Farm & Ranch
Australia’s First Lady Of Racing
By Samantha Hall
Sept. 2, 1954, the leading trainer in Australian racing, Tommy J. Smith, and his wife Valerie welcomed their brand new baby daughter Gabriel into the world. She would be known as Gai.
As a child Gai spent a lot of her time at her father’s racing stables in Sydney. After finishing school at Kincopple-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart, Gai attended The University of New South Wales in Sydney, and upon graduating she went on to pursue her acting and modelling career in both
Australia and England, appearing in television series such as “The Young Doctors,” “Doctor Who,” and “The Invasion of Time.”
Gai’s love for horses and racing never weakened, and after marrying her husband, bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse, she eventually came back to Sydney to begin working under her father at his Tulloch Lodge Racing Stables in Sydney. In 1992, after working for her father for 15 years, Gai was granted her trainer’s licence by the Australian Jockey Club (AJC).
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By Barry Whitworth, DVM
Having backyard poultry is a popular agriculture enterprise. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, 0.8 percent of all households in the United States have chickens. People keep chickens for a variety of reasons with table eggs being one of the more common reasons.
Unfortunately, some of these poultry producers are not aware of the hazards that come with keeping poultry because many times they carry pathogens but appear healthy.
Chickens are carriers of several zoonotic diseases. These are diseases that can be passed from animals to humans. According to a recent survey in Pennsylvania, a majority of backyard poultry producers were aware of the dangers of avian influenza. However, this study also revealed that far fewer producers were aware of the risk of possible exposure to Salmonella and Campylobacter.
The lack of knowledge about the hazards of raising poultry likely contributes to the continued issues of Salmonella outbreaks associated with backyard poultry. In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,072 illnesses of Salmonella linked to backyard poultry, and 272 of those patients required hospitalization. Oklahoma reported 43 individuals with the disease.
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By Tressa Lawrence
Babies are tucked away in every nook and cranny. Many ranchers across Wyoming have baby animals popping up all over this time of year.
By Lindsey Monk
Another load of grain in to keep feeding the calves until the green grass can really start popping.
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