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Dancing with the Cows, my Farmer’s way
I feel it is time for a funny story. Since my Farmer has not done anything stupid funny lately, I pulled up my notes I keep on things to blog about and I found this story. I wrote it a few years back, after we lost our dog and before we got the current one, but never published it. As I was reading it, I found myself laughing and figured if it made me laugh, maybe it would make somebody else laugh. Yes, it is making fun of my Farmer, and he will probably not like hearing about it from his friends, SO DON’T TELL HIM!! (Ahhh what the…
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A Cow, A Hog, and A Sheep have WHAT in Common?
As I mentioned in my post about the importance of Agriculture in our everyday lives, Ag touches our lives in ways most people have never imagined. When it comes to cattle, hogs, and sheep, almost the entire body of the animal is used in one way or another to benefit humans. For example, from the body of a typical 1,000 steer, approximately 400 pounds is beef. The remainder is “by-products”. By-products are anything derived as a secondary item in processing. Though less visible, by-products from these animals play a vital role in maintaining and improving the quality of human life. The following is a list of just a few ways…
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A Frosty 1st Silent Sunday
I really enjoyed posting just pictures that last few weeks. I think everyone likes to look at pictures, so I have decided that I will designate Sunday as Silent Sunday and post only pictures every Sunday. At least that’s what I’m gonna try for. It shouldn’t be that hard right? No words, just picture. Well, that might be a bit hard for me, the no words part, but I’m gonna try it. If I do write, I will keep it short. Promise. Here are the photo’s for my first Silent Sunday. I better hurry, because my clock tells me I have 5 minutes left of this Sunday. That’s it for…
