by Jake Western
In making your selections, then, your first consideration is to seed your fields with species that will survive in your area and under your pasturing conditions. Your second concern is tending the perennials to maintain healthy turf year after year of productive use. Unless you already have some crop-growing experience, you're wise to involve some knowledgeable advisors and/or custom planters in a major pasture renovation or establishment project. But to gain a working knowledge of pasture options, familiarize yourself with four essential forage characteristics listed below, then check out the various grass and legume species on the accompanying chart for their rankings in these areas. Finally, you'll be prepared to mix and match the species suited to specific fields.The bull riders had a much better night Thursday. After the first three performances of the 76th SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo, just 10 of 60 cowboys had made the eight-second buzzer in the bull riding. In the fourth performance, however, the bull ...
Read moreBroncos and bulls will buck in earnest to dislodge cowboys and cowgirls competing for prize money and bragging rights during the 45th annual Longhorn World Championship Rodeo today and Sunday at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The rodeo event includes ...
Read moreThe 2008 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association season ended just three weeks ago. The 2009 campaign began Friday night. As it has for the past 75 years, the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo kicked off the new season with the first of six performances ...
Read moreFARMINGTON — One of the nation's most accomplished Native American rodeo cowboys started off 2009 in rousing fashion at the Bares, Broncs and Bulls Spectacular Saturday night. Farmington's own Nelson Tsosie, 22, rode Bellboy to a score of 88 points ...
Read moreST. CHARLES, Mo. - DeeDee Crawford doesn't find riding a 2,000-pound bull all that out of the ordinary for a young woman. "I rode my first steer when I was 5, so I guess I was bound to move onto something bigger," Crawford said with a laugh. "When I ...
Read more1. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, $6,108. 2. Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, $5,075. 3. Ben Londo, Pendleton, Ore., $5,026. 4. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., $3,198. 5. Zach Dishman, Beaumont, Texas, $3,049. 6. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., $2,580. 7. Steven ...
Read moreThe lyrics hit home with many fans of the Montana Pro Rodeo Finals, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in Great Falls this weekend. The three-performance rodeo has been popular since the start and figures to once again attract sell-out crowds to ...
Read moreJan 29: Review OKs bronc prods Jan 27: Prods on broncs prompt complaint Jan 25: Activist aims to jolt with rodeo video Small electric prods won't be used to get balky broncos to bolt and buck at the National Western rodeo after an anti-animal-abuse ...
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