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6A Daily News – Saturday, February 4, 2012 Agriculture & farm Almond workshops Almond grower work- shops on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and Monday, Feb. 13, will combine farm assessment with presentations about pest management and dis- ease in almond orchards. The sessions will be held at Latif's Restaurant, 111 North Golden State Boule- vard, Turlock and The Arbuckle Golf Club, 5918 Hillgate Road, Arbuckle. A farm advisor from the University of California will be presenting at each of the workshops. There will be opportunities for Q&A with the farm advisor, network- ing with other growers, and earning Continuing Educa- tion Units. • Feb. 7: Roger Duncan, Farm Advisor for Stanislaus County, will discuss Insects and/or Diseases: Timely and Key Issues • Feb. 13: Franz Nieder- holzer, Farm Advisor for Colusa, Sutter, and Yuba Counties, will discuss Root- stock and Variety Selection and Disease Implications To register for a work- shop, please provide a par- ticipant name, address, phone number and email address to Debye Hunter of the Almond Board at (209) 343-3230 or email dhunter@almondboard.co m. "Our workshops are focused on providing grow- ers with technical informa- tion from researchers and industry experts that can increase profits through improved efficiencies or production," says Dr. Joe Browde of SureHarvest. During the workshops, almond orchard owners and managers will complete a confidential farm assess- ment in the areas of irriga- tion, nutrient, energy, air and pest management. The Almond Board of California is partnering with SureHarvest and the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) on a series of these workshops during 2011-2012. Besides learning and sharing oppor- tunities for growers, the information gathered at the workshops is crucial for highlighting almond grow- er achievements to public policy makers, almond/food companies and consumers. After the assessment data has been analyzed by SureHarvest, participants will receive a confidential and free, customized farm- management report com- paring their practices to fel- low growers. Chuck Dirske, Stanis- laus and Merced County almond grower, comments about his experience with the program: "The self- assessment helped me to understand how I was farm- ing compared to everyone else in the industry. It's more than just paperwork. I realized we were already sustainable." For information about the workshops, visit the Almond Board website at http://www.almondboard.c om/Growers/Sustainability or CAFF's website at http://caff.org/programs/bio -ag/almonds/. The Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale had rain, sun- shine and crowds of ranch- ers from all over the United States arriving for the 71st bull sale, 50th gelding sale, 34th stock dog sale and the 2nd annual Art Show & Sale, Jan. 24-28. The park- ing lots were full each day. The first copy of Elling- ton Peek's book, "When to Buy, When to Sell" was sold at the annual buyers & con- signers dinner when long time friends Bob Rufenacht, Phoenix, AZ and Rich Paul, Mitchell, OR paid $ 15,000. The second book sold for $8,000 to more long time friends Steve Lucas, Par- adise Valley, NV, Tom Car- penter and Brian Masini, both of Yerington, NV. All proceeds go to the Andy Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund for students in agricul- ture. The 2012 recipients received their awards before the bull sale got under way on Saturday. $17,000 was awarded in $1,000 and $2,000 schol- arships to Cal Poly student Kaitlin Swickard, Susanville; Chico State: Bailey Miller, Red Bluff and Austin Fisch- er, Cottonwood; Lassen College: ranch Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale place stock horse and cutter. Margaret Avila was Cali- fornia CattleWoman presi- dent, and I was her 1st vice president a few years ago. Avila Ranch also purchased the Champion Polled Here- ford bull and the Reserve Champion Angus bull. 344 bulls averaged $3,615.84 for a total sale of $1,243,850.00. Volume buyer was Steve Courtesy photo The Western Video Market sale during the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale, with Ellington Peek on left watching the action as the phones rang with bids during the video sale. Jean Austin Whittle, Angels Camp. Shasta College: Savanah Newsom, Millville; Maigen Matteucci, Orland; Callahan Wolverton, Redding. 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Vic Woolery said the crew had cut 600 New York steaks for the Buyers-Con- signors dinner Wednesday night. John Owens was serv- ing the steaks in my line and we put out 250 plates in 50 minutes. Our line had Leslie Bruce, Waynette deBraga, Wendy Gallaty, Tammy Chrisler, Jeannie Garton, Shaleen Swanson, Paula Holden serving the dinner. TC CattleWomen serving on Mike Collins line includ- ed Danielle Zane, Michelle Blunkell, Irene Fuller, Joyce Bundy, Carol Enos. The final round of dog work had an incredible crowd of spectators in the sunshine. They were five deep from the south west corner to the far north east section of the Trinity park- ing lot. I heard several peo- ple say they had never seen such a crowd to watch the dogs. The buyers didn‚t agree with the judges since the top price paid was $11,500 for the reserve champion Flip, a tri-colored male Border Col- lie consigned by TCCA member Loren Holmes, Red Bluff, and purchased by Pam Schwenkfelder, Cam- bridge, ID. TCCA members Roger Nicholson, Ron Anderson, Nathan Owens and Lacy Hook also pur- chased dogs. The Water for Life dog was purchased by TCCA member Tom Atwood Quarter Horses for $4,750, and donated back to be sold for $3,000. A phone bid from Otego, NY purchased a dog. The 17 dogs averaged $4,455.88. The crowds were incred- ible, watching the horses during the sifting and work- ing. Listed among the horse buyers were: Red Bluff - John Owens with two, Robert Funk, Jandee Smart, Matt Owens, Bert & Anne Owens; from Corning: Curt & Pam Hubbard, from Los Molinos: Gabe Alvardo. 87 geldings averaged $5,651.72 and 6 mules aver- aged $3,940. MON. FEB. 6! VOTING STARTS Vote for your favorite Tehama County Businesses! Online Ballots Only at www.redbluffdailynews.com at random from all eligible ballots on March 1. Each will receive a $100 Shopping Spree at the Tehama County business of their choice! Five Lucky Voters will be selected LIC #808524 Call For Free Information Toll-Free (800) 464-1403 or (530) 365-1403 6183 MEISTER WAY ANDERSON, CA 96007 (530) 365-1403 • (800) 464-1403 The champion heel horse for roping, also named the champion stock horse was a red roan 6 year old from Tom/Carmen Buckingham, Bruneau, ID and sold for $ 25,000 to Richard Nelson, IZ Ranch LLC of Freedom. The Craig Owens Ideal Ranch Horse, plus reserve champion conformation and reserve champion stock horse sold to Margaret Avila, Avila Ranch, San Ardo for $16,000. Benita Venable, Fernley, NV con- signed the 5 year old bay gelding. Margaret also pur- chased a 6 year old bay from Pat Kirkpatrick, Central Point, OR for $15,500. The horse had placed as a finalist in Craig Owens, and 3rd Lucas, Paradise Valley, NV with 26 bulls. Local buyers were TCCA members John Owens with 11 bulls, Nathan Owens with 4, Pine Creek Cattle Co with 1, Tyler Martinez with 2, John Pitter with 1, Ron Humphrey with 1, Ron & Neita with 3, Marenco Ranch with 3, and Dusty deBraga with 10 bulls. Other local buyers were Nathan Bunting with 3 bulls, Kenneth Owens with 9, Gordon Bruce with 4, John Venable with 3, Sandra Wilson with 1, J C Jensen with 1, Roy Owens with 2, Rob Pitkin with 1. The Water for Life bull was a Charolais donated by Bianchi Ranches, and pur- chased for $7,000 by North- ern Farm Credit, and donat- ed back. Selling for $ 4,500 to Straus Ranch, OR. An Angus bull was donated by TCCA member Sunbright Angus, Gary and Patsy Ford, Red Bluff in memory of Arlo Stroing, with proceeds to the schol- arship fund in his honor. Dusty deBraga purchased the bull. The Western Video Mar- ket sale on Thursday had 520 pound steers in Oregon selling for $184.50. There were two tables with 15 phones being manned by WVM sales representatives, plus others were talking on cell phones. There were bid takers working the audience and phone banks. A video screen in back of the auc- tioneer showed the current lot for sale with animals walking past, the current price being asked and other information. Local ranchers and TCCA members Merrill & Jane Daugherty and Tehama Angus Ranch were selling bred heifers to calve in Sep- tember, while Tyler and Patti Martinez were selling open heifers that were not yet bred. The Water for Life bull was donated by Quail Valley Ranch, Salem, OR and sold for $4,500 to Central Ore- gon Veterinary Supply and donated back. It then sold for $4,500 to a group of buy- ers. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@thesky- beam.com.