Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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What Makes a Rancher?
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/28/build/state/90-cattle.inc">Small, varied cattle herds becoming more popular</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Ranchers like Jonas, who spends about five days a month in Boca Raton, Fla., pursuing his legal work, are a relatively new and growing part of the Montana landscape.<br />n<br />nFor some, livestock is a hobby. For others, such as Jonas, the cattle hold some business…
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Another Thought on the USDA
One of the whole reasons behind the push for the National Animal Identification System (<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym>) by the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> is animal diseases such as bird flu. Yesterday <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1508-<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for…
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Falling Colors
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/falling01202006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/falling01202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The colors just seem to be falling from the sky during this sunrise a few days ago.</center><br />n<br />nMore and more I find that people stop by here for the pictures so I guess another picture is in order. Enjoy.<br />n<br />n<b>The grand show is…
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USDA at it Again
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/28/build/nation/75-china-poultry.inc"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> proposes poultry imports from China</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department is seeking to allow shipments of poultry processed in China, where thousands of birds and several people have died of bird flu.<br />n<br />nCritics are urging the department to drop…
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Stooges
I see <a href="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/01/27/news/local/news025.txt">somebody agrees with my position</a> that the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> and the big meat packers are in bed together.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>On another issue affecting Montana, Schweitzer lashed out again at the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the most recent mad…
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Herd Expansion
Cattle herd expansion <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=0DECE279-E767-BBDB-9DC078D4870333B5">continues</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>All cattle and calves came out at 97.102 million head or 102% of a year ago. Analysts had been expecting 101% to 101.5%, with an average guess of 101%. Total cows were at 42.311 million head, up 1% from a year ago, in line with estimates. Beef and milk…
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Illogical
The wolf is considered an endangered species in the United States.<br />n<br />nendangered species: a species threatened with extinction<br />n<br />nYet in Alaska there are so many of them they <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1547174&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312">kill them to boost moose and caribou populations</a> since the wolves kill so many of them. <br />n<br />nIf there are so many wolves…
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Critters
Hey, I've noticed that it has been a while since I posted any pictures of the critters around here so I guess it's time for some critter pictures.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/chickens/chickens01252005?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/chickens/chickens01252005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A couple of My Darling Wife's chickens out enjoying the sunshine yesterday. We are getting all…
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US Beef to Taiwan
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/01/25/japan-us-beef.html">Taiwan to lift U.S. beef ban, not Japan</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Taiwan says it is lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports on Wednesday, while Japanese officials have indicated they are in no hurry to lift one reimposed last week.<br />n<br />nTaiwan's Department of Health said on its website that American beef can now enter the…