What a year. The news for most of the year was consumed with politics with hatred from every direction. Now at least we know what we have and hopefully we can move forward and concentrate on how fortunate we are to live in America—the greatest land of all.
I read an article where China was building more holding facilities—you might as well say prisons—for people who talk against the government. If that was the case in America we would have many left on the outside. How fortunate we are and don’t even realize it.
In recent years China’s beef consumption has been increasing. China has become the world’s largest importer. From 2013 to 2023 the beef import volume increased from 294,000 tons to 2.737 million tons with an average annual growth rate of 59.4%.
One cattle buyer asked me this past week—“Do you know of any cattle sales in the area?” I think he wanted to buy some calves, but some people are alcoholics and some people are “cattleaholics.”
Thankfully we have had a very good year in the cattle business and perhaps he was needing to buy some cows so he didn’t have to pay as much income tax. I did hear several ranchers saying they had bought another feed pickup and others were buying hay and pellets, troughs and panels.
Next week we have a cold front coming in with the lows forecast being in the high teens and the highs 33 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. I know that is not cold for some of you, but it is for me. But we are only day closer to spring. Actually the triticale I had planted has grown this past week, which is unusual for this time of year.
I say don’t worry about getting older. You will still do stupid stuff— donly slower.
I found that I have been happier since I changed from coffee in the morning to orange juice. My doctor explained that it’s the vitamin C and natural sugars, but I really think it’s the vodka.
Editor’s note: The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not represent the view of High Plains Journal. Jerry Nine, Woodward, Oklahoma, is a lifetime cattleman who grew up on his family’s ranch near Slapout, Oklahoma.
