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“Mad cow” in Germany….
….for the first time in five years, a case of “Mad Cow” disease has been discovered in Germany and several of her offspring did make it into the food chain. Others were still on the farm, but the story doesn’t say if they were infected. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-18/germany-finds-mad-cow-disease-in-bovine-in-first-case-since-2009.html If you read carefully, you can see that the experts really don’t know what causes “Mad Cow”…..generally it is claimed it is due to contaminated feed…or feed made from animal by-products. My own non-expert opinion, with absolutely no scientific training, is that the “experts” should consider the pesticides that are routinely sprayed on commercial cows….particularly those that attack the nervous system. Examining the chemicals…
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The best things in life are….
….made with grass fed beef! Like this beef stew. (Pardon me, my daughter the English major may see this: Such as this beef stew!) And it was only the proverbial “gilding the lily” to toss in some Hennessey’s. We first tasted it at Linda Maurer’s house, she of Springhaven Farm near Madison (sorry, address not available), and it was absolutely the best stew we ever had. Linda being a dear friend, and quavering only slightly due to the gun pointed at her, volunteered to share her recipe. She called it “Parker’s Beef Stew”. Well, being a fanatic about such little things I had to track down “Parker”. Turns out he was a…
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Where to begin….
….well, to coin a phrase, “start at the beginning”. Posting has been non-existent for almost a month, but not because there’s been nothing to report. It’s breeding season and Wooz here discusses strategy with our vet, Dr. Monica O’Brien. AI comes first, and we’re using two sires across some of our best cows: Traditional Devon’s Falcon (our English bull) and Rotokawa 243, who has given us some wonderful calves in the past. After that, came sorting the herd into groups….getting the right bulls with the right females. In all, we’ll be using four bulls this time: Jackpot and U2 plus limited use of two Traditional Devon bulls, a son of…