Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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I Understand
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2006/01/06/build/state/32-escaped-cow.inc">Cow flees packing plant, dodges vehicles, train before recapture</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A cow that escaped a slaughterhouse here dodged vehicles, ran in front of a train, braved the icy Missouri River and took three tranquilizer darts before being recaptured six hours later.</blockquote><br />n<br />nNow, I like a good chunk of beef as much as the…
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Who Deserves It
<img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /> <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS01/601050313/1009&theme=">Judge sentences man to 60 days for sexual assault on young girl</a><br />n<br />nMark Hulett admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl for four years. Sounds like he deserves the rope. Judge Edward Cashman sentenced him to 60 days in jail. Kind of sounds like…
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Tears
I am just shedding Crocodile tears over the information coming out of the park about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/06/build/wyoming/30-wolf-disease.inc">the wolves</a>. I know the wolves are here to stay whether I like it or not but I will not get upset over a disease problem in them. The wolves will either develop an immunity to Parvo or the…
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Animal ID
Someone dropped a comment in an older post about a blog I found of interest called <a href="http://www.stopanimalid.org/blog/">Stop Animal ID</a>. If I read it right its an effort to promote understanding to all people about what the whole National Animal Identification System (<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym>) is proposing and doing. It bears for more…
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Beef is Safe
I saw a story this morning that claims the Government isn't doing enough to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/05/build/nation/50-madcow.inc">protect people and animals from <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a>. The article is short on facts and long on hyperbole but as a rancher I felt it important to respond.<br />n<br />nTo start with I will say that overall beef production…
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Water Rights Fee
I got my bill in the mail for <a href="http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4378">water rights</a>. I find the statement that a persons bill could be up to $400 dollars a laugh.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Individuals can expect to pay $20 per water right every two years for the next decade. People with multiple water rights will pay up to $400.</blockquote><br />n<br…
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Opening Up
I see <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=70998">Thailand is lifting its import ban on US beef</a>. I don't know how big of market that is for US beef but every little bit helps.<br />n<br />n<b>Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. Euripides</b>
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Walk
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/dog/lucky12302005?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/dog/lucky12302005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nLucky out for his walk.<br />n<br />n<b>An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau</b>
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Wake Up
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/04/build/business/40-holiday-debt.inc">Managing holiday debt a mounting challenge</a><br />n<br />nThere is a real easy way to manage debt. <br />n<br />nDON'T SPEND MORE THAN YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET FOR CHRISTMAS.<br />n<br />nWake up, this isn't that hard, live within your means. Just because the Government spends more than they have don't mean the rest of…
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Waiting
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/waiting12302005?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/waiting12302005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nThe cows patiently waiting for feed on the feed ground after a small snow storm. We haven't seen the sky clear and sun shining very often the past couple of weeks. Lot's of clouds but no moisture. When the sun comes out it's nice.<br />n<br…