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NevadaRaNch&FaRmexchaNge SPRINg010

By Steve PuterSkiNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

Parts o Northern Nevada have seenrecord snowall this winter, but the 2010water outlook doesnt look strong.

Dan Greenlee, hydrologist and snowsurvey program manager at the NaturalResources Conservation Service in Reno,said recent projections have most oNorthern Nevada below average or worseor 2010.

o get to the nut o the answer, I thinkits going to be another tight year, Greenleesaid. Were still a little behind average.

He said the Carson system, whichdelivers water to Fallon, Carson City,Minden and others, is at about 80 percento the yearly snowpack average. He added

that the recent snow and rain in Februaryincreased the size o the LahontanReservoir rom 48,000 acre/eet to 71,000.

However, though the Carson

system sits below average, Greenleesaid Winnemuccas outlook is bleak.Winnemuccas main reservoir, Rye Patch, isholding about 12,000 acre/eet.

Greenlee added Winnemucca is lookingat about a 60 percent o average orsnowpack and a 37 percent runo romApril through July.

Teres probably ar less runo

expected, particularly at the Rye Patch

Dam area, Greenlee said. Tey got veryminimal storage.Greenlee said theres nothing much

the Winnemucca/Lovelock area can do

accept hope or more rain and snow. Hesaid armers may idle elds and irrigate themore ruital arms.

Teyre going to be tightening their

belts this year, Greenlee said.Te Yerington area, however, has beenorecasted at about 85 to 90 percent,Greenlee said. He said its not great, butits better than most areas throughout theregion.

A ew more big storms and wed be OK,Greenlee said.

According to the Nevada State BasinOutlook Report or February (March wasnot available at time o press), the recentstorms improved conditions in WesternNevada and added 10-20 percentagepoints to the snowpack.

Te increase in snowpack has broughtthe conditions close to average, though thecentral part o the state remains dry. Due tothe lack o precipitation in Central Nevada,

the report states it leaves the state witha large hole, though more recent stormshave helped.

Reservoir storage has not improvedas the ruckee River Basin recorded thehighest average at 76 percent. Te Carsonbasin was at 28 percent and Lake ahoe atone percent, according to

the report.

However, snowpackconditions at Lake ahoeare average, and the snowwater content is at 99percent, up 36 percent

rom last year. Te ruckee River Basinsnow water content is also at 99 percent, anincrease o 50 percent rom last year.

Boca Reservoir was 23 percent o

average, Prosser Reservoir was 105 percento average, and Stampede Reservoir was82 percent o average. Te total reservoirstorage or the basin at the end o Januarywas 76 percent o average.

Lahontan Reservoir storage on the lastday o January was 48,500 acre-eet or 28percent o average. At this time, last year,reservoir storage was 55,300 acre-eet or 32percent o average.

Streamows are expected to be belowaverage throughout the state. Te CarsonRiver, near Carson City, is expected toow at 82 percent o average rom Marchthrough July.

Te Carson River at Fort Churchill isexpected to ow at 81 percent o averagethrough the same period. Te East Fork

Carson River near Gardnerville is expectedto ow at 500 cubic eet per second in earlyJuly, and drop to 200 cs by mid July.

Te highest ow is the ruckee RiverBasin at 86 percent o average and thelowest in the Lower Humboldt River Basinat 48 percent o average.

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By Steve PuterSkiNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

Ropers and riders have grown innumbers steadily throughout the yearsin Northern Nevada.

From youth and high schoolcompetitors to proessionals, men andwomen have the choice o numerousgroups. Te American Cowboy eamRoping Association (ACRA), FallonHorsemans Association, ConstructionIndustry Cowboys Association (CICA)and National Pony Express Associationgive individuals a chance to enhancetheir roping and equestrian experience.

Wade Hoheins, president o CICA,organizes jackpot team-roping eventsin Fallon. His organization basesthe competitions on skill level and

handicaps.Well have eight to 10 events a year,Hoheins said.

Hoheins said he has ropers rom allover Nevada participate in his events,however most o the competitors arerom Reno, Fallon and Fernley.

Roping is comprised o two

individuals, each riding a horse, andone has to rope the steers head and

the other the heels. Te team withthe astest time wins the event.

Fallons Jade Corkill and partnerChad Masters set a world recordo 3.3 seconds in team roping atNational Finals Rodeo in December.

Hoheins said it takes time,preparation and desire to compete inteam roping.

People start as young as 6 or7 years old and rope until their 80,Hoheins said.

Alex Ward, president o the FallonHorsemans Association, says herequestrian group o about 50 has avariety o horses and classes. Hermembers dont perorm jumps during

their competitions, but ride andperorm in-hand (halter) competitions.Te Fallon Horsemans Association

hosts our shows per year and gives theyounger riders an opportunity to handleand grow with their horses.

For the younger kids, it gives themknowledge o what to expect in biggershows, Ward said.

Ward said its important to establisha rapport when the horse is a baby,or oal, to lay the groundwork orcompetition. She added its impossibleto train the horse rom being spooked,but a rider needs to know how the horsewill react.

You have to have that bond and that

trust with each other, Ward said.In addition to the human element

o roping, there are cattle who thecompetitors try to rope.

ommy Lee o Fallon suppliesthe livestock or events throughoutNorthern Nevada. Lee said hell supply40 to 50 events per year at events like

the Donnie Waters Invitational, theBob Feist Invitational in Reno and theACRA State Finals in Winnemucca.

Lee said the size and speed o thelivestock is what determines which skilllevel o roper will take on the animal.

I think it brings a lot o people tothe dierent towns we go, Lee said. It

helps the town and small communities.For inormation about CICA, visit at

www.cicaroping.com.o learn more about the Fallon

Horsemans Association, contact AlexWard at (775) 217-5304 or visit www.allonhorsemans.com.

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Were still a little behind averageDan Greenlee ~ Hydrologist/Snow Survey Program Manager

Natural Resources Conservation

in Northern Nevada


3/19

SPRINg010 NevadaRaNch&FaRmexchaNge

By Steve rANSONNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

Nevada cattlemen are constantly learninghow to make management strategies pay in atight economy.

Sponsored by the University o NevadaCooperative Extension in Reno, the 45thCattlemens Update Proceedings that touredthe state earlier this year was designed to helpproducers be more procient and protable.

Tere have been a lot o changes in theindustry, said Dean Karen Hinton o theUNCE. We are bringing the most up-to-dateresearch to make your industry as protable aspossible.

Hinton also said it was just as importantto receive eedback rom the local producersbecause o the tight economic times. She saidthe UNCE had its budget sliced 17 percentduring the last Legislature.

Six speakers gave insight into the cattleindustry and tips make the industry survive.

UNCE Veterinarian Dr. David Tain said

about 70 percent o the public eels thecommercially produced ood at grocery storesis sae.

Tain said technological changes are makingthe cattle producer more cognizant o bettercare or their animals.

What happens now can be on Youube,Tain warned about bad animal care. Its soeasy to capture things and then take time out ocontext and put them up or public view.

He also had concern that Nevadas ruralvoice is being lost to the urban areas since themajority o legislators hail rom Las Vegas andReno, and they are the ones whose voting willaect the industry the most.

Tain also discussed health and biosecurityconcerns with cattle.

Dr. Ben Bruce, a livestock specialist with theUNCE, advised producers to establish personalgoals.

I goal setting and planning do not come

easy to you, get help, he emphasized.He advised producers to learn more about

the plants on which animals graze such as theopen rangeland or enclosed pastures.

You have to have protability, he said. oraise healthy livestock you need sustainablerange practices. Your ranges and pastures mustbe in good shape over a period o time.

Bruce said healthy cows are more eectivegrazers and tend to have a healthier diet, whilecows in poor body condition tend to be lessselective and dont graze as well.

Tey are more than likely to consumepoisonous plants, Bruce said.

Fallon veterinarian Dr. Craig Schank saidproducers need to produce sae ood orconsumers.

We dont want something that is tainted,Schank said.Te longtime vet said several horrible

incidences are giving the industry a black eye.Echoing Tains concerns, Schank said thosebad incidences are emerging as videos on theInternet.

By being the best in animal husbandry,Schank said producers must treat their animalshumanely. He emphasized a good vet-client-patient relationship or the purchase oprescriptions.

Te UNCEs area livestock specialist romElko, Ron orell, discussed tools o the trade.

Te best tool the industry has is sire

selection, orell said. About 87.5 percent o

present calves genetic makeup is determinedby the last three bulls used.orell also cited some acts in production,

stating that since 1977, the average cow sizehas increased rom 1,047 pounds to 1,370pounds.

Dr. om Geary, a research animal scientistor the U.S. Department o Agriculture nearMiles City, Mont., gave a lesson rom what hecalled Calving Distribution Management 101.By outlining changes a large central Montanarange made with its breeding procedures,he showed the progression how the ranchbecame much more eective with the numbero calves born during a shorter span o time.

Cattlemen learn how to makemanagement strategies pay

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By rOB SABONeveda Ranch & Farm Exchange

Dairy armers say they are losing largeamounts o money because low pricesor dairy products dont cover the costso running their operations.

Despite recent recoveries in the priceper hundredweight or high-butteratwhole milk, Churchill County dairymenare still wondering what this year willbring.

Newell Mills, owner o Mills Jerseydairy, says he lost more than $300,000during one recent 12-month periodalthough he brought just as much milkto market as he had in previous years.

Tat is how severe the price swingsare, says Newell, 80. We have beenprotable again since the rst oDecember, but we havent made upor the losses we took during that 12months we were o.

Tings are looking a lot betterthan they were, and we still have a lotto make up or you cant recover

$300,000 in three months.Larger dairies struggle more

David Perazzo, who runs PerazzoBrothers Dairy with his brother,Alan, estimates the dairy lost close to$500,000 in 2009. Perazzo BrothersDairy has about 500 milking cows.David Perazzo says dairy prices need toaverage about $15 per hundredweightor the dairy to break even.

Dan Alegre, owner o A&A Dairy, oneo the three largest dairies in ChurchillCounty, estimates he lost close to $2million in 2009. A&A Dairy has been inoperation or 16 years, and the amilyhas been in the dairy industry or threegenerations.

But Alegre worries about his abilityto keep the dairy running, and therustration o an uncertain uture iscrystal clear in his voice as he tries toorecast what will happen in 2010.

You cant gure it out, says Alegre,66. We dont have any idea. I dontknow i I will be here in another year. Itis a bad situation and its not just me.

A & A employs 16, including Alegrestwo sons, on 320 acres in ChurchillCounty. Te dairy is milking about 1,500head o cattle and has about 3,000 headoverall. A & A was orced to cull its herdby 350 head in 2009.

Dairy prices have staged a slightrecovery rom record lows last year thatnancially hammered Northern Nevadadairymen, but milk producers saytheyve got a long way to go to recoupthe large losses that occurred in 2009.

Bill Christoph, co-owner o LibertyJersey Farms, says the majority o Fallon

dairies received prices that were about20 percent under operating costs or2009. Liberty Jerseys revenues declinedmore than 25 percent last year.

Huge amounts o equities were justburned, Christoph says.

Some prices dipAlthough the March price per

hundredweight (about 11.6 gallons) is$16.44 or high-butterat whole milk,its dipped rom a 16-month high o$18.22 in January, the Nevada DairyCommission reports. Prices in the $11range or much o 2009 orced Fallon-area dairymen to signicantly culltheir herdsand reach deep into theirsavings.

Dairy prices historically have swungdrastically, but they hit a 15-year lowo $11.13 per hundredweight in Marcho 2009 one o six months in theyear with prices in the $11 range. Tatcompares with a 15-year high o $23.5in October o 2007. (Tose prices are orwhole milk with the highest butteratcontent; most armers dont see thatprice or their entire delivery o milk toprocessing acilities.)

Christoph says Churchill Countydairymen hope or stable prices.

We have been on kind o a rollercoaster the last several years, Christophsays. Te highs have been good, butthe lows have been extremely difcult.We cant survive that kind o wild priceuctuations. Many o us are looking at

hedging strategies, but its really notsomething we preer to do. We are notnancial investors.

o cover eed costs last year, A&Adairy needed to the hundredweightprice to average at least $16.50, Alegresays.

Its really put us in a real toughsituation here, he says.

When prices plummeted last year,many Northern Nevada dairymen soldo many o their animals, says MarkFrench, executive director o the Nevada

Dairy Commission. Te sell-o helpedreduce inventory and stabilize pricing.Improvements in overseas economiesalso spurred demand greater demand,he says, which urther balanced supplyand demand.

rying to hang onBut the key or Churchill and Lyon

county dairy armers there are nearlytwo dozen dairy ranches in Fallon,Fernley and Yerington is whetherthey can hang on long enough to rideout the wild uctuations in pricing.

Dairymen are still hurting, Frenchsays. A lot o them have been payingbills with the equity on their arms, andthat is not good, and it is hard or them

to get more loans. Tey know it will turnaround, but can they survive until theturnaround?

Mills says because all agricultureis cyclical, its up to armers to sockaway unds in the ush times in orderto weather down cycles. He says heentered the start o the downturn in

2008 100 percent debt-ree, but thatcertainly isnt the case today.

Mills Jersey dairy downsized itsherd, but did not lay o any sta sinceit already ran lean at eight employees,Newell says. You have to do that tosurvive the down periods, he says.

French says economists predict

Northern Nevada dairy pricesto stabilize around $16.5 perhundredweight. He eels the pricemay be 50 cents less based on theJanuary to February drop o almost $2per hundredweight. Fallon-area dairyarmers need prices to average at least$17 per hundredweight to see any prot,he says.

Tey still are producing milk at aloss, he says.

Because were stubborn.Perazzo says one dairyman in Fallon

and another in Yerington were unableto weather 2009s depressed milk prices.He says Perazzo Brothers Dairy will stayin business because its all he knows

how to do.We will still be here just because weare stubborn, he says. I dont haveanything else to do; I am educated inthe dairy business. What other choicedo I have?

I am sticking through this but Ieel sorry or the next generation.

Te troubles in the dairy industryhave also caused ripples in hay sales.Perazzo says or the rst time the dairybought hay on an as-needed basisrather than stockpiling what it needsor the year. Many o his hay-raisingneighbors also hope or a recovery inthe dairy industry so cash-strappeddairymen begin purchasing more hay.

Hay armers are hurting right now,

Perazzo says. I know they are lookingor nice rebound so their prices go up,but I cant see that happening. We havea lot to make up or. We cant aord thehigh price o eed; we have to make upthe losses we incurred in 2009.

Dairymen say they are losing money


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Daman Nwll Mlls sad h los mo han $300,000 dng on cn 12-monh pod.

I dont know i I will be here in

another year. It is a bad situation and its not just me.Dan Alegre ~ Owner

A&A Dairy


5/19


By rOBert MiLLSUNCE

University o Nevada CooperativeExtension health and nutrition programs

have secured nearly $1 million in ederalSupplemental Nutrition AssistanceProgram Education (SNAP-Ed) grantsor 2010.

Te $977,963 rom the ederal programwill go to 12 statewide programs thathelp low-income Nevada amilies makehealthier choices when buying groceries.In 2009, more than 10,000 Nevadansbenetted rom SNAP-Ed programs.

For years weve heard calls or peopleon nutritional assistance programs to makebetter ood choices, said UNCE NutritionSpecialist Mary Wilson. Tats what we do.We provide educational programs to helpamilies make healthier decisions.

SNAP-Ed is a ederal/state partnershipthat supports nutrition education orpersons eligible or the SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)benets. SNAP, ormerly known as theFood Stamp program, helped put oodon the table or some 31 million peopleper month in 2009. In Nevada, SNAPprogramming helped more than 200,000people in low-income households withelectronic benets they use like cash atmost grocery stores. SNAP helps needyhouseholds and those making thetransition rom welare to work.

Te goal o SNAP-Ed is to provideeducational and social marketingprograms that increase the likelihood

that people eligible or SNAP will be morephysically active and make healthy oodchoices within a limited budget.

Te 12 UNCE health and nutritionprograms reach a variety o audiences,rom pregnant and breasteeding womento school-age children and amilies withyoung children. Programs such as UNCEsAll 4 Kids encourage preschoolersto choose healthier snacks and to getmoving! during V commercials.

All 12 programs are dierent in theaudiences they address, Wilson said. Wereach out to elementary school students,middle school students, preschoolstudents, single moms and strugglingparents. Te audiences are vast.

Here is an overview o the 12 UNCEprograms:All 4 Kids

Te new program ocuses on low-income preschoolers in Clark Countyand promotes healthy eating andphysical activity. Te pilot programconducted last year reached nearly300 children, and evaluations showedthat 80 percent consumed healthysnacks such as ruit and vegetablesmore oten ater taking the class. Teirmotor skills also improved as a resulto the dances they learned.

Calcium, Its Not Just MilkTe ongoing program targets low-

income, middle-school-aged studentsin Washoe and Clark counties andencourages consumption o low-at, calcium-rich oods. Troughclassroom lessons and in-schoolactivities, the number o studentswho could identiy calcium-richood increased rom 8 percent to 70

percent. Te program reached nearly2,000 students in Clark County alone.

Ches or KidsIn collaboration with American

Culinary Federation Ches, Chesor Kids targets high-risk schoolsprimarily in Clark County andpromotes lielong, healthy liestyles

that researchers say will lower theirrisk or heart disease and otherchronic illnesses. Second-graders at12 high-needs schools learn abouthealthy ood combinations, and avideo series is shown to rst-graders at24 high-needs sites.

Eat Smart, Live StrongTe edgling program is designed

to improve ruit and vegetableconsumption and physical activityamong seniors, many o whom arelow-income, hungry or in need onutrition-related assistance. Teprogram will include classes ongrowing herbs and small vegetablesin window pots, ood saety tips,

healthy recipes using commodityoods and has already resulted in awidely distributed act sheet in largetype explaining expiration dates onperishable ood items.

Food or Health and Soul/Cocinando Delicioso Y Saludable

Tis six-session class teaches amilieshow to modiy their avorite recipesby decreasing sugar, at and salt andincreasing ber, thereby decreasingtheir risk o heart disease, cancerand diabetes. Surveys show that thehundreds o people in Clark Countywho complete the classes continue tomake healthy ood choices.

Moms Special GitAn educational program

encouraging breasteeding thathelps hundreds o new, low-income,predominantly minority mothers eachyear.

Niks and KnacksAn aterschool program teaching

good nutrition, specializing inaterschool snacks.

Nutrition in the GardenClasses are conducted or third-,

ourth- and th-graders at a WashoeCounty charter school with a highpercentage o Hispanic students.Te students grow and eat their ownood, and parents serve as gardenvolunteers. Tis year the programexpanded to a public elementaryschool.

eam Nutrition Smart ChoicesNow in its 10th year, the goal o this

ongoing program is to increase both

teachers and students awareness ohealthy diet, with emphasis on eatingmore vegetables and ruits. In-servicepresentations reached 128 teachers,

and 73 classes reached 1,956 studentslast year a 225 percent increase overthe previous year.

Veggies or Kids (VFK)

Te program helps AmericanIndian students in the second andthird grades choose more vegetables,incorporating traditional NativeAmerican cuisine. It also provides anintroduction to plant growing andengages parents through take-homeassignments and newsletters. Teprogram is delivered in Washoe andMineral counties.

Small Steps 4 Big ChangesTis new program addresses the

problem o childhood obesity byocusing on healthy eating rom each

ood group, incorporating easy-to-x snacks and encouraging physicalactivity.

Te grants could not have come at abetter time. State ofcials say that romJanuary 2008 to October 2009, there was a79 percent increase in Nevadans receivingassistance rom the ederal SNAP program.

Wilson said statewide surveys illustrateda need or SNAP-ED programming.

We conducted needs assessments inorder to understand the unding neededto provide nutrition education to low-income audiences, Wilson said. A lot othese programs wouldnt exist without thisunding.

Wilson said a brighter Nevada tomorrowstarts with healthy steps today.

A little prevention goes a long way,Wilson said. Helping people stay healthier

is a great investment in our uture. Ourprograms help amilies make betterood selections so their children growup healthier and stronger so weastaxpayerswont pay or health-care costslater on.

Nutrition assistance is available to low-wage, unemployed or part time workers;recipients o welare or other publicassistance payments; the elderly; thedisabled; and the homeless.

For more inormation on SNAP-ED, visitthe State o Nevada Web site or enroll at1-800-992-0900.

Programs encourage Nevadansto eat healthy, be active

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6/19


By SOCiety FOr rANGe MANAGeMeNt

Applications are now being accepted rom highschool students to attend the Nevada Youth RangeCamp, June 20-26, at the U.S. Forest Services Big CreekCampground in central Nevada. Applications must bepostmarked by April 26.

Range Camp is a teenagers best opportunity

to learn about Nevadas desert and mountainrangelands, said Jim Gatzke, youth camp coordinator.Te Society or Range Management operates theweek-long camp or 14-18 year olds rom Nevada andeastern Caliornia.

University o Nevada Cooperative Extension is oneo the six agencies that contribute sta and resourcesto organize and run the camp.

Campers will have the opportunity to learnrom range management proessionals who areknowledgeable in the ecology and management othe Great Basins desert and mountain rangelands.Students learn basic surveying and map reading,identication and importance o rangeland plants,evaluation o sagebrush and woodland ecosystems,wildlie surveying techniques, evaluation o streamhealth, and many other topics related to rangelands.While the camp is educational, it also oers anenjoyable, outdoor experience with activities suchas swimming, shing, hiking, volleyball, horseshoes,

campres and photography.Interested students must submit an application andletter o recommendation rom an adult other than

a parent or sibling. Te cost to attend Range Campis $150, which includes meals and camp activities.Applicants can be sponsored to attend Range Campby contacting their local conservation district or otherorganizations. Forms and inormation can be oundon the Nevada Youth Range CampWeb site or by e-mailing JimGatzke or calling him at (775)726-3101.

Completed applications withenclosures can be mailed to NVYouth Range Camp, c/o USDA

NRCS, P.O. Box 8, Caliente,NV 89008; or can be e-mailed to Gatzke at [email protected]. . Isent by e-mail, letters orecommendation mustbe on the adults ofcialletterhead or must be ascanned copy o the adultsletter and signature. Applications must be postmarkedor e-mailed by Monday, April 26. Approved applicantswill be notied within two weeks.

Camp is held every June at the U.S. Forest ServiceBig Creek Campground in central Nevadas oiyabeMountain Range. Te oiyabes are one o Nevadas

most impressive mountain ranges with several peaksover 10,000 eet in elevation. June is an ideal time to

be in the oiyabes when numerous wildowers arein bloom and the vegetation is green rom the recentsnowmelt.

Te nancial sponsors o the camp are NevadaBighorns Unlimited, Nevada conservation districts,the Nevada Society or Range Management and the

Nevada Wildlie Federation.

Other agencies thatcontribute sta and resources to organize and runcamp includes the Natural Resources ConservationService, the Nevada Division o Forestry, the NevadaDivision o Conservation Districts, the Bureau o Land

Management and the U.S. Forest Service.

By JAke OLSeNFFA Reporter

Te week o Feb. 20-27 was National FFA Week. Tis can also be interpreted as FFAawareness week.

During this week the Churchill County FFA Chapter planned dierent activitiesthat involved the entire school. Mondays theme was Blue and Gold, which are the

FFA colors (National Blue and Corn Gold), AND the lunch activity was stick horseracing. Four contestants had to run around the quad at the high school in rubbermucking boots, a big oam hat, all while riding a stick horse. Te winner got a reepizza! Tat night the FFA members saw a nice movie in the Ag Classroom.

uesday was John Deere Green day and also drive your tractor to school day. Atlunch we held a straw bale race. Te contestants raced a course while carrying astraw bale. Luckily the bales werent too heavy! Te winner got a pizza. Tat night theFFA members went to one o our advisers house and played her Nintendo Wii. It wasa lot o un.

Wednesdays theme was to wear our chapter -shirts. Te lunch activity was abarbecue hosted or the entire school by FFA. We had a great turnout and we alsohad a contest involving whipped cream and bubble gum. Te contestant had to eatthrough the whipped cream and chew the bubble gum; the rst one to blow a bubblegot an FFA -shirt. Te trick is ... the oil rom the whipped cream makes it nearlyimpossible to blow a bubble. It was still quite comical though. Tat night we paid avisit to our local bowling alley. We all had a great time.

Beore we knew it, Tursday was here. It was Camouage Day. Everyone was

running around in their camo and at lunch we held rozen turkey bowling. Tisrequires 20 percent skill and 80 percent luck. We set up hal-lled soda bottles androlled a rozen turkey at them. It was so much un! Tat night was the schools annualX-treme Dodgeball tournament. Te FFA chapter decided that we would put a teamtogether. Even though we didnt win, we still had un while we were at it!

Friday came around and it was wear your ofcial dress to school. Tis meansthat every FFA member was walking around campus in the ofcial FFA jacket. Tatmorning the FFA put on a teachers appreciation breakast beore school. Te lunchactivity was a milk drinking contest. Tis was a big hit. Everyone wanted to try;

however, there can only be one winner. Tat night we hosted a Sadie Hawkins Dance,which we hope will be a continuing tradition. Sadie Hawkins means that girls askboys and the couples come as a matching pair. Te dance was a lot o un and a lot odancing!

o close the week, on Saturday was the weigh-in or all animals being shown at theChurchill County Junior Livestock Show and Nevada Jr. Livestock Show. Tese arealways un and eventul days. Just knowing the progress you are making with youranimal is awesome because it is a lot o work.

Along with National FFA Week, We had our Zone Initiation on Feb. 16, andwe worked the Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale Feb 17-20. Our local chapter did verywell in every contest. It was very benecial to the CDEs we are competing in at StateConvention. Zone is a great way to get a eel or what the contest is like. Te Bull Saleis always a big thing or the local chapter. It is a undraiser and good work experience.Even though it is hard work, we enjoy doing it.

On top o all that, we are doing our undraiser, Critters or Cause. All the proceedsrom this undraiser go to Heier International, which is an organization that sendsanimals to third world countries. We hope to be able to make a big donation this year,please help us make that possible by participating in the Critters or Cause undraiser.I you see the signs anywhere around town, just know that it is your local ChurchillCounty FFA Chapter!

Nevada students observenational FFA week

Youth Range Camp applications sought

All h mmbs blongng o h Nada FFA pos o a phoogaph.

Studentsfromlastyearsrangecampspenttheweeklearningaboutrangemanagement,plantsandhabitat.

Range Camp is a teenagers bestopportunity to learn about Nevadasdesert and mountain rangelands.

Jim Gatzke ~ Youth Camp Coordinator

Nevada Youth Range Camp


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APRIL 29 - MAY 2, 2010

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By NevADA FArM BureAuEight Nevada Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers

recently traveled to ulsa, Okla., to attend the AmericanFarm Bureau YF&R Leadership Conerence to network with757 other members rom across the nation and to learnmore about how Nevadas YF&R state committee can be

more eective.Nevadas entrant in the national Collegiate DiscussionMeet this year was Jimmy Lotspeich o Deeth, whose trip tonationals was sponsored by COUNRY Financial.

Lotspecih competed against 39 contestants rom collegesin 45 states.

Other conerence highlights included a Harvest orAll service project in a ulsa ood bank, the city hostingthis years event. Te Harvest or All projects partnerstate YF&R committees that collect the ood and monetarydonations, with the Feeding America organization to helpeed Americas hungry.

Additionally, nationalcash awards are givenduring the Conerenceto those state YF&RCommittees that collectedthe most ood, collected

the most money incontributions, logged themost volunteer hoursand carried out the mostinnovative annual campaignduring the preceding year.Te national cash awardsare then taken back into the

winning state and go backinto the Feeding Americaood bank programs.

Tis conerence alsocarried a wide variety opersonal and proessional

development workshops, many opportunities or Nevadansto interact with YF&R members rom other states and manydierent agricultural enterprises across the U.S., ollowedby one day o Oklahoma agricultural tours, all interspersed

with plenty o socially interactive amily un.Jamie Perkins has served as the Nevada State YF&R

Committee Chair since 2007 and has pioneered thestatewide Agricultural Literacy project getting over 130Accurate Ag Books into elementary schools across the state.

Perkins also assisted Lee Mathews, Nevadas 2009Harvest For All campaign chair, with summer ood drivesand has been active in helping Clark County Farm Bureauset up their YF&R County Committee.

o fnd out more about getting connected to the NevadaYF&R program, contact Perkins at (775) 728-4642, bye-mail ([email protected]), on FaceBook or through YF&RCoordinator Stephanie Licht (775) 753-6993, e-mail [email protected].

Young ranchers, armers attendleadership conerence

Nevada FFAstudents attendstate convention

By JAke OLSeNFFA Reporter

Te Nevada FFA State

convention was held March 16-20.At this convention, delegatescompeted in many contestsranging rom plants and owersto leadership and speaking.Tese contests are called CDEs orCareer Development Events. Tesecontests allowed us to dip our toes intomany dierent pools so we can make the best careerchoice possible.

Tis year we had new teams that Churchill CountyFFA has not had in a while such as poultry judging, agissues, and prepared public speaking. O course, wealso had livestock judging, dairy judging, and dairyoods, creed speaking, extemporaneous speaking,oriculture and many more.

At State Convention we stayed very busy; however,we still made time or un as the state rents a rollerskating rink or the entire Nevada team. It is verycrowded but un because we spent time meetingothers rom around Nevada.

Tis year we also had two Nevada State Ofcercandidates. Kadee Buckmaster and Christy Fagundesworked hard in getting ready or intense interviewingand evaluating. Tey have been great candidates sowe support them 100 percent.

State Convention is what we wait or and practice orall year long. All in all, we walked away rom NevadaFFA State Convention sometimes winners, sometimeshumbled but ultimately better people.

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Nevada Farm Bureau:Who we are and what we do

By NAtiONAL COrN GrOWerSASSOCiAtiON

James N. Wadsworth o Flying WPartnership outside o Fallon recentlywon rst place in the Irrigateddivision o the 2009 NationalCorn Growers Associations

(NCGA) Corn Yield Contest inNevada.

Wadsworth won withPioneer brand hybrid35F37, which yielded245 bushelsper acre.

Wadsworthearned one othe 346 state titleswon by growersplanting Pioneer hybrids. TeNCGA awarded 525 state titles in thisyears contest. Growers planting Pioneerhybrids dominated the contest and won66 percent o all state awards presented.In addition, growers planting Pioneer

products took 17 o the 24 national yieldcategories.Te NCGA Corn Yield Contest is

an annual competition among cornproducers with the goal o producing thehighest yields. In the contest, growerscompete within a broad range o cornproduction classes, including non-irrigated, no-till/strip-till non-irrigated,no-till/strip-till irrigated, ridge-till non-irrigated, ridge-till irrigated and irrigatedclasses.

Each year, we continue to see growersplanting Pioneer corn hybrids succeed inthe NCGA Corn Yield contest, and were

thrilled that these growers choose Pioneerproducts or these winning yields, saysPioneer President Paul E. Schickler.Were especially impressed with thehigh yields our customers have with

Pioneer corn products this year in a verychallenging growing season.

Were excited about the diversityo hybrids represented in this yearscontest by growers planting

Pioneer products,he says. It showsthat Pioneer is

advancinghybrids locally to deliverthe right product on theright acre to help growerssucceed across diverseenvironments.

Pioneer Hi-Bred, aDuPont business, is theworlds leading source o

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Nevada Farm Bureau is a highly activeparticipant in our states legislativesessions and also is involved with bothstate and national regulatory agencies.

Nevada Farm Bureau is thoroughlyinvolved in the promotion o our statesagricultural industry with the generalpublic. A major emphasis in this regard

is demonstrated with projects likeAgriculture In Te Classroom. Tisproject consists o an industry-wideeort to inorm school children andeducators about agriculture and toadvance an improved understandingwith these particular groups about theorigins o their ood and ber.

Our Members:Tirteen countyFarm Bureau organizations constitutethe Nevada Farm Bureau Federation.Farmer/rancher members and associate(non-armer/rancher) members

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Our Leaders:Nevada Farm Bureauhas a host o agricultural leaders servingin various capacities.

Te Nevada Farm Bureau FederationBoard o Directors consists o eachcounty Farm Bureau President whois elected by that local county FarmBureau. Ofcers and remainingmembers o the Board are elected byvoting delegates at the organizationsannual meeting. Tese include theNevada Farm Bureau President, VicePresident and the Womens CommitteeChairman (who serve one-year terms)and three district directors (who servetwo-year terms).

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By SHeiLA GArDNerNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

ake a tour o the Dangberg Home

Ranch, where its easy to imagineyoursel a contemporary o Germanpioneer H.F. Dangberg Sr. and hischildren, whose amily history hasbecome a Carson Valley legend. TeDangberg Land and Livestock Co.ounded the town o Minden in 1906,and at its peak in the mid-20th century,the company managed 48,000 acres, withcattle and sheep ranches and orchards inDouglas and Alpine counties.

Like many visitors to the DangbergHome Ranch, Doris Bauman canremember when the Dangberg sisters,Margaret, Katrina and Ruth, still lived inthe compound.

I remember Margaret in jeans,Bauman said as she and a group o

riends toured the landmark, now a statepark, last summer.

Its that strong link to the pastwhich Nevada State Park InterpreterMark Jensen hopes to preserve as heintroduces the home ranch to a newgeneration o visitors.

It is very important to us to respectthe memory o later generations oDangbergs, as there are still numerousindividuals in Carson Valley who knewand cared about them, Jensen said.

In 2008, more than 1,300 visitorscame to the ranch. wo special exhibits,clothing and toys, drew 164 and 143visitors respectively.

Encouraged by the response, Jensenis adding more ranch tours during theweek and two lectures as well as seasonalexhibits.

We will expand the existing interiorexhibits in the house, laundry and stonecellar with artiacts that will better tellthe story o the Dangberg amily andCarson Valley ranching, Jensen said.

Were also aware that not everyoneadmired the Dangbergs, and that theamilys business dealings could becontroversial. Were striving to present abalanced interpretation.

Te tour oers a glimpse o amily lie.Its as i the Dangbergs had just steppedout or the aternoon. Te urniture,vintage hat boxes and sheet music onthe grand piano show how, or close to

a century, the Dangbergs enjoyed liesluxuries that were unknown in most othe homes in Carson Valley.

Despite the prosperity, the Dangbergsendured amily tragedy as well.

Jensen remembered the day heopened Dwight Dangbergs trunk andound a smashed horn on top and littlered sailor suit.

Jensen guessed that he was the rstto open the trunk ater the little boydied o scarlet ever at age 5 in 1904. Hecan imagine grieving amily membersputting away the little boys toys andclothes in the attic, where they werediscovered 100 years later.

Part o our respect involves makingcareul decisions about which artiacts todisplay and which stories to tell, he said.

Te ranch sits on 5.5 acres on Highway88, south o Douglas High School and theCarson Valley Swim Center. Visitors maytour the rst oor o the main residence,stone cellar, laundry house, bunkhouse,and carriage house.

Unortunately, we wont be openingthe upstairs o the house this season,Jensen said.

Musically inclined guests are invitedto play the grandpiano in the livingroom.

Our goal nextyear is to recreateGertrudes owergarden, he said.She would showher peonies atthe CVIC Hallon Carson ValleyDay.

When theNevada Divisiono State Parks took

over restorationo the ranch, theydiscovered 18,000artiacts.

Its hard toimagine anyonepreserving thatmuch history,

Jensen said.Te mice did their part [in damaging

items], but or the most part, we werelucky.

From the jar o plums preserved in1948 to little Dwights Levi dungarees,believed to be the oldest pair in the state,every corner and tabletop gives visitors a

peek into the past.Te home ranch oers a variety

o attractions to those who work andvolunteer here, Jensen said. One drawis the immediate awareness o historypeople eel as they walk through thebuildings or work with the artiacts andarchives. Adding to that are the personal

stories o the various amily membersand how those stories are made real bythe artiacts and documents.

For Jensen, and his devoted team ovolunteers, restoring the home ranch is alabor o love.

Becoming involved with the homeranch means not only becoming

involved with the Dangbergs as historicalgures, but also becoming involvedwith them as individuals whose sorrowsand joys were very much like those weexperience in our own lives today, hesaid.

Eager to leave the 21st centurybehind or a ew hours?

Dangberg Home RanchHistoric Park

Te park opens April 22 or tours conductedWednesday through Sundays at 10 a.m. withadditional tours on weekends at 2 p.m.

Admission is $3 or adults and ree or children12 and under.

Reservations are required and can be made bycalling 783-9417 or e-mailing [email protected]. ours are limited to 10 people, butspecial arrangements may be made in advance orlarger groups.

Shannon LItz/Nevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

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Mchal and Jan Fsch as H.F. and Maga Fs Dangbg S.a a h Mndn Cnnnal Clbaon n 2006.


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NEVADA RANCH & FARM EXCHANGE MARCH/APRIL 2010

BY CHRISTY LATTINNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

t started out as a 120-acre family ranch in the Uniont in 1909 has blossomed into 480 acres of farmlandd down through four generations and will soonthe states Centennial Ranch award.

ect Vista Ranches, better known as the Newcomb-wson-Washburn Ranch, borders Harrigan Roadnion Lane south to Berney Road. Churchill Countyissioner Gwen Mathewson Washburn and her

nd Bill are the proud owners of the ranch that waseded to her great-grandmother in 1909.property was originally homesteaded in 1887 buteded to Mary Newcomb in 1909. Marys husband,e, her son, Art, and his family had come West seekinger climate while Art battled tuberculosis and settledestablished ranch on the south fork of the Carson

assed away shortly after the move, and Maryser, Florence Newcomb Mathewson, and her

nd, Clyde, moved from South Dakota and purchasedch in 1912.ther, Florence and Clyde raised two sons, Bill andtil her death in 1932. After Bill served in World Warlocated to California, but Art remained to work theranch.nd Phyllis Corlett married in 1942 and lived in his

mothers house for a time. e original ranch houset with adobe blocks made from the mud of theRiver had two rooms and an attic. rough the

a carport, porch and two more rooms were added.rt and Phyllis assumed ownership of the ranch inhe couple enclosed the front porch to make room forowing family of six daughters.

eding more room, we enclosed the carport whichwo more rooms. We converted what had originallyseparator room for milk and cream into a bathroom;

he family grew, so did the house, Phyllis wroteChurchill County Museums 2008-2009 In Focus

publication.Phyllis

and Artcontinuedto renovatethe homeand replacedwoodenoors withconcrete,modernizedthe kitchenand faced the

with new siding.as very well built because it was not damaged by thearthquakes in the mid-1950s, Phyllis stated.ranch once boasted several outbuildings like chicken, barns and shops, but the only original structure on

thewson ranch today is the adobe block cellar/ice

Art died in 1969, Phyllis continued raising herers on the ranch before moving into town.n Mathewson Washburn and husband Bill begang the ranch in 1973 and purchased the property fromin 1991.

original ranch house encountered vandalism anden a temporary respite for homeless people, so

and her husband Bill had no choice but to removeuse.ranch has been in the same family for 100 years, just

quite a few in this valley that have passed the centurya tribute to this community and its heritage. But theuse, which stood and served its residents well for150 years, just a memory now, was much more. It

oving, living place. It was home, Phyllis wrote.Washburn brought a 240-acre ranch to the familyand he and Gwen purchased a 160-acre section

nect the Mathewson and Washburn ranches. eurns, along with sons Wes and Wayne, grow alfalfa,ats and Sudan grass. ey also run about 350 cowlf pairs.of us work, Gwen said, adding that Wes daughtersa Washburn and Brittany Washburn Ames are now

assisting with the ranch.With six daughters in the Mathewson family, how did

Gwen wind up with the family ranch?Because I married the farmer and they didnt, Gwen

laughed.Bill said some of the biggest changes on the ranch

include laser leveling, the addition of advanced irrigationstructures and the disappearance of horsedrawnequipment.

He said the family switched from dairy to beef cattle inthe 1970s because of the high cost of building a commercialmilking barn.

It was a major decision. We agonized over it, Bill said.Advanced and automated equipment also allows the

family to work the ranch themselves without having to hireoutside help.

Now that Gwen and Bill are in their 60s, Wes is playinga larger role on the ranch something which doesntsurprise his parents.

Bill said Wes was only 9 years old when he said he wantedto farm with him. e young man leased farm groundand owned his rst cattle at age 15 and was very active

in 4-H and FFA organizations in which his own growndaughters participated.

e joy Wes and his wife, Tutie, receive from their younggrandchildren is evident by the smiles on their faces, andthe little ones are very much at home on the family ranch.Perhaps in another 20 years, the Newcomb-Mathewson-Washburn ranch will be handed down to the seventhgeneration.

Testolin RanchA row of stately cottonwood trees along Testolin Road

overlooks a small two-room cabin sitting in a grassy yard the original site of one of the oldest ranches in ChurchillCounty which will soon receive the states prestigiousCentennial Ranch award.

Beulah Testolin, 85, now lives in a modern homeoverlooking the ranch her husbands father homesteadedin 1907. e fact that the ranch remains in the familyshands is a testament to their agrarian roots.

Antonio Testolin Sr. immigrated from Italy in 1901 andlived in Minnesota and Pennsylvania before headingwest. He worked in Utah coal mines before continuing hiswestward journey to San Francisco, where he owned andoperated a grocery. He left the Bay Area following the 1906earthquake and res and worked in Crockett, Calif., andLake Tahoe for a short time.

In 1907, Testolin homesteaded 120 acres in the UnionDistrict south of town near what is now Naval Air StationFallon. He worked hard to clear sagebrush from the landbefore he planted fancy vegetables like celery, eggplantand cardone. He also raised poultry and eggs and earned adecent living traveling to mining towns east of Fallon to sellhis fresh vegetables and food.

After his ranch was established, Testolin asked ItaliaBinotto, a fellow Italian, to travel to the United States to behis bride, and the two married in 1910.

e couples rst home was a two-room cabin whichstill stands in the shade of the cottonwood trees Testolin

planted. Although another room was later added, it wasntlarge enough to hold the growing family. Beulah, while notquite certain, thinks all seven of the Testolin children wereborn in the small cabin.

With Italias help, Testolin continued raising vegetables intheir large garden. e couple added beef, chickens, hogsand turkeys to their farming operation and kept the miningtowns supplied with their goods.

e farm continued for the next few decades with

electricity brought to the home in 1929. About 1938, theo ce building from the Wonder mine in e astern ChurchillCounty was purchased and relocated to the familys homesite to allow more room for the large family. e new housewas placed several yards from the old two-room cabin andis used today by the custom farmer who works the landtoday.

Tony Jr. and Beulah were married in 1944 and lived inthe cabin with their daughters Irene and Rachel for severalyears. ey moved into the mining o ce house in 1949,the same year Testolin passed away, leaving his ranch to hisson.

For the next few years,Tony Jr. and his familyfarmed the ranch, but hefound it to be too muchwork for one man to do. eranch was leased to Jerryand Betty Alberson, whofarmed the land from 1965until 1995.

Needing a change, Tony Jr. and Beulah bought theTierney Creek Ranch in the Reese River Valley in 1954. Forthe next 37 years, the couple ran a cattle operation and grew90 acres of alfalfa on the 1,400-acre ranch.

Beulah and Tony Jr. spent most of every week apart aftertheir girls started school. Beulah and the girls would spendSunday evening through Friday afternoon in Fallon atthe family ranch, while Tony Jr. farmed the Tierney Creek

Ranch.Beulah said she spent 11 years driving back and forth but

said she was fortunate that someone helped her changealmost every at tire she got. However, she once had a attire near Eastgate while returning to Reese River Valley ...with a calf she purchased at auction that day.

Struggling with the girls and the calf, Beulah eventuallychanged the at tire herself on her birthday.

When Tony Jr. didnt see his family by the expected hour,he began looking for them. He met them on Elk HornPass and learned of their mishap. Beulah recollected hisresponse.

Its ruined, just ruined, Tony Jr. said repeatedly.He was talking about the chicken dinner he diligently

prepared for her birthday.Tony Jr. retired in 1991 and returned to the Testolin Ranch

for good. He and Beulah built a modern home on top ofthe sand hill and spent the next 10 years traveling aroundNevada and the United States.

Today, the Hiibel family leases and farms the TestolinRanch, growing alfalfa and corn.

Tony Jr. died in 2001, and in time, the ranch will pass tohis daughters, Irene Merritt and Rachel Wright.

e Testolin Ranch will be honored as a CentennialRanch along with other century old ranches at an Octoberceremony.

e Nevada State Historic Preservation O ceestablished the Centennial Ranches and Farmprogram in 2004 to honor families who continue

the ranching tradition for generations. To qualify for thisaward, the ranch or farm must have belonged to the familyfor at least 100 years and must be a working ranch or farmwith a minimum of 160 acres, or if less than 160 acres, musthave gross yearly sales of at least $1,000.

Today, the Centennial Ranch program is funded by theAgricultural Council of Nevada, with support from theNevada Farm Bureau, Nevada Cattlemans Association,Nevada Department of Agriculture and the State HistoricPreservation O ce.

For more information about other local CentennialRanches, read the articleCentennial Ranches 2009 by Bunny Corkillin the latest edition ofChurchill County INFOCUS, a publicationfrom the Churchill CountyMuseum.

e CentennialRanch program is funded by the Agricultural Councilof Nevada with support from the Nevada Farm Bureau,Nevada Cattlemans Association, Nevada Department ofAgriculture and the State Histori c Preservation O ce.

e Centennial Ranch awards will be presented to sixfamilies, three of whom are from Fallon, at an awardsceremony at the Governors Mansion on Oct. 9.

For more information about other local Centennial

Ranches, read the article Centennial Ranches 2009 byBunny Corkill in the latest edition of Churchill County INFOCUS, a publication from the Churchill County Museum.

LVN appreciates the information provided by Corkill,the Churchill County Museum and the Mathewson andWashburn families.

BY NEVADA LAND CONSERVANCY

A bit of ranching history has been preserved inChurchill County with the permanent protection of theCushman-Corkill Ranch in Fallon.

Family members sought a conservation easementto preserve the property as a working ranch and alsoto protect it from development, and the Nevada LandConservancy, a local nonprot land trust, was able tosecure funding to purchase and hold a conservationeasement in perpetuity.

e 430-acre Corkill ranch, located in a primeagricultural area, was one of several properties identiedby Naval Air Station Fallon as important to protect inorder to secure a buer zone around the base againstfuture urban development and challenges to militaryactivities.

Fallon Naval Air Station is providing funds throughtheir Encroachment Management Program, which ismatched with funds from the Nevada Division of StateLands State Question One Program. e protection ofthe property will help to preserve the rural character ofChurchill County for the future.

We are very happy that NAS Fallon, in our continuingeorts to be good neighbors and nd compatible usesfor the land surrounding the base, is able to team upwith groups such as the Nevada Land Conservancy andthe State of Nevada to protect and preserve historicalproperties such as the Cushman-Corkill Ranch, saidCommanding O cer, Capt. Michael Glaser.

By contributing funds to purchase a restrictiveuse easement on this property, the Navy is helping toprotect the agricultural and historical values that havecontributed so much to Fallons heritage and frontierspirit.

In addition to its value to the family, the United StatesNavy and Churchill County, the ranch provides importantbenets to native wildlife. e abundant water on theproperty helps to provide for habitat, enhancing theadditional wildlife habitat and wetlands on its southernborder. Roughly 100-acres of wetland and riparian areashave been created by an agricultural drain eld.Species

noted on the property include mule deer, coyotes, rabbits,ring-necked pheasant, white-faced ibis, blue heron,quail, egrets, and various migratory birds.

Preserving working ranches is a key element of theConservancys land protection goals. In the case of

this property, we are fortunate to work with a familywho cares so passionately for their land and thesurrounding community, said Becky Stock, Nevada LandConservancys Project Manager.

e Cushman-Corkill Ranch also has been designateda Nevada Centennial Ranch by the Nevada State HistoricPreservati on O ces Nevada Centennial Ranches andFarms Program.

Purchased in 1861 by Josiah Cushman, it is the oldestcontinuously operating, family-owned ranch in the stateof Nevada. Furthermore, Josiah Cushman was the rst tobegin irrigating the lands of Churchill County.

Early western emigrants stopped at the Cushmanranch to rest and feed their cattle before crossing theSierra. Since its beginning, cattle have been producedon the ranch, and hay was originally grown and

freighted throughout the West. After irrigation came tothe valley and the Newlands Project was established,corn, potatoes, Sudan grass and small grains were alsoproduced. Four generations have lived and workedon this property and the family intends to keep it as aworking ranch.

Josiah Cushman met his rst wife, Mary, when herfamily stopped at his ranch before pressing on forCalifornia. Josiah Cushman had two children with Maryand seven children by his second wife, Elizabeth. eyoungest of these children was Pete Cushman, who ranthe ranch with his brothers and mother after Josiahsdeath in 1913.

Pete and his wife Mabel remained on the property untilit was purchased by the Corkill Brothers in 1969, nineyears after their daughter Bunny married Bill Corkill. Billand Bunnys son, Bruce, now operate the ranch with hiswife Mitzi. ey have a son, Jade, and a daughter, Bailey,who also love life on the family ranch.

Nevada Land Conservancy is Nevadas rstindependent, non-prot land trust working withlandowners and communities to protect and preservethe special places and open spaces of Nevada for futuregeneration.

NVLC is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year,

and has protected more than two acres a day in the pastdecade. For information on Nevada Land Conservancysprojects, please call (775) 851-5180 or visit nvlc.org.

Centennial ranch in Fallon protectedby Nevada Land Conservancy with

conservation easement

Council seeking applications for Centennial Ranch ProgramBY USDA


Top: Inside the two-room cabin where seven childrenwere born to Tony and Italia Testolin. Time has notbeen kind to the cabin, which dates back to 1907.

Left: Beulah Testolin stands in front of the two-roomcabin where her husband, Tony Jr., and his six siblingswere born. The Testolin Ranch is being honored by thestate with the Centennial Ranch award.


manent protection of the Cushman-Ranch has recently been established.


Five generations of the Mathewson-Washburn family. From leftare Sarah Washburn Schopper and husband Henry Schopper;Phyllis Mathewson Perry and husband James Perry; GwenMathewson Washburn and husband Bill Washburn; in thewindow are Brittany Washburn Ames with husband Tom AmesIV and children Tom Ames V and Tutie; Monica Washburn withdaughter Rylee Washburn-Moore; and Tutie and Wes Washburn.

entennial Ranch growsgeneration after generation

If your farm or ranch has been in your family for 100 yearsor more, the Agricultural Council of Nevada would like tohear from you.

e Ag Council is the lead sponsor of NevadasCentennial Ranch and Farm Awards Program. Accordingto Liz Warner, program coordinator, 35 longtime, family-owned agricultural operations have been recognized sincethe program started in 2004.

Six families were formally inducted into the programlast year. ey were the Kallenbac h-Ormachea-ShermanRanch, Churchill County (1908); Bradshaw End of theRainbow Ranch, Lincoln County (1873); Bailey Ranch,Eureka County (1875); Testolin Ranch, Churchill County

(1907); Ranch No. 1 (Trimmer/Giovacchini), DouglasCounty (1909); and the Perfecta Vista Ranches-MathewsonRanch, Churchill County (1909).

We know there are other long-time, continuouslyoperating family ranches and farms dating back to thenineteenth-century that have not yet applied for Centennialstatus, said Warner. We would like to a dd them to thisprestigious list of Nevadas pioneering families.

As Nevada grows increasingly more urban, and thedemands for water in the sprawling metropolitan areaslead to the further decline of farms and ranches, theCentennial Ranch and Farm Program is a wonderful meansto recognize the long-time family-owned businesses

dedicated to agriculture in our nations most arid state,wrote Guy Rocha, Nevada State Archivist.

Bruce Petersen, state conservationist for the NaturalResources Conservation Service, one of the foundingsponsors, said, We know that ranchers and farmers are thebest stewards of the land. ey wouldnt be in operation for100 years or more if they hadnt taken care of their naturalresources.

Applications are due by June 1. Application forms andmore information can be found online at http://www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov/centennial_awards.html. For moreinformation, contact Liz Warner at the NRCS State O ce,(775) 857-8500 x 105.

Photo courtesy Beulah Testolin

Italia and Antonio Tony TestolinSr., both Italian immigrants,appear in a formal photo. Tony Sr.homesteaded the Testolin Ranchin 1907 and passed it on to his son,Tony Jr.

By contributing funds to purchase a restrictive use easement on this

property, the Navy is helping to protect the agricultural and historical valuesthat have contributed so much to Fallons heritage and frontier spirit.

Capt. Michael Glaser ~ Commanding O cerNAS Fallon


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By tHOMAS rANSONNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

Cooperative Extension is more thanagriculture and 4-H.Across the country, cooperative

extension programs at many o the statecolleges all have one similar goal incommon: to educate communities thatthey oer an abundance o programs,ranging rom health and nutrition tocommunity development.

Many people dont realize thebreadth o Cooperative Extensionprogramming, said Dean Karen Hintono the University o Nevada CooperativeExtension. Tey might be aware thatwe teach gardening classes, or that the4-H program is under our auspices. Teymight know that we work with armers onalternative crops, water management andweed control. But they might not knowthat we train day care workers how to dotheir jobs better, or that we have programson nutrition and health.

UNCE oers six main programs:agriculture; natural resources; children,youth and amilies; horticulture,health and nutrition, and communitydevelopment. Because o the variety,Nevadans can access all kinds oinormation to help with their dailyroutine. From learning how what kindo sh are sae to eat to stopping weedspread, UNCE is the

place to go, either online or at a localofce.

We did a major study on mercuryin Nevadas waterways last year thatinvolved scientists rom nutrition, naturalresources and biochemistry that ledto recommendations or Nevadans onwhat types o sh they can eat and howoten they should eat them, said Hinton,whose college works with ederal andstate agencies, dierent colleges and localofcials. Weeds are a problem all overNevada. Tey are invading our publicrangelands as well as private cropland,so we oten have experts rom manydierent disciplines working together tostop the spread o weeds. Tere are a lot oexamples o collaboration.

Accessing plentiul inormation wasntthis easy. en years ago, the states needsand important issues always change,

prompting UNCE to work on a widerange o programs. Tanks to eedback,especially rom smaller communities likeFallon, it helps the college serve thembetter.

We have ofces serving all o Nevadascounties, and the educators who stathose ofces work hard to bring programs,classes and events to those counties,Hinton said. Our mission is to extendoutreach rom

the University. Tats why ourslogan is bringing the universityto you. When a community issue isidentied, we bring not only the expertiseo our own Cooperative Extension acultybut the expertise o the entire university.

Te times have changed again,dramatically, because o the economy.Cuts to university unding can make itdifcult to bring the university to ruralareas.

Our aculty are entrepreneurial, sothey are out there looking or grants,partnerships and contributions to keepprograms alive and thriving, Hinton said.

Tis hasnt stopped UNCE romlaunching a pilot program that will trainvolunteers across the state how to mosteectively teach the senior population.

Fallon is one o the towns, alongwith Ely, Gardnerville and Minden,

and Hawthorne, where well test ourcurriculum, said Hinton, who iscollaborating with Fallons Pam Powellwho developed a course that ocuses onvariety o issues. Tis program promisesto spread quickly through the statebringing a powerul, cost-ree networko resources to seniors and helping themto quickly and easily nd the answers totheir questions about medicine, nutrition,

nances and other

issues. Other successul programs thathave helped Fallon include diversiyingcrops by developing a vertically integratedEFF industry (headed by Jay Davidson),4-H rom traditional animal projects togeographic inormation systems, andteaching homeowners to save their houseduring wildre season.

Jays work led to the ormation o anew EFF marketing and productioncompany, and through his eorts thereare now 2,000 acres o EFF in productionin two counties producing $1.2 millionworth o the grain, which is producedusing a third less water than alala,Hinton said.

Regardless o the issue, UNCEs goal ishelp communities throughout the state.Trough its many programs available,Nevadans can benet whether itslearning how to grow crops or becoming a

leader in the community.We dont just have ofces in

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We have people who live in Fallonand Lovelock and Winnemucca andmany other small towns. Our aculty andsta serve their communities on and othe job. Tey volunteer in their schoolsand they serve on volunteer boards andcommittees. Our connection to these

communities and our ability to helpthem in both large and small ways issomething that Im very proud o.

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By StePHANie CArrOLLNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

Te 4-H youth organization oersexperiences and opportunities or ruralyouth to develop important lie skills inChurchill County.

Tey learn leadership, business skills,citizenship, lie skills and accountabilityto oer to their uture, said AmandaAllegre, 4-H community basedinstructor.

Allegre said in Churchill County, 4-Hgroups are project-based, so childrenjoin specic clubs depending on theirinterests. Despite common assumptions,Allegre said 4-H is not all about animalsand livestock. Local clubs ocus onarchery, scrap-booking, leather crats,GPS technology and more.

Nevertheless, Churchill County is anagricultural and livestock community,which makes itsel a prime location or

comparable 4-H programs. Allegre saidthe clubs ocus on bee, livestock, sheep,goats, rabbits and more. We have a loto the traditional clubs, Allegre said.We have quite an extensive thing goingon.

Allegre said the goal o 4-H programsis to help youth grow and develop lieskills. Tey are given opportunities todevelop leadership, sel esteem, respect,role modeling and problem solving.

Well-rounded youth is our goal,Allegre said.

Club members build skills through4-H curriculum and events. Allegresaid Churchill County has many eventswhere students can show o their workand demonstrations. Tere is a livestockshow in April, which gives members theopportunity to qualiy or the NevadaJunior Livestock Show in Reno in May.In August, the Nevada State Fair oers alarge venue.

When they practice theirdemonstrations, they practice theirpublic speaking, Allegre said. It givesthem the condence to speak to thegeneral public and to people asking

questions.Allegre added there is a 4-H campat Lake ahoe in July, which not onlyoers the experience o learning in theoutdoors but also provides members theopportunity to mentor by becoming a

teen counselor at age 14 or a chaperoneat 19.

A lot o leadership. Tat is a hugething, Allegre said. We do a lot o youth

adult-partnerships. Plus, Allegre saidclub members participate in communityservice, undraising and local events.

Anything that gets the kids involvedin the community is something we

strive or, Allegre said. We want to beable to make the eort to educate thecommunity on what these kids have tooer.

Te 4-H department is located at theNevada Cooperative Extension Ofcein the Agricultural Service Center at 111Sheckler Road, (775) 423-5121. It costs$3 to join as many clubs as desired.

Churchill County 4-Hdevelops youth skills

Agricultural Service Centeroers one-stop rural shopping

By StePHANie CArrOLLNevada Ranch & Farm Exchange

Te U.S. Department o Agriculture,Lahontan Conservation District and

the University o Nevada CooperativeExtension oer agricultural programs andservices at the Agricultural Service Centerin Fallon.

Te USDA provides a plethora oservices through many agencies, and inFallon these include Rural Development,Farm Service Agency and the NaturalResources Conservation Service.

Rural Development is a USDA agencythat aims to improve the economy andquality o lie in rural areas. For theagricultural community, it oers the RuralEnergy or America Program and theValue-Added Producer Grant, said HerbShedd director o the business cooperativeprograms.

Shedd said the energy program oersgrants or installing renewable energysystems like solar panels. Te producergrant allows armers to acquire undsto research crops with greater protpossibilities or to transition into a moreprotable crop.

Te Farm Service Agency oers loansto armers and ranchers who needassistance, either because they are new tothe eld and cannot get a loan rom a bankor because they are struggling nancially,said Carolyn Persinger arm loan chie.

According to its Web site the NaturalResources Conservation Service (NRCS)is a USDA agency that helps private landowners and managers conserve soil, waterand other resources by oering a varietyo programs like nancial and technicalassistance.

Te Lahontan Conservation Districtconducts similar projects by providing reechemicals or weed control and clearingout debris rom the Carson River, saidDistrict Clerk Jessi Eckert. Conservationdistricts partner with the NRCS and workto conserve state and natural resourcesby coordinating local entities andland owners according to the Nevada

conservation districts Web site.We do programs to conserve natural

resources, like soil, water those type othings, Eckert said.

Te University o Nevada CooperativeExtension (UNCE) is located in the USDAService Center but is not a USDA agency.It is an arm o the University o Nevada,Reno, said Jay Davison, alternativecrops and orage specialist. Te UNCEormulates programs and services basedon specic community needs and oersprograms in agriculture, communitydevelopment, health and nutrition,horticulture, natural resources and youthand amilies according to the UNCE Webpage.

In Churchill County, Davison saidthe UNCE tests soil, water and pests.Te organization is also involved withweed control and conducts studies andexperiments that can provide useul

inormation to local armers.Resources at the Agricultural ServiceCenter provide local armers and othersone-stop shopping or services thatallow Fallon to be a productive agriculturalcommunity.

Te Agricultural Service Center islocated at 111 Sheckler Road, (775) 423-5121.

By uNiverSity OF iLLiNOiS

As a new planting season gets underway, University o Illinois Extension WeedSpecialist Aaron Hager cautions armers

to be aware o the dierences betweengluosinate and glyphosate, the activeingredients in two popular herbicides,beore starting weed control applications.

When glyphosate-resistant soybeanscame on the market a ew years ago, manybelieved it was unlikely that anotherherbicide or herbicide-resistant cropwould be needed again, Hager says in aUniversity o Illinois Extension report.However, over time, armers saw more andmore glyphosate-resistant weed speciespopping up but no new herbicide activeingredients coming into the marketplace tocontrol them.

Resistance evolves in weeds throughrepeated applications o the same typeo herbicide, Hager says. Te once-perceived invincibility o glyphosate hasbeen tempered by the realities imposedby the diversity o our Illinois croppingsystems. New weed management practicesare needed to manage the consequenceso long-term weed control.

One new herbicide-resistant variety, gluosinate-resistant soybean, becamecommercially available in2009. Gluosinate, anothernon-selective herbicide, is soldunder the trade name Ignite.

And while glyphosate andgluosinate may sound alikeand share certain similaritiesas they provide broad-

spectrum weed control, lacksoil-residual activity, andrequire herbicide-resistantcrops or in-crop applications,they should not be usedinterchangeably.

Signicant dierences existbetween these two popular

herbicides that require deeperunderstanding o how each one works,Hager says. For example, in 2010 youwould not want to spray glyphosate

on gluosinate-resistant soybean, orgluosinate on glyphosate-resistantsoybean.

Gluosinate inhibits a plant enzymeinvolved in the early steps o nitrogenassimilation. Its target site is completelydierent than glyphosates. Because othis, gluosinate can control glyphosate-resistant weed populations such aswaterhemp and marestail.

While their spectrum o control iscomparable or several weed species,gluosinate tends to be more eectiveon annual broadlea weeds than annualgrasses, while glyphosate is more eectiveon grasses.

Gluosinate is a contact herbicide, incontrast to glyphosate being extensively

translocated within the plant. Hagerencourages armers to utilize applicationparameters that provide or the bestcoverage o target weeds and considerenvironmental conditions that optimize

gluosinates perormance.For example, gluosinateperorms better in bright

sunshine and warm airtemperatures. Due toits limited translocation,

gluosinate should be appliedwhen annual weeds are 6 inchestall or less.

We can control large weedswith glyphosate, Hager says.But we have to manage weeds

with gluosinate. We need tothink dierently about how we

apply it. Farmers may want toinclude soil-residual herbicides or

spray gluosinate twice -- early whenthe weeds are smaller because it needscontact with the whole plant and a

second time due to waterhemps lateemergence.

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By uNCeNevada agricultural producers can

learn how to increase revenue, lower costsand deal with credit shortages in a ree,our-part course being oered around thestate by University o Nevada CooperativeExtension and the College o Agriculture,Biotechnology and Natural Resources.

Te program, Successul AgribusinessManagement Strategies, will be dividedinto hal-day workshops and presentedat eight locations simultaneously throughExtensions interactive video network.Funding or the program was provided bythe U.S. Department o Agriculture RiskManagement Agency.

Te workshops will examine:Alternative enterprise easibility andrisk analysis

Dealing with credit issues andbankruptcy

Retirement strategies, along withestate and arm transition planning

Crop diversication and growingtechniques or arid Nevada

Tese workshops are just anotherway the University and CooperativeExtension are helping Nevadans duringthese difcult economic times, saidCooperative Extension Dean and DirectorKaren Hinton.

Kynda Curtis, an assistant proessor inthe Universitys Department o ResourceEconomics, will lead the training.She said the program will includevaluable inormation to help all Nevadaagricultural producers become morestable and protable.

Here are the dates or SuccessulAgribusiness Management Strategies:

Day 1: Friday, March 19, 20108:30 a.m. to noon

Day 2: Friday, March 26, 20108:30 a.m. to noon

Day 3: Friday, April 2, 20108:30 a.m. to noon

Day 4: Friday, April 9, 2010

8:30 a.m. to noon

Here are the locations or SuccessulAgribusiness Management Strategies:

Churchill County UNCE Ofce111 Sheckler Road, Fallon

Douglas County UNCE Ofce1329 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville

Elko County UNCE Ofce701 Walnut Street, Elko

Lyon County UNCE Ofce504 S. Main Street, Yerington

Northeast Clark County UNCEOfce1897 N. Moapa Valley Blvd., Logandale

Pershing County UNCE Ofce

810 6th Street, Lovelock

Northern Nye / Esmeralda CountiesUNCE Ofce475 St. Patrick Street, onopah

onopah White Pine County UNCEOfce995 Campton Street, Ely

Humboldt County UNCE Ofce1085 Fairgrounds Road, Winnemucca

For more inormation or to register,contact Kynda Curtis, (775) 784-1682,[email protected].

Cooperative Extension is thecollege that extends knowledge romthe University o Nevada to local

communities to address importantissues. Faculty and sta reachedhundreds o thousands o Nevadacitizens last year with research-basedinormation on agriculture, horticulture,natural resources, health and nutrition,community development and children,youth and amilies.

Founded in 1874 as Nevadas oldestland-grant university, the Universityo Nevada, Reno has more than 16,000students and our campuses withCooperative Extension educationalprograms in all Nevada counties. It isranked as one o the countrys top 150research institutions by the CarnegieFoundation, and is home to Americassixth-largest study abroad program,

as well as the states oldest and largestmedical school.

Nevada armers,ranchers oered proft-

building workshops4-day course will examine revenue strategies,

retirement, credit and other issues

By uNCeIts tax preparation season, and

Nevadans with questions about

deductions, Social Security benets,401(K) accounts and other personalnance issues can get thorough, reliableanswers through University o NevadaCooperative Extension and eXtension.org.

Te Web site eXtension.org is aninteractive learning environmentdelivering inormation rom CooperativeExtension experts rom all over Nevadaand the United States. Te eXtension.orgsites Ask an Expert eature, accessiblethrough www.unce.unr.edu, providesprompt, research-based answers to a widerange o questions rom tax, retirementand personal nance issues to queriesabout when to plant heirloom tomatoes.Te answers are provided by researchersrom around the country who collaborateon their answers and provide inormationthats based on sound research.

eXtension is a great place to get solid,clear answers to questions that come upwhen youre lling out your tax returns,said Jean Hilton, a state specialist withthe University o Nevada CooperativeExtension and one o the personal nanceexperts who help answer questions on thesite. Its ast, too.

For instance, one reader recently askwhat type o records he should keep ortax-deductible business mileage. Teanswer rom the eXtension experts:

Some people record all their mileageon a calendar, planner, or business diarythat they keep in their car. Be sure tojot down the date, the purpose o thetrip, the starting and ending odometerreadings, and the total number omiles driven. Another good source odocumentation is a copy o the orms thatyou provide to your employer or expensereimbursement. Remember, you areentitled to deduct the dierence betweenthe IRS business mileage reimbursementrate (50 cents in 2010) and the mileagereimbursement rate provided by youremployer.

Mileage expenses are also deductibleor charitable, moving, or medical

purposes. In 2010, the mileage rate ormedical or moving purposes is 16.5 centsper mile driven. Te mileage rate orservice to a charitable organization is 14cents per mile. As in the case o businessmileage, written documentation shouldbe kept o length and purpose o eachtrip.

University o Nevada CooperativeExtension Dean and Director KarenHinton, who helped create eXtensionand served as chairman o the eXtensionGoverning Committe

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