Noah and Nate are going cross-eyed at Abel’s Dinosaur lessons. #tasteofmyownmedicine I saw an article on my facebook feed about a study proclaiming that organic is worse for the climate than conventional, since organic producers are less productive so that…
There’s one spot on one of our ranches where I always freeze up like a deer in the headlights. You see, a few years ago there was this one time where I had 200 head that ran down a hill…
The following is a comment from someone I will call Jacob to last weeks blog post. Following that, my response to the comment. “As much as I would like to share his optimism, I believe this quote is utter nonsense…
There was a new report out this week with dire warnings about the consequences of global warming. As usual, the political right received this information with its usual response to expert opinion, sneering and eye rolling. Expert opinion? and facts,…
So far, the only thing worse than modern agriculture is any of the alternatives. This fact has been concealed by our politics, agriculture having been swallowed up by our politics, just like everything else. If you say ‘agriculture is great’…
Important to remember what its all for. I like talking politics, but before you strike up a political conversation with me, be warned; if you say three or four things in a row that line up neatly with the fissures…
As time goes on, I find myself caring less and less about the stress of my livestock and more and more about my own stress. I’m sorry. That’s just how it goes. I think that means I have become a…
There are a lot of people telling ranchers how to be more eco. I think they are almost all… not quite right. Often the people who want to change ranchers lose sight of the forest for the trees. As someone…
Its easy to tell the world how it is and not listen when it tries to correct you. Science is a method for testing our ideas about reality and a system for accumulating and sharing that information. I think I…
Short grass is preferred by all kinds of mega-fauna, big and small. Theories without facts are at best pointless self-pleasure. At worst they can be dangerous propaganda. Theories that lack supporting data are like dry skeletons. In our little world…
