September Agriculture & Livestock Journal

Agriculture & Livestock Journal

Volume64,Number9September2012Nevada Farm Bureau

September 2012 | | www.nvfb.org

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Nevada Farm Bureau Federation

Editor:Zach Allen

The Nevada Farm Bureau Agriculture & Livestock Journal is published monthly by the Nevada Farm Bureau Federation. Subscriptions are available to Nevada Farm Bureau members, only, at an annual subscription price of $1, which is included in yearly dues. Periodical postage is paid at Reno, NV and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Nevada Farm Bureau Agriculture & Livestock Journal, 2165 Green Vista Drive, Suite 205, Sparks, NV 89431.

Meet Wilber...the official Nevada Farm Bureau office pig - Wilbur’s job, collect funds for Nevada Ag in the Classroom.

Wilber is one of many - a herd of pigs have been released throughout the state...

Nevada Farm Bureau has created the “Feed the Pig” Challenge. Pigs have been sent to all COUNTRY Financial offices and each county Farm Bureau President has received a pig.

Special note - the pigs are all white...Wilbur was perfectly painted by Director of Communications, Zach Allen, under the watchful eye of Executive Vice President and Art Director, Doug Busselman.

The Challenge1. Each county is responsible for their pig and making sure their pig doesn’t go hungry. The pig should be taken to county meetings, out on the town, and can even be placed at businesses. The goal for each pig is to consume a minimum of $250, the money will go help fund Ag in the Classroom and provide materials to students and teachers.

2. The goal - raise money! The pigs will be need to be herded to Carson City for the 2012 Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. During the meeting specially trained staff will be on hand to “weigh” the pigs. (Weighing the pigs means counting the cash and coin).

3. Raising money is only part of the fun. Decorating you pig is a must. Some say Wilbur is “cute” and his “cuteness”

will cause people to feed him. So county Farm Bureaus and COUNTRY offices should decorate their pig. The pigs are porcelain - sharpies, paint, and other objects can be used to decorate.

Prizes1. The county or COUNTRY office with the fattest pig (most money) will win a new iPad!

2. At the 2012 Nevada Farm Bureau Annual meeting each county that totals

$250 or more will receive a certificate of achievement and special recognition during the meeting.

3. A prize for best decorated pig will also be awarded. Best dressed pig will be decided by Farm Bureau members. The pigs will be on display for all to see, the pig that has the most money by the end of the meeting wins!

Feed the Pig...


Congressman Mark Amodei Holds Agriculture Town Hall MeetingWinnemucca, NV - Congressman Mark Amodei held an agriculture town hall meeting on Wednesday, August 29.

Farmers and ranchers from throughout Congressional District 2 were invited to participate. The town hall provided a great opportunity for ag producers to bring up important issues affecting agriculture and rural Nevada.

Issues important to Nevada farmers and ranchers included the Farm Bill, sage-grouse, public lands, wild fires and land restoration were among a few of the issues Amodei discussed.

Amodei mentioned the importance of Nevada agriculture

and the importance of having input from farmers and ranchers.

Congressman Amodei plans on have regular communication with farmers and ranchers and holding future town hall meetings.

STEM and Ag in the ClassroomBy Brooke Bard

As the new coordinator of Nevada’s Ag in the Classroom program, I am excited to expand our outreach to schools throughout the state by focusing on the STEM movement that is so pervasive in education today.

What exactly is “STEM”? On the surface, it is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. It is the response of American education to repeated pleas from the private sector to better prepare students for the highly technical and increasingly specialized workforce in the 21st century.

One of the main features of this approach is a focus on integrating the core subjects (reading, writing, math, and science) with practical applications by having students collaborate more regularly to solve problems and complete projects.

Agriculture can be considered the STEM of society, providing for our most basic human needs. Without

modern agriculture, industrialized nations would be decades or more behind the current pace of invention and innovation, nor would they be able to provide for other third world nations.

What might this look like in a classroom? It could include establishing and maintaining a school garden, processing the food, and even selling it to the community to create sustainability within the program. Or it might be the design of an irrigation system for the garden, calculating water usage and crop yields.

Ag in the Classroom involves using more ag-based lessons, such as extracting DNA from plants coupled with research on genetically engineered crops, or studying advances in biotechnology or innovative conservation methods.

Ag in the Classroom also means involving more people from the agriculture industry to help inspire a new generation, creating partnerships with business leaders, educators and the agricultural community to provide experiences and resources for technical and career exploration.

Whatever the lessons being taught, the primary overall goal is to help students (and teachers) better understand basic agriculture and its vital role in the production of our Nation’s food and fiber supply, as well as the importance of agriculture in our local, state, and national economy.

Nevada Ag in the Classroom’s goal is to use STEM as a vehicle to expose more students to ag-based curriculum in the schools in Nevada to increase agricultural literacy and encourage more interest in ag-related careers. It is extremely important to prepare the next generation for the challenges that face our global society, and STEM provides a vehicle for educators to address these challenges in the future.

By helping educators recognize existing connections between core subjects and food, fiber, and natural resource systems, Nevada Ag in the Classroom hopes to help develop an articulate system to provide education in and about agriculture. Such a system will produce broadly trained professionals and an agriculturally literate population that understands and appreciates the importance of agriculture.


Nevada Mint Harvest Kicks off in OrovadaDid you brush your teeth today? Or chew a piece of gum? Well if you did, you probably tasted peppermint, which is grown in Humboldt County.

Hetrick Farm in Orovada produces mint, alfalfa seed, grain and potatoes. Hetrick Farm is much like Nevada agriculture, diversified.

Dan Hetrick farms 600 acres of peppermint, the largest mint farming operation in Nevada.

Peppermint is a perennial crop and lasts about fours years. After mint is planted it takes two years before full production. The first year is “a little light.”

Mint is harvested every August and the harvesting process is very similar to alfalfa. A swather cuts the mint and is left into windrows. The peppermint is then left in the field for a few days to dry.

After the mint has dried, the plants are chopped into large enclosed trailers. Each trailer holds 1.5 acres of chopped mint plants.

Each trailer then goes to the distillery where the mint oil is extracted from the leaves. This process is called steam distillation.

The trailers are completely sealed off. Steam is injected into the trailers - since the trailers are sealed, they act like a pressure cooker. This process drives oil from the mint leaves.

Vapor taken off the plants is then sent to condensers. The condensers convert the vapor into a liquid. The mint oil is then sent to receivers, which separates the oil from water. The oil is sent to 55 gallon drums and that is how the mint oil is shipped.

The mint oil is shipped to brokers. The oil ends up at companies like Colgate and Wrigley and flavors toothpaste, chewing gum, and other products that have a mint flavor.

To learn more about the mint harvest and view video from the Orovada visit the Nevada Farm Bureau YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/nevfarmbureau.

To see more pictures from Orovada and the mint harvest make sure to “Like” the Nevada Farm Bureau Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NevadaFarmBureauNews.

When the mint is ready to be harvested a swather is used to cut the mint and is left in windrows. The mint dries in the field for a couple and then is chopped into trailers.

These trailers house the peppermint. Steam is added in trailers and the effect is similar to a pressure cooker. Each trailer holds around 1.5 acres of peppermint.

The peppermint oil is shipped in 55 gallon drums. The drums are sent to brokers and the final destination is to companies like Colgate and Wrigley.

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Hay Farm For Sale58 acre well maintained hay farm located 3 miles from Winnemucca. Property includes a 3080sq foot home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan with a great room, large laundry area, family room and attached oversized 2 car garage. There is mature landscaping with numerous outbuildings, a 30’x34’ barn and horse corrals. Property also includes a 1537sq foot rental house which has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath with many new upgrades. Serious inquires only. Water rights included in sale. Buyer must be prequalified. $800,000 or OBO. (775)304-7226

FencingWood round rail fencing, doweled rails, treated. Julian Smith, 775-882-2027 (home) or 883-3200 work. Washoe Valley.

For Sale- 1992 New Holland 116 pull swather. $3500Call 775-427-3476 or email [email protected]

NEW! Aermotor Windmill12’ fan - Lovelock Area - Call 775-578-3536

Ranch Help Needed?Working cowboy and excellent horseman looking for work in North Western Nevada. Professional and timely. Cattle and horses is my profession and passion. Will consider any positions and will not refuse any job. Please contact me for a full resume and [email protected]

DR CHIPPER-19HP Towable, electric start, top discharging, Kawasaki 19 HP engine with very little use. Original cost $4,000. Asking $1,950.00Phone Bob: 775-329-6411 or e-mail: [email protected]

For Sale: Black Angus Bulls - Purebread Yearlings and two year old’s. KDK Angus. Weights Available. Located in Fallon. For more information call 775-423-5092.

1962 Studebaker GT Hawk - 4 speed, restored. $20,000. 775-779-2275

New Holland 1048 Bale Wagon for sale. Excellent working condition has all new tires. $10,000 775-849-1003

1981 Freightliner - Cummins, 25 ft. bed, 32 ft. trailer. $9,000. 775-779-2275

For Sale25 acres Horse/Cattle Ranch Genoa/Minden surface water rights, 2 wells, 3 houses, 2 yr lease rental income corner Muller/Foothills, multiple agricultural uses 1.4 K Owner 831-512-3225

IRRIGATION PIPE10” Aluminum Irrigation PipeHigh pressure mainline irrigation pipe with welded Circle Lock RingApplications:• Mainline for irrigation systems• Water transport lines• Construction applications• Effluent systems13 -- 10” x 40’ - $124 each31 -- 10” x 30’ - $164 eachSmith Valley - Call 775-465-2529 or email [email protected]

FOR SALE: 672 John Deere Hydrolic Rake w/ left-hand delivery - $1,500347 John Deere Baler - 2-wire - $2,000346 John Deere Baler - 2-string, for parts - $1,00070 Horsepower Electric Motor - $70070 Horsepower Gearhead - $700Two-horse, Home-built trailer - $500Call Bobby at 775-635-2118 or 775-635-9656

IRRIGATION PIPE-135 pieces of 3 inch by 30 foot hand move sprinkler pipe $30 per piece-27 pieces of 4 inch by 30 foot hand move sprinkler pipe $30 per piece-95 pieces of 5 inch mainline pipe $45 per piece-1 1600 foot 5 inch wheel line 5 foot wheels $4000TRUCK TRACTOR1981 Peterbuilt model 362 coe 2 axle tractor. Sleeper. BC3 400 Cummins. Recent inframe. 13 speedGood running condition. Was used to haul hay to California until it was parked a year ago. $4000HAY BOOM1961 Chevy 1-ton with 327 motor. Will run with minor repairs. Boom has a VG 4-cylinder Wisconsin.Hydraulics. $800.PICKUP1979 Ford Courier with service bed. Will run with minor repairs. $500MISCELLANEOUSChevy 350 motor with 350 automatic transmission. Late 1970’s model. Came out of an Impala that was in good running condition but was vandalized. $5003 Wisconsin motors: 1-VG 4-cylinder. 1-461 with PTO. 1-462 with PTO. None in running condition. Make offer.Email [email protected]. Phone 775-304-9136 or 775-304-4659

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by Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau

Back to School = Meals for Hungry Kids

I am blessed. I have two children, now grown, and eight young grandchildren who have never known hunger. Sadly, that is not the case for many American parents, some probably living in your very own town.

According to the Agriculture Department, more than 16 million kids don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Many times, the only meals they receive are at school or in after school programs.

Head of the Class

We’ve all felt that pang of hunger, the rumbling of our stomachs during a meeting or classroom lecture. And we all know how that feeling makes it that much harder to concentrate on the subject at hand. So, you can imagine how difficult it is for a child to focus on a math equation or learn a new spelling word while trying to ignore the persistent pangs of hunger.

Not surprisingly, research shows that hungry kids do more poorly in school and have lower academic success. Kids need proper nutrition. It’s vital to their growth and development – both physically and mentally.

In 2010, more than 20 million low-income kids received free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program. This important program, funded by the farm bill, helps feed kids during the school week, but what happens during the weekend or summer months? According to statistics, only 2.3 million of those same children participating in the school lunch program took advantage of the Summer Food Service Program that same year.

This is where organizations like Feeding America come in. Through volunteer efforts, donations and financial contributions, Farm Bureau proudly partners with Feeding America and other hunger organizations to try to reduce childhood hunger. In the past nine years, Farm Bureau families have gathered more than 49 million pounds of food, logged nearly 60,000 volunteer hours and raised more than $1.8 million in donations for Feeding America and other hunger organizations.

Apples Aren’t for Just Teachers

Feeding America serves nearly 14 million children. Through initiatives like the Backpack Program and Kids Café, school kids can have access to food when school is not in session.

The Backpack Program helps kids get nutritious and easy-to-prepare food they need over the course of the weekend. Bags of food assembled by volunteers at local food banks are distributed to nearly 230,000 children at the end of each week throughout the year. In March 2011, Virginia Farm Bureau members filled more than 1,400 backpacks for children who participated in school lunch programs.

The Kids Cafe program provides free meals and snacks to low-income kids during after-school hours at facilities like Boys and Girls Clubs, churches and public schools. But, in reality, this program provides much more than nutritious snacks; it gives children an opportunity to escape from their daily lives of poverty for awhile and just be kids.

So, as you and your children pick out new backpacks and lunchboxes for this coming school year, remember those kids who have nothing with which to fill a lunch sack. Contact your local Farm Bureau or food bank and see how you can help keep one less child from going to school hungry.



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