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January 2016

Saudi Arabia buying up farmland in US Southwest

By | Ranches

By Jeff Daniels from CNBC   Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries are scooping up farmland in drought-afflicted regions of the U.S. Southwest, and that has some people in California and Arizona seeing red. Saudi Arabia grows alfalfa hay in both states for shipment back to its domestic dairy herds….

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The Most Texas Interview of All Time

By | Cowboys, Media

(Thanks to my brother John Beal for this)   This on-air interview is almost too good to be true. A few years ago, a couple cows got loose in Lubbock, Texas. They were running all around the highway and into the downtown area, causing traffic problems and pandemonium. One cow…

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Equine Internal Combustion

By | Horses

By Sharon Biggs Waller From The Horse     Hay is fermented in the hindgut, and that fermentation gives off a long-lasting heat. Horses can be amazingly hardy. On a below-freezing day, your horse can stay warm and snug. So warm, in fact, that if you put your bare hands into…

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