Heiman also elaborated on the fact that independent cattlemen do not have the opportunity to compete and often must sell their cattle before they even know what price they are going to get for them. Gary Pfrang of Nemaha County provided details of a recent experience he had with one company, stating how it has restricted his delivery dates so that company cattle receive preferential treatment and premiums. Feeding with various yards, he explained that there was a time when cattle were...

Not just the getting older part, I m taking about being witness to the many first-time experiences of a young human life. It s not good though when he relates to his mother word for word an inappropriate diatribe he witnessed me blurt when I struck a rock with the lawn mower and bent the blade. With the vehicle loaded with an ice chest, a huge stroller, the kids and their car seats, a portable DVD player, a stack of movies, some snacks and more, we headed out just before 2 p. Keegan won t...

The Cattle on Feed report indicated fewer cattle on feed and fewer placements for April with increases in numbers marketed and should indicate a relatively healthy fed cattle complex assuming a continuing good summer demand and increases in exports. May weather for the most part dried up a little at first of month, allowed the farm boys to work and set aside a large portion of the grain crop, the cotton boys got off to a good start, and the cowboys turned haymakers and made hay while the...

Jamie's brother Bob, a landscaper, is also involved with the farm. Yet it was Jamie who loved the daily chores of farming even as a boy. Jamie had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, a degenerative neuromuscular disease that gradually cuts off muscular control. He has worked side by side with his father for 20 years, and he always intended to run the farm once his dad retired. On weekends, he'd hire himself out to other farms, allowing the owners the rare luxury of...

The 1990 Win-A-Car competition may have been a locally organised event, but other than a trio of Maasai moran dancing wannabes called Rare Watts, the other competitors were pure disco/house dance warriors, like the eventual winning duo Jam City who grooved to jams with lyrics like "Oooh, pump the jam, jump it up-a lil mo, get this disco grooving!" Hell, in the 1980s, the only cool celebrity from Kenya was a dude called Kelly Brown and his act wasn t even miro, what with his white dance...