Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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More Opposition
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/19/news/state/43-bison-livestockgroup.txt">Livestock groups turn up opposition to Schweitzer's bison plans</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two of the state's largest livestock groups are turning up their opposition to <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s proposals regarding the management of bison that leave Yellowstone National Park each year.<br />n<br />nThe Montana Farm Bureau issued a new study that maintains the threat of…
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Beef Supply Forecast
<blockquote>The Association warns there will be, “A world beef deficit in five years.” NBA chief executive, Robert Forster, says growth in the world economy, especially in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the former Soviet Bloc, will increase demand for beef while the two major beef exporters, Brazil and Argentina will not be able to…
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Bear Sighting
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/bear06182006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/bear06182006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I know it's very hard to see but it's the best shot I could get. There's a bear right in the middle of the picture going up the hill. It's been two years since I last saw a bear in this country. They are…
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Damage
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/damage06182006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/damage06182006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I discovered this hail damage on my work truck the other day and thought it was an interesting pattern. I have been leaving my work truck and tools over in the fields and commuting back and forth on the four wheeler to save gas…
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No Response From Jon Tester
I again post my woes about trying to get the Democratic US Senate candidate <a href="http://www.testerforsenate.com/">Jon Tester</a> to answer my questions regarding agricultural issues at the Federal level and his positions on them. The reason I bring this up again is the excellent response the <a href="http://www.lindeen.net/">Monica Lindeen</a> campaign, the Democratic candidate for the US…
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Cactus
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/flowers/cactus06142006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/flowers/cactus06142006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cactus are in bloom again this year. Pretty if you ask me. Taken 6/14/2006.</center>
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Laugh Line
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/17/news/state/25-burns.txt">Voters trust Burns, politician says</a><br />n<br />nTrust. Burns. Two words that are used in one sentence that make me laugh.<br />n<br />n<strong>I love to laugh-and I do, whenever I find something funny or have a reason to laugh. Paul Getty</strong>
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Equipment
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/hidden06122006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/hidden06122006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>An old thresher with trees growing up around it in the Williams place. Since this is down by the old Williams cabin I assumed he used it in his day. The cattle seem to enjoy it for a scratching post now days. Taken 6/12/2006.</center><br />n<br…
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NCBA Grows A Set
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=44862"><acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym>: Cattlemen Favor Ban On Japanese Beef, Additional Sanctions</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In action taken today, the Executive Committee of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (<acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym>) voted unanimously to support retaliatory measures hinging on the immediate…
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USDA Fights for Canadian Cattle
USDA stands for United States Department of Agriculture. I repeat United States. Check this out.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/061406-usda.htm"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>’s Inconsistent <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Policies Continue to Cost U.S. Cattle Industry Billions</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Following the December 2003 discovery in Washington state of…