Past Issue: February / March 2005
Cover Story
Doing it All
Triangle H Grain & Cattle
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
For four generations, the Hands family has called southern Finney County home. Located south of Garden City in far western Kansas, the family has flourished, raising crops and cattle and kids on one of the most vertically integrated operations. . .
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
If we thought the end of 2003 and 2004 were exciting, just look at the things heaped on our plate for the next little while. All hell has broken loose over the USDA’s plans to open the Canadian border, while two of that country’s cattle have tested positive for . . .
Will Verboven
The USDA announced on December 29, 2004, that the U.S. border would be reopened to live Canadian cattle imports by March 7, 2005. One day later, on December 30, the Canadian government announced that a second BSE case had been diagnosed in Alberta. What a truly amazing coincidence that . . .
Jim Whitt
The Tip of the Iceberg - A few months ago I received an unusual request from a speaker’s bureau. They had a client that was looking for a motivational speaker who could teach them to “lasso.” This narrowed the field considerably. Having actually made my living as a working cowboy many moons ago . . .
Pride Feeders -
Changing with the Times
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
With thirtysome years’ experience under their belt, Doug and Chris Duncan would be considered old-timers in the Oklahoma Panhandle today. But they haven’t lost any of their enthusiasm for the art of cattle feeding. The last ten years have brought changes . . .