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Grazing North Texas – Eastern Red Cedar

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By Tony Dean 

This tree is normally called Eastern red cedar although it is in the Cypress family. It is a native evergreen that matures at 20 to 30 feet tall but can grow to 50 feet.

Eastern red cedar has a central trunk with spreading branches and usually takes on the pyramidal shape of a Christmas tree.

The fruit is a pale blue berry that has two seeds. Another evergreen, Ash juniper, also produces pale blue berries, but does not normally have a pyramidal shape like Eastern red cedar. Eastern red cedar provides poor grazing for cattle and poor to fair browse for deer. Deer, sheep, and goats will graze the plant during winter months.

To read more pick up a copy of the January 2018 NTFR issue. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.

Eastern red cedar berries. (Photo by Tony Dean)

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AQHA Horse of the Year

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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.

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Managing Show Cattle Through The Winter

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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.

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Grazing North Texas- Snow On The Mountain

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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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