Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Time
Time has this really funny habit. It keeps ticking on no matter what. You go on with your daily life and routines and all of a sudden you look up and notice that the month is about over, time has marched on and you almost didn't notice.<br />n<br />nMarching forward on,<br />n Slick ice cleaned…
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Ethanol
<a href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=7308" >Ethanol Makes Gasoline Costlier, Dirtier</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In his State of the Union address, President Bush spoke a lot about energy independence and alternative energy sources such as ethanol. According to the president, ethanol is the magical elixir that will solve virtually every economic, environmental, and foreign policy problem on the horizon. In reality,…
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Filter
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/filter01122007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/filter01122007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Sunlight filtering through the snow covered branches. Taken 1/12/2007.</center>
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Interesting Confluence
<a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2007-01-25T211639Z_01_N25460726_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-HOME.xml&src=rss&rpc=22" >U.S. home to set world price record at $155 mln</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=117&art_id=qw1169791923347S524" >'Beware the affluenza virus'</a><br />n<br />n<br />nThe confluence of these two stories struck me as interesting. An Article about rampant consumerism being harmful and a home being planned that is going to cost $155 million. If there is anything that…
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Waiting
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/waiting01192006?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/waiting01192006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Waiting for their cake on a cold morning. Taken 1/19/2006.</center>
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Good Letter
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/24/opinion/letters/53-methane.txt" >Letter: Regulations needed for methane industry</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>I am proud to live in a state where there are a few individuals who stand up for what is right in spite of attempted interference from the governor's office.<br />n<br />nThe hay meadows, the most productive part of our ranch, are on Spotted Horse Creek,…
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Feet
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/feet01232006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/feet01232006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>One day when I was counting cattle through a gate, my daughter asked me how I could keep track of the count. I told her, "Some people, like Grandpa, count the number of ears that go by then divide by…
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Ethanol Industry Problems
<a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=N22604105&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-4" >US ethanol firms may scrap plants as margins fall</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. ethanol producers may start scrapping plant construction plans after a surge in the cost of corn and a slide in gasoline prices put profit margins into the red, analysts said on Monday.<br />n<br />nThe outlook could damp a dramatic building boom as…
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Nylon
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/nylon01162006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/nylon01162006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Nylon waiting for his dose of oats. The sun behind him created a nice backdrop. Taken 1/16/2006. </center>
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Horses
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=3C7B83AF-DB16-39AF-58583D63F2A132B1" >Horse slaughter ban re-introduced in House, Senate</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The House of Representatives last year passed legislation to ban federally inspected horse slaughter in the U.S. Federal inspection of meat from slaughtered horses allows it to be exported to countries like France and Belgium where horsemeat is considered a delicacy. The bill died in…