STEP 1: Some cowboys are born and raised on a ranch; they grow up riding and working cows, they compete in high school rodeo, have a horse and an FFA project. They develop the art of hangin’ out and lookin’ cool, which is easier if you’re a big fish in a small pond. They begin thinking, “I really am as good as they say I am!”

Our winter period is a slog, at least this year. The snow is old, the wind does not slow, and the sediments saturate the white layer of ice.

“Our hay acres will remain the same as our hay ground is not under irrigation.Several people in our area with sprinklers are pulling out their hay to put in corn, but we currently don’t have that option.

Ronald Scott Thaemert, age 58, was called home on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, due to a longtime heart condition while at his home in Bellevue.

Some alfalfa fields have had a rough time. If drought does not stress the crop enough, the winter ice or freezing temperatures certainly could.

Alfalfa is a high-quality, valuable forage crop that can be successfully produced on most well-drained soils.

I have attended several hay conferences and conventions early this year and the leading question to many conversations has been, “What is happening with crop production acres this year?”

It takes a certain amount of energy to move a similar weight and frontal area of vehicle at a given speed American Fork, Utah. 1965. I met a fellow who made his living traveling from place to place trimming the hooves of dairy cows.

I must confess I like oil,

This month I asked seven- and eight-year-olds in Dalhart, Texas, to draw for me how they think dairy cows live today.