Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Weather
I've been complaining about the unusually warm temperatures we have been having the past couple of weeks and while I stand by my complaints, it could be worse. Look at what is going on in the weather all over our country.<br />n<br />nWe have <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010201531.html">excessive rain and flooding in northern California</a>, severe drought and…
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Producers Problems
Everybody knows my position on the big meat packers and Texas cattle feeders and how these big guys influence the cattle business. Over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/"> Northview Diary</a> I found the Dairy producers Take on <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/2006/01/on-this-second-day-of-2006-it-is-back.html">big producers</a> and the effect on them.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>However, the free and easy import of Canadian cows is rough…
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Punky
I wish I could say there was something going on around here exciting, but there isn't. Same old routine of feeding hay to the cows every day. It is always a guessing game if it's going to be muddy or not which means it a guessing game which hay we are using, beyond that the…
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Sunrise
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/sunrise12272005'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/sunrise12272005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<b>The more specific you are, the more general it'll be. Diane Arbus</b>
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Life Rules
I found a highly humourous listing of <a href="http://www.pntonline.com/engine.pl?station=portales&template=storyfull.html&id=6986">life rules</a> targeted for this New Years Day that I wanted to share. The author states "You can use them if you like. Just send cash," so I will try to scrounge up a penny or so and use them.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>
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Birds
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/pheasant12132005?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/pheasant12132005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nA couple of hen pheasants outside our house on a windy day. The past 10 years or so the bird population has really taken off for some reason and we are seeing more turkeys, grouse, and pheasants than ever. I'm not complaining but it is…
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Biting
If <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/31/build/state/78-biting.inc">this asshole</a> didn't know how to deal with kids, why was he babysitting them? He needs something worse than biting done to him.<br />n<br />n<b>People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. Eric Hoffer</b>
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Farm Stories of 2005
I'm not much for end of the year lists but the <a href="http://www.nafb.com/DesktopDefault.aspx">National Association of Farm Broadcasting</a> came out with one which peaked my interest.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=7C4D2204-B97F-C43B-7F7BC0D0B45046B0">Top Ten farm stories of 2005</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>NAFB's Top-10 Stories of the Year for 2005:<br />n<br />n1. Energy costs spike and squeeze producer profitability . Some of the…
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Little Snow Storm
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/snow12292005?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/snow12292005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nA very warm wet snow yesterday. It never froze so it was a wet muddy mess while feeding. It didn't stop the cows from enjoying their feed but it made things miserable for us. Oh well, that's the way it goes.<br />n<br />n<b>I don't know…
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Another Lucky
I see up in Missoula there is now a cat named Lucky.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/29/build/state/40-rescued-cat.inc">Firefighters rescue caged cat from icy Missoula river</a><br />n<br />nPeople, I'm not sure they qualify as people personally, who abandon their critters like this cat or my dog Lucky need to be abandoned to the elements and see how they like…