"For years in the cattle business and behind the wheel of my car for 50,000 miles and more each year, interstate boredom was often a challenge. I would often jump off the divided four lanes and enjoy the pace and scenery."
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- Terry Woster
Until Dad moved the family to town just before the start of my third-grade year in school, I didn’t realize that raking leaves was one of the essential chores of autumn in the city.
- Brent Olson
"You see them behind a fence, just munching on the grass. They aren’t in barns or anything like that. They’re just homeless.”
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
A common drug is used for executions and euthanasia. Our Vet Report veterinarian shares how she uses it in the equine world.
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Three days of absolute stress, a minimum bill so far of $11,000, and the concern about food safety and standards have never made me appreciate the packers more."
- Jim Woster
"Music has been a household staple in the Woster families since Mother Marie played her first hymn, all by ear I might add, when she was about 6 years old."
- Sheri Poore
From liver to Salisbury steaks, make the most of your meat with these recipes.
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
One of the many things that a veterinarian has to consider when looking at any employment contract is if there is a noncompete clause. But what is it and is it even legal? Let’s dive in.
- Colleen Stegenga
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but in rural South Dakota there's a quiet assumption that abuse is a "city problem."
- Michael Baron
What power does a Power of Attorney have after death? Estate planning expert Michael Baron answers.
- Terry Woster
"Quiet or noisy, the next chore would be waiting. Might as well get after the work and keep the peace."
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Whether it is running a ranch, owning a business or serving on a board, you have to figure out when to lead from the front, when to let someone else lead and occasionally when to just shut up."
- Sheri Poore
Too much tempting food? The best antidote is to share the dishes with others, and what better way to share than at a potluck?
- Michael Baron
Dear Michael: My two brothers and I are entangled in a partnership that my father started. He started with a normal partnership but then he changed it to an LLLP back in 1983.
- Jaclyn Wilson
Fall is here! "I have been to a number of HHDs over the years, but this was the first one that I can remember wearing multiple layers."
- Terry Woster
"The thing about cooking for college guys, of course, is that if it’s food, on the table and they didn’t have to make it, it was fantastic."
- Jim Woster
"He hardly quit chewing that tasty beef, and simply replied, 'I think you are in over your head.'"
- Jaclyn Wilson
"Some days it is the little things that make me incredibly grateful – like laughing until your ribs hurt."
- Terry Woster
"When I still worked the family farm 65 or 70 years ago, we didn’t grow sunflowers, not intentionally, anyway. With no help from us, the pesky things grew along the edges of our corn."
- Colleen Stegenga
There is something that happens when a child buries her face in the warm fur of a newborn calf or feels the rumble of a purring cat settle against her chest.
- Jaclyn Wilson
If there was ever a week that demonstrated just how quickly the political winds surrounding the American beef industry can shift, this was it.
- Michael Baron
How do you guaranteed to make passing on your estate “equitable” between all the children? There are many ways to accomplish this.
- Colleen Stegenga
"Growing up, few things beat the excitement of company coming to visit. Farm life can be isolating, and it was no different when I was a kid, but those visits were the cure."
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