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Ranchers should honor June25, 2010, as an importantdate in history. In the warover who will control the

cattle industry going forward,that date will be remembered asthe day the NCBA waved thewhite flag and called for a truce.The NCBA attempted a sneakattack to steal the checkoff, wererepelled, and the last time welooked, the NCBA was in fullretreat.If an army marches on its

stomach, the fuel for an industrygroup like the NCBA is coldhard cash. Now what will they doafter the Cattlemen’s Beef Board(CBB) has changed the combi-nation to the checkoff safe?

Tough Or Toothless?We were busy preparing what

we thought was the biggest storyof the year, and perhaps theyoung century, namely, that theUSDA, the Justice Departmentand the Packers & StockyardsAdministration were finallygoing to do something aboutpacker concentration. But thatstory was kicked off the frontpage by an even bigger one!While we were writing aboutcaptive supplies the NCBA wassuffering the single biggestdefeat in its young life at thehands of the Farm Bureau, Live-stock Marketing Association, R-CALF, WORC, National

finally won one.We are happy to report that

there really is a new Sheriff intown and this one isn’t boughtand paid for by some big compa-ny he plans to go to work forwhen his work at the USDA isdone. When the NCBA senttheir dog and pony show toWashington to sweet talk andbedazzle the bureaucrats likethey have in the past, they fellflatter than a cow pie on con-crete. Let’s just say it wasn’t oldhome week as usual and the redcarpet was definitely not rolledout. Instead they were told in nouncertain terms that this USDAand this Ag Secretary would not

look the other way as the NCBAtried to heist the part of thecheckoff they don’t already getto spend.

One Plan, One Voice, One DollarAs we’ve reported for two

years now, the NCBA has beendevising a new governance struc-ture that would allow them tocompletely take over the cashbelonging to the Federation ofState Beef Councils. They cameup with a plan to render the Fed-eration a figurehead, while they’dcome up with ways to spend thehalf dollar of every buck the Fed-eration can legally keep. The onlyproblem was that mixing thenonpolitical checkoff with thevery political NCBA is againstthe law! But that didn’t stop thealways-broke NCBA, who des-perately needs the cash despitethe infusions of checkoff bucksthey already get as the largestcontractor for checkoff dollars.The NCBA says their new

governance structure was neces-sary so that the industry couldmove forward, so it couldbecome more streamlined andefficient. They urged everyone to

Farmers Union, United Cattle-men’s Association, the USDAand many other groups, amongthem the Beef Board.In our last issue we speculated

that Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack,was different from recent modelsbecause he vowed to defend andserve the farmers and ranchers ofthis country, not just big multi-national corporations. We won-dered aloud if Vilsack and theJustice Department just talkedtough but were toothless. Well,early results are in and we’re elat-ed to report that Vilsack has afull set of choppers! Thanks tohim the good guys in their sweat-stained white cowboy hats have

NCBA In Retreat

by TOM STEEVER, BROWNFIELD

The Grain Inspection, Packers & Stock-yards Administration (GIPSA) is propos-ing rule changes that USDA SecretaryTom Vilsack says will protect producers

against unfair or retaliatory practices in live-stock marketing. In a conference call in midJune, the Secretary said the proposed ruleaddresses fairness.“It’s about making sure the playing field is

level for the people that put in, in some cases,most of the capital and a great deal of thelabor, and have seen over the course of timetheir margins squeezed considerably,” said Sec-retary Vilsack, speaking from USDA Head-quarters in Washington, D.C.“We’ve seen a rather substantial decline in

the number of people who can compete, andwho can produce, and who can participate inwhat they want to do, which is to farm.”

Among other things, Vilsack says specifical-ly, the rule will improve transparency by mak-ing sample contracts available for producers toview online.The proposed rule announced on June 19,

2010 would provide:� Provide further definition to practices that

are unfair, unjustly discriminatory or deceptive,including outlining actions that are retaliatoryin nature, efforts that would limit a producer’slegal rights, or representations that would befraudulent or misleading. Additionally, the pro-posed rule reiterates USDA’s position that aproducer need not overcome unnecessaryobstacles and have to always prove a harm tocompetition when they have suffered a viola-tion under the Act;

�Define undue or unreasonable preferencesor advantages;

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look at the results they’veachieved these past 14 years. Inthe words of NCBA’s CEO For-rest Roberts, they need this newgovernance structure to becomean industry with “one vision, oneplan, one budget and one voice.”The problem with that is that

the only voice would beNCBA’s, an organization that 96percent of cattlemen refuse tojoin. And more and more thatsingle voice appears to emanatefrom a wooden puppet with thepackers pulling all the strings.To prove our point, after Vil-

sack and the Justice Departmentannounced they were going tocrack down on the packers, everymajor farm or ranch group wecan think of cheered Vilsack andsaid it was about time. Whengroups as diverse as the Ameri-can Farm Bureau Federationand the National Farmers Unionagree on anything you know it’ssignificant. The only major groupwith ranchers as members thatopposed the plan to put morecompetition into the pricing ofyour cattle was the NCBA. Andtheir press release looked like ithad been written by the AMI,the packer’s lobbyists.If no one had stopped

NCBA’s grab, we’re guessing itwouldn’t have been many yearsbefore you’d be asked to sign thesame 24-page contracts shovedin front of today’s hog hothousejanitors and corporate poultrypluckers.

Imagine That!After NCBA failed to con-

vince the USDA in Washingtonon May 17 that their motiveswere pure, Tom Vilsack sent aletter to NCBA informing themthat their proposed new gover-nance structure was dead onarrival as far as he was con-cerned. Now, consider this crueland satisfying twist of fate: You’llrecall that in order to save thecheckoff the NCBA argued inthe U.S. Supreme Court that thecheckoff was a government pro-gram, which came as a completesurprise to most ranchersbecause the NCA, CBB andNCBA had been telling us foryears that it was a cattlemen’sprogram, run by them and fortheir own benefit. But here’s thesatisfying part: it is because thecheckoff is a government pro-gram that the USDA can nowstop the NCBA from stealingyour checkoff dollars. TheNCBA was shot down with theirown gun. How sweet is that?Then, while the NCBA was

still reeling from Vilsack’s bodyblow, the Cattlemen’s BeefBoard delivered a hard right tothe jaw that knocked the NCBAsenseless. Well, at least evenmore so than they already were.The CBB Board of Directors’Executive Committee passed aunanimous resolution that sug-gests they no longer think it’s agood idea for all the industrygroups to try and coexist underthe same roof. What they arereally saying is that perhaps themerger wasn’t such a good idea

after all. IMAGINE THAT!On June 22 the Cattlemen’s

Beef Board Executive Commit-tee called for an independentFederation of State Beef Coun-cils that should be a “strong,independent checkoff entity thatshould be separate from any pol-icy organization.”In short, the CBB just served

divorce papers on the NCBA.The CBB press release said,

“The Executive Committee ofthe Cattlemen’s Beef Boardstrongly believes that the Feder-ation of State Beef Councils is afull partner in checkoff activities,but also takes seriously itsresponsibility for oversight ofproducer-invested, checkofffunds. CBB continues to have agreat deal of respect for the workand responsibilities of the Feder-ation. Further, CBB has a signif-icant interest in, and oversightresponsibilities for, the Federa-tion. The Executive Committeebelieves that a separate and inde-pendent Federation is in the bestinterest of all those who pay thecheckoff, regardless of organiza-tional affiliation or policy posi-tion.“The CBB Executive Com-

mittee believes that the Federa-tion of State Beef Councilsshould exist independently fromany policy organization.” (Thatmeans you NCBA!) “The Execu-tive Committee prefers a Feder-ation structure that assures thatno policy organization has influ-ence on programming, budget orgovernance decisions made bythe Federation.”The Executive Committee-

approved motion stated, “TheFederation should be separatefrom any policy organization,since all funds for the checkoffcome from mandatory assess-ments of producers andimporters. The checkoff is ownedby, and responsible to, all pro-ducers and importers, and nospecific organization.”The Beef Board’s motion gets

sweeter each time you read it.It’s what we’ve been saying eversince the merger, when theDigest was a lone voice of dis-sent. But who knew the BeefBoard had been feeling this wayfor some time? One CBB Boardmember said the concept ofdecoupling had been discussedfor several years at the BeefBoard. Although NCBA’s Gov-ernance Task Force didn’t initi-ate this showdown, it did put theissue front and center and theBeef Board felt they had noalternative but to act. The CBBwas worried that if NCBA’s rec-ommendations were implement-ed they’d lose the checkoff,either in court or by referendum.One of the major players, and

a member of NCBA’s Gover-nance Task Force, told the Digestthat he felt the NCBA might beable to tweak their proposal toget by the USDA (we doubt it)but that they knew they’d bechallenged in court. ANDLOSE! Here’s more of CBB’s

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best press release ever. “Thestructure and function of theFederation often are topics ofdiscussion for the ExecutiveCommittee. Recently, these dis-cussions have occurred more fre-quently, due to increased inter-est from industry organizations,as well as recent USDA guid-ance regarding the Federation.The Executive Committee mettoday and discussed the struc-ture of the Federation in light ofconcerns expressed by USDAand other industry organizations.“On many past occasions, the

Executive Committee recom-mended the need for greater sep-aration of the Federation fromNCBA.”(We must have missedthose press releases, but nevermind.) “In addition to its pro-gramming functions, the Execu-tive Committee’s position is thattwo of the Federation’s primaryresponsibilities, 1) election ofFederation members to theOperating Committee, and 2) arecipient of funds from statebeef councils, should be organ-ized and operated as A SEPA-RATE LEGAL ENTITY FROMANY INDUSTRY ORGANIZA-TION.” Emphasis ours.Drum roll please because here

comes the best part. “After con-sidering USDA’s recent guid-ance, as well as continued indus-try concern, the CBB ExecutiveCommittee voted recently torecommend complete separationbetween NCBA and the Federa-tion of State Beef Councils.”Yes folks, you read that right.

What the Beef Board is recom-mending is an UN-MERGER.

A Timeout

After being shot down by AgSecretary Tom Vilsack we weretold that the NCBA was tryingto compose a set of draft bylawsthat would satisfy the USDA andstill allow them the 30 days nec-essary so that the new bylawscould be voted on at Denver’smidyear meeting on July 31. Buthold your horses, it appears nowthat what the staff at NCBA wasreally doing was trying to com-pose a letter of surrender thatwould make it sound like theNCBA hadn’t just suffered ahumiliating defeat. But make nomistake, the NCBA lost andwent into retreat . . . and we’renot talking about the kind ofretreat where expense-accountemployees sit in a circle around abonfire, get all warm and fuzzy,sing Kumbaya and get in touchwith their inner selves.As a precursor to their surren-

der the NCBA staged a feeblepress conference in which theyexpressed their sense of disap-pointment with the Beef Board’sresolution. Then following thatpress conference the NCBA sentout a bombshell of a pressrelease. After working on theirnew governance structure for twoyears, spending who knows howmuch money, they issued a state-ment saying they were “suspend-ing plans to proceed with changesto its governance structure toallow the Federation of StateBeef Councils an opportunity toclarify its role and intentions toall industry shareholders.”Like a stressed out mother

with a bratty child, the NCBAwanted a “time-out.”Scott George, Chairman of

NCBA’s Federation, insistedthat NCBA was not giving up onrevising its governance structure,but rather “turning its attentionto U.S. producers to ensure agovernance structure is devel-oped that fosters unity within theindustry.” Funny, we thoughtthat’s what they said their initialplan would do.“We want to do this right. The

Federation effectively representsall cattle producers paying intothe checkoff,” said George.“Quite frankly, it is impossible todo so when there is so muchcontroversy driving a divide with-in the industry. We have criticalissues affecting this industry thatrequires us to be united, notdivided. We are calling a time-out to clarify our role and wishesto all shareholders.”As the NCBA tucked their

tail and ran George said,“Through the transparentprocess of reinventing our gover-nance structure, the industry hasawakened to what we haveknown since NCBA’s inception:NCBA is much more than a pol-icy organization.”Therein lies the problem Mr.

George. Read the law. You can-not be a policy organization andget your hands on checkoff cash.We don’t know how longNCBA’s time-out will last but weexpect they’ll keep trying. Withthe new governance structurethe NCBA was like a kid whoput his hand through the narrowneck of a candy jar and couldn’tremove his hand while it was

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filled with candy. We’re bettingthe NCBA still won’t let go ofthe candy and will come up withnew and creative ways to gettheir hands on the cash. After all,it appears they need the checkoffdollars to exist.Meanwhile, while all our

efforts should be directedtowards increasing demand forbeef, both at home and overseas,we are about to get sidetrackedinto another long and expensive

battle and the sad part is, thepetty barbs back and forth willbe financed with your checkoffdollars. In the end the only win-ners will be the lawyers.In conclusion, here’s some-

thing we at this newspaperthought we’d never say and yetare elated to do so: Thank youMr. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsackand the Beef Board for doing theright thing and not passing thebuck . . . along to the NCBA.

� Establish new protectionsfor producers required to provideexpensive capital upgrades totheir growing facilities, includingprotections to ensure producershave the opportunity to recoup80 percent of the cost of arequired capital investment;

� Prohibit packers from pur-chasing, acquiring or receivinglivestock from other packers, andcommunicate prices to competi-tors;

� Enable a fair and equitableprocess for producers thatchoose to use arbitration to rem-edy a dispute. Additionally, clearand conspicuous print in thecontract will be required toensure producers are providedthe option to decline the use ofarbitration to settle a dispute;

� Require that companiespaying growers under a tourna-ment system provide the samebase pay to growers that raisethe same type and kind of poul-try, including ensuring that thegrowers pay cannot go below thebase pay amount;

� Provide poultry growerswith a written notice of a compa-ny’s intent to suspend the deliv-ery of birds under a poultry

growing arrangement at least 90days prior to the date it intendsto suspend the delivery;

� Improve market transparen-cy by making sample contracts(except for trade secrets or otherconfidential information) bemade available on GIPSA’s web-site for producers;

� Outline protections so thatproducers can remedy a breachof contract;

� Improve competition inmarkets by limiting exclusivearrangements between packersand dealers.Secretary Vilsack cited con-

cerns that he said relate toincreasing consolidation and ver-tical integration in the livestockand poultry marketplace, andshrinking farm numbers. Hestated that in 1980, there wereover 666,000 hog farms, buttoday only 71,000 are in opera-tion. In the cattle industry, therewere over 1.6 million farms in

1980, but only roughly 950,000today.Further, Secretary Vilsack

pointed out that in the hogindustry, producers received 50percent of the retail value of ahog in 1980, but in 2009, only24.5 percent of the retail valuegoes to the producer. He saidthat cattle producers received 62percent of the retail value of a

steer in 1980, but only 42.5 per-cent in 2009. In the poultryindustry today, Vilsack said thatgrowers average 34 cents perbird, while the processing com-pany on average makes $3.23 abird.Vilsack acknowledged that

“Rural America has struggled forsome time,” as a result of shrink-ing farm numbers and a generaldecline in competition in live-stock markets.“Over the course of my life-

time, we’ve lost over a millionfarm families,” Vilsack said Fri-day. “Certainly livestock pro-ducers across the country are nostrangers to this notion of strug-gle.”The group R-CALF USA is

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Another Earth Day hascome and gone. EarthDay has become a holyday of obligation for

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You may soon need anothermonth at the end of theyear, just to get all of yourtax information ready to

visit your tax advisor. Severalmajor changes were recentlymade in the US tax code, andone, in particular, will hit hard atranchers and farmers. If you haveever received a Form 1099 froma company paying you, keep thatin mind, because you will have toissue Form 1099 to many compa-nies that you are paying. Andthat is only part of it!Subscribers to the Cornbelt

Update learned about this devel-opment in mid June, which willcause most ranchers and farmersto spend a lot more energy incollecting information ahead oftheir annual visit to their taxadvisors. The health care bill,which was at the top of theWashington, D.C. agenda, wasthe vehicle that carried a numberof changes in the tax law. One ofthose changes is found in Sec-tion 9006 and greatly expandsthe use of Form 1099 which doc-uments income, other thanwages and salaries. For example,if your annual repair bills at thelocal welding shop exceed the$600 threshold, you will have toissue a 1099 to Joe’s WeldingService, which means you haveto find out his corporate name,official corporate address, andobtain his federal tax identifica-tion number. Once you have thatyou will mail him a Form 1099that indicates you have paid him$603.67 during the prior 12months.Maybe you bought a new

computer from Dell Computersand wrote a check for $738 tocover the computer, a printer,and an ink cartridge. At the endof the year you will have toobtain the corporate name,address, and federal tax identifi-cation number for Dell and mailthem a Form 1099 from SmithFarms.

The requirement is not justfor one single payment over$600, but the accumulated pay-ments throughout the year.Whether you are making month-ly interest payments to the bankor writing a single check at the

end of the year, you will have tosend a Form 1099 to your bankand it will have to supply its Fed-eral tax ID to you. Maybe it ismonthly bills to your diesel fuelsupplier, or to the bottled watercompany. If you want to be ableto deduct all of those expenses atMenards, Farm and Fleet, AceHardware, Lowe’s, or anywhereelse you run for a bag of boltsand a grease gun cartridge, youwill have to send them a Form1099 if your total checks exceed$600 during the year.Extension economist Craig

Althauser at Kansas State Uni-versity describes some of thedetails in his monthly newsletterin which he says corporationsbeing paid are no longer exemptfrom receiving Form 1099 fromtheir customers and clientele. Hesays you may have issued a Form1099 in the past for rent, inter-est, and custom work, but nowthe requirement is spread toeverything that is considered“property.” That includes seed,fertilizer, chemicals, feed, sup-plies, medicine, fuel, and othergoods and services.Another element of the health

care bill expands the informationrequired on the W-2 form sup-

plied to employees, if they areprovided with health insuranceas part of their compensation.The reporting will include thecost of the health insurance pre-miums paid for the employees.They will not pay tax on theamount, but will serve to verifywhether the employer was incompliance with health carerequirements.These new provisions do not

become effective next year, butwill become effective for tax year2012 and will make the first fewweeks of 2013 rather tedious inaccumulating the necessaryinformation. There is legislationalready being considered byCongress to repeal Section 9006,but unless it is approved andsigned into law, it will create sub-stantial changes in the tax prepa-

ration process, and also generatean estimated $17 billion addi-tional dollars in tax revenue forthe US treasury over the comingdecade.

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Food prices are expected to go up betweennow and 2019. Dietary changes and agrowing population will drive the increase,according to a report released by the UN’s

Food and Agriculture Organization and theOrganization for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment. The annual agricultural forecast says growing

swine herds in Brazil and China will likely keeppork prices in check as other food pricesincrease over 1997-2006 levels. On average, prices will remain below the lev-

els they reached during the 2007 and 2008

price spike. Beef and pork prices did not go upduring that period, and the forecast calls forthese costs to increase by 10 percent to 20 per-cent by 2019 as compared to 2007-2008 levels. Lower supplies and higher feed costs are

behind the predicted increase in livestockprices, as well as increasing demand for meatand processed food in developing countrieswith rising income levels. By 2050, the global population is expected

to hit 9.1 billion, up from roughly 6.8 billionright now, and the FAO has said that food pro-duction will have to increase by 70 percent.Agricultural growth is on track to hit that level,according to this year’s report.

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interrogating a horse or Hitler I’dpick the equine every time. Thefirst question I’d ask a horse is if,when they see an obese personcoming at them with a bridle intheir hand, don’t they get thesudden urge to run like the wind?I’ve always been curious if horsesprefer women to men because itsure seems that way. I’d ask traildriving horses if they like cowboypoetry, I’d poll Quarter Horses todetermine if they prefer headingor heeling, and I’d ask a herd ofwild mustangs if they didn’t thinkthoroughbreds were snooty andoverbearing?I’d query beef cows in a pas-

ture if they ever had their eye ona certain bull and if another bullmade love to them were they dis-appointed they’d have to waituntil next year? I’d ask bulls ifthey have a favorite auctioneer, ifcows know it’s Christmas, andhow do they feel about Al Goreand meatless Mondays? I‘d askwhat they think of livestockshows, if they preferred FFA or4H owners, and do they knowwhat’s coming at the end of theirlives? The one question I’d love toask all meat animals is, “Wouldyou have rather lived to becomesomeone’s supper, or to neverhave lived at all?”I think I already know the

answer to that one.

should justify the mandatorymodification of facilities, andthis proposed rule would requirethat justification.”

The National Pork ProducersCouncil (NPPC) says it is care-fully reviewing details of the pro-posed changes to the Packersand Stockyards Act contained inthe 2008 Farm Bill.A news release issued by the

NPPC says the change may limitpork producers’ options in sellingpigs to processors.Among numerous changes to

the law, the proposed rule wouldredefine what constitutes an“undue or unreasonable prefer-ence or advantage” in a livestockcontract.“We don’t want to see produc-

this is definitely a positive start,”Thornsberry concluded.Still, other groups differ in

their view of the GIPSA propos-al. The National Cattlemen’sBeef Association (NCBA) iswary of the changes.“In general, we have serious

concerns with any efforts toincrease government intrusion inthe marketplace,” said SteveFoglesong, president of theNCBA, in a news release fromthat organization. “Cattle produc-ers support free-market principlesand we deserve the right to enterinto private negotiations betweenwilling buyers and sellers.”Meanwhile, American Farm

Bureau Federation President(AFBF) Bob Stallman praised therules, citing the sections on capi-tal investment, which he pointedout, would reduce requirementsfor new investments in modifica-tions of farm buildings.“These continuous modifica-

tions keep producers in debt andminimize their ability to negoti-ate reasonable contracts,” saidStallman, quoted in a newsrelease. “Farm Bureau believesthe contracting companies

er marketing options limited byoverly broad government regula-tions that negatively impact porkproducers’ bottom line,” saidNPPC President Sam Carney, apork producer from Adair, Iowa,quoted in the release.The American Meat Institute

(AMI) had the harshest wordsfor USDA and its proposal. Itaccused USDA of “attemptingto turn the clock back on thelivestock and meat marketingpractices that have made theU.S. meat production system the

envy of the world.” AMI says theproposal “could potentially causeharm and enormous disruption.”“This is not guaranteeing suc-

cess,” said Secretary Vilsack, dur-ing the conference call, “this isjust making sure that if you doplay by the rules and you workhard and you’re willing to makeinvestments, that you’ve got ashot at success.”GIPSA is taking comments

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Many of us use referencesto help us make deci-sions, confirm ourbeliefs, or for inspira-

tion. Books (or online versions)like the “Statistical Abstract ofthe United States,” the “MerckVeterinary Manual,” the “Bible,”the “Angus Herd Sire Registry”or the “Congressional Directory.”A recent acquisition for my

audio parody library is a CD enti-tled “The Udder Side,” composed,recorded and available by JudyWilliams at judyntom@ ixi.net. Itcontains such titles as the dystociacalf’s lament, “Take These ChainsFrom My Parts and Set MeFree!”, the grafted calf’s favorite“She Can’t Kick Me Now ‘CauseMama’s Tied!” and the spring-dri-ve theme song, “Don’t You EverGet Tired of Herding Me!”Ms. Williams surely must be a

cow psychologist, the way shecan see inside their thinking.

Since we all have global warmingon our minds because the pressand the Algorites keep pointingto cows as a major producer ofgreenhouse gasses, her songabout Vegan F . . . Flatulationswas spot on. It seems to me thatmost of the urban animal rightsactivists, Defenders of Wildlife,Sierra Club zealots and political-ly correct Luddites proclaimthemselves vegetarians. It is atrade-off to maintain credibility.I mean, if you want to remove alltrace of humans in the wilder-ness, release endangered wolvesin downtown Beverly Hills orDetroit, and think eating icecream, cheese, hamburgers,spare ribs and chicken wings istantamount to murder, then it isa sacrifice they should make.However, there is a corner

they have backed themselvesinto, that must give them con-sternation. I would assume thatomnivores (the human race) whorestrict their diet to only plantsmight experience a change intheir visceral bacterial popula-tion. Now, I don’t know that as afact. But if you’ve ever heard afaithful vegetarian claim that hegot sick from eating broth thathad been stirred with a spoonthey’d used to serve the chile concarne, it might be proof thatenteric conversion could happenin people. If we accept thatpremise that vegetarians canactually affect their digestive sys-tem by changing their diet, thenthe gaseous by-products of thisnew abnormal digestive systemwould be more like that of aruminant. Methane, for instance,is a product of the breakdown ofbiological material, i.e., compostheaps, land fills, wetlands, ter-mite mounds, rice fields, burningnatural gas in your home or car,and enteric fermentation.Enteric fermentation is thedigestion of grass and graininside a ruminant’s rumen andvegetarian’s intestines.Assuming this to be true, then

vegetarians would expel a higherlevel of noxious greenhousegasses being released into theatmosphere by going ‘vegan.’Each of their clever commercialsand celebrity endorsementswould have to contain warnings.Produce departments would berequired to label each fruit andvegetable with the amount ofgreenhouse gasses you wouldemit per serving. In the end AlGore would be selling them car-bon credits from RendezvousBarbecue, Memphis, Tenn.Blaming others when your

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Cattle and calves on feed forthe slaughter market in theUnited States for feedlotswith capacity of 1,000 or

more head totaled 10.5 millionhead on June 1, up 1 percentfrom a year ago, according toUSDA’s monthly Cattle on Feedreport. Placements in feedlots during

May totaled 2.02 million, 23 per-cent above 2009. “The recent surge in place-

ments implies an increase in cat-tle availability later in the year,”according to the CME Group’sDaily Livestock Report. “For themoment, however, market-ready

fed cattle supplies remain tight.” Oklahoma State University

Extension Livestock MarketingSpecialist Derrell Peel agreed. Inan analysis of the USDA report,he noted the increase in cattleplacements comes after monthsof feedlots reducing inventories.“After two months of largerplacements, we will likely seeslower placements until summergrazing cattle are available in thefall,” he predicted. Peel forecast continued sea-

sonal pressure on fed cattleprices until Labor Day, withrecovery expected in the fourthquarter, adding that just how lowsummer prices will go willdepend on demand. Boxed beef

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current levels, there is not a lotof pressure for fed prices to dropmuch further,” Peel said. USDA reported marketings

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The “paralyzing” principle

The Gulf oil spill is having all sorts of nastyconsequences well beyond damage to theregional environment and economy. Notleast, the resulting political panic seems to be

rehabilitating the thoroughly discredited theory ofregulation known as the “precautionary principle,”says the Wall Street Journal. This principle holds that government should

attempt to prevent any risk — regardless of thecosts involved, however minor the benefits and evenwithout understanding what those risks really are.Developed in the late 1960s, this theory served

as the intellectual architecture for the Environmen-tal Protection Agency (EPA), which is still requiredto eliminate certain environmental risks no matterhow expensive or pointless the effort is. This same mentality is now prompting not

merely tighter safety standards, but President Oba-ma’s moratorium on all new deep water drilling,

shutting down dozens of Gulf and Alaskan proj-ects, maybe permanently, says the Journal: Last month, 26 Democrats demanded that the

government fold up BP’s other major Gulf opera-tion, Atlantis, “to ensure that the explosion andmishap of the Horizon platform are not replicated.”Meanwhile, Governor Charlie Crist and other

Florida politicians want a Gulf drilling ban untoeternity, and the California, Washington and Ore-gon Senate delegations want one for the WestCoast, too. “Without a permanent ban on drilling off our

shores,” said Dianne Feinstein, “there is no guaran-tee whatsoever that this will not happen again.” In other words, the precautionary principle is

back with a vengeance, says the Journal.

Source: Editorial, “The ‘Paralyzing’ Principle,” Wall Street Journal, June21, 2010.

More cattle placed on feed, but supplies still tightGoldman called the report “neu-tral” for packers such as TysonFoods. “Though the increase incattle on feed was, all else equal,

good for packers such as Tyson(because more supply equalslower costs) we think it alreadywas priced into the stock,” hewrote in a note to investors.

Source: www.meatingplace.com

Grant to Step Aside at National Western Stock Show

Pat Grant, President / CEOof Western Stock ShowAssociation (aka NationalWestern Stock Show) will

step aside from his currentduties in the near future. The announcement was made

in late June by Jerry McMorris,Chairman of the Board. “Patmight be stepping away from theday to day responsibilities of run-ning NWSS, but he will continuein his role as a key resource forour long range planningprocess,” McMorris explained.Grant joined the NWSS Exec-

utive Committee in 1985 andbecame President/CEO in 1991. During his tenure, he oversaw

the funding and construction ofthe Events Center, the Expo Halland the Hall of Education; theaddition of the Coors Art Exhibi-tion & Sale (with proceeds goingto the NWSS Scholarship Trust);increased ticketed events from 23each year to 43 by bringing innew exciting shows includingMexican Rodeo Extravaganza,Martin Luther King, Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo, PBRDenver Chute-Out Bull Riding,An Evening of Dancing Horses®, Super Dogs and planned themost successful National West-ern Stock Show in history, the100th Anniversary show in 2006which drew almost 750,000guests.National Western will be con-

ducting a national search to iden-

tify and select a dynamic leaderwho will continue to build uponthe stock show legacy, tradition,charitable mission and history. Grant will continue as Presi-

dent during the entire searchand transition process. Prior to 1991, Grant was a

Colorado State Representative(1985–1992) and a Director andShareholder of Grant-McHen-drie Law Firm (1982–1993).


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Federal environmental regu-lations that prevent borderagents from expandedpatrols of national wildlife

parks appear to have had a handin the government’s decision todeclare an 80-mile stretch of Ari-zona-Mexico border a virtual no-man’s land.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (FWS) has closed about3,500 acres of Arizona borderlands — including parts of theBuenos Aires National WildlifeRefuge — warning Americansthat it cannot guarantee theirsafety in the face of increasedviolence from drug gangs andillegal immigrants.That warning comes nearly

three months after Rob Krentzwas shot to death near the bor-der. The shooting prompted fourRepublican lawmakers to intro-duce legislation banning theInterior Department from usingenvironmental laws to limit bor-der agents from doing their job.The bill, H.R. 5016, has sincebeen referred to the Subcommit-tee on National Parks, Forestsand Public Lands.U.S. Representatives Doc

Hastings (R-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Rob Bishop (R-Utah) andLamar Smith (R-TX) said theirbill, if passed, will address envi-ronmental degradation of federallands and help close nationalsecurity gaps along the border,which they say has become anuncontrolled highway.“Effectively securing our bor-

ders against illegal entry is a mat-ter of homeland security,” Kingsaid in a statement. “BorderPatrol agents spend every day onthe front line, securing ourhomeland from terrorists. Deny-ing or limiting the Border Patrolaccess to public lands and allow-ing the flow of illegals, includingpotential terrorists, doesn’t pro-tect anything.”The lawmakers said internal

documents showed that the Inte-rior Department and the U.S.Forest Service have consistentlyand actively prevented BorderPatrol agents from securing U.S.borders by requiring Depart-ment of Homeland Security offi-cials to complete lengthy andexpensive environmental analy-ses, and even blocking BorderPatrol agents from enteringsome areas.“As a result, Border Patrol

agents are being forced to wadethrough bureaucratic red tapejust so they can do the job Con-gress has mandated: gain opera-tional control over the U.S. bor-der,” according to a fact sheetreleased by House of Represen-tatives’ Natural Resources Com-mittee Republicans.Kendra Barkoff, a spokes-

woman for the Interior Depart-ment, told FoxNews.com inApril that Secretary Ken Salazarvisited the area in March to meetwith land managers and federal,state and local law enforcement,including U.S. Customs and

Border Protection and Home-land Security officials.She said Salazar placed a high

priority on working with DHSand other agencies to “meet thetwin goals of protecting ournational security and our naturalresources.”But some federal lands are

specifically targeted by criminals,drug traffickers and humansmugglers for easy access intothe United States from Mexicoor Canada, the congressmen say.The Interior Department, the

primary land managementagency for 40 percent of theMexican border and 10 percentof the Canadian border, warnedof potential problems in a fiscalyear 2002-2003 report, ThreatAssessment for Public Lands.

“Virtually all of the lands man-aged by Department of the Inte-rior (DOI) along the Arizona/Mexico border are sparsely pop-ulated with easy access into theUnited States from Mexico,” thereport reads. “Terrorist [sic]wishing to smuggle nuclear —biological — or chemical (NBC)weapons into the United Statesfrom Mexico could use well-established smuggling routesover DOI-managed lands.”Border Patrol agents, park

rangers and private citizens havebeen killed in these federal lands,most recently on March 27, whenArizona rancher Rob Krentz wasmurdered by a person whoentered and exited the U.S. ille-gally via the San BernardinoWildlife Refuge — a fact con-firmed to the House of Represen-tatives’ Natural Resources Com-mittee Republicans by officialsfrom both Customs and BorderProtection and the FWS.In 2007, Krentz’s wife, Sue,

wrote a letter to Congressopposing additional wildernessareas in Arizona she claimedwould worsen criminal activityalong the border.“We have experienced $6.2

million dollars of damages to ourranch and water line because ofillegal foot traffic,” the letterread. “These areas along the bor-der have long been targetedbecause of the high amount ofprivate property with[in] theboundaries.”Krentz wrote that ranchers in

the area, herself included, werefearful for their lives.“It is not right that illegal

immigrants and drug smugglersshould take precedence over hon-est, hardworking Americanswhose recreation and livelihood isdamaged,” the letter continued.“It is the job of the federal gov-ernment to protect the definedU.S. borders from invasion.”

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Advances in high-yield agri-culture over the latter partof the 20th century haveprevented massive

amounts of greenhouse gasesfrom entering the atmosphere —the equivalent of 590 billionmetric tons of carbon dioxide —according to a new study led bytwo Stanford Earth scientists.The yield improvements

reduced the need to convertforests to farmland, a processthat typically involves burning oftrees and other plants, whichgenerates carbon dioxide andother greenhouse gases.The researchers estimate that

if not for increased yields, addi-tional greenhouse gas emissionsfrom clearing land for farmingwould have been equal to asmuch as a third of the world’stotal output of greenhouse gasessince the dawn of the IndustrialRevolution in 1850.The researchers also calculat-

ed that for every dollar spent onagricultural research and devel-opment since 1961, emissions ofthe three principal greenhousegases — methane, nitrous oxideand carbon dioxide — werereduced by the equivalent ofabout a quarter of a ton of car-bon dioxide — a high rate offinancial return compared toother approaches to reducing thegases.“Our results dispel the notion

that modern intensive agricul-ture is inherently worse for theenvironment than a more ‘old-fashioned’ way of doing things,”said Jennifer Burney, lead authorof a paper describing the studythat will be published online bythe Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences.Adding up the impactThe researchers calculated

emissions of carbon dioxide,methane and nitrous oxide, con-verting the amounts of the lattertwo gases into the quantities ofcarbon dioxide that would havean equivalent impact on theatmosphere, to facilitate compar-ison of total greenhouse gas out-puts.Burney, a postdoctoral

researcher with the Program onFood Security and the Environ-ment at Stanford, said agricul-ture currently accounts for about12 percent of human-causedgreenhouse gas emissions.Although greenhouse gas emis-sions from the production anduse of fertilizer have increasedwith agricultural intensification,those emissions are far out-stripped by the emissions thatwould have been generated inconverting additional forest andgrassland to farmland.“Every time forest or shrub

land is cleared for farming, thecarbon that was tied up in thebiomass is released and rapidlymakes its way into the atmos-phere — usually by beingburned,” she said. “Yield intensi-fication has lessened the pres-

sure to clear land and reducedemissions by up to 13 billiontons of carbon dioxide a year.”“When we look at the costs of

the research and developmentthat went into these improve-ments, we find that funding agri-cultural research ranks amongthe cheapest ways to preventgreenhouse gas emissions,” saidSteven Davis, a co-author of thepaper and a postdoctoralresearcher at the Carnegie Insti-tution at Stanford.To evaluate the impact of

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“Jason Smith”: It appearsone individual is responsible forundercover videos taken at Qual-ity Egg of New England, Bush-way Packing Inc, Maine Con-tract Farms, Wiles Hog Farm,Hodgins Kennels, C.C. Baird,and at least one other dog breed-ing facility. It is probable thesame individual is responsible forundercover videos taken at Gem-perle Farms, Norco Ranch,DeCoster Egg Farms, and Hy-Line’s Spencer Iowa hatchery. According to credible sources,

the person who worked undercov-er at these facilities was born inHouston, Texas, as ChristopherParrett. Some of the other namesgiven to employers include JasonSmith, John Knoldt, and ChrisPaxton. When employed byMaine Contract Farms, the per-son claimed to be Jason Smithbut used a social security cardbelonging to John Knoldt, origi-nally Christopher Parrett. The social security card of the

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“Pete Romoland”: TheAlliance suspects that this sameindividual is also known as “PeteRomoland,” whose pictureappeared in a TIME magazinearticle accompanying an inter-view with him on March 6, 2009. In the TIME magazine article,

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“James/Jimmy Carlson”:Possibly the same, but withoutconfirmation, another individualwas hired by Country View Fam-ily Farms. The name providedwas Jimmy Carlson, supposedlyfrom Sag Harbor, N.Y. The indi-vidual was in his twenties andhad his hair cropped short in abuzz cut. Sources confirmed thatCarlson was also responsible forthe January 2010 video taken atWillet Dairy in New York forMercy for Animals.In a National Public Radio

interview that has since been tak-en offline, an individual tookcredit for conducting the Hy-Line undercover operation. Hestated that he worked for Mercyfor Animals. In the radio inter-view, this individual asked thereporter to call him “James.” Hesaid that since he often had touse his real social security cardwith his picture ID, he couldn’treveal his real name when givinginterviews.In all cases, the undercover

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contexts that yield gains alone donot necessarily stop expansion of

cropland,” Lobell said. “Thatsuggests that intensificationmust be coupled with conserva-tion and development efforts.“In certain cases, when yields

go up in an area, it increases theprofitability of farming there andgives people more incentive toexpand their farm. But in gener-al, high yields keep prices low,which reduces the incentive toexpand.”The researchers concluded

that improvement of crop yields

should be prominent among aportfolio of strategies to reduceglobal greenhouse gases emis-sions.“The striking thing is that all

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Realtors® with little or no training andexperience in land sales need to hire a profes-sional with sufficient brokerage experience,such as a professional Accredited LandConsultant, to help them if they wish to work ona land related transaction. Otherwise, theRealtor® must disclose in writing that he orshe does not possess expertise, education orcompetence so parties in deal are aware that theRealtor® they are working with does not havethe specific marketing knowledge or training.

Knowledge and experience is one of thekeys to success in real estate sales. A real estatelicense allows an agent to sell any kind of realestate. Most select a certain area to work in, aspecific market and product to sell. For mostRealtors®, it's a type of residential real estate.

The World Organization Land Federation(WOLF), The American Land College, and TheRealtors® Land Institute each offer advancedland education and marketing courses, lec-

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In Wyoming, about $4 million worth of range-land cattle and sheep were lost to predators in2005. Using a computerized model, researchershave now simulated an individual ranch’s eco-

nomic impact of livestock losses to predators suchas wolves and coyotes. Both short-term profitabili-ty and long-term viability were found to be affectedby predation.The article appeared in the June 2010 issue of

the Journal Rangelands. The Western WyomingGrazing Model simulates cow–calf operations, tak-ing into account herd size, grazing strategies,annual livestock sales, and fluctuating cattle pricesto determine ranch income and viability.The model uses three scenarios to predict the

consequence of predation on profits: decreasedweaning weight, increased death loss, andincreased variable costs. Of these, reduced wean-ing weight had the greatest impact. This is becauseall calves would become less profitable when thestress of predation resulted in a lower sale weight,whereas death loss would affect only those animalsdirectly lost to predators. Reduced sale weights ofup to five percent were sustainable in this model.However, we have little scientific data describing

the impact of predation on weaning weights and abetter understanding of this relationship is needed.With an annual death loss of four percent, a

ranch would experience negative profits in three often years. Increasing the loss to ten percent wouldbring about an additional year of losses and possi-ble insolvency of the business. However, in thisscenario, the losses due to decrease in herd sizewere offset to an extent by increased sale of hay.Variable costs that might increase due to preda-

tion include herding costs, the need to check onand move animals more frequently, and increasedveterinary services. An overall cost increase of 20to 30 percent, which is unlikely, would be requiredto significantly affect profits.The model shows that predator control activities

that achieved a one percent reduction in death lossor a one percent lessening of the affect on weaningweights would be economically efficient. Thisknowledge can help determine how to best controlrangeland predators — whether individually orwith state and federal funding.

Full text of the article, “Ranch-Level Economic Impacts of Predation in aRange Livestock System,” Rangelands, Vol. 32, Issue 3, June 2010, isavailable at: www2.allenpress.com/pdf/rala-32-03-21-26.pdf.

The price of predators: An economic impact model for livestock ranches


Members of the South-west Brangus BreedersAssociation (SWBBA)are offering youngsters

in their region of New Mexico,Arizona, Utah and Colorado aunique opportunity to show aheifer in the months to come.Under a memorandum of

understanding (MOU)approved at the SWBBA annualmeeting in Ruidoso in late June,4-H or FFA members mayreceive a registered Brangusheifer along with feed andexpense funding to prepare aheifer to compete in the ArizonaNational or other appropriateshow. The heifer will be trans-ferred into the youth’s name forthe duration of the project andthe youngster must become amember of the InternationalJunior Brangus Breeders Associ-ation. Additionally, the youthwill be expected to provide dailycare and management of theheifer as directed by their 4-Hleader or FFA advisor as well asmaintaining a record book andfinancial records relating to theanimal. The heifer will bereturned to its breeder at theconclusion of the show season.To ensure a strong network forthe youngsters participating inthe program, the MOU must besigned by the youngster, his orher advisor or leader as well ashis or her parents and the breed-er of the heifer.

“We hope this project willenable youngsters to showheifers that would otherwise beunable to have one,” explainedBill Morrison, Lack-MorrisonBrangus, Clovis, New Mexico,“along with providing publicexposure to the Brangus breedthat fits so well in the region andthe breeders who provide theheifers.”Youngsters who participate in

the program must insure theirheifers for their full value asdetermined by the heifer'sbreeder and 4-H or FFA advi-sor. In addition to funding toassist with feed and travel costs,each youngster will receive $100for their efforts and be eligiblefor a $500 scholarship offered bythe SWBBA. The scholarshipwinner will be selected based ona written project story, a com-pleted record book and a letterof support from the leader oradvisor. The scholarship will bepaid directly to the student’s col-lege or technical school whenthe student provides SWBBAwith a copy of enrollment verifi-cation.Youngsters and Brangus

breeders interested in participat-ing in this program should con-tact SWBBA President Dr. BartCarter, Thatcher, Arizona athome, 928/348-8918 or office,928/348-4030; or Mr. Morrisonat home, 575/482-3254 cell,575/760-7263 in Clovis.

Crane Creek Ranch: Tehama County, 556 acres. Two smallhomes, winter range. West of Red Bluff.Priced at $975,000.Wilson Ranch: Modoc County, 487 acres, house, barn, summer range. Surprise Valley, Calif. Priced at$950,000.Willow Springs Ranch: Shasta County, 1,470 acres, barn, two homes, Cottonwood Creek frontage. Make offer.Pasture Ranch: Modoc County, 427 acres, nice home, 400 acres irrigated.2.5 miles Pit River frontage, priced at$1,600,000.Fisher Ranch: Modoc County, 2,808 acres, 465 irrigated, USFS andBLM permits, older nice home, 200 cowsincluded. Priced at 2,999,000.Hooker Creek Ranch: TehamaCounty, 1,023 acres, winter range, largeponds, recreation, electric, well, septic,telephone. Priced at $1,095,000.

Rubicon Ranch: Tehama County,2,082 acres, Hunting Ranch, pigs, deer,quail dove. Ponds and creek. Priced at$1,350,000.Spring Meadow Ranch: ShastaCounty, 160 acres, water rights, 50 acresirrigated, large home, swimming pool,barn, shop. Priced at $699,000.Trinity River Ranch: TrinityCounty, 117 acres, 5,000 ft. Trinity River frontage, excellent trout fishing.Priced at $665,000.Kelley Ranch: Modoc County, 658 acres, 156 acres irrigated, threehouses, barn, shop. Priced at $900,000Paskenta Ranch: Tehama County,487 acres, house, corrals, barns. Approx.200 acres, class one soil. New well, nursery-orchard. Priced at $1,795,000Horse Ranch: Tehama County. 26+acres, 14 acres irrigated, house, corrals,120x200 covered arena. 140 ft. cuttingarena, 16-stall barn, Cottonwood Creek frontage. Priced at $1,350,000

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Southwest Brangus BreedersInitiate Youth Heifer Program

Efforts to turn out the lights

On June 10, by a 53-to-47vote, Senate Democratsdefeated a bipartisaneffort to halt the attempt

by the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) and the Obamaadministration to mount a regu-latory takeover of the U.S. econ-omy. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska

Republican, had offered a resolu-tion disapproving of the Environ-mental Protection Agency’s(EPA) ruling that carbon-dioxideemissions pose a threat tohuman health and the environ-ment. Murkowski, the entireSenate Republican caucus andthe six Democrats who voted forthe bill were doing no less thanreasserting Congress’ constitu-tional authority to regulate inter-state commerce, says H. SterlingBurnett, a senior fellow with theNational Center for PolicyAnalysis. Energy production and use

make up a large percentage ofthe economy and people’s well-being.The proposed EPA green-

house-gas regulations wouldhave a bigger impact over thelong term than the financialbailouts and the various stimuluspackages.It would have a larger impact

on our economy than any singlepiece of legislation other than,perhaps, the recently passedhealth care overhaul. Murkowski and her allies sim-

ply thought that elected mem-

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In financial terms it means alot, according to Calvin Pietz,Farm Business ManagementInstructor at Mitchell Techni-

cal Institute. The average businesspurchases within local communi-ties based on information provedby farmers enrolled in SouthDakota’s Farm/Business Manage-ment Program was $561,556, anincrease of $9,126 over 2008.Feed purchased topped the

expense list in 2009 at $79,934for the average enrolled farm.Much of this feed is producedand processed in South Dakotacreating a multi-million dollarindustry within the state.Equipment repairs and pur-

chases provide the basis for theag equipment industry in localcommunities. The average farmgenerated $30,855 in repair bills.Gas and lubricant purchasesadded another $21,209 in dollarspaid to local businesses.The livestock health industry

received an average of $17,414per farm in 2009.“The industries save the pro-

ducer millions in livestock losses,creating more spending revenuewithin each community,” saysPietz.Crop input expenses also

make up a large part of the farm

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purchases from local vendors. In2009 the average farm spent$50,389 for fertilizers, $29,221for chemicals, and $66,592 forother crop expenses.There are other farm expenses

which benefit their communities.Hired labor cost were $17,308per farm in 2009, providing jobsand income for employees withinthe community. Interest pay-ments of $36,312 were paid perfarm allowing lending agenciesto raise funds for other commu-nity investments.The average farm also gener-

ated $7,946 in property taxes. Agreat deal of the budget of com-munity schools and local govern-ment is carried by taxes paid byeach farm or ranch.In addition to $561,556 spent

on operating costs, ag operationsspent another $111,928 on capitalimprovements — expenses includ-ed $42,025 on new buildings andland, and $58,199 on newmachinery and livestock equip-ment. An additional $11,704 wasspent on the purchase of breedinglivestock. Family living costs were$46,306 in 2009.The average farm consisted of

1,790 acres, of which 663 acreswere farmer-owned and 1,127acres were rented. Total invest-ment per farm by owner/opera-tor and lenders is $1,707,644.

Society for Range Managementannouncers Summer Tour:Express UU Bar Ranch

The New Mexico section ofthe Society for Range Man-agement (SRM) will beoffering an outstanding

opportunity to join managerMike Hobbs for a personal tourof the Express Ranch UU Barranch (www.expressuubar.com)August 6 near Cimarron, N.M.

From the mountains to theplains and in-between, the his-toric, 160,000 plus acre UU Barcombines stocker, commercialand breeding cattle operationswith high quality hunting, recre-ation and very attentive rangemanagement. The tour will beopen to ranchers and all thoseinterested in furthering the artand science of range manage-ment. Youth in particular will bewelcome.Portions of the proceeds from

the $50 tour ticket ($25 youthand students), which includes ahearty cowboy luncheon at theExpress UU Bar Lodge, will sup-port NM SRM scholarships, theNMSU Range Club, and theNMSU Range Plant ID team.Continuing education credits willbe available for Certified Profes-sionals in Range Management.For tour agenda and other

details see http://nmsrm.nmsu.eduor contact New Mexico SRMPresident-elect, [email protected]. Those seekingovernight accommodations inthe area should not delay as itwill be “high season in the highcountry.”�

Fremont okays immigrant ordinanceby LESLIE REED and CINDYGONZALEZ, World-Herald Staff Writers

City officials warned of highertaxes. Residents were toldthey’d likely see cuts in cityservices to pay for anticipat-

ed legal challenges.Yet voters passed a controver-

sial law aimed at ridding theirtown of illegal immigrants onJune 21, 2010.“You’ve got to take a step,”

said Jerry Hart, a leader of a peti-tion drive to put the ordinance onthe ballot. “You’ve got to dosomething.”Residents in this town of

25,000 just west of Omaha voted57 to 43 percent in favor of theordinance that city officialswarned could bring a legal battlecosting up to $1 million annually.The results were a reflection, sup-porters said, of growing frustra-tion with illegal immigration andthe federal government’s laxenforcement.But as quickly as supporters

raised a glass to celebrate theirvictory at the polls, the legal chal-lenge was on. The ACLU imme-

diately promised a lawsuit thatchallenges the constitutionality ofthe city ordinance that aims tocut off housing and jobs to illegalimmigrants by fining landlordsand employers who house or hirethem.“Our intention is to make sure

the law does not go into effect foreven one day,” said Amy Miller ofthe Nebraska chapter of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union.“It’s un-American. It’s unconsti-tutional.”And, she said, it would unfairly

discriminate against all Hispanics.Already, Brenda Garcia said

she was feeling a colder shoulder.She moved to Fremont 12 yearsago, drawn by its peaceful atmos-phere and family environment.Monday when she arrived at herpolling place, she was the onlyHispanic there.“When I opened the door,

everyone turned and looked atme,” she said.The vote was the latest spark

in the country’s explosive andemotional debate over illegalimmigration.It was the country’s first public

vote on an immigration law sincethe April passage of the Arizonalaw that ignited emotional debateand demonstrations across thecountry and even outside theU.S.Fremont’s special election

came at a time when Capitol Hillis embroiled over how to overhaulthe nation’s immigration system,which most agree is broken.Indeed, national news media

converged upon Fremont in thedays leading up to the vote, seek-ing to gauge small town Ameri-ca’s sentiments on the divisiveissue heating up political races allover the nation.While election results — about

45 percent of registered votersturned out — directly affect only

activity within Fremont’s borders,observers said the outcome couldset a legal precedent and moti-vate more towns across thenation to enact similar laws.Don Blackford of Logan,

Iowa, for example, said he willpush western Iowa towns to fol-low suit.“There will be a ripple effect,”

Blackford said. “Towns arescreaming for help. They’re cryingfor help.”Fremont supporters of the bal-

lot measure said they were moti-vated by jobs lost to illegal immi-grants and by rising costs fromemergency rooms and classroomshandling illegal immigrants.Hispanics today make up

about eight percent of Fremont’spopulation, compared to aboutfour percent in 2000. The growththis decade in Fremont has been85 percent immigrants, drawnlargely by jobs at meatpackingplants that sit just outside the citylimits. The potentially precedent-set-

ting move, however, will comewith a price tag for residents ofFremont.City officials have estimated —

based on two other cities current-ly fighting legal challenges to sim-ilar laws — that Fremont taxpay-ers could see a double-digit cityproperty tax hike and cuts in cityservices or a combination of both.If the measure ultimately

stands up in court, city officialssaid roughly $200,000 morewould be spent each year toenforce the provisions that pun-ish landlords who rent to illegalimmigrants and employers whoknowingly hire undocumentedworkers.John Weigert, another petition

leader, dismissed the city’s costestimates as “scare tactics.” If thecity attorney handles the caseproperly, it won’t be as expensive

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bers of Congress, account-able to their constituents,rather than unelectedbureaucrats or judges shoulddecide if, when and how theUnited States shouldrespond to the potentialthreat posed by globalwarming, says Burnett. Pres-ident Obama, Senate Major-ity Leader Harry Reid ofNevada and the majority ofthe Democratic caucus dis-agreed, killing the bill.

Source: H. Sterling Burnett, “Murkowskivote isn’t end of the story; Democratspersist in efforts to turn out the lights,”Washington Times, June 15, 2010.

What does the farmer and ranchermean to your community?

as some predict, he said.Fremont City Council Presi-

dent Gary Bolton said Mondaynight that the people of Fremonthave spoken, but he is concerned.“It’s going to be very costly forthe city while this is litigated, and

we need to be prepared for that.”It was a two-year battle to get

the ordinance to a public vote.More than 1,000 people

packed an auditorium for the firstpublic hearing of the measure inJuly 2008.

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