Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/278161
WEEKLY SOIL MOISTURE LOSS IN INCHES (Estimated Evapotranspiration) 03/05/14 through 03/11/14 Crop (Leafout Date) 1.05 Pasture 0.99 1.05 Alfalfa 0.99 0.81 Olives 0.76 0.67 Citrus 0.63 0.67 Almonds (2/12) * 0.63 0.34 Prunes (3/15) * 0.32 0.00 Walnuts (4/1) * 0.00 0.81 Urban Turf Grass 0.76 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Efficiency 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 Olives 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 Citrus 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 Almonds (2/12) 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Prunes (3/15) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Walnuts (4/1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NOAA Forecasted Week of Water Use West of Sacramento River East of Sacramento River 0.71 5.21 0.66 4.29 Past Week of Water Use Accum'd Seasonal Water Use NOAA Forecasted Week of Water Use Past Week of Water Use 0.71 5.29 0.66 4.33 Accum'd Seasonal Water Use 0.54 4.00 0.51 3.27 0.46 3.44 0.42 2.85 0.40 1.07 0.37 0.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.54 3.37 0.51 2.75 PAST WEEKLY APPLIED WATER IN INCHES, ADJUSTED FOR EFFICIENCY 1 1 The amount of water required by a specific irrigation system to satisfy evapotranspiration. Typical ranges in irrigation system efficiency are: Drip Irrigation, 80%-95%; Micro-sprinkler, 80%-90%; Sprinkler, 70%-85%; and Border-furrow, 50%-75%. For further information concerning all counties receiving this report, contact the Tehama Co. Farm Advisor's office at (530) 527-3101. Accumulations started on February 12, or on the approximate leafout date for a specific orchard crop as indicated in parentheses. Criteria for beginning this report are based on the season's last significant rainfall event where the soil moisture profile is estimated to be near its highest level for the new season. * Estimates are for orchard floor conditions where vegetation is managed by some combination of strip applications of herbicides, frequent mowing or tillage, and by mid and late season shading and water stress. Weekly estimates of soil moisture loss can be as much as 25 percent higher in orchards where cover crops are planted and managed more intensively for maximum growth." 1.06 Past Seven Days Precipitation (Inches) 0.69 3.91 Accum'd Precip (Inches) 3.71 Office: (530) 347-3793 Report: (530) 347-4927 Shasta Livestock Auction Yard Cottonwood, California Sale Every Friday www.ShastaLivestock kevin@shastalivestock 3/14/14 RECEIPTS: This Week: 1101 Last Week: 485 COMPARED TO LAST WEEK: Slaughter cows & bulls $5 higher. Stockers & feeders generally steady to $6 higher. Off lots & singles $10-$30 lower than top offerings. SLAUGHTER COWS: High Dress Low Dress Breakers: 92.00-99.00 100.-113.50 Boneing: 84.00-91.00 Cutters: 75.00-83.00 BULLS 1 & 2: 85.00-99.00 105-121.00 FE ED ER S TE ERS: 300- 40 0 xx xx to 250.00 1 se t Top Offerings/Pen Lots 400-450 225.00 to 240.00 450-500 210.00 to 237.50 500-550 200.00 to 225.00 550-600 xxxx to 194.00 1 set 600-650 xxxx to xxxx 650-700 180.00 to 186.00 700-750 xxxx to 169.50 1 set 750-800 xxxx to 169.00 1 set 800-900 150.00 to 161.00 FEEDER HEIFERS: 300-400 200.00 to 235.00 Top Offerings/Pen Lots 400-450 197.00 to 211.00 450-500 xxxx to 217.50 1 set 500-550 xxxx to xxxx 550-600 170.00 to 191.00 600-650 169.00 to 178.00 650-700 166.00 to 167.00 1 set 700-750 xxxx to xxxx 750-800 154.00 to 168.00 800-900 xxxx to xxxx PAIRS: FMV w/good calves $ 1900-$2560 other pairs of various ages & sizes $1400-$1900 (fall calvers) CALVY COWS: Full Mouth $1225 (fall calvers) -$1585 NEXT WEEK (March 21): Expecting 800 head March 25th: Catalog deadline for April 10 WVM Satellite sale For pictures and info: www.shastalivestock.com By Jean Barton T he publ ic is i nv it ed t o t he a n nu a l Teh a m a County Cattlemen's Field Day on Saturday, March 2 9 at the Cr ysta l R ose C owdo g C ol le ge , 14 2 0 0 Red Bank Road, Red Bluff. P r e s id ent S t e ve Mc - Ca r t hy a nd V ice P r e s - ident Ch ad A men h ave planned a day in western Tehama County, since last year was at the Ferguson Ranch in Cottonwood. In 2012 it was cancelled for the f irst time in histor y when it rained. Our hosts will be Merle and Sandy Newton, mem - bers of TCCA. The day w i l l sta r t at 9:30 a.m. w ith the stock dog trials. Merle Newton was the consignor of the champion dog at the re - cent Red Bluff Stock Dog Sale, selling to Steve Rob- i nson, Colu mbia , Ma r y- land. The social hour will pre- cede the noon time New York steak or ground beef luncheon by Vic Woolery and Crew. Desserts of all varieties will be made by the Tehama County Cattle - Women, another long time tradition when they were the CowBelles. The a f ter noon events w ill feature horses w ith the Stockman's Challenge starting at 1:30 p.m. Two- man teams move a group of cattle through an ob - stacle course with fastest time winning. $ 2 ,0 0 0 ad d e d a n d a buck le from P ine Creek Cat t le C ompa ny i n t he Her ma n Daugher ty Me - m o r i a l Wo r k i n g C o w Horse. To qualify for the special money the horse must compete in the calf paint branding. There w ill be A ll- Girl Limited branding of two calves. The team will con - sist of three people and two must be women. The Three Man Calf branding will conclude the day. Di rections to Cr ysta l Rose Cowdog College: West on Walnut Street in Red Bluff. Turn south and left on Paskenta Road. Or you can take I- 5 to South Main St. exit # 647, g oi n g nor t h t o L ut her Road on 99W, then left or west to Paskenta Road. On Paskenta Road, take the 3rd right on to Live Oak Road. Turn left onto Red Bank Road and go 15.5 miles on Red Bank Road to 14200 Red Bank Road. 2 0 1 3 w i n n e r s w e r e Lacy Hook riding R2, her m o t h e r S h e r e e O w e n s horse to w in the $2 ,000 Her ma n Daugher ty Me - m o r i a l Wo r k i n g C o w Horse. 2nd place was a tie between Dave Ferg uson and Justin Niesen. The Stockman's Chal - lenge was won by broth- ers J C and Justin Niesen with a time of 4.26.56. The Girls Paint brand- ing was won by the team of A my A nderson, Marti A nderson a nd Da n Hol- land with a time of 2.04.48 and 2nd at 2.28.16 to Lacy Hook, Mandi Sproul and J C Niesen. The buckles for three man paint branding were won by the team of Rob - er t Sta ley, Gra nt Stein, Cole Hook with 2.57.53 on 3 calves. 2nd to the team of Wes Va n Sickle, Cole Hook and J C Niesen with 3.23.53. T he do g t r i a l s wer e won by Tommy Reid and Frosty, 2nd to Tonya Wil - liams and Zak. There w ill be the tra- d ition a l Da r r el C on a rd "Big Steer" weight guess- ing contest for the ladies a g a i n t h i s ye a r. S om e years it is bulls, or it might be cows, or even sheep this year. Beef Ambassador competition At 5 p.m. Sunday, March 16 the public is invited to attend the Tehama County CattleWomen's Beef Am - bassador competition at the Tehama County Farm B u r e au of f i c e on S a l e Lane. We have Katie Palmer seeking the Senior Beef Ambassador title, and six contestants in the Junior competition. Seeking the Junior title will be Kevin D e a n , K ay l a Mc G i f f i n , Danielle Mueller, Mahlon Owens, Emily Palmer and Kegan Richards. The senior, junior and junior runner-up will re - ceive scholarships at the end of the term. The win- ners of the competition will travel to San Jose on April 26 where they w ill compete for the California Beef Ambassador titles. Much-needed rain A f t e r t h e won d e r f u l rains of last week, I had received 3.65 inches and the grass is growing. Wa - ter was r unning in Sa lt Creek under 99E aga in, and brief ly there was wa- ter r unning in the Sand Slough from the Sacra- mento River. Ter r ible to say, but I am hoping that the Cat- t l e m e n's F i e l d D a y i s rained out once again. Al- though we sti l l remem- ber the Field Day at John Growney's ranch when the rain poured dow n. Bob Kerstiens CDF crew were ver y wet as they tried to make hot coffee and warm the French bread. Angelo Mendonca and his Krew were da mp as they pre - pared the lunch in the hay barn. T h e K e r s t i e n s c r e w used World War II gas ov - ens and gas burners while Angelo's crew used open f i re s , D ut ch oven s a nd open g r i lls in the ea rly years. Mor e t h a n 3 0 or 4 0 years ago Bob Kerstiens p u r ch a s e d t he s u r plu s W W II k itchen at a dis - p o s a l s a le i n R e dd i n g, and with CDF help it was ma inta ined through the years. Kerstiens, Dan Forster, Walt Williams, Gary Dur - den and their wives were always at the f ield days he at i n g t he br e ad a nd making cowboy coffee. Bob remembers Ange - lo's Krew of Ken Hill, Harry Dud ley, Jim McDona ld, Tony and Larry Alveras cooking the beans in an open cast iron pot, while Jack Alford, Bill and Doug Bonham, Ron Metsker, Duck Moore, Steve McK - enna, Ron Judson, George Erbes, Leland Davis, Don Cox, Art Jones, Jim Davis, Lou Bosetti, Quinn Men - doncao and other volun- teers made the salads and cooked the steaks. The wives of the cook- ing crew served the 1,000 or more people that used to come to the f ield days. T h e s e t wo c r e w s a l s o were the kitchen crew for the annual Wool Growers Field Day in the '50s , '60s, '70s, '80s. The Wool Growers a l - ways served lamb riblets, lamb chops and lots of red w i ne, a lon g w ith b ea n , bread and salad. As Bob Kerstien's wrote years ago, "Tehama Cat - tlemen's a re most likely the only group, that has this type of cooking crew of volu nt e er s , th at h a s been together this many yea r s . A nd b e ef i s t he main dish." Jean Barton has been writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached Jean Barton Tehama County Cattlemen's Field Day makes a comeback Courtesy Pictured are red Bluff FFA juniors Karl Parks, Danielle Mincer and Natalie renfroe. By Claire Lester Two Red Bluff FFA ju- niors, Ka rl Pa rks a nd Danielle Mincer, are mov- ing on to the Regional Speaking contest in the Extemporaneous Speak- ing category, and Junior Natalie Renfroe will be continuing on in the Job Interview Contest. The Shasta Regional Spea king Contest was held on Febr uar y 21st at Shasta College. Karl Parks placed first place a n d D a n i e l l e M i n c e r placed second in Extem - pora neous , a nd Nata- lie Renfroe Placed third in Job Inter v iew. This means that they are all moving on to the Regional Contest on March 19 at Chico State. In an extemporaneous speaking contest, contes - tants first pull three top- ics randomly out of a hat and must choose one that they wish to speak about. Most of the topics re - gard important agricul- tural issues. For example, some pos- sible topics include FFA education, beef industry misconceptions, the im- pact of the California wa- ter crisis, and numerous others. Once the contestant has chosen a topic, they have 30 minutes to collect their thoughts and research their topic. Research items that can be used by participants are highly limited to only five materials. Once the 30 minutes is up, the individual contes - tant enters the room be- fore a panel of judges and has four to six minutes to deliver their speech with no written aids. After the speech, the judges have five minutes to ask the contestants questions regarding their topic. Scoring is based on seven categories: 1. Content related to topic 2. Organization. 3. Power of expression. 4. General voice quality and articulation. 5. Stage presence. 6. General effect 7. Response to ques - tions. T he g ra nd t ot a l i s scored out of one thou- sand points. Contesta nts must be able to th i n k on thei r feet, express their knowl - edge of various agricul- tura l issues, a nd pres- ent themselves with con- fidence. Fur thermore, in the Job Interview contest the contestants choose a job that they wish to apply for from a list available online. Some possible jobs in - clude vet tech, floral shop employee, welder, and nu- merous others. Once the contestants have chosen a job they wish to apply for, they must create a resume that includes skills, pre - vious employment, and volunteer experience that is relevant to the job de- scription. The contestants are then placed in a realistic interview situation and are asked multiple ques - tions that pertain to the job they are applying for. Finally, the contestants are judged on how well they executed the inter - view and the top scor- ers move on to the next round. Red Bluff FFA students compete in speaking contest Youth Courtesy Chris Marenco was taking entries for the aernoon events as he visited with Farm Advisor Josh Davy and his wife, Marnie, at the tehama County Cattlemen's Field Day in 2011. sAturDAy, MArCh 15, 2014 reDBLuFFDAILyNeWs.CoM | FARM | 5 a