By Corsi Martin  The cutting horse breeding industry took a blow on Oct. 4, 2018, in the form of the death of an incredible stallion and top producer in the world of cutting, Nitas Wood [...]

By Lacey Corbett The Cheyenne Frontier Days: it’s known as the Daddy of ‘em All, and it’s one of the biggest professional rodeos of the summer, much less the entire year. It was also the [...]

By Krista Lucas The rodeo life can come with many ups and downs, especially when trying to raise a family. One couple that is navigating life on the road, as well as family life, has [...]

By Norman Winter It seems wherever I go, I’m seeing Swiss chard. This showy cool-season plant, so-etimes called a beet without a bottom, is showing up in the landscape, in mixed containers and there it [...]

By Tiffany Thompson On the first Friday of every December, farmers and leaders in the agriculture industry throughout Ghana gather to celebrate Farmers’ Day. This national holiday, dating back to 1985, recognizes the hard work [...]

By Jessica Crabtree An increased heart rate, high blood pressure, shallow breathing, an increase in body temperature, and sweating cause the brain to redirect energy and blood from the internal organs to the muscle. The [...]

Photo and Description by Jean Stimpson Montana rancher Jean Stimpson described this shot, “This is my daughter and her youngest daughter out sorting pairs to get ready for shipping. The youngest granddaughter is two years [...]

By Russell A. Graves North of Dalhart there isn’t much to stop the wind. A vast prairie cleaves horizontally into an even bigger sky. If you get past the row crops and out to the [...]

Photo and Description By Lainey Smith  The long awaited holiday season is here! December gets me daydreaming. Christmas music plays on repeat (chestnuts roasting, anyone?), apple cider becomes a necessary staple and I start frequenting the [...]

By Andy Anderson  Every year they lurk in the grass, lying in wait for their next victim. You don’t know they are there; they don’t let you know they are invading your body until it’s [...]

By Rayford Pullen I certainly hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends and hopefully December will bring a time when we can pause and be thankful for all the blessings we [...]

By Tony Dean  Purpletop tridens is a native, perennial, warm season bunchgrass that is found across all of Texas except the extreme western areas. It grows in most of the U.S. from the central plains [...]

By Jessica Crabtree In continuance of last month’s article featuring Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” Waggoner, another historical piece can be written in association with Waggoner. The link is Waggoner’s sister Mary Ella Waggoner Babb. Mary Ella [...]

By Dave Alexander  Hello Texas Music Fans! I hear a lot of talk about Texas music in my business since that’s mostly what my business is about. I can assure you that if you ask [...]

By Steve Stevens There is no better way to bring in fall than to cruise through the antique stores on historic Main Street in Weatherford, Texas. After working up an appetite looking through the eclectic [...]

By Judy Wade A Texas flag flies proudly atop a high hill on the west side of Highway 283 between Throckmorton and Albany, welcoming you to what remains of the historic Fort Griffin. In the [...]

By Jessica Crabtree  In the June 2018 issue of NTFR we featured a bright young photographer from Australia, Alice Mabin. Mabin is New Zealand born, and raised on a station with cattle, sheep and deer, [...]

By Clay Reid  Last month I wrote about how I was accidentally led into the poacher life. Today I will tell of another time I was led astray as a dumb kid. Actually I wrote [...]

By Janis Blackwell About six years ago, what started as a pastime for Jo Haigwood began to evolve into a new career and business. Jo said her husband was always hunting and fishing, so she [...]

By Lacey Corbett There is a common question for most women of childbearing age, and that is the question of how many kids they would like to have. I have thought about this question ever [...]