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Saturday, March 10, 2012 – Daily News 5A Agriculture & farm Farm, ranch workshop The sixth and final Beginning Farmer and Rancher workshop is from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, at the Glenn County Farm Bureau confer- ence room in Orland. The topic for the final workshop is Accessing Land, Farm Succession and Getting Started with Land-link programs. The three speakers at the workshop are Rod Carter, Northern California Farm Credit, Liya Schwartzman, CA Farmlink and Dean Bretney, Matson and Isom, CPAs. Registration is available by calling (530) 894-7738 or visiting the website at www.landconservation.org. We are from Tehama Country in Northern Cali- fornia, was the message at the Brands of Tehama County public presenta- tion now that phase one is complete. Visitors want to do things, not to look at things, so Lassen Adven- ture is in your hands. The committee had pulled together a few of the fun things you can do, if you have a horse, bike, hiking boots, motorcycle, fishing rod or enjoy wine. The high cost of liabil- ity insurance stops people from setting up a riding stable for the rent of hors- es, a shop for renting motorcycles to ride the curves on Highway 36 West or a boat to ride and fish on Sacramento River. Reality stops many ideas. Private property rights need to be respected by our visitors. They would not want someone having a picnic on the lawn or relieving themselves among the shrubs in their yard. Local breeders recognized A trio of local ranches own bulls listed in the Spring 2012 Sire Evaluation Report published by the American Angus Association. Tehama Angus Ranch, of Gerber owns 15 bulls, David J Holden of Red Bluff, own two bulls and Byrd Cattle Company LLC, of Red Bluff, has one bull in the list. "This report provides both Angus breeders and commercial cattle producers using Angus genetics with accurate, predictable selection tools for improv- ing their herd," says Bill Bowman, American Angus Association chief operating officer (COO) and direc- tor of performance programs. EPDs are generated from the performance database of the American Angus Association, which includes information sub- mitted by more 8,000 Angus breeders this past year through the Association's Beef Improvement Records (BIR) program. EPDs are listed for growth and maternal traits, as well as residual average daily gain (RADG), docility and carcass traits that integrate DNA information in addition to performance records. Decision-making tools also include $Values in the suite of bio-eco- nomic indexes designed to assist commercial pro- ducers in simplifying the genetic selection process. We feel the same about our land. It is not public lands, even when women made that state- ment at the branding event as they men- tioned fun things to do in Tehama Coun- try. We pay taxes on our land, and so do our neighbors. It is not public lands. A couple years ago, we discovered that mountain bikes were cut- ting trails on the upper ridges of our land. They had come in from the road, cutting the barbed wire fences to keep going around Tuscan Springs. March 6, 2012 Record Searchlight article on tourism for Shasta County noted that there were 384,570 visitors to Lassen Volcanic National Park in 2010, and the Lassen visi- tors spent $16 million Courtesy photo Tehama County Cattlemen member Stacy Miller and daughter Bailey Miller were roping in the Women's Calf Branding competition at the 2011 TCCA Field Day. Harold Miller was their ground crew. within a 60-mile park radius; 207 local jobs are created by nonlocal resi- dents‚ spending near Lassen. Jean Barton The Tehama County Cattlemen will have their annual Field Day and the public is invited to visit the Dave and Kathy Fer- guson ranch on Evergreen Road near Cottonwood, Sunday April 1. Ladies can guess the weight of Dave and Kathy's pet big steer, long horns and all, in the traditional Darrell Conard "Big Steer" weight guessing contest for a trophy and modest cash prizes. Long time TCCW member Bar- bara Frost- Kloose will collect the entries. In the morning there will be stock dog trials starting at 9:30 a.m., which is always a crowd pleaser when the dogs move a group of cattle among the obstacles. Lunch will be a New York steak or hamburger by Vic Woolery and his crew. Tehama County CattleWomen will furnish the desserts of cakes, CattleWomen select 2012 Beef Ambassadors The fifteenth annual Beef Ambassador Contest was staged by the Tehama County CattleWomen at the Tehama County Farm Bureau office on Feb. 25. Before an audience of about 30 people, contestants skillfully answered ques- tions about their favorite cut of beef and a recipe for a quick way to prepare beef. They effectively dealt with issues about cattle pos- sibly causing global warm- ing and potential hormone residue in beef. Following the question and answer session, the Tehama County Beef Ambassadors for 2012 were announced. Senior Beef Ambassador is Bailey Brownfield and Taylor Collins will serve as Junior Beef Ambassador. Also competing for senior ambassador were Dorinda Walker and Katie Gaubatz, both from Com- ing. Contest chairman Car- rie Rohr said that all the contestants did a great job and the scoring was very close. Assisting Rohr with the contest were Lynsie Birt and Kari Dodd. The new ambassadors will be the youth spokesper- sons for the local cattle industry throughout the next year and will be available to speak to schools, clubs and other organizations. Brownfield, 16, is the daughter of Rob and Mari- The local ambassadors will compete for the Cali- fornia Beef Ambassador titles in Chico on April 28. The senior state winner goes to the National Beef Ambassador contest to compete for scholarships and prizes. The local ambassadors will receive a financial award at the end of their term, Rohr said. Judges for the contest Courtesy photo Newly selected 2012 Tehama County Junior Beef Ambassador Taylor Collins, left, and Senior Beef Ambassador Bailey Brownfield, right, congratu- late each other following the beef ambassador contest on Feb. 25. anne Brownfield of Red Bluff. She said that it feels great that she made it to Senior Beef Ambassador since she was Junior Beef Ambassador in 2011. She looks forward to represent- ing Tehama County another year. Brownfield is a junior at Red Bluff High School where she is the vice presi- dent of the FFA. She is co- chairman of Ride for Life, a member of the Antelope 4- H Club and enjoys showing steers that she raises. Collins, 15, is a sopho- more at Red Bluff High School. Her parents are Bryon and Jenifer Waelty. She also is a member of Red Bluff FFA and Antelope 4- H. She enjoys showing horses and pigs at the Tehama District Fair. Collins said that it means a lot to her to be the Junior Beef Ambassador. She thanks the judges for trust- ing her to promote beef with the younger generation. Your tax experts 32 Years Plus Experience "Enrolled to practice before the IRS" Open Year-Round New Clients Welcome www.lassentax.com Enrolled Agents: Rose Hablitzel, EA Rex Cerro, EA (530) 527-8225 208 Elm St., Red Bluff All major Credit Cards accepted were Tehama County Cat- tlemen president Steve Zane. teacher Adrienne Wagner, Dr. Nanette Chua and Susan Taylor, Glen County Fair Manager. 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In the afternoon there is the working cow horse contest with $2,000 added and a buckle from Pine Creek Cattle Co. in memory of Herman Daugherty. The horse also must compete in the calf branding. There will be a 3-man calf branding contest, and the All-Girl branding where the ropers will be women roping and brand- ing two calves while a man can be the ground crew. The contestants will be using paint to brand the calf, and they will use the Ferguson ranch brand, a F miliron on right rib. Two man/women teams will compete in the stockman‚s challenge for fastest time moving cattle through an obstacle course. Directions to the Fer- guson Ranch at 15610 Evergreen Road. Take Interstate 5 to Cotton- wood. Then take the Bowman Road exit #662, go west 3 miles on Bow- man Road. Turn right on Evergreen Road, and con- tinue for 7 miles. In April the Cattlemen will partner with Red Bluff-Tehama County Representatives from agricultural and conserva- tion groups have formed a coalition to advocate for balanced management of resources in the Western United States. Known as the Western Agriculture and Conservation Coalition, the new group will focus initial- ly on advocating for mea- sures in the federal farm bill conservation title. Steering committee members include the Cali- fornia Farm Bureau Federa- tion, Trout Unlimited, Wyoming Stock Growers Association, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Pub- lic Lands Council, Environ- mental Defense Fund, Fam- ily Farm Alliance, Public Lands Council and the Irri- gation Association. The goals of the coalition are to support the common interests of agriculture and conservation through edu- cation, advocacy and out- reach, and to engage deci- sion makers and resource managers in the spirit of col- Chamber of Commerce to host the Round-Up Mixer at Reynolds Ranch and Farm Supply on Thurs- day, April 19. Dancing, visiting and beef fajitas will be enjoyed with adult beverages. On April 14, the Sun- rise Rotary and Tehama County CattleWomen partner presenting Michael Martin Murphey in Concert at the State Theatre at 7 p.m. The colorful tickets were printed by Walker Printing and are available at The Loft, Crystal Art & Apparel, Crossroads Feed & Ranch Supply in Red Bluff; Rabobank and Richfield Feed in the Corning area, Buckes Feed in Orland and Shas- ta Farm & Equipment in Cottonwood. CattleWomen and friends will be making beef appetizers for the VIP Meet & Greet recep- tion in the IOOF hall, across the street from the State Theatre starting at 5:30 p.m. The VIP tickets are $50. Premium tickets are $30 presale and gener- al admission are $25 — $5 more if you don't buy early. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.co m. Groups form coalition laboration to further a shared vision for a rural West that is economically and environmentally sus- tainable. In farm bill discussions, the coalition will advocate to maintain funding for pri- ority programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Agri- cultural Water Enhance- ment Program and Grass- lands Reserve Program, among others. For information, call- Dave Kranz, (916) 561- 5550 and The Nature Con- servancy, Sean McMahon, (515) 244-5044. ranch Branding and private property rights