Richard and Susan Gebhart’s family raises Hereford cattle near Grand Lake in rural Langley, Okla., on land Susan’s great-grandparents settled in 1907.

Cattle, pigs, ducks, turkeys, laying hens, meat chickens, calves and horses are found at the two locations of Falling Sky Farm. Owned and operated by Andrea Todt and Cody Hopkins, on 40 acres near Marshall, Ark., they have seven feeder pigs, 600 ducks and 150 laying hens. On their 80 acres near Chim [ ... ]

Jim Randy and Maelena Laverty, recently chosen as the Newton County Farm Family of the Year, exemplify what it takes to be successful on the farm today. Both would love to stay at home and work on the farm all day, but both have jobs in town.

Frank Martin has been around horses his entire adult life. Today, he serves as secretary of the Missouri Equine Council. “My wife Dianne actually got to talking with the director of the council and offered me up for a position on the board, but I’m very happy to be involved,” he smiled.

Lincoln Hough got a jump start on a lot of cattlemen his age when he bought his first three heifer calves in 7th grade. They were Herefords, and he named them after three girls he was in school with. “I started AI-ing them right off the bat,” he explained. Sara, one of them, is still today one o [ ... ]

"We had always come to this area for Bennett Spring State Park. I used to be an avid fisherman, but it was more a get-away weekend place,” Bob Hall said, explaining their move from Edwardsville, Ill. Now married 30 years, Bob and Nancy Hall came to live in Laclede County after the tragic loss of t [ ... ]

Weaning calves at half the typical age calls for re-thinking your calendar, but it doesn’t obligate a management overh [ ... ]

Pasture planning is a 360-day project. What you plan to do next spring needs to be thought of now. How are you going to  [ ... ]

The forage variety everyone knows as “Kentucky 31” fescue was discovered growing wild by Dr. E.N. Fergus – in Kent [ ... ]

Weaning calves at half the typical age calls for re-thinking your calendar, but it doesn’t obligate a management overh [ ... ]

Pasture planning is a 360-day project. What you plan to do next spring needs to be thought of now. How are you going to  [ ... ]

The forage variety everyone knows as “Kentucky 31” fescue was discovered growing wild by Dr. E.N. Fergus – in Kent [ ... ]