Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Conflicitng Information
You might remember me talking about <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/3005-Win,-Lose.html">E coli and distillers grain</a> a few days ago. Now some conflicting information to that has come to light. It seems some scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have been experimenting with <a href="http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1208&u_sid=10203501">feeding distillers grain to cattle to lower E coli levels in them</a>. They have failed…
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Senate Bill 311
I received the following press release and reprint it here in its entirety. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>UNITED STATES CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION<br />n<br />nP.O. Box 339 – San Lucas, CA 93954<br />n<br />nEmail: usca@uscattlemen.org<br />n<br />nWeb Site: www.uscattlemen.org<br />n<br />nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />n<br />nContact: Jess Peterson <br />n<br />nDecember 6, 2007<br />n<br />n<acronym title="United States Cattleman's Association">USCA</acronym> Supports…
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Shelter
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/chickens/shelter11282007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/chickens/shelter11282007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of My Darling Wife's chickens huddled up against a building on a cold day. The sun really reflects off this building so when it is cold the chickens really like to group up here. Taken 11/28/2007.</center>
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FIgured It Out
I always love when i read articles that tell me how to do things in the ranch business that I have all ready figured out. <a href="http://beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/consider-grass-alfalfa-mixture/">This one</a> is telling me that I might want to consider grass/alfalfa mixture for hay ground instead of straight alfalfa. <br />n<br />nIt's kind of funny to me because…
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What
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/what12022007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/what12022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A cow enjoying the early morning sun on a cold morning. She seemed to be giving me a look of "what do you want?" This particular one is a two year old that had her first calf weaned this fall.…
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Win, Lose
Now this is really ….. interesting. Part of the whole ethanol boom is the distillers grain that is available after the ethanol is made. This distillers grain has turned into a real boom for the cattle feeding buisness. The cattle feeders might be losing some corn but they are making up for it with the…
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Conicidence
TALK ABOUT AMAZING COINCIDENCE<br />n<br />nMany of you will recall that on July 8, 1947 witnesses claim that an unidentified flying object (UFO) with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell , New Mexico . This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered up by…
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Tall Grass
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cow11042007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/cow11042007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A cow grazing out in a field of hay that i let go to seed this year. I see more and more cows out in the field all the time now that other grass is running out. I'm hoping by…
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Weather
This weather is unbelievable. Sunday morning it was 10 below zero here. Crisp and cold. Monday morning it was 30 above zero for a 40 degree temperature difference. Then guess what? It rained last night, yes rain. When I got home from my daughter's band concert last night it was 45 degrees above zero and…