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1. What legendary horse made national headlines in 1973?2. What is the highest point of a horse’s back?3. In the sport of fox hunting, what is a dog fox?4. In horse racing, what are silks?5. What...
View ArticleFor the love of Clydesdales
Jack and Michelle Parnell raise beautiful Clydesdales near Sandpoint, Idaho.Jack grew up in California, where his family farmed with horses. He started raking hay with horses when he was hardly big...
View ArticleWorkshops promote horse power
DORENA, Ore. — While most farmers rely on tractors for help in the field, Walt Bernard of Ruby and Amber’s Farm trains draft horses to work for him.The certified organic and biodynamic farm is named...
View ArticleHorse supplements a family business
REDMOND, Ore. — Growing up, Del Johnson thought he would make his living as a rodeo cowboy. When he realized that profession was “too skinny” financially, he decided to pursue a master’s degree in...
View ArticleVet raises sheep in Eastern Washington
Homesteaded in the 1800s by the Feustel family, this farm near Lamont, Wash., is now owned by Art and Jill Swannack.Jill is a veterinarian — she graduated from vet school at Washington State University...
View ArticleColvin Ranch in its fifth generation
Now in its fifth generation, Colvin Ranch continues to produce all-natural grass-fed beef and pastured pork.Ignatius Colvin arrived on the Oregon Trail in 1851. The 550-acre ranch he established is...
View ArticleOwyhee Cattlemen’s president embraces change
Cows flash seemingly trusting looks toward rancher Lynn Bachman as they move from one Bruneau River Valley pasture to another, as if to acknowledge that he knows as much about the land as they...
View ArticleRanch owners start from scratch
AIRLIE, Ore. — Karin Stutzman, in her second year as a cattle ranch owner with her husband, Terry, considers herself lucky.If the Stutzmans hadn’t heard about the land the first day it was listed,...
View ArticleCalifornia rancher’s travel plans pay off
Rancher Hugo Klopper realized at an early age that Northern California was a much better place for a future than his home in Zimbabwe.“I was born and raised in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and came from a...
View ArticleOSU student club raises donated steers
CORVALLIS, Ore. — At the beginning of the school year, Matthew Kennedy and Bailey Wearin contacted ranchers willing to donate steers and heifers for Oregon State University’s Steer-A-Year Club.Students...
View ArticleCalifornia ranching family living history
Tom Orvis and his family’s story goes back five generations.“The Snow Ranch was formed in 1873, after William Snow completed approximately 15 years of putting the properties together,” Orvis said.The...
View ArticleFall calving works best for Bar 6 Charolais
Most purebred breeders keep their cattle close to home for breeding and calving.A few, however, run their registered cattle in bigger pastures and rougher conditions, similar to their customers’ ranch...
View ArticleMaternal Plus helps improve ranch’s herd
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Birth weights, weaning weights and heights, calving ease, disposition — Kathy Love records, studies and analyzes all of these numbers and information for her registered Angus herd.Love...
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