Keepin’ it Country
Do you like the new look of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor so far? We hope you like our new and improved design. You’ll notice that OFN got a makeover from front to back. It’s been years since our paper was redesigned so we hope you’ll agree it was time for a new look. We strive to bring to you an interesting, informative and aesthetically pleasing publication about livestock production in the Ozarks.
All We Need’s More Rain
Well Pat and I got home from a long road trip. We were gone for a week and saw lots of the Country. I noticed that some good western folks were helped out a lot by the heavy rains in September. There is plenty of hay rolled up from here to the Rockies. While driving west to New Mexico, we saw many acres of wheat pasture coming up too.
Life is Simple
A little over a year ago, I traded in my old lawn mower for a state-of-the-art, new mower that I concluded, considering my advanced age, would be the last one I’d ever have to buy. It is a zero-turn machine that has a 60-inch cut and sports a 28HP engine. When it was delivered by the machinery dealer, that I’ve dealt with for years, I reminisced that the new mower’s price tag was more than I paid for my first tractor so many years ago.
Keepin’ it Country
Do you like the new look of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor so far? We hope you like our new and improved design. You’ll notice that OFN got a makeover from front to back. It’s been years since our paper was redesigned so we hope you’ll agree it was time for a new look. We strive to bring to you an interesting, informative and aesthetically pleasing publication about livestock production in the Ozarks.
Life is Simple
A little over a year ago, I traded in my old lawn mower for a state-of-the-art, new mower that I concluded, considering my advanced age, would be the last one I’d ever have to buy. It is a zero-turn machine that has a 60-inch cut and sports a 28HP engine. When it was delivered by the machinery dealer, that I’ve dealt with for years, I reminisced that the new mower’s price tag was more than I paid for my first tractor so many years ago.
Keepin’ it Country
It’s true what they say that you learn something new every day. That really is the case for me every time I leave the office and head out to visit a producer in the Ozarks. No two farms operate exactly the same way and what works for one farm may not work for another. As you may know with my job farm visits are normal and I truly enjoy it each and every time.
All We Need’s More Rain
A few weeks ago, Pat and I attended the “Music On The Mountain” hosted at a ranch west of Chester, Ark. It was country singer Royal Wade Kimes’ charity event. This event sponsors backpacks for school kids. Royal Wade told me they serve 9 counties in Oklahoma and 11 counties in Arkansas. There are, I would bet, many youngsters going to school who get a new backpack from his organization who are sure pleased.
Life is Simple
I was making small talk with a lady whom I had just met in a waiting room last week, when, upon learning I was a farmer, she asked, “Do you eat the animals you raise?”
Keepin’ it Country
It’s true what they say that you learn something new every day. That really is the case for me every time I leave the office and head out to visit a producer in the Ozarks. No two farms operate exactly the same way and what works for one farm may not work for another. As you may know with my job farm visits are normal and I truly enjoy it each and every time.
Life is Simple
If I have ever met a farmer to whom more bizarre things have happened to than Charlie, I don’t know who it would be. So, when I spotted him at a farm meeting last week, I was pretty sure I’d have my column for this week.
