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Sincethegrowingseason for the principle summer crops is coming to an end, this will be the last weekly issue of Evapotranspiration (ET) data for the 2016 irri- gation season. This was the 43rd season of providing ET information for the North Valley. The ET data will be made available next spring at the start of the 2017 irrigation season. This information is pro- vided as a joint effort by the California Department of Water Resources' Northern Region Office, the Univer- sity of California Coopera- tive Extension in Tehama and Glenn counties — Te- hama and Glenn County Farm Advisor's office — and the Daily News. It is intended as an aid to irri- gators to help determine when to irrigate and also how much water to apply. The ET data, which ap- pears weekly during the ir- rigation season, is a mea- sure of the amount of wa- ter that is lost from the soil root zone due to crop use and soil surface evapora- tion. These are typically the most significant losses of soil moisture during the growing season. To gain the maximum value from this information you need to look for it each week during the irrigation sea- son and compare it to how much irrigation water is ap- plied with your irrigation system or how much rain- fall is received. If this is the first time that you have observed this information, you may want to note that these reports will be resumed around March 2017, depending on the spring weather condi- tions. In the meantime, you may want to make note of the season totals and com- pare them to your district water bills or estimates of groundwater pumped per acre. The comparison might provoke some inter- esting questions. Information on how to use these weekly reports can be found at http://ce- tehama.ucdavis.edu. Assistance is available at the Tehama County Mobile Irrigation Lab at 527-3013, Ext. 102 or by calling the California Department of Water Resources, Northern Region Office at 529-7301. EVAPOTRANSPIRATION Irrigation aid ends for season FollowusonTwitterandFacebook. Tehama County cattle- man Jerry Hemsted was recognized by the Cali- fornia State Chamber of Commerce and the Grand National Rodeo Horse and Stock Show as the 2016 Livestock Man of the Year at the Cow Palace, last Saturday night, Oct. 15 at a dinner, and in the arena during the rodeo. This year celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Grand National Live- stock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo, and the 66th Livestock Man of the Year. A. T. Spen- cer was the first in 1950, when he was recognized for developing the Romel- dale breed of sheep in the early 1900s on his ranch in Gerber, although he was listed as beef, and from Sacramento since the ranch had sold two years earlier to Dale and Inez Borror. Hemsted is the 8th live- stock man from Tehama County to be named for this prestigious award. Charles F. Stover in 1959, with C. Roy Carmichael in 1968. Jack Owens was rec- ognized in 1982, and El- lington Peek of Shasta Livestock and Western Video Market in 1993. Wil- liam F. Borror of Tehama Angus Ranch in 2009 and Bob deBraga in 2012. All former Livestock Men of the Year are in- vited to the dinner and it has become a tradition for former members to at- tend the event and visit their colleagues. This year we were de- lighted to see and visit with John Lacey — 1989; Gordon Rasmussen — 1991; Ellington Peek — 1993; Myron Openshaw — 1995; Cotton Rosser — 1997; David E. Wood — 2001; my escort, Bill Bor- ror 2009; Darrell Sweet — 2013; Kevin Kester — 2015. A delicious Harris Ranch rib eye steak had been grilled outside an entrance to the Cow Pal- ace in the south wind and rain, for the dinner fol- lowing a reception in a room that was too small for the many present to honor Hemsted. Jerry and Joan's daugh- ter Jamie Powell, grand- daughter Phylicia and Mark Faur, with great- grand-son John Christo- pher and Pat Faur had flown from Colorado for the occasion. Myron Openshaw was the master of ceremo- nies for the dinner. When Hemsted was introduced he mentioned that W. Hugh Baber — 1953 had been his idol when he was young boy traveling with his father. He was honored to be included with the indus- try icons of earlier years such as Harvey McDou- gal — 1955; John H. Guth- rie — 1956; Jake Schnei- der — 1960; D. E. Alexan- der — 1962; Carl Garrison — 1963; Joseph Russ III — 1964; Gordon Van Vleck — 1966; Blair Smith — 1976. From the rodeo pro- gram: "Jerry Hemsted was born into the cattle in- dustry. He demonstrated his first love of the in- dustry with the purchase of a heifer named 'Dom- ino Princess the 44th' at the age of ten years old in Millville California. He partnered with his dad and ran his own cat- tle from the moment he was "infected," as he says, with the industry. He was raised in Shasta and Te- hama Counties graduat- ing from Red Bluff high school in 1960. "After high school he studied at CSU, Fresno until his father Jim had a heart attack, which prompted Jerry to return to Tehama County to help manage Hemsted Live- stock Transportation. Jer- ry's experience with haul- ing cattle proved valu- able in his later years as both a cattlemen and Cal- ifornia Cattlemen's Asso- ciation (CCA) President. Jerry not only learned the location of ranches all over California, but also how they were man- aged and what kind of gains could be expected, many of which he would eventually manage him- self. Hemsted Livestock Transportation was al- ways active in the com- munity, hauling fair an- imals free of charge for ten of the local county fairs for decades. Dur- ing this time he was pres- ident of the California Truckers Association's Livestock Carriers confer- ence from 1965-68. Jerry hung up trucking in 1980, solely running cattle from then on. "For over 54 years, Jerry has devoted his services to cattlemen at the local, state, and national level. He was president and sec- retary of the Tehama County Cattlemen's Asso- ciation (TCCA), TCCA man of the year in 1988, and a state director. At the state level he has served as chairman of the California Cattlemen's Association's POSSEE, membership, and animal health com- mittees. This was followed by his time as CCA vice president and president from 1999 — 2000. One of his many accomplish- ments was helping form the California Rangeland Trust and his appoint- ment to the first board of directors. In addition he was a board of director for the National Cattlemen's Association, chairman of the transportation com- mittee, and dues paying membership chairman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. "In 2002 Jerry went to work for Bengard Ranches managing their extensive cattle opera- tion which encompasses over 15 different ranches. This partnership proved a perfect combination of progressive management styles. Always striving to be on the cutting edge of management strate- gies, Jerry worked exten- sively with the University of California Coopera- tive Extension research- ing various topics includ- ing animal health, min- eral supplementation, water quality, range im- provement, rangeland weed control and eco- nomics. This research has contributed to the cattle industry across Califor- nia. Thanks in large part to his efforts, Bengard Ranches and Jerry were awarded with the CBCIA commercial producer of the year award in 2007. "Most importantly, Jerry married the love of his life Joan in 1965. They have three children and Jerry is most proud of being awarded Tehama County CattleWomen's Fa- ther of the Year in 1993. Joan has also been a very active member of the Cat- tleWomen's Association serving as state president and a national director. In 2013, she was awarded the American National CattleWomen of the year. "Beyond Jerry's accom- plishments, his legacy will also be that of men- tor and a voice of reason in the industry. Whether it's local or national cat- tlemen, or Cooperative Extension, Jerry is fre- quently counseled for his opinion on matters of livestock production, rangeland management, and issues facing the in- dustry." JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. 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