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“It’s important to note John Wayne never made a movie about rotational grazing. There’s nothing sexy about it,” said Brent Fry at the 2017 Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association convention in Fort Smith.

Wanted: ranch hand

• $25,000 salary
• Housing provided
• Cow-calf experience required

Ranching is deep-rooted in some folks and, for the Griffin family in west Texas, it goes back five generations with their hope of a sixth generation growing the passion they have for living on the land.

Sometimes, you don’t just need a plan, you need plan A, B and then even C, especially when it comes to water resources for your livestock. There is nothing quite like drought conditions to really drive that point home.

“If I fence that, will you let me run some cows out there?”

Ohio producer starts with his cows when making a bull sale

After receiving an engineering degree and being in the restaurant business, Bill Roe never thought he would become a cattleman.