Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Cold Clear
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/cold12022007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/cold12022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>It was one of those bright, clear, cold mornings yesterday. The temperature was 10 below and the sun was shining. It makes for a crystal clear look to the air. The cows were sure enjoying the sunshine. Taken 12/2/2007.</center>
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Energy Development
I see there is a <a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/NEWS01/712020304">new proposal</a> out there to use some of the Otter Creek coal that the state of Montana is sitting on. Sounds interesting to say the least. <br />n<br />nWhy is it necessary to transport the coal almost 500 miles from Ashland to Butte to do this? Why can't they…
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Prejudiced
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves11152007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves11152007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the replacement heifer calves this year. I was getting a little shy of color in the herd so I kept a couple of red ones. I like to see that color once in a while. They must be…
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Good Luck
Good luck finding people to grow camelina for <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/12/01/news/state/46-biodiesel.txt">this project</a> with grain prices as high as they are. I'm not sure how high wheat prices are but I heard barley is over $200 a ton and durham is over $20 a bushel, if you can find any. With these kinds of prices I'm not…
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Mountains
<a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.com/uploads/shell11242007.jpg'><!– s9ymdb:107 –><img width="250" height="188" style="float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.com/uploads/shell11242007.serendipityThumb.jpg" alt="" /></a>My youngest daughter snapped this recently on a trip across the Big Horn Mountains. This is coming up the Shell Canyon side of the Mountains out of Greybull, Wy. Someday I really need to take the time and…
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Sharing?
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/share11102007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/share11102007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Lucky thinks the grain I am feeding Bella is really good stuff so they share, at least he looks at it like sharing. I'm not sure Bella agrees. Taken 11/10/2007.</center>
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Headlines
Don't you just love headlines that scream out things that aren't true?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=9162">Open Season on America's last Wild Bison </a><br />n<br />nMontana issues 44 tags for Bison that wander out of Yellowstone National Park which has around 4000 head of Bison, and people want to call that open season. A little overboard, isn't…
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Environmentally Friendly
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=178614">New Report Says Beef With Hormones Produces Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>New Beef Eco-Report: Pound-for-pound, beef produced with grains and growth hormones produces 40% less greenhouse gas emissions and saves two-thirds more land for nature compared to organic grass-fed beef.<br />n<br />nTo reach these startling conclusions, analysts at the Hudson Institute’s Center for…
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Looking Good
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/two11152007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/two11152007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A coming two year old heifer and a replacement heifer calf standing on the fence beside each other. Looking pretty good if you ask me. Taken 11/15/2007.</center>