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• 0707 PD: Desert island survival tip

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  Created: Friday, 06 July 2007 04:51

  Artie and Esther are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Suddenly, over the public address system, the captain announces, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines hav...

• 0707 PD: Baxter Black: Ranch real estate

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  Created: Friday, 06 July 2007 04:49

  The ad read: For sale: 30-acre ranchette with two wells, year-round creek, round pen, loading chute, run-in shelter, paddocks, corrals, granary and poultry condo, a perfect place to watch people and critters grow and thrive in a Montana atmosphere! Poul...

• 0707 PD: Forage testing: Why, how and where

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  Created: Friday, 06 July 2007 04:47

  Forage testing assesses the nutrient composition of forages and permits a producer to develop feeding and marketing strategies. This [article] has been developed to inform livestock or cash-crop hay producers of the benefits of forage testing. Information...

• 0707 PD: Supplemental cooling for dry cows

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  Created: Friday, 06 July 2007 04:43

  The benefits of providing supplemental cooling for lactating cows to maintain intake and milk yield are well understood by dairy producers. Today, many producers are also providing supplemental cooling for dry cows as well. Many producers breed cows to c...

• 0707 PD: Are all those additives worth it?

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  Created: Friday, 06 July 2007 04:41

  One of my veterinary colleagues at Virginia Tech has an interesting perspective on additives. Each additive makes claims to improve health, gains, milk production, fat and protein tests. My definition of an additive is a substance that provides no known n...

• 0707 PD: Overall Wit & Wisdom

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  Created: Friday, 06 July 2007 04:39

  My wife has had another birthday. I will have some fun for the next six months until I have my birthday and we are the same age again. We are both getting to the age at which we have so many aches and pains that if a new one comes today it will be a least...

• 0707 PD: The View from Here

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  Created: Friday, 06 July 2007 04:38

  One year ago from this last Memorial Day weekend, I stood in Afghanistan with my fellow warriors from the 10th Mountain Division. General Eikenberry, then the commander of all U.S. forces in that country, told us we were in a land far away so that our lov...