When I was an undergraduate student at Northern Arizona University, my friends and I went to a restaurant and ordered food. After we finished, we realized we didn’t have money to leave a tip.

At the Marchant outfit, we’re not really the best farmers in the world. In spite of our botanical shortcomings, though, we try hard and we love what we do, even if we’re only mediocre cowboys.

Bein’ a country vet, I’ve had my share of emergency calls regarding escaped animals. Feeder steers in city park, buffalo at the mall or snakes in the schoolyard. But none of my rescue missions can compare to Gary’s tale titled “The Day Ike Toured Fairview.”

Most readers would clean Dad's cluttered shop if they were going to someday inherit it.

The makers of the Handy Camel (similar to a large chip clip that can be used for feed and other oversized bags like soil) recently released a new product, the Renegade Broom.

While the U.S. has reduced support mechanisms for dairy farmers in recent years, a wide range of foreign dairy subsidies remain, limiting the U.S. industry’s ability to sell more of its products overseas, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) said yesterday.

On Oct. 15, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center issued the U.S. winter outlook, which favors cooler and wetter weather in Southern Tier states with above-average temperatures most likely in the West and across the Northern Tier.

Four generations. As I sit here writing this, it dawns on me that I represent the fourth generation in my family to raise my own cattle and participate in agriculture. It is more than a lifestyle – being a rancher is who we are, not what we do.

Last week, U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) sat down with members of the American Dairy Coalition (ADC) to discuss the current and future status of federal policies that impact dairymen, including immigration and water.