WRITING

What are the skills we need to tell meaningful stories? How do we stop being afraid of failure in order to succeed as rural...

An athletic mindset earns Wyoming family Certified Angus Beef Commercial Commitment to Excellence honors (for Angus Journal). Whether...

Weigh the pros and cons of livestock as a tool for soil disturbance on your ranch, and then put the animals to work (for Noble Research...

"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to...

“The word ‘legacy’ resonated immediately. I scribbled it on top of the first outline I made for this, the Montana Farm Bureau...

From rancher to stocker to feeder, every cattle owner wants the same outcome. “We all want those calves to be as successful as they...

Each heifer is unique, but the moment of triumph often sounds about the same. She spins around, nuzzles the wet calf, and lets out a low...

"So... what’s the trade-off?" I asked. "You give up a widely accepted, profitable practice to do a new thing. There must be sacrifice. Do...

Thank you for coming to my "One-Line Legacies" workshop at the 2019 American Farm Bureau Federation in New Orleans! Here is the one-page...

“They’re just plain ol’ range cows.” Bob and Frances Dellit shared a good-hearted laugh at the idea of their 'plain ol' range cows' being...

Dave Pratt scribbled rapidly across the giant post-it board. He switched colors with ideas, added seemingly cryptic equations to the...

Dave Pratt, an internationally-known grazing and sustainable ranching expert, will present a one-day pasture and ranch business...

They thought they knew everything they needed to know about barley. After all, Mike and Linda O'Brien had grown cereal grains on his...

I’ve missed wheat harvest in Nebraska the past few years. Riding along with Herbie Husker on the side of the Case IH red combine. Sinking...

Sorting a livestock class is easy. Just put the good ones up, the bad ones down. Then, be ready to back it up; talk tough. But sorting...

F.S. Cooley's writing is full paternal wisdom. “Uncle Sam” Hampton’s words progress with a contagious enthusiasm. Even business letters...

"I hope they slow down every once in a while," Chuck Hahn said, nodding at the steady line of boaters, anglers and campers streaming...

(Originally published Jan. 10, 2015) It's January at the Castle Mountain Ranch, and the wind whistles through the veil of snow that has...

Used cars. Potential dates. Bred heifers. A prudent shopper for any of the above is wise to wonder: How well were they cared for before I...

He's keeping pace beside me. My childhood playmate's dad; our middle school track coach. He's in wind pants instead of his traditional...