Category: rancher
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Rancher
I saw a term the other day that really made me scratch my head. Sustainable Cattle Rancher. Now I'll admit to only being a dumb cowboy but this doesn't make much sense. Maybe I need to look up the term sustainable.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>sustainable- of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a…
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Degree
I guess real world, practical education doesn't cut it any more.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MASTER_RANCHERS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">College offers degree in master ranching</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Once upon a time, in the Wild West, all it took to raise cattle was land, grass and cowboys who knew how to rope the critters. Now, it may take an MBA.<br />n<br />nTexas A&M-Kingsville's…
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Cold Weather Report
I guess I lived through the cold weather, if I'm writing this I am alive. It was down to -20 the other morning and we have had quite a few cold mornings. It's always such a fight when it's cold. Between cold engines not wanting to start, frozen water and cows thinking they are starving…
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Stray Wolf Shot
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/03/news/state/25-wolf.txt" >Agents kill wolf sought in attacks on sheep</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The mystery killer has been killed. Federal agents Thursday morning shot a 106-pound wolf believed to be responsible for sheep kills in Garfield, McCone and Dawson counties late last year and earlier this year.<br />n<br />nAbout 120 sheep died and others were injured in…
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More Negativity
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Disaster Aid Update
The Democrats in the House are coming out swinging full guns on this one.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> September 12, 2006<br />n<br />nThe Honorable Dennis Hastert The Honorable John Boehner<br />nSpeaker Majority Leader<br />nU.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives<br />nWashington DC 20515 Washington DC 20515<br />n<br />nDear Speaker Hastert and Majority Leader Boehner:<br />n<br />nWe…
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Wolf Notes
I see there are some ranchers complaining that the state isn't fast enough <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/13/news/state/70-ranchers.txt" title="Billings Gazette Story">killing problem wolves</a>. for their tastes.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>State wildlife officials take too long to authorize the killing of problem wolves, ranchers and others said Friday at a meeting of the agency oversight committee of the Environmental Quality Council.<br…
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Disconnect
It struck me that something wasn't quite right here.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.farmgate.uiuc.edu/archive/2006/07/post_37.html">If You Are A Cowboy, How Do You Plan To Survive?</a><br />n<br />nThe title here really caught my eye. What do they mean? So i dove into the article to find out.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Little boys and girls want to be cowboys. But today cowboys…
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Half-Wit
A man owned a small ranch in Idaho. The Idaho Wage & Hour Dept claimed he<br />nwas not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview<br />nhim.<br />n<br />n"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the<br />nagent.<br />n<br />n"Well" replied the rancher, "There's…
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Wyoming Ranchers Get The Big Picture
All the proponents of coal bed metahnae (CBM) development keep telling us that the water they discharge is all fine and dandy and we as ranchers should quit complianing and let this development continue like it has in Wyoming. Now I see Wyoming ranchers are starting to see the problems of this CBM water.<br />n<br…