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A Look Inside The General Election on Nov. 6 will provide some tough choices for Wyoming...............Pages 8-9 Changing grazing strategies can reduce cheatgrass impa cts...................................Page 7 Wyomingites see early success at The NILE...........Page 11 Ensuring proper fit of saddles allows for better performance from horses...................Page 13

Quick Bits CRP Payments Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said USDA continues to invest in rural America with more than $4.8 billion in payments being made, starting this month, to agricultural producers through the Farm Service Agency programs. Approximately $3 billion in payments will be made under the ARC and PLC programs for the 2017 crop year, and approximately $1.8 billion in annual rental payments under CRP for 2018.

ONEOK Pipeline agreement provides benefit for landowners

In an historic agreement between ONEOK and eastern Wyoming landowner group Cowboy State Pathways, nearly 200 miles of the Elk Creek Pipeline that stretches across from Montana, down the eastern border of Wyo-

ming, through Colorado to central Kansas.

“The Elk Creek Pipeline is over 900 miles long,” says Pat Wade, chairman of Cowboy State Pathways and Lusk rancher. “After we successfully negotiated the first

pipeline, ONEOK contacted Frank Falen and I to work together on an agreement for the Elk Creek pipeline.”

“Many landowners don’t realize how important the easement itself can turn out to be,” Conner Nicklas of Budd-

Falen Law Offices says. “The payment can be nice, but that disappears within one to five years. The easement can last for eternity. It’s important that the easement is done right because it can make all the Please see LAND on page 6

EXPANDING OUR REACH Wyomingites see success in trade mission to Taiwan

In a trip at the beginning of October, Wyoming leadership, including Gov. Matt Mead, members of the Wyoming Legislature, Wyoming Department of Agriculture Director Doug Miyamoto and Wyoming Stock Growers Association Executive Vice President Jim Magagna traveled around the world to mark the grand opening of the WyomingAsia Pacific Trade Office and continue to develop a relationship with the Taiwanese government.

In addition to the delegation from the Governor’s office, at the same time, representatives of

four ag businesses also participated in a trade mission to build relationships with the country.

Business perspectives The four Wyoming businesses participating in the trade mission were part of a four-day trip funded by the Wyoming Business Council and State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) program, which is a federal initiative to increase United States exports.

Murraymere Farms and Gluten Free Harvest of Powell, True Ranches of Casper and Wyoming Please see TRADE on page 10

Swine Vaccine USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) on Oct. 15 published in the Federal Register a notice of intent to grant animal health company Zoetis, LLC an exclusive license to two patents related to the company’s development of a vaccine to combat African Swine Fever (ASF). Currently, there is no certified vaccine to treat for the viral disease.

RMEF Funding The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation awarded more than half a million dollars in grants to improve elk habitat and research, public access and hunting heritage efforts across the state of Wyoming. The $548,624 in funding goes toward 56 projects that benefit 11,570 acres of habitat across 18 counties. Included in that total are several statewide and national projects.

Prices Drop USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) released monthly retail meat prices in mid-October for the month of September. Most major animal proteins showed a month over month decline in retail values with the exception of turkey. The “all fresh” beef price and National Composite wholesale broiler price posted the largest declines from the prior month showing over a 4 cents per pound loss in retail prices. Retail pork prices fell by 3.2 cents per pound while the broiler retail price lost $0.02 per pound.

Grand opening – Taiwanese officials along with Wyoming leadership, including Sen. Eli Bebout (second from left) and Gov. Matt Mead, joined to celebrate the grand opening of the Wyoming-Asia Pacific Trade Office. Courtesy photo

Heifer development

Ranchers have flexible feed possibilities Developing replacement heifers from weaning to breeding can offer some flexibility in feed resources.

“The pathway we use to get there can be up to us,” Chandra Engel, an South Dakota State University cow/calf specialist, tells producers. “Producers have a lot of different environmental conditions which makes for a lot of different options for feed, including cover crops and crop residues, that could help reduce the cost of developing heifers.”

When producers develop replacement heifers, their goal should be optimizing the number of heifers that have reached puberty and have started cycling by the start of the breeding season.

“Reaching puberty is a function of age and weight, but it is also impacted by genetics.

Post-weaning management of nutrition and growth performance are important to reaching puberty by 13 to 15 months,” she says.

Earlier can mean longer “The earlier the heifers breed during the breeding season, the earlier they will breed during each subPlease see FEED on page 5

Budd-Falen to serve in Interior Washington, D.C. – A Wyoming lawyer who has represented ranchers against conservationists and the federal government has been hired by the U.S. Interior Department as a deputy solicitor.

Karen Budd-Falen of Cheyenne will be representing the agency on wildlife issues, endangered species and national parks.

Budd-Falen is best known for her legal career in the West, advocating for clients on matters such as grazing on federal land.

Decades ago, she represented the Bundy family, who would stage an armed confrontation with law enforcement in 2014. She also was a leader in a movement that called for more local input on federal land management plans.

Land and wildlife advocates expressed concern about BuddFalen’s appointment because of her past work as an attorney.

Look for more information on Budd-Falen’s new position in next week’s Roundup.

Women in Ag

Nelson roots dreams in ag

Ten Sleep – 22-year-old Lacy Nelson was born and raised on her family’s ranch, which is nestled against the Big Horn Mountain range. Nelson, who recently graduated with a degree in rangeland management and agriculture education from Sheridan College, takes a lot of pride in the fact that she and her younger brother JD will be the fifth generation on the Orchard Ranch.

Their cow/calf operation, headed by Nelson’s parents April and Jeff, has a cow base of approximately 1,300 head and requires 17 full-time hands to operate.

“My parents are taking the ranch to the next generation. My brother and I are

sitting back, just watching and learning, so we can learn how to do things. It’s scary but exciting,” she says.

Lacy describes that, with her grandfather’s recent passing, the ranch is in a transitional phase, and she has high hopes of helping run it in the future.

“My brother and I are the ones that will continue the legacy,” Nelson comments.

But, before Nelson is able to feel content settling down on the ranch for the long-haul, she’s got some big dreams to attend to. Throughout college, Nelson thought she wanted to pursue a career in the realm of rangeland

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Time to be Involved

For the next 45 days in Wyoming, there will be either a convention, large meeting or forum going on every week until after the first week in December. Over the course of this time, there will be something for everyone involved in agriculture.

From the

Whether you belong to an orgaPublisher nization that is having a fall convention Dennis Sun or meeting or just have a certain need to attend a function, please attend. Attending an organization's convention or meeting is one way to support that organization, and in turn, you will receive back a wealth of information, both commercially and politically.

Through the trade shows and the wide range of speakers present, you will be offered the opportunity to gain as much information as you want. This information may be from someone from Washington D.C., Cheyenne or anywhere.

At some of the earlier meetings, you will be able to hear the current governor candidates debate each other, and after the election, you will be able to hear the governor-elect speak and get to know them better. Later in the evening, there will be great auctions, lots of fun and ample time to enjoy yourself visiting with friends and enjoying good food.

It all starts with the Wyoming Water Association Annual Meeting and Education Seminar held at the Laramie Holiday Inn on Oct. 24-26. There will be speakers on rural and city water development and solid waste. Also, a number of state officials will be speaking, and a gubernatorial candidate debate will be held. The educational seminar is a great place to learn on water issues and what is happening with water around the state.

On Nov. 2-3 at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Casper, the Independent Cattlemen of Wyoming (ICOW) will hold their annual convention. Some of the speakers will be Matt Thompson, who will speak on private property rights, Stacy Lynn, who will speak on individual rights and financial interests of farmers and ranchers, and Ann Wittman, who will speak from the Wyoming Beef Council.

The Wyoming Weed and Pest Fall Conference will take place in Casper at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center on Nov. 6-8. If you have any interest in invasive species, this the meeting to attend. Lots of information, fun and good people will be a part of the meetings.

The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation will hold their annual winter meeting Nov. 7-9 in Sheridan at the Holiday Inn. For members and those interested in Farm Bureau, it is a good time to help plan policy for the year, visit with old friends and form new friendships.

On Nov. 8-11, the West Central States Wool Growers Convention will be held at the Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center in Casper. This convention is with the Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming Wool Growers, but other western states will also have people here. This will be one of the largest groups of wool buyers, lamb buyers and people representing lamb packinghouses in the West. There will be number of Washington, D.C. and local officials, and many speakers on predators, labor, health, research, federal, guard animals issues and sheep, lamb and wool markets. There is a day of educational presentations, along with a shearing contest. It is a great time to support your organizations and join one if you don’t belong.

Look forward to next week’s column for the rest of the information on winter conventions and meetings, or look to page 16 of this week’s Roundup for the full line-up in our Convention Calendar.

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GUEST OPINIONS

Broadband Shouldn’t be a Luxury

By Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation President There was a time when high-speed internet was a luxury, but that time has long passed. Broadband is essential for doing business today and having access to the latest resources and information. Yet much of rural America still has no access to do business at the speeds of the rest of the country. Thirty-nine percent of rural households are without a high-speed connection, compared to four percent of urban households. That’s unacceptable for modern farmers and their rural communities.

The 21st century is an exciting time for American agriculture. We have tools at our fingertips that our parents and grandparents never dreamed of. Thanks to precision ag tools, farming is more sustainable because we can focus and conserve our resources better than ever. But those tools require broadband to truly be efficient and effective.

The latest farming techniques and tools allow farmers to analyze data to make careful decisions from the number of seeds they plant to the amount of water and nutrients they apply to their crops. Farmers can now make those decisions down to the square inch, but that requires getting a signal out to their tractors in the field. For a farmer struggling to get by in today’s down economy, conserving their inputs and resources might make all the difference for being in business one season to the next.

Lack of rural broadband doesn’t just put rural America behind here at home. It also can make us lose our competitive edge abroad. U.S. agriculture is part of a global marketplace today. Farmers and ranchers need to connect with cus-

tomers around the world and stay up-to-date on the latest market developments. Without high-speed connectivity, it’s far too easy for farms and ranches to lose out on customers and business, and the whole ag economy suffers.

It’s time to bridge the rural digital divide. Farm Bureau has been calling for action here, and we are encouraged to see the administration working to close the gap. President Trump pledged action to Farm Bureau members at the start of the year at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) Annual Convention in Nashville, where he signed an Executive Order to expedite broadband deployment on federal lands.

Since then, Congress has provided $600 million in funding for USDA’s new e-Connectivity Pilot Program under the Rural Utilities Service.

Additionally, the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill include the AFBF supported “Precision Agriculture Connectivity” provision that creates a task force to focus on the broadband connectivity and technology needs of precision agriculture.

We are encouraged to see this critical issue become a priority this year for the Administration and Congress, and Farm Bureau continues to advocate for the needs of farm and ranch businesses to bring us all into the next century of agriculture.

Vincent “Zippy” Duvall, a poultry, cattle and hay producer from Greene County, Georgia, is the 12th president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. You can follow him on Twitter @ZippyDuvall.

Common Estate Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – Part One

By Chris Nolt, Solid Rock Wealth Management

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part series on common estate planning mistakes. Read part one in the Oct. 6, 2018 edition of the Roundup.

Not funding a living trust A trust can only control assets to which it holds title. If you establish a living trust, you need to re-title your assets

into the name of the trust. If your living trust owns your assets and is set up correctly, when you die, your beneficiaries will receive those assets without having to go through probate.

If you fail to transfer your assets into the name of the Please see NOLT on page 23

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NEWS BRIEFS FSA offers online options Farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers in Wyoming have new online options to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. Through USDA’s new streamlined process producers can now register, track and manage their applications for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) and 2017 Wildfires Hurricanes Indemnity Program (2017 WHIP) on the secure and convenient farmers.gov/sign-in.

“You can conduct business with USDA from the comfort of your home, office or mobile device,” said SED Lois Van Mark, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) state executive director for Wyoming. “These online services save time, reduce paperwork and, in some cases, speed up processing.”

MFP and 2017 WHIP are administered by FSA and are currently available on the farmers.gov/sign-in.

“We know doing business online has become a key part of many agricultural operations and hope our online services can provide the ease and convenience you’ve come to expect,” said Van Mark.

Cody BLM inducts leader

An installation ceremony for Richard “Cade” Powell as field manager of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cody Field Office will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Nov. 5, at the Park County Public Library Grizzly Room in Cody.

The public is invited to attend as BLM Wyoming State Director Mary Jo Rugwell administers the oath of office to Powell.

“Cade brings a strong natural resources and partnership-building background to the Cody field manager position,” said Rugwell. “We know he’ll work well with the stakeholders of the BigHorn Basin.”

As field manager of the Cody Field Office, Powell oversees the management of more than 1 million acres of public land in northwestern Wyoming.

CoBank sees rising exports demand Strong growth in both the U.S. and global economies will support increased demand in domestic and export markets through the end of the year. However, U.S. competitiveness is currently constrained by trade uncertainties and the elevated value of the U.S. dollar, further placing pressure on the agricultural economy as output in most industries rises.

The latest Quarterly Rural Economic Review from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division indicates that any significant farm price improvements over last year’s prices will be limited, particularly with record U.S. yields for many of the major crop commodities adding to available supply levels. Meanwhile, the animal protein and dairy sectors continue to benefit from strong domestic demand and the promise of better access to Mexico and Canada but will need more export market growth to absorb their current pace of output and expansion.

“Agricultural markets are being squeezed as prices remain weak,” said Dan Kowalski, vice president of CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division. “While recently negotiated trade deals show some upside for agriculture, global demand for output from the U.S. agriculture sector is being outpaced by current U.S. production.”

Agreements stimulate economy Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized four cooperative agreements to help rural communities create and implement economic development plans.

“Under the leadership of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, USDA is committed to being a strong partner in enhancing quality of life and building economic opportunity in rural America,” Hazlett said. “Asset-based planning is an important tool to complement and leverage existing regional resources and create a foundation for rural prosperity.”

USDA is partnering with four organizations to help build rural prosperity through the Rural Development Innovation Center’s Rural Economic Development Innovation (REDI) initiative. Hazlett announced these partnerships during the Federal Priorities for Improving Water Forum, cohosted by the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, the Rural Community Assistance Corp. and USDA.

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Baleage provides better hay Drying forage in the fall is often difficult as the days shorten and temperatures cool. If there’s still hay to make, baleage may be a good alternative to dry hay.

“Wrapping wet bales for baleage could help to ensure hayfields are harvested at the correct stage of maturity, providing adequate quality for livestock,” says Jessica Williamson, Extension forage specialist at Penn State, in a recent website post.

According to Williamson, the first step to producing quality baleage is baling at an adequate moisture content. While 12 to 16 percent moisture is the goal for dry hay, baleage needs to be 45 to 64 percent moisture to allow for optimal fermentation.

Use a low-density, one millimeter thick polyethylene to wrap bales. Wrap each bale at least six times, with eight being ideal and ensure a 50 percent overlap.

“As the bale is wrapped, the plastic is stretched thinner than the original material, causing the need for multiple layers to ensure elimination of oxygen, sunlight, and excess moisture,” Williamson explains.

Wildfire defense system works Jackson – On Sept. 18, the fast-moving Roosevelt Fire was raging across Wyoming, consuming everything in its path. The wildfire had ignited three days earlier in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Jackson, and was now headed toward the town of Bondurant.

About 500 residents of the Hoback Ranches subdivision, south of Bondurant, were ordered to evacuate. More than 1,000 firefighters were assigned to the blaze, as well as 56 fire engines and 10 aircraft. By the time the fire was contained, 55 of the 150 homes in Hoback Ranches had been destroyed by the blaze.

Resident Tina Delaney said the flames “tore through our neighborhood.” She called the wildfire “one of the worst disasters in Wyoming history.”

Fortunately, her home was not among the casualties.

Delaney had recently installed the “Frontline Wildfire Defense” system. The system was activated on site to send Class A firefighting foam to sprinklers around her home.

The foam covered her house and property. The Frontline Wildfire Defense system can also be activated remotely from a smart phone, tablet or a desktop computer.

As a result, Delaney’s home was spared, despite the fact that many burning embers were found near the residence.

“This system absolutely provides a sense of security,” she said.

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Wyo. producers make BEEF Top 100 The BEEF Seedstock 100 list defines the top 100 seedstock producers in the nation, with 56,473 bulls marketed last year by the top operations. Calculating that the bulls marketed by the producers on the list could service 25 to 30 cows, the top 100 operations could breed 17 to 20 percent of the nation’s beef cows.

Amongst the leading beef producers, four Wyoming seedstock operations were recognized for the seedstock they produced.

Lucky 7 Angus Cowboy Bulls of Riverton was 45th on the list, Beckton Red Angus of Sheridan was 56th, and Redland Angus of Worland was 67th. Reyes/Russell of Wheatland came in at 79th.

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NEWS BRIEFS ADMB to meet

The Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board (ADMB) will meet via teleconference at 9 a.m. on Nov. 1.

The Board will be considering setting the price on the wildlife damage management stamp, approving a proposed rule, and receiving updates on various issues.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Public comment periods are scheduled prior to adjournment.

For a complete agenda and/or for call-in instructions for this meeting, visit the ADMB website at wyadmb.com or contact Kent Drake at 307-777-6781.

BLM awaits Congressional direction In late April, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) submitted a report addressing the exploding wild horse and burro population.

On Oct. 11 at the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory meeting, senior officials said they still are determining what to do with the 82,000 feral horses starving in the West.

Bruce Rittenhouse, acting chief of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, told the advisory panel, “We have no idea if we’ll even get a response,” and BLM officials have noted only receiving “cursory” inquiries from congressional staffers.

For any change to be made, direction is required, as solutions all have hefty price tags and will require significant appropriations.

USFS hosts sage grouse meetings The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will hold two public meetings in Wyoming regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for its Sage Grouse Plan Amendments.

On Oct. 5, the USDA Forest Service published a Notice of Availability (NOA) announcing the release of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with proposed amendments to Forest Service land management plans for Greater sage grouse. The affected plans occur within Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah.

The purpose of the proposed changes is to improve the clarity, efficiency and implementation of the current Greater sage grouse plans, including promoting landscape-scale alignment with state efforts.

USFS encourages the public to attend one of the DEIS public comment open house meetings that will be held in Pinedale and Cheyenne.

The meeting in Cheyenne will be held at Laramie Community College on Oct. 22 in Room PF 108 at the Pathfinder Building, 1400 East College Drive.

The meeting in Pinedale is scheduled for Oct. 23 at the Pinedale Public Library, 155 S. Tyler Avenue.

Both meetings will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information, contact Sandra Underhill at 307-777-6087 or John Shivik at 801-625-5667 or johnashivik@fs.fed.us.

Tariffs impact hay producers

Steel and aluminum tariffs put in place by President Trump on China are impacting much more than the steel and aluminum industry, according to AllHay.com.

China had an eight percent tariff on U.S. hay, but in response to President Trump increasing the steel and aluminum tariffs, they added another 25 percent on top.

A report from the University of California Agricultural Issues Center in Davis, Calif. showed that the trade war with China is expected to push the price of alfalfa down 7.5 percent and cut revenue for alfalfa producers by about 377 million in 2018.

The value of U.S. hay exports reached a new high last year at about $1.5 billion, which almost quadrupled the previous two decades.

China buys about 1.2 million metric tons of U.S. hay per year, making it the number one export market for alfalfa hay and second to only Japan for U.S. hay. The demand for hay mostly comes from dairies in China.

According to AllHay.com, “If China wants the highest quality hay from America, they are going to have to relent on their tariffs. Otherwise, American suppliers will increase their exports to other countries.”

Dairy relief provided The Trump administration delivered two boosts to the U.S. dairy industry in late September.

On Sept. 27, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would open up a public comment period on what gets to be sold as milk. Three days later, the administration announced that Canada will give U.S. dairy producers more access to its dairy market as part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The actions aren’t expected to dramatically change the trajectory of the industry, which is facing larger challenges, including oversupply, that have driven down prices. U.S. dairy producers keep selling more milk, even though American consumers are drinking less.

Production increased from 10.3 billion pounds in August 1988 to 17.2 billion pounds three decades later.

And the milk is coming from fewer, bigger farms. In February 2018, there were slightly more than 40,000 dairy farms, compared to 648,000 operations in 1970, according to USDA.

NCBA asks for flexibility At a public listening session hosted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) on Oct. 10 called for additional flexibility on Hours of Service rules for livestock haulers.

NCBA President Kevin Kester and Executive Director of Government Affairs Allison Rivera delivered the group’s message at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The comments emphasized the need for a regulatory framework that encourages drivers to rest when they are tired. Under the status quo, drivers are incentivized to “push through” fatigue due to overly-restrictive Hours of Service rules.

“The current Hours of Service framework is incompatible with the realities of livestock hauling,” said Kester.

“Drivers of our livestock need to be alert and safe, while also cognizant of the welfare of the animals they are hauling. We want them to rest as needed, instead of racing against the clock.”

Sugarbeet crop tops records Although local sugarbeet crops are coming up short of projected yields, Mark Bjornestad, senior agriculturist for Western Sugar Cooperative, says this year’s crop has been record-breaking in terms of sugar content.

Tonnage had been forecast to come in at a record 31 tons per acre in the factory district. With 70 percent of the crop in hand on Oct. 12, yields are not on a record pace.

“It looks like our average yield is going to be just under 29 tons to the acre,” Bjornestad said. “The tonnage is a little bit disappointing since our sampling had indicated we would do better than that.”

“Sugar content, on average, is just a few decimal points under 18 percent, and for the Lovell Factory District as a whole, we can’t find a time in all of our records that we’ve averaged 18 percent sugar,” Bjornestad said, adding, “From the point of view of the sugar company, we’d rather have the high sugar content.”

As a rule of thumb, Bjornestad said each one percent of sugar content is worth three tons of yield.

Anecdotally, he’s seen some grower reports with fields averaging 20 percent sugar. That is as good as it gets, he noted, because a beet is 80 percent moisture.

It is indicative of the “very, very high-quality crop” produced by growers in 2018, he said. “It’s been a good run. Impurities are low, and sugars are high.” – Powell Tribune

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FEED continued from page 1 sequent breeding season,” Engel explains.

She is asked all the time how much a heifer should weigh at breeding to ensure she has reached puberty.

“It has been well established that the recommendation is 60 to 65 percent of mature body weight, but some research from different states indicates some heifers will breed at 55 percent mature body weight,” she notes.

Reaching 60 to 65 percent of mature body weight has proven effective across a wide range of biological types and environments, but it could require more higher-quality feed resources, which could cost more, she says.

On the other hand, aiming for a 55 percent target mature weight may help producers reduce development costs, but it could also limit the number of heifers that breed within the first 21 days of the breeding season.

“Even if we hit our target and get them bred, we need to remember they are still growing, and they are not at mature weight. We will need to manage heifer nutrition even after we get them bred,” Engel says.

“No matter the breeding target, whether it is 55 percent or 65 percent, we still need to get them to 85 percent mature weight and a body condition score six by calving time to ensure they will stay in the system for a longer term,” she continues.

Target body condition scoring Body condition scoring measures the body’s energy reserves using a visual method of determining nutritional status, Engel explains. It is highly linked to reproduction.

Condition scoring can also be done without gathering cattle and running them through a chute or across a scale.

Women see barriers in ag Women in agriculture around the world, whether in developing or developed countries, say widespread gender discrimination persists and poses obstacles to their ability to help feed the world, according to a new study from Corteva AgriscienceTM, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont.

The study was released to coincide with today’s celebration of the International Day of Rural Women. Corteva Agriscience commissioned the 17-country study to underscore the importance of women in agriculture and to identify barriers to their full and successful participation. The study included 4,160 respondents living in both the developed and developing world on five different continents.

“We conducted this study to further understand the current status of women farmers around the world –from the largest farms in the most advanced economies to the smallest subsistence farms in the developing world – and to create a baseline from which we can measure progress going forward,” said Krysta Harden, Vice President External Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer of Corteva Agriscience.

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“It is a good tool to access to evaluate how well our nutritional program is working,” she says.

“We can do it in a pasture or while walking across a pen.”

If enough space is available, Engel recommends grouping heifers by light and heavy weight to better target their nutritional needs.

“It will prevent producers from feeding to the average of the group. It could also save feed resources and prevent under or overfeeding,” she states.

Over-conditioning heifers above a body condition score of seven has added nutrient and feed costs, and it can have detrimental effects on reproduction, mammary development and milk production.

It also increases dystocia, she explains.

Hitting the target Engel recommends producers know what their heifers weigh at weaning, what their mature weight should be and determine a

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target weight between 55 to 65 percent.

Then, they should calculate how much the heifers need to gain before breeding, and decide how they will reach the target weight.

“There are several options – constant gain, slow-fast gain, fast-slow gain or a combination,” Engel reports.

Then, producers need to determine their heifers’ nutritional requirements. Protein, energy, vitamins and minerals and water are the most important. The amount they need is impacted by age, stage of growth and production, she says.

Pieces of the puzzle Protein is usually identified as crude protein and is measured in pounds.

Crude protein is used by the rumen microbes to provide the animal with maintenance, growth and production.

“Heifers have a specific total pound requirement per day that they need to maintain body condition and the

level of growth we expect them to have,” she explains.

Producers are also encouraged to remember that crude protein requirements will increase as the heifers gain weight.

“Calcium and phosphorus requirements will also increase as the heifer develops more bone,” Engel says.

Energy is measured as Total Digestible Nutrient (TDN), Net Energy maintenance (NEm) or Net Energy growth (NEg).

Heifers have a specific total pound of mega-calorie requirement each day, she says. That requirement can be met with feed sources that contain fiber, starch and fat.

Weather impacts Developing heifers during cold weather can also impact nutritional needs, Engel continues.

“Cold stress is affected by temperature, wind speed and hair coat. A basic rule of thumb is that energy requirements will increase one percent for every degree the temperature

drops below that animal’s lower critical body temperature,” she says.

During the wet summer, critical temperature is 60 degrees Fahrenheit. With a dry fall coat, 45 degrees is the critical temperature and with a dry winter coat, critical temperature is 32 degrees. Cattle with a dry, heavy winter coat have a critical temperature of 19 degrees.

As a final thought, Engel encourages producers to get their feed tested, so their feeding program is more efficient.

“Feedstuffs vary in protein and energy. Some will have high energy and protein, and others won’t,” she explains. “Testing feedstuffs will help balance their diet. But, the best diet is the one that matches financial and feed resources to help ranchers make their desired goals.”

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

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LAND continued from page 1 difference in the future.”

Cowboy State Pathways In 2011, pipeline company ONEOK sought to bring their Bakken pipeline through the eastern edge of Wyoming.

When landowners Pat Wade and Dan Hansen learned that the line hoped to cross their property, they looked into working together to negotiate the best deal for landowners involved.

“We organized a small meeting of Niobrara County landowners with the idea that more minds working on it would be better, as we’d

have a better chance of covering our concerns,” Wade explains.

Coincidentally, similar groups met in both Yoder and Sundance, so the efforts joined forces with the idea of strength in numbers.

“Early on, we also connected with Frank Falen, an attorney from Cheyenne,” he continues. “Frank had just finished working with a similar landowner group on the Keystone XL pipeline and understood our landowners’ perspective.”

The landowner group,

combined with Falen’s experience, successfully brought together nearly 120 landowners to cover 200 miles of pipeline, negotiating successfully with the leadership from ONEOK. “It took the company a while to get comfortable working with us,” Wade says. “However, after working together, we were working with the company’s senior leadership to address our concerns.”

He adds, “Our focus was to get past the land management companies to the people who set the policy and make decisions.”

Falen emphasizes that

working with a large group of landowners enables the group to get past working with middle-men and have conversations with policy makers.

“Working with a group of landowners gives them more clout and ability to negotiate,” he says. “The pipeline company gets to meet with an impressive group of landowners, and landowners get to meet with an equally impressive group of executives to negotiate the easement.”

Past experiences In working with ONEOK the first time, Wade explains that the key to a successful negotiation was working together.

“It was a big learning experience for us the first time, but when ONEOK was working on putting a second line through, they contacted us. It worked really, really well for ONEOK, and it worked for landowners, too.”

The landowner group was able to work directly with company management again to make decisions, and at the same time, the pipeline company was able to reduce their expenses by dramatically reducing the amount of time necessary to get easements across private land.

Nicklas explains that landowner groups are beneficial for both the landowners and the pipeline companies as they provide a more level playing field for all landowners and provides easier access to landowners across a region, which led to their involvement in a second pipeline in 2018.

“Before the invention of these pipeline groups, landowners often would face these pipeline companies alone and under the threat of condemnation. With hundreds of miles of landowners united together, the pipeline company has a greater motivation to come to the bargaining table, which is what directly resulted in the success with the Elk Creek Pipeline.” Nicklas explained.

“We started hearing that ONEOK was interested in bringing another pipeline across the state in December 2017,” explains Nicklas. “ONEOK approached us about working with the pipeline group in February. We came to terms on an easement agreement with them by May, and we signed between

450 and 500 miles of pipeline across Montana, Wyoming and Colorado by the end of June.”

Inside the agreement The 2018 ONEOK Pipeline involved several key pieces that were particularly impactful for landowners involved in the agreement.

“Our biggest goal and our biggest accomplishment came in the liability that landowners assume with the pipeline,” says Wade.

The unprecedented agreement removes vicarious liability from the landowner and places a heavier burden on the pipeline company.

“Vicarious liability says that if an employee, family member, guest or uninvited party causes damage to the pipeline, the landowner is not responsible for that liability,” explains Wade.

“Limitation of liability was non-negotiable for us,” says Nicklas. “The biggest reason this is important is that when a pipeline crosses residential or agricultural land, it essentially changes the land to an industrial use, and a landowner cannot afford to protect themselves from the liability that such a use brings. I wouldn’t be exaggerating that an accident that damages one of these pipelines could cause millions of dollars in liability in a single day. So, not only do we limit how much liability the landowner can face, but we also limit the type of liability.”

For example, beyond openly and willingly destroying or causing damage to the pipeline, the ONEOK agreement takes all liability off landowners for pipeline damages.

Wade adds, “It’s also important that if the pipeline company damages the land in any way, the landowner is awarded liquidated damages and a check for their expenses.

The landowner doesn’t have to prove negligence.”

Easement restrictions In addition to liability limitations for landowners, Nicklas emphasizes that the easement allows only one 20-inch pipeline through the property, which provides limitations that benefit the landowner.

“Another thing we have focused on is that the landowner would be able to do

the same thing they have been doing before the pipeline ever showed up,” Nicklas says.

“We really protected the prior uses to make sure their rights are reserved.”

At the same time, in the majority of easements, the easement becomes the dominant estate, meaning that the easement holder has priority over the landowner if there is any conflict. The group was able to reduce the rights of the easement to allow landowners to continue all existing operations.

Finally, Nicklas notes that the group negotiated a particularly favorable construction mitigation and reclamation plan to benefit landowners.

“Under our agreement, ONEOK must reclaim and repair the land back to its original state or better,” he explains. “The reclamation provisions do not expire with the easement or if the pipeline is abandoned. Whatever happens with the pipeline, ONEOK is responsible for reclaiming the land.”

Success together Wade credits his fellow members of Cowboy State Pathways for its success, and Nicklas explains that the leadership of the landowner team has been important.

“I’m only one part of a group,” Wade says. “We had an outstanding board of volunteers from across the state that included Donley Darnell from Newcastle, Dan Hansen from Lusk, Roger Lemaster from Burns and Steve Hayes from Meridan, Clark House from Yoder, Alan Kirkbride from Meridan, John Kessler from Lagrange, Dewey Hageman from Lusk, Lee Randall from Broadus and Cheryl Lund from Lusk have all been really instrumental in this process.”

Nicklas notes that the process has been an overall success, providing a cooperative effort that “is a win-win for the landowners and pipeline company in the end.”

Wade adds, “This has been a big learning experience and a great building process from the beginning that resulted in the best deal for landowners.”

Saige Albert is managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and can be reached at saige@wylr. net.

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Perryman cites necessity for management paradigm changes to combat cheatgrass “Invasive species is bigger now than it has been,” said University of Nevada, Reno’s Barry Perryman. “Sometimes we have to back up and take a 30,000-foot view of what’s been going on.”

Perryman concluded a panel on Active Rangeland Management and Invasive Species held during the Oct. 11-12 Western Governors’ Association Working Lands Roundtable and Biosecurity and Invasive Species Workshop help in Cheyenne.

Changes over time Looking at the past 50 years since the Taylor Grazing Act, water development, a gradual warming trend and the seasonality of precipitation have all changed.

“We’ve also got more people in the U.S. – twice as many people as when I was a kid, and along the Front Range, we know about the population growth today,” Perryman continued. “We also have a thing called invasive species that have moved in.”

While some invasives are annual and some are perennial, the result is often the same.

“Management paradigm changes are necessary to manage the resource into the future,” Perryman explained.

Cheatgrass challenge As a particular challenge across the West, Perryman noted that cheatgrass has become a pervasive issue that wreaks havoc across western landscapes, but in other places around the world, including Eurasia, the same species do not pose the same problems.

“It’s a land management issue,” he asserted, noting that raging grassfires and other issues do not follow cheatgrass in Eurasia.

In October 2006, in central Asia cheatgrass is grazed in the spring after their seed drop.

“Cheatgrass becomes very, very palatable in this condition,” he explains.

“Livestock even prefer it over the natives.”

New strategy After looking at the impact of late fall and winter cheatgrass grazing in Europe and Asia, Perryman utilized a herd of cattle on University of Nevada’s land to determine if the strategy would work in the U.S. While they were initially concerned about fuels management to reduce fuel load, Perryman said they saw bigger benefits.

Cheatgrass was grazed from October to mid-

December with the goal of reducing cheatgrass to 100 pounds per acre.

“This is after the typical grazing season,” Perryman notes. “We did this for three consecutive years. In April 2009, the area of the pasture that was un-grazed, resulting in the fuel characteristics that we know.”

“Across the fence where we grazed the cheatgrass, in April 2009 we didn’t see hardly any cheatgrass. It’s there, but it only stands an inch tall with about two seed heads on it,” Perryman said. “All we did was graze cheatgrass in the fall for three consecutive years.”

Looking deeper With only 750 acres grazed in the study, Perryman said his team began to look at the potential for boarder impacts, and they found a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) grazing permit in southeastern Oregon.

The winter grazing permit was infested with cheatgrass and medusahead across 14,000 acres.

“We were using both liquid and block protein supplement to make sure we didn’t have any train wrecks with the cattle,” he added. “We grazed that in the fall of 2012, 2013 and 2014.”

By April 2016, similar results were seen, with nearly a complete elimination of cheatgrass and medusahead by April 2016.

“Cheatgrass loses its competitive advantage if we take away that standing dead litter in the fall.

That’s when cheatgrass and medusahead are germinating and establishing,” he explained. If we take the cover away, the deeprooted perennial grasses are our best weapon against this type of invasive species.”

Everywhere they have utilized the strategy in the Great Basin, where winter-dominant precipitation is seen, researchers have eliminated cheatgrass.

“In areas with spring dominated precip is seen, this strategy will lose some of its efficacy, but in southwest Wyoming and the Wind River Basin, I think we have a lot of room to utilize the strategy,” Perryman said.

Changes in mindset However, the strategy requires both adequate livestock and authorization by the entity that owns the land, which can be a challenge.

“It requires a management paradigm shift,” Perryman said, noting that many people are accustomed to turning out for

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grazing in the spring, then coming home in the summer or fall. “We go out with a rest-rotation or deferred rotations. Think about standing dead litter. Our management has grown more cheatgrass.”

Perryman said that the only thing he would do differently to grow more cheatgrass would be to remove all grazing. Otherwise, leaving standing lit-

ter in a rest rotation system on facilitates cheatgrass growth.

“We have to start looking at the world in a different way,” he emphasized.

“We have to go back out after the end of what we consider to be the traditional grazing season. This is a shift in our management paradigm.”

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“Cheatgrass loses its competitive advantage if we take away that standing dead litter in the fall.” – Barry Perryman, University of Nevada, Reno changes, added Perryman.

“There are all kinds of things that have to be worked out, but what we do know is that this tool works, and it’s something we need to take a hard look at when we talk about the flexibility

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Saige Albert is managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and can be reached at saige@wylr. net.

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Campaign Headquarters Wyomingites gear up for General Election with strong campaigns After a long election season, the General Election is slated for Nov. 6, and candidates in both the Wyoming House of Representatives and Senate are making a final push to advocate for their election.

The Wyoming Livestock Roundup invited all candidates for House and Senate to submit 150 words on their candidacy, including their background and top priorities if elected. The submissions are included below. All candidates are also listed, with their party affiliation. Party affiliation is listed as (R) for Republican, (D) for Democrat, (L) for Libertarian, (I) for Independent and (C) for Consti-

tution Party.

House of Representatives All seats in the House of Representatives are up for election in 2018.

House District 1 – Tyler Lindholm (R) House District 2 – Hans Hunt (R) House District 3 – Eric Barlow (R) House District 4 – Dan Kirkbride (R) House District 5 – Shelly Duncan (R) House District 5 – Joan Brinkley (D) House District 6 – Aaron Clausen (R) House District 7 – Sue Wilson (R) House District 8 – Bob Nicholas (R)

House District 9 – Mitch Guthrie (D) House District 10 – John Eklund (R) House District 10 – Jenefer Pasqua (D) House District 11 – Jared Olsen (R) House District 11 – Calob Taylor (D) House District 12 – Clarence L. Styvar (R) House District 12 – Ryan Lindsey (D) House District 13 – Cathy Connolly (R) House District 14 – Daniel Furphy (R) House District 14 – Lorraine Saulino-Klein (D) Politics today is crippled by our inability to listen to alternative ideas, especially those with whom we disagree. Because I’m committed to listening, I have knocked on the doors of over 1,000 voters – Democrats, Republicans, Independents.

As a nurse with 48 years of experience, I have seen first-hand how unforeseen medical emergencies

and chronic disease destroy families.

Rural America is experiencing a healthcare emergency that will get much worse if the dominant political party acts on their plan to cut Medicaid and Medicare. Faced with reduced federal dollars to reimburse health care costs, rural hospitals and emergency rooms will be forced to close.

I believe access to affordable healthcare is a human right. I believe affordable college degree and job training programs must be available to all – regardless of income.

There is a real choice in this election. Please vote for Lorrain Saulino-Klein for House District #14.

House District 15 – Donald Burkhart (R) House District 16 – Barbara Allen (R) House District 16 – Mike Yin (D) House District 17 – Traci Ciepiela (R) House District 17 – JoAnn Dayton (D)

House District 18 – Thomas D. Crank (R) House District 19 – Danny Eyre (R) House District 20 – Albert Sommers (R) House District 21 – Evan J. Simpson (R) House District 22 – Marti Halverson (R) House District 22 – Jim Roscoe (I) House District 23 – Alex Muromcew (R) House District 23 – Andy Schwartz (D) House District 24 – Sandy Newsome (R) House District 24 – Paul Fees (D) House District 25 – Dan Laursen (R) House District 26 – Jamie Flitner (R) House District 27 – Mike Greear (R) House District 28 – John R. Winter (R) I am John R. Winter, running for House District 28. I graduated from Cody High School and University of Wyoming. Today, I’m the owner/outfitter at Two Ocean Pass Outfitting.

I have worked or owned my own business in Wyoming my entire life. I have worked for and with governmental agencies throughout my career as an outfitter and have a good understanding of that relationship – be it good or negative.

As President of the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, I was directly involved in legislative matters and have a basic knowledge of the legislature. I have a true passion for Wyoming and our way of life.

One of the most important issues facing Wyoming is the federal overreach in the lives of Americans and the lack of respect for states’ rights and our Constitution. I am an advocate for agriculture, small business, natural resources, education and transportation. I am very concerned about our natural resources, energy and wildlife at the state level and hope to use my knowledge to influence more common-sense management.

House District 28 – Howie Samelson (D) House District 29 – Mark S. Kinner (R) House District 30 – Mark Jennings (R) House District 31 – Scott Clem (R) House District 31 – Dave Hardesty (I) House District 32 – Timothy P. Hallinan (R) The major issue is how do we pay for education without raising taxes.

First, we must address the fact that we can expect to deposit $360.8 million per biennium into permanent savings accounts required by the Wyoming Constitution. This is the minimum amount reflective of the recent drop in the value of our minerals.

These two savings accounts – the Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund containing $7.9 billion and the Common School Account containing $3.9 billion –

are robust enough that we no longer need to deposit the $360.8 million into them every two years. This would pretty much cover the school deficit currently.

To do this, we must pass a constitutional amendment.

I will work in the legislature to accomplish this by a twothirds vote. Then, it will be up to the voters to approve the change by a majority vote in the next election.

House District 32 – Chad M. Trebby (I) House District 33 – Jim Allen (R) My name is Jim Allen, and I am running for reelection to a third term in the Wyoming House. I am a rancher and outfitter from Lander. I am conservative and practical. As chairman of the House Travel, Recreation and Wildlife Committee, I am fortunate to work on policies and issues that affect landowners, ranchers, hunters and outfitters.

Wyoming ranchers live and work with wildlife, endangered species, regulations and land use policies that can affect real estate values and the way we run our operations. I cosponsored a bill to compensate livestock owners outside the wolf recovery area for wolf depredation. Our committee deals with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on many issues that are important to livestock owners, and I legislate to protect your property rights and way of life.

Feel free to call me or e-mail anytime. I would appreciate your vote Nov. 6. Thank you.

House District 33 – Andrea Clifford (D) House District 34 – Tim Salazar (R) House District 35 – Joe MacGuire (R) House District 36 – Art Washut (R) House District 36 – Debbie Bovee (D) House District 37 – Steve Harshman (R) House District 38 – Tom Walters (R) My name is Tom Walters, and I have the honor of representing the people of House District 38 in the Wyoming Legislature.

In the upcoming legislative session, I will continue to support agriculture, minerals and the tourism industries. These industries are the backbone to Wyoming’s economy.

Expanding Wyoming’s economy in the areas such as technology, manufacturing, value-added products and many others will be needed to continue moving Wyoming forward in the future.

In the past few years Wyoming has experienced a decline in revenue. During this time, I have worked to make sensible reductions in the budget, while continuing to move Wyoming forward.

Wyoming’s young people are one of its greatest assets. I will continue to support the great education Wyoming youth are receiv-

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Continued from previous page ing. My efforts in the Wyoming Legislature have been and will continue to be, to benefit the citizens and businesses of Wyoming.

Thank you for your support.

House District 39 – Stan Blake (D) House District 40 – Richard L. Tass (R) House District 40 – Chris Schock (I) I’m Chris Schock. I was raised in the Sheridan area and worked on ranches through high school. Then, I went into and served for 20 years in the Air Force. I also graduated from Sheridan College and the University of Wyoming and was the Mayor of Clearmont for one term. In that position, I got a lot of infrastructure updates within the town by getting grants from the State Land and Investment Board.

I serve on many local and state boards. I like to wrap this up with this. The challenge in public leadership is to steer towards a better future but we have to make sure we hold onto everything we love about Wyoming.

House District 41 – Bill Henderson (R) I'm Bill Henderson, running for re-election to House District 41. I’m running to serve people in our district, make sure their voice is heard, represented and concerns resolved.

I want to eliminate costly, unwanted government regulations, protect our resources and diversify to grow Wyoming. Let’s use fiscal common sense and end "blank check" spending.

I want to develop an LSRA (rainy day account) plan, improve healthcare access and provide the best education, vocational and technical training.

With Wyoming roots, I’m a combat veteran with the right education, proven leadership, management and fiscal experience to help tackle our problems.

I would appreciate your vote.

House District 41 – Sean Castaneda (D) House District 42 – Jim Blackburn (R) House District 42 – Juliet Daniels (D) House District 43 – Dan Zwonitzer (R) House District 44 – Paul E. Johnson (R)

House District 44 – Sara Burlingame (D) House District 45 – Roxie Jackson Hensley (R) House District 45 – Charles F. Pelkey (D) House District 46 – Bill Haley (R) I am proud to work on the Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee. Our committee has looked at several challenges affecting the ag community. I have had the opportunity to work with ranchers and farmers statewide, on issues including water banking, legal fences, right to farm, livestock theft, state fair issues and trading federally land locked state school sections for accessible lands that can be leased to livestock producers and earn more income for education.

I was raised on a combination farm and ranch and was the game warden with a reputation of being fair, honest and solving issues with common sense.

These experiences give me an understanding of Wyoming’s ag producers needs and challenges.

I am also on the Travel, Recreation and Wildlife Committee.

My wife Vicki is on the newly created State Fair Board and my daughter Taylor is the Ag teacher in Riverton.

House District 46 – Jackie Grimes (D) House District 47 – Jerry Paxton (R) House District 48 – Clark Stith (R) House District 49 – Garry Piiparinen (R) House District 50 – David Northrup (R) House District 50 – Mike Specht (D) I am running for the Wyoming House District 50 seat because I do not believe in a boom-and-bust economy. I believe that Wyoming needs to diversify our economy by adding more jobs that take our raw products and turn them into finished, value-added products.

I believe that we need to invest more, not less, in education. We cannot keep our young people in the state or attract new workers if we will not offer an education that will make them competitive in the world.

I believe that we need to address our tax structure

so that those corporations and investors that are paying outrageously inflated prices for our land are taxed at the rate they paid instead of the ag rate. Until we do, those trying to make their living in agriculture will not be able to compete for new land.

House District 51 – Cyrus Western (R) House District 52 – William “Bill” Pownall (R) House District 53 – Roy Edwards (R) House District 54 – Lloyd Charles Larsen (R) House District 54 – Mark Calhoun (D) House District 55 – David R. Miller (R) House District 55 – Bethany Baldes (L) House District 56 – Jerry Obermueller (R) House District 57 – Chuck Gray (R) House District 57 – Jane Ifland (D) House District 58 – Patrick “Pat” Sweeney (R) House District 59 – Bunky Loucks (R) House District 59 – Laurie L. Lontine (D) House District 60 – John L. Freeman (D) Senate In 2018, senators in odd-numbered districts are up for election.

Senate District 1 – Ogden Driskill (R) Senate District 3 – Cheri E. Steinmetz (R) Senate District 3 – Marci Shaver (D) Born in Rawlins and raised all around Wyoming, I am a proud citizen of the Equality State. My late husband was career Navy, so our family – one son and one daughter – accompanied him on both coasts, to Europe and to Hawaii. We came home when he retired a few years ago.

Wyoming faces gigantic challenges the next few years. Because of our crippling reliance on legacy fuels to power our economy, we are going to be caught with our pants down if we don’t face the facts head on and find other sources of revenue. Farmers and ranchers need to know what’s coming and how to cope with the probability of more severe summer storms, more and worse wild fires, new diseases and bugs, devastating heat waves.

We need people in the Legislature who are as aware of this as the insur-

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ance companies that insure our crops are. I am one such person.

Senate District 5 – Lynn Hutchings (R) Senate District 7 – Stephan A. Pappas (R) Senate District 9 – Chris Rothfuss (D) Senate District 11 – Larry Hicks (R) As the incumbent running for Senate District 11, my priorities include restoring fiscal sensibility to the Wyoming budget. We have a $500 structural deficit in the budget that was passed, meaning we did a one-tie diversion, borrowing heavily from savings accounts.

This strategy is not sustainable without an increase in tax revenue. I hope to bring some fiscal sanity back to the process.

I’m current chairman of Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee, and have a background in production agriculture. My education is from the University of Wyoming and Montana State University, and I have spent the last 27 years working on natural resource issues in the state of Wyoming.

Senate District 11 – Lee Ann Stephenson (D) Senate District 13 – Tom James (R) Senate District 13 – John M. Hastert (D) Senate District 13 – Ted L. Barney (I) Senate District 15 – Wendy Davis Schuler (R) My name is Wendy Davis Schuler. I am a fifth generation resident of Wyoming and was raised in Mountain View on our family's ranch that my greatgreat-grandfather homesteaded. We operated a con-

struction company, which further honed my work ethic. I attended the University of Wyoming where I competed for the Cowgirls in multiple sports and began teaching high school in Lyman and then finished my teaching career at Evanston High School. I have been active in the community, and I'm just finishing my eighth year on the Evanston City Council. My husband Rick is the District Ranger and we have raised our four children here.

My goals are to represent both the residents of Uinta County and Wyoming the best I can by working hard and keeping that shared way of life and culture we love about Wyoming as a priority.

Senate District 17 – Kate Mead (R) Senate District 17 – Mike Gierau (D) Senate District 19 – RJ Kost (R) Senate District 21 – Bo Biteman (R) Senate District 21 – Hollis Hackman (D) I am Hollis Hackman, candidate for Senate District 21, and I believe a state legislature should serve the greater good and protect quality of life for all of its citizens equally, not a select few or special interests. If elected, I will work for the people of Sheridan County, not some special interest group. A lifelong public servant, I actively served in the U.S. Army, Nebraska Army National Guard and worked for 27 years at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sheridan. I am also a devoted outdoorsman, providing professional guide services for a local outfitter, and I am a member of

the American Legion Local Post 0007. My wife Jeanne, a retired teacher, and I reside in Sheridan.

Senate District 23 – Jeff Wasserburger (R) Senate District 25 – Cale Case (R) Wyoming's ability to provide government services with a relatively low tax burden on our citizens is jeopardized by declining demand for carbon-based mineral in an increasingly global-warming conscious world. Concurrently, Wyoming is experiencing an explosion in wind energy development that is fundamentally changing the character of our landscape and providing little economic benefit to our citizens.

Wind energy feeder lines, developed through the use of eminent domain, will impact private property.

Last session, I proposed a bill to restrict the use of eminent domain for these lines, a proposal actively supported by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association.

An increased tax on wind-generated electricity will be more than 90 percent paid by consumers in states where the citizens are demanding more renewable power and reduce our dependence on the mineral industry. A higher tax will also compensate our present and future citizens for the permanent severance of our landscapes’ magnificent viewsheds and fund necessary services.

Senate District 27 – Bill Landen (R) Senate District 29 – Drew Perkins (R) For complete information on the 2018 General Election, visit soswy.state. wy.us/elections.

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TRADE continued from page 1 Malting Company of Pine Bluffs traveled across Taiwan’s capitol city visiting wholesalers, grocers, import companies, meat processors and restaurants with Wyoming newly hired International Trade Representative Chester Chu. Chu was responsible for initiating the meetings as part of his role.

The Wyoming Business Council says, “Chu’s presence in Taiwan will help Wyoming raise the profile of its products – including agriculture, minerals and manufactured goods – to the 23.5 million people in Taiwan.”

In addition, the group also participated in officially opening the Wyoming-Asia Pacific Trade Office, where Wyoming’s trade efforts with Taiwan will be based.

Continued efforts While Chu’s initial trade mission was marked in 2018, Gov. Mead made his third trip to Taiwan at the same time continuing to build relationships established earlier in his tenure as Governor.

Magagna says, “This was my second trip, and it was the Governor’s third.

We were able to walk into meeting with people we knew and had met pre-

viously, either when we came here the last time or when the Taiwanese delegation visited Wyoming this summer.”

“Just doing business with anyone, one of the first key elements is building a relationship,” he continues.

In addition to continuing to build relationships, Magagna also noted that the delegation worked forward on making a fullscale trading relationship with Taiwan a reality.

“In the past, we have focused on what we could do and what the potential was,” he explained, “but we’re not just getting acquainted anymore.

We’re making things happen.”

Beef efforts As it relates to beef specifically, Magagna says Wyoming beef was the star of the trip, starting with the opening event.

“During the first night, we served Wyoming beef from Val Murray and Murraymere Farms in Powell,” he explains. “She was the perfect ambassador for our industry.”

The beef was prepared and served at the host hotel restaurant, which also committed to serving Wyoming beef for the next year. The Wyoming Business Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the hotel to serve exclusively Wyoming beef.

“While an MOU is not a binding contract, the hotel is very willing to work under the agreement and specify what they need,” Magagna comments. “Now, the burden is on us to provide that product.”

Exports To export beef to Taiwan, the product must come from a USDA inspected plant that is certified for export to Taiwan.

“Most parts of the beef can be exported to Taiwan, with a few exceptions for parts like the tongue,” Magagna explains. “They will also not allow the import of ground beef.”

However, Taiwanese

“I always leave Taiwan with the feeling that it’s a great place to do business.” – Jim Magagna, Wyoming Stock Growers Association importers can purchase U.S. beef trimmings and make their own ground products from Wyoming’s beef trim.

“They are looking for a pretty straightforward product,” he says.

Wyoming necessities The most significant part of Wyoming’s role in beef exports is meeting the capacity of Taiwan’s needs. To reach that point, Magagna notes that more processing will be necessary.

To send an appropriate amount of beef to Taiwan for the October 2018 trip, special agreements with large-scale processors had to be made, but moving forward, Magagna notes that increasing the amount of processing in the state will be paramount.

“In reality, to make a relationship to export beef to Taiwan meaningful, we must get more significant processing in Wyoming,” explains Magagna, noting that increased capacity may come in the form of either expansion of small processing plants or building new plants. “The challenge in the short-term is to identify cattle that are ready to be processed at the right time.”

As they look at processing options, Magagna cites a Wyoming Business Council proposal to analyze the potential for larger-scale processing in the state that has been tabled before final approval after meeting some resistance from the private sector.

“The proposal is being given further consideration – and perhaps modification – before we hope to see some movement on the study,” Magagna comments.

Looking forward As he looks at the future of a trading relationship with Taiwan, Magagna is positive.

“The people are always great, and it’s an extremely friendly country,” he notes. “Everyone we meet with – from the president of the country down to the staff at hotels and restaurants – are tremendously friendly and polite.”

Magagna comments, “I always leave Taiwan with the feeling that it’s a great place to do business.”

Saige Albert is managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and can be reached at saige@ wylr.net.

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Northern International Livestock Exposition draws Wyomingites with top livestock Billings, Mont. – For 10 days every October, the Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) brings livestock from across the country to MetraPark in Billings, Mont. for the highest quality competition.

In the first half of the NILE, Wyomingites have performed at the highest levels, including at the event’s annual ranch rodeo.

During the 11th Annual Farstad Oil Ranch Rodeo Finals, Bootheel 7 Ranch from Lusk won the event for the second year in a row.

Andrew Wasserburger, Eric Wasserburger, Lance Hladky and Lane Hageman consistently scored high in each of the events.

Hladky rode for 76 points that earned them third place in the Ranch Bronc Riding. They loaded their three cows the fastest in the Team Trailering earning them first place in that event. In their strongest event, Bootheel 7, won the Team Branding with a time of 37.5 seconds – a 10-second margin on all the other teams. They came up second in Team Doctoring, just barely winning first.

Luckily, they had a good lead going into Wild Cow Milking because they placed eighth.

Overall, the team had 40 points to take home the trophy.

Results from the first several days of livestock shows are listed below.

Oct. 15 Junior Fed Goat Show Reserve Grand Senior

Champion Showman – Saige Ward, Laramie Reserve Grand Beginner Champion Showman – Blair Sanchez, Bear River Junior Fed Swine Show Grand Champion Market – Robert Choma, Thayne Grand Champion Beginner Showman – Memphis Dolcater, Riverton Club Calf Show and Heifer Futurity Reserve Grand Champion Heifer – Tag 348, OCC 811, Sired by Renegade, Exhibited

by Outlaw Cattle Co., Powell Club Calf Pen Show Reserve Grand Champion Pen of Three Steers – Herring Angus, Encampment Futurity Heifers Fourth Place Futurity Heifer – Animal 354, Exhibited by Brice White, Laramie Oct. 16 AOB Show Open AOB Grand Champion Male – R-C Proud Freckles 602, Sired by R-C WG Damn Proud, Ehxibited by R-C Show Cattle and Outlaw Cattle Co., Powell Junior Fed Lamb Show Reserve Grand Champion Market – Garrett Burkett, Evansville Grand Champion Junior Showman – Brayson Burch, Casper Reserve Grand Champion Junior Showman – Garrett Burkett, Evansville Reserve Grand Beginner Champion Showman – Kendall Burch, Casper

Get the latest results from the Northern International Livestock Exposition at thenile.org.

Shorthorn Show Junior ShorthornPlus Grand Champion Female – RTW Spice, Sired by Alta Cedar Storm 27Z, Exhibited by Reese West, Laramie Open Shorthorn Grand Champion Female – RTW Sugar, Sired by Alta Cedar Storm 27Z, Exhibited by Reese West, Laramie Open ShorthornPlus Grand Champion Female – OCC The Good Witch R 81, Sired by OCC Renegade 502, Exhibited by Outlaw Cattle Co., Powell Junior Fed Steer Show Reserve Grand Champion Market – Kody Foley, Cheyenne Reserve Grand Senior Champion Showman – Saige Ward, Laramie Reserve Grand Junior Champion Showman – Jhett West, Sheridan Oct. 17 Texas Longhorn Show Junior Texas Longhorn

Grand Champion Female – Wyo Silver, Exhibited by Ryan Johnson, Big Horn Junior Texas Longhorn Reserve Grand Champion Female – Bewitched 81, Exhibited by Ryan Johnson, Big Horn Junior Texas Longhorn Grand Champion Bull – Johnny Reb 88, Exhibited by Ryan Johnson, Big Horn Junior Texas Longhorn Grand Champion Steer – The Piano Man, Exhibited by Ryan Johnson, Big Horn Open Texas Longhorn Grand Champion NonHaltered Female – Full Moon 68, Daniel Tadewald, Van Tassell Open Texas Longhorn Reserve Grand Champion Non-Haltered Female – Etta 71, Tammy Delyea, Douglas Open Texas Longhorn Grand Champion Hal-

tered Female – Aunt Jemima 012, Exhibited

by Toby Johnson, Big Horn Open Texas Longhorn Reserve Grand Champion Haltered Female – Black Betty 82, Exhibited by Toby Johnson, Big Horn Open Texas Longhorn Grand Champion Haltered Mature Female – Dixieland Delight 72, Exhibited by Toby Johnson, Big Horn Open Texas Longhorn Grand Champion Non-Haltered Mature Female – 5 Claira Female, Exhibited

by Tammy Delyea, Douglas Open Texas Longhorn Grand Champion Steer – BN Jim Reeves, Exhibited by Toby Johnson, Big Horn Open Texas Longhorn Reserve Grand Champion Steer – Flat Iron, Exhibited by Daniel

Tadewald, Van Tassell Open Texas Longhorn Grand Champion Bull – General Lee Hot Stuff, Exhibited

by Tammy Delyea, Douglas Open Texas Longhorn Reserve Grand Champion Bull – Johnny Reb 88, Exhibited by Toby Johnson, Big Horn Commercial Heifer Classic Pen Show Commercial Heifer Reserve Grand Champion Pen of Three – K2 Red Angus, Wheatland Look for more results and photos from the NILE in next week’s Roundup.

Saige Albert, managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, compiled these results from thenile.org and press releases. Did we miss someone? E-mail the information and a photo to roundup@wylr.net or text 307-254-2473.

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WIA continued from page 1 management but found herself continually drawn to an old hobby of hers – playing the guitar.

A dream worth pursuing Despite her passion for cattle and the ranch she grew up on, Nelson has a musical ability that has the potential to take her places. She has been dabbling with singing, songwriting and playing her guitar throughout her entire life, and it is quickly shifting from the status of hobby to a career.

Over the past year, Nelson has found herself performing at numerous breweries, bars and local events across Montana and Wyoming.

On top of that, she won third place out of 75 competitors at the Wyoming Singer-Songwriter competition this past summer.

This was a major accomplishment for Nelson, considering that she

has never received any sort of vocal or acoustic training, and she very recently started writing her own songs. While singing and songwriting comes naturally to her, she doesn’t take any of the credit for it.

“It feels like a gift, and it would be selfish if I kept it to myself,” says Nelson.

Taking a leap Right now, Nelson is living at the ranch and writing music at the same time. But, she feels as though it might be time to move away and pursue this dream.

“It’s getting to the point where I think I need to leave the ranch, so I can have some more music opportunities,” says Nelson.

She is currently planning to move to Sheridan in the coming months in pursuit of recording prospects.

One might think that

Nelson would feel a world of pressure to stay at the ranch instead of moving away, but that simply isn’t the case. Her family is entirely supportive of her pursuing her dreams.

“They have been super encouraging. They’ve told me they are going to miss me but that I have to go chase my dreams,” she described.

However, Nelson is committed to not losing track of who she is or where she came from.

Songs of truth “I don’t ever want to lose that agriculture part of me,” says Nelson.

Nelson has been deeply involved in the ag industry outside of her family’s ranch. She represented Wyoming FFA as a state officer in high school, where she had the chance to collaborate with other youth and industry professionals in both education and advocation.

So, even though Lacy is seeking a career in the music industry, she hasn’t

stopped talking about agriculture and what it means to her.

“Not a lot of people get to experience life on a ranch or life in agriculture, so I try to tell the story of my life in a way that is accessible,” Nelson explained.

While she doesn’t have a specific agenda when she writes songs, she has found that many people are able to relate to or learn from the experiences she sings about.

“My songs are just a page ripped out of a day in my life,” says Nelson after describing how many people have felt a strong connection to her song, “Grandad’s Dresser Drawers,” where she talks about everything she has learned about her grandfather since moving into his old house at the ranch.

In other songs, like “Good Woman Back at Home” or “Lonely at Lonetree,” she talks about relationships and life experiences that come along with

Ranch life – Lacy Nelson cherishes ranch life, and she uses her daily activity as inspiration for her songs. Courtesy photo

her lifestyle.

Nelson sings about ranch life because that is what she knows best and what she loves most. When people listen to her songs and are able to make some sort of connection to them, it’s an extra perk.

Looking forward Nelson is looking forward to the change that will come with moving away from the ranch to find recording opportunities, but she won’t be gone forever.

“The plan is to do music for a while until I get sick of it and then come back to the ranch,” Nelson comments.

In the future, she hopes to turn the Orchard Ranch into a fully self-sustained operation with “milk cows, bees, goats and a big greenhouse.”

Nelson described how her family has to drive over an hour-and-a-half to get to the nearest grocery store to get a gallon of milk or “fresh” produce that isn’t the quality she would like to see. For Nelson, bringing this level of self-sus-

tainability to the ranch would be her major contribution.

“I feel like I need to bring something back, because I can’t just come back and rely on the ranch to take care of me,” said Nelson.

On top of that, she plans to jump right back into the day-to-day work grind that comes with ranching.

“When we’re vaccinating, tagging or shipping, I’m right there in the middle of it. I absolutely love to be around the cattle, absolutely love it,” explains Nelson.

She also looks forward to learning more from her mother, April, who handles the book work and bills for the ranch, because without her, “the place would not be running.” These are all responsibilities that Nelson is excited and prepared to embrace when she returns to the ranch.

Terra Ochsner is a correspondent for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

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

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Saddle fit common problem among horses, results in performance John Ismay says one of the more common problems he sees at his veterinary practice is horses who won’t perform due to saddle fit. The Sturgis, S.D. veterinarian says that simply educating horse owners about proper saddle fit has helped the problem.

“People are becoming more educated because they can look up anything on the internet. The problem is figuring out what is true and what isn’t,” he explains.

Saddle fit Ismay tells horse enthusiasts at the Black Hills Horse Expo that every saddle doesn’t fit every horse.

“The saddle needs to allow for lateral flexion,” he explains.

The tree also needs to fit.

“The tree will rub on the withers of the horse, making it sore. We cannot put enough padding on the horse to correct for that,” he says.

Ismay recommends two saddle blankets, with one made from cotton and another made from wool, placed on top of it, especially if someone is riding a horse all day. Padding the horse with several saddle blankets or pads is never the answer, he continues.

“Padding under the saddle is done to prevent the saddle from digging into the shoulder, and allows for movement in the scapula,” he explains.

At his veterinary practice, Ismay can thermally image a horse to determine where there is heat, which tells him if the saddle is fitting properly. Thermal imaging is very accurate, Ismay explains of the procedure.

He comments, “It will find the hot spots where there is pressure.”

Saddles variation Randy Aldrich, a professional saddlemaker who has made more than 1,000 saddles, says, “If the horse’s back is happy and pain-free, the rider will be happy.”

Aldrich says the type of saddle a horse needs can be dependent on if the rider is using it all day, every day or just on weekends.

Fitting a saddle properly can be difficult, but Aldrich says to start by examining the withers, determining the flatness of the back and its straightness compared to the tree. He explains it is simple to tell if a tree will

fit the horse, but once the tree becomes a saddle, it is nearly impossible to get a perfect fit.

“We want the horse to carry the saddle with the weight on its ribs,” he explains. “There is a difference between contact and pressure, with there being some contact with the bars.”

Providing an example Ismay brought a few of his own horses to the presentation, so Aldrich could show the audience how to determine if the saddle is a close fit.

Aldrich examined each horse pointing out the width and flatness of its back and the width of the withers. He then placed different trees on each horse’s back, pointing out what to look for.

One saddle that didn’t fit properly had a lot of rock in the back of the saddle.

“A tree with too much rock, after riding down a trail all day, will make the horse sore in the shoulders, loin and ribs,” he says.

“When we are looking for a saddle that fits, find one that fits in the gullet. But keep in mind the gullet width is only one portion of whether the saddle fits.”

“The bar pattern, which includes the shape of the bar and the angle of where the bar fits onto the fork, is also important,” he says.

Trees have different angles.

“What we are looking for in a bare tree fit is contact over the withers and through the back,” he continues. “If the saddle doesn’t fit properly, that is what causes the white spots over the withers.”

“The saddle can also be too wide, not making contact or not wide enough and making white spots lower on the withers,” he adds.

Bars Aldrich tells the crowd that it is important to know what the saddle has for bars, bar type and gullet.

“Once we know that, we can look at the horse’s back and make an educated guess as to whether or not the saddle will fit,” Aldrich explains. “The extremes are easy to spot, but close fits are more difficult.”

“We can’t tell whether a saddle fits based on the gullet,” he continues. “We have to know if the bar fits, which is impossible to see with a finished saddle. It is easier to see looking at a bare tree.”

FB: Livestock is sustainable Livestock operations in Illinois are environmentally sustainable economic engines that keep young people from fleeing the state.

Those broad pronouncements represent the main findings of what agriculture and trade group officials call the first-ever comprehensive review of livestock farms in Illinois and how they operate within the state’s regulatory framework.

Lauren Lurkins, director of natural and environmental resources at the Illinois Farm Bureau, co-authored the Illinois Livestock Farms 2018 report in response to “undue criticism by a vocal minority.”

“We need to keep people in Illinois, that’s our main goal,” Lurkins said. “We want people to know we have a robust regulatory environment and it’s effective.”

“But, we can get an idea if it fits by feeling under the gullet to see if the saddle is making contact. Then feel under the back of the saddle to see if it is making contact,” he adds.

Ismay notes that people can run their hand under the saddle to see if there is contact with the shoulder blade.

“We can run our hands under the bars and evaluate the contact to see how it fits,” he says.

Sitting properly How someone sits in a saddle is as important as if it fits the horse.

Aldrich says it’s important to sit in the saddle properly and be balanced with the horse.

“The horse will shorten or elongate to its gait. If we sit in the center of the seat in a straight line, shoulder to hip to heel, it will help the

saddle position correctly,” he explains. “A lot of times, people will get the saddle way to far forward on the withers.”

“The cinch should go around the heart girth, if the saddle is positioned correctly. As the horse moves, the saddle can adjust itself,” he notes.

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

Fitting the saddle – Randy Aldrich points out where to position the tree when fitting a saddle. Gayle Smith photo

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OBITUARIES

David Daniel “Dan” Zier

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

July 29, 1937 – Oct. 2, 2018

Michael Myron “Mike” Jarvis Feb. 14, 1953 – Oct. 14, 2018

Michael “Mike” Myron Jarvis, 65, died on Oct. 14.

Mike was born on Feb. 14, 1953 in Thermopolis, son of Myron C. and Betty Jean (Comes) Jarvis. While growing up in the Hidden Valley area, Mike attended and graduated from the Shoshoni High School. He then attended Wyo Tech, where he studied auto mechanics.

On July 20, 1974, Mike married Paula M. Fabrizius in Riverton. In the years to follow, they welcomed three boys, David, Mac and Beau. The boys inherited their love of the land and family from both parents.

Mike worked as a mechanic for a while in Casper before he became a farmer and rancher at the Herschel Roberts place.

Eventually, Mike purchased his land, and it is where he and Paula raised their three

boys. Mike operated Mike Jarvis Trucking and Jarvis Farms along with his boys where he logged endless, miles hauling home-grown crops throughout Wyoming and surrounding states. He resided at his Hidden Valley home for the remainder of his life.

Mike enjoyed spending his time outdoors hunting, fishing, camping, flying and, most of all, ice fishing.

He also loved visiting with his friends and swapping fish stories. He took pride in furnishing “The Cabin” to accommodate his hunting and fishing buddies. He will always be remembered for his pig roasts, contagious smile, infectious laugh, larger than life stories and bib overalls. There was no such thing as a stranger to Mike.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Shoshoni and was retired from the Missouri Valley Fire Dept.

Throughout his life, Mike received many awards for his hard work and dedication on the family farm and involvement in the community.

He was preceded in death by his wife Paula in

2011; father Myron; and wife’s parents Alfred and Eleanore Fabrizius.

Survivors include his mother Betty Jarvis; sons David (Emily) Jarvis, Mac (Amanda) Jarvis and Beau (Codi) Jarvis all of Shoshoni; brother Greg (Kathleen) Jarvis; sisters Peggy (Jim) Blaha of Sheridan and Jane (Eldon) Buell of Sheridan; grandchildren Brooke, Dominic, Aiden, Mayce, Averie, Brody and Braden Jarvis; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 23 at Missouri Valley Fire Hall with Pastor Echo Klaproth officiating.

Cremation has taken place under the direction of Davis Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Missouri Valley Fire Department in care of Davis Funeral Home, 2203 West Main Street, Riverton, WY 82501.

Online obituaries are available and condolences for the family may be made at thedavisfuneralhome. com.

Services are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.

David Daniel “Dan” Zier went to be with his Lord and Savior on Oct. 2.

Dan was born July 29, 1937, in Bridger, Mont., to parents Katherine (Reichert) and Henry Zier, who were immigrants from Dietel, Russia. He was baptized Jan. 1, 1938. Dan was the 12th of 13 children.

He went 12 years of

schooling to Bridger School, where he graduated in 1956.

He met Betty Jean Parker in first grade. On Sept. 12, 1957, they were joined in marriage.

Dan loved the Lord, his family, his horses and his cows. He began working in the oil fields early on but quickly turned to ranching full-time. He grew sugarbeets in Powell and ranched in Roberts. Dan ranched his whole life, both in Wyoming and Montana.

Dan enjoyed finding a good bargain at auctions.

He had reserve No. 44 at the Musser Brothers. He loved hunting and fishing trips in the Beartooths.

Dan was preceded in death by his father and mother; and siblings Lizzie Bird Town, Amelia Zier, Fred Zier, Kay Lazard,

Louise Sekora and Clare Marchessani.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years Jean; daughter Dana Zier (Chris Konz) Peggy (Steve) Gannon; son Christopher (Sue) Zier; grandchildren Parker, Matthew, Margaret and Regan Zier, Emily, Jessy and Izaack Zier, Paige, Marissa, Leah and Steven Zier; great-grandchildren Mya, Theodore, Piper and Abby; his siblings George Zier, Lydia (Connie) Kercher, Lillian Wood, Dorothy Strickland, Eva “Bubbles” Picket and Richard Zier; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Please dedicate memorials to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Powell or St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bridger, Mont

Trump targets food waste in U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the signing of a joint agency formal agreement under the Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative.

The agreement is aimed at improving coordination and communication across federal agencies attempting to better educate Americans on the impacts and importance of reducing food loss and waste.

Signing the joint agency agree-

ment were U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30 to 40 percent of the food supply. This figure, based on estimates from USDA’s Economic Research Service of 31 percent food loss at the retail and consumer levels, corresponded to approximately 133 billion pounds and $161 billion worth of food in 2010.

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It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

Signs of a Stroke

One of the signs you’re getting old is AARP and the American Heart Association send you pamphlets warning about the signs of a heart attack or stroke.

Trust me, it’s not junk mail, nor is it anything to laugh at. Although, I’m often seen rolling on the floor these days, it’s not from laughter but because I fell and can’t get up.

Here are some signs I had.

I can’t remember words. That might not be a problem for a hot house hog janitor, but I’m a writer and words are my meal ticket. Sometimes it’s simple words, like when I called to my wife, “What’s that color that’s real dark?”

She correctly replied, “Black.”

I couldn’t walk. After breakfast on Thanksgiving morning I got up, or at least I tried to. I took one step and did a face plant on the floor. My entire left side went to sleep and wouldn’t wake up. I now walk with a cane or walker, bounce off walls and do things contortionists in Vegas can’t duplicate. To the untrained eye it looks like I’ve had waaaaay too much to drink. I wish.

I’m grounded. My wife won’t let me drive or go anywhere. Now, I know what those turtles on top of fence posts in Nebraska feel like. I think I could drive, but my wife is afraid I’ll kill someone or harm our reputation if any of the townspeople see me trying to walk a white line.

I’m suddenly stupid.

I always took pride in my smarts. I was a straight A student and finished college in three years. My wife insists that my intelligence was the main reason she married me. It couldn’t have been my looks or my last name.

Now, I can’t even remember yesterday, and a column that used to take me three hours to write now takes three days. I feel dumber than a Southdown sheep and suspect my IQ is a negative number.

I shake worse than a cat trying to pass a peach pit and jerk so hard I give myself whiplash. Once at the supper table, my arm involuntarily jerked straight up like it did in the fifth grade when Mr. Foss, my history teacher, would ask a question and throw some candy to whoever answered it the fastest. I

SALE REPORTS The Berry’s Annual Hereford Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Oct. 15, 2018 The Berry’s Hereford Ranch Cheyenne Auctioneer: Joe Goggins 52 Two-Year-Old Hereford Bulls Avg. $4,274 Top Sellers Lot 41 – B 5044 Marshall 41 – Price: $8,750 DOB: 4/5/17 Sire: HH Advance 5044C ET Dam’s Sire: B Dominator 7002 EPDs: BW: +2.8, WW: +55, YW: +65, Milk: +27 and M&G: +55 Buyer: Schaffer Livestock, Rock River Lot 22 – B Goldon Ratio 22E – Price: $7,000 DOB: 3/29/17 Sire: CL 1 Domino 589C Dam’s Sire: B World Class 1 EPDs: BW: +4.0, WW: +60, YW: +89, Milk: +26 and M&G: +56 Buyer: Bed Tick Ranch, Douglas Lot 74 – B Uptown Boy 74 – Price: $7,000 DOB: 5/21/17 Sire: GH Uptown Domino 117C Dam’s Sire: SR Saga 1156 EPDs: BW: +7.3, WW: +658, YW: +111, Milk: +29 and M&G: +63 Buyer: Chris Gentry, Hyannis, Neb. Lot 36 – B Golden Ratio 36E – Price: $6,250 DOB: 4/2/17 Sire: B CL 1 Domino 589C Dam’s Sire: UPS Desert Gold 4007 EPDs: BW: +3.1, WW: +57, YW: +86, Milk: +25 and M&G: +54 Buyer: Chris Gentry, Hyannis, Neb. Lot 3 – B Sensational 3 – Price: $6,000 DOB: 3/15/17 Sire: Churchill Sensation 028X Dam’s Sire: CL 1 Domino 314A EPDs: BW: -0.6, WW: +45, YW: +72, Milk: +41 and M&G: +64 Buyer: Graves Ranch, Wheatland Lot 4 – B 5044 Domino 4 – Price: $6,000 DOB: 3/15/17 Sire: HH Advance 5044C ET Dam’s Sire: CL 1 Domino 314A EPDs: BW: +1.9, WW: +55, YW: +87, Milk: +32 and M&G: +59 Buyer: Schaffer Livestock, Rock River

learned a lot of history that year but gained 10 pounds and had three cavities.

My wife won’t let me go to any auctions now because she’s afraid I’ll accidentally buy a load of steers or a Louis the XIV fainting couch. My neurologist said he wouldn’t worry about the jerking and seizures, and I wouldn’t either if I were him.

I’m taking two dozen pills daily, and the pharmacist and I are on a firstname basis. I have so many reward points built up at Rite Aid I think I could probably buy the company.

Two side effects of a stroke are, you start meeting lots of kooky people and feel lighter in the wallet. The kooks are the doctors. I had one female neurologist who carried her tools of the trade with her in a purse like she only had her office rented until noon. Another insisted I have an MRI, even though

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they already knew it was a stroke. The MRI concluded, “Sure enough dummy, you had a stroke.

That will be $3,500. Thank you very much.”

I get dizzy and see four of everything. That might be fun if I was looking at Miss January but not if I’m sorting cattle. I suspect the dizziness is caused by all the drugs I’m taking, which raises an interesting question. Do I want to die by

“Trust me, it’s not junk mail, nor is it anything to laugh at.” – Lee Pitts an overdose or by getting run over by a 2,000-pound bull in the sorting alley?

I got little red spots around my mouth. I thought it was a rash, but it turned out to be stab marks where I missed my mouth with my fork.

I didn’t write this to make light of having a stroke. On the con-

trary, I’m suggesting you pay attention to the warnings because if you get to a hospital soon enough, they can give you a shot that will lessen the damage.

I also wrote this as a reminder for you to appreciate all the little things in life you take for granted. I know I did.

MDOL releases new brucellosis rules The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) has adopted changes to rules affecting vaccination requirements and the boundary of the Designated Surveillance Area (DSA).

The newly adopted brucellosis vaccination rule mandates that eligible animals in 10 Montana counties must be vaccinated against brucellosis. The change requires that all sexually intact female cattle and domestic bison 12 months of age or older in Beaverhead, Big Horn, Broadwater, Carbon, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison, Park, Stillwater and Sweet Grass counties must be brucello-

sis vaccinated.

Prior to this rulemaking, only cattle and domestic bison in Gallatin, Madison, Park and Beaverhead counties were required to be vaccinates. This rule includes cattle that enter any of these counties for seasonal grazing.

Beyond the addition of new counties, the rule also moves away from Dec. 1 as the cutoff date for completion of vaccination and no longer specifies that animals be calf-hood vaccinates. This gives producers more options for the management of replacement heifers and allows animals to be vaccinated as adults.

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CALENDAR

Nov. 9

Leachman Cattle of Colorado Red and White Sale, Leachman Bull Barn, Fort Collins, Colo., 970-568-3983, leachman.com

Nov. 10

Rocky Mountain Angus Association Golden Opportunity Angus Sale, Weber County Fairgrounds Auction Arena, Ogden, Utah, 916-837-3095, 801-540-6818

Nov. 11

The Wyoming Angus Association Eighth Annual Wyoming Select Female Sale, Casper, College, Casper, 307-630-4604, wyomingangus.org

Nov. 12

Mohican West Bull Sale, at the ranch, Laurel, Mont., 406-633-2600, 406633-2810, mohicanpolledherefords.com

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

Sept. 22 – Oct. 31 Oct. 22

Oct. 23

Oct. 24

Oct. 24-26 Nov. 1 Nov. 2-3 Nov. 3

EVENTS

Green Acres Corn Maze, Casper. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and weekdays by appointment. For more information, visit greenacrescornmaze.net or call 307-797-8796.

U.S. Forest Service Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Sage Grouse Plan Amendments Meeting, Cheyenne, Laramie County Community College Pathfinder Building, 4-7 p.m. For more information, contact Sandra Underhill at 307-777-6087 or John Shivik at 801-625-5667 or johnashivik@fs.fed.us.

U.S. Forest Service Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Sage Grouse Plan Amendments Meeting, Pinedale, Pinedale Public Library, 4-7 p.m. For more information, contact Sandra Underhill at 307-777-6087 or John Shivik at 801-625-5667 or johnashivik@fs.fed. us.

ICOW and Wyoming Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Gubernatorial Candidate Debate, Riverton, Central Wyoming College, 5-10 p.m. Contact Judy McCullough at jmccullough@collinscom.net or Bobby Giesse at wyocattle@hughes.net to submit questions or for more information.

2018 Wyoming Water Association Annual Meeting and Education Seminar, Laramie, Holiday Inn. Visit wyomingwater.org, call 307-7061377 or e-mail radona@wyomingwater.org for more information.

Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board Meeting, Teleconference, 9 a.m. For an agenda or call-in instructions, visit wyadmb. com or call 307-777-6781.

ICOW Annual Meeting, Casper, Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center. Visit icowwy.org.

The Great American Cowboy PRCA Rodeo, Casper, Central Wyoming Fairground Arena, 7 p.m. For tickets and more information, call 307-259-1674 or visit tributetogac.org.

SALES Oct. 22

J&L Livestock Montana Angus Female Bonanza XV, PAYS, Billings, Mont., 406-861-5664, 406-200-1880

Oct. 23

Strang Herefords and Black Angus 39th Annual Sale, at the ranch, Meeker, Colo., 970-270-4445, 970-270-9599, strangherefords.com

Oct. 24

Micheli Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Ft. Bridger, 307-780-8232, 307-747-7786, 307-747-3897, micheliranch.com

Oct. 28

Horse Sale, Gordon Livestock Market, Gordon, Neb., 308-282-1171, 308-282-9998, 308-360-0427, gordonlivestock.dvauction.com

Nov. 1

5L Red Angus Profit $eeker Bull Sale, at the ranch, Sheridan, Mont., 877-552-8557, 5lredangus.com, 5lbulls.com

Nov. 1

Obsidian Angus Private Treaty Sale, at the ranch, Meeteetse, 307272-4911, 307-868-2595, greatbearreflection.com

Nov. 3

Wooden Shoe Farms Angus and Polled Hereford Sale, at the ranch, Blackfoot, Idaho, 208-684-5252, 208-604-0235, 208-681-4169

Nov. 8-10

Sinclair Cattle Company Frustration Free Internet Sale, 307-2541477, sinclaircattle.com

Nov. 9

Rees Brothers 31st Annual Fall Production Sale, at the ranch, Morgan, Utah, 801-668-8613, 801-949-8960, 801-913-5747, reescattle.com

Nov. 9

Ludvigson Stock Farms Fall Herdbuilder Bull and Female Sale, Weschenfelder Development Center, Shepherd, Mont., 406-5344263, 712-384-2200, ludvigsonstockfarms.com

POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

Games for Halloween

In the feature section of “The Encampment Record,” dated Oct. 27, 1917, appeared the following article and illustration outlining how to entertain the kids for Halloween.

The next thing on this year’s program for the younger generation is the celebration of Halloween. We might as well provide entertainment for the youngsters at home.

Otherwise, they will go out and provide it for themselves in ways that may not suit the neighbors. But they will take delighted interest in the time-honored Halloween frivolities varied by any

new numbers introduced into their home-grown vaudeville.

Of course, they must have their apple-eating contest, their looking into a mirror in a dark room and the always amusing “shadow show.” The last requires only a sheet stretched up in a doorway between two rooms.

One of them is darkened, for the spectators, and the other furnished with a single very bright light which throws the actors’ silhouettes on the sheet. Someone may read a story or legend, to be illustrated by the actors that pass across the sheet and close to it as their cue coines. Funny

October fun – Games for Halloween is the title of this illustration that accompaniesthis week’s Postcard. It was taken from the Oct. 27, 1917 issue of “The Encampment Record,” where it was used to illustrate activities described in the feature article. Article and information provided through the Wyoming State Libraries website through Wyoming Newspaper Project, Historical Reproductions by Perue

stories please everybody.

Processions of spooks, carrying small lanterns and calling at neighbors’ houses on their rounds, make the youngsters have the time of their lives. They become ghosts, black cats, witches or animated pumpkins, simply by making masks of crepe paper. One of these masks is shown in the picture below.

A “Halloween pie,” for a table centerpiece, is shown at the right of the picture. It is made of paper over a round pasteboard box. When the “pie” is ready to serve, the box is filled with all sorts of nonsensical toys, each attached to a strip of yellow baby ribbon.

The ribbons are brought through an opening in the center of the pie at the top, and each ribbon is extended to one plate at the table. One by one the guests draw forth their portion, wrapped in a piece of paper, and when all are drawn, they are unwrapped.

The children always enjoy the old-fashioned “fish pond,” where each one may cast a line once into a curtained off corner and bring forth some kind of prize. Another is “flappers date” or “post offices,” where each receives a letter containing her fortune and everybody likes a mysterious fortune teller who reveals the future each year, even if the complexion of the promised husband is totally different with each new Halloween. – Julie Bottomley

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Sand Dome Farm • Pavillion Here is a reasonably priced irrigated farm consisting of 235 acres with 205 irrigated. Modest set of improvements including a 1,584 sq. ft. 3BR, 2 BA home with a 2 car attached garage. New machine shop, concrete floor, power and plumbed. Three sided livestock shelter and pipe corrals with working facilities and squeeze chute.

This farm is in the area of non-potable water wells, but there is live water year-round from Midvale canal and domestic water is delivered to a cistern. Well water is suitable for horses, but not ruminants. Irrigation is by gated pipe, which is mostly newer and in good condition.

This farm has produced as high as 800 tons of alfalfa hay in recent years.

There are three Encana well sites on the property which currently generate $6,000/yr.

Price reduced from $790,000 to $675,000. Sale necessary to settle estate.

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HUNTING AND FISHING RETREAT PROPERTY FOR SALE: Fort Smith, MT, 77+ acres, 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths, shop/Quonset. $475,000. Call Travis for details or a showing. Travis Dimond 406-8697681, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Floberg Real Estate. MLS#289737, 31814 Hwy. 313, Fort Smith, MT, 59075............................ 11/10

FOR SALE: 246 acres, Rd. 164 and Hwy. 30, Pine Bluffs, WY. Currently in CRP. Property has a water well and electricity.

Great location to build dream home or subdivide, no covenants. Minerals included in sale. $310,000. Contact Trish with Pfister Land Company, LLC 307-640-6988, e-mail trish@ pfisterlandco.com, www.pfisterlandco.com................11/10

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WHEATLAND, WY FARM FOR SALE, SENIOR WATER RIGHTS: Six registered wells.

1,367 acres; 903 cropland, 464 pasture. 5,760 square foot steel building. 10 miles north of Wheatland, WY on Hwy. 30. Call Gaila 605-3484599.............................. 11/3

35 ACRES: This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with attached garage and bonus room on 35 acres is located on the south edge of Yoder, WY. Private lane leads to the home. Features include: Horse barn, loafing shed, corrals and hay meadows. There is no zoning which offers the opportunity to live the country life the way you desire. $425,000.

10 ACRE PROPERTY: Great value with 100’x225’ indoor arena plus a lovely 4 bedroom, 3 bath home. Only 1 mile south of Torrington, WY on Hwy. 85. Fantastic opportunity for private or commercial equestrian clinics, ropings, self boarding with indoor and outdoor riding. Includes pasture paddocks with shelters. $555,000. Reduced!

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FOR SALE: 656.9 acre hay farm and feedlot on Tunnel Hill Rd., Pavillion, WY. Very productive hay farm with 3 feedlots for up to 850 head of cattle, which makes a great winter unit.

388 acres is irrigated ground: 330 acres under 3 pivots, 58 acres with gated pipe. Historical production of 1,400-1,600 tons of high-quality alfalfa and some grass hay. Improvements include a 1,740 sq. ft. main house, 4,600 sq. ft. metal shop and storage building.

Four wells provide more than adequate water for the 3 feedlots, which have separate tire tanks. The slope and soil-types of the feedlots ensure cattle do not stand in mud. Must see to appreciate. $1,950,000. Call Ray Elser, Broker, Contour Investment Properties, Jackson, WY 307-690-4313 or email ray@contourproperties. com............................... 10/20 VETERAN, WY, 518 ACRES TOTAL: 118 acres deeded plus 400 acres Wyoming State Grazing Lease. 2004 Zimmatic 7 tower pivot. Excellent combination of sub-irrigated grass, hard grass, irrigated grass and tall brush for calf protection. $405,000. GOSHEN COUNTY, WY: Pivot irrigation. 160+ acres. Zimmatic pivot with 153 shares Horse Creek Conservation.

Home, shop, hay barns. Five miles southwest of Yoder, WY. $650,000. IRRIGATED HAY MEADOWS and impressive improvements on this balanced 360 acre property located near Veteran, WY. Nice home, shop, machine shed, livestock barn, Quonset, grain storage and corrals.

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Hunter emphasizes benefits of training employees to handle cattle properly How employees are trained to handle cattle can impact a producer’s bottom line. By properly interacting with cattle, employees are more likely to notice when something is wrong, says Randy Hunter, DVM at VRCS and a feedyard owner.

In cattle management, Hunter tells producers that nutrition, pen conditions, care and maintenance of cattle and their surroundings and cattle handling to reduce stress are all important.

Cattle handling “Pen riding is one of the cheapest inputs we can put into cattle,” he says.

However, developing horsemanship skills, cattle handling techniques and pen riding abilities are all important to becoming good at checking cattle.

“When we are trying to train the help, we should evaluate where their cattle handling skills are,” he says. “It’s like training a horse. We don’t just throw a saddle on it and go. Share what we are looking for.

Don’t keep it a secret.”

“Make sure employees understand when to stop a horse, which is when the calf stops and faces us or faces away from us,” he explains.

Hunter believes cattle should be trained to move by position.

“Be aware of when

we are in their space by watching their eye movement, if they look away or if they step back or move away,” he explains. “When cattle respond to our presence, stop and immediately remove the pressure.”

Get the cattle to relax Hunter shares a technique he used to get the cattle to relax, while training employees to properly handle them in an alley.

He trained the employees to stand to one side of the alley and made them hold onto the pipe fence if they were tempted to walk into the center of the alley.

Then, he would walk toward the cattle and then step back when he had their attention to let them go by him.

“My goal was to train the cattle to relax and just walk by me,” he says.

Cattle that have been mishandled will need more space, so Hunter recommends watching the animal’s movements.

“When the animal moves, remove the pressure by stopping. Allow the movement to be the animal’s idea,” he says.

Cattle tend to move in the direction they are headed. They want to follow other animals, and they want to be able to see what is pressuring them, he says.

“If they move toward the gate, allow the animal

to move without losing our position. If the animal challenges our request, use our position to block its escape. Once we accomplish the block, immediately relieve the pressure.

The bigger the block, the more release we have to give,” he says.

Energy Hunter tells producers the importance of watching the animal’s energy level.

“If the energy level increases, we need to do something to alleviate that.

Find ways to dissipate the energy that was just created. It allows the animal to look at other options, instead of just at us,” he explains. “The goal is to make the gate look good and away from the gate look bad.”

In the feedyard, Hunter finds that it is impossible to find sick cattle if they are being moved around.

“If we fail to block a calf, don’t chase it around.

Remember to keep our speed to a minimum, take a moment to relax and start over,” he comments.

If multiple employees are checking cattle, they need to be on the same page and practicing the same cattle handling philosophies.

Communication is critical.

“If we don’t talk to one another and ping-pong back and forth, we will both lose the calf. Make sure we allow the calf time to look at the gate. Talk about it before things get to the cussing mode,” he states. “Teach people to work with us and remember that some polite communication will be helpful before us get into the mad mode.”

Detecting sick cattle Hunter shares his pen riding techniques, which have been quite successful at his own feedyard.

Look at the entire pen or pasture before entering

it.

“Ride the pen in a serpentine fashion. When we see motion, stop the horse.

We want the calf to move away and come back to us because they are relaxed. It is important to get all the cattle in the pen up. Check the water, bunk and fence while we are in the pen and look back over the pen as we leave,” he says.

“Don’t ever ride pens or pasture and talk on the cell phone. If we do that, we aren’t paying attention to detail. Make mental notes, and don’t miss less obvious problems by focusing on something that we will be able to find later,” Hunter states.

The veterinarian also recommends that each person handling the cattle carry soapstone and write on the gate the ear tag number of problem animals, so they can be checked the next day.

Sick cattle aren’t always obvious, but Hunter

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recommends watching for cattle that are separated off by themselves, avoiding pressure from pen mates, avoiding the pen rider, allowing other cattle to bump and push them around when moving in a group and showing signs of depression or lack of appetite.

“It is all about getting the cattle to relax, and then, we can find the sick ones,” he adds.

As an employer, Hunter tells producers to ask their employees what they saw. Ask them what made them pull the calves they thought were sick.

“When we get all the cattle in the pen up, move them around to evaluate their attitude, response to our presence and their feet, legs and rumen fill,” he says.

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

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Convention season kicks off Wyoming’s ag community gathers every year in late fall to celebrate their achievements, catch up on what’s going on around the state and look at impending challenges. Many of Wyoming’s ag organizations meet during the month of November to discuss the latest issues facing their membership.

A list of the upcoming meetings for Wyoming’s ag organizations is provided below.

Oct. 24-26

Nov. 2-3

Nov. 6-8

Nov. 7-9

Nov. 8-11

Nov. 13-15

Nov. 14-16

Nov. 15-16

Dec. 3-5

2018 Wyoming Water Association Annual Meeting and Education Seminar, Laramie, Holiday Inn. Visit wyomingwater.org, call 307-706-1377 or e-mail radona@wyomingwater.org for more information.

ICOW Annual Meeting, Casper, Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center. Visit icowwy. org.

Wyoming Weed and Pest Fall Conference, Casper, Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center. For more information, visit wyoweed.org.

Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting, Sheridan, Holiday Inn. For more information, visit wyfb.org.

West Central States Wool Growers Convention, Casper, Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center. For more information, visit wyowool.com.

Governor’s Business Forum: Charting a New Course, Cheyenne, Little America Hotel and Resort. Visit wyomingbusinessalliance.com for more information or to register.

Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts Annual Convention, Evanston, Historic Evanston Roundhouse. Visit conservewy.com for more information or to register.

25th Wyoming Women’s Ag Symposium, Casper, Parkway Plaza. Visit wywomeninag. org.

Wyoming Stock Growers Association Winter Roundup, Casper, Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center. Find more information and register at wysga.org.

If your organization’s meeting is missing, e-mail meeting details to roundup@wylr.net. Look for coverage of these meeting in upcoming editions of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 30 No. 25 • October 20, 2018

Unconventional Risk Management

By Nicole Lane Erceg

Sounds of thunder interrupted the radio blaring on our front porch. With binoculars, we watched lightning strikes in the distance, waiting for a dispatcher’s voice to say the call number 9210. When those numerals rang out over the storm, we knew the lightning had turned to wildfire. It was time to get in the truck and go.

Growing up the daughter of a wildland firefighter and forest manager and working a stint as a dispatcher myself, I waited by the radio a lot. My upbringing included hours of learning and teaching fire prevention tactics and a neverending supply of Smokey the Bear gear.

Wildfire season is akin to calving – and perhaps weaning – in the beef cattle community – exciting times when all the training, management and investment in new technology pays off. It’s go time. Most of the year is spent in preparation for those few months.

But what was exciting to us often meant disaster for others.

We’ve all heard “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That truth is why most childhood ride-along chats with my father were centered around healthy forest management and fire prevention.

Those lessons easily translate to producing beef.

Recently, on a ride-along with a Missouri rancher, he explained his own risk management strategy. It hinges on preventing disaster for the final user and buyer of his product, the beef consumer.

In a market where profits are often scarce, he takes comfort in the fact that today’s national beef herd helps prevent disaster by producing more high-quality beef than ever. He rides out the volatility by targeting upper-end quality grades.

Though some may see retained ownership beyond weaning as a risk of its own, this rancher’s true insurance policy is in raising cattle that perform well in the feedyard

Best product – Because of the risk of producing a bad steak, one Missouri producer says he focuses on high-quality cattle that grade Choice or Prime and provide a positive experience to the consumer.

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and at the grading stand.

The tactic pays off. While others took a hit on seasonal market swings, this summer he earned a net premium of more than $200 per head above what he would have made by selling the calves at weaning on the live market.

There are a thousand ways cattle production can go wrong, but one often forgotten

is the risk associated with producing a bad steak. Selection for marbling means less work for the chef and more satisfaction for diners. It’s added insurance to keep consumers putting beef on the dinner table.

Why spend years creating a product that results in disaster on the dinner plate?

Well, the retort goes, if everyone jumped on that bandwagon, we’d have too much marbling in the herd.

This rancher doesn’t think so, and neither does his seedstock provider.

“I’ve never not used a bull because he had too much marbling,” he told me. “Can you imagine what our industry would look like if every animal we produced went Upper 2 Choice or Prime?

People would be gobbling it up.”

Maybe it’s an unconventional approach to risk management but it seems to be working. Those who look beyond the ranch gate and see consumers happily spending more to buy a premium brand of beef know prevention of bad eating experiences puts dollars in their pockets and builds demand.

Although there’s still a lot that can go wrong between the ranch and restaurant, it all starts with a good product that begins in the pasture.

Remember, only you can prevent bad beef.

Next time in Black Ink® Miranda Reiman will explore a pointed question. If you have any now, e-mail nerceg@certifiedangusbeef.com.

Crop progress sees increase alfalfa Based on Oct.1 conditions, alfalfa hay production in Wyoming is forecast to total 1.74 million tons this year, up from 1.6 million tons produced in 2017, according to the Oct. 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Wyoming farmers and ranchers expect to harvest 560,000 acres of alfalfa hay this year, up 10,000 acres from 2017. Alfalfa hay yield is expected to average 3.1 tons per acre, compared with last year’s yield of 2.9 tons per acre and the August forecast of 3.1 tons per acre.

Producers expect to harvest 500,000 acres of other hay in 2018, down 20,000 from last year. Other hay production is forecast at 850,000 tons, down four percent from a year ago. Other hay yield is expected to average 1.70 tons per acre, compared with last year’s yield of 1.7 tons per acre and the August forecast of 1.8 tons per acre.

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NOLT continued from page 2 trust, your heirs may have to go through probate and much of the benefits a living trust offers will be wasted.

Contingency planning All documents – including a will and beneficiary designations on retirement assets, annuities and life insurance policies – should cover contingent situations, such as a predeceasing spouse or children.

If minors or incapacitated persons could conceivably inherit, a trustee or custodian should be named.

R e c o r d s Leaving your family with a financial mess from inadequate, out-of-date or unorganized records can cause a tremendous amount of stress. It can also increase the amount of estate settlement costs.

Grieving over a loved one’s death is hard enough.

Don’t subject the people you love with the task of trying to piece together your financial life when you’re gone. Take time now to organize your financial documents and records and to educate your family about what they will need to know and do when you are gone.

In addition to providing your family with written instructions on where to find documents and how to manage financial affairs, take time to write each of them a letter expressing your love for them and what you want them to know when you are gone. This could be the most impactful thing you ever do.

Lack of liquidity Cash is often needed at death to pay for various expenses such as funeral costs, medical bills, income and estate taxes, legal fees and other expenses. Without sufficient cash to pay for these expenses, heirs may be forced to sell assets.

A forced sale often results in the owner receiving a less than desired amount. Being forced to sell one’s most prized assets is something to avoid.

One common method for providing liquid cash at date of death is through the purchase of life insurance.

However, as we will discuss next, life insurance is often arranged improperly.

Selecting the wrong executor An executor, called a personal representative in some states, is the person named in a will or appointed by a court to administer a person’s financial affairs after their death. This person is responsible for collecting and taking care of the deceased person’s assets, paying bills, taxes and other obligations, and making sure that assets are transferred to their new rightful owners.

Selecting the wrong person may result in conflicts and beneficiaries receiving less than their fair share.

Choosing a beneficiary of your estate as your executor may cause a conflict of interest because that person may make decisions favoring their interest over the interest of another beneficiary.

Likewise, selecting a business associate as executor may present a problem if the estate beneficiaries’ interests don’t line up with that person’s best interest.

You should choose your executor based on their skills and availability, not by virtue of their birth order, business relationship or a perception that someone will feel left out.

Improper disposition of assets Distributing assets to the wrong people, at the wrong time and in the wrong manner are all examples of improper disposition of assets.

Some spouses and children are good with money, and others aren’t. For those who aren’t, leaving assets in trust to them so they’re only able to access money at specified time intervals may be a better solution.

Likewise, if you have multiple children with vastly different needs, it may be wise to leave different amounts to each depending on those needs.

Most parents desire to be fair to all of their chil-

dren. However, leaving everything to each of your children equally can be a disaster.

For example, agricultural families will often have on- and off-farm children. The on-farm child has stayed and worked on the farm/ranch and the other children have left home and found other careers. If the parents leave the entire farm/ranch, which typically represents the majority of their net worth, equally to all their children, the offfarm children often want their share of the value of the family farm right away.

This may force the on-farm child who desires to keep the farm/ranch, to sell, resulting in bitter feelings among the siblings.

Conversely, the parents may leave the entire farm to the on-farm child, leaving little inheritance for the off-farm children, possibly resulting in bitter feelings.

Various planning strategies may allow a family to achieve their financial goals and maintain harmony

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within the family.

Not maximizing annual gift allowances Gifting is one of the best ways to minimize future estate taxes. In 2016, a person is able to gift up to $14,000 per year, or $28,000 for a married couple, without reducing their lifetime exemption, which equaled $5.45 million per person in 2016.

Making annual gifts every year to as many family members or others as is financially prudent is smart planning. Over the long run, you can transfer significant amounts of money out of your estate along with any appreciation, thereby reducing future estate tax.

Gifting the wrong assets The choice of how you give and what assets you give are very important decisions.

For example, if you would like to leave assets to your church upon your death and you have a choice of leaving a $100,000 certificate of deposit owned personally or a traditional IRA

account valued at $100,000, which would be the better asset to give? The answer is your IRA because you’ve already paid tax on the money in the CD, but you haven’t on the IRA. While you would likely have to pay tax on money distributed from your IRA, your church would not because it is a taxexempt entity.

A smart gifting strategy is to leverage your annual gifts into larger sums. That way, you can potentially increase the amount of your gift and further reduce future estate tax by getting the asset with high appreciation potential out of your estate.

Be careful about making a gift of stock or real estate that is already highly appreciated, though because, as discussed previously, if you gift an asset, the person you make the gift to receives your cost basis in the asset.

Strategies such as sales and gifts to certain types of trusts, the use of LLCs or Family Limited Partnerships with hard-to-value assets are a few ways you can leverage

your annual exclusion gifts.

Life insurance Another potential way to leverage a gift and provide estate tax liquidity is through the purchase of life insurance. By owning a life insurance policy in an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT) and using the annual gift allowance to pay the premiums, you could potentially turn a $28,000 annual gift to a $2 million gift.

And, if structured properly, proceeds received in an ILIT are received free of both income and estate taxes.

Chris Nolt is the owner of Solid Rock Wealth Management, Inc. and Solid Rock Realty Advisors, LLC, sister companies dedicated to working with families throughout the country who are selling a farm or ranch and transitioning into retirement. Chris helps families to save tax on the sale of their farm or ranch and create passive income from the sale proceeds. For more information, visit solidrockwealth. com and solidrockproperty. com.

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