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Saturday, January 26, 2013 – Daily News 7A Agriculture farm & ranch Baby, it's cold outside Red Bluff I thought Red Bluff was cold during the month of January when I recorded 24 or 26 degrees above zero a couple mornings. Then I visited with a cowboy from Nevada at the Ranch Rodeo. He told us that Elko had not been above 15'F since Christmas, and had been minus 27' F for a low. The morning we visited, Wild Horse Reservoir had been minus 41'F. It was 6 below the morning they left for Red Bluff. Our friends from Lassen County didn't come this year because they had to stay home and break the ice on the creek or water trough for their livestock a couple times a day. Judy or Nancy would write on the 12th, it is 23'F at Bogard, -19 at Bieber, - 13 Adin, -8 McArthur, 4 at Standish. On 13th the report was Bogard -30'F, Standish 2, Janesville -8, and someone commented that the new diesel freezes at 0. On 15th, it was – 23'F at Tehama Angus Ranch in Adin. During that week Alturas was 20 each morning, and for a week not above freezing. We had 2 tenths inch of rain this month before Wednesday of Bull Sale when it rained 7 tenths Courtesy photos in the afternoon and Top: Pete Owens of JP Ranch, Thelma Owens, Mike LaGrande owner night. December had 9.6 of Buck Horn Ranch, Williams and owner of Moose, the 6 year old Jim inches. At the JP Ranch Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo Top Horse, and Craig Boyd who rode Rodeo, the fastest, corthe horse to a score of 150 in the ranch horse class Bottom: Nikki rect team in herd countDuarte of Sprague River Ranches was out weighed by the beef ing was ENG Ranches, animal, but she managed to get it down, set the ropes on front and San Miguel with 95 head hind feet, and place a mark on the head in 2:26:84 at the Jim Owens in 48.69 seconds. 2nd M Memorial Ranch Rodeo. & T Ranch, Walnut Grove with 95 head in minutes. committee wives, next year. 60.78; 3rd N Arrow daughters and friends *** 1st was Running C Livestock, Standish Ranch, Hollister with deBraga, Bob deBraga, hon- Waynette 61.11, 4th Wine Glass 49.97 seconds, 2nd to orary director of the Red Wendy Gallaty, Shanna Ranch, Janesville 73.27. Cross Five Ranch, Wal- Bluff Bull and Gelding deBraga, Karen Hobbs, Calf Branding saw nut Grove, with 56.56 Sale was reminiscing Leslie Hufford, Megan three calves caught and seconds; our first deBraga and Casey 3rd to about paint branded in 2:28:67 Rice/Sparrowk Ranches, buyer/consignor dinners Owens with John Owens by Grass Valley Ranch, Clements with 58.61. back in the late '60s serve the salad, New Austin, NV, 2nd to TX I admired Sprague when we ate in the cafe- York steak, ranch beans, Bar Ranch, Red Bluff in River Ranches Nikki teria and listened to a roll and butter, coffee. 2:34:82, 3rd to ENG Duarte, because she had speaker one evening The Explorer Scouts Ranches for 2:54:16; to do the doctoring, and during the bull sale. This served ice cream. and 4th Wine Glass with the animal was hard to was before geldings, In the Western Video 2:57:53. get down so she dogs, art shows and Market sale held in the R a n c h Don Smith Pavillion on could set the youth fund raisers. horse saw The local cattlemen Thurs., M & M Marvel ropes on the Craig Boyd, front and hind were invited to a free Ranch, Winnemucca, Buck Horn legs and place dinner that Angelo Men- NV sold 104 weaned R a n c h , the mark donca and crew cooked, steers weighing 475 lbs. Williams between the and the first year or two at $1.99 a lb. score 150 on The Red Bluff eyes. She never the drinks were free, Moose, later female gave up and got too. Then they cost the Replacement named top the job done in huge sum of fifty cents sale saw ten bred young ranch horse; when John Deming of Angus cows that will 2:26:84. 2nd to JC The calf rop- The Crystal told Bob calve in March and Niesen, TX ing saw Roy that a rancher will eat April from Five Star Bar, who was Jean Owens, UI his beef, but he might Land and Livestock at voted Top Ranches, Red leave the free liquor. Wilton, sell for $2,500 Hand and waste your each to Tom Hill, Vina Bluff, dally rope Don't scored 147, rancher. Young means and tie the three money. 3rd to Dusty This year Vic Wool- that three were 3 yr old, legs, mark the deBraga, head with chalk with a ery and crew had cut and five were 4 yr old, and Antelope Creek Cattle time of 19:28 seconds. grilled 550 New York two are 5 years old. Co; Red Bluff with 146, 2nd to Bill Finks, JH steaks for the buyer/conQuail Valley Ranch, and 4th to Wyatt Bour- Ranch, Standish with signor dinner in the rain. Salem, OR and Pfiser det, Spring Ranch, 22:19 seconds, 3rd to I enjoy seeing the donated a calving ease Shandon, with 144. Chris Wooten, Elk people and helping serve Angus bull as a "Water The cattle were hard Creek Ranch, Liver- the dinner with the for Life" fundraiser. to separate in ranch sort- more, with 22:23 sec- Tehama Co. Cattle- Tehama County Cattleing, and 11 teams had onds. member Tom Women. Joyce Bundy man only one or none. No In bronc riding Clay- served the steaks, Carol Atwood purchased the team got all 7 head with- ton Brum, Cross Five Enos, Una Jordan, Dee bull for $5,000. in 3 minutes, but 1st Ranch, scored 87 points, Jennings- Hill, Leslie with 6 head in 1:58:65 to 2nd to C J Cash, KO Bruce, Kelly Moulton Jean Barton can be Double Bar X, Millville, Ranch, Red Bluff with helped. reached at 2nd to Sprague River 85, 3rd to Josh McKenWe helped the sale jbarton2013@gmail.com. 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As of Jan. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) will offer its customers a MicroLoan designed to help farmers and ranchers with credit needs of $35,000 or less. The loan features a streamlined application and a simplified qualification process built to fit the needs of new and smaller producers. "This innovative offering will be more customer-friendly than our larger, more traditional loan programs," said Val Dolcini, FSA State Executive Director. "Farms and ranches seeking a smaller loan for start-up or operational needs now have a great new tool to consider." "For those selling at Farmers' Markets or through community-supported agriculture operations (CSAs), a MicroLoan might serve their needs perfectly," Dolcini continued." "And the reduced paperwork associated with the new MicroLoan will help expedite the process for everyone." In 2012, the Farm Service Agency provided $119.8 million in farm loan assistance to agricultural producers of all sizes in California. That year, operating loans accounted for the majority of the loans extended (612), while farm ownership loans were fewer (108). In 2012, emergency loans were written for ten producers in California recovering from natural disasters. "The interest rate of 1.25 percent on the new FSA MicroLoan is also a great benefit for farmers and ranchers who are just starting out, in need of capital and on a tight budget," according to Dolcini. "Producers in every California county can contact their nearest FSA office for details and to determine if they qualify for a MicroLoan" In response to tighter financial markets, USDA has expanded the availability of farm credit, helping farmers refinance loans across the U.S. Since 2009, USDA has provided more than 128,000 loans to family farmers totaling more than $18 billion. Over 50 percent of the loans went to beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. USDA emergency loans Pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's designation of an emergency in the state of California on July 12, 2012, Butte, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono Plumas, Riverside, San Bernardino, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama Tulare and Tuolumne Counties has been named eligible for USDA emergency farm loans because of physical and production losses based on damages and losses caused by drought, which occurred on Feb. 21 through May 14, 2012. In addition, contiguous counties are eligible. Farmers in all 43 counties have eight months to apply for the loans to help cover part of their actual losses. Some of the eligibility requirements are listed below: • Have suffered at least 30 percent loss of normal $ 51,50313 in Discount Coupons were published last week in the DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY … And that does not Count all the ads offering percentage discounts, two-for-ones and Free-with-Purchase offers! Don't miss a Day of it! Subscribe Today 527-2151 It pays for itself. production directly related to the above-cited cause, • Be able to repay the loan and any other loans, • Be Unable to obtain credit elsewhere, • Have adequate security, • Have multi-peril crop insurance, if available, and • Meet other eligibility criteria. All applicants must complete a certification of disaster losses, which reflects the exact date(s) and nature of the designated disaster and how it caused the loss or damage. Crop insurance field reports may be a source for documenting losses directly related to the cited cause. The authorization expires March 12. Applications should be filed with your FSA Service Center at 2 Sutter St., Ste. C, Red Bluff.