Missouri Neighbors

Curtis Millsap calls what he does for a living “a calling.”

Horsewoman Judi Carlson once said, “When riding a horse, we leave our fear, troubles and sadness behind on the ground.”

Nothing gives one more hope for the future then sitting down to visit with a young person who displays a wealth of common sense, work ethic and a vision for the future, important qualities for owning an egg business.

The Ice family of Texas County, Mo., approached a turning point by the mid-1990s.

Will James owns and operates Double J Ranch, located in Mindenmines, Mo.

“We have been selling bulls for three generations,” explained Will, who is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Merl, and father, Ronald.

Lucas Cattle Company cattle manager Jeff Reed said there are both purebred and commercial cattle operations with the Lucas name in Hickory County, Mo.

Taressa Rankin of rural Lebanon, Mo., is a young wife and mother, who refers to herself as an aspiring horsewoman.

When people think of having a farm, a mushroom farm is probably not one of the first things to come to mind.

At 18 hands, hooves the size of dinner plates and weighing more than a ton each, Lightning and Titan are the size of small elephants. Capable of pulling 10,000 pounds each, these Shire horses hardly feel the light carriage behind them as they walk through a brightly lit Christmas display in Branson, Mo.

The scientific method is more than just a concept learned in science class for Jacob Noblitt, a junior at Bolivar High School and a member of the Bolivar FFA Chapter in Bolivar, Mo.