Category: Agriculture
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Fraud
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801467.html">Aid to Ranchers Was Diverted For Big Profits</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>When a drought left pastures in a handful of Plains states parched in 2003, ranchers turned to the federal government for help. Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture quickly responded with what they considered an innovative plan.<br />n<br />nThey decided to dip into massive…
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Food Production
Over at <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2341">mtpolitics</a> there is an interesting link to a story on ethanol (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/business/25ethanol.html) in the NY Times yesterday. If you are at all interested in the politics of ethanol it is a good read. It also raises some of the concerns I have as a livestock producer in the US.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Unless we…
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I Like This
Now here is an idea I can get behind.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nasda.org/InterstateMeatShipment/">AGRICULTURE COALITION URGES ACTION ON INTERSTATE MEAT SHIPMENT BILL</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A broad-based coalition of agricultural and farm organizations is urging Congress to take prompt action on legislation introduced June 15 that would allow interstate sales of state-inspected meat and poultry products. S. 3519, the…
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Rail Rates
Aaron asks the question, <a href="http://treasurestatejudaism.blogspot.com/2006/03/controversial-question-are-high.html">"are High Railroad Rates Good or Bad for Montana?"</a> He specifically asked me for my opinion as an agricultural producer. Why you ask a cattle rancher who got out of wheat production because of it's impending profitability a question about freight rates of wheat is beyond me but I can…
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Horrible
The recent <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WILDFIRES?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">fires in Texas</a> are really scary for more than man. I hear about them and I think about the poor animals caught in these things.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.amarillo.com/stories/031406/new_4214034.shtml">Cattle ranchers describe 'worst nightmare' </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Ranchers saw the end of their world Monday.<br />n<br />nDead cattle mottled the landscape a day after winds…
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Money To Burn
Boy, it must be nice to have all that money to burn on a facility designed and built by Dr. Temple Grandin.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/05/news/business/45-stock.txt">Facility will handle livestock peacefully</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A new livestock handling facility that will have curved chutes, round pens and other stress-reducing innovations will be built this year at Montana State University's…
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Nutrition
<a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/261163_veggie01.html?source=mypi">Fruits, vegetables not as nutritious as 50 years ago</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In spite of what Mother taught you about the benefits of eating broccoli, data collected by the U.S. government show that the nutritional content of America's vegetables and fruits has declined during the past 50 years — in some cases dramatically.<br />n<br />nDonald Davis,…
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Private Database and NAIS
<a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2006/01/30/ag_news/updates/update01.txt"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> abandons private database concept for <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym></a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>, after hearing strong opposition from the industry, has abandoned its earlier decision to…
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USDA at it Again
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/28/build/nation/75-china-poultry.inc"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> proposes poultry imports from China</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department is seeking to allow shipments of poultry processed in China, where thousands of birds and several people have died of bird flu.<br />n<br />nCritics are urging the department to drop…
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Learning Something New
One of the things I really like about the Internet and blogs is the new things you can learn, if you have an open enough mind to read and learn things that is. I have been learning a lot about the dairy industry over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/">Northview Diary</a> and the education has been interesting at…