Opinions

According to K-State beef cattle experts with the Beef Cattle Institute, it is crucial to evaluate your management practices when it comes to cattle health in extreme cold conditions. Many were able to retreat indoors in the negative degree windchills much of our area faced just before Christmas, but for our cattle out on pasture, a warm barn is not always and option.

Reeder’s is a service station located at 21st and Lewis Avenue in Tulsa, Okla. just a few blocks from my home. Reeder’s full-service pumps equals their self-service pumps and they have chefs and a kitchen that have redefined “gas station food.”

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Many prayed for rain over the last couple of years and now some of those prayers have been answered. While not all of the Greenwood County ponds have been filled, some have and that is as much as we could ask for. What does this mean for GW County? This means that more cattle will be purchased and brought in to fill these hills. And what a blessing that is. These hills are made for cattle and we are excited to have water once again.

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Are you or someone you know a diabetic or pre-diabetic? Do you want to learn more about a healthy diet? Then I would encourage you to sign-up for the Dining with Diabetes online series.

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Do our New Year’s Celebrations have a tie to pagan rituals once observed, then lost? Perhaps. A desire to make the short, dark days between the end of fall and the onset of spring as palatable as possible seems logical to me.

Information comes from Kansas State University forester, Charlie Barden.