– By GILDA V. BRYANT – Update on TEXAS CATTLE FEVER TICKS In the late 1800’s, Texas Cattle Fever caused extensive cattle losses. To combat this deadly disease caused by ticks, the Bureau of Animal Industries, predecessor of the USDA (see Looking Back, September/October 2017 issue, p. 162), developed the first tick eradication program in […]
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Battle Of The Saddles
Oliver Saddle Shop celebrates 100 years with some cowboy challenge fundraising fun, Amarillo-style. Story and photos by Shaie Williams The agriculture way of life has been handed down from generation to generation. The skills needed to be successful come from the generations before us. Technology and great inventions make life a little easier at times […]
2018 Kawasaki Mule PRO-FXR
-By Mark O’Byrne. Howdy readers, Mark here. This past September 26 I had the awesome experience of visiting coastal California’s famous Hearst Ranch, and it was incredible. I could go off on a whole other story about it, but we are here to introduce this good-looking machine. This was the first time the ranch management has allowed […]
Value in the Valley
Enveloped by town and tourists, Lockhart Cattle Company found ways to make their venture work – By MELISSA HEMKEN – (Photos by David Stubbs) Only a handful of working ranches remain among billionaires’ gentlemen ranchettes in Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Valley. One of remaining active cattle producers is Lockhart Cattle Company. Sandwiched between Jackson Hole Community […]
Return to Ranching
An interesting journey leads this young beef producer back to the land he loves – By TROY SMITH – There’s a busy stretch of road running northward, from Fort Collins to Laramie. That 65-mile section of U.S. Highway 287 carries some heavy truck traffic through northern Colorado and into Wyoming. Actually, the route has been […]
Angus Gene Reboot
A journey through the “dark early years” delivers producers to solid genetic ground By Jaime Pullman Genetic defects are a fact of life. We are fortunate today to have technology available that makes a defect manageable instead of potentially debilitating to business the way it was just a few decades ago. But no matter how […]
Busy & Blessed
No two Texas days are alike at Flanagan Cattle Co. My name is Christy Flanagan. My husband, Craig and I live in Leonard in northeast Texas. We have a 13 year-old son named JT and we’ve been married for 20 years. My husband is the 5th generation to live on and work the land around […]
Think Zinc
– By GILDA V. BRYANT – Are you seeing some lame or poor-doing critters out there? It might be a good idea to give zinc some consideration. Zinc works hand-in-hand with copper and selenium, but when it comes to supplementation this trace mineral is a work horse. It’s involved in some 300 enzyme systems including the metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates, which provide energy […]
Who Me?
I’m Not Spreading BDV – By MERRIDEE WELLS – Calving season on the ranch is always an exciting time. The work of the past year, the offspring of that newly purchased bull, or the mating decisions you’ve made are about to be rewarded. So imagine, if you will, how it feels to find first one dead fetus, then another. Or to realize that one […]
Prep For The Cold
Make Sure Your Cows Are Nutritionally Ready – By GILDA V. BRYANT – Minerals are important for herd health, reproduction and efficiency during winter. However, that is only part of the picture. Extra protein and energy are vital during cold, wet weather. Producers should also be aware of forage and by-product supplementation quality, as well as […]
