Host: Country Downs Station Written by Will Elezovich Like last year, William, our eldest son, was happy to write another blog telling everyone about some of things that he did over the last year. So, I will pass you over to Will for you to see and read about what we have done through the eyes […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Cortney Sonter, Governess. As in previous years, I have always asked if anyone who has worked or is working for us if they would like to write a blog. I believe that whilst its great for Kurt and I to wax lyrical about what we do and why, it is […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elizovech, Station owner/manager As I mentioned yesterday, there were many parts of Emu Creek that have been degraded over time and even though some forms of rehabilitation have been undertaken about 15-20 years ago, the hangover from the sheep days is still obvious and in need of rectifying. In […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elizovech, Station owner/manager Yesterday I told you all that we made a temporary move to the Pilbara for 2017, but what I didn’t mention was where exactly that was. At the end of February 2017, we uprooted the family, packed up half a house, half a workshop, 3 dogs, […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elizovech, Station owner/manager As I said in our Day 1 blog last year, the years are just passing us by way too fast! I am astounded that another year has passed us by and trying to remember what we have done over the last year finds me going back […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. *This story is being published post-humously in loving memory of Heath Stewart. This story was written in 2017* When the say everything is big in Texas, they’re not kidding. After landing at Dallas airport we were 10 minutes into the […]
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. *This story is being published post-humously in loving memory of Heath Stewart. This story was written in 2017* Last year we got the opportunity to travel to Mexico and the United States to conduct horsemanship clinics and lessons which was […]
Written by Dr. Renee Orange, Veterinarian, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Samoa. Every year the Ministry of Agriculture holds an Agriculture Show, and up until 2017 a separate one was held on each island, Upolu and Savaii. Each technical division of the Ministry (Fisheries, Livestock, Crops and Quarantine) prepare displays for the public to view in […]
Written by Dr. Renee Orange, Veterinarian, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Samoa. This is part 2 of a two part series. Find part 1 here. Our stock truck and the portable yards were standing by at the cattle station, 2 hours away. After much back and forth with our boss, he and the consultants agreed that […]
Written by Dr. Renee Orange, Veterinarian, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Samoa. There’s one night in 2015 that is a night which has been forever etched in my mind. It was the night our brand-spanking new Droughtmaster cattle and Dorper sheep arrived from Australia, however, things did not go completely according to plan. This is not […]
Written by Dr. Renee Orange, Veterinarian, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Samoa. The Animal Production & Health Division (APHD) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) office at Vaea, near the centre of Upolu Island. 56,000. According the Samoa Bureau of Statistics Agriculture Survey, that was the total number of cattle in all of Samoa […]
Written by Dr. Renee Orange, Veterinarian, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Samoa. I thought I could do a short bio on myself, so you know where I am coming from in my stories and why I write the way I do. My name is Renee Jayne Avea-Maloamata Orange, people call me Renee, Nay or Ray. My […]
Written by Lindsey Perry This is the fifth and final installment in a series about life on a cattle station in Brazil. You can find part one here, part two here part three here, and part four here. I was sleepy and admittedly a little hungover, but the rhythmic footfalls of my chestnut, Madrinador (meaning old wise […]
Written by Sarah Martin This is part four in a 5-part series about life on a cattle station in Brazil. You can find part one here, part two here and part three here. This past week I’ve talked a lot about the great experiences I had in Brazil, but that’s not to say that the country […]
Written by Sarah Martin This is part three in a 5-part series about life on a cattle station in Brazil. You can find part one here and part two here. While out on the property, we had no access to phone reception or internet. I am guilty of being on my phone way more than I […]
Written by Sarah Martin This is part two in a 5-part series about life on a cattle station in Brazil. You can find part one here. Our alarms were set for sparrow’s fart – or, given that we were now in the Pantanal, curicaca’s fart. The curicacas were crowing long before the sun and they […]
Written by Sarah Martin This is part one in a 5-part series about life on a cattle station in Brazil. Vivid. It was the only word we could find to truly describe how Brazil felt to us. The culture, the food, the animals, the music, the traffic. Everything in Brazil just seemed so much “more”. […]
Host: Mescalero Apache Cattle Growers, New Mexico, USA Written by Ruth Wold, Managers Assistant This is part 5 in a 5-part series about managing a Native American Reservation ranch. Find part one here, part two here, part three here and part four here. While the glamour and romance seem, for a newbie, to be wrapped up in […]
Host: Mescalero Apache Cattle Growers, New Mexico, USA Written by Ruth Wold, Managers Assistant This is part four in a 5-part series about managing a Native American Reservation ranch. Find part one here, part two here and part three here. Let me state very clearly here that I do not consider myself a cowgirl. I can ride, can’t […]
Host: Mescalero Apache Cattle Growers, New Mexico, USA Written by Ruth Wold, Managers Assistant This is part three in a 5-part series about managing a Native American Reservation ranch. Find part one here and part two here. As I write this, spring and branding seems a far cry away. Our winters are usually cold, snowy […]
