Country Lifestyles
July 2016 profile- Brian Doty : This Is My Country
By Jessica Crabtree
How often do you come across kids who live in town who’d rather live in the country? Who’d love to be just like the cowboys they watch on tv or be able to hunt or fish whenever they’d like. It happens quite regularly, especially with boys. Brian Doty’s life, early on, paralleled that same notion. Born and raised in the small town of Joshua, although it was small, it wasn’t the rural setting he craved. The oldest of three kids, Doty describes his family as good, wholesome and one of faith.
As a child Doty remembers spending all his time outside in the backyard. Throughout his life, Doty can pin point several people who shaped him. His uncle on his father’s side was an avid calf roper. Doty’s earliest memories incorporate roping the dummy in the back yard, going and watching two cousins rodeo and spending every free weekend he could with them. “I remember going to the Cow Bell Rodeo in Mansfield. It’s the rodeo that everyone from the Metroplex attended. I would go and watch, as a child, cousins rope and as a teenager I would go and watch the bull riders,” Doty said. “For me it was just neat. I loved the people, the lifestyle and for a kid who didn’t have the opportunity to ride, all of it was at Cow Bell,” Doty explained. That propelled him to ride his first bull and begin competing.
At the age of 17 Doty began riding bulls. He admitted first he spent his time behind the chutes watching and listening, observing others. However, riding bulls one year soon turned to calf roping when he received his first horse for graduation. To read more pick up a copy of the July 2016 issue.
This Is Country premiering this fall. (Courtesy of Brian Doty)
Doty as a child on the right with brother, Brad. (Courtesy of Brian Doty)
Cord McCoy and Doty filming a segment for This Is Country. (Courtesy of Brian Doty)
Doty in the arena with son, Hunter and daughter, Presley. (Courtesy of Brian Doty)
Doty’s cameraman Landon and Doty filming a Western Wishes segment for This Is Country with a wish kid at the CBR bull riding. (Courtesy of Brian Doty)
Doty beside Texas Country artist, Elana Kay filming a music segment for This Is Country. (Courtesy of Brian Doty)
Doty modeling for RANK Clothing. (Courtesy of Brian Doty)
Tune in to,”On Air with Brian Doty” by checking for a station near you on his website www.braindoty.com
By: Martha Crump
Most cattle producers can tell you quite a lot about balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals based on the specific needs for their herd and type of operation.
A key factor, and one that is often overlooked, is that how your animals perform is also directly affected by their water intake.
Now many of you may already be thinking “well of course water is necessary, anybody knows that!”
In many years, as September marches into October, we are beginning to experience some return of rainfall. But as many of us know, that is not always the case. Often we are still experiencing hot and dry weather, and water supplies are dwindling.
When we find ourselves experiencing those types of fall conditions, it is critical to not only understand the daily water requirements for cattle, but also the impact that the quality of water can have on herd health and development.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, is known for its rich history as a railroad stop, but over the course of the last year, one teen girl has put it on the map for agriculture as well. Emma Harvey has lived in Tarrant County her entire life. Despite being highly involved in her local 4-H chapter, she still felt there was more she could do. In the spring of 2023, she stepped up to the plate to take over the title of Tarrant County Teen Miss Agriculture USA.
“It all started when I put in an application for the teen title here in Tarrant County,” explained Harvey.
The Miss Agriculture USA program is a national non-profit, age-inclusive pageant program that offers both competition and non-competition titles to women dedicated to the promotion of agriculture.
Read more in the October issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available online and in print. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive NTFR in your inbox each week.
Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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