Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Marketing
I got a call from one of my northern neighbors yesterday telling me I was marketing calves awful late. I was very confused since I haven't been selling anything, what was he talking about. Well he informed me that I had sold a calf this week at the auction yard. I told him that I…
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Pointing Out
It has been pointed out to me that maybe I am not making myself clear about my position on the Hardin Jail I have been talking about So I thought I would try to clarify myself.<br />n<br />nI think the whole idea of building a jail when you had no commitment to put prisoners in…
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News
What's the old saying, no news is good news? Up till now calving has been going fantastic. The weather has been cooperating and the cows are calving fast and furious. The snow is gone and I have even seen the first shoots of new green grass coming in.<br />n<br />nI do say up until now…
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Price Point
There has been a lot of talk about Montana losing its Essential Air Service(EAS) since Big Sky Air shutdown. EAS is a Federal Government subsidy to help airlines fly routes to places that don't have enough traffic to make it pay for airlines to run regular flights.<br />n<br />nI see now though that since there…
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Bringing It In
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/in03132008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/in03132008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A cow dragging her newborn calf to the feed ground. Taken 3/13/2008.</center>
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Food
I know this is very unlike me but I just can't help it. My Darling Wife and I were in Billings the other day and tried out a new eating establishment in the city. <a href="http://www.staggeringox.com/billingsIndex.php">The Staggering Ox</a>. It serves what they define as sandwiches. I really hate to say this but it was the…
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Consolidation
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120603479112452259.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">Wyoming Cattlemen Worry About Meatpacking Mergers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Wyoming cattlemen concerned about consolidation in the meatpacking industry said they are worried by a Brazilian company's bid to buy out two rivals and become the largest meatpacker in the U.S.<br />n<br />nMeanwhile, U.S. Sens. Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.) and John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) have asked U.S.…
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Big
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/big03162008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/big03162008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Big sky, big clouds, big land…….Big Country. Taken 3/16/2008.</center>
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Crystal Ball
I would really like to know where Sen. Max Baucus got his crystal ball at.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/03/19/news/state/28-baucus.txt">Baucus sees economic hope coming</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The nation's economic skid is close to bottoming out, Democratic Sen. Max Baucus said after a speech Tuesday, but expect some "hiccups" before the recession hits bottom<br />n<br />nBaucus, chairman of the…
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Calving
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calf03162008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calf03162008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cows are really starting to calve now. There are all kinds of cute calves running around. I might be tired from the long days and short nights, but I never get tired of the miracle of life being played…