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8A – Daily News – Saturday, May 8, 2010 Agriculture & farm 2010 Range Tour The 2010 Range Tour hosted and sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, Bengard Ranches, Turri Ranch, Glenn/Colusa and Tehama Cattlemen’s associ- ations and Walco was attended by about 70 ranch- ers and farmers last Satur- day. The first site was a tour of the first year range seed- ing trials conducted at the Turri Ranch in Flournoy. Three separate trials were conducted with one in each of the soil types Arbuckle gravelly loam, Tehama loam and Newville/Dibble complex on the higher ground. The trials are spon- sored by: JJ Gross of John Taylor Wilbur Ellis, Kam- prath Seed, Kellogg‚s Ag Service, Ioka Farms, PGG Seeds, Andrews Seed, and the Tehama County Cattle- men’s Association. We were able to walk among the different plots and see how deep the roots were when a plant was dug up. The bras- sica had encoun- tered hard pan about 5 or 6 inch- es down, and the tap root had made a right angle turn for about 12 inch- es. Forage brassi- cas are members of the brassica family, which includes radish, turnips, broccoli, swedes, brussel Courtesy photo The Range Tour at Turri Ranch in Flournoy. sprouts were only an inch or two high. The annual clover was a mix of early subclovers Dalkieth, Nungarin, mid- season clovers Campeda, Antas, Persian and Rose. The clover seed needed to be coated, inorder to have good germination. Annual ryegrass and soft chess were the tallest grass- es, if you didn’t consider the abundant volun- teer oat crop that was tall and green. The Ben- Jean Barton sprouts, cabbage and cauli- flower. Forage brassicas can provide quick and abundant feed, with high digestibility, energy, and protein. All of the women on the tour mentioned how they dig the plantain out of their lawns, and how quickly a seed head appears. It is a perennial, drought tolerant, and able to grow in low fer- tility soils. Definitely don’t want to plant plantain for livestock grazing. Dryland alfalfa was having a hard time getting started during the cold spring because the gard’s Gallatin Ranch was site of where a pre- burn transect showed 79 per- cent medusa- head, and the following year after burning showed 2 per- cent medusa- head. They will hopefully be doing more burning this spring when the air quality conditions are right and the plants are mature. Before burning, a fire break is put around the pas- ture, and then a water truck wets the firebreak. One year the water truck got some of the medusahead wet, and by the time the fire burned that area the damp- ness didn’t allow a hot fire to destroy the medusahead seeds and you can still see that strip of green weeds. We enjoyed a grilled tri tip luncheon courtesy of Bengard Ranches, before touring the barb goatgrass and fertilizer plots. Today is the Red Bluff Gathering Angus female sale at the Tehama District- Fairground. The May 1 tucsonciti- zen.com, Jim Kelly’s col- umn “The Cholla Jumps” was about Arizona State Sen. Sylvia Allen respond- ing why she voted yes on SB1070. “Rancher Robert Krentz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I participated in a sen- ate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence. Here is just some of the highlights from those who testified. “The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terror- ized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily inva- sion of humans who cross their property. One rancher testified that 300 to 1,200 people a day come across his ranch vandalizing his property, stealing his vehi- cles and property, cutting down his fences, and leav- ing trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two Korans. “Another rancher testi- fied that daily, drugs are brought across his ranch in a military operation. A point man with a machine goes in front, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs, behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in the way. COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2995 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. Now Available Organic & Heirloom Spring Vegetable Plants 1 1/2 miles South of Red Bluff 12645 Hwy 99E (530) 529-2546 “This was not the only rancher we heard that day that talked about the drug trains. One man told of two illegals who came upon his property, one shot in the back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to carry the drugs and then shot them. Daily they listen to gun fire during the night. It is not safe to leave his family alone on the ranch, and they can’t leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back. “The border patrol is not on the border. They have set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them, if they get their hands on them then they can take them back across the border. The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about. The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming. They are not just those looking for work and a better life. “The federal govern- ment has refused for years to do anything to help the border states. We have been over run and once they are here we have the burden of funding state ser- vices that they use. Educa- tion costs have been over a billion dollars. The health- care cost billions of dollars. Our state is broke, $3.5 bil- lion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make. “One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here legal- ly. It has to stop. “The border can be secured. We have the tech- nology and we have the ability to stop this inva- sion. We must know who is coming and they must come in an organized manner legally so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have a responsi- bility to protect our citi- zens and to protect the integrity of our country and the government which we live under.” Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.com. ranch Youths join Angus group Three local youths have joined the American Angus Association. They are Justin R. Daniels, Dillon Daniels and Lexi Grade, all of Cottonwood. Junior members of the Association are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, par- ticipate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in Association-spon- sored shows and other national and regional events. The American Angus Association is the largest beef registry association in the world. Annual horse sale Feather River Community College will hold its 12th Annual Production Horse Sale featuring horses raised or donated to the Equine Studies Program beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15. All horses are started and trained by students. This includes AQHA registered horses with a variety of ages and skill levels. Also featured will be several horses shown on Wide World of Horses with Les Vogt on RFDTV. The sale is at the Feather River College Equine Facility in Quincy. The preview will begin at 9 a.m. and the auction starts at 1 p.m. In addition to the sale, there will be a free working cow-horse clinic with Mike Dean, a silent auction with items donated by local busi- nesses and community members, and a used tack sale. Concessions will be available. For those who cannot make it to the sale, you can watch and bid on the horses live at www.horseauc- tions.com. Proceeds benefit the Feather River College Foundation: Equine Studies. For additional information or sale catalog, call Crys- tal at (530) 283-0202 or 1-800-442-9799, Ext. 272 or go to www.frc.edu/equinestudies. Calif food exec pleads not guilty to more charges SACRAMENTO (AP) — The former food company executive at the center of a massive price-fixing inves- tigation has pleaded not guilty to new federal charges in the case. Frederick Scott Salyer entered his plea Tuesday to violating antitrust laws. 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