Starting From Scratch
After a 16-year career in the U.S. Army, Josh Morris and his wife Chiara had a plan – a plan to become farmers, but...
Hancock Farms Changes Course
After years of running a dairy farm in Bois D’Arc, Mo., Matthew and Taryon Hancock determined they needed a change. In February 2017, they...
Answering the Call to Serve
Some folks never find their true calling in life. Some wonder from this project to that, never really feeling passionate about anything particular. On...
A Family of Farriers
A strong work ethic, sense of humor, and a desire to learn the farrier trade are collective traits of the students attending Heartland Horseshoeing...
Building with Beefmasters
Jerad and Brandi Gentry were looking for a breed of cow that would make money, and be gentle enough to have their two young...
Making A Career in Agriculture
If you’ve ever read a field-scouting report for the Southwest Missouri region from the University of Missouri-Extension, chances are Jill Scheidt, agronomy specialist for...
Carrying the Load
Women running farms is nothing new, though more younger women are doing so now than ever before. Little did Crowder College graduate Jennifer Wilson...
Setting An Example
When Marilyn Calvin’s husband, Kenneth died suddenly six years ago, she was faced with a myriad of decisions, including if she would continue the...
Improving Through Education
Dairy farming is in Michelle Eilenstine’s blood. Her parents had done it since the 1970s and she grew up learning all the ins and...
Guiding the Future
Everton High School is located in southeast Dade County, Mo’s., bucolic countryside along the twists-and-turns of Highway 160.
On the last day of the 2016-2017...
