I’ve written before about livestock equipment designer Dr. Temple Grandin. In this video she is talking about designing curved cattle chutes. You can get her newly revised paperback book about this subject HERE. If you have problems seeing the video below click HERE.
One of the most fun things about going to Professional Bull Riding (PBR) events is watching the rodeo clown Flint Rasmussen. Unfortunately he had a heart attack in March of this year, which he attributes to stress, but is “back in the saddle” and performing again. Welcome back Flint! From Wikipedia: “Flint Rasmussen is perhaps [...]
I’ve blogged before about the Angola Prison Rodeo. Another interesting one is the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (McAlester, Oklahoma) which in 2006 started allowing women to compete for the first time. Since 1940, the Oklahoma State Penitentiary has held an annual Prison Rodeo. It is the largest behind-the-walls prison rodeo in the country. The International Professional [...]
If you like BBQ like I do you’ll love the Salt Lick Bar-B-Que Restaurant outside of Austin, Texas in Driftwood. As I’m writing this my mind can easily recall the smell and the taste. Thanks to our daughter Chandra for first introducing us to the Salt Lick back in the early 1990s. Yum! This is [...]
I believe this ranch is in Australia. If you have problems seeing the video below click HERE.
In the cutting world, some of the best cutting horses have historically come from the Bartlett Ranch. From their website: “Bartlett Ranch today is comprised of three properties located in Alabama, Texas, and Wyoming with a combined land area totaling almost 90,000 acres. The original Flying B Flying “B” Ranch was established in Pike Road, [...]
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Kathy and I have been lucky enough to visit the Hawaiian Islands many times and on most trips I try to ride with one of the local Paniolo or Hawaiian cowboys. The first longhorn cattle in Hawaii were delivered as a gift to King Kamehameha I by Captain George Vancouver. Kamehameha protected them by making [...]
If you like the old traditional vaquero style of cowboying you’ll really like the website for the Buckaroo Hall of Fame and Heritage Museum. They state that they are about “Celebrating Buckaroo Life and the Buckaroo state of mind – some serious, some educational, some for fun”. From the website: “The Buckaroo Hall of Fame [...]
My friend Blair Hunewill did today’s “guest blog posting”. Thanks Blair! Ask anybody what kind of gun a real cowboy carries and you’ll be sure to hear two words; “six shooter”. That answer is heavily influenced by the portrayal of cowboys in pop culture. Watch almost any cowboy movie made from the 1940s on and [...]
Pam Minick was recently inducted into the Cowgirls Hall of Fame. From their website: “Atomic Blonde is how Pam’s Las Vegas birth announcements read. Always competitive, her spirit and dedication made her a true ambassador for rodeo as a competitor and a promoter. Her list of accomplishments includes champion calf roper, actress, movie stuntperson, businesswoman [...]
There will be a memorial tribute to horse trainer legend Ray Hunt who passed away recently. It will be held February 27-28, 2010 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center Watt Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. It has a very unique and wonderful format. From the event website: ” Each of the participants will be given [...]
A Response to Secretary Salazar’s Plan for America’s Wild Horses Equids from the Cloud Foundation. October 8, 2009- COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO– On October 7, 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a new initiative for the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro program. The Secretary announced that this is a “national solution [...]
From the 2009 September Beef Cattle Browsing e-newsletter Texas AgriLife Extension Beef Cattle College Station, Texas Predicted financial returns for 2007 to 2016 were simulated using production data from the King Ranch and projected cattle prices by month within year from CattleFax. Three calving seasons were compared: spring (Feb 1 to Apr 15), fall (Sep [...]
from the horse.com website by: Rhona Melsky “As of May 2009, U.S. horses are required to have identification when being transported into Mexico. The regulations were changed to improve animal identification and because of the reappearance of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a sexually transmitted disease, in the U.S., according to Betsy Noel, purchasing manager at [...]
Hereford cattle are a widely used breed used mainly for beef production. They are popular among ranchers of the American Southwest are found in temperate areas around the globe. From the University of Oklahoma Breeds of Cattle website: “Thrifty and enterprising farmers near Hereford in the County of Herefordshire, England, were determined to produce beef [...]
From the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension August 11 2009: As bales of hay roll in from the fields on the back of farmers’ wagons, it’s again time to start staking your claim so that your hayloft remains full over the coming winter months. Here are some tips to help you select hay for your [...]
From Wikipedia: “Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley’s amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar. She was born in [...]
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