Rawhide outfit in a modern time Story and photos by Jolyn Young The O RO Ranch is located only about 50 miles from the city of Prescott in northern Arizona, but it may as well be 5,000 miles away from the rest of modern America. There are no power lines or telephone poles on the […]
RANCH FEATURES
“If you don’t have a plan…”
Here’s some sage advice from a Nebraska Sandhills rancher who knows a thing or two about ranch succession and transition By Troy Smith Lynn Myers is a ready conversationalist. His wife, Marlene, claims Lynn just likes to talk. Many… okay, just about all of his friends will agree with Marlene, but they’ll also admit that […]
Bringing Santa Gertrudis to Auburn
By Jessie Topp-Becker, Managing Editor, Santa Gertrudis USA On May 1, 2017, three Alabama Santa Gertrudis breeders – Grandview Farms, Tinney Farms and Quail Valley Farms – donated 54 embryos to Auburn University to help establish a purebred Santa Gertrudis herd. The donation is the result of a conversation during the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention […]
You might be raising ranch kids if…
By Terryn Drieling Atop their list of priorities is riding their horses. If they had their way they’d ride rain, shine, sleet or snow from dawn ’til dusk. Every. Single. Day. They are able to fall asleep anywhere – on bags of chicken feed, on the ground in the shade of a pickup after a […]
Forty Hours in the Craftsman’s Hands
A visit with an Idaho custom boot maker By Mark Bedor In the garage of a home on a windswept cattle ranch outside Mackay, Idaho, in the shadow of the towering, snow capped, Lost River Mountain Range, you’ll find the unique custom cowboy boot shop of Seth Teichert. “I’m not in it really for the money,” says this […]
Tellin’ & Sellin’
The Texas Beef Council spreads the word about great, wholesome American beef! Story and Photos by Emily McCartney Some may refer to the Texas Beef Council as our industry’s “best kept secret”, but this organization, and the many programs they conduct, are rapidly igniting a passion for beef across the Lone Star State. WR Editor […]
Colin’s Test 2018 Polaris Ranger XP 1000 EPS
By Colin J. Cleary Photos by Wayne Davis Photography Recently I had the opportunity to get a sneak peak at the all-new Polaris Ranger XP 1000 and let me tell you, this thing is Working Ranch-worthy. The first thing my hosts at Polaris said is that they went out and talked with farmers and […]
Sharing the Common Bond of Conservation
EDITOR: In this rare instance, we are compelled to combine two separate pieces on the same subject from two different authors and photographers, one submitted in early May, the other in late June. First, Kori Anderson with the Montana Stockgrowers Association educates us on how and why others see sustainable ranching in a positive light. […]
2017 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Awards
From a CFHF press release This past July 11, nearly 500 members of the beef industry gathered in Denver to honor four individuals for their dedication to the cattle-feeding business. Jeff L. Biegert — founder of Midwest PMS / Biegert Feeds of Shickley, Nebraska — and Earl Brookover —founder of Brookover Feed Yards in Garden […]
SHORTY HUTSON RIDING PENS 47 YEARS
Story and photos by Larry Stalcup It’s painful to watch him walk. His cohorts sometimes wonder how he manages. But with an aching back and knees, sore feet, arthritis from neck to toe and hands of leather, Shorty Hutson is still at work by 3 a.m. By daylight he’ll have lists made for others who […]
