Buchman, Frank

“Big grass, good fence and great bulls” were the Diamond Creek cowboy’s tools for success. “Never be satisfied with your calf crop, and always work...

“I’ll just eat you alive if you don’t get out of here.” That scrawny black renegade 600-pound heifer went about proving her point putting fear...

Horses are an important part of the animal industry in Kansas. Thus, the 2022 Kansas Ag Summit dedicated one program to the Kansas Equine Sector. The...

“Be ready to go at 4:45 in the morning.” That was the call from the pasture manager about gathering short-season yearlings for shipment to a...

“Horses are who we are and what we do. We’ve always had horses and our family and lives center around horses, the horse industry...

“Cowboys wear long-sleeved shirts year around, but not many wear leather vests and generally never have.” While the statement may seem insignificant to many people,...

A youth rodeo is planned Saturday evening, Aug. 6, at 6 o’clock, in the Morris County Rodeo Arena east of Council Grove. Sponsored by the...

“Is it advisable to breed a mare year after year?” Most horse breeders continue to breed their mares every year because foals pay the bills. Yet,...

“Farm tractors are such a great metaphor for God’s power in the Christian spiritual life.” That’s the heartfelt belief of Reverend Adam Hamilton. “I grew up...

“Cowboy life in days long-gone-by was far from a high paying profession.” Yet, according to early West historian, Daniel Baker, “It was a job, and...