Bill’s Warbag – Bull Dogging…
The first riding and roping contest I ever attended was given by Buffalo Bill Cody at North Platte, Nebraska, where I was born in 1876. It was the Fourth of July, 1882, and, according to all reports I have read, it was the first contest...
Banjo – What’s Mr. Fogairty Up To?
The ranch crew peeked around a tree, all of them, Cowsuela, Eweniece, Ben, and even Mrs. McBauck. “Should we knock?” Tuff asked. Banjo stared at the woodshop. The soft amber glow of the fire was inviting and even felt like it warmed their cold surroundings...
It’s the Pitts – Prey For Me
Working with animals like we do, we quickly learn that they can easily be divided into either prey or predator. Baby lambs, calves, and purse dogs are prey to predators like wolves, coyotes, and eight year old 4-H showmen. Antelope, horses, crippled bison, female joggers...
Agri-Kid of the Week – Kaylin Donnelly
Kaylin Donnelly always keeps a close eye on the cows and calves at Donnelly Farms in Farmington, Minnesota. She is the daughter of David and Kjersta Donnelly and niece of Western Ag Reporter's very own Will Bollum.
Cooking – Pre-Calving Injuries
I will have been retired for one month this week, and somehow retirement is not working out like I thought it would. Perhaps the reason is that I retired from the only job where I actually received a salary. My bosses at my other jobs...
Readers Opinion – Cowlandia – The Cattlemen’s Nightmare
Drovers never fails to meet expectations for nonsense. In an article in the Drovers Daily, written by Nevil Speer (January 3, 2023, aginfo@farmjournal.com) we are offered a vision of a place called “Cowlandia” where a “free trade” utopia for cattle producers is imperiled by “anti-globalists.”...
