Frank J. Buchman

Cowboy • Horseman • Writer

K-State Rodeo Club Plans Special Western Action Competitions At Manhattan

Three jam-packed weekends of rodeo activities are set for February at Kansas State University. According to Brooke Wallace, K-State Rodeo Club publicity chair, the Kansas State Iron Woman competition kicks off the action on Saturday, Feb. 6, with a bull riding school on February 12-13, and the annual Kansas State University Rodeo is February 19-20-21.

Farm Profit Conferences In Four Communities

Concise, fast-paced, accurate outlook for agriculture will be presented at the four Farm Profit Conferences planned this year by 580 WIBW, according to Kelly Lenz, longtime 580 WIBW farm director who has coordinated the programs.

Organizing Tack Brings Reflections

“Oh, if those saddles could talk, the stories they would tell.” More than four decades of accumulation literally stuffed the tack room, such we  could hardly get in the door. Despite plenty of damaged and unworkable horse equipment, nothing had been thrown away, always thinking “we’ll need it someday.”

Physical Height Really Unimportant

“Tall in the saddle.” An accurate family description came to mind during an athletic competition where our 6-foot-four, eighth-grade grandson was one of the tallest there.

Family Working Together With Cautious Optimism Moves Melvern Farm Forward

“I’ve been farming forever; that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.” It’s in the genes certainly, as he’s followed family into the agriculture profession. His wife, her family and their children are an intimate part of operations. Now, best of all, likely, their son’s a fulltime farmer, partnering to keep Phelon Farms progressing further.