Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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China’s Cattle
I found <a href="http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=35109&TM=77478.55">this article</a> about the possible competition from China for the beef industry interesting. Am I overly worried about China importing meat to the US? No. Where I see the problem coming is the competition in some of the foreign markets like Japan and South Korea that China could give us. That seems…
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A Little Power
This story just kills me. It appears that an employee at a McDonald's in Georgia was arrested and jailed for <a href="http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=37799">accidentally putting too much salt and pepper in a hamburger</a>. She informs her supervisor of what happens and is told to go ahead and make the burgers. Then, unbeknown to her a police officer…
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Early
It seems a little early to me. I had to put my long underwear on yesterday it was so cold and i was damn glad I did. I would have froze to death if I hadn't. Isn't it a little early yet for such a thing in this area? Seems like it to me. It's…
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Bella
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/bella09102007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/bella09102007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>New addition to the menagerie around the house. We found her the other day while riding in the Williams place and got her in yesterday. She is totally blind in her left eye and about 90% blind in her right…
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Injuries
One of the interesting things about living in the middle of nowhere is the sudden trips to town to the emergency room. I have two stories to tell in this regard.<br />n<br />nThe first story involves my Dad. I was just a kid in school at the time this happened. First a little ground work.…
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Trailing Out
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/trail09072007?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/trail09072007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We gathered the far, rough pasture yesterday to get the cows closer to home for shipping. Here we are trailing them up the raod on the way out. You might remember earlier in the summer i said I lost a…
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Permanent Dry
I'm really beginning to wonder if <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/climate-watch/no-more-drought-its-a-permanent-dry/2007/09/06/1188783415754.html">this</a> isn't going to be the situation in Montana any more. The Permanent Dry instead of calling it a drought every year. I know its a funny thing to post on a morning where I got a little moisture last night, the first in about 3 months, but…
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Ethics
Wouldn't the ethical thing to do for the man who beat Former Senator Burns be to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/08/news/state/18-tester.txt">return the money or donate it to charity</a> instead of waiting to see if the donation was "legal" or not? I mean one of the big issues in that campaign was shady campaign contributions and Senator Tester really…
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Feline Friday
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/cats/socks08262007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/cats/socks08262007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>One of the old men of the place. Sox, the barn cat, here looked like hell earlier this year but is looking good now. Now that he is feeling better he wants more attention too. Taken 8/26/2007.</center>
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Costs
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FARM_SCENE?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Farmers struggling with insurance costs</a><br />n<br />nHell, what more can I say. The title says it all. I know health insurance costs are a problem for a lot of people but for certain groups I see a real problem. Those groups? Farmers, ranchers, small businessmen. Why?<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Researchers pointed out that farmers and ranchers…