Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Interesting
I found <a href="http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/beeftalk/beeftalk-wrecks-are-not-desirable-vaccinate-your-calves-now/" >this article about preconditioned calves</a> interesting. They give a very good explanation about modern methods of preconditioning. I found it interesting because I don't do it.<br />n<br />nI do it the old fashioned way, pull them off the cow and load them on the truck straight to the buyer. No preconditioning,…
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Need for vigilance although foot and mouth disease outbreak waning
<br /><a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=60BA9C4C-C56D-06B3-3E5683074AD583F0">Brownfield Network: Need for vigilance although foot and mouth disease outbreak waning</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A leading microbiologist in Britain says the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak might be under control by the end of this week if there are no more cases confirmed, according to Dow Jones. Professor Hugh Pennington tells British newspapers that…
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Sun Breaking Through
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/sunbreak08042007?full=1'><img width='640' height='426' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/sunbreak08042007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The sun rising on another day. I loved the colors. Taken 8/4/2007.</center>
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Lucky or Good?
A little fire news for the state.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/13/news/state/20-fires.txt" >Fires scorch Montana, Yellowstone areas</a><br />n<br />nReading this I am of course more drawn to my area and how the fires that started Friday night by the same storm as our fire are doing.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Meanwhile, the largest fire in the area was considered 100…
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Wild Horses
One thing I always remember is my dad talking about the wild horses around here when he was a kid. The neighbors would get together about once a year and gather them up and cut off whatever they needed for horses for the year and let them loose again.<br />n<br />nI wish I had a…
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Fire risk still high in East
<br /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/11/news/state/26-firerisks.txt">BillingsGazette.com :: Fire risk still high in East</a><br />n<br />nThis story just points out how explosive the situation is here in Eastern Montana. It also points out the importance of the first strike on a fire.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Eastern Montana has been spared a large fire so far this summer due to stepped up…
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Yet Again
I'm tired, that's for sure. Last night the weather forecasters said there was going to be a frontal passage that would bring 40 MPH winds and with the hot temperatures and low humidity gave us a red flag warning in the area. Then to top it off they said there was a chance of dry…
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Burning
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/burning08062007?full=1'><img width='640' height='426' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/burning08062007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The grass burning merrily away. At this point the wind had dies down again and the flames weren't running. Just walking along consuming the grass. Taken 8/6/2007.</center>
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Opposition
It appears that their is some opposition developing to the latest Mandatory <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> passed by the Congress. It seems that <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=150476">Canadians</a> are upset that cattle born and raised in Canada but slaughtered in the US aren't considered US Beef.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The only way to avoid the discrimination against Canadian animals…
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Wrong
I've been following the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain with interest, does this surprise you, but something is a little wrong <a href="http://www.afrol.com/articles/26353">here</a> and <a href="http://english.sabah.com.tr/4AAD700B478D4C33B10AAFEEE0DF7D7F.html">here</a> with the reporting on this issue. Both of these stories are saying that it is <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> affecting the British herds, not foot and mouth…