Category: ranch
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Oil Prices
I was working on the books for the ranch yesterday and it sure isn't pretty with energy prices the way they are. Then this thing with the Alaskan oil fields happen and they expect prices to go <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/08/news/state/30-gas.txt">even higher</a>. We really don't need to see that happen. Cattle prices might be up nice for…
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Which Is It
So which image do you think California milk producers want you to think of?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.realcaliforniacheese.com/">Real California Cheese Happy Cows</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEAD_LIVESTOCK?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Heat causes pileup of livestock carcasses</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The state's record-setting heat wave has killed thousands of dairy cows and other livestock, leaving farmers with piles of carcasses and creating a backup at…
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New Tank
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Fires
To start with an update on the fires in the area.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/15/news/state/20-hardin-fire_g.txt">Fire sparks evacuation near Waco</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/15/news/state/35-general-fires.txt">Crews make gains on Bundy Railroad, Heights fires</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/15/news/state/30-ashland-update.txt">Fire south of Ashland grows to 6,000 acres</a><br />n<br />nIn this last article I will point out at the end of the story is how…
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Dusty
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/dust07122006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/dust07122006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I had too many cows using one well and it couldn't keep up so I drove some down to another well. Boy was it dusty. Shows how dry it is around here. I hope the lightning stays away. Taken 7/12/2006.</center>
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Wet
What do I say. Yesterday was just one of those days. We had layed some hay down on Monday and it was getting dry enough to bale with the new baler so the dealer was supposed to come out and help get me going. They did send somebody, that's not a problem, but they could…
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Grass Stand
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/grass06072006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/grass06072006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>I seeded some grass last year in some old fields and this is the stand I got. Damn it's nice. I've always heard how hard it is to establish a grass stand but this was real easy. Just used an old grain press drill and…
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The Boyz Are Out
Well, it's that time of year that the Boyz of Summer get to go out and meet the ladies.<br />n<br />n<center><div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 640px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/bulls06022006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/bulls06022006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Trailing the bulls out to be with the ladies. They were getting awfully hot and tired by this point but once they…