President`s Message

by Alisa Ogden

For the third time this year, the Humane Society of the United States, (not your local humane society), has attacked the cattle industry by filming undercover "inhumane" treatment of cattle.

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News Update

NAIS data must be released court tells USDA

Agricultural journalist Mary-Louise Zanoni has succeeded in keeping the USDA from applying Privacy Act safeguards to information it has collected from livestock owners as part of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

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Oilman Pickens promoting wind, gas over crude

Legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has a plan for America, one he says can cut the nation`s dependence on imported oil by 38 percent in 10 years. He isn`t jumping on the offshore drilling bandwagon, but rather is pushing a plan to boost investment in wind energy to boost electric power generation, which he says would then reduce the utility industry`s use of natural gas.

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Politicians and enviro groups waging "War On The Poor" say community leaders

Leaders from the civil rights, African American, evangelical, agriculture and consumer advocacy communities have launched a national campaign to publicly unmask more than 100 politicians and 50 environmental extremist groups that are waging an immoral "war on the poor" by pushing policies that limit America`s ability to produce more American energy and drive energy prices skyward.

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New Mexico Beef Council Bullhorn

Hamburgers. It may seem as simple as a food that got its name from Hamburg, Germany. But the original ground beef patty on a bun may have been from the Mongols who brought it to Russia; seafarers that brought the patty idea back to the port city of Hamburg; Louis` Lunch - the New Haven, Conn., burger joint; "Hamburger Charlie" Nagreen; or, the Menches Brothers.

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New Mexico`s Old Times and Old Timers

By DON BULLIS

Stephen Wallace Dorsey was one of those historical figures who dropped in on New Mexico for a relatively few years, left his mark on the territory, and then moved on.

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2008 New Mexico State Fair

Livestock Events to Run Sept. 5-21

NEW MEXICO Federal Lands News

BY MIKE CASABONNE

Although there have been no formal announcements, it appears likely there will be an appeal of the ruling in the Hage case. Even though the decision did not establish a grazing right it is enough of a threat to government control of grazing land that the bureaucrats will not let it go without a fight to the end.

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To the Point

by Caren Cowan

The phone wasn`t red. It was not 3:00 a.m. The call wasn`t for Hillary, Obama or McCain. But private landowners across the nation received an ugly wake-up the first week in July.

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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

by JIM OLSON

Cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases in the world. In one way or another, cancer has affected, or will affect each and every one of us alive today. We all know someone, whether it be a friend, relative, or even a casual acquaintance that has had the dreaded disease.

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Riding Herd

Fine Dining

by Lee Pitts

You know it`s been a bad grass year when you salivate over the weeds that grow in the median strip of the freeway. Having had only two storms this year there`s no grass and hay is selling for $285 per ton! It would be cheaper just to feed bales of stock certificates or devalued U.S. twenty dollar bills.

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New Mexico`s "Wilderness Advocates"- Their Faces and Their Agendas

by TOM COOPER

The environmental community is interconnected and interwoven. Many groups actively avoid any form of formal organizational structure; however, as individuals migrate between organizations, a picture forms that helps us begin to understand their objectives and agendas.

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