Category: Cattle
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Weather
This weather is unbelievable. Sunday morning it was 10 below zero here. Crisp and cold. Monday morning it was 30 above zero for a 40 degree temperature difference. Then guess what? It rained last night, yes rain. When I got home from my daughter's band concert last night it was 45 degrees above zero and…
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Environmentally Friendly
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=178614">New Report Says Beef With Hormones Produces Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>New Beef Eco-Report: Pound-for-pound, beef produced with grains and growth hormones produces 40% less greenhouse gas emissions and saves two-thirds more land for nature compared to organic grass-fed beef.<br />n<br />nTo reach these startling conclusions, analysts at the Hudson Institute’s Center for…
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Loonie
The Canadian cattlemen have really been getting beat on in the last few years. I really feel for them. First there was the case of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> which closed the border into the US where a large portion of their beef goes and really sent the market into a nose dive. A lot…
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Told You So
I told you the other day that <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/2898-Nothing.html"><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> knew he couldn't help</a> the Morgans and <a href="http://karbonkountymoos.com/">Karen</a> but just didn't want to tell them to their face. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/08/news/state/20-brucellosis.txt">Today's article about the situation</a> just confirms that.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Bridger ranching family that had to slaughter all its stock because of a…
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Strong Statement
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/04/news/state/39-beef.txt">It appears</a> that the Bush Administration is taking to heart the noise from Congress about no Free Trade Agreement with South Korea until beef trade is normalized.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Wednesday that U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab has assured him that the Bush administration will not push a free-trade agreement with…
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USCA Press Release
UNITED STATES CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION<br />n<br />nP.O. Box 339 – San Lucas, CA 93954<br />n<br />nEmail: usca@uscattlemen.org<br />n<br />nWeb Site: www.uscattlemen.org<br />n<br />nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />n<br />nOctober 3, 2007<br />n<br />nU.S. Cattlemen on Senate Resolution of Disapproval<br />n<br />n<acronym title="United States Cattleman's Association">USCA</acronym> (Oct. 3, 2007) – Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) today introduced in the United…
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Nothing
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/03/news/state/23-ranchers.txt">Herd gone, ranchers turn to governor In wake of brucellosis case, Morgans appeal for help</a><br />n<br />nWhat does the Governor say?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"We'll find out what's available to make you whole," he said at the end of the two-hour meeting. "We'll look into it. We'll ask some questions."</blockquote><br />n<br />nWhy hasn't the Governor asked…
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Meltdown
The Australian cattle industry <a href="http://www.kticam.com/news/agricultural/efc2dd23-29b8-4d38-8ebe-20378233c818">appears to be in meltdown</a> because of drought and grain prices down under.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Record high grain prices have thrown Australia's A$4 billion ($3.5 billion) beef cattle industry into disarray, emptying feedlots, cutting cattle saleyard prices and triggering price rises for domestic and exported beef. <br />nThe world's biggest beef…
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Surge
For all the trouble I hear about getting beef into the South Korean market, it appears US beef <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/09/123_10824.html">has increased 10 times</a> in the last couple of months so progress is being made. Then check this out.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>With the country set to discuss new standards for the beef imports with the United States…
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View
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/string09072007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/string09072007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I took this a while ago. If you look real close you can see the cattle streaming down the road while cleaning out the Williams place. Taken 9/7/2007.</center>