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4A – Daily News – Saturday, November 13, 2010 Agriculture & farm The native and drought tolerant plant sale at Sacramento River Discov- ery Center and Love at First Crush enjoyed a beautiful warm sunny day, before the rain and wind came in on Sunday. There were many dif- ferent salvias available with blue, orange, and red blossoms, while others had bloomed earlier in the year. Matt Pritchard, Red Bluff High School teacher for students studying nat- ural resources and past president to Tehama County Cattlemen helped me choose a couple of plants. USDA Conservation Loans USDA Farm Service Agency Tehama County Executive Director Darci THANKSGIVING HAPPY The students had prop- agated the plants and there was yarrow, flannel bush, Lions Tail, Butterfly Bush, native grasses, some shrubs that were perennial and others deciduous. Earlier this fall I was Cullers announces the launch of a Conservation Loan (CL) program that will provide farm owners and farm-related business operators access to credit to implement conserva- tion techniques that con- serve natural resources. "This will provide farmers, who want to implement conservation measures on their lands, a chance to do so by provid- ing assistance with their up-front costs," Cullers said. "In return, these pro- ducers will help reduce soil erosion, improve water quality and promote sustainable and organic agricultural practices." Direct CLs can be obtained through local Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices with loan limits up to $300,000. Guaranteed CLs up to $1,112,000 are available from lenders working with FSA. CL funds can be used to implement conserva- tion practices approved by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), such as the installation of conserva- tion structures; establish- ment of forest cover; installation of water con- servation measures; establishment or improvement of perma- nent pastures; implemen- tation of manure manage- ment; and the adaptation of other emerging or existing conservation practices, techniques or technologies. For more information on the program, contact a local FSA office or visit the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov. 530-528-8120 10 Gilmore Rd. Red Bluff Corner of Antelope & Gilmore lucky to receive a Lions Tail plant at Good Morn- ing Red Bluff, when Bob- bie Hughes was promoting the Sacramento River Dis- covery Center. Many people were enjoying the grand open- ing for Lucero Olive Oil in Corning, while we were enjoying the music, wine and olive oil tasting, tri tip luncheon at Pacific Sun Olive Oil open house. The brochure read “The pur- pose of our ‘Love at First Crush’ event is not only to cele- brate the olive oil milling sea- son with our friends, but an opportunity for consumers to experience the entire process of Extra Virgin Olive Oil pro- duction from ‘tree to table.’” Some people took advantage of the opportunity to pick olives at Pacific Sun from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. while Senia and Wayne Owens- by had picked 94 pounds of ground level olives from the trees in front of the Daily News the previ- ous day. We watched the olives go from bins up the auger elevator to the washing tank where leaves and sticks were removed. Then the olives were crushed, skins, flesh, pits by either a hammermill crusher or a disc crusher. After it is crushed and turned into a paste in the Malaxer chambers, the olive paste is slowly mixed in order to allow the olive oil mole- cules to coalesce and ranch Olives, olive oil and carcass awards Courtesy photo Answering questions at Love at First Crush olive oil sampling table were Laura Germano, Kristie Flynn, Greg Stone and Leslie Stone. begin to separate from the solids and water of the olive paste. Then it is pumped to the decanter centrifuge that separates the liquid from the pits, flesh and most of the water. It goes through another cen- trifuge, and is ready for consumption, but it is stored for one to two months before being bottled, to allow any sedi- ment to settle, since they don’t filter any of their olive oils. *** Jean Barton 10. The first seven steers received a gold seal award for a 650-850 lb hot car- cass weight, minimum USDA Quality Grade of Choice-, and USDA Yield Grade of 2.5 or less. The Carcass of Merit certifi- cate was for steers with hot carcass weight of 600- 900 lbs, minimum USDA Quality Grade of Select+, and USDA Yield Grade 3.0 or less. Receiving the top award of trophy, cash was Spencer Ford, Westside 4- H with a choice+, ribeye of 15.90, yield grade 1.94 steer that sold to Live Oak Ranch. Tehama Co. Cat- tleWomen also presented cash and a silver buckle. 2nd place to Heather COMFORT SERVICE INC. Air Conditioning & Heating Limited time offer expires November 30, 2010. Other condi- tions and restrictions may apply. See store for full details. Offer valid only at NorCal AT&T Authorized Retailer stores. Rebate debit card offer. Price before mail- in rebate is $149.99. Must pur- chase BlackBerry Unlimited Plan and sign new 2 year service agree- ment ot qualify for discounted pricing and rebate. Retail price Blackberry Pearl 8110 is $399.99. 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France, Red Bluff FFA, with a Prime-, ribeye of 14.60, and yield grade 2.26 with a steer from CB Angus, Bernie Hartman, Gerber and sold to Napa Auto Part, Red Bluff. 3rd to Emerie Eller, Corning 4-H, with a Choice+, ribeye 14.30, and yg 1.97, that sold to Tom and Dee Hill and Corning Chevrolet. 4th to Melissa Stroing, Westside 4-H, with a Choice, ribeye 15.40, yg 2.20, that sold to Arlo Stroing and Bengard Ranch. 5th to Tucker Carter, Flournoy/Paskenta 4-H; Choice, ribeye 13.90, yg 1.86. 6th to Dakoda McFall, Corning FFA, Choice, rib- eye 14.40, yg 2.50. 7th to Blaine Ragan, Red Bluff FFA, Choice+, ribeye 12.40, yg 2.34. 8th to David Johnson, Corning 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 15.60, yg 1.70 with Merit award for hot carcass weight of 866 lbs. 9th Gold to Emyli Palmer, El Camino 4-H, Choice, ribeye 13.20, yg 2.37. 10th Gold to Elora Brunelle, Corning 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 14.80, yg 1.46. 11th gold to Justin Mar- tinson, Antelope 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 15.10, yg 2.40. 12th gold to Danielle Mueller, Westside 4-H, Choice, ribeye 12.80, yg 1.90. 13th merit to Stacy Stroing, Westside 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 13.60, yg 1.81. 14th merit to Kegan Richards, Antelope 4-H, Choice, ribeye 13.30, yg 2.91. 15th gold to Riley Panziera, Westside 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 13.80, yg 1.98. 16th Alexander Men- doza, Westside 4-H, Choice+, ribeye 12.20, yg 3.32. 17th gold to Zak Stroing, Red Bluff FFA, The Electric Man For all your electrical needs • New Outlets / 220 • Fans / Fixtures • Pools / Spas • Code Corrections • Troubleshooting • Panel Upgrade • Telephone Wiring $10.00 Customer Discount FREE Estimates License# 826543 347-4441 A Clean, Reliable, Trustworthy, Chimney Company... 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Main St. Choice-, ribeye 18.30, yg 1.60. 18th Ashley Havel, Los Molinos FFA, Choice, ribeye 14.00, yg 3.38. 19th merit to Brooke Endres, Flournoy/Pasken- ta 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 13.00, yg 3.05. 20th merit to Erik Alvardo, Los Moli- nos 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 11.40, yg 2.68. 21st Kayleigh Mueller, West- side 4-H, Choice, ribeye 12.60, yg 3.68. 22nd merit to Carlos Mendoza, Westside 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 11.60, yg 2.79. 23rd Kayla McGif- fin, Antelope 4-H, Choice, ribeye 11.60, yg 3.20. 24th merit to Georgia Kunau- Jones, El Camino 4-H, Select+, ribeye 14.30, yg 1.81. 25th merit to Vicente Alvarado, Los Molinos 4-H, Select+, rib- eye 14.30, yg 1.54. 26th Kevin Dean, Los Molinos 4-H, Select-, rib- eye 15.50, yg 1.45. 27th merit to Billie Panziera, independent, Select+, rib- eye 17.20, yg .80. 28th merit to Clara Delong, Flournoy/Paskenta 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 11.90, yg 3.01. 29th Ryan Mueller, Westside 4-H, Choice-, ribeye 11.20, yg 3.22. 30th merit to Bailey Brownfield, independent, Select+, ribeye 12.60, yg 2.58. 31st Travis Brunelle, Corning 4-H, Standard+, ribeye 16.60, yg .54. The average of the 31 steers was Choice-, ribeye 13.9, yield grade 2.27. The above data was compiled by Josh Davy, University of California Livestock Farm Advisor. Before the presentation of certificates Davy explained that to grade the carcass a quality grade and a yield grade are needed. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.com. Fibromyalgia? Please call Suffering With (530) 529-6544 Rory Lengtat, D.C.