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The Only Weekly A Busy Rancher Needs To Read.
Billings, Montana
Thursday, June 4, 2015
by the publisher
Pat Goggins
As I See It
I remember quite a few
things during the Thirties and since have come
along to make ranching
and farming and life in
general easier... invention
after invention -- from
computers to machinery
to various kinds of seeds
to maturity. Anyway, I got
to thinking about that over
the weekend. Having been
a 1930 youngster and turning 85, you get a wake-up
call every now and again
about how it used to be...
it’s interesting and in some
cases it’s alarming how
much change has come
about in these last 85 years.
Having raised six children, my wife Babe and I, I
was particularly interested
in digging out some facts
on the cost of living, food,
education, and whatever
else. Since 1930, there
has been a huge change
in the cost of living. In
1930, a brand-new house
cost $7,146, according to
the Commerce Department. And that was a
pretty good-sized house,
too. The annual income
earned, according to the
tax people, was $1,973
back then. A new car -- if
you had money enough
to buy one -- was $610. If
you were renting a house, it
was $15 a month. You folks
that were smart enough or
were given enough to go
to Harvard, the tuition was
$400 a year. Whoa, you
would have to add quite
a few zeros to that figure
if you were going to go
there now... if you could
even get in.
The average cost of gas
back then was 10¢ a gallon. The cost of a postage
stamp back then was 2¢.
Hamburger was 13¢ a
pound in 1930! Bread used
to be 9¢ a loaf. In 1930,
…Cont. on pg 3
Food for Thought:
Americans are not a perfect people, but are
called to a perfect mission. --Andrew Jackson
Sortin’ Pen
Brazil is “closer than it has
ever been” to exporting fresh
beef to the United States, the
chief executive of Brazilian
meat packer JBS SA said
on May 14, adding that he
expects shipments to start
later this year. The Brazilian ag ministry expects a
formal announcement on
meat exports to the United
States when President Dilma
Rousseff visits Washington
in June. But even if the accord is concluded, it would
not be a “transformational
event” for Brazil’s beef
By Alan Guebert
In the chaos that surrounded Congress leaving
Washington D.C. for a
flag-waving Memorial Day
holiday, your House Ag
Committee found time May
20 to vote to kill Country of
Origin Labeling, or COOL,
for beef, pork, and chicken
sold in the U.S. If you carnivores out here are keeping
score, the Ag Committee
…Cont. on pg 7
U.S. close to accepting
South American beef...
pated deal would cover fresh
beef, such as meat exported
in refrigerated containers.
Batista spoke on a conference call to discuss JBS’
record first-quarter earnings,
which surged nearly 20-fold
from a year ago to a 1.39
billion reais ($457 million),
up from 70 million reais in
the first quarter of 2014.
Currency hedging helped reverse net financial expenses
of 869 million reais a year
earlier. “We had an impact
from exchange rate variation and captured revenue
from derivatives that cover
this exposure,” Batista said.
More than 80% of the JBS
sales are in dollars.
Profit margins improved
in all the regions where
JBS operates, including the
United States and Australia,
but it faced a “challenging
quarter” in South American
unit JBS Mercosul, Batista
said. High cattle prices in
Brazil pressured margins
and exports also fell, he
added.
…Cont. on pg 4
government move to keep,
then kill, then keep, then
change, and then kill one of
the most popular, definitive
food labeling laws in the
world. In fact, country of origin labeling for red meat and
poultry is so popular around
the world that more than 60
nations have a World Trade
Organization-legal version
of it, noted Ranking Mem…Cont. on pg 3
By Leesa Zalesky
His words are plain and
pointed.
Australia’s Liberal Party’s
Senator Bill Heffernan, representing the state of New
South Wales, has vowed to
continue to fight U.S. beef
imports to Australia, despite
the mounting global political pressure to open access
through the proposed Trans-
Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Heffernan says he’s not going
to lose the fight to protect
Australia’s clean, green, and
(disease) free status. “Forget
about bringing in beef from
America,” he told a Senate
budget hearing last week.
So what’s his complaint
about U.S. beef? “How would
we ever know if fresh beef
coming into Australia (from
…Cont. on pg 5
EPA & Army
Corps unveil
final Clean
Water Rule
…Cont. on pg 4
The American Farm Bureau Federation announced on
May 27 that it supports a repeal of U.S. country of origin
labeling (COOL) by Congress. “We are pleased the House
Ag Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Mike
Conaway (R-TX), has moved to repeal country of origin
labeling (COOL) for beef, pork, and chicken, and we ask
the full House to do likewise,” said AFBF President Bob
Stallman. “Whatever benefits labeling brought farmers and
ranchers, the WTO ruled that the process of separating the
herds was too cumbersome to permit free trade. Canada
and Mexico could retaliate with $2 billion in tariffs against
U.S. food if we don’t stop the labeling program.”
However, on May 19, one day after the World Trade Organization (WTO) released its ruling on COOL, Stallman
wasn’t quite so adamant about a repeal: “We will work
with Congress, USDA, and USTR (U.S. Trade Representative) to reach the goal of an effective COOL program that
conforms to international trade rules.”
industry, said JBS chief
executive Wesley Batista,
who heads the world’s largest meat seller. “Without any
doubt, this would benefit
the flow of volumes from
Brazil, but today, markets
are global. It’s not like in
the past,” he said. Little
impact would be felt until
next year because of likely
delays in protocols and approval needed for individual
plants, added Batista. Brazil
already exports canned beef
and other cooked beef to the
United States. The antici-
American exceptionalism ... Australia’s Senator
except for what we grow
Heffernan: NO U.S. beef
vote was the latest confusing imports. EVER.
On the Friday preceding the Memorial Day weekend,
USDA’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
sent two final rules that would allow imports of fresh beef
products from Brazil and Argentina into the U.S. to the
White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB).
Farm Bureau wants COOL repealed...
No. 36
JBS CEO says Brazil close to exporting fresh beef to U.S.
The EPA and Army Corps
unveiled their long-awaited
final Clean Water Rule on
May 27. The proposed rule
had been pending for more
than a year. The final rule,
which faced severe opposition in its proposed form,
retains most of its original
provisions. It does, however,
incorporate a number of
changes in response to the
more than one million comments received. The final rule
identifies eight categories
of “jurisdictional waters.”
These are waters over which
EPA and the Army Corps
could exercise Clean Water
Act jurisdiction. These categories include:
- Traditional navigable
waters
- Interstate waters
- Territorial seas
- Impoundments of jurisdictional waters
- Tributaries
- Adjacent waters
- Specific waters subject
to case-specific significant
nexus analysis
By Leesa Zalesky
Volume 7
INDEX
These two Red Angus/Tarentaise-cross calves look to be posing for a fall
shipping photo, but this was late May on the Lazy TL Ranch north of Miles
City, Montana, where only an inch of moisture had fallen since January. A few
days after this photo was taken by rancher/ writer John L. Moore, the area had
received .7” of rain, and the country had greened up a little. While Sheridan,
Wyoming; Colstrip, Montana; and other areas have had record rains, a big
stretch between Miles City and the Fort Peck Lake has been very dry.
Agri-Kids............................ 8
Cooking in the West........ 10
Markets............................. 15
Ramblings........................ 12
Classified......................... 14
Letters................................ 2
Obituary............................ 16
Sale Reports.................... 13
Comments.......................... 9
2
Letters
We are delighted to print letters from
our readers on ag and livestock
issues. However, the letters are
subject to editing for length, grammar,
libel, and pertinence to the industry
and/or subject at hand.
Editor
to the
Has anyone seen one of these?
Hello Linda G., I was wondering if you had ever seen a
rodeo token like this?
I was looking for a base pin
off my Ruger Bearcat with my
metal detector in our pasture
and got a hit. I dug this at 12”
on edge. It is in pretty rough
shape, so I hope you can see
it okay! On one side, it reads:
“Passing of the West... Queen
of the Roundup!” and on the
other side, it says: “Montana’s
Last Great Roundup and
Frontier Celebration. Billings,
Montana. July 1, 2, 3, 4, 1915.”
We read your gramps (Bill
Huntington), of course, every
week, and I was thinking he
might have worked this event, which will be 100 this July!
Bob Egeler
Roundup, MT
Editor’s note: Well, I can’t say whether Gramps took part in it
for sure, but I’m willing to bet that he did! George Williams,
too! Gramps would have just turned 39 when “Montana’s Last
Great Roundup and Frontier Celebration” took place. And it was
at this stage in his life that he and George Williams and gang
participated in and organized many wild West shows. Thanks
for sharing this info with us, Bob! LG
WESTERN AG REPORTER
I’ve always felt the writer’s great weapon
is the truth and integrity of his voice.
And as long as what you’re saying
is what you truly, honestly believe to be the case,
then, whatever the consequences, that’s fine.
That’s an honorable position.
Salman Rushdie
are good winter company and highway fliers.
Louise Linton
Lakeview, OR
Update...
Linda, the legal case challenging the compact vote (FJBC
individuals vs 64th legislature, governor and AG, and others)
had some movement last week. Presiding Judge Manley
denied the State’s motion to change the venue to Helena,
keeping it in Lake County where the impact will occur, and
ordered a scheduling conference on June 17. This action
occurred within a week of the Tribes’ federal lawsuit, which
had named Judge Manley personally, being dismissed.
You know, I think everyone expected either a clean passage or a clean failure for this compact and none of this
“maybe” stuff. Well, as they say, “...and this too shall pass...”
Thank you for all you do.
Catherine Vandemoer, Ph.D.
email
Difficult to believe...
The context of the enclosed letter is so irresponsible it’s
difficult for me to believe this outfit is real.
Stanley Bruce
Billings, MT
Editor’s note: What Mr. Bruce sent me was a letter of solicitation
he had received from the Western Environmental Law Center
with offices in Eugene, OR; Helena, MT; and Taos, NM. Just
the first two paragraphs of the four-page letter show the stripes
of the outfit: “Dear Stanley, I’m writing to you today because
the American West’s iconic wildlife - including the beautiful and
majestic gray wolf - is under extreme threat. Let me explain... Last
summer, the Huckleberry Wolf Pack of eastern Washington State
More cracked eggs...
I shouldn’t have been startled to find the raven sitting had been preying on sheep owned by an IRRESPONSIBLE rancher
on my egg basket. I already knew they take all the baby who did not take ADEQUATE STEPS to protect his livestock.
Killdeer. The raven here don’t see much of Mexico. They ... Donate $25, $50, $100, or more today and help support our
fight to protect gray wolves and other Western wildlife from
state-authorized killings. ... We
need your help to stop the cruel
killing of wolves! Make a fully
tax-deductible donation today
to help us see this fight through!
... In short, by contributing, you
Let’s help sponsor yet another wonderful “Running For The Brand”
are investing in a truly wild
event! Join the Montana Running Rancher’s team by sponsoring the relay team headed to
future for the West, a future
Washington in July. That’s when 12 ranchers from Montana will be running in the 200-mile
we will fight passionately to
Ragnar Relay Race to raise awareness of BEEF as a powerful protein. Let’s help them
defend using the full power of
with their expenses to get to Washington! They travel in a couple of vans. Let’s cover
the law.” ... Mr. Bruce, I’m sure
those vans with our brands and logos. Ranch Brand: for $50, your ranch name and brand
that this outfit is real and that
will be stenciled on one of the team vans! Agribusiness Brand: for $150, your business
there are dozens more just like
name and logo will be stenciled on one of the team vans! Let’s plaster those vans with our
it, all funded by well meaning
brands and logos! Send checks to Montana Running Ranchers, 1407-16th Street South,
but totally ignorant city folk.
Great Falls, MT 59405, and PLEASE BE
It’s discouraging. LG
Calling all Montana ranchers!
Let’s brand these vans!
SURE to tuck in a note that says you
read about this promotion in WAR!
Questions? Contact Aeric
Reilly with the Montana
Running Ranchers by
phone at 406-570- 5853
or by email at aeric@
reillyins.com
Country roots...
Linda, I received the enclosed poem from my oldest
daughter for Mother’s Day. She lives with husband and
two girls in San Angelo, Texas. But she was born on a
sugar beet farm in Savage, Montana, along with her six
siblings. Although we are scattered to the wind now, we all
remain very close. We live rich lives, but it comes down
to, as Druanna wrote, “country roots produce a spirit that
never dies.”
Murlene Osburn
WoodLake, NE
Country Born
By Druanna Koester
The sound of gravel under tires
Or the peaceful crickets’ tune.
The thunderous clap of a midnight storm
Or a tailgate lunch at noon.
The cumbersome feel of freshly torn earth
Under your feet in spring.
The leap of mother and fawn.
The majesty of an eagle’s wing.
All these images and sounds speak
To the heart of a country child.
All evoke memories to the soul,
A small part of us that will always be wild.
The weather taught us our limits
And what we can’t control.
The harvest taught us hope,
And every spring revived our soul.
For there’s something
About the yawn of a cattle dog.
There’s something
About a squeaky screen door.
There’s something
about being born backwoods,
where a piece of God’s earth
means you’re never poor.
Adapting to a world
That’s ever changing,
But knowing simple things
Are where truth lies.
It may seem odd
Or old-fashioned to some,
But country roots produce
A spirit that never dies.
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As I See It
cont. from pg. 1
You'll
Be
Amazed
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country can have.
The next time you get a
chance to go through one
of your machinery events
or shows in your part of the
world, do it. It opens your
eyes as where you and your
family are in the line of agriculture that you’re in. The
change is massive! Change
is here, and we haven’t seen
the top of it yet.
I’m proud to say that this
publication has changed
with the times too. But no
matter what: we’re well
read, we’re well done, and
we’re one of the best read
publications in the ag circles
in western America. We’re
proud of that, and it makes
me proud of all the people
we have -- from our editor
through production, to our
fieldmen, to our readership
- who each have a part in
helping us keep up with the
news and keep up with, you
might say, with the Joneses,
the people who know what
to do and how to do it.
If we get the proper rains
across America’s food basket, we will have a monumental amount of food to
distribute worldwide as well
as to us. Food is the key, and
commerce is the end product. Don’t ever be fooled.
If there’s a free gift in life,
it is probably our ability to
think for ourselves and to
prove ourselves. The good
Lord gave you a brain to use,
so turn it on and make sure
the light’s working. Enjoy
life! Enjoy what you do,
and make sure you’re good
at what you do because you
only pass this way once.
American Exceptionalism
cont. from pg. 1
ber Collin Peterson, D-MN,
prior to the lopsided, 38-6
committee vote to repeal.
The aggie move, however,
does NOT repeal the law;
that will take full House
and Senate approval and
then White House consent.
While the first step is all but
assured, the glacially slow
Senate may not even take
up the idea, and if it does,
approval is not guaranteed.
If Congress does move to
kill COOL, the White House
would be in a bind. For years
it has been a consistent supporter of the inconsistent: it
supports both COOL and the
WTO. If forced to choose
one over the other, however,
bet that it picks the WTO with regret, to be sure, but
without pause.
The incredibly fast Ag
Committee action (the WTO
had ruled against the U.S.
COOL law just 48 hours
earlier) and overwhelming
vote was a huge victory
for Big Ag and knowing
ignorance and a stinging
defeat for consumers and
transparency. Even at that,
however, the vote was NOT
Congress protecting the
nation’s food safety. That
nonsense is what COOL
haters want the public to
believe because they know
this LIE is far easier to sell
than the actual truth.
The truth is that COOL is
NOT about food safety; it
never was. COOL is about
freedom to choose, your
right to know everything
you can about what you buy
to put in your mouth and the
mouths of your family.
Shameful...
Shameful as it is for Congress to, again, work to deny
Americans this valuable
right, three so-called farm
groups - the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the
National Pork Producers
Council, and the National
Milk Producers Federation have more to be ashamed of.
Since COOL’s legislative
inception in 2002, NCBA,
NPPC, and NMPF have
spent millions to buy onesided, anti-COOL studies
they’ve used to condemn it;
they’ve help finance yearslong lawsuits to fight its
implementation (the money
went down a rat hole; federal
courts have consistently held
the law constitutional) or
have it killed; and they’ve
financed political candidates
who oppose it. Their anti-
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COOL stance was - is - simple to understand. Influential
agbiz group members have
hundreds of millions, even
billions, of dollars riding on
unrestricted global trade.
That means any law that
slows exports of U.S. meat
or milk products abroad or
the import of foreign animals and food here costs ‘em
markets, sales, and profits.
COOL backers get it; they
always have. What they will
never understand, however,
is why Big Ag has not used
its legal firepower, political
influence, and deep pockets to develop a workable
county of origin labeling
policy that both is WTO
legal and delivers what
more than eight out of 10
Americans say they want
to know: whether or not
the chicken they’re eating
is Chinese or the sirloin on
the grill is Sonoran.
Other countries have
COOL. What? We aren’t
as smart or clever as them?
Aren’t we “exceptional”?
In fact, if America and its
farmers and ranchers are
truly “exceptional,” as Big
Ag and these anti-COOL
commodity groups unfailingly sing, why then is what
U.S. farmers and ranchers
grow and sell in their own
country not good enough to
even be labeled American?
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eggs were 15¢ a dozen for
the best big ones. Bacon was
25¢ a pound back then, and
now that same bacon will
ruin a 2 dollar bill. Milk
was 56¢ a gallon. Sugar cost
65¢ for ten pounds. To go to
a movie, it was 5-10¢, and
now it’s $7 or more.
On and on it goes, but you
know, things are better for
people in selling stuff off the
farm or ranch. The place that
gouges and gets to a rancher
or farmer now is the cost of
machinery and keeping it
serviced and repaired. Repairs are atrocious compared
to the 1930s.
I know the importance
of food is going to go up.
I have felt strongly about
this for some years, and I
haven’t changed my mind
because a country will grow
as their food availability
grows. It isn’t how many
more people you have that
causes a country to grow; it’s
the amount of food you can
raise. That’s how we here in
America got the name “The
Land of Opportunity.” We
were eliminating laws and
monopolies, and as every
one of those problems were
eliminated, it opened up opportunities, and from those
opportunities came jobs.
Here comes commerce, here
comes factories, here comes
trade. It all comes along as
the change in the value of
our money.
The cattle business is
pretty darn good. The money
the cull cows, open cows,
and cull bulls are bringing
at your local auction is unbelievable, isn’t it. I don’t
believe many of you have
enough gray over your ears
to have remembered any
period of time like we have
had in 2014-2015 as far as
the prices these cattle are
bringing - yearlings, cull
cows, cull bulls, you name
it... it just can’t be better.
So, it isn’t all bad. The
costs, yes; repairs, yes;
labor, yes... but it’s all commerce, and that commerce
will come back by another
avenue to help you in raising
food. It’s all relative. Good
times bring better times, better times bring success, and
success of any item is the
best advertising that anyone
could have and that includes
your reputation as a person,
as a businessman. Your
reputation gets out ahead
of you, and success ends up
being the best advertising
that you, your business, your
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cont. from pg. 1
The OMB must provide final approval of the rules before they are published in the Federal Register because
the rules are considered “economically significant.” The
rules relax a long-standing ban on fresh beef imports from
Brazil and Argentina due to the countries’ history of foot
and mouth disease (FMD). The U.S. has not had a case of
FMD in cattle since 1929. Reuters News is reporting that
the Brazilian ag ministry expects the U.S. rule to go into
effect this summer. Sao Paulo-based JBS SA, one of the
world’s largest beef packers, told Reuters that it is prepared
to begin beef shipments to the U.S. shortly.
MSU seeks nominations
for outstanding ag leaders...
The Montana State University (MSU) College of Agriculture is seeking nominations for outstanding ag leaders to
honor during its 2015 Celebrate Agriculture event, set for
November 6-7. The annual awards honor those who have
exhibited abundant leadership in Montana public service
as an ag producer, industry advocate, agri-business leader,
or friend of agriculture. Nominees must be: well respected
in their ag community; actively involved in the ag industry
with accomplishments that impact many; an industry leader
or an upcoming, active, and innovative producer; or have
a lifetime of achievement in agriculture. Current MSU,
state, or federal employees will not be considered except
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in the friend of ag category. Past MSU, state, or federal
employees need to have been retired for at least two years.
Deadline for nominations is August 28, and forms will be
received at 202 Linfield Hall, MSU, Bozeman, MT 59717.
For more info, contact Susan Fraser by email at sfraser@
montana.edu or by phone at 406-994-3683.
NRECA hires Bennett as lobbyist...
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
(NRECA) has hired Tate Bennett, an energy and agriculture
policy aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-KY) as senior principal lobbyist who will focus on appropriations. Bennett has worked for McConnell for two
years and prior to that worked for Reps. Brett Guthrie and
Andy Barr, also Kentucky Republicans.
EPA releases new ethanol mandates...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released
its three-year proposed ethanol mandate, increasing the
amount of biofuel it wants mixed into the gasoline supply,
but at levels still below those set by law. “We’re balancing
two dynamics: Congress’ clear intent to increase renewable fuel over time to address climate change and increase
energy security, and the real-world circumstances that have
slowed progress toward these goals,” said Janet McCabe,
the EPA’s air pollution regulator. Those opposed to the
standards want more aggressive goals to get their product
into the fuel supply. Renewable Fuel Association President
Bob Dinneen said the EPA had “created its own slower,
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fuel in 2015 is expected to be advanced forms of biofuel
such as cellulosic ethanol (made from plant material) or
biomass-based diesel. The rest is expected to be corn-based
ethanol. In a corresponding move, the USDA announced a
plan to spend $100 million on new blender pumps that can
deliver more ethanol to consumers who use higher-blend
fuels. The EPA says it will finalize its rule by November.
University of Kentucky dining: local beef...
An agreement between two Kentucky beef processors
and a large food distributor is opening up a much-needed
market for Appalachian beef cattle. Starting this summer,
University of Kentucky students will be offered Kentucky
Proud ground beef through a deal between the Chop Shop,
a Kentucky Proud and Appalachian Proud meat processing facility; Omni Custom Meats, Inc., a minority-owned
Kentucky Proud meat processing facility; and Sysco, one
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10,000 pounds of locally-grown ground meat per week will
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cont. from pg. 1
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After years of aggressive
acquisitions, the company
plans to focus on consolidation after finalizing the
acquisition of Australia’s
Grupo Primo Smallgoods
for $1.125 billion this year.
“We will continue to focus
on improving our debt profile and our corporate ratings
in 2015,” Batista said. “We
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the world wants access to our
lucrative U.S. beef markets
(and our deep-pocketed, beefeating consumers). Time after
time, our lawmakers have
proven that they are more than
willing to grant that access and
to do so without labeling the
foreign product as to its origin.
Just last week, the U.S. House of
Representatives’ Ag Committee
passed a measure that would
repeal our hard-won country of
origin labeling (COOL). Now,
JBS -- the world’s behemoth
meat packer -- is set to start
shipping fresh Brazilian beef to
us... a marvelously attractive,
financially beneficial move for
them to be allowed to make.
Brazil is the world’s number
one beef exporter and has one
of the world’s largest cattle
herds, but its fresh beef has
long been banned by the U.S.
because of Brazil’s ongoing foot
and mouth disease (FMD)
problems. But apparently
our lawmakers think that it’s
worth risking an outbreak
of FMD here in America to
accommodate JBS’ market
desires, and obviously our
lawmakers think that it’s
justifiable to force U.S. cattle
producers to compete -- IN
THEIR OWN COUNTRY -with a cheaper, inferior foreign
product that they can’t set their
beef apart from with a Made in
the USA label because, while
it’s okay for other countries to
use country-of-origin labels
to promote their beef in their
countries, it’s not okay for
American beef producers to
promote their American beef
in America - GO FIGURE!
And we keep returning these
nitwits to office? It’s all beyond
my ken. LG
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cont. from pg. 1
the U.S.) doesn’t come (first)
from Mexico or Canada?” he
asks, pointing to Canada’s recurring problems with bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). (Editor’s note:
GOOD question, buddy boy.
We Americans don’t know;
how would you Australians
possibly know? You would
NOT! BUT if we Americans
have to take Aussie beef, then
you Aussies ought to HAVE
to take American beef. But
that’s too sensible and too
fair to happen. LG) “We
only get the one opportunity
at this, and let me tell you,
Australia’s cattlemen will
absolutely blockade Parliament if we go down that
path,” declared Heffernan.
“As I said to the Canadian
parliament and to the U.S.
people in Congress, when
you’ve got full traceability,
come and talk to us because
you guys will never know
where the beef comes from.
There’s illegal trade over
the Mexican border, along
with other things that they’re
now shooting themselves to
death over, and the Canadian
border’s still open.”
Trading beef for sugar...
under secretive TPP...
Heffernan says he possesses
an email trail -- which included Australia’s Ambassador
to the U.S., Kim Beazley
-- that proves a draft of the
TPP proposed giving access
to U.S. beef in exchange for
allowing Australian sugar
into the U.S. “I’m aware
the priority that was there
for trade with sugar against
beef.. I’ve actually got the
email trail,” he said. Heffernan said he’s aware that
some people in Parliament
are philosophically aligned
with the proposal to trade
Australian sugar exports for
U.S. beef imports, “even
though politically they’re
finding it a bit difficult. I don’t
give a rat’s who they are;
they’re going to cop it,” he
said. “The TPP arrangement
originally (stated) that, if you
want us to take your sugar,
you’ve got to take some
of our beef. Now that’s in
there, but now it’s been, and
I agree, downgraded, because
of the fuss made by certain
people. This is a little shot
over the bow; I won’t name
them because I don’t want
to embarrass people who are
philosophically aligned to
their position in Australia.”
“Taking their meat
lowers our standards”
Animal biosecurity official,
Tim Chapman, responded,
saying that Australia’s biosecurity requirements would
not be relaxed for the purpose
of TPP, that a strict sciencebased approach is taken to
risk assessment, and that
Food Standards Australia
& New Zealand (FSANZ)
undertakes assessments on
the human health risks associated with BSE and the
risks associated with any
imports into Australia. Chapman added that biosecurity
risk assessments would be
conducted before any fresh
In the wake of COOL: U.S. wheat
growers call for fairer trade with Canada
By Leesa Zalesky
Just three days following
the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate
Body ruling on country of
origin labeling (COOL) for
meat, U.S. wheat growers
took advantage of timing
and called for improvements in Canada’s treatment
of U.S. wheat classes. U.S.
Wheat Associates (USW)
and the National Association
of Wheat Growers (NAWG),
in a joint letter to Canadian
Minister of Agriculture Gerry
Ritz and Canadian Minister
of International Trade Ed
Fast, said the recent WTO
COOL decision concerning
the labeling of meat “highlights Canada’s inconsistency
on the issue of treatment of
foreign ag products.” The
debate over the unfair treatment of U.S. wheat by Canada
is NOT a new argument,
but bringing it back into the
public spotlight 72 hours after
the COOL ruling seems to
exploit a WTO decision and
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appears to throw U.S. cattle
producers -- who want to
label their U.S. beef -- under
the proverbial bus.
The core of the controversy
is this: when Canada’s wheat
arrives in the U.S., it is graded
and traded the same as U.S.
wheat in the market, but
when U.S. wheat arrives in
Canada, it is automatically
downgraded under Canada’s
grading system to the lowest designation, regardless
of whether the wheat is an
approved Canadian variety
or of high quality, thereby
requiring segregation. The
U.S. is Canada’s largest wheat
export market, and USW and
NAWG want U.S. wheat
treated on the same level in
Canada as the Canadians treat
their own. Why the U.S. has
continued, over time, to grade
and trade Canadian wheat
just like U.S. wheat when the
method is not reciprocated is
a question for Einstein, who
said performing the same
act over and over again and
expecting different results is
the definition of insanity. But
hey, maybe the U.S. wheat
growers are just now discovering that, according to those
cont. on pg. 6
beef could enter Australia
from the U.S. or anywhere
else, other than Vanuatu
and New Zealand, which
already trade fresh beef with
Australia.
Heffernan would have
none of it. “The proposition
that, because we take or
have agreed under a trade
agreement to take their meat,
lowers our standards -- our
clean green and (disease)
free status -- to their status,”
he said, adding that, if the
U.S. lost South Korean and
Japanese market share, the
U.S. would use Australia to
regain access by arguing,
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Parliamentarians Melissa
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When Chapman said there
“were no plans for fresh beef
to come into Australia from
the U.S.,” Heffernan responded, “With great respect,
I actually have the email
trail... I’m aware the priority
that was there for trade with
sugar against beef.”
Chapman was prompted to
clarify his comments. “Senator, let me rephrase that then.”
Chapman went on to say that
he was “aware that the U.S.
did raise beef in the context
of the TPP... but we certainly
haven’t -- in any way, at any
stage -- said that we would
relax our biosecurity requirements for the purposes of
the TPP.”
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In the wake of COOL
cont. from pg. 5
who oppose COOL, we’re
just one big happy North
American family and all of
our U.S. grown products are
actually just part of the mass
of North American goods.
Try competing in a global
marketplace under that plan.
“Our concerns about the
unfair regulatory environ-
ment that U.S. wheat faces in
Canada closely parallel the arguments Canada successfully
made in its WTO complaint
against U.S. COOL requirements,” wrote USW and
NAWG. “Specifically, the
WTO Appellate Body found
that the COOL measure was
‘inconsistent with Article 2.1
of the TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) Agreement
because it accords less favor-
able treatment to imported
livestock than to like domestic livestock.’ It is readily
apparent to us that Canada’s
treatment of imported wheat
is less favorable than that of
domestic wheat through its
grading system.”
USW and NWG proposed
that giving the market the
freedom to determine origin
segregation’s value -- rather than mandating foreign
grain labeling -- not only
“increases benefits for both
sides of the border, but also
continues to strengthen the
relationship between the two
countries, further laying the
foundation for a long-term,
mutually profitable trade
environment.”
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1-1988 Ford F-350 1 ton dually crew
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1-1988 Ford F-250 4x4 extended cab
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1-2012 DCT 7’x20’ tandem axle
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1-General 8’ 3 pt. disc catt. 2, 18”
notched blades. (New, never used)
1-Howard 52” 3 pt. pto. Roto-tiller.
1-Homemade heavy duty 3 pt. 8’
ripper.
1-6”x20’ portable grain auger.
1-Ford 6’ 3 pt. sickle mower.
1-Dearborn 3 pt. 7’ spring shank
cultivator.
1-Gardner Denver trailer mount gas
powered air compressor. (Older unit)
1-Gas powered Hobart 250 welder on
trailer long leads. (Older unit)
2-1,000 gal. fuel tanks with 110 volt
elec. pumps.
1-Fuel and tool unit with 12 volt pump,
measures 52”x52”x24”.
1-3 pt. middle buster.
1-Comet 16” radial arm saw on trailer.
1-New Holland LB75B Tractor, loader,
backhoe, open station, 2 wheel
drive, ex-stenda-hoe, 25” hoe
bucket, 88” loader buckle with fork
lift hooks. 60% 13.5x24 rear rubber,
11Lx16 fronts 5%.
Portable Saw Mill
Brand X portable gas powered saw
mill with 21” blade. 78” wide and
30’ linear travel.
Used & Unused Iron
& Pipe – Some Stored
Inside
7-25’x8” casing. • 2-5.5’x40’ • Selection
of pipe, drill stem, and sucker rod.
• 1/4” and 1/8” sheet metal, some
full sheets plus several various size
partial sheets. • Several 20’ pieces
of 2”x4” rectangle tubing. • 2-20’
pieces of 4”x4” square tubing. •
3”x5” I beam. • Various size angle
iron and rod. • Numerous random
length of square, rectangle and
round tubing. • Various size random
length pipe. • 13’x30” spiral culvert.
Coal and wood kitchen range
with water tank, white porcelain,
trimmed in black. (Nice condition)
Power Tools
Makita 16” circular saw. • Hitachi 15”
miter saw. • 10” cast top table saw.
• Banding machine. • Skil router.
• MK 770 wet tile saw. • 3-bench
grinders. • 3-Stanley-Bostich
nailers. • Selection of rechargeable
tools. • 3/4 hp. grinder on stand.
Delta DC-300 15” planer, 220 volt.
3-14” chop saws. • Stihl gas powered
• Small pressure washer. • DeWalt
radio. • Numerous power cords.
Quincy Twin air comp. 60 gal. vertical
upright tank. (Like new)
Hilti T.E. 50 elec. Hammer drill. •
Hitachi hammer drill. • Large elec.
Hammer drill with 1” bit shaft. •
Magnetic elec. drill. • DeWalt miter
saw with table. • 2-batt. chargers.
• DeWalt radial arm saw. • Small
DeWalt miter saw. • Drill doctor. •
Various space heaters.
Sunex 10 ton hyd. porta-power.
Honda powered 3” transfer pump.
4” elec. belt sander. • 1” elec. trans
pump. • Large Milwaukee saws all. •
Rockwell hand held 3/4” drill. • 2-9”
angle grinders. • Jigsaws. • 3/8” and
1/2” air impact wrenchs. • DeWalt
10” radial arm saw. • HomeCraft
multi-speed press drill. • 6” planer. •
10” table saw. • Various gear drive
circular saws. • Metal band saw.
Metal Boxes • Concrete
Tools • Ladders
Extension handles. • 36” power
20’ alum. ext. ladder. • 10’ alum.
step ladder. • 100’s of snap ties. •
3’x3’x8’ metal box. • 4’x4’x6’ steel
box 1/4” material.
Building Supplies
variety of good remnants of same
size and quality.
50-16’x2”x4” large selection of lumber
in various dimensions and random
lengths. • Good selection random
length wood blocks. • Several rolls
of residential electric wiring. • Iron,
15 rolls 18”x120’ asphalt felt paper.
7-Surveying instruments from basic
to GPS models.
Pipe Tools
2- Rigid three leg pipe vives. • Various
threaders and reamers. • Rigid iron
pipe wrenches from 6” to 48”.
Hand Tools
Numerous comb. box open end
wrenches from 3/8” to 2”, some
in sets, some mismatched, some
gear wrenches. • Various 3/8”
and 1/2” drive. • Socket sets, 3/4”
drive socket set 3/4” to 2”. • 1”
drive socket set 1 1/2” to 3 1/8” 1”
drive 600 lb. torque wrench. • Tool
boxes individual and stackable.
Large inventory of support hand
tools too numerous too list. • 1-5
jack. • Numerous bottle jacks. •
4 handyman jacks. • All sizes of
carpenter clamps. • 10 house jacks
all sizes. • Honda portable gen. •
We didn’t count the hammers.
L i n c o l n 2 5 0 I d e a l A r c AC / D C
stationary welder. • 3- Oxygen
Plus numerous other tool items of
interest.
WESTERN AG REPORTER
Wheat Board (CWB), established by the Canadian Parliament in 1935, was the sole
marketing board for wheat
and barley in western Canada.
Its operation was authorized
by the Canadian Wheat Board
Act as a mandatory producer marketing system for
wheat and barley produced
in Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, and a small part
of British Columbia. It was
illegal for farmers in areas
under the CWB’s jurisdiction
to sell their wheat and barley
through any other channel
than the CWB. This created
a monopsony, since CWB
(aka the Canadian government) was the only buyer
of wheat and barley. Amid
international controversy, in
2011 the Marketing Freedom
for Grain Farmers Act was
passed, which spelled the end
of the CWB’s monopsony.
Or so it was believed.
The CWB has continued
to operate as a voluntary
marketing organization since
passage of the act, although
the law set a timeline requiring the board to formulate
a plan by 2016 that would
be implemented in 2017 for
privatization of the CWB. On
April 15 of this year, it was
announced that a 50.1% majority stake in CWB was being acquired by Global Grain
Group (G3), a joint venture
between Bunge Canada (a
subsidiary of Bunge Limited)
and SALIC Canada (a subsidiary of the Saudi Ag & Livestock Investment Company)
for $250 million. [Bunge
Limited is a $12 billion ag
company based in White
Plains, New York, that has
operations in 40 countries.
SALIC was established by
Saudi Arabia’s king in 2011
to secure food supplies for
a country that imports 80%
of its food.] The remaining
minority equity in the CWB
is held by its member farmers.
CWB’s board as a private
company will consist of
seven members, including
one farmer representative.
Growers will receive $5 in
equity in CWB for every ton
of grain they sell to CWB.
After seven years, G3 has
the right to buy the stakes
held by farmers. Critics say
the deal makes no guarantees
that G3 will make good on
its commitment to invest
in the company and should
face more scrutiny given
that the buyers are foreign.
“This is a strategic industry
for Canada,” said Pat Martin,
a member of Parliament for
Winnipeg Centre. “It might
be different if they sold the
wheat board for billions
of dollars. But they didn’t.
They’re handing it over free
of charge. All the assets -we’re talking thousands of
rail cars, port terminals, ships
on the Great Lakes. They
have handed over the keys to
these guys with a promissory
note that they’ll invest $250
million in the future. I think
it’s a sad day... you really
have to question what kind
of a business model it is to
hand it over to an American
agri-food giant and a Saudi
agri-food giant who, until
recently, were your greatest
competitors.”
Yep, and a whole bunch of
U.S. cattle producers understand that general sentiment.
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Misc Items
9-5 gal. containers of boiled linseed
oil. • 500 gal. propane tank. • 10
smaller portable propane bottles. •
30 gal. cast kettle. • Set of large bar
mount pallet forks. • 4 wheel track
trolly • Log chains and binders. •
20 open boxes of welding rod. •
Old harness. • 100-6 1/2”x5” wood
concrete blocks. • Cinder blocks
and basketball size decorative
rocks. • Saw horses. • 8’ steel
table with vise. • Homelite 1 1/2”
gas powered transfer pump. • Few
collectable crocks. • Med. sized set
of horse harness. • Several collars.
• Estimated 350-400 lbs. of antlers.
• Plus many other items of value.
Some scrap iron.
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Water Rule
cont. from pg. 1
- Other waters subject to
case-specific significant
nexus determinations
- Traditional navigable waters, interstate waters, territorial seas, and impoundments
of jurisdictional waters
The final rule does not alter
the agencies’ treatment of
traditional navigable waters,
interstate waters, territorial
seas, or impoundments of
jurisdictional waters. Coverage of these waters has not
changed from that announced
in the proposed rule. These
are the traditional waters
widely agreed to be protected
by the Clean Water Act.
Tributaries
The “tributaries” category
was among the most controversial of the proposed
rule’s categories of jurisdictional waters. For the first
time, the agencies sought to
define the word “tributary,”
and the proposed definition
met with great opposition.
The proposed rule broadly
defined tributaries to include
natural or man-made waters,
wetlands, lakes, ponds, canals, streams, and ditches if
they contribute flow directly
or indirectly to interstate
waters. The proposed rule
had no requirement that the
waterways continuously exist or have any nexus to traditional “waters of the United
States,” as has traditionally
been required.
The final rule retains the
general definition of tributary offered by the proposed
rule. The final rule, however,
specifies that wetlands and
waters that do not have beds,
banks, and high water marks
will be evaluated for inclusion as “adjacent” waters
rather than as “tributaries.”
Also, in response to heavy
criticism, the final rule does
expand the exclusion for
certain ditches as noted in
the exclusion section below.
Adjacent Waters
Under the proposed rule,
“adjacent” was defined to
include “bordering, contiguous, or neighboring” waters.
Under this definition, all
waters (not just wetlands)
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within the same riparian area
or flood plain of interstate
waters would be “adjacent”
waters subject to CWA regulation. The final rule largely
retains this definition, but
adds a restricting definition
for “neighboring,” which
includes:
-Waters located within 100
feet of the ordinary high
water mark of navigable
waters, interstate waters, territorial seas, impoundments,
or tributaries
- Waters located within
the 100-year floodplain of
navigable waters, interstate
waters, territorial seas, impoundments, or tributaries
and not more than 1,500 feet
from the ordinary high water
mark of such water
- Waters located within
1,500 feet of the high tide
line of navigable waters or a
territorial sea and all waters
located within 1,500 feet of
the ordinary high water mark
of the Great Lakes
Specific Waters Subject to
Case Specific Significant
Nexus Analysis
The proposed rule stated
that other waters with a “significant nexus” to traditional
navigable waters, interstate
waters, or territorial seas
would be covered by the
rule. The final rule adds more
detail. Specifically, the rule
provides that the following
waters are jurisdictional
when it is determined through
a case-specific analysis that
they have a significant nexus
to traditional navigable water, interstate waters, or territorial seas:
- Prairie potholes
- Carolina and Delmarva
bays
- Pocosins (evergreen shrub
bogs)
- Western Vernal Pools in
California
- Texas coastal prairie
wetlands
feet of the high tide line or
ordinary high water mark
of those same waters if it is
determined on a case-specific
basis that they have a significant nexus to the traditional
navigable water, interstate
water, or territorial sea.
Specific Exclusions
The final rule enhances
the descriptions of specific
waters that are excluded
from jurisdiction, even if they
would otherwise meet the
definition of a jurisdictional
body of water. As mentioned
above, certain ditches and
puddles are now specifically
excluded from the definition.
Specific exclusions include
the following:
- Waste treatment systems,
including treatment ponds
or lagoons designed to meet
the requirements of the Clean
Water Act
- Prior converted cropland
- Artificially irrigated areas
that would revert to dry land
should application of water to
that area cease
- Artificial, constructed
lakes and ponds created in dry
land such as farm and stock
watering ponds irrigation
ponds, settling basins, fields
flooded for rice growing, log
cleaning ponds, or cooling
ponds
- Artificial reflecting pools
or swimming pools created
in dry land
- Small ornamental waters
created in dry land
- Ditches with ephemeral
flow that are not a relocated
tributary or excavated in a
tributary
- Ditches with intermittent
flow that are not a relocated
B
The
Other Waters Subject to
Case-Specific Significant
Nexus Determinations
The final rule also includes
within its definition all waters
located within the 100-year
floodplain of a traditional
navigable water, interstate
water, or territorial sea and all
waters located within 4,000
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tributary, or drain wetlands
- Ditches that do not flow,
either directly or through an-
created in dry land incidental
to mining or construction
cont. on pg. 9
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Agri-News 4 Kids
Hey, kids, Banjo is a three-legged ranch dog. He lives on a big ranch in Montana with his two-legged family
(Hannah & Tate) and his four-legged friends (Rascal, the pesky raccoon; Mrs. McBauck, queen of the hen house;
Cowsuela, head mother cow; & Horse Chief Ben, boss of the cavvy). This page is for you kids out there in the
rural countryside. Why not send us a picture of yourself doing something fun? Write to Agri-News 4 Kids, PO Box
30755, Billings MT 59107.
Rascal’s new plan...
Rascal had been keeping
a low profile. He wanted
to make sure he was far
out of the way of what had
been happening around
the ranch. Most of all he’d
wanted some time to work
on his new plan. “Those
mangy dogs will never catch
on,” muttered Rascal as
he skittered around in the
moonlight. He looked high
above, and the lines only
showed a hint of glisten.
“He, he, he,” he snickered.
“Time to try it,” he said to
himself.
The masked bandit
cinched the band tightly
around his waste. His belly
plumped up and over it, but
it was secured. The straps
of the pack were snug
around his shoulders, as
they had to be to prevent
his top half from dangling.
“One, two, three,” he said
as he leapt from the tip-top
of the highest willow tree on
the ranch. Even though the
wire was wrapped tightly to
the oversized trunk, it still
dipped and pulled over with
Rascal’s weight. It was only
for a moment because it was
working. The dual thin lines
were holding Rascal as he
zoomed down the lines high
above the ground. Before
he could wriggle to situate
his pack better, he was
already landing atop the
chicken coop. “Bwa-ha-ha!”
he exclaimed. He threw his
arms in the air and jumped
with excitement. “It worked,
it worked,” he snickered.
Unclipping the line from the
front pack, he reached up to
grab the next line and attach
Missed applying all the nutrients my crops
at planting time, can I apply it later?
it. Rascal hooked it and leapt
again. His weight made the
line bow, but again, it held
him. The ring-tailed raccoon
had done it again. This line
took him quickly to the top
of the barn. “Wahoo!” he
hollered when he landed.
He quickly cupped his black
human-like paws over his
mouth and looked down. He
hadn’t waked any animals.
Nothing stirred except a
slight breeze blowing the
leaves. “Yes, yes!” he said
jumping up and down.
“These zip lines are going
to be great!”
Rascal unclipped the line
and grabbed another. Securing it, he leapt again, this
time with even more confidence. The line glided him
across the corrals and to the
corner of the south pasture.
He would soon drop into the
willows by the creek and be
closer to one of his hideouts.
The wind rippled his fur as
he zoomed through the air.
He held his arms out like a
bird as he soared across
the lines. The line ended
at his tree house hide-out.
He stepped onto the landing and unclipped himself
completely. Rascal stood
with his paws on his hips
and looked onto the ranch.
He was more than proud
of himself. His now knew
this plan and its engineering were fool proof. “They
won’t be able to catch me...
ever,” he snickered. “I’ll have
more vittles stashed all over
this ranch, and no one will
take them from me!” Rascal
rubbed his belly. “Hmmm,
time to try it again, but this
time, it’s time for some tasty
morsels to accompany me
home,” he said.
The masked bandit secured the pack around his
shoulders and zip line to
his makeshift waistband
harness. He hopped onto
a different line and soared
through the air. This line
crossed over the front yard
and dropped him into a
thicket of trees by the back
porch. The zip line made a
waning ‘zip’ sound as his
weight carried him across
the lines. Rascal looked
down and sucked in his
breath. Tuff was looking
right at him. “Drat, drat, and
double drat,” he sniveled but
kept moving on the wire.
Tuff shook his head and
rubbed his eyes with his
paw. “What?!” he mumbled.
Tuff looked up again, and the
image he’d seen or thought
he’d seem was gone. He
nudged Banjo. “Wake up,
wake up!” urged Tuff.
Banjo was groggy but
opened his eyes. “What is
it?” he said.
“Do pigs fly?” asked Tuff. Banjo shook his head. “You
woke me up in the middle of
the night to ask me if pigs
fly? No, of course, they
don’t,” said Banjo. “And in
any case, we don’t have any
pigs on the ranch.”
Tuff shook his sleepy eyes
once more. “I must have
been dreaming,” he said.
“I could have sworn I saw
a pig flying right above us.”
Tuff shrugged, and Banjo
laid his head back down on
his paws. They both dozed
quickly back to sleep.
Rascal had been holding
his breath until he could see
the dogs were back soundly
sleeping. He had made it
to his perch on the back
porch and overheard the
two mangy dogs. “Ha, ha,
ha,” he chuckled with pure
laughter. “This is going to
be perfect.”
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Creek, Oregon, “The hot shot is NOT operational. Keeley loves to help so we
set aside a ‘dead’ hot shot for her to help us when we work cows. She evidently
thought Billed needed some encouragement!” Billy looks like he’s keep a close
eye on the situation!
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Last week live and feeder
cattle futures made an amazing run to the upside, and
then Friday came along! All
the gains that were made in
live cattle futures were completely taken away in Friday’s
trading. Feeder cattle futures
also fell sharply last Friday,
but some of the months still
showed some gains for the
week, led by August maintaining a $4 gain for the week.
The live market saw cattle
pretty mixed for the week
with steady to $1 lower in
some areas of the country and
steady to $1 higher in other
regions. Some areas saw fed
cattle lower for the second
week in a row, and this threw
the chills into the minds of
some. I read a couple of different views that this must mean
that the beef movement over
Memorial Day was not as
good as it should have been.
I guess I cannot say that
this is definitely not the case,
but think about this for just a
moment: it has been raining
HEAVILY across many areas
of this nation for the past
couple of weeks! I don’t know
if I can every remember a time
that I have seen so many news
reports from all across the
United States that are talking
about severe storms and flash
flooding. I think everyone
needs to keep in mind that the
weather has no doubt been a
factor when it comes to being
able to move cattle, not only
to market, but also to pasture.
I will be anxious to see what
the beef movement numbers
were over the first grilling
Water Rule
states that this expansion
would be around 3%. Within
the executive summary, the
agencies state with respect
to agriculture: “The rule
does not add any additional
permitting requirements on
agriculture. The rule also
does not regulate shallow
subsurface connections nor
any type of groundwater,
erosional features, or land
use; nor does it affect either
the existing statutory or
regulatory exemptions from
NPDES permitting requirements, such as for agricultural stormwater discharges and
return flows from irrigated
agriculture or the status of
water transfers.”
It is NOT likely that agricultural and other groups will be
assured that the new rule will
not impact them. We will be
watching as legislative initiatives continue. On May 12,
the House passed the Regulatory Integrity Protection
Act, which would require the
agencies to withdraw their
rule and start again. Pending in the Senate is S. 1140,
the Federal Water Quality
Protection Act, which would
require the agencies to abide
by certain guidelines and
which would invalidate any
cont. from pg. 9
activity, including pits excavated for obtaining fill, sand,
or gravel that fill with water
- Erosional features, including gullies, rills, and other
ephemeral features that do
not meet the definition of tributary, non-wetland swales,
and lawfully constructed
grassed waterways
- Puddles
- Groundwater, including
groundwater drained through
subsurface drainage systems
- Stormwater control features constructed to convey,
treat, or store stormwater that
are created in dry land
- Wastewater recycling
structures constructed in dry
land; detention and retention
basins built for wastewater
recycling; groundwater recharge basins; percolation
ponds built for wastewater
recycling; and water distributary structures built for
wastewater recycling
Conclusion
Although the final rule is
more limited in scope than the
proposed rule, it still marks
an expansion of agency water quality jurisdiction. EPA
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Alan Sears, Field Editor
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and Wyoming
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If you're looking for herd bulls,
replacements, registered or
commercial females, I've been
making the rounds in my territory.
I'd like to help.
know that some of you have
received two years’ worth of
rain in the month of May and
that it is way too much right
holiday of the season, but I
just feel that the weather was
the biggest cause of all of this.
The Good Lord is blessing
a wide area of this great nation with plentiful moisture. I
know that many farmers and
ranchers in the southern areas
of the country are actually
being quoted now as saying
that they want it to stop raining. Many of these very same
people have had to endure
drought for a very extended
period of time. It is flooding
everywhere, cattle are being
herded to higher ground with
the use of jet boats, and there
have been quite a number of
casualties to both humans and
livestock.
I think we all know from
experience that it takes a lot
for those of us in agriculture
to wish it would stop raining!
But can you imagine what this
country is going to look like
when the sun comes out and
the native grass takes off? It
is going to be spectacular!
There are many areas here in
the Northwest that had been
very dry over the past several
months. The winter was much
milder than normal, and the
spring rains were very slow
in coming. This certainly
had many operations very
nervous about what 2015 had
in store for them. Well, the
past few weeks have certainly
given farmers and ranchers
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I love it when my columns strike a chord within readers
such as this note I received. “My name is Dana Yetter.
My husband Scott and I live on a ranch near LaGrange,
Wyoming, and love reading your column in a newspaper
my dad receives. We are 4-H club leaders and sheep barn
superintendents during our county fair. Now to get to my
point... you wrote a column years ago about purple or blue
ribbon moms that was so hysterical and true about show ring
parents. We were wondering if it would be possible for you
to send us a copy that we could post in our barn at fair?”
Dana, I am delighted to run that column again prior to 4-H
fair season, because I was a purple ribbon mom myself,
so I feel highly qualified to pass along judgment when
competition turns completely rational people into raving
lunatics. My grandchildren are almost old enough for 4-H,
and I know that I will be a purple ribbon grandmother when
that time comes. So... my heart goes out to extension agents
and Fair Boards everywhere as you gear up for the fair. If
you want to send this out in a newsletter as a humorous
sportsmanship reminder to parents, you have my blessing!
The Sweet Grass County 4-H Fair is a huge success every
year, due to the hard work of the Extension staff, the kids,
the parents, the grandparents, and a lot of supportive volunteers. I must admit that I enjoy the fair more now than
I used to when my kids were in 4-H. As a 4-H’er, I loved
fair. As a parent, it took a lot out of me. It is very hard to
be a good 4-H parent!
A good 4-H parent has to be supportive without taking
over and actually doing the project. Good 4-H parents have
to shelve their own egos and accept the judge’s decision
as one person’s opinion without feeling mortally injured
by it. A good 4-H parent learns to blame teary eyes at the
market sale on allergies. A good 4-H parent knows that
whatever is said to a nerve-wracked disappointed child
will be perceived as the wrong response. A good 4-H parent
should not hoard residual Valium from previous prescriptions to alleviate fair stress--unless you have someone to
drive you home.
4-H parents are scary during fair week, but the moms
are the worst. I know this, because I am a recovering 4-H
mom. I have developed the following criteria for judging
4-H moms:
Purple Ribbon Moms: These women strike fear into the
hearts of County Extension Agents. They know the policy
and rulebook forwards and backwards, and they have performed background checks on the judges. They use hoof
cont. on pg. 11
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Cooking with Susan
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polish on their own nails and control their own hair with
Sheen. Their showmanship cues are so subtle that only their
own child and their child’s animal perceives them. No one
will voluntarily sit near them during the week. They no
longer launder white shirts. They have a lifetime supply of
brand new white shirts starched and hanging in the truck.
Blue Ribbon Moms: These women give such subtle
showmanship signals that only half of the kids in the ring
catch them. They can give a spit bath to their child and the
show animal between the stall and the ring and still have
energy left to give the aforementioned subtle showmanship
signals. They consider the livestock sale a holiday almost
as important as Christmas. They can outmaneuver all of
the other moms vying for a spot for their child’s animal
at the wash rack.
Red Ribbon Moms: These poor souls missed out on giving subtle cues at the round robin showmanship because
they threw their backs out giving showmanship cues in the
qualifying round and had to go to the chiropractor. They
have failed to memorize the policy manual or rulebook
and forgot to bring them to wage war with the judge, the
ringmaster, the volunteers, and the kids in the snow cone
booth. These moms have to borrow or buy a white shirt
from a purple or blue ribbon mom, because they mistakenly believed that one white shirt would remain white for
more than one trip into the ring. These mothers have been
known to send a child into a show ring with a mismatched
item of tack.
White Ribbon Moms: These women have not practiced
the subtle art of giving showmanship cues, so they just
shout out or better yet stage whisper tips and suffer the
condemning stares. They have not scouted other previews
and fairs for ideas and trends to utilize at their own fair. They
have driven uptown right before showmanship for some
nonessential item such as Ibuprofen with their children’s
showmanship clothes in the car. They have never chased
a judge, an extension agent, or even a ribbon clerk into a
dark parking lot to question not only their judgment but
also their very right to breathe air.
My recovery as a 4-H mom is ongoing; however, I have a
strong feeling that I will relapse when I my grandchildren
are in 4-H!
This week I have some blue ribbon summer recipes. The
Moon Cake recipe is a favorite from Sheila Malone of
Nashua, Montana. Thanks, Sheila! Readers, please keep
those recipes flowing to [email protected] or
Box 765, Big Timber, MT 59011!
pudding mix according to the package directions. Beat in
one 8 oz. pkg. softened cream cheese. Blend well. Spread
on cooled crust. Top with whipped cream or Cool Whip.
Drizzle chocolate over topping and sprinkle with nuts.
drained black beans. Arrange chips and corn and beans (in
dressing) on a large serving platter. Top with meat, tomatoes,
onions, olives, and shredded lettuce. Garnish with cheese
and serve with additional sour cream, guacamole, and salsa.
Summer Taco Salad
Sherbet Heaven
Brown burger and mix with taco seasoning according to
package directions. Keep warm. Mix mayonnaise and sour
cream. Pour over and toss with chips. Add drained corn and
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Crumble macaroons and mix with one tub of Cool Whip.
Spread in bottom of 9 x 13 plastic container with a good
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Mix two small or one large package of any flavor INSTANT
1 pkg. coconut macaroon or coconut cookies, crumbled
Two 8 oz. tubs of Cool Whip
2 quarts of rainbow sherbet or a quart each of two different types of sherbet
1 pkg. Fritos chili cheese corn chips
1 can Mexi-corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained
1 small can sliced black olives
1 lb. burger, browned
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1/2 head lettuce, shredded
2 tomatoes, chopped
5 green onions, chopped
1/2 C. sour cream
1/2 C. mayonnaise
1 C. Cheddar cheese, shredded
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Large pipe and crescent wrenches
Numerous nut and bolt bins
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Jet 14″ band saw
Oxy-acetylene welder complete on cart
Craftsman bench grinder
Numerous auto repair manuals
Wood bits and files
Delta Rockwell bench mount drill press
Parts washer
Craftsman table saw
Sand blaster
Engine lift – 1 ton
Numerous air tools
Good selection of sanders
Craftsman radial arm saw
Stihl 028 chain saw
Delta 12″ wood planer
Aluminum ext. ladder
Platform scale
B & D router
Disc grinders
Marquette time control battery charger
Johnson laser level
Large workbench with vise
Numerous gear pullers
Numerous welding clamps
14 drawer tool box full of good quality
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Engine tuneup and test equipment
Large C clamps
Oil collector
Numerous power tools
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High lift jack
Floor jack
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Toro totally rebuilt riding lawn mower
J.D. Pedal tractor
Stationary engine
Maytag kick start washing machine motor
Chevrolet and Pontiac signs
Coca Cola pop machine
Cast iron coal truck
Cast iron J.D. Tractor
Cast iron tractor
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Toy payloader
Firetruck
Road grader
Oil cans
Cultivators and wagon wheel hubs
Animal traps
Crosscut saw
Double tree
Ice drill
Dinner bell
Ice tongs
Numerous iron wheels
Tin water cans
Fresno
Wooden wagon wheel
Horse drawn plow
House jack
Large assortment of graniteware
6 gal. Red Wing crock with handles
4 gal. Red Wing crock
2- small crocks
Church pew
Oak parlor table
Aunt Jemima cast iron piggy bank
Hull pottery
Cast iron elephant cigarette roller
Singer tredle sewing machine
Oak glass front cabinet
Wooden wheel wagon
Horse drawn plow
Pyrex bowls
Oak harvest table – 6 chairs, very nice
Buffet
Wexford pressed glass collection
Cast iron press
Steamer trunk
Cash register
2- old radios
Oak dresser and mirror
Oil cans
Toy car collection
Old Milwaukee Beer sign
Hand wood planes
Forge blower
Stationary engine
Corn sheller
Grindstone and seat
Forge tub with tools
90# anvil
2- guitars
Glass front cabinet
Horse drawn slip
Porcelain and cast iron wood burning
kitchen stove
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3- garden tillers
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Numerous engine parts
Small set of scaffold
Chevy 350 short block
Several engines
Storage lockers
Montgomery Ward riding lawn mower
Scrap iron
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Dog handlers from across the country will gather from June 10-14 at the Flying Diamond
Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to compete in the 3rd annual National Cattledog
Association Finals, the largest cattledog trial in the world. These are the best cattledogs in
the country. To be able to compete in this trial, these dogs and their handlers must qualify
by placing in National Cattledog Association (NCA) sanctioned trials held throughout the
year across the U.S. and Canada. The finals this year will have handlers from 19 different
states and Canada. Over 90 dogs will compete in five divisions: Open, Nursery, Intermediate, Horseback, and Intermediate Horseback. Each dog must gather six cattle 200 yards
out and herd them through gates placed out in a pasture. The handlers whistle signals to
the dogs as they maneuver the cattle through the course. The dogs use eye contact with the
cattle and body positions to move the herd. In the horse division, the dogs bring the herd
towards the handler while they give command from horseback.
NCA will offer a series of clinics during the event. The clinics are held at the event and
are free to attend with admission. Kids’ clinics are also being held. Call for information.
Tickets available at the event: Adults $10/day or $30/week; Children 12 and under are free.
Questions? Contact Lisa Warner by phone at 970-871-6786 or by email at [email protected]
WESTERN AG REPORTER
Ramblings of a
Conservative
Cow Doctor
by Rep. Krayton Kerns, DVM
www.kraytonkerns.org
Branding Time
Late spring marks branding time for country folk,
and because it is labor intensive, neighbors help neighbors. If you do not lend a
hand, the volunteers at your
branding will dwindle until
your crew becomes you,
your trophy wife, and a calf
table. Branding then takes
most of May. Unless you
have a trophy-trophy wife,
plan on pushing calves into
the calf-table yourself, so it
is far easier to help others.
Even though the specific
procedures varies between
brandings, most crowd the
herd into a small corral
before cutting nearly all
cows back out to pasture.
Several mommas are left
with the calves to calm
those frightened by all the
odd sights and new sounds.
Also, trying to rope the very
last of 250 calves makes for
great television, but it is not
particularly beneficial for
the calf. Leaving a dozen or
so cows in the pen provides
the cover for a good cowboy
to ease behind the last calf,
toss a loop, and jerk his
slack before the calf sees it
is coming.
Regardless our best efforts, branding is stressful
to the calf. Since the break
of dawn, they have been
chased by strange cowboys
wearing new hats and shiny
belt buckles. Once corralled,
they mill around confused
by the stench of burning
hair and bloody disinfectant.
Their fear builds as they
watch herd mates being
roped and dragged through
the smoke. You would think
that, rather than just wait
their turn, a freedom-loving
group of calves would charge
the branding pot. After all,
humans and horses also fear
fire, so the panic created by
a tumbling propane tank just
might allow an escape. They
never do, instead choosing to
cower among the remaining
cows, hoping they are roped
last… and this brings me to
my point.
Attention, Democrat and
progressive Republican
landowners: What in the
world were you thinking?
In spite of repeated warnings
from people like me, you
voted for massive government, apparently fooled by
the illusion of utopia’s unlimited freebies. Figuratively, after being corralled, you
blatantly ignored the early
warning signs of the momma
cows being cut from the
herd. The roar of a smoking
branding pot did not scare
you, because you elected
this ruling class, so these
are your guys. Surprise! On
May 27, 2015, White House
rancher Barack Obama used
the EPA to hand down a
decree assuming federal
control of all surface waters.
Quicker than an emasculator
slicing through a spermatic
cord, every landowner’s
water rights were revoked,
and here is how it looks in
feedlot USA.
Thursday morning I was
fertility testing bulls in
the mud, the blessings of
a recent rain. There floating in a puddle in front of
the squeeze chute were six
aged fly tags. As these tags
contain insecticide residue
and are immersed in water
that could flow downstream
to the High Ditch leading to
the Yellowstone River, this
is a violation of this new
Clean Water Rule. Should
the ruling class decide this
particular landowner needs
re-education, fines could
be levied, based upon said
landowner’s religious or
political beliefs.
I am so disgusted. If there
ever was a group of calves
worthy of being roped,
dragged, and branded, it
is the folks who voted for
the progressive agenda,
but unfortunately, we are
all in the same corral and
will suffer the same fate. If
you wheat farmers on the
arid plains do not see how
this affects you, smile and
say, “sage grouse.” You are
next! Americans should be
alarmed when a single citizen loses a property right,
but patriots should panic
and crash the branding pot
when it happens to millions
in a single blow. Had enough
yet?
John Goggins, Field Editor
& Alberta, Canada
P.O. Box 30758
Billings, MT 59107
Cell (406) 698-4159
Office (406) 259-4589
making the rounds in my
territory. I'd like to help.
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WESTERN AG REPORTER
CATTLE SALES EVERY THURSDAY AT BLS
SALE REPORTS
Cow Camp Ranch
Annual Spring Bull Sale
February 27th, 2015
At the Ranch
Lost Springs, KS
SINCE 1934
Live Stock Commission
Auctioneer: Col. Jerry Lehmann, MO
205 Simmental & SimAngus Bulls averaged..............$7,083
High Selling Lots
$40,000 - 1⁄2 interest - Lot 157 “CCR Boulder 1339A”,
Hoover Dam x CCR Ms L Taylor 1339Y, Sold to Gibbs Farms,
AL & ABS Global, WI.
$40,000 - Lot 8 “CCR 9071B”, CCR Cowboy Cut 5048Z x
CCR Ms Barb 2120Z, Sold to Werning Cattle Company, SD.
$38,000 - 1⁄2 interest - Lot 5 “CCR Cow Hand 0056B”,
CCR Cowboy Cut 5048Z x CCR Ms Mainline 0056, Sold to
Glover Cattle, OK.
$20,000 - 1⁄2 interest - Lot 47 “CCR 2092B”, CCR Frontier
0053Z x CCR Ms Singletary 2092Z, Sold to Apex Cattle, NE.
$19,000 - Lot 43 “CCR 0043B”, SDS Graduate 006X x CCR
Ms Leah 2108Z, Sold to Forster Farms, NE.
$16,000 - Lot 134 “CCR 6312A”, SDS Graduate 006X x
CCR Ms 4045 Time 7322T, Sold to BF Simmentals, NE.
$16,000 - Lot 6 “CCR 0122B”, CCR Cowboy Cut 5048Z x
CCR Ms Barb 2120Z, Sold to Eddie Jeffers, NM.
$14,000 - Lot 140 “CCR 6337A”, Triple C Singletary x CCR
Ms Apple 9332W, Sold to Hoffman Ranch, NE.
Bulls sold into 18 states including: AL, CO, FL, IA, IN, KS,
MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, VA & WI.
Nationwide Influence…
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Duppong’s Willow Creek
“Born to Perform” Angus Bull Sale
Terry, Patty, Ty, & Casey Duppong
May 22, 2015
At the Farm
Glen Ullin, ND
REPRESENTATIVE SALES FOR THURSDAY, May 28, 2015 • 2250 Head Sold
Excellent buyer participation and a very strong market on all classes for our annual Turn-Out Special.
Cattle sales every Thursday through June.
Thanks for your business!
CATTLE SALES EVERY THURSDAY AT BLS
BULLS
Roundup
4 Bk
Grey Cliff
1 Here
Roundup
2 Bk
Joliet
1 Bk
Geyser
1 Charx
Hardin
1 Bk
WSS
2 Bk
Forsyth
2 Red
Forsyth
2 Bk
Forsyth
1 Bk
Twodot
1 Bk
Roscoe
1 Bk
Bridger
1 Bk
Judith Gap
4 Rd/Bk
Winnett
1 Bk
Lavina
1 Bk
Roundup
3 Bk
Roundup
1 Bk
COWS
Peggy Fredericks
Busby
5 Bk
Yerger Ranch Company
Harlowton
17 Red
James Anderson
Chinook
1 Red
Crazy Mountain Cattle Co
Big Timber
1 Bk
Home Creek Cattle Co LLC Ashland
1 Bk
Stephen Buckingham
WSS
7 Bk
Jones Bros Livestock Co
Busby
1 Bk
Wayne French
Malta
1 Bk
Vince Murnion
Winnett
2 Bk
H Bar J Ranch
Malta
3 Bk
Susan Thomas Philippi
Judith Gap
5 Bk
Elias Hugs Jr
Hardin
6 Bkbwf
John A Heidema
Pryor
2 Rd/Rwf
Dan Swartz INC
Ballantine
1 Bk
Rodne Jacobson
Billings
4 Bk
Gene Klamert
Billings
1 Bk
Clay Snively
Lodge Grass
2 Bk
Marc Hathaway
Reed Point
2 Bk
Gerald Jones
Busby
2 Bk
Charles Anderson
Big Timber
2 Bk
Hangmans Creek LLC DBA Big Timber
4 Bk
Rodney Jabs
Hardin
1 Bwf
Peggy Fredericks
Busby
10 Bkbwf
Steven King
Big Timber
2 Bk
HEIFERS
Richard Geck
Pompeys Pillar
1 Red
Robert Marx
Bozeman
8 Bk
Terry Frost
Roundup
14 Bk
Bradley Hoffman
Custer
10 Bk
Goz Segars
Hartsville
7 Bk
Robert Marx
Bozeman
30 Bkbwf
David Redding
Hysham
6 Red
Richard Popp
Park City
5 Rd/Bk
David Redding
Hysham
18 Red
Gene Van Oosten
Reedpoint
7 Bk
Broken Diamond Ranch INC WSS
8 Bkbwf
Walter Boucher
Eugene Forster
Ken Ellis
Doug Schwend
Brad Schmitt
Michael Harlin
Fort Logan Ranch LLC
Four L Land & Livestock
Four L Land & Livestock
Mark Or Kathryn Decock
Moe Ranch LLC
Switchback Cutting Horses
William Stovall
Marvin Mauws
Marvin Mosby
Arthur Marcus Nelson
Flat Willow Ranch
Walter Boucher
834
786
911
861
1,021
1,151
1,093
2,076
1,913
1,912
2,121
1,671
1,876
2,227
1,836
2,106
1,884
2,356
211.50
202.00
193.00
185.00
183.00
167.00
159.00
155.00
152.00
152.00
150.50
148.00
147.00
146.00
146.00
144.00
143.00
143.00
1,229
1,185
1,331
1,256
1,451
1,203
1,306
1,401
1,436
1,501
1,295
1,309
1,263
1,486
1,306
1,391
1,293
1,338
1,326
1,411
1,349
1,146
1,285
1,428
155.50
141.00
140.00
135.00
135.00
134.00
132.00
131.00
129.50
129.00
128.00
126.50
126.50
125.50
125.00
124.50
124.50
123.00
123.00
121.50
121.00
120.00
118.50
117.00
421
469
536
552
498
574
542
513
624
603
638
280.00
277.00
275.00
273.00
270.00
267.00
266.00
263.00
260.00
255.00
250.00
James Anderson
Mark Huyser
David Shipman
James Anderson
Charles Anderson
Russell Boardman
Jasmine Knudsen
Rodney Mccloy
Brad Schmitt
David Shipman
Chinook
53 Bk
Bozeman
7 Bk
Lewistown
4 Bk
Chinook
7 Bwf
Big Timber
6 Bk
Frannie
12 Bk
Dodson
5 Bkbwf
Pompeys Pillar 18 Bk
Geyser
19 Charx
Lewistown
20 Rd/Bk
HEIFERETTES
James Hughes
Grass Range
1 Bktt
Sunlight Ranch
Wyola
2 Bktt
Sunlight Ranch
Wyola
54 Bktt
Tanner Anderson
Malta
1 Bktt
James Shick
Lodge Grass
2 Redtt
H Bar J Ranch
Malta
11 Bktt
William French
Malta
11 Bktt
Diamond C Cattle INC
Melstone
2 Bktt
J Mark French
Malta
6 Bktt
Wessel Ranch
Lavina
5 Herett
Nation Livestock
Lovell
1 Bktt
David Brewer
Ringling
1 Bktt
Monty Streeter
Ryegate
2 Bktt
John Heidema
Pryor
3 Bktt
Torske Land And Lvstk
Hardin
1 Bktt
Tranel Ranch
Billings
2 Bktt
Larry Vukonich
Joliet
2 Herett
Hangmans Creek LLC DBA Big Timber
5 Bktt
John Cowell
Harlem
4 Bktt
Jeff Berger
Williston
6 Bktt
William Griffin
Belfry
3 Bktt
PAIRS
John Tillett
Lovell
17 Bk
Chester Dou Schw
Joliet
4 Bk
Jay Woodford
Mosby
3 Bk
Jerold Preis
Burlington
4 Bk
Leif Undem
Deaver
2 Bkbwf
John Tillett
Lovell
24 Bk
STEERS
John Tillett
Lovell
25 Blk/Char
Terry Frost
Roundup
8 Bk
Bill Gifford
Lovell
2 Bkbwf
Terry Frost
Roundup
16 Bk
Robert Marx
Bozeman
6 Bk
John Tillett
Lovell
79 Blk/Char
Robert Marx
Bozeman
64 Rd/Bk
John Tillett
Lovell
62 Bk
Bill Gifford
Lovell
6 Rd/Bk
Scott Kreuz
Bozeman
18 Bk
Robert Marx
Bozeman
29 Rd/Bk
Murray Bros Partnership
Billings
4 Bk
Fly Creek Angus Inc
Pompeys Pillar
3 Bk
Brad Schmitt
Geyser
11 Charx
Brad Schmitt
Geyser
8 Blk/Char
Fly Creek Angus Inc
Pompeys Pillar 14 Rd/Bk
692
688
629
668
691
736
722
778
794
853
243.00
241.00
241.00
240.00
240.00
230.00
230.00
218.00
210.00
193.50
881
801
957
821
898
947
952
973
967
980
1,031
1,046
1,078
1,074
1,056
1,123
1,088
1,148
1,156
1,119
1,177
218.00
215.00
212.75
212.00
210.00
208.00
206.00
196.00
195.00
190.00
188.00
182.50
180.50
177.00
177.00
170.00
168.00
165.00
163.00
159.00
156.50
1,073
1,316
1,196
1,394
1,413
918
3,220.00
3,175.00
3,175.00
3,135.00
3,100.00
2,985.00
495
459
498
558
519
613
638
704
604
709
739
697
726
795
847
830
311.00
308.00
297.50
291.00
285.00
280.50
276.75
273.00
267.50
263.00
253.50
244.00
241.00
225.50
222.00
220.50
Thursday June 18
Early Summer Pair & Feeder Special
Expecting 1500 head
Auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar
Reported By: Jason Frey
Sale Average:
93 Yearling Angus Bulls..............................................$4,997
Featuring (120) 2, 3, & 4 year old Angus pairs
One Iron, Calves not worked, cows not exposed.
Sale Highlights:
Lot 73, WCF Golden Boy 449, sold to Webb Ranch, LLC
of Isabel, SD for $13,500; Lemar Dakota Gold 18T x Sitz
Upward 307R; BW -0.5 WW +60 YW +102 M +32
Lot 1, WCF BullPower 456, sold to Webb Ranch, LLC of
Isabel, Sd for $13,500; Mogck Bullseye x Koupals B&B
Balancer 4017; BW +1.0 WW +70 YW +119 M +26
Lot 80, WCF Summit 409, sold to Lee Garrett of Woodworth,
ND for $10,000; S Summit 956 x Sitz Upward 307R; BW
-0.6 WW +60 YW +103 M +37
Lot 26, WCF Bullseye 4205, sold to Arrow Brand Genetics
of Maddock, ND for $9,000; Mogck Bullseye x Willow Creek
B/R 5101 748; BW +4.3 WW +67 YW +118 M +29
Lot 79, WCF Summit 428, sold to Dane Markwick of Bismarck, ND for $8,000; S Summit 956 x Reich Lead On 424;
BW -1.2 WW +61 YW +103 M +37
Thursday, June 11
Thursday, June 25
Expecting 750 head
Expecting 600 head
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The ranch is located 90 miles southeast of Billings and 45 miles north
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that most people dream about in the mountain west. The ranch is
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leased acres and has been operated as a cow-calf ranch but would
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Billings, MT
Feeder Cattle
Weighted Average
Report for 05/27/2015
Receipts: 849
Last Week: 608
Last Year: NA
Compared to last week: Feeder
steers and heifers were all too
lightly tested for an accurate market
comparison. Feeder cattle quality
was mostly average today with a
few groups of attractive quality
feeder cattle. One consignment of
very high quality fall calves sold
on very good demand. Demand for
all feeder cattle was good to very
good on light offerings. Most feeder
cattle were lightly fleshed, with
the exception of a few packages of
fall calves coming straight off the
cow which were light to moderate.
Weigh-up conditions for feeder cattle
were mostly below average with the
majority of feeder cattle carrying
some fill. Very good demand was
seen for all weigh-up cows offered
today. Quality was mostly attractive,
giving buyers more reason to push
prices higher. Slaughter cows sold
mostly 1.00-2.00 higher on a light
test. Feeding cows sold firm with
pressure from both replacement cow
buyers and slaughter cow buyers.
Young 2-3 year old heiferettes and
cows were too were too lightly tested
last week for an accurate market
trend, however higher undertones
were noticed. Feeder cattle receipts
were 44 percent steers, 66 percent
heifers; 67 percent weighing over
600 lbs. Offerings were 29 percent
feeder cattle, 10 percent slaughter
cows, 4 percent bulls, 51 percent
feeding cows and cows returning
to the country, balance bred cows,
heifers and pairs. Next sale will be
Wednesday June 3rd, 2015.
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trend, however higher undertones
abounded. Feeder cattle quality
was average to attractive with a
few consignments of very attractive
feeders. Flesh conditions were
mostly light, with the exception of
a few fall calves which had light to
moderate flesh scores. Many fall
calves offered today were already
weaned, however some light weight
offerings were coming straight off
the cow and these sold with a slight
discount. Demand for feeder cattle
was good to very good today, boosted
by CME feeder cattle contracts
which have gained ground every
day since last Thursday. Notably,
some buyers purchasing feeder
heifers paid near or even above
replacement prices as they pushed
to fill feed lot orders. All feeder
cattle tagged as value added qualify
for all natural programs. Cow/calf
pairs sold on good demand today
with many ranchers in the stands
actively bidding on offerings. The
best demand today was seen for
middle aged and aged cow/calf
pairs with many buyers looking to
fill pastures with short keep cows.
Weigh-up cows sold with mostly
good demand today on moderate
offerings. Weigh-up conditions
were average to below average
today. Demand for all weigh-up
cows started out the day strong, but
lightened as the sale progressed.
Slaughter cows sold mostly steady
1.00 higher on all offerings. Prices
for feeding cows were mostly steady
to firm today as pressure from both
slaughter and replacement cow
buyers forced all age classes higher.
Slaughter bulls sold generally steady
compared to last week’s light test.
Younger 2 year olds to young aged
cows purchased to enter a breeding
program sold sharply higher on
good to very good demand. Notably,
prices for 2 year olds pushed over
2,000 dollars per head on several
lots. Feeder cattle receipts were 47
percent steers, 53 percent heifers;
78 percent weighing over 600 lbs.
Offerings were 48 percent feeder
cattle, 6 percent slaughter cows, 2
percent bulls, 29 percent feeding
cows and cows returning to the
country balance bred cows, heifers
and pairs. Next sale will be Thursday
June 4th 2015.
Miles City Livestock
Feeder Cattle
Weighted Average
Receipts: 1165
Last Week: 830
Compared to last week: Feeder steers
and heifers were all too lightly tested
for an accurate market comparison.
Feeder cattle quality was mostly
average with a few small packages
of attractive quality cattle. Demand
for all feeder cattle was very good.
Flesh conditions were light to
moderate this week. Weigh-up cows
sold on good to very good demand
for moderate offerings. Weigh-up
conditions were mixed today with
conditions improving throughout the
day. Slaughter cows were too lightly
tested last week for an accurate
market trend. Demand for feeding
cows helped push all cows higher
again this week. Feeding cows
sold firm compared to last week’s
prices. Packer buyers continue to
purchase cows to put on feed for the
heightened summer demand season.
Cow quality was very good again
this week which gave buyers even
more reason to bid aggressively.
Slaughter bulls were too lightly
tested for an accurate market trend,
however steady to firm undertones
were noticed. 2 year olds to young
aged cows purchased to enter a
breeding program sold sharply
higher on good to very good demand.
Several strings of cow/calf pairs
sold on very good demand. Demand
for aged cows continues to be very
good this week with many local
ranchers in attendance looking to
fill pastures this summer. Offerings
were 9 percent feeder cattle, 5
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Feeder Cattle
Weighted Average
Receipts: 2,233
Last Week: 1,168
Last Year: NA
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Compared to last week: Feeder
cattle were too lightly tested last
week to establish an accurate market
percent slaughter cows, 3 percent
bulls, 61 percent feeding cows
and cows returning to the country,
balance bred cows and heifers. Next
sale will be Tuesday June 2th, 2015
Torrington Livestock
Feeder Cattle
Weighted Average
Report for 05/29/15
Receipts: 1330
Week Ago: 600
Year Ago: 850 699, 200.00 - 115.00; 800 – 899,
15.00 - 15.00
Total – 3,224.05
Cattle, Hfrett – 14 Head
Price Per Cwt
600 – 699, 85.00 - 85.00; 700 – 799,
222.50 - 222.50; 800 – 899, 215.00 195.00; 900 – 999, 197.50 - 197.00;
1000 – 1099, 165.00 - 165.00; 1100
– 1199, 167.50 - 167.50
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Slaughter Cows: 112-123
Low Yielding Cows: 101-110
Heiferettes: 160-179.50
Feeder Bulls: 154-171
Slaughter Bulls: 135.50-152
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800 – 899, 173.00 - 173.00; 1000 –
1099, 158.50 - 155.00; 1100 – 1199,
146.00 - 141.00; 1200 – 10000,
150.00 - 146.00
Total – 25,855.95
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Price Per Cwt
900 – 999, 116.50 - 27.50; 1000 –
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114.50 - 104.00
Total – 75,682.67
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OBITUARIES
Samuel Ted Thomas
April 22, 1931 to May 24, 2015
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lifelongbirth
catobituary notices to no more thanTed
350Thomas,
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tleman and
strong supporter
and death dates and places; names
of parents,
spouses,
the purebred
cattle indusand children; military service ifof
applicable;
contributi
ons to
the ag industry; and survivors. try,
LG died May 24, 2015. He
was 84.
Born in Osage County,
Oklahoma, on April 22, 1931,
Ted grew up around some of
the best Hereford cattle of the
day. He graduated from Cotopaxi High School, Cotopaxi,
CO, in 1950. While there, he
became active in 4-H, show-
Ted Thomas
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ing the Grand Champion
Steer at the Colorado State
Fair in 1950, before heading to Colorado A&M (now
Colorado State University),
where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture.
While in college, Ted was
President of the Livestock
Club and active in the rodeo
club. He was a member of
the national champion livestock judging team. He was
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a member of the National
Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and ranked third
nationally in calf roping. He
was also a member of the
Reserve Officers Training
Corps (ROTC.)
After college, he worked
for Full-O-Pep Feeds and
the Quaker Oats Co., before being called to active
military duty. Following
military service in the Army,
he was the merchandizing
manager of the Flowing M
Cattle Company, Roggan,
CO. After their dispersion, he
went to work for the Record
Stockman in 1960, where he
worked with purebred and
commercial cattle breeders
in Texas, New Mexico, and
Oklahoma.
In 1962 he became a field
representative for the American Hereford Association,
guiding seed stock producers
in their herd management,
sales, and marketing. While
there, he launched the first
Junior Hereford associations in Colorado, Wyoming,
Nebraska, and Montana.
Ted crafted the “field day”
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Steers
Swartz, Elaine Or Michael C Broadview...........1 ..Blk............. 606 .....265.00
Highland Land & Livestock ..Basin ..................7 ..Bk/Bwf ...... 828 .....216.50
Highland Land & Livestock ..Basin ..................9 ..Bk/Bwf ...... 682 .....255.00
Warren, Glenn C & Vicki J ...Cody ...................2 ..Blk............. 736 .....232.00
Luoma, Roger ......................Red Lodge ..........6 ..Blk............. 652 .....261.00
Zumbrun, Earl D .................Red Lodge ..........4 ..Blk............. 614 .....256.00
Sasse, Jody Bob..................Lavina .................2 ..Mxd ........... 506 .....280.00
Heifers
Hammond, Clint ...................Huntley ...............2 ..Blk.......... 1,123 .....191.00
Stephenson, Victor F. Jr Or Li Lavina ..............8 ..Bwf............ 984 .....209.00
Horse Butte Rch ..................Two Dot ............20 ..Blk............. 807 .....213.50
Cows
Elbow Creek Ranch Llp .......Livingston ...........1 ..Blk.......... 1,381 ..... 118.50
Tee Bar Land & Live ............Malta...................1 ..Blk.......... 1,256 ..... 119.00
Lande, Wilma Or Vickie .......Pryor ...................2 ..Blk.......... 1,291 ..... 119.00
Cumin, Cole Or Cumin Ranch Llc Big Timber .1 ..Blk.......... 1,366 .....125.00
Howard Ranch, Inc ..............Hysham ..............3 ..Blk.......... 1,502 ..... 113.00
Hughes, James W ...............Grass Range ......2 ..Bk/Bwf ... 1,308 .....121.00
Flying S Rch Inc ..................White Sulphur .....2 ..Blk.......... 1,328 .....124.50
Howard, Trent Or Chad .......Hysham ..............1 ..Blk.......... 1,456 .....120.00
Stimpson, Clint Or Letha .....Big Timber ..........3 ..Blk.......... 1,501 .....123.00
Rein Anchor Rch Ltd Prtshp Big Timber ..........2 ..Blk.......... 1,498 ..... 119.00
Pass Creek Angus Limited .Wyola .................3 ..Blk.......... 1,367 .....123.00
Kropf, Jess...........................Sunriver ..............2 ..Blk.......... 1,321 ..... 118.00
Ellis Cattle Co ......................Red Lodge ........17 ..Bk/Bwf ... 1,420 ..... 117.00
Ellis Cattle Co ......................Red Lodge ........12 ..Bk/Bwf ... 1,398 ..... 115.00
Kern, Robbie Wayne............Pryor ...................2 ..Red ........ 1,358 ..... 118.00
Messer, Shirley Diane..........Billings ................3 ..Blk.......... 1,314 .....134.00
Rhinehart, Clark D ..............Big Horn .............5 ..Bk/Bwf ... 1,325 ..... 118.50
Mccleary, Matthew ...............Billings ................2 ..Blk.......... 1,353 .....124.50
Hould, Don L........................Malta...................1 ..Blk.......... 1,671 ..... 118.00
Mikkelson Ranch Llc............Roundup .............2 ..Blk.......... 1,421 .....120.00
Hinman Angus Llc................Malta...................1 ..Blk.......... 1,201 ..... 117.00
B & L Farm & Ranch ...........Malta...................1 ..Blk.......... 1,346 ..... 119.00
Paint Rock Angus Ranch ....Lavina .................1 ..Blk.......... 1,446 .....121.00
Hjelvik, Brent Or Dylan .......Melstone .............1 ..Blk.......... 1,571 .....121.00
Ahlgren, John E-Eric ...........Grass Range ......1 ..Red ........ 1,376 ..... 117.00
Stephenson, Victor F. Jr .....Lavina .................2 ..Rwf/Bwf . 1,471 ..... 118.00
Elhard, Leo M Trust .............Hardin .................2 ..Blk.......... 1,468 ..... 117.50
Martin, Sally .........................Powell .................1 ..Blk.......... 1,571 .....123.00
Jones Bros Livestock Co .....Busby .................5 ..Bk/Bwf ... 1,481 ..... 118.50
Russell, Ray Or Barbara......White Sulphur .....5 ..Bk/Bwf ... 1,410 ..... 115.00
Russell, Ray Or Barbara......White Sulphur .....1 ..Bwf......... 1,766 ..... 119.50
Snively, Clay & Rhonda R ...Lodge Grass .......3 ..Blk.......... 1,416 .....120.00
Cellmer, Steven L ................Billings ................1 ..Blk.......... 1,381 .....129.00
Meredith, Monte C ...............Custer .................3 ..Red ........ 1,389 .....121.00
Barnett, Fred W ...................Greybull ..............2 ..Rd/Bk ..... 1,396 ..... 114.00
The Equestrian Center .......White Sulper S ...2 ..Blk.......... 1,441 ..... 118.50
Williams, Roberta J..............Shepherd ............2 ..Bwf......... 1,466 .....123.50
Heiken, J C & Jeralee ..........Broadview...........1 ..Blk.......... 1,346 .....125.00
Bulls
Bernhardt Farms Inc ............Park City .............1 ..Blk.......... 2,246 .....140.00
Tee Bar Land & Live ............Malta...................2 ..Blk.......... 1,708 .....145.00
Tee Bar Land & Live ............Malta...................1 ..Blk.......... 1,661 .....146.50
Wilks Ranch Montana Ltd....Grass Range ......1 ..Blk.......... 1,841 .....149.00
Webber, Roger ....................Bridger ................1 ..Blk.......... 2,336 .....145.00
Brownlee, Wm T ..................Big Timber ..........1 ..Red ........ 1,756 .....147.00
Flying S Rch Inc ..................White Sulphur .....1 ..Blk.......... 1,901 .....148.50
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Pelan, Edward L ..................Roundup .............2 ..Blk.......... 2,001 .....148.00
Pine Ridge Lp ......................Hardin .................1 ..Blk.......... 1,921 .....148.00
Nelson, Marcus B ................Lavina .................3 ..Blk.......... 2,109 .....149.00
Bred Cows
Meredith, Monte C ...............Custer ...............18 ..Red ............3-4 ..2,525.00
Heifer Calves
Siewert Ranch .....................Huntley .............28 ..Blk............. 607 .....245.00
Horse Butte Rch ..................Two Dot ............13 ..Blk............. 497 .....268.00
Gardner, Raymond L ...........Winnett ...............8 ..Blk............. 632 .....241.00
Steer Calves
Siewert Ranch .....................Huntley .............34 ..Blk............. 657 .....256.00
Churchill Cattle Co...............Manhatten ..........2 ..Rbf ............ 461 .....307.50
Churchill Cattle Co...............Manhatten ..........3 ..Bwf............ 647 .....249.00
Osborne, Donald G..............Harlowton ...........2 ..Blk............. 556 .....282.50
Heifers
Spaulding, A Dean Or Dena M Re Belfry.......19 ..Bk/Bwf ...... 898 .....187.00
Highland Land & Livestock ..Basin ..................9 ..Blk............. 734 .....223.00
Heiferettes
Carlson, Leslie .....................Fromberg ............2 ..Blk.......... 1,323 .....165.00
Ellis Cattle Co ......................Red Lodge ..........4 ..Bk/Bwf ... 1,247 .....168.00
Holman, Mark Or Ronna......Malta...................3 ..Blk.......... 1,261 .....167.00
Jones, Gerald L ...................Busby .................1 ..Bbf ......... 1,186 .....176.00
T E Ranch Limited ...............Cody ...................1 ..Blk.......... 1,171 .....162.25
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model, combining judging
contest, education, fellowship, and fun for youth and
their families; and state-wide
events with well over 1,000
participants became the norm
in the heyday of the Hereford
breed.
In 1968, he took over management of the Wyoming
Hereford Ranch in Cheyenne, under the ownership
of the Nielsen family, and
remained there until the cowherd was dispersed in 1976.
While there, he strengthened
the genetics of the famed
breeding program, winning
Grand Champion Carload
of Bulls at the National
Western Stock Show, among
other champion and grand
champion bulls and females
at registered Hereford shows
throughout the Rocky Mountain Region.
Ted returned to livestock
industry publication work
with the Dakota Farmer, the
Western Livestock Reporter,
and then the Wyoming Livestock Roundup while developing a seed stock consulting
and order-buying business. In
1991, he expanded to offer
financial planning services,
specializing in protecting the
ranching industry.
Ted was a nationally-recognized show cattle judge,
walking the lines at the Dixie
National Livestock Show, as
well as other Hereford events.
He served on regional and
national boards for the livestock industry, including the
Wyoming Fair Board Advisory Council, and was a guide
and mentor to many who have
risen to prominence in the
livestock industry.
He remained a competitive
calf-roper through much of
his career and enjoyed steer
roping and then steer stopping, as his knees, and his
horses, grew older. His last
trophy buckle was from the
1997 Don King Memorial
Steer Roping.
In 2001, after being widowed a second time, Ted
reconnected with his highschool sweetheart, Donna
Squire Garrett, at their 51st
school reunion. They married
in January 2002.
He is survived by his wife,
Donna; daughter Debora
Hood; granddaughter Autumn Steinert; a great-grandson; as well as numerous
blended-family members.
Ted was preceded in death by
his parents, Roy and Georgia
Pappan Thomas; and wives
Mary Ann (Mickey) Martin
Thomas and Jean Chasteen
Thomas.
The family invites contributions to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum.
Editor’s Note: According to the
thoroughly detailed biography
I wrote about my boss Pat
Goggins, Ted Thomas went
to work for Western Livestock
Reporter (the predecessor of
Western Ag Reporter) in midOctober of 1977; he joined the
WLR fieldman crew already
composed of Stan Allen, John
McDonald, and Charley
Cooper. According to the book,
“Those four fellows would
work together for the next
11 years as the second, and
the longest lasting, of WLR’s
‘Dream Teams.’” On May 1,
1997, Ted retired, after 20
years as the WLR fieldman
covering Wyoming, Colorado,
and Nebraska. LG

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