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    More evidence disputing global warming theories

    http://viewzone.com/milkyway.html
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    Al Gore Saving the Planet - Part 2

    It just keeps getting better. http://www.suntimes.com/news/steyn/2819 ... 04.article "And, in fact, in the Reverend Al's case it's even better than that. Al buys his carbon offsets from Generation Investment Management LLP, which is "an independent, private, owner-managed partnership...
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    Al Gore saving the planet

    http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... id=5072659 pulled this from the article; "Armed with Gore's utility bills for the last two years, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research charged Monday that the gas and electric bills for the former vice president's 20-room home and pool house...
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    Question for farmers outside North America

    In the middle of a discussion with someone else and this topic came up. What are you guys using for equipment on your farms? Specifically, I am interested in what type of tractors you use and what type of road vehicles you use for hauling animals and hay and equipment around.
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    The snow is gonna stop soon now

    Well I held off as long as I could but I finally bought a new set of tire chains for my tractor so I can keep moving snow (piles are getting so big i couldn't push them anymore without more traction) Now that I've got them it's garanteed to warm up and stop snowing :lol:
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    Cattle can be dangerous

    Given the number of new people who post here with dreams of having cattle of their own just thought I'd post a reminder as to what can happen even with the most experienced farmers. There was a 45 y/o Dairy farmer found dead in his pasture near me this last week. (dairy farmer his entire life)...
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    Any of you near Albany Oregon?

    Kind of odd I spose but I'll ask anyhow. I have a friend who lives near Albany Oregon. She has a couple of Servals (small "wild" african cats) she keeps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval She likes to find beef, buffalo, and similar to feed them but paying supermarket prices isn't...
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    Someone stop the rain!!!

    Ok I know some of you are having drought problems and I feel for ya but it's rained 9 out of 10 days here the last month. I still have field work to do before winter!! I had great summer growth of grass and hay because of the wet weather but if it don't stop raining soon it's all gonna be...
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    Honda ATV recall

    I got a recall notice in the mail for my Honda electric shift. They are replacing the angle sensor found in most of their electric shift models free of charge with a unit from a new parts manufacturer. So if you have a Honda of some sort with the electric shift option might wanna check it...
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    What to do with dry hay?

    I have some hay that I couldnt get up in time and it's turned brown and dried out on me :( . I cut it thursday and was gonna bale it up saturday. It rained real hard saturday and these are wet fields anyhow so it didn't dry again till yesterday but had other things happening and just plain...
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    Unexpected problems (long post)

    Well Saturday night I noticed one of my oldest cows was missing so I put on the hiking boots and go looking for her. Found her after a couple hours of searching laying back in the thick pine trees near a creek. She was laying down and had a vaginal prolapse. I couldn't figure this one out...
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    Cow has a sore foot

    About a week ago i noticed one of my cows got a branch stuck between her toes. I got the branch out but she's still limping. She can put weight on the foot but it's obviously sore and she's favoring the leg. I looked at her foot and there doesnt appear to be anything really wrong with it...
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    Irrigation from a natural spring

    Been pretty dry this year so I been looking into ways to get water to some of my pastures. Located on one of the hills above my pastures is a natural spring that "never" seems to go dry. It used to supply water to the old farm house but hasn't been used in ages. There is a 5x5 concrete...
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    Need some advice on a bull (no pictures)

    Ok went to look at a bull the other day. Bull is son of JJJ Victor....momma was unregistered Hereford. He is about 20 months old and is a pretty decent looking bull cept for one thing.....he has scurs. They are small....only about 2 inches long and stubby. None of my cows(straightbred...
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    Found something strange in the pasture this morning..

    Its from South Holland, IL and made it to Cherry Creek, NY. Had a little note asking for information on how far it traveled. Floated across Indiana and Ohio to make it here so had a pretty good journey :).
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    Few calf pictures

    Heifer calf...24 hours old. Little bull calf getting some attention from momma and keeping a close eye on me lol. 5 days old and he runs from me so no eartag or band.........yet :lol: . Little bull calf. This guy was born march 15th. Banded and tagged. Little bull calf.....4 days old...
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    I love auctions

    One of the larger yearly equipment auctions for my area was yesterday. Went home with a NH kicker baler in great condition, a 6ft ford brush hog in good condition, and a complete Case loader assembly for my Case 1210 in great shape (need a couple mounting modifications to fit the tractor but...
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    Need advice

    Ok cow dropped a little bull calf yesterday at about 4pm(right in the middle of a briar patch of course)....everything went fine...nice looking little calf. I didn't actually see him nurse shortly after birth but he was poking around so didn't worry about it.....calf knows where to get food...
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    Nother bull to tear up

    Check out the noggin on this guy. Owner tried to sell me this bull. Said he's used the bull 3 years and hasn't had any trouble with calving. Looked at last years batch of calves and didn't see any big headed ones. I told him the bull wasn't what I was looking for. Just figured I'd let ya'll...
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    Mailing Beef??

    I have a friend who lives in Jacksonville, Fla and I want to send her a couple steaks from a steer i just had processed :lol: . Is it legal to mail steaks and stuff? If so how would you recomend I package them to arrive in good frozen condition.
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