Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Newspaper

The Big Boys

Aaron Ross began showing Brahmans as a boy and enjoys the breed For Aaron Ross, agriculture is both his career and his hobby. Aaron has been a program associate for…

A Family Bound by Farming

The family of Calvin and Judy Moore work together on Whippoorwill Hill Farms Charlie Ross bought the Webbers Falls acreage in the 1940s where he raised cattle and five children.…

Keeping Up With the Challenges

Circle L Ranch has multiple facets of its operation Circle L Ranch is a five generation operation, working on the sixth, dating back to 1884. After the Civil War, Leonard…

A Long Journey with Longhorn

Family relocates their operation to the Ozarks from Wisconsin Levi Mast has a longer history, more than 12 years, with Texas Longhorn cattle than with wife Amy. They married just…

The Big Boys

Terry RoppFebruary 22, 2021No Comment2021-02-22T09:24:09-06:00

Aaron Ross began showing Brahmans as a boy and enjoys the breed For Aaron Ross, agriculture is both his career and his hobby. Aaron has been a program associate for weed science since 2014. During growing seasons, he compares herbicides…

A Family Bound by Farming

Terry Ropp February 22, 2021 No Comment2021-02-22T08:37:02-06:00

The family of Calvin and Judy Moore work together on Whippoorwill Hill Farms Charlie Ross bought the Webbers Falls acreage in the 1940s where he raised cattle and five children. When he passed, son Charley was the only one interested…

Keeping Up With the Challenges

Terry Ropp February 22, 2021 No Comment2021-02-22T08:18:56-06:00

Circle L Ranch has multiple facets of its operation Circle L Ranch is a five generation operation, working on the sixth, dating back to 1884. After the Civil War, Leonard came by covered wagon from Georgia. ’s brother Silas homesteaded…

Missouri Neighbors

Forging His Own Path

Julie Turner-CrawfordFebruary 15, 2021No Comment2021-02-11T12:47:34-06:00

Eli Rogers moved from registered Herefords to commercial Red Angus Eli Rogers’ family was in the registered Hereford business for decades. His father Larry said Herefords were the only cattle he had ever raised. As he got older, Eli continued…

A Long Journey with Longhorn

Patricia Kilson February 15, 2021 No Comment2021-02-11T12:21:33-06:00

Family relocates their operation to the Ozarks from Wisconsin Levi Mast has a longer history, more than 12 years, with Texas Longhorn cattle than with wife Amy. They married just four years ago; but have come a long way in…

Diversity Creates Options

Julie Turner-Crawford February 11, 2021 No Comment2021-02-11T11:54:47-06:00

Dustin and Krystal Cook market their farm-fed beef to hungry consumers Dustin Cook and his family are deeply rooted in the Ozarks. He’s the fifth generation of his family, on both his maternal and paternal sides, to farm family land…

Farm Help

Building Stronger Animals

Klaire HowertonFebruary 22, 2021No Comment2021-02-22T09:57:58-06:00

Management strategies can help a producer create animals that are built for success Strong livestock perform well and help improve an operation’s bottom line. While it can seem like some animals are just stronger and healthier than others, there are…

Knowing the Signs

Klaire Howerton February 22, 2021 No Comment2021-02-22T09:54:40-06:00

Knowing normal vital signs in young animals can alert producers to health issues When working with livestock, especially young ones, it’s important to catch health issues quickly so they can be treated swiftly and effectively. Knowing the vital sign for…

Composite Breeding

Klaire Howerton February 22, 2021 No Comment2021-02-22T09:51:55-06:00

Composite breeding more than crossbreeding in the cattle industry Composite cattle breeds are prevalent in the agriculture industry. Most producers have heard of breeds such as Balancer, SimAngus, LimFlex and so on, if they do not already have some of…

Selecting the Right Bull

Klaire Howerton February 22, 2021 No Comment2021-02-22T09:49:25-06:00

Producers should look at their goals, and what did and didn’t go well with the previous herd sire If producers plan on leasing or purchasing a new bull for their breeding program, they will want to identify herd goals and…

Editorial / Opinions

We can all be ag teachers

Julie Turner-CrawfordFebruary 22, 2021No Comment2021-02-22T08:03:15-06:00

My soon-to-be-rookie-ag-teacher niece and I had a few minutes to hang out before a meeting we both attended recently, and I asked her how her classes were going. My typically happy-go-lucky niece replied they were going well, but she was…

Getting dirty with the Harris family

Jody Harris February 22, 2021 No Comment2021-02-22T07:59:40-06:00

Sometime around age 11, I started the process of teaching my oldest daughter to start the laundry. As you can imagine, we produce a high record of dirty clothes between the six of us each week. I can do at…

A new year, a new Jerry

Jerry Crownover February 22, 2021 No Comment2021-02-22T07:56:43-06:00

When I graduated from high school, I was 5-foot-9-inches tall and weighed around 145 pounds. By the time I came home for the summer, after my first year of college, I was 6-foot-1-inch, 160 pounds, and had finally finished growing….up.…

Ag-Visors

Focusing on Essentials

Brad PistoleFebruary 22, 2021No Comment2021-02-22T09:43:35-06:00

There are more than 17,600 personal finance blogs and millions of money websites on the internet. The plethora of financial websites, blogs and videos have created an information “weariness” and confusion. This overload prevents many people from absorbing and implementing…