Nevada Cattlemen's Association Sage Signals July 2012

INSIDE

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Across the Kitchen Table: Bieroth Angus Ranch

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What has NCA Done for You?

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NCA Scholarship Recipients

Biographies page 5

Will Marshall’s Essay page 6-7

Lynn Dodge’s Essay pages 8-9

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Settlemeyer Attends YCC Conference

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Market Reports pages 12-13

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Beef Council Checkoff page 15

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Industry News page 16

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Sage SignalsVoice of the Nevada Livestock Industry

Volume XXXV, #9 July 2012 Published monthly for its membership

Thank you to all our supportive members. Nevada Cattlemen’s Association has greatly grown since 1935 and we couldn’t have done it without you. I hope you enjoy reading our summer series of ranching families and members of NCA as much as I enjoyed getting to visit their places and learning about their operations.

My Dad had always told me, “Agriculture isn’t just a way of life anymore. It’s a business.” Now my Dad is a smart man, but it never really sinks in un-til you hear it from someone else. I was just sitting down to enjoy a cup of coffee at the Bieroth’s house when Dennis said just that, “Ranching isn’t just a way of life anymore.” We had just begun talking about the place “the kids” had bought next door. The BS (Bieroth-Small) Ranch as the place is tentatively called by the family was purchased this last year by Casey, Cara and her husband Wade Small. In an ef-fort to stay in ranching, the kids, being Casey, Cara and Wade, bought the ranch next to their parents but, as we all know, it’s getting harder to make a living just ranching. And, an even bigger chal-lenge, keeping the family in ranching and working together. I must say, I was pleasantly surprised to learn, this determined family has worked hard to overcome both challenges.

Dennis and Marcia Bieroth are both natives of the Elko County area. A young man in his twenties, Dennis returned to the ranch in 1974 to help his Grandpa, soon to marry Ms. Marcia Maxon and have three children, two girls and a boy, Jennifer, Cara and Casey. Over 30 years later, the ranch now

runs Angus cattle using their small operation and grazing on Forest Service land that surrounds the ranch. I’m a native Nevadan as well, but the first picture that comes to my mind when I think graz-ing on public land, isn’t what surrounds the Bieroth Ranch. North of the popular recreation area Wild Horse Reservoir, turning on Magy Summit Road into the forest, the Bieroth Ranch lay at the foot of the rugged Bull Run Mountain Range, one of the most northeastern ranges of the Great Basin. True to Forest Service land, the area is well watered by several creeks which eventually empty into the Owyee River.

My visit to the Bieroth Ranch took place in the middle of June but none the less, still cold as we walked around both ranches. After a few cups of warm coffee, I was eager to walk around outside, cold weather or not. Bundling up in our jackets, vests, gloves and wild rags, we started outside. A few small old barns stand behind the small, quaint home of the family on the main place. Many of the buildings are older barns which the family has

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made repairs on and one large newer red barn. In an effort to keep up with the times, the family has a video cam-era in the red barn that can be viewed on a TV in the living room, making it easier to watch cows that are calv-ing during the cold winter. Since it was clear the only one enjoying the weather was little Paisley (Cara and Wade’s little girl) as she walked behind us kicking dirt up, we headed to the BS to look around and then head back to cover in the warm house.

As we turned the corner to the BS ranch, I asked Casey if they are hoping to turn their operation from what is now mainly Charolais yearlings into a cow-calf operation. “We may eventu-ally but we need to see the cash flow

Please visit our Facebook page to see more photos from the Bieroth Ranch. Thank you to the Bieroth Family for the opportunity to showcase your ranch and your longtime support of the Association. Stay tuned next month for more stories from “Across the kitchen table.”

The next generation of Bieroths, Quin and Trent Whiteley and Paisley Small.

Travis, Wade and Jennifer visiting and taking a break from branding.

Dennis and Casey work on training a young horse.

on this place right now,” Casey stated as we pulled up to the Ranch. Both homes of the BS sit on the hillside with the barn, corrals and pastures further down the hillside reaching down into a small meadow. After a few pictures and a tour of the BS, we headed back to Dennis and Marcia’s for lunch. As with any function, cocktail hour usually brings out small stories and dinner is usually when personalities begin to show. Well, we had our “cocktail hour” with coffee that morning and lunch is when I was entertained by the personalities of the family. From Mom welcoming the guest with old family stories to teasing Dad about showing off the Charolais on the Bieroth Angus Ranch, I started to see the family for more than I was interviewing them for, hardworking, fun-loving, respectful and welcoming group of people.

As I was leaving the ranch, I pondered how I was going to write my article about the family. I had very much enjoyed meet-ing the family, all except Jennifer who lives with her husband, Travis Whitley and two little boys at Maggie Creek Ranch in Lamoille and wasn’t able to make it out that day. When I asked Jon Griggs, manager of Maggie Creek about Jennifer and Tra-vis, he said, “When we hired Travis a few years back, the best recommendation he came with was the fact that Jennifer mar-ried him. They are hard-working folks and we’ve enjoyed them here greatly.” Well that summed it up for me, a great family all around.

As Dennis had stated, ranching isn’t just a way of life any-more. Nevertheless, their family has worked hard to overcome that challenge. Jennifer and Travis have been a pleasant addi-tion to Maggie Creek Ranch and continue to stay tied to their ranching roots. Casey and Wade both work in Boise for Agri-Beef Co. and travel home on weekends to help at the ranch. With Casey and Wade being gone during the week, Mom and Cara fed cows all winter. After purchasing the BS, the whole family worked hard to clean up both homes, making repairs and up-dates as needed, and making the operation functional to begin earning a reasonable profit. Regardless of how difficult it is to keep an operation going or build an operation from the start, not to mention the “jobs in town” they have to make ends meet, the family has worked hard to stay in ranching.

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Membership UpdateWe would like to thank the following people for joining or renewing their

membership with Nevada Cattlemen’s Association

between May 24 and June 23, 2012. (New members are in bold.)

Official Publication of the

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J.J. Goicoechea President

Ron Torell President-Elect

Jon Griggs 1st Vice Pres.

Sam Mori 2nd Vice Pres.

Calendar

July 18-19Northeastern and Mojave

– Southern Great Basin RAC Joint Meeting

Ely, Nevada

August 1Consignments Open for NCA

Fallon All Breed Bull Sale(Members only, open to all consignors September 1)

September 6-8Public Lands Council

Annual MeetingWinnemucca, Nevada

November 14-16Nevada Cattlemen’s Association Annual

Convention and Trade ShowWinnemucca, Nevada

Winnemucca Convention Center

For more information on an event, please contact the NCA office.

Second Vice President Sam Mori presented at the Rancher’s Forum put on by North-eastern Nevada Stewardship Group which many members attended

President JJ Goicoechea and Joe Guild served on a panel at the Intermountain West Farm Bill Forum in Reno, NV.

Ron Cerri and Desiree Seal attending Ne-vada Legislature Public Lands Committee Meeting in Ely, Nevada. Ron presented the benefits of ranching and how to use ranch-ing to support a healthy habitat for sage grouse.

NCA Research and Education Committee met to decide on a scholarship recipient. Please read their articles on pages 6 and 8.

Staff Desiree Seal attended the BQA State Coordinator’s Meeting in Denver, CO. For more information about Nevada’s BQA Program, please visit our website.

President JJ Goicoechea has spent many days the past few months in Carson City, NV as a member of the Governor’s Sage Grouse Task Force. Their alternative to the EIS being completed by the BLM is to be finished and presented to the BLM July 31, 2012.

NCA Sage Grouse Committee has met several times to stay up-to-date on the progress of the Governor’s Sage Grouse Task Force and to distribute information to members across the State.

President JJ Goicoechea met with Con-gressman Amodei and leadership of USFS to discuss private water rights on Forest Service land.

Staff Desiree Seal met with FS Supervisor Jeanne Higgins to discuss projects being completed on public lands and review FS policy.

NCA Board of Directors had their summer meeting held in Eureka, NV.

Staff Desiree Seal and Tom Barnes attended the Board of Wildlife Commission Meeting held the end of June in Elko, NV.

Steve Boies, Desiree Seal and most secretar-ies of the State Grazing Boards attended the Nevada Legislature Sunset Committee meeting to represent the cattle industry as the Committee reviews and considers restructuring or consolidating several State Boards to address budgetary concerns.

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Will Marshall and Lynn Dodge Receive NCA Scholarships

Congratulations to Will Marshall, recipient of the 2012 Nevada Cattlemen’s Association Scholarship. Will is a graduating senior from Eureka, NV and will be attending Oklahoma State University majoring Animal Science this fall. He has been highly active in his local 4-H, FFA and Honor Society programs as well as the many na-tional associations including the United Suffolk Sheep Association and the Junior Hereford Association. His future goals include at-tending college and to continue to raise registered and commercial cattle and sheep and to teach future generations about agriculture and its benefits by volunteering for 4-H and FFA programs.

Congratulations to Lynn Dodge, recipient of a second scholar-ship offered by the Research and Education Committee of NCA for this year. Lynn is a graduating senior from Spring Creek, NV and a current Nevada FFA Association State Officer. She will attend the University of Nevada Reno to earn a degree in Agriculture and Hu-

man Development and Family Studies. Lynn has been an outstand-ing student of Spring Creek High School and active member of her local 4-H Club, Honor Society and Bible Club. As an FFA member, Lynn has been very competitive on a local, state and national level competing in several career development events yearly. She plans to devote her energy next year to serving as a State Officer and eventu-ally work with children to increase agriculture literacy.

Congratulations again to our winners of this year’s NCA Scholar-ship Opportunities. We are very proud of you and have great con-fidence that you will go on to serve the agricultural industry well. Good luck with your future endeavors!

A special thank you to Ellington Peak and Elko Land and Live-stock for your contributions to the NCA Education Fund to offer a second scholarship this year.

Marshall and Dodge’s essays follow on the next four pages.

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Why Can’t America Be COOL?By: Will Marshall

Picture this: you are going to buy your family’s food at a local super market. Your good friend, and neighbor is a pro-ducer for the market and you would like to purchase his products. It would be nice for you to just buy from your friend who you trust and have known for a long time. You also want to buy from him for the simple reason that you are confident and positive that his products are high quality and have been raised in excellent conditions. You’re certain that none of his meat has been contaminated with foreign materials. But… there is a slight problem. Due to the rules imposed by some official, who you do not know, and because he says “everyone at the market needs the same opportunity to sell to customers,” you have absolutely no clue to which products are your friend’s.

In order to solve the problem, you find the manager in charge of the market and ask them to help you. After speaking to him, the manager then tells all of vendors that they must put a label or something to indicate who produced the food. This will please you because now you can find your neighbor’s products and purchase them. News is spread of the new rule, and the official person gets wind of it. He then tells the market management board that “This new rule is in violation of my rule!” The official claims that the rule violates all producers’

rights to sell products. The question is: Does that rule imposed by the manager’s board violate the producers’ rights, or does it just allow customers to see where their food comes from.

This situation may seem like a minor issue and not likely to be something that a consumer in a market will have to deal with, but the fact is, it is very real and it will affect any person who eats food, yes, that means everyone. This same situation is happening on the big picture between the US government and the World Trade Organization, a.k.a. the WTO. Just replace the friendly neighbor with American cattle ranchers and producers, the super market is the public stores and shops, the manager is the USDA and the US government, other producers at the market are other coun-tries that produce beef, and the official is the WTO.

On March 16, 2009 the USDA put into effect the country-of-origin-labeling (COOL) law. This law states that stores selling food products must label on their products the country in which the product originated and was produced in. This law requires that muscle cut and ground meats, wild and farm raised fish and shellfish, nuts, fruits, and vegetables must be labeled for their country of origin. This law only states that the label must be placed on food and does not say anything about discrimination of

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different country’s products. The law was intended by the USDA and the federal government to inform consumers as to where the product that they are buying comes from.

This law has enabled American customers to become happily aware of the place in which their food originated. It has allowed the consumer to purchase a steak from American producers who take the time to ensure that their beef is of high quality. This law will allow people to choose where their food comes from. According to recent studies, 90% of American citizens wanted this labeling enacted so that they could see where their food came from (Pitts 1). Similar surveys even depicted most US ranchers wanting this law. What kind of producer in their right mind would not want their consumers to know where the product came from so that they kept coming back?! Definitely farmers and ranchers of the United States of America want it! But, it is those beef producers in Canada, Mexico, and other countries who sell to the US, who do not want COOL and would like no labels on their meat. This is so that when a consumer walks into a store to buy a steak, he or she will buy the cheaper steak and not realize that it was a steer grown in Brazil (or Australia, Guatemala, India, etc.) and it does not have the quality that the American produced beef does. In this way, those countries keep making money off of America.

Are we not Americans? Do we not like American goods? Do we want to rely on other countries to produce our food as well as our oil and goods? NO! If the United States allows bureaucrats like the WTO to push us around and then to rely on our food being imported entirely, we will collapse! It is just common sense to keep our country strong by keeping our food here. The good old USA is going downhill, but final someone in Washington stepped up and appealed the WTO and its proceedings into our matters. I am actu-ally once again proud to be able to say “Good job US Government!” I believe that America is a strong country, and we do have the back-bone to deny those bozos in the WTO, but we need to show it! Our

country was not built on the WTO, I totally agree when writer Lee Pitts says: “I don’t remember the founding fathers ever mentioning the WTO”. (Pitts 2)

My name is Will Marshall, and I am one of the few farm kids, who has said, ‘Yes, I will go back to agriculture. I will be a rancher!’ Agriculture is my life’s passion, and the life blood of my family and America, keeping our nation strong. It is in my strongest belief that America should not down play agriculture, but to build it up. An agriculturally strong country is strong domestically and in the world. As American’s, it is our duty to further our country in these hard economic times. I believe that I can help out by feeding America, on a small farm that I will start, to add to the food source and strengthen America. Agriculture is the key to a strong America, because without it, we would not be able to enjoy the food and world independence we love today. By promoting the family farm through my long-standing association with FFA and 4-H, and youth groups in the future, I will further our cause and the perpetuation of con-tinued farming through each generation to come.

I plan on attending Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma to get a degree in Animal Science. My goals are to own a ranch producing Hereford cattle and maybe some registered sheep. Cattle are one of the many things that have taught me skills and life lessons. I would like more Americans to experience agriculture and cattle and not let other countries steal our business and liveli-hood. I may go on after receiving my grad degrees to get my teaching credential and I plan to continue volunteering as a 4-H leader and a leader in an Agriculture Advocacy Group. If I can teach students to become farmers and ranchers, I will be proud to have done a great job. All my past educational experiences in 4-H, FFA, and commu-nity work has given me the knowledge to be an agriculture advocate teaching the public just what hero’s our American Farmers truly are and how agriculture is really quite cool!

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Food vs. FuelBy, Lynn Dodge

One of the greatest challenges facing agriculturalists today is the food vs. fuel argument. Meaning, should crops, primarily corn, be used to feed livestock and people, or be converted into biofuel? Most livestock producers and consumers support corn as a source for food. Environmental groups and govern-ments tend to support corn as an alternative fuel source. Therefore, farmers who grow corn for biofuel are rewarded with subsidies, while the rest of the agricultural indus-tries around them face a shortage and price hike for the corn that they use. The market for corn is high. Right now, the market for beef is high. However, it must be high in order to combat the growing op-erating expenses. If the beef industry hopes to remain competitive with consumers, prices must even out. This cannot be done un-less feed costs level as well. History shows that biofuel harms the economy as a whole, biofuel is not a viable fuel source, and hurts the beef industry.

From 1974 to 2004, real food prices (adjusted for inflation) had decreased by seventy five percent. The agricultural industry was becoming more efficient and meeting the demands of consumers. But, starting in 2005 there was a sudden shift. From January 2005 to July 2008, corn prices had tripled, they continue to grow today.

To make matters worse, this was fol-lowed by an astronomical rise in the cost of oil by June 2006. Not only was food expensive, but gas and transportation also had an added expense. What caused this infla-tion? Although repeatedly denied by government officials, biofuel is the most probable instigator. A World Bank report in 2008 contradicted past U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schaffer’s assertion that biofuels account for only a small percentage of rising food prices. The effect is evident: In 2005 a bushel of corn was worth about two dollars; today, a bushel of corn is consistently around six dollars a bushel. The

change was caused by pressure to move away from traditional gasses in order to comply with the Clean Air Act of 1992. In 2006, then Senator Barack Obama introduced the BioFuels Security Act saying, “It’s time for Congress to realize what farmers in America’s heartland have known all along - that we have the capacity and ingenuity to decrease our dependence on foreign oil by growing our own fuel.” Since then, corn grown for ethanol has been subsidized amounting to seven billion dollars, equivalent to $1.90 per gallon, a year. Ethanol has been the largest single contributor to inflation in the past decade.

Considering their great cost, it is surprising that ethanol and

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biofuel are still being pursued. Yet, they continue to grow. Over twenty five percent of all corn produced today is grown for etha-nol. The question now becomes: for what purpose? Ethanol and all biofuels have long since been discredited as a long term solution to the fuel crisis. In fact, ethanol provides only fifty five percent as much energy as gasoline per gallon, realizing about a $3.45 per gallon gasoline tradeoff. This cost does not even begin to consider converting cars to use biofuel and the increased cost of commodi-ties. Not only is ethanol less efficient, but it costs more.

Commodities are where the issue truly hits home. Corn is used to feed chickens, cows, and pigs, so higher corn prices lead to higher prices for chicken, beef, pork, milk, cheese, etc. This makes consumers unhappy with producers. But essentially, there is no in-creased return for our producers. Only sixteen cents of every dollar spent on food goes to farmers and ranchers. Ten percent of a farm and ranch budget is spent on feed. The cost is astronomical, and worsening. Farmers who grow grains are feeling increased pressure and being provided with more incentives and opportunities to sell their corn for biofuels. It is hard to blame them. But, the rest of the industry suffers. They pay the bill for the biofuel experiment.

Government officials and environmentalists would argue that it all evens out. Sure, corn prices are higher, but so are beef prices. This would be a somewhat accurate statement. However, corn prices were high when beef prices were low. Ranchers paid the bill then and they will pay the bill again. Now that the beef market is closer to leveling out with corn and other grains, once again the prices of these commodities continue to surge. Eventually, there will be a breaking point. Consumers will not pay thirty dollars for their New York steak. The beef industry will take the hardest fall. Prices will be forced to drop and producers will no longer be able to afford producing the high quality product that everyone has be-come accustomed to. They will not be able to afford to pay for corn. If corn continues to be used for biofuel, it could mean the unravel-ing of the beef industry.

Now that is alarming. The United States consumes twenty seven billion pounds of beef every year. It is the biggest source of protein in the American diet. Forget not being able to eat corn on the cob, but missing out on hamburgers, steaks, roast beef, prime rib, etc. might just kill us. Literally, that is how much beef we use. It goes back to the debate of food or fuel. Do we want to continue to invest our resources in an experiment that is biofuel? It is an experiment supported only by the government, environmentalists, and the un-informed. The minority has overruled the majority. Furthermore, it is an experiment that has proven to be costly and inefficient. Or, do we allow corn to be used to feed people and livestock? This food goes beyond just corn itself, and expands to all grains and livestock commodities, especially beef. Producers and consumers alike agree that corn is better off being used for food. When used as a food source, corn is a gift that keeps on giving. Not only is it a separate commodity, but it allows other commodities to thrive. The time has come to put the food vs. fuel debate to rest. It is necessary for corn to return to its purpose as a food source in order for agriculture everywhere to flourish and preserve our way of life.

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WASHINGTON (June 8, 2012) – An-nalyn Settelmeyer of Gardnerville, Ne-vada, was one of more than 50 young cattlemen and women selected to par-ticipate in the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) 33rd Young Cattle-men’s Conference (YCC). Settelmeyer was sponsored by the Nevada Cattle-men’s Association. The YCC program is a comprehensive, nationwide tour of beef industry sectors, created to enhance leadership skills in your beef industry professionals.

“YCC is a prestigious and competitive program designed to foster the future leadership of our industry,” said Forrest Roberts, NCBA chief executive officer. “The participants selected to attend YCC were chosen because of their exceptional contributions to the beef industry and their potential to be a strong voice in our future development. I look forward to seeing Annalyn take an increased lead-ership role within NCBA and the beef industry.”

Settelmeyer was born and raised on her family’s commercial cattle ranch in Minden, Nevada.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business from California State University at Chico. Settelmeyer is also very active in the beef organiza-tions including: National Cattlemen’s Beef Board, past President of the Nevada Cattle Women, American National Cattle Women, National Cattlemen’s Beef Asso-ciation, the Carson Valley Conservation District, the Western Nevada Cattle-women, and Nevada Farm Bureau.

Settelmeyer currently resides with her husband, Eric Rieman, and their daughter at their family cattle ranching operation in Gardnerville, Nev. She is a partner with her brother and mother at Settelmeyer Ranches, Inc. She is also a partner with her husband in the Eric Rie-man Hay Company.

In addition to tending to ranch duties, she works as a hazardous waste inspector for the Nevada Division of Environmen-tal Protection in Carson City, Nev. Settel-meyer also enjoys traveling, cooking and photography.

“This was a tremendous opportunity to meet other producers and learn valuable tools to take back home to our opera-tions,” she said. “It’s great to learn how we as producers can have an impact on policy issues as well.”

The eight day tour began at NCBA headquarters in Denver, Colo., where

participants were given an organiza-tional overview of NCBA and the Beef Checkoff Program. While in Denver, the group also heard from representatives of Cattle Fax and the U.S. Meat Export Federation. They toured a Safeway re-tail store and learned about Rancher’s Reserve brand beef marketing efforts. The group spent a day in Greeley, Colo., visiting JBS Five Rivers feed yards and processing facilities.

“It is really important for participants to see each sector of the beef industry – from farm to fork,” said Settelmeyer. “Traveling from a cow/calf ranch to a feedlot and processing plant really drives home the point that our industry is composed of many sectors, sectors that are all striving to produce a healthy end product.”

In Chicago, the group met with the senior management of the Chicago Mer-cantile Exchange at the Chicago Board of Trade. They had the chance to watch the activity on the trading floor and witness futures trading firsthand. Participants also visited Otto & Sons Industries, a family owned company providing quality products and custom solutions for the food industry since 1909. This tour of-fered a view of how boxed beef is turned into custom order portions for both major restaurant chains and some of the nation’s top steakhouses.

The group then traveled to Wash-ington, D.C., where participants were greeted at a reception hosted by John Deere. The following morning, the group received an issues briefing from NCBA’s government affairs staff about policy is-sues currently facing the cattle industry.

Later in the day, these future leaders were given the opportunity to visit one-on-one with members of their state’s con-gressional delegation, expressing their viewpoints regarding the beef industry and their cattle operations. During their congressional visits, participants focused on issues including the 2012 Farm Bill, federal lands ranching and overreaching regulations proposed by the Environ-mental Protection Agency.

The group then traveled to Aldie, Va., for a tour and barbeque at Whitestone Farms, one of the nation’s elite purebred Angus operations.

For more information on the YCC program or to nominate someone for next year’s tour, contact your state cattle-men’s association or Marvin Kokes at 303‑850‑3339 or [email protected].

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Regular Butcher Cow and Feeder SaleSeller #Head Type Weight Price CWT

Bryant Behimer 3/3 Cow/Calf 1383 $1,400.00/hdBryant Behimer 1/1 Cow/Calf 1170 $1,175.00/hdAl Tenente 1/1 Cow/Calf 1115 $1,100.00/hdHarold Rother Farms Inc 1/1 Cow/Calf 1170 $1,075.00/hdBlack Elk Ranch 6 STR 357 $172.50Black Elk Ranch 5 STR 532 $157.25Phillip or Carla Pomeroy 2 STR 423 $159.00Harry Peters 4 STR 534 $150.50Donald Quintero 3 STR 433 $149.00Domingo Segura 4 STR 640 $142.50Ken Edgmon 11 STR 766 $131.50Harry Peters 5 HFR 481 $135.00Vincente Padilla 6 HFR 673 $130.25Donald Quintero 2 HFR 320 $129.003-H Ranch 4 HFR 685 $125.50Vincente Padilla 1 HFRTT 970 $94.00Vincente Padilla 1 COW 1145 $81.00Ira Renner 1 HFRTT 1135 $87.00Ira Renner 1 HFRTT 1130 $84.00Ira Renner 1 COW 1250 $81.75Harold Rother Farms Inc 1 HFRTT 1000 $86.00Harold Rother Farms Inc 1 COW 1075 $81.00Troy Adams 1 COW 1660 $84.50Troy Adams 1 COW 1290 $72.00Thomas Moura 1 HFRTT 1335 $84.00Thomas Moura 1 COW 1435 $83.00Thomas Moura 1 COW 1485 $80.00Tony Zunino 1 HFRTT 1250 $84.00Tony Zunino 1 COW 1180 $79.75Tony Zunino 1 COW 1190 $79.50Dick Huntsberger 1 HFRTT 1185 $83.50Dick Huntsberger 1 COW 1400 $79.00Dick Huntsberger 1 COW 1240 $78.25Berry or Cathy Anderson 1 HFRTT 1320 $82.00Black Elk Ranch 1 COW 1450 $81.00Truckee River Ranch 1 HFRTT 1440 $80.50Truckee River Ranch 1 COW 1290 $79.25Carl Malkmus 1 COW 1165 $78.003-H Ranch 1 COW 1180 $76.50G W Gillemot 1 COW 1450 $76.25G W Gillemot 1 COW 1625 $67.00

Nevada Livestock Marketing June 20, 2012

Regular Butcher Cow and Feeder SaleSeller #Head Type Weight Price CWT

Sam Lompa 1 COW 1435 $76.25Sam Lompa 1 COW 1400 $75.00Sam Lompa 1 COW 1285 $74.50Anthony Perchetti 1 COW 995 $75.25Anthony Perchetti 1 COW 1090 $74.00Anthony Perchetti 1 COW 1020 $72.00Douglas Quintero 1 COW 835 $73.00Douglas Quintero 1 COW 990 $70.00Phillip or Carla Pomeroy 1 COW 1665 $73.00Al Tenente 1 COW 1250 $72.00Al Tenente 1 COW 885 $70.50Tanya Quintero 1 COW 945 $71.00Tanya Quintero 1 COW 865 $70.50Cache Creek Dairy 1 COW 1310 $84.00Cache Creek Dairy 1 COW 1590 $80.00Cache Creek Dairy 1 COW 1330 $77.50Perazzo Brothers 1 COW 1945 $74.75Perazzo Brothers 1 COW 1715 $70.50Perazzo Brothers 1 COW 1360 $65.00Desert Hills Dairy 1 COW 1485 $73.75Desert Hills Dairy 1 COW 1310 $71.00Desert Hills Dairy 1 COW 1725 $71.00Pete Webber 1 COW 1515 $72.50Jeff Whitaker 1 COW 1715 $72.25Jeff Whitaker 1 COW 1495 $69.50Robert Depaoli 1 COW 1075 $69.00Mickey Laca 1 BULL 1955 $94.00Vincente Padilla 1 BULL 1600 $93.50Robert Depaoli 1 BULL 1680 $91.50Sam Lompa 1 BULL 2285 $91.25Elko Land & Livestock 1 BULL 1750 $90.75Elko Land & Livestock 1 BULL 1405 $85.50Harold Rother Farms Inc 1 BULL 1740 $90.25Jake Casey 1 BULL 1710 $90.00Jake Casey 1 BULL 1490 $87.00Carolyn & Stacy Drayton 1 BULL 1510 $89.753-H Ranch 1 BULL 1735 $87.50Tim Lowe 1 BULL 1455 $87.00Pete Webber 1 BULL 1080 $82.00Black Elk Ranch 1 BULL 1695 $81.75Truckee River Ranch 1 BULL 1350 $81.00

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Fallon Livestock Exchange, Inc. (775) 867-2020 June 5, 2012

Sale Every Tuesday 11:00 amWeight/Type Steer/Bull Price Heifer/Cow Price

300-400 145.00-179.00 131.75-160.00400-500 138.00-161.00 147.00-169.00500-600 138.00-150.00 115.00-139.00600-700 145.00-150.00 124.00-146.00700-800 110.00-131.50 110.00-125.00800 & Over 107.00-125.00 100.00-114.00Breaker Cows - Fat 70.00-75.00Boner Cows - Medium 77.00-83.00Cutter Cows - Lean 67.00-70.00Feeder Cows 50.00-65.00Butcher Bulls 80.00-92.00Cutting Bulls 80.00-95.00

Shasta Livestock (530) 347-3793June 15, 2012

Kevin Devine [email protected] Website-www.wvmcattle.com

Weight/Type Steer/Bull Price Heifer/Cow Price300-400 lb. xxxx-xxxx xxxx-xxxx400-450 lb. xxxx-xxxx xxxx-xxxx450-500 lb. xxxx-xxxx xxxx-xxxx500-550 lb. xxxx-xxxx xxxx-xxxx550-600 lb. xxxx-xxxx 125.00-144.00600-650 lb. 140.00-160.00 xxxx-131.00 (1 @642#) 650-700 lb. 135.00-145.00 xxxx-xxxx700-750 lb. xxxx-xxxx xxxx-xxxx750-800 lb. 130.00-138.00 xxxx-126.00 (1 @ 756#)800-900 lb. 124.00-138.00 118.00-127.00Breaker Cows 71.00-78.00Boner Cows 64.00-70.00Cutter Cows 54.00-62.00Bulls 1 & 2 75.00-88.00

Pairs: Full-mouth pairs $1300-$1660. non-vax $200-$300 below top. Calvy Cows: No market test.

Superior Livestock Auction Region 1-ID, OR, CA, NVJune 7, 2012

Website-www.superiorlivestock.comCattle Type Weight Range Price

Steers 515-525 167.00-190.00550-580 178.00-181.50600-635 165.50-186.00675-675 169.00-169.00725-725 151.00-151.00800-830 143.00-156.00860-860 140.00-140.00900-900 145.00-147.25

Heifers 470-470 184.00-184.00525-525 170.00-170.00550-550 174.50-174.50700-700 137.00-137.00875-875 136.00-136.00995-995 129.00-132.00

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Checking-In On Your Beef Checkoff

Jr. Iron Chef, Las VegasWith the Nevada Beef Council (NBC) as presenting spon-

sor for the Jr. Iron Chef, Las Vegas competition on June 2, beef was the center of the plate not just for the entrée, but for the student-created appetizer as well.

Held at The International Culinary School at The Art In-stitute of Las Vegas, the competition brought together stu-dents from four magnet schools and gave them the opportu-nity to compete in the hands-on cooking contest. Two teams of four competed: the West Side team, made up of students from the Southwest and Northwest Career and Technical Academies; and the East Side team, comprised of students from the East and Southeast Career Technical Academies. The teams, working in a full kitchen, were supplied with a mystery basket of ingredients from which to prepare an ap-petizer and a main course. Two cuts of beef—Top Sirloin and Flat Iron—were the main items in the mystery baskets. The team of five judges for the event included National Cattle-men’s Beef Association (NCBA) Executive Chef Dave Zino, Chef Paul Zdanis of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Chef Heinz Lauer of Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Chef Raymond Bard of the Art Institute and American Culinary Federation and Katherine Jacobi, President and CEO of the Nevada Restaurant Association. The East Side team won this year’s competition.

The event was produced by Clear Channel Media, Las Vegas radio stations Sunny 106.5 and KPLV, and iHeartRa-dio. In addition to the more than 100 people who attended the event, the competition was broadcast live over KSNE Sunny 106.5 and streamed online at iHeartRadio. The NBC was also named as presenting sponsor in all press releases about the event, was part of 25 promotional on‑air com-mercials on radio stations KSNE, KPLV and iHeartRadio, aired a Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner commercial schedule of 44 :30-second radio spots, and was included in three differ-ent click-through banner ads on the radio station’s Web site. These online banner ads took radio station Web site visitors to NBC’s Web site. The NBC also provided talking points to the radio station about the 29 lean cuts of beef and the nutritional value of beef. These talking points were used by radio station personality Tom Chase, who hosted the live broadcast.

Launching My Plate, My WayIn the wake of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

and the MyPlate icon, the checkoff has launched its My Plate,

My Way interactive eating personality assessment tool, at www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/myplatemyway.aspx. The tool helps those consumers who are striving to eat healthier but struggling to make it work for their circumstances by providing them with a better understanding of their eating “personalities.” Upon completion of the online program, users receive information and resources – including beef recipes and nutritional data – tailored to their individual personality assessments, to guide them to appropriate healthier eating choices.

Protecting and Defending Beef – As part of ongoing work to protect and defend the image of beef – including exten-sive efforts responding to misinformation about lean finely textured beef (LFTB) and bovine spongiform encephalopa-thy (BSE) recently – the checkoff has secured a new Twitter handle @BeefFacts to help push out the facts about how beef is raised. Other efforts have included delivery of presenta-tions about the checkoff’s issues and reputation manage-ment program to state beef organizations. A workshop at the 2012 Cattle Industry Summer Conference will provide state beef council execs hands-on training in issues re-sponse, especially on social media, and crisis management. The checkoff also is updating a vulnerabilities assessment to help prioritize short-term crises in the industry; identify longer-term threats; and develop resources and tools that may be needed to address them down the road.

Attending Checkoff Meetings and Staying Informed

If you pay the checkoff, you can attend checkoff meet-ings at no cost, and that includes checkoff meetings at the upcoming 2012 Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver. A recent media advisory and other communications from the checkoff have been circulated to remind producers and importers that all beef checkoff meetings are open to every person who pays the checkoff, free of charge. During the summer conference in July, this includes meetings of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB); the Federation of State Beef Councils (Federation); and joint committee meetings that include checkoff representation.

If you want to keep up with the decision-making process of your national Beef Checkoff Program but can’t attend meetings across the country, keep in mind that results of Beef Board and other checkoff meetings are covered on the MyBeefCheckoff Meeting Blog at www.MyBeefCheckoff-Meeting.com.

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Statement Regarding Senate Passage of 2012 Farm Bill WASHINGTON (June 21, 2012) – The U.S. Senate in a 64 to 35

vote passed the 2012 Farm Bill (S. 3240). The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) commended the passage of the legislation. NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall issued the following statement.

“Like many of us who have a vested interest in this legislation (S. 3240), I was pleasantly surprised by the bipartisan efforts made to move this bill through the Senate very efficiently and without much partisan rhetoric. Both Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Minority Leader Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) should be commended for their leadership on this very important piece of legislation. Their transparency and willingness to listen to all vested interests was very refreshing for the NCBA and other like-minded organizations. NCBA stands firm in our commitment to support this legislation.

“Although the amendment process was certainly concerning in its early stages, all is well for cattlemen and women thanks to their out-spoken grassroots advocacy. This legislation, as written, incorporates all NCBA priorities. Bottom-line, there is no livestock title, conversa-tion programs are maintained and the research title is sustained. All this is done with more than $20 billion in savings to the American taxpayer.

“We support this legislation and will continue working with the House to ensure amendments that would interject the federal gov-ernment into production agriculture are left out of the legislation or soundly defeated. As we focus our efforts on working with the House Committee on Agriculture to ensure another version of this legisla-tion that is positive for cattlemen, I must stress the importance of family farmers and ranchers being engaged in this process.”

PLC, NCBA Hail House Passage of Grazing Improvement Act WASHINGTON (June 19, 2012) – Legisla-

tion to improve stability and efficiency in the federal lands grazing permit process was ap-proved by the U.S. House of Representatives as part of an omnibus package of lands bills. The bipartisan, 232 to 188, vote signals the strong, broad-based support for the Grazing Improvement Act (H.R. 4234), introduced by Congressman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho). This legislation, should the Senate choose to pass it, would provide certainty for today’s public lands ranching industry and for future generations of ranchers, according to Public Lands Council (PLC) President John Falen.

“This is a great example of a bipartisan

majority coming together to pass common-sense legislation,” said Falen, who is a cattle rancher from Nevada and member of the Na-tional Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). “This legislation extends the life of grazing permits from 10 to 20 years and provides greater certainty to ranchers by codifying annual, bipartisan appropriations language that allows for permit renewal despite the regulatory backlog. This bill will benefit the environment, while also saving taxpayer dol-lars. Stability in the federal grazing permit renewal process keeps the associated private base-property lands economically viable as ranching units, which in turn prevents the

fragmentation of open space.”Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) intro-

duced a companion Grazing Improvement Act (S. 1129), which was considered during a March 22, 2012 hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.

“We encourage Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to bring the companion bill to the Senate floor and pass it without delay,” said Falen.

Joe Guild, Chairman of NCBA’s federal lands committee, said it is time for Congress to stand firm with the providers of food for this country.

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