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Grazing North Texas – Bluebonnet
By Tony Dean
A favorite time of the year for many Texans is bluebonnet season when we get to see our Texas state flower in bloom across the country side. Many of us take sight-seeing trips to take full advantage of this annual event.
Although these native flowers create beautiful vistas across the state, bluebonnets do not appear to be a highly significant forage species on North Texas grazing lands. Sheep, goats and deer graze on bluebonnets, but cattle and horses seldom use them for forage.
The plants develop a presence of a lupine alkaloid, which makes them unpalatable to cattle and horses. Bluebonnets are in the bean family. The seeds, pods, and young leaves of lupine, black locust, vetch, and other legumes can be toxic, but the toxicity varies widely and is seldom an issue for most species.
Bluebonnets can be found growing in many soil and site situations, but seem to prefer sloped areas in light to gravely, well-drained soil. They definitely prefer full sun.
To read more pick up a copy of the May 2017 NTFR issue. To subscribe call 940872-5922.
By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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