Welcome home, your new trail begins here.”

Sammy Bill Spahan

Sammy Bill Spahan was born on October 26, 1926 on a Native American reservation in Merritt, British Columbia. He grew up in a time and place where living a western lifestyle was not a choice, but a way to survive, and it was all he knew.

Sam and his brothers would ride their horses to school every day and tie them up to the pole outside. His horse became his first and favorite form of transportation. He left school in the 5th grade at the age of 12 to start working full time as a ranch hand on a few cattle ranches in the Niccola Valley, B.C. It was during this time in his young life where he really learned to rope and ride, round up cattle, break and care for horses. At an early age he discovered that he had a talent for handling “un-ridable” or “unbreakable” horses. Recognizing this, his father, Antoine, built a shoot and riding arena for Sam to practice. He would spend all of his free time saddling up wild horses and bulls and bring them into the arena to ride. Sam’s extensive knowledge and skill with horses and cattle led him to work at several ranches all over the western United States from California to New Mexico and up to Washington.

In 1947 Sam met a beautiful wild eyed woman who shared in his passion for riding horses, travel, and for living an adventurous life. Joan was a strong and stubborn soul who matched him in grit and kept up with him on a horse. They were married in 1949 and spent the next 60 years exploring the west together.

Although Sam loved working on ranches and rounding up cattle in the rural west, his greatest passion was being on the back of a bucking bronco in a rodeo arena. When rodeo season came around, nothing could keep him from riding; it was in his blood.

During the season he would enter as many rodeos as he possibly could, driving thousands of miles following the rodeo from town to town. One night he might be riding saddle bronc at a rodeo in California and the next night riding a bull at a rodeo in Arizona. At times like this Sam and Joan would pack up as soon as he got his winnings from that night’s

ride and Joan would drive through the night while Sam would sleep and rest up for the next day’s event. Over his career, Sam entered and placed in countless rodeos; there were too many to remember. His events were bareback, bull riding, and his favorite saddle-bronc. Unfortunately he never kept a comprehensive list, but just to name a few: In 1948 he was crowned the northwest bronc-riding champion at the Pendleton Roundup in Washington, in 1953 he won in bronc riding in Centralia, WA and again in 1954 in Falkland, B.C. He was crowned saddle bronc-riding champion for three years in a row (from 1959-61) in Prescott, AZ and in 1968 once again he won for saddle bronc at the Indian Rodeo in Fallon, NV. Sam won the bull riding championship in Candlestick Park in San Francisco in 1968.

As much as Sam loved to travel and chase the rodeo he was drawn to Winnemucca and finally settled down. Winnemucca became his final home. Up until the end, Sam lived the life from his youth: he kept and cared for three horses, a clowder of cats and his dog.

Any day of the week, Sam could be found shoeing his horses, building fence, repairing old saddles, helping a friend doctor an injured animal, playing a game of pool or grabbing a bite to eat with an old riding buddy at the Winnemucca Inn. If it was spring time he could be found branding the new calves on any one of the local ranches.

Living a western lifestyle was more than hard, but it is what Sam has loved and all he has ever wanted to know. This way of life brought him severe injury, unimaginable pain, and great loss, but it also brought the thrills of winning a championship, boundless love, and an incredible life worth celebrating.

Sam passed away surrounded by friends and family on September 30th, 2018 at the age of 91. Upon his passing, he was greeted by his wife, Joan, who has waited 9 years, his parents, 10 siblings, his son, countless friends and generations of ancestors. He will be missed daily by his sister and brother, 11 children, nieces, nephews, and generations of grandkids, great grandkids and great-great grandkids as well as all who knew him.

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Santa Claus A savvy, equal opportunity employer!

By Jennifer Whiteley Nevada Rancher Magazine

The North Pole— Today, reindeer are the only domesticated deer in the world. Reindeer in northern Fennoscandia (northern Norway, Sweden and Finland) as well in the Kola Peninsula in Russia, are all semi-wild domestic reindeer. Domesticated reindeer are mostly found in northern Fennoscandia and Russia, with a herd of approximately 150–170 reindeer living around the Cairngorms region in Scotland. The last remaining wild tundra reindeer in Europe are found in portions of southern Norway. In Finland, there are about 6,000 reindeer herders, most of whom keep small herds of less than 50 reindeer to raise additional income. Reindeer herding is of central importance for the local economies of small communities in sparsely populated rural Lapland. Typically, reindeer are raised for their meat, hides, antlers and, to a lesser extent, for milk and transportation.

Some reindeer are mostly used as draft animals commonly for tourist entertainment and races. The use of reindeer for transportation is common among the nomadic peoples of northern Russia. Although a sled drawn by 20 reindeer will cover no more than 12–16 miles a day, compared to 4–6 miles on foot, 43–49 miles by a dog sled loaded with cargo and 93–112 miles by a dog sled without cargo, it has the advantage that the reindeer will discover their own food, while a pack of 5–7 sled dogs requires 22–31 pounds of fresh fish a day.

The use of reindeer as semi-domesticated livestock in Alaska was introduced in the late 19th century by the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service as a

“More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donner and Blitzen!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!” Excerpt from A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore.

means of providing a livelihood for Native peoples there. Reindeer were imported first from Siberia and later also from Norway. A regular mail run in Wales, Alaska, used a sleigh drawn by reindeer.

How do you tell if Santa’s reindeer are cows or bulls? According to experts, it’s all in the horns. Male reindeer shed their antlers at the end of the mating season in early December, while females sport their thinner antlers throughout the winter. Expectant mothers retain their antlers until calves are birthed in the spring. This allows them to protect food resources through harsh weather and to have enough nutrition stores for developing fetuses. Given that the reindeer are typically depicted with their antlers intact and in good body condition, experts are confident in saying that cows power Santa’s annual Christmas delivery.

You know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph, who doesn’t? Santa’s original eight reindeer, first introduced in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (a.k.a. “The Night Before Christmas”), as well as the infamous red-nosed celebrity of song and

Left: A reindeer cow and calf licking salt from roadway in British Columbia.

Right: Jolly Old Saint Nick, an equal opportunity employer!

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Left: Milking reindeer in the 19th century.

Cheese made from the milk of the reindeer has been historically found in Scandinavia. Modern Finnish cheeses like leipäjuusto were also made with reindeer milk in the past. Reindeer milk is among the most rich and nutritious of milks, at 22% butterfat and 10% protein; however, a reindeer can only be milked for about 1.5 cups per day.

screen, Rudolph, are commonly thought of and referred to as males in pop culture. But according to science, Christmas carolers and holiday hangers-on have had it wrong all along.

Of the 40 various species of deer on Earth, only the reindeer species features females with antlers. In addition to retaining their horns till after calving, females have an edge over males in another important way. Many females are pregnant after rutting season, which lasts from summer and into the fall.

In preparation for winter, female reindeer build up to nearly 50 percent body fat. The additional weight gives them a couple extra inches of thick fat on their hindquarters, which helps keep them warm in temperatures as low as -45 degrees Fahrenheit. Their male counterparts typically weigh in around 5 percent body fat, as they deplete the majority of their energy reserves during the previous mating season.

But Santa’s sleigh helpers might also be castrated males, known as steers, said Greg Finstad, who manages the Reindeer Research Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Young steers finish shedding their antlers in February and March, just as non-expecting females do. Sledders most often use steers because they maintain their body condition throughout the winter.

Bulls are tuckered out from rutting season when they mate with as many as a dozen females in the months leading up to December. That leaves them depleted and too lean to pull a sleigh or sled through heavy snows, Finstad said.

Bulls or cows, Santa was wise to select reindeer to pull his sleigh. These antlered deer are used to the cold. They live in Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and Russia, where they graze on tundra plants. While Santa must bundle himself beneath a red-velvet suit, his reindeer are naturally covered with hollow hairs that trap in air and keep them well-insulated. Also, their circulatory systems keep the cooler blood in the reindeer’s limbs from drawing heat from the warm blood in their core body. They can see in the ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum, something humans can’t do. This special vision ability is useful when the sun is low on the horizon during Christmas season with lots of light scattering from the atmosphere. In addition, reindeer eyes are equipped with a reflective tissue behind the retina that reflects light back through the retina, enhancing night vision. In Arctic summers, when there’s constant daylight, the tissue is yellow and so reflects a bunch of light back out of the eyes; in winter, when there’s complete darkness, the tissue turns a deep blue, a color that reflects less incoming light out of the eye.

Two Scottish reindeer relax after pulling Santa’s sleigh at the switching on of Christmas lights.

Above: A large bull reindeer in Alaska.

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Right: A reindeer sled, Arkhangelsk, Russia. While not as fast as a dog sled, reindeer have been used to pull sleds in remote areas.

Reindeer Interview with Eli

By Ashley Buckingham

Eli is my 5-year-old nephew. He is an Alaskan native but enjoys his visits to Nevada. When in Nevada he gets to spend time on his grandparents cattle ranch.

Eli owns his own Charolais cow named Snow White. His grandfather, Bob-O, started the tradition for his grandchildren: when you turn 3, for Christmas you are given your first calf.

Eli has had quite a few interactions with Reindeer. He was asked to share some of his knowledge with us.

“Ok, they are brownish and kind of white.”

Do the males and the females both have horns?

YES! They also fall off.

What is your favorite thing about Reindeer?

“My favorite thing about them is that they have crazy and silly horns!”

What are Caribou’s predators”

Can you tell us about Caribou and Reindeer?

“Well, they are actually the same. And also.... Oh! Yes, Caribou are wild and Reindeer are tame.”

What do Caribou and Reindeer eat?

“They eat grass and Lichen.

It’s moss!”

Can you tell us what Reindeer look like?

“Their predators are Golden Eagles, Wolverines, Wolves and Grizzly Bears.”

If you had a Reindeer what would you name him?

I would name him Nicey” Why do Caribou migrate?

“To get to warmer weather!”

For more fun facts about Reindeer and Caribou you can visit kidsplayandcreate.com

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Background Photo By: Alison Buckingham Large Animal Research Station in Fairbanks, AK

Photo by: Alison Buckingham

Top Right: Eli petting a Reindeer at his friend’s farm. It is called the Copper Kettle Farm. They harvest their reindeer.

Photo by: Alison Buckingham

Top Left: Eli when he was younger at The Running Reindeer Ranch. This ranch is mainly for tourist walks with the reindeer.

Photo by: Alison Buckingham

Above: Eli and his little sister, Emi, are part of a preschool group called Kinderwoods.

This Spring his class took a field trip to the Large Animal Research Station to see the new babies.

Background Photo By: Alison Buckingham Every year Eli celebrates his birthday at the Chena Hot Springs in Fairbanks, AK.

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Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle Newborn Calf Care Excerpted from Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, 4th Editon © Heather Smith Thomas.

Used with permission from Storey Publishing.

The care you give during the first few hours following a birth is crucial to the calf’s future health and survival. It may determine whether he lives or dies, and whether he becomes sick during his first weeks of life.

First Breath Even a normal birth can result in a dead calf if the amnion sac doesn’t come off as the calf comes out. Many cows get right up and start licking the calf; this gets the membrane away from the calf’s nose. If the cow is tired from labor and lies there, or if the sac is thick and the calf can’t get it off by shaking his head, he’ll suffocate. There’s a limit to how long the calf can go without air once his umbilical cord is broken; if the sac doesn’t come off quickly, he’ll die. It’s best if you are there to clear it away in case it doesn’t break on its own.

Sometimes when the sac fails to break and the calf suffocates, nutritional lack or a disease, such as IBR, may be involved. If the calf is weak, he may just lie there and won’t try to shake his head. If you experience this problem more than once or twice in your herd during a calving season, you need to find out if there is a nutritional or disease issue.

Helping a Calf to Nurse A newborn calf should be up and nursing soon after birth. If he hasn’t gotten up within 30 minutes, help him stand and find the teat. Make sure every calf nurses within an hour (two hours at most) after being born. The colostrum (first milk) provides vital antibodies against disease, along with energy and calories to keep warm. If a heifer’s calf is slow to get up or the heifer is nervous and does not let him near the udder, give the calf a bottle of warm colostrum. A large calf needs to be fed a total of 2 quarts of colostrum. A small-necked bottle and lamb nipple will work fine.

Lend a Hand If the cow or heifer is calm and gentle, and not too upset when you’re handling the calf, you You can help him nurse by yourself. Give the cow a flake of alfalfa so she’ll stand in one place while you help the calf. Get him on his feet and to the udder, taking care not to upset him.

Try to guide the calf to the udder and get a teat in his mouth without wrestling him around. Even though you are helping him, do it in such a way that he thinks it’s his idea.

It often helps to get him sucking your finger, and then slip him onto a teat. But first make sure the teats are all working. They have a plug in the end unless the cow has been dripping milk, and this plug usually comes out when the calf starts to suck. But a teat may be sealed tightly (especially in cold weather; a teat may have a scab on the end that must be pried off), and the calf may suck without getting anything. So give each teat a squirt to make sure it’s working, but have the calf close by the udder when you do it so the cow will think the calf is trying to nurse; if you approach the cow without the calf there too, you may get kicked.

Even if the calf nurses without help, make sure he actually gets the colostrum. If a teat is sealed tightly (as when the end has been frostbitten), it may look sucked but the quarter will still be full.

For more information, visit storey.com 352 pages; 7 x 9 ¼ Full-color; photographs and illustrations throughout Paper; $24.95, ISBN: 978-1-63586-039-9 Hardcover; $34.95, ISBN 978-1-63586-040-5 Available November 2018 wherever books are sold Storey Publishing 210 MASS MoCA Way North Adams, MA 01247 Tel: 413-346-2100

Keep an Emergency Supply of Colostrum

Frozen colostrum is handy for all sorts of emergencies — a calf too weak to nurse, or one that loses his mother, or an inexperienced mother that is too nervous to allow her calf to nurse. If you have a gentle cow that gives a lot of milk, you can steal colostrum from her to freeze. Milk some into a very clean bottle while her own calf is nursing the first time, kneeling down at calf level and keeping the calf between you and the cow’s inquisitive head.

If you ever have a cow with a large teat the calf doesn’t get onto when he first nurses — and it needs to be milked out — save that milk too.

Often a bottle of colostrum gives the calf energy and enthusiasm to get up and nurse on his own, but sometimes you still have to help him nurse.

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Complex record-keeping a snap with block-chain technology The promise of block-chain is that it reduces time, paperwork, and cuts out the middle-man Over the past year, block-chain has become a buzzword in media coverage, industry publications, and press releases for new start-ups. Of course, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have received a lot of hype, but block-chain technology isn’t all about digital cash. Block-chain technology is actually a powerful type of secure database. It’s a ledger of accounts and transactions that’s easy to amend if you have the right keys, but nearly impossible to alter once a transaction has been written. As a result, you can think of a block-chain as an ultra-secure way to record, certify, and transfer assets without needing to rely on a bank, broker, or other intermediary.

In agriculture, block-chain promises a single source of truth about the state of your farm, inventory, and contracts. Many farmers today utilize a combination of software, apps, spreadsheets, pen and paper, and memory to record their data. That effort is then multiplied when farm service providers require information and data in order to deliver on the service they were hired to perform. By providing a single source of data for a farm, block-chain minimizes the strain of record-keeping and maintaining multiple record systems. Block-chain can ultimately save time and energy in the agriculture value chain.

It’s important to realize that block-chain alone doesn’t make growers more money, but it does provide the technology infrastructure for things like digitization, automation, and tracking, all of which drive farmers’ bottom lines in modern agriculture.

Traceability and by-passing the middle-man Most of the early applications of block-chain in agriculture have to do with traceability and supply chains; a block-chain ledger could record and update the status of crops from planting to harvest to storage to delivery. The upside for large operations is a secure, immutable ledger that ensures you never lose a load.

The status of all your crops is available in real time.

As demand for organic and other specialty production methods grows, there’s a huge incentive for growers who can verifiably produce documentation of the supply chain that went into those foods. Block-chain tracking allows growers to meet regulatory compliance and consumer expectations.

One start-up in the food provenance industry is Pipeline Foods. Pipeline focuses on increasing the supply of sustainably produced commodities – such as organic foods – that can pay the farmer up to a 100% premium above conventionally-grown crops. Organic farmers must capture detailed production data, sign off on its accuracy, and share that data with third-party certifying agencies.

This provides a clear opportunity to streamline data entry and increase the frequency of data verification through the block-chain.

An additional benefit of traceability comes when it’s time to sell the harvest to grain buyers or food processors. Growers can ensure the quality of their deliveries and even manage the asset exchange, including instant payment, via the block-chain. One start-up working on integrated block-chain grain storage, contracts, and delivery is Australia-based BlockGrain. Their platform promises real-time transactions, payments, and access to brokers to help growers get maximum return from their operation.

Traceability isn’t just restricted to the crops themselves. With the right information sources and/or in-field sensors, growers can access and track detailed records about soil quality, field applications, weather, farming practices, and seed type.

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Indigo Agriculture is an example that pays the farmer a premium for an endto-end production contract. For example, Indigo pays up to a $0.47-per-bushel premium over the regular market for milling quality wheat. The premium is based on using certain products, following specific agronomic practices, and providing traceability data on the production and movement of the grain. The contract is direct to the farmer and bypasses the traditional channels of ag retail and grain elevators.

Keeping records in the digital age What makes block-chain such a good fit for these types of inventory management jobs is the decentralized nature of block-chain records. Any updates made become part of the ledger and every participating device receives the updated record. Even out in the field, disconnected from internet access, any changes will sync to the network as soon as the device regains internet access.

Additionally, block-chain can track other types of records like machinery maintenance records or status of in-field sensors and equipment. In practice, this means a grower could keep a real-time picture of what machinery is available for work, which machinery will need maintenance soon, and which is currently in repair. A grower could even give a mechanic block-chain access to update the status as soon as a piece of machinery is fixed. This is a game-changer for large operations with multiple farms and dozens of pieces of equipment in various locations and states of repair.

The ultimate goal is to digitize and automate as much as possible when it comes to agricultural record-keeping and quality control. Sensors gather data automatically in real-time so that when a grower needs information, it’s just a click away. Many aspects of this are happening now in agriculture, allowing growers to provide precise irrigation based on rainfall, custom fertilization tailored to changes in soil quality, and targeted pest control measures in response to an emerging outbreak.

Equine Colic in High Desert Country

By Sarah Hummel, DVM Special to the Rancher

Tis the season…for your horse to colic that is. Surprisingly colic horse . So get out there and break the ice early! Or better yet, drag can be very seasonal. I may go several weeks without seeing a single out that water heater. Another preventable measure around here is colic horse and then suddenly, I see several a week. Throughout the to gradually change feed rather than a sudden change. Pasture turnout western states, the months of October - December are when we is also helpful, but I don’t see that as much of a problem in this area. veterinarians see a disproportionately large amount of colic. Maybe Typical signs of colic can be a decreased appetite, looking and biting horses are doing this to make your already hectic fall just that much at the flank, pacing, laying down and getting up repeatedly, straining to more interesting. The term colic is very broad and often needs some pee repeatedly, and rolling. Sometimes you don’t see them rolling but clarification horses are unique animals that are physiologically are you see evidence of it with scrapes and scabs on their heads. prone to it. There are ways to prevent and treat colic and there are Treatment that you can do prior to having to call a vet include giving times when veterinary intervention is necessary. banamine (flunixin meglumine) at a appropriate dose based on weight The word “colic” encompasses an incredibly broad subject. In or 10 mls injectable banamine in the vein. You can give 12 mls injectshort, it is a belly ache. It literally describes abdominal or visceral able banamine in the mouth but it has a bitter taste, so you can only (gut) pain, and as you can imagine, there are several causes of pain get away with that so many times. If you don’t have any banamine on in the abdominal area of a horse such as gas, impactions, flips, twists, hand, I have had people use phenylbutazone (“bute”) and firocoxib ruptures, ulcers ect. Likewise, there are several ailments that look like (equioxx) as well. Whether or not to walk the horse really depends colic but are disease affecting other organs. Specifically, I have been on the amount of pain or discomfort they are experiencing. If you called out for colics that end up being neurologic diseases (West Nile are say, having to drag the horse by a four-wheeler to get it to move, Virus and Botulism), muscular diseases (tying up), fevers, and repro- you should probably just let them be and let them rest. If the horse ductive diseases especially in older mares. The vast majority of colics is comfortable walking then you can do so, just do it in moderation. are just that though, a big ol horse with a big ol belly ache. The most I am Ok with horses lying down when they are colicky, but I do discommon cause of colic in horses is the same thing that can cause a courage rolling as that can lead to further problems. There are other belly ache in us: gas. A gas colic in a horse can be incredibly dramat- interventions you can take but many of these are controversial, such ic, with the horse rolling around and beating its head on the ground as whiskey and turpentine, so I will just stick to the basics and you can (like when you overindulge in Christmas dinner and must lay on the touch base with your veterinarian regarding the others! living-room floor to try to get comfortable).

Many veterinarians dislike treating colic because it can be very Of all our ranch critters, horses are especially prone to colic, frustrating. Horses get better and then crash and burn over and over largely in part to the physiology or structure of their stomach and again. I enjoy it. I worked as an emergency technician at a referral intestines. The most striking difference between a horse’s gut and a hospital before and all throughout veterinary school where I was cow’s gut are the attachments to the wall of the abdomen. A cow’s exposed to a great deal of complicated colic cases and assisted in guts are anchored down to the abdominal wall in a very secured way numerous surgeries, so I got to see exactly what was causing those so things generally stay put. belly aches.

Cows can bloat, get impacAll the cases, simple or tions, and their true stomach complicated, have simi(abomasum) can even twist, lar challenges and questions but it is much less common to answer: 1.) Is this colic? then in horses. Horses, on 2.) What is causing it? and the other hand, have a stom3.) What are the treatment ach full of guts that have options? Unfortunately, some very few attachments. Thus, of these animals cannot be they are free floating and can saved despite our greatest twist, turn and get tied in all efforts, but luckily most colsorts of knots. This freedom icky horses resolve and do of mobility leads to horses great! getting more problems with If you have any questions their guts. Some of which feel free to contact Sarah Humcan be prevented. mel DVM, at 775-530-4137.

In this country around this You can also email me at: sarahhummeldvm@yahoo.com. time of year, the best preTypical signs of colic can be a decreased appetite, looking and biting at the flank, vention is making sure there is always water available to your pacing, laying down and getting up repeatedly, straining to pee repeatedly, and rolling THE NEVADA RANCHER – DECEMBER 2018 17

9th Annual Western States Ranch Rodeo Association National Finals

By Naomis Loomis

Special to the Rancher

ranch bronc riding events. The The ninth-annual Western top open and women’s teams States Ranch Rodeo Associafrom each of the ranch rodetion National Finals presentos, and the top 15 women’s ed by Protect the Harvest and steer stoppers, and top 15 ranch Lucas Oil, was held Novembronc riders competed for cash ber 1 - November 4 at the and prizes at the National Finals.

Winnemucca Events Complex Prizes included Gist buckles, Yeti in Winnemucca, Nevada. The coolers, Twisted X boots, J Bar Western States Ranch Rodeo D Canvas & Leather, Cowboy’s Association (WSRRA) continues Choice feed, custom made gear to experience solid support in made by Ricardo’s Saddlery and sixteen states and Canada with John Mincer, halters, stirrups, teams coming from as far away and custom made hats donated as Nebraska and Wyoming plus,

by Chaz Mitchell Hatz. four teams from Canada. EstabThis year, the WSRRA added lished in 2010, the WSRRA has Photo by: Mary Williams Hyde a Jr/Sr Division. This division experienced incredible growth, World Champion Open Ranch Rodeo Team: Jim Ranch: L to R Daxton Jim, Dirk Jim, Sammy required two seniors age 17 or each year growing in number of MacKenze, and Dusty Easterday, over and two juniors ages 12-16 events and members. The associto compete in six events. Eight teams competed in ranch horse, branding, ation currently has more than 700 members.

Throughout 2018, WSRRA sanctioned more than 44 open ranch rode- tie down steer, sort and rope, trailer loading and team roping. This added os, 20 women’s ranch rodeos, 25 women’s steer stoppings and over 100 event was one of our highlights of this year national finals.

The 2018 WSRRA Cowboy Crisis silent auction recipients were Pat Stanford and Josh McKenzie. The silent auction was very successful, with a grand total raised $18,000.

The Nationals Finals kicked off Thursday with the women’s long go working ranch horse, followed by women’s team roping, trailer loading, tie-down steer roping, sort & rope doctoring, and team branding. A huge variety of vendors participated in the Christmas Buckaroo Trade Show and the WSRRA Cowboy Crisis silent auction began. Jackpot roping events finished the action for the day. The jackpot team roping winners were Jared McFarlane and Jaylen Eldridge in the Big Loop, Tim Maher and Quirt Boyles in the team roping and Lindy Lehman in the women’s steer stopping.

Friday, November 2, one member of each open team started the day showing off their highly skilled ranch horses. Then the teams competed in long go events of load & tie and team roping. The evening’s performance featured a “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” theme. Grand Marshall, in memorial of Sherry Mogg and 2nd Annual Nelo Mori Heritage of Ranching Award, Tim DeLong, made an exciting grand entrance in a refurbished horse drawn stagecoach. If that wasn’t enough, the first two rounds of the Professional Wild Horse Racers Association (PWHRA) national finals got everyone’s blood pumping! Rodeo clown, Tuffy Gessling entertained the crowd with his rope tricks and laughs. In between specialty acts, WSRRA ranch bronc riders and open and women’s teams showed their talents in featured performances.

Extensive Inventory . Livestock Supplies . Pharmacy Saturday morning started with two rounds of Women’s Steer Stopping rounds 1 & 2, followed by open team long go’s of sort & rope doctoring, Locations to Serve You! and team branding. Later in the day WSRRA National Sponsor, the Boot Pinenut Livestock Supply Inc. Pinenut Livestock Supply Barn, sponsored a dummy roping contest and a stick horse barrel race 263 Dorral Way, Fallon 1416 Industrial Way Ste. A, Gardnerville for the kids. Gist Buckles were given as prizes. The third annual Great (800) 513-4963 (877) 223-5284 Basin Gathering; music, poetry and trading gear was a spotlighted event.

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Adding to our Saturday activhotels, Winnemucca Inn and Winners ities, Runnin’ 4 the Money, Inn Casino. produced by Sheena Hansen, added a barrel racing in the The 2018 Western States Ranch neighboring arena. Afternoon Rodeo World rodeo action featured jackChampions are as follows: pot family branding won by Jaylen Eldridge, Dusty EasterWorld Champion Women’s Steer day, Casey Brunson and Bailey Stopper: Bailey Corkill Bachman.. As the sun was going down, the second eveRookie Women’s Steer Stopper of the ning performance started. This Finals: Haylee Lunt performance was full of Wild WSRRA Year End Champion: Michelle West action and western traRutan ditions. Featured performancRookie Women’s Steer Stopper of the es of more of the open and Year: Kate Hollenbeck women’s teams, along with two rounds each of PWHRA World Champion Open Ranch Rodeo and WSRRA ranch bronc riding Photo by: Mary Williams Hyde Team: Jim Ranch kept the arena dust stirred up (Returning) World Champion Women’s Ranch Rodeo Team: Miller Livestock Sammy MacKenze, Dusty Easterday, and the crowd’s excitement high! from Idaho Members: L to R Paul Miller (Miller Livestock Solutions), Bailey Dirk Jim, Daxton Jim Performances by Tuffy Gessling Bachman, Carmen Buckingham, Kayla Tiegs and Katie Jo McFarlane. livened up the evening’s fun.

Saturday ended with year-end and long go awards at The Winners at (Returning) World Champion Women’s Ranch Rodeo Team: Winners WSRRA awards party, followed by dancing to music by the Jeff Miller Livestock from Idaho Palmer Band, both hosted by the Winners Inn & Casino.

Members: Carmen Buckingham, Katie Jo McFarlane, Kayla Tiegs and Bailey Sunday, November 4th, WSRRA held a well-attended Cowboy Church Bachman with Bo and Kathy Lowe. After Cowboy Church, WSRRA held the short go of the national finals for the open and women’s divisions and the World Champion Ranch Bronc Rider: Chase Thrall final rounds of PWHRA wild horse racing, women’s steer stopping and WSRRA Bronc Rider Average Champion: Chase Thrall WSRRA ranch bronc riding. At the end of the afternoon, champions were WSRRA ROOKIE Ranch Bronc Rider of the Finals: Wes Aragon crowned with Gist Silver buckles, Twisted X boots, Yeti coolers, homeWSRRA Year End Champion: Justin Quint made headstalls by Ricardo’s Saddlery with Mincer Silversmith WSRRA WSRRA ROOKIE Ranch Bronc Rider of the YEAR: Wes Aragon conchos, J Bard D Canvas & Leather deluxe bags, Cowboy’s Choice bag of feed and silver stirrups by Weber Stirrups.

8 Seconds Whiskey Tour Stop Champion: Joel Baer The United States Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard has repre8 Seconds Whiskey Tour Stop Res. Champion: Justin Quint sented the Marine Corps in events across the United States for the last 51 years. This year, the WSRRA was honored to have the United States WSRRA Scholarship Ranch Bronc Rider Champion: Cooper Trindle Mounted Color Guard at all four of our performances. The Marines were riding wild palomino mustangs, adopted from the Bureau of Land ManALL AROUND COWGIRL: Bailey Bachman agement’s “Adopt a Horse” program. Staff Sergeant Esteban Jauregui ALL AROUND COWBOY: Gus King (How-Diggy) is the Staff Non-Com-missioned officer-in-charge of the Mounted Color Guard, and this unit is stationed at Marine Corps LogisTOP HAND COWGIRL: Bailey Bachman tics Base, in Barstow, California.

TOP HAND COWBOY: Dirk Jim The WSRRA scholarship fundraiser featured a pair of custom crafted Jr/Sr Top Hands: Isaac Mori and Garrett Brown spurs graciously donated by Mincer Silversmith, a Chaz Mitchell Custom 100X hat, and a Henry rifle. The custom made spurs was won by Nick ALL AROUND RANCH HORSE – OPEN: Tj Thompson Merritt, the Chaz Mitchell hat was won by Koedy Florence and the rifle ALL AROUND RANCH HORSE – WOMENS: was won by Bubba Patty. Thank you to all that purchased raffle tickets, Carmen Buckingham we sold over 800 raffle tickets.

Jr/Sr Ranch Horse: Cash Trexler Congratulations to all the contestants not just the winners. First time visitors to the event were totally impressed with the quality of the comSTOCK CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR: Kurtis Keoppen petition and the stock. A huge thank you to all the office help, chute BRONC OF THE YEAR SELECTED BY JUDGES: Burro Taco – Jess Jones help, announcers, judges, vendors and stock contractors.

PICK UP MEN OF THE YEAR: Brandon Clark The WSRRA wouldn’t be around without the help of our sponsors HIGH AVERAGE CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR (Based on top 5 Horses): King and major supporters which include: our premier sponsor Protect the Rodeo Co. Harvest and Lucas Oil. Thank you to the Winnemucca WVCA Board, Ram Trucks/Ram Rodeo, Boot Barn, 8 Seconds Whisky, Twisted X Boots, WSRRA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Rowell Ranch Rodeo Committee Gouveia Ranches, Working Ranch Magazine, Yeti, Gist Silversmiths, Big Make plans to attend a sanctioned WSRRA Ranch Rodeo in 2019!

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Weak calf syndrome presents as a newborn calf that is weak, unable or slow to rise, stand or nurse. These calves often die within three days of birth. They may be also called “dummy calves” or “fading calves.”

Although there are often just one or two of these calves born each year in a beef herd, occasionally, the syndrome can be seen in outbreak form and result in the loss of many calves. Developing preventive strategies for a herd problem may be difficult because the condition can be caused by many different factors, some of which are too late to correct once the syndrome is noticed.

Weak Calf Syndrome Ag Animal Health Spotlight Courtesy of WA State University Veterinary Medicine Extension

Courtesy Photo: Calves enjoying the Great Basin sunshine

Possible Reasons for Weak Calf Syndrome From research, a list of possible causes or factors associated with weak newborns: • Bad weather (cold and/or wet) resulting in hypothermia (low body temperature)

• Poor nutrition for cows in late gestation (thin cows) • BVD infection • Calf involved in a dystocia (difficult calving) • White Muscle Disease (Selenium deficiency) • Leptospirosis • Trauma to the calf (being stepped on or laid upon) • Age of the cow – higher incidence in calves born to heifers and very old cows • Higher incidence in the Western United States

Bad weather Severe winter weather (cold and/or wet) is an added stress on pregnant cows soon to calve. This added stress can directly reduce cow immunity. Lower feed intake during severe weather can further decrease immunity and result in weight loss. Under these conditions parasite load (lice and worms) can increase, further compromising the cow. Combining these factors can result in the cow taking a longer time to push the calf out during delivery, resulting in a weaker calf at birth. Such calves born in cold (less than 50F) and wet conditions may develop low body temperature and not have the energy to stand to suckle.

Cow nutrition Weak calf syndrome has been associated with low energy and protein nutrition in late pregnant cows. Researchers from the University of Idaho studied 19 herds to identify the role that pre-calving nutrition might play in “weak calf syndrome” and found the problem was associated with the amount of protein consumed by the cow during the last 60 days of pregnancy. Cows eating hay containing more than 10 percent crude protein had no problems with weak calf syndrome but cows eating hay with less than 10 percent crude protein had an average of 8.5 percent weak calves.

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Calves born to protein-deficient cows cannot generate body heat as well after birth. Therefore, during the last two months of gestation cows should receive at least 2 pounds of protein per head per day to reduce the incidence of weak calves. Energy in the diet of cows also seems to be important because calves born to thin cows are at increased risk of weak calf syndrome.

Cow body condition is frequently used as an indicator of energy balance. The following table shows the impact of cow body condition score at calving on calf time to standing after birth, colostrum production, and immune function (IgG or immunoglobulins in the colostrum).

BVD Infection BVD virus is often found in herds experiencing weak calf syndrome outbreaks. BVD infection of the cow during gestation can cause abortion and/or deformities in the calf (domed head, little eyes, cataracts, or sparse hair coat). If the cow is infected 40-140 days of gestation the calf can become persistently infected and may be weak or poor-doing after birth.

Dystocia A calf involved in a difficult birth undergoes more stress but also can become hypoxic (low oxygen levels) which can result in neonatal acidosis. Acidosis results in a weak calf and if not corrected, can result in death. Calves involved in dystocia may die soon after birth. If they do happen to suckle, they don’t absorb maternal antibodies from colostrum as well, making them more susceptible to scours and pneumonia later in life.

birth but is not as effective as supplementing pregnant cows prior to calving.

Consult with your veterinarian for specific recommendations.

Evaluate protein and energy in the ration.

Work with your veterinarian or nutritionist to determine if cows are receiving adequate protein and energy. Evaluate body condition of the cows. Addressing deficiencies may reduce ‘weak calf’ problems in cows due to calve in the next couple of months.

White muscle disease White muscle disease is caused by selenium deficiency due to deficient soils in which forages grow. If pregnant cows are deficient, calves may be born with a weak heart or muscles and die soon after birth.

What can I do to prevent Weak Calf Syndrome in the next calving season?

Leptospirosis In one study, leptospira bacteria were found in a number of weak-born calves. However, a good association has not yet been established.

eating deficient forages. Consider testing the herd for BVD to identify and

Age of the cow First-calf heifers and very old cows are more likely to have weak calves. For both age groups, nutrition is likely to be the underlying reason – heifers are still growing when they are pregnant and if deficient in protein and energy, may give birth to a weak calf. Heifers are also more likely to have a difficult calving. Older cows may have difficulty keeping weight on.

• Monitor cow body condition scores to ensure adequate condition at calv-

What can I do if I am faced with an outbreak of Weak Calf Syndrome?

If faced with an outbreak of weak calves, there are a few things to do in order to “rescue” the other calves.

Provide shelter during severe winter weather.

A clean, well-drained calving location with windbreaks or woods will help decrease the impacts of poor weather on calves. In some cases, cows and calves may need to be moved to sheds or barns for the first day or two of the calf’s life. However, cows and calves should be moved to pastures as soon as the calf is strong and eating well, usually 1 to 2 days after calving.

To prevent excessive exposure to the causative agents of diarrhea that can build up quickly in small calving areas.

Identify ‘at risk’ and weak calves promptly and provide ‘special care’.

All calves should get up and nurse within one hour of birth. If this is not occurring, it indicates the calf is weak and may require special care. A calf born with brown to yellow staining of the hair-coat (meconium) indicates the calf was likely stressed during birth. Such calves should receive special care (dry off with towels and warming in a ‘hotbox’ or with a calf blanket).

Also, if the cow does not clean the calf, this indicates there is a problem and the calf should be given special care and watched closely. Any calf that appears weak, is lying on its side, or looks dehydrated should be looked at immediately. You can determine if a calf is dehydrated by checking the membranes in the mouth - they will be dry and tacky and your finger will temporarily stick when you pull it off the gums. A dehydrated calf will likely have sunken eyes and cold feet. If a dehydrated calf is found early, giving warm fluids with electrolytes that contain bicarbonate, with a special feeding tube, can be effective in re-hydration and correcting acidosis.

If severely dehydrated, the calf may need intravenous fluids. Dehydrated newborns likely did not get colostrum and should be tubed with stored colostrum or a colostrum replacer.

Address Selenium.

Evaluate the selenium levels in the ration or check the selenium level of weak-born or dead calves. Selenium injections can be given to calves at

• Vaccinate cows at least 4-6 weeks before calving for clostridial diseases (“7 way”), respiratory viruses, and BVD and inject with selenium if cows are remove persistently infected animals.

• Provide enough energy and protein for pregnant cows. ing (BCS = 5).

• Provide shelter in case of bad weather for calving cows.

• Have enough help on hand at calving time to watch cows, assist with calving if necessary, and treat calves.

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Tips for Building Fence in Cold Weather

By Heather Smith Thomas Nevada Rancher Magazine

Winter is not the best time to ground is to use a metal “post” to build fences, but sometimes a percreate a pilot hole. The metal post son has no choice. There are times can often be driven down through a fence must be repaired or a new frozen ground, whereas a wood post fence built, no matter what the would be forced out of line or shatweather. Frozen ground can be ter. Rodger Swanson, a rancher challenging for setting posts and near Tendoy, Idaho, created a 7-foot cold weather is hard on machinery. metal pilot post to punch holes for It may difficult to dig post holes wood posts in difficult conditions.

“The metal ‘post’ for making the through 2 feet of frost, and hard pilot hole is only about 3 or 4 inches to start that tractor, skid steer or in diameter and creates a hole to bobcat that your post pounder is start the wood post into. The pilot mounted on. People who build a post is sturdy enough that you can lot of fences have found ways to get drive it into just about anything but around some of these challenges, however, and keep going in the solid rock. The pointed bottom part winter if they have to. is solid steel about 3 feet long, and

Jason Nelson has a ranch the rest of the post is hollow, like well near Longview, in southern Albercasing,” says Swanson. Being partly ta, and also does custom fencing hollow makes the pilot post a little for many ranchers in his area. He lighter to carry around, but it’s still sometimes has to build fences in quite heavy. cold weather. “The ‘heavy hitter’

“The top has a thick hydraulic post pounders I use are like metal cap welded onto it, for the COURTESY PHOTO: a jack-hammer, and they can pound post pounder to hit. If the ground is posts into frozen ground even when Posts made of oilfield pipe, can be pounded through frost and are sturdy enough to very rocky or frozen, I sometimes have the frost is deep,” he says. be used as brace posts. to hold the pilot post in place with a bar Todd Hermanson (Hermanson as the pounder hits it, since it tends to Fencing Company, Inc.) in eastern Montana has built custom fences for 35 years and move out of line as it is being driven,” he says. he invented this type of post pounder so he could use discarded drill steel piping from “You can drive the pilot post down as far as you can and then pull it out with the oil-drilling industry—cut to fence-post lengths. With the jack-hammer type of the tractor loader. Then you can insert your wood post into the pilot hole and drive hydraulic post pounder that he invented, he can pound pipe posts into any kind of it in—forcing it into the slightly smaller hole—and the wood post will be very stable terrain—whether rocky ground or solid frost. He modified Bobcat hydraulic cement and secure,” explains Swanson.

Sometimes a person has to thaw the ground, however, if big wood posts breakers for pounding posts, and today there are several companies making these are needed—such as for brace posts or corral posts. One time at a feedlot Nelson post pounders modeled after his invention.

In cold weather Nelson sets metal posts instead of wood posts, since wood posts had to put in some large brace posts to hold a windbreak, and had to thaw the tend to shatter if the ground is solidly frozen. “I don’t use metal T-posts very often, ground first. “A person can build a fire over the spot you need to set a post, to thaw frozen ground, but it’s slow. At that feedlot, we used a pressure washer with hot however, because they are too flimsy and tend to bend. I use posts made out of water, sticking the straight wand into the ground at those spots, slowly melting the sucker rod, with wire hooks (for the wires) welded on them already. These work well frost down to the depth we needed for setting the posts. It was faster than fire, but because they go through rocks or frozen ground quite well, and they don’t bend very still time-consuming for the hot water to melt its way down that far through the ice. easily. After the posts are driven, you just set the wires in the hooks and take a pipe Fortunately we only had to set a few posts in that project,” Nelson says. wrench and give the post a quarter turn and it locks the wires into place. We often Fire has been the traditional way to thaw ground for post holes, and some people use these posts when we are fencing in frozen ground, because we can pound them put an old tire over the spot that needs thawed, burning the tires at night, so the down through the frost—a lot easier than trying to set a wood post. We mainly use ground is thawed underneath them by morning. But burning tires is illegal in most these whenever we have to use steel posts,” he explains.

“The ‘heavy hitter’ post pounders I use have huggers on them; they grab and hold states; fumes from the smoke are toxic and nasty-smelling. There’s also no good onto the post so it won’t move. I use a piece of drill stem and cut it to the height way to control the fire; wind might spread fire to dry grass, buildings, or haystacks.

A safer way to thaw the ground is to use a metal “oven” to contain the fire that I want the posts to be after they are driven into the ground. I use that drill stem over each spot. One winter, our family had to rebuild all the old pens near our calvto hold the T-post or sucker rod inside it, and the post pounder grabs that drill stem ing barn—before calving season--and rebuild a boundary fence between our heifer ‘sleeve’. Then I can pound that small post that’s in the middle of the drill stem, and pasture and a neighbor’s pasture where he often left his bulls with his cows all winter. the post doesn’t fly out and hit you. Otherwise the little metal posts can flex a lot We needed a good fence, with sturdy posts, and a good way to thaw the deep frost. and can fly out when you are pounding them, and this can be really dangerous,” Chipping through frozen ground was taking several hours per post hole. says Nelson.

So we created some “ovens” for thawing the ground, using old metal “We can grab hold of the drill stem with the hugger and it keeps the metal post protein supplement tubs. Half barrels would also work. We used a cutting torch to from flying out while you are pounding. That T-post or sucker rod goes into the fromake numerous small vent holes (about 1 inch by ½ inch) along the bottom edge (to zen ground pretty easily, compared to a big wood post. We put in quite a bit of steel fence last winter—some really long stretches—so we were glad we had the hydraulic draw air in at the bottom, to keep the fire going) and cut a 5-inch diameter hole in the center of the top of each “oven” for the smoke to come out. pounder with the post hugger,” he says.

The place we were building the fence was grassy so we cleared the grass If a person has to set wood posts, one strategy that works fairly well for frozen

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away from each post spot—a short I can still put in step-in portable posts, perimeter around each “oven”— using a cordless electric drill to make a and built a small fire over each pilot hole in the frozen ground,” he says. prospective hole. There was plenFor this purpose he uses portable posts ty of firewood handy for the post made of metal rods, rather than the plasholes, with scraps from the corral tic step-in posts because the metal ones building project. are less apt to break.

We cleared away any nearby The plastic posts have a metal tip and flammable debris in case sparks are great for summertime, but are still might be blown by the wind. The not as strong as the metal step-in posts ovens safely contained the fires— and also tend to become brittle. “My which were right next to the old son-in-law uses a small rebar instead of fence and close to our calving the portable posts, and adds screw-on barn. A small mesh screen over insulators to the rebar after he pounds each smoke hole, weighted down those in. The rebar drives into frozen with rocks, kept any sparks or ground quite readily, using a regular hand embers from coming out with the post pounder (like for T-posts),” he says. smoke.

“We do some bale grazing, setting

Our son built fires under out 3 or 4 days’ worth of bales for one several ovens and let them burn group of cows, in one pasture. You’d while working on other parts of think the cows would waste a lot of hay, the corral, and the frost was comhaving access to multiple bales at a time, but they don’t. They are quite content pletely gone under the ovens withfor several days, and when it comes time in a few hours. The wood smoke COURTESY PHOTO: to set out new bales on the 4th day you’d was not offensive for working nearby Post hole ovens thawing spots for new posts. (much nicer than the fumes from old think they would be rushing at you like they tires would be!) and it was easy to keep track of the fires. do when you feed them every day, but it’s just the opposite. I think the cows do

In places where the frost was really deep, he scooped out the embers after better having the hay in front of them all the time,” says Iversen. Some people set the fire burned down, dug down through the thawed dirt, put the ember/coals back out a whole winter’s worth of bales for bale grazing, and use portable electric fence in, and added more wood--to continue thawing the ground underneath. to give the cows a few bales at a time, moving through the rows of bales.

Some of the fires were started in the evening, and we checked on them before If Iversen wants to split a pasture or change the fencing configuration in winter bedtime. The fire would eventually go out after the wood burned up, with just a few he simply uses portable electric fence because it’s easy to create in spite of frozen coals keeping the ground warm awhile longer, and the ground would be thawed for ground. “For instance last year we were experimenting on a new calving area and morning digging. This innovation greatly sped up the corral rebuilding project, and changed the fencing. We used to calve in a big pasture and then decided we wanted saved a lot of labor and sore muscles! to confine the cows more, so we just used an electric fence to split the pasture and Portable Fencing: Temporary fences in winter can be created with portable left it there the entire calving season. We plan to replace the electric fence with metal panels that interlock and don’t require posts. Portable corrals also have this woven-wire permanent fence (that the baby calves can’t crawl through) but the temporary fence showed us what we wanted for size of the pasture. It was a good advantage.

Electric fence can be installed with step-in posts inserted into holes made with a way to figure it out.”

When ground is frozen you can still put in the portable fence, using the cordless battery-powered drill. Dick Iversen (Timber Creek Ranch, near Culbertson, Montana) had to replace about 7 miles of fence along a river bottom that experienced major drill. “Our ground is always frozen solid after about the end of October,” he says.

“The metal pigtail posts also work well for temporary fence in frozen ground, if you flooding in 2011, and another 6 miles of fence in 2016 after a fire. drill a pilot hole with the cordless drill.”

“For interior fences, we generally use electric fence now. When ground is frozen,

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Merry Christmas!

Photos and Words By Jennifer Whiteley Nevada Rancher Magazine

Lamoille, Nev.—Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love curling up on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate with the lights out, and just basking in the glow of our wood stove and Christmas lights. I hate the pine needles that get scattered throughout my house but love the smell of a Nevada pine tree. I love decorating my house and our Christmas tree, but take it all down before New Year’s Day. For as long as I can remember, my family has cut down their own Christmas tree. It is a tradition that I adore. The day after Thanksgiving, we load up in pickups and drive up behind my parent’s ranch in Mountain City, and search for the perfect tree. We hike for what feels like miles until we find The tree, then we cut it down and drag it back to the pickup.

I let my boys help me decorate the tree but insist on taking it down by myself. Some ornaments are far to delicate for little boys to handle. It makes more work for me but saves some of my more fragile ornaments!

Christmas will be here before we know it, and soon it will be 2019!

Above: St. Nicholas was a Bishop who lived in the fourth century in a place called Myra in Asia Minor. He was a very rich man because his parents died when he was young and left him a lot of money. He was also a very kind man and had a reputation for helping the poor and giving secret gifts to people who needed it. Later, someone had to deliver presents to children at Christmas, so in the UK, particularly in England, he became ‘Father Christmas’ or ‘Old Man Christmas’, an old character from stories plays during the middle ages in the UK and parts of northern Europe. In France, he was then known as ‘Père Nöel’. In some countries including parts of Austria and Germany, present giver became the ‘Christkind’ a golden-haired baby, with wings, who symbolizes the new born baby Jesus. In the early USA his name was ‘Kris Kringle’ (from the Christkind).

Later, Dutch settlers in the USA took the old stories of St. Nicholas with them and Kris Kringle and St Nicholas became ‘Sinterklaas’ or as we now say ‘Santa Claus’!

Right: Christmas lights (also known as fairy lights) are lights used for decoration in celebration of Christmas, often on display throughout the Christmas season including Advent and Christmastide. The custom goes back to when Christmas trees were decorated with candles, which symbolized Christ being the light of the world; these were brought by Christians into their homes in early modern Germany. Christmas trees displayed publicly and illuminated with electric lights became popular in the early 20th century. By the mid-20th century, it became customary to display strings of electric lights along streets and on buildings; Christmas decorations detached from the Christmas tree itself. In the United States, it became popular to outline private homes with such Christmas lights in tract housing beginning in the 1960s. By the late 20th century, the custom had also been adopted in other nations, including outside the Western world, notably in Japan and Hong Kong. Throughout Christendom, Christmas lights continue to retain their symbolism of Jesus as the light of the world.

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Below: TR holds up his Charlie Brown tree. We have specific requirements for the perfect tree. This little tree fit perfectly on top of the boy’s toy box a few years ago. I prefer something a little bit taller. Our house has high ceilings, so I like a tall tree that is full. It seems the perfect tree is impossible to find, so we often settle for a wall hugging tree. One that is bare on one side that we can hug against the wall! The best part of our tree hunting is the time spent with family.

Above: One year for Christmas I made all of my family cinch ornaments as a symbol of our western lifestyle.

Right: According to folklore, in 1670, in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children in his church during the Living Crèche tradition of Christmas Eve, asked a local candy maker for some “sugar sticks” for them. In order to justify the practice of giving candy to children during worship services, he asked the candy maker to add a crook to the top of each stick, which would help children remember the shepherds who visited the infant Jesus.

In addition, he used the white color of the converted sticks to teach children about the Christian belief in the sinless life of Jesus. From Germany, candy canes spread to other parts of Europe, where they were handed out during plays reenacting the Nativity. As such, according to this legend, the candy cane became associated with Christmastide.

Above: I love angels. At first, a figure of the Baby Jesus was put on the top of the tree. Over time it changed to an angel that told the shepherds about Jesus, or a star like the Wise Men saw. I found this angel at the Western Folklife Center in Elko several years ago and remains one of my favorites.

Right: Many of my favorite ornaments are often too heavy for our Nevada pine trees, and honestly, I have entirely too many for just one tree, so I run a bough over the door between my dining and living rooms to hang some of the heavier ornaments on.

Left:The evergreen fir tree has traditionally been used to celebrate winter festivals (pagan and Christian) for thousands of years. Pagans used branches of it to decorate their homes during the winter solstice, as it made them think of the spring to come. The Romans used Fir Trees to decorate their temples at the festival of Saturnalia.

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USDA Designates Three Nevada Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Sagebrush Seedlings get Planted on the West part of the Martin Fire burn area WINNEMUCCA, NV – Numerous volunteers helped the Winnemucca District’s Emergency Stabilization &Rehabilitation efforts by planting Sagebrush seedlings on the Martin Fire burn area.

The project started on November 5, when the BLM Winnemucca District picked up more than 40,000 sagebrush seedlings from the Boise National Forest’s Lucky Peak Nursery in Boise, Idaho. On Saturday, November 10, the BLM, Nevada Muleys, Nevada Bighorn Unlimited, the Nevada Department of Wildlife and numerous volunteers of all ages, started sagebrush seedling planting in an effort to improve winter habitat for mule deer and other species within the 2018 Martin Fire burn area.

“More post-fire ES&R efforts and treatments are still to come,” said Winnemucca District Manager Ester McCullough. “The BLM Winnemucca District is thankful for all the volunteers and groups that came to help out with the ES&R efforts on the Martin Fire” Additional ES&R treatments include spraying pre-emergent, prevention of invasive species and retention of native seed “islands”, UTV broadcast seeding, hand planting of bitterbrush and sagebrush seedlings, drill seeding, aerially seeding, mulch application for erosion control, and fence repair.

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This designation by Secretary Perdue allows FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts.

Drought – Humboldt and Washoe Counties For the drought beginning Aug. 28, 2018, the Secretary has designated Humboldt and Washoe counties in Nevada as primary natural disaster areas.

Producers in the contiguous Nevada areas of Churchill, Elko, Lander, Lyon, Pershing and Storey counties and Carson City, along with Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer and Sierra counties in California, Owyhee County in Idaho, and Harney, Lake and Malheur counties in Oregon, are also eligible to apply for emergency loans.

Drought Designation – Elko County The Secretary has also designated Elko County, Nevada, as a primary natural disaster area due to the drought beginning on Sept. 4, 2018.

Producers in the contiguous Nevada counties of Eureka, Humboldt, Lander and White Pine, along with Cassia, Owyhee and Twin Falls counties in Idaho, and Box Elder and Tooele counties in Utah, are also eligible to apply for emergency loans.

The deadline to apply for these emergency loans is July 8, 2019.

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#FridaysOnTheFarm: For Future Generations of Ranchers and Sage Grouse

By Heather Emmons Natural Resources Conservation Service

From the kitchen table to the boardroom table, the USDA brings people together across the nation for: healthier food, natural resources, and people; a stronger agricultural industry; and economic growth, jobs, and innovation.

Each Friday, meet those farmers, producers, and landowners through our #FridaysOnTheFarm stories. Visit local farms, ranches, forests, and resource areas where USDA customers and partners do right and feed everyone. This Friday, meet David Sceirine, who is protecting key wildlife habitat on his family’s ranch near Bridgeport Valley, California. David and his brother Joe enrolled 2,375 acres into a conservation easement, safeguarding Sceirine Point Ranch from future development while helping the Bi-State sagegrouse, an at-risk bird that lives at the Nevada-California line where they ranch. For the brothers, who are carrying on a family tradition of ranching, the easement made sense.

Prime Land to Protect While developers eyed the ranch for subdivisions, conservationists were eyeing it for a different reason: it is prime Bi-State sage-grouse habitat.

The ranch is home to this geographically distinct population of the greater sage-grouse that reside only along the California-Nevada state line. The Bi-State sage-grouse was proposed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2013. On April 23, 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew the proposed listing due to commitments by multiple entities, including private landowners such as the Sceirines, to continue conservation measures outlined in the Bi-State Action Plan. Although a U.S. judge has recently reinstated the proposed listing of the bird as threatened, pending a new review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, conservation easements like the Sceirine Point Ranch help ensure the birds thrive and populations increase. Ranchers in the region, including the Sceirines, are working with their local conservation partners to restore and protect key habitat, which also benefits their ranching operation and their local community. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. The ranch has 1,810 acres of wet and semi-wet meadows and irrigated pasture on the property, which sage grouse need for raising their young. Meadows and pastures are also important to sage-grouse chicks because they provide an abundance of forbs and insects required for rapid growth. Various shrub species provide protective cover for sage grouse and their broods within the meadows and pastures. The surrounding upland shrub communities provide cover, nesting habitat, and additional forage for adult sage-grouse. Conserving wet mesic habitats — places where water meets land — builds drought resilience, boosts forage productivity, and benefits wildlife. The ranch is a haven for all kinds of wildlife, including mule deer, waterfowl like ducks, migratory songbirds, black bears, and trout that will all benefit from the protection of these “emerald isles.” Restoring and conserving mesic areas is key to helping sage grouse and other wildlife thrive, and it’s one of the six key approaches recommended by the Sage Grouse Initiative, a partnership led by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to help Western ranchers manage for productive and resilient rangelands.

mule deer don’t see property ownership lines. For the animals that use this property, the ideal situation is they cross from private lands to public lands, and they don’t know the difference,” the land trust’s Susanna Danner said.

Other Conservation Efforts In addition to the easement, the Sceirines have made other conservation improvements to their land to enhance it both for ranching and for wildlife.

They use rotational grazing to prevent overgrazing and to improve rangeland health. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

“If you follow a sage grouse hen around, they like to follow the cows,” said David. “After the cows graze, the grasses are shorter, making the bugs easier for them to get.” The Sceirines have also worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to remove invading conifers, which degrade sagebrush habitat and provide perches for raptors that prey on sage grouse.

Additionally, the brothers use water wisely on their ranch. Sceirine Point Ranch is part of a watershed irrigation system, meaning when they irrigate their land, the water trickles down and benefits other ranches. “Your whole community benefits when your ranchers and farmers do better,” David said.

“Our whole nation benefits. And education is the key. When you know better, you do better.” USDA Assistance The Natural Resources Conservation Service helped the Sceirines plan and implement prescribed grazing, irrigation improvements, and other conservation practices over the years. USDA offers a variety of risk management, disaster assistance, loan, and voluntary conservation programs to help America’s agricultural producers weather ups and downs in the market, and recover from natural disasters. Learn about additional programs. For more information about USDA programs and services, contact your local USDA Service Center. JOIN THE CONVERSATION For the digital version of this blog, visit #FridaysOnTheFarm. Follow the #FridaysOnTheFarm story series and other news you can use on farmers. gov and @FarmersGov Twitter.

Conservation Easement An agricultural land easement protects land perpetually while still enabling the Sceirines to continue working the land. The Sceirines enrolled the land into the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, a Farm Bill funded program offered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The California Deer Association and California Department of Conservation also provided funding for the easement. The Eastern Sierra Land Trust holds the easement, and it’s one of the land trust’s largest. “Sage grouse and

Jessica Gwerder, a soil conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and rancher David Sceirine discuss conservation options for his family ranch.

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Investors pressure food companies to serve more fake meat A turf battle between the FDA and USDA over who will regulate cultured meat may determine the industry’s growth

By Michelle Cook The world’s population is expected to top nine billion people by 2050 — a figure that has some worried there won’t be enough resources on the planet to support animal agriculture at that scale.

There are at least 10 lab-grown meat companies across the globe that are furiously working to figure out how to get their products to market. Some of the startups are driven by a desire to reduce animal agriculture’s environmental footprint as developing countries increasingly drive demand for meat and dairy products. Major investors who’ve moved to get into the action include innovators like Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Tyson Ventures, an investment arm of meat giant Tyson Foods.

While Silicon Valley startups like Hampton Creek and Impossible Foods chip away at creating meat-free proteins that could someday feed the masses, an unlikely group of investors has joined forces to bring food industry giants on board.

Seventy-one investors worth a combined $ 1.9 trillion are working together to put pressure on the world’s largest food companies to “future-proof” their supply chains by bringing more meat alternatives to market.

Founded in 2015, the FAIRR (Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return) initiative aims to make the food supply chain more sustainable by promoting plant-based foods, while also helping investors cash in on a lucrative new business.

The substitute meat market is expected to climb 8.4 percent annually over the next three years, reaching $5.2 billion globally by 2020, according to Allied Market Research.

Jeremy Coller, founder of FAIRR, said that because members of the coalition make up a large percentage of investors in these grocery chains and food manufacturers, they essentially have the power to say, “We own you.”

The investors can then steer food companies towards more sustainable supply chains.

FAIRR has produced extensive briefings on the animal agriculture industry, in the hopes of educating shareholders at food giants like McDonald’s, Domino’s, and Yum! Brands on the environmental and financial gains of diversifying their supply chains.

In 2016, the group sent a letter to 16 multinational food companies, asking that they “explore and report back on” efforts to scale back their reliance on animal products.

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A major FAIRR concept is that large retailers have an important role to play in making meat-free alternatives available and affordable for consumers.

“We warmly welcome the fact that Tesco offers a wide range of plantbased and lower-meat options to consumers; however, we believe there is room for further progress to be made,” the letter said.

It goes on to make recommendations on how the company can improve, including giving non-animal protein products preferential placement in grocery stores (like in the meat aisle, as opposed to the vegetarian foods section) and making the packaging more attractive.

The letter also encourages companies to invest in “product reformulation,” a food and beverage manufacturing term that means swapping some ingredients for better ones, which in this case, means ingredients not sourced from animals.

It also suggests spending on consumer education to “raise awareness of the environmental and health benefits of more sustainable diets.”

FAIRR targets food companies including Kraft Heinz, Nestle, Unilever, Walmart, and General Mills.

As the coalition grows, so will the number of food companies the group goes after.

Coller, who has been a vegetarian, is on a mission to wipe out factory farming. (These large industrial operations raise over 99% of farm animals in the US.) He’s invested in several plant-based protein startups, including Impossible Foods, Hampton Creek, Clara Foods, and Beyond Meat, which sells burger patties made from pulverized beets in select Whole Foods.

Who has jurisdiction?

The cell-cultured technology has attracted massive venture capital investment as startups seek to change how the world consumes meat. How the government will apply a regulatory framework to the nascent industry — or whether it will regulate it at all — holds the potential to influence its trajectory.

An increasing eagerness is rising in the industry to get a handle on how lab-grown meat products, or so-called fake meat, should be regulated. That’s prompting a turf war between the FDA and USDA, as USDA has been given control of all food safety matters under the Trump administration.

Lab-grown meat advocates — who prefer the term “clean meat” — do not want USDA to oversee their products largely out of fear that the department would quash innovation at the behest of the livestock industry, which is divid-

ed about how to respond to the emerging technology.

Meanwhile, supporters of clean meat like the Good Food Institute, believe the alternative protein sector should be handled by the FDA. “Clean meat — animal meat grown outside of the animal — is food and should be regulated by an agency with expertise in food safety like the FDA,” Jessica Almy, the group’s policy director, said in a statement.

Almy and other boosters of the alternative protein sector argue that USDA is the wrong place for lab-grown meat products because they don’t involve slaughter, and slaughter is central to the authority the department has had over meat since the days of President Theodore Roosevelt, when Congress imposed oversight after Upton Sinclair’s muckraking exposé “The Jungle” sparked widespread outrage.

“Because there is no slaughterhouse involved in clean meat production, it is not clear how these laws would apply to clean meat,” Almy said.

However, FDA appears to have beaten USDA to the punch. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a statement in June saying that the agency not only has jurisdiction over the products.

“We take seriously our commitment to the consumers and industry who look to the FDA for important guidance when it comes to our nation’s food supply, including the pathway for bringing forward safe, emerging food innovations,” Gottlieb said in a joint statement with FDA Deputy Commissioner Anna Abram.

USDA sees things quite differently — and doesn’t seem inclined to let FDA win the regulatory turf standoff so easily.

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is so overly broad that it implies that USDA doesn’t have a role,” a USDA spokesperson said in a statement. “According to federal law, meat and poultry inspections are the sole purview of USDA, so we expect any product marketed as ‘meat’ to be USDA’s responsibility. We look forward to working with FDA as we engage the public on this issue.”

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Director of Government Affairs Danielle Beck claims the FDA is acting outside of its jurisdiction, trying to assert its authority over the regulation of fake meat. She believes the only outcome that will benefit both the industry and consumers is for the USDA to take charge.

“Just a few days after the FDA announcement [in June], the government reorg plan that came out (and was) signed off on by the president proposed shifting all food safety responsibilities over to USDA and renaming FDA the Federal Drug Administration. Talking about animal welfare concerns, sustainability, those topics have absolutely no place when it comes to the regulation and management of food products,” Beck said in a statement.

Beck says that how fake meat products are labeled will end up being a huge conversation in the debate over jurisdiction and critically important to the interest of the consumer. For now, though, her immediate concern is to settle this argument at hand over which agency has rightful jurisdiction.

“We still believe that USDA is the appropriate regulator. The law is clear.

Any meat product, meat food product, meat byproducts, should be regulated by them. If you want to be meat, you want to call yourselves meat, you should be regulated like the rest of us.”

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Second Trimester: Opportunity!

Extension Highlights Pershing County Extension Educator Steve Foster Opportunity! Opportunity!

That pretty well describes the second trimester of a cow’s pregnancy. When I first started working for the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, I can remember Ron Torell, past Nevada Livestock Specialist, saying, “Of the four biological periods of the beef cow’s pregnancy cycle, the second trimester is the least nutrient demanding.”

This means that the second trimester of pregnancy offers the best and least cost opportunity to stockpile body condition utilizing low cost, high-roughage feeds.

By stockpiling body condition we are lowering the winter feeding cost and setting the cow up to succeed in next year’s production cycle. This is a win, win situation.”

At the beginning of the second trimester (94 days), the fetus will weigh from 3 to 6 ounces and be 5 to 6 inches in length, approximately the size of a rat. Both uterine horns will be swollen and fluid-filled at approximately 4 to 5 inches in diameter.

Cotyledons can be palpated ¾ to 1 inch across. The uterine artery is 1/8 to 3/16 inches in diameter. By the

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end of the second trimester (188 days), the fetus will weigh from 20 to 25 pounds. The nutritional requirements of the fetus to this point have been relatively small.

The second trimester begins on day 94 of pregnancy and extends to day 188. For March and April calving cows (that rebred in a 60 day window), the second trimester could begin as early as September 1 to as late as November 1. A short breeding period places more of the cattle in a herd at the same stage of production at the same time -- which simplifies management. Having all of the cattle in the second trimester of pregnancy at the same time makes it easier to stockpile body condition on a herd basis rather than on an individual basis. This stockpiling of body condition can be done with high roughage, low-cost feed, provided lactation has ceased and all cows are in this low nutritional demanding stage of production.

Calves nursing cows that are entering the 94th day of pregnancy are now 177 days of age, provided the cow re-bred at 83 days postpartum. The cow has lactated for the entire 177-day period with peak lactation occurring during the 94-day postpartum period. At 177 days of age, the calf has a fully functional rumen and is capable of growth without the aid of its mother.

Weaning can and should occur over the next thirty days; particularly if forage conditions are poor and/or body condition of the cow is declining.

Remembering the nutrient partioning order of the cow? The cow takes care of her maintenance requirements first, followed by growth, milk production, and lastly reproduction. It is this order of nutrient partioning that makes the second trimester of pregnancy such an opportune time to stockpile body condition. The cow’s maintenance requirements are at an annual low.

Mature cows have no growth requirements but young cows do. If the calf

is weaned, there are no lactation requirements. Nutrient requirements for fetal development are minimal during the second trimester. Take advantage of this situation. Wean the calf and stockpile body condition during this low nutrient demanding period.

Under restricted nutritional conditions, like many of our rangelands this time of year, the smaller framed, lower milking, easy-fleshing cow is favored.

If your cowherd is made up of primarily larger framed and higher-milking cows than actually fit your feed resources, it is all the more important to take advantage of the management opportunities that the second trimester of pregnancy has to offer. If nutrition is abundant, where body condition and reproduction are more easily sustained, weight production is more important and these higher levels of frame size and milk can be economically tolerated.

Producing milk from grass and then converting that milk to calf weight is inefficient, particularly as the calf gets older and as feed resources decline in value. Under these conditions, milk and ultimately calf weight is often at the expense of cow body condition, which in turn is at the expense of next year’s production levels.

Research shows that cows producing the most milk continue to have higher energy requirements even after lactation has ceased. This is mainly due to an increase in the size of the metabolic machine or organ size required to process the increased energy for milk. Research also shows that larger frame size cows have higher maintenance requirements even during the second trimester of pregnancy. As a long-term aid, selecting a moderate framed, lower-milking cow should be considered, particularly in areas where cattle will be grazed on lower quality and limited feeds.

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Cuttings take place during the Eureka Fair, in Lamoille, and Deeth. The year end awards banquet will be held January 12th at the Elko Basque Clubhouse.

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Elko, Nev.—The 2018 Sagebrush Cutter’s show season ended with a bang at the Spratling Ranch near Deeth, Nevada September 29th and 30th.

Competitors from across the State of Nevada, Idaho, and Utah met at several cuttings across Northern Nevada racking up points to go towards year end awards. The mission of the Sagebrush Cutters is to provide the opportunity for horsemen of all levels to come together in a relaxed setting to grow

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Above: JJ Roemmich and her horse “Giget” work a cow in Deeth at the Spratling Ranch. In addition to cutting, Roemmich works as show secretary.

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Above: Michelle Pasquale and her horse “Tuffy” work a cow during a Thorpe Creek cutting. Maggie Creek Ranch supplies cattle for the Lamoille cuttings.

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Above: Bill Bachman and his horse “Sugar” work a wagyu cross heifer at a Lamoille cutting. In addition to showing several horses throughout the day, Bill turns back and coaches many cutters.

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USDA Reminds Producers of Disaster Program Deadlines (RENO, Nevada) – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Janice Kolvet reminds Nevada producers who experienced losses from natural disasters during the 2017 and 2018 calendar years that they may be eligible for assistance through the Tree Assistance Program (TAP), Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) and Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).

“We want to ensure that all eligible agricultural producers who experienced losses from natural disasters get the assistance they need,” said Kolvet.

Tree Assistance Program (TAP): TAP provides financial assistance to qualifying orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes and vines lost due to natural disasters. Payment eligibility is triggered when a mortality loss in excess of 15 percent on a stand (adjusted for normal mortality) occurs due to natural disaster.

For 2017 and 2018 TAP losses growers have until the later of Dec. 3, 2018, or 90 calendar days after the disaster event or date when the loss of trees becomes apparent to submit an application with supporting documentation.

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP): ELAP provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock,

honeybees and farm-raised fish who have suffered losses due to an adverse weather or loss condition, including blizzards, disease, water shortages and wildfires. ELAP assistance is provided for losses not covered by other disaster assistance programs.

For 2017 and 2018 ELAP, producers must file a notice of loss and application for payment at their local FSA office by Dec. 3, 2018. for losses occurring from Oct. 1, 2016, through Sept. 30, 2018.

Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP): LIP provides compensation to eligible livestock owners or contract growers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality, or injury resulting in reduced value, caused by an eligible loss condition.

For 2017 and 2018 LIP, a livestock owner or contract grower must file a notice of loss the later of 30 calendar days from when the loss of livestock is first apparent, or Dec. 3, 2018. For 2017 losses, a livestock owner or contract grower must file an application for payment by Dec. 3, 2018. For 2018 losses, a livestock owner or contract grower must file an application for payment by, March 1, 2019.

Other Amendments to the 2014 Farm Bill by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 “In February, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 made several changes to FSA disaster programs,” Kolvet said. “This includes eliminating the $20 million fiscal year funding cap for ELAP, eliminating the $125,000 payment

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As a result of these changes, starting June 4, producers were allowed to submit ELAP, LIP and LFP applications for 2017 losses if they reached the payment limitation under the previous rules. The application periods for these programs for the 2017 program year will close on Dec. 3, 2018.

Producers who already submitted applications and received decisions on their applications for these years do not need to file again but can reapply if they have additional losses or their application or notice of loss was denied because it was late filed.

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By Cassi Johnson Pacific Intermountain Mortgage Company

QuickBooks is a huge program that can do so much more than many people realize or will even realistically ever use. It’s a little overwhelming learning about how detailed you can get with recording and analyzing your records. There are some little things that can make your life so much easier or efficient with the activities you are already using in QuickBooks. Let me tell you a few things that can smooth out your day at the desk.

Schedule your Backups Set your QuickBooks file to automatically back up for you without having to constantly try and remember. We could all use one less thing to have to remember. Start with going to “File” in your top menu bar. In the drop-down menu select “Backup Company” and then “Create Local Backup”. Select “Local Backup” as your option and click Next. Now you can choose to only schedule future backups or create one right now AND schedule future backups. Totally your choice. Once you are in the schedule screen you will click the New button to create a schedule. Here you can name it anything you want in the description area. Then choose what location you want it to save to. If you have an external hard drive that you leave plugged into your computer that is a great spot to save your backups. I recommend that you keep them somewhere other than your computer in case it ever crashes. Then you can choose which day of the week, what time of the day and how many weeks to run it. I usually pick a day every four to five weeks at like 1:00AM when I know I won’t be on the computer to have QuickBooks automatically run my backup. Now I never have to think about it again.

Change the color of your Check Register Do you have multiple bank accounts? Maybe a checking account and also a savings account or other type of account that isn’t your main one, but you keep some sort of separate funds in it. I can’t tell you how many people have told me how they accidentally input a check or deposit into the wrong QuickBooks register by mistake. What if you made any checking account that wasn’t your main one a different bold color so that it would help you recognize you were in the wrong account when you opened it? Changing the color of your check register is super easy and really helpful. Start with opening the check register that you want to change the color on. While it is open click “Edit” in your upper menu bar. In the drop-down list you will see the option “Change Account Color”.

Then you simply pick the color you want. It is truly that easy! When you click on write check on the home screen the border around the check will be the same color as the register for the account - it all works together.

Net to Gross Payroll Calculation For those of you who do payroll in QuickBooks you have probably ran into the mind teasing situation where you are trying to give your employee a bonus and you want it to equal a certain amount. How do you gross it back up so the check comes out to the particular amount you want him or her to receive? There is probably a calculation you could use had you gone to college to become a CPA, but the reality is that you didn’t and you really don’t care to learn it. You have bigger things to get done today. Now, let’s say you are going to give me

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an end of season bonus of $3,000. Now you may want to give me a gross bonus of $3,000 and whatever net amount I get out of that after taxes just is what it is and that is totally fine. Many people do that, but let’s say you would like me to be able to take home $3,000 after the taxes are taken out. How do we back into that? Well open up your payroll and select the employee you are giving the bonus to. Now once you have opened the paycheck detail and looking at the screen where you enter their hours typically you will put bonus in as the item name. Then in the very bottom right hand corner of the screen is a little box that says “Enter net/Calculate Gross”. Check that box. Now the Check Amount area is highlighted. Enter the total amount you want the check to be right there and then click tab. In an instant QuickBooks did that super long calculation for you that you thought you had to be a licensed CPA to figure out.

My Favorite Reports One of the big reasons I love QuickBooks is because I can generate reports to get endless information in an instant to help me make decisions about daily operations as well as long term goals for our ranch. I get asked very frequently what my favorite reports are. Let me start with the Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet Report. Select “Reports” from the top menu bar. Then select “Company & Financial” from the drop-down menu. To the right will be another list of reports. This can be overwhelming, I know. My favorite two in this menu are the “Profit & Loss Standard” and the “Balance Sheet Standard”. The Profit and Loss report is basically a summary of your income and expense for whatever time period you set the report for. This tells me where our net income is. I can also play with it in the customization tab and have it show me the current year and the prior year side by side on the same report so I can see if certain income or expense categories are higher or lower from last year. The Balance Sheet should show you your total assets and liabilities. Most generally this is fixed assets and cash as well as your debts. Many people have never been able to get this area of their finances set up. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it is a portion of

Looking down from 30,000 feet on Nevada’s craggy, arid landscape doesn’t evoke an image of what most people think of as rangeland. But this vast and seemingly desolate place as viewed from five miles high actually supports a vital and healthy livestock industry. In an environment which receives an average 7.5 inches of precipitation a year, careful and constant management of these particular rangelands is crucial.

More than 85 percent of nevada is managed by the federal government under the supervision of the bureau of land management, the u.s. forest service, and the military. Because private land is very limited, ranchers need to use some of these public lands, as well as their own, for grazing herds of cattle and sheep. ranchers are given an allotment and a predetermined number of livestock are allowed to graze at a per-head fee.

your company that you are unable to get quick and accurate information you may need to make decisions about restructuring or expanding your operation.

My other most used report is in the Budgets category of the Reports menu. I typically review “Budget vs Actual”. If you have your budget input into QuickBooks I will use this on a regular basis throughout the year to see how our actual income and expense categories are measuring up to the budget we made at the beginning of the year. This can help you know if you need to change your plan as you are working through the year. After all, a budget is just a plan and can be changed and adjusted at any point. There are a ton more reports you can use, create, and customize. These are simply my most used reports that I find incredibly helpful to operations.

Somewhere on the internet when I was preparing for one of my QuickBooks classes a few years ago I found a quote that said, “I’d rather be behind my desk . . . said no rancher, EVER”. I have used that quote so many times now and it seems to hit very close to home for me when I am teaching classes or working on our family operation. My goal with helping farmers and ranchers with QuickBooks isn’t always to teach you every little detail that QuickBooks can do and tell you to use it. I want to teach you how to realistically apply QuickBooks to the business side of your operation. Get the information out of your financials that will help you make better educated decisions about the direction you choose to take your operation. To get that information organized quicker and more efficiently. The reality of life on a farm and ranch is that there is a lot of work for a few people to do and the part of your job that you love isn’t behind the desk. That is why many farmers and ranchers are lacking in this area. I hope a few of these tips help you be quicker, more efficient, and a little less stressed behind your desk.

For more info contact: Cassi Johnson-Pacific Intermountain Mortgage Co. cassi@pacificim.net

This has been an agreeable partnership for close to a hundred years, with both parties active in managing the land to accommodate many uses such as wildlife habitat and recreation as well as grazing. The health of our rangeland is in everyone’s best interest.

Land has always been the foundation of our nation’s wealth and the men and women who work that land are the traditional caretakers. land management and conservation science have advanced greatly over the last decades and modern ranchers keep up, or are in the lead.

Carefully grazed rangeland has been shown to be healthier and more productive than ungrazed land separated by only a wire fence. Grazing animals control invasive species and organic matter that fuels destructive wildfires.

Like most of the west, nevada has been impacted by urban growth, especially by the increased demands on a limited water supply.

Natural resources are under pressure so it becomes increasingly critical to manage our rangelands to benefit not only our livestock industry, but the very place we call home.

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Let’s eat!

Orange Drop Cookies

From Marcia Bieroth

Ingredients 2/3 c. shortening ¾ c. sugar 1 egg ½ c. orange juice 2 T. orange zest 2 c. flour ½ tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt

Christmas Cookies

By Jennifer Whiteley Nevada Rancher Magazine

Mountain City, Nev.—One of my favorite holiday traditions is baking Christmas cookies. For as long as I can remember, my mom has baked cookies for all of our neighbors in Mountain City. Now both my sister and I carry on this same tradition for our neighbors. Several varieties of cookies on a pretty plate is a great way to spread the Christmas spirit, and also handy to have on hand when people stop by during the holiday season or to take along to holiday parties. These are a few of our favorite recipes.

Mountain Cookies

From Marcia Bieroth via Taste of Home

Instructions Preheat oven to 400*. Mix shortening, sugar, and egg thoroughly. Stir in orange juice and orange zest. Mix together dry ingredients, blend in with wet ingredients. Drop by rounded teaspoonful about 2” apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or lightly browned. Let cool and frost with orange butter frosting.

Orange Butter Frosting Ingredients 2 ½ T. soft butter 1 ½ c. powdered sugar 2 tsp. orange zest 1 ½ T orange juice.

Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt Filling 3 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut TOPPING: 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons water 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

Instructions Blend together butter and sugar. Stir in rind and orange juice until smooth. Will frost 1 recipe of Orange Drop Cookies.

Instructions In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.

Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie. Bake at 350° until the edges just start to brown, 10-12 minutes.

Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

For the filling, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla until smooth. Add pecans and coconut.

Spoon 1/2 teaspoon into each cookie.

For topping, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter with water; stir until smooth. Stir in sugar.

Drizzle over cookies.

Peppermint Meltaways Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup cornstarch Frosting 2 tablespoons butter, softened 2 tablespoons 2% milk 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract 2 to 3 drops red food coloring, optional 1-1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies

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From Cara Small via Taste of Home Instructions In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioners’ sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. In another bowl, whisk flour and cornstarch; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes or until firm enough to handle.

Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 9-11 minutes or until bottoms are light brown.

Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

In a small bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in milk, extract and, if desired, food coloring. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar until smooth. Spread over cookies; sprinkle with crushed candies. Store in an airtight container.

Gingerbread Biscotti

By Jennifer Whiteley

Ingredients 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2 Tbsp molasses 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp allspice 1 tsp. fresh ginger, grated 2 cup all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 cup sparkling white sugar 4 oz vanilla candy coating, melted Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar until combined. Add in eggs and molasses.

Beat in spices, flour, and baking powder.

On a parchment paper lined baking sheet, shape dough into a 12x4 inch rectangle, patting evenly. Sprinkle with sparkling white sugar. Bake for 22-25 minutes.

Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes. Slice biscotti into 12, one-inch wide slices. Arrange biscotti onto sides, separating them on the baking sheet. Return to oven and bake an additional 6 minutes. Remove and turn them to opposite side, bake another 6 minutes.

Remove biscotti and cool completely.

Once cooled, dip bottom of biscotti in melted vanilla candy coating. Set back on parchment paper until set, about 15 minutes. Store in airtight container.

Red Velvet Cream Cheese Thumbprint Cookies

By Jennifer Whiteley via www.somethingswanky.com

Ingredients 1 game heart, with upper valves and cartilage removed, sliced into 1/2” strips Marinade: 1 c. Extra virgin olive oil 2 T. steak seasoning 1/3 c. white vinegar Instructions Preheat oven to 300ºF. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Beat together the butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in the flour, food coloring, and cocoa powder until soft dough forms.

Scoop out the dough by heaping tablespoons and roll them in the sugar* before placing on the prepared baking sheet (about 2 inches apart). Use the back of a round teaspoon to make a small indentation in the cookie dough.

Bake for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the filling: using an electric mixer or small food processor, beat together the cream cheese, egg yolk, sugar, salt, and vanilla until smooth.

After the first 10 minutes of baking, use the back of a round teaspoon to deepen the indentation in the cookies. Spoon a teaspoon of the filling into each indentation. Bake for an additional 12 minutes, until filling is set.

Let cool completely before serving. Store covered and chilled.

Photo By: Cara Small

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Winnemucca FFA Attends the National FFA Convention By: Ashton Kalkoske

Winnemucca FFA Chapter Reporter Winnemucca FFA attended FFA Nationals October 22-27, 2018. FFA Nationals were held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Winnemucca FFA’s Horse Evaluation team represented the State of Nevada competing at Nationals. Members of the horse evaluation team consisted of Alison Aitken, Heather Hall, Makayla Leveille, and Isaac Mori. The team earned an impressive 11th place in the nation, earning a coveted Horse Evaluation Gold Team Award, as well as member Alison Aitken earning a personal gold emblem, while Makayla, Isaac, and Heather earning personal silver emblems.

Winnemucca FFA chapter also received a One Star National FFA National Chapter Award. The award application was submitted by past Chapter President, Kerstin Christiansen. FFA members Weston Noyes and Dacotah Anelli accepted the awards at a delegated awards dinner.

Winnemucca FFA also had noncompeting members that also attended. These members were Dacotah Anelli, Taylie Hoyt, Kayleen Urain, Katharine Koestner, Cade

Photo by: WMCA FFA

Indianapolis Speedway Tour: L-R Heath Hall, Dacotah Anelli, Weston Noyes, Cade Bell, Isaac Mori, Kayleen Urain, Colton Vincent, Katharine Koestner, Heather Hall, Makayla Leveille, Taylie Hoyt, Alison Aitken

Photo by: WMCA FFA

Members were able to visit the Traderspoint Creamery L-R Kayleen Urain, Colton Vincent, Taylie Hoyt, Heath Hall, Weston Noyes, Katharine Koestner, Cade Bell, Dacotah Anelli

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Bell, Weston Noyes, and Colton Brooks. While the horse evaluation team was competing these members were participating in a variety of workshops and educational tours. All member attended the FFA career expo. The expo had many colleges for the member to learn about, as well as multiple companies showcasing their products.

FFA members visited the Indianapolis Speedway, looked at some race cars that have raced and kissed the famous bricks at the finish line. They also visited the Keeneland Race Track and Kentucky Horse Park with a personalized private tour.

While on the tour they got to see Wise Dan and Successful Dan, both famous racehorses.

All members that attended Nationals had a great time and learned about a variety of new agricultural topics. Winnemucca FFA would like to Thank the Winnemucca FFA Alumni, the businesses and organizations that helped pay the way for our members to attend.

Photo by: WMCA FFA

2018 Winnemucca Horse Judging Team with their Gold Team Award L-R Makayla Leveille, Heather Hall, Isaac Mori, Alison Aitken

Photo by: WMCA FFA

2018 Winnemucca National Chapter Award Recipients Weston Noyes and Dacotah Anelli

Elko, Nevada—The 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is January 28-February 2, 2019, in Elko, Nevada. Tickets went on sale to the general public Thursday, October 4, 2018. (Tickets went on sale to Western Folklife Center members September 4.) For tickets, go to www.nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org or call 888-880-5885. Produced by the Western Folklife Center, the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the nation’s original cowboy poetry and music festival.

For 35 years, the Gathering has honored the arts and culture of rural life in the American West and around the world. The 35th anniversary will celebrate the vitality of the rural West with appearances by the best classic and contemporary cowboy poets, western and roots musicians, dance bands, gearmakers, craftsmen, storytellers, and visual artists. Nearly 50 poets, musicians, and musical groups from the U.S. and Canada will perform on nine stages at four venues.

A full list of invited poets and musicians, along with their hometowns, is below. For artist bios, audio samples, and show descriptions: www.nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org.

“The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering has long celebrated the dynamic cultural expressions, and self expressions, of the American West. We welcome people to Elko to share in the stories, artistry and sheer delight of life lived on the land,” explains Kristin Windbigler, Western Folklife Center Executive Director. “Over 35 years, we’ve earned a reputation as the ‘most big-hearted’ festival around. As we look toward the future, we are remembering our roots and building from this grand tradition of hospitality and creativity.”

ABOUT THE NATIONAL COWBOY POETRY GATHERING The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is an international festival that hon-

35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Featured Poets and Musicians 3hattrio, Virgin, UT Amy Hale Auker, Prescott, AZ Mike Beck, Monterey, CA Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Eunice, LA John Dofflemyer, Lemon Cove, CA Joshua Dugat, Tuscaloosa, AL Maria Lisa Eastman, Hyattville, WY Mary Flitner, Greybull, WY Jamie Fox & Alex Kusturok, Harlem, MT & St. Paul, AB, Canada Ryan & Hoss Fritz, Melville, SK, Canada Dick Gibford, New Cuyama, CA DW Groethe, Bainville, MT Andy Hedges, Lubbock, TX

ors the arts, culture, and traditions of the rural West, including poetry, music, storytelling, dancing, workshops, exhibitions, discussions, films, food and fellowship. Since 1985, ranchfolk and aficionados of the American West have traveled to remote Elko, Nevada, to meet others who love the West, to be captivated by poets and musicians whose art is an expression of their life on the land, to participate in creating traditional Western gear and art, to learn about current challenges and creative solutions in Western land stewardship, to peruse fine goods from the Western Mercantile vendors, to experience the special exhibitions at the Western Folklife Center’s Wiegand Gallery and to kick up their heels and enjoy a week filled with entertainment, learning and laughter.

TICKETS TO THE NATIONAL COWBOY POETRY GATHERING Tickets to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering can be purchased at www. nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org, or by calling 888-880-5885 and are on sale now to the general public. (Western Folklife Center members began purchasing tickets beginning September 4, 2018, and receive other Gathering benefits such as a free ticket to members’ shows and discounts on 3-Day Deluxe Passes during the members’ pre-sale period.)

The mission of the Western Folklife Center is to use story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.

The 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is supported by NV Energy, Newmont Gold Corporation, Barrick Gold of North America, Nevada Humanities, Nevada Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Elko Convention and Visitors Authority, City of Elko, Elko County Recreation Board and many more foundations, businesses, and individuals.

Brenn Hill, Hooper, UT Tish Hinojosa, Austin, TX Yvonne Hollenbeck, Clearfield, SD Ross Knox, Sasabe, AZ Ned LeDoux, Northeastern KS Daron Little, Saratoga, WY Corb Lund, Southern AB, Canada Carolyn Martin’s Swing Band, Fort Wayne, IN Sid Marty, Lundbreck, AB, Canada Deanna McCall, Timberon, NM Gary McMahan, Bellvue, CO Waddie Mitchell, Twin Bridges, NV Michael Martin Murphey, Walden, CO Joel Nelson, Alpine, TX Rodney Nelson, Almont, ND Diane Peavey, Hailey, ID

Shadd Piehl, Mandan, ND Vess Quinlan, Florence, CO Halladay & Rob Quist, Kalispell, MT Henry Real Bird, Garryowen, MT Brigid Reedy, Whitehall, MT Randy Rieman, Choteau, MT Jake Riley, Riverdale, NE Matt Robertson, Okotoks, AB, Canada Olivia Romo, Santa Fe, NM Trinity Seely, Cascade, MT Sean Sexton, Vero Beach, FL Sourdough Slim, Paradise, CA Dave Stamey, Orange Cove, CA Gail Steiger, Prescott, AZ Colter Wall, Swift Current, SK, Canada Paul Zarzyski, Great Falls, MT

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4-H State Shooting Sports

4-Hers from across Nevada meet in Vegas to shoot it out.

By Jennifer Whiteley Nevada Rancher Magazine

Las Vegas, Nev.-- Each year nationwide local 4-H Shooting Sports clubs teaches a shooting sport to more than 300,000 boys and girls. The 4-H Shooting Sports program is an educational activity to teach firearm safety to 4-H youth, help them improve their marksmanship, and to enjoy outdoor activities. The program encompasses the initiative goals of volunteer leadership, capacity-building for youth and families, and environmental stewardship with commitments from the land grant universities. 4-H Shooting Sports is an active program that is attractive to both youth and adults. It uses positive learning and interaction with youth and adult role models. The disciplines are modeled after the National 4-H Shooting Sports Program and are administered by nationally certified state leaders consisting of extension personnel and volunteers.

Nevada’s 4-H Shooting Sports Program started in the early 1990s. From the beginning, it stressed youth development and firearm safety. 4-H Shooting Sports is a very popular, active and growing program in Nevada, and is an ever-increasing opportunity to build and develop the needed life skills in youth. Instructor certifications are conducted twice a year to train instructors in Youth Development Principles, Positive and Productive

Educational Techniques, and the many disciplines of the 4-H Shooting Sports Program. Youth develop the skills and knowledge to safely operate muzzle-loaders, .22 and air rifles, air pistols, archery, and shotguns.

Safety procedures for the Shooting Sports Program include the completion of Risk Management Forms and a Safety Emergency Plan by each county. The plans help to mitigate any problems in the event of an emergency. They also help educate youth to understand the importance of planning and preparing for safety.

On September 29th, 4-Hers from across the state of Nevada convened in Las Vegas at the Clark County Shooting Complex to compete for State honors. Youth were required to exhibit proper safety at all times including loading and shooting of each weapon. Forty-four members shot archer freestyle, and 26 members shot archery barebow. Eight members competed in air pistol limited. Thirty-five shot .22 rifle limited, with 1-member shooting .22 rifle unlimited. Twelve members competed in air rifle unlimited and 14 competed in air rifle limited. Eight members shot muzzle-loaders, and an astound 48 youths shot it out in shotguns.

Photo by: Jennifer Whiteley

Mound Valley 4-H members Trent Whiteley, Riley Smith, and Dayton McKnight all qualified for the State Shooting Sports competition. Smith was Bronze in intermediate Air Pistol-Limited, and Whiteley placed Silver in junior Muzzleloader.

Photo by: Lacey Sproul-Tom

Above: Intermediate Kash Burris of the East Clark County 4-H program fixes his arrow on the target.

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Photo by: Marva Smith

Riley Smith of the Mound Valley 4-H Club shoots intermediate Shotgun.

Photo by: Lacey Sproul-Tom

Intermediate Bodie Burton of the East Clark County 4-H Program takes aim with his .22. in the .22 Rifle Limited.

Photo by: Lacey Sproul-Tom

Junior Addysen Sherwood of the East Clark County 4-H Program shoots her .22 in the .22 Rifle Limited.

2018 Archery-Freestyle Results Photo by: Jennifer Whiteley

State 4-H Shooting Sports Awards Ceremony. In junior Muzzleloader, Blake Sharp took Gold, Trent Whiteley took Silver, and Nicholas Loundsbery took Bronze. All 3 boys hail from Elko County.

Junior Division (Blue Ribbon = At least 90 pts) First Name Lillian Taylor Blake Ty Logan

Last Name Burke Hepworth Sharp Glover Payne

County Douglas Elko Elko Douglas Elko

Division JR JR JR JR JR

Score Ribbon 121 Blue 146 Blue 190 Blue 214 Blue 252 Blue

Intermediate Division (Blue Ribbon = At least 120 pts)

Photo by: Lacey Sproul-Tom

Above: Shorty Tom, leader of Shorty’s Sharp shooters and Intermediate Danny Vasser of the East Clark County 4-H Program at the State Shooting Sports Award Ceremony. Vasser competed in .22 Rifle Limited, Shotgun, and Archery-Barebow.

First Name Jacob Riley Hailee Bodie Austin Samantha Matt Kenleigh Samuel Zavry Morgan Dominic Kodi Dorian Mason Madalynn Garrette CJ Natalie Malia William Case Seth Jori Augustes Dillon

Last Name Pike Thompson Hepworth Burton Reed Patrick Higbee Jensen Peterson Boyer Noorda Sharp Syme Vandsluis Sharp Dobek Domina Christian Brown Burke Peterson Utter Patrick Wright Domina Payne

County Elko Lincoln Elko Clark Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln White Pine Elko Clark Elko Elko Elko Lincoln Elko Clark S. Nye Lincoln Elko Douglas Elko Storey Lincoln Elko S. Nye Elko

Division INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT INT

Score 17 85 130 153 165 165 183 188 188 193 202 211 215 215 216 220 226 237 242 247 248 250 254 255 256 278

Ribbon Red Red Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue

Medal

Bronze Silver Gold

Medal

Bronze Silver Gold

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Susan Hoenck wins World Championship Title The American Quarter Horse Association, Amarillo, TX

Susan Hoenck, of Winnemucca, NV., captured the World Champion title in the Cutting Horse competition at the AQHA Adequan Select World Championship show in Amarillo, TX. Hoenck showed her Quarter Horse mare, Zena Angelena, owned by Bob and Susan Hoenck. In the Cutting class, 59 competitors qualified to ride for the world championship. More than 960 entries from the United States, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica and Switzerland were competing for World Championships at this event August 24- September 1 in Amarillo, TX. Susan and Zena Angelena also captured the 2018 AQHA Adequan Level 2 Championship for Amateur Cutting. These achievements will appear on the Official records of the Horse and Rider.

The odds to win a world championship were in Susan’s favor when she qualified two horses into the Cutting Horse Finals.

Only 15 horses were advanced into the Finals for the World Championship Gold. Hoenck didn’t let her team down. She rode her first horse, Highbrows Swingin CD, a 5 year old gelding, to the herd first. The pair put together a run good enough to earn a 9th place spot, finishing as Top Ten World Champions. But the odds were in favor of “Team Hoenck” as Susan drew up tenth in the fifteen horse finals on her 11 year old mare, Zena Angelena, and was feeling more relaxed on her second trip into the show pen.

The performance the duo put together garnered a score 2 ½ points higher than the nearest competitors, earning them 1st place and the World Championship!

Susan gives all the glory to her horses and team members in making this all happen. “Any day, at any given time, a horse and rider team who have practiced tirelessly in heat, wind, snow and pain can put together a winning performance. To be the team with the luck of the day and all the practice in their back pocket is where I want to be!” Susan’s husband Bob has always been in the show pen with family members. He knows the weaknesses and strengths, has helped train and coached in the practice pens. It takes the family and their horses, together as a team, to make opportunities like this World Championship happen.

The Hoenck family are not strangers to the Cutting Horse world. Bob Hoenck showed cutting horses in the 1980’s and 90’s and won championships of his own on family owned horses. Susan has been an NCHA Champion, Regional, State and Local champion as well. Bob and Susan’s son, Bobby Hoenck, has multiple AQHA, Pacific Coast and NCHA Top Ten Championships of his own plus Top 4 and Performance Championships in National High School Rodeo. The family is most proud of the fact that all these accomplishments have come on family owned horses that have been schooled, trained and shown by the Hoenck family.

To watch the interview and some of the performance, go to www.aqha. com/selectworld. Scroll down to 2018 Winners, Cutting on left side of page, click for more action.

Agriculture Council of America Announces 2019 National Ad Day Essay Contest Theme Overland Park, KS – In preparation for National Ag Day 2019 on March 19, the Agriculture Council of America (ACA) is hosting an essay contest. The theme for this year is Agriculture: Food for Life.

How Does Our Nation Lead the Way? This essay contest is divided into two categories of competition: written essay and video essay. Both are national competitions.

The contest is open to students currently enrolled in grades 9 through 12. Contestants must be a U.S. citizen and attending school in the U.S. Contestants must meet all requirements to compete.

The National Video Essay Winner will receive $1,000. The National Written Essay Winner will receive $1,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to be recognized at the Press Club Event on March 19, 2019. The deadline for submitting entries in the essay contest is January 31, 2019.

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The complete list of rules and regulations for this contest may be found online: https://www.agday.org/essay-contest National Ag Day is organized by the Agriculture Council of America.

ACA is a nonprofit organization composed of leaders in the agricultural, food and fiber community, dedicating its efforts to increasing the public’s awareness of agriculture’s role in modern society.

The National Ag Day program encourages every American to: Understand how food and fiber products are produced Appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing safe, abundant and affordable products Value the essential role of agriculture in maintaining a strong economy Acknowledge and consider career opportunities in the agriculture, food and fiber industry Visit www.agday.org for more information on contest rules and entry forms and for information on National Ag Day in 2019.

Nevada Partners Sign New Agreement To Accelerate Sagebrush Conservation Reno, Nev. - On October 19, state, federal, and non-profit organizations signed a cooperative Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, to enhance and expand proactive sagebrush conservation and restoration across Nevada.

Signed in Reno, Nevada, this MOU also prioritizes conservation in the Bi-State area along the California/Nevada border.

The purpose of this MOU is to provide a collaborative framework to accomplish common goals related to the restoration, enhancement, and conservation of sage-steppe habitat.

“This partnership is modeled on the highly successful Burley Project in Idaho and will allow Nevada partners to cooperatively pool resources across the state,” said Pheasants Forever and Sage Grouse Initiative Field Capacity Coordinator Michael Brown.

The primary components to this partnership and MOU are to accelerate sagebrush ecosystem conservation across state, federal, and private property by investing in these proactive efforts: • Control invading conifers in mutually agreed upon priority watersheds;

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• Implement practices across landownerships designed to reduce the risk of fire and invasive species in the Great Basin Region; and

A group photo of the partnership (Nevada Department of Agriculture not present): from l to r: Al Eiden, Pheasants Forever; Monique Nelson, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; Michael Brown, Pheasants Forever; Dominique Etchegoyhen, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Tony Wasley, Nevada Department of Wildlife; Carolyn Swed, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Jay Vacca, Bureau of Land Management; Ray Dotson, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service; Alan Jenne, Nevada Department of Wildlife; Brian Amme, Bureau of Land Management; Susan Abele, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Howard Vincent, Pheasants Forever; and Kevin Brunk, Pheasants Forever.

• Restore and enhance wet meadow habitats in mutually agreed upon priority watersheds.

Participating non-profit groups and agencies include: Pheasants Forever; USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service; Bureau of Land Management; U.S Fish and Wildlife Service; Nevada Department of Wildlife; Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; Nevada Department of Agriculture; and the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Background on the Burley Landscape Project: The Burley Landscape Habitat Restoration Project serves as a prominent example of how organizations can effectively pool and leverage resources to conserve wildlife on public lands to compliment private land conservation using collaborative funding. The Burley Project partners have continued to implement conservation at a landscape scale by selectively targeting locations with the greatest conservation return on investment.

This diverse partnership, which is comprised of Idaho stakeholders, including: the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Twin Falls District of BLM in Idaho, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Department of Lands, Pheasants Forever, conservation districts, local working groups and permittee holders, are treating encroaching conifer trees. The Burley partnership’s dedication and the resulting implementation track record in treating 28,000 acres of conifer has made the Burley Project a shining conservation model in the West. They are now working on treating another 47,000 acres of conifer.

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On October 19 in Reno, Nev., state, federal, and non-profit organizations sign a cooperative Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, for proactive sagebrush conservation and restoration across Nevada and the Bi-State area along the California/Nevada border. From l to r: Dominique Etchegoyhen, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Tony Wasley, Nevada Department of Wildlife; Carolyn Swed, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Howard Vincent, Pheasants Forever; Monique Nelson, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; Ray Dotson, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Brian Amme, Bureau of Land Management. (Nevada Department of Agriculture not present)

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Market Report Fallon Livestock LLC Fallon, Nevada

Steers Heifers

300-400 lb.

400-500 lb.

187-188 avg.

146-162

117-148 avg.

131-151

Stock Cattle by Weight 500-600 600-700 lb. lb.

131-139.

50 104-119

Slaughter Cattle 47.50-53. Butcher 75 Bulls

700-800 lb.

800+ lb.

Breakers (Fat Cows)

107-135

101-140

71-92

Boners (Med. Flesh)

45.50-51

Shelly Bulls

No test

111-117

115

71-100

Cutters (Lean)

40.50-41

Cutter Bulls

55-81

1390 hd

Top Bull

65.50

Preg Tested Cows Top cow: 725 lb (avg. 58.00) Pairs (solid mouth) 2-4 860-1125 h​ November 13​ , 2018 sale; volume: N/A. Single, small-framed or plainer cattle 30 to 65 less than top offering.

Stock Cattle by Weight

Cattlemen’s Livestock Marketing Galt, Calif.

Shasta Livestock Auction Yard, Cottonwood, Calif.

Steers Heifers

300-400 lb. #1 quality

400-500 lb. #1 quality

N/T N/T

130-164

125-140

125-144

133-167

Slaughter Cattle 700-800 lb. #1 quality 130-154.5 0 120-135

800+ lb. #1 quality

Boner Cows

46-51

125-150

Breaker Cows

44-51

N/T

Cutter Cows

30-44

Bulls

55-65

Pairs: N/T November 14, 2018 sale; volume 1,607. Market notes: Compared to previous week slaughter cattle were lower. Compared to the previous week feeder cattle under 600 lbs $5-$7 lower. Compared to the previous week feeder cattle over 600 lbs were $3-$5 lower.

Steers Heifers

300-400 lb.

400-500 lb.

155-195 140-176.50

125 1 set 155

Stock Cattle by Weight 500-600 600-700 lb. lb.

120-153 125-151 No test 139.50

700-800 lb.

N/T N/T

800+ lb.

High yielding

N/T N/T

Medium yielding Low yielding

Slaughter Cattle 47-55 Bulls 1 & 2

50-70

38-46 25-37

Results from November 16, 2018 sale; volume 1,390. Market notes: Cull market steady. Majority of feeders 675 lbs. Good lots of calves under 450 lbs. $10-$15 higher; balance of cattle very mixed. Off and small lots $30-$60 below top offerings.

Stock Cattle by Weight (Friday Sale) 400-500 lb.

500-600 600-700 lb.

700-800 lb. lb.

162 145 144.25 132

300-400 lb.

Treasure Valley Livestock Caldwell, Idaho

600-700 lb. #1 quality

N/T

500-600 lb. #1 quality 133-167

58.50-65.50

Steers Heifers

179.

151.

143

Pairs 1300-1400 lb 1160 avg.

142.25

121.25

118

800+ lb.

Cows 1700# +

119.50-126

Cows 1400-1700# Cows 1100-1400# Cows 800 – 1000#

75-116

Stock Cows 1200-1300lb 950 avg.

Slaughter Cattle (Monday sale) 45.75-51 Bulls 1800#+ 42.50-50.50 40-50 38-65

51.25-64

Bulls 1400-1800#

51-53

Bulls 1000-1400#

N/T

Results from November 9, 2018 Beef cattle sale (held each Friday) and November 12, 2018 butcher cows / bulls sale (held each Monday). No volumes reported for either sale.

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Steers Heifers

300-400 lb.

400-500 lb.

Stock Cattle by Weight 500-600 600-700 lb. lb.

700-800 lb.

800+ lb.

High Yielding

Slaughter Cattle 50.25 Bulls

209.45

173.40

149.05

142.70

138.30

134.50

Medium Yield

46.85

147.75

138

132

129.55

113.20

89.73-108.

15

Thin Cows

39

Heiferettes: 55

63

Pairs, full mouth N/T Results from November 6​ , 2018 To consign or other questions call the office @ 208-365-4401 Sale every Tuesday at high noon. th​

Stock Cattle by Weight

Producers Livestock, Salina, Utah

Steers Heifers

Slaughter Cattle

300-400 lb.

400-500 lb.

500-600 lb.

600-700 lb.

700-800 lb.

800+ lb.

177.19

173.98

164.89

155.33

149.37

157.66

149.81

144.08

140.59

131.70

130.91-139.8 5 101.62-120.9 9

Cows: 41.49

Heiferettes: 83.04

Commercial/Utility Cows

N/T

Cutting Bulls

129.87

Slaughter Bulls

57.27

November 13​ , 2018; Volume: 2,522. The figures on this report are computer generated from “The Hottest Sale in the West” at Producers Livestock in Salina, UT. Notes: For great service contact the Salina Producers Auction at (435) 529-7437.

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300-400 lb.

Producers Livestock, Vale, Ore.

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Steers Heifers

183-211 158-182

Stock Cattle by Weight 500-600 600-700 lb. lb.

145-197 135-159 133-156 134-165 131-145.

119-140 25 Heiferettes: 54-71 400-500 lb.

700-800 lb.

119-154 N/T

800+ lb.

116-138.50 108-126

Butcher Cows – bulk Shelly Cows

Slaughter Cattle 43-49 Butcher Bulls 29-41

Top Bull

45-52 58

Older BM cows N/T November 14​th​, 2018 volume: 3,098 Steady market on the light calves under 475 lbs, cheaper on the heavier weight calves. We are seeing the largest spread in prices ever, between “lower quality & higher quality” calves in each weight category. Questions about the market and/or to consign, call Producers Livestock, Vale Oregon, at (541) NEVADA RANCHER – DECEMBER 2018 473-3136

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All In A Day’s Ride

RINGWORM

I have always been a “Horse Placer”, that would be a glorified term for Horse trader. I also have been a dog trader and occasionally a cat trader.

The latter I am going to delete from my résumé. My best and only customer, my brother Mike placed an order for a couple Calicos, females, long Commentary by haired, with big feet and Manx David W. Glaser features, etc. I placed an order with my supplier, a local cat house. I received 3 little kitties that kinda fit the description, barely; but like all kitties they were cute. I told Mike the deal, they were house broke, one had a weepy eye and they had no shots. He accepted the deal and I delivered them to him and his lady friend.

I called him a couple days later, he seem a wee bit disturbed, said the one with the weepy eye turned out to be sick, now he had a Vet bill; it was also diagnosed with worms; as were the other two. Another Vet bill! He did say he really liked them; they were crawling all over him, setting on his lap, etc.

Last night I got a call from him, defiantly stressed and possibly drunk. His exact words were, “Your damn cats gave me Ring Worm!” “Really” I said, “Are you sure, you sound angry” “Hell yes I’m sure, and I’m damn angry, I got it all over my body, arms, ankles, even a spot on my chest.” “I have been wearing rubber gloves for a week, afraid to touch certain places.” He said he couldn’t touch girl friend with a 10 ft pole. “An that’s not the end of it, the German Sheppard, I’m baby setting for my daughter has it all over his face. What are you going to do about it?” Trying to calm the situation, I suggested, “Maybe you should Google, how to treat Ring Worm?”………..CLICK I expect to hear from him in a month or so, think that’s the incubation period for Ring Worm!

In a post on Face book, I addressed an issue concerning Ring Worm in a couple of kitties. Didn’t seem like too big a deal to me, other than it made my brother Mike very angry; then two days ago I received this E-Mail from him.

David: I read your interpretation of your cat deal and the Ring Worm, which you seem to think quite funny; hope you think this bill is equally funny????

It happened pretty much like you said with the exception of a little embellishment on Big Brothers not taking it seriously and thinking it was very funny. If I could return the Kittens to seller and get a refund I would but that is not an option. So, in leu of freight costs and all, I’m sending this itemize bill to said seller / transporter along with the Lawsuit occurred in Boswell Medical Center in Phoenix Arizona that my Doctor daughter has for infecting patients.

Vet bill in Utah that my Daughter insists that I pay when said German Sheppard was taken in with ring worm all over her nose. There also could be punitive damages that a rise from exposure of said dog to, her boyfriend, her son, son’s friends and their dogs. Not to mention cruel and unusual punishment on my part since I am now sleeping upstairs, and my girl friend tells me to stay away.

I have purchased everything Rockland Pharmacy had on the shelves for Ring Worm. Six days into treatment I have NOT seen any improvement. I think you will also have to pay for the Shrinks bill since I am distraught and had two visits to him. See enclosed bill!!!

Rockland Pharmacy $55.00 Vet Bill in Utah $150.00 Punitive (Boyfriend) $25,000.00 Pain and Suffering (Me) $150,000.00 Law Suite Boswell Medical $1,500,000.00 Shrinks Bill Two Visits $250.00 TOTAL----------------------------- $1675,660.00 PS: I am also writing a letter to CDC Infectious Disease Center trying to get you banded from ever transporting Cats again.

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CLM RepResentatives Jake Parnell ................................ 916-662-1298 George Gookin ........................ 209-482-1648 Kris Gudel ...................................916-208-7258 Mark Fischer ..............................209-768-6522 Rex Whittle................................ 209-996-6994 Joe Gates ................................... 707-694-3063 Abel Jimenez .............................209-401-2515 Jason Dailey .............................. 916-439-7761

saLe eveRy wednesday Butcher Cows ........................................ 8:30 a.m.

Pairs/Bred Cows ................................ 11:30 a.m.

Feeder Cattle .............................................12 p.m.

speCiaL FeedeR saLes Wed., December 5, 12 p.m.

Wed., December 12, 12 p.m.

CustoMeR appReCiation LunCh & speCiaL saLe Last Sale of 2018 Wed., December 19, 12 p.m.

CLosed FoR the hoLidays: no saLes Wed., December 26 Wed., January 2 FiRst saLe oF 2019 & speCiaL FeedeR saLe Wed., January 9, 12 p.m.

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