Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Cattle Herd Flat
Last year about this time we were looking at the total cow herd expanding for the year. If there was any build up, which I am not to sure about, <a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2007/02/03/ag_news/livestock_news/live14.txt" >it is over</a>.<br />n<br />nI have to truthfully say this is good news for cattle producers. Fewer cattle will hold up cattle prices…
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Buffet
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/buffet02022007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/buffet02022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the Bulls enjoying a wintry hay buffet. Taken 2/2/2007.</center>
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Still Trying
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/04/news/state/60-route.txt" >New route sought for ag disaster aid</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Farm-state members of Congress say they hope an upcoming war spending bill will be an opportunity to secure billions of dollars in agricultural disaster aid.<br />n<br />nThey say it won't be easy.<br />n<br />nSens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., have been leading the effort…
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Out Of Touch
You might remember that I commented the other day on the results of the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2431-Checkoff-Survey.html">Beef Checkoff survey</a>. Now I see something that proves some people are out of touch with producers.<br />n<br />nIt appears the Montana Stock Growers Association (MSGA) thinks that the <a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/02/03/ag_news/local_and_regional_news/local03.txt">Beef Checkoff fee should be raised to $2 dollars from…
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First Calf
I decided last night it was time to start doing night checks on the heifers. They were getting heavy enough that one was going to pop anytime now. I just got in from my 3 am check and guess what?<br />n<br />nWe had our first calf. Heifer number 118 was standing over her calf taking…
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Chasing Hay
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cowshelter01112007?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/cowshelter01112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cows chasing after better hay on a cold morning. Taken 1/11/2007. </center>
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Wolf Questions
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6310211.stm" >Wild wolves 'good for ecosystems'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Reintroducing wild wolves to the Scottish Highlands would help the local ecosystem, a study suggests.<br />n<br />nWolves, which were hunted to extinction in Scotland in the late 1700s, would help control the numbers of red deer, the team from the UK and Norway said.<br />n<br />nThis would…
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That Was Quick
No sooner did I put an ad up with Montana Job Service for a hired hand and now I have a new Hired Hand. Usually it takes months to find somebody but this time a qualified guy stepped up right out of the box and I went ahead and hired him. I really need somebody…
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Moon Rising
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/moon02012007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/moon02012007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The Moon rising on a very cold Montana evening. Taken 2/1/2007.</center>
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Talk About a Drought
<a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP107703.htm" >Drought scars Australia's land and farmers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Farmers battling Australia's worst drought on record are shooting cattle they can't feed, abandoning dustbowl farms to search for grass with hungry livestock and hand-feeding animals on moonscape paddocks.<br />n<br />nThe worst drought in 100 years has left farmers the length and breadth of Australia looking…