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Volume 33 Number 40 • January 29, 2022

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A Look Inside “City slickers” attempt to manage American ag..............Page 2 Calving season management plans discussed...............Page 5 Dick Perue recognizes notable Saratoga historian..........Page 14 Agriculture vs. Activists discusses airport advertising........... .......................................Page 20

Quick Bits Grazing Loss The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds ranchers and livestock producers they may be eligible for financial assistance through the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for 2021 grazing losses due to a qualifying drought or fire. The deadline to apply for 2021 LFP assistance is Jan. 31, 2022.

For more information, visit a local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office or visit the FSA LFP webpage.

WLSB members provide update from recent meeting Laramie – WyoTech hosted the Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) meeting on Jan. 20. WLSB Director Steve True and President Shaun Sims would like to sincerely thank WyoTech

for hosting the meeting and giving the group a tour.

WLSB members including True, Sims and State Veterinarian Dr. Hallie Hasel further discussed topics which may have caused

confusion for the public at the meeting. Board members would like to reassure the public there will be a time for comments and discussion on these topics in the near future.

Budget cuts Gov. Mark Gordon established budget reductions impacting the WLSB General Fund portion of the Brand Inspection and Recording Please see WLSB on page 6

NWSS RETURNS IN 2022 Western heritage event boasts record-breaking sale and unveils new infrastructure

Denver – The National Western Stock Show (NWSS) returned to Denver this Jan. 8-23. The 16-day event is host to one of the world’s most renowned livestock shows, horse shows and regular season professional rodeos, as well as the prestigious Coors Western Art Show, family and educational events and Colorado’s largest western trade show.

“The 2022 Stock Show hosted 586,756 visitors over the 16 days,” shared a NWSS news release. “The show faced several challenged and was down about 18 percent overall from previous record-breaking years, pre-pandemic.”

NWSS President and CEO Paul Andrews, a Wyoming

native, shared, “We have been fortunate to see recordbreaking attendance year after year, prior to the pandemic.

Today, we are grateful to have hosted this epic event. We are blown away by the support and outreach from the nearly 600,000 guests who came back to celebrate the western lifestyle that is important to so many.”

There were many changes to the 2022 NWSS compared to years’ past, including the addition of new facilities in phased construction. These additions include: the Legacy Building, which will serve as the NWSS headquarters; the Sue Anschutz-Rogers Livestock Center, to Please see NWSS on page 7

Avian Flu

Poultry producers in the northeast are being urged to remain vigilant and practice enhanced biosecurity on their farms after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in the Carolinas. The disease is caused by an influe45nza type A virus, which can infect poultry including chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, domestic ducks, geese and guinea fowl and is carried by freeflying waterfowl.

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Feed Costs

Through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP), producers are eligible for reimbursement of feed transportation costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reimburse eligible ranchers 60 to 90% of feed transportation costs above what would have been incurred in a normal year. To learn more, visit fsa.usda.gov/elap.

Annual conference provided educational opportunities Deadwood, S.D. – On Jan. 21-22, the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) and South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) 2022 Conference took place at The Lodge.

The theme for the conference was “Building Bridges and Growing Generations,” with the focus placed on the importance of young farmers and rancher’s involvement in agriculture and its future.

The intent of the conference was to discuss timely topics, listen to thought provoking speakers and build lifelong relationships among those in the industry.

Approximately 150 young men and women from across the U.S. attended the conference to tune into sessions and tour local businesses.

The conference was hosted by the WyFB and SDFB YF&R Committees for farmers and ranchers of all ages. Children were welcome to attend.

Please see YF&R on page 8

Cold Storage Cold storage data remains supportive for meat prices. The total supply of beef in cold storage at the end of December was estimated at 503.8 million pounds, 6% lower than a year ago and 1.9% lower than the five-year average.

Pork supplies in the freezer remain tight to support cutout values. Pork cold storage was 493.9 million pounds, 4.1% lower than a year ago and 19.1% lower than the five-year average.

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Wolves make headlines With a voter-approved initiative to transplant gray wolves into Colorado yet-to-be implemented, ranchers in the state are already experiencing with the impact of sharing the landscape with these wild predators. Wolves that have naturally migrated into Colorado were confirmed as killing cattle and a herding dog.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officers confirmed a wolf depredation incident on a 550-pound Angus calf in Jackson County, Colo. on Dec. 19, 2021. Things were quiet for a few weeks, but on Jan. 9, the wolfpack attacked two herding dogs in a kennel – killing one – on a nearby ranch. A few days later, CPW Commissioners enacted emergency rules allowing ranchers to haze wolves to prevent or reduce injury to their livestock and guardian animals.

The agency’s definition of hazing includes the use of livestock guardian animals, fladry, cracker shells, range riders, ATVs and vehicles, noise makers and other scare devices.

Hazing which results in the injury or death of a wolf is not allowed.

Just over a week after the dog attacks, on Jan. 18-19, the wolfpack returned to the Angus ranch near Walden, Colo., attacking three 1,200-pound heifers, killing one and injuring another so severely it had to be euthanized. The attacks reportedly occurred in a small pasture next to the rancher’s house.

Predatory behavior Wolves in Colorado are listed as a state-protected endangered species that can only be killed for in self-defense of humans. Illegal take of a wolf in Colorado could result Please see WOLVES on page 6

GGMC connects ranchers to range science There has never been a better time than now for farmers, ranchers and land managers to have direct access to useful range management resources. On Jan. 25, the Society for Range Management (SRM) launched Good Grazing Makes Cent$ (GGMC) – a program designed to provide “practical, applicable and economically feasible range management practices which can ultimately improve productivity of the land and the bottom dollar of the ranch.”

GGMC membership includes an interactive monthly newsletter, premium educational videos created by producers and land management experts across the country, as

well as access to additional SRM resources, including academic journals, Rangelands and Rangeland Ecology & Management.

Dave Voth, a ranch manager and program participant, shares, “Good Grazing Makes Cent$ offers me a chance to ask questions in an interactive forum which can connect me to people in the academic world and bring it into a situation where I can use it on my own landscape.”

He continues, “I can speak to other producers who have tried unique and progressive treatments and see how I can use some of those things and what may or may not make sense on my place.”

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Crystal Ball Often during this time of the year, livestock producers and others in agriculture are looking for their crystal ball to tell what the markets and weather will be this spring.

For me, once I’ve found the crystal ball, I start looking for the silver bullet that will make everything good.

From the Publisher Then, as soon as I come to my Dennis Sun senses, I start looking for good solid information out there to plan for the rest of the winter and upcoming spring.

The big question for now is, “Do I have enough hay to last until green grass?”

Recent hay price studies show the average cost of hay can range from four to 15 cents per pound of dry matter (grass), which is usually more than double the cost for the same amount of nutrients from existing pasture grass.

Then the next question is, “What kind and how much protein will I also need?”

The problem is really a balancing act to get livestock through the winter. Good information, along with a little luck, will help producers through the last winter months.

We’re all looking at sheep producers and their record prices for lamb, saying, “Good for you, way to go, it’s your turn.”

What happened for the sheep producers with the high demand for their lamb products only shows that consumers are smart.

Along with the Lamb Checkoff and other forward-thinking lamb groups, lamb producers were ready to take advantage of current market opportunities. Times have been hard for sheep producers as they have faced – and continue to face – some hard issues, especially trade issues. But, the price outlook is good.

Beef producers in the Intermountain West are at the mercy of the weather. Up until recently, it has been an open winter with not too many cold snaps for most of the area.

Demand for beef, both at the meat counter and exports to other countries, is strong. We can only hope meatpackers can keep a strong labor force to provide for the demand. Similar to sheep producers, beef producers need mandatory price and market transparency reporting which are essential to fair markets.

Because of the current low prices beef producers are getting in the hills and the high profits meatpackers are getting, there is a lot of finger-pointing going on. I hope with the numbers of cattle going down and demand staying strong, producer prices will become stronger.

A report by the North American Meat Institute told members of a U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee last week that data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed in 2021 beef packers’ share of the consumer dollar was 22.2 percent, lower than the beef producer share. I find this hard to believe.

Our current administration can’t just blame meat and oil prices on inflation – they have to look at their own policies as well.

I sure hope there will not be a war in the Ukraine, as it is a major oil and grain exporter. Ukraine is a major global grain producer, providing some 16 percent of the world’s corn exports and 12 percent of the world’s wheat exports.

Under our current administration’s oil policies, the U.S. now purchases around the same amount of oil from Russia as is purchased from Saudi Arabia. In truth, we are paying for the Russian buildup next to Ukraine. That’s not the way it should be, is it?

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California's Proposition 12 – 'City Slickers' Managing American Agriculture

By Rachael Buzanowski

You know how sometimes a joke is too close to real life? Consider the story of the time a California “city slicker” moved to the middle of Iowa and decides he’s going to take up farming.

He heads to the local co-op and tells the man, “Give me a hundred baby chickens.”

The co-op man complies.

A week later the man returns and says, “Give me two hundred baby chickens.”

The co-op man complies.

Again, a week later the man returns. This time he says, “Give me five hundred baby chickens.”

“Wow!” The co-op man replies, “You must really be doing well!”

“Naw,” said the man with a sigh. “I’m either planting them too deep or too far apart!”

This is what it is like with California’s Proposition 12; only this is a lot of folks in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose who have passed a law which requires farmers in the entire rest of the country to “plant chickens” rather than raise them through widely accepted ag practices.

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do so. If the Supreme Court declines to shut down Proposition 12, there is no telling where over-reaching laws like this one will end. It is veal, pork and eggs now, but next it could be beef, corn or wheat.

This could apply to other products as well. For example, a state could try to prevent goods from being marketed in its borders if they contain products derived from something like fracking.

Laws like this are extreme and need to be stopped before they wreck what unitedness is left in these 50 states.

Knowing how American farmers and ranchers care for their animals and their land, it is obvious that allowing “city slickers” to dictate how we plant our chickens will lead to disaster.

Rachael Buzanowski is an associate attorney with Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC. Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC, has attorneys licensed to practice law in Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

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people to find alternative sources of protein.

While this may mean they turn to beef or chicken, it could also mean they decrease their consumption of meat in general. And what happens when these same anti-ag folks go after beef or chicken next?

Second, is California’s attempt to regulate agricultural operations in other states? The Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution allows states to regulate commerce within their own borders but prohibits states from excessively burdening commerce outside their borders.

Lawsuits have been filed arguing that California is acting contrary to the Commerce Clause because Proposition 12 applies to how animals are raised outside the state of California. Unfortunately, some federal courts, including the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco, have refused to overturn Proposition 12.

The last hope resides with the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has yet to announce whether it will take the case, but U.S. Senators like Joni Ernst (R-IA) have encouraged it to

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How did this happen?

In 2018, the people of California voted in favor of Proposition 12 because they were told that it would “improve animal welfare.” While many Californians believed they were helping animals by voting for this law, they were actually allowing “city slickers” to intervene in widely accepted ag husbandry and care practices.

This law allows the state of California to control how much space laying hens, veal calves and breeding pigs have in confinement operations.

However, California is not just trying to regulate spacing in its own state, it is also trying to regulate the spacing of animals and their offspring in other states if eggs, veal or pork from those states are to be sold in California.

There are two major problems at play in this case. First, Proposition 12 is just one of many moves being made by those with anti-ag agendas.

For example, if North Carolina farmers can’t sell pork in California because of the Proposition 12, it will likely drive up the price of pork, meaning it will force many

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NEWS BRIEFS Ag HOF applications open

Each year, the Wyoming Livestock Roundup recognizes two Wyoming citizens or couples for their involvement in the state’s agriculture industry by inducting them into the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame (HOF). Started in 1992, the Ag Hall of Fame has honored 69 Wyomingites to date.

“The Wyoming Ag Hall of Fame award was first started in 1992 to recognize the leadership in the ag community,” says Wyoming Livestock Roundup Publisher Dennis Sun. “The need is there to recognize people who have been leaders, given themselves, their time and countless resources to help the ag community in the state.”

Last year’s inductees were Dr. Jim Logan of Riverton and Keith and Linda Hamilton of Hyattville.

To nominate someone for the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame, please visit wylr.net and click on the Ag Hall of Fame tab, e-mail roundup@wylr.net or call the office at 307-234-2700. Nominations must be submitted by June 1, 2022.

After all nominations are received, a panel of three judges independently rank nominees and select the year’s inductees. Awards are presented to the winners at the 2022 Wyoming Ag Hall of Fame Picnic, held on Aug. 17, 2022 during the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas.

For more information, contact the Wyoming Livestock Roundup at 307-234-2700.

Berger elected to WSGLT board The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) announced Jan. 26 that Diana Berger has been elected to the organization’s Board of Directors.

A resident of Saratoga, Diana joins the board with an extensive list of leadership roles at both the county and state level. Diana has served as the past chairman of the Carbon County School District #2 Board of Trustees and is currently a member of the Carbon County Planning and Zoning Board. At the state level, Diana has served on the Platte Valley Mule Deer Migration Corridor working group and is the past chairman of the Wyoming State Fair Board of Directors.

Additionally, Diana is a longtime member of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, having served many years on the Environmental Stewardship Selection Committee and as chair of the association’s Ag Promotion, Education and Enhancement Committee.

Diana is a producer and ranches alongside her husband, Jack, on their family’s ranch outside of Saratoga.

“Diana has long demonstrated leadership and service in the agricultural community and in local organizations,” said WSGLT Executive Director Jessica Crowder. “Her background and experiences will certainly strengthen our work. The WSGLT is thrilled to welcome her to the organization.”

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Ag Days schedule released WESTI Ag Days will be hosted in Worland Feb. 15-16. This event is free, courtesy of sponsors, and is a great opportunity for farmers, ranchers, retailers and consumers to learn and connect with other producers and agriculture service provides. There is currently still room for a few vendors at the trade show.

The Washakie Development Association (WDA) will be hosting a discussion on local production and regional markets on Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m.

Additionally, attendees will hear about local production of food crops including grain, meat and vegetables, regional processing, value-added opportunities, as well as local and regional markets. This is an opportunity to meet like-minded folks, network, connect with customers and share ideas.

For more information, call Washakie County Extension at 307-347-3431.

Supplemental feed addressed A new bulletin from the University of Wyoming Extension explores effective supplemental feed programs for sheep producers in the West.

“Supplementation Considerations for Ewes Managed on Dormant Winter Pastures and Rangelands” notes many sheep producers in the region rely on supplemental feed to meet late-season nutritional shortfalls. This is because the quality of forage varies throughout the year and doesn’t always meet nutrient requirements during breeding, pregnancy and lactation.

The bulletin’s authors – UW Extension Sheep Specialist Whit Stewart and Rangeland Management Specialist Derek Scasta, along with South Dakota State University Extension Sheep Field Specialist Jaelyn Quintana – say annually evaluating standing forage on winter pastures is critical to determine when and how much to provide supplemental feed.

“Understanding the forage quality, quantity and species composition available to grazing sheep is an essential step in designing a precision supplementation program,” they wrote.

The bulletin also offers tips on how to determine what type of supplement should be used, considering factors such as whether protein or energy is required and the cost per pound of the supplement.

“Implementing some of these considerations in foragebased sheep enterprises can optimize animal performance and save valuable input costs,” the authors conclude.

To download the bulletin, go to wyoextension.org/publications/Search_Details.php?pubid=2087&pub=B-1379.

Arbor Day Poster Contest open Wyoming State Forestry Division and Wyoming Project Learning Tree (WY PLT) are teaming up again this year to hold the annual Wyoming State Arbor Day poster contest.

This year Wyoming will celebrate its 134th Arbor Day. The contest is open to all Wyoming fourth and fifth grade students, including home-schooled, private and public. Students are invited to create a poster no larger than 14 by 18 inches in size that depicts the theme “Trees: for birds, bugs, bees and me.”

The winner will receive $100, their framed poster and a plaque. The winner’s teacher will also receive $100. Second place will receive $50, their framed poster and a plaque.

Contest deadline is March 23, 2022. Please see the WY PLT website at wyomingplt.org for all contest rules or contact State Program Coordinator Jessica Halverson at 605-4315979 or jessica.halverson1@gmail.com for more information.

EHM reported in Park County The Wyoming Livestock Board (WLSB) received laboratory confirmation of a Park County horse infected with Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) on Jan. 26. The affected horse and approximately 40 herd mates are quarantined to the operation near Cody where they have resided without addition of new horses for the past six weeks.

The epidemiological investigation revealed contact between the affected herd and two outside herds. Horses in the contact herds are being monitored for respiratory and neurologic disease and have remained free of disease since the exposure date. Both contact herds are confined to their premises for days 14 days beyond their exposure.

EHV-1 is the very common rhinopneumonitis virus which typically causes mild respiratory symptoms in infected horses, but in rare cases may cause severe neurologic signs.

To date, while infection has been confirmed in only one horse, multiple horses have shown clinical signs consistent with EHM. The first affected horse began showing neurologic signs early the second week of January.

The most recent horse to develop clinical signs became apparent Jan. 22. This affected herd will remain under quarantine until 21 days after the resolution of clinical signs.

The source of infection in the quarantined herd is unknown. EHV-1 often takes up residence in host nerve cells after the initial infection. From that nerve cell residence, EHV-1 can then recrudesce when a horse’s immune system falters. The epidemiologic evidence indicates this was the source of the outbreak in this herd.

More information on Equine Herpes Virus can be obtained by contacting the Wyoming Livestock Board Office at 307-777-7515. Detailed background information is available from the American Association of Equine Practitioners at aaep.org/document/equine-herpesvirus-ehv.

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NEWS BRIEFS UW educator hired

A former range research technician is the new agriculture and natural resources educator for University of Wyoming Extension in Crook County.

Alex Orozco-Lopez began his job duties Jan. 4. Most recently, he worked as a range research technician for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, Neb. In this position, he collected and analyzed data on research projects in the Nebraska Panhandle and in the Sandhills.

He previously was a biological science aide at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service in Cheyenne, where he worked with scientists, research technicians and other biological science aides to manage cattle and gather vegetation data.

In his new role, Orozco-Lopez will design, deliver and evaluate comprehensive educational programs addressing agriculture and natural resources needs in Crook County.

He will investigate issues area producers are facing and work with them to find solutions. Additionally, he will collaborate with other Extension educators to host educational programs, provide training and support 4-H activities.

Orozco-Lopez grew up on a cow/calf operation in Galt, Calif. He earned a master’s degree in agronomy, with a specialization in range and forage science, from UNL in December 2021. He received his bachelor’s degree in animal science from California State University-Chico in 2019.

Wyoming BLM director named

NILE scholarship available A new year brings new opportunities for youth in agriculture. The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) Foundation is now accepting applications for scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year.

For over 30 years, the NILE has awarded scholarships to deserving FFA and 4-H students. The criteria being that applicants have been leaders in their respective programs, excelled in the classroom, participated in NILE events and actively involved in their communities.

Given the extended unprecedented times, the NILE Foundation's Scholarship Program will continue to support youth in Agriculture with limited fundraising opportunities.

“Supporting youth in agriculture is a cornerstone of the NILE Foundation’s mission,” says NILE Interim General Manager Rick Hamilton. Scholarships will be awarded and announced in April 2022. Similar to previous years, the NILE Scholarship Committee will be awarding five levels of scholarships: High School One Time Scholarship; Rolling Scholarship; Secondary One Time Scholarship; Shining Star; NILE Legacy Award; and Needle In The Haystack.

Scholarship applications and guidelines can be found at thenile.org or by contacting the NILE Office at 406256-2495. Applications must be received at the NILE Office by March 1 by 4 p.m. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced Jan. 26 Andrew Archuleta has been selected as the new BLM Wyoming state director. In this position, Archuleta will be responsible for overseeing the management of 17.5 million surface acres of public lands and more than 40 million acres of federal sub-surface mineral estate. Archuleta will report to the Wyoming BLM State Office in late February 2022.

As BLM Wyoming state director, Archuleta will also oversee more than 600 permanent staff and 150 seasonal employees who help manage a myriad of public land uses and resources, including energy development, livestock grazing, outdoor recreation and the protection and control of wild horses and burros.

“Andrew brings almost three decades of service and leadership experience to his new role, and he has been at the forefront of some of our most important initiatives. His understanding of rural communities and the challenges they face coupled with the expertise he has developed will continue to benefit the BLM and the Wyoming communities and constituencies we serve,” Stone-Manning said.

Archuleta’s career in federal service began more than 28 years ago and includes almost 15 years with the BLM. He has held several important assignments in recent years including BLM Colorado’s northwest district manager, the acting division chief for Fluid Minerals Program and most recently served as the district manager for BLM’s California Desert District. In addition, he has also worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service.

Archuleta replaces Kim Liebhauser, who served as acting director and will return to her permanent role as BLM Wyoming associate state director.

Gov. Mark Gordon said, “I am glad to learn BLM has named a Wyoming state director and I look forward to meeting Mr. Archuleta in the very near future to discuss the numerous urgent issues Wyoming has proactively addressed throughout my administration. These include oil and gas leasing and other energy development; the important role of livestock on western ranges; migration corridors and other critical wildlife concerns; the Greater sage grouse; and invasive species.”

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lander Field Office has released an environmental assessment (EA), which analyzes future wild horse gather, removal and fertility control operations in the North Lander Wild Horse Complex.

The North Lander Complex is in southeast Fremont County and is made up of the Conant Creek, Dishpan Butte, Muskrat Basin and Rock Creek Mountain herd management areas. The North Lander Complex’s appropriate management level (AML) – the point at which the wild horse population is consistent with the land’s capacity to support it and other mandated uses of those lands – is 320 to 536 horses. The BLM estimates there are close to 2,000 horses in the complex.

“Gathers and fertility control measures are needed in the North Lander Complex to return the population to within its AML, slow population growth and remove wild horses that have strayed outside of the complex,” said Lander Field Manager John Elliott.

The BLM could begin gather operations later in 2022.

The environmental assessment analyzes a range of alternatives for gathering and implementing population growth suppression measures to achieve and maintain the AML. Suppression measures which are analyzed include gelding or vasectomizing stallions; reducing the reproducing population through adjusted sex ratios; using flexible intrauterine devices (IUDs) on mares; and using the fertility vaccine GonaConEquine.

Public comments on this EA will be accepted through the BLM’s ePlanning website at eplanning. blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2014081/510. If online submission is not an option, comments may be submitted by mail to Wild Horse Specialist, BLM Lander Field Office, 1335 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520.

The comment period closes Feb. 18, 2022.

For more information, contact BLM Wild Horse and Burro Specialist Clay Stott at 307-332-8400.

Scholarships offered The Wyoming CattleWomen are offering two scholarships to deserving young women from the state of Wyoming. These scholarships will be awarded based on application criteria and an essay component.

Each scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $500.

In addition, each awardee will be given a one-year membership to Wyoming CattleWomen. The application deadline is Feb. 28, 2022.

The application will be available at wyocattlewomen. org, or through 4-H and FFA advisors.

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EXTENSION EDUCATION

By Alex Orozco, UW Extension Educator

Prepping for Calving Season As calving season approaches, it is important ranchers prepare in advance to ensure they are meeting nutritional requirements of cows and first-time calving heifers.

Additionally, it is important that producers have a good calving management plan to reduce the risk of calf loss.

Winter weather, along with moving into late gestation, causes additional stress on cattle and increases their nutritional requirements. An effective winter nutritional management plan can improve the profitability and performance of the herd.

Meeting the nutritional requirements of cattle in late gestation influences the success the herd will breed back and calf performance.

Nutritional management A study by Mullinks in 2020 explained calves born from nutrient-restricted dams during late gestation were shown to have reduced immunity. Additionally, the recommended optimal body condition scores (BCS) for calving and breeding season are scores between a five or six.

However, not feeding enough during weather changes and reduced forage availability can make achieving the optimum BCS before calving difficult, as cattle can easily drop a BCS in 30 days or less.

The last chance to economically increase BCS on a cow during late gestation is the last 90 days prior to calving, because after calving, their nutritional requirements increases due to lactation. To improve a BCS on thin cattle post-calving, large amounts of high-quality feed will be required. Therefore, it is important for producers to understand in cattle moving from mid to late gestation, energy requirements increase by 25 percent and protein requirements increase by 10 percent.

Additionally, windy, cold and wet weather for a week or more may increase energy requirements of cattle by 10 to 30 percent. To improve the nutritional management of a herd during winter months, producers should obtain a nutrient analysis for their forage and hay and sort cows into nutritional need groups – cows versus heifers, separating thin cattle.

Prioritize higher quality feed for younger and thinner cattle, and have a supplementation plan ready for winter months and late gestation.

Be willing to adjust nutritional needs during stress periods, and monitor cattle using BCS to adjust feed/supplementation to assure the herd BCS is in the ideal rage. Ensuring nutritional requirements of cows are met and having a calving management plan can improve livestock performance and profitability.

Calving complications Every year a significant number of calves are lost at birth due to complications dur-

ing calving (Niemeyer, 2021).

Several factors can contribute to calving complications and can be categorized into three main categories: calf effects (heavy birth weights), cow effects (cow age/maturity, pelvic size and nutrition) and fetal position at birth.

Thinner cows have shown to have higher calving complications, are prone to calving weaker calves and take longer to recover. However, obsessively fat cattle can also create calving complications as they have increased pelvic fat, which decreases the birth canal. Therefore, it is important cattle are in the ideal BCS range to reduce calving issue due to nutrition.

The ideal BCS for cows is five and the ideal BCS for heifers is 5.5 to six.

Making sure cattle are in ideal nutritional range is not the only important thing to do before calving. Ensuring producers have proper facilities, equipment and proper calving assistance procedures can also assist in reducing the risk of calf loss. Having supplies such as a thermometer, disinfectant, calf esophageal tube, colostrum, electrolytes, chains/straps/ puller, syringes and needles, towel/blankets, etc. during calving season is very beneficial.

Additionally, frequently observing the herd, especially first-time calving heifers and assisting immediately when needed can help reduce calf loss. It is encouraged producers wait no longer than two to three hours after labor begins to provide birthing assistance.

If assistance is needed, it is important to take the proper precautions to prevent injuries to the new-born calf and remove mucus from the calf’s nose and mouth immediately. It is also important producers ensure the calf nurses within an hour after birth. Producers can give colostrum to weak calves. If calves have scours, it is important to treat as soon as possible and electrolytes are given to calves to avoid dehydration.

Additionally, providing shelter or dry bedding can also help reduce calf loss due to hyperthermia. If producers have a calf suffering of minor hyperthermia, try and warm up the calf by rubbing it with a dry towel or moving it to a warm area to raise its body temperature to a normal temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit, then feed it warm colostrum.

If producers have any questions or immediately need assistance, it is recommended they contact a local veterinarian to reduce calf losses. Proper calving management is important to reduce the number of calves lost during calving season. Therefore, a good calving management can be economically beneficial.

Alex Orozco is a University of Wyoming Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator. He can be reached at aorozcol@uwyo.edu.

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WLSB continued from page 1 program. Gordon’s phase two and phase three budget reductions will amount to $656,533 in general fund reductions to the Brand Inspection Recording Program.

The WLSB is proposing small fee increases to offset the majority of that amount over the next two years. These increases do not include regular cattle or sheep inspection fees.

True says the fee increase will “allow the WLSB to continue to operate the Inspection and Recording program in the manner our producers are accustomed to.”

According to True, a public notice will be released within the next 30 days on plans for the fees and public comment will be welcomed.

Trichomoniasis testing of bulls The WLSB wrote an order for trichomoniasis testing of all bulls in a special focus area in 2013, which was later revised in 2017. Producers located within Uinta County, Lincoln County – excluding the area north and east of Fontenelle Creek Road – and Sweetwater County, south of Interstate 80, are considered to be within the

For questions or more information, contact Steve True, director of the Wyoming Livestock Board at steve.true@wyo.gov or Dr. Hallie Hasel, state veterinarian, at hallie.hasel@wyo.gov.

special focus area.

True says a producer went through the process of asking the board to hear his comments to rescind this order at the meeting last week. Since it is a board order, the board can choose to continue, amend or rescind the specific order. Time was taken at this past meeting to hear the initial comment, and the board is offering no action at this time, says True.

“Our next board meeting will be geared towards this issue in order to elicit as much public comment as we can and to continue that discussion,” says True.

Chapter 15 rules deal with the disease separate and apart from the focus area. According to Hasel, the rules were established for import into the state of Wyoming.

“I would like to emphasize we are not intending to change our Chapter 15

trichomoniasis rules at this time, including the requirement for bulls to be tested annually on communal grazing properties,” says Hasel.

She says although the board isn’t intending to change the Chapter 15 rules, they are taking a serious look at the trichomoniasis board order.

Sims says it’s important for producers to know the difference between the board order and the Chapter 15 rules.

“The board order special focus area has a few more requirements, but the requirements under Chapter 15 would still be in place, even if the board rescinded the special focus area,” says Sims.

Sims notes the board hasn’t made a decision, and they want to gather more information and hear public comment at the next board meeting. He says the board will try to hold the

next meeting in the southwestern portion of the state.

“This will give a chance for those producers in that area to come and make their comments and give the board some direction on how they feel it needs to go,” Sims says.

“There will be plenty of opportunity for producers to weigh in on that,” adds True.

Brucellosis testing “We are also taking a cursory look at the brucellosis rules,” says Sims, “It’s mostly just cleaning up the rules and terminology changes.”

Hasel notes the board is not changing the Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) boundaries for brucellosis at this time or putting in any recommendations to change them. She says the board isn’t looking at changing the brucellosis testing requirements at this time.

“What we are doing

is improving the brucellosis reimbursement process for our veterinarians.

That’s one of our primary focuses,” says Hasel.

She says the board is also considering changing some terminology, including changing the previous name from “brucellosis area of concern” to possibly a different name that doesn’t sound quite so “ominous” to surrounding state counter parts.

Sims says these rules haven’t been moved forward to the comment process.

“If they do move forward, we will certainly get them out so there can be public comment on it,” Sims says, “We currently aren’t contemplating any major changes in the brucellosis rules.”

Kaitlyn Root is an editor for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

WOLVES continued from page 1 in fines up to $100,000, a year of jail time and a lifetime loss of hunting privileges. Proposition 114 requires CPW reintroduce and manage gray wolves in Colorado no later than Dec. 31, 2023, on lands west of the Continental Divide. But these wolves moved in without assistance from humans, probably from Wyoming.

Colorado’s wolfpack, which was confirmed as attacking dogs, continues a trend felt throughout the West where wolves roam.

Oregon officials confirmed on Jan. 19, a livestock producer found his guardian dog had been killed by a pack of at least four wolves “inside of his electric wolf resistant fence in his private grass pasture about 600 yards from his home” in Jackson County. Three days prior, a livestock producer in Baker County, Ore., found wolves had killed his 40-pound Kelpie herding dog 150 yards from his home, state officials confirmed.

“Park” wolf removal Meanwhile, wolf advocates are penning letters, petitions and lawsuits in attempt to get wolves throughout the West placed back under federal protection pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, and citing 15 wolves, which are known to use Yellowstone National Park, have been killed in this winter’s hunting and trapping season in Montana, in addition to five more “Park” wolves, which were killed in Idaho and Wyoming.

The National Park Service estimates there are 94 wolves remaining in Yellowstone’s wolf population, and Montana’s hunting season knocked out – if not all – of the Phantom Lake Pack, which

roams both inside and out of the park. When those wolves leave the park, they become Montana’s wolves, subject to legal hunting under current state regulations.

Although wolf advocates decry the hunts are endangering Yellowstone National Park’s wolf population, this is not the case.

According to the park’s annual wolf report, at the end of December 2020, there were at least 123 wolves living primarily in the park – the highest park count since 2008 when the park had 124 wolves, and marked a one-year increase of 31 percent after a decade of little population change year to year. Thus, Yellowstone National Park’s wolf population has hovered around 100 for the last 14 years.

Wyoming’s 2021 wolf trophy hunt substantially concluded at the end of 2021 with little fanfare.

With a total harvest limit of 47 wolves in the northwestern portion of the state that comprises the trophy game area, only 29 wolves were harvested, and three hunt areas – primarily in Sublette County and the Alpine area – closed without any harvest at all.

Only one hunt area remains open through March 31 or until the harvest quota is reached: the Whiskey Mountain hunt area has a quota of three, with no animals taken thus far. This area has a longer season primarily in attempt to provide some relief to the area’s ailing Bighorn sheep population.

Cat Urbigkit is a correspondent for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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NWSS continued from page 1 serve as the hub of all livestock activities and provide multi-use indoor and outdoor facilities year-round; the Cille and Ron Williams Yards, which transformed the stock yard space to permanent pens; and the Equestrian Center, which will be one of the nation’s premier centers for year-round horse shows and events.

A major focus of the NWSS is providing college and graduate-level scholarships to students in Colorado and Wyoming in the fields of agricultural science, agricultural business and rural medicine. These funds, housed under the National Western Scholarship Trust, provided support to 110 students to further their education.

Following several weeks of livestock shows, the 2022

Auction of Junior Livestock Champions sold champions shown during junior livestock shows. Sales of the top eight champion animals totaled $519,000. The Grand Champion Steer sold for a record-high $160,000 to Ames Construction Company; the Reserve Grand Champion Hog sold for $50,000 to the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, breaking the previous record by $14,000; and the Grand Champion Goat set a record sale of $44,000 to Babson Farms. The sale of the all 96 animals sold tallied $1,189,500, which beat the record set in 2020 by $110,000.

Averi Hales is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.

Youth meats judging ̶ The Natrona County 4-H Meats Judging Team was the National Reserve Champion 4-H Meats Judging Team at the Western National Roundup in Denver/Fort Collins.

From left to right are coaches Jack Stewart and Cameron Magee; team members Spencer Hansen, Jonathan Danford, Afton Stewart and Nicholas Gutierrez; and coaches Burt Andreen and Alexander Wolf. Courtesy photo

New stockyards ̶ At the 2022 NWSS, the H.W. Hustchison Family Stockyards Event Center was open for public viewing. The building, which acts as a gateway to the new yard pens, features a brand new sale ring and even has a wall dedicated to Buffalo Hereford Producers Better and Karl Bergner. Averi Hales photo

Stock show intern ̶ Kirby Hales, a University of Wyoming student and Laramie native, was the only livestock intern at NWSS from the Cowboy State. Hales learned the ins and outs of putting on expansive livestock shows and made great connections in the livestock industry. Averi Hales photo

Wool judging ̶ The NWSS Champion FFA Wool Judging Team was the Chief Washakie FFA Chapter of Worland. The team had several individual first place finishes in placings and on the grading rail, as well as top-five finishes in questions, reasons and overall.

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YF&R continued from page 1 “It was a great opportunity for ranchers and farmers,” shared Tucker Hamilton, WyFB YF&R committee member. “We did several tours to let people see some areas of an industry they might not have access to.”

“There was a lot of networking that happened with breaks planned into the schedule, which allowed people to meet others from different states,” Hamilton added. “Overall, the conference saw attendees who ranged in age from their 20s to mid-50s, and we were

pleased with the turnout.”

Breakout sessions Breakout sessions included topics on succession planning and healthy family relationships, soil health, entrepreneurship and political engagement over the two-day event.

The conference kicked off with a breakout session, “Grassroots of Healthy Family Relationships” presented

by Elaine Froese.

Froese is a lifelong farmer and uses her background in conflict resolution and communication to

help farmers and ranchers face make-or-break conflicts head on so they can focus on the business of their operation.

The session focused on better communication and conflict resolution to secure a successful farm transition among ranching and farming families, especially with young family members.

Her expertise encouraged members to discuss the “Undiscussabull™” – the bull in the middle of the family operation no one wants to talk about. Froese shared simple, practical and actionable tools to resolve conflict.

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Millborn Seeds Inc., shared their knowledge on “Soil Health, Cover Crop Mixes and Practical Experience.”

Living agriculture each day, Knock and Fruechte shared their knowledge and insights on forage and cover crops.

“We ended up turning our session into a live breakout podcast session called Roots & Ruminants,” shared Fruechte. “We were able to take questions from the audience and answer those questions with the panel we had.

It was a great chance for producers to have interaction with us and get their questions answered.”

Overall, it was a great event and went really well, Fruechte concluded.

The pair regularly shares several topics on their podcast, Roots & Ruminants which can be found on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Industry tours On the first day of the conference, attendees were invited to participate in several tours of local agriculture businesses. Attendees visited the McNenny Fish Hatchery and the Spearfish Brewing Company.

The McNenny Fish Hatchery produces trout and salmon for stocking across South Dakota. High fishing pressure, low natural reproduction and limited food supply have created the need for stocking, shares the McNenny Fish Hatchery webpage.

Annually, the hatchery produces nearly 90,000 pounds of fish. Artesian wells and springs provide nearly four million gallons of water daily, and after being used at the hatchery, flows into Crow Creek.

The hatchery is always looking for interns, added Hamilton.

“They really like getting farmers and ranchers as interns,” he adds. “They like to hire interns who are selfsufficient and hardworking individuals.”

Interested parties are encouraged to contact the hatchery or checkout their webpage, noted Hamilton.

The Spearfish Brewing Company was also a tour spot for conference attendees. The brewery features South Dakota’s first horizontal lagering tanks and a threestage reverse osmosis water filtration system, allowing the brewery to create clean, award-winning lagers.

“We saw about 45 to 50 people participate in the tours,” shared Hamilton.

“The tours allowed people to

see different areas that they might not have access to.”

Healthy political discussions The conference rounded out with a “Testifying Before Congress” discussion presented by SDFB President and American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Scott VanderWal, WyFB President Todd Fornstrom and AFBF Director of Advocacy and Grassroots Randy Dwyer.

VanderWal is a thirdgeneration corn and soybean farmer and cattle feeder from Volga, S.D. “One of the Farm Bureau’s main goals is to make sure Congress, the White House and federal government agencies understand how their policies affect farmers and ranchers – and the millions of people we feed,” shared VanderWal on the AFBF webpage.

Fornstrom runs Premium Hay Products, an alfalfa pellet mill, as well as a trucking business and custom combining business. Fornstrom also works with his father farming near Pine Bluffs.

The diversified farm consists of irrigated corn, wheat, alfalfa and dry beans.

“Congressional testimony goes beyond literally testifying before Congress,” shared Fornstrom. “It is serving on your local board, talking to the lady in the grocery store and reaching out to your neighbor to explain the issues you are facing on your operation.”

“We wanted people to realize that it’s not hard to speak to people about agriculture and we need to do it,” said Hamilton. “It’s not as intimidating as one would think.”

WyFB and SDFB YF&R offers several resources for members in an effort to make conversations happen, added Hamilton.

Future events Looking forward to 2022, the WyFB is planning March 1-3 to participate in legislative meetings.

“The WyFB Legislative Meeting is an opportunity for members to get together to talk to senators and representatives of Wyoming,” shared Hamilton. “If people are interested in being a part of the conversation, we sit in on committee meetings.”

The WyFB also has an annual meeting set for November as well, shared Hamilton.

Brittany Gunn is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.

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GGMC continued from page 1 Interactive membership GGMC membership places range science at producers’ fingertips through access to blogs, videos and other science-based resources on a monthly basis. In addition, members will be invited to join a Facebook group which directly connects rangeland scientists and producers in an easily accessible forum. There, members can participate in live discussions with rangeland scientists and producers.

The monthly content is driven by members’ questions and queries, according to GGMC. “Each newsletter will have ‘submit a question’ options which will be answered by our team of experts and possibly even be covered in-depth in future newsletter additions,” the GGMC website shares.

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Range Management Specialist Hayden Vandeberg says, “GGMC is a way to use information to ensure the sustainability of a ranch from one generation to the next and use small bits of information from videos to implement changes in family ranches overtime.”

Sharing information Rancher’s Stewardship Alliance Conservation Committee Coordinator Martin

Townsend shares he believes the value of GGMC is the vast number of resources available for producer use.

“I think the value of the GGMC program is really a collection of all the varying resources that are available and can be beneficial for ranch management and to grazing as the major tool in ranch management,” Townsend says. “There are very specific resources related to specific things which scatter every facet of plant and animal science. I think the value of all of this is curating all of this information down into a usable format.”

“What we are really try to do here is get producers information quick and now, so they can make the decisions they need to, to help their operation through drought, marketing or more,” said NRCS Range Management Specialist Scott Anderson.

Range managers across the West share if operations are looking to make a slight change over time, which will impact their operation for years to come, GGMC is a great place to look for range management advice.

Averi Hales is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr. net.

SRM offers Producer's Day The 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management (SRM), hosted by the New Mexico Session of SRM, is proud to host “Producer’s Day” on Feb. 8.

Producer’s Day features the Fifth Annual Bud Williams Memorial Stockmanship Symposium, the “Stockmanship and Stewardship” Producer Forum, a Rancher Panel Roundtable, low-stress livestock handling demonstrations and ranch rodeo. Registration for this day includes a special oneday rate of $50 extended to producers.

U.S. Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland is invited to speak at the Plenary Session, as well as U.S. Farm Administrator Zach Ducheneaux.

The extensive session list includes topics ranging from fire, outcome-based grazing, range monitoring, drought planning and ranch enterprise sustainability to beef supply chains, co-production, precision grazing technologies, forage production and invasive species.

For those who cannot attend in person, select events and sessions will be livestreamed during the Annual Meeting and available during the virtual event, to be held the week of Feb. 21. For more information and registration, visit eventbrite. com/e/2022-srm-annual-meeting-virtual-registration-tickets237783566047?mc_cid=3541c04c02&mc_eid=UNIQID.

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Feedlots maintain cattle inventories Unexpectedly large December placements once again pushed feedlot inventories higher year over year on Jan. 1. Feedlot placements in December were 106.5 percent of last year, higher than the average trade expectation and above the trade estimate range.

December marketings were about as expected at 100.8 percent of one year ago. However, with one less slaughter day in the month, daily average marketings were five percent higher year over year in December. The Jan. 1 on feed total was 12.037 million head, 100.6 percent of last year.

On Jan. 1, the inventory of steers in feedlots was 0.5 percent below one year ago while the number of heifers on feed was up 2.4 percent year over year.

Although cattle numbers are generally declining, feedlots will try to maintain inventories as long as possible. Following a similar pat-

tern to November, most of the increase in December placements was lightweight cattle.

Placements of cattle weighing less than 700 pounds were up 9.5 percent year over year while placements of cattle over 800 pounds were up just 1.7 percent compared to last year.

Cattle producers may have helped feedlots with large December placements as rising feeder prices encouraged later and larger auction total… at least in some regions. In Oklahoma, for example, feeder cattle auction totals for the three weeks of December sales were up 22.4 percent year over year. Feeder cattle supplies are expected to tighten considerably in 2022.

With the final numbers for December completing the year, commercial beef production in 2021 totaled 27.937 billion pounds, up 2.8 percent year over year and a new record annual

total for the U.S. Total federally inspected cattle slaughter was 33.184 million head, up 3.2 percent over 2020. It’s worth noting 2021 had a total of 254 slaughter days, two less than 2020, which was a leap year.

Total slaughter days per year vary from 254 to 256 and usually only change by one day more or less per year.

Total fed steer and heifer slaughter was 25.972 million head in 2021 with steer slaughter at 16.145 million head. Heifer slaughter was 9.827 million head and made up 37.8 percent of fed slaughter, the largest percentage since 2004. Total cow slaughter was 6.669 million head and accounted for 20.1 percent of total slaughter, the highest percentage since 2011. Beef cow slaughter totaled 3.562 million head, up 9.0 percent year over year.

Steer carcass weights averaged 906 pounds last year, down one pound from

2020. Average steer carcass weights exceeded average bull carcass weights, which were 884 pounds in 2021, for the third year in a row. Heifer carcass weights averaged 831 pounds, down 1.8 pounds year over year.

Cow carcass weights averaged 637 pounds, down 3.8 pounds from the prior year.

Declining cattle numbers are projected to reduce cattle slaughter by 2.5 to three percent in 2022 and lead to a 2.5 percent decrease in beef production for the year. However, drought could change the timing by forcing more liquidation and slaughter sooner and delaying the decrease in production until later.

This Cow/Calf Corner Newsletter was written by Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Derrell Peel and was originally published on extension. okstate.edu.

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AFBF seeks revision to act The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) announced Jan. 21 its support of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021, with the exception of the bill’s establishment of mandatory minimums for negotiated purchases.

AFBF delegates voted last week in Atlanta to revise 2022 Farm Bureau policy. While Farm Bureau supports robust negotiated sales, delegates voted to oppose government mandates which force livestock processing facilities to purchase a set percentage of their live animal supply via cash bids.

“AFBF appreciates the hard work that has been done on both sides of the issue to address the pressing needs facing America’s cattle industry,” said AFBF President Zippy Duvall. “The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act takes positive steps toward ensuring fairness for America’s farmers and ranchers as they work to feed this country’s families.”

The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act is sponsored by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and cosponsored by 14 other senators from both sides of the aisle. The legislation would also equip farmers with more information by establishing a cattle contract library, updating mandatory price reporting and increasing fines for companies that violate the Packers and Stockyards Act.

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OBITUARIES

Chip Carlson 1937 – 2022

We welcome obituaries. Obituaries are printed free of charge and can be sent to roundup@wylr.net.

Meverette 'Mev' Abernathy May 15, 1933 – Jan. 15, 2022

Meverette “Mev” Kay Abernathy, 88, died on Jan. 15 at her home in Lander.

She was born on May 15, 1933 to Clarence Leroy Gaughran and Josephine Mildred (Tyrrell) Gaughran in Yale, Beadle County, S.D. After graduating from Natrona County High

School, Mev married Donald Thomas Abernathy on June 30, 1951 in Casper.

Together, they started their family in Glenrock.

In 1962, they moved to Lander on the old Prideaux Place and started ranching together. Don worked for U.S. Steel, and Mev remained at home raising children and tending to the ranch chores.

In 1966, Mev and Donald purchased the Jimmy Walker Sheep Ranch just outside of Lander. About that time, Mev went to work for Safeway Stores and spent 28 years as a loyal, dedicated and muchloved employee. Her working helped the ranch during tough times.

She spent her time off helping out on the ranch,

feeding cattle and loading hay even before going to work at Safeway. She took her vacation time during busy lambing and calving seasons.

After retiring and divorcing Don in the mid1990s, she enjoyed cooking for brandings, trailings and her family. She was an excellent cook. Most of all, Mev enjoyed spending time and caring for her family, friends and grandchildren, loving them all dearly. Mev and Don remained good friends until his death in 2014.

Mev was preceded in death by her parents, brother Michael Gaughran, son Gary Abernathy, sonin-law Garry Martin, greatgrandson Gabriel Anderson and former spouse

Don Abernathy.

She is survived by her sister Marlyss Ouzts of Sun Lakes, Ariz., daughter Debra Martin of Lander; sons Thomas L. (Mildred) Abernathy of Lander and Ronald J. Abernathy of Lander/Atlantic City; grandchildren Garric (Amber) Martin, Chelsea (Cheyne) O’Neil, Josie (Robbie) Brittian, Rhett (Katherine) Abernathy, Avery (Joshua) Anderson; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Jan. 28 at The Grace Reform Fellowship, 545 E. Main Street, Lander, WY 82520.

Should friends desire, memorials might be made to the Lander Senior Citizens Center, 205 South 10th Street, Lander, WY 82520.

Please sign the family’s online registry at hudsonsfh.com.

Chip Carlson, 84, died Jan. 4, 2022 at Davis Hospice Center.

Chip was a Cheyenne historian and author who devoted 20 years to investigating and documenting the Tom Horn episode of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The results of this work were three published books. The most recent, “Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon – Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective,” won the annual award for history/biography of the Wyoming State Historical Society.

For seven years, Chip was a member of the Speakers Bureau of the Wyoming Council for the Humanities. He was also a member of the Wyoming Historical Society and Western Writers of America.

In 1993, he organized the retrial of Tom Horn in the Laramie County Courthouse, which attracted international attention to Wyoming and resulted in Horn’s acquittal. The New York Times reported on the trial and summarized

it with the headline “Once Guilty, Now Innocent, But Still Dead.”

Chip worked as a consultant on a permanent exhibit on Tom Horn at the location where the gallows stood in the old Laramie County Courthouse.

He was a graduate of Colgate University, where he was editor of his college newspaper, with a major in philosophy and a minor in Spanish. While in college, Chip studied in South America as a member of the Argentine Study Group. After graduation, he worked in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Minnesota and Canada. He moved to Wyoming in 1977.

Chip was employed by Pitney Bowes, Cheyenne Frontier Days and Sierra Trading Post. For many years, he was a volunteer on the Concessions Committee for Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Chip loved Wyoming, hunting, the Boston Red Sox and large dogs.

He is survived by his wife, Susan; children, John, Lisa, Jenna and Tina; step-sons, Alan and Ken; sister, Anne; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Memorials in his memory may be sent to Black Dog Animal Rescue, 2407 E. 9th, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001.

A private family service will be held in the summer of 2022.

Cremation is under the care of Schrader, Aragon and Jacoby Funeral Home.

WGFD meetings discuss goose hunting The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) will hold public meetings in Cheyenne and Torrington to obtain feedback on the 2022-23 waterfowl hunting regulations for the Central Flyway Zone C1A in southeast Wyoming.

The Cheyenne meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 7, at the Game and Fish Headquarters, 5400 Bishop Blvd., in the Elk Room. The Torrington meeting will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 10, at the Platte Valley Bank conference room, 2201 Main St., Torrington.

The meetings will focus on shooting hours and bag and possession limits for dark geese. Proposed regulation changes involve increasing the daily harvest limit to five geese, an increase from the current limit of four. The proposed change would reduce confusion of regulations by standardizing the dark goose

harvest limit with surrounding states and other zones in Wyoming. It would also provide more opportunity for hunters, and is intended to stabilize the Central Flyway population in eastern Wyoming.

“The population is over objective and biologically it can withstand the increase in harvest,” said Wheatland Wildlife Biologist Keaton Weber.

A proposal to change shooting hours to run from one half hour before sunrise to sunset for each day of the week would reduce the complexity of waterfowl regulations, help promote hunter recruitment and retention, and provide more hunter opportunity with no early shooting hour closures.

“There is a federal and statewide push to simplify waterfowl regulations in order to promote waterfowl hunter recruitment and retention,” Weber said.

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OBITUARIES

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Glenn Taylor

July 28, 1934 – Jan. 17, 2022

Glenn Bruce Taylor was born on July 28, 1934 to Verland Taylor and Joella (Eynon) Taylor. After his birth in Blackfoot, Idaho, where Joella’s parents were living.

The family, which included an older brother Joe, returned home to Jackson Hole. The family would later welcome two girls, Deon (Robinson) and Jane (Budge).

Glenn’s childhood involved many moves as his father took work wherever he could find it. Some notable summer stops landed the family at Grassy Lake near Yellowstone, Black Rock and the Goosewing Ranger Station. Winters were spent at various ranches around the Jackson Hole Valley feeding cattle. Eventually, the family settled in the Gros Ventre near Lower Slide Lake.

Even in his younger years, Glenn spent a substantial amount of time in the saddle and worked and adventured throughout the valley. He quickly learned to be independent and self-sufficient. During a stint living on the Elk Ranch, Glenn and his brother drove a team of horses and a sleigh to school at the Moose Head Ranch – it was quite a distance for two boys in the second and fourth grades.

Glenn was always proud to say he was able to buy his first cow when he was 13. He collected Coke bottles and eventually saved up $165 to make the purchase. These stories, a few of many from Glenn’s childhood, paint a picture of a boy destined to be hard working, independent and up for any challenge in his adult years.

After graduating JacksonWilson High School, Glenn attended the University of Wyoming on a full scholarship and then returned home to the family. After returning home, Glenn began dating Marian DiStefano. After a whirlwind courtship, Glenn and Marian married on June 25, 1960.

That summer, Glenn and Marian leased property at the Red Rock Ranch to put up hay for the cattle. In 1961, Glenn and Marian purchased property on the shore of Lower Slide Lake – adjoining the previous family property, purchased in 1944, which belonged to Glenn’s parents.

Glenn and Marian had four children – Bruce (1961), Brian (1962), Linda (1966) and Laura (1967). The family

made ends-meet in any way possible – ranching, cutting timber, stacking and hauling hay by hand, selling milk, outfitting and doing anything else that would keep the bills paid. Despite the constant workload of the family ranch, Glenn and Marian always made time to follow their children in their pursuits. Glenn was especially fond of wrestling and traveled to the state wrestling meet for decades.

The ranching operation Glenn had in the Gros Ventre was a family affair, with anyone and everyone enlisted to help. Between raking hay, herding cattle, changing sprinkler pipe and repairing equipment, there were few idle moments. During the winter months, Glenn fed the family’s cattle with a team of horses, a task he always enjoyed, even when temperatures at the ranch reached well below zero.

With the cow/calf operation in the Gros Ventre, Glenn spent many nights in the barn assisting with births and helping mother cows and calves whenever needed. During the summer months, Glenn rode his range permits in Redmond Creek, Bierer’s Creek, Ditch Creek and Miner Creek well into his 80s. This aspect of his life was a true passion, and sleep and rest were always an afterthought compared to the needs of his livestock and the duties on the ranch.

For his accomplishments in ranching and cowboying, Glenn was on the Wyoming Livestock Board and was inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2021.

Another passion which helped keep the proverbial wolf from the door, was the family’s outfitting business, Gros Ventre Wilderness Outfitters. After Verland’s retirement, Glenn and Marian took on his outfitting business and guided countless clients into the Gros Ventre Wilderness.

Glenn was a hard-working and successful guide for elk, mule deer, Bighorn sheep, moose and black bears. Many of his clients’ trophies won annual awards through the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, where he became an honorary lifetime member in 2020.

This profession led Glenn to every corner of the Wilderness where his adventures with clients were shared with Marian, who served as the camp cook.

If you throw a dart on the map in the Gros Ventre, it was likely that Glenn could tell you a hunting story about the area. Glenn persevered guiding in the early pre-dawn hours to the hours well after dark until he was 79 years old. Although he stopped guiding, the outfitting business remains in the family and Glenn remained involved in a limited capacity.

Following this retirement from guiding, Glenn did not simply slow down – he would often say, “I’m not a quitter.” He continued ranching/cowboying and spoiling his coveted 4-H steers – which won many awards at the Teton County Fair – until his last days. There was, after all, always work to be done.

In 2016, Glenn lost his beloved Marian. He kept her memory alive with pictures of the couple across her piano and throughout the house.

Her voice still greets the recipients of the voicemail machine on Glenn’s ranch phone. Their companionship was something he referenced before and during many family meetings and meals.

In his last few months, Glenn kept his list of chores long and his idle time short.

As friends and family came and went from the ranch house on Slide Lake, he

would often say “I’m not going anywhere” as they left the door. He has now gone to be with Marian again.

Glenn Taylor is survived by his brother Joe (Shirley) and his sisters Jane (Danny) Budge and Deon (Merle) Robinson; children Brian (Amy), Bruce (Jamie), Linda (Scott) and Laura (Brad); and numerous nieces and nephews. Glenn and Marian had eight grandchildren – Justin, Chelsie, Emily, Maddie, Jackson, Cooper, Derek, Jared and Jenna. In his life, Glenn also welcomed three great-grandchildren, something he was very proud of.

A memorial service will be held on Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole. The event will be live streamed for those who cannot attend in person.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Senior Center of Jackson Hole.

Montana Performance Bull Co-op™

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development staff will discuss grant funding available for Wyoming agricultural producers in the ValueAdded Producer Grant (VAPG) program, which helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products.

The goals of this program are to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities and increase producer income. Producers may receive priority points if they are a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially-disadvantaged farmer or rancher, a small or medium-sized farm or ranch structured as a family farm, a farmer or rancher cooperative or are proposing a mid-tier value chain.

Grant and matching funds can be used for planning activities or for working capital expenses related to producing and marketing a value-added agricultural product. Examples of planning activities include conducting feasibility studies and developing business plans for processing and marketing the proposed value-added product. Examples of working capital expenses include: processing costs; marketing and advertising expenses; packaging, cold storage and promotional materials; and some inventory and salary expenses.

Register for the webinar at zoomgov.com/meeting/ register/vJIsf-GtrjMqHNpElxg268Z3tp7_9Tl84Ls or contact Cynthia Dettloff at cynthia.dettloff@usda.gov for questions regarding the program or the webinar.

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Large Groups of Half Brothers

Annual Bull Sale

March 18, 2022

Friday •

• 1:00 pm

at the Midland Bull Test Sale Facility, Columbus, MT Basin Deposit 6249 Square B True North 8052

Selling 35 sons & 5 Grandsons

Selling 22 sons

Powerful growth with added muscle and marbling.

CED

BW

+5

CW

+2.8

+68

WW Marb

YW

+89

+1.37

RE

HP

+144

+.58

$M

+15.6

+77

CEM

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$B

+180

Proven calving ease, moderate frame, and attractive phenotype.

Milk $C

CED

+24

+16

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BW

CW

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SydGen Enhance

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RE

HP

+101

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$M

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$B

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RE

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HP

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Sitz Stellar 726D

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Proven calving ease, exceptional length and maternal excellence CED

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BW

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 40 • January 29, 2022

CONNECTING AG to CLIMATE

By Windy Kelley, Northern Plains Regional Climate Hub

Recent and current conditions Wyoming experienced its ninth warmest and 29th wettest December out of 127 years according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) database, retrieved Jan. 25.

Scaling to the county level, the adjacent tables show temperature and precipitation rankings of select counties for the month of December.

The snow water equivalent (SWE) ranges from 54 to 112 percent of normal throughout Wyoming according to the Jan. 25 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Ser-

vice SNOTEL report.

The South Platte Basin, in the southeastern corner of Wyoming, has the lowest SWE – at 54 percent – in the state.

The Belle Fourche and the Cheyenne basins have the next two lowest SWEs at 60 and 61 percent, respectively. These latter two basins encompass much of Crook County into southern Campbell County, all of Weston County and much of Converse and Niobrara counties.

The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) map for Wyoming, released Jan. 20, shows 100 percent of Wyoming continues to experience abnormally dry or moderate to extreme

drought. On the positive, the amount of area classified as extreme drought decreased by over 12 percent compared to the Dec.16 map.

View the current USDM map at bit.ly/2S28VTA. Consider submitting a Condition Monitoring Observer Report at bit.ly/3c4WRLR. Eight to 14-day and one-month forecasts NOAA’s eight to 14-day forecast for Feb. 2-8, made Jan. 25, shows a 33 to 50 percent probability or chance for below average temperatures for the southwestern third of Wyoming and a 33 to 40 percent probability above average in the northeast corner.

The forecast shows near normal temperatures for the remainder of the state. For the same timeframe, the forecast is for near normal precipitation.

The February forecast, made Jan. 20, indicates an equal chance of below, near or above normal temperatures for most of Wyoming. The Wyoming/ Colorado border is the exception with a 33 to 40 percent

December Precipitation Ranking Out of 127 Years Carbon, 13th Wettest Uinta, 14th

Lincoln, 16th Teton, 18th

Sweetwater, 23rd

chance for above normal temperatures. For the same timeframe, there is a 33 to 50 percent probability for above normal precipitation for roughly the northern third of the state.

For the rest of Wyoming, there is an equal chance for below, near or above normal precipitation.

For details and to view more NOAA forecasts, visit cpc.ncep.noaa.gov.

Windy K. Kelley is the regional Extension program coordinator and state specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northern Plains Climate Hub, University of Wyoming Extension and WAFERx. She can be reached at wkelley1@uwyo.edu or 307367-4380.

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Fremont, 7th

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Laramie, 7th

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Compared to the 1901 - 2000 Average + 8.7℉

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It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

Snaffle Bit Futility

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As you all know, I own the perfect cow horse. He can stop on a dime, spin like a top and has got an eye like an eagle. The only reason my cow horse hasn’t won the cutting horse championship is because my cow-horse is a bull.

“Bud” is a big, red bull with a strong herding instinct.

He is also a male chauvinist pig. You see, Bud has his own band of cows and he is constantly riding herd over them, holding them all where he can keep an eye on them.

I suspect he doesn’t want them messing around with his brother, Spud. If a cow tries to break away from Bud’s group, he spins on his heels and herds her back where he wants her. It is really amusing to watch. Occasionally there will be a female that refuses to be controlled by any male.

Some of you guys probably know how that is. But generally, Bud keeps a pretty tight rein on his band.

The problem is Gentleman is no match for Bud. When I rode Gentleman out to bring in the cows, Bud thought Gentleman had designs on HIS cows and came out to meet us. Bud is an imposing figure with his snarling face and long horns and he got eyeball to eyeball with Gentleman.

My trusty steed gave Bud his best moves, but the old bull faked to the right, feigned to the left and spun around so fast he was throwing gravel.

Gentleman just stood there with his legs and his eyes crossed. Bud, the cow-horse, put on a cutting clinic for Gentleman and I that day.

After Bud had Gentleman tied up in knots, he gored him

for good measure and then he gathered up his cows and headed for the farthest corner of the ranch. This is why when we worked our calves two months later, Gentleman and I decided just to wait for Bud to bring his personal herd into the corral on his schedule.

There are a lot of similarities between my cowhorse Bud and Gentleman.

I can’t tie up either one and if I want them to stay in one place, I either have to park them in front of a haystack or carry a flake of hay with me at all times. I can’t catch either one, but Bud does have some advantages as a working cowhorse. He doesn’t crib and he doesn't wear shoes.

I have found only one problem with using a bull as a horse. Once a year it is necessary to separate Bud from his cows, and I don’t have the horsepower required for the task. Bud does have a young son in training and he looks promising, but it will be a few years before he will be a match for his father.

I toiled hard with Gentleman in hopes that I could impart some knowledge about horsemanship. I may not be the world’s greatest horse trainer, but I felt my hard work paid off as we approached Bud and his harem.

Gentleman took one look at Bud and put on a performance that would have won the Snaffle Bit Futurity. Gentleman stuck his tail in the ground, came to a sliding stop, spun around so swiftly I could hardly keep my seat and headed for home so fast he would have outrun Secretariat.

We calve year-round now.

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OBITUARIES

We welcome obituaries. Obituaries are printed free of charge and can be sent to roundup@wylr.net.

Elva Evans

March 18, 1934 – Jan. 18, 2022

Elva Olson Evans, a daughter of Swedish emigrants, lived in the Upper North Platte River Valley virtually her entire life.

Elva passed away peacefully in her home, her children by her side, on Jan. 18, 2022.

The odds of her parents actually meeting were slim. Her father, Swan Hjalmer Olson, arrived in the U.S. from Skane in Southern Sweden in 1914 searching for a better life.

Her mother, Torhild (Margaret) Sjoden came from Angermanland in Northern Sweden in 1929 to visit her brother Charles Sjoden, who owned a Chevrolet dealership in Saratoga.

Margaret intended to stay long enough to save for the return trip, however, something else was in the cards. Swan and Margaret met at Saratoga’s Fourth of July Rodeo where Swan was selling tickets; they were married on Jan. 4, 1931 in Denver.

Elva’s brother Carl Kenneth (Kenny) Olson was born in 1932, and Elva arrived on March 18, 1934. To say young Elva was precocious would be an understatement. One of the highlights of her young life was in 1937, when the family took an ocean liner to Sweden to meet the grandparents and respective families. While on the ship, her parents couldn’t find her. Frantic and fearing she had fallen overboard, they found her hiding out on the upper deck.

Young sponges, Kenny and Elva returned to the U.S. speaking Swedish.

Elva was extremely proud of her Swedish heritage. Elva – which means “eleven” in Swedish - was named after her mother’s younger sister Elva, the 11th child. It was tradition then to name the 11th child Elva, if she was a girl. When Swedes visited the family in the U.S., Elva would jump right in, speaking Swedish as best she could.

Her parents taught her about Swedish foods and traditions such as Swedish meatballs and pancakes and Midsummer. On Christmas Eve, the traditional meal was leut fisk – dried cod soaked in lye – and korv, Swedish potato sausage. Elva loved to

eat pickled herring. Elva returned to Sweden one more time, taking her mother to visit in 1983.

The Olson family was a ranch family. When she was very young, her parents leased a ranch on Jack Creek from the Larson Brothers. In 1942, they purchased the former George Meason homestead on Cedar Creek. Coincidentally, George was a great uncle to her future husband, Valle Evans. In 1950, her parents sold the Cedar Creek Ranch and purchased the Pick Ranch along the North Platte River, north of Saratoga.

Her brother Kenny operated that ranch until it was sold in 2006.

The winter of 1949 is known as the worst winter on record in Wyoming.

Hundreds of thousands of head of livestock were killed in the deep snows, extreme temperatures and high winds. Kenny and Elva went to town to live with Charlie and Ellen Sjoden for a few months so they could attend school.

After graduating from Saratoga’s high school, she attended the University of Wyoming for two years, earning a teaching certificate. The Evans and Olson families, of course, knew each other, but when Valle Evans left for college in 1947, she was 13 years old. When Valle returned after college and two years of service in the Marines, they became reacquainted and began to date. After teaching school for a year in Thermopolis, Elva returned to Saratoga for a life on the Evans ranch with Valle. Valle and Elva were married on Oct. 15, 1955. Julie (1956), Kathleen (1957), John (1960) and Kelly (1962) were born during the ranch years.

By 1957, Valle’s father, Houston, had contracted Parkinson’s Disease so Valle and Elva took on responsibility for the ranch. Ranch life was hard work, but as a rancher's daughter, she embraced and loved it. A typical summer day could include: taking care of the children, doing laundry, cleaning the house, feeding the children, a hay crew, chickens and sheep, baking pies, driving the hay sweep, going to town for machinery parts, groceries, or to deliver eggs, etc. Occasionally, she’d find time for a “play date” with neighbors Shelly Trowbridge or Jnell Willford and their children.

Valle and Elva loved to dance, so Saturday nights were often spent at Ten Mile Inn dancing.

In 1971, the Evans sold the ranch and moved to Saratoga. Valle and Elva

went into business, purchasing and operating the Sage & Sand Motel. Often the family rode motorcycles on weekends with the Art Zeiger and Jerry Welch families or camped with the families of friends such as the Shamion brothers, Clint Craig, Tom McGuire, Ernie Dahlke, Don Sherrod and Frances Kerby. Jerry Welch taught the family to ski at Ryan Park; there were ski trips to Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Snowbasin, Utah.

Her passion was history of the Upper Platte River Valley. For years, Elva produced a column “Reflections from our Files,” for the Saratoga Sun. She researched past newspapers; her column

provided the most interesting excerpts from Saratoga’s past. She led efforts to establish the Saratoga Museum, which included moving Saratoga’s railroad depot to the hill on the south end of town.

Elva and her dear friend Gay Day Alcorn spent hours discussing Saratoga history.

Elva was determined to write a book on Saratoga’s history, and she finally did. She wrote every word by hand at the dining table, and her daughters Kathleen and Kelly typed the manuscript. She published “Saratoga 150 Years” in 2020 under the guidance and care offered by Cindy Loose. Former Saratoga Sun publisher and her good friend, Dick Perue, edited the book and provided the photographs from his (and originally Bob Martin’s)

historical collection.

Other favorite activities of Elva’s included gathering an audience and telling a spicy joke, or several. Saturday mornings were meant for yard sales. True to form, she’d chat with her friends and neighbors while searching the town for bargains.

Valle and Elva enjoyed dressing up in traditional attire to drive their Model A Ford in Saratoga’s Fourth of July parade. As empty nesters, Valle and Elva traveled for several weeks each year in a different part of the country, while daughter Julie took care of things at home.

When traveling, they would search out the lunch spot with the most cars – which meant the best food – and in they would go. Soon, Elva would be engaged in conversation with the local residents.

Elva maintained her sense of humor until the very end of her life. One day she asked her friend

and primary caregiver, Robin Boydston, for a bucket. Robin asked her why she needed a bucket, and Elva replied, “So I can kick it!”

Elva is survived by children Kathleen Martin, John (Mary Beth) Evans and Kelly (Dave) Christman; son-in- law Joe Glode; grandchildren Mason Evans (Devin), Molly Martin, Megan (Jay) Martin, Katie (Paul) Christman Newman, Emily (Dale) Christman Owens, Alyssa (Aubrey) Evans, Natalie Evans and Michael Evans; greatgrandchildren Cole, Cade and Cannon Owens, Olson Evans, Jemma Buszkiewic, Lyla Newman; and niece Pam Olson Bartlett.

Elva was preceded in death by her parents Swan and Margaret Olson, husband Valle, daughter Julie, brother Kenny and nephew Daniel Olson.

There will be services celebrating Elva’s life at a later date.

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Bulls have been Angus GS tested

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CALENDAR

SALES Feb. 9

Submit your events to: Editor, Wyoming Livestock Roundup, P.O. Box 850, Casper, WY, 82602, or e-mail to roundup@wylr.net.

EVENTS Jan. 28-Feb. 5 Jan. 29

Jan. 29-30 Feb. 1

Feb. 1-2

Feb. 1-3 Feb. 6-10 Feb. 7

Feb. 9 Feb. 10

Feb. 9-10

Feb. 15-16

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

Feb. 24-25

Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, Rapid City, S.D. For more information, visit blackhillsstockshow.com.

Fremont County Cattleman’s Association Meeting and Banquet, business meeting at 12 p.m., social hour at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., Lander Community and Convention Center, Lander. For more information and tickets, call Annette Bregar at 307-349-0785.

Horseshoe Valley Chariot Races, 12 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday, Highway 319 at the airport north of Glendo.

University of Wyoming Private Pesticide Applicator Class, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Big Horn County Weed and Pest, Greybull. For more information, call 307-754-8836.

34th Annual High Plains No-Till Conference, Burlington Community and Education Center, Burlington, Colo. For more information and to register, visit highplainsnotill.com/conference-3/.

National Cattle Beef Association Convention & Trade Show, Houston, Texas. For more information, visit convention.ncba.org.

Society of Range Management Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, N.M. For more information, visit rangelands.org.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Public Meeting, Game and Fish Headquarters, 5400 Bishop Blvd., in the Elk Room. 6 p.m. For more information, visit wgfd.wyo.gov.

University of Wyoming Private Pesticide Applicator Class, 1-5 p.m., Grizzly Room, Park County Library. For more information, call 307-754-8836.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Public Meeting, Platte Valley Bank conference room, 2021 Main St., Torrington. 6 p.m. For more information, visit wgfd.wyo.gov.

Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days, Fremont Center, Fremont County Fairgrounds, Riverton. For more information, call University of Wyoming Extension at 307-332-2363.

WESTI Ag Days, Worland Community Center, Worland. For more information call the University of Wyoming Washakie County Extension Office at 307-347-3431 or e-mail washakiecounty@uwyo.edu.

University of Wyoming Private Pesticide Applicator Class, 1-5 p.m., Big Horn County Weed and Pest, Greybull. For more information, call 307-7548836.

University of Wyoming Private Pesticide Applicator Class, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Homesteader Hall, Park County Fairgrounds, Powell. For more information, call 307-754-8836.

37th Annual Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference, Holiday Inn Convention Center, Kearney. For more information and to register, visit wia. unl.edu.

SALES Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 4 Feb. 8 Feb. 9

Woodard Limousin in the Rockies Online Sale, 719-439-2011, 402350-3447, woodardlimousin.com K2 Red Angus Winter Bull & Female Sale, at the ranch, Wheatland, 307-331-2917, k2redangus.com Ridder Hereford Ranch Annual Bull and Heifer Sale, at the ranch, Callaway, Neb., 308-836-4430, 402-450-0431, ridderranch.com Elkington Polled Herefords & South Devons 42nd Annual Range Raised Cattle Sale, at the ranch, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 208-521-1774, 208681-0765, elkingtonpolledherefords.com TJS Red Angus 14th Annual ‘Red Truck’ Sale, Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo, 406-639-9112, tjsredangus.com G Bar H Genetics Angus Bull Sale, Torrington Livestock Market, Torrington, 307-837-2540, 307-837-2925, 307-837-2279 Durbin Creek Ranch 10th Annual Bull Sale, Big Horn Basin Livestock Auction, Worland, 307-921-8825, durbincreekranch.com

Big horn Basin

LIVESTOCK AUCTION LLC

bighornbasinlivestock.com

Worland, WY

Call to Consign Cattle Sale Barn: 307-347-9201 Danny Vigil: 307-388-0781

Danny Vigil • Northern Livestock Represenative

Broadcasting and Online Bidding Available At lmaauctions.com.

Please visit to fill out an application and view auctions.

Jan. 27 - 345 Hd. BULLS Herren,Harry - Greybull 1 Blk Bull, 1930# .....................$10200 Double Doc Ranch Inc - Cody 1 Blk Bull, 1635# ....................$10050 1 Blk Bull, 1775# ......................$9700 1 Blk Bull, 2040# ......................$9650 Diamond S Ranch LLC - Hyattville 1 Blk Bull, 2045# ......................$9650 1 Blk Bull, 2240# ......................$9100 Greet Ranch Inc - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Bull, 1925# ......................$9450 Wiechmann, Jason - Ten Sleep 3 Red Bull, 1070# ....................$9250 Warner Living Trust - Pavillion 1 Srt Hrn Bull, 2260# ...............$9000 Bentley, Larry - Thermopolis 1 Red Bull, 1710# ....................$8650 Brown, Matt - Thermopolis 1 Blk Bull, 2210# ......................$8600 SLS Cattle Co - Meeteetse 1 Blk Bull, 1615# ......................$8050 Love, Valerie - Thermopolis 1 Red Bull, 1390# ....................$7700 COWS Redland, Spencer - Basin 1 Blk Cow, 1210#......................$8250 1 Blk Cow, 1335#......................$7000 1 Blk Cow, 1240#......................$6450 1 Blk Cow, 1190# ......................$6350 Henderson, Tye - Powell 1 BWF Cow, 1625# ..................$7750

1 Blk Cow, 1500#......................$7000 1 Blk Cow, 1625#......................$6000 1 Blk Cow, 1470#......................$5600 Scott, Matt - Cody 1 Blk Cow, 1415#......................$7200 1 Blk Cow, 1375#......................$7000 Brubaker Sheep Co LLC - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1345#......................$7100 1 Blk Cow, 1170# ......................$6350 Bentley, Larry - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1175# ......................$7000 1 Blk Cow, 1195# ......................$6350 1 Charx Cow, 1215#.................$6300 Geis, Jack - Greybull 2 Blk Cow, 1258#......................$6750 2 Blk Cow, 1240#......................$6750 2 BK/BWF Cow, 1288# ............$6700 3 Blk Cow, 1373#......................$6650 3 Blk Cow, 1290#......................$6650 3 Blk Cow, 1410#......................$6550 2 Blk Cow, 1430#......................$6450 3 Blk Cow, 1420#......................$6400 Carroll, Lyle - Powell 2 Blk Cow, 1408#......................$6550 1 Blk Cow, 1320#......................$6300 Culver, Ondrea - Meeteetse 2 BWF Cow, 1235# ..................$5850 Causey, James - Cody 1 Lnghrnx Cow, 1140# .............$5500 BRED COW Shumard Enterprises LLC - Cody 7 Red BCow......................$1500/Hd

Warner Living Trust - Pavillion 3 Srt Hrn BCow.................$1400/Hd Nye Livestock LLC - Cody 1 Blk BCow, 1215# ...................$6800 18 Blk BCow, 1239# ...................$6100 Brost, L Wayne - Lovell 1 Blk BCow, 1735# ...................$6800 Redland, Spencer - Basin 3 Blk BCow, 1337# ...................$6700 Herren, Harry - Greybull 1 Blk BCow, 1520# ...................$6600 1 BWF BCow, 1500#................$5650 BRED HEIFER Warren Living Trust - Pavillion 2 BWF BHfr.......................$1425/Hd Schatz Irrevoc Trust - Lovell 9 Blk BHfr ..........................$1410/Hd

• Upcoming Sales • Feb. 3 – Weigh-Up Special Feb. 9 – Wednesday - Durbin Creek Bull Sale Feb. 10 – No Sale Feb. 14 – Monday Feeder & Weaned Calf Special - Feeder Cattle Only Feb. 17 – All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat Feb. 24 – Bred Cow Special

Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 14 Feb. 14 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 18 Feb. 18 Feb. 21

Jindra Angus 22nd Annual Production Sale, at the Bull Center, Clarkson, Neb., 402-920-3171, jindraangus.com Booth’s Cherry Creek Angus Annual “Progress Through Performance” Bull Sale, at the ranch, Veteran, 307-534-5865, 307-532-1830, 307-532-1532, boothscherrycreekranch.com Powder River Angus Annual Bull Sale, Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo, 307-680-7359, 307-680-8266, powderriverangus.com Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch Annual Production Sale, at the ranch, Ree Heights, S.D., 605-870-0161, 605-870-6172, fawcettselmcreekranch.com Pilakowski Angus Annual Performance Tested Bull Sale, at the ranch, Arthur, Neb., 308-249-0885, pilakowskiangus.com Big Sky Salers 38th Annual Salers Focus Bull Sale, Stockmen’s Livestock, Dickinson, N.D., 406-557-6259 Douglas Booth Family Angus 30th Annual Bull Sale, Torrington Livestock Market, Torrington, 307-532-5830, 307-532-6207, boothfamilyangus.com Shaw Cattle Company Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Caldwell, Idaho, 208-459-3029, 208-880-9044, shawcattle.com Wooden Shoe Farms Maternal Value Added Bull Sale, at the ranch, Blackfoot, Idaho, 208-681-4169, 208-604-0235 Rees Brothers Spring Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Morgan, Utah, 801-668-8613, 801-949-8960, reescattle.com Hoffman Ranch Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Thedford, Neb., 308645-2279, 530-604-5096, 406-425-0859, hoffmanranch.com Lewis Brothers Angus 42nd Annual Bull Sale, St. Onge Livestock Auction, St. Onge, S.D., 605-391-2044, 605-391-7090, grandviewangus.com Weaver Ranch 37th Annual Production Sale, at the ranch, Fort Collins., Colo., 970-568-3898

POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

Elva Evans was hooked on history Author’s note: Originally this week’s “Postcard” was to feature more on Cowboy Poet Chuck Larsen, who recently passed away. However, the death of another dear friend, writer and historian Elva Evans, now requires my attention.

I will write more on Chuck and Elva in the future – God willing and I don’t join them for gabfests in the great beyond.

This is my personal account of Elva (Olson) Evans and her accomplishments over the past 80 years of our acquaintance and friendship since riding the school bus together as kids.

Elva Evans’ interest in history was sparked at her parents’ ranch table where ranch hands and visitors told their stories. That spark has caught fire in her latest effort, a pictorial history book entitled, “Saratoga 150 Years,” which was released in 2020.

After a lifetime of reading, writing and gathering research materials, 23 years of compiling “Reflections from Our Files” for the Saratoga Sun, plus historical preservation through founding and supporting the Saratoga Museum – serving as first museum director and initial president of the Saratoga Historical and Cultural Association – she decided to write a personal recollection of the history of Saratoga and the Upper North Platte River Valley.

Elva has always believed local history

should be gathered, preserved and shared right up to the present. Beyond her obsessive collecting, local historians contend that Elva’s most significant contribution to historical preservation, up to the present, was compiling and editing two volumes of pictorial history entitled “Early History of Saratoga and Vicinity” in 1976 and 1977.

“Saratoga 150 Years” is an easy read. Elva’s flowing style takes the reader on a journey from the days of the Indian Bath Tubs at Warm Springs, later Saratoga, to today’s events at the Platte Valley Community Center. It is history personalized, fun to read and believable with a few clever twists and quips throughout.

Enhancing the history of her book are 80 historical photographs provided

by Dick Perue from the Bob Martin/Dick Perue collection as well as 20 more illustrations and photos from various sources.

Elva and I spent hours around the kitchen table sorting through more than 300 photos from my col-

lection to select 80 which appear in the book.

Elva Olson was born on the 4 Bar Ranch west of Saratoga on March 18, 1934, educated in Saratoga schools, a graduate of University of Wyoming, taught school one year, married to Valle Evans in 1955 and mother of four children – Julie, Kathleen, Kelly and John. She has lived on ranches and in town in this area during her long, joyful life, contributing to preserving its rich heritage and history as well as being a friend, good neighbor and homemaker, plus business and civic leader.

For the past 50 years, if anyone wanted to know the history of the Upper North Platte River Valley, they contacted Elva Evans, Gay Day Alcorn or Dick Perue. Usually, all three would work together to answer questions and share history of the Saratoga, Encampment, Riverside, Ryan Park, Walcott and surrounding areas.

With the passing of Elva last week and Gay dying over a year ago, Dick is the last of the trio of history buffs. All three have worked tirelessly to preserve the local history one story or photo at a time; as well as helped establish, maintain and promote the Saratoga Museum, which houses the irreplaceable collections of all three.

For complete details of Elva’s life see her obituary in this week’s Wyoming Livestock Roundup, local newspapers and on the internet.

Elva Olson, right, “riding” with her older brother Kenny at the 4 Bar Ranch, four miles west of Saratoga in the late 1930s. Photo from Dick Perue/Bob Martin collection, courtesy of Ken Olson.

Historical Reproductions by Perue

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MARKETS

LIVE CATTLE FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Compiled from USDA Market News Service information and other sources

Location Volume PAYS 1-26

2918

400-500 600-700 700-800 UnUnder 400FOR THE500-600 WEEK ENDING

Steers Heifers

210-222.50 189

195-241 150-197

147-206 135-170.50

141-182 136-161.50

Over 800 Sltr Bull May 24, Sltr 2019 Cows

145-168.75 135-148

137.50-155 130-142

71-96.50 46-72

Centennial 1-21 Crawford 1-21 5363

192.50-220 169-198

171-214.50 157-194

195 164.50-180

176-191 160-162

Riverton 1-25 639 Torrington 1-26 8663

227 189-193

210-226 180-195

191-214 160-196.50

St. Onge 1-21 3679

211-219 178-191

170.50-209 158-195.50

171-204.50 149-177.50

150-191 136-169.50

162-198 153-165

133-172.75 138-166.25

58-115

85-102 48-74.50

138.50-150.50

73-100 47-95.50

47-125 $1025

145.50-159 145-148

87-96 45-67

$700-$1725

140.50

71.50-122 42-142

160-177 145-152

160-191.50 157-168 144.50-172.25 143.50-151.50

200-217 151-174

190-218 163-170

157-195 134-154

145-168 139-144

133-136

131

77-102 55-82.50

$1400-$1500

72-97 47-71.50

52-103

PAYS

Feeder Lambs

Slaughter Lambs

Slaughter Ewes

Stock Ewes

SETT PRICE

Month

822

St. Onge

1136

Week Prev

This Week

161.18 164.95 169.53 172.80 182.13

158.93 159.50 165.10 169.33 179.23

Change -2.25 -5.45 -4.43 -3.47 -2.90

WHEAT FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month Week Prev MARCH 7.90 MAY 7.93 JULY 7.81 SEPTEMBER 7.81

This Week 7.77 7.82 7.73 7.74

Change -0.13 -0.11 -0.08 -0.07

CORN FUTURES

Slaughter Bucks

Week Prev

This Week

6.11 6.11 6.06 5.76

6.25 6.23 6.16 5.79

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

No Report

Centennial

-0.50 -1.55 -1.68 -1.58 -1.15

SETT PRICE

WEEKLY SHEEP AUCTIONS Volume

137.83 141.63 136.70 135.90 140.60

Change

FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES

Month

Auction

138.33 143.18 138.38 137.48 141.75

JANUARY MARCH APRIL MAY AUGUST

151.50-159

Big Horn Basin 1-27 345 Billings 1-27 1407

Stock Cows Pairs

81-97.50 57.50-84 208-233 177.50-185

This Week

FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE AUGUST OCTOBER

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 28, 2022 WEEKLY CATTLE AUCTIONS

Week Prev

Change +0.14 +0.12 +0.10 +0.03

OATS FUTURES 290-400

215-395

219-371

Daily Grower Bids Region Price Southeast WY 5.9525-6.3525 Southeast WY 7.3350-7.4350 Min-Dak 45-46/cwt Min-Dak 45/cwt Den-Rate 30/cwt Min-Dak 50/cwt Den-Rate 50/cwt US #1 Pea (Navy) Beans Min-Dak 42/cwt US #1 Pinto Beans Min-Dak 45/cwt Den Rate 44/cwt Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Greeley, CO US #2 Yellow Corn US #1 HRWW US #1 Black Beans US #1 Dark Red Kidney Beans US #1 Great Northern Beans #1 Light Red Kidney Beans

National Sheep Summary As of January 21, 2022 Compared to last week slaughter lambs sold mostly steady to 15.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were mostly steady to 15.00 higher.

No comparison on feeder lambs. At San Angelo, TX 5,178 head sold. Equity Cooperative Auction sold 325 slaughter lambs in Colorado. Superior Video Auction sold 500 feeder lambs in Wyoming. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 4,313 lamb carcasses traded with no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 San Angelo: wooled and shorn 100-145 lbs 225.00-295.00; 150175 lbs 225.00-250.00.

Ft. Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 110-130 lbs 240.00-265.00; 150-170 lbs 222.50-255.00..

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 100-150 lbs 231.00-245.00, few 260.00-295.00; 155-170 lbs 228.00-241.00.

Billings, MT: wooled and shorn 100-140 lbs 215.00-262.50, few 270.00.

Equity Coop: wooled and shorn 152 lbs 220.00.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2 San Angelo: hair 40-60 lbs 395.00-435.00, few 445.00-450.00; 60-70 lbs 385.00-415.00, few 420.00-427.00; 70-80 lbs 375.00397.50, few 415.00; 80-90 lbs 340.00-385.00, few 390.00395.00; 90-110 lbs 325.00-355.00, few 370.00. wooled and shorn 60 lbs 390.00.

Ft. Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 80-90 lbs 275.00-290.00; 90100 lbs 285.00-305.00. hair 85 lbs 275.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 40 lbs 430.00; 50-60 lbs 425.00-430.00; 60-70 lbs 390.00-420.00; 80-90 lbs 380.00 390.00. hair 59 lbs 375.00; 66 lbs 400.00; 70 lbs 365.00.

Billings: wooled and shorn 60-70 lbs 327.50-370.00; 70-80 lbs 287.50-335.00, few 375.00; 80-90 lbs 267.50-297.50, few 312.00; 90-100 lbs 247.50-281.00. hair 50-60 lbs 345.00-375.00; 60-70 lbs 330.00-365.00; 70-80 lbs 345.00-360.00; 85 lbs 290.00.

Slaughter Ewes San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 150.00-165.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 175.00-200.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 155.00-195.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 145.00; Cull 1 no test.

Ft. Collins: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 160.00-185.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 147.50-200.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 147.50; Cull 1 no test.

South Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 155.00-165.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 155.00-190.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 142.50-175.00; Cull 1 100.00.

Billings: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 161.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 155.00189.00, hair 170.00-220.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 165.00-202.00; Cull 1 142.50-160.00.

Equity Coop: no sales.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: no test.

Ft. Collins: 51 lbs 370.00; 60-70 lbs 340.00-370.00; 70-80 lbs 330.00-340.00; 93 lbs 310.00; 102 lbs 280.00.

South Dakota: 44 lbs 385.00; 70-80 lbs 295.00-350.00; 92 lbs 290.00; 103 lbs 257.00; 110-115 lbs 224.00-251.00; 128 lbs 204.00; 143 lbs 212.00.

Billings: 48 lbs 362.50; 50-60 lbs 325.00-362.50; 60-70 lbs 307.50-337.50; 79 lbs 284.00.

Equity Coop: no sales.

Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: mixed age hair 95-135 lbs 205.00-250.00/cwt.

145-240 138-161

$315

140-197.50 132

Ft. Collins: exposed middle age hair 110.00/head.

South Dakota: bred yearlings 350.00-475.00/head; bred young 375.00-460.00/head; bred middle age 270.00-385.00/head; bred aged 275.00-310.00/head.

Billings: no test.

Sheep and lambs slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 32,000 compared with 33,000 last week and 34,000 last year.

Source: USDA AMS Market News, San Angelo, Texas National Wool Review As of January 21, 2022 In Australia this week, the Eastern Market Indicator was up 3 at 1392 cents per Kg clean from the sale a week ago. A total of 46,256 bales were offered with sales of 89.5 percent. The Australian exchange rate was stronger by .0052 at .7229 percent of the U.S. dollar. Australian wool prices are quoted US Dollar per pound, delivered, Charleston, S.C.. The current freight rate is .15 cents per pound clean.

Clean Del Price Change from 75-85 Percent Micron US Grade in U.S. Dollars Previous Sale of Australia 17 > 80s 8.40 + .06 6.30-7.14 18 80s 7.11 + .02 5.33-6.04 19 70-80s 5.76 - .04 4.32-4.90 20 64-70s 4.82 - .04 3.62-4.10 21 64s 4.59 - .02 3.44-3.90 22 62s 4.51 - .05 3.39-3.84 23 60-62s 4.45 + .10 3.34-3.78 24 60s ---------------------25 58s 3.07 + .27 2.30-2.61 26 56-58s 2.52 - .12 1.89-2.14 28 54s 1.51 - .05 1.13-1.28 30 50s 1.34 - .06 1.01-1.14 32 46-48s 0.94 - .07 0.70-0.80 Merino Clippings 3.23 + .00 2.42-2.74 Eastern Market Indicator was up 3 at 1392 cents per kg clean.

Australian exchange rate was stronger by .0052 at .7229 percent of the U.S. dollar.

Source: Colorado Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO Wyoming Hay Summary As of January 27, 2022 Compared to last week, last week all reported hay sold steady.

Demand was good as contacts continue to get calls daily. Some hay staying local with several loads going to out of state buyers.

Some contacts continue to sit on a small supply of hay as they wait to see where the market might top out at. Wyoming NRCS report for January 25 shows snowpack at 93% median with the basin high of 112% (Upper Bear) and the basin low at 54% (South Platte). Last year (2021) the state was at 76% and the median was at 105% in 2020.

Eastern Wyoming Large Square 235 Large Square 230 Pellets Suncured 315 Western Wyoming Alfalfa - Premium Small Square, 3 tie 240-260 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 200 Alfalfa Cubes 320 Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Premium Large Square 270-280 Barley - Good Large Square 180 Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Alfalfa - Supreme Alfalfa - Premium Alfalfa

Nebraska Hay Summary As of January 27, 2022 Compared to last week on comparable trades of baled hay and ground/delivered products sold steady. Demand varied across the state. With cows out on cornstalks or winter range and no snow this has allowed ranchers not to supplement cows additional feed. Backgrounding lots and feedlots are the biggest users of the hay, cornstalks and so right now. Smaller farms and horse owners continue to procure for their use on a weekly or biweekly basis. Some of the premium type hay sold buy the bale is going out of state and to local buyers. Mostly dry weather pattern across the state in the last 7 days..

SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

6.41 6.10 5.75 5.30

6.55 6.25 5.76 5.20

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

Change +0.14 +0.15 +0.01 -0.10

SOYBEAN FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

MARCH MAY JULY AUGUST

This Week

14.26 14.34 14.39 14.11

14.48 14.54 14.53 14.27

Change +-0.22 +0.20 +0.14 +0.16

CUTOUT VALUES CUTOUT VALUES Primal Rib Primal Chuck Primal Round Primal Loin

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

288.31 435.48 243.93 239.60 372.77

280.40 426.76 235.36 231.75 362.65

216.35 353.29 187.85 182.90 278.38

5 AREA WEEKLY WEIGHTED CATTLE PRICE Live Steer Live Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer

This Week

137.50 137.12 217.92 217.99

Prior Week

136.61 136.49 217.99 217.89

Last Year

109.23 109.84 172.58 172.51

Central Nebraska Alfalfa - Good Large Round 130-150 Alfalfa - Fair Large Round 125 Corn Stalk Large Round 45-60 Prairie/Meadow Grass - Premium Small Square 200 Prairie/Meadow Grass - Good/Premium Large Round 140-150 Prairie Meadow Grass - Fair Large Round 85-90 Eastern Nebraska Alfalfa - Premium Small Square 8/bale Brome Grass - Good Large Round 135/bale Platte Valley Nebraska Alfalfa - Good Large Round 140 Alfalfa - Delivered Ground 180 Alfalfa Pellets Suncured 260 Pellets Dehydrated 280-290 Alfalfa/Orchard Mix - Premium Medium Square 135/bale Small Square 9.50/bale Alfalfa/Orchard Mix - Good Medium Square 120 Corn Stalk - Delivered Ground 95 Large Round 60-65 Western Nebraska Alfalfa - Supreme Large Square 250 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 200-220 Alfalfa - Delivered Ground 225 Orchard Grass - Premium Large Square 240 Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Kearny, NE

The latest markets data can be found by visiting USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service at https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news

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CLASSIFIEDS

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Notice NOTICE: Publication in this newspaper does not guarantee the legitimacy of any offer or solicitation. Take reasonable steps to evaluate an offer before you send money or provide personal/financial information to an advertiser. If you have questions or believe you have been the victim of fraud, contact the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Unit, 123 Capitol Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, 307-7777871 ............................. TFN

Help Wanted GOTTSCH LIVESTOCK FEEDERS LLC Red Cloud, NE Come Join the Gottsch Livestock Feeders Family!

Gottsch Livestock Feeders is looking for Cowboys/Pen Riders for their feed yard in Red Cloud, NE. The main focus of the Cowboy/Pen Riders are spotting, pulling, diagnosing and taking cattle to the hospital and shipping fat cattle. This person will need to be a team player who is seeking a long-term position. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best in the industry. We offer a benefits package that includes health insurance, dental, vision, 401(k), health savings, life insurance and paid vacation. If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at www.gottschcattlecompany.com Call Brandon Furr at 402-257-7769 or 402-746-2222 for more information.

Are you seeking a long term career in agriculture?

Dinklage Feed Yards is hiring Pen Riders and Vet Techs at our Fort Morgan and Proctor, Colorado Feed Yards. Pen Riders must own their own horses. Dinklage provides feed and a tack allowance.

Housing available at some locations. Dinklage offers an outstanding benefits package pdate ourincluding post to100% Dinklage paid health insurance and Sugar life Company insurance; dental, vision, and emergency ambulatory or a full-time, insurance; 401(k) with 5% riculturist.

Viewmatch; health Dinklage reimbursement; and ption andpaid apply time off. Qualified applicants gar.com. 307- should apply at the following locations: n this run 4 – Cory Carritt Fortfor Morgan @ (970) 867-4977 Proctor – Roy Waitley @ (970) 522-8260 Visit our website

www.dinklagefeedyards.com

for job descriptions, application and detailed information regarding benefits.

Dinklage Feed Yards, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer.

WASHAKIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2 IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION: Bus route driver position. This position will be approximately 2 hours a day. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. WCSD#2 does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age. These positions are open until filled.

Anyone interested, please contact Ten Sleep School at 307-366-2233 .................... 1/29

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Position Announcement Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts Wyoming Natural Resources Foundation Executive Director The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts, a statewide non-profit organization based in Cheyenne, WY representing Wyoming’s 34 local conservation districts, seeks a highly motivated and dedicated individual to fill the position of Executive Director.

Responsible for financial management, program coordination, grant writing, legislative and policy activities of the association. Includes supervisory responsibilities and extensive travel. A full position description is available on www.conservewy.com under the Resources Tab. Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, background or knowledge of agriculture, natural resources and private land stewardship, excellent written and verbal communication skills, strategic thinking, problem solving and being a team player. Starting salary $60,000-$70,000 DOE. Benefits and vehicle provided. To apply, submit cover letter, resume, three references and answers to the two questions provided in 150 words or less to executivedirector@ conservewy.com by 5 PM, Feb. 18, 2022. For questions call 307-751-9389.

1. Describe a situation where you have had to be self-motivated.

2. Describe an experience(s) of where you have had to speak in front of a group of people.

GOTTSCH LIVESTOCK FEEDERS LLC Red Cloud, NE Gottsch Livestock Feeders in Red Cloud, NE is looking for Processing Assistants.

Job responsibilities include processing and sorting of both incoming and existing cattle, monitoring and sorting of cattle and transporting cattle from different areas in the yard. These individuals must have a good work ethic and be a self-starter. Our full-time benefit package includes: Health, dental, vision, life insurance, health savings account and 401(k).

Individuals must be able to work some holidays and weekends. If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at www.gottschcattlecompany.com Call Adam Cotton 402-879-1814 or 402-746-2222 for more information.

SEASONAL COWBOYS WANTED: Farm/ranch looking for ranch hands for winter, January-April employment. Pay, $1,250/week. Call 620-5463913....................................2/5 AG WORKER HEALTH AND SERVICES HAS FULL-TIME OUTREACH WORKER POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN POWELL, WY: The hourly rate is $15-18/hr. Call 406-248-3149 or e-mail info@agworker.org to request application. Performs outreach/intake (registration), education and enrollment duties necessary to serve the agency’s clients properly. HSDIP/GED, one year of public contact work, combination of experience and training that provides the equivalent scope of knowledge/skills/abilities necessary to perform the work.

Bilingual in English/Spanish required. Valid driver’s license/ liability insurance/travel required ................................ 2/5

Services CROSSROADS DIESEL SERVICE IS YOUR MOBILE DIESEL MECHANIC reaching out to customers throughout Wyoming and neighboring states. Book with us now through March 15, 2022 and save 10%!! Please contact Troy, 307-351-2960 with further questions and to schedule an appointment ............................1/29

FARM/RANCH HAND: Experienced, reliable for year-round employment. Duties include, but not limited to irrigation, haying, fence repair and livestock handling. Housing provided, pay depending on experience. Central Wyoming location. Send resume or letter of interest to Farm/ Ranch Hand, PO Box 850, Casper, WY 82602 or e-mail jodym@wylr.net .................. 2/5

Torrington Livestock Markets

STOCKDOG AND PEOPLE TRAINING for cattle, sheep and goats. All breeds welcome. Lessons and online assistance available. OCCASIONALLY, pups and started dogs for sale. For more information, call 307-3516005 .................................... 1/29

307-532-3333

www.torringtonlivestock.com Financial Services AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ ranch and all commercial loans.

RATES AS LOW AS 3.5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial financing and management for years.

LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and on all your financing needs. WE CARE AND HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS designed for the farmer/rancher and not the banker. Please call Steve, 303-773-3545, or check out our website www.agrionefinancial.com. I will come to you and get the job done!! .......1/29

Brands REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RRC, RHH, renewed through Jan 1, 2027. Branding irons available. $1,500 OBO. Call or text 307349-6055 ............................. 1/29 1912 WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, BS, LSH. Irons available, seller will pay transfer fees.

Willing to consider all offers.

Call 307 272-4215 ........ 2/19

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Services

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Solar Water Pumping Systems

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RANCH HAND WANTED: In search of experienced dependable individual/couple for year-round position on a well maintained northwest Nebraska yearling operation with some cows. Haying, feeding, fencing, equipment/facility maintain, identifying and doctoring of sick cattle are a few of the necessary skills needed. Newer John Deere equipment and modern all steel working facilities. Housing, work pickup, beef provided with the opportunity to run livestock. Family friendly work environment with paid time off. Competitive wages depending on experience. For more information, call 307-685-8213, e-mail resumes with references to paholli@bbc.net.............. 2/12

Dogs

PROUDLY SERVING WYOMING’S

Water Well Services • Well & Pipeline Design Submersible Pump Specialist

Wyoming Sugar Company is now hiring for a full-time, year-round agriculturalist. View the job description and apply at wyomingsugar.com.

307-347-3261

Auctions

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PROVIDING INNOVATIVE

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LAND DEVELOPMENT•IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE CROPS & WATERSHEDS•STREAMS & PONDS AGRICULTURE IMPROVEMENTS•WILDLIFE HABITAT CIVIL SITE DEVELOPMENT•ROADS & UTILITIES OIL & GAS•DAMS & RESERVOIRS Visit us online at wurx.us for more information and to learn how we can complete your project.

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Dogs GERMAN SHORTHAIRED PUPPIES: Ready to go!! Pups are well socialized, current on vaccinations, crate trained and have been exposed to birds. Pups will go home with a health certificate, our one year health guarantee against any life threatening genetic defects, two year hip guarantee, and AKC papers. $850. Call 605-2165533. To view photos, go to www. wylr.net in the classifieds ....2/19 FOUR BLUE HEELER PUPS FOR SALE: Two females and 2 males. Out of working parents, 5 weeks old, ranch raised. $400 firm. Call 307-921-0582 or 307851-3912 ................................ 2/5 AUSSIEDOODLE PUPPIES: Striking, exclusive, AKC parents. Tails, dewclaws, shots, etc.

Medium sized, $2,000-$2,400.

Located in Loveland, CO. Can text/e-mail photos and video.

Call Gina, 719-582-0283. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ................... 2/5 AKC LAB PUPPIES: All colors available, whites, blacks, yellows, dark chocolates and dark reds.

Excellent hunters, family companions. Full AKC registration. Shots, wormed, dewclaws removed. All puppies are cute, but it’s what they grow into that counts. Not all Labs are the same. Proud to own!!

Been raising quality AKC Labradors for 20-plus years. Look at the rest but buy the best. Both parents on site for viewing. Will sell quickly!! $200 deposit, picking order is when the deposit is received.

Doug Altman, Mitchell, S.D..

Call/text 605-999-7149, click the our labs tab on the website for pictures, www.southdakotayellowlabs.com................ 2/5 GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES FOR SALE, ranch raised. For more information, call 406-2077674 ......................................2/19

PUREBRED AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES: Black and brown tri-colors, tails docked, ready Jan. 10, first shots and wormed, $400. Call 307-689-3407 ...............................................1/29 RANCH RAISED STRAIGHT BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES. Dad is registered, the mom isn’t registered. Out of working genetics. One male, 6 females.

Call for more information, 435757-1661 ............................2/5 AKC REGISTERED TRI AND SABLE PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI PUPPIES, males and females. For more information, call 307-286-6074. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................................. 1/29 FIVE BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES FOR SALE. Black and white, one-month-old. Contact Chris Limmer at 307-2626956, leave a message if no answer .............................1/29

Cattle

DOG PROBLEMS???

All of our ranchers have been very satisfied with our operations for the last 15 years. Let us PAY YOU to kill your prairie dogs and we promise you will be satisfied.

Dick 406-366-3858

WOODEN SHOE FARMS MATERNAL VALUE ADDED BULL SALE HEREFORD AND ANGUS GENETICS, THURS., FEB. 17, 2022, 1 p.m. at the ranch, 673 N. 825 W., Blackfoot, ID 83221.

Selling 80+ lots, 2-year-olds, fall and spring yearling bulls, select groups of Angus, Hereford, black baldy open commercial heifers.

Contact 208-681-4169 or 208604-0235, woodenshoefarms@ gmail.com .......................... 2/12 AKAUSHI CATTLE FOR SALE: 80 half-blood heifer calves, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified; 80 half-blood steers, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified; 15 3/4 blood heifer calves, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified and EID tagged to insure authenticity; 10 full-blood heifers, calving April 1, exposed to full-blood Akaushi bull, Bangs vaccinated; 20 full-blood 2-yearold bulls; 10 older Angus cows, exposed to full-blood Akaushi bulls, calving April 1. Located in Bethune, CO. Call 719-7400403 .................................... 2/5

Angus Sell your Angus here for just $25/week YEARLING ANGUS BULLS: These bulls are grown, not fattened, will get out and cover cows.

Many will work on heifers. We will deliver. Call Joe Buseman, 605351-1535 ..............................2/26 FOR SALE: Registered and commercial Black Angus BRED heifers. Three groups AI bred to these elite calving ease sires; MAF Gunner N327 ($12,000 Ashland son sold to Stevenson Diamond Dot, MT.) Connealy In Focus 4925, RBM Next Step. Two groups, pasture bred to “sleep all night” low birthweight, calving ease Black Angus bulls. Group #1, due March 16. Group #2, due April 10. Group #3, due April 11. Group #4, due April 1 for 30 days. Group #5, due May 1 for 21 days. Vaccinated and poured/dewormed. Available FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Delivery and volume discounts available.

MILLER ANGUS FARMS, Estelline, S.D., Kody, 605-690-1997 or Brady, 605-6905733 ........................................ 2/5

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Simmental

Davidson Angus

Saturday, March 19, 2022

1 p.m. • Centennial Livestock Auction Fort Collins, CO

Private Treaty

Selling 120 Bulls with Nuts, Butts, and Guts!

Yearlings and 2-Year-Old Bulls

60 Black & Red Simmentals 60 Super Baldy SimAngus™

Sires: Sitz Logo Son SAV Resource Son Musgrave Exclusive Free wintering available.

Burlington, WY • (307) 762-3612

Clay Creek Angus Jim & Lori French 3334 Rd 14 Greybull, WY 82426 307-762-3541 • www.claycreek.net

PRIVATE TREATY

120 Yearling Bulls • 80 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls 120 Replacement Heifers

by Popular Sires: S A V Bismarck, Rito 707, S A V Resource, Connealy Spur, Connealy Countdown and Coleman Charlo

Simmental

Includes 40 Age Advantaged 18 Month Old Bulls

Bulls are PAP Tested Willie & Sharon Altenburg • 970-481-2570 • Fort Collins, CO willie@rmi.net • www.altenburgsuperbaldy.com

SimAngus S I M M E N TA L / S I M A N G U S BULLS FOR SALE: Yearlings, 18-month-olds and 2-year-olds.

Sired by S A V Rainfall, E W A Peyton, Baldridge Bronc, W B F Iron Clad, Gibbs Deacon, Gibbs Broad Range, Koch Big Timber, T J Teardrop, and sons of Gibbs Pirate, WC United, Crouthamel Protocol. Call James, 970-3968791 .................................... 1/29

Limousin

Gelbvieh

,NINE BAR NINE GELBVIEH Yearling Gelbvieh Bulls Available: 2 Red Bulls 4 Black Bulls

307-351-6453 ninebar9@hotmail.com

Limousin

Annual High Country Genetics Performance Bull Sale

Selling 50 Angus & 14 SimAngus Yearling Bulls

High Elevation, Bred For Balance In All Traits, Cattleman’s Kind

Monday, February 28, 2022 • Cowboy Auction - 1 p.m.

Shoshoni, WY

All AI bred by these breed leading sires: Angus: Resilient, Accomplishment, Ozzie & Gus SimAngus: Beacon & Oracle Backed by 40 years of AI & ET genetics produced in harsh mountain environment where cows work for a living. PAP tested.

P\T Livestock ptlivestock.com 307-709-8351

Pete & Lynnda Thompson

Lynnda 307-709-8361 Big Piney & Riverton, WY

WEAVER RANCH

PRESIDENT’S DAY PRODUCTION SALE – FEB. 21, 2022 12:30 PM @ the ranch north of Ft. Collins, CO

IN THE ROCKIES ONLINE SALE FEB. 1, 2022 Elite Limousin and Lim-Flex yearling heifers and bulls.

Sale hosted on L365 Auctions at www.limousin365.com/online-sales/ Pictures and details at www.woodardlimousin.com Contact Rodger Woodard, (719) 439-2011 or Kiley McKinna/MC Marketing Management (402) 350-3447

2-year-old registered Limousin Bulls

60 Coming 2-Year-Old Registered Black Angus Bulls BVD, Fertility, PAP and Trich Tested

AI Schools

Salers Advertise Your Salers Here 38th Annual

Joe Freund 303/341-9311 Joey Freund 303/475-6062

Pat Kelley 303/840-1848

Salers Focus Bull Sale

Red Angus BIG, STOUT RED ANGUS YEARLING BULLS: Silver Bow, Make Mimi, Detour and Moonshine. Low birthweight and high weaning weight. Will feed until May. Private treaty sales for the 28th year. Call Shepherd Red Angus, Cody, WY 406-698-6657 or 307-5788741 ................................ 2/26 CHOCTAW/BECKTON 4AND 5-YEAR-OLD BRED COWS. Start calving March 15. Call or text 307-231-2883, text is best .................... 2/12

Selling 30 Purebreds February 14, 2022 Stockmen’s Livestock Dickinson, ND Big Sky Salers Bill Helm 406-557-6259

Hereford

Durbin Creek Ranch

Bull Sale Feb. 9, 2022 • Worland

100 PAP Tested, Range Ready Hereford Bulls 250 F1 Baldy Females Wyatt Agar (307) 921-8825 • DurbinCreekRanch.com

THREE-YEAR-OLD BROWN SWISS HEIFER: Due to calve in March. Call Abe at 307-467-5343 ...............................................1/29 FOR SALE: One Brown Swiss 2-year-old first-calf heifer. Bred to calving ease Black Angus bull.

Due to calve mid to late February.

Vaccinated with ScourGuard 4KC. Call 307-358-9323 ...............2/12

For more information contact: Susan & Mourine Weaver • (970) 568-3898 3000 West Co. Rd. 70 • Fort Collins, CO 80524 Visitors always welcome • Cattle may be seen at any time!!!

RV BAR ANGUS 15TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE FEB. 26 AT THE RANCH IN JENSEN, UT: Selling 65 yearling Black Angus bulls, 5 yearling Simmental bulls, 2 yearling Black Hereford bulls, 2 18-month-old Black Angus bulls, 2 18-month-old Hereford bulls and 10 females. Sale will be on www. liveacutions.com. Bulls will be PAP, semen and trich tested. Free delivery of 5 or more bulls up to 150 miles. Free feeding on bulls until May 15, 2022. For more information, call Randan Vincent, 435-828-1116, www.rvbarangus. com.......................................2/19

Brown Swiss

REGISTERED LIMOUSIN AND LIM-FLEX BULLS FOR SALE: Two-year-old, 18-month-olds and yearlings. Raising registered Limousin for over 50 years. Good dispositions, out of popular AI sires.

Complete set of weights, measurements and EPDs. Waddle Limousin, Pine Bluffs, WY. Call 307-245-3599 .......................2/19

Family & Nurse Cows BROWN SWISS BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE: Will calve March and April. Bred to Brown Swiss/Jersey bull and Brown Swiss/Shorthorn bull. Have had all shots: Bangs, Anthrax, Triangle 7-Way with Humopolis, Triangle 4 K and prebreeding.

Poured with Ivomec on regular basis. Also poured with StanGuard and Exit Gold fly repellant. TB tested and current health papers. Nice, gentle, outside cattle, in good shape and well fed. Delivery options available. For pictures or more information, call Larry W. Carlson, 605-224-6100 (home) or 605-280-3879 (cell) if no answer leave message.

Pierre, S.D. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ................................ 1/29

SCHLEINING GENETICS, LLC, BOVINE REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES, 2022 AI SCHOOLS AULT, CO: Four day courses ● All supplies provided ● Extensive hand-on experience with live cows ● Earn college credit ● March 10-13, Ault, CO, $700 if registered by Feb. 14, $800 starting Feb. 15 for late registration. April 21-24, Ault, CO at Schleining Genetics, $700 if registered by March 14, $800 starting March 15 for late registration.

For more information, call Dallas Schleining 970-420-0267 or visit www.schleininggenetics. com ....................................... 2/5

Custom Feeding WIGGINS FEEDYARD, ACCEPTING CATTLE OF ALL CLASSES: Cows, yearlings or calves to background or finish. Call 308-262-1140 (office), Steve, 308-279-1432 (cell) or Sue, 308-279-0924 (cell) ............................ 1/29

Custom Processing USDA MEAT PROCESSING: State of the art facility just EXPANDED AND HAS OPENINGS FOR beef processing. Short notice available. Call today to schedule your dates, 970-240-4329, www. kinikin.com..........................2/19

Pasture Wanted WANTED: 2022 summer pasture for 35-45 cow/calf pairs. Looking for a 5 month arrangement beginning either May 15 or June 1. Interested in a full-care or splitcare arrangement, preferably in eastern Wyoming. Please contact 308-760-7465 .......................1/29

Pasture Wanted

Pasture Wanted

WANTED: SPRING GRASS LEASE Looking for spring grass for 150 head of fall-bred cows.

Currently based in Hyattville, WY, but will consider all locations. Registered Red Angus cattle. Financial and landlord references available.

Please call/text Rachael Calvo, 605-830-2313 or e-mail: calvorachael@yahoo.com PASTURE WANTED FOR UP TO 200 HEAD: Year-round would be best, but seasonal would work as well. Southeast Wyoming, southwest Nebraska Panhandle, north central Weld County Colorado preferably. NOT looking for full care! GREAT references. Calls only please, 303-233-0604 .... 2/5 PASTURE WANTED FOR 2,000 YEARLINGS AND 500 PAIRS. Can be split into smaller bunches.

Call 701-523-1235 ...............1/29 WANTED: 2022 summer pasture for 125 cow/calf pairs. Would like from May 1 until Dec. 15 or any time frame in between. Any number of cattle per pasture, would not have to all go to one pasture.

ALSO, in search of farm ground, farms to lease or a ranch to lease on a short-term or long-term basis. Please contact 307-250-6900, leave message or text..........TFN

Horses SWANEY HORSE & CATTLE CO. OFFERING colt starting/ horse training. Call Brit, 307-3910628 ......................................1/29 HORSES: BUY, SELL, TRADE. Will pick up. Call Dennis Black, 307-690-0916 .......................1/29

Saddles & Tack HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MOSS SADDLES, BOOTS AND TACK!! We appreciate all your past patronage and look forward to serving you and yours in 2022!!

20% off HONDO, BOULET boots and TWISTED X (boots and shoes). WE CAN ship!! Shop Moss Saddles, Boots and Tack, 4648 West Yellowstone Highway, Casper, WY; 307-472-1872.

Our family serving yours for 50 years!! Check us out on Facebook or our website...........1/29

Leatherwork LS CUSTOM LEATHER: Belts, tack, cell phone cases and much more!! Can personalize belts. Please visit www.lscustomleather.com. Contact Lester, 307-631-1053, leave a message ............................2/5

Sheep FOURTH ANNUAL MIDSTATES HAIR SHEEP SALE MARCH 26, 2022, AT 11:30 A.M. STARTING WITH HAY AND EQUIPMENT, SUTTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION 2280 US-6, SUTTON, NE: Looking for consignors and buyers. Healthy hair sheep only. No broken mouths.

Co-op member receives 2% off commission rate and consignors bringing more than 50 head receive an additional 1% off.

A commission fee of 10% will be charged on the sale of each animal. Brucellosis testing must be done on rams over 6 months of age to go out of state. Health papers will need to accompany any out-of-state sheep. Veterinarian present to inspect and write papers. Early consignments are encouraged, so they can be added to the online catalog and lots assigned. NO consignments day of sale. Register to bid online minimum of 7 days in advance at www.LMAauctions.com!!

For more information and consignments, call Josh Bernt, 402-710-4125 or Emily Parks, 319-269-3428 (Fri-Sun). Visit our website www.midstatescoop.com ............................... 3/19

Sheep

LAMB SCAN

SHEEP & GOAT ULTRASOUND

TODD REINESCH 605-680-4719 25317 364th Avenue Kimball, SD 57355 rchoice@midstatesd.net

Hay & Feed ALFALFA HAY AVAILABLE: 1,500 tons, first, second and third cuttings. Hay qualifies for the USDA trucking support payment. For more information, call 402-694-9310 or 402-6949389 ................................ 2/19 ALFALF HAY FOR SALE: 20%+ protein, cow to dairy quality hay.

Trucking available. Call 307-4219116. Located in Hemingford, NE ............................................. 2/19 HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, grass and grass/alfalfa mix, big square bales, round bales and small square bales. All sizes, all qualities and all quantities. ALSO HAVE STRAW AND CORNSTALKS FOR SALE. Delivery available!!

Call 307-630-3046 ...............2/19 VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Wyoming and western Nebraska hay available. Call Barry McRea, 308-235-5386. www.valleyvideohay.com ................2/12 HAY FOR SALE: Round bales and mid-square bales. Grass hay or alfalfa. Call 605-8423125..................................1/29 HIGH ALTITUDE 2021 HAY FOR SALE: We have oat and pea 3x4 bales starting at $165/ton.

ALONG WITH triticale 3x4 bales starting at $125/ton. Located in Moffat, CO. Contact us at 719588-4987 ..............................2/12 500 TONS OF ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: First cutting, no rain, 4x4 bales. In Riverton, WY, $250/ ton. Call 307-709-2375 ........2/12 QUALITY COLORADO HAY FOR SALE: Horse or cow quality hay. Big and small squares. Call for pricing and availability 570395-0184 ................................ 2/5 GOOD SUPPLY OF PREMIUM QUALITY STRAW in large square 3x4 bales. Delivered by the truckload. Volume discounts available.

E-mail calebredriverforage@ gmail.com. Call/text 204-7126509 ........................................ 2/5 HAY FOR SALE: 2021 first and second cutting alfalfa. 2021 corn stover. 2021 CRP clean/green, sprayed in the spring for weeds.

2021 Haybet barley and milo.

2020 first cutting alfalfa. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, 701-690-8116, please send a text if no answer or keep trying...................................... 2/5 HORSE AND COW HAY FOR SALE. Mountain grass and millet. ALSO, have little squares of straw. Located east of Cheyenne, WY. Delivery available. Buy one or as many as you want, semi loads available. Call Kent, 307-6313917 ............................. 1/29

Please see page 18 for more ads!

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Hay & Feed

Livestock Equipment

ROUND BALE CORNSTALKS FOR SALE. $130/ton. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 ...............2/12 HAY FOR SALE: Grass, grass/ alfalfa and alfalfa hay. 3x4 square bales. Delivery available. Western South Dakota. Pricing starts at $250/ton and up. Call Joe, 605515-0858 ..............................1/29 EAR CORN FOR SALE. Call 308-631-1665 or 308-6725731 ...............................1/29

Vehicles & Trailers

Livestock Equipment

BALE UNROLLER Three Point Model

50

$1,7

Delivered

Big Horn Truck and Equipment

Equipment

Equipment

Fencing LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRIBUSINESSES SINCE 1975!!

Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bedding. SEE US at www.lodgepoleproducts.com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! ....................... TFN

Livestock Equipment

Work Smart...Not Hard

We make it easier for you to handle your Mineral Tubs - plastic, metal & biodegradable!

Can be used with all bale beds Jason 406-390-0826 • Shyla 406-390-1339 e-mail: shyla@mtintouch.net Malta, Montana See photos and videos on our Facebook Page: Mineral Tub Lifter • mineraltublifter.com

ELIMINATE ● RISING ● FUEL COSTS: Clean, safe and efficient wood heat. Central Boiler Classic and E-Classic Outdoor Wood Furnace; heats multiple buildings with only 1 furnace, 25-year warranty available.

Heat with wood, no splitting!

Available in dual fuel ready models. www.CentralBoiler. com. WE ALSO HAVE whole house pellet/corn/biomass furnaces. Load once per month with hopper. www.Maximheat. com. A-1 Heating Systems.

Instant rebates may apply! Call today! 307-742-4442. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ...................TFN

VIEW OUR CLASSIFIEDS ONLINE AT w w w. w y l r. n e t

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Reinke center pivot sales and field design Parts for most major irrigation systems Underground and Surface PVC pipe and fittings Pumps and Motors Phase Converters

Property for Sale

Property for Sale

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Pipe

Property for Sale ARIZONA RANCHES FOR SALE: 22,000+ acre central Arizona ranch, 200+ head yearlong, plus up to 2,500 stockers seasonally, Arizona state plus small BLM grazing leases, small feedyard, modest headquarters on 10 deeded acres, $1,200,000; southern Arizona ranch, 550+ head year-long, plus seasonal increases. 400+ deeded acres plus state, USFS and small BLM grazing leases. Shipping corrals on paved highway, $4,000,000.

Forty acre former ranch homestead, well, power and phone, old adobe home, $390,000. LARGER RANCHES also available. Harley Hendricks Realty 877-349-2565 e-mail HarleyHendricks@HarleyHendricks.com ................ 2/5 BOYD RANCH: 5,420+ total acres including BLM and state with 7 pivot sprinklers in western Montana. Located between Virginia City and Alder, MT. Great water rights. Fishing ponds with deer, elk and birds. Puts up 2,000 tons of hay. Newer buildings. A must see!! Call for price. Sidwell Land & Cattle Co., Richard Sidwell, 406-861-4426, 406-322-4425 or e-mail sidwell@sidwell-land. com.......................................2/26 READY TO GET OUT OF THE WINTER CONDITIONS OF THE NORTHERN STATES?? Here’s an opportunity for a nice winter home in sunny southern California in the Imperial Valley! 120 miles east of San Diego, CA, 60 miles west of Yuma, AZ and 9 miles from El Centro, CA. Three bedroom, 1 bath home with 12 acres of farmland. $599,000. For more information, call 307-2720975 or visit www.facebook. com/pg/cowboyauctioncompany .................................... 1/29 LARGE GOSHEN COUNTY CATTLE AND CROP RANCH: 4,065+ acres with center pivots and 3 1/2 miles of Horse Creek.

Huge cattle barn and steel shop. 1,618+ acres water rights.

Three homes. Adjoins Hwy. 85. $5,400,000. Call Casey Essert, Land Broker, Empire Realty, Torrington, WY, 307-532-1750.

More listings available at www. buyaranch.com ..................TFN

Livestock Equipment

M i ne ra l Tu b L i f te r

Heating Equipment

Your one stop shop for all irrigation needs Lander, WY • (307) 332-3044

OILFIELD PIPE: RPJ Enterprises, Inc. Used for fencing, corrals, cattle guards, etc. ALL SIZES!! 2 3/8 at 31.5’ long on average per joint. OTHER available sizes are 7”, 5.5”, 4.5” and 3.5” pipe in stock. Sucker rod, cut/notched posts. Delivery available. Pierce, CO. Call 970-324-4580, e-mail rpjenergy@gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ................. 4/9

1952 OR 1953 FORD JUBILEE TRACTOR with 3 pt. hitch. Dual loader with 72” bucket and 84” blade. Also, another 40” bucket and 80” blade. Call 308-631-8344 ............................................. 1/29

RUBBERMAID 100 GALLON STOCK TANKS FOR SALE. Nearly new, $60/tank. Call 605-347-3403 or 605-4999088 ...............................1/29

Killebrew Irrigation

PO Box 98 • Taylor, ND 58656 701-974-3628

307-532-1840 • CHUGWATER, WY

Livestock Equipment

Manderson, WY rairdenjlw@tritel.net • 800-770-6280

JURGENS FARM SERVICE

Pipe

1978 GMC CABOVER 400 CUMMINS: 13 speed transmission with jake brake; 1979 TIMPTE GRAIN TRAILER with new tarp; 1994 F350 CREW CAB, 4x4, flatbed, new transmission, front end and radiator; JOHN DEERE 643 CORNHEAD. For more information, call 970-302-3705 or 307286-4409 ..............................1/29

The choice is simple.

Good time management is essential to farming success. That’s why more farmers are turning to T-L center pivot irrigation systems. Hydrostatically powered, T-L’s simple design gives you the low maintenance time, cost, safety and reliability to let you manage your farm instead of calling electricians or replacing gearboxes. Simplify your complex world and make irrigation easier on you.

Easier On You.

Read it in the Roundup

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: CIH 290 Magnum tractor; IHC 766 tractor with loader; two challenger MT585D tractors; Artsway 425 grinder mixer; Modern Mill (mix mill) feed mill; IHC 415 24’ roller harrow; Vermeer R23 rake; MF 2190 4x4 baler; Sitrex 17 wheel rake; CIH WD2504 swather with 19’ rotary head; Rogater 854 sprayer; Wilson 53’ spread axle cattle pot; Wilson 53’ tri axle convertible cattle pot/van; Merritt 48’x102” cattle pot; Hyster 50T lowboy trailer; IHC 80 bbl vac truck; Dragon 130 bbl vac trailers; Dragon crude oil trailer; Trailmaster crude oil pup; Mobile Tech 9 yd. volumetric concrete mixer; Sicard 8’6” snowblower with Ford engine; Degelman 570 rock picker. Call 406-254-1254 .......................1/29

Irrigation

Irrigation Systems

Balemaster

2015 CHEVY, 3/4 ton, crew cab, short bed, Duramax, loaded, leather, 147,000 miles, light hail, 4WD, $49,500. 2004 DODGE, one ton, crew cab, dually, diesel, 5 speed, 2WD, new rear end, runs great, approximately 190,000 miles, $14,500. 2015 FORD TAURUS, ex-highway patrol, twin turbo, AWD, $75,000. Contact Wyoming Auto Auction at 307632-8648 ..............................1/29

FOR SALE: Farmking 8’ snowblower with hydraulic spout. John Deere 714A and 716A chuckwagons with John Deere running gears and bunk feeding extensions. H&S 7+4 18’ chuckwagon with 12 ton gear. Meyer 4516 chuckwagon with tandem running gear. Two Kory 260 bushel gravity boxes with 10 ton running gear.

Willmar 4550 Wrangler diesel wheel loader with cab/heat and 6’ bucket, 4x4, new tires. All in very nice condition!! Call 605-999-5482 ...............................................2/19

Irrigation

Hunting & Fishing

TWO TRAILER HOUSES FOR SALE IN GILLETTE, WY. Close to downtown. 307-6705374 ................................ 2/19

Going, Going, Gone

Ranch Lease Wanted

Ranch Lease Wanted

WANTED: RANCH TO LEASE OR TAKE IN CATTLE Looking for a year-round 400 - 1,000 head ranch OR farm/ ranch combination to lease or take in cattle. Preferably long term.

All locations considered. Registered Red Angus operation.

Financial and landlord references available.

Please call/text Joe Calvo, 605-830-2210 or e-mail: calvorachael@yahoo.com

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ROUNDUP CALL 800-967-1647

Pipe

HDPE Pipe for Ranch Water Systems Fair prices, good service, rancher owned.

Quantities up to a truck load.

Delivery available throughout the West.

775-657-1815

Antiques & Vintage LOOKING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AND Mexican Vaquero items and old wagon wheels.

Call 307-267-4205 ............ 2/12

THE ROUNDUP GETS RESULTS Red Angus PAP TESTED HIGH ALTITUDE RED ANGUS COMING 2-YEAR-OLD BULLS: Performance and calving ease bred, 28 years of PAP testing. Call Smith Land and Cattle Company, 719-588-1877 .........2/19

FEB. 10-13: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING WYOMING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: FEB. 10: Douglas 7:30-7:50 a.m., Douglas Feed (drive thru); Bill 8:30-8:40 a.m., Bill’s Store (drive thru, call Greg); Wright 9:30-10 a.m., Exxon Big D on S. 387; Newcastle 11:45 a.m.12:15 p.m., Voelker’s Body Shop; Upton 1:30-1:50 p.m., Joe’s Grocery Store parking lot; Moorcroft 2:20-2:40 p.m., The Coffee Cup; Gillette 3:10-3:40 p.m., T&T Guns and Ammo; Gillette 4:15-4:45 p.m., Rocky Mountain Sports.

FEB. 11: Gillette 7:30-7:50 a.m., Rocky Mountain Sports; Sheridan 9:30-10:15 a.m., Sportsman Warehouse; Buffalo 10:45-11:15 a.m., Good 2 Go; Ten Sleep 12:45-1:15 p.m., Pony Express; Hyattville 1:45-2 p.m., Paint Rock Processing; Manderson 2:402:50 p.m., Hiway Bar (drive thru); Basin 3-3:20 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru); Greybull 3:40-4 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru); Lovell 4:30-4:50 p.m., Good 2 Go; Bryon 5-5:15 p.m., Cardtrol (drive thru); Powell 5:30-5:50 p.m., Murdoch’s.

FEB. 12: Powell 7:30-7:50 a.m., Murdoch’s; Ralston 8-8:20 a.m., Good 2 Go (drive thru, call Greg); Cody 8:50-9:30 a.m., Nature’s Design Taxidermy; Meeteetse 10:30-10:50 a.m., Elk Horn Bar; Worland 12-12:30 p.m., Coop One Stop; Thermopolis 1:20-1:50 p.m., Renegade Guns; Shoshoni 2:30-2:45 p.m., rest area/bus stop; Riverton 3:15-4 p.m., Vic’s Body Shop (behind the Dollar Tree); Hudson 4:10-4:30 p.m., Wyoming Custom Meats (drive thru); Lander 4:35-5 p.m., Zander’s One Stop; Jeffrey City 6:306:45 p.m.; Muddy Gap 7:10-7:15 (drive thru). FEB. 13: Casper 7:30-8:15 a.m., Wagner Outdoor Sports; Glenrock 9-9:15 a.m., east exit on I-25; Douglas 9:5010:20 a.m., Douglas Feed; Orin Junction 10:50-11 a.m., truck stop (drive thru); Lost Springs 11-11:10 a.m., truck pull off (drive thru); Manville 11:15-11:30 a.m., truck stop (drive thru); Lusk 11:50 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Decker’s Grocery. For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700, or visit www.petskafur.net .... 2/5

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SALE REPORTS Redland Angus Ranch 'Range Calved-Range Raised' Production Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Jan. 15, 2022 Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo Auctioneer: Joe Goggins 72 Angus Bulls Avg. $7,545 10 Pure Bred Angus Heifer Calves Avg. $1,500 Top Sellers Lot 21 – Redland Do It All 1030 – Price: $15,000 DOB: 4/15/20 Sire: O C C Do It All 656D Dam’s Sire: G D A R Game Day 449 EPDs: BW: -0.1, WW: +33, YW: +69 and Milk: +18 Buyer: Tim Grygiel, S.D. Lot 42 – Redland

Emblazon 6140 – Price: $14,000 DOB: 8/10/20 Sire: Redland Emblazon 702 Dam’s Sire: O C C Chancellor 767C EPDs: BW: +0.7, WW: +41, YW: +71 and Milk: +19 Buyer: Tim Burch, Mont.

Lot 76 – Redland Emblazon 6270 – Price: $13,500 DOB: 8/10/20

Ken Haas Angus 41st Annual Right Combination Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Jan. 18, 2022 Ken Haas Angus Ranch, LaGrange Auctioneer: Lex Madden 107 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $6,179 29 Yearling Angus Heifers Avg. $1,268 Top Sellers: Bulls Lot 28 – KCH Fireball 730 – Price: $27,000 DOB: 2/27/21 Sire: GB Fireball 672 Dam’s Sire: V A R Discovery 2240 EPDs: BW: -1.4, WW: +72, YW: +135 and Milk: +37 Buyers: CM Cattle, Elgin, Illinois and Dumm Land & Cattle, Windsor, Colo.

Lot 29 – KCH Fireball 7072 – Price: $16,500 DOB: 3/22/21 Sire: GB

Fireball 672 Dam’s Sire: V A R Discovery 2240 EPDs: BW: -2.5, WW: +66, YW: +124 and Milk: +26 Buyer: Larson Farm, Gill, Colo.

Lot 2 – KCH Dna 920 – Price: $14,000 DOB: 1/24/21 Sire: MW DNAmite Dam’s Sire: KC Haas GPS EPDs: BW: -0.2, WW: +72, YW: +134 and Milk: +33 Buyer: Larson Farm, Gill, Colo.

Lot 8 – KCH Dna 819

Sire: Redland Emblazon 702 Dam’s Sire: Mc Cumber Tremendous 2008 EPDs: BW: +0.0, WW: +40, YW: +68 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Cass Gebber, Wash.

Lot 66 – Redland Do It All 6100 – Price: $13,000 DOB: 8/15/20 Sire: O C C Do It All 656D Dam’s Sire: O C C Chancellor 767C EPDs: BW: +0.3, WW: +31, YW: +62 and Milk: +19 Buyer: Robert Berger, Neb. Lot 78 – Redland Tremendous 6340 – Price: $11,000 DOB: 8/8/20 Sire: Mc Cumber Tremendous 2008 Dam’s Sire: Redland Traveler 0930 3456 EPDs: BW: +0.9, WW: +52, YW: +91 and Milk: +25 Buyer: Cass Gebber, Wash.

– Price: $11,000 DOB: 1/26/21 Sire: MW DNAmite Dam’s Sire: K C F Bennett Fortress EPDs: BW: +1.4, WW: +81, YW: +140 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Darin Zigler, Gettysburg, S.D. Lot 4 – KCH Goalkeeper 950 – Price: $10,500 DOB: 2/4/21 Sire: Baldridge SR Goalkeeper Dam’s Sire: EXAR Monumental 6056B EPDs: BW: +1.3, WW: +66, YW: +130 and Milk: +38 Buyer: Hester Farms, Keeline Females Lot 156 – KCH Violet 1035 – Price: $3,700 DOB: 4/7/21 Sire: JR Fast Forward Dam’s Sire: Plattemere Weigh Up K360 EPDs: BW: +2.1, WW: +89, YW: +149 and Milk: +25 Buyer: Gary Wall, Billings, Mont.

Pest alert issued for disease fatal to walnut trees A pest alert has been issued for the thousand canker disease (TCD), a disease which can kill walnut trees.

TCD was presumably identified this past summer in Cheyenne by Colorado State University, according to University of Wyoming Plant Pathologist William Stump, who provided the information. TCD is caused by a fungus – Geosmithia morbida – and is transmitted by the tiny walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, which greatly increases its spread, he said.

Walnut trees in the western U.S. have been dying of TCD since the early 2000s.

Many species in the walnut family are known to be hosts for TCD. Walnut and butternut are the main susceptible hosts for this disease, but others like pecan and hickory are immune.

Early to mid-summer is the best time to examine susceptible trees for TCD. Look for symptoms of yellowing, branch dieback and possible bushy foliar growth below these affected sites.

The information advised to carefully remove the outer

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Little Goose Ranch Angus Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Jan. 22, 2022 Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo Auctioneer: Greg Goggins 50 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $5,175 12 Angus Heifer Calves Avg. $2,463 Top Sellers Bulls Lot 1 – LGR Bravo 1037 – Price: $9,500 DOB: 2/14/21 Sire: Coleman Bravo 974 Dam’s Sire: S A V 707 Rito 9969 EPDs: BW: +0.6, WW: +56, YW: +107 and Milk: +34 Buyer: Dyer Ranch, LLC., Crawford, Neb. Lot 17 – LGR Logo

1009 – Price: $9,000 DOB: 2/10/21 Sire: Coleman Logo 947 Dam’s Sire: Coleman Maverick 5322 EPDs: BW: +0.7, WW: +82, YW: +139 and Milk: +11 Buyers: Kane Livestock and SR Cattle, Ranchester Lot 3 – LGR Resource 1064 – Price: $8,500 DOB: 2/16/21 Sire: Cole-

man Resource 710 Dam’s Sire: Coleman Manning 0299 EPDs: BW: +2.2, WW: +70, YW: +110 and Milk: +18 Buyer: Belus Brothers, Buffalo Lot 8 – LGR Torque 1018 – Price: $8,500 DOB: 2/12/21 Sire: Bruin Torque 5261 Dam’s Sire: S A V Ten Speed 3022 EPDs: BW: +1.2, WW: +70, YW: +128 and Milk: +32 Buyer: Belus Brothers, Buffalo Heifers Lot 101A – LGR Ruby 1099 – Price: $4,000 DOB: 3/4/21 Sire: Coleman Bravo 974 Dam’s Sire: LGR Brutus 4017 EPDs: BW: +0.0, WW: +66, YW: +113 and Milk: +21 Buyer: Pine Coulee Angus, Hardin, Mont.

38th ANNUAL FREMONT COUNTY FARM AND RANCH DAYS • OFFERING MORE THAN 30 TOPICS •

February 9 - 10, 2022 • 9:00 AM - 2:45 PM Fremont Center • Riverton, Wyoming Sponsored by UW Fremont County Extension Featuring: First Lady Jennie Gordon and Scott George ALSO Full Trade Show Classes will be recorded.

No Registration Required • Sessions are for Anyone • Lunch Provided For More Information Contact: Chance Marshall, Fremont County Agriculture Educator 307-332-1018 • E-mail: cmarsha1@uwyo.edu The schedule is available online at: http://www.wyoextension.org/fremontcounty/agriculture-horticulture/

SEGA GELBVIEH invites you to attend our upcoming Bull sale

Pound-Makin’ Genetics Bull sale – March 5, 2022

UW photo

bark on suspected areas will reveal the darkened cankers.

Individual cankers may only be a few millimeters in diameter but with time can be over an inch or greater and often elongated. Typically, a small bore produced by the walnut twig beetle is found in the lesion center.

The combination of the dark canker with beetle tunneling is a good indicator of TCD. There are no known effective treatments for trees affected with TCD. Management focuses on disease prevention and sanitation, including: avoid

moving affected walnut firewood as beetles may still be present in the bark; maintain overall tree health; Walnut twig beetle control with insecticides is limited, and there are no current effective fungicide treatments for G. morbida; and regularly inspect walnut trees for symptoms.

If TCD is suspected, contact your local county extension educator and/or submit a sample to the UW plant diagnostic clinic.

More information is available at wyoextension. org/plantclinic.

Put Pounds on the truck! and Quality carcass on the rail

Bulls available to view at 10:30 AM • Lunch at Noon • Sale at 1 PM

BID IN PERSON or ONLINE AT WWW.LIVEAUCTIONWORLD.COM! STEVE & GAIL FIOLKOSKI

16509 WCR 86 • Pierce, CO 80650 | Gail’s Cell: 970/590-4862 | Steve’s Cell: 970/381-0600 Email: gafiolk@aol.com • www.segagelbvieh.com | Like us on Facebook @segagelbvieh

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Chaos at the Bozeman Airport Hopefully, by the time y’all are reading this, I will be on a beach in Kauai, Hawaii, getting a tan and enjoying some blended concoction served to me in a coconut. However, before I walk off the plane in the land where palm trees sway, I had to put my two cents in about what’s happened recently at the airport in Bozeman, Mont.

Posted to Facebook, literally hours before I, myself, walked into the Bozeman Airport was an ad on all the luggage carts scolding leather buyers, specifically those with leather luggage.

Within a few days of a photo of this ad being blasted on Facebook, the Bozeman Airport took the ads down. However, we still need to think through what happened. There’s a whole lot of bad, a tiny bit of good and something we can all learn from this photo.

The good is – and I’m reaching here, I know – this anti-ag advertisement maybe, potentially, possibly made someone in the Bozeman airport realize agriculture is more than just meat.

In other words, there’s more to a cow than meets the grill.

Every single animal

slaughtered for meat has umpteen byproducts which are made from the rest of their bodies.

Cattle? Crayons.

Hogs? Footballs.

Sheep? Wool.

Goats? Candles.

Chickens? Fertilizer.

You get the point. So, this is the very small amount of good that maybe, hopefully happened.

The bad: It painted the cattle industry in a bad light.

Time and time again, anti-ags around the globe have tugged on consumers’ heart strings in attempts to sway their way of life from omnivore, conscious consumer to “vegan, cruelty free,” and this ad is just another page out of the book. However, this specific ad placement was given to the wrong audience, I hope.

Maybe this kind of ad flies in Portland or Los Angeles, but uh… This ad was put on display for an

airport in a state where cattle outnumber the people threeto-one. Thankfully, within a few days of the original post and enough complaints, the ad was removed from the luggage carts. However, although the story may have ended, let’s look into this a little deeper…

Circling back to what I said earlier about finding the right audience for this ad.

The ad was not meant for staunch anti-ags and it definitely was not meant for staunch agriculturists – it was meant for the moveable middle.

The “moveable middle” is the group of consumers who weren’t raised to support agriculture or hate it. They’re people who are actively making diet decisions and can be swayed one way or another depending on what information they’ve been provided.

A good example of this is a middle-aged, subur-

ban mom in a grocery store.

She wants what’s best for her and her family, and if she sees a sign promoting Beyond Beef and it’s “health benefits,” she may choose to put her pound of 100 percent beef back in the cooler.

However, if she saw a sign boasting beef and its nutritional value, she would most likely choose it.

When someone made the decision to run this ad, they knew that was their target audience – I think they did a terrible job of choosing to put it in a Montana airport, but nonetheless, there’s plenty of moveable middle consumers in Bozeman. This is where we learn something…

Why can’t we, agriculturists, place an ad in the Bozeman airport? We should, I don’t know what it could hurt. If the antiags can do it to further their agenda, why can’t we come back with our own

information?

I guarantee you, someone saw those ads at the airport and thought to themselves, “Hmm, what had to die for my suitcase to be made?”

Instead of cowering or complaining, why don’t we lean into it?

“Yeah, an animal did die for you to have a nice, leather suitcase. And that same animal died for you to have insulin so you don’t die.”

My solution is to not swim against the current, but rather to wait until a wave is made and surf that bad boy.

The anti-ags want to make consumers think about their purchases? Okay, the damage is done, but we can make them think a little deeper.

It’s more than just beef – it could be difference between living and dying for someone. Think about that.

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RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Tuesday, January 25 Market Report • 711 Head Sold Representative Sales Early Consignments

COWS EDEN 1 Cow, 1200# ..................................$76.00 KINNEAR 1 Cow, 1430# ..................................$75.50 LYMAN 1 Cow, 1330# ..................................$74.50 KINNEAR 1 Cow, 1265# ..................................$74.00 WORLAND 3 Cow, 1231# ..................................$73.00 SHOSHONI 1 Cow, 1450# ..................................$72.50 RIVERTON 1 Cow, 1035# ..................................$71.00 LYMAN 1 Cow, 1365# ..................................$70.00 PAVILLION 1 Cow, 1395# ..................................$68.50 BASIN 2 Cow, 1342# ..................................$68.00 PAVILLION 1 Cow, 1260# ..................................$67.00 KINNEAR 1 Cow, 1235# ..................................$66.00 RIVERTON 1 Cow, 1195# ...................................$65.50 BASIN 1 Cow, 1255# ..................................$64.50 1 Cow, 1295# ..................................$64.00 RIVERTON 1 Cow, 1260# ..................................$63.00 LANDER 1 Cow, 1445# ..................................$62.00 1 Cow, 1265# ..................................$61.00 THERMOPOLIS 1 Cow, 1330# ..................................$60.50 LYMAN 1 Cow, 1235# ..................................$59.00 FORT BRIDGER 2 Cow, 1105# ...................................$58.00 LYMAN 1 Cow, 1280# ..................................$57.00 BULLS CROWHEART 1 Bull, 1185# ..................................$107.00 RIVERTON 2 Bull, 2135# .................................$100.00 FORT BRIDGER 1 Bull, 1835# ...................................$98.00 RIVERTON 1 Bull, 2010# ...................................$97.00 LANDER 4 Bull, 1977# ...................................$96.00 CASPER 1 Bull, 1830# ...................................$95.50 WORLAND 2 Bull, 1500# ...................................$94.50 LANDER 1 Bull, 1905# ...................................$94.00 1 Bull, 1765# ...................................$93.00 RIVERTON 1 Bull, 2105# ...................................$92.50 LANDER 2 Bull, 1695# ...................................$91.50 CASPER 2 Bull, 1730# ...................................$91.00 WORLAND 5 Bull, 1578# ...................................$90.50 RIVERTON 2 Bull, 2050# ...................................$90.00

WORLAND 4 Bull, 1575# ...................................$89.00 SHOSHONI 2 Bull, 1742# ...................................$88.50 4 Bull, 1912# ...................................$88.00 WORLAND 1 Bull, 1565# ...................................$87.00 3 Bull, 1543# ...................................$86.50 JEFFREY CITY 2 Bull, 1535# ...................................$86.00 LANDER 1 Bull, 1860# ...................................$85.00 LYMAN 1 Bull, 1720# ...................................$84.00 HEIFERETTES THERMOPOLIS 7 Heiferette, 892# ..........................$108.00 EDEN 1 Heiferette, 915# ............................$93.00 FORT BRIDGER 2 Heiferette, 940# ............................$87.00 SHOSHONI 8 Heiferette, 1189# ..........................$81.00 STEERS PAVILLION 4 Steer, 430# .................................$201.00 IDAHO FALLS, ID 2 Steer, 447# .................................$198.00 TEN SLEEP 26 Steer, 498# .................................$195.00 PAVILLION 5 Steer, 537# .................................$191.00 CASPER 10 Steer, 578# .................................$180.00 KINNEAR 1 Steer, 610# .................................$172.00 PAVILLION 3 Steer, 646# .................................$167.00 SHOSHONI 3 Steer, 648# .................................$159.00 EDEN 1 Steer, 725# .................................$153.50 CASPER 9 Steer, 829# .................................$150.50 WORLAND 6 Steer, 993# .................................$138.50 HEIFERS TEN SLEEP 13 Heifer, 400# ................................$180.00 CASPER 7 Heifer, 405# ................................$175.00 CROWHEART 1 Heifer, 415# ................................$175.00 TEN SLEEP 7 Heifer, 489# ................................$172.00 CASPER 11 Heifer, 587# ................................$160.00 RIVERTON 1 Heifer, 670# ................................$142.00 CASPER 5 Heifer, 848# ................................$132.00

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 FEEDER SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS FEEDERS @ 10:30 AM FEEDERS Burton Ranch - 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 550-625#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7, Nasalgen 3 @ Branding & Weaning & wormed (10/23). 100% Blk Ang sired. High

desert, green! Long time weaned. Fancy!

GZ Livestock - 125 Mostly Red Strs & Hfrs 450-525#.

Comp vacc @ Branding & Weaning. Long time weaned.

High elevation. Fancy!

Rafter Cross Livestock - 125 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 625650#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, Vision 7 w/ Somnus & poured @ Weaning (10/20). Nice, high elevation heifers! Conditioned for grass.

Two Valley Feeders - 120 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 500-575#.

Comp vacc @ Spring & Fall. Long time weaned. Hay fed. Conditioned for grass!

JA Land & Cattle - 90 Blk Ang & AngX (F1 BWF) Hfrs 650-675#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding; Bovishield Gold 5 & 7-way @ Precon (10/1); Pyramid 5 + Presponse @ Weaning (10/20). 100% Bangs vacc. Sired by Krebs Blk Angus bulls & small % Durbin Creek Hereford bulls.

High elevation, powerful genetics. Replacement quality!

WS Livestock - 75 Blk, small % Red & CharX Hfrs 600650#. Nice cattle! Grass or feed.

Six Iron Ranch - 75 Red Ang Strs 600-650#. Rec Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse, Vision 8 w/ Somnus, Once PMH IN & poured @ Branding & Weaning. 60 days weaned.

Reputation!

Rocking Chair Cattle - 70 Blk Strs 500-575#. Rec Vision 8 w/ Somnus, Vista Once SQ, Nasalgen & Multimin @ Branding & Weaning. Weaned early November. High elevation.

Campbell Livestock - 70 Blk Ang/CharX Strs & Hfrs 600750#. Comp vacc @ Spring & Fall. Fancy!

Nick Aullman - 65 Blk Hfrs 575-600#. Rec Vision 8 @ Birth; Inforce 3 & Ivomec @ Branding; Bovishield Gold 5, Ultrabac 8 & Ivomec @ Weaning. Weaned 60 days.

Bangs vacc. Hay fed. High elevation.

Farwell Farms - 61 Blk Ang/CharX Strs & Hfrs 700-750#.

Powerful, stout!

Q Creek Livestock - 35 Blk Strs & Hfrs 300-350#. Rec 7-way w/ Somnus & Vista Once @ Branding & Weaning. Long time weaned. Hay fed.

Diamond F - 35 Blk Ang/HerefordX Strs & Hfrs 450-500#.

Rec 7-way w/ Somnus & Vista Once @ Branding & Weaning. Long time weaned. Hay fed.

Nancy Anderson - 30 Blk Ang/HerefordX Strs & Hfrs 450500#. Rec 7-way w/ Somnus & Vista Once @ Branding & Weaning (11/1). Long time weaned. Hay fed.

Luke Fidler - 22 Blk Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Rec 7-way.

Weaned since Oct. Bunk broke. Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired.

Comp mineral program. Fancy!

Kent Haun - 20 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 500-550#. Comp vacc. Long time weaned. Fancy, high quality!

John Harbor - 15 Blk Strs & Hfrs 400-450#. Long time weaned.

Greg Carlson - 15 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 600-650#. Rec two rounds of Vista Once & Vision 7. Hay fed. Nice calves!

Troy Trehearne - 7 Blk Strs 600-700#. Rec C & D, Vision 7 & Nasalgen. Knife cut. Long time weaned.

Will Thompson - 7 Blk & Red Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec two rounds of shots. Weaned 90+ days. Hay fed & bunk broke.

WEIGH UPS WS Livestock - 35 Fed Bulls 1,800# Gordon Maxson - 2 loads fed cows

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8 BRED COW SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS • BREDS @ NOON Ramona O’Neal Estate - 100 Blk Ang & AngX 6 Yr OldST Bred Cows. Bred to Blk Ang Bulls to calve March/ April. Complete dispersion of high elevation cows.

CS Limmer - 40 ST Bred Cows. Bred to Powerful Blk Ang Bulls (Paintrock, Clay Creek Angus & Diamond Peak) to start calving March 25th. High desert cows!

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15 FEEDER SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS Arapahoe Ranch - 175 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 550# 50 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 400-450#. Rec Bovishield One Shot & Ultrabac 7. Knife cut. Age & source verified - IMI Global. 100% all natural. Sired by Diamond Peak & small % Colyer Hereford bulls. Weaned over 60 days. Hay fed. Green, very high quality!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY MARCH 1 FEEDER SPECIAL W/ SO CATTLE BULL SALE (1:00 PM) START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 LUCKY 7 ANGUS BULL SALE START TIME 12:00 PM (NOON)

TUESDAY MARCH 8 BRED COW SPECIAL W/ HANCOCK ANGUS BULL SALE (1:00 PM) START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

Hancock Angus - 50 Yearling Registered Blk Ang Bulls.

PAP, semen tested & Carcass Ultrasounded. Average PAP score of 37.6. Selling sons of SAV Renown & Jorgensen Ideal Encore. (1:00 PM) Scott & Bob Martinez - 28 Blk Bred Heifers. Bred to LBW Blk Ang bulls to start calving April 15th.

160 Blk 3-7 Yr Old Bred Cows. Bred to Ronee Hogg & Wagler Blk Ang bulls to start calving April 15th. Big time desert cows! Run out majority of the year with minimal hay and mineral tubs.

SATURDAY MARCH 12 DIAMOND PEAK BULL SALE START TIME 1:00 PM

TUESDAY MARCH 15 FEEDER SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY MARCH 22 BRED COW SALE W/ 44TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST ANGUS BULL SALE (1:00 PM) START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS Northwest Angus Association - 65 Blk Ang Yrling Bulls Obsidian Angus, Wagler Angus, Blue Sky, Hoggs Angus, Davidson Angus, WYO Angus, Earhart Angus, & JOH Ranch. Bulls are known for calving ease & growth. PAP, Semen & BVD Tested, Proven Sires! (1:00 PM) Contact Fred & Kay Thomas 307-868-2595 or any Breeder

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

Contact: Riverton Livestock Auction (307) 856-2209 • Jeff Brown (307) 850-4193 • Tom Linn (307) 728-8519 • Mark Winter (580) 747-9436 www.rivertonlivestock.com • Also watch our live cattle auction at www.cattleusa.com

1490 South 8th Street East • River ton, WY 82501 • (307) 856-2209