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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

AMARILLO, Texas — Plans for a Tyson Amarillo second shift have revived an ambition rancher Alice Blevins has carried into sale barns for years. She would like two buyers to notice one another at the

COMANCHE, Texas — A cross-fence romance between dairy worker Marisol Vega and neighboring beef rancher Drew Haskins became public after eleven cows turned their heads at once when he brought back a repaired gate chain.

West Texas Farmer Lists Rain as Collateral, Banker Asks to See the Rain LEVELLAND, Texas (Farm.FM) — West Texas cotton and grain sorghum farmer Clyde “Straight Row” Mercer listed rain as collateral on a farm operating

GRAHAM, Texas — A ranch marriage counseling session went silent after therapist Tess Rowley asked cattle producers Dean and Carol Hines to resolve an argument without using the words “fence line,” “milk check” or “your

LUBBOCK, Texas — All hat and no cattle has become a viable dating category in West Texas after Clay Bostick arrived at a singles event with a hat big enough to shade a registered cow

MANITOWOC, Wis. — An Air Force pilot who called a dairy tractor a “ground unit” on a date has been given until the next milking to learn its name. His girlfriend, dairy worker Erin Solis,

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Retired Army sergeant Cal Mercer was promoted to colonel of the milk parlor after marrying dairy farmer Nina Bell, who discovered that the position could be filled without offering a raise. His

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Strong mozzarella demand caught the attention of dairy farmer Sharon Diedrich while she was ordering a pizza. Her granddaughter pressed the extra-cheese button and the price jumped immediately. Diedrich asked to

Whiskey’s Cheaper Than Worry Performed by Bale Harrison & The Texas Field Hands Whiskey’s Cheaper Than Worry — Music and Lyrics by Alan Nafzger DOWNLOAD (Verse 1) Well, I used to toss and turn, wide awake at night, Worryin’ ‘bout the bills

MATADOR, Texas — Living together on a ranch gave Paige Runnels and Ellis Boone a chance to test compatibility before marriage with one stock tank, two lawn chairs and a Wi-Fi router that delivered all

MANITOWOC, Wisconsin — U.S. dairy exports kept a record pace through three quarters, and dairy farmer Lee Rask has begun to suspect that the cheese leaving the local plant is better traveled than he is.

FRIONA, Texas — A dairy farm wedding joined retired soldier Adrian Soto and dairy producer Lucy Marr in front of two hundred Holsteins, several cousins and an officiant who had been told to pause if

Farm Equipment Dealer Offers a Tractor With the Engine Sold Separately LINCOLN, Nebraska (Farm.FM) — A regional farm equipment dealer stunned customers by announcing an affordable new tractor, then clarified that the advertised base price covered

DECATUR, Illinois — Corn grower Dale Wilken read that Illinois lawmakers wanted a review of crop insurance premiums and immediately set out a bowl of hailstones he’d been saving in the freezer. He carried it

MONROE, Wis. — Dating a dairy worker swept Air Force airman Owen Vale off his feet shortly after his girlfriend, dairy worker Tessa Kline, asked him to hold the dustpan. Vale had arrived early to

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — With Thanksgiving turkey prices running higher even as birds are expected to be plentiful, Harold Doss approached the meat counter with a dented cooler and asked what it would bring on

WESLACO, Texas — The Texas citrus harvest is producing some smaller fruit, and Rio Grande Valley grocer Odell Ruiz has seen enough to declare a breakthrough in school lunches. He selected a particularly modest orange

MONROE, Wisconsin — Butter inventories rose 16% from a year earlier, and Doris Balzer told her family she could have the matter straightened out by Thanksgiving if everybody brought a spare pie tin. The grandchildren

SAN ANGELO, Texas — A stock show romance has turned serious for two adult volunteers who met when both reached for a dropped brush in the beef cattle aisle at a junior fat stock show.

Ranch to Table Restaurant Diners Pay Extra for the Steer's Life Story FORT WORTH, Texas (Farm.FM) — A new ranch to table restaurant has introduced a forty-dollar storytelling supplement that allows diners to learn the name,

NEW ULM, Minnesota — The USDA whey price forecast went up and dairy farmer Dennis Kral’s son took it as a signal to bring home a matte black tub of protein powder. Garrett cracked the

AMES, Iowa — The USDA corn yield estimate fell to 179.6 bushels per acre this month, prompting Iowa farmer Walt Renshaw to ask whether the same analysts could make a quick pass over his fertilizer

AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State ag tech expansion has secured $6 million in federal funding. At a demonstration in Ames, an instructor asked retired corn grower Norman Reeve to create a password before the

MARSHFIELD, Wisconsin — The U.S. dairy herd grew to its largest size since 1992, prompting the Holsteins at Ruth Keller’s place to call for a return to the buying power of that year’s milk check.

COLEMAN, Texas — Texas feral hog control projects are slated to cover nine counties. Local producer Wesley Primm said a group of hogs appears to have countered the announcement by breaking ground just beyond the

CANADIAN, Texas — News that the Panhandle drought had eased in several counties reached Dale Kincaid while he was looking into a stock pond from a little closer than he would have preferred. He’d driven

Ranch Rodeo Cowboys Compete to Find the Missing Fence Staple AMARILLO, Texas (Farm.FM) — A ranch rodeo committee has introduced what organizers call the ultimate test of cowboy ability: locating a missing fence staple somewhere along

BOONE, Iowa — U.S. corn export sales reached a marketing-year high, and Boone County grower Leonard Voss has updated the résumé he keeps in his pickup glove box. He is now in international sales. His