Advice on how to make it through tough times
Published Sunday, January 01, 2012
By BAXTER BLACKSpecial to The PostPresident Jimmy Carter's reign was called the time of malaise, defined as a feeling of discomfort. Present times might be described as a time of anxiety. Still hopeful, but with very little trust in the people we put ...
There's no horsing around with Christmas gifts
Published Thursday, December 15, 2011
By BAXTER BLACKSpecial to The PostOne of the most difficult questions every Christmas for horse lovers is what to get for that family member that brings you the most joy, is always there when you need him, and understands you better than anyone. No, ...
Gaining a sense of accomplishment from nature
Published Thursday, September 01, 2011
Keith was driving me into Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Highway 26 from the west. The large grain and cattle farms began to shatter into smaller pieces of property: 40 acres, 20 acres or 12 acres. The countryside was still green and well kept with ...
Branding is an option ranchers can't ignore
Published Thursday, September 01, 2011
There are three things we ranchers seem to deal with on a regular basis: government, Mother Nature and cattle thieves. We can't always control how the government regulates our industry, and we can't ever control the hand that Mother Nature deals us ...
Carrying the Endangered Species Act too far
Published Monday, August 01, 2011
By JOE PARKER Jr.Special to The PostThere is a quiet war being waged in Washington right now. While many people are preoccupied with budget fights and the next presidential election, the Obama Administra-tion slowly is brewing up a concoction that, i ...
Sometimes, it is just the luck of the draw
Published Wednesday, June 01, 2011
By JULIE CARTERCowgirl Sass & SavvyThere is a pervasive phenomenon in team roping competitions that consistently evokes a love-hate emotion along with dialogue not always fit for polite company. Roping producers, in many instances, are requiring ...
'Son, take your best shot'
Published Wednesday, June 01, 2011
By BAXTER BLACKI was on the shuttle bus to pick up a rent car at the Denver Airport when we passed the giant rearing blue horse with glowing red eyes. On my bus were an Oriental man and his child. They were tourists going skiing, so I deduced from th ...
Hats off to the FFA leaders and participants
Published Sunday, May 15, 2011
It's that time of year again. Insanely busy schedules for kids and parents alike with academic and sports awards banquets, honor society awards, proms, track meets and then graduation -- all blotting out the days on the April and May calendar.Those t ...
A 'snakey' feeling something just isn't right
Published Sunday, May 15, 2011
By BAXTER BLACK In the Southwest, the price of hay can be daunting to horse owners. I keep our ranch horses up in the corral. When hay gets above $10 a bale, I actually weigh each feeding. Clyde has a little band of broodmares on his southern Calif ...
Going 'hog wild' when moving a load of cows
Published Sunday, May 01, 2011
By BAXTER BLACKRon said it was just one of those days. In fact, it was the day before the regular auction in Ft. Pierre, S. Dak. He had sorted off a truckload of cows he needed to get rid of. They were in a rain-soaked pasture down by the road that h ...
Bullish on law enforcement assistance
Published Friday, April 15, 2011
June was taking a renegade bull with a tendency to "wander" to the sale barn in Dodge City. Her son helped her load the beast into their stock trailer. It was an authentic ranch trailer with lights that worked intermittently, gates that swung a ...
Endless opportunities today weren't always there
Published Friday, April 15, 2011
Cowgirl Sass and Savvy There is a new crop of 18-year-olds about to be loosed on a world full of technology and endless possibilities. It seems important to remember that the abundance of choices and opportunities weren't there always. The youngest ...
Even striking oil can have a natural downside
Published Friday, April 01, 2011
By BAXTER BLACKI was in North Dakota in early spring. The night before, the temperature was 3 degrees. That morning it had warmed up to 4. I walked into the giant Ag Expo building and made a circle of the trade show, just visiting. I stopped at the b ...
How should we deal with abandoned horses?
Published Tuesday, March 15, 2011
By BAXTER BLACKAs we horse owners and lovers struggle to find some middle ground in the tragic abandoned-horse issue, maybe we need to look "outside the box."Most horse owners, horse associations, equine veterinarians and those of us forced to take t ...
Enacting a killer of a bill meant to catch a killer
Published Tuesday, March 01, 2011
What will the Food Safety Modernization Act, if put into effect, do to Michelle Obama's backyard garden? Congress has taken up the issue of food safety because of the headline-grabbing occurrences of, primarily bacterial, outbreaks of disease in fr ...
