Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Spectacular

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/wow01142006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/wow01142006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The colors and view were fantastic for this picture. I always carry a small camera with me in case of a good picture any more but for this one I so wish I had the good one with the wide angle lens. I still don't…

  • Breakfast

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/breakfast01142006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/breakfast01142006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<b>Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness. W. Eugene Smith </b>

  • Yet Another Country Opens

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/14/build/world/70-beef-imports.inc">South Korea OKs some U.S. beef imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea and the United States agreed Friday on partially ending a two-year import ban on American beef triggered by mad cow disease, the South Korean government said.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea shut its doors to U.S. beef imports in December 2003 after the first U.S. case…

  • Where Will This Lead

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/14/build/nation/25-usda-farmers.inc">Using images from above, <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> prosecutes farmers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Satellites have monitored crop conditions around the world for decades, helping traders predict futures prices in commodities markets and governments anticipate crop shortages.<br />n<br />nBut those satellite images are now increasingly turning…

  • Clouds

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/sky12272005?full=1'><img width='188' height='250' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/sky12272005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<b>Clouds, fire, and water are gnarly in the sense of being beautifully intricate, with purposeful-looking but not quite comprehensible patterns. Rudy Rucker</b>

  • This is Supposed to Make Me Feel Good?

    <blockquote>A private group has been formed to oversee the National Animal Identification System. The United States Animal Identification Organization held their first meeting via teleconference this week, where the board's first three members were elected.<br />n<br />nOne leader of the organization is <acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym> member Rick…

  • Disappear

    I found <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/10/hunters_find_calf_buried_up_to_its_nose/">this story</a> over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/2006/01/this-is-quite-story-from-wheeling-west.html">Northview Diary</a> and it reminded me of a similar story of my own.<br />n<br />nOne day many moons ago I was moving a cow with a 4-5 day old calf from one pasture to another. The pair was running along in front of me and disappeared over…

  • Delivery

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/snow01102006?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/snow01102006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The fresh snow cover we got the other day is gone now. Back to mud and ice in the afternoons.</center><br />n<br />nI have been trying to get a semi load of cake in since after Christmas and the weather has been too warm to manage…

  • Conflict

    I have this, let's say neighbor, who whenever he speaks I literally want to kill him. It has been a long time since I have been around someone who makes me feel this way. They act and speak like they are so superior to everybody around them that it just infuriates me. They look down…

  • Simply Criminal

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/11/build/business/45-canada-meat.inc">Report: Canadian meat imports continued despite bad inspections</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two years ago, U.S. food safety officials warned that Canadian meat and poultry inspections were lacking, yet the Agriculture Department refused to stop the flow of imports from Canada, a department investigation found.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, Canadian meat processors don't meet the standards as required yet…

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