Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Bigger Picture
<a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/020706-oig.htm">OIG Report Solidifies Position of U.S. Cattle Industry; <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Continues to Ignore Its Own Science</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>BILLINGS, MONT. (February 7, 2006) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat…
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Sometimes It’s The Little Things
The lack of the littlest thing, like a small letter n, makes things a little tough to read.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/08/news/state/62-initiatives.txt">Judge, property initiatives proposed</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A umber of other potetial ballot measures have bee submitted to the state Legislative Service Divisio for review ad draftig.<br />n<br />nAmog the measures are proposals to:<br />n<br />nAllow judges…
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Fresh Born
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/justborn02062006'><img width='640' height='410' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/justborn02062006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This calf is just under two hours old. His mom had cleaned him up and he's had his first meal and he's wandering around checking things out. I love it when mom manages these things all on her own with no help from me. Makes…
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How Many Years?
How many years can you stand to be married to your spouse? <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/06/news/wyoming/30-marriage.txt">This couple</a> has been married 72 years. That's right, 72 years. That just blows my mind for some reason.<br />n<br />nIt's hard sometimes to think I have been married to My Darling Wife for almost 14 years but to make 72, that's…
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Australia Animal ID Broken
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2005/s1529007.htm">Livestock ID system not working, says agent</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The largest cattle agent at the biggest saleyards in Australia says the National Livestock Identification System equipment is not up to scratch and needs to be replaced.<br />n<br />nIt has been five months since Queensland's Roma saleyards spent $300,000 upgrading their facilities to cope with the…
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Morning Colors
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/rippling02042006?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/rippling02042006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Another morning of beautiful colors.</center>
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Large Loss of Life
The scale of stories like the <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EGYPT_SHIP_SINKS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Egyptian ferry</a> disaster always awe me. It might seem odd that I say "awe me" but that's just what it does. They are saying probably more than 1000 lives were lost in this accident. Do you know, the large majority of Montana towns have less than that number…
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Success and Failure
Failure, it sounds so horrible but that's what I would call it I guess. Yesterday I watched one of the heifers mess around all day long. Not really calving but acting funny. About 10 last night I finally decided that what had happened was like on my <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1472-Omens.html">omen</a> heifer a few weeks ago. The…
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New Blog
I would like to point out a new Blog I started up.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.noanimalid.com/">No Mandatory Animal ID</a><br />n<br />nYou've heard me ranting and raving about <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> and <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> so I decided to dedicate a little effort…
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Maternity Ward
The only bunch of cattle I bring home and watch close to calve is the first calf, two-year old heifers. Today was the day that we trailed them home. We got a light skiff of snow on the ground and it was windy and cloudy and cool but it worked out really well and we…