Twins in Beef Cattle: Good, bad, or ugly?
When it comes to calving season, twins are an unusual occurrence, but not necessarily rare. It’s estimated that anywhere between 1-2% of beef cattle pregnancies will result in a twin birth. That number tends to be slightly higher in dairy cattle….
Cattle, Goats, and a Horse, Oh My!: Why we utilize Multi-Species Grazing on our farm
Meet the Menagerie In what we call our “front pasture” you can find a wide variety of livestock. That’s where our Miniature Hereford cattle graze, along with Loretta the dairy cow, and a few heifers that aren’t old enough to go…
Female Farmer Friday – Cowboy Edition: Hannah Castellitto
I’m so excited about this series of Female Farmer Fridays! If you remember back in the summer of 2020 I introduced you to the ladies of INSP’s The Cowboy Way: Misty, Jaclyn, and Kaley. Now I have the pleasure of sharing…
Female Farmer Friday – Cowboy Edition: Katey Jo Gordon
I’m so excited about this series of Female Farmer Fridays! If you remember back in the summer of 2020 I introduced you to the ladies of INSP’s The Cowboy Way: Misty, Jaclyn, and Kaley. Now I have the pleasure of sharing…
Chinks & Cowboy Poetry
I wish I knew all the miles these chinks have ridden. My dad found them for me at a flea market, so I’ll never know their whole story…so let me share a story of their life with. These chinks kept me…
Baked Cheese Tortellini Bites
Listen, I’m definitely not a food blogger. I’m not even a food cooker most days. But this is one of those, if I can do it, so can you recipes! For Christmas with my mom’s family, instead of a full meal…
Meet the Herd: Nellie
Name: Nellie Species: Canine Breed: Australian Shephard Whoa, Nellie! This girl is the one we call the million-dollar dog… but let’s start from the beginning. Our dogs are really now a “yours, mine, and ours” situation. Superman is mine, Nellie is…
Celebrating Arkansas Rice Month with Jenna
September is Arkansas Rice Month, and instead of me spouting off fun facts for you that you could easily find on Google, I invited Jenna Martin – actual Arkansas rice farmer – to share her insight about rice farming! Some of…
Female Farmer Friday: Misty Harris
Welcome back to the final installment in our special Female Farmer Friday featuring the women of The Cowboy Way on INSP. This week we meet Misty Harris, a barrel racer turned cattle farmer slash nurse. I feel a camaraderie with Misty…
Female Farmer Friday: Jaclyn Brown
Welcome back to week two of Female Farmer Friday: The Cowboy Way edition. This week I’d like to introduce Jaclyn Brown! Jaclyn is a clinical pharmacist, but has found herself immersed in the cowboy lifestyle when she married Booger Brown. Learn…
