Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
-
Talking Out His ***
R-Calf's new leader needs to take a long walk off a short pier.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2006/01/22/build/state/22-rcalf-group.inc">R-CALF's new leader wants to expand group</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The new leader of R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America wants to change perceptions of the group that some in the cattle industry describe as protectionist or out of the mainstream, because of…
-
Olympics
I have been doing some research for an Olympic unit the middle girl and I are going to do for home schooling assignment. I am shocked at all the sites state that medal tracking should be done as part of the unit. I always thought that the Olympic games were about pride of competeing for…
-
Phenomenon
The "dumb cowboy" phenomenon rears its head again.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/22/build/business/40-herd.inc">Workshops teach about herd issues</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Cattle producers have experienced strong prices in the last few years due to short beef supplies and strong consumer demand," says Duane Griffith, Montana State University Extension economist. "Now, when the drought may be easing, ranchers are wondering about…
-
Texture
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/cats/mittens01221006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/cats/mittens01221006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Mittens playing King of the Hill on this rock led me to take the picture below.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/texture01212006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/texture01212006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The color and texture of the lichen on the rocks has always intrigued and fascinated me. I got…
-
Why Agriculture Doesn’t Pay Anymore
<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0120desertridge20.html">Land sells at $1 mil per acre</a><br />n<br />nYou can't afford the land to run cattle on or grow crops on. It's too valuable for other uses. This means we will eventually import all our food from overseas. Wonderful thought isn't it.<br />n<br />n<b>Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the…
-
Opinions
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/tonto01082006?full=1'><img width='427' height='640' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/tonto01082006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center><font size=5>What are <font color=#990000>you</font color=#990000> looking at?</font size=5></center>
-
Here We Go Again
Things were sure exciting yesterday. Didn't get a chance to comment yesterday so here goes.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/20/build/world/20-japanmadcow.inc">Japan halts U.S. beef imports due to fears of mad cow</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Just 5 1/2 weeks after lifting its ban on U.S. beef, Japan slammed the door shut again Friday, saying a recent shipment contained material it considered…
-
Idaho and Brucellosis
It's official<br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> CHANGES IDAHO=S CLASS FREE BRUCELLOSIS STATUS<br />n<br />nWASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2006
-
More Sunlight
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/suntrees01182006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/suntrees01182006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The sun just breaking over the hills casting sunlight on the hills.</center><br />n<br />n<b>The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth and sunlight and ripeness. Jessamyn West</b>