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The American rancher hadto be forced into the chairat the beauty salon with awild rag stuffed in his

mouth and a pair of hobbles onhis ankles so he couldn’t runaway, but the career bureaucratsand professional meeting-goerswere finally successful in com-pleting the makeover. It wasexpensive and they had to be realsneaky about it, but those per-forming the makeover have final-ly managed to change two of themost iconic figures in ournation’s colorful history, thecowboy and the cattleman, into“stakeholders” and “producers.”There’s just one BIG problem

with this makeover: the Ameri-can consumer doesn’t want tobuy her beef from a “stakehold-er,” or even a “producer.” No,according to market researcherMary Love Quinlan, they wanttheir beef from a “rancher,” oreven better yet, from a “farmer.”Ms. Quinlan found that

women make up to 93 percent offood purchases and they don’t likewords such as “feed additive” onthe package. They hate hormonesand the title “cattle feeder” turnsthem off. In fact, they don’t likeindustrialized agriculture verymuch at all. So why is the NCBAtrying to change today’s rancherinto exactly that kind of “stake-holder” that the consumer doesn’twant to do business with?

the Soybean Association, GrainsCouncil Poultry & Egg, severalstate soybean associations, theNational Pork Producers Coun-cil and other checkoff groups.Although these organizations saythey have different viewpoints onsome issues, they have this incommon: they’re all cheerleadersfor the kind of industrializedagriculture the consumer doesn’ttrust.As critics of factory farms,

genetically modified seeds, hot-

house hogs, downer cows andhormone fed steers appear onthe daytime TV shows and bookbestseller lists, those pushingindustrialized ag realized thatthey’re losing the public relationswar. In other words, they need amakeover. How ironic then that the

group that changed ranchers intostakeholders and producers,chose the trusted words “farmer”and “rancher” when they wentlooking for their own new name.But instead of looking for alter-natives to hormones, GMO’s,10,00-head dairies, lake-sizemanure lagoons and other thingsthe consumer doesn’t want herfood associated with, theUSFRA wants to continue to doall those things while hidingbehind the good name andimage of the American farmerand rancher.Members of USFRA say they

want to build trust in our current

Makeup and MirrorsWe warned you about the

merger of the NCA with thecheckoff and all the bad thingsthat could happen as a result(those things are now happen-ing) so let us now warn youabout a group called the USFarmers & Ranchers Alliance(USFRA). This group is com-posed of 33 organizations suchas the National Corn GrowersAssociation, American FarmBureau, NCBA, National Milk,

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by KAREN BUDD-FALEN

The American public has been asking forlegislative reform of a system that paystaxpayer dollars to environmental “non-profit” attorneys who charge $650 per

hour to bring cases for statutory procedural vio-lations, and we finally have it. On May 25,2011, H.R. 1996, the Governmental LitigationSavings Act of 2011, was introduced to stop thedeficit bleeding and level the playing field for allwho seek to sue or need a permit from the fed-eral government. But the simple introduction ofthis bill in the U.S. House of Representatives isnot enough and we need your help. This bill has18 sponsors, but needs many more and we needto get Congress to hold hearings to learn thetrue extent of the abuse. This is a call to actionand a request for your help.The Governmental Litigation Savings Act of

2011 (“GLSA”) has five major sections. First, this Act eliminates the false distinction

in net worth between a “for profit” organizationand a “nonprofit public interest” organization.Currently, under the Equal Access to Justice

Act (“EAJA”), a for profit entity or person witha net worth over $7,000,000 is ineligible torecover attorney fees for litigation against thefederal government. However, an entity that

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I’ve always wanted todeliver a commence-ment address, no, not tocollege or even high

school graduates becausethere is nothing I could tellthem that they don’talready think they know. I’dlike to address someonemore on my intellectual lev-el, like a class of graduatingsixth graders. Here’s whatI’d say to them. I promise to make this

short if you’ll just put downyour cell phones and stoptweeting, texting and Face-booking long enough to lis-ten. I really have only onething to tell you that I wishsomeone would have toldme when I was your ageand it is simply this: findsomething to be inspiredby. Every day.The world doesn’t need

any more greed, egotisticalcelebrities or even ambi-tion. No, what the world issadly lacking today is inspi-ration. It is the number onecause of greatness and isthe secret to a rewardingand happy life. My advice to you: Find

those things in life that makeyou tingle all over. Perhaps Iinspire too easily and I can’treally describe the feeling,but you know what I’m talk-ing about. It’s whateverturns you on or gets yougoing in the morning. AndI’m not talking about caf-feine, drugs, nicotine oralcohol. That’s adrenalin, notinspiration. Whatever you dowhile under their influenceyou can do ten times betterwithout them. There is inspiration all

around us and you may findyour daily dose in a song,photo, painting, beautifulflower, newborn foal, agreat bronc ride or a gradu-ation speech. Whatever it isthat makes you want totackle the world, do greatthings and live a life ofgoodness.I’m not about to suggest

what you should be inspiredby because, thankfully, it’sdifferent for everyone. Forexample, I was inspired tobe a writer by a sportswriternamed Jim Murray and acolumnist named ErmaBombeck. But you probablyhave never heard of either

has been determined to be “nonprofit” is notbound by this restriction.Thus, even though tax documents show a

great many environmental and animal rightsgroups are worth far in excess of $7,000,000,these groups can “recover” attorney fees forsuing the federal government. In other words,these “non-profit” groups get paid by the Amer-ican taxpayers to sue the federal governmentwhich results in families losing their homes andbusinesses.Under the existing EAJA, groups like the

Sierra Club, who reported its worth as$56,527,055 in 2007 can receive tax payermoney to sue the federal government, but acompany with the same net worth cannot. Sim-ilarly, if the compensation package for the Pres-ident of the Natural Resources Defense Coun-cil is $432,959.00, do they really need theAmerican citizens funding their litigationagains against the American government?Second, the GLSA places a cap on both the

hourly fees that attorneys can charge and onthe amount of money that can be awarded toan individual group in a year. Under theGLSA, the hourly fees charged by attorneys iscapped at $175 per hour and that cap can only

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food system and to be successfuland have a bigger impact they allneeded to band together. Theyview themselves as “natural part-ners in effort to promote “new”vision of American agriculture.”And that’s how checkoff dollarsfrom a rancher producing grassfed or natural beef in Montanacould end up being used todefend and promote factory farmhothouse pigs, hormone fed beefand milk inducing hormones fordairy cattle.

Sound Familiar?One of the first warning flags

that got our attention aboutUSFRA is their structure and theway they constructed their Boardof Directors. The minimum buy-

in is $50,000 and any firm thatpays $500,000 automaticallybecomes an ex-officio member ofthe Board. That’s what passes fordemocracy these days, you buyyour way in, just like they do inWashington, D.C. How veryAmerican of them. If it all soundsfamiliar that’s because that’s howthe NCBA constructed itself anddoes business.The beef checkoff so far has

contributed $250,000 toUSFRA. Because the beefcheckoff is a government pro-gram (according to the SupremeCourt) you’d think that our gov-ernment would not condone anyeffort to promote one type ofranching system over another.But the USDA has given theirstamp of approval to USFRAjust as long as the checkoff mon-ey is used for projects and notmembership dues.We’d sure like to see where

the NCBA got the money to buytheir seat on the Board?As of this writing only two

businesses have ponied up thecash to join, Farm Credit andThe Fertilizer Institute, butUSFRA hopes to sign up bigcorporations like Archer DanielsMidland, Cargill, DuPont andMonsanto. USFRA currently has$10 million in the bank andhopes to spend $20 million in itsfirst year. They also hope to havean annual budget of $30 million,most of it coming from agri-busi-nesses and checkoffs.USFRA plans to start pre-

senting their message by mid-July and we already have a goodidea of what that message will beand the image they’ll portray oftoday’s rancher. “No longer,”says visionary ag columnist AlanGuebert, “will it resemble a LandGrant alumnus ordering GMseed or livestock antibiotics onan iPhone. Instead, tomorrow’sfarmer will look more like WalterCronkite than Walter Mitty:weathered, wise, trustworthy. Inshort, more golden fields, goldensunsets and golden hair and lesssilver hog barns, silver-sided foodfactories and silver semis haulingethanol.”

SuperGroupExecutive members of

USFRA are Bob Stallman,American Farm Bureau; PhilBradshaw, Soybean Checkoff;Bart Schott, National CornGrowers Association; Dale Nor-ton, Pork Checkoff; Gene Gre-gory, United Egg; ForrestRoberts, CEO of the NCBA.Roberts will also chair USFRA’sCommunications Advisory Com-mittee.What chance does a rancher’s

organization like R-CALF or theOrganization for CompetitiveMarkets stand in having theirmessage heard when you havethe political muscle of big farmgroups, commodity checkoff dol-lars, huge agribusiness firms and

the minions who do their dirtywork, all rolled into one Super-Group? It’s all part of that“speaking with one voice” thingthat the NCBA was foundedupon. The only problem is whosevoice the supergroup will bespeaking with. From watchingthe NCBA we already know thatanswer: it’s whoever ponies upthe most money. Even if it isyour money that was taxed awayfrom you by the USDA in theform of the checkoff.How did we ever get so far

away from the initial concept ofthe beef checkoff?To avoid confrontation

USFRA has decided to take twoissues off their agenda: biofuelsand the Farm Bill. Instead, theywill focus on “presenting a morerealistic and positive portrayal ofmodern American agriculture tothe public.” It’s a good thingthey took those two issues offtheir agenda because, as we allknow, checkoff dollars are notsupposed to be used for lobbyingor to promote political agendas.(Wink, wink.)According to Guebert, “the

groups want the face of the smallfarmer and horse-riding rancherto be the public face of agricul-ture — not confinement hogbarns, 100,000-head cattle feed-lots; not manure lagoons, erodedfields, hypoxic rivers, lakes andoceans, not GM seed, not sub-therapeutic antibiotics. In otherwords, the big money behindUSFRA wants to preserve andbuild upon the exact thing thepublic doesn’t want: modernfood production practices itviews as questionable, worrisomeand even unnecessary.”In announcing the firm of

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be adjusted for inflation. Underthe current Act, attorney fees arecapped at $125 per hour, butthat hourly fee can be “adjusted”to a significantly higher amount.For example, in cases involvingradical environmental “non-prof-

it” attorneys in California, attor-ney fees as high as $650 per hourhave been paid although thestatute caps the fee at $125 perhour. Originally Congress passedEAJA to put litigants back in thesame place as they were prior tothe litigation against the federalgovernment.However, radical environmen-

tal groups can legitimately arguethat prior to the ligation, theywere paying their nonprofitattorneys $650 per hour.Additionally, the GLSA caps

the total attorneys fees reim-bursement to $200,000 for a sin-gle action and allows no morethan three awards in a calendaryear. That should stop the litiga-tion gravy train for groups like theCenter for Biological Diversitywho was involved in 770 federalcourt cases between 1999 and theMay, 2011 according to researchusing the PACER data base.Importantly this reimburse-

ment cap does not apply to indi-viduals who have suffered adirect and personal monetaryinterest at the hands of an over-reaching bureaucracy.Third, the GLSA requires

reporting of all taxpayer moneyspaid out in attorneys fees,including those money paid inconfidential settlement agree-ments or consent decrees. Inapproximately 10.5 percent ofthe cases polled, the amount of

money paid to environmentalgroups for attorneys fees is notdisclosed to the public.Shouldn’t the public know howmuch of its money is being fun-neled to radical groups throughattorneys fees payments?Fourth, the GLSA requires

federal agencies to reduce theawards made for “pro bono”work and does not allow attor-neys fees to be paid in caseswhere the litigator either acts inbad faith or tries to delay the liti-gation just to rack up attorneysfees.Finally, this Act requires that

the federal government accountfor the taxpayer money it spendson attorneys fees and that asearchable data base be createdto allow the American citizens tohave the ability to search howmuch money is being paid andto whom. The American taxpay-er has a right to know how andto which groups and individualstheir money is being spent.However, accounting of themoney spent on attorney feeshas not occurred since 1995. Is itany wonder that this country isbroke?

With the introduction of thisbill, our work is just beginning.Out of 435 members of theUnited States House of Repre-sentatives, only 18 have cospon-sored this bill with Wyoming’srepresentative Cynthia Lummis.The cosponsors are Rep. RobBishop (UT-1); Rep. GlennThompson (PA-5); Rep. MikeSimpson (ID-2); Rep. JasonChaffetz (UT-3); Rep. DonYoung (AK); Rep. Scott Tipton(CO-3); Rep. Jeff Denham (CA-19); Rep. Michael Conaway(TX-11); Rep. Denny Rehberg(MT); Rep. Mike Coffman (CO-6); Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-2);

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Real Work Begins continued from page one Like so many other laws inthis country, the original idea ofthe federal government reim-bursing individuals and smallbusinesses who have to fightagainst overreaching bureaucra-cy is noble. But like many origi-nal ideas, over the years EAJAand the payment of attorney feesout of the Judgment Fund onEndangered Species Act andother litigation has been distort-ed beyond recognition. It is timeto bring this Country back to itsroots, cut the deficit spendingand put American citizens backto work. I hope you will work tosupport the Governmental Liti-gation Savings Act.

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by BETH HENARY WATSON, The Weekly Standard

Editor’s Note: This listing willhave drastic impact on the oiland gas industry as well as therange livestock industry in south-eastern New Mexico.

Athree-inch lizard scuttledinto the spotlight inDecember after the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service

proposed moving it onto theEndangered Species List. Thedunes sagebrush lizard’s habitatcovers just eight counties on theTexas-New Mexico border, rightin the heart of the PermianBasin, a major oil-producingregion. Particularly in Texas,industry leaders and local busi-nesses see the action as hostile— another Obama administra-tion environmental policy target-ing their successful, energy-sparked economy. “This is a lizard versus fami-

lies,” says Bill Hammond, presi-dent of the Texas Association ofBusiness, the state’s largest busi-ness interest group. “Nothing ismore important than a job.”Setting 1980s Dallas stereo-

types aside, oil and gas produc-tion is between 12 and 15 per-cent of the Texas economy. It’s

more than 70 percent of theeconomy in the vast and sparselypopulated Permian Basin. The17-county basin produces nearly20 percent of all domestic crudeoil. Of the eight counties in thelizard’s habitat, four are in Texas.All those are among the top tenoil-yielding counties in the state.

In its proposal to list thelizard as endangered, U.S. Fishand Wildlife argues that severalactivities fragment the creature’shabitat. Together these consti-tute a clean sweep of the region’seconomic drivers: oil and gas(particularly exploration), windturbine erection, and agriculture.The dunes sagebrush lizardresides only in areas with sandydunes covered by low-lying shin-nery oak trees. A public comment period

closed May 9, and U.S. Fish andWildlife will decide by mid-December whether to put thelizard on the EndangeredSpecies List. An “endangered”finding triggers an assessmentperiod to define the lizard’srange and identify protectionstrategies. At that time, new sur-

face-disrupting economic activityand perhaps maintenance ofexisting wells and windmillscould be hampered.Steve Pruett, president and

CFO of Midland-based LegacyReserves LP, explains that sti-fling exploration threatens themost jobs. He hires subcontrac-

tors to operate his rigs, the tow-ering structures used to drillwells. Legacy runs just one rig inthe lizard’s presumptive habitat,but 131 other rigs are active,each of which drills two wells amonth and employs about 150people.“We wouldn’t be contracting

as many wells to be drilled,”Pruett says. “Not to mention thegeneral loss of confidence of ourinvestors. We would have lessproduction and less cash to payout.”According to Permian Basin

Petroleum Association presidentBen Shepperd, wells produce atdiminishing rates, making newexploration vital to retainingblue-collar workers like rough-necks and roustabouts. He citesa study that found a majority ofjobs even in the cities of Midlandand Odessa depend on oil andgas production.“If oil and gas were to stop

out here, these West Texastowns would just dry up andblow away,” Shepperd says.Excluding giants like Chevron,the average Permian BasinPetroleum Association memberemploys about 10 people. Texas opponents of listing the

lizard dispute the thoroughnessof U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s sci-

ence and say they will work coop-eratively to rehabilitate the popu-lation. Conservation agreements— another way to restore speciespopulations — are already inplace in New Mexico. With theagreements, private landowners,businesses, and the governmentfollow a prearranged plan,although Sheppard says signingon can cost an oil business asmuch as $20,000 per well.Texas land commissioner Jer-

ry Patterson told an industry ral-ly in Midland in late April thatthe state’s landowners and busi-nesses need a chance to workout agreements with the fish andwildlife service. The state cur-

rently enforces mitigation forturtle populations near drillingalong the Gulf Coast, anarrangement that followed acourt battle. “We can plant a lotof shinnery oak if we need to,”Patterson said. “It’s not thelizard or us. It’s both of us.” Even if Texas, with New Mex-

ico’s help, is able to avoid endan-gered species classification forthe dunes sagebrush lizard, aproposed listing for anotherspecies in the Permian Basin, thelesser prairie chicken, lurks inthe future.Hammond, with the business

association, says the effort to listthe lizard as endangered is butone grievance his group has withthe Obama administration,which he says is engaged in a“job-killing enterprise” againstTexas. Texas’s showdown with the

Environmental ProtectionAgency over air permitting is the

major concern.“Industry has spent literally

trillions of dollars to bring airquality to a level that is perfectlyacceptable,” according to Ham-mond.Industry efforts aside, last

year the EPA ruled that certainpermits issued by the TexasCommission on EnvironmentalQuality — which had regulatoryauthority under the Clean AirAct — do not comply with feder-al law. Operating under the per-mits since 1994, more than 100businesses have been left in legallimbo while Texas contests thedecision.One affected business is

EBAA Iron, Inc., a family-ownediron foundry with 250 employeesat plants in Eastland and Albany,Texas. Until last year, the

foundry ran under a flexible per-mit issued by the state environ-mental agency. The flexible per-mits emphasized results over anentire organization, while EPAconcerns itself with individualsources of emissions.Jim Keffer, president of

EBAA Iron, Inc., says his staffhas contacted EPA for guidancebut keeps getting put off. Thebusiness, which opened in 1964,may be operating illegally.Keffer runs the iron foundry

full time, but he also serves asthe state representative for hisarea and chairs the Texas HouseEnergy Resources Committee.“Everywhere you look, every

time you turn around, the federalgovernment is trying to stopexploration, to stop the use offossil fuels,” Keffer says. “We’retrying to work on self-reliance.We’re trying to explore and bringto the country the resources thatTexas has been blessed with.”While the Texas Commission

on Environmental Quality’s mis-sion requires it to consider eco-nomic impacts, U.S. Fish andWildlife and EPA don’t have to.Keffer points out EPA’s Decem-ber emergency order to a FortWorth company under the SafeDrinking Water Act. The agencyacted in response to alleged con-tamination of two drinking waterwells, even though the state’s gasregulatory agency had been onthe scene. More than a mile sep-arates the shallow wells fromRange Resources’ natural gaswells. The company says it hasspent $1.5 million defendingitself against the EPA order.“The EPA was having a press

conference before they had allthe facts,” Keffer says. “If you sitback and take in all that’s hap-pened, it’s easy to look at a con-spiracy theory.”The Texas Public Policy Foun-

dation, a free-market think tank,held a briefing last month on 10proposed and adopted rules itsays constitute an “ApproachingEPA Avalanche.” The organiza-tion is most concerned withEPA’s order that states regulate

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country are managed for “multi-ple use,” which means thatranching, grazing, recreation,tourism and energy explorationcan occur there. These decisionsare almost always made at thelocal level because those wholive, work and recreate in andaround public lands know besthow to manage them.There are some areas across

the United States that have char-acteristics deserving of specialpreservation. In order to protectthese specific areas, Congresshas designated them “wildernessareas,” and most activities arerestricted or eliminated. Howev-er, there are tens of millions ofacres across the United Statesthat do not have these specialcharacteristics but are essentiallybeing treated as if they did. Letus explain.In 1976, Congress promised

to make a choice about whichpublic lands should have specialpreservation, directing theBureau of Land Management toconduct a study to determine

which lands were suitable forwilderness designations andwhich were not. The BLM rec-ommended 6.7 million acres asnot suitable. However, becauseCongress has not acted on theserecommendations, they continueto be treated essentially as if theywere wilderness areas. Separate-ly, in 1979 the U.S. Forest Serv-ice inventoried their InventoriedRoadless Areas and determinedthat 36 million acres were notsuitable for wilderness; however,public access and use remainseverely restricted.Congress’ lax approach to

these recommendations meansthat millions of acres of publicland across our country remainin limbo; off-limits to multipleuse and set apart from the localplanning process.That’s why we introduced the

Wilderness and Roadless AreaRelease Act. Our legislationwould end the cycle of indefinitewilderness review and bringnearly 43 million acres of publiclands out of purgatory. Specifi-cally, the BLM and Forest Serv-ice lands specified above wouldbe released from de facto wilder-ness management and openedup for multiple use.Our legislation does not

direct what type of activitiesmust occur on these lands.Rather, it would return manage-ment of these lands to the localAmericans who live on andaround them and provide themthe flexibility to manage themfor a multitude of activities. In Wyoming, land that

remains locked up by Washing-

ton is being ravaged by moun-tain pine beetles. The infestationhas devastated the area, weaken-ing the recreational and environ-mental value of the land. Sincethis land remains on Washing-ton’s “do not touch” list, localland managers aren’t able to takesteps necessary to address theproblem.In California, more than 3

million acres, including tens ofthousands in the 22nd district,remain under lock and keyunnecessarily. This means manyrural and outlying communitiesthat depend on tourism andrecreation cannot maximize thepotential of the public lands intheir area. It also makes it harderfor our firefighters to battle wild-fires, which can devastate tens ofthousands of acres of forest landand release thousands of tons ofpollution into the air.Our bill will face strong oppo-

sition from environmentalextremists and their friends inthe administration. But the bot-tom line is that this legislation isjust common sense. It simplyacts on the recommendations ofthe agencies that manage theselands and allows the Americanpeople to take advantage of theirown land.It’s long past time for Con-

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read the Code of the West, butwe have, and we’re going to holdWashington to its promises. Thisland is the people’s land. It does

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tion strategy firm that specializesin “language and message devel-opment.”How very sad that the Ameri-

can rancher and cowboy, whoseimage and reputation have soldeverything from cigarettes to warbonds, now has to hire a firm todevelop its “language.”

The Way Big Business Does BusinessRandy Stevenson of OCM

remembers another time whenbig business sat down to powwow. It was back in the early1900s when the Big Four meat-packers conspired to control

meat prices. Back then theychanged the face of Americanagriculture and had to be brokenup by the government. Suppos-edly, the rules written back thenprohibited meatpackers frombeing in the same room talkingabout industry matters, but it’svery easy to see them doing thisat future USFRA meetings.“Meatpackers have had a historyof collusion,” says Stevenson.“They have changed tactics andmethods when they have beencaught. The collusion is notrestricted to that of market divi-sion or of price setting. Mucheffort has, in more recent years,

turned to organizational powerused to influence the regulatoryregimen. The modern version ofcollusive power is the big andinfluential organization thatinfluences politicians and helpsto make sure that the rules writ-ten for regulating anticompeti-tive behavior don’t bother them.”

No doubt, USFRA will saytheir money will not be used forsuch diabolical purposes, butthen, who ever thought that theNCBA would be the primarybeneficiary of checkoff dollarswhen ranchers voted it in? Orthat there’d even be such a thingas the NCBA?

HijackedAll this image enhancement is

going on amidst a war that hasbeen taking place between theCattlemen’s Beef Board, theFederation of State Beef Coun-cils and the NCBA. Accordingto R-CALF, “There is an intense,lopsided, but classic power strug-gle being waged right now withinthe Beef Checkoff Program. Thisis the classic power structurebetween those who have all themoney — the NCBA and itsstate affiliates — and those whopay all the money — the hun-dreds of thousands of checkoff-paying cattle producers through-out the United States.” (Thatwould be “stakeholders for youNCBA members.) “Hinging onthe outcome is whether the BeefCheckoff Program will be con-tinually fraught with corruption,favoritism, and abuse, orwhether the credibility of theprogram will be restored.”“The beef checkoff has been

in place for some 25 years,” saysFred Stokes, of the Organizationfor Competitive Markets, “withmore than $1.6 billion collectedand spent. Just how effective hasthe program been in “promoting,improving, maintaining anddeveloping markets for cattle,beef, and beef products? Notvery!” answers Fred. “During thisperiod we have lost marketshare, downsized the domesticcow herd, drastically reduced theproducer’s share of the retailbeef dollar and put nearly500,000 beef cattle operationsout of business.“So was the Beef Checkoff a

bad idea?” Stokes asks. “I say itwas a good idea that simply gothijacked! While producers havebeen compelled to pay the sumof $80 million per year, the over-whelming benefit has accrued toorganizations controlled byopposing big meat packing andretailer interests,” according toStokes.“An examination of NCBA’s

tax form 990 reveals that 80 per-cent of its total revenue isderived from the beef checkoff,with only six percent comingfrom membership dues.” In oth-er words says Stokes, “the

NCBA, representing less thanfour percent of cattle producers,continues as the primary beefcheckoff contractor and has aprominent seat at the table whenag policy is discussed. They haveopposed cattle producer’s inter-ests at every turn. They foughtagainst cattle producers that

supported country-of-originlabeling; against cattle producersseeking mandatory price report-ing; against cattle producers thatopposed the National AnimalIdentification System (NAIS);against cattle producers thatsupported captive supply reformin a major class-action lawsuit;against cattle producers thattried to prevent the prematurereintroduction of imported cattlefrom disease-affected countries;against cattle producers thatattempted to ban packer owner-ship of livestock in both the 2002and 2008 Farm Bills.”Most recently they have

fought against ranchers who sup-port the pending GIPSA rulesthat would go a long way inreducing the packer’s power tomanipulate prices.All this is not to suggest that

there have not been BIG benefi-ciaries of the beef checkoff.There certainly have been, likeDee Likes of the Kansas Live-stock Association who the Com-stock Report said received$311,000 for one year’s work.Another employee was paid over$225,000 and yet another over$150,000. “KLA’s CEO, DeeLikes, makes more money thanGovernor Brownback runningthe 14 billion dollar state ofKansas,” said the ComstockReport. “Likes can certainly givelessons on how to rob the check-off train.”Such revelations have started

people talking about what oneeditor called “the nuclearoption.” That would be to hold areferendum and vote the check-off down. But the USDA andNCBA will never let that hap-pen. Instead the USDA willstand quietly by while the ranch-er’s pockets are picked and hisname is used to sell an ag pro-duction system that he may nei-ther condone, nor participate in.In introducing Ketchum as

USFRA’s PR firm, a companypartner Linda Eatherton, said,“With over 50 years of service tofood and agricultural organiza-tions, our firm was literally builtfor this assignment. Workingside by side with USFRA mem-bers, stakeholders and allies, weknow we can help people rethinkthe role of American agriculturein feeding hundreds of millionsof Americans every day.”So there you have it in black

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Anew ruling by the judgesof the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Fifth Cir-cuit may make it harder

for the EPA to track and regu-late pollution from animal farms.The court ruled that the

Clean Water Act did not give theEPA the authority to require thefarms, known as ConcentratedAnimal Feeding Operations(CAFOs), to obtain dischargepermits on the presumption theywould discharge pollution to thewaters of the state.Since 2008, the EPA has

required all animal farms thatqualified as CAFOs to get per-mits whether they discharged pol-lution to public water or not. TheEPA claimed a farm’s potential todischarge pollution was all thatwas needed to require a permit.The court disagreed. It

declared that the farms onlyneeded permits if they actuallydischarged — a violation of theClean Water Act. The likelihoodthat they would discharge wasnot enough to trigger the permit-ting process, which farmers findcumbersome and expensive.

The EPA’s assumption that afarm with no record of dis-charges would violate the law inthe future was, in the judges’words, “an attempt by the EPAto create from whole cloth newliability provisions. The CWAsimply does not authorize thistype of supplementation to itscomprehensive liability scheme.”The permits help the agency

track and regulate potential pol-luters. The court shifted the bur-den of figuring out who had thepotential to discharge, or was dis-charging, back to the government.Few farms actually propose

discharges directly to publicwater. However, discharges mayhappen if the land is such that adischarge is inevitable. That isparticularly true on the Delmar-va Peninsula, where the watertable is low and the land isditched. One heavy rainstormcan move chicken manure into astream that leads to the Chesa-peake Bay.The ruling is only binding for

now in the Fifth Circuit, whichcovers Louisiana, Mississippiand Texas. So, it’s unclear whatthe court’s decision will mean forthe areas of the watershed whereanimal farming dominates, suchas the Delmarva Peninsula, theShenandoah Valley and parts of

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ducers Council, a plaintiff in thelawsuit, called the decision a“major victory” for farmers, whofelt the paperwork was burden-some and were attempting not todischarge in their operations.“I don’t know if it changes the

fact that farmers won’t apply forpermits, I don’t think they weregoing to anyway,” said MichaelFormica, the pork producers’chief environmental counsel.“Having a permit does notimprove the environment. If youhave a permit, you’re not allowedto discharge. If you don’t haveone, you’re not allowed to dis-charge.”The real disadvantage to

applying for permits, Formicasaid, is that paperwork errors arecommon, and environmentalgroups can seek the plansthrough a public informationrequest, comb through them,and mount legal and enforce-

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Federation, another plaintiff inthe lawsuit, said it was still tryingto determine the ruling’s signifi-cance.

“We feel this is an extremelysignificant decision, and we’restill analyzing the details of whatit’s going to mean,” said DonParrish, the federation’s seniordirector of regulatory relations.EPS Region 3 officials collab-

orated with those at the agency’sheadquarters to issue this state-ment on the ruling:“Region 3’s practice regarding

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would appeal, but said it is “cur-rently reviewing” the decisionand its potential implications.The EPA has been sparring in

the courts with both environmen-tal groups and the farm lobby forthe better part of a decade overthe definition of a CAFO andhow the Clean Water Act shouldbe enforced when it comes to

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Ruling makes it harder to regulatelarge animal operations’ dischargesCourt says the EPA cannot require a permit just because the potential to discharge exists

The likelihood that they would dischargewas not enough to

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to make their language evenmore precise. Instead of sayingthe farms proposed to discharge,it wanted the agency to presumethat the farms would dischargebecause of their topography andthe fact that many chicken farmskeep uncovered manure on thefarms. Manure is rich in bothphosphorus and nitrogen, andwhen it runs into streams it cancause algae blooms and low-oxy-gen zones that stress fish andother marine life. The EPAdeclined to make the change.The new definition greatly

changed the number of chickenfarms designated as CAFOs in

Maryland, which did not have aCAFO law three years ago. In2008, just 12 farms in the statefit the definition. Now, theMaryland Department of theEnvironment estimates that 426farms in the state will fall underthe CAFO designation. The newrules mean more paperwork forfarmers and increased costs,because farmers now need a cer-tified nutrient management plan.Virginia and Pennsylvaniaalready had CAFO laws, sofarmers there didn’t experiencemajor changes.The pork and poultry produc-

ers were in court in Louisiana

challenging the 2008 law. Theylost part of the case; they werealso trying to forbid the EPAfrom regulating dust emissionsfrom animal operations. Thecompanies will still need permitsfor the release of dust throughtheir ventilation fans.Scott Edwards, senior attor-

ney for the WaterkeeperAlliance, said the ruling “doesn’tchange much on the ground.” Itdoesn’t give the industry permis-sion to pollute, and farmers whohave already gone through theCAFO permitting process maychoose to keep their permits cur-rent anyway because, if theyhave a discharge, the regulatorsmay go easier on them.

“If a farmer discharges withno permit, he’s in violation of theClean Water Act. If he dis-charges with a permit, he is in

violation of both the permit andthe Clean Water Act,” Edwardssaid. “The on-the-ground impactof this decision, as it relates tohow much this industry gets topollute, is unchanged. Thisindustry is not allowed to pol-lute.”The real problem, he says, is

that no one is standing out in therain to determine if a farm is dis-charging — and as a result, noone is enforcing the law. More-over, he says, the paperworkfarms had to file when theybecame CAFOs gave the EPAuseful information about pollu-tants and more control over theoperations. The agency will haveto work harder now to learnabout the operations withoutthose mandatory applications.States can also choose to

enforce their own clean waterlaws or CAFO laws and overridethe federal statute if their envi-ronmental protections arestronger. Such was the case inMichigan, where the courtsdecided to uphold Michigan’s

law on CAFOs. That law saysfarms that propose to dischargemust file for permits.“The Clean Water Act pro-

vides a floor that they can’t gobelow, but the states can alwaysbe more strict,” said TimothyLundgren, a Grand Rapids attor-ney who represents farmers andfood processors in the state. “InMichigan, the courts have said,‘we’re going to uphold Michi-gan’s law, because it’s broader.’’’Lundgren said the proposed

discharge standard never struckhim as particularly fair, because“we don’t treat other industriesthat way.”Edwards applauds Michigan

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states can follow suit if theywant, but they’ll need the politi-cal will to do that,” Edwardssaid. “It’s created this incentivefor this industry to shop aroundfor states where they can getaway with murder.”

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the town of Paradise, and eventually ascends to the top of the moun-tain at a campground located at a spot called Rustler Park. The smallpopulace of Portal is partially made up of retirees, wealthy enough toown a piece of the pricey land; not a few who could be described asliberal academics. A short distance up the canyon is The SouthwestResearch Station of The Museum of Natural History. This area, andthe Chiracahua range as a whole, is the best example of neo-tropicalbird habitat in the United States. It is the home of: the greater andlesser long-nosed bat, the famous trogon, the so-called “endangered”spotted owl, and hundreds of other rare species. It is bird watcher’sparadise. It is burning down.


The pendulum swings backand forth, with technique andpractice going from one extremeto the other, and common senseoften being overlooked. Our nat-ural resources should be man-aged in a case by case mannerwith decisions being made bypeople with proven experience,(including permit holders),instead of being held hostage tothe latest fad propagated bysome PhD with no practical andhands on experience. The cur-rent method of managing fires isto let them burn from road toroad or natural barrier to naturalbarrier. Fires, that twenty yearsago would have been aggressive-ly fought even in remote areaswith destruction kept to a mini-mum, are now being allowed toburn over a greater expanse. Theresult is a forest habitat that isbeing nuked, with everything inits path being destroyed. Oldgrowth timber on the CoronadoNational Forest is virtually goneas the result of fires. The enviroswant to blame the loggers forthis, but it is simply not true.As I write this on Sunday

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LEA CO., NEW MEXICO – 1,400-cow dairy on 136 acres, side-by-side,double 20 parlor, beautiful 5-bedroom/4-bath home, on pavement.

CASTRO CO., TEXAS – on pavement, 1,808± acres, permitted for7,200 cows (4,000 milking), precon. pens with permit, sprinklers, irr.wells, employee housing, barns.

HEART OF THE PLAINS – 8-section ranch with new set of pens, con-crete bunks, truck/cattle scale and commodity barn, mobile home,watered by subs, mill and pipeline, on pavement, hour from Lubbock,Texas, mule deer and quail.

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can outlaws who habitually packtheir dope and other contrabandover a trail that goes by BurroSprings and on north to multipledrop off spots, scattered fromPortal all the way to San Simonor Bowie. Many residents in thearea have quality radios and canlisten to outlaw scouts who driveup and down Highway 80between Portal and Douglas andrelay information via radio totheir narcotic packing counter-parts. They transmit messagesthat contain the whereabouts ofBorder Patrol agents or anyoneelse who might interfere with thesmuggling of their product. Thislast week these outlaw scoutswere heard cursing the fire thatthey started, which now tran-scends the entire eastern slope ofthe Chiracahua range. They arebeing forced to send their con-traband west to the Silver Creekarea (the home of Roger Bar-nett) and on north across thewestern slope of the mountains.While all this goes on I’m sure

our politicians will make hay lay-

ing the blame on each other andtheir respective political parties.The result of all this will be morebureaucratic quagmire complete-ly void of common sense or solu-tion, and the fire continues toburn the trogon and spotted owlout of house and home. The firestill looms uphill from Portalwhose residents are still in dan-ger of losing everything, anddozens of federal employees sitdown at their base camp sixmiles east of Portal on Highway80 staring up to the top of themountain hoping the wind willstay calm. All weather forecastscall for the wind to return onMonday the 16th.While all this goes on, Janet

Napolitano and our Campaignerin Chief assure us that our south-ern border is safer than ever. Trytelling this to a trogon or spottedowl or perhaps a homo sapien liv-ing in Portal. They’re not playingit cool any longer and they won’tbelieve you.

— Ed Ashurst, Apache, Ariz.

Superior Farms closes Iowa lamb plant

by LISA M. KEEFE

Not quite seven months after announcing the purchaseof Iowa Lamb Corp. in Hawarden, Iowa, SuperiorFarms has shut down the processing operation theredue to a shortage of available livestock, Superior

Farms spokeswoman Angela Gentry told Meatingplace.She added that at this point, Superior Farms considers

the shutdown temporary. The plant had been running atabout half capacity, due to a shortage of lambs.“We are not losing that asset,” Gentry said. “We are keep-

ing the property and equipment and our intention is to openit back up as soon as we have the livestock.”The move eliminated another 49 jobs at the plant, which

is located in a town of about 2,400. This, after SuperiorFarms cut 32 jobs at the facility in February, moving pro-cessing to a facility in Denver.The company plans to keep a half-dozen people working

in Hawarden, buying lambs from local ranchers which thenwill be shipped to Superior Farms’ facility in Denver.

Editor’s Note: As of June 2, over 80,500 acres had burned and the fire was only 75 percent contained.


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Bottari Realtywww.bottarirealty.com • [email protected] • Ofc.: 775/752-3040 • Res: 775/752-3809 • Fax: 775/752-3021

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Z Bar Ranch, Clover Valley Ranch: One of those ranches atthe foot of the Mountains that everyone would love to own is nowavailable. This ranch consists of 2,833 deeded acres of whichapprox. 650 acres are irrigated. Creek water to run one pivot andseveral wheel-lines plus flood water. An irrigation well suppliesanother pivot and a 50-acre grain field. The ranch has good im-provements including 3 homes, two shops, two calving barns,and corrals with hydraulic chute. Price: $3,200,000.

Tent Mountain Ranch, Starr Valley, Nevada: 3,435 deededacres at the foot of the majestic East Humboldt Range the North-ern extension of the Ruby Mountains. Several perennial Streamsflow through the ranch and wildlife are an daily part of thescenery. The owners run a Guest Ranch and Guide service outof the ranch. There are multiple fenced pastures for grazing allwith free water. Improvements are good with a large home ap-prox. 5,000. sq.ft, plus a second modular home and MountainCabin. Barn with water, hay barn, and other storage. Access ontopaved road. Price: $4,500,000.

Waddy Creek Ranch: Located in a remote valley, two creeksprovide water for approx. 138 acres of historic meadow. Thisproperty has quaking aspen groves and is quite beautiful. Accessis on a County Road. There is a BLM grazing permit attached tothe ranch for 71 head. Price: Reduced to $400,000.

Indian Creek Ranch: White Pine County, Nevada. This is a greatproperty for a hunter as it is surrounded by Public lands and has

plentiful mule deer, antelope and elk. There is a large spring aris-ing on high ground that could provide pressure for hydro-power,or gravity flow domestic or irrigation water. Approx. 200 acres inthree separate parcels. Piñon pine and Utah juniper plus someCottonwood, willows and quaking aspen. Very scenic. Approx. ½mile off county-maintained road. Price $395,000.

Mason Mountain Ranch: Great summer ranch with 3,700 deededacres plus small BLM permit. Located approx. 75 miles north ofElko. Runs approx. 89 acres of meadow irrigated with water storedin reservoir/fishing hole which also acts as Red Band TroutHatchery. Home and outbuildings for a good cow camp. Phonebut no power. Price: $1,595,000.

Steptoe Valley Farm: Nice alfalfa and grass hay farm in beautifulcountry! Approx. 1,000 acres with around 700 acres of waterrights. Six wells pump water to five center pivots and a fieldflooded or ready for wheel-line hookup. Nice manufactured homefor a residence. $3,000,000.

Elko Co. Spring Sheep Range: This should be a great invest-ment property ideal for a 1031 Exchange! Deeded SheepBase in Elko Co.: 10,705 deeded acres plus a 29 percent publicBLM permit in the mountains just northeast of Elko. Fifty percentof the mineral rights included. Good summer spring and summerrange for sheep or cattle. Annual lease income, plus inexpensiveAg taxes. Price: $1,391,650.

PAUL D. BOTTARI, BROKER

CALL JORDAN OR NICK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Farmers & Stockmens BankP.O. Box 431, Clayton, N.M. 88415 • 575/374-8301

IRRIGATED FARM NEAR SEDAN, N.M.

960 total acres, 770 irrigated acres, brick home, large barns,

grain bins, etc. Good livestock operation. Favorable financing

and terms available to qualified buyers.

FOR SALE

New Mexico Ranches for SaleFlying Y Ranch ~ Sitting on the east flank of CooksRange under the eye of Cooks Peak is the 19,863 acre

Flying Y Ranch. One ownership for over 50 years.This holding contains 13,283 deeded acres and6,400 New Mexico State lease acres. An extraordi-nary blend of high desert grasslands balanced with

scenic hills and mountains and room for 400 animal units. Water provid-ed by 8 wells and numerous springs. Wildlife includes elk, deer, bear,lion, javalina & quail. Located northeast of Deming. $5,049,000.

Davis Gila Farm ~ Located in the heart of the Gila River Basin at Gila,N.M. Nestled at the confluence of the Gila River and Bear Creek is a veryprivate end of the road irrigated stock farm and wildlife sanctuary. 100acres with 84 water right acres, improved pastures, stock pens, and equip-ment shed all neat and tidy. $1,375,000!

Stockton Ranch ~ Located north of Deming in the high desert is a solid400 animal unit cattle ranch with a 350 animal unit BLM grazing allot-ment. Great improvements developed for function and service; steel pens,excellent water distribution and a comfortable territorial adobe residence.$2,000,000.

MJM Ranch ~ 169 animal unit BLM ranch located near Roswell. 1,525 deed-ed acres, remodeled residence, new shop and cake bins, powder river cattlesystem. RO system for the entire ranch. You need to see this one. $800,000

Los Chaparrales Ranch ~ This river ranch located along the lower reachof the Mimbres north of Deming has the river’s most pristine river bosquecomplemented with beautiful views of Cook Peak and nearby mountains.1,389 deeded acres includes water rights, old adobe residence and horsepens. Price reduced $1,500,000.

Lea County Ranch ~ located north of Jal is the Matkins Ranch and roomfor 150 mother cows. This is a no frills ranch in the mist of the oil patchbut a proven producer of 700 lb. calves, and oil field surface fees. 1,840deeded with 11,800 acres lease. $700,000.

Zia Mesa Farm ~ North of Ft. Sumner is 162 acres with 122 water rights.Nice, neat and tidy farm with center pivot sprinkler, Enclosed Morgan barn– a 1,900 sq. ft. Griffin home. $400,000.

State Lease Ranch ~ Nothing fancy, just a simple cattle ranch with 7,733lease acres. Excellent water distribution, stock pens, and three pastures.Easily accessed off highway north of Deming. $55/acre!

KEITH L. SCHRIMSHER • O: 575/622-2343 • C: 575/[email protected] • www.nm-ranches.com

SOLD

D A N D E L A N E YR E A L E S T A T E , L L C

318 W. Amador Ave., Las Cruces, N.M. 88005(O) 575/647-5041 • (C) 575/[email protected]

26.47 Acre farm for sale off Shalem Colony Road on Coral Road. Borders the Rio Grande river.13.55 acres EBID water rights/full ground water rights. $380,000.

WAHOO RANCH: Approximately 40,976 acres: ± 11,600 deeded, 6,984 BLM, 912 state, 40 uncontrolledand 21,440 forest. Beautiful cattle ranch located on the east slope of the Black Range Mountains northof Winston, N.M., on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso.The ranch isbounded on the east by the Alamosa Creek Valley and on the west by the Wahoo Mountains rangingin elevation from 6,000' to 8,796'. There are 3 houses/2 cabins, 2 sets of working corrals (1 with scales)and numerous shops and outbuildings. It is very well watered with many wells, springs, dirt tanks andpipelines. The topography and vegetation is a combination of grass covered hills (primarily grammagrasses), with many cedar, piñon and live oak covered canyons as well as the forested Wahoo Moun-tains. There are plentiful elk and deer as well as antelope, turkey, bear, mountain lion and javelina (47elk tags in 2010). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in theSouthwest. Price reduced to $5,500,000.

MAHONEY PARK: Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, N.M. The property consists of approx. 800 acresDeeded, 560 acres State Lease, and 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the FloridaMountains and features a park like setting, covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak and juniper cov-ered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex,javalina, quail and dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views and a home sitesecond to none. Priced at $600,000.

SAN JUAN RANCH: Located 15 miles south of Deming, N.M. east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway)on CR-11. Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres Deeded, 3240 State Lease,13,460 BLM, and 4,680 uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). Thereare 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storage tanks and approximately 6-1/2 miles pipeline. Theranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak coveredcanyons, mountain foothills and desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex,javalina, quail and dove. A truly great buy at $600,000.

212 ACRE FARM BETWEEN LAS CRUCES, N.M. AND EL PASO, TEXAS:Hwy. 28 frontage with 132 acres ir-rigated, 80 acres sandhills, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well, cement ditchesand large equipment warehouse. Priced at $1,696,000.

50.47-ACRE FARM: Located on Afton Road south of La Mesa, NM. Paved road frontage, full EBID (sur-face water) plus a supplemental irrigation well with cement ditches. Priced at $609,600.

OTHER FARMS FOR SALE: In Doña Ana County. All located near Las Cruces, N.M. 8, 11, and 27.5 acres.$15,000/acre to $17,000/acre. All have EBID (surface water rights from the Rio Grande River) and sev-eral have supplemental irrigation wells. If you are interested in farm land in Doña Ana County, orranches in Southwest New Mexico, give me a call.

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P BAR RANCH: Rates at 1,350 AU’s including 900 mother cows outside year round – WINTER RANGE – 11,750 deeded acres plus BLM, 300 irrigated – background lot for calves – 3 homes – good improvements –CAN SPLIT – $6,000,000.

LYMAN RANCH: Rated at approximately 225 hd. year long –MEADOW RANCH – 850± deeded with 670± irrigated – FREE WATER –several interior pastures for easy management of cattle – over 1-1/2 MILERIVER THRU RANCH – would make great stocker operation for about 800 hd. – modest improvements including great shipping facilities andscales – asking $1,530,000 Rae at 208/761-9553.

LINSON CREEK: 400/500 HD. WINTER (11/5 – 5/1) with less than 1/2-ton on normal years – 1,938 deeded plus BLM – great stock water – UP-LAND GAME BIRDS, MULE DEER, ELK, FISHING – Washington/ PayetteCounties, ID – modest improvements – $1,475,000 with SELLER FINANCE.

LANDRETH: Malheur County, OR – 780 deeded acres with 180± irrigated– 1/2-MILE RIVER – quality improvements – upland game birds, waterfowl, mule deer, bass ponds – PRICE REDUCED – $980,000.

FARM/FEEDLOT: 500± deeded acres with 280 irrigated row crop – CAFO at 850-1,000 hd. – good improvements – great stocker and/or dairy hfrs. – $1,580,000.

QUARTER CIRCLE DIAMOND: Gilliam County, OR – 6,148 deeded acres with 1,078 dry farm – in addition running 125 mother cows year long– includes 40% interest in potential power generation – siting for 17 TURBINES – mule deer, elk, chukar, quail – $1,750,000 Rae at 208/761-9553 Jack at 541/473-3100.

AGRILANDS Real Estatewww.agrilandsrealestate.com

Vale, Oregon • 541/473-3100 • [email protected]

“EAGER SELLERS”

Ken Ahler Real Estate Co., Inc. www.SantaFeLand.com1435 S. St. Francis Drive, Suite 210 • Santa Fe, N.M. 87505O: 505/989-7573 • Toll Free: 888/989-7573 • M: 505/490-0220E-mail: [email protected]

Capulin Ranch, Separ, N.M.: 21,640 acres total, 7,785 deeded acres and 13,835 leased acres. 350 auyloperation has 8 pastures, 2 traps, 10 wells and drinkers,forage is in excellent condition. Good populations ofmule deer, antelope, big cats, javalina and quail. HQ home is southwest style with pool. Also find a 2 bedroom Guest home, an equipment garage, 2 rail cars, working pens and digital scales all in working order. Priced at $4,000,000

La Cueva Ranch, Las Vegas, N.M.: 3,519 deeded acres on Apache Mesa 20 minutes from Las Vegas,N.M. Caves, rimrock views, canyons, grassy mesa tops and tall pines. Smaller parcels available too. Wild west views. Priced at $$1,779,107

Trigg Ranch Parcels, Las Vegas, N.M.: 720 acre and 360acre pastures located on Apache Mesa at $612,000 and$216,000 respectively. 180 acre parcel located on Hwy84 has stunning views, several building sites on thisparcel. Go to www.SantaFeLand.com for more info.

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• Magnificent 90 Hunting – Cattle/Horse Ranch50 miles E. of Dallas, 35 miles W. of Tyler, Whitepipe fence along FM Hwy. 3,700 sq. ft. elabo-rate home, flowing waterway, l ake. Has it all.• 532-acre CATTLE & HUNTING, NE TX ranch,elaborate home, one-mile highway frontage.OWNER FINANCE at $2,150/ac.• 274 acres in the shadow of Dallas. Secludedlakes, trees, excellent grass. Hunting & fishing,dream home sites. $3,850/ac. • 1,700-acre classic NE TX cattle & huntingranch. $2,750/ac. Some mineral production.• Texas Jewel, 7,000 ac. – 1,000 per ac., runcow to 10 ac.• 256 Acre Texas Jewel – Deep sandy soil, high-rolling hills, scattered good quality trees, & ex-cellent improved grasses. Water line on 2 sidesrd., frontage on 2 sides, fenced into 5 pastures,5 spring fed tanks and lakes, deer, hogs &ducks. Near Tyler & Athens. Price $1,920,000.• 146 horse, hunting cattle ranch N. ofClarksville, TX. Red River Co. nice brick home,2 barns, pipe fences, good deer, hogs, ducks,hunting priced at $395,000.• 535 ac. Limestone, Fallas, & Robertson coun-ties, fronts on Hwy. 14 and has rail frontagewater line, to ranch, fenced into 5 pastures, 2sets, cattle pens, loamy soil, good quality trees,hogs, & deer hunting. Priced at $2,300 per ac.

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EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO CATTLE RANCH: 60,400 deededacres with approximately 6,000 acres of leased and free use land.The ranch is located near Santa Rosa and historical stocking rates

indicate a carrying capacity of 1,200 – 1,300 animal units. The ranchhas a rolling to hilly terrain with a small amount of canyon country.

The property is watered by natural lakes, submersible wells, windmills and an extensive waterline network. Improvements include

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SOUTHEAST COLORADO RANCH: 12,383 deeded acres,640 acres of Colorado State Lease, together with a fivemonth permit to run 183 animal units on adjoining ComancheNational Grasslands. This ranch has been operated as a 500animal unit cow/calf ranch and has been under the same family ownership for approximately 60 years. The terrainvaries from open plains grama grass country to rocky sideslopes and scenic high elevated mesa tops. The property has adequate improvements, is very well fenced, andextremely well watered. This is a quality cattle ranch, but also offers the added benefit of hunting. This well maintainedranch is offered at $425 per deeded acre.

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The New Mexico Section ofthe Society for Range Man-agement has issued an openinvitation to its July 22 sum-

mer range tour of the New Mexi-co State University (NMSU)Corona Range & LivestockResearch Center (CRLRC).The tour fee of $30 includes

lunch; proceeds will go towardsthe NM SRM Range Scholar-ship Fund awarded annually toboth an upper and lower levelRange Science student atNMSU. The tour will featurelong term and current researchincluding:

� Juniper biomass study site.Discuss harvest study, use ofjuniper as biofuel, problems andopportunities.

� Juniper sapling control plotsintegrating herbicide, VLSA

monitoring, and targeted graz-ing.

� Wildlife – Livestock interac-tions utilizing GPS tracking col-lars investigating the woodlandstructures providing optimalhabitat for both cattle and muledeer

� PJ woodland hydrologyexclosures examining soil waterdynamics in relation to woodlandcontrol

� Integrated PJ Control sitesinvolving both herbicide and pre-scribed fire treatmentsThe CRLRC is a 27,886-acre

working ranch laboratory locatednear the geographical center ofthe state of New Mexico, justeast of the village of Corona.Land within the research centeris characterized by rolling hillsalternating with undulat-ing toflat areas with the elevation rang-

ing from 5,720 to 6700 feet. Atransitional area runs the lengthof the ranch with the southernhalf predominately piñon juniperwoodland and the northern halfdescribed as a short grass prairie. The research center is operat-

ed by NMSU’s Animal & RangeSciences Department. Researchprograms, as well as graduatestudent studies are a major partof the research centers activitiesand are incorporated into thenormal production cycle of thecattle and sheep commercialoperations, a registered Angusseedstock herd, a native muledeer population and an intro-duced herd of pronghorn ante-lope.

For tour details and information on NM SRMmembership please contact NM SRM PresidentElect Les Owen (575/646-2642 or [email protected]) or visit nmsrm.nmsu.edu.

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Doctors have saved the lifeof a woman car crash vic-tim with the first ever useof cow’s blood.

Tamara Coakley, 33, rejecteda life-saving conventional bloodtransfusion because of her Jeho-vah’s Witness faith despite beingclose to death.But in a world’s first proce-

dure, a synthetic blood substi-tute made from cow plasma wasused to revive the patient just asher heart was failing throughsevere blood loss. The success ofthe procedure could help combatthe worldwide blood supplyshortage.Mrs Coakley’s religion per-

Announcing New Mexico SectionSRM Summer Tour July 22, 2011

Cow’s blood saves life of crash victim in world’s

first proceduremits the use of blood substitutesand doctors in Melbourne, Aus-tralia, flew in ten unites of thehaemoglobin-based experimentalplasma — called HBOC-2-1 —from the United States where itis being developed by the mili-tary.The cow’s blood product was

painstakingly administered overtwo days to Mrs. Coakley, whohad been in a medically-inducedcoma following a horrific car col-lision last October.After a few close calls, includ-

ing a bout of pneumonia, thepatient’s haemoglobin levelsmore than doubled. Mrs Coak-ley was overwhelmed by thelengths doctors went to save herlife and respect her personalchoices.

Thanks Debbie . . . Best Wishes For The Future!

The Livestock Market Digest has been fortunateto have Debra Cisneros as our sales represen-

tative for the past several years. The time has comefor Debbie to concentrate on her health and hernew life in Colorado where she moved last fall.

The staff and management at the Livestock Market Digest appreciates all the hard work Debbie has put in the publication and the industry . . .

Caren Cowan, Marguerite Vensel, Kristy Hinds, Becky Matthews, Camille Pansewicz, Carol Pendleton, and Chris Martinez

We are proud to announce that Michael Wright willbe replacing Debbie Cisneros and continuing theexcellent service Livestock Market Digest advertisershave come to expect.

Michael was reared on a commercial F1 and purebredBrahman operation in the bootheel of New Mexico. Hebrings with him four generations of the range livestock indus-try and a keen awareness of the issues facing ranchers andrural economies today. Michael is based in Corvallis, Oregon,but will be working out of the Albuquerque office as well.

Please welcome Michael to the crew and help him alongwhen you can! You may contact him at 505/243-9515, exten-sion 30 or [email protected].

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