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March 2010

Calving Is Critical To Productivity

By | Cattle

by Dr. Steve Blezinger, a nutritional and management consultant in Sulphur Springs, Texas Every cow-calf operation contains several basic components without which it cannot survive. First, the producer has to get the females bred. Second, the bred females have to carry the unborn calf to term. Third, she has to…

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Cowboy Stamps

By | Art

The U.S. Postal service will issue four new first class stamps on April 17th in a series known as “Cowboys of the Silver Screen”. The stamp art is by freelance illustrator Robert Rodriguez, whose work has been featured on more than a dozen previous stamps. Rodriguez based his portrait of…

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Happy Anniversary Blog

By | Uncategorized

This blog is one year old today. I’ve done 381 entries during the year and hopefully you found them interesting. People especially like postings about old movies and old movie stars and I get a lot of email from people “remembering” the good old days. But most other topics get…

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Beef Packing Houses

By | Food

Did you know that four beef packing companies control 85% of the market? – Tyson Foods in Arkansas is the biggest player in the US beef market with 107,000 employees and $26 billion in sales. They are the second-largest food production company in the Fortune 500. – Cargill Meat Solutions…

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