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JANUARY 2010
This sale offers you some of the highest quality Brangus in the Southwest! The “good doing” kind.
BUY DIRECT FROM BRANGUS BREEDERS! NO HIGH-PRICED COMMISSION
MEN TO RUN THE PRICE UP!
AT ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTIONROSWELL, N.M. • 575/622-5580Cattle may be viewed Friday, Feb. 26, 2010at Roswell Livestock Auction
Gayland Townsend . . . 580/443-5777, MOB. 580/380-1606 Troy Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . 575/734-7005, MOB. 575/626-2896Bill Morrison . . . . . . . . . . 575/482-3254, MOB. 575/760-7263Joe Lack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575/267-1016Larry Parker . . . . . . . . . . . 520/845-2315, MOB. 520/845-2411
80 -90 Brangus and Angus Plus Bulls• Most with EPDs• Registered and Commercial• Fertility- , TB-, and Brucellosis-tested• These bulls have been bred and raised under Southwest range conditions.• Most bulls rock-footed• Trich-tested to go anywhere
800-1,000 Females. . .• Registered Open Heifers • Registered Bred Heifers and Bred Cows• Bred Cows and Pairs – 3- to 7-yrs.-old• Bred Heifers – Coming 2-yr.-olds• Open Yearling Heifers
TO RECEIVE A CATALOG CONTACT: Bill Morrison: 575/482-3254 • C: 575/760-7263
To Consign Top Females Contact: Gayland Townsend: 580/443-5777 • C: 580/380-1606
Flash!Several herd bull prospectswill sell
19th Annual
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10 a.m.
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TucumcariBULL TEST SALE
Friday, March 19, 2010NMSU Agricultural Science CenterTucumcari, NM
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FEATURES12 Congressional Bill Would “Decimate U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sector”
14 We’re Paying to Have Environmentalists Sue Us
16 The Worst Scientific Scandal of Our Generation
20 Animal Welfare and Public Perception
23 Carbon Trading Fraudsters Pocket $7.3 Billion
24 Joint Stockmen’s Convention a Big Success
36 Privatizing Forests Would End Political Log-rolling
38 What is the Economic Impact of Infertility in Beef Cattle?
62 The Gelbvieh Edge by Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson
DEPARTMENTS10 N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter by Bert Ancell
12 Update
31 Beef Council Bullhorn
50 New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers by Don Bullis
55 Estrays
60 New Mexico Federal Lands News by Mike Casabonne
56 To the Point by Caren Cowan
60 Jingle Jangle
69 The Seedstock Guide
72 The Marketplace
74 The Real Estate Guide
82 The Advertisers’ Index
JANUARY 2010 VOL 76, No. 1 / USPS 381-580
ON THE COVER . . .
Our cover art is “I Should Have Been aStockbroker” a painting by renowned
western artist, A.T. “Tim” Cox. For moreinformation about this and other origi-
nals and prints by the artist, please con-tact him at 891 Rd 4990, Bloomfield,
NM 87413 or visit his website:www.timcox.com
JANUARY 2010
NEW MEXICO STOCKMANWrite or call: P.O. Box 7127
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194505/243-9515 Fax: 505/998-6236
E-mail: [email protected]
Official publication of:
n New Mexico Cattle Growers’ AssociationEmail: [email protected];
2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albu quer que, NM 87194,
505/247-0584, Fax: 505/842-1766; Pres i dent, Bert Ancell;
Executive Director, Caren Cowan;
n New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc.P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM
87194, 505/247-0584; President, Jim Cooper
Executive Director, Caren Cowan
EDITORIAL & ADVERTISINGPublisher: Caren Cowan
Publisher Emeritus: Chuck StocksOffice Manager: Marguerite VenselAdvertising Reps.: Chris Martinez, Melinda Martinez, Debbie CisnerosContributing Editors: Glenda Price,
Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson, Carol Wilson, William S. Previtti, Julie Carter, Lee Pitts
PRODUCTIONProduction Coordinator: Carol Pendleton
Graphic Design: Kristy Hinds MartelEditorial Design: Camille Pansewicz
New Mexico Stockman (USPS 381-580)is published monthly by Caren Cowan,2231 Rio Grande, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-2529.Subscription price: 1 year - $19.95 /2 years - $29.95.
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Periodicals Postage paid at Albuquerque, NewMexico and additional mailing offices. Copyright2008 by New Mexico Stockman. Material may not beused without permission of the publisher. Deadlinefor editorial and advertising copy, changes andcancellations is the 10th of the month precedingpublication. Advertising rates on request.
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Bert AncelBell RanchPresident
Rex Wilson Carrizozo
President Elect
Jose Varela LopezSanta Fe
Northeast V.P.
Louis Montoya La Plata
Northwest V.P.
Ty Bays Silver City
Southwest V.P.
Pat Boone Elida
Southeast V.P.
Emery Chee Bloomfield
V.P. At Large
Troy SaubleMaxwell
Sec./Treas.
NEW MEX ICO CATTLE GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
www.nmagriculture.org
We, the People
I’ve started this letter with three simple words — We, the People. These words have stood the test of time, butsome in America have forgotten their true meaning. It is our responsibility to remind them just what thesewords stand for. Pray for me to abide by these words and try to keep our Association strong and respected in thestate and country. I am honored to represent you and hope that I don’t falter in my duties.
We have a few new faces on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. I am looking forward to workingwith this crew and hope we can throw a loop on all the Association’s concerns and get our brand on them. It will takeeach and every one of us working together to do this. A problem with wolves in the Southwest is no less or no morea problem as state grazing leases in the Northeast, elk depredation in the Northwest, or the affected TB zone in theSoutheast. These problems affect each of us individually and the Association as a whole. For the survival of ranchingin New Mexico, we all must work together on every problem. I know I can count on each of you in doing this. As youknow, the Legislature convenes the latter part of January and we will be needing help with all the issues. We have aresponsibility to the ranching community, and to agriculture as a whole, to let those hombres there, and in Wash-ington, D.C., know that they really need to consider our concerns as they develop policy.
So ride a stout horse, we have a big herd of problems to drag to the fire, and everybody will get to rope. In thiselection year, we may need to cull the herd and try to find some replacements that will help our state and country.Let’s get their attention! Be active on the local, county, state, and national levels. We, the People is still the begin-ning of the preamble of the Constitution. It is time for some of our legislators to remember this.
I think we all need to thank Alisa for all the hard work she has done, and for her dedication to the organizationand its members for the last two years. My hat’s off to her. She took the bull by the horns on many problems, and didnot weaken in those storms. She stands tall with the many other “great ladies of the range” of New Mexico.
Have a great day,
NMCGA President
Hebrews 10:24 KJVAnd let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works
Congressional bill would “decimate U.S. livestock and poultry sector”
More than 20 million acres of cropland in the Corn Beltstates would likely be converted to forests under a con-gressional plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,according to an Agriculture Department analysis.
Such reductions in cropland will not only raise commodityprices for farmers but also increase feed costs for livestock pro-ducers and lead to cuts in production of beef, pork and milk, rais-ing retail food prices, the study found.Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that the projected land
shifts would be “disruptive to agriculture in some regions of thecountry” but questioned the accuracy of the projections, whichare based on a computer model developed at Texas A&M Univer-sity.Vilsack said the model’s assumptions may overestimate the
amount of forest land likely to be created.The projections are likely to make it more difficult for Presi-
dent Obama to convince farm-state senators on legislation thatwould create a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gasemissions.Under legislation that passed the House this year and is now
being considered in the Senate, utilities, refiners and other com-panies would have to reduce greenhouse gases or else buy offsets,or credits, from landowners who have reduced carbon emissionsby planting trees or altering farming methods.According to the USDA analysis, about 59 million acres of land
across the nation would be converted to forest by 2050 because ofthe carbon-offset program. Some 22.5 million acres of that newforest land would be in five Corn Belt states — Illinois, Indiana,Iowa, Missouri and Ohio.Some of that land is now in pasture, but 20.6 million acres are
now used for growing crops, according to the study.The Department of Agriculture study said another 15.1 million
acres of new forests would be created in Michigan, Minnesota, andWisconsin to earn carbon credits.Government economists have said the Texas A&M computer
model is the best source for analyzing the agricultural impacts ofclimate legislation. However, Vilsack said the analysis should beupdated to better reflect the legislation being considered in Con-gress.“In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, I strongly
believe that energy and climate legislation should be structuredto help farmers profit from new income opportunities and that anoutcome that damages agriculture is not anyone’s intent or inter-est,” Vilsack said.Terry Francl, an economist for the American Farm Bureau
Federation, said a cap-and-trade program would harm rural busi-nesses by reducing the number of U.S. farms and pushing crop
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ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION, INC.
900 North Garden · P.O. Box 2041Roswell, New Mexico 88201
505/622-5580www.roswelllivestockauction.com
CATTLE SALES: MONDAYSHORSE SALES: APRIL, JUNE, SEPTEMBER and DECEMBER
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ROSWELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION, INC.
900 North Garden · P.O. Box 2041Roswell, New Mexico 88201
575/622-5580www.roswelllivestockauction.com
CATTLE SALES: MONDAYSHORSE SALES: APRIL, JUNE, SEPTEMBER and DECEMBER
BENNY WOOTON RES 575/625-0071, CELL 575/626-4754SMILEY WOOTON RES 575/623-2338, CELL 575/626-6253
ROSWELL LIVESTOCKAUCTION RECEIVING STATIONS
Producers hauling cattle to Roswell Live stock NewMexico Re ceiving Stations need to call our toll-freenumber for a Trans portation Permit numberbefore leaving home. The Hauling Permit number1-800/748-1541 is answered 24 hours a day, 7 daysa week.
NEW RECEIVING STATION, LORDSBURG, NM2 Bar Livestock Highway #90 at NM #3 – East side of high-way. Receiving cattle for transport 2nd & 4th weekends ofeach month. Truck leaves Lordsburg at 2:00 p.m. Sunday.Smiley Wooton, 575/622-5580 office, 575/623-2338home, 575/626-6253 cell.FORT STOCKTON, TX1816 E. 53rd Lane, Interstate 10 to exit 259A to FM 1053,5 1/2 miles north of I-10. Turn right on Stone Rd. (receivingstation sign) 1-block. Turn left on 53rd Lane – 3/4 miles tored A-frame house and corrals on right. Buster Williams,432/336-0219, 432-290-2061. Receiving cattle: 2nd &4th Sundays of the month. Truck leaves at 3:00 p.m. CT.PECOS, TXHwy. 80 across from Town & Country Motel. NO PRIOR PER-MITS REQUIRED. Nacho, 432/445-9676, 432/634-6150,432/448-6865. Trucks leave Sunday at 4 p.m. CT. VALENTINE, TX17 miles north of Marfa on Hwy. 90. Red Brown 432/467-2682. Pens 432/358-4640. Trucks leave first Sunday at3:00 p.m. CT.VAN HORN, TX800 West 2nd, 5 blocks west of Court house. Gary or PattyFlowers, 478/335-8080, cell 432/283-7103. Trucks leave2nd & 3rd Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CT.MORIARTY, NMTwo blocks east and one block south of Tillery Chevrolet.Smiley Wooton 575/622-5580 office, 575/623-2338home, 575/626-6253 mobile. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00p.m. MT. SAN ANTONIO, NMRiver Cattle Co. Nine miles east of San Antonio on U.S. 380.Gary Johnson 575/838-1834. Trucks leave Sunday at 3:00p.m. MT.
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and livestock production overseas.“Less seed is sold, less fuel is sold, less
fertilizer is sold, less money is lent,”Francl said. “The bottom line is that thosewho bear the brunt on that are going to bethe rural communities.”The forecast reduction in cropland
would cut the U.S. corn harvest in 2050 by22 percent from projected levels. Hogslaughter, in turn, would fall by 23 per-cent in 2050 and beef slaughter woulddrop 10 percent, according to the study.The National Grain and Feed Associa-
tion, which represents grain and feedprocessors, issued a statement warningthat climate legislation “could decimatethe U.S. livestock and poultry sector”while shifting crop production overseas.
We’re paying to have environmentalists sue us
The federal government spends aboutthe same amount of money fundingenvironmental lawyers as it does to
protect endangered species, said aWyoming lawyer who defends ranchersinvolved in environmental lawsuits. Dur-ing the New Mexico Joint Stockmen’sConvention in Albuquerque in December,attorney Karen Budd-Falen said that shehad been curious how much money thefederal government paid the lawyers whoinitiated cases against her clients. Herinquiry into this, and other fees paid outby the government, uncovered more than$4.7 billion in taxpayer money that thegovernment paid to environmental lawfirms between 2003 and 2007. That repre-sents an average of $940 million a year,compared to $922 million spent directlyon the 986 endangered and threatenedspecies, according to the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service’s annual report.According to her research, Budd-Falen
found that three environmental groups —Western Watersheds Council, ForestGuardians and the Center for BiologicalDiversity — filed more than 700 lawsuitsagainst the U.S. government between2000 and 2009.“That money is not going into pro-
grams to protect people, wildlife, plantsand animals,” Budd-Falen told the CapitalPress, “but to fund more lawsuits.”According to Budd-Falen, environ-
mental groups are eligible for governmentfunds under the Equal Access to Justice
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Act, which provides for the award of attor-ney fees to “prevailing parties” in casesagainst the government. The firms alsoare accessing government funds throughthe Judgment Fund, which is a line-itemappropriation in the federal budget usedfor paying claims against the government.“We tried to track the fees paid to envi-
ronmental groups in certain federalcourts. These guys are charging between$350 and $450 an hour in legal fees.”Budd-Falen said.Budd-Falen found in one 15-month-
long case that Earthjustice Legal Founda-tion and the Western Environmental LawCenter filed for $479,242 in attorneys’fees.Brian Smith, a spokesman for Earth-
justice, has been quoted as saying thefoundation counts on those fees because itrepresents groups free of charge and thatif the government had been doing its jobunder the Bush administration, the foun-dation wouldn’t be so active. He believesthe current Obama administration willreduce the need for environmental law-suits.However, Budd-Falen doubts the
steady stream of lawsuits will stop, or evenslow. “Why would you stop filing litigationwhen you can get that kind of money?They are not filing these suits to try andprotect the environment. They are filingthese suits to make money.”
Charolais registry expandsto include one-half blood bulls
Amotion was adopted at the fall Boardof Directors meeting to create a sep-arate registry for one-half blood
bulls in which either the sire or dam ispurebred registered Charolais or both par-ents are at least one-half blood Charolais.Requirement for registry are as follows:1) No black cattle will be recorded.2) Males can be recorded with either a
dark or light nose.3) Males can be recorded if either their
sire or dam is purebred registered Charo-lais or if both their sire and dam arerecorded Charolais (one-half blood orhigher)4) Males will not be recorded if they are
less than one-half blood Charolais.5) Separate registry — cannot ever
come into the purebred registry, no breed-ing up.6) Any progeny out of these males will
stay in the separate registry. n
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The reason why there has been an expres-sion of total shock and dismay over theleaked University of East Anglia’s Cli-
matic Research Unit (CRU) emails is that thesenders and recipients of the mails constitutea cast list of scientific elite. They are theauthors of global temperature record that isthe most important of the four sets of temper-ature data on which the UN’s Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) andgovernments rely — not least for their predic-tions that the world will warm to catastrophiclevels unless trillions of dollars are spent toavert it, says author Christopher Booker.
There are three threads in particular inthe leaked documents which have sent ashock wave through informed observers
n Lastly, the emails demonstrate the ruth-less way in which these academics have beendetermined to silence any expert questioningof the findings they have arrived at by suchdubious methods — not just by refusing todisclose their basic data but by discreditingand freezing out any scientific journal whichdares to publish their critics’ work.
Recently, the former Chancellor Lord(Nigel) Lawson called for a proper indepen-dent inquiry into the maze of skullduggeryrevealed by the CRU leaks. Our hopelesslycompromised scientific establishment can-not be allowed to get away with a whitewashof what has become the greatest scientificscandal of our age, say the Booker.
Source: Christopher Booker, “Climate Change: Thisis the Worst Scientific Scandal of Our Generation,”The Telegraph, November 28, 2009.
across the world, says Booker:n A series of emails shows how Professor
Philip Jones, head of the CRU, and his col-leagues have for years been discussing thedevious tactics whereby they could avoidreleasing their data to outsiders under free-dom of information laws; scientists areadvised to delete large chunks of data, which,when this is done after receipt of a freedomof information request, is a criminal offence.
n Other emails show how the scientistsmanipulate data through their tortuouscomputer programs, always to point in onlythe one desired direction — to lower pasttemperatures and to “adjust” recent tem-peratures upwards, in order to convey theimpression of an accelerated warming.
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The worst scientific scandal of our generation
Political careerism the root of growing economic development empire
At least 58 separate types of “economicdevelopment” entities or programsare currently operating in Michigan,
according to the Citizens Research Councilof Michigan. The scope of this activity isbroad and includes grants; discriminatorytax breaks; direct and indirect subsidies;subsidized loans and loan guarantees;financing authorities; “enterprise zones”and “incubators”; job training programs;and more. Probably a majority of Michi-gan’s 1,859 local governments participateto some degree, plus most or all state uni-versities and community colleges.At best, these programs do nothing to
grow the economy of a city, state, region orcountry, and in many if not most cases,they are actually counterproductive, saysthe Mackinac Center. If these programsdon’t work, why do lawmakers keepexpanding them? There are three reasons.
First, there’s a “seen and unseen” problem:n It’s easy to see a particular firm offer-
ing to invest and create jobs in one com-munity if the government will only grant itsome special favor not available to otherfirms.
n Harder to see are the negative effectsof such activity on the rest of the economy,including the additional tax burdens car-ried by the non-favored firms.Second, while all this activity does
nothing for real economic development,it’s a highly effective tool for politicaldevelopment:
n Doing the things necessary to fosterreal economic growth — cutting govern-ment spending, lowering taxes, reducingregulations and modernizing labor laws —are hard because they all make politicallypowerful special interests angry.
n Expanding economic developmentprograms lets lawmakers pretend to be“doing something” to help the economy,regardless of whether they really are.Finally, perhaps the most important
reason is suggested by the multiplicity ofstate and local entities empowered togrant favors — political careerism:
n The primary goal of members of ourcurrent political class is to remain on agovernment payroll for the rest of theirworking lives.
n When these members of the politicalclass face a choice between serving thepeople or serving “the system,” they’ll
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Which trail are you on?Careerism continued from page 17
almost always choose the latter, becausethat’s how to attain their real goal: avoid-ing private sector employment with all its“hard” accountability for actual perfor-mance.
Source: Jack P. McHugh, “Political Careerism theRoot of Growing ‘Economic Development’ Empire,”Mackinac Center, December 8, 2009.
Animal rights vs. research:OSU halts anthrax study
Worried about stepped up activity bymilitant animal-rights groups,administrators at Oklahoma State
University in Stillwater abruptly cancelledan anthrax vaccine study that would havekilled dozens of baboons.
“There are regrettably some violent actscommitted by animal-rights groups, andthe president felt we should take our breathhere and not do this project just yet,” OSUvice-president of research, Stephen McK-eever, told the journal Nature.The “ResearchSaves” campaign stresses
that animal studies have helped find bettertreatments for breast cancer, heart diseaseand a wide range of other ailments —including diseases that threaten animalhealth. Videos from the campaign areavailable here. The campaign is sponsoredby the Foundation for BiomedicalResearch and the National Association forBiomedical Research.
In Oklahoma, the project, funded by theU.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)and led by Shinichiro Kurosawa of BostonUniversity School of Medicine, had beenapproved by the OSU animal-care commit-tee in September and was awaiting reviewby the biosafety committee when OSUPresident Burns Hargis vetoed it, callingthe study “controversial,” Nature reported.Kurosawa had hoped to use the OSU
animal facility because it has the requiredlevel of biosafety containment for anthrax.Along with collaborators, he had plannedto investigate the biochemical pathwaysthat lead to death following anthrax infec-tion, and to test an anthrax vaccine.
Scientists who conduct animal researchin California found firebombs on theirdoorsteps and received threatening phonecalls and emails last year, the Los AngelesTimes reported. And animal-rights activistshave infiltrated labs at the University ofUtah this year and at the Oregon NationalPrimate Research Center two years ago,according to the Salt Lake Tribune. n
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Animal welfare and public perceptionPublic wants animal husbandry, not industrializedag, says CSU professor
by KINDRA GORDON
Addressing animal welfare issues,Colorado State University’sBernard Rollin gave a candid pre-sentation to attendees at the
Twenty-first Range Beef Cow Symposiumin Casper, Wyo.Rollin, who is a distinguished profes-
sor of philosophy, animal sciences and auniversity bioethicist, introduced himselfas a “friend of the beef industry for thelast 25 years,” and said, “I understand thebeef industry.”But, he added, “A friend is someone
who tells you what you need to hear —not what you want to hear.” To thatpoint Rollin told beef producers inattendance that as the public’s focus onanimal welfare issues intensifies the beefindustry will need to adapt. Specifically,he said, “Your industry has got to get ridof hot-iron branding, dehorning with-out anesthesia and castration withoutanesthesia.”Rollin did compliment ranchers for
their livestock care efforts. “The publicwants animal husbandry, and you prac-tice animal husbandry,” he said. “Youpractice it in spades.”“Cow-calf is exactly what the public
wants,” he added. “You are still animalhusbandry that did not sell out to indus-try. There is a difference between whatyou — the beef industry — do and whatother livestock industries do.”To that Rollin pointed out, “You are
not the poultry industry or the swineindustry, and that’s your saving grace.”Beef must market itself as producing
an ethical, humane, sustainable product,Rollin said. “There’s nothing morehumane than Western ranching.”Rollin concluded by noting that ani-
mal welfare does identify many legitimateconcerns. Industries must address theissues (such as hot-iron branding) thatare not acceptable, he said. “Deal with itin a way you can manage. If you handlethis properly you can make it an opportu-nity, not a threat. You’ve got to changethe way you think, because if you don’tyou’ll have management by referendum.”
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Carbon trading fraudsters may haveaccounted for up to 90 percent ofall market activity in some Euro-pean countries, with criminals
pocketing an estimated $7.3 billion,mainly in Britain, France, Spain, Den-mark and Holland, according to Europol,the European law enforcement agency.The revelation caused embarrassment
for European Union (EU) negotiators atthe Copenhagen climate change summitrecently, where they had been pushing foran expansion of their system across theglobe to penalize heavy emitters of car-bon dioxide:
n Suspicions about an unprecedentedlevel of carbon crime over the last 18
in the carbon market could soonmigrate to the gas and electricity sec-tors. Figures from New Energy Financeshow the value of the global marketfalling from $38 billion in the secondquarter to $30 billion in the threemonths to the end of September afterseveral countries cracked down, withvolumes falling from 2.1 billion tons to1.7 billion tons.Europol has now set up a special unit
to “identify and disrupt the organizedcriminal structures behind these fraudschemes.”
Source: Rowena Mason, “Copenhagen climatesummit: Carbon trading fraudsters in Europepocket $7.3bn,” Telegraph, December 10, 2009.
months have led investigators to believecriminals are using “missing trader”techniques to buy up carbon credits else-where in Europe where there is a cheaperrate of value added tax (VAT).
n Then they sell on the credits in theUnited Kingdom, charging the domesticrate, and pocket the difference; this hasbeen commonplace among trading ofvery mobile commodities across Euro-pean borders, such as phones, computerchips and cigarettes.
n British investigators made sevenarrests earlier this year over a suspected$62 million VAT scam.Europol said it had reason to believe
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Joint Stockmen’s Convention Draws Big Crow to Albuquerque,
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Despite blizzard conditions in parts of the state,stockmen from far and wide migrated to Albu-querque to attend the 2009 version of the
Joint Stockmen’s Convention. Always a highlightevent of the year for all segements of the livestockindustry, this year’s convention, held for the firsttime at the Mariott Pyramid Hotel, was one of thebest ever. We’re betting the folks went home with arenewed sense of optimism and comittment.
The Stockman camera caught much of theaction at this year’s convention in photos and weshare these with you on the following pages:
A. Wesley Grau was named Cattleman of the Year. Grau familymembers gathered for the award presentation. B. MikeCasabonne and Tommy Eppers presented Lewis Derrick with thecoveted Bud’s Contract Award. C. NMCGA president, AlisaOgden, presented Kelly Leslie of Tatum, with the Inspector of theYear Award. D. Jeff Witte accepted the Ayudando Siempre AlliAward from Alisa Ogden and Caren Cowan. E. Yetta Bidegain wasnamed CowBelle of the Year. F. Lisa Ogden and Bill King pre-sented the first Bruce & Alice King Memorial Service Award toNew Mexico Stockman publisher emeritus, Chuck Stocks. G.Mae Lopez received the industry’s appreciation for her 50 yearsservice as New Mexico Stockman business manager from AlisaOgden. H. Owaissa Heimann received a quilt as a token of appre-ciation for her 21 year service as CowBelles’ treasurer. I. TheClavel family gathered to watch Jody receive the coveted BeefBacker Award from the New Mexico Beef Council. J. Jody Clavelspoke about his long history and experi-ences with the beef checkoff. K. OutgoingNew Mexico Cattle Growers’ president AlisaOgden welcomed Bert Ancell to the office.L. Linda Rundell, State BLM Director,spoke to the group during the Family Lun-cheon. M. Farm Credit of New Mexico’s JoeClavel and Al Porter presented Alisa with a$2,500 donation to the Cattle Growers’ liti-gation fund. N. Steve Warshawer spokeabout the Beef Improvement Initiative. O.Collin Woodall of the NCBA Washingtonoffice, spoke on current issues. P. KevinDhuyvetter, KSU economist talked aboutthe low cost producer. Q. Ross Wilson,Texas Cattle Feeders executive v.p. , spokeabout the NCBA governance task force rec-ommendations. R. Farm Credit of NewMexico president, Al Porter welcomeseveryone to the Family Luncheon, spon-sored by Farm Credit. S. Karen Budd-Falen told delegates that environmentalgroups are begin paid billions by the gov-ernment to sue the government. T. Peteand Sarah Gnatkowski. U. Tom Rutherfordand Dennis Roche. V. Bill Previtti and Mer-ilee Dannemann. W. Perennial beautiesElnabeth Grau and Becky Christmas.
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State Land Commissioner candidates Bob Cornelius, Sandy Jones and Matt Rush.
Land Commissioner candidates Mike Anaya and Ray Powell.
Showmanship champion Shelby Crane received her buckle from Lisa and Boe Lopez.
Purina Scholarship winner Danni Woodward with Gary Creighton and Boe Lopez.
Jim Lyssy and Boe Lopez presented Erin Crumbley withthe Allied Industries scholarship.
Belynn Sharp accepted the YCC scholarship from Boe Lopez.
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Aspecial thanks to Bill King of Stanley, N.M., for serving on the board of directors of the American HerefordAssociation (AHA), the last year as president. His tenure accomplished many things, concentrating on
documenting the feed efficiency, fertility, heterosis, and economic qualities of the breed.Bill’s efforts have left the breed and the Association in a much stronger position.
“Bill knows what is happening in all aspects of the industry, and he hasbrought a calming leadership presence to the AHA Board that has instilled
confidence in all of us who have had a chance to work with him,” says CraigHuffhines, AHA executive vice president. “His experience has brought a sound
industry business sense to the AHA Board.”
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Christoper McClure and Duke Sundt. Bill Merhege discussed plans for alternate energy on BLM lands.
Tim O’Neill and Neil Odom.
Paty Burns and Barbara Jackson. Haylie and Lacey Bidegain, Heidi Humphries and Erica Valdez.
Phil Harvey and Jim Jackson discuss Jim’s announcement that he will be a
candidate for State Land Commissioner.
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Welda and Jim Grider. Leon & Joyce Nance celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the convention with friends Diane and Joe Delk.
Bill and Mae Lopez with friend Bob Homer. Frank Rice and Jerry Witte. Kacy and Kayla Drummond with Chris Allison.
Rusty and Emma Frost with Troy and Bryce Stone. Sharon Neiderman and Ben Davis. Myles Culbertson visits with Larry Foster.
Tweeti and Linn Blancett with Felicia Thal.
Bert Ancell took office as New Mexico Cattle Growers president.
Rex Wilson assumedoffice as NMCGA president-elect.
Tye Bays was re-electedNMCGA Southwestern
vice-president.
Troy Sauble, NMCGA secretary/
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The Beef Backer Award is presentedannually by the New Mexico BeefCouncil for outstanding efforts that
result in the advancement of the New Mex-ico beef industry through education, pro-motion and research.
The 2009 Beef Backer Award goes toJody Clavel for his longtime contributionsto the industry.
The first chairman of the NewMexico Beef Council, Jody is one ofour outstanding founding fathers.As Patsy, his beloved wife of 65years says, “He put lots of miles onhis car, he made lots of speechesand he went to a lot of meetings.”At these meetings, he tirelesslypromoted the new idea of thecheckoff and the state beef councilto his fellow producers.
But long before his travels allover New Mexico to build a “unitedvoice, speaking before some prettyhostile audiences,” his meetingswith legislators, and before histravels to Chicago as chairman ofthe Farm Bureau’s Beef Commit-tee, where he learned about effortsin other states, before he witnessedthe founding of the Meat ExportFederation, and before all the workhe voluntarily undertook thateventually led to the formation ofthe Beef Council, Jody was a hard-working rancher.
It’s no exaggeration to say Jodyhas seen it all. From the terriblesandstorms of the dustbowl daysof the 1930’s to the governmentslaughter of cattle that couldn’tmake it in 1934, to his father’sdeath when Jody was only 17, tohis service during World War II,
to the drought of the 1950’s, to the startof the ploughing and grass planting thatbecame the soil bank, he remained true tohis calling.
“It’s been a lifetime of work trying to getthe land back to where it would produce,”he says. And his work has paid off. Todaythe Twin Creek Ranch is in the fifth gener-ation, and he and Patsy are proud of their21 grandchildren who live all the way from
Tempe to Dallas to Alaska to Raton.
The New Mexico Beef Councilheld its first meeting in Novem-ber, 1979. Jody served on theNMBC from 1979 to 1984. “TheBeef Council is doing a good job,”he says, “but we’ve got to keep ondoing it, do it every day. It’s beenestablished that the checkoff is ofbenefit. It’s a good deal, a fair deal.It’s the survival of the livestockindustry. The promotion of beefhas got to be the main thing, toshow people that it’s a good prod-uct, it’s safe and we need the sup-port to see that it stays that way.We’d be lost in more ways thanone without the checkoff. I appre-ciate all the people who are keep-ing it going. I’m tickled. I havegreat satisfaction in the fact thatthe Beef Council has grown andperformed very, very well and hasaccomplished the goals in regardto the beef industry and cattleproducers.”
Congratulations, Jody, and thankyou for your dedicated efforts. Weare a much better community anda stronger industry thanks to yourgenerosity and hard work. We areindeed privileged to have your tal-ents and your caring for our com-munity.
Jody Clavel: Beef Backer 2009
Jody Clavel accepts 2009 Beef Backer Award.
Three generations of the Clavel family.
NMBC Vice-chairman Cliff Copeland presents Jody Claveland wife Patsy with the 2009 Beef Backer Award.
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For more information contact: New Mexico Beef Council Dina C. Reitzel – Executive Director1209 Mountain Rd. Pl. NE, Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87110 505/841-9407 • 505/841-9409 fax • www.nmbeef.com
2009-2010 DIRECTORS — CHAIRMAN, Tom Spindle, Producer; VICE-CHAIRMAN, Cliff Copeland, Purebred Producer; SECRETARY, Jim Bob Burnett.
NMBC DIRECTORS: Andres Aragon, Cow-CalfProducer; Darrell Brown, Cow-Calf Producer; ChadDavis, Producer; Bill Porter, Feeder; Joe Clavel, Producer;Art Schaap, Fluid Milk Producer.
EX-OFFICIO’S: Jane Frost, Producer, Federation ofState Beef Council Director; Margie McKeen, Producer,Beef Board Director; Wesley Grau, Producer, Beef BoardDirector; Bill Porter, Feeder, USMEF Director.
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NMBC Shows Strong Presence at 2009Joint Stockmen’s Convention
Southwest Beef Symposium
Southwest Beef Symposium will beheld in Tucumcari on January 20-21,2010. If you are planning on attend-
ing, please mail your registration form andfee to Clay Mathis. You can find informa-tion on the Southwest Beef Symposiumwebpage at http://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/swbeef.
A special room rate at the TucumcariHampton Inn for SWBS attendees is $81+tax if you let them know you are anattendee. Contact the Tucumcari Hamp-ton Inn to make your reservation at575/461-1111.
The New Mexico Beef Council was outin force at this year’s Joint Stock-men’s Convention in Albuquerque.
Following the NMBC directors’ meeting,former directors Manuel Salazar andMargie McKeen were honored with special
presentations. The NMBC sponsored boththe Welcome Reception and speaker Dr.Mandy Carr, Executive Director forResearch and Group Leader for Safety,Nutrition & Product Enhancementresearch programs at National Cattlemen’s
Beef Association, where she leads theNCBA Safety Strategy Team. In addition,Checkoff pioneer and first Chairman of theNMBC, Jody Clavel, received the 2009 BeefBacker Award at the Saturday Awardslunch.
Molly Smith, ProgramCoordinator, Collegeof Agriculture andHome Economics atthe NMSU Agricul-tural Science Centerat Clovis.
NMBC Executive Director Dina Chacon-Reitzel and NMBC Director Art Schaapand wife Renee enjoy the NMBC-spon-sored Welcome Reception.
NMBC Executive Director Dina Chacon-Reitzel and Chairman Tom Spindle presentformer NMBC Vice-chairman ManuelSalazar National Geographic print in thanksfor his service.
Dr. Mandy Carr,NCBA speaker sponsored by NMBC.
NM Beef Board Representative WesleyGrau chats with Rex Wilson.
NMBC Director JimBob Burnett.
NMBC Chairman Tom Spindle honorsMargie McKeen for her years of service asNew Mexico Beef Board Representative.
Dr. Clay Mathis, Professor and LivestockSpecialist, ExtensionAnimal Sciences & Natural Resources,NMSU addresses NMBC meeting.
Lana Slaten, new President ofAmerican National Cattlewomen,with former ANCW President, Fita Witte.
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If cow-calf producers wish to survivein today’s troubled market they mustreduce their broad, ever-expanding
genetic gene pools to a much smallermore highly concentrated level.Back in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s,Dr. J. Lush, a world renowned IowaState University geneticist stated thatthe hybrid vigor that results in crossingtwo lines of pureblood would be short-lived. He stated that the gene traits forconsistency would noticeablyDECREASE in the third generation.He continued by saying that if theCROSS BREEDING continued manyof the other essential gene traits wouldcontinue to DECREASE in each of thefollowing generations.A few decades later a number of so called“experts” in the beef industry (many ofwhom had never owned a cow or paid afeed bill) ignored Dr. Lush’s provengenetic theories. They proceeded tointroduce, “with big hype” the idea that“bigger was better” and crossbreedingwould solved some marketing problemsand increase net results. This hype con-tinues to this day. The results of continuous cross-breeding over the past 30 yearshas produced a much larger cowsize, the calf crops do not lookalike, do not perform the sameand do not cut out the same.Meat packers are now inform-ing us that only 16% to 22%make the Choice grade. Recallthat a few years back the stan-dards to make Choice were low-
ered. With the old standards, the bulkof today’s Choice grade would be calledSelect. All of this brings up a seriousquestion. If EPDs were to be the com-plete remedy for herd and breedimprovement, why has the overall car-cass quality declined to the lowest levelin the history of the beef industry?We are now hearing that a million dol-lar grant has been awarded three meatscientists to discover why the carcassquality has declined to such a low level.This question can be easily answeredwith one word: GENETICS. The genepool in continuous crossbreeding pro-grams becomes far to broad. This resultsin producing a multitude of differentgene trait combinations. Thus, consis-tency, predictability and uniformity donot appear in each new generation. Thiswide variation increases with each newgeneration as the gene pool is broad-ened. With PURE, HIGHLY CON-CENTRATED GENETICS, this vari-ation does not exist.
Keep in mind that the gene traits forearly MATURITY and CONSISTEN-
CY are the key to enjoying profitability.The smallest number of days from birthto slaughter usually determines the netreturn. If your cowherd exceeds 1300pounds, the calf crop does not lookalike, does not perform the same anddoes not cut out the same. You shouldreturn to the proven genetic theories ofBasic Genetics 101. With this in mind,we suggest that you view our website:www.irishblacks.com or call MauriceBoney, 970/587-2252 or Guy Gould,970/483-5184.
You will note that in just two genera-tions you can be selling your calf cropsat the higher carcass quality values thatthe industry enjoyed 30 years ago.During the past 25 years, 75% of thepeople who are using our concentratedblood have never paid us a visit. Theycontinue to tell us that they wish theyhad discovered our concentratedgenetics many years earlier. Some ofour bull customers have mentionedthat, since they joined our breedingprogram, their banker is much easier todeal with!
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We consider R2W-3 to be one of our top donor cows. In herd improve-ment, we, like the 23 Irish breedersthat visited us, believe that 75% ofthe herd improvement is contributedby the female line. R2W-3 has had 2bulls and 2 heifers sired by 3 differentherd sires with an average ultrasound score at 11 months of age =B.F. .14, IMF 4.38, REA 13.97. The first bull calf out of the heifer calfthat is nursing R2W-3 scored B.F..168, IMF 4.35, REA 13.16. Note consistency transmitted by highlyconcentrated genetics.
The Beef Industry Needs a Genetic OverhaulCARCASS QUALITY & CUTOUT VALUES HAVE DECLINED
TO THE LOWEST LEVEL IN THE HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRY
ABC News should focus less on theretirement of Charlie Gibson and hisreplacement by Diane Sawyer and
more on integrity, says the National Cen-ter for Public Policy Research, which justcompleted an advertising review of ABC’snightly World News.The multi-month review, using data
collected by executive director DavidAlmasi and analyzed by policy analyst MattPatterson, was conducted after ABCallowed President Obama to pitch hishealth care proposal in a special edition ofABC’s Primetime hosted by Gibson andSawyer in June. Obama was given addi-tional airtime to pitch his health careagenda that evening on Nightline.That night, ABC News refused to allow
the conservative group Conservatives forPatients Rights to purchase paid advertis-ing to put forth an alternative perspective.In the 98 days of ABC World News
advertising logged by Almasi and analyzedby Patterson, the broadcast featured 1,102commercials, 597 of which were placed bymember companies of the PharmaceuticalResearch and Manufacturers of America(PhRMA) trade association, representing54.17 percent of total commercials aired.
PhRMA very aggressively supportsPresident Obama’s health care agenda.“It’s clear that World News relies on the
members of PhRMA to sponsor it,” saidAlmasi. “Ford and Proctor and Gamble arereliable sponsors, but the overwhelmingamount of paid ads were for drugs pushedby the members of this very powerful andvery political trade association. Ad after adon World News comes from members ofthe drug lobby group PhRMA. It’s almostlaughable how many ads they run eachday. If they were to stop, it would seemdoubtful the broadcasts could continue.”Says Patterson, “ABC News seems to
have a significant financial stake in thesuccess of ObamaCare. Should we be sur-prised that they hand over an hour toObama to promote his plan, while shut-ting out opposing views?”
“There was not one day in which themembers of PhRMA were not major adver-tisers on World News,” continued Almasi.“It’s hard to believe that the producers ofthe program don’t have this on their mindswhen they are selecting the issues theycover. CBS burned off the series Swing-town two summers ago because the net-work found advertisers weren’t interested.
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Group Says ABC News Should Worry Less About Its Anchors & More About Its IntegrityNBC cancelled Southland before the sec-ond season even aired because of concernsthe show would be unacceptable to adver-tisers. The concerns of advertisers do drivecontent. With so many PhRMA memberssponsoring World News, it would be hardnot to think that people at the network arealways mindful of who is paying their bills.PhRMA makes no bones about its supportfor ObamaCare, and PhRMA’s membercompanies appear to be the lifeblood ofABC’s flagship World News program.”
Patterson recalls that White HouseCommunications Director Anita Dunnattacked the legitimacy of Fox News inOctober and White House Senior AdvisorDavid Axelrod said of Fox’s news program-ming, “it’s really not news.” Patterson notesthat the White House has shown no similarconcern for objectivity at ABC: “ABCappears willing to turn over large chunks ofits news programming to a politician, ifthat politician is backed by companies rep-resenting more than half of their advertise-ments. And for the president, it seems it’sOK for a news organization to support apoint of view — so long as it’s his.”
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Questions plagueefforts to growwind power use
Interest in wind power productionseems to be on the rise, but a verdict onthe long-term viability of wind as an
energy source has yet to be reached, andno hope is in sight for the scores of birdsand bats meeting grisly fates among theturning turbine blades, says Cheryl K.Chumley, a Virginia-based journalist whospecializes in land-use issues.Consider:n At the Altamont, California wind
farm, an estimated 22,000 birds, includingsome 400 golden eagles, have collided withwind turbines or been electrocuted bypower lines there, according to the SierraClub’s Sierramagazine.
n In Lake Township, Michigan, officialsare considering banning wind turbineswithin township boundaries, saying theydisrupt the idyllic countryside and putwildlife at risk, according to a report byThe Detroit News.“[Industry officials] say the bird and bat
problem has been solved,” says SterlingBurnett, a senior fellow specializing inenergy and environment for the NationalCenter for Policy Analysis. But that’s nottrue; they’ve just made bigger turbinesthat turn slower. So they’re still whackingbirds, just not as many.”In addition to bird and bat deaths,
plenty of other issues fuel widespread con-cern about wind power production. Wis-consin Independent Citizens OpposingWindturbine Sites (WINDCOWS), a grass-roots group formed to fight the develop-ment of 49 windmills that would spanthree townships, decries a lot more thanaesthetics.The WINDCOWS Web site protests
excessive wind turbine noise, flickeringlights, toxic fluid leaks from generators,and well and groundwater contaminationresulting from grading during construc-tion and operation of the windmills.
Source: Cheryl K. Chumley, “Questions PlagueEfforts to Grow Wind Power Use,” Heartland Insti-tute, January 1, 2008.
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Since 1908, the United States For-est Service has paid 25 percent ofits gross receipts to the states forspending on roads and schools in
the counties where national forests arelocated. In the Pacific Northwest, receiptsstarted to decline in the late 1980sdue to lower timber sales as a resultof efforts to protect the spotted owl.In 1993, Congress responded withadditional “spotted owl payments”to the affected states. A 2000 lawspread these payments to allnational forests, but the bulk con-tinued to go to the Pacific North-west.When the law was reauthorized
last year, members of Congress used it asan opportunity to grab money for theirstates, says the Cato Institute. Accordingto the Associated Press:
n The federal largess initially focusedon a handful of Western states, with Ore-gon alone receiving nearly $2 billion.
n Spending of that magnitude,though, sparked a new timber war — thisone among politicians eager to get their
money grab was a result of good ole con-gressional logrolling:
n New Mexico’s two senators served aschairman and ranking Republican on theSenate committee that rewrote the tim-ber payments formula.
n New Mexico’s increase underthe new formula was 692 percent.
Bingaman defended thechanges. “Frankly we had tobroaden the program in order to getthe support to go ahead and do areauthorization, and that’s exactlywhat we did,” he said in an inter-view.
A Cato essay on the U.S. ForestService notes that a reform step
would be to revive federalism by eliminat-ing federal forest subsidies to the statesand turning portions of the nationalforests over to the states. Other activitiescould be privatized. Some experts haveproposed full privatization of the nationalforests.
Source: Tad DeHaven, “Timber Payments andLogrolling,” Cato Institute, December 8, 2009.
hands on some of the logging money.n A four-year renewal of the law, passed
last year, authorizes an additional $1.6 bil-lion for the program through 2011 andshifts substantial sums to states where thespotted owl never flew.
n While money initially was based onhistoric logging levels, now any state withfederal forests — even those with no his-tory of logging — is eligible for millions inForest Service dollars.
n Doling out all that taxpayer money isbased less on logging losses than on thepowerful reality of political clout.Democratic New Mexico Senator Jeff
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Democratic New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman bluntly admitted that the money grab
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The number of federal workers earningsix-figure salaries has exploded dur-ing the recession, according to a USA
TODAY analysis of federal salary data.Federal employees making salaries of
$100,000 or more jumped from 14 percentto 19 percent of civil servants during therecession’s first 18 months — before over-time pay and bonuses are counted.Federal workers are enjoying an extra-
ordinary boom time — in pay and hiring— during a recession that has cost 7.3 mil-lion jobs in the private sector.The highest-paid federal employees are
doing best of all on salary increases, says
in agencies big and small, high-tech andlow-tech. The primary cause: substantialpay raises and new salary rules.The growth in six-figure salaries has
pushed the average federal worker’s pay to$71,206, compared with $40,331 in theprivate sector.“There’s no way to justify this to the
American people. It’s ridiculous,” says Rep.Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a first-term law-maker who is on the House’s federal work-force subcommittee.
Source: Dennis Cauchon, “For feds, more get 6-fig-ure salaries,” USA Today, December 10, 2009.
USA TODAY:n Defense Department civilian employ-
ees earning $150,000 or more increasedfrom 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 inJune 2009, the most recent figure available.
n When the recession started, theTransportation Department had only oneperson earning a salary of $170,000 ormore; 18 months later, 1,690 employeeshad salaries above $170,000.The trend to six-figure salaries is occur-
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Korean demand forU.S. beef stengthens
Weekly statistics for U.S. beefexported to South Koreashow a steady rebound of
sales, with the pace in late Novemberreaching the second-highest level forall of 2009 and the highest level sinceFebruary. Although the velocity ofbeef consumption remains belowthat of the pre-BSE period, there areclear signs of gains in U.S. beef dis-tribution and usage by the foodser-vice sector. That sector accounted foran estimated 65 percent of U.S. beefconsumption in 2003.Particularly encouraging is grow-
ing usage by small- to medium-sizeindependent barbecue and rib soupestablishments, whose collectivepotential demand for U.S. beef isconsidered the largest among allsectors. Elly Sung, U.S. Meat ExportFederation assistant marketingmanager for Korea, says, severalmonths ago, restaurants were reti-cent to use U.S. beef because ofrequirements which obligate themto display the country of origin. Hesays, these concerns are abating.Large U.S. beef stocks have
clouded domestic wholesale market-place psychology. However, USMEFestimates these stocks may haveshrunk by about 25 percent in thepast two months. Local traders pointout that as U.S. beef usage increases,the ratio of stocks to annual con-sumption, has declined to more nor-mal levels.
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Beef producers need cows to becomepregnant, deliver healthy calves, andwean productive calves to make
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fall into three primary groups: 1)cows that fail to become pregnantduring the breeding season (usually60 to 120 days); 2) cows that becomepregnant but fail to calve; and 3)cows that become pregnant late inthe breeding season. Infertility thatleads to the failure of a cow or heiferto calve during the subsequent calvingseason results in the single largest eco-nomic loss to beef producers, because noeconomic return will be realized fromthose cows for at least one additional year(unless producers have multiple breedingseasons or a split breeding season). Cowsthat fail to become pregnant during thebreeding season do not give producers anopportunity to market a calf, becoming an
detection usually occurs about 30 to 90days after the end of the breeding season.Pregnancy diagnosis affords producers anopportunity to cull cows that are not preg-nant. However, in an effort to maintain asteady population of brood cows, removingthese cows from the herd may reduce a pro-
ducer’s flexibility to cull other cowsthat may fail to produce thrifty calves,or that should otherwise be culled formore legitimate production charac-teristics such as poor genetics, tem-perament, structural concerns, andpoor health. Previous reports indicatethat approximately 4.5 percent of thecow herd is culled annually becausethey fail to become pregnant!For the 65.5 percent of beef produc-
ers who do not use pregnancy diagnosis intheir operations, the first opportunity thatthey have to determine which cows are notpregnant is after the subsequent calvingseason. At that point, producers maydecide to either retain the cows that failedto calve, or cull those cows prior to thenext breeding season. Either way, there is a
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for numerous reasons, such as ane-strous/prepuberty (cows and heifers thatdo not start their estrous cycles during thebreeding season), disease, or sub-optimalmanagement. In addition, cows may also
become pregnant but fail to calve becausethey lose their pregnancy at some stage ofgestation due to a disease or trauma event.Either way, the economic impacts of cowsfailing to calve is profound.
Approximately 34.5 percent of all U.S.beef producers utilize pregnancy detectionas a management method to determinewhether cows are pregnant and use the toolto make culling decisions. Pregnancy
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What is the economic impact of infertility in beef cattle?
For the 65.5 percent of beef producers who do not use pregnancy diagnosis in their operations, the first opportunity that they have to determinewhich cows are not pregnant is after
the subsequent calving season.
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significant cost to the producer for main-taining those cows for a full year withoutproducing a calf. With no calf sale, costs ofsupplemented feed, pasture, and otherexpenses directly decrease the lifetimeprofitability of open cows.Often overlooked or neglected facets of
infertility are the cows that become preg-nant but fail to calve or calve later in thecalving season. When cows are diagnosedas pregnant, but fail to calve or calve late inthe calving season, they have a negativeimpact on the return a producer may real-ize from the sale of calves. For instance,infertility during the early stages of thebreeding season that resolves with timecan manifest itself in the form of reducedcalf weight. As an example, calves gainbetween 1.5 and 2 pounds per day whilesuckling their dam. A calf conceived on thefirst day of the calving season has theopportunity to gain 90 to 120 morepounds than a calf born 60 days into thebreeding season. Reducing infertility willensure that more females calve toward thebeginning of the calving season.
Producers can calculate the impact offertility on their own operations, by simplycalculating the revenue generated byexposed cows in the herd. Using recentdata (CattleFax, 2008) the following exam-ple demonstrates the cost of infertility on atypical Florida operation. Example: Calfprice for 500 weight feeder calves is$1.00/lb; percentage of pregnant cows is 85percent; and, weaning weights average 500pounds. Therefore, the following calcula-tion may be used (assuming that there islittle or no difference in the maintenancecosts of a pregnant or nonpregnant cow):Value of weaned calf per exposed cow if
100 perccent cows are pregnant = 500 lbsx 100% x $1.00/lb = $500 per cowValue of weaned calf per exposed cow
when 85 percent cows are pregnant = 500lbs x 85% x $1.00/lb = $425 per cowLoss due to failure to become pregnant
during the breeding season = $500 - $425= $75Thus, this case demonstrates that infer-
tility costs the producer $75 per exposedcow (or $5 per exposed cow for every 1 per-cent decrease in pregnancy rate). In addi-tion, there are additional costs associatedwith calf mortality after calving and late-calving cows that also decrease the overallrevenue per exposed cow. Obviously pro-ducers cannot overcome all infertility, butunderstanding the costs associated withinfertility may ensure that changes occurto enhance the factors responsible forimproving fertility and reduce the negative
exam and are capable of breeding all of thecows in a pasture or herd. Environmentalfactors are: 1) heat stress that reduces con-ception and pregnancy rates; 2) overlyextensive beef operations that limit theimplementation of sound managementprocedures; and, 3) excessive rain and mudthat reduce fertility.The cost of infertility to the entire U.S.
cattle industry, with a cow population of42.5 million cows, likely reduces revenuein excess of $1.06 billion.
Source: G. Cliff Lamb, Carl Dahlen, and Mary Mad-dox, University of Florida.
influences on fertility.Management related factors are: 1)
nutritional management to ensure thatpostpartum anestrus or prepuberty can beovercome; 2) selection of fertile animalsamong breeds and within breeds; 3) use ofcrossbreeding for hybrid vigor; 4) selec-tion and handling of animals in ways thatreduce stress; 5) use of reproductive man-agement tools such as estrous synchro-nization and artificial insemination toalter the calving distribution; 6) followinga stringent vaccination program to reducethe incidence of disease; 7) use of bullsthat have passed a breeding soundness
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Cow-calf producers, like most in thecattle industry, have been on thedefensive for the past three years.
First buffeted by unprecedented high feedand other input costs in 2007 and early2008, profitability remained weak as cat-tle prices collapsed under the weight ofthe recession and poor beef demand thispast year. Poor profitability stalled out thefledgling cow herd expansion that beganin 2005 and by 2007 the cow herd wasdeclining.
That sets up the situation in late 2009.Beef production is decreasing and pro-jected to continue decreasing for a couplemore years. Several macroeconomic indi-cators suggest that the worst of the reces-sion is behind us and that we should seerecovery that leads to improved beefdemand in the next few months. The tim-ing is, of course, uncertain. The macro-economic signals are a mixed bag rightnow. The stock market has made a signif-icant recovery from the low in early 2009.GDP growth was positive in the thirdquarter is likely to show growth, albeitmodest growth, in 2010. However, unem-ployment is still rising and likely has notpeaked yet. Consumer spending remainslimited as consumers work to repair theirbalance sheets. Recovery of beef demanddepends on consumers having the finan-
cial ability to purchase more beef, alongwith other things.
The good news is that beef demand isfundamentally sound. Consumers stillwant to purchase and eat beef and theywill as soon as they can afford to. That willlead to higher prices and the incentive forthe beef industry to expand productionwhen it occurs. This scenario is likely tokick in sometime in 2010 and could be rel-atively strong in the last part of the year.
However, because of the current herdinventory situation, the beef industry haslimited ability to expand very quickly. Theinitial stages of expansion will pull evenmore heifers out of feedlots and furthersqueeze beef production.
The beef herd expands or contracts ona more or less annual basis due to the sea-sonality of forage production. It isunlikely that the recovery described abovewill be in place and obvious enough forthe beef industry as a whole to beginmuch expansion in 2010. However, indi-vidual producers may well want to thinkabout how to be positioned for beef mar-ket opportunities in the next year withoutnecessarily committing to an aggressiveexpansion until the macro picture clears abit better.
What does this have to do with basket-ball? Basketball is full of transitions from
defense to offensive and vice versa. Thekey to transitioning into offense is antici-pating it and how you play out the finalstages of the defensive phase. This is sim-ilar to the situation for cow-calf produc-ers. Cattle industry expansion begins withcow herd expansion and cow-calf produc-ers have an opportunity now to thinkabout positioning themselves to be aheadof the game when it comes time to be onthe offense.
Decisions to expand in 2010 or at leastbuilding the flexibility to begin expansionmostly need to be made in the first fewmonths of the year before summer graz-ing. This might involve returning cownumbers to normal if they are currentlylow or it might involve saving a few moreheifers to set up herd growth in the next12-18 months or it might involve produc-ing replacement heifers that may get to bein strong demand in late 2010 or in 2011.Producers should think about how theycan be prepared for a more aggressiveproduction plan and what signals willtrigger them to act ahead of the pack andperhaps a full year ahead of the industryin capitalizing on beef market opportuni-ties that could break out quite dramati-cally when they happen.
Source: Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University.
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The Mobility Agenda
There are three things governmentcan do to reduce inequality in Amer-ica, say Brookings Institution schol-
ars Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, intheir new book, Creating an OpportunitySociety.Improve public education:n Expand pre-school programs, imple-
ment national achievement standards andestablish more “paternalistic” charterschools.
n Provide low-income and minoritypupils with better college-prep services.
Encourage work:n Enlarge the size and scope of the
Child Tax Credit, increase child-carefunding and bolster job-training pro-grams.
n Building on the successful EarnedIncome Tax Credit (EITC) and experimentwith “EITC-type wage supplements” forworkers who either don’t have children ordon’t have custody of their children.Strengthen families:n Address a longstanding social crisis:
the surge in non-marital births; in 2007,nearly 40 percent of all United Statesbirths were outside of marriage, up from34 percent.
n Last year, according to the CensusBureau, only 40 percent of African-Amer-ican children lived with two parents, com-pared with 78 percent of non-Hispanicwhite children.The secret to escaping poverty is no
secret at all, say Haskins and Sawhill.Those who finish high school, work fulltime and marry before having childrenare virtually guaranteed a place in themiddle class. Only about 2 percent of thisgroup ends up in poverty.All told, Haskins and Sawhill estimate
that the combined price tag for theirsmorgasbord of policies would be justnorth of $20.5 billion. Not so long ago,that was considered a lot of money; butnot in today’s Washington, with its mega-bailouts, $787 billion stimulus packages,and trillion-dollar health-care legislation,says the National Review.
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“It would be great news were it not for thefact that 50 percent of the cattle slaugh-tered were female,” said Miguel Schiariti,the chamber’s president.“By 2011, the shortage will be evident
and it will be impossible to continue with-out importing beef,” added Hugo Biolcati,president of the Argentine Rural Society,which called on its 10,000 members —mostly large property owners involved inranching and farming — to join a recentanti-government protest in the capital.“Agriculture Minister Julian Dominguez
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moment a calf is born for a cut of beef toreach the supermarket, where the price —set weekly by government bureaucrats —is roughly two dollars per pound (halfkilo), less than the going rate for a pizzathat takes minutes to make.Those low prices have Argentines,
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icantly or fixed-price meat will suffer wide-spread shortages, and Argentines willeither have to consume less or importtheir beef.“At this rate we're going to end up hav-
ing to import beef from our neighbors,"said Angel Girardi, president of the Argen-tine Association of Beef Producers. “Theirmeat will be sub-par in quality and muchmore expensive.”
At roughly 55 million head, cattle stilloutnumber the 49 million humans inArgentina, but that will flip in 2011 if cur-rent trends continue, according to beefindustry consultant Victor Tonelli.Argentina is expected to have 3 million
fewer calves next year — cattle that wouldhave produced 600,000 tons of meat atslaughter.The agricultural economy is already
being hit hard, and that will likely meanless revenue for the government. Evenwith steep taxes, beef exports totaled 4.4million tons in 2008, worth $1.5 billion.This year’s numbers aren’t in yet, but thechamber expects a steep decline in 2010.To maintain meat supplies, the govern-
ment has applied not only a 15 percentexport tax, but other rules such as arequirement that butcher freezers allocate60 percent of their cuts for domestic dis-tribution.The Fernandez administration has
repeatedly modified these rules to adapt tomarket pressures, and the changing land-scape has made it difficult for producers tomake long-term investments in herds.Juan Carlos Tolosa, president of the
Yaguare Corporation, one of Argentina’s700 butcher freezers, said the number ofcows going to slaughter is already declin-ing: His company slaughters only 3,500cattle a week now, down from 5,000 a fewyears ago.“The government must reduce its lim-
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Adecade ago, distillers grains werenot common feedstuffs. Todaythey’re routinely included in cat-tle finishing diets, at levels that
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do not feed any distillers grains, you get agiven level of marbling,” he says. “As[WDGS] in the diet increases, we see anincrease in marbling score up until about30 percent to 40 percent; beyond that thebenefits to marbling tend to disappear.”At national animal science meetings
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development. Theoretically, it can increaseexternal fat as well, but Calkins says that’sa fairly small shift.“I don’t think there’s a big worry for
producers in terms of cutability issueswith using wet distillers grains,” he says. WDGS also seems to increase DM
intake, especially in starter rations. OneNebraska study shows nearly a 30 percentincrease. “It’s a highly effective feedstuff in terms
harvest mix were grading USDA Choice, a7.5-percentage-point leap in just twoyears. An abrupt departure from the 30-year
decline in grades, the recent turnaroundmay be partly explained by judicious use ofWDGS.“Marbling increases, but if you get the
levels too high it starts to trail off,” Calkinssays. The data he presented showed a mar-bling score of 518 for animals fed noWDGS. The score increased 14 to 15points, up to 533, for animals fed WDGS at20 percent to 30 percent on a dry-matter(DM) basis.“That seems to support earlier findings
that at inclusions above that 30 percent to40 percent, distillers can actually hurtquality grade,” says Corah. “Fortunately alarge majority of feedlots are using thebyproducts at a fairly low rate.”A 2007 survey estimated most feedlots
used WDGS at 16.5 percent of diets, butthat has likely jumped in recent years dueto availability.
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Enough, but not too much RESEARCH SHOWS A BEEF QUALITY BENEFIT TO MODEST USE OF DISTILLERS GRAIN BYPRODUCTS
of increasing average daily gain and drymatter intake,” Calkins says. From a meat quality standpoint, the
only drawback to feeding WDGS seems tobe the increase in polyunsaturated fats.They can cause discoloration and off-flavormore quickly than other fats when exposedto oxygen.
“That’s dose-dependent,” he notes. “Inother words, the more distillers we feed,the bigger issue it can become.” FeedingWDGS at 20 percent to 30 percent shouldpose fewer challenges for retail beef thanthose higher percentages. However, at anylevel the problems can be easily managedby supplementing diets with vitamin E,Calkins adds.
Although the WDGS effect on marblingscore seems slight, Corah estimates itaccounts for around 5 percentage points ofthe grade increase. That’s based on apply-ing the shift to packing data, where manycattle grades sit on the line between Choiceand Select or low- and premium Choice. “That’s going to increase the propor-
tion of cattle that could conceivably qualifyfor the Certified Angus Beef ® brand,”Calkins says. “When you draw a specificline in marbling, that 15-point shift can bepretty meaningful.”To read “Quality Grade: What is driving
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Since the late 1970s, expected prog-eny differences (EPDs) havechanged the way beef producersmake selection and mating deci-
sions. Dr. Matt Spangler, assistant profes-sor and beef genetics extension specialist,University of Nebraska-Lincoln, saysthe introduction of EPDs empoweredproducers to make better decisions,leading to faster genetic progress.
“EPDs allow commercial and seed-stock producers to focus on thegenetic component of sire selection,which is the most important,” he says.“The use of EPDs has resulted in
tremendous genetic change — par-ticularly regarding growth and car-cass traits.”EPDs are a combination of information
from various sources such as individualperformance, pedigree and progeny data.Each EPD comes with an associated accu-racy, which helps measure the reliability ofthe EPD. Dr. Spangler says though EPDsare an important factor to consider whenevaluating young animals, producersshould remember that these accuraciesare typically very low on young animals.“The accuracies associated with EPDs
increase as more information becomesavailable,” he says. “The first EPD calcula-tions for a young animal are an estimatebased on its parents’ pedigree index valuesand possibly some of its own performancedata. For this reason, the accuracies arelow until an animal has recorded progenydata, which may never happen in a com-mercial setting.”Low-accuracy EPDs present a chal-
lenge for producers evaluating youngseedstock. Dr. Spangler says, traditionally,there is essentially no difference in theaccuracies of young sires, which meanstwo bulls could have different EPDs, butdue to the low accuracies, the differencemay not be significant.
“For example, if one bull has a weaningweight EPD of 44 and another has a weaningweight EPD of 48, but both have an accuracyof 0.30, we cannot say that one of these bullsis any different than the other,” he says.In addition to helping assess the true
difference between animals, higher-accu-racy EPDs mean the window of possiblechange for the respective traits decrease.“With a higher-accuracy EPD, produc-
ers can have more confidence that a young
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Angus Genetics Inc.® (AGI) are poweredby the first breed-specific DNA profile thatis exclusively available from IGENITY. Dr.
DeHaan says these genomic-enhanced EPDs help producers eval-uate young cattle in a way that waspreviously impossible.
“With this information in hand,producers can make more confidentherd sire and replacement heiferselection decisions, which is espe-cially important when we considerthese animals represent the futuregenetic direction, and success, of a
herd,” Dr. DeHaan says.Genomic-enhanced, and therefore,
higher-accuracy EPDs, can benefit bothseedstock and commercial producers, Dr.Spangler says.“It is very important for all producers to
start understanding the potential benefitof the inclusion of DNA information inEPDs,” he says. “It comes down to mitigat-ing risk and picking animals that truly aresuperior at a younger age.”For more information about IGENITY,
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He adds that the good news is Angusbreeders now have the option of gainingand supplying their customers withhigher-accuracy EPDs in the form ofgenomic-enhanced EPDs. Dr. Spanglersays adding DNA information to the AngusNational Cattle Evaluation (NCE) is a stepin the right direction for producers evalu-ating young cattle.“DNA technology has the potential to
supply us with information early in theanimal’s life that can help increase theaccuracy of its EPDs,” he says. “If the EPDaccuracies are increased on a young ani-mal, producers have the ability to make
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First-calf heifers typically are thetoughest females on the ranch toget rebred, says Oklahoma State
University Extension cattle reproductionspecialist Glenn Selk. These youngfemales, he says, are being asked to con-tinue to grow, produce milk, repair thereproductive tract and have enoughstored body energy to return to heatcycles in a short time frame. In addition,their mouths are going through thetransition from baby teeth to adult teeth.Two-year-old cows are, on average,
about 20 percent smaller than theirfull-grown herdmates, he says. If theseyoung cows are pastured with thelarger, mature cows in the herd, theyvery likely will be pushed aside whensupplements are fed in a bunk or on the
ground. The result, Selk says, often is alack of feed intake and lowered bodycondition, resulting in delayed returnto heat cycles and a later calf crop orsmaller calf crop the following year.Selk also notes that the oldest cows
in the herd — those 10 years of age andolder — have declining dental sound-ness that makes it difficult for them tomaintain feed intake and body condi-tion. If pasture availability will allow, itmakes sense to sort very young cowswith the very old cows and providethem with a better opportunity to com-pete for the feed supplies. By doing so,the rancher can improve the rebreed-ing percentages in the young cows andkeep the very old cows from becomingtoo thin before culling time.
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LIFESTYLE TRENDS: The Good Old Days are now
Life expectancy for Americanshas never been longer, foodhas never been cheaper, andthe U.S. economy has never
been more energy efficient thantoday. These are just a few of manylong-term trends that demonstratethat the “good old days” are now,and life for the average Americankeeps getting better and better allthe time, says Mark J. Perry, a pro-fessor of economics and finance atthe University of Michigan-Flint.According to a recent report from
the Centers for Disease Control:n Life expectancy for Americans
reached an all-time high of nearly 78years (77.9) in 2007 (most recentdata available), the age-adjusteddeath rate dropped to a new all-timelow, and life expectancy for blackmales reached a new record of 70years.
n Compared to the lifeexpectancy in 1929 of only 57.1years, the average American todaycan expect to live almost 21 yearslonger.According to the United States
Department of Agriculture:n Food expenditures by families
and individuals (both at home and atrestaurants) as a share of disposablepersonal income reached an all-timerecord low of 9.6 percent in 2008.
n Spending on food as a share ofincome was twice that high in the1950s (average of 19.3 percent), andalmost three times as high in theearly 1930s.According to data from the
Energy Information Administration:n The energy consumption
required (measured in thousands ofBritish thermal units) to produce areal dollar of output (Gross Domes-tic Product) fell to an all-time recordlow of 8.52 in 2008.
n Compared to 1970 when it took18 Btus to produce a real dollar ofGDP, today’s economy is more thantwice as energy-efficient.
Source: Mark J. Perry, “Long-term LifestyleTrends Prove Positive,” The American,December 3, 2009.
Killing the death tax
In the coming weeks, Congress willonce again take up debate on thedreaded estate tax (also known as the
“death tax”). The death tax expires forone year, beginning on January 1, 2010,before coming back in full force on Janu-ary 1, 2011. The death tax is a drag onAmerica’s family-owned businesses,destroys jobs, and lowers wages whileraising little revenue. As such, Congressshould repeal the estate tax once and forall to remove an unfair burden from thebacks of American family-owned busi-nesses and their workers, says Curtis S.Dubay, a Senior Analyst with the Her-itage Foundation.A recent study found that a full repeal
of the death tax would create 1.5 millionjobs. This is half the number of jobs Pres-ident Obama claimed the $800 billionstimulus package would create — at one-fifth the price, notes Dubay.Additional benefits from full repeal of
the estate tax include:n Increasing small business capital by over $1.6 trillion.
n Increasing the probability of hiringby 8.6 percent.
n Increasing payrolls by 2.6 percent.n Expanding investment by 3 percent.
n Slashing the current jobless rate by 0.9 percent.
The death tax also impedes economicgrowth because it stands opposed to theprinciples of virtue, thrift, and savingsthat made America the strongest nationon earth. For those Americans who thinkthat their estates may one day pay federaldeath taxes, the death tax increases theirincentive to consume their wealth todayrather than invest and make moremoney in the future. Instead of puttingtheir money in the hands of entrepre-neurs or investing more in their owneconomic endeavors, Americans get theunmistakable message to consume itnow, says Dubay.It is time for Congress to kill the death
tax once and for all. Doing so would lift atremendous weight off the shoulders ofAmerica’s family-owned businesses, cre-ate jobs for out-of-work Americans, andhelp the ailing economy, says Dubay.
Source: Curtis S. Dubay, “Estate Tax a Killer forFamily-Owned Businesses and Their Workers,”Heritage Foundation, WebMemo No. 2703,November 19, 2009.
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Scientists at the University of EastAnglia (UEA) have admitted throw-ing away much of the raw tempera-ture data on which their predic-
tions of impending global warming arebased, says the Times.The data were gathered from weather
stations around the world and thenadjusted to take account of variables in theway they were collected.The revised figures were kept, but the
originals — stored on paper and magnetictape — were dumped to save space whenthe UEA’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU)moved to a new building, says the Times:
n It means that other academics are notable to check basic calculations said toshow a long-term rise in temperature overthe past 150 years.
n The CRU was forced to reveal the lossfollowing requests for the data under Free-dom of Information legislation.
n The admission follows the leaking of athousand private emails sent and receivedby Professor Phil Jones, the CRU’s direc-tor; in them he discusses thwarting cli-mate skeptics seeking access to such data.
n The lost material was used to buildthe databases that show how the world has
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Serving Farm and Ranch Since 1950 In the midst of a downturn, it’s easyto lose perspective. It feels at themoment like America’s position inthe world is slipping and Asia is tak-
ing our place. On a longer view, thatturns out to be only half-right: Asia isrising, but America is not falling, saysthe Heritage Foundation.With sound policies, the United
States will be by far the world’s mostimportant economy for a long time.One of those sound policies is strength-ening our ties with Asia, says Heritage:
n Asia has dynamism going for it,with the world’s fastest-growing coun-tries heavily concentrated there.
n As the global leader, the UnitedStates should ensure it continues toplay a helpful and crucial role in thatgrowth and that we benefit from it.
n The first steps are to ratify the freetrade agreement with South Korea and
American leadershipand Asian partnerships
Climate change data destroyed
warmed by 0.8C over the past 157 years.Dr. Jones and his colleagues say this
temperature rise is “unequivocally” linkedto greenhouse gas emissions generated by
humans. Their findings are one of themain pieces of evidence used by the UnitedNation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-mate Change (IPCC), which says globalwarming is a threat to humanity.The CRU is the world’s leading center
for reconstructing past climate and tem-peratures. Climate change skeptics havelong been keen to examine exactly how itsdata were compiled. “That is now impossi-ble,” says the Times.
Source: Jonathan Leake, “Climate Change DataDumped,” The Times, November 29, 2009.
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move forward with the TranspacificPartnership.It bears noting that the true coun-
terpart to Asia’s rise is not America’sdecline, but Europe’s, says Heritage:
n A big economic role for govern-ment has served Europe very poorly andthe EU can be seen as an attempt to keepEurope relevant despite bad policy.
n Our economic relations across thePacific are an important element of ourforeign policy, but getting things righton the home front still comes first.
n For those who care about Americanleadership, that means less governmentintrusion in the economy, not more.“Asia” is a region with a population
of over 4 billion, compared to America’s300 million. With the shares of theglobal economy about the same, theaverage person in the U.S. is much,much richer than the average person inAsia, says Heritage.Source: Derek Scissors, “World GDP: A Storyof American Leadership and Asian Partner-ships,” Heritage Foundation, Nov. 25, 2009.
Climate change data destroyed
The admission follows the leaking of a thousand privateemails sent and received by
Professor Phil Jones, the CRU’sdirector; in them he discussesthwarting climate skeptics seeking access to such data.
When the Mexican Revolutionbegan in 1910, many NorthAmericans went south to fighton the side of the rebels under
Francisco I. Madero. Among them werebrothers John and Reynold Greer and theirfriend Irvin Frazier*. The three of themparticipated in the March 1911 battle atCasas Grandes in northern Chihuahuaduring which rebel forces were defeated byFederal troops. In the course of the fight-ing, John Greer received serious bulletwounds to his head and body and was leftbehind on the battlefield as the rebelsretreated. Irvin Frazier rode to his aid. Fir-ing his rifle until it was empty, Frazier wasable to hold off advancing soldiers longenough to get Greer on to his horse, andthe two rode to safety. They soon crossed
Deming. He got word to his friend, JohnGreer, that he needed help in escaping. Onthe night of November 7, 1911, a maskedman climbed over the wall at the jail andheld Sheriff Dwight B. Stephens and twodeputies at gunpoint as he stole their gunsand freed Frazier. A third man, alsomasked, waited with three horses outsidethe wall. They all made it safely away fromthe jail.Sheriff Stephens and a posse made of
deputies Tom Hall, A. L. Smithers, JohnnieJames and W. C. Simpson took up pursuit.The chase took eight days during whichthe outlaws were able to provision them-selves by robbing ranch houses along theway. Finally, late on the afternoon ofNovember 18, the posse caught up withthe outlaws at an adobe house on the VXTranch in the Black Mountains of SocorroCounty. As the posse surrounded thehouse, the outlaws mounted their horsesand rode out, single file, as if to meet theofficers. Suddenly, at a distance of fifty orso yards, they stopped and quickly dis-mounted, drawing guns as they did so, as ifin a military maneuver. Then they openedfire, shooting both deputies Hall andSmithers. Smithers fell dead in his tracks,shot through the body, and Hall was ableto empty his Winchester rifle before he,too, fell mortally wounded from a bullet inthe head. The killers remounted andattempted to flee.Sheriff Stephens who had taken a posi-
tion on the opposite side of the house, hur-ried into the fight. He shot John Greer asbullets hit all around him, and bothReynold Greer and Irvin Frazier againjumped from their horses and fled into anarroyo on foot, firing as they went. DeputySimpson arrived on the scene and openedfire on Frazier with some success, and,though wounded, the outlaw made goodhis escape, as did Reynold Greer. JohnGreer, 19, died at the scene of the fight.Sheriff Stephens and what remained of
his posse abandoned the chase and tookthe three bodies to the railroad at Engle,85 miles to the east.
A few weeks later, a man using the nameJohn Gates, hungry and desperate,attempted to pawn a pistol in El Paso,Texas. Engraved on the butt of the weaponwas the name of the man from whom LunaCounty Sheriff Dwight Stephens had
the border into the United States and Fra-zier remained with Greer in a mountaincabin until the wounded man recoveredfrom his wounds. Greer promised Frazierthat he would repay the favor, with his ownlife if necessary.In November of the same year, John
Greer was given an opportunity to makegood on his pledge. Irvin Frazier, using the name John
Gates, was arrested for burglary and heldin the Luna County, New Mexico, jail at
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New Mexico’s Old Times and Old Timers
Irvin Frazier’s MisfortuneBy DON BULLIS
Don can be reached at [email protected]. His website is www.DonBullis.biz. His newest book, New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, is available
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acquired it. Gates was shortly arrested andidentified as Irvin Frazier. He was promptlyreturned to Socorro where he was tried forthe murders of Tom Hall and A. L.Smithers, convicted and sentenced to hang.During his time in the state peniten-
tiary awaiting execution, he was able tosmuggle out a letter to Reynold Greer inwhich he detailed the best way for Reynoldto rescue him as he was being transferredfrom Santa Fe to the gallows in Socorro.His suggestion was that Greer board thetrain in Albuquerque and set up a trap atLa Joya. Officers learned of the letter andtook appropriate measures, but no effortwas made to deliver Frazier. Reynold Greerwas never captured.Captain Fred Fornoff of the New Mexico
Mounted Police, Socorro County SheriffEmil James, Eddy County Sheriff MilesCicero Stewart and 15 or so additionaldeputies, armed with rifles and shotguns,transferred Frazier and another killer,Francisco Grando, from Santa Fe toSocorro in the early morning hours ofApril 25, 1913. Along the way, Frazier toldSheriff Stewart that he hadn’t killed eitherof the Luna County deputies. He said bothofficers were down before he ever fired ashot. The condemned men were taken tothe courthouse and held there brieflybefore they were removed to a gallowswhich amounted to a trapdoor placed inthe floor of a second story room in the jail.Frazier asked for a drink of whiskey.Fornoff refused. The young outlaw’s finalwords were, “Get that noose tight, boys.Have as little pain to this as possible.”At exactly 5:42 a.m., the trapdoor
dropped open and Frazier came to the endof his rope. A doctor declared him dead 12minutes later. He was 26 years old.The Deming Headlight eulogized
deputies Hall and Smithers in this way:Thos. H. Hall and E. L. Smithers [sic],
as truly heroes as ever went forth in thedefense of law and justice have died a mar-tyr’s death. A home in Deming is desolate.A wife and mother’s heart is bleeding atevery pore. Five orphan children, fourmanly sons and a noble daughter arebowed in grief and go forth into the worldto battle without the counsel, and strongprotecting arm of a father.Sheriff Dwight Stephens was himself
killed by jail escapees in February of 1916.
*One source shows Frazier’s first name as “Ivory”.Most news accounts of the day show it as Irvin.Albuquerque Morning Journal, November 20, 1911,April 25, 26, 1913Associated Press, April 25, 1913Deming Headlight, November 24, 1911West Gilbreath, Death on the Gallows, High-Lonesome Books
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On February 18, 2009 biologistsconducting a bear and mountainlion study in southern Arizonawere excited when Macho B, a
jaguar who had been repeatedly pho-tographed over a 13-year period, was foundin one of their traps. Their excitementsoon gave way to dismay, however, after hewas fitted with a tracking collar andreleased back into the wild.
Estimated to be about 15 years old, biol-ogists had to make the sad decision to euth-anize Macho B when the animal began toshow signs of weakening after his release.After his unfortunate demise, protests werestaged, many articles were written andanother lawsuit was filed by the Center forBiological Diversity (Center).Many articles, it appeared, were con-
trived to cast aspersion on the activities ofthe Arizona/New Mexico Jaguar Conserva-tion Team (Team) and its integrity. Unfor-tunately most the information used by themedia was based on opinions shared by theCenter and its handful constituents.Macho B’s death was a disappointment
to everyone, but to say the Team “failed toinclude all stakeholders (non-agency sci-entists, conservation groups, landowners);failed to make progress on many of itsgoals; and failed to improve conservationof jaguars” is disingenuous at best.In an effort to involve all affected stake-
holders, the Jaguar Conservation Teamwas organized March 1997. It was meantto be a truly revolutionary conceptdesigned to involve everyone in the devel-opment of a strategy to protect the jaguarsthat might continue to wander into theborderlands from Mexico. Many agencies and special interest
groups were invited to the table by the Ari-zona Game & Fish Department (AGDF)including: the U.S. Fish & Wildlife (FWS);the New Mexico Game & Fish (NMDGF);the Bureau of Land Management (BLM);the U.S. Forest Service (USFS); theNational Park Service (NPS); the Arizonaand New Mexico State Land Departments;several counties, as well as an assortmentof conservation and trade organizationsand ranchers in the borderland area.
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After the first organizational meeting,very few of the conservation representativescontinued to participate on a regular basis.They chose, instead, to attend only whenmajor decisions were being considered.When the jaguar was listed as endan-
gered in the United States, July 22, 1997,little was known about their biology, popu-lation trends, distribution, abundance,demographics or genetics in the WesternHemisphere, much less in the U.S.
Central to Team’s effort was the need tounderstand jaguar behavior and habitatrequirements in the U.S. Everyone agreedthe most current information and bestavailable science were needed to develop anachievable jaguar conservation strategy.In October of 1997 a voluntary Jaguar
Scientific Advisory Group (JAGSAG) wasenlisted to help. The JAGSAG’s responsi-bility was to offer their scientific expertiseto critically review all draft reports anddocuments generated by the Team. Thewildlife biologists that accepted thisassignment were all well-known for theirjaguar research. The data and reports theygenerated helped determine the coursethe Team would take to conserve thejaguars. A great deal of information wasalso generated by the wildlife biologistsworking in Mexico.
What We’ve Learned
Fossil records indicate jaguars havelived in North America since the mid-Pleistocene Era, about 1.5 million yearsago. Known as the Holoarctic jaguar, theseanimals ranged as far north as Washing-ton, Nebraska, and Maryland. Howeverthis species was larger in size, with longerlegs and more likely better adapted to theopen country of that period than thejaguars that have evolved today.According to several wildlife biologists,
“for at least the last century the jaguar hasbeen a regular, albeit infrequent, visitor toa small area of the borderlands region.”They surmised that “if there had been a
resident breeding population of jaguars inthe U.S. in the recent past, it was probablya very small population, short-lived, andnot viable.”
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After studying big cats for more thantwo decades, Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, Directorof Science & Exploration, Wildlife Conser-vation Society, Bronx Zoo, New York, aleading jaguar authority and SAGJAGmember, believes prey availability andabundance is the overwhelming determi-nant to where a big cat can reside. Withoutprey, “an area cannot be jaguar habitat, orat the very least habitat where jaguars canlive for any length of time”.
After reviewing available data andexamining the borderlands region forjaguar habitat, Dr. Rabinowitz, concludedthere “was no area in the SouthwesternUnited States that was critical for the sur-vival of the jaguar.” This was “not bychance since the more open, dry habitatsof the Southwest are marginal for thejaguar in terms of water, cover and preydensity.”Another limiting factor for jaguars in
the Southwest is water availability. Unlikemountain lions, jaguars are known fortheir love of water and require a yearround water source in order to reside in anarea. They must have at least seasonalwater sources to use an area even part ofthe time. Unfortunately, the borderlandsarea is not known for its year-round watersupply.The Team also learned there were three
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Dr. Rabinowitz, concludedthere “was no area in theSouthwestern United Statesthat was critical for the survival of the jaguar.”
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son, rancher, land owner, or conservationorganization for the most up to date infor-mation on jaguars.The Subcommittee also compiled over
4,000 documents on jaguar history in theUnited States, Mexico, Central and SouthAmerica. Additionally, both Arizona andNew Mexico passed legislation to complywith the FWS’s ruling that the primarythreat to jaguars was illegal killing. Bothbills were supported by the state wildlifeagencies and the ranching community.
In an effort to protect jaguar habitat inMexico, the FWS provided a matchinggrant in the amount of $147,334.25 in 2008to the Northern Jaguar Project to help pur-chase a 35,000-acre ranch in Mexico.Countless volunteer man-hours went
into developing these conservation mea-sures. A few radical conservation organiza-tions, however, appear to have anotherstrategy. It looks like their goal is to forcethe FWS to declare critical habitat for thejaguar.Once critical habitat is mandated via
the Endangered Species Act (ESA), theFWS must appoint a recovery team. Theirjob will be to develop a formal recoveryplan for the few jaguars ranging into theU.S.However, once critical habitat is
declared it will have to include all the areaspresently occupied by jaguars; includingMexico, Central and South America. Fol-lowing the critical habitat designation and
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Team never felt it was their place to imposeconservation strategy developed for theU.S. on their sister nations.
Jaguar Efforts in the U.S.
One of the highest research priorities inthe U.S. was to capture and radio-collar ajaguar wandering up from Mexico. It washoped, by collaring a jaguar, detailed infor-mation could be collected on its habitatuse and movement patterns. This decisiondid not come without controversy but wassupported by most of the Team membersand driven by using currently accepted sci-entific collaring protocol.In addition to collecting information
and data on jaguars, the Education Sub-committee, in an effort to reach out to thepublic, developed an educational kit thatmet the standards and guidelines of manydisciplines, the national standardizedAIMS requirements and in compliancewith Arizona Standards for education.These kits are currently available for
teachers to use in their classrooms. Theyinclude prepared lesson plans, representsome of the most current educational ped-agogy of curriculum and assessmentdesign through Understanding by Design,performance based assessment and prob-lem-based learning. A network of Teammembers was also developed so studentsand teachers could contact an agency per-
Both ladies are dedicated members ofthe Jaguar Conservation Team.Ultimately the radical conservation
groups’ desire is to have a captivebreeding project and reintroductionprogram developed. The Jaguar Scien-tific Advisory Group gave the followingreasons why a reintroduction planwould not benefit jaguars:
n Reintroduction would be expen-sive and inferior to studying the exist-ing populations;
n Homing behavior suggested translo-cation of jaguars would cause the animalto return to their original home ranges;
n The rate of loss associated withhoming behavior would be unaccept-able for jaguars;
n Capturing and moving animalswould only further deplete the existingjaguar populations;
n It would not be in the best interestof the jaguar.
The Jaguar Scientific AdvisoryGroup gave the following reasons why acaptive breeding program, as recom-mended by the Sierra Institute, was notin the best interest of the jaguar:
n It would be expensive in time,space and money;
n Tends to erode genetics andlearned behavior traits;
n Captive bred animals raised incontact with humans are more likely toengage in human and livestockencounters than wild-caught animals(Beldon and McCown, 1996);
n If such traits were passed frommother jaguar to young, it would notproduce a climate sensitive to jaguarconservation;
n The released captive-born jaguarswould not likely live long enough toproduce data on habitat use, and/or thedata might not reflect the actual needsof wild jaguars.
Why a jaguar reintroduction program won’t benefit jaguars
the appointment of a recovery team, arecovery plan will have to be developed.A federal recovery plan typically results
in rules and regulations being promul-gated by the recovery team. This leads to aregulatory framework that forces compli-ance upon the people that live and work inthese areas. Top-down decision-makingand unfunded mandates quickly following.
The threats, extreme ultimatums andlawsuits only accomplish a few things:They generate federal enforcement mea-sures that will do nothing to protectjaguars or their habitat; perpetuate litiga-tion that benefits only a few conservationorganizations; and continue to frustrateand perhaps even eliminate the small,rural communities that must live underthese regulatory guidelines.No more hidden agendas! In an effort to
be transparent, let’s lay all our cards on thetable. The agenda behind the lawsuits,protests and media coverage is a plancalled the Wildlands Project, or WildlandsNetwork as it is now named. These law-suits are not meant to protect jaguars,wolves, polar bears, bats or any other“endangered” species. The animals are justthe surrogates to implement the “plan.”The ESA is their tool and the citizen’s
lawsuit provision is the means by whichthese radical organizations continue tohammer the economies of the small, ruralcommunities that must live under their“Rewilding” scheme.
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The agenda behind the lawsuits, protests and
media coverage is a plancalled the Wildlands Project,or Wildlands Network as it is now named. These lawsuits are not meant
to protect jaguars, wolves, polar bears, bats or any
other “endangered” species.The animals are just the surrogates to
implement the “plan.”
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As we stood at the base of the mountainto lay Bob and his brother, Fritz, whopassed the same day, G.B. Oliver notedthat Bob never backed up and he neverstepped aside. One of my favorite memo-ries of Bob hits on that point.Several years ago we were at a juncture
on the endangered Aplomado Falcon.Frank Bond and the Peregrine Fundwanted to develop an experimental, non-essential population, which is allowedunder Section 10J of the EndangeredSpecies Act (ESA), of the birds. Admittedlythat process had been tried with the Mexi-can Wolf and we are still living with thatcatastrophe.But the situation with the Falcon was
unique. We had a Director of the New Mex-ico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF)who understood and appreciated the rollthe rancher plays in the stewardship of theland and wildlife. We had a Regional Direc-tor of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service(FWS) with the same philosophy. We had afriendly conservation group that we couldwork with, and we knew that the then For-est Guardians were filing in court for thedesignation of critical habitat.It really didn’t seem to me that we
would be backing up or even steppingaside to work toward a 10J with the willingparties. At the very least the issue shouldbe put before the potentially impactedranchers. To that end, the New MexicoCattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA)facilitated meetings in Las Cruces andCarlsbad that were collectively attended bynearly 100 ranchers.The issue was also addressed at NMCGA
meetings, as well as, the New Mexico Fed-eral Lands Council (NMFLC). At the
NMFLC meeting I was asked to give adetailed explanation of the entire plan forthe Falcon. As I stood at the front of theroom speaking for what seemed like along time, Bob Jones sat in the front rowwith his arms crossed and appeared tosnooze. At the end of my presentation,Bob raised his head, asked me two ques-tions that I had already addressed. Hethen stood up, walked forward, kissed meon the cheek, said he still thought I waswrong and walked out the door. He didnot, however, actively oppose the designa-tion.The end of the story is that the Aplo-
mado Falcon is being released under the10J experimental, non-essential designa-tion. The Forest Guardians did file suit tomake the FWS declare critical habitat.They lost in Federal District Court andhave now appealed the case to the 10thCircuit Court of Appeals. NMCGA has filedan amicus brief in support of the FWS.It is worth noting that it clearly was
not my shining skills or knowledge thatled to the joint effort that resulted in apositive outcome, at least so far, for every-one involved. It was the willingness oflike-minded people working together for acommon goal and common sense.
A House Divided
It is unfailingly interesting to watchthe dynamics of the beef cattle industry inthe West and particularly New Mexico.Over more than the past decade the issueof state membership has been one that hasbeen challenging for NMCGA and otherstates as well. I have always consideredNew Mexico blessed that we haven’t endedup with two state organizations as several
other states have. But, the discussion hasnot been without cost to NMCGA and theissues that we fight to address.NMCGA has long been affiliated with
the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association(NCBA) or its’ predecessor organizations.When R-CALF first surfaced in the late1990’s, initially to address internationalcommodity dumping issues with Canada,New Mexico and the U.S. were facing anonslaught of fed cattle from another for-eign country — Australia.The scheme was to sail the calves from
Australia, where they would be “natural-ized” and imported into the U.S. as Mexi-can cattle. Needless to say the economicconsequences could have been devastat-ing, not to mention the animal andhuman health and security concerns.NMCGA and the New Mexico Livestock
joined with other U.S. and Mexican borderstates to halt the importation. We weresuccessful, at least in keeping the live cat-tle from crossing the border at SantaTeresa. The beef may have come acrosslater in boxes.At any rate, while we were feeling great
from a joint effort with our brethrensouth of the border and to the east andwest, we learn that R-CALF — withouttalking to anyone in the southwesternU.S. — had included Mexico in its’ anti-dumping suit against Canada. Talk aboutan international incident!However over time R-CALF began to
address other issues that had resonancewith NMCGA members and New Mexi-cans. Eventually a member moved thatthe Association join R-CALF as an affiliate.There were enough members who agreedthat NMCGA became a part of R-CALF.There were promises that more folkswould join NMCGA if this happened. Notso much.As the differences between the policies
of R-CALF and NCBA became more stri-dent, so did the opinions among NMCGAmembers. Eventually there was a move to
The grazing industry in New Mexico and the entire West suffered the end of anera in early December. Bob Jones joined Charlie Lee, Tom Lineberry, Dick Man-ning and Bud Eppers in that great up yonder. The collective knowledge of thesefive gentlemen and cattlemen could fill libraries. Those of us left behind haveno choice but to cowboy-up and fill their boots.
In my time, it was Bob and Dick who were the great orators of the group. I will admitthat at times the lectures became tedious, but I cannot think of a time that I didn’t learnsomething from them.
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eliminate NMCGA membership in NCBA.That happened and there was a promise ofmore new NMCGA members. Not onlywere those members not forthcoming,but NCBA supporters dropped their mem-bers or substantially reduced their duespayments.The following year the NCBA members
mustered their votes for NMCGA to rejoinNCBA. After that, we lost even more mem-bers — those who supported R-CALF andsome of the NCBAer’s who had droppeddidn’t come back. It is worth noting thatthere were two members who had reducedtheir dues with the drop, but rampedthem back up when NMCGA rejoinedNCBA.The membership issue laid dormant
for several years, with NMCGA payingdues to both NCBA and R-CALF. Then R-CALF had a division of its own a few yearsago, with many of its initial founders split-ting off to form the U.S. Cattlemen’s Asso-ciation (USA). It was only a matter of timebefore the national membership questionarose again. To further complicate theissue, NCBA has been considering massivegovernance restructuring that is due to be
NMCGA can continue the tradition of thepast of having lively discussions at themeetings, then all joining together todance and have a good time at the banquet.As the R-CALF vote was taken, I looked
up and one member of a couple voted tostay in R-CALF, while the spouse voted todrop. It should be noted that this coupledoes hold two (2) voting memberships. Itis also noted that they did go to the ban-quet together and appeared to have a goodtime.I hope that we can divide the house,
have a fair vote and all keep marching inthe same direction!
Heritage
As I think about all the tradition andheritage, that despite all the adversity weface, is alive and well in the Southwest, Iwould be remiss in not noting that TheCowbelles, the original Cowbelles groupthat started in the living room of my own 4 Bars Ranch in 1939 celebrated their70th anniversary this past October. Con-gratulations to that great group of ladies,cowboys, cooks, nursemaids and all of theother things that the strong women whochoose to live on ranches choose to do!There have been many who have cho-
voted upon at the 2010 Convention in SanAntonio, Texas.In anticipation of the national mem-
bership discussion, immediate Past Presi-dent Alisa Ogden invited representativesfrom all three organizations to present thebenefits of membership to the NMCGA atthe 2009 Joint Stockmen’s Convention. R-CALF sent its’ executive director, BillBullard, while NCBA sent governmentaffairs staffer Colin Woodall, and KimberlyStone, Capitan, represented the USA as amember of its board of directors.Given that no matter what NMCGA has
done in this national membership arena,we lose members, I dreaded the discus-sion. The membership panel came offwell, and as expected the issue arose dur-ing the Board of Directors and thenannual membership meeting the follow-ing day. After some impassioned discus-sion, the NMCGA voted to retain its mem-bership in NCBA, drop its’ membership inR-CALF and join USA.
It is way too early to see what impactthat these decisions will have on NMCGAmembership numbers, which have been onthe increase. However there was an inter-esting family dynamic that occurred dur-ing the vote that gives me hope that
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sen to become “cattlewomen” rather thanCowbelles. That is disappointing to me ata personal level, but more importantly it issad that rather than embracing heritageand tradition as well as utilizing a tremen-dous marketing tool, they have chosen adifferent route.Thankfully New Mexico and Arizona
still knows what a Cowbelle is!
Sins and Taxes
As the State of New Mexico faces per-haps its’ worst financial crisis ever Gover-nor Bill Richardson put together a BudgetBalancing Work Group. I had the honor ofrepresenting NMCGA on this group —that does not mean that I can be blamedfor any tax increases that may come out ofthe upcoming Legislature!As the Group worked through its five
meetings across the state, the media andthe public didn’t seem to understand whatour charge was. The Group was onlyallowed to look at income the state —taxes. The Group was not asked for anyproposals or ideas. There were no votes orrecommendations from the Group.Instead we were presented with a set of
— even diet — and candy be taxed. Thatpresented problems, because much to mysurprise, you can purchase soda and candywith food stamps — so that those who usefood stamps could simply use them to buythese items at no tax and cash to buy foodwith no tax.Just as serious as behavior modifica-
tion via taxes was that some of the optionswould have a disproportionate impact onrural residents versus urban. People justdon’t think beyond their own self interest— even when having open space and afood supply IS in their own best interest.At any rate, take a deep seat and a far-
away look as we head into this Legislature.Please be prepared to read bills, makephone calls as well as a few trips to SantaFe — in your own self interest. n
about 35 proposals that had been devel-oped by the Taxation and Revenue Depart-ment. We were provided the proposal, its’effects and the pros and cons from theview of Tax and Rev. The group was thenallowed to provide additional pros and/orcons to each proposal.There were few groups that got by
without some sort of proposal that wouldincrease taxes from food to cigarettes tooil and gas to mining to gross receipts topersonal income tax and more. The onething that was crystal clear is that nobodywants to be taxed any more. Some mem-bers of the public were quite emphaticabout that during the public commentportion of the meetings. Every industry or segment that might
be taxed voiced their concerns as well.There were a couple of things that struckme by the entire process. First there is aclear motivation of many to dictatehuman behavior through taxation. Liquoris bad for you and the community as awhole, so let’s tax it more. Cigarettes arebad for you, so let’s tax it more. I was fairlycalm about the whole thing until they goto Dr. Pepper. In lieu of a proposal torepeal the repeal of the food tax exemp-tion, one group suggested that soda pop
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The Annual Meeting of the New Mex-ico CowBelles at the Marriott Pyra-mid North in Albuquerque was wellattended, productive and a lot of
fun. Thank you New Mexico Cattle Grow-ers’ for providing the meeting rooms,Chuckwagon CowBelles for hostessingand Powderhorn CowBelles for the instal-lation ceremony. I extend a humblethanks to all New Mexico CowBelles forthe privilege of wearing the president’spin in 2010 and salute Kathryn Malcolm-Callis for a job well done in 2009.Yetta Bidegain was selected 2009 Cow-
Belle of the Year and the presence of herfamily accounted for her big smile as shereceived her plaque. Owaissa Heimannwas honored for her 20 plus years of ser-vice with a reception and quilt with blocksfrom all our locals. Owaissa is not step-ping down completely as she is the newAssociate Membership Chair. We wel-comed Joan Key and Kimberly Stone asbrand spanking new state officers andcheered on Lyn Greene and Linda Lee asthey agreed to devote another year to NewMexico CowBelles. Our special guest wasLana Slaten, ANCW President-Elect fromCullman, Alabama. Lana’s installation willbe later this month in San Antonio at theANCW Annual Meeting, January 26-28.January is the month for goal setting.
As you plan your programs for the comingmonths, please remember to encourageyour members to get their New MexicoBeef Quality Assurance certificates andtheir Masters of Beef Advocacy. We are thevolunteer public relations arm of the NewMexico beef cattle industry and we need tohave facts on the tips of our tongues — allthe time — not just at the State Fair. Younever know who might ask you a ques-tion. Here is a question for us to ask,“Would you like to be a CowBelle?” Some-times, all you have to do is ask.My wish for the future of the cattle
business is that all of our various seg-ments realize that we are an allied indus-try and that every segment needs to pros-per for any segment to prosper. Ourindustry includes cow/calf producers, cat-tle truck drivers, sale barns, video auc-tions, stocker operators, feeders, proces-sors, animal health companies,commodities brokers, Land Grant Univer-
sities — okay — even Farm Credit Ser-vices and whoever else had a booth at thetrade show at the Joint Stockman’s Con-vention.It’s kind of like when our family takes
our annual Christmas card picture. Thepatriarch (Curt) gets all our kids andgrandkids together and makes them geton a horse. Then we take pictures of thefamily groups and manipulate them into alineup with the magic of Photo Shop. Wedon’t have enough horses for everybody sosome of the horses appear several times.The young horses don’t like all the com-motion. Neither does the matriarch (me).All the horses know that the older I get themore afraid I am to get on. One year I gotto stand in front of a horse and hold thenewest grandbaby. It looked like I was car-rying a feed sack. The little kids fight over the pony. The
big horses won’t tolerate the pony any-where near so we have squealing horses,squealing kids and squealing mothers.Sometimes the dog sneaks into more thanone picture so it looks like we’ve cloned aBorder Collie. But somehow we manageto get it all together. We put our differ-ences aside and present a united front.Everybody smiles. The lineup looks awe-some. I don’t think PETA, HSUS or anyother wolves in sheep’s clothing wouldhave the guts to take us on.It’s fine to squabble amongst ourselves
and jockey for a bigger piece of the cattleindustry pie as long as we know when tolink arms around the pie to protect it fromour mutual enemies. Carnivores Unite!
January 19-February 18: New MexicoLegislative Session, Santa Fe
January 26-28: ANCW Annual Meeting,San Antonio, TX
— Karen Kelling, PresidentNew Mexico CowBelles
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Myra Tepper’s gracious home in Ele-phant Butte was the location of the
Chamiza Cowbelle’s November meeting.President Gloria Petersen called the meet-ing to order, and the secretary and trea-surer’s reports followed. Old business con-cerned thank you’s from Gloria for thehard work of several committees. Jodelle
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jinglejangleDowns, Tommie Aber, Ellie Nordgren andMyra Tepper were involved in selling raffletickets at Elephant Butte Days. It was alsosuggested that Cowbelles consider a floatfor next year’s event. Thanks wereextended to the set-up committee for theSierra County Fair — the booth was rec-ognized with First Prize honors. VicePresident Tommie Aber extended herthanks in a report sent to the meeting forall the diligent selling of raffle tickets bythe Cowbelle members. Of 4,000 tickets,3,800 were sold, allowing the Cowbelles toagain meet our goal for our scholarshipfund. Ellie Nordgren gave an in-depthreport on the progress of the newlyformed Cancer Support group which ismoving forward towards its goal as a non-profit organization. The retiring officershave completed a two-year term. The newofficers will be Ellie Nordgren, President;Ivy Cranmer, First Vice President; JodelleDowns, Second Vice President; RobbieMontgomery, Secretary, and SammyJohnson, Treasurer. The December 3rdmeeting will be a Christmas get-togetherat Jodelle Down’s residence, starting at11:00. Members are asked to bring eitheran appetizer or a dessert. The meeting wasadjourned at 11:50. Submitted by HelenLangham
The Frisco Cowbelles meeting was heldNovember 16, 2009. with 14 members
present. President Margie McKeen calledthe meeting to order, followed with thePledge of Allegiance led by Cathy Murphyand everyone reading the Cowbelle Creed.Outgoing Secretary Jennie Johnson readthe minutes of the last meeting. Two cor-rections were made and minutes wereapproved. Treasurer, Frankie Webb gave areport and stated that dues are now due.Margie handed out “Give Thanks” cardsfrom her ranch; giving thanks for theabundance of food brought to us by Amer-ica’s farmers and ranchers. On the back ofthe card is written, “During the holidays,please take time to give thanks for ournation’s abundant food supply.” I am justone of the many U.S. farmers and ranch-ers who are proud to raise wholesome,healthy food. The average American
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farmer feeds about 144 people. More than97 percent of U.S. beef cattle farms andranches are family run. Visit www.explore-beef.org . A discussion on supporting a“Cowboy Christmas stocking wasapproved. Donnah McKeen has made anunusual stocking that will be donated andstuffed with “good stuff” to be delivered byMargie, Dec. 2. Basket for the turkey bingowill also be donated. Frankie Webb will bein charge of getting the basket full for thedonation. Our Christmas party will be Dec.12. Debbie Laney is in charge. A reminderof the presentation Dec. 8 on “Species inCrisis” will be held at the Community Cen-ter in Glenwood. All should try to attend.The meeting was adjourned and MarthaStewart furnished the wonderful refresh-ments. Respectfully submitted by MarthaDutton
ico CowBelles. Installation of Lariat offi-cers was held. The new slate of officers are:Owaissa Heimann, President; SuzanneBennefield, Vice President; Sharon King,Secretary; Candra Acuna, Treasurer;Owida Franz, Parliamentarian; and Mari-anne Rose, Reporter and Historian. Thenext regular meeting of the Lariat Cow-Belles will be Wednesday, January 13, atthe Rabbit Ears Café. Respectfully submit-ted, Marianne Rose Reporter, Lariat Cow-Belles
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Lariat CowBelles held their DecemberChristmas Party on Wednesday,
December 9, at the Rabbit Ears Café. Therewere 12 members present. Flowers weregiven to Yetta Bidegain, New Mexico Cow-Belle of the Year and a gift certificate wasgiven to John King, New Mexico CowBelleMan of the Year. A thank you card wasreceived from the Biffle family for thememorial made to the Pat Nowlin Scholar-ship fund in Hattie Biffle’s name. A sympa-thy card will be sent to the Gilbert familyon the death of Don Gilbert. OwaissaHeimann has retired after 20 years as Trea-surer of New Mexico CowBelles. She wasgiven a quilt with squares made from all ofthe locals, a picture from Cattlegrowers,and an etched glass vase with roses fromLariats. Lariats received a plaque award formost volunteer hours from the New Mex-
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from the Meat Animal Research Center(MARC) first interested them in the breed,Bob said. “We had tried a number of dif-ferent crosses on our Hereford cattle.After looking at that data, and our ownresults, we were sold.”“When Bob and I moved back, Here-
fords were running on the ranch,” Judyagreed. “We had good results crossbreed-ing with Charolais, but decided we neededto look for something a little different —not quite so big, a little more docile, a lit-tle more maternal. We tried Gelbvieh, andreally liked the cattle. The Hereford/Gelb-vieh cross worked well, but we eventuallyphased out the Herefords.”
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When Judy’s father, Ernest Chilson,decided to retire, Bob and Judy came backto the ranch with a handful of their owncattle. “Over time, we set about to breedup the percentage of Gelbvieh in the exist-ing cattle herd,” she noted. “We got towhere we had a lot of half-blood Gelbvieh,then through artificial insemination bredup to purebred status. Finally, we decidedthat a little Angus would make the cattlejust a little better.”Balancers combine the best of both
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FOR PRODUCERS LOOKING TO INCREASE THE FERTILITY and milking abilityin their cattle, Gelbvieh genetics may be the answer. Developed in Ger-many, Gelbvieh cattle first came to the U.S. in the early 1970s. Gelbviehand Balancer genetics are proving to be very effective for Southwestern
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Winslow and Flagstaff, wintering the cattleon State Trust and private land in the highdesert near Winslow. In the summer, theymove the cattle to a U.S. Forest Service(USFS) grazing allotment near Flagstaff,which is rougher, higher country. “Oursummer country is hilly, rocky country,there’s a rock on every square foot,” Judypointed out. “The cattle have to be sound.If they have any structural issues, they justdon’t make it.”Bob and Judy market their registered
red and black Balancer, Gelbvieh andAngus bulls by private treaty. Commercialproducers across the Southwest and intoMexico make up the majority of their bullcustomers. The Prossers sell females asbred heifers, some they raise themselvesand some are bought back from bull cus-tomers, Bob explained.
“We have a big customer base for lowbirthweight cattle, especially low birth-weight bulls,” Judy said. “Ours aren’t thehighest performing Gelbvieh but they workwell for us and for our customers. We selectmiddle of the road, optimum type cattle.” On the commercial side, they sell calves
to Caprock Feeders. “We have sold calvesto Caprock for the last ten years and areinvolved in their added value program,”Bob said. “Caprock tracks calves’ growth
cessful way. In 1993, they and the Metzlerfamily, neighbors on the Flying M Ranch,founded a collaborative land managementgroup called the Diablo Trust. The groupincludes members from agencies like theNatural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS) and the Arizona Game & FishDepartment, academic representatives andthe environmental community. “Anyonewho is interested is welcome to come andparticipate,” Judy said.The group developed the environmen-
tal impact statement (EIS) for the ranches’grazing permits, and just finished a fireplan, which includes rangeland fire as amanagement tool. “It will be the firstgrassland burn in the Coconino NationalForest in almost 60 years. It’s a slowprocess, but at the end of the day we haveall of those groups on the same page topropose an action, which is a pretty bigaccomplishment,” Bob noted.In 2006, the Trust received a Regional
Environmental Stewardship Award fromthe National Cattlemen’s Beef Association(NCBA) and the USFS National RangelandManagement Award. It is also active inother community activities. “Our goal is toacquaint as many people as possible with
and feed efficiency, and collects carcassdata. The top ten percent receive an addi-tional check, and I don’t think there hasbeen a year that we haven’t been in thattop 25 percent.”
The Prossers also market calves throughCountry Natural Beef, founded by Doc andConnie Hatfield in Oregon. The marketingcooperative has members across the coun-try, and harvests 60,000 head of cattle ayear, he said. “It is a unique bunch of peo-ple. They have an honest dedication to pro-viding a quality product to the public anddo it in a manner that has sustained overtime. All of the other natural beef programsI’ve seen have been bought out by the bigcorporations, but Country Natural Beef hasstood the test of time.”You just can’t go wrong with Gelbvieh,
Bob said. “We chose the breed based onprofitability, on facts and figures from ourown ranch. We use those same processeswhen we select and raise bulls to sell. Theyare a unique breed, it’s hard to beat the fer-tility, marketability and growth of Gelb-vieh and Gelbvieh cross cattle. Theyincrease the milk production in your cattlewithout decreasing fertility. The Prossers place a big emphasis on
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public lands ranching, and to remindthem where their food comes from,” Judyexplained.Both Bob and Judy’s families have been
part of the agriculture industry for genera-tions. Judy’s grandfathers were bothranchers in Arizona, and today’s Bar T Baris part of country they once owned. Bobgrew up in Colorado, where his fatherimported the first Limousin cattle into theUnited States. “We’re both ranch peopleand proud of it,” Judy said. Bob and Judy’stwo sons, Warren and Spencer, grew up onthe ranch. They both graduated from Col-orado State University and got married lastyear, and are off doing their own thing,Judy said.
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Performance was also the deciding fac-tor for Ray Rodriguez, PhD, who runsGelbvieh and Balancer cattle on tworanches in northern Sonora, Mexico. “Gel-bvieh is one of the few continental breedsthat has managed to excel in fertility, milkand meat,” Ray said. “Most breeds lack oneor the other, to keep all three traitstogether is very hard to do.”A Puerto Rico native, Ray received his
doctorate in animal genetics from the Uni-versity of Florida at Gainesville. His careerin managing large, corporate ranchesbrought him to Arizona. In 1982, heretired and started his own cattleimport/export business, which broughthim into contact with Gelbviehs.“I bought bulls to send to Mexico,
including some Gelbviehs. At the end ofthe season, I took the remaining bulls tomy ranch and used them on my own cat-tle, and was very impressed with theresults,” he explained.Ray and his partner Manuel Molina
Elias run purebred Gelbvieh, Balancer andFleckvieh Simmentals on the CieneguitaRanch across the border south of SierraVista, Arizona, named for the headwatersof the San Pedro River which are partly onthe ranch. Juan (Chapo) Varela and Rayrun a breeding up to Balancer program,using bulls from La Cieneguita, at El ValleRanch, just south of the Gray Ranch insouthwest New Mexico. Rodriguez and Manuel Molina are
working to get recognition for the Bal-ancer breed in Mexico. “We are workingwith the Mexican Gelbvieh Association tobe able to register the cattle, and are mak-ing good progress. The cattle are very wellaccepted, we just don’t have recognition ofBalancers as a breed, just yet.”
Rodriguez and his partners focus onproducing quality bulls and females forcommercial producers in Mexico, sinceintact breeding animals cannot beimported into the United States due to ani-mal health concerns. The majority of cus-tomers use Gelbvieh and Balancer bulls ontheir crossbred cattle to increase fertility,moderate frame size and add color, Raysaid.“Over time, the cattle in Northern Mex-
ico have become too large for the country.The Gelbvieh influence gives producers away to increase the fertility which has beenlost due to frame size. Our bulls haveproven to be very popular in improving thethings that the cattle were lacking,” heexplained. “Now, we are building a nucleusof other breeders in northern Mexico whoare breeding bulls for their own cus-tomers.”The commercial calves, and purebreds
that aren’t sold for breeding, are exportedto the United States as steers and spayedheifers. “We send calves to Red Rock Feed-ing in Arizona every year, and work closelywith them as our calves move through theprocess. The feedlot has been very happywith the performance and carcass data.This year, because of the drought, we soldour calves in October, about a month ear-lier than usual. We were able to get tencents more than the average price at theborder because the buyer knew what hewas getting.”Gelbvieh genetics have added a year of
productivity to his females, Ray said.Because of tough range conditions, he hadalways bred heifers to have their firstcalves as coming three year olds. Threeyears ago, he bred 30 heifers as yearlings.All calved unassisted, and 75 percent bredback. “In the past four years, we havestarted breeding yearling heifers success-fully, which we were never able to do in thepast.Fertility is one of the breed’s biggest
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Bar T Bar herdsire,Monsoon: “The cattlehave to besound.”
strengths, Ray noted. “Their fertility inrange conditions is the best we have seen.Something else we have noticed is thatthey will breed with a lower body conditionscore. We have had years that the cattledon’t look good at all in May, but when wepalpate in November, we have excellentfertility.” The credit for the breed’s unique
makeup goes to its developers. “We have tothank the Germans for most of our suc-cess. Rather than single trait selection,they selected for three traits — milk, fer-tility and meat — on an index with allthree traits weighted by different factors,”he explained. “In most cases, when youselect for one trait, you lose another. Usingindex selection, they were able to improveall three traits in the cattle simultane-ously.”Ray likes Bar T Bar bulls because they
are raised in an environment similar tohis. “I’ve been importing American cattleinto Mexico since 1973. With other breeds,our main problem was the bulls would justmelt under range conditions. We wouldhave to buy enough bulls to rotate themon and off of the range to maintain theircondition.”Gelbvieh and Balancers are a different
story, he said. “We bring them home, turnthem out and they stay out. They live onthe range like the cows, we never have tobring them back in. Newer generationshave taken to the country even better andhave increased the do ability of the cattle.”“The steer calves do well as feeders, yet
their sisters make really good cows for ourenvironment which is a claim very fewbreeds can make. With Gelbvieh and Bal-ancers, we have females that we can beproud of and that do well in Sonara’s rangeconditions. If you look at the combinationof moderate size and fertility, plus theirability to breed back at a lower body condi-tion score, that is what is selling them inthe northern Mexico environment.” n
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There has been no further action on theDoña Ana County wilderness bill. Con-gress is tied up with bigger issues at theend of the year. There is still plenty of timeand a real need for Senator Bingaman tohold a field hearing on this bill in DoñaAna County. It is fundamentally wrong topass legislation with such sweepingimpacts to the local area without givingthose most affected by wilderness designa-tion the chance to explain what theimpacts will be. Senator Bingaman hasalways been at least willing to listen to theconcerns of both sides of an issue. Heneeds to do that with this one, too.
The big Copenhagen climate changeconference was held in mid-Decemberamid continuing revelations in the “Cli-mategate” scandal that exposed the politi-cization of the global warming/climatechange debate in the scientific community.At this writing, the conference is still inprogress but it’s not likely there will be anymajor new initiatives produced there. Mostof the proponents of massive regulation andtaxation in the name of reducing emissionsare on the defensive with the mounting evi-dence that researchers suppressed andmanipulated data to make the case for dras-tic government action to save the planet. Infact it seems that more dissenting scientificinformation comes to light every day. Still our own US Environmental Pro-
tection Agency has unveiled its plans touse regulation to “protect” us from carbonemissions. Before the Climategate scandalerupted the EPA issued an “endangermentfinding” which was basically a declaration
opinions that grazing is bad. They justdepend on emotional appeals to the pub-lic’s desires for beautiful scenery andwildlife. There are some similarities to thedebate. The anti-grazing folks don’t haveany better argument than the globalwarming nuts. As a matter of fact, a lot ofthe anti-grazing folks are also globalwarming nuts. It’s something to keep inmind when we argue our case. The Wayne Hage family was awarded
$4.22 million in compensation by JudgeLoren Smith in a takings case over theirtaking of his ability to use the water rightsand improvements on his BLM and ForestService grazing allotments. After draggingthe case out for years until both Wayneand his wife had passed away the govern-ment still appealed the ruling. In denyingthe appeal the judge tacked on another$150,000 to the award. As Frank Duboiscommented on his blog, the feds will doeverything they can to prevent this casefrom setting a precedent. Wolves continue to wreak havoc on
ranchers in western New Mexico and east-ern Arizona; and everywhere else that theyhave been introduced for that matter. TheUS Fish and Wildlife Service is initiatinganother round of meetings to find outwhat they can do to keep the programgoing. In the meantime ranchers continueto suffer predation losses. Tod Stevensonof the New Mexico Department of Gameand Fish says his agency and the state“want to make sure Catron County and itsranchers can survive on the landscape.”It’s hard to believe that when they allowwolves to continue killing livestockputting people out of business. Lewis Derrick received the Bud’s Con-
tract award at the Joint Stockmen’s Con-vention in early December. Tommy Epperswas there to present the award to Lewis onbehalf of the New Mexico Federal LandsCouncil. Lewis lives near Artesia andranches northeast of there. Lewis has beeninvolved in federal land grazing issues formany years. He helped Bud lobby in SantaFe and has served on numerous boards
that production of carbon dioxide wasendangering the public, therefore theywere justified in regulating it. It was also away to push congress into cap and tradelegislation to try to control the effects ofEPA’s regulation. So far the scandal hasdone little to slow the EPA’s progress but ithas helped dampen enthusiasm for capand trade even further. Australia was in the process of passing
legislation establishing a carbon tradingscheme before Climategate. It looked likethey were going to get it done but at thelast minute the conservative party dumpedits leader who had agreed to support it andvoted it down. Much of the rest of theworld was depending on the US to adoptsome kind of carbon trading schemebefore they jumped on the bandwagon. It’snot likely that any effort like cap and tradewould have much impact on CO² levelswithout major third world countries likeChina and India participating but as longas the U.S. stays out of it, even the mostprejudiced carbon trading advocates havea hard time making the case. The real casualty in the Climategate
scandal is scientific credibility. With theimportance of government and foundationgrants to research funding, it is not sur-prising that scientists are influenced bythe money involved but they were sup-posed to be above that. We have alwaysmaintained that science supports well-managed grazing. We can demonstrate theresults with monitoring data. In mostcases the other side doesn’t even claim tohave any scientific data to support their
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Over the years there have been a few individuals leading the fight for grazingrights on federal lands. Bob Jones was one of those. Bob was active in the NewMexico Cattle Growers and the New Mexico Federal Lands Council. The last sev-eral years he devoted much of his time to his responsibilities as President of the
Paragon Foundation promoting the cause of freedom and independence. Along with BudEppers, Charlie Lee and Dick Manning, Bob was one of the original few who showed therest of us how to stand up for our rights to graze livestock and continue our way of life.Bob passed away December 10 at the age of 80. It is hard to imagine not having Bob therefor his advice and perspective on how to deal with the problems we face every day inmaintaining grazing. He believed ranching and our custom and culture were things thatshould be preserved and defended against those who want to take them from us. Hispassing will leave a big empty place for the rest of us to try to fill. Our sympathies go tohis family.
and commissions. He is currently chair-man of the Eddy County Commission. Theother commissioners look to him for guid-ance on land use and water rights issues.He was one of the members of the PrairieChicken Working Group established by theBLM to work out a solution to the prairiechicken population problem and keep thechicken off the endangered list.
Not many of us have the patience andperseverance to stay after an issue like theprairie chicken but Lewis does. That plushis ability to read and understand regula-tory and legislative proposals have earnedhim respect among agency officials andlegislators. Congratulations to Lewis on awell-deserved award. A lot of the state had snow in early
December. For some places, that is themost winter moisture in several years. Theforecasters tell us we are not through withwinter yet. The El Niño episode responsi-ble for increased chances for moisture inthe Southwest is supposed to continuethrough the end of March. Winter weathercan be hard to deal with but if we don’thave winter moisture, we usually don’thave spring green-up either. Let’s pray thatthe winter is not too severe and that theGood Lord blesses us all with an earlyspring and lots of green pastures. I knowBob Jones would appreciate that. n
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What’s become known as “Cli-mategate” may be about toexplode on this side of the
pond as well. Chris Horner, a seniorfellow at the Competitive EnterpriseInstitute, has threatened a law-suit against NASA if by year-endthe agency doesn’t honor hisFreedom of Information (FOI)requests for information on howand why its climate numbershave been consistently adjusted forerrors.“I assume that what is there is highly
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n This despite the fact that theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration had registered 63 localsnowfall records and 115 lowest-evertemperatures for the month, andranked it as only the 70th-warmestOctober in 114 years.
n Scores of temperaturerecords from Russia and else-where were not based on thatOctober’s readings at all; figuresfrom the previous month hadsimply been carried over and
repeated two months running.Was Hansen, like his CRU counter-
part Michael Mann, trying to “hide thedecline” in temperatures, asks IBD?
Hansen has said in the past that“heads of major fossil-fuel companieswho spread disinformation about globalwarming should be tried for high crimesagainst humanity and nature.” Whatpenalties would he recommend for him-self and his CRU colleagues, asks IBD?
Source: Editorial, “NASA-Gate,” IBD, Dec. 7, 2009.
NASA-Gate Was Hansen, like his CRU counterpart Michael Mann, trying to “hide the decline” in temperatures?
“These guys (NASA) are quite clearly determined not to reveal their
internal discussions about this.”
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Ranch
BOB & KAY ANDERSON • 575/421-1809HCR 72, BOX 10 • RIBERA, N.M. 87560
Cattle that will producein any environment.”
Villanueva•
RANCHRAISED
MOUNTAINRAISED
WINSTON, NEW MEXICORussell and Trudy Freeman
575/743-6904
Dan Paxton, 575/749-21711752 S. Roosevelt Rd. 9 Portales, NM 88130
——— EASY CALVING ———
Jersey Bulls For Sale
Recipient of the American
BrahmanBreeders Assn.Maternal Merit
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Steve & Belinda WilkinsP.O. Box 1107 Ozona, TX 76943
O: 325/392-3491 R: 325/392-2554
muscle + structure + maternal excellence + performance traits = great value
Bulls and Heifers575/773-4770
Rick and Maggie HubbellMark Hubbell
Quemado, [email protected]
CORR IENTE CAT TLEHEIFER BULLSRegistered Bulls & Bred Cows
Huston RanchCuervo, N.M.575/472-5021 • 505/425-5021
PurebredSanta GertrudisSHORT SHEATHBULLS FOR SALE
FAYE L. KLEIN • 575/441-5597 2 1/2 mi. W. of Hobbs, NM on Hwy. 62-180
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Manny & Hayley Encinias575/374-3393 or 505/[email protected]
Grant Mitchell • 505/466-3021
Weanlings, Yearlings & Riding Horses
www.singletonranches.com
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CaseyBEEFMASTERS
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Ranch Raised Virgin Two-Year-Old Bulls& Herd Sires
Semen Availablewww.CaseyBeefmasters.comWatt, Jr. 325/[email protected]: 325/762-2605
Registered BullsPolled Reds & Blacks
Las Cruces & Rincon, NMJohn & Laura Conniff
575/644-2900 • Cell. 575/644-2900www.leveldale.com
LIMFLEX, DURHAM RED,ANGUS, LIMOUSIN
CONNIFF CATTLE CO., LLC
Red AngusCattle For Sale
Red AngusAngus Plus
• Weaned & Open Heifers • Low Birth Weight Bulls
YOUNG BULLS FOR SALE
JaCin RanchSANDERS, ARIZONA
work: 928/688-2602evenings: 928/688-2753
KAILRANCHES
Quality RegisteredRomagnola and
Angus Bulls &Replacement
FemalesDisposition and
Birth Weight a given.STOP BY – SEEING IS BELIEVING!
R.M. Kail,Owner
307/367-3058
Raul Munoz,Manager
575/461-1120
P.O. Box 981 • Conchas, NM 88416State Hwy. 104-3 milesnorth, mile marker 66
Not satisfied with thevalue of your calves?Let us help you breedand market more valuable calf crops.
Serving New Mexico cattleproducers with custom AI
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Loren & Joanne Pratt44996 W. Papago Road
Maricopa, AZ 85139
520/568-2811
Producers of Quality & Performance-Tested
Brahman Bulls & Heifers“Beef-type American Gray
Brahmans, Herefords, Gelbvieh and F-1s.”
SKAARERBRANGUS
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Rick, Katie & Chase SkaarerCell: 520/820-5210 Willcox, Arizona
Please call us at 505/243-9515to list your herd here.
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American Brahman Breeders Assoc.
BrahmanCROSSBREEDING’S COMMON DENOMINATOR
Bradley 3Ranch Ltd.www.bradley3ranch.com
M.L. Bradley, 806/888-1062Fax: 806/888-1010 • Cell: 940/585-6471
Ranch-Raised ANGUS Bulls for Ranchers Since 1955
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SLATON, TEXAS
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TREY WOOD 806/789-7312CLARK WOOD 806/828-6249 • 806/786-2078
THE BRAND THAT REPRESENTSQUALITY REG. BLACK BRANGUS
BULLS & FEMALESThatcher, Arizona
H: 928-348-8918 • [email protected]
ELGIN BREEDING SERVICE
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• Semen collection• Custom breeding service• Semen storage & shipping• Breeding supplies• Semen sales catalog• Embryo services for N.M.
EBS WESTBox 696
Capitan, NM 88316575/354-2929
Fax 575/354-2942W.H. Cardwell, DVM
Quality ControlBrad Cardwell
PresidentBrenda Cardwell
Vice-PresidentHillary Voelker
Manager, EBS
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D.J. Reveal, Inc.937/444-2609Don Reveal
15686 Webber Rd.Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154
Fax: 937/444-4984
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Johnson Livestock
Rafter J2 Texas Longhorns
Jim & Sylvia Johnson915/886-3410
8701 Hickory Rd.Anthony,
N.M. 88021
MARSHALL McGINLEY575/526-9470 • Las Cruces, NM
Bulls & Females
www.mcginleyredangus.com
Two-year-old BullsProven Genetics,Range Ready- We sell over 250 head annually
RunningCreek RanchElizabeth, Colorado 80107
JOE FREUND303/840-1850 (H)303/341-9311
JOEY FREUND303/841-7901
PAT KELLEY303/840-1848Red & Tender By Design
Santa GertrudisBreeders International
P.O. Box 1257Kingsville, Texas 78364
361/592-9357 • 361/592-8572, faxwww.santagertrudis.ws
RegisteredPolled Herefords
Cañones RouteP.O. Abiquiu, N.M. 87510
MANUEL SALAZAR
P.O. Box 867Española, N.M. 87532
Bulls &Heifers
FOR SALE AT THE FARM
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FULL-LINE KUBOTA DEALER
Mesa TRACTOR, INC.800/303-1631 (NM)
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We know what you need to build a long-lasting fence.
With a horse trainer, rancher and team
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Registered BullsPolled Reds & Blacks
Las Cruces & Rincon, NMJohn & Laura Conniff
575/644-2900 • Cell. 575/644-2900www.leveldale.com
LIMFLEX, DURHAM RED,ANGUS, LIMOUSIN
CONNIFF CATTLE CO., LLC
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JOE DELK
Specializing in Value-Added SupplementalPrograms for Ranchers in Far West Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona
Put a Moorman’s Mineral Program to Work for You!
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RT. 1, EAST HWY. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS 79045
SALES AND SERVICE, INC.
Mixing / Feeding SystemsTrucks / Trailers / Stationary Units
580/426-2326
920/857-6979
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www.englishshepherdhome.com [email protected]
CPE Feeds, Inc.BROWNFIELD, TEXAS • 806/637-7458
Compare Our COTTONSEED ProductIngredient Statement:
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D.J. Reveal, Inc.937/444-2609Don Reveal
15686 Webber Rd.Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154
Fax: 937/444-4984
www.reveal4-n-1.com
Weanlings, Yearlings, 2 Year Olds and 2 Older
Stallions for SalePlease Contact
Barbara Livingston • 713/[email protected]
Jesse Gonzales • 281/342-4703www.harrisonquarterhorseranch.com
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79120
Phillips hasGenerator Sets & PumpsYANMAR DIESEL
PHILLIPS DIESEL CORP.I-25 & Hwy. 6, Los Lunas, NM
505/865-7332
ROBERTSONLIVESTOCK
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Registered, Commercial and Feedlot
4661 PR 4055, Normangee, TX 77871Cell: 936/581-1844
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Williams Windmill, Inc.
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Aermotor Windmills
Casa Grande, Arizona 85222 • 888/220-6455
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KELLY CREEK RANCH: This reputa-tion Oregon ranch has 2,400 deededacres, free water with 1869 waterrights, large flood irrigated meadows,and no irrigation wells.Improvements include three homes,three hay barns, three horse barns,two sets of corrals, with scales, feedlot with 450' of fence line bunk spaceand miscellaneous other buildings.Water fowl, deer, and many otherwildlife species are abundant on theranch. This is an easy operatingranch with one hired man. Pricequick sale reduced from $3,750,000to $2,995,000
1,360 ACRES, near Ravendale, Calif.Develop this property into a hayranch. Excellent area for irrigationwells. Two older homes plus outbuild-ings. Priced at: $600,000
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920 East 2nd, Roswell, NM 88201Office: 575/623-8440Cell: 575/626-1913www.michelethomesteadrealty.comPRICE REDUCED ON THE CLAPHAM RANCH — CALL FOR DETAILS
Cherri Michelet SnyderQualifying Broker
NEW LISTING: LA PALOMA RANCH –10 miles SW of Carlsbad NM.604 head BLM ranch has a mixture of flats and hills. Good road access butstill a horseback ranch. 54 sections of state, BLM and private. Projectedwater sales for next year of $100K+. Priced at an affordable $3150 au.Good headquarters, scales and covered working chute. Ideal for the familywith school age children and competition exhibitors. CROOKED CREEK RANCH – Well maintained 585 BLM permitted SE NMranch. A working ranch with good headquarters, improvements. Located 25miles SW of Hope, NM. Well watered with lots of storage. Good improve-ments. Four BR home, roping arena, and large barns. Part of ranch has con-trolled access for hunting and could be developed as another source ofincome. Affordably priced at $3333 a cow unit. Co-listed with Dave Kern,Kern Land, Inc., Clovis NM.
New Mexico HomeRanch RealtyJoe Cox, Qualifying Broker
575/981-2427 – officewww.nmhomeranch.com • [email protected]
Ag Services, Inc.email: bp@asi leasing.com
201 Innsdale TerraceClovis, New Mexico 88101
OFFICE: 575/762-8608TOLL FREE: 888/868-2331
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Bottari Realtywww.bottarirealty.com
PAUL D. BOTTARI,BROKER
This should be a great investment property idealfor a 1031 exchange! Deeded sheep base in ElkoCo: 10,960 deeded acres plus a 29 percent public BLM permit in the moun-tains just northeast of Elko. Fifty percent of the mineral rights included. Goodsummer spring and summer range for sheep or cattle. Annual lease income, plusinexpensive ag taxes. Price: $1,425,800.
Dawley Creek Ranch - located in one of the mostbeautiful ranching valleys of the West: RubyValley: Set at the foot of the majestic Ruby Mountains with approx. 1100acres of lush meadows and good private pasture. This ranch has approx. 6000deeded acres. Approx. 700 acres are currently being cut for meadow hay plustwo 110 acre piviots with alfalfa/orchard grass hay. This ranch runs approx.500 pair plus heifers and bulls year long and around 30 head of horses. Nowater fights in this case as the water doesn’t run off the ranch but rather fills asnow water lake called Franklin Lake. This ranch has been a target for conser-vation easements. Priced at $4,500,000. And contingent upon being able tocomplete a 1031 exchange into another acceptable property.
Waddy Creek Ranch: located in a remote Nevada ranching valleycalled Charleston which sits at the foot of the Jarbidge Wilderness which is partof the Humboldt National Forest. The ranch is bounded on two sides by forest.There is no power in the valley but there is land line phone. Two creeks provideirrigation water for approx. 138 acres of historic meadow. This property hasQuaken aspen groves and is quite beautiful. Access is on a county road. There isa BLM grazing permit attached to the ranch for 71 head. Price: $500,000.Terms considered.
Indian Creek Ranch:White Pine County, Nevada. This is a great prop-erty for a hunter as it is surrounded by public lands and has plentiful mule deer,antelope and elk. There is a large spring arising on high ground that could pro-vide pressure for hydro power, or gravity flow domestic or irrigation water. Thisis an old historic ranch base and can provide summer pasture for cattle or hors-es and includes approx. 200 acres in three separate parcels. Piñon pine and Utahjuniper plus some cottonwood, willows and Quaken aspen. Very scenic. Approx.½ mile off county maintained road. Price: $425,000.
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New Mexico / West Texas Ranches
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Joe Priest Real Estate1205 N. Hwy 175, Seagoville, TX 75159
972/287-4548 • 214/676-69731-800/671-4548
www.joepriest.com • [email protected]
503 acre So. Navarro Co., Texas. It’s got it all. $2,000/acre.
632 acre CATTLE and HUNTING, N.E. Texasranch, elaborate home, one-mile highwayfrontage. OWNER FINANCE at $2,000/acre.
274 acres in the shadow of Dallas. Secluded lakes, trees, excellent grass. Hunting and fishing, dream home sites.
$3,850/acre.126 acre jewel on Red River Texas – Nice river frontage, irrigation well, excellentsoils for crops, nursery stock, cattle grazing,
you name it. $3,450/acre.1,700 acre classic N.E. Texas cattle and hunting ranch. $2,500/acre.
Some mineral production.
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Joe Stubblefield & Associates13830 Western St., Amarillo, TX806/622-3482 • cell 806/674-2062
Drew Perez Assocs.Nara Visa, NM • 806/392-1788
Third Mesa Ranch — New to the market is 12,760 deed-ed acres. Located north of the Sawtooth Mountains near-by Pie Town, New Mexico. A scenic ranch adjoining theCibola National Forest along a 14 mile boundary. A tidyheadquarters with residence, hunters quarters, authen-tic historic Hogan, game processing facilities andgood stock pens. Beautiful scenic tree cloaked mesas,
canyons, and creek bottom provides excellent habitat forelk, deer, bear, and lion. This area is noted for its tro-
phy class bull elk. 29 landowners elk permits for2009. Additional adjoining deeded acreage can be
assembled. $490 deeded acre.
Western New Mexico Mountains — Balanced with an abundance ofwildlife, monster Bull Elk, captivating beauty, rich productive rangesites, quality improvements and space to roam. 47,000± acres over-looking the Plains of San Augustine and surrounding the 9,000 ft.Luera Mountain Peak! Located south of Datil, remote, yet easily acces-siblee – PRICE REDUCED – $6,500,000!
Pecos Valley Hay Farm — A significant and productive sprinkler irri-gated hay farm at Roswell, New Mexico. 469 total acres with 418.76water right acres. Turnkey with all farm equipment! $2,000,000.
Singer Lake Ranch ~ This is a no frills cattle ranch ~ 45 miles westof Artesia, NM. Approximately 6,700 NM State Lease Acres and 240deeded. Strong grass rangeland with wide draws, canyon lands, lime-stone hill country, and new electric power ~ 2 good wells and cowcamp with barn. Paved access is off U.S. Highway 82. $607,000.
Los Chaparrales Ranch — Nourished by the Mimbres River is a1,789 acre desert oasis of sycamores, cottonwoods, and water. Thisenvironment is a refuge for wildlife and ideal for the western horse andcattle. This pretty little ranch has 1,389 deeded acres, water rights, abeautiful location and heavenly views. The neighborhood is sparselypopulated, yet the amenities of nearby Silver City and Deming, areeasily accessed. $1,800,000.
Eagle Canyon Ranch — Located within the scenic productive hillcountry 40 miles west of Artesia, New Mexico, which is one of theregion’s most prolific small town communities. This 15,465 acreexpanse is an ideal cattle grazing operation. It has good water devel-opment, pipe shipping pens, and excellent access off paved roads.Abundant wildlife: mule deer, Barbary sheep, and quail. $1,350,000.
DVDs and Brochures available upon request by contacting:
Keith L. SchrimsherPhone/Fax: 575/622-2343
www.nm-ranches.com
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appraisals of rural properties
P.O. Box 428 • Roswell, NM 88202Phone: 575/622-5867Mobile: 575/420-1237
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EASTERN N.M. – Approx. 30 sections, mostly deeded,some BLM & State, employee housing & two sets of steelpens, county maintained, all weather road. Your cowswill think they are in Florida!
HEART OF THE PLAINS – 8 section ranch with newset of pens, concrete bunks, truck/cattle scale and com-modity barn, mobile home, watered by subs, mill andpipeline, on pavement, an hour from Lubbock.
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418 Acres in Yuma County,Arizona Controlled Under a State Agricultural Lease.
ANDTurn Key 1788.5 Acre Farm
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Wonderful 12 acre parcel with beautiful2688 sq. ft. home, fully landscaped, 40x50shop with 14' roll up door, 6 stall horse barnwith tack room and wash bay, steer ropingarena with calf roping alley, room for barrelracing, 12x24 covered calf pen. Wonderfulproperty near Moriarty— don’t miss out. More acreage available.
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RANCHES / FARMSTurkey Creek, AZ – 2837 acres deeded, niceHQ, small state lease, 724 acre feet of waterrights, great development potential.$6,000,000.
**NEW** 250 to 400 Plus Head CattleRanch Sheldon, AZ – 1,450 deeded acres,+/-30 sections BLM, 150 +acres irrigatedfarm land. Nice HQ including two rock homes,good set of steel shipping & horse corrals, 30’x 20’ barn, 9 livestock & domestic wells & 4irrigation wells. There is deeded access to theranch off of a paved highway & power to theheadquarters. $1,950,000, Terms.
Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm – Under theMogollon Rim, a must see, w/small towncharm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well,home, 1800’s museum, 2 bedroom cabin,shop, & barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed &breakfast, land or water development. +/-62acres & well for $1,700,000; home & otherimprovements. $424,500, Seller Financing.
325 Ac Farm, Kansas Settlement, AZ – Thisworking farm has 2-120 acre Zimmatic Pivots,a nice site built home, large workshop & haybarn, a doublewide & singlewide mobilehome. 5 irrigation wells, 2 domestic wells.The property is fenced & cross fenced. Greatset-up for pasturing cattle. $1,250,000,Terms Desired.
**NEW** 235 Head Ranch, Safford, AZ –16 sections State, 20 sections BLM & 16 sec-tions of USFS. 40 deeded acres w/a nice 3BR, 2 bath home built in 2007, corrals, elec-tric power & a well at HQ. Paved access.Elevation ranges from 3,500 to 7,265 feet.$1,050,000. This ranch adjoins the 56 head
ranch that we have listed, combine them toform a nearly 300 head outfit.
**NEW** 56 Head Ranch, Safford, AZ – Aranch w/an upside! 640 deeded acres with aBLM allotment. Surveyed into 40 acre parcels& has established legal access off of a pavedhwy. Run cattle & develop the deeded. This isa ranch that will pay for itself! Adjoins 235head ranch listed above. $699,000.
Benson, AZ, 79 Acre Farm – Situated in thebeautiful San Pedro Valley along the SanPedro River. +/-50 acres under irrigation.Includes a 2 ⁄3 interest in a 1000 gpm irriga-tion well. Great for cattle, horses & homesites.$850,000.
Rainbow Valley, AZ, 300 Head CattleRanch – Excellent desert ranch owned &operated by the same family for 40 years.Well improved w/BLM & State grazing leas-es. HQ on State Land, well watered.$850,000 Price Reduced to $650,000.
Wickenburg, AZ – 216 Head Cattle Ranch.Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deed-ed acres, State, BLM & 3,100 acres privatelease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells.Abundant feed, numerous corrals & great steelshipping pens. $850,000.
Near Cotton City, NM – 680 acre farmw/315 acres of water rights, +/-4 sections ofBLM. Run +/-300 head. Irrigated by 12" pipew/alfalfa valves. 3 irrigation wells water at150' & 2 domestic wells. Nice home, barn &corrals. Great buy! $755,000.
Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch –Year long USFS permit w/two room linecamp, barn & corrals at HQ. This is a remotehorseback ranch w/limited vehicular access, 8
dirt tanks, +/-20 springs. 10 acres of deededin Sheldon, AZ. $400,000 – SellerFinancing.
Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas AZ – 200deeded acres, 17 head BLM allotment, privateretreat, two wells. This property is very remote& extremely scenic w/a beautiful canyonlined w/sycamores, cottonwoods & beautifulrock formations. $300,000 – SellerFinancing.
68 Head Cattle Ranch, Tombstone, AZ –BLM, State grazing leases & 160 acres deed-ed land w/spectacular views. Close to town,great access. Combination grass & browseranch. $250,000 – Great Terms Available.
Dragoon, AZ, 50+/- Head Cattle Ranch –21 head state AZ grazing lease & 1960+/-acres adverse grazing. 10 deeded acresw/water & power nearby. $225,000.
HORSE PROPERTIESBenson, AZ, 20 Acre Quality HorseFacility – Castlebrook barn, nice home,arena, round pen & much more. $695,000.
Dragoon, AZ, 5 Acre Horse Property –3927 sq. ft. home remodeled w/newkitchen cabinets & flooring, 4-stall hay/horsebarn, two turnouts. $250,000 – Additionalacreage available & grazing possibility for afew head of cattle.
Willcox, AZ, +/-9 Acres w/RopingArena – 3BR/2BA Shultz manufacturedhome with many upgrades, 170’x300’ rop-ing arena, nice 4-stall horse barn with tackroom & hay storage, second barn, new well,a very private and nice location on Circle IRoad. $230,000.
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– 20,099 total acres, 348 AUYL BLM grazing permit. 80 miles south-west of Carlsbad, NM, in the Brokeoff Mountains.
– 12,369 deeded acres, 300± AUYL, scenic vistas with hunting. Located on the north slopes of the Capitan Mountains in southeastern New Mexico.
– 8,038 total acres, 200± AUYL owner controlled, excellent turf with good grass cover. Forty-five miles northwest of Roswell, NM.
– 28,576 total acres, 2,200± deeded, desert ranch 25 miles west of Jal, NM, on NM State Highway 128. BLM rat-ing at 370 AUYL.
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41 Acres: Irrigation well with new Submersible pumping system that pro-duces 260 GPM, concrete water distribution system, just 6 miles North West ofWillcox in Stewart District, great location with all utilities and nice views ¾ milefrom paved road. $240,000 w/owner financing. Additional acreage available.
100 Acres: New 30’X60’x17’, concrete-floored, open front, sheet metalbarn, very high producing irrigation well (tested over 2,000 GPM) new pump andelectric motor in place, domestic well with submersible pump and pressure sys-tem, electric, phone & new septic system ready for your new home. Abundance ofwater ready to put in to farming. $275,000.
640 AC + 600 AC State Lease in livestock grazing. This propertylies along Birch Road, a main paved road that connects Hwy. 191 and KansasSettlement Road, the 2 main southern routes, in Sulfur Springs Valley.$1,120,000
2,240 Acres, 10 wells, all videoed showing water depths and condition ofwells. Paved road to corner of property, on Bell Ranch Road. 2 miles North of Hwy181. In a farming area with Pat Hills as backdrop. Well located for developmentproperty or re-development as farm and/or dairy. Has annual government croppayments and can be leased out for grazing to keep taxes to a minimum.$5,600,000.
TENNEY’s 4ULand & Real Estate4520 West Airport Rd., Willcox, AZ 85643 (Cochise Country)
Office 520/384-2834 • Cell 520/906-7335 • Fax 520/384-6396 • [email protected] Our family trains roping and barrel horses, so the cattle we have are Corriente Cattle
we use for training our horses. My primary business is brokering real estate.
J.L. (JIM) TENNEY, BROKER
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�� Springer, N.M.: 275 acres with 90 water shares on the FrenchTract overlooking Springer Lake. 2003, 3-bed./2-bath OakwoodMH with city water tap. 1/3 under irrigation and the rest in pas-ture. Breathtaking views of the mesas and mtns. Ideal for thehorsemen with a clean property ready to build your own horsefacility. $300,000.
�� Gladstone, N.M.: 800 ac., ¼ mile North of store on Hwy. 56. Oncounty road with water and utilities. Excellent grass productionwith 360' open views of the prairie, volcanoes and Ute Creek. Willsell from 140 ac. and up at $500/ac. Total price for the 800 acres isat $400,000.
�� French Track, N.M.: 400 ac., Off of I-25 exit 419 onto Hwy. 58near Russell’s truck stop. The farm has a 3 bed, one bath homewith long loafing sheds, water tap and 160 water shares. Dry landis sub-irrigated and has a high carrying capacity per animal unit.Being next to this busy intersection creates a great opportunity forextra income possibilities. $440,000.
�� Raton, N.M.: 616 acres on the historical landmark Kiowa Mesa,30 miles SE on Hwy. 193. Beautiful mesa country with awesomeviews of the surrounding valley, volcano Mtns., and mesas.Excellent habitat for the Mule deer, antelope and grass for live-stock. Cabin with windmill water. Great small recreational ranch...$525,000.
�� Raton, N.M.: 920 acres 45 miles SE on Hwy. 193, next to the his-torical Palo Blanco Mtn. Church, with tree covered mesas, livecreek, large natural lake bed and lots of wildlife. Water well, powerand abuts Hwy. 193. Very scenic ranch. $690,000.
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Multiple tax lots, large acreage for grazing and multiple recreationalopportunities on 3196.75 acres. Spring on the property. Great huntingopportunities! ............................................................ $4,000,000.
Big Butte Creek Frontage and historic farm house on 157 acres. Ideal horse property. 10 irrigated acres plus usable grazing. Adjacent to BLM property. Abundant wildlife. ................................. $775,000.
Two residence set up. 45.44 acres with irrigation. Spectacular setting.Insulated and cooled show barn and sale ring facilities. Multiple livestock pens. Well drained soils for hay or pasture. ....... $949,000.
A self contained ranch of 328 acres. Scenic creek front property on theflanks of the cascade mountain range. Currently running 65 cows. Water rights dated 1865 for 100 acres of pasture. Two existing homes. An indoor arena 100 x 50, 2 feed barns, one wtih covered working cattle equipment. ....................................................... $1,500,000.
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HHoouussee,, NNeeww MMeexxiiccoo 116600 aaccrreess,,126.5 acres under center pivotwith 48 acres in 1st year alfalfa.T and L sprinkler. Water source isfrom a rechargeable stream.$$11,,118855 // aaccrree..
HHoouussee,, NNeeww MMeexxiiccoo 22220000 ssqq fftt home on 10 acres. Needs work. Locatedsouth of House, NM. $$6655,,000000
CClloovviiss,, NN..MM.. 662200 SS RReeiidd,, Need a Home for your horse? Don’t miss thisone. 1+ acre with super nice barn featuring tack room, indoor wash rackw/ hot water and bathroom. All city utilities, lots of pipe fencing, 5 cov-ered runs and large shed row. Business opportunity for horse boarding.Call Brett 575-760-3654 575-763-5055
PPoorrttaalleess,, NNMM 11000077 aaccrreess on HWY 467 and Oasis State Park Road. 640acres state lease. 327 acres deeded. 5 pastures, 2 traps, 2 wells, 2 setsof pens. Call Brett Johnson 575760-3654 or 575-763-5055 $$229955,,000000
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AA Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 69, 82ADM / Joe Delk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Ag New Mexico FCS, ACA . . . . . . . . . . 81Ag Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75American Angus Association . . . . . . . . . 53American Brahman Breeders Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Apex Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 79Ash Marketing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
BKen Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Baboquivari Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 79Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . 73Bar T Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Bar W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Big Sky Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77BJM Sales & Service, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 73Blevins Mfg. Co. Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Bottari Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Bow K Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Bradley 3 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 71Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Charles Burk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CC Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Canon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 69Cargill Animal Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . 50Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction, Inc . . . . 43Cattleman’s Livestock Commission . . . . 47Caviness Packing Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . . 58Cimmaron English Shepherds . . . . . . . . 73Clovis Livestock Markets . . . . . . . . . . . 16Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Coldwell Banker / A.C. Taylor . . . . . . . 77Chip Cole Ranch Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Conniff Cattle Co., LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69CPE Feeds Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73CPI Pipe & Steel, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20George Curtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
DD2 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Dan Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69David Dean / Campo Bonita LLC . . . . . 76Dan Delaney Real Estate, Inc . . . . . . . . 74Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . 72Domenici Law Firm, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
EElgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Estrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
FFallon-Cortese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . 8Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54First Alternative Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . 15Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 69
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 0 83
GGiant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . 55Gila County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Gila Monster Tuff Tanks . . . . . . . . . 50Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Tom Growney Equipment, Inc . . . 5, 72
HHales Angus Farm . . . . . . . . . . 26, 71Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . 73Hartzog Angus Cattle . . . . . . . . 18, 52Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Hoff’s Scotch Cap Re/Max Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Semen Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Hollis Cotton Oil Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 69Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . 86Huguley & Co Land Sales . . . . . . . . 78Huston Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Hutchinson Western . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
IIrish Blacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Isa Cattle Co., Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
JJaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Jaxon Bilt Hat Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Johnson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
KKaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Kahn Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 72Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Kiowa Land & Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Klein Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69KMB Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
LL & H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53La Gloria Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Lazy JB Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Lee, Lee & Puckitt / Kevin Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
LG Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
MManford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Manzano Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . 71Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Mesa Feed Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Mesa Tractor, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 72Messner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . 75Chas. S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . 78Montana del Oro Ranch . . . . . . . . . 48Mur Tex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 73Murney Association / Paul McGilliard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
NNew Mexico Ag Expo . . . . . . . . . . . 84New Mexico Angus/Hereford Bull & Heifer Sale . . . . . 21
New Mexico Beef Council . . . . . . . . 31New Mexico Cattle Growers’ President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
New Mexico Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3New Mexico Hereford Association . . 28New Mexico Home Ranch Realty . . 75New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . 77New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . 88New Mexico Ranch Sales, LLC . . . . 77No Bull Enterprises, LLC . . . . . . . . . 51
OLois Oliver Real Estate / Becky Harwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Oregon Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . 80
PPacific Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . 54Paco Feed Yard, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . 42Phase-A-Matic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Lee Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Porter Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Pot of Gold Gelbvieh Association . . . 65Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 70Premium Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Joe Priest Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . 76
RRed Doc Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 73Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . 77Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Rob-Bilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Roswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Roswell Livestock Auction Co . . . . . 12Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SSanta Gertrudis Breeders International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Schrimsher Ranch Real Estate . . . . 76Scott Land Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Scythe & Spade Companies . . . . . . 77Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Skaarer Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Smith Land & Cattle Co., LLC . . . . 17Southwest Brangus Breeders Coop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . 76Sunset Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Southwest Brangus Association–Best in the West Sale . . . . . . . . . . 6
T1031 Financial Exchange Corp. . . . 77Tenney’s 4U Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Tire Water Troughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Tri State Angus Ranches . . . . . . 71, 73Triad Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Tucumcari Bull Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
UU Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51United Country Vista Nueva, Inc . . . 79USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
VVirden Perma-Bilt Co. . . . . . . . . . . 48
WWeaver Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Wedel Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Weichert Realtors / 505 Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Westlake Cattle Growers, LLC . . . . . 49Westway Feed Products, Inc . . . . . . 40Wild West Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 80Williams Windmill, Inc . . . . . . . 41, 73WW-Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
YR.L. York Custom Leather . . . . . . . . 72
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We wish you a
Prosperous New Year!– The Staff at
New Mexico Stockman
84 J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 0
18thAnnual
Feb. 23-24, 2010
O Low moisture, high energy, pure sugarcane molasses supplements
O No fillers or binders; just 100% nutrition
O Energy, Protein, Vitamins and Minerals all in one convenient package
O Supplement cattle for .20 to .30 cents per head per day
O Increased forage utilization O No Waste
Ronnie Hudson • 800-750-9608 • 325-659-3992 • [email protected] • www.hudsonlivestock.comNew Mexico Sales Rep • Tom Underwood • 830/534-2142
Roswell Livestock & Farm SupplyRoswell, NMHub Taylor
575/622-9164
DD’s Animal Nutrition & Supply
Artesia, NMDon Spearman575/746-2370
Hungry Critters Feed& Supply LLCHobbs, NMKevin Parish
575/492-1111
Mimbres Valley FeedsDeming, NMKyle Reid
575/544-8131
Chical HaystackBosque Farms, NMAnthony Lucero505/869-3500
One Stop Feed StoreClovis, NM 88101Lovita Frusher575/562-3997
Western MercantileAlbuquerque, NM
Greg Artz505/877-1504
Additional Locations:Tijeras, NM
Los Lunas, NMSocorro, NM
Las Cruces, NM
RAISED IN OKLAHOMA – THE SAME WAY WE RAISED THEM IN NEW MEXICO!
GAYLAND & PATTI TOWNSEND STEVE & JACKIE TOWNSENDHOME: 580/443-5777 P.O. BOX 278 HOME: 580/443-5749CELL: 580/380-1606 MILBURN, OK 73450 CELL: 580/380-1968
We are consigning to theRoswell Brangus Sale
February 27, 2010
We are consigning to theRoswell Brangus Sale
February 27, 2010
This will be the 19th year for theRoswell Brangus Bull & Female Sale!As always, there will be some out-standing Herd Sires and some goodRegistered Females, but 90% of thebulls and females will be intended
for the commercial cowman ata price they can afford.
— Consigning —8 Angus Plus Bulls12 Registered Bulls5 Purebred Bulls
15 Bred Angus Plus Heifers15 Bred Brangus Heifers
15 Super Baldy Bred Heifers
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LUCK 13 BULL
HEIFERS
Troy FloydP.O. Box 133
Roswell, NM 88201Phone: 575/734-7005
Lack-Morrison BrangusJOE PAUL & ROSIE LACK
P.O. Box 274, Hatch, NM 87937Phone: 575/267-1016 • Fax: 575/267-1234
BILL MORRISON411 CR 10, Clovis, NM 88101
Phone: 575/769-7263Email: [email protected]
Parker BrangusLARRY PARKER
San Simon, AZ 85632Days: 520/845-2411Eves.: 520/845-2315
Townsend BrangusGAYLAND and
PATTI TOWNSENDP.O. Box 278
Milburn, Oklahoma 73450Home: 580/443-5777Cell: 580/380-1606
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Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd., has been in theRegistered Angus business for over fiftyyears. Time tested and rancher approved theBradley program focuses on raising bullsthat can survive in rough country.Cows that live in tough country, need tospend their time foraging and not waiting bythe road for the cake truck. With Purina’sSup-R-Lix, our cows spend their time cov-ering their country and maintaining betterbody condition at less cost. Their calves aregrowing out better and the cows breed up isimproved. At Bradley 3 Ranch, our cows
live in tough country buttheir performance doesn’thave to suffer because of it.
Bradley 3Ranch Ltd.www.bradley3ranch.com
Office: 806/888-1062 Cell: 940/585-6471Cell: 940/585-6171
170+ Angus Bulls SellFeb. 13, 2010at the Ranch NE ofEstelline, TX
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