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- Timing of pregnancy affects the bottom line
Published Wednesday, September 01, 2010
By STEVE WIKSE, DVMMany producers with herds that calve in the spring will be corralling cows this fall to wean the calves. A long list of management ...read more
- It's kinmd of like a baby sitter for grown-ups
Published Wednesday, September 01, 2010
By JULIE CARTERCowgirl Sass and SavvyWord recently came that the Husband Sitter had left town and Ineta was back in the spotlight as the full-time rec ...read more
- A high school reunion brings back memories: 40 years have added more than time and age lines to the Class of 1970
Published Sunday, August 15, 2010
By JULIE CARTERSummer, when class reunions reign and people travel great distances to reunite with former classmates they hope they recognize after de ...read more
- Time stands still for no cowboy, but watches do
Published Sunday, August 01, 2010
I lay deep in the dust, unseen and missing to the world. As the winds of time put layer upon layer of corral dirt over me, I slipped into history ...read more
- Lost and found in a sea of yellow
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
John Rex believed himself to be, and therefore claimed, he was a lover, fighter and a wild horse rider. Not an uncommon thought process for cowboys.In ...read more
- U.S. wins Professional Bull Riders world cup
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The United States won the Professional Bull Riders World Cup for the second consecutive year, but this was one team that came together after some patc ...read more
- Ask the Vet
Published Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Steve Wikse, a retired professor of large-animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's b ...read more
- Knowing when it's time to quit
Published Saturday, August 15, 2009
John Wayne taught about every cowboy I know how to be fearless. It's the movies, but they believe it anyway.They will fight to get on a horse that cle ...read more
- Lane Frost's legacy lives on
Published Saturday, August 15, 2009
On a darkened, cloudy and drizzly Sunday afternoon at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, Lane Frost eased atop a snorting bull named Taking Care O ...read more
- Dumbo the gift horse
Published Saturday, August 01, 2009
Dave came by. I had seen him last week at the horse sale. "Did you sell that horse you were on, what was his name?""Dumbo," he said, "Dumbest horse I ...read more
- Ask the Vet
Published Saturday, August 01, 2009
Steve Wikse, a retired professor of large-animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's b ...read more
- Summer 'will work for lunch and little money' jobs
Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Gainful employment for ranch kids is not usually much of an option since ranch dads have had them working since they could.Getting a paycheck wasn't p ...read more
- Ranch fire sparks generosity among Walt Arnold's friends
Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009
In 1984, Walt Arnold, the steer roping star, lost his coveted gold-and-silver world championship trophy belt buckle as his ranch home burned.But in Ju ...read more
- Chuting history
Published Monday, July 06, 2009
Another squeeze chute story. In my world it is the equivalent of a shark attack or a middle-of-the-night calving call ... a story that sends shivers d ...read more
- Ask the Vet
Published Monday, July 06, 2009
Steve Wikse, a retired professor of large-animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's b ...read more
- The art of driving
Published Monday, June 01, 2009
Most farm kids learn to drive early on. It's part of the responsibility given along with daily chores. They learn to drive from parents or siblings be ...read more
- Texas cowboys and cowgirls excel in respective sports
Published Friday, May 15, 2009
A West Texan lassoed a page from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association record book on April 22 at the Buc Days Pro Rodeo in Corpus Christi.JoJo L ...read more
- Always hoping for a profit
Published Friday, May 15, 2009
While the world's markets rise and fall, I've done some pondering on those same patterns in my personal financial history. Always a short-term goal se ...read more
- The tally book
Published Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Most folks think that if a cowboy has a brain, he wears it under his hat.Truth of the matter is everything of importance that he might know is written ...read more
- Calgary Stampede bucking horses some of toughest
Published Wednesday, April 15, 2009
BROOKS, Alberta -- Generally speaking, pro rodeo's top bucking horses come from the northwestern United States and Western Canada, and they are owned ...read more
- America's funniest farm videos
Published Wednesday, April 01, 2009
It's curious why more cows aren't featured on America's Funniest Home Videos. Maybe it's because we cow guardians always have our hands full of hay fo ...read more
- Ask the Vet
Published Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Steve Wikse, a retired professor of large-animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's b ...read more
- What do you do with your Leatherman?
Published Sunday, March 15, 2009
Back in 1975, a man named Tim Leatherman was traveling through Europe on a shoestring budget in a cranky car with leaky pipes. It was during this tryi ...read more
- Trail riders make annual trek to gather in Houston
Published Sunday, March 15, 2009
Each February I try to ride on one of the trail rides headed to Houston for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo kickoff parade. I ride to learn more ...read more
- Ask the Vet
Published Sunday, March 01, 2009
Steve Wikse, a retired professor of large-animal clinical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, answers this month's b ...read more
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