Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Wheat
I have been following the price of wheat with interest noticing that it has been shooting up and now I see <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/13/news/local/20-wheat.txt">a story</a> in the Gazette about it. Nine dollars a bushel for wheat. That's a lot of money. Is it enough? That I'm not to sure about.<br />n<br />nMy dad raised wheat for…
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Grass
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/grazing09122007?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/grazing09122007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some fine grazing here. The funny thing is they are just moving through this pasture on the way home for shipping. I think I will put the cows back out here after shipping to graze this off. It's nice to…
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Cold Winter?
I see they are starting to talk about a La Niña which means a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/12/news/state/25-nina.txt">cooler, wetter winter</a> in our area. I have mixed feelings about this. I understand for snow pack and irrigation purposes the talk of a cooler and wetter winter weather is a good thing.<br />n<br />nI don't rely on snow pack…
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Round Two
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=FBC46DE0-CE0B-FDF8-DA0FC21D2AC4EB1E">New FMD case confirmed in England</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>he British government has confirmed another case of foot and mouth disease in Surrey County. The new site is about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from the farms that were infected in July and August. The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has established a 10…
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Heard
I heard something very interesting the other day. I had a neighbor preg check his replacement heifers and ended up with 22% drys. Well over normal for them just like my 24% dry was well over for me. Now I really wonder why my neighbor, over 10 miles and 3 herds away, would have about…
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Tanks
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/tanks09072007?full=1'><img width="427" height="640" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/tanks09072007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I could say, "Tanks for the memories." Sorry, couldn't resist. Just a couple of old stock tanks rusting away. Taken 9/7/2007.</center><br />
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The Spoon
I don't very often note new blogs by mentioning them here, i just add them to my Blogroll but <a href="http://www.mtdiner.com/">The Spoon</a> is a little different. Why? My Darling Wife, Mae, among many others, is posting there and contributing. So, if you like cooking or eating, go check out <a href="http://www.mtdiner.com/">The Spoon</a>.<br />n<br />n<strong>To raise…
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Priorities
I guess you have to have your priorities in life. When it comes to choosing between a place to live and continuing to spend more money than you can afford via credit cards, more and more people appear to be <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HOMEOWNERS_CREDIT_CARDS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">choosing the credit cards</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Conventional wisdom has it that people will do everything…
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The Right Thing
Well, I see Sen. Jon Tester can <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/11/news/state/16-tester.txt">do the right thing</a> after being <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/2844-Ethics.html">slapped around</a> for considering not doing the right thing. He can learn after all.<br />n<br />nI make no comment here about this Hsu person, his donations, or any other people involved in the controversy. I just thought that Tester should…
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Ants
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/ants08262007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/ants08262007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The ants crawling on this sagebrush caught my eye. Taken 8/26/2007.</center>