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MADISON, Wis. — Cow show romance has overtaken dating apps as America’s most durable marriage market, according to the National Institute of Bovine Matrimony, an organization headquartered wherever somebody has left a clipboard. Its highly

LYRICS: Barbie Was Born in a Barn Parody by Bale Harrison & The Texas Field Hands Music and Lyrics by Alan Nafzger Barbie Was Born in a Barn -- She wasn’t raised in Malibu, no shiny pink Corvette...DOWNLOAD

Lyrics: Tumbleweed Performed by Debbie “Hayride” Harper & The Prairie Songbirds Tumbleweed - DOWNLOAD(Verse 1) You blow in like the wind, never stayin’ long, Your restless heart's been wanderin' since the day you were born. No roots to hold you

Texas Fair Makes Every Champion File an Extension LUBBOCK, Texas — The county livestock show started a financial education program after organizers noticed that children were leaving the competition with valuable lessons about responsibility, animal husbandry,

AMARILLO, TEXAS — Tyson Foods says its Amarillo beef plant is moving toward a full second shift, leaving Texas ranchers stunned by an outrageous premise that economists had briefly forgotten: the meat industry works better

MILFORD, INDIANA — Farm families have begun preparing for Christmas with their favorite holiday tradition: setting the alarm for the same unreasonable hour and explaining to the children that cows have never signed the agreement

PENROSE, COLORADO — Apple farmers dealing with an early freeze have discovered an astonishing new agricultural product: the opportunity to charge tourists to look at trees that aren't producing apples. It is the first time

The Herd Eats a Balanced Ration; the Farmer Eats a Burrito LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (Farm.FM) — A dairy nutrition consultant has designed a precisely balanced diet for a herd of Holsteins whose owner ate a gas-station burrito

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN — America's latest health craze has turned cottage cheese from a suspicious refrigerator resident into a social-media celebrity. The same nation that once covered the stuff with pineapple now blends it into

Oklahoma Steers Get a Final Performance Review OCA Steer Carcass Challenge Returns November 13 STILLWATER, Oklahoma — The OCA Steer Carcass Challenge in Payne County returns November 13, giving Oklahoma cattlemen a chance to spend thousands raising

Scientists Discover Boring Is the Secret to Marriage WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Marriage counselors have spent decades encouraging couples to communicate, compromise, and understand one another's emotional needs, apparently overlooking the possibility that the entire field

WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — The USDA has mailed out Farm Service Agency county committee election ballots, giving farmers the democratic privilege of choosing which respected neighbor will have to explain federal program decisions while standing

DES MOINES, IOWA — America’s corn growers are celebrating a historic agricultural achievement: the federal government has discovered they are capable of producing less of something other than disposable income. The celebration began after the

The Arch Costs More Than Everything Behind It ABILENE, Texas (Farm.FM) — A ranch entrance arch costing $70,000 has been completed at a cattle operation currently holding $25,000 worth of livestock, giving its owner the most

EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN — Dairy farmers have become the world's most reluctant experts on tariff policy after another round of U.S.–Canada dairy restrictions turned milk into a diplomatic weapon. Their central question remains heartbreakingly simple:

I'd Need to Put Together a Few Coherent Sentences Performed by Bale Harrison & The Texas Field Hands What Third-World Are We In? – Music and Lyrics by Alan NafzgerDOWNLOADVerse 1 Well, the rooster's crowin' at the crack of

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional leaders have once again demonstrated that a farm bill can be discussed longer than a farmer can operate without diesel, credit, groceries or a working hydraulic hose. Lawmakers have mastered the

California Students Learn More Economics From Pigs Than Textbooks BAKERSFIELD, California — A California County Junior Livestock Exhibition has stirred up an argument after several students announced that raising pigs taught them more about practical economics

Rich Enough for the Broker, Too Poor for the Banker SAN ANGELO, Texas (Farm.FM) — A new ranch profitability study has concluded that ranchers are wealthy enough to impress a real-estate broker, poor enough to frighten

The Vocabulary Outgrows the Cow That Inspired It ATHENS, Georgia (Farm.FM) — A county fair's dairy judging terms have become so elaborate that one cow refused an oral examination and demanded a copy of the tax

Sixty Cows Fit, Assuming Grass, Water and Weather Cooperate CHILDRESS, Texas (Farm.FM) — A ranch stocking rates calculator informed cattleman Wade Harker that his pasture could support sixty cows, provided he had sufficient grass, water and

Every Seed Mapped; Every Dollar Still Missing LINCOLN, Nebraska (Farm.FM) — A new farm data services dashboard has reportedly mapped every corn plant on a Nebraska operation, identified seventeen soil zones, measured the combine's fuel use

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. Five generations of the Whitcomb family survived drought, insects, tractors that cost more than the house and bankers who asked whether the farm could sell something besides excuses. Their sixth-generation heir has finally

WICHITA COUNTY, Texas — Modern dating has discovered the rancher's oldest secret: a handsome pickup tells you almost nothing about whether its owner can afford fuel. The Harris Poll's 2026 dating survey found 74 percent

LINCOLN, Nebraska. The Department of Agriculture faces a shocking possibility: a goat might earn more money being touched by a seven-year-old than producing anything anyone can eat. The uncomfortable arithmetic follows new reporting on farm

Texas Rodeo Clown Demands Hazard Pay for Working With Bulls and Cowboys ABILENE, Texas — A Texas County Ranch & Rodeo Days celebration has set off a labor dispute after a veteran rodeo clown demanded additional

WICHITA FALLS, Texas. An American family has rejected a fifty-cent increase in the cost of bread, describing it as an assault on civilization, before spending $150 to pose beside a tractor that last ran during

Scientists Say Anyone Eating Green Dessert Has Already Learned to Trust DUNCAN, Oklahoma - Marriage counselors have struggled for centuries to answer a difficult question: How can two people maintain trust when one of them is

Like New, Considering What It's Been Through SAN ANGELO, Texas (Farm.FM) — A ranch equipment for sale listing has stunned West Texas buyers by describing a burned-out feed wagon with no engine, three tires and a

Cows Demand to Know Where the Grass Went WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Texas ranchers fighting drought have started feeding cattle earlier than planned, leaving cows used to free grass confused about why breakfast now arrives with

Farmers Ask for a Negotiator at the Bank WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congress has returned to Washington to resume negotiations over agricultural legislation, raising hopes that America's farmers might eventually get a modern farm bill before their