Posts Tagged ‘Agriculture’

The Good Country

July 14, 2015
Jolyn Young

My writing assignments took me north to Elko last week, and I was so glad for an excuse to revisit the country where my whole Nevada adventure began five years ago, when I left northern California to work on the Van Norman ranch. I drove 70 miles north of town to the Spanish Ranch to […]

Wrangling The Cavvy

July 1, 2015
Jolyn Young

If you want to be Cavvy Savvy, you gotta savvy how to wrangle the cavvy. Heh heh heh. Anyway, back to business. Bringing in the saddle horses is a daily chore on a working cattle ranch, as it’s healthier for the horses and more efficient for the management to turn the whole bunch out into […]

Ranch Wives: Myth Versus Fact

June 10, 2015
Jolyn Young

Like any other social group, there are a lot of myths about ranch wives. Also like any other social group, some myths are true, some aren’t. Here are a few common myths and the actual facts. Myth: All ranch wives grow abundant gardens to feed their families fresh produce through summer’s heat and home-canned goodness […]

Animal Rights V. Animal Welfare

May 29, 2015
Jenn Zeller

I figure most of you reading this are involved in livestock, their production, or wish to be at some point in time. There’s a distinction missing in today’s society about the difference between animal rights and animal welfare, and I thought this a good time to give us all a refresher course on the subject. […]

You Might Be A Cowboy’s Wife If…

April 2, 2015
Jolyn Young

You might be a cowboy’s wife if… …you spent the first week of your married life sleeping in a double bedroll. …you walk into Target and have to take a deep breath and tell yourself to act normal and not like a woman who hasn’t seen traffic signals or a paved parking lot in over […]

Calving Fun Facts

March 19, 2015
Tayler Teichert

It is no secret that calving makes most people weird! I am no exception either… in fact I may be the rule. To help keep my sanity I try to find something fun and time consuming to do while I wait for heifers to calve. A few years ago I wrote a rap called, This […]