Country Lifestyles
Scott & Stacey Schumacher: A Growth Mindset
By Dani Blackburn
Scott and Stacey Schumacher wear many hats, with each reflecting the roles and responsibilities they manage to balance along with day-to-day family life.
Scott is a fourth-generation cattle rancher, raising black Angus commercial beef and registered Angus bulls. He also is a farmer, owner of a chemical application company and artificially inseminates a number of cattle for himself and select clients.
Meanwhile, Stacey is the Executive Director of the Texas Coalition for Animal Protection, a nonprofit she founded that offers low-cost pet sterilization and vaccinations throughout North Texas. She began breeding longhorn cattle more than two decades ago, continuing to see much success with the breed, and also sits on the board of Lone Star Ag Credit.
In addition, Scott and Stacey manage these responsibilities while fulfilling their most important roles as parents to nine-year-old Stran and four-year-old Selah. While many would find it difficult to keep up with all the tasks involved with their various ventures, the Schumachers have continued to grow each operation without ever allowing quality to fall by the wayside through teamwork and a strong work ethic.
“One of my favorite things about all we have going on has been watching Scott grow his operation. He has a lot of fun, exciting stuff going happening each day. Others might just commercially spray, farm or ranch, but he’s doing it all, and he’s doing it very well,” Stacey said.
To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR Magazine. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
Country Lifestyles
When A Girl Goes Country: When Two Different Worlds Collide
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.
Country Lifestyles
Emma Harvey- Miss USA Agriculture
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.
Country Lifestyles
Parting Shot: The Rythmn of Daily Life
By: Jelly Cocanougher
A delicate balance of hard work and nature’s ever-present influence. Even though there are a handful of skilled men working a set of pens, there is always a brave calf to cause a bit of a ruckus. Carefully con- veyed to the ground, the calf gets worked and set off to on a journey of growth. Cowboys understand that the dealings of unpredictable nature such as this young calf is part of the journey. Prowling the pastures for green grasses and hay so sweet, the calf is released back into the pastures, able to roam and be drawn to the nutritious offerings of the land.
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