Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Water
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/water110112007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/water110112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Cool Clear Water. Taken 10/11/2007.</center>
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Grazing
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/graze10292007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/graze10292007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves grazing on the Crested Wheat Grass hillside. This is a real sandy, south facing hillside so the new green grass has really come in under the old grass and they are really enjoying it and doing good on…
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Priorities
<a href="http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2007/10/30/local_news_updates/19local_10-30-07.txt">Tainted meat traced to Canada</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A now-closed Canadian beef company was the source of contaminated meat that sickened 45 people in eight states, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say.<br />n<br />nOne of those states was Wyoming. A recall pulled the meat from shelves in Cheyenne in late September and early October.<br />n<br />nA…
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Sunrise
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/sunrise10232007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/sunrise10232007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Just a Montana sunrise. Taken 10/23/2007.</center>
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Livestock Title
<a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/10/29/headlines/midwest_producer/news/regional_news/regional43.txt">I see</a> that there is now a Livestock Title in the Senate version of the Farm bill which has moved out of Committee. Some of the things in it are:<br />n<br />n<blockquote> — Banning packer ownership of livestock more than 14 days before slaughter;<br />n<br />n — Creation of an Office of Special Counsel…
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Heifer
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/heifer10212007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/heifer10212007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>One of the yearling replacement heifers. A little bit of green grass is coming in this Crested Wheat Grass and they really enjoy chasing it. They are forced to get some old grass with it on every bite so it…
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Split State Concern
<a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/10/26/ag_news/local_and_regional_news/local10.txt">Ranchers voice concerns over proposed split-state status</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Montana cattlemen have a choice to make – to pursue a split-state status in the case of another brucellosis outbreak around the Yellow-stone National Park – or not.<br />n<br />n“The governor is leaving it up to the cattle industry,” said Jan French, Board of Livestock member…
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Ethanol’s Concerns
Here is a real interesting story about <a href="http://www.wlj.net/editorial/102207_ethanols%AD_uncertain_future.htm">ethanol and some problems</a> that are developing in the whole ethanol is our savior myth.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> However, there are problems developing in the marketplace. Supply chain problems and rising costs are hampering growth in the industry despite an ethanol production subsidy and a federal mandate requiring…
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Bella
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/bella10262007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/bella10262007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Bella, my blind calf, resting comfortable waiting for her next meal. She is the cutest little thing I have seen in a long time. Has a heck of a personality. She even plays with Lucky once in a while. Taken…
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Do What You Are told
We now see how Democrats in Montana truly think. They will force you to do "the right thing" whether you want to or not. The headline of the article sounds very benign but you read the article and some of the things in it scares the shit out of me. When did the Government get…