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6A Daily News – Saturday, October 1, 2011 Agriculture & farm Fear in Colo. town at heart of Listeria outbreak HOLLY, Colo. (AP) — Eric Jensen surveys his dusty cantaloupe field and seems equally stunned and puzzled at the fate that has befallen his crop: row upon row of melons rotting on the vine. Jensen is the co-owner of the Colorado farm where health officials say a national listeria outbreak originated, making his withering fields the epicenter of a food scare that has sickened dozens of people from Wyoming to Maryland and caused as many as 17 deaths. The farm has recalled more than 300,000 cases of can- taloupes and on Thursday three states — Indiana, Louisiana and Wisconsin — were added to the recall list. Spokes- woman Amy Philpott said that trucking records show that cantaloupes originally intended for other locations ended up in those states but that the buyers were notified as part of the original Sept. 14 recall. Jensen has no idea how his cantaloupes became infected, and neither do the Food and Drug Administration investi- gators who have intermittently been in this town of 800 peo- ple near the Kansas border since the outbreak started earli- er this month. Regardless of how it happened, the situation has left the town and farm reeling and in fear. Jensen had to quit grow- ing and shipping cantaloupes after the outbreak was discov- ered — a staggering blow to a region where cantaloupe has always been a proud local tradition. As Auctioneer Matt Wolter concluded the sale at the Tehama District Jr Livestock Auction last Sat- urday, he stated, "Tehama County needs to be put on the map. The buyers were so generous." A true state- ment by Matt and commit- tee chair Mike Collins. 274 lots grossed $ 425,756.99 in 2011. This included add-ons of $ 29,390 ranging from $ 25 to $ 1,000. I heard that Red Bluff Round Up also added on to lower selling animals. In 2010, 249 lots grossed $ 350,330, and 2009 had 271 lots with a gross of $ 285,941. The volume buyers included Taco Bell with Live Oak Ranch who pur- chased 13 animals and Redding Roofing Supply with 10 animals. Corning Ford-Mercury-Jeep with Corning Chevrolet-Buick purchasing 8 head. Long & Long Orchards and Greg Long Ranches purchased seven animals. Outback DVBE with Basin Exca- vating purchased seven animals, also. Buying six head were Pacific Farms, Les Schwab Tire Center – Red Bluff. Volume buyers with five head were Hill Enterprise Tow- ing, Lassen Canyon Nursery, Tri R Gas, Tehama Angus Ranch with Bill Borror and Bor- ror Brothers. More volume buyers with four lots were Ander- son & Son, Clay & Lilly Parker, Muse Trucking with Northern Lights Energy, McCarthy & Rubright, North Valley Ag Services, Tedrac Ser- vices, Wright Brothers. Buying three animals included: A & R Custom Meats, Attco Harbor Truck Sales, CA Walnut Co; Clearwater Pump, Corning Lumber, Corning Auto Parts, Corning Napa Auto Parts, Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc; Claire Hef- ferman, Northern Califor- nia Farm Credit, Rabobank – Red Bluff & Corning, Red Bluff Veterinary Clin- ic, Shasta Livestock Auc- tion Yard, Shelby Lehor, Tompkins Electric. The Grand Champion market swine was shown by Alyssa Shank, Westside 4-H and sold to Hill Enter- prise Towing for $9.50 a lb. Reserve Grand Cham- pion market swine was shown by Savana Spencer, Independent, and sold to Basin Excavating for $6.25 a lb. FFA reserve champion ranch Junior Livestock Auction results and Weaver Lumber. The 4 pens of rabbits averaged $35.83. 2010 the 3 pens averaged $32.80, and 2009 the 4 pens aver- aged $23.67 a lb. The Grand Champion Courtesy photo Tehama County Cattlemen represented by Matt Pritchard and Fred Hamilton presented a $250 check and buckle to 6th-grader Clara Delong, Independent, for a locally produced steer that was bred and born on a TCCA member's ranch in Tehama County. Her Reserve Champion market steer was sold to Lassen Canyon Nursery. was shown by April All- wardt, Red Bluff FFA and sold to Phil and Nancy Mackey for $8.00 a lb. Reserve champion mar- ket swine was shown by Dawson Spencer, Indepen- dent, sold to Corning Napa Auto Parts and Jason Abel Construction for $7.00 a lb. 131 market Jean Barton swine averaged $4.76 a lb, and resale price was 60 cents if buyer didn't keep the animal to eat. 2010 had 113 swine average $4.94, and 2009 had 125 swine average $2.40 a lb. County Supervisor Dennis Garton and Tehama Co. Farm Bureau raised all swine to a minimum of $3.50 a lb. The Grand Champion market steer was shown by Kayla McGiffin, Antelope 4-H, and sold to Traynham Ranches for $8.00 a lb. Our Tehama Co. Jr Beef Ambassador Bailey Brownfield, Red Bluff FFA, sold her Reserve Grand Champion for $5.00 a lb to Taco Bell. FFA Reserve champion shown by Wyatt Welch, Red Bluff FFA sold to Shasta Live- stock Auction Yard and Bengard Ranches for $4.00 a lb. Clara Delong, Independent, sold her reserve champion steer to Lassen Canyon Nursery for $6.00 a lb. The 35 market steers averaged $3.61 a lb, and resale was 75 cents a lb. 2010 31 steers averaged $3.41 a lb, and 2009 had 38 steers average $2.40 a lb. The Tehama Co. Cattle- men raised all steers to a minimum of $2.45 a lb. Sabrina Gordon, Los Molinos FFA had the Grand Champion market goat that sold to the Stro- ing Family, Mary, Dave and Cindy, Tom and Jean- nie for $7.00 a lb. Terry Adams, Corning 4-H had the Reserve Grand cham- pion market goat that sold to Les Schwab – Corning for $9.00 a lb. The 20 market goats averaged $7.29 a lb, and resale was $1.32. 2010 13 goats averaged $5.87 a lb, and 2009 16 goats aver- aged $5.16 a lb. The FFA Champion pen of market poultry was shown by Carla Olivera, Los Molinos FFA, and sold to Taco Bell for $37.00 a lb. The Reserve champion poultry shown by Urian Hancock, Los Molinos FFA sold for $50 a lb to G & H Farms. The 4H Champion pen of poultry shown by Kayla McCoshum, Westside 4-H sold for $41.00 a lb to Taco Bell. 4-H reserve champi- on pen of poultry shown by Phoebe Heino, Manton 4- H sold to Shelby Lehor and Tonya Redamonti for $50. The 14 pens of poultry averaged $31.03 a lb. 2010 14 pens averaged $23.79 a lb, and 2009 the 9 pens averaged $33.96. The Grand Champion market rabbits were shown by Aslynn Hub- bard, Westside 4-H, and sold to Taco Bell & Live Oak Ranch for $52.00 a lb. 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The 70 lambs averaged $7.12 a lb, and resale was $1.41 a lb. 2010 66 lambs averaged $7.53, and in 2009 79 lambs averaged $5.36. Will this proposed U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) update be a flat out ban on Junior Live- stock Auctions in future years? Long in the works, the DOL is set to release pro- posed updates to child labor regulations aimed at safety concerns in agri- culture-related jobs. DOL officials -- who claim the fatality rate for teenagers working in agriculture is four times greater than the risk for the average working teenager -- say the proposals will not impact current exemp- tions for children of farm- ers working on family operations. Exemptions for such children are "leg- islative and nothing in (these new regulations) would disturb that partic- ular legislative provi- sion," said Michael Han- cock, DOL Assistant Administrator for Policy, during a Wednesday afternoon press confer- ence. 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