Archive for May, 2010

PMU Cutback

May 31, 2010 No Comments by

Pfizer is cutting back from 64 PMU Ranchers last year to approximately 25 Ranchers this year. They are also eliminating 25 jobs at their processing plant. With plummeting demand there is simply no need for the extra production. I read that since the Women’s Health Initiative Report  the number of ranches has dropped from 400+ [...]

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Equine Rolex Commercial

May 31, 2010 No Comments by

Horses are a common theme in advertising. They can indicate strength, speed, beauty and bring out stirring emotions in many of us. I see the Rolex people have now done an equine commercial for their high end products.

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Western Horse Sales Unlimited Results

May 27, 2010 No Comments by

If you are interested in how the horses sold at the big Western Horse Sales Unlimited Sale In Saskatchewan be sure to check out the results they have posted on their website.  http://www.pedersenhorses.com/results.html. There is certainly more optimism in the market than we had last year and the year before. Here at Northernhorse.com we see [...]

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Ranch Horse Market Holds Steady at 4th Annual “Real” Sale

May 27, 2010 No Comments by

Saturday, April 17 was one of the first sun-shiny days of spring in Billings, Montana, and the Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch was the perfect meeting place that day for real ranch cowboys and cowgirls with good horses to sell and prospective buyers who came from across the country looking for reliable mounts. It was [...]

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A QH Lover’s Guide to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

May 27, 2010 No Comments

The world is coming to Lexington, Kentucky, this fall – the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, that is, along with all the fanfare that accompanies the year’s largest single sporting event in the United States. And the even cooler thing? AQHA and American Quarter Horses are front and center on this world stage. AQHA is the [...]

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Foal Chewing Wound

May 21, 2010 7 Comments

Diane was kind enough to get back to us and thank everyone for their suggestions. Lynn – thanks for putting my request on the website. Many useful suggestions.  We are using Cut Heal spray – he doesn’t like the taste of it – with hydrotherapy twice a day.  We have made an apron with legs [...]

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Some Interesting Stats

May 20, 2010 No Comments

This isn’t about horses but I found some of these statistics interesting. Having worked on the web since it first hit town, I think I am quite accustomed to change but sometimes it is quite shocking to see how fast it really is happening. I was cleaning out the garage yesterday and found a book [...]

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Canadian Semen Import Regulatory Change

May 20, 2010 No Comments

Minor Change in US-origin Equine Semen Canadian Import Protocol -Possible Delay Causer? CFIA today announced a change in the import protocol for semenoriginating from other countries including the USA. Following therestrictions implemented as a result of the CEM outbreak in the USA,equine semen – both cooled and frozen – from that country has beensubject to [...]

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Farmers Solution to the Oil Spill

May 20, 2010 No Comments

It has always been my experience that farmers and ranchers are particularly good at finding solutions to problems. They don’t tend to have great gobs of money like the oil companies so they have to find ways to make the things they already have and can afford work. This looks interesting. Some of you who [...]

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Prairie Spring Horse Sale Results

May 18, 2010 No Comments

The folks from Johnstone Auction Mart Ltd. in Moose Jaw, SK have given us the following results from the Prairie Spring Horse Sale that was on May 16, 2010. Prairie Spring Horse Sale Results – May 16, 2010 66 horses total Riding horses sold up to $9000 High seller was Lot #29 at $9000 The [...]

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Spook Gotta Gun Moves to Silver Spurs Equine

May 18, 2010 No Comments

APHA World Champion Junior Reining Horse Spook Gotta Gun is now located in Arizona! Silver Spurs Equine has purchased the stallion and will be standing him! Congrats to Michael and Michelle Miola on their purchase!!! Please contact Gasda Performance Horses for more info (www.gasdaperformancehorses.com)

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