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By Ann Marie Ames ( Contact )   May 12, 2008 - 8:13 p.m.

Horse teeth. Wet fields. Crazy high fertilizer prices.

It's been a long few days for the little ol' ag reporter.

Last week I talked to ag bankers, sales people and others about the weird state of the agricultural economy and what effect it could have locally.

"Topsy-turvy" was one of many fun phrases used to describe the situation. The story's planned for Sunday.

I was on the phone a few times with UW Extension agent Jim Stute about how the clock is really ticking to get corn in this year. That story should be in Tuesday's paper.

Monday morning I watched Dr. Dean Peterson of the Janesville Animal Medical Center do an ultrasound on a mare and dental work on several other horses.

It didn't look easy.

The only hard part for me will be politely describing to the urban reader how to pregnancy check a horse.

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deweeze
May 13, 2008 at 7:28 p.m.
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LMAO Ann Marie, Kinda like trying to tell them how AI is done to a cow isn't it. Good Luck!!

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