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The worst day

            Ranch life teaches kids more about life and death than any other way of living. My young children get to witness the cycle of life on a yearly basis. Right now we are in...


The cost of wolves in Colorado

The fiscal impact statement associated with Prop 114 — the reintroduction of wolves — estimated the effort would increase state spending by $300,000 in state budget year 2021-22 and $500,000 in state budget year 2022-23...


Promoting soil health in Nebraska

Well over 60 area farmers, ranchers, agronomists and agency representatives filled Bridgeport’s Prairie Winds Community Center to learn about soil health at the first installment of three Nebraska Soil Health School events taking place this...


Vilsack takes small farm message to Senate ag

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Senate Agriculture Committee today that the next farm bill should create more markets for small- and medium-sized farmers. When he got some pushback from Republicans defending big farms, Vilsack...


Another tribute to Baxter Black

There are a few poems that give me pause, make me really pay attention to the words. This one, by Baxter Black, is one of them. In this age of wokeness and people being so...


Cheap hay isn’t cheap

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Squatty, squishy bales are making their way out of the ditch and into the cow pasture as post-drought supplies dwindle and winter lingers. Bad bales are costly in many ways, said Derrell...



Complete equitation is all things horse

Nicole Rau had a vision that would not be denied. Born in 1982, she spent her early years in a part of Denver not at all rural or affluent. But as her heart continued to...



Meat In Day event guide

March 18 is Meat In Day across Colorado. The event was originally planned in response to Gov. Jared Polis’ signing of a Meat Out Day proclamation in the midst of various attacks on agriculture at...