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Saturday, January 29, 2011 – Daily News – 5A Agriculture & farm Prune Day approaching Prune Day sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, Tehama County Ag Commissioner Office, SunSweet Dryers, and the Tehama County Resource Conservation District, is designed to provide orchard information to local prune growers, PCA's and related agri-business people. The event is scheduled 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge. Topics being presented are: Plum Pox Research and Progress, Fas Track Breeding, Correcting Potassium Deficency in Prunes, Prune Marketing Updates, Spot- ted Wing Drosophila, Insect Management in Prune Pro- duction, and Regulatory Updates, with discussion time following each topic. This year the featured guest Dr, Ralph Scorza a USDA research horticulturist from West Virginia will be presenting his research data and information on the devastating Plum Pox disease. The $15 Registration includes a buffet lunch being provided by the Elks Lodge. To attend this educational and informational meeting call Richard Buchner or Cindy McClain at the UC Farm Advisors Office 527-3101. I missed the 16th annual Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo last weekend because our grandson was getting married in Rifle, Colo. Thanks to Brandon Minch, I have the results of the Dummy Roping Finals, the Ranch Rodeo results from Tyler Martinez, and a photo from Ken Otto, of Otto Graphics. In the 6 years and under dummy roping were Bren- nan Martinez, Adelia Mar- tinez, Avery Skaggs, Parker Heitman, and 1st place to Kamish Wagner, 2nd to Paisley Heitman, and 3rd to Cotton Suther. In the 7 to 10 year olds, dummy roping were Kyle Stewart, Ryan Tadman, Mason Pascal, Rett Jones, Shelby Dunning, Reghan Shannon, Cole Bunting, Kaylee King, and 1st place to Cody Stewart, 2nd Caleb Carpenter, and 3rd to Kolton King. The 11 to 13 year olds dummy roping, 1st to Caleb Heitman, 2nd Steel Humphry, 3rd to Casey Moore, and 4th to Kyle Huerta. The prizes in each age group were 1st place a rop- ing dummy from Brandon Minch Construction. 2nd a head rope from Brenden and Kristy Flynn, 3rd place was 40 lb bag of Purina Senior Horse Feed from Tractor Supply. Water overseer wants to reinforce farm water conservation WALNUT CREEK (MCT) — A newly appointed Delta water overseer wants to use the state constitution to enforce farm water conservation in California, contending that even small improvements could result in big savings. Craig Wilson is California's first Delta watermaster, a position created by sweeping water reforms lawmakers passed at the end of 2009. In his first report to regulators, Wilson will argue Wednesday that farmers who use water inefficiently are violating the constitution's requirement that its use be "rea- sonable." His recommendations, if adopted, would mark the first time the doctrine has been applied so broadly. "It's been taboo," said Peter Gleick, a noted water expert and president of the Pacific Institute, an environ- mental research organization based in Oakland, Calif. "No one has wanted to step up and say, 'This is not a reason- able or beneficial use of water.' " Gleick added: "We don't have enough water anymore to be able to avoid that conversation." Wilson, a lawyer, contends that more efficient water delivery systems and irrigation practices already are in use in some farm regions, particularly where water is more expensive, and that they should be required elsewhere. "Persons who do not employ some or all of these tech- nologies, where they are economically justifiable, locally cost-effective and not harmful to downstream agriculture and other environmental needs, are simply using water unreasonably," Wilson wrote in a report to the State Water Resources Control Board and the new Delta Stewardship Council. His recommendations include setting employees to policing wasteful practices and requiring water agencies that serve farmers to develop more sophisticated water- delivery systems. Farmers in California collectively use about four times as much water as the state's cities, suburbs and industries, and that is why Wilson focused his first report on water use on farms. A 2008 report by Gleick's organization found that Cal- ifornia's farms could reduce water consumption 10 per- cent to 15 percent by adopting techniques some farms use. Wilson said he does not expect his recommendations to yield that much in savings, but even a statewide improve- ment of 1 percent or 2 percent would yield hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water _ enough, potentially, for millions of new residents. "I'm basically saying there's some significant savings, but it's not the same as others are talking about," Wilson said. Part of the reason that Wilson sees less potential for savings than others is because not every drop of water that is left unused is truly saved, he said. That is because much of the water diverted from rivers and wells to farms is returned after it drains back into rivers or seeps into groundwater basins. It is only the water that would have been taken up by crops and weeds, evaporated, or otherwise consumed that can be counted as conserved, Wilson said. A boot race concluded the junior events with Casey Moore winning a pair of boots from Dave’s Boots; 2nd place to Caleb Carpen- ter who won a $35 gift certificate to Crossroads Feeds donated by Eliza- ranch Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo Photo courtesy of Ken Otto, Otto Graphics J C Niesen riding for TX Bar Ranch, Red Bluff in the Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo ranch horse class. River Ranches, Beatty, Ore- gon with Victor Madrigal, Eric Duarte, and Troy Brooks. They placed 1st in calf branding with 3 head in 2:24:72, Duarte placed 2nd in stock horse with a 147, the team sorted 3 head in 2:05:03, and Victor Madri- gal was 1st in saddle bronc with a ride of 90 points. Jean Barton beth Soder and Coldwell Banker. 3rd place to Cody Stewart, with a breakfast for 2 from Tremont Café and Jennifer Garner. 4th place to Ashley Lopeman, and a $10 gift certificate from The Human Bean donated by Christy Forward and Bill Galbraith. The Ranch Rodeo saw ENG Ranches of San Miguel winning the Top Team silver buckles with Darrell Norcutt placing 1st in the stock horse finals with a 148.5, and "Steady Betty", Norcutt’s dark bay mare was named Top Horse. The team doctored their calf in a time of 1:10:32 for 1st, and count- ing 42 head in 48.12 sec- onds. Danny Leslie the calf roper caught and doctored his calf in 34.07 seconds for 1st. Their bronc rider Phillip Selby scored a ride of 85 for 4th, 2nd in calf branding three head in 2:55:47. 2nd place to the team from Antelope Creek Cattle Co; Red Bluff with Walt Brown, Lance Root and Dusty deBraga placing 2nd in sorting with 1:41:21 with 3 head, 2nd in herd count- ing with 50.82, Walt Brown roped his calf in 41.62 sec- onds, Lance Root tied for 2- 3 with an 87 in bronc riding, and the team was 3rd in calf branding with three head in 2:59:94. 3rd place to Sprague 4th place to Rice/Sparrowk Ranches of Clements with Rich Rice and son Daniel, and Top Hand Lee Whitney. They placed 1st in sorting with 5 head in 2:36:53 5th place to Cross Five Ranch of Walnut Grove with Roy Bridges, Mark Brum and Brent Tadman. They placed 2nd in ranch doctoring with a time of 1:57:97, and were the only two teams to place in doc- toring with ENG Ranches. 6th place to Red Bluff‚s UI Ranches, with Brian Darst, Roy Owens and Casey Hendricks. Tyler Martinez said the bronc riding Saturday morning in the long go was the best he had seen, over the years. The judges agreed, awarding ENG Ranches Philip Selby a 92, TNT Cattle Co. Chiloquin, Ore.’s Mark Nonella a 90; Gill Ranch, Millville an 89 for Craig Giacomeli, and 87 to UI Ranches Brian Darst. At the conclusion of the long go Rice/Sparrow Ranches were in 1st place and Sprague River Ranches in 2nd place because both teams had received 15 bonus points for successful- ly competing in each event. Sprague River also placed 1st in sorting with 7 head in 2:01:74. Also sorting 7 head were Holiday Ranches, River Bend Ranch, Llano Seco Ranch, Dry Creek Ranch and Spring Ranch. 3rd to ENG Ranches for a 1st in branding and in bronc riding. 4th to Ante- lope Creek with a 1st in counting. Ranch doctoring was the downfall of many teams since the calves were stronger because of the good feed year. 1st was Elwood Ranches, Redding with a time of 1:03:14 for Dean Miller, Justin Niesen, and Spencer Mitchell. 2nd to UI Ranches with 1:11:09. 3rd to N Arrow Livestock, Standish with Colt Shields, Pat Cannon, and Lorenzo Laruccea and a time of 1:11:47. 4th in doctoring to Cross Five Ranch with 1:11:56, 5th to Sprague River Ranches with 1:34:53, 6th Rice/Sparrowk with 1:57:97, and 7th to Triangle V Ranch, McArthur with Joe Nash, Brian Humphry, Travis Stewart and a time of 2:22:06. The other 19 teams were disqualified in ranch doctoring. Long go calf roping saw JH Ranch, Bill Finks of Standish have a time of 21.34. He was the 2010 Top Hand. Daniel Rice, Rice/Sparrow had time of 21.97 for 2nd, and Jared Ferguson, Ferguson Live- stock, Cottonwood was 24.41. Brian Humphry, Tri- angle V Ranch was 24.84. Justin Niesen, Elwood Ranches was 5th with 25.38. Don Jones, Holiday Ranches was 26.65 for 6th; Walt Brown, Antelope Creek Cattle Co. was 7th with a time of 26.69. 8th was David Johnson, Gill Ranch with 27.41, 9th Wyatt Bourdet, Spring Ranch with 29.06 and 10th was Blaine Ragan, RDT Ranch, Red Bluff with 30.72. *** Kick-Off Bill and I attended the Breakfast and Beef forum with about 100 other interested ranchers and bull sale consignors. It was presented by Intervet Schering-Plough on Tues- day morning of the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale. We learned about “Antibi- otics and BRD, Bovine Respiratory Disease. How treatments work, and why they fail.” Danielle Zane, Rhyanne Trux, Carol Enos, Michelle Blunkall, Irene Fuller, Rene Ewing and I from Tehama County CattleWomen helped serve the New York steaks, ranch beans, toss Taco Bell takes its beef with lawsuit to public Taco Bell went big and bold to respond to a lawsuit claiming its taco filling can’t be called beef, buying up newspaper ads Fri- day that trumpet “Thank you for suing us.” The company says it is setting the record straight with full-page ads in Friday’s edi- tions of the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and other papers and a YouTube campaign. “Here’s the truth about our seasoned beef,” the ads say, declaring the product is 88 percent ground beef, and the rest a mix- ture of spices and common food additives. Taco Bell is fighting a claim that the taco is only 35 percent beef. The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in California, claims calling Taco Bell’s filling “seasoned beef” is false adver- tising. The suit alleges the meat mixture has binders and extenders and does not meet federal requirements to be labeled beef. Taco Bell denied those claims but went further by launching the advertising cam- paign after a week in which the story spread like wildfire, making national headlines, creating an internet stir and even prompting a bit by comedian Steven Colbert. City and County Information Recreation Guide Local places of interest City Map & Street Guide Schools Directory Church Guide Public Services Calendar of Events …and more! Glossy stock Magazine Format 10,000 distribution 7,000 as a special insert to the 3000 print for distribution to visitors, new and prospective residents through Chambers of Commerce, hotels and Information Centers D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 24/7 presence online version on www.redbluffdailynews.com for a full year, with links provided to Chamber of Commerce, RB City and County websites. Businesses: Make sure YOU are part of it! Advertising Space Reservation Deadline: Friday, February 4 at 5 PM Advertising Representative Today! 527-2151 Call your Daily News Local green salad, rolls and butter on one line at the Buyer & Consignor Dinner on Wednesday night. In one hour we had used 250 plates, and Vic Woolery said he had cut 550 steaks to be grilled for the beef con- sumers. Matt Wolters called the names of the lucky winners of the bull sale youth activi- ty fund raffle, and our Tehama County Beef Ambassadors Liz Menden- hall and Stacy Stroing assisted in distributing the prizes. The major winners included: Rhino, Cliff Kemen of Red Bluff Auto Electric: the Gun Safe to Mitch Kofford, Vina; Jim Bass, Orland now has 5 tires from I-5 Tires; and the $500 gift certificate to Cabela’s went to John Flynn, Lake- view, Ore. Cooper Cattle, Oakdale had the Jack Owens Ideal Range Bull with an Angus. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.com. YEARBOOK This would probably be it: If Red Bluff had a