Missouri Neighbors

In the rugged terrain and the demanding brutal conditions of rural Scotland a particular breed of cattle has been able to thrive for centuries, the Scottish Highlander.
Highlanders began being imported into the United States during the mid to late 1800’s when a “herd book” or national registry was established in 1884 making them the oldest registered breed of cattle in the country.

Brad and Joanna Carter’s registered Angus and Boer Goats may be a small-time operation, but that doesn’t stop them from taking specific steps towards improving their breeding programs.
“We AI our cattle, but we’re not brave enough to AI our goats,” Joanna laughed. The Carters have had goats for five years, and cattle for longer than that. When they moved to their current location, in Dadeville, Mo., Brad said their fields were covered with serecia lespedeza. “The cattle wouldn’t eat it, that and all our brush. So we got goats to take care of it,” he recalled.

For many in the Ozarks, charcoal plants are so familiar we don’t give them much thought.  But do you know how something as unremarkable as a burning stick of wood has shaped our world?

The Diehl family knows what can come from a family working, and playing, together

It has been purebred Limousin, even with their part-time breeding program, for Stephen and Judith Fugitt

Aaron and Jennie Owen have raised a family and made a life in the registered Simmental cattle business

Joe and Karen Prock have tried many breeds of horses, and they can tell you their reasoning for their choices

Marty and Cheryl Brown use embryo transfer to make their registered herd expansion a faster process

Freddie Martin has spent a lifetime watching the cycles of agriculture; and he's still growing his dairy herd today

For Mary Beller it was a desire to reach out and grow that led her to the show arena.
“This was an opportunity for me to get out and do something on my own,” said Mary, owner of Rafter B Cutting Horses in Cabool.  “But Robert is my support; I couldn’t do this without him!”