Archives for Missouri Neighbors - Page 2
Doing What You Love
The Boyd sisters say they have an addiction to goats that began when they were children Farms don’t always have to be a job; sometimes a farm is just for…
Thinking Outside the Box
Luke Peterson grew up with Charolais, but only recently returned to the registered business Luke Peterson has lived in Mountain Grove, Mo., all his life. He and his wife, Victoria,…
From Corporate America to Farm Life
Skip Tinney finds a new passion for agriculture in his retirement For more than 30 years, Skip Tinney’s life evolved around his family and a demanding job with a major…
A Family Created by Horses
Just Country Quarter Horses owner Char Shelton teaches riders of all ages, skill sets about horsemanship Char Shelton of Just Country Quarter Horses, located outside Stoutland, Mo., in eastern Laclede…
From the Classroom to the Field
Former teacher Leland Browning is a livestock producer and aids other farmers in livestock nutrition As a fifth-generation farmer, Leland Browning, would say the “dirt” runs deep in his veins.…
A Continuing Legacy
The Doug and Joy Collard family make their home at the farm his grandparents purchased in the 1950s Doug and Joy Collard, named the Jasper County Farm Family of the…
Haltering Hope
Organization works to rehab horses to find them forever homes Connie Hendrix spent a short period of her childhood on a farm where she had a horse, a horse she…
Growing with Gelbvieh
The Vehige family moved their seedstock operation to the Ozarks with plans for future growth T Bar S Cattle Company in Billings, Mo., may be new to the Ozarks, but…
Farm Fun at the Pickin’ Patch
Farm converts a portion of its land into fall adventure each October Richard and Colette Witt’s Pickin’ Patch farm can be found just outside of Marionville, Mo. Richard started the…
Boers and More at Tate Farm
Kyle Tate and his family have a diversified livestock operation near Mountain Grove, Mo. Kyle Tate raises Boer goats, and Hereford and Angus cattle on the Tate Farm near Mountain…