Country Lifestyles
J.W. Hart PBR Challenge
By staff writer Jessica Bartel
The 11th annual J.W. Hart PBR Challenge is scheduled to roll out the red carpet to some of the Professional Bull Rider’s (PBR’s) best athletes May 31. The Wise County Fair Grounds Arena in Decatur proudly hosts the event.
The entire event started with legendary bull rider and cowboy, J.W. Hart. The event was created with intent to showcase top bulls and bull riders in the industry, coupled with the objective to give to civic and charitable agencies in the Wise County area.
Its first year, in 2004, was a complete success with overwhelming attendance and support from the community, said WC Challenger Charities Committee member Andrew Rottner. The committee is made up of Rottner, Calvin Jackson, Wendell Berry and Alan Sessions. In its first year, the J.W. Hart PBR Challenge entertained close to 6,000 people in a facility capable of holding 3,000 comfortably.
The event is considered a Touring Pro Event within the PBR. Three out of its 10 years of existence, the J.W. Hart PBR Challenge has won Venue of the Year. The impressive event has been among the top five every year.
Rottner attributes it to the top production team and hard work put into it. “We have the top name cowboys, best stock contractors, first class production team, best announcer and judges possible. The pyrotechnics, equipment and entertainment are the highest quality.” To read more pick up the April 2014 issue North Texas Farm & Ranch.
By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Nicholas Waters
As winter plods along – come Spring and gopher mounds – homeowners and farmers find themselves playing a familiar song – fiddling while Rome is burning.
Let’s make a mountain out of a molehill. Those mounds on your lawn and pasture could be moles, but they’re more than likely gophers; Plains Pocket Gophers to be pragmatic – Geomys bursarius to be scientific.
These rodents dig and chew, and the damage they can do goes beyond the mounds we mow over. Iowa State University cited a study in Nebraska showing a 35 percent loss in irrigated alfalfa fields due to the presence of pocket gophers; the number jumped to 46 percent in decreased production of non-irrigated alfalfa fields.
The internet is replete with academic research from coast-to-coast on how to curtail gopher populations, or at least control them. Kansas State University – then called Kansas State Agricultural College – also published a book [Bulletin 152] in February 1908 focused exclusively on the pocket gopher.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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