By: Krista Lucas Wynn

Makenzie Mayes has had a year she will not soon forget. The cowgirl, who grew up near Winnsboro, Texas, has found herself at the top of the standings in the United Professional Rodeo Association.

“She loves to run barrels and is just a winner,” she said of her horse, Rousey. “She has been the biggest blessing to me.”

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By: Dr. Matthew Garcia, M.S., MBA, PhD | Director, TCU Ranch Management

As agricultural producers, I think there are many times when we are reactive rather than proactive.

We manage a production situation without managing our agricultural system in those scenarios. Agricultural operations are very diverse and made up of multiple resources that are directly linked.

Nothing in our systems operates independently, and a management decision affecting one resource will have subsequent impact on a subsequent upstream of downstream resource.

While I fully understand that situations come up that we must immediately deal with, I think that we are sometimes very reactive and don’t consider the upstream or downstream effects on multiple facets of our operations.

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By: Annette Bridges

A friend and I were recently talking about our husbands. She made a comment that I felt also perfectly described me and my hubby.

“He slows me and I hurry him. I’m sure that is why we do well together,” she said.

“Precisely!” I thought. Why?

Because when two different worlds collide, it can be magical.

No matter what those two different worlds are- a man and a woman with very different personalities, beliefs, or backgrounds, two partners with contrasting passions, strengths, or talents, or when a country boy marries a city girl.

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