Country Lifestyles
Scott & Stacey Schumacher: A Growth Mindset
By Dani Blackburn
Scott and Stacey Schumacher wear many hats, with each reflecting the roles and responsibilities they manage to balance along with day-to-day family life.
Scott is a fourth-generation cattle rancher, raising black Angus commercial beef and registered Angus bulls. He also is a farmer, owner of a chemical application company and artificially inseminates a number of cattle for himself and select clients.
Meanwhile, Stacey is the Executive Director of the Texas Coalition for Animal Protection, a nonprofit she founded that offers low-cost pet sterilization and vaccinations throughout North Texas. She began breeding longhorn cattle more than two decades ago, continuing to see much success with the breed, and also sits on the board of Lone Star Ag Credit.
In addition, Scott and Stacey manage these responsibilities while fulfilling their most important roles as parents to nine-year-old Stran and four-year-old Selah. While many would find it difficult to keep up with all the tasks involved with their various ventures, the Schumachers have continued to grow each operation without ever allowing quality to fall by the wayside through teamwork and a strong work ethic.
“One of my favorite things about all we have going on has been watching Scott grow his operation. He has a lot of fun, exciting stuff going happening each day. Others might just commercially spray, farm or ranch, but he’s doing it all, and he’s doing it very well,” Stacey said.
To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR Magazine. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
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While We Were Sleeping
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.
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Lacey’s Pantry: Strawberry Sorbet
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.
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A Mountain Out of a Molehill
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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