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A Look Inside Current conditions of the Goshen-Gering-Ft. Laramie canal following the collapse and washout of 2019.............page 6 Lynn Harlan shares an update from her life as a shepherd....... ...................................... Page 7 Honey production dips throughout 2021.......... Page 14 UW programs donate potatoes harvested from SAREC............ .................................... page 21

Quick Bits ADMB Meeting The Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board (ADMB) will meet on Nov. 4 at 8 a.m. via Zoom. During the meeting, the board will consider grant applications for wildlife and animal damage studies across the state, and receive updates on various issues. The public is invited to attend and public comments are scheduled prior to adjournment. A full agenda for the meeting can be found at wyadmb.com.

Price transparency bill advances through Congress Introduced earlier this fall, the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021, which creates a database to help provide cattle producers leverage as well as price transparency in the market, advanced from the House

Agriculture Committee on Oct. 21.

Bill sponsor Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) called the bill “no silver bullet,” but “consensus-based.”

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) cosponsored the bill. Producer-

based organizations, including the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Livestock Marketing Association and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, were reported to

have come to a consensus on the need for increased price transparency through a cattle contract library during a meeting this summer.

Johnson notes, “This [price discovery] used to Please see BILL on page 6

weaning preparation Experts discuss transition diets and calf performance

In a recent Kansas State University (KSU) Beef Cattle Institute (BCI) podcast, veterinarians and nutritionists highlight several considerations producers should consider as they focus on transition diets and improving weaned calves’ performance.

Phillip Lancaster, Bob Larson and Brad White, all professors in the BCI, in addition to Hubbard Feeds Nurtitionist Twig Marston share their knowledge on weaned calf management and practices.

Transition diets Marston shares his knowledge on transition diets

by providing an economic assessment of a weaned calf scenario for a 45-day feed time span prior to sale.

He shares, the cost-effectiveness of feeding weaned calves depends on available feedstuff.

“Obviously, the faster amount of gain producers want to get out of calves, the more purchased feeds or the more concentrate feeds they may have to include in the ration and cost goes up,” he explains. “A lot of it comes down to what the cost of gain is going to be in order to get 1.5 or two pounds of gain per day Please see WEANING on page 8

Sage Grouse Funding is available to support projects benefitting sage grouse and their habitat.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has budgeted $548,000 to support eight Local Sage Grouse Working Groups to fund projects to address the primary threats to sage grouse as identified in their local conservation plans.

EPA Funds On Oct. 27, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $6,198,689 in funding for five grants to support research on existing and novel surrogates for detecting and monitoring viruses that are excreted with feces in wastewater and intended for water reuse applications.

When recycling wastewater, a public health concern is the risk posed by the presence of viruses that can infect humans, which may be difficult to reduce with traditional sewage treatment approaches.

NRCS Funding Natural Resource Conservation District (NRCS) conservation programs, including the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) and Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) are available to help producers with resource concerns. NRCS is currently accepting applications for conservation programs to be funded in Fiscal Year 2022.

For more information, visit nrcs.usda.gov.

Weaning considerations – Producers are encouraged to consider diet quality, available feedstuffs and the current state of the market when making decisions for weaning. WYLR photo

Economic tools Financial tools for farm flock economics shared in ASI webinar On Oct. 12, the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) hosted Bridger Feuz, the interim associate director of University of Wyoming (UW) Extension and former UW Extension livestock marketing specialist, to address questions and barriers farm flock operators may face.

Feuz discusses tools and resources to help inform decisions and evaluate potential strategies for farm flock producers.

Important focus in cost of production While most questions producers ask are focused on management and production, Feuz shares operators should also think about the opportunities they have to take advantage of the cull market, different marketing and sire options and even pasture improvements. He notes, coming up with questions regarding improvement may be challenging, but the common denominator in answering most production questions is the cost of production.

“A few weeks ago, we ordered some cinnamon rolls from a family friend, and I asked how much she made from each plate Please see ASI on page 7

Micheli honored with induction Dale Micheli, a Fort Bridger native, lived out one of his lifelong dreams when he was inducted into the Hereford Hall of Fame alongside Jim Courtney of Alzada, Mont., Lawrence Duncan of Wingate, Ind. and Bob Harrell of Baker City, Ore. during the American Hereford Association’s (AHA) Annual Meeting and Conference in Kansas City, Mo. on Oct. 23.

“I am so thrilled about being inducted into the Hereford Hall of Fame. It is such an honor and something I have always desired,” noted Dale, while reminiscing on years past when he would take his judging teams to Kansas City and make them sit through the AHA’s annual meeting.

“Every year while they were honoring the inductees, I thought to myself, ‘I would sure like to be up there someday.’

So, it’s really a dream come true,” he stated.

Starting young Dale explained his love for the Hereford breed began at a young age and was instilled in him by his grandfather Joseph Micheli, who purchased the family’s first Hereford cattle in 1917.

As a little boy, Dale shadowed his grandfather on the ranch, and to this day, he can recall the love and care Joseph gave to his treasured bulls. One of Dale’s fondest memories is tagging along with his grandfather to the consignment sale in Kemmerer.

“I used to go to the Kemmerer bull sale with my Grandpa Micheli when I was just a kid, and as I grew older – around high school age – he put me in charge for the most part and would let me take the bulls by myself,” said Dale. “I distinctly remember coming home from college for the bull sale one Please see MICHELI on page 22

WOMEN in Ag

Freeman shares longtime ag involvement Cheyenne – Pam Freeman was born in Rawlins, but grew up in Cheyenne and spent a lot of time in Saratoga on her family’s ranch where they raised 500 Columbia sheep, as well as beef cattle and dairy cows. In her youth, she was very active as a 4-H and FFA member.

Upon graduating high school, Pam pursued her post-secondary education at Laramie County Community College where she received her associate degree in animal science. She continued her education at the Uni-

versity of Wyoming where she received a bachelor’s degree in vocational agriculture education.

Throughout the years, Pam has been involved in many different arenas and has always focused on making a difference in agriculture.

Laramie County Cowbelles Pam’s involvement with the Laramie County Cowbelles began several years ago when she began helping with the

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It’s Good News

Earlier this fall, a study came out on the nutrition and taste of plant-based burger brands, and from a beef producer’s side, it was good news. A burger from beef is still the best.

The study was conducted by an From the American food product consultancy, Publisher Chew from Boston, which is run by a Dennis Sun chef and staffed by food scientists from various entities. The group’s “Plant-based Burger Report Card” compared nine of the top-selling analog patties in the U.S., plus a burger by Bubba Foods made from animal-derived ground beef.

The report card was compiled through a combination of blind taste testing and an analysis of each product’s listed ingredients and nutrition facts. Each burger was objectively graded “A through F” for its performance in three categories: deliciousness which includes raw appearance, cook performance, cooked smell, cooked appearance, flavor, presence and texture; nutrition which includes protein content, protein quality, sodium content, fat comparison and presence of allergens; and sustainability which includes ingredients, packaging and processing.

As one can see, the report card covered just about everything going into a burger. I’m not sure where my hamburgers would rate, but they would rate high based on ingredients.

The good news is Bubba Foods’ animal beef burger rated the highest for deliciousness and nutritional value. The bad news is it rated low for sustainability.

I think cattle producers are getting a bad rap for sustainability, as there is information to back up the fact that beef production can be sustainable. Because of processing, packaging and transportation of beef, which may impact sustainability, the report had an F for Bubba Foods’ burger.

Among the plant-based burgers, the Impossible Burger ranked high in deliciousness, alongside Bubba Foods’ beef burger. The report said, “It’s by far the closest to traditional beef, but it still has a way to go. Where it fell short was the cooked smell, flavor and off-notes, which were more reminiscent of liver than whole muscle beef.” Well, for those who like liver, that was a slam.

Another important part of the report is the Impossible Burger scored lower on nutrition and sustainability due to its use of soy protein – a common allergen, as well as being associated with deforestation. The deforestation would not apply to American farmers. The report said it downgraded the Impossible Burger’s sustainability ranking due to its use of genetically modified soyyeast, though this is likely a controversial decision.

The Beyond Burger scored higher because it uses no genetically modified ingredients, but was rated lower on nutrition and taste. The report said, “The strong smell you get from Beyond Burgers tends to smell less like meat, more inline with pet food, having some super-strong top notes of kerosene and gas. The Beyond Burger suffers from major processing consistency issues, where you will get massive variation from batch-to-batch of their product. The color is also a detractor, as it comes across as super-processed.”

Financially, some of these fake beef products are not doing well – even their stock is tanking. But, more companies are getting involved in fake meat products. Even McDonald’s came out with a plant-based burger product, called McPlant, in Europe recently.

We know consumers will always favor beef and lamb burgers over the plant-based burgers. Beef and lamb producers just have to stay on top of the issue and stand up for real meat burgers. The competition is well funded, but, remember, our burgers don’t smell like dog food.

Our dogs are insulted.

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GUEST OPINIONS Cultivating the Future of Agriculture

By Vincent “Zippy” Duvall I believe there’s a seed of farm curiosity in everyone – no matter where you’re from or what you do for a living. It’s in our nature to wonder how things grow and to want to feel a connection to the land.

For some, this seed may spring into a curiosity to learn more about farm-

ing with a visit to a local orchard or pumpkin patch.

For others, the seed may help sprout a home garden of fresh herbs and vegetables for the family dinner table. And for a few, this seed can blossom into pursuing a career in farming or a related field.

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all seeds need good soil and tending to grow. However, we don’t just scatter them and hope for the best.

In this same way, if we want to cultivate an understanding of agriculture and the next generation of leaders in farming, we need to cultivate the seeds of farm curiosity beyond

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NEWS BRIEFS AG challenges mandate On Oct. 27, Wyoming Attorney General (AG) Bridget Hill and 20 attorneys general from across the country wrote to President Biden challenging his administration’s evolving mandatory vaccination requirement for federal contractors.

The attorneys general noted the mandate stands on shaky legal ground, is supported by inconsistent federal directives and requires compliance on an unworkable timeline in the midst of a supply-chain crisis. They urged the president to halt implementation of the mandate.

“I thank General Hill for her work to defend the interests of Wyoming people in the courts,” Gov. Mark Gordon said. “Her team is also preparing to challenge the federal overreach related to Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and federal vaccine mandates on top of this work to push back against federal contracts being insidiously used to extend federal intrusion ever more into our lives.”

On Sept. 9, through Executive Order 14042, President Biden directed federal departments and agencies to include a clause in contracts requiring all contractors and subcontractors to ensure adequate COVID-19 safety protocols. On Sept. 24, pursuant to the executive order, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued guidance imposing a vaccination mandate that is more expansive than the president’s executive order, is internally inconsistent and is at odds with actions taken elsewhere by the federal government. “[W]e strongly urge you to instruct the task force and federal agencies to halt any efforts to implement the federal contractor mandate. All citizens – including federal contractors – have the right to make their own decision about whether to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” wrote the attorneys general.

As various agencies have begun to issue their implementing memoranda and guidance, contractors have faced a series of conflicting directives. Instead of assistance from the administration in making sense of the inconsistencies, contractors have faced short deadlines coupled with the threat of being blacklisted or losing contracts for non-compliance.

The letter was sent by the attorneys general for Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

BOA plans meeting The Wyoming Board of Agriculture (BOA) will meet on Nov. 4 in Casper and via Zoom.

The Wyoming Board of Agriculture meeting will take place in room 129 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and begin at 10:30 a.m. During the meeting, the board will discuss Conservation District appointments/resignations, hear water quality reports, discuss Rangeland Health Assessment Program applications, hear updates on Bighorn sheep and the Wyoming Meat Processing Expansion Grant Program 2.0. Along with this, the board will hear an update on the Wyoming Department of Agriculture and address any other business as needed.

There will be a chance for public comment and the public is welcome to attend.

The BOA enforces the rules and regulations of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Seven board members are appointed by the governor for six-year terms to represent geographical areas of the state. Board members include: Jana Ginter, District One; Jim Rogers, District Two; Vacant, District Three; Amanda Hulet, District Four; Mike Riley, District Five; Vacant, District Six; and Larry Krause, District Seven.

Youth Board Members include: Landon Hoffer, Southeast; Jared Boardman, Northwest; Hadley Manning, Southwest; and Cameron Smith, Northeast.

The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is located at 2211 King Blvd in Casper. A full agenda for the meeting with Zoom information can be found at agriculture.wy.gov/ boa/agenda. Times are tentative and subject to change without notice. If the board finishes one topic, they will proceed to the next topic.

Regulation promoted During the 30th annual meeting of the Tri-National Agricultural Accord, state delegates from the U.S. and Mexico discussed concerns regarding recent decisions by Mexico’s federal government to impose arbitrary prohibitions on agricultural biotechnology and certain pesticides. Delegates reaffirmed their commitment that the regulation, import and use of these critical tools be based on science and established a work group to promote this goal.

“When we base our assessment of agricultural tools and technology on the highest-quality science, we can ensure the viability of farms and ensure farmers’ and workers’ safety remains uncompromised,” National Agriculture State Departments Association (NASDA) President and New York State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets Richard A. Ball said. “The U.S. and Mexican food supply chain is intricately connected as we are each other’s largest trading partners. We must work hand-inhand to encourage the free flow of food across our borders.”

BLM hosts adoption event The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer 25 to 35 untrained wild horses and burros for adoption on Nov. 5 at the Wheatland Off-Range Corral.

The gates open at 8 a.m., and horses and burros will be adopted on a first come, first served basis with the event scheduled to end at 3 p.m. The facility is located at 1005 North Wheatland Highway, approximately 10 miles north of Wheatland.

Wild horses available for adoption have been removed from overpopulated herds roaming western rangelands.

As part of efforts to find every horse and burro a good home, the BLM offers up to $1,000 to adopt an untrained animal.

The Nov. 5 event marks the final adoption of the year at the Wheatland facility. Following the event, the corrals will be temporarily closed to public events for the winter. The closure is in support of current wild horse gather operations occurring in southwestern Wyoming.

Dates for 2022 adoption events will be published once the adoption schedule is finalized.

For more information about the events and locations, visit blm.gov/whb or contact the national information center at 866-468-7826 or wildhorse@blm.gov.

FSIS addresses salmonella The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it is mobilizing a stronger and more comprehensive effort to reduce salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products. The agency is initiating several key activities to gather the data and information necessary to support future action and move closer to the national target of a 25 percent reduction in salmonella illnesses.

“Far too many consumers become ill every year from poultry contaminated by salmonella,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “We need to be constantly evolving in our efforts to prevent foodborne illness to stay one step ahead of the bad bugs. Today we’re taking action to help prevent salmonella contamination throughout the poultry supply chain and production system to protect public health.”

USDA intends to seek stakeholder feedback on specific salmonella control and measurement strategies, including pilot projects, in poultry slaughter and processing establishments. A key component of this approach is encouraging pre-harvest controls to reduce salmonella contamination coming into the slaughterhouse. The data generated from these pilots will be used to determine if a different approach could result in a reduction of salmonella illness in consumers.

USCA announces meeting Mark your calendars and plan to attend the upcoming 2021 United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) Annual Meeting Dec. 10-11. The USCA is looking forward to being back in-person this year in Spearfish, S.D. All members are welcome to attend – committee members are especially encouraged to join the meeting. The USCA will also offer a virtual option for those unable to travel.

The annual meeting brings the organization’s nationwide membership together to discuss policy resolutions, nominate regional board of directors candidates and hear updates on USCA’s actions and work over the past year.

In the weeks ahead, USCA’s policy committees will meet and prepare their reports for the upcoming annual meeting. The organization is also asking members for additional policy items they would like USCA to consider.

E-mail usca@uscattlemen.org to learn how to submit policy recommendations.

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NEWS BRIEFS FIRE Act introduced

The week ending Oct. 22, U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the bipartisan Fire Information and Reaction Enhancement (FIRE) Act. This legislation allows the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to direct resources to wildlife forecasting and prevention by enhancing wildfire predictions and warnings. This bill will help Wyoming and other western states to better protect residents from forest fires.

“The people of Wyoming know firsthand the devastating effects of wildfires,” said Lummis. “It is critical to provide our wildland firefighters and land managers the tools they need to actively track and combat potential wildfires before they get out of control.”

Lummis continued, “Focusing resources in NOAA, as this legislation directs, will do just that. I am proud to work with Sen. Rosen on this bipartisan piece of legislation that will help make Wyoming, and the rest of the country, a safer place.”

“We’re seeing the increasingly harmful and destructive impact of wildfires in our communities all across the country, with 17 different large wildfires currently burning – particularly in the western U.S.,” said Rosen. “Firefighters and communities at risk in Nevada need better access to the most upto-date and accurate wildfire forecast information. I’m grateful to Sen. Lummis for partnering with me to introduce our bipartisan FIRE Act, which will ensure NOAA has the necessary resources to strengthen our wildfire tracking and prevention systems.”

Crop progress reported

Crop grazing event offered Beef producers and corn growers can enhance their operations by attending the inaugural Cover Crop Grazing Conference Nov. 16 at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center near Mead, Neb. The conference kicks off with registration, refreshments and a trade show at the August N. Christenson Building. Educational programs are from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and include a producer panel session, small group discussion and a live field demonstration.

Nebraska Extension is sponsoring the event and is uniquely suited to bring farmers unbiased and research-based information that will be shared at this conference. Featured presentations include “Early and Late Season Grazing of Cover Crops” with Mary Drewnoski and “2022 Cash Rent and Flex Lease Arrangements” presented by Jim Jansen.

This new expo will help first time or experienced farmers looking to fine-tune their cover crop grazing management utilizing cover crops as an alternative forage source. Speakers and panelists will address important issues for Nebraska farmers and ranchers and provides one-on-one discussion with local, private industry exhibitors and sponsors.

Preregister by Nov. 12 at enrec.unl.edu/2021covercropg razingconference/. Agenda, details and directions are also at this website.

Agribusiness stakeholders are being sought as sponsors and trade show exhibitors. Contact Connor Biehler at cbiehler2@unl.edu or 402-624-8007 for more details.

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Complete Female Dispersal Sale of the Ludvigson Stock Farms and LN Cattle Company Herds The Largest Red Angus Dispersal in the History of the Breed!

November 15-17, 2021 • Sales start each morning at 8:30 am MST

Weschenfelder Development Center • Shepherd, Montana • 20 miles Northeast of Billings, Montana

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• 770 Red Angus Cows • 330 Red Angus Bred Heifers • 340 Red Angus Heifer Calves New Beginnings

• 156 Red Hybred Cows • 91 Red Hybred Bred Heifers

As they say all good things must come to an end. Our family has experienced a great partnership with Steve and Shelley Newberry over the last decade but the decision has been made to dissolve our partnership. Our ranch in Lewistown has been sold and we are dispersing all females on November 15th and 16th in Billings. We aren't getting out of the seedstock business but re-directing our focus into embryo transfer, precision breeding and expanding our performance group of cooperating herds. This will allow us to continue our

• 70 Red Hybred Heifer Calves • 27 Red Angus Herd Bulls • 3 Red Hybred Herd Bulls

passion for the breed and the beef industry. We believe strongly in the genetics we are selling in this dispersal and will participate in the auction to acquire females for our next phase in the seedstock business. Every female we own will be available in this sale. This truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Red Angus enthusiasts.

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WyFB announces meeting “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” is the theme of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB). The meeting will be Nov. 11-13 at the Holiday Inn in Cody.

Policy discussion is the main impetus of the annual meeting. According to Brett Moline, WyFB director of public and governmental affairs, the annual grassroots resolution process is an important step in ensuring policy remains relevant to current situations.

Farm Bureau’s grassroots strength begins at the county level when members discuss issues important to agriculture. Resolutions must be passed at both the county and district level before being considered by voting delegates at the state annual meeting. The voting delegate session also includes election of officers for the coming year.

“For over 100 years, the policy process developed by our leaders has helped direct our organization,” said Ken Hamilton, WyFB executive vice president. “We have always prided ourselves on following policies developed by our members through this process.”

Additional features of the annual meeting include a tour of the Wyoming Seed Company; guest speakers; an awards banquet and entertainment; Young Farmer & Rancher Collegiate and Regular Discussion Meet; and networking with farmers and ranchers from across the state. The guest speakers from the American Farm Bureau Federation are Scott Bennett and Shelby Hagenauer, who will provide national issues updates from Washington, D.C. Bennett will address livestock policy issues and Hagenauer will address western policy issues.

To register, e-mail broes@wyfb.org or call 307721-7723. Agenda and hotel reservation information is available at wyfb.org.

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According to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, producers in Lincoln County continue to report hay storage problems, mostly due to elevated hay prices. Niobrara County received wet snow storms the week of Oct. 25 that improved livestock water supplies and topsoil moisture; however, subsoil moisture is still reported as very poor for the county. Although the moisture received was welcomed, Big Horn County producers reported the wet fields delayed sugarbeet harvest during the week.

There were similar reports in Platte County of slowed sugarbeet harvest because equipment was unable to get into saturated fields. Platte County producers reported some corn is now dry enough to harvest for grain.

Sugarbeet harvest is behind last year. Harvest this week was 71 percent complete, compared to 89 percent this time last year. Corn harvested for grain remains behind last year, with harvest this week reported at 23 percent complete, compared to 74 percent this time last year.

Stock water supplies across Wyoming were rated 20 percent very short, four to eight percent short, 31 percent adequate and one percent surplus compared to 21 percent very short, 57 percent short and 22 percent adequate the week ending Oct. 24.

The week of Oct. 25 brought widespread precipitation, but another week of warm temperatures to Wyoming, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Much of the state received much needed moisture, with precipitation totals over 0.4 inches for most of the state.

Localized areas in the southeastern corner remained dry, with totals around 0.05 inches. Goshen and Platte counties reported significant moisture was received this week. Big Horn County reported substantial moisture as well, however, the moisture was received too late to improve grazing conditions. Lincoln County reported moisture received so far this fall has been generous, however, it was received too late in the growing season to improve crop conditions. The rainfall is helping improve soil moisture and there are hopes for significant snowpack.

Temperatures remained on the warm side again. Much of the state was two to six degrees warmer than average for this time of year. Counties along the eastern border of the state were once again the hottest, with temperatures six to 10 degrees above average.

According to the United States Drought Monitor for Oct. 21, 100 percent of the state continues to experience drought conditions and the amount of land rated as abnormally dry remains at 2.1 percent. Moderate drought conditions increased 8.9 percentage points from 24.8 percent to 33.7 percent. Severe drought covered 42.2 percent of the state, a slight decrease from 43 percent. Extreme drought was present across 22 percent of the state, compared to 30.1 percent.

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FUTURE continued from page 2 to getting more young people from all backgrounds to engage with agriculture.

We recognize fewer young people are growing up around farms. Not everyone can come to “farm camp,” like my grandkids call it.

I sure wish more could.

But, this is where organizations like 4-H, FFA and National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) are bringing the farm to kids, college students and young professionals in all areas, from rural communities to the suburbs and inner cities.

We need these students to keep thinking creatively and bringing innovative ideas to agriculture.

In fact, 4-H has been doing this work in communities across the country longer than even the oldest Farm Bureaus, reminding us all that change and service begins when we’re young.

National 4-H Council CEO Jennifer Sirangelo recently joined me on my Farmside Chat podcast and shared how 4-H has grown and adapted to meet the times.

I am a proud 4-H alum myself and am excited for the opportunities that students of all ages, everywhere, have to take a part in agriculture. Service projects sure have changed in scope since I was a kid. For example, 4-H students today can be “Tech Change Makers,” helping their communities adapt to and adopt new technology from the classroom to the barnyard.

We need these students to keep thinking creatively and bringing innovative ideas to agriculture. They could be the next agriculture researchers, scientists, veterinarians or even farmers.

National FFA’s history runs long and deep as well.

Everywhere I travel, I love to meet the students in the blue jackets. Of course, it’s not just the uniform that makes FFA leaders standout, it’s also their positive, can-do spirit and heart for service.

These are the future leaders of agriculture, and they aren’t waiting for tomorrow to lead either – they have started today. It’s inspiring to hear from FFA members and leaders who have learned about agriculture for the first time through their school’s FFA program. My school didn’t have FFA when I was kid, but I would proudly wear the blue jacket any day.

Innovation and leadership in agriculture extends beyond the farm today, as related science and natural resource fields play critical roles in achieving our shared climate goals. We need the brightest minds and hardest workers in all these fields engaged to bring farming forward to protect our safe, sustainable food, fiber and fuel supply. We recently signed an agreement to partner with the National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS). This partnership is a natural fit for both our organizations, and I am excited about how this will further expand our Farm Bureau family to students and young professionals from all backgrounds.

Today, farmers as a profession make up less than two percent of the population, and most farmers are not much younger than me.

If we’re going to continue to grow tomorrow, together, we must continue to extend our reach to students, young professionals and beginning farmers from all walks of life.

We can’t always tell which seeds will take root, but we can keep cultivating in hopes that the next generation of leaders and innovators in agriculture will exceed even their brightest dreams.

Vincent “Zippy” Duvall is a poultry, cattle and hay producer from Greene County, Ga., and is the 12th president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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Experts provide update on 2019 tunnel collapse and canal washout flow to 80 to 85 percent of capacity of the tunnel.

During the winter of 2020-21, metal sheeting was installed over the ribs to increase water flow through the tunnels. This increased the water flow through the tunnels to 97 percent of capacity in the summer of 2021.

Water deliveries by three major irrigation districts in the North Platte Valley – Goshen and Gering-Fort Laramie on the south side of the river and Pathfinder Irrigation District on the north – were near normal for the 2021 growing season.

The districts had to utilize storage water to meet the needs of the growers, leaving the reservoirs in Wyoming at lower-thanaverage carryover at the end of the water year. In mid-October, Seminoe Reservoir was at 31 per-

BILL continued from page 1 be easy in the cattle market, when a majority of cattle went to the sale barn and everyone could see exactly what the bids were. But, as sales moved away from cash markets and to alternative market agreements, transparency has been harder to come by.”

NCBA President Jerry Bohn shares in an Oct. 22 Beltway Beef podcast this legislation is the first step in the right direction in what he

hopes will correct the cattle pricing imbalance.

Increasing availability of market information “There has been a lot of concern across the industry about the markets, and there has been a lot of change in how cattle are marketed across the country,” Bohn explains. “Alternative marketing arrangements are now very popular and the result is there is less negotiated trade in our markets.”

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cent, Pathfinder Reservoir was 58 percent and Glendo Reservoir was 32 percent of capacity.

For spring runoff to fill the reservoirs by the 2022 irrigation season, major snowfall events would be needed in the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre mountains of north-central Colorado and south-central Wyoming this winter.

Inspection of the tunnels by the irrigation districts and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was scheduled for the week of Oct. 18. Permanent repairs to the tunnels still must be completed, with the final construction plans pending approval from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

This article is courtesy the University of NebraskaLincoln Extension with contributions from Water and Integrated Cropping Systems Extension Educator

Gary Stone, Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics Jessica Groskopf, Water and Integrated Crop-

According to Bohn, the Cattle Contract Library Act will allow the opportunity for producers to gain exposure to different marketing alternatives and explore the terms of negotiated contracts.

“It looks like producers could find out premiums and discounts based on quality grade, yield grade and carcass weight, as well as learn about the duration of [previous] agreements and all of the requirements a producer would have to meet in order to participate in that market,” he says. “It would

help to make better and more informed marketing decisions.”

As the bill is currently written, the secretary of agriculture would be required to establish and maintain a library of each type of contract offered to producers by packers for the purchase of fed cattle as well as any premiums or discounts outlined within the contract.

Weekly or monthly reports would include: type of contract; duration of the contract; total number of cattle committed to the packer each week within the sixmonth and 12-month periods by region and contract type; contracts with an open commitment for weekly, monthly, annual or other limitations on number of cattle to be delivered; and a description of the provisions within contracts which provide for expansion in number of cattle committed to delivery under contract for the six-month and 12-month periods by region and contract type.

Creation of a contract catalog According to a press release from the office of Rep. Johnson, the concept

ping Systems Extension Educator John Thomas, Irrigation and Water Management Specialist Xin Qiao

and Panhandle Research and Extension Center Communications Specialist David Ostdiek.

Goshen-Gering-Fort Laramie Canal in 2021 – Left: The “ribs” for support and the metal sheeting were installed to improve water flow and decrease water turbulence. Right top: Water flows into Tunnel Number One during the 2021 irrigation season. Right bottom: Tunnel Number One is pictured in the fall with no water flow. Courtesy photos

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In the months following the collapse of Tunnel Number Two on the Goshen-Gering-Fort Laramie main canal in July 2019, temporary repairs were made to Tunnel Numbers One and Two. Steel ribs were installed inside the tunnels to support the concrete walls.

The tunnel collapse and resulting washout of the supply canal south of Fort Laramie immediately ended water deliveries by Goshen and GeringFort Laramie districts for 44 days, during the critical growth period for crops.

Approximately 107,000 acres were affected by the loss of irrigation water, and many farmers’ yields were reduced as a result.

The temporary repairs allowed the irrigation districts to resume deliveries in 2020, but installation of the ribs restricted water

“Alternative marketing arrangements are now very popular and the result of that is there is less negotiated trade in our markets.” – Jerry Bohn, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association of providing price discovery and market transparency to producers through a contract library is not new to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In fact, the USDA currently maintains a pork contract library, and the USDA’s July 2020 Boxed Beef and Fed Cattle Price Spread Investigation Report recommended the creation of a library.

“Producers have been asking for increased transparency and leverage in the cattle market for years, and the Cattle Contract Library Act will provide granular data in near real time, ensuring producers understand the value or marketing agreements,” Johnson explains. “Data drives marketing decisions and a contract library will provide much-needed leverage for independent producers.”

While many producerbased organizations and legislators support the idea of the

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contract library, some believe the consequences of the bill may not be fully understood.

Julia Anna Potts, the president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute comments, “More time is needed to consider how the bill will affect livestock producers, feedlot operators and packers and processors. Due to the limited time allowed to consider the legislation, we ask the House to pause and include packers in the conversations, since the packers would bear the burden of complying with this new government mandate.”

She adds, “There is already robust price discovery provided by beef packers on a daily basis.”

“You can’t have price discovery if you don’t have transparency,” Johnson notes.

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

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ASI continued from page 1 of rolls,” Feuz says. “Her answer was, she had no idea. She knew what price she was charging, but she didn’t know how much profit she made.”

He continues, “I ask similar questions to producers in workshops.

The challenge of production is knowing the cost of production, and the way we do this is keeping records.”

Recordkeeping Feuz explains cost of production studies present average data from across several farms. However, in his experience, the odds of having a farm similar to the average utilized in

research is very small.

“Science presents average numbers, but the variation between farms and ranches – even of similar size and in close locality – can be great,” he adds.

Feuz recommends producers maintain their own records for data. In addition, he notes utilizing data from the same operation will greatly help to inform decisions.

“Use the method of recordkeeping you are comfortable with and you will use on a consistent basis,” he says, noting most producers are more interested in creat-

To view tools, visit uwyoextension. org/ranchtools.

From the Kitchen Table

By Lynn Harlan

A Shepherd’s Life According to Wikipedia, the definition of transhumance is “the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.”

Yep, that’s us. I wasn’t aware of such a glitzy term for being a sheepherder until a few years ago when the American Sheep Industry Association had a video contest for producers to tell their stories of “transhumance.”

The winning video was shot with a very good camera in aspen-filled mountains with the sheep and herder in a pastoral setting.

Another definition from Wikipedia states, “Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (vertical transhumance), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower valleys in winter.

Herders have a permanent home, typically in valleys. Generally, only the herds travel, with a certain number of people necessary to tend to them, while the main population stays at the base. In contrast, horizontal transhumance is more susceptible to being disrupted by climatic, economic or political change.”

It sounds like someone did their doctoral

thesis on this subject. It’s true the practice of transhumance has been going on for as long as man and beast have been together, but let’s leave the pictures of the high alpine meadows in Europe and the romantic National Geographic shots and try to visualize our own example of nomadism.

The corral was a mess.

We’d gone from dry and dusty to soppy and muddy.

By the way, thanks Mother Nature for the moisture – it is always good – this time it was just bad timing. We’d worked the bunch and had them sorted off for truckloads of early-breeding ewes, white faced rams and black faced rams. They were all headed to farms in Powell where they would winter on beet tops and hay.

This is the second winter in a row we’ve headed there, in hopes of trying to save the home range after two years of drought.

Kate had already canceled the trucks for one day.

After working ewes, we built a different sheep chute for loading. Hopefully, it would be dry enough to get the trucks turned around and backed up.

The next day, we got four trucks loaded and out, but that night as we headed home, it began to rain. We were supposed to load the last three trucks the next day.

We don’t live close to where we were loading, so we didn’t know what to expect outside of more mud.

Would it be too much to load out? I picked up two high school football players in

ing genetics, managing breeding and animal husbandry, but recordkeeping is important. “I’ve talked a lot about recordkeeping over the years, and there is no shortcut. This is not the part of raising sheep we enjoy; we just have to buckle down and do it.”

Cost of production does not give the final answer to the success of the farm, Feuz explains, but rather, the analysis on a unit cost level is needed in most decisions.

Tools for operation changes Fuez shares in terms of decision-making tools available for producers, the UW Ranch Tools website offers several resources, including partial budget, net present value, breakeven, ewe evaluation and more.

For producers looking to move to a terminally focused ram, Feuz notes Kaycee, which was good, as we would end up packing a lot of panels. It’s an hour-plus drive to the corral, with some pavement then a fairly good gravel road for a couple of miles, which was ending in serious mud.

The trucks arrived and we got a plan.

We ended up making a portable pen in the corral by the main gate and moved the chute pointed towards the road. The drivers chained up their trucks, one tire on each side, came down, turned around and backed up with the aid of a tractor and chain. We were ready to load.

My job was to bring 150 head of sheep at a time down from the big corrals to the small pen with my dog. That worked well, and the ewes were pretty good at going up the chute. Perhaps they knew they were headed to dry ground. We were able to get the trucks loaded and sent to Powell and the sheep all unloaded before dark.

This scene wasn’t romantic or scenic, and we were all covered in mud. But, we got it done.

One more definition I would like to share is the definition of “nomad,” which Wikipedia explains as “a member of a people having no permanent abode and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.”

A few years ago, we were visiting with Bob’s mom at her kitchen table.

Kate had recently gotten into ranching, and we added some pastures, too.

Bob gave his mom a tour.

Lamb prices were good that fall and calf prices were not too bad either. Bob’s mom exclaimed to Bob, “You’re rich!” My son, Jim, burst out laughing and said, “Granny, all his houses are on wheels!”

It’s true!

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many ask if this change will improve their bottom line. The partial budget tool is a simple financial analysis to help producers understand the numbers regarding this decision.

In addition, Feuz says the partial budget tool would be helpful in determining if interseeding pastures with legumes would be beneficial for producers.

“Certainly, there are benefits in terms of feed quality by adding legumes, as typically they have higher protein content,” he says. “The idea of interseeding decreases fertilizer costs by introducing nitrogen-fixing plants.”

Tools for marketing and production The breakeven tool is a great way for producers to look at market timing, according to Feuz. In addition, an ewe evaluation tool is available.

In an example, Feuz shares he knows of a few producers who buy older, short-term ewes and sell all replacement ewe lambs as replacements or as lambs on the commodity market.

“One can watch the Northern Livestock Auction and look at prices of old, short-term ewes, run them for a couple years in a farm flock situation and make a decent margin,” he says.

“The challenge of production is knowing the cost of production, and the way we do this is keeping records.” – Bridger Feuz, University of Wyoming Extension The ewe evaluation tool is a great option for producers looking for a tool to place value on the productivity of both old, short-time ewes and young replacement ewes.

The website also offeres a genetic investment calculator for estimating how much a lamb crop should bring, a stocking rate tool for pasture utilization and a market comparison tool, which might be helpful for those selling online or through video.

In addition, Feuz explains a new ewe marketing tool will soon hit the Extension website.

“A lot of times, there is more flexibility with cull ewes than a range-type flock scenario, and farm flock producers might even have flexibility to purchase ewes coming off range flocks,” he says.

“One of the things that is really interesting is there is an extremely consistent market timing signal in the cull ewe market and at times – this year is one of those times – heavier ewes are rewarded in the market.”

Feuz continues, “By

putting weight onto animals, price per pound typically goes down. But in this case, adding body condition translates into more pounds and the animal is worth more per pound.”

In this example, Feuz adds cull ewe prices tend to be lower in October than they are in February, based on the Colorado cull ewe market information sourced from the Livestock Marketing Information Center.

“It might be more advantageous for producers to hold cull ewes over the winter. It doesn’t take much feed to get fairly substantial compensatory gains on cull ewes, he says, noting the new ewe market evaluation tool would help producers weight these types of decisions.

Feuz recommends producers check out available tools, and reach out to a local Extension agent to fully utilize resources to their full potential.

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

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WEANING continued from page 1 on calves during the 45-day period.”

Martson says rations depend on what kind of cattle he is feeding and his target. How producers feed replacement heifers might be different than what one would feed their steer constituents, he adds.

“I’m always looking at the next stage of development and what I want those cattle to do,” says Martson, noting it is important to feed weaned calves for high-reproductivity and longevity, but it is just as important to avoid overfeeding.

Martson adds, genetics play an important role when looking at calves. If calves don’t gain one to 1.5 pounds per day, correcting genetics may need to be considered.

“I’m looking at getting cattle to stay healthy and prepared for the next mar-

keting opportunity or stage of production,” he says.

“The goal is to get calves to that next stage of development in the most economical fashion by using available resources.”

“It seems when I use local resources, I get a pretty good return on an investment,” Martson adds.

Intake and gain provides producers insight on how healthy cattle are and how well they are doing.

Weaning timeline Larson shares he believes the 205-day average target for weaned calves should be based on forage availability and annual precipitation.

“For most of the country, 205 days is the average weaning age, but there are a lot of year-to-year variations,” Larson says. “During weaning, I am thinking about this year’s calf performance, as they need for-

age to grow because there not getting much milk from their mothers at six months since they calved, but I’m also thinking about forage availability.”

Forage quality can impact calf growth, Larson explains, but also has implications for residual forage.

Larson encourages producers to not overgraze calves as they can grow bigger than their mothers, but consider what and how much forage they are pulling off the land.

“I’m okay with an average weaning date of 205 days, but I think producers should make a decision unique for each year’s situation,” says Larson. “Typical cattle prices are a lot of supply and demand, and there’s a lot of weaned calves on the market in the fall.”

He continues, “From a marketing standpoint, there may be an advantage of holding calves over and putting weight on them if

I can get some good, costeffective, locally grown feed that isn’t trucked from a long distance, and selling them a couple months later than everybody else.”

If producers wean early, they might hit a good price window, but there is the possibility for calves to be lighter, adds Larson. He recommends penciling out feed expenses and expected income based on market price.

Lancaster notes stress may also be a determining factor in calf performance during weaning.

“If I’m not going to keep calves around long enough to recover stress and weight loss, then I’m better off leaving the calves on the cow rather than weaning,” shares Lancaster.

Operation variability and benefits Forage condition will determine what producers do when weaning a springborn calf.

Keeping the calf’s nutrition in mind, as milk

“It’s really easy for a nutritionist to calculate the necessary feedstuffs for weaned calves. Starting cattle is a lot easier than it used to be because know we can get energy concentration and protein at the same time in the package.” – Twig Marston, Hubbard Feeds production decreases, the calf is heavily relying on forage. With forage availability decreasing due to drought, this will result in a low-nutrient base intake, explains Lancaster.

“I may be better off to wean calves earlier than the 205-day weaning target weight and feed some supplemental feed,” says Lancaster.

Forage availability is a determining factor in deciding whether a supplement needs to be utilized.

According to Larson, there are several benefits of an earlier weaning: the cow is able to gain body condition prior to winter, and the calf is able to grow better when placed on a better plane of nutrition and supplementation.

White notes year-toyear variability may be possible.

“I think once pastures reach a certain point when forage isn’t providing much and the milk isn’t providing much, figuring out what works for individual operations is important,” says White. “Have the ability to be flexible in your plan based on the forage availability, rainfall received and marketing plan.”

Limited storage availability Lancaster shares storage availability for feed-

stuff should also be a consideration.

“If producers have to buy bags of feed from a local feed mill, it will be tough to make a profit on pre-conditioning calves,” notes Lancaster.

He recommends a gravity flow wagon or a threeton bulk bin as an inexpensive solution if producers want to handle feed in bulk and avoid purchasing sack feed.

Marston concludes, “It’s really easy for a nutritionist to calculate the necessary feedstuffs for weaned calves. Starting cattle is a lot easier than it used to be because we know we can get energy concentration and protein at the same time in the package.”

White adds, “There’s the diet we make on paper, the diet we actually put in the bunk and the diet the cow actually eats.”

For any questions on post-weaning rations, producers are encouraged to reach out to a local Extension agent or nutritionist.

The best practice will be developing a transition diet specific for specific operations and availability of resources.

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

NRCS applications accepted U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Wyoming is accepting applications for enrollment into the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) during the 2022 funding cycle. AMA is a voluntary farm bill program which provides financial assistance for conservation systems such as animal waste management facilities, irrigation system efficiency improvements, fencing, water supply development, riparian protection and wildlife habitat enhancement.

Producers interested in implementing conservation practices to improve natural resources on their private agricultural land have until Nov. 22, 2021 to submit applications for the 2022 funding cycle.

While Wyoming NRCS accepts applications for AMA year-round, farmers, ranchers and landowners should apply by the Nov. 22 ranking date to be considered for this year’s funding. If applications are received after the program ranking date, Wyoming NRCS will automatically consider the application during the next funding cycle. State-specific ranking dates for all programs can be found at nrcs.usda.gov/staterankingdates/.

Producers must have farm records current with the Farm Service Agency and submit a complete program application to NRCS to be considered for financial assistance through AMA. Applications are accepted at all Wyoming NRCS offices located in USDA Service Centers across the state. To find out more information about EQIP visit the Wyoming AMA webpage. To locate a NRCS field office, visit the Wyoming USDA Service Center webpage.

When visiting with NRCS staff about the AMA program, landowners are encouraged to inquire about NRCS’s comprehensive conservation plans. The agency continually strives to put conservation planning at the forefront of its programs and initiatives. Conservation plans provide landowners with a comprehensive inventory and assessment of their resources, as well as an appropriate start to improving the quality of soil, water, air, plants and wildlife on their land.

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CONNECTING AG to CLIMATE

By Windy Kelley, Northern Plains Regional Climate Hub

Recent and current conditions Wyoming experienced its fifth warmest and 41st driest September out of 127 years according to National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) database, retrieved Oct. 22.

Scaling to the county level, the adjacent tables show temperature and precipitation rankings of select counties for the month of September, as well as the 2021 water year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020 through Sept. 30, 2021.

The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) map for Wyoming, released Oct. 21, shows 100 percent of Wyoming is experiencing abnormally dry or moderate to extreme drought.

View the current USDM map at bit. ly/2S28VTA. Consider

submitting a Condition Monitoring Observer Report at bit.ly/3c4WRLR. Eight to 14-day and one-month forecasts NOAA’s eight to 14-day forecast for Nov. 3-9, made Oct. 26, shows a 33 to 50 percent probability or chance for above average temperatures for all of Wyoming, with the highest probability in the western third of the state.

For the same time frame, there is a 33 to 50 percent probability for below average precipitation for the eastern half of

the state. There is an equal chance for below, near or above-normal precipitation for the remainder of Wyoming.

The November forecast, made Oct. 21, indicates a 33 to 50 percent probability for above-normal temperatures throughout Wyoming. For the same time frame, there is a 33 to 50 percent probability for above-normal precipitation for much of the state. The exception is the southeastern corner – extending along the southern and eastern borders

– where there is an equal chance for below, near or above normal precipitation.

To view more NOAA forecasts, visit cpc.ncep. noaa.gov.

Windy K. Kelley is the regional Extension program coordinator and state specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northern Plains Climate Hub, University of Wyoming Extension and WAFERx. She can be reached at wkelley1@ uwyo.edu or 307-3674380.

* Temperatures are observed daily & then averaged across those days for the given timeframe. ** Rankings & additional information are available at NOAA's Climate at a Glance website. *** Icons from the Noun Project.

BuRec shares water storage The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec) will be running slightly lower-than-normal flows in the North Platte River between Gray Reef Dam and Glendo Reservoir from October 2021 through March 2022 due to drought conditions and to conserve for contract water deliveries in 2022.

North Platte River flows below Gray Reef Dam are normally decreased during September to 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) and that flowrate is maintained through the winter. The releases from Gray Reef Dam and natural inflows are stored in Glendo Dam downstream until the following spring and summer when they are released to water contractors. This year, BuRec decreased Gray Reef releases to 450 cfs in October in an effort to store water supplies in the larger reservoirs in the upper North Platte System.

The 2021 Water Year (October 2020 - September 2021) on the North Platte River saw uncharacteristically low inflows in the upper North Platte system, which resulted in reduced total North Platte system carry-over storage to 86 percent of the average.

Glendo Reservoir storage is slightly above average, and the small reduction in Gray Reef releases for the winter will decrease the likelihood of the need to release water in excess of water deliveries from Glendo Reservoir in 2022. The small reduction in winter flow should improve the likelihood of BuRec being able to conduct a flushing flow to improve trout habitat conditions, if requested by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

BuRec operates seven reservoirs on the North Platte River as a system and provides irrigation supply to hundreds of thousands of acres, power generation supplying tens of thousands of homes, municipal and industrial water supply, recreation and other benefits. In preparation for another year of drought, BuRec is planning to proactively modify water operations as the 2022 Water Year begins.

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By Paul Dykstra

Market update In the past two weeks, the fed cattle price has been modestly firmer than in the beginning of the month, with a one dollar per hundredweight (cwt) improvement, averaging $124 per cwt most recently. Packers have continued to support

the market at this stagnated price level with no fundamental reason to move bids higher. Early in the week of Oct. 25, fed cattle bids in Texas were reported up to $126 per cwt and purchases came earlier than anticipated.

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The fed cattle carryover has been increasing throughout October, indicating an ample supply of market-ready cattle. Last week’s 661,000 federally inspected slaughter total was a very positive note after a couple of smaller totals in the prior two weeks. Specific to fed steers and heifers, the 54,000 head total on Oct. 23 helped boost the weekly sum to 9,000-plus head, a total 1.7 percent larger than the prior week.

The fourth quarter seasonal price pattern in the past five years has seen a 12 percent increase from the middle of September through year end. The weekly fed cattle carryover will need to shrink before packers see a supply incentive to move bids significantly higher.

The Oct. 22 Cattle on Feed report came in generally as expected, with the exception of a placement number that was 2.9 percent smaller than Septem-

ber 2020 placements. This factor injected optimism into Live Cattle futures early this week, following the disappointing close on Oct. 22.

Price spreads between carcass quality grades continue to run near recordwide. The Certified Angus Beef (CAB)/Choice price spread narrowed a bit last week, but at $17.59 per cwt, it’s still $5.54 per cwt higher than a year ago.

The return on Prime carcasses has strengthened greatly in the past month.

The reported average Prime grid premium paid by packers in mid-September was $20.57 per cwt.

The premium for the week of Oct. 25 was reported at $28.38 per cwt, a 40 percent increase.

The boxed beef market looks to have found a bottom last week, as daily cutout prices began to tick higher Oct. 28-29.

The upward drift continued Oct. 25-26 with prices firming up. As previously

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SALE REPORTS Micheli Ranch Annual Production Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Oct. 27, 2021 The Micheli Ranch, Fort Bridger Auctioneer: Butch Booker 45 Two-Year-Old Horned and Polled Hereford Bulls Avg. $5,055 43 Two-Year-Old Angus Bulls Avg. $4,596 12 Commercial Bred Heifers Avg. $1,600 Top Sellers Hereford Bulls

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FREEMAN continued from page 1 local ag expo.

She shares, “The ag expo is where we have anywhere from 800 to 1,000 kids come from everywhere – mainly fourth graders. The Cowbelles set up different booths, and the students rotate through and learn about agriculture.”

The event takes place every September and is held at the Laramie County Fairgrounds.

“I think the kids actually enjoy the animals, and we definitely have a beef element to the expo,” shares Pam. In addition to the different agricultural booths, the group also shares presentations on live animals at the ag expo.

“We also bring in live animals so students can learn about the different species of livestock,” Pam explains.

“About 60 FFA students come out and participate as guides or speakers with the animals.

Working with all those kids and the different elements of the expo is what I enjoy the most.”

Her position as the president of the Laramie County Cowbelles allows her to stay involved with local youth interested in agriculture. She has held the president position for the last three years and has been an active member of the group for seven years.

She jokingly shares, “The Cowbelles won’t let me go.”

Career helping agriculturists While heavily involved in teaching ag to youth, Pam has also made a career out of helping agriculturists in her position with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

“I’ve been with the USDA for 40 years,” she explains. “I

currently work for the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) and am getting ready to retire in November.”

Throughout her career, Pam has experience working in mine reclamation and rangeland management. One of the projects Pam lead at ARS consisted of traveling the state to monitor vegetation and management styles of different ranches.

Pam notes she learned a lot about land management through monitoring and experiences with landowners across the state.

“You learn a lot from talking to ranchers,” she shares.

“Not everything is cut and dry, and some things work for some people and some things don’t. You kind of have to feel your way through it.”

Pam credits her team at ARS for their support through her working years.

“Special thanks to the whole crew at the Rangeland Resource Systems Unit,” says Pam. Family involvement When Pam is not busy with her career at the USDA and sharing ag with youth, she stays busy with her family’s ranch raising club lambs.

“We have about 70 ewes that we breed, so we just finished the breeding process and we’ll starting having lambs in December,” she shares.

Furthermore, the family also runs a Sullivan Supply business.

“We started the Sullivan business about five years ago, and it has been a way for us to travel, be around the kids, the people we enjoy and agriculture by helping them out and staying in the show area,”

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shares Pam. The family travels to different livestock shows and fairs, and Pam is looking forward to continue traveling with her husband, Bryce, after she retires.

Pam takes pride in her children’s involvement in agriculture.

“My oldest daughter, Lindsey, is an assistant professional lecturer at the University of Wyoming,” she shares.

“My middle daughter, Kinsey, is a feed nutritionist for Aurora Co-op in Nebraska and my son, Dylan, who is the major driver behind the club lambs, is a lawyer for the public service commission for the state

of Wyoming.”

In addition to raising a flock of sheep, Pam stays involved with her local 4-H and FFA programs.

“I’ve also been a 4-H leader for 40 years, so I still run a 4-H club and am very involved in the FFA program in the state,” says Pam. Pam continues, “I think you have to be involved and get to know the people in the industry and be there to help them. Once we sell a lamb, we teach the kids about feeding and taking care of the animals.”

“We try to help them from the start of a project,” she adds. “One of our goals is to

“You have to be able to adapt to different situations.” – Pam Freeman see those kids be successful.

Like everything else, the ag world is forever changing.”

Advice for agriculture enthusiasts Pam offers some advice for the future of ag, noting, “You have to be able to adapt to different situations. Don’t give up. It’s very hard for young people to get into agriculture that don’t have a family ranch.”

Pam encourages those interested to explore available opportunities, sharing, “You

never know where you might find them.”

Pam concludes, “It’s really hard for a young person to get started right now with the price of land but, for women, never let someone tell you that you can’t do it, and do the best you can. You can always do it. If you find a way, you can do it.”

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

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The Wyoming Department of Ag (WDA) was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for ag stress and producer suicide prevention projects. The WDA is working on a few contracts for projects that will include training for mental health providers and hotline volunteers on the special issues that ag producers face, along with training for people who work alongside the ag industry.

WDA Mediation Coordinator Lucy Pauley states, “We recognize there are a lot of grassroot efforts happening statewide to address this issue and I’m hoping to bring as many people and organizations together to share resources and ideas.”

Agenda items are as follows: update on WDA’s plans for FRSAN grant; ask participants to share resources that they know about; give participants a chance to identify needs in their communities; identify who’s missing from the conversation; determine if the group wants to meet monthly, quarterly, etc.

The intial meeting, to be held virtually, is set for Nov. 9 at 1:30 p.m. If interested in attending, contact Lucy Pauley at 307-777-8788 or e-mail lucy.pauley@wyo.gov.

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U.S. honey production dips slightly in 2021 due to weather conditions Texas honey production dipped slightly, along with bee colony numbers, during 2021, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Molly Keck, AgriLife Extension entomologist and Beekeeping 101 instructor said Winter Storm Uri in February and drought conditions in early spring negatively impacted honey production.

Keck said the combination of stressful conditions occurred at a critical

time for overwintering bee colonies.

“The winter storm caused delayed wildflower bloom and that certainly impacted honey production,” she said.

“It likely caused honeybee losses, especially in South Texas where bees are not acclimated to that type of freezing cold. But, the lack of rain through the winter into late-April exacerbated the lack of forage availability for bees as hives became

more active.”

Texas, national honey production The annual U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) honey report in March showed there were 157,000 honey-producing bee colonies across the state in 2020. Texas honey contributed 8.9 million pounds with a value of $17 million to overall U.S. production, 147.5 million pounds worth more than $299 million.

Keck said the reduced

production could mean higher prices for retail honey, but local conditions and production success or failure could play into what consumers ultimately pay for locally produced honey.

Texas beekeeping falls into three categories – hobbyists, sideliners and commercial. The actual amount of localized honey production is difficult to quantify due to the number of hobbyists and sideliners who do not participate in reporting.

Hobbyists are backyard beekeepers who keep bees, typically less than 10 hives, to meet Texas’ agriculture exemption for property taxes and/or to produce honey for their household, to share and/ or sell locally. Sideliners typically have 50 to 250 hives, but also maintain a full-time job.

Commercial beekeepers keep 500 colonies or more. Their livelihood depends on bee husbandry and by moving large numbers of hives around the state and nation to pollinate crops and/or produce honey.

A commercial beekeeper in Texas, for example, may deliver hives in the Rio Grande Valley to pollinate watermelon

fields and move those same hives to the Texas Plains to pollinate cotton later in the growing season. Then in the summer, they may move their colonies to South Dakota or North Dakota for clover honey production.

Interest in beekeeping increased in recent years, especially due to COVID19. Interest among hobbyists is up like most homestead-type activities, including gardening and backyard poultry production, Keck said. There is also interest in beekeeping to gain property tax exemptions for smaller parcels.

Keck said some hobbyists and sideliners were reporting better outcomes in both honey production and hive populations this season despite the drop commercial honey producers experienced. She suspects restrictions at the height of the pandemic likely gave part-time beekeepers more opportunity to give their hives attention, whereas commercial producers may have had issues with labor.

“This was my secondbest honey production year to date, despite the winter storm and late bloom,” she said. “I think a lot of the results came down to local

conditions – their colony health coming out of winter and any interventions beekeepers made to help their colonies along when they needed it.”

Setting up for success next honey season Keck said beekeepers should be preparing their hives for winter.

September rains and warmer weather provided a late bloom, which Keck said is helping colonies in some areas stock away food stores to get them through December, January and February. But, beekeepers should be monitoring colonies for any supplemental needs.

In addition, Keck said it is equally important that beekeepers monitor colonies for mites and reduce any infestations prior to overwintering.

“Bees are much like livestock in that we are responsible to provide what nature is not providing,” she said. “It’s not too late to help make sure you have done your part to help healthy colonies emerge next spring.”

This article was written by Adam Russell and is courtesy of Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Services. For more information, visit agrilife. org.

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OBITUARIES

WGFD announces changes

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

Lawrence “Larry” Philbrick Dec. 10, 1941 – Oct. 19, 2021

Lawrence Frank “Larry” Philbrick, 79, of Douglas, passed away on Oct. 19, peacefully at home surround by his family. He was a rancher who always wanted to be a trucker.

Larry was the first of two children, born on Dec. 10, 1941 to the late Lawrence Frank “Buzz” Philbrick Sr. and Beatrice “Bea” (Burks) Philbrick at Converse County Memorial Hospital in Douglas.

Larry was raised on a ranch in Converse County and graduated from Douglas High School in 1960 and immediately after graduating he enlisted in the United States Army. He married Jeri Lee Olsen, and they were married for 61 years. The cou-

ple had two children: Karma Lee (Philbrick) McIntyre and Craig Alan Philbrick.

Larry taught his family so much, but three main lessons stand out: First, working hard is non-negotiable, second, “just don’t let it happen twice,” and most importantly, trucking can be a part of every conversation.

Larry never blatantly spoke these lessons, but rather chose to teach by example.

He was always the worker to keep up with, whether it was headed to calve, the dew had hit, it was time to put up hay or a load of cattle needed hauled.

Most never knew Larry retired, as he could be found at the shop at 5 a.m. to start the trucks, feed the cats and shoot the breeze with the truck drivers – remember, every conversation included trucking.

Larry was so patient with all his kids and grandkids.

Due to his trust in them to get the job done, he often had to fix his fair share of machinery – this made him a great mechanic. However, it was never a problem. He’d simply help them put it back together, and say to them as he put his gloves in his back pocket, “Just pay attention

next time, kid.”

Though he was a rancher and a farmer for most of his life, trucking was his true life’s ambition. He was always the first to point out a ‘nice looking’ truck. His family will always have the fond memory of watching him pull out of the ranch, his Peterbilt polished, lit up and a toot of the horn letting them know he was hittin’ the road.

Larry is survived by his wife Jeri Philbrick of Douglas; his son Craig (Tiffany) Philbrick of Douglas and their children Marlee and Dempsee; his daughter Karma (Todd) McIntyre of Douglas and their three children Payden, Taylor and Baylee; and his brother Jim Philbrick of Gillette.

He was preceded in death by baby boy Philbrick and by both his parents, Lawrence Frank Philbrick Sr. on June 1, 1996 and Beatrice Philbrick on May 12, 1994.

With respect for Larry’s wishes, there will be no service. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the donor’s charity of choice. Condolences may be sent to the family at gormanfh.com.

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Changes are coming for the Wyoming Hunter Education Program. After Dec. 31, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is moving to a new system for tracking hunter education certifications and classes.

Students who have completed hunter education in Wyoming before Oct. 15, 2021 have until the end of the year to print off a free replacement copy of their hunter education card.

“The changes WGFD is making to the hunter education system are to make signing up for classes easier, improve customer service and better serve the state overall,” said Katie Simpson, Wyoming’s hunter educator coordinator. “If you don’t currently have your Wyoming hunter edu-

cation number printed on your hunting licenses, enter a request online to add it.”

Only Wyoming hunter education numbers can be added. Anyone who took a course in Wyoming, though, can save and print a free replacement copy on the WGFD website.

“You can print as many copies as you need – one for your wallet, one for your hunting gear and a few just in case,” Simpson said.

Beginning Jan. 1, copies of cards will be $10 and will come in a hard, more resilient style.

For questions about hunter education or to find a class nearby, visit wgfd.wyo.gov/education/hunter-education.

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Nov. 13 Nov. 13

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

EVENTS Nov. 1-4 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 8

Nov. 16

Wyoming Weed and Pest Council Annual Meeting, Little America Hotel, Cheyenne. For more information and to register, visit wyoweed.org.

Bighorn Sheep-Domestic Sheep Interaction Working Group Meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The Inn at Lander, Lander.

Wyoming Board of Agriculture Meeting, 10:30 a.m., Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Room 129, Casper. For more information, visit agriculture.wy.boa/agenda.

Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board Meeting, 8 a.m., Zoom. A full agenda for the meeting can be found at wyadmb.com.

Crawford Cattle Call, Crawford, Neb. For more information, visit crawfordnebraska.info.

Wyoming Stock Growers Association Young Producers Assembly Business Leadership on YOUR Ranch, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Ruthe James Williams Conference Center, Douglas. For more information or to register, visit wysga. org or call 307-638-3942.

SALES Nov. 1 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 13

Pharo Cattle Company Sale, Burlington, Colo., 800-311-0995, pharocattle.com Wooden Shoe Farms Angus and Hereford Sale, at the ranch, Blackfoot, Idaho, 208-684-5252, 208-604-0235 Bieber Fever Fall Production Sale, at the ranch, Leola, S.D., 605-4393628, bieberredangus.com HD Dunn & Son Angus Ranch 23rd Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Tetonia, ID, 208-221-3866, 402-382-5810, hddunn.com

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Leachman Cattle of Colorado Fall Harvest Sale, Leachman Bull Barn, Fort Collins, Colo., 970-568-3983, leachman.com Ludvigson Stock Farms 2021 Fall Herdbuilder Bull Sale, Weschenfelder Development Center, Shepherd, Mont., 515-450-3124, ludvigsonstockfarms.com Ludvigson Stock Farms and LN Cattle Company Herds Complete Female Dispersal Sale, Weschenfelder Development Center, Shepherd, Mont., 515-450-3124, ludvigsonstockfarms.com Reminisce Angus Ranch Influence Bred Heifer Sale, at the ranch, Dillon, Mont., 406-925-1416, 406-683-6363, remangus.com

POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

Creamery Assured An article in the June 28, 1907 issue of the Grand Encampment Herald notes the following.

The building of a creamery in Encampment is now beyond the prospect state and is assured for the immediate future.

We understand it is to

be a stock company with a capital of $5,000, which will probably be increased later. It has 50 shares with a par value of $100 each to constitute the present capital stock and this has been over-subscribed already.

The company which puts in the machinery has a man on

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1 Hfrd Cow, 1585# ...................$5500 Oct. 25 - 792 Hd.• Oct. 28 - 478 Hd. 1 Hrfd Cow, 1550# ...................$5150 Cows $5 to $6 Lower • Bulls Steady Winchester Hereford Ranch - Worland Heifers and Steers $2 to $3 Lower 1 Blk Cow, 1210# .....................$5550 Murray, Ty - Crowheart 2 Rd/Bk Cows, avg 1355#.......$5450 BULLS 1 Blk Cow 1300#......................$5300 Friesen, Travis - Basin 00 Charles or David Humphreys - Worland 1 Blk Bull, 1870# ......................$88 1 Blk Cow, 1385# .....................$5450 Gasvoda, Gretchen - Greybull 1 Blk Cow, 1385# .....................$5450 1 Blk Bull, 1930# ......................$8700 00 Scolari, Shawn - Thermopolis 1 Blk Bull, 1775# ......................$78 1 Blk Cow, 1345# .....................$5450 Mueller, Terry - Shell 00 Johnston, Thomas - Boulder 1 Blk Bull, 1640# ......................$80 1 RWF Cow, 1095# .................$5400 1 Blk Bull, 1680# ......................$7300 Tharp, Guy - Manderson Henning, Edward - Worland 00 1 Blk Cow, 1075# .....................$5400 1 Blk Bull, 1775# ......................$77 2 BWF Cows, avg. 1238# .......$5150 Broken Back Ranch Co. - Ten Sleep 00 Murrary, Beau - Lander 1 Blk Bull, 1690# ......................$75 00 1 Blk Cow, 1260# .....................$5000 1 Blk Bull, 1880# ......................$74 HEIFERS Charles or David Humphreys - Worland 00 Broken Back Ranch Co. - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Bull, 1550# ......................$75 10 Blk Hfrs, avg. 732# ...........$13125 Murray, Ty - Crowheart 1 Blk Bull, 1605# ......................$7350 Larsen Ranch Co. - Meeteetse 12 Blk Hfrs, avg. 1021# .........$11825 Winchester Hereford Ranch - Worland HEIFERETTES 1 Hrfd Bull, 2210# ....................$7100 Mueller, Terry - Shell BRED COWS 2 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 775# .......$11700 Charles or David Humphreys - Worland 2 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 850# .......$10850 4 Blk Bred Cows .............$1325/Hd. 4 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 858# .......$10650 7 BWF Bred Cows .......... $1135/Hd. 2 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 955# .........$9700 COWS Broken Back Ranch Co. - Ten Sleep Harriet, Joseph - Buffalo 50 4 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 755# .......$11200 2 Blk Cows, avg. 845# ...........$105 3 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 778# .........$9800 2 Blk Cows avg. 1415#............$6150 00 Scolari, Shawn - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1220# .....................$58 50 1 Red Hfrette, 935#................$10650 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1270#...........$56 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1378#...........$5450 Harriet, Joseph - Buffalo 1 Blk Hfrette, 910# .................$10000 Nicholas Ranch - Fort Washakie HEIFER CALVES 1 Blk Cow, 1445# .....................$6400 1 Blk Cow, 1295# .....................$5800 Nicol, Bob - Fort Washakie 00 8 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 336# .......$17350 1 Blk Cow, 1465# .....................$56 28 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 401# .....$16900 1 RWF Cow, 1345# .................$5500 50 10 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 532# .....$15200 1 RWF Cow, 1400# .................$53 Klassen, Eugene - Powell Lyman Ranch - Ten Sleep 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 345# .......$17100 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1533#...........$6350 9 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 527# .......$14950 1 Blk Cow, 1440# .....................$6200 1 Blk Cow, 1505# .....................$6000 Butterfield, James - Worland 5 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 419#....$16500 1 Blk Cow, 1445# .....................$5350 1 Blk Cow, 1385# .....................$5000 Mastre, Gust - Worland 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 408# .......$16500 Gerstner, John - Ten Sleep 3 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 578#....$13325 1 Blk Cow, 1150# .....................$6250 00 Johnston, Thomas - Boulder 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1268#...........$50 9 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 392# .....$16400 Foss, Luke - Basin 50 5 XBred Hfr Clvs, avg. 411# ..$16300 1 Blk Cow, 1605# .....................$62 Losey Living Trust - Powell Geis, Marcus - Worland 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 458# .......$16300 1 BWF Cow, 1480#..................$6100 3 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 537#....$14200 1 Blk Cow, 1425# .....................$6000 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1235#...........$5950 Nielson, Glenn - Cody 00 2 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 463#....$16300 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1358#...........$58 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 523# .......$14400 1 Blk Cow, 1430# .....................$5600 1 Blk Cow, 1330# .....................$5500 Arnold, William - Basin 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 450# .......$16300 Foss Family Trust - Manderson 1 BWF Cow, 1660#..................$6100 Emerson, James - Worland 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 480# .......$15700 1 Blk Cow, 1415# .....................$5400 1 Blk Hfr Clf, 590# ..................$13200 Lake, Jerry - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1405# .....................$6050 Tharp, Guy - Manderson 10 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 519# .....$15200 Greer, Lory Ross - Hyattville 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 608# .......$13550 1 Red Cow, 1310# ...................$6000 1 Blk Cow, 1360# .....................$5800 Friday, Sr., Sanford - Arapahoe 3 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 483#....$15100 Atkinson Family Part - Worland 5 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 521#....$14100 1 Hrfd Cow, 1440# ...................$5750 Martinez Ranch LLC - Thermopolis Nielsen, Jr., Jack - Greybull 00 3 XBred Hfr Clvs, avg. 485#..$14450 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1313#...........$57 15 XBred Hfr Clvs, avg. 502# ..$14100 1 Blk Cow, 1265# .....................$5650 00 3 XBred Hfr Clvs, avg. 593# ....$13100 1 Blk Cow, 1435# .....................$54 Friday, Sanford - Arapahoe Murray, Seth - Crowheart 5 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 521# ......$14100 1 Blk Cow, 1220# .....................$5650 50 Charles or David Humphreys - Worland 1 Blk Cow, 1465# .....................$52 1 Blk Hfr Clf, avg. 535#.............$14100 Mueller, Terry - Shell 1 Blk Cow, 1190# .....................$5600 Hillberry, Dee - Thermopolis 5 Hrfd Hfr Clvs, avg. 474# ........$13800 Durbin Creek Ranch - Thermopolis 3 Hrfd Cows, avg. 1588# .........$5600 Bennett, M & M Living Trust - Manderson 00 4 Hfrd Hfr Clvs, avg. 498# ........$13200 1 Hfrd Cow, 1860# ...................$56

STEER CALVES Nicol, Bob - Fort Washakie 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 356# .......$20250 25 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 469# .....$19000 40 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 530# .....$17200 18 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 584# .....$15950 Johnston, Thomas - Boulder 17 Rd/Bk Str Clvs, avg. 411# .. $19500 10 Red Str Clvs, avg. 450# ...$18400 14 Red Str Clvs, avg. 479# ...$18050 Butterfield, James - Worland 7 Rd/Bk Str Clvs, avg. 431# ..$18450 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 518# .....$17200 7 RWF Str Clvs, avg. 544# ....$15825 7 Rd/Bk Str Clvs, avg. 643# ..$14500 Arnold, William - Basin 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 447# .......$18400 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 508# .......$17250 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 567# .......$15600 Martinez Ranch LLC - Thermopolis 4 XBred Str Clvs, avg. 400# ..$18150 10 XBred Str Clvs, avg. 508# $16950 6 XBred Str Clvs, avg. 598# ..$15500 3 XBred Str Clvs, avg. 582# ..$14900 St. Clair, Stanford - Crowheart 10 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 460# ..$17900 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 572# .......$15450 Mastre, Gust - Worland 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 455# .......$17450 Losey Living Trust - Powell 3 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 493# ....$17400 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 602# .....$14700 Washakie, Jeremy - Fort Washakie 9 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 462# ....$17400 Whitt, Britt - Meeteetse 9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 453# .......$17400 Friday, Sr., Sanford - Arapahoe 3 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 485# ....$17300 2 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 590# ....$15200 Tharp, Guy - Manderson 18 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 528# .....$17275 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 608# .......$15200 Allred, Randy - Lovell 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 501# .......$17100 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 638# .......$14650 Homewood, Lucky - Frannie 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 538# .......$17000 4 CharX Str Clvs, avg. 653#..$14700 Emerson, James - Worland 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 561# .......$16800 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 606# .......$15100 Klassen, Eugene - Powell 9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 523# .......$16500 2 CharX Str Clvs, avg. 725#..$13825 Nielson, Glenn - Cody 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 528# .......$16300 Johnston, Thomas - Boulder 10 Red Str Clvs, avg. 579# ...$15575 Farley, Christine - Worland 1 Blk Str Clf, 580# ..................$15200 Bennett, M & M Living Trust - Manderson 8 Hrfd Str Clvs, avg. 538# .....$15100 Hillberry, Dee - Thermopolis 3 Hrfd Str Clvs, avg. 482# .....$15000 Wieland, Gary - Hyattville 3 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 618# ....$14600

• Upcoming Sales •

Nov. 4 – Bred Cow Special w/ All Class Cattle Nov. 8 – Monday Bawl of Fall - Feeder Cattle Only Nov. 11 – All Class Cattle Nov. 18 – All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat Nov. 22 – Monday Bred Cow & Feeder Special w/ All Class Cattle Nov. 25 – No Sale, Happy Thanksgiving!

Consignments – Nov. 4, 2021 • Bred Cow Special, All Class Cattle Red Canyon – 45 blk fall pairs, 4-8 YO, 2-month-old calves, 240 bred blk cows, 4-8 YO, CF March 20, bred blk • Double H – 51 running age, April/May CF • Open Lock Ranch – 50 blk cows & heiferettes, some breds • Larson Ranch – 50 blk bred cows, running age, CF March 20, bred to Paint Rock & Diamond Peak bulls • Jason Cole – 35 blk cows, SS-ST, CF March 20, bred blk • T & T Ranch – 35 blk/red, 3-5 YO, bred blk, CF March/April • Jack Lindsey – 10 blk cows, 4 YO, CF April/May. Nov. 8, 2021 • Bawl of the Fall Monday Feeder Cattle Only Clayton Galloway – 180 mxd blk/red, 400-500#, complete vacc at branding, knife cut, high elevation • Blaine Tholman – 100 blk mxd, 400-500#, 2 rounds of shots • Dave & Lory Greer – 40 blk strs, 500550#, 20 blk hfrs, 400-450#, 2 rounds of shots, weaned for 7 weeks, all natural • Tom Jackson – 60 mxd blk, 500-600#, complete vacc at branding • Dean Schlattman – 50 mxd blk, 500-600#, complete vacc at branding • Jill & Ransom Logan – 40 mxd blk, 500-600#, complete vacc at branding.

Gathering dairy cattle in the 1920s was a family affair on this ranch near Saratoga. Pioneer Wyoming newspapers and prospectus books touted Wyoming’s vast agriculture potential. One author noted, “Wyoming can grow better beef at less cost than almost any other section…. And there is ample free range upon which the cattle graze over half the year; moreover, alfalfa, hay and oats combined form a perfect ration for the correct and complete development of bone, muscle and flesh, while our natural buffalo grass and bluestem hay excel the famous bluegrass of Kentucky….” The article also noted that dairying is also a paying branch of the cattle industry. Photo from Dick Perue/Bob Martin collection. Historical Reproductions by Perue

the ground ready to begin work on the building as soon as the site has been decided upon.

No less than 200 cows have been pledged and this will amply secure immediate success. Something like $3,000 was subscribed by businessmen of the town and the balance by ranchmen.

To many, this may seem a small thing. To us, it marks an epoch in the development of this country. Our agricultural resources are so great that anything like their complete development means a most prosperous community and many times an increased population.

The businessmen of the town who have made this enterprise possible are to be commended for their public spirit. To the ranchman and farmer, it means direct and immediate benefit. To the dweller in town the benefit comes, but more slowly and less directly, and there are many who are too nearsighted to see the vast results for good which always come from these industries.

We congratulate the district on the character of the men who make these things possible.

DON’T MISS THIS AT OUR SALE!!! $500 CREDIT FOR EVERY OLD HERD BULL YOU SELL BEFORE THE SALE. CALL WITH QUESTIONS! We are giving away one bred heifer to a youth ages 10-17.

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Convention season continues with state and national meetings Fall is host to the beginning of meetings and conventions for many producers. Meetings and conventions hosted by several state and national associations provide valuable information to attendees and keep producers aware of issues pertaining to their operation.

Fall conventions The Wyoming Weed and Pest Council (WWPC) will host their Annual Fall Conference at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne Nov. 1-4. This conference will host a series of educational sessions, committee work and business meetings.

A roundtable discussion on state weed laws, as well as an afternoon full of educational breakout ses-

sions will be held Nov. 3.

For more information, visit wyoweed.org.

The Wyoming Water Development Commission will hold a joint meeting with the Select Water Committee Workshop Nov. 8-10 in Casper. This meeting will address several water projects across the state. For more information, visit wwdc.state. wy.us.

The 28th Annual Wyoming Women’s Ag Symposium will be held Nov. 11-12 in Casper. The meeting hosts Lesley Kelly, the founder of Do More Agriculture Foundation as the keynote speaker, and breakout sessions covering cheatgrass control, the Food Freedom Act and cowherd nutrition. For

Coming Soon!

more information, visit wywomeninag.org.

The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation’s (WyFB) 102nd Annual Meeting will be held in Cody Nov. 11-13. The theme for this meeting is Neighbors Helping Neighbors. A tour kicking off the meeting will be held at the Wyoming Seed Company on Nov. 11 at 8:30 a.m., and the annual meeting, consisting of general and business sessions, will begin at noon. For more information, visit wyfb. org.

The Range Beef Cow Symposium, hosted jointly

by Extension services at the University of Wyoming, South Dakota State University, Colorado State University and the Uni-

versity of Nebraska-Lincoln will be held in Rapid City, S.D. Nov. 16-17. All aspects of beef cattle production, including supply chain distribution, red meat consumption trends, marketing options, rangeland health, heifer development and emerging health issues will be covered during the two-day seminar.

For more information on the Range Beef Cow Symposium, visit beef.unl. edu/range-beef-cow-symposium.

The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU) Convention will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Greeley, Colo. Nov. 19-20.

For more information, visit rmfu.org.

Winter conventions The Wyoming Asso-

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2022 WINTER CATTLEMEN'S EDITION To advertise in the Winter Cattlemen's Edition, contact Jody at 307-234-2700 or jodym@wylr.net.

Ad Deadline: Jan. 7, 2022 • Insert Date: Jan. 22, 2022

ciation of Conservation Districts (WACD) Annual Convention will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in Cody. A draft agenda of the meeting includes exclusive speakers, general meetings, a tour of the Buffalo Bill Center and an award luncheon. For more information, visit conservewy.org.

The Wyoming Section of the Society for Range Management (SRM) will again host their annual meeting virtually Dec. 2-3.

For more information, visit wyomingrangeands.org.

The Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) Winter Round Up, Convention and Trade Show will be held in Casper at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center Dec. 13-15. WSGA will host three full days of networking with Wyoming’s cattlemen and cattlewomen, as well as industry leaders.

Tickets and an agenda will be available in coming weeks. For more information, visit wysga.org.

2022 conventions The American Farm Bureau 2022 Convention will be held in Atlanta, Ga. Jan 7-12. For more information on this event, visit annualconvention.fb.org.

The 2022 American Sheep Industry Annual Convention will be held

Jan. 19-22 in San Diego, Cali. For more information, visit sheepusa.org.

The WyFB and South Dakota Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher (YF&R) 2022 Conference will be held at The Lodge at Deadwood in Deadwood, S.D. Jan 21-22. The theme for this event is Building Bridges and Growing Generations.

For more information, visit wyfb.org.

National Beef Cattlemen’s Association (NCBA) will host their convention and trade show in Houston, Texas Feb. 1-3. More information is available at convention.ncba.org.

To round out convention season before spring 2022, the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting will be held in Albuquerque, N.M. This meeting will span Feb. 6-10. For more information, visit rangelands. org.

For more information on upcoming events, visit the calendar on page 16 or at wylr.net. Keep an eye out for coverage of these conventions in upcoming editions of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

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UW, collaborators help donate tons of potatoes to Food Bank of Wyoming More than three tons of potatoes are being distributed across Wyoming this fall in a project that started in a University of Wyoming (UW) research field near Lingle.

The project is a collaboration between the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC), the Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) and Food Bank of Wyoming.

A group of volunteers, including cadets from the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy (WCCA), harvested the potatoes on Sept.

24, near Lingle. More than 6,490 pounds of potatoes were bagged in four hours, which Food Bank of Wyoming picked up that afternoon.

“What we are doing today is using some of the excess potatoes we typically have, and we’re going to be donating these to the Food Bank of Wyoming,” said Brian Lee, agricultural economist and a research scientist at SAREC, on the day of the harvest.

The Food Bank of Wyoming has made the potatoes available to food pantries around the state.

“We are going to put the potatoes on our mobile pantries and give them to our partner pantries around the state,” said Tony Woodell, Food Bank of Wyoming director. “This is a great gift, and we look forward to sharing it around the state.”

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“This is a great illustration of this,” said Woodell. “We are collaborating with communities, growers and partners.”

Mindy Meuli, CNP director, echoes this. CNP is housed in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources., “It is exciting to partner with SAREC because of the large crop of potatoes that could feed many people in

Wyoming,” she said.

Supporting multiple organizations SAREC grows a variety crops for research, including potatoes. One of the fields of potatoes is used for an outreach program with local elementary school students.

Elementary students from local communities come to SAREC, where they learn about growing potatoes.

“Then we come out to the field and let the students have a chance to dig and also bag potatoes that they can take home,” said Lee. Lee reached out to Meuli in late 2019 about extra potatoes from the project and donating them to support food security efforts in the state.

In 2020, COVID-19 stopped the donation, but the pieces came together this year.

“We thought it was an obvious collaboration [between CNP and SAREC] that should happen,” said Lee. “So, Mindy helped coordinate with the food bank and the WCCA and other UW personnel to make this happen.”

WCCA is an accredited special purpose school based in Guernsey. The school works with non-traditional learners to help them earn high school credits in a quasimilitary environment, where they learn leadership and coping skills as well as the value of giving back to their communities.

Cadets complete 40 hours of service to community as part of WCCA’s graduation requirements.

Community projects offer cadets different experiences, said Deidra Wilson, an English teacher at WCCA, who also attended the harvest.

“I think a lot of the community service they do gives them different aspects of what job life looks like. It’s a good way to give them chances to try something they’ve never

tried before,” said Wilson.

For Ethan Smither, a cadet returning to Wyoming from Illinois, the harvest day provided a sense of familiarity.

“I’ve worked on a farm, so it feels natural for me,” Smither said.

The work also feeds into his interest for the future.

“After Challenge Academy I plan to go to the Airborne Rangers in the Army and then after that I’m going to try and start my own ranch, my own farm,” he said, and added he wants to stay in Wyoming.

Potato donation Staff members from SAREC, UW Extension and CNP joined the WCCA cadets to harvest the potatoes. Prior to the arrival of volunteers, the potatoes were dug up with equipment and laid on the open ground. The group of volunteers moved along the rows, picking out undamaged potatoes to bag.

Bags were then loaded onto

a flatbed trailer to be weighed before loading onto pallets to go in the Food Bank of Wyoming truck.

“One thing potatoes are really good at is feeding people,” said Lee, and added potatoes store well, making their shelf life longer than many fresh produce items.

Concerns over shelf life is one of the challenges of providing fresh produce, according to Woodell.

“Anytime we can provide produce to individuals, the nutritional value is high,” said Woodell. “The shelf life is usually short, so therefore to procure produce through local sources extends the shelf life because there is less transportation involved.

Local produce allows people to have nutritious foods on their tables. At the end of the day, that’s what we’re all about.”

While this is the first time SAREC, Food Bank of Wyoming and CNP have collaborated, Meuli said she hopes

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to say thank you to SAREC for providing the potatoes and we look forward to future partnerships,” said Woodell.

Information about potatoes and recipes are available through local CNP offices.

This article was written by University of Wyoming Extension Senior Editor Dr. Steve Miller and is courtesy of the University of Wyoming. Miller can be reached at slmiller@uwyo.edu. For more information, visit uwagnews.com.

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“I hope to see more opportunities for UW research and extension centers to find ways to support local food pantries and food security efforts in the state,” she said.

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MICHELI continued from page 1 year and I asked him what the plan was. He said, ‘We’ll do it however you want to do it Dale, you’re the boss.’”

“He ended up turning it over to me, which was awesome,” Dale added.

Continued success After fully taking over the operation, Dale began to study pedigrees and work on adding dynamic females to the herd. He invested in prominent sires and started utilizing artificial insemination (AI) and embryo transfer (ET) technologies.

“I started an AI program 30-plus years ago, and now we do quite a bit of ET as well,” Dale explained. “We also try to be really aggressive and go after good herd bulls.”

After years of selling their bulls at consignment sales, Dale and his family held their first production sale in 1989. Today, Dale, his brother Ron and their

sons Kyle and Tony produce some of the most successful Hereford cattle in the state and sell up to 50 Hereford bulls and 50 Angus bulls at their sale every year.

Dale noted, after all of this time, his love for the Hereford breed is still as strong as ever.

“Herefords are incredibly docile and very easy to handle. Nowadays, they are crossing well with black cattle especially. The hybrid vigor is hard to beat, and black baldy cows are hard to beat as mothers,” Dale stated.

He continued, “Herefords have been pretty good to us, and I stay loyal to the breed because they have paid and continue to pay for our place.”

Promoting the industry In addition to running his own successful operation, Dale has remained an active and integral force

in promoting the Hereford industry across the state of Wyoming and the nation as a whole.

Dale has served on the American Hereford Association Board of Directors and the Certified Hereford Beef Association. He has also hosted Hereford Field Days on the Micheli Ranch, helped to enhance the Hereford show at the Wyoming State Fair and remained active in all aspects of the Wyoming Hereford Association.

“One of the greatest things I have had the opportunity to experience was being elected to the National Hereford Board in 2013. My time on the board was so much fun because Hereford cattle were doing really good and showing really well at the time,” stated Dale. “I also served as chairman of Certified Hereford Beef for three years, and during this time we were very successful. In fact, when I first started on the board, we were losing around $300,000 a year. In

those three years, we were able to turn it around to a profit of $280,000.”

“In addition to the success, my time on the board was just great,” Dale continued. “I made a lot of great friends and met a lot of great people.”

Mentoring youth Dale has also spent many years of his life sharing his knowledge of the Hereford breed with youth across the country. In fact, for 30 years Dale has coached 4-H and FFA livestock and meat judging teams, and his state champion teams consistently placed in the top tier nationally.

Dale has also spent a large amount of time livestock judging himself, most notably judging national shows at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas, the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center in Reno, Nev., The Cow Palace in Daly City, Cali., the AT&T Center and Freeman Coliseum Fairgrounds in San Antonio, Texas and

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“Every year while they were honoring the inductees, I thought to myself, ‘I would sure like to be up there someday.’ So, it’s really a dream come true.” – Dale Micheli the National Western Complex in Denver, among many other state and county shows across the nation.

“I have been fortunate enough to judge cattle around the country, including several national shows, but the highlight of my career was judging the National Western Stock Show in Denver,” Dale said.

When it comes to offering advice to youth interested in Herefords or raising cattle in general, Dale

said, “It’s important to get involved in 4-H and FFA. If kids want to be successful, they should start judging and showing. And, if they have the opportunity, they should start breeding their own cattle and making some of the big decisions around genetics and selection.”

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Hall of Fame induction – From left to right, Whitley Hunt, American Hereford Association (AHA) board member, Dale Micheli and Mark St. Pierre, AHA outgoing president stand for photo. Jill Hotchkiss photo

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Social networking can impact understanding of soil carbon In a recent The Art of Range podcast, dated Sept.

27, Dr. Peter Donovan with the Soil Carbon Coalition discusses the impact of soil carbon and the importance of social networking to increase internal motivation for caring of land.

According to Donovan, the definition of soil carbon is, “the living, dead and very dead residues of living organisms, plants and living microbes.”

Soil Carbon Coalition In 2007, Donovan helped found the Soil Carbon Coalition (SCC), a nonprofit organization. The goal of the SCC is to help people ask better questions about soil carbon, as well as engage more people in asking and answering those questions, shares Donovan.

The purpose of the SCC is to raise awareness and educate others about the importance of what Donovan calls the “soil carbon sponge: living matrix that soaks up and filters water, holds landscapes in place and provides nutrients for the food chain, leading into soil’s ability to absorb and retain water.”

Donovan has spent the last eight years taking measurements of soil carbon.

“I’ve been traveling around the country,” he says.

“North America, Canada and Mexico doing a lot of different base-line plots to look at range cover and water filtration, as well as some accurate measurements of soil carbon at particular points of the landscape to try to measure change.”

He continues, “The dirt’s porosity and aggregate structure are highly dependent upon carbon fractions – the knots, slimes and glues hold the mineral particles together and form a pore, which is resistant to saturation, but can still hold and transmit water when it’s saturated.”

Soil carbon measurements The process of measuring carbon is a lot easier than measuring water, shares Donovan.

“Water changes its form minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour and day-byday, whereas most forms of organic carbon are somewhat more stable,” he explains. “It’s easier to get a time stamp of what the change might be.”

There is research which suggests grassland and rangeland soil carbon is more stable and reliable than forest soil carbon, notes Donovan.

“Forest soil carbon is more durable but prone to loss due to wildfire,” he says.

“Rangeland soil carbon can be found below ground, and therefore, is less subjectable to loss through aboveground ecosystem processes.”

Donovan uses a typical test to conduct a carbon nitrite analysis.

He explains, “A dried

prepared sample is heated to about 900 degrees centigrade and the amount of carbon dioxide which evaporates can provide a good measurement of carbon.”

He goes on to mention, “Although it can be easy to focus on elemental carbon, it’s really part of a bigger picture: the capture of solar energy by the biosphere which includes water.”

Donovan uses what is called a single ring infiltration test. This process estimates the rate in which runoff will infiltrate or pass through native soil. Through his work, he found climate plays an important factor in increasing soil carbon.

“Soil carbon seems to be easier to increase in northern latitude climates with good, long winters,” shares Donovan, noting perennial grasses, diversity and long recovery periods are also key in increasing soil carbons.

Complex relationship Donovan shares, “The process of capturing solar energy by landscape is a combination of the carbon and water cycle in addition to nitrogen and sulfur cycles.

It takes a lot of energy to desalinate sea water, move it over the land and distribute it until the soil pores; photosynthesis – a tiny percent of energy, does this.”

There is a very complex feedback relationship between water and carbon cycles, and with the management of livestock, Donovan explains there is a tremendous difference.

“If all the vegetation is grazed off and plants aren’t allowed to contribute their photosynthesis to soil microbiology in the solid food web, soil is likely to become very compact and not able to absorb water as well,” Donovan continues. “This creates a vicious cycle in terms of plant growth and will result in degraded landscapes without management of livestock.”

With better management practices it is possible to improve both water capture and photosynthesis by allowing plants to be fully expressed in addition to allowing adequate recovery periods.

Donovan notes, “We really need to improve the water cycle if we are going to make a difference in soil carbon – slowing water down will help soils better accept and hold water.”

“It’s not carbon or carbon dioxide that is highly relevant to the earth’s climate change, but it’s the factor of water vapor in terms of greenhouse gases,” Donovan continues “We know the balance of temperature on earth is largely driven by the behavior of water and water vapor.”

As a result, this change causes longer droughts, big-

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ger storms and greater runoff due to the water cycle intensifying, Donovan says.

External incentives Donovan notes, successful management of soil health and watershed function are internally motivated, not externally motivated.

He says, “People are motivated by their own love of the land and by their own curiosity, growing awareness of the relationship between carbon and water cycling, the way the biosphere works.

“I’ve learned most policies and programs are set up to deliver external incentive, and thus robs people from their autonomy, curiosity and entrepreneurial can-do attitudes,” he says, noting external incentives work well in a linear input/output system.

“For example, if the price of corn doubles, we often see more acreage planted and more input supply, but I think a lot of the issues and concerns around soil heath,

watershed function, carbon and water cycling are not as amendable to simple input and output approaches.”

Donovan says cover crops and reducing intensive tillage may help but it’s not always easy to define the outcome of every case.

“What rotational grazing means to someone might mean something different to someone over there,” explains Donovan. “Real feedback is in fact rare in most of our programs and external incentives.”

He shares, “Instead of asking, ‘Is my soil type good or bad?’ a better question would be ‘How fast does it take for an inch of water or a second or third inch to infiltrate and what might the factors to encourage this?’”

Social networking “One of the things I think is very important, and this is something I’ve learned in my two dozen years of working, is that learning net-

“I’ve learned most policies and programs are set up to deliver external incentive, and thus robs people from their autonomy, curiosity and entrepreneurial can-do attitudes.” – Peter Donovan, Soil Carbon Coalition works is an important way to get beyond the judgement in the external motivations that we have for soil health, water function and regenerative agriculture,” shares Donovan.

He continues, “I think local networks with people who learn, talk to others and begin to trust one another are a superpower in learning how the ecosystem works – not just this or that research – but with actual participatory observation, evidence gathering, discussion and witnessing the process of learning ourselves and with others.”

Donovan concludes, “The SCC has done a lot towards building a web

application specifically designed for building networks of people who want to learn together and exchange information to share data and evidence. It’s for projects that involve local groups wanting to learn from each other and with each other.”

“Not everyone spends a majority of their time thinking and doing something about soil carbon, we don’t always have to defer to experts. We can participate, we are a part of this system,” says Donovan.

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

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BD 8-16-2020. Sired by Sitz Commerce 670F out of a Connealy Earnan 9485 daughter. BEPD -.6; WEPD +74; YEPD +133; MILK +25; WW 711; YW 1255. The Commerce cattle will play a big part in the Vermilion program.

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It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

For The Hearing Impaired Isn’t it odd that two creatures are unable to hear the same sound? For example, a dog can hear a high-pitched whistle, whereas the human that blew it cannot. And husbands and wives who have been united in wedlock for more than six months are unable to hear a single word the other says. And generally speaking, if there is more than a 10-year dif-

ference in age between an adult and a youngster, the child is unable to understand a single word the adult is saying. Maybe it’s due to earwax buildup.

This is why the universal language of hand signals is necessary. This universal code was first developed by heavy equipment operators and sheepherders to tell their dogs to “go get in the truck.” But, ranch

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couples may find just as much use for this universal body language.

A good example of where hand signals come in handy is when the man and wife team is attempting to hook up a bumper pull horse trailer. As the women backs up the truck, the man stands near the trailer hitch with his hands spread wide apart to indicate the distance remaining between the bumper of the truck and the trailer. As the wife guns the engine, the man then signals for her to “slow it down.”

This is indicated by raising both arms horizontally and waving frantically. As the rear bumper of the pick-up crashes into the trailer, causing it to fall off the termite-ridden stack of wood it’s sitting on, the man then takes off his hat and beats it repeatedly against his knee indicating to the wife to “come

hither” to remove the trailer which is now resting on his foot.

The most important hand gesture ranch couples should commit to memory is the “stop” command. This comes in handy when the male is holding a cold chisel, fence post, rail splitter or any other item for his mate to hit with a seven-pound sledge. When she misses and hits the male’s thumb instead, he should grab his swollen digit, jump up and down excitedly and spin around in a circle like a dog looking for a place to lay down.

He should then draw his hand across his throat indicating to the wife that she should stop before causing further nerve damage. Usually, this warning comes much too late and the wife always gets in another lick or two… or seven or eight, depending on the current condition of

the couple’s marital bliss.

Some commands are totally male or totally female. When the husband comes in after a hard day’s work, smelling like an old pair of sheepherder’s socks, and wants to have intimate relations, the wife should first grab her nose between her thumb and forefinger at the same time making a very disagreeable facial expression, which should not require too much acting skill. This is the signal for “not now, dog breath.”

A typical male only signal is the one to “shut up.”

The man covers both ears with his hands and pretends not to hear a single word his nagging wife says. This gesture should be learned in tandem with the defensive maneuver to “protect your face.” This is done by raising the male forearm and placing it in front of his ugly mug to ward off his

wife’s wicked right hook, which if not checked, will leave him laid out colder than a meat hook.

Hand signals come in particularly handy when working cattle that are wilder than a turpentined cat. If, after a day of hard riding, the elusive Mexican steers have been gathered only to be scattered to the four corners of the compass by a banker or a supplement salesman who comes barging in at exactly the wrong time, one should raise their hand in a clenched fist and wave it in a threatening manner. Next, the man should raise his right arm and motion the wife in the direction she needs to go to block the steer’s escape.

This is the same signal used when the wife is in the way of the television set. The wife will probably give some sort of signal in return, but it should be ignored.

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Tuesday, October 22 &26 Market Report • 6,605 Head Sold Representative Sales Early Consignments STEERS LANDER 3 Steer, 321# ...............................................$220.00 RAWLINS 11 Steer, 396# ...............................................$214.00 LANDER WY 30 Steer, 378# ...............................................$210.50 CROWHEART 5 Steer, 414# ...............................................$210.00 LANDER 64 Steer, 408# ...............................................$209.00 BIG PINEY 35 Steer, 414# ...............................................$208.50 MCKINNON 18 Steer, 375# ...............................................$204.00 DANIEL 9 Steer, 403# ...............................................$203.00 BIG PINEY 16 Steer, 424# ...............................................$198.00 DANIEL 47 Steer, 460# ...............................................$196.50 ALCOVA 14 Steer, 475# ...............................................$195.00 MCKINNON 24 Steer, 460# ...............................................$191.00 RIVERTON 103 Steer, 478# ...............................................$190.50 LANDER 107 Steer, 485# ...............................................$187.00 FARSON 32 Steer, 506# ...............................................$184.75 CROWHEART 13 Steer, 468# ...............................................$180.00 BIG PINEY 107 Steer, 509# ...............................................$179.00 DANIEL 32 Steer, 523# ...............................................$178.00 CROWHEART 33 Steer, 526# ...............................................$174.25 CROWHEART 27 Steer, 535# ...............................................$170.00 LANDER 114 Steer, 551# ...............................................$167.25 RIVERTON 70 Steer, 568# ...............................................$163.25 LYSITE 24 Steer, 586# ...............................................$161.00 RIVERTON 29 Steer, 577# ...............................................$157.75 CROWHEART 13 Steer, 583# ...............................................$156.00 5 Steer, 618# ...............................................$153.00 RIVERTON 2 Steer, 622# ...............................................$152.00 RAWLINS 16 Steer, 791# ...............................................$151.50 4 Steer, 691# ...............................................$150.00 LANDER 12 Steer, 785# ...............................................$149.00 MONTPELIER, ID 34 Steer, 927# ...............................................$144.75 HEIFERS LANDER 7 Heifer, 322# ..............................................$197.00 BIG PINEY 5 Heifer, 339# ..............................................$195.00 SHOSHONI 8 Heifer, 317# ..............................................$192.00 RAWLINS 13 Heifer, 372# ..............................................$189.00 LYMAN 9 Heifer, 346# ..............................................$185.00 BIG PINEY 18 Heifer, 377# ..............................................$182.00 POWDER RIVER 2 Heifer, 445# ..............................................$179.00 SHOSHONI 18 Heifer, 385# ..............................................$176.00 POWDER RIVER 22 Heifer, 382# ..............................................$175.00 LANDER 61 Heifer, 402# ..............................................$174.75 KINNEAR 8 Heifer, 407# ..............................................$174.00 LANDER 186 Heifer, 467# ..............................................$172.50 RIVERTON 34 Heifer, 400# ..............................................$167.00 LYMAN 15 Heifer, 434# ..............................................$165.50 RAWLINS 17 Heifer, 447# ..............................................$164.50 BIG PINEY 50 Heifer, 457# ..............................................$163.25 RIVERTON 26 Heifer, 429# ..............................................$161.00 LANDER 70 Heifer, 438# ..............................................$160.00 CASPER 47 Heifer, 476# ..............................................$158.00

RIVERTON 86 Heifer, 520# ..............................................$155.50 LANDER 32 Heifer, 521# ..............................................$154.50 BIG PINEY 49 Heifer, 482# ..............................................$153.25 SHOSHONI 57 Heifer, 504# ..............................................$152.75 PAVILLION 38 Heifer, 531# ..............................................$152.00 ALCOVA 38 Heifer, 526# ..............................................$150.00 DANIEL 63 Heifer, 813# ..............................................$149.75 RAWLINS 23 Heifer, 804# ..............................................$149.00 MONTPELIER, ID 11 Heifer, 811# ..............................................$143.75 COWS BIG PINEY 3 Cow, 1245# ................................................$92.00 DANIEL 2 Cow, 1020# ................................................$85.00 CORA 7 Cow, 917# ..................................................$80.00 LANDER 2 Cow, 990# ..................................................$77.00 6 Cow, 1085# ................................................$73.75 FORT WASHAKIE 1 Cow, 1225# ................................................$65.00 LANDER 2 Cow, 1727# ................................................$60.00 FARSON 5 Cow, 1164#.................................................$59.00 LANDER 7 Cow, 1390# ................................................$56.50 PINEDALE 2 Cow, 1395# ................................................$54.50 5 Cow, 1325# ................................................$54.00 DANIEL 3 Cow, 1590# ................................................$53.00 FARSON 2 Cow, 1280# ................................................$51.50 SHOSHONI 3 Cow, 1576# ................................................$50.00 LANDER 9 Cow, 1226# ................................................$49.50 DUBOIS 6 Cow, 1340# ................................................$47.50 DANIEL 8 Cow, 1336# ................................................$47.00 PINEDALE 4 Cow, 1208# ................................................$44.00 BULLS RIVERTON 1 Bull, 1010# .................................................$90.50 DANIEL 1 Bull, 2150# .................................................$81.00 CROWHEART 1 Bull, 1910# .................................................$79.50 CROWHEART 2 Bull, 1870# .................................................$78.50 OPAL 1 Bull, 1935# .................................................$77.00 LANDER 1 Bull, 1900# .................................................$76.50 BIG PINEY 1 Bull, 1755# .................................................$76.00 LANDER 1 Bull, 1820# .................................................$74.50 RIVERTON 1 Bull, 2105# .................................................$71.00 FARSON 1 Bull, 1950# .................................................$67.50 BRED COWS FARSON 43 Bred Cow, 1101# (SM) ..........................$1,475.00 BIG PINEY 3 Bred Cow, 1161# (SM) ..........................$1,400.00 RIVERTON 11 Bred Cow, 1293# (SM) ..........................$1,200.00 LANDER 13 Bred Cow, 1357# (SM) ..........................$1,050.00 FARSON 14 Bred Cow, 1333# (SS)...........................$1,025.00 RIVERTON 23 Bred Cow, 1295# (SS)..............................$950.00 BOULDER 19 Bred Heifer, 877# .................................$1,285.00 HEIFERETTES PINEDALE 17 Heiferette, 790# ........................................$105.50 DANIEL 3 Heiferette, 796# ........................................$102.00 RIVERTON 8 Heiferette, 841# ..........................................$95.50 BIG PINEY 2 Heiferette, 850# ..........................................$92.00 FARSON 2 Heiferette, 935# ..........................................$91.00

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM LOAD LOTS @ 10:30 AM • EXPECTING 5,000 HEAD

YEARLINGS Eastfork Livestock - 15 Mixed Yrlng Strs & PTO Hfrs Travis & Mindy Clyde - 15 Blk & Hereford Yrling Strs & Hfrs 750-850# Boroff Land & Livestock - 6 Blk PTO Yrling Hfrs 900# CALVES DT Abernathy Ranch - 600 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 450-525#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse & 8-way @ Branding. Knife cut. 100% Blk Ang sired. Schaff Angus Valley genetics for years. Reputation cattle to perform! High desert, green & fancy!

Cross Lazy Two Ranch - 450 Blk Ang & AngX (F1 BWF) Strs & Hfrs 450-525#. Rec C & D & Multimin @ Birth; Vision 7 w/ Spur, Pyramid 5 + Presponse & Multimin @ Branding & Precon (9/27). Knife cut.

Sired by Lucky 7 Blk Ang & Durbin Creek Hereford bulls. One brand, high elevation. Reputation, stout calves!

Griffin Brothers - 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 425-525#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 w/ Somnus & Nasalgen @ Branding. Knife cut. 100% Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired. Reputation, high desert. Green & coming out of the dry!

Roberts Land & Livestock - 240 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 475550#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, 8-way @ Branding; Virashield 6 & 8-way @ Precon. Sired by HD Dunn Blk Ang bulls. High elevation, fancy!

E Spear Ranch - 200 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec C & D @ Birth; Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 @ Branding. Knife cut. High elevation. 100% Blk Ang sired. Fancy!

Stoll Ranch - 180 Blk Ang/LimX Strs & Hfrs 450-525#. Rec Vision 7 w/ Somnus @ Branding. Knife cut. All natural. High elevation, fancy!

Sarah Faith Ranch - 160 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 400#. Comp vacc @ Branding; Bovishield One Shot, Inforce & 8-way w/ Somnus @ Precon. NHTC certified. High elevation.

Hammon Land & Livestock - 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400500#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Nasalgen & 8-way @ Branding. 100% Angus sired. High desert.

Van & Maggie Hill - 125 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec Vision 7 & Guardian @ Birth; Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 w/Somnus @ Branding. Sired by Low PAP Lucky 7 Blk Ang bulls. Complete mineral program. High elevation.

Rafter Cross - 125 Blk Ang/AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, 7way w/Somnus @ branding. One brand, One raising, High Elevation!!

Campbells Inc - 115 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500-575#. Comp vacc @ Branding. Reputation calves! Fancy, high elevation.

Cindy Cox - 110 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Vision 8 w/ Somnus @ Branding; Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 w/ Somnus @ Precon (10/15).

Sired by Popo Agie Blk Ang bulls. High desert.

Brad Eastman - 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 600-650#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding; 2nd round of Vista Once SQ (6/5) prior to elevation. Sired by Herring Blk Ang bulls. Summered above 9,000 ft. Stout calves!

Butch & Cathy Meyer - 100 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 w/Somnus @ branding. Sired by Popo Agie Blk Angus bulls. High desert & Choice!!

Ramona O’Neal - 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450-500#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Once PMH IM & Vision 7 w/Somnus @ branding. Sired by Redland Blk Angus bulls. Knife cut, high elevation & Green!

Larson Ranch - 100 Blk/BWF Strs & Hfrs 400-525#. Rec Virashield 6 & 7-way w/ Somnus @ Branding & Precon. High elevation.

Lane Pentz & Family - 100 Blk Ang, few BWF Strs & Hfrs 525#. Rec Ultrabac 8, Bovishield Gold One Shot & poured @ Branding & Precon (10/16). 100% Blk Ang sired. High elevation.

Travis & Mindy Clyde - 100 Blk/BWF Strs & Hfrs 400-500#. Rec Virashield 5 & 7-way w/ Somnus @ Branding. High desert.

Gary & Bonnie Hall - 100 Blk & Red Ang Strs & Hfrs 450-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 @ branding. High elevation & green!

Steve & Trudy Slagowski - 78 Blk Hfrs 400-500#. Rec Vision 8 & Pyramid 5 @ Branding. Sired by Diamond Peak Ang, Yardley Sim/ Angus & Angus bulls. Weaned 30 days on hay & pasture. High elevation.

Ray & LaDonna Good - 75 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550-625#. Rec Vista Once SQ, 7-way, Once PMH IN @ Branding. Lots of performance.

Reputation!

Foster - Deep Creek - 75 Blk Ang/AngX Strs 475-550#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision7. One brand, high elevation, Fancy!!

Bill Mayo - 75 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec Vision 8 w/ Somnus & Vista Once @ Branding & Precon. 100% Blk Ang sired. All natural. High elevation. Choice feeding calves!

Tony Roman - 75 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-600#. Rec 7-way @ Branding. One brand, high desert.

Baker Ranch - 70 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Vision 8, Nuplura PH & injectable Cydectin @ branding. Sired by Diamond Peak, Lucky 7 & Hancock Angus bulls. Nice calves!!

Hill & Hill Ranch - 67 Blk & Red AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-650#. Rec C & D @ Birth; Virashield 6, Vision 8 w/ Somnus + Spur @ Branding & Precon & poured. Knife cut. Sired by Leachman Stabilizer bulls.

High elevation.

Brian Eyre - 56 Blk & few Red Ang Strs & Hfrs 550-565#. Rec Virashield 6 & 8 way @ brand, precon (10-22) Bovishield Gold 5 & 8 way.

Knife cut, nice calves!

Gloria Anderson - 55 Blk Strs 600#. Rec Vision 7 w/ Somnus @ Branding. High elevation.

Craig Hurdsman - 50 Blk Ang/SimX Strs & Hfrs 550-600#. Comp vacc @ Branding & Precon (Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse & 7-way). Vitalix mineral program. High elevation.

Shane Hurdsman - 40 Blk Ang/SimX Strs & Hfrs 550-600#. Comp

vacc @ Branding & Precon (Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse & 7-way). Vitalix mineral program. High elevation.

Delambert Ranch - 40 Blk Strs & Hfrs 475-525#. Comp vacc @ Branding & Precon.

Ryan & Dillon Hedges - 35 Blk & Red Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Comp vacc @ Branding. Sired by Hogg SimAngus & Hereford bulls. Hfrs are replacement quality. High elevation, fancy!

Rowan Anderson - 35 Red Ang/GelbviehX Hfrs 500-525#. Rec 8-way & Vista Once @ Branding.

Boroff Land & Livestock - 32 Blk Strs & Hfrs 475#. Comp vacc. April/ May born calves. High elevation.

Jerry Dayton – 25 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 510-530#. Preconditioned w/ Presponse 5 & 8 way. Sired by Lucky 7 Blk Ang bulls.

Boreen Hay and Cattle - 24 Blk Ang & HerefordX Strs 650#. Comp vacc this Spring & Fall (Inforce 3, Mannheimia, Clostridium) & poured. Weaned 60 days. Bunk broke. Complete mineral program.

One brand, desert-raised and on fall pasture.

Taeha Collins/Aaron Hancock - 22 Blk Ang Strs 500#. Rec Inforce 3 @ Birth; Virashield 6, Multimin, Vision 7, Safeguard & Dectomax @ Branding. Knife cut. Sired by Don Frank Blk Ang bulls. One brand, high desert. Fancy!

Mike & Carol Conner - 20 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500-575#. Comp vacc @ Branding. Reputation calves! Fancy, high elevation.

Mary Klaahsen & Family - 20 Blk Strs & Hfrs 600-650#. Rec Once PMH & Vision 7 w/ Spur @ Birth; Vision 7 w/ Spur, Once PMH & Pyramid 5 @ Branding; Vision 7 w/ Spur + Somnus, Pyramid 5 @ Precon (9/24). Sired by Powder River & Jorgensen Blk Ang bulls. Complete salt & mineral program. March born calves.

Fancy!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 COW SALE • START TIME 9:00 AM Sarah Faith Ranch - 3 Loads of Open Cows Murdock Land & Livestock - 100 Open & few mixed Age Bred Cows Rowan Anderson - 27 Weigh Cows Hill & Hill Ranch - 14 Weigh ups Eastfork Livestock - 2 Loads Cows

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM LOAD LOTS @ 10:30 AM Nicholls & Scheer - 600 Blk Ang & AngX (F1) Strs & Hfrs 450-575#.

Rec Vista Once SQ & 7-way w/ Somnus @ Branding. Sired by Durbin Creek Hereford, Popo Agie & SO Cattle Co Blk Ang bulls.

Powerful, high desert. Fancy!

Armada Ranch - 250 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-485#. Rec Vision 8 & Vista Once @ Branding. Sired by Vermillion, Redland, Sitz & Reyes Blk Ang bulls. Born March 15th-May 15th. High quality, high desert calves!!

Ed & Garrett Miller - 250 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec Vista Once & 7-way @ Branding. Complete mineral program. Reputation, high desert. High quality!

Darwin Griebel - 200 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Vista Once & 7-way @ Branding. Sired by Popo Agie Blk Ang bulls. Reputation, high elevation!

Rolfe Livestock - 200 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec spring shots Titanium 5 & Vision 8, fall shots Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 w/Somnus. Weaned Oct 1st, hay fed, predominantly out of a registered program. High elevation & Fancy!

Morrell Weston & Sons - 200 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-500#.

Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 @ Branding & Precon (10/10). 100% Blk Angus sired, high desert. Fancy!

Martin Ranch - 200 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse & 8-way @ Branding. Knife cut. 100% Blk Ang sired.

Sired by Lucky 7 Angus Bulls. Bred to perform! High desert & fancy!

Steve Husted - 160 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500-575#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 w/ Somnus @ Branding & Precon (10/13). Sired by Popo Agie Blk Ang bulls. Choice, high desert calves!

WM Thoman - 150 Hereford & Hereford AngX Strs & Hfrs 425-500#.

Rec 8-way @ Birth; Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse & 8-way @ Branding.

Knife cut. High desert. Green, one brand!

Roby McNeel - 110 Ang/HerefordX Strs 475-525#. Rec Vision 8 & Vista Once SQ @ Branding & Precon (9/3). Sired by Durbin Creek Hereford bulls. High elevation.

Gavin & Anna Shurtleff - 100 Predominantly Blk small % red Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Rec Pyramid 5 w/Presponse & Vision 7 @branding & Precon (9-15). Leachman sired, High desert & Fancy!!

Karen Buck - 90 Hereford/Red AngusX (Few Blacks) Strs & Hfrs 400425#. Rec Ultrabac 8 @ Branding. High elevation.

Dick & Sue Thoman - 65 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Vision 7 w/Somnus @ Branding. OCC & Hoover Dam genetics. High desert, fancy!

Dan & Anna Smedts - 65 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Vista Once SQ & 7 way @branding & weaning- Safeguard & Clean-up. Bunk broke. Diamond Peak & Resource Blk Ang bulls. Nice calves!

Braxton Crofts - Armada Ranch - 35 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450485#. Rec Vision 8 & Vista Once @ Branding. Sired by Vermillion, Redland, Sitz & Reyes Blk Ang bulls. Born March 15th-May 15th.

High quality, high desert calves!!

Matthew & Susan Smith - 23 Blk Ang & BWF Strs & Hfrs 450-575#.

Rec Pyramid 5, Vision 8 w/ Somnus, Multimin & poured @ Branding & Weaning (9/5). 60 day wean.

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

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