By Garrett Metcalf, DVM Sarcoids are the most common cutaneous skin tumor of horses that come in various forms with varying degrees of virulence. Sarcoids are small gray to cherry red tissue that appears similar [...]

Longhorns made an indelible imprint on the 19th-century Western landscape. Between 1866 and 1890, more than 10 million cattle were driven on the Chisholm and other trails out of Texas.  In his classic 1941 book [...]

Impress your friends with these 40 interesting tidbits of Oklahoma trivia. The first capital of Oklahoma was in Guthrie, but was moved later to Oklahoma City following a vote of the people.Turner Falls Park in [...]

By Ddee Haynes In October of 2017, I wrote an article on Hagen Nielsen. Hagen at the time was five-years-old. Let me take you back to the day I first met this little blond-haired, blue-eyed [...]

By Kevin Mink Imagine this scenario. A homeowner decides to create a pollinator garden in their front yard. After removing the monoculture of Bermuda grass, the yard is filled with an array of native flowering [...]

By Garrett Metcalf, DVM Almost every horse person has heard of contracted tendons in a horse, but flexural limb deformities (FLD) are a little more complicated than just tight tendons. There are different locations or [...]

By Lanna Mills Are you looking for somewhere fun for the entire family without having to travel long distances? If so, I urge you to visit the Medicine Park and Wichita Mountain area. There is [...]

By Bryan Painter Fact is more than 150 years of tradition run through the Caddo, Okla., operation of the Stuart Ranch. Plus, the Chisholm Trail runs through the painting-perfect pastures of the family’s Waurika ranch [...]

Barry Whitworth, DVM Area Food/Animal Quality and Health Specialist for Eastern Oklahoma  Recently, several areas of Oklahoma have experienced record flooding.  On rare occasions in Oklahoma, the disease anthrax has been associated with abnormally wet [...]

2020 Miss Rodeo Oklahoma Lady in Waiting It started with the revival of a long ago dream, and culminated with a crown. On June 8, 2019, Kylie Myers was crowned as the 2020 Miss Rodeo [...]

By Michael Newell             Let’s paint the scene. A barefoot, no shirt, boy laying on a creek bank with a cane pole and length of line dangling in the dirty water. Something strait out of [...]

By Lacey Newlin 12 servings Time: 4.5 hours Ingredients 1 Lemon Lovers Pound Cake cut into 1-inch cubes 1/2 cup granulated sugar1/2 cup fresh lemon juice1 2.7 oz box Dream Whip3 cup very cold whole milk divided2 3.4 oz boxes instant lemon pudding mix16 oz frozen whipped topping OR 4 cups [...]

By Summer McMillen If you’ve missed the sign that I carry around my neck that says “I’m a rodeo wife” then allow me to reintroduce myself… I am Summer, ranch wife extraordinaire and rodeo wife [...]

Thursday, May 16, 2019 marked the 76th Annual Creek County Ag Tour. The tour started during the WWII era, in the year 1943. The goal of the Creek County Conservation District back in 1943 was [...]

By Everett Brazil III The Southern Great Plains has seen a cool, wet spring, driven by El Nino conditions that led to record rainfall in May and hampering wheat harvest and crop planting. While the [...]

By Judy Wade             Stand Watie was the only Native American to be commissioned a Confederate Brigadier General during the Civil War. His name became greatly feared by union sympathizers.             Born in Oothcaloga, Cherokee [...]

For rodeo fans, there are names that bring instant recognition. Hearing Trevor Brazile, Tuf Cooper, or Junior Nogueira promptly recalls fast loops and incredible accuracy. There is no doubt that today’s stars have revolutionized the [...]

By Lanna Mills             Head to the western part of the state to the town of Elk City. It is right along Interstate 40 and Route 66. The town is just big enough to offer [...]

The Reverend Bob Wickizer Forty-three years ago, in France, a stunning and unfathomable event that came to be known as the Judgment of Paris revolutionized the wine industry.  At the time, France was clearly the [...]