Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Campaign Contribution

    There was an <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/03/09/news/state/40-horsesense.txt">interesting story</a> in the Gazette about a week ago about how if the candidates for Governor of the state don't have a primary challenger, they will have to give some of the campaign contributions they have received so far back. As of last reporting <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> had over $200,000…

  • Fight

    <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=202624">R-CALF: Fight <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> Down To The Last Cowboy: Australia Beef Association</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>R-CALF USA was fortunate to again have former president of the Australia Beef Association (ABA), John Carter, recently speak at its annual convention about the numerous problems with Australia’s mandatory National Livestock Identification System (NLIS). Below is Carter’s…

  • Nice Day

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/nice03152008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/nice03152008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Boy it was a nice day yesterday. It's warming up and the ground is starting to thaw. I guess I will have to get the hired hand on fences so we can turn the cows out to the hills. Taken…

  • Dream

    If I had the opportunity to sleep, I would dream of getting a good nights sleep. I don't know how much longer I can survive on less than 4 hours of sleep a night. I wish these heifers would finish calving.

  • Look up

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/hay03072008?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/hay03072008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The hay piles have really lasted well this winter. This perspective looking up at the clouds caught my eye the other day. Taken 3/7/2008.</center>

  • Drought and Corn Prices

    I brought up the fact recently that a drought in the corn belt due to the La Nina currently in place could really affect the corn prices and affect the price of food for all of us. I got accused of only caring for this because of how it affects the beef market. I will…

  • Remember

    Remember guys, <a href="http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnPEK283184.html">wash your feet</a> before you get in bed. The consequences of not doing it could be hot.

  • Morning Sun

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/morning03092008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/morning03092008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The early morning sun painting beautiful colors on the sky. If you look close you can see a cow with a brand new baby calf on the left side of the picture. Taken 3/9/2008.</center>

  • Arm Twisting

    My daughter come home from school a couple of days ago with an interesting story. She told me some women was at the school trying to round up kids to go on a bus trip for Helena in support of the Jail in Hardin to try to pressure the state to let them place inmates…

  • On The Rise

    <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=204261">Korea: Beef Consumption Projected To Increase</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Beef consumption is projected to continue to increase in 2008 as it did in 2007 due to higher domestic production. Prices dropped slightly in 2007 due to the availability of U.S. beef from May to October and this contributed to an increase in consumption of beef from…

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