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Otero CowBelles MISSION: Promote and support the New Mexico Beef Industry and related agribusiness.

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10/11/2026

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One New Mexico rancher turned a family crisis into a new way to keep the ranch alive.

Candy Baca, a sixth-generation rancher east of Las Vegas, New Mexico, stepped into a larger role after an unexpected family loss and built a direct-to-consumer beef program alongside the traditional cow-calf operation.

That means more of the value from each animal can stay closer to the ranch while customers get a direct connection to the people raising their beef.

Would you rather buy from a ranch family you can actually know than from an anonymous supply chain?

Share this with someone who believes local beef should stay connected to local ranchers.

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09/06/2026

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🐄🐖🐑 Supporting Youth, Growing Community: Together at the Sale 🌟🤠

When community members form a buyers group, they can combine their resources to buy animals at the Otero Junior Livestock Sale. This helps create a BIG difference and supports even more youth exhibitors. Working together continues to grow our communities!!

We appreciate all the Buyers and Buyers Groups who support the hard work, dedication, and passion of our local youth at the Otero County Jr. Livestock Sale! 💪❤️

📅 September 26, 2026
🍽️ Supper at 4:00 PM
🐄 Bovine Bingo at 5:00 PM
🏆 Livestock Sale at 6:00 PM

Join us for a good meal, cheer on our young producers, and let these hardworking kids know that our community supports them.

To Join a Buyers Group Contact: Megan Portillo, Jr Livestock Chair: [email protected] or 575-921-9094

Otero County Junior Livestock NMSU Otero County 4-H and Extension

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08/27/2026

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Sixteen ranch wives met in Douglas, Arizona in 1939 and built something the whole country copied

October 17, 1939. Sixteen women who ran ranch households around Douglas sat down together and organized. They called themselves the Cowbelles. The stated purpose was social - bring cattle families together, look after the community - and the first projects were quilts sewn for people who needed them. It did not stay small. It turned into beef promotion, scholarships, and a voice the cattlemen's associations had to make room for.

It went statewide in January 1947 at a cattlemen's convention in Phoenix. By 1952 there was a national version, the American National CattleWomen, and it exists because of what those women in Cochise County had already proved worked.

The men had the brand and the grazing lease. The women had the books, the meals, the school runs, the funerals - and after 1939, the organization.

Did your mother or grandmother belong to a Cowbelles chapter? Which one?

08/04/2026

If you don’t think you’re tied to Farmers and Ranchers think again!

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06/06/2026

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Join us this Sunday at the Ruidoso Convention Center for our June Board Meeting during the Mid-Year meetings! We're excited to share how your checkoff dollars are being put to good use, supporting educational initiatives, conducting research, and advancing nutrition initiatives in New Mexico. Don't miss this opportunity to see our progress firsthand and connect with fellow producers who are passionate about promoting beef in our state. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Alamogordo, NM
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