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Saturday, September 14, 2013 – Daily News 5A Agriculture farm Ranch supper fundraiser Triple Creek Ranch, Inc. Therapeutic Riding & Youth Programs will hold its ranch supper and fundraiser Oct. 19 at its Shasta County location in Palo Cedro. Gates swing open at 4 p.m. and supper served at 5 p.m. Triple Creek Ranch is a nonprofit organization that assists people toward achieving balance of mind, body and spirit using horses and other activities with Christian values. It serves Shasta and Tehama counties. There is something about horses that captures our hearts and lifts our spirits. We use God's awesome creature for healing in many ways at Triple Creek Ranch, Inc. This is a family style fundraising event includes activities for all ages, tri-tip barbecue, cowboy poetry, music, silent auction and a barn dance. Tickets for the supper are $7.50, children 5 and younger are free. For more information, visit www.tcri.org or call 5248426. Conservation program Farm and ranch operators, as well as non-industrial private timber managers and Tribes, who are interested in applying for Fiscal Year 2014 Farm Bill conservation program financial assistance, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has set Friday, Nov. 15, as the deadline for future funding consideration. This deadline has been established contingent on Fiscal Year 2014 funding being allocated pending passage of a new Farm Bill or reauthorization of the existing 2008 Farm Bill. The application deadline applies to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) initiatives and the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative program. Eligible producers with a conservation plan for their operation receive priority for financial assistance. NRCS staff is available to help producers create conservation plans on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications can be submitted throughout the year. Applications received by Nov.15 will be evaluated for funding priority for the pending 2014 funding. Applications received after Nov. 16 may be considered for future funding. NRCS's conservation programs help people reduce soil erosion, improve irrigation efficiency, improve water quality and wildlife habitat. EQIP, NRCS's largest conservation program, helps eligible producers plan and implement conservation practices that address a wide range of natural resource concerns and provide opportunities to improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and related resources on agricultural land and non-industrial private forestland. For additional information, Tehama County producers are encouraged to come by the NRCS Service Center located at 2 Sutter St., Ste. D, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Information and applications are also available online http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/. NRCS has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America's private land owners and managers conserve their soil, water and other natural resources since 1935. & ranch How does your garden grow? How is your garden producing this year? My tomato plants are green and growing, but not producing tomatoes, except for the Early Girl. Very few honey bees and no bumble bees this year in my garden. Some years I have squashed three or four hundred tomato worms by now, and this year not even one. Weird. I purchased a burpless cucumber plant at Home Depot, expecting the lovely long green like previous years from Red Bluff Garden Center. The few cucumbers are a yellow-green with speckles of darker green. The zinnias are colorCourtesy photo ful in the back yard, and I see a humming bird in Visiting and enjoying the Tehama Angus Ranch presale Certified Angus the evening. My only Beef steak dinner were Erin Borror, Amy and Matt Perrier, Eureka, KS, success. Bryce Borror, and Paul Dykstra, Chappell, NE. Matt Perrier was dinner No need to plant a speaker and Paul Dykstra is supply development and beef cattle specialist fall garden because at for CAB. times there are many birds in the yard. The After telling us about guage and understand ing about modern aniblack birds left when the his background, he sug- their culture, since mal agriculture – which peaches were gone, but gested that each of us in many are so far removed one do you think is the still have mocking the audience tell our from the farm by several biggest threat to your birds, blue jays, and lots story about food pro- generations. We need to ranch or farm? Examof small brown birds. environmental show them that there is ple: duction. The past week I had animal The customers take it not much difference activists, an invasion of small for granted that their between their lifestyle activists, food safety black ants and used the food is safe, affordable, and ours. activists, etc. vacuum cleaner to and an abundant food 8. Would you be American National remove them from the supply. Now they want CattleWomen are col- interested in working walls, baseboards and it to be healthy, good for lecting personal stories with ANCW to do more near the ceiling. They the environment in the of ranching, to help our to share your family's just kept pouring out, long term, and good for legislative efforts in story with people outuntil I sprayed the out- their family. side of agriculture? Washington, D.C. side of the house with A few of the ques- Example: Consumers, Between 1950 and ant spray and they final- 2000 there was a food tions are: Share some elected officials and ly slowed down. members of revolution with new background information staff, Ants were not as bad techniques in cooking about your cattle ranch media, service clubs, as feral pigs who invad- and cultural experi- or farm. Example: How etc. ed Laurel's lawn six out ences. *** did your ranch get startof the last nine Tickets are still availWho would ed, what types of aninights. They have thought mals do you raise, is able for our 4th annual ruined the irrithat we would your family involved Beef 'N Brew at Plum gation system watch food with the day-to-day Crazy,The Loft, The as well as leavGold Exchange, Red shows on tele- business operations. ing divots all 2. What is the Bluff Chamber of Comvision, and over her yard. and Julia Child biggest threat to your merce, *** and James ranch or farm? 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They wanted the ple: Taxes, ESA, Clean There will be beef presented "Growing ranchers to grill beef for Water Act, NEPA, EPA, appetizers and 66 craft food for consumers who the customers. BLM, FDA, Transporta- beers available for tastare no longer hungry." ing in 33 businesses Perrier reviewed the tion regulations, etc. Dalebanks Angus nutrition facts about 4. Are there any fed- from 5 to 8 p.m., and was begun in 1904 by beef before the trip eral programs you find from 7 to 10 there will Matt's great-grandfa- since Fox News would of value? Example: fed- be dancing to Cottonther, whose family set- be interviewing them. eral disaster assistance, wood Band at the Cone tled northwest of Eure- The television crew conservation programs, Kimball Plaza, as well ka, KS in 1867. The wanted ropers, since animal health programs, as a tri tip wrap and a ranch lies in the south- nobody wanted to be etc. cup of Sierra Nevada ern Flint Hills, one of educated. People want 5. Do you know your beer. the last areas of native fun, so they taught the federal elected offiYou can find Beef 'N tall grass prairie in reporters how to rope on cials? Do you regularly Brew on Facebook. America. attend their townhall television. Jean Barton can be The pictures of the Perrier said that "in meetings, visit with at tall green grass in store demonstrations" them/their staff in your reached rolling hills looked sim- are effective, since they state or in Washington, jbar ton2013@gmail.co m. ilar to the original Dale- were wearing their DC? banks in England, where western shirts, boots, 6. Would you be distant family members hats , etc. His children interested in developing live. were wearing their a better relationship In 1903 at the Ameri- spurs. with your elected offican Royal Stock Show, Are people still hun- cials and their staff? his great-grandfather gry? Consumers want Would you be willing to saw some Angus cattle more than substance, invite them to your and bought a few head. because they want sto- ranch or travel to WashThis was before Angus ries with assurances ington, DC to educate were seen everywhere. leaving them with a them about your ranch Shorthorns and Here- "feel good" feeling. or farm? fords were the more 7. Of all the We need to communipopular breeds. cate, speaking their lan- "activists groups" talk- Barton The Over 25 years of experience STOVE JUNCTION BBQ PELLETS If you're tired of potholes and dusty roads HOW ABOUT CHIP SEAL! The North State's premier supplier of stoves Now in Stock! Popular customer request Serving Butte, Glenn & Tehama Counties Tues-Sat 9am-5pm • Closed Sun & Mon 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com All makes and models. 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