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The City of Roundup is the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana. In 2020 it had a population of 1,742.
The Monsanto Company is an American multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is a leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, which it markets under the Roundup brand. Monsanto is also a leading producer of genetically engineered seed.
As one of pioneering companies in applying biotechnology to agriculture, Monsanto also brought into agriculture the standard biotechnology industry business model, in which patent rights play a key role, as patents allow such companies to recoup the expense of biotech research. Monsanto's application of this business model to agriculture, along with a growing movement to create a global, uniform system of plant breeders' rights in the 1980s, came into direct conflict with customary practices of farmers to save, reuse, share and develop plant varieties. Monsanto's role in these changes in agriculture, has made Monsanto controversial, as have its current and former products, which include genetically engineered seed and bovine growth hormone.
Monsanto is the largest producer of glyphosate herbicides in the United States through its brand Roundup, which is used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses that compete with commercial crops. Monsanto's United States patent on glyphosate expired in 2000. While glyphosate has been associated with birth defects in laboratory animals, possibly by affecting retinoic acid signalling, its impact on humans remains unclear. As of 2009, sales of Roundup herbicides represent about 10% of Monsanto's yearly revenue.
In 1926, when environmental policy was generally governed by local governments, Monsanto founded and incorporated the town of Monsanto, later renamed Sauget, Illinois, to provide a more business friendly environment for one of its chemical plants. For years, the Monsanto plant in Sauget was the nation's largest producer of polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs), a chemical once used as a common electrical insulator. And although PCBs were banned in the 1970s, they remain in the water along Dead Creek in Sauget. EPA officials referred to Sauget as "one of the most polluted communities in the region" and "a soup of different chemicals"
In 2002, The Washington Post carried a front page report on Monsanto's legacy of environmental damage in Anniston, Alabama related to its legal production of PCBs. Plaintiffs in a pending lawsuit provided documentation showing that the local Monsanto factory knowingly discharged both mercury and PCB-laden waste into local creeks for over 40 years. In a story on January 27, The New York Times reported that during 1969 alone Monsanto had dumped 45 tons of PCBs into Snow Creek, a feeder for Choccolocco Creek which supplies much of the area's drinking water. The company also buried millions of pounds of PCB in open-pit landfills located on hillsides above the plant and surrounding neighborhoods. In August 2003, Solutia and Monsanto agreed to pay plaintiffs $700 million to settle claims by over 20,000 Anniston residents related to PCB contamination.
According to an anonymous 2001 document obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, Monsanto has been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as being a "potentially responsible party" for 56 contaminated sites (Superfund sites) in the United States. Monsanto has been sued, and has settled, multiple times for damaging the health of its employees or residents near its Superfund sites through pollution and poisoning.
A UK government report showed that 67 chemicals, including Agent Orange derivatives, dioxins and PCBs exclusively made by Monsanto, are leaking from the Brofiscin quarry, near Groesfaen in Wales, an unlined porous quarry that was not authorized to take chemical wastes. It emerged that the groundwater had been polluted since the 1970s. The government was criticised for failing to publish information about the scale and exact nature of this contamination. The UK Environment Agency estimated that it would cost £100m to clean up the site, called "one of the most contaminated" in the UK.
More info on Monsanto's controversial practices here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto
The City of Roundup is the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana. In 2020 it had a population of 1,742.
Roundup This bronze sculpture depicts the western heritage that makes this part of Canada truly unique.
As early as the 15th century, this herding or roundup technique was used to gather livestock together so they could be counted, branded, or sold. A roundup requires specialized skills of the cowboy and his horse, as these animals are specifically trained for the task. These [cutting] horses can stop and turn faster than most horses and are trained to follow the movement of cattle.
Commissioned and funded by the Calgary Stampede with contributions from the Government of Canada's Millennium Partnership Program and the Province of Alberta.
Artist: Linda Stewart
Unveiled July 2000
During the opening ceremonies of the rodeo, everyone who was part of the club (and their friends) gave a hello by riding around.
Mustang Western Days is just around the corner here. A parade and rodeo on Saturday along with a host of other events
Ahh, discovering the beauty of Idaho, a neighbor to the north. We invited ourselves to the annual roundup at the Barton Ranch just outside Carey, Idaho (population 604). Cowboys and cowgirls loaded their horse trailers and pulled on their chaps and cowboy hats before sunrise each morning for three days. They pushed 500 cows through lava rock desert (Craters of the Moon National Monument) to the green grass of the ranch. This photo was taken on day 2. Cows were rounded into corrals before the final 10 miles push to the green pastures of the ranch. This cowgirl gave the cows a wide berth from her perch atop a haystack.
The cattle roundup was at a 7000 acre ranch in the Texas Panhandle. It was truly authentic of the way things used to be done. The bulls began fighting and spooked the horse in the center.
Since I did not do a roundup of my 2013 builds, and I am in a roundup mood with a tiny bit of spare time - here it is.
The centrepiece is my Bloodtron SHIP from SHIPtember 2013 and the cool edit was done by the eminent Pascal (pasukaru76).
2013 was a more prolific year than 2014, for several reasons (excuses):
1) I was more SORTED in 2013.
2) Certain very addictive video games which take up late evening time had not yet come out.
3) Was concentrating less in 2013 than in 2014 on my swimming training.
4) 2014 was even busier at work than 2013.
Just excuses, I know...
2015 will be fewer but more involved and hopefully more cerebral builds. We'll see...
I was lucky this roundup & caught cowboys actually herding the cattle.
I wanted to capture some fall colors along with the cattle. I got lucky & found what I wanted
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LAST ROUNDUP ~ Hoof & Horn Steakhouse Closes Forever on May 22, 2014 ~ Saint Joseph, Missouri USA ~ Copyright ©2015 Bob Travaglione ~ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
He started the band 20-something years ago.
Strobist: I had a Glow 25" collapsible beauty dish just above the camera lens with a 65" white Godox umbrella with diffusion to the right maybe 2 stops down. I added the tooth sparkle in Boris Effects Optics.
From grandparents to grandkids (the boy in the back right is 8 years old), this family works together to heard their cattle out of the San Juan Mountains north of Pagosa Springs, Colorado in September. We went out to take pictures of the foliage and got a bonus when we ran into this family herding their cattle out of the high country. The yellow dots in the picture are Aspen leaves falling.
The completed 550 piece jigsaw puzzle "Roundup," from the painting by Oklahoma artist Christopher Nick, and manufactured by Karmin Int'l of Canada.
You can learn more about the artist and his fine work at www.cnickstudio.com/.
BBQ Chicken - With Style!, There’s a Sausage in My Boot (fire-grilled pork sausage), Evil Dr. Smoked Ribs, Buttercup’s Beef Brisket & Buckin’ Baked Beans
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"Retread Tuesday" with a twist! took one of dw3844 photos and retread..... she did the same with one of mine. Can't really improve on her photography, just give you my rendition.
originally posted sept. 25, 2007
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debbie's retread tueday