Wyoming Livestock Roundup 1.20.24

Volume 35 Number 39 • January 20, 2024

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A Look Inside

Ear tags are the focus of emerging technology in beef industry

Test your ag knowledge with this month’s crossword puzzle.. ......................................Page 5

The Johnson County Cattlewomen held their 13th Annual Women’s Ag Summit on Jan. 13 in Buffalo.

The speaker lineup covered a wide variety of topics, including emerging technol-

Producers can boost investments to ensure sustainability in 2024...........................Page 6 Drought conditions continue to impact the U.S.........Page 14 National Pork Board promotes and markets U.S. pork... ....................................Page 15

Quick Bits Snow Report In the fifth snow report for Water Year 2024 the state’s snowpack telemetry data reads 78% of median, with a basin high of 101% and a basin low of 23%.

Last year, the state was at 123% and at 111% in 2022.

The report and a map displaying basin snow water equivalent percentages of median for the state may be found at wrds.uwyo.edu/ wrds/nrcs/nrcs.html.

ogy in the cattle industry.

Merck Animal Health Representative and Wyoming Cattle Territory Manager Madi Shults braved the cold to travel north and share technological changes

coming to the beef industry. Brenda Siefken joined Shults via Zoom to co-present on the latest technology.

For the feeders Shults and Siefken kicked off the presenta-

tion by discussing Merck’s SenseHub Feedlot technology and how it is being used.

SenseHub Feedlot is a system which tracks animal health via an ear tag. The Please see TAGS on page 7

Proposal Rescinded Wyoming leaders oppose SEC’s proposed rule Last September, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a proposed rule which would allow buying and selling of undefined rights to certain private and public lands, including to foreign nations.

“The SEC proposal would let investors buy into stock market companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the purpose of protecting

nature, including public lands and making money,” states U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) on her website.

On the same day, Hageman and 31 other members of Congress signed a letter demanding answers from the head of the SEC about the newly proposed rule.

According to the SEC website, the proposal would Please see SEC on page 7

Meeting Set On Jan. 24, the Wyoming Colorado River Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Rock Springs/Green River area, but location details and an agenda are being finalized at this time. For more information, contact Jeff Cowley at jeff.cowley@wyo.gov or Mel Fegler at mel.fegler@ wyo.gov.

OSLI Lease

The Office of State Lands and Investments (OSLI) is now offering vacant grazing and agricultural leases on state trust lands for bid. These include one lease each in Albany, Converse, Sheridan, Lincoln and Sublette counties; four leases in Carbon County and three leases in Big Horn County. OSLI will accept applications and sealed bids through Feb. 2.

For more information, visit lands.wyo.gov.

Strong Start The University of Wyoming Livestock Judging Team has kicked off the 2024 judging season with a strong start at Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City and the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver.

The team came home from Cattlemen’s Congress as the eighth high team in placings; the ninth high team in swine, sheep and goats; the 10th high team in cattle and the 10th high team overall.

Jessy Barger was the 15th high individual overall at the event. At NWSS, the team was ninth overall in the carload contest.

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CHECK OUT THE 2024 WINTER CATTLEMEN'S EDITION INSIDE Youth impress at NWSS The National Western Stock Show (NWSS) is currently underway, and livestock exhibitors, rodeo athletes and visitors from far and wide have converged in Denver for the annual jam-packed, 16-day event.

Known as the “Super Bowl of Livestock Shows,” NWSS provides a sweeping venue to display and sort through some of the highest-quality stock from across the U.S. and Canada.

Since NWSS kicked off on Jan. 6, youth livestock exhibitors have impressed in the ring, including one of Wyoming’s own – Blair Sanchez.

Local Catch-A-Calf winner Junior market livestock shows kicked off on Jan. 7 with the Catch-A-Calf contest, NWSS’s longest-running program of practical beef cattle management.

During the “Grand Drive on the Green Carpet” in the historic Stadium Arena, Sanchez, who hails from Burns, exhibited the 2024 NWSS Grand Champion Catch-A-Calf Steer, fondly referred to as Tyson.

“My steer’s name is Tyson after the fighter Mike Tyson, not after Tyson Foods,” noted Sanchez.

The young exhibitor further explained she received her steer in May from Day Cattle Ranch and was assigned to her sponsor, Jo Adams. Through the summer months, Sanchez spent hours in the barn preparing for the big show.

“I was getting up before the sun rose to get him rinsed, blown out, fed and back in the barn before the sun came up for the day,” she said. “I would spend hours in the barn with him tied up to teach him to keep his head up and to comb and roto-brush his hair to try to keep it straight.”

When the sun retired for the day, Sanchez would pull Please see NWSS on page 9

Landowner licenses Landowner license applications and quotas among topics of discussion at public meeting The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission held its bimonthly meeting Jan. 16-17 at the headquarters in Cheyenne. The meeting was open to the public and addressed a range of important matters including statewide mule deer projects and predator control funding to chronic wasting disease and wildlife crossings.

Also on the agenda was the highly-discussed topic of resident and nonresident landowner license applications and quotas, a recommendation made by the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force.

Background information Rick King, chief of the commission’s Wildlife Division, began the discussion by providing some background information on the topic of landowner licenses.

“To step way back – in fact, 75 years ago to 1949 – the commission asked for regulation allowing for the issuance of landowner Please see LICENSES on page 8

Wyoming youth wins national contest The National Make It With Wool (MIWW) Contest was held in conjunction with the American Sheep Industry Association Convention in Denver during the weekend of Jan. 13-14, and one of Wyoming’s own returned home with a national champion title.

With her unique plaid dress and oneof-a-kind green coat, Madi Dunning of Encampment outshined 22 junior contestants during the National MIWW Contest, bringing home honors as the winner of the Top Junior Construction Award, the second-place Machine Embroidery Award and the title of 2024 MIWW Junior National Champion.

“Wyoming has had three national

adult winners in previous years, including Becky Sintek, Carol Macy and myself, but I have talked to several people and we believe this is the first time Wyoming has had a junior national winner,” noted Lynda Johnson, a former MIWW contestant who served as Wyoming state director from 2013-18 and national director from 2019-23, as well as Dunning’s sewing instructor for the past seven years.

“I am very proud of Madi and her desire to learn and increase her sewing and tailoring skills, especially over the past three years as she competed at the national level of the contest,” Johnson continued. “This year she set a goal to

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Consumer Survey For those involved in the beef industry, staying in tune, in touch and aware of what consumers want is a very important part of the business.

It is one of the many reasons we belong to livestock organizations, support the Beef Checkoff and are a part From the of beef promotions. Like all other food Publisher and food service industries, we know Dennis Sun consumers rule.

Besides catering to the wants and needs of our customers, understanding those wants and needs is of the upmost importance.

A recent survey conducted by Livestock Economist Ted Schroeder of Kansas State University, with funding assistance from the Kansas Beef Council, was designed to rank factors affecting beef purchasing decisions by consumers.

This survey was a national representative survey of 3,001 U.S. consumers to identify and measure the importance of factors influencing beef product purchasing decisions. The results of the survey revealed numerous practices cattle producers can do to improve beef product demand.

Consumers completed a set of questions in which they ranked the importance of nine beef product attributes when making purchasing decisions. The respondents indicated their three most and three least important among the nine attributes.

Some key findings from the survey found participants rated product freshness, product safety and price and flavor highly, with the two most often ranked as most important being product freshness and price.

Also of overall importance were animal welfare, the use of hormones and antibiotics and supporting local producers.

The lowest attribute – by a sizeable margin – was having low-carbon beef, defined as beef produced with 10 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions. Eleven percent did identify low-carbon beef as important, so it was some peoples’ priority.

This tells me most consumers are not concerned with carbon or realize with proper grazing, cattle are a zero-net gain of carbon.

Consumers thought beef product freshness was essential, which can be easily managed by packers and retail outlets.

Food safety has to be the focus of the whole beef chain responsible for beef products.

This is even more important as we now have approval to import beef from Paraguay, where there is a history of foot and mouth disease. We need to keep telling the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop allowing beef from countries like Paraguay and Brazil into the U.S. The price of beef is a tough issue to control. With low numbers of cattle and a high demand for beef, prices are going to stay strong. Also, the price of beef should reflect a profit for beef producers and feeders and a reasonable profit for the packers.

Some consumers surveyed ranked price relatively low in importance, and we see this today in the demand for Prime beef around the world. This tells me a lot of beef eaters have value in a great beef meal, as they want flavor, juiciness and tenderness in a beef product.

Beef consumers need to realize in recent years, producers have improved genetics and methods to identify flavor, juiciness and tenderness with genetic traits.

Consumers are a big, diverse group as the survey proved.

The fact is no single beef product attribute was ranked among the three most important by over much more than one-half of those surveyed.

They all enjoyed eating beef though.

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GUEST OPINIONS 2024 Legislative Preview

By Ogden Driskill and Albert Sommers As the Wyoming Legislature readies for 20 days of discussion and debate ahead of the 2024 Legislative Budget Session, we prepare for this work as servants to the people of our communities.

Over the past eight months, legislative committees have held 62 standing committee meetings around the state. At these meetings, committees gathered public input and industry perspectives to draft commonsense conservative solutions to the problems we face together.

As the presiding officers of our respective chambers, we will focus on fighting rising costs like property taxes and electric utility increases, placing parents in the driver’s seat of their children’s education and supporting mental health programs for

our fellow neighbors.

While most of the committees have completed their work, not all of the committee bills have been posted to the legislative website. Budget session bills for 2024 can be viewed at wyoleg. gov/Legislation/2024.

Key topics and updates are outlined below.

Appropriations Committee The Appropriations Committee is in the process of developing a conservative, balanced budget.

This duty is a constitutional requirement, making it our highest priority.

Revenue Committee The Revenue Committee has advanced a few measures proposed to tackle the problem of escalating property taxes which rise above the rest, providing needed

relief for Wyoming people.

A property tax exemption bill for long-term homeowners will mirror a provision nearly one-half the states in the U.S. have. The legislation grants a resident who has paid residential property taxes in the state for 30 years and reaches age 65 a 50 percent exemption.

Another property tax bill caps the rate of increase in property tax at five percent.

Further, a Homestead Exemption which provides some relief to all citizens is another measure to be considered.

Corporations Committee The Corporations Committee focused time on reviewing the Rocky Mountain Power rate hike and zeroed in on drafting bills to insulate our state against

misguided multi-state agreements which punish our carbon-based energy economy with taxes put in place by West Coast states.

Other priorities include election bills which close a campaign finance loophole, enact a 30-day residency requirement for voting in the state and improves election intimidation statutes.

Labor Committee The Labor Committee continued its steady progress in building key infrastructure and initiatives in order to address Wyoming’s persistent mental health and suicide challenges.

The 988 hotline is one of those key strategies, which allows Wyoming people in crisis to reach a call center based in our state in Please see PREVIEW on page 4

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NEWS BRIEFS Genomic science utilized

U.S. dairy producers are increasingly leveraging the power of genomic science to optimize the genetic potential of their herds for milk production, animal health and operational efficiency.

Since genomic testing became commercially available in 2008, over eight million U.S. dairy animals have been genotyped for dozens of key genetic traits related to milk production and quality, feed efficiency, reproductive viability and cow health.

The investment has paid off handsomely for the overall industry in terms of production output and efficiency.

While the U.S. dairy herd is only one percent larger than it was in 2008, milk production has climbed by 19.2 percent and butterfat rose an impressive 32.2 percent from 2008 levels.

Some of those gains came from improved nutrition and cow comfort initiatives, but genomics has played a crucial role.

Improvements in milk composition, including higher levels of protein and butterfat, are also directly attributable to the use of genomics to inform breeding decisions and mating selections.

According to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, an often-overlooked benefit of the dairy industry’s adoption of genomics, is the impact it is having on sustainability. By optimizing genetics within their herds, dairy producers have successfully bred new generations of cows to produce more milk, butterfat and protein with fewer resources.

While several indexes track genetic progress, the Net Merit Index (NM$) is the most universally implemented index across all major dairy breeds, as it combines over 40 traits into one measurement based on U.S. dollars.

Data from the NM$ indicates genomic selection has delivered $70 in additional value per cow per year.

Crop prices reported According to Farm Futures, on the morning of Jan. 17, the dollar strengthened and fuel and ag prices fell, resulting in corn prices falling two to three cents per bushel, sending March 2024 futures to $4.41 per bushel at last glance and December 2024 prices to $4.75 per bushel.

Prices continue to hover near a three-year low as the market weighs plentiful global stocks against plateaued usage rates in the U.S. Plus, recent rains across Brazil and Argentina are improving yield prospects in South America, which will keep the global corn balance sheet awash with supplies.

Worries about U.S. soybean export prospects amid a stronger dollar and growing economic uncertainty out of China sent soybean futures falling six to nine cents per bushel.

March 2024 futures fell to $12.18 per bushel, while November 2024 futures dropped below the $12 per bushel benchmark to $11.94 per bushel.

Soybean prices fluctuated as the market received several outlooks from local Brazilian farmers and trade groups who continued to point to worse soybean yields than the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasted in its latest World Agriculture Supply and Demands Estimates report last week.

Wheat prices fell one to two cents per bushel as global buyers have slowed purchases in recent weeks, likely waiting for further price drops. Chicago futures continue to struggle to get back above the six dollars per bushel benchmark, while Kansas City futures are trading on the edge of six dollars per bushel, as of Jan. 17.

Lummis protects voters U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) joined Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and three of her colleagues in introducing the Constitutional Election Integrity Act to prevent rogue politicians and courts from disqualifying presidential candidates from the ballot and to ensure constitutional matters in this area are only decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

This legislation will ensure elections in the Cowboy State are decided by the people of Wyoming, not lawyers and judges.

“Weaponizing state courts to remove candidates from the ballot not only undermines our political system, but seeks to silence the people of Wyoming and circumvent their will,” said Lummis. “Our Founding Fathers fought to give the American people the freedom to elect their president. They did not intend for political activists to abuse our judicial system.”

“The Constitutional Election Integrity Act gives the U.S. Supreme Court the authority to preserve this sacred right, and I’m proud to join Sen. Tillis in protecting our elections from these overt displays of partisan corruption,” she continued.

The legislation can be found at tillis.senate. gov/services/files/76783304-56A3-498F-BB35816704B8A6A8.

Meetings to continue

WyFB offers scholarships Nine scholarships totaling $5,500 are offered by the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) each year to support Wyoming youth.

Scholarships are available for high school graduates and continuing education students enrolled in qualifying college and trade programs. The scholarship deadline is March 1.

Applications are available at wyfb.org/ under the Get Involved and Education tabs.

For more information, contact Diane “Dee” Brewer at dbrewer1@wyfb.org or call 307-721-7719.

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Following strong community engagement around the state, Gov. Mark Gordon will host a town hall meeting addressing mental health care in Cheyenne on Jan. 29.

The discussion will take place from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Connector Auditorium in the Wyoming Capitol. It is open to the public and aimed at fostering open conversations with community members and partners about efforts underway to increase awareness of available resources and improve access to mental health care.

Representatives of the executive, legislative and judicial branches are invited to attend, as well as local elected officials.

“We have seen a great response in multiple Wyoming communities, as the challenges surrounding mental health care extend to all corners of the state,” Gordon said. “I welcome the opportunity to hear from Cheyenne residents as well.”

Gordon is prioritizing improving access to mental health resources. The Health Care Task Force is working to identify barriers, opportunities and gaps in the network of mental health and substance abuse care in the state. The town hall meetings are an opportunity to hear from local communities firsthand.

For more information, call 307-672-3456 130 S Brooks St, Sheridan, WY 82801

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FEEDERS Double D Cattle 243 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 575-700#, Weaned since Oct., Been on a Grower Ration, Bunk Broke, 3 Rounds of Shots Cole Robinson 206 Blk/Bwf/Red Strs & Hfrs, 725-900#, Weaned a long time, Bunk Broke, Been on Silage/Ground Hay with little Corn Mix, 3 Rounds of Shots J & J Ochsner 117 Blk/Bwf Strs, 725#, Weaned on Nov. 1, Bunk Broke, Been on a Light Grower Ration, 2 Rounds of Shots Dylan Hager 100 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 650-725#, Weaned for 100 days, Bunk Broke, Been on a Hay/Silage Ration, Full Vac. Program, No Implants Lon Eisenbarth 70 Blk/Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 700-800#, Weaned long time, Bunk Broke, Been on a Light Grower Ration, 2 Rouns of Shots Bug Inc. 70 Mx Strs, 725#, Weaned since Nov. 1, Bunk Broke, Been on Silage/Hay with some Corn, Branding Shots, Producer All Natural Smith Farms & Livestock 70 Mostly Blk few Red Strs & Hfrs, 650-750#, Weaned since Oct., Light Grower Ration, Branding & Weaning Shots Horblit Ranch 50 Mostly Blk Strs & Hfrs, 650-750#, Weaned since Oct. 23, Bunk Broke, Been on Hay and Silage, Birth, Branding & Precond Shots, All Natural WEANED CALVES VF Limited 300 Blk/Bwf with 5% Red/Rwf Strs & Hfrs, 500-600#, Weaned since Nov. 1, Ration, 3 Rounds of Modified Live Vac Brad Foos 250 Mx Strs & Hfrs, 570-735#, Weaned 75+ days, Bunk Broke, Been on a High Roughage Ration, 3 Rounds of Modified Live Vac. HB Lee Family 220 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 600-650#, Weaned since Oct. 10, Running out, Hay Fed, Branding & Precond Shots Smith Sheep Co. 210 Blk/Rd Strs, 625#, Weaned Since Nov. 7, Bunk Broke, Branding & Precond Shots Chuck & Tracy Martin 200 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 550-600#, Weaned 90 days, Been on Alfalfa/Oat Hay and Silage, Branding & Precond Shots Greer Ranch/Tyler & Amber Greer 170 Red Strs/Hfrs with a few Bull Calves, 400-500#, Branding Shots, Producer All Natural Brock & Bridget Beavers 120 Blk/Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 500-600#, Weaned 60 days, Birth, Branding, Precond & Weaning Shots Dale Lyman Ranch 110 Mx Strs few Hfrs, 300-500#, Weaned since November, Running out on Pasture, 3 Rounds of Shots Red Rock Ranch 100 Blk/Bwf few Red Strs & Hfrs, 500-600#, Weaned Oct. 10, Bunk Broke, Branding & Weaning Shots Robert Faulkner 100 Blk few Red Strs, 400#, Weaned since Nov. 1, Hay Fed, Branding, Precond & Weaning Shots Carbon Creek Cattle Co 100 Blk Angus Strs & Hfrs, 425#, Weaned 90 days, Been on a Alfalfa/Grass Hay Mix, Branding & Precond Shots Ray Bumgartner 90 Mostly Blk Hfrs few Strs, 550-700#, Weaned 60+ days, Hay Fed, Branding Shots Jennifer Scheer 76 Blk/Bwf few Rwf Strs & Hfrs, 500-575#, Weaned 90+ days, Branding, Precond & Weaning Shots EHB Ranch 75 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 500#, Weaned 30 days, Alfalfa/Grass Hay Mix, Branding and Weaning Shots Cindy Cox 75 Mostly Blk few Bwf (1Red) Strs & Hfrs, 550-650#, Weaned since Oct., Hay Fed, Branding & Precond Shots Flying Heart Ranch 71 Blk/Bwf/Red/Rwf Hfrs, 550#, Weaned since Oct. 24, Branding, Precond & Weaning Shots Darlene Herman 67 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 450-500#, Weaned since Oct. 16, Bunk Broke, Hay Fed, Cake Broke, Branding & Precond Shots Myers Cattle/Nick Myers 65 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 450-525#, Weaned 60 days, Bunk Broke, Cake Broke, Branding & Precond Shots Jason Evans 62 Mostly Blk Strs & Hfrs, 400-500#, Weaned a long time, Been on Grass Hay and Protein Tubs, 2 Rounds of Shots Crescent Livestock 60 Red/Rwf few Blk Strs, 500#, Weaned since Nov. 11, Running out on Pasture, Cake Broke, Branding & Precond Shots Larry Chamberlain 60 Blk/Bwf few Red Strs & Hfrs, 600#, Weaned 90 days, Fence Line and Bunk Broke, Been on a Light Grower Ration, 2 Rounds of Shots Myers Ranch LLC 50 Blk/Char-x Strs & Hfrs, 400-450#, Weaned 70 days, Bunk Broke, Grass Hay, Branding & Precond Shots Sam & Susan Ray 43 Blk/Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 450-500#, Weaned 60 days, Been on Long Stem Hay, Branding & Weaning Shots

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024 ~ ALL CLASSES

MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2024 - BRED COW SPECIAL

COMPLETE OR PARITAL DISPERSALS Stellpflug Cattle Co. 72 Bwf Hfrs (White Tags), Complete Dispersal, Bred to Low-Birth Weight Stellpflug Cattle Co. Blk Angus Bulls, CF: March 3 for 60 days ****51 Blk Hfrs (Purple Tags), Complete Dispersal, Bred to Low Birth Weight Stellpflug Cattle Co. Hereford Bulls, Cf: March 10 for 60 days Pre-breeding Shots: Bovi-Shield Gold 5VL5, Dedctomax Injectable, Valbazen, Preg-Check Shots: Dectomax Injectable, Valbazen, Cean-up 2, PreCalving Shots: ScourGuard 4KC, Cattlemaster Gold FP5, Staybfred VL5, Valbazen, Clean-up Ray Bumgartner 70 Blk/Bwf (7 Red ) Cows, Complete Dispersal, 2 yr olds to 10 yr olds, Bred to 3/4 Angus/1/4 Gelbv. Bull, CF: March 1, Been on a Modified Live Vac. Program all their lives, Poured in January, Home Raised, High Elevation BRED HEIFERS Sewell Ranching LLC 94 Blk few Bwf/Rd Hfrs, 960#, AI’d Bred to Spring Cove Compound 12E (with a -2.7 BW EPD…Top 2% of Angus Breed), AI’d on June 23rd for CF: April 1, Shots: Pre-Guard 10, Injectable Wormer, Poured w/Clean-up II ****69 Blk few Bwf/Rd Hfrs, 960#, Bred to Blk Angus Bulls, CF: April 15th, Shots: Pre-Guard 10, Injectable Wormer, Poured w/Clean-up II Dan Hanson 100 Blk/Bwf Hfrs, 1025#, Bred to Low Birth Weight Jorgenson Blk Angus Bulls, CF: March 7 for 35 days, Pre-breeding Shots in the Spring. Shots in September: Vira Shield 6y+VL5, Poured, Purchased as Heifer Calves from Reputable Ranchers from Converse & Niobrara County Miller Livestock 80 Blk/Bwf Hfrs, 950-1050#, Bred to Schiffer Ranch Black Angus Calving Ease Bulls, CF: March 1 for 30 days, Shots in November: Vira Shield 6+VL5, 7-way, Poured, Running out, Hay & Cake fed, Originated as calves from Montana Bennett Creek Cattle Co. 35 Blk Hfrs, Bred to Paintrock Angus Bulls, CF: Marach/April, Shots: ScourBoss, PregGuard, 7-way, Poured w/Clean-up BRED COWS Falls Ranch 175 Fancy Blk Cows, Running Ages, Bred to Vermilion Angus or TD Angus Blk Angus Bulls, CF: Young Cows: April 15 for 60 days// Older Cows: CF: March 15 for 60 days, Complete Vac. Program, Home Raised Nine Mile Livestock 70 Blk/Bwf Cows, 4-6 yr olds, Bred to Blk Bulls, CF: April 1 for 60 days Adam & Lynn Warner 145 Blk Cows 3 yr olds, Bred to Jorgenson Blk Bulls, CF: March 1 for 60 days, few in June, Spring Shots: PregGuard 10, Fall Shots at Preg Check: 7-way, Scour Guard, Ran at Sundance for Summer, Steer Calves weaned at 530# Doug Hatch 40 Blk/Bwf Cows, SS-ST, Bred to Blk Bulls, CF: March 20th Trevor Douglas/Double D Cattle 35 Blk Cows, 3 yr olds to ST, Bred to McClun Hereford Bull or Blk Bull, CF: March 15th Colton Breeden 35 Hereford Cows, Mx Ages, Bred to Polled Hereford Bulls (Durbin Creek or Ned & JanWard Bulls), CF: March 19 for 45 days Justin Kremers 21 Mx Cows, 9-10 yr olds, Bred to Blk Angus Bulls, CF: June 1st for 45 days David Johnson/AJ Bar Ranch 17 Blk Cows, 8-11 yr olds, Bred to Ochsner-Roth Blk Bulls, CF: Feb. 25, Home Raised, Complete Vac. Program, NO Shots this Fall PAIRS Sam Rosengreen 15 Fall Cow Pairs, Running Ages, Tagged to Match, Calves at side: 200-250# SALE RESULTS -FEEDER SPECIAL SALE RESULTS -FEEDER SPECIAL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 - 2331 HD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 - 2331 HD LLC Family 26 Strs 670# 257.00/C Clark Land Co 5 Hfr Cf 419# 320.00/C LLC Family 73 Strs 669# 275.00/C Slip Knot 11 Hfr Cf 423# 318.00/C Lisco Ranch 61 Strs 672# 272.00/C Red Mountain 21 Hfr Cf 420# 316.00/C Lisco Ranch 67 Strs 775# 242.50/C Slip Knot 13 Hfr Cf 371# 305.00/C Lyle Bowman 78 Strs 790# 238.00/C Red Mountain 21 Hfr Cf 496# 295.00/C Morris Hochstedler 18 Strs 741# 238.00/C Slip Knot 12 Hfr Cf 550# 287.00/C Todd Schaefer 7 Strs 817# 224.00/C Cody Evans 8 Hfr Cf 550# 283.00/C Doug Booth 5 Strs 876# 209.00/C Lisco Ranch 37 Hfr Cf 604# 267.00/C Spear 7 Farms 41 Hfrs 642# 241.00/C Spear 7 31 Hfr Cf 534# 260.00/C Lisco Ranch 59 Hfrs 676# 238.00/C John Riehle 5 Hfr Cf 632# 259.00/C Z Spear 47 Hfrs 670# 232.00/C Spear 7 6 Hfr Cf 579# 260.00/C Todd Schaefer 22 Hfrs 693# 225.00/C Slip Knot 19 Hfr Cf 427# 300.00/C Pipestone Ranch 8 Hfrs 712# 219.00/C Z Spear 34 Hfrs 743# 218.50/C Z Spear 17 Hfrs 819# 211.00/C Red Mountain 14 Str Cf 352# 387.50/C Red Mountain 41 Str Cf 439# 370.00/C for Sale Updates, Results and News Matt Johnson 12 Str Cf 370# 362.50/C Clark Land 5 Str Cf 412# 360.00/C John Maulsby 5 Str Cf 479# 343.00/C Platt Cattle 20 Str Cf 517# 321.00/C Duck Bar Ranch 23 Str Cf 541# 321.00/C TORRINGTON Red Mountain 18 Str Cf 535# 318.00/C LIVESTOCK AREA REPS Brent Kaufman 18 Str Cf 562# 311.00/C

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USDA helps producers Winter storms create significant challenges and often result in catastrophic loss for agricultural producers, especially for those raising livestock, row crops and vulnerable crops like citrus.

Despite every attempt to mitigate risk, an operation may suffer losses. As producers prepare for the potential impacts of upcoming winter weather, they should know the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers several programs to help with recovery.

These programs include risk management programs like Federal Crop Insurance or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Program (NAP), as well as disaster assistance programs like the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP); the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) and the Tree Assistance Program (TAP).

Other helpful programs offered through USDA include the Emergency Conservation Program and Emergency Forest Restoration Program, which can assist landowners and forest stewards with financial and technical assistance to restore fencing, damaged farmland or forests and remove snow from feed stocks, water supplies and feeding areas.

USDA reminds producers it is critical to keep accurate records to document all losses following this devastating cold weather event. Livestock producers are advised to document beginning livestock numbers by taking time and datestamped videos or pictures prior to and after the loss.

Additional details – including payment calculations – can be found on the NAP, ELAP, LIP and TAP fact sheets.

Helpful tools for determining eligibility for program and loan options are available at farmers.gov.

For more information, contact a local USDA Service Center.

PREVIEW continued from page 2 hopes of preventing suicide. It is important the line is funded to ensure its needed services continue.

Additionally, this committee focused on helping hospitals and fellow Wyomingites by developing a bill to address prior authorization related to insurance. The proposed bill would guarantee patients access to previously approved treatments and medications.

Minerals Committee The Minerals Committee worked to refine laws around Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage. This several-year effort remains a high priority designed to help our fossil fuel industry survive changing markets and uncertain Washington, D.C. politics.

Education Committee The Education Committee is updating the funding model for developmental preschools.

The committee also worked several bills focusing on keeping parents in charge of their child’s education with a parental rights bill and education savings account bill.

Agriculture Committee The Agriculture Committee spent the interim supporting Wyoming ag producers.

The committee drafted a bill aimed at the development of a compensation measure for cattle ranchers suffering rangeland impacts on private lands when elk are over population objective.

Travel Committee The Travel Committee developed an Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund which would be governed in a manner similar to the existing Wyoming Wildlife Natural Resource Trust Fund.

The fund would provide grants to local com-

munities for outdoor recreation projects to boost quality of life in the Cowboy State and aid in helping diversify our economy.

Transportation Committee The Transportation Committee worked on updates to existing statutory definitions and categories of electric vehicles.

Electric vehicles should pay a road tax similar to those vehicles paying a fuel tax at the pump.

All vehicles must help pay for upkeep of Wyoming’s highways.

Further, this committee is working to promote an in-state Hazmat license for individuals under 21.

Judiciary Committee The Judiciary Committee supported the Division of Criminal Investigation’s efforts to create a statewide database of cold cases for agencies across the state to add to.

This will ensure victims in unsolved investigations are not forgotten.

Another important measure is the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, which would adopt the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act and authorize a district court to order child abduction prevention measures when the evidence establishes a credible risk of abduction.

The 2024 Budget Session of the 67th Wyoming Legislature will start on Feb. 12 and conclude 20 working days later on March 8.

Albert Sommers is the Speaker of the House and has served in the legislature since 2013. Ogden Driskill is the president of the Senate and has served in the Wyoming Legislature since 2011. This op-ed column was originally published on Jan. 10 in Cowboy State Daily.

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14 The surroundings in which a

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BY AMANDA RADKE

Countering the Netflix Show “You Are What You Eat” I don’t pay too much attention to Netflix propaganda, but other people certainly do. I think it’s prudent to remain aware of what the general public is hearing about animal agriculture.

A new Netflix documentary, “You Are What You Eat,” is making headlines.

Not surprising – it’s the same tired, old animal rights activist propaganda pretending to be nutritional advice.

Produced by the same people behind the “Game Changers” documentary, which has been largely debunked, one can quickly see the same approach was taken with the “You Are What You Eat” series.

In the series, a Stanford twin study was evaluated, and before we take the results too seriously, folks need to know the lead researcher behind the study was funded

by Beyond Meat, a plantbased company with its eyes set on eliminating animal agriculture.

From their own website, Beyond Meat says, “Imagine a world where we’ve taken the animal off of the table, while still delivering the meaty, plant-based, better-for-you meals you crave.

That world is this one, and those meals are Beyond.”

The study looked at identical twins and evaluated two different diets – vegan verses omnivore.

Naturally, and aligning with the funding backing this research, the study highly favored the plantbased diet.

The controls in the study

were ridiculous though.

There were no caloric numbers set, and one twin ate way more food than the other. Exercise, sleep and other variables weren’t considered either.

The study also only lasted eight weeks – a short period of time to really evaluate the impacts and benefits of a plant-based diet versus a meat-based diet.

But of course, it wouldn’t be a compelling documentary without drama, and the fear-mongering, generalizations and outright propaganda were hard to stomach at times.

Documentaries of this ilk fall in a long line of shows which have been created to disparage animal agriculture and the hardworking farmers and ranch-

ers I know who have committed their lives to being stewards of the land and the livestock.

It’s incredibly frustrating, but there’s hope.

We have a compelling story. The truth is on our side. People are hungry to learn more about where their food comes from.

They want to connect with farmers and ranchers. They want to feel more connected to the land. They are tired of negative propaganda that makes them feel anxious, worried, confused, guilty and fearful when they walk into the grocery store.

Instead, consumers want to feel empowered, engaged, educated and connected.

This is where we come in. We are the solutions we seek.

There’s no storyteller in Hollywood who can tell our story like we do. There’s no media pundit, influencer or celebrity who can fight for our future as hard as we can. It’s high time we utilize our sphere of influence – whether it’s in our own communities or sharing on social media platforms.

I truly believe if we

share our stories and people see the heart and intention behind our work, they will lock arms with us and fight for the future of agriculture and food with us.

I was reminded recently cows and acres don’t equal votes, so we need the vot-

ing public to join us in this fight. There is true value in keeping animals on the land and meat, dairy and eggs on the dinner plate. And, most Americans would agree.

So let’s team up, build relationships and bridge the gap. Ignore the propa-

ganda and lead the way. The people we aim to serve are waiting for us to invite them to the conversation.

Amanda Radke is a rancher, author, motivational speaker and podcast host. For more from Radke, visit amandaradke.com.

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MIWW continued from page 1 win, and she met her goal. I believe the result was well deserved.”

A year of success Dunning got a taste for sewing – and winning – during her first MIWW contest seven years ago and has been chasing her dream ever since.

“MIWW has multiple different divisions for different age groups, and my first year, I entered the pre-teen contest for eight- to 12-year-olds,” she explained. “I won and got a taste for sewing, so I just kept doing it.”

This year, Dunning’s creation included a plaid dress and green coat ensemble.

“My inspiration this year was the green wool for my coat. I saw it and thought it was so unique, I wanted to make something really special out of it,” she shared.

And that she did. In fact, Dunning’s design wowed at every level of competition this year.

During the MIWW

Wyoming State Contest, held in conjunction with the Wyoming Stock Growers Association Winter Roundup Convention and Trade Show in Casper on Dec. 4, Dunning also took home top honors in the junior division.

At the national contest, Dunning’s win came with a plethora of prizes including a $1,500 scholarship from Pendleton Woolen Mills, a $500 cash award from the National MIWW program, a length of wool fabric, a sheep pelt, a garment bag and sash and various other sewing prizes.

“I was super excited to win the national contest,” Dunning stated. “When I heard my name get called, I was jumping up and down with a smile on my face. It was so exciting. I am still really happy and excited about it.”

Looking ahead Under MIWW guidelines, national contest winners are not able to compete in the program for a year. However, Dunning

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noted she already has ideas for her next project and is eager to get started.

“I guess I will be taking a little time off, but I definitely have ideas for my next project,” she stated.

“I want to make pants and another coat or a skirt – there are just so many things I want to do and ideas I want to try. I know I have a while to think about it, but I am super excited to compete again the next time I am able to do so.”

Although she will be taking a hiatus from competing in the program, Dunning will stay involved with MIWW. In fact, during the national contest Dunning was also selected as a National MIWW Junior Ambassador for 2024.

In this role, Dunning will utilize social media and in-person campaigning to promote the MIWW program and encourage more people to get involved.

“I plan on attending local 4-H contests, our district contest and our state contest to promote MIWW and talk to people,” she said. “It is important to get people involved.”

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January 15 – 2,524 Head • First Test Back January 18 – 195 Head • Cows $4-$5 Higher, Bulls $2-$3 Higher BULLS Beard, Michael - Daniel 1 Blk Bull, 1935# .................... $11000 Murdock, Stanley - Pinedale 1 Hrfd Bull, 2075# ..................$10750 1 Hrfd Bull, 2055# ..................$10650 Darling, Chanse - Hyattville 1 Blk Bull, 1925# ....................$10400 Miller, Joseph - Worland 1 Hrfd Bull, 2525# ....................$9500 BRED COWS Darling, Chanse - Hyattville 2 Blk Bred Cows ............. $2000/Hd. 7 Hrfd Bred Cows............ $1675/Hd. 17 Blk Bred Cows ........... $1560/Hd. 6 Hrfd Bred Cows............ $1560/Hd. Murdock, Stanley - Pinedale 7 Blk Bred Cows ............. $1900/Hd. 10 BWF Bred Cows ........ $1875/Hd. 8 BWF Bred Cows .......... $1400/Hd. Thomas, Fred and Kay - Meeteetse 2 Blk Bred Cows ............. $1850/Hd. 1 Blk Bred Cow ............... $1850/Hd. BRED HEIFERS Riley, Michael - Burlington 15 BWF Bred Hfrs ........... $2400/Hd. COWS Miller, Chandler - Worland 1 BWF Cow, 1360# ................ $11000 Thomas, Fred and Kay - Meeteetse 1 Blk Cow, 1450# ...................$10000 1 Blk Cow, 1700# .....................$9000 Riley, Michael - Burlington 1 RWF Cow, 1370# ..................$9800 Murdock, Stanley - Pinedale 1 BWF Cow, 1435# ..................$9600 1 RWF Cow, 1310# ..................$9300 Landers, Coke - Pinedale 1 BWF Cow, 1470# ..................$9350 Miller, Joseph - Worland 1 Blk Cow, 1575# .....................$8900 HEIFER CALVES Sorensen, Aaron - Riverton 39 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 383# .....$32600

75 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 472# .....$29925 161 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 536# ...$27925 60 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 604# .....$25500 Axtell Ranch LLC - Thermopolis 28 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 379# ..$32000 12 Hrfd Hfr Clvs, avg. 462# ...$26300 Rusatt Ranch Inc. - Basin 13 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 433# .....$29750 Harris, Nick - Kinnear 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 467# .......$27750 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 584# .......$24500 Villarreal, Arturo - Powell 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 415# .......$27750 Willis, Travis - Powell 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 448# .......$27500 RCA Livestock LLC - Worland 1 Blk Hfr Calf, 465# ................$26500 9 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 603#......$24000 Black Tooth Ranch - Sheridan 14 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 528# ..$26100 14 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 631# ..$24100 Silver Sage Farms LLC - Basin 7 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 536# ....$26000 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 478# .......$25500 Homewood, Lucky - Frannie 4 CharX Hfr Clvs, avg. 599# ..$25750 Friesen, Kenneth - Moscow 6 Blk Hfr Clv, avg. 507# .........$25625 12 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 557# .....$25050 Henderson, Tye - Powell 8 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 564# .......$25600 Galloway, Clayton - Manderson 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 368# .......$25500 Hoyt, Mark - Basin 18 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 548# .....$25450 McIntosh, Ruth - Burlington 16 CharX Hfr Clv, avg. 522# ..$25250 25 CharX Hfr Clvs, avg. 560# .. $24900 12 CharX Hfr Clvs, avg. 683# .. $22000 Farley, Christine - Worland 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 643# .......$24800 Crouse, Doug - Basin 37 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 666# .....$24700 14 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 721# .....$22500

Tharp, Guy - Manderson 1 Blk Hfr Calf, 660# ................$24600 Graber, Allen - Powell 11 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 617#......$24400 Horton, Darrell - Greybull 6 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 667# .......$23200 Bodtke, Dale - Ten Sleep 14 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 757# .....$19250 STEER CALVES Sorensen, Aaron - Riverton 24 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 341# .....$38500 36 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 429# .....$35350 115 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 496#....$32975 302 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 555# ... $31150 44 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 639# .....$28025 River Valley Land & Livestock - Lovell 25 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 404# .....$36050 8 Red Str Clvs, avg. 548# ......$30350 Axtell Ranch LLC - Thermopolis 20 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 431# ..$35750 Galloway, Clayton - Manderson 8 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 441# ....$34400 Rusatt Ranch Inc. - Basin 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 481# .....$33250 Rios, Armando - Basin 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 543# .......$29900 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 735# .......$24400 Graber, Allen - Powell 13 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 585# .....$29200 TD Farms Inc. - Worland 56 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 587# .....$29100 110 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 683#....$25725 Rasmussen, Christy - Worland 4 Red Str Clvs, avg. 651# ......$25100 Horton, Darrell - Greybull 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 688# .......$24650 Crouse, Doug - Basin 61 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 735# .....$24025 Davidson, Peter - Burlington 11 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 741# ......$23400 Riley, Mitchell - Burlington 26 Red Str Clvs, avg. 838# ....$22200 50 Red Str Clvs, avg. 898# ....$21450

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One-of-a-kind design – Madi Dunning’s plaid dress and green coat ensemble wowed at every level of the Make It With Wool competition this year. The Encampment resident was the top junior at both the state and national contests. Lynda Johnson photo

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Producers can boost investments to ensure sustainability in 2024 Economists are forecasting the cattle industry should see favorable prices in 2024, creating the opportunity to spend a few dollars throughout the year.

In an article published on Jan. 10 by Farm Progress, Author Mindy Ward outlines nine top investments for 2024 cattle profits.

According to University of Missouri Extension Agricultural Economist Joe Horner, phases like the next two to three years will only happen a few times in a producer’s 50-year career.

He indicates higher profit margins will prevail in 2024 and producers will look for tax deductions, but rather than buying new equipment, he suggests producers invest in making the operation more resilient and profitable, as the cattle cycle will inevitably turn when prices fall.

It is important to remember the profitability of livestock production is influenced by market dynamics, including supply and demand, prices and competition.

Increasing profits Horner suggests one way to increase farm profits is to invest in feed and increase extra hay inventory.

“Add 50 percent more hay stock once and rotate out hay yearly. The carrying cost is a good investment,” Horner says. “This is drought insurance, and it is easier than finding hay and makes life less stressful.”

This strategy keeps producers from buying feed or selling livestock during a drought.

Another suggestion is to create a separate bull pen and define a breeding season to reduce mismatched lots at the sale barn.

“One final tip is to seek the advice of a farm or ranch tax expert. The Internal Revenue Service has new resources to measure compliance, so talk with your tax preparer to ensure your farm is bulletproof.” – Joe Horner, University of Missouri Extension “Stay on vaccination schedules – if you don’t have one, get one. Veterinarians create value on a farm because of what they know,” Horner says. “Pick your vet’s brain, follow their suggested protocol, and don’t forget to test for bull soundness.”

Veterinarians can help producers find buyers for their cattle, conduct extensive diagnostic tests to protect their investment and connect with other ranchers to help develop the operation’s network of clients.

Additionally, having an adequate handling facility is necessary to properly apply management practices and prevent injury to both the producer and the livestock.

Handling facilities offer the opportunity for added value by carrying out economically essential practices.

Horner further notes it is a good idea to invest in handling facilities.

Investing for profit “Invest in good fences for weaning.

Bawling calves bring less money at the sale barn,” Horner says.

“Do the extra work. Build the fence and wean calves before selling.”

Many innovations have occurred in the fencing industry over the years, giving producers an array of options for fences to confine and protect livestock.

Whether used as permanent periphery boundar-

ies, temporary pasture dividers or to encircle a house, fences need careful planning and construction for efficient usefulness, long life and low maintenance.

Frequent soil testing helps producers decide whether the current management system is robbing future productivity and profits.

“Do soil tests. A soil test can signal when producers need to add nutrients to boost yields. Lime is a cheap, undervalued nutrient that can increase forage production,” Horner notes.

He further points out in order to increase profits, producers can implement rotational grazing, allowing them to mitigate drought, improve soil health, increase forage production and extend the grazing period.

Producers can also invest in risk insurance programs.

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage insures against drought and Livestock Risk Protection insures against low prices.

Horner concludes, “One final tip is to seek the advice of a farm or ranch tax expert. The Internal Revenue Service has new resources to measure compliance, so talk with your tax preparer to ensure your farm is bulletproof.”

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

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SEC continued from page 1 allow the NYSE to list a natural asset company (NAC) and give them the ability to use others’ money, including that obtained via capital markets, to buy the ability to control or manage productive public and private land and other natural resources.

However, on Jan. 17, the NYSE announced it would be withdrawing the proposed rule to the SEC which would have paved the way for NACs to be listed on the NYSE. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) released a statement after NYSE withdrew its proposal.

“The NYSE overreaching proposal would have surrendered America’s public lands to the highest bidder,” says Barrasso. “Given the understandable backlash from those who live and work on our public lands, the SEC withdrew this rule before it could take effect. Axing this rule allows for the continuation of responsible land and resource management activities including mining, grazing, energy production and timber logging across Wyoming.”

Lummis adds, “The NYSE’s decision not to list NACs is a huge victory for Wyoming and dismantles the Biden administration’s latest land grab attempt.”

What does this mean?

The proposed rule identifies a NAC as “a corporation whose primary purpose is to actively manage, maintain, restore – as applicable – and grow the value of natural assets and their production of ecosystem services.”

The SEC notes the purpose of a NAC is to protect and grow natural assets under its management, and to qualify as a NAC, a corporation would need to show how it’s improving the lands in its portfolio, which could include “conservation, restoration or sustainable management.”

“Once in control of the land, NACs will be prohibited from engaging in ‘unsustainable activities’ like energy production, logging and grazing. However, farming would still be

allowed,” Hageman’s website explains. “The purpose of this rule is to end all economic activity on the lands.”

“This misguided ‘rule’ has the potential to fundamentally change U.S. land access, management, use and ownership as we know it,” Hageman says in a news release published in December.

“As if this weren’t bad enough, the rule places no limits on who can buy these lands. China, Russia, Iran and other bad actors would be free to participate and shut down U.S. energy and mineral production,” she continues.

In a letter dated Jan.10 and sent to the SEC, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray calls the proposed rule, “Nothing more than a radical environmentalist attempt to cripple Wyoming’s core industries in an effort to further the Biden administration’s radical land grab agenda.”

He adds, “There appears to be no ban on foreign investment NACs, meaning foreign adversaries may be able to own shares in these companies and exert their management authority to prevent Wyoming’s core industries from ever being developed.”

Standing up for Wyoming Hageman has been at the forefront of this issue, and joining her in the argument is Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill, as well as 24 other state attorneys general who sent the SEC a letter earlier this month outlining their opposition to the proposed rule.

In their letters, these entities call the proposed rule illegal and an economic threat, citing there is no legal precedent of any kind where Congress has given the authority to the SEC to set up anything like NACs, and it is misinterpreting the law.

Some of the biggest concerns lawmakers have with the proposal are it could lead to stricter management of public lands and waters, and federal lands, including national parks and forests, would all be fair game to be pur-

chased by a NAC, which could lead to restrictions on mineral development and grazing.

During the Wyoming Freedom Caucus town hall, held on Jan. 10, Hageman proclaimed, “This is just one more step, one more effort in regard for forced or engineered scarcity. It is not natural. I can’t imagine any other country on planet Earth that would do something this radical.”

She further said, “It is possibly the biggest land grab in our country’s history and would be extremely destructive to the West because this is where most of these lands are located.”

Details on the SEC proposal After the SEC announced the proposed rule, there were only 21 days for public comment, which expired on Oct. 25, 2023. A typical comment period usually runs 60 to 120 days, according to Hageman. However, the comment period was extended to Jan. 18.

“This is one of the most frightening things I’ve seen our government attempt to do,” she says. “They were trying to slip it through.”

Hageman reiterates her office was one of the first in Congress to address the proposed rule, and the more she learned about the issue, the more she has found NACs violating numerous federal laws.

“We have been banging the drum back here, and I think we’ve made some people pretty nervous about the validity of this,” she says. “This is one of the most radical things I’ve seen, and it is so far outside of the authority of the NYSE and the SEC.” Not only could this impact the U.S.’s ability to generate and access energy, critical minerals, water and food, it could also put those decisions in the hands of institutions, such as foreign governments and their sovereign wealth funds, who could invest in NACs and have actual control over America’s resources.

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

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TAGS continued from page 1 ear tag collects information such as the temperature of the animal and animal behavior and then reports this information to a database.

The database is able to differentiate animal temperatures, as well as abnormal behaviors, and reports the information to producers via a user-friendly online interface.

The goal of SenseHub Feedlot is to diagnose illness days faster than when cattle behavior is being observed visually.

“Our goal is not at all to replace pen riders, but to give them a tool to diagnose illness faster,” stated Shults. “We know cattle are prey animals, and they tend to mask their symptoms until they’re really sick.

With this system, we can catch increased body temperature a couple of days earlier than the best pen rider in the world can detect

droopy ears, isolation, etc.”

The database will create a “pull list” for pen riders, which outlines all of the livestock displaying an increase in temperature or notable behavior changes and need to be pulled from their respective pens to be doctored.

Studies have been done and data proves using SenseHub in feedyards has increased the number of cattle reaching the processing plant by reducing morbidity and mortality rates.

For the producers Shults’ focus is the reproductive sector of Merck’s emerging technologies.

SenseHub Cow Calf is soft launching this year, and it’s focus will be on cow health and cycle monitoring.

“We want to increase reproduction rates within our cow/calf herds,” said Shults. “We can do this by monitoring and identifying females likely to come

For more information on SenseHub Feedlot or SenseHubCow Calf, contact Madi Shults at madison. shults@merck.com.

SALE REPORTS Rafter T Angus Annual Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Jan. 13, 2024 Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo Auctioneer: Lander Nicodemus 51 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $6,161 41 F1 Black Baldy Three-Year-Old Bred Cows Avg. $3,625 Six F1 Black Baldy Bred Heifers Avg. $2,800 10 Commercial Angus Bred Heifers Avg. $2,425 Top Sellers Lot 11 – RTA Peacemaker 399 – Price: $11,500 DOB: 3/2/23 Sire: RTA Turning Point 846 Dam’s Sire: S Chisum 255 EPDs: BW: +0.4, WW: +54, YW: +98 and Milk: +20 Buyer: American Ranch, Gillette Lot 2 – RTA Winchester 377 – Price: $11,000 DOB: 2/24/23

Sire: S A V Scale House 0845 Dam’s Sire: B Bar Joe Hero 2774 EPDs: BW: -2.2, WW: +61, YW: +113 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Brad and Delight Harris, Recluse Lot 5 – RTA Henry 387 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 3/5/23 Sire: S A V Scale House 0845 Dam’s Sire: RTA Captain Mor-

into heat, being able to keep from missing silent heats and being aware of those in anestrus.”

SenseHub Cow Calf tags work similarly to the feedlot tags in that they monitor cows’ temperature and movement. This information is sent to a similar user-friendly interface which notifies producers which cows appear to be in heat or any whose behavior is off, indicating potential illness.

Producers who utilize artificial insemination or embryo transfer may be particularly interested in the cow/calf tags to help increase conception rates by more accurately detecting estrus, resulting in a tighter calving window.

When relying on visual observations, producers can easily miss cows that have a “silent” heat, showing no visible indicators. With the cow/calf tags, temperature indicators can help producers identify cattle they would miss when relying on visual indicators alone.

Tressa Lawrence is a corresponding writer for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net. gan 40 EPDs: BW: -1.4, WW: +65, YW: +113 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Mooney Ranch, Gillette Lot 21 – RTA Sharps 367 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 2/9/23 Sire: Coleman Rock 7200 Dam’s Sire: S A V Supercharger 6813 EPDs: BW: +1.8, WW: +67, YW: +101 and Milk: +21 Buyer: Craig and Sarah Edwards, Gillette Lot 1 – RTA Colt 389 – Price: $9,500 DOB: 3/3/23 Sire: S A V Scale House 0845 Dam’s Sire: LD Capitalist 316 EPDs: BW: +1.4, WW: +74, YW: +119 and Milk: +22 Buyer: T Mill Iron Livestock, Rozet Lot 44 – RTA Springfield 396 – Price: $9,500 DOB: 3/3/23 Sire: U-2 Coalition 206C Dam’s Sire: Barstow Cash EPDs: BW: +0.2, WW: +62, YW: +119 and Milk: +25 Buyer: Brad and Delight Harris, Recluse

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LICENSES continued from page 1 licenses,” King recalled.

He continued, “The original language in the regulation from 1949 says, ‘In any area opened under special permit for the taking of big game animals other than moose, antelope and mountain sheep, ranchers living within the designated area may be given a special permit upon application without participating in a draw for said permits.’”

King noted over time, the commission has changed and revised this regulation,

and more recently, the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force has started discussing resident and nonresident landowner license applications and quotas.

“Over the last several commission meetings, we’ve had the chance to talk about landowner licenses and other recommendations made by the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force,” King stated. “We talked in July, September and November, and in November, we got some pretty clear marching

orders to come back to the March meeting with further information.”

“But, in the November meeting, we told you, based on an informal opinion, there wasn’t a way for us to implement a landowner license application based on the way the statute reads,” he added. “Since that time, we have had further discussion, and we think there is some ambiguity about whether we can or cannot.”

Considering all factors After King’s initial statement, the commission opened the topic up for public comment and further discussion.

To view the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission meeting in its entirety, visit youtube.com/channel/ UCZWVayna6kSX4Q7eQyMvglA. Wyoming Stock Growers Association Executive Vice President Jim Magagna was in attendance and addressed the commission.

“As I look at the recommendations made by the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force to put a cap on landowner licenses, I think there is a lot more information we need to deliberately decide what might be an appropriate course of action – if any,” Magagna said.

Before making a final decision, Magagna urged the commission to look into the percentage of landowners eligible for licenses who actually take advantage of them, the rate of annual participation in the program, what species most licenses are granted for and the typical size of acreage owned by landowners who utilize tags.

“As I recall, the proposal we made to the task force was a minimum acre-

age of 1,000 acres, and as I consider it a little more, I still stand by this number for rangelands,” he said.

“But, the case of cropland is a very different situation and should possibly be dealt with separately.”

Another consideration Magagna brought up to the commission is the opportunity for long-term ranch employees to utilize landowner licenses as well.

The final, resounding consideration, proposed by both Magagna and King, is to protect meaningful relationships between the ranching community and the commission.

“I think it is important to point out our relationships with landowners is absolutely critical,” King said. “One-half of our state is private property, which provides an abundance of high-quality habitat for Wyoming wildlife.

We enjoy strong relation-

SALE REPORTS Ken Haas Angus 43rd Annual Right Combination Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Jan. 16, 2024 Ken Haas Angus Ranch, LaGrange Auctioneer: Lex Madden Sale Manager: Genetic Pathways 95 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $7,479 Five Registered Yearling Heifers. Avg. $7,400 Bulls Lot 1 – KC Haas Cody

19K by 87G

37L by 138J

918 – Price: $15,000 DOB: 2/9/23 Sire: Crouch Con-

53K by 623

357 by 0140H

Ridder Hereford Ranch Annual Sale

February 1, 1 pm (cst), at the ranch 9 miles NW of Callaway ● 110 Bulls - two-year-olds, fall yearlings, and yearlings. All Bulls are scored for Calving Ease and Carcass Traits. Volume, thick, correct.

We stress excellent fertility and disposition. ● 60 Heifers - stylish yearlings. All Heifers are scored for Carcass Traits and are super feminine. Fertility and disposition are paramount. ● We cooperate on delivery & 6-month Bull insurance policies.

Videos online 2 weeks before Sale.

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Registered Red Angus First Calf Heifers Rockingtree Ranch is offering another set of high quality, home-raised bred heifers for sale.

These heifers are, • Backed by superior Beckton Red Angus genetics.

• Bred to calving ease Beckton Red Angus bulls.

• Due to calve March 21 for 50 days.

• Easy going, docile, and cake broke.

• Bred with a focus on calving ease, maternal excellence, docility, moderately framed, with easy fleshing ability.

We strive to produce females that will raise a calf on nothing more than grass and milk and wean that calf at half her body weight or more.

These heifers will make an excellent starter herd, or be a great addition to any commercial or registered herd.

Also, please remember Rockingtree Ranch for all of your bull needs this spring. We will have another great group of yearling bulls to fit your operation.

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ships with our landowner community, and I think it is very important for us to consider as we talk through any changes that might be made here.”

Magagna agreed, “I would offer the need to be deliberate and thoughtful as Mr. King mentioned.

In general, the relationship between the ranching and agriculture community and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is about the strongest I can ever recall in my lifetime, and I think it is really critical to move forward in a way that doesn’t put this at risk.”

Commissioners thanked King and Magagna for their insight, and upon further discussion, decided more information was in fact needed to make a final decision.

Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net. gress Dam’s Sire: A A R Ten X 7008 S A EPDs: BW: +1.8, WW: +75, YW: +130, Milk: +25, Marb: +1.42 and RE: +1.05 Buyer: Commercial rancher, South Dakota Lot 3 – KC Haas Rip 874 – Price: $15,000 DOB: 2/8/23 Sire: Crouch Congress Dam’s Sire: Quaker Hill Manning 4EX9 EPDs: BW: +1.2, WW: +85, YW: +141, Milk: +24, Marb: +1.09 and RE: +.92 Buyer: Bridle Bit Ranch, Gillette Lot 2 – KC Haas Le Luke 588 – Price: $14,000 DOB: 2/11/23 Sire: Crouch Congress Dam’s Sire: KCH Mixer 2166 EPDs: BW: +0.3, WW: +76, YW: +130, Milk: +28, Marb: +1.33 and RE: +.84 Buyer: Bootheel 7 Livestock, Lusk Lot 8 – KCH Selleck 157 – Price: $14,000 DOB: 2/5/23 Sire: G A R Ashland Dam’s Sire: EXAR Guru 8719B EPDs: BW: +1.1, WW: +81, YW: +141, Milk: +26, Marb: +1.25 and RE: +.74 Buyer: Fenning Angus, Bayard, Neb. Lot 7 – KCH Home Town 824 – Price: $11,000 DOB: 3/5/23 Sire: G A R Home Town Dam’s Sire: V A R Classifed 3176 EPDs: BW: +2.6, WW: +84, YW: +155, Milk: +30, Marb: +1.33 and RE: +0.91 Buyer: Springfield Ranch, Wheatland Lot 27 – KCH Home Town 952 – Price: $11,000 DOB: 3/1/23 Sire: G A R Home Town Dam’s Sire: EXAR Monumental 6056B EPDs: BW: +2.3, WW: +81, YW: +136, Milk: +21, Marb: +1.59 and RE: +1.05 Buyer: David Edwards, Gillette Heifer Lot 101 – KCH Missy 348 – Price: $14,000 DOB: 2/11/23 Sire: Crouch Congress Dam’s Sire: BUBs Southern Charm AA31 EPDs: BW: +3.9, WW: +83, YW: +135, Milk: +23, Marb: +1.38 and RE: +1.16 Buyer: Larry Cunningham, Chesterfield, Ill.

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NWSS continued from page 1 Tyson out of the barn, just to repeat the process all over again.

“While I was doing this, I also had to fill out monthly progress forms consisting of total pounds of grain and hay fed and average daily gain, as well as purchase history including the price of feed and other expenses,” she added.

Sanchez noted the program also requires participants to fill out a monthly questionnaire and write a monthly letter to their sponsors to keep them up to date on their projects.

Because of her monthsworth of hard work and dedication, Sanchez said she was confident when it finally came time to show off her project in Denver.

“I was very confident I had done well in the other categories, and if I could be in the top two for showmanship and market, I thought I would win,” she remarked.

“When I won the showmanship class, it didn’t feel real. My sponsor hugged me while she was crying.”

“I went in to my market class, which was very hard, and I ended up winning,” she added. “I looked ringside and my sister and brother were cheering and punching each other. My mom, aunt and friends cheered loudly and most of them were crying. I knew how proud they were of me and that is a feeling I will never forget.”

Although the back-toback wins in the ring were exciting, Sanchez wasn’t officially crowned champion until the awards ceremony the following day.

“They started announcing placings in each category – sponsor relations, industry performance, interview, showmanship, live evaluation and record book,” she explained. “I was adding up points, and after they announced the performance category, I knew I had won.”

“Finally hearing my name called for grand was

amazing,” she continued.

“My dream had come true and all of the hard work paid off. I could say I was a NWSS Grand Champion.”

Sanchez humbly attributes her success to the support system she has by her side.

“I would like to thank everyone who helped me along the way to accomplish this – my mom and aunt for hauling me around and paying the bills; my sponsor, sister and brother for being the biggest cheerleaders and my sister and brother-in-law for teaching me so much,” she concluded.

Other junior market show results Junior market livestock shows continued on Jan. 10 with the NWSS Junior Market Lamb Show. Kinley Pruett of Oklahoma was crowned grand champion and Carson Keller of Kansas was reserve champion.

On Jan. 13, Oklahoma’s Sayde Allen topped the NWSS Junior Market Goat Show, followed by Dayton Mortvedt of Iowa as reserve.

Three days later, junior hog showmen took to the ring. The 2024 NWSS Grand Champion Hog was exhibited by Gavin Straka of Oklahoma, and the Reserve Champion Hog was exhibited by Kamlyn Mason of Texas.

Last but certainly not least, beef exhibitors lined up on the Green Carpet on Jan. 17.

A steer shown by Croix Reimann, hailing from South Dakota, received the “Grand Champion Slap,” and Iowa’s Mason Shalla took home the title of NWSS Reserve Champion Junior Market Steer.

Keep an eye out for more NWSS results in future editions of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

Grand Champion Catch-A-Calf – Exhibited by Blair Sanchez, Burns. NWSS Livestock photo

Grand Champion Junior Market Hog – Exhibited by Gavin Straka, Oklahoma. NWSS Livestock photo

Grand Champion Junior Market Steer – Exhibited by Croix Reimann, South Dakota. NWSS Livestock photo

Reserve Champion Junior Market Steer – Exhibited by Mason Shalla, Iowa. NWSS Livestock photo

Reserve Champion Junior Market Hog – Exhibited by Kamlyn Mason, Texas. NWSS Livestock photo Grand Champion Junior Market Lamb – Exhibited by Kinley Pruett, Oklahoma. NWSS Livestock photo

Grand Champion Junior Market Goat – Exhibited by Sayde Allen, Oklahoma. NWSS Livestock photo

Reserve Champion Junior Market Goat – Exhibited by Dayton Mortvedt, Iowa. NWSS Livestock photo

“Finally hearing my name called for grand was amazing. My dream had come true and all of the hard work paid off. I could say I was a NWSS Grand Champion.” – Blair Sanchez

Reserve Champion Junior Market Lamb – Exhibited by Carson Keller, Kansas. NWSS Livestock photo

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EVENTS

2024 Clear Out West Taste of Cowboy Cruise. For more information, visit cruise-vacations.ca or call 855-530-0131.

Wyoming Colorado River Advisory Committee Public Meeting, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., location details coming soon. For more information, contact Jeff Cowley at jeff.cowley@wyo.gov or Mel Fegler at mel.fegler@wyo.gov.

University of Wyoming Extension Weston County Private Pesticide Applicator Education Program, 12-4 p.m., Weston County Fairgrounds Event Center, Newcastle. For more information, contact Micah Most at mmost@ uwyo.edu or call 307-684-7522.

University of Wyoming Extension Crook County Private Pesticide Applicator Education Program, 12-4 p.m., Sundance Community Room, Crook County Courthouse, Sundance. For more information, contact Micah Most at mmost@uwyo.edu or call 307-684-7522.

Fremont County Cattleman Annual Meeting Banquet, 12:30 p.m., Lander Community and Event Center, Lander. For more information or to purchase dinner tickets, call Jac Klaahsen at 307-217-2110.

Nebraska Extension Calculating Cow Costs Webinar, 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@unl.edu or call 308-235-3122.

Governor’s Mental Health Town Hall Meeting, 2-3:30 p.m., Connector Auditorium, Wyoming Capitol Building, Cheyenne. For more information, visit wygovmentalhealth.wyo.gov.

CattleCon24, Orlando, Fla. For more information and to register and reserve housing, visit convention.ncba.org/.

Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame 15th Annual Banquet, Orlando, Fla. For more information, visit cattlefeeders.org.

Nebraska Extension Calculating Cow Costs Webinar, 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@unl.edu or call 308-235-3122.

University of Wyoming Extension Johnson County Private Pesticide Applicator Education Program, 12-4 p.m., Kaycee Branch Library, Kaycee.

For more information, contact Micah Most at mmost@uwyo.edu or call 307684-7522.

Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmer and Rancher Conference, Farm Bureau Center, Laramie. For more information, visit wyfb.org.

Wyoming State Board of Control Meeting, 1 p.m., Herschler Building, Cheyenne. For more information, Cheryl Timm at cheryl.timm@wyo.gov or call 307-777-6899.

Nebraska Extension Calculating Cow Costs Webinar, 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@unl.edu or call 308-235-3122.

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SALES

Douglas Booth Family Angus 32nd Annual Bull Sale, Torrington Livestock Market, Torrington, 307-532-5830, 307-532-6207, boothfamilyangus.com Bullis Creek Ranch Spring Production Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wood Lake, Neb., 402-376-4465, bulliscreek.com Marcy Livestock 63rd Annual Angus Bull and Female Sale, Gordon Livestock Auction, Gordon, Neb., 308-430-2005, marcylivestock.com McConnell Angus Bull & Female Sale, at the ranch, Dix, Neb., 308-2355187, 308-230-0430, 970-215-3204, mcconnellangus.com Little Goose Ranch Seventh Annual Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo, 307-751-1535, 307-751-5793, 307-673-0049, littlegooseranch.com 21 Angus 30th Annual Top Cut Bull Sale, at the ranch, New England, N.D., 701-579-4221, 21angus.com Triangle J Ranch 34th Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Miller, Neb., 308-4572505, 308-627-5085, trianglejranch.com APEX Cattle Annual Heterosis Headquarters Bull, Bred Heifer and Fall Pair Sale, Dannebrog, Neb., 308-750-0200, sales@apexcattle.com K2 Red Angus 24th Annual Winter Bull & Female Sale, K2 sale barn, Wheatland, 307-331-2917, k2redangus.com Ridder Hereford Ranch Annual Sale, at the ranch, Callaway, Neb., 308-8364430, 402-450-0431, ridderranch.com TJS Red Angus 16th Annual ‘Red Truck’ Sale, Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo, 406-639-9112, tjsredangus.com Elkington Polled Herefords & South Devons 44th Annual Range Cattle Sale, at the ranch, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 208-521-1774, 208-681-0765, elkingtonpolledherefords.com

POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

No National Anthem So declares a headline above an editorial in the Jan. 1, 1909 Grand Encampment Herald, accompanied by the following article: The U.S. has no national anthem. No one of the patriotic songs tells of American achievement, American glory or American ideals. The lack is again made notable by a Washington dispatch telling of the experiences in connection with the world encircling voyages of the fleet.

In most places where the fleet was received, so the story goes, the people were prompt and vigorous in the delivery of an appropriate song. This was followed by an attempt on the part of the American guests to render “The Star Spangled Banner.”

The singers rarely were able to proceed with the song for more than three lines. In pure shame, the officers were driven to the arrangement of rehearsals of the anthem so as to make

a better showing. But the results were discouraging.

Americans at home succeed no better than those abroad. They do not know the words of “The Star Spangled Banner.” If they do, they cannot sing the song.

“America” is suitable for some occasions. It is sung better than any other of the patriotic songs, particularly by children, but it is not of the type demanded for such a time of felicitation as an international exchange of greetings on the visit of a fleet.

The experiences of officers and men on the cruise of the fleet around the world are likely to be repeated again and again, now that the U.S. has become a world power.

A good lively song, set to swinging music, easily adaptable to chorus rendition and expressing in well-chosen words the ideals of America, is much needed.

Many of the colleges in the country have splen-

did alma mater songs.

There is an opportunity for someone with the right gifts of poetry and music to immortalize himself by writing an American song which everyone can sing and which will tell to every listener the story of American accomplishments.

Evidently, the opinion expressed in the editorial didn’t gain much ground as shown in this news item in the May 26, 1927 issue of the Wyoming State Tribune: We Have No National Anthem Failure of 961 musical composers in the contest to produce a substitute for “The Star Spangled Banner” as a national anthem has brought out the probably little known fact there is officially no American national anthem.

The military have adopted “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the people have generally followed their example.

Many compositions submitted to the music jury are said to be good, but not good enough “to sweep the people off their feet” as a national anthem should. – Warren (O.) Tribune.

According to an article on the internet, the “Star Spangled Banner” was officially ratified as the national anthem on March 3, 1931.

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According to an article discovered on the internet, “On Nov. 3, 1929, Ripley made a shameless statement in his first Sunday panel for William Randolph Hearst –“America Has No National Anthem.” The public went wild as Ripley asserted “The Star-Spangled Banner” was nothing more than an unofficial hymn sung to an old English drinking song. It took 16 months for Congress to pass a one sentence bill and for President Herbert Hoover to sign into law “The Star-Spangled Banner” as America’s anthem – all thanks to Ripley. Cartoon and article from the history of Robert L. Ripley on the internet. Historical Reproductions

by Perue

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LIVE CATTLE FUTURES

MARKETS

SETT PRICE

Month

Compiled from USDA Market News Service information and other sources

Location Volume

Steers Heifers

PAYS 1-17

400-500 600-700 700-800 Over 800 Sltr Bull UnUnder 400FOR THE500-600 WEEK ENDING May 24, Sltr 2019 Cows 271 253

266

226 215

184-203

Centennial 1-12

93-121 72-102.50 82.50-99

$1375-$3000

Riverton 1-16 629 Torrington 1-17 2694

111-115 86.50-127.50 387.50 344

335-370 300-338

285-321 272-297

265-295.50 231-267

238-253 213-219

Billings 1-18

385 255-326

Buffalo

105.50-150 85-95

$1400-$3200

291-311.50 245-279.25

246..50-280.25 220-255

234-244 192.50-225

214.50-222

95-110 89-110

$1400-$2400

255

283-285 260

230-252.50 215-249

235

214-227 180-195

101-132 77-106.50

106-179

PAYS

Feeder Lambs

Slaughter Lambs

Slaughter Ewes

Stock Ewes

+3.03 +3.07 +2.55 +2.53 +2.33

SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

Change

226.28 227.40 232.73 237.48 253.28

230.93 232.55 237.75 242.35 257.90

+4.65 +5.15 +5.02 +4.87 +4.62

JANUARY MARCH APRIL MAY AUGUST

WHEAT FUTURES Month Week Prev MARCH 6.04 MAY 6.17 JULY 6.25 SEPTEMBER 6.36

Slaughter Bucks

Week Prev

This Week

4.58 4.70 4.79 4.83

4.44 4.55 4.63 4.68

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

654

St. Onge

No Report

Change -0.19 -0.20 -0.21 -0.21

Change -0.14 -0.15 -0.16 -0.15

OATS FUTURES

No Report

Centennial

This Week 5.85 5.97 6.04 6.15

CORN FUTURES Month

Volume

174.83 177.65 174.53 174.93 179.48

SETT PRICE

No Report

WEEKLY SHEEP AUCTIONS Auction

171.80 174.58 171.98 172.40 177.15

SETT PRICE

329.75-360.50 255-299.25

430

Change

FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES

$1475-$2450

119-133 92-106

St. Onge 1-12 1200 Big Horn Basin 1-18 2719

Stock Cows Pairs 105.50-165

Crawford 1-12 462

This Week

FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE AUGUST OCTOBER

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 19, 2024 WEEKLY CATTLE AUCTIONS

Week Prev

SETT PRICE 205-280

Daily Grower Bids Region Price US #2 Yellow Corn Southeast WY 4.0400-4.3400 US #1 HRWW Southeast WY 5.1525-5.3025 US #1 Black Beans Min-Dak 40/cwt US #1 Dark Red Kidney Beans Min-Dak 41-44/cwt #1 Great Northern Beans Den-Rate 42/cwt US #1 Light Red Kidney Beans Min-Dak 41-44/cwt #1 Pea (Navy) Beans Min-Dak 30/cwt US #1 Pinto Beans Den Rate 38/cwt Min-Dak 37-40/cwt Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Greeley, CO National Sheep Summary As of January 12, 2024 Compared to last week traditional slaughter lambs 1.00 higher, others 10.00-30.00 higher. Slaughter ewes firm. Feeder lambs not well tested. At San Angelo, TX 4,480 head sold. Equity Cooperative Auction sold 850 feeder lambs in Utah and 580 feeder lambs in Montana. In Direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs not tested. 1,524 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 115-140 lbs 220.00-230.00; 160-180 lbs 190.00.

Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 100-140 lbs 205.00-225.00; 150-170 lbs 200.00-201.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 100-120 lbs 185.00-210.00.

Billings: wooled and shorn no test.

Equity Coop: no sales.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2 San Angelo: hair 40-60 lbs 300.00-338.00, few 345.00; 6070 lbs 275.00-320.00; 70-80 lbs 256.00-290.00, few 292.00 302.00; 80-90 lbs 250.00-286.00, few 292.00-296.00; 90-100 lbs 228.00-270.00. wooled and shorn 89 lbs 258.00; 94 lbs 260.00.

Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 49 lbs 225.00; 58 lbs 275.00; 7080 lbs 227.50-292.50; 90-100 lbs 225.00-227.00. hair 70-80 lbs 240.00-285.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 79 lbs 260.00; 80-90 lbs 215.00250.00; 91 lbs 235.00. hair 70-80 lbs 220.00-235.00.

Billings: no test.

Slaughter Ewes San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) hair 70.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 78.00-100.00, hair 78.00-100.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 99.00-109.00, hair 96.00-110.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) hair 82.0098.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) hair 71.00; Cull 1 no test.

Ft. Collins: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 97.50-117.50; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 77.50-127.50; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.

South Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 70.00-90.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 95.00, hair 75.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 50.00-55.00; Cull 1 no test.

Billings: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: hair 30-40 lbs 322.00-330.00; 40-50 lbs 306.00324.00; 50-60 lbs 314.00-316.00.

Ft. Collins: no test.

South Dakota: 44 lbs 300.00; 65 lbs 305.00.

Billings: no test.

Equity Coop: UT: 850: wooled 120 lbs 203.00.

MT: 580: shorn 82 lbs 244.75.

Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: yearling hair 105-135 lbs 225.00/cwt; young hair 120 lbs 155.00/cwt; middle age hair 120-145 lbs 130.00144.00/cwt; bred young hair 267.00/head.

Ft. Collins: no test.

South Dakota: bred yearlings 175.00/head; bred young 240.00275.00/head.

45-187.50

122.50-137.50

Billings: no test.

Sheep and lambs slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 35,000 compared with 28,000 last week and 34,000 last year.

Source: USDA AMS Market News, San Angelo, Texas National Wool Review As of January 12, 2024 Domestic wool trading had no confirmed trades reported this week. Prices reflect trades FOB warehouse in original bag or square pack, bellies out, some graded, and 76 mm or longer.

No allowance made for coring, freight, or handling fees at the warehouse level to reflect net grower prices. Wools shorter than 75 mm typically discounted .10-.20 clean. Classed and skirted wools usually trade at a .10-.20 premium to original bag prices.

Australian Wool Exchange Clean Del Price Change from 75-85 Percent Micron US Grade in U.S. Dollars Previous Sale of Australia 17 > 80s 6.05 (0.03) 4.54-5.14 18 80s 5.28 0.02 3.96-4.48 19 70-80s 4.68 (0.01) 3.51-3.98 20 64-70s 4.35 (0.06) 3.26-3.70 21 64s 4.21 (0.05) 3.16-3.58 22 62s 4.16 (0.06) 3.12-3.54 23 60-62s 3.87 (0.15) 2.90-3.29 24 60s -----------------------25 58s 2.18 (0.10) 1.64-1.85 26 56-58s 1.82 0.04 1.37-1.55 28 54s 1.21 0.00 0.90-1.02 30 50s 1.14 0.00 0.86-0.97 32 46-48s 1.02 (0.01) 0.76-0.87 Merino Clippings 2.32 0.04 1.74-1.97 Source: USDA- CO Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO Wyoming Hay Summary As of January 18, 2024 Compared to last week hay sales sold steady on a thin test.

Demand was mostly light. Bitter cold temperatures with some snow across the region has not jumped started hay sales this week. Several reports that there is quite a lot of piles of hay sitting around still to sell. There would be a rather large amount of the utility to fair hay left to move along with some top end premium or better hay.

Eastern Wyoming Alfalfa Pellets 15% Suncured 360 Western Wyoming Alfalfa - Premium Small Square 300 Small Square 3 Tie 300 Alfalfa - Good/Premium Small Square 270 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 3x4 180 Alfalfa - Fair Large Square 3x4 150 Alfalfa Cubes 400 Alfalfa/Orchard Mix - Premium Small Square 285-300 Sudan Large Square 3x4 150 Timothy Grass - Good/Premium Small Square 270 Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Torrington Nebraska Hay Summary As of January 18, 2024 Compared to last week alfalfa bales in most areas sold steady except in the eastern areas was 10.00 higher. Grass hay steady instances 5.00 higher in the central area. Ground and delivered hay and alfalfa pellets steady. Demand was good in the east where large amounts of snow fell last week with light to moderate demand at best in other parts of the state.

Some areas of the state remain open for winter grazing and hay demand in those areas is light. Warmer weather on the horizon as temperatures by Sunday should be above freezing.

The warm up will be welcomed my many.

Central Nebraska Alfalfa - Premium Large Round 175 Alfalfa - Good Large Round 150

Month

Week Prev

This Week

3.83 3.80 3.77 3.85

3.67 3.66 3.65 3.68

MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER

Change -0.16 -0.14 -0.12 -0.17

SOYBEAN FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

12.36 12.48 12.56 12.44

12.13 12.24 12.33 12.22

MARCH MAY JULY AUGUST

Change -0.23 -0.24 -0.23 -0.22

CUTOUT VALUES CUTOUT VALUES PRIMAL RIB PRIMAL CHUCK PRIMAL ROUND PRIMAL LOIN

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

280.51 473.53 232.83 217.60 372.10

280.10 483.79 231.09 209.94 378.74

277.65 493.14 222.89 219.88 369.61

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

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

173.47 173.36 273.70 273.06

174.01 173.85 274.78 274.32

156.78 156.58 251.11 251.32

Corn Stalk Large Round 67.50-85 Prairie/Meadow Grass - Premium Large Round 165 Small Square 8/bale Prairie/Meadow Grass - Good Large Round 140-160 Eastern Nebraska Alfalfa - Premium Medium Square 3x3 275 11/bale Small Square Alfalfa Pellets 17% Suncured 330 Brome Grass - Good Medium Square 3x3 200 Small Square 12/bale Wheat Straw Small Square 5.50/bale Platte Valley Nebraska Alfalfa - Good Large Round 160 Alfalfa Ground (Delivered) 205 Pellets 17% Dehyd 375 Pellets 17% Suncured 375 Corn Stalk Ground (Delivered) 115 Western Nebraska Alfalfa - Premium/Supreme Large Square 3x4 200 Alfalfa - Fair/Good Large Square 3x4 140 Alfalfa Ground (Delivered) 150-180 Wheat Straw Large Square 100 Source: USDA AMS 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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Notice

Services

Services

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, 109 Capitol Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, 307-777-6397 .................... TFN

LYNETTE’S STOCK DOG PUPPIES: Red/white, 2 males, 1 female, whelped Nov. 19, 2023. Weaned, ready for new homes. Parents work cattle.

Call 307-272-5509, e-mail wyohorses@gmail.com, Ten Sleep, WY ...................... 1/27

Cattle

GOT DOGS??

Events UP IN ARMS, LLC FLEA MARKET AND GUN SHOW FEB. 23-25, Gillette, WY at the CAMPLEX. Open to the public. Fri., Feb. 23, 3-7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Feb. 25, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Giving away a .22 pistol Sunday at 2 p.m., must be present to win, 21 years of age and able to pass background check. Buy, sell, trade. Adults $6, children 12 and under free (when accompanied by an adult). For more information, contact Lisa, 208-420-2295 .......... 2/17

We have LOTS of hunters and we pay top $$ to ranchers.

DCPC Varmint Hunts Est. 1992 Call Dick • 406-366-3858

Angus

Help Wanted

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Agricultural background required.

Home study course available.

Call 800-488-7570 or visit www. amagappraisers.com ........2/24 HELP WANTED: Five years plus cattle handling experience. All aspects of ranch operations: Irrigation, haying, feeding, cattle stewardship and horseback skills.

Housing, benefits and salary.

Only serious, committed candidates should apply. Eastern Oregon cow/calf operation. Send resumes to lisa.steele@pvranch. com.......................................1/27 NIGHT CALVER NEEDED FOR 450 REGISTERED ANGUS AND HEREFORDS. Wednesday night through Tuesday morning, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. 4 miles south of Guernsey, WY. Must have calving experience. January 1-March 15. Pay depending upon experience, up to $200 per night. Call 307-351-1712 ...............................................1/27

Limousin

EIGHT COMING 2-YEAROLD VIRGIN HEREFORD BULLS: Pasture and hay raised with longevity in mind.

These are not the kind that melt. Moderate birthweights, good pigment. Tested prior to delivery with vaccinations and deworming made current, will deliver for the cost of fuel only.

Purchase 3 bulls or more saves $25/head. $2,135/head. Call 307-851-2426 or e-mail ruralandsf@yahoo.com ........ 2/3

2-Year-Old Registered Limousin Bulls

Charolais REGISTERED CHAROLAIS COWS, COMPLETE DISPERSION: SELLING at Public Auction Yards (PAYS) TUES. FEB. 6 IN BILLINGS, MT. August and September calvers, 50 day breeding season. Bred heifers to 10-year-olds, DeBruycker Charolais Genetics. Call 307899-6335 ............................2/3

Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.

- Jef I. Richards Angus

BULLS FOR SALE

RANCH MAINTENANCE/ANIMAL CARE: Looking for a reliable, self-motivated individual with a good work ethic that has experience in ranch work, including maintenance and upkeep at a ranch with several outbuildings, plus horse and animal care.

Proven organizational skills and attention to detail required. Job facilities are located 17 miles west of Cheyenne, WY. Applicants MUST possess a valid driver’s license, have reliable transportation and be able to work a flexible schedule. Requires working weekends occasionally. Full-time and parttime positions available. Full-time positions are eligible for health insurance and holiday and vacation pay. Call 307-275-2090 or e-mail resume to brittiny@rfholdings. org ........................................2/10 RANCH HAND WANTED: If you enjoy good stewardship, have a passion for cattle and making things better, then our 100+ year progressive ranch in southeast Wyoming may be a good fit for you. We are seeking a highly motivated, self-starter, hardworking individual. We are focused on providing a productive, engaging, enjoyable work environment. The primary responsibilities of this position are animal care and health, equipment operation, infrastructure and equipment maintenance and grazing management. We are seeking a flexible and skilled cattleman with solid mechanical skills and look forward to hearing from you.

More of a “cow guy” than a “cowboy”... ATV usage NO horses.

Please send resume and picture to sewyomingranchjob@ gmail.com for a full position agreement, www.thalerranch. com ................................... 1/20

Dogs

Hereford

Registered Yearling and Two-Year-Old Black Angus Range Bulls for sale Private Treaty. Good selection for heifers and cows. From popular sires & industry leaders including Spur, Rito 707, Encore and others.

Semen tested & ready to go. www.claycreek.net

Clay Creek Angus • 307-762-3541

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

Pat Kelley 303/840-1848

Family Nurse Cows BROWN SWISS BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE: Will calve March, April and a few in May. Bred to Brown Swiss bulls, most are AI’d and some live covered.

Have had all shots. Poured with Ivomec on regular basis. 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 Robin Carlson, 605-224-6100, if no answer leave message. Pierre, S.D. To view photos, go to www. wylr.net in the classifieds ....1/27

Meat Processing

WEAVER RANCH

PRESIDENT’S DAY PRODUCTION SALE – FEB. 19, 2024 12:30 PM @ the ranch north of Ft. Collins, CO 65 Coming 2-Year-Old Registered Black Angus Bulls BVD, Fertility, PAP, Trich Tested and Carcass Ultrasounded

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LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and for 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!! .......1/27

Auctions

Torrington Livestock Markets 307-532-3333 www.torringtonlivestock.com

Dogs BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG PUPPIES: Smart, docile, friendly, protective and affectionate. Great kids’ dogs, hiking dogs and elderly compatible. AKC, sold with or without papers. Senior, military and cash discounts. Call 307-2192217 ...............................1/27

ONE LOAD, FANCY, BLACK BRED HEIFERS: One iron, bulls turned out May 20, all first-cycle bred, start calving approximately March 1. Bred to LBW Black Angus bulls. Preg checked Nov. 2.

Vaccinated, wormed and Bangs.

Located at Gillette, WY. Call 406853-1835 ..............................1/27

Salers 40th Annual

Salers Focus Bull Sale

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 ................................ 3/9 FOR SALE: 200 registered and commercial Black Angus BRED HEIFERS, 1 group of F1 baldy bred heifers. Three groups AI bred to elite calving-ease sire: MAF Triumph O415 (Musgrave Exclusive 316 son 2022 high-selling calving-ease bull) as well as GAR Ashland and SAV Raindance.

Two groups pasture bred to “sleep all night” low birthweight, calvingease Black Angus bulls sired by Sitz Logo 6197. AI bred: Group #1 due March 15. Group #2 due April 9. Bull bred: Group #1 due April 15 for 14 days. Group #2 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 ......................................TFN

Hereford TWO-YEAR-OLD HEREFORD BULLS: Canadian registered.

Fertility checked. View photos at www.workingherefords.com.

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ALSO, snack sticks, sausage and more. Call Green Acres Butchering, 406-298-0631, Roberts, MT ..................... 1/20

Pasture SUMMER PASTURE FOR RENT IN LOGAN COUNTY COLORADO: 2,600 acres of native grass, divided into 2 separate units, spring fed and solar well water.

Steers or cow/calf. Call 970-5201320, if I don’t answer please leave a message ..................2/10

Pasture Wanted

Big Sky Salers Bill Helm 406-557-6259

PASTURE WANTED for 2,000 yearlings and 500 pairs. Can split into smaller bunches. Call 701523-1235 ................................ 3/9

Simmental

SUMMER PASTURE NEEDED for small or big numbers, yearlings or cows. Call 406-8531835 .................................. 1/27

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Ranch/Pasture Lease Wanted

SELL YOUR COWS AND COMBINES WHILE THE MARKET IS HIGH. Secure reliable income during retirement while keeping land in your family.

EVALUATING NEW LEASES AND PARTNERING WITH NEW LANDOWNERS UNTIL APRIL 1.

Minimum 7 year lease since we will invest in livestock water development and add pivots to flood irrigated ground.

Call/text 307-429-8878.

DO YOU WANT TO RETIRE AT THE TOP OF THIS MARKET AND KNOW YOUR LAND IS IN GOOD HANDS? Regen, LLC is a business that provides for ranchers/landowners the service of professional ranch management. We work to understand your needs on your ranch and provide a professional management team tenancy where you no longer need to worry about the work, get paid competitive rent and can keep the ranch legacy intact. Instead of selling, please consider renting the ranch to our team. We are a family business, based in Wyoming and with expertise in all arrangements of federal, state and deeded land and work every day to accomplish our mission. We steward land with regenerative principles, where animals thrive by connecting rich heritage to vibrant futures. Call Sage, 307-3514875 or e-mail at saskin12@ gmail.com ........................5/11

BLM Lease for Sale SELLING BLM LEASE: 16,000 acres including 2 state leases.

Located between Cody and Powell, in the McCullough Peaks. Shoshone River runs for 2 miles, corrals with year-round water, multiple reservoirs and a lot of grass. Beautiful country! Approximately 800 AUMS, ready to occupy this spring.

Been in our family for 33 years. $550,000 OBO. Call 307-6453322....................................2/3

Sheep MOFFAT COUNTY SHEEP SHEARING SCHOOL, CRAIG, CO APRIL 12-14: This 3-day shearing school provides hands-on, instructed experience in shearing sheep and an introduction to equipment maintenance. No previous experience needed. E-mail megan.stetson@colostate. edu or call 970-826-3402 for registration information and questions ....................... 1/20

Swine

Saddles & Tack STAY WARM!! Great prices!!

WOOL CAPS, wool VESTS, WOOL socks, SILK SCARVES, KENETREK RIDING PACKS, THINSULATE BOULET ROPER style BOOTS. $AVE on BOOTS: HONDO, BOULET, JUSTIN WORK BOOTS, TWISTED X (boots and shoes) and more!! 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......................1/20

Sheep YEARLING EWES FOR SALE: 100 head fancy Targhee yearling ewes. Bucks put in Dec. 12, 2023. Wool is 64s. $300/head.

Call 307-680-3066 ..............2/3

Hay & Feed

Equipment

Equipment

FOR SALE CERTIFIED WHEAT STRAW. Call 303-8988496 or 720-320-6404 .... 2/10

BARLEY HAY FOR SALE. Call 307-821-4532 .....................2/3

FOR SALE: H&S 7+4 18’ and 16’ chuckwagons with bunk feeding extensions and tandem 14 ton running gear. Meyer 18’ chuckwagon with bunk feeding extensions and 14 ton gear, very nice.

Two John Deere 716A chuckwagons with John Deere running gear and bunk feeding extensions, been shedded, nice condition. For-Most cattle working cute with automatic headgate. 1998 John Deere 4700 self-propelled sprayer, 4,946 hours, 750 gallon stainless steel tank, 90’ booms, outback auto steer, without back guidance systems, 2 sets wide and narrow tires and rims. Lorenz 16’x29’ stack mover. Heavy duty 12’ box scraper with tilt. 24’ portable ground hay feeder. Red Devil and Farm King 8’ snowblower with hydraulic spout. All in very nice condition!! Call 605999-5482 ............................. 1/13

WANT TO BUY!! JOHN DEERE 4 ROW 1240 plate corn planter. 10’ MORRIS M-10 grain press drills. SELECT-O-SPEED transmission FORD tractors. Call Lloyd, 701-226-4055 ............... 1/27

Livestock Equipment

Livestock Equipment

ROUND BALES, QUALITY GRASS HAY FOR SALE, bales weigh approximately 1,300 lbs. each, Laramie, WY. Call 307-760-8429, Laramie, WY ............................... 2/10 LOTS OF GRASS HAY FOR SALE, 1,200 lb. 3x4x8 bales.

Cow and horse hay, $175/ton.

Southwest WY. Call Kelly, 307-780-7027 ............... 2/10 GOOD QUALITY OAT HAY: 3x4 bales. Barn stored; $165/ ton. Outside; $140/ton. ALSO, SECOND CUTTING ALFALFA, really good, green, horse quality, 3x4 bales, barn stored $185/ton. Tests available, Lusk, WY. Call Paul Hicks, 970-203-5019 ............... 2/10 SHELL CORN FOR SALE: Very good feed value. For more information, call 307754-5864 ...................... 1/20 300+ BALES OF FINE STEMMED, GREEN GERMAN MILLET HAY: No rain. Netwrapped round bales 1,400 lbs. Has been tested, $120/ ton. ALSO, 750 bales of wheat hay, 1,300 lb. round bales. Call 970-520-1320 .................2/10 ALFALFA HAY: Round bales.

First cutting $135/ton and third cutting $150/ton. Torrington, WY. Call 307-532-1528.....1/27

Seed

Seed

Larry’s Seed with Legend Seeds has corn, grain, corn silage, soybeans, alfalfa, sorghum, sunflowers and canola Renova Seeds: Cover Crops, alfalfa, forages, pasture mixes, grass, forage barley and oats.

Yield Master Solution Biological Division: Envita allplants nitrogen fixing.

Nutriquire for phosphrus and potassium enhancement.

Wyoming Division Larry French 307-272-9194 Larryjfrench1950@gmail.com Montana Division Jeremy Robertus 406-853-8554 triangle6livestock@outlook.com

Horses

FOR SALE: Team of black Percheron geldings, 11 and 12 years old. Stand 16.3 HH. Well broke but not for beginners. ALSO, 12-year-old paint pony gelding, kid broke to ride and drive, safe for anyone.

For more information, call Henry at 307-467-5651, leave message ....................... 1/27

Hay & Feed

WEANER PIGS FOR SALE, located in Powell, WY. For more information, call 307271-1014 ...................... 1/20

S U B S C R I B E TO THE ROUNDUP

HORSES FOR SALE: Three weanling stud colts. One is a Magnetic Cat and Shining Spark bloodlines. One is a High Roller Rey and Rojos Blue Hancock. One is a Gypsy Vanner breed. ALSO, two 3-year-olds, started right. One is a Black Cat Olena bay gelding and one is a black tobiano mare by Risky Streake Bandit and Silkys Leo Bars. ALSO, 2 buckskin, broke Quarter Horses. Call or text or more information, 307-679-3126 ..... 2/3

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1173 Road 4 • Powell, WY 82435 OPEN POLLINATED SEED CORN out produces hybrid for silage and grazing quality grain, $67/bushel +S/H. Call 217-857-3377 or cell/text 217343-4962, visit website www. borriesopenpollinatedseedcorn.com ........................ 1/27

Hay & Feed

ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE

Hay & Feed 120 3x4 EXCELLENT QUALITY GRASS SQUARE BALES: Never rained on and stored in hay shed. Consists of 30% orchard, 30% Brome, 15% Timothy, 15% tall fescue and 10% intermediate wheatgrass. Bales weigh around 1,050 lbs. Call 307-532-0523 .....................2/3

1st and 2nd Cutting Tarped 3x4 Bales Also Clean Wheat Straw Bozeman, MT

(406) 600-4146

2023 FIRST CUTTING ALFALFA: Large net-wrapped round bales average 1,600 lbs.

No rain between cutting, baling and stacking. Crude protein 20.4 and RFV 169. Located in Cody, WY. Can load. For more information, call 307-250-2329 ........................................ 2/3

2023 BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x4x8 square bales.

ALSO, 150 TONS FIRST CUTTING ALFALFA, 3x4x8 square bales. Call 307-202-1719 ....2/10

2023 ALFALFA AND ALFALFA/GRASS MIX HAY, 3x3 bales barn stored. ALSO, SOME FEEDER HAY and BARLEY STRAW available. Call 307350-0350, Farson, WY .......2/3

HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa/ grass (80/20), large round net-wrapped bales, $185/ton, 150 tons first cutting, protein 15%, 190 tons second cutting, protein 18%. ALFALFA/ GRASS (50/50), large round net-wrapped bales, $180/ ton, 17 tons second cutting, protein 12%. ALFALFA HAY, large round net-wrapped bales, $180/ton, 149 tons first cutting, protein 11%, 64 tons second cutting, protein 12%.

All hay lab tested. Tests available. Have ability to arrange transport trucks, market price.

We will also participate in trucking costs. Call 307-2170386, e-mail earlkmadsen@ gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................... 2/10

325 TONS MILLET: Round bales, net wrapped, tested safe, good quality. Hillsdale, WY area, $135/ton. Call 307-421-3658 or 307-421-5587 .....................2/3 HAY FOR SALE: 200 tons left of first crop hay with protein ranging between 19.7% and 22.4%, baled mature, but not rained on, bales weigh between 1,500-1,650 lbs., $160/ton. 400 tons of second crop hay with protein around 21%, baled without rain damage, bales weigh around 1,650-1,800 lbs., $180/ ton. ALSO, 200 tons of straw left, bales weigh approximately 1,100 lbs., certified weed free, $75/ton. All bales are 4x4x8 in size. Location between Lovell and Powell, WY. Contact 307272-3712 ............................2/3

2023 HAY FOR SALE: First and second cutting alfalfa, grass/alfalfa mix. Milo, millet, haybet barley and oat/pea mix.

ALSO, corn stover bales. All in net-wrapped round bales.

Semi load delivery available.

Call for pricing, 701-690-8116, send a text if no answer or keep trying .....................1/27 FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CUTTING ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: Good condition. Located in the Big Horn Basin.

Call 307-431-8725 or 307-4319101 ................................ 1/27 HAY FOR SALE: Grass, grass/ alfalfa mix and alfalfa hay, cow and barn stored. ALSO HAVE WHEAT HAY, oat hay and straw. Small squares, 3x3s, 3x4s and round bales. Delivery available!! Large quantities still available. Call today for best price 307-630-3046 ..........1/27

FOR SALE: Hydraulic driven weed beater/fence cleaner.

Mounts on the front of a tractor. $3,500. ALSO, 2006 Titan 20 ft. gooseneck stock trailer with 4 ft. tack room. $8,500.

Call 307-532-1528 ........ 1/27 FOR SALE, VERY, RARE TRACTOR RADIATOR: Fits 1948 International M or any other year that the steering shaft went through the radiator, $200 OBO. Call 303-8808500 ............................. 1/27

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ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: 3x4x8 bales, 350 available. Call for pricing, 307-254-0152, Rivers Bend Ranch LLC, Greybull, WY ...........................1/27 CUSTOM HAY HAULING. Call 701-690-8116, send a text if voicemail is full or keep trying .............................. 2/3 BARLEY STRAW: Certified weed-free small squares, $4/ bale. ALSO, 5x6 round bales, $125/ton. GRAIN/OATS, $20/ cwt. Greybull, WY area. Call 307-762-3878 or 307-899-4714, leave message .................1/27 ROUND BALE GRASS FOR SALE, FOB Powell, WY. Call 307-254-5115 or 406-480-1248 ........................................ 1/27 400 TONS OF EXCELLENT COW HAY: Round bales, 1,280-1,300 lbs. Call 307-7100631 ................................ 1/27 2023 OAT HAY FOR SALE: Good and green with lots of oats, 1,500 lb. round bales, plastic twine. Tested low in nitrates. Call 605-224-6100, if no answer leave message .....1/27 600 PLUS TONS OF 2023 GRASS HAY: Rounds and 3x4, $175/ton, Encampment, WY. Call 307-321-1444 ............TFN 800 TONS NICE, green grass/ alfalfa mix (80/20); 600 TONS MIX with rain and/or weeds (cow/grinding hay); 300 TONS GRASS HAY, green; 1,000 TONS TRITICALE HAY, mostly green, some with rain; SEVERAL LOADS MILLET HAY, nice!!

All types, mostly round bales, some 3x4/4x4. Delivery available. Please call 307-630-3768.

Marketed by the Cheyenne, WY area producer ...................1/20 LOTS AND LOTS OF HAY FOR SALE!!! 1,350 lb. round bales, net wrapped. Grass/alfalfa mix, native grass, brome grass, straight alfalfa… Sheridan, WY area. Come and get it!! For pricing, call the ranch, 307-737-2680 or 702-501-4243 (cell) ................................ 1/20 FIRST CROP ALFALFA WITH A LITTLE GRASS: No rain, tarped. Nice green hay, 3x3 and 3x4 bales. Approximately 300 tons. Carpenter, WY. Call 307630-3937 ..........................1/20 CERTIFIED BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x4 bales. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 ......TFN

Fire Extinguisher The most POWERFUL FIRE EXTINGUISHING TECHNOLOGY is here!! FIRE PRO Extinguishers feature a concentrate used for over 30 years by fire departments, race tracks and the military. This formula is a non-toxic, powerful cooling liquid with foam and requires no maintenance!! Economical, do-it-yourself refill kits are also available. Choose the best for your equipment today!! For more information, call Arlen Coblentz at 307850-9663 ........................2/10

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Hay Equipment VERMEER 605N SELECT ROUND BALER: Excellent shape, 1,500 bales on belts and picker teeth, $31,000. For more information and pictures, call 701-690-8116, send a text if no answer or keep trying .......1/27

Fencing LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRI-BUSINESSES SINCE 1975!! Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bedding. SEE US at w w w. l o d g e p o l e p r o d u c t s . com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! ......................... TFN

Pipe

Pipe Have Pipe to Sell?

Advertise here!

OILFIELD PIPE: PRICE REDUCED!! RPJ Enterprises, Inc. 2 3/8”, 2 7/8”, 3.5” and 3/4” sucker rod is available.

Used for fencing, corrals, cattle guards, etc. 2 3/8” and 2 7/8” are on average 31.5’ long per joint. 3.5” is approximately 42+ lengths and sucker rod is 25 ft. Pierce, CO. Call for details, 970-324-4580 ................. 2/10 PIPE FOR SALE!! 2 7/8”, 3 1/2” tubing, 4” drill pipe, 4 1/2” casing, 5” casing, 7” casing. Rods 3/4”, 7/8” and 1” located in Montana, can ship anywhere. Call Mike, 602-758-4447. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ...................4/20

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Irrigation

Irrigation

Irrigation Systems

The choice is simple.

Easier On You.

Big Horn Truck and Equipment

Manderson, WY rairdenjlw@tritel.net • 800-770-6280 FOR SALE BY OWNER: FROLANDER RANCH, five miles west of Sundance, WY. Total acreage 530, 210 in production, about 45 of woodland, remainder pasture. Possible additional lease of 161 acres.

Excellent water. Property includes 16’x76’ barn with 16’x56’ lean-to; two 10’x14’ grain bins; 46’x90’ machinery shed; 8,200 sq. ft. former machine shop; 24’x30’ garage, 2,400 sq. ft. house. Would like to keep the ranch in agriculture and keep a life estate on the house but will negotiate. No broker calls please. Will discuss details in a meeting, not over the phone.

Please call or text 307-2900406 for an appointment...1/27

OREGON RANCH, Baker City, Baker County, OR. The Alder Creek pasture contains over 2,000 acres of native spring, summer and fall pasture. The rangeland is situated just east of Baker City, OR. The property is in good condition and has good perimeter fencing. The range is gently south facing slope with a variety of native grass. FIRST TIME OFFERING at just over $500 per acre for deeded and contiguous ownership, $1,095,000. Give us a call at 541-523-4434, Intermountain Realty, Inc., Greg Sackos, Principal Broker, James Dunlap, Broker, w w w. i n t e r m o u n t a i n l a n d . com .............................. 1/27

Property for Sale

Property for Rent

66.856 ACRES, JUST NORTHWEST OF RED LODGE, MT BORDERING THE GOLF COURSE: This property is presently agriculturally zoned, current use is hay and pasture and it is fenced and cross fenced. Enjoy views of several mountain ranges and lots of water, including Spring Creek frontage, mature trees and lush grass.

Could be zoned commercially, allowing for development of a number of homesites and/ or other commercial ventures.

This property is simply loaded with possibilities. Access is off Willow Creek Road. DNRC Right Nos. 43D 216331-00 and 43D 200020-00, Pryde Ditch and West Fork of Rock Creek. $2,300,000. Property to be shown by appointment only and listing agent shall accompany all showings. Sellers ask that prospective buyers respect their privacy. Call Bill at 406-698-9266 for a tour of this parcel .....................TFN

ARIZONA!! RESORT LIVING LOCATED IN SURPRISE, AZ, THE SUN CITY GRAND!! Boasting three pools, fitness centers, golf, etc.!! This beautiful home on the golf course has modern living with all new furnishings. Two bedrooms, plus office, great and formal living and dining rooms. Just minutes from endless restaurants and shopping! Lanai with your personal waterfall facing the greens!!

Pictures upon request. $2,500 monthly/5 months minimum. Wyoming owned!! Call Wendy at 307751-1017 ................................ 2/3

WILKES RANCH is a great opportunity to own a thriving crop and cattle ranch in Goshen County, WY. Includes a nice home, livestock barn and center pivot. This property is wellequipped to support optimal crop and hay production, as well as efficient cattle rotation.

Located near Hawk Springs, WY. $800,000. Pictures and video at www.buyaranch. com. Call Casey Essert, Land Broker, 307-532-1750 .... 1/20

Portable Living Units TWO LIVING UNITS MOUNTED ON STEEL SKIDS: 28’x12’, fully furnished, combined kitchen and living room. Bedroom, bathroom with shower and toilet, 2 sinks, 35 gallon hot water heater under counter. Electric heating/cooling unit. Shed roof, white steel siding, 2”x6” walls, $25,000 each.

Located in Powell, WY. Call and leave message for Laurie, 307254-1088 ..............................2/10

Roof Coating

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www.virdenproducts.com Scan the QR Code with your mobile device to visit our website!

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Advertise your treasures in the Roundup by calling Denise at 800-967-1647.

Books

SELL YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS IN THE ROUNDUP CLASSIFIEDS! E-MAIL YOUR AD TO denise@wylr.net

FOR SALE, a lot of out of print Wyoming and lawman books.

ALSO, brand books. Open by appointment. Call Cowboy & Indian Antiques & Art, 605490-1606, e-mail aplanpeg@ rapidnet.com ...................1/20

Drought conditions are in decline but continue to impact the U.S. and ag producers The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln helps individuals and organizations build drought resilience through intensive monitoring and planning.

NDMC partners with the U.S. Drought Monitor to partake in climatology work with individual ranches, state and Tribal governments and numerous counties across the U.S. On Jan. 9, NDMC released its December 2023 Drought Climate and Impact Summary, which indicated drought in the U.S. has declined overall, but conditions vary widely across the country, impacting harvests and contributing to wildfires.

Western climate summary According to NDMC, “Nationwide, exceptional drought coverage dropped from 1.78 to 1.02 percent, while most of the contiguous U.S. saw warmer-thannormal temperatures during December, with a few exceptions in southern parts of the Southeast region.”

These trends were evident across the Western and High Plains states, where parts of South Dakota and most of North Dakota saw temperatures of nine to 12 degrees above normal, and the rest of the High Plains saw temperatures three to nine degrees warmer than usual.

While above-normal precipitation fell across Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and the eastern Dakotas, precipitation in Wyoming was below normal.

“Primarily, drought improvements occurred in eastern Colorado, parts of Kansas, eastern Nebraska and southeast North Dakota.

Degradations were com-

mon in north-central Colorado, the Black Hills, central and northern Wyoming and eastern South Dakota,” reads the report.

“Exceptional drought coverage dipped slightly from 0.56 to 0.03 percent. Extreme or worse drought coverage declined a bit, going from 3.31 to 1.97 percent. Severe or worse drought coverage decreased from 12.62 to 8.8 percent. Moderate or worse drought coverage dropped from 24.38 to 22 percent,” it continues.

The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center reports the January drought outlook signals drought improvement for parts of the Pacific Northwest, from the Four Corners area to the U.S.-Mexico border and from eastern Texas northeastward through the southeastern part of the Appalachian Mountains.

Producers impacted Although drought conditions have seen a trending decline, parts of the U.S. endured lingering drought into the winter after suffering from dry conditions earlier in the year.

NDMC notes, “There were 133 drought impacts across the U.S. in December. Texas had 21 impacts outlining agricultural damage and water restrictions, while Virginia had 20 impacts depicting water restrictions and fire activity.

California and Louisiana both had 17 impacts.”

Christmas tree farms across the U.S. reported seedling damage from drought this year, especially in Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and Nebraska, which reported seeding damage.

“Drought conditions killed most of the seedling

plants in 2023 and growers planned to plant more in the spring of 2024 or bring in pre-cut trees to bolster tree supplies,” NDMC reports.

The summary notes for two straight years of drought, Texas peanut growers had another difficult season in 2023.

Despite drought conditions, the Texas peanut production forecast was 656 million pounds, an increase of 100 percent over last year, according to the November USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service report.

Although 205,000 acres of peanuts were expected to be harvested in 2023, nearly 14,000 peanut acres in Texas were lost to dry and hot conditions.

Drought also impacted Texas’ cotton crop in 2023, as the growing season started slow and the state was very dry in March. Dryland acres were therefore not harvestable, and irrigated cotton yield was half of normal, according to the U.S. Farm Report, per the NDMC summary.

The Virginia Department of Forestry reports Virginia suffered 156 wildfires which burned nearly 25,000 acres statewide between Oct. 15 and Nov. 30, and the area’s average rainfall was below longterm normal values.

But, grapes in Virginia were the best in years due to the dry weather, and local winemakers expect 2023 vintage to be phenomenal.

Drought conditions continue to impact the U.S. According to Louisiana State University (LSU), drought and intense summer heat cost Louisiana’s crawfish industry nearly $140 million, and in parts of southern Louisiana, thousands of acres of crawfish

Fig. 1 – December 2023 impact summaries by category. National Drought Mitigation Center graphic

ponds continued to be dry due to high salinity levels in surface water.

The LSU AgCenter estimates drought affected about 45,000 acres of crawfish ponds, and farmers will be prevented from fishing another 43,000 acres because of saltwater intrusion or lack of water.

“Drought damaged and killed a portion of Louisiana’s sugarcane crop,” LSU AgCenter confirms. “This season’s yield may be 25 to 30 percent less than normal, and a sugarcane grower in Lafayette Parish estimated losses of 35 to 40 percent.”

NDMC confirms cattle producers in Missouri worry about moisture as the state continues to be affected by drought and producers need improvement in grass conditions before herd expansion can occur.

“Missouri has been on a nearly two-year liquidation cycle with cattle herds,” notes the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

“Reports indicate producers are having to feed hay early due to drought and hay production was down 40 percent for producers, so some are exiting the

Fig. 2 – Drought in the High Plains, as of Jan. 2. U.S. Drought Monitor map

cattle business.”

Cattle producers across Mississippi have been harshly affected by drought as well, says Mike Brown, Mississippi state climatologist.

Some producers in southern Mississippi increased pasture water troughs when ponds dried up over the summer and bought extra hay because grass was not growing.

Cattle in some parts of the state have been fed hay since the start of October, earlier than normal, and as hay supplies grew scarce, producers planted ryegrass to supplement and sold calves earlier to preserve pasture grass.

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

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National Pork Board promotes and markets pork in the U.S. The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) fosters community and professional development among individuals who create and apply science to efficiently provide safe and high-quality meat.

National Pork Board (NPB) Senior Vice President of Market Growth Dr. David Newman and NPB Director of Nutrition Research Dr. Kristen HicksRoof were the guest speakers on an AMSA webinar which took place in October 2023, discussing nutritional contributions of pork in the diet and the research being conducted to continually evaluate and improve pork value and quality.

Following the webinar, Newman was a guest on MeatsPad, the official podcast of AMSA, where he offers insights on promoting and marketing pork, emphasizing its value and discussing innovative strategies for diverse consumer engagement.

During the MeatsPad podcast, which aired Nov. 28, 2023, Newman elaborates on marketing challenges, his expertise in enhancing pork’s market standing and the ongoing innovations in pork fabrication.

At both virtual events, Newman discusses consumer perceptions, market dynamics and efforts to reshape public views on the nutritional benefits of pork.

Pork Checkoff Prior to Newman’s employment with the Pork Checkoff, he was a professor at Arkansas State University and served as the leader of the meat science program and the university’s swine research facility.

Newman obtained his bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Missouri and his PhD in meat and animal science from North Dakota State University. He has extensive knowledge in meat science and muscle biology.

Today, he leads a team of professionals at NPB, tasked with growing market demand domestically and internationally, as well as the organization’s health and nutrition research and outreach.

Newman explains, “The NPB is driven to meet consumer expectations guided by pork producers, and we aspire to do what is right for people, pigs and the planet. We are dedicated to understanding and meeting the needs

of U.S. pork stakeholders.”

He further notes NPB is empowered by the Pork Act and Order, and the goal of checkoff dollars is achieving strategic objectives through promotion, research and education.

“A fee of 35 cents per $100 in value is assessed to the seller at the time of sale and is remitted to NPB, which is different than other checkoffs,” he adds.

Addressing challenges with solutions “We are seeing significant challenges. Producers are going through a very interesting time,” Newman expresses. “Baby Boomers are the pork industry’s primary volume consumer, but they are aging out, resulting in loss of volume so pork’s base consumer is shrinking.”

“NPB has been focused on meeting Baby Boomers’ needs for over 25 years, and now it’s time we understand what the future consumer wants,” he reiterates.

“Fresh pork is running the risk of becoming obsolete among younger generations. We are not talking bacon or processed meats,” Newman continues. “Looking at the forecasted data, if the industry doesn’t cap-

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ture younger consumers at a faster rate, annual consumption will decline 2.2 pounds over the next 10 years, which is a significant amount of pork.”

According to NPB, in order to support pork producers, the board has been aggressively deploying Pork Checkoff dollars in domestic and international markets to drive both volume and demand and are focused to position pork to more households, sell more pork to consumers and ultimately drive consumption through more eating occasions.

“Our market growth efforts are not just about selling more pork, but they are about creating longterm demand,” he remarks.

“NPB has identified millennial moms as a key consumer audience. Motivated by taste, nutrition and simple meal preparation, millennial moms are a target audience for NPB’s newest platform, ʻSurprisingly Pork.ʼ” This is a vision to showcase pork in a new light, emphasizing pork is good for consumers and good for the planet.

NPB efforts are to grow domestic market demand, and in 2023, they invested $10.1 million for domestic marketing, $11 million for international marketing and $8.1 million for human nutrition.

“We always talked about 1998 as the worst year

ever, but 2023, collectively, will be worse than 1998,” Newman concludes.

Newman reminds listeners demand still remains the biggest challenge, and hurdles created by Proposition 12 in California and Question Three in Massachusetts have not gone away and could impact sales in 2024.

To combat these hurdles, NPB is working to bring pork into the forefront to talk about easy meals and getting consumers away from processed pork to the fresh pork case.

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

Making most of hay and pasture distribution can drastically impact winter feeding plan As the temperature drops and winter precipitation blankets the cow herd, cattlemen prepare to strap in for the cold season. The chilling monotony of winter feedings, breaking ice and muddy pastures is likely a chief concern among producers, especially with limited forage and feed supplies.

Industry practitioners are aware of the heightened importance forage and feed distribution will play in making it successfully through the winter.

“It’s something we need to think about. We can’t just assume this is what we always do,” says Karla Wilke, University of Nebraska cow/ calf and stocker management specialist. “Every year is going to be different, and we need to be cognizant of this.”

Winter feeding strategies can vary greatly, and Wilke says it’s important for breeders to remember each cow

herd’s feeding needs will be dynamic. Access to water and sustenance is of utmost importance, and she says formulating cost-effective feeding strategies tailored to the herd’s nutritional needs is imperative.

“If we think about the needs of our mature, dry, nonlactating cattle, our forage is really going to meet them at the table,” says Maggie Justice, University of Arkansas assistant professor and beef cattle Extension specialist. “We need to focus on making sure we are meeting these total digestible nutrients or energy needs for our animals, as well as crude protein needs.”

The drawing board Justice says there are four primary steps to take when creating winter feeding plans.

The first is to determine nutritional requirements of animals. Body condition

scores (BCS) and stages of production greatly contribute to this understanding.

Second is to evaluate the current forage base. Identify quantity and quality of available conserved forages and grazing resources.

Third is to match forage feeding protocol to meet animal needs, taking into consideration deficiencies.

And fourth is to determine supplemental feeding needs.

Challenges with winter forages One challenge associated with winter forage is the supply and nutrient availability of dormant range and stock residue for grazing purposes, Wilke explains. As regrowth opportunities and nutrient content diminish with continuous grazing, supplementation of feed and alternate forage options become even more important factors to consider.

“What we’re assuming, when we put cattle on dormant native range or cornstalks in the winter, is they do in fact have access to the feed that’s out there,” Wilke says.

If challenges in forage availability persist, Justice says breeders should have a plan to counteract the shortage.

Stocking rate and intensive grazing management are two factors Justice urges producers to consider. If forage availability is diminished, Justice and Wilke say early weaning and culling low BCS cattle can help lessen the burden.

Tailored forage feeding methods, such as limited hay feedings, using dome feeders and varying feeding location can alleviate forage loss, while replenishing nutrients into the pasture.

Given most operations lose approximately 28 percent of hay from storage

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loss, Justice says strategic feeding can help stretch the hay supply.

Appropriate nutrition is key, and ensuring a cow herd’s needs are met can be indicative of their performance, Wilke says. Producers should ensure their total digestible nutrient and crude protein needs are met.

Justice notes proactively

investing in forage testing is a minor expense for an invaluable yield of information about forage nutritive quality.

Sarah Harris-Christian is a research assistant at New Mexico State University and frequently writes for Angus Journal. This article was originally published by Angus Journal on Dec. 19.

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 35 No. 39 • January 20, 2024

IT'S THE PITTS

by Lee Pitts

A Different Breed I usually try to avoid touchy subjects, but in this case I thought I’d take a chance readers will get through the entire piece before sending a nasty letter about me to the editor.

This touchy subject looks at how some families deal with dividing up the spoils after a relative’s death. Or in some cases, even BEFORE the relative assumes room temperature.

While it is generally considered unethical and greedy to start dividing up the spoils of another person’s life while said person is still alive, I have seen it

happen three times in my life. I’m not proud of the fact two of the three times involved my own family.

My great-grandparents on my mother’s side were my last relatives who could be considered uppercrusters. I was fortunate to have known my greatgrandparents, and I distinctly remember them driving their big black Cadillac out to our house for family gatherings.

My great-grandfather was chief of our volunteer fire department and the mayor, based mainly on the fact he gave out the

biggest candy bars in town on Halloween.

The big family secret – which has remained unspoken until now – was my great-grandmother had to be committed to an insane asylum at the end of her life. She had barely been whisked out the door of her mansion on a hill, when all of the relatives descended to see what they could grab.

Even at a young age, I found their behavior disgusting.

It was the same story after one of my aunts got cancer. She was still living in her beautiful home, when a relative who shall go nameless, wasted no time in moving in and claiming it all for herself while my aunt was still alive.

The third instance was when a rancher I knew was stored away in a rest home,

just so his son could hold a dispersal sale of all his father’s cattle, which the son always hated.

He disliked his father’s cattle, because while everyone else in the county had black-hided cattle, his father raised an English breed that was red, white or a combination of the two and was last in favor during the Truman administration.

Because his father refused to change, the son always felt others in the community looked down their noses at him.

As a child, his classmates wouldn’t sit with him in the cafeteria and never chose him to play on their side in dodgeball.

Later in life, he hung his head in shame when he went to the feedstore, and he wore a disguise to attend a county cattlemen’s meeting or a neighbor’s branding.

Based on the fact his father was still breeding these out-of-favor, perfectly wonderful cattle, it was easy for the son to have his father committed to the nut house.

Even before the father got comfortable in his new digs, the son dispersed the entire herd – but not at the local sale barn – at one 300 miles away so the neighbors wouldn’t see them and make fun of him. Also, because he knew the distant auction market had a much more active slaughter market, which is where he expected all of his father’s cows would end up.

The son was so ashamed, he wouldn’t let the sale barn owner use his name in the advertising for the sale.

Then, the son stocked the ranch with black cattle, and before we knew it, he

was asked to join Rotary – a banker even waved at him – and for the first time in forever, he took the wife out to dinner in a public place.

A video rep even dropped by, gave him two new ball caps and a calendar and said he’d be proud to rep his cattle on an upcoming sale, showing his cattle to a nationwide audience.

The son even put up a new ranch sign. He had finally gained respectability.

I’ve always wondered how the son felt when his father’s cattle were bought at exorbitant prices by a single rancher who bred them using artificial insemination to bulls who’d sired multiple grand champions.

And then he sold the offspring of the old man’s cattle for as much as 20 times the amount the son was getting for his respectable cattle.

U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking applications On Jan. 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is accepting applications for grants to help agricultural producers maximize the value of their products and venture into new and better markets.

USDA is making the grants available under the Value-Added Producer Grants program. The grants help farmers and ranchers generate new products, create market-

ing opportunities and increase their incomes through value-added activities.

Eligible applicants include independent producers, agricultural producer groups, farmer or rancher cooperatives and majoritycontrolled producer-based business ventures.

USDA may award up to $75,000 for planning activities or up to $250,000 for working capital expenses related to produc-

ing and marketing a value-added agricultural product.

Planning activities may include conducting feasibility studies and developing business plans. Working capital expenses may include costs associated with processing, marketing, advertising, inventory and salaries.

Paper applications must be postmarked

and delivered by mail, e-mail or in person to the state office where the project is proposed by close of business on April 16. Electronic applications will be accepted via grants.gov until April 11.

Additional information is available on page 2,919 of the Jan. 17 Federal Register or by contacting a local USDA Rural Development office.

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION January 16 Market Report • 629 Head Sold Representative Sales COWS BIG PINEY 1 Cow, 1220# .................................... $127.50 THERMOPOLIS 1 Cow, 1165# .....................................$112.00 PINEDALE 1 Cow, 1005# .....................................$110.00 SHOSHONI 5 Cow, 1117# .................................... $107.00 BIG PINEY 2 Cow, 1020# .................................... $105.00 PINEDALE 1 Cow, 1270# ...................................... $98.50 ROCK SPRINGS 1 Cow, 1570# ...................................... $96.50 RIVERTON 3 Cow, 1435# ...................................... $95.50 SHOSHONI 2 Cow, 1405# ...................................... $94.50 RIVERTON 2 Cow, 1370# ...................................... $94.00 SHOSHONI 5 Cow, 1217# ...................................... $93.00 THERMOPOLIS 7 Cow, 1440# ...................................... $92.50 10 Cow, 1367# ...................................... $91.50 BOULDER 1 Cow, 1475# ...................................... $90.50 LANDER 5 Cow, 1151# ...................................... $90.00 ROCK SPRINGS 2 Cow, 1345# ...................................... $89.50 BOULDER 3 Cow, 1230# ...................................... $89.00 FARSON 1 Cow, 1365# ...................................... $88.50 LANDER 1 Cow, 1305# ...................................... $88.00 BIG PINEY 2 Cow, 1237# ...................................... $87.50 RAWLINS 1 Cow, 1445# ...................................... $86.50 HEIFERETTES RIVERTON 1 Heiferette, 910# ............................. $161.00 THERMOPOLIS 1 Heiferette, 995# ............................. $150.00 BIG PINEY 8 Heiferette, 937# ............................. $142.50 RIVERTON 1 Heiferette, 1030# ........................... $140.00 LANDER 1 Heiferette, 1050# ........................... $132.00 BULLS PINEDALE 2 Bull, 1832# ......................................$115.00 ARAPAHOE 1 Bull, 1810# ......................................$113.50

PINEDALE 1 Bull, 1770# ......................................$111.00 BRED COWS BIG PINEY 2 Bred Cow, 1017# (3-6 yr olds) .... $2,175.00 SHOSHONI 5 Bred Cow, 1353# (3-6 yr olds) .... $2,085.00 KINNEAR 12 Bred Cow, 1031# (3-6 olds) ........ $2,050.00 RIVERTON 10 Bred Cow, 1262# (3-6 yr olds) .... $2,050.00 4 Bred Cow, 1437# (7-9 yr olds) .... $1,900.00 LANDER 2 Bred Cow, 1447# (7-9 yr olds) .... $1,825.00 RIVERTON 4 Bred Cow, 1448# (7-9 yr olds) .... $1,800.00 BIG PINEY 6 Bred Cow, 1325# (7-9 yr olds) .... $1,775.00 LANDER 22 Bred Cow, 1284# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,660.00 BIG PINEY 24 Bred Cow, 1271# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,650.00 LANDER 17 Bred Cow, 1336# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,600.00 16 Bred Cow, 1297# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,600.00 BIG PINEY 23 Bred Cow, 1319# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,585.00 LANDER 11 Bred Cow, 1399# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,560.00 KINNEAR 29 Bred Cow, 1271# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,550.00 RIVERTON 6 Bred Cow, 1330# (9+ yr olds) ..... $1,475.00 BRED HEIFERS SHOSHONI 54 Bred Heifer, 1093# ...................... $2,450.00 LANDER 10 Bred Heifer, 1007# ...................... $2,325.00 RIVERTON 10 Bred Heifer, 1028# ...................... $2,250.00

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 ALL CATTLE CLASSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS CALVES Luke Fidler- 20 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec 7 way @ branding & weaning(10-19). Heifers are bangs vaccinated. Sired by Lucky 7 Registered Blk Ang bulls. Been on out of hay & cake. Redmond Mineral program. Nice calves!

BRED HEIFERS Barney Ranches- 15 Blk Ang Bred Heifers. Bred to LBW Blk Ang bulls. High elevation. Poured this fall.

BRED COWS John & Kaye Stoll- 20 ST Blk Ang & AngX Bred Cows.

Early Consignments Bred to Powerful LimFlex Blk bulls to start calving Feb 20th. High desert cows!

PAIRS John & Kaye Stoll- 8 Running Age Blk Ang & AngX Pairs. Late summer, stout calves at side! Nice, High desert cows!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS CALVES JM Livestock- 450 Strs 575-675#, 150 Hfrs 600-650#.

80% Blk & BWF, 20% Red, RWF, CharX. Rec Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse, Vision 7 & poured. No implants.

90 days weaned. High roughage ration. Conditioned for grass & Green!

Dustin Eaton- 220 Blk Ang Strs & 120 Hfrs 500-600#.

Rec Nasalgen 3 & Vision CD-T @ branding. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 + Spur & poured w/ Clean-Up @ weaning 12/20. On free choice mineral. No implants. High elevation, high desert!

Ed & Tory Burton- 175 Blk Ang Strs 550-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision7, Nasalgen 3 @ branding & Weaning (11-1). Sired by powerful Bl Ang Bulls, Bunk broke, summered on high desert range! Choice Steers!!

Tim Tolton- 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 575-625#.

Rec 8 way & Virashield 6 @ branding. Nasalgen @ weaning (11-15). Heifers are bangs vacc. One brand, hay fed, high elevation. Green & Fancy!

Skylark Cattle- 130 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 550650#. Rec Vista 5, Vision 7 & Vista Once SQ @ branding. Rec Vista 5, Vision 7 w/Somnus, Once PMH, Clean-Up & Safeguard @ weaning 11-1. Hfrs are bangs vacc. Sired by Lucky 7 Blk Ang Bulls. One iron & Fancy!

Horton Farms- 20 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 550#, 20 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 800#, 75 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 600#. Rec 7 way @ birth, Rec Vista Once SQ, Nasalgen 2, 7 way & Somnus @ Branding & Rec Vista Once SQ, 7 way, Somnus & poured w/ Ivomec @ weaning 10-1. Heifers are bangs vacc. Sired by powerful Blk Ang Bulls, summer on high desert. Reputation & High quality!

Boysen Lake Ag- 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Rec Vista 5, Vision 7 & Vista Once SQ @ branding. Rec Vista 5, Vision 7 w/Somnus, Once PMH, Clean-Up & Safeguard @ weaning 11-1. Hfrs are bangs vacc. Sired by Lucky 7 Blk Ang Bulls. One

iron & Fancy!

Diamond X Ranch- 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 500-550#.

Rec Bovishield Gold & 7way w/Somnus @ branding & weaning. Poured @ weaning. Been running out on pasture, supplemented w/ cake. Green, high desert calves!

Abernathy Ranch- 50 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500550#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 @ branding.

Knife cut. 100% Blk Ang sired. Reputation, high desert calves! Sired by Big Time Herd Bulls!

Lee & Karen Wilkes- 34 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-650#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 @ branding & weaning 12-1 & poured w/Clean-Up. Super set of fancy calves!!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 BRED COW SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS BRED HEIFERS Fleur De Lis Cattle Co- 50 Blk Ang Bred Hfrs 1000#. Bred to LBW Blk Ang Bulls to calve March/April. Rec Virashield 6 VL5, poured & 1st Scour Guard 2-1. Nice set of High elevation Hfrs.

BRED COWS Fleur De Lis Cattle Co- 135 Blk Ang & Ang Bred Cows.

Approx 95 hd-3 & 4 yr olds, 40 hd 5 yr olds. Bred to Blk Ang bulls to start calving March 1st. Rec Virashield 6 VL5 & poured. Cows summered @ high elevation and bred to good bulls!

John & Sharon Bringolf- 20 Mostly Black Running Age Bred Cows. Bred to Registered Blk Ang Bulls to start calving 3-15 for 45 days. Rec Pinkeye, Multi Min & Safeguard @ preg check. High elevation. Reputation, high desert cows!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 FEEDER SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

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