Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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So True
Some times things are going on that I have no way of relating to people who aren't in the agricultural business. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/14/news/business/20-costs.txt">This story about rising prices for agricultural producers</a> is one of those things. It very clearly explains how rising production costs are really eating into any money we might be able to make…
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Understanding
Sometimes I wonder if I will ever understand people. Why they do the things they do just make no sense some time. Here is a perfect example of what I am talking about. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jY3ZMppF10w0Lpa0uEWVgvpvnj5gD8S7TUJG0">Dentist Claims Breast Rubs Appropriate</a> <br />n<br />nWhy would a Dentist jeopardize his professional life by giving breast rubs…
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Spectacular
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/colors10032007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/colors10032007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>It's that time of year when the morning colors seem to be really spectacular. Taken 10/03/2007.</center>
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Sue Them
I guess the answer to everything is to sue somebody. Now Canadian cattlemen are <a href="http://provisioneronline.com/viewnews2.php?nid=1797">suing the US government</a> over our closing of the border between us to Canadian beef due to <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> concerns. I know Canadian cattleman really suffered during the border shutdown but is it really necessary to sue? What…
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Still Talking
The US and South Korea are still talking about beef.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gliEd1Bi_qB68ysYSDK2b_vze2ygD8S6SPM80">South Korea, US Open Beef Trade Talks</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea and the United States opened beef trade talks Thursday on Washington's demand for greater access to the Asian nation, which is maintaining stringent quarantine regulations citing concerns over mad cow disease.<br />n<br />nThe…
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Tall
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/tall10082007?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/tall10082007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The grass was so tall here that it almost looked like these were calves grazing, but that would be a wrong answer. These are cows with grass up to and over their backs. Taken 10/8/2007.</center>
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Ivory
<center><img width="640" height="386" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/cats/ivoryclear.sized.jpg" alt="" /></center><br />n<br />nI had the unfortunate responsibility yesterday to have to order the vet to put Ivory to sleep yesterday. She was 15 years old and has been sick for a while now with kidney failure which advanced to the point that the best…
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Drag Line
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/dragline10082007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/dragline10082007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The Sarpy coal mine drag line at work. While delivering bulls home yesterday I got really close to it. I was so close that the hills in front of it blocked the view so this is the best shot I…
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Caught Up
We are getting everything caught up around here slowly but surely. They had quite a rain snow storm west of us over the weekends with amounts of moisture well over an inch. We got less than a quarter of an inch so it never really slowed us down at all. It is the most moisture…
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Told You So
I told you the other day that <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/2898-Nothing.html"><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> knew he couldn't help</a> the Morgans and <a href="http://karbonkountymoos.com/">Karen</a> but just didn't want to tell them to their face. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/08/news/state/20-brucellosis.txt">Today's article about the situation</a> just confirms that.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Bridger ranching family that had to slaughter all its stock because of a…