Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Ranch Update
A quick update on the ranch. Finished putting up the barley hay a couple of days ago. Was I ever glad that chore was done. Got about 1 3/4 ton per acre. Damn good yeild if you ask me. Considering that from the time I planted it until the middle of June it had no…
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Leases
Talk about something to set agriculture on its ear in Montana.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/07/21/build/state/20-grazingrights.inc">Ruling ends preference for those leasing state land</a><br />n<br />nThis doesn't affect me directly since I don't lease any state lands but it is quite a blow to a lot of farmers and ranchers. A lot of ranches that have state lands…
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Campaign
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/21/build/state/70-gov-race.inc">Governor race focuses on purchase of vehicles</a><br />n<br />nNow come on. The only problem in the state is this? While I may have a problem with the stupid things (<a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/000466.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/000427.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/000411.html">here</a>) that Brian Schweitzer says and does, at least he is out there with ideas, admittedly stupid ones, but…
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Tax
Yea, now we got it. The farmers and ranchers of this state are rolling in the dough and can afford new taxes. Let's forget the fact that the drought has been forcing many of them towards insolvency. They obviously have money to burn so let's tax them more. Debt? They don't have any of that…
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Elk Feeding
I more than agree with <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/20/build/wyoming/45-brucellosis.inc">this</a> that the whole elk feeding idea needs to be looked at. The only problem I see at this point is how to convince the elk. Let us assume that the state decides to close some feedgrounds. The elk are still going to come to that area looking for…
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Coffee
The wonderful, miracle beverage I drink in the morning to get going. I would even say I'm addicted to it. This isn't a bad thing. is it? <br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/20/wcoff20.xml"> Coffee 'can make mind go blank'</a><br />n<br />nNow my Darling Wife drinks ….Uh, I forget. Maybe I'll remember later.<br />n<br />n<b>Forgetfulness. A gift of…
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Worry
Well, the worrying begins again for another year. Our stretch of heat we have had, which <a href="http://wulfgar.typepad.com/a_chicken_is_not_pillage/2004/07/im_a_pod_person.html">some</a> perversely like, but many (<a href="http://www.sbpoet.com/2004/07/pod_people.html">here</a>, <a href="http://duck.hekhet.net/index.php?p=268">here</a>, <a href="http://www.davidmsc.com/archives/001615.shtml">here</a>, <a href="http://www.para-bellum.net/archives/000199.html">here</a>) rightly find it oppressing, has lead to one of those reasons I hate hot weather.<br />n<br />nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT<br />n220 PM MDT SUN…
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Beef Markets
Now this is a real interesting development. <br />n<a href="http://www.asahi.com/english/business/TKY200407170161.html"> <br />n Japan: No <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> test for young cattle </a><br />n<br />nA government advisory panel has issued a report that indicates that young cattle in Japan should be exempt from <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> testing since "the risk that the substance that…
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Methane Production
Back to Coal Bed Methane (CBM) production. Besides another <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/18/build/state/70-group-forms.inc">group</a> opposing drilling in the Bozeman Pass are, there is not a lot of news. A story caught my eye that I thought I would share, that in a roundabout way is connected to CBM. As you might know I am not real sure about…
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Wolves Again
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/17/build/nation/50-wolf-status.inc">Change in wolf status proposed</a><br />n<br />n<i>"The recovery of wolf populations in the Rockies and the Great Lakes area has been one of the most notable success stories of the Endangered Species Act," Norton said</i><br />n<br />nI will point out that Interior Secretary Gale Norton said Rockies in this statement. So why not remove…