Farming is physically demanding profession

Happy Anniversary
  • Sheriff Brian Henderson was overseeing the soda choice at the Back the Badge barbecue.
    Sheriff Brian Henderson was overseeing the soda choice at the Back the Badge barbecue.
  • It was an early day for the cooks at the pancake breakfast at the First United Methodist Church Saturday for the Columbus Day Festival.
    It was an early day for the cooks at the pancake breakfast at the First United Methodist Church Saturday for the Columbus Day Festival.

    This has been quite a year, and all the stress can take quite a toll. Trade uncertainty, poor grain prices, increased fertilizer cost, higher interest rates ... the list goes on and on. Couple that with Mother Nature and her droughts, floods and winds, it is a lot for any of us, but I do not need to tell you that.

    We all know that farming and ranching is a physically demanding occupation, but the m…