A Little Variety with One Breed
Bruce and Courtney Bassler appreciate the maternal side of Beefmaster cattle
NIANGUA, MO. - Transplants from Maryland, Bruce and Courtney Bassler are thriving on Shooting...
A Place For All
It was a couple of Percherons that got Kirsten and Al Kosinski into the livestock business. After experiencing draft horses on a Christmas tree farm near their home in southern Michigan, the Kosinskis knew a life without a little livestock was no life for them. Two draft horses, 50 goats, a small herd of sheep, three Scottish Highlander cattle, two geese and a flock of chickens later, Kirsten and Al haven’t looked back.
Economic Sense
For the Mauldins, limited inputs help maximize returns
As Randy Mauldin neared retirement from the military, he began to ponder about the next chapter in...
Advice from the Experts
Keith Stevens farms with his brother-in-law, Les Hopkins, on a 170-acre farm in Polk County near Bolivar, Mo. Keith and Les both have jobs off the farm.
Preserving the Art of Curing
Baleigh Raef of Laclede County is a 10-year-old fourth grader in Lebanon, Mo. Like her contemporaries, she is involved in a variety of activities, but some of them are a bit unique including playing the mandolin, deer and turkey hunting and showing Duroc pigs at the county fair. Baleigh’s latest interest for the last couple of years has been the curing and showing of champion hams at the county, regional and state fair levels.
Educating Visitors About Farming
The Gunter family promotes the dairy industry and agriculture by offering a corn maze and pumpkin patch
Each October for the last 17 years, the...
Redefining Urban Agriculture
Delicately planted near downtown, Springfield, Mo., grows Urban Roots Farm owned and operated by Adam and Melissa Millsap. Daughter, Bela, 6 and son, Owen, 4, love to get their hands dirty along side mom and dad.
Working to Improve the Soil
Thrive Farms and the Epp family work with their land, not against it
WEAUBLEAU, MO. - Brent and Jocelyn Epp come from farming backgrounds. Brent grew...
Back in the Saddle
A serious accident couldn’t diminish Shelbi Ballard’s love for horses
Twenty-year-old Shelbi Ballard lives on a farm in Webster County, near Fordland, Mo. The daughter...
Adding Diversity, Improving Forages
It took a little prodding, but Brad Shockley’s brother Buck finally convinced him to go on a hog hunt in Oklahoma.
Little did Brad know...
