Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Pair
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/pair03152007?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/pair03152007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Mama standing protectively over her new calf eying me very suspiciously. That's what I call a good cow. Taken 3/15/2007.</center>
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Food Safety
Activist always talk about American farmers and ranchers producing unsafe food. There is always something wrong with it according to them. You want to read about unsafe food, read this story about <a href="http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/04/14/ap/health/d8ofbfrg1.txt">food safety and China</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Worried about losing access to foreign markets and stung by tainted food products scandals at home, China…
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Tullock Creek
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/creek04112007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/creek04112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>East Fork of Tullock creek. I haven't seen it consistently flow such a stream in a lot of years. It's sure nice to see, how long it will last though is anybodies guess. Not long enough for sure. Taken 4/11/2007.</center>
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Cattle Herd News
It appears that the US cattle herd is <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/risk_management_content.asp?contentid=120988">not expanding</a> at the present time. This can be seen because female slaughter is keeping pace with steer slaughter which is a strong indicator that the US herd is remaining steady.<br />n<br />nThis is really good news because we have had a few good years, marketing…
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Who Cares
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=DCA9A375-F000-AD9E-A311AA3E2AFF173A" >Birth cohort of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>-positive cow slaughtered in U.S.</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In February, Canada found the ninth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (<acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>) on its soil. It involved a seven year-old bull in Alberta. And it turns out it's possible the mother of that bull also gave birth to…
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Just Go Away
I've always liked the saying, Don't go away mad, just go away. Well the hired hand didn't follow this advice. He left, but he left madder than hell. It's been coming for awhile so in a way it wasn't a surprise, but it sure was sudden.<br />n<br />nWe were out doing morning chores this morning…
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Snow And Cows
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/snow04112007?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/snow04112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>All it seems like I can take pictures of is cows and snow. Is this really April? Is it ever going to warm up? Sometimes I wonder. Taken 4/11/2007.</center>
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Different Viewpoint
I'm afraid I am going to have to take a little different viewpoint than most ranchers on <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/11/news/state/56-legiwolves.txt">this subject</a>. Why should we spend money on getting the wolf delisted when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has all ready <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/30/news/state/25-wolf.txt">announced that it has planned on doing it</a>? Admittedly it is still in the…
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Snow Dog
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/dog/lucky03312007?full=1'><img width='640' height='426' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/dog/lucky03312007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Lucky thought our recent snowfall around here was great stuff. Nothing better than to play in it according to him. I'm sure he was the only critter around here that liked it. Taken 3/31/2007.</center>
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I Don’t Understand Yet Again
There is a new idea being bantered around in Montana that quite a few people think is a good idea. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/10/news/state/29-train.txt" >A southern passenger train route through the state</a>. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS A GOOD IDEA! It sounds like an extremely stupid idea if you ask me.<br />n<br />nFirst off, they compare…