By Savannah Magoteaux Walk past the horse trailers after a summer jackpot, ranch rodeo or trail ride, and you’ll probably see the same thing: saddle pads...
By Savannah Magoteaux Walk through almost any pasture in Texas, and chances are you’ll find one sitting near a water trough, under a shade tree or...
By Annette Bridges In September 2022, I wrote a column titled “Merry Maui Cows,” featuring a photograph of me with a group of Maui cows grazing...
By NTFR Staff Every summer, as lawn mowers start making their rounds, the same warning comes up among horse owners: “Don’t throw those grass clippings over...
By NTFR Staff A brown patch in a pasture may look simple from the pickup. The grass is dry, the cattle have grazed it too closely...
By Ann Asher Bats have never had the best public relations team. They come out at dusk, fly in quick, uneven patterns and have spent too...
By Ada William A few weeks ago in church, our preacher shared a line that has stayed with me ever since. “If you’re wondering what door...
By NTFR Staff For many years, most ranchers heard about New World screwworm only from older generations. It belonged to history books, old stories and warnings...
Congress has tried three times in the last five years to make the Chisholm Trail official. Each bill proposed the same idea: fold the old cattle...
Few inventions changed the face of American agriculture as much as the steel plow. To settlers moving westward in the 19th century, the fertile black soils...
