Search results for query: *

This is my kinda girl. Click on the link at the bottom to see her picture and be sure to take the time to read the comments. Hard to believe some of these folks live amongst us..... 15 year old Bismarck girl shoots mountain lion By BRIAN GEHRING Bismarck Tribune December 27, 2010 Saje...

I haven't posted in a long time, but I want to update you on a South Dakota Brand Board issue that is extremely troubling to those of us who ranch in the brand inspection area in western South Dakota. Here is the story from the Rapid City Journal: Fired investigator sues state Brand Board By...

NAIS may be dead, but the problems linger. Read this and contact your senators about S. 510. Check the link at the bottom to read the whole story. FOOD SAFETY BILL UPDATE In the last issue of Wise Traditions, I discussed S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. As of mid-March, little has...

I just found this online this morning. Let's hope this story is true.... National Animal Identification System scrapped February 5, 2010 @ Michael Hampton The U.S. Department of Agriculture will announce Friday that it is dropping a controversial plan to track livestock. The National Animal...

You'll love this. Happy New Year!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26hjrwN_bg4

We're blizzarded in today. The wind is howling, snow is piling up in huge drifts, and the mercury is hovering around zero. Most of our six kids and their families and most of the neighbors won't be able to get here for our usual Christmas Day celebration, but our oldest son and his family who...

I guess these nuts would rather have the horses starve to death? Judge allows wild horse roundup in Nevada By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday it is going forward with a contentious plan to round up about 2,500 wild horses in Nevada. A spokeswoman for...

This would be laughable if we didn't know that these are the people that our present administration listens to.... Wildlife Services should be renamed “Wildlife Execution Squad" December 11, 2009 Seattle Environmental Policy Examiner Jean Williams Congress passed the Animal Damage Control Act...

The EPA’s Carbon Bomb Fizzles The administration has given a skittish Congress another reason not to pass cap and trade. In the high-stakes game of chicken the Obama White House has been playing with Congress over who will regulate the earth's climate, the president's team just motored into a...

You've heard what Al Gore and the other global warming alarmists have to say about the email from CRU. Now you can check those emails at this link: http://www.eastangliaemails.com/index.php East Anglia Confirmed Emails from the Climate Research Unit Searchable website On 20 November 2009...

Texas County rancher to run for 8th District Thursday, November 19, 2009 George Anderson A Texas County rancher, who feels the Eighth Congressional District is "ready for new leadership," recently announced his intention to challenge incumbent Jo Ann Emerson in the August 2010 primary...

Do you suppose our government will ever do the right thing and get the US out of the UN? Global warming scolds target meat eaters By Randy Rasmussen November 9, 2009 Full disclosure: I like meat. I've eaten countless steaks, hamburgers, pork chops, bacon, hot dogs, chicken and fish in my...

This article shows where the money to fund NAIS is coming from and I'm upset with organizations that my family has been a part of for generations, like Farm Bureau, that were funding this gigantic government intrusion into OUR business behind our backs. Check the numbers and refer to the...

Range Wars Over the Lands of the American West Written by James Heiser Friday, 30 October 2009 To state an obvious fact that will probably soon be illegal to acknowledge, there has long been a strong link between culture and region. Despite the best efforts of the cultural homogenizers —...

South Dakota didn't just say no, we said HELL NO to NAIS. The sign above the door in the meeting room said capacity 375 and there were a lot of folks standing in the back because they had no place to sit. I'm guessing the number of people attending off and on during the day was closer to 500 and...

NAIS system will hurt industry competition Stayton Weldon, Agweek Published: 06/01/2009 BILLINGS, Mont. — Inherent to every competitive industry is proprietary information. If one competitor gains access to the proprietary information of another, then any competitive advantage associated with...

Why don't they just shoot these horses instead of making them suffer by confining them like this and wasting millions of taxpayer dollars to keep them locked up? Proposed wild horse holding facilities criticized By The Associated Press | Monday, May 11, 2009 RENO, Nev. -- Federal land managers...

How many of you ranchers in South Dakota and Nebraska had this problem this winter? Ticks Take Toll On Cattle Following a treacherous winter, some ranchers in western South Dakota are already having an even worse spring. Hundreds of cattle have died and officials believe an infestation of...

The Source for Livestock News in the Alleys April 21, 2009, high noon WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Livestock Auction Markets have grave concern over the talk of “mandatory” NAIS that rumbled out of the nations capitol last week. Market operators are skeptical that the current National Animal...

Since the defeat of HB 1224 in South Dakota (the bill to keep NAIS voluntary), I have been looking into NAIS and the organizations supporting it. A friend sent me this article that discusses NAIS and the wildlife diseases spread to livestock. Can any of you tell me why wildlife should be...