Good Foragers Make it Through

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"I actually lucked into my flock of Katahdin sheep,” explained Rhubein Belcher on his farm in Howell County, near Moody, Mo. “My wife, Carla, and I moved back to the area and wanted to raise livestock, but at my age I knew cattle farming was going to be too much. She did some searching on the Internet, and found a gentleman near Gainesville, Mo., who was looking to sell his entire flock.

A Partnership Prospers

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Good fences make good neighbors, according to the old saying, but good neighbors willing to extend a helping hand to one another are a staple of life in the Ozarks. Jarrod Campbell and Roger Martens of rural Camden County, outside Macks Creek, Mo., are living proof of that.

Bragging About Babydolls

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Brenda and Darrel Tribble love their animals – all of them which include Boer goats, horses, ducks, Guinea hens, Dominique chickens, a miniature horse, a miniature donkey, dachshunds, schnauzers, cats and kittens, and perhaps their favorites, Old English Babydoll Southdown sheep. They raise their self-confessed menagerie on 38 acres in rural Camden County, outside of Macks Creek, Mo.

Doing Dairy Differently

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On a ridge above James River sits a beautiful dairy called Lorenae. Lorenae Dairy is the only state licensed Grade A raw milk provider in Missouri. Bruce and Debbie Salisbury, who have been in the dairy business for several decades, came out of retirement to be part of this agricultural industry that they have loved so much.

New Legacy and a Lot of Family

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Paul and Jennifer Walley moved to rural Polk County, outside Bolivar, Mo., from Florida, looking for a place with better milk laws and more conservative values for their growing family. They brought their sons and a couple of cows from Florida and settled on 24 acres in the Ozarks.

Racing to Rangeland

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Paul Wallen left the racetrack and automotive repair industry and got on the fast track to raising Beefmasters full time after experiencing success with the breed first hand.

Tradition Proves True

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Lonnie Cook is a third generation farmer who continues his family’s tradition of raising Charolais and Charolais cross cattle on 640 acres once owned by his grandparents, Arthur and Mary Cook. Along with his brother, Derrel, who lives three miles up the Osage Fork River from Lonnie and his wife, Jean, they run 80-90 cows on his property.

Not Falling to the Wayside

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Just short of being a century farm, Crystal Springs Limousin, knows cattle with great quality and has been raising such cattle, for some time. Bill Burch’s family started not in the beef cattle business, but the dairy industry when they moved to the Neosho, Mo., area in 1919.

Eliminating Barn-Blindness

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Vance and Gloria Mattson started with 10 Angus cows when they first moved to Everton, Mo., in 1999. But that just wasn't really cutting it for them. "Gloria wasn't really comfortable with them, so we started looking for something smaller," Vance said.

Rebuilding Soil with Biochar

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Ed Cahoj, a cattle farmer in Polk County near Halfway, Mo., remembers the day he became aware of soil fertility. He was 7 or 8 years old on his dad’s farm in Kansas. The land had just been plowed, and like any good farmer, his dad picked up a handful of the freshly turned sod and smelled it.

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