http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_320161627.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_320161627.html OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – April Widman of Weatherford, Texas, and her American Quarter Horse SR Instant Tee captured the world champion amateur cutting title at the American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show in Oklahoma City on Thursday. SR Instant Tee is a 10-year-old bay gelding. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_313160840.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_313160840.html AUSTIN — Canada and a number of U.S. states have imposed movement restrictions or additional entry requirements for horses from Texas after equine piroplasmosis, a tick-transmitted blood disease of equine animals, such as horses, donkeys, mules and zebras, was detected in South Texas in mid-October. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_313160710.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_313160710.html FORT WORTH — Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association expressed disappointment that the climate change bill, S. 1733, passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee recently despite strong opposition from the cattle industry. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:04:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_313160523.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_313160523.html I was wounded. I got cracked across the bridge of my nose. Not that my nose needs to do anything to attract attention. As one friend put it, “Bax, if you’d lie flat on your back in the sun, we could tell time!” Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_306155710.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_306155710.html STEPHENVILLE — Tarleton State University’s Equine Assisted Therapy (TREAT) hosted its bi-annual rodeo for children with special needs recently at the Tarleton Equine Center. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_306155541.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_306155541.html FORT WORTH — Area horse owners interested in learning valuable training and riding tips from the pros can get some free advice and watch live demonstrations at the upcoming World Championship Paint Horse Show, to be held at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_306155412.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_306155412.html Years ago I crossed the Arizona border into the village of Sasabe, Sonora. The public statuary that marked the plaza was not of Father Kino, Coronado or Pancho Villa. It was a nose-dived Cessna 182 nestled in a pile of rubble. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_299160640.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_299160640.html SAN ANTONIO — Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) President Dave Scott joined Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, State Representative Frank Corte, the Texas Wildlife Association, and the Texas Association of Realtors at a press conference today to rally Texans to vote for Proposition 11 in the upcoming November state constitutional amendment election. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_299160402.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_299160402.html I lost a tooth today. The molar on the northwest side next to my only wisdom tooth that ever came in. Which explains why sometimes I go over the edge of common sense. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_292161821.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_292161821.html AUSTIN — Despite some substantial rain across parts of the state, many Texas ranchers continue to struggle to feed livestock due to the lingering drought that has cost the state’s agriculture industry approximately $3.6 billion in losses. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_292161651.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_292161651.html The phenomenon of Backyard Animal Husbandry is spreading among urban folks with no farm background. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_285160150.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_285160150.html FORT WORTH — The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in Fort Worth will host its annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Weekend of Activities Nov. 6-7. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_285160014.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_285160014.html LOUISVILLE, Ken. — Schrick Land and Cattle, Ltd., located at 1624 Fort Worth Highway in Weatherford, has entered eight head of Chianina and two head of Simmental/Semisol in the Beef Division of the 36th annual North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE). Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_285155841.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_285155841.html There are some skilled people that I envy; good ropers, flat top guitar pickers and songwriters to start with. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_278163024.html http://www.clintonherald.com/weatherforddemocrat/farmandranch/local_story_278163024.html SHERMAN — Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Special Ranger Troy McKinney, along with the Grayson and Hunt County Sheriffs’ Departments, recovered and returned more than $80,000 of stolen property from a Sherman man charged with 11 felony charges.