Compassion for animals, small towns and vets all star in reality show.
Dr. Erin Schroeder made a decision years ago to ensure that she and her husband, Ben, also a veterinarian, would have a life outside the mixed veterinary practice his father once operated. That dedication to...
From herding to hunting: New Discovery series Dino Hunters highlights cowboys making history
Across the West, the stage is set for a new type of gold rush: the hunt for prehistoric dinosaur fossils. In the badlands of Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas, ranchers and cowboys are uncovering valuable...
Yellowstone stars’ hats begin in Greeley, Colo.
Yellowstone, for fans of the series of the same name, evokes visions of a sprawling Montana ranch and the family and crew who live and work there. On June 19, the Yellowstone was the signature...
Harvested wheat acres could be 91-year low amid hot and dry conditions in Colorado
The 2020 Colorado State University Extension Wheat Field Days went virtual, Colorado State University wheat breeder Scott Haley announced his upcoming retirement, and growers begin cutting what could be a historically low acre count. Brad...
Controlling burrowing rodents
Rodents like prairie dogs, ground squirrels and pocket gophers can damage fields, pastures and crops. When these critters move into your barnyards or pastures they may need to be controlled. Robert M. Timm, PhD, Extension...
Some rodeos still on, despite cancellations
Rodeo contestants and fans will still find places to get their rodeo on this summer, although a number of big-name events have been sidelined due to COVID-19. For example, despite an initial announcement otherwise, the...
James Arness on Anzio Beach in WWII
Four months shy of his 21st birthday, James King Aurness of Minneapolis, Minn., was waiting anxiously with fellow soldiers, standing on one of the U.S. Army’s WWII landing barges of the U.S. 3rd Army Infantry...
Changes to Senior Fishing Licenses and Deadlines in Colorado
Colorado anglers and small game hunters accustomed to purchasing new fishing licenses each January have until March to get a new license this year. Starting in 2009, Colorado fishing and small game licenses do not...
Fencing considerations for goats
Goats with horns and wire hog panels don’t mix. Inevitably, the goat sticks its head through the panel to reach a tasty morsel on the other side, and when it pulls back, its horns prevent...
Kissing spine no longer a career ending diagnosis for performance horses
Imagine this scenario: you have a nice horse who is generally well-behaved and excels in your selected discipline. Then one day your sweet gelding no longer wants to be saddled and pins his ears when...
Consumers don’t understand the difference between CRISPR and GMOs
Consumers still don’t understand the difference between genetic modification of foods and CRISPR, a technology that allows the editing of unwanted genes, a technology expert from the Seattle-based Hartman Group said last week in a...
Septicemia can kill calves quickly
Calves sometimes develop systemic infection in which bacteria or their toxins get into the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, creating life-threatening illness. Bacteria or viruses in the blood can cause septicemia. Bacterial toxins in...
Dusty Road Solutions
Dust is a price many of us pay to live in the country. Some 70% of U.S. roads are unpaved, and the EPA says about 40% of dust particles come from these unpaved roads right...
How to raise an orphan calf
Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles (a twin, or a heifer’s calf that isn’t accepted by its mother) and it’s easy with a newborn or young calf. More challenging is the 2-month-old calf that’s...
Pinkeye in cattle: A challenging disease
Pinkeye causes millions of dollars in loss each year for producers, due to poor weight gains, prices docked because of eye damage or blindness, calves cut back at sale time, etc. Stockmen generally try to...
Cooperative creativity in the COVID-19 era
When Gregory and Rosemary Graff bought their little farm in 2008, they noticed an interesting skull mounted on the tack room wall. Not an unusual Colorado wall bauble except for the fact that the bony...
Peterson praises USMCA, but emphasizes problems with Canada
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said the implementation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade Wednesday is “a positive” at a time when the country needs positives, but he then noted there are already...
INSP greenlights a 7th season of their hit original series The Cowboy Way
INDIAN LAND, S.C. – General-entertainment network INSP has greenlit a seventh season of its award winning hit series, The Cowboy Way. The announcement was made by Doug Butts, INSP’s SVP of programming, and comes before...
Catahoula Leopard Dog: Not your average stock dog
“A Catta whatta?” That’s the most common response that owners of Catahoula Leopards get after answering the question, “What kind of dog is that?” The largest breed of stock dog, a Catahoula, typically weighs between...
Cowboys and cowgirls make the best of their free time
If COVID-19 were a horse, it could be said it has thrown a shoe into this year’s rodeo schedules. But rodeo cowboys and cowgirls made the most of their time, making sure their horses, sponsors...