Category: weather

  • Moisture

    Why is it the moment I bring the heifers home to calve it decides to get wet around here. Over the weekend we had a little moisture and yesterday it decided to snow a little more again.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cows02092006?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/cows02092006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nIt made things miserable and wet around…

  • Melting

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/drip12232005?full=1'><img width='250' height='172' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/drip12232005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nThe warm weather really has us melting off the snow and ice. This picture was from earlier but it feels the same now. These warm temperatures are weird. I am not complaining right now. It makes it easier on the cattle and they don't eat…

  • Selling Cattle

    <a href="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1076813.php/Oklahoma_beef_producers_selling_early">Oklahoma beef producers selling early</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Oklahoma wildfires are driving beef producers to auction animals at a younger age to avoid the economic consequences of lost pasturage.<br />n<br />nDry wheat pastures plus burned stockpiles of grass are a costly burden to producers, leading many to sell their cattle months earlier than normal, the Daily…

  • Delivery

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/snow01102006?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/snow01102006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The fresh snow cover we got the other day is gone now. Back to mud and ice in the afternoons.</center><br />n<br />nI have been trying to get a semi load of cake in since after Christmas and the weather has been too warm to manage…

  • Too Hot

    <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17787557%255E30417,00.html"> Record heat killing cattle</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> RECORD temperatures are placing a severe strain on the nation's cattle industry, slashing prices in three states as the intense heat kills cattle and calves in western Queensland.</blockquote><br />n<br />nDamn, I hate to read something like this. Australia might be a competitor for market share but I…

  • Waiting

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/waiting12302005?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/waiting12302005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nThe cows patiently waiting for feed on the feed ground after a small snow storm. We haven't seen the sky clear and sun shining very often the past couple of weeks. Lot's of clouds but no moisture. When the sun comes out it's nice.<br />n<br…

  • Weather

    I've been complaining about the unusually warm temperatures we have been having the past couple of weeks and while I stand by my complaints, it could be worse. Look at what is going on in the weather all over our country.<br />n<br />nWe have <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010201531.html">excessive rain and flooding in northern California</a>, severe drought and…