Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Rita, Katrina and Cattle
<a href="http://2theadvocate.com/stories/092805/new_cattle001.shtml">Coast turns to stranded cattle, livelihood</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Ranchers on Tuesday banded together and focused on rescue, but as they carted trailers full of cattle northward past pasture after ruined pasture, the troubles ahead were never far from their minds.<br />n<br />n "It means profit and loss," said third-generation rancher Russell Greene, of Little Prairie.…
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Ready To Go
I know shipping isn't until tomorrow but we finished all our preparations yesterday to get the job done. I always like to be ready a day or two early in case there is a problem i have time to take care of it. The last big thing we had to do was get the steer…
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I Was Afraid of This
When the Governor and the Legislature decided to limit the sale of cold and allergy medicine to consumers I was afraid of one thing and sure enough it's happening. All of my kids have allergy problems along with My Darling Wife and I so we have been using the maximum we are allowed to buy…
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Aid Hurts
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/international/africa/22niger.html?pagewanted=1">In Niger, Hungry Are Fed, but Farmers May Starve</a> (NY Times Free Subscription required)<br />n<br />nQuite an interesting article about how aid flowing to the hungry in Niger could cause a collapse of the farm system by competing against the bumper crop just starting to hit the market. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>But now, after a…
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What The ****
Only <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/27/build/state/85-athlete-sentenced.inc">90 days </a> in jail for raping a girl? Frank Brown got off light, such contemptible behavior deserves much more than that. But, he is an "athlete" so the "judge," who is the problem, let him off easy, can you say castration.<br />n<br />n<b>Rape fattens on the fantasies of the normal male like…
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Finished
Well, we finished sorting the steers for the heifer pairs. We did a real big bunch, greater than 200, yesterday so we would be able to finish today. They actually worked real well. The only thing I didn't like was the number of calves I've had to doctor.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/sick09262005.jpg'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5'…
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I Really Doubt It
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/25/build/state/50-montana-cattle.inc">Branding on way out as ID for Montana cattle</a><br />n<br />nBranding on the way out? Not a chance. Even when, yes I say when even though I don't like it, the whole Herd Identification System (HIS) is implemented branding will not go out. It is the easier more accurate way to identify your cattle…
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Rain Day
We took a day off from working the cattle today. There is a couple of extra days in the schedule for shipping so I saw no reason to get all cold and wet today when I will be able to finish in plenty of time. I needed a day off too. It felt good.<br />n<br…
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Countdown
<a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/drive09232005.jpg'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/drive09232005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a>The countdown is on. If there is no big problems by this time next week the calves will be on the road to their new home in Kansas. We have been busy all week gathering the cattle down to the shipping corral and today we began to…
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What Some "People" Do
I can't believe <a href="http://www.wnbc.com/news/5005582/detail.html">this person</a> is a "parent." Sounds more like a misguided a**hole. At least somebody cares.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Judge Rory Bellantoni said he would sentence the woman to six months in jail and 10 years' probation if she convinces him on Oct. 26, the sentencing date, that she understands the seriousness of the…