Links
Here are a few links to sites that we find particularly interesting, relating to our business, or just plain fun. You might enjoy browsing some. Please check back often, as we plan to substantially add to this link page as time goes on.
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Ranch or Grassfed Beef Related Sites |
“Off the Subject”
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www.eatwild.com This site has three goals: (1) To link consumers with reliable suppliers of all-natural, delicious, grass-fed products. (2) To provide comprehensive, accurate information about the benefits of raising animals on pasture. (3) To provide a marketplace for farmers who raise their livestock on pasture from birth to market and who actively promote the welfare of their animals and the health of the land. |
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The
newly-formed Guadalupe County Livestock Producers Organization (GCLPO) can be
accessed at www.gclpo.org. The web site,
though brand-new, will expand and improve over the next months. Its mission
statement is: To organize the local livestock producers to address problems
concerning the livestock industry, and to share ranching ideas and
experiences in raising and marketing livestock in |
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www.cattletoday.com Cattle Today is a good site for general cattle information. Listings under sale reports, market outlook, free ranch listings, diseases, cattle dogs, Baxter Black and much more. |
www.santarosanm.org |
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A short article found on the Union of Concerned Scientists’ web site is an eye opener for those who have never seriously considered the role of antibiotics in livestock production. There are several links from this site to encourage further reading. The link is http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/antibiotics_and_food/.
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www.tucumcarinm.com Tucumcari is
our nearest neighboring town “to the east”. Population is about 5000, and
it’s called the Heart of the
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http://www.awionline.org/farm/alt-farming.html This site “provides practical published information for farmers, consumers, students, and educators who are concerned about factory farming and are seeking for alternatives.” An incredible information resource! |
A
visit to Tucumcari to see Tucumcari’s murals alone is well worth the trip.
Doug and Sharon Quarles are the artists behind this impressive project. The
murals are so incredibly realistic! There are 17 murals in the town so far,
and more are planned. Visit www.quarlesart.com
for more information. |
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Here’s a link to an informative and really complimentary article about our neighbors, Jim and Carol Thorpe (JT Land and Cattle): http://www.newfarm.org/columns/newranch/2005/0205/index.shtml. It was published by The New Farm (Rodale Institute) and is entitled “The New Ranch: Rethinking Range Management in the Arid West”. |
http://weather.nmsu.edu/nmcccooperator/newkirk.htm
This is the weather and climate data site for |
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www.swgla.org Southwest Grassfed Livestock Alliance is, in its own words, an alliance of producers, land managers, conservationists, and researchers that seeks to improve human, ecological and animal health, and strengthen local agricultural communities by educating producers, and the public about grassfed livestock products. |
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The
U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes many statistics and charts relating
to livestock production. The index to their publications can be found at www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/index.asp.
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For
a listing and description of upcoming events published by the NMSU College of
Agriculture and Home Economics, you can visit http://cahe.nmsu.edu:16080/calendar.
Included are cattle and livestock-related conferences, training workshops,
and symposiums. |
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www.cowboypoetry.com is
self-explanatory, no? |
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This page was last updated on 4-1-07