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It is hell to have to constantly be repairing equipment. The equipment problem is symptomatic of another problem - cash flow. Bobby's real problem is mill demand and contractor demand. It is not normalized enough for him to get an income stream that puts him in line for new equipment. He is a...

I watched a piece on RFDTV this past week that was about protective ranching association efforts to outweigh the efforts of PETA and the Humane Society in attacks against the cattlemen's industry. I was stunned at the lengths these organizations have taken to reduce and eliminate the ranch and...

I will replace the Galt coyote incident with the latest in my back 40 (backyard). I have two apple trees espaliered on the south picket fence of my property. I started the year with 60 apples and had 7 left on Monday. Today I have three. My neighbors came over this morning and asked me if I...

Lived on moosemeat cheeseburgers and moosemeat sausage for a whole winter as a kid in a year when we didn't have any money. We only shot what we needed or what we wanted to eat. Lived without electricity or running water as a kid on my grandpa's homestead. So I know the sacrifices and values of...

OKAY- No Whale Wars then. Our farm was near an intersection with a sheep rancher. We knew he was losing sheep to wolves. Every fall there would be a photo in the paper of the ranchers in the area with their haul of wolves. I know that they cause significant animal loss to the rancher, and I...

Faster Horses: Great points! RFD has been profiling ranches across America on its American Rancher series. I like RFD's series because you get a sense of why the ranchers choose the breeds that they do for climate, feed and moisture conditions. There are many reasons why some cattle do...

This last episode was in some ways the best. I had a strong bond with the Stuckey family, but not because of Cal's terrible accident so much as for their ranching old style and for the several generations there on the land. I am a strong believer in the old ways. If oil and gas ever run out we...

Way to go Ty! Alright, now I have someone to root for all summer long. Hope you folks make out okay with all that moving around in August. We have PBR here at Mohegun Sun Casino in October. I have never been, but am going to order tickets. I usually watch the oxen pulls at our local ag...

Northern Rancher: TeePee Creek has always been one of two favorite stampedes, for me. My sister just bought a section out by TeePee. The other stampede I loved to watch, just because it was such a wild location was Rio Grande , out south of Wembley and Beaverlodge. Were you in events at...

Forgot to tell you - grew up just down the road from Kelly and Kirk Sutherland. Went through school with Kirk. Tough champion Chuckwagon drivers for many years. Another neighbor, Bill Wendt was a Calgary Stampede champion steer wrestler. All I ever did was get bucked off our horses. My...

I don't complain though as she has her college tuition paid 100% by the President of the university because of her grades. She has to improve her grades each year and she has done so. She wants to go to Law School in Seattle. Same with my older daughter. I covered her expenses and now she is...

You are so right about room and board. I will clue my daughter in about that. As I don't charge her room and board, she can figure out about how much she would have left if I had charged her room and board.

My 21 year old daughter works in the summer for Parks and Rec and drives the car that I pay gas and insurance on to her work. It is four blocks from the house. She was mad because the boys weren't getting minimum wage. I tried to explain to her that jobs aren't easy to come by and that money...

Growing up on our farm beside the highway leading from Edmonton to Grande Prairie, Alberta, I witnessed many accidents. There were just as many on the gravel roads and we lost several farmers this way. We were hit by a J B Hunt truck when we were hauling grain in a 1932 IH 3 ton truck. Scares...

I haven't farmed since I was in my early twenties. Am currently in an agreement with my nephew who is ranching on the farm I was raised on, my grandpa's homestead in Northern Alberta. I also worked for John Deere for two summers , so know a bit about the farm, still. I was sure fooled by the...