Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Buffer Zone
As you may or may not know, <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> has proposed a buffer zone around Yellowstone National Park as an answer to the Brucellosis problem in the Park. I give him credit for trying to do something about the situation but I don't really think a buffer zone is the answer.<br />n<br />nIt…
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Replacments
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves09292007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves09292007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves I kept munching hay in the corral. Mostly replacement heifers but there are also a few young odds and ends that I kept. I'll keep them in the corral until Monday morning and then let them out. Taken…
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Gone
Shipping is done. I have to work cows today but the calves are gone. I was disappointed in the weights of the steers. I thought they would weigh a little heavier. They averaged 517 pounds and the heifers that I sold averaged 440 pounds. Even the buyer said they looked like they would weigh heavier…
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Meltdown
The Australian cattle industry <a href="http://www.kticam.com/news/agricultural/efc2dd23-29b8-4d38-8ebe-20378233c818">appears to be in meltdown</a> because of drought and grain prices down under.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Record high grain prices have thrown Australia's A$4 billion ($3.5 billion) beef cattle industry into disarray, emptying feedlots, cutting cattle saleyard prices and triggering price rises for domestic and exported beef. <br />nThe world's biggest beef…
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Difference
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/diff09262007?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/diff09262007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Trailing these steer pairs in to their shipping pasture the other day sure shows the difference in grass between my pastures and my neighbors pastures. Can you say overgrazed? Taken 9/26/2007.</center>
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Trying
I remember when Sen. Conrad burns tried to fix the jurisdictional issues that plague American Indian reservations and was completely shut down by the Indians and the Democrats. Now the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/28/news/state/60-sexassaultpanel.txt">Democrats are talking about trying to fix the problem</a> in the same way they fix all problems, throw money at it.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Committee members,…
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Surge
For all the trouble I hear about getting beef into the South Korean market, it appears US beef <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/09/123_10824.html">has increased 10 times</a> in the last couple of months so progress is being made. Then check this out.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>With the country set to discuss new standards for the beef imports with the United States…
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View
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/string09072007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/string09072007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I took this a while ago. If you look real close you can see the cattle streaming down the road while cleaning out the Williams place. Taken 9/7/2007.</center>
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Checkoff
I see that the <acronym title="United States Cattleman's Association">USCA</acronym> is <a href="http://uscattlemen.org/TheNewsRoom/2007_News/9-26AmendBeefAct.htm">starting a push</a> to have part of the beef checkoff funds used to promote just domestic beef. This ties in really with the push <acronym title="United States Cattleman's Association">USCA</acronym> is making for Mandatory <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>. As long as the beef checkoff…
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Old Age
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/old09232007?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/old09232007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>One of these days I really need to consider getting rid of my old cows. I Let cows go to the hills if they are in good shape. I noted while cutting this cow is 17 years old. She is…