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Atotalof316lots grossed more than $700,000 at the 2014 Te- hama Dis- trict Fair Jr. Livestock Auction with the add-ons. Thanks to the many generous lo- cal and sur- rounding area businesses and in- dividuals that made it a great sale. Back in the late 1960s and 1970s I was book- keeper for the junior auc- tion, and we were thrilled to have a $100,000 sale. John Wheeler Logging was a big buyer back in those days, and they pur- chased five animals in this sale. Shasta Livestock Auc- tion Yard was another re- peat buyer from those early years, and this year they purchased four ani- mals and a champion. Tehama Angus Ranch, Bill Borror, Borror Broth- ers and Bryce and Erin Borror purchased eight lots. Another long time buyer since Bill's mother Inez Borror was one of the founders of the Tehama County Jr. Fat Stock Sale. Many buyers were re- peat buyers of more than one lot at the sale. Taco Bell was again the vol- ume buyer with 10 lots plus three champions. Ba- sin Excavating purchased three and a champion, while Outback DVBE, Inc. purchased seven head. Buying two lots were Accent Properties, Matt Anchordoguy, Bengard Ranches, Corning Lum- ber, Cornerstone Commu- nity Bank, Crane Mills, Dagorret Trucking, Excel Towing including a cham- pion, Funk Sheetmetal, Pat Jenkins, David and Te- resa Lindeman including a champion, Lok-Tite Mini Storage, Martinez Ranch Management including a champion, McKinley Cat- tle, Napa Auto Parts — Corning, Bert and Anne Owens, Ragan's Exca- vating Service, Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale, Red- ding Freightliner, Tomp- kins Electric, Tri- Coun- ties Bank, Red Bluff, Triple R Gas, Cook Construction, Heritage Ag Insurance Agency. Three lots to A & R Cus- tom Butchering including a champion, Attco & Har- bor Truck Sales, Alsco, Corning Chevrolet Buick, Cox Ranch — Ray Cox Sr.; Crain Walnut Shell- ing Inc. including a cham- pion, Cumpton Trucking/ Ryan Cumpton, Endres Family Farm, Geveden In- dustrial, Hawes Ranch & Farm Supply, I-5 Tire, Live Oak Ranch, North Val- ley Ag Services, Clay and Lilly Parker including a champion, Pine Creek Cat- tle Co.; Ron Knight Fam- ily, Tetrad Services, Westo- ver Company, Levey Trans- port, Inc. Four lots to Clearwa- ter Pump Co.; Dudley's Ex- cavating, Inc; Furtado Ag Construction, Golden State Farm Credit, Julia's Fruit Stand, Northern Lights Energy, Walberg, Inc. in- cluding a champion. Five lots were pur- chased by Arrowsmith & Sons, Les Schwab Tire Center — Corning, Muse Trucking, Pacific Farms, Wright Brothers including a champion. Greg Long Ranches and Long & Long purchased two champions and three lots. Six lots were purchased by Andersen & Sons Shell- ing, Inc; Brewer Con- struction & Brewer's Rop- ing Arena, Lassen Can- yon Nursery, McCarthy & Rubright — Attorneys at Law, Redding Roofing Supply including a cham- pion, Shufelberger Con- struction. Seven lots were pur- chased by Les Schwab Tire Center — Red Bluff. Corning Ford, Benny Brown's Susanville Ford, Red Bluff Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Ram trucks pur- chased eight lots and two champions. Congratulations to the sale committee of Mike and Teri Collins, Keith and Alice Ellis, Marie and John Rohr, Brian and Lynsie Birt, Greg and Sta- cey Carter, Bob and Beth Chaney, Bub and Shellie Ragan, Tony and Linette Welch, Charlie and Lori Mueller, Ty Byrd for an- other successful junior livestock auction. Brazilianfarmersvisit A group of 23 Brazil- ian farmers and ranchers visited, Tuesday, Sept. 30, Shasta Livestock Auction Yard and Western Video Market, the feedlot at Ma- sami Ranch followed by a visit to Tehama Angus Ranch where they enjoyed a picnic lunch and view- ing the cattle by walking among them on the pas- ture. They were especially interested in the pasture grasses. BeefPoint is an im- portant website for on- line information about the beef industry in Bra- zil. In partnership with CAEP Brazil Education & Travel they have orga- nized these beef study tours in Australia, Colo- rado, Texas and now Cal- ifornia. On the tours they visit ranches, feedlots, or- ganize seminars at local universities, etc. The previous day they visited CSU-Chico, and leaving Tehama Angus Ranch they visited UC Da- vis before having dinner at the Buckhorn Steak House in Winters. The next morning they visited the California Cat- tlemen Association head- quarters in Sacramento before heading south, vis- iting Harris Ranch Feed- lot, Boston Ranch, Santa Margarita Ranch, Cal Poly to name a few of their stops. Bryce's wife Erin is an economist for the United States Meat Export Fed- eration, USMEF. She has been in Brazil conducting research on the current state of Brazilian beef and pork production and the export outlook for both products. Borror explains that Brazil is rebuilding its cat- tle herd over the past sev- eral years, which is now reflected in its large beef production. She notes that the production growth can slow to some degree next year, however, due to a re- cent increase in heifer and cow slaughter. Greener pastures? I had two inches of rain last Thursday, and it was amazing how the country side turned green in two or three days. But if we have more north wind like on Oct. 1 and warm days the grass will die. Hopefully the weather- man is wrong, and we get more rain. JEANBARTON Livestock auction: Wow, what a sale! WASHINGTON Farmers and ranchers who previ- ously were forced to sell livestock due to drought, like the drought currently affecting much of the na- tion, have an extended pe- riod of time in which to re- place the livestock and de- fer tax on any gains from the forced sales, the Inter- nal Revenue Service an- nounced this week. Farmers and ranchers who due to drought sell more livestock than they normally would may defer tax on the extra gains from those sales. To qualify, the livestock generally must be replaced within a four-year period. The IRS is autho- rized to extend this period if the drought continues. The one-year extension of the replacement period an- nounced today generally ap- plies to capital gains real- ized by eligible farmers and ranchers on sales of live- stock held for draft, dairy or breeding purposes due to drought. Sales of other livestock, such as those raised for slaughter or held for sporting purposes, and poultry are not eligible. The IRS is providing this relief to any farm located in a county, parish, city, bor- ough, census area or dis- trict, listed as suffering ex- ceptional, extreme or severe drought conditions by the National Drought Mitiga- tion Center (NDMC), during any weekly period between Sept. 1, 2013, and Aug. 31. All or part of 30 states are listed. Any county contig- uous to a county listed by the NDMC also qualifies for this relief. As a result, farmers and ranchers in these areas whose drought sale replace- ment period was scheduled to expire at the end of this tax year, Dec. 31 in most cases, will now have un- til the end of their next tax year. Because the normal drought sale replacement period is four years, this extension immediately im- pacts drought sales that oc- curred during 2010. But be- cause of previous drought- related extensions affecting some of these localities, the replacement periods for some drought sales before 2010 are also affected. Ad- ditional extensions will be granted if severe drought conditions persist. Details on this relief, in- cluding a list of NDMC-des- ignated counties, are avail- able in Notice 2014-60, posted on IRS.gov. Details on reporting drought sales and other farm-related tax issues can be found in Pub- lication 225, Farmer's Tax Guide, also available on the IRS web site. DROUGHT Ranchers have more time to replace livestock PHOTOCOURTESYOFCALIFORNIACATTLEMENASSOCIATION A group of Brazilian farmers visited the area recently to tour various cattle operations. AssociatedPress FRESNO A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Missouri and five other states asking the court to strike down a Cal- ifornia law barring the sale of eggs in the state pro- duced by hens in cramped living conditions. U.S. District Judge Kim- berly Mueller dismissed the suit Thursday, giving Cali- fornia a major victory in a cross-country battle that pitted animal protections against the economic in- terests of farmers in the South and Midwest. Muel- ler said the states lacked le- gal standing to sue because they failed to show that the California law does genu- ine harm to their citizenry instead of just possible fu- ture damage to some egg producers. "It is patently clear plain- tiffs are bringing this action on behalf of a subset of each state's egg farmers," Mueller wrote in the decision, "not on behalf of each state's population generally." She ruled that the suit can't be refiled or amended, though the states can appeal. Missouri Attorney Gen- eral Chris Koster filed the lawsuit in February chal- lenging the law that is set to take effect in January, 2015. Nebraska, Alabama, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Iowa joined in March. Koster's office said Friday that it was reviewing its op- tions to continue the legal fight. The states contended the California law violates the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. Constitu- tion by effectively imposing new requirements on out- of-state farmers. CROSS-COUNTRY BATTLE Judge tosses suit over California law on egg sales By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press WASHINGTON Americans like to talk about food, and they certainly like to eat. But they don't normally think about food policy when they vote. A group of food advo- cates is trying to figure out how to change that. They're putting money and organizational ef- fort into elections for the first time, including an ef- fort this fall to defeat Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., over his drive to increase work requirements for food stamp recipients. The push against South- erland is a test of how to make food policy stick in the political arena ahead of the 2016 presidential and congressional races. The reason? Many of the same people who care the most about issues like hunger, antibiotics in meat and labeling of genetically modified ingredients — moms and young people — also are politically aware and likely to cast ballots. "Ironically, this is not a kitchen table issue," or an everyday matter that in- fluences how people vote, said Ken Cook, the chair- man of the group Food Policy Action. "When you ask people about it they re- act passionately, but food issues just don't come up in electoral politics." "Our goal is for people to go to the polls and be thinking about it," said board member and celeb- rity chef Tom Colicchio. Members of the group's board work for advocacy groups that push diverse issues such as animal rights and nutrition. Cook said much of Food Policy Action's focus right now is on hunger, child nutrition and food safety — all is- sues that have come up in Congress in recent years. On Wednesday, the group announced that it will spend the final weeks of the 2014 election try- ing to defeat Southerland, a Republican who led a 2013 House effort to in- crease work requirements for food stamp recipients. The House passed South- erland's amendment to the farm bill, which would have allowed states to test the requirements, but his proposal wasn't included in the farm bill that be- came law earlier this year. Claire Benjamin, man- aging director of Food Pol- icy Action, said the group chose Southerland be- cause of his record on food stamps, along with other votes, including a vote against food safety dollars and a vote against a proj- ect designed to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities. The group plans to test various strategies and is- sues in opposing Souther- land, who is running in a tightraceagainstDemocrat Gwen Graham, daughter of Bob Graham, a popular for- mer senator and governor. 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