Recently I was selected for the TALL Program - Texas Agriculture Lifetime Leadership. The course is led by an amazing man - Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz. The two year program, led by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, is an intensie study of agriculture worldwide. It is designed to equip us to become leaders in our fields of [...]
This past week I found myself outside of Texas and in beautiful Puerto Rico. For the past 15 years, Dr. Vanessa Sanchez has traveled from her ranch in Puerto Rico to the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course to acquire information to improve the efficiency of her cattle and hay operation. She owns Altamira Ranch, [...]
This morning – I was thinking. (For those of you who know me – that was more like shifting gears without clutching – a real grinding noise). Anyway – the weather has been absolutely breath taking the last few days. We received one-half inch of rain a few days ago and then cool mornings. As the sun was coming [...]
Several weeks ago I received a phone call asking me to speak to an AP Reporter, Ramit Masti. Ramit was going to do a story on the lingering effects of the tortuous drought. I believe it is important to speak up for our ranching business – so I agreed. Ramit and Pat, a photographer, arrived [...]
My days begin with prayers and readings - I read from God’s Word and the book He has directed me to read at this time. Yes – God has been directing me to reading material my whole life. You see – I have always been a rather strong-willed – independent – high energy individual. But [...]
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