Month: February 2022

Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 86

February 14, 2022

Welcome to this Valentine’s Day edition of Ranch Raised! That little ditty that I wrote popped up on my Facebook memories from 7 years ago. We used to AI our heifer on Mother’s Day weekend so that we didn’t need to make any dinner reservations, in town, on Valentine’s Day, because we knew we would be spending the evening next to the ones we loved in the calving barn. Ahhh, how romantic, right? [READ MORE…]

Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 85

February 11, 2022

Although popcorn is typically thought of as a snack food today, popcorn was once a popular breakfast food. Ahead of its time and very likely a role model for breakfast cereals to come, popcorn was eaten just as we eat cereal today. [READ MORE…]

Ranch Raised

Ranch Raised – Episode 84

February 10, 2022

Farmers and ranchers only make up around 5% of America’s population. Unfortunately, that is a population that also keeps shrinking. There is an old saying, “When the cows leave the land, the people leave the land.” I don’t want to lose any more neighbors. I don’t want to erode any more of our most precious resource, our young people who leave rural America and don’t come back. [READ MORE…]

From Washington with John Block

From Washington with John Block: Inflation

February 10, 2022

I am concerned, and I am not alone. I remember the skyrocketing interest rates of the late 1970’s and early 1980. Farmers and ranchers along with other borrowers were paying 12% to 16% interest on their loans. Farmers borrow money almost every year to finance fertilizer, seed, chemicals, and machinery to plant, care for, and harvest their crops. The inflationary costs destroyed thousands of farms and all kinds of family businesses. [READ MORE…]