Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Issue 72 is Out!

The Winter Issue of Ruminations is now in the mail, and along with it, a new version of the website. We're trying to keep the site more up to date, and have included a new PDF outtake from the present issue, so non-subscribers can see what we're talking about.

The Spring Issue is a great opportunity to advertise your farm with a special advertising package. Present subscribers get a free business card ad, or the cost of that ad off a larger advertisement. New subscribers get that same deal, plus 4 issues of the magazine and a classified ad in a future issue, all for $20/ for the first year.

Why are we doing this? Because we know that it can be hard to get noticed on the web, and for those not on the 'net have an even more difficult time. Also, Ruminations is a subscriber based publication, and we need advertisers to keep the magazine going. We try to make every issue helpful to you, and honor the precedents that were set before we bought the magazine. But we need you to send in your photos, articles and advertisements to keep us viable. We hope you'll help us keep Ruminations growing strong! Thanks,

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

New Issue

Sorry I've been so bad about updating this blog. I am just juggling so much that I just don't remember to take the time. But this issue is really important - to me, and to the breed.

There is a lot of "hoopla" about the buck height right now, and I'd just like to state personally that to me it's about time the conversation happened. A new breed club is starting up, and that's building some resentment too. But I think it's a good idea to have more than one view on a topic. No one has to believe any particular way, but they should have the knowledge to make a proper decision.

This new group has put together a survey to find out what the Nigerian dwarf breeders around the world really think. We'll publish the results in Ruminations, and a synopsis online. It's not our job to censor information, but we do want to be clear that each person can only vote once. We want to hear from as many people as possible, and if we "max out" on Survey MOnkey, we'll run the survey again another month.

To take the survey visit it here. Please let us know what you think about this important topic. Thanks.