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One of the details often overlooked in ranch management is tack maintenance. Proper tack care protects the investment, improves safety and provides more comfort to the horse and rider.
The Stielow family raises registered Angus and Charolais cattle on their Bar S Ranch near Paradise, Kansas, homesteaded in 1900 by Ken Stielow’s grandfather. Ken went to Kansas State University and worked for the extension service for six years after getting degrees in ag econ, then came back to the ranch in 1975.
Horses are a valuable tool on ranches across the country to get work done. There is a certain amount of inner peace and tranquility acquired when quietly moving cows from one pasture to another.
There’s one thing I simply must buy every year: The Old Farmer’s Almanac. In this digital age you’ll know it’s the end of the world when the Almanac ceases to exist or goes totally digital.
The 2012 edition is the 220th consecutive U.S. edition. Yes, it’s been printed continuously for 220 of the 236 years we’ve been a free country!
Besides the weather forecasts, planting tables and schedules of tides, eclipses and gestation found in every issue, in 2012 we’re told the best days to quit smoking, castrate, pollinate, graft (for congressmen) and the best days to see a dentist.
Just because some women have an occupation involving farming and livestock, it doesn’t mean they are not concerned about their appearance, hair, skin and body care. Kadie is one of them.
She’s on a family ranch in Montana. Both she and her husband share the calving duties in the spring, but cold windy weather plays havoc with her beauty regimen.
Last Christmas, she had clipped out an ad for a spa that included hot tubs, massage, pedicures, manicures and mud baths. She even posted a sample page from the ad on her bathroom mirror listing the services she might need.
Designed specifically for Case IH with agricultural producers’ needs in mind, the Pioneer work boot provides the ultimate in comfort and safety.
Brown, tumbled, full-grain leather houses a composite toe making the boot light-weight while retaining durability.
Attached with Goodyear welt construction, the boot has an electrical hazard outsole with oil and skid resistance.
Hampel Animal Care recently announced the addition of three new innovative products – AirMax, the new Calf-Tel Front Door and the Maternity Pen.
AirMax: The new AirMax by Calf-Tel features a nearly full-open back, which provides more ventilation than any other modular plastic pen system.
This industry first will enhance calf comfort and long-term health. The innovative, new AirMax features a molded-in, sturdy wire screen that significantly increases ventilation.
JCB has added the high-capacity 550-80 Agri Plus Loadall to its class-leading agricultural telescopic handler line. This high-capacity telehandler shares the same innovative approach to machine design that has seen JCB become the world’s best selling telehandler manufacturer.
This telehandler is JCB’s highest capacity Loadall, and it has been designed for the heaviest duty farm applications. These applications include digging manure or silage and loading the manure spreader or feed wagon. The 550-80 Agri Plus is powered by a 130-horsepower JCB Dieselmax engine.
Big agricultural machinery requires big storage. But you have to clear the door first. Lester Building Systems has solved the problem with the introduction of its new Power Pivot single-panel door system.
Targeted to the agricultural market, the door opens out past horizontal, so no head room is wasted during entry and exit.
