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When it comes to theglobal beef businessthe United States isMr. Nice Guy. We

have opened the world’s mostlucrative beef trade to over 30countries and our governmentputs onerous restrictions onAmerican producers but doesn’tmake foreign importers meet thesame requirements. Environ-mentalists try to put ranchers outof business in this country fortaking care of the land whilebuying meat from foreign com-petitors who destroy rain forestsand commit human rights viola-tions. We tax ourselves to deathwhile giving tax breaks and loansto our foreign competition. OurUSDA oversees a checkoff pro-gram that won’t let the money beused to differentiate betweenforeign and U.S. beef and allowsthe checkoff dollars to besiphoned off to the NCBA, whohas become a cheerleader formeat packer interests. (NCBA’sformer lobbyist now does thesame thing for JBS).Not that the packers need

much more help. Cargill, Tysonand JBS now control well over 80percent of the beef, pork andpoultry business in this country.They’ve done it by being oppor-tunistic, taking advantage ofderegulation, using illegal immi-grants as workers, breakingantitrust laws while an emascu-

Brazilian Ball Park FranksJBS began in 1953 when the

company’s founder, Jose Batista,opened a butcher shop in ruralBrazil and slaughtered five headof cattle per day. Fast forward totoday when the Batista familyhas controlling interest in theworld’s largest beef processor,with meat packing plants in theworld’s four leading beef produc-ing nations, Brazil, Argentina,USA and Australia. Headquar-tered in São Paulo, Brazil, it hadrevenues of $28.7 billion and netincome of $3.5 billion in 2009.The company employs 125,000

people around the world. Takingadvantage of the low value of theAmerican dollar, in just the lastthree years it has picked up U.S.beef, pork and poultry proces-sors by spending $2.7 billion.And it’s not even close to beingdone.Recently the Wall Street Jour-

nal reported that Sara Lee Cor-poration, another American cor-poration with a long history inthis country, is weighing a sale toJBS. By my count, Sara Leeowns 67 brands of food and bev-erage products and its meat lineincludes such well known namesas Ball Park Franks, GalloSalame, Hillshire Farms, JimmyDean, Sara Lee and a host ofothers. It’s hard to get moreAmerican than Ball Park Franks,Jimmy Dean or Sara Lee yetthey all could become Brazilianowned.At the time the Wall Street

Journal broke the news SaraLee’s stock price was $17.26which would give the company amarket capitalization of $11 bil-lion. According to the Journal,“Private equity firm Apollo

lated Justice Department lookedthe other way, and by convincingsome big ranchers that theyshould become contract produc-ers for them. In the process theyhave devoured smaller compa-nies, made our food less safe andhave reduced the numbers ofswine and poultry producers by90 percent and the ranks of cat-tlemen by half. But what reallygalls this reporter is we are let-ting foreigners grab up goodAmerican companies at fire saleprices. We are making it way tooeasy for our foreign competitors.Especially for one in particular.

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The USDA’s Food Service and InspectionService (FSIS) estimates that the averageannual cost of complying with its newfinal rule on including nutritional labels

on meat and poultry products would bebetween $10.5 million and $10.9 million a yearfor the next 20 years, according to a notice inthe Federal Register explaining the rule.So the total average present value of the

total cost over 20 years would be between$156.7 million and $115.4 million, dependingon the economic assumptions that are underly-ing the projections, according to the agency.There are avenues to complying with the

rule that would be less costly: For point-of-purchase nutrition information for major cutsof single-ingredient raw products, the annualaverage costs are estimated to be between $1.3million and $1.32 million.The costs compare favorably with the esti-

mated benefits, however. The agency estimatesthat the average value of the benefits of the

new law is between about $800 million and$1.4 billion. Annually, FSIS estimates that therule would produce average benefits ofbetween $75.5 million and $91.3 million. Themonetized value of the benefits includes thevalue of lives saved by the new nutritional label-ing laws.FSIS concludes, in its Federal Register

notice, “The projected annualized average netpresent values of costs of the rule's nutritionlabeling requirements appear to be justified bythe larger projected annualized average netpresent values of benefits.”

Reaction to the ruleVarious industry organizations and legisla-

tors released their reactions to the rule after itspublication in the Federal Register.“NCBA supports nutrition labeling on beef

products and is pleased to see USDA movingforward with this effort,” said National Cattle-ment’s Beef Association Executive Director of

“You cannot unsay a

cruel word.”

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Global Managementapproached Sara Lee during thesummer about a deal after areport that Sara Lee hadrebuffed an unsolicited offer thatcould have been worth $12 bil-lion from KKR.”That’s the firm that led the

leveraged buyout of Nabisco andled to the book and the moviecalled “Barbarians At The Gate.”That could also describe a hostof foreign companies chompingat the bit to buy good old Amer-ican businesses at fire sale prices.

The World’s ButcherSara Lee is no small potatoes

and yet it would be just one ofdozens of companies that JBShas gobbled up in its three-yearlong buying spree around theglobe in its quest to becomebutcher to the world. Ratherthan taking the time to build itsown global brands the companyhas purchased reputation com-panies like these:

� In 2007 JBS paid $1.4 bil-lion for beef and pork processorSwift & Co. thereby increasingits slaughtering capacity by7,600 head per day.

� In 2008 JBS purchasedSmithfield’s Five Rivers feedlotsfor $565 million. Five Rivers hasa one-time capacity of 820,000cattle and fed two million cattlelast year. With its purchase JBSinstantly became one of Ameri-ca’s biggest cattle feeders.

� In May of 2008 JBS madeits first foray into Australia withthe acquisition of the TasmanGroup which slaughters 3,000head of cattle and 16,000 sheepper day.

� Next JBS made Swift-Aus-tralia a subsidiary when it boughtSwift’s slaughterhouses and feed-lots in Australia that producebeef, veal, lamb and mutton.

� Then JBS announced theywere taking over one of Aus-tralia’s biggest feedlots and asso-ciated packing facilities, Rock-dale Beef, despite increasingunease about overseas domina-tion of the industry in the landdown under. JBS purchasedRockdale Beef from Japanesepartners, Itoham Foods and Mit-subishi Corporation, and thisacquisition gave JBS 30 percentof the feedlot capacity in NewSouth Wales and 14 percent ofcattle on feed in Queensland andNSW. Swift also has 26 percentof the beef processing capacityin Australia with 10 meat plants.

� The Justice Departmentnext allowed JBS to acquire Pil-grim’s Pride, a chicken processorwith operations in the US, Puer-to Rico, and Mexico. JBS pur-chased 64 percent of Pilgrim’sPride out of bankruptcy for $800million plus two billion in debt.The deal instantly made JBS thesecond-largest chicken processorin the U.S.

� In 2009 JBS diversified fur-ther into dairy, leather and petproducts by merging with BertinGroup in Brazil.

� After purchasing Gent, thelargest cooked beef processor inEurope, JBS President JoesleyMendonca Batista said that his

company is exploring moreacquisition opportunities inEurope. The Brazilian publica-tion Valor Economico reportedthat the company was lookingfor acquisitions to stay ahead ofrival Marfrig.

� Hard as it is to believe, JBSalso tried to become America’slargest pork processor by pur-chasing Smithfield in June of2010. Smithfield has about 36percent of the US nationwidepork slaughtering capacity.Smithfield was a typical targetfor JBS as it had been weakenedby soaring feed costs, the reces-sion and the H1N1 virus out-break, which curbed porkdemand for awhile. In just twoyears Smithfield posted a com-bined net loss of almost US$ 300million. In other words, theywere ripe for the picking. Onlyfalling grain prices and betterpacker margins kept Smithfieldfrom selling out.But JBS would still very much

like to own Smithfield.As a result of all this buying

JBS now processes beef, pork,lamb, poultry, leather, milk andother dairy products with a pres-ence in the U.S., Brazil, Argenti-na, Paraguay, Uruguay, Aus-tralia, Italy and Russia. Thecompany slaughters 90,290 headof cattle per day easily making itthe world’s largest beef compa-ny. It is also the pride of Brazil,the largest Brazilian multination-al in the food industry. In thethird quarter of 2010 theirAmerican beef operations alonegenerated revenue of $3.36 bil-lion, up 18 percent from thesame period in 2009. In U.S.pork, revenue rose $38 to $772million, and chicken revenuetotaled $1.72 billion. JBS nowearns more than twice as muchthrough its American operationsas its South American ones andalmost one-third of their rev-enues now comes from exports.

Too Big To Fail?JBS is on a roll with the wind

at its back. The low value of thedollar and the strength of theBrazilian currency has madeAmerican companies cheap tobuy. Alan Greenspan the formerFederal Reserve chairman, hasaccused the present U.S. govern-ment of “pursuing a policy ofcurrency weakness,” and certain-ly this Administration seems will-ing to do anything to pull us outof our economic malaise. Buthelping foreigners buy goodAmerican companies with cheapdollars seems a tad bit short-sighted and misguided to us.Then there is the increasing

concentration and subsequentprofitability of the meat packingsector, which has been incremen-tally advanced by JBS. This con-centration of purchasing andpricing power has allowed themto increase their revenue tofinance their buying spree. Theaverage return on equity beforetaxes for the meat packing indus-try for the past six years has been17 percent. That’s a very good

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payoff, especially when comparedwith an average return on equityfor farming and ranching the past13 years which has been a nega-tive one half of one percent! Then there is this little tidbit.

Besides the big American banksand the JP Morgan Chase’s ofthis world, JBS is also beingfinanced by the Brazilian govern-ment. Mexican beef producersare currently calling for meat andlivestock products to be excludedfrom a planned free trade agree-ment with Brazil because theycannot compete with theirBrazilian counterparts due toshortages of commercial creditin Mexico. JBS has no suchproblem in Brazil. When JBSissued $2 billion worth of con-vertible bonds to finance theirpurchases in the United Statesthe buyer of the bonds wasBNDES, Brazil’s developmentbank. That means that if JBSUSA were to fall behind on theirinterest payments the Braziliangovernment could end up own-ing 20 to 25 percent of JBSUSA. And that’s not an impossi-ble scenario to conceive. As thisstory was being written, bondssold by JBS SA were posting theworst week since they were sold.As a result, Brazil’s nationaldevelopment bank penalized thecompany $300 million for delay-ing a U.S. share offering ofstock. The stock offering wassupposed to be the way that JBSwas going to pay off the Brazil-ian development bank.JBS agreed to pay the penalty

in order to have more time totake its U.S. unit public withouttriggering a clause that allowsthe state bank to convert $2 bil-lion of bonds into stock. WhenJBS debt is compared to the

quality of the debt for emerging-market corporate bonds analystssay it is “underperforming.”While our government is

doing its darndest to put Ameri-can farmers and ranchers out ofbusiness the Brazilian govern-ment is doing everything it canto help its ag producers. And lit-tle wonder, agriculture accountsfor 26 percent of the country’sgross domestic product, 42 per-cent of exports and is responsiblefor generating 37 percent of thejobs in the country. 2010 Brazil-ian exports of agri-livestockproducts were expected to reacha new record and the govern-ment plans to improve that trendby opening up new markets inplaces like China, Japan andSouth Korea. The same placeswhere Americans would like tosell more meat. A recent govern-ment report said that Brazil candouble grain production andtriple beef production in theforeseeable future.

Mr. Nice GuyIt’s as if the United States is

having a garage or farm sale withcheap prices and many otherenticements. The latest is thefood safety bill recently passedby the Senate and the House.S.510/HR 2751 as it’s known,places an enormous new burdenon U.S. farmers while it doesnothing to address the food safe-ty of food imports. Food cominginto the USA from Mexico,Chile, Peru or anywhere elsedoes not have to meet S.510food safety regulations at all, andmany dangerous chemical pesti-cides that have been banned inthe USA are legal to use else-where. Some critics argue thatthe food safety bill will not make

our food any safer but will drivemany American farmers andranchers out of business. It willerect new barriers to ranchersentering the business, and placea host of regulatory burdens onU.S. farmers and ranchers at thesame time are no new regula-tions required for food grownoutside the U.S. It will hinderthe competitiveness of U.S.farms, add to the worsening agri-cultural trade imbalance andcentralize food production pow-er in the hands of a few wealthycorporations like JBS. But it willcreate new jobs . . . in SouthAmerica and elsewhere. It ispolicies like these that made theEconomic Policy Institute con-clude that American companieshave created 1.4 million jobsoverseas this year, comparedwith less than 1 million in theU.S. The additional 1.4 millionjobs would have lowered theU.S. unemployment rate to 8.9percent, says the Institute’sRobert Scott.It’s not just the federal gov-

ernment who is making life easyfor JBS and other internationalbusiness predators. In Cactus,Texas, where JBS is improving aplant, the company was able tonegotiate a tax abatement dealfor seven or eight years. In Plain-well, Michigan, JBS USA willreceive a tax break to aid in theexpansion of its beef processingplant there. Township officialsvoted to give JBS a 12-year, 50percent abatement for construc-tion and upgrades. If all this isn’t enough to make

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retary Tom Vilsack regarding theprocedure the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture (USDA) will fol-low as it moves forward with theproposed competition ruleissued by the USDA GrainInspection, Packers & Stock-yards Administration (GIPSA) inJune. The comment deadline forthe GIPSA rule ended onNovember 22.Secretary Vilsack said the

GIPSA rule was intended to car-ry out the requirements of the2008 Farm Bill and provideneeded updates to current regu-lations under the Packers &Stockyards Act of 1921 to keepmarkets functioning fairly andproperly. He described the GIP-SA rule as a starting point forreinvigorating rural America.A total of 60,700 public com-

ments were filed on the GIPSArule with somewhere between28,000 and 52,000 of themappearing to be form letters,depending on who reported onthe call.The Secretary said he could

not venture a guess as to howlong it will take GIPSA to issue afinal rule. But he did describethe steps the agency will now gothrough to finalize the rule:

� USDA will put all theunique comments (those com-ments that are not form letters)on the website at www.regula-tions.gov. No comment wasmade by the Secretary on how

he would handle the form lettercomments.

� USDA will identify thecomments and will sort out theperimeters of the comments,sorting out those comments thataddressed only a single part ofthe rule from those that mayhave addressed the entire rule.

� USDA will then put togeth-er analysis teams who will reviewthe specific content of the com-ments and determine if theagency needs to do more legalanalysis or policy analysis for therule.

� USDA will then conduct anew cost/benefit analysis on therule based on the issues andinformation contained in thecomments. He said the publiccomments will allow for a farmore rigorous economic analysis.

� Once any additional analy-ses are complete, and after thenew cost/benefit analysis is con-ducted, USDA will then puttogether the draft final rule.

� After USDA obtains inter-departmental clearance on itsdraft final rule, it will send therule over to the Office of Man-agement and Budget (OMB).Secretary Vilsack said it may takesome time before OMB com-pletes its review of the draft finalrule.

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After knocking on 50 mil-lion doors and handlingtens of millions of surveys,the Census Bureau

announced that the official pop-ulation of the United States isnow 308,745,538.The 2010 census also shows

America’s once-torrid populationgrowth dropping to its lowestlevel in seven decades.The new number, based on

the surveys taken on April 1,2010, is a 9.7 percent increaseover the last census, 281.4 mil-lion residents in 2000.But that’s slower than the

13.2 percent increase from 1990to 2000. And it’s the slowest rateof increase since the 1940 cen-sus. That is the decade in whichthe Great Depression slashedthe population growth rate bymore than half, to 7.3 percent.The Census figures will be

used to reapportion the 435House seats among the 50states. The numbers trigger ahigh-stakes process wherein thedominant party in each stateredraws the election map, shap-ing the political landscape forthe next 10 years.In Congress, the steady

migration to the South and Westshould be a boon for Republi-cans, with GOP-leaning statesled by Texas picking up Houseseats.The U.S. is still growing

quickly relative to other devel-oped nations. The population inFrance and England eachincreased roughly 5 percent overthe past decade, while in Japanthe number is largely unchangedand in Germany the populationis declining. China grew at about6 percent; Canada’s growth rateis roughly 10 percent.“We have a youthful popula-

tion that will create populationmomentum through a largenumber of births, relative todeaths, for years to come,” saidMark Mather, an associate vicepresident at the Population Ref-erence Bureau, a private firm inWashington that analyzes censusdata. “But demographers gener-ally expect slower growth in thefirst decade of the 21st century.”The declining growth rate

since 2000 is due partly to theeconomic meltdown in 2008,which brought U.S. births andillegal immigration to a nearstandstill compared with previ-ous years. The 2010 count repre-sents the number of people —citizens as well as legal and ille-gal immigrants — who called theU.S. their home on April 1 thisyear.

� The most populous state wasCalifornia (37,253,956); the leastpopulous, Wyoming (563,626).

� The state that gained themost numerically since 2010 wasTexas (up 4,293,741 to25,145,561); the state thatgained the most as a percentagewas Nevada (up 35 percent to2,700,551).

� Politically, Texas will gain

four House seats due to a bur-geoning Hispanic populationand a diversified economy thatheld up relatively well during therecession. Other winners areGOP-leaning Arizona (1) andFlorida (2).

� Other states with increasesare: Georgia (1), South Carolina(1), Utah (1) and Washington (1).

� States that lose seats are:Illinois (1), Iowa (1), Louisiana(1), Massachusetts (1), Michi-gan (1), Missouri (1), New Jer-sey (1), New York (2), Ohio (2),Pennsylvania (1).

� The Ohio and New Yorklosses typify many of the Demo-cratic strongholds carried by

Barack Obama in 2008 that sawdeclines in political influence.

� And, for the first time in itshistory, Democratic-leaning Cal-ifornia did not gain a House seatafter a census after losing manyof its residents in the last decadeto neighboring states.On Monday, White House

press secretary Robert Gibbssought to downplay the possibili-ty that 2010 census results wouldbe a boon for Republicans. “Idon’t think shifting some seatsfrom one area of the country toanother necessarily marks a con-cern that you can’t make a politi-cally potent argument in thosenew places.”

South gains electoral clout in Census tallyThe projections do not

account for overseas U.S. mili-tary personnel and their families,who are typically counted at mil-itary bases in the U.S. The Cen-sus Bureau obtains Pentagonrecords on overseas military andadds them to the resident countbefore allocating the Houseseats. In 2000, North Carolinabeat out Utah for the last Houseseat because of its strong Armypresence.The stakes are high. States on

the losing end Tuesday may havelittle recourse to challenge thenumbers. Still, census officialswere bracing for the possibilityof lawsuits seeking to reverse the2010 findings, according tointernal documents.

The release of state appor-tionment numbers is the first setof numbers from the 2010 cen-sus. Beginning in February, theCensus Bureau will release pop-ulation and race breakdownsdown to the neighborhood levelfor states to redraw congression-al boundaries.Louisiana, Virginia, New Jer-

sey and Mississippi will beamong the first states to receivetheir redistricting data next Feb-ruary.The 2010 census results also

are used to distribute more than$400 billion in annual federal aidand will change each state’sElectoral College votes begin-ning in the 2012 presidentialelection.

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“The symposium is an annualopportunity for beef producersto get a bona fide perspective ofcurrent issues facing the industryfrom nationally recognizedspeakers,” said Manny Encinias,NMSU Extension beef special-ist.Guest speaker Dennis Avery,

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have suffered prolonged droughtsince 2001. But the medievaldrought, which peaked along theColorado River between 1146and 1155, stands as the worstdrought in the region for at least1,200 years, according to thetree ring records.Still, there are similarities to

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International Trade.Strong beef exports providedcritical support for cattle marketsin 2010. Beef exports are expect-ed to increase again in 2011,albeit at a more modest rate ofgain. Global demand for beef isexpected to continue growingthough country specific econom-ic conditions and currencyexchange rates will have a largeimpact on specific trade flows.Beef exports and imports bothhelp the beef industry to improvedomestic beef demand by chang-ing the mix of products to bettermeet the preferences of U.S.beef consumers and increasetotal value to the industry.

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The U.S. Census Bureau esti-mates that, by 2030, the South-west will be home to more than67 million people. Within 50 to100 years, the current popula-tion could double.Even without the added pres-

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Together they sketch a portraitof a region where a combinationof climate change and explosivepopulation growth could bringabout a water crisis in comingdecades.“Because climate warming

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over the past century has pushedthe Southwest’s relatively meagerwater supply to unsustainablelevels of use, the PNAS studiesconclude.The region’s population grew

from 2.1 million to more than 50million during the 20th century.

wastewater, policies to encour-age more efficient water use,efforts to coordinate water policyat local, state and federal levels,and planning to help water utili-ties adapt to climate change.Best-case scenario ‘is not too

good’ “I don’t consider theSouthwest unique,” he said. “Iconsider them the first dyingcanary in the coal mine . . .There is more and more evidencethat climate changes are going tobe felt in the Southwest earlyand deeply.”Still, it’s not yet clear whether

climate change is a factor in thecurrent drought, scientists said.“A lot of what we’re seeing is

caused by natural variability,”said Richard Seager, a climatescientist at Columbia Universi-ty’s Lamont-Doherty EarthObservatory. “There is this back-ground steady drying of theregion that is occurring due torising greenhouse gases, andvariability is moving aroundthat.”Over the past three decades, a

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through for those developingimproved plants to addresspressing societal needs,” saidRichard Dixon, D. Phil., directorof the Noble Foundation’s PlantBiology Division. “This discoveryopens up new possibilities forharnessing and increasing thepotential of crops by expandingtheir ranges of use. These plantswill be part of the next genera-tion of agriculture which notonly impacts food, but manyother vital industries as well.” Huanzhong Wang, Ph.D., a

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“In switchgrass, as the plantmatures, the stem becomes hol-low like bamboo,” Dixon said.“Imagine if you use this discoveryto fill that hollow portion withlignin. The potential increase inbiomass in these new plantscould be dramatic. This technolo-gy could make plants better suit-ed to serve as renewable energysources or as renewable feed-stocks to produce advanced com-posite materials that consumersdepend on every day.”Additionally, further research

with collaborators at the Univer-sity of Georgia revealed thatremoval of the gene also canincrease the production of carbo-hydrate-rich cellulose and hemi-cellulose material in portions ofthe plant stem. These are thecomponents of a plant that are

converted to sugars to createadvanced biofuels, such as cellu-losic-derived ethanol or butanol.More celluloses and hemicellu-loses mean more sugars to usefor carbohydrate-based energyproduction.“Science often progresses in

increments,” Dixon said. “Everyonce in a while, though, youhave a significant breakthroughthat helps redefine the research.This is certainly one of thosemoments for our advanced feed-stock program.”This project is supported by

the United States Department ofEnergy and the Oklahoma Bioen-ergy Center. It builds upondecades of research by Dixon'sgroup, which has already demon-strated the ability to reduce ligninin plants as well as modify itscomposition and characteristics. The potential lies in the com-

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Adding oregano to meatbefore grilling couldreduce the formation ofpotentially cancer-causing

compounds by up to 78 percent,University of Arizonaresearchers have found. Thespice also helps inactivate harm-ful E. coli O157:H7 in the meat.Research conducted by UA

microbiologist Sadhana Ravis-hankar has shown that a com-pound in oregano reduces theformation of heterocyclicamines, the potentially cancer-causing culprits that can form ingrilled meat.“We are preventing the forma-

tion of potentially carcinogeniccompounds in the grilled meatitself, so people can eat safergrilled meat,” said Ravishankar,an assistant professor in theUA’s department of veterinaryscience and microbiology in theCollege of Agriculture and LifeSciences.Her study was published in

the Journal of Agricultural andFood Chemistry.Heterocyclic amines form in

grilled, charbroiled or fried meatin two essential steps. First, araw juicy hamburger is slappedon the grill. As the meat heatsup, amino acids and glucose inthe meat react with each other tocreate molecules known as inter-mediates. Next, these intermedi-ates react with creatinine, a mol-ecule that is present in muscle.The result is heterocyclic amines.Once the nice and crispy

hamburger is eaten, the hetero-cyclic amines potentially couldlead to cell malfunction. Severalepidemiological studies haveshown a possible correlationbetween the consumption ofwell-done meats and differenttypes of cancers in humans.So maybe people can live

without that extra crispy textureon their meat. Unfortunatelythat strategy has a pitfall too:There are established standardsfor cooking ground beef in orderto eliminate harmful E. coli bac-teria in the vast majority of com-mercial meat. Restaurants oftenrecommend well-done meat tominimize the potential for food-borne illness.“The ground beef patty has to

be heated to a temperature of 71degrees Celsius to kill E. colibacteria,” said Ravishankar.“When they say 71 degrees, thatmeans the cold spot at the geo-metric center of the ground beefpatty. What happens is whenyou’re grilling or broiling or fry-ing, it takes longer for the geo-metric center to reach 71degrees while the periphery ofthe meat has already reachedthat ahead of time and the tem-perature continues to rise. The

higher the temperature, themore the formation of hetero-cyclic amines.”So it’s E. coli on one hand,

and potential carcinogens on theother. Not the best of choices.Luckily, a plant compoundfound in oregano may be a solu-tion to both problems.“We added the active ingredi-

ent of oregano oil, called car-vacrol, to the meat. Then wegrilled the meat, and we wereable to reduce the formation ofthese compounds,” said Ravis-hankar. “Carvacrol has anti-oxidative properties, so we arethinking that it binds to or reactswith some of the intermediatesand prevents them from formingthe heterocyclic amines. Themechanism is not clear yet.”Carvacrol also has antimicro-

bial properties that inactivate E.coli: a membrane-active com-pound, it breaks the chain of fat-

ty acids that makes up the outermembrane of an E. coli cell,causing the cell to leak its con-tents.“We are also hoping that by

using these compounds we canreduce the temperature of heat-ing to inactivate E. coli,” saidRavishankar. “If you reduce thetemperature of heating, you canreduce the formation of hetero-cyclic amines automatically.”Collaborating with Mendel

Friedman at the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture’s Agricultur-al Research Service WesternRegional Research Center inAlbany, Calif., Ravishankar iscurrently testing other anti-oxidative and antimicrobial plantcompounds and extracts to findout if they have similar effects ascarvacrol on grilled meat.To prevent compromising the

meat flavor and taste, Ravis-hankar’s lab is testing differentcombinations of plant com-pounds. “We plan on evaluatingdifferent combinations in such away that you reduce the hetero-cyclic amines, inactivate E. coli,and at the same time you keepthe flavor of the ground beefpalatable,” said Ravishankar.In the future, Ravishankar

would like to test the effects in

animal studies designed to findout whether consumption ofmeat containing plant com-pounds helps protect againstboth infection and cancer.Meanwhile, Ravishankar’s

research has shown for the firsttime a way to simultaneouslyinactivate harmful E. coli and

reduce the formation of poten-tially carcinogenic compounds ingrilled meat itself, hopefully sav-ing us from a future filled withmedium-rare food.This research is funded by a

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es atop his bald head, a phoneclipped on to his ear and iPodear buds around his neck. Turnsout the guy who used to listenJefferson Airplane now was a bigLady Antebellum fan. It mademe furious that he now liked togroove to country/western musicand I wanted to scream, “Youcan’t do that. That’s my music.Go back to the Grateful Dead,you acid head.”Stoner’s real character came

out at dinner. Surprise, surprise,he and Amber were lacto-ovovegetarians and this guy who’dcrammed an entire pharmacyinto his body every week in

school now didn’t want any for-eign substances in his food. Heordered bottled water because itwas more pure and he tried totell me what to eat! He showed me photos of his

tattooed and pierced five kids bythree different women, one ofwhom ran an “alternativelifestyle” bookstore in San Fran-cisco. Instead of everythingbeing “far out” his every otherword was now “awesome.” Andhere’s the worst part: When Iasked him what he did for a liv-ing he said he worked for theUSDA! This guy who teasinglycalled me “farmer” in highschool, laughed at us when wewore our FFA jackets to school,and wouldn’t know a Holsteinfrom a John Deere, worked for

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Ill., operates Leveldale Farmswhich was established in 1852and is dedicated to breedinghighly fertile, easy calving, andrapid-growing cattle. Mathersgraduated from the University ofIllinois, has a medical degree,and currently serves as the ChiefMedical Officer for Carle Clinic.His philosophy is to work withthe other board members toexpand and improve service toall breeders and exhibitors, andto support the identified strate-gic initiatives already in place. Ricky Guidry from Bell City,

La., owns RL Cattle Co, which isa family herd of about 150 com-mercial cows and 30 Shorthorncows. Guidry served as aResearch Associate with theDepartment of Agricultural Eco-nomics at LSU conductingresearch and teaching freshman-level courses, worked with theFederal Land Bank of BatonRouge doing commercial and aglending, and developed DupontBuilding, Inc. He is dedicated tosupporting agriculture nation-wide and has the desire is to usehis business background to helppromote Shorthorn cattle. Billy Zach Taylor from Salem,

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earth. Although I don’t agreewith Phil that the land of biboveralls and football is the Foun-tainhead of all great ideas andthings in this world, I would haveto agree with his assessment ofthe folks who live there.Phil isn’t looking to get rich

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Book Review by Lee Pitts

Ihave known Phil Raynard forall of my professional life,some 38 years now. When Ifirst met him I was all of 21

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immediately and I, like everyoneelse who has ever met Phil,immediately knew three thingsabout him: that he was extremelyintelligent, extremely witty, andmost importantly to him, that hewas from Nebraska. And veryproud of it!Later on I learned another

thing about Phil: that he waswriting a book. Oh sure, Ithought. Just about every suc-cessful person I’ve ever met hastold me they were writing abook, yet hardly any of them

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In mid December the non-profit Center for ConsumerFreedom (CCF) pointed tothe 2010 “Watchdog Report”

from Animal People News,which determined the HumaneSociety of the United States(HSUS) spends 50 cents ofevery donated dollar on contin-ued fundraising and additionaloverhead costs. HSUS has a hol-iday fundraising goal of $1.2 mil-

lion, of which a staggering$600,000 will likely go to raisemore money, pay lobbyists, andfund HSUS’s $11 million pen-sion plan. HSUS’s skewedspending priorities leave count-less shelters without funds intoday’s tough economy.Animal People News, the

well-regarded newspaper of theanimal rights movement, studiedHSUS’s 2009 federal income tax

return and determined that 50percent of HSUS costs were“overhead,” not 29 percent asHSUS claims. CCF’s own analy-sis of HSUS’s recent tax filingsindicates that HSUS shares lessthan one percent of the public’scontributions with America’sunderfunded pet shelters.“The holidays are all about

giving but HSUS seems moreinterested in taking, keeping,and wasting,” said David Mar-tosko, CCF’s Director ofResearch. “Homeless dogs andcats deserve better. Americans

should support their localhumane societies which are farmore efficient with each pre-cious dollar.”In addition to the Animal

People News report, HSUSreceived a “D” rating in the

American Institute of Philan-thropy’s most recent quarterly“CharityWatch” guide. AndCharity Navigator now givesHSUS one star (out of four) fororganizational efficiency.These near-failing grades are a

consequence of HSUS’s factory-fundraising practices and incom-

petent nonprofit management.The Los Angeles Times reportsthat of the $8.6 million HSUSraised through California tele-marketing campaigns between1997 and 2006, only $976,000made it to HSUS. And HSUS’smost recent tax return showsthat the group spent an exorbi-tant $3,999 for each animal its“rescue operations” saved.Martosko added, “Animal

lovers need to know the differ-ence between HSUS and realhumane societies. The only wayto be sure your donations willhelp homeless dogs and cats is togive to organizations in your owncommunity.”The Center for Consumer

Freedom is a nonprofit watch-dog organization that informsthe public about the activities oftax-exempt activist groups. It issupported by American con-sumers, business organizations,and foundations.

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Several years ago I made acommercial for the CatfishInstitute. Their office was inBelzoni, Mississippi. The

commercial concluded, “. . . justwrite in care of Miz June. That’sB-E-L-Z-O-N-I. You learned tospell Mississippi in grade school!”I have spent most of my life in

the mountain west so trout hasbeen my primary fish source. ButI come from deep Oklahomaroots and, from my youth, I havebeen a frequent visitor to myOkie farmer kinfolks. Each onehad a pond stocked with bassand catfish. Catfish almost tasteslike meat, whereas trout tasteslike fish.Anybody who lives in the

S.E.C., South East CollegeFootball Conference, appreci-ates that catfish beats countryham and red-eye gravy as thesupper of choice, most of thetime. Catfish is to the Southwhat chile is to the Southwest,brisket is to Texas, crabs to theChesapeake Bay, pizza to mid-dle-school soccer moms, andporridge is to Minnesota.Catfish on the menu still

flourishes but the local catfishfarmer’s market is in decline forthe 6th straight year. Reason:Cheaper imported catfish prima-rily from Asia. Sound familiar?Just ask the three sheepherdersstill in the United States, or askan American Lumberjack if youcan find one, or a shoemaker orsteelworker.America is still capable of sup-

plying all our catfish needs butraising them is now being “out-sourced”. The Catfish Institute

blames higher grain prices as afactor, but I’m guessing even ifsoybeans and corn dropped to lessthan a dollar and the USDA andEPA removed all the catfish regu-lations, the Mong, Vietnameseand Chinese could still furnish itcheaper! The Institute is pushingfor a mandatory “Country of Ori-gin” labeling law. It seems to behaving a dampening effect on ourMexican beef imports.But if Miz June called me and

said, “Bax, what can we do tocompete with foreign catfishfarmers?” I would point to themost successful “value added”(which means you can chargemore) program that I know; Cer-tified Angus Beef. On a privatesector level look at Dole Pineap-ple, Diamond Walnuts, OmahaBeef, Washington Apples, IdahoPotatoes, French Toast, Belgianwaffles and why are FloridaOranges worth more thanEdmonton Oranges or Milwau-kee Oranges?Distinguish your product

from imports with name brandslike: “Cajun Catfish, raised onZydeco music!”“The Crimson Catfish, each

granted an honorary degree fromUniversity of Alabama!” Talkabout a school of fish!“Bentonville Catfish, with the

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Wasteful Humane Society of the United States Earns a Spot on Charity Watchdogs’ “Naughty” ListsNew Report Concludes 50 Cents Of Every Dollar Donated To HSUS Is Swallowed Up By “Overhead” Expenses

“Animal lovers need to know the difference between

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by KATIE MICIK, DTN Staff Reporter

Superior Livestock’s generalmanager said the companyis lucky that it’s going to beable to withstand the more

than $19 million shortfall it facesdue to Eastern Livestock Com-pany’s collapse.Superior Livestock, an online

and satellite cattle auction serv-ice, is the largest petitioningcreditor in the involuntary bank-ruptcy proceedings against East-ern Livestock. Jim Odle, the general manag-

er and former owner of theonline and satellite cattle auctionservice, also said the industry hasseen rough times before and willmake it through the damagethat’s been left in the wake ofEastern Livestock’s downfall.“It’s hard to see the positive

because it’s been so visibly nega-tive,” Odle told DTN. “If youlook back through the past, therehave been many more dollarslost in dairy, in bank failures. Allwe can do is work, clean up themess and try to keep all the mon-ey from going to attorneys’hands. That’s how it lines up in alot of bankruptcy cases.”Superior Livestock is the

largest petitioning creditor in theinvoluntary bankruptcy proceed-ings against Eastern Livestock.The Grain Inspection, Packersand Stockyards Administrationestimates that Eastern Live-stock’s failure has left more than740 sellers short $130 million.Outside of what Eastern owes

to Fifth Third Bank — the cattlebrokerage is $13 million over-drawn and in default on a $32million loan — Eastern owesSuperior Livestock the most,according to court documents.Superior’s filings in the bank-ruptcy proceedings allege it’sowed $19,270,617.70.And in court filings in Texas,

Superior Livestock has allegedthat Fifth Third Bank failed tofollow its fiduciary responsibili-ties as a lender and contributedto the heavy losses throughoutthe cattle business.Eastern failed to fulfill its end

of the bargain on about 500 con-tracts with Superior between Oct.22 and Nov. 13. Checks worth$8.96 million were returned withthe note “refer to maker,” accord-ing to a spreadsheet included incourt documents. Superior Live-stock stopped depositing thechecks it received from Easternon Oct. 28 and between Oct. 29and Nov. 1 Superior receivedchecks totaling $4.34 million thatit did not deposit. Superiorreceived no payment for $5.98million worth of cattle. Thespreadsheet indicated that someof the cattle sold to Eastern arestill in Superior’s possession, butSuperior has already paid the sell-er for the cattle.Odle said it’s important to

focus on the positive.

“The market has been goodand that’s a blessing,” he said.“We haven’t seen any problemsfilling the gap left by Eastern.”He’s noticed there are more buy-ers than usual bidding in hiscompany’s auctions as morefeedlots are purchasing their cat-tle directly.“Getting Eastern out of the

picture has created competitionin the industry that Eastern hadtaken away,” he said.Eastern Livestock was doing

about $10.75 million of businessevery two days based on a GIP-SA requirement that Easternincrease its bond to $1.15 mil-lion and the formula used tocompute bond amounts. (DTNsubscribers can find more detailsabout how GIPSA computesbonds by reading “GIPSAExplains Bond Process” in theRecent Features section.)Superior is involved in another

case resulting from the confusionof Eastern Livestock’s collapse.Three large feeders in Texas —

Friona Industries, Cactus Grow-ers and J&F Oklahoma Holdings— have asked the federal court inAmarillo to sort out funds thatare in dispute. After EasternLivestock’s checks bounced,many sellers turned to the feed-lots, who received the cattle soldthrough Eastern, requesting pay-ment be made directly to themand not through Eastern.Instead of making payments,

the feedlots deposited the dis-puted funds with the court,about $6.9 million between thethree feeders. The feedyards arerequesting that the court allowthem to recoup the cost of downpayments made on cattle thatEastern didn’t deliver and allowthem to recover what they’ll losein replacing those cattle at ahigher price, according to courtdocuments. Then, they’rerequesting the court figure outwho will be paid what.Messages left for the lawyers

for Cactus Growers, FrionaIndustries and J&F OkalahomaHoldings by DTN were notimmediately returned.Superior Livestock was

involved in business transactionswith all three feeders throughEastern Livestock, according tothe court documents. Superiorhas only filed an answer toFriona’s claim.In court documents, Superior

Livestock argues that it’s entitledto $776,109.69 of the$2,542,846.79 interpled funds,which is the legal term for thecontested funds deposited withthe court by Friona. Odle said hecan’t blame Friona for taking thelegal route it did.“They just want to know who

to pay,” he said. “I’d rather seethat than what lots of people aredoing, just waiting for someoneto demand payment. That’s beinga little bit dishonest I think bynot interpleading that money andusing it to keep buying. It will allshake out, but it’s not a fun deal.”Perhaps one of the more

interesting parts of SuperiorLivestock’s answer in the case is

the cross claim it makes againstFifth Third Bank. The Cincin-nati-based bank’s lawsuit againstEastern Livestock argues that it’sthe creditor that should be paidfirst. Superior is arguing that ifFifth Third Bank claims anyinterest in the proceeds of theSuperior-Friona transactions, thecourt should favor Superiorbecause the bank “engaged ininequitable conduct with respectto Superior.”Superior’s cross claim argues

that Fifth Third was familiar withall aspects of Eastern’s businessand “knew or should have known

that Eastern’s business practices,including those involving theSuperior-Friona Lots, wereunsound” and that “Fifth Third’sdecision to permit the practicesto continue put cattlemen andcattle auctioneers, such as Supe-rior, at risk of loss. Nevertheless,Fifth Third allowed Eastern’spractices to continue, andallowed $19,000,000 of Eastern’schecks payable to Superior anddrawn on Eastern’s account withFifth Third to be returned.”A media representative from

Fifth Third Bank declined tocomment on ongoing litigation.

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DP main targetThose funds could be redi-

rected to producers. “But directpayments will be a main target,”Outlaw said.Agricultural commodity groups

will need to prioritize issues.“Each group will want a fair share.“We see a lot of uncertainty.

All people in Washington wantto talk about are the budget andthe deficit. They are looking forplaces to cut, and agriculture willtake a hit. I expect to see moremoney spent on crop insurancethan on commodity programs.”Nutrition programs will claim

75 percent of the agriculturebudget.Outlaw said uncertainty also

hangs over the ag committees.Frank Lucas, R-Okla., will be thenew chair of the House Agricul-ture Committee and has been astrong supporter of agriculture.Less known will be the Senatechairman, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who will replace BlancheLincoln. “She (Stabenow) is anunknown entity,” Outlaw said.“Losing Lincoln was a big hit.She knew southern crops.”He said the Brazil cotton case

also will weigh on farm billdebates as legislators contem-plate the $147 million a yearpaid to “Brazilian farmers tomake them better. That will notsit well in Washington. And therest of the world will look at cot-ton in the next farm bill.”Outlaw expects debate to

begin in 2012. He said CollinPeterson would have begun theprocess in 2011, but Lucasprefers to “stick with the currentprogram. They can’t do muchwith the farm bill until theyknow how much of a cut agricul-ture will take.”

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Significant cuts are comingto farm programs when thenext farm bill becomes law,probably in 2012.

“All signs point to less of asafety net. I can’t put a positivespin on what’s happening inWashington,” said Joe Outlaw,professor and Texas AgriLifeExtension economist. “Congresscan’t take less money and makeeveryone better off.”How deep could the cuts go?

Depends on whose numbers getthe most attention, but proposedcuts by either the National Com-mission on Fiscal Responsibilityand Reform or the BipartisanPolicy Center indicate severereductions, Outlaw said.The former would eliminate

$1 billion out of a $6 billion total.The latter would take $3billion,half the current budget.“The 2002 farm bill had $11

billion in the commodity pro-gram,” Outlaw said during theTexas Plant Protection Associa-tion annual conference in Col-lege Station. “In 2008, we got$6 billion.” Funding for cropinsurance doubled and nutri-tion program funds more thandoubled.Outlaw said 38 programs in

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China agreed in mid Decem-ber to move toward liftingrestrictions on some U.S.beef imports and provided

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reopen its market to U.S. beeffrom cattle under 30 months oldwas one of a number of poten-tially significant announcementscoming out of two days of bilat-eral trade talks, signaling a fur-ther easing of tensions in thegrowing economic rivalry.

As with previous rounds ofbilateral trade talks, most of theconcessions were made on theChinese side, although therewere no major breakthroughsand the importance of the agree-ments Beijing made will dependon implementation. The U.S.,for its part, agreed to considerChinese concerns over trade-remedy cases and export controlson sensitive technologies.U.S. trade officials emerged

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calm trade tensions with theU.S. ahead of Mr. Hu’s trip,which is expected to be the firststate visit to Washington by aChinese leader in more than a

decade and likely Mr. Hu’s finalone before he hands over powerto a successor in about twoyears.Mr. Locke and U.S. Trade

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restrictions on paper, an effec-tive ban remains in place thathas kept out U.S. beef, a seniorU.S. trade official told reportersafter the meeting.The U.S. also made progress

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its government procurementrules won’t discriminate on thebasis of where the intellectualproperty of a product originates,China also assured that thedevelopment of standards in itslucrative wireless and smart gridmarkets will remain open. Infra-structure investment in 3G tech-nology is expected to reach asmuch as $12 billion by 2011,while China plans to invest $10billion a year through 2020 tobuild a national smart grid.The two countries also agreed

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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 approximately2684 acres Deeded, 3240 State Lease, 13,460 BLM, and 4,680uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells withmetal storage tanks and approximately 6-1/2 milespipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consistingof high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak coveredcanyons, mountain foothills and desert grasslands. Thereis plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex, javalina, quail anddove. A truly great buy at $600,000.

212 ACRE FARM BETWEEN LAS CRUCES, N.M.AND EL PASO, TEXAS:Hwy. 28 frontage with 132 acresirrigated, 80 acres sandhills, full EBID (surface water) plusa supplemental irrigation well, cement ditches and largeequipment warehouse. Priced at $1,868,000.

50.47-ACRE FARM: Located on Afton Road south of LaMesa, NM. Paved road frontage, full EBID (surface water)plus a supplemental irrigation well with cement ditches.Priced at $13,000/acre ($660,400).

±37-ACRE FARM – WEST OF ANTHONY, N.M.: Lo-cated 20 minutes from Sunland Park Race Track onHaasville Road (paved) just north of Gadsden High Schooland west of Highway 28. EBID, irrigation well and cementditches. Beautiful farm with many possibilities. Call foraerial and location maps. Sign on property. Priced at$13,900/acre ($514,300).

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

Lassen County: 11,725 acres, all deeded. 970 acres irrigated, flood and 4 pivots. Alfalfa, grain, grass. BLM permits, 500 cows, organic hay. Lots of potential for more farm ground. Priced at $5,375,000.

Tehama County, Cottonwood, Calif.: 1,850 acres, winter range. Large barn, 1 bdrm. apt., horse stalls, tie stalls, tack room, shop. Deluxe 400x200 ft. roping arena. All new fences and steel corrals. Hunting and fishing. Priced at $2,200,000.

Tehama County, Cottonwood, Calif.: 556 acres, winter range, two small houses, corrals, chute, small barn. Good hunting and fishing. Price reduced — $775,000.

Tehama County, Cottonwood, Calif.: 80 acres, winter range and a custom built appx. 3,000 sq. ft. beautiful home. Large barn, tack room, shop roping arena, round-pen — a real crown jewel. Many amenities. A roper’s dream. Priced at $1,400,000.

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Properties and Equities

R.G. DAVIS, BROKERCell: 530/949-1985

19855 S. Main St., P.O. Box 1020Cottonwood, CA 96022

Ofc.: 530/347-9455 • F: 530/[email protected]

TEXAS & OKLA. FARMS & RANCHES

Joe Priest Real Estate1205 N. Hwy 175, Seagoville, TX 75159

972/287-4548 • 214/676-69731-800/671-4548www.joepriest.com

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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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JOE STUBBLEFIELD & ASSOCIATES13830 Western St., Amarillo, TX

806/622-3482 • cell 806/674-2062Drew Perez Assocs.

Nara Visa, NM • 806/392-1788

1002 Koenigheim, San Angelo, TX 76903 • www.llptexasranchland.com • [email protected]

LEE, LEE & PUCKITTASSOCIATES INC.

KEVIN C. REED

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RANCHSALES &APPRAISALS

PAUL McGILLIARDCell: 417/839-5096 • 1-800/743-0336

MURNEY ASSOC., REALTORSSPRINGFIELD, MO 65804

Missouri Land Sales� 5-acre Horse Set-up: Location-location, only2+ miles north of Mountain Grove on Girlstown Rd.New fencing, 20x40 new 3-stall horse barn/shop/1-car garage, 1,300 sq. ft. , 3-br., 2-ba. manufacturedhome, wrap around deck ( 2 sides), nestled downyour private drive. MLS #1010102� 675 Acres Grass Runway, Land your ownplane: Major Price Reduction. 3 BR, 2 BA homedown 1 mile private land. New 40x42 shop, 40x60livestock barn, over 450 acres in grass. (Owner runsover 150 cow/calves, 2 springs, 20 ponds, 2 lakes,consisting of 3.5 & 2 acres. Both stocked with fish.Excellent fencing. A must farm to see. MLS#1010371� 483 Acres, Hunter Mania: Nature at her best.Don’t miss out on this one. Live water (two creeks).70+ acres open in bottom hayfields and upland graz-ing. Lots of timber (marketable and young) for the besthunting and fishing (Table Rock, Taney Como and BullShoals Lake) Really cute 3-bd., 1-ba stone home. Se-cluded yes, but easy access to Forsyth-Branson, Ozarkand Springfield. Property joins Nat’l. Forest.MLS#908571See all my listings at: paulmcgilliard.murney.com

Ben G. Scott, Krystal M. Nelson, Brokers1301 Front St., Dimmitt, TX 79027 • 1-800/933-9698 day/night

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—— TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO ——This ad is just a small sample of the properties that we currently have for sale.

Please check our website: scottlandcompany.com and give us a call! We need your listings both large and small, all types of ag properties (ESP. RANCHES).

LONE WOLF RANCH - EASTERN, NM: Approx. 30 sections mostly deededsome BLM and State, employee housing and two sets of steel pens, countymaintained, all weather road. Mild climate year round.

HARTLEY/MOORE COUNTY LINE: Corn, wheat, cotton, cattle with all theperks, 992 acres, sprinkler irrigated with some improved pasture, large brickhome, large set of state of the art steel working pens with concrete feed bunksand covered working area, on pavement. House, shop and horse barn on 2acres may be bought separately.

RANCH & FARM REAL ESTATE

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National Bull and NationalFemale Show.

2010 Century Club WinnersSullivan Cattle Co., Dunlap,

Iowa; Waukaru Farms, Inc.Rensselaer, Ind.; WHR Short-horns, Van Alstyne, Texas; T BarT Shorthorns, Wolfforth, Texas;Jungels Shorthorn Farm,Kathryn, N.D.; Byland,Loudonville, Ohio; Loving PolledShorthorns, Pawnee Rock, Kan.;Sneed Shorthorns, Sedalia, Mo.;Cal-Dak Shorthorns, White Riv-er, S.D.; Keith H. Lauer, Abi-lene, Kan.; Warner Ranch Short-horns, LLC., Riverton, Wyo.

The American ShorthornAssociation (ASA) 2010annual awards presenta-tion was held during the2010 North American

International Livestock Exposi-tion (NAILE) in Louisville, Ky.Award winners were announcedthroughout the National Bulland Female show in recognitionof accomplishments in the Short-horn breed.The All-American awards

were announced during eachdivision drive. To receive the dis-tinction of an All-American, ani-mals are exhibited throughout ashow season at the designatedPACE (Point AccumulationEvent) Shows. Winners are

selected through a point tallyprocess based on points earnedat the designated Major andInvitational PACE shows. Pointamounts are based on the typeof show and the number of headexhibited. Animals are named asan All-American based on thespecific age classifications of thePACE Program. The top accu-mulating female and bull of allthe age divisions is then namedas the “Show Female/Bull of theYear.”Accumulating the most points

for Show Bull of the Year wasLBB Sonny California 07 ET,owned by Brooke Bennett,Ducor, Calif. and Tri-Star Cat-tle, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

2010 ASA Sire of the Year

First Place: 7,665 pointsCF Solution X ET, owned by Cates Farms and Sullivan CattleCompany, Dunlap, Iowa

Second Place – 6,540 pointsHD Bloodstone 603 ET, owned by Tyler Hahn, Watseka, Ill.; WHRShorthorns and Cates Farms

Third Place – 5,710 pointsWHR Sonny 8114 ET, owned byWHR Shorthorns and SchragShorthorn Farms

Fourth Place – 4,360 pointsSULL GNCC Salute 532R ET,owned by Sullivan Cattle Co., “S” Co Shorthorn Farms, and The Bollum Family

Fifth Place – 3,550 pointsCF Trump X, owned by CatesFarms, WHR Shorthorns and Jim Cooper

2010 ASA Dam of the Year

First Place – 1,660 pointsNPS Desert Rose 004, owned by Tyler Hahn

Second Place – 1,445 pointsCF Myrtle Bo 46 TP X, owned by James Sullivan, Dunlap, Iowa

Third Place – 1,435 pointsK-Kim MP Mona Lisa 34P, owned by James Sullivan

Fourth Place – 1,195 pointsWHR Jazz Demi Delight 2R58,owned by Stover Cattle Company, Robinett Family Cattle and Randy Blood

Fifth Place – 1,125 pointsSGK Call Girl ET, and Kolby Berg

Centuries Club is a way torecognize those members of theassociation that register over 100head in a given year. The follow-ing were recognized between the

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career. He really valued theShorthorn friends he made overthe years traveling to shows acrossthe country,” says Nancy (Grath-wohl) Heter, niece of Lawrence.Jeff Sargent, better known in

the industry as “Sarge,” has beenassisting WHR Shorthorns inVan Alstyne, Texas, owned byBill and Becky Rasor, since theearly 1990s and has been full-time with the show and sale cat-tle for the last eight years.“He has presented our cattle

in a professional manner anddeveloped a good relationshipwith the many customers he hasassisted. He takes special prideworking with beginning Short-horn enthusiasts. His dedicationduring the preparations for ourannual sale and also during thesale week is highly commend-able,” comments Mr. Rasor.The Lawrence Grathwohl

Memorial Herdsman of the Yearwill continue to be selected dur-ing the National ShorthornShow. The 2011 herdsman willbe chosen during the 2012National Western Stock Show inDenver, Co.

ASA Awards Presented

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