By Julie Vrazel At the beginning of this year, Paul Harvey’s “So God Made a Farmer” speech touched Americans during the anticipated Super Bowl commercials and declared 2013 as the year of the farmer, something I think has been a long time coming. With this commercial, agriculture moved into the spotlight and it helped spark [...]
By Julie Vrazel Things go wrong. Equipment breaks down. It rains when you don’t want it to, and doesn’t rain when you need it to. Cows are calving, and crops need to be harvested. There is always a task that needs to be completed on the farm, especially when I have somewhere to be. Yet, [...]
By Kelly Bogard Sometimes in life it is all about ease and comfort. This is the case with many of our favorite foods. Each of us has a different idea about what is easy and/or comforting, but one thing I think many of us can agree on is there is nothing like a big bowl [...]
By Jessica Domel I don't know about you, but this time of year, I spend a lot of time trying to re-create family recipes that may have been lost with the passing of relatives. Foods like Texas Trash, which is a Chex party mix variation, German noodles, Velveeta queso and purple Jell-o bring back strong [...]
By Julie Vrazel Every year on Thanksgiving—rain or shine, cold or warm—we feed our cattle before we can dig into our feast. It doesn't matter that it’s a holiday, our cattle come first. Growing up as part of a farming family meant I didn't have the same routine as my friends from town. And I’m [...]
