Category: Cattle Buisness

After the announcement that Japan would start accepting our great beef product, now <a href="http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a7_MDmu4caYA&refer=asia" tarfet="_blank">Taiwan</a> has also announced that they will start accepting our wonderful product again. This just really strikes me, a cow-calf producer, as great. Of course some people complain. The <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~2493683,00.html" target="_blank"> meatpackers</a> are whining as usual about the increased…

<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_US_MAD_COW?SITE=MTGRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" target="_blank">Japan Easing American Beef Exports Ban</a><br />n<br />nSome potentially very good news for the cattle industry. Don't get me wrong, there are still some sticking points.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>During the talks, U.S. and Japanese officials reviewed a Japanese proposal to exempt younger cows from testing. They also discussed methods to confirm the age of…

People are always looking for somebody easy to blame for thier problems. I guess this way they don't have to use that lump that sits on thier shoulder for anything other than holding thier hair up but I am really getting tired of <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/10/14/build/local/40-nile.inc" target="_blank">this specious claim</a>. I admit that some of the recent…

When I saw that Oregon would voluntarily<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1094730981115711.xml" target="_blank">let wolves into the state</a> my initially reaction was great, we can send them some of ours. Turns out the whole plan is to control them as they work in. Bad luck I guess, it made me happy for a second though thinking we could get rid…

Is the expected cattle herd expansion finally beginning to happen? <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=2524">This story</a> indicates that maybe it is. Total inventory of cows and calves is down again, explaning the current high prices, but there is a 4% rise in heifer retention that signals a herd expansion.<br />n<br />nThe whole herd expansion question has been an…

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20040722/ap_on_sc/wolves_killed">Feds Exterminate Idaho's Largest Wolf Pack</a><br />n<br />nWolves true nature shines through.<br />n<br />n<b>It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. W.R. (William Ralph) Inge</b>

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/ranching_with_predators">Some Ranchers Become 'Predator Friendly' </a> Here on Sarpy Creek we are real 'Predator Friendly' . We like to sneak up as close to them predators as we can before we do them the favor of destroying them with a real freindly bullet. If this is a managment decision some people wish to make…

I more than agree with <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/20/build/wyoming/45-brucellosis.inc">this</a> that the whole elk feeding idea needs to be looked at. The only problem I see at this point is how to convince the elk. Let us assume that the state decides to close some feedgrounds. The elk are still going to come to that area looking for…