Farm & Ranch
Bull-Mania
By Phillip Kitts
Traditionally the winter months brings a slower time of year for the rodeo world. As the world of technology and capability changes, the more it has brought these colder months to be an influential part of the rodeo season.
In the recent years, large to small communities have begun to recognize the immense value of utilizing indoor facilities to host rodeo events. These venues and events are seeing a consistent growth in both crowd and competitor numbers, which not only generate great revenue for all, but they also provide a great sense of community.
New Year’s Eve displayed a great example of this growth and community. To understand the impact an event can have, let’s go back 26 years and the beginning of an era.
Klamath Falls, Ore., is a large agricultural community in the southeast corner of Oregon. Not a big community, but through the years the city survived on a balance of the farming and ranching community as well as the logging and tourism industry. Klamath Falls always had a rodeo influence. As part of the Great Northwest Rodeo Association, the consistent draw to their yearly rodeo has always been fair. In 1991 Jaimie Berg recognized that other than the once a year rodeo, the local fans were left out in the cold for a majority of the year because there were no other large-scale rodeo events.
Jory Markiss at Bull-Mania. (Photos by Phillip Kitts, Avid Imagery Rodeo Photography)
Bushwacker entering the arena at Bull-Mania.
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 Hannah Claxton, Editor
As the sun rises each day, so do the dozens of mouths that Meghan McGovern is responsible for getting fed. Rather than the sounds of a rooster crowing, McGovern hears the bellows and bleats of a variety of exotic deer, the chortle of kangaroos, the grunts of water buffaloes, and the chirps of a lemur.
Nestled against the banks of the Red River, the Double M Ranch and Rescue, with its high game fences and deer sprinkling the landscape,s its in stark contrast to the surrounding ranches.
“Having deer is kind of like eating potato chips- you can never actually have just one,” said McGovern with a laugh.
McGovern has several herds to take care of- fallow deer, axis deer, water buffalo, goats, and bison. In smaller numbers, there’s also a few kangaroos, a lemur, a potbelly pig, a pair of zebras, a watusi, and a few horses.
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 Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH
With the prolonged drought, most pastures in Oklahoma end up in poor condition. With the lack of available forage, animals may go in search of alternative foods.
If oak trees are in the pastures, acorns may be a favorite meal for some livestock in the fall. This may result in oak poisoning.
Oak leaves, twigs, buds, and acorns may be toxic to some animals when consumed.
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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