Life Is Simple
I’m really more of a dog person than I am a cat person, even though I’ve had both for most of my life. The...
Life Is Simple
About three weeks ago my wife and I were sitting on the back porch, late one Sunday afternoon, when I noticed all the cattle...
Freshly Picked
Once upon a time there were a couple of brothers from Alma who decided to enlist in the Air Force. When the enlisting officer...
Across the Fence
In the world of farming and ranching, we have a vocabulary all our own.
Only in agriculture can phrases and words like adjusted weaning weight,...
Life Is Simple
About three weeks ago my wife and I were sitting on the back porch, late one Sunday afternoon, when I noticed all the cattle...
Across the Fence
In the world of farming and ranching, we have a vocabulary all our own.
Only in agriculture can phrases and words like adjusted weaning weight,...
Life Is Simple
Long before livestock guard dogs were in vogue, to protect farm animals from the predators that roamed the woods around our farms, and years...
Across the Fence
Mother Nature can be a wicked, wicked woman.
Farmers and ranchers are really getting hammered this year, and the hits just keep coming. According to...
Freshly Picked
There is nothing quite as alarming (or embarrassing) as getting a call from your neighbor at three o’clock in the morning because your cattle...
Life Is Simple
Farmers complain. That’s just what we do.
I’ve never quite figured out whether it’s a genetic condition we’ve possessed since birth or a simple...
