Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Could You Spare A Coin
Now here is a coin I would like to have. A <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN0328796820070503">220.5 pound gold coin worth one million dollars</a>. Can you imagine that. I have always had a fascination with gold coins. I own a few, but not many, since I don't have the spare cash to really own the numbers I would like.…
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Timing
Timing seems to be everything in life but sometimes you can't take the credit for it. It finally got dry enough that I was able to get all my renovating and farming done. I finished putting the seed in the ground on Wednesday afternoon and finish up the farming I was really pushing on. Guess…
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Plum Blossom
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/plum04302007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/plum04302007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The plum bushes are in full bloom around the area. I wish there was a way to show you the smell they give off. It is really great. Taken 4/30/2007.</center>
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Another Round of BSE For Canada
A tenth case of <a href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-03-02.asp"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in Canada has been reported</a>. Why is this of such interest to me? It has ignited the debate on <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> and expanding imports of Canadian cattle into the US.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, introduced legislation today that…
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Bums
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/bums04302007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/bums04302007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Six of the eight bums I have running around the place. For some reason when there is a late snowstorm like we had, I have more bums. I've talked to some of the neighbors and they are having the same…
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I Don’t Understand People
I mentioned that I hired a guy for the job around here. He was supposed to start work on the 2nd and I have yet to see him. I have tried to call him and get no answer at the number I got a hold of him before. What's the deal here.<br />n<br />nAt this…
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Other Conclusions
I found <a href="http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4850">this study</a> about Montana cattle and feed lots, interesting. I will sum up what it says and my comment on it.<br />n<br />n1.) Feed lot operators in the Midwest feed cattle enrolled in the <a href="http://mtbeefnetwork.org/">Montana Beef Network</a> too much, up to 1400lbs, and some are too fat at slaughter time at…
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More New Boyz
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/newboyz05012007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/newboyz05012007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My new Gelbvieh bulls were delivered yesterday. These guys won't go out to the cows for another month yet but it's good to have them on hand. Taken 5/1/2007.</center>
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New Boyz
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/newboyz04302007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/newboyz04302007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My new Sitz Angus bulls were delivered yesterday. Pretty fine animals if you ask me. They are going out to the replacement heifers right away for breeding. It's that time of year. Taken 4/30/2007.</center>
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Concerns
I've been somewhat curious about Distillers Grain, leftover product from ethanol production, and the feeding of it to livestock. The claims I read are how wonderful it is to feed to cattle. I know nothing about it and probably will never feed it since I don't feed anything in a bunk, it's all open range…