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 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.
By: Tony Dean
There are a handful of grasses on North Texas grazing lands ranchers need to know, not because they are highly desirable, but rather because they are not of much value. I call them “decom” plants, which is am acronym for “Don’t Ever Count On Me.” Silver bluestem is a “decom” grass.
Silver bluestem is a perennial which grows in all areas of Texas. It can survive in almost all soil types, and in full sun conditions or in semi shade. It grows up to three feet tall and is easily recognized with the presence of the white fuzzy seed head. Also, one of the identifying characteristics of Silver bluestem is a bend in the stems at each node, causing the plants to take on a rounded shape as they mature.
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: Rayford Pullen
Fall is here which means winter is closing in on us and before we officially get into winter, we need to make sure our factories are either producing or will be producing in a few months.
We have been pregnancy testing our cows this fall and if they are not bred or nursing a calf, we are bidding them adios. With annual costs somewhere between $900.00 and $1,000.00 per cow, those cows not producing a live weaned calf are costing us quite a bit.
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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