Category: Big Thinkers

Good stories, part I

Date: Jun 30 2017

Rick Gurley’s a storyteller. You know the kind.

Dissatisfied with a simple synopsis, driven by detail, he’ll settle into a memory and take you back with him for the ride.

Predictable cattle in a business that’s anything but

Date: Jun 16 2017

In a world where changes seems hard to predict, where prices are volatile and weather is, too, it’s nice to have something constant to rely on.

Like father, (not necessarily) like son

Date: Apr 25 2017

Paul moved to Lakeview, Ore., and runs the northern unit. It’s actually his son, Tom, who takes care of its southern sister.

Commitment you recognize

Date: Mar 27 2017

When the Schiefelbeins won the 2012 Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award I started my day at their family meeting, seeing their teamwork in action.

When Tom met Sally

Date: Mar 06 2017

They drive people, challenge them, at times can cause great stress, but they bring families together and draw their keepers back to the basics of life.

Following the calves: Not in South Dakota anymore

Date: Mar 03 2017

On paper, Mark Sebranek doesn’t own very many of the 28,000 head of cattle on feed at his Garden City, Kan., yard….but don’t tell his heart.

The Golden Rule in the Golden Triangle

Date: Feb 09 2017

Up here on the high plateau where checkerboarded farmland overlooks the steep valley carved by a meandering Belt Creek, you can feel the change.

The herd that calmed my nerves

Date: Jan 27 2017

I was headed to a ranch, there was a lot of snow and I had never photographed cattle in that white stuff before.

A story unfolds

Date: Jan 25 2017

A story teller. That’s one of the few things I knew about David Zeiset going into my visit with him near Chickasha, Okla., last fall.

Where the windmills are

Date: Jan 18 2017

On the phone Richard Hamilton told me a visit to his place would, at the least, prove “interesting.”