By Judy Wade  From Madison Square Garden in New York City to the Tex Rickard Arena in Henrietta, Lyon Brothers Rodeo Company produced top-notch rodeos across the country in the 1930s and 1940s. Ask any [...]

By Jessica Crabtree  Prior to the Civil War, the late 1850s were filled with pioneers leaving their home states, headed west on the trail to settle in the land of opportunity. Settlers from Alabama, Tennessee, [...]

By Steve Stevens If you have read my past columns, you know how fond I am of Cajun food. In the cowboy food pyramid, Cajun food is royalty. Unfortunately, here in North Texas, it is [...]

By Clay Reid Not so long ago, kids did not have the luxury of having these fancy games and phones everybody has these days. Xbox, PlayStation and such were unheard of during my day. So [...]

By Jessica Crabtree  Five years ago Yseut Berlingeri and Betty Beard’s surroundings looked like that of a professional’s kitchen as both were former chefs. Yseut attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York and [...]

By Lauren Lamb, DVM Navicular ‘disease’ is a condition that affects the navicular bone, navicular bursa, deep digital flexor tendon and/or the associated ligaments attached to the navicular bone. Navicular disease, navicular syndrome, caudal heel [...]

By Janis Blackwell  Outside the historic town of Denison, lives a well-built, solid white gelding named Paul. Paul is owned by Joy West. Many people may recognize that name as one of the organizers and [...]

By Phillip Kitts Normally, spring rodeos mean nice cool temperatures with occasional thunderstorms and lots of action. This year it seems more like things went straight from chilly winter evenings to blazing hot evenings. Over [...]

By Corsi Martin  Foal season has come to a close this year, and all over north Texas, foals have been welcomed into the wild world of equestrian sports, most having pre-determined ambitions placed upon them [...]

By Krista Lucas  If you follow barrel racing and other equine events, you may have noticed a bright-eyed, cheery blonde behind the scenes. “Behind The Alley” is one of western industry’s newest brands to showcase [...]

Press release Check out our newest corral unit! At an average 7,300 pounds, this rectangular tube unit is our stoutest unit yet, made out of 3″ x 2″ 14 gauge rectangle tubing. Multiple gates add [...]

By Norman Winter If you think the color red evokes passion and excitement in your children, you haven’t seen anything until you watch hungry hummingbirds visiting a sweep or drift of cherry sage. The cherry [...]

By: Adam Russell Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, adam.russell@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Brent Pemberton, 903-834-6191, brent.pemberton@ag.tamu.edu OVERTON – White pentas were among the highlights for Kathy Harris, one of the more than 300 attendees at the recent East Texas Horticultural [...]

By Jessica Crabtree The last name Snow has a new-found popularity since the airing of the hit show “Texas Flip N Move” in 2014. What some may not know is that the Snow name associated [...]

By Russell Graves Spring of 2004 found my brother and I walking through the ash trees in a broad and muddy bottomland in Fannin County, Texas. Just off a deployment to Afghanistan, his time on [...]

By Jean Stimpson “Haying time has begun,” Montana rancher Jean Stimpson shared. Describing this photo Stimpson said, “This is in a field close to our house that has a pivot on it so we get three cuttings [...]

By Andy Anderson As a teenager, in my high school years, I hunted and fished all the time. I had a good friend and hunting buddy that we did everything together: fishing, hunting, rodeos and [...]

By Lainey Smith My first day of classes at Tarleton State University, professors in every class asked students to introduce themselves and where they’re from. Inevitably, my introduction would be met with the typical questions. [...]

By Tony Dean Dotted blue-eyed grass is a native perennial that is really not a grass at all, but a forb and a member of the iris family. When I found this plant in central [...]

By Rayford Pullen Summer has arrived, and with it comes a rapid decline in forage quality, milk production, breed back and overall lower gains for both calves and mature animals. Getting females to breed this [...]