utah farm bureau news - september 2015

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Inside:National Perspective 3 Farm Bureau at Work 11Member Benefi ts 8Baxter Black 12 Farm Safety Column 27Classifi eds 31

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Photo courtesy of Iverson FamilyRancher Kelby Iverson (right) and his son stand atop grazing land near Kolob Mountain in Southern Utah. Iverson and many other farmers and ranchers have expressed gratitude for the “million dollar rainstorms” that have benefi tted parched ground at critical times during the summer.

News SEPTEMBER 2015VOL. 61, NO. 8

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Last night (Aug. 27) Chief Judge Ralph Erickson of the District Court of North Dakota issued an order to stop the EPA’s Waters of the U.S. rule in its tracks. He found strong evidence that the EPA was arbitrary and capricious in its rule-making. He saw no connection between key provisions of the rule

American Farm Bureau Federation responds to injunction against EPA water rule and science that was presented to

support it. Based on evidence pre-sented so far, he ordered that the rule be stopped while the litigation continues to a conclusion.

“We applaud the court’s deci-sion. The so-called Clean Wa-ter Rule is yet another example of EPA’s reckless and unlawful behavior in the face of science, economics and the law. Whether you’re a farmer, a rancher, a

homebuilder or landowner of any stripe, the evidence is clear: This rule simply has to be stopped.

“Even in the face of this court order, EPA is reportedly asserting it will enforce the new rule in the 37 states that are not part of the North Dakota lawsuit. Thus, for much of the nation, this unlaw-ful rule will continue to create uncertainty and legal risk for com-monplace land uses like farming and ranching. It’s clear that now is the time for Congress to act and pass S. 1140 to send EPA back to the drawing board. We won’t stop until this rule is fi nished.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Finance Com-mittee responded to the concerns of farmers and ranchers across America as it put forward a bill to ex-tend important tax provi-sions through 2016.

The legislation includes two provisions that let small businesses deduct major capital expenditures over just a few years, rather than the full life of the equipment they buy. Known as Section 179 small-business expens-ing and bonus depreciation, these measures have al-ready boosted the economy and increased cash flow for farmers and ranchers. Ex-tending the provisions now is critical and an important step toward making them a

Finance Committee approves

tax legislation

helping agriculture

Utah Farm Bureau News2 September 2015

Utah Farm Bureau News(ISSN 1068-5960)Matt Hargreaves, Editor9865 South StateSandy, Utah 84070-3205Phone Numbers:General Inquiries: (801) 233-3000Address Changes: (801) 233-3009Farm Bureau News: (801) 233-3003Classified Ads: ..........(801) 233-3010Fax: .............................(801) 233-3030FB News E-mail: [email protected] site: .....http://www.utahfarmbureau.orgNational Ad Rep:The Weiss Group9414 E. San Salvador Dr. #226Scottsdale, Arizona 85258(480) 860-5394 [email protected] Display Ad Information:Jennifer Dahl(775) 752-3061

Utah Farm BureauFederation OfficersChairman and PresidentLeland J. Hogan, South Rim*Vice PresidentStephen A. Osguthorpe, Park City*CEO and Secretary/TreasurerRandy N. Parker, Riverton* Denotes member of the Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS District 1 ............................ John Ferry, CorinneDistrict 2 ...............Ron Gibson, West WeberDistrict 3 ...................Ken Patterson, SyracuseDistrict 4 ................ Rex Larsen, Spanish ForkDistrict 5 ................ .....Joël Hatch, HuntingtonDistrict 6 ...........Edwin Sunderland, ChesterDistrict 7 ..................................Craig Laub, BerylFB Women’s Chairman ...Belva Parr, LindonYoung Farmer & Rancher Chairman..

Meagher McConkie, AltamontPeriodicals Postage Paid at Sandy, Utah and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, 9865 South State, Sandy, Utah 84070. Published quarterly for all Farm Bureau members (April/Spring, July/Summer, Oct./Fall, Dec./Winter). Published expressly for farmer/rancher Farm Bureau members and others who specifically request copies Feb., March, May, June, Aug., Sept., and Nov. All eleven issues published by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation in Sandy, Utah. Editorial and Business Office, 9865 South State, Sandy, Utah 84070-3205.

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Thoughts: Property rights, sovereignty under attackBy Randy Parker

Chief Executive OfficerUtah Farm Bureau

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The Utah Legislature oc-casionally establishes in-dependent commissions to look into specific issues of importance to Utahns. The commissions generally are made up of legis-lators but some-t imes include local elected of-ficials and citi-zens with specific skills or knowl-edge. Concerns over grazing cuts, road closures, water c la ims, wild horse man-agement, law en-forcement dis-agreements and numerous federal-state land management conflicts have prompted greater scrutiny from legislature.

In recent years, the legis-lature has established com-missions to investigate the federal-state relationship and how conflicts are impacting citizens, businesses and our ability to plan for the future. For farmers, ranchers and rural communities dealing with large tracts of public

lands, three commissions are of particular interest.

The Commission on Federal-ism co-chaired by Senator Allen Christensen and Representa-tive Ken Ivory is looking into states’ rights and the “powers not

delegated” the national govern-ment by the U.S. Constitution and how overreach-ing agencies are harming the citi-zens of Utah.

In the nation’s s e c o n d m o s t arid state, the Commission on Water Develop-ment, co-chaired

by Senator Margaret Dayton and Representative Keith Grover, is investigating the all-important topic of water and Utah’s future. Water is a major issue of conflict with more than 70 percent of Utah’s water supplies originat-ing on Forest System lands and Forest Service policy “claiming water rights for water used by permitees, contractors and other authorized users.”

And third, the Commission on Stewardship and the Public

Lands, co-chaired by Senator Dave Hinkins and Representa-tive Keven Stratton, is looking at federal land management conflicts and implementation of H.B. 148, “The Transfer of the Public Lands Act”.

Similar to Congressional over-sight hearings, Utah’s select commissions provide for valu-able citizen input on pressing issues and often are the catalyst for important, timely legislation.

During the recent August meetings of the Water Devel-opment Commission and the Stewardship of the Public Lands Commission, Utah Farm Bureau was asked to report on federal regulatory overreach as it relates to water rights and private prop-erty. Each commission asked to be updated on the United States Forest Service (FS) “Wa-ter Clause” and Groundwater Resources Management Direc-tive (GROTUS) as well as the United States Environmental Protection re-defining of the Clean Water Act’s “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS).

It was an honor to share Farm Bureau’s many concerns, po-tential constitutional violations

MORONI, Utah – Utah’s largest turkey producing, processing and marketing cooperative has changed its corporate structure to a limited liability company, added two significant equity partners, and changed its

Norbest revises corporate structure and welcomes investment partners to accel-erate growth, create new opportunities

name to Norbest®, LLC.In the deal, J.D. Heiskell & Co.

and AMERRA Capital Manage-ment, LLC, will each acquire minority interests in the newly formed Norbest, LLC, which will own substantially all of the assets of Moroni Feed Company and

Norbest, Inc. The remaining equity in the new company will continue to be owned by the 37 turkey growers who previously owned Moroni Feed Company. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.

“This is the most significant

Utah Farm Bureau News 3September 2015

AgAgenda: Getting rural America onlineBy Bob StallmanAmerican Farm Bureau President

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You can’t tell the story of American agriculture without looking at how farmers and ranchers have pioneered the use of cutting-edge tools on their land. Innovation and farming go hand in hand. And we’ve come a long way from the first gas-powered tractors a century ago to the state-of-the-art, self-steering models available today. Farmers and ranchers are quick to embrace the best tools to get their work done — and to get it done well. Thanks to advanced farm equip-ment, better seeds and smarter digital tools, we are growing more while reducing our environ-mental impact.

By 2050, we’ll have 9 billion mouths to feed.

That’s no small task, and we can’t get the job done without important ad-vances in technology. Farmers today can ana-

lyze weather data, man-age nutrient application, map their crop yields and adjust planting for the next season with mod-ern precision agriculture tools. Soon, we will be sending out drones to monitor fields with more speed and accuracy than generations before could have dreamed of. We’ll be

able to zero in on fields and crops down to the individual plant. We will spot diseases and pests almost the moment they appear, and target our water, pesticide and fer-tilizer applications to use the right amount at just the right time. This kind of precision is good for our businesses and our land. All we need is for the Federal Aviation Admin-istration to act, and the sooner, the better.

Farmers and ranchers are eager to unlock the full potential of these new technologies, but across rural America many are still without the broadband service needed to make many of them practical. The Agriculture Department estimates just 67 percent of farmhouses had ac-cess to the Internet in 2013, which left one-third

of America’s farm and ranch businesses offline. The Internet shouldn’t be a luxury. Farmers and ranchers rely on broad-band access to connect with customers, access new markets and comply with new regulations. Rural broadband access is also critical to the com-munities surrounding our farmland: Online healthcare, education and government services can deliver opportunities and services rural Americans wouldn’t otherwise have at their doorstep. How-ever, with no affordable broadband, rural commu-nities are isolated from these services and growth opportunities.

Our communities and our economy are stronger when we have the tools we need to work together and prosper. We’re excited to see the Federal Com-

munications Commission transition to the Connect America Program, which focuses attention on the need for broadband ser-vices in rural areas. We need all communications providers to be covered — not just telephone providers — to open the door to all Americans in rural communities. And there’s much more that can be done. Farm Bureau supports tax incentives, grants and regulations for communications carriers so they can open up new markets that would other-wise prove unprofitable.

Washington hears the outcry for high-speed Internet, but the solution is coming through slower than dial-up. Our rural communities shouldn’t have to wait any longer for the connections that broadband will give them.

W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. – A series of maps released today by the American Farm Bureau Federation show how the Environmental Pro-tection Agency will radi-cally expand its jurisdic-tion over land use if its controversial Waters of the United States rule takes effect as expected Aug. 28. That expansion comes even as major parts of the rule remain largely incomprehen-sible to experts and lay-

Farm Bureau: Maps show massive increase in EPA authority, regula-tory uncertainty for everyone else

people, alike.The maps, prepared by

Geosyntec Consulting, show the dramatic expan-sion of EPA’s regulatory reach, stretching across wide swaths of land in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Montana. In Penn-sylvania, for example, 99 percent of the state’s total acreage is subject to EPA scrutiny. Landowners have no reliable way to know which of the water and land within that area will be regulated, yet they

must still conform their activities to the new law.

“Farmers face enforce-ment action and severe penalties under EPA’s new rule for using the same safe, scientifically sound and federally ap-proved crop protection tools they’ve used for years,” AFBF President Bob Stallman said. “This rule creates a new set of tools for harassing farm-ers in court, and does it all with language that is

The 2015 Utah average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $2,050 per acre. This is an increase of 1.0 percent from 2014, and 7.9 percent from 2013. The average value of cropland was $3,300, up 1.2 percent from 2014. The average value of irrigated cropland was $5,300, up 1.0 percent from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $1,140, up 1.8 percent from the

NASS reports on land values and cash rents

previous year. Pasture values were unchanged from 2014 at $1,050 per acre.

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Utah was $92.00 per acre in 2015, $1.00 more than the previous year. Aver-age cash rent for non-irrigated cropland and pasture in 2015 were not published for Utah to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

Nationally, farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and


Along the CountrysideVice President- CommunicationsMatt Hargreaves

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Farm management education increasing truesustainability of Utah farms and ranches

EPHRAIM, Utah – While sus-tainability is a buzzword in today’s food culture, one of the truest measures of sustainability is keep-ing farms and ranches profitable so they can be passed down through the gen-erations. To help farm and ranch families be profitable and efficient at the business of farming, management programs have been developed to fit a va-riety of learning styles, locations, and time commitments.

According to the Utah Center for Farm & Ranch Management at Snow College, Farm Business Management Education has been a part of Utah’s Adult Agricul-ture education since 1984, when courses were offered through Applied Technology Colleges throughout the state. More than 30 years later, there are three col-leges still providing services to a growing number of farm families in key locations – Snow College in Ephraim, Bridgerland ATC in Logan, and Uintah Basin ATC in Roosevelt.

The purpose of farm manage-ment education is to help farm families achieve their farm busi-ness and family goals. This is done through improved management, organization and efficiency of their farm operations. To accom-plish this purpose, farm families enroll in specific yearlong farm business management courses. Each course has specific goals and objectives. Instruction occurs monthly at the farm, with the fam-ily using their farm’s financial and production information to teach farm management.

“This is a great opportunity to go ‘one-on-one’ with farm families to help them improve their man-agement skills,” said Jay Olsen, Director of Agriculture & Farm/Ranch Management at Snow

College. “We get to teach ag man-agement skills to farm families, who use their own farms as their textbooks. It’s great.”

Olsen has been teaching the

program for 19 years now, and is also joined by Kendra Sagers, who spends 75 percent of her time with the management program, and the rest with the new Snow Col-lege Rodeo team. While working with the farm families over the course of a year, Ol-sen and Sagers work to really flesh out the in’s and out’s of mak-ing management de-cisions on a farm and get detailed informa-tion so reports can be made to benefit the families.

“We create a report with enough infor-mation that creates a state average,” Ol-sen said. “Then we also provide a copy of a personalized re-port for the family, which can be used to compare to state averages, as well as to create benchmarks for the family to use on their own farm.”

The Farm Management pro-gram taught at the three campuses currently serves farm families in Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Sanpete, Sevier, Uintah, Wayne, and Weber counties, though others could be eligible depending on timing. Participating families register for a class at Bridgerland, Snow

College, or Uintah Basin cam-puses, and then get one-on-one instruction and monthly visits from instructors. Tuition for the class (equivalent of about two col-

lege credit hours) ranges between $200-$250 for a year of service. Some families may also be eli-gible for grants to help offset the cost.

While some may view farming and ranching as more of a lifestyle than a business (usu-ally those outside of agriculture), the course gets families to look at their operation with an analytical lens. Participants look at market options, conduct budget analyses,

learn about QuickBooks and how to use it, etc. and get farm-specific questions answered by instruc-tors. They will also look back through farm records to see where improvements have been made or what more could be done.

There have typically been 30 to 40 farm families per instructor at each college participating in the program, and Olsen has been very pleased with feedback and results from participants.

“One participant said that he

was in the long process of getting a loan for some additional farm land. For months he had been compiling production informa-tion and financial information by the ‘best guess’ method. As he started the training, he learned how each piece of information fit into his financial statements and how to compile them,” Olsen said. “Early one morning, he received a call from his banker informing him that the loan had to be done today. The farmer walked into the banker’s office 20 minutes later and dropped a full set of financial statements on his desk. The bank-er said that in 10 years of lending, he had never had a farmer give

him actual financial statements.”

The majority of farmers and ranch-ers in the program complete a financial analysis through a computer program via the Center for F a r m F i n a n c i a l Management at the University of Min-nesota. This analysis establishes annual operational plans to actively improve were their benchmarks varied from the state averages and nation-al farm financial av-

erages. For example, two ranches planted sorghum and grazed the windrowed sorghum throughout the winter, reducing their 90-day winter cost/head/day feed cost 90 percent (from $3.00 per head per day to feed alfalfa hay to $0.20 per head per day). One ranch did not feed one bale of hay throughout the winter, while another farmer reduced his equipment cost per acre by upgrading equipment and increasing custom swathing and

Photo by courtesy of Snow CollegeJay Olsen (at board) teaches farm management basics to students at Snow College. Enrollment from ag majors has increased significantly the past few years.


By Matt Hargreaves, VP of Communications, Utah Farm Bureau

EVANSTON, Wyo. – Utah Farm Bureau CEO Randy Parker testified for the House Congressio-nal Committee on Over-sight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on the Interior on August 6 in Evanston, Wyoming, on the impacts federal grazing regulations are having on agriculture and rural communities in the West. The sub-committee is chaired by Rep. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming.

Joining Rep. Lummis was Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) from Utah’s 1st congressional district, who chairs the House Committee on Natural Resources.

The hearing, held at the Uinta County Library in

Parker testifies at U.S. House oversight committee hearing on impact of grazing reduction policies

Evanston, was held while members of Congress were back in their home districts during the tra-ditional August recess. Though some could view it as a break for congres-sional members, many took opportunities for meetings with constitu-ents to gauge concerns on issues. Such was the case for Lummis and Bishop in Evanston.

Parker testified along-side four other witnesses called in to share a va-riety of concerns with the federal government’s regulatory approach to management on public lands – on which graz-ing occurs – and im-pediments to staffing the workforce of grazing operations. Others tes-tifying included Karen Budd-Falen, a ranch-er and partner in the

Budd-Falen Law offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming; Demar Dahl, a county commissioner for Elko County Nevada; Patrick O’Toole, a rancher from Savery, Wyoming; and Shaun Sims, a rancher from Evanston.

Parker testified on the systematic dismantling of ranching on public land in Utah. Despite assurances codified in law by the Taylor Graz-ing act to protect grazing rights on public lands, the U.S. Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are creating uncertainty with their rule making process and anti-grazing actions against ranchers.

In Utah, 73 percent of the statewide rangeland resources are federally controlled, so ranchers have to rely on the federal

government to be fair and transparent in its grazing management in order to

preserve this vital com-ponent of agriculture. However, since the peak of grazing in the 1940s, 74 percent of Utah’s total AUM’s have been either eliminated by the FS and BLM or suspended.

“Utah livestock ranch-

ing families have lost a whopping 3,472,000 grazing AUMs total (cut

and suspended use) for a shocking 74 percent cut based on FS and BLM actions,” Parker said. “Of the 2,028,000 AUMs remaining today, it is important to note that 565,000 of the so-called

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Photo by Matt HargreavesUtah Farm Bureau CEO Randy Parker (far right) testifies at the U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on the impact of federal grazing regulations in Utah.

Thank you for completing the KICS Opportunity Screening Inventory provided to you through our partner organization, the Utah Farm Bureau Federation.

For additional information, contact K·Coe Conservation Services at 307.673.4535 or by email at: [email protected].

Contact Information

First Name: ____________________________ Last Name: ______________________________

Address Line 1: __________________________________________________________________

Address Line 2 __________________________________________________________________

City: __________________________________ State: ____________ ZIP: ________________

Phone: ________________________________ Email: __________________________________

Property Information

Ranch/Farm Name: _______________________________________________________________

Approx. fee acres: _______________________ Approx. leased acres: ______________________

Counties where the ranch is located: _________________________________________________

Type (Check all that apply.)

_____ Rangeland _____ Cropland _____ Forestland _____ Riparian

Please send in your completed form to receive a complimentary property screening.

Mail to: K·Coe Conservation Services (KICS) 47 S. Scott Street, Unit A Sheridan, WY 82801


By Mark Petersen, Sensitive Species Specialist, Utah Farm Bureau Federation

One of the top priorities of Utah Farm Bureau is to help our members stay profitable and competi-tive. That’s why we have partnered with K·Coe Isom Conservation Services (KICS) to help our mem-bers find out if they can generate income through the sale of sage-grouse mitigation credits. KICS is an initiative of K·Coe Isom, one of the leading agricul-tural accounting and busi-ness consulting firms in the U.S. (www.kcoe.com). If a rancher helps conserve the sage grouse, they may be able to sell “credits” to oil and gas, transmission,

Make Sage Grouse work for you!

Thank you for completing the KICS Opportunity Screening Inventory provided to you through our partner organization, the Utah Farm Bureau Federation.

For additional information, contact K·Coe Conservation Services at 307.673.4535 or by email at: [email protected].

Contact Information

First Name: ____________________________ Last Name: ______________________________

Address Line 1: __________________________________________________________________

Address Line 2 __________________________________________________________________

City: __________________________________ State: ____________ ZIP: ________________

Phone: ________________________________ Email: __________________________________

Property Information

Ranch/Farm Name: _______________________________________________________________

Approx. fee acres: _______________________ Approx. leased acres: ______________________

Counties where the ranch is located: _________________________________________________

Type (Check all that apply.)

_____ Rangeland _____ Cropland _____ Forestland _____ Riparian

Please send in your completed form to receive a complimentary property screening.

Mail to: K·Coe Conservation Services (KICS) 47 S. Scott Street, Unit A Sheridan, WY 82801

and other industries – in-dustries that in many cases will need credits to move forward with their projects. These credits may be able to be sold in several manners including through the Con-servation Credit Systems being set up in Nevada and Wyoming.

If you are interested in learning whether you may be able to make money through the sale of sage grouse credits, I encour-age you to visit the KICS website, www.kcoe.com/featured-services/conser-vation-services, or mail in the form below. If you choose to sign-up using the form, you will have the opportunity to let us know where your ranch is located.

We’ll provide you with ad-ditional information about how credit sales work and KICS will enroll your land in its national mitigation database and prepare a free initial screening for you. If you are eligible and inter-ested, KICS can then help you prepare credits and match you with prospective buyers.

All information that you provide is strictly confi den-tial and will only be used by KICS and its subcon-tractors to help you screen

your property and identify potential mitigation oppor-tunities. Your information won’t be released to any-one without your written consent.

This partnership with K·Coe Isom Conservation Services complements Utah Farm Bureau’s in-volvement with develop-ing Utah’s Sage Grouse Plan and conservation ini-tiatives. A listing of the Sage Grouse under the ESA could prove to have a tremendous impact on

your operation. Utah Farm Bureau is working for you to minimize both the like-lihood of listing, and to develop constructive ways to stabilize your operations whether or not the bird is listing.

Generating money from sage grouse credits isn’t for everyone and not all prop-erties will be eligible. Still, we feel it’s important to bring these kinds of oppor-tunities to our members – we inform and you decide!

You can also contact me at [email protected] or 801-450- 5981.


Member Benefits

Utah Farm Bureau and Caterpillar Inc. an-nounce a new partnership that will provide members up to $2,000 in purchase incen-tives on Cat machines. In addition, Caterpil-lar plans to support Farm Bureau programs in 2016 and coordinate with Farm Bureau on other efforts.

“Our extensive product line, with more than 300 Cat machines, reflects our com-mitment to the ongoing success of Ameri-can agriculture and rural businesses,” said Dustin Johansen, Caterpillar Agriculture Industry Manager. “We’re proud to partner with Utah Farm Bureau and the American Farm Bureau Federation and help members get their jobs done with the highest quality, best value equipment, attachments and in-tegrated solutions in the industry.”

Eligible equipment includes Cat skid steer loaders, compact and multi-terrain loaders, wheel loaders, telehandlers, backhoe load-ers, hydraulic excavators and track-type tractors. A range of incentives are offered:

• Small Wheel Loaders: $2,000• Compact Wheel Loaders: $1,000• Small Dozers: $1,000• Backhoe Loaders: $500 - $1,000• Compact Track Loaders: $500 - $1,000• Multi Terrain Loaders: $500 - $1,000• Skid Steer Loaders: $500 - $1,000• Telehandlers: $500 - $1,000• Mini Hydraulic Excavators: $250 -

$500

“Everyone at Utah Farm Bureau is excited about this new Member Benefits program,” said Leland Hogan, president of Utah Farm Bureau. “Caterpillar and agriculture have a shared history that goes back more than a hundred years, and our new partnership will make it easier for our members to improve productivity and efficiency to maintain profit margins.”

In addition to providing reliable, fuel-effi-cient equipment that is more economical for farmers, ranchers and rural business people to own and operate, Caterpillar is also com-

Utah Farm Bureau, Caterpillar Inc. announce new partnership

mitted to the safety of operators and to ongoing innovation in design and engineering. Along with providing unparalleled parts availability, Cat Dealer service helps ensure the long-term reliability of equipment.

“Our product solutions are designed and built for maximum performance and safety,” said Johansen. “We are constantly developing and refining advanced power and hydraulic technologies to ensure that our products pro-vide Farm Bureau members with the power, versatility, efficiency, ease of operations and reliability they have come to expect.”

The Farm Bureau Member Benefit discount

on Cat machines can be combined with any current retail discounts, promotions, rebates or offers available through Caterpillar or its dealers, with the exception of other member-ship purchase incentives (NCBA discount).

All Utah Farm Bureau members are eligible. Discounts cannot be applied to past purchases. Members must provide a valid Member Verification Certificate to the Cat dealer at the time of purchase to receive the discount. Certificates may be obtained at www.fbadvantage.com/cat as of September 1, 2015.


Another PerspectiveDirector of Member Services

& Women’s Committee CoordinatorSusan Furner

When the early pioneers came to Utah, they used Dutch ovens to cook their meals. The Dutch oven is still a popular outdoor cooking option among Utahns. In 1997 the Dutch oven was designated as the State cooking pot.

V i s i t t h e Specialty Tent ( i n b e t w e e n the Arena and Grandstand in the north sec-tion of the fair-p a r k ) w h e r e Utah Farm Bureau and the Utah State Fair will partner to present the Great American Dutch Oven Cook-off, September 19.

This contest is open to the first 10 teams or individuals to register, and Farm Bureau membership is not required. Teams will present to the judges a three pot meal consist-ing of a bread, main dish and des-sert. The Grand Champion of this contest will be awarded $300 and receive an invitation to compete at the IDOS (International Dutch Oven Society) World Dutch Oven Contest. Many of the winners of this annual competition go on to win the World Dutch Oven Con-test. Judging begins at 4 p.m. If you are interested in competing in this contest please visit www.utah-statefair.com/greatamerican for more information and to register.

Ever thought of dabbling in Dutch oven cooking? As part of the Great American Cook-off, Colleen Sloan, the Beehive State’s own Dutch oven Diva, will present three classes.

• 3:00-3:30 p.m. D u t c h oven Cooking – Equipment needed to get started

• 4:00-4:30 p.m. H o w t o Season and Care for a Dutch oven

• 5:00-5:30 p.m. C o o k -ing Demonstration—Basic

Let’s all go to the Utah State Fair – Farm Bureau Day is Saturday, September 19!

Cooking Principles A Dutch oven and a bag of locally

grown produce will be given away during each class for three lucky winners. Enter your name into a drawing to win!

This event is a perfect blend of

Utah’s favorite cooking pot and produce from Utah’s favorite growers. Visit the Farm Bureau table in the tent for a chance to win more prizes and learn about Utah Agriculture.

There are two Ag Discovery Zones for children this year at the Utah State Fair. The award-win-ning agriculture program “Little Hands on the Farm”, a State Fair favorite for children ages 2-10 and their families returns this year. Children begin in the barn and work as “Little Hands” or helpers to move food from the farm to the grocery store. Little Hands is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Little Hands on the Farm is found in the NW corner of the fairpark, near the giant yellow slide.

In addition to “Little Hands on the Farm” be sure to make Barn-yard Friends Ag Discovery Zone a part of your visit to the Utah State Fair.

Barnyard Friends is a collab-orative effort with the focus of educating Utahns both young and old about animals, agriculture and where our food comes from.

The Discovery Zone will include dairy and beef calves, two ewes (who should lamb sometime dur-ing the fair), a sow and her pig-lets, a litter of rabbits, goats and chickens in a brooder with the

expectation of three to four eggs hatching daily.

Six computers will be set up for children and their parents to play My American Farm, with 18 interactive online educational computer games. Players learn where food comes from and how those products get from the farm to their dinner plates while build-ing skills in math, science, English, and geography.

Story time will be held daily at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Children will have the opportunity to settle down in the reading corner as volunteers read fun books such as How Did that Get in My Lunchbox?

Belva Parr, Chair of the Utah Farm Bureau Women’s Committee and one of the organizers of Barn-yard Friends said, “We see a lot of

Cub Scout groups, school groups, and families that come through the Discovery Zone, and we hope they all leave knowing a little more about Agriculture.”

Whether it’s spinning wool bracelets, watching chicks hatch or playing My American Farm, there’s something exciting for everyone at this exhibit, which is located directly north of the goat building. It will be open every day of the Fair from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

As a reminder, Utah Farm Bu-reau members can get 2-for-1 passes to the State Fair, with a coupon on page 31 of this issue of the newspaper. Utah Farm Bu-reau members can also get 2-for-1 passes for the Farm Bureau PRCS Rodeo, Sept. 10-13, at the Utah State Fair.


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Families that eat together, stay together until the kids are raised…Families that estate plan together, stay friends ‘til the end.

Estate Planning - The col-lection of preparation tasks that serve to manage an individual’s asset base in the event of their incapacitation or death, includ-ing the bequest of assets to heirs and the settlement of estate taxes. Most estate plans are set up with the help of an attorney experienced in estate law. (In-vestopedia website, 2015)

Farm Estate Planning - The thoughtful transition of collections of land, buildings, livestock, machinery, garden seeds, pets and trucks acquired over a generation or more. It complicates the above definition and involves more people in the process. It is best accomplished by meeting with involved fam-ily members on a regular, pre-determined schedule with a projected end date and product. Initial estate communication and visioning may be a year-long project that requires sitting around a kitchen table or legal office and will likely include some upfront costs. Setting a timeline with an end-date is an important step for completing the estate planning process.

Contemplating change: Farm estate planning

Parts of the Estate - Recom-mended Processes and Re-sources:

Consider your FamilyCar-ing for the family through farm estate planning begins by es-tablishing a guardian for living dependents. Taking care of those you love is a primary reason for doing the work of estate planning. Then schedule to have non-titled property inheritance discussions with parents, siblings and chil-dren, and include a planned way to resolve conflicts. Sometimes it’s easier to start the inheri-tance planning process with less financially valuable, but perhaps more emotionally valued, family possessions. Many low-cost re-sources are available for this pro-cess. It is always prudent to have professionals assess and confirm your plan (will) before the docu-ments are finalized. (Who Get’s Grandma’s Pie Plate, U of Min-nesota Extension Program)

Second, create a will and name an executer to direct and clarify distribution of non-titled prop-erty that includes emotionally attached items such as the butter churn, piano and .410 shotgun. (Rock, paper, scissors is a valid decision-making tool for such things as pie plates. More valu-able assets may require media-tion before consensus is reached.) This process greatly reduces probate time and costs. Trusts and gifting simplify the probate process even more. Estate law professionals, financial advisors and trusted resources such as those listed below can aid in this

process. Without a will, the state of Utah distributes your assets according to current law.

Consider your Busines-How many third-generation farmers do you know? Of about 2.2 million farms in the United States, 96 percent are classified as family farms. About 30 percent of family farms make it to the second generation and only about 10 percent of those make it to the third generation.

The business part of farm estate planning is the key to a successful intergenerational transition while maintaining the agricultural use of the land and financial solvency for both generations. Creating a business succession plan for the farm/ranch starts an intensive discussion and visioning process with participation from all family members and business partners. Once the vision is completed, there are many financial instru-ments to facilitate the process. The inheritance limits and cur-rent gifting laws have greatly re-duced the inheritance tax, but not eliminated it. Using the available financial instruments, the estate can be managed for transition and to limit tax liability. Some ex-amples of these tools are: setting up trust accounts, establishing annual gifting to reduce the tax-able estate and using life insur-ance policies to create equity for non-farm heirs.

There are legal professionals who specialize and are experi-enced in agriculture estates and business succession plans. Utiliz-ing their expertise and process guidance assists with the end goal of preserving family relation-ships, and the successful inter-generation transfer of assets. The applicable tax exclusion amount has increased to $5,000,000 for

estates of decedents dying on or after December 31, 2009.

Consider You - The you-part of estate planning consists of taking care of yourself and your personal affairs, as you are the resource to the farm/business. Just as an annual visit to a healthcare provider for preventive medical screen-ings is recommended, so is an annual check-up on the estate plan so that all the parts remain relevant. Colonoscopies and estate planning may both be unpleasant in the near term, but the long-term benefits far outweigh the short-term discomforts. Preventive tasks to consider include setting up a durable power-of-attorney (POA) designee to direct assets in case you are incapacitated; medical directives and living wills; and funeral plans. After all, estate planning is all about smoothing the path ahead for people that you love and care for.

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Curtis, K.A., Cowee, M.W., Key Concepts and Steps to Agricultural Estate Planning. University of Ne-vada, Reno. Fact Sheet-06-10

Curtis, K.R. Ph.D, Farm/Ranch Transition Planning and Estate Planning PowerPoint Presentation. (2014) Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

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at Work

TAX UPDATE continued on pg 18

A federal tax update!

Utah Farm Bureau staff … participated with S.L. County FB President Luke Petersen and State Women’s Committee’s Vicky Bastian in preparing a segment for KSL television’s Studio 5 as an outreach effort to consumers on the value of local agriculture.

Utah Farm Bureau … participated in a number of legislative meetings focused on possible future legislation dealing with changing local and state regulations on raw and value added agriculture products sold directly to the public.

Utah Farm Bureau … engaged Envision Utah leadership in conversions regarding recent survey results indicating strong public strong support for preserving agriculture lands and water.

Utah Farm Bureau … visited with officials of the Utah Division of Water Rights in their Price field office. Discussion topics included maintain senior water rights all while oil, gas and mining continue to grow and demand increase volumes of water. Other topics included preserving water rights on federal lands.

Utah Farm Bureau … attended the Executive Water Task Force meeting chaired by Mike Styler, Director of Utah’s Department of Natural Resources. Water development, increased funding demands and effective, streamlined adjudication were discussed.

Utah Farm Bureau … initiated meetings with other Utah agricultural organization and Utah’s School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) to review future grazing fees, assignment fees and procedures for approving these changes.

Utah Farm Bureau … spoke at the Utah Water Development Commission meeting held at the Utah State Capitol on the issue of Waters of the United States. This membership of this Commission is comprised of Utah Senators, Representatives, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and a number of water industry leaders.

Utah Farm Bureau … attended the Utah Legislature August Interim committees for the following committees with agenda items pertinent to production agriculture: Natural Resources, Agriculture and the Environment, Transportation and Political Subdivisions.

Utah Farm Bureau … visited with the Association of County Governments, Utah’s Private Property Ombudsman and attorneys on issues of public access to private roads.

Utah Farm Bureau … attended a Utah Lake System Open House, sponsored by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. This Open House celebrated the first delivery of water Bonneville Unit water from the Strawberry Reservoir to the Provo River.

Utah Farm Bureau … attended a Weber Basin Water Conservancy District Appreciation lunch. Partners of the District were invited to have lunch with the directors of the board of the District.

Utah Farm Bureau staff … hosted a group of agricultural producers and industry advocates from the Horticultural Export Improvement Association, headquartered in Egypt. The group came to learn about how the Utah Farm Bureau supports local farmers and ranchers, influences exports, and support for new and beginning farmers. The group included a citrus farmer who was the grandson of the former President of Egypt, Anwar El-Sadat.

By Dale Newton, Director of Finance, Utah Farm Bureau Federation

It will come as no surprise to the readers of this publication that the current federal gov-ernment and administration is in the process of taxing any-thing that moves ñ or thinks about moving. It will take a concerted effort by private market oriented individuals and legislators to place any con-straints on this continual federal government overreach. The purpose of this article is to make you aware of a few current proposals where you can contact your Senators and/or Representatives and let your voice be heard. We will also discuss a few timing and income reporting changes re-cently enacted by the Internal Revenue Service [IRS].

Consider the following po-tential tax law changes:

Section 1031 “Like-Kind Exchanges” - Transactions called “1031 exchanges” are when a [taxpayer] farmer or rancher sells certain business property and then acquires property of a “like-kind”. In such exchanges the capital gains taxes, if any, are de-ferred. However, if the farmer or rancher sells land or equip-ment and does not acquire “like-kind” property he/she will be liable for the income tax effects of any gain on the dis-posed property. Section 1031 exchanges include items such as the following: the sale and acquisition of real property such as land or buildings; the sale and acquisition of person-al property such as combines, irrigation equipment, trucks, plows, tractors, etc.; and the sale and acquisition of breed-

ing or production livestock. Farmers and ranchers may

use such 1031 exchanges to ac-complish the following: con-solidate distant land parcels into a contiguous unit; con-solidate crop land closer to

livestock barns or crop stor-age facilities; exchange older farm equipment for newer more fuel-efficient or tech-nologically advanced equip-ment; or reconfigure their businesses so that young or beginning farmers or ranch-ers can join the business.

There are currently three legislative proposals under consideration to eliminate or severely restrict the continued usage of section 1031 exchang-es to defer capital gains taxes. The Obama administration’s 2016 proposed budget will limit the deferral of gains and current draft proposals before both the House of Representa-tives and the U. S. Senate will either repeal or severely re-strict such 1031 transactions. It is the policy of the Ameri-can Farm Bureau to allow farmers and ranchers to defer taxes when executing a 1031 exchange. You are encouraged to contact your Senators and/or Representatives to let them know how you feel about the continued availability of such “1031 exchanges”.

The new Health Insur-ance Tax - Utah’s farmers and ranchers are legitimately con-cerned about access to health care and health insurance and the cost of such health care and insurance. Most local farmers and ranchers are small busi-nesses that are too small to self-insure their health insur-ance exposure and must pur-chase their health insurance coverage in the fully insured

Utah Farm Bureau News12 September 2015On the edge of common senseBAXTER BLACK

The sun had already set when Joe finally called home. Janie said, “Joe, where are you? We’ve got company coming!”

Joe sighed, dug another cinder out of his hair and said, “Sweetie, I’ve had a bad day.”

That morning at daylight they unloaded their horses in the big Texas panhandle pasture to gather the steers. Joe reluctantly let his friends come on the gather in their helicopter but as the morning progressed he was learning to appreciate its value. It could zip up a draw, check the next rise and push ‘em like a spatula in a pan full of Jimmy Dean sausages!

As they approached the tunnel that would take the cattle under the Santa Fe railroads tracks, Joe held ‘em up, waiting for the train. It soon rattled through in the cool November fog. Knowing there wouldn’t be another train for a while he started the steers.

In a few minutes he noticed that some of the steers had climbed through the fence and were casually socializing on the tracks above him. Cow shaped silhouettes in the mist.

Riding up, Joe saw that the fence had come down. He kicked himself for not checking earlier, but they’d come in a different way. He spurred his horse, Freckles, up the side of the roadbed, went down the tracks south and bought the steers back. The helicopter came in from the north and they sandwiched the critters over the crossing.

A whole bunch was milling around on the tracks when Joe saw the helicopter suddenly rise straight up! A rotating beam shone through the mist. An eerie feeling shivered down Joe’s neck. There was no sound. Then, like a whale breaching out of your Grape Nuts Flakes, a locomotive burst outta the fog!

Joe pulled Freckles hard down the side! He tangled in an old fence at the edge of the cinders. Joe came off in the rat’s nest of wire! The horse panicked and ran straight at the onrushing train draggin’ several yards of wire and Joe!

The hysterical horse got sideswiped by a flatcar! Skimmed him from hip to shoulder and tore the fender and stirrup off the saddle! Scuffed the seat up some, too. Joe’s boot came loose before he hit the crossties and he rolled away from the roaring train.

No cattle were killed, Joe was black and blue for ten days, they had to Pine Sol the helicopter cockpit and Freckles healed up. Although they don’t call him Freckles anymore. Now they call him Santa Fe!

Stop, look and listen

High on the Hog: Elisabeth Cox (daughter of Dustin & Harmony Cox, see story on next page) got a little more than she bargained for in getting the family’s hogs ready for showing at the Kane County Fair. Cox and other youth throughout the state how shown livestock and presented produce at County Fairs throughout the state, hoping for that “Blue Ribbon”. More will compete at the State Fair in Salt Lake City, September 10-20.


Leader Feature: Dustin CoxKane County Farm Bureau PresidentResidence: Alton, UtahSpouse: Harmony Heaton Cox

Family: Five amazing daugh-ters

Began Farming: When I was 11 years old

Kind of Farm/Ranch: Cow/Calf cattle ranch. I’m also a hay broker

Other organization in-volvement: LDS church ser-vice, Mayor of Alton, water board, assistant volleyball coach at Valley High School

Farm Bureau Service: State YF&R committee; State YF&R chair; National YF&R committee member, Kane County Farm Bureau President

What got you involved with Farm Bureau?

About eight months after we got married, my brother Doug and his wife Letitia invited us to the Kane County Farm Bureau annual meeting and we left the county young farmer and rancher chair.

If you could, what is one thing you would change in agriculture?

Our relationship with those we feed including those that make laws. Agriculture is mov-ing forward and a wonderful pace with technology and in-novation leading to prosperity. We need to continue to share our story, even if we are tired of sharing it. There is someone out there who has never heard it, and we just need to keep telling it and focusing on the one. One neighbor, one family member, one media interview, one social media post. We need to cultivate a relationship with those we feed so the harvest for everyone will be plentiful.

What do you see for Utah agriculture 20 years from now?

I see families continuing to

transition to the next generation. Young farmers and ranchers learning from, and buying out, older farmers and ranchers. Even better innovation in water usage, grazing methods, crop produc-tion, and harvesting equipment

What do you like most about being a farmer/ranch-er?

Working with my wife and five girls. In our family, we have a theme of doing things together no matter what it is. Picture a fall brisk morning with steam coming off the meadow riding in together, to gather and to sell the harvest. To send to market the calves you worked all year to manage and produce.

Why should farmers and ranchers get involved in Farm Bureau?

Farm Bureau is a great vehicle to spread agriculture’s story to lawmakers (number one), and to the public (number two). For $65, I have someone (really, a group of someone’s) fighting telling and protecting my agri-

cultural way of life. But I still need to be involved and fight, and protect, and teach.

What have you learned as being a Farm Bureau county president or what do you like the most about it?

It takes many people in an or-ganization to make things work and run effectively. Kane County has a wonderful Board of Direc-tors who are passionate about agriculture and love the Farm Bureau family

What are some of your fondest memories about Farm Bureau?

The passion John Wadsworth (Washington County) has for membership drives; working with policy development; and Harmony and I serving on state and national YF&R committees.

What advice do you give to young farmers and ranch-ers?

Get involved, learn from your family/older ranchers, speak up and move forward.

What equipment do you

use? (i.e. John Deere vs. Case) Or you can have an-other comparison question, like Holstein vs. Jersey, An-gus vs. Hereford, Ford vs. Chevy, etc.

Not sure what you would get if you crossed a Deere and a Case, or Dodge and Chevy, but the best cow around our place is the F1 Hereford/Angus black baldie.

What is the most recent book you’ve read or movie you’ve seen? Or which is your favorite?

Scriptures. Good to Great by Jim Collins. Great by Choice by Jim Collins. The Andy Griffith show on Netflix.

What did you want to be when you ‘grew up’?

A rancher

Any unique hobbies/in-terests?

Volleyball Anything else you want to

add: God bless America. We need to

always take the high road.


Practical PolicyVice President- Public PolicySterling Brown

FREEDOM continued on pg 30

Farm Bureau is an institution and a leader

Farm Bureau’s greatest con-tribution to this country has been its vital role in support of freedom of the individual, and of a government designed to safeguard this freedom. Individual freedom and opportunity must not be sacrificed in a quest for guaranteed security. Benjamin Franklin said, “Those who surrender free-dom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

Farm Bureau was built on a foundation of self-reliance and belief in the free market system. Conditions like globalized com-petition in agriculture, extreme environmental regulations, and excessive government involve-ment in the marketplace have tempted to lure Farm Bureau policy makers away from these fundamental pillars of our orga-nization.

America is great, in large part,

because of hard work and self-re-liance. The belief that the market system – not government – is the best way to allocate the resources of this nation, whether it be wa-

ter, land, money or manpower, is something that warrants further attention and possible resources.

Former longtime Farm Bu-reau CEO Booth Wallentine was heard to say, “Farm Bureau is an Institution of Freedom.” Just as there is a fundamental differ-ence between a Federation and an Association, there is a differ-ence between an institution and an organization. An organiza-tion is a group of people getting together to work out a problem. Institutions are more than that.

Much more. An institution has character, a personality. Institu-tions are built on solid bedrock foundations so they will last through the years. Marriage can be such an Institution.

Whatever a mission statement may say, whatever the policies may say, the greatest need for the Farm Bureau Institution is

to preserve and enhance the ability and opportunity of our members to make meaningful choices. That is the first, and last, duty of an ‘Institution of Freedom’. Farm Bureau is an ‘Institu-tion of Freedom’.

The great institutions of history have attached themselves to righ-teous things. Gordon Hinckley, recent and past President of the global Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stated, “Sadly, many today would say ours is a nation in crisis. Families are splintering around us, our children are becoming alien-ated from their great cultural heritage, and our leaders seem increasingly out of touch. The solution lies not within our gov-ernment, schools, or symbols

of popular culture, but rather, within ourselves, our families, and our faith.” Farm Bureau members, indeed farmers and ranchers, are a people who be-lieve they are partners with God in the production of food and fiber and in helping to make the world a better place for all.

This Institution has repeatedly surfaced, groomed and deployed leaders. Farm Bureau advocates for leadership. Webster defines leadership as “showing the way, directing the course, by going before or along with those you lead; to guide by persuasion, to direct by influence.”

An unnamed philosopher said, “Leadership is the development of people, not the direction of things.”

Former United States Presi-dent, Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “The preservation of both the individual’s ability to lead and his ability to work in a team is one of the responsibilities of a good leader.”

Institutions have leaders. In-stitutions give priority to leader-ship development. Farm Bureau

Article courtesy of John Gleason, UDOT

RICHFIELD — The Utah Department of Transportation recently released its long-range plan forecasting trans-portation needs in rural Utah for the next 25 years.

The department updates its long-range transportation plan every four years with an eye toward keeping traf-fic moving now and into the future. The plan focuses pri-marily on rural areas of the state and identifies a list of projects that will strengthen Utah’s economy and enhance the state’s quality of life.

Transportation needs for

UDOT releases long-range plan for rural roadsUtah’s urban areas are de-veloped in cooperation with metropolitan planning orga-nizations like the Wasatch Front Regional Council and the Mountainland Associa-tion of Governments. These long-range plans, along with UDOT’s Long-Range Plan, are combined to create Utah’s Unified Transportation Plan, which will be published this fall.

“UDOT follows a fiscally responsible approach to maxi-mize the value of Utah’s in-frastructure investment,” said Jeff Harris, UDOT planning director. “The department le-verages limited resources in a

way that will provide the great-est benefit.”

Harris said the Long-Range Plan considers the unique needs and strengths of ru-ral Utah, including tourism, the energy sector, interstate freight movement, access to recreation opportunities, and the need for enhanced connec-tions between communities. It employs sophisticated travel demand modeling software to anticipate future transporta-tion needs, taking into account projected population growth as well as employment data forecasts.

The plan also reflects the predicted quantity and timing

of future funding, as well as public input accumulated dur-ing a series of public meetings focused on the draft project list last spring.

Projects listed in this plan include projects to widen roads, add new passing or climbing lanes, modify inter-changes and make other need-ed improvements throughout the state. You can view the long-range plan at http://www.udot.utah.gov/go/lrp.

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buildings on farms, averaged $3,020 per acre for 2015, up 2.4 percent from 2014 values. Regional changes in the average value of farm real estate ranged from a 6.1 percent increase in the Southern Plains region to 0.3 percent decrease in the Corn Belt region. The highest farm real estate values were in the Corn Belt region at $6,350 per acre. The Mountain region had the lowest farm real estate value at $1,100 per acre.

Cropland value increased by $30 per acre (0.7 percent) to $4,130 per acre from the previous year. In the Southern Plains region, the average cropland value increased 9.2 percent from the previous year. However, in the Corn Belt region, cropland values decreased by 2.3 percent.

The United States pasture value increased to $1,330 per acre, or 2.3 percent above 2014. The Southeast region was unchanged from 2014. The Lake States region had the highest increase at 15.4 percent.

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in the United States was $209.00 per acre in 2015, $1.00 more than the previous year. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland in the United States was $133.00 per acre in 2015, up $3.00 from the previous year. Cash rent for pasture in 2015 averaged $14.00, up $2.00 from the previous year.

For a full copy of the Land Values and Cash Rents reports please visit www.nass.usda.gov. For local information, contact John Hilton at 1-800-747-8522.

INDIANAPOLIS – Buddy De-imler, who is currently serving as state specialist in agricultural education and welding educa-tion for the Utah State Office of Education, been named to the National FFA Board of Directors. Deimler has spent more than 35 years in the agricultural education profession.

Deimler began his career in agricultural education in 1980, when he served as an agriculture teacher and FFA advisor in Albuquer-que, N.M. From 1981-82 he served as a graduate teach-ing assistant at New Mexico State University. Later, he taught in Avondale, Ariz., where he served as the FFA advisor as well as the agriculture educator. From 1987 to 1994, he served as state supervisor for agricultural education of the Arizona Depart-ment of Education. In 1994, he began working with the Utah State Office of Education.

He graduated from New Mexi-co State University in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural and extension education. He earned his master’s in agricul-tural and extension education from New Mexico State Univer-sity in 1982.

“We are excited to have Buddy serve on the board,” said Dr. Steve A. Brown, national FFA ad-visor and board chair. “He brings with him a knowledge not only of agricultural education in the classroom, but also at the state level. We are looking forward to his future contributions on guid-ing the National FFA Organiza-tion and helping FFA members prepare for a lifetime of career success.”

In addition to his work with FFA and the State Office of

Utah’s Buddy Deimler of named to the National FFA Board of Directors

Education, Deimler serves on the board of the Utah County Farm Bureau, and is active in its activi-ties – including Farm Field Days.

Deimler is a strong supporter of the Utah Farm Bureau, and has participated in training on par-

liamentary procedure and more. Deimler is passionate about FFA as well as the role the vocational education has in rural Utah.

Deimler resides in Lehi, Utah with his wife Kathy. They are the parents to five children and grandparents to nine grandchil-dren.

The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success train-ing through agricultural educa-tion to 610,240 student members who belong to one of 7,665 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Any unpermitted discharge - whether pesticides, fertilizer or even disturbed soil - will leave farmers and ranchers vulner-able to enforcement by EPA, the Corps, or private citizens.American Farm Bureau

“Any unpermitted discharge - “Any unpermitted discharge -

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disturbingly vague and subject to abuse by future regulators. It’s worth saying again: The EPA needs to withdraw this rule and start over.”

Maps prepared to date for Montana, Virginia, Pennsylvania can be found at www.fb.org. Ad-ditional maps are being devel-oped for parts of Missouri, New York, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

The interactive maps in de-tail:

The maps’ base layer shows areas regulated as tributaries and adjacent wetlands without a case-specifi c “signifi cant nexus” analysis under previous rules. Through a progression, the maps add “ephemeral streams”—low spots in the land that drain and channel water away from farmland after a rain but are otherwise dry. The EPA has sometimes asserted jurisdiction over such areas before, but only af-ter a site-specifi c fi nding of a “signifi cant nexus” to downstream waters. Under the new rule, all such “ephemeral tribu-taries” are regulated.

With this added jurisdiction in place, the Clean Water Act will prohibit many common agricul-tural practices in or around these ephemeral features. Any unper-mitted discharge—whether pesti-cides, fertilizer or even disturbed soil—will leave farmers vulner-able to enforcement by EPA, the Corps, or private citizens, with severe potential penalties. This means unless farmers are able to navigate the regulatory system to secure a costly Clean Water Act permit, farming in many areas will be signifi cantly restricted.

The maps’ next layer shows how the rule expands the defi -nition of regulated “adjacent waters” to cover all waters (in-cluding wetlands) that lie, even

partially, within 100 feet on ei-ther side of these newly regulated ephemeral drains. Next, they show where even more “adja-cent waters” may lie—and this is where the vast uncertainty comes in. Where any part of a water or wetland is within the 100-year fl oodplain of a tributary, and not more than 1,500 feet (1/4 mile) from the tributary, that entire water feature is regulated. The uncertainty springs from the fact that many areas lack fl ood zone maps. What’s more, many such maps are out-of-date, and most ditches and ephemeral streams do not have mapped fl ood zones. The result is that farmers and other landowners lack even the basic tools to identify wetlands or other waters that are automati-cally regulated under the rule.

The final blow—the almost unlimited reach of the rule—is shown in the final map layer

that covers waters that are not “tributaries” or “adjacent,” but may still be jurisdictional based on a “signifi cant nexus” to down-stream waters. The WOTUS rule allows “signifi cant nexus” regulation of waters (including wetlands) that lie even partially within 4,000 feet (about ¾ mile) of any tributary. Mapping 4,000 feet from even just the known ephemeral streams—ignoring ditches and not-yet-identified ephemeral tributaries—shows that this 4,000-foot zone of uncertainty covers the entire landscape in many parts of the country.

change in the history of Mo-roni Feed and its member turkey growers, which collectively have been a core employer in central Utah for nearly 100 years,” said Moroni Feed/Norbest President and CEO Matt Cook, who will retain those positions in the new Norbest, LLC. “Though no longer the nation’s longest-running turkey cooperative, this investment allows us to create a new, forward-looking company that is able to seek out growth opportunities while benefiting Utah’s turkey growers and the state’s economy.”

Headquartered in Moroni, Utah, Norbest, LLC, grows, pro-cesses and markets whole tur-keys and value-added turkey products. It is one of the top tur-key marketing fi rms in the Unit-ed States, and, until recently changing corporate structures, was the oldest cooperative tur-key-growing organization of its type in the world.

Norbest off ers a full line of tur-key products, including whole birds, bone-in breasts and boneless roasts for both retail and foodservice; ground turkey; turkey steaks; cooked, roasted, and smoked deli breasts; tur-key ham; and a host of other fi ne products. Norbest products are sold throughout the U.S. and nearly two dozen countries around the world.

The turkey growers who are members of Moroni Feed will continue to be part owners of the new fi rm and will now grow turkeys for the new company un-der production contracts instead of cooperative agreements. This means growers will have limited fi nancial exposure due to fl uc-tuating prices and will be com-pensated based on performance measures in their contracts. Production contracts will help

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stabilize the growers’ income and enable them to invest capital to improve effi ciency and increase volume.

“We need more turkeys to be able to grow our business and our previous business model made that diffi cult,” Cook noted. “Adding production volume will allow us to make more effi cient use of our underutilized process-ing facilities; this was a key driver in the decision to seek out inves-tors,” Cook noted.

Norbest’s New PartnersThe new investment partners

for Norbest include J.D. Heiskell Holdings LLC and AMERRA Capital Management, LLC. J.D. Heiskell Holdings (www.heiskell.com) is a privately-held, pro-fessionally-managed commod-ity trading and livestock feed manufacturing company, doing business across the continental United States, Mexico, and the Pacifi c Rim. Founded in 1886 and continuously owned since then by the Heiskell and Hillman families, the company was iden-tifi ed as number 75 of the top 250 privately-held companies in the United States by Forbes maga-zine (December 2014 issue).

AMERRA Capital Manage-ment, LLC is a New York based agribusiness asset manager with more than $1 billion in AUM. AMERRA deploys capital sup-porting growth-oriented agri-businesses around the world, which are often family con-trolled. Since its inception in 2009, AMERRA has completed more than 200 investments with an aggregate value of over $2.5 billion.

Specifi c terms of the transac-tion were not disclosed. Norbest Inc. was advised by Levy Capital Partners in connection with this transaction.


By Bailee Woolstenhulme, UFBF Communications Intern

Transparency, a simple word loaded with meaning. It leaves many farmers and ranchers questioning what it is, what it entails, and why it should be used in the agriculture industry. It is also a term often used with an anti-agriculture agenda, which causes farmers and ranchers to shy away from and push back any ideas of transparency.

So the question is, what does transparency mean in regards to agriculture? Is it an idea that animal rights activists and other activist groups are try-ing to push on farmers and ranchers in order

Sharing our storyto make them look bad, or is this something that the industry as a whole should be considering?

Many communication professionals in the ag-riculture industry would agree with the later. In fact this idea of transpar-ency could be the key to shutting down a lot of the misconceptions and falsi-fied information about agriculture.

Katie Abrams, profes-sor in the journalism and media communications department at Colora-do State University, has studied consumer per-ceptions of agriculture at CSU and recently pub-lished a paper dealing with transparency with livestock slaughter. She believes that farmers and

ranchers need to be mak-ing more of an effort to be transparent by opening up and starting a conver-sation about agriculture.

“Being transparent is about engaging and com-municating with peo-ple who you normally wouldn’t,” Abrams said.

Often times, when the agriculture industry or its methodology is ques-tioned or attacked, the initial response from those within the industry is to put up walls and react in a defensive man-ner, for example the Ag Gag laws. This isn’t to say that these reactions aren’t warranted and it is understandable to want to protect our livelihood, but let’s think about what message these reactions send. By closing off and blocking any information

from those that may dis-agree with our practices, it leads to the question, “What are they hiding?” When it is really just a method of protecting our-selves from being por-trayed negatively.

“Tightly controlled communication does not make you seem trans-parent,” Abrams said, “Rather, it can lead to miscommunications and misconceptions.”

Those of us in agricul-ture understand what farmers and ranchers do, why they do it, and what the best practices are, but for those that aren’t involved or have knowledge, our methods can seem harsh or cruel and are often taken out of context. Transparency is a proactive way to stand up for what we believe that

will also help gain the respect and trust of con-sumers and others who do not know a lot about agriculture.

“Telling the whole story is key,” said Joël Hatch, Utah Farm Bureau board member and representa-tive for District 5. “Farm-ers and ranchers need to be better about telling our story. Too often we sit back and take what we’ve got coming.”

It is important to under-stand that being transpar-ent doesn’t require farm-ers and ranchers to allow anyone and everyone to have access to their prop-erty and view how their farm or ranch works. It is more about having a two-way conversation about what they do.

“It’s about having an

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Utah Farm Bureau News18 September 2015TAX UPDATEContinued from pg. 11

SNOWContinued from pg. 5

health insurance market. The new Health Insurance Tax [HIT], which has absolutely nothing to do with reforming the health insurance system, was included in “Obamacare” as a way to raise revenue to off-set the cost of the legislation.

The HIT tax, which is a tax levied on a health insurance company’s net premium raised over $7 billion in 2014. This new insurer cost will, of course, be passed on to small busi-nesses that purchase insurance coverages from these more highly taxed health insurance companies. This new tax is in-creasing insurance costs, mak-ing it harder for farmers and ranchers to purchase adequate coverage for themselves, their families and their employees. Recent studies place the cost of the increase to be over $500 per year per family. The Amer-

ican Farm Bureau opposes the HIT tax and supports the fol-lowing repeal possibilities:• S. 183, Jobs and Premium

Protection Act, introduced by Senator John Barasso [R-Wyoming] and Sena-tor Orin Hatch [R-Utah].

• H. R. 928, Jobs and Premi-um Protection Act, intro-duced by Representative Charles Boustany [R-Lou-isiana] and Representative Kyrsten Sinema [D-Arizo-na].

Please join the AFBF and contact your legislators and encourage them to pass these bills that will repeal the HIT tax.

Estate Tax Repeal - Throughout Utah, as in the rest of the country, individu-als, family partnerships and family corporations comprise the vast majority of Utahns’ and Americans’ farms and

ranches. America needs these small businesses for the econo-my to flourish and to maintain food security for the nation. However, federal and state tax policies are often at odds with the desire to preserve and pro-tect the nation’s family owned farms and ranches. What are needed are tax policies that do not punish capital-intensive businesses like farming and ranching and that do not hin-der sons and daughters from following the agricultural legacy of their parents. Con-sequently, both the American Farm Bureau and the Utah Farm Bureau vigorously sup-port the permanent repeal of federal and state estate taxes. Please consider your personal support of the following legis-lation:• H. R 1105, Estate Tax Re-

peal, introduced by Rep-resentatives Kevin Brady [R- Texas], Sanford Bishop [D-Georgia], Devin Nunes [R-California] and Kristi Noem [R-South Dakota].

• S. 860, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015, introduced by Senator John Thune [R-South Dakota].

Recent Reporting Chang-es Enacted by the IRS - In an effort to counteract taxpayer identity theft and other fraud, the IRS released temporary regulations last week eliminat-ing an automatic extension for most forms in the W-2 series of wage and withholding state-ment information returns. The only exempted form is Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Win-nings. Currently, transmitters [employers] of Form W-2 can receive an automatic 30-day extension by submitting Form 8809 and an additional exten-sion can be granted for certain valid reasons. This old format is replaced with a single non-automatic 30-day extension that will be granted only due to

extraordinary circumstances. The new regulations do not change the due dates, which for paper forms is the last day of February of the calendar year following the calendar year for which the information is being reported, and for electronical-ly filed information returns is the corresponding March 31.

The IRS has also announced that when victims of data breaches receive free identity protection services from an organization that suffered a data breach, the IRS will not assert that the value of those identity protection services is includible in the victim’s gross income. The IRS noted that identity theft was the top con-sumer complaint to the Fed-eral Trade Commission for the past 15 years. In fact, the IRS’s own “Get Transcript” system was compromised in May al-lowing criminals to access the information of more than 100,000 taxpayers. To try to rectify these all-too-common data breaches, many compa-nies and organizations provide identity protection services to the victims of these breaches so the individual can monitor their financial and other ac-counts. These services can in-clude credit monitoring and re-porting services, identity theft insurance policies and identity restoration services. According to the IRS, the amounts paid for those services do not have to be included in Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, or Form 1099-MISC, Miscella-neous Income.

Sources:American Farm Bureau Federation, Various Tax Updates, Summer 2015American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, August Tax Advisor and August Journal of Accountancy

Utah Farm Bureau News 19September 2015SNOWContinued from pg. 5

baling for neighboring farmers.In addition to the personalized

farm management programs, interest among younger, full-time students at Snow College in agriculture has been increasing.

“Five years ago, our former Col-lege President (Scott Wyatt. Now the President of Southern Utah University) asked me about taking our agriculture program at Snow in a new direction. In addition to working with farmers in the field, we wanted to see how we could bring that management instruc-tion into the classroom for our full-time students. This is when our college agriculture depart-ment took off,” Olsen said. “At the time, we only had about five students with declared agriculture majors at the college. Now, having added an agriculture business set of classes and created a two-year associate of applied science pro-gram in ag business, we’ve had more than 60 students with an ag major, and we’re looking to surpass 90 this year. I attribute a lot of this success to the vision of President Wyatt, and continued enthusiastic support from our current President Gary Carlston and VP of Academics Dr. Steve Hood.”

As part of the new program in Agriculture Business, students can graduate from Snow College with an Associate of Applied Sci-ences in Agribusiness degree. While not all general educa-tion credits are satisfied for a full Associate of Science degree, the program is fully compatible with transferring to Utah State University and Southern Utah University.

“Our program fits the mission of Snow College well, in that we provide a great education for students starting off their univer-sity studies, providing for smaller classes and opportunities to get general education credits before transferring to another school if they’d like to,” Olsen said. “Our

classes are well attended, and we’ve added new adjunct faculty, and courses for equine and a feeds course. It’s the ‘Field of Dreams’ scenario, ‘if you build it, they will come’. They certainly have.”

Moving beyond the classroom, the success of the program has also enabled the school to tran-sition from a rodeo club to a full-fledged team. Led by Kendra Sagers, the rodeo team competes in National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) competitions in the Rocky Mountain Region, against the likes of Utah Valley University, USU, SUU, Weber State, Idaho State, University of Colorado-Mesa, Southern Idaho University and University of Colorado-Northwestern. In-dividual events include saddle bronc, bareback and bull riding, along with tie down, breakaway and team roping, as well as steer wrestling, barrel racing and goat tying. In the three years since the move to become a team, Snow College has seen participation grow from 26 students to now having 43 – the majority of whom are agriculture majors, but there are several students focusing on other fields of study.

While the programs have been successful, Olsen and Sagers are hardly resting on their laurels. Plans or hopes for the future include possible Associate de-grees in Ag Mechanics and other agriculture production systems. Olsen is very enthusiastic about the potential job growth in these agricultural-related fields.

“USDA has listed career projec-tions for 2015-2020 at 57,900 job openings per year for food, agriculture, renewable natural resources or environment careers, and yet we are only slated for 38,000 graduates each year. So career opportunities are there for those kids who want stick with it,” Olsen said. “Things have just aligned here so far, with kids be-ing excited about the new offer-ings. Participation in the college’s

agriculture clubs have increased – including the Snow College Chapter of Collegiate Farm Bu-reau – and students are taking advantage of the many resources available at Snow College.”

While the definition of sustain-ability in food production may be up for debate, there is no de-

bating the success of the farm management program for farmers and ranchers in Utah. For more information on the variety of farm management and agriculture education programs available at any of the schools, please contact Jay Olsen 435-283-7335 or [email protected].

Photo by courtesy of Snow CollegeWith increased participation in agriculture classes, Snow College has also seen greater participation in its College Rodeo team, as well as agriculture clubs like Collegiate Farm Bureau.

Utah Farm Bureau News20 September 2015PARKERContinued from pg. 2and regulatory agencies ignoring important U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

The Water Clause re-quires ranchers holding livestock water rights on FS lands to agree to “joint ownership.” If grazing is no longer permitted, the joint water rights revert to the “sole ownership of the United States.” Where the FS since 1949 has cut or suspended more that 75 percent of Utah’s live-stock grazing rights, it’s troubling how much wa-ter the feds have gained through this clandestine activity. What can only be called a government “taking” of private prop-erty violates the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee to just compensation and due process.

GROTUS was an at-tempt to place federal regulatory oversight over the Utah’s water laws. This violates several Congressional actions granting water to state jurisdiction dating back to the Ditch Act of 1866 and most importantly, the

1952 McCarran Amend-ment that “waives U.S. sovereign immunity” and acquiesces to state law in water matters. After considerable pushback from western states, and groups including Farm Bureau, the Western Gov-ernors Association, the Utah Association of Coun-ties and many individual rural county commission-ers, FS Chief Tom Tidwell withdrew GROTUS.

The “Water Rights Pro-tection Act” sponsored by Congressman Scott Tip-ton (R-CO) prohibits the FS from imposing the Wa-ter Clause and requires federal agencies to honor state law in water matters. To make sure the agency does not bring back the internal directive, the Water Rights Protection Act was passed by the U.S. House of Represen-tatives on July 14, 2015 and awaits U.S. Senate consideration.

As egregious as the Wa-ter Clause and GROTUS are, they pale in com-parison to the expansive WOTUS rule that was set to take effect on August

28, 2015. EPA ignored the Rapanos vs United States (2001), defining “relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies of water” as waters of the United States. The agency’s defi-nition of “tributaries” is nothing less than breath taking. Essentially any landform that channels water during a rainstorm will now fall under the regulatory reach of the EPA. Farm Bureau con-tinues to point out the WOTUS makes it nearly impossible to determine which features on the landscape are regulated and which are not!

The WOTUS rule, billed as in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), has become a point of tremen-dous controversy. Memos surfacing from the Corps have shined a light on an arrogant, overreach-ing EPA. As the rule was finalized, a memo from the Corps to EPA stated, “In the Corps judgement, these documents contain numerous inappropri-ate assumptions with no

connection to the data provided, analytical de-ficiencies and logical in-consistencies.” The Corps further pointed out that the rule is “inconsistent with both Rapanos and Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County vs. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (SWANCC)(2001) undermining the legal and scientific cred-ibility of the rule.”

Representative Mike Noel, working with Utah Farm Bureau, has drafted a resolution for the 2016 Utah Legislature support-ing Utah Attorney Gen-eral Sean Reyes as well as the American Farm Bureau’s efforts calling on the courts stop the WOTUS rule until a full legal review is completed.

The American Farm Bureau joined by 13 other organizations is asking a Texas Federal Court to stay the August 28th implementation date un-til legal challenges, in-cluding constitutionality, can be determined. This expansive federal rule re-defining the waters of the United States could for-ever alter the federal-state framework as established by the Founders, which is contained in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and the Tenth Amendment.

Editor’s Note: Since the writ-ing of this article, Federal Judge Ralph Erickson of the District Court for the District of North Dakota found that 13 states suing to block the rule met the conditions necessary for a preliminary injunction. The EPA has stated the decision only applies to those 13 states, while the rule takes effect in the other states. The EPA has since appealed the decision, with a decision hoping to clarify the details of the injunction.

In 2014, Utah producers insured more than $35.6 million in crop value, and more than 23 percent of policies received an indem-nity payment. Total pro-gram indemnities totaled more than $2.8 million (all figures as of 9/1/15).

With October (forage production) and Novem-ber (apples, cherries, pas-ture/rangeland/forage, and peaches) sales closing dates approaching, now is the time for producers to evalu-ate their crop insurance needs & coverage options.

Local crop insurance agents are skilled at helping producers make good deci-sions about crop insurance program participation. An agent locator tool is avail-able on the Risk Manage-ment Agency (RMA) web-site at RMA.USDA.gov. The website also provides premium calculators and additional details and tools to facilitate participation in Federal crop insurance programs.

For a high-level look at the impact of crop insur-ance on Utah agriculture, please review the following program summaries:

• Utah Crop Insurance Profile: http://goo.gl/SauJVb

Federal crop

insurance programs – Working

for you!

CROP continued on pg 25


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Where Does Your Food Come From?Who Are Our Local Farmers?What’s Agriculture All About?

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Where Does Your Food Come From?Who Are Our Local Farmers?What’s Agriculture All About?

By Kara (Larsen) Lewis

I consider myself for-tunate. Growing up on a farm in Utah County was one of my great-est blessings. Life’s les-sons were not just talked about, they were taught to us by example every day. And every day of my youth, I watched my father and grandfa-ther dedicate their days and nights to planting, watering, and growing crops and taking care of animals. But beyond a love for animals and an appreciation for where our food comes from, I learned many life lessons

10 lessons learned from life on the farm

through their examples.

1. Do it well or not at all

My grandpa had a say-ing that was repeated so many times that it became engraved in my memory. “If a task is once begun, never leave it ‘til it’s done. Be the la-bor great or small, do it well or not at all.” From day one, we were taught to give 100% and to al-ways do our best regard-less of how big or small the project was we were working on.

2. Give service

Farm life opened up m a n y o p p o r t u n i t i e s for serving others. My grandpa got a twin-kle in his eye when he talked about being the ne ighborhood “corn fairy”. When they had an abundance of sweet corn in the fields, he would bag it up and drop it off at night to the homes of his neighbors. It made him so happy to serve. Service was always seen as a privilege and never a burden.

3. Deal with disap-pointment

Many times on the

farm, even when you give your best effort, things don’t go in your favor. Mother Nature can be unpredictable and crops can be ruined and animals can be lost to unexpected storms or other events. I was taught that life is not easy and when disap-

pointment comes you pick yourself up and try again.

4. Be direct

While working with animals and farm equip-ment, you learn to speak your mind. Everyone who knew my grandpa

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In 2014, Utah producers insured more than $35.6 million in crop value, and more than 23 percent of policies received an indem-nity payment. Total pro-gram indemnities totaled more than $2.8 million (all figures as of 9/1/15).

With October (forage production) and Novem-ber (apples, cherries, pas-ture/rangeland/forage, and peaches) sales closing dates approaching, now is the time for producers to evalu-ate their crop insurance needs & coverage options.

Local crop insurance agents are skilled at helping producers make good deci-sions about crop insurance program participation. An agent locator tool is avail-able on the Risk Manage-ment Agency (RMA) web-site at RMA.USDA.gov. The website also provides premium calculators and additional details and tools to facilitate participation in Federal crop insurance programs.

For a high-level look at the impact of crop insur-ance on Utah agriculture, please review the following program summaries:

• Utah Crop Insurance Profile: http://goo.gl/SauJVb


County ConnectionVice President- OrganizationDavid Bailey

Farm Bureau prides itself on the self-described concept of the grassroots movement of ideas. In other words, we feel like the best ideas come from those members who eat, breathe and live agriculture every day. Oc-casionally someone asks me how they can best be of help in their County Farm Bureau. So how can someone, with interest and in-tellect about agricul-ture, be involved in Farm Bureau? The answer to that is simple, but sometimes hard to discover.

Farm Bureau members come from a variety of backgrounds, both agricultural and otherwise. Most regular members usually have some type of agricultural background or upbringing. Some married into culture and others were exposed to it and fought their way in and are now farm-ing or ranching themselves or have part time interest that draws them here. We also have associate members who see Farm Bureau for what we are and our values and ideas and want to be part of it in a deeper way.

Farm Bureau has always been and will continue to be a bottom-up organization. Our policies or direction do not originate from top leadership and trickle its way downward. It’s truly a grassroots organization when any member, regular or associate, feels they have a stage to voice their opin-ion on any matter pertaining to what we do. So the answer then to the question about helping is participation. Involving oneself often means getting outside your comfort zone and speaking up.

A typical County Farm Bureau here in Utah – and nationwide – has a host of areas where man-

Making a difference in your County Farm Bureau

power is needed. Some counties have strong young farmer & rancher leadership programs where one can be put to work immediately with a properly placed phone call or visit with the county president or YF&R Chair.

If farm safety is your thing – and it should be a “thing” for all of us – there is a place for you to help organize a safety day on the farm.

There are activities that focus on educating school children and their teachers about farm-ing and ranching practices and animal care organized by the Women’s Committee, but which involve all of us. We always need more advocates to help teach these things. If you enjoy visits with other fellow farmers and ranchers, Farm Bureau always is in need of recruiters who can tell the Farm Bureau story and peddle memberships so we can grow our organization.

All of these activities and pro-grams are great and useful and even a whole lot of fun. But they are not the meat and potatoes of Farm Bureau. Policy is what ultimately drives all of our ac-tivities. The constant burden of reviewing, renewing, changing, striking out, and adding to our policy is one of the habits that make our organization great. We live in a world of constant change and Farm Bureau needs to be a leader of change and be ready guide that change.

If I were a new Farm Bureau member in XYZ County and I wanted to make a difference,

I would start with anywhere I could be utilized. We all have our own “hot” button issues that drive us. For some it’s our poli-cies that need constant care and review. For others in might be ag promotion and education or

leadership development. Whatever your hot but-ton, Farm Bureau can put you to work.

These days it seems that we are being pulled in any number of direc-tions, from family to

church or to our civic respon-sibilities. It could be the local water board, school board or city council we have obligations to. We recognize that all of us are busy and that time is the most valuable resource we have to give. With that acknowledgment,

I think County Farm Bureaus have adapted how they operate. These days, volunteers may only be able to spare an hour or two a month. Maybe they have inter-est, but lack the time needed to accomplish a task that in the past took many hours of one’s time.

Today, organizations are find-ing that volunteers can and are willing to participate, but they need very specific tasks. They need to know how long it will take and what is needed to ac-complish it and when it will be finished. There are so many ways to help, but often those willing are never asked directly. Recently, I observed a meeting where the leader understood their role and also understood this issue of one’s valuable time. Instead of randomly asking who could do this or that, they asked directly to one of the volunteers present if they would be willing BAILEY continued on pg 24


YF&R Focus: Kade & Penni WasdenYoung Farmer & Rancher Committee ~ District 6 (Garfield, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, & Wayne Counties)

WASDEN continued on pg 28

Kade and I are currently living in Aurora, Utah, with our three children -Tucker, Dalli and Brooke. We were introduced to each other by some family friends, who we will forever be indebted to. I was living in Orem attending UVU, which was completely out of my comfort zone because I have never been a fan of the city. My first love was being a farm girl but I truly enjoyed dancing and tumbling. I received a scholarship to be a cheerleader at UVU after high school. Despite my dislike of living in a city, I had to sacrifice to continue my love for dance.

The one comfort that helped get me though the long weeks in the city was driving my old farm truck. The 1986 Chev made me fill at home with its muffler tied up with bailing wire and the back of the truck loaded with hay for extra traction on the wintery roads. When the weekend came around, I was more than anxious to head home and climb on my horse to check cows on the mountain or do any project my dad had planned for me. Driving that old Chevy and going home every weekend was how I survived living in the city.

While I attended UVU, Kade was serving a 2-year mission for the LDS church in Australia. After his mission, he attended Snow College where he studied his general education. He too could not wait until the weekend to go home and get work done on the family ranch.

When we started dating, it only took a short time to realize that we were a perfect match for each other. We had the same interests, goals, and desires in life and wanted to spend the rest of eternity together. After we were married, we had the

choice to continue our education or settle in Aurora and work with Kade’s dad on the ranch. There was no debate; working on the family ranch was both our dreams since we were very young. Little did Kade’s dad know that when he hired Kade, he was also hiring me! I go to work with Kade almost everyday. I’m grateful to my Dad and Grandpa for letting me go with them and teaching me how to work because whether it is 100 degrees or below 0, I like to be out working with my husband.

Not long after we were married, we wanted to start a family. Our first child – Tucker – was a blessing to our home. I was a little worried at first that I would not be able to go and work as much as I wanted, but I decided that what I really wanted was for my children to go with us. Our children go with us every day. They have grown up in a tractor, on a horse, and with a shovel in their hand. Some may think that it is punishment, but I believe it makes good kids and strong families. Our children love working on the family ranch. In fact, they would rather stay home and work than go to school.

We have put long hours into our ranch and through out the years have made improvements. When Kade and I first started, we ran a 260-cow/calf ranch and now we have doubled our herd size and run 400 acres of farm ground. We may not have gone back to school to get an education on paper, but we have taken lots of opportunities to further our education in our line of work. We are grateful for the involvement we have had in the Farm Bureau. The programs and opportunities that Farm Bureau has provided for us have educated us in many different areas. We have also made many new friends through

this organization that live the same struggles and glories that we have. We definitely learn from each other, and this has helped us make successful improvements in our operation.

We are truly blessed to be living our dream and raising our family while doing it. We may not be making the big money that other occupations do, but we feel like we are the richest people in the world. We have what really matters. As our kids have gotten older, we have enjoyed being involved in their school and activities. We often have the opportunity to take their classes

and friends to the farm and educate them on the importance of agriculture. We take every opportunity we can to educate our community on agriculture and the importance of it.

When we are not working, Kade is busy hunting, fulfilling h i s c h u r c h c a l l i n g s , a n d participating in family outings. I take one day off each week from our operation and go to work at Producers Salina Auction on sale day. I enjoy the opportunity it gives me to associate with others involved in agriculture as well as keeping me updated on what

Utah Farm Bureau News24 September 2015BAILEYContinued from pg. 22

LESSONSContinued from pg. 21

knew that he spoke his mind without hesita-tion. He was never afraid to stick up for some-thing that he believed in, whether sharing his personal views on life or his faith in God.

5. Work hard and be responsible

I’ve never met a per-son who works harder than my father. From sun up to sun down and sometimes all through the night he works to get his responsibilities done. I’ve never heard him complain. My grandpa always quoted his father in saying that, “It is bet-ter to wear out than to rust out.”

6. You reap what you sow

In farming you get out of it what you put into it. When you plant with high quality seed, you receive a higher qual-

ity harvest. When you dedicate your time to doing a job correctly, without cutting corners, you are more likely to get your desired results. I’ve learned in life that the results I get out of any-thing are based directly on the efforts I put into it.

7. Plan for the future

Farming is a gam-ble. Some years are great and some years Mother Nature steps in and a whole crop can be ru-ined. My dad always taught us to plan for the future and save our money in times of plen-ty. Unexpected things can happen so be pre-pared just in case.

8. Be smart with your money

Along the lines of plan-ning for the future, I was taught to be smart with the money that I have. My grandpa always said, “Don’t buy things

you don’t need, with money you don’t have, to impress people you don’t like.” He lived a very simple life and saved his money and paid cash for most everything. My father has the same mentality. He taught us to be patient and save up for big purchases so we would never have to worry about having over-whelming debt to others.

9. Always look for ways to improve

Every year on the farm my father looks for ways to improve his methods of farming. He studies all of the latest research to find more successful techniques, even though he has been farming for his entire life. I have learned to always be looking for ways to im-prove my life and to be a life-long learner of new things.

10. Have faith and be optimistic

If there is one great lesson I have learned from being raised on a farm it is that there are many things that are out of your hands. Different seasons bring different results. In farming, a late snowstorm can wipe out the chance of a good har-

vest and some years will bring nothing but disap-pointment. But there is always next year. In our lives when we are going through difficult times, we can have faith that God is mindful of what we are experiencing and may be preparing us for a new season in our life. If we keep going, and walk by faith, He will help us through the storms and lead us to brighter days ahead. Now that I am grown and have children of my own I am grateful for these life lessons I learned while growing up on the farm. Even though my boys only get to visit the farm oc-casionally, I know they are learning these same lessons through the ex-ample that their grand-pa, my dad, continues to show. And even though my grandpa is no longer here, I will never forget the life lessons he taught me while I was young.

Kara Lewis is the daughter of Rex & Sherrie Larsen of Spanish Fork. While often writing about the adventures of raising boys, Lewis also takes time to write about lessons learned growing up on the farm. Her blog can be found at www.thejoysofboys.com.

to step up and lead out on a specific task.

The leader knew the strengths of the volun-teer and was confident with the abilities and follow-through of this person. The task was ac-complished with honest effort and the result was stellar.

If you have never been to a Farm Bureau meet-ing and are not sure where to start, I would encourage you to find out who your county presi-dent or local board mem-bers are. A listing can be found at http://goo.gl/X6IUOi. Call them up or stop by for a short visit. Pick their brain about the activities and needs in your county. Find a way to show that you can help and are needed. Another way to partici-pate is to simply show up and speak out on an issue of interest. Each October, counties across the state hold their An-nual Business Meet-ings. These are some of the best meetings Farm Bureau holds, and they provide a stage for any Farm Bureau member to be heard and to discuss an issue of concern. All Farm Bureau members are invited to attend, and we hope you do so. We need you!

W h a t e v e r y o u r strength, whatever time you have to spare – Farm Bureau needs you and wants you to feel a part of what we do. What do we do? We work for those who work to feed the world.

Utah Farm Bureau News 25September 2015OVERSIGHTContinued from pg. 6“active” AUMs are in non-use status, com-pletely at the d i s c r e t i o n of BLM and FS.”

An AUM is the amount o f f o r a g e needed by an “animal unit” (AU) grazing to sustain one cow and her c a l f , o n e h o r s e , o r five sheep or goats for a month.

Parker went on to explain that while the numbers on their face are disheartening for this industry, the great-er impact is on the fami-lies and communities these numbers repre-sent.

“What [the agencies] are doing is alarm-ing. There were 3,467 ranching families graz-ing sheep and cattle on Utah’s BLM-adminis-tered public lands in 1949, supporting their rural communities. To-day, only 1,451 ranching families remain,” Park-er said. “Last year alone, even with beef prices at historic highs, Utah ranchers cut 30,000 head of cattle from the Utah cattle herd be-cause of grazing reduc-tions and uncertainty. At today’s beef prices, this means that rural communities had an economic loss exceed-ing $70 million.”

Additional witnesses

brought up other federal regulations that are mak-ing grazing difficult in the West, including the En-

dangered Species Act, the Equal Access to Justice Act, and proposed labor wage rules regarding the sheep industry.

Budd-Falen pointed out that because of a “Workload prioritization memorandum” agencies were now putting compli-ance with inter-agency memos ahead of statu-tory obligations from congress when it comes to protecting species. She also focused her remarks on the huge expansion interpretation of the En-dangered Species Act and its habitat rules, as well as the “sue & settle” mentality being encour-aged by the Equal Access to Justice Act.

Other ranches brought up the challenges for ranchers to be able to make a living with pro-posed new labor wage rules. Both sheep ranch-ers testified that if the Department of Labor-proposed rules were al-lowed to take effect, the added costs would bank-rupt much of the western

sheep industry within two years.

Commissioner Dahl commented on the news

for a stable e n v i r o n -ment on the public lands to keep fam-ilies going, if not thriving. In his opin-ion, proven range prac-tices of gen-e r a t i o n s were being thrown out the window in place of q u e s t i o n -

able scientific practices.Rep. Bishop concluded

the meeting by sharing with the witnesses and audience members in attendance his desire to share with his eastern lawmaker counterparts the challenges faced out west because of the nature of how public lands are managed. He explained that using a “fairness” argument to showcase

Photo Matt HargreavesParker (right) shakes hands as he’s introduced to Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) at the Subcommittee hearing.

the need to balance the amounts of public lands in western states com-pared to eastern states doesn’t work. What has gained some traction has been highlighting the amount of money being spent by easterners to essentially “subsidize” Western public lands, which Bishop pegged at about $10 Billion. Bishop hopes that argument, along with the inability of western states to fund education to the levels of eastern states, will help lawmakers see the need to correct the imbalances.

Parker is hopeful that participating in these hearings will continue to build a case for changes needed in how public lands are managed out west. To read the full ac-count of all the witness-es at the hearing, visit https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/threats-to-grazing-from-federal-regulatory-overreach/.

• Utah Detailed 2014 Crop Insurance Pro-gram Results: http://goo.gl/xsb6DY.

Livestock producers are reminded that two crop insurance programs – Pas-ture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) and Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) – can be very effective in help-ing to manage production and market risk. The PRF program has seen dramatic increases in utilization by Utah producers over the last three years. Why? Be-cause it works! Find out more about PRF soon, be-cause the program has a Nov. 16 sales closing date.

You can learn more about Federal Crop Insurance programs online at RMA.USDA.gov.

Federal crop insurance pro-gram policies are sold and ser-viced by private crop insurance companies. Custom Ag Solutions works with RMA and other partner organizations to edu-cate Utah producers about risk management and Federal crop insurance programs. To receive info by mail, call 877-227-8094. USDA, RMA, and CAS are equal opportunity providers.

CROPContinued from pg. 20

Utah Farm Bureau News26 September 2015TAXContinued from pg. 1

permanent part of tax law. In a business marked by uncer-tainty, farmers and ranchers need a tax code that allows them to plan ahead and invest in the future of their busi-nesses. The bill also includes language to promote the pro-duction and use of renewable energy, as well as incentives for charitable donations and higher education.

“Section 179 and bonus de-preciation lend stability and help minimize risk in an un-predictable industry,” AFBF President Bob Stallman said. “Farmers and ranchers rely on tax provisions that allow them to manage their cash flow and put their money back to work for their busi-nesses and local economies.”

Since farming requires large investments in machin-ery, equipment and other depreciable capital, farmers and ranchers depend on tax provisions that allow them to write off these business ex-penses in the year purchases are made. This kind of flex-ibility in the tax code boosts small farm and ranch busi-nesses especially, helping to increase cash flow and reduce borrowing.

“These tax provisions are an important tool for farm-ers and ranchers to keep their businesses moving forward,” Stallman said. “It’s time for Congress to make these pro-visions permanent. Farmers need more than a temporary patch on the tax code: They need the certainty that they can count on these provisions every year as they plan for the future of their businesses.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Aug. 5 ap-proved a Farm Bureau-supported bill, the Sensible Environmental Protection Act (S. 1500), which would clarify that lawful appli-

Farm Bureau-supported bill corrects duplicative pesticide permit requirements

cations of pesticides regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act are not subject to permitting un-der the Clean Water Act.

If left unchanged, this court rul-ing could impose duplicative and

unnecessary permitting require-ments on farmers and ranchers, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

“Requiring permits for lawful pesticide applications provides no environmental benefit be-

PESTICIDE continued on page 27


Farm SafetyVice President- Farm SafetyA.J. Ferguson

Safety is not just a slogan, it’s a lifestyle

PESTICIDEContinued from pg. 26

The theme “Ag Safety is not just a slogan, it’s a lifestyle” reminds local and rural com-m u n i t i e s that agricul-ture is one of the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. a n d f a r m i n j u r i e s and fatalities are preventable through education. The most recent data from the U.S. De-partment of Labor indicates that in 2013 farming account-ed for 500 fatalities, or 23.2 deaths per 100,000 workers. Each year since 1944, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety & Health Week. This recognition has been an an-nual promotion initiated by the National Safety Council and has been proclaimed as such by each sitting U.S. President since Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the first document.

In Utah, we have made great

strides in changing our agricul-tural practices to make safety a priority. Of course, this is only

possible because of you our members; you are the ones that make our farm safety program a success. Thank you, for inviting us out to work with you, your employees and family members to improve the quality of safety on your farm or ranch. You are the reason we have seen a reduc-tion in farm related fatalities in our state.

This truly is a busy time for us , so as you dive back into the thick of farming let me leave you with a few tips to help keep harvest time safe.• Make sure any person that

operates the equipment has had training.

• Maintain or repair equip-ment.

• Replace damaged or missing shields and guards.

• Have rollover protective structures (ROPS) in the upright position.

• Always wear the seatbelt on equipment with ROPS.

• Keep a sharp eye for low hanging power lines and other hazards.

• Do not operate equipment if suffering from sleep depriva-tion or exhaustion.

• Do not let others ride if there is no seat for them.

• Keep equipment clean, so reflectors and slow moving vehicle (SMVs) emblem can be seen.

• Keep an ABC fire extinguish-er (5 pound minimum) on equipment.

• Never clean or adjust equip-ment while it is running.

• Block hydraulically lifted parts or use equipment col-lars.

• Do not try to clear plugged equipment by hand while power is still engaged.

• Lock brake pedals together for on the road traveling.

• Keep children off of grain transportation equipment.

• Let others know where you are.

Where we have experienced more fatalities than normal this year in farming and ranching, the Farm Bureau encourages all to make ag safety a lifestyle habit, not just a slogan. Take the time to assure your safety and the safety of those around you or that share the road with you.

For more information about farm safety or safety programs please, call 801-233-3006.

cause pesticide applications are already reviewed and regulated for use through strict instruc-tions on EPA-approved product labels,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman. “The redundant regulation is an extra burden for farmers but does nothing to further protect the environment or water quality,” he added.

Under FIFRA, EPA approves labels and specifies the manner of application, which includes a thorough review of impacts to water quality and aquatic spe-cies.

Permitting pesticide applica-

tions will also impose a resource burden on state regulators re-sponsible for protecting health and the environment. The big-gest concern though, according to Stallman, is that the permit requirement exposes farmers and ranchers to citizen lawsuits under the Clean Water Act for ordinary, essential and lawful crop protec-tion practices.

The Sensible Environmental Protection Act “removes this un-necessary and duplicative burden without weakening stringent FI-FRA requirements for pesticide applications,” Stallman said.


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We are so blessed to be full-time farmers and ranchers. We are

living our dream and raising our family in the best circumstances. We are also grateful to be working with Kade’s parents, and hope we can carry out their legacy and uphold our family name.

WASDENContinued from pg. 23

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open line of communication and dialogue between people,” Abrams said. “Be willing to get feedback and recognize other views, even if they aren’t true, and respectfully share the truth and dispel myths or incorrect information.”

Hatch echoed Abrams idea of having open communication.

“Not only do we need to have open dialogue, we need to be educators,” Hatch said.

Unfortunately, opening up can leave farmers and ranchers vul-nerable to criticism and unruly comments from others that may disagree. This can make it hard to speak up and tell our side of the story.

“We have to come to accept that people have diff erent opin-ions, but we can’t be afraid to share our story,” said Joy Rum-ble, assistant professor of Agri-cultural Communication at the University of Florida. “The more we are able to share the story, the more people will understand the agriculture industry.”

Rumble has spent her career studying and conducting re-search about eff ective commu-nication in agriculture. Many of her studies concentrate on consumer perceptions of trans-parent communication in the livestock industry. She expressed the importance of proactive com-munication even though others may not agree.

“Some of the benefi ts of trans-parent communication are: it can reverse any distrust with consumers, it can help an orga-nization in a crisis, and it helps people be perceived as ethical,” Rumble said.

Rumble recommends that in order to have a good open con-versation, it is important to be polite but matter of fact about your opinion.

“Have a good understanding of your audience,” Rumble said, “and make sure they are involv-ing themselves in the conversa-tion.”

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1 Offer available through 4/1/17. Available on qualified 2014 and 2015 Chevrolet vehicles. This offer is not available with some other offers. Only customers who have been active members of an eligible Farm Bureau for a minimum of 30 days will be eligible to receive a certificate. Customers can obtain certificates at www.fbverify.com/gm. Farm Bureau and the FB logo are registered service marks of the American Farm Bureau Federation and are used herein under license by General Motors. 2 Dependability based on longevity: 1987–April 2013 full-size pickup registrations.

Utah Farm Bureau News30 September 2015FREEDOMContinued from pg. 14

IMPORTANT NOTICE1. Noncommercial ads for Utah Farm Bureau members selling items they grow or make themselves, or used ma-chinery, household items, etc., they themselves have used in the past. Each member family is entitled to one such ad free in each three-month period. Ads can be up to 40 words or numbers such as phone number or Zip. Words such as “For Sale” are included, initials and numbers count as a word. All words over 40 cost 25 cents each. Ads over 40 words not accompanied by the extra payment, or not meeting the above requirements, will be returned to the sender. Family memberships cannot be combined to create larger ads, nor can a membership be used for free classified ad purposes by anyone other than immediate family members. Ads run for three months.2. Commercial ads for Utah Farm Bureau members where the member is acting as an agent or dealer (real estate, machinery, handicraft items made by people outside the member family, etc.) cost 25 cents per word. Payment MUST accompany such ads or they will be returned to the sender. Members are entitled to one such ad. Ads run for one month.3. Ads for nonUtah Farm Bureau members cost 50 cents per word. Payment MUST accompany such ads or they will be returned to the sender. Ads run for one month.In all ads, short lines requested by the advertiser, extra lines of white space, and lines with words in all caps count as 6 words per line. Ads with borders and bold headlines may be submitted and placed within the classified section, but will be charged the display advertising rate. Please contact the classified advertising department for further information. No insurance ads will be accepted.***DEADLINE: ALL ADS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 15TH OF THE MONTH IN ORDER TO APPEAR IN THE NEXT ISSUE. CLASSIFIEDS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE PRINTED MAGAZINE ISSUES (APRIL, JULY, OCTOBER, DECEMBER), HOWEVER, THEY WILL STILL APPEAR ONLINE THOSE MONTHS, AT WWW.UTAHFARMBU-REAU.ORG.

Only free ads (Category 1 ads of 40 words or less) will be accepted by telephone at 801-233-3010, by fax at 801-233-3030 or e-mail at [email protected]. Please include your membership number. Ads must be received no later than the 15th of the monthMail ads, typed or neatly printed, with any payment due, to Utah Farm Bureau News, Classified Ad Department, 9865 South State Street, Sandy, UT 84070-2305. Free ads must be resubmitted by mail, telephone or fax after running for three months. Ads for which there is a payment due will be run as long as payment is received in advance.ALL CLASSIFIED ADS will be listed on the Utah Farm Bureau web page unless the Utah Farm Bureau mem-ber specifies otherwise when placing the ad. The ads on the web site will run concurrently with the classified ads in the Utah Farm Bureau News. NOTE: The appearance of any ad in the Utah Farm Bureau News does not constitute an endorsement or approval of the service or merchandise offered. While every effort is made to ensure the legitimacy of services or merchandise advertised, the Utah Farm Bureau News or the Utah Farm Bureau Federation accepts no responsibility or liability for services or products advertised.

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is in the leadership business because it advances ideas of change – community ideas, ag-ricultural ideas, American ideas, and world ideas. It needs many types of leaders in its business, with many different abilities: speakers and research people, writers and organizers, young people and old people, children and middle-agers, generators of enthusiasm and wise counselors, dynamic promoters and thought-ful decision makers, planners with vision and doers who know how to get things done.

Farm Bureau’s policies form a philosophy of American agricul-ture as well as goals and plans for action. Our most basic policies state the philosophy of Farm Bureau, principles which the members hold fundamental to the welfare of their country. They are principles of Christian faith,

the Bill of Rights and the Consti-tution of the United States. These are the yardsticks by which lesser principled policies are measured.

This month and next, Utah Farm Bureau’s County Farm Bu-reaus will congregate for the 99th time to review, debate and take action on proposed policies in their Annual Business Meetings. These local, policy development meetings signal a culminating event of passionate, concerned citizens bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to a forum where ideas can be ex-changed and a course of action put into motion. Please take this opportunity to voice your concerns and participate in the action of Farm Bureau.

Freedom is the ability to choose. Choosing freedom, even fighting for freedom, is America’s way. It’s God’s blessing and op-portunity. Farm Bureau is an Institution of Freedom.

CEDAR CITY – Several Utah Elected Officials have joined forces to organize an event to honor, pay respect, and pledge continued sup-port to preserve Western Culture, Lifestyle, Heritage, Family Values and Freedom.

The “Western Freedom Festival” will be held October 23rd in Cedar City, Utah.

The Western Freedom Festival will feature a full day of educational learning op-portunit ies with confer-ence tracks i n c l u d i n g Public Lands, Federal Ad-vantages & Failures, and States Rights. The event also includes educational outreach opportunities for elemen-tary school students through a “Hope of America” essay contest. The event will conclude with a Live Concert by Country Music Star Darryl Worley.

The Western Freedom Festi-val is an attempt to educate the world about the negative impact progressive policies are having on the health, safety and welfare of citizens in the West. The event is intended to celebrate our heritage and culture and bring awareness to the efforts to destroy those cultures, traditions, and lifestyles. Event organizers believe Western culture and tradition is under as-sault and that conservative family values, faith, hard work and entre-preneurism is being displaced by negativity toward these values. The event organizers feel that, honest hard working Americans are being put out of business, targeted and

Utah elected officials announce the Western

freedom festivaldiscriminated against and entire industries dependent upon natu-ral resources are being destroyed while wealth building jobs continue to be outsourced to foreign nations.

Utah Congressman Chris Stewart said it best “The Federal Govern-ment has been a lousy landlord for Western States”. It is time to let the world see and understand what is happening to the good people of

the west. “The Western Free-

dom Festival is a re-sponse to all of the abuse western rural communities have been dealing with for years,” said Le-land Pollock, Garfield County Commission-er. “ The land is our life-blood, we are sur-rounded by an ocean

of public land yet the freedom to use that land is vanishing. This is not a one night celebration, this is our chance to stand on the national stage and make a difference.”

You won’t want to miss all that there is to do and see around Cedar City if you’re planning to attend the Western Freedom Festival this fall. Be sure to note that same week the Cedar Livestock and Heritage Fes-tival is celebrating its 10th anniver-sary with activities and events like the sheep parade where hundreds of sheep run down Main Street in Cedar City or mouth watering Dutch oven cook off competitions among others.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE1. Noncommercial ads for Utah Farm Bureau members selling items they grow or make themselves, or used ma-chinery, household items, etc., they themselves have used in the past. Each member family is entitled to one such ad free in each three-month period. Ads can be up to 40 words or numbers such as phone number or Zip. Words such as “For Sale” are included, initials and numbers count as a word. All words over 40 cost 25 cents each. Ads over 40 words not accompanied by the extra payment, or not meeting the above requirements, will be returned to the sender. Family memberships cannot be combined to create larger ads, nor can a membership be used for free classified ad purposes by anyone other than immediate family members. Ads run for three months.2. Commercial ads for Utah Farm Bureau members where the member is acting as an agent or dealer (real estate, machinery, handicraft items made by people outside the member family, etc.) cost 25 cents per word. Payment MUST accompany such ads or they will be returned to the sender. Members are entitled to one such ad. Ads run for one month.3. Ads for nonUtah Farm Bureau members cost 50 cents per word. Payment MUST accompany such ads or they will be returned to the sender. Ads run for one month.In all ads, short lines requested by the advertiser, extra lines of white space, and lines with words in all caps count as 6 words per line. Ads with borders and bold headlines may be submitted and placed within the classified section, but will be charged the display advertising rate. Please contact the classified advertising department for further information. No insurance ads will be accepted.***DEADLINE: ALL ADS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 15TH OF THE MONTH IN ORDER TO APPEAR IN THE NEXT ISSUE. CLASSIFIEDS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE PRINTED MAGAZINE ISSUES (APRIL, JULY, OCTOBER, DECEMBER), HOWEVER, THEY WILL STILL APPEAR ONLINE THOSE MONTHS, AT WWW.UTAHFARMBU-REAU.ORG.

Only free ads (Category 1 ads of 40 words or less) will be accepted by telephone at 801-233-3010, by fax at 801-233-3030 or e-mail at [email protected]. Please include your membership number. Ads must be received no later than the 15th of the monthMail ads, typed or neatly printed, with any payment due, to Utah Farm Bureau News, Classified Ad Department, 9865 South State Street, Sandy, UT 84070-2305. Free ads must be resubmitted by mail, telephone or fax after running for three months. Ads for which there is a payment due will be run as long as payment is received in advance.ALL CLASSIFIED ADS will be listed on the Utah Farm Bureau web page unless the Utah Farm Bureau mem-ber specifies otherwise when placing the ad. The ads on the web site will run concurrently with the classified ads in the Utah Farm Bureau News. NOTE: The appearance of any ad in the Utah Farm Bureau News does not constitute an endorsement or approval of the service or merchandise offered. While every effort is made to ensure the legitimacy of services or merchandise advertised, the Utah Farm Bureau News or the Utah Farm Bureau Federation accepts no responsibility or liability for services or products advertised.

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FEED:FOR SALE: 300 3X4 bales of alfalfa, some with a little grass, 1350-1400 pounds per bale, $90 a bale, 200 3X4 bales of wheat straw, no weeds, all stored in sheds, $20 a bale. Larry (Cache Valley) 435-757-5970

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County Scenes

Salt Lake County▶ Board meetings are the first Tuesday of each month. Next board meeting is Oct. 6, 7 p.m. at UFBF Offices in Sandy. Annual Business meeting will be either Nov. 5 or 12.Sevier County▶ Board meetings on 4th Wednesday of each month. Next meeting is Sept. 30 7 p.m. at the insurance office in Richfield▶ Sevier County Social, Sept. 21, 5:30 at Lyons Park in Richfield▶ Annual Business Meeting, Oct. 21, County Admin training room, 7 pmWashington County▶ Board meetings are the first Wednesday of each month. Next meeting is Annual Business Meeting, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. at Insurance office.▶ Farm Field Days, Oct. 6-8, Staheli Farms in Washington FieldsCarbon County▶ Board meetings on 2nd Tuesday of each month. Next meeting planned for Sept. 8, 7 p.m.Utah County▶ Meetings are typically held the fourth Thursday of each month. Next board meeting is Sept. 24, 7 p.m. at Extension office. Sanpete County▶ Farm Field Days, Sept. 9, 8:30 am at County Fairgrounds▶ Annual Business Meeting, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. at County CourthouseMillard County▶ Board meeting, Sept. 16, 7:00 p.m. at 7 p.m. at Insurance OfficeGarfield County▶ Board meeting, Sept. 22, 12 noon at Kenny Rey’s rest. in Panguitch▶ Annual Business Meeting, Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m. at Foy’s restaurantEmery County▶ Board meeting, Sept. 16, 7:00 p.m. at County courthouseWasatch County▶ County Banquet, Sept. 28, 7:00 p.m. at Don Pedro’s restaurant▶ Annual Business Meeting, Oct. 12Weber County▶ Board meeting, Sept. 29, Weber County Extension office, 7:30 p.m.▶ Legislative Tour & Picnic, Sept. 12▶ Annual Business Meeting, Oct. 27, 7 pm, at Extension OfficeIron County▶ Annual Business Meeting, Oct. 1, 7 p.m. at Crystal Inn in Cedar City

State and Regional Activities ▶ UFBF Center closed Sept. 7 for Labor Day holiday▶ Utah State Fair, Sept. 10-20 in Salt Lake City▶ Utah Farm Bureau Day at the State Fair, Sept. 19▶ Utah Farm Bureau PRCA Rodeo at Utah State Fair, Sept. 10-13

DWR Board & RAC MeetingsNext DWR Board meeting schedule for October 1. Visit wildlife.utah.gov for details. DWR Board meetings takes place at DNR Salt Lake Office Auditorium, 1594 West North Temple, Salt Lake City. They are typically held at 9 a.m, on the first Thursday of each month.

RACs scheduled for September. RACs scheduled as follows:• Northern RAC, Sept. 8, Brigham City Community Center• Central RAC, Sept. 9. Dept. of Natural Resources, 1594

W. North Temple in SLC. Note different location• Southern RAC, Sept. 15, Snow College Admin. Bldg.,

Richfield. Note different location• Southeastern RAC, , Sept. 16, City Council Chambers in

Green River (460 E. Main). Note different location• Northeastern RAC, Sept. 17, Wildlife Resources NER Office in

Vernal

RAC’s will focus on Fishing Recommendations and Guidebook for 2016

FB County Corner

[Top] KUTV’S Casey Scott (holding microphone) joined Jake Harward at his farm in Springville to celebrate National Watermelon Day on Aug. 3. [Middle] Randy Parker (right) and Karen Budd-Falen visit with Representative Rob Bishop (left) at a oversight hearing in Evanston. [Bottom] Salt Lake County Farm Bureau President Luke Petersen (right) visits with Studio 5’s Courtney Orton about the value of local produce and how consumers can connect with farmers.

utah farm bureau news - september 2015

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