Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • A Wee Bit Wet

    Somebody put up their <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/28/news/state/47-helena.txt">hay too wet</a>. You do that and spontaneous combustion can ruin your day, and your haystack.<br />n<br />n<strong>The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore Isaac Rubin</strong>

  • Content

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/content08212007?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/content08212007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some cows laying around content early in the morning. The cows have been much happier this year with the feed and are more content than last year. I take this as a good thing. Taken 8/21/2007.</center>

  • Strange Breeding

    I brought up the fact that there is some <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2811-Guess.html">dairy blood in my cow herd</a> and it seemed to take quite a few people by surprise so I thought I would talk about it a little. Like I said my dad decided to try and breed some milk production into his Angus cows and…

  • Preg Check

    We Preg-checked the replacement heifers yesterday. I wish I could say it went well but that wouldn't be the case. It is normal for me to have 10-12% dries on my replacement heifers. This time they went, I hate to admit it, 23% dry. Almost twice what is normal. When the vet checked the first…

  • Ownership

    I found this article interesting.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/24/news/wyoming/21-meatfamily.txt" >Family ranchers fighting growing meatpacking industry</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Eric Nelson, a fourth-generation rancher and farmer who operates a feedlot here, isn't looking for more government cash like many farmers are. But he's still hoping for a little help when the Senate debates a farm bill this fall.<br />n<br…

  • Plums

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/plums08162007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/plums08162007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The wild plums are ripe again and there is a lot of them and they are very sweet this year. No, My Darling Wife doesn't make jelly out of them. We eat so little jelly that it's not worth the…

  • Resume

    <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKOREA_US_BEEF?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" >S.Korea to resume US beef inspections</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said Friday that imports of U.S. beef can resume as it will restart quarantine inspections suspended since earlier this month.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea had again effectively stopped all U.S. beef imports in early August after discovering shipment containing a…

  • Politics

    Matt over at Left in the West <a href="http://www.leftinthewest.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=883">asks a question</a> of the Montana farm and ranch community about some editorials that are running around. Since i can't comment at Left in the West i would leave my thoughts here.<br />n<br />nFirst we have Rep. Kendall Van Dyk giving us his opinoin that <a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/topic/article/montana_stockgrowers_association_misses_mark_on_rural_values/C37/L37/">the…

  • Big Sky

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/holding08222007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/holding08222007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We are gathering up the yearling replacement heifers to work them. My girls were holding up the yearlings in a corner when I rode up. The picture with the so big sky was really intriguing. Taken 8/22/2007.</center>

  • Guess

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/guess08162007?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/guess08162007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I got this picture the other day and thought I would pose a question. I know the picture isn't the best in the world, damn smoke, but I still think you can make it out. I use an Angus base…

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