This year I was honored to speak at our high school graduation. To be chosen by the students is quite humbling. This was the last set of my students who were founding members of the school’s FFA chapter. They had done it all the past four years. Speaking contests, field days, meetings, conferences, even state […]
Branding Time Ladies- Correct if I’m wrong, but there is a season in the year known as “branding time”. Or so our better halves like to refer to it as that. Compared to any other “cow” season, like shipping, calving, or the remainder of the year, it elicits a certain air. It’s accompanied by the […]
I am the wife of a cattle ranch manager and certified farrier. I love my job- I teach high school ag and am an FFA advisor. We live on a small ranch, with WAY too many cow dogs and my chiweiner- Dolce and newest addition, Loretta, the Borgi. I run a successful equine marketing and […]
This morning I was awakened by the sound of my husband’s alarm at 4:00 am. And thought to my self what is going on…… I soon remembered we had cows and calves to gather, sort, ship, process, and brand! As I groggily drug myself out of bed, I threw on a pair of jeans, button […]