Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: Agriculture

  • Reporting, I Guess

    I see over at New West they are "reporting", I use that term loosely here, that Idaho has <a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/5160/">lost its brucellosis free status</a>. This peaked my interest as stories that involve cattle do so I looked into it. The "reporter", Bill Schneider, uses as source material for this report a website called <a href="http://www.forwolves.org/ralph/bisonrpt.html">Ralph…

  • Tears

    I am just shedding Crocodile tears over the information coming out of the park about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/06/build/wyoming/30-wolf-disease.inc">the wolves</a>. I know the wolves are here to stay whether I like it or not but I will not get upset over a disease problem in them. The wolves will either develop an immunity to Parvo or the…

  • Water Rights Fee

    I got my bill in the mail for <a href="http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4378">water rights</a>. I find the statement that a persons bill could be up to $400 dollars a laugh.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Individuals can expect to pay $20 per water right every two years for the next decade. People with multiple water rights will pay up to $400.</blockquote><br />n<br…

  • Opening Up

    I see <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=70998">Thailand is lifting its import ban on US beef</a>. I don't know how big of market that is for US beef but every little bit helps.<br />n<br />n<b>Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. Euripides</b>

  • Producers Problems

    Everybody knows my position on the big meat packers and Texas cattle feeders and how these big guys influence the cattle business. Over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/"> Northview Diary</a> I found the Dairy producers Take on <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/2006/01/on-this-second-day-of-2006-it-is-back.html">big producers</a> and the effect on them.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>However, the free and easy import of Canadian cows is rough…

  • Farm Stories of 2005

    I'm not much for end of the year lists but the <a href="http://www.nafb.com/DesktopDefault.aspx">National Association of Farm Broadcasting</a> came out with one which peaked my interest.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=7C4D2204-B97F-C43B-7F7BC0D0B45046B0">Top Ten farm stories of 2005</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>NAFB's Top-10 Stories of the Year for 2005:<br />n<br />n1. Energy costs spike and squeeze producer profitability . Some of the…

  • Yea, Right You’re Helping

    <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_farm_programs">Bush Signs $100 Billion Food and Farm Bill</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>President Bush on Thursday signed a $100 billion food and farm spending bill that includes a two-year delay on labels telling grocery shoppers where their meat comes from.<br />n<br />n"This legislation is an important step forward in our efforts to rein in spending while maintaining…

  • COOL

    Who really cares if <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/27/build/nation/85-origin-labeling.inc">consumers know where there meat comes from</a>. Many in the beef industry do but are being shut out by the big meat packers. <br />n<br />nIt doesn't need to be so hard and expensive, just force all cattle coming into the country to be identified at great expense. Domestic cattle…

  • Nasa Image

    From <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_434.html">Nasa image of the day</a>.<br />n<br />n<center><img width='516' height='387' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/cropcircles.jpg' alt='' /></center><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Resembling a work of modern art, variegated green crop circles cover what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas. The most common crops in this region&#8212;Finney County&#8212;are corn, wheat, and sorghum. Each of these crops was at a…

  • Agriculture and Katrina

    <blockquote>Sugarcane appears to be the hardest hit row crops, as Katrina