Pilot program for biofuel-friendly oilseed cropUSDA has a new program to

entice farmers to grow camelina, a seed crop that some researchers consider a potentially cost-effective alternative to overseas oil.

Camelina (Camelina Sativa)—also known as wild flax, German sesame, or Siberian oilseed—is an ancient oil-bearing plant that has been domesticated and extensive-ly used in Europe for several thou-sand years. The seed oil of cam-elina contains up to 45 percent of omega-3 fatty acids, as well as a unique antioxidant complex mak-ing the oil very stable and resis-tant to heat and rancidity.

Camelina proponents claim it is virtually 100 percent efficient and produces both food and fuel. It can be harvested and crushed for fuel and the remaining parts can be used to produce high quality ome-ga-3 rich animal feed, fiberboard or glycerin.

Camelina has the ability to grow on marginal land, utilizing very little moisture, and thrives in both warm and cold states. Camelina is also considered a good rotational crop and studies have shown it improves the yield of subsequent crops such as wheat by up to 15 percent.

The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) started the first commercial-scale farm initiative to get the ball rolling on the cam-elina-to-fuel industry earlier this year.

USDA is hoping farmers will jump on the camelina wagon so companies will invest money in production facilities to turn cam-elina oil into a biodiesel, or its higher-value option, green avia-tion fuel, according to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA.

Speaking in August on the topic,

Cantwell said the BCAP program was set up to pay eastern Wash-ington farmers a total of up to $4.5 million in crop support over five years to grow camelina on their land. The program’s largest target growing areas are California, Washington and Montana; in those three states, farmers could receive

up to $20 million over five years.USDA is also part of several

partnerships to develop oilseeds and native and perennial grasses as a biofuels, including:• In 2010, USDA partnered with the Boeing Corporation and the Air Transportation Association on

See Camelina on page 5

Photo by Sun Olkjer, HM Livestock

A cadre of environmental activ-ist groups is celebrating the pre-sentation to Congress of new leg-islation that would allow for graz-ing permit buy-outs. If passed, the bill would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (Forest Ser-vice) to permanently terminate grazing on an allotment if a ranch-er waived use of the permit as part of a third-party transaction.

The legislation would provide an avenue for environmental groups to pay ranchers, possibly at rates well above market value, to per-

manently terminate grazing on an allotment.

Brian Ertz, media director for Western Watersheds Project (WWP), heralded the bill as a “win-win” for environmental activists and for public lands ranchers who elect to profit from the termination of grazing on multiple-use lands.

“The passage of this legislation promises to open a new collabora-tive front in our efforts to restore western watersheds and wildlife by enabling an effective means of working with public land ranchers and administering agencies to

ensure lasting natural resource conflict resolution,” Ertz wrote in a press release.

“Even heavily subsidized public lands ranching has become unten-able for some public lands ranch-ers. In the face of increasing com-petition, falling prices, rising costs, and mounting conflicts with other land uses, many federal grazing permit holders would choose to retire from public lands grazing if they could recoup their investment in their grazing permit,” Ertz con-tinued. “REVA provides a private market mechanism to do this.”

The Rural Economic Vitaliza-tion Act, or “REVA” (H.R. 3432), was introduced by Rep. Adam Smith, D-WA, along with six orig-inal cosponsors including Reps. Raul Grijalva, D-AZ, Barbara Lee, D-WA, Earl Blumenauer, D-OR, and Peter DeFazio, D-OR, all from public lands ranching states.

According to Mike Hudak, Graz-ing Committee chair for the Sierra Club, the primary author of the bill was Mark Salvo of WildEarth Guardians.

“He’s lived it for eight years,”See Grazing on page 7

Legislation would permanently close grazing

Net farm income forecast up 28 percent in 2011

USDA’s recent forecast for net farm income, which reflects in-come from production, was $100.9 billion in 2011, up $21.8 billion or 28 percent from last year. Net cash income, which only reflects cash transactions, is forecast up by $17.5 billion from 2010 to $109.8 billion, or up 18.9 percent, and $34.2 billion above its 10-year average (2001-2010) of $75.6 billion.

According to USDA, farm income is a measure of the increase in wealth from production, whereas net cash income is a measure of solvency, or the ability to pay bills and make payments on debt.

Net value added is expected to increase by almost $23.9 billion in 2011 to $153.7 billion. Net farm income and net cash income are both projected to exceed $100 billion for the first time in 2011. However, the rates of increase in both income measures show slight decreases from the previous year.

The 2011 inflation-adjusted forecasts of net value added of agriculture to the U.S. economy and net cash income are the high-est values recorded since 1974.

Highlights• Net farm income is forecast to rise 28 percent in 2011, matching the increase recorded in 2010.• Net farm income and net cash income are both projected to exceed $100 billion for the first time in 2011.• USDA expects a more than 16 percent increase in sales of crop and livestock by U.S. farm operations in 2011, with gains spread out among many different categories.

- Crop sales are expected to exceed $200 billion for the first time in U.S. history, with record or near-record levels across different crop categories.- Livestock sales are predicted to rise almost 17 percent, with double-digit increases across most categories, especially red meats.

See Farm income on page 6

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According to USDA reports, cattlemen have much to be thank-ful for this holiday season with all-time record high prices posted during November on most major cattle and beef products, including; Choice carcass cut-out values, 50 percent lean beef trimmings, live slaughter cattle (including CME contracts), yearling feeder cattle (including the CME feeder cattle index and the Board), and all class-es of lightweight calves throughout the country.

This has, by far, been the most impressive market performance in the history of the beef cattle indus-try and it has happened right in the face of turkey/ham day and the seasonal lull in retail beef featur-ing and purchasing, USDA reports said.

A midweek stock and commod-ity rally carried cattle along for most of last week.

The fed cattle market once again climbed atop its record pedestal with live sales $.50-3.50 higher and trading from $123-127.

Cash cattle offers emerged at $125-127 last week, with bids at $121-123.

According to Andy Gottschalk with HedgersEdge.com, trade was slow early in the week with offers at $125-126 live and $202-204 on

a carcass basis. Limited bids sur-faced at $123 and $202 in the Corn Belt. The best bid in the south was at $121. “We expect trade to be steady with [the previous] week and lower prices to develop,” Gottschalk said.

In the south, cattle owners raised offers to $127 while packers bid at $123. Private forecasts called for larger supplies of cattle last week but show lists remained small.

Markets saw the decline in car-cass weights continue, both from recent periods and year ago com-paratives.

Packer margins remain in the red, so some traders feel there is still a negative outlook for cash prices, according to CME reports. The estimated cattle slaughter came in at 128,000 head on Wednesday, bringing the total by midweek to 384,000 head, down from 394,000 head the previous week at the same time and down from 390,000 head a year ago.

Box prices softened with Choice cuts reaching $197 this past week—just short of the record set in 2003 but the highest price in eight years. Choice cutout was quoted at $194.50 and Select at $175.50. The spread remained

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Avoid the GAP

I stepped into a Whole Foods Market a couple weeks ago and surveyed

the meat case. There were plen-ty of options to choose from. I purchased an all-natural, grass fed, New York strip steak just to see what that part of the food world was all about. The steak was over 24 bucks a pound, and it was lean. I took care not to overcook the steak so I could give it a fair evaluation. It was okay, but I wouldn’t buy another.

There are lots of options in today’s meat-consum-ing world and Whole Foods has worked hard to pro-vide unique meat products for their customers. The store is very proud of their products, but not every-one can afford to shop there. They have just over 300 stores nationwide and have obviously done their demographic homework. You will only find their stores in the most affluent cities.

We have seen quite a few beef producers try and satisfy these niche beef markets over the years. And it’s good to see producers become more consumer fo-cused. The markets have always sent the right sig-nals and incentive for a producer to differentiate their product. It’s good old capitalism. It’s the way markets are supposed to work.

Whole Foods has done a good job sourcing the va-riety of meat products they provide and are working directly with producers to get a specific type of prod-uct. They have also taken steps to assure their con-sumers they’ve provided the humane treatment ele-ment to the meat case. But I’m not sure I like how they define the terms “humane” and “sustainabili-ty” in the livestock industry.

Several years ago, they started a group they called Animal Compassion Foundation to help them get guaranteed humane raised products. The group’s name has changed to Global Animal Part-nership, commonly known as GAP.

Their idea was to lay down a framework for hu-mane livestock production systems and they came up with a five-step program for producers to follow.

On the surface, this GAP program seems harm-less and will provide Whole Foods with that type of product. However, when you realize who is guiding this program, it becomes a little shady and there is reason to be concerned.

One of the familiar names on the board is Wayne Pacelle, the big dog at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), along with one of his lieu-tenants, Miyan Park who was VP of the HSUS Farm Animal Welfare program and involved with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PE-TA). There are a couple other folks on the board who carry similar activist credentials.

This cast of characters on the GAP board of direc-tors suggests its intention may not simply be about compassion and doing a better job raising livestock. The history behind their board member choices sug-gest that they are all about setting a humane stan-dard and legislating it. Which means, if you don’t raise livestock according to their standard, you may just as well go out of business.

There is one cattleman on the board who works with a natural beef company that supplies product to Whole foods. He said that being on the GAP board is a little intimidating but he feels that the debate is inevitable and feels they need to be in-volved. He is fully aware of the other board mem-bers’ real jobs and treads with caution. Every meat species has producer representation on the board.

The part that bugs me is that the non-producer members of this GAP board are documented , paid, animal welfare activists, and are collecting some big paychecks. They have a long history in their chosen trade. With this bunch, it’s pretty simple, if you’re not with them, you’re against them, and they will try and make you pay for it. There is no middle ground.

On the HSUS website, Pacelle was lambasting a professional activist who had opposing views to his. He said that Rick Berman, who runs the Center for Consumer Freedom, is a hired gun who fights against HSUS. The way I see it, Pacelle is being a bit hypocritical. He should be able to spot a profes-sional activist when he sees one.

I’m a little uncomfortable letting this group set a humane standard. I would prefer that the cattle groups take this humane treatment issue head on and set our own standards for humane treatment.GAP may be working for Whole Foods, but I cer-tainly don’t want GAP creating a standard for ev-eryone. And it could create an image that if you’re a producer and don’t support them, that you’re the bad guy. — PETE CROW

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F o o d safety is the beef indus-try’s second most criti-cal issue

after demand. In fact, the two are inter-connected. So no one will quibble with the need to spend whatever it takes to make beef as safe as possible. But an examination of the years after the Jack-in-Box E. coli O157:H7 tragedy in 1993 shows that the dead-ly pathogen has cost the in-dustry billions of dollars.

I watched the industry in the decade after the tragedy spend hundreds of millions of dollars and in early 2003 conducted a study of the to-tal cost. The resulting num-bers were staggering. I cal-culated that the tragedy cost the industry as much as $2.8 billion in the decade. By far the biggest cost, $1.6 billion, was the decline in demand caused by negative publicity about beef. The second major cost was that incurred by packers. This included at least $400 million in food safety interventions and an-other $350 million in in-creased operating costs.

Shortly after the tragedy’s 10th anniversary came the U.S.’ first BSE case, which caused billions of dollars in damage in terms of lost ex-port sales. Packers since then have spent tens of mil-lions of dollars in separating and disposing of SRMs (specified risk materials)

from carcasses. Meanwhile, they and the rest of the in-dustry have continued to spend heavily on E. coli-re-lated initiatives.

The industry has made huge strides since 1993 in reducing the prevalence of E. coli but the costs associ-ated with this pathogen are far from over. USDA in Sep-tember announced it will start testing next March for the presence of six addition-al strains of E. coli (known as non-O157 STECS). While USDA puts the costs of this testing at $10 million annu-ally, I and others believe this cost will be tiny compared to the costs associated with the consequence of testing.

The consequence is that the new testing will likely result in far more positives than now occur for O157. Confirmed positives for O157 and the STECs will be five to 10 times higher than currently for O157 alone, says scientist Mohammed Koohmaraie, a world au-thority on E. coli. This means that a lot more beef trim-mings will have to be di-verted to cooking, he says.

About 0.8 percent of all trimmings currently held and tested for O157 go to cooking. The increase will leave less available raw ma-terial on the market and so its value will increase. Con-versely, testing for the STECS will also mean a longer holding period than for product tested for O157.

So even if product tests neg-ative, it will have a shorter shelf life and will likely sell at a discount to other prod-uct.

This prospect comes as the price of fresh 50CL trim (from steers and heifers) reached new record highs in early November, making 50CL prices 67 percent high-er than at the same time last year. The price of other trim-mings is likely to increase as well after USDA and pack-ers start testing for the STECs, as testing will in-volve all trimmings from fed and non-fed cattle. This sce-nario will play out just as commercial cattle slaughter begins to shrink. Early fore-casts are for total slaughter in 2012 to decline 4.5 per-cent or 1.5 million head.

Testing for the STECS will produce more positives for two reasons, says Kooh-maraie. The testing will not have the same degree of ef-ficacy as with O157. Second, the STECS don’t yet have the specificity that O157 has. They are detected as a group of organisms, as op-posed to one type of organ-ism like O157, and they lack unique characteristics. So the first screening will find a large number of samples to be “potential positives,” he says.

He estimates a 4 percent to 10 percent positive range in trim and says variation will occur due to the effec-tiveness of dressing proce-

dures and interventions in plants. Regardless of how good a plant is, the number of potential positives will be substantially higher than for O157, he says.

The list of STECS will grow to include other non-O157 STECs, says Koohmaraie, CEO of the meat division of IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group, Lake Forest Park, WA. So the industry one day will be dealing with more than the big 6. There will be a re-newed impetus to do the right things on dressing practices, intervention effi-cacy, and harvest processes in general. This will eventu-ally result in a drop in the number of potential and confirmed positives for O157 and the six additional STEC strains, he says.

In the short-term, how-ever, buyers of beef trim-mings will likely face higher prices. This might increase the price of hamburger pat-ties in fast food chains and ground beef in grocery stores. The beef industry’s most valuable product might be slightly safer as a result of the additional testing. But it will come at a cost to the industry and possibly to con-sumers. — Steve Kay

(Steve Kay is Editor/Pub-lisher of Cattle Buyers Weekly, an industry newslet-ter published at P.O. Box 2533, Petaluma, CA, 94953; 707/765-1725. Kay’s Korner appears exclusively in WLJ.)

KAY’S korner Food safety costs billions

Right now, cows are calv-ing 88.8 percent of the time within the first 42 days of the calving season. That is good, so hats off to progres-sive cattle managers.

Cattle reproduction is a very talked-about number. As noted for years, if not decades, success in the cow/calf business is directly re-lated to a producer’s ability to get the cows pregnant. The standard numbers re-ferred to are relatively easy to calculate. These numbers are common numbers print-ed by cattle performance programs or simply calcu-lated by hand.

The North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Associa-tion publishes annual num-bers that serve as benchmarks for those who utilize the CHAPS (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software) pro-gram through the association. These benchmarks serve as achievable targets for produc-ers as they set their manage-rial objectives.

The typical values for per-cent of cows pregnant are 93.6 and 92.9 percent of the cows calve. This means that of all the cows exposed to the bull, a little more than 7 percent of the cows never calve. In terms of overall evaluation of the cow herd, these numbers are good

comparative numbers to see how one herd ranks with another.

Most producers cull the open cows, make manage-rial adjustments and antici-pate a better calf crop the next year. These good mana-gerial efforts help keep some positive reproductive pres-sure on the herd.

Reproduction is consid-ered by many to be a lowly heritable trait. In other words, genetic selection has less impact than environ-mental effects or general management. Many feel re-production is fairly stable in most herds, pending any detrimental health effects.

Another method to look at reproduction is to develop a calving distribution table. Calving distribution may seem harder to calculate, but the neat feature of these numbers is that a producer doesn’t need to know the number of cows exposed. Producers simply are deal-ing with the number of cows calving and recorded in the calving book.

The calving distribution table allows a producer to follow how cows are calving within the calving season, as well as the percentage that are calving within 21 days, 42 days, 63 days or later within the herd. These per-

centages can be compared with the benchmarks for overall herd evaluation or utilized to follow how indi-vidual cows calf within the herd.

The CHAPS benchmark for the percentage of cows calving within the first 21-day period of the calving season is 63.4 percent. The calving season is said to start when the third mature cow calves or is calculated based on a known bull turnout date utilizing a 283-day average gestation length.

The percentage of cows calving within the first 42 days of the calving season is 88.8 percent and within the first 63 days of the calving season is 95.3 percent.

If a producer doesn’t have the CHAPS program, the calculations still are easy to figure from the calving book. Simply count the total num-ber of mature cows that calved and note that number on a separate sheet of paper. Then go down the calving book and highlight or circle the third mature cow that calved. Disregard the first-calving heifers. Then count down 21 days from when the third mature cow calved and draw a line there, as well as at 42 days and 63 days after the third mature cow calved.

By counting the number of

cows within each segment of the calving book and dividing by the total number of ma-ture cows in the calving book, the percentage of cows calv-ing at 21, 42 and 63 days is calculated. The first-calf heif-ers are not included in these calculations because often-times the bull turnout or ar-tificial insemination dates are quite different from those of the mature cows.

Cow culling is upon us as the cows are brought home and sorted for winter. The logical approach would be to take a serious look at the calf book and simply draw a line on those late-calving cows and allow another producer with cows that calve later to bring them into his or her program.

No excuses need to be made for having a concise calving season.

May you find all your ear tags.

Your comments are al-ways welcome at http://www.BeefTalk.com.— Kris Ring-wall

(Kris Ringwall is a North Dakota State University Ex-tension Beef Specialist, Di-rector of the NDSU Dickin-son Research Center and Executive Director of the North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association. He can be contacted at 701/483-2045.)

BEEF talkCalving distribution is a key evaluator of reproductive success

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Horse slaughter legal againHorse slaughter plants have become legal again

after Congress lifted restrictions on processing horse meat. President Barack Obama signed the enabling bill on Nov. 18. Entities already are considering open-ing plants in Oregon, and possibly Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Georgia and Missouri, slaughter plant proponent Sue Wallis says. Between 120,000-200,000 horses will be killed for human consumption/year, she estimates. In coming months, the first couple of plants may open, says Wallis. The Wyoming state representative says her pro-slaughter group “United Horsemen” is working closely with entities to open what she says will be humane slaughter plants. However, plants will have to get state approval and could face court challenges, says Lauren Silverman Simon, a federal lobbyist for the Humane Society of the U.S.

FSIS extends comment periodThe Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has

extended its public comment period and will hold a public meeting on the agency’s implementation plans for controlling non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in raw, intact and non-intact beef products and product components. In its Sept. 20 document announcing the plans, FSIS asked for com-ments on a variety of issues related to non-O157 STECs. That comment period, originally scheduled to end Nov. 21, has been extended to Dec. 21.

Uruguay eyes U.S. beef marketAs economic crises befall EU nations, many

Uruguayan meat processors are looking toward the U.S., ElPais.com.uy is reporting. “The U.S. offers such advantages to Uruguay as speed and ease at which business transactions are completed,” said Gustavo Dieguez, director of the Meat Processing Industry Association of Uruguay, in an interview with El País. Uruguay is exporting its beef products to more than 100 foreign markets, all while keeping its prices at competitive levels. “Uruguay has a low number of livestock and slaughter rate … this keeps prices rela-tively stable,” Dieguez affirmed, adding that with Spain’s serious economic problems, other EU coun-tries could face similar situations. “If prices decrease in the EU, they will also go down in other markets,” he concluded.

JBS shares listA total of 3,864 Brazilian farms were identified by

JBS officials as having broken environmental or labor laws, according to a government press release that detailed JBS’ cooperation. Given the questionable nature of these producers’ farming practices, JBS said it avoided purchasing cattle from any of them but found the livestock had been sold to other beef proces-sors. Names of those companies weren’t disclosed to the public, and it is unknown how much of that beef, if any, was exported to other markets. Federal prosecu-tors say they will investigate names on the list JBS has provided. JBS’ research and mapping efforts are a response to charges by public prosecutors in mid-Octo-ber that the company had bought cattle from ranchers in Mato Grosso state breaking environmental and labor laws. In an October press release, the company said it hasn’t violated its May 2010 sustainable live-stock agreement to not buy cattle from Brazilian ranchers breaking the law, and stressed it has strict controls on its supply sourcing, follows a rigorous sus-tainability policy, monitors suppliers, and rejects any practices that harm the environment or people.

Implementing E. coli testingFood safety experts say a vaccine and a feed additive

administered to cattle in pre-harvest stages could help to virtually eliminate E. coli from beef products, but costs and who in the supply chain bears them have thus far been prohibitive factors, according to a report by USA Today. “The question is no longer, ‘Can we get the technologies?’ We’ve got them, or they’re soon to arrive. The question is, ‘How do we implement?’” the story quotes Guy Loneragan, a professor of food safety at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, as saying.

Cargill discrimination complaintThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal

Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced it has filed an administrative complaint against feder-al contractor Cargill Meat Solutions alleging that the company systematically discriminated against 4,069 qualified female, white, black, Hispanic and Native American applicants who sought entry-level produc-tion jobs at its Springdale facility. The complaint was filed with the department’s Office of Administrative Law Judges after OFCCP was unable to secure a fair resolution from Cargill Meat Solutions to pay back wages and interest to the rejected job applicants and extend job offers to at least 167 of the affected work-ers. OFCCP is seeking to cancel Cargill Meat Solutions’ existing government contracts and debarment from entering into future contracts until the company resolves all violations and corrects its alleged discrimi-natory employment practices.

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Beef producers can learn ways to improve the quality, consistency and value of their product at the upcom-ing Idaho Beef Summit sponsored by the Idaho Beef Council.

The meetings will feature

speakers, hands-on work-shops, and demonstrations focusing on beef end product quality. Producers will have the opportunity to learn the “meat” side of the beef indus-try, according to University of Idaho (UI) Extension Edu-

cator Sarah Baker. Beef producers will hear

from leading industry per-sonnel on understanding and improving beef carcass quality through DNA-based technology, nutrition and marketing. Leading retail-ers and chefs will discuss retail and foodservice trends and showcase how consumer preferences affect the bot-tom lines of beef producers. Attendees will view cutting demos and tour processing facilities to learn about car-cass grading, processing, and value added marketing

for market and cull beef. UI animal and meat sci-

ence faculty and UI Exten-sion faculty, along with other beef industry professionals, will conduct the course be-ginning on the evening of Jan. 5 and concluding at noon on Jan. 7 at the Canyon Springs, Red Lion Hotel in Twin Falls, ID. Registration is $50 per person.

For more information, or to register, please contact the University of Idaho Exten-sion Office in Custer County at 879-2344 or your local Extension office. — WLJ

Idaho Beef Summit scheduled for January

Dora E. KroceskyDora E. Krocesky passed away on

Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at home on her beloved property in Buena Vista, CO. Dora was born Oct. 30, 1926, on the family farm in Campo, CO, to Lacy and Ruth Durham. She was the second of four children, Betty Jean Yoder, Lacy Durham, and Virginia Kletke. Dora started in the newspaper business at an early age of 17 when she went to work for her Aunt Hazel in Booker, OK. This was the perfect career for Dora with her love of reading and politics, both local and national. In the late ’40s, she moved to Leadville, CO, where she worked for the Herald Democrat and in 1949, married Edward Krocesky. Eddie and Dora relocated to Buena Vista in 1953. She worked for the Herald Democrat in Leadville, Chaf-fee County Republican (now the Times) in Buena Vista, and the Fair-play Flume. Dora remained in Buena Vista for a few years after Eddie’s death but in 1979, she moved to Denver and worked on the Western Livestock Journal. When she retired in 1991, she traveled and worked summers in Yellowstone National

Park, Denali National Park, and the San Juan Islands in Washington. Dora was very active in several orga-nizations. Because of her love of books, she served on the first Library Board in Buena Vista. She loved politics so she was involved in the League of Women Voters and was a proud member of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution).

Dora was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Krocesky, mother and father (Ruth and Lacy Durham), her brother (Lacy Durham Jr.) and her brother in law (Jay Yoder). She is survived by her three children, Mar-garet Krocesky of Denver, John (Deb-bie) Krocesky of Buena Vista, and Tim (Chris) Krocesky of Buena Vista; her sisters Betty Jean (Jay) Yoder of Yo-der and Virginia (Dale) Kletke of Denver; and her granddaughter Sara (David) Chandroo of Ramona, CA. She also is survived by many beloved nieces, nephews, great- nieces and great-nephews. Memorial services were held on Sept. 24, 2011, on her property. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Living Water Hos-pice, Premier Home Care, PO Box 5007, Buena Vista CO 81211.

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A 300,000-square-foot meat processing plant is scheduled to begin construc-tion in early 2012 near the small town of Yerington, NV. Officials with Walker River Meat Processing said the facility could employ up to 700 when running at full capacity.

“We aren’t building a slaughter plant, we are building a meat-processing plant,” CEO Vincent Estell said.

If everything goes as planned, Estell said the plant is expected to begin processing by mid 2013 and be running at 100 percent by 2015. The plant will pro-cess up to 2,000 head of

cattle, 2,500 pigs and 1,000 sheep and goats daily once operating at full capacity.

The estimated cost for the facility is more than $100 million.

The plant will be in Lyon County, which has had the highest unemployment rate in Nevada over the last sev-eral years, hovering above 15 percent since the begin-ning of 2009. Lyon County’s unemployment rate has outpaced the national rate by as much as 11 percent. According to some, Estell may find qualified employ-ees somewhat scarce.

The plant will require about 150 workers once it becomes operational in the

second or third quarter of 2013, Estell says. The first round of employees will be trained by meat processing industry experts and, in turn, will train additional hires.

Many of the proposed workers will come from neighboring areas, such as Fallon, Silver Springs and Fernley.

Estell says Walker River Meat Processing plans to bus in workers, similar to local mining companies, in order to reduce congestion on roadways leading into the facility.

“I want to keep car traffic off the roads, and I want to make sure the workers can

save as much money as they can,” Estell says. “Plus, when they are in the bus, I’ll know whether I have got a full crew or not.”

According to a written description, the Walker River Meat Processing Plant project is proposed for development on approxi-mately 1,712 acres.

The location of the pro-posed development is cur-rently zoned for industrial use. Because the plant in-tends to reuse its waste-water in fields that it would plant on site, the county would have to approve a special-use permit and zone the area for agriculture. In September, the Lyon County

Board of Commissioners sent a proposed ordinance that would change the zon-ing from industrial to agri-cultural back to the county’s planning department be-cause of concerns about how it would affect future indus-trial development.

Planning Director Rob Loveberg said the subject property is zoned ME and must be changed to M-1 zon-ing before it can begin.

Estell said, financially, the company would pump about $50 million overall into the community once the project is fully implemented. Ac-cording to Estell, the median annual salary for workers at the plant would be around $36,000. The annual per capita income for the county from 2005 through 2009 was estimated at $19,467.

Asked about the property, Estell said the company has an agreement with the own-er on acquiring the property but won’t close on a purchase until it secures the needed approvals/agreements.

Estell said there is a con-ceptual site plan for develop-ment of the multi-species meat processing plant, which would feature state-of-the-art technology, including waste and animal byprod-ucts used for on site power generation and a green de-sign for buildings.

The written summary for the proposal calls for a pri-mary meat processing facil-ity consisting of construction of a processing building of around 150,000 square feet separated into three main components.

The first component would consist of a 60,000-square-foot area for the processing of up to 2,000 hogs per day, with space to expand to 150,000 square feet that could process up to 5,000 hogs per day and including a kill floor, a quick freeze freezer, a storage freezer, a processing and packaging area, a prepared meals kitchen, smoke rooms, a

freezer storage area, and loading docks.

The second component would consist of a 60,000-square-foot area for the pro-cessing of up to 1,000 cattle per day, with space to ex-pand to 150,000 square feet to process up to 2,500 per day and consisting of similar facilities as the hog process-ing area.

The third component of the proposed site plan is a 30,000-square-foot area for the processing of up to 500 sheep and 500 goats per day, along with a kosher kill area for the processing of kosher and other religious meat products, and with space to expand to 75,000 square feet to process up to 1,250 goats and 1,250 sheep daily. This component consists primar-ily of a kill floor with freezers and processing done in the main meat processing build-ing, but segregated from all other species, the written proposal says.

The proposal calls for sort-ing corrals and sorting pens adjacent to the main pro-cessing plant building for each species, planned on a concrete slab.

A rendering plant for offal and bones is planned for near the main building and adjacent to that, a pet food plant is proposed.

Warehouses, storage and equipment barns and hy-droponic growing barns are also planned, as is an on-site meat cutters appren-ticeship program, with training and hiring on a lo-cal preference basis.

A railroad spur from the existing railroad line to the processing plant loading dock is also part of the pro-posal.

The plant will not only be built according to USDA standards, but also Euro-pean Union Food Regula-tions and Standards, accord-ing to Estell. This will allow producers to sell products internationally. — Traci Eatherton, WLJ Editor

Meat processing plant will revive failing community

Members of the Iowa Cat-tlemen’s Association (ICA) will hold policy committee meetings and adopt proposed policies during its convention and annual meeting Dec. 12-14 at The Meadows Confer-ence & Event Center in Al-toona.

ICA has three standing committees that develop and review policy proposals: Beef Product, Business Issues, and Cattle Production. Each committee will meet 2-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, to review expiring policy and discuss proposed resolutions.

ICA members can select which committee meeting they’d like to participate in. The Beef Product Committee covers issues relative to beef safety, global marketing, and information on nutrition and health. The Business Issues Committee discusses agricul-tural policy, public/private land and environmental management, and tax and finance issues. The Cattle Production Committee re-views cattle marketing, ani-mal health and well-being, and science and technology.

Policy committee chair-men are ICA producer mem-bers who are knowledgeable about the various issues and have a strong desire to im-

prove the cattle industry in Iowa. Committee chairmen are: Mike Cline, Elgin, Beef Product Committee; Bill Couser, Nevada, Business Issues Committee; and Tom Bonnichsen, Letts, Cattle Production Committee.

On Dec. 14, all ICA mem-bers are invited to attend the association’s annual meeting where the policy actions by each committee will be intro-duced and offered for amend-ment, adoption or rejection. Policy proposals can also be made from the floor. Adopted policies will become ICA pol-icy.

Issues for discussion that members have brought up in district meetings this fall in-clude Iowa’s fencing law, the flexibility of the Conservation Reserve Program, and prop-erty tax adjustments on pas-ture land.

If ICA members cannot be present for the policy discus-sions on Dec.13-14, they are invited to provide input about specific issues that should be discussed. Policy suggestions and ideas can be sent to ICA’s CEO, Matt Deppe. These can be provided via email (Matt@iabeef.org); phone, 515-296-2266; or by postal mail, (2055 Ironwood Ct, Ames, IA 50014). — WLJ

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an initiative to bring sus-tainable and renewable aviation fuels to the market-place. • In January, USDA and the Department of the Navy signed a memorandum of understanding to encour-age development and use of aviation biofuels. • In August, USDA, Navy and the Department of En-ergy announced a partner-ship to invest up to $510 million during the next three years in partnership with the private sector to produce advanced drop-in aviation and marine biofu-

els to power military and commercial transportation. The initiative responds to a directive from President Obama issued in March 2011 as part of his Blueprint for A Secure Energy Future, the administration’s frame-work for reducing depen-dence on foreign oil.

Last Wednesday, USDA’s Risk Management Agency sent out a press release on a pilot program of insurance for camelina beginning with the 2012 crop year.

According to USDA’s re-lease, camelina is an oilseed crop with the potential to create new renewable en-ergy markets in the U.S., generate rural jobs here at

home, and decrease Ameri-ca’s dependence on foreign oil. The new pilot program will be available in selected counties in Montana and North Dakota for the 2012 crop year, with a sales clos-ing date of Feb. 1, 2012.

“The Obama Administra-tion is committed to building new income opportunities for America’s farmers and ranchers, and by producing biofuels from a wide range of agricultural products, we can help promote economic opportunity in rural Ameri-ca,” said Agriculture Secre-tary Tom Vilsack. “This pilot program will help our farm-ers produce biomass which will be converted to renew-

able fuel and increase Amer-ica’s energy independence, creating jobs and stimulat-ing rural economies across the nation.”

The camelina plan of in-surance is Actual Production History, which insures a grower’s yield. The pilot product for camelina was developed through the 508(h) process and submitted by Great Plains Oil and Explo-ration, LLC – The Camelina Company and Crop Insur-ance Systems, Inc.

Only spring-planted cam-elina grown under contract with a processor will be eli-gible for coverage. To be eli-gible, the contract must state: 1) the producer’s com-mitment to plant and grow camelina and to deliver the production to the processor; 2) the processor’s commit-ment to purchase all produc-

tion stated in the processor contract; and 3) a base con-tract price not to exceed an amount specified in the Spe-cial Provisions. A single ba-sic unit will be offered; mul-tiple basic units or optional units are not available.

Insurable causes of loss will include: adverse weath-er, fire, wildlife, earthquake, volcanic eruption, and insect and plant disease but not damage due to insufficient or improper application of pest or disease control mea-sures.

Neither written agree-ments nor prevented plant-ing will be available for cam-elina. Coverage levels offered will be from the catastroph-ic level to 65 percent.

USDA’s Agricultural Re-search Service scientists have long-term studies un-derway to examine ways to

use camelina as a bioenergy crop for producing jet fuel for the military and the aviation industry.

The U.S. Navy has begun using alternative fuels and would like to see camelina acreage increase. FA-18 Su-per Hornets from Lemoore NAS have already tested camelina-based bio-fuel. By 2020, the U.S. Navy wants 50 percent of its liquid fuel to come from alternative sources, according to Lt. Da-mian Blazy.

Blazy told growers gath-ered at a California ranch in September that the U.S Navy is committed to using alternative fuels. “By next year, we’re going to have an entire fleet certified to run on a 50-50 mixture of bio-fuel and traditional petro-leum.”— Traci Eatherton, WLJ Editor

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Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (CWRF) is com-mercializing two new hard red winter wheat varieties in Colorado. Following more than eight years of research, development and rigorous testing at Colorado State University (CSU), these two new varieties—Byrd and Brawl CL Plus—are shaping up as excellent varieties to help farmers in the High Plains region grow wheat with higher yield and test weights, resistance to drought and disease, and superior-quality baking flour.

About ByrdByrd topped the state av-

erage in both the dryland, or UVPT, and irrigated, or IVPT, state Variety Perfor-mance Trials in 2010 and 2011, beating the next high-est ranked variety by more than 5 bushels per acre on a two-year dryland average and 4 bushels on a two-year irrigated average. Byrd also shows good drought stress tolerance, test weight, stripe rust resistance, and end-use quality. Combine all these traits with Byrd’s exception-al milling and baking quality and Ug-99 stem rust resis-tance, and Byrd gives farm-ers a definite advantage.

“If past trial data are any predictor, Byrd promises to rapidly become a dominant wheat variety in Colorado,” said Dr. Scott Haley, who manages the CSU Wheat Breeding and Genetics Pro-gram. “It has shown yields about 10 percent higher than Hatcher with compa-rable test weights, drought stress tolerance, and stripe rust resistance.”

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Brawl CL Plus is a Clear-field Plus hard red winter wheat that provides a great-er degree of crop safety to Beyon herbicide for broad-spectrum weed control, in-cluding problematic winter annual grassy weeds. Brawl CL Plus is the first publicly-developed “two-gene” Clear-field winter wheat that al-lows use of methylated seed oil in the tank mix with Be-yond herbicide to increase the effectiveness of the her-bicide, particularly on feral rye, which is tougher to con-trol once it starts to tiller and develop.

“Brawl CL Plus has shown yields pretty similar to Above and Bond CL (other Clearfield wheat varieties), with the advantages of sig-nificantly improved test weight, stripe rust resis-tance, and milling and bak-ing quality,” said Haley.

Both varieties are prod-ucts of the CSU Wheat Breeding and Genetics Pro-gram, which is considered one of the best in the coun-try.

“Colorado farmers have a long-standing relationship with CSU and the wheat breeding program,” said CWRF President and seed grower Dan Anderson, “The additional royalty funding that we put in through seed sales has driven the program to be able to develop an even greater, more widely-adapt-ed germplasm base than any other public or private wheat breeding program.”

The success of this pro-

gram is evident with the two new varieties released in Colorado and a third new variety, Denali, which was also developed at CSU and will be primarily marketed in Kansas through a strate-gic partnership with the Kansas Wheat Alliance, and in Nebraska through a stra-tegic partnership with Nu-Pride Genetics.

Byrd and Brawl CL Plus were both made available to seed growers this fall, and will be available to wheat growers around the state for planting on a lim-ited basis in 2012. Byrd and Brawl CL Plus were devel-oped with support from the CSU Agricultural Experi-ment Station, Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee and CWRF. — WLJ

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• Total production expenses are forecast to jump about $34 billion (12 percent) in 2011 to nearly $320 billion, driven by increases in input prices.• Government payments are forecast to be $10.6 bil-lion in 2011, a 14.4 percent decrease from 2010.

Crop receipts are expected to rise over 16 percent in 2011, reflecting large an-ticipated increases in prices, especially for hay, corn, wheat and cotton. Livestock receipts are expected to rise nearly 17 percent, led by strong prices for dairy and

red meats. The 2011 fore-casts, if realized, will mean record or near-record sales and price levels for many crop and livestock catego-ries and represent substan-tial increases over last year.

Sales of wheat are expect-ed to increase by almost 30 percent over 2010 levels, reflecting USDA’s forecast of over 1.9 billion bushels sold at an annual average price of $7.43 per bushel. U.S. wheat production for 2011 is expected to decline over 200 million bushels from last year. U.S. wheat use is projected to fall as a decline in 2011 marketing year exports exceeds the

increase in U.S. domestic wheat usage. The USDA rice production forecast for crop marketing year 2011 is 23 percent below last year despite an expected average yield increase of nearly 7 percent. Total use of U.S. rice for crop marketing year 2011 is expected to be 13 percent below last year’s record high, with domestic and residual use down about 8 percent from last year’s record. U.S. rice exports for marketing year 2011 are expected to decline 18 per-cent. U.S. rice receipts are expected to decline almost 14 percent, with the price of U.S. rice averaging $13.69 per cwt. in calendar year

2011.USDA expects the 2011

corn harvest to be the fourth largest on record. However, U.S. feed and residual use is expected to decline due to declining meat production, especially broilers. Corn ex-ports for marketing year 2011 are expected to fall, with future sales limited by relatively high U.S. prices and strong foreign competi-tion. U.S. corn receipts are expected to increase over one-third in 2011. USDA predicts over 10.3 billion bushels of corn for grain will be sold by U.S. farm opera-tions at an average price of $6.04 per bushel during cal-endar year 2011.

Soybean sales are expect-ed to experience solid single-digit gains in calendar year 2011. However, expectations are for a decline in U.S. pro-duction and exports for the crop marketing year, with export declines especially pronounced in China. Over-all, U.S. domestic use of soy-bean oil is anticipated to rise as higher use for biodiesel more than offsets a fall in edible consumption. A weak outlook for U.S. feed de-mand means declining U.S. demand for meal. U.S. 2011 marketing year export sales of meal are down 12 percent; however, soybean meal pric-es are projected lower than the prices of its substitutes and this may encourage U.S. meal exports to devel-oping nations. U.S. soybean farmers are expected to av-erage $12.89 per bushel in calendar year 2011.

Cotton receipts in 2011 are expected to rise to al-most one-third above their 2010 level. U.S. cotton ex-ports are forecast to account for the lowest share of glob-al trade in the past 10 years. The 2011 U.S. cotton crop is forecast 8 percent below 2010, and U.S. demand in marketing year 2011 is ex-pected to be the lowest since the 1999 marketing year. U.S. cotton producers are expected to receive 89 cents per pound on their lint sales and $237.67 per ton on their sales of cotton seed in 2011.

Double-digit increases in quantities sold are expected for avocados, almonds, wal-nuts and cranberries in 2011. Double-digit declines

in quantities sold are ex-pected for pecans and lem-ons. Overall, fruit and treenut sales are predicted torise over 3 percent as theaverage price for fruit andnuts increases a little over3 percent. Almonds havebenefitted from a record-breaking harvest. However,pecan production has suf-fered from drought condi-tions. U.S. potato prices areexpected to average about$9.80 per cwt. in 2011. Ex-pectations of increased po-tato sales reflect a price in-crease combined with anexpected increase in quan-tity sold. Despite a small2011 crop and moderate de-mand, dry bean receipts areforecast to increase as U.S.dry bean prices average$35.49 per cwt. in 2011, 27.6percent above 2010.

Large anticipated priceincreases in 2011 are ex-pected to generate strongsales for U.S. livestock.Drought has continued toplay a major role in U.S.beef cattle markets. Exportsof U.S. beef are up 27 per-cent from last year. Dairyreceipts are expected to in-crease by more than one-quarter as milk prices re-ceived by dairy farmers riseto more than $20/cwt. Largesales increases are antici-pated for all three red meatcategories, with a large butlesser increase for turkeysand chicken eggs. Hog pro-ducers are expected to ben-efit from strong demand forU.S. pork products, espe-cially from Japan and Chi-na. Turkey shipments areforecast to increase 18 per-cent from 2010. — WLJ

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Hudak remarked, referring to several similar bills that have been submitted, and died, in Congress over the past decade.

The language of the bill states that grazing is in-compatible with other uses of public land such as rec-reation and environmental conservation.

In an emailed message to congress members solicit-ing their co-sponsorship of the bill, Smith claimed that public lands ranching dam-ages the environment, harms wildlife, and is a waste of taxpayer dollars.

“The federal grazing pro-gram is among the most environmentally destruc-tive, fiscally wasteful, and economically inefficient uses of our public lands,” Smith wrote, citing a 2004 Government Accountability Office report which indi-cated that BLM and the Forest Service were jointly losing $115 million dollars a year in administering the grazing program.

A number of environmen-tal groups were involved in creation of the bill. In the WWP press release, Ertz thanked the Sierra Club’s Grazing Team, WildEarth Guardians, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, “and other members of the REVA team whose tireless effort at home and in Washing-ton, D.C., have brought about this encouraging de-velopment.”

The language in REVA claims that permits have

become “stranded invest-ments” for many ranches, and proposes that an option to sell out permits to third-party buyers “would help recapitalize an ailing sector of rural America” by giving ranchers the opportunity to restructure, retire or start new businesses.

According to the “Rural Vitalization System” pro-posed in the bill, ranchers could negotiate a price with third parties to waive their possession of a grazing per-mit. If a rancher did relin-quish a permit under such an arrangement, either the secretary of Interior or the secretary of Agriculture would be required to per-manently terminate graz-ing on that allotment.

“There’s a long history of these permits having value on the real estate market, explained Hudak. “But they only have that value when they’re attached to a base property. Now, a rancher can realize value in those permits separate from the sale of his ranch.”

Contrary to Hudak’s claim, it has long been a standard practice for ranch-ers to retain their base prop-erty and sell one or more permits to other ranchers in the interest of downsizing. But the REVA legislation would give ranchers a new option: to profit from the permanent termination of grazing on the allotment, as opposed to selling it to an-other rancher.

“It puts that decision-making power into the hands of the rancher rather

than in the hands of the management agency,” Hudak explained.

Putting the decision of whether multiple use lands will be permanently closed to grazing in the hands of private parties raises the question of how radically REVA would reshape the key pieces of legislation governing grazing on lands already designated for that use by Congress.

According to public lands attorney William Myers III of Holland and Hart, the automatic retirement and permanent withdrawal of grazing lands from congres-sionally-designated grazing districts that the REVA leg-islation contemplates is in conflict with the Taylor Grazing Act (TGA), and possibly also with the Fed-eral Land Policy Manage-ment Act (FLPMA). If RE-VA were passed into law, Myers explained, REVA would have precedence as the latest pronouncement of Congress, causing con-flicting sections of TGA and FLPMA to be “repealed by implication.”

Presently, only an act of Congress can permanently end grazing on designated grazing lands.

Myers also voiced his suspicion that REVA might set the stage for increased litigation by aggressive non-profit organizations against agency and ranch-ers as a means of leverag-ing permit buyouts. In the past, many ranchers have found themselves finan-cially strapped after lengthy lawsuits filed by environ-

mental groups. Myers sug-gested that REVA would provide an added incentive to litigate since environ-mental groups could per-manently eliminate graz-ing on allotments by mak-ing permittees financially desperate enough to sell to them.

Hudak was more skepti-cal.

“I don’t see that this re-ally enables those organi-zations to litigate any more than they would anyway. Those organizations have been litigating, and will continue to litigate,” Hudak remarked, adding, “I think this legislation is a plus for the ranchers, so if their al-lotment is litigated over, they have the opportunity to still realize some value in those permits rather than having them be worthless.”——Andy Rieber, WLJ Cor-respondent

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The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) praised USDA’s announcement that crop insurance premiums for corn will be rerated for the 2012 crop year.

“NCGA has been working on this issue for more than eight years,” NCGA President Garry Niemeyer, a corn farmer from Auburn, IL, said. “We are pleased to hear our farmers will no longer be facing the continued widening gap between the loss for corn and the pre-miums charged to growers for policy coverage. This is a day long coming.”

The announcement stated the average premium for corn will be lowered by 7 percent beginning in 2012 and soybeans will be lowered by 9 percent. The rate adjust-ment is based on findings of an independent study and peer review process. The USDA’s Risk Management Agency also announced it will be releasing documents that outline premium rates and other program informa-tion for the 2012 crop year.

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After a year of consider-ation, members of the Idaho Cattle Association (ICA) passed a resolution that may have raised some eyebrows. The resolution called for leg-islation that would make a third offense of animal cru-elty a felony, said Richard Savage, president of ICA.

“We’ve been told for two or three years that we’ve had a target on us, that animal welfare groups wanted to get some stricter legislation passed in Idaho. We knew we had their attention,” Savage said. “We want to be proac-tive and pass legislation that we get to have some say in, so they don’t have a reason to put something more burden-some on a ballot initiative.”

Animal welfare groups, working under an umbrella group called Idaho 1 of 3, are gathering signatures to put a ballot initiative to a vote in 2012. The ballot initiative would increase the penalties for first and second offenses of animal cruelty and makes the third offense in 15 years a felony.

Savage said the cattle-

men’s resolution was first proposed last year, and the 750 beef producers in the organization had a year to consider it, ask questions, make changes and address concerns. The resulting reso-lution passed unanimously in a 500-member vote at the annual convention in Novem-ber. “People had been looking at it for a long time by conven-tion,” Savage said.

The legislation outlined by the resolution is something the cattle producers are very comfortable with, he said. “It’s short, simple and to the point, just making it a felony when someone is convicted of abusing an animal a third time. It establishes that bar. You’re not going to be a chronic animal abuser in Idaho and get away with it. If you’re a bad player, some-thing needs to be done.”

They’re hoping to get a bill before the state legislature after the first of the year.

Normal livestock industry practices like branding, cas-tration and dehorning are currently exempt from Ida-ho’s animal cruelty laws, but

the cattlemen are concerned that if the Humane Society of the United States and other heavily-funded animal rights organizations get in-volved, it could result in changes to the legislation that make it difficult for them to do their jobs.

Savage said cattlemen are as adamant—and in many ways more so—as anyone about making sure animals are treated right. “We feel very good about the cattle-men in Idaho. I think our product speaks for itself. We raise a tremendous product. It’s wanted worldwide. We take pride in the way we treat our animals and the way we treat all our natural resources. It’s a commitment we make. I’m talking to you from my mother’s kitchen table in the house that be-longed to my grandparents. I’m 52 and my first memory is of feeding a calf. My son is the fourth generation to be in this business. That doesn’t happen if you’re abusing your animals and resources.” — Maria Tussing, WLJ Correspondent

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Nevada’s state engineer, Jason King, won’t be walking on water any time soon, but if Las Vegas has its way, the city will be a little less thirsty. As Nevada’s top water regu-lator, King will determine the fate of what may easily be the state’s scarcest and most pre-cious resource—southern Nevada’s water supply.

The Southern Nevada Wa-

ter Authority (SNWA) hopes to pump 126,000 acre feet of groundwater a year from the rural valleys of eastern Ne-vada and send it to Las Vegas via a 300-mile, multibillion-dollar pipeline. Each acre-foot equates to about 326,000 gallons, or one year of water for two homes.

King will decide how much groundwater, if any, the au-thority is allowed to tap.

King’s big decision in what some have called the most important water case the state has ever heard, is ex-pected by the end of March.

Before King can make his decision, he will be reviewing everything he read and heard during a six-week state hear-ing that ended Nov. 18. The hearing included testimony from 82 witnesses and thou-sands of documents.

His predecessor granted SNWA some water for the project in 2007 and 2008, but the Nevada Supreme Court overturned those decisions early last year and ordered the state engineer to hear the matter again.

Nevada Cattlemen’s As-sociation (NCA) and Nevada WoolGrowers Association are working hard to protect the valuable rural water re-sources.

A resolution passed at their association meetings was sent to Gov. Kenny Guinn, state legislators, the State Engineer’s Office and the Ne-vada Association of Counties, along with being sent to Pat Mulroy, executive director of SNWA, and a guest speaker at the meetings.

The resolution, in response to SNWA’s proposed pipeline, is not asking for any specific changes, but instead protec-tion and verification that rural water resources will be protected, according to NCA President Preston Wright.

Mulroy told the convention audience the Colorado River system can’t recover from the drought soon enough to sup-port the needs of growing Las Vegas. The Las Vegas area currently gets 90 percent of its water from the Lake Mead reservoir behind Hoover Dam on the Colorado River.

But representatives from

the AFL-CIO, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, a homebuilders association and the Nevada resort industry praised the proposed 300-mile, $3.5 billion pipeline.

Without a reliable water supply, the Las Vegas area will not be able to recover from the recession, let alone flour-ish again, said Danny Thomp-son, secretary-treasurer of the Nevada AFL-CIO.

“This is about more than an inter-basin transfer of water,” Thompson said. “The economic viability of the state is at stake here.”

King can expect to also review thousands of com-ments before the end of the public comment period. More than 21,000 comments were sent last Tuesday alone, ac-cording to officials with the Tucson, AZ-based Center for Biological Diversity.

The Nevada Division of Water Resources was taking written public comment on the proposal last week in Carson City. Email submis-sions were not accepted.

The group says that si-phoning 57 million gallons of water a year would ruin the environment and economy of parts of eastern Nevada and western Utah—all to support what the center calls unsus-tainable urban growth in southern Nevada.

“Aside from being a finan-cial boondoggle, the Water Authority’s proposed pipeline would destroy Nevada’s priceless natural heritage and huge swaths of rural communities,” Rob Mrowka, a Nevada-based ecologist with the organization, said in a statement. “There are oth-er, better options for address-ing southern Nevada’s long-term water needs.”

But not everyone in the city of Las Vegas supports the pipeline.

“We don’t need this water,” Great Basin Water Network spokesman Launce Rake said during a news confer-ence last Monday on a down-town street near the water authority office. “We have a safe, reliable source of water in the Colorado River if we use it wisely.” — Traci Eat-herton, WLJ Editor

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Although experts consider the U.S. food supply to be very safe, millions of Ameri-cans become ill each year due to foodborne pathogenic bacteria. Salmonella enteri-ca is a common foodborne pathogenic bacterium that is among the spectrum of microbes found inside the intestines of cattle, swine and poultry. Transient or harmless organisms, as well as beneficial ones, are also among those intestinal mi-crobes.

Because pathogenic Sal-monella can be found in the live food animal, reducing its populations in the gastro-intestinal tract could poten-tially improve food safety because fewer pathogenic bacteria would be present during slaughter and pro-cessing.

Several naturally occur-ring plant chemicals have shown promise as antibac-terials in a variety of appli-cations. Citrus essential oils, for example, have been part of the human diet for hun-dreds of years, and their effects on bacterial growth and survival are well stud-ied. Citrus oils have been known to kill Staphylococ-cus aureus, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, and Escheri-chia coli.

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A team of researchers rec-ognized the potential of cit-rus byproducts as a possible food safety intervention and

has been experimenting with them since 1999. The team consists of Agricul-tural Research Service (ARS) microbiologist Todd R. Callaway, animal scien-tist Tom S. Edrington with the Food and Feed Safety Research Unit in College Station, TX, ARS animal scientist and research lead-er Jeffery Carroll with the Livestock Issues Research Unit in Lubbock, TX, and John Arthington at the Uni-versity of Florida in Ona. “While foodborne pathogens are found in the gut of food animals, non-antibiotic methods to reduce such pathogens in the live animal are important to improving food safety,” says Callaway.

Initial laboratory results published in 2005 indicated that citrus products included in ruminant rations de-creased pregastric gut and lower-gut populations of E. coli O157:H7 and a variant of S. enterica, S. Typhimurium, without causing a significant change in fermentation end products. These end products include acetate, which is a volatile fatty acid. Certain beneficial bacteria in the cow’s gut produce these acids, which are absorbed by the animal to provide energy.

“Cows have evolved to de-pend on volatile fatty ac-ids—or VFAs—for nearly all their energy needs,” says Callaway. “Absorption of VFAs is necessary, and if there is a large disruption in VFA absorption, then there is also a disruption to the animal’s efficiency, produc-tivity and health.”

Callaway’s early data showed the feasibility of us-ing orange pulp as a feed source to provide antipatho-genic activity in cattle. He also showed that citrus by-products (orange peel and pulp) are compatible with current production practic-es, are palatable to the ani-mals, and can be a “green” solution. Citrus byproducts are also economically feasi-ble and readily available.

While citrus byproducts are fed to cattle because of

their high nutritive value and low cost, Callaway has been shedding more light on how to exploit the essential oils inside the peel and pulp that are natural antimicro-bials. Collaborations with University of Arkansas-Fay-etteville researchers Steven Ricke and Philip Crandall have identified specific es-sential oils that kill patho-genic bacteria.

In other laboratory tests, Callaway’s research group has demonstrated that the addition of a small amount of orange peel and pulp to a mixture of laboratory rumi-nal fluid fermentations re-duced populations of E. coli O157:H7 and S. Typhimu-rium. The amount given was considered similar to a real-istic amount ingested on a farm. The 2008 study, which was coauthored with Car-roll, Arthington, and Univer-sity of Arkansas researchers, was published in Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.

Callaway’s further stud-ies demonstrated that feed-ing orange peel and pulp reduced intestinal popula-tions of diarrhea-causing E. coli in weaned swine. That study, also led by Carroll and coauthored with Calla-way, was published in 2010 in the Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances.

From heavy peels to pellets

From the time Callaway began studying citrus as an animal gut cleanser, he also recognized that citrus peel can be heavy and expensive to ship long distances. “Even as compost, citrus peels are dif-ficult to transport,” he says.

Thus, Callaway’s latest studies investigated the use of processed orange peel pel-lets. The team fed the pellets to sheep as a model for cows for eight days. They found a 10-fold reduction in Salmo-nella and E. coli O157:H7 in the animals’ intestinal con-tents. Callaway received a grant from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Associa-tion (beef checkoff funds) to help fund the work. These studies were accepted for publication in 2011 in the Journal of Food Protection and Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.

“When approaching pre-harvest food safety, we take a ‘multiple-hurdle’ approach,” says Callaway. “These stud-ies have the potential to lead to one more in a series of hurdles set up to prevent spread of foodborne patho-gens.” Processing plants, for example, depend on multiple

hurdles for keeping patho-gens at bay. A method of re-ducing the presence of patho-gens in live animals before they enter processing plants could possibly be a key hur-dle to add to their list.

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10 Premier herd bulls. . . . . . $9,2003 Older herd bulls . . . . . . . . . . 4,25080 Ranch ready range bulls . 3,38813 Mature Red Angus cows . 1,892 52 Bred Red Angus heifers. . 2,0102 Bred Red

SimAngus heifers . . . . . . . . . 1,8002 Bred blkred carrier heifers 1,70024 Bred Angus heifers. . . . . . 1,78316 Bred blk SimAngus heifers. . . . . . . . . . 1,888

Ludvigson Stock Farms always offers cutting edge genetics and this group of cattle in their first fall sale saw strong demand from breeders and commercial ranchers. The thick-made, correct offering was packed with excellent balanced EPDs, per-formance and strong carcass values. TOPS—Bulls: Lot 12 LSF RAB Sov-ereign X7880, 1/15/10, sired by Beck-ton, NE. P P707; and out of a Desti-nation daughter, to Harms Plainview Ranch, Lincolnville, KS, and Wedel Red Angus, Leoti, KS, $17,500. Lot 8 LSF RAB Complete X7834, 3/5/10, sired by Brown Blue Sky; and out of a Revelation daughter, to the Orion Beef Group, Billings, MT, $13,500. Lot 5 LSF RR Bulletproof 0375X, 3/25/10, sired by LSF Tank; and out of a Big Sky daughter, to Thistle Ridge Stock Farms, Taber, Alberta, and Silver Spur Ranch, Encampment, WY, $10,000. Lot 6 LSF Outlook 0410X, 2/9/10, sired by LSF JBOB Expectation; and out of a Combination daughter, to Braesch Red Angus, Herman, NE, $10,000. Lot 2 LSF Professional 0418X, 2/13/10, sired by Messmer Packer; and out of a Ribeye daughter, to Leland Red Angus, Sydney, MT, $8,000. Females: Lot 101 LSF Crys-tal R5154 X0105, 2/4/10, sired by LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S; and out of a Ribeye daughter, to Butcher Red Angus, Holstein, IA, $4,000. — Jerry Gliko

Green Mountain Angus Ranch Annual Production Sale

Nov. 18, Ryegate, MT192 bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,840155 Comm. bred heifers . . . .1,679

Auctioneer: Roger JacobsStrong, steady demand throughout

the sale for these popular bulls offered by this progressive Angus program. It featues large groups of proven AI sires with easy calving, growth performance and correctness. The offering included calves, fall yearlings and coming twos. TOPS bulls: GMAR Onward Y006, 1/7/11 by Connealy Onward; to De-grand Angus, Baker, MT, $9,500. GMAR in Focus Y066, 1/27/11 by Mytty in Focus; to TC Outfit, Vale, SD $9,250. GMAR Upward Y317, 2/16/11 by Sitz Upward 307R; to Bill Bickle, Ismay, MT, $9,000. GMAR Image Maker Y009, 1/7/11 by HA Image Maker 0415; to Joseph Angus, Win-ner, SD, $9,000. Gmar in Focus: Y193, 2/3/11 by Mytty in Focus to Kenny McFarland, Newell, SD, $9,000. GMAR in Focus Y313, 2/16/11 by Mytty In Focus; to McFarland, $9,000. GMAR In Focus Y179, 2/3/11 by Mytty In Focus; to TC Outfit, $9,000. — Jerry Gliko

Mytty Angus RanchFemale Production SaleNov. 22, Florence, MT

106 Registered females. . . .$3,061246 Comm. bred heifers . . . .1,517

Auctioneer: Joe GogginsSale Management:

Cotton and AssociationThis reputation program offered a

group of females with some real op-portunity in this fall sale—top proven breeding and some of their newest genetics also. The commercial bred heifers found ready demand also. The cattle sold to buyers across the coun-try. TOPS:—Females: Coleman Everelda Entense 706, 1/21/07 by DHD Traveler 6807; sold open to Buford Ranches, Welch, OK, $17,500. JVC Countess 906 V986, 3/2/09 by SAF Focus of ER; to Heida Holdings, Flower Mound, TX, $14,000. Mytty Florabelle Fanny X319, 1/26/10 by

SAV 004 Predominant 4438; to JTAce, North Platte, NE, $9,500. MyttyEverelda Entense 4W, 1/6/09 byMytty in Focus; to Talon Ranch, TwinBridges, MT, $9,000. Mytty PrimroseLady U262, 9/13/08 by GAR Predes-tined; to Raven Angus, Colome, SD,$7,250. Comm. bred heifers: 15 head at $1,700 each to Don Vannoy,Greenough, MT. 5 head at $1,650each to Jim Hill, Florence, MT. —Jerry Gliko

Vermilion Ranch, Annual Fall Production Sale

Nov. 26, Billings, MTAuctioneers: Roger Jacobs, Joe Goggins, Ty Thompson

and Bill Cook121 Fall bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,384143 2-year-old bulls . . . . . . . 4,,629264 bullls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,43495 Reg. bred cows . . . . . . . . . 2,12540 Reg. AI bred heifers . . . . . 2,418713 AI bred comm'l heifers . . 1,930521 Pasture bred comm'l heifers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,76048 2- 3-year old comm'lcows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,953103 2-year-old comm'l cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,509

A tremendous sale for this highlyregarded Angus program. New recordhigh averages on the outstanding of-fering of bulls and also the large offer-ing of commercial bred heifers.TOPS—Bulls: Lot 1, Vermilion Frank-lin X754, 8/28/10 by TC Franklin 619;to TC Ranch, Franklin, NE, $29,000.Lot 103, Vermilion Madison X804,8/14/10 by Sitz Madison 10477; toDavid Brozik, Winner, SD, $13,000.Lot 28, Vermilion Dublin X844, 8/21/10by Connealy Dublin 8223; to BrownAngus Ranch, Wolf Point, MT, $12,000.Lot 47, Vermilion X Factor X794,8/20/10 by Vermilion X Factor; to RiceRanches, Harrison, MT, $11,000. Lot87, Vermilion X Factor X796, 9/11/10by Vermilion X Factor; to Dan Madsen,Hamlin, IA, $10,000. Reg. bred heif-ers: Lot 535, Vermilion Pattie X411,2/21/10 by Connealy Dublin 8223; toJohn Monson, Wallace, NE, $4,500.Reg. cows: Lot 360, Vermilion Ever-green 4113, 2/17/04 by ConnealyDanny Boy; to Flesch Angus, Shelby,MT, $4,250. Comm. bred heifers: 34head at $2,400 to Landon Livestock,Lawrence, KS. 43 head at $2,200 eachto Landon Livestock. Comm. bred cows: 12 head at $2,150 each to Barb Hardenbrook, Billings, MT. — Jerry Gliko

Bobcat Angus, Annual Production SaleNov. 21, Great Falls, MT

11 Bull calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,295108 Fall yearlings and two’s 3,456427 Comm. bred heifers . . . . 1,69610 10-yr-old comm.bred cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,150

Auctioneer: Joe GogginsThis sale saw strong demand for

these stout, thick, well made bulls,particularly for the 11 calves by WKBobcat. The reputation replacementcommercial heifers also saw strongdemand. This was their 7th annualsale. TOPS—Bulls: Lot 1, Bobcat Y6,2/9/11 by WK Bobcat; to CurrantCreek Angus, Roundup, MT, $10,000.Lot 12, Bobcat X Calibur, 2/10/10 byVermilion X Factor; to RK Perry, Pow-er, MT, Flwsch Angus, Shelby, MT, andSouthland Angus, Shaunon, Sask.,$9,000. Lot 10, Bobcat Y15, 2/23/10by WK Bobcat; to Rick Sampson,Dagmar, MT, $6,750. Lot 16, BobcatX Factor X64, 3/26/10 by Vermilion XFactor; to Joe Verploegen, Havre, MT,$6,500. Lot 28, Bobcat X Factor X21,2/19/10 by Vermilion X Factor; to Klee-man Ranch, Peerless, MT, $6,500.Comm’l bred heifers: 19 head at $1,800 each to Phil Oyohlwine, Polo,IL. — Jerry Gliko

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Amarillo, TX, was the place to be Nov. 10-13, 2011, when the town swelled with thousands of visitors taking in a number of events coin-ciding with the 16th Annual Working Ranch Cowboy’s Association (WRCA) World Championship Ranch Ro-deo. For some folks, it was a three-way western package: The WRCA Finals, the 2012 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Remu-da Award presentation, and Western Bloodstock’s Head-quarters Sale.

Over the long weekend, four WRCA Rodeo Finals performances were held at the Amarillo Convention Center and, under that same roof, many associated events, demonstrations, activities and competitions could be viewed. This center provided space for over 200 vendors and WRCA sponsor booths with an estimate of 30,000-plus in foot traffic at the center during those four days.

Not far from this action, AQHA, located in Amarillo, made its annual presenta-tion Saturday of the 2011 Bayer Best of Remuda Award at their Hall of Fame and Museum.

Visitors to this Panhandle city could complete the ‘ranch driven’ circle at West-ern Bloodstock’s first Head-quarters Sale of ranch and western performance horses at Amarillo’s Tri-State Fair-grounds’ Cal Farley Colise-um located a 15-minute trot away from the convention center.

WRCA, an organization dedicated to preserving the heritage and lifestyle of the working ranch cowboy, uses ranch rodeo to bring atten-tion to their cause and to generate money for their foundation. Through their Cowboy Crisis Fund, the WRCA Foundation (WRCF) provides financial support and needed assistance to working cowboys and their families. The foundation also provides scholarships for college students.

WRCA sanctions ranch rodeos across the country and the winners qualify for the World Championship Ranch Rodeo held annually in November. Twenty-three teams representing seven states participated at this year’s four-day event.

Seats for Friday and Sat-urday nights’ rodeos were sold out by mid-October and Thursday night’s event plus Sunday’s matinee had the largest attendance to date. About 5,000 rodeo fans took in the performances each night. Throughout the day, a Cowboy Trade and Trappings

Show, Ranch Expo, Cowboy Poetry and music sessions, Ranch Horse competitions, an art show and educational exhibits were available for the public to attend.

By the time the last wild cow was milked on Sunday afternoon, Wilson Cattle/T4 Cattle of Hereford and Can-yon, TX, took first place hon-ors as the 2011 World Cham-pion Ranch Team. Reserve Champion Ranch Team was Monroe Timberlake Ranch/Rainbow Ranch of Hereford, TX, and Deming, NM. Third place went to Scribner Ranch/C5T Ranch of El Do-rado and Benton, KS. Swen-son Land and Cattle of Stamford, TX, finished out the placings in fourth. Sad-dles, buckles and tack boxes full of handmade gear and other prizes went to mem-bers of winning teams at the end of the day.

Oklahoma cowboy Clay-ton Zibell of the Perkins Ranch/Chambers Ranch team was recognized as Top Hand and the Reserve Top Hand Award went to Jason Thomas of the Wilson Cattle/T4 team. Top Horse and Top American Quarter Horse went to Lightning Blue Jazz ridden by Texan Rodney Wil-son. Fellow Texan Hagen Lamb rode the Reserve Top Horse, PTS Bojangles.

Many ranch rodeos recog-nize a ‘Hard Luck Cowboy’ and this year’s recipient was Wes Bailey of the Arndt Ranch/Bailey Ranch team from Kansas. Bailey quali-fied for this category after breaking two ribs during the bronc ride. Despite his hard luck, he scored an 81 during that ride, then covered his bronc in the next go. Indi-vidual events are won by teams after points from the four nights’ performances are tabulated. These events include ranch bronc riding, stray gathering, team pen-ning, wild cow milking and team branding.

WRCA also sponsored a Ranch Horse competition Friday. These cowboys took first in their divisions: Youth Senior - Zinn Lindsey, Asper-mont, TX; Youth Junior - Casey McClesky, Clarendon, TX; Ranch Hand Class - Jake Lemons, Comanche, OK; Cowboy Class - Quincy Car-lton, Happy, TX; Junior Ranch Horse - Tripp Townsend, Earth, TX; Senior Ranch Horse - Bill Smith, Spur, TX. The overall Ranch Horse competition winner was Tripp Townsend.

Many of the ranch horses competing in this year’s WRCA Rodeo Finals repre-sented the breeding pro-grams of past AQHA Best of Remuda Award Recipients. AQHA recognizes and pro-motes ranches with a his-tory of breeding good horses and integrating them into daily ranch work. This year’s recipient, Tongue River Ranch of Dumont, TX, was established in 1898 by sons of S.M. Swenson who built the historic Swenson Ranch. Current owner Mil-lard Morris purchased the

ranch in 1997 and runs a cow/calf operation and pas-tures yearlings. Tongue River, which also has a ranch in northeastern New Mexico, keeps about 40 horses in their saddle horse remuda.

The reception honoring this Texas ranch was attend-ed by many past recipients of this prestigious award which has recognized ranch-es’ remudas from eight states and Canada since the incep-tion of this honor in 1992. Many of these ranches have competed in the WRCA Ro-deo Finals in the past.

Western Bloodstock from Weatherford, TX, held its inaugural Headquarters Sale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday selling 253 consignments of ranch, working cow, and cutting, roping and reining horses. Performance broodmares, stallions, yearlings, as well as 2- and 3-year-old pros-pects, were consigned and sold during the WRCA Ro-deo Finals weekend. West-ern Bloodstock Director Jim Ware said they were very pleased with the success of their first sale of this type and it offered insight as to the best approach of future similar sales.

Ware also commented that they are especially excited about the sale of 40 2-year prospects that are eligible for Western Bloodstock’s 2012 $25,000 Added Headquar-ters Ranch Futurity.

Following the benevolent lead from WRCF, Western Bloodstock partnered with the Friends of the Denley Norman Family to raise $30,790. Norman, a cowboy who grew up in New Mexico, was tragically killed in a ranching accident this past year. He had participated in the WRCA Finals numerous times when he worked for the Nebraska’s Haythorn Ranch and had countless friends in town for the rodeo finals weekend.

Baxter Black’s Benson Christian Training Center was also the recipient of auc-tion funds with a sale lot raising money for Black’s drug rehabilitation/auto me-chanics shop program in his hometown of Benson, AZ. The program ministers to and helps ex-addicts gain confidence and learn a pro-fession to move on with their future.

With the biggest calling card of the second weekend of November in Amarillo being the WRCA World Championship Ranch Ro-deo, the city also showcased more ranch horse related events which eventually cul-minate in the finished equine product seen at work in the arena each night.

A long weekend of rodeo left folks enthused and ready for next year’s repeat performance, most especial-ly the WRCA which has the responsibility of dispersing profits from the rodeos to those working ranch cow-boys’ families in times of serious crisis and providing scholarships.

WRCA grew up in Ama-rillo and the city, boasting that they are a step into the Real West, was again pleased to host this fun, suc-cessful event. In addition to rodeo fans, it’s no surprise that, along with local mer-chants, the dry cleaners es-pecially love the rodeo be-cause cowboys want freshly cleaned and ironed shirts for their performances! — Ginger Elliott, WLJ Cor-respondent

2011 WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo results

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Rodney Wilson and Kye Finck.— Photo courtesy of Chad Hen-drix

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Imports and Exports

THIS WEEK WEEK AGO YEAR AGO 12/01/2011 CHOICE FED STEERS N/A 124.71 103.86 CME FEEDER INDEX 146.10 145.80 116.55 BOXED BEEF AVERAGE 193.26 197.07 163.46 AVERAGE DRESSED STEERS 201.55 200.06 164.35 LIVE SLAUGHTER WEIGHT* 1,310 1,298 1,300 WEEKLY SLAUGHTER** 565,000 636,000 582,000 BEEF PRODUCTION*** 23,451.8 23,016.6 23,518.2 HIDE/OFFAL VALUE 12.48 12.43 11.98 CORN PRICE 5.95 5.88 5.41 *Average weight for previous week. **Total slaughter for previous week. ***Estimated year-to-date figure in million pounds for previous week.

CANADIAN LIVESTOCK PRICES AND FEDERAL INSPECTED SLAUGHTER FIGURES, NOVEMBER 19 Weekly Alberta Direct Sales (4% shrink) Price Change* Slaughter steers, mostly select 1-2, 1,000-1,200 lb 109.25 -.63 Slaughter heifers, mostly select 1-2, 850-1,050 lb. 108.74 -.73 Ontario Auctions Slaughter steers, mostly select 1-2, 1,000-1,200 lb 111.53 -1.2 Slaughter heifers, mostly select 1-2, 850-1,050 lb. 106.93 -.02 Slaughter cows, cutter and ut. 1-3, 1,100-1,400lb. 63.01 -.89 *Price comparison from two weeks ago.

Average feeder cattle prices for November 18, 2011 Steers: Southern Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba 400-600 lb. 149.11 148.16 149.61 600-800 lb. 133.20-138.53 129.59-138.05 128.79-137.96 800+ lb. 126.49 123.32 118.66 Heifers: 300-500 lb. 148.56 140.44 144.98 500-700 lb. 127.54-136.86 123.83-130.77 126.40-132.08 700-800+ lb. 122.40 116.50 114.65

USDA MEXICO TO U.S. WEEKLY LIVESTOCK IMPORTSFeeder cattle imports weekly and yearly volume.

Species Current Previous Current Previous Week Week Year-to-date Year-to-date 11/26/2011 11/19/2011 Feeders 18,096 63,828 1,176,517 1,044,958

USDA WEEKLY IMPORTED FEEDER CATTLEWed Nov 23, 2011Mexico to TX. & NM. Weekly Cattle Import SummaryReceipts EST: 19,500 Week ago Act: 33,416 Year ago Act: 30,888Compared to last week, steer calves and yearlings mostly steady. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Bulk of supply consisted of steers and spayed heifers weighing 300-700 lbs. Weekly Summary receits are through Wednesday, as Thursday is Thanksgiving. Most ports closed Thursday and Friday. Feeder steers: Medium and large 1, 300-400 lbs 145.00-156.00; 400-500 lbs 135.00-146.00; 500-600 lbs 125.00-136.00; 600-700 lbs 128.00-132.00; Medium and large 1&2, 300-400 lbs 143.00-155.00; 400-500 lbs 133.00-145.00; 500-600 lbs 123.00-135.00; Medium and large 2&3, 300-400 lbs 133.00-145.00; 400-500 lbs 123.00-135.00; 500-600 lbs 113.00-125.00. Feeder heifers: Medium and large 1&2, no quote.(all sales fob port of entry.)

SELECTED AUCTION MARKETSWEEK ENDING DECEMBER 1, 2011

STEERSHEIFERSDATE SLAUGHTER COWS PAIRS

MARKET 200-300 LB. 300-400 LB. 400-500 LB. 500-600 LB. 600-700 LB. 700-800 LB. 800 LB. -UP SLAUGHTER BULLS REPLACEMENTS

NORTHWESTNo report available due to holiday closing. Blackfoot, ID No report available due to holiday closing. Burley, ID November 28 1,963 145-165 144-154 135-145 122-135 118-123 63-70Eugene, OR 130-152 125-158 120-140 120-136 108-119 71-75 No report available due to holiday closing. Madras, OR No report available due to holiday closing. Vale, OR November 28 700 139-149.5 129-140 126.5-132.5 117.5 66-70 Davenport, WA 139 126.5-140 130-134 123.5-131 120.5 68-74No report available due to holiday closing. Toppenish, WA

FAR WESTNo report available due to holiday closing. Cottonwood, CA November 21 150 187 140-169 125-145 120-140 110-125 100-118 65-79 Famoso, CA 110 110-141.5 110-128 105-121.5 100-120 100-112 72-75November 30 2,008 152-170 150-182 140-160 124-139 117-132 68-80 1,200-1,700Galt, CA 130-156 124-141 120-130 110-120 70-89 November 22 126-139 120-140 114-124 105-114 70-76Madera, CA 105-115 110-118 77-88November 29 1,002 135-142 120-130 125-130 95-112 92-112 Turlock, CA 133-142 125-135 120-139 90-110 90-110 95-105November 22 1,234 170-193.5 137-179.5 132.5-150 120.75-142.5 119.75-133 110-128.5 55.25-61.25 Salina, UT 130.5-147 131-144.75 117-129.5 112.5-125.25 114-122.75 73-79.75

NORTH CENTRALNovember 26 10,542 170-203 167-202 154.5-190 146.5-171.75 141-157.5 137-150.5 123-147 Iowa 157-182.5 144-179 138-164 134.5-153.75 125-149.25 128.5-138.5 124-139November 28 3,736 161-184.5 142.5-164.25 128-148.5 128 123.5-130.5 62-98 Montana 149.5-157 131-164.5 130.5-146.5 121-131 124.75-125 73-78.5 850-1,250No report available Bassett, NE November 26 5,040 191-199 181-193.5 165.5-179.25 153-164.5 141.75-155 136.5-147 Ericson, NE 172-179.5 152.5-175 149.75-174.5 131-167 130.5-140 129.25-130.5No report available Imperial, NE November 16 6,005 183 175-187.5 145-172.5 136-153.25 136.85-150.5 131-147.85 Kearney, NE 154-169 145.5-161.5 139.25-156.5 130.25-143.75 125-139.75 125.5-135.75No report available due to holiday closing. Lexington, NE No report available due to holiday closing. Ogallala, NE No report available due to holiday closing. Herreid, SD November 22 3,081 211 187-221 168-207 141.5-172 128.5-143 130-133.5 128-137 Riverton, WY 170-182 176-196 149-180.5 133-146.5 120-133 124.75 102-131.75November 25 4,237 155-175 160-175 145-160 135-150 66-73 1,340-1,460Torrington, WY 140-160 135-155 130-145 120-139 113-127 65-81 710-1, 610

SOUTH CENTRALNovember 25 3,125 187.5-202.5 162-180.5 144.5-162.5 137-149.5 135-138.25 134.75 Colorado 435/hd. 152-160 142.5-157.5 132-149 125-136November 29 4,218 197-205 175-191 148-180 146.5-158 140-155.25 66-69.5La Junta, CO 164-171 150-162 138-149 131-143 140 79-82No report available due to holiday closing. Dodge City, KS No report available due to holiday closing. Pratt, KS No report available due to holiday closing. Salina, KS November 30 4,293 175-209 164-187 150-175.5 143-160 135-147.5 134-143.75 129.133 61-70.5 725-810Clovis, NM 151-167 140-159 134-153.5 130-143.5 121-137 130-134 100-117.25 69-82.5 460-750No report available due to holiday closing. Apache, OK November 30 6,571 186-213 171.5-206 154-185 144-163 140-150 136-144.5 El Reno, OK 160-171 149-167 141-151.5 129-132.5 130-136 119-127.5November 29 1,900 177-196 165-190 145-167 133-150 69-72 810-1060McAlester, OK 150-169 140-165 130-153 130-137 116 72-75 680-980November 28 6,914 189-207 176-198 154-179 140-157 134-153 123-145.25 69-71.5 750-1,235Oklahoma City, OK 166-183.5 155-174 141-177.5 135-156 130-148 126-137 119.5 79.5-81.5 600-1,100No report available due to holiday closing. Cuero, TX No report available due to holiday closing. Dalhart, TX No report available San Angelo, TX No report available due to holiday closing. Tulia, TX

EASTNo report available due to holiday closing. Alabama November 29 502 155-170 146-164 135-146 128-138 69-72.5 750-835Conway, AR 135-156 130-148 123-134 120-123 69-76 64-76No report available due to holiday closing. Florida November 22 1,850 158-169 137-154 130-140 124-135 123-128 123.5-125.25 63-67.5 800-1,195Lexington, KY 133-140 129-142 125-138 119-135 116-125 114-115 102-106 76.5-84 530-940November 28 6,310 172-186 161-178 141-168 134-153.75 131-146 133-144 Joplin, MO 142-152 132.5-151.5 128.25-140 125-141 122-134 122-128.5 November 25 3,406 154-172.5 136-173 132-157 127-156 121.5-137 112-124 128.5 59.5-64.5 Tennessee 125-151 120-150 116-141 109-128.5 100-118.5 95-113.5 83-95.5 69.5-85.5November 30 2,175 120-164 120-159 110-142.5 108-138.25 116-124 114-130 Virginia 125-139.75 123-137.5 100-130.25 109-121 102-113 105

CANADANovember 23 3,618 192-214 182-210 143-168.5 143-153 138-147 115-137.5 67-70 Lethbridge, Alberta 170-202 164-178 131-148.5 126-135.75 123-132 114-128.5 70-77 1,150-1,750

HEAD COUNT AVG. WEIGHT AVG. PRICEWeekly AccumulatedLive FOB Steer ................................ 175 .............. 1,400 .................126.00Live FOB Heifer ............................... 260 .............. 1,277 .................126.08Dressed Steer .............................. 1,882 ................. 901 .................202.25Dressed Heifer ................................ 133 ................. 819 .................200.00Same Period Last WeekLive FOB Steer ........................... 42,229 .............. 1,349 .................124.69Live FOB Heifer .......................... 29,340 .............. 1,210 .................124.70Dressed Steer ............................ 16,668 ................. 897 .................199.88Dressed Heifer ............................. 7,741 ................. 784 .................198.67Same Period Last YearLive FOB Steer ........................... 56,194 .............. 1,353 .................102.55Live FOB Heifer .......................... 53,031 .............. 1,207 .................102.66Dressed Steer ............................ 29,202 ................. 895 .................164.30Dressed Heifer ........................... 12,688 ................. 817 .................163.90

NATIONAL WEEKLY SLAUGHTER VOLUME Domestic Imported Forward Contract .............36,153 ..............................1,543 Formula ........................ 176,971 ..............................2,058 Negotiated Cash ........... 125,416 ..............................1,042 Negotiated Grid ...............30,411 ...............................3,475 Packer Owned .................24,917 ......................................0 Total ..............................393,868 ..............................8,118

SLAUGHTER FORWARD CONTRACTS FORWARD BEEF SALES Delivery Month Neg. Sales 0-21 days ........ 2,075 November 2011 .................. 224,047 Neg. Sales 21+ days ............. 671 December 2011 .................. 263,535 Forward sales..................... 3,217 January 2011 ...................... 233,040 Forward contract sales .......... 696 February 2012 .................... 219,140 Domestic sales .................. 6,149 March 2012 ........................ 205,240 NAFTA Exports ...................... 195

CME LIVE CATTLE 11/25 11/28 11/29 11/30 12/01 High* Low* December 12110 12095 12057 12160 12190 12600 10960November 12230 12255 12245 12360 12372 12607 11345April 12570 12590 12545 12640 12685 12937 12095June 12430 12450 12427 12527 12590 12922 10332

CME FEEDER CATTLE 11/25 11/28 11/29 11/30 12/01 High* Low* January 14462 14472 14482 14602 14610 14702 12272 March 14745 14735 14725 14817 14835 14957 12407 April 14837 14870 14845 14907 14957 15050 11880 May 14882 14920 14902 15000 15050 15175 12582 *High and low figures are for the life of the contract.

WEEKLY COMPOSITE BOXED BEEF

WEEK COMPREHENSIVE PRIME BRANDED CHOICE SELECT UNGRADEDENDING Loads/Price Loads/Price Loads/Price Loads/Price Loads/Price Loads/PriceNovember 26 6,660 189.14 50 237.86 708 201.03 2,083 191.40 1,226 177.52 2,592 171.44November 19 6,497 188.13 55 223.26 778 199.05 1,574 192.03 1,267 175.50 2,822 168.14November 12 7,266 184.33 64 223.85 805 195.54 1,897 188.68 1,495 170.88 3,005 165.57November 5 7,671 181.37 86 224.49 898 191.96 2,173 184.52 1,438 170.02 3,078 163.08

CUTOUTS ————————————— FED BOXED BEEF ———————————————————————————————————

DATE CHOICE SELECT COW BEEF CUTOUT 50% LEAN 90% LEANDecember 1 193.26 174.66 148.02 184.58 110.23November 30 194.43 175.67 147.84 111.56 184.52November 29 194.95 176.49 148.08 115.95 184.96November 28 195.93 176.95 147.43 116.77 182.41November 25 196.23 177.04 146.89 116.77 182.41

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Cold fronts brought rain, from a trace to 2 inches or more, to much of the state during the last week, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Ser-vice personnel.

As usual, when it comes to weather, there were win-ners and losers. East Texas, north Texas, central Texas and the Rolling Plains were the main beneficiaries, with the Coastal Bend, south Texas and far west Texas regions being largely passed over, while the Pan-handle and South Plains regions fell in between these extremes, according to weekly reports by AgriLife Extension county agents.

Where rain fell, cool-sea-son grasses and winter wheat benefitted, though the consensus, even where 2 inches or more fell, was that much more rain was needed to keep winter for-ages going.

In the western part of the Panhandle, the situation

was pretty much represen-tative for the region, accord-ing to Rick Aukerman, AgriLife Extension agent for Deaf Smith County west of Amarillo.

Deaf Smith got about a half inch of rain in many areas, with more rain and snow forecast for Dec. 1-2, but it’s a mixed blessing, Aukerman said.

“Typically, what’s been happening here lately is that we haven’t got very much moisture, and it just puts a halt to what’s left to harvest,” he said. “We still have a lot of people who are baling corn stalks and grain sorghum stalks, and anything else they can bale up for feed for the dairies and area feed yards, and they’re wanting to get it out of the way. The cot-ton—what’s left out there—they at least want to get it off the stalk and into the modules.”

Baled corn stalks were selling for $80 to $100 per ton in the field, according

to Aukerman.Aukerman said Deaf

Smith producers are about 80 percent finished with the cotton harvest and yields were down. The dryland cotton was non-existent, and most irrigated cotton yielded 650 to 750 pounds per acre, with isolated instances of 2.5 to three bales per acre where more water was avail-able to pump.

The rain helped wheat in Deaf Smith County, as it did in many areas, he said. But the crop was still struggling as of Nov. 29, and some producers were running center-pivot irri-gation early in hopes of producing forage for the stocker cattle.

Aukerman also noted that Deaf Smith County had only received 6.5 inches to date this year. The record for the least amount of rain for a year is 7.5 inches.

“At this rate, unfortunate-ly, we will probably set a new record for the least amount of rain for the year,”

he said.More information on the

current Texas drought and wildfire alerts can be found on the AgriLife Extension Agricultural Drought Task Force website at http://agril-ife.tamu.edu/drought/. — WLJ

Rains help, but most of Texas still under severe to exceptional drought

high at $19. “Product values are com-

ing under increased selling pressure,” Gottschalk said. According to Gottschalk, we could see a drop in cutout value of $4/cwt. by mid-week.

“The huge disconnect be-tween retail beef prices and the live market continues. This is a situation that can-not be sustained. Retail prices are set to advance as we have previously indi-cated. Consumers have shown a reluctance to sup-port current prices. Higher retail prices will only cause sales volume to drop fur-ther,” Gottschalk said.

“Beef demand remains a concern as many traders have questioned whether consumers will support beef at such a high price level,” CME reported.

According to CME, Feb-ruary cattle closed sharply higher at the end of last Wednesday’s session, rising to the highest price levels since Nov. 17. The market found support from a more positive outlook for the U.S. and global economies, and from concerns over a winter storm forecast for last week.

Grains continue to re-bound with intense compe-tition in export sales from the Black Sea region and Argentina.

Corn prices moved higher midweek. The spot contract moved over $6. Higher oil prices in the past couple of weeks has stimulated etha-nol demand. The basis in Guymon, OK, is 90 cents over December contract. Corn is now pricing into most rations at $12.50/cwt.

Feeder cattleFeeder cattle sold higher

as receipts at auction mar-kets across the country fell under last year, according to USDA reports. Heavier replacements were $2 high-er and light weight offerings jumped $4-7 higher. Wheat fields in central Oklahoma were ready to receive cattle, one of the few locations of-fering grazing. A 750 lb. feeder steer was selling for $145 in the south.

Demand remained good, especially for limited offer-ings of true yearlings and featherweight calves weigh-ing under 500 lbs., accord-ing to USDA.

Rare sightings of yearling load-lot consignments being offered for sale were report-ed in Burwell, NE, and Green City, MO. The Bur-well Livestock Market boasted a load of Value Add-ed steers weighing 706 lbs. at $159.50 and a 40-head lot of 650 lb. replacement qual-ity heifers that brought $158.50.

The weighing and flesh condition of the yearlings at Green City’s Annual Special was not nearly as attractive to buyers as usual because an abnormally dry late-sum-mer and fall caused an ad-ditional need for supplemen-tal feeding. However, nearly 600 head of top quality 8 weight steers averaged 852 lbs. at $147.33, with over 200 head that were consid-ered to be fleshy averaging 821 lbs. at $141.60.

Meanwhile, pee-wee calves continue to light up the salebarn scoreboards like the one in Riverton, WY, which quoted near 150 head of top quality steer calves under 400 lbs. which averaged 344 lbs. at $206.36.

According to USDA re-ports, there’s no reason to believe that these record- setting prices won’t continue to rise, but the holiday sea-son tends to make folks ner-vous. The Thanksgiving holiday-interrupted auction volume included 41 percent over 600 lbs. and 42 percent heifers.

In Oklahoma, compared to the previous week, feeder steers were $1-3 higher. Feeder heifers were lightly tested and steady to $2 lower. Steer calves were steady to $2 higher. Heifer calves were $3-5 higher. De-mand was moderate to good for feeder cattle despite the downward trends in the cattle futures and stock market. Higher prices and strong demand continue to be fueled by limited num-bers. Demand was good for calves. The quality was av-erage to attractive with sev-eral thin, weaned cattle in the mix.

In the Washington/Idaho area, receipts were at $4,900, up from $3,600 the previous week, and $800 the previous year. Demand was moderate to good with feeders at 100 percent of the supply. The feeder supply included 33 percent steers and 67 per-cent heifers. Nearly 91 per-cent of the supply weighed over 600 lbs.

In Kansas, sales were confirmed on 1,037 steers, 975 heifers and 345 calves for a total of 2,357 compared with 2,998 last week and 3,603 last year. With a very limited supply, steers and heifers were steady, with most area feeder cattle auc-tions closed for Thanksgiv-ing. Volume includes 83 percent 600 lbs. and over, 17 percent 600 lbs. and under, with 13 percent contracts. Feeder supply was 44 per-cent steers and 56 percent heifers. — WLJ

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EAST RANCHThe East Ranch is located in southeastern New Mexico within the east-cen-tral portion of Lincoln County. The Capitan Mountain range to the south and the Jicarilla Mountain range to the west. The ranch is comprised of 22,000± deeded acres and 4,000± federal BLM lease acres. Grazing capaci-ty is owner-controlled rated between 550 and 600 animal units. Some of the best grama grass turf country in the area. Livestock and domestic water provided by three wells and an extensive pipeline system. Good water distribution. Improvements include residence, barns and corrals with scales, all in good condition. Wildlife includes pronghorn antelope and mule deer. Lincoln National Forest nearby with an abundant elk herd. Elevation is approximately 6,200 feet. One of the few places that I’ve seen with green grass. Priced at $285 per deeded acre including the lease land.

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ALL BREEDSDec. 5 – Western Stockman’s Market, Bull & Female Sale, McFarlane, CADec. 18 – California Female Expo, All Breed Female Sale, Turlock, CAJan. 7-22, 2012 – National Western Stock Show, Denver, COJan. 24-28 – Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale, Red Bluff, CAJan. 28 – Red Bluff Bull Sale, Red Bluff, CAFeb. 4 – Klamath Falls Bull Sale, Klamath Falls, OR

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Building a market to sell home-finished beef is all about consistency. You not only have to provide tasty, tender beef one year, but every year. And there is a formula, some cattlemen say, to hitting the mark ev-ery time. The best place to start, they stress, is with the genetics of the animal.

Burlington, WV, cattle-man Rick Woodworth sells home-finished beef to indi-viduals and also markets it through his family’s farm market and deli. “We’re An-gus-based,” he says. “We se-lect for the meat traits, ribeye area, marbling, because we’re in the meat business. But we’re still in the cattle business, so the cows have to milk, be functionally correct and have longevity. We look at the total package.”

Darrell Rankins, Cusseta, AL, prefers Angus-Gelbvieh cross cattle. He sells to all local customers, who pay the processor a kill fee for the animal, as well as a per-pound processing fee. Aver-age prices to the buyer are $2 per pound live-weight before these fees.

Rankins says he watches maternal and growth traits closely. “You can trump ge-netics sometimes, but you need to have something that will mature at 1,100 pounds. You don’t need one at 1,400 pounds.”

Still, carcass Expected Progeny Differences are on his list. “I don’t emphasize them, but, for example, I certainly want breed aver-age or better on the percent-age of intramuscular fat on an Angus bull,” he says.

Age mattersBoth cattlemen only fin-

ish young animals. For Rankins, steers are 16 to 18 months old when harvested. Heifers can go up to 22 months. Woodworth’s cattle are in the same age range.

Auburn University Meat Scientist Christy Bratcher agrees with that practice. “The older the animal, the more cross-linking of the connective tissue it has and therefore the less tender it is.”

At Rankins’ operation, he normally chooses the light-weight steers out of the cattle he markets in a pre-conditioned board sale in August. They weigh 580 to 600 pounds and will stay on the same soy hull-based ra-tion he uses for precondi-tioning.

“We grow them along un-til they weigh 750 to 800 pounds,” he explains. “Then we start pushing them on corn.”

Rankins takes a cautious approach when transition-ing to corn. He starts by putting steers in a small dry lot and hand-feeding them 3 pounds per head, per day. He increases the amount over a five- to six-day period up to 17 to 18 pounds of corn per head, per day, around 2 per-cent of their body weight. Rankins keeps the steers on corn for 100 days, during which time they gain 3.2 pounds a day.

“There is a great potential for founder with corn,” warns Rankins, who is also an Auburn University ani-mal scientist. The steers

also get half a percent of their body weight in hay. “It doesn’t have to be good-qual-ity hay, but it does need to be long-stemmed,” he says. “That provides the scratch factor, salivation and rume-nation.”

Heifers usually don’t en-ter his finishing enterprise until they are pregnancy-checked and found open in April. They weigh around 900 pounds at that point and go straight to corn.

Whether it’s steers or heifers, Rankins says grain-finishing is a given. “When you put young calves on a high-energy feed, they start depositing intramuscular fat. That’s marbling.”

Woodworth is another pro-ponent of grain-finished beef. His spring-weaned calves graze fescue, orchardgrass and clover pastures until fall. At that point, they go to the feedlot for corn silage and grain. His fall-weaned calves skip the grazing and go straight to a corn silage and grain ration. He feeds both sets of calves for a minimum of 120 days. “They need to be full fed on corn in order to grade Choice or high-end Select at the minimum,” he says. “You get a better eating experience as you move up the quality grade.”Grass-fed a gamble

When it comes to grass-finishing, both Rankins and Woodworth would rather leave that to someone else. “Some people like the taste, and that’s fine,” Rankins says. “But if I eat grass-fed beef 10 times, three or four

times it has an off flavor to me. I don’t want to gamble.”

Auburn’s Bratcher says consistency can be a chal-lenge with grass-finished beef because it is determined by both genetics and envi-ronment. “You don’t know from one year to another if you’re going to have a drought or a wet year. Also, warm- and cool-season grasses both have different flavor profiles.”Processing phase

Both Rankins and Wood-worth dry-age their beef. Rankins ages his for three weeks, Woodworth normally ages his two weeks.

“With dry-aging, you nor-mally get a 3.5 percent cool-er shrink,” Woodworth says. “Losing that moisture inten-sifies the beef taste. Both wet- and dry-aging enhance tenderness, and I feel it needs to be aged.”

Bratcher agrees. “Either way, the same enzymes work to break down the muscle fibers.”

As for length of time to age, she says research with steers shows there’s no ben-efit to aging past 14 days, but heifers need an addi-tional seven days. “To be on the safe side, 21 days of ag-ing should show marked improvement in the tender-ness of any carcass.”

For Rankins, it is the sum of all the points. And he’s so confident of his product, he backs it up. “If they are young calves, finished on corn and aged three weeks, I give a 100 percent money-back guarantee.” — Becky Mills, DTN

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