All We Need’s More Rain

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A couple of years ago we built on to our house and had a sand pile in the front yard. Some of the biggest cat tracks were seen in that sand pile and my brother-in-law who has hunted all his life said he thought I had a cougar passing through. I’ve given you my opinion on why the Arkansas Fish and Game won’t admit there are wild cougars or mountain lions in the state because if they did, they’d have to count and protect them since the eastern cougar is an endangered species. That would cost millions of dollars and they won’t bite on the bait.

   

Life is Simple

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I admit that I’m more than a little superstitious. I’ve been known to turn around in the middle of the road and take another route to my destination just to avoid the path of that black cat that had scampered across the highway ahead of me and I try to avoid any important plans whenever Friday the 13th rolls around. As far as stepladders and umbrellas go – they scare the heck out of me. It’s precisely because of these phobias that I knew I’d made a major blunder a couple of weeks ago when a neighbor asked, “How’s your calving season going, Jerry?”

Keepin’ it Country

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Cattle theft reports are in the news nonstop in Missouri and even in Oklahoma and Arkansas as cattle prices continue to rise in the Ozarks. In March alone, the Livestock Marketing Association has listed six reports in Missouri, two in Oklahoma and one in Arkansas. And that doesn’t include the thefts that go without being reported. What can we do to prevent this from happening on our farms?

Life is Simple

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Granted, after almost 30 years of marriage, it’s difficult to be surprised by anything my wife does around the house or farm. Through the years, I’ve been shocked by; opening the dishwasher and finding a cow skull staring back at me, because she thought it would make an attractive wall hanging, if only she could get it clean; Or, jumping over the fence in her best Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a calf that I had just pulled and pronounced it, “beyond help.” She saved the calf.

Keepin’ it Country

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Recently, I visited a friend in St. Louis, Mo. While staying with my friend I found myself visiting with her roommate, who was born and raised in St. Louis. Naturally the roommate wasn’t very familiar with farming and she was intrigued by my occupation and lifestyle. As an animal lover, she was a little concerned with the way farmers are portrayed in the media in regards to how they treat their livestock. During our conversation I learned that she makes buying decisions based on what the media portrays. Wanting to become more education on the matter she asked my opinion and of course I was happy to share.

All We Need’s More Rain

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They say it was the third warmest winter we’ve ever had in the Ozarks. Nothing unusual about that, weather runs its course and besides La Niño in the Pacific Ocean has lots of control on our weather. Meteorologist tell us that though we had a mild winter it is by no means a sign we have another drought coming. No one can predict that despite all the forecasting aids available.

Life is Simple

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My dad was very skeptical about anything new being introduced into his world. That is probably why we were still putting up loose hay for several years after those ‘new-fangled’ hay balers came along. He wanted to make certain they were here to stay before we finally purchased a used baler sometime along in the mid 1960s. His skepticism was not confined to the world of agriculture, either, for I’m pretty sure that he still believed the American moon landing was a hoax at the time of his death in 1997.

Keepin’ it Country

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Recently, I visited a friend in St. Louis, Mo. While staying with my friend I found myself visiting with her roommate, who was born and raised in St. Louis. Naturally the roommate wasn’t very familiar with farming and she was intrigued by my occupation and lifestyle. As an animal lover, she was a little concerned with the way farmers are portrayed in the media in regards to how they treat their livestock. During our conversation I learned that she makes buying decisions based on what the media portrays. Wanting to become more education on the matter she asked my opinion and of course I was happy to share.

Life is Simple

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A couple of months ago, I noticed something strange as I entered through the gate at my creek farm. A natural spring that surfaces in the yard of that homestead was backing up to the point that it was flooding the rather sizable lawn. Since it had rained a few days before, I assumed that that was the cause. But, after a week of observing what was beginning to look like Everglades North, I decided to investigate.

Keepin’ it Country

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How many customers walk the aisles of Walmart each week? Answer: 104 million customers go through Walmart’s doors each week according to Joe Quinn, Senior Director of Issue Management and Strategic Outreach for Walmart Corporate Affairs. That’s astonishing. How many of those 104 million consumers make conscious shopping decisions based on agriculture?

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