Volume 34 Number 15 • August 6, 2022
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The Weekly News Source for Wyoming’s Ranchers, Farmers and AgriBusiness Community • www.wylr.net
A Look Inside Publisher Dennis Sun discusses private property rights.. ......................................Page 2 WWPC shares rodeo traveling tips.................................Page 5 Dick Perue celebrates rodeo champions...................Page 10 Tyler Cozzens highlights Western U.S. drought and sheep market.........................Page 15
Quick Bits FDA Approval Zoetis announced on Aug. 3 it has received expanded label approval from the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine on three beef implant products. Effective immediately, existing packages of Synovex Choice, Synovex Plus and Synovex One Feedlot can be used in reimplanting programs at feedlots. Suppliers and cattle producers will begin seeing updated labels by the end of 2022. For more information, visit synovex.com.
NCBA senior director of international trade provides updates The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) hosted its 2022 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting July 25-27 in Reno, Nev. Cattle industry members met to discuss a variety of topics
impacting the industry. NCBA Senior Director of International Trade and Market Access Kent Bacus highlighted trade and beef exports, United Kingdom trade conversations, the southeast Asia trade out-
look and benefits of trade for producers. “For the beef industry, 2022 has definitely been a great year for us on the export side,” said Bacus. “So, a lot of what we’ve been trying to do is capi-
talize on all of the strong demand for U.S. beef.” Globally, there has been tightened global supplies, and trade policies in Japan, Korea and China have provided the U.S. with access Please see TRADE on page 4
Processing Facility Kosher packing plant to open in Wheatland
First American Farms, LLC CEO and President Linda King recently announced the purchase of land for a kosher packing plant near Wheatland on U.S. Route 26 about four miles from Interstate 25. King says the building process is anticipated to begin next spring and will take about 14 months. “It’s a big area,” she says. “It will be 387,000 square feet under one roof.” By six months of operating, King hopes to process 1,500 cattle per day. “We will build up to this because a number of employ-
ees will not have experience, and there is a training period,” she says. After the first year of operating, King expects to process 3,000 cattle per day – the maximum amount the plant will handle. Offering kosher meats The new packing facility will offer kosher meat. Kosher foods are foods conforming to the Jewish dietary regulations of kashrut. The main difference between kosher and non-kosher meats is the way the animal is slaughtered. Please see PLANT on page 8
USDA Funds U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new Big Game Conservation Partnership pilot rewards Wyoming landowners for providing valuable ecological services for the public good, including direct compensation through 10- to 15-year habitat leases. USDA is contributing an initial $15 million for stewardship activities in Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Park, Sublette and Teton counties. For more information, visit usda.gov.
BLM Permit The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting applications from interested commercial fishing guides to apply for a special recreation permit. The BLM will add up to one new commercial fishing guide permit for the Grey Reef to Casper section of the North Platte River. Permit applications are due by Sept. 2. The prospectus and application are available online at blm. gov/wyoming/permits/2022north-platte-river-commercialguide-prospectus-application.
Food Guide University of Wyoming Extension recently released “Food Preservation with Reduced or No Salt or Sugar,” a new online publication featuring canning and preserving recipes. Recipes range from reduced sodium dill pickles to low-sugar fruit spreads and peach, blackberry and strawberry jellies made with sugar substitutes. Visit bit.ly/lowsugar-preservation for a free downloadable copy of the guide.
Check 0ut the 2022 Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo Official Guide Inside Heward receives WSGLT award Cheyenne – The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) is happy to announce Todd Heward of Medicine Bow is the recipient of the 2022 Kurt Bucholz Conservation Award. Heward was nominated by Rick Danvir of Basin Wildlife Consulting and Western Landowners Alliance, James Sewell of TA Ranch and Stacey Scott of Eagle Ridge Ranch. Heward is being recognized for his outstanding efforts in the conservation of water, soils, habitat and land across Wyoming. The Bucholz Conservation Award is given in memory of the late Kurt Bucholz, DVM, a rancher from Carbon County and early supporter of WSGLT. The Bucholz Award winner encompasses the values and stewardship ethic Bucholz exemplified in his life. Bucholz had a unique understanding of water and land issues and worked to protect the fundamental historic water rights of the North Platte River Valley. “When you think of all the good and worthwhile things Todd has done on his ranching operation, and across the state – range improvement projects, conservation efforts and encouraging appropriate use of water, soil and habitat – he is very deserving of this award,” says Scott. In his current role as president of the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts and as the supervisor and district manager on the Medicine Bow Conservation District, Heward has served the state by assisting with range improvement projects totaling more than $3.7 million. He has actively supported landowners in their efforts to conserve Wyoming’s working lands, livestock and wildlife habitat for more than 20 years. Please see HEWARD on page 7
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Summer meeting NCBA CEO discusses policy and association goals Reno, Nev. – The 2022 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting was held July 25-27 at the Nugget Casino Resort and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, American National CattleWomen, Inc. and the National Cattlemen’s Foundation were all present at the meeting. These organizations discussed issues affecting the cattle industry, and NCBA policy committees and subcommittees met to discuss current developments and work on initiatives brought out at the Annual Cattle Industry Convention and to plan for the upcoming fiscal year. During the meeting, NCBA CEO Colin Woodall shared an overview of the agenda, the policies discussed and expressed NCBA’s support for the Beef Checkoff. “Each summer, we have our business meeting which is focused on just that – business,” said Woodall. “It doesn’t have the glitz and glamour of our annual convention, but that’s alright Please see NCBA on page 4
COUNTY FAIR SERIES Lincoln County Fair rounds out schedule Afton – Lincoln County 4-H exhibitors are gearing up for the Lincoln County Fair, Aug. 6-13. For Afton siblings Page and Seth Nield, fair is always an exciting time of the summer. Fair projects Page is the 19-year-old daughter of Joe and Kay Lynn Nield. She became a 4-H member when she was nine years old. This fall she will be a sophomore at Northwest Community College in Powell where she is studying animal science. Through her involvement in 4-H and the Western lifestyle, she has found a passion to pursue
herd nutrition. This year she will be showing her steer Blacky and two Quarter Horses – a 16-year-old mare named Violet and a fouryear-old gelding named Norbert. “I’ve been working hard on my steer this year,” she says. “I started feeding him around November, but I feed my steer morning and night – it kind of depends how much I want him to gain per day. I also catch him on the weekends and spend time washing him and getting ready for the show.”
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Please see FAIR on page 14