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Activists Petition for Grazing Fee Increase — Costs Could Lic Lands to a Price Which Would Es- Owe for Grazing Privileges The National Livestock Weekly November 21, 2005 • Vol. 85, No. 06 “The Industry’s Largest Weekly Circulation” www.wlj.net • E-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] A Crow Publication Activists petition for grazing fee increase — Costs could lic lands to a price which would es- owe for grazing privileges. inate inefficient operators from the paid to the government is only a increase six-fold sentially end the practice. Anti- In their petition, the five groups western livestock industry, thereby small portion of what ranchers pay grazing activists are advocating an allege multiple grievances includ- improving opportunities for remain- to run cattle on public land. It does under plan. increase in the fee to force the fed- ing the degradation of stream beds ing ranchers to make a profit and not take into consideration addi- Public lands grazing is in danger eral grazing program to a position and water quality, damage to ripar- stabilizing the industry as a whole,” tional costs such as fencing and la- of becoming much more expensive. of revenue neutrality and, accord- ian areas, drop in water table in the petition said. bor which must be incurred by the Arecent report by the Government ing to the groups Center for Biolog- grazed areas, declines of wildlife Jeff Eisenberg, director of the rancher yet benefits the general Accountability Office (GAO) showed ical Diversity (CBD), Sagebrush due to being impaled or ensnared Public Lands Council of the Na- public as well as the rancher. a wide gap between the cost of ad- Sea Campaign, Forest Guardians, on fences or drowned in stock tanks, tional Cattlemen’s Beef Associa- He also noted the intrinsic val- ministering grazing permits and the Oregon Natural Desert Associ- diminished recreational value of tion, dismissed the group’s petition ue added to land which is grazed income derived from the programs. ation and Western Watersheds Pro- grazed lands and an increase in calling for higher grazing fees. Al- by livestock. Eisenberg said public Now several anti-grazing groups ject, “to limit ecological damage cryptosporidium in municipal though he had not seen the anti- lands graziers provide an essen- have submitted a petition to the from grazing.” drinking water supplies. The group grazing petition and was not able tial tool for public lands manage- government in an effort to raise The rulemaking petition called also cites a concern for private land to comment on it specifically, Eisen- ment, provide open space for recre- grazing fees on lands administered on BLM and FS to eliminate “the ranchers who they say face unfair berg called the petition “frivolous” ation and reduce fire danger by re- by the Bureau of Land Manage- ecological damage incurred by live- competition from ranchers utilizing and stressed the actual costs of ducing brush and other fuel for for- ment (BLM) and Forest Service stock ranching in the arid West,” public lands. public lands grazing which are gen- est fires, all benefits which are hard (FS). Their not so subtle goal would and recommends a revised formu- “Increasing the Forest Service/ erally higher than those of grazing to quantify and are ignored by the increase the cost of grazing on pub- la for calculating what ranchers BLM grazing fee would help to elim- on private lands. He said the fee GAO report. According to the anti-grazing pe- tition, the goal of public lands graz- ing programs should include cost re- covery. Greta Anderson, botanist Grizzlies and range restoration coordinator for CBD said, “The ongoing deficit set to be is essentially a subsidy, and the question is, what are taxpayer’s getting in return? Impaired water- delisted sheds, accelerated erosion, inva- On Tuesday last week, the sive weeds, and degraded habitat U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for wildlife.” The GAO report, (FWS) took the first step to re- See Petition on page 15 move Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) grizzly bears from the en- dangered species list. The proposal to delist grizzly Cutout bears in the area surrounding Yellowstone National Park, a plan that industry interests value have lobbied for and that alarmed environmentalist supports groups, casts a harsh light on the conflict surrounding the Endan- gered Species Act (ESA). Pro- market ponents of delisting the bears Fed cattle trading was very say the grizzly’s recovery marks slow early in the week and many a rare victory for the controver- commercial feedlots are at or sial law; others say the decision near capacity. Show lists were will undermine the continued called even to slightly below last recovery of a still-vulnerable Feeder type influences costs week’s numbers and trading as group of animals. Limiting the amount of hay wast- with 14.6 percent. The ring feeder ranked last, offers no way to con- of press time was very light for If FWS changes the bears’sta- ed this winter depends on how it is faired decent in the test with 6.1 fine the cattle while eating, allow- the week. Buyer interest was tus from “threatened” following fed, according to studies conducted percent waste, while the trailer ing them to move around the feed- called low for cattle in the five- a public comment period, which by researchers in Michigan and feeder rated on the high end with er butting the rest out of their way. state area, mainly due to the could come by the end of 2006, North Dakota. Animal scientists 11.4 percent waste. He said on a Buskirk said the feeders (cone shortened kill week ahead and officials in Idaho, Montana and at Michigan State University practical basis, the cone feeder did and ring) work effectively only with a reluctance by packers to lose Wyoming would be granted (MSU) observed the amount of very well. However, Buskirk said he the appropriate sized round bale. any more money than they have local management control of the roughage wasted using cone, ring, is careful on that conclusion attest- “You’ve got to feed a smaller bale been recently. bears which would pave the way trailer and cradle feeders, all al- ing that numerical differences do than the feeder itself in order to As of Thursday last week, on- for greater flexibility in dealing lowing 14.5 inches of bunk space for not always mean statistical varia- give cattle a chance to get their ly about 6,000 head had been with problem bears. The feder- each animal. Along those lines, re- tions. heads in the feeder,” Buskirk said. traded in Texas at prices called al government would maintain searchers at North Dakota State “Numbers don’t lie but they may During the research, bales five $1-2 lower at $90-91, although monitoring authority and en- University (NDSU) focused prima- not always tell the whole truth,” feet in diameter were used in the most sources had not traded sure the continued existence of rily on the economic impact of the Buskirk said. “The main conclu- seven-and-a-half feet diameter cone enough cattle to establish a re- the GYA grizzly. different feeding practices. sion is two were on the top end and ring feeders. He said some liable market direction. Bids The grizzly bears that inhab- The study at Michigan was (cone and ring) and two were on the farmers and ranchers feed bales were in the $85 range and ask- it the GYA, numbering only prompted by a seemingly simple bottom (trailer and cradle).” about the same size as the feeder, ing prices remained at $93 live about 200 in 1982, are counted question. According to Buskirk , the cattle which proves to be less effective. or $145 dressed basis. at more than 600 today. That “One of our field guys was ask- eating from the cradle feeder had According to Buskirk, “It’s pret- Some analysts believed the increase has been hailed a suc- ing about feeders and which ones approximately three times more ty easy to come up with economic bulk of the trade would occur cess by those involved in the are the best and I didn’t really know butting and aggressive behavior, assumptions based on this re- late at prices in the $90-92 range recovery and led to the Nov.15 the answer to that question and it as well as four times as many en- search.” because of the jump in boxed announcement. was shocking that I couldn’t find it,” trances as the other feeder types. The feeding methodology studied beef cutout values last week. “A population that was once said Dan Buskirk, associate pro- The conclusion drawn from the at NDSU’s Dickinson Research Ex- Cattle harvest for the week as plummeting towards extinction fessor of animal science at MSU. “It study was slanted bar designed tension Center regarding perform- See Markets on page 17 is now recovered,” Interior De- was somewhat surprising the little feeders, such as the cone, encour- ance and economics ultimately partment Secretary Gale Norton research conducted at all on feed- aged animals to keep their heads agreed with the Michigan study. said in making the announce- ers and how they affect waste,” said in the feeder longer while eating. He The cattle eating from the cone ment. “These bears are now no Buskirk. said it is a challenge for cattle to get feeder had increased ending weight, longer endangered” and should be After the research was conclud- their heads out of the feeders with rib and rump fat depth change, in- removed from the ESA listing. ed on the most “typically used feed- slanted bars, which makes them creased ending body condition score “We are sure that these bears ers,” it was found that cone feeders more inclined to “stay in and eat,” and reduced hay waste.
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