I have just finished reading the February 2015 issue of the "New Mexico Stockman," the magazine for southwestern agriculture published by the New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association. A lot of the information reviewed in this issue concerns the USDA food pyramid. The pyramid was revamped into "My Plate" in 2010. The plate divides the food groups into five divisions with recommendations for portion sizes. Much to the concern of ranchers and their cattle associations, the protein percentage of the plate is getting smaller and has to share its meager percentage with a strong recommendation to vary the type of protein